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ART. 5. To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors as pre- pared by the Selectmen, or do or act.
ART. 6. To appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses.
ART. 7. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning March 1, 1907, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for protection against fire in sections of the town where at present there is no such provision, the said ap- propriation to be expended in purchase of Chemical Fire Extinguish-
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ers, ladders and other apparatus with suitable wagon for transporting same and provision for housing said apparatus.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to instal three street lights on Crescent Street, or do or act.
ART. 10. To see if the town will adopt the rules and regulations governing its cemeteries as recommended by the Cemetery Commis- sioners, including form of deed for lots.
ART. 11. To see if the town will appropriate $500.00 for laying out new lots in North Cemetery as recommended by the Cemetery Commissioners, or do or act.
ART. 12. To see if the town will accept the following bequests :- $100.00, to be known as the Jackson Fund. $100.00 to be known as the W. S. Draper Fund. $100.00 to be known as the Dwight B. Heard Fund.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain one (1) electric incandescent light on French Avenue in front of resi- dence of Joseph Gladu, also four (4) additional lights on West Plain Street, location to be determined by the Selectmen, grant money for the same, or otherwise act thereon.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take to acquire addi- tional land for its water system for the purpose of preserving its present water supply.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the improvement of its water suppy and authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow the sum so appropriated, the same to be paid in annual payments from water rates.
ART. 16. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to in- stall additional street lights in and near Cochituate village, or do or act.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take regarding better school accommodations in Cochituate village and the adoption of some plan or plans for the purpose of meeting the expense of the same, or do or act.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the way
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formerly known as the " Dedham Road," from a point on School Street, at the residence of Mr. Sauer, to the Weston line, or do or act.
ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceed- ing one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for construction of concrete sidewalks on Pond Street, from the so-called city pasture to the Granny Pond, and for the transfer of watering fountain and other improvements on Pond Street, or do or act.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate not exceeding one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a branch library and reading room in Cochituate village, or do or act.
ART. 21. To see if the town will appoint a committee to address a petition to the General Court in favor of the bill to exempt the Dudley Pond from the laws and rules governing bodies of water used as a water supply, or do or act.
ART. 22. To see if the town will direct the Selectmen to install additional electric street lights in and near the center village, or do or act.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take relative to a bill presented against the town by Joseph F. Minon for counsel fees in the matter of a suit to protect the right of our citizens to boat and fish on Lake Cochituate, or do or act.
And you are required to serve this warrant by putting a copy thereof attested by you at each of the Post Offices, at the Engine House and at the Town House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before Saturday, March 23, current.
Given under our hands this eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
ALBION F. PARMENTER,
ALFRED T. DEAN,
HENRY P. SHERMAN, Selectmen of Wayland.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town of Wayland
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Municipal Year
FROM
FEBRUARY 28, 1906 TO MARCH 1, 1907
ATED
L.
1635.
EAST SUDBURY
FOUNDED
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. PRINTED BY J. FRANK FACEY 1907
Town Officers and Committees.
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
SELECTMEN
TERM EXPIRES
ALBION F. PARMENTER
1907
ALFRED T. DEAN
1907
HENRY P. SHERMAN
1907
MODERATOR
HENRY G. DUDLEY
1907
CLERK
DANIEL BRACKETT
1907
TREASURER
FRANK E. YEAGER
1907
COLLECTOR
HARRY E. RICH
1907
AUDITOR
FREDERICK H. FOWLER
1907
TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS
FRANCIS SHAW
1907
OVERSEERS OF POOR
THEODORE S. SHERMAN
1907
DAVID P. W. LOKER .
· 1908
DANIEL W. RICKER
, 1909
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Town of Wayland.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ISAAC DAMON .
1908
EDWARD M. BENNETT
1909
HARRY E. CARSON
. 1907
ASSESSORS
NATHANIEL R. GERALD
1908
A. A. CARTER .
1909
DANIEL BRACKETT
1907
WATER COMMISSIONERS
ALFRED T. DEAN 1907
HENRY G. DUDLEY
1908
BRYANT M. BAILEY
. 1909
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ARTHUR G. BENNETT
1907
ALFRED A. CARTER
1907
FRANCIS SHAW
1908
ALFRED W. CUTTING
1908
JOHN CONNELLY
.
1909
AMOS I. HADLEY
.
1909
TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND
ISAAC DAMON
1907
GEORGE B. HOWE
1907
JOHN CONNELLY
1907
TREE WARDEN
PETER LEVITRE
.
1907
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
MICHAEL W. HYNES
1907
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
CHESTER B. WILLIAMS 1908
WALTER B. HENDERSON 1907
JOHN CONNELLY
. 1909
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Town Officers and Committees.
BOARD OF HEALTH
WILLIS G. JEFFERSON, M. D. 1908
THOMAS BRYANT, V. S. .
1909
WILLARD C. HUNTING
1907
FENCE VIEWERS
SELECTMEN
1907
FIELD DRIVERS
CONSTABLES
1907
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
WILLIAM S. LOVELL 1907
GEORGE B. HOWE
1907
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
EVERETT W. SMALL
1907
EDWIN W. MARSTON 1907
CONSTABLES
IRVING E. CURRIER
1907
JOSEPH A. DUSSEAULT
1907
ERNEST F. LAWRENCE
1907
JOHN E. LINNEHAN
1907
JOHN H. MALONEY
1907
FRANK X. QUINN
1907
FRANCIS P. WHITE
1907
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
RANDALL W. PORTER 1909
WALLACE S. DRAPER
1908
ANDREW S. MORSE
1907
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
DANIEL W. RICKER 1907
CYRUS A. ROAK
1907
ERVIN W. SCHLEICHER
. 1907
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Town of Wayland.
COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL BUILDING - COCHITUATE CHARLES W. DEAN WALTER B. HENDERSON SCHOOL BOARD
(Appointed by the Selectmen) REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EZRA G. LEMAY
1907
BENJAMIN W. DAMON
1908
FRANK HAYNES
1909
DANIEL BRACKETT, ex-officio
1907
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
EDWIN W. MARSTON
J. H. MALONEY FRANK J. BIGWOOD
WILLIAM S. LOVELL
FINANCE COMMITTEE
PAUL T. DRAPER
CALVIN W. CLARK
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN
CLARENCE. S WILLIAMS
LORENZO K. LOVELL
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS THOMAS BRYANT, V. S.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
JAMES H. LEE, vice L. K. LOVELL resigned FRED C. BEANE
WEIGHERS OF COAL
DOLOR CORMIER JOHN ALWARD
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Report of Selectmen.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1907.
We have made the following appointments according to law :
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. Edwin W. Marston, Frank J. Bigwood, John H. Maloney, William S. Lovell.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Thomas Bryant.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. Benjamin W. Damon, three years.
AUCTIONEERS. George E. Sherman, Jacob Reeves.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS. Fred C. Beane, L. K. Lovell, J. H. Lee. COAL WEIGHERS. John Alward, Dolor Cormier.
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL. John E. Linnehan.
BURIAL AGENT FOR INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Damon L. Veasey.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Daniel Brackett.
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. E. F. Lawrence, J. E. Linnehan, M. W. Hynes, I. W. Currier, A. B. Neal, Ralph Neal, Robert Lamont, W. S. Lovell, George Felch, M. A. Loker.
ELECTION OFFICERS. PRECINCT 1. Warden, E. F. Lee; Clerk, William Stearns ; Inspectors, H.W. Parmenter, J. I. Bryden, C. H. Richardson, C. E. Quinn. PRECINCT 2. Warden, F. P. Hannon; Clerk, A. A. Norris; Inspectors, Felix Noel, B. M. Bailey ; J. Lyons, Hugh McPartlin.
In accordance with a vote of the Town, two additional electric lights have been installed in Cochituate, and six in Wayland.
The sidewalk on Main Street, Wayland, has been built, but is
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not satisfactory to the Selectmen, and some portions of it will be rebuilt as soon as the weather will permit.
ALBION F. PARMENTER, ALFRED T. DEAN, HENRY P. SHERMAN, Selectmen of Wayland.
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Incidentals.
INCIDENTALS.
1906.
March 1. Appropriation
$2,000 00
1907.
Feb. 28. Expenditures Unexpended balance 249 27
$1,750 73
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
1906.
April
7. J. Frank Facey, printing town reports and warrants . $163 90
7. Thomas Groom & Co., printing cash book for collector 2 00
7. J. E. Linnehan, delivering re- ports, putting up and taking down railings at voting booths 6 50
7. American Express Co., express- ing on town reports 2 45
7. E. E. Sparks, making return of births 5 25
7. H. B. Frost, making return of births 2 25
7. R. B. Johnson, repairing clock in Town Hall 3 50
7. Jeremiah Lyons, delivering town reports and services at polls 7 50
7. E. F. Lawrence, police service 70 00
7. W. G. Jefferson, return of births 1 75
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Town of Wayland.
April
7. F. H. Fowler, postage, tax no- tices and travelling expenses $6 05
7. C. J. Wood, or order, postage for treasurer 10 70
7. P. J. McManus, settlement for damage to team on Sudbury Road . ·
15 00
7. J. W. Parmenter, wood for Town Hall 23 00
May
5. Weston Electric Light Co., lights for Town Hall . 12 90
5. E. F. Lawrence, police service 68 50
5. J. E. Linnehan, care of Town Hall . 18 75
5. H. P. Sherman, postage stamps for Selectmen's Office . 1 00
5. A. T. Dean, perambulating boundary lines . 12 00
5. A. F. Parmenter, perambulating boundary lines 16 50
5. A. J. Ricker, care of town clock, Cochituate, for year ending April 1, 1906 20 00
June
2. Daniel Brackett, sealing 432 milk jars 6 48
2. E. F. Lawrence, police service . 70 00
2. F. T. Hyde, return of births
75
2. F. E. Yeager, insurance on town farm buildings 25 00
July
7. E. F. Lawrence, police service .
68 50
7. Joseph Dusseault, police service, July 3d and 4th . 4 00
7. F. X. Quinn, police service
2 50
7. J. E. Linnehan, police service, July 3d and 4th, and cleaning vault at Town Hall 8 00
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Incidentals.
July
7. W. F. Garfield, team for as- sessors $6 00
Aug. 4. M. W. Hynes, police service, July 3d and 4th 6 00
4. F. X. Quinn, police service, July 1st, and transportation of prisoner 3 00
4. Thomas Groom & Co., printing letter-heads and envelopes for Town Clerk . 7 25
4. Thomas Bryant, team for as- sessors 1 00
4. E. M. Sheedy, printing automo- bile signs · 26 28
4. J. B. Chabennieau, police ser- vice, July 4th 3 00
4. B. M. Bailey, police service, July 4th 3 00
4. J. H. Maloney, police service, July 4th 3 00
4. Howe & Co. Express, carting signs . ·
25
4. Adams Trust Co., rent of box for Sinking Fund Commis- sion 10 00
4. E. F. Lawrence, police service 70 00
4. Natick Review Publishing Co., printing receipts for treasurer 1 50
4. Daniel Brackett, serving notices, drafting lease, postage and making record of trust funds 8 40
4. Natick Review Publishing Co., printing for assessors . 17 64 ·
Sept.
4. McKenney & Waterbury, switch handles for electric lights, Town Hall . .
75
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Town of Wayland.
Sept. 4. E. F. Lawrence, police service $72 25
20. Peter Levitre, services as Tree Warden 41 10
Oct.
6. Thomas Groom & Co., printing voting lists and letterheads .
22 75
6. J. E. Linnehan, police service, team, collecting dog licenses and postage 12 00
6. Weston Electric Light Co., light for Town Hall 5 72
6. E. F. Lawrence, police service 68 50
6. J. F. Maloney, police service . 1 75
Nov. 3. E. F. Lawrence, police service
70 00
3 L. K. Lovell, supplies for Town Hall .
5 29
3. J. E. Linnehan, care of Town Hall 6 months 37 50
3. Weston Electric Light Co., light for Town Hall 13 78
Dec.
1. Peter Levitre or bearer, ser- vices as Tree Warden .
3 11
1. J. E. Linnehan, police service election day, putting up and taking down railing and booths for election 5 00
1. E. F. Lawrence, police service 71 50
1. John C. Paige & Co., bond for treasurer of Sinking Fund Commission 10 00
1. H. E. Rich, stamps, printing and keys to Town Hall 28 11
1907. Jan. 5. D. P. W. Loker, return of deaths, January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1907 2 50
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Incidentals.
Jan.
5. T. W. Frost, glass for Town Hall and setting same $4 28
5. American Express Co., carting voting booths ·
1 00
5. F. E. Yeager, insurance on Town Farm Property · 45 00 ·
5. Frank Haynes, lumber for Town Scales . .
54 94
5. E. F. Lawrence, police service 70 00
Feb.
2. A. S. Morse, return of deaths for 1906 1 00
2. J. E. Linnehan, care of Town Hall, 3 months 18 75
2. H. C. Haynes, labor on Town Scales 14 30
2. L. H. McManus, sharpening bar and drills, nuts and bolts for scales 95
· 2. M. W. Hynes, labor on scales and expressing 2 82
2. E. F. Lawrence, police service 70 00
2. Weston Electric Light Co., light for Town Hall 6 12
2. Thomas Bryant, team for as- sessors 1 00
28. M. W. Hynes, cement for scales 2 25
28. E. F. Lawrence, police service
64 00
28. A. F. Parmenter, express and postage 5 00
28. J. . W. Parmenter, wood for Town Hall . 28 75
28. Daniel Brackett, recording births, deaths, marriages, ex- press and postage, expense and services, printing voting lists . 52 50
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Town of Wayland.
Feb. 28. J. J. Erwin, attending hearing in Boston $4 00
28. E. E. Sparks, medical attend- ance for man at waiting room in Cochituate 1 00
28. L. K. Lovell, telephone and sup- plies for Town Hall 73
28. J. H. Lee, supplies for Town Hall ·
. 1 75
28. H. E. Rich, printing summonses, notices and postage 7 93
$1,750 73
ALBION F. PARMENTER, HENRY F. SHERMAN, ALFRED T. DEAN,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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List of Jurors.
LIST OF JURORS.
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR 1907.
Frank J. Bigwood
Eugene M. Bull
Bryant M. Bailey
Jeremiah Lyons
Robert Cumming
John E. Linnehan
William H. Campbell
Ernest F. Lawrence
Charles E. Coakley
Alfred A. Carter
Patrick Nolan
Josiah W. Parmenter
Napoleon Perodeau
Henry P. Sherman
George E. Sherman
Horace S. Smith
William N. Supple
Charles S. Wright
Clarence S. Williams
ALBION F. PARMENTER, HENRY P. SHERMAN,
ALFRED T. DEAN,
Thomas L. Hynes Michael W. Hynes
Ezra Lemay
William S. Lovell
Andrew A. Norris
Fred P. Draper Isaac Damon
Samuel S. Davidson
Henry G. Dudley
Walter F. Evans
Ferdinand K. Hunt
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Town of Wayland.
STATE AID.
Names of persons receiving State Aid and the amounts from March 1, 1906, to March 1, 1907 : -
Mary E. Atwood
$40 00
John C. Butterfield
72 00
Lizzie M. Butterfield
48 00
Elbridge A. Carter
48 00
Rosalia Brummet
48 00
Moses Caswell
72 00
Ide M. Chamberlin
48 00
Elizabeth Corman
24 00
Ellen O. Lyons
44 00
Julia A. Underwood
48 00
Levine E. Jordan
48 00
Warren A. Hersey
54 00
Charles M. Keay
72 00
Charles H. May
48 00
Joseph M. Moore
72 00
James Murphy
72 00
Ellen P. Coakley
48 00
George E. Sherman
48 00
Sarah Stone
20 00
Eva E. Whitney .
48 00
Hannah J. Williams
4 00
John E. Stone .
48 00
$1,074 00
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State Aid.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
John B. Brigham . $72 00
F. E. Yeager, rent for Mrs. Coakley 48 00
P. S. Ide, medical attendance, Mrs. Eva Whitney 17 10
D. H. Elkins, milk for Mrs. Mary Butterfield 16 44
E. E. Sparks, medical attendance, Mrs. Mary Butterfield 27 75
W. A. Bird, coal for C. A. Roak . .
7 75
W. A. Bird, coal for Mrs. A. B. Lyons
8 00
W. J. Cochran, medical attendance, John Gannon . John C. Butterfield
22 00
Moses Caswell
10 00
S. R. Snelling, coal for C. A. Roak
15 25
S. R. Snelling, coal for John Roy
3 88
Mrs. Eva Whitney
5 00
E. O. Haynes, rent for Mrs. Eva Whitney
12 00
Robinson & Jones, coal for C. M. Keay 4 00
John Roy · 5 00
E. A. Atwood, medicine for Mrs. Mary Butterfield 3 70
$307.87
ALBION F. PARMENTER, HENRY P. SHERMAN, ALFRED T. DEAN, Selectmen of Wayland.
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C. M. Keay 20 00
Town of Wayland.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
WAYLAND, December 31, 1906.
BIRTHS
Registered during the year, twenty-nine, six less than last year.
Males
16
Females
13
Born of native parents .
20
Born of foreign parents
1
Born of native and foreign parents
8
MARRIAGES
Registered during the year, twenty-eight, nine more than last year.
Native birth of both parties
21
Native birth of one party and foreign of other
3
Foreign birth of both parties 4
First marriage of both parties 22
First marriage of one and second of other
5
Second marriage of both parties .
·
1
DEATHS
Registered during the year, thirty-one, four less than last year.
Married
12
Widowed
7
Single
12
Males
17
Females
14
Native birth
21
Foreign birth
10
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Town Clerk.
Names of persons deceased who were more than seventy years old :
Sarah Campbell
84
5
23
Libbeus Bailey
.
78
4
27
Margaret McDonald
78
0
0
Elizabeth Bruch
97
0
20
Justin Bullard
78
6
6
Sarah Cummings
78
4
23
Anthony H. Imminck
78
0
0
Norman G. Smith
77
0
0
James A. Loker
89
4
14
Lucy Gleason Rice .
93
0
25
Isabella Kelley
78
0
0
NOSOLOGICAL TABLE.
Peritonitis
2
Tuberculosis
1
Heart disease
4
Paralysis
4
Apoplexy
5
Arterio Sclerosis
3
Cerebral hemorrhage
1
Pneumonia
4
Cancer
1
Cholera Infantum
1
Myocarditis .
1
Aneurism
1
Old age
DOGS LICENSED
140 males at $2.00
$280 00
30 females at $5.00
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58 80
170 licenses at $.20 (Clerk's fees)
34 00
$40.80 to June, 1907, account.
$454 80
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From 1906
Years
Months
Days
$488 80
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Town of Wayland.
VOTERS REGISTERED NOVEMBER 6, 1906
Precinct 1
188
Precinct 2
358
BALLOTS CAST
Precinct 1
151
Precinct 2
296
Number of women voters
128
Number of women voting March 26, 1906 .
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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Bradford
2
5
Carey
0
4
Carroll
1
3
Guild
·
104
117
Moran
.
42
162
VOTE FOR SENATOR
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Hunter
81
105
Mitchell
57
176
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Parmenter
Doherty 220
Blanks 76
Lincoln
47
93
9
Bedford
114
32
22
Sudbury
132
32
15
Weston
.
190
53
31
Wayland, Precinct 1
108
36
7
Wayland, Precinct 2
151
124
21
1233
590
181
DANIEL BRACKETT,
Town Clerk.
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Concord
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Assessors.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1907.
Valuation of Real Estate, May 1, 1906 .
$1,528,555 00
Valuation of Personal Estate, May 1, 1906
445,072 00
Valuation Total
$1,973,627 00
Valuation of Real Estate, May 1, 1905 .
1,523,055 00
Valuation of Personal Estate, May 1,1905 508,057 00
Valuation Total
$2,031,112 00
Decrease
57,485 00
Town appropriation
24,792 80
State tax (Regular)
2,030 00
County tax
2,019 20
State Highway tax
129 05
Overlayings .
91 55
Additional assessments
128 23
Excise tax
509 89
Number of Polls assessed, May 1, 1906 . 636
Number of Polls assessed, May 1, 1905 . 643
Whole number of persons assessed . 952
Number of residents assessed on property Number of non-residents assessed on prop-
404
erty
155
Total number assessed on polls only
393
Total value of land .
$922,405 00
Total value of buildings . . . .
·
603,450 00
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Town of Wayland.
Value of church property Value of town property
$43,940 00
136,032 48
Number of horses assessed
.
333
Number of cows assessed
844
Number of neat cattle other than cows
51
Number of sheep
0
Number of swine
540
Number of fowls
1,720
Number of dwelling houses
461
Number of acres of land
9,290
Rate of taxation, 1906
$14 10
Rate of taxation, 1905
14 10
TAXES ABATED.
1902
$4 00
1903
2 00
1904
2 00
1905
9 05
1906
512 13
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NATHANIEL R. GERALD, DANIEL BRACKETT, ALFRED A. CARTER, Assessors of Wayland.
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Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1907.
The Almshouse has been in charge of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bezanson.
OUT-DOOR POOR, PARTIAL SUPPORT.
Number of persons aided . 38
IN-DOOR POOR, FULL SUPPORT.
Almshouse. Frances Webber, age 66 years.
Clair Anderson, age 77 years.
Louise Cotton, age 76 years. Died December 16, 1906.
Number of Tramps
42
Meals Furnished
.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
March
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Overdraft
297 58
Received from Southboro
249 37
$2,546 95
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE
Labor
. $6 27
Milk
5 30
Poultry and Eggs
43 01
Fruit and Vegetables
64 25
Tip Cart .
10 00
Cow
28 00
156 83
Total receipts .
.
$2,703 78
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Town of Wayland.
Overdraft, February 28, 1907 . $513 56
$3,217 34
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Overdraft .
$297 58
Paid
Warden's salary
$343 75
Groceries
138 29
Provisions
148 93
Grain
143 98
Wood and Coal
86 18
Seeds and Fertilizer
21 00
Ice
10 02
Pasturing
45 00
Medical Attendance
8 15
Exp., A. E. Bailey
5 25
Shoes
3 75
Clothing
18 92
Hardware
15 42
Lumber
5 09
Labor
6 00
Fish
8 81
Hay
9 08
Furnishings
10 47
Exp. Maggie Lane .
3 36
Miscellaneous
9 38
$1,040 83
EXPENDITURE FOR OUT-DOOR POOR.
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing elsewhere. Albert Randolph, Natick.
Provisions
$16 25
Fuel
10 50
Henry Benoit, Springfield
Provisions
$86 85
Coal
15 95
Clothing
10 59
$26 75
$113 39
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Overseers of the Poor.
Mrs. Louis Cormier, Marlboro Bill
$77 57
$77 57
Mary Davieau, Worcester.
Hospital
$17 00
$17 00
Mrs Lillian Porter, Worcester.
Hospital
$7 14
1
$7 14
Mrs. Mary Spear, Boston.
Hospital
$91 43
$91 43
Charles S. Moore, Foxboro.
Hospital
$82 32
$82 32
Having a settlement in other towns and residing in Wayland. Hawkins family, Southboro.
Rent
.
$60 00
Groceries
77 81
Wood and Coal
38 38
Medical attendance
28 50
$204 69
Morse family, Southboro
Milk
$20 04
Groceries
60 35
Provisions
52 00
Boots and Shoes
12 95
Rent
72 00
Coal
25 63
Medicine
25
Charles Gliden, Natick.
Medical attendance
$16 00
Nurse
·
·
24 07
.
.
.
$243 22
$40 07
29
Town of Wayland.
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing there. John Chenette.
Rent
$60 00
Milk
40 08
Provisions
66 00
Groceries
180 00
Wood and Coal
74 65
Medical attendance
8 50
Boots and Shoes
44 48
$473 71
Henry Cormier.
Groceries
$141 48
Provisions
78 00
Medical attendance
9 00
John B. McIlroy.
Provisions and Groceries
$66 43
Coal and Wood
15 10
Newton children.
Board .
$33 00
$33 00
Dennis McDonald.
Board .
$49 50
$49 50
Ann Painter.
Board
$65 00
$65 00
Louise Cotton.
Burial
18 00
$18 00
Travelling expenses in settlement of
cases
$26 13
$26 13
Total expenditures
$3,217 34
30
$228 48
$81 53
Overseers of the Poor.
Outstanding claims, February 28. 1907.
E. E. Sparks
$30 00
M. J. Maloney
6 62
D. H. Elkins
5 64
D. W. Ricker
23 53
C. S. Williams
21 99
E. A. Atwood
161 72
G. E. Bezanson
38 75
S. Russell
6 00
T. S. Sherman
2 54
Dennis McDonald
4 50
J. H. Lee
35 80
Town of Wellesley
3 80
City of Springfield
95 34
$436 23
Bills due the town.
From
Southboro
$210 47
From Natick .
40 07
Franklin .
12 50
$263 04
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Real Estate
$2,500 00
Personal property
One horse
$125 00
Three cows
120 00
Sixty hens
45 00
One mowing machine
5 00
One double harness
15 00
One express harness
20 00
Two plows
16 00
Three harrows
10 00
One market wagon
30 00
One hay wagon
20 00
One sled
15 00
One hay rake
.
3 00
.
31
Town of Wayland.
Ten cords of manure
$50 00
Three tons of hay
45 00
One sleigh
30 00
Two horse blankets
6 00
Thirty bushels potatoes
22 50
Vegetables
10 00
Fifty pounds of pork
5 00
Two tons of coal
15 00
Twenty cords of wood
120 00
Small tools
50 00
House furnishings
.
280 00
$1,057 50
$3,557 50
SETTLEMENT OF THE BANKS' CASE.
The Board of Overseers, by advice of counsel, have settled the case out of court, the case having been in litigation since 1893, at an expense of eleven hundred dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE S. SHERMAN, Chairman. DANIEL W. RICKER, Clerk. DAVID P. W. LOKER,
Overseers of the Poor.
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Surveyor of Highways.
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
WAYLAND, February 28, 1907.
The amount appropriated for Highways and Bridges the past year was two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). There was an unex- pended balance from previous year of four dollars and fifty-four cents ($4.54). Also the Excise Tax, amounting to five hundred and nine dollars and eighty-nine cents ($509.89), making a total of two thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-three cents ($2,514.43) .
The total amount expended was two thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents ($2,423.67), leaving an unexpended balance of ninety dollars and seventy-six cents ($90.76). The snow bills for the year amount to two hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-six cents ($214.86).
Itemized bills for above amounts are on file in the Selectmen's Office.
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Town of Wayland.
HIGHWAY PAY-ROLLS.
MARCH, 1906.
Men.
Days.
Hours.
Horses. Days. 5 51/2
Hours.
Amount. $14 41
M. W. Hynes
3
M. Murphy
2
5
5 11
J. F. McKenna
2
5
5 11
T. L. Hynes
1
5
3
1
7 77
J. R. Hawkins
2
5
5 11
P. S. Zimmerman
2
5
5 11
Joseph Breck & Sons ·
14 30
B. and M. R. R. Freight Bill
25
Total .
$57 17
APRIL, 1906.
M. W. Hynes
11
51/2
18
51/2
$51 14
T. L. Hynes
12
51/2
21
56 72
Henry Smith
8
16 00
J. R. Hawkins
5
10 00
J. W. Eagan
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