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1779
6376
4.8
10,2% 10
5.2 10
10%
Braintree,
3855 6000
1219
71
7
4
4
2
2
Quincy,
10529 13000
3385
63
113
10
Dedham,
6224 7883
1843
84
73%
36
23
21 10
Weymouth, 10570 6112
4449
75
13
5
3
2
2
Rockland,
4553
4684
2424
81
5
2.5 To
1.5 To
4%
3
67.
1881,
Re
20,581.
Monthly
ous.
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ACCOUNT OF ROYAL W. TURNER, TREASURER.
Jan. 1882.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, .
$1027 85
Rent received from Randolph National Bank,
200 00
Rent received from Randolph Savings Bank,
100 00
Rent received from D. B .. White & Co.,
300 00
Rent received from Ladies' Library Association,
17 50
Cash received from town appropriation,
500 00
Cash received from town (dog tax), .
336 94
Cash received from interest on town note, .
300 00
Cash received from banks for proportion of heat,
72 10
Cash received from banks for proportion of light,
31 26
Cash received from parish for proportion of light,
52 12
Cash received from S. and R. W. Turner for proportion of light,
125 08
Cash received from catalogues sold,
1 55
Cash received from fines,
35 64
$3,099 74
Jan. 1, 1882.
EXPENDITURES.
Amount paid librarian for salary one year,
$500 00
Amount paid for books, papers, magazines and binding,
679 41
Amount paid janitor, salary one year,
125 00
Amount paid for gasoline,
151 61
Amount paid for fuel, .
121 50
Amount paid for supplies.
8 80
Amount paid for printing,
63 75
Amount paid for expressage.
39 62
Amount paid for repairs.
38 46
*Balance on hand, .
1,371 59
$3,099 74
* Deposited in Randolph National Bank.
RANDOLPH, JANUARY 1, 1883.
The undersigned, as Committee on Finance, having made the annual examination of the accounts of the Treasurer of the Turner Library,
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hereby report that they find the accounts correctly kept, with proper vouchers for all expenditures, and proper credits for all money received.
JOHN V. BEAL. NATHANIEL HOWARD. JOHN B. THAYER.
Respectfully submitted,
SETH TURNER,
RANDOLPH, March 17, 1883.
President of Board of Trustees.
82
BIRTHS. REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH, 1882.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1882.
Jan.
16,
Edward Brady,
James and Margaret (Cahill).
17, 7,
Thomas Boyle,
John C. and Margaret (Farley).
21,
Luella Josephine Burrell, Robert Best,
Samuel and Emily L. (Eddy).
25,
William R. and Mary.
27,
Mabel V. Tabor, Igo,
.
Thomas H. Leavy and Nellie J. Igo.
Feb.
28, 20,
Albert F. Blanchard,
Frank H. and Emeline W. (Broad).
3,
James Heney, .
Charles and Mary A. (Walsh).
21,
Elmer Burton Eddy,
Eli and Ella A. (Bridges).
11,
Margaret Barrett, Belcher,
Benjamin and Carrie A. (Billings).
March 12,
Joseph H. Marron, Alice Dunn,
John and Catharine (Green).
6,
Michael J. English, Nicholas F. English,
Thomas F. and Fanny E. (Hogan).
28,
Bertha E. Tucker,
.
Samuel and Eloira E. (Mann).
30, 7, 9,
Minnie Francis Chessman, - Tirrell, .
Augustus L. and Sarah J. (Pool).
April
Alice MGaughey,
William F. and Mary E. (Powderly). Thomas and Ellen.
13, 2, 17, 26,
Herbert Frank Langley, Shay,
Martin T. and Mary (Murphy).
May
Frank Corliss Wales, Flora May Paine,
Syria W. and Lucy M. (Jones).
18,
William W. Good, . Margaret Donnovan,
William E. and Maria (Kelleher).
Joseph and Margaret (McMahon).
June
Thomas F. and Alice B (Carey).
.
Minot Wales and Emma A. (Fritts).
.
Thomas and Mary Dorr.
July
Florence S. Howard, Sarah E. Perry,
.
Edward F. and Martha E. (Turner).
21,
Edward L. Dennehy, Julia E. Mann,
.
Moses' F. and Julia A.
10, 3,
Joseplı Devine,
Edward and Mary E. (Flaherty).
26,
Florence Ann Hayes, Barry,
Michael and Mary (Sullivan).
August 1, 9, 21,
Marion W. Vye, Sophia R. Cole, Lester Clark,
Benjamin L. and Lucy A. (Myers). Richard and Margaret (McSweeney),
1,
George A. McAnliffe, John W. M. Conway Mary Catharine Sullivan, William J. McLaughlan, Timothy Manix,
Jolın F and Sarah E. (Bennison). James P. and Mary E. A. (Kerrigan).
Oct.
27, James F. Uniac,
. Richard and Elizabeth (Cahill).
1,
Charles Mahoney, .
·
Jeremiah and Ann A. (Sullivan).
8, 7, 8, 26, 5, 28,
Catharine A. Mahoney, . William J. Lynch, . Charles E. Campbell, Albert Emerson Baker, Archibald G. Porter, Caroline Devine,
William and Rosetta (Ward).
Daniel R. and Emma J.
.
Charles F. and Lydia W. (Purrington).
.
Daniel D. and Margaret (McConety).
John and Kate (Manning).
Lizzie E. Quinn,
Peter and Catherine E. (Wren).
Fred. W. and Lizzie S.
Charles H. and Fanny K. (Leach).
28,
John H. and Lavina (Ripley).
Sept. 21, 24, 17, 8, Mary A. Foley,
. Patrick and Fanny C.
David J. and Kate F. (Dolan).
·
30, 26, 7,
Isabella Donohue,
Mabel Jones,
Walter E. Scanlan,
Adam W. and Matilda A. (Tower). Maurice and Honora.
Frank and Anne (Higgins).
Henry J. and Alma B. (Corliss).
6,
Alfred H. and Sylvia E.
21,
James H. and Margaret F. (Saxton).
20,
Anne Albertha White, :
William H. and Anna M. (Donohue).
Willie and Anna (Sullivan).
John and Mary S.
Patrick and Ellen (Pope).
29, 6, 14, 31,
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DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Oct.
23,
McLaughlan,
Michael J. and Jane (McIvor).
Nov.
17,
Ellen McGarrigle, .
13,
Dec.
25,
- Thompson, . . - Holbrook, · Dennis H. Sullivan,
.
9, 9,
John Morgan Gainor, ·
26,
Mary Catharine Hurley, Glover, .
William H. and Catharine J. (Hogan). Emery and Sarah (Eddy).
27,
Charles and Anna E. (McLaughlan). James and Susan M. (Pool). Morton and Malinda (Hollis). . Michael and Mary (Sullivan).
· James F. and Mary P. (Morgan).
84
MARRIAGES. REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH, 1882.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
AGJ
Jan.
3,
Jeremiah John Mahoney, Anna A. Sullivan,
Canton, .
19
Feb.
19.
Stephen N. Swain, Isabel A. Lyons, .
Quincy, . Randolph,
22
21,
Albert H. Moors, . Anna McMahon,
Brockton,
23
Randolph,
23
March
8,
James M. Mead,
Newport, R.I.,
24
23,
Orraville L. Dunton, Etta F. Eddy,
Brockton,
22
Randolph,
18
April
8,
George Everett Hollis, Caroline E. Stetson,
Randolph,
18
2
Charles Francis Allen,
Cohassett, 66
17
25,
William Thomas Coleraine, Mary Ann Donohue,
Stoughton,
22
May
10,
Thomas McLaughlan, . Delia Elizabeth Flaherty,
Holbrook, 66
24
11,
John B. Wren,
Randolph,
26
12,
William F. Morrisey, Margaret T. McLaughlan,
Randolph, 66
23
June
3,
Daniel Murphy, Rose Nolan,
Quincy, Randolph,
24
6,
Timothy DeNeil, Mary J. Heney,
Randolph,
25
6,
Charles E. Linfield,
Randolph, Boston,
46
21,
John F. Dumphy, . Margaret A. Powderly,
Randolph,
27
July
3,
David Rice Daniels, Ella Lois Wood,
Randolph,
23
6,
Philip Green, Lillias Trainor,
Randolph, 66
31
24
12,
Adoniram Smith, . Mary Louisa Prescott,
Randolph,
59
31,
Gilbert B. Spencer, Jr., Carrie E. Hunt,
Brockton,
25
23
Randolph,
23
25 :
Braintree,
25
28
Mary C. Dargan, .
37
30
23
42
Julia Carnes (Collier),
26
Anna Sullivan (Wollson),
27
18
24
Susy Maria Mott, .
32
18
34
85
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Sept.
10,
John F. Sullivan, . Mary A. Wren,
Stoughton, Randolph,
26
21
21,
John H. Sutton, Mary E. McDonald,
Randolph, 66
30
24
Oct.
11,
George H. Hummel, Nora A. Kiley,
Newton, .
27
Randolph,
25
18,
Charles H. Braley, Patience Cobb Holmes,
Randolph,
36
26,
Timothy H. Mullins, Catharine T. Foley,
Randolph,
25
Nov.
15,
James J. Hoye, .
Randolph, 66
27
16,
Charles S. Dolan, . Katie B. Walsh,
Boston, .
22
28,
Frank Howard Tileston, Cora Luella Ross,
Randolph, 66
21
Dec.
16,
Patrick Henry Sullivan, Maria Hagerty,
Randolph,
21
66
21
24,
Charles Kimball, .
Hopkinton,
22
Mary A. Adams, .
Randolph,
16
25,
Herbert Morton Taber, Hattie Emma Towns, .
Randolph,
23
19
·
New Bedford,
53
21
27
Anna A. Heney,
Randolph,
24
24
86
DEATHS. REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH, 1882.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE.
Y. M. D.
1882.
Jan.
4,
Asa Morton,
84
3
1
Heart Disease.
6,
Alice Foley,
Infantile.
9,
Elizabeth B. Farnum, .
81
5
-
Old Age.
11,
Henry Arthur Stetson,
-
3
9
Marasmus.
13,
Bradford Wales Sylvester,.
49
3
4
Consumption.
13,
Hannah Curtis,
71
3
Consumption.
16,
Catharine Reilly,
74
-
-
Apoplexy.
16,
Jane Neary,
63
6
27
Consumption.
28,
Adoniram Judson Mann,
76
10
-
Old Age.
28,
Nellie F. Lynch,
1
2
16
Dysentery.
30,
Charles HI. Porter,
4
7
Typhoid Fever.
30,
Jonathan Hunt,
66
1
1
Consumption.
Feb.
5,
Harriet Hayden,
74
Congestion Lungs.
8,
Ann Hand,
71
9
Congestion of Brain.
11,
Mary Ann Barry,
20
6
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
17,
Rose O'Reilly,
5
Convulsions.
21,
Anne Devine,
23
2
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
Mar.
2,
Mary Lynch, .
73
Typhoid Pneumonia.
5,
Adam Wallace Freeman, - Tirrell,
51
-
Typhoid Pneumonia.
10,
William H. Leahy,
23
5
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
11,
Annie Powers,
31
I
Phthisis.
20,
Owen Neary, .
73
1
1
Cancer.
25,
John G. Pool,
69
24
Bronchitis, Heart Disease.
Apr.
2,
Minnie Francis Chessman, .
Erysipelas.
6,
Almira Giles,
71
6
Plithisis.
10,
Ellen F. Barry,
3 Acute Phthisis.
10,
James Y. Shaw,
59
10
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
13,
Cora J. Spear,
27
1
Consumption.
14,
Abigail C. Bradford,
72
6
Pneumonia.
21,
Catharine Thayer,
42
Cancer of womb.
22,
John W. Barry,
17
10
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
23,
Louis Victor Deane,
2
S
Typhoid Pneumonia.
26,
Polly Copeland,
82
-
Pneumonia.
May
4, 9,
Josie E. A. Austin,
45
9
9 Cancer of Liver.
12,
Double Pneumonia.
15,
Mary J. Niles,
8
Cerebro-Spinal Sclerosis.
17,
Maria L. Brown,
61
10
Pneumonia.
25,
Elisha F. White,
2
8
11 Diptheria.
June
1,
Emeline A. Belcher, Hiram Alden,
71
9
3
Disease of Heart.
11,
Charles A. Elliott,
1
3
4
Consumption of Blood.
16,
Mehitable R. Mann, Jolin De Neil,
53
-
-
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
23,
William HI. Hayes,
4
8
Tuberculosis.
23,
William W. Sloan,
29
10
17
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
25,
Catharine McMahon,
Incarcerated Hernia.
-26,
Lucy Ann Mann, .
50
8
14
Pneumonia.
July
2,
Chiarles Heney,
55
4
29
Rlieumatism.
.
-
1
Infantile.
23,
Maria Howard,
2
7 25
-
G 61345623 4 3 6 3
25
-1
Abel Stetson, .
70
11
Consumption.
52
1
S 100
23
26,
Polly Mann,
87
1
Apoplexy.
4,
6
21
Asthenia.
46
10
-
Lightning Stroke.
20,
Margaret Keefe,
24
00 101
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
9.
Elbridge G. Niles,
Marasmus.
3
-
-
.
13
87
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE.
Y. M. D.
July
8,
Florence Ann Hayes,
·
-
I
Infantile.
17,
Linus Belcher,
66
4
1
Pyæmia.
25,
Moses Jones, .
79
10
-
Heart Disease.
26,
Barry, .
Infantile.
26,
Mary Barry,
Aug.
12,
James L. Bullock,
13
4
24
Accidental Drowning.
25,
Asa R. Howard,
79
1
29
Pneumonia.
25,
Elizabeth E. Quinn,
-
25
Infantile.
28,
John Niles,
77
26
Heart Disease.
28,
Peter Rooney,
67
13
Phthisis.
Sept.
5,
Elmer Burton Eddy,
-
6
15
Cholera Infantum.
10.
Patrick MeLaughlan,
67
1
-
Bronchitis.
17,
Rebecca Blanchard,
97
4
23
Old Age.
Oct.
3,
Thomas Prior,
55
Pneumonia.
20,
Hannah Belcher,
82
8
20
23,
Jane MeLaughlan,
38
3
23
Gastritis.
Nov.
2,
Avis Perry,
81
3
-
Old Age.
2,
William T. Eaton,
51
10
1
Malaria.
3.
Samuel Clark,
79
5
12
Chronic Gastritis.
7,
James F. Harris, .
27
1
12
Intussusception.
8,
Ellen A. Acron,
38
2
-
12,
Nancy H. Roel,
4
General Debility.
20,
Sarah E. Flaherty,
23
1
-
Pneumonia.
22,
Julia Smith,
66
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
27,
Olive Howard,
80
24
Old Age.
27.
Elizabeth A. Morgan,
43
-
Dec.
5,
Thomas Lyuch,
Consumption.
7,
Peter Howard,
S1
24
Old Age.
10,
Sarah A. Langley,
69
1
Pneumonia.
15,
Mary Dumphy,
57
Pneumonia.
19,
Thomas E. Durgan,
31
CI
28
Phthisis, Pulmonalis.
19,
Mary T. Alden,
-
26
Lupus.
24,
- Glover,
-
Infantile.
26,
Joanna Uniac,
75
-
-
Consumption.
26,
Mary Spear, .
.
SS
9
16
-
Old Age.
-
18,
Mary Mc Auliffe,
9
-
25
Ascaris Lumbricordis.
Apoplexy.
23,
-McLaughlan,
-
1
Infantile.
10.
Flora May Paine,
3
16
Convulsions.
28,
Martin T. Shay,
48
-
Heart Disease.
30,
James Harris,
23
4
-
Epileptic Fits.
13,
John W. M. Conway,
14
Diarrhea.
-
-
1
Albuminia.
26
1
Any person perceiving any error in the returns of Births, Marriages and Deathis is requested to report the same to the Town Clerk, that it may be corrected.
Pneumonia.
77
5
AGE.
SS
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Asthenia ; albuminia ; accidental drowning ; acute phthisis : ascaris lumbricardis ; congestion of lungs : congestion of brain ; cerebral hemorrhage ; cerebro-spinal sclerosis ; consumption of blood ; cholera infantum ; chronic gastritis : cancer ; cancer of womb ; cancer ofliver : dysentery : double pneumonia ; diphtheria ; diarrhea ; epileptic fits ; erysipelas ; gastritis : general debility ; intussusception : incarcerated hernia ; lightning ; lupus malaria ; pyæmia : rheumatism : typhoid fever; tuberculosis ; unknown, - one each. Bronchitis : pulmonary tuberculosis ; marasmus ; convulsions,-two each. Heart disease,- five. Infantile ; old age : phthisis, pulmonalis,- seven each. Consumption,- eight. Pneumonia .- 10. Total, 94.
Under 5 years of age, .
Between 5 and 10 years of age,
1
66
20 “ 30 66 66
10
30 “ 40
.
.
4
40 “ 50 66
66
.
.
6
50 “ 60 66 66
.
.
9
66 60 “ 70 6: 66
10
70 4 80 66
66
23
. ‹
80 “ 90
66
.
.
9
90"100 66
66
1
Total, ·
.
94
Any person perceiving any omissions or errors in the foregoing report of the births, marriages and deaths is requested to report the same to the town clerk.
HIRAM C. ALDEN,
Toun Clerk.
RANDOLPH, January 1, 1883.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK. SS.
To HENRY H. FRANCIS, or either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph in said County. GREETING :
You are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said town of Randolph, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Stetson Hall in said town, on Monday, the second day of April next. at nine o'clock in the forenoon. then and there to act on the following articles ; namely. -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all such town officers as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meet- ing ; also a trustee for Stetson School Fund.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot. "Yes" or " No." in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 4. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the support of schools, and appropriate the same.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be thought proper for repairs of school buildings and incidental expenses of schools.
ART. 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate
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money for repairs of Stetson Hall as recommended by trustees.
ART. 8. To raise money for the repairs of highways, and determine the manner of expending the same.
ART. 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the widening and building of Union street as ordered by the County Commissioners, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 10. To decide upon the amount of money required to defray the general town expenses, viz., miscellaneous, alms- house, support of poor, and military-aid expenses, for the ensuing year, and make appropriation thereof.
ART. 11. To raise such amount of money as may be deemed advisable for the reduction of the town debt, and make appropriation for the same.
ART. 12. To see what action the town will take in relation to engines, and the pay of engine-men, and raise and appro- priate the same.
ART. 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the construction of reservoirs, as recommended by the engineers, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 14. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen, and posted according to law.
ART. 15. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to appoint special officers to enforce the by-laws, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 16. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the decoration of soldiers' graves, under the direction of Captain Horace Niles, Post 110.
ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
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ART. 18. To see what action, if any, the town will take relative to medical attendance upon the poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to raising and making an appropriation of three hundred dollars for the Turner Free Library ; also to see if the town will appropriate the money received for dog licenses the en- suing year to the use of said library.
ART. 20. To see if the town will authorize and appoint the selectmen to be agents and attorneys for the town, to prosecute, defend, compromise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the town may be in any way en- gaged or interested as a party, or otherwise, for the ensuing year.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes to use the same means which a town treasurer may use when acting as collector.
ART. 22. To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes to charge interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 10, 1883.
ART. 23. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to repair and erect guide-boards where deemed necessary, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 24. To hear reports of committees, and act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at five or more public places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, and by publishing the same in the "Norfolk County Register and Holbrook News," a newspaper published in said Randolph.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with
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your doings thereon, to the town clerk, on or before the day and hour for said meeting.
Given under our hands at said Randolph this nineteenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
JOHN T. FLOOD, ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN B. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy.
Attest : HENRY H. FRANCIS, Constable of Randolph.
FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TREASURER,
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1884.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1884.
FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TREASURER,
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1884.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1884.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1883-84.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways.
ROYAL T. MANN. JOHN B. THAYER. RUFUS A. THAYER.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN.
School Committee.
Term expires April 1, 1884.
JAMES MOLLOY WINSLOW BATTLES
.
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66 1, 1886.
Trustees Stetson School Fund.
DANIEL HOWARD
Term expires April 1, 1884.
THADDEUS T. CUSHMAN
CHARLES H. HOWARD
Resigned.
Auditors.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY. CHARLES F. MCMAHON. ELISHA MANN, JR.
Constables.
THOMAS FARRELL.
E. LAWRENCE PAYNE.
HENRY H. SHEDD.
HENRY H. FRANCIS.
FRANK J. DONOHUE. JOHN HANEY. SAMUEL A. FOSTER.
ELEAZER BEAL.
Fence Viewers.
EPHRAIM MANN.
ADAM F. JONES.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
CHARLES A. WALES, Chief. JOHN B. WREN, Clerk. JAMES E. NEARY. HENRY H. FRANCIS. MYRON W. HOLLIS.
Superintendent of Almshouse. MARTIN P. PIKE. Tax Collector. EDSON M. ROEL.
Keeper of Lock-up. COLIN BOYD.
Representatives to the General Court. BUSHROD MORSE, HENRY H. FRANCIS, of Sharon. of Randolph.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
The annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending March 1, 1884, upon the financial affairs of the town, is herewith respectfully submitted.
The appropriations in all the departments under our special supervision have been found fully sufficient.
HIGHWAYS.
The repairing of highways having been again assigned to our charge by vote at the last annual meeting, we have made general repairs throughout the town. In pursuing this work, we find the road scraper of valuable assistance, and its use a matter of economy, and we believe the streets are in much better condition than usual at this season of the year.
UNION STREET.
By vote of the town we proceeded to the widening and rebuilding of Union street as ordered by the county com- missioners. This we found a most difficult and expensive undertaking, consisting largely in removing ledges, and building retaining walls. After calling the attention of the County Commissioners to certain changes in location which we thought advisable, but were not allowed, we felt com- pelled to proceed with the work, which was continued under the able superintendence of Martin P. Pike, but was not completed, owing to the lateness of the season. We have expended in the prosecution of this work the sum of twenty- seven hundred dollars and sixty-seven cents, and estimate
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that it will require a further sum of three hundred dollars for its completion.
GUIDE POSTS.
Guide posts have been erected and maintained within the town in accordance with Chapter 53 of the Public Statutes.
APPROPRIATIONS
AS VOTED BY THE TOWN ; ALSO COUNTY AND STATE TAX.
For schools,
$8,000 00
Stetson high school,
1,350 00
Stetson Hall repairs,
800 00
repairs of highways,
2,300 00
reduction of town debt, .
7,000 00
fire department,
1,850 00
general town expenses, .
9,500 00
decoration of soldiers' graves,
100 00
guide boards,
100 00
county tax,
1,674 07
state tax, .
2,175 00
Total, .
$34,849 07
TAXABLE VALUATION MAY 1, 1883.
Real estate,
$1,453,800 00
Personal estate, 563,580 00
Bank stock owned by residents and taxed in the state, ·
266,367 50
Corporation stock owned by residents and
taxed by the state, . . 177,187 70
Total valuation, . $2,460,935 20 ·
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Rate of taxation May 1, 1883, $14.20 on $1000.
Number of polls, May 1, 1883,
1,196
of dwellings, May 1, 1883, 7778
of horses, May 1, 1883,
364
of cows, May 1, 1883, . 210
of acres of land taxed May 1, 1883, . 58263
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN MARCH 1, 1884.
Almshouse property and farm, $11,000 00
Town house and land, . 18,000 00
Three fire-engine houses and lock-up, 4,200 00
One fire engine, hook and ladder carriage, apparatus and fixtures, 1,725 00
Two steam fire engines and apparatus,
10,500 00
One Babcock engine and apparatus, 1,150 00
One hearse, .
200 00
Ten acres of salt marsh, 500 00
School-house and land, District No. 1, . 2,000 00
School-house and land, District No. 2, . 6,000 00
School-house and land, District No. 3, .
1,350 00
School-house and land, District No. 4, .
5,750 00
School-house and land, District No. 5, . 1,200 00
School-house and land, District No. 6, .
1,650 00
Prescott school-house and land,
15,000 00
Eight shares in Randolph National Bank,
1,440 00
Stetson school-fund, par value,
10,600 00
Turner school-fund, par value,
1,000 00
Turner free library,
5,000 00
Turner free library, building and land,
40,000 00
Turner free library, fund,
5,000 00
$143,265 00
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EXPENDITURES.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the treasurer amount- ing to $35,692.53.
On account of schools, teaching, fuel and care
of rooms, . $7,321 74
of repairs and incidentals, 1,711 79
of Stetson high school, 1,350 00
of highways, 2,082 74
of removing snow, 146 41
of town officers,
1,812 24
of funeral expenses, 225 00
of state aid,
1,537 50
of military aid,
1,562 72
of abatement of taxes,
509 40
of fire department,
1,811 86
of reservoir,
250 00
of James D. Lee case,
974 73
of miscellaneous expenses, 1,557 20
of poor in almshouse,
2,402 80
of poor out of almshouse, .
4,265 41
of poor belonging to Randolph and Holbrook, military, 1,601 67
of poor of other towns,
987 90
of state paupers and tramps, ·
204 46
of guide posts,
28 75
of Union street,
2,700 67
of Stetson Hall repairs
647 54
$35,692 53
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RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations.
Expenditures.
For schools with income :
From other sources, .
$8,766 41.
$9,033 53
Stetson high school,
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1,350 00
1,350 00
Stetson Hall repairs,
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800 00
647 54
Repairs of highways,
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2,300 00
2,082 74
Removing snow,
146 41
Poor out of almshouse,
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4,500 00
4,265 41
Poor in almshouse, .
2,400.00
2,402 80
Miscellaneous expenses, ·
1,800 00
1,557 20
Poor of Randolph and Hol-
brook, .
net 1,067 78
Poor of other towns,
987 90
Guide boards, .
100 00
28 75
Fire department,
1,850 00 net 1,707 27
Military aid,
900 00
1,562 72
Town officers, .
1,812 24
Funeral expenses,
225 00
State aid,
1,537 50
Abatement of taxes, .
509 40
Reservoir,
250 00
James D. Lee case,
974 73
Union street,
2,700 67
State pauper and tramps, .
204 46
Refunded by Holbrook and Braintree fire department, Refunded by Holbrook for poor, .
104 59
533 89
$35,692 53
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HIGHWAYS.
Paid Martin P. Pike, for services, 29-76 days, . $59 27 Martin P. Pike, for two horses and carts, 29-7 days, . 89 10
Martin P. Pike, for scraping roads, town team, . 98 25
Josiah Clark, for team, scraping roads, 56 25
Josiah Clark, for double team, 17-% days, 89 50 Ephraim Mann, for double team, 4 days, . 20 00
Charles H. Mann, for double team, 4} days, 22 50
Rufus A. Thayer, for single team, 4 days, 14 00
Isaac N. Linfield, for single team, 6 days, 21 00
James Reilly, for single team, 13,8% days, 48 30
Royal T. Mann, for single team, 7 days, 24 50
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