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April 25, 11.30 P.M. Alarm for fire in dwelling on South street owned by Charles Briggs and unoccupied. Wholly de- stroyed. Cause, incendiary. Insured. Steamer 1, hose 1, hook and ladder 1 and chemical 1 responded.
August 22, 9.30 P.M. Alarm for fire in barn and house on South Main street, owned by Emeline Broad, and occu- pied by William Broad, Thomas Burbank and others. To- tally consumed with a portion of contents. Cause, incen- diary. Insured. Steamer 1, hose 1, hook and ladder 1 and chemical 1 responded.
February 26, 1886, 2.45 A.M. Alarm for fire in the boot and shoe factory on Howard street owned and occupied by William P. O'Brien. The factory and contents wholly de-
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stroyed, and the dwelling of William P. O'Brien badly, and dwelling of Simon O'Brien slightly, damaged. Cause of fire unknown. Buildings and contents of both parties insured. Steamer 1, hose 1, hook and ladder 1 and chemical 1 re- sponded.
REPAIRS OF HOUSES.
The repairs on the various houses the past year has been as follows : The house of steamer 1 has been shingled and some minor repairs made beside. We made a partial con- tract to paint the same, but the weather having been unfavora- ble for some weeks the work has not been done. This house seems to be unfavorably situated as regards the first floor. When this house was remodelled for the use of the steamer some six or seven years ago, the floor was dropped below the sills of the building, thereby bringing the floor very near the ground ; as a consequence the timbers on which the floor rests last but a short time, a portion of which was decayed so as to require new timbers some three years ago, and, judging from the present condition of the same, will have to be wholly relaid very soon. It seems to us that when this is done some other material beside wood should be used.
At the house of steamer 2 we have filled the cistern under the building in order to save the timbers of the first floor from decay as much as possible.
At the house of chemical No. 1 some slight repairs have been made.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus is in good condition, including two steamers, two hose carriages, one chemical engine, one hook and ladder truck, 2800 feet canvas hose, harnesses, extra ladders in houses of steamer 2 and chemical 1, &c., &c.
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RESERVOIRS. The reservoirs are in good condition and full of water.
EXPENSES.
Paid 68 men, services 1 year to May 1, 1885,$10, $680 00
68 men, 9943 hours at 25 cents,. 248 63
sundry persons, fires in the woods, . 10 00
J. H. Wales, engineer steamer 1, to May 1, 1885, . .
40 00
W. B. Brown, fireman steamer 1, to May 1, 1885, ·
30 00
E. L. Payne, engineer steamer 2, to May 1, 1885. . 40 00
G. F. Howard, fireman steamer 2, to May 1, 1885, . 30 00
J. B. McGrane, steward and care of fires, to May 1, 1885, · James Farrell, care of hall, hose 1, 1 year, to May 1, 1885, . 6 00
50 50
W. B. Brown, steward, care of fires, from February 28 to May 1, 1885, 22 97
E. L. Payne, care of steamer 2, from Feb- ruary 27, 1885, to February 27, 1886, . 30 00 G. F. Howard, steward and care of fires, 1 year, to February 27, 1886, . 48 00
N. E. Knight, steward hook and ladder, 1 year, February 27, 1886, 10 00
F. J. Donahue, steward and care of fires, February 27, 1886, . ·
59 50
A. J. Gove, drawing steamer 1, 1 year to March 1, 1886, . 300 00
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Paid J. Clark, drawing steamer 2, $16 00
J. Carroll, drawing chemical engine, Irvine fire, 2 00
Colin Boyd, care of room, engineers' meet- ings, 1 year, 6 00
James Reiley, rent of land steamer 2, 15 00
Hiram Snow, services at Broad fire, 4 50
D. H. Huxford, printing notices, 3 00
A. S. Jackson, for supplies, 22 61
James Reiley, labor and material filling cis- tern house No. 2, . 7 06
F. H. Langley, step on steamer 1, ·
2 50
M. M. Alden, labor and material on house steamer 1, 73 00
R. W. Turner & Co., coal for engine houses, 64 00
A. J. Gove, drawing extinguisher, Hook and Ladder, expressing, &c., 23 10
D. B. White & Co., supplies,
5 44
C. Prescott, supplies, 4 48
G. W. Pollock, supplies, . 7 75
C. A. Wales, labor, supplies, cash paid, &c., 18 78
E. M. Mann, wood, . 2 75
G. Dunbar & Co., hand grenades, 20 00
Mary Sullivan, rent of land, chemical 1, 10 00
H. H. Guinan, supplies, 12 00
Total expense,
$1,925 57
Balance, .
54 43
Appropriation,
. $1,980 00
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Received from rent of engine houses from March 1, 1884, to March 1, 1885, $40.50. Expended the same as follows : Hand grenades,
$25 00
Whitewashing and painting hall of steamer 1, 14 00
$39 00
Balance,
1 50
$40 50
The matter of expenses for the coming year will, of course, be governed by circumstances ; also upon the amount of ap- propriation for fire department uses.
We would, therefore, respectfully recommend the follow- ing : Pay of men $12 for the year, and 25 cents per hour for labor at fires, &c., and that the pay of engineers of steamers be $40, and that of firemen of steamers be $30 per year. For general expenses the sum of $1000.
C. A. WALES, W. A. CROAK, JOHN HANEY,
Engineers.
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DR.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN ACCOUNT
Paid 919 Town orders,
Treasury Notes,
Interest on Treasury Notes.
1,184 01
State Treasurer : State Tax,
$2,175 00
National Bank Tax,
2,617 04
4,792 04
Expense :
Doctor A. Chase, returning births, $3 50
Doctor T. T. Cushman, returning births, 75
Doctor F. C. Granger, returning births,
7 00
Doctor E. A Allen, returning births,
6 75
Doctor C. C. Farnham, returning births, 1 00
R. Houghton, returning deaths,
16 25
Town Clerk, returning births, marriages and deaths, 57 50
Postage, .24; Postal Cards and Stationery, $3 76; Stamps, $6, 10
Books, $5 50; D. H. Huxford, printing, $1 50, 7 Expense to Stoughton election, 5
Abatement of Taxes, 1884,
41 85
256 60
Balance,
8,508 63
$70,261 50
$36,520 22 19,000 00
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WITH HIRAM C. ALDEN, TREASURER.
CR.
1886. March.
Balance, March. 1885,
. $7,818 08
Received for Treasury Notes, Tax Bill, 1885,
31,360 31
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of E. M. Roel, Tax Collector, interest on taxes, 1884. of F. M. Deane, Tax Collector, interest on taxes, 1884, of C. C. Churchill, County Treasurer, for Dog . .
100 95
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Licenses, 474 53
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of E. M. Roel, Tax Collector, additional Taxes, 1884, .
24 00
66
of F. W. Deane, Tax Collector, additional Taxes, 1884, .
10 40
66 of H. L. Peirce, rent of Ponkapog Pond,
10 00
for Extra Repairs on Highways,
334 55
6. of State Treasurer, National Bank Tax, 2,990 83
..
of State Treasurer, State Aid, 1,497 00
.6
of State Treasurer, Aid to Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 694 00
188 51
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of J. E. Foley, License for Bowling Alley,
2 00
of W. B. Spear, License Auctioneer,
2 00
of I. Niles, License Auctioneer,
2 00
.6 of F. E. Fay & Co., License Liquor,
1 00
of F. Porter. License Liquor,
1 00
of City of Taunton, Pauper,
52 00
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of Town of Methuen, Pauper,
92 25
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of Town of Abington, Pauper,
264 00
66 of Town of Braintree, Pauper,
187 62
of Town Farm, Labor, $441 06; Board, $201 50,
642 56
of Town of Duxbury. Pauper,
51 20
66 of Town of Holbrook, Water, Bounty, Pauper, &c., .
1,968 00
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of Town of Easton, Pauper,
209 13
6. for sale of Salt Grass, 20 00
Cash refunded on account of Paupers' Account, 132 00
$70,261 50
18,000 00
Bank Dividends,
80 00
129 19
66 of State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, $2,925 28
of State School Fund,
8,295 62
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STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
1886. March. DR.
Notes to Patrick McMahon Estate, due April 25, 1886, .
$4,000 00
Notes to Lemuel Wentworth Estate, due April 25, 1886, 1,700 00
Notes to Ebenezer Moulton Estate, due April 27, 1887, 800 00
Notes to Lucy A. Wilbur Estate, due April 25, 1887,
500 00
Notes to Turner Free Library on Demand,
5,000 00
Notes to Randolph Savings Bank,
11,000 00
Interest due on Town Notes,
350 00
Unpaid bills and unpaid orders estimated,
100 00
$23,450 00
CR.
Coddington Fund :
8 Shares Randolph National Bank,
$1,600 00
Salt Marsh,
500 00
F. N. Deane, Tax Collector, Taxes, 1885,
5,303 84
Due for State Aid,
1,848 00
Due for Military Aid,
856 96
Due from Treasurer, Balance,
3,204 79
Due from other towns,
896 23
Due from School Books,
500 00
Balance,
8,740 18
$23,450 00
Net Town Debt, 1885,
$10,705 34
Net Town Debt, 1886,
8,740 18
Town debt reduced.
$1,965 16
RANDOLPH, March 17, 1886.
The undersigned, auditors of the town of Randolph, respectfully re- port that they have examined the accounts of the town treasurer, and find the same correctly kept, with proper vouchers and entries made for all payments and receipts.
C. G. HATHAWAY. ELISHA MANN, JR., C. F. McMAHON, Auditors.
$2,100 00
STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
To the Selectmen and Inhabitants of the Town of Randolph :
The trustees of the Stetson school fund present this their annual report with the hope that it may meet the approbation of all interested in the school.
As formerly reported, the funds are invested as follows :
10 shares Hide and Leather National Bank, . $1,000 00
10 shares Eliot National Bank, Boston (par), 1,000 00
10 shares Webster National Bank, Boston (par), 1,000 00 10 shares Shoe and Leather National Bank, Bos- ton (par), . 1,000 00 .
10 shares Exchange National Bank, Boston (par), 10 shares Boylston National Bank, Boston (par), 10 shares Tremont National Bank, Boston (par), 20 shares Old Boston National Bank, Boston (par), ·
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
13 shares Shawmut National Bank, Boston (par), 1,300 00
13 shares Randolph National Bank, Randolph (par),
1,300 00
TURNER FUND.
City of Minneapolis, Minn., bond, $1,000 00
THE STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
In commendation of the school and its work of education, the trustees can but repeat their former assertions. The
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school is in all respects equal to the similar institutions in surrounding towns. We retain our teachers of last year - Mr. E. N. Lovering as principal, and Miss Ada B. Chandler as assistant. They, we feel, are doing their work faithfully, and procuring for us good results. In this school an opportunity for education is presented to the youth of our town, which they are improving, we hope, to the extent of their ability.
The yearly public examination occurred in the general school-room on Thursday the 18th of March. As on like previous occasions, general satisfaction was expressed with the work of both teachers and pupils.
The graduation exercises occurred on the 19th of March, Friday, in the Stetson Hall. The occasion was one pleas- ing to listeners and participators. The members of the graduating class are to be congratulated on so successful a completion of their four years' work. At the close of the exercises, a diploma was presented to each member of the class. In addition, two medals from the Turner Fund were represented to the valedictorian and salutatorian, re- spectively.
The following are names of the members of the graduating class : -
Urma Carlton Alden. Rose Mary Brady. Alice Tolman. William Hodsdon Leavitt. Mortimer Sullivan.
Near the close of the school year occurred the annual ex- amination of applicants for admission to the school the ensu-
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ing year. Forty-one of these meeting the requirements were admitted as members of the school.
The fact that so large a majority of the applicants have passed satisfactorily the examination bespeaks a thorough- ness and excellence of work in the grammar and sub- grammar grades which is seldom surpassed.
There seems now to be a call for some regulation in the high school to meet the wants of the large number of chil- dren who gain admission to but remain in the school only a year or two. In this case they do not, of course, avail themselves of the full privileges of the school, nor receive the school diploma.
A change is desirable which shall enable this large class of the youth of our town to derive from the school the bene- fit which their parents expect them to receive. A matter of fact is that from one third to one half of the scholars who enter the school leave at or before the end of the first year ; and during this time they have pursued the study of Latin. It is assuredly a waste of effort to pursue this study for so short time, nevertheless it is necessary for those who intend to complete the full course to commence Latin at the begin- ning of the first year.
To adjust satisfactorily this matter, and to meet the wants of those who do not intend to complete the full course, the trustees propose to establish an exclusively English course, which shall cover a period of two years, with a provision that a diploma be given to those who shall complete this pre- scribed course.
This will involve additional work, as new classes will have to be formed, and a second assistant teacher will be re- quired.
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The trustees must, therefore, ask for an appropriation of $2000 with which to carry on the school for the next year.
DANIEL HOWARD, WINSLOW BATTLES, THADDEUS T. CUSHMAN, Trustees of Stetson School Fund.
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DR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT
1885.
To balance of old account,
$5 71
April 1. To dividends Eliot National Bank,
$30 00
Webster 66
20 00
Hide & Leather National Bank,
25 00
Shoe & Leather
66
25 00
Exchange
25 00
Boylston
30 00
Tremont 66
25 00
Old Boston
. .
. .
25 00
Shawmut
..
66
39 00
Randolph
.6
65 00
June 1. Town appropriation (in part)
Sept. 28. Town appropriation (balance of)
Oct. 1. Dividends Eliot National Bank,
Webster 66
15 00
Hide & Leather National Bank, .
25 00
Shoe & Leather
20 00
Exchange
. 6
66
20 00
Boylston
30 00
Tremont
20 00
Old Boston
66
20 00
Shawmut
66
66
26 00
Randolph
65 00
271 00
1886.
Feb. 13. Tax on Bank Stock (in part) refunded by State, Amount received from rental of Hall,
32 43
221 00
$2,339 14
.
309 00
750 00 750 00
$30 00
·
..
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WITH THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
CR.
1885.
April 4. By paying Phebe W. Bunker, use of piano,
$30 00
30. Seth Mann, 2d, insurance,
26 25
May 13.
Colin Boyd, 24 11
13.
D. B. White &
6 52
27.
E. N. Lovering, supplies,
30 88
June 22.
G. W. Pollock, repairs.
5 00
30.
Miss A. B. Chandler, salary,
173 68
30.
Colin Boyd,
18 66
Aug. 27.
E. N. Lovering, salary to July 1, cyclostyle,
12 00
Oct. 24.
F. F. Smith, charcoal,
6 30
29.
R. W. Turner & Co., coal,
32 40
Nov. 9.
E. N. Lovering, salary to October 1,
375 00
12.
J. White Belcher, insurance,
10 00
20.
Colin Boyd,
26 26
Dec. 11.
J. White Belcher, insurance,
1 60
17.
Miss A. B. Chandler, salary,
202 63
1886.
Jan. 1.
First Parish, chandelier,
10 00
7.
E. N. Lovering, salary to January 1, supplies,
16 15
7. 13.
J. E. Nash, clock,
10 00
21.
D. H. Huxford,
26 76
Feb. 1.
G. W. Pollock, repairs.
2 00
23.
Charles A. Wales, “
20 53
Mar. 2.
N. Noyes,
4 42
13.
Miss A. B. Chandler, balance of salary,
173 69
13.
E. N. Lovering, on account of salary,
320 00
13.
Trustees and secretary, one year, .
20 00
Balance,
4 30
$2,339 14
C. G. HATHAWAY,
Secretary.
The undersigned, selectmen of the town of Randolph, have made an examination of the accounts of the trustees of Stetson School Fund, as represented, and find them correct. The investments remain in the bank stock reported by the trustees, same as last year, the par value of which is $10,600, the certificates remaining in the hands of the secretary, C. G. Hathaway.
We also find in the hands of the secretary a $1000 bond, the invest- ment for the 'Turner Fund. the same as reported by the trustees.
ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN B. THAYER. RUFUS A. THAYER,
Randolph, March 22, 1886.
Selectmen of Randolph.
375 00
31.
375 00
TURNER FREE LIBRARY.
TRUSTEES 1885-6. J. WHITE BELCHER, President. REV. J. C. FOSTER, D.D., Vice-President.
ROYAL W. TURNER, Treasurer. GILBERT A. TOLMAN, Secretary.
ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN B. THAYER, RUFUS A. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph, ex officiis.
REV. JOHN C. LABAREE, DANIEL HOWARD, JOHN V. BEAL, NATHANIEL HOWARD, J. WINSOR PRATT, JOHN
B. THAYER, EDWIN N. LOVERING, WILLIAM H. BALKAM, JR. Librarian : CHARLES C. FARNHAM. Assistant : MISS MARGARET W. BOYD.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In compliance with article 3 of the by-laws of the Turner Free Library, the tenth annual report is herewith submitted, showing the condition of the trust, the building, library and funds, with extracts from the reports of different committees, and the librarian, presented to the trustees, for the year end- ing December 31, 1885.
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TRUST.
The trust, which consists of the library building, library, funds invested, and the income arising therefrom, remains the same as last year.
BUILDING.
The committee on building (consisting of Royal W. Tur- ner, Rev. J. C. Foster and John B. Thayer ) report the total amount expended for the year ending December 31, 1885, has been $518.10; gasoline, $140.16; fuel, $166.00; ex- pressing, $18.13 ; janitor, $125.00 ; insurance, $43.75 ; other sundry supplies, $18.13. The parties who have been sup- plied with light and heat have paid their proportionate part of the same, as assessed by the committee. The building and contents are in good condition ; and no large expense for the present year is anticipated, except for heating purposes.
FUNDS.
The statement of the committee on finance, herewith sub- mitted, shows the condition of the investments ; and the re- ceipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1885, are set forth in detail in the accompanying report of the treasurer.
For the current year the income is estimated as follows :- From rents, $600 00
Interest on town note, .
300 00
From Turner Fund,
. · 580 00
$1,480 00
LIBRARY.
The annual examination of the library has been made by the library committee (consisting of Rev. J. C. Labaree,
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Rev. J. C. Foster, J. White Belcher, William H. Balkam, Jr., and Edwin N. Lovering), and the books were found in the same excellent condition as in former years.
In behalf of the trustees, I take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the faithful and efficient services of the libra- rian and his assistant in the discharge of their respective duties. The librarian in his report to the trustees for the year ending December 31, 1885, states "that the twenty- second day of March, 1886, will complete the first decade of our public library history, and during that time the number of readers has increased from one thousand to nearly three thousand ; that the demand at first for sensational reading has largely yielded to a desire for something better and purer. The question which naturally presents itself for con- sideration in relation to the patrons of a library, more es- pecially the young people, is, what do they read? How do they read ? and if unwisely, what can be done to remedy the defects ? Of the cards in active use, about two thousand are in the hands of the owners, or one to every two of our entire population. Of this two thousand, fully fifty per cent read only to be amused ; leaving about one fourth of the people using the library with a purpose to derive intellectual bene- fit. Of these one thousand people we have only to say that their efforts are most commendable : but how shall we im- prove the other thousand? To do this will require years of patient endeavor. A few of those who have reached man- hood and womanhood may be induced to change for the better, but the chief hope of general extended reform lies through the public schools and kindred agencies. Ours is not a discouraging field, for if we compare ourselves with other towns and peoples, I think we shall make a very fair
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showing. But that we who breathe Boston air may not be unduly elated or inflated, perhaps it would be well to ex- amine this question. It has been said that Boston is the literary centre of our broad land ; perhaps it is true. Boston is at least a city of readers ; and what is true of the city is true of its environs, for these suburban cities and towns are little else than the lodging-places of the busy workers of Boston. Each town or village has its public library, and the literary character of three fourths of a million people living within twenty miles of the State House is in a general way much the same. Now what do [all these people read ? It has been carefully estimated that nearly three fourths read little or nothing but the newspapers. The urban resident too often confines his reading to a half hour in the morning, and the same in the evening. The suburban passes the hour of to and fro car travel in friendly greeting, or reading only the morning or evening paper. And when we remember that the best of these papers print ten columns of politics and sensational items to a quarter column of literature, we are reminded of Falstaff's 'infinite deal of sack and penny- worth of bread' and wonder no longer why the literary being of so many business men is lank and lean. We hope the time is not far distant when the great majority of our people will be vastly better informed than at present. Our various educational agencies are arousing to the necessity of better methods and more comprehensive work. Schools, colleges, libraries, literary circles, are all aiming to help students acquire knowledge that shall be world-wide and exhaustive. Thus schools and colleges in connection with the use of text-books require collateral readings ; and most public libraries are invited to provide these most important
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aids to the student. In this way the library becomes the best and most important auxiliary to the school. The various literary organizations, from the local debating society to the great Chautauqua system with its sixty thousand readers, should each receive aid and encouragement from the public library. In fact we should be very prompt to recog- nize and encourage every worthy influence for the dissemi- nation of knowledge."
The following statistics are taken from the report of the librarian for the year 1885 : -
Number of days the library was open to the public, 283
Volumes issued during the year,
19,759
Largest daily issue,
.
291
Average daily issue,
71
Smallest daily issue,
4
Number of volumes added during the year, 419
Number of volumes in library January 1, 1886, 9,067
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ACCOUNT OF ROYAL W. TURNER, TREASURER.
Jan. 1, 1885.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand,
$688 79
Received rent from Randolph National Bank, .
200 00
Received rent from Randolph Savings Bank,
100 00
Received rent from D. B. White & Co ..
300 00
Received rent from Ladies' Library Association,
15 00
Received from town of Randolph (dog tax, 1884),
431 69
Received from town, interest on note,
300 00
Received from income of Turner Fund,
510 00
Received for catalogues and papers sold,
3 50
Received for fines,
31 02
Received from banks for their proportion of heat, · 69 50
Received from banks and others for their proportion of light, . 113 80
$2,763 30
Jan. 1, 1885. EXPENDITURES.
Amount paid for books, papers, magazines and binding,
$766 44
Amount paid librarian for salary one year,
500 00
Amount paid janitor for salary one year,
125 00
Amount paid for gasoline.
140 16
Amount paid for fuel,
166 00
Amount paid for insurance,
43 75
Amount paid for printing and postage,
42 75
Amount paid for expressing,
18 13
Amount paid for sundry repairs,
9 95
Amount paid for sundry supplies,
15 11
Amount paid for supplementary catalogues,
403 32
Balance on hand,
532 69
$2,763 30
The committee on finance (consisting of John V. Beal, Nathaniel Howard, J. Winsor Pratt and Royal T. Mann) " report that they have examined the accounts of the treas- nrer, and find that the bills and orders for expenditures which
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have been presented for payment have been paid by the treasurer, upon the approval of the proper committee of the library, and proper vouchers therefor, by him retained and placed on file, and that his accounts are in all respects true and accurate ; that a cash balance of $53212 'for is now in the treasury. We further find that all the appropriations made by the town or otherwise, the rents, the interest, and all the revenues from whatsoever source, have been duly collected and properly secured, and have at all times during the year exceeded the expenditures of the library. The remaining funds of the library, exclusive of the balance before men- tioned, consists of $5000 invested in a promissory note of the inhabitants of the town of Randolph, and the further sum of $10,000, known as the 'Turner Fund,' invested as fol- lows : -
" Two bonds of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, $1000 each.
" Three bonds of Union Pacific Railroad, collateral trust, $1000 each.
" Three bonds of Kansas Pacific Railroad, $1000 each.
" Two bonds of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, $1000 each.
" No appropriation of money from the town will be required to aid in meeting the current expenses of the ensuing year.'
Respectfully submitted,
J. WHITE BELCHER, President of the Board of Trustees.
Randolph, March 10, 1886.
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BIRTHS
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
1885.
Jan.
16,
James Kennedy,
Thomas A. and Mary J. Gibbons. Peter and Lydia C. Goldthwait.
24,
Ada F. Sloan, .
Israel and Diantha JJ. Cook.
25,
Alice J. Forrest,
Richard and Mary E. Kane.
Feb. 1,
2.
Francis J. O'Connor (dead), Winifred E. Gallagher, .
3,
Florence G. Holbrook, . .
14,
Lena F. Winnett,
16,
Frank A. Alden,
17,
Joseph H. Mullins,
Timothy H. and Katie Foley. Dennis N. and Mary A. Fahey.
March
25, 1,
Patrick Donnovan,
Joseph and Margaret McMahon. Frank and Lydia J. Taylor.
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