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Balance
4,784 89
$7,724 55
The sinking fund is invested as follows :
$3,000 00 Fitchburg R.R. bonds, 43 per cent coupon.
3,000 00 Old Colony 4 per cent registered.
17,000 00 town of Randolph bonds, 4 per cent coupon. 4,000 00 Cleveland, Ohio, bonds, 4 per cent.
1,000 00 Abington Savings Bank.
1,000 00 Brockton Savings Bank.
1,000 00 Quincy Savings Bank.
1,000 00 North Easton Savings Bank. 767 19 Randolph Savings Bank.
95
$4,017 50 cash deposited in National Exchange Bank. 280 00 interest carned on savings bank deposits. 500 00 Maine Central R.R. 6 per cent coupon.
$36,564 69
RANDOLPH, February 17, 1896.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the town of Randolph, have this day examined the sinking fund, and find it to agree with the statement above made.
C. G. HATHAWAY. M. F. CUNNINGHAM.
96
DR. TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN ACCOUNT
1895.
Paid Town orders Nos. I to 940, inclusive
.. $47,302 45
Treasury notes
· 37,281 67
Interest on notes
3,781 75
Interest on water bonds
5,340 00
State Treasurer
2,403 04
County Treasurer
2,249 48
Water Commissioners, amount of two bonds sold
2,139 66
Expense
680 49
Balance
. 24,942 72
$126,121 26
EXPENSE.
Paid Treasurer .
$300 00
Birth, marriages and deaths
149 65
Court fees
2 10 09
Ballot box
4 00
D. H. Huxford
4 75
Gove
2 00
Expense to Stoughton
5 00
Stationery
5 00
$680 49
97
WITH HIRAM C. ALDEN, TREASURER. CR.
1895, balance
. $16,449 32
Received for Treasury notes
. 50,800 00
of Selectmen, sundry accounts
687 24
for interest on taxes, etc.
1,157 44
State Treasurer account
10,063 41
Received for interest on water bonds and taxes 4,920 00
of County Treasurer
501 04
for water bonds sold
2,000 00
for additional taxes
70 65
for licenses
6 00
of city of Taunton, pauper account
104 00
of city of Quincy
24 15
of town of Holbrook, 1894 pauper account
591 68
of town of Milton, pauper account
42 00
for expense *
268 13
Tax bill for 1895
38,436 20
$126,121 26
* Expense :
Court fees .
$266 10
Insurance policy
2 03
$268 13
98
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
January, 1896.
Treasury notes
. $68,300 00
Water bonds .
143,000 00
Interest due on water bonds
2,000 00
Interest due on treasury notes
1,300 00
Due firemen and outstanding bills
1,500 00
$216,100 00
January, 1896.
Salt marsh, Quincy
$300 00
Due from F. M. French, tax collector
18,936 20
Due for State aid
2,771 00
Due for military aid
180 00
Due from other towns
804 04
Amount of sinking fund
36,564 69
Amount for State aid paupers
153 45
Cash
6,006 52
Balance .
. 150,384 10
$216,100 00
RANDOLPH, Mass., February 10, 1896.
The undersigned, Auditors of the town of Randolph, re- specfully report that they have examined the account of the Treasurer, and find the same correctly kept, with proper vouchers, and entries made for payments and receipts.
C. G. HATHAWAY, M. F. CUNNINGHAM, Auditors.
99
BIRTHS
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN 1895.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1895.
Miller
Susie M. Hogan
Louis F. C. Meir
William H. Daly
.
Marion L. Chaplaine .
.
Fred T. and Sarah J .- Hestler
24,
Granville H. Wright
24,
Ernest Jones (dead)
.
Albert E. and Edith A .- Leach Albert and Sarah-McGaughey William and Mary-O'Connor Michael and Kate-Tobin
Feb.
Mary Tierney
Dennis and Rose H .- Riley
I3,
John R. Duly
Henry and Margery-Robb
24,
Anna C. Larson -Kennedy
. Peter and Marion-Trulson
Mar. I, 2, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 17,
Lewis J. King
Millard E. Pratt
Mary M. Eagan
J. Milton French
Fred M. and Minnie-Smith Bela R. and Emma L .- Dyer
20, 30,
Arthur H. Lyons -Austin
Joseph P. and Minnie-Pooler C. Fred and M. Louise-Belcher Ulysses and Mary-Fogg
Alice M. Hayden
Martin G. Bean (dead)
Mary Desmond -Davis (dead)
Martin F. and Mary-Callahan
Joseph Smith Marie E. Carroll
Thomas and Sarah-Murray
Charles R. Kiley
Patrick and Letitia-Rav
Mary Gill (dead)
I, 3, Frederick A. Beal
4,
Charles F. McCue (dead) -Uniac (dead) .
Herbert S. Jones . Elbridge and May-Mann
-Pinkham
LeRoy and Hattie-Allen
26, 28,
Margaret Curry
Hugh and Margaret-Troy
Margaret Rooney (dead) . John P. and Mary-Dwyer
Rupert and Sadie-Messinger William J. and Helen C .- Allard Frank C. and Amelia -- Bohner William H. and Annie B .- Leslie Joseph and Clarissa-McBride John and Kate-
12, 16, 22,
Joseph P. O'Riley
.
27, 30, I, 6,
-Powderly (dead)
.
John F. Carroll
. Emerson C. and Lizzie-Spear Lewis J. and Mary-Sweeney . George E. and Ella E .- Richards John and Mary-DeCota
Ralph E. DeForest Anna L. Robinson -Thomas
Walter H. and Anna M .- Hestler'
John F. and Kate-Daly
Edward J. Poulin
Willie and Mary A .-- French James I. and Sarah-Wingersky John and Anna-Brosnahan Elmer and Mary-Bills
Apr. 13, 17, 20, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, May
John and Julia A .- Mulligan Samuel G. and Emma-Peterson Daniel and Ellen-Cunningham Robert, Jr., and Bridget-Moran
May 5, 17, 25,
Dennis Kelliher
Jan. 3, 6, 8,
100
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
June 10,
Thomas H. Dowd
-Tirrell
23, 26,
Joseph Kiley
Alberta E. Bustard
30,
Peter Madigan .
30, I.
Gerald F. Mahoney
8,
Gertrude Meany
8,
James Sutton (dead) Edith Carroll
8,
IO,
Marie Sullivan
15,
Mabel A. Panting
I7,
Rena M. Libby
29, Aug. 13, 15, 30,
Frank C. Fischer
Blanche M. Holbrook
.
James H. Deane
·
·
Wm. H. and Mary E .- O'Connor · Thomas and Ellen A .- Flynn Jeremiah J. and Maria A .- Whitty Arthur C. and Lena L .- Brown . John P. and Mary A .- Cain ·
Oct.
William J. Mann Grace D. Baker
Edwin F. and Jennie L .- Taber Chas. D. and Josie T .- Walbridge Thomas and Elizabeth-
19, 22,
Anna Ramsay
.
George and Eva M .- Markand Clarence M. and Susie M .- Burgess Francis W. and Anna-Rogers August and Korsten-Avonson Gustave and Eli'th F .- McAndrews Thomas and Elizabeth-Simmons
Nov.
Frances Brady
John and Frances-Powderly William and Ellen-O'Leary .
13,
Margaret Gill
Denis N. and Mary A .- Fahey
21,
Francis Scannell
.
Herbert F. and Fanny P .- Hunt
Dec
27, 18,
Henry W. Devine
Edward and Mary-Flaherty
20, 28,
Lena W. Cunningham Marie Hand
.
Edward and Lizzie M .- Dillon
-Burrell
. George P. and Susie E .- Jones
29, 1894. Dec. 23,
Ellen Stanton
Michael and Ellen-Deady.
Sept. I, 6, 6, 7, 20, 24, 24, 3, 8, 9, II,
Thomas W. Desmond
·
Winifred L. DeForest Madeline C. Dillon .
Marion Carney
·
James and Mary-Gibbons
.
.
Elizabeth Simms (dead) Ella M. White .
.
.
Harold I. Jones
.
S. May Johnson Emma Allen
23,
Dee (dead )
29, 9,
Emilie P. Reynolds .
·
.
. David and Adelia-Williams
80
July
James and Elizabeth-Carney William and Cora-Fenderson Thomas F. and Joanna-Creden .
. . John W. and Henrietta-Morton Patrick and Ellen-Scanlan . Jeremiah and Anna-Sullivan Patrick H. and Eliza-Flaherty James F. and Ellen-Buckley Patrick and Mary-Kelly Patrick J. and Mary E .- Brennan William and Maria V .- Lothrop Horace F. and Ella-Edwards . Walter R. and Dora-Fadden Julius C. and Elizabeth-Kraut Edgar C. and Gertrude -- Lynch . Patrick and Lizzie-Coakley
Ralph W. Cartwright
Alice M. Shepard Blanche Farrell
101
MARRIAGES
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN 1895.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
AGE
1895. Jan. 30,
Isaac A. Post
So. Thomaston, Me.
3
May S. Whitcomb
Brockton
22
Mar. 19,
Walter L. Clark
Holbrook
24
Anna C. Payne .
Randolph
20
20,
Lester R. Packard
Easton
34
Ida Alden Prescott
Randolph
2+
23,
Albert II. Hunt
Weymouth
31
Estelle M. Hollis
Holliston
22
Apr. 17,
James F. Sullivan Elizabeth J. Sullivan
Randolph
30
24,
Edward H. Spidel
Randolph
26
Emma E. Tibbetts
Randolph
27
May
2,
Charles F. French
Randolph
24
Eva Elmira Havden
Randolph
20
8,
N. Everett Buck
Randolph
54
Phebe Belcher .
Holbrook
38
II,
Patrick H. Sullivan Mary Crane (Kidder)
Randolph
33
Quincy
26
16,
James Reilly, Jr. Edna M. Richards
Stoughton
32
Stoughton
22
22,
Avery Stetson Ellen C. Nightingale
Brockton
2I
Randolph
19
June 5,
Henry A. Peach
Randolph
30
Elizabeth M. Schraut
Randolph
27
12,
Thomas B. Horton
Brockton
25
Grace E. Harding
Avon
IS
Randolph
31
102
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
AGE
June 18,
Thomas F. McGrath Elizabeth M. Berie
·
Randolph
28
Wellfleet
24
26, Patrick F. Riley Catherine E. Buckley
.
Canton
24
26, William II. Leavitt Jennie F. White
.
Randolph
25
July
I,
George W. Bailey Olive E. Wentworth .
.
Randolph
26
23,
Ernest W. Mann
Randolph
29
Ethel M. Paine .
Randolph
23
Aug 14,
Fred A. Spear Grace A. French
South Braintree
22
15,
Charles J. Foley
Randolph
27
Martha E. McGaughey
Randolph
26
19,
Richmond Driscoll Ann Willer (McKee)
Randolph
58
Middleboro
45
Sept. 7,
Percy E. Blanchard Lillian F. Holmes
·
Randolph
25
Brockton
19
II,
John E. T. Hoxie Hattie L. M. Peterson
.
Brockton
21
Avon
20
12,
Jabez Stetson
Randolph
27
Carrie Holbrook
Randolph
20
IS, John B. McNeil . Mary E. McGaughey
Randolph
25
Oct. 23,
William R. Spear Hattie M. Fay
Quincy
20
29, Michael D. McGrail Ellen F. Dooley
Ayer ·
41
Randolph
32
27,
Fred B. Holmes Alice L. Fish
.
East Milton .
19
31,
William D. Edwards . Mary E. Fennell
·
Randolph
24
Randolph
23
Nov. 13,
Harry F. Davenport . L. Etta May
Canton
26
Canton
.
24
.
Randolph
27
Brockton
27
·
Randolph
25
.
Randolph
28
Randolph
22
Quincy
23
·
Randolph
25
103
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
AGE
Nov. 19,
Edward J. Lonnergan
East Weymouth
27
Katie E. Gibbons
Randolph
24
20,
Charles Alden
Randolph
23
Eva G. Spear
Randolph
23
27.
Joseph M. Donnovan Catherine E. Gibbons
Randolph
27
Randolph
23
27,
Charles De Cota
Randolph
31
Mary Patten
Randolph
23
27,
John H. Joyce
Brockton
26
Mary E. Buckley
Randolph
23
28,
John A. Hoye
Randolph
30
Mary E. Mackedon
Randolph
27
Dec. 14,
William R. Adams
Brockton
40
Eliza E. Hayes
Brockton
36
(Webber)
.
Stoughton
25
.
Randolph
23,
IS,
Julius E. Mann Minnie R. Abbott
38
104
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN 1895.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
1895.
Y. M. D.
Jan.
18,
Eunice C. Holbrook
74 10 18
Pneumonia
19,
Abigail B. Harris
72 II
3
Inflammation of bowels Premature birth
27,
-Jones
2
Convulsions
29,
Matthew Madigan
I
5 13
Pneumonia
30,
Elizabeth T. Burrell
69
4
8
Pneumonia
Feb.
S,
Catharine F. Foley
.
38
5
3
Morbus cordis
IO,
Levi Linfield
.
SS
Chronic bronchitis
13,
Emeline M. Broad
91
4
Gastropathy
13,
Washington Thayer
.
74
II 23
Pneumonia
15,
Henry G. Beal
.
67
II 27
Pneumonia
16,
Catherine Rooney
79
Heart disease
17,
Mary A. Thayer
67
26
Bright's disease
18,
George W. Peirce
69
6 14
Apoplexy
23,
Mary Lagan
.
58
Bronchial asthma
24,
Richard F. Uniac Thomas Moore
46
7
5
14,
William J. Howe
76
5
6
Heart disease
24,
Martin Conboy . Nicholas Moore
57 IO 82
Heart disease
Apr.
8,
Effie Pratt .
I IO
S
Pneumonia
9,
Mary Welsh
68
Paralysis, insanity
IO,
Dennis McCarthy
·
70
13,
Catherine Mckay
56
Cerebral hemorrhage
20,
Cordelia C. Belcher
SI
23
Chronic articular rheumatism
22,
Johanna Carev
54
Fatty degeneration of heart.
22,
Hannah Buckley
67 10 23
Heart disease
23,
Rose Victory
S2
Heart disease
23,
E. Louise Belcher -Davis
26 S 25
Apoplexv
24,
Michael Brady
77
Old age
25,
John Jones -Uniac
SI
9
Apoplexy
May
5,
John Leahey
64
9
Inflammation of bowels
14,
Rose Kenney
56
Phthisis
21,
Mary A. Carroll
·
23
I 20
Phthisis pulmonalis.
22,
Patrick Flood
.
So
2
1
Chronic cytisis
21,
Carl A. Nelson . Edward J. Poulin
27 2 23
Valvular dise'se of heart
23,
3
Infantile
Acute bronchitis
30,
Edward P. Curran
41
13
Phthisis
31
.
IO
5 19
Diphtheria
Mar. 10,
Pneumonia
Heart disease
23,
Premature birth
Premature birth
II,
-Powderly
27,
105
DAATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
Y. M. D.
46
Phthisis pulmonalis.
June
I,
Martin P. Wetherbee, V.S.
53
9 29
Locomotor ataxy.
7,
Mary B. Turner
67
S 27
Apoplexy.
12,
Catherine F. Donovan
S3
I
6
Morbus cordis.
15,
Susan Acherson
72
1
7
Cancer.
Ellen Madigan .
S
3
2
Malignant scarlet fever.
23, S,
Elizabeth A. Baker James Sutton
60
S 21
Empyernia.
8,
Agnes T. Meaney
20
I
Consumption.
19,
Ruth Webber
4
5
Heart disease.
26,
James A. Neary
43
Aug. 5,
Sidney French
So
2 29
Brights disease
7,
Hannah Belcher
So
27
Accidental
7, S,
Myra S. Lothrop
59
I 22
Innanition
15,
John G. Nelson .
65
6 25
Cancer
II,
Dennis M. Savage
68
IS
Cancer
20,
Edward Hathaway
84
II 24
Old age
23,
Hannah Clark
77 F1
12
Disease of liver
24:
Joseph Kiley
I 29
Acute enteritis
30,
Katie J. Meaney
24
4 28
Phthitis
Sept. 2,
Dwight W. Leach
59
S
S
Accidental
16,
Charles F. McCue
4
6
Cholera Infantum
22,
Mary Gill .
4 22
Convulsions
23, 24,
Hannah Noonan
63
Exhaustion
26, 27,
Richard Heney
74 6 10
Old age
30,
Addie L. Foster
I
23
Morasmus
Oct.
7.
Margaret Rooney
4
6
TuberculosisMeningitis
5,
Lavinia E. Field
57 10
Chronic rheumatism
II,
Leonard Thayer, V.S.
76
5 15
Heart disease, apoplexy
23,
John Crosby, V.S. -Dee
54
Pyemia morbus cordis
29,
Patrick Desmond
62
Railroad accident
4,
Jennie I. McLaughlan
16 II 36
Phthisis pulmonalis
IO,
James McLaughlan
15
4
4
Spinal disease
15,
William R. Panting Helen Langley .
2
2 28
Measles, congestion of brain
Dec. 17,
George Leahey
38
II 23
Acute nephritis
5,
Everett L. Delano
22
28
Acute nephritis
15,
Edmund Eddy
So
7
20,
Catherine Fardy
76
23,
Adoniram Thayer
82 S
14
Dementia
23,
Martin G. Dean .
S
2
Meningitis
25,
Helen L. Rikeman
27,
Ellen White
.
19 10 21 68
Phthisis pulmonalis Senility
26,
Hattie E. Parish
41 II 26
Catherine Riley
78
I
26
Heart disease
24,
Catherine Burke
74
Accidental.
Sarah J. Thayer
61 2 24
Enlargement of heart
May 29,
John F. Kennedy
July
Premature birth.
IO,
Margaret M. Heney
11 13
Cholera Infantum Senility
Premature birth
Nov. 4,
27
I
5
Typhoid pneumonia
16,
Old age Cancer
Heamatisia.
106
AGES OF THOSE DECEASED.
Under 5 years of age .
18
Between 5 years and 10
2
10 years and 20
4
20 years and 30
6
30 years and 40
3
40 years and 50
6
50 years and 60
IO
60 years and 70
14
70 years and 80
14
So years and 90
12
Over 90
I
90
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Typhoid pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, hematitia, acute bronchitis, valvular disease of heart, innatition, cerebral hemorrhage, malignant scarlet fever, disease of liver, acute enteritis, spinal disease, measles, gas- trophy, enlargement of heart, bronchial asthma, diphtheria, infantile paralysis, chronic cytisis, meningitis, locomotor ataxy, dementia em- pyernia, consumption, exhaustion, marasmus, tuberculosis meningitis, pyemia, acute nephitis, I each.
Inflammation of bowels, convulsions, cholera infantum, bright's dis- ease, chronic rheumatism, senility, 2 each.
Morbus cordis, 3.
Old age, phthisis, accidental, phthisis pulmonalis, cancer, apoplexy, 4 each.
Premature birth, 5.
Pneumonia, 7. Heart disease, 10.
Total, 90.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK. SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Randolph, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Stetson Hall, in said town. on Monday, the second day of March next. at six 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 meet- ing.
Article 2. To choose all such town officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot : also on the same ballot to vote "Yes " or " No" in answer to the question : "Shall li- cense be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Article 3. To choose all such town officers as are not re- quired by law to be chosen by ballot.
Article 4. To hear the report of the town officers and act thereon.
Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the support of schools, and appropriate the same.
Article 6. To raise money for the repairs of highways. and determine the manner of expending the same.
Article 7. To raise money to defray the general town ex- penses for the current year, and appropriate the same.
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Article 8. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the fire department, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 9. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the decoration of soldiers' graves, under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post, 110, G.A.R.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the town will raise and contribute to the sinking fund, as required by law, to meet the payment of the "Randolph Water Loan."
Article 11. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to the payment of interest on the "Randolph Water Loan."
Article 12. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for water, for hydrants, street service, public buildings and drinking fountains.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to renew its con- tract with Charles Doughty for lighting the streets by elec- tricity, and to place additional lights on Roel Street, Fowler Street, High Street, Maple Street, South Street, South Main Street and Wales Avenue and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 14. To see if the town will pay the late Treasurer, Hiram C. Alden, the sum of seventy-five dollars, being amount paid by him for insurance on Treasurer bond, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to make certain alterations in or additions to the North Grammar school building, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 16. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to make a contract to transport some of the pupils attending the Tower Hill school to the Prescott or North Grammar school, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888 as amended,
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and to unite with the Town of Holbrook, or with any other town or towns in the discretion of the School Committee, to employ a superintendent of schools, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water main pipe on Allen Street to the residence of Columbus Holbrook, as petitioned for by Columbus Holbrook and others, and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to instruct the .Water Commissioners to extend the water main pipe on Chestnut Street, as petitioned for by Thomas Devine and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 20. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money tem- porarily in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year, and fix the sum he is authorized to borrow.
Article 21. To see if the town will.authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to issue notes of the town to replace those now outstanding, the same to be re- funded upon such terms as they may deem most favorable for the town.
Article 22. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and published in the town re- port as required by law.
Article 23. To see what compensation the town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 24. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the care and keeping in repair the clocks in the tow- ers of the First Congregational and First Baptist churches, also the clock in Stetson Hall, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 25. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen
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to appoint special police officers to enforce the laws, and raise and appropriate money for the payment of such officers.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the pay of laborers employed by the town.
Article 27. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to medical attendance on the poor, and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Article 28. 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 manner interested, as a party or otherwise, for the ensuing year, ex- cept so far as the same in any way relates to the water supply.
Article 29. To see if the town will authorize and appoint the Water Commissioners to be the 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- terested, as a party or otherwise, so far as the same in any manner relates to the taking of the waters of Great Pond, or in the construction of the water works, either jointly or separately, as authorized under Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1887, and to employ counsel if necessary.
Article 30. 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, 1896.
Article 31. 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.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to pay for the insurance on the Town Treasurer bond for the year 1896-7, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to extend the water pipes from the residence of Robert Dickey, on High
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Street, to the junction of said High and Vine Streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 34. To hear and act on the report of any com- mittee, and choose any committee the town may think proper.
The polls will be opened at 6 o'clock A.M., and remain open four hours, and such longer time as the voters may determine.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies hereof 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 "Randolph Register and Holbrook News," a newspaper published at said Randolph.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. on or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph, this seventeenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD. FRED M. FRENCH. Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy. Attest :
M. F. SULLIVAN, Constable.
INDEX.
Page
Almshouse Expenses .
22
Almshouse Appraisal .
25
Appropriations .
4
Births
99, 100
Clocks, Care of
I9
Census of 1895
4
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
I8
Deaths
104, 105
Expenditures
6
Estimate of Expenses for 1895
33
Estimate, Value of Property
5
Fire Department
19, 63-67 IO
List of Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
35
Medical Attendance
32
Miscellaneons Expenses
I5
Marriages .
101-103
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
22-34
Paving
I3
Poor out of Almshouse
28
Poor of other Towns
30
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook
31
Recapitulation .
7
Removing Snow
I3
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
3
Soldiers' Relief .
30
Schools
20
Statement of Cash received by Selectmen
33
School Committee, Report of
37-54
Highways, Repairs of
ii
INDEX.
Stetson School Fund .
19
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
49-54
State Paupers
30
State Aid .
19, 20 19
Street Lighting .
Town Officers, Pay of
17,18
Treasurer, Report of .
96, 98
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report
55-62
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer
61, 62
Town Debt, Statement of .
IO2
Valuation .
3
Water Commissioners
20, 69-95
Water Loan Sinking Fund .
98
SIXTY-FIRST AN
OF
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERE
TENDING SCHOOL COMMITT
DEPARTMENT, SUPERIN BOARD OF HEALTH
C
TOWN OF
TOGETH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF
TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER F. WATER COMM
FOI
YEAR ENDING DE
RAND
RANDOLPH REGISTER A
DANIEL H. HUXFO
189
SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERIN- TENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, · BOARD OF HEALTH, AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY, AND OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1896.
RANDOLPH: RANDOLPH REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1897.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD. PETER B. HAND.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. JOSEPH T. LEAHY. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
M. A. DONOVAN
Term expires 1897.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY
.
Term expires 1898.
ASA P. FRENCH .
.
Term expires 1899.
TRUSTEES OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
M A. DONOVAN .
Term expires 1897.
.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY .
Term expires 1898.
ASA P. FRENCH
Term expires 1899.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
DANIEL B. WHITE
Term expires 1897.
PETER B. HAND
Term expires 1898.
CHARLES A. WALES
.
Term expires 1899.
AUDITORS.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY.
MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM.
REDMOND P. BARRETT.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. KNIGHT. THOMAS FARRELL.
MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN.
CHARLES F. BEAN. LINCOLN STETSON. JAMES E. BLANCHE.
FRANK J. DONAHOE.
TAX COLLECTOR. FRED M. FRENCH.
FENCE VIEWERS.
WILLIAM MAHADY. JAMES RILEY. JAMES H. WALES.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
OTIS L. SOULE.
JAMES FARDY. HERBERT W. PRATT. JOSEPH T. LEAHY.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHARLES A. WALES, Chief. WILLIAM A. CROAK, Clerk. JOHN HANEY. DANIEL J. BRENNAN. CORNELIUS DESMOND.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
JAMES RILEY.
GEORGE R. WEAVER.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP. COLIN BOYD. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL COURT. HENRY A. BELCHER, of Randolph.
MAY 1 4 1963
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.
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