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To the Inhabitants of the Town of Randolph:
The Selectmen and Assessors herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1896. Rate of taxation May 1, 1896, $19.80 on $1,000.
VALUATION.
1895.
1896.
Personal estate . $296,100 00
$277,100 00
Decrease. $19,000 00
Real estate . 1,607,700 00 1,606,600 00
1,100 00
$1,903,800 00$1,883,700 00
$20,100 00
Town appropriations .
$43,441 00
State tax
.
1,645 00
County tax
1,687 10
Amount to be raised .
$46,773 10
Number of polls, 1,163.
Tax, $2,326 00
Estimated corporation and bank tax, 7,270 00 9,596 00
Amount to be raised on property
$37,177 10
Tax on :
Real estate
($1,606,600 00)
$31,810 68
Personal estate
(277,100 00)
5,486 58
$1,883,700 00
$37,297 26
Amount to be raised
37,177 10
Overlay
$120 16
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Warrant :
State tax
$1,645 00
County tax
1,687 10
Town tax and overlay
36,291 16
$39,623 26
Population, census of 1895 .
3,694
Number of horses May 1, 1896
341
cows May 1, 1896
201
acres of land taxed
5,755
dwellings
843
APPROPRIATIONS.
For schools
$9,321 00
Stetson High School
2,200 00
highways
3,500 00
paving
500 00
removing snow
500 00
miscellaneous
2,400 00
poor in almshouse
1,500 00
poor out of almshouse
3,600 00
soldiers' relief
300 00
poor of Randolph and Holbrook
800 00
military aid
150 00
town officers
·
2,400 00
interest on town debt
·
2,200 00
fire department
2,220 00
G.A.R., decoration of soldiers' graves
100 00
Board of Health
150 00
tramps, lockup, etc.
200 00
special police
500 00
sinking fund, " water loan"
3,000 00
interest on water loan .
2,000 00
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For water for hydrants, etc. $2,000 00
electric lighting
3,400 00
Town Treasurer, premium on bond
150 00
care of clocks
50 00
pay of physicians
300 00
County tax .
1,687 10
State tax ·
1,645 00
Appropriations
$46,773 10
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN DECEMBER 31, 1896.
Almshouse property and farm $12,000 00
Town house and land . 18,000 00
Two steam fire engines and apparatus 8,000 00 .
Three fire engine houses and lockup 4,200 00
500 00
One hearse 50 00
Ten acres salt marsh 300 00
2,000 00
Schoolhouse and land, District No. 1 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 2 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 3 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 4
6,000 00
1,800 00
5,750 00
Schoolhouse and land, District No. 5 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 6 Prescott schoolhouse and land
1,600 00
Turner school fund
1,500 00
Stetson school fund, par value
11,900 00
Turner Free Library, building and land
40,000 00
Turner Free Library fund
5,000 00
Turner fund
10,000 00
Turner Free Library 5,000 00
Water Works
160,000 00
Land and building, Clark estate
2,800 00
$312,600 00
One Babcock engine and apparatus
1,200 00
15,000 00
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EXPENDITURES.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amounting to $52,240.45 :
On account of schools
$9,888 90 .
Stetson High School .
2,320 17
poor out of almshouse
3,584 20
poor of Randolph and Holbrook .
1,244 43
poor in almshouse
2,285 37
soldiers' relief
255 57
poor of other towns
305 33
State paupers
17 46
lockup and tramps
237 99
Board of Health 67 21
miscellaneous expenses
2,209 57
military aid
472 00
State aid
2,725 00
fire department .
2,214 44
special police
726 83
care of clocks
50 00
removing snow .
959 00
repairs of highways
3,695 65
. paving 526 46
electric street lighting
3,271 91 .
town officers 2,441 50 .
water commissioners .
7,000 00
decoration soldiers' graves
100 00
burial of soldier
35 00
insurance bond .
120 00
interest
2,756 17
Dr. D. F. Kinnier and inhabitants
of Randolph . 635 75
pay of physicians
.
276 00
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On account of abatements
$131 44
county tax
1,687 10
$52,240 45
Warrant on Treasurer to pay State tax
1,645 00
$53,885 45
RECAPITULATION.
For schools :
Appropriations. $10,063 45
$9,888 90
Stetson High School
2,200 00
2,320 17
Poor out of almshouse
3,600 00 3,576 80
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook,
800 00
1,244 43
Poor in almshouse
1,500 00
2,285 37
Soldiers' relief
300 00
262 97
Poor of other towns
305 33
State paupers
17 46
Lock-up and tramps
200 00
237 99
Miscellaneous expenses
2,400 00
2,209 57
Fire department
2,220 00
2,214 44
State aid
2,725 00
Military aid .
150 00
472 00
Electric lighting
3,400 00
3,271 91
Removing snow
500 00
959 00
Water Commissioners, for hy- drants
2,000 00
2,000 00
Water Commissioners, for in- terest
2,000 00
2,000 00
Water Commissioners, for sink- ing fund
3,000 00
3,000 00
Pay of physicians
300 00
276 00
Special police
500 00
726 83
Board of Health
.
150 00
67 21
Expenditures.
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For Town officers
.
$2,400 00
$2,441 50
Paving .
500 00
526 46
Abatement of taxes, 1894
131 44
Repairs of highways
·
3,500 00
3,695 65
Burial of soldier
35 00
Decoration of soldiers' graves
100 00
100 00
Care of clocks
50 00
50 00
Interest on town debt
2,200 00
2,756 17
Insurance on Treasurer's bond,
150 00
120 00
County tax
1,687 10
1,687 10
State tax
1,645 00
1,645 00
Dr. D. F. Kinnier v. inhabit- ants of town of Randolph
635 75
$47,515 55 $53,885 45
Total amount of expenditures . ·
$53,885 45
Total amount of appropriations and estimated income
47,515 55
Amount overdrawn
. $6,369 90
Overdrawn on account of :
Stetson High School, $120 17
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook
444 43
Poor in almshouse
785 37
Poor of other towns,
305 33
State paupers
17 46
Lock-up .
37 99
State aid
2,725 00
Military aid
322 00
Removing snow
459 00
Special police .
226 83
Town officers . ·
41 50
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Paving $26 46
Highways
195 65
Burial of soldier 35 00
Interest on town debt,
556 17
Suit of Dr. D. F. Kinnier, 635 75
Abatements of taxes,
131 44
$7,065 55
Unexpended on account of :
Schools
$174 55
Poor out of almshouse, 23 20
Soldiers' relief . 37 03
Miscellaneous .
190 43
Fire department
5 56
Electric lighting
128 09
Pay of physicians
24 00
Board of Health
82 79
Insurance on Treas-
urer's bond
30 00
695 65
$6,369 90
Amount overdrawn
$6,369 90
To be refunded on account of :
State aid by State
. $2,725 00
Military aid by State .
236 00
Military aid by Holbrook .
58 66
State paupers by State
17 46
Burial of soldier by State
35 00
Poor of other towns
305 33
Poor in almshouse
767 92
Poor out of almshouse 40 88
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook . 412 97
Dr. D. F. Kinnier case
75 23
4,674 45
Net amount overdrawn
$1,695 45
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
The streets have continued under the charge of James Riley as superintendent.
Taking into consideration the amount of money at our disposal, the number of miles of streets to care for, and the quality of material which of necessity we are obliged to use, we feel that our streets will compare favorably with those of surrounding towns.
Paid Town teams, labor . $334 45
Thomas Whalen, labor
185 00
Joseph Donovan, labor
253 06
James Riley, team, labor
527 96.
John P. Rooney, labor
160 23
Lighting lamp
2 00
Thomas Devine, Jr., team, labor
10 01
James Carroll, team, labor
10 70
William Brennan, labor .
101 73
Patrick Crosby, labor
2 68
George Wood, labor
44
Charles A. Wales, gravel
73 70
Maurice E. Scanlon, gravel
9 52
William Mahady, team, labor
45 08
Soriana M. Jones, labor .
19 44
John B. McGrane, labor .
123 84
Thomas Duff, labor
146 81
Everett Poole, gravel
19 88
M. M. Alden, lumber
4 09
H. M. White & Co., supplies
1 15
John T. Manning, labor .
3 50
George M. Johnson, labor
42 10
William C. Barry, labor . ·
213 60
Andrew Nightingale, labor
2 00
11
Paid William Gill, labor
$84 00
Joshua Hunt, gravel
3 15
Columbus Holbrook, gravel
20
Thomas Buckley, labor
167 87
A. J. Towns, team, labor
56 16
Peter McConaty, labor
19 89
James Slowey, labor
56 88
James O'Brien, labor
22 00
William F. Shepard, labor
22 00
Seth Mann, 2d, gravel
40
Martin Harty, labor
90 49
Manus Gallagher, labor
5 50
Lewis Jones, labor
46 99
Michael E. Leahy, team, labor
52 69
Frank Riley
18 22
Edward Quinn, labor
24 11
James Welsh, labor
28 11
John Curran, labor
33 33
Dominick Hand, labor
37 44
Michael Good, labor
18 33
William Dorr, labor
21 39
Daniel Twomey, labor
17 89
John Dunn, labor
31 33
George F. French, labor
15 66
John Sheehan, labor
36 44
Lincoln Stetson, team, labor
3 50
Francis E. Stetson, team, labor
11 08
James Barry, labor
25 39
John Harris, labor
14 22
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
21 72
John Desmond, labor
6 00
John Meaney, labor
23 50
Edward Riley, labor
1 00
Andrew Tracy, labor
18 00
William Good, team, labor
43 94
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Paid Mr. Lothrop $1 20
James Fardy, labor and materials
59 29
John Wilkinson, labor
14 00
Patrick Mannix, labor
14 00
James H. Wales, materials
25
Michael Clark, labor
8 89
James Riley and others, labor
73 95
John Lyons, labor
56 99
Mary E. Smith, gravel
15 91
John Wales, gravel
4 98
Caroline Glover, gravel
4 34
Jesse Fenno, gravel
07
Edwin Tabor, gravel
·
. 5 00
William Carroll, labor
13 79
Estate of T. F. Lynch, gravel .
5 50
Joseph Riley, labor
4.4
James Swindells, gravel .
9 38
R. A. Thayer, gravel
2 73
Robert McAuliffe, team, labor
10 50
Thomas Barry, labor
78
James Blythe, labor
3 67
W. A. Croak, scuttle
1 25
Thomas Powderly, gravel
7 20
Frank H. Langley, labor and materials
9 75
$3,695 65
Appropriation, $3,500 00
Overdrawn, 195 65
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid James Carroll and others $184 34
William Mahady and others 151 41
Francis E. Stetson and others 151 94
James Riley and others .
256 09
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Paid Joseph Donovan and others
$114 90
Town teams .
6 30
Peter MeConaty
2 25
Richard Irving
5 00
James Keenan
4 00
Selectmen
82 77
$959 00
Appropriation, $500 00
Overdrawn, $459 00
PAVING.
Paid Town teams, labor .
$71 07
Thomas Whalen, labor
41 87
Thomas Buckley, labor
43 00
James Riley, labor
76 66
Joseph Donovan, labor
44 43
William Gill, labor
50 99
William C. Barry, labor
11 89
Martin Harty, labor
5 23
Thomas Duff, labor
46 33
John P. Rooney, labor
47 43
John B. McGrane, labor
43 00
John Lyons, labor
89
Randolph Water Works .
17 83
H. M. White & Co., supplies
1 65
George M. Johnson, labor
2 00
William Brennan, labor .
6 89
· John T. Wales, gravel
1 50
Seth Mann, 2d, gravel
20
. M. E. Scanlan, gravel
7 70
M. J. Collins, gravel
60
C. A. Wales, gravel ·
.
4 20
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Paid Estate of T. F. Lynch, gravel $0 30 Columbus Holbrook, gravel 80
$526 46
Appropriation, $500 00
Expended, 526 46
Overdrawn,
$26 46
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Dexter T. Clark, repairing ballot-box $4 25
City of Quincy, use of lockup . 17 40
Colin Boyd, janitor .
132 50
A. L. Chase, * inspector of animals and pro- visions 100 00
Thomas Purcell, teller
5 00
Edward O'Flaherty, teller .
10 00
M. F. Sullivan, police duty and service on warrants 26 00
Weston P. Alden, teller .
.
5 00
J. A. Kingsbury, dinners (elections) ·
37 60
M. W. Baker, labor on stoves
2 60
Damon Safe and Lock Co., labor on safe,
6 20
Arthur W. Alden, teller
10 00
John B. Brennan, teller .
.
5 00
Nelson Mann, teller .
10 00
William W. Hurley, teller
5 00
F. Wayland Alden, teller Joseph J. McMahon, teller
5 00
Thomas L. Stetson, teller
10 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books, stationery, 10 20
Edward Long, teller 5 00
Frank J. Donahoe, police duty 12 00 ·
C. H. Belcher, supplies . ·
6 30
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.
10 00
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Paid George F. French, lime .
$1 75
Herbert F. French, teller 5 00
Edwin M. Mann, wood . 23 00
John P. Sullivan, teller .
10 00
George W. Wales, envelopes
10 90
Hugh J. Molloy, teller
10 00
Fred M. French, teller, and insurance 86 10
D. H. Huxford, printing 436 50
Randolph Water Works, t labor and material,
31 98
W. A. Croak, teller
5 00
Greenough, Adams & Cushing, stationery,
1 29
Charles F. Bean, police duty 9 25
F. D. McCarty, teller
5 00
William B. Spear, teller .
5 00
John H. Field, teller
5 00
Fairbanks Scale Co., testing scales, weights, etc. 20 70
Turner Free Library, repairs on building ..
354 06
J. T. Leahy, stationery 9 88
F. Porter, stationery 2 44
Thomas Farrell, ¿ police duty and service on warrant 34 60
Royal T. Mann, teller
10 00
E. L. Burdakin, copy of transfers
10 00
John L. Burke
4 00
John T. Flood, § services as Moderator
20 00
Fred A. French, telephone
2 30
Fred L. Belcher, teller 5 00
C. Doughty, electric lighting and supplies, 29 48
H. M. White & Co. 11
E. W. Campagna, labor on booths 6 00
George E. Easton, police duty . 1 75
Thomas J. Kiernan, teller and police duty, 14 25
§ Paid Horace Niles Post, 110, Grand Army Republic, on order of Mr. Flood.
16
Paid John Moore, damage to fence $10 00
E. Lawrence Payne, police duty 1 75
Lincoln Stetson, police duty 9.25
James E. Blanche, police duty and carriage hire 19 25 Peter B. Hand, cash paid 2 50
J. White Belcher, insurance
434 50
James D. Sheridan, teller. 5 00
Edwin F. Knight, police duty 15 25
P. H. Mclaughlin, cash paid 20 15
A. J. Gove, expressage and carriage hire .
43 30
Timothy Lyons, expressage
29 90
Sundry accounts 13 33
$2,209 57
¿ Refunded on account of Dog War-
rant
$16 10
¡ Refunded by Randolph & Braintree Railway :
31 98
* Refunded by State Treasurer 36 80
$84 88
$2,124 69
Appropriation, $2,400 00
Expended, 2,124 69
Unexpended,
$275 31
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid C. G. Hathaway, M. F. Cunningham, Red- mond P. Barrett (Auditors) $45 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid Joseph T. Leahy
300 00
€
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SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid Patrick H. MeLaughlin
$ 400 00
John K. Willard 350 00
Peter B. Hand
350 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Asa P. French 125 00
Michael A. Donovan
120 00
Thomas A. Kennedy
117 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid Hiram C. Alden 75 00
James Fardy .
50 00
Herbert W. Pratt
50 00
James F. Sullivan .
50 00
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Paid F. M. French, collecting taxes
of 1895 .
$95 00
F. M. French, collecting taxes of 1896 165 00
260 00
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Charles A. Wales 45 00
John Haney .
25 00
D. J. Brennan
25 50
W. A. Croak .
34 00
C. Desmond
20 00
$2,441 50
Appropriation, $2,400 00
Overdrawn,
41 50
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SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Edwin F. Knight .
$110 00
Frank J. Donahoe . .
. 116 83
Michael F. Sullivan 500 00
$726 83
Appropriation, $500 00
Overdrawn, 226 83
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Capt. Horace Niles Post, No. 110, G.A.R.,
$100 00
Appropriation, $100 00
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Charles Doughty
$3,271 91
Appropriation, $3,400 00
Expended,
3,271 91
Unexpended, $128 09
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of Engi- neers of Fire Department) . $2,214 40
Appropriation, $2,220 00
Expended,
2,214 40
Unexpended,
$5 60
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STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Trustees
$2,200 00
Trustees, bank tax, 1896
120 17
$2,320 17
Appropriation, $2,200 00, and bank tax.
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SCHOOLS.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of School Committee )
$9,888 90 .
Appropriation
. $9,321 00
Dog licenses
447 88
State school fund
262 57
Coddington fund
32 00
$10,063 45
Unexpended, $177 55
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid James Fardy . $7 21
P. H. Mclaughlin, for services 20 00
John K. Willard
20 00
Peter B. Hand
.
.
20 00
$67 21
Appropriation, $150 00
Expended,
67 21
Unexpended,
$82 79
.
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ABATEMENTS FOR 1894.
Paid F. M. French $131 44
No appropriation.
INTEREST.
Paid Joseph T. Leahy, Treasurer
.
$2,756 17
Appropriation, $2,200 00
Overdrawn,
556 17
COUNTY TAX.
Paid C. H. Smith, County Treasurer
.
$1,687 10
INSURANCE BOND.
Paid C. D. Fullerton & Co.
$120 00
Appropriation, $150 00
Unexpended,
30 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Water Commissioners, interest .
$2,000 00
Water Commissioners, hydrants, etc.
·
2,000 00
Water Commissioners, sinking fund
·
3,000 00
Appropriation, $7,000 00
$7,000 00
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CARE OF CLOCKS.
Paid First Congregational Church $20 00
First Baptist Church 20 00
Colin Boyd, clock in Town Hall 10 00
Appropriation, $50 00
$50 00
SUIT OF DR. D. F. KINNIER AND THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Paid Asa P. French, for witness fees $33 10
Dr. E. N. Whittier, professional services . 150 00
Dr. A. L. Chase, professional services 100 00
Asa P. French, professional services ·
300 00
Thomas Farrell, witness fees and expenses, 29 65
P. H. Mclaughlin, expenses . 15 00
John K. Willard, expenses
8 00
$635 75
Cr.
Costs, witness fees, etc., refunded 75 23
$560 52
This suit was brought for injuries claimed to have been received from an alleged defect in the sidewalk on Warren Street.
The amount of damages claimed was $1,000.
The Selectmen were satisfied at the time of the accident that the town was not to blame in the matter, and the only course open for them was to resist any claim which might be made for damages.
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The result of the trial justified us in the stand we took in the matter.
STATE AID (CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1894).
Paid sundry persons
. $2,725 00
To be refunded by State. No appropriation.
STATE AID (CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1894).
Paid sundry persons $472 00
One-half paid by the State $236 00
By town of Holbrook 58 66
By town of Randolph
177 34
$472 00
Appropriation, $150 00
Overdrawn,
27 34
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1896.
There has been no unusual demand for outside aid during the year, the amount rendered being somewhat less than the previous year.
The almshouse and town farm continue in charge of George R. Weaver and wife as superintendent and matron.
We have made some improvements the past year in the inside of the house. The old cooking range, which had out- lived its usefulness, has been replaced by a new one of more modern pattern. The walls and ceilings of all the rooms and hallways have been freshly painted. All the bedsteads, beds and bedding which had grown old and worn, have been discarded, and their place supplied with new goods. Every- thing about the inside of the house is clean and in good order. The outside needs painting, and we would recommend an appropriation of $150.00 for the same.
ALMSHOUSE.
Paid George R. Weaver, superintendent . $499 97
Walter M. Howard, fish 58 43
C. D. Hill, groceries
219 66
H. M. White & Co., groceries
208 38
C. Prescott & Co., groceries
144 41
N. E. Buck, grain .
163 63
Oriental Tea Co. .
15 58
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Paid B. C. Tirrell, clothing $11 25
George R. Weaver, supplies
62 44
S. A. Thayer, coal
160 82
D. B. White, coal . 64 25
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods ·
30 66
Estate F. A. Belcher, dry goods
62 10
Henry A. Belcher, dry goods .
·
9 46
Brennan & Long, shoes . .
4 00
Frank A. Long, shoes and underwear 24 80
Robert McLennan, repairs
10 85
Frank H. Langley, repairs
38 15
James Burke, repairing shoes
2 60
John L. Burke, labor
2 50
John Wallace, provisions 84 74
William A. Smith, provisions
76 86
Charles A. Wales, range, labor, etc. ·
92 35
William Crossley
3 00
Lavin & Co., bedsteads and bedding
73 50
E. A. Perry, labor
5 50
Thomas Buckley
32 90
Ginter Produce Co., supplies
4 50
M. J. Collins, pigs
10 00
A. J. Towns, ice
26 56
Charles Codman, bread
9 73
D. S. Brown .
2 00
Seth Mann, 2d, pasturage
5 00
Charles A. Payne
1 30
H. B. Libby .
17 44
Royal T. Mann
16 50
A. J. Gove, expressing .
12 05
James E. Blanche, carriage
2 00
Frank Porter, medicine .
15 50
.
$2,285 37
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DR.
Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1895
. $2,470 40
Expended for supplies
·
2,285 37
$4,755 77
CR.
Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1896
. $2,502 85
Labor of town teams
472 33
Produce sold
9 95
Hogs sold
25 14
Board refunded
300 58
Net expense .
1,444 92
$4,755 77
PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1896.
Weeks.
Lewis Linfield
52
William A. Doyle
52
Joseph A. Fritts .
17
Catherine Heney .
52
Thomas Curran
223
Patrick Kiley
16¿
James Welch*
49
Lorrenzo Eddy t
37
Augusta A. Thayer #
43ª
Ira Beal, Jr. §
82
Lucy Barrows
372
Persis Barrows
372
Mary A. Barrows
372
Alice Veazie
295
Clark Fairbanks .
12
Thomas Ward
32
* Board refunded, $147.00.
t Board refunded, 40.08.
: į Board refunded, $93.00. § Board refunded, 20.50,
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ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, ETC., DECEMBER 31, 1896.
2 horses $300 00
1 cow . ·
50 00
2 pigs .
30 00
35 fowl ·
30 00
8 tons English hay
184 00
1 road scraper .
75 00
3 horse carts
175 00
1 farm wagon .
60 00
1 carriage
20 00
1 two-horse wagon
60 00
1 swing drag
35 00
1 mowing machine 40 00
1 hay cutter and feed trough
5 00
2 gravel screens
10 00
2 cart harnesses ·
30 00
1 carriage harness
10 00
1 pair double harness 40 00
50 00
4 draft chains .
10 00
2 grind-stones
8 00
2 carriage jacks
4 00
Baskets
1 50
1 cultivator
9.00
4 plows
20 00
1 harrow
5 00
Forks and shovels .
11 00
Iron bars and picks
5 00
1 hospital bed
40 00
1 wheelbarrow
3 00
4 axes . ·
2 00
1 tobacco cutter
·
1 50
1 two-horse sled, shaft and pole
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4 scythes and snaths
·
$4 00
Hand saws, plane and square
4 00
Iron vise, bit stock, etc.
5 00
Drills and stone-hammers
30 00
40 flour barrels
4 00
10 cords wood
40 00
10 tons coal .
50 00
Garden vegetables
65 00
3g barrels flour
13 50
40 pounds crackers
3 60
12 pounds butter
3 00
20 pounds lard
1 50
5 gallons molasses
3 00
1 gallon vinegar ·
25
Pickles and preserves
8 00
25 pounds sugar
1 25
10 pounds tea
2 50
Spices .
1 75
2 pounds tobacco .
75
Grain and meal
7 00
5 gallons kerosene
50
1 kerosene barrel
75
1 stove
4 75
Wood saws and saw-horses
4 00
Crockery ware
40 00
Sewing machine
10 00
Ice chest
45 00
Clothes wringer and tinware
15 00
Lamps and lanterns
10 00
1 clock
4 00
5 bushels corn
2 00
12 cuspidors .
6 00
1 bushel beans
1 00
26 iron bedsteads
100 00
.
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7 feather beds
$42 00
13 under beds
25 00
35 sheets
17 50
12 white blankets
12 00
20 colored blankets 20 00
40 pillowcases
10 00
20 bedspreads
15 00
40 feather pillows
20 00
20 comforters 20 00
Towels
4 00
Table cloths
3 00
7 tables
5 00
1 walnut extension table
10 00
2 wool carpets
50 00
58 chairs
25 00
Brooms
2 00
1 churn
3 00
Coal hods and shovels
5 00
Fire extinguisher
30 00
150 hose
18 00
Flat-irons
4 00
Soap powder
1 00
35 pounds soap
1 50
8 snow plows
100 00
1 derrick and anchor chains
125 00
1 sleigh
15 00
Carriage robe, blankets, etc. .
15 00
Cooking range, hot water tank, etc.
75 00
1 lawn mower
6 00
80 gallons cider .
.
5 00
3 barrels apples ·
·
3 75
$2,502 85
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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Hannah P. Clark $104 00
James B. Riley . 106 00
Mrs. Isaac Holbrook ·
131 77
Mrs. W. A. Kimball
10 40
Mrs. W. D. Barrows and family,
69 37
John Treanor 71 40
Mrs. C. A. Allen and family 138 02
Mrs. Jonathan Hunt .
78 80
Mrs. Susanna Buckley
60 00
William J. Carroll, at Taunton Insane Asylum 22 75
William J. Carroll, at Foxboro Dipso- maniac Hospital 6 04
Mrs. William J. Carroll and family .
62 00
Thomas Donahoe and family 103 85
Mrs. John Leahy
69 65
Mrs. Julia Ainsley and family
168 30
W. H. O'Brien, at Brockton
3 10
C. H. Wood
2 75
Mrs. Mary Morgan
11 65
Thomas Allen .
15 15
John Sutherland, at Quincy
6 00
Mrs. Patrick O'Connor, at Carney Hos- pital .
47 43
Thomas F. Riley, at "House of Angel Guardian " 150 00
Edwin A. Wood, at Quincy 9 00
Mrs. Ellen M. French 23 80
Charles H. Eddy, at Stoughton . 42 50
William Ward, City Hospital, Boston . 24 00
Martin Mullins, City Hospital, Worcester, 14 28
Mrs. James Butler
56 65
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Paid for Mrs. Cornelius O'Keefe and family, at
Brockton $111 75
Mrs. Rose Campbell and family . 26 15
Charles F. Howard and family 40 00
Horace E. Holbrook, at Taunton Lu- natic Hospital 169 92
Emma C. Lincoln, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 154 18
Timothy Donahoe, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 92
Thomas F. Kiley, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 92
Mark E. Purcell, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital
169 92
William R. Farquhar, at Westboro In- sane Hospital 169 94
Walter S. Roel, at Mass. Hospital for Dipsomaniacs 32 50
Mrs. William Shields and family 19 91
Annie Riley 22 25
Hugh Curry and family
18 58
Mrs. Robert McAuliffe and family at Mil- ford
189 45
Mrs. Margaret Ward, at Tewksbury In- sane Asylum 146 40
William F. Wills, at State Farm 146 40
Aid to sundry persons refunded *
40 88
Aid to sundry persons
7 75
Mrs. B. F. Jones 41 62
For board at Taunton Lunatic Hospital t 120 70
Less aid refunded
$3,576 80
40 88
$3,535 92
t To be refunded.
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Appropriation, $3,600 00
Unexpended, 64 08
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.
Paid for Mrs. C. V. Sloan and family $163 66
Lawrence Leavitt and family
85 85
Mrs. John E. Mann
168 16
Mrs. Elvira Holbrook
60 00
Mrs. Maggie Morrissey
24 00
M. Dumphy family
59 99
George F. French
5 40
Lysander P. Morse
3 00
Mary Mullens
132 00
Richard Adams .
17 15
Christiana Sloan
31 51
Lewis Weathee, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital
169 92
Estella Viola Faunce, at Taunton Lu- natic Hospital .
50 79
George Kiley, at House of Angel Guardian 150 00
Mary J. Doherty, at Lowell Hospital, 67 00
George W. Cook, at Newton 2 50
Albert Howard, at Brockton 48 00
Aid refunded
5 50
$1,244 43
Less aid refunded
5 50
$1,238 93
Appropriation,
$800 00
Paid by Holbrook, 412 97
Overdrawn,
25 96
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POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Pair for John Lang, Taunton . $56 00
Almira Fowle, Milton 106 75
Olive M. Jones, Braintree . 62 75
William R. Lynch, Brockton
9 00
Mrs. W. N. Pendergrass, Holbrook
32 00
Mrs. John E. Glover, Quincy
.
14 25
Timothy H. Mullens, Brockton
3 00
A. R. Fuller, Avon .
12 50
Frank E. Wilder, Boston
5 08
Aid refunded
4 00
$305 33
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid for Elizabeth Green $76 50
John A. Sylvester * 7 40
Chas. H. Abbott, at Taunton Lunatic Hosp'l, 169 92 Aid refunded 9 15
$262 97
Aid refunded®
12 65
$250 32
Appropriation, $300 00
Expended, 250 32
Unexpended,
$49 68
BURIAL OF SOLDIER.
Paid for burial of E. E. Howard $35 00
To be refunded by the State.
* Refunded, $3.50.
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STATE PAUPERS.
Paid for James E. Wilson $17 46
LOCK-UP.
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