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Fabian E. Hogan
M. William J. and Helen C .- Allard
30. 7.
Mary Hagney .
. F. Arthur and Mary E .- Kiley
9.
John M. McNeill
M.
John B. and Mary E .- McGaughey.
.
SEX.
M. F. George H. and Carrie-Holbrook Henry G. and Emily F .- Hunt
29.
M. Daniel E. and Ellen -- Cunningham
7.
Francis Heney
Mary Meaney
M. F. Richard and Nellie-Grady
F. Joseph and Minnie-Pooler M. Volney and Josephine-Clarke
.
27.
Gionnai Q. Bacigalupo
. M.
.
21.
Rose A. O'Neil
·
17.
Peter Collins
F. Frank and Henrietta-Ela William H. and Jennie E .- Burrell Julius E. and Minnie R .- Abbott
M. F. M. Abby Bradley ( Drury )
.
Dec.
.
143
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN THE YEAR 1896.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
1895.
Y.
M. D.
Jan. I.
Mary Gaynor
·
71
Heart Disease
Dec. 6.
William A. English
76
00
5
Nephritis Fatty degeneration of the heart.
1896.
Jan.
3. 5.
Elizabeth D. Kennedy,
87
I 24
Chronic bronchitis
8.
Philip Sullivan
75
9
8 Senility
9.
Alice May Hurd .
I
6 Double pneumonia Marasmus
Randolph Randolph
13.
Elizabeth A. Carroll
26
15.
Catharine M. Conley ·
47
6
15.
Mary E. Edwards ·
24 9
21 Phthisis .
Weymouth.
21.
Ellen Doonan
I Infantile
Randolph
23.
Edward E. Howard .
57
24
Bright's disease
Randolph
24.
Michael Mackedon ·
50
Double pneumonia
New York
31.
Theresa A. Sheridan .
29
7
2 Sarcoma of thigh, Pneumonia . . Heart disease
Randolph Ireland
Feb.
T. Jefferson Strickland, 39 Thaddeus T. Cushman, 74 7
II
Chronic nephritis Locomotor ataxia
Randolph
Samuel W. Willard
73
5
18 Senile gangrene . Paralytic shock .
Walpole Randolph
22.
Ann Sullivan
.
55
6
Ireland
22.
Charles A. Roel . 49
II
19
24.
John W. Sullivan
2
2
I Diphtheretic croup Heart disease
Brookline
14. I6.
Margaret Riley
64
Ireland
21.
Mary Good .
76
21.
Mary E. Foley
59
27.
Annie Veazie
44
6,19
Randolph
April 5.
Mary F. Curran
38
9
I Morbus Cordis
Randolph
13.
Estelle V. Faunce
·
24
19
Phthisis
Randolph
13.
John Daly .
63
I
69
Boston
30.
Ellen L. Clark .
83
Ireland
May
4.
William Walsh
·
43
Heart disease
.
Randolph
31.
Jeremiah Bump . .
69
I 16
Providence, R.I.
Litchfield, Me. Randolph Ireland
13.
George E. Wilkins
29
5|25 6
I3 Pul. tuberculosis Phthsis pulmonalis Cerebral Hemorrhage .
Randolph Boston
31 .
John F. Carey 55
Randolph
I. 6. 8.
Lydia C. Sloan
48
26
Winchester, N.H.
9. 13. 21.
71 Annie E. Chamberlin Jedediah French 80
6
IO Old age, heart disease . Abdominal tumor, Heart disease ·
Randolph Boston
Mar. 14.
Caroline T. Smith Horace P. Mann .
61
9
7
Bright's disease . Pulmonary abscess Cerebral hemorrhage . Chronic hepatitis Typhoid fever .
Ireland Ireland
29.
Gustavus R. Danforth 27
Uremic convulsions
Old Town, Me.
27
Joseph A. Fritts
·
IO Concussion of the brain Locomotor ataxia Senility
Ireland
·
· 74
5.29
Randolph
9.
Mabel Panting
Ireland Randolph, Vt.
Emma E. Foster .
2 I2 Marasmus
Clinton, Mass.
.
Sumner, Me.
·
144
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
1896.
Y. M. D'
-
May 15.
Royal T. King
61
IO 29
Cancer
18.
John J. Brady
29 1
Phthisis pulmonalis Septic infection
22.
Ida S. Winnett
·
49
3 10
Consumption of blood Cancer of liver
28.
Sarah J. French .
·
53
6 II
June
I.
Hiram C. Alden
·
69 IO II
Diabetes
2.
Ida A. Packard
. 25
6
3
Puerperal fever
8.
Mary Meighan
· 77
Cerebral hemorrhage Senility
Ireland
19.
Rose E. Sheridan
·
24
2 29
Phthisis pulmonalis
Randolph
2I.
Rebecca Lyons
81
9 24
Old age
Braintree
21.
Joseph F. Boyle Pickett
.
25
Accidental drowning Stillborn
Randolph
July
2.
Silas Binney
63
2.22
Heart disease
Randolph
15.
Elizabeth S. Holmes
57
9'13
Ulceration of stomach .
Liverpool, N.S.
18.
Edith F. Whalin
·
22
61
8 Consumption .
Randolph
20.
Henry W. Devine
7
3 Cerebral inflammation .
Randolph Brockton
23.
Wilford M. Sloan
6
9
I4
Tuberculosis
Whitman
Aug.
30. 5.
Dwight F. Thayer Dennis Shea
68
Morbus cordis
Ireland
Marion Carney
Randolph
Thomas M. McGrath
5
4
Cholera infantum
Randolph
Emery A. Alden
4I
IO 26 Consumption
.
82
Paralytic shock
Ireland
24.
William H. H. Cowles
68
3
I4
Cerebral hemorrhage
.
24.
Mary. A. Hayden
67 3 I4 Cerebral hemorrhage .
Bridgewater
28.
Percy M. Blanchard Marie Hand
8
I2 Cerebral congestion
.
IO.
Lillian F. Brown
38
2
8 Acute mania
.
20.
Mary C. Murray
4
3
5 Appendicitis
·
Randolph
2I.
Harry Holyoke
3
Convulsions
Randolph
25.
Abby M. Roel ·
71
9
I Consumption
.
27.
Sally Wales
. 75
·
79
5
I IO Pleurisy with effusion .
Randolph
19. 26.
Cyrus N. Thayer H. Howard Alden
27
II I
Consumption
Randolph
30.
Augusta Thayer Patrick Barry
65
I2
Chronic mania
.
Randolph
Nov. I.
Mary E. Stickney
23
7
8 Phthisis pulmonalis
Randolph
8.
Patrick Kinnier
.
52
Disease of liver
.
Ireland
15.
Mary J. Harty
·
68
Inanition
Ireland
16.
· I8
Consumption .
Georgetown
24.
I3 Cerebral inflammation . . Senility
Ireland
Dec.
25. 3. 7.
Nina L. Elliott
4
4
Marasmus ,
· Randolph
19.
H. Maria Mann
· 54
II 26 Carcinoma .
Randolph
23.
Lucy A. Wilbur
.
79
3|
5 Heart disease and old age
Randolph
·
5
IO 20
20.
Louis M. Hagney
Randolph Randolph Randolph Newburyport Albion, N.Y. Randolph Randolph Ireland
4
Thomas Dolan
68
·
.
Randolph
5. 5. 9. 16.
J. Walter Henry ".
Claremont, N.H.
19 I
7 Phthisis pulmonalis
·
Fall River
Sept. 9.
Randolph
Randolph, Vt.
7 I5 Senile gangrene
Randolph Rochester
Oct. 7.
William Savery
61
·
.
.
Pneumonia
Ireland
3I.
Catharine C. Riley Thomas W. Lynch Margaret Hurley Annie Riley
28
.
80
.
17 IO
Consumption
·
Randolph
.
.
·
19
IO
Cerebro-spinal meningi- tis .
Randolph
Boston
.
.
.
IO Abdominal tumor
.
.
·
9 24 8
Randolph
21.
5 Dysentery
145
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Bronchitis, diabetes, infantile, sarcoma, diphtheretic croup, pulmo- nary abscess, hepatitis, typhoid fever, concussion of brain, septic infection, puerperal fever, drowning, stillborn, dysentery, ulcer of stomach, appen- dicitis, cerebro-spinal meningitis, pleurisy, cholera infantum, cerebral congestion, disease of liver, inanition, one each.
Nephritis, paralytic shock, senile gangrene, tuberculosis, Bright's disease, double pneumonia, convulsions, locomotor ataxia, tumor, mania. cerebral inflammation, pneumonia, two each.
Marasmus, cancer, three each.
Senility, cerebral hemorrhage, five each.
Phthisis, consumption, seven each.
Heart disease, eleven.
Total, 87.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. 1
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 first 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 meeting.
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 license 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.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in rela-
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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 if the town will make an appropriation for the decoration of "firemen's graves" under the direction of the "Veteran Firemen's Association," as petitioned for by Henry F. Rooney and others.
Article 11. 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 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 what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to the payment of interest on the " Randolph Water Loan."
Article 14. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to lighting the streets by electricity, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same.
Article 15. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to placing additional lights on West Street, as peti- tioned for by Clarence Hagar and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888 as amended, and to unite with the town of Holbrook, or with any other town or towns in the discretion of the School Committee, to em- ploy a superintendent of schools, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 17. To see if the town will appoint a committee of ten to inquire into the present needs of the town with refer-
148
ence to school building accommodations, and to report thereon within four months from the date of their appointment.
Article 18. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to fix the boundaries on the south side of Short Street, and remove all obstructions, as petitioned for by John B. Wren and others.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from its present terminus on Canton Street to the residence of Lemuel Capen, as petitioned for by Thomas B. Jones and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from the junction of Canton Street at Old Street, through Old Street to North Main Street, as petitioned for by John Finley and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Superintendent of Streets to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of Fowler Street, as petitioned for by James F. Sullivan and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 22. 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 23. 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 refunded upon such terms as they deem most favorable for the town.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to pay for the insurance on the Town Treasurer bond for the year 1897- 1898, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 25. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and published in the town report as required by law.
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Article 26. To see what compensation the town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 27. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the care and keeping in repair the clocks in the towers of the First Congregational and First Baptist Churches, also the clock in Stetson Hall, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 28. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint special police officers to enforce the laws, and raise and appropriate money for the payment of such officers.
Article 29. To see what action the town will take in relation to medical attendance on the poor, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 30. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to the pay of laborers employed by the town.
Article 31. 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, except so far as the same in any way relates to the water supply.
Article 32. 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 33. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to charge interest, at the rate of six per centum per
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annum, on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October, 10, 1897.
Article 34. 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 35. To see if the town will vote to place electric lights on High Street from Vine to Chestnut Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 36. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on Allen Street near the residence of Luther Rowe, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 37. To hear and act on the report of any commit- tee, and choose any committee the town may think proper.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock A.M., and remain open four hours, and such longer time as the voters may de- termine.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested 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 Reg- ister 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 fifteenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD, PETER B. HAND,
Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy.
Attest : M. F. SULLIVAN, Constable.
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INDEX.
Page
Abatements for 1894
20
Almshouse Expenses
23
Almshouse Appraisal
26
Appropriations
4
Auditors' Reports
35,93,102
Births
141, 142
Board of Health
19
Clocks, Care of
21
County tax
20
Census of 1895
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
4 18
Deaths
143, 144
Expenditures
6
Estimate of Expenses for 1897
34
Estimate, Value of Property
5
Fire Department
18, 64-69
Highways, Repairs of
IO
Insurance Bond
20
Interest
20
List of Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
36
Lock-up
33
Marriages
139, 140
Medical Attendance.
33
Miscellaneous Expenses .
14
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
23-35
Paving .
13
Poor out of Almshouse
29
Poor of other Towns
32
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook
31
Recapitulation
7
Removing Snow
12
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
3
Soldier's Relief
32
Schools .
19
School Committee, Report of
39-56
Special Police
18
Persons supported in Almshouse, 1896
25
ii
INDEX.
Statement of Cash received by Selectmen
34
Stetson High School Fund
19
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
49-56
State Paupers .
33
State Aid .
22
Street Lighting
18
Suit of Dr. D. F. Kinnier and Town of Randolph
2I
Town Officers, Pay of
16, 17
Treasurer, Report of
94-103
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report .
57-62
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer
62, 63
Town Debt, Statement of
IOI
Town Clerk, Report of
103-146
Town Meeting Warrant .
146
Valuation .
3
Water Commissioners
20, 69-93
Water Loan Sinking Fund
91,92
6
SIXTY-SECOND 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, TOWN CLERK 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, 1897.
RANDOLPH : RANDOLPH REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1898.
SIXTY-SECOND 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, TOWN CLERK 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, 1897.
RANDOLPH : RANDOLPH REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1898.
MAY 1 4 1963
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR. JOHN K. WILLARD. PETER B. HAND. M. WALES BAKER.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. JOSEPH T. LEAHY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY
.
Term expires 1898.
ASA P. FRENCH
.
Term expires 1899.
ROYAL T. MANN
Term expires 1900.
TRUSTEES OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY .
Term expires 1898.
ASA P. FRENCH
Term expires 1899.
ROYAL T. MANN
Term expires 1900.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
PETER B. HAND
Term expires 1898.
CHARLES A. WALES
.
Term expires 1899.
DANIEL B. WHITE
Term expires 1900.
AUDITORS.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY.
MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM.
REDMOND P. BARRETT.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. KNIGHT.
LINCOLN STETSON.
FRANK J. DONAHOE.
THOMAS FARRELL.
JAMES E. BLANCHE.
JOSEPH H. FOSTER.
MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN.
TAX COLLECTOR.
FRED M. FRENCH.
FENCE VIEWERS.
CHARLES D. BAKER.
HERMAN F. MCINTIRE.
ARTHUR H. HOLBROOK.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
HERBERT W. PRATT.
OTIS L. SOULE.
JAMES FARDY.
JOSEPH T. LEAHY.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHARLES A. WALES, Chief.
WILLIAM A. CROAK, Clerk.
JAMES E. BLANCHE. DANIEL J. BRENNAN. CORNELIUS DESMOND.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
GEORGE R. WEAVER. STILLMAN B. WOODMAN.
KEEPERS OF LOCKUP.
COLIN BOYD.
ARTHUR W. ALDEN.
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL COURT. HENRY A. BELCHER, of Randolph.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Randolph :
The Selectmen and Assessors herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1897.
Rate of taxation May 1, 1897, $21.00 on $1,000.
VALUATION.
1896.
1897.
Real estate, $1,606,600
$1,616,550
$9,950
Increase
Personal estate, 277,100
266,750
10,350 Decrease
$1,883,700
$1,883,300
$400 Decrease
The decrease in the valuation is due to the loss of personal estate, caused by the discontinuance of business, the division of estates, and investments made in non-taxable property.
Town appropriations
. $43,915 00
State tax
1,645 00 .
County tax
2,305 71 .
Amount of appropriations . $47,865 71
Number of polls, 1,195 ; tax $2,390 00
Estimated bank and corporation tax, 6,158 00
8,548 00
Amount to be raised by tax on property .
. $39,317 71
4
Tax on :
Real estate
Personal estate
($1,616,550 00) $33,947 55 ($266,750 00)
5,601 75
$1,883,300 00 $39,549 30
Amount to be raised
39,317 71
Overlay
$239 59
Warrant :
State tax
$1,645 00
County tax
2,305 71
Town tax and overlay
37,988 59 ·
$41,939 30
Population, census of 1895
3,694
Number of horses May 1, 1898
348
cows May 1, 1898
190
acres of land
5,749
dwellings
843
The causes of the increased tax rate will appear from the following statement :
Amount raised by tax on property :
1896. $37,177 10
1897.
$39,317 71
Increase. $2,140 61
Increase in town appropriations
$474 00
in County tax
618 61
caused by shrinkage of Bank and Cor- poration taxes
1,048 00
· $2,140 61
5
APPROPRIATIONS.
For schools . $10,155 24
Stetson High School ·
2,316 69
highways
3,500 00
paving
500 00
removing snow
1,000 00
miscellaneous .
1,800 00
poor in almshouse
.
1,500 00
poor out of almshouse
3,600 00
poor of Randolph and Holbrook
800 00
soldiers' relief .
300 00
military aid
200 00
Board of Health
150 00
lockup expense
200 00
painting almshouse
150 00
town officers
2,400 00
interest on town debt
2,700 00 .
Fire Department
3,200 00
G.A.R., decoration of soldiers' graves
100 00
sinking fund, water loan
3,000 00
interest on water loan
1,000 00
water for hydrants, etc.
2,000 00
electric lighting
3,430 00
widening Short Street
50 00
sidewalk, Allen Street
150 00
sidewalk, Fowler Street 175 00
premium on bond of Town Treasurer 120 00
pay of physicians
300 00
care of clocks .
50 00
County tax ·
.
2,305 71
State tax
1,645 00
.
$48,797 64
6
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN DECEMBER 31, 1897.
Almshouse property and farm . $12,000 00
Town house and land . 18,000 00
Two steam fire engines and apparatus 8,000 00
Three engine houses and lockup 4,200 00
One Babcock engine and apparatus . 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
6,000 00
1,800 00
Schoolhouse and land, District No. 4
5,700 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
. 165,000 00
Land and building, Clark estate
2,000 00
$316,750 00
EXPENDITURES.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amounting to $56,640.56 :
On account of schools ·
. $11,424 23
Stetson High School .
· 2,316 69
poor out of almshouse .
· 3,884 95
1,200 00
.
15,000 00
7
On account of poor of Randolph and Holbrook . $689 32
poor in almshouse 2,327 65
soldiers' relief .
299 40
poor of other towns
372 39
State paupers
17 20
lockup and tramps
258 46
wood suit, Brockton v. Randolph . 18 28
military aid 624 00
State aid .
2,624 50
painting almshouse
111 94
Board of Health 86 70
burial indigent soldiers
70 00
Dr. D. F. Kinnier and Town of Randolph 81 00
special police
426 00
street lighting
3,303 36
highways 3,963 20
Short Street widening
92 69
Allen Street sidewalk
227 75
Fowler Street sidewalk
174 42
paving
520 08
removing snow
1,129 74
miscellaneous
1,821 73
decoration .soldiers' graves
100 00
Town of Holbrook, stone-bound . 6 17
care of clocks
50 00
Fire Department
3,191 77
town officers
2,512 00
Water Commissioners
6,000 00 ·
interest
3,233 69
insurance, Treasurer's bond
120 00
County tax
2,305 71
State tax .
1,645 00
liquor license
25
.
.
.
8
On account of abatements, 1894 and 1895 $331 29
pay of physicians 279 00
$56,640 56
RECAPITULATION.
Expenditures'
For schools .
Appropriations. . $10,155 24 $11,424 23
Stetson High School
2,316 69
2,316 69
Poor out of almshouse
3,600 00
3,88.4 95
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook,
800 00
689 32
Poor in almshouse .
1,500 00
2,327 65
Soldiers' relief
300 00
299 40
Poor of other towns
372 39
State paupers
17 20
Lockup and tramps
200 00
258 46
Miscellaneous expenses
1,800 00
1,821 73
Fire Department
3,200 00
3,191 77
State aid
2,624 50
Military aid
200 00
624 00
Electric lighting
3,430 00
3,303 36
Highways
3,500 00
3,963 20
Short Street widening
50 00
92 69
Allen Street sidewalk
150 00
227 75
Fowler Street sidewalk
175 00
174 42
Paving .
500 00
520 08
Removing snow
1,000 00
1,129 74
Water Commissioners, for hy- drants
2,000 00
2,000 00
Water Commissioners, for in- terest
1,000 00
1,000 00
Water Commissioners, for sink- ing fund
3,000 00
3,000 00
100 00
100 00
Decoration of soldiers' graves . Town officers .
2,400 00
2,512 00
9
For Interest on town debt
$2,700 00 $3,233 69
Insurance, Treasurer's bond
120 00
120 00
Burial of soldier
70 00
Board of Health
150 00
86 70
Pay of physicians
300 00
279 00
Care of clocks
50 00
50 00
Special police
426 00
Abatement of taxes, 1894 .
194 24
Abatement of taxes, 1895
137 05
Painting almshouse
150 00
111 94
Dr. D. F. Kinnier and town of Randolph (1896)
81 00
Wood suit, Brockton . Randolph,
18 28
Town of Holbrook, stone-bound,
6 17
State, on account of liquor license,
25
County tax
2,305 71
2,305 71
State tax
1,645 00
1,645 00
$48,797 64 $56,640 56
Total amount of expenditures
$56,640 56
Total amount of appropriations and estimated income
48,797 64
Amount overdrawn
$7,842 92
.
Overdrawn on account of :
Schools
. $1,268 99
Poor out of almshouse
284 95
Poor in almshouse
827 65
Poor of other towns
372 39
State paupers
17 20
Lockup and tramps
58 46
Miscellaneous
21 73
State aid
2,624 50
10
Military aid
$424 00
Highways
463 20
Short Street widening
42 69
Allen Street sidewalk
77 75
Paving
20 08
Removing snow .
129 74
Town officers
112 00
Interest on town debt.
533 69
Burial of soldier
70 00
Special police
426 00
Abatement of taxes, 1894
194 24
Abatement of taxes, 1895
137 05
Suit of Dr. D. F. Kinnier (1896)
81 00
Suit of Brockton v. Randolph
18 28
Town of Holbrook, stone-bound
6 17
Liquor license
25
$8,212 01
Unexpended on account of :
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook .
$110 68
Soldiers' relief
60
Fire department .
8 23
Electric lighting
126 64
Fowler Street sidewalk
58
Board of Health
63 30
Pay of physicians
21 00
Painting almshouse
38 06
369 09
Amount overdrawn
$7,842 92 ·
To be refunded on account of :
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