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27.
William W. Littlefield Emma F. Stetson
Randolph
22
27.
Arthur H. Holbrook
Randolph
24
Melissa N. Holbrook
Randolph
34
(Hollis)
June
2.
Chester Corey Sarah B. Humphreys
·
Randolph
27
22.
Clifton W. Thayer Jennie L. Tracy
Randolph
26
22.
George F. Wilson .
Auburndale
46
Frances Estelle Henry .
.
Randolph
36
26.
James J. Morrissey Alice McCarthy . .
Randolph
31
Boston .
23
28.
John F. McLaughlin Alice M. Shay
Randolph .
27
·
North Abington
20
.
·
(Wren)
.
Avon
28
Boston .
25
Randolph
28
153
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
June 29.
Herbert Lee Bradley Edna Gertrude Payne
Randolph
21
Randolph
23
.July 20.
James Hagan Anna M. Kelly
Boston .
29
Randolph
27
Aug. 24.
Louis F. Stetzner Mary Kearns .
Randolph
29
24.
George J. Taylor J. Gertrude Holt
Randolph
32
Brockton
25
Sept. S.
Fred Henry Bisbee
Canton .
26
Blanche Lillian Bright .
Canton .
27
14.
Lester R. Packard Esther M. Towns
Randolph
27
Oct.
5.
Elmer B. Paine
Randolph
24
Abby T. Alden
Randolph
22
5.
Howard Randall
Randolph
25
Helen A. Belcher
Randolph
26
25.
Alfred E. Nash
Randolph
2I
Marion H. Thayer
Dorchester
23
26.
Timothy M. O'Leary
Randolph
29
Margaret L. Scanlan
Randolph
25
26.
John A. Sullivan Annie E. Lynch
Randolph
30
Avon
24
Nov. 24.
John E. Clark Katharine F. Toomy
Randolph
29
Randolph
22
26.
Randolph
59
Randolph
37
Dec. 2S.
Frederick W. Whitcomb Mary E. Goode
·
Holbrook
35
Randolph
27
28.
Joseph F. McDermott, Jr. Julia E. Linnehan
Randolph
23
Randolph
23
Rockville, Conn. .
28
Randolph
3S
James H. Wales Viola Morse . (Hoar)
.
154
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1898.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD).
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS. C
Jan. 7.
Marian S. Mann
F.
Weston L. and Marian E .- Buttrick James A. and Jennie-O'Brien
IO.
Dorothy Biennan
F.
16.
Annie Mulligan
Luke F. and Bridget A .- Harty
21.
Harold J. McDonald
.
27.
Mary B. Burgess
.
30. 31.
Hattie M. Burrell
.
Feb.
I.
Eva G. De Forest Stillborn.
·
7. 8.
Bertha C. Stevenson
.
18.
James R. Mann
19.
Herbert F. Porter
.
19. Margaret Carroll
19.
Eva M. Cloutier
.
M.
Thomas F. and Lizzie M .- Berrio
Mar.
M. Charles F. and Annie-Welch
2. David P. Delany
.
4. Winifred Hess
.
Ada King
.
5 . Francis Heney
.
IO.
Lillian Jessie Duly
.
13.
Mary Patten
.
15.
Lorretta Kinnier
.
17. Rose Meaney
·
20. John Collins
.
April 5.
Arthur E. Mann Fred Holbrook
.
. M. Edgar and Gertrude-Lynch
16. 25.
Francis D. Gaynor Charles O'Keefe
.
M. Bartholomew and Hannah-Ahern
·
F. Henry and Florence-Gleason
May
15.
Margaret Carney
.
M. John P. and Mary-Dwyer
June
29, 2. 5. Gertrude M. Cahill
. F.
F. F. Henry A. and Lizzie M .- Schraut James J. and Annie M. - Foley Patrick J. and Mary S .- Hurley John B. and Mary E. McGaughey M.
16. James F. Reilly, Jr.
. M James F. and Maggie M .- Herinan
21.
William F. Lonergan Catherine Sullivan .
. M. Edward J. and Katherine E .- Gibbons F. James F. and Elizabeth J .- Sullivan . F. Gustine and Elizabeth-McAndrews
22. July
1. Mabel A. Foster
I. Hazel A. Hewins
. F. Andrew F. and Mabel G .- Hayden
5. Stillborn.
M.
F. John, Jr., and Annie-Bresnihan James F. and Mary A .- Gibbons William F. and Katie-Mullins F.
28. William Rooney
.
Carrie L. Peach Mabel M. Goode
.
14. Daniel J. McNeill
.
. F.
23.
26. 6. Margaret Desmond . Florence M. Carney
M. M.
7.
M. James F. and Mary-Morgan
.
-- Clough
.
F. William H. and Mary A .- O'Connor F -. Omer and Victoria-Martel
20. Charles H. McGrath 2. James Leo Doonan .
.
.
F. M. George and Evangeline B .- Cook F. Nathan and Mary A .- Lagan F. F. James and Mary-Goeres Henry G. and Emily F .- Hunt Ray and Emma L .- Dyer
Marguerite McLeer
.
.
·
F. M. F. James W. and Eleanor-Mingo Rufus E. and Mary E .- Grattan M. M. Herbert A. and Hattie I .- Stetson
M. Patrick and Bridget-Collins F. F. Albert and Emily G .- Zanker Alphonso and Marie-Sweeney M. F. Joseph J. and Katie J .- White Henry S. and Marjorie L .- Robb F. Thomas F. and Sarah C .- Devine F. F. Dennis F. and Lorretta-McAvoy Patrick H. and Eliza J .- Flaherty Michael J. and Catherine-Donegan Julius E. and Minnie R .- Abbott
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DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
July 6.
Mabel E. Mann, ? twins Seth S. Mann, }
6.
Jessie V. Cunningham
13. 16.
Lucy Mildred Dolan .
F.
17.
John T. O'Brien
.
F. Allen N. and Eleanor A .- Warne
F. George E. and Eva M .- Marland
Aug. 3.
Marie Larson . Marion Hurley
.
F. James H. and Margaret F .- Crone
11.
Evelyn McCue
.
F. Daniel E. and Ellen M .- Cunningham
25.
Alice J. Marcella
29.
Henry C. Dillon
.
M. Thomas P. and Alice-Holbrook
2. 15.
Sarah Murray .
.
F. Thomas F. and Margaret T .- Carroll
18.
Eugene C. Farrell
M.
Thomas J. and Ella F .- Kingsley
IS.
Floyd G. Burrell
.
. F.
Thomas F .. and Katie J .- Pope
29. I.
Oct.
Joseph J. Gill .
.
F. Samuel G. and Emma L .- Peterson
II.
Eugene Foster
.
II.
Ralph A. Miller
.
. F.
M.
M.
M. .
George Bixby .
.
31. Nov. I. 7.
Leo F. Manning
M.
12. 13.
Mary Gallagher,
13.
Martha Gallagher,
14. 15.
Hubert Powderly
M. .
Michael F. and Annie J .- Strickland Edward A. and Sarah J .- McGaughey
16. 20.
Edith M. Hawkinson
.
Joseph L. Bacigalupo .
Russell L. Towns
.
Dec.
Mary F. Devine .
.
9. Wentworth
F. Frank C. and Henrietta-Ela
Viola F. Wood 9.
F.
George H. and Ella L .- Marsh
26. 30. 31.
Elbertha B. White
.
F. Peter and Marian-Truelson
.
. F. John C. and Winifred A .- Hughes
M. John P. and Mary A .- Kane
Sept. 2.
John T. Kiley . Helen N. Smith
.
F.
Frank W. and Jennie-Greene
M. George P. and Susan C .- Jones
19. Elizabeth M. Dolan
Hazel G. Stetson
.
M. William and Ellen-Leary
2. Emma W. Beal
.
M. Joseph H. and Annie M .- Reilley
12. Vivian M. Shurtleff
15. Harold McDonald
IS. 23. 26.
John E. Lyons
.
Carlton N. Baker
Hannah A. Benson
.
Helga G. Phillips
.
F. Charles A. and Charlotte-McInnis John T. and Lizzie M .- Green Harold and Charlotte E .- Brown
M.
Joseph C. and Hannah J .- Sullivan
Margaret T. Sullivan
F. F. F. ·
F. Ernest and Olga-Gyllston M. Gaetano and Jennie-Church
M. Arthur M. and Alice G. Leach James F. and Catharine-Hallinan
23. 5. 5. Hazel M. Jones
F. F. Elbridge and Mary A .- Mann.
.
Fred L. and Nellie G .- Mann James B. and Henrietta-Shea Emory J. and Mary E. L .- Fredericks Charles D. and Josie F .- Walbridge Fred E. and Gertrude-Harmon
M. F. William F. and Jessie-Howes
James H. Johnson
twins
Edwin M. and Jennie H .- Taber
F. M. F. David and Adelia!M .- Willens Edward J. and Julia F .- Walsh
M. Thomas S. and Rosella-Foley
Althea Roberts
.
F. George H. and H. Mabel-Holbrook
M. Ervin P. and Eva-Cole
156
DEATHS REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1898.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
1897.
Y.
M.
D.
Heart disease
·
.
Avon
Jan.
I.
Emma E. Robbins
3I
4 15
Cerebral apoplexy
·
Charlestown
2.
Ella A. Heath .
4I
5 17
Pneumonia
Brownsville, Me. .
2.
Elizabeth Wren
72
Cancer
Ireland
II.
Joanna Drake
62
IO 18
Pleuro-pneumonia.
St. John, N.B.
17.
Sarah T. Rowe
72
28
Heart disease
.
28.
Sarah Thayer
77
8|23
Pneumonia
Randolph
Feb. 7.
Stickney .
Premature birth
Randolph
II.
Mary O'Connor
71
Old age
Ireland
18.
Thomas J. Hill .
48
6
I Typhoid pneumonia . Fever, pneumonia
Ireland
II.
Joanna Power
73
4
Ulceration (dysentery ) Typhoid fever .
Ireland
12.
Flora E. Douglass Charles Desmond
5
Meningitis
Randolph
16.
Lauret Kinnier
I Infantile
Randolph
21.
Dennis Kelliher
7
I Senility
Ireland
27.
Warren M. Warburton Ellen Wilkinson
Senility
Ireland
9.
Fred Holbrook .
3 Premature birth
Randolph
12.
Edwin S. Stetson ·
23
Broncho-pneumonia .
Randolph
12.
Patrick Mannix
47
Apoplexy .
.
8
Tuberculosis
.
May
Michael Sheridan
Pneumonia
Ireland
I 20
Interstitial hepatitis
Boston
6.
Martin Harty .
63
Pneumonia Senility Apoplexy
Ireland
15.
Simeon Wentworth .
8 24
Randolph
15.
Milla A. D. Wales
83
4 15
La grippe
Canton
15.
43
Dual pneumonia
Randolph
26.
28
Heart disease
Randolph
June 2.
James L. Doonan
3
Cerebral convulsions .
Randolph
8.
Edward Cloutier
I
II
17
Meningitis
Augusta, Me.
II.
Catharine Sullivan
65
Apoplexy
Ireland
87
5
2
Apoplexy ·
Avon
July|
Oliver H. Bowman
70
2
8 Heart disease
Milton
34
Pneumonia, heart fail.
Randolph
5.
70 I 15
Apoplexy .
Randolph
5.
Jennie H. Mann
35
I|29
Uremic poisoning .
Randolph
13.
Edwina V. Park
16
9 Pulmon'y tuberculosis
South Boston
18.
Charles Burrell
4.5
7 29 Heart disease
Randolph
24.
James F. Harris
25
23 Phthisis pulmonalis
Randolph
28.
Ella A. Belcher
·
53
|19
Bright's disease .
Randolph
.
4 3 Meningitis
.
So. Braintree
April 4.
Mary Etta Hamilton,
37
Randolph
29. 4 . 6.
Catharine Orcutt
67 75
.
Ireland
14.
Michael Hurley
78 68
6
Berlin, Ill.
12.
.
.
Randolph
Mar. 10.
Mary Barrett
71
Nov. 16. 1898.
Hannah W. Conant .
62
I
·
Avon
.
.
.
.
William F. Hurley Joseph Barry
23. I. 3.
Elizabeth J. Sullivan, Sarah B. Alden .
Stillborn
Randolph
IO.
.
·
24
81
Boston
.
.
Lysander Alden
157
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M. D.
July 31.
Rachel J. Knight
79
3 24
Heart disease .
Aug. 3.
S.
Thomas F. Eagan
31
4 15
Consumption
S.
Charles M. Law
29
22 Miliary tuber. of brain
Union, Me.
12.
Julia Linfield
61
5 12
Cancer
Lowell
14
John B. Mooney 7
II 17
Cerebral hem. (acc'tal) Senility
Ireland
22.
Martha Brodrick
SI
5 17
Cancer
N. Bridgewater Ireland
31.
John Traynor
79
5 21
Exhaustion
Scotland
Sept II.
Nancy B. Rogers
S2
S
7 Old age
Canaan, N.H.
16.
Sarah Murray .
Asphyxia
Randolph
IS.
Eliza Mann
S3
Dysentery, old age Cerebral hemorrhage,
Ireland
29.
Matthew J. Walsh
31
7
4 Phthisis pulmonalis .
Randolph
Oct. 3.
Ralph A. Larson
2
I
3
Membranous croup
Randolph
IO.
Lena R. Thaver
16
H
6 Phthisis pulmonalis
. Solomon City
IO.
Cornelius P. Desmond
44
7 16
Bright's disease
Randolph
12.
Catharine Sullivan
3 22
Cholera infantum
.
14.
Lucy M. Dolan
3
Lobular pneumonia
.
15.
Charles Prescott
·
53
4 Nephritis
Randolph
16.
William S. Hill
56
S 21 Heart disease
Randolph
16.
William F. Reynolds,
66
II I Bright's dis., paralysis Typhoid fever Pernicious anaemia
Italy
19. 20.
Thomas A. Kennedy, Julia W. Peterson ·
37 53
4
Diphtheria
Sweden
31.
Margaret Carroll Emma W. Beals
·
II
Cerebro spinal meng's,
Randolph Randolph
15. 22.
Mary Bartlett Burgess
9
19
Meningitis
Randolph
29.
Thomas Murray
68
Pneumonia
Ireland
·
72 |II
55
Natural causes
Watertown
5. 20.
Matthew C. Morran . Nathaniel H. Tirrell, Eliza J. W. Huke ·
43
5
23.
James F. Gaynor
·
43
8
I7 Epidemic influenza
Ireland
26.
Bridget E. Reilley .
154 10
Jaundice
Ireland
29.
Elizabeth Hollis
75
2
15 Asthenia
Salem
31.
Catherine Dunn' ·
152
S 19 Bright's disease
Ireland
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Ulceration, infantile, hepatitis, convulsions, stillborn, uremic poisoning,ex- haustion, asphyxia, hemorrhage, croup, cholera infantum, nephritis, anaemia, diphtheria, gangrene, natural causes, septicoemia, jaundice, ocngestion of brain, asthenia, one each.
Premature birth, accident, two each.
Cancer, fever, la grippe, tuberculosis, three each. Brights disease, four. Meningitis, phthisis, five each. Apoplexy, six.
Old age, seven.
Heart disease, nine. Pneumonia, eleven.
Total, S3.
.
Hyde Park
14.
Ellen Desmond
78
28.
Michael Newman
63
Internal injury (fall) .
So. Braintree
28.
Mary Cullen
74
Randolph
Randolph
.
Canton, Me.
Gaetano Bacigalupo,
39
Randolph
Nov. 6.
I
4 Gangrene
Bridget A. Flynn
.
45
Heart disease
Brooklyn, N, Y.
30. Dec. 1.
Meriba Ames
13 Heart disease
Ossipee, N.H.
66 7
3 Epithelioma, sept.
7 Congestion of brain La grippe
N. Bridgewater Boston Boston
25.
Margaret Daly . ·
74
·
IS
l'hthisis pulmonalis
Randolph Randolph Milford
Thomas F. Carroll
24.
14
S
·
.
158
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 sixth 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 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 to defray the general town ex- penses for the current year, and appropriate the same.
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Article 7. To raise money for the repairs of highways and determine the manner of expending the same.
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 for water for hydrants, street service, public buildings, drinking fountains, and cemeteries.
Article 12. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets by electricity.
Article 13. 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 14. 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 to the town.
Article 15. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to the notes maturing August 1, 1899.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to establish a sinking fund for the payment of the town debt, and contri- bute money thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to pay for the in- surance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1899- 1900, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 18. To see what action the town will take with
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reference to the enlargement or improvement of the present school accommodations, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 19. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools in such cases as the School Board may deem expedient.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 466 of the Acts of 1898, entitled, " An Act relative to the employment of Superintendents of Schools by small towns," and will authorize the School Committee, if they deem it expedient, to arrange such union, in accordance with the provisions of said act, as may be most advantageous, subject, however, to the approval of the State Board of Education, and will raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 21. To see if the town will raise money to make alterations at the almshouse, required by the State Board of Lunacy and Charity.
Article 22. To see what compensation the town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise money to defray the expense of insuring the Turner Free Library building, together with the books, furniture, and fixtures be- longing to said library, and also for the repair of said building.
Article 24. To see if the town will raise money to im- prove the highways, by building macadam road, and deter- mine where the improvement shall be made.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to medical attendance on the poor, and raise and ap- propriate money therefor.
Article 26. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to place electric lights on High Street as petitioned for, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
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Article 27. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to a fire alarm system, 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 rela- tion to the pay of laborers employed by the town.
Article 30. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to charge interest at the rate of six per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 10, 1899.
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 authorize and appoint the Selectmen 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 any man- ner interested, as a party or otherwise, for the ensuing year, except so far as the same relates in any way to the water supply.
Article 33. 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 1885, and to employ counsel if necessary.
Article 34. 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.
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Article 35. 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 six 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, before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph this fourteenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
PETER B. HAND, PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, M. WALES BAKER,
Selectmen of Randolph.
INDEX.
Page
Abatement of Taxes
23
Almshouse Expenses
28
Almshouse and Town Farm Appraisal
30
Appropriations
4
Auditors' Reports
40, 95, 104, 107
Births
154, 155
Board of Health
25
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
37
County tax
25
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
23
Deaths
156, 157 6
Expenditures
Estimate of Expenses for 1899
39
Estimate, Value of Property
5
Fire Department
24, 77-83
Highway Plant
10, 24
Highways, Repairs of
II
Insurance Bond
23
Interest on Town Debt
22
Liquor License
23
List of Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
41
Lockup
37
Marriages
152, 153
Medical Attendance
37
Military Aid
25
Miscellaneous Expenses .
18
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
27-38
Paving
17
Persons supported in Almshouse, 1898
29
Poor out of Almshouse
33
Poor of other Towns
36
Recapitulation
7
Removing Snow
17
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
3
Soldiers' Relief
36
Page
Soldiers' Relief, Military Settlement in Randolph and Holbrook, Schools .
35
School Committee, Report of
45-58
Special Police .
23
Statement of Cash received by Selectmen
38 26
Stetson High School
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
59-65
State Aid
24
State Tax
25
Street Lighting
22
Town Officers, Pay of
21, 22
Treasurer, Report of
108-118
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report .
67-74
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer Town Clerk, Report of
119-158
Town Meeting Warrant .
158
Valuation
3
Water Commissioners
85-107
Water Loan Sinking Fund
105, 107
Water Works
24
26
75,76
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, 1899.
The Assessors respectfully call the attention of the tax payers to the following provisions of law concerning the as- sessment of taxes :
" PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAPTER 11.
" Section 73. When the assessors of a city or town have given notice to the inhabitants thereof to bring in true lists of their polls and estates not exempt from taxation, in ac- cordance with the provisions of section thirty-eight, no part of the tax assessed on personal estate to a person who did not within the time specified therefor bring in such list shall be abated unless such tax exceeds by more than fifty per cent. the amount which would have been assessed to that person on personal estate if he had seasonably brought in said list ; and if said tax exceeds by more than fifty per cent. the said amount, the abatement shall be only of the excess above said fifty per cent. ; provided, that this section shall not affect any person who can show a reasonable excuse for not seasonably bringing in such list.
" Section 74. No abatement shall be allowed to a person unless he makes application therefor within six months after the date of his tax bill."
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"ACTS OF 1894 .- CHAPTER 294.
"An Act to establish uniform forms for the return of property for taxation.
" Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
"Section 1. Lists for the return of property for taxation shall be arranged in such manner that the statement of the person to be assessed shall include a declaration under oath of all assessable property held by such person, in accordance with a form and with instructions to be prescribed by the tax commissioner annually.
" Section 2. The assessors of each city and town shall fur- nish blanks for lists of assessable property to any person taxable therein, which shall include all the declarations and instructions required by the tax commissioner. Said lists shall be made by the person to be assessed and filed with the assessors at such times as may be required by law.
"Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. [Ap- proved April 23, 1894."
"ACTS OF 1898 .- CHAPTER 507.
"An Act to provide for uniformity in the assessment of taxes.
" Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
"Section 1. The lists required to be brought in to the as- sessors in accordance with the provisions of section thirty- eight of chapter eleven of the Public Statutes shall be open to the inspection of the assessors and their assistants and clerks, the tax commissioner and his deputy, and to no other persons, except by order of a court, for that part thereof that shows the detail of the personal estate of the persons filing the same; and all such lists shall be carefully preserved by
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the assessors until they are destroyed by order of the tax commissioner.
" Section 2. The book of the assessors which, by the terms of section fifty of chapter eleven of the Public Statutes, must be open to public inspection, shall show in separate columns the valuation of each person's stock in trade and of mnachin- ery used in manufacturing establishments, and the number and value of live stock. The aggregate valuation of all other personal estate shall be placed as one item in a column marked 'All other ratable personal estate,' and the total amount of each person's taxable personal property shall be shown without other detail or specification than that herein provided.
"Section 3. The tax commissioner shall appoint a deputy, who shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars annually. He may himself or by his deputy visit any city or town and inspect the work of its assessors, and give to said officers such information and require of them such action as will tend to produce uniform- ity in valuation and assessments throughout the Common- wealth ; and for any violation of the laws relating to the as- sessment of taxes by any assessor, for which a penalty is pro- vided by law, may cause the offending officer to be indicted, either in the county in which said officer resides or in an ad- joining county. He may also by himself or by his deputy appear at any hearing before the superior court or any board of county commissioners sitting for the abatement of taxes. In addition to his fixed compensation the commissioner or his deputy shall be allowed his reasonable traveling expenses.
" Section 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of De- cember in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. [Ap- proved June 6, 1898."
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VALUATION.
1898
Real estate, $1,615,400
1899 $1,631,100
$15,700 Increase
Personal estate, 260,050
259,750. 300 Decrease
$1,875,450
$1,890,850
$15,400 Increase
Town appropriations
. $46,422 50
State tax
£ 1,260 00
County tax
2,000 00 ·
Amount of appropriations . $49,682 50
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Number of polls, 1,201; tax $2,402
Estimated bank tax
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