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been distributed thoughtlessly among our people who have formerly had charge of some department of highway work.
The report of the Superintendent of Streets herewith submitted gives a correct list of such town property as is now stored there.
Thacher Brook Drain.
Work on this drain has now been completed as far as the town controls a right of way for drainage purposes. The work done during the past year consists of rebuild- ing the bridge at Park street and finishing the work of excavation below Park street, and extending the bank walls on the land of James H. Sturdy as far northerly as Park street.
The cost of the bridge at Park street was as follows :
$135 00 For iron beams,
For teaming, 3 25
For washers and bolts,
18 80
For grates for catch basins,
19 77
For stone and brick work as per contract
with E. O. Dexter,
450 00
Total cost of bridge, $626 82
Balance spent on completing work on other parts of the drain,
374 98
Total expenditure, $1,001 80
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Park street at this point is forty feet in width and the bridge was built the entire width of the street. If the . bridge had been no more than the width usually allowed on a street outside the village, which is about twenty feet, the cost at the above rate would have been but $313.00. The form of construction used on this bridge is one that should be adopted in rebuilding all bridges within the limits of the town.
The method of construction was as follows :- Iron I beams tied together by tie rods were placed on top of stone åbutments and between the I beams brick arches were turned. Over these brick arches the roadway was laid of ordinary road material or broken stone and there should be no further cost for maintenance on a bridge having such a covering.
The cost of covering the bridge above the abutinents, consisting of I beams, tie rods, and brick arches, was but fifty-nine cents per square foot for the surface covered, while the lowest price at which granite covering stones were offered was $1.00 per square foot. The bridge is capable of carrying a very heavy steam road roller or any other heavy load which would be apt to pass over it. This form of construction is similar to that which is being used over the Subway in Boston.
The object of this drain is the permanent lowering of the ground water in this vicinity, also to provide a water way sufficient to pass all flood water from this drainage
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area in such a manner that property on the line of this drain shall not be flooded or destroyed.
In determining the area of water way which should be provided in this case we are fortunate in having the experience of Boston on the Stony Brook as a guide. Previous to 1886 the city of Boston had spent a large amount of money in improving Stony Brook and much valuable property had been built in its vicinity. The flood of 1886, however, caused great damage to property on the line of Stony Brook and demonstrated the fact that the brook was wholly inadequate in size. Thereupon a commission of eminent engineers were appointed by the mayor of Boston, to examine and report upon the amount of flood water which should be provided for, and the best means of reconstructing the Stony Brook drain.
The drain has been rebuilt in accordance with their recommendations at a heavy expense, a very large part of which might have been saved if the drain had been built of proper size before the property in the vicinity of the drain had become valuable and improved. In their ex- haustive report they make the following statement : "On mature consideration of all the conditions that occur to us, but without undertaking to provide for remote possibili- ties we are of the opinion that a rainfall of twelve inches in 24 hours or its equivalent in rain, melted snow and ice should be provided for." They give detailed statements for assuming this basis. In the plan adopted for the Thacher Brook drain the rainfall was assumed to be but
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six inches in 24 hours. This is but half the amount pro- vided for in the case of the Stony Brook drain, but is all that is usually provided for in the design of dams and waste-ways. This is as small a flow as should be provided for, although to many it probably seems as though the area of waste-way is entirely disproportionate to the flow which may be expected from this brook. It is to be remembered, however, that at the present time the drain- age area (which comprises 300 acres above Park street) is largely composed of swamps that retain on their surface most of the rainfall during times of freshets. The aim of the improvement of this watershed by means of this drain is to provide a means of drainage for this land so that this rainfall shall not remain on the land and keep it swampy. Therefore it is obvious that the very thing we are aiming to do is to increase the flow of this brook so that all flood water shall be removed as soon as possible, and therefore the size of the brook must be very much larger than has been necessary when the water was allowed to remain in the swamps until it gradually found its way through the small brook that has existed.
The length of this brook which remains unimproved is much less than the length already improved. Five thousand feet have now been improved while the distance from Park street to Forest street is 1,400 feet and front Forest street to Horton street but 1,800 feet more, a total of 3,200 feet, the most of which is through land which would be immediately improved and built upon if the
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water in the ground is lowered as has been done on that part of the brook which is below Park street.
Before any expenditure is made for the further in- provement of this drain the owners of the property abut- ting on the drain should co-operate with the town to the extent at least of granting to the town the right of way for drainage purposes of reasonable width. A paper to this effect has been submitted to the owners of property between Park and Forest streets but as yet all have not signed it.
In the meantime the town is asked to lay out, accept and improve Emory street in which these parties are directly interested even although the street has not been brought to a proper grade as is required by the town before a street shall be accepted. There is undoubtedly much property on Emory street which is owned by parties who have no control over the land through which this drain passes and on which a considerable amount is paid
in taxes. These people are certainly entitled to consid- eration and a reasonable amount of improvement on the street. On the other hand it is hardly reasonable to ask the town to make land more valuable by an expenditure of money on this street when such action may be increas- ing the amount which may be demanded as damages before the right of way for the drain can be secured through this land. It would seem, therefore, as though the improvement of the property between Park and Forest streets should be considered as a whole, and the efforts of
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all persons interested, be directed towards a comprehen- sive plan whereby both the drainage of the land and the construction of the street will result without undue delay or unreasonable cost to the town1.
Sidewalks.
The policy of the town which has been observed for a number of years regarding the construction of sidewalks has been continued through the year just closed and 3,380 feet of curbing has been placed upon our public streets. We believe the town will make no mistake in the contin- uation of this system of permanent improvement on our streets
Guide Boards.
In the report of the selectmen for 1895 is a table giving the location of sixty-six guide boards then in posi- tion, with the inscription thereon and in that report was a recommendation that three more be erected. Accordingly, during the past year one has been erected at Hebronville, corner of South Main street and the road leading to Read and Ide neighborhood, another at South Attleboro, corner of Mendon and Valley Falls roads, and another at South Attleboro, corner Adamsdale and Robbin Hollow roads.
We take occasion to repeat the request made in two former reports, that persons living outside the village
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limits report to the selectmen such name; as they would prefer for streets or roads in their respective localities, to the end that all streets and roads in town may receive a name to be recorded in the office of the Town Clerk.
We present for consideration the following estimates of the several departments for appropriations for 1897 :
Appropriations Recommended for 1897
BY DEPARTMENTS OF THE TOWN.
Current and Incidental Department, $10,000 00
Highways and Bridges, 10,000 00
Fire Department, current and incidental, 4,000 00
Pauper Department. 5,000 00
Street Lighting. 5,000 00
Educational Department,
24,500 00
Text-books and Supplies,
2,500 00
School Incidentals and Repairs,
3,000 00
Superintendent of Schools,
I 200 00
Transportation of School Children.
880 00
Public Library,
1,800 00
Watering the Public Streets,
1,000 00
Sidewalk Improvement,
2,000 00
Thacher Brook Drain,
1,000 00
Soldier's Relief,
3,000 00
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Military Aid.
$300 00
Medical Attendance, Paupers, 300 00
Observance of Memorial Day,
200 00
Enforcement of Liquor Laws, 5co co
Water Department, 5,800 00
$81,980 00
Appropriations Required by Law.
State Tax,
$6,000 00
County Tax,
8,000 00
Sinking Fund and Interest,
9,000 00
$23,000 00
Appropriations to be made,
$104,980 CO
ACCOUNT OF SELECTMEN.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Sundries,
833 31
Overdraw, 2,277 95
-$11,III 26
Bills approved,
$II, III 26
Current and Incidentals.
STATEMENT.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Court Fees,
487 56
Licenses,
437 56
Armory Rent,
200 00
Sundries, 5 00
$9,130 12
Bills approved-Election Expenses, $758 21
Salaries,
2,956 09
Court Fees,
750 15
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Bills approved-Police Expenses, $761 00
Printing and Station'y, 734 60
Births and Deaths, 69 65
Surveying and Plans,
353 05
Lockup,
164 45
Armory Co. I,
771 60
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Soldiers' Burial, 35 00
Road Roller, 425 00
Valuation List,
240 00
Incidentals,
1,133 OI
$9,151 81
STONE CRUSHER.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Cash,
2 70
Error in bill,
70 22
Overdraw,
705 50
Bills approved,
$2,778 42 $2,778 42
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Entering Sewers,
262 50
Crushed Stone,
4 37
Loam,
II 50
Overdraw,
43 59
Bills approved,
$8,321 96 $8,321 96
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SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Received for Curbing,
698 20
Due for Curbing,
282 86
Betterment Assessment,
516 66
$3,497 72
Bills approved,
3,355 18
Balance,
$142 54
TOOL, HOUSE.
Appropriation,
$800 00
Bills approved,
683 64
Balance, -
$116 36
WATERING STREETS.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Appropriation, Horses and Cart, 800 00
Overdraw, 400 60
$2,200 60
Bills approved,
$2,200 60
POLICE SERVICE.
Service of Night Patrol, $716 00
Police Service, July 3d and 4th, 20 00
Compensation of Dog Officer, 25 00
$761 00
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EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING LOCKUP.
Keeper,
$144 00
Supplies,
20 45
$164 45
EXPENSE OF ARMORY CO. I, 5TH REGIMENT M. V. M.
Rent,
$600 00
Gas-bills,
171 60
$771 60
Amount received from State,
200 00
$571 60
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Compensation of Board of Registrars, $192 65
Compensation of Election Officers, 115 00
Meals furnished Election Officers, 22 00
Printing for Registration and Elections, 143 25
Printing Warrants for Town Meetings, 19 50
Posting Warrants and notifying Town
Officers, 12 00
Constructing, repairing and erecting Voting Booths, 242 81
Janitor's Services, II OO
$758 21
RECORD OF 200TH ANNIVERSARY. Appropriation,
$500 00
Unexpended balance, 500 00
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ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Court Fees,
50 00
$550 00
Amount of bills approved,
100 00
Balance,
$450 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation,
$5,000 00
Amount of bills approved, 4,873 00
Balance,
$127 00
SURVEYING AND PLANS.
K. H. Hyde, $353 05
THACHER BROOK DRAIN.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Received for Gravel,
2 00
$1,002 00
Amount of bills approved,
1,001 80
Balance,
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CAPRON STREET SEWER.
Appropriation,
$300 00
Bills approved,
225 75
Balance, $74 25
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EAST STREET SEWER.
Appropriation,
$450 00
Bills approved,
366 50
Balance, $83 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Current and Incidental appropriation, $4,000 00
Special appropriation, Hose, 625 00
Cash for Horse, 50 00
Overdraw, 164 63
$4,839 63
Bills approved, current and inciden'1, $4,239 63
special, hose, 600 00
$4,839 63
FIRE ALARM BELLS.
Appropriation,
$1,700 00
Bills approved, 1,672 79
Balance, $27 21
COURT FEES.
Paid to John H. Nerney, $158 48
Paid to E. R. Read,
75 21
Paid to S. R. Briggs,
198 44
Paid to George F. Ide,
6 55
Paid to E. C. Brown,
186 03
Paid to Chas. E. Riley,
2 20
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Paid to George F. Stone,
$4 46
Paid to John Rouquette,
23 10
Paid to Jesse B. Stevens,
8 86
Paid to George H. Palmer,
IO 69
Paid to Walter C. Dix,
12 28
Paid to Luther W. Strong.
4 71
Paid to William Spinney,
59 14
$750 15
Cash received,
487 56
$262 59
Military Aid.
One-half paid by the State.
Appropriation,
$300 00
Received from State,
251 00
$551 00
Paid to Daniel K. Franklin,
$100 00
Paid to Ernest Meyers,
144 00
Paid to John A. Pond,
90 00
Paid to William S. Richmond,
60 00
$394 00
Balance,
$157 00
Soldiers' Burial.
Paid by the State.
John M. Robbins, February,
$35 00
Received from the State,
35 00
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STATE AID.
All paid by State.
John Appleton, $8 00
*Cordelia H. Allen, 8 00
Charles H. Allison,
60 co
Maria E. Bishop, 48 00
Frank V. Bliss, 28 00
Nancy Bradford,
48 00
*Fannie Bradford,
44 00
Martha Bullock, 48 00
William H. Caswell,
36 00
Sarah Caswell,
48 00
Sarah C. Chipman,
48 00
Mary H. Christian,
38 00
Sarah E. H. Cole,
28 00
*Hannah Crosby,
48 00
Sarahı D. Dean,
48 00
George L. Draper,
21 00
Sidney T. Estee,
28 00
Elizabeth Fleet, 48 00
Thomasena Freeman, 20 00
Mary Green, 38 00
Mary A. Griffin, 48 00
Amelia C. Guild, 48 00
Maria Hamlin,
34 00
Adelaide E. Hall,
24 00
Phoebe Hicks, 28 00
* Deceased.
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Ann Johnson,
$32 00
Isaac N. Johnson,
65 00
John H. Kimball,
28 00
Mary E. Kingman,
24 00
Margaret Lyons,
24 00
Caroline E. Llufrio,
20 00
George Smithı.
48 00
*David A. Swift,
32 00
Charlotte Southwick,
16 00
Abbie R. Thayer,
48 00
Emeline Wilmarth,
38 00
William Wardell,
54 00
Jarvis N. B. White,
16 00
George E. Baker,
16 00
$1,384 00
Amount Expended for Soldiers' Relief
Under the Provisions of Chapter 447, Acts of 1890, and 237, Acts of 1893.
Appropriation,
$3,000 00
Paid Charles H. Allison,
$106 00
Paid George H. Alfred,
159 00
Paid Mary E. Atkinson,
180 50
Paid Maria E. Bishop,
48 00
Paid Nancy Bradford,
106 00
Paid Edwin Brackett,
64 00
* Deceased.
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Paid John Campbell,
$106 00
Paid Emerlous A. Cheever,
58 00
Paid Martin Donnelly,
165 50
Paid Daniel K. Franklin,
8 00
Paid John Green,
159 00
Paid George H. Hattin,
159 00
Paid Robert Hoffman,
106 00
Paid John H. Kimball,
215 35
Paid Abbie F. Mott,
30 00
Paid Ernest Meyers,
28 00
Paid Edward A. Morse,
98 00
Paid O. F. Munroe, ·
90 00
Paid *John M. Robbins,
27 15
Paid William S. Richmond,
122 00
Paid Thomas Stafford,
171 60
Paid Otis Vickery,
106 00
Paid Jarvis N. B. White,
28 00
Paid for Medical Attendance,
200 00
$2,541 IO
458 90
Received from other towns,
313 00
Balance,
$771 90
* Deceased.
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SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Treasurer,
$350 00
Town Clerk,
300 00
Town Treasurer of Sinking Fund, 25 00
Collectors of Taxes, 631 09
Assessors of Taxes,
600 00
Clerk of Assessors,
150 00
Selectmen,
600 00
Clerk of Selectmen,
300 00
PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Overseers of Poor,
$225 00
Clerk,
100 00
Visitor,
200 00
Superintendent of Almshouse,
300 00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent, Registrar and Clerk,
$1,250 00
Engineer at Pumping Station, 900 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer,
$250 00
Two Assistant Engineers,
150 00
Thirty-six Firemen, $50 each,
1,800 00
Janitors, 180 00
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EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent of Schools, $1,200 00
Secretary of School Board, 25 00
Principal of High School, 1,440 CO
Principal of Grammar School, 1,000 00
Compensation of other teachers, 16,72I 50
Janitors, 2,233 97
Inspector of Cattle and Milk, $200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, 25 00
Auditors,
100 00
E. B. BULLOCK,
Selectmen of
A. T. WALES,
CHARLES PHILLIPS,
Attleborough.
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List of Persons Liable to be Drawn as Jurors During the Year 1897.
Allen, George W.
Farmer.
Angell, Albert H.
Grocer.
Barnes, Charles L.
Real Estate agent.
Barney, Alban S.
Farmer.
Bicknell, George F.
Jeweler.
Bishop, Fred B.
Jeweler.
Blake, Ezekiel
Jeweler.
Bliss, Oliver P.
Jeweler.
Bradford, Soranus S.
Jeweler.
Briggs, Edward E.
Jeweler.
Briggs, Louis M.
Clerk.
Bullock, Bradford
Jeweler.
Bunker, Isaac L.
Belt maker.
Burbank, Charles M.
Plater.
Capron, Harford A.
Gentleman.
Cash, David A.
Jeweler.
Caufy, Edward
Gentleman.
Chase, Edward E.
Jeweler.
Chatterton, Alfred H.
Jeweler.
Cobb, Edwin E.
Jeweler.
Cooper, Alvin N.
Farmer.
Coffin, Reuben
Carpenter.
Crooker, Charles B.
Farmer.
Cummings, Edgar A.
Jeweler.
Dean, Ellis M.
Butcher.
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Dexter, Everett O.
Mason.
Dix, Walter C.
Clerk.
Draper, Charles T.
Jeweler.
Dunhamı, George O.
Jeweler.
Dunham, Francis
Jeweler.
Eddy, Albert A.
Jeweler.
Eldridge, Walter F.
Clerk.
Eldridge, Samuel H., Jr.
Gentleman.
Enbom, Henry A.
Jeweler.
Enbom, Julius R.
Jeweler.
Fales, Charles F.
Mason.
Fitz, Henry H.
Jeweler.
Foster, William E.
Contractor.
Forsythe, Charles E.
Farmer.
Fuller, Edward C.
Jeweler.
Fuller, Leo11
Painter.
Gay, Frank E.
Farmer.
Getchell, Cyrus
Carpenter.
Goe, George F.
Carpenter.
Goff, Wm. N.
Grocer.
Gustin, Charles M.
Gentleman1.
Hamlin, Walter M.
Printer.
Haslam, Adamı
Carpenter.
Hawkins, David P.
Jeweler.
Haynes, Wm. T.
Salesman.
Hodges, Wn. M.
Jeweler.
Hopwood, James T.
Jeweler.
Howarth, James
Jeweler.
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Huse, Fred A. Ide, George F.
Ingraham, Albert S. Jacobs, Erastus
Jones, Hiram J.
Jeweler.
King, Benj. P.
Toolmaker.
King, Walter L. Knight, Abner M.
Jeweler. Jeweler. Jeweler. Jeweler.
Lawson, Fred M.
Lee, Eugene B.
Jeweler.
Lord, Henry A. Lyon, Augustine
Farmer. Trader.
Macomber, Albert R.
Electrician.
Mathewson, Charles W.
Mathewson, Frank W.
Mott, Edgar E.
Mowry, Mortimer H.
Mason.
Newell, Olney P. Nye, Fred C.
Plater.
Parker, Warren
Jeweler. Janitor. Farmer.
Parmenter, Caleb E.
Parmenter, Arthur W.
Farmer.'
Pike, Charles A.
Liveryman.
Randall, George
Reporter.
Read, Henry C., Jr.
Robbins, Fred N.
Jeweler.
Robinson, Richard O.
Farmer.
Painter.
Lamb, Wm. H.
Jeweler. Farmer. Jeweler. Jeweler.
Jeweler. Jeweler. Jeweler.
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Rounds, Herbert B.
Jeweler.
Shaw, Aaron W.
Jeweler.
Skinner, Eugene M.
Grocer.
Smith, Adelbert
Painter.
Smith, Alfred E.
Jeweler.
Smith, Frank E.
Jeweler.
Smith, Laban P.
Farmer.
Smith, Samuel W.
Jeweler.
Smith, Wm. H.
Farmer, Dodgeville.
Smith, Wm. W.
Stone Cutter.
Sweet, Frank A.
Civil Engineer.
Thayer, Oscar S.
Farmer.
Thornton, Abel C.
Farmer.
Tiffany, Wm. H.
Jeweler.
Tingley, Leon H.
Farmer.
Torrey, Fred L.
Jeweler.
Towne, George L.
Farmer.
Tucker, Almon H.
Mason.
Watkins, Albion H.
Salesman.
Wetherell, Arthur H.
Jeweler.
Wheelock, Henry H.
Jeweler.
Wilmarth, Fred B. Jeweler.
Winsor, Albert W. Salesman.
Woodard, Arthur S.
Jeweler.
E. B. BULLOCK, A. T. WALES, CHARLES PHILLIPS,
Selectmen of
Attleborough.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TREASURER
OF THE
Town of Attleborough, Mass.
Report of Town Treasurer.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1896, $123 86
Joseph O. Mowry, collector,
$97,723 00
Samuel M. Holman, collector, 1,850 00
Cash received from sale of bonds issued Jan. 1, 1896, 50,000 00
Premium on bonds, 1,105 00
Accrued interest on bonds,
55 56
-$150,733 56
Licenses.
1896.
RECEIVED FOR
3 Plumber's licenses,
$4 50
3 Auctioneer's licenses, 6 00
I Cattle license, I 00
50 Milk licenses,
25 00
I Druggist's license, I 00
4 Firework's licenses, 20 00
2 State peddler's licenses, 26 00
2 Circus licenses, 30 00
3 Billiard table and bowling alley do. 77 50
$191 00
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Notes.
1896. RECEIVED OF Ed. R. Price, note dated April 3, 1896, for 7 mos. at 42 per cent. $20,000 00 Blodget, Merritt & Co., of Boston, note dated June 4, 1896, for four months at 3.10 0 55 per cent. 20,000 00 First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated August 3, 1896, for two months at 4 per cent. 10,000 00 Note dated Dec. 18, 1896, for four mos. at 32 per ct. 20,000 00
- $70,000 00
North Attleborough's Proportion of Interest on Bonds.
1896. RECEIVED OF April 7. A. E. Codding, Treasurer, North Attleboro's pro- portion of interest on bonds due April 1, 1896, $259 49
Oct. 2. Interest on bonds due Oct.
1, 1896, 259 49
$518 98
Miscellaneous. 1896. RECEIVED OF Jan. 18. George F. Pratt, County Treasurer, Dog Fund, $886 32
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Feb. 27. Town of Franklin, support of Paupers, $83 00
May 25. Cash from Selectmen, 5 00
Rebate on Freight bill, I 20
June 4. Rebate on Highway bill, 70 22
Sept. I. Town of Norton, support of Paupers, 10 00
12. Town of No. Attleboro, do. 299 31
18. Cash received for gravel from Thacher Brook Drain, 2 00
Oct. 15. F. A. Newell, curbing on North Main and Dean streets, 126 17
E. S. Horton, curbing on Pine street, 61 88
T. L. Watkins, curbing on Ellis st., 135 35
Alfred Pierce, curbing on North Main street, 48 75
Nahum Perry, sale of crushed stone, I 50
Nov. 2. Peter Anderson, purchase of Fire Department horse, 50 00
9. May Smith, concreting on Railroad av. 17 50
T. L. Swift, curbing on Pleasant st., 50 00
30. Dec. 14. George Taylor, curbing on Pearl st., 40 95
17. Overseers of the Poor, duplicate bill, 15 00
24. WV. A. Engley. curbing on School st., 150 So
Sidney Smith, on account, curbing on Mechanics street, 30 00
28. Town of Norton, support of John Cornell, 104 00
31. D. E. Makepeace, crushed stone, 4 37
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Dec. 31. H. A. Clark, concreting sidewalk on Pleasant street, $36 80 Town of Grafton, Soldiers' relief to John H. Kimball, 212 00
Town of Dudley, Soldiers' relief to Edwin Brackett, 64 00
Overseers of the Poor, refunded med- ical bill, 6 50
Support of Sarah Lawton, 58 23
Solon D. Bushee, Sup't of Streets, Cash from sale of loam, 50
City of Taunton, Soldiers' relief to George Smith, 6 00
Support of Paupers, 147 00
Town of Mansfield, Support of Paupers, 52 50
Soldiers' relief to J. N. B. White, 31 00
J. O. Tiffany, Tuition, 478 00
Text Books, 15 55
State of Massachusetts, transporta-
tion of State Paupers, 80
Temporary Support of State Paupers, 23 50
Corporation tax, 1,732 53
National Bank, 470 13
Expense of Contagious Diseases, 93 50
Support of State Paupers, 67 00
Military Aid, Chapter 279, Acts of 1889, 251 00
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Dec. 31. State Aid, Chapter 301, Acts of 1889, $1,456 00 Armory Rent, 200 00
Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 175 00
David W. Swift, Guardian, support of D. A. Swift at Taunton Lunatic Hospital, 156 06
Albert Fuller, Clerk Court Fines, 455 00
Edward W. Evans, Sheriff, Court Fines and Expenses, 32 56
G. A. Monroe, Guardian, support of Ruth C. Munroe, 169 46
G. A. Monroe, Discount on Pauper bills, 79 29
$8,675 23
Entrance to Sewers.
1896. RECEIVED FOR
I on North Main street,
$37 50
3 on Union street, 112 50
2 on East street, 75 00
I on School street, 37 50
$262 50
Total amount received for 1896 and cash on
hand January 1, 1896, $230,505 13
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Notes.
Paid.
Jan. 18. First National Bank of
Attleborough, note dat- ed Jan. 13, 1896, at 6 per cent. $3,000 00
22. Note dated July 29, 1895, at 4 per cent. 30,000 CO Provident Institution for Savings in the town of Boston, note dated Dec. 28, 1894, at 3 per cent. 20,000 00
Oct. 3 First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated Aug. 3, 1896, at 43 per cent. 10,000 00
5. New England Trust Co., note dated June 4, 1896, at 3.106 per cent. 20,000 00
Nov. 3. National Union Bank, note dated April 3, 1896, at 42 per cent. 20,000 00 -$103 000 CO
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Interest.
Paid.
Jan. 18. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for six days on note of $3,000, dated Jan. 13, 1896, at 6 per cent.
22. Interest from July 29, 1895, to Jan. 22, 1896 on note of $30,000 dat- ed July 29, 1895, at 4 per cent.
Provident Institution for Savings in the town of Boston, interest for 26 days on note of $20,000 dated Dec. 28, 1894, at 5 per cent.
Feb. 7. Attleboro Mutual Fire In- surance Co., interest from July, 1895 to Jan. 1896, on note of $3.000 dated Sept. 1, 1888, at 4 .per cent. 60 00
Interest from July, 1895, to Jan. 1896. on note of $3,000, dated Dec. 10, 1890, at 4 per cent 60 00
$ 3 00
590 00
72 22
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mar. 20. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest due on bonds, April 1, 1896, 31. Edward R. Price, interest for 7 months on note of $20,000 dated April 3, 1896, at 42 per cent. 510 42
$700 00
May 30. Blodget, Merritt & Co., interest for 4 months on note of $20,000 dated June 4, 1896, at 3. 100 per cent. 238 63
June 22. Interest due on registered bonds July 1, 1896, 1,000 00
Aug. 6. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for 2 months on note of $10,000 dated Aug. 3, 1896, at 42 per cent. 80 00
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