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Bullock, George R., Jeweler
Bunker, Joseph L., Farmer
Burbank, Charles M., Jeweler
Butterworth, Herbert A., Farmer
Cargill, Walter B., Farmer
Caldwell, George B., Salesman
Callahan, Daniel, Jeweler
Capron, Harford A., Retired
Capron, Virgil H.,
Jeweler
Card, Thomas P.,
Jeweler
Carnes, William L.,
Jeweler
Carpenter, Eustace V.,
Farmer
Carpenter, Lyman,
Retired
Chatterton, Alfred H., Jeweler
Chace, Frank, Carpenter
Chace, James E., Jeweler
Claflin, Charles O., Teamster
Claflin, A. Dwight,
Farmer
Claflin, Edward P.,
anufacturer
Clark, Haratio L.,
Real Estate Dealer
Coffin, Reuben, Carpenter
Cole, Eugene S., Salesman
Cole, Francis G., Jeweler
Collins, Charles E., Machinist
Cooper, Alvin N., Farmer
Coupe, William H., Currier
Crossman, Everett H., Jeweler
Curien, George W., Jeweler
Currie, James A., Jeweler
Curry, Michael J., Merchant
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Davis, Alexander L., Jeweler
Davis, Frank H., Mason
Dean, Thomas F., Grocer
Dexter, Horace L., Jeweler
Draper, Robert J., Jeweler
Dunham, George O., Retired
Dunham, Laban G.,
Retired
Eddy, Ashton C., Insurance Agent
Eldredge, Samuel H., Jr., Merchant
Ellis, Fred M., Jeweler
Enbom, Henry A., Jeweler
Engley, Willard A., Retired
Fittz, George B.,
Farmer
Follett, Walter, Farmer
Forsythe, Charles E., Jeweler
Foster, William E., Contractor
Gaffney, Hugh, Jeweler
Gardner, Charles M., Trader
Gustin, George A.,
Carpenter
Hall, Frank D.,
Jeweler
Handy, George E.,
Hayward, Henry L., Clerk
Hayward, Joseph, Insurance Agent
Higgins, George A., Jeweler
Hill, James G., Agent
Himes. Charles B., Farmer
Hodges, Francis G., Jeweler
Hodges, John C., Jeweler
Holbrook, Horace R., Jeweler
Hyde, Karl H., Architect
Ide, George F., Retired Ingell, George H., Jeweler
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Lawson, Fred B., Jeweler
Leckie, Herbert K., Clerk Lee, A. Frank, Jeweler
Lee, Eugene B., Jeweler Lewis, Leroy L., Farmer
Lincoln, Palmer G., Jeweler
Livingstone, George, Jeweler
Livsey, George W., Real Estate Dealer
Lord, Henry A., Farmer
MacDonald, Charles S.,
Jeweler
Mallory, Elisha W.
Minister
Mangan, John A.,
Insurance Agent
Mason, George A.,
Mathewson, Frank,
Jeweler
McManus, Austin,
Jeweler
Monast, Levi, Painter
Monroe, George A.,
Grocer
Morrison, James, Barber
Mowry, Joseph O., Retired
Nolan, Thomas F., Agent
Norwood, William, Jeweler
Nye, Fred C., Jeweler
Orr, William P., Clerk
Parmenter, Arthur W., Farmer
Parmenter, Caleb E., Farmer
Patterson, Charles P.,
Carpenter
Perrin, T. E.,
Teamster
Peyton, Alexander,
Philips, Charles, Farmer
Randall, George H., Salesman
Razee, Benjamin J., Carpenter
Robbins, Freeman, Jeweler
Rodgers, Fred R., Jeweler
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Schneider, Albert F., Barber
Shaw, Aaron W., Jeweler
Shaw, Frank E.,
Farmer
Shaw, Horace C.,
Merchant
Shepard, Joseph R.,
Farmer
Simms, James F.,
Jeweler
Smith, Daniel E.,
Painter
Smith, Frank E.,
Manufacturer
Smith, Laban P.,
Farmer
Smith, William H., (Dodgeville)
Farmer
Stanley, Lyman M.,
Undertaker
Stanton, Henry L.,
Landlord
Stanton, Frank B.,
Streeter, Frank S.,
Farmer
Streeter, Henry A.,
Jeweler
Streeter, Willis H., Salesman
Sweet, James N., Toolmaker
Taylor, George A., Conductor
Thacher, John, Ice Dealer
Thayer, Oscar S., Farmer
Tingley, Leon H., Draughtsman
Towne, George F., Farmer
Tucker, Almon H., Mason
Wales, Abijah T., Retired
Watkins, Albion H., Painter
Wetherel, Wilber L., Jeweler Wilbur, Charles F., Jeweler Wilden, Edwin, Farmer
Worrall, George R., Farmer
Wright, George F. W., Jeweler
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF LOCKUP KEEPER FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1904.
During the year I have cared for 220 prisoners. They were arrested for the following offences :
. Adultery, I
Assault, I3
Assault and battery,
I
Assault with intent to rape,
I
Breaking and entering,
7
Boarding house beat,
I
Breaking jail,
I
Common drunk,
Cruelty to animals,
Debt,
Drunkenness,
75
Disturbance of the peace,
22
Escaped from State home in Foxboro,
I 6 2
Fake measure and scales,
Felonious assault,
2
Insane,
I
Illegally keeping and liquor nuisance,
2
Illegally selling intoxicating liquor, .
2
Illegally keeping intoxicating liquor with intent to sell,
2
Idle and disorderly,
2
Larceny,
Malicious mischief,
28 I 7
Non-support,
Obstructing the extinguishing of a fire,
I
Peddling without license, 8
I
Trespass,
I
Tramps, 16
Violation of the school law, 2
Violation of the prohibition law, 4
220
Setting a bonfire,
4 2 2
Evading car fare,
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ANNUAL REPORT.
I have lodged 1,016 tramps in the following months:
January, 184
February, 254
March, 257
April, 200
May,
65
June,
28
July,
6
August,
6
September,
5
October,
2
November,
3
December,
6
1,016
Respectfully submitted, SIDNEY C. BURTON, Keeper of Lockup.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following recommendations are made by the officers in charge of the various departments : Selectmen's Department.
Current and incidental, $11,000.00
Highways and Bridges,
12,000.00
Street lighting,
10,500.00
Police Service,
2,800.00
Sidewalks improvement under the betterment act, 3,000.00
Redressing old concrete,
500.00
Watering public streets,
2,400.00
Watering streets in South Attle- borough, 350.00
Soldiers' Relief,
3,000.00
Observance Memorial Day,
300.00
Enforcement of liquor law, 250.00
Military aid, 60.00
$46,160.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount Recommended by the Engineers of the Fire Department.
Current and incidental, .$10,700.00
$10,700.00
Amounts Recommended by the Overseers of the Poor.
Aid to paupers, .
$5,500.00
Medical aid to paupers,
500.00
$6,000.00
Amount Recommended by the School Committee.
For maintenance,
$60,100.00
-
$60,100.00
Amount Recommended by the Water Commissioners.
For maintenance,
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Amount Recommended by Trustees of Public Library.
For maintenance,
$2,750.00
$2,750.00
Amounts to be Raised to Meet the Requirements of Former Votes of the Town.
Capron Park, $2,000.00
Dodgeville School House, 1,000.00
St. Jean Baptiste road, 1,000.00
Addition to High School, 2,000.00
Brook Street extension,
833.00
Robinson School House, 1,000.00
$7,833.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amounts Required by Law to be Raised by Taxation in 1905.
State tax, approximated,
$ 8,000.00
County tax, approximated,
14,000.00
Sinking Fund,
1,000.00
Interest on notes,
2,200.00
Interest on bonds,
3,050.00
$28,250.00
Recapitulation.
Selectmen's Department, $46,160.00
Overseers of the Poor, 6,000.00
Public Library,
2,750.00
School Department,
60,100.00
Fire Department, 10,700.00
Water Department, 2,000.00
To meet former votes of the Town, 7,833.00
To meet overdrafts in 1904, 776.69
Requirements of the law and
interest,
28,250.00
Overlayings,
3,000.00
Grand total,
$162,819.69
Respectfully submitted, WM. H. GOFF, WILLIAM N. GOFF, GEO. A. SWEENEY, Selectmen of Attleborough.
Annual Report of the Town Treasurer.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1. 1904. $29,841.76
S. M. Holman, Collector, $190.750.00 H. E. Carpenter. Collector. 1,OII.70
$191.761.70
Licenses.
4 auctioneers' licenses.
S
8.00
I druggist's license,
1.00
Bowling alley and pool table
licenses.
341.50
2 intelligence office licenses. 1.00
63 milk licenses.
31.50
12 peddlers' licenses,
204.00
Circus and merry-go-round licenses. 29.00
I fireworks license. 5.00
Pawnbroker's license, 50.00
Show license,
25.00
Notes. $699.00
I 904. Received of June I. Loring. Tolman & Tup- per, on note dated June I. 1904. for 5 months at 3.43%. $20.000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
June 28. Loring, Tolman & Tup-
per, on note dated June 28, 1904, for 4 months at 3.09%, 30,000.00 Aug. 3. Bond & Goodwin, on note dated Aug. 3, 1904, for 4 months at 3.371/2%, 10,000.00 Aug. 10. Bond & Goodwin, on note dated Aug. 9, 1904, for 4 months at 33/8%, 10,000.00
$70,000.00
Sewer Connections.
1904.
Received of
Apr. 26. Geo. L. Sweet, entrance to sewer from house on Bank street, $ 37.50
Nov. I. W. F. Barden, entrance to
County street sewer from
Bronson building,
37.50
$75.00
Miscellaneous.
I904.
Received of
George F. Pratt, County Treas-
urer, dog licenses, $1,589.II May S. Rodgers, redemption of land sold for taxes, 15.55
Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk, court fines, 862.70
I. Granville Carrier, court fines and expenses, 65.00
George F. Pratt, County Treas- urer, fines for non-payment of dog licenses, 105.00
Town of Grafton, Soldiers' Relief, paid to John R. Kimball, 54.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
George A. Sweeney, for stove
taken from Hose House, Hebronville, 5.00
Attleboro Savings & Loan Asso- ciation, one-half ice bill paid to John Thacher, 7.85
$2,704.21
William P. Kelly, from sale of text books, $ 15.00
Overpayment of teachers reim- bursed, 4.00
Tuition from town of Rehoboth, 180.00
Tuition from town of Norton, 100.00
Tuition from town of Seekonk, . 250.00
Tuition from individuals, 176.50
$725.50
Overseers of the Poor :
Town of Dartmouth, $ 249.88
Town of North Attleboro, 67.39
Town of Somerville, 71.65
Town of Mansfield, 158.00
City of New Bedford, 107.25
Town of Winchendon, 192.34
City of Fall River
25.50
Town of Wilbraham, 61.00
Town of Foxboro.
215.00
Town of Hyde Park, 8.00
Town of Walpole, 115.00
Overseers of the Poor, for milk
sold to Alfred W. Lamb, .... 761.21 George A. Monroe, for support of Ruth C. Monroe at Taunton Hospital, 73.60
Charles D. Whiting, for support of Edna Whiting at Taunton Hospital, 35.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Everett Reynolds, on account of support of wife, 12.00
Amount awarded for damage done to calf by dog, 10.00
Amount returned to Treasury on account of bills of Cora -
Brennan, 40.00
$2,202.82
Providence Telephone Co., use of
streets for underground wires, $ 25.00
George H. Herrick, for curbing on Grove street, 28.00
Eugene Cole, for change of curb- ing, 4.50
James Green, one-half cost of re- locating Handy street, ....... 17.50
C. H. Tappan, for work done by Highway Department on gut- ters and curbing, . 29.45
E. O. Dexter, for curbing, 7.80
Attleboro Gas Light Co., for work done by Highway De- partment on streets over gas pipes, 16.03
Resetting curbing on Union street, 3.84
Amount received from sale of gravel, dirt and street sweep- ings, 26.15
Amount received from sale of stone, 144.46
Amount received for use of road roller, 21.30
Rebate on highway bills, 2.75
$326.78
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hiram R. Packard, Chief, for sale
of old junk,
28.05
Sale of pung belonging to Fire
Department, 15.00
Sale of parts of harnesses,
15.00
Sale of Fire Department horses.
I10.00
Insurance for damage to Engine House, 29.96
ȘI98.01
State of Massachusetts :
Corporation tax, $1,849.3I
National bank tax, 361.30
Street railway tax, 2,166.50
Armory rent, 300.00
Military and State aid,
2,453.00
Support of State paupers.
246.15
Transportation of State
paupers, 1.58
Burial of State paupers, 75.00
$7.452.84
Duplicate bills, 33.63
Transfer of bill of Boston Bank Note Co., to Water Depart- ment account. 45.00
S306,066.25
EXPENDITURES.
Notes.
1904. Paid.
Jan. 27. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Jan. 27, 1902, for 2 years at 31/2%, . . $1,000.00 Note dated Jan. 27, 1902, for 2 years at 31/2%,. 2,500.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
1
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 2 years at 31/2%, 1,000.00 June 28. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Dec. 30, 1903, for 6 months at 4.60%, 20,000.00 July 27. Jose, Parker & Co., note dated Aug. 7, 1903, for I year at 4%, 2,000.00
Oct. 17. Sinking Fund, town of Attleborough, note dated June 2, 1903, on demand at 4%, .. 10,000.00 Oct. 26. New England Trust Co., note dated June 28, 1904, for 4 months at 3.09%, 30,000.00
Oct. 31. National Bank of Com- merce, note dated June 1, 1904, for 5 months at 3.43%, . 20,000.00 Dec. 3. Suffolk National Bank, note dated Aug. 3, 1904, for 4 months at 3.371/2%, 10,000.00 Dec. 8. Eliot National Bank, note dated Aug. 9, 1904, for 4 months at 33/8%, 10,000.00
$106,500.00
Interest.
I904. Paid.
Jan. 27. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $6,500.00, dated Jan. 27, 1902, at 31/2%, $ 113.75 Interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $8,000.00, dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 31/2%, 140.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 30. Jose, Parker & Co., interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%,
I20.00
Interest for 6 months on regis- tered notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%,
I20.00
Apr. 21. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds May I, 1904, 525.00
May 25. Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, interest for 5 months on note of $20,000.00, dated June I, 1904, at 3.43%, 285.83
June 22. Interest due on regis- tered bonds July 1, 1904, . 1,000.00 June 28. Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, interest for 4 months on note of $30,000.00, dated June 28, 1904, at 3.09%, 309.00
July 15. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $3,000.00, dated Jan. 27, 1902, at 31/2%,
52.50
Interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $7,000.00, dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 31/2%, .
122.50
July 27. Jose, Parker & Co., in- terest for 6 months on notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%, I20.00
Interest for 6 months and I day on registered notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%, I20.45
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 3. Bond & Goodwin, interest for 4 months on note of $10,- 000.00, dated Aug. 3, 1904, at 3.371/2%, 114.37
Aug. 10. Bond & Goodwin, in- terest for 4 months on note of $10,000.00, dated Aug. 9, 1904, at 33/8%, III.56
Oct. 15. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds, Nov. 1, 1904, . . Oct. 17. Sinking Fund, town of Attleborough, interest from June 2, 1903, to Oct. 17, 1904, on note of $10,000.00, dated June 2, 1903, at 4%, 550.00
525.00
Dec. 29. Interest due on regis- tered bonds January 1, 1905, 1,000.00
$5,329.96
Miscellaneous.
1904. Paid.
Oct. 19. County tax for 1904, . .. . $14,807.00
Dec. 30. Treasurer of Sinking Fund, 6,400.00
Water Department, appropriation made at annual Town Meet-
ing, March 7, 1904, 3,000.00
State of Massachusetts :
State tax for 1904, 7,050.00
National bank tax, 752.30
Repairing of State highways, 132.55
Note dated February 4, 1902, for 6 years at 31/2%, . 1,000.00
T 4
50
ANNUAL REPORT.
Penalty for neglect to make returns, 1.00
Druggist's license, .25
Dec. 31. State aid for 1904, 2,181.50
Military aid for 1904.
120.00
Angenette B. Starkey. from
Deborah Starkey Fund, ..
3.00
Bills approved by the Select- men for 1904. 144.358.83
$178,806.43
Cash on hand January 1, 1905, . . 15.429.86
$306,056.25
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES.
January I, 1905.
Bonds due January 1, 1906, . .$50,000.00
Bonds due November 1, 1920, 30,000.00
$80,000.00
Notes payable at the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., of Bos- ton, Mass. :
Note dated January 27, 1902, for 3 years at 31/2 ℃. .... 1.000.00 Note dated January 27. 1902, for 4 years at 31/2%. .... 1.000.00 Note dated January 27. 1902, for 5 years at 31/2%. . . 1,000.00 Note dated February 4. 1902. for 3 years at 31/2%, . 1,000.00 Note dated February 4. 1902. for 4 years at 31/2%, .. . 1.000.00 Note dated February 4. 1902, for 5 years at 31/2%, ... 1,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Note dated February 4, 1902, for 7 years at 31/2%, . . Note dated February 4, 1902, for 8 years at 31/2%, . Note dated February 4, 1902,
1,000.00
1,000.00
for 9 years at 31/2%, ... Note dated August 7, 1903, for 2 years at 4%,
1,000.00
2,000.00
Note dated August 7, 1903, for 3 years at 4%, .. 2,000.00 Registered note dated August 7, 1903, for 4 years at 4%, 2,000.00 Registered note dated August 7, 1903, for 5 years at 4%, 2,000.00 Registered note dated August
7, 1903, for 6 years at 4%, 2,000.00
$20,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January I, 1904, . . $ 6,036.93
George H. Snell, Water Registrar, $31,524.30 Appropriation made by the town, March 7, 1904, 3,000.00
$34,524.30
Bonds.
I904.
Oct. 14. Bonds dated October I,
1904, and payable October I,
1934,
. $20,000.00
Premium on bonds dated October 1, 1904, 2,114.00
$22,114.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Interest.
I904. Received from
Oct. 14. Accrued interest on bonds dated October 1, 1904, $ 28.89
Miscellaneous.
1904.
Received from
June 29. Treasurer of Water De- partment Sinking Fund, to be applied to the payment of bonds due July 1, 1904, ·
$40,000.00
$102,704.12
EXPENDITURES.
Interest.
1904.
Paid First National Bank of Attle- boro, interest due on bonds for the year 1904, $ 2,230.00
Paid Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds for the year 1904, 9,300.00 Paid New Bedford Institution for Savings, interest due on bonds July 1, 1904, 1,190.00
Paid interest due on registered bonds for the year 1904, 925.00
$13,645.00
Bonds.
Paid. June 29. New Bedford Institu- tion for Savings, for bonds due. July 1, 1904. $34,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
First National Bank of Attle- boro, for bonds due July I, I904, 6,000.00
$40,000.00
Miscellaneous.
Paid.
Dec. 31. Maintenance account, . . $17,245.92 Construction account, 21,056.87 Treasurer of Sinking Fund, Water Department, 5,500.00
$43,802.79
Cash on hand January 1, 1905, ... 5,256.33
$102,704.12
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
January 1, 1905.
4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1912, $20,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Sept., 1915, 12,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1919, 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Apr., 1921, 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1921, 10,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1922, 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1923, 35,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1924, 40,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1926, 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1927, 10,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1928, 13,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1929, 15,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1930, 12,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
31/2 per cent. bonds, due Apr., 1932, 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1933, 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1934, 20,000.00
$337,000.00
RECAPITULATION.
Town bonds, general department, $80,000.00
Sinking Fund assets, general de-
partment, 61,668.98
Net bonded debt. general depart-
ment, $18,331.02
Floating debt, January I. 1905, . . 20,000.00
Balance net debt, general depart-
ment, $38,331.02
Water Department bonds, $337,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, Water De-
partment, 25,397.67
Balance net debt, Water Depart-
ment, $311,602.33
Total bonded debt, general and
Water Department, ..... .$417,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, general and Water Department, 87,066.65
Net bonded debt, general and Water Department. $329,933.35
Floating debt, 20,000.00
Balance net debt, $349,933.35
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount of uncollected taxes, ... . $18,672.98 Due from State of Massachusetts, 2,346.50
$21,019.48 FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Treasurer.
Examined January 28, 1905, and found correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FRED L. LeBARON, BYRON R. HILL,
Auditors.
DEBORAH STARKEY FUND.
Dr.
Interest accrued Jan. 1, 1889, . $ 9.33
Interest from Jan. 1, 1889 to 1905, 576.00
Cr. $585.33
Amount of relief paid from the
fund upon orders of Selectmen
from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. I,
1905,
372.00
By balance, 213.33
$585.33
Principal of fund, $ 600.00
Accrued interest, 213.33
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1905, . ..
$813.33
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
Town Treasurer.
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand January I, 1904, $ 1,035.04
To cash from Town Treasurer. . . $ 6,400.00
To interest, 2,533.94
To notes receivable,
21,050.00
$29.983.94
Cr. $31,018.98
By notes receivable, . $14.750.00 By cash on hand January I, 1905, 16,268.98
$31,018.98
Assets.
Cash on hand January I. 1905, . . $16,268.98
Amount invested in real estate mortgages, Jan. I. 1905. . . . . . 43.400.00 Amount invested in bonds. town of Attleborough. Jan. I. 1905. .. 2.000.00
Amount of fund. January 1. 1905. S61,668.98
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ANNUAL REPORT.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand, January 1, 1904, $55.91
To cash from Town Treasurer, . . $ 5,500.00
To interest, 2,091.76
To notes receivable, 47,600.00
$55,191.76
$55,247.67
Cr.
By notes receivable, $ 5,400.00
By bonds paid July 1, 1904, . 40,000.00
By cash on hand January 1, 1905, . 9,847.67
$55,247.67
Assets.
Cash on hand January 1, 1905, . . . $ 9,847.67
Amount invested in real estate mortgages, January 1, 1905, . . 15,550.00
Amount of fund, January 1, 1905, $25,397.67
E. S. HORTON, CHAS. E. BLISS, LOUIS J. LAMB, Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
Examined January 28, 1905, and found correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, BYRON R. HILL, FRED L. LeBARON. Auditors.
Report of the Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund.
Attleboro, Mass., December 31, 1904.
The Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund make the. following report :
Cash deposited with the Attleboro
Savings Bank, June, 1895, . .. $ 200.00
Annual interest to October, 1904, .. 94.14
$294.14
Respectfully submitted, GEO. F. BICKNELL, E. S. HORTON, L. Z. CARPENTER, W. L. ELLIOT, FRANK I. BABCOCK.
Annual Reports of the Tax Collectors.
REPORT OF SAMUEL M. HOLMAN.
To the citizens of Attleborough :
Your Collector of Taxes has the honor of submitting herewith his seventh annual report for the year ending December 31, 1904.
Taxes for 1901. Dr.
Committed,
$
188.92
Interest,
9.27
Cr. $198.19
Collected,
$ 72.80
Uncollected,
48.3I
Abated,
77.08
$198.19
Taxes for 1902. Dr.
Committed,
$1,548.39
Interest,
II2.35
$1,660.74
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Cr.
Collected,
$1,445.21
Uncollected, 135.19
Abated,
80.34
$1,660.74
Taxes for 1903.
Dr.
Committed,
$14,985.86
Interest, 413.49
$15,399.35
Cr.
Collected,
$13,113.43
Uncollected,
1,507.39
Abated,
778.53
$15,399.35
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed,
$ 234.85
$234.85
Cr.
Collected,
$ 234.85
$234.85
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed,
$ 816.00
Interest,
1.47
$817.47
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Cr.
Collected,
$ 786.72
Uncollected,
30.75
$817.47
Taxes for 1904.
Dr.
Committed,
$179.844.64
Added taxes, I33.35
Interest,
407.29
$180,385.28
Cr.
Collected,
. $165,840.II
Uncollected,
13,594.24
Abated,
950.93
$180,385.28
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed,
$1,850.50
$1,850.50
Cr.
Collected,
$1,627.03
Uncollected,
223.47
$1,850.50
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed,
$1,251.60
$1,251.60
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Cr.
Collected,
$ 495.70
Uncollected, 755.90
$1,251.60
Collected.
Dr.
1901 tax,
$ 72.80
1902 tax, 1,445.2I
1903 tax,
13,113.43
1903 excise tax,
234.85
1903 betterment tax, 786.72
1904 tax, 165,840.II
1904 excise tax,
1,627.03
1904 betterment tax, 495.70
Cash on hand at last report,
9,703.29
$193,319.14
Cr.
Paid Treasurer as per vouchers, $190,750.00 Cash on hand, 2,569. 14
$193,319.14
The following list shows the collections by percentage :
1901 tax, 36%
1902 tax,
90%
1903 tax, 85%
1903 excise, 100%
1903 betterment, 96%
1904 tax, 92%
1904 excise, 88%
1904 betterment, 32%
This completes my seventh annual report as your Collector of Taxes, in which time you have committed to me for collection over a million of dollars. We have
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been advancing rapidly in our promptness of the pay- ment of our taxes. From a period when from 50% to 60% was paid in a fiscal year, the year of 1903 rose to 90%, and I am glad to report that 1904 has eclipsed all previous records and shows payment of 92%, and this in spite of the facts, that a general raise in valuation was deemed necessary this year, as well as poor business conditions, together with the failure of one of our local street railways, which holds back about $2,000.00 worth of taxes. This degree of promptness has enabled us to pass our first December without borrowing money.
Attleborough has now taken rank with other large, progressive towns in Massachusetts for a commendable promptness in tax paying.
Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL M. HOLMAN, Collector of Taxes.
Examined February 1, 1905, and found correct,
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FRED L. LeBARON, BYRON R. HILL,
Auditors.
REPORT OF HARRY E. CARPENTER.
Taxes for 1898. Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1904, $ 64.36
Interest, 1.20
Cr. $65.56
Abated,
$ 42.0I
Collected, 23.55
$65.56
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Taxes for 1899.
Dr
Uncollected January 1, 1904, $ 722.56
Interest, 2.89
Cr. $725.45
Abated, $ 108.49
Collected, 117.34
Uncollected December 31, 1904,
..
499.62
$725.45
Taxes for 1900.
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1904, $2,735.25
Interest, 132.34
Cr.
$2,867.59
Abated, $ 249.54
Collected, 840.44
Uncollected December 31, 1904, . 1,777.61
$2,867.59
Betterments. Dr.
Balance January 1, 1904 :
1898,
$ 48.80
1900,
100.50
Cr.
Collected, 1898, $ 45.80
Uncollected, 1900, 100.50
Abated, 3.00
$149.30
$149.30
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Collected. Dr.
Cash on hand January 1, 1904, $ 10.32
Collected, 1898,
23.55
Collected, 1899,
117.34
Collected, 1900,
840.44
Betterments,
45.80
$1,037.45
Cr
Cash paid Treasurer,
$1,011.70
Cash on hand,
25.75
$1,037.45
Respectfully submitted, HARRY E. CARPENTER, Collector.
Examined January 31, 1905, and found correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FRED L. LeBARON, BYRON R. HILL,
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Auditors.
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Annual Report of the Board of Assessors.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES, MAY 1, 1904.
Number of Residents Assessed on Property.
Individuals, 1,693
All others,
18I
1,874
Number of Non-Residents.
Individuals,
613
All others,
24
637
Number of Persons Assessed.
On property,
2,5II
Poll tax only,
2,694
5,105
Number of Polls Assessed.
Males,
3,733
Tax on each poll, $2.00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate.
Excluding resident bank stock, $2,713,445.00
Resident bank stock,
105,300.00
$2,818,745.00
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Value of Assessed Real Estate.
Buildings, excluding land, .... $4,482,577.00 Land, excluding buildings, 2,793,898.00
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