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Claflin, A. Dwight
Farmer
Claffin, Edward P.
Manufacturer
Clark, Horatio L. Real Estate Dealer
Coffin, Reuben
Carpenter
Cole, Eugene S. Salesman
Collins, Charles E.
Machinist
Cooper, Alvin V.
Farmer
Coupe, William H.
Currier
Crossman, Everett H.
Currie, James A. Jeweler
. Jeweler
Curry, Michael J.
Merchant
Cobb, George L. Jeweler
Davis, Alexander L. Jeweler
Davis, Frank H. Mason
Dean, Thomas F. Grocer
Dexter, Horace L. Jeweler
Draper, Robert J. Jeweler
Dunham, George O. Retired
Doering, Karl B. Physician
Eddy, Ashton C. Insurance Agent Eldredge, Samuel H., Jr. Merchant
· Ellis, Fred M. . Jeweler Enbom, Henry A. Jeweler
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fittz, George B. Farmer
Follett. Walter Farmer
Forsythe. Charles E. Jeweler
Foster, William E. Contractor
Field, Granville R. Farmer
Gaffney. Hugh Jeweler
Gray, James H. Machinist
Groves, Walter Teamster
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
Hyde, Karl H. Architect
Horne, Alonzo Watchman
Ide, George F. Retired
Ingell, George H. Jeweler
King. Benj. P. Toolmaker
Leckie, Herbert K. Clerk
Lee, Eugene B. Jeweler
Lewis, Leroy L. Farmer
Lincoln, Palmer G. Jeweler
Livingstone, George Jeweler
MacDonald, Charles S. Jeweler
Mallory, Elisha W.
Minister
Mangan. John A.
Insurance Agent
Mason, George A.
Mathewson, Frank Jeweler
McManus. Austin Jeweler
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Monast, Levi Painter
Mosher, George H. Teamster
Mathews, Clarence E. Farmer
Morrison, James Barber
Mott, Edgar E. Farmer
Mowry, James O. Retired
Nolan, Thomas F. Agent
Norwood, William Jeweler
Orr, William P. Clerk
Orr, Emory H. Dyer
Parker, Warren Jeweler
Parmenter, Arthur W. Farmer
Parmenter, Caleb E. . Farmer
Perrin, T. E.
Teamster
Peyton, Alexander
Philips, Charles
Farmer
Razee, Benjamin J. Carpenter
Robbins, Freeman . Jeweler
Rodgers, Fred R. . Jeweler
Riley, Charles E. . Jeweler
Schneider, Albert F. Barber
Shaw, Frank E. Farmer
Shaw, Horace C. Merchant
Simms, James Jeweler
Smith, Daniel E. Painter
Smith, Frank E.
Manufacturer
Smith, Laban P.
Farmer
Stanley, Lyman M.
Undertaker
Stanton, Henry L.
Landlord
Stanton, Frank B.
Streeter, Frank S.
Farmer
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Streeter, Henry A. Jeweler
Sullivan, Lawrence E. . Jeweler
Sweet, James N. Toolmaker
Taylor, George A. Conductor
Thacher, John Ice Dealer
Tingley, Leon H. Draughtsman
Towne. George F. Farmer
Thurber, Crawford A. Farmer
Tucker, Almon H. Mason
Wales, Abijah T. Retired
Watkins, Albion H.
Painter
Wetherell, Wilber L. Jeweler
Wilbur, Charles F. Jeweler
Wilden, Edwin Farmer
Whitney, Charles Shuttle Maker
Wilson, George Farmer
Warren, Robert
Carpenter
Worrall, George R. Farmer
Worrall, George M. Grocer
Young, Archibald . Carpenter
Young, James A. . Carpenter
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF LOCKUP KEEPER FOR YEAR END- ING DECEMBER 31, 1905.
During the year I have cared for 258 prisoners. They were arrested for the following offences :
Assault
II
Assault and battery
3
Assault with intent to rape
I
Assault with intent to murder.
I
Assault with dangerous weapon
I
Attempt to pick pocket
I
Breaking and entering
2
Boarding house beat
I
Common drunks
4
Cruelty to animals
4
Criminal assault
I
Civil case
I
Drunkenness
107
Disturbance of the peace
37 6
Disorderly house
Deserter
2
Detaining a woman in a house of illfame
I
Destroying wood
3
Gambling and being present
5
Held by the State Board of Charity
I
Held as witness
I
Illegal sale of intoxicating liquor
I
Idle and disorderly persons
2
Larceny
14
Lewdness
4
Non-support
3.
Neglect to provide for minor children
1
Obstructing sidewalk
I
Obtaining money under false pretense
1
Peddling without license
I
Rape
I
Trespassing
19
Tampering with signal lights I
Runaway boy
42
ANNUAL REPORT.
Tramps 7 Vagrant 2
Violation of the probation laws 5
258
I have lodged 23 tramps in the following months :
January 6
February
I
March 7
April 6
August
I
September
2
23
Respectfully submitted, SIDNEY C. BURTON, Keeper of Lockup.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following recommendations are made by the officers of the various departments :
Selectmen's Department.
Current and Incidental (With
receipts) $11,500.00
Highways and Bridges (With
receipts) 12,000.00
Curbing sidewalks under the bet- terment act 2,000.00
Building permanent sidewalks. . 2,000.00
Street lighting
1 1,500.00
Police Department (With Court fees) 4,500.00
Watering public streets 3,000.00
Watering streets in South Attle- borough 400.00
Soldiers' relief 3,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Observance Memorial Day
300.00
Enforcement of liquor law 250.00
Military aid
60.00
$50.510.00 Amount Recommended by the Engineers of the Fire Department.
Current and incidental
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
Amounts Recommended by the Overseers of the Poor. Aid to paupers $7,000.00
Medical attendance
500.00
$7,500.00
Amount Recommended by the School Committee.
For maintenance
$63.750.00
$63.750.00
Amount Recommended by the Water Commissioners.
For maintenance
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Amount Recommended by the Trustees of the Public
Library.
For maintenance
$3.500.00
$3.500.00
Peck Street Bridge.
Sinking Fund and interest
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
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
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Robinson school house 1,000.00
Addition to High School building 2,000.00
Briggs Corner school house. 2,500.00
$8,500.00
Appropriations Made Since May 1, 1905, to be Assessed in 1906.
Street from South Main to County $2,800.00
Orange street 500.00
Pike avenue
500.00
North Main street
750.00
New Sanitaries for school build- ings
2,700.00
Furnishing new police station
1,500.00
Soldiers of American . Revolution markers
I22.00
$8,872.00 .
Amounts Required by Law to be Raised by Taxation in 1906.
State tax, approximated $1I,000.00
County tax, approximated
14,000.00
Sinking fund 1,000.00
Interest on notes
2,000.00
Interest on bonds
1,050.00
$29,050.00
Recapitulation.
Selectmen's Department $50,510.00
Overseers of the Poor
7,500.00
Public Library 3,500.00
School Department 63,750.00
Fire Department II,000.00
Water Department 1,000.00
To meet former votes of the town 8,500.00
To meet overdrafts in 1905 226.83
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Requirements of the law and in-
terest
29,050.00
Peck street sinking fund and in- terest
5,000.00
Appropriations since May 1, 1905. 8,872.00
Overlayings
3,000.00
Grand total
$191,908.83
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM 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, 1905. . . $15,429.86
S. M. Holman, Collector $190,250.00
H. E. Carpenter, Collector 776.56
$191,026.56
Licenses.
5 auctioneers' licenses $ 10.00
2 druggists' licenses 2.00
Bowling alley, pool and billiard table licenses
370.00
Ten-pin alley license
2.50
67 milk licenses
33.50
8 peddlers' licenses 136.00
Merry-go-round license 6.00
Skating rink license 10.00
·Talaquega Park license
20.00
$590.00
Notes.
1905. Received of June 5. Loring, Tolman & Tupper, on note dated June 5, 1905, for 4 months at 3.14%. $25.000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
June 26, Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, on note dated June 26, 1905, for 4 months at 3.52% .. 25,000.00 July 19, Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, on note dated July 19, 1905, for 3 months at 3.52%. 10,000.00 Aug. 24, First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Aug. 24, 1905, for I month at 4% .. 5,000.00 Sept. 9, First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Sept. 9, 1905, for 1 month at 472%. 15,000.00 Oct. 16, First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Oct. 16, 1905, for 1 month at 5% .. 30,000.00 Oct. 23, First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Oct. 23, 1905, for 1 month at 5% .. 10,000.00
$120,000.00
Premium.
1905. June 5, Premium on note dated June 5, 1905 .25
Bonds. .25
1905. Received from Dec. 30, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, to be applied to the payment of bonds due Jan. I, 1906 $50,000.00
$50,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Sewer Connections.
I905. Received of
Mrs. John Davy, entrance to
sewer from house on Pearl street $ 37.50
Elizabeth B. Day, entrance to
sewer from house on North Main street 37.50
Frank Smith, entrance to sewer from house on Dean street .. 37.50
Henry L. Stanton, entrance to sewer from house on Park street 37.50
Sabra C. and Lydia D. Peck, en- trance to North Main street, sewer from house on Sanford street 37.50
Bronson Building Association,
entrance to sewer from block
on North Main street 37.50
$225.00
Miscellaneous.
1905.
Received of
George F. Pratt, County Treas-
urer, dog licenses $1,698.47
James T. McCarron, redemption of land sold for taxes and for expenses 17.08
Edwin F. Thayer, clerk, court fines 1,009.54
I. Granville Carrier, court
fines
and expenses 20.00
George F. Pratt, County Treas- urer, fines for non-payment of dog licenses 15.00
Town of Grafton, Soldier's Re- lief, paid to John H. Kimball. 72.00
49
ANNUAL REPORT.
Providence Telephone Company,
use of streets for underground wires 25.00
Hiram R. Packard, Chief En- gineer, for sale of old junk ... 50.58
Water Department, for work done by Fire Department 12.50
Highway Department 7.50
Town of Rehoboth, Soldier's Re- lief paid to Gilbert Bullock ... 18.00
Sprague-Nugent Co., rent of land for sign board 5.00
Town of Mansfield, Soldier's Re- lief paid to I. E. Shepardson and family
80.00
Soldier's Relief to be credited for board of Joseph N. Drake ... . State Aid drawn for Maria Bishop and returned to treasury ....
54.00
16.00
WV. E. Middleton, for horses be- longing to the Highway De- partment
125.00
Dodgeville Cemetery Association, for lumber bought of High- way Department 6.00
F. G. Mason, for extension of wall and work done on property abutting on new street from County to South Main street J. F. Keon & Co., for work done by Highway Department, graveling substitute crossings Attleboro Gas Light Co., for work done by Highway Depart- ment, on street over gas pipes Interstate Street Railway Co., for work done by Highway De- partment, on Newport avenue,
27.36
286.08
21.00
50
ANNUAL REPORT.
South Main and Orange
969.60 streets
Amount received from sale of
material taken from High- land avenue 500.00
Amount received from sale of yoke 5.00
Amount received from sale of
ashes, gravel, dirt and loam .. 100.75
Amount received from sale of stone 278.83
Amount received from sale of curbing 2.40
Harry P. Kent, for resetting
curbing on First street 8.70
Peter Nerney, for curbing and
driveway on North Main street 95.30
Mrs. Ellen M. Streeter, for curb- ing on Third street 33.00
Amount received from sale of stone steps 2.50
Amount received from Insurance Agents for damage by fire to Robinson School house .
58.00
Walter J. Newman :
From Richardson School
Fund 49.00
From sale of buildings 14.00
Amount received for damages to Robinson School house ..... 10.00
J. W. Gifford Co., for furnace taken from school house . 83.40
$5,776.59
Lewis A. Fales, Superintendent of Schools, from sale of text books $ 42.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Tuition from town of Rehoboth .. 320.00
Tuition from town of Seekonk 265.00
Tuition from town of Norton 60.00
Tuition from individuals
129.25
$816.25
Overseers of the Poor:
City of Boston $
5.00
Town of Dartmouth 75.95
City of Fall River
153.10
Town of Foxboro 49.30
Town of Hyde Park 14.30
Town of Mansfield 64.00
Town of North Attleboro
16.00
City of New Bedford
66.60
Town of Somerville
II4.40
City of Taunton
10.75
Town of Uxbridge
34.00
Town of Wilbraham
113.25
For milk sold to Alfred W. Lamb
499.4I
Receipts from sale of produce,
etc., from Poor Farm 107.03
Amount received from sale of pigs 50.00
Everett Reynolds, on account of
support of wife
164.00
$1,537.09
State of Massachusetts :
Corporation tax $1,654.39
National bank tax 373-47
Street railway tax 2,250.42
Military and State Aid 2,241.50
Support of State paupers 106.55
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Transportation of State paup-
ers 21.10
Burial of soldiers and sailors. 105.00
$6,752.43
Chas. S. Holden, Treasurer of
Library Building Fund . $23,120.00 Duplicate bills 13.50
Transfer of bill from
State Aid
Account to Soldier's Relief. .. 8.00
Amount of unclaimed checks of previous years 34.68
$23,176.18
$415,330.21
EXPENDITURES.
Notes.
1905. Paid.
Jan. 18, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Jan. 27, 1902, for 3 years at 31/2% . ... $1,000.00 Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 3 years at 4% 1,000.00 Aug. 4, Sinking Fund Commis- sioners of Lynn, Mass., note dated Aug. 7, 1903, for 2 years at 4% 2,000.00
Sept. 25, First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated Aug. 24, 1905, for 1 month at 4% .. 5,000.00 Oct. 2. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated June 5, 1905, for 4 months at 3.14%. 25,000.00 Oct. 9. First National Bank of At- tleboro, note dated Sept. 9, 1905, for I month at 472% ... 15,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 17. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated July 19, 1905, for 3 months at 3.52%. 10,000.00 Note dated June 26, 1905, for 4 months at 3.52% 25,000.00
Nov. 16. First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated Oct. 16, 1905, for I month at 5% .. 30,000.00 Nov. 23. Note dated Oct. 23, 1905, for I month at 5% 10,000.00
$124.000.00
Interest.
1905. Paid.
Jan. 18. 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% . I22.50
Interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $10,000.00, dlated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4% 200.00
April 5. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds May I, 1905 525.00
June 5. Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, interest for 4 months on note of $25,000.00, dated June 5, 1905, at 3.14% 266.02
June 21. Interest for 4 months on note of $25.000.00, dated June 26, 1905, at 3.52% . 298.22 June 28. Interest due on regis- tered bonds, July 1, 1905 .. · 1,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 17. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months on 2 notes of $1,000.00 each, dated Jan. 27, 1902, at 31/2%
Interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 31/2% .
July 19. Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, interest for 3 months on note of $10,000.00, dated July 19, 1905, at 3.52% .
Aug. 4. Sinking Fund Commis- sioners of Lynn, Mass., in- terest for 6 months on 2 notes of $1,000.00 each, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%
Interest for 6 months on notes amounting to $6,000.00, dated Aug. 7, 1903, at 4%, held by individuals
I20.00
Aug. 24. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for I month on note of $5,000.00, dated Aug. 24, 1905, at 4% . 17.22
Sept. 9. Interest for I month on note of $15,000.00, dated Sept. 9, 1905, at 472% 52.50
Oct. 16. Interest for 1 month on note of $30,000.00, dated Oct. 16, 1905, at 5% . 125.00
Oct. 23. Interest for I month on note of $10,000.00, dated Oct. 23, 1905, at 5% 43.06
Oct. 26. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds Nov. 1, 1905 525.00
35.00
105.00
89.97
80.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 30. Interest due on regis- tered bonds Jan. 1, 1905. . 1,000.00
$4.656.99
Miscellaneous.
1905. Paid. July 19. Treasurer of Sinking
Fund $1,000.00
Sept. 25. S. M. Holman, Collector, for taxes of 1903, 1904 and
1905 against James McCarron 5.01
For deed to James McCarron 1.00 Oct. 19. George F. Pratt, County Treasurer, county tax for 1905 14,006.62
Dec. 30. Water Department, ap- propriation made at annual
Town Meeting, March 6, 1905 2,000.00
State Aid for 1905 2,456.00
Military Aid for 1905 120.00
Bills approved by the Select-
men for 1905 202,233.82
$221,822.45
State of Massachusetts :
State tax for 1905 $11,280.00
National bank tax 591.64
Repairs of State highway 58.89
Druggists' licenses
.50
$II,931.03
Dec. 30.
Bonds due January I,
$50,000.00 1906
Cash on hand January 1, 1906.
2,919.74
$415,330.21
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ANNUAL REPORT.
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES.
January 1, 1906.
Bonds due November 1, 1920 .... $30.000.00
Notes payable at the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, of Boston, Mass. :
Note dated Jan. 27, 1902, for
4 years at 31/2% . $1,000.00 Note dated Jan. 27, 1902, for
5 years at 31/2% . 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 4 years at 312% . 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 5 years at 31/2% . 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for
6 years at 31/2%. 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for
7 years at 31/2% 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 8 years at 31/2% 1,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for
9 years at 31/2% 1,000.00
Note dated Aug. 7, 1903, for 3 years at 4% 2,000.00
Registered note dated Aug. 7, 1903, for 4 years at 4% .... 2,000.00
Registered note dated Aug. 7. 1903, for 5 years at 4% .... 2,000.00
Registered note dated Aug. 7, 1903, for 6 years at 4% .... 2,000.00
$16,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1905. . .. $ 5,256.33
George H. Snell, Water Registrar. $33,342.94
.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Appropriation made by the Town, March 6, 1905 2,000.00
$35,342.94
Bonds.
1905. Received from
Mar. 17.
Sale of bonds dated
March 1, 1905, and payable March 1, 1935 $100,000.00
Nov. 15. Sale of bonds dated .
Nov. 1, 1905, and payable
Nov. 1, 1935
25,000.00
Dec. 18. Sale of bonds dated Nov.
I, 1905, and payable Nov. I,
1935
25,000.00
$150,000.00
Premiums.
1905.
Received from
Mar. 17. Premium on bonds dated Mar. 1, 1905 $2,125.00
Nov. 15. Premium Cn bonds
dated Nov. 1, 1905 102.55
Dec. 18. Premium on bonds
dated Nov. 1, 1905 102.50
$2,330.05
Notes.
1905. Received of
July 19. Loring, Tolman & Tup-
per on note dated July 19, 1905, for 3 months at 3.52% . . $15,000.00 Aug. II. First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Aug. II, 1905, for I month at 4% 10,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 24. First National Bank of Attleboro, on note dated Aug. 24, 1905, for 1 month at 4% .. Sept. 9. First National Bank of Attleboro, on notes dated Sept. 9, 1905, for 1 month at 41/2% 15,000.00
5,000.00
$45,000.00
Interest.
1905.
Received from
First National Bank of Attleboro:
Interest for 6 months at 31/2%,
on deposit of $50,000.00 $ 875.00
Accrued interest on bonds dated
Mar. 1, 1905 155.56
Accrued interest on bonds dated
Nov. 1, 1905
148.28
$1,178.84
Miscellaneous.
1905. Received from
Sept. 25. First National Bank of
Attleboro, amount deposited
for six months at 31/2%. $50,000.00
$289,108.16
EXPENDITURES.
Interest.
1905. Paid.
July 19. Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, interest for 3 months on note of $15,000.00, dated July 19, 1905, at 3.52% $ 134.93
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. II. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for I month on note of $10,000.00, dated Aug. II, 1905, at 4% .. . 34.45
Aug. 24. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for I month on note of $5,000.00, dated Aug. 24, 1905, at 4% ... 17.23
Sept. 9. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for I month on note of $10.000.00, dated Sept. 9, 1905, at 41/2% Sept. II. First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for I month on note of $5,000.00, dated Sept. 9, 1905, at 41/2% . 17.50
37.50
First National Bank of At- tleboro, interest due on bonds
for the year 1905 $2,020.00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust
Company, interest due on
bonds for the year 1905 . .. II,850.00
Interest due on registered
bonds for the year 1905 $ 925.00
$15,036.61
Notes.
1905. Paid.
Sept. II. First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated Aug. II, 1905, for 1 month at 4% . ... $10,000.00 Sept. 25. First National Bank of Attleboro, note dated Aug. 24, 1905, for I month at 4%. .
5,000.00 Oct. 9. First National Bank of Attleboro, notes dated Sept. 9, 1905, for 1 month at 472% .... 15,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 17. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated July 19, 1905, for 3 months at 3.52% .. 15,000.00
$45,000.00
Miscellaneous.
1905. Paid.
May 24. First National Bank of
Attleboro, amount deposited for 6 months at 31/2% ... . . . $50,000.00 Dec. 31. Treasurer of Sinking Fund, Water Department 6,000.00
Maintenance account 13,506.16
Construction account
123,620.19
$193,126.35
Cash on hand January 1, 1906 35,945.20
$289,108.16
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
January 1, 1906.
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 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Apr., 1932 30.000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1933· · 30,000.00
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4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1934. 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Mar., 1935 100,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Nov., 1935 50,000.00
$487,000.00
RECAPITULATION.
Town bonds, general department$30,000.00
Sinking Fund assets, general de- partment 15,469.68
Net bonded debt, general depart- ment
$14,530.32
Floating debt, January 1, 1906. . .. 16,000.00
Balance net debt, general depart- ment $30,530.32
Water Department, bonds $487,000.00
Sinking Fund assets, Water De-
partment
32,484.4I
Balance net debt, Water Depart-
ment $454,515.59
Total bonded debt, general and Water Department $517,000.00
Sinking Fund assets, general and Water Department 47,954.09
Net bonded debt, general and Water Department $469,045.91
Floating debt 16,000.00
$485,045.91
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount of uncollected taxes ... $13,732.18 Due from State of Massachusetts 2,675.00
$16,407.18 FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Treasurer.
Examined February 2, 1906, and found correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDK. L. LeBARON, Auditors.
DEBORAH STARKEY FUND.
Dr.
Interest accrued Jan. 1, 1889 .... $ 9.33 Interest from Jan. 1, 1889, to 1905 612.00
$621.33
Cr.
Amount of relief paid from the
fund upon orders of Select- men from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. I, 1906 $ 372.00
By balance 249.33
Principal of fund
$621.33 $ 600.00 Accrued interest 249.33
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1906. .... $849.33
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Treasurer.
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand January 1, 1905. $16,268.98
To cash from Town Treasurer . $1,000.00
To interest 2,800.70
To notes receivable 60,050.00
$63,850.70
$80,119.68
Cr.
By notes receivable
$29,950.00
By bonds paid Jan. 1, 1906.
50,000.00
By cash on hand January 1, 1906.
169.68
$80,119.68
Assets.
Cash on hand January 1, 1906. ... $ 169.68 Amount invested in real estate mortgages, January 1, 1906 .. 15,300.00
Amount of fund January 1, 1906. $15,469.68
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ANNUAL REPORT.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand January 1. 1905. $9,847.67
To cash from Town Treasurer ... $6,000.00
To interest 1,086.74
To notes receivable 25,450.00
$32,536.74
$42,384.41
Cr.
By notes receivable $36,200.00
By cash on hand January 1, 1906. 6,184.41
$42,384.41
Assets.
Cash on hand January 1, 1906. ... $6,184.41
Amount invested in real estate mortgages, January 1, 1906. . 26,300.00.
Amount of fund, January 1, 1906. $32,484.41
E. S. HORTON, CHAS. E. BLISS, LOUIS J. LAMB, Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
Examined January 20. 1906, and found same correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDK. L. LeBARON, -
Auditors.
Report of the Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund.
Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 31, 1905.
The Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund make the following report :
Cash deposited with the Attle-
boro Savings Bank June,
1895
$ 200.00
Annual interest to Oct., 1905.
106.02
$306.02
GEO. F. BICKNELL, E. S. HORTON. L. Z. CARPENTER, W. L. ELLIOT, FRANK I. BABCOCK.
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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 eighth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1905.
Taxes for 1901.
Dr
Committed
$
48.31
Interest
3.01
$51.32
Cr.
Collected
$ 20.57
Abated
30.75
$51.32
Taxes for 1902. Dr.
Committed
$
135.19
Interest 5.II
$140.30
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Collected
$ 74.01
Uncollected
36.75
Abated
29.54
$140.30
Taxes for 1903.
Dr.
Committed
$1,538.14
Interest
108.93
$1,647.07
Cr.
Collected
$1,334.67
Uncollected
171.4I
Abated
140.99
$1,647.07
Taxes for 1904.
Dr.
Committed
$13,594.24
Interest
392.28
$13,986.52
Cr.
Collected
$12,967.25
Uncollected
553.4I
Abated
465.86
$13,986.52
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$
223.47
$223.47
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Collected
$ 223.47
$223.47
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$ 755.90
Interest
1.08
$756.98
Cr
Collected
$ 756.98
$756.98
Taxes for 1905.
Dr.
Committed
$181,988.99
Added taxes
176.16
Interest
239.32
$182,404.47
Cr.
Collected
$171,254.II
Uncollected
10,332.47
Abated
817.89
$182,404.47
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,024.86
Interest
.38
$2,025.24
69
ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Collected
$1,886.69
Uncollected
138.55
$2,025.24
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$1,511.40
$1,511.40
Cr.
Collected
$ 421.65
Uncollected
1,089.75
$1,511.40
Collected. Dr.
1901 tax
$ 20.57
1902 tax 74.01
1903 tax 1,334.67
1904 tax 12,967.25
1904 excise tax
223.47
1904 betterment tax
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