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Michael D. Sullivan,
John W. Maloy, John O. Matthews, Michael J. Griffin, A. G. Newton, Jerry F. O'Connor, Edward J. Fuller, Daniel W. Dillon, P. H. McKelligott, Frank Duffy, Beni Furkey, Fred L. Gunn, John Mansfield, W. S. Taylor, D. J. Sullivan, School st., Butler Sedgwick, Peter E. Bard, Thomas Ritchie, O. A. Parent, Arthur P. Grise, E. C. Sexton, Henry W. Holbrook, William Herran,
J. J. Kelley, Thomas Johnson, John D. Donovan, Isaac F. Gerald, John Daley, Thomas J. Chalk, Thomas D. Frame, Frank Camerlin,
John Doyle, Edward Sharratt, C. C. Learned, Arthur Gervais, P. M. Shearer Jr., John Dimock. James O. Hamilton, H. W. Brainerd, Frank J. Roche, Fred H. Smith,
Michael Barrett, Thomas J. Conroy, Charles R. Russell, Edward E. Ryther, P. J. Daley, George Ezekiel, John W. Brainerd, Albert King, Joseph Bouvia, George Lafave, Harry T. Dufour,
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J. A. Breckenridge, Frank Phanuff, George Roberts, Frank Lamb, William H. Barnes, John Dullahan, C. H. Keith, F. M. Ralton, Thomas H. Longtine, E. R. Pierce,
Thomas Cavanaugh, John P. Eastman, Daniel E. O'Brien, W. H. Hitchcock, Charles S. Ruggles, John McBride, G. H. Miller, Thomas W. Holt, A. L. Roper, Henry O'Connor, James Knox,
MARCH 2, 1903.
H. H. Paine, Patrick Sugrue, Charles Underwood, Charles E. Shumway, Michael Collins, Warren Trumble, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, William B. Kerigan, Michael K. Hurley, A. W. Warriner, Adelard, Paquette A. W. Walker, James Wilson, Clement Russell, Ludger L. Dupuis, John H. Manning, Theophile Paulin, Charles F. Mooers, George E. Warner, Nelson Whiton, Elmer H. Powell.
JOHN F. TWISS, Selectmen CHAS. L. HOLDEN, of
CHAS. T. BRAINERD, Palmer.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
SUPPORT OF POOR NOT ON TOWN FARM.
Northampton Insane Hospital,
Aid to James Sullivan,
$ 91.00
Bridget Bresnahan, 5.11
Annie Bacon,
169.46
Joseph Dominey,
169.46
Margaret Fleming,
169.46
Cornelius Conner,
9.29
Lucinda Davis, 4.64
$618.42
The Westborough insane hospital, aid to Emma Graham, 169.46
Taunton insane hospital, aid to George Girard, 169.46
Worcester insane hospital, aid to Daniel McKel- ligott, 169.46
Medfield insane hospital, aid to Harriet Gerald, 93.60
Medfield insane hospital, aid to Mary Calahan, 146.00
$239.60
Walker & Kelley, aid to Mrs. Joseph Vasha, 102.00
Walker & Kelley, " " Mrs. H. Come, 156.00
Walker & Kelley, " " Henry Dill, 83.00
Walker & Kelley, " " Mrs. Thomas Samson,
36.00
Walker & Kelley, " " Anthony Austin, 5.00
Walker & Kelley, " " Mrs. Zlotek,
72.00
J. F. Foley, aid to E. F. Nichols,
5.00
J. F. Foley, " " Anthony Austin,
3.00
M. Lawler, " " John Roman,
9.65
Clark & Hastings, aid to John Roman, 13.00
Geo. W. Lent, aid to Anthony Austin, 3.00
Geo. W. Lent, " " Mrs. Henry Come,
4.00
72
William Merriam, cash paid looking up paupers, $ 3.56 J. F. Holbrook & Son, aid to Eli Nichols, 6.75
F. D. Barton, aid to Eli Nichols, 36.00
H. G. Loomis, burial of Eli Nichols, 25.00
H. G. Loomis, burial of Mrs. Nichols, 30.00
City of Springfield, aid to Delia Russell,
8.55
City of Springfield, aid to Mrs. C. Hanafin and family, 149.85
City of Springfield, aid to Kate Cahill and mother, 24.30 182.70
Mrs. F. L. Barton, aid to Abbie Shea, 23.60
M. Lawler, aid to Patrick Riley, 79.50
E. F. Shaw, aid to Hattie Young, 55.00
E. F. Shaw, aid to Flavia Domine, 51.00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., for telephone, 29.00
H. G. Loomis, burial of D. B. Matteson, 29.25
O. A. Parent, aid to B. McCarty,
31.59
John W. Loftus, burial A. Zlotek,
20.00
Warriner & Herran, aid to Charles Freak, 9.00
L. L. Keith, aid to Charles Freak, .90
Geo. E. Lent, aid to Mrs. H. Come, 73.00
Town of Adams, aid to F. Russell and family, 28.00
H. T. Bishop, cash paid out looking up paupers, 43.01
Commonwealth of Mass., aid to Thomas Weir, 11.71
Joseph Belanger, burial of Dunne child, 6.00
C. A. LeGro, stationery and ink, 4.15
A. A. Warriner, cash paid for looking up paupers, 13.24
Ham & Miller, aid to Mrs. H. Come, 3.25
City of Lowell, aid to Charles Dumas, 3.50
Town of Warren, aid and burial Mrs. Chas. Furky, 59.04
Town of Townsend, aid to Mrs. Nora Furky, 18.90
A. H. Gates, aid to Mrs. A. Zlotek, 17.20
Town of Ware, aid to T. Gauther,
70.00
Town of Ware, aid to John Gloster,
9.48
Town of Ware, aid to D. G. Buskey, 3.48
Town of Ware, aid to Mrs. T. Samson, 28.00
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Town of Ware, aid to Mrs. D. J. Lawlor, $ 94.38
City of Northampton, aid to Mrs. McGowar, 1.00
E. B. Taylor, aid to James O. Shaw, 3.00
J. F. Foley, aid to Mrs. J. L. Palmer,
2.28
E. B. Taylor, aid to Mrs. N. Fisher, 54.00
Town of Warren, aid to Alphonse Belanger, 2.95
Brown Bros., aid to Mary O'Brine, 36.00
Brown Bros., aid to Kate Fenton,
36.00
W. E. Stone, aid to L. W. Tanner,
60.00
Dr. J. H. Miller, medical attendance, James O'Connor, 4.00
C. A. LeGro, aid to James O'Connor and Minie family, 4.95
Jos. Belanger, coffin for Willette child, 5.00
Jos. Belanger, coffin for Ouimette child, 5.00
Town of Warren, aid to Mrs. Garnach,
14.50
City of Holyoke, aid to Mrs. Joseph Lemieux, John W. Loftus, burial of Mrs. John Roman,
110.00
E. B. Taylor, aid to Timothy Lane,
6.00
H. G. Loomis, burial of Shaw children, 40.00
9.00
C. L. Holden & Sons, aid to Nellie Rose,
40.00
Springfield hospital, aid to Wm. Colgrove,
5.00
H. G. Loomis, burial of Mrs. N. Fisher,
25.60
Town of Sutton, burial of Hubert child, 10.00
· Town of Warren, aid to F. Gendeau and family, 38.05
John W. Loftus, burial of Zlotek child, 10.00
Town of Belchertown, aid to A. Austin and family, 76.81
C. L. Holden & Sons, aid to A. Austin and family, 47.65
Jos. M. Allen, aid to John Pasco,
3.75
F. J. Hamilton, .. 3.25
A. D. Thomas,
1.82
H. G. Loomis, . . Wm. Colgrove, 5.50
Mrs. J. A. Colburn, aid to E. W. Codding, 5.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, services, 65.00
John W. Loftus, burial of Lucinda Davis, 30.00
15.00
Geo. E. Lent, aid to Mrs. A. Zlotek,
74
Jos. F. Holbrook, postage 1902 and 1903, $ 2.00 W. C. Trumble, aid to John Pasco, 2.07
T. W. Kenefick, cash paid out Hampden case, 17.06
Overseers of the Poor, salaries for the year, 400.00 - - $4,154.48
SUPPORT OF POOR ON TOWN FARM.
Geo. W. Lent, services as Warden for March, 1902, $ 50.00
Geo. E. Lent, services as Warden,
462.00
Frank W. Lent, labor at farm, 180.00
Mrs. M. A. Sanderson,
26.84
Charles Colgrove,
15.00
Ham & Miller, goods to farm, 66
447.38
Woolrich & Company,
9.75
E. H. Truesdell,
66
70.53
M. J. Dillon, work,
10.00
H. G. Loomis,
goods to farm,
74.50
Wm. A. Barnes,
66
65.33
Frederick Thompson,
66
141.25
William Merriam,
18.00
W. F. Fillmore,
247.56
M. Lawlor,
66
305.36
J. F. Foley,
146.26
C. L. Holden & Sons,
164.76
James Summers, work for farm,
18.90
Buck & Whitcomb,
goods to farm,
119.91
W. E. Stone,
292.91
Lewis A. Conant, labor at farm,
37.92
Geo. A. Bills,
goods to farm,
118.48
D. F. Holden,
66
23.34
C. K. Gamwell, 66
24.15
James P. O'Connor, labor on boiler,
8.50
Clark & Hastings, goods to farm,
25.50
Edward Goodes,
18.70
The G. F. Harvey Co.,
13.55
S. W. Lyon & Co.,
58.51
75
The Quimby Pharmacy, goods to farm,
$12.90
J. F. Holbrook & Son, 66
19.96
W. H. Hall,
66
17.50
Jos. M. Allen, goods and labor to farm,
11.00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. for telephone,
10.45
W. H. Laird,
goods to farm,
10.73
T. D. Potter & Co.,
and labor,. 15.00
A. M. Bond,
to farm,
1.50
E. Brown Co.,
66 66
3.72
$3,297.65
TOWN FARM.
Whole number during the year, 36.
Largest
at any one time, 28.
Average " for the year, 25.
cost per week per person, $2.72.
Males, 25 ; females, 11.
Died at farm during the year, (male) 1.
INVENTORY AT TOWN FARM, MARCH 1, 1903.
Live stock,
$937.50
Hay and grain,
399.90
Wood and lumber,
385.00
Farming tools,
601.00
Furniture and fixtures,
1,012.20
Glass and crockery ware,
47.55
Knives and forks,
5.50
Iron ware,
14.75
Tin and wooden ware,
57.80
Miscellaneous,
69.05
Groceries, .
196.34
$3,726.59
March 1st, 1903,
$3,726.59
March 1st, 1902,
3,692.33
Increase,
$ 34.26
76
RECEIPTS AT TOWN FARM.
From March 1st, 1902, to March 1st, 1903, $1,584.05
Paid out for supplies for farm, 1,584.05
POOR BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS.
TOWN OF HAMPDEN.
Mrs. F. M. Shaw, aid to Mary A. Walker, $94.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance, Mary A. Walker, 8.00
C. A. LeGro, aid to Mary A. Walker, 1.05
$103.05
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM.
W. E. Stone, aid to F. A. Lincoln, $13.00
CITY OF WORCESTER.
Warriner & Herran, aid to A. Raymond, $41.16
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance, A. Raymond,
1.00
W. F. Fillmore, aid to A. Raymond, 2.75
$44.91
TOWN OF GARDNER.
Walker & Kelley, aid to Archer Marchall, $12.58
Ham & Miller, .6
7.12
L. L. Dupuss, ..
18.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, “ . 6
19.75
MONSON. $57.45
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance, W. H. H. Rider, $15.00
Dr. J. H. Miller, medical attendance, W. H. H. Rider, 7.00
C. A. LeGro, aid to W. H. H. Rider, 2.60
J. F. Foley,
12.00
E. H. Truesdell, 6.00
$42.60
77
CHICOPEE.
M. Lawlor, aid to M. Lincourt, . $23.79
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance, M. Lincourt, 8.00
$31.79
NORTHAMPTON.
Walker & Kelley, aid to Margaret Dunn, $52.00
WALES.
John Wilson & Co., aid to Fred Baker and family.
$2.00
L. L. Dupuss,
2.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert,
17.35
$21.35
HAVERHILL.
J. F. Holbrook & Son, aid to Chas. A. Adams, $7.25
E. B. Taylor, aid to Chas. A. Adams, 1.00
E. H. Truesdell, aid to Chas. A. Adams, 1.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance to Chas. A. Adams, 7.00
F. J. Hamilton, aid to Chas. A. Adams, 5.85
C. A. LeGro, aid to Chas. A. Adams. .90
$23.00
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance Mrs. Richmond, $14.00
$403.15
SUPPORT OF STATE POOR.
John Wilson & Co., aid to Fred Come and family,
$40.89
Joseph Belanger, burial of Come child, 5.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance, 6.00
$51.89
John W. Loftus, burial of Katie Dymick,
15.00
J. F. Foley, aid to Molly Lawson, 13.00
78
Central Vermont Railroad, tickets for Mrs. P. Morin and child. $12.60
Central Vermont Railroad, tickets for Mrs. Jos. Label and children, 13.35
John Wilson, aid to Mary Ann Wordley,
4.00
Warriner & Herran, aid to William Ouilett, 8.00
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance to William Ouilett, 6.25
$14.25
Dr. Geo. J. Hebert, medical attendance to Mrs. Pothier and family, $19.00
John Wilson & Co., aid to Mrs. Pothier and family, 2.85
W. F. Fillmore, aid to Mrs. Pothier and family. 1.00
$22.85
Town of Warren, aid to Exsist Garnache,
39.00
E. B. Taylor, aid to Nelson Fisher,
18.00
W. F. Fillmore, aid to W. Griffin,
$5.25
L. L. Keith, aid to W. Griffin, 1.05
$ 6.30
$210.24
SUPPORT OF TRAMPS AND CARE OF ROOM.
A. O. Allen, care of room,
$50.00
A. O. Allen, paid for crackers,
9.34
A. O. Allen, paid for sledge handles, 1.25
A. O. Allen, paid for snow shovels, 1.20
A. O. Allen, paid for repairing hammers,
1.50
A. O. Allen, working tramps,
20.85
$84.14
James Knox, care of room,
10.00
James Knox, working tramps,
.60
10.60
Palmer Savings Bank, rent of tramp room,
90.00
$184.74
Number of tramps during the year, 187.
79
CONTINGENT FUND.
H. G. Loomis, desk for overseers of the poor, $ 23.00 W. H. Hitchcock, water closets, bath tub and labor, 347.26
C. N. Ellithorpe, labor on bath tub,
11.35
T. D. Potter & Co., lumber and paint,
96.64
$478.25
RECAPITULATION.
CASH PAID OUT.
Poor not on town farm,
$4,154.48
Poor on town farm,
3,297.65
Poor belonging to the state,
210.24
Tramps,
184.74
Contingencies,
478.25
Other towns,
403.15
$8,728.51
CASH RECEIVED.
Appropriations for support of poor,
$7,000.00
Contingent fund,
500.00
Salaries,
400.00
Town of Gardner,
57.45
Town of Wales,
21.35
City of Springfield,
5.00
City of Haverhill,
16.50
State,
126.50
$8,126.80
$601.71
BILLS DUE THE TOWN.
Monson,
$ 42.60
Chicopee,
31.79
Northampton,
52.00
Hampden.
103.05
Wilbraham,
13.00
City of Worcester,
44.91
80
City of Haverhill,
$23.00
City of Springfield,
14.00
State,
83.74
$408.09
Amount overdrawn,
$193.62
The Overseers recommend the following appropriations :
Support of poor, $7,000.00
Contingent fund,
700.00
Salaries,
400.00
CASE OF PALMER VERSUS HAMPDEN.
T. W. Kenefick, for services in trial in Superior Court and taking exceptions and brief to Supreme Court. $100.00
T. W. Kenefick, cash paid out for service of writ, entry fee, stenographer, printing briefs, witness fees and personal expenses, 47.64
$147.64
CREDITS.
Bill of the Town of Palmer, interest on same, and taxable costs,
$130.58
Balance paid T. W. Kenefick,
17.06
Total amount due Town of Palmer from Town of Hampden, $183.05
H. T. BISHOP, Overseers R. L. BOND, of
A. A. WARRINER, ) the Poor.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
The Cemetery Commissioners of the town of Palmer respectfully submit the following report of the receipts and expenditures for the year ending March 1, 1903, as follows :
Appropriation, 1902,
$500.00
Received for sale of lots, Depot,
149.50 .
Received for sale of lots, Four Corners,
32.00
Received for hay, Depot,
8.00
Labor expense,
$563.45
Balance unexpended,
126.05
$689.50
$689.50
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$500.00
Deed to Fred'k. M. Ralton,
8.00
Geo. H. Fisherdick,
24.00
Christen Christensen,
7.50
Jason L. Palmer,
8.00
Albert F. Trask,
8.00
Wm. Henry Smith, Four Corners,
8.00
Wm. T. Abare, Four Corners,
8.00
Henry M. Bliss.
18.00
Robert Lewis,
8.00
John E. Pasco,
8.00
Philip C. Story, Four Corners,
8.00
Fred R. Burlingame, Four Corners,
8.00
Chas. L. Waid,
24.00
Edward Goodes,
18.00
82
Deed to John H. Shaw,
$12.00
John P. Eastman,
6.00
Received for hay, L. S. Bowen,
8 00
$689.50
CASH PAID FOR LABOR, ETC., ACCOUNT CEMETERIES.
Allen N. Lawrence,
$24.40
Joseph Merriam,
.75
Buck & Whitcomb,
15.03
L S. Bowen,
99.83
T. J. Chalk,
4.00
F. F. Marcy,
2.52
A. W. W. Lloyd,
3.00
H. G. Loomis,
2.25
Smith Harrington,
2.75
T. W. Gilbert,
6.82
B. & A., freight,.
.25
Geo. Colgrove,
5.62
Joseph Merriam,
34.95
F. M. Shaw,
12.80
Chas. S. Ruggles,
149.53
Geo. F. Taylor,
5.02
Monson Granite Co.,
3.15
R. B. Francis,
6.50
C. L. Johnson,
2.00
M. J. Dillon,
7.15
C. A. Brown & Co.,
41.76
James H. Clark,
19.40
Michael Laffo,
16.40
Springfield Foundry Co.,
10.85
O. E. Butler,
20.00
Henry M. Bliss,
19.72
C. D. Holbrook Co.,
4.20
Maurice Lawler,
3.00
John P. Eastman,
14.80
H. G. Loomis, Sec., 1902,
25.00
$563.45
83
DUE THE TOWN FOR DEEDS.
Henry D. Converse,
$14.50
Adrian Miller,
8.00
$22.50
PERMANENT FUND.
Louisa Waid fund,
$200.00
Avery W. Green fund,
200.00
Waterman Fuller fund,
200.00
Minnie K. Bennett fund,
200.00
John and Lucy Smith fund,
200.00
John H. Haynes fund,
200.00
Wm. A. Breckenridge,
200.00
Laura E. Child fund,
500.00
Jane A. Gibson fund,
100.00
Henry Scism fund,
100.00
James W. Snow fund,
100.00
Calista E. Hendrick fund,
100.00
Mary A. Shaw fund,
100.00
Franklin Blanchard fund,
100.00
E. B. Gates fund,
50.00
$2,550.00
We would recommend an appropriation of $500.
Respectfully submitted,
HIRAM E. W. CLARK, HENRY G. LOOMIS, Cemetery Commissioners.
JOHN P. EASTMAN,
Tax Collector's Report.
1900.
Amount to be collected as reported,
$453.04
Amount collected,
178.21
Amount to be collected,
$274.83
1901.
Amount to be collected as reported,
$1,446.30
Amount collected,
1,005.23
Amount to be collected,
$441.07
1902.
Amount on Collector's book,
$64,562.66
Amount added,
521.26
Interest,
123.42
$65,207.34
Paid Treasurer,
$61,348.55
Probable abatements,
500.00
Balance to be collected,
3,358.79
$65,207.34
J. AUSTIN HAWKES, Collector.
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PALMER, MASS., MARCH 9, 1903.
We have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector and found them correct.
C. A. LEGRO, Audit or E. W. CARPENTER,
Report of the Board of Health.
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report :
A glance at the table of contagious and infectious diseases re- ported to the Board shows a large increase in numbers, Measles and Diphtheria leading the list.
Upon application the State Board of Health has kept us well supplied with Antitoxin, and its general use by the physicians of the town in Diphtheria has been rewarded by very few deaths when compared with the number of cases reported.
The Board has received very few complaints regarding nuisances, and hopes that the people of the town will continue to maintain the same degree of cleanliness in back yards and out-of-the-way places, so necessary to the health, comfort and well-being of a community.
The Merritt case has not been settled, the town of Stoneham and your Board having failed to come to an agreement, the case is now in the hands of the town counsel.
We submit the following tables of statistics :
TABLE No. 1.
Showing the number of contagious and infectious diseases re- ported to the board from March 1st, 1902 to March 1st, 1903.
March.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Total.
Diphtheria
1
5
18
17
2
3
4
50
Scarlet fever
.
4
3
1
1
4
3
16
Typhoid fever
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
9
Membrancous croup
1
57
43
14
-1
13
12
67
9
1
231
Total
14
60
45
16
13
32
31
69
14
5
9
308
.
1
Measles
86
TABLE No. 2.
Number of deaths reported to the board during the year : Mch. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
14 15
9 13
14 18 20 16 13 19 14 18
Number of burial permits issued by the board, 183 Number of undertakers' licenses issued by the board, 5 Number of slaughter house licenses issued by the board, 5
TABLE No. 3.
Ages at"death of persons dying in Palmer from March 1st, 1902 to March 1st, 1903 (exclusive of still births).
Less than 1 year 55. Males, 32 ; Females, 23.
1 to 2 years, 20.
10;
10.
2 to 3
8.
66
1 ;
7.
3 to 4 66
3.
60
2 ; 66
1.
4 to 5 66
3.
3;
66
0.
5 to 10 66
8.
5;
66
3.
10 to 15
2.
0;
66
2.
15 to 20 66
4.
66
0;
66
4.
20 to 30
30 to 40
66
15. 6.
8.
2;
6.
60 to 70
10.
66
3;
7.
70 to 80
66
15.
66
5;
66
10.
80 to 90
60
8.
66
4 ;
66
4.
90 to 100
4.
66
1 ;
66
3.
Total,
177
87
90
As the appropriation made last year, to settle with the town of Stoneham was not used, but reverted to the town treasury, your Board would recommend the appropriation of a like amount-eight hundred dollars-in addition to the salaries of the Board.
Respectfully submitted, J. P. SCHNEIDER, GEO. J. HEBERT,
Board of Health of Palmer.
D. B. SULLIVAN,
66
9 ;
6.
40 to 50
8.
5;
5 : 66
1. 3.
50 to 60
66
87
REPORT OF THE BACTERIOLOGIST.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., March 12, 1903. Board of Health, Town of Palmer :
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honor to submit the following report for the year end- ing February 28, 1903 :
Cultures have been sent for examination during the past year as before. A total of 72 cases have been referred to me for examina- tion, of which 65 were sent for diagnosis, and 7 for release from cases diagnosed as diphtheria without the examination of a culture. Of the 65 cases for diagnosis, 41 proved to be diphtheria, and in 24 no diphtheria germs were found. The positive cases were released almost without exception upon the receipt of two successive nega- tive cultures, thus showing the hearty co-operation of the physicians with the efforts of the Board of Health to limit the infection.
The following tables show the monthly summaries of work done by me during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT C. EMERSON, M. D.,
Bacteriologist.
CASES EXAMINED FOR DIPHTHERIA.
DIAGNOSIS.
RELEASE.
POSITIVE.
NEGATIVE.
POSITIVE.
NEGATIVE.
TOTAL.
May,
0
0
0
1
1
August,
C
1
1
0
4
September,
21
0
1
30
October,
11
4
0
4
19
November,
C
6
0
=
8
December,
4
0
0
6
February,
1
3
0
4
Total,
41
24
1
G
72
TOTAL NUMBER OF CULTURES EXAMINED.
May
Aug.
sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Feb.
Totar
Positive,
0
4
51
25
3
5
4
92
Negative,
2
8
57
16
2
12
1
124
Total,
2
1
12
78
82
19
16
216
Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury March 8, 1902, $ 948.41
Received of J. A. Hawkes, tax, 1900, 178.21
J. A. Hawkes, 66 1901, 1.005.23
J. A. Hawkes, " 1902, 61,348.55
Received of State Treasurer, account of Ferrell crossing, 406.42
Temporary support State Paupers, 58.60
Transportation State Paupers, 37.90
Burial State Paupers, 30.00
Expense of contagious dis- eases, 620.86
Transportation,
1.95
Corporation Tax,
1,156.78
National Bank Tax, 318.84
Street Railway Tax,
2,625.89
Military Aid, 72.00
State Aid,
1,679.00
Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, Income of Mass School Fund
172.00
376.34
Received of County Treasurer, Dog Tax,
- Sheriff of Hampden County, fines,
14.00
A. E. Fitch, fines,
109.56
A. O. Allen, lockup fees,
11.00
Peddlers' licenses,
130.00
Auctioneers' licenses,
2.00
Undertakers' licenses,
7.00
Pool licenses, 24.00
576.38
-
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Received of Slaughter-house licenses, $ 5.00
Tent show licenses, 5.00
Town of Monson, school tuition,
308.50
66 rent of engine and bins, 64.50
66 bridge repairs, 84.99
¿ cost Wire Mill bridge,
295.57
*' Wilbraham, school tuition, 75.00
A. C. Thompson, Supt., school tuition, etc.,
50.80
Town of Seekonk, school tuition,
15.00
H. M. Dean, Supt., school tuition,
37.50
Rent of school lot, Three Rivers,
5.00
Rent of town house,
5.00
Springfield & Eastern St. R'y. Co., account school dept., 6.00
Springfield & Eastern St. R'y. Co., account town labor, 21.25
Fire District, account fire extinguishers
26.76
For old iron bridge, Three Rivers, 250.00
1.00
Interest on Merrick fund,
29.99
'. Thompson fund,
38.42
Received Interest on Bank Account,
128.38
of City of Haverhill, pauper account,
16.50
Springfield, 66
5.00
Town of Gardner, ..
57.45
Wales,
21.35
Palmer Savings Bank, temporary loan,
23,700.00
for Liquor licenses. 11,904.00
.. Sewer 60
460.00
of Cemetery Commissioners,
189.50
for Sidewalk assessment, 83.46
of Thorndike Co., labor on macadam road,
400,00
$110,201.84
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Palmer Savings Bank, interest, $ 581.23
Temporary loan, 26,200.00
Haynes & Co., use of voting list,
90
Paid County Treasurer, County tax, $3.067.17
State Treasurer, ¿ liquor licenses, 2,976.00
Corporation tax, 1.99
State tax, 1,575.00
National Bank tax,
1,579.48
Repairs of State High- ways, 125.50
Town Bonds, refunding loan,
3,600.00
Interest on Town Bonds,
2,316.00
Express on Town Bonds,
.38
State aid,
1,723.00
Military aid,
144.00
Cost of District Court,
472.23
Cemetery Commissioners' orders,
689.50
Selectmen's orders,
100.00
pay roll orders,
29,556.93
outstanding pay roll orders,
606.00
School Committee, pay rolls,
24,592.29
School Committee, outstanding orders,
794.26
Overseers of Poor, orders,
8,697.35
Overseers of Poor, outstanding orders, 258.92
$109,657.23
Total receipts,
$110,201.84
Total expenditures,
109,657.23
Balance in treasury, $544.61
Respectfully submitted, J. F. HOLBROOK, Treasurer.
There are on School pay rolls outstanding, $622.07
There are the following unpaid notes at Palmer Savings Bank : Nov. 7, 1898, note for Y. M. L. A., cemetery and roads, $2,250.00 Jan. 9, 1902, note for Hallez case, 1500.00
Feb. 26, 1903, note to be paid from 1902 taxes, 2500.00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. .
PALMER, MARCH 9, 1903.
We have examined the books of the Town Treasurer, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Cemetery Commissioners, Tax Collector and Selectmen and find them correct.
E. W. CARPENTER, C. A. LEGRO, Auditors.
Young Men's Library Association.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1903.
Number of volumes in the Library March, 1902,
6,180
purchased during the past year, 297
donated, 37
Number now in the Library,
6,514
Volumes loaned during the year :
Fiction,
11,759
Other classes, 4,636
Total, 16,395
During the past Mr. Fiske who has served the Library Association so acceptably for several years resigned. The friends of the Library owe Mr. Fiske much for the progress that our Library has made during past years and regret that the pressure of business has compelled him to give up the position that he has so well filled.
Special emphasis has been put upon increasing the circulation of books in the several villages. Through the courtesy of (Mr. Hobbs) the Thorndike Co. has had for several years an opportunity to secure books from the library without the expense of going to the building for them. Recently through the assistance of those in- terested in our library there have been established branch libraries in the school houses of Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bondsville. The experiment promises to materially increase the circulation. It is too early to give any definite statement concerning it.
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Aside from books purchased we have received the following gifts : From the United States, 11; State of Massachusetts, 16; Andrew Pinney, 3; James H. Tufts, 1; David Farquhar, 1; Thomas W. Lawson, 1; Towle Mfg. Co., 2; McCormick Harvesting Co., 2. H. M. DEAN, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Cash on hand, March 1, 1902,
$ 23.75
Received from G. A. R., for coal, 23.15
Town of Palmer, ¿ 1901 appro- priation, 500.00
Town of Palmer, 1902 appropri- ation, 1,0000.0
Paid for books,
$497.26
Papers and magazines,
69.00
Attendant, Miss May E. Robinson,
266.67
Janitor,
105.00
Fuel and lights,
243.00
Miscellaneous expenses,
18.40
Cash on hand, March 1, 1903,
347.57
$1,546.90
$1,546.90
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HAMPDEN. } ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Palmer,
in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the Town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places, in said Palmer, designated by the Selectmen, to wit : In Precinct A, at the Engine House on Park street in the Depot Village ; in Precinct B, at Temperance Hall on Commercial street in Thorndike ; in Precinct C, at Ruggles' Hall on East Main street in Three Rivers ; and in Precinct D, at Holden's Old Store in Bondsville, on Monday, the 16th day of March, A. D. 1903, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to the precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following town officers, to wit : Three' Selectmen, three Assessors, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, two Auditors, five Constables and three Fence Viewers, all for the term of one year ; one Overseer of the Poor for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, and one Ceme- tery Commissioner for three years ; also to vote by ballot, which shall be Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
The polls will be open at 6 o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhab- itants of said Palmer, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the 23rd
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day of March, A. D. 1903, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers, Measurers of Wood and Bark, and all other usual town officers.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to hire the present tramp room and lockup.
ART. 4. To act on the reports of the town officers.
ART. 5. To raise money and make appropriations to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to bor- row money in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, the same to be paid from said taxes.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to bor- row money, not to be paid from the taxes of the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To hear and act on the reports of committees.
ART. 9. To choose committees and give them instructions.
ART. 10. To see if the town will allow a discount and deter - mine what interest shall be paid on the taxes to be assessed for the ensuing year.
ART. 11. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
ART. 12. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 14. To act on the list of Jurors as prepared by the Select- men.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools, and instruct the School Committee as to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in relation to sewers.
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ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in regard to lighting the streets, and whether it will authorize the Selectmen to make contract therefor.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
ART. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take in regard to sidewalks.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to maintain night police in the several villages, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and the families of the slain, and entrust the same to L. L. Merrick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic under the provisions of law.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to build sewers in River, Dublin and South Main streets and in Fox avenue in the Depot Vil- lage, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to have the Assessors' valuation for the year 1903 printed, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will provide for the copying of X the births, marriages, intentions of marriage, and deaths, from the records in the Town Clerk's office prior to the year 1850, and furnish a copy of the same to the committee of the vital records of Massachusetts for publication by the State, and make appropriation therefor.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for fire protection in the villages of Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bondsville, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to observe "Old Home Week," and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to build a concrete walk on the northerly side of Walnut street in the Depot Village, from a point on Main street near J. F. Foley's store to land of Mrs. Whitman, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to build a sidewalk from a point near the dwelling house of Michael Roche, in Thorn- dike, to Gay avenue, thence through said Gay avenue to a point near the house of Thomas McCarthy, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sewer in Park street in the Depot Village, from its intersection with Walnut street to its intersection with Thorndike street, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer in East street in Bondsville two hundred and fifty feet easterly from its easterly terminus, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to build a new bridge over the Ware river in Thorndike near the Number 1 mill, or take any action relative thereto, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate one thousand dollars for the completion of the sewer in Bourne street in Three Rivers, and the construction of a section of sewer in Main street in Three Rivers, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sewer from a point at the intersection of Pond and Pine streets in the Depot Village about two hundred feet up Pond street to Spring street, and thence up Spring street about eighty feet, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to build a fire-proof receptacle for town records, and also to have the Assessor's records bound, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places designated by the vote of the Town, seven days at least before the holding of said meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal at least two issues before holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 5th day of March, A. D. 1903.
JOHN F. TWISS. Selectmen
CHAS. L. HOLDEN. of
CHAS. T. BRAINERD. Palmer.
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