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ART. 5. To take any action the Town may think proper in regard to school accommodations.
Voted, To appropriate a sum not exceeding $875, for improving the ventilation and heating of the Centre School House.
Voted, That a Committee of five persons be appointed to prepare a plan for the construction of a new school-house, including land and plans and estimates for the same.
The following persons were appointed as the Committee : James L. Chapin, Charles Francis Adams, Julius E. Eveleth, Samuel Hartwell, John R. Hartwell.
And the meeting was dissolved.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Warrant for Town Meeting, November 3, 1896.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEATH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or any other Constable in the Town of Lincoln, in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the election of National and State Officers, to assemble at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the third day of November next, at ten o'clock A. M., to give in their votes for the following officers, and Articles of amendment to the Consti- tution, viz :
For Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Receiver-General for the State of Massachusetts, a Councillor from the Sixth Councillor District, a Representative in Congress from the Fourth Congressional District in Massachusetts, a Clerk of the Courts, a County Commissioner for the County of Middlesex, a Senator from the Fifth Senatorial District, a Representative in the General Court from the Seventeenth Representative District in Mid- dlesex. Also the following Articles of Amendment to the Constitu- tion :
First article of Amendment : "Shall the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, establishing Biennial Elections of State Officers be approved and ratified ?"
Second Article of Amendment : "Shall the proposed Amend- ment to the Constitution, establishing Biennial Elections of Mem- bers of the General Court be approved and ratified ?"
All the Officers and Articles of Amendment enumerated above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at ten o'clock, A. M., and may be closed at four o'clock, P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting a copy thereof at the Town House, at each of the Post Offices, and in the
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Vestibule of the Meeting House of the First Parish, eight days at least before the time of meeting, and to make return thereof, with your doings thereon, to either of us before the time of meeting. Hereof fail not.
Dated at Lincoln this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
SAMUEL HARTWELL, JOHN F. FARRAR, of
Selectmen
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Lincoln.
Nov. 3, 1896 .- Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the meeting opened at 10 o'clock A. M. Wm. L. G. Peirce and Thomas L. Giles were appointed tellers and were sworn by the Chairman of the Selectmen.
The ballot box was shown with the register at 000. The polls were closed at 4.10 P. M. with register showing 172; the checks on the lists of tellers showed 164 persons voted, and the ballots counted 164, as follows :
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
AT LARGE .-
Ernest C. Marshall of Boston, 20 votes.
Daniel W. Kenney of Holyoke, 20
Henry Winn of Malden, 1
Edward Kendall of Cambridge, 4 66
Alfred W. Richardson of Springfield, 4 66
John Q. A. Brackett of Arlington, 115
William H. Haile of Springfield, 115 66
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston,
8
66
James S. Grinnell of Greenfield,
8
DISTRICT NO. 1 .- William B. Mahoney of Westfield,
20
Frank S. Gross of Lee,
1
Edward S. Rogers of Lee,
4
Franklin Carter of Williamstown, 115 66
James W. Hull of Pittsfield, 8 66
DISTRICT NO. 2 .- Joseph F. Callanan of Springfield, 20 66
William E. Mellen of Chicopee,
1 66
Hubbard Lawrence of Palmer, 4
Augustus Coolidge of Athol, 115
Leander B. Morse of Athol, 8
23
DISTRICT NO. 3 .- Levi Barker of Worcester, 20 votes.
Enoch Earle of Worcester, 1
66
John Holt of Sutton, 4 66
Arthur F. Whitin of Northbridge, 115 Eben Stevens of Dudley, 8
66
DISTRICT NO. 4 .- Henry J. Jaquith of Wellesley, 20
Harry J. Jaquith of Wellesley, 1
Edward G. Watkins of Gardner, 4
Charles H. Moulton of Waltham, 115
Charles J. Williams of Acton, 8
66
DISTRICT NO. 5 .- Michael O'Mahoney of Lawrence, 20
James E. Donoghue of Lawrence, 1 66
James K. Fellows of Lowell, 4 66
Joseph Miller of Lowell, 115 66
Sam D. Stevens of North Andover, 8
DISTRICT NO. 6 .- James P. Dearborn of Haverhill, 20
Thomas Sanders of Haverhill, 1
66
Albert B. Coats of Beverly, 4 66
Sylvanus Smith of Gloucester, 115
Robert S. Rantoul of Salem, 8
66
DISTRICT NO. 7 .- Edward B. Newhall of Lynn, 20
66
William J. Brickley of Everett, 1 66
Seth Weston of Chelsea, 4
Edward W. LaCroix of Lynn, 115 66
Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield, 8
66
DISTRICT NO. 8 .- John P. McCormick of Cambridge, 20
Abijah Hall of Boston, 4 66
115 66
Robert O. Fuller of Cambridge, Godfrey Morse of Boston, 8
66
DISTRICT NO.
9 .- James J. Lanigan of Boston, 20
William J. Burke of Boston,
1 66
Charles A. Abbott of Boston,
4 66
Peter Morrison of Boston, 115
Sigourney Butler of Boston, 8
DISTRICT No. 10 .- Quincy A. Lothrop of Boston,
21
66
William J. Hurd of Boston,
4
John C. Cobb of Milton, 115 66
Daniel L. Prendergast of Boston, 8
24
DISTRICT No. 11 .- William D. Leahy of Milford, 20 votes. James Jeffrey Roche of Brookline, 1 66
William H. Partridge of Newton, 4 Wilbur H. Powers of Hyde Park, 115
James E. Cotter of Hyde Park, 8
66
DISTRICT No. 12 .- Francis A. Hobart of Braintree, 21
Edwin Sawtelle of Brockton, 4 66
Henry A. Thomas of Weymouth, Charles G. Davis of Plymouth, 8
115
66
DISTRICT NO. 13 .- Thomas J. Meaney of New Bedford, 20
Charles H. Lane of Tisbury, 1
66
Charles A. Chase of Swanzey, 4 66
Edmund Anthony of Fairhaven, 115
Louis B. Thacher of Yarmouth, 8
FOR GOVERNOR .- Allen Coffin of Nantucket, 6
66
Frederick O. Prince of Boston, 7
Geo. Fred Williams of Dedham, 29
Roger Wolcott of Boston, 100
66
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVENOR .-
Christopher T. Callahan of Holyoke, 28 66
W. Murray Crane of Dalton, 91
James E. McConnell of Fitchburg, 6
William J. Nash of Williamsburg, 6
FOR SECRETARY .- Waldo Lincoln of Worcester, 10
66
William M. Olin of Boston, 93
66
Joseph H. Potts of Lynu, 23
66
Willard O. Wylie of Beverly, 7
66
FOR TREASURER .- Robert C. Habberly of Hyde Park, 8
Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport, 90
Horace P. Toby of Wareham, 13
Thomas A. Watson of Braintree, 21
Y
FOR AUDITOR - Maurice P. Cavanaugh of Springfield, 5 66
Maurice J. Fitzgerald of Boston, 20
Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale, 7
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg, 93 66
- Charles C. Spellman of Springfield, 7
25
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL .-
Wolcott Hamlin of Amherest, 7 votes. Henry F. Hurlburt of Lynn, 8
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford, 95
John B. O'Donnell of Northampton, 22 66
FOR COUNCILLOR .- William E. Rand of Concord,
31
66
Elisha H. Shaw of Chelmsford, 96
S. Hartwell, 1
FOR SENATOR .- Henry Parsons of Marlboro, 108
66
C. S. Wheeler, 1
66
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT .-
Charles E. Brown of Concord, 99 Dr. Hayden, 2
66
FOR CLERK OF COURTS .-
Theodore C. Hurd of Winchester, 92
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER .-
Levi S. Gould of Melrose,
95
1. 66
George A. Perkins of Cambridge, 33
66
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS .-
I. Porter Morse of Marlboro, 34 66
George W. Weymouth of Fitchburg, 93 66
FOR FIRST ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT .-
38
Yes, No,
58
66
FOR SECOND ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT .-
Yes, No,
34
66
55 66
Adjourned. JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
66
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
The following Births, Marriages and Deaths have been recorded for the year ending January 1, 1897 :
Births,
15
Marriages,
. 13
Deaths,
. 18
BIRTHS REGISTERED.
Date of Birth.
Name of Child.
Names of Parents.
Nov. 29, 1894,
Josephine Guirada.
John and Scolastica Guirada.
July 12, 1895,
Sarah Annie Driscoll.
John J. and Dora L. Driscoll.
Jan. 5, 1896,
Edward McLeod.
Angus B. and Martha J. McLeod. Arthur W. and Eva M. Patterson.
Feb. 16, «
Lewis Melville Miner.
Everett L, and Catherine V. Miner.
Apr. 24, "
Minerva Browning.
E. C. and S. L. Browning.
25,
Lillie May Holman.
Amos and Katherine Holman.
May 8, “
Thomas Francis Bernard.
Cornelius and Elizabeth J. Bernard.
July 30,
Henry Walter Johnson.
Charles W. and Elvira Johnson.
Sept. 20, Jessie Ann Wormsley.
George W. and Edith M. Wormsley.
Nov. 26, “
Margaret Ann Fitzgerald,
William and Alice L. Fitzgerald. Henry and Amelia Bennett.
22,
Rosann O'Brien.
James and Ellen O'Brien.
66
25,
(Infant) Dougherty.
Andrew J. and Annie M. Dougherty ..
66
28, “
Harriet A. Mayo.
Robert E. and Margaret A. Mayo.
Whole number of Births registered,
15
Males,
4
Females,
Nativity of Parents.
·
11
Nova Scotia,
9
Ireland,
5
.
Sweden,
2
Cape Breton,
1
Austria,
1
Italy,
.
.
1
14,
Mildred Cleves Patterson.
Dec. 10,
Mary Alice Bennett.
11
.
United States,
.
.
27
MARRIAGES REGISTERED.
Date of Marriage.
Names.
Age.
Residence.
Jan.
1, 1896,
Elizabeth A. Snow.
23
26
Waltham. Waltham.
Hugh Mckinnon.
31
Lincoln.
Annie Currie
26
Everett.
S. Rodman Snelling.
27
Lincoln. Charlestown.
James O'Neij.
30
Lynn.
Elizabeth F. Ryan. .
25
Lincoln.
George W. Womersley.
22
Lincoln.
June
27,
66
Edith M. Munroe.
21
Everett.
Ansel S. Richards.
24
Lincoln.
July
22,
66
Mary C. Flint.
33
Lincoln.
Thomas L. Giles.
39
Lincoln.
Aug.
20,
Anna H. Farrar.
30
Lincoln,
James Bragg.
33
Lincoln. Natick.
66
27,
66
Frank Scheuermann.
21
Waltham.
Ellen Kennedy.
18
Lincoln.
Oct.
24,
27,
Henry B. Adams.
31
Lincoln.
Josie Adelle Fuller.
23
Lincoln.
Nov.
11,
George L. Cousins. Lillian L. Sherman.
20
Wayland.
-
John A. Butcher.
22
Lincoln. Stoughton.
1,
..
John Todd. Martha Hampton.
17
Feb.
18,
66
April
18, '66
Edith M. L. Bamforth.
24
28,
Sept.
24,
Anna Bella Smith.
, 25
Concord. Lincoln.
John M. Collins.
26
Mary E. Welch.
22
22
Lincoln.
Whole number of Marriages registered, .
. 13
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DEATHS REGISTERED.
Date of Death.
Names.
Age. Y. MO. D.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 27, 1896,
Lillian M. Hoar.
22
10 14
Typhoid Fever.
30,
John Adams.
68
9
Chronic Interstitial Nephritis.
Feb.
1,
Rebecca W. Weston.
86
11
24
Old Age.
22.
William Rogers.
60
Concussion of Brain.
Маг.
11,
66
Ellen Mitchell.
70
Phthisis Pulmonaris.
Apr. 11,
Michael Maguire.
58
1
Phthisis.
June 14, 66
Mary Green.
75
7 10
( Shock as result of fracture, with Chronic Bronchitis.
66 24, 66
Elizabeth Haynes.
Paralysis.
July
John Joseph Spencer.
15
10
14
General Peritonitis.
Aug. 4, “
Celia Thompson.
1
t-
19
( Unknown, but probably Bron- \ chitis from Whoop'g Cough.
1%, "
George Ropes.
63 CI
9
Appendicitis.
Oct.
11,
Ellen B. Prentis.
51
Heart Disease, Complicated.
31,
Henry C. Chapin.
81
10
6
Heart Failure.
Susan B. Giles.
76
6
9
Pneumonia.
Nov. 13,
Francis A. Wheeler.
81
10
Softening of the Brain.
.€
25,
Infant Dempsey. -
Still Born.
25 ,
Winnifred M. Dempsey.
35
6
Child Birth.
Dec.
25, “
Infant Dougherty.
1
-
Difficult Birth.
Whole number of Deaths registered,
18
Males.
8
Females, .
10
.
.
DOGS LICENSED.
There have been one hundred and eleven dogs licensed ; ninety- five males, 16 females ; for which there has been paid to the County Treasurer the sum of $247.80.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
LINCOLN. Feb. 2, 1897.
9
11
31, 66
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Town Grants for 1896-97.
For Schools, . . $3,500 00
"' School Incidentals, ·
1,000 00
" Music in Schools, 200 00
" Superintendent,
100 00
" Miscellaneous Expenses, .
2,000 00
" Counsel Fees,
.
1,200 00
" Support of Poor, · .
1,000 00
"' Highways and Bridges, · 4,000 00
" Library-Dog Tax ($249.09) and .
500 00
" Interest,
300 00
" Payment of Water Bond, due Dec. 1, 1896, 1,000 00
' Cemeteries,
.
.
300 00
" Street Lamps, · 150 00 . . .
" Village Improvements,
100 00
" Decoration Day, 25 00
" Payment of Temporary Loans, .
1,000 00
" Board of Health, 100 00 .
" Public Improvement Committee, ·
150 00
" Hydrant Service, 195 00
" Ventilating Bemis Hall, 200 00
-- $17,020 00
The following grants were made later. Not assessed.
For Ventilation of Town Hall, $75 00
" Extension of Water Pipes to George Flint's, . 800 00
" Ventilation and Heating Centre School- house, 875 00
$1,750 00
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The Selectmen recommend the following amounts of money to be appropriated and raised by taxation the current year :
For Support of Schools, . $4,000 00 .
" School Incidentals,
1,000 00
" Music in Schools, 200 00
" School Superintendent,
100 00 .
" Miscellaneous Expenses,
2,000 00
" Counsel Fees.
" Support of Poor,
1,000 00
" Highways and Bridges,
4,000 00
" Interest, .
700 00
" Payment of Water Bond, due Dec. 1, 1897,
1,000 00
" Cemeteries,
300 00
" Street Lamps, .
150 00
" Village Improvement, .
100 00
" Decoration Day,
25 00
" Payment of Temporary Loans,
2,000 00
" Board of Health,
100 00
" Public Improvement Committee,
100 00
" Repairs of Town House, .
" Military Aid, . 48 00
.
.
1,000 00
"' Library,
Dog Tax and 500 00
.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
The year 1896 witnessed a departure from the ordinary course of procedure in this Town, inasmuch as a Committee on Claims was chosen, to whom was referred all claims for or against the Town. A committee was selected who have worked assiduously to settle matters fairly and for the interest of the Town. There are still several matters yet unsettled, and others are liable to arise, and it is desirable that the committee shall be continued. Several matters will be mentioned in the reports of the various committees of which we need not speak.
Another section of the State Road in this Town has been com- pleted, and there still remains nearly one-half mile to be built, which will in all probability be completed in 1897. This is one of the greatest acquisitions this Town has ever received, and it is the wish of the undersigned that the whole Town could have such roads to travel over. Nothing will boom a town better than good roads. People will pay money for luxuries, and good roads are certainly among the first. As the place where Paul Revere was captured is within the section of State Road completed the past year, the vote of the Town in 1895 in regard to the tablet to com- memorate the spot of his capture by the British spies, might now be carried out, and the tablet erected. This is certainly a very commendable object, one that will be appreciated by history-loving people, and a lasting credit to the Town.
A statement of the receipts and expenditures of this Town for the year closing February 1, 1897, will be found elsewhere in this report.
It was the expressed wish of some that the doings of the Town at its various Town Meetings of last year might be printed in this year's report. It will be found of value for reference.
Respectfully submitted by
SAMUEL HARTWELL,
JOHN F. FARRAR, CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Selectmen of
Lincoln.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
The world is ever changing. This is true in all spheres of life. Since our last report to the Town, one who has been a charge to the Town for many years has passed away, viz., Sarah C. Hart- well. Her remains were brought to Lincoln for burial. The num- ber who are a charge to the Town is not diminished, for we have been notified that two who were formerly maintained by the Town in asylums have been recommitted, and thus become again a charge to the Town, viz. : Mrs. Mary Craven and Mrs. Mary A. Souza. The present number to be supported by the Town is five (all in hospitals or asylums), viz. : Patrick Kenna, Jeremiah Burnett, Mary E. Curry, Mrs. Mary Craven and Mrs. Mary A. Souza.
The tramps are cared for by Mr. John F. Farrar, at a cost to the Town from April 1, 1896, to April 1, 1897, of $100. A woman and small child, with apparently no home, were found wandering aimlessly about in the north part of the Town in June. They were taken in charge as vagrants by Constable Brooks, who took them before the court at Concord, where their release was advised, and they were accordingly set at liberty. Some days later complaint was made to the Overseers of the Poor that they were still in the neighborhood without visible means of support, and we were requested to care for them, which was done, and they were taken to the State Almshouse at Tewksbury.
A statement of the receipts and expenditures of this department. will be found on another page.
JOHN F. FARRAR, SAMUEL HARTWELL, CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Overseers of the Poor, Lincoln.
TREASURER'S REPORT. The Receipts into and Payments from the Treasury from Feb. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897, have been as follows : -
Balance in Treasury Feb. 1, 1896,
$35 90
Paid Selectmen's Orders,
$53,448 56 ·
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Tax returned, "
249 09
State Tax,
1,610 00
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1895, .
106 61
ment,
·
160 69
68 39
of State Treasurer on account of Corporation Tax of 1896,
1,688 63
of State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax of 1896,
694 54
[ State Treasurer on account of Military Aid, :
153 00
from Massachusetts School Fund,
158 39
Income Grammar School Fund,
46 21
for State Pauper, .
10 00
for School Superintendent,
250 00
for rent of halls,
30 00
of Lincoln Water Works, .
760 00
borrowed money, .
17,000 00
for watching fires,
20 60
for State Highway,
6,404 76
for Assessment on Cambridge land,
122 31
for Monument, ·
50 00
for trees sold,
15 00
for Taxes of 1895,
.
.
8,874 15
for interest on Taxes of 1895,
81 94
for Taxes of 1896,
18,395 64
interest on Taxes of 1896, .
22 31
$55,237 47
$55,237 47
E. & O. E.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Treasurer.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the Town, and find the report correct.
W. L. G. PEIRCE, Auditor.
33
.
·
on account of Sudbury River Improve-
18 22
of State Treasurer on account of National Bank Tax of 1895,
Balance in Treasury,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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EXPENDITURES.
FOR SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation,
· $3,500 00
Income, Massachusetts School Fund, ·
158 39
Income, Grammar School Fund,
· 46 21
$3,704 60
PAYMENTS.
Center School.
Ansel S. Richards, teaching High School, $473 60
Ernest W. Small, . . 380 00
Carrie B. Chapin, teaching Grammar Dept., 468 00
Harriette F. Sawin, " Primary 66
429 00
66 for Assistant, .
22 80
Grace Farrar, teaching, . · .
90 00
John R. Hartwell, teaming coal,
13 35
Cook Brothers, coal,
86 57
Fitchburg R. R., freight on coal,
34 32
George L. Chapin, care of Center School House, . ·
90 00
George L. Chapin, care of High School room,
10 00
$2,108 64
Carrying Children.
H. A. Sherman,
$400 00
Frank M. Dempsey,
.
.
.
214 70
John Dee, .
.
.
. .
177 00
$791 70
.
11 00
Mrs. Gillis, cleaning school rooms, .
.
.
35
South School.
Lizzie A. Brown, teaching Grammar Dept ,
$235 20
Amanda C. Ellison, “
Primary 242 40
Nellie M. Newton,
Grammar
228 00
Marian H. Morgan, “
Primary 66
213 00
John P. Boyce, care of house,
69 63
John R. Hartwell, teaming coal,
14 40
E. R. Farrar, wood,
8 50
Charles Rice, one-half cord wood, cut,
3 00
Cook Brothers, coal, . .
86 56
Fitchburg R. R., freight on coal,
35 20
$1,135 89
North School.
Dora R. Farrar, teaching,
$190 00
Isaac B. Cook, two cords wood,
11 00
Ralph E. Butcher, sawing two cords wood,
1 50
66 care of house, .
8 00
$210 50
$4,246 73
Receipts brought down, .
3,704 60
Expended above receipts,
$542 13
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$200 00
PAYMENT.
F. W. Archibald, teaching,
$200 00
.
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36
School Incidentals.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation, · $1,000 00
PAYMENTS.
Center School.
Ansel S. Richards,
$4 85
Walter B. Smith, Programs, 4 00 .
F. A. Laws, Printing five Diplomas, . 4 00
John R. Hartwell, transporting furniture, . 8 00
The Bobrick School Furniture Co., 20 desks, 69 00
$89 85
South School.
Lizzie A. Brown, postage and stationery $1 25
Amanda C. Ellison, sand paper disks, 50
Mrs. D. Doherty, washing towels,
13 55
Everett L. Miner, repairs and materials,
7 64
William Harding, labor,
1 50
E. R. Farrar, sundries, .
2 45
A. B. Sherman, 100 lbs. fertilizer,
1 90
F. E. Cousins, two brooms,
60
P. McWalter, mason work, 4 80
Mark Mara, painting house, inside and out, 150 00
Magee Furnace Co., supplies for repairs, . 32 60
Marian H. Morgan, towels and soap,
2 56
North School.
Dora R. Farrar, stove hearth, . $ 35
Ralph E. Butcher, washing towels, .
1 75
60 labor and repairs, 6 00
John R. Hartwell, labor about school bldg., 3 00
11 10
Amount carried forward, ..
$320 30
$219 35
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GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Amount brought forward, .
.
.
$320 30
J. L. Hammett Company, $123 78
Everett S. Locke, labor, material, repairs, 75 00
David Cutter, repairing 3 clocks and expense, 9 00
University Publishing Co., books,
35 80
H. E. Holt, books and chart, 53 17
Werner School Book Co., books, 3 90
N. F. Cousins, labor, materials, repairs, ·
11 15
Albert Washburn, labor, material, repairs, 11 79
John R. Hartwell, stone, tile, freight, 3 00
Silver, Burdett & Co., Beacon Series, 60
George Flint, blankets and express, .
9 58
Henderson Bros., barge,. . · 115 00 .
Mrs. Thomas Coan, cleaning rooms, 16 00
I. A. Bent, labor and materials, 8 48 .
C. F. Hunt, floor brush, 1 25 ·
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books, . 12 70
George S. Perry & Co., ink wells and covers, 3 60
16 69
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemicals, etc., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 2 Fiske's Histories, William Ware & Co., dictionary and express,
1 70
The American Book Co., books, ·
8 76
Edward E. Babb & Co., books,
.
29 38
Ginn & Company, books, .
49 78
H. Mckinnon, repairs, .
7 50
Andrews-Demarest Seating Co., supplies, .
10 31
Leach, Sherwell & Sanborn, books,
9 60
L. T. Mckinney, sundries,
3 91
R. H. Blodgett, supplies for schools,
5 75
The Morse Company, Publishers, map,
24
Lee & Shepard, school supplies,
4 65
James L. Chapin & Son, sundries,
13 06
658 58
$978 88
$21 12
Unexpended balance,
3 45
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School Superintendent.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation,
$100 00
Received from State,
250 00
$350 00
PAYMENTS.
L. T. McKenney, services, .
$350 04
Receipts brought down,
.
350 00
Expended above receipts, ·
$ 0 04
Library.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation (cash), . ·
$500 00
(dog tax, 1895), 249 09
$749 09
PAYMENT.
Samuel Hartwell, Treasurer,
.
$749 09
Decoration Day.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$25 00
PAYMENT.
E. D. Martell, dinner for G. A. R , $25 00 ·
Monument for James H. Farrar.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation, 1895,
$200 00
Private subscriptions,
50 00
$250 00
PAYMENT.
V. V. Whitney, monument, · .
.
.
$250 00 ·
.
39
Cemeteries.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$300 00
PAYMENTS.
John R. Hartwell, manure, . . . $16 00
Mrs. Geo. Ropes, labor of man and horse, 8 50
Michael J. Stanley, labor,
34 50
Herbert E. Barnes, four head-stones, ·
60 00
60
labor, .
21 00
$140 00
Unexpended balance, . .
$160 00
Village Improvement.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$100 00
PAYMENTS.
Edward Ryan, 9 days work on common, .
$15 75
John F. Farrar, labor, with team, .
9 00
$24 75
Unexpended balance,
$75 25
Military Aid.
RECEIPT.
Returned under Chap. 279, Acts of 1889, .
$153 00
PAYMENT.
Thomas Lynagh,
$96 00
Unexpended balance, · . . .
$57 00
40
Support of Poor.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation, . $1,000 00
Returned for State pauper,
10 00
$1,010 00
PAYMENTS.
D. H. Sherman, support of John McGrath and tramps to April, 1896, $87 50
John F. Farrar, care of tramps from April 1 to Oct. 1, 1896 50 00
2 25
H. C. Chapin, M. D., medical attendance to State paupers, . Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Patrick Kenna, one year to Jan.,'97, Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Jeremiah Burnett, April 1 to June 4, 1896,
71 96
Medfield Insane Asylum, support of Jere- miah Burnett, June 4, 1896, to Jan. 1,1897, .
84 40
Westborough Insane Hospital, support of Sarah C. Hartwell to Feb. 14, 1896, and funeral expenses,
41 14
Westborough Insane Hospital, support of Mary E. Curry, year of 1896. .
169 94
Westborough Insane Hospital, support of Mary A. Souza to Jan. 1, 1897, ·
35 75
$712 86
Unexpended balance,
·
$297 14
Public Improvement Committee.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation,
·
$150 00
Trees sold,
·
. · ·
15 00
$165 00
169 92
41
PAYMENTS.
Shady Hill Nurseries, trees, .
$55 20
Samuel H. Pierce, cash for labor,
24 00
$79 20
Unexpended balance,
$85 80
Payment of Water Bond, Due Dec. 1, 1896.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$1,000 00
PAYMENT.
Lincoln Water Bond, due Dec. 1, 1896, . . $1,000 00
Highways and Bridges.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$4,000 00
PAYMENT.
Road Superintendent's orders, . $3,834 07 .
Unexpended balance, .
.
$165 93
Board of Health.
RECEIPT.
Town Appropriation,
$100 00
PAYMENTS. John A. Tolman, serving notice on Smith, Smith & DeCordova (two trips), . $9 00
John A. Tolman, summoning witnesses, Commonwealth vs. Smith, 10 02
Amount carried forward, .
$19 02
42
$19 02
Amount brought forward, .
A. Greenwood, M. D., inspecting premises of Mrs. Sullivan and vaccinating two persons, 5 00
A. Greenwood, M. D., paid for disinfecting, 3 00
A. Greenwood, M. D., paid for horse and wagon hire, 2 00
Moses W. Kidder, M. D., for services, .
25 00
Moses W. Kidder M. D., printing and postage, 75
Moses W. Kidder, M. D., vaccination, ·
1 00
Moses W. Kidder, M. D., three bottles zinc chloride, 3 00
Samuel H. Pierce, services,
15 00
Joseph S. Hart, services,
25 00
.. cash for sundries, 3 05
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