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N. K. Noyes, services Board of Health, 19 50
Samuel P. Soule, cash to Guides to Assessors,
1 15
Henry H. Lewis, distributing reports,
E. H. Sears, 4 00
E. H. Sears, team for Assessors, 50 00
E. H. Sears, team for Selectmen, and postage, 7 80
John K. Parker, cash paid County Commissioners, 3 00
Wm. S. Sheldon, coal for Town Hall, 3 75
Lawrence Bradford, surveying State highway. 66 70
Robert T. Randall, Guide to Assessors, 2 60
George A. Baker, labor on bridge, 3 30
Charles A. Hodgdon, special police,
2 00
Henry J. Dunster, 60
12 00
James L. McNaught, expressing,
12 75
Walter Cushing, building road at beach,
233 00
Walter Cushing, extra work on road at beach,
8 40
Elisha Peterson, care Town and Soldiers' lots,
14 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ink,
3 25
W. H. Symnes, care of Draw, Gurnet Bridge, 50 00
John S. Edwards, special repairs highway,
9 60
Wmn. S. Frazar,
12 80
Elisha Peterson, 66 60
9 60
N. K. Noyes, returning births,
7 00
E. R. Bailey, special police,
1 50
Fred V. Hunt, team for Constable,
4 25
Henry A. Briggs, damage on highway,
18 00
Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,
16 25
Eden W. Soule, labor on State highway,
372 94
Brewster & Brown, returning birth,
25
B. Parker Barstow, 6 6 births, 75
6 00
15
Town of Marshfield, § expense transportation State Highway Commission, $8 66
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, yearly payment and interest, on acc't Gurnet Bridge, 1,380 00
George H. Walker, maps, 22 50
George H. Stearns, telephone expense,
50
H. H. Lewis, postage and supplies, 2 65
H. H. Lewis, oath, State Aid papers and town officers, 6 30 For labor at fires, 214 90
Abatement of taxes,
253 82
$4,591 40
Unexpended,
760 79
$5,352 19
INCIDENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance Corporation tax 1893,
$15 16
Corporation tax 1894,
3,276 73
Bank tax 1894,
857 77
District Courts, fines,
146 98
Auctioneer, peddler, billiard and butchers' licenses,
38 00
Omitted taxes, 16 28
Interest on taxes,
152 07
Overlayings on taxes,
284 45
County Treasurer, award for P. Point avenue,
400 00
Error in Bill,
15 00
W. R. C. No. 143, care of Soldiers' Monument, 9 00
State road, 140 75
$5,352 19
16
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
District No. 1. Charles W. Holmes, Surveyor.
C. W. Holmes,
labor,
$58 40
Geo. M. Paulding,
31 50
Archie Wadsworth,
17 30
Fred V. Hunt,
17 10
John E. Josselyn,
29 20
Lewis Winsor,
. 6
4 00
E. W. Swift,
27 20
J. K. Parker,
18 50
Wm. J. Alden, Jr.,
3 00
H. J. Reynolds,
41 60
George A. Tower,
66
36 00
Wm. B. Campbell,
drain-tile,
86
Mrs. Rufus Holmes,
gravel,
12 24
Oscar Hunt, gravel,
3 00
Charles Hunt, clay,
2 54
$302 44
District No. 2. Levi H. Cushing, Surveyor.
Levi H. Cushing,
labor,
$178 40
John W. Cushing
12 30
George H. Torrey
20 75
George Faunce,
66
7 80
Nelson Cushing,
8 80
Ira Chandler,
66
7 00
G. F. Ryder,
33 50
Everett Ryder,
42 20
Arthur Soule,
3 00
H. A. Peterson,
54 20
Bradford Freeman,
20 60
Winslow Cushing,
6 00
J. H. Peterson,
3 60
17
J. W. Brewster,
labor,
$14 40
R. W. Soule,
12 60
George H. Bailey, posts,
5 40
H. B. Chandler,
5 40
Frank E. Phillips,
labor,
5 40
P. E. Peterson,
7 20
C. E. Peterson,
66
16 20
O. W. Churchill,
33 20
G. M. Peterson,
12 60
A. E. Prior,
8 00
Cyrus Foster,
5 40
W. B. Morse,
24 20
Guy L. Soule,
1 80
R. M. Leach,
14 40
G. R. Freeman,
9 80
G. E. Lapham,
66
7 00
J. S. Loring, lumber,
48 04
Charles Hunt, clay,
2 00
Renslow Crosby, clay,
14 40
Wm. B. Campbell, tile,
2 52
$648 11
District No. 3. Alonzo Chandler, Surveyor.
Alonzo Chandler,
labor,
$67 00
D. F. Glass,
13 00
John Mullany,
11 00
Walter Cushing,
17 76
C. R. Crocker,
6 00
Winslow Cushing,
6 00
G. E. Lapham,
66
6 00
W. J. Dunham,
66
4 00
Nelson Cushing,
14 90
Mark L. Simmons,
66
8 60
Estate G. Bradford,
" and gravel, 20 96
$175 22
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District No. 4. J. D. Randall, Surveyor.
J. D. Randall,
labor,
$87 90
Leonard McNeir,
66
7 40
Asa Chandler, 66
49 00
Wm. C. Hodgdon,
13 80
D. B. Chandler,
cinders,
26 00
F. L. Randall.
labor,
40 80
Nahum Sampson,
66
53 60
A. E. Douglas,
66
7 20
L. H. Cushing,
66
1893,
40 50
J. S. Willey,
66
12 00
L. M. Oldmixon,
66
16 80
E. F. Frost,
66
11 40
H. P. Chandler.
1893,
6 20
E. W. Soule,
66
66
6 48
B. H. Sanford,
66
8 00
H. A. Anderson,
66
10 00
Geo. P. Peterson,
66
1893,
6 30
E. F. Loring,
4 00
A. F. Loring,
66
66
3 20
T. T. MeNaught,
66
66
1 60
Alonzo Chandler,
66
7 20
E. F. Frost,
4 80
F. L. Randall,
9 60
M. L. Chandler,
4 80
E. N. H. Vaughn,
1893,
1 60
A. E. Raymond,
80
J. D. Randall,
19 20
John Cooper,
66
13 40
A. P. Simmons,
14 10
Richard Soule,
66
3 80
Mary Gardner,
gravel,
12 80
W. T. Willcott,
5 40
Wm. B. Campbell,
tile,
1 80
$511 48
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District No. 5. Robert T. Randall, Surveyor.
Robert T. Randall,
labor,
$25 80
Artemas Inglis,
66
1892,
4 00
C. W. Craft,
1893,
2 40
S. F. Peterson,
1 00
L. H. Goulding & Son,
66
7 12
Arthur Baker,
1894,
5 40
D. B. Linnell,
12 00
D. B. Linnell,
66
1893,
4 00
G. L. Baker,
66
1894,
28 60
S. B. Belknap,
66
6 60
B. C. Bemis,
66
1893,
42 00
D. W. Studley,
60
1894,
12 20
C. W. Crafts,
66
22 00
W. W. Simmons,
12 00
George A. Simmons,
68
12 00
S. F. Peterson,
16 36
E. G. Sampson,
66
11 20
J. W. Baker,
13 20
L. C. Walker,
6 60
George L. Whiting,
66
1 60
John Holt,
3 60
L. W. Peterson,
66
2 80
Josiah Randall,
1893,
8 20
J. H. Reed,
1894,
7 60
J. A. Osborn, shavings, 1893,
1 50
F. J. Randall, gravel,
27 04
George Bradford, gravel, 1893,
1 75
$298 57
District No. 6. Thomas Alden, Surveyor.
Thomas Alden,
labor,
1894, $60 60
Thomas Alden Jr.,
17 10
20
O. C. Crocker,
labor,
$6 30
J. H. Crocker,
6 30
L. H. Goulding & Son,
66
51 45
L. M. Oldmixon,
66
27 60
Scott B. Belknap,
6 90
Thomas Chandler,
66
22 10
W. M. Simmons,
66
32 80
L. C. Walker,
6 90
Calvin Chandler,
66
12 60
James Alden,
66
19 80
G. L. Whiting,
66
4 10
George Bradford,
66
8 54
Anna D. Bailey, gravel,
3 48
$286 57
District No. 7. Eden W. Soule, Surveyor.
Eden W. Soule,
labor,
$138 90
E. W. Soule,
stone,
10 50
Adelbert Delano,
labor,
16 00
W. H. Woodward,
66
-7 50
W. C. Prince,
66
13 40
Michael Ryan,
66
7 00
Edw, Cameron,
7 00
S. C. Soule,
9 20
W. O. Sprague,
66
8 00
Alpheus Nickerson,
4 00
A. Harriman,
17 00
G. M. Ryder,
14 00
Thomas Gorham,
8 00
H. W. Barstow,
20 00
Geo. W. Chandler,
11 00
R. T. Bates,
8 75
$300 25
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District No. 8. E. S. Freeman, Surveyor.
E. S. Freeman,
labor,
$65 35
J. W. Alden,
31 00
E. J. Guare,
66
3 60
H. A. Briggs,
27 20
George W. Chandler,
11 80
Alpheus Nickerson,
12 00
R. J. Needham
9 60
Julius Chandler,
66
2 00
Thomas Gorham,
28 30
Bradford Weston,
66
25 88
W. F. Cushman,
13 90
Hiram Foster,
66
5 70
James L. McNaught,
66
54 55
H. L. Cushman,
2 00
J. K. Parker,
66
6 00
Richard Higgins,
66
80
J. S. Loring, lumber,
4 67
G. M. Ryder, labor and gravel,
6 32
Otis Delano,
66
36 88
$347 55
District No. 9. Spencer Burgess, Surveyor.
Spencer Burgess,
labor,
$11 69
W. J. Burgess,
66
19 80
Hugh R. Edgar,
27 60
John R. Bradley,
66
1 20
C. C. Bradford,
66
12 80
John R. Bradley,
66
4 00
R. H. Edgar,
14 80
Wm. J. Hastings,
44 60
Chas. G. Burgess,
60
26 30
H. J. Reynolds,
18 00
22
Elisha Peterson,
labor,
$16 90
I. L. Rich,
gravel,
1 00
$198 69
District No. 10. W. A. Hunt, Surveyor.
W. A. Hunt,
labor,
$47 00
George Bradford,
9 10
Wm. H. Hunt,
6 €
20 00
Albert Mills,
60
22 85
John A. Hunt,
90 60
W. M. Simmons,
4 00
D. C. Hingley,
8 00
H. C. Chandler,
6 00
H. H. Lewis,
66
5 60
Waldo Bros.,
drain-tile,
34 13
Josiah Randall, labor and gravel,
7 70
W. S. Estes,
labor,
14 00
E. C. Estes,
8 00
J. O. Ford,
68
4 60
John Holt,
66
11.00
John H. Hunt,
66
6 80
G. Shurtleff,
2 20
G. T. White,
17 65
Luther Shurtleff,
3 00
W. H. Hunt, labor and gravel,
18 70
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight,
3 60
Mrs. H. Paine, gravel, 9 97
$354 50
District No. 11. John K. Parker, Surveyor.
J. K. Parker, P. Point avenue, $70 80
J. L. McNaught, 66 13 80
J. K. Parker,
labor,
77 16
23
P. E. Weston,
labor,
$2 00
F. V. Hunt,
4 00
J. W. Alden,
60
C. M. Smith,
2 00
Estate John Delano,
12 40
George A. Tower,
5 90
C. A. Rogers,
4 70
E. W. Swift,
66
13 90
E. S. Freeman,
15 70
Geo. M. Paulding,
15 60
Glover & Chandler,
5 31
S. W. Sheldon,
28 58
Richard Higgins,
2 00
C. W. Holmes,
2 90
W. H. Symes,
4 00
S. M. Evans,
80
Percy B. Fowle,
66
8 60
E. H. Sears,
66
9 60
O. W. Churchill,
11 80
S. H. Risden,
66
14 00
WV. S. Freeman, powder and fuse,
1 66
H. J. Reynolds,
labor,
5 40
Howard Blanchard,
8 30
Wm. S. Frazar,
14 78
Marsh & Gardner,
66
7 00
W. B. Campbell,
drain-tile,
34 69
$397 98
District No. 12. Reuben D. Wood, Surveyor.
Peleg J. Alden,
labor,
$50 56
W. S. Randall,
66
2 00
Samuel Hamlin,
66
18 08
George W. Lewis,
36 45
J. F. Randall,
66
4 00
24
Lewis B. Barstow, 6 6
29 75
Bailey Gullifer,
24 60
R. T. Randall,
66
8 00
C. C. Foster,
2 00
B. C. Bemis,
19 20
T. W. Chandler,
66
19 60
Samuel Gerrish,
gravel,
2 64
M. H. Sawin,
66
1 00
W. H. Myrick,
drain-tile,
1 17
$219 05
Special repairs, Powder Point Avenue,
$258 37
Total highway expenses,
$4,298 78
Appropriation,
$3,500 00
Overdrawn,
$798 78
REMOVING SNOW.
There has been expended for removing snow, $1,295 89
Appropriation,
$750 00
Overdrawn,
545 89
$1,295 89
RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
1894. Paid,-
April 1. Treasurer of Commonwealth, note,
$2,000 00
6. 1.
interest,
860 00
Oct. 1. 60
66 815 00
$3,675 00
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STATEMENT OF RAILROAD LOAN.
One note of $25,000, at 4 per cent., $25,000 00
Seven notes of $2,000 each, at 4 per cent.,
14,000 00
$39,000 00
GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
1894. Paid,-
June 1. Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $1,000 00
" 1. 66 66 int., 200 00
Dec. 1. 66 66
66 60 180 00
$1,380 00
STATEMENT OF GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
Due on note, $9,000 00
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
1895.
Feb. 1. Outstanding railroad notes, $39,000 00
April interest, 815 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, note at 4 per cent., $1000 to be paid yearly, 9,000 00
June interest,
180 00
Outstanding bills, estimated, 600 00
$49,595 00
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RESOURCES.
Cash in Treasury,
$587 90
Uncollected taxes for 1894,
4,519 09
66 66 " 1893,
1,225 51
66 to 1893, 682 97
Due from State for State aid, Chapter 301, 1,635 00
66 66 279,
270 00
Tax deed and accrued tax,
6 68
$8,927 15
Town indebtedness,
40,667 85
$49,595 00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN,
Duxbury, Feb. 7th, 1895.
Auditors.
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LIST OF JURORS.
ÅS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEBRUARY, 1895.
Elisha Peterson, undertaker.
James A. Simmons,
mason.
Luther W. Sherman,
superintendent.
William J. Dunham,
laborer.
David H. Chandler,
laborer.
William H. Weston,
fisherman.
Albert M. Goulding,
farmer.
Charles F. Stetson,
retired.
Charles E. Peterson,
laborer.
George A. Holmes,
grocer.
Lewis M. Bailey,
farmer.
Joseph H. Moreland,
laborer.
Charles E. Hunt,
teamer.
Horatio Chandler,
farmer.
Henry Barstow,
farmer.
George E. Belknap,
harness maker.
Willie E. Brown,
laborer.
William J. Burgess,
grocer.
Gershom B. Chandler,
carpenter.
shoemaker.
James Downey, John H. Glover,
mason.
Albert M. Thayer,
dry goods.
Stephen F. Peterson,
stone mason.
George A. Studley,
laborer.
Charles H. Snell,
farmer.
Laurence Bradford,
surveyor.
Howard Blanchard, laborer.
Gilbert M. Ryder,
farmer.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SE- LECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools, $3,200 00
Support of poor, 2,800 00
Repairs of highways,
3,500 00
Special repairs ordered by County Commissioners,
500 00
Railroad loan,
2,000 00
Railroad interest,
1,560 00
Military aid, 250 00
Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors,
150 00
School incidentals, 600 00
Repairs of school houses,
500 00
Repairs of public buildings,
200 00
Removing snow,
500 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Incidental expenses, bank and corporation tax.
Would also recommend that the payment on Gurnet Bridge loan, due June 1st, 1895, of $1,000, also the interest on the above debt, be paid from the same.
SAMUEL P. SOULE,
HENRY H. LEWIS, E. H. SEARS,
Selectmen of Duxbury.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
J. W. SWIFT, Treasurer, In account with the TOWN OF DUXBURY.
DR.
1894.
Feb. 1. Cash at settlement, $2,141 17
Uncollected taxes for 1893, 4,117 77
" 1892, 1,253 03
to 1892, 605 59
Tax deed,
5 88
Accrued tax,
80
Received,-
Feb. 6. Town of Cohasset, aid to Williston,
4 00
Feb. 8. County Treasurer's award, Powder Point avenue, 400 00
County Treasurer's bounty on seals,
270 00
Feb. 12. H. H. Delano, error in bill,
15 00
Feb. 15. Town of Lakeville, aid S. Ross,
6 96
Mar. 15. Balance of corporation tax, 15 16
April 2. Overseers of Poor, partial support Annie C. Soule, 9 75
E. P. Litchfield, pedler's license,
6 00
April 16. A. K. Harmon, fine and cost, Archie Jerome case, 44 60
May 26. James E. Thompson, pedler's license, 6 00
June 5. Supt. of Schools, salary reimbursed, 416 66
30
June 22. E. N. Stranger, pedler's license, $6 00
June 30. £ Town of Plymouth, aid for Geo. Blake, 10 50
July 1. John S. Loring, auction license, 2 00
Herbert F. Loring, pedler's license, 6 00
W. H. Carver, pedler's license, 6 00
Overseers of Poor, partial support Annie C. Soule, 9 75
Aug. 1. Hiram Foster, auction license, 2 00
Aug. 27. George F. King & Merrill, error, 4 00
Winslow Cushing, billiard license, 2 00
Sept. 5. Third Dist. Court, fine of W. E. Freeman, 50 00
Oct. 5. Overseers of Poor, partial support, Annie C. Soule, 9 75
Oct. 20. Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
Nov. 1. 1 00 66
Third Dist. Court, fine Price case, 51 38
Wm. S. DeWolf, commission on purchase, 1 53
Dec. 10. Town of North Easton, for support of Peck family, 42 17
Dec. 11. Corporation tax, 2,376 73
National Bank tax, 857 77
Military aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889, reimbursed, 267 00
State 66 301, ‹‹ 66 1,356 00
22 00
Dec. 26. Town of Wareham, aid for Peck family, 1895.
Jan. 5. County Treasurer, bounty on seals, 234 00
Jan. 7. Overseers of Poor, partial support Annie C. Soule, 9 75
Jan 8. W. R. C. 143, care soldiers' monument, 9 00
Jan. 12. County Treasurer, dog dividend, 282 14
Jan. 17. State, on account of State Highway, 140 75
Jan. 18. Town of No. Easton, aid Peck family, 5 00
H. M. Phillips, State Treas., Mass. School fund, 196 73
Feb. 1. Overseers of Poor, farm sales, 38 56
Third Dist. Court, fine Prince case, 1 00
Omitted taxes, 16 28
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Interest on taxes,
$152 07
Temporary loan,
7,500 00
Foot of tax bill for 1894,
19,393 96
$42,382 19
J. W. SWIFT, Treasurer,
In account with the TOWN OF DUXBURY.
CR.
1894. Paid,-
Selectmen's orders for highways,
$4,298 78
66 removing snow,
1,294 67
66 66
support of schools,
3,595 49
66
" incidentals,
4,500 53
66
school incidentals, 893 39
" repairs of school-houses, 388 65
Overseers of the Poor, orders,
3,019 42
Temporary loan and interest,
7,659 83
Railroad notes and interest,
3,675 00
State tax,
1,240 00
County tax,
1,919 51
Memorial Day, to Post 165,
50 00
Bounty on seals,
234 00
66
" hawks, 35 50
" crows,
21 60
Superintendent of schools,
175 00
State aid, Chap: 301, Acts of 1889,
1,404 00
Military aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889,
456 00
Soldiers' relief,
90 00
Repairs of public buildings,
26 43
Elisha Peterson, from cemetery fund,
62 00
Discount on taxes,
289 24
Tax Deed, 5 88
32
Accrued tax,
80
Uncollected taxes, 1894,
4,519 09
1893,
1,256 51
66 up to 1893,
682 97
Cash in Treasury,
587 90
$42,382 19
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correctly cast and believe them to be correct. .
ALFRED E. GREEN,
JAMES H. KILLIAN,
Auditors.
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HAMBLETON E. SMITH CEMETERY FUND).
Sept. 29th, 1894.
Deposited, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $100 00
Jan. 1, 1895, interest to date, 1 00
$101 00
JOHN PORTER CEMETERY FUND.
Sept. 29, 1894.
Deposited Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$100 00
Jan. 1, 1895, interest to date,
1 00
$101 00
LYDIA W. CHANDLER CEMETERY FUND.
July 1st, 1892.
Deposited, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$100 00
Jan. 1st, 1895, interest to date,
10 32
$110 32
Paid for care of lots,
4 00
Balance on deposit,
$106 32
HENRY W. HATHAWAY CEMETERY FUND.
1892. Nov. 28, rec'd of B. W. Gilbert, 18 months' interest, $60 00
Apr. 11, 65 66
66 int. to Apr. 15, '94, 80 00
Jan. 15, 1894,
$140 00
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Paid Elisha Peterson, care of lot,
$21 25
May 15, “
for cemetery, 60 00
Nov. 1, “
care of lot, 2 00
$83 25
Due from town,
$56 75
MARY SIMMONS CEMETERY FUND.
Jan. 1, 1892.
Deposited, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$50 00
Jan. 1, 1895, interest to date, 5 08
$55 08
Care of lot to date,
4 00
Balance on deposit,
$51 08
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
During the past year Scarlatina and Diphtheria have been more than usually prevalent in many of the larger towns and cities of the State, and Duxbury has had several cases. In all, eleven cases of Scarlatina, one of Diphtheria and one of measles have been reported. All, however, have been of rather a mild nature, and no deaths have occurred.
During the past year the Board has taken up the practice of placarding houses where contagious diseases exist, and only removing the placard when the disease is at an end and the house has been properly disinfected. In this way, some- times much danger of spreading the contagion can be pre- vented, and the Board would respectfully request the cordial support of the townspeople in promptly reporting (as required by State law) all suspected cases of contagious disease to this Board, that suitable means may be taken to prevent the spread of such diseases.
During the year the Board has ordered the abating of several nuisances ; vaults, cesspools, etc., ordered cleaned.
During the summer a number of seals and various other dead animals were washed ashore in the bay and ordered buried.
N. K. NOYES, SAMUEL P. SOULE, HENRY H. LEWIS, Board of Health.
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.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES.
During the last year six lots have been built. Two have been sold. Cash received, $20.
The Treasurer submits the following report :-
Paid, --
H. C. Renolds, raking leaves, $7 20
Hiram Delano, 28 20
John Ellis,
26 40
Elisha Peterson, 66
23 40
repairs on avenues and trim-
ming trees, 18 50
L. Bradford, printing certificates and by- laws, $15 27
H. B. Loud printing,
1 00
Total cash paid out, $119 97 Received,-
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1894,
$39 64
Cash for sale of lots, 20 00
Cash from H. Hathaway fund,
60 00
$119 64
Overdrawn, 33
Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL P. SOULE, Chairman. ELISHA PETERSON, Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings assessed,
$789,589 00
" land assessed,
387,358 00
Total valuation of real estate assessed,
$1,176,947 00
" personal estate assessed,
268,450 00
Total valuation,
$1,445,397 00
Real estate increase from last year,
$142,890 00
Personal estate increase from last year,
5,825 00
Total increase,
$148,715 00
Rate of taxation, $12.70 on $1,000.
Number of houses assessed,
587
" acres of land assessed,
13,414
66 " horses assessed, 424
66 " cows assessed, 227
66 " neat cattle other than cows assessed,
62
66
" swine assessed,
60
" sheep assessed,
27
66 " fowl assessed,
2,184
Persons paying tax on property,
1101
Residents paying tax on property,
633
Polls assessed,
520
State tax,
$1,240 00
County tax,
1,919 51
SAMUEL P. SOULE, HENRY H. LEWIS, E. H. SEARS,
Assessors of Duxbury.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1895.
Paid,-
Overseers, settling and making report 1894, $15 00
S. P. Soule, services as chairman, and postage, 7 70
H. H. Lewis, services as clerk, 5 00
J. A. Soule, balance of salary to April 11, 1894, 66 67
J. A. Soule, salary to April 11, 1895,
333 33
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance at almshouse,
13 00
Dr. Ira Chandler,
1 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., supplies,
142 57
Winsor & Peterson,
124 30
N. Ford & Sons,
133 32
William E. Weston, meat,
69 09
Geo. Bradford,
12 17
L. B. Sherman,
66
42 49
Marsh & Gardner,
68 57
R. M. Leach, clams,
50
John W. Cushing, ice,
8 61
George E. Doten, crackers,
11 46
Richard Donovan, shoats,
13 00
Frank T. Holmes, butchering,
3 00
L. Bradford,
hay,
60 70
J. K. Parker,
hay, milk, etc.,
33 31
J. S. Loring, coal,
105 60
T. W. Chandler, wood,
6 00
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H. R. Edgar, plowing, $2 75
Mrs. A. W. Chandler, cleaning house, 14 00
William B. Campbell, repairs,
17 80
Joseph A. Soule, use of team,
4 75
Leander B. Pierce, potatoes,
3 38
$1,289 07
SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Westborough Insane Hospital, care of Annie C. Soule, $169 48
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, care of Gamaliel Arnold, 163 90
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, care of Geo. F. Sampson, 127 67
Aid to Sabra Keene,
80 50
Aid to James Randall,
60 00
Aid to Sarah A. Soule,
144 00
Drs. Brewster & Brown, medical attendance Sarah A. Soule, 30 00
Aid to Belina W. Gay,
34 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., supplies Mrs. Metcalf,
89 59
Winsor & Peterson, 66 66
1 80
Overseers, cash,
5 00
Wm. E. Weston, meat
7 34
G. M. Ryder, wood
5 65
Levi H. Cushing, wood
2 25
Chas. A. Stark, M. D., attendance «
66
4 00
N. K. Noyes, M. D.,
2 00
Orson M. Arnold, board of Abbie F. Delano, 58 00
L. B. Howe, supplies, family of J. Frank Randall, 12 00
Town of Pembroke, supplies, family of J. Frank Randall, 22 74
J. E. Bradbury, M. D., attendance, child Thomas Ingles, 9 00
40
C. L. Rice, supplies, family Thomas Ingles, $10 00
Town of Hanover,
66 22 30
N. Ford & Sons, H. L. Sampson, 8 33
J. S. Loring, coal, 7 25
L. B. Howe, supplies, Elijah Snell and wife, 56 00
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, Mrs. Snell, 16 50
John Rooney, rent for Elijah Snell, 15 00
I. H. Paine. supplies, Mrs. Witherell, 7 06
Herman H. Delano, wood, Mrs. Witherell, 2 00 N. Ford & Sons, supplies, Ichabod Chandler, & wife, 95 71 N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, Mr. and Mrs. Ichabod Chandler, 10 50
J. S. Loring, coal, Mr. and Mrs. Ichabod Chandler, 3 75
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, Eva Simmons, 8 50
N. Ford & Sons, supplies, Frank Pride, 64 29
Marsh & Gardner, meat, 34 38
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, Frank Pride, 27 75
J. S. Loring, coal, 3 50
13 00
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, Marcellus Soule,
26 00
W. T. Davis, 5 00
66
6 6 Frank Bishop, 17 00
Mrs. Josiah Randall, board of Gleason boy,
64 00
W. A. Paine, supplies, W. H. Peck, .
4 17
N. Ford & Sons, 66 66
25 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., " 10 00
Elisha Peterson, burial of Peck children,
25 00
N. K. Noyes, M. D., attendance, children of W. H. Peck, 5 00
Isaac L. Sampson, board of Ruth Peterson, 25 50
F. Collamore, M. D., attendance, Florence Randall, 8 75
City of Brockton, aid Henry Harriman, 18 69
Town of Bellingham, aid Geo. Gerrish, 18 00
Town of Abington, aid Henry T. Gardner, 18 50
$1,705 35
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal, "
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INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE AND AGE.
Joseph B. Brewster, 64 Charity May Bowen, 72
Luther Phillips, 81 Betsey A. Churchill, 70
Mary Southworth, 79 Lucy B. Chandler, 45
Average cost of inmates has been $2.90 per week. Tramps lodged during the year, 263.
Expenses in Almshouse, $1,289 07
Expenses out of Almshouse,
1,705 35
Unexpended, 254 71
$3,249 13
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR,
FROM FEB. 1, 1894, TO FEB. 1, 1895.
$3,000 00
Appropriation, Received,-
J. A. Soule, farm sales,
38 56
Board of Annie C. Soule, reimbursed,
39 00
Town of Wareham, account W. H. Peck,
22 00
Town of Easton,
47 17
Town of Plymouth, 66 George F. Blake,
10 50
Town of Lakeville,
Sylvanus Ross,
6 90
Town of Cohasset, Thomas Williston, 4 00
Due from city of Boston, account Gleason boy, 64 00
Due from Commonwealth, “ Bishop boy, 17 00
$3,249 13
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Amount of inventory of supplies in the Almshouse and on the farm, $375.76, being $100.51 less than on Feb. 1, 1894.
SAMUEL P. SOULE, HENRY H. LEWIS, E. H. SEARS, Overseers of the Poor.
We have examined the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and find them correct.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN, Auditors.
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TO THE CITIZENS OF DUXBURY.
Gentlemen :-
At your wish, as expressed by vote, I have served you for twenty-one years continuously as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, and now, looking at the subject in all its bearings, am satisfied that it is time for me to decline further service, and in doing so wish to say that during this long service (although perhaps I may have sometimes failed in judgment,) it has been my constant care to serve you hon- estly, faithfully, and to the best of my ability. I have endeavored to do my whole duty without fear or favor.
Sincerely thanking you for the confidence you have reposed in me, also for the uniform kindness which every one with whom I have met has accorded me, I remain,
Truly yours, SAMUEL P. SOULE.
DUXBURY, Feb. 1st., 1895.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of Articles in the Warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held March 4, 1895, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town officers.
Art. 3. To hear the annual reports of the several Town officers and committees, and act thereon.
Art. 4. Will the Town grant licenses for the sale of in- toxicating liquors for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as will be necessary to defray Town charges.
Art. 6. To revise and accept the list of jurors.
Art. 7. Will the Town appropriate $50 to be expended under the direction of Wm. Wadsworth Post No. 165, G. A. R.
Art. 8. Will the Town authorize their Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 9. Will the Town establish by-laws in regard to care of Draw at Gurnet Bridge.
Art. 10. Will the Town accept the road and landing near Allen's wharf, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen.
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