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3 91
H. L. Cushman, labor,
11 25
O. D. Case & Co., seats and desks,
113 89
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., supplies,
1 02
Rent of school room,
25 00
W. B. Campbell, stoves, etc.,
14 60
$433 53
Unexpended,
66 47
$500 00
Appropriation for year,
$500 00
$290 44
9
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid,- E. F. Willard,
$300 00
$250 00
Appropriation, Overdrawn,
50 00
$300 00
REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid .-
E. F. Loring, mason work at almshouse, $8 08 W. B. Campbell, furnace at almshouse, 110 00
$118 08
Unexpended,
81 92
฿200 00
Appropriation,
$200 00
AID TO SOLDIERS AND THEIR DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1893.
James F. Myrick,
$72 00
Marcellus Soule,
44 00
Mrs. J. H. Winsor,
6 50
Jason H. Randall,
12 00
Thomas Inglis,
33 15
10
Fred O. Crocker,
$8 00
John W. Alden,
11 64
$187 29
Appropriation,
$150 00
Overdrawn,
$37 29
$187 29
PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID.
CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1894.
John W. Alden, $9 00
Ed. M. Magoun, $48 00
Louis M. Bailey, 12 00
Thom. T. McNaught, 66 00
Marcia Brewster, 48 00
Juliet McNaught, 12 00
Melzar Brewster, 48 00
Leander B. Pierce, 48 00
Betsy A. Crocker, 24 00
Harriet Paine, 48 00
Fred. O. Crocker, 28 00
Bardin A. Prouty, 24 00
Caroline I. Foster, 48 00
Charles A. Rogers, 60 00
Malvina A. Fish,
24 00
George F. Ryder,
72 00
Enoch Freeman, 25 00
Sarah B. Ryder, 48 00
Caroline H. Freeman, 24 00
Josiah D. Randall,
36 00
George F. Friend,
21 00
Marcellus Soule, 62 00
Jonathan Glass,
48 00
Oscar H. Soule, 18 00
John Glover,
18 00
Sarah A. Soule, 19 00
Lizzie Glass, 48 00
Mary D. Sampson,
48 00
George L. Higgins, 18 00
Aroline A. Stearns,
48 00
John E. Josselyn, 36 00
Gideon Shurtleff, 22 00
Mary J. Keen, 24 00
Fred'ick P. Sherman, 48 00
Josephine R. Lewis, 24 00
Hamilton Wadsworth, 72 00
Rodney M. Leach, 48 00
Almira B. Weston,
48 00
Jabez P. Weston, 48 00
$1,470 00
Due from the State, payments from Dec. 1st., 1894, to February 1st., 1896, $1,707.00.
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PAYMENTS FOR MILITARY AID.
CHAPTER 272, ACTS OF 1894.
John W. Alden, $12 00 William Woodward, $72 00
Francis J. Randall,
48 00 James Wilson, 96 00
Jason H. Randall, 108 00 George S. Weston, 30 00
Edward Sampson, 96 00 Edward R. Weston, 16 00
$478 00
One-half of above sum paid by town, $239 00
Less appropriation, 11 00
Appropriation, $250 00
Due from the State. one-half payment from Dec. 1st, 1894, to Feb. 1st, 1896, $281.00.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid :-
William Wadsworth Post, 165, G. A. R., $50 00
Appropriation, $50 00
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards and posts are in fair condition with the exception perhaps that some of them will need repainting and lettering the coming year.
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TOWN OFFICE.
Paid :-
Expense of making changes in Library building
to gain access to town office and fire proof vault, $215 78 C. E. Osgood, furniture and carpet, 87 50
Sundries, 9 45
W. S. Freeman, supplies,
2 62
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight, 1 54
$316 89
Unexpended,
183 11
$500 00
Assessment, 1894,
$500 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. -
Paid,-
Killian & Green, Auditors $8 00
S. P. Soule, balance Selectmen's services 1894, 20 00
E. H. Sears, 60 26 00 66 66
66 .
22 00
E. H. Sears, 66 66 171 20
E. H. Chandler, “
66
66 157 25
H. H. Lewis, Assessor's services, 1895, 101 25
98 75
E. H. Chandler, 66 66
100 00
J. W. Swift, services as Treasurer,
200 00
66 66
" Collector,
220 81
66 66 on State Aid and postage, 21 58
66 66 out of town, 43 00
H. H. Lewis, 66
66 66
1895 161 20
E. H. Sears,
13
George H. Stearns, Town Clerk and postage, $53 30
as Registrar. 21 00
66
Administering oaths to town
Officers, 5 25
George II. Stearns, seal certificates, 2 70
N. K. Noyes, services on Board of Health, 5 00
Joshua Weston, Inspector at election 1894, 3 00
Wm. J. Burgess, ballot clerk, 3 00
James Downey, 66
3 00
Edward Baker, services as Registrar, 20 50
D. D. Devereux,
19 50
Henry B. Chandler, “
10 00
Thomas Alden, Jr., " 66
8 00
Henry J. Dunster, Constable,
5 00
C. W. Crafts, Constable on Plant case,
5 68
Freeman Manter, Constable, on Cameron case, 25 59
William J. Alden, police duty, 1 50
A. F. Peterson, 4 00
James K. Burgess, .6 2 00
Wm. H. Weston, 66 2 00
John Ellis, 1 50
J. S. Smith, printing town report, 213 97
W. W. Wood, printing for treasurer, 1 20
Avery & Doten, printing and supplies, 17 00
H. D. Osgood, printing, 4 00
W. J. Alden, printing and posting warrants, 28 05
E. H. Chandler, team for assessors, 5 00
Fred V. Hunt, team for posting warrants, 4 00
L. H. Cushing, team for town clerk, etc., 6 25
George E. Belknap, team for distributing reports, etc., 4 00 George Bradford, Inspector of animals, 236 60
J. K. Parker, Inspector of animals, 18 40
Expense of watching fire, 33 00
Eighteen Underwriters Fire Extinguishers & express 254 50 Extra stoppers, charges, etc., 7 77
14
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., cement, $ 29
J. S. Loring, lumber, 45
J. S. Loring, coal for town hall, 3 50
J. S. Loring, auctioneer services, 2 50
Expended on State highway, 6,614 54
Labor and material at Gurnet Bridge,
765 86
Elisha Peterson, care of town hall and repairs.
20 85
Elisha Peterson, labor on avenues,
3 50
W. S. Freeman & Co., supplies for town hall,
2 40
H. J. Boardman, legal advice to State road committee, 20 00
D. B. Linnell, special road repairs,
4 49
Eden W. Soule, removing dead seal,
3 00
H. H, Delano, dead horse, 2 00
G. M. Baker, insurance, almshouse,
14 40
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, books for Registrars, 1 25 ballot box, 50 00
5 25
Francis Collamore, 66
25
Elisha Peterson, deaths,
13 75
66
care of town and soldiers' lots,
7 00
Bailey Gullifer, guide to Assessors, 1894,
1 00
Tug for perambulating town line with Plymouth,
6 00
Clerk of Courts, recording petition,
3 00
Gilbert M. Ryder, wood for town office,
2 93
Ira Chandler, land damage, 1893,
5 00
Henry A. Briggs, team, Higgins case,
4 00
E. H. Sears, dist. fire extinguishers, Abatement taxes,
170 97
State Treasurer, ¿ liquor license,
325 00
Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, interest on bridge loan, 340 00
Unexpended,
$10,789 73
615 06
$11,404 79
N. K. Noyes returning births,
25
B. P. Barstow,
10 00
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INCIDENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance Corporation tax, 1894,
$31 25
Corporation tax, 1895,
2,130 50
Bank tax, 1895,
792 28
District Court fines,
8 20
Auctioneer, peddlers' and butchers' licenses,
32 00
Omitted taxes,
39 77
Interest on taxes,
179 47
Overlayings on taxes,
111 96
County treasurer, award for Gurnet bridge,
250 00
Error in bill,
30 00
Received from State for highway,
6.371 86
Liquor licenses,
1,300 00
Due from State one-half expense Inspector of animals,
127 50
$11,404 79
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
District No. 1. Charles W. Holmes, Surveyor.
Paid, --
Charles W. Holmes,
labor,
$54 70
H. J. Reynolds,
30 18
John E. Josselyn,
28 35
Fred V. Hunt,
66
26 60
Geo. M. Paulding,
66
19 30
Harrison Wadsworth,
66
18 90
Arthur Studley,
66
17 10
Herbert P. Pratt,
66
15 40
16
Archie Wadsworth,
labor,
$6 70
Wm. J. Alden, Jr.,
66
6 50
Levi H. Cushing,
66
5 00
Oscar C. Hunt,
4 68
Charles A. Rogers,
66
4 10
John K. Parker,
66
3 50
Wm. S. Frazar,
66
3 00
Otis Peterson,
2 00
Lewis Winsor,
2 00
W. W. Wadsworth,
66
2 00
Wm. J. Hastings,
66
1 50
Edgar W. Swift,
66
50
John S. Loring, material and lumber,
9 34
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
3 04
Charles F. Stetson, gravel,
80
Estate, S. P. Briggs, clay,
9 25
$274 44
District No. 2. Levi H. Cushing, Surveyor.
Levi H. Cushing, labor,
$186 70
Herbert A. Peterson,
and gravel, 39 30
George F. Ryder, 66
25 60
George Faunce, special repairs,
18 30
Bradford Freeman,
labor,
16 00
Louis M. Bailey,
66
15 40
Ellis Peterson,
12 20
William Ricker,
9 45
George P. Freeman,
8 40
Melzar Brewster,
7 00
George F. Torrey,
66
6 65
Claud C. Cushing,
66
6 40
Herbert L. Soule,
6 40
17
Renslow Crosby, clay,
$5 85
Thomas T. McNaught, labor,
5 80
R. M. Leach,
2 20
Tobias Saunders.
2 00
Charles Peterson, 66
1 80
Mark L. Simmons,
66
50
Ira Chandler,
66
11 50
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
12 40
$399 85
District No. 3. Walter Cushing, Surveyor.
Walter Cushing, labor,
$76 09
Winslow Cushing,
28 40
E. F. Loring, 66
50 24
J. Melbourn Freeman,
37 37
A. F. Loring,
23 70
John W. Cushing, 66
13 65
A. P. Simmons,
13 00
H. W. Dunham, 66
13 00
W. E. Brown, 66
12 50
Mark L. Simmons,
11 10
Lewis H. Cushing,
10 50
H. B. Loring.
10 00
H. F. Loring,
66
10 00
Henry Pratt, 66
10 00
Alonzo Chandler, 66
7 00
G. W. Loring,
66
6 40
John Mullany,
66
5 80
C. C. Cushing, 66
4 00
George E. Lapham,
4 00
Everett Winsor,
3 80
18
Everett Harvey, labor,
$4 00
Herbert L. Soule,
14 00
$368 55
District No. 4. Josiah D. Randall, Surveyor,
Josiah D. Randall,
labor,
$77 00
Asa Chandler,
36 25
John Cooper,
30 30
Freeman L. Randall,
29 30
George W. Frost,
60
14 70
Nahum Sampson,
12 85
Kimball Randall,
66
7 00
C. Q. Walker,
6 40
W. S. Glass,
66
3 60
Charles Maloney,
3 60
Ziba Kingman,
66
3 20
Frank Anderson,
1 80
Elbridge Chandler, gravel,
9 12
Mary Gardiner,
3 00
$238 12
District No. 5. R. T. Randall, Surveyor.
R. T., Randall,
labor,
$31 60
S. F. Peterson,
and gravel, 33 59
James H. Reed,
25 68
Scott B. Belknap,
66
20 10
Wm. W. Simmons,
16 84
D. B. Linnell,
15 75
J. W . Baker,
66
15 75
Daniel W. Studley,
12 60
19
Wm. R. Baker,
labor,
$9 00
Lysander Walker,
21 00
Walter Tucker,
6 .
4 40
Peter Strang,
66
4 00
$210 31
District No. 6. Thomas Alden Surveyor.
Thomas Alden, labor,
$50 07
L. H. Goulding & Son, "
and material, 69 30
Calvin Chandler,
29 35
W. M. Simmons,
66
26 00
L. M. Oldmixon
66
24 20
Thomas Chandler,
20 20
Joseph Crocker,
66
14 80
Thomas Alden Jr.,
6 00
James H. Soule,
66
5 40
$245 32
District No. 7. Eden W. Soule, Surveyor.
Eden W. Soule,
labor,
$74 42
H. H. Delano,
30 00
George E. Hathaway,
28 93
Thomas Gorham,
20 90
W. C. Sprague,
66
17 80
Archibald Harriman,
66
15 20
Sidney C. Soule
15 20
G. M. Ryder,
66
13 30
J. Leavitt Delano,
12 00
H. W. Barstow,
66
10 16
George Sprague,
66
8 00
20
Adelbert Delano, labor,
$3 50
George Simmons,
6 6
3 00
Heirs S. Atwell,
clay, 1893,
2 25
$254 66
District No. 8. Alonzo F. Peterson, Surveyor.
Alonzo F. Peterson,
labor,
$210 95
Harry B. Loring,
46 05
A. A. Tilden,
43 40
Alpheus Nickerson,
36 75
Thomas Smith,
35 60
Thomas Gorham,
31 85
Otis Delano,
" and gravel,
27 46
George W. Chandler,
25 00
Richard Higgins,
66
18 50
E. J. Guare,
17 40
Hiram Foster,
66
14 00
Julius B. Chandler,
13 50
Isaiah Walker,
13 80
H. R. Edgar,
66
9 60
E. S. Freeman,
8 10
Geo. E. Hathaway,
7 45
W. F. Cushman,
7 25
J. R. Briggs,
6 00
W. O. Delano,
66
6 00
Furgus Steele,
6 00
J. S. Loring, material,
5 28
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
3 24
N. Ford & Sons, gravel,
4 16
H. A. Briggs, labor,
22 51
Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,
55
E. R. Bailey, blacksmith work,
1 75
$622 15
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District No. 9. Charles P. Burgess, Surveyor.
Charles P. Burgess,
labor,
$50 30
H. R. Edgar,
42 55
Wm. J. Hastings,
66
33 25
Frederick Corey,
24 70
Elisha Peterson,
18 15
J. R. Briggs,
66
17 20
H. J. Reynolds,
66
15 60
Isaiah Walker,
10 00
John R. Bradley,
66
6 00
Gershom Bradford,
66
1 50
H. A. Briggs,
3 30
Bardin T. Prouty,
2 80
Mrs. F. Corey, gravel,
32 90
Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,
14 38
$272 63
District No. 10. W. Alden Hunt, Surveyor.
W. Alden Hunt,
labor,
$36 00
John A. Hunt,
66
44 80
H. H. Delano,
66
47 00
Josiah Randall,
66
24 55
Wm. H. Whiting,
7 80
John C. Studley,
66
7 80
George S. Studley,
4 90
J. Leavitt Delano,
2 00
Bailey Chandler,
66
1 20
J. W. Baker,
66
1 00
Henry C. Chandler,
66
4 22
Charles W. Studley,
3 00
Gideon Shurtleff,
3 25
22
S. B. Chandler, posts,
$17 50
E. A. Chandler, gravel, 2 35
$207 37
District No. 11. J. K. Parker, Surveyor.
J. K. Parker,
labor,
$166 45
Fred V. Hunt,
33 30
E. J. Guare,
22 00
Wm. S. Frazar,
19 95
S. W. Sheldon,
14 00
J. B. Chandler,
66
12 60
George M. Paulding,
8 00
A. A. Tilden,
66
7 00
Bradford Freeman,
7 20
Alpheus Nickerson,
66
4 00
C. W. Holmes,
6 00
Arthur Studley,
66
6 00
D. B. Wadsworth,
2 25
Edgar W. Swift,
2 00
J. E. V. Hayden, clay,
8 30
Estate S. P. Briggs,
7 50
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
4 09
Otis Delano, gravel,
96
$331 60
District No. 12. R. D. Wood, Surveyor.
R. D. Wood,
labor,
$8 70
Peleg J. Alden,
69 43
T. W. Chandler, 66
29 40
L. B. Barstow,
28 10
Thaddeus Lewis
28 20
23
George W. Lewis,
labor,
$20 10
Samuel Hamlin,
20 66
R. T. Randall,
18 45
Charles Prince,
12 60
Julian Strang,
66
5 00
James H. Reed,
2 40
H. F. Swan,
66
1 80
Archie Jerome,
1 60
$246 44
REPAIRS OF ASHDOD BRIDGE.
Glover & Chandler, labor and stone,
$299 55
Robert T. Randall, labor and stone,
43 74
Horatio Chandler, stone, 28 35
L. W. Peterson, labor,
28 80
S. Frank Peterson, labor and material,
46 14
Nahum Sampson, labor,
27 90
H. H. Lewis, labor,
3 75
W. M. Simmons, labor,
80
E. H. Chandler, railing,
1 00
$480 03
RECAPITULATION.
District No. 1,
$274 44
66
2,
399 85
66
3,
368 55
4,
238 12
66
5,
210 31
24
District No. 6,
$245 32
7,
254 66
8,
622 15
9,
272 63
10,
207 37
11,
331 60
66
12,
246 44
Ashdod Bridge,
480 03
$4,151 47
Appropriation,
$3,500 00
Overdrawn,
651 47
$4,151 47
There is due the town from the Ashdod Bog Co. $150 for part of expense of building Ashdod bridge. Of the $274.44 expended in District No. 1, $27.50 has been remibursed by Geo. M. Coburn for special repairs on Station street, and the total expenditure will be reduced that amount.
REPAIRS ON BORDER STREET.
Paid,-
D. B. Linnell, as per contract, $670 00
Waldo Bros., drain tile,
40 70
Freight on drain tile,
4 37
E. Russell Glass, tending lights,
11 67
L. H. Steele,
4 33
Arthur Emond, posts and rails,
24 00
L. H. Cushing, repairing washouts,
10 80
George F. Ryder, “
2 00
25
W. S. Freeman. nails, $1 20 Money expended by order County Commissioners, special, 256 26
Unexpended,
224 67
$1,250 00
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Received from County,
250 00
$1,250 00
MAYFLOWER STREET.
Paid,-
J. D. Randall, per contract, $256 00 Bills contracted under direction of Horatio Chandler, 87 90 Bills contracted under direction of John K. Parker, 91 00
L. M. Oldmixon, cutting bushes, 10 00
Elbridge Chandler, material for grading, 6 20
George W. Gerrish Jr., land damage,
15 00
Bailey Chandler, land damage,
15 00
$481 10
Unexpended,
18 90
Appropriation,
$500 00
REMOVING SNOW.
There has been expended for removing snow, $261 87
Unexpended,
238 13
$500 00
Appropriation, $500 00
$1,025 33
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RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
1895. Paid, -
April 1, Treasurer of Commonwealth, note,
$2,000 00
April 1, 66
Oct. 1, 66 66 66 interest, 815 00
66 770 00
$3,585 00
STATEMENT OF RAILROAD LOAN.
One note of $25,000 at 4 per cent., $25,000 00
Six notes of $2,000 each at 4} per cent., 12,000 00
$37,000 00
GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
1895. Paid,-
June 1, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $1,000 00
June 1, 66 66
interest, 180 00
Dec. 1, 66 66 66 160 00
$1,340 00
STATEMENT OF GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
Due on note,
$8,000 00
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LIST OF JURORS.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEBRUARY, 1896.
Elisha Peterson,
Undertaker.
Luther W. Sherman,
Superintendent.
William J. Dunham,
Laborer.
Walter Cushing,
Farmer.
Jewett S. Willey,
Farmer.
Charles F. Stetson,
Retired.
Charles E. Peterson,
Laborer.
George A. Holmes,
Grocer.
Herbert A. Peterson,
Farmer.
George E. Belknap,
Harness maker.
W. W. Campbell,
Plumber.
Horatio Chandler,
Farmer.
Henry Barstow,
Farmer.
Henry L. Cushman,
Carpenter.
Joshua Weston,
Retired.
John K. Parker,
Farmer.
Gershom B. Chandler,
Carpenter.
Carpenter.
Carpenter.
Trader.
Laborer.
Farmer.
Carpenter.
Laborer.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Fisherman.
Carpenter.
Wendell Phillips, James K. Burgess, A. LeForrest Thayer, Warren M. Simmons, Charles H. Snell, Harrison G. Weston, Howard Blanchard, Gilbert M. Ryder,
Edgar F. Loring, Spencer T. Winsor, Arthur N. Delano,
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
1896.
Feb 1. Outstanding Railroad notes, $37,000 00
April interest, 770 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, note at 4 per cent. $1000 to paid yearly, 8,000 00
160 00
Outstanding bills estimated,
600 00
$46,530 00
RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury,
$661 73
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
4,762 09
" 1894,
1,111 98
66 to 1894,
733 08
Due from State for State aid, Chapter 301, 66 66 66 66 279,
1,707 00
239 00
Tax deed and accured tax,
6 68
$9,221 56
Town indebtedness,
37,308 44
$46,530 00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN,
Auditors.
June interest,
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of Schools,
$3,200 00
Support of Poor,
3,000 00
Repairs of Highways,
3,500 00
Railroad Loan,
2,000 00
Railroad interest,
1,500 00
Military Aid,
250 00
Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors,
200 00
School incidentals,
600 00
Repairs of school houses,
400 00
Repairs of public buildings,
100 00
Removing snow,
500 00
Superintendent of schools,
300 00
Memorial day,
50 00
Cemetery,
100 00
Gurnet bridge loan,
1,000 00
Incidental expenses, bank and corporation tax.
Would also recommend that the payment of interest on Gurnet bridge loan be paid from bank and corporation tax.
HENRY H. LEWIS,
EDMUND H. SEARS, ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER,
Selectmen of Duxbury.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
J. W. SWIFT, Treasurer, In account with the TOWN OF DUXBURY.
DR.
1895.
Feb. 1. To cash at settlement,
$587 90
Uncollected taxes for 1894, 4,519 09
“ 1893, 1,256 51
66
‹. to 1893, 682 97
Tax deed, 5 88
Accrued tax,
80
Received,-
Error in order, 30 00
Feb. 5. State, on account of State road, 365 80
Mar. 7. Nepton billiard license, 2 00
16. Balance corporation tax,
31 25
16. E. H. Wright, 90
Apr. 1. Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
5. Overseers of poor, acc't of Annie C. Soule, 9 75
11. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., old books, 4 00 '
30. State, acc't State highway, 872 29
May
1. Selectmen, butcher's license, 2 00
1. City of Boston, Glason case, support, 64 00
9. Selectmen, liquor license,
1,300 00
16. Foster L. Randall, pedlar's license, 6 00
18. Winslow Cushing, billiard license, 2 00
20. Selectmen, 6 6 2 00
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June
1. District Court, fine Thomas Smith case, $8 20
11. State, acc't State highway, 1,951 18
18. Levi. H. Lewis, pedlar's license, 6 00
25. State, acc't State highway. 19 45
July 1. Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
1. J. M. Cushing, auctioneer's license, 2 00
17. W. O. Delano, pedlar's license, 6 00
22. City of Fitchburg, 15 58
Aug. 1. N. K. Noyes, crushed stone, 2 84
22. State, acc't State highway, 26 30
25. Town of Stoughton, for aid to Geo. Cobbett, 22 00
Sept. 2. Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
9. State, acc't of State highway, 297 62
9. N. K. Noyes, for crushed stone, 1 60
Oct.
2. Geo. M. Coburn, one-half expense re- pairing highway, 27 50
9. State, acc't State highway, 463 10
14. Geo. W. Wright, crushed stone, 10 80
15. Overseers of poor, partial support of Annie C. Soule, 19 50
Nov. 7. State, acc't of State highway, 2,241 65
15. Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
Dec. 12.
Corporation tax, reimbursed, 2,130 50
12. National bank tax, 792 28
12. State Aid, Chap. 301, 1,401 00
12. Military Aid, Chap. 279, “ 228 00
16. State, acc't State road. 134 47
1896.
L. A. Peterson, crushed stone. 7 50
.Jan. 9. 9. County Treas. for bounty on seals, 105 00
9, County Treas. for repairs on Border Street and Gurnet bridge, 500 00
15, Quincy M. F. Ins. Co., insurance on almshouse, 792 00
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Jan. 15, Wm. E. Weston, for blocks of wood, Borden Street, $ 50
20, County Treasurer, dog dividend, 270 10
27, State Treasurer, Mass. School Fund, 212 80 Foot of tax bills for 1895, 22,011 08
Omitted taxes, 1895, 39 77
Interest on taxes,
179 47
Temporary loan,
9,000 00
$52,674 93
J. W. SWIFT, Treasurer,
In account with the TOWN OF DUXBURY.
CR.
1995. Paid, -
Selectmen's orders for highways,
$4,127 14
" removing snow, 260 37
schools, 3,507 65
" incidentals,
10,176 76
" school incidentals, 918 51
" Repairs of school houses, 289 14
Overseers of the poor, orders, Temporary loan and interest,
9,216 85
Railroad note and interest,
3,585 00
Gurnet bridge note and interest, 1,340 00
E. P. Shaw, State Treasurer, State tax, 951 00
A. Davis, County Treasurer, County tax, 2,094 12
State Treasurer one-fourth of liquor license, 325 00
State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889,
1,470 00
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889,
478 00
Soldiers and sailors' relief, 191 29 Selectmen's rooms, 316 89
3,207 02
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Grammar School,
$433 53
Superintendent of Schools,
300 00
Mayflower street,
481 10
Border street,
1,025 33
Elisha Peterson cemetery fund,
100 00
Repairs of public buildings,
118 08
William Wadsworth Post 165, G. A. R.,
50 00
Bounty on seals,
105 00
Bounty on hawks,
20 00
Bounty on crows,
18 90
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
4,762 09
" 1894,
1,111 98
to 1894,
733 08
Discount on taxes,
292 69
Tax deed,
5 88
Accrued tax,
80
Cash in treasury,
661 73
$52,674 93
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them properly vouched.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN, Auditors.
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MARY SIMMONS CEMETERY FUND.
Jan. 1, 1896.
Deposit in Plymouth Savings Bank,
$53 14
Paid for care of lot,
1 00
$52 14
HENRY W. HATHAWAY CEMETERY FUND.
January 1, 1894. In Town treasury,
$116 75
Paid for care of lot,
2 50
Balance due,
$114 25
LYDIA W. CHANDLER CEMETERY FUND.
January 1, 1896.
Deposit in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$110 60
Paid for care of lot,
2 00
$108 60
JOHN PORTER CEMETERY FUND.
January 1, 1896.
Deposit in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $105 08
Paid for care of lot,
4 50
$100 58
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HAMBLETON E. SMITH CEMETERY FUND.
January 1, 1896. Deposit in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $105 08
Paid for care of lot, 2 00
$103 08
SUSAN B. NICKERSON CEMETERY FUND.
January 1, 1896.
Deposit in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $177 77
Paid for care of lot, 22 00
$155 77
CARE OF CEMETERY.
Paid Elisha Peterson, treasurer for Cemetery Trustees, $100 00
Appropriation, $100 00
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
There have been no cases of contagious diseases reported to this Board during the year. Several cases of Tubercu- losis have been reported to us by the Inspector of Animals, and have been attended to by the State officials. We would again call the attention of the townspeople to the importance of promptly reporting all suspected cases of contagious diseases to the Board.
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER,
Board of Health.
CEMETERY TRUSTEES' REPORT.
The Trustees in submitting this third annual report wish to acknowledge the receipt of twenty-five dollars from Col. Clark which has been expended as recommended by him for cleaning, resetting and lettering stones in the Standish cemetery.
There have been 100 feet of 20-ft. and 80 feet of 7-ft. avenues added this year to the new part of town cemetery. Nine new lots have been built ; one small and one large one sold ; amount received $95.00. There have been 51 inter- ments in the town cemetery ; 27 died in town and 24 brought for burial.
The Trustees feel the need of funds to make necessary repairs, one of the most pressing being the trimming of the large trees, many of which have a large amount of dead wood in their tops. With the object in view of increasing our income the following circular has been prepared to send to non-residents.
To the Out-of . Town Lot Owners of the Duxbury Cemetery.
We would respectfully represent to you the condition of this cemetery, in which we assume you have a very deep interest.
Having lately been invested by town authority with the management, we are now considering the needs of the ceme- tery and the resources we have at our command.
The place was originally a burial ground set apart for the purpose at the close of the last century. It has been added
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to from time to time by the purchase or gift of additional land : which was eventually divided into lots when that custom be- gan to supersede the old way of promiscuous burial by single graves. The lots were then and have been until recently, assigned to any applicant without charge.
The property rights lie wholly within control of the town, and the management was formerly in the hands of the Select- men, deputized at times to committees, and to the Ladies' Cemetery Association ; the latter having raised much money for laying out the grounds and enclosing the whole with a neat iron fence. All the funds up to this time have been ob- tained by fairs and entertainments gotten up by those chari- tably disposed, who felt an interest in the object.
We have now reached a period when we must have other ways of procuring money, because of the increased size and the modern methods that prevail of caring for these places. In former times they were allowed to run to utter neglect, as can be seen in the old burial grounds scattered through the State, but a like fate we do not suppose you would be willing should befall this cemetery. Most or all of you care for your individual lots, but this is of but little benefit to you, if the avenues and paths of the cemetery are not cared for.
The available resources for this work are as follows : One hundred dollars which the town has appropriated this year (and we believe that they will continue to appropriate a like sum yearly), and the balance of some funds bequeathed for indi- vidual lots, which are allowed us by the bequest after ex- pending what is needed in caring for the lot.
Now it is necessary if the cemetery is to be maintained in a tolerable state of neatness that we have more funds, and we feel that your interests are identical with ours. We consider that all lot owners in our cemetery are particularly fortunate in possessing a creditable burial place, free from the arbitrary rules and extortionate demands that prevail in the corporate cemeteries.
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