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1,085 00
Albert Davis, county tax
1,812 86
Duxbury Free Library .
3,468 54
Memorial Day
50 00
408 00
Bounty on seals " hawks
33 50
Superintendent of schools
375 00
Repairs of public building .
10 75
State aid, Chap. 301, Act of 1889 .
1,608 00
Military aid, Chap. 229, Act of 1889
556 00
Soldiers' relief
188 50
Discount on taxes .
280 50
Tax deed . . .
5 85
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Accrued tax . .
$80
Uncollected taxes for 1892
4,163 75
" 1891
1,167 46
to
513 64
Cash in treasury .
3,874 08
.
$42,842 72
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, and find them correctly cast, and believe them to be correct.
D. D. DEVEREUX, E. H. CHANDLER,
Auditors.
February 6, 1893.
RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
1892. Paid -
April 1. Treasurer of Commonwealth of Mass., note. $2,000 00
1. Treasurer of Commonwealth of Mass., interest . . 950 00
Oct. 1. Treasurer of Commonwealth of Mass., interest . 905 00
$3,855 00
STATEMENT OF RAILROAD LOAN.
1892.
April 1. One note of $25,000 at 4 per cent., $25,000 00
6 1. Nine notes of $2,000 each at 4} per cent. 18,000 00
$43,000 00
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
1893.
Feb. 1. Outstanding Railroad notes
$43,000 00
February Interest . 905 00
Outstanding bills estimated
650 00
$44,555 00
RESOURCES.
Cash in Treasury
$3,878 08
Uncollected taxes for 1892
4,163 75
“ 1891
1,167 46
to ‹‹
513 64
Due from the State for State-aid, Chap. 301,
1,876 00
66
279,
338 00
Tax Deed and accrued tax
6 65
$11,943 58
Town indebtedness
32,611 42
$44,555 00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
D. D. DEVEREUX, E. H. CHANDLER,
Auditors.
Duxbury, Feb. 6, 1893.
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LIST OF JURORS.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN FEBRUARY 1, 1893.
Henry H. Lewis,
Warren E. Peterson,
Hamilton Wadsworth,
Charles F. Stetson,
Elisha Peterson,
Charles E. Peterson,
Joseph A. Soule,
Elbridge H. Chandler,
James A. Simmons,
George A. Holmes,
William S. Frazar,
Louis M. Bailey,
Luther W. Sherman,
Jonathan F. Turner,
William J. Dunham,
Winslow Cushing,
William E. Weston,
Edgar F. Loring,
Henry C. Chandler,
Joseph H. Moreland,
David H. Chandler,
Charles E. Hunt,
Samuel P. Soule,
George W. Lewis,
Thomas Chandler,
Edmund H. Sears,
William H. Weston,
Horatio Chandler.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools . $3,000 00
Support of poor · · .
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. 3,000 00
Repairs of highways
. 3,500 00
Railroad loan .
. 2,000 00
Railroad interest
1,500 00
Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors 350 00
School incidentals 500 00
Repairs of school-houses .
200 00
Repairs of public buildings
200 00
Removing snow .
200 00
Memorial Day .
50 00
Incidental expenses, bank and corporation tax.
SAMUEL P. SOULE,
JOSHUA W. SWIFT,
HENRY H. LEWIS, -
Selectmen of Duxbury.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings assessed
$655,117 00
" " land assessed
329,942 00
Total valuation of real estate assessed, $985,059 00
Personal estate assessed
256,960 00
$1,242,019 00
Value of real estate exempt by statute and not including churches and public property .
$39,765 00
Number of houses assessed .
575₺
horses .
390
COWS
280
other cattle assessed
80
66 swine 66
58
sheep .
13
fowl 66
2,627
Persons paying tax on property
909
66 paying poll tax only
160
Polls assessed
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.
511
Real estate increase .
. $8,025 00
Personal estate decrease
. 11,852 00 Rate of taxation, $14.30 on $1,000.
State tax
1,085 00
County tax
1,812 86
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Assessors J. W. SWIFT, of
HENRY H. LEWIS,
Duxbury.
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Orders drawn on bills approved by John K. Parker, Road Commissioner, 1892.
William H. Symes, labor, 1890
$3 00
R. H. Edgar,
1891 2 25
·
E. W. Swift, 66 1892
1 52
L. W. Sherman, labor and dynamite, 1892
3 00
John S. Loring, lumber and nails, 1892
18 40
Otis Delano, gravel, 1892
18 68
Henry A. Hall,
66
6 00
Seth L. Sprague, clay, "
3 20
Jane Bancroft, labor, 1891 2 40
66
66 1892
21 60
John K. Parker,
66 66
160 96
John Alden,
66
19 60
Parker E. Weston,
66
19 00
John E. Josselyn,
66
18 00
Fred V. Hunt,
14 00
Melzer Brewster,
66
18 00
Joseph E. Lavine,
66
2 00
Percy B. Fowle,
4 00
E. L. Sollis, 66
60
Percy L. Walker,
16 60
Charles G. Burgess, . "
22 00
I. W. Chandler,
11 30
Bradford Freeman, 66 66
26 10
James Tierney,
15 30
Samuel N. Weston, drain tile, 1892 .
.
8 00
.
Clarence M. Smith,
7 40
Harry S. Sprague,
60
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23
Arthur L. Parker, labor, 1892
$38 60
Thomas Gorham, labor, 1892
35 00
Edward I. Simmons, “
4 00
Hiram W. Chandler, “
11 00
Walter F. Cushman, “
16 00
R. H. Edgar,
16 00
Charles W. Holmes, “
28 40
James L. McNaught, "
27 00
Herbert A. Peterson, “
17 00
George W. Chandler, “
3 00
Geo. H. Haverstock, “ 1.6
4 00
E. H. Sears,
20 50
S. W. Sheldon,
24 80
John B. Hollis,
22 75
Rufus Holmes, 66
13 40
W. H. Winsor,
60
Gilbert M. Ryder,
66
3 60
William S. Frazar,
66
30 60
Hiram W. Barstow, 66
5 70
George Faunce,
2 00
Daniel Bresnahan,.
66
3 00
John Delano,
20 88
H. J. Reynolds,
..
12 40
Elisha Peterson,
6 00
Hugh R. Edgar,
13 00
Charles A. Rogers,
9 35
Calvin Chandler,
11 90
Albert Fillmore,
4 80
George A. Tower, 66 66
1 60
Geo. W. W. Scott,
13 20
Henry A. Briggs,
66
17 60
W. B. Campbell, drain tile
9 31
$890 50
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Orders drawn on Bills approved by Josiah D. Randall, Road Commissioner, 1892:
George S. Lowe, labor, 1891
$ 75
John W. Cushing,
66
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.
2 25
Henry B. Chandler, 66
.
21 81
Josiah D. Randall,
9 00
Winslow Cushing, 66 66
6 30
Walter Cushing,
66
3 15
Freeman L. Randall, «
66
6 30
Alonzo Chandler, 66 66
.2 40
Herbert L. Soule,
66
4 65
Otis Delano, sods, 1891
3 00
George H. Torry, labor,
6 33
Ira Chandler,
66
9 00
Levi H. Cushing, 66
17 15
Ira Chandler, 66 1892
12 00
Henry B. Chandler, 66
130 92
Josiah D. Randall, 66
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.
3 60
Freeman L. Randall, «
66
60 40
W. C. Hodgdon,
66 66
32 20
David Parrent, 66
13 00
Alonzo Chandler,
54 20
Herbert L. Soule,
66
.
10 60
Mark L. Simmons,
30 60
C. M. Smith, 66
5 40
Albert E. Parks,
8 20
Lorenzo M. Oldmixon “
66
21 30
Edward F. Frost,
66
5 10
W. H. Woodward,
..
2 00
James S. Weston,
66
2 00
Otis White, stone, 1892, .
.
28 00
Eden W: Soule, labor, 1892
75 99
.
302 45
Winslow Cushing,
66
5 40
Walter Cushing, 66 66
.
25
W. B. Peterson, labor, 1892
$10 20
Arthur E. Prior,
4 20
James H. Peterson, 66
15 40
Kimball W. Randall, " 66
11 60
J. H. Moreland,
7 00
Nahum Sampson,
23 60
Otis Delano, 66
17 60
Gershom Bradford, labor and gravel .
33 80
Albert Fillmore,
labor, 1892 .
9 00
Josephus Dawes,
.
8 10
George H. Torry,
66
18 20
Horatio Chandler,
65 40
B. B. Cushing,
15 24
Bradford Freeman,
66
15 70
Asa Chandler,
36 60
Augustus Phillips, 66 66
16 00
E. F. Loring,
66
·
25 50
Chandler & Glover,
97 50
Harry Cushing, 66
26 90
Levi H. Cushing,
81 70
John Mullany,
52 20
J. S. Willey.
66
8 00
John McCausland,
66
13 20
J. S. Freeman,
10 75
T. T. McNaught, 66
66
8 20
Horace W. Glass, 66
66
.
5 40
Nelson Cushing,
66
66
80
Edwin W . Simmons, "
16 20
Adelbert Delano,
66
12 25
Charles E. Peterson, "
66
.
3 20
John W. Cushing,
66
2 20
Tobias Saunders,
66
66
2 40
Arthur F. Loring, 66
66
35 80
Herbert F. Loring 66
.
.
9 00
Samuel G. Chandler, «
.
.
5 40
.
66
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George P. Peterson, labor, 1892
$5 10
John S. Loring, lumber, 1892 . 23 41
L. T. Robbins, lumber, 1892
23 32
W. B. Campbell, drain tile, 1891-92 45 31
F. P. Sherman, lighting highway
1 30
$1,718 13
Of this amount $491.21 is charged to repairs of Island Creek bridge ordered by the Town.
Orders drawn on bills approved by Robert T. Randall, Road Commissioner, 1892.
Josiah Randall, labor, 1891
$21 65
John Holt, labor, 1891 .
2 55
Robert T. Randall, labor, 1892 .
191 50
George A. Simmons, "
13 00
W. W. Simmons,
30 70
C. W. Crafts,
66
24 00
John Holt,
43 90
James F. Randall,
55 20
D. B. Linnell,
16 00
John A. Hunt,
31 80
Luther Shurtleff,
12 00
Gideon Shurtleff,
8 40
George L. Baker, 66 6 .
27 50
Willie D. Baker,
11 60
James H. Reed,
38 20
Emmons A. Chandler, "
38 28
Scott B. Belknap,
41 40
W. C. Hamlin, .
66
14 00
Archie Jerome,
21 80
Artemas Inglis,
14 70
Walter S. Simmons,
13 90
Elisha G. Sampson,
66
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.
34 80
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.
66
.
.
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James Soule, labor, 1892 .
$1 00
Warren M. Simmons, "
.
.
8 90
Bailey Gulifer, 66
28 80
Horace W. Randall,
66
16 00
Joshua O. Ford,
12 20
Jesse Simmons,
21 40
George L. Whiting,
66
60
William Holmes, 66
.
·
8 00
Willard R. Chandler, «
12 00
Bailey Chandler,
6 30
Freeman L. Randall, «
.
·
8 60
Lysander C. Walker, “
66
28 80
W. H. Whiting,
66
·
·
10 30
Josiah Randall,
66
8 00
G. T. White,
25 60
Peleg J. Alden,
21 60
Procter Chandler,
66
.
23 20
Seth C. Sprague,
66
4 00
W. A. Hunt, 66
·
·
26 50
Henry C. Chandler,
66
4 00
William S. Estes,
.
·
2 18
A. M. Fletcher,
66
66
.
1 80
Samuel Hamlin,
clay
66
·
.
17 25
Frank Keen,
66
2 08
Anna Bailey,
gravel
·
.
2 52
Thomas Chandler,
1 28
S. B. Chandler, labor and repairs on road ma- chines, 1892
7 50
$1,000 29
REMOVING SNOW.
Orders drawn on bills approved by Road Com- missioners for 1892-1893
$534 35
Unexpended .
165 65
$700 00
Appropriation
$700 00
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66
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GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards and posts are in fair condition. Also street signs have been placed at their appropriate places. JOHN K. PARKER, Road JOSIAH D. RANDALL,
ROBERT T. RANDALL,
Commissioners.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1893.
Paid, -
Overseers, salary and making report $15 00
Samuel P. Soule, service as chairman and
postage · 7 76
Samuel P. Soule, service change of superin- tendent 1 00
Henry H. Lewis, service as clerk
5 00
Mrs. Betsey T. Torrance, balance of salary to April 11, 1893 50 00
Joseph A. Soule, salary to February 11, 1893 291 67
Rev. Wm. A. Branigan, attendance at funerals, Almshouse . ·
10 00
W. G. Brown, M.D., attendance to inmates of Almshouse . 27 50
Dr. Ira Chandler, attendance to inmates of Alms-
house .
25 31
N. K. Noyes, M.D., attendance to inmates of Almshouse 6 00
Elisha Peterson, burials . 40 00
A. M. Thayer & Son, dry goods
16 19
W. S. Freeman & Co., groceries
167 96
Winsor & Peterson,
150 58
N. Ford & Sons, 66
130 58
Marsh & Gardner, meat 73 52
Mark L. Simmons, Agt., meat . 39 34 ·
George Bradford,
.
.
27 66
30
J. K. Parker, potatoes
$2 80
J. A. Soule,
3.75
E. A. Cole, crackers
10 02
George E. Doten, crackers
2 70
Rufus Holliday, fresh fish
35 12
Charles A. Rogers, salt fish
8 80
H. R. Edgar, herring
2 33
R. M. Leach, clams
1 75
E. W. Simmons, milk
3 30
J. A. Soule, hay
11 44
Alfred Chandler, hay
8 00
Henry A. Fish, 66
9 00
W. J. Hastings, bedding, etc. James H. Killian, 66
14 75
Wm. J. Hastings, labor . ·
12 25
Mrs. C. A. Hodgdon, cleaning house
5 25
J. B. Collingwood, ice chest
17 00
E. R. Bailey, repairs truck wagon
3 35
J. K. Parker, service of bull . 2 00
S. W. Sheldon, shoats
8 00
Wm. Sheldon, coal .
137 00
J. S. Loring 66 .
13 50
66 fertilizer
4 00
R. M. Leach, mending shoes
85
W. B. Campbell, furnishings and repairs
3 40
Frank T. Holmes, butchering . ·
3 00
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$1,411 63
SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of Annie E. Soule . $169 94
Westborough Insane Hospital, board of Bessie A. Sprague . 16 25
3 20
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Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of Gamaliel Arnold
$166 67
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of Jane Chan- dler
74 29
Carney Hospital, board and treatment of Hillary Inglis 54 00
Support to Polly Carnes .
22 00
W. G. Brown, M.D., attendance, Polly Carns .
7 00
Elisha Peterson, burial of Polly Carnes
20 00
Support of Sabra Keene .
79 50
Support of James Randall
60 00
L. B. Howe, goods for Luther Phillips 15 14
W. H. Burgess & Co., goods for Luther Phil- lips 3 50
Wendell Phillips, board of Luther Phillips 8 00
Augustus Phillips, care of Luther Phillips . 14 00
Frank M. Anderson, care of Luther Phillips 45 00
W. G. Brown, M.D., attendance, Luther Phil-
lips 18 00
L. B. Howe, groceries to Elijah Snell and wife . 73 96
Gideon Shurtleff, house rent, Elijah Snell and wife 25 00
Francis Collamore, M.D., attendance
60 55
Cash aid to Mrs. Metcalf . .
5 00
Levi H. Cushing, wood, Mrs. Metcalf
4 75
Perez Loring, wood, Mrs. Metcalf
10 00
S. W. Sheldon, coal, Mrs. Metcalf 3 75
J. S. Loring, coal, Mrs. Metcalf 3 50
George R. Freeman, sawing wood, Mrs. Met- calf 2 32
W. G. Brown, M.D., attendance, Frank Delano, 50 00 Orson M. Arnold, board of F. Delano's children, 56 00 W. G. Brown, M.D., attendance to Francis. Pride . 20 00
N. Ford and Sons, groceries to Francis Pride 39 81
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M. L. Simmons, agent, meat to Francis Pride $29 50 Marsh & Gardner, meat to Francis Pride . 4 49 . N. Ford and Sons, goods to H. L. Sampson 6 00 S. W. Sheldon, coal to H. L. Sampson 3 75 ·
N. Ford and Sons, supplies to Ichabod W.
Chandler 51 01 . John S. Loring, coal to Ichabod W. Chandler 4 00
Harvey Soule, house rent for Mrs. Sarah A. Soule . 24 00
Town of Bridgewater, aid, H. G. Gardner 54 60
Town of Pembroke, aid to Mrs. W. Gardner 18 25
Town of Abington, aid to Henry T. Gardner 2 00 City of Brockton, aid to Henry Harriman . 45 19 Town of Randolph, aid to Alvah M. Nightingale, 13 00 George H. Stearns, aid to Geo. F. Blake, of Plymouth . 6 44
E. H. Sears, removing Alfred Wise to State Almshouse . .
8 45
B. Parker Barstow, M.D., attendance to E. M. Magoun . 6 00
J. W. Swift, service in Tierney and Wise cases . 3 65
$1,408 26
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE, AND THEIR AGE.
YEARS. YEARS.
Joseph B. Brewster, 61 Ruth Peterson, 86
Luther Phillips, 79 Lucy B. Chandler, 43
Mary Southworth, 77 Betsey A. Churchill, 68 Charity May Bowen, 70.
Admitted during the year, Luther Phillips, March 15, 1892.
Died during the year, Samuel Winsor, Nov. 8, 1892, age, 89.
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Left during the year, Rosina Witherell, April 11, 1892. Tramps lodged during the year, 74.
Average cost of inmates has been $2.82 per week.
Expenses in Almshouse . . . $1,411 63
Expenses out of Almshouse
.
1,408 26 ·
Unexpended
369 05
$3,188 94
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR. FROM FEB. 1, 1892, TO FEB. 1, 1893.
Received -
Appropriation . . $3,000 00
Mrs. Torrance, farm sales ·
·
2 75
Joseph A. Soule, farm sales . 90 49
Expenses of Annie E. Soule, reimbursed .
28 40
State of Massachusetts, part pay for State pau-
per
. 4 00
Town of Wareham .
30 00
Effects of Betsey Peterson
30 00
" Henry Southworth
3 30
$3,188 94
Value of articles remaining in the Almshouse and on the Farm, according to inventory, Feb. 1, 1893, $432.92, be- ing $66.42 less than inventory of Feb. 1, 1892.
A change has been made during the year in the superin- tendence of the Almshouse, which we are satisfied is an improvement, both to the welfare of the inmates and the interests of the town, and would suggest to our successors the employment of the present keeper for another term if possible.
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Overseers
JOSHUA W. SWIFT, of
HENRY H. LEWIS, the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
What few cases of contagious diseases have occurred in town the past year have been of a mild character, and have been successfully handled by the physicians of the board.
SAMUEL P. SOULE, - J W. SWIFT, Board of Health of Duxbury.
HENRY H. LEWIS,
We have examined the foregoing accounts of the Over- seers of the Poor, and find them correctly cast and prop- erly vouched.
D. D. DEVEREUX, Auditors. E. H. CHANDLER, S
Duxbury, Feb. 6, 1893.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of articles in Warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held March 6, 1893, 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 act thereon.
ART. 4. Will the Town grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating 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 fifty dollars to be ex- pended under the direction of William 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 offer a bounty on crows' heads ?
ART. 10. Will the Town authorize the purchase of a stone-crusher ?
ART. 11. Will the Town take action in regard to bequests to the Town for care of individual cemetery lots ?
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK, 1892.
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TOWN MEETINGS.
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 7, chose Edmund H. Sears, Moderator.
Levi P. Simmons, Elbridge H. Chandler, and Thomas Alden, Jr., were appointed Tellers, and sworn by Town Clerk.
Chose George H. Stearns, Town Clerk.
Chose Samuel P. Soule, Joshua W. Swift, and Henry H. Lewis, Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
Chose Joshua W. Swift, Treasurer and Collector; com- pensation same as last year.
Chose Wm. J. Alden, Charles W. Crafts, Thaddeus W. Chandler, and L. D. Winsor, Constables.
: Chose Emma S. Stetson, School Committee.
Chose Josiah D. Randall, Road Commissioner for three years.
Chose Elbridge H. Chandler and Daniel D. Devereux, Auditors.
Chose Samuel P. Soule, Joshua W. Swift, and Henry H. Lewis, Board of Health.
Chose Harrison G. Weston, Surveyor of Lumber.
Chose Elbridge H. Chandler, Sealer of Wood.
Chose the Road Commissioners as Fence Viewers.
Chose Robert T. Randall, Josiah D. Randell, and Edwin R. Bailey, Field Drivers.
Voted, To accept the reports of the several Town Officers, as printed.
Voted, That Pound Keeper, Fire Ward, and Sealer of Weights and Measures be appointed by the Selectmen.
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Voted, not to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors the ensuing year. No, 65. Yes, 60.
Vote to appropriate :
For support of schools
· . $3,000 00
Support of poor
3,000 00
Repair of highways . 3,300 00
Railroad loan
· 2,000 00
Railroad interest
1,800 00 .
Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors 350 00 .
School incidentals 500 00 .
Repairs of school-houses
250 00
Repairs of public buildings
200 00
Removing snow
.
700 00
Public library
300 00
Memorial Day .
50 00
Incidental expenses, bank and corporation tax
Voted, That the compensation for labor on the highway shall be twenty cents per hour for a man, twenty cents per hour for a horse, and twenty-five cents per hour for remov- ing snow.
Voted, That the several Road Commissioners be so in- structed that they shall notify every male taxpayer to work on the highway.
Voted, That on and after this date, March 7, 1892, the' Road Commissioners shall not expend an amount to exceed one hundred dollars for work done by themselves, and an amount not to exceed fifty dollars to any one individual for labor.
Voted, That the Road Commissioners be instructed to make a report on or about February 1, 1893, of the amount of money they have expended during the year.
Voted, To raise and appropriate $225.00 for salary of the School Superintendent.
Voted, To accept the list of Jurors as presented by the
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Selectmen, with the following changes : the names of George Simmons and Oscar C. Hunt were withdrawn at their request, and the names of George H. Bailey, Hiram W. Barstow, and Charles W. Crafts were added.
Voted, To appropriate $50 to be expended under the direction of William Wadsworth Post, 165, G.A.R.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Voted, That the "truant" by-laws be amended by the sub- stitution of Walpole in place of Becket.
Voted, That the Selectmen procure a room at the Public Library, if they can, for use of Town Officers.
Voted, That the Town instruct and authorize the Trustees of the Duxbury Free Library to receive from the executor of the late Henry W. Hathaway estate the three thousand dollars ($3,000) given to the Town for the purpose of pur- chasing books for the use of the inhabitants of said Town, and to appropriate the same for the purpose named in his will.
.. Voted, To accept of the legacies, and in doing so comply with the provisions of the will, of the late Henry W. Hatha- way.
Voted, That the matter of furnishing wood for the several districts be sold to the lowest bidder, each district separately ; quality and quantity to be decided by the School Committee ; said wood to be sawed and housed.
Voted, That the catching of eels by trap or weir be pro- hibited.
Voted, That the matter relating to bridge near the land of Proctor Chandler be left in the hands of the Road Commis- sioners.
Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to employ Mr. Huiginn to prepare such a portion of the records to be pub- lished as he shall deem fit, according to the vote of last year.
Voted, That the thanks of the meeting be extended to Mr: Sears for his services as Moderator.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1892.
Jan. 1. In Duxbury, Chester A. Baker, of Kingston, and Mattie B. Chandler, of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie.
Jan. 30. In Kingston, Waldo F. Loring, of Duxbury, and Minnie F. Wadsworth, of Kingston ; by Rev. J. Mervin Hull.
Feb. 13. In Duxbury, Joseph T. Caton, and Mary A. E. Deickhoff, both of Duxbury; by Rev. E. J. V. Huiginn.
March 8. In Duxbury, Edwin F. Loring, and Phoebe A. Cornell, both of Duxbury; by Rev. Francis D. Sargent.
May 10. In Melrose, Mass., Herbert C. Freeman, and Harriet B. Sampson, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. J. S. Cutler.
June 25. In Cotuit, Mass., Thomas H. H. Knight, of Dux- bury, and Maud Chatfield, of Cotuit ; by Rev. J. N. Patterson.
June 30. In Marshfield, George A. Studley, of Duxbury, and Fannie R. Church, of Pembroke ; by Rev. N. M. Williams.
July 28. In Rockland, Nathan A. Keene, of Rockland, and Rebecca A. Chandler, of Duxbury ; by Rev. Frederic A. Balcom.
July 31. In Duxbury, Charles C. Bill, of Marshfield, and Alice M. Pratt, of Duxbury ; by Elder J. C. Osgood.
Aug. 10. In Plymouth, Peter T. Costello, of Boston, and Elizabeth H. Glass, of Duxbury ; by Rev. J. J. Buckley.
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Sept. 3. In Kingston, John P. Burgess and Addie Chan- dler, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Zenas Crow- ell.
Sept. 7. In Boston, William Facey and Mabel L. Cush- ing, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. A. A. Miner. Sept. 11. In Duxbury, Percey B. Towle and Fannie P. Johnson, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Wm. H. Branigan.
Oct. 1. ' In Brockton, Harry Cushing and Helen B. Chandler, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. George W. Hunt.
Oct. 10. In Duxbury, Henry W. Tolman, of Marshfield, and Mary J. Jacos, of Yarmouth, N.S .; by Rev. Henry D. Dix.
Oct. 19. In Duxbury, John P. Witherell and Mercie B. Peterson, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Wm. H. Branigan.
Oct. 20. In Duxbury, Edward N. H. Vaughan, of Dux- bury and Ada L. Partridge, of Nobleborough, Maine ; by Rev. Zenas Crowell.
Nov. 16. In Marshfield, Isaac B. Chubbuck, of Duxbury, and Edith M. Strang, of Pembroke ; by Rev. N. M. Williams.
Nov. 17. In Duxbury, John Ahearn and Frances Hodge, both of Kingston ; by Rev. E. J. V. Huiginn. Nov. 23. In Kingston, Arthur Led Peters and Minnie Hawkins, both of Duxbury; by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie.
Nov. 27. In Rockland, William K. Soule, of Cambridge, and Lucy G. Partridge, of Rockland ; by Rev. Frederic A. Balcom.
Dec. 21. In Plymouth, Charles A. Tower, of Duxbury, and Emma P. McNaught, of Quincy ; by Rev. J. S. Gledhill.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1892.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
January
20,
Gertrude May Gardner.
Clifford T. and Hattie C.,
January
24,
Florence Lydia Caswell,
Leander W. and Susan A.,
February
12,
Lottie Sanders,
Spurgeon A. and Jennie M.,
March
17,
Susie May Tammet,
Robert and Mary E., Leonard C., Jr., and Mary E., Hiram B. and Lillian H.,
Chandler.
April
18,
May Abby Baker,
May
4,
Inez Gertrude Simmons,
Martin and Helen M.,
Freeman.
May
21,
Richard Weston Hanigan,
Elisha A. and Delia F.,
May
'24,
Lucy Briggs Cudworth,
Charles W. and Hannah E.,
June
9,
Marion E. Crafts,
Elisha G. and Martha,
June
24,
July
11,
Winsor,
July
13,
Lucy B. Slocum,
Barstow. Shadd.
July
17,
May Pauline Campbell,
Dunster.
August
4,
Leon Clifford Foster,
August
21,
Rose Etta Bell Clark,
John S. and Bell S.,
Jackson.
October
10,
George Allerton Holmes,
George A. and Rose C.,
Eldridge.
December
12,
Charles Russell Bell,
Charles C. and Alice M ,
Pratt.
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Sanford C. and Annie F., Edward B. and Mary G., Walter W. and Jennie S., Chester I. and Louisa A.,
Briggs. Hodgdon. Church. Ford.
Sarah E. Sampson,
Hillman. Bumpus. Littlefield. Hunt.
Peterson.
DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE WHO DIED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1892.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 1,
Lydia J. Alden (Woodard),
69
8
27
Influenza,
James and -
3,
Robert E. Bresnehan,
-
6.
Lydia F. Waterman (Soule),
93
4
15
La Grippe and Old Age,
7,
Amanthis Prior (Peterson),
84
6
1
Richard and Lydia.
12,
Abram Freeman,
71
6
2
13,
Achsah Peterson (Randall),
94
4
12
66
16,
George C. Prior,
85
11
10
Senile Paralysis, Bronchitis,
Feb. 1,
Henry Southworth,
67
1
2.
Harriet K. Smith (Richardson),
65
4
7
Pneumonia,
Benjamin and Margaret.
24,
Polly F. Carnes,
78
8
17
Pneumonia,
John and Alsa.
Mch. 27,
Harriet W. Goodwin,
27
2
27
Disease of Heart,
Le Baron and Mary E.
29,
George T. Weston,
49
7
Chronic Ilio Colitis,
Joseph and Selina.
April 3,
Welthea L. Sprague (Little),
103
5
3
Old Age,
Isaac and Welthea.
..
4,
Samuel Atwell,
77
1
17
Disease of Heart,
12,
Alfreda Randall,
1
8
Catarrhal Pneumonia,
May 14,
Harold W. Campbell,
1
9
26
Diphtheria,
Francis Sears,
76
11
17
Gangrene,
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