Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1901-1910, Part 11

Author: Duxbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1404


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REPAIRS OF GURNET BRIDGE.


Paid-


P. S. Huckins & Co., lumber,


$66 99


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight,


3 5I


J. L. McNaught,


3 00


Geo. W. Cobbett, labor,


30 00


$103 50


Unexpended balance carried to Highways, 6 57


$IIO 07 $IIO 07


Balance appropriation, 1900,


REMOVING SNOW.


Orders have been drawn for removing


snow to the amount of


$204 24


Unexpended balance,


576 49


$780 73


Appropriation,


$500 00


Balance of 1900,


280 73


$780 73


BROKEN STONE ROADS.


Paid -.


C. M. Taylor,


$ 53 60


H. H. Olsen,


17 00


William Burke,


65 40


John S. Lane,


1,250 00


H. A. Ryder,


6 00


Geo. J. Soule,


12 50


A. Neilson,


39 60


Geo. E. Hathaway,


48 50


Alpheus Nickerson,


7 :00


Eden W. Soule,


92 56


William J. Hastings,


18 10


John K. Parker,


137 17


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Thomas Gorham,


20 80


J. L. McNaught,


62 90


Fred V. Hunt,


58 30


Perry Holmes,


3 20


Hiram W. Barstow,


53 55


John A. Hunt,


68 90


Paul C. Peterson,


I 20


Old Colony Sand and Stone Co.,


13 73


Otis Delano,


2 00


S. C. Delano,


17 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


9 48


H. H. Delano,


71 00


H. B. Chandler,


69 20


E. F. Loring,


145 70


Atwood Bros., clay,


8 30


Chandler & Glover,


I 28


H. A. Briggs,


37 15


W. B. Campbell,


8 39


Walworth Manufacturing Co.,


2 15


Henry L. Cushman,


80


Henry F. White,


2 65


Unexpended balance,


$2,405 II 73


$2,405 84


Received-


Appropriation,


$2,300 00


From William J. Wright for dust,


103 84


From N. M. Stetson for dust,


2 00


$2,405 84


SPECIAL REPAIRS FOR BORDER STREET.


Paid-


E. Van Vleet, survey and plaii,


$38 25


John Sullivan, labor,


17 20


William Burke, labor,


18 40


George Faunce, labor,


9 00


Oscar B. Soule, labor,


33 20


George F. Ryder, labor,


28 35


Oscar B. Ryder, labor,


31 OI


R. A. Badger, labor,


IO 80


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C. M. Taylor, labor,


22 85


Asa Chandler, labor,


28 35


Freeman L. Randall,


16 20


Robert Tammett, labor,


19 80


Chandler & Glover, labor,


580 40


Parker E. Weston, labor,


26 20


W. W. Symmes,


19 80


Geo. J. Soule, labor,


4 60


Archie M. Wadsworth, labor,


4 60


Harvey J. Reynolds, labor,


II 20


E. H. Sears, labor,


12 75


Guy L. Soule,


6 40


John E. Josselyn,


23 80


W. B. Peterson,


24 20


W. S. Frazar,


7 70


G. D. Simmons,


3 60


Harold W. Glass,


2 25


John H. Glover,


4 52


T. T. McNaught,


14 20


William J. Wright, cedar,


14 00


E. S. Glover,


I 75


A. C. Bennett,


6 90


Levi H. Cushing,


91 02


S. W. Sheldon,


31 50


John K. Parker,


52 30


John S. Edwards,


3 50


David H. Thomas,


4 20


Fred V. Hunt,


14 40


William J. Hastings,


4 60


George H. Torrey,


29 45


H. A. Peterson,


64 75


Walter Cushing,


9 00


Renslow Crosby, clay,


9 00


Sweetser & Arnold, lanterns, etc.,


3 57


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


47 51


$1,407 08


Unexpended balance,


92 92


Appropriation,


$1,500 00 $1,500 00


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SPECIAL REPAIRS OF BOW STREET. Paid- Eden W. Soule,


Balance appropriation from 1900,


$87 21


Overdrawn,


21 05


$108 26


SPECIAL REPAIRS OF POWDER POINT AVE. Appropriation of 1900,


$350 00


No orders drawn.


SPECIAL REPAIRS OF BLUE RIVER BRIDGE. Paid-


George McKey, labor,


$17 80


Robert Tammett, labor,


16 40


William S. Frazar, labor,


18 20


Frank Hoyt, labor,


15 10


Harold Sampson, labor,


3 00


E. H. Sears, labor,


30 3.5


John K. Parker, labor,


7 88


P. C. Alden, labor,


2 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


64 46


C. S. Edwards,


90


James L. McNaught,


13 65


$189 74


GUIDE POSTS.


The guide boards in town are in their usual shabby condi- tion. It is recommended that in future when any are replaced that iron ones be used instead of wood, as they afford a much more durable target for the sportsmen.


TREE WARDEN.


Paid-


Wm. S. Frazar,


$ I 20


James Alden, 2 40


W. F. Cushman,


18 70


H. C. Freeman,


5 20


T. T. McNaught,


I 20


H. A. Fish,


5 50


W. H. Edwards,


8 80


S. W. Sheldon,


27 00


E. S. Freeman,


40 95


$108 26


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Old Colony Nurseries,


29 00


H. E. Barrow,


25 00


J. K. Porter,


2 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


I IO


N. Ford & Sons,


75


Unexpended,


32 40


$201 20


Appropriation,


$200 00


Unexpended balance, 1900,


I 20


$20I 20


AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.


Paid-


Jason H. Randall, cash aid,


$24 00


Town of Whitman, aid to Mrs. Margaret Nutter,


20 00


James F. Myrick, cash aid,


72 00


Edward Baker, guardian E. Baker's children,


170 00


Edward M. Magoun, cash aid,


46 00


N. Ford & Sons, supplies to B. Prouty,


10 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal to B. Prouty,


4 00


N. K. Noyes, M. D., medical attendance, Mrs. Oscar Soule, 14 00


N. K. Noyes, M. D., medical attendance, Mrs. J. H. Winsor,


12 00


W. R. Amesbury, M. D., medical attendance, A.Nickerson,


41 00


Elisha Peterson, burial M. Soule,


35 00


$448 00


Unexpended balance,


822 25


$1,270 25


Appropriation,


$1,000 00


Balance from 1900,


235 25


Due from State,


35 00


$1,270 25


$168 80


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PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID. Chapter 374, Acts of 1899.


Lewis B. Abbott, 72 00


Thomas Alden,


72 00


Georgeanna M. Weston, 48 00 hamilton wadsworth, 72 00


Meizar Brewster,


48 00 Eliza A. Shurtliff, 42 00


Emma J. Bartlett,


48 00


Saran r. Sherman, 36 00


George P. Chapin, 10 00


F. P. Sherman, 48 00


Freuerick O. Crocker, 36 00


Sarah A. Soule, 48 00


Edward F. Chase, 28 00


Joseph A. Soule, 72 00


Maria Crocker, 12 00


Marcellus Soule, 18 00


Emmons A. Chandler, 48 00


Avoline A. Stearns, 48 00


William J. Dunham, 48 00


Mary D. Sampson, 48 00


Caroline I. Foster, 48 00


Teresa C. Rogers,


48 00


Hiram Foster, 48 00


Elizabeth F. Randall, 48 00


Enoch Freeman, 60 00


Sarah B. Ryder, 48 00


George F. Friend, 44 00


Geo. F. Ryder,


72 00


Spencer W. Gleason, 36 00


Mary D. Foster, 48 00


Lizzie H. Glass,


48 00


David C. Meechan,


16 00


Jonathan Glass, 50 00


Leander R. Gardner, 8 00


John E. Josselyn, 30 00


Harriet A. Randall, 6 00


Josephine R. Lewis, 24 00


Nathan Dorr, 4 00


Rodney M. Leach, 48 00


Joshua Winsor, 48 00


Edward M. Magoun, 48 00


James S. Weston, 2 00


Thomas T. McNaught, 72 00


Jabez P. Weston, 72 00


Juliette McNaught, 48 00


Almera B. Weston,


48 00


Mary J. Patterson, 48 00


$2,028 00


Due from State payments from Dec. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1902,


$2,197 00


MILITARY AID.


Paid-


Alva M. Nightingale,


$16 00


Jason H. Randall,


96 00


William H. Thomas,


48 00


James S. Weston,


32 00


William Woodward,


72 00


Alpheus Nickerson,


24 00


$288 00


One-half above sum paid by Town,


$144 00


Unexpended balance,


124 00


$268 00,


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Appropriation,


$200 00 68 00


Unexpended balance, 1900,


$268 00


Due from State from Dec. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1902,


$155 00


SPANISH WAR MILITARY AID.


Paid-


Ésson O. Baker,


$72 00


Whole amount due from State.


SEEDING CLAMS.


Balance appropriation, 1900, $291 95


No orders drawn.


ENFORCING. LIQUOR LAW.


Paid-


F. H. Cushman,


$ 54 80


Unexpended balance,


221 20


$276 00


Balance of appropriation, 1899,


MEMORIAL DAY.


Paid-


William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R.,


$100 00


Appropriation, $100 00


INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.


Paid-


E. H. Sears, Moderator, $ 5 75


George H. Stearns, Town Clerk, 52 73


George H. Stearns, salary and expenses as Treasurer, 296 96


George H. Stearns, commission collecting taxes, 236 66


George H. Stearns, services as Registrar, 18 00


Henry B. Chandler, services as Registrar, 1900-1901, 36 00


William J. Burgess, services as Registrar, 6 00


9 00


Daniel D. Devereux, services as Registrar,


163 50


Edmund H. Sears, services as Selectman,


198 55


Wendell Phillips, services as Selectman, 168 35


H. H. Lewis, services as Assessor, 102 00


E. H. Sears, services as Assessor,


108 00


$276 00


Percy L. Walker, services as Registrar, 18 36


Henry H. Lewis, services as Selectman,


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Wendell Phillips, services as Assessor, 110 00


J. W. Swift, Collector of Taxes, 79 67


T. W. Chandler, Constable, 4 00


T. W. Chandler, services, District Court, 10 39


W. J. Turner, Constable, posting warrants, 6 40


L. W. Sherman, Constable, 3 00


L. W. Sherman, services, District Court,


12 30


L. B. Sherman, Police duty,


William J. Alden, Constable, 5 00


Andrew J. Cassidy, services, District Court,


3 75


H. C. Freeman, ballot clerk,


3 00


James Downey, ballot clerk,


3 00


Charles M. Hayden, special Police


3 00


John Ellis, special Police, 2 00


John K. Parker, Inspector of Cattle, 80 50


John K. Parker, Inspector of Slaughtered Animals, 39 00


Memorial Press, printing Town Report, 266 25


George H. Walker, map of Town, 22 50


Good Roads Machine Co., road machine, 200 00


Mrs. S. M. Weed, care Selectmen's room, 15 00


Laurence Bradford, surveying and making deed, 10 06


Warren E. Peterson, labor and stock at almshouse,


4 34


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal and acid,


8 0I


Joshua M. Cushing, supplies for Board of Health


5 72


Elisha Peterson, care Town Hall ,


15 60


Joseph A. Soule, damage to horse,


20 00


E. H. Sears, team for Assessors, .


10 00


Fred V. Hunt, team for Selectmen,


II 50


Fred V. Hunt, team for Board of Health,


5 50


Memorial Press, supplies and printing,


62 45


J. L. McNaught, team for Constable,


2 00


Horatio Chandler, watching fire,


2 00


W. B. Phillips, watching fire,


80


Richard Higgins, watching fire,


2 00


J. C. Osgood, watching fire, 75


Charles Hodgdon, burying ox by order Board of Health, 10 00


Estate Ira Chandler, for teaming across land, 10 00


Hobbs, Warren & Co., tax book, I 25


Allen Bros., rubber stamps,


49


George A. Delano, labor Town landing,


4 70


L. B. Sherman, services, District Court, 5 00


9 30


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C. M. Hayden, collecting garbage, 25 00


F. T. Holmes, lettering garbage wagon, 3 00


Charles S. Davis, legal advice, 5 00


S. G. Chandler, Constable's badge,


75


C. M. Hayden, labor on fire extinguishers,


3 00


J. F. Newbegin, fire extinguishers in almshouse,


18 00


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies, 3 12


W. R. Amesbury, free vaccination,


2 50


N. K. Noyes, returning births,


5 50


J. J. Shepherd, returning deaths,


50


Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,


15 75


Geo. H. Chandler, returning deaths,


75


J. L. McNaught, expressing,


7 75


J. L. McNaught, team for Assessors,


I 50


Overseers of the Poor, general services,


15 00


H. H. Lewis, chairman, and postage


9 00


Wendell Phillips, Clerk, 5 00


Deficit in Highway account of 1900,


493 92


Deficit in Blue River Landing account of 1900, 87 37


Abatement of taxes, . 205 27


$3,397 77


Received-


Balance corporation tax, 1900,


$ 8 64


Corporation tax,


1,566 23


Bank tax, 448 33


94 28


Auctioneers', pedlers', butchers', and billiard licenses, 41 00


Added taxes, 7 96


122 79


Interest on taxes,


68 02


From State on account cattle inspection,


40 25


Druggist license,


I 00


Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1901,


756 83


Balance from Water Street appropriation,


IO 91


Overdrawn,


$3,166 24


231 53


$3,397 77


District Court fines,


Overlayings on taxes,


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RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.


1901. Paid-


April Ist, Treasurer of the Commonwealth, note, $2,000 00:


April Ist, Treasurer of the Commonwealth, interest, 545 00 October Ist, Treasurer of the Commonwealth, interest, 500 00


$3,045 00


Appropriation,


$3,045 00


Statement of Railroad Loan.


Due one note, $25,000.00,


$25,000 00


GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.


1901. Paid-


June Ist, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,000 00


June Ist, Plymouth Five Cent. Savings Bank, 60 00


December Ist, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank,' 40 00


$1,100 00


Appropriation,


$1,145 00


Unexpended, 45 00


Statement of Gurnet Bridge Loan.


Due on note, $2,000.00 at 4 per cent.


One thousand to be paid yearly.


TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.


Liabilities.


Jan. I, outstanding railroad note, $25,000 00


Outstanding Gurnet bridge note,


2,000 00


Balance on note for money hired in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00


Outstanding bills, estimated,


500 00


$32,500 00


Resources.


Cash in the treasury,


$3,435 33


Uncollected taxes of 1901,


5,933 93


Uncollected taxes of 1900,


1,951 88


Uncollected taxes to 1900,


717 19


Cash in hands of J. W. Swift, Collector,


I2I 16


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Due from State , State Aid, Chap. 374, Acts of 1899, 2,179 00 Military Aid, Chap. 372, Acts of 1899, 155 00


Military Aid, Spanish War, 72 00


Town Indebtedness,


$14,565 49


17,934 51


$32,500 00


LIST OF JURORS.


George F. Friend, laborer.


Joshua M. Cushing, real estate agent.


Wendell Phillips, carpenter.


William J. Alden, Jr., shoemaker.


Albert M. Goulding, farmer.


Henry A. Fish, farmer.


Alonzo Chandler, farmer.


George W. Lewis, painter.


James A. Simmons, mason.


Carroll C. Foster, carpenter.


Eugene T. Soule, carpenter.


Warren S. Nickerson, farmer.


Lawrence M. Chase, superintendent.


Percy L. Walker, laborer.


Frank Hoyt, farmer.


William E. Brown, farmer.


Henry C. Chandler, laborer.


Theo. W. Glover, carpenter.


Henry R. Peterson, laborer.


Hiram W. Barstow, farmer.


Walter W. Campbell, plumber.


James H. Killiam, retired.


E. H. Sears, farmer.


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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE


SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.


Support of Schools,


$4,000 00


School incidentals and repairs of Schoolhouses,


900 00


Superintendent of Schools, 250 00


Duxbury Free Library,


350 00


Repairs of highways and bridges,


4,000 00


Removing snow,


200 00


Aid to indigent Soldiers and Sailors,


200 00


Military Aid,


200 00


Memorial Day,


100 00


Cemetery,


250 00


Ashdod cemetery,


50 00


Railroad loan,


2,000 00


Railroad interest,


960 00 . 1,060 00


Gurnet bridge loan and interest,


Support of poor,


2,000 00


Tree warden,


200 00


Board of Health,


100 00


Incidental expenses,


500 00


in addition to the bank and corporation taxes.


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Selectmen of Duxbury.


The accounts of the Selectmen have been examined and found correct.


SAMUEL P. SOULE, HERBERT E. WALKER. Auditors.


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EXPENSES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.


Paid-


E. H. Sears, services and expenses out of town, $ 43 40


Wendell Phillips, services and expenses out of town, 16 50


H. H. Lewis, services and expenses out of town, 3 00


Town of Hanson, aid to Walter Southworth, 8 53


Town of Stoneham, aid to Mrs. Rich and two children, 180 00 Town of Hanover, aid to S. Thomas and Jos. Casey, 128 00 Town of Norwell, aid to Bert Randall, 94 22


Town of Kingston, aid to Aubury Soule, 30 28


City of Brockton, aid to W. Randall and family, 21 46


City of Brockton, aid to H. Harriman and family 18 60


Town of Norwell, aid to W. E. B. Thomas, 18 00


Commonwealth of Mass., aid to Carrol F. Turner, 84 50


Westborough Insane Hospital, board, Annie C. Soule,


169 46


Taunton Insane Hospital, board, G. Arnold and A. Brewster, 338 92


Medfield Insane Asylum, board, George F. Sampson, II3 10


Mrs. Bert Lampher, cash aid, 74 00


L. B. Howe, supplies to Elijah Snell and wife, 52 00


J. W. Baker, house rent for E. Snell, 33 00


R. T. Randall, wood for E. Snell, 4 00


H. W. Foster, agent, house rent for Aubury Soule,


55 00


W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, J. H. Crocker and family, 55 50


N. K. Noyes, attendance, Abner Sampsón, 5 00


N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Mrs. Snell, 42 50


N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Eva Simmons, 15 50 C. W. Bartlett, medical attendance, C. I. Foster's family, 4 50 Expenses of Eugene Atwood's family (Hanson), 105 00


Expenses of Mrs. John Charette and children (Fall River), 125 00


Expenses of Henry Downey, State charge, 43 00


Expenses of A. Fournier's wife and child (Fall River), 10 00


Expenses of Lewis Dion, State charge,


20 50


Expenses of Mrs. Joseph Murry and child,


25 00


Wendell Phillips, transportation, W. E. B. Thomas from Norwell, 5 50


N. Ford & Sons, supplies to F. C. Chandler, 10 00


$1,952 97


Dux 3


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EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY I, 1902.


Paid-


C. E. Peterson, on account salary as superintendent, $180 00


Ginter Grocery Co., supplies, 60 00


W. O. Peterson, supplies, 50 50


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies,


83 06


N. Ford & Sons, supplies,


160 47


H. E. Merry, meats,


30 48


L. B. Sherman, meats,


38 77


C. W. Marsh, meats,


40 27


James Langille, meats,


30 83


Rufus Holiday, fish, 1900 and 1901,


58 12


James H. Peterson, fish, 1901,


14 IO


Warren E. Peterson, salt fish,


I 25


Harrison Loring, milk,


36 03


H. A. Fish, milk,


8 22


Loring Coal Co., coal,


112 15


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal,


19 25


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., supplies,


3 75


C. Boomer, supplies,


2 68


H. A. Peterson, vegetables,


2 95


F. W. Atwood, supplies,


14 40


George H. Stearns, supplies,


13 34


J. W. Cushing, ice,


9 87


C. E. Peterson, nursery stock,


4 25


W. B. Campbell, supplies,


8 95


W. W. Campbell, labor and supplies,


17 40


N. M. Stetson, medicines,


2 10


L. H. Cushing, labor and wood,


27 02


John Bradley, labor,


2 50


John K. Parker, supplies,


8 00


James McKey, seaweed,


I 00


Frank E. Phillips, butchering, 1900 and 1901,


3 50


$1,045 21


Inmates of the Almshouse and their Ages.


Charity M. Bowen, 92 years. Lucy B. Chandler, 54 years. Rosina Witherell, 79 years.


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Cordelia F. Metcalf, 70 years. George L. Gerrish, 36 years. William E. B. Thomas, 29 years. Tramps lodged, 198.


AVAILABLE


MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.


Appropriation, $2,800 00


Received from estate Geo. P. Peterson,


20 83


Received for land sold,


100 00


Received for board, Mrs. Wadsworth,


156 00


Received, farm sales,


20 00


Received from City of Fall River,


125 00


Received from Town of Hanson,


105 00


Received from George L. Gerrish,


36 00


Received from J. H. Crocker,


4 00


Received for board, Mrs. Hale,


36 00


Due from State, pauper cases,


63 50


Due from City of Fall River,


10 00


Due from F. C. Chandler,


10 00


Balance from 1900,


640 86


$4,037 19


Amount of inventory in Almshouse and on farm, $309.10. Expenses of Outside Poor, $1,952 97


Expenses of Inside Poor, 1,045 21


$2,998 18


Unexpended balance,


1,029 OI


$4,027 19


Average cost per week in the Almshouse, per person, $2.97.


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS. Overseers of the Poor.


We have examined the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and found them correct.


SAMUEL P. SOULE, HERBERT E. WALKER, Auditors.


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Value of buildings assessed,


Value of land assessed,


$1,015,096 00 456,884 00


Total valuation of real estate assessed,


1,471,980 00


Total valuation of personal estate assessed,


240,279 00


Total valuation,


1,712,259 00.


Real estate increase from last year,


51,146 00


Personal estate increase from last year,


8,262 00


Total increase,


59,408 00


Rate of taxation, $14.30 per $1,000.


713 1-6


Number of acres of land assessed,


13,686


Number of horses assessed,


414


Number of cows assessed,


269


Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,


88


Number of swine assessed,


4I


Number of sheep assessed,


35


Number of fowl assessed,


2,482


Number of persons paying tax on property,


1,028


Residents paying tax on property,


694


Non-residents paying tax on property,


334


Number of polls assessed,


552


State tax,


$997 50


County tax,


$1,939 69


Population. census 1900,


2,075


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Assessors of Duxbury.


1


Number of houses assessed,


TREASURER'S REPORT.


George H. Stearns, Treasurer and Collector, in account with Town of Duxbury.


DR.


1901.


Jan. I. Cash at settlement, $2,788 42 Uncollected taxes, 1900, 5,961 95


IO. Received of County Treasurer, Dog dividend, 293 97


17: Received of Ashdod Bog Co., 150 00


28. Received of State Treasurer, income Mass. School Fund, 282 87


Feb. I. Received of J. W. Swift, back taxes, 132 49


Mch. I. Received of Selectmen,


account Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 8 00


15. Received of Selectmen, sale of land, 100 00


21. Received of State Treasurer, balance cor- poration tax, 8 64


Apr. I. Received of Selectmen, account Alva Nightingale, 4 00


15. Received of Selectmen, account J. H. Crocker, 4 00


May I. Received of Selectmen, account Alva Nightingale, 4 00


15. Received of J. W. Swift, back taxes, 310 39


Received of Selectmen, board of Geo. L. Gerrish, 10 00


June 15. Received salary School Superintendent- reimbursed, 416 67


20. Received, sale of record books, 5 00


24. Received of State Treasurer, account Inspection of Animals,


40 25


July I. Received of J. W. Swift, back taxes, 288 12


Received of Selectmen, sale stone dust, 2 00


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6. Received of Selectmen, board, Geo. L. Gerrish, 17 00


27. Received of J. W. Swift, back taxes, 67 51


Oct. I. Received of Town of Hanson, account Eugene F. Atwood, 105 00


Received of Selectmen, board, Mrs. Hale, 36 00


8. Received of J. W. Swift, back taxes, 291 97


Nov. I. Received of John K. Parker, sale stone dust, 103 84


Dec. 12. Received of State Treasurer, Corporation tax, 1,566 23


Received of State Treasurer, Bank tax,


448 33


Received of State Treasurer,


Military Aid, 300 00


Received of State Treasurer, State Aid, 2,050 00


1902.


Jan. I. Received of City of Fall River, pauper account, 125 00


Received of Geo. H. Stearns, admr.,


account Estate of Geo. P. Peterson, 20 83


Received of Selectmen,


board, Miss Deborah Wadsworth,


156 00


Received, fines,


94 28


Received, licenses, ·


41 00


Received, interest on taxes,


68 02


Received, Temporary Loan,


8,000 00


Tax deed and interest,


6 68


Foot of tax bills,


25,58? 16


Added taxes, 7 96


$49,898 58


CR.


1901. Paid Selectmen's orders for-


Incidentals,


$2,74I 68


Schools,


4,568 05


School incidentals,


653 02


Repairs of schoolhouses,


300 94


Highways,


3,008 50


Poor,


2,961 15


State Aid,


2,028 00


Military Aid,


324 00


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Snow,


202 24


Soldiers and Sailors Relief,


448 00


Tree Warden,


188 80 .


Repairs of Gurnet bridge,


103 50


Superintendent of Schools,


500 00


Public Library,


500 00


Cemetery,


250 00


Spanish War,


24 00


Bow Street,


108 26


Ashdod cemetery,


50 00


Memorial Day,


100 00


Border Street,


1,407 08


Blue River bridge,


189 74


Crushed stone roads,


2,399 12


Temporary loan,


7,500 00


Bounties-seals, hawks and crows,


72 80


Discount on taxes,


429 12


Gurnet bridge loan,


1,000 00


Gurnet bridge, interest,


100 00


Interest on temporary loan,


347 34


Railroad loan,


2,000 00


Railroad interest,


1,045 00


Exchange on check,


80


State tax,


1,079 68


County tax,


1,939 69


Returned State treasurer 25 per cent. Liquor License,


25


Tax deed,


6 68


Uncollected taxes, 1900,


1,951 88


Uncollected taxes, 1901,


5,933 93


Cash on hand,


3,435 33


$49,898 58


We, the undersigned, have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, and we certify that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, they are correct.


SAMUEL P. SOULE, HERBERT E. WALKER, Auditors.


Duxbury, Jan. 18, 1902.


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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


J. W. Swift, Collector, in account with the Town of Duxbury. DR.


190I.


Jan. I.


Cash,


$ 15 32


Uncollected taxes,


1,924 96


1902.


Jan. I. Interest collected,


29 42


$1,969 70


CR.


1901.


Paid Treasurer,


$1,090 48


40 87


Abatements, Uncollected taxes, Cash,


717 19


121 16


$1,969 70


CEMETERY FUNDS.


FUNDS


Balance Jan 1, 1901 Interest Jan., 1902


Tot. 1


Paid for care lot


Balance Jan. 14, '02


Mary Simmons


$ 56.92 $ 1.98 $


58.90


$1.00 $


57.90


Henry W. Hathaway, 981.00


34.63


1015.63


2.50


1013.13


John Porter,


110.14


3.88


II4.02


3.00


III.02


Hambleton E. Smith,


109.68


3.85


II3.53


2.50


III.03


John Bradford,


105.36


3.7I


109.07


3.00


106.07


Lydia W. Chandler,


II2.04


3.95


115.99


2.00


II3.99


Susan B. Nickerson,


176.31


6.21


182.52


3.00


179.52


Ferdinand Emerson,


108.84


3.8I


I12.65


3.00


109.65


John Thomas,


Rec. July 8, 1901,


100.00


1.75


101.75


1.50


100.25


Zilpha S. Soule,


Rec. May 22, 1901, 100.00


1.75


IO1.75


1.75


100.00


Lathum,


Rec. Aug. 6, 1901, 402.98


4.02


407.00


4.02


402.98


We, the undersigned, have examined the above accounts, and we certify that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, they SAMUEL P. SOULE, HERBERT E. WALKER,


are correct.


Auditors.


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF DUX- BURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1901.


Jan. 12. At Kingston, M. Albert Bates, Jr., and Annie I. Nickerson, both of Duxbury; by Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.


Jan. 17. At Duxbury, Ira F. Porter of Pembroke and Bes- sie Haverstock of Duxbury; by Rev. Henry B. Mason.


Feb. 27. At Plymouth, Harry E. Wade and Bessie V. Hunt, both of Duxbury; by Rev. Edgar F. Clark.


April 7. At Kingston, Myron S. Holman of Kingston and Ida C. Crocker of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De- Normandie.


April 8. At Plymouth, Charles H. Price of Rockland and Lottie B. Douglas of Duxbury ; by Rev. Fred- erick H. Rowse.


April 25. At Duxbury, Benjamin B. Ryder and Abbie M. Goulding, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Henry B. Mason.


June 2. At Duxbury, William D. Peterson and Annie B. Swift, both of Duxbury; by Rev. Henry B. Mason.


June 12. At Marshfield, Frederic W. Manning of Andover, Mass., and Mary S. Delano of Duxbury ; by Rev. Edward D. Disbrow ..


July 25. At Duxbury, Walter Reid Hunt of East Orange, N. J., and Alice Winslow of Duxbury ; by Rev. Edward Hale.


August 17. At Duxbury, John F. Low of Chelsea, Mass., and Elizabeth B. Wadsworth of Duxbury; by Rev. Edward Bornecamp.


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September 7. At Marshfield, William F. Holmes of Rochester, N. Y., and Elizabeth W. Hodge of Duxbury; by Rev. Burton A. Lucas.


September 10. At Duxbury, Edward B. Saunders of Canton, N. Y., and Olive V. Fox of Duxbury ; by Rev. Henry B. Mason.


October 20. At Kingston, Charles R. Crocker and Nettie M. Cushing, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De- Normandie.


November 20. At Duxbury, Sidney C. Soule and Mercy A. Parker, both of Duxbury; by Rev. Henry B. MIason.


December 15. At Marshfield, Charles A. Boylston of Dux- bury and Agnes T. Hatch of Marshfield; by Rev. Burton A. Lucas.


December 24. At Duxbury, Hillary W. Inglis of Duxbury and Emily E. Atwood of Pembroke; by Rev. R. B. Swan.


December 29. At Duxbury, Alfred C. Litchfield of Norwell and Margaret E. Edwards of Duxbury; by Rev. Henry B. Mason.


SUMMARY.


Number of births, 27


Males, Females, I2


I5


Number of marriages, I6


Number of deaths, 43


Males, I3


Females,


30


Attest :


GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk. Duxbury, January 1, 1902.


STATEMENT OF DOG LICENSES ISSUED.


Whole number of Dogs licensed, I53


Males, 132; females, 21.


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Returned to County Treasurer. $338 40




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