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Paid-
Ellen W. Downey, teaching,
$356 00
Care of House,
16 75
Fuel,
12 50
$385 25
District No. 3.
Paid-
Nellie F. Randall, teaching,
$324 00
Sarah M. Henderson,
17 00
Care of House,
16 75
Fuel,
21 50
$379 25
District No. 4.
Paid-
Ida M. Raymond, teaching,
$380 00
Care of House,
16 75
Fuel,
16 00
District No. 5.
Paid-
Hannah Tibbetts, teaching,
$90 00
234 00
Anne R. Howe, teaching, Care of House, Fuel,
13 70
II 50
$412 75
$349 20
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District No. 6.
Paid-
Grace M. Peterson, teaching,
$318 00
Care of House, Fuel,
13 70
14 25
$345 95
District No. 7.
Paid-
Grace M. Hastings, teaching,
$318 00
Care of House,
16 75
Fuel,
29 00
$363 75
District No. 8.
Paid-
Mary L. Harrub, teaching,
$380 00
Care of House,
IO 75
Fuel,
26 50
$417 25
District No. 9.
Paid-
Margueretta J. Conway, teaching,
$90 00
Alice L. Rankin, teaching,
90 00
Care of house,
8 80
Fuel,
5 00
$193 80
Grammar School.
Paid-
Nathan T. Soule, teaching,
$617 50
Ladies' Unitarian Aid Society, rent, 100 00
Care of house,
31 50
Hattie J. Ford, drawing lessons,
26 25
H. E. Walker, music lessons, 5 00 Fuel, 2 25
Paid- Town of Pembroke, tuition, $
75 50
Town of Marshfield, tuition, 18 00
Town of Kingston, tuition, 10 00
$782 50
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E. H. Chandler, Treas. Partridge Acad- - emy, 1,000 00
$1,103 50
$5,151 45
Unexpended balance,
758 40
$5,919 85
Appropriation,
$4,500 00
Unexpended balance, 1901,
438 31
Massachusetts school fund,
530 46
Dividend from dog fund,
284 22
Balance Supt. of Schools,
166 66
$5,919 85
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Paid-
Ellen W. Downey, repair of clock,
$ 2 50
Allyn & Bacon,
10 20
Edw. E. Babb & Co.,
149 87
William J. Turner, water, dist. No. 7,
10 00
William J. Turner, services as truant officer,
3 00
C. B. Beach & Co.,
9 50
J. L. Hammett & Co.,
42 38
J. C. Cave, examination papers,
9 99
E. L. Willard, examination of teachers, etc.,
4 70
H. A. Gerrish, use of well, Dist. No. 5, 6 00
H. A. Briggs, teams for School Committee, 7 00
William J. Alden, Jr., services on School Committee, 34 50
William J. Alden, Jr., services as book agent, 35 00
Nathan T. Soule, services on School Committee,
29 85
Ginn & Co., supplies, 6 44
N. K. Noyes, services on School Committee, 17 45
Mrs. H. P. Thomas, cleaning houses Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and Grammar, 28 50
Guy A. Stearns, cleaning school yard, Dist. No. 2,
3 25
Mrs. Martha L. Sampson, cleaning Dist. No. 5,
2 50
American Book Co., supplies,
7 44
Grace M. Hastings, supplies, Dist. No. 7, I 88
Ida M. Ravmond, supplies Dist. No. 4, I IO
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H. E. Walker, supplies, 3 85
H. J. Reynolds, cleaning vaults, 14 00
Elnathan Delano, 10 00
Allen Totman & Co.,
9 56
Boundbrook Press,
2 59
Boston Supply Co.,
92 45
William J. Alden, Jr., taking school census,
15 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., supplies,
9 14
Nellie F. Randall, supplies, Dist. No. 3,
I 87
Nathan T. Soule, inspector,
6 25
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies,
14 46
J. L. McNaught, expressing,
IO 28
$612 50
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid-
Judson B. Freeman, glazing, Dist. No. 2,
$ 2 00
W. W. Campbell, supplies and labor on wells, II 25
J. A. Simmons, mason work,
30 75
W. B. Campbell, supplies and labor,
33 09
Oscar C. Hunt, supplies and labor on flags,
16 IO
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., 2 94
Chandler & Freeman, material and labor, Dist. 2,
59 21
Wendell Phillips, material and labor, Dist. 4,
6 00
George H. Bailey, material and labor, Dist. 3,
4 05
A. F. Peterson, material and labor, Dist. 6 and 7,
5 75
J. H. Haverstock, painting, Dist. 2,
68 45
Amount expended for school incidentals,
612 50
$852 09
Unexpended balance,
$391 78
$1,243 87
Appropriation,
$900 00
Balance from 1901,
343 87
$1,243 87
$239 59
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid-
$500 00
Unexpended balance carried to support of schools,
I66 66
$666 66
Appropriation,
$250 00
Received from State,
416 66
$666 66
DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY.
Paid-
E. H. Chandler,
$450 00
Appropriation,
$350 00
Balance 1901,
100 00
$450 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
District No. I.
Paid-
C. M. Hayden, labor,
$19 50
William J. Alden, Jr., labor,
22 90
A. M. Wadsworth, labor,
19 80
H. J. Reynolds, labor,
23 95
George J. Soule, labor,
6 00
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
28 33
James McKay, labor,
43 31
Warren C. Prince, labor,
7 00
C. M. Taylor, labor,
20 00
John E. Josselyn, labor,
9 10
Victor Lamb, labor,
2 00
John K. Parker, labor,
7 50
Robert Tammett, labor,
I 40
William J. Hastings, labor,
IO 50
Fred V. Hunt, labor,
20 00
William S. Frazar, labor,
3 00
!
$244 29
E. L. Willard,
-IO-
District No. 2.
Paid-
Levi H. Cushing, labor,
$168 60
C. M. Smith, labor,
10 80
David H. Thomas, labor,
7 20
O. B. Ryder, labor,
36 75
O. B. Soule, labor,
18 60
Winslow W. Symmes, labor,
22 60
L. M. Bailey, material,
58 70
John E. Josselyn, labor,
19 60
E. A. Soule, labor,
23 40
Parker E. Weston, labor,
15 49
George Turner, labor,
15 00
John R. Tafts, labor,
10 35
Edwin W. Cook, labor,
5 00
William Ricker, labor,
8 75
A. P. Simmons, labor,
2 60
Guy A. Stearns, labor,
2 30
George F. Ryder, labor,
5 60
$43[ 25
District No. 3.
Paid-
Walter Cushing, labor,
$131 04
E. F. Loring, labor,
19 70
Harrison Loring, clay, 1895,
43 66
Arthur F. Loring, labor,
71 25
George W. Loring, labor,
20 00
Everet Winsor, labor,
20 80
Brooks K. Dunham, labor,
4 60
William L. Soule, labor,
T3 60
Harrison W. Glass, labor,
8 05
Delbert Glass, labor,
10 00
William W. Simmons, labor,
15 43
William J. Dunham, labor,
19 80
Horace L. Loring, labor,
II 80
John W. Cushing, labor,
29 55
C. C. Cushing, labor,
4 60
Harry B. Loring, labor,
T2 20
Alonzo Chandler, labor,
18 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co ..
31 42
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D. H. Chandler,
20 85
$515 32
District No. 4.
Paid-
Asa Chandler, labor,
$106 90
Maurice L. Chandler, labor,
37 IO
Louis Von Buskirk, labor,
7 10
George W. Frost, labor,
4 80
Henry A. Anderson, labor,
14 40
Archie McNayer, labor,
16 40
J. H. Moreland, labor,
4 50
Edward F. Frost, labor,
II 60
LeForest Gardner, labor,
4 35
Joseph Campbell, labor,
3 60
W. L. Glass, labor,
1 00
W. B. Gardner, labor,
19 10
Chas. A. Gardner, labor,
9 30
·C. W. Marsh, labor,
16 80
Mary T. Gardner, material,
8 00
Elizabeth F. Randall,
5 40
A. E. Raymond,
3 00
Freeman L. Randall,
4 40
Henry B. Chandler,
49 40
$327 15
District No. 5.
Paid-
R. T. Randall, labor,
$40 55
Horace W. Randall, labor,
15 80
L. C. Walker,
IO 50
Harvey Nickerson,
8 10
Mrs. Elisha Sampson,
9 45
Eugene F. Atwood,
3 60
Henry R. Peterson,
10 80
Alonzo Mann,
5 4.0
R. D. Wood,
3 00
C. L. Strang,
II 25
Estate Scott B. Belknap., material,
6 90
S. F. Peterson, material,
8 59
James H. Reed, labor,
7 20
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John A. Hunt, labor,
5 00
$155 14
District No. 6.
Paid-
A. M. Goulding, labor,
$94 60 48
Joseph H. Crocker, labor,
17 20
A. E. Parks, labor,
32 60
Samuel P. Soule, labor,
24 30
Thomas Chandler, labor,
28 50
Benj. Sanford, labor,
21 00
William S. Frazar, labor,
4 00
O. C. Crocker, labor,
5 40
James Alden, labor,
13 30
Thomas Alden, labor,
31 13
C. L. Strang, gravel,
2 52
W. R. Baker, labor,
20 32
H. H. Delano, labor,
21 75
S. B. Belknap, labor,
4 80
L. C. Walker, labor,
4 80
J. C. Osgood, labor,
14 35
S. M. Evans, gravel,
4 60
James H. Peterson, cedar posts,
3 00
L. B. Belknap, gravel,
I 60
J. W. Baker, labor,
3 15
$353 40
District No. 7.
Paid-
Eden W. Soule, labor,
$96 83
William H. Woodward, labor,
4 30
Isaiah Walker, labor,
II 90
Estate of Lewis Weston, gravel,
10 12
George Simmons, labor,
2 00
Sidney C. Soule, labor,
4 40
Adelbert Delano, labor,
17 20
Andrew J. Delano, labor,
10 00
George Nickerson, labor,
8 00
H. A. Rider, labor,
39 87
Nathan L. Sampson, labor,
8 00
H. W. Barstow, labor,
19 70
George W. Frost, gravel,
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Otis Delano, labor,
30 60
George E. Hathaway, labor,
13 65
A. F. Nickerson, labor,
I 80
Received from Eden W. Soule (error in bill),
34 75
$243 62
District No. 8.
Paid-
J. L. McNaught, labor,
$225 50
George W. Cobbett, labor,
2 00
W. W. Campbell, labor,
2 45
H. A. Briggs, labor,
45 55
Eden Holmes, labor,
I 80
John A. Chandler, labor,
23 70
James B. Alden, labor,
24 80
Eden W. Soule, labor,
15 46
John Edwards, labor,
4 00
Chas. S. Edwards, labor,
18 50
Perry Holmes, labor,
4 00
Edw. V. Estes, labor,
5 00
Calvin Josselyn, labor,
9 00
William J. Hastings, labor,
2 00
William S. Frazar, labor,
9 40
George Sprague, labor on fence,
47 00
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
33 75
Thomas Gorham, labor,
54 30
J. H. Haverstock, painting fence,
24 80
William J. Wright,
19 00
George J. Soule, labor,
15 60
W. F. Cushman, labor,
26 45
Freeman L. Randall, labor,
12 00
James McKay, labor,
A. M. Wadsworth, labor,
6 00
G. D. Simmons, labor,
9 40
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., lumber for railing,
61 23
John K. Parker,
25 90
E. I. Simmons, labor on fence,
47 00
George T. Chandler, labor,
30
$785 89
$278 37
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District No. 9.
Paid-
Elisha Peterson,
$51 78
Isaiah Walker,
12 20
Chas. W. Eaton,
4 00
Harvey J. Reynolds,
19 25
Frank Hoyt,
19 68
Gustavus D. Simmons,
18 60
$125 5I
District No. 10.
Paid-
John A. Hunt, labor,
$28 60
Richard A. Badger, labor,
14 40
C. A. Boylston, labor,
35 40
Gideon T. White, labor,
31 50
Chas. Walter, labor,
23 40
W. A. Hunt, labor,
IO 80
William H. Whiting, labor,
5 60
H. H. Delano, labor,
28 80
John Walter, labor,
19 70
Olive T. Blackman, gravel,
8 08
E. C. Estes, labor,
21 IO
$227 38
District No. II.
Paid-
John K. Parker, labor,
$29 25
Isaiah Walker,
IO 40
E. H. Sears,
26 00
William S. Frazar,
19 50
George J. Soule,
13 00
William J. Hastings,
24 50
Frank Hoyt,
2 80
S. W. Sheldon,
15 28
C. M. Taylor,
3 38
Parker E. Weston,
13 00
Fred V. Hunt,
37 50
C. W. Eaton,
3 80
G. D. Simmons,
12 80
Robert Tammett,
9 70
$220 91
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District No. 12.
Paid-
T. W. Chandler, labor,
$53 12
Bailey Gullifer, labor,
12 60
Harry Winslow, labor,
14 40
R. D. Wood, labor,
13 40
A. Nilson, material,
I 92
T. A. Lewis, labor,
4 50
E. H. Chandler, material,
76
$100 70
GENERAL HIGHWAYS.
Paid-
John K. Parker, superintendent,
$ 56 50
J. H. Haverstock, painting roller,
I 25
S. B. Chandler, stock for roller,
75
H. F. White, repairs of road machine,
2 90
H. F. White, repairs of tools,
I 00
Repairs of Gurnet Bridge,
219 28
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
16 84
$298 52
RECAPITULATION.
Paid-
District No. I,
$244 29
District No. 2,
431 25
District No. 3,
515 32
District No. 4,
327 15
District No. 5,
115 14
District No. 6,
353 40
District No. 7,
243 62
District No. 8,
785 89
Distict No. 9,
125 5I
District No. 10,
227 38
District No. II,
220 91
District No. 12,
100 70
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General,
298 52
$4,029 08
Unexpended,
55 75
$4,084 83
Received-
$4,000 00
Appropriation, Unexpended balance, 1901,
84 83
$4,084 83
BROKEN STONE ROADS.
Paid-
John S. Lane & Sons, material,
$1,035 20
John K. Parker, labor,
129 25
William Burke, labor,
64 62
Warren C. Prince, labor,
73 60
Henry A. Briggs, labor,
81 00
J. L. McNaught, labor,
85 75
F. V. Hunt, labor,
37 75
William S. Frazar, labor,
38 90
Calvin Josselyn, labor,
19 40
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
48 75
W. J. Hastings, labor,
23 50
E. W. Soule, labor,
75 00
C. M. Taylor, labor,
17 50
James McKey, labor,
32 00
H. W. Barstow, labor,
51 75
George E. Hathaway, labor,
5 95
Chandler & Glover, labor,
9 58
Thomas Gorham, labor,
19 60
Alonzo Chandler, labor,
20 00
H. J. Reynolds, labor,
4 25
C. W. Eaton, labor,
6 80
W. F. Cushman, labor,
6 58
N. L. Sampson, labor,
2 00
W. J. Turner, labor,
8 00
Ames Plow Co., tools,
IO 25
Duxbury C. & L. Co., lumber,
I 50
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Atwood Bros., clay,
6 35
$1,914 83
Unexpended,
87 08
$2,001 91
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Balance, 1901,
73
Error in bill,
I 18
$2,001 91
NEW ROAD AT POWDER POINT.
Paid-
John K. Parker,
$34 20
B. F. Goodrich,
28 00
S. W. Sheldon,
40 25
A. Nilson,
15 00
Henry A. Fish,
10 00
Fred V. Hunt,
14 00
George J. Soule,
18 40
James McKey,
14 40
W. W. Symmes,
6 00
A. M. Wadsworth,
I7 80
F. L. Randall,
IO 65
William Burke,
2 25
Sweetser & Arnold, grass seed,
I 48
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,
15 39
Henry A. Briggs,
14 45
E. S. Freeman,
6 00
$248 27
Unexpended,
172 64
$420 91
Appropriation,
$350 00
Received from G. Lootz,
70 91
$420 91
MATTAKEESETT COURT.
Paid-
John A. Irwin, land damage,
$200 00
Duxbury
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Thomas F. Kane, land damage,
115 00
Louisa J. Clark, land damage,
25 00
C. M. Taylor, labor, 6 00
Wendell Phillips, labor,
16 50
O. B. Ryder, labor,
13 40
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
39 15
William Burke,
9 00
John K. Parker,
21 00
John H. Haverstock,
I 95
George J. Soule,
9 60
James McKey,
4 00
A. M. Wadsworth,
7 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,
25 29
William S. Frazar,
I 00
Warren C. Prince,
12 80
$506 69
Appropriation,
$500 00
Overdrawn,
6 69
$506 69
NEW ROAD AT HALL'S CORNER.
Paid-
Heirs of Lucy Marsh, land damage, $125 00
Unexpended,
275 00
$400 00
Appropriation,
$400 00
SPECIAL REPAIRS OF CONGRESS STREET. Paid-
John K. Parker,
$ 16 00
A. Nilson,
16 60
Bailey Gullefer,
24 45
J. H. Crocker,
9 80
Thomas Chandler,
13 40
O. C. Crocker,
II 60
R. D. Wood,
13 60
F. L. Randall,
12 60
A. M. Goulding,
38 30
S. F Peterson, gravel,
I 00
E. H. Chandler, gravel,
4 52
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Thomas Alden,
35 65
James Alden,
15 80
J. C. Osgood,
20 30
Chandler & Glover,
I21 04
L. C. Walker,
14 60
C. W. Marsh,
13 50
Estate of Scott B. Belknap, gravel,
II 76
James H. Reed, clay,
I 40
H. H. Delano,
26 10
Frank Baker,
4 90
John Sullivan,
I 80
Harry Winslow,
20 65
C. L. Strang,
8 40
B. F. Goodrich,
32 45
R. T. Randall,
39 80
$530 02
Appropriation,
$500 00
Overdrawn,
30 02
$530 02
REMOVING SNOW.
Orders have been drawn for removing
snow to the amount of
$465 04
Unexpended balance,
3II 45
$776 49
Appropriation,
$200 00
Balance of 1901,
576 49
$776 49
GUIDE POSTS AND BOARDS.
The guide boards in town are in their usual condition. They have been painted over and will be lettered some time in the near future.
TREE WARDEN.
Eugene S. Freeman, S. W. Sheldon,
$102 75
15 50
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J. L. McNaught,
I 50
C. W. H. Moulton, ladder,
2 70
A. E. Paulding,
5 00
H. E. Barrows, trees,
50 00
Duxbury C. & L. Co.,
II 3I
Bowker Insecticide Co.,
16 00
E. C. Ware, spraying machine,
106 25
Perry Holmes,
15 90
Peleg Alden,
II 60
Arthur Edwards,
9 00
Thomas T. McNaught,
II 20
Samuel P. Soule,
25
C. S. Edwards,
7 70
R. Bradley,
I 70
W. W. Campbell,
I 50
A. M. Goulding,
1 00
H. J. Reynolds,
3 85
L. P. Simmons,
3 00
F. W. Atwood,
26 06
A. F. Peterson,
4 15
Sweetser & Arnold,
3 47
$411 39
Unexpended,
62 83
$474 22
Received-
Appropriation, $400 00
Unexpended balance 1901,
32 40
E. S. Freeman,
41 82
$474 22
AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND THEIR DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
Paid-
W. R. Amesbury, M. D., medical attendance A. F. Nickerson, $ 27 25
W. R. Amesbury, M. D., medical attendance Johnathan Glass, 34 00
Edward Baker, guardian, 120 00
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Jason H. Randall,
24 00
Edward M. Magoun,
60 00
James F. Myrick, 24 00
Town of Whitman aid to Mrs. Nutter,
20 00
Town of Randolph aid to Alva Nightingale,
75 00
Elisha Peterson burial Jabez Weston,
35 00
$419 25
Unexpended,
659 00
$1,078 25
Appropriation,
$200 00
Balance from 1901,
822 25
Due from Stae,
35 00
Received from A. F. Nickerson,
21 00
$1,078 25
MILITARY AID.
Paid-
Alva M. Nightingale,
$24 00
Jason H. Randall,
96 00
William H. Thomas,
48 00
William Woodward,
72 00
One-half above sum paid by town,
$120 00
Unexpended balance,
205 00
$325 00
Appropriation,
$200 00
Unexpended balance 1901,
104 00
Received of Alfred F. Nickerson,
21 00
$325 00
Due from State from Dec. 1, 1901, to
Jan. 1903,
$138 00
SPANISH WAR MILITARY AID.
Paid- Alfred F. Nickerson, $36 00
Whole amount due from State.
$240 00
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PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID.
CHAPTER 374.
ACTS OF 1899.
Lewis B. Abbott,
$ 72 00
Juliette McNaught, 48 00
Thomas Alden,
72 00
Mary J. Patterson, 48 00
Melzar Brewster,
48 00
George F. Ryder, 72 00
Lewis M. Bailey,
36 00
Sarah B. Ryder, 48 00
Emma J. Bartlett,
48 00
Elizabeth F. Randall, 48 00
Emmons A. Chandler,
48 00
Harriett A. Randall,
24 00
William J. Dunham,
48 00
Teresa C. Rogers,
48 00
Nathan Dorr,
8 00
Francis J. Randall,
6 00
Daniel W. Ellis,
18 00
Mary D. Sampson, 48 00
Caroline I. Foster,
48 00
Aroline A. Stearns,
48 00
Hiram Foster,
48 00
Joseph A. Soule,
72 00
Mary D. Foster,
48 00
Sarah A. Soule,
48 00
Enoch Freeman,
60 00
Fred P. Sherman,
48 00
George F. Friend,
36 00
Sarah F. Sherman,
36 00
Edward F. Frost,
36 00
Nancy Winsor,
8 00
Spencer W. Gleason,
36 00
Hamilton Wadsworth,
72 00
Lizzie H. Glass,
48 00
Georgeanna M. Weston,
48 00
Jonathan Glass,
72 00
Jabez P. Weston,
24 00
Leander R. Gardner,
52 00
Lucia S. Weston,
32 00
George L. Higgins,
29 00
James S. Weston,
28 00
John E. Josselyn,
36 00
Almira B. Weston,
48 00
Rodney M. Leach,
48 00
Eliza A. Shurtleff,
12 00
Edward M. Magoun,
48 00
Thomas T. McNaught,
72 00
$2,101 00
Due from State, payments from Dec. 1, 1901 to Jan. 1, 1903,
$2,270 00
ENFORCING LIQUOR LAWS.
Paid-
J. T. Collingwood,
$166 74
W. W. Campbell,
15 56
L. B. Sherman,
25 00
.
$207 30
Unexpended,
13 90
$221 20
Received-
Balance from 1901,
$221 20
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid- William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R., $100 00
Appropriation, $100 00
Josephine R. Lewis,
24 00
Joshua Winsor.
48 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid-
F. H. G. Brown, rent of house, $10 00
Duxbury Inn, board of H. Merry, 36 50
W. B. Campbell, stove, 2 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal, 4 38
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies,
28 53
C. W. Marsh, expense to Framingham,
5 05
Memorial Press,
9 75
C. H. Goldthwaite,
14 00
Fred V. Hunt, team,
I 25
C. E. Peterson, cleaning pest house,
3 00
John E. Josselyn, removing garbage,
25 00
$139 46
Appropriation,
$100 00
Overdrawn,
39 46
$139 46
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid-
E. H. Sears, moderator, $5 00
Geo. H. Stearns, town clerk 46 94
Geo. H. Stearns, salary and expenses as treasurer, 290 44
Geo. H. Stearns, commission collecting taxes,
238 77
Georre H. Stearns, registrar,
18 00
Henry B. Chandler, registrar,
18 00
D. D. Devereaux, registrar and typewriting,
18 72
Percy L. Walker, registrar,
9 00
Henry H. Lewis, services as selectman,
153 00
Edmund H. Sears, services as selectman,
216 50
Wendell Phillips, services as selectman,
201 75
Henry H. Lewis, services as assessor,
102 00
Edmund H. Sears, services as assessor,
107 00
Wendell Phillips, services as assessor,
85 50
Overseers of poor, general services,
15 00
T. W. Chandler, constable,
22 00
T. W. Chandler, services at district court,
18 83
William J. Turner, constable,
15 42
L. W. Sherman, services at district court,
4 96
W. W. Campbell, services at district court, 123 5I
W. W. Campbell, police duty,
183 00
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Henry A. Anderson, police duty,
Percy L. Walker, police duty,
250 00
Charles S. Davis, legal advice and court cases 1901 and 1902, 80 00
Edward C. Bates, legal services,
35 .50
William J. Alden, constable,
12 00
H. C. Freeman, ballot clerk,
3 00
James Downey, ballot clerk, 1901 and 1902,
6 00
Sidney C. Soule, ballot clerk,
3 00
Samuel P. Soule, ballot clerk,
I 00
John Ellis, special police officer,
2 00
C. E. Peterson, special police officer,
2 00
John K. Parker, inspector of cattle,
70 00
John K. Parker, inspector of slaughtered animals,
56 25
Samuel P. Soule, auditor,
8 00
H. E. Walker, auditor, 10 00
Laurence Bradford, surveying and making deeds,
27 50
E. S. Freeman, opening draw,
30 00
Chas. H. Alden, special police, 1900 and 1901,
6 00
J. M. Cushing, supplies for board of health,
12 28
Joseph A. Soule, services for board of health,
14 00
W. R. Amesbury, vaccination for board of health, 18 30
Joshua W. Swift, collecting taxes, 12 23
J. L. Fairbanks, books for pauper registrars, 9 50
H. G. Weston, repairs of town buildings, II 00
H. H. Lewis, labor on guide boards,
3 80
Memorial Press, printing town reports,
90 00
Memorial Press, printing and supplies,
30 75
E. H. Sears, team for constable, 2 50
Fred V. Hunt, team for constable,
10 00
Mrs. Weed, care of selectmen's room, 1901 and 1902, 25 00
E. F. Loring, labor on bridge. 4 62
Calvin Chandler, damage to team,
10 00
Town of Marshfield, one half expense boundary stone,
2 80
Laurence Bradford, services on town landings,
30 60
R. Cantori, fruit for board of health,
I 00
E. H. Sears, blanks, registering deeds and posting notices, 4 45
Floretta Vining, advertising application for liquor licenses, 14 00
Elisha Peterson, care of town hall, etc., 15 60
282 00
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Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., oil, I 20 Oak Hall Co., police uniforms, 22 15
William Reed & Sons, handcuffs, etc., 20 25
H. M. Dolbeare, printing, 4 45
George H. Stearns, stamped envelopes, 23 3I
George H. Stearns, summons in Smith case,
. 50
George H. Stearns, supplies for town office,
7 10
Hobbs, Warren Co., supplies for town office,
2 02
Samuel Ward Co., supplies for town office,
7 00
E. I. Simmons, labor on platform Blue River Bridge, 2 50
William S. Frazar, labor on platform Blue River Bridge, 3 00
W. W. Campbell, 3 82
Elisha Peterson, labor on town grounds, and for fire protection, IO 70
George T. Hoyt, awnings for town office,
6 50
Frank H. Weston, labor on awnings,
I 50
Fred V. Hunt, team for police,
3 75
W. W. Campbell, court services in Hatch case,
2 84
Robert S. Robson, repairs of ballot box,
5 80
George M. Baker, insurance on almshouse,
72 22
George A. Holmes, reseating a chair,
1 00
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies for town hall,
2 65
J. L. McNaught, expressing,
6 40
Wendell Phillips, team for assessors,
6 00
Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,
II 50
George H. Chandler, returning deaths,
I 00
N. K. Noyes, M. D., returning births,
5 25
Francis Collamore, returning births,
25
State Treasurer, one-fourth of liquor licenses,
475 25
H. H. Lewis, chairman, postage and stationery,
9 40
Wendell Phillips, clerk and postage,
5 48
Abatement of taxes,
208 23
Labor and watching at fires,
66 46
Deficit on Bow street,
21 05
Deficit on Blue River Bridge,
53 36
Deficit on incidentals, 1901,
231 53
Discount on taxes,
486 52
$4,891 96
Unexpended,
1,143 56
Total,
$6,035 52
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Received-
Appropriation,
$500 00
Balance corporation tax, 1901,
12 29 2,207 38
Corporation tax,
Bank tax,
434 78
District Court fines,
109 44
Liquor Licenses,
1,901 00
Pedlars' and billiard licenses,
12 00
Added taxes,
77 88
Overlayings on taxes,
433 65
From State on account cattle inspection,
35 00
Interest on taxes,
I31 IO
Rocky Point Oyster Co.,
140 00
Sale of town records,
2 00
Police uniforms,
22 00
Lumber sold to Geo. W. Cobbett,
5 00
Advertising liquor licenses,
12 00
$6,035 52
RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
1902. Paid-
April Ist, Treasurer of Commonwealth, interest,
$500 00
October Ist, Treasurer of Commonwealth, interest,
500 00
$1,000 00
Appropriation,
$960 00
Statement of Railroad Loan.
Due on note,
$25,000 00
GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
I902. Paid.
June Ist, Plymouth Five Cent Saving Bank, $1,000 00
June Ist, Plymouth Five Cent Saving Bank, 40 00
December Ist, Plymouth Five Cent Saving Bank, 20 00
$1,060 00
Unexpended,
45 00
$1,105 00
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Appropriation, Balance, 1901,
$1,060 00 45 00
$1,105 00
Statement Gurnet Bridge Loan.
Due on note $1,000.00 at 4 per cent, to be paid in 1903, $1,000 00
· TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.
Jan. I. Outstanding railroad note,
$25,000 00
Outstanding Gurnet Bridge note,
1,000 00
School house loan,
5,000 00
Balance on note for money hired in anticipation of taxes, Outstanding bills, estimated, Jan. Ist,
3,000 00
600 00
$34,600 00
Resources.
Cash in treasury,
$4,294 62
Uncollected taxes, 1902,
6,517 85
Uncollected taxes, 190I,
2,248 08
Uncollected taxes, 1900,
549 75
Uncollected taxes to 1900,
636 71
Cash in hands of J. W. Swift, collector,
55 84
Due from State, State Aid, Chapter 79, revised laws,
22 70
Due from state, military aid,
138 60
Spanish war,
36 00
Due from cities and towns,
216 62
$14,716 17
Town indebtedness,
$19,883 83
LIST OF JURORS.
George F. Friend, laborer.
Joshua M. Cushing, real estate agent.
Wendell Phillips, carpenter. George F. Fowle, laborer.
Warren M. Simmons, laborer.
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George W. Lewis, painter.
James A. Simmons, mason.
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,
Edmund H. Sears, farmer.
Sidney C. Soule, farmer.
E. Edgar Chandler, painter.
Gershom B. Chandler, carpenter.
John A. Chandler, laborer.
George T. Chandler, retired.
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools,
$4,000 00
School incidentals and repairs of schoolhouses,
700 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,
100 00
Military aid,
100 00
Memorial day,
100 00
Cemetery,
300 00
Sinking fund for railroad debt,
2,000 00
Railroad interest,
1,000 00
Gurnet bridge loan and interest,
1,020 00
Support of poor,
2,500 00
Tree warden,
150 00
Board of health,
100 00
Broken stone roads,
2,000 00
For incidental expenses, bank and corporation taxes.
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Selectmen of Duxbury.
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The accounts of the selectmen have been examined and found correct.
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Auditor.
Jan. 15th, 1903.
EXPENSES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid-
E. H. Sears, services and expenses out of town, $14 00
Wendell Phillips, services out of town, 7 00
H. H. Lewis, services and expenses out of town, 3 00
Town of Hanover, aid to Thomas and Casey,
53 98
Town of Stoneham, aid to Mrs. Rich and two children, 144 00
City of Brockton, aid to Randall and Harriman, 36 93
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