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15 36
Samuel P. Soule, labor
2 00
L. B. Belknap, gravel,
I 20
$293 44
District No. 7.
Paid-
EJen W. Soule, labor,
$80 2I
E. W. Simmons, labor,
IJ 55
Percey L. Walker, labor,
5 40
Sidney C. Soule, labor,
6 00
William J. Burke, labor,
2 00
Alpheus Nickerson, labor,
25 60
Warren C. Prince, labor,
21 00
George Sprague, labor
14 00
Adelbert Delano, labor,
18 00
John C. Studley, labor,
50
Otis Delano, labor,
21 55
George Simmons, labor,
I 50
George E. Hathaway, labor and clay,
27 91
E. F. Loring, labor,
I 36
Isaiah Walker, labor,
1 40
$237 98
District No. 8.
Paid-
James L. McNaught, labor,
$171 50
Chandler & Glover, labor,
5 50
H. A. Briggs, labor,
65 75
J. S. Edwards, labor,
IO 95
George W. Cobbett, labor,
5 25
Perry Holmes, labor,
5 00
Celso Tassinari, labor,
8 00
Alpheus Nickerson, labor,
6 00
John J. Edwards, labor,
2 00
Eden W. Soule, labor,
10 00
Warren C. Prince, labor,
4 00
Maurice L. Chandler, labor,
15 00
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Asa Chandler, labor,
18 00
William E. Simmons, labor,
2 00
Otis Delano, labor,
18 00
Thomas Gorham, labor,
18 00
A. E. Ryder, labor,
8 00
F. L. Randall, labor,
6 00
Richard Higgins, labor,
6 00
Henry L. Cushman, labor,
60
John K. Parker, labor,
19 50
Walter F. Cushman, labor,
31 50
E. I. Simmons, labor,
II 00
C. M. Taylor, labor,
2 50
George Mckay, labor,
27 00
E. Edgar Chandler, labor,
8 79
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
5 00
George E. Hathaway, clay,
6 50
Atwood Bros., clay,
IO 35
Nathan L. Sampson, labor,
83 00
$590 69
District No. 9.
Paid-
Elisha Peterson, labor,
$49 96
A. E. Ryder, labor
17 00
C. W. Marsh, labor,
12 IO
H. A. Anderson, labor,
2 00
Arthur Eaton, labor,
17 IO
Otis Delano, labor,
8 12
E. W. Soule, labor,
5 00
G. D. Simmons, labor,
6 00
Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,
6 90
$124 18
District No. 10.
Paid-
John A. Hunt, labor,
$68 78
R. A. Badger, labor,
12 00
Charles Walter, labor,
22 80
George Walter, labor,
4 89
George Worster, labor,
4 66
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H. H. Delano, labor,
47 50
E. C. Estes, labor,
15 00
James W. Baker, labor,
24 75
Frank C. Baker, labor,
9 00
John Holt, labor,
15 47
Walter H. Baker, labor,
9 00
Fred B. Studley, labor,
6 00
Harriet A. Randall, labor,
14 00
G. T. White, labor,
15 00
George S. Studley, labor,
7 00
E. A. Stevens, material,
2 58
Henry C. Chandler, labor,
7 50
Olive T. Blackman, gravel,
14 08
Anna D. Bailey, gravel,
IO 5I
J. Dexter Randall, labor,
12 00
William A. Hunt, labor, C. A. Boylston, labor,
4 22
14 81
$341 64
District No. II.
Paid-
John K. Parker, labor,
$41 04
Spencer Burgess, labor,
I 84
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
18 44
Calvin Josselyn, labor,
6 60
C. M. Taylor, labor,
16 80
H. A. Peterson, labor,
10 00
William Burke, labor,
II 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,
4 II
Richard Higgins, labor,
5 00
E. A. Ryder, labor,
16 00
F. L. Randall, labor,
12 00
Ira Studley, labor,
5 00
Robert Tammett, labor,
3 75
Fred V. Hunt, labor,
15 00
A. P. Simmons, labor,
II 00
William S. Frazar, labor,
20 09
J. L. McNaught, labor,
2 50
Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,
II 38
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$211 55
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District No. 12.
Paid-
T. W. Chandler, labor,
$91 28
S. S. Hamlin, labor,
9 10
Otis Lapham, labor,
9 10
Peter Baker, labor,
20 00
Edward Derosia, labor,
20 00
Geo. W. Hamlin, labor,
20 00
A. Nilson, labor,
52 68
Paul Blanchard, labor,
8 75
T. A. Lewis, labor,
10 00
R. D. Wood, labor,
22 00
Joseph Ash, labor,
18 36
John Sullivan, labor,
26 00
Chas. Sullivan, labor,
4 00
Harry Winslow, labor,
33 00
B: Frank Goodrich, labor
35 00
Bailey Gullifer, labor,
36 60
James H. Reed, labor,
5 76
$421 63
Total,
$4,303 67
John K. Parker, general superintendence,
$18 60
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
IO 54
H. L. Morgan, labor on tools, etc.,
2 75
$31 89
Grand total,
$4,335 56
RECAPITULATION.
Paid-
District No. I,
$531 90
District No. 2,
476 71
District No. 3,
516 94
District No. 4,
437 05
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District No. 5,
119 96
District No. 6,
293 44
District No. 7,
237 98
District No. 8,
590 69
District No. 9,
124 18
District No. 10,
341 64
District No. II,
2II 55
District No. 12,
421 63
General,
31 89
$4,335 56
Received-
Appropriation,
$4,000 00
Unexpended balance, 1902
55 75
$4,055 75
Overdrawn,
279 81
$4,335 56
STONE ROADS.
Paid-
Richard Higgins, labor,
$120 00
H. L. Morgan, repairs to tools, etc.,
7 60
Wm. S. Frazar, labor,
105 40
A. E. Parks, labor,
38 00
John J. Edwards, labor,
25 50
W. E. Nickerson, labor,
21 00
Ernest Bates, labor,
76 00
Geo. W. Cobbett, labor,
145 25
Samuel W. Sheldon, labor,
255 50
Celso Tassinari, labor,
61 00
W. C. Prince, labor,
74 00
J. H. Crocker, labor,
12 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight,
I 00
E. Edgar Chandler, labor,
I 00
W. D. Baker, labor,
76 64
J. L. McNaught, labor,
181 55
Geo. Mckay, labor,
90 40
Harvey Nickerson, labor,
70 00
C. W. Marsh, labor,
80 00
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Eden W. Soule, labor,
440 50
H. A. Briggs, labor,
66 25
J. K. Parker, labor,
463 70
Alpheus Nickerson. labor,
62 00
William J. Burke, labor,
192 50
John S. Lane & Sons, stone,
5,820 II
Thomas Gorham, labor and land damage,
61 00
Fred V. Hunt, labor,
24I 50
Ira Studley, labor,
26 00
George E. Hathaway, labor,
99 75
Sidney C. Soule, labor,
2 00
O. B. Ryder, labor,
132 56
W. S. Nickerson, labor,
70 00
Albert Bates, labor,
26 00
James McKay, labor,
12 00
H. L. Soule, labor,
42 80
Edson Mfg. Co.,
41 IO
Perry Holmes, labor,
3 00
O. W. Churchill, labor,
34 00
Henry B. Chandler, labor,
166 00
Freeman L. Randall, labor,
195 20
H. J. Reynolds, labor,
73 25
T. G. Grav & Co., labor,
3 55
C. M. Taylor, labor,
104 95
G. D. Simmons, labor,
55 60
Everett A. Ryder, labor,
91 20
H. A. Anderson, labor,
9 40
H. B. Loring, labor,
76 00
Hiram W. Barstow, labor,
124 25
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,
I7 OI
A. C. Bennett, labor,
2 00
Elisha Peterson, labor,
67 50
A. M. Wadsworth, labor,
7 00
Good Roads Machine Co.,
8 00
Ames Plow Co.,
3 50
Levi H. Cushing, labor,
216 00
Lewis Taylor, labor,
6 80
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
99 32
Horatio Chandler, labor,
52 50
Chandler & Glover, labor,
55 13
H. H. Delano, labor,
91 00
H. V. Dimmock, labor,
5I IO
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O. B. Soule, labor,
98 80
Guy L. Soule, labor,
93 00
Henry A. Fish, labor,
118 90
W. A. Adams, labor,
75
R. G. Needham, oil,
I 80
Nelson Cushing, labor,
17 50
N. L. Sampson, labor,
10 00
Robert Tammett, labor,
74 30
M. L. Chandler, labor,
96 00
Asa Chandler, labor,
46 60
Alonzo Chandler, labor, ,
14 00
John E. Josselyn, labor,
IO 50
Matthew Crotty, labor,
53 70
Walter Cushing, labor,
83 30
W. W. Campbell, labor,
I 80
H. A. Peterson, labor,
221 60
C. W. Holmes, labor,
74 67
John S. Edwards, labor,
2 00
Hunt & Rich, labor,
I 28
Byron Baker, labor,
3 50
L. M. Bailey, labor,
21 70
E. F. Loring, labor,
62 35
Atwood Bros., clay,
20 15
Gershom Bradford, 2nd, labor,
I 00
Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,
3 20
$11,987 77
Unexpended balance,
99 3I
$12,087 08
Appropriation,
$12,000 00
Unexpended balance, 1902,
87 08
$12,087 08
AUTUMN AVENUE.
Paid-
James H. Peterson, land damage,
$50 00
E. H. Chandler, surveying,
40 00
E. H. Chandler, land damage,
Tj 00
Estate E. Y. Perry, land damage,
IC CO
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Kimball W. Randall, labor,
IO '0
Unexpended,
575 00
$700 00
Received-
Appropriation,
$700 00
NEW ROAD AT SOUTH DUXBURY.
Paid-
Eden W. Soule,
$III 00
Otis Delano,
18 00
Thomas Gorham,
18 00
Briggs Freeman,
14 50
Unexpended balance,
II3 50
Received-
Balance, 1902, $275 00
BAY POND ROAD.
Paid-
Eden W. Soule,
$35 00
Thomas Gorham,
7 50
Otis Delano,
8 00
$50 50
Received-
Appropriation,
$50 00
Overdrawn,
50
$50 50
ROAD AT POWDER POINT.
Paid- S. W. Sheldon, $5 00
$125 00
$161 50
$275 00
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William Burke, 2 80
7 80
Unexpended,
164 84
$172 64
Received --
Unexpended balance, 1902,
$172 64
REMOVING SNOW.
Orders have been drawn for removing snow to the amount . of $810.79.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Balance, 1902,
3II 45
$7II 45
Overdrawn,
99 34
$810 79
TREE WARDEN.
Paid-
Eugene S. Freeman, Tree Warden,
$77 30
W. F. Cushman, labor,
2 65
S. W. Sheldon, labor,
9 67
H. A. Briggs, labor,
3 50
J. L. McNaught, labor,
2 85
L. H. Cushing, labor,
8 50
L. B. Pierce, labor,
90
Celso Tassinari, labor,
8 00
George L. Gerrish, labor,
2 00
H. E. Barrows, trees,
33 00
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,
16 61
Bowker Insecticide Co.,
8 00
Perry Holmes, labor,
17 00 ·
Fred O. Wadsworth,
16 00
C. W. H. Moulton,
II 00
J. W. Swift,
24
T. T. McNaught,
7 50
Thomas Gorham,
12 80
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A. E. Parks,
7 00
Sweetser & Arnold,
I 64
J. B. Chandler, 7 00
E. E. Chandler,
I 00
A. M. Wadsworth,
7 54
Alonzo Frost,
6 00
Eden W. Soule,
II OJ
W. B. Campbell,
50
George R. Freeman,
5 00
Unexpended,
178 63
$462 83
Received-
Appropriation,
$400 00
Balance, 1902,
62 83
$462 83
GUIDE POSTS AND BOARDS.
The guide boards in town are in their usual condition. They have been painted and lettered during the past year. The one at the corner of Congress and Keen Streets is in need of a new post, which will be set in the spring.
GURNET BRIDGE.
Paid-
Allen Grant, freight on lumber,
$118 94
Harvey Nickerson, labor,
35 5℃
Alpheus Nickerson, labor,
19 75
Ira Studley, labor,
35 50
Daniel Studley, labor,
5 75
J. W. Swift, oil,
I 00
Geo. Mckay, labor,
15 00
Andrew Leatherbee & Co., lumber,
943 48
George Sprague,
71 25
M. L. Chandler,
38 50
H. L. Cushman,
75 75
H. M. Sanders & Co., nails,
46 00
H. L. Morgan, iron work,
I 00
$284 20
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Wendell Phillips,
13 00
Sweetser & Arnold,
I 72
E. H. Sears,
24 00
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., H. A. Briggs, James L. McNaught, freight,
II 00
92
$1,460 64
Unexpended,
139 36
$1,600 00
Received-
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
F .. B. Knapp, old lumber,
100 00
$1,600 00
AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
Paid-
W. R. Amesbury, med. attendance, J. Glass and wife,
$63 00
W. R. Amesbury, med. attendance, A. F. Nickerson, 73 25
Edward Baker, guardian, 50 00
Jason H. Randall, 24 00
Edward M. Magoun,
48 00
Lewis B. Abbott, 7 25
Elisha Peterson, burial William Woodward, 35 00
For medical attendance and care of Nathan Dorr, 85 00
Town of Whitman, aid to Mrs. Nutter,
15 00
Town of Whitman, aid to Walter Southworth,
24 00
Town of Randolph, aid to A. M. Nightingale,
9 50
Unexpended,
430 00
$864 00
Appropriation, $100 00
Balance from 1902, 659 00
Reimbursed from state for burial of J. P. Weston and Marcellus Soule, 70 00
Due from state for burial of William Woodward, 35 00
$864 00
$434 00
2 68
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PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID. Chapter 374. Acts of 1899. Due from state, payments from Dec. 1, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1904 $2,553 00
Abbott, Lewis B. $72 00 Randall, Elizabeth F. 48 00
Alden, Thomas 72 00
Randall, Francis J. 40 00
Brewster, Melzar 48 00 Randall, Harriet A. 24 00
Bartlett, Emma J. 48 00 Rogers, Teresa C.
48 00
Bailey, Louis M. 48 00
Sampson, Mary D.
48 00
Chandler, Emmons A. 48 00
Stearns, Aroline A. 48 00
Dunham, William J. 48 00
Soule, Joseph A. 72 00
Ellis, Daniel W. 72 00
Soule, Nancy W. 48 00
Foster, Caroline I.
48 00
Foster, Hiram
48 00
Soule, Samuel P.
36 00
Foster, Mary D.
48 00
Sherman, Frederick P. 48 00
Friend, George F.
36 00
Sherman, Sarah F.
36 00
Freeman, Enoch
60 00
Thomas, William H.
4 00
Frost, Edward F.
48 00
Wadsworth, Hamilton 72 00
Gleason, Spencer W.
36 00
Weston, Georgiana M. 48 00
Glass, Lizzie H.
48 00 Weston, Lucia S.
48 00
Glass, Jonathan
72 00
Kilbrith, Emeline
12 00
Gardner, Leander R.
72 00
Leach, Rodney M.
48 00
Gullifer, Bailey
16 00
Lewis, Josephine R.
24 00
Higgins, George L.
48 00
Magoun, Edward M. 48 00
Josselyn, John E. 36 00
Weston, James S. 48 00
McNaught, Thos. T.
72 00
Weston, Almira B.
48 00
McNaught, Juliette
48 00
Winsor. Joshua
48 00
Rvder, George F.
72 00
Ryder, Sarah B.
48 00
$2,360 00
MILITARY AID.
Paid-
Jason H. Randall,
$96 00
William H. Thomas,
24 00
William Woodward,
48 00
Walter Southworth,
36 00
$204 00
One-half above sum paid by town,
$102 00
Unexpended balance. 201 00
$303 00
Patterson, Mary J.
48 00
Whitford, Reuben
.8 00
Soule, Sarah A. 48 00
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Received- Appropriation,
$100 00 203 00
$303 00
Due from state from Dec. I, 1902, to January, 1904, $120 00
SPANISH WAR MILITARY AID.
Paid-
Alfred Nickerson,
$24 00
Balance due, 1902,
36 00
$60 00
Whole amount due from state.
ENFORCING LAWS.
Paid-
W. W. Campbell,
$489 26
William W. Carruth,
10 00
William J. Turner,
2 00
R. G. Needham,
I 50
H. A. Briggs,
4 50
Fred V. Hunt,
I 25
C. A. Peterson,
15 21
John F. Calanan,
50 65
M. A. Spear,
21 00
C. W. Osborne,
21 00
Thomas Malloy,
21 00
T. W. Chandler,
32 00
T. F. Kane,
20 00
$689 37
Received-
Appropriation,
$500 00
Balance from 1902,
13 90
Overdrawn,
175 47
$689 37
Unexpended balance, 1902,
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MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid-
William Wadsworth Post, 165, G. A. R., Received- Appropriation,
$100 00
100 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid-
C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., - $1) 00
H. J. Meedham,
25 00
A. E. Green,
I 95
Overdrawn, 1902,
39 46
$75 4J
Unexpended,
24 59
$100 00
Received-
Appropriation,
$100 00
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
Paid-
Smith & Byanı,
$I 60
Standard Extinguisher Co.,
138 54
A. M. Morton & Co.,
3 30
F. A. Walker & Co.,
12 60
Walworth Manufacturing Co.,
55
H. L. Soule,
2 00
Mark L. Simmons,
I 00
George H. Stearns,
2 00
$161 59
Unexpended,
38 41
$200 00
Received- Appropriation, $200 00
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SINKING FUND.
Paid-
Sinking Fund Commissioners for 1902 and 1903, $4,000 00 Received-
Appropriation, 1902 and 1903, $4,000 00
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.
Paid-
Wendell Phillips,
$4,379 50
Allen Totman Co.,
44 82
George B. Bates,
32 54
J. K. Parker,
103 22
O. D. Case & Co.,
293 50
Gay & Procter,
265 48
Lester B. Snow,
I 60
W. W. Campbell,
458 00
Chandler & Glover,
18 75
W. B. Campbell,
340 00
Elnathan Delano,
28 87
· A. E. Green, insurance for five years,
164 00
A. E. Green, freight and cartage,
8 45
$6,138 73
Received-
Voted to hire six thousand dollars,
$6,000 00
Overdrawn, 138 73
$6,138 73
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid-
Henry H. Lewis, selectmen services,
$164 00
Emund H. Sears, selectmen services,
215 88
Wendell Phillips, selectmen services, 172 70
Edmund H. Sears, moderator's services,
5 00
H. H. Lewis, assessor, 100 50
E. H. Sears, assessor, 94 65
E. H. Sears, team for assessors,
9 00
Wendell Phillips, team for assessors,
4 00
Wendell Phillips, assessor,
97 50
H. H. Lewis, chairman, stationery and postage,
9 45
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Wendell Phillips, clerk,
5 00
Overseers of Poor, general services,
15 00
D. D. Deveraux, registrar, 25 00
D. D. Deveraux, typewriting,
75
H. B. Chandler, registrar,
25 00
Percy L. Walker, registrar
34 00
W. W. Campbell, police duty,
274 13
William J. Burgess, auditor,
5 00
George H. Stearns, salary and expenses as treasurer,
305 98
George H. Stearns, town clerk,
60 80
George H. Stearns, collector,
284 30
George H. Stearns, supplies, stationery and postage,
25 80
George H. Stearns, registrar,
25 00
Elisha Peterson, janitor Town Hall,
16 58
John K. Parker, inspector slaughtered animals,
72 00
H. A. Randall, painting guide boards,
65 91
William J. Alden, constable services,
2 00
M. L. Simmons, fighting fire,
I 25
T. W. Chandler, constable services,
5 00
State Treasurer, one-fourth druggist license,
25
John McCarty, fighting fire,
75
Fred V. Hunt, team for posting warrants,
4 00
Wendell Phillips, repairs at almshouse,
4 10
Hobbs, Warren Co., supplies for town officers,
I 35
John Ellis, police duty,
2 00
N. K. Noyes, returning births,
5 25
O. H. Brown, fighting fire,
75
John K. Parker,
I 00
Walter Cushing, repairs to guide boards,
3 00
Elisha Peterson, labor on town grounds,
7 50
M. L. Chandler, labor at fire,
I 25
H. A. Randall, labor at fire,
63
Sweetser & Arnold, scales, etc.,
5 20
E. S. Freeman, opening drawbridge,
10 00
L. J. Richards & Co., county atlas,
15 00
Herbert Collins, detective,
4 60
C. E. Peterson, police duty, .
4 00
· C. H. Alden, police duty,
2 00
H. B. Chandler, wood for town office,
6 25
Horatio Chandler, fighting fire,
2 50
J. J. Shepherd, returning deaths, .50
A. W. Simmons, fighting fire, 75
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Samuel Ward & Co., 2 33
B. P. Barstow, M. D., returning births,
50
Laurence Bradford, surveying, 52 68
Laurence Bradford, academy committee,
I 50
S. W. Sheldon, labor on drawbridge,
I 00
J. A. Chandler, police duty,
2 00
William J. Alden, posting warrants, 4 25
James H. Peterson, fighting fire,
50
L. H. Cushing, team for constable,
I 50
C. M. Hayden, filling fire extinguishers,
I 50
Harry A. Randall, labor at fire,
I 50
E. M. Litchfield, labor at fire,
I 00
Memorial Press, printing reports,
102 00
W. W. Campbell, posting warrants,
4 00
John K. Parker, inspection of live animals,
112 00
John F. Calanan, legal services,
10 00
Memorial Press, printing, 39 25
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal,
5 00
W. M. Simmons, fighting fire,
I 50
John Holt, fighting fire,
2 75
James Dreghorn, fighting fire,
75
H. M. Dolbeare, printing for assessors,
I 60
Brooks K. Dunhanı, fighting fire,
50
F. H. Weston, care of town office,
16 00
James L. McNaught, expressing,
6 05
H. C. Freeman, ballot clerk,
3 00
C. C. Bradford, services at Election,
I 00
Samuel P. Soule, auditor,
8 00
Geo. H. Chandler, returning deaths,
I 25
Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,
15 25
A. L. McMillen, returning births,
50
Abatement of taxes,
302 23
Discount on taxes,
486 14
George H. Stearns, error in assessment,
4 00
Unexpended,
826 52
$3,396 84
$4,223 36
Received- Balance from 1902, Corporation tax,
$1,143 56 2,267 47
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Bank tax,
357 25
District court fines,
61 00
Liquor license, I 00
Peddlers', billiard and butchers' licenses,
33 00
Added taxes, 19 43
Overlayings on taxes,
120 65
State on account cattle inspection,
56 00
Interest on taxes,
161 00
Sale of town records,
3 00
$4,223 36
RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
1903. Paid-
April I, treasurer of the commonwealth, interest,
$500 00
October I, treasurer of the commonwealth, interest, 500 00
$1,000 00
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Statement of Railroad Loan.
Due on note, $25,000 00
GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.
1903. Paid-
June, I, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,000 00
June 1, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, interest, 20 00
$1,020 00
Unexpended,
45 00
$1,065 00
Received- Appropriation, Balance from 1903,
$1,020 00
45 00
$1,065 00
TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.
Jan. I, 1904, outstanding railroad note, Stone roads loan,
$25,000 00 10,000 00
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Schoolhouse loan,
4,000 00
Balance on notes for money hired in anticipation of taxes Outstanding bills estimated,
4,000 00
600 00
$43,600 00
Resources.
Cash in treasury,
$3,928 41
Uncollected taxes, 1903,
5,662 36
Uncollected taxes, 1902,
1,483 96
Uncollected taxes, 1901,
5II 94
Uncollected taxes, 1900,
95 18
Due from state, state aid, Chap. 79, Revised Laws, 2,553 00
Due from state, military aid, Chap. 79, Revised Laws, 120 00 Due from state, Spanish War, military aid, 60 00
$14,414 85
Town indebtedness,
$29,185 15
LIST OF JURORS.
Joshua M. Cushing, real estate agent.
Wendell Phillips, carpenter.
George F. Fowle, laborer.
George W. Lewis, painter.
James A. Simmons, mason.
Warren S. Nickerson, farmer.
Frank Hoyt, farmer.
Henry C. Chandler, laborer.
Theo. W. Glover, carpenter.
E. Edgar Chandler, painter.
Gershom B. Chandler, carpenter.
John A. Chandler, laborer.
Albert M. Goulding, farmer.
Alfred E. Green, telegrapher.
Leonard C. Baker, Jr.
William J. Turner, fisherman.
William E. Weston, retired.
Levi P. Simmons, blacksmith.
Frank H. Weston, carpenter.
Walter F. Cushman, farmer.
William J. Alden, Jr., shoemaker.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support schools,
$4,500 00
School incidentals and repairs schoolhouses,
700 00
Superintendent of Schools,
250 00
Duxbury Free Library,
350 00
Repairs of highways and bridges,
4,000 00
Removing snow,
800 00
Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors,
100 00
Military aid,
100 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Cemetery,
400 00
Sinking fund for railroad debt,
2,000 00
Railroad interest,
1,000 00
Support of poor,
2,200 00
Tree Warden,
300 00
Board of Health,
50 00
New schoolhouse loan and interest,
1,200 00
Stone road loan and interest,
2,400 00
Forest fire wards,
350 00
For incidental expenses, bank and corporation taxes.
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Selectmen of Duxbury.
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.
GEORGE P. CUSHMAN, WILLIAM J. BURGESS, Auditors.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings assessed,
$1,080,304 00
Value of land assessed,
489,863 00
Total valuation of real estate assessed,
1,570,167 00
Total valuation of personal estate assessed,
248,946 00
Total valuation,
1,819,113 00
Real estate increase from last year,
55,784 00
Personal estate increase from last year,
4,414 00
Total increase,
60,198 00
Rate of taxation, $14.50.
Number of houses assesessed,
723 I-6
Number of acres of land assessed.
13,482 1-12
Number of horses assessed,
4II
Number of cows assessed,
268
Number of neat cattle other than cows,
30
Number of swine assessed,
57
Number of sheep assessed,
32
Number of fowl assessed,
2,712
Number of persons assessed on property,
I072
Number of residents assessed on property,
699
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
· 373
Number of polls assessed,
574
State tax,
1,425 00
State tax for repairs of state highway,
102 75
County tax,
2,424 65
Population, census. of 1900,
2,075
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Assessors of Duxbury.
Duxbury
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid-
Town of Plymouth, aid to Aubrey Soule, $3 00
City of Brockton, aid to H. Harriman, 8 73
Town of Norwell, aid to Bernard Randall, 12 00
Town of Hanover, aid to Thos. Wentworth and Casey, 136 75 Town of Penbroke, aid to Z. P. Freeman, 46 50
Town of Stoneham, aid to Mary Rich and children, 212 00
Mary W. Boylston, supplies to Elijah Snell, 61 94
J. W. Baker, house rent, for Elijah Snell, 36 00
W. Phillips, house rent, for B. H. Sanford, 39 00
Isaac S. Burgess, house rent, for Aubrey Soule, 30 00
Westborough Insane Hospital, care Annie C. Soule, 212 17
Taunton Insane Hospital, care Arnold and Brewster, 267 24
C. W. Bartlett, medical attendance, Mrs. C. H. Price, 31 50
N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Bernice Rogers, 57 00
Mrs. Tasinari, board and care, Mrs. J. H. Crocker, 25 00
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Crocker, 64 50
Mrs. Mary Moulton, care child of Mrs. Crocker, 7 00
W. R. Amesbury, attendance, F. C. Chandler and wife, 63 00.
W. R. Amesbury, attendance, Mrs. Lampher, 28 00
W. R. Amesbury, attendance, Susie Bailey, 10 00
Rebecca A. Hawkins, cash aid, 8 00
Duxbury C. & L. Co., supplies to E. J. Weston,
7 35
N. M. Stetson, medicines for Mrs. Crocker,
8 62
H. H. Bliss, suplies to Daniel Burgess,
18 55
james Langille, supplies to Daniel Burgess,
II 45
E. W. Reed, board of E. A. Soule, 6 00
Fred V. Hunt, team to Hanover,
2 50
Elisha Peterson, burial, Alfreda Randall, 20 00
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies to Emeline Paulding, I 88
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies to Frank C. Chandler, 14 56
$1,450 24
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EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE FOR YEAR ENDING JAN. 1, 1904.
Paid-
Charles E. Peterson, on acct. salary as Supt.,
$280 00
W. O. Peterson, supplies, 72 71
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies, 173 27
N. Ford & Sons, supplies,
130 54
George H. Stearns, supplies,
40 32
George H. Stearns, hay,
5 45
E. W. Simmons, milk,
17 82
Rufus Holiday, fish,
13 88
James H. Peterson, fish,
30 IO
James Langille, meats,
29 64
L. B. Gardner, meats,
44 23
L. B. Sherman, meats,
17 89
W. B. Gardner, meats,
32 37
H. E. Merry, meats,
32 34
F. W. Atwood, supplies,
20 02
W. W. Symmes, supplies and use of team,
3 00
George L. Higgins, supplies,
I 00
Enoch Freeman, supplies,
2 40
H. A. Peterson, vegetables and fertilizer,
6 40
A. F. Lapham, pigs, 10 00
H. J. Reynolds, vegetables,
4 49
J. W. Cushing, ice,
IO 53
D. H. Craig, coal, 16 53
E. W. Loring, coal, 19 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal,
131 23
L. H. Cushing, wood and teaming, 20 50
John E. Josselyn, teaming,
2 IO
L. A. Peterson, vegetables, 10 16
Frank E. Phillips, butchering, 1902 and 1903, 6 00
75
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Witherell,
48 00
Jane Kelly, care Mrs. Witherell, 18 00
W. W. Campbell, repairs, 3 50
W. B. Campbell, repairs, 88 40
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., supplies for repairs,
IO 91
Soule & Glover, repairs,
9. 15
Harry Cushing, hooping tub, 40.
$1,363 03
W. J. Allen, Jr., repairing shoes,
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Inmates of Almshouse and their ages.
Charity M. Bourne, 94 years.
Lucy B. Chandler, 57 years.
Rosina Witherell, 82 years.
W. E. B. Thomas, 31 years. Cordelia F. Metcalf, 73 years.
Tramps lodged, 163.
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
Balance from 1902,
$571 24
Appropriation,
2,500 00
Received for board, Mrs. Wadsworth,
156 00
Received for farm sales,
60 00
Received from city of Fall River,
142 00
Received from Mrs. Desmond for burial Frank Pride,
20 00
Received from state transportation shipwrecked sailors,
14 55
Due from State aid to Bernice Rogers,
57 00
Due from Fall River,
10 00
Due from town of Norwell,
49 75
Due from town of Sturbridge,
25 00
Due from town of Plymouth,
30 00
$3,635 54
Expenses of outside poor.
$1,450 24
Expenses of inside poor,
1,363 03
$2,813 27
Unexpended balance,
822 27
$3,635 54
Amount of inventory in Almshouse and on farm,
$3TO 40
Average cost per week in Almshouse per person, Your Overseers have had the town farm surveyed, and plan made at the expense of
$3 70
$50 68
They have also sold and deeded one lot to Alfred V. Freeman for $55 00
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Overseers of Poor of Duxbury.
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