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Surveyors of Wood and Lumber-H. G. Weston, Horatio Chandler, Henry L. Cushman.
Highway Surveyor-John K. Parker.
Fire Wards and Field Drivers-C. M. Hayden, Levi H. Cushing, Walter Cushing, Asa Chandler, Charles E. Hunt, A. M. Goulding, E. W. Soule, James McNaught, Elisha Peter- son, John A. Hunt, John K. Parker, T. W. Chandler.
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Forest Fire Wards-F. B. Knapp, Horatio Chandler, Rob- ert T. Randall, Mark L. Simmons, Elisha Peterson, John A. Hunt, A. M. Goulding, C. E. Peterson.
Special Police-Chas. E. Peterson, Abbott W. Simmons, Thomas H. Flood, W. S. Nickerson.
Undertaker and Burial Agent-Elisha Peterson.
Registrar of Voters-D. D. Devereux, Henry B. Chandler, Percy L. Walker, George H. Stearns.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions-John K. Parker.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Hiram Foster.
Keeper of Almshouse and Pound-Charles E. Peterson.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. District No. I.
Paid --
Florence A. Chaffin, teaching,
$407 00
Care of house,
60 00
Fuel,
124 84
591 84
District No. 2.
Paid-
Nellie W. Downey, teaching,
$370 00
Care of house, Fuel,
25 00
$414 20
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District No. 3.
Paid-
Nellie F. Randall, teaching,
$207 00
Grace E. Brown, teaching,
119 00
Care of house,
16 05
Fuel,
37 00
$379 05
District No. 4.
Paid-
Ida M. Raymond, teaching,
$370 00
Care of house,
24 30
Fuel,
31 00
District No. 5.
Paid-
Margaret McDermott, teaching,
$207 00
Sadie C. Paulding, Care of house, Fuel,
80 00
IO 90
27 75
$425 30
$325 65
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19 20
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District No. 6.
Paid-
Grace M. Peterson, teaching,
$333 00
Care of house, Fuel,
24 00
$370 30
District No. 7.
Paid-
Grace M. Hastings, teaching,
$333 00
Care of house,
Fuel, $389 30
District No. 8.
Paid-
Mary L. Devereux, teaching,
$370 00
Care of house,
22 00
Fuel, $434 75
Grammar School.
Paid-
Elizabeth A. Haskins, teaching,
$550 00
Care of house, - Fuel,
56 84
.
$646 84
High School.
Paid-
Herbert E. Walker. teaching,
$630 00
Gertrude C. Ellis, teaching, 270 00
Eva W. Eldredge, teaching, 200 00
Annie W. Bigelow, teaching,
27 00
Rent. etc., 90 00
$1,217 00
Paid- Lillian C. Stoddard, teaching music, $200 00
Harriet J. Ford, teaching drawing, . 200 00
Town of Kingston, tuition, 20 00
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13 30
16 05
40 25
42 75
40 00
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Town of Pembroke, tuition, 154 33
$574 33
Total expenditure, Unexpended balance,
$5,768 56
73 67
$5,842 23
Received-
Appropriation,
$4,500 00
Unexpended balance, 1903,
833 03
Dividend dog fund,
342 53
Balance Superintendent of Schools,
166 67
$5,842 23
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Paid-
N. K. Noyes, services as school com- mittee,
$18 50
N. T. Soule, services as school com- mittee, IO 75
William J. Alden, Jr., services as school committee,
26 75
William J. Alden, Jr., book agent,
35 00
William J. Alden, Jr., taking school census, 14 00
A. M. Goulding, school committee,
II 50
N. K. Noyes, freight,
2 56
Edw. E. Babb & Co., supplies,
185 32
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
49 44
Ginn & Co., supplies,
5 78
Cave & Rogers, printing,
18 00
A. F. Peterson, labor and materials, District 6, 17 30
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies,
14 40
W. S. Freeman, rent of piano,
9 00
Vose Piano Co., piano,
161 75
H. A. Briggs, moving piano,
3 00
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
5 70
American Book Co., supplies,
35 06
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Cupples & Shoenhof, supplies, I 14
Grace M. Peterson, supplies, 85
Ida M. Raymond, supplies, I 00
Asa Chandler, labor on grounds, Dist. 4, 7 00
Harry B. Loring, labor on grounds, Dist. 3, 7 90
F. B. Norwood, flag staff, Dist. I, 5 00
W. S. Llewelleyn, maps, 9 00
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies,
30 13
Harriet J. Ford, supplies, 3 00
Oscar C. Hunt, work on flag staff, Dist. 3, 3 00
E. Delano, window shades, Dist. 4,
I 40
Hannah P. Thomas, cleaning school houses, 30 00
B. D. Loring, clock, 3 00
King, Richardson & Co., supplies, 6 40
Bound Brook Press, printing, 2 17
Allyn & Bacon, supplies, 2 67
Thorp & Martin, supplies, 2 75
H. A. Gerrish, use of well, Dist. 5,
6 00
H. J. Reynolds, cleaning vaults,
12 00
R. A. Winsor, repairs to clock,
I 00
W. E. Rogers, supplies,
I
Adams, Cushing & Foster, supplies,
2 88
H. L. Cushman, labor on flag staff, 6 25
William B. Campbell, supplies, 22 05
Frank B. Cain, work on stove, Dist. 7, I 25
William J. Turner, water, Dist. 7, 5 00
$798 00
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid-
Gershom B. Chandler, labor and material, Dist. 3, $58 82
W. W. Campbell, labor, Dist. I, 3 60
A. A. Sprague, Grammar, 12 50
James A. Simmons, mason work, 27 30
C. L. Strang, mason work, Dist. 5, 4 00
Matthew Russell, 5 50
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Warren E. Peterson, painting and
papering, Dist. 5, 53 05
John H. Haverstock, painting and papering, Dist. I, 3 89
Chandler & Glover, mason work, Dist. 4,
17 17
Frank B. Cain, labor, Dist. I, I 50
George B. Bates, 22 75
George Faunce, setting glass, Dist. 2,
I 20
Amount expended for school incidentals,
$21I 28 798 00
$1,009 28
Unexpended balance,
92 38
$I,IOI 66
Received-
Appropriation,
$850 00
Balance from 1903,
248 66
N. K. Noyes, piano box,
3 00
$1,IOI 66
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid- E. L. Willard, Supt., $500 00
Unexpended balance carried to sup- port of schools,
166 67
$666 67
Received-
Appropriation,
$250 00
Received from State,
416 67
$666 67
DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY.
Paid- E. H. Chandler, treasurer, Appropriation,
$400 00 $400 00
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HIGHWAYS.
District No. I.
Paid-
C. M. Hayden, labor,
$6 55
G. B. Chandler, lumber,
3 77
William J. Hastings, labor,
9 00
Julius B. Chandler, labor,
7 50
Geo. J. Soule, labor,
6 30
John E. Josselyn, labor,
42 68
Victor E. Lamb, labor,
36 60
William J. Alden, Jr., labor,
21 00
E. A. Ryder, labor,
10 00
C. M. Taylor, labor,
15 00
H. J. Reynolds, labor,
15 00
Oscar C. Hunt, gravel,
6 00
James McKay, labor,
: 5 25
· H. A. Peterson, labor,
7 50
$192 15
District No. 2.
Paid-
Levi H. Cushing, labor,
$192 65
H. V. Dimock, labor,
21 80
Oscar B. Ryder, labor,
63 13
Everett A. Ryder, labor,
39 96
Arthur Churchill, labor,
4 88
John E. Josselyn, labor,
42 00
Walter T. Churchill, labor,
2 00
Henry J. Dunster, labor,
15 34
George H. Torrey, labor,
7 75
Louis M. Bailey, material,
8 60
Hunt & Rich, material,
7 65
H. A. Peterson, labor,
35 00
Winslow Symmes, labor,
35 30
$476 06
District No. 3.
Paid- Walter Cushing, labor, $82 05
Edgar F. Loring, labor, 25 50
John McCarty, labor, IO 53
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David H. Chandler, labor, IO 85
Mark L. Simmons, labor, 22' 18
J. M. Freeman, labor, 20 16
Martin. H. Mullen, labor,
27 64
Harry B. Loring, labor,
I7 54
George E. Lapham, labor,
9 10
William J. Dunham, labor,
19.30
Louis M. Bailey, material,
13 70
Oscar H. Brown, labor,
23 94
Walter Morse, labor,
4 00
William Freeman, labor,
6 00
Matthew Crotty, labor,
3 10
Alonzo Chandler, labor, Herbert L. Soule, labor,
IO 42
Everett Winsor, labor,
2 00
Geo. W. Loring, labor,
15 88
Arthur F. Loring, labor,
15 45
Harrison Loring! material,
45 68
$400 02
District No. 4.
Paid-
Asa Chandler, labor,
$91 63
C. W. Marsh, labor,
35 00
Elliot M. Randall, labor,
25 55
Maurice L. Chandler, labor,
52 54
Lester G. Tibbetts, labor,
21 55
Freeman. L. Randall, labor,
36 22
John Cooper,
15 32
Frank W. Anderson, labor,
I 78
George W. Frost, labor,
14 00
Henry B. Chandler, labor,
44 65
E. H .. Chandler, material,
18 00
William W. Simmons, labor, IO 55
A. E. Raymond, labor,
4 50
Edward F. Frost, labor,
2 00
Cyrus Lantz, labor,
6 82
Henry Taylor, labor,
7 76
$387 87
.15 00
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District No. 5.
Paid-
Charles E. Hunt, labor,
$67 12
Eugene F. Atwood, labor,
6 00
J. F. Randall, labor,
2 00
Otis Baker, labor,
4 00
C. L. Strang, labor,
12 91
J. L. McAuliff, labor,
32 00
Robert T. Randall, labor,
37 00
Harvey Nickerson, labor,
3 76
Frank C. Baker, labor,
10 00
H. A. Gerrish, labor,
8 00
James W. Baker, labor,
17 00
John Holt, labor,
5 00
Duxbury C. & L. Co., lumber,
7 15
A. Glass, labor,
12 88
Daniel Studley, labor,
14 50
$239 32
District No. 6.
Paid-
A. M. Goulding, labor,
$107 78
J. H. Crocker, labor,
36 04
Anna D. Bailey, material,
8 88
Arthur Duchaine, labor,
19 55
Thomas Chandler,
26 72
A. E. Parks, labor,
38 39
H. H. Delano, labor,
39 30
Thomas Alden, labor,
36 0I
Benj. Alden, labor,
I 80
C. W. Marsh, labor,
36 25
C. L. Strang, labor,
2 45
James C. Chase, labor,
8 00
Frank C. Baker, labor,
6 00
J. C. Osgood, labor,
18 76
Mrs. A. Belknap, material,
6 40
District, No. 7.
Paid- Eden W. Soule, labor,
$45 98
Percy L. Walker, labor, 4 00
$392 33
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Sidney C. Soule, labor,
12 00
Otis Delano, labor,
I7 80
Warren C. Prince, labor,
7 00
Thomas Gorham, labor,
12 00
Calvin Josselyn, labor,
5 33
H. W. Barstow, labor,
IO 50
W. H. Woodward, labor,
4 00
$118 61
District No. 8.
Paid-
James L. McNaught, labor,
$107 50
Thomas Gorham, labor,
II OO
W. D. Lucas, labor,
40
C. M. Mckenzie, labor,
36 00
William E. Simmons, labor,
27 00
Willliam J. Burke, labor
8 00
Eden W. Soule, labor,
48 36
Henry F. White, labor,
5 15
J. B. Chandler, labor,
42 45
George J. Soule, labor,
12 80
C. M. Taylor, labor,
15 00
O. B. Ryder, labor,
9 00
L. M. Peterson, labor,
I 77
John K. Parker, labor,
24 50
Walter F. Cushman, labor,
21 00
A. F. Peterson, labor,
20 35
$390 28
District No. 9.
Paid-
Elisha Peterson, labor, $69 30
H. A. Ryder, labor, 2 00
E. A. Ryder, labor,
13 12
H. J. Reynolds, labor,
42 77
H. A. Peterson, labor,
7 50
William E. Simmons, labor,
2 00
William J. Hastings, labor,
17 00
$153 69
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District No. 10.
Paid-
John A. Hunt, labor,
$89 56
Thomas Inglis, labor,
3 00
H. W. Inglis, labor,
3 00
D. S. Paine, labor,
6 00
William H. Whiting, labor,
5 55
Peter Pratt, labor,
60 79
John Holt, labor,
58 18
Henry H. Douglas, labor,
4 00
C. A. Boylston, labor,
II II
G. T. White, labor,
25 56
Chas. Price, labor,
24 22
Daniel Ellis, labor,
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Benj. Ellis, labor,
II
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Ira Studley, labor,
9 II
H. H. Delano, labor,
27 78
Alonzo Mann, labor,
9 II
· $359 19
District No. II.
Paid-
John K. Parker, labor,
$51 84
Robert Tammett, labor,
21 50
J. B. Chandler, labor,
15 90
George J. Soule, labor,
27 30
William S. Frazer, labor,
3I 20
C. M. Taylor, labor,
16 00
Richard Higgins, labor,
4 00
C. W. Holmes, labor,
2 00
Warren C. Prince, labor,
7 50
O. B. Ryder, labor,
7 00
S. H. Jackson, labor,
7 00
George Faunce, labor,
6 60
William J. Hastings, labor,
1
2 00
$199 84
District No. 12.
Paid-
T. W. Chandler, labor,
$101 57
S. S. Hamlin, labor,
9 40
Laurence McAuliff, labor,
32 00
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Bailey Gullifer, labor,
25 18
E. H. Chandler, gravel,
IO 72
Exard Savard, labor,
4 00
Paul Blanchard, labor,
7 00
Russell Paulding, labor,
12 19
Edward Derosia, labor,
6 00
Norlbert Derosia, labor,
4 00
B. F. Goodrich, labor,
23 17
H. S. Winslow, labor,
27 04
R. D. Wood, labor,
16 40
Joseph Ash, labor, .
5 92
E. Hobell, labor,
1 50
C. M. Flagg, labor,
4 06
$290 15
GENERAL.
Paid-
Levi P. Simmons, repairs road machine, $8 84 Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., tools, etc, 8 93 Wm. J. Hastings, on scraper, vari- ous districts, 19 80
John K. Parker, superintendent, 23 00
H. L. Morgan, repairs of tools,
2 00
W. B. Campbell, drain tile,
6 10
Fred V. Hunt, 1902,
45 00
Eugene S. Freeman, Gurnet bridge,
9 25
$122 92
Total Overdrawn in 1903,
$3,722 43 279 81
$4,002 24
Received- Appropriation, Overdrawn,
$4,000 00
2 24
$4,002 24 -
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid-
District No. I,
$192 15
District No. 2,
476 об
District No. 3,
400 02
District No. 4,
387 87
District No. 5,
239 32
District No. 6,
392 33
District No. 7,
I18 61
District No. 8,
390 28
District No. 9,
153 69
District No. 10,
359 19
District No. 1I,
199 84
District No. 12,
290 15
General,
122 92
$3,722 43
STONE ROADS.
Paid-
Emory A. Chander, et. als.,
$25 00
G. D. Simmons,
21 00
C. M. Taylor,
15 75
Richard Higgins,
15 00
Ames Plow Co.,
9 60
George J. Soule,
7 00
John K. Parker,
41 75
E. G. Clements,
6 00
L. M. Bailey,
70
Estate S. P. Briggs,
8 00
William J. Burke,
4 00
H. A. Peterson,
3 00
$156 80
Unexpended,
25 55
$182 35
Received- Balance from 1903, $99 31
J. S. Lane & Sons, rebate on stone, 83 04 .
$182 35
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AUTUMN AVENUE.
Paid-
Horatio Chandler, labor,
$414 47
H. B. Chandler, land damage, 54 00
H. B. Chandler, labor, 395 00
Geo. T. Chandler, land damage,
3 00
Asa Chandler, labor, 20 00
Wilbur R. Randall, labor,
45 00
Kimball W. Randall, labor,
38 67
Ira Studley, labor, 1
16 00
Herbert A. Gerrish,,labor, 6 00
Chas. E. L. Nickerson, labor,
84 22
Edward O. Willcott, labor,
47 55
Willard R. Chandler, labor,
2I
33
Chandler & Glover, labor,
88 49
$1,233 73
Received-
Balance from 1903,
$575 00
Overdrawn,
658 73
$1.233 73
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NEW ROAD AT SOUTH DUXBURY.
Unexpended balance, 1903,
$113 50
BAY POND ROAD.
Expended in 1903,
$50 50
Appropriation, $50 00
Overdrawn, 50
ROAD AT POWDER POINT.
Unexpended balance, 1903, $164 84
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REMOVING SNOW.
Orders have been drawn for remov- ing snow to the amount of
$1,458 04
Overdrawn, 1903,
99 34
$1,557 38
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Overdrawn, 1904,
57 38
$1,557 38
TREE WARDEN.
Paid-
A. F. Peterson, labor,
$19 20
L. H. Cushing,
21 75
F. W. Atwood,
22 00
H. E. Barrows, trees,
83 50
T. T. McNaught,
6 60
E. S. Freeman,
79 50
Hiram Foster,
7 00
A. Edwards,
18 00
J. B. Chandler,
25 00
F. O. Wadsworth,
2 00
Duxbury C. & L. Co.,
8 57
Bowker Insecticide Co.,
8 00
A. Wadsworth,
2 00
George J. Soule,
10 00
E. W. Chandler,
24 25
George Faunce,
: 3 00
Unexpended,
$340 37 286 26
$626 63
Received-
$250 00
Balance from 1903,
178 63
E. S. Freeman, outside work,
58 00
Income from Hathaway bequest,
140 00
$626 63.
Appropriation,
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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 West and St. George Streets is in need of a. new post, which will be set in the spring.
AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
Paid-
F. W. Whitman, clothing for E. M. Magoun,
$12 00
Jason H. Randall,
24 00
Edward M. Magoun,
48 00
Walter Southworth,
10 00
Margaret Nutter,
4 00
$98 00
Unexpended,
467 00
Appropriation,
$100 00
Balance from 1903,
430 00
Due from State for burial of Wm.
Woodward,
35 00
$565 00
PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID.
Chapter 374. Acts of 1899.
Due from state, payments from Dec.
I, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1905,
$2,865 00
Abbott, Lewis B.
$72 00
Alden, Thomas
72 00
Brewster, Melzar
62 00
Bartlett, Emma J.
48 00
Bailey, Louis M.
48 00
Chandler, Emmons A.
44 00
$565 00
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Chandler, Mary L.
32 00
Campbell, William B.
4 00
Dunham, William J.
48 00
Ellis, Daniel W.
72,00
Foster, Caroline I.
48 00
Foster, Hiram
48 00
Foster, Mary D.
48 00
Freeman, Enoch
60 00
Friend, George F.
36 00
Frost, Edward F.
48 00
Gleason, Spencer W.
30 00
Glass, Lizzie H.
48 00 .
Glass, Jonathan
54 00
Gardner, Leander
72 00
Gardner, Martha
24 00
Gullifer, Bailey
26 00
Higgins, George L. .
48 00
Haverstock, John H.
52 00
Josselyn, John E.
36 00
Kilbreth, Emeline
48 00
Lewis, Josephine R.
24 00
Leach, Rodney M.
48 00
Magoun, Edward M.
50 00
McNaught, Thomas T.
72 00
McNaught, Julliett
48 00
Nutter, Margaret N.
28 00
Patterson, Mary J.
48 00
Ryder, George F.
72 00
Ryder, Sarah B.
48 00
Randall, Elizabeth F.
46 00
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Randall. Jason H.
12 00
Randall, Francis J.
48 00
Randall, Harriett A.
36 00
Rogers, Teresa C.
48 00
Sampson, Mary D.
40 00
Stearns, Aroline A.
48 00
Soule. Joseph A.
72 00
Soule, Sarah A.
48 00
Soule, Samuel P.
48 00
Soule. Louisa A.
40 00
Sherman, Frederick P.
48 00
Sherman, Sarah F.
36 00
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Thomas, William H.
48 00
Thomas, Hannah P.
40 00
Wadsworth, Hamilton
72 00
Weston, Georgiana M.
48 00
Weston, Lucia S.
48 00
Weston, James S.
48 00
Weston, Almira B.
16 00
Weston, George S.
8 00
Winsor, Nancy W.
48 00
Winsor, Joshua
48 00
$2,660 00
PAYMENTS FOR MILITARY AID.
Chapter 70. Acts of 1901.
Nickerson, Alfred F.
$24 00
Randall, Jason H.
80 00
Southworth, Walter
36 00
$140 00
One-half above sum paid by state,
$70 00
Unexpended balance,
279 00
$349 00
Appropriation,
$100 00
Received of Alfred F. Nickerson,
48 00
Unexpended, 1903,
201 00
$349 00
Due from state, from Dec. 1, 1903, .
to January, 1905,
$92 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid- William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R., Appropriation,
$100 00
100 00
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ENFORCING LAWS.
Paid- W. W. Campbell, police duty, to Mar. I, $115 20 Overdrawn, 1903, 175 47
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$290 67
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid-
H. A. Briggs, Merry case, $1 50
C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., 9 00
C. M. Taylor, collecting garbage, 25 00
H. C. Freeman, clerk and postage, 3 93
Unexpended,
$39 43 35 16
$74 59
Appropriation,
$50 00
Balance from 1903,
24 59
$74 59
CAUCUS COMMITTEE.
Appropriation, $20 00
No orders drawn.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid-
Hathaway & Sampson, plumbing, $29 86
W. W. Campbell, repairs Almshouse, 20 45
H. M. Freeman, paper, Almshouse, 3 24
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, 2 63
J. A. Simmons, mason work, 3 00
W. B. Campbell, tinning roof, 15 00
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Frank B. Cain, labor and material on tank,
45 58
A. A. Sprague, labor and material, 2 21
G. B. Chandler, labor and material, 2 09
$124 06
Unexpended,
25 94
$150 00
Received-
Appropriation, $150 00
FOREST FIREWARDS.
Paid-
Walter Cushing,
$0 75
Elisha Peterson,
67 90
Standard Extinguisher Co.,
160 20
Otis Lapham,
4 00
S. S. Hamlin,
5 00
M. L. Chandler,
I 19
H. D. Osgood,
2 75
John A. Hunt,
I 50
Eugene Atwood,
3 25
Frank Sampson,
3 00
Wilbur Randall,
4 75
Chandler & Barker,
IO 83
Knight & Thomas,
I 75
Sweetser & Arnold,
4 36
Horatio Chandler,
3 00
T. D. Randall,
I 25
C. M. Hayden
2 75
Ira Studley,
I 25
W. W. Simmons,
50
Elliott M. Randall,
50
D. Studley,
I 25
H. A. Gerrish,
I
I2
Percy Damon, et. als.,
II 75
$295 10
Unexpended balance,
I43 3I
$438 41
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Received- Appropriation. Balance from 1903.
$400 00
38 41
$438 41
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid-
Henry H. Lewis, selectmen's services $161 00
E. H. Sears, selectmen's services, 199 72
Wendell Phillips, selelectmen's services, 181 95
Henry H. Lewis, assessor's services, 213 00
E. H. Sears, assessor's services, 195 00
Wendell Phillips, assessor's services,
173 50
George H. Stearns, treasurer,
312 85
George H. Stearns, collector,
276 16
George H. Stearns, Town clerk,
69 95
George H. Stearns, cash expenses.
8 53
George H. Stearns, registrar. 27 00
D. D. Devereux. registrar,
27 00
Percy L. Walker, registrar,
27 00
W. W. Campbell. liquor raid.
150 00
W. W. Campbell, police duty and posting warrants, 21 50
Charles E. Peterson, et als., liquor raid, 200 00
Expense of Police. 4th of July. 14 00
Memorial Press. printing Town Reports, 118 25 Memorial Press, printing, 48 50
C. J. Peters Sons Co., printing, 2 II
Laurence Bradford, moderator, and expense on by-laws. 8 06
James Downey, ballot clerk, 6 00
H. A. Ryder, ballot clerk, 9 00
Cave & Rogers, printing ballots, etc., 19 00
Carter Ink Co., ink. 83
Henry M. Meek Publishing' Co., supplies. 3 50
Samuel Ward Co., supplies. 5 TO
Hobbs. Warren Co .. supplies. 7 13
Geo. W. Southworth, assessors' blanks. 2 (0)
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William J. Burgess, auditor, 10 00
Frank T. Holmes, constable; II 05
T. W. Chandler, constable, 13 00
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., lumber and drain tile, 12 87
H. H. Bills, care of selectmen's room, 2I 22
A. H. Bartlett, blanks for collector, 4 75
H. H. Pratt, legal services,
100 00
Elisha Peterson, janitor Town Hall,
19 50
Frank H. Weston, ballot clerk,
6 00
Chas. E. Peterson, ballot clerk,
6 00
E. H. Sears, team for assessors,
49 50
John K. Parker, inspector of animals,
70 00
John K. Parker, inspection slaugh- tered animals, 80 25
Geo. W. Cobbett, care of Town office, 9 00
Frank T. Holmes, painting signs, I 85
Willard Chandler, fighting fire,
I 00
Sweetser & Arnold, supplies for Town office, 4 IO
John K. Parker, services, I 00
Henry L. Cushman, labor, Town office, I2 12
E. Manter, team on liquor raid, 4 00
J. R. Briggs, land damage State highways,
25 00
H. H. Bills, posting notices and use of team, 6 50
South Duxbury Post Office, stamped envelopes,
34 45 -
H. A. Peterson, damage on Highway, 5 00
Mary J. Walker, returning birth, 25
N. K. Noyes, M. D., returning births,
5 50
C. W. Bartlett, M. D., returning births, 50
Elisha Peterson, returning deaths, 13 00
J. L. McNaught, freight and carting,
I 90
Fred Wadsworth, ballot clerk,
I 50
D. D. Devereux, typewriting, 75
M. M. White, 40
Elbridge H. Chandler, et. als., guide to assessors, 64 45
Abatement of taxes, 675 63
Henry H. Lewis, chairman, and postage, 9 30
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Overseers of Poor, general services,
15 00
Wendell Phillips, clerk, . 5 00
Discount on taxes,
576 68
Received --
Balance from 1903,
$826 52
Balance corporation tax, 1903,
5 18
Corporation tax, 1904,
2,167 49
Bank tax, 1904,
341 58
District court fines,
289 00
Liquor license,
I 00
Peddlers', billiard 'and butchers' licenses,
10 00
Added taxes, 43 62
Overlayings on taxes, I43 70
State on acct. cattle inspection,
35 00
Rocky Point Oyster Co.,
140 00
Interest on taxes,
207 48
Transferred bal. from bridge loan,
45 00
Overdrawn,
$4,255 57 110 09
$4,365 66
RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
Paid-1904 ---
April I, treasurer of the Common- wealth, interest, $500 00
October I, treasurer of the Common- wealth, interest, 500 00
$1,000 00
Appropriation, $1,000 00
STONE ROAD LOAN.
Paid, Interest, Due on notes,
$2,000 00 400 00 $8,000 00
$4,365 66
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STATEMENT OF R. R. LOAN.
Due on note,
$25,000 00
SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN.
Paid, . Interest, Due on notes,
$1,000 00 200 00
$3,000 00
REPAIRS OF GURNET BRIDGE.
Paid-
Harvey Nickerson, labor,
$2 00
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,
59
$2 59
Unexpended,
636 77
$639 36
Received- Appropriation,
$500 00
Unexpended,
139 36
$639 36
TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.
Liabilities.
January I, 1905, outstanding railroad 1 note,
Stone road loan,
$25,000 00 . 8,000 00 3,000 00
Schoolhouse loan,
Balance on notes for money hired in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00
Outstanding bills, estimated, 500 00
$41,500 00
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Resources.
Cash in treasury,
$4,046 00
Uncollected taxes, 1904.
5,520 61
Uncollected taxes, 1903, .
975 35
Uncollected taxes, 1902,
70 0I
Due from state, state aid, Chap. 79, Revised Laws, Sinking fund,
2,513 00
6,183 85
$19,308 82
Total indebtedness,
$22,191 18
LIST OF JURORS.
As Revised by Selectmen, January, 1905.
Gershom B. Chandler, carpenter.
John H. Glover, mason.
Archie M. Wadsworth, laborer.
William H. Weston, fisherman.
James A. Simmons, mason.
David H. Chandler, laborer. Wendell Phillips, carpenter.
Henry B. Chandler, mason.
George A. Baker, carpenter.
William J. Turner, fisherman.
Frank H. Weston, carpenter.
E. Edgar Chandler, painter.
Henry H. Bills, retired. Percy L. Walker, laborer.
E. Burton Freeman, carpenter.
Levi P. Simmons, blacksmith. Charles A. Boylston, laborer. Moses K. Norwood, carpenter.
Edwin H. Wright, carpenter. George W. Lewis, painter. George Lane, retired.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SE-
LECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools, $5,200 00
School incidentals and repairs of school houses, 700 00
Superintendent of Schools, 250 00
Duxbury Free Library,
400 00
Repairs of highways,
4,000 00
Removing snow,
1,500 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Cemeteries, 400 00
Sinking fund for railroad debt,
2,000 00
Railroad interest, 1,000 00
Schoolhouse loan and interest,
1,120 00
Stone road loan and interest,
2,320 00
Support of poor,
1,800 00
Board of Health,
50 00
Forest Firewards,
200 00
Incidental expenses, $500 00, together with the 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.
WILLIAM J. BURGESS,
SIDNEY C. SOULE, Auditors.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings, assessed,
$1,107,341 00
Value of land assessed, 515,897 00
Total valuation of real estate assessed,
1,623,238 00
Total valuation of personal estate assessed, 247,252 00
Total valuation,
1,870,490 00
Real estate increase from last year,
51,377 00
Personal estate decrease from last year,
1,694 00
Total increase,
49,683 00
Rate of taxation, $14 00 per $1,000.
Number of houses assessed,
732 I-6
Number of acres of land assessed,
13,780 2-3
Number of horses assessed,
396
Number of cows assessed,
256
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,
75
Number of swine assessed,
80
Number of sheep assessed,
IO
Number of fowl assessed,
1787
Number of persons assessed on property,
1072
Number of residents assessed on property,
678
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
394
Number of polls assessed, 571
State tax,
$1,475 00 - 102 75
State tax for repairs of State highway,
2,226 03
Population, census 1900,
2,075
County tax,
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS,
Assessors of Duxbury.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Expenses Outside Almshouse.
Paid-
Town of Stoneham, aid to Mary C. Rich and children, $240 00
Town of Hanover, for aid to Went- worth, Casey, Thomas and Gardner, 316 04
Town of Norwell, for aid to Gard- ner and Randall, 66 00
City of Brockton, for aid to H. Harri- man and family, .25 76
City of Boston, aid to George L Wadsworth, 33 00
Town of Plymouth, aid to George H. Brown and wife, 48 00
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Pratt, and medicine, 34 75
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, child of Frank Chandler, and medicine, 16 50 W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Charett, 20 00
N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Susie Bailey, 4 00
N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Mrs. Snow, IO 50
J. W. Baker, balance house rent for Elijah Snell, 21 00
R. T. Randall, wood, for Elijah Snell, 5 00
Mrs. Mary Boylston, supplies for Elijah Snell, 6 97
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