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Paid-
Henry A. Fish, labor, self and team,
$584 20
Fred W. Wadsworth, labor, 394 32
Frank L. Sampson, labor, 355 75
Arthur Edwards, labor,
187 25
Arthur B. Chandler, labor,
105 00
Alfred S. Churchill, labor,
50 75
Otis W. Baker, labor,
7 00
John J. Edwards, labor,
58 00
David H. Thomas, labor,
12 50
John W. Parks, printing and supplies,
7 50
Duxbury Post Office, supplies,
10 43
Ernest J. Sweetser, supplies,
2 10
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,
87
N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R. Co., freight, 2 25 Selectmen of Duxbury, services is- suing notices, 12 00
$1,859 92
Overdrawn, 1909,
1,125 83
$2,985 75
Received-
Appropriation,
$881 61
From the State,
750 88
From land owners,
539 65
From H. A. Fish,
8 75
Overdrawn,
804 86
Due from State,
$70 15
ROADSIDE TREES AND LAND.
Received- Appropriation, No orders have been drawn.
$2,180 89
$2,985 75
$300 00
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TAX TITLE OR WASTE LAND.
Received- Appropriation, No orders have been drawn.
$50 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid-
Oscar H. Brown, inspecting meat, $122 70
N. K. Noyes, M. D., services as physician, 56 85
Paul C. Peterson, supplies, 6 75
Harry W. Glass, quarantine, 44 00
William J. Burgess, general services, 5 00
Albert M. Goulding, general services,
4 50
Clarence M. Taylor, collecting garbage,
25 00
Clarence M. Taylor, public slaughterhouse, 10 00 City of Marlborough, 8 71
Paid,
$283 51
Overdrawn, 1909,
262 81
Unexpended,
53 68
$600 00
. Received-
Appropriation,
$600 00
Due from State,
$55 00
CEMETERIES.
Paid- Elisha Peterson, treasurer, $600 00 Received- Appropriation, $600 00
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REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid-
Frank H. Dawes, supplies,
$4 05
Frank B. Cain, labor and supplies,
2 50
Paid,
$6 55
Overdrawn, 1909,
34 80
Unexpended,
258 65
Received-
$300 00 Appropriation,
$300 00
TOWN OFFICE APPROPRIATION.
Paid-
Frank H. Dawes, labor and stock,
$6 75
Frank H. Weston, labor and stock,
3 25
Arthur A. Sprague, labor and stock,
1 25
Paid,
$11 25
Unexpended,
34 21
$45 46
Received-
Unexpended balance previous years,
$45 46
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid- William Wadsworth Post, 165, G. A. R., $125 00 Received- Appropriation, $125 00
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TOWN DUMP APPROPRIATION.
Paid- Elisha Peterson, committee,
$25 00
Unexpended,
25 00
$50 00
Received-
Appropriation, $50 00
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
Paid-
Joseph F. Bolton, Jr., services,
$72 94
Warren C. Prince, services,
42 50
Thaddeus W. Chandler, services,
7 00
Wm. McNeil, aid to constable,
6 00
Earl Cushing, aid to constable,
1 50
Freeman Manter, services,
2 00
Joseph E. Packard, services,
3 00
Paid, Unexpended,
$134 94
65 06
$200 00
Received-
Appropriation,
$200 00
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
Paid, Unexpended,
$699 50
172 50
$872 00
Received- Appropriation, Unexpended, 1909,
$400 00
285 00
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Town of Marshfield,
150 00
State,
37 00
$872 00
Due from town of Marshfield,
$127 00
Due from the State,
37 00
PAYMENT OF STATE AID.
Chapter 381, Acts of 1904, as amended by Chapter 412, Acts of 1910.
Paid,
$2,444 00
RECEIVED FROM STATE.
Amount due to Dec. 1, 1909,
$2,542 00
Due from State, from Dec. 1, 1909, to
Dec. 31, 1910, $2,656 00
AUTOMOBILE ACCOUNT.
No orders have been drawn. Received- Unexpended balance, 1909, $38 12
DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY.
Paid- Herbert E. Walker, treasurer, $1,000 00 Received- Appropriation, $1,000 00
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PROVINCETOWN PILGRIM MONUMENT APPROPRIATION.
No orders have been drawn, Received- Appropriation, 1908,
Unexpended,
$50 00 50 00
ASSESSORS' MAP.
Paid-
Thomas W. Bailey, services, Received-
$500 00
Appropriation, $500 00
CAUCUS COMMITTEE.
Received- Unexpended balance previous years, $7 25
No orders have been drawn.
HATHAWAY FUND.
Deposited in Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,000 00
Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910, 129 73
Interest from Jan. 1, 1910, to Jan. 1, 1911,
97 14
On deposit, $2,226 87
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OFFICE FURNITURE.
Paid-
Smith Typewriter Co., typewriter,
$129 60
American Furniture Exchange, 25 00
Oliver Whyte, supplies, 20 00
Elnathan Delano, supplies,
7 00
Paid,
$181 60
Unexpended,
118 40
$300 00 Received- Appropriation, $300 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid-
Henry H. Lewis, services as Selectman, $152 50 Henry H. Lewis, chairman, postage, etc., 8 12 Theodore W. Glover, services as Selectman, 155 50 Sidney C. Soule, services as Selectman, 164 30 Sidney C. Soule, clerk, postage and tele- phoning, 12 68
Henry H. Lewis, service as Assessor, 179 60
Theodore W. Glover, services as Assessor, 157 60
Sidney C. Soule, services as Assessor, 174 20
George H. Stearns, services as Town Clerk and cash expenses, 76 85
George H. Stearns, services as Treasurer and cash expenses, 404 21
George H. Stearns, services as Collector, 397 35
George H. Stearns, services as Registrar, 28 00 Henry B. Chandler, services as Registrar, 28 00
Percy L. Walker, services as Registrar, 28 00
John H. Glover, services as Registrar, 28 00
John H. Glover, services as Registrar, 1909, 12 50 John H. Glover, services as Ballot Clerk, 3 00
William S. Moore, services as Auditor, 10 00
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Ernest H. Bailey, services as Auditor, 10 00
The Memorial Press, printing town re- ports, 146 00
The Memorial Press, printing and sup- plies, 256 80
C. T. Harris, supplies, 35
Eden S. Glover, services as Ballot Clerk, 6 00
Herbert A. Ryder, services as Ballot Clerk, 3 00
Plymouth Hardware Co., stove for Town Hall, 25 75
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies, 1 26
Edgar W. Chandler, services as Ballot Clerk, 3 00
Harold Hanigan, services as Ballot Clerk, 5 00
Henry A. Briggs, team hire, 1 50
James L. McNaught, express, 21 62
Levi Cushing, wood and team hire, 24 13
Frank H. Dawes, painting and supplies, 2 85
John E. Josselyn, cleaning vault, 2 00
Winslow Cushing, team hire, 1 50
Fred V. Hunt, team hire,
6 00
Elisha Peterson, janitor service, 15 00
Henry H. Bills, janitor service, team hire, etc., 87 75
Clara A. Sollis, settlement for injury, re- ceived on highway, 125 00
Fred W. Wadsworth, care of Town clock, 25 00
Herman H. Delano, Jr., inspector of animals, 90 00
Charles S. Davis, general services and ser-
vices regarding sales of land for taxes, 105 00 Tug boat, Mary Arnold, services in peram- bulating town lines, % 50
Henry Foster, posts,
5 00
John W. Parks, printing,
6 00
Southern Mass. Telephone Co., telephone service, 19 28
Plymouth Electric Light Co., electricity, 5 22
George H. Stearns, agent for Insurance Co., 78 75 Hill, Smith & Co., supplies, 55 75
P. B. Murphy, supplies, 3 55
A. W. Brownell, supplies, 8 60
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Samuel Ward & Co., supplies,
15 45
So. Duxbury P. O., supplies, 15 96
Duxbury P. O., 33 70
Winslow P. Johnson, supplies,
2 25
Globe Stamp Works, supplies,
1 35
M. M. White, supplies, 19 52
N. Ford & Sons, supplies, 60
Hobbs, Warren & Co., supplies,
10 82
Smith Typewriter Co., supplies,
75
F. W. Miller & Co., supplies,
3 60
Fred N. Whitman, supplies,
1 54
E. J. Sweetser, supplies,
2 53
F. E. Marsh, supplies, 2 00
C. W. Laurence, supplies, 1 00
Charles A. Devereux, labor on keys and locks, 5 00
Horace D. Osgood, printing and supplies, 7 50
Hiram Foster, services as sealer of weights and measures, 18 08
Mass. Highway Commission, blue prints, 26
Elisha Peterson, supplies, 37 66
American Surety Co., bond, 60 00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., wood and coal, 88 15 Theodore W. Glover, Jr., services delivering reports, 1 50
Lena M. Freeman, opening schoolhouse for registrars, 50
Roger Spalding, returning births, 1 25
James Downey, Moderator and Ballot Clerk, 8 00 Charles Hammond, returning birth, 25
N. K. Noyes, services in Josselyn case, 4 00
State Treasurer, 25 per cent. liquor license,
25
Interest on Gypsy moth loan,
56 00
Interest on temporary loan, 640 00
Bounty on hawks and crows, 51 55
Unexpended,
$4,265 59 83 70
$4,349 29
Received-
Unexpended balance, 1909,
$1,189 84
Balance Corporation tax, 1909, 83 34
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Corporation tax, 1910,
1,080 2
Bank tax, 304 61
District Court fines 69 22
Licenses, peddlers, butchers, etc.,
24 00
Account Cattle inspection,
45 00
Overlayings on taxes,
311 60
Interest on taxes,
635 81
Town record book
1 00
Rebate interest temporary loan,
362 22
Public service account,
94 00
Telephone tolls,
2 84
Added taxes
137 09
Town of Pembroke,
8 00
$4,349 29
Due from Rocky Point Oyster Co. $280 00
Due from State on account cattle in- spection, $45 00
APPROPRIATION LOAN AND INTEREST.
Paid-
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank on prin-
cipal,
Interest,
$1,500 00 390 00
Deficit, 1909,
$1,890 00 116 96
Received-
$2,006 96
Appropriation, $2,006 96
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION LOAN.
Due Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, $9,000 00
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ARLINGTON FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK. Due Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, $15,000 00
TOWN LIABILITIES, DEC. 31, 1910.
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, $9,000,00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 15,000 00
Balance on note hired in anticipation of taxes, 2,000 00
Outstanding bills, estimated,
400 00
$26,400 00
Resources.
Cash in Treasury, $1,522 11
Uncollected taxes of 1910, 8,075 31
Uncollected taxes of 1909, 3,140 90
Due from State Aid, Chapter 79, revised
laws, Dec. 1, 1909, to Dec. 31, 1910, 2,656 00
Bills receivable, 700 00
$16,094 32
Total indebtedness, $10,305 68
HENRY H. LEWIS, THEODORE W. GLOVER, SIDNEY C. SOULE, Selectmen of Duxbury.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.
ERNEST H. BAILEY, THOMAS W. HERRICK,
Auditors.
ASSESSORS' REPORT
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Value of buildings assessed,
$1,310,560 00
Value of land assessed, 637,823 00
Total value of real estate assessed,
1,948,383 00
Total value of personal estate assessed,
350,011 00
Total valuation,
2,298,394 00
Real estate increase from last year,
52,429 00
Personal increase from last year,
41,929 00
Rate of taxation, $15.00 per $1,000.
Number of houses assessed,
722
Number of acres of land assessed,
13,6241/2
Number of horses assessed,
344
Number of cows assessed,
169
Number of sheep assessed,
6
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,
6%
Number of swine assessed,
25
Number of fowl assessed,
4,737
Number of persons assessed on property,
1,118
Number of residents assessed on property,
638
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
480
Number of polls assessed,
503
State tax,
$3,190 00
State tax for repair of State highway,
258 00
County tax,
2,719 60
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Received- Unexpended balance of previous years, $41 10
No orders have been drawn.
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ABATEMENT ON TAXES.
Paid,
$498 60
Received-
Unexpended balance of 1909,
$320 05
Overdrawn,
178 55
$498 60
HENRY H. LEWIS,
THEODORE W. GLOVER, SIDNEY C. SOULE,
Assessors of Duxbury.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Expense at Almshouse,
$1,384 95
Expense of outside poor,
1,005 41
$2,390 36
Overdrawn, 1909,
73 07
$2,463 43
Received-
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Board of Geo. Childs,
162 00
Board of Mrs. Fernando Wadsworth,
48 00
Sale of Snow property,
50 00
Town of East Bridgewater,
22 75
Farm sales,
81 50
Westboro Hospital,
71
$2,364 96
Overdrawn,
98 47
Due from the State,
$144 37
Inventory at Almshouse,
$216 50
TOWN PHYSICIAN.
Paid-
N. K. Noyes, M. D.,
$318 25
Roger Spalding, M. D.,
33 50
$351 75
Deducted as per contract,
51 75
$300 00
Duxbury 3
$2,463 43
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Received- Appropriation, Unexpended, 1909,
$203 50 96 50
$300 00
HENRY H. LEWIS, THEODORE W. GLOVER, SIDNEY C. SOULE, Overseers of the Poor.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF THE DUXBURY FREE
LIBRARY.
Paid-
Sara B. Higgins, librarian,
$300 00
Plymouth Electric Light Co., 132 16
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal and supplies,
248 35
Wm. H. Brewster & Co., insurance,
7 50
Smith & Thayer Co., oil,
1 00
J. D. Randall, labor and stock,
4 50
Frank H. Weston, labor,
2 75
George H. Stearns, ash barrels,
4 05
Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., furnace,
6 30
H. A. Briggs, dressing for lawn,
3 50
Frank T. Holmes, lettering signs,
3 25
Henry H. Bills, janitor, 144 00
168 90
Henry H. Bills, cash expenses and extra services,
95
Herbert E. Walker, box rent for securities,
2 50
Herbert E. Walker, postage and stationery,
2 50
Library Bureau, supplies,
5 50
A. T. Howard, cards,
7 00
J. B. Collingwood & Sons, book-holder,
5 50
A. S. Burbank, picture framing,
8 45
A. S. Burbank, books,
107 45
A. S. Burbank, periodicals,
41 10
De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books,
5 25
Chas. E. Lauriat Co., books,
140 24
Houghton Mifflin Co., books,
55 96
H. W. Wilson Co., publications,
46 00
Boston 'Transcript Co., newspaper,
3 00
$1,457 66
Appropriation by the town,
$1,000 00
Balance from income of funds,
457 66
$1,457 66
HERBERT E. WALKER, Treasurer of the Duxbury Free Library.
Henry H. Bills, delivering books,
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
The past two seasons have been bad to make trees live. Al- most 200 trees were set last spring, mostly oak. Quite a lot died at once, others lived until late in the summer. I set some over 40, that I dug on my own land. Could not see any dif- ference between them and those bought at the nursery. I would recommend that the Town secure a piece of land suitable for the purpose and grow its own trees.
I would not recommend setting any trees this year, only re- placing those that have died. I still believe that oaks can be made to grow when we have a fairly good rainfall. I over- drew my account, thinking I had an appropriation of $150, instead of $100. I knew I was overdrawing to the extent of $7 to $10 in order to spray the elms. Spraying was done at Island Creek, South Duxbury, West Duxbury, Tinkertown and through the village, with the exception of two elms near Mattakeesett Hall, to all appearances with good results.
There should be considerable work done in the way of trim- ming, particularly at West Duxbury around the church. Dead branches should be removed from elms in all locations.
I would recommend a sum of money be raised to prosecute any persons who injure any Town shade trees by carelessness or wantonness.
Attention is called to the fact that all trees lying within the boundary of the highways are public trees and must not be cut or destroyed without the sanction of the Tree Warden, under severe penalties of the law.
R.L., ch. 208, s. 100. Whoever wilfully and maliciously cuts down, destroys or injures a tree which is not his own, standing for any useful purpose, .. . shall be punished by imprison- ment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
S. 101. Whoever wilfully and maliciously injures, defaces or destroys a shrub or plant or an object or fixture of ornament or utility in a public way or place or in any inclosure shall for- feit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, one- half to the use of the complainant and one-half to the use of the owner of the property injured, defaced or destroyed.
S. 102. Whoever wilfully and maliciously injures, defaces or destroys an ornamental or shade tree in a public way or
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place, or negligently or wilfully suffers an animal, driven by or for him or belonging to him and lawfully in a public way or place, to injure, deface or destroy such tree, or whoever, by any other means, negligently or wilfully injures, defaces or destroys such tree, shall, forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half to the use of the complainant and one-half to the use of the city or town in which the act was committed; and shall in addition thereto be liable to said city or town or other person interested in said tree for all damages caused by such act.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY A. FISH, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REPAIRING BLUE FISH RIVER BRIDGE.
To the Town of Duxbury-
We, your committee appointed to repair the Blue Fish River Bridge, submit the following report of their action.
By the advice of the Engineering Department of the State Highway Commission, the abutments have been backed up by concrete, two feet thick, as also have the wing walls. There have also been perpendicular walls of concrete, built parallel to the road, and on the edges of the road, from the abutments 10 feet long. The stone rivitments for 10 feet back from the abutments on each side have been taken down and relaid in con- crete. As most of the damage had been caused by the under- cutting of the water on the east side due to the steep slope below the timber foundation about fifty tons of stone were used to make the slope more gradual. The roll way or apron has also been replanked. The work has been thoroughly performed.
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The total expenditures, less amount credited for lumber sold, amounts to $1,531.93. The committee believe that the bridge is now in perfectly safe condition, and will remain só for many vears.
A. B. FOWLER, SIDNEY PETERSON, HENRY B. CHANDLER, THEODORE W. GLOVER, SIDNEY C. SOULE, EDEN W. SOULE, HENRY H. LEWIS.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOWN DUMP.
The lot has been put in condition for use, and signs painted and erected.
The Board of Health has assumed charge and appointed an official inspector, thus relieving the committee.
Of the appropriation, twenty-five dollars have been spent, and the balance is now in the Town treasury.
Respectfully submitted, ELISHA PETERSON.
Duxbury, Dec. 31, 1910.
REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
Last year this committee gave quite a full statement of the results of its investigations, as did various of the officers, so that the annual report of the town for 1909 contained an
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unusual number of suggestions and recommendations for im- mediate and future consideration. Therefore, this year we would suggest the careful re-reading of that report to see what has been accomplished during the year and what it is wise to take hold of now.
You will find that a good deal has been done, but not all that was planned for. We have not yet succeeded in complet- ing negotiations for the purchase of strips along the roadsides ; a question has arisen as to the right of the town to improve its approaches to the town hall over land to which it does not hold deeds; no suitable woodland has been sold for taxes or found advisable to buy; and the shade trees still need attention. So the work under certain appropriations has laid over and should be attended to.
Unfortunately our chairman, Dr. May, has left town and the other members have been away a good deal, so that our work has been retarded more than we could have wished.
CHARLES F. ALLEN, FREDERICK B. KNAPP, Conservation Committee.
REPORT OF LOCAL SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK.
The condition of woodland colonies that have been examined this year show an improvement over last year. There are yet many known colonies to be examined. The increase in orchards this year will take a large share of our time. While no very bad cases exist, about every orchard is infested in localties where they have been in years previous.
Property owners can do much to help out by cutting their old worthless trees, and repairing those that are worth repair- ing, removing all old debris that we have to handle over in ex- amination will help out. Some few show a spirit to do so, while
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others are wholly indifferent about the matter. The State and Town have expended money freely to show property owners what to do, but it can not always last and it will be up to the owner to look after his own. I have tried to get owners to fix up their trees. Some have done so and done a good job. By a small outlay one can spray their trees and avoid these pests, improv- ing their fruit to a large extent.
I am always ready to help any property owner in this work, and any information I can give will be given gladly.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY A. FISH, Local Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
The fire season started early last spring with a very dry time, and there were six fires in the last week of March. One of the three on the 28th, burnt over about thirty acres near Round Pond, and was the worst in the town for some years.
The lessons to be learned from it are:
1. That some of our people do not yet appreciate the im- portance of great care with reference to fire.
2. The permit law should be extended to include March. (Your warden, with others, is advocating a bill to that effect be- fore the legislature.)
3. Thanks to the modern methods and appliances a small body of men was enabled to handle the fire quickly with a dam- age of $250, and an expense to the town of $40; whereas, ten years ago, under similar conditions of wind and dryness, we should have done well to hold the loss down to a few thousand dollars, with some very hot work.
4. The cloth covered water buckets, with which we are ex- perimenting, proved to be a success.
5. A marked gain was shown in organization since the "Four
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Mile Hill" fire, but both officers and men need to be more famil- iar with methods and printed instructions, and to do more head work.
6. The importance of a sense of responsibility was empha- sized in the night patrol work after the fire.
The remainder of the year was exceptional for the small num- ber of fires and little damage done.
I find now that my professional work takes me away from Duxbury a great deal; during the last six months I have been in town less than one-third of the time. I therefore, hereby, hand in my resignation as Forest Warden, and an Engineer of the Fire Department, to take effect February 13th.
It is with special regret that I sever this official connection with the town, which has brought me into close and cordial rela- tions with many of my fellow citizens, who have shown their read- iness to co-operate in an unselfish way for the good of the com- munity.
I hope that the town will give my successor the same hearty support which I have received, and that the work of protection and development of our woods will be perfected and extended to the great benefit of all.
F. B. KNAPP, Forest Warden.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The town has again escaped serious fires of buildings, having none in any dwelling house, and only three in all, with a total loss of $630.
This does not indicate that we should lessen our vigilance, but it should spur us on to greater care and activity.
F. B. KNAPP, Chief of the Fire Department.
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CEMETERY TRUSTEES' REPORT.
Year ending Dec. 31, 1910.
Burials in Mayflower,
41
In Ashdod,
2
The four cemeteries controlled by the Trustees have each re- ceived attention, and are believed to be a credit to the Town, thanks to its citizens in granting a liberal appropriation from year to year.
There has been purchased at Ashdod a strip of land adjoining the lot there, and a contract placed for a receiving vault on the new lot to be finished early in the spring. As the price of the contract has to be met, the Trustees believed it advisable to pass over some of the work needed in Mayflower cemetery, which ac- counts for the large apparent balance now in hand.
Mayflower cemetery, established in 1787, covering twenty acres} and contianing by estimate more than six thousand graves, is fast reaching the point where a line of policy must be defined by the town. Whether a country church yard or a modern ceme- tery, with an attached record of burials, grave location, etc., it requires careful clerical work. As generations come and go the lots are inherited by persons who could not locate them, but who expect to use them as occasion requires. And while they might be found on plan and key, it is often found they stand in name of persons, one or more generations older than is supposed, and with duplicate names, and no guide for inter- ments except general knowledge of families. Embarrassing, and possibly, serious errors are liable to occur, placing on the Super- intendent a burden which he finds hard to carry.
Respectfully submitted,
ELISHA PETERSON, Clerk.
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The Treasurer's Report is herewith submitted.
Dr.
Received-
Jan. 1. Cash brought up,
$49 89
April 15. Appropriation,
150 00
May 5. Appropriation,
150 00
Aug. 15. Appropriation,
150 00
Dec. 15. Appropriation,
150 00
$649 89
Cr.
Paid-
Apr. 30. Calvin Josselyn,
$27 00
May 3. Thos. Gorham,
26 37
May 3. Percy L. Walker,
11 50
May 3. Sweetser & Arnold,
2 70
May 3. F. T. Holmes,
2 80
May 3. S. B. Chandler,
1 00
May 12. Henry F. White,
42 25
May 13. Harvey Nickerson,
28 25
May 13. James Ryder,
7 38
May 13. John Ellis,
24 50
May 18.
A. B. Fowler,
3 00
May 27.
Julius Strang,
16 00
June 17.
Frank L. Sampson,
12 00
Aug. 17.
Henry R. Peterson,
12 00
Aug. 20. Wm. J. Alden,
31 00
Aug. 20.
A. M. Wadsworth,
32 00
Aug. 20. Edward Walker,
75 62
Dec. 1. F. B. Cain,
1 25
Dec. 1. Elisha Peterson,
102 50
Dec. 30. Herbert D. White,
15 00
Dec. 31. Cash to balance,
175 77
$649 89
ELISHA PETERSON, Treas.
TOWN MEETINGS
At the annual town meeting held March ", 1910:
Chose, James Downey, Moderator.
Eden S. Glover, Herbert A. Ryder and Edgar W. Chandler, who had been appointed tellers, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
The result of balloting for town officers is as follows :
Chose, Henry H. Lewis, Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for three years.
Chose, Theodore W. Glover, Assessor for three years.
Chose, George H. Stearns, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Col- lector.
Chose, Thaddeus W. Chandler, Warren C. Prince and Joseph F. Bolton, Jr., Constables.
Chose, John F. Low, School Committee for three years.
Chose, William J. Burgess, Board of Health for three years.
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