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John Smith,
2 00
Betsey C. Stone,
6 60
60
Charles F. Thrasher,
2
20 62
22 62
George L. Turcot,
2
2 00
Leander Terry,
2
1
13 40
16 80
Noah D. Thrasher,
2
7 83
9 83
Jonathan W. Thrasher,
2
22 15
21 86
46 01
Charles O. Thrasher,
2
66
2 66
Benjamin H. Thrasher,
3 10
3
John H. Thrasher,
2
54
5 77
8 31
John T. Townsend,
4
83
14 64
19 47
Nathaniel G. Townsend,
2
1
24
10 72
13 96
B. Emory Townsend,
99
99
Thomas Terry heirs,
41
41
Joseph W. Terry,
2
2 00
Zebadee Terry,
2
2 00
Edward E. Terry,
2
00
Eliphalet Terry,
2
2
Frank B. Terry,
2
2 00
Gustavus Tripp,
2
4 95
95
Cassius E. Vial,
2
99
10 93
13 92
Amanda Wilber,
1 07
1 07
George W. Westgate,
2
1 57
7 01
10 58
George H. Westgate,
2
3
5 71
Eli Wardell,
2
2 00
James B. Westgate,
2
1 24
9
49
12 73
Dean P. Westgate,
2
3 01
12 99
18 00
George E. Westgate,
2
20
2 20
Elijah Wilber,
61
39
7 00
Bildad Williams,
2
12
2 27
4 39
George Williams,
2
20
2 20
George F. Wilber,
2
1 11
22 69
25 80
.
71
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Charles H. Williams,
2
41
7 42
9 83
Seth E. Williams,
2
1 03
12 79
15 82
Wid. Caroline Williams,
4 12
4 12
James E. Westgate,
2
2 00
James Wade,
2
1 61
15 47
19 08
Charles M. Wade,
2
2 00
William Whitmore, heirs,
7 01
7 01
Charles S. White,
4
74
9 70
14 44
Carlos E. Welman,
·2
2 00
Theodore Wilber,
2
8 25
83
11 08
Arthur White,
2
2 00
Frederic Whitaker,
2
62
: 62
Edward E. Whitaker,
2
83
2 83
Adoniram J. Wilcox,
2
1 03
57
8 60
NON-RESIDENTS.
TAUNTON.
A. L. Bliss,
personal, 3 09 real, 21 04
total, 24 13
Rufus Macomber,
personal, 2 64 real 35 89
total, 38 53
Nathan Clark,
5 48
George Seekell
2 48
James H. Wade,
10 11
W. Morse,
7 42
J. F. Dean,
19 06
Charles F. Johnson,
4 54
W. Albert Haskins,
41
Edward P. Macomber,
2 48
David C. Dean,
4 25
James I. Dean,
3 09
Charles W. Padelford,
25
Isaac D. Fish,
3 30
William Burt,
2 48
Benjamin Burt,
3 30
Samuel B. Chace,
5 36
Anthony & Cushman,
5 36
David W. Dean,
8 04
Benjamin Norcutt,
1 03
Jacob Eldridge,
1 03
Geo. A. Field & others,
8 25
Nelson Goff,
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Enoch Goff,
62
Edward W. Macomber,
83
Philip Williams,
1 24
Sylvia Hathaway,
62
Enoch Hathaway, heirs,
62
George Hart,
41
John W. Hart,
4 95
Edward O. Hart,
6 19
James E. Hart,
1 44
Lysander Hart,
1 44
Henry B. Macomber,
3 30
Samuel W. Macomber
4 95
William F. Macomber,
41
Stephen Pierce,
21
Oliver A. Pierce,
1 03
William Price,
6 60
David Padelford,
83
Elizabeth Padelford,
83
James Paull's estate,
4 13
Bernard Quigley's heirs
1 24
Alpheus Sanford heirs,
2 40
S. Williams, & others,
2 89
John E. Sanford,
1 65
Abraham Shores,
1 24
Martin Smith,
62
Lloyd Williams heirs,
2 48
George Williams,
6 60
James Wetherell,
4 54
Francis K. Williams,
21 45
A. White & Co.,
5 78
Jacob Phillips,
2 89
Job Hamer,
2 48
Lysander Soper,
41
James Gillespie,
1
24
Marv Haskins,
1 24
William W. French,
1 48
Elkanah Hathaway,
9 49
A. H. Williams,
41
Alexander E. Burt,
41
Abial B. Staples,
3 92
Israel French,
2 06
Wid. Alfred Paull,
4 13
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ANNUAL REPORT.
FREETOWN.
Charles H. Briggs,
2 48
Daniel H. Cudworth,
41
Hathaway & Evans,
2 06
Charles Eddy,
62
Jonathan Gurney,
66
Charles E. Hathaway,
2 06
Joseph D. Hathaway,
7 47
Thos. G. Nichols heirs,
1 24
Nichols & Sampson,
2 06
Gilbert M. Nichols,
4 13
James Winslow,
1 03
John D. Wilson,
2 06
Apollos Webster,
15 14
LAKEVILLE.
Clothier Allens, heirs,
4 54
John Allen,
50
John F. Allen,
13 20
Susan Strobridees, heirs,
3 30
William Canedy,
2 68
Cyrus O. Elms,
5 36
Charles Farmer,
66
Jerry Murphy,
3 71
Enos Pierce,
17
Abraham Pierce, heirs,
83
Job Pierce,
21
Amelia Paull,
1 65
Ethan E. Pierce,
. 67
Henry (. Pickens,
: 74
James P. Pierce,
09
NEW BEDFORD.
Daniel K. Andros, heirs,
13 41
Charles D. Burt,
41
Ella R. Thomas,
41
Samuel B. Hamblen,
2 48
Caroline Morse,
2 68
J. Augustus Brownell,
45 38
Samuel H. Whitmore,
12 79
PROVIDENCE R. I.
William Seekell, 83
Jane Renches, heirs,
2 48
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Frank D. Chester,
9 36
Joseph W. Puffer,
5 98
George Crowningshield,
4 95
Calvin T. Dean,
3 30
DIGHTON.
Shove & Perry,
5 78
Charles N. Simmons,
6 19
Noble S. Simmons, heirs,
5 36
Charles E. Whitmarsh,
50
James C. Standish,
41
Edmund Chace and others,
9 90
Caroline Deans, heirs,
41
PORTSMOUTH, R. I.
Abby C'hase,
3 30
Jonathan Crane,
24
Sumner Thompson,!
CAMBRIDGEPORT.
9 90
Benjamin Chase,
BRIGHTON.
4 13
Ambros Hathaway,
RAYNHAM.
1 65
W. W. Baldwin,
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.
2 48
JAMAICA PLAIN.
Ellen Anderson,
2 06
FOXBORO.
Simmons Winslow,
9 20
BOSTON.
Old Colony R. R. N. B. Div.
33 00
NEWPORT.
William B. King,
2 48
VERMONT.
4 30
John Crane's heirs,
BROCKTON.
12 99
Enoch Sanford,
REHOBOTH.
9 07
George W. Pierce,
INDIANA.
Report of the School Committee.
The school committee herewith respectfully present to the town of Berkley their Annual report.
According to the enumeration made by the assessors of the town there were 156 scholars between the ages of five and fifteen years, and 103 scholars between the ages of eight and fourteen years of age upon the first day of May last. The number of scholars of all ages attend- ing the schools in town in the spring term was 142; during fall term 149 ; and during winter term 144. The number of scholars attending school during spring term was eleven over fifteen years of age, and three under five years of age.
At the fall term there were present over fifteen years of age, eleven, under five years, seven. And at the fall term there were eleven over fifteen and one under five years of age.
The per centage of attendance based upon average membership was 81. The attendance and consequently the average has been diminished on account of the preva- lence of epidemic disease in several of the schools. In
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one school there has been two suspensions. But we are happy to report that no fatal or serious results have oc .. curred in any of the cases.
For the general outlook the efforts of the teachers have been fairly successful when aided by the influence and sympathies of the parents. When these were not exten- ded the teacher is not wholly responsible for her failure. Every teacher has not the same personal magnetism nor the same administrative ability. All of the patrons of any school very rarely are fortunate enough to send their children to that teacher whom above all others they would prefer. But the judicious parents comprehend this situation, and when a teacher conscientiously and faithfully discharges her duty they sustain her authority and inculcate and instil into the minds of their children the beauty of obedience as well as the duty of it. Then will the teacher be encouraged, strengthened, and be able to accomplish much under adverse circumstances.
Let us all then be judicious parents, dismissing any prejudice as unworthy and under ordinary circumstances contribute our whole influence toward making the best of them and we may be surprised at the good accom- plished thereby. Parents' visits to the schools accomp- lish much good. They encourage the teacher and schol-
ar. They show to both that they have an abiding inter- est in the welfare of the school. It may also give a bet- ter understanding of the methods of the teacher, the difficulties she has to contend with, her unselfish devo- tion to the best interests of those committed to her care,
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which cannot fail to create sympathy and perfect accord between parent and teacher that will be reflected upon the mind of the child by the school and home influence as well. We Submit these suggestions to all parents who have children, for their candid reflection.
In school No. 7 the teacher by her energy and enter- prize purchased a parlor organ which has been paid for through school and other exhibitions aided by the vol- untary and efficient services of some, and by the contri- butions of others of that locality, an accomplishment which reflects much credit upon all persons concerned therein. It is now the property of that school. May its chords be harmonious and instructive in the present and also in the distant future as well.
ROLL OF HONOR IN SCHOOL No. 7.
Names of scholars who were neither tardy or absent.
Spring Term. Fall Term.
S. Lena Farmer.
S. Lena Farmer.
Nellie M. Smith.
Nellie M. Smith.
Theodore M. Anthony.
Ralph H. Anthony.
Walton W. Farmer.
Clifford M. Farmer. Percy A. Haskins
Winter Term. S. Lena Farmer. Theodore M. Anthony.
Again we call the attention of the town to the condi- tion of the outbuildings of school No. 2. Morality and
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common decency demand that something should be done concerning them, as their present condition is a bad educator and we think the town can no longer withhold the instructions asked for in our report of last year with- out great culpability. And also we again call your at- tention to the need of a thorough remodeling inside of School house No. 4. together with an enlargement of the building so as to be in harmony with the other schcol houses in town. The seats are antiquated and very poor and it requires new desks, it being the only school house in town retaining the old wooden box seats. There have no repairs of importance been made upon this building since it became the property of the town. Mean- while the patrons of this school have aided cheerfully to their full proportion in building or repairing every other school house in town. Since 1799 when Assonet Neck was annexed to and became a part of the town of Berkley it has been in various ways a source of income to the town. The income now from its Oyster Fisheries alone equals the sum raised by the town for the support of schools- they naturally therefore think that they are entitled to as favorable consideration as other parts of the town. It is for the benefit of those who-in the future-will as- sume our responsibilities, that we plead. Let us do by them then, as we would have them do by us if conditions were changed.
Your committee in compliance with the Statute of 1884, chap. 153, sec. 1, which is as follows :-
"The School Committee of every city and town shall
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purchase at the expense of such city or town, text books. and other school supplies used in the public schools ; and said text books and supplies shall be loaned to the pupils of said public schools free of charge subject to such rules and regulations as to care and custody as the school committee may prescribe," contracted with Mr. H. A. Dickerman, of Taunton, to supply as above direct- ed, as our schools from time to time needed-believing it to be more economical for the town than to purchase of the publishers of books and the manufacturers of sup- plies. We have supplied the various schools as follows:
School No. 1.
$21.44
No. 2.
$11.00
No. 3.
$26.96
.. No. 4.
$27.73
66
No. 5.
$8.35
66
No. 6.
$11.15
66 No. 7. $31.75
Total, $138.48
It is perhaps too early to form an opinon of the wisdom of this law-an experiment untried in this direc- tion so far as we are aware. It truly makes the public schools, free schools, but there is an underlying principle or sentiment of the human mind which values not that which costs naught. Time and a careful and just observa- tion of its practicability however will determine its wisdom and correct its defects if such exist. Parents must not forget that with all the auxiliaries furnished by the pub- lic schools, the Sunday school, and the religious influ-
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ence available, the home influence and the home train- ing is of the first importance in the moulding of the young's budding mind, for "as the twig is bent the tree inclines".
Truly a delightful task but as truly one of the gravest responsibility, one which is decisive of the future of the child, the future citizen. the future government, with all of its institutions, as well as that of the great untried fu- ture beyond the bounds of time.
Horace Mann, we think, once said "Two Divine ideas seem to have filled the great hearts of our Massachusetts fathers, their duty to God, and their duty to their children." Let us not be unmindful thereof.
WALTER D. NICHOLS, ) School Committee DANIEL S. BRIGGS, of
GILES L. LEACH, Berkley.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
|No. of School.
TEACAERS' NAMES.
No. of Term.
Whole No. of
Average
Average
Attendance.
Enrollment
for year.
Over 15 years
Under by'rs of
Bet. 8 & 14 yrs
Length of
term in mo's.
per month.
Amount Paid.
Julia A. Burt.
1
19
16 2
15 6
3
0
12
24 $28
1
2
22
20 4
18 8
25
4
0
11
27
28
63
3
18
15 2
12
7
3
0
11
38
28
105
M. A. B. Wilbur.
1
34
31
29
2
1
17
21
28
63
2
36
30 4
26 6
34
2
1
18
21
28
62
3
36
31
17
27 1
2
0
21
3원
21
28
63
2
15
15
14
1
0
-2
21
28
63
Eunice B. Pierce,
3
17
16
13 5
17
1
0
8
34
26
97 50
Charles S. Coombs
1
18
16 2
15 2
0
0
10
21
26
54
4
2
20
20
17 4
0
2
10
21
24
54
Lucia M. Eaton,
1
9
9
6
0
0
6
21
16
36
Nellie R. Strange,
2
14
14
12
15
0
4
6
21
20
45
3
12
11 5
9
1
1
6
24
90
1
20
19 6
16 6
1
2
17
21
28
63
2
20
19
19 5
20
3
0
15
24
28
63
3
17
15 7
13 1
3
0
15
3ª
28 105
Anna F.Cummings
1
27
23 1
20 -1
3
0
17
21
28
63
2
22
18 7
16 4
32
3
0
14
21
28
63
-
3
24
16 7
14
01
0
18
3ª
28 105
RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$1500.00
State fund,
309.04
Dog fund,
90.07
Total,
$1,899.11
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' wages,
$1531.50
Care of school houses,
24.00
Cutting & housing wood
26.13
Wood for all the Schools
96.32
Total,
$1677.95
3
Almira F. Haskins
1
15
15
13 4
1
0
6
11
38
28 105
Eudora Lawrence,
3
20
18 5
15
8
26
1
0
5
6
Nellie R. Strange, Ida E. Gardner,
7
Scholars.
Membership.
Wages
of age.
age.
of age.
2
28 105
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY.
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST.
For the Year ending March 15th, 1886.
TAUNTON :- PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF C. H. BUFFINGTON. 1886.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
TOGETHER WITH A
VALUATION AND TAX LIST.
1886.
TAUNTON :- PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF C. H. BUFFINGTON. 1886.
REPORT
-OF THE-
electmen and Overseers of the Poor
FOR 1885 AND 1886.
As our fiscal year is nearly to a close, we present you with the annual report in regard to the expenditures dur- ing the past year and the condition of things at the Town Farm at the present time. The Farm has been in the care of William J. Hirsch during the past year, who, ably assisted by his wife, has performed their duties in an economical and satisfactory manner. Upon a careful in- spection of the premises we find a great improvement in the appearances of the Farm; cleanliness of the house and children ; care and comfort of the inmates. In audit- ing his accounts we find he has given the Town credit for sundries he has sold to the amount of $757.32, and has debited the town with money expended for grain, fertil- izers and sundry articles, as per books for the Farm, and inmates in the sum of $697.59, leaving the sum of $59.73 in his hands, which sum with an order of $10.27 on the
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Town Treasurer cancels the balance of his salary for the year. If from the sum of his credits we take the cash re- ceived for two cows ($76) and deduct the cost of "Tiger horse rake" ($25.50) purchased by him, we get a more accurate statement of the balance from the Farm, which would be $9.23. But as the Farm was so destitute of every- thing at the beginning of the year, it is almost impossible to find the actual expenses, as many things purchased will continue for a long time. We have engaged Mr Hirsch for another year for $235, quite an advance over last year. In looking over the building we shall be compelled to fix the chimnies, and relay the floor in the porch and entry, and put new sills in the corn house, at a cost not to exceed $25. At the adjourned town meeting in April, 1885, there was appropriated the sum of $300 to be ex- pended on the farm as the selectmen saw proper. Of that sum $64 was expended for fertilizers used in laying down some four or five acres reseeded and for oats; $51 for a new mowing machine ; $20 for relaying wing wall to barn ; $20 for a new range and ware ; $19 for painting the house, and the balance for clothing, lumber and sun- dries, making a total of $250, approximate.
On March 23d the annual appraisal was made, and the following is the result :
APPRAISAL.
1 horse, $85 00
5 cows,
200 00
1 calf,
10 00
2 shoats,
30.
17 00
4 1-2 tons English hay,
/8 - 54.00 81 00
2 tons black grass,
2 .= 24 00
1 lot corn stalks,
3 00
25.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
26 ay
8.80 40 45 00
1 mowing machine,
2 plows and cultivator, 1000 12 00
5.00 6 00
1 horse rake,
25 00
2 loafer and 3 hand rakes, 2 00
4 hay forks, 1 00
4 forks and 2 shovels,
75
1 tackle and hames, 200
2 50
1 harness,
1 20 00
2 ladders and stump hook, 200 2 00
If whiffletree and wrench, 3.00 1 00
1 express wagon, 25 00
25 00
8 3 chains, sledge and iron bar, 5,00
4 00
1 horse sled, 5.00
6 00
1 grindstone,
1 50
2 scythes and snaths,
1 50
1-2 M shingles, 1 50
39 00
12 cords wood prepared for use, 4500
60 00
2 horse blankets, whips and sundries, 5.00
5 00
2 saws, 2 axes and hatchet, 6.99
3 00
3 hoes, 75
28 bushels of market potatoes at 70, 02 16 10
6 bushels of small potatoes, 1 00
4 bushels of turnips, 1 60
25 lbs. family lard,
2 00
2 churns and clothes wringer 3 00, 5.00 8 00
2 new milk pails, .
1 50
2 butter boxes and moulds. 5-0
50
21 milk pan's, some new, 1.50
1 50
p 15 gallons vinegar at 15. 3.00 2 25
650
1 farm wagon,
65 hens at 60, 5220
7
53.17
1 harrow,
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ANNUAL REPORT.
1 2 cider and 2 pork barrels, 2 00
1 lot of pickles,
50
2 2 jugs and lantern, 150 1 00
Brushes, tubs and ferkins, 130
1 65
8 barrels ashes, 3.80 6 00
1 lot soap and fish,
1 25
4 broonis, .78
60
/ 2 bushels beans,
7.75
3 25
1 lot pop corn, .60
1 00
3 bushels rye,
2 25
1 lot of corn,
3 50
1-2 bushel rye meal, .15
35
1 set of measures,
1 00
30 sacks, 150
1 50
„Oak plank,
50
8 barrel and 9 pails, 2.55
3 00
200 lbs. of farmers pork, 17 00
7
Beds and bedsteads of doubtful value, 2.0. 10 00
1 75
3 kettles and spider,
1 75
2 baskets and clothes line, D
1 75
2 tea kettles, .78 2 stoves and pipes, 15.08'
18 00
. 1 lamp,
25
y' towels,
1 00
g 1 doz. sheets, 6.00
5 00
¿7 pair pillow slips, 200
1 75
7 comfortables, 750
8 75
6 comfortables, 8,00
3 00
1 pair steelyards,
75
1 dripping pan,
40
1 lot of flour,
2 50
5 Habets 3.00
-13 -1
·
. 2 2-186
+-2
1
7
210
1 wash boiler and board,
75
ANNUAL REPORT. 7
5.00
1 lot of sugar and tea, 80
60
1 lot of molasses, Spices, &c.,
1 00
Tin and crockery ware, 7. 7 00
Total sum of appraisal, $857 10
From the total sum the amount of $24 should be taken as the value of household goods found there April 1st, 1885, the rest of such goods having been purchased dur- ing the year.
The whole number of tramps fed and lodged over night during the year was 11. There were but 4 paupers on the farm for the whole year, John Hall having joined the silent majority in July, and the Norcut family was removed there in January. The present inmates are as follows:
John Westgate,
aged 60.
Michael Robare,
66 14.
Reuben A. Robare, " 10.
Mary L. Robare, 66 8.
Charles Norcut's wife and five children.
Highest number in the year of inmates, 11.
The following family and persons are assisted at the present time by the town :
The Simmons family, per month $10.
Bradford and Henry Macomber,
$8.
Darius Sanfor per week $1.
The bills for medical attendance among persons as- sisted by the town are large compared with previous years, caused by the sickness and death of two wards of the town.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Berkley and Dighton bridge was repaired at a cost to our town of $124 within the past year. The damages to our roads and bridges by the late flood has cost the town up to the present time $125.
We trust the present liberal policy in regard to the land on our Farm will continue for a few years to bring it to a good condition, as it is capable of doing much more towards the support of our wards than at present.
In concluding, we must call your attention to the ne- cessity for a new porch at the Farm in place of the present onems the old one is very cold,and not worth repairing,and the rooms as now arranged are unfit for the present num- ber of inmates, and the prospect is not flattering for a less number from present indication.
CALVIN T. CRANE, Selectmen JAMES MAGUIRE, . of CHARLES F. PAULL, ) Berkley.
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, reasurer s
Report.
A. II. ALLEN IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF BERKLEY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 30TH, 1886.
RECEIVED.
From Cash from last year, $505 08
H. C. Monroe (pedler's license). 3 00
City of Taunton, for board, 18 00
Hart, fish note,
75 00
City of Fall River, for Mrs. Albro,
24 00
Oyster note, 1,306 00
W D. Nichols, fish note,
80 00
Income of school fund,
308 89
Income of dog fund,
131 07
Corporation tax,
55 34
National bank tax,
717 98
State aid,
138 00
State aid, act 79,
27 00
Whole amount of taxes,
4,269 37
Uncollected taxes
, 104 36
Fall River, for Mrs. Albro, 72 00
Town of Freetown, corner stone,
3 66
- $7,838 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
PAID.
For town officers, $536 72
Incidental expenses,
529 80
Poor farm,
220 00
Schools,
1.406 35
County tax,
419 75
Poor out of alms house,
574 31
Uncollected taxes,
304 08
Highways,
1,298 72
State tax,
390 00
Discount on taxes,
391 95
School house, Dis. No. 4,
443 96
Fall River poor,
96 00
Military aid,
94 00
State aid,
132 00
Cash in treasurer's hands,
1,OOI 1I
$7,838 75
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSE, DIS. NO. 4.
Daniel Haskins, laying stone, $7 50
Calvin Belcher, digging and laying stone, 4 50
Calvin Belcher, going to Assonet six times, 2 00°
Calvin Belcher, drawing sand and water, 2 50
Joseph Cummings, nine days' labor, 13 50
G. B. Williams, lumber, 122 46
A. H. Andrews & Co., desks, 87 00
F. R. Washburn, hardware, 10 04
Crowell & Savery, hardware,
7 00
W. D. Nichols, labor, board and teaming, 14 50
Henry Hathaway and others, 172 96
$443 96
FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
A. H. Allen, Treasurer, $74 50
John A. Read, Clerk of Register, 6 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
D. S. Briggs, School Committee, 38 18
W. S. Crane, serving dog warrants, 6 00
G. L. Leach, School Committee, 24 00
Overseer of Town Farm,
105 00
G H. Myricks, Assessor, 27 50
C. T. Paull, Assessor,
21 25
Hercules Dean, Assessor,
31 13
John A. Read, miscellaneous,
17 IO
John A. Read, Clerk,
18 25
C. M. Wade, serving dog warrants,
8 00
C. T. Crane, Selectmen bill.
43 25
Treasurer,
53 00
C. T. Crane, School Committee,
20 46
P. H. Fletcher, Selectmen bill, 43 10
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
District No. I, A. H. Allen, $207 77
District No. 2, G. W. Westgate, 184 II
District No. 3, T. A. Briggs, 57 30
District No. 4, G. E. Boyce,
143 0I
District No. 5, G. H. Babbitt,
104 34
District No 6, W. F. Lincoln, 189 10
District No. 7, C. M. Wade, 290 70
BIG STORM, FEBRUARY, 1886.
District No. I, A. H. Allen, 28 28
District No. 2, G. W. Westgate, 30 91
District No. 4, G. E. Boyce,
13 OI
District No. 5, G. H. Babbitt, 26 72
District No. 6, John H. Thresher, 3 55
Repairing road back of church, 13 38
Snow bill, 6 54
$1,298 72
We, a committee having been appointed by the Town at their annual meeting to settle with the treasurer, A. H. Allen, having attended to that duty, will report the following :
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ANNUAL REPORT.
We find that A. H. Allen has received in all the sum of seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty eight dollars and seventy- five cents, $7,838.75.
The Treasurer has vouchers to the amount of six thousand, five hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-six cents, $6,533.56.
Leaving the sum of one thousand and one dollar and eleven cents in the hands of the Treasurer in cash, $1,001.1I.
And uncollected taxes to the amount of three hundred and four dollars and eight cents, $304.08.
Estimated bills due from the Town of Berkley on or before April Ist, 1886, nine hundred dollars, $900 00.
Bills due the town on or before April Ist, 1886 : From City of Fall River, for poor, $24.00 ; from Town of Lakeville, for pauper aid, $4.00 ; from other sources estimated $2400, and the following notes with the Treasurer: 10 notes for oyster beds, in amount, $15,250.00 ; two notes for fish privileges, $129.00.
Settled this 9th day of March, 1886.
CALVIN T. CRANE, , Committee to settle GILES L. LEACH, with
JOHN T. TOWNSEND, Treasurer.
A true copy-Attest :
A. HERBERT ALLEN, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DISTRICT NO. I.
A. H. Allen, Surveyor.
Nelson Blynn,
$7 35
John Cameron,
7 95
S. Albert Burt,
8 48
Edwin H. Allen,
18 97
Calvin T. Crane,
14 15
Hercules Dean,
16 50
Giles L. Leach,
19 50
A. H. Allen,
29 73
Albert Pitts,
7 00
W. H. Maker,
6 00
Bildad Williams,
13 58
Samuel Phillips,
18 98
John A. Read,
3 75
Martin Alden,
3 75
George Cummings,
2 25
Elijah Wilbur,
5 38
Joseph Cummings,
6 00
Andrew Briggs,
75
Bildad Williams,
3 25
Nelson Blynn,
2 60
A. H. Allen,
2 08
G. H. Bowers,
9 77
$207 77
District No. 1, February Flood.
Joseph Cummings,
$3 65
John A. Read,
2 48
Otis E. Read,
I 24
Samuel Phillips,
2 28
George H. Swift,
2 28
George Cummings,
I 04
Henry Hathaway,
2 08
Arthur Hathaway,
60
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ANNUAL REPORT.
E. H. Allen, 1 04
A. H. Allen, 5 79
Frederic Williams, I 63
*
Bildad Williams,
I 24
S. Albert Burt,
I 24
Hercules Dean,
I 60
$28 28
Repairing road back of church,
$13 38
Snow bill, 6 54
DISTRICT NO. 2.
George W. Westgate, Surveyor.
Stephen Corey,
$4 50
Horace Macomber,
5 50
Thomas T. Burt,
6 60
Willie F. Westgate,
7 50
George H. Westgate,
6 30
Barnard Norcutt,
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