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The object of our public schools, we venture to affirm, and we think none will deny, is to produce not so many splendid scholars as good citizens. For it is in these seminaries that the mass of the future men and women of the nation must obtain all that school instruction which prepares them for the vari- ous duties and engagements of after life. Our schools at best are short, and the opportunities therein very limited. Is it not then an object of the first importance that not only the whole time of school going should be improved, but that a judi-
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cious selection of the studies pursued should be made. In former reports the attention of parents and teachers has been called to the undue promi- nence given to the study of Arithmetic in our schools; while that of Grammar and Reading are merely of secondary importance and too much neg- lected. Now Arithmetic, that science of figures, the symbols of number and quantity, is undeniably of great value practically, and as a means of disci- plining a portion of the human mind. It supplies it with data and materials for work in the various every-day employments of life. In the production, preparation and exchange of commodities, arithmet- ical calculations are indispensable. But after all, Arithmetic itself would be cramped and hampered in its use were it not for the aid which language af- fords it. The problems themselves which a know- ledge of Arithmetic aids us to solve and apply, are unmeaning and useless without a knowledge of the correct use of words with which to clothe the idea. It cannot therefore, we think, be too strongly rec- ommended to the older scholars in our schools to give the study of Grammar and of words, their meaning and use, the consideration which their im- portance demands. We say older scholars, for as "Grammar was made after language, it should be taught after language."
One more suggestion, and that is not a new one, and we have done. While we consider the cultiva- tion of the human intellect of great importance, we consider the cultivation of the moral qualities of our
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nature as far transcending that of the merely intel- lectual.
The truly great are the good. Let it be ever borne in mind then by us parents, by teachers, and by all, that the great lesson of life for us to practice and to inculcate in school and elsewhere, is that Divine command, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them." The gigantic peculations, frauds of various kinds, rob- beries, forgeries and counterfeitings which paralyze legitimate industry and render unsafe the little so hardly earned by the poorer classes-as well as the wealth of the richer-are not due to a lack of mere intellectual culture, but rather to a disregard of the moral, not to say religious, obligations of society. We repeat, then (and none can shirk their individ- ual responsibility), let none of us neglect to instil by precept and by example, into the minds of the children and youth committed to our care, the great and abiding principles of truthfulness and those other virtues which so adorn society. Teach them not to make haste to be rich, but to be industrious, prudent and benevolent, and to encourge the culti- vations of those faculties of the human mind which will best qualify and incline them to discharge their duties in every-day life, and best fit them for those scenes "beyond the bounds of time." "For as ye sow, shall ye also reap."
WALTER D. NICHOLS, School Com. DANIEL S. BRIGGS, of
HERBERT A. DEAN,
Berkley.
School.
Names of 'Teachers.
Length of School. Sum.Win
Summer Attendance. Whole Av.
Winter
Under 5
Over 15
Wages per years of age. years of age. month Sum. Win.
Amount paid each S. W. Teacher.
Inci- cental.
No. 1.
Carrie M. Nichols, D. S. Briggs, Julia R. Burt,
34
17
14
1
0
24
$78 150
16.50
" 2.
4
24
18
1
28
22
1
4
40
120
16.00
" 3.
Lusanna S. Tripp, Hattie Macomber,
4
25
15§
0
31 2616
0
5
30
75
14.50
" 4. Nannie D. Nichols, Sarah Nason, " 5. Mary L. Burt, 66
4
20
162
0
28
21%
0
10
40
120
13.25
4
17
11
20
16%
0
5
40
120
14.25
" 6. Nellie R. Townsend,
4
18
14
2
0
24
96
3
23
20
2
2
40
120
18.00
Town grant,
$1200.00
$1,263
$92.50
From State School Fund, 142.49
Dog Tax Fund, 53.72
Total,
$1,355.50
32
22
193
0
3
40
24
96
0
1
24
96
22
24
96
3
24
96
0
2
3
$1396.21
Sum expended, $1,355.50
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Attend. WholeAv
Sum. Win.
3
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TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1871.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, April 1st,
$357.72
State. County and Town Taxes,
3,971.26
Two Fish Notes,
252.50
One Oyster Note,
300.00
State Treasurer, State Aid,
156.00
Corporation Tax,
12.68
School Fund,
142.49
County Treasurer, Dog Fund,
53.72
Selectmen (land sold to C. Haskins),
10.00
Interest on Taxes,
5.90
$5,262.27
EXPENDITURES.
State Tax,
$925.00
County Tax,
333.88
Paid on Town Debt,
1,117.12
Interest paid,
30.00
Assessors,
87.05
State Aid,
148.00
School Committee,
65.50
Support of Poor,
69.70
Roads and Bridges,
155.59
Public Schools,
1,383.68
Repairs on School Houses,
29.56
Incidentals, &c.,
631.72
Cash in Treasury, April 1st,
4,976.80
285.47
$5,262.27
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EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
State Tax,
925.00
County Tax,
333.88
Paid on Town Debt,
1,117.12
Interest paid,
30.00
2,406.00
ASSESSORS.
John T. Townsend,
23.75
Daniel S. Briggs,
38.30
Benj. F. Chase,
25.00
Expended for Assessors,
87.05
STATE AID.
Betsey Briggs,
40.00
Lewis Green,
36.00
T. P. Burt,
72.00
Expended for State Aid,
148.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Daniel S. Briggs,
11.75
Walter D. Nichols,
19.25
Herbert A. Dean (2 years),
34.50
Expended for School Committee,
65.50
SUPPORT OF POOR.
N. G. Townsend, balance of salary,
49.70
City of Taunton, on acct. Stephen Briggs,
6.00
White, Child & Co.
4.00
J. W. Hart, house rent,
66
10.00
69.70
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Darius Sanford, for gravel,
4.16
A. T. Gray, shovelling snow,
4.50
Calvin Belcher,
2.19
Benj. Luther, 66
1.10
James Maguire,
3.25
N. G. Townsend,
6.00
Jeremiah Pierce,
.96
Amos Wade,
66
3.60
Elisha Belcher, "
1.11
T. J. Tew, gravel,
2.00
J. Goodspeed, “
3.25
J. D. Dillingham, gravel,
1.84
H. Dean,
3.68
Joseph Staples,
1.60
Davis Allen,
2.61
Benj. Macomber, labor on highway,
11.62
Elunn Staples, 66
20.62
Christopher French. "
25.00
Daniel Caswell,
66
2.25
Benj. F. Chase,
66
11.25
J. H. Cummings,
66
6.00
John T. Townsend, .
66
27.00
James Covell,
..
3.00
Joseph Cummings,
66
3.00
Wm. H. S. Crane,
16
4.00
155.59
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Appropriation by the Town,
1,200.00
State School Fund,
142.49
County Dog Fund,
53.72
Total for Schools,
1,396.21
Expended for Schools,
1,383.68
Expended for repairs on School Houses,
29.56
Expended for School No. 1.
Carrie M. Nichols, summer term,
78.00
150.00
Daniel S. Briggs, winter term, Incidentals,
16.50
244.50
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Expended for School No. 2.
Julia R. Burt, summer term, Julia R. Burt, winter term, Incidentals, Repairs,
96.00
120.00
19.75
4.50
240.25
Expended for School No. 3.
Lou S. Tripp, summer and fall term,
96.00
Hattie Macomber, winter term, Incidentals. Repairs,
16.70
18.91
206.61
Expended for School No. 4.
S. W. Nason, summer term,
56.00
S. W. Nason, winter term,
120.00
W. D. Nichols, Incidentals,
48.00
15.90
239.90
Expended for School No. 5.
Mary L. Burt, summer term,
96.00
Mary L. Burt, winter term, Incidentals, Repairs,
120.00
24.83
6.15
246.98
Expended for School No. 6.
Nellie Townsend, summer term,
96.00
Nellie Townsend, winter term, Incidentals,
120.00
19.00
235.00
75.00
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INCIDENTALS.
D. S. Briggs, sundries,
18.24
John A. Reed, painting town house,
36.17
Sumner Knapp, sundries,
7.40
N. G. Townsend.
13.54
A. K. Williams & Co., lumber,
2.16
Peter Nichols, hewing posts,
6.33
Enoch Boyce,
2.00
N. G. Case. labor on Town House,
12.00
W. H. S. Crane (Constable, 2 years),
24.00
Republican Office, printing,
24.50
Town of Middleboro, care of fish at E. Taunton,
20.00
Willard & Lane, paint,
65.29
Ann Cummings, cleaning Town House,
2.50
Treasurer, commission,
45.20
Collector's bill,
49.00
Sinkages on Taxes,
37.35
Abatements on Taxes,
5.41
Discount on Taxes,
270.63
631.72
PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE TOWN OF BERKLEY.
Town House,
1,000.00
Farm,
3,500.00
4,500.00
Valuation of Stock, Provisions, Hay, Farming Utensils, &c., on Town Farm,
1,373.15
Iron Safe for use of town,
75.00
Book Case «
18 00
Five Oyster Notes due June Ist, 1871, '72, '73, '74 and '75, 2,000.00
'I'wo Fish Notes due June 1st, 1871,
176.00
State Aid due from State, 187.00
285.47
('ash in Treasury, April 1st,
4,114.62
8,614.62
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INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN.
Maria Burt, note dated April 1st, 1867,
30.00
Rebecca Webster, “
214.26
Enoch Boyce,
142.77
Bristol County Savings Bank,
400.00
787.03
Balance in favor of Town,
$7,827.59
'T. PRESTON BURT,
Treasurer of Berkley.
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REPORTS
-OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND TREASURER
-OF THE-
Town of Berkley,
1873-74.
TAUNTON : REPUBLICAN STEAM PRINTING ROOMS. 1874.
REPORTS
THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND TREASURER
-OF THE-
Town of Berkley,
1873-74.
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TAUNTON : REPUBLICAN STEAM PRINTING ROOMS. 1874.
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TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST 1874.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, April 1st, 1873,
$122 80
State, County and Town Taxes,
4,786 65
Two Fish Notes,
195 00
One Oyster Note,
400 00
State Treasurer, State Aid,
126 00
Corporation Tax,
16 35
66
National Bank Tax.
304 40
School Fund,
122 09
County Treasurer, Dog Fund,
96 62
Geo. C. Hambly, pedler's license,
3 00
Interest added to taxes,
5 26
Taxes added to bills,
3 30
6,181 47
EXPENDITURES.
State and County Taxes,
$1,003 62
Selectmen,
48 20
Assessors,
101 24
State Aid,
115 50
4
Poor out of Almshouse,
144 42
Public Schools,
1,272 24
Repairs of highways and bridges,
912 02
New school house, Incidentals,
1,803 77
663 50
Cash in Treasury, April 1st,
6,064 51 116 96
6,181 47
EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
State Tax,
$607 50
County Tax,
396 12
SELECTMEN.
Thomas C. Dean,
$23 10
James Maguire,
25 10
Expended for Selectmen,
48 20
ASSESSORS.
Thomas C. Dean,
$37 24
Simeon Briggs, (1872,)
8 00
George P. Strange,
28 00
Samuel S. Pierce,
28 00
Expended for Assessors,
101 24
STATE AID.
T. P. Burt,
$72 00
1
Lewis Green,
27 00
Bildad Williams,
16 50
Expended for State Aid,
115 50
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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
B. L. Burt & Co., supplies to M. Newhall, $5 45 James W. Hart, house rent for S. D. Briggs, 14 17
City of Taunton, supplies to S. D. Briggs, 18 00
Dr. J. L. Wellington, med. attendance on Diana Shove, 30 00
Dr. J. L. Wellington, med. attendance on Geo. Richmond, 29 00
Town of Swansey, supplies to John G. Richmond, 8 00 B. L. Burt & Co., supplies to S. D. Briggs, 39 80
Expended for aid out of Almshouse, 144 42
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Appropriation by the town,
$1,200 00
State School Fund,
122 09
County Dog Fund,
96 62
Total for Schools, 1,418 71
EXPENDED FOR TEACHERS.
Nellie R. Strange,
$240 00
Lizzie A. Dean,
112 00
Delia T. Standish,
209 25
Annie C. Carpenter,
91 00
Virginia P. Cudworth,
48 00
Ella J. Reed,
133 00
Myra Whitaker,
184 00
J. W. Fairley,
104 00
Expended for Teachers,
1,121 25
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REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES.
John A. Reed, setting glass and repairing blinds, $5 72 T. G. Chase, ،، desks, 1 75
N. H. Strange, repairing school house No. 5, 8 00
N. G. Case, 66 No. 1, 75
Expended for Repairs,
16 22
FUEL AND INCIDENTALS.
N. H. Strange, key, 15
$
T. G. Chase, building fires, 3 25
Henry Sanford, cutting wood, 4 00
John A. Reed, wood and cutting, 6 50
Henry A. Haines, building fires,
3 50
S. Knapp, wood, 39 25
J. R. Elsbree, wood, 19 25
Joseph T. Cummings, cutting wood,
4 00
Cox & Wardell, stove pipe, 2 45
N. H. Strange, building fires,
3 00
B. F. Chase, broom and pail,
67
W. H. Belcher, cutting wood,
8 25
N. G. Townsend, wood, 11 50
Anthony Shepard, cutting wood,
9 50
N. H. Strange, wood and cutting,
14 75
W. H. Belcher, building fires,
4 75
Expended for Fuel and Incidentals, 134 77
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
E. B. Babbitt, labor on highways,
$33 76
H. B. Babbitt,
11 10
F. Newhall,
6 40
I. Babbitt,
66
66
1 60
7
W. H. S. Crane, labor on highways,
3 60
G. L. Leach, 66
66
6 40
S. Knapp, 66 66
6 00
G. Crane, 66 66
4 00
J. C. Crane, 66
66
5 40
N. Hathaway,
66
66
1 50
A. Pierce, 66
66
2 40
E. Babbitt,
66
66
2 40
H. A. Haines,
66
66
1 60
Thos. C. Dean,
66 66
and gravel,
33 00
S. Knapp,
66
66
2 80
D. Sanford,
66
66
3 00
J. A. Reed, 66
2 50
Albert Burt, 66
66
10 20
S. Knapp,
66
66
80 20
S. Knapp,
66
66
9 00
S. Knapp,
66
66
15 00
Eliphalet Terry,
66
10 40
Noah H. Strange, "
66
7 40
Geo. E. Boyce and others,
40 00
Apollos Seekell, labor on highways,
8 00
Geo. W. Watson, “ 66
12 10
B. Paull,
66
2 25
S. Allen,
66
66
16 80
S. Knapp, 66
66
and gravel, 107 20
Alvin Briggs, 66
66
19 50
Barnard Norcutt, 66
3 00
N. G. T. Bowen, 66
6 00
Otis Haskell, 66
66
6 00
Thos. B. Staples,
66
8 50
Wm. K. Evans,
66
66
32 00
D. Phillips,
66
66
6 00
Silas Norcutt,
66
66
17 15
Thomas Terry,
66
9 40
Joseph Staples,
66
66
and gravel,
14 80
Albert W. Allen, 66
66
11 50
Cyrus Haskins, 66
66
15 60
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Geo. W. Westgate, labor on highways, powder and drills,
13 90
Davis Allen, labor on highways,
15 20
Alfred Pierce, 66
5 80
J. T. Townsend,
66
21 20
Thos. H. Seekell, "
11 00
Daniel Caswell,
66
6 00
Israel Chase, 66 66
5 50
Ebenezer Briggs,
66
8 00
John F. Richmond, “
2 80
Geo. B. Boyce,
98 02
C. L. Rounsville, “ 6.
7 00
B. H. Thrasher,
66
21 00
John H. Thrasher, "
66
25 15
O. Green, .6
66
11 00
Wm. Caswell, 66
66
16 00
John Harmon,
3 00
E. B. Babbitt, clearing snow from highway,
1 60
Geo. E. Boyce,
3 60
Enoch Boyce,
66
2 30
John Boyce, 66
66
1 80
Alex. Gray,
66
66
2 00
P. L. Chase,
66
66
2 00
B. F. Chase,
66
60
S. S. Pierce,
40
E. Belcher,
66
1 90
J. Q. Dillingham,
66
4 20
John Macomber,
66
1 60
A. E. Dean,
66
1 00
T. F. Dean,
66
66
66
40
W. D. Nichols,
.6
66
3 20
Benj. Coombs,
40
Benj. Luther,
66
66
80
James Maguire,
66
66
66
1 00
Geo. E. Boyce,
66
1 50
66
Cyrus Hathaway, Treas. Cong. Society, labor on highway, 7 09
9
George E. Boyce, labor on highway,
2 40
Evander Strange,
1 80
W. H. S. Crane, 4 40
Expended for Repairs of Roads and Beidges, 912 02
COST OF NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
C. G. W. French, land,
$100 00
S. Knapp, labor on lot,
23 60
Samuel C. Norcutt, labor on lot,
76 25
Enoch and Wm. Macomber, labor on lot,
28 50
A. Cummings, ،،
66
39 40
Chas. O. Thrasher,
66
35 80
Wm. H. S. Crane,
66 66
38 50
Geo. W. Hall, surveying lot,
3 00
Cost of Land and Grading, 345 05
COST OF HOUSE.
N. G. Case, labor and material, $69 34
Stanley & Cunningham, paint,
45 24
John A. Reed, labor, 41 45
A. Field & Sons, nails,
9 37
H. L. Davis & Co., doors, blinds, paint &c.
117 76
A. K. Williams & Co., lumber, 553 09
B. L. Burt & Co., nails, 22 69
Baylies Phillips, labor and material, 406 18
C. G. W. French, bricks,
2 30
Jerome Babbitt, stove and pipe,
36 20
A. N. Pierce, labor, 15 15
R. H. Babbitt, “ 34 87
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Old Colony Railroad, freighting.
2 35
Simeon Briggs, Jr., labor, 38 40
Jas. H. Cummings, 4 00
3 00
Anthony Shepard, 66 W. HI. S. Crane, sundries and labor, 57 33
1,458 72
Amount of Paid Bills,
1,803 77
There are unpaid bills to the amount of $336 49, making the total cost of house, land and furniture. $2.140 26.
INCIDENTALS.
Town of Middleboro, care of fish at E. Taunton, $20 00 S. Knapp, care of town house and cash paid out, 8 90 Republican Office, printing reports, 26 00
Bennett & Fuller, legal advice, 3 00
Peter L. Chase, 1 cow for town farm, 65 00
T. P. Burt, town clerk, 23 37
Collector's Bill,
50 00
Treasurer's Bill,
55 60
Discounts, Abatements and Sinkages.
398 88
E. B. Babbitt, serving dog warrant and other business, 10 00
Foundry Store, 2 75
Expended for Incidentals,
663 50
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PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE TOWN OF BERKLEY.
Town House,
Town Farm,
$1,000 00 3,500 00
4,500 00
Valuation of stock, provisions, hay, farming utensils &c. on town farm, 1,006 59
Iron Safe for use of town, 75 00
Book Case, “ 18 00
2 Fish Notes due June 1st, 1874, 82 00
12 Oyster Notes due June 1, 1874, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84 and'85, 13,860 00
State Aid due from State,
157 50
Cash in Treasury April 1, 116 96
15,316 05
19,816 05
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN.
Rebecca Webster, note dated April 1, 1867,
$214 26
Enoch Boyce, 66 142 77
357 03
'T. PRESTON BURT,
Treasurer of Berkley.
SCHOOL REPORT.
In presenting to the town our School Report, we desire at this time to express our hearty appreciation for the in- terest our citizens have so generally taken in our school affairs. To our mind it is an omen pregnant with greatest good to all our school enterprises, when parents and guar- dians, by their presence, sympathy and co-operation, help in any degree our educational interests. This is as it should be. The schools are ours ; we create and support them for our children. No effort, however small, made for the better advancement of our school interests, is ever lost. The undulating wave is felt beyond the limit of our own fireside ; yea, is immeasurable in its results. "Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, the scarred and twisted oak will tell of thee for centuries to come."
The question of larger school privileges has frequently occupied the minds of your committee. As a town we are confident that we are able to give our children the same number of months schooling that other towns give theirs. Now while to some the shortness of our terms may seem a matter of surprise, yet a glance at our tabular report, we think, will show that in proportion to the number of chil- dren between the ages of 5 and 15, we do much better in
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the real matter of education than those towns who have longer school terms. Yet this should by no means slacken our interest in this direction, or canse any more apathy than is now felt concerning it. Your committee are satis- fied that there should be a larger appropriation of the town funds for the lengthening of our school terms.
It gives us satisfaction to state that no serious revolt has occurred in any of our schools during the past year. We have not been harrassed with meeting after meeting to settle any point in reference to discipline. Our teachers generally have maintained that decorum suited to the posi- tion they fill and the place where they exercise their author- ity. Government without imperiousness or harshness has been the rule, and the result has been a mutual confidence has been established between teachers and scholars.
We here notice with honest pride the fact that there has been marked improvement in the matter of school edifices. One commodious school house has been completed during the past year and another is on the tapis. These are items of interest to us. As a town we have but few natural ad- vantages that would induce the stranger to come and settle in our midst ; but may we not, by artificial means, make our usually quiet community attractive ? How better than by the erection of comfortable and attractive school houses ? We trust the day is not far distant when there will be still further improvement in this direction, either re-modelling of some of our poorer buildings or in the erection of new ones.
It will be noticed that while the statute provides that children over 5 and under 15 years of age should attend school a given number of months each year, during the past year children have attended school very regularly who were not 5 years of age. We hope they were not sent merely because they were troublesome at home. Your
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committee are not disposed to find fault with this arrange- ment, provided the teachers have ample time to attend to those who have legitimate claims upon them.
We have not deemed it advisable to make any change in our text books, though frequently importuned to do so by agents who believe in perseverance as the royal road to success. The offers for exchange seem fair at the outset, but would be a burden to many. We therefore have pre- ferred to continue without any change in this direction, though some may deem us old fogyish. We are content as long as our text books have in them all that the teacher and scholar demands; to let these persistent agents ply their vocation where school committees have more time and money.
And now as we review the scholastic year, we are grati- fied with every improvement, and take this method of com- plimenting our teachers for the success they have met with, success which has been well earned, and in retiring from the chairmanship of the committee we return our thanks for the general courtesy we have received from each and all while in the discharge of our official duties.
We append the usual tabular statement, which we com- mend to the investigation of all our citizens.
HERBERT A. DEAN, - School Committee CALVIN T. CRANE, of BENJ. F. CHASE, Berkley.
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TABLE OF SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1873-4.
Schools.
Names of Teachers.
School.
Length of
Whole No.
attend'nce
Summer
Average.
Whole No.
attend'nce
Winter
of age.
5 years
Under
of age.
15 years
Over
teachers
Wages of
No. 1
S.
Virginia V.Cudworth Ella J. Reed,
24
24
16
28
34
25
17
2
$32
No. 2
S.
Lizzie A. Dean,
4
25
19
1
28
W.
Annie E. Carpenter,
3
23
18
4
28
No. 3
S.
Delia T. Standish,
4 31
20
3
4
6
26.25
32
No. 4 S.
Myra C. Whitaker,
4
18
13
22
13
4
32
No. 5
S.
Ella J. Reed,
22
OC
6
W.
Nellie R. Strange,
4
15
13
5
32
No. 6
S.
66
4
17
15
66
W.
Hattie E. French,
34
18
13
1
28
per month.
S.
2
23
16
13
$24
S. W.
W.
34
31
23
28
W.
J. Wm. Fairley,
34
28
28
Average.
S. W. S. W.
J. Wm. Fairley,
REPORTS
OF TILE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND TREASURER
OP TATR
Town of Berkley,
1874-5
TAUNTON.
1876
REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND TREASURER
OF THE
Town of Berkley,
1874-5
TAUNTON : GAZETTE STEAM PRINTING ROOMS. 1875.
Treasurer's Report.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1875.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, April 1st, 1874,
$116.96
Mrs. Dillingham's board,
78.00
B. C. Savings Bank,
350.00
Samuel Hathaway,
24.00
Two Fish Notes,
82.00
One Oyster Note,
400.00
B. C. Savings Bank,
1,200.00
National Bank Tax,
274.19
State Paupers,
6.71
Corporation Tax,
36.03
State Aid,
126.00
State School Fund,
203.70
County Dog Fund,
99.92
State, County and Town Tax,
4032.84
City of Fall River,
116.00
Old School-houses,
56.50
Interest added to Taxes,
5.00
$7,207.85
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EXPENDITURES.
State and County Taxes,
$1,006.30 124.21
Selectmen,
Assessors,
91.50
School Committee,
59.00
State Aid.
90.00
Poor, out of Almshouse.
205.53
Public Schools,
1,148.50
New School-house,
1,267.96
Repairs of Highways and Bridges,
1,130.83
Expended on Town Farm,
471.82
Incidentals,
1,213.88
Bridge School-house of '73,
387.31
7,196 84
Cash in Treasury, April 8th.
1
฿7.207.85
Expenditures in Detail.
$540.00
County Tax,
466.30
$1006.30
SELECTMEN.
Hercules Dean, (1873)
$16.55
James Maguire,
28.06
John A. Reed,
27.00
Hercules Dean,
52.60
$124.21
State Tax,
11.00
5
ASSESSORS.
Walter D. Nichols,
$36.50
George P. Strange,
27.00
John A. Read,
28.00
Expended for Assessors, $91.50
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Calvin T. Crane,
$12.00
Herbert A. Dean,
35.00
Benj. F. Chase,
12.00
Expended for Committee,
$59.00
STATE AID.
T. P. Burt,(6 months,)
$36.00
Lewis Green,(12 months,)
36.00
Bildad Williams, (12 months,)
18.00
Expended for State Aid, $90.00
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Appropriation of the Town,
$1,200
State School Fund.
203.70
County Dog Fund,
99.92
Total for Schools,
$1,503.62
EXPENDED FOR TEACHERS. +
Hattie E. French,
$133.00
J. W. Fairley.
104.00
Sarah A. Balcom,
170.00
Annie E. Carpenter.
170.00
2
6
Delia T. Standish,
98.00
Nellie R. Strange,
98.00
Abbie H. Harris,
56.00
Josephine G. Thaxter,
72.00
Charles F. Cole,
56.35
Expended for Teachers. $957.35
COST OF NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
M. H. Hackett, labor and materials, $1,025.00
H. W. Clark, labor, 26.75
N. H. Strange, labor, 10.00
B. Thrasher, labor, 25.00
W. O. Haskell & Son, furniture,
96.75
Jerome Babbitt, stove and pipe, 24.96
S. A. Pierce. 4.00
Salmon Washburn,
6.50
A. K. & G. E. Williams,
6.00
David Strange, 40.00
G. W. Hall, surveying and making plan of lot, 3.00
$1,267.96
BILLS OF '73 PAID ON BRIDGE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Recording Deed, $00.60
J. L. Hammet, furniture, 127.35
Staples & Phillips, lime, 30.55
A. K. Williams & Co., 228.81
$387.81
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES.
Herbert A. Dean, John A. Read.
$5.00
12.50
$17.50
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FUEL AND INCIDENTALS.
Otis E. Read, drawing wood and building,
fires, (1873,) $4.25
Ellen Huckins, building fires, 3.25
Wm. Seymour splitting wood, 1.25
J. H. Church & Co., coal, 18.50
Staples & Phillips, coal,
9.77
Annie Richmond, attending school,
1.45
Emma Strange in District 1,
.90
Frank Terry in District 6,
.95
Albert Strange in District 6,
.95
Benj. F. Chase, wood, and stove pipe,
15.88
N. G. Townsend, wood,
27.00
Noah Strange, wood, 39.50
C. B. Hathaway, 2.50
B. & H1. Macomber, sawing wood, 17.00
Wm. Belcher, sawing wood, 3.00
Jerome Babbitt, stove, District No. 1,
13.00
A. N. Pierce, building fires, 3.00
E. F. French, 6.
5.50
G. R. French, .( ٠٠
6.00
$173.65
EXPENSES ON TOWN FARM.
N. O. Walker. wagon,
$40.00
S. F. Staples, repairs on wagon, 8.75
Job C. Clark, repairs on wagon, 8.46
P. 1 .. Chase, cow and calf,
65.00
Cyrus Leonard, mowing machine, 85.00
H. M. Simmons, lumber, 100.18
George W. Westgate, labor on wall, 12.00
Stanley & Cunningham, windows and frames, 37.18
W. H. Clark, labor on house, 62.00
B. L. Burt & Co., nails, 7.80
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H. L. Davis & Co., paint &c .. 41.31
W. L. Newcomb & Co., mouldings, 4.14
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