Town annual report of Berkley 1901-1909, Part 15

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vegetable and flower culture has been secured. The work has been done almost entirely at recess and before and after school. I trust that another spring some of our teachers may be sufficiently interested to do something along this line.


Partial Consolidation.


I desire also to emphasize in this report the advantages which would accru from reducing the number of our schools. There are in the town two very small schools, one with an enrollment of six, the other with an enrollment of ten. In all of Bristol County, if the number has not increased since the time of the last report of the State Board of Education, there are but three other equally small schools. For two principal reasons it is unwise to keep such small schools open. They are needlessly expensive and for many reasons less efficient. Among these may be mentioned the following: there is not the same interest and enthusiasm in the work when there is but one or two in a class; ordinarily equally good teachers cannot be afforded for them; much of the time of the superintendent that could be spent to advantage in the larger schools must be spent in visiting them. As to the difference in cost between continuing these schools and transporting the children in them to other neighboring schools, there is little doubt that a saving of from three to four dollars per week in each case, or a total of two hundred dollars per year might readily be made by trans- porting the children. If, therefore, the local prejudice against closing these schools could be overcome, I am con- fident that the children in them could find fully as good ed- ucational opportunities in the neighboring schools, and that the two hundred dollars saved, if spent in paying better


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wages to our teachers, or in providing the much needed in- struction in Drawing and Music would result in lasting bene- fit to every child in the schools. A better school privilege for all concerned, without added expense, ought to bring about the needed change in the near future.


Educational Meetings.


The usual teachers meetings have been held at the be- ginning of each term to instruct the teachers to better ad- vantage in regard to the many details of school management and method.


The annual joint meeting of the teachers in this district was held at Dighton, Feb. 9, and a similar meeting of still greater importance was held at Somerset, Sept. 7. The latter was held under the direction of the State Board of Education, and an excellent program was provided. Of the speakers the most prominent were George H. Martin, Sec- retary of the State Board, and state agents, John T. Prince, James W. Macdonald and Walter Sargent. All the Berkley teachers were present.


Conclusion


In concluding this report I desire to commend to you our teachers for their efficient and loyal support in every under- taking, and to express to you my appreciation of the cordial and generous treatment which I have received at your hands.


Respectfully submitted,


Edwin S. Cobb, Superintendent. Dighton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1906.


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Report of Truant Officer.


To the School Committee of Berkley:


The only complaints that have been made to me, during the year, for children not attending school regularly, were from Districts No. 2 and No. 6.


After investigating said complaints, I found some were kept at home for sickness, and some by the parents. As in every case, they agreed to send them more regularly, I deemed a Court case unnecessary.


Respectfully Submitted, CHAS. COREY,


Truant Officer.


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High School Pupils.


1906-7 TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL.


Ralph A. Christie


Class of 1907


Annie Rothermel


Class of 1908


Jessie M. Howland


Class of 1908


B. M. C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL.


Susie J. Davis Class of 1907 Sarah F. Davis Class of 1909


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Table A.


Rank of Schools in Attendance and Punctuality.


1905-6


ATTENDANCE.


· PUNCTUALITY.


AVERAGE


RANK.


SCHOOL.


PER CENT.


RANK.


SCHOOL. TARDINESS.


1


Number Two


96.6


1


Number One


.32


2


66


Three


95.6


2


Three


1.62


3


66


Six


94.1


3


Seven


1.78


4


One


93.2


4


66


Two


3.09


5


Seven


89.7


5


Five


5.10


6


66


Five


87.5


6


Four


14.02


7


66


Four


86.8


7


Six


20.43


Table B. Changes of Teachers.


1906.


RESIGNATION.


SCHOOL.


APPOINTMENT


Josie E. Russell Euphemia D. Christie


Number One Three


Alton T. Reed Sarah H. Christie


Table C. Teachers [1905 -- 6.


SCHOOL


TEACHER


EDUCATION


Elected


Weeks Taught


Wages Per Week


Number One


Josie E. Russell


Middleboro Training School


1905


36


$8 50


Two


Goddard Seminary


1903


36


10 00


Three


Ethel M. Hamilton Euphemia D. Christie


Wheelock Kindergarten Training School*


1905


36


50


Four


Laura M. Howland


Taunton High School


1905


36


50


Five


Mary E. White


Taunton High School


1903


36


50


Six


Mary L. Corey


Bristol Academy


1901


36


8 50


Seven


Alton W. Reed


Bridgewater Normal School


1905


2


00


Number Seven


C. E. Burt


1905


1


00


Number Seven


Myra H. Dean


Boston University* Abbot Academy*


1905


33


9 00


*Attended without graduating.


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Table D. Attendance Statistics.


1905-1906.


SCHOOL.


Boys


Girls


Total


Enrolment


under 5 yrs.


Enrolment


5 to 15 yrs.


Enrolment


over 15 yrs.


Enrolment


7 to 14 yrs.


Membership


Average


Average


Attendance


Per cent. of


Attendance


Half Days'


Absences


Number of


Tardinesses


Av. No. of


Tardinesses


Number of


Dismissals


Number of Visitors


Number of


Supt.'s Visits


Number One


16


7


23


20


3


18


23


21.8 35.6


34.4 96.6


110


3.1


0


~


10


Three


18


17


1


16


20


16.04


15.2 95.6


26


1.6


20


80


13


Four


7.9 86.8


410


129|14.


43


40


9


Five


10


13


12


15


9.4


8.2 87.5


403


48


5.1


0


36


11


Six


12


00


20


20


16


20


18.6


17.8 94.1


292


20.4


58


39


12


Seven


16


11


27


1


26


17


30


27.03


24.3 89.7


931


.. 8


00


42


11


Total


76


71


147


2


141


4


115


164 137.67 |128. 1


91.9 3711


748


6.6


140


269


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.


11


25


9


Two


19


34


000


34


0


32


42|


20.3 93.2


7


.3


coCIO c


26


12


0


12


0


00 00


14


9.2


436 565 674


380 48


01


000


Total


Membership


Enrolment


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Table E. Data Relative to Towns of 500 -- 2000 Population in Bristol County, 1895 and 1905.


Popu- lation


Valuation


Number ofSchools


Average Member- ship 1895 1905 1895 1905 1895 1905


Per Cent. Average Cost| Amount Raised of At- by Taxation 1905 Per Pupil 1895 tendance per Pupil 1895 1905


Share of School Fund 1895 1905


Av. Wages of Teachers per Month 1895 1905


Acushnet


1027


1221 #619,280


7


8


127


187


87


88


$22.73


$24.99


$12.82


$18.02


$345.09


$927.37


#34.70,$37.25


Berkley


895


949;


388.308


412,467


147


151


88


88


21.53


20.06


13.13


7.47


493.46


918.25


31.30| 32.57


Dighton


1889


1802


759,754


882,318


9


12


237


278


88


89


21.13


25.25


19.40


18.94


393.46


1136.48


35.66


35.76


Freetown


1417


1394


812,537


810.327


8


161


236


92


86


21.25


17.09


14.36


12.32


345.09


927.37


32.85


39.68


Norton


1785


1826


778,616


972,525


9


10


193


242


89


89


22.60


30.31


15.35


21.91


345.08


1136.49


37.00|


38.69


Raynham


1340


1540


777,858


740.828


7


8


185


169


88


88


22.81


30.17


13.74


15.75


345.08


1136.49


36.57


42.00


Rehoboth


1786


1849


729,145


854.545


14


15


263


243


89


83


16.17


24.26


10.72


17.43


393.45


927.36


29.29|


33.28


Seekonk


1317


1673


903,560 1,075,550


8


9


26


179


87


83


22.08


20.00


7.87


13.9)


316.07


777.36


33.05


36.34


Swansea


1456


1645


815,129 |1,123,745


11


10


225


197


92


83


24.41


31.16


13.61


19.69


345.08


651.89


31.00


36.57


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1890 1900


1895


1905


$653,249


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Statistics.


Population 1905


930


Valuation 1906


$407,609


Tax Rate Per 1000


$13.50


Total amount raised by taxation and expended for school purposes


$2149.05


Total cost to town per pupil


$15.61


Total Expenditure per pupil


$27.61


Average cost per pupil in state, 1904-5


$29.82


Cost per pupil for books and supplies


1.64


in state for 1905-6, 1.57


Average wages of teachers per week


8.53


Average wages of female teachers in state, 1905-6, 9.30


Number of Schools


7


*Number of boys in town between 5 and 15, 82


* " girls


5 " 15,


80


*Total children


66


5 " 15, 162


*Number " boys 66 66


58


*


66


girls


66


7 " 14, 14, 64 7 "


Total "


children 6 66


7 " 14 122


Number of illiterate minors over 14 0


Length of school year in weeks 36


Per cent of attendance


91.9


66 for state, 1904-5


91


Bristol County 91


Number of pupils attending the high school


5


*September School Census


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Extracts from the School Laws.


School Attendance


(Revised Laws, Chapter 44)


Section 1. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such ex- ceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in section three of chapter forty-two and sections three, five and six of this chapter. The super- intendent of schools, or if there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said Superintendent or committee, may ex- cuse cases of necessary absence. The attendance of a child upon a public day schoo shall not be required if he has attended for a like period of time a private day school ap- proved by the school committee of such city or town in accordance with the provisions of the following section, or if he has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if he has already acquired such branches of learning, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or im- practicable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required; and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half day sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child whose physical or mental condition is not such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, so to attend school, he shall upon complaint by a truant officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors a child, who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.


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Contagious Diseases


(Laws of 1906, Chapter 371)


Section 6. A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with small- pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other in- fectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a cer- tificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.


Medical Inspection (Laws of 1906 Chapter 502)


Section 1. The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties as prescribed in this act.


Section 5. The School committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once in every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing, or from any other dis- ability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by the teachers. The com- mittee shall cause notice of any defect or disability re- quiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the state board of education shall prescribe.


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BERKLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENTERTAINMENT


JUNE 8, 1906


PROGRAMME


1 Invocation Rev. Mr. Christie


2 Singing-"There Are Many Flags" School Chorus


3 School Number Five-Teacher, Miss Mary White


a. Recitation-"The Blue and the Gray"


Miss Grace Briggs


b. Recitation-"The Drummer Boy" Walter Strange c. Vocal Solo Miss Helen Cook


4 School Number Six-Teacher, Mrs. Mary L. Corey


a. Japanese Drill School


b. Vocal Duet Alfred and Nellie Prunier


5 School Number Four-Teacher, Miss Laura M. Howland


a. Recitation-"King and Child" Ruth Gilbert


b. Exercise-"Our Presidents" School


6 Anvil Chorus Schools


7 School Number One-Teacher, Miss Josie E. Russell


a. Calesthenic Exercises School


8 School Number Two-Teacher, Miss Ethel M. Hamilton


a. Recitation-" A Little Boy" Percy Poole


b. Recitation-"Anxiety" Marie Tripp


c. Reading-Selected Miss Ethel M. Hamilton


9 School Number Three-


Teacher, Miss Euphemia D. Christie


a. Singing Seven Girls


b. Recitation-"A Studious Child" Gertrude Horton c. Song School


10 School Number Seven-Teacher, Miss Myra H. Dean


a. "Good Night Drill" Eight Little Girls


Gideon H Babbitt. ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN -OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF BERKLEY


TOGETHER WITH A


Valuation and Tax List


FOR THE


Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907


TAUNTON, MASS. DAVOL PRESS, 3 SCHOOL STREET 1908


நாப்பது


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF BERKLEY


TOGETHER WITH A


Valuation and Tax List


FOR THE


Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907


TAUNTON, MASS. DAVOL PRESS, 3 SCHOOL STREET 1908


Town Officers, 1907


Town Clerk Charles W. Cook, 1905 for three years


Selectmen Chas. H. Macomber Chas. F. Paull James McCall


School Committee Julia R. Burt, term expires 1910. Edwin H.Allen, term expires 1909 Noah H. Strange (by appointment), term expires 1908


Assessors


Gideon H. Myrick Charles W. Cook Rollin H. Babbitt "


Collector and Treasurer Noah H. Strange Auditor Thomas P. Paull


Highway Surveyors


Gideon H. Babbitt


James H. Macomber


Edward E. Whittaker


Charles E. Chase George F. Chapman


Adelbert A. Briggs Chas. M. Wade


Constables


Edwin H. Allen James McGuire Walter A. Strange Chas. M. Wade


Charles Corey Simeon W. Luther George A. Harmon


Tree Warden Henry Hathaway


Fish Wardens


Linneus C. Whittaker Chester E. Phillips Walter A. Pierce


Simeon W. Luther


Oyster Wardens Jabez M. Francis Fred. W. Gardner


Trustee of Public Library, 3 years Capt. Henry Haines


Burial Ground Commissioner, 3 years Edwin H. Allen


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List of Officers Appointed by the Selectmen-1907


Fire Wardens, Fence Viewers and Field Drivers


Gideon H. Babbitt


James' H. Macomber


Edward E. Whittaker


Charles E. Chase


Adelbert A. Briggs


George F. Chapman


Chas. M. Wade


Measurers of Wood and Lumber


Asa W. Reed


John T. Haskins


Simeon W. Luther


Levi P. Churchill


Gideon H. Babbitt


Sumner N. Staples


Meat Inspector Charles M. Wade


Cattle Inspector


James H. Macomber


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Walter A. Strange


Burial Commissioner Charles W. Cook


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Town Warrant


Art. 1. To choose a Moderator.


-


Art. 2. To fix compensation for Collector and Treasurer for ensuing year.


Art. 3. To act on report of Town Officers.


Art. 4. To choose all necessary town officers(one school com- mittee for three years, one assessor for three years, one for two years, and one for one year), and vote on the question, "Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors?" Yes or No.


Art. 5. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs of ways and bridges.


Art. 6. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for schools including supplies, high school tuition, and salary for Superin- tendent.


Art. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.


Art. 8. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for support of the poor, repairs of public building, salaries for town officers, state aid and incidental expenses.


Art. 9. To see if the town will appropriate any part of the dog fund for the Public Library.


Art. 10. To see what action the town will take in regard to payment of taxes, and what rate of interest is to be charged after a certain date for uncollected taxes.


Art. 11. To see if the town will authorize the town treasurer to hire money under the approval of the majority of the select- men to pay the indebtedness of the town and current expenscs.


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Art. 12. To see what action the town will take in regard to running, renting or selling the town farm.


Art. 13. To choose a memorial committee and appropriate a sum of money for same.


Art. 14 To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used if necessary for the purpose of exterminat- ing the gypsy and brown tail moths.


Art 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for permanent improvement of our high- ways.


Art. 16. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


Town meeting to be held on March 2 at 10 o'clock a. m.


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Report of Selectmen


To the Citizens of the Town of Berkley :


Your Board has leased the oyster privilege to Mr. George T. Greene, Jr., of Warren, R. I., for ten years, for which he has paid the town five hundred dollars in cash and gave nine notes payable one each year, as per agreement, of which the follow- ing is an exact copy :


"Articles of Agreement, made this twenty-third day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred and seven (1907), by and between the Town of Berkley, County of Bristol and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, by its Board of Selectmen, viz : Charles H. Macomber, Charles F. Paull and James McCall, duly elected and qualified at the annual town meeting held March 4th, A.D. 1907, and who were authorized by a vote of said town to sell the Oyster Privilege, the party of the first part, and George T. Greene, Jr., of Warren, State of Rhode Island, party of the second part ;


Witnesseth, That the party of the first part, for and in consideration of nine notes signed by said George T. Greene, Jr., bearing date March 23rd, 1907, and made payable to the Treas- urer of the said Town of Berkley, for Five Hundred Dollars, and the first to be payable March 23rd, 1908, and one note to be payable on or before the twenty-third of March of each and every succeeding year until the said George T. Greene, Jr., shall have paid in full the nine notes,


Do Hereby Lease And Let, unto the said George T. Greene, Jr., the Oyster Beds belonging to said town, all the rights of said town of taking oysters therefrom, for the term of


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ten years from the twenty-third of March, nineteen hundred and seven (1907), excepting any rights given by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the inhabitants of the said town of taking oysters therefrom for their own use and con- sumption to the extent permitted by law and no further.


Whatever conditions, natural or artificial, that may effect at any time the water of the river during said term of ten years, shall in no way effect the lease or the value of the notes. But the said George T. Greene, Jr., or any person claiming from or under this contract, shall not remove any oysters from said beds so long as either of said notes shall be due and not paid in full.


And permission is granted that said George T. Greene, Jr., may plant oysters and shells, use power boats to cultivate the beds and dredge the same if consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


And the said George T. Greene, Jr., party of the second part, for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, in consideration of said privilege, do promise and agree to pay to the Treasurer of the said Town the sum of Five Hun- dred Dollars, and in advance per year from March 23rd, 1908, for nine years, said nine yearly payments amounting to Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4500.00).


In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first mentioned.


CHARLES II. MACOMBER,


CHARLES F. PAULL, SEAL


JAMES MCCALL,


Selectmen of Berkley.


GEORGE T. GREENE, JR., Lessee.


Mr. Greene intends and in fact has already begun to culti- vate the beds: he has taken up all the oysters and shells, dredged the beds so as to stir up the bottom and get rid of the slimy deposit that has collected on same, he has replanted the


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oysters and shells and also about three thousand bushels of seed oysters from Warren River. This method of cultivating and growing oysters we understand has been very successful in other places and we are hopeful that it may be the means of restoring our beds to the condition that existed a few years ago, when the town sold their oysters for fifteen hundred dol- lars a year.


Our Town Farm so far as the buildings are concerned is in fairly good condition, otherwise it has run down considerably. It has been rented since April 1903 to Mr. Brightman for $100 per year. There has not been any inmates at the farm in sev- eral years, and under the present pauper law only certain cases can be taken there. If the farm could be sold for a reasonable price the interest on the money plus the taxes which the town would get, would make the income as much or more than it is now, and the town would be relieved of all expense for repairs and insurance. To continue renting the farm under the pre- vailing conditions would mean an annual expenditure of a large portion of the income to prevent it from depreciating be- low its present value. We present these facts as being worthy of consideration by the town.


We purchased a new road scraper last spring and the sur- veyors report that it is a very good working machine.


The town appropriated a sum of money to be left in our hands for the purpose of building a shed in which to keep the scraper, but as Mr. Cook very kindly offered us store room as long as we wanted to use it free of charge, we accepted the of- fer, believing we were acting for the best interest of the town.


The town financially is in a better condition than last year, as will be shown by the following statement.


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1906


1907


Cash on hand


$2379 93


$2007 47


Available funds


1058 35


1361 18


Sinking fund


500 00


$3438 28


$3868 65


Cash in T. S. D. & T. Co.


171 26


171 26


Bal. in favor 1907


430 37


$4039 91


$4039 91


In addition to the above according to the treasurer's account, there is $160 due for rent of town farm, and $100 more will be due April 1, 1908 ; an oyster note due March 23 for $500 and a fish note of $25 due June 1st, making in all $785.


Our present condition of finance enables us to add something to the sinking fund if the town desires to do so, and also to make the appropriations for the current year without raising so much by taxation, if the town thinks it advisable to use a por- tion of the money on hand for this purpose, it should reduce the tax rate. This would not only be appreciated by all tax payers but would be a strong inducement to encourage new in- terests to locate in the town.


CHAS. H. MACOMBER CHARLES F. PAULL JAMES McCALL


Selectmen


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List of Jurors


The following is the list of jurors as prepared by the select- men.


Edmund P. Dean


Jonathan M. Alexander


Chester E. Phillips


Horace N. Macomber, 2d


Frank S. Macomber


Fred W. Gardner


Edward E. Whitaker


Charles W. Cook


Willard F. Westgate Walter A. Strange Ervine A. Chase George F. Chapman Adelbert A. Briggs


Herbert A. Perry


Thomas P. Paull


Horace N. Macomber


Market Gardener Auctioneer Brick Moulder Teamster Auctioneer Carpenter Farmer Farmer Carpenter Pattern Maker Milk Dealer Farmer Farmer Farmer Teacher


Barrel Dealer


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Assessors' Report, 1907


Valuation of Real Estate 66 Personal Property


$312894 00


96817 00


Rate per thousand


13 00


Acres of land assessed


9960


Number of dwelling houses


261


horses assessed


247


COWS


379


meat cattle other than cows assessed


58


swine assessed


46


sheep


11


fowls


3266


60


polls 66


248


66


taxes


482


66 on property


415


GIDEON H. MYRICK


Chairman


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Appropriations for 1907


Schools and supplies


$1700 00


Highways and bridges


1200 00


Superintendent of schools


300 00


Town officers


800 00


Memorial Day


25 00


New road machine


250 00


Building to house the same


100 00


For the Firemen's Relief Assn. of Taunton


100 00


For pay of school physician


25 00


$4500 00


From Cash on hand


Town poor


$400 00


Extermination of gypsy and brown tail moths


50 00


Additional for schools


300 00


Public library, all the money from dog fund


$750 00


159 80


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Treasurer's Report


Receipts


Cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1907


$2379 93


Mass. school fund


963 75


Dog fund


159 80


Corporation tax


2 77


One oyster note


500 00


Simmons' fish note


20 00


Hired of Machinists' National Bank


1000 00


City of Boston


47 00


Tuition of state children


106 00


Inspection of animals


16 50


From State for supt.


150 00


66 " teachers


100 00


Frank S. Macomber, auctioneer's license


2 00


Corporation tax


135 08


National Bank tax


490 73


State aid


454 00


Burial of soldiers


35 00


High school tuition from state


240 00


Freeborn S. Brightman, farm rent




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