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Owing to the difficulty which had been experienced in securing a suitable teacher for the Astonet Neck School and to the fact that the enrollment had fallen to but five, the children were taken from this school to Number Five during the fall term just passed. Excellent transportation was pro- vided, the children were remarkably regular in their attendance as they were taken in every instance from their own doors, and made decidedly better progress and took more interest in their school work than they had done for a long time in their own school. As a result of the arrangement, moreover, a saving of $2.00 or $3,00 per week was made for the town as follows :
Expense for teacher,
$8.50
Janitor and fuel, 1.50
Total,
$10.00
Cost of transportation,
$8.00
Net saving per week,
2.00
It is greatly regretted, therefore, that at the beginning of the winter term one or two of the parents were so insistent up- on having the school in their vicinity opened as to make it advisable to yield temporarily at least to their wishes. The circumstances are indeed unfortunate when one or two who frankly admit that their insistence upon having the school open
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is due to their desire to prevent any possible depreciation in their property which might arise from the temporary closing of the school, can stand in the way of the unquestioned welfare of the children and prevent the economical administration of the schools. It is to be hoped that a more thoughtful consideration of the merits of the case and the influence of public opinion may result in some more generally satisfactory settlement.
Teachers' Meetings
The usual teachers's meetings have been held at the be- ginning of each term and a number of subjects of interest to teachers have been discussed. To secure the best results, how- ever, these meetings should be held oftener and some course of study should be systematically taken up. Could arrangements be made to meet the teachers once a month for this pursose as was suggested in connection with the proposed work in drawing, it would be of great benefit to the schools.
The annual joint meeting of the teachers in the three towns in this superintendency district was held at the Con- gregational Church at Rehoboth last February. Two members of the committee, and all of the teachers, with one exception, were present. A re-print of the day's program appears in the appendix.
Closely related to this same subject of teachers meetings and of the same general import is the subject of professional reading by the teachers. The public library has lately provided seven volumes written especially for teachers. The titles of these and the names of the authors are as follows: "Froebel's Educational Laws", Hughes ; "Educational Reformers", Quick ; "Leonard and Gertrude," Pestalozzi;“Briefer Course in Psychol- ogy", James ; "Elements of Pedagogy", White ; Method of the Recitation," McMurry ; and "Psychology of Number," Mc- Clellan and Dewey. Each of the teachers is now reading one of these, and an extension of time has been allowed for the purpose. The thanks of the superintendent and of the
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teachers is due to the trustees of the public library for their generous and considerate treatment relative to these books.
Conclusion.
In conclusion I wish to express the opinon that the schools as a whole are doing comparatively good work. With this, however, we should not be satisfied. We should seek to make them so good that they may become a just source of pride to the town. The training and employment of the best possible teachers, the provision of a more attractive equipment, and the making of the work of the schools more practical and business- like, are the things which will best serve to do this. To bring these things to pass must be our constant endeavor.
Respectfully submitted,
E. S. COBB, Superintendent of Schools.
Dighton, Jan. 11, 1908.
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Report of the Truant Officer.
To the School Committee of Berkley,
The complaints made for truancy during the year were from District No. 1, No. 2, and No. 6.
After investigating said complaints I found only two were kept at home by their parents. As they agreed to send them regularly, I deemed a court case unnecessary, with the exception of a scholar in District No. 1, which I took before the court.
The court after hearing the circumstances connected with the case, ordered the complaint dismissed.
Respectfully Submitted,
CHARLES COREY,
Truant Officer.
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High School Pupils.
September 1907.
TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL.
Jessie M. Howland
Class of 1908
Annie Rothermel
Class of 1908
Alice Butler Carney
Class of 1911
Grace Haskins
Class of 1911
Earl Augustus Hopkins
Class of 1911
Elizabeth Rothermel
Class of 1911
B. M. C. DURFEE HIGH SCHOOL.
Sarah F. Davis Louise H. Chester
Class of 1909 Class of 1911
TABLE A ATTENDANCE STATISTICS 1906-1907
SCHOOL
Boys
Girls
Total
Enrolment
under 5 years
5 to 15 years
Enrolment
Enrolment
7 to 14 years
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Half Days'
Absences
Number of
Tardinesses
Tardinesses
Number of
Dismissals
Number of
Visitors
Number of
Supt.'s Visits
Number One
15
7
22
21
1
17
26
21.9
20.1
90.9
658
24
1.1
11
38%
10
.
'I'wo
16
25
41
41
34
46
38.5
35.8
92.5
845
122
3.17
00
10
66
Three
7
11
18
17
1
15
00
13.7
11.7
84.9
796
19
1.4
63
29
14
Four
3
7
10
10
7
10
9.4
7.5
79.8
478
100
10.6
20
20
=
Five
4
4
0, 00
8
5
11
6.4
5.6
86.8
219
00
1.2
3
36
00
Six
14
=
25
5%
31
22.4
21.0
93.1
466
411
18.3
45
33
11
Seven
18
19
37
1
36
25
40
33.4
30.7
91.9
912
82
2.5
29
51
10
Total
77
84
161
1
158
2
126
182
145.7
132.4
90.8 4374
766
5.2
171
215
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Enrolment
Av. Number of
Enrolment
over 15 years
Total
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TABLE B Rank of Schools in Attendance and Punctuality 1906-1907
ATTENDANCE
PUNCTUALITY
Rank
School
Per cent.
Rank
School
Av. Tard.
1
Number Six
93.1
1
Number One
1.1
2
Two
92.5
2
Five
1.2
3
66
Seven
91.9
3
66
Three
1.4
4
66
One
90.9
4
Seven
2.5
5
Five
86.8
5
66
Two
3.2
6
Three
84.9
6
..
Four
10.6
.
Four
79.8
7
Six
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Changes of Teachers
1907
Resignation
School
Appointment
Sarah H. Christie
Number Three
Annie L. Marshall Gwendolen M.Davies
Laura M. Howland
Four
66
Ruth C. Robertson
Gwendolen M. Davies
Etta H. Handy
Ruth C. Robertson
Seven
Sarah H. Christie
Myra H. Dean
66
TABLE D TEACHERS, 1906-1907
School
Teacher
Where Educated
Elected
Weeks Taught
Wages per w'k
Number One
Alton W. Reed
Bridgewater Normal School Goddard Seminary
1906
36
$ 9 00
Two
Ethel M. Hamilton
1903
36
10 00
Three
Sarah H. Christie
1906
36
8 00
Four
Laura M. Howland
Taunton High School
1905
14
8 50
Gwendolen M. Davies
Schools of London, England
1906
10
8 00
Ruth C. Robertson
Taunton High School
1907
12 "
8 00
Five
Mary E. White
Taunton High School
1903
34
8 00
Six
Mary L. Corey
Bristol Academy
1901
36
8 50
9 00
Seven
Myra H. Dean
Abbot Academy
1905
36
9 50
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Selected Statistics.
Population 1905
930
Valuation 1907
$409,711 00
Tax Rate Per 1000, 1907
13 00
Total amount raised by taxation and expended
for school purposes
$1932 90
Total cost to town per pupil
13 26
Total Expenditure per pupil
24 29
Average cost per pupil in state, 1905-6
29 99
Cost per pupil for books and supplies in state for 1905-6
1 56
Average wages of teachers per week
8 80
Average wages of female teachers in state, 1905-6.
14 27
Number of Schools
7
Number of boys
in town between 5 and 15,
83
" girls ..
5 6 15,
89
Total " children
5
15,
172
Number " boys
66
7 14, 60
7
14,
65
Total " children 66
7 14,
125
Number of illiterate minors over 14
0
Length of school year in weeks
36
Per cent of attendance 90 8 -
for state, 1905_6
92
92
Bristol County
Number of pupils attending the high school 8
48
" girls
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PROGRAMME
Meeting of Teachers of Berkley, Dighton and Rehoboth, Congregational Church, Rehoboth Feb. 8, 1907.
10 A. M. Devotional Exercise and Opening Address Local Pastor
10: 15 Address "School Value"
E. S. Cobb, Superintendent of Schools
10: 30 Address "Music in Rural Schools" Miss Jennie P. Holmes
10: 45 Address "Medial Slant Writing"
A. W. Clark, representing Ginn & Co
11: 30 Question Box
12 Luncheon
1 p. M. Examination of school work
1: 30 Remarks and Discussion
2 Address "School Gardens"
W. F. Johnson, Hyannis Training School
2: 30 Address "Drawing in Rural School
Frederick L. Burnham, State Agent for the Promotion of Manual Arts.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1908
TAUNTON, MASS. THE DAVOL PRESS, SCHOOL STREET, 1909.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1908
TAUNTON, MASS. THE DAVOL PRESS, SCHOOL STREET, 1909.
Town Officers, 1908.
Town Clerk Charles W. Cook, term expires 1911
Selectmen
Charles H. Macomber Charles F. Paull James McCall
School Committee Edwin H. Allen, term expires 1909. Julia R. Burt, term ex- pires 1910. Noah H. Strange, term expires 1911
Assessors Gideon H. Myrick, term expires 1909. Rollin H. Babbitt, term expires 1910. Charles W. Cook, term expires 1911
Collector Jonathan M. Alexander
Treasurer Charles W. Cook
Auditor Thomas P. Paull
Highway Surveyors
Gideon H. Babbitt
Howard Haines
Edward E. Whittaker
Adelbert A. Briggs
George F, Chapman Eli W. Wordell
James H. Macomber
Constables
Edwin H. Allen
C. Dexter Babbitt
Walter A. Strange
Chester E. Phillips
Frank G. Stillphen
Walter A. Sabin
John F. Staples
Tree Warden Henry Hathaway Fish Wardens Linneus C. Whittaker Chester E. Phillips Walter A. Pierce
Oyster Wardens Simeon W. Luther Jabez M. Francis Willard H. Hathaway
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Trustee of Public Library Albert E. Dean, term expires 1909. Capt. Henry A. Haines, term expires 1910. Joseph Howland, term expires 1911
Burial Ground Commissioners S. Albert Burt, term expires 1909. Edwin H. Allen, term ex- pires 1910. Capt. George Cummings, term expires 1911
List of Officers Appointed by the Selectmen, 1908
Fence Viewers and Field Drivers
Gideon H. Babbitt
Howard Haines
Edward E. Whittaker
George F. Chapman
Adelbert A. Briggs
Eli W. Wordell
James H. Macomber
Measurers of Wood and Lumber
Asa W. Reed
Simeon W. Luther
Gideon H. Babbitt
John T. Haskins
Levi P. Churchill 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
Forest Warden Gideon H. Babbitt
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Town Warrant
Article 1. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the town treas- urer to hire money under the approval of a majority of the selectmen to pay the current expenses of the town.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers (one school committee for three years and one assessor for three years) and vote on the question, "Shall licenses be granted to sell intoxicating liquors, "Yes" or "No."
Art. 4. To act on report of town officers.
Art. 5. To fix compensation for collector and treasurer for ensuing year.
Art. 6. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for re- pairs of ways and bridges.
Art. 7. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for schools, including supplies, high school tuition and salary for superintendent.
Art. 8. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for sup- port of the poor, repairs of public buildings, salaries of town officers, state aid and incidental expenses.
Art. 9. 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 10. To see if the town will vote to add the money received from the sale of our town farm to the reserve fund, and if so, for what purpose the income from same shall be used.
Art. 11. To see if the town will appropriate any part of the dog fund to the Public Library.
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Art. 12. To choose a memorial committee and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used if necessary for the purpose of exter- minating the gypsy and brown tail moths.
Art. 14. To vote "yes" or "no" on the following: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire,' be accepted by this town."
Art. 15. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Town meeting to be held on March 8, at 10 o'clock a. m.
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Report of Selectmen.
To the Citizens of the Town of Berkley :
At our last annual meeting the town voted to sell the Town Farm and the matter was left in the hands of your board to dispose of. It was sold for $2000.00 but as the sale was made through a real estate agency, we paid a commission and there was also a little expense in transferring the property, so that the town received a little less than $1900. While this is not a very large price for so good a farm, under the present con- ditions and laws which regulate the keeping of a town farm, it would seem as if the town had acted wisely. The money received for the farm has been placed where it will draw interest pending some action by the town. We would recom- mend adding it to our reserve fund which would make the same about $3000.00 and keep it to use in case of emergency, using the income from it for the school or what ever purpose the town may direct.
Our financial condition has improved. A few years ago there were notes held against the town amounting to over $3000.00, and not near enough cash in the treasury to pay them. At the close of our fiscal year there are no outstanding bills against the town and we have $3799.98 in cash on hand. While this change has come by degrees it has not been at the expense of the tax payers, for during the same period of time our taxes have been reduced from $15.50 to $11 per thousand on practically the same valuation, and at a time when our state and county taxes have increased rapidly.
1907
1908
Cash on hand,
$2,007.48
$ 856.83
Available funds,
1361.18
1460.38
Reserve funds,
500.00
1043.15
Sale of Town Farm,
1900.00
$3868.65
$5260.36
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Cash in T. S. D. & T. Co.,
171.26
171.26
Balance in favor 1908,
$1391.71
$5431.62
$5431.62
Cash for farm, $1900 00
Less 1908 balance,
1391.71
$ 508.29
By comparing our cash account this year with last year, not considering the money received for the town farm, it will be seen that we ran behind $508.29. If we had not made the extra appropriation of $500.00 from our cash on hand for highways, there would only have been a difference of $8.29.
We bring out this fact merely to show that we cannot con- tinue to be so lavish in our appropriation and maintain the present tax rate. In our judgment we should endeavor to keep the rate as low as possible and not work any greater hardship in the way of taxes. We are carrying over this year nearly $1500 of unpaid taxes, some of which date back to 1906. There is no better evidence necessary to show how hard it comes on some of our taxpayers.
Our school department actually needs more money, and our school committee will probably ask for a larger appropri- ation for the coming year. There is a way to meet this with- out increasing our total appropriation. We can cut our high- way money to $1200, where it has been for a number of years, with the exception of last year. This will save $500 over last year. Then we can use our oyster money that will be due in March, which is $500. This will give us $1000, part of which can be added to our school money and the balance used to re- duce some other appropriation.
CHARLES H. MACOMBER,
CHARLES F. PAULL, Selectmen· JAMES MCCALL,
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List of Jurors.
The following is the list of Jurors as prepared by the selectmen :
Edmuud P. Dean
Jonathan M. Alexander
Horace N. Macomber, 2nd
Frank S. Macomber
Edward E. Whitaker
Charles H. Cook
Willard F. Westgate
Ervine A. Chace
Thomas P. Paull
Elmer A. Walker
George H. Swift
Eli Wordell Harry C. Perry
S. Albert Burt
Damon D. White
Edward W. Conant
Market Gardener Auctioneer Teamster Auctioneer Farmer Farmer Carpenter Milk Dealer Teacher Shuttle Maker Farmer Teamster Plumber
Farmer Farmer Pattern Maker
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Assessors' Report, 1908
Valuation of Real Estate
$318,599 00
Personal Property
101,187 00
Rate per thousand
11 00
Acres of land assessed
9970
Number of dwelling houses
260
horses assessed
249
cows 66
374
meat cattle other than cows assessed
78
swine assessed
44
sheep 66
21
fowls 66
3148
polls
251
taxes
483
on property
409
GIDEON H. MYRICK,
Chairman.
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Appropriations for 1908
$1700 00
Highways and bridges
1200 00
Superintendent of schools
300 00
Town officers (in part)
300 00
Memorial Day
35 00
Improvement of Town Cemetery
70 00
$3605 00
From cash on hand
Support of poor
$400 00
Highways and bridges,
300 00
Drain on Mill Street
50 00
To repair highway in Dist. No. 3
50 00
66 66 No. 5 (Bryant St.)
50 00
66 66 on Locust St.
50 00
For extermination of gypsy and brown tail moths (if necessary)
35 00
25 00
For pay of school physician 6 Town officers (in part)
500 00
Public Library
To be taken from the dog fund
90 00
Schools and supplies
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Cash in Treasury January 1st, 1908 $2007 47
On account of State poor 29 00
From the dog fund
166 84
Mass. school fund
1197 50
Fines from District Court
105 00
Rent of town farm
100 00
One oyster note
500 00
N. H. Strange, taxes of 1906 and 1907
619 84
interest on taxes
15 35
Telephone service
1 47
Frank S. Macomber, auctioneer's license
2 00
J. M. Alexander,
2 00
Tuition of Copeland children No. 7 Simmons' fish Note
25 00
Tuition of state children,
1 64
Sale of town farm
2000 00
City of Boston tuition of children
42 00
Inspector of animals, from state
18 00
From State, school superintendent
150 00
66 for teachers
100 00
J. M. Alexander, taxes of 1908
4386 53
D. A. Cushman for old fence
2 00
Corporation tax
145 76
National Bank tax
552 15
State aid
376 00
Burial of indigent soldiers
72 00
High school tuition from state
448 75
From cemetery fund
38 70
$13274 36
7 00
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Table of Aggregates
Receipts
$13274 36
Expenditures
Highways and bridges
1747 97
Snow bills
156 00
Public Library
93 73
Memorial Day
34 62
Miscellaneous bills, including enforcing the laws
920 15
Forest fires
45 55
Schools
3482 01
High school
463 75
Soldiers' relief
36 00
Aid rendered poor
265 52
State aid
326 00
Town officers
992 67
Town cemetery
108 70
County tax
629 86
State tax
715 00
$10017 53
Balance in treasury
$3256 83
Deposited in Bristol County
Savings Bank
$500 00
Deposited in Taunton Savings Bank
1000 00
" Fall River Five Cent
Savings Bank
900 00
$2400 00
Available cash $856 83
CHARLES W. COOK,
Treasurer.
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Miscellaneous Bills
Paid N. H. Strange distributing town reports $4 00
N. H. Strange justice fees 75
Joseph H. Babbitt care B. & D). bridge 4 mos. @ $6.87 27 48
Joseph H. Babbitt 8 mos. @ $7.50
60 00
Fred L. Williams, janitor at town hall
from Dec. 1, '07 to Mar. 1, '08 6 00
Fred L. Williams, janitor at town hall 10 mos. to Jan. 1, '09 12 50
Fred L. Williams, glass putty and labor town hall 1 95
Fred L. Williams, oil, coal hod and re- pairing Iocks 2 66
Fred L. Williams, procuring and putting up 6 lamps 1 00
A. C. Brownell, 6 lamps and fixings for town hall 6 84
Dr. J. B. Sayles, services as school phy- sician 24 50
Dr. J. B. Sayles, in case of Andrews children and fumigating 16 15
Dr. J. B. Sayles, in case of Manuel and Clara Rose 3 00
J. M. Alexander, hunt'g brown tail moths 32 00
procuring ballots 1 50
Staples Coal Co., 1000 lbs. coal, town hall 4 38
Davol Pt'g House, town and school rept's 75 00
stamped envelopes,
stationery and ballots 29 25
Davol Pt'g House, poll tax lists 9 00
So. Mass. Telephone Co. service 4 86
S. Albert Burt, clean'g vaults, No. 1 school 1 00
A. A. Briggs, guide post and setting, No. 5 1 75
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American Surety Co. Bonds for C. W. Cook, treasurer 20 00
American Surety Co. Bonds for J. M. Alexander, collector 12 00
Dr. B. L. Dwinell, return of a birth 25
G. H. Babbitt, trip to Boston and blank books 3 00
D. A. Cushman, removing snow fence 2 38
66 42 posts, nails and labor,
snow fence No. 4 25 60
T. P. Paull, labor, stock and repairs, town hall 10 41
T. P. Paull, report to labor bureau 3 00
A. W. Brownell, printing for town clerk and assessors 4 05
A. R. Graham, 8 hawks killed 4 00
Norman E. Whittaker, 1 hawk killed 50
Richard Maranville, 2
1 00
Frank S. Macomber, Agent, services in selling town farm 100 00
E. D. Robinson, surveying town farm 7 00
C.F. Paull, assistance " 3 50
Chas. H. Macomber, fumigating No. 123 Jerome street 5 00
Town of Middleboro, care of fish 20 00
J. M. Fitzgerald, paint for town hall 1 00
Town of Dighton, repairs to B. & D. bridge 1906, '07 and '08, 1% cost
31 96
C. W. Cook, collector's book and express
1 33
W. A. Sabin, cutting grass and bushes, Berkley Common 5 00
Carter's Ink Co., for ink 75
Paull Bros., } cord wood ( sawed and split) for town hall 2 75
E. H. Allen, justice of the peace, 1908 3 00
Dr. Chas. A. Briggs, registering 2 births 50
Dr. J. A. Hunt, 1 66
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C. W. Cook, pd. for express, postage, '08 2 56
" collecting oyster note 50
Town of Berkley, oil, lumber, canoes and labor B. & D. Bridge 2% cost 36 01
Town of Berkley, aid furnished Moritz Correira on account of accident Feb. 9,1908 23 00
Miscellaneous bills extended $655 87
Enforcement of the Laws
Paid Charles Corey, deputy sheriff $12 14
Charles Corey, search warrant in Mar- garet Carr case 11 00
Charles Corey, deputy sheriff, W. A. Sabin et al 5 20
Charles Corey, deputy sheriff, Antone Gray et al 4 00
L. P. Gammons, services at trout pond, July 4, 5 6 00
J. M. Alexander, services at trout pond, July 3 3 00
C. J. Nichols, services at trout pond, July 3, 4, 5 9 00
C. J. Nichols, use of automobile, July 4, 5 10 00
J. J. Cahalan, " hack, July 4 4 00
Charles Corey, deputy sheriff, Albert Re- gan et al 8 80
Robertson Motor Car Co., services at trout pond 7 00
J. M. Alexander, ser. in Nelson Blinn case 5 00 Charles Corey, ser. in Nelson Blinn case 13 80 " " S. W. Gately case 28 26
obtaining records of con- viction against Michael and Annie Gately 4 20
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Charles Corey, search war'nt, stolen goods 2 80 E. H. Allen, ser. at trout pond and justice of the peace 3 00
Charles H. Macomber, procuring in- junction trout pond 4 50
Chas. H. Macomber, cash paid out 2 50
C. F. Paull, procuring injunction trout pond 2 50
James McCall, procuring injunction trout pond 2 50
J. M. Alexander, procuring injunction trout pond 1 50
Chas. J. Nichols, expenses injunction G. L. Guptill 12 98
F. S. Hall, legal services for 1908 100 60
Expended for enforcing the laws
$264 28
Town Officers
Paid N. H. Strange, collector and treas- urer from Dec. 31, '07 to March 19, 1908
$26 04
N. H. Strange, meeting with selectmen
1 50
school committee from July, '07 to March 2, '08 12 00
C. W. Cook, recording and indexing births, deaths and marriages, 1907
17 10
Chas. Corey, truant officer, 1907 10 00
E. S. Cobb, school supt., 8 mos. at $25 200 00
John C. Davis, " " . 4 25 100 00
Thomas P. Paull, auditor 10 00
3 00
Chester E. Phillips, ser. town warrants E. H. Allen, supply agt. to Mar. 1, '08 10 00 census enumerator, '08 10 00
posting war'nts, Feb. 22, '08 3 00
66 moderator Mar. 2 and 21,'08 3 00
Chas. F. Paull, selectman, overseer of poor and register, 1908 40 00
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James McCall, selectman, overseer of poor and register, 1908 48 00
Chas. H. Macomber, selectman, overseer of poor and register, 1908 72 00
G. H. Myrick, assessor 13} days 33 75
Samuel H. Cook, teller March meeting 2 00
John F. Staples, serving dog warrant 10 00
66 officer state
election 2 00
N. G. T. Bowen, teller state election 2 00
C. W. Cook, assessor 11} days 28 75
R. H. Babbitt 11} 28 75
66 use of horse 1 25
James H. Macomber, cattle inspector
30 00
Fred L. Williams, ballot clerk state election 2 00
Walter A. Strange, teller state election 2 00
66
March meeting 2 00
Edwin H. Allen, posting town warrant 3 00
" services as school com- mittee, 1908 36 50
J. M. Alexander, ser. as tax col. for 1908 100 00
N. H. Strange, services as school com- mittee, 1908 25 00
J. H. Macomber, posting notices on account of inspecting 2 00
Julia R. Burt, services as school com- mittee, 1908 35 00
C. W. Cook, services as town clerk, 1908
25 00
66 " register, 6 times 9 00
66 66 " treasurer from
March 11 to Dec. 31, 1908 40 28
C. W. Cook, services as meeting with selectmen, 9 times 6 75
Expended for town officers
$992 67
19
Annual Report
Forest Fires
G. H. Babbitt and others $45 55
Town Cemetery
E. H. Allen and others $97 95
2 men and horse, 48 hours 8 00
66
grass seed 1 25
30 loads dirt 1 50
Expended for cemetery $108 70
Soldiers' Relief
Charles B. Hathaway, 12 mos. at $3.00 $36 00
Memorial Day
Charles A. Hathaway, cash paid out $34 62
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