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Section 14. And the said Contractor hereby further agrees that the payment of the final amount due under this contract, and the adjustment and payment of the bill rendered for work done in accordance with any alterations of the same, shall release the town from any and all claims or liability on account of work performed under this con- tract or any alteration thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands this sixth day of June, A. D., 1914.
TOWN OF BERKLEY, By Charles H. Macomber, James McCall, Benjamin O. Jones,
Board of Selectmen. Zebulin L. Canedy, Contractor.
We would recommend an appropriation of $1,500.00 this year providing the state will give an equal amount to continue this work. Good roads are a great advantage and credit to a town, and with the exception of our schools are in fact about all the taxpayer gets for his money. It
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seems like good judgment to go as far as we can in this direction, especially if the state will pay one half the cost, we can make this appropriation and meet our current ex- penses with a considerably lower tax rate than last year.
It will be necessary for the town to make an appro- priation this year to care for the graves of all soldiers and sailors of the Civil and Spanish wars that are not un- der perpetual care; this is compulsory. See Acts 1914, Chap. 122.
There has been one case of ophthalmia neonatorum and several cases of scarlet fever reported to the Board of Health during the year.
As Overseers of Poor we have furnished aid to the amount of $672.33.
CHARLES H. MACOMBER, JAMES McCALL, BENJAMIN O. JONES,
Selectmen.
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ASSESSORS REPORT FOR 1914.
Value of assessed personal estate,
$113,213.00
Buildings, excluding land, $244,575.00
Land, excluding buildings, $205,799.00
Total value of assessed real estate,
$450,374.00
Total value of assessed estate, $563,587.00
Number of horses assessed,
190
Number of cows assessed,
26S
Neat cattle other than cows assessed,
79
Number of swine assessed,
30
Number of fowls assessed 3,262, value,
$1.957
Number of dwelling houses assessed,
264
Number acres of land assessed,
10,134
Number of polls assessed, 253
Rate per $1,000.00,
$19.00
GEORGE H. SWIFT,
Chairman.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Cash in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1914,
$221.43
City of Taunton, outside poor,
37.00
Mass. School Fund,
1,172.51
Bristol County Dog Fund,
158.18
Oyster note,
500.00
Old stove,
2.00
Tuit on of scholar,
13.50
Tree spraying,
21.50
Mass. Highway Loan Fund,
2,151.67
City of Fall River, outside poor,
138.00
Mass. Moth Fund,
68.28
Auctioneer's license,
2.00
City of Boston, Tuition of Children,
29.50
State, Tuition of Children,
197.00
Taunton Safe & Deposit Trust Co.,
63.50
State Inspector of Animals,
17.50
Use of Town Hall,
30.00
N. E. Telephone, error,
1.10
State Forester,
18.00
Machinists National Bank,
7,000.00
State Corporation Tax,
45.18
State, extraordinary expense,
16.95
State, National Bank Tax,
459.14
State, High School tuition,
1,108.80
State, High School carfare,
420.80
State, on account of School Supt.,
250.00
State Aid,
354.00
Sealer of Weights,
3.29
H. A. Perry, taxes 1911,
130.65
H. A. Perry, taxes 1912,
404.35
HI. A. Perry, taxes 1913,
1,005.19
H. A. Perry, taxes 1914,
8,954.66
$25,000.70
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Expenditures.
Washington Memorial Fund,
$50.00
Highways and Bridges,
996.99
Public Library,
105.43
Memorial Day,
30.05
Enforcing law,
14.49
Forest fires,
176.03
Schools,
4,360.65
High Schools,
1,596.30
Soldiers' relief,
36.00
Outside poor,
672.33
State aid,
216.00
Town officers,
1,298.96
Machinists National Bank,
8,500.00
Machinists National Bank, interest,
160.41
Snow bills,
103.93
State tax,
1,050.00
Highway tax (State),
38.00
Miscellaneous,
865.03
Shade trees,
129.62
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths,
258.59
State and Town highway,
2,970.00
County tax,
617.91
Cemetery appropriation,
25.00
Fee on notes,
6.32
$24,278.04
Cash on hand,
722.66
$25,000.70
EDWIN H. ALI.EN,
Treasurer.
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Town Officers.
M. H. Bowman. Supt. of Schools, $330.00
Charles H. Macomber, selectman, 72.00
James McCall, selectman, 47.00
Benjamin O. Jones, selectman, 40.00
Charles F. Paull, selectman, 2 months, 4.00
Ervine A. Chace, Town Clerk. 1913, 25.00
Ervine A. Chace, town and register meeting and administering oaths, 13.00
Ervine A. Chace, recording births, deaths and marriages, 16.20
E. H. Allen. supply agent, March 1, 10.00
George H. Swift, assessor, 33 days, S2.50
W. T. Westgate. assessor, 181/2 days, 46.25
E. H. Allen, assessor, 201/2 days, 51.25
E. H. Allen, horse 61% days, 9.75
T. P. Paull, auditor, 10.00
T. P. Paull, state reports,
5.00
E. H. Allen, school committee,
31.50
E. H. Allen. making out State, Town and High School statistics,
4.50
N. H. Strange, school committee, 26.50
N. H. Strange, census enumerator, 20.00
Julia R. Burt, school committee, 20.00
Julia R. Burt, librarian, 50.00
Charles Corey, truant officer, 10.00
Dr. L. E. Butler, school physician,
25.00
L. C Whittaker, tree warden, 5.00
E. H. Allen, posting 3 Town warrants, 9.00
E. H. Allen, moderator 3 times, 9.00
H. A. Perry, tax collector, 125.00
Joseph Howland, services, 10.00
E. H. Allen, treasurer,
100.00
E. A. Chace, town clerk,
25.00
E. H. Allen, extra work for state, 5.00
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E. A. Chace, registering births, deaths and marriages, 15.10
E. A. Chace, 4 register and 3 town meetings, 10.50
E. A. Chace, administering oaths, stamps, etc., 4.91
James H. Macomber, inspector of animals, 35.00
$1,298.96
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
A. A. Briggs, 32 days, $80.00
A. A. Briggs, horse 256 hours, 38.40
A. A. Briggs, paid for lead, etc., 13.19
A. E Briggs, 32 days, 64.00
L. C. Whittaker, 261/2 days, 53.00
George Crimlish, 5 days, 10.00
$258.59
Miscellaneous Bills.
F. L. Williams, janitor, town hall, $15.00
F. L. Williams, oil, labor and material, 7.33
F. L. Williams, paid for glass pipe, etc., 7.87
F. L. Williams, cleaning hall, 3.00
F. L. Williams, shingling roof, 71.00
F. L. Williams, ballot clerk, 4.00
Joseph Babbitt, care B. and D. bridge, 100.56 Town of Middleboro, care of fish, 40.00
A. W. Brownell, assessors' books and notices, 7.60
State Board of Health, branding outfit, 2.65
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., pauper register. 3.50 Staples Coal Co., 1 ton coal to town hall, 8.97
Dighton Foundry Co., .75
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Dr. L. E. Butler. fumigating two houses, 9.50
Charles HI. Macomber, fumigating five
houses,
22.50
Davol Printing House, 300 town reports, 63:00
Davol Printing House, 300 caucus ballots, 8.00
Davol Printing House, 300 town ballots, 9.50
Davol Printing House, 300 papers, en- velopes, etc., 10.41
O. G. Thomas, stove pipe, 4.00
C. D. Babbitt, ballot clerk. 2.00
L. C. Whitaker. ballot clerk. 9.00
A. G Williams Co., lumber for library, 4.25
S. N. Staples, sawing wood town hall, 1.00
F. S Hall, attorney, 30.75
A. F. Bassett, care of tramp, 1.25
E. H. Allen, delivering reports, 4.00
G. H. Swift, ballot clerk, 6.00
G. H. Swift, labor in town hall,
5.50
Town of Dighton, three-tenths repairs on bridge, 92.36
A. A. Briggs, sealer of weights and measures,
20.00
Dr. J. A. Hunt, 3 birth reports,
.75
Dr. C. A. Briggs, 11 birth reports, 2.75
N. E. Telephone Co.,
2.40
E. A. Chace, postage, etc.,
2.12
J. E. Lewis, assessors' cabinet,
5.50
Walter A. Strange, letter,
2.00
Oliver Lebeau, snow fence,
5.00
George R. Babbitt, 81/2 hours mowing Common,
8.50
Leon Cudworth, painting interior town hall,
80.00
A. A. Briggs, serving dog warrants, 16.00
N. H. Skinner, 201/2 yards linoleum, 12.30
G. H. Swift, 1/2 cord wood town hall, 2.25
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E. H. Allen, labor, 2.50
E. H. Allen, Justice of the Peace, 5.75
E. H Allen, paid for letter file, tax book, etc., 3.40
Allen A. Haskell, animal inspector, 6.50
Allen A. Haskell, auto hire, 11.00
Milton H. Farley, 17 deaths, 4.25
$865.03
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
District No. 1.
F. L. Williams, 236 hours, $47.20
F. L. Williams, post, gravel, etc., 2.15
F. L. Williams and others, 10.25
F. L. Williams, painting three road signs, 2.00 William Carney. 68 hours, 13.60
William Carney, horse 60 hours, and 30 loads gravel, 9.90
John Carney, 73 hours, 14.60
Staples Coal Co., 14.00
Thomas Powers, 57 hours,
11.40
Harold Harrison, 33 hours,
6.60
E. H. Allen, 4 hours,
.80
E. H. Allen, horse 9 hours,
1.35
Charles Harrison, 69 hours,
13.80
Ellis Hall, 25 hours,
5.00
Arthur Davis, 25 hours,
5.00
William Hathaway, 23 hours. 4.60
George Caswell, 30 loads gravel,
.90
$163.15
District No. 2. .
E. A. Chace, 122 hours, $24.40
A. Chace, horse 110} hours, 16.57
E. A. Chace, 64 loads gravel, 1.92
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Bess e H. Dean, 7 rails and 8 posts,
3.80
Chester J. Briggs, 57 hours,
11.40
Daniel Westgate, 531/2 hours,
10.70
Joe Addleson. 20 hours,
4.00
Norman Whitaker, 4 hours,
.80
Merl A. Whitaker, 6 hours,
. 1.20
L. C. Whitaker, 18 hours,
3.60
Frank Terry, 84 hours,
16.80
S. E. Westgate, 45 hours,
9.00
George A. Harmon, 681/2 hours,
13.70
Staples Coal Co.,
10.50
$128.39
District No. 3.
E. E Whitaker, 156 hours,
$31.20
L. C. Whitaker, 98 hours,
19.60
L. C. Whitaker, horse 75 hours,
11.25
Norman Whitaker, 18 hours,
3.60
Mrs. T. Briggs, 91 loads gravel,
4.55
John Rothermel, 56 hours,
11.20
Gideon H. Babbitt, 36 hours,
7.20
Gidecr H. Babbitt, horse 72 hours,
10.80
Albert Cummings, horse 36 hours,
5.40
. Albert Cummings, 36 hours,
7.20
A. F. Bassett, 50 hours,
10.00
A. F Bassett, horse 48 hours,
7.20
Huntley Perry, 24 hours,
4.80
Huntley Perry, horse 24 hours,
3.60
Staples Coal Co., 18 hours,
3.60
Staples Coal Co., horses 72 hours,
10.80
Clyde Cummings, 12 hours,
2.40
Charles French, 21/2 hours,
.50
A. B Babbitt, 2 hours,
.40
Alvin Briggs, 2 hours,
.40
$155.70
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District No. 4.
Howard Haines, 144 hours, $28.80
Howard Haines, horse 138 hours, . 20.70
Earl Haines, 136 hours, 27.20
Earl Haines, 30 loads gravel,
1.50
Mrs. D. O'Brien, 10 loads gravel, .50
Staples Coal Co., 1 day, 7.00
L. C. Whitaker, 8 hours, 1.60
Albert Bassett, horse 16 hours,
2.40
Albert Bassett, 8 hours, 1.60
IToward Haines, 48 loads gravel,
2.40
$93.70
District No. 5.
A. A. Briggs, 59 hours, $11.80
A. A. Briggs, horse 39 hours, 5.85
J. F. Staples, 9 hours, 1.80
J. F. Staples, horse 36 hours, 5.40
A. W. Allen, 50 hours,
10.00
George Crimliske, 74 hours,
14.80
Frank Terry, 16 hours,
3.20
A. E. Briggs, 66 hours,
13.20
N. H. Strange, 27 hours,
5.40
N. H. Strange, horse 58 hours,
8.70
A. Peirce, 5 hours, 1.00
A. Peirce, 70 loads of gravel, 3.50
Harold Ashley, 27 loads gravel,
5.40
District No. 6.
Charles A. Shaw, 179 hours, $35.80
Charles A. Shaw, horse 77 hours, 11.55
R. E. Fiske, 76 hours, 15.20
R. E. Fiske, horse 67 hours, 10.05
$90.05
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Charles A. Shaw, dynamite and drills,
.85
George Mellan, 18 hours, 3.60
George Mellan, horse 18 hours,
2.70
John Oliver, 14 hours,
2.80
Manuel White, 77 hours,
15.40
Joe Rose, 36 hours,
7.20
Cartine Silvia, 9 hours,
1.80
Enos Hart, 64 loads gravel,
3.20
Roswell Delano, 115 loads gravel,
3.45
Roswell Delano, 901/2 hours,
18.10
E. H. Westman, 4 hours,
.80
E. Oliver, 9 hours,
1.80
J. F. Staples, 1 day,
7.00
George Chapman, 41 loads gravel,
2.05
Manuc! Rose, 37 loads gravel,
1.85
George Harmon, 13 hours,
2,60
Arthur Davis, 60 hours,
12.00
$159.80
District No. 7.
J. F. Staples, 2731% hours,
$54.70
J. F. Staples, horse 344 hours,
51.60
M. Haskins, 113 loads gravel,
5.65
E. P. Dean, man and horse 2 hours,
.70
Fred Ray, 17 hours,
3.40
M. Haskins, 35 hours,
7.00
John T. Haskins, 69 hours.
13.80
John T. Haskins, horse 75 hours,
11.25
· Damon White, 1112 hours, Shovelers, 250 hours,
2.30
50.00
C. Copeland, 18 hours,
3.60
Albert Allen, 40 loads gravel,
2.00
J. F. Staples, sharpening pick,
.20
$206.20
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Snow Bills.
F. L. Williams and others,
$23.70
E. A. Chace and others, 14.10
E. E. Whitaker and others,
24.10
Howard Haines and others,
11.90
A. A. Briggs and others,
4.80
Charles A. Shaw and others,
1.60
G. F. Chapman and others, 12.20
J. F. Staples and others,
11.53
$103.93
Forest Fires.
Gideon II. Babbitt and others,
$84.87
State of Mass., 36 cans, etc.,
44.01
Nat. Standard Fire Extinguishers,
10.70
A. A Briggs and others,
3.20
S. E. Braily and others,
7.80
Geo. H. Swift and others,
12.00
R. K. Delano and others,
13.45
$176.0:3
Public Library.
J. Hcwland, express on books, etc., $4.54
Emery Record Preserving Co., 9.75
De Wolf & Fiske Co.,
91.14
$105.43
Shade Trees.
L. C. Whitaker,
$86.00
L. C. Whitaker, 100 hours,
15.00
L. C. Whitaker, paid for material,
28.62
$129.62
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Enforcing the Laws.
Charles Corey,
$6.06
Charles J. Nichols,
8.43
$14.49
Memorial Day, expenses,
$30.05
Soldiers' relief;
$36.00
State aid,
$216.00
Poor out of Almshouse,
$672.33
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Names and Wages.
No. 1. Mildred M. Fiske, 22 ,weeks at $11.00, $242.00
Mary L. Westman, 14 weeks at $11.00, 154.00
No. 2. Elsie Pray, 23 weeks at $10.00, 230.00 Mildred M. Fiske, 14 weeks at $12.00, 168.00
No. 3. Olive Waterhouse, 22 weeks at $10.00, 220.00
Leona Campbell, 14 weeks at $10.00, 140.00
No. 4. Sarah Carey, 22 weeks at $8.00, 176.00 Ruth Haskins, 14 weeks at $8.00, 112.00
No. 5. Addie M. Blood, 36 weeks at $9.50, 342.00
No. 6. Mary L. Corey, 22 weeks at $10.00, 220.00 Maude Hopkins, 14 weeks at $8.00, 112.00
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No. 7. Elsie N. Snow, 36 weeks at $12.00, 432.00
Ruth Howland, 10 weeks at $8.00, 80.00
Ruth Howland, 12 weeks at $8.50, 102.00
Ruth Howland, 14 weeks at $9.00, 126.00
$2.856.00
School Incidentals.
G. W. Luther, brooms, pails, etc., $4.89
J. M. Fitzgerald Co., pails, brooms, etc., 10.81
N. H. Strange, labor, 5.48
N. H. Strange, freight and express, 3.02
G. H Swift, labor, 1.00
F. L. Williams, labor, 1.00
A. Cummings, material and labor, No. 7, 99.07
Alex. McLean, labor, .75
C. Dexter Babbitt, labor, 1.50
Davol Printing House, stationery, etc., 3.40
Snow & Howland, expense No. 7, 2.80
E. H. Allen, labor, 4.35
E. H. Allen, repairs on clocks, book case, etc., 11.48
M. H. Bowman, stationery, stamps, etc., 10.82
Joseph Howland, express, .23
A. E. Briggs, cleaning four schoolhouses, 14.00
Julia Mann, cleaning, No. 7, 3.50
Mary Lima, cleaning, No. 2, 3.00
E. A. Chace, labor 1 and 2, 4.50
Howard Haines, labor and expense, No. 4, 10.00
E. N. Boyce, cleaning, No. 4, 3.00
L. C Whitaker, labor, No. 3, 2.00
$200.60
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High School.
Ruth Randall, Fall River,
$93.75
Arthur B. Studley, Fall River,
93.75
Charles E. Ashley, Taunton, 60.00
George R. Babbitt, Taunton,
90.00
Anthony F. Dean, Taunton, 90.00
Charles E. French, Taunton,
60.00
Marian A. Haskins, Taunton,
90.00
Ruth L. Haskins, Taunton.
90.00
Maud E. Hopkins, Taunton,
60.00
Gilbert E. Howland, Taunton,
90.00
Harold R. Kistler, Taunton,
58.80
Gordon Mckay, Taunton,
90.00
Gladys Patterson, Taunton,
90.00
Clara B. Studley. Taunton,
· 90.00
Evelyn P. Swift, Taunton,
90.00
Whitney Swift, Taunton,
90.00
Muriel Swift, Taunton,
60.00
Marie F. Tripp, Taunton,
90.00
Janet R. Bassett, Taunton,
30.00
Mirian Dean, Taunton,
30.00
Doris Haskins, Taunton,
30.00
Hazel M. Strange, Taunton,
30.00
$1,596.30
Car Fare.
G. E. Howland, .
$27.75
Charles E. French,
23.50
Charles E. Ashley,
16.50
Helen Cook,
7.00
Maud Hopkins,
16.50
Gordon McKay,
26.25
Gladys Patterson,
23.25
Arthur B. Studley,
36.20
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Clara B. Studley,
20.80
Ruth L. Haskins,
26.55
Marion Haskins,
26.55
George R. Babbitt,
16.50
Marie F. Tripp,
21.00
Muriel Swift,
16.50
Evelyn Swift,
27.75
Whitney Swift,
27.75
Harold R. Kistler,
21.50
Anthony P. Dean,
37.80
Ruth Randall,
26.55
Mirian Dean,
11.25
Hazel M. Strange,
6.75
Janet R. Bassett,
12.00
$476.20
Fuel for Schools.
Wilmon Witherell,
$24.00
Staples Coal Co.,
62.45
N. H. Strange,
113.96
J. F. Staples,
21.35
G. W. Luther,
2.07
L. P. Churchill,
3.50
$227.33
Repairs on School Buildings.
Job S. Carey, labor, $1.25
L. C. Whitaker, labor, 3.00
Dighton Foundry Co., repairs on stoves, 8.50
R. E. Fiske, labor and material, 1.00
Geo. H. Swift, labor, 2.25
N. H. Strange, labor and material,
3.76
F. L. Williams, labor, .
12.00
J. M. Fitzgerald Co., material, 9.30
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B. Cummings, labor and material, 10.95
A. G. Williams & Co., doors and blinds, 10.15
Elmer Braiser, labor,
2.75
T. P. Paull, labor, 2.65
$67.56
Janitors.
No. 1. Pearl Macomber,
$15.75
Roger Conant.
7.00
No. 2. R. Foster Macomber,
22.25
No. 3. Francis H. Babbitt,
20.50
No. 4. Alexander McLean,
13.25
Gladys Boyce,
2.00
Harold. OBrien,
4.00
No. 5.
Merton Briggs,
20.75
No. 6. Willie Hall,
13.75
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Arthur Davis,
6.00
Edward Clark,
1.00
No. 7. John C. Murphy,
108.00
Elmer Braiser,
35.00
Michael Murphy,
21.00
$290.25
Books and Supplies.
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$162.96
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
8.37
$171.33
Sawing and Housing.
Pearl Macomber,
$4.00
George R. Babbitt,
5.00
Roland A. Cartier,
1.00
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N. H. Strange,
4.88
A. E. Briggs,
2.50
Joe Addelson,
3.00
Sumner N. Staples,
35.50
R. Foster Macomber,
2.50
R. H. Conant,
2.00
Michael Murphy,
.75
Francis H. Babbitt,
1.50
Elmer Braiser,
3.25
Arthur Davis,
3.00
Harold O'Brien,
2.50
$71.38
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Berkley, Jan. 1, 1915.
As Auditor of the Town of Berkley I have examined the Treasurer's accounts and find on file all necessary orders of the Selectmen and receipts for money paid.
The books show these amounts :
Money received from all sources,
$25,000.70
Bills paid,
$24,278.04
Cash on hand,
722.66
$25,000.70
Present Financial Condition.
Cash on hand,
$722.66
Leach fund,
600.00
Savings banks,
1,775.00
Unpaid taxes for 1910,
56.37
Unpaid taxes for 1911,
4.74
Unpaid taxes for 1912,
71.09
Unpaid taxes for 1913,
251.61
Unpaid taxes for 1914,
2,269.48
Two oyster notes of $500.00 each, due March, 1915 and 1916.
At one time the town did its banking with the Taunton Safe Deposit & Trust Co. After this company closed its doors for business it paid several dividends, but the town has had a claim of $171.26 remaining for about ten years. This claim was of doubtful value and has not been re- ported by your Auditor for several years. This year we have received a final dividend of $68.50.
THOMAS P. PAULL,
Auditor.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The school comimttee adopted the report of the super- intendent of schools as the report of the committee.
It also recommends that the town appropriate the same amount of money for schools as last year, viz. : $2,100 for schools and supplies, $300 for superintendent, $200 for repairs and $600 for car fare.
E. H. ALLEN,
Chairman.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF TOWN CEMETERY. DECEMBER 31, 1914.
Appropriation for 1914,
$25.00
Paid laborers for digging roots, etc., $21.75
Paid for carting, etc., 3.25
$25.00
The new law requires that the Town shall keep all the graves of the Civil War and Spanish War Veterans in good repair, and while the grounds have been somewhat improved, yet we shall at least need an appropriation of $200.00 to fix and take care of the soldiers' yards and further improvement, such as graveling the road and filling up the low places where the water stands, especi- ally when the ground is frozen.
The better we keep the grounds the greater the interest we think the individuals will have in theirs, and it will help to stimulate those people who have not endowed their yards to follow the example of those who have. . There. has been two new endowments as you will notice in the report.
Cemetery Trusts Fund.
Endowed. Expended.
1898, Philip C. Porter,
$100
$2.50
Due. $10.86
1900, William Babbitt,
100
2.50
13.71
1906, Calvin T. Crane,
100
4.00
9.28
1906, Susan H. Allen,
200
5.50
19.15
1908, Thomas Terry,
100
2.50
8.36
1909, Samuel C. Norcutt,
100
2.50
6.44
1910, W. Burt and A. Simms,
100
2.50
6.92
1910, R. Thomas Andros,
200
5.00
8.21
1914, Asa W. Reed,
100
1914, James H. Macomber,
100
HORACE MACOMBER,
GEORGE H. SWIFT, EDWIN H. ALLEN,
Commissioners.
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Annual Report
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1914.
Marriages Registered in Berkley in 1914.
March 28. Albert A. Joan of Campello and Ina Louise Washburn of Myricks. Married by J. M. O. Genest, Priest, Brockton.
April 22. Jose Furtado Peres of Berkley and Clara Soares de Rosendes of Berkley. Married by Agos- tinho, Roman Catholic Priest, Taunton.
June 20. Ervine B. Westgate of Myricks and Inez L. Wilbur of Myricks. Married by W. H. Forbes of Lakeville.
July 3. Charles F. Shaw of Berkley and "Bertha E. P. Harden of Taunton. Married by Alfred V. Bliss of Taunton.
Sept. 2. Benjamin O. Jones of Myricks and Grace Haskins of Myricks. Married by Alfred E. Kent of Myricks.
Sept. 19. John F. Wambolt of Myricks and Lottie I. Haskell of Myricks. Married by W. H. Forbes of Lakeville.
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Births Registered in Berkley, Mass., 1914.
Annual Report
Date.
Child's Name.
Parents' Name.
Jan. 11. Annie Siebold.
Mar. 12. Greta A. Cochran.
Apr. 13. Mary L. Boyce.
Apr. 24. Daisy M. Hall.
May 16. Annie S. Smith.
May 27. Thelma R. Vose.
June 24. Emery C. Andrews.
June 28. Dorothy M. Ashley.
Aug. 17.
Still Born.
Aug. 24.
Bertha M. French.
Aug. 29.
Chestane Kaujnski.
Sept. 21. Arthur T. Pierce.
Oct. 12. Maurice A. Delano.
Oct. 15. Ester E. Haskins.
Nov. 4. Edgar S. Gilbert.
Nov. 4. Alice G. Gilbert, twins.
Nov. 15. Mary Oliver.
Alex Siebold and Mary Skwevitz. Ralph R. Cockran and Laura M. Weaver. Enoch V. Boyce and Grace A. Borden.
Ellis E. Hall and Jessie F. McKimon. Manuel Smith and Mary Smith.
George H. Vose and Emily M. Haskins.
Orton G. Andrews and Agnes L. Collins.
Walter C. Ashley and Blanch M. Whittaker. George E. Adams and Lena D. Terry. Isaac E. French and Lillie E. Westgate. Ignacy Kaujnski and Cornella Oybulaska. Charles W. Pierce and Hattie A. West. Roswell K. Delano and Florence A. Hathaway. W. Benjamin Haskins and Lillian S. Haskell.
William S. Gilbert and Mary E. Smith. Frank Oliver and Laura DeCosto.
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Annual Report
Deaths Registered in Berkley, Mass., in the Year 1914.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age.
Jan. 3. Abby J. Shaw,
Jan.
5. Sarah N. Fisher,
74
11
8
Jan. 10. Lydia Seekell,
70
3
10
Jan. 12. Manuel Gomes,
84
Jan.
26. Herbert A. Babbitt,
19
7
28
Feb. 11.
Alice T. Davis,
82
11
Feb. 21.
Edwin M. Alexander,
89
11
17
Apr.
8.
Lydia M. Macomber,
67
5
Apr. 17.
Sarah Kelsey,
79
9
14
Apr. 30.
Mary Avelor,
1
2
May 2.
James H. Macomber,
76
8
20
May
3.
Alexandria V. E. Westgate,
46
6
May
27.
Thelma R. Vose,
Still born
June 21.
Ellen C. Mitchel,
82
1
25
June
28.
67
4
8
July 5.
Dorothy M. Ashley
2
8
Aug.
17.
Still born
Aug.
19.
Captain Gustavus Tripp,
68
Aug.
21.
Mary J. Nelson,
5
19
Sept.
23. Ellen S. Leonard,
78
10
17
Oct.
31.
Bessie H. Dean,
59
9
26
Nov.
24.
Jethro Ashley,
81
9
10
Nov.
24.
Maurice A. Delano,
1
12
Dec.
22.
Lena D. Adams,
35
2
26
Dec.
31. Wilmon E. Witherell,
53
-
24
Υ.
1 M.
D.
63
5
11
1
Dog Licenses.
Number of dogs licensed in 1914: 88 male, 11 female; total 99.
ERVINE A. CHACE,
Town Clerk.
7
July
27.
Marion Horton,
Infant,
William G. Simms,
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Annual Report
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Your Trustees beg to submit the following report. The new year opens with your Library still in the old, over- crowded quarters. We have for a small town a good sized, well chosen and very well patronized Library. The circulation per capita being about five, which is nearly twice as large as that of some of our neighboring cities. Last spring the town authorized the application for a "Carnegie Library;" such an application was made, but so far nothing has come of it.
The Trustees have made arrangements for placing books in what might be called a branch Library at Berkley Bridge, and will gladly do th's in any neighbor- hood that will furnish transportation for the books and care for them.
Mr. A. E. Dean has again given us a year's Harpers's for the binding. We have also received a gift of ten dollars from Mrs. Nancy Freeman for books. We have expended nearly all the appropriation for new books and repair on old ones.
We would again call your attention to the need of new quarters and to the fact that such a building might be built locally with but a litle aid from the town and with- out shouldering an increase in our tax rate of more than one dollar per thousand for all time at our present valu- ation. As to our financial standing. will refer you to the Treasurer's report, and ask for the same appropriation as last year.
JOSEPH HOWLAND.
Trustee.
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Annual Report
APPROPRIATIONS BY TAXATION.
For Highways and Bridges,
$1,100.00
" State Road,
1,500.00
" Schools, 2,100.00
Transportations of Scholars, 400.00
66 Superintendent of Schools,
300.00
Incidental expenses,
1,000.00
Support of Poor,
1,100.00
" Town Officers,
700.00
" Repairs on Town Hall,
200.00
Repairs on Berkley & Dighton Bridge,
200.00
Memorial Day,
35.00
Care of Public Shade Trees,
100.00
Cutting bushes in Town Cemetery,
25.00
Repairs on School Buildings, 200.00
66 Cans and Extinguishers for Forest Fires, 40.00
Exterminating Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, 205.00
George Washington Memorial Association, 50.00
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Annual Report
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Uncollected taxes of 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, $2,596.92
Amount paid Treasurer for back taxes and 1914 taxes, including interest, 10,404.85
1914 taxes to be collected per Assessors' Warrant, 11,290.12 13.84
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