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Chronic nephritis
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Doris L. Haskins
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Cholera infantum
7 6
Nancy J. Thatcher
55
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Tumor
8
Ruth Hazel Richmond
3 2
Tuberculosis
16 Thomas S. Peirce
78
2 28
Senility
20
Mary M. Thomas
78
3
Heart disease
28
Flora M. Shaw
46
I 14
Cancer
Oct.
Ichabod F. Atwood
81
6 20
Softening of brain
May Biliso
8
Diarrhoea
Thomas
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Eunice DeMoranville
2
Marasmus
19
Almira L. Maxim
73
26
Arterio schlerosis
22
Clarissa A. Farnsworth
83
12
Senility
24
Nancy H. Whitcomb
76 IO Apoplexy
24
John Wilbur
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2 IS Senility
31
Melancy L. Harris
70 5
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Chronic enteritis
Nov. 2 John Driscoll
63|11 2 Intestinal obstruction
12
Carl A. Erickson
44
7 18| Accident
July
5 8
Richard C. Boehme
54 H
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16 Apoplexy
30
William A. Gifford
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Fibroid tumor
II
Ellen T. Murphy
Y. M D.
Sept.
Mercy A. Paty
83
S 19
Heart failure
30 3 7 9 16
Alice M. Myricks
I
Marasmus
18
Oakes B. Godfrey
4
Heart disease
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Brights disease
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DEATHS -Concluded.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Disease.
Y. M. D.
Nov. 15
Rosella Lucas
74
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6
Paralysis
19
Caleb H. Perry
59
5 26
Stricture of pylorus
19
J. Henry Bump
69
7 2I
Haematuria
30
Eneva E. Boman
I7
2 24
Dilation of heart
Dec.
2
Thomas Smith
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2
19
Bronchitis
6
Mary A. Hathaway
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Inanition
7
Nathan King
88
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Senility
7
Harriet N. Vaughan
64
5 20
Heart disease
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Lillian L. Merideth
5 27
Inflammation of bowels
II
Mary F. Jenney
68
9
3
8
Angina pectoris
25
Carleton S. Ellis
19
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Pneumonia
28
Henry H. James
61
17 I3
Myocarditis rheumatic
3I
Edward O'Mahoney
5
Diphtheria
31
Albert F. Reed
56 10
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Accident
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Tumor
Maria B. Standish
72
IO
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SUMMARY.
From the records of marriages, births and deaths, during the year 1901 :
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages recorded .
· 55
Number of licenses granted
. 55
Oldest groom . ·
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. 54
Youngest groom
16
Oldest bride
37
Youngest bride
17
First marriage of
. 101
Second marriage of .
9
BIRTHS.
Number recorded
132
Males
67 Females
.
. 65
DEATHS.
Number recorded
. 127
Number occurring in town
. 100
Males
64 Females
. · 63
Under one year
18
Between 1 and 5 years
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6
Between 5 and 10 years
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1
Between 10 and 20 years
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7
Between 20 and 30 years
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3
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1
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Between 30 and 40 years .
7
Between 40 and 50 years .
.
13
Between 60 and 70 years .
18
Between 70 and 80 years
21
Between 80 and 90 years
. 21
Age unknown .
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DOGS.
Number licensed in 1901
. . 520
Males .
471 Females
. 49
AN ABSTRACT FROM THE RECORDS.
Showing the action of the town at the various meetings holden in 1901 :
MARCH 4, 1901, ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Alvin C. Howes was chosen Moderator and sworn.
Voted that a committee composed of the members of the present Sewerage Committee and Dr. T. S. Hodgson and Joseph E. Beals be directed to oppose House Bill 175 or any legislation having for its object the disturbance of our present sewerage system. Said committee to be empowered to employ counsel as they consider necessary.
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Between 50 and 60 years
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Voted to sell the herring at once by auction, and that Charles F. Cornish act as auctioneer.
Voted that the sale be postponed till later in the day.
Voted that ten dollars be appropriated for the use of the committee to be appointed by the Moderator to consider the matter of reseating the Town Hall, and report at a future meeting, the committee to give an itemized report of their expenditures.
Voted that the Selectmen request the Railway Commis- sioners to assist them in securing the erection of shelters on the Old Colony Street Railway.
Voted to receive the printed report of the Sewerage Com- mittee as their report.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to purchase an- other sprinkling cart at-an expense not to exceed three hun- dred and fifty dollars, and that sum was appropriated for the purpose.
Voted that the Treasurer be authorized, under the direc- tion of the Selectmen, to hire a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars in anticipation of taxes for the present year, for disbursement under the provisions of the statutes relat- ing to State aid and military aid, and to defray the expenses of the town after December, 1901.
Voted that the proceeds of the dog licenses for the pres - ent year and of all other licenses not specifically belonging to some other department be appropriated for the support of the Public Library.
Voted that two hundred dollars be appropriated and paid to the quartermaster of Post 8, G. A. R., for use on Memorial Day.
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Voted that the School Committee be paid for their services one hundred and fifty dollars.
Voted not to sell the Haskins lot.
Voted to sell the herrings for one year; to locate three fishing places, one at Muttock, one at Star Mills, one at electric light dam. And sell the first two, to be paid for within ten days of the time of sale.
Mr. Cornish proceeded with the auction and sold the right. to D. D. Sullivan for one hundred four dollars.
Voted to pay the Municipal Light Board for their services the ensuing year the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Voted that the town pay the expense of a night watch at the village.
Voted to change the name of Neck street to Marion road.
Voted that the matter of furnishing additional power at the lighting station be referred to a committee of five, viz. : The Municipal Light Board, Horace A. Vaughan and George A. Philbrook, to report at a future meeting with estimates of cost and other information.
Voted that the chair appoint a committee of three to ascer- tain the advisability of establishing a Police Department, and report at a future time.
Voted that when we adjourn it be to meet at 1 P.M. Satur- day, March 16.
Voted that the public work be done by day labor, and as far as possible by citizens of the town.
Voted that the sense of this meeting of voters is that they see no need of changing our present system of sewerage, and that the committee be instructed to respectfully petition the
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honorable Committee on Drainage to report " Leave to with-
draw " or " Ought not to pass " on House Bill No. 175.
The following were Election Officers :
Chester E. Weston, Clerk.
Lorenzo Wood, Walter L. Beals, Ballot Clerks.
George F. Bryant, Percy W. Keith, Inspectors. Hiram Nickerson, Officer.
Charles .M. Thatcher, W. Irving Folger, Henry B. Schlue- ter, Charles A. Shaw, Percy R. Harlow, Walter E. Tripp, Arthur L. Cushman, Zenas E. Phinney, Tellers.
The polls were opened at 11.30 A.M., and closed at 3.30 P.M. The result of the ballot was declared at 9.15 P.M. as follows :
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector : Amos H. Eaton. Selectman for three years : Edwin F. Witham.
Assessor for three years : Edwin F. Witham.
Overseer of Poor for three years : Alvan P. Vaughan.
School Committee for three years : Bert J. Allan, Joanna T. Leonard.
School Committee for two years : William A. Andrews. Auditor : William R. Mitchell.
Municipal Light Board, three years : John A. Miller.
Board of Health, three years : James A. Burgess.
Trustees Public Library, three years : George Brayton, Edward S. Hathaway, Andrew M. Wood.
Tree Warden : Samuel N. Shiverick.
Fish Wardens : Charles W. Kingman, Albert T. Savery, Edwin F. Witham.
Constables : Leander M. Alden, Benjamin W. Bump, Josiah T. Carver, Williston B. Chandler, George W. Ham-
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mond, Bradford Harlow, Samuel Hathaway, Herbert L. Leonard, Everett T. Lincoln, Samuel S. Lovell, John M. Luippold, William McAllister, Sylvanus Mendall.
Vote on granting liquor licenses :
Yes 225
No 341
Fence Viewers : Luther S. Bailey, James A. Thomas.
The Moderator announced as Committee on Rescating the Hall : Augustus M. Bearse, Morrill S. Ryder, Elisha T. Jenks.
Committee on Police Department : Calvin D. Kingman, Matthew H. Cushing, Henry D. Smith.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 16.
The following appropriations were made :
Schools, including $500 for music . $23,350 00
Schools, repairs and improvements 1,000 00 ·
School, fence and repairs of grounds, Forest street, 200 00 Sidewalks and crossing, balance from last year and 100 00
Sprinkling streets .
600 00
And $600 to be assessed on abuttors.
Police Department . 1,000 00 .
School Committee's salary
150 00
Support of poor
8,000 00
Soldiers' relief ·
2,000 00-
Reseating Town Hall
675.00
Military aid .
1,300 00
Town Officers
. 3,000 00
Incidentals ·
· 2,700 00
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Town house committee
· $500 00
Water supply
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1,500 00
Town debt
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5,000 00
Lighting bonds .
1,500 00
Interest on lighting bonds
3,328 00
Suburban lighting . ·
400 00
Salary Municipal Light Board
150 00
Construction municipal light
772 00
Interest .
3,920 00
Board of Health
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2,000 00
Highway Department
·
13,000 00
Grade crossing debt
1,164 67
Voted to reconsider a previous vote concerning waiting booths, and that the Selectmen request the Brockton Street Railway Company to locate one or more waiting booths on the line between the Four Corners and North Middleboro.
Voted to reconsider the vote of a previous meeting requir- ing all public work to be done by the day.
Voted to accept the report and adopt the recommenda- tions of the Committee on Police Department.
Voted that the account of suppression of crime be closed and the balance carried to the credit of the Police Depart- ment.
After hearing the report of the Committee on Reseating the Hall, it was accepted, and the same committee was di- rected to reseat the hall in accordance with their report.
Voted to appropriate $7,500 for the installation of more power at the electric light ,station, and that the treasurer, under the approval of the Municipal Light Board, be author- ized to hire such sum, payable in ten annual payments.
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The following named persons were chosen Field Drivers : George S. Clark, Augustus H. Soule, Amos Buckman, Clarence C. Porter, James A. Burgess, Lorenzo D. Carter, William L. Faxon, Charles H. Dunham.
The following were chosen Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark :
Emery F. Atwood, Joshua K. Bishop, George S. Clark, Nathaniel A. Shurtleff, Isaac E. Perkins, Benjamin C. Shaw, James A. Thomas, Nathan B. Maxim, George H. Vaughan, John L. Benson, Harrison W. Atwood, John B. Le Baron, Henry W. Sears, Sylvanus Mendall, Ephraim H. Gammons. April 20: Gustavus G. Andrews, Albert F. Mitchell.
Voted to appropriate $200 additional for the use of the Board of Health.
Voted to appropriate the sum $58.25 additional for the grade crossing debt.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to expend any un- used balance of the $350 appropriated for the purchase of a sprinkling cart, for the erection of new cranes.
Voted that the sum of $71,142.92 in addition to the State and County taxes be assessed on the polls and estates of the town and the tax committed to the Collector and col- lected according to the by-laws.
Mr. Cushing reported for the committee on the history of the town, that an agreement had been made with Hon. Thomas Weston, of Newton, to begin on the work of com- piling the material for a history of the town.
Voted to add Harry L. Sampson and Chester E. Weston to the History Committee.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 20, 1901.
Alvin C. Howes was chosen Moderator.
The jury list as proposed by the Selectmen was accepted as a whole.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1901.
John C. Sullivan was chosen Moderator.
Voted that we appropriate $293.71 to pay the expense of exterminating the elm leaf beetle.
Adjourned to October 2.
ADJOURNED MEETING, OCTOBER 2, 1901.
Voted that a committee of three be appointed to investi- ' gate and report to the town regarding the surface drainage on the west side of the railroad.
Bert J. Allan, Joseph E. Beals and Lyman P. Thomas were appointed the committee.
Adjourned for one week.
ADJOURNED MEETING, OCTOBER 9, 1901.
The committee reported that there was urgent need of completing the drainage system for surface water on the west side of the railroad, and that the expense would be about $2200.
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Voted that the same committee be authorized to complete the drain as laid out in the surveys made in connection with the grade crossings.
The meeting was then dissolved.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, OCTOBER 29, 1901.
Voted that $299 be appropriated for incidental expenses. Voted that the Town Treasurer be authorized to hire that sum, and that the same be put into the tax levy for 1902.
ANNUAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1901.
Voting in precinct One began at 9.30 A.M.
Warden : J. W. S. Gibbs.
Deputy Warden : A. W. Leonard. Clerk : Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk : Bert J. Allan.
Inspectors : Benjamin E. Holmes, Herbert A. Pratt. Deputy Inspectors : T. J. Pratt, M. V. B. Pratt. Polls closed at 2.30 P.M. Sixty-six ballots cast.
Precinct Two.
Polls opened at 6 A.M. Warden : George F. Bryant. Deputy Warden and Teller : Chester E. Weston. Clerk : Joseph E. Beals.
Deputy Clerk and Teller : Edwin F. Witham.
Inspector and Ballot Clerk : Lorenzo Wood. Deputy Inspector and Teller : W. Irving Folger. Inspector and Ballot Clerk : Charles W. Kingman. Deputy Inspector and Teller : Albert T. Savery. Officer : Hiram Nickerson.
Tellers : Zenas E. Phinney, Percy R. Harlow, Alvin C. Howes, Arthur L. Cushman.
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Eight hundred forty-one votes thrown.
Polls closed at 3.15 P.M.
Vote announced at 5.30 P.M.
TOWN CLERKS' MEETING TO CANVASS THE RETURNS FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
NOVEMBER 15, 1901.
The Clerks of the towns of Middleboro, Halifax and ' Plympton met at 12 M. and found the vote for Representa- tive to the General Court as follows :
William A. Andrews, had . . 553
Thomas S. Hodgson, had
384
Seth Wilbur, Jr., had
14
Scattering .
4
Blanks .
47
Total
1,002
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September 19, 1901: A memorial service was held in Town Hall on this date in memory of the late President of the United States, William McKinley. Resolutions were adopted and it was voted that they be spread upon the records of the town. This record may be found on pages 69, 70 and 71, Volume 26.
Committee on Resolutions : William C. Litchfield, Elmer E. Williams, Charles A. Howes.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amos H. Eaton, Treasurer,
In account with the Town of Middleborough.
DR.
Cash on hand January 1, 1901 $1,289 35
Received for rent Town Hall 1,041 71
Received from highway department as follows . 5,657 17
E. S. Bradford, State Highway $47 95
Town of Lakeville
99 00
New England Telephone Co., New Wareham street 300 00
Calvin H. Shaw, manure 7 50
M. W . & B. B. Street Railway Co., labor and material . 1,859 97
East Taunton Street Railway Co.,
excise tax
58 50
Old Colony Street Railway Co., excise tax 822 58
Thomas & Connor, labor and material, 334 87 A. M. Peckham, hogs 44 17
E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer, street railway tax 2,077 63
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Henry W. Sears
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. 5 00
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Received for school department as follows $994 00
City of Boston, tuition 38 00
Town of Freetown, tuition 72 00
Town of Plympton, tuition . 40 00
Town of Lakeville, tuition . 576 00
E. S. Bradford, State Treas., tuition, 258 00
Sidney T. Nelson, tuition 10 00
Received from A. K. Harmon, fines 75 00 .
Received for sewer permits .
200 00
support of poor . .
1,772 63
interest .
126 73
interest on taxes . .
676 46
soldiers' relief, Wareham
10 00
soldiers' relief, E. S. Bradford,
State Treasurer
140 00
Received from S. S. Lovell, sealer of weights and
measures .
36 01
undertakers' licenses
25 00
military aid, not drawn
12 00
military aid, E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer
980 00
State aid, E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer 4,756 00
State aid, not drawn 8 00
H. A. Vaughan, manager munic- ipal light plant 12,695 50
Received from temporary loan as follows . 41,000 00
Middleborough Water Works
. $3,500 00
Middleborough Co-operative Bank, 2,500 00
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Middleborough national bank, $25,000 00 Middleborough savings bank . 10,000 00
Received from Cemetery Trust Funds as follows, $601 35
Eleazer Thomas estate $100 00
Middleboro Savings Bank, interest, 76 35
Cornelia B. Wood estate 150 00
Stephen B. Gibbs
100 00
B. C. Shaw for Thomastown Ceme- tery 75 00
Charles N. Atwood, executor
100 00
Received from D. D. Sullivan for herring 104 00
Towns down the river, for her- ring
140 00
William L. Chipman, clerk of 4th District Court 1,226 00
Albert Davis, county treasurer, dog fund 678 01
Licenses, library .
52 00
Taxes 80,488 77 ·
Street sprinkling tax 605 61
Settees sold from Town Hall
6 00
Bank tax, E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer 1,922 62
Corporation tax, E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer 4,649 47
Middleboro Water Works, inciden- tals 100 00
$162,069 39
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Paid Bank tax
$198 00
Paid State tax
2,572 50
Paid for Town Hall .
. 2,067 03
Highway Department .
. 20,381 96
School Department
. 25,494 95
Police Department
. 1,639 02
Town Officers
· £ 3,102 58
Support of Poor
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9,559 09 .
Sidewalks
191 05
Interest
3,803 23
Soldiers' relief .
3,583 14 ·
Incidental account
3,243 98
Board of Health
833. 76
Military aid
1,746 00
State aid .
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5,027 00 ·
Municipal Light plant
. 18,742 37
Temporary loan
. 34,300 00
Cemetery funds, Middleboro Sav."Bank,
525 00
Cemetery funds, care of lots
210 49
Herring account
222 25
Orders of the 4th District Court
447 24
Public Library .
1,130 01
Paid Moderator .
15 00
Paid for Reseating Town Hall -
701 45
Water Supply .
1,500 00
Town debt .
·
5,000 00
Grade crossing debt
4,259 95
Sprinkling cart and cranes
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350 00
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Paid for Memorial Day, Post 8, G. A. R.
$200 00
School yard and fence
151 70
New engine at station
2,292 28
County tax
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5,002 44
Cash on hand
3,575 92
$162,069 39
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
December 31, 1901. Interest to October 1, 1901.
The treasurer has on deposit in the Middleboro Savings Bank, "to be held in trust forever," the interest only to be expended, the following sums, as shown by bank books in. his possession :
For care of lots in Central Cemetery belonging to :
Endowment.
Interest.
Mrs. Sarah E. Bartlett, lots 418-421,
$100 00
$4 04
Andrew J. Bisbee .
100 00
9 38
Samuel S. Bourne .
100 00
9 62
Richard Cox
25 00
2 85
Lydia B. Cushing
50 00
5 32
William L. Dean
100 00
26 48.
Mary E. Drake
100 00
11 78
N. N. Fenno
100 00
12 30
S. B. Gibbs .
100 00
P. B. Holmes
100 00
27 34
Jacob Johnson
75 00
4 58
Benjamin F. Jones
100 00
8 56
Calvin D. Kingman
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100 00
13 88
Sophronia B. Osborne
100 00
9 58
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Joseph L. Pease .
$100 00
$11 50
Aaron Raymond, lot No. 229 .
100 00
10 64
Everett Robinson . ·
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200 00
19 44
William Shiverick
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150 00
12 92
Reuben T. Taylor .
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100 00
8 30
- Tinkham, lot No. 6
60 00
4 28
Ward, lot No. 110
100 00
9 68
Azel Washburn
100 00
10 56
In Nemasket Hill Cemetery :
Joshua M. Eddy
100 00
24 46
Austin Ford .
50 00
3 56
Henry F. Pope
100 00
15 68
Sophronia L. Reed
50 00
14 06
Rhoda J. Savery
100 00
4 04
Charles Soule
100 00
9 84
Edmund Thompson
50 00
10 14
Oliver H. Thompson
100 00
4 04
Thomas Weston and others
150 00
15 60
Benjamin P. Wood
100 00
27 51
Cornelius B. Wood
150 00
1 50
Mrs. Ellen T. Wood
31 48
3 57
Priscilla Wood
50 00
20 38
Thomas Wood
100 00
27 08
In Rock Cemetery :
Deborah Carver
100 00
Julia S. Cobb .
100 00
11 50
Sylvester F. Cobb .
100 00
15 72
Charles F. Cushman
176 75
32 16
H. N. Thomas and family and W. O. Barrows and family .
1,000 00
54 51
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In North Middleboro Cemetery :
Jared Pratt
$150 00
$27 25
Everett Robinson (Alfred Eaton lot),
100 00
9 72
Roswell Waldron and Benj. Barrows,
150 00
40 14
In the Cemetery at the Green :
J. B. and D. H. Thompson
100 00
26 92
Lydia R. Thompson
100 00
5 68
In the cemetery at Thomastown :
Atwood lot
100 00
13 06
Eleazer Thomas
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100 00
3 02
Thomastown Cemetery
75 00
In Wappanucket Cemetery :
Benjamin Richmond lot in particular
and the whole cemetery
400 00
46 61
$6,143 23
$700 78
As all the bills for the care of the cemetery lots for the year 1901 have not come in for approval, none of the ex- penditures have been charged to the accounts of the various lots. The care of the lots in the Central and Nemasket Hill Cemeteries is in the hands of the trustees respectively. The lots in the unincorporated cemeteries are cared for by per- sons selected by the owners in some cases, and in others employed by the authority of the Selectmen.
AMOS H. EATON,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE ENOCH PRATT
FUND.
1901.
DR.
Jan. 1. Notes of Town of Middle-
boro
$10,000 00
Interest from Municipal light
loan
48 00
Interest from Town Treasurer,
352 00
$10,400 00
CR.
Dec. 31. Notes of Town of Middle-
boro
$10,000 00
Paid Joseph E. Beals, Treas-
urer Public Library
400 00
$10,400 00
AMOS H. EATON, Treasurer Enoch Pratt Fund.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOAN SINKING FUND.
1901.
DR.
Oct. 31. Cash received from Town
Treasurer
. $1,500 00
100
CR.
Cash paid Estabrook & Co., bond No. 10 . . $1,000 00
Cash paid Estabrook & Co., bond No. 11 . 500 00
$1,500 00
AMOS H. EATON, Treasurer Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund.
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REPORT OF AUDITOR.
The Auditor has examined the books and accounts of the several departments of the town and finds them mainly cor- rect, though there are a few minor discrepancies which no- body seems to have authority to adjust.
The debt of the town at the close of business December 31, 1901, was as follows :
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT LOAN.
Due November 1, 1902, at 4 per cent, to Mid-
dleboro Savings Bank . $8,000 00
Due November 1, 1903, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1915, at 4 per cent, to The
Enoch Pratt Fund 3,800 00
SEWER LOAN.
Due November 1, 1907, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1908, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00 Due November 1, 1909, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
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Due November 1, 1910, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . $5,000 00 . Due November 1, 1911, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1912, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro National Bank 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1913, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro National Bank 5,000 00
PLYMOUTH AND MIDDLEBORO RAILROAD LOAN. Due November 1, 1918, at 4 per cent, to Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
5,000 00
Due November 1, 1919, at 4 per cent, to Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1920, at 4 per cent, to Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1921, at 4 per cent, to Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 5,000 00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOAN.
Due November 1, 1904, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1905, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1906, at 4 per cent, to Mid- dleboro Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Due November 1, 1915, at 4 per cent, to The Enoch Pratt Fund 1,200 00
Due November 1, 1901, to November 1, 1923, at 4 per cent, to bearer (bonds) . .
65,500 00
103
SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN. Due November 1, 1914, at 4 per cent, to The Enoch Pratt Fund $5,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Due on demand, at 4 per cent, to Middleboro
Savings Bank · 10,000 00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
On deposit in Middleboro Savings Bank . 6,844 01
OTHER INDEBTEDNESS.
Estimated
500 00
Total indebtedness
$175,844 01
Cash on hand . $3,575 92
Cemetery funds on deposit in Mid-
dleboro Savings Bank 6,844 01
Due from other cities and towns, es-
timated
. 1,500 00
Uncollected taxes . .
. 21,126 61
33,046 54
Net indebtedness
$142,797 47
WILLIAM R. MITCHELL,
Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
FOR 1901.
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MIDDLEBORO, MASS. : MIDDLEBORO GAZETTE OFFICE. 1902.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Organization, 1901-1902.
REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD, Chairman. ASHER J. JACOBY, Secretary, to November 1, 1901. CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary, after November 1, 1901.
Members.
REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD
Term expires, 1902
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
Term expires, 1902
NATHAN WASHBURN ·
Term expires, 1903
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS
Term expires, 1903
JOANNA T. LEONARD
· Term expires, 1904
B. J. ALLAN ·
Term expires, 1904
Superintendent of Schools.
ASHER J. JACOBY, to November 1, 1901.
CHARLES H. BATES, after November 1, 1901. Office, Room 7, Town Hall. Office Hours, school days : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5 "P M. ; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 9 A.M.
The regular meetings of the Committee are held in Room 7, Town Hall, on the first Thursday of each month, at 7.30 P.M.
All bills against the School Department should be sent to the Secre- tary's office not later than the Wednesday preceding the first Thursday of each month.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Middleboro :
It has become a time honored custom for the school author- ities to make yearly report to the citizens of the town of the condition and needs of the schools under their care. This custom, so long followed, is now a requirement by the statutes of the Commonwealth. In accordance with the cus- tom and the law, the School Committee herewith present their annual report in the hope that it may be read by all and carefully considered by every one interested in the high- est welfare of the education of the youth of the town.
THE SCHOOLS.
At the commencement of the school year your Committee found the seventh grade in the Main Street Grammar School in a crowded condition that demanded immediate action. The room was occupied by sixty-two pupils, one row of seats the entire length of the room within nineteen inches of the steam pipes that furnish the heat; seats also reaching to the teacher's platform, and in some instances extending into the floor space on either side thereof. There was no room in the building whereby to divide the school. The situation was referred to Superintendent Jacoby for his consideration and suggestion. An unoccupied room in the West Side building presented the only available place in which to open
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