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18 S. Mass. Tel. Co., town team ·
16 00
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22 E. Taunton St. Ry. Co. 69 52
25 O. Colony St. Ry. Co. . 928 78
Dec. 11 State Treasurer
1,365 04
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Dec. 30 J. C. Chace, for dust, dress- ing and pork $52 80 Midd. Ind. Asso., labor and material on sewers 1,604 97
Street sprinkling
1,347 50
$26,755 54
EXPENDITURES.
General expenses since January 1st, 1905 :
Bryant & Soule, hay, grain and coal . $1,090.42
Martin T. Soule
145 53
C. N. Atwood, wood
21 50
Midd. Water Works, iron pipes 46 00
T. G. Ford, blacksmith work 67 75
T. W. Peirce 257 73
T. F. McDonald, blacksmith work 59 13
W. F. Dean, sawing, planing, etc. 7 95
John C. Chace, incidentals as per bills
73 58
John C. Chace, aect. Clark & Cole 60 02
John C. Chace, acct. Charles Dunham 10 00
73 95
C. W. Maxim, sawing, planing, etc. W. S. Andrews, boots
9 25
J. & G. E. Doane, hardware
717 30
R. E. Southworth, signs
2 50
Savery Morse, sand .
1 20
Midd. Harness Store
24 45
A. C. Cosseboom
99 85
F. C. Norris, harness repairing
70 49
J. K. & B. Sears, pipes ·
274 13
Wylie Bros., machinists .
7 46
George W. Stetson, acct. Wm. Thomas
268 83
Acme Road Machinery Co.
238 00
Good Road Machinery Co.
94 60
A. J. Bailey, painting
48 85
Midd. Gas & Electric Plant, stable lights
12 42
Henry Perkins Co., castings
1 08
Dr. A. G. Walker
3 00
Lloyd Perkins, 2nd .
32 81
John McNally, posts
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3 85
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M. H. Cushing & Co., salt, hay, grain and cement . $258 10
Nathan Washburn, acct. Adelard
Boutine 94 87
Nathan Washburn, acct. W. A. Shaw 48 77
Nathan Washburn, acct. Joseph
Boutine 81 93
Kelley Road Roller Co.
46 00
Vestal Oil Co., oil, belting, etc.
67 80
Taunton Locomotive Co., new tubes .
88 19
C. P. Washburn, grain
122 21
B. J. Allan, acct. Elmer Bumpus
53 29
W. E. Fay, shoeing
65 36
O'Hara Bros., coal ·
80 28
C. E. Roberts, boiler- insurance
50 00
T. & B. B. St. Ry., carting dust
69 50
Chas. Carpenter est.
6 20
Water Proof Paint Co.
32 05
L. P. Thomas, engineering and wood
33 00
Thomas & Clapp, roofing stable
56 97
Thomas & Clapp, concrete
445 53
Baltimore Novelty Co., signs
2 00
L. E Thomas, wood
40 00
Holmes & Blanchard, sprocket .
1 19
LeBaron Foundry Co.
44 22
Harold L. Bond
6 50
N. E. Brick Co.
18 05
M. H. Cushing, curb stone and gravel
79 80
M. H. Penniman, painting signs
44 70
Alex Eaton, incidentals as per bills
28 25
J. C. Keith, horse
225 00
Eagle Oil Co. .
62 90
T. F. Boucher, paint, etc.
11 55
S. S. Paine, cement
63 00
Eastern Expanded Metal Co., steel rods
17 51
The Aberthaw Const. Co., twisted steel rods 19 96
Cash paid to State Treasurer
42 74
$6,231 05
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ORDERS DRAWN FOR STONE.
John C. Chace
$86 96
C. H. Shaw
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21 16
John M. Cushman
73 09
L. B. Pratt
313 17
S. L. Pratt
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105 96
John Capeless
81 08
Frank E. Miller
70 12
John McNally
145 41
Alex Eaton
204 35
Joseph Osborne
8 77
John M. Deane
8 37
G. H. Simmons
149 80
C. H. Thomas
43 52
G. A. Earle
4 86
F. M. Stickney
3 00
Mr. Fillmore
6 40
Mr. Gurney
30 66
George R. Sampson
13 39
Anders Martenson
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2 34
Joseph Carver
5 00
Clyde L. Harlow
44 93
$1,422 34
Traded 10 cords manure for stone to Clyde L. Harlow
Money expended during the year by the Supt. of Streets and the several assistants in respect- ive districts since Jan. 1, 1905 :
John C. Chace, on town, state and
other macadam and sewerage . $13,016 09
I. B. Thomas
251 17
Josiah H. Thomas
244 57
M. P. Azevedo
305 86
G. H. Simmons
153 24
E. S. Ober 100 36
John H. Ryder
74 64
W. A. Shaw
53 40
Wm. F. Clark
764 09
Henry T. Clark
244 59
J. Foster Penniman
429 46
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V. A. Libby
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$238 36
S. L. Pratt
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344 03
C. E. Pratt
195 18
A. R. Dunhanı
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338 94
C. H. Shaw
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188 54
$16,942 52
Appropriations and receipts
$26,755 54
Expenditures
24,595 91
Balance
$2,159 63 .
TOWN TEAMS.
We had the misfortune to lose one of the horses this year, but have replaced him by a new one which matches very nicely. Would say here that I thank the teamers for care and interest taken in teams, and promptness in hitching out morning and noon, also their readiness to get out any time of night in case of snow.
STREET SPRINKLING.
Appropriations and assessments $1,347 50 ·
Expenditures
1,347 50
SOUTH MAIN STREET.
We are again indebted to the Peirce estate for the building of one of the finest streets in this part of the state, a broad avenue, with thirty-three feet in width of macadam with tree space on each side, with circle curbing at corners of streets, with sewer from Courtland to Grove streets, taking care of the water at junction of Courtland and Main streets and Court End avenue and Main st., besides sup- plying a long felt want of the residents along the line, and when the grass starts in the spring it will make an appear- ance that all may be proud of.
This work was begun late in the spring and with the intention of keeping one side of street passable, but upon making a survey it was found that the electric road had not been put in location given it by the town and the delay caused by their relocating tracks made it somewhat incon- venient for public travel, but the improvements made will alleviate all their woes. This improvement will long be
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remembered as a gift from the Thomas S. Peirce estate through the courtesy of the trustees and their appreciation of a good road.
VALUATION OF HIGHWAY PROPERTY.
Crusher plant
$2,000 00
Steam roller
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2,000 00
17 snow ploughs
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340 00
14 street cranes
350 00
Town stable and lot
2,750 00
1 lot of land on Centre st.
1,200 00
1 street sprinkling cart
325 00
1 street sprinkling cart
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200 00
1 street sprinkling cart
50 00
4 horses, 2 carts, 3 sets harnesses
double
1,100 00
1 extra tip cart
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100 00
1 single tip cart
25 00
1 single cart harness
20 00
1 spreading cart .
200 00
1 two-horse gear
100 00
1 two-horse gear
75 00
3 road scrapers
450 00
1 tool cart
5 00
1 stone dray
10 00
1 Watson wagon
165 00
1 jobbing wagon
40 00
1 heavy harrow
10 00
Ploughs, chains, ropes and tools etc. Building material .
175 00
1 bin screen and elevator
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300 00
4 ton hay
76 00
500 ton stone at crusher .
250 00
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100 00
Thanks to assistants for interest shown in their several departments.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CHACE, Superintendent of Streets.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
From January 1, 1905 to January 6, 1906.
My work the past year has been trimming and removing both live and dead trees.
I had to remove six on Main street; four live and two dead ones.
We did not spray any trees on the street the past year, as there were very few trees eaten by the elm leaf beetle.
I have only found two nests of the gypsy moth, but there are many brown tail moth's nests in town. I have taken about fifty nests and destroyed them for parties who have called on me to do the work. There are many more that have not been destroyed.
In conclusion I will say that the telephone company has done good work on Oak and South Main streets. They have started in the right direction for protecting the trees. They have removed all the wires and replaced them with a cable.
The next move is to have the electric wires removed, so that they will not interfere with the limbs. I think that this can be done the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. BAILEY, Tree Warden.
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TREE WARDEN'S ACCOUNT.
Rec'd appropriation
$100 00
Paid for help .
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$14 50
team .
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7 00
filing saw
1 50
Friend Manufacturing Co.
92
Railroad fare
55
36 days labor
108 00
$132 47
132 47
Overdrawn 1904
14 97
$147 44
100 00
Overdrawn
$47 44
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
2 ladders
$10 00
1 pump .
25 00
Saws, ropes, clippers
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4 50
Spurs ·
3 00
$42 50
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ANNUAL REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1905.
Cash in hands of overseers as per last report $42 13
Received from town treasurer .
8,963 36
From produce sold from farm . 1,166 91
$10,172 40
Paid expenses at town farm
. $3,487 89
Outside poor .
2,259 50
Residing here, settlement else- where
849 86
Residing elsewhere, settlement here
1,427 43
State farm
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72 00
Hospital for epileptics
85 42
School for feeble minded
338 90
Bills for 1904, paid this year
114 80
Salary of superintendent and matron
600 00
Overseers of Poor for the year 450 00
Town physician for the year . 200 00
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Overseers of the Poor out of town at different times, telephone, books, stationery, postage, insurance, etc. 149 78
10,035 58
Balance on hand
$136 82
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No. of inmates at town farm January 1st, 1905
17
Admitted during year .
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2
Discharged or removed
4
No. remaining Jan. 1, 1906
15
No. of tramps lodged during the year,
160
Real estate, January 1st, 1906 ·
. $13,850 00
Personal property .
4,275 42
The following is a partial list of produce raised at the farm the past year, part of which has been sold and the remainder is being used for support of inmates :
Corn, bushels 323
Pumpkins,
tons 1
Potatoes,
235
Squashes,
1
Mangles,
487
Corn fodder, 66
10
Turnips, 66
60 Hay,
50
Carrots,
6
Rowen, 66
5
Beets,
8
Oat straw, 66
2
Beans,
8
Rye “
1
Rye,
Apple, bbls.
12% 15
Eggs,
dozen 315
Milk, cream, butter and garden vegetables in abundance.
The management of the farm still remains in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Nickerson and the present board of Overseers feel that everything is in safe hands, and that the inmates are as well cared for as it is possible for them to be. There have been no deaths at the farm during the year and the general health of the people there is as good as could be expected considering the advanced age and enfeebled con- dition of most of them.
The expenses of outside poor do not change materially from year to year except where there are cases of pro- tracted illness which is unavoidable.
Respectfully submitted, ANDREW M. WOOD, CHARLES W. KINGMAN, CHARLES M. THATCHER,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
For the Year 1905.
1900 TAX.
Due as by last report
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$204 67
Due Dec. 31, 1905
204 67
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1901 TAX.
Due as by last report
$542 60
Collected during 1905
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$327 50
Due Dec. 31, 1905
215 10
$542 60
1902 TAX.
$2,363 68
Collected during 1905
$1,429 91
Remitted during 1905
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101 19
Due Dec. 31, 1905
832 58
$2,363 68
1903 TAX.
$7,064 27
Collected during 1905
$4,566 73
Remitted during 1905
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85 45
Due Dec. 31, 1905
2,412 09
$7,064 27
1904 TAX.
$13,155 23
Collected during 1905
$6,538 81 .
Remitted during 1905
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609 37
Due Dec. 31, 1905
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6,007 05
-- $13,155 23
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Due as by last report
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Due as by last report .
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Due as by last report
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1905 TAX.
Committed by Assessors ·
$86,608 26
Added by Assessors
119 86
$86,728 12
Collected during 1905
$65,891 40
Remitted during 1905
500 54
Due Dec. 31, 1905 .
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STREET SPRINKLING TAX. 1900 TAX.
Due by report of last year .
$5 25
Remitted
5 25
1901 TAX.
Due by report of last year
$34 96
Collected in 1905
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$19 94
Remitted in 1905
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7 89
Due Dec. 31, 1905
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$34 96
1902 TAX.
Due by report of last year
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$60 78
Collected in 1905
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$34 45
Remitted in 1905
10 97
Due Dec. 31, 1905
15 36
$60 78
1903 TAX.
$104 55
Collected in 1905
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$43 19
Remitted in 1905
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15 96
Due Dec. 31, 1905
45 40
$104 55
1904 TAX.
Due by report of last year
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$126 43
Paid in 1905
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$43 15
Remitted in 1905
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0 39
Due Dec. 31, 1905
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82 89
$126 43
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7 13
Due by report of last year
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1905 TAX.
Committed Sept. 1905
$742 72
$742 72
COLLECTOR'S CASH ACCOUNT.
On hand January 1, 1905
. $1,536 37
Received Interest
722 07
Received M. W. & B. B. Ry. Co., excise tax
148 36
Received street sprinkling
747 50
Received Town taxes
. . 78,754 35
$81,908 65
Paid Town Treasurer .
. 81,100 00
On hand December 31, 1905 .
808 65 .
- $81,908 65
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Paid in 1905 ·
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$605 85
Remitted
0 42
Due Dec. 31, 1905
136 45
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Amos H. Eaton, Treasurer,
In account with Town of Middleboro.
CASH RECEIVED.
January 1, 1906, cash on hand as by
$378 77
For sewer entrances
250 00
Town debt, Peirce estate .
5,000 00
Wm. L. Chipman, clerk 4th Dist. Court
324 00
School account
1,456 00
C. H. Bates .
$194 00
State Treasurer
442 00
Boston .
52 00
S. T. Nelson
24 00
Plympton ·
40 00
Lakeville
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704 00
Town Hall, rent
829 30
Interest .
1,164 92
Banks .
42 85
Collector of taxes .
722 07
Enoch Pratt fund .
400 00
Soldiers' relief
223 25
Wareham
23 25
Plymouth
60 00
State Treasurer
140 00
Incidental acct.
4 39
Telephone
3 90
Sealer weights and measures
49
Board of Health
17 10
Melvin & Badger ·
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10
Licenses .
17 00
Military Aid, State Treasurer
688 00
State Aid, State Treasurer
5,803 00
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last report .
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Cemetery Trust Funds $1,387 00
Mrs. Louisa Smith
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$50 00
J. P. McCully, est.
100 00
Chas. L. Starkey
100 00
Mrs. B. F. Hamilton
50 00
Mrs. Clara S. Kelley
100 00
Heirs Wm. and Lydia Thomas
50 00
A. T. Clark, admr.
50 87
Jas. Dowsing's admr.
51 61
Geo. H. Poor, admr.
500 00
A. E. Thomas, admr ..
18 44
Alvin Pease
100 00
Interest
216 08
Herring acct. .
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285 00
Towns down river
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230 00
Sale of alewives
55 00
Amos H. Eaton, collector of taxes
80,377 93
Nat. Bank tax
185 76
Street sprinkling
747 50
Town tax
79,444 67
Highway acct.
14,596 12
John C. Chace
54 80
Mrs. Jowett .
10 50
Peirce trustees
. 10,168 98
State Treasurer
1,463 03
O. C. St. R. R. Co.
943 06
Leonard, Shaw & Dean .
21 83
V. A. Libby
20 00
Ebenezer Pickens .
37 64
Morrill S. Ryder
103 08
George W. Stetson
82 71
S. Mass. Telephone Co.
16 00
E. Taunton St. Ry. Co.
69 52
Mid. Industrial Asso.
1,604 97
Support of poor
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848 56
L. Thacher, acct.
150 00
Taunton
143 50
Winchester
3 75
New Bedford
26 80
Dighton
43 00
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School repairs, order school com. $1,000 00 Night watch, order selectmen 728 00 Salary mun. It. bd., order mun. It. bd. 300 00
4th District Court, order Wm. L. Chipman, clk. 238 74
Support of schools, order school committee . 26,225 15
Town hall, order selectmen 1,877 88
Salaries, order selectmen . . 2,403 38
Interest, banks 3,182 66
Soldiers' relief, order selectmen . 3,946 60
" city of Melrose 70 00
Incidentals, order selectmen 3,016 90
Bd. of Health, order Bd. of Health 513 81
Military aid, order selectmen ·
1,358 00
State 66 66 7,037 00
Cemetery funds, order selectmen and cemeteries 217 08
Herring acct., order selectmen
172 41
Highways, 24,595 48
Support of poor, order overseers of poor 8,963 36
Municipal light, order mun. It. board . 14,358 49
New engine, order mun. It. bd. 2,220 15
Temporary loan, banks . 48,500 00
Library and licenses, J. E.
Beals, Tr. · ·
1,898 86
State tax, state treasurer
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5,640 00
Nat. bank tax, state treasurer 181 76
Abolition grade crossings, state treasurer 2,382 10
County tax, county treasurer 6,100 73
Tree warden, order selectmen 99 97
School transportion, order school
com. 2,736 00
Painting town house, order se- lectmen 450 00
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Concrete walks, order selectmen $100 00 Construction el. It. plant, order mun. lt. bd. . 3,228 00 Police, order selectmen 397 30
Balance carried forward
236 60
-- $189,298 23
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ENOCH PRATT FUND.
1905.
DR.
Jan. 1. Notes of the town of Mid-
dleboro
$10,000 00
Interest from municipal light loan 48 00
Interest from town treasurer
352 00
-- $10,400 00
CR.
Dec. 31.
Notes
of the town
of
Middleboro
$10,000 00
Paid Joseph E. Beals,
Treasurer
400 00
$10,400 00
AMOS H. EATON,
Treasurer Enoch Pratt Fund.
REPORT OF THE . TREASURER OF THE MUNICI- PAL LIGHT LOAN SINKING FUND.
DR. 1905.
October.
Cash received from town
treasurer.
. $2,000 00
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Cash paid Estabrook & Co., bond No. 18 . $1,000 00 Cash paid Estabrook & Co., bond No. 19 .
1,000 00
AMOS H. EATON,
Treasurer Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund.
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
The Treasurer had deposited in the Middleboro Savings Bank, "to be held in trust forever, the interest only to be expended," the following sums, as shown by the bank books in his possession.
The books show the amounts as they stand after the October dividend has been credited, and the full amounts expended to Dec. 31, 1905, have been drawn.
Central Cemetery :
Lot Owner.
Endowment.
Interest.
Mrs. Sarah E. Bartlett
$100 00
$ 92
Andrew J. Bisbee
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100 00
3 99
Samuel S. Bourne
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100 00
: 7 73
Richard Cox
25 00
60
Lydia B. Cushing
50 00
2 14
William L. Dean
100 00
13 76
James Dowsing
51 61
Mary E. Drake
100 00
6 00
Norton N. Fenno
100 00
7 49
Stephen B. Gibbs
100 00
71
P. B. Holmes
100 00
21 30
Jacob Johnson
75 00
1 87
B. F. Jones
100 00
2 44
Sarah P. Jones
100 00
87
Clara S. Kelley
100 00
William A. King
100 00
2 84
Calvin D. Kingman
100 00
80
John N. Main
100 00
1 32
J. P. McCulley, lot 292
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100 00
1 75
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Alden Miller
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$100 00
2 91
S. B. Osborne .
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100 00
3 63
Alvin Pease
100 00
Joseph L. Pease
100 00
5 32
Aaron Raymond
100 00
1 52
E. Robinson
200 00
8 58
Wm. Shiverick
150 00
13 95
Reuben Taylor
100 00
2 18
Tinkham lot, No. 6
60 00
1 56
B. F. Tripp
100 00
57
Ward lot, No. 110
100 00
3 26
Azel Washburn
100 00
8 86
Chauncey D. White .
100 00
10 77
Sarah D. White
500 00
In Nemasket Hill Cemetery :
Joshua M. Eddy
100 00
3 73
Austin Ford
50 00
1 35
Henry F. Pope
100 00
9 89
Sophronia L. Reed
50 00
7 69
Rhoda J. Savery
100 00
7 74
Charles Soule .
100 00
8 30
Edmund Thompson .
50 00
2 81
Oliver H. Thompson
100 00
8 03
Benjamin C. Tinkham
50 00
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Warren lot, No. 1
50 00
2 80
Thomas Weston
150 00
7 82
Benj. P. Wood
100 00
10 86
Cornelius B. Wood
150 00
12 89
Ellen T. Wood
31 48
4 09
Priscilla Wood
50 00
13 30
Thomas Wood .
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100 00
6 29
In Rock Cemetery :
C. N. Atwood
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100 00
11 76
Deborah Carver
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100 00
4 83
Sylvester F. Cobb
100 00
10 98
Julia S. Cobb .
100 00
6 61
Chas. F. Cushman
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176 75
9 15
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Mary B. Keith
$75 00
3 27
A. J. Smith
50 00
1 74
H. N. Thomas and family, and W. O. Barrows and family
1,000 00
63 82
Jane A. Wood.
18 44
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In the North Middleboro Cemetery :
Jared Pratt
150 00
40 20
Everett Robinson, Alfred Eaton lot .
100 00
4 29
Roswell Waldron and Benjamin Bar- TOWS ·
150 00
55 03
Sumner Keith .
100 00
87
In Thomastown Cemetery :
Atwood lot
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100 00
24 92
E. Thomas lot .
100 00
18 59
Thomastown Cemetery ·
178 00
18 63
In the Cemetery at the Green :
Lydia R. Thompson
100 00
10 34
J. B. and I. H. Thompson
100 00
46 09
In Wappanucket Cemetery :
Benj. Richmond
400 00
71 55
In Tispaquin Street Cemetery :
Atwood and Thomas .
200 00
23 57
In Sachem Street Cemetery :
Thomas Smith
50 00
87
Gammons lot
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50 87
In South Middleboro Cemetery :
John and Henry Thomas
50 00
AMOS H. EATON,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
The following is an abstract from the records of the various meetings of the inhabitants of the town of Middleboro during the year 1905.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 6, 1905.
Called to order by the clerk, Alvin C. Howes was chosen to serve as Moderator and sworn.
Voted :- To authorize the Treasurer to hire $45,000 in anticipation of the taxes.
Voted :- To appropriate $2,500 for completing the pre- paration and the publication of the Town History and that the Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen be au- thorized to issue a note in a sum not exceeding twenty five hundred dollars payable in one year from the date of issue, the same to be repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the books.
Voted :- To accept the following :
LIST OF JURORS.
F. Austin G. Atwood.
Harrison W. Atwood.
Wm. F. Atwood, France st. Otis L. Barden.
Walter L. Beals.
Grover Bennett.
John L. Benson.
Howard M. Bishop.
Joshua K. Bishop.
George F. Bryant.
Charles E. Bump.
Marshall P. Burgess.
John M. Casey.
Abisha T. Clark.
James M. Coombs.
George A. Cox.
Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr.
Arad R. Dunham.
Albert Deane. George A. Earle.
Lucius M. Fuller.
Morton L. Gammons.
William M. Haskins.
Thomas J. LeBaron.
Adam P. McKeen.
Andrew. W. Miller.
Edward C. Wood.
Louis D. Churbuck.
Herbert W. Cornish.
Clarence E. Libby. John Merrihew.
Edwin F. Witham.
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Horace A. Vaughan.
James F. Roberts.
Charles B. Dunham.
Wordsworth H. Harvey.
Luther S. Bailey.
Charlie O. Breach.
Robert S. Phillips.
George H. Place.
David G. Pratt.
Luther B. Pratt.
John C Robinson.
Charles E. Ryder.
Henry K. W. Ryder.
John H. Ryder.
Albert T. Savery.
Truman C. Savery.
Benjamin C. Shaw.
Walter M. Snow.
Walter H. Smith.
Orlando Soule.
Edwin E. Soule.
David S. Surrey.
Myron R. Sturgis.
Charles M. Thatcher.
John J. Sullivan.
Charles H. Thomas.
James A. Thomas.
Alfred E. Thomas: Ichabod B. Thomas.
Lazell E. Thomas.
John B. Thomas.
Asaph F. Washburn.
William L. Wade.
George H. Wilbur.
Seneca T. Weston.
Charles F. Cole.
Warren B. Stetson.
Carlton W. Maxim.
Isaac M. Foye.
Thomas F. McDonald.
Charles H. Soule.
Bradford Harlow.
Michael H. Kelly.
Leonidas Deane.
Alvin C. Howes.
Albert T. Westgate.
Ernest I. Perkins.
Voted :- That the Tree Warden receive the same salary as last year and be paid from the appropriation.
Voted :- To instruct the Selectmen to appoint according to Chap. 122, Sect. 18, Revised Laws, an Inspector of Wires whenever in their opinion it becomes necessary.
Voted :- That the Alewives be disposed of by auction. The Alewives were sold to Edmund Hathaway for $55.
Voted :- That George R. Sampson, Charles N. Atwood and Cornelius H. Leonard constitute a committee to recom- mend such changes as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 22, Chap. 34, Revised Laws and report to the adjourned meeting.
Voted :-- That the proceeds of the Dog Licenses now in the hands of the Treasurer and all other licenses received the present year except such as belong to the Board of Health be
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appropriated for the benefit and support of the Public Library.
The following named persons were sworn as election officers :
Walter L. Beals and Charles E. Ryder, Ballot Clerks.
Edgar D Wood and Henry B. Schlueter, Inspectors.
Walter M. Snow and Harrison B. Caswell, Dep. Inspectors and Tellers.
Walter M. Chipman, Henry W. Sears, Zenas E Phinney, Thomas S. Phinney, Edward H. Blake, Warren B. Stetson, Michael J. Baker, George F. Bryant, Tellers.
Isaac M. Foye, Officer.
Voting began at 11.30 a. m. and closed at 5.30 p. m. Whole number of ballots cast
593
The Moderator declared the following to be elected :
Amos H. Eaton, as Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Lyman P. Thomas, as Selectman for three years.
Lyman P. Thomas, as Assessor for three years.
Andrew M. Wood, as Overseer of the Poor for three years.
Elisha T. P. Jenks, as School Committee for two years. William C. Litchfield, as School Committee for three years.
Warren H. Southworth, as School Committee for three years.
Thomas S. Hodgson, Municipal Light Com. for three years.
Bert J. Allan, Board of Health for three years.
Percy W. Keith, Auditor for one year,
Luther S. Bailey, Tree Warden for one year.
William H. Crosby, Fence Viewer for one year.
William' Mc Allister, Fence Viewer for one year.
Louis Ritter, Fence Viewer for one year.
William M. Haskins, Fish Warden for one year.
Lyman P. Thomas, Fish Warden for one year.
Edwin F. Witham, Fish Warden for one year.
Calvin D. Kingman, Trustee Public Library for three years. Warren H. Southworth, Trustee Public Library for three years.
Nathan Washburn, Trustee Public Library for three years.
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As Constables :
Herbert L. Batchelder. John R. Gove.
Samuel Hathaway.
Herbert L. Leonard.
Samuel S. Lovell. John M. Luippold. Ichabod B. Thomas.
Fred C. Sparrow.
The following appropriations were made by ballot. Support of Schools :
Unpaid bills of 1904
$550 00
Instruction, current expenses and superinten- dent's salary
24,421 00
Transportation of pupils
2,750 00
Repairs and improvements of school property Salary of school committee .
1,000 00 150 00
Support of poor
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8,000 00
Soldiers' relief ·
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3,500 00 500 00
Town officers
2,400 00
Incidentals
2,500 00
Water supply .
1,500 00
Town debt (note due Nov. 1, 1905)
5,000 00
Town debt ( note due Dec. 12, 1905)
250 00
Town debt (payment on account of note extended from 1902) .
1,000 00
Interest .
2,500 00
Gas and Electric Lighting Plant :
None
Commissioners' salaries .
150 00
Suburban lighting ·
400 00
Bonds due
2,000 00
Interest
2,801 34
Construction (general)
1,000 00
Construction (enclosed arc lamps and extension of street lighting) 1,500 00
Meters (purchased in 1904 and not paid for) Meters (needed in 1905)
300 00
Board of health
450 00
Sewers
75 00
Highway department · .
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8,500 00
Police
300 00
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Night watch
750 00
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Maintenance account .
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350 00
Military aid . ·
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Sprinkling streets
$600 00
Tree warden's department
100 00
Town house committee (general expenses and insurance) .
900 00
Town house committee (painting and repairs) .
450 00
G. A. R. for Memorial Day
200 00
Public library (amount needed in addition to license monies )
200 00
Adjourned till March 15.
MARCH 15, 1905.
The following persons were chosen Measurers of wood, lumber and bark. .
James A. Thomas.
Henry W. Sears,
Edwin F. Witham.
George H. Vaughan.
Gustavus G. Andrew.
Chester E. Weston.
Ephraim H. Gammons.
Nathl. A. Shurtleff.
Albert F. Mitchell.
Curtis H. Dunham.
George E. Gove.
Charles N. Atwood.
Benjamin C. Shaw.
Isaac E. Perkins.
Charles A. Lee.
Harrison W. Atwood.
Nathan B. Maxim.
Elmer B. Cole.
Albert S. Sparrow. Frederick K. Robbins.
Voted :- That a street sprinkling tax of $600 be assessed upon the abuttors of the streets sprinkled, the same to be committed and collected in accordance with the By-Law of the town and the proceeds be devoted to the use of the Highway Department.
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