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$125.00
J. F. Alden, Insurance
56.25
Elizabeth Robinson, Insurance 50.00
D D. Sullivan, Insurance 50.00
T. N. Wood, Insurance
58.13
Thomas & Weston, Insurance
50.00
Charles E. Ryder, Insurance
50.00
Annie M. Reed, Insurance
50.00
T. M. Ryder, Insurance
50.00
P. W. Keith, Insurance
81.25
Clarence Hathaway, Insurance
50.00
Bourne Wood, Insurance
50.00
B. F. Johnson, Janitor
82.09
E. K. Harrison, Janitor
877.50
Bourne Wood, Town Hall Agent
89.25
Jesse F. Morse, Supplies
.50
F. N. Whitman, Supplies
11.35
Washburn Purizone Co., Sweeping Compound
6.12
H. B. Wentworth, Care of Piano
20.00
Icabod B. Thomas, Police Duty
15.15
Kenneth Tribou, Janitor
15.00
Read Disinfectant Co.
7.60
Pioneer Mfg. Co.
15.43
U. S. Internal Revenue
200.00
Simpson Campbell Co.
75.00
F. Herbert Batchelder, Police Duty
4.50
Forest Churbuck, Disinfectant, Sweep- ing Compound & Drip Machines
33.50
James L. Jenney, Coal
522.25
William Chamberlain, Police Duty
11.10
F. M. Dean, Police Duty
3.90
Fisher Service & Supply Co., Soap
37.50
C. M. Guertin, Police Duty
5.25
Homestead Grocery, Sani Flush
2.50
Horace Leach, Labor
1.50
Middleboro Fire Dist., Water
62.85
E. H. Cromwell
10.00
T. W. Pierce, Hardware, Supplies
36.48
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant
595.26
B. Dinsmore, Lamps
53.27
$3,515.48
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REPAIRS.
E. B. Lovell, Watchman $6.00
R. M. Bassett
17.18
E. M. Russell, Painting Asbestos Drop
65.00
W. L. Soule, Supplies & Work
176.29
B. Wood, Slate
9.00
J. H. Wheeler, Watchman
6.00
C. P. Washburn, Lime
6.00
Waldo Bros., Plaster
42.00
Whitcomb & Owens, Teaming & Freight 16.47
E. F. Tinkham, Repair Clock
2.00
Roy Turner, Frames
4.45
Fred C. Sparrow, Carpenter Work
2,158.47
Geo. W. Perkins
1.55
Lloyd Perkins, Plumbing
1,002.67
Maxim Motor Co., Fire Extinguishers
57.00
C. W. Maxim, Woodwork
61.78
Fred A. Johnson, Painting
1,403.58
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
7.20
M. L. Hinkley, Repair Clock
6.00
Elliot W. Harlowe
5.19
Wilson G. Harlowe, Specification
25.00
General Fireproofing Co., Grill
30.00
Globe Wenricks Co., Assessors
· Furniture
58.00
Albino Faietti, Conductors, etc
125.86
Albert Eaton, Brick
1.10
M. F. Ellis, Supplies
54.98
John Cushman, Ashes
16.00
G. T. Dewhurst, Labor
2.25
G. A. Deane, Labor on Chimney
6.00
B. Dinsmore
511.85
Geo. E. Doane, Supplies
363.34
A. C. Cosseboome
1.50
T. F. Boucher
4.30
Bryant & Soule, P aster
48.25
E. H. Blake, Labor & Supplies
47.70
C. A. Wood, Labor & Material
26.30
John Rivard, Masonry
168.50
Sears Lumber Co. .
656.09
Overdraft 1916
$7,145.85 $10,661.33 $4,396.50
Against this amount should be credited $840.00 in rentals not collected before closing treasurer's books for the year.
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POLICE.
Appropriation
$4,050.00
Balance from 1915
101.17
G. Lewis Hathaway, Chief
4.59
Batchelder & Snyder
7.50
County of Plymouth Rent
300.00
Fourth District Court
345.97
Orders Drawn : as per bills approved by Chief 4,650.32
Balance 1916
$158.90
HIGHWAY.
For itemized account see report of Supt. of Streets.
GYPSY MOTHS
Appropriation
$1,984.82
Appropriation for Sprayers
250.00
Balance from 1915
5.03
L. Chute, Supt. (refund)
17.60
A. Boutine
1.00
Private Work Assessment
982.99
Mass. Highway Commission
104.70
State Treasurer
1,383.10
Orders Drawn as proved by Supt.
$4,729.24 4,734.74
Overdraft 1916 5.50
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$750.00
Overdraft 1915
12.43
737.57
Orders Drawn as approved by
Tree Warden 752.98
Overdraft 1916
$15.41
$4,809.23
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SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
Appropriation Overdraft 1915
$2,000.00 934.88
Orders Drawn:
Overdraft 1916
$615.49
STATE AID.
State aid to the following amount
has been paid for the year 1916 $4,286.00
SOLDIER'S BURIAL.
Soldiers burial expenses to the follow- ing amount have been paid for year 1916 96.00
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation
$324.00 28.50
Balance for 1915
Received from State Treasurer
375.50
Orders Drawn:
$728.00 504.00
Balance 1916
$224.00
The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :--
Burton Dinsmore, Inspector of Wires. 1
E. Kimball Harrison, Special Police.
Dr. A. V. Smith, Soldier's Physician.
Dr. C. S. Cummings, Soldier's Physician. W. H. Connor, Forest Warden. Linam Chute, Moth Superintendent. John Pushee, Inspector of Animals. Bourne Wood, Town Hall Agent.
Bourne Wood, Burial Agent. E. Kimball Harrison, Constable. Myron Bump, Special Police. Fred L. Rounds, Special Police.
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$1,065.12 1,680.61
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William J. Coughlin, Registrar of Voters.
William H. Connor, Supt. of Streets. G. Lewis Hathaway, Keeper of Lockup.
Morrill K. Dean, Fish Warden and Inspector of Alewives at East Taunton.
Horace Patterson, Public Weigher.
G. Lewis Hathaway, Chief of Police.
Frank W. Hastay, Police Officer.
Richard Warme, Police Officer.
Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden. John W. Kelley, Fish Warden. Samuel S. Lovell, Special Police. Charles E. Guertin, Special Police.
Clarence C. Thomas, Special Police. Geo. H. Morse, Special Police.
Horace W. Macomber, Special Police.
John H. Pushee, Special Police. Samuel Hathaway, Special Police. Walter H. Fisher, Special Police.
Homer R. Caswell, Sealer of Weights and measures.
Daniel F. Wilbur, Police Officer and Dog Officer.
John H. Wheeler, Special Police.
William M. Haskins, Overseer of the Poor.
Henry Emmerson, Special Police.
Lewis Ritter, Public Weigher.
Ernest S. Pratt, Public Weigher and Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
PRECINCT ONE.
Warden, B. J. Allen.
Deputy Warden, Herbert A. Pratt.
Clerk, Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk, Ernest I. Perkins. Inspector, Benjamin E. Holmes. Deputy Inspector, Charles O. White. Teller, Edmund Pratt. Deputy Teller, Walter I. Standish. Officer, Joseph Carver.
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PRECINCT TWO.
Warden, Henry W. Sears. Deputy Warden, Levi O. Atwood. Clerk, Chester E. Weston. Deputy Clerk, Michael J. Cronan. Inspector, Henry B. Schlueter. Deputy Inspector, E. T. P. Jenks. Teller, Ernest M. O'Toole. Deputy Teller, John J. Mahoney. Officer, James A. Roberts.
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JURY LIST 1916.
John L. Benson, Lumber Dealer, Wareham Street. Harry L. Beckwith, Carpenter, Plymouth Street. Howard M. Bishop, Woodworker, Smith Street. George H. Bailey, Shoeworker, Wood Street. Edward H. Blake, Bill Poster, Pearl Street. Sylvanus L. Brett, Agent, 11 Rock Street. Benjamin W. Caswell, Agent, 15 Pierce Street. Walter M. Chipman, Reporter, 12 Arch Street. Louis D. Churbuck, Carpenter, School Street Abisha T. Clark, Farmer, Marion Road. James M. Clark, Retired, Wareham Street. Howard A. Cline, Pattern Maker, 273 Center Street. Alanson F. Cobb, Shoeworker, Wareham Street. Charles F. Cole, Carpenter, 56 So. Main Street. A. Freeman Crosby, Merchant, 10 Warren Avenue. Edward H. Cromwell, Real Estate Agent, No. 2 High Street. Elisha A. Cudworth, Woodworker, Highland Street. Nathaniel S. Cuishing, Sawyer, East Street. Albert Deane, Poultry Dealer, Soule Street. George A. Deane, Peddler, Thompson Street. Leonidas Deane, Real Estate Dealer, 63 Oak Street. Burton Dinsmore, Electrician, Courtland Street. Reginald W. Drake, Insurance, Pierce Street. G. Delmar Dunbar, Clerk, Bourne Street. Eugene L. Dunham, Shoeworker, 18 Elm Street. William Eggar, Merchant, Pearl Street. William P. Fessendon, Clerk, Plymouth Street. David H. Farra, Merchant, Cottage Court. Charles O. Gammons, Farmer, Highland Street. George L. Gillis, Clerk, 57 Everett Street. Joseph Gibbs, Shoeworker, Tispaquin Street. Frederick L. Hammond, Hotel Prop. No. Maine Street. Wordsworth H. Harvey, Woodworker, Miller Street. Lewis F. Harding, Bookkeeper, Rice Street. William M. Haskins, Cranberry Grower, 29 Oak Street. Eugene J. Keith, Carpenter, 35 North Street. Ralph D. Kelley, Clerk, Pierce Street.
Michael H. Kelley, Mason, 30 Webster Street.
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Percy W. Keith, Insurance Agent, Plymouth Street. Orville W. Leonard, Clerk, 63 Oak Street. Edward B. Lovell, Agent, 8 Water Street. John L. Louipold, Shoeworker, 17 Arch Street. Ralph W. Maddigan, Insurance Agent, Star Avenue. Eugene H. McCarthy, Shoeworker, 58 Everett Street. James McCarthy, Painter, 22 Lovell Street. John Merrihew, Woodworker, Smith Street. Arthur B. Monroe, Salesman, Pierce Street. Ernest M. O'Toole, Merchant, 14 North Street. Frank C. Otto, Mill Worker, 56 East Maine Street. S. Irving Pickens, Clerk, 27 Rock Street. David R. Pierce, Shoemaker, Wareham Street. Winifred L. Perkins, Shoeworker, No. Main Street. Herbert A. Pratt, Merchant, Pierce Street.
John H. Pushee, Supt. Almshouse, Alms Street. Edward C. Reed, Lumber Dealer, Pine Street.
William J. Robb, Clerk, 17 Barrows Street. Ralph E. Ryder, Carpenter, Plymouth Street. Clarence H. Ryder, Carpenter, Highland Street. John H. Ryder, Farmer, Highland Street. Truman C. Savery, Wood and Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Edwin F. Shaw, Farmer, Summer Street. Benjamin C. Shaw, Lumber Dealer, Rocky Meadow Street. George F. Shaw, Farmer, Plymouth Street. Patrick Sherlock, Mill Worker, Barrows Street. Harrison T. Shurtleff, Board Sawyer, France Street. Charles H. Soule, Poultry Dealer, Cedar Street. Edwin E. Soule, Lumber Dealer, Cedar Street. Arthur H. Standish, Farmer, Thompson Street. Ralph Starrett, R. R. Employee, Courtland Street.
Frank M. Stickney, Paper Box Maker, 53 Forest Street. Myron R. Sturgess, Cranberry Grower, Rocky Meadow St. John J. Sullivan, Merchant, 219 Center Street. Charles W. Swett, Carpenter, Miller Street. Charles M. Thatcher, Real Estate Agent, 36 School Street. Alfred E. Thomas, Woodworker, Smith Street. Frank S. Thomas, Engineer, Wareham Street. George L. Thomas, Plumber, 6 Court End Avenue. Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., Shoeworker, 248 Center Street. Charles S. Tinkham, Shoeworker, 11 Courtland Street. Charles M. Washburn, Lumber Dealer, Plymouth Street. John A. Washburn, Mason, 78 Oak Street. Charles M. Week, Clerk, Rice Street.
Albert T. Westgate, Clerk, Miller Street.
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Joseph F. Westgate, Telephone Employee, Courtland Street. Thomas, T. Westgate Woodworker, Miller Street. Seneca T. Weston, Farmer, France Street. John H. Wheeler, Clerk, 57 Everett Street. Charles O. White, Shoeworker, Bourne Street. George H. Wilbur, Photographer, Plymouth Street. Harold S. Wood, Assistant Bank Examiner, 9 High Street. Bourne Wood, Insurance Agent, 14 Elm Street.
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
For the year Ending December 31, 1916.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 6, 1916, AND ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 27, 1916, AND SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JUNE 27, 1916.
Support of Schools :-
Instruction, including Superin- tendent's salary and traveling expenses of $2,200
$32,200.00
Janitor's Salaries
2,600.00
Fuel
2,100.00
Books, Supplies and Printing
2,400.00
Tuition
52.00
Office Rent
500.00
Water Bills
250.00
School Physician
300.00
School Committee
150.00
Transportation
3,200. 00
Repairs
1,200.00
Sundries
850.00
Special Building Committee
500.00
Repairs-Special
475.00
Total
$46,777.00
Less estimated Income
4,802.00
$41,975.00
Support of Poor, including salaries of Overseers of $500 $8,500.00
Soldiers' Relief, including over- draft of $934.88 2,000.00 Military Aid 324.00
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Town Officers :-
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Col- lector
$1,200.00
Assessors
1,100.00
Selectmen
800.00
Registrars, Election and Caucus Officers
450.00
Inspector of Animals
200.00
Auditor™
200.00
Dog Officer
175.00
Appropriation Committee
70.00
Inspector of Wires
75.00
Moderator
20.00
Overdraft
17.33
Town Officers' Expenses :-
Assessors, including horse hire,
clerical help etc.
$500.00
Clerical help for Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Collector
350.00
Clerical help for Selectmen
150.00
Selectmen, Registrars, Election and Caucus Officers
175.00 -
Overdraft 62.41
$1,237.41
Incidentals, including expense of Forest Fires
$2,500.00
Town Debt :-
Macadam Highway Loan due
December 1, 1916
$1,600.00
School House Loan due Novem- ber 1, 1916
1,650.00
$3,250.00
Police Department:
Salary of Chief
$1,000.00
Salary of Patrolman
900.00
Salary of Patrolman
850.00
Extra Officers, Vacation Fund and Sick Fund
759.00
Police Station Expenses
610.00
All other expenses
678.14
Total
$4,797.14
$4,307.33
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Less estimated receipts, including $300 from County for rent of Court Room, balance on hand of $101.17 and balance of ($345.97) to credit of Fourth District Court which the Committee recommend be transferred to Police Account
$747.14
Pension for Retired Employee Middleborough District Nurse
$4,050.00 281.32
Association
300.00
Band Concerts
200.00
Town Hall for Repairs in addition to' money received from in- surance 2,500.00
Middleborough Public Library, in addition to amount of Dog
Licenses and other Licenses which the Committee recom- mend be voted for use of the Library 300.00
Middleborough Gas and Electric Plant :-
(Appropriation in form required by Act of 1905)
Estimated Operating Expenses $25,500.00
Interest required
2,020.00
Notes and Bonds due
3,500.00
Depreciation, 3% on cost of Plant ($176,851.67)
5,305.55
Total
$36 325.55
Less estimated income
29,325.55
Board of Health :-
Salaries of Board
$300.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
300.00
Inspection of Milk
100.00
Inspection of Plumbing
100.00
Collection of Rubbish
300.00
Burning rubbish and care of dump
150.00
Physicians to care for contagious cases
75.00
All other expenses, with the pro- vision that no part of this
$7,000.00
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amount be expended for ser- vices of any member of the Board $1,575.00
$2,900.00
Street Sprinkling-Equal amount to be assessed on abuttors Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths :--
$1,750.00
Town Liability $1,984.82
Two additional Sprayers-one- half cost of same 250.00
$2,234.82
Tree Warden's Department, in- cluding salary of Tree Warden
$750.00
E. W. Piece Post No. 8 G. A. R. for Memorial Day $200.00 $1,500.00
Interest, in addition to receipts
Sealer of Weights and Measurer, including salary of $250 Less Estimated Receipts
$350.00
100.00
$250.00
Highway Department :-- Superintendent's Salary
$1,500.00
Clearing of Snow
1,250.00
Sidewalks, with the provision that $400 be expended in South Middleborough
2,900.00
Bridges, on condition that an equal amount is voted by the Town of Bridgewater 450.00
Repairs on Center Street be- tween Taunton Road and Pur- chade Street
750.00
Maintenance of Plant
800.00
Sewers
500.00
Drainage
500.00
Water Bills
1,230.00
Plymouth Street Macadam, ac-
count overdraft, an additional amount estimated at $700 to be paid by Massachusetts Highway Commission
1,500.00
Village District, including $1,000 for repairs to Center Street from Everett Square east
5,000.00
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Outside Districts 4,750.00
Total Less estimated Receipts from Ex- cise Taxes and Street Rail- way Corporation Tax to be applied to appropriations for Maintenance of Public Ways in the Village and Outside Districts
$21,130.00
4,650.00
$16,480.00
Middleborough Fire District, bill for fighting fires outside the District to January 1, 1916 Reserve Fund, as provided by Chap- ter 645 of the Acts of 1913 :- "No direct drafts against this fund shall be made, but trans- fers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the finance committee or appro- priation committee of the town and the auditor shall make such transfers accordingly.
$104.00
The Town Treasurer shall honor drafts against the fund so trans- ferred."
$400.00
$105,293.88
6,382.12
$98,911.96
Less amount assumed by Peirce Trustees to reduce tax rate
5,000.00
To be raised by Tax Voted by Town State Tax State Highway Tax County Tax Overlay
$93,911.76
$93,911.76
9,920.00
2,490.00
7,024.99
1,931.47
115,278.22
Total Appropriations Less Corporation and Bank Tax estimated
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Assessed on 2440 Polls
$4,880.00
Assessed on Personal Property
24,012.50
Assessed on Real Estate
86,385.72
Number of Polls assessed, 2440
Value of Buildings, excluding Land
$2,546,305.00
Value of Land, excluding Buildings
1,509,295.00
$4,055,600.00
Value of Personal Estate
1,127,325.00
$5,182,925.00
Persons, Firms, etc., Assessed on
Property
1,946
Residents
1,591
Non-Residents 355
Persons Assessed for Poll Tax only
1,421
Number of Horses Assessed
581
Number of Cows Assessed
624
Number of Swine Assessed
44
Number of Sheep Assessed
3
Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed
180
Number of Fowl Assessed
7,730
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
1,820
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
40,226
Population of Town
8,200
Taxes remitted in 1916 have been as follows:
On account 1913 Assessments
$2.76
On account 1914 Assessments
588.53
On account 1915 Assessments
491.49
On account 1916 Assessments
924.77
Tax Rate $21.30 on $1,000.
ALBERT T. SAVERY, BENJAMIN C. SHAW,
Assessors of Middleborough.
$115,278.22
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Received from Town of Dighton
$40.00
Somerset
40.00
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66 66
" Raynham
40.00
" Freetown
20.00
66
" Berkley
40.00
Received of the City of Taunton
60.00
$240.00
Overdraft, 1915
.158.32
$81.68
Orders drawn
222.60
Overdraft, 1916
$140.92
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1916.
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916 $419.62
Appropriation from Town 8,500.00
Received from other Towns 708.90
for Outside Poor
Received from State for Outside Poor 61.93
Received from State Boarders at Farm 52.00
Received from Boarders at Farm 265.40
Received from Telephone Tolls
9.80
Received from Work with Team
11.00
Received from Sale of Milk
1,634.10
Received from Sale of Vegetables
and Eggs
247.00
Received from Sale of Apples
24.60
Received from Sale of Swine
71.75
Received from Sale of Hay
155.10
Received from Sale of Stock
84.50
$12,245.70
EXPENSES.
Paid Expenses of Town Farm
$4,544.69
Paid Salary of Superintendent and Matron 900.00
Paid on Account of Salary of Over- seers of Poor 273.75
Paid Salary of Town Physician
200.00
Outside Poor, 30 Families of 89
persons
2,750.15
Residing elsewhere with settlement
here, 18 Families of 75 Persons 2,027.58
Residing here with settlements
elsewhere, 18 Families of 44 Persons 879.99
$11,576.16
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Expenses of Overseers of Poor, for cases out of Town, Postage and Stationary $32.00
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Expenses for Telephones Expenses for Burials Expenses for Insurance
55.36
35.00
546.13
$668.49 11,576.16
$12,244.65
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1917
$1.05
$12,245.70
Number of Inmates at Farm, Jan. 1, 1916
12
Number admitted during the year
11
Number discharged during the year
11
Number died during the year
2
Number remaining Jan. 1, 1917
10
VALUATION.
90 Acres, Farm and Buildings
$23,500.00
3 Wood Lots, 51 Acres
950.00
Live Stock, including 2 horses, 12 cows, 1 bull, 6 hogs, 80 fowl
1,654.00
Hay and Produce
1,465.10
Groceries, Meat, etc.
105.00
Furniture
860.00
Implements, Tools and Harnesses
310.50
Wagons, etc. 1
428.00
Refrigerator
100.00
Dressing, Coal, Wood and Lumber
343.50
$29,716.10
A PARTIAL LIST OF PRODUCE RAISED AT THE FARM DURING THE PAST YEAR.
Hay, 35 tons
Potatoes, 130 bushels
Corn Fodder, 8 tons
Onions, 6 bushels
Rye Straw, 112 tons
Beans, 7 bushels
Oat Straw, 4 tons
Peas, 20 bushels
Iusulage, 50 tons
Beets, 2 bushels
Corn, 100 bushels
Cabbages, 1,200 pounds
Rye, 6 bushels
Apples, 20 barrels
Carrots, 8 bushels
Eggs, 250 dozens Milk, 7,700 gallons
Turnips, 60 bushels
Mangels, 56 bushels
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The Total Receipts from the Farm Account, $2,555.25, includes $317.40 received from Boarders at the Farm.
The expense of carrying on the Farm has been less than last year, also the expense of maintaining the house, due principally to a large number of unpaid bills that were carried over to 1917, preferring to do so rather than overdraw the appropriation.
The Farm did not make as good a showing this year as in previous years, owing to the same cause that affected all farms in this part of the country, that of the very bad weather conditions.
In making our request for appropriation last spring, the item of nearly $600 for insurance coming due in the Fall, was overlooked, the building of a silo had not been contem- plated at that time, and two or three very large bills coming in from other towns, which we never had before, and never will have again, owing to a new law becoming effective last August, whereby persons being absent from their town of settlement five years lose their settlement. These several items have made our expenses more than usual, necessitating a large overdraw or carrying bills over into 1917. The only expense incurred at the Farm above the regular running expenses of maintenance has been the building of the silo, at a cost of about $350.00, which we believe is needed at just such a farm as ours, and will prove to be a source of in- come and saving.
Mr. Edwin F. Witham has been unable to serve as chair- man of the Board this year on account of illness. In August his resignation was presented to the town, who felt obliged to accept it, thereby losing a very valuable man and one who was universally liked and respected. Mr. William M. Haskins was immediately appointed as Mr. Witham's suc- cessor. The Town is fortunate in securing Mr. Haskins, for with the large experience he has had in a somewhat similar line and the interest he has taken in our work, he cannot but prove to be the right man in the right place.
We wish to thank the Charitable Societies and all indiv- iduals who have so generously responded to the calls for aid and who have undoubtedly assisted some worthy people who otherwise might have become dependents upon the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLERTON THOMPSON, CHARLES M. THATCHER, WILLIAM M. HASKINS, Overseers of the Poor.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Middleborough, Mass., Jan. 20, 1917.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :-
I have the honor to respectfully submit to you the eighth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1916.
ORGANIZATION.
Louis Hathaway, Chief.
PATROLMEN.
Frank W. Hastay Richard Warme Clarence E. Thomas
Constables.
Special Police.
F. Herbert Batchelder
Fred H. Deane
William Chamberlain
Walter Fisher
Louis Hathaway
Charles E. Guertain
Frank W. Hastay
Samuel Hathaway
George H. Morse
Samuel S. Lovell
Charles M. Thatcher
Horace Leach
Icabod B. Thomas
John H. Pushee
Fred C. Sparrow
Clarence E. Thomas
E. Kimbal Harrison
John H. Wheeler
BUSINESS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Total number of arrests
204
Males
188
Females
16
Minors
14
Residents
147
Non-Residents
57
Arrests for other towns
7
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Summonses served for other towns
5
Number of Fines imposed
45
Amount of Fines imposed
$675.00
Amount of Fines paid
$605.00
Appealed cases
3
Complaints dismissed
4
Continued cases
3
Discharged
12
Released without arraignment
29
Placed on file
64
Probation
6
Taunton Insane Hospital
1
State Farm
2
House of Correction
10
Sherburn Prison
1
Lancaster School for girls
4
Held for Grand Jury
8
Waiting trial
2
ARRESTS BY MONTHS.
Males
Females
Total
January
11
11
February
13
13
March
10
2
12
April
16
5
21
May
17
2
19
June
23
1
24
July
21
3
24
August
24
24
September
21
24
October
11
2
13
November
17
17
December
4
1
5
188
16
204
OFFENCES.
Males
Females
Total
Arson
1
-
1
Assault
1
-
1
Assault on Officer
1
1
Assault and Battery
5
2
7
Board of Health violation
4
4
130
Bicycle riding on sidewalk
2
- -
2
Carrying revolver without permit
1
1
Disturbing the peace
5
5
Deliquent child
1
6
7
Default
2
-
1
Drunk
100
1
101
Firearms without permit
1
1
Gaming on Lords Day
3
3
Present at Gaming
1
1
Homicide
1
1
Idle and Disorderly
2
1
3
Junk Law violation
1
1
Larceny
7
1
8
Lewd and Lascivious
1
1
2
Liquor Law violation
6
0
6
Malicious Mischief
2
0
2
Motor Vehicle Law violations
24
1
25
Non Support
2
2
Neglect of children
1
1
2
Neglected children
2
1
3
Peddling without license
1
1
Statutory Rape
6
6
Trespass
1
1
Vihicles without lights
1
·
1
Vagrancy
1
1
Violation Sunday law
1
1
188
16
204
Runaway Children apprehended and returned to parent or guardian
3
Motor Vehicle accidents reported and investigated Nights lodging given
17
PATROLMEN'S REPORT.
BEAT No. 1 OR (CENTER).
Buildings found unlocked and secured by officer
136
Arc Lights reported not burning
9
Incandescent St. Lights not burning
1
Night lights reported not burning in stores
30
Night lights reported not burning in Banks
3
Lights left burning in stores and other buildings
94
2
Disorderly House
1
18
131
Leaks in water pipes reported Defects in street discovered by officer and reported 6
3
Broken water mains reported 2
Fires discovered and alarm given Complaints investigated and settled without arrest
1
6
BEAT NO. 2 OR (WEST END).
Buildings found unlocked and secured by office 27
Arc Lights reported not burning 24
Incandescent Street lights not burning
21
Lights out in tunnel at Center St. bridge
5
Night lights not burning in stores
33
Fire discovered and alarm given
1
Wires down and reported by officer
3
Complaints investigated and settled without arrest
6
Lost children picked up and returned to parents
1
I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen and all others that assisted me in the performance of my duties in the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS HATHAWAY, . Chief of Police.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
For the year, Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1916
Louis Hathaway, Chief of Police
$1,083.29
Frank W. Hastay, Patrol Duty
914.85
Richard Warme, Patrol Duty
874.12
Clarence E. Thomas, Patrol Duty
464.59
Charles M. Thatcher, Patral Duty
115.59
William Chamberlain, Patrol Duty
40.85
Chas. M. Guertain, Patrol Duty
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