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in the endeavor to keep as large a supply on hand as present conditions will permit.
In order that the growth of the gas industry may be realized, would say for your information that for the year prior to June 30, 1911, (the year the present apparatus was installed), total output for year was 1,305,000 cu. ft. The year ending Dec- ember 31, 1924, the output was 17,970,000 cu. ft. The cost per M to manufacture was $1.33. The cost per M sold was $1.474. The average price received per M sold was $1.85.
Number of gas services laid 58. Total services, 702.
Miles of main at close of year, 13.38.
NEW HIGH TENSION LINE RECOMMENDED
The necessity still exists of providing other sources of supply for the electricity distributed from the local station, and up to the present time no better method has been devised than that advocated in last year's report, which was the build- ing of another high tension line to connect direct to the line of the New Bedford Edison Co. at the Freetown line. Allow me to quote :- "The business of the Central Station is to deliver an unseen commodity instantly, in any reasonable quantity, night or day, without notice, three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, and to render a service so dependable that the industries and the homes of our State may with confidence rely upon it exclusively, all at a cost less than the purchaser can obtain by any other means." With this aim constantly in mind, it must be apparent to the citizens that all the officers of the town directly concerned in the efforts to provide 100 per cent service, are handicapped in those efforts by the lack of some other source of supply.
During the past year there has been 39 interruptions of service lasting from a few moments to more than 36 hours, as was the case last March. Although it is gratifying to know that on only three occasions was trouble found in the middle- boro territory.
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In closing, I wish at this time to express to you my grateful appreciation of the valuable assistance given me in obtaining, what seems to me at least, such excellent results from the opera- tion of the department, and also to thank you for the many favors granted. I fully believe that the harmony now, and for the past four years, existing between the Town Manager and this department is one of the biggest factors entering in to the successful operation of this plant and the results obtained.
Attached herewith is a detailed statement as shown by the books for 1924.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. PHILBROOK,
Manager.
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Personal Property
$1,619,035.00
Value of Buildings
4,654,435.00
Value of Land
2,013,350.00
Total Valuation
$8,286,820.00
Total Departmental Appropria-
tions
$332,784.31
Less Departmental Receipts and
unexpended balances 90,750.47
Net appropriations
$242,033.84
State Tax
13,000.00
State Highway Tax
6,384.50
Municipal Light Plant
26.91
Auditing Municipal Account
Tax 606.59
County Tax
15,718.95
Overlay
2,971.89
$280,742.68
RECEIPTS.
Income Tax General Purpose and School Fund $18,118.59
Income Tax, Fire District
209.59
Poll Taxes
5,522.00 23,850.18
Balance to be assessed on Personal
and Real Estate
$256,892.50
TAX RATE $31.00 on $1,000.00.
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COMMITTED TO TAX COLLECTOR.
Assessed on 2761 polls at $2.00
$5,522.00
Assessed on Personal Property
50,190.63
Assessed on Real Estate
206,701.87
Assessed on Moth '
880.34
Total Assessments
$263,294.84
Persons, firms, etc. assessed on property.
Residents
2,591
Non Residents
321
Persons assessed for poll tax only
1,152
Number of horses assessed
380
Number of cows assessed
815
Number of sheep assessed
0
Number of swine assessed
15
Number of neat cattle other than cows
132
Number of fowl assessed
16,565
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1,982
Number of acres of land assessed
40,485
Taxes remitted in 1924 have been as follows:
Account 1920 assessment
$7.98
Account 1921 assessment
158.10
Account 1922 assessment
222.23
Account 1923 assessment
389.69
Account 1924 assessment
771.64
$1,549.64
BENJAMIN C. SHAW, JAMES F. GARDNER, ERNEST S. PRATT.
Assessors of Middleborough.
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TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Notes and Bonds of the Town of Middleborough outstand- ing as of December 31, 1924.
School House Loan; 4 per cent.
Two (2) notes of $1,650.00 each to Common- wealth of Massachusetts, due Nov. 1, 1925 to Nov. 1, 1926, inclusive $3,300.00
Municipal Light Loan; 4 per cent. Three (3) notes of $5,000.00 each to the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts due Nov. 1, 1925 to Nov. 1, 1927, inclusive 15,000.00
Plymouth County Hospital Loan;
One (1) note to the Montgomery Home due Dec, 15, 1925 $1,000.00
One (1) note to Middleborough Savings Bank due Dec. 15, 1925 due Dec. 15, 1926
1,000.00
2,000.00
Two (2) notes of $2,000.00 each to Montgomery Home, due Dec. 15, 1927 and Dec. 15, 1928 4,000.00 One (1) note to Middleborough Savings Bank due Dec. 15, 1929 2,000.00
10,000.00 ·
Departmental Equipment Water Loan, 12 per cent : One (1) note of $1,500 to T. S. Pierce Trustees, due Dec. 15, 1925 1,500.00
One (1) note to T. S. Pierce Trustees, due Dec. 15, 1926 1,000.00
2,500.00
Middleborough Water Department Loan, 4 per cent : Sixteen (16) notes of $1,000 each to Middle- borough Savings Bank, due Jan. 1, 1925 to Jan. 1, 1940, inclusive 16,000.00
Twenty-one (21) notes of $1,000, each to Middleborough Savings Bank due June 1, 1925 to June 1, 1945, inclusive 21,000.00
37,000.00
Temporary Loans: Notes due Oct. 1, 1925, 3.20 per cent to Mer- chants National Bank 50,000.00
$117,800.00
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM W. BRACKETT, Treasurer Town of Middleborough
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
The following is a brief report of the Inspector of Animals for the year 1924:
Number of cows and young stock inspected 863
Swine 91
Sheep
0
Goats 3
There have been no cows condemned as tuberculous, or other causes.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES R. BORDEN, D. V. S.
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TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1924
Cash on hand January 1, 1924
$20,565.94
Receipts 1924 647,388.51
$667,954.45
Payments 1924 $643,443.05
Cash on hand December 31, 1924 24,511.40
$667,954.45
WILLIAM W. BRACKETT,
Treasurer & Collector.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1924.
Cash on hand January 1, 1924 3.37
Receipts 1924 251,468.80
$251,472.17
Payments to treasurer 1924
$251,472.17
TAXES 1920.
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$164.10
Payments to treasurer 1924
76.12
Abatements
82.98
Adjustment of commitment 5.00
164.10
TAXES 1921.
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$1,415.12
Payments to treasurer 1924
$1,288.55
Abatements 103.02
Outstanding December 31, 1924 23.55
$1,415.12
TAXES 1922.
Outstanding January 1, 1924 $8,521.47
Moth 1922 credited to Taxes 1922 7.84
Commitment after payment .77
Refund 1.37
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1924 8,005.50
Abatements 222.23
Taxes 1922 credited to Moth 1922 28.77
$8,531.45
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Adjustment 5.00
Outstanding December 31, 1924
269.95
$8,531.45
TAXES 1923.
Outstanding January 1, 1924 . $48,509.00
Moth 1923 credited to Taxes 1923 21.54
Overpayment 3.49
$48,534.03
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1924 38,381.55
Abatements 389.69
Taxes 1923 credited to Taxes 1924 44.25
Taxes 1923 credited to Moth 1923 1.60
Taxes 1923 credited to Taxes 1921 10.00
Outstanding December 31, 1924 9,706.94
$48,534.03
TAXES 1924.
Commitment
$262,414.50
December commitment 279.30
Refund 4.65
Moth 1924 credited to Taxes 1924
19.72
Taxes 1923 credited to Taxes 1924 44.25
$262,762.42
Payments to treasurer January 1, to Dec. 31, 1924
199,840.63
Abatements 775.69
Taxes 1924 credited to Moth 1924 .93
Outstanding December 31, 1924 62,145.17
$262,762.42
MOTH 1920.
Outstanding January 1, 1924 $.25
Payments to treasurer 1924 .25
160
MOTH 1921
Outstanding $24.18
Payments to treasurer 1924
$7.93
Outstanding December 31, 1924
16.25
$24.18
MOTH 1922.
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$65.45
Taxes 1922 credited to Moth 1922 28.77
$94.22
Payments to treasurer January 1, to December 31, 1924 $77.03
Abatements .41
Moth 1922, credited to Taxes 1922 7.84
Outstanding December 31, 1924 8.94
$94.22
MOTH 1923.
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$216.06
Taxes 1923 credited to Moth 1923 1.60
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1924 157.42
Abatements 1.62
Moth 1923 credited to Moth 1924
.41
Moth 1923 credited to Taxes 1923
21.54
Outstanding December 31, 1924
36.67
$217.66
MOTH 1924.
Commitment $880.34
Moth 1923 credited to Moth 1924
.41
Taxes 1924 credited to Moth 1924 .93
Interest credited to Moth 1924
17.93
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1, to December 31, 1924 $589.22
$217.66
$899.61
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Abatements
15.85
Moth 1924 credited to Taxes 1924
19.72
Outstanding December 31, 1924
274.82
$899.61
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. BRACKETT,
Treasurer & Collector.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF THOMAS S. PEIRCE
Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.,
Gentlemen :---
We beg leave to submit the following report as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, for the year 1924.
On December 23, 1902, Chester E. Weston, George W. Stetson and George R. Sampson, were appointed Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, by the Probate Court for the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the said Weston, Stetson and Sampson having been nominated by the said Thomas S. Peirce, in his last will and testament, allowed by the aforesaid Probate Court, on October 14, 1901, to act as Trustees of two funds, one, "the net income whereof, to be paid semi-annually or oftener in the discretion of said Trustees, to the use and benefit of the Town of Middleborough, in such manner as said Trustees or their successors shall determine"; the other, "the net income whereof shall be paid semi-annually or oftener, to the Treasurer of the Public Library of the Town of Middleborough, to be by him applied to the purchase of books, periodicals or newspapers for said Library."
The aforesaid Trustees began their duties on January 1, 1903, carrying on the same with unbroken ranks, until the death of Mr. George R. Sampson, on April 4, 1924.
We are pleased to state that the examiners of the Division of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have audited our accounts, examined and compared the securities verified the cash on hand, and the following is a true account of the condition of both funds at the close of business, Decem- ber 31, 1924.
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Fund held in trust for the benefit of Town of Middleborough.
ASSETS
Stocks $296,762.61
Bonds and premiums on same
70,070.47
Mortgage and promis-
sory notes
104,946.00
Real Estate carried as
personal 31,314.20
Post Office fixtures
3,600.00
Steel Chest, Peirce Build- ing 300.00
Cabinet at Library
240.00
Savings Banks
4,000.00
Cash
9,685.81
Real Estate
64,897.87
Profit and Loss
6,402.96
$592,219.92
LIABILITIES
Trust fund received from Executor
$472,506.03
Passing direct under will 119,713.89
$592,219.92
INCOME
Gross receipts for 1924
$27,385.11
Expenses
Salary of Trustees
$1,044.32
Salary of book-keeper
166.68
Insurance
970.69
Repairs
4,880.34
Janitor
1,010.00
Fuel
1,297.49
Water
403.54
Light
429.32
Sundries
248.46
$11,350.84
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Net income 1924
On hand January 1, 1924
$16,034.27 15,144.42
$31,178.69
PAID FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF THE TOWN
Addition to salaries of As- sistants at Middlebor- ough Public Library $329.16
Oil Painting of George Washington for the same 300.00
Lloyd Perkins & Son, in-
stalling lavatory and
bath at the Middlebor- ough Town Farm 283.72
Underwood typewriters for High School 270.00
Commercial Course teach- ers at High School 4,220.00
Account Bridge at North Middleborough 8,130.39
Repairs on Cushman and
Smith Streets 3,699.84
$17,233.11
Balance income on hand, January 1, 1925 $13,945.58 Fund held in trust for the Middleborough Public Library
ASSETS
Bonds, and premiums on same $45,636.05 Savings Banks 3,630.32 963.75
Cash
$50,230.12
LIABILITIES
Devised under will $50,000.00 230.12
Profit and loss
$50,230.12
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INCOME FOR 1924
Receipts for 1924 $2,005.31
Paid Treasurer of Middleborough Public Library 2,005.31
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER E. WESTON GEORGE W. STETSON Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce
Middleborough, Mass., January 30, 1925.
Middleborough, Mass., January 30, 1925 I hereby certify that I have examined and audited the books and accounts of the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, examined and compared the securities, verified the cash, and that the above statements are correct and in ac- cordance with their accounts.
FRANK D. HICKEY,
Examiner. Division of Accounts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE MARIA L. H. PIERCE FUND FOR INMATES OF THE TOWN FARM
To the Board of Selectmen :
For the second time I have the honor to present the annual report of the Maria L. H. Pierce Fund for inmates at the Town Farm.
This fund is somewhat difficult to administer as the donor specified the income should be used for luxuries only, and there are so few things appreciated by the old people. They are always pleased with gifts of fruit and candies, and are especially fond of ice cream. These have been sent on holi- days and often on other occasions. Every one enjoys music, and a dozen records for the victrola have been given from time to time. Illustrated magazines have been added. It is almost useless to give them reading matter, as so many have failing eyesight, and it is quite impossible for them to read.
Tobacco and pipes for the men have been furnished through out the year.
At Christmas the Camp Fire Girls visited the home and gave the inmates a Christmas tree; the lighting, decorations, Christmas cards, confectionery and a gift for each person was provided by this fund.
Many thanks are due the Matron for her kindly suggest- ions.
Balance of income Jan. 1, 1924
$286.34
Income for 1924
187.32
$473.66
Expended 1924
108.37
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1925
$365.29
Respectfully submitted,
ADELAIDE K. THATCHER.
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Lot Endowed®
Fund
Balance
Central and So. Middleboro Cemeteries:
M. H. Cushing $400.00
$498.02
Central and Nemasket Hill Cemeteries:
Joseph and Nathaniel Leonard
400.00
535.98
Central and No. Middleboro Cemeteries: Everett Robinson
300.00
537.61
Rock and Ewer Cemeteries:
Tinkham and Gibbs
150.00
180.71
Nemasket Hill and Rock Cemeteries:
Vaughan and Thomas
50.00
52.72
Central Cemetery : .
Harding C. Angus
100.00
106.26
Sylvanus Barrows
135.00
149.42
Sarah E. Bartlett
100.00
113.23
T. H. and H. A. Besse
100.00
113.78
Andrew J. Bisbee
100.00
110.74
Samuel S. Bourne
100.00
117.16
Rufus J. Brett
100.00
105.76
Frederick O. Burgess
61.27
64.43
Joseph W. Cobb
100.00
112.31
Charles A. Cole
20.00
21.82
Robert V. Cole
82.14
89.62
Richard Cox
25.00
26.14
Edward H. Cromwell
100.00
106.08
William E. Crosby
100.00
109.41
Josiah C. Cushing
200.00
220.41
Lydia B. Cushing
50.00
52.32
William L. Dean
100.00
107.43
Edwin P. Dorrance
150.00
178.23
168
James Dowsing
51.61
54.07
Mary E. Drake
100.00
115.06
Hannah S. Drew
100.00
115.24
Arlon R. Dustin
50.00
50.75
Andrew W. Faton
100.00
105.95
Ziba Eaton
100.00
111.78
George C. Fairbanks
100.00
104.88
Egger and Southwick
100.00
113.88
Axel E. Fagerberg
100.00
101.50
David H. Farrar
100.00
108.53
N. N. Fenno
100.00
113.12
Albert F. Finney
100.00
105.00
William J. Francis
60.00
63.25
S. B. Gibbs
100.00
110.87
Gilmore Lot
100.00
110.58
John B. Griffith
100.00
100.75
William M. Haskins
100.00
119.76
Simeon Hathaway
100.00
104.13
George H. Hermann
100.00
106.23
Henry M. Hodges
100.00
114.00
P. B. Holmes
100.00
123.09
Jacob Jackson
75.00
78.94
B. F. Jones
100.00
111.62
Sarah P. Jones
100.00
104.76
Annie M. Keedwell
100.00
106.69
George H. Keene
100.00
106.69
Central Cemetery
Henry C. Keith
$100.00
$111.78
Clara S. Kelley
100.00
112.96
Eliza H. Kelley
100.00
114.61
William A. King
100.00
105.93
Calvin D. Kingman
100.00
107.76
John B. Knowland
100.00
112.47
Robert W. Lashures
100.00
111.32
Otis Leach
100.00
105.96
Mrs. Lehman
60.00
63.57
169
James Allen Leonard
150.00
162.09
Lewis Lincoln
200.00
248.77
James Livingston
100.00
108.56
Galen E. H. Lovell
100.00
105.13
Thomas J. Lovell
100.00
108.31
Mary A. MacDaniel
100.00
106.50
Benj. S. MacLauglin
100.00
104.50
Arthur C. MacMann
75.00
78.38
John N. Main
100.00
107.81
J. P. McCully
100.00
106.01
John R. Merrick
50.00
52.26
Clara L. Metcalf
100.00
107.91
Alden Miller
100.00
110.26
Albert F. Mitchell
100.00
105.12
Ebenezer Nelson
50.00
77.16
Simeon L. Nickerson
100.00
105.13
Susan R. Norveille
100.00
108.56
Sophronia P. Osborne
100.00
111.70
E. S. Ober
100.00
100.00
Willard Osborne
100.00
107.91
A. Judson Partridge
100.00
108.06
Alvin Pease
100.00
109.29
Joseph L .. Pease
100.00
108.91
Job Peirce
100.00
105.13
Arad Perkins
100.00
105.50
David R. Perkins
75.00
79.34
Josephine Perkins
200.00
231.37
Esther A. Phinney
125.00
143.81
Andrew J. Pickens
100.00
108.20
Ebenezer Pickens
100.00
106.98
Lizzie P. Pierce
100.00
107.91
T. W. Pierce
100.00
108.72
C. Allen Porter
100.00
113.91
John B. Ramsdell
50.00
52.26
Alfred Randall
100.00
119.81
Aaron Raymond
100.00
110.53
Lucy A. Raymond
100.00
108.48
170
Mary A. Raymond
100.00
114.12
Sylvanus W. Reed
100.00
101.13
George W. Rich
100.00
106.10
John D. Rockwell
50.00
52.26
Amanda S. Rossiter
100.00
105.00
Albert A. Savery
50.00
52.26
Albert Shaw
100.00
103.38
Jairus H. Shaw
50.00
52.32
Louise Seymour
100.00
104.50
Joshua Sherman
100.00
105.63
Ephraim Simmons
150.00
162.85
George F. Sisson
50.00
52.26
George Soule
100.00
104.50
Hartley A. Sparrow
45.00
47.04
Jacob G. Sparrow
100.00
111.14
Louisa Spooner
100.00
113.22
Henry E. Standish
100.00
100.38
Edwin F. H. Stevens
100.00
109.90
Isaiah S. Swift
100.00
107.55
William Swift
100.00
105.87
Reuben Taylor
100.00
113.36
Charles M. Thatcher
100.00
106.69
Eliphalet Thomas
50.00
52.32
Lydia N. Thomas
100.00
110.21
Allerton Thompson
100.00
114.12
Jason F. Thurston
50.00
52.26
Charles A. Tinkham
100.00
106.69
Margaret J. Tinkham
100.00
107.12
B. F. Tripp
100.00
110.98
John Walley
50.00
52.26
Ward Lot
110.00
112.79
Azel Washburn
100.00
125.12
William Washburn
50.00
52.32
Flora A. Weston
50.00
52.32
Chauncy D. White
100.00
114.69
Sarah D. White
500.00
741.05
Clara F. Willis
100.00
100.38
171
Henrietta Wilmot
100.00
106.50
Nemasket Hill Cemetery :
Frances H. Aller
100.00
106.00
Frances C. Belcher
200.00
217.68
Boomer Lot
100.00
105.62
Edward Bryant
100.00
107.13
Catherine P. Chace
100.00
119.08
Elijah Burgess
100.00
106.19
Cordelia Crocker
50.00
52.54
Joshua M. Eddy
100.00
139.09
Austin Ford
50.00
52.99
William W. Goss
100.00
118.20
Chas. E. W. Grinnell
100.00
114.01
George A. Harlow
100.00
105.12
Conrad J. Hermann
100.00
111.02
Alvin C. Howes
100.00
112.65
James & Drake
100.00
218.77
E. S. Hathaway
200.00
208.25
Joseph B. Kettle
100.00
107.80
Charles E. Leonard
200.00
228.80
Samuel S. Lovell, et al
150.00
156.76
Carlton W. Maxim
100.00
107.12
Deborah A. Paun
100.00
110.08
Henry F. Pope
100.00
137.26
S. Lewis Pratt
100.00
117.19
Arthur I. Randall
200.00
240.98
Sophronia L. Reed
50.00
55.87
Louis Ritter
75.00
85.47
J. Martin Robbins
50.00
53.17
Rhoda J. Savery
100.00
145.72
John Shaw
100.00
107.79
William Shiverick
150.00
179.64
Charles Soule
100.00
141.84
Warren H. Southworth
50.00
85.42
John C. Sullivan
100.00
103.00
Edmund Thompson
50.00
54.06
Oliver H. Thompson
100.00
139.59
172
Benj. O. Tillson
50.00
51.51
Benj. C. Tinkham
50.00
55.01
Edward F. Tinkham
200.00
244.96
Agnes Tribou
50.00
58.01
Nahum W. Tribou
75.00
82.12
Nathan H. Vaughn
100.00
107.79
Nancy Warner
100.00
110.35
Hannah C. Warren
50.00
52.91
Warren Lot
50.00
54.30
C. P. Washburn
100.00
112.65
Philander Washburn
100.00
116.77
Waterman Lot
100.00
106.28
Thomas Weston
150.00
210.95
B. P. Wood
100.00
142.73
Cornelius B. Wood
150.00
218.02
Ellen T. Wood
100.00
131.05
Julia M. Wood
100.00
124.26
Nelson & Albert Wood
100.00
121.07
Priscilla Wood
50.00
60.14
Thomas Wood
100.00
133.19
St. Mary's Cemetery
Honora Creedon
100.00
127.05
Timothy F. Creedon
100.00
105.63
Daniel Halisey
100.00
118.33
George Jeffers
500.00
714.08
Jeremiah Lynch
100.00
107.13
Eugene S. McCarthy
100.00
107.13
Edmund S. Russell
100.00
126.21
Thomas B. Sheehan
100.00
108.14
Hannah Sullivan
100.00
105.63
John Walsh
50.00
50.38
North Middleboro Cemetery
Earl H. Cushman
100.00
117.60
Oliver Eaton
200.00
231.25
Richard Howes and David Alden
500.00
536.30
Sumner Keith
100.00
140.76
173
Jared Pratt
150.00
223.50
Waldron and Barrows
150.00
212.33
Zebulon Pratt
250.00
254.69
Cora A. Whitmarsh
200.00
206.00
Thomstown Cemetery
Care of Cemetery
260.00
405.24
Atwood Lot
100.00
132.41
Atwood Lot
100.00
275.10
Asa and Clarinda Shaw
100.00
152.03
Eleazer Thomas
100.00
177.43
Josiah H. Thomas
100.00
117.37
Col. Stephen Thomas
50.00
58.96
Marcia E. Thurston
50.00
52.82
South Middleboro Cemetery
Samuel N. Gammons
100.00
110.03
Ephraim A. Hunt
50.00
54.63
W. O. and S. T. Le Baron
50.00
54.86
Nathaniel F. Shurtleff
200.00
220.26
John E. Smith
50.00
54.52
John and Henry Thomas
50.00
54.86
John Tinkham
50.00
54.52
Cemetery at the Green
Ira Bryant
100.00
119.20
Rebecca Bryant
100.00
101.87
Atwood Lot
100.00
111.53
Jennie M. Carpenter
100.00
105.63
Joseph Clark
100.00
120.69
Nelson Cobb
50.00
57.38
Julia H. Copeland
1,000.00
1,164.06
Orien E. Deane
100.00
116.23
Thomas Gammons
100.00
115.81
Branch Harlow
100.00
151.49
Stephen Harlow
100.00
115.42
Ira O. Littlejohn
50.00
52.07
Osamos Littlejohn
100.00
108.61
174
Seth Miller
300.00
346.44
Thompson Miller
50.00
52.53
James Gilbert Nichols
50.00
54.87
Mrs. Darius Smith
100.00
102.25
Ira Smith
100.00
102.25
Augustus H. Soule
100.00
126.14
J. B. & I. H. Thompson
100.00
217.33
Lydia R. Thompson
100.00
148.69
Philander Thompson
100.00
102.95
Ruel Thompson
100.00
110.41
David Wood
100.00
125.19
H. N. Wilbur
100.00
101.87
Julia M. Wood and Caroline Robbins
50.00
57.66
Rock Cemetery:
C. N. Atwood
100.00
120.98
Deborah Carver
100.00
169.21
Harvey W. Carver
200.00
216.70
Maria F. Chace
100.00
124.98
Julia S. Cobb
100.00
121.28
Dr. Samuel Cobb
45.00
57.07
Sylvester F. Cobb
100.00
178.72
Charles F. Cushman
176.75
277.74
Jacob Cushman
50.00
53.91
Mary B. Keith
75.00
113.39
Seth Morton
100.00
160.89
Isaac Perkins
150.00
183.26
Phoebe Pierce
50.00
55.33
M. Horace Ryder
100.00
111.20
George W. Sherman
50.00
54.56
A. J. Smith
50.00
54.61
Israel Smith and
100.00
110.13
Nathaniel F. Ryder
Ephraim H. Thomas
75.00
93.42
Thomas and Barrows
1,000.00
1,931.94
Winchester lot
100.00
108.57
Jane A. Wood
18.44
20.35
175
Purchade Cemetery
Andrew L. Alden
50.00
71.57
David Allen
100.00
107.16
Lysander Richmond
100.00
164.37
Sachem St. Cemetery
Gammons lot
50.87
88.36
Thomas Smith
50.00
60.13
Almeda E. Thomas
50.00
78.98
Summer St. Cemetery :
Jonathon T. Washburn
200.00
290.93
Fall Brook Cemetery :
Joshua A. Bishop
100.00
105.57
Atwood and Thomas
200.00
209.11
Gilbert Pierce Cemetery
50.00
75.60
Marion Road Cemetery
Isaac Cushman
100.00
136.22
Wappanucket Cemetery
Benjamin Richmond
400.00
533.58
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
For the year ending December 31, 1924
Total paid for Temporary and Mothers' Aid $15,128.89
Expense of House and Farm, including salary of Supt. and Matron 9,294.44
Salary and expenses of Overseers of the Poor 449.60
Town Physician 203.00
Office Expenses 10.00
$25.085.93
The Temporary Aid has been disbursed as follows- Residence and settlement here, 28 families, 86 persons 7,180.07
Residence here with settlement elsewhere, 4 fami- lies, 17 persons 1,445.73
Of this amount Middleborough gets total reimbursement. Residence elsewhere with settlement here, 6 families, 23 persons 627.87
Under Chap. 118 Mothers' Aid.
Residence and settlement here, 6 families, 25 persons 1/3 of this is reimbursed by the State 3.720.04
Residence here with settlement elsewhere, 3 families, 17 persons 1,520.18
Of this amount Middleborough gets total reimbursement.
Residence elsewhere, with settlement here, 1 family, 4 persons 1/3 reimbursement from the State 635.00
$15,128.89
177
The reimbursements received by Middleborough
from the State and other Towns for aid ren- dered, has been
2,893.63
Reimbursements due and unpaid
2,259. 74
$5,153.37
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT
Expense of House and Stable, including salary of Supt. and Matron $9,294.44
RECEIPTS
Cash received for board and farm pro- ducts sold
$6,231.58
Board due and unpaid Dec. 31, 1924, 350.56
We have on hand farm produce, gro-
ceries, fuel, prov., etc. 1,108.08
$7,690.22
$1,604.22
As there are ten people at the Farm dependent on Middle- borough, this $1,604.22, would mean a net cost to the Town of $160.00, for each person, or approximately $3.00 per week for each person.
There have been 33 different persons at the Farm during the year, not counting the help. At the present time there are 20, ten of whom are boarders. Three have died during the year.
VALUATION
90 acres, farm and buildings
$23,500.00
51 acres, 3 wood lots
1,000.00
Live stock 625.00
Hay and produce
715.00
Groceries, meat and provisions
125.00
Furniture
700.00
Machinery, tools and implements
875.00
Wagons, harnesses, etc.
300.00
Dressing, wood and coal
430.00
$28,270.00
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MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Report of the Treasurer for 1924
PEIRCE FUND
Receipts :
Peirce Trustees
$2,005.31
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