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2 22
8151 50
Amount expended from July 7th to Nov. 3d on highway.
C. A. Horton, horse, cart and man 5 days at 3.00 15 00
Sept. 13, 14. 15, 17. 22
H. A. Horton, 5 days at 1.50 7 50
Sept. 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 7 50
Joe White, 5 days at 1.50
Sept. 13, 14, 15. 17, 22
Irving Horton, 5 days at 1.50 7 50
Sept. 13, 14, 15, 17, 22
J. N. Horton and horse 1/2 day 1 50
C. A. Horton, 1 day 2 00
4 horses, 2 carts. 2 men 7 days at 8.50 59 50
2 horses, 1 cart, 1 man 2 days at 3.40 6 80
Oct. 22, 23, 24, 25, 27. 30. 31, Nov. 1. 2
J. G. Horton, 5 days at 1.50 Oct. 22, 23, 24, 25, 27
7 50
II. A. Horton, 7 6-10 days at 1.50 11 40
Oet. 23. 24, 25, 27. 30, Nov. 1. 2
W.B Reed, 2 horses, 1 cart and man 6 8-10 days at 4.25 28 90 Oct. 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, Nov. 1
G.E. Horton, 2 horses.cart and man 26-10days at 4.25 11 05 Oct. 23, 24, 25, 27
J. B. Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 6 days at 4.25 25 50 Oct. 23, 24, 25, 27, 30. 31
12 90
E. E. Horton and man 4 3-10 days at 3.00 Oct. 24, 25, 27, 30, Nov. 1, 2
O. N. Horton, 6 4-10 days at 1.50
Oct. 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, Nov. 1. 2 9 60
J. N. Horton, 6 days at 1.50 Oct. 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31 9 00
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H.W. Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 1 6-10 days at 4.25 6 80 Nov. 1, 2
Joe White, 6 days at 1.50 9 00
Oct. 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31
C. A. Horton, 229 loads gravel at 6c 13 74
J. B. Horton, 16 6 66 96
R. P. Horton, 115 66 6 6 90
$260 55
Amount expended on highway from Nov. 3 to Dec. 6, 1900.
C. A. Horton, 5 6-10 days at 2.00 11 20
4 horses, 2 carts, 2 men 7 6-10 days at 8.50 64 85
Nov. 12, 18, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 4, 5 Howard Horton, 7 7-10 days at 1.50 11 55
Nov. 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 27, Dec. 3, 4, 5
J. G. Horton, 7 7-10 days at 1.50 11 55
Nov. 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 4, 5 L. A. Drown, 5 3-10 days at 1.50 Nov. 16, 17, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 4 O. N. Horton, 4 8-10 days at 1.50 7 20
7 95
Nov. 13, 17, 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3
J. N. Horton, 5 3-10 days at $1.50 7 95
Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 4 Joe White, 3 2-10 days at 1.50 4 80
Nov. 13, 14, 17, 19
E. E. Horton, 8 8-10 days at 1.50 13 20
Nov. 12, 13, 16, 17, 23, 24, Dec. 3 .
A. A. Horton, 8-10 days at 1.50 1 20
Dec. 3
H. W.Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 5 6-10 days at 4.25 23 80 Nov. 12, 13, 16, 17, 23, 24, Dec. 3
W. B. Reed,2 horses,cart and man 1 6-10 days at 4.25 6 80 Nov. 12, 13
J. B. Horton, 2 horses, cart and man 3 1-0 days at 4.25 13 60 Nov. 13, 16, 17, 19
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G. E. Horton, 2 1-10 days at 1.50 3 15
2 horses, cart and man 3 3-10 days at 4.25 14 02
Nov. 19, 23, 24, Dec. 3, 4
Enoch Wheeler, 2 4-10 days at 1.50 Nov. 19, 23, 24,
3 60
T. A. Briggs, 80 loads gravel at 6c
4 80
Lucinda B. Horton, 50
66
6
3 00
C. A. Horton, 60
66
6
3 60
R. P. Horton, 63
66
6
3 78
$221 60
There has been placed upon the highways 955 double loads of gravel.
Whole amount expended
$890 01
Rec'd. of Treasurer March 6
$24 65
66 June 2
232 71
66 July 7
141 50
Nov. 3
259 35
66
Dec. 6
218 80
Amount due Feb. 9, 1901
13 00
฿890 01
$890 01
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
The following annual report of the Overseers of the Poor for the year ending Feb. 10, 1901, is respectfully presented : -
The amount available for the fiscal year ending Feb. 10, 1901, was,
Appropriation,
$1200 00
Received from sales at the town farm
350 00
relatives for board 169 46
66 State of Massachusetts for aid of state paupers 250 03
$1969 49
Amount overdrawn Feb. 10, 1901
194 73
Amount available Feb. 10,1900 to Feb. 10, 1901 $1774 76
There was paid during the year ending Feb. 10, 1901,
For town relief
$442 21
For support of the town farm 579 03
Paid to other cities and towns for relief 299 80
for support in private families
147 71
for support in insane asylums
448 75
$1917 50
Amount overdrawn, Feb. 10th, 1901, $142 74
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CLAIMS.
Aid rendered paupers who have no settlement in Dighton, remaining unpaid, whose set- tlement is acknowledged elsewhere $113 50
Seven families comprising seventeen persons have re- ceived partial support during a part of the year, of which two containing eight persons, had a legal settlement in Dighton, and five families containing nine persons, had settlements in other towns or were State paupers.
Two families containing six persons, having a settle- ment in Dighton, have been aided by other towns and cities.
The whole number having a settlement in Dighton, who received full support during the whole or a part of the year in insane asylums, and private families, was five.
Supported in insane asylums, Philip J. McMannus, Charles Cobb and Nancy Waldron. Board of Charles Cobb re-imbursed by M. L. Cobb of Boston.
Two children were supported in private families until August, 1900, when by the provisions of Chapter 397, Acts 1900, the same were committed to the custody of the State Board of Charity.
There has been no inmates at the almshouse during the past year.
Number of tramps lodged at the almshouse during the year, 57.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
AMOUNT RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTEND- ENT FROM SALES AT THE TOWN FARM AND OTHER SOURCE, YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1st, 1901.
Received from sale of poultry
$137 35
eggs
411 71
hen dressing
5 00
apples
12 50
potatoes
26 30
milk
54
vinegar
1 35
66
COW
45 00
Received from labor
2 00
66 .
pasture,
46 20
Cash on hand last settlement
60 90
#748 85
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ANNUAL REPORT.
BILLS PAID BY THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PROVISIONS AND SUPPLIES AT THE TOWN FARM FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1,1901.
Blacksmithing and shoeing horse
$11 42
Bug death
95
Repairs on wagon
50
Meat
42 95
Filing saws
15
Hardware
3 16
Grain
2 98
Scraps
33 00
Groceries
125 52
Cow
35 00
Heifer
20 00
Eggs
4 23
Whitewashing and paper hanging
1 80
Medicines
1 00
Cabbage
2 00
Poultry netting
7 30
Dr. A. G. Walker, Veterinarian
15 00
Lumber
22 71
Repairs on harness
60
Making cider
-
1 00
Seeds
1 65
Labor
18 63
Paid to town treasurer
350 00
Cash on hand February 1, 1901
47 30
$748 85
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ANNUAL REPORT.
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE TOWN FARM,
FEBRUARY 1, 1901.
1 horse $75 00
2 cows 70 00
264 fowls 158 40
15 bush. potatoes, 12, 10 small 3, hay 40 55 00
Grain and scraps 20, wood 45, grain bags 1.75 66 75
Vinegar 12, provisions 35, household furniture 225 casks, 2 274 00
Cranberry rake, 75c shovels 25c cook stove 1.50 ladders, 3 5 50
Express wagon 50. lumber wagon 50. ox sled 8. horse sled 12 120 00
Harnesses 30. whiffletree and chains 3. picks 1.50 34 50
Axes 2. saws, hoes, scythes, and snaths 1. 3 00
Plows 4. cultivators 6. harrows 10. 20 00
Iron bar 1. grindstone 4. wheelbarrow 2. cattle ties 2 9 00
Hay forks 2, manure forks 1.50 shaving brake.50 4 00 Curry comb and brush .50 potato diggers .75 rakes .50 1 75 Baskets 1.25 drawing knife and wrench 1. corn knives 1. 3 25
Bushel boxes, pork barrels, barrels and chests 5 00
Wheel jack .50 lantern .75 kettle .50 1 75
Horse and carriage blankets 3. syringe 1.50 oil and can 1.75 6 25
Clothes wringer 2. washing machine 3. 5 00
Rubber gloves 3. coal hod 50c stove in shop 8.50 12 00
$930 65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid by Selectmen's Orders.
1900.
Mar. 3 E. E. Horton, salary $22 91
Apr. 7 22 91 66
May 5 6: 25 00
June 2
25 00
July 7
25 00
7 J. S. Place & Co., grain bill
120 44
Aug. 8 E. E. Horton, salary
25 00
Sept. 1 66
25 00
Oct. 6
25 00
Nov. 3 66
25 00
Dec. 1
66
25 00
1901.
Jan. 1
25 00
1 J. S. Place & Co., grain bill 162 77
Feb. 2 E. E. Horton, salary 25 00
$579 03
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
1900.
Paid by Selectmen's Orders.
Feb. 12 J. W. Read, wood for Mrs. William Thornly $3 25
Mar. 3 Town of West Bridgewater, assistance of Mrs. Richard Westcoat 29 00
66 Town of Somerset, aid of Mary Sylvia in 1898 18 55
" 6 Geo. B. Perry, aid of Mrs. William Thornly 78 00
Apr. 7 Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Chas. Cobb 41 79
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Philip J. McMannus 36 00
Mrs. A. T. Pierce, board and clothing William H. Lee, 71 94
66 Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Jose Sousa 4 50
6: T. L. & J. H. Church, coal for Mrs. William Thornly
6 75
Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Nan- cy Waldron 38 57
May 5 Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Frank Cash 1 00
Dr. J. B. Sayles, medicines for Frank Sylvia 14 00
"31 Sarah Bowles, board and clothing of Florence M. Lee 30 00
June 2 Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Ellen Thornly 21 00
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Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Everett Thornly 5 00
66 Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Geo. Thornly 7 00
.6 Dr. H. B. Baker, medical attendance of Arthur Thornly 7 00
July 7 Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Philip J. McMannus 136 40
66 Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Chas. Cobb 42 25
" 24 Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Nan- cy Waldron 39 00 ,
Aug. 4 City of Fall River, aid of James R. Hamer
87 00
6. A. J. Barker, medicine for Mrs. William Thornley 85
6: Geo. B. Perry, groceries for Mrs. Wil- 7 liam Thornly 50 60
" 8 Dr. J. B. Sayles, medical attendance Marie Antonie Coreia 31 00
Oct. 5 Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Phil- lip J. McManus 36 80
Taunton Insane Aylum, board of Chas. Cobb 42 71
" 6 Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Nan- cy Waldron 32 86
66 L. Lincoln & Co., rent of Mrs. William Thornley 4 50
Nov. 3
"15 Mrs.A.M. Rodger,board of Ella Thornly 9 00 Mrs. A. T. Pierce, board of William H. Lee 45 50
66 Mrs. A. M. Rodgers, board of Ella Thornley 4 50
66 Mrs. Mary Morris, aid of Marie Antonie Coreae 9 53
" 16 Dr. J. B. Sayles, medical attendance of Oscar Carlson 92 00
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66 S. J. Chase, nursing and medicines for Oscar Carlson 21 50
Dec. 6 Mıs. A. M. Rodgers, board of Ella Thornley 6 00
1901.
Jan. 4 Mrs. A. M. Rodgers, board of Ella Thornley 6 00
66 . Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Phil- lip J. Mc Manus 36 80
6 Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Chas. Cobb 42 71
J. W. Read, groceries for Mrs. William Thornley 6 00
66 Geo. B. Perry, groceries for Mrs. Wil- liam Thornley 8 00
6. Geo. B. Perry, groceries for Mrs. Mary Goff 10 00
" う Taunton Insane Asylum, board of Nan- cy Waldron 32 86
66 Ira P.Briggs,assistance of John Wheeler
8 00
Feb. 2 Joseph Pitts, shoes for Frank, Edith,and Clarence Cash 3 25
Mrs. E. M. Rodgers, board of Ella Thornly 6 00
66
J. G. Tompkins, wood and coal for Mrs. Frank Sylvia 8 25
66 Town of West Bridgewater, aid of Mrs. Richard Wastcoat 165 25
$1338 47
All of which is respectfully submitted,
JAMES N. PAUL, - Overseers E. E. LINCOLN, of the
IRA P. BRIGGS, Poor.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Treasurer's Report.
For the financial year ending Feb. 10, 1901.
1900.
RECEIPTS.
Feb. 10 Balance in treasury at settle- ment $1762 11
Mar.19 Rec'd State Treasurer, cor-
poration tax 12 09
22 Rec'd State Treasurer, sup- port state paupers 205 50
Apr. 4 Rec'd Albert Fuller, po'ice court fines 10 00
6 Rec'd B. C. N. Bank, tem-
porary loan 2000 00
10 Rec'd M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 41 79
27 Rec'd E. D. Perry, fish note 25 00
27 Rec'd I. N. Babbitt, 66 25 00
May 9 Rec'd Town of Berkley, painting D. & B. bridge 6 22
19 Rec'd W. E. Walker, butch- er's license 1 00
21 Rec'd C. C. Madison, butch- er's license 1 00
26 Rec'd B. C. N. Bank, tempo- rary loan 2500 00
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July 4 Rec'd Hood & Marble, oys- ter note 275 00
4 Rec'd Albert Fuller, police court fine 20 00
9 Rec'd Town of Berkley, re- pairs D. & B. bridge 66 33
12 Rec'd M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 42 25
Aug. 1 Rec'd C. S. Cummings Co. school house loan 5430 00
Sept. 1 Rec'd State Treasurer, in- spection of animal 18 44
Oct. 2 Rec'd Albert Fuller, police court fines 28 50
6 Rec'd E. E. Horton, sale. of produce at almshouse 250 00
12 Rec'd M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 42 71
Nov.21 Rec'd Eugene Oliver, butch- ers license 1 00
Dec. 12 Rec'd State Treasurer aid
Marie A. Coraza 40 53
Corporation tax 1900 137 99
Nat. Bank 66 850 50
Military aid 36 00
State aid 483 00
St. railway tax
636 63
Jan. 9 Rec'd M.L.Cobb board of C.
Cobb 42 71
23 Rec'd George F. Pratt, dog fund 252 60
Rec'd C. N. Simmons, old schoolhouse 135 00
28 Rec'd State Treasurer, sup- port of paupers 4 00
28 Rec'd State Treasurer, Mass.
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school fund 504 78
Feb. 1 Rec'd Supt. Almshouse, sale of produce 100 00 $15987 68
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
1900.
Oct. 20 Rec'd of A.N.Goff,to date $10670 59
Dec. 10 66 excise tax from street railways 728 01
1901.
Feb. 10 A.N Goff, bal .due the town 1133 03 12531 63
Total receipts
$28519 31
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES DURING 1900.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Feb. 12 Paid E. E. Lincoln, services as selectmen 42 00
Mar. 3 George C. Blandin, services auditor 5 00
J. Harvey Briggs,services as teller 2 00
J. N. Paul,services as select- man 85 00
D. F. Lane, services as town clerk 37 50
D. F. Lane,services as treas- urer 50 00
D.F. Lane,registering births, marriages and deaths to date 51 85
Geo. H. Walker, teller March 1899 2 00
26 J. E. Sears, Supt. of school salary 120 00
Apr. 7 D. T. Wood Jr., teller Mar. 5 1900 2 00
Geo. E. Gooding, assessor 65 00
W. H. Walker, inspector of animals 28 00
J.T.Horton, notifying town officers 3 50
Geo. M. Chase, services as constables 4 00
Ira P. Briggs, services as se-
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lectman 40 00
May 5
Noah Chase, services as as- sessor 30 00
T. P. Williams, services as . teller 2 00
C. C. Andrews, registrar of Voters 14 00
S. H. Whelden, teller Mar.5 1900 2 00
N. H. Rose,registrar of voters 14 00
D. F. Lane, 19 00
E. Hathaway, posting war- rants and services as constable 25 25
Jun. 2 Ezra Davol, printing 4 50
I. N. Babbitt, services as fish warden 10 00
July 7 C. H. Shank, supt. Schools salary 50 00
Sept. 1 C. H. Shank, supt. school salary 38 75
Oct. 6 W. H. Walker, inspector of animals 25 00
J. H.Horton, forest fire ward 22 90 Thomas Lee,registrar of vot- ers 1899 14 00
Nov. 3 W. H. Walker, inspector of animals 27 00
Jan. 5 D. T. Wood Jr., teller Nov. 6, 1900 3 00
C. H. Shank, supt. school salary 17 00
L.J. Wade, teller Nov. 6,1900 2 00
Feb. 2 66 assessor for 1900 30 00
$888 25
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IN CIDENTALS.
Mar. 3 Paid S. E. Fiske,printing re- ports 1900 58 40
J. N. Paul, postage, express and carfare 11 85
D. F. Lane, postage express and car fare 19 10
D. F. Lane, entertainment 4 00
Ezra Davol, printing 18 50
21
B. C. Savings Bank, int. 51 00
Apr. 6 B.C.National Bank, discount 44 22
7 A. B.Simmons, mowing cem- etery 10 00
Geo. E. Gooding, copying valuation 5 00
Geo. E. Gooding, supplies for assessors 7 80
Chas. H. Macomber, fumi- gating 4 50
George M. Chase, care of
town hall and supplies 12 31
May 5 C. H. Macomber,fumigating 4 50
Cecil T. Bagnall, printing 10 25
Samuel Hobbs & Co., index book 3 50
26 B. C. N. Bank discount 41 38
Jun. 2
C. H. Macomber, fumigating 26 50
Aug. 4
4 50
Emery Record Preserving Co., supplies 6 50
Sept.21 B. C. Savings Bank, int. 38 00
Nov. 1 C. S. Cummings Co., int. 47 25
Dec. 1 Ezra Davol, printing 23 00
A. G. Williams & Co., re- pairs on window 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
N. O. Walker, teller Mar. 5 and Nov. 6 5 00
J. A. C. Brownell, kindlings for town hall 1 50
F. Waldron, teller Nov. 6 3 00
11 A. H.Hood & Co., insurance on schoolhouses 103 25
1901.
Jan. 5 C. H. Macomber, fumigating 4 50
Town of Middleboro, care of herring 20 00
Ezra Davol, printing 3 25
M. D. Lane, copying old rec- ords 45 00
Feb. 2 Emery Record Preserving Co, mortgage book 10 00
L. E. White, legal services 17 50
F. Waldron, auctioneer 3 00
Dec. 3 A. B. Simmons,mowing cem- etery 1900 10 00
Jan. 5 A. J. Barker, supplies for board of health 1 25
$680 06
Total expenses on account of incidentals Balance unexp. Feb. 10, 1900 112 54
1568 31
Appropriation 1000 00
Oyster note 275 00
Fish notes 50 00
One half inspection of animals 18 44
Butchers' licenses 3 00
Amount available 1458 98
Overdrawn $109 33
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ANNUAL REPORT.
POOR AND ALMSHOUSE.
1901.
Feb. 10 Paid selectmen's orders to date
$1917 50
Total receipts to date 769 49
Appropriation
1200 00
1969 49
Overdrawn Feb. 10, 1900
194 73
Amt. available 1774 76
Overdrawn Feb. 10, 1901 $142 74
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Feb 10 Paid selectmen's orders to date
$601 49
Appropriation 500 00
Transferred from music approp.100 00 Bal. unexpended Feb. 10,1900 1 98 601 98
Bal. unexpended Feb. 10, 1901 49
HIGHWAYS.
Paid selectmen's orders to date 2847 68
Appropriation 2700 00
Excise tax 728 01
Unexpended Feb. 10, 1900 : 195.04 3623 05
66 1901 775 37
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE AID.
1901.
Feb. 10 Paid selectmen's orders to date $613 00
RECEIPTS.
Military aid from State Treas. 36 00
State aid 483 00 519 00
Overdrawn Feb. 10, 1900 220 00
Amt. available 299 00
Overdrawn Feb. 10, 1901 $314 00
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS.
Paid selectmen's orders to date $165 43
Appropriation 300 00
Transferred to school inciden. 100 00
Amt. available 200 00
Bal. unexpended Feb. 10, 1901
34 57
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation .. 25 00
1900.
Mar.28 Paid James H. Luther 25 00
REPAIRING DIGHTON & BERKLEY BRIDGE.
Paid selectmen's orders
$241 21
Appropriation $200 00
Rec'd from Town of Berkley 66 33
Amt. available 266 33
Unexpended Feb. 10, 1901 $25 12
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ANNUAL REPORT.
POLICE SERVICE.
1900.
Mar.10 Paid E. Hathaway,police ser. $5 56
Aug. 6
7 84
66
66
6 54
66
5 22
66
66
6 00
J. A. Negus,
4 75
Oct. 16
E. Hathaway, 66
11 34
Nov. 2
Eldorus Negus
66
2 00
Dec. 1
Charles Corey,
66
7 60
21 Fred Millard,
2 50
Appropriation
100 00
Overdrawn Feb. 10, 1900
31 52
Amt. available
68 48
Balance unexpended Feb. 10, 1901
$9 13
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.
1901.
Feb. 10 Paid Selectmen's orders
$5451 01
Appropriation
$5400 00
From sale of old schoolhouse 100 00 5500 00
Amt. unexpended $48 99
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
1900.
Oct. 6 Paid City of Taunton
$600 00
Nov. 3 Feb. 2
66 Fall River
12 50
66
12 50
625 00
Appropriation
700 00
Unexpended Feb. 10, 1900
360 00
1060 00
66 1901
435 00
.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
LIBRARY.
1900.
· Oct. 6 Paid D. F. Lane from dog fund $100 00
TOWN NOTES AND TAXES.
1900.
Oct. 20 Paid county tax $1413 04
25 B. C. Nat. Bank tem. loan 66 2000 00
2500 00
Nov. 1 B.C.Savings Bank, town note 800 00
Dec.10 State treasurer, state tax 480 00 $7193 00
SCHOOLS.
1901.
Feb. 10 Paid selectmen's orders
$1087 95
Appropriation $3300 00
Balance of dog fund 152 60
Mass. school fund 504 78
Bal. unexpended Feb. 10,1900 757 02
4714 40
1901 $626 45
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Total receipts 1900-1901 ฿28519 31
EXPENDITURES
Paid on account of Town Officers
888 25
66
Incidentals
680 06
יי
State aid
613 00
..
Highways
2847 68
66 High school
625 00
Library
100 00
66
Music in schools 165 43
Police service
59 35
66
Rep. D.& B.bridge 241 21
66
School incidentals 601 49
66
Town notes 5300 00
66
State and coun. tax 1893 04
66
Schools 4087 95
66 Poor & almshouse 1917 50
Memorial day 25 00
66
New schoolhouse 5451 01
25495 97
Balance in Treasury Feb. 10, 1901
$3023 34
TOWN'S INDEBTEDNESS BY NOTES.
Two notes of $300 each held by Bristol County Sav- ings Bank payable Nov. 1st, 1901, 1902 respectively at 414 per cent.
Also six notes of $900 each payable at the office of C. S. Cummings & Co., Boston Mass., on Nov. 1st 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, respectively at 3 1/2 per cent.
Respectively submitted, DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Auditor's Report.
Dighton, Mass. Feb. 9, 1901.
I have this day examined the books and accounts of Dwight F. Lane, Treasurer. and find them correct and duly authenticated.
Receipts from all sources
823519 31
Expenditures 25,495 97
Balance in hands of Treasurer $3023 34 I have this day examined the accounts of Albert N. Goff, Collector of Taxes, and find as follows :
Committment
$12756 75
Treasurer's receipts
11803 62
Abatements
60 67
Discounts
693 34
Commission
199 12
$12756 75
Excise tax from street railways
$739 54
Balance paid Treasurer 728 01
Tax Collector's commission
11 53
$739 54
I find in the hands of the Treasurer (2) two notes signed Wm. P. Marble, and David B. Hood, for two hun- dred and seventy-five do lars ($275.00) cach due July 1st, 1901, an ! July 1st, 1902. Also two notes for fish privi- leges of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each, signed by E. D. Perry and A. N. Goff.
J. WILLIS ANDREWS,
Auditor.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHIS REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1900.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan. 8 29
Elmer Andrew Horton
Everett F. and Irene M. Horton Simeon D. and Mary E. Nichols
Feb. 2
Martha C. Whipple
20
Mary Talbot Place
Arthur W. and Jennie Whipple Josialı S. and Fannie L. Place Emanuel and Reido Costa
22
Charles A. Carr
Charles E. and Candace G. Carr
Apr. 26
Clifford Carleton Marble
Charles E. and Evelyn Marble
May
16
Willian Wallace Emerson
Lyman J. and Mary JJ. Emerson
26
Clifton E. Boothe
Fred and Katie Boothe
25
Ralph Emerson Read
Fred and Sadic Reed
June 10 Aug. 2 4 7
Manuel Cordoza Mary Cambria
Frank and Mary Cambria
Sept. 18
Lawrence Alfred Gordon
29
Henry C. Chase
25
Marion Rodrigues
Oct. 2
Catherine Driscoll
14
Laban W. Chase
Benjamin S. and Alice A. Chase Hiram G. and Laura Jones
Nov. 17
Jolin Francis Hathaway
24
Earl Preston Chase
28
George Cambral
George E. and Mary E. Hathaway E. Emmons and Emma I. Chasè Manuel and Mary Cambral Ellston and Addie Waterman
Dec. 9 9
Merton Vernon Waterman
12
Leopold Fornicr Chase
Joseph and Amanda Fornier Charles and Eliza Clase Theodore and Mary Leonard
26
John Herbert Leonard Maurice Correia
Maurice and Marie Correia
Nov. 7
Suiza
Manuel and Annie Suiza
30
Mary Smith Nichols
Mar. 1
Emanuel Costa
Hattie Louisa Whelden
Silas H. and Helen Whelden
Frank and Anna Cordoza
Hilda Hathaway
Fred M. and Emma F. Hathaway Carl and Helga Gordon
Sylvanus J. and Fannie G. Chase Marion and Silesia Rodrigues John and Maggie Driscoll
18
Arthur E. Jones
56
ANNUAL REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1900.
Feb. 13. Charles A. Chase of Dighton aud Eliza Paling of Taunton, by Rev. Charles H. Shank.
March 29. Alfred L. Crotty of Taunton and Susan E. Codding of Dighton, by Rey. Charles H. Shank.
March 29. Henry W. Wheeler of Rehoboth and Lillian J. Wheeler of Dighton, by Rev. Abram L. Bean.
April 12. George W. Wood of Milford and Edith F. White of Dighton, by Rev. Charles H. Shank.
April 18. Robert W. Whitmarsh and Mary I. Brightman, both of Dighton, by Rev. A. J. Rich.
May 29. Harry Simonds of So. Braintrec and Gertrude M. Eaton of Dighton, by Rev. C. F. Crathern.
July 31. Franklin R. Child and Nettie M. Sprague, both of Dighton, by Rev. J. H. Newland.
Aug. 25. Antonio Rodrigues and Filomena Conceicao, both of Digliton, by Rev. James A, Ward.
Sept. 22. Joseplı Rodrigues and Maria Davilla, both of Dighton, by Rev. James A. Ward.
Sept. 26. Patrick J. Brady of Taunton and Margaret A. Markey of Dighton, by Rev. James L. Smith.
Oct. 3. Henry E. Horton of Dighton and Flora M. Goff of Rehoboth, by Rev Charles H. Shank.
Oct. 28. Horace Sponagle of Dighton and Lena M. Blake of Springfield, by Rev. O. H. Wallace.
Nov. 5. John F. Sylvia and Antonio Conceicao, both of Dighton, by Rev. J. H. MacDonald.
Nov. 28. William H. Driscoll of Dighton and Margaret E. Barry of Taunton, by Rev. James L. Smith.
Nov. 28. Benjamin I. Hathaway of Dighton and Ida M. Olney of Rehoboth, by Rev. Charles H. Shank.
Nov. 28. Darius E. White of Dighton and Lena Reilly of Taunton, by Rev. James L. Smith.
Nov. 28. John Stanley and Albertha Bilodeau, both of Dighton, by Rev. Dorrall Lee.
Nov. 29. Jessie Rapoza of Portsmouth, R. I., and Iplirinina Tavares of Dighton by Rev. James L. Smith.
Dec. 9. George A. Richmond and Margaret L. Reardon, both of Dighton, by Rev. William W. Adams.
Dec. 18. George W. Briggs and Rena M. Talbot, both of Dighton, by Rev. A. J. Rich.
57
ANNUAL REPORT.
DEATHS REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1900.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Yrs.
Mos.
DyS.
Jan.
1
Martha A. Haskins
C1
7
10
Old Age
14
Naney Gooding
74
4
10
Paralysis
19
Albert E. Baham
Pneumonia
23
Elizabeth S. Andrews
58
8
23
Cerebral Hemorrhage
25
Margaret Doulon
2
11
23
Malarial Fever
29
James MeKay
68
Eudocarditas
Fcb.
9
Saralı M. Ashley
50
4
19
Disease of Heart
13
Herbert N. Gay
20
7
7
Hemorrhage
13
Charles Miller Baham
31
3
3
Consumption
26
James D. Codding
80
4
19
Senile Debility
April 2
Thomas B. Witherell
7.2
2
3
Pneumonitis
5
Elizabeth T. Shove
69
11
21
Obstruetion of Intestines
24
Randall B. Bullock
75
9
2
Heart Disease
24
Alice A. Gardner
33
9
3
Acute Pneumonitis
28
Arthur W. Pieree
8
3
Pneumonia
May 8
Uriah R. Paull
29
4
18
Scarlet Fever
15
Morton W. Paul
7
-1
Acute Pulmon.Congestion
9
M. Eliza Hathaway
57
8
13
14
Phebc N. Jones
86
Apoplexia
10
Mary B. Simmons
83
10
23
Old Age
July 10
Evelyn B. Miller
6
1
Cholera Infantum
19
Louis F. Rose
8
6
Enterocolitis
13
Ansel Baleom
66
2
13
Strangulated Hernia
Sept. 5
Mary Cunningham
50
Caneer
9
Fanny W. Townsend
76
14
Disease of Heart
Oct.
9
Sun mers Hiller
78
Senility
15
Zillah Baylies
66
18
Tuberculosis
15
Gideon Dennis
75
1
6
Arterio Sclerosis
Nov. 17
Josephine Butler
2
16
Pneumonia
28
Henry H. Macker
54
1
16
Periearlitic
12
Caleb S. Cummings
88
7
1
Old Age
29
Hannah M. Palmer
80
2
12
Cerebral Hemorrhage
17
Edith M. Marshall
1
5
17
3
Cholera Infantum
June 7
Daniel S. Chase
86
3
4
Paralysis
Aug.
Gladys W. Shank
3
2
14
Dec.
Gregori Cabral
9
Tetanus
31
Warren S. Horton
9
15
58
ANNUAL REPORT.
DOGS LICENSED FOR THE YEAR 1900.
OWNERS' NAMES.
OWNERS' NAMES.
Lester Hathaway
1 m. J. E. Macker 1
m.
Francis Waldron
1 Anna F. Davis
1
Daniel O'Brien
1 W. M. Chase 1
George W. Paul
1 John McGee 1
Albert Grans
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