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Voted to adjourn to the first Saturday in June at 3.30 o'clock p. m.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
At the adjourned annual town meeting held April 4, 1903 no business was transacted. Voted to adjourn.
A town meeting was held on April 4, 1903 to consider the following articles.
Article first. To choose a moderator.
Article second. To see if the town will accept of a change in Chestnut street by discontinuing three hundred and sixty feet of the south end of said street and layout and continue said street from a point three hundred and sixty feet northwesterly from Winthrop street southerly two hundred and twenty feet to the state highway agree- able to the findings and report of our road commissioners at a hearing held March 25, 1903.
Article third. To see if the town will discontinue nine hundred and ninety feet of Winthrop street from the state highway running westerly to the new layout of Chestnut street agreeable to the findings and report of our road commissioners at a public hearing held March 25, 1903.
Article fourth. To see what action the town will take in relation to spraying shade trees and the spraying apparatus by request of the tree warden.
Article fifth. To provide such sums of money as may be necessary to construct the change in Chestnut street if accepted and ordered built by the town.
Article sixth. To see if the town will grant compen- sation to the school committee for their services agreeable to their request.
Dighton, April 4, 1903.
The meeting under foregoing warrant was called to order by the town clerk at 3.45 P. M., who read the Warrant. Charles S. Chase was chosen Moderator. The report of road commissioners in regard to Chestnut street was read by the clerk as follows : Agreeable to a vote of
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the town of Dighton at an adjourned meeting held Dec. 6th 1902, instructing the road commissioners to hold a pub- lic hearing and find out if the southeasterly part of Chest- nut street and the part of Winthrop street leading from the state highway westerly to the same ought to be discon- tinued, and if the public required a street to be laid out and constructed from said Chestnut street to the state, highway.
We, the road commissioners of Dighton have caused notices to be posted in the several post offices and in other parts of said town, caused notices to be left with the owners of land abutting on said streets and a notice pub- lished three weeks in the Taunton Herald-News, that we would meet at the house of N. Allen Walker and on the premises in said Dighton on Wednesday March 25th 1903, at ten o'clock A. M. The full board of road commissioners met at the time and place aforesaid, no person objected to the discontinuance or layout.
After viewing the premises and hearing all parties present it appears that nine hundred and ninety feet of Winthrop street westerly from the state highway, and three hundred and sixty feet of Chestnut street westerly from Winthrop. street are not needed for business or pleasure and we recommend that both be discontinued.
We find that public necessity required that a street 'or road should be laid out from the northwesterly end of the discontinuance of Chestnut street fifty feet wide to the state highway.
We do therefore lay out a continuance of Chestnut street to commence three hundred and sixty feet north- westerly from Winthrop street and be fifty feet wide and run southerly through land of William L. Walker two hundred and twenty feet to the state highway according to the bounds and stakes we have set in said land. We find
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there is no damage done any of the owner of land abutting on said discontinued part, and for the land taken from William L. Walker, and all flowage from any culvert on his premises we fix the damages to be paid him in the sum of twenty-five dollars.
CHARLES A. HORTON, Road
D. M. WHITE, Commissioners
HERBERT A. BRIGGS, of Dighton.
Dighton, March 25, 1903.
Voted to accept report of road commissioners as read by the clerk.
Voted to discontinue nine hundred and ninety feet of Winthrop street from the state highway as recommended.
Voted to discontinue three hundred and sixty feet of Chestnut street, northwesterly from Winthrop street.
Voted to lay out a street fifty feet wide from the northwesterly end of the discontinuance of Chestnut street to the state highway as recommended.
Voted to raise and appropriate ($225,) two hundred and twenty-five dollars for lay out and construction of pro- posed extension of Chestnut street and to pay for land damages.
Voted that the selectmen and road commissioners have charge of construction of extension of Chestnut street and that they let the same to the lowest responsible bidder.
Voted to take up article 4.
Voted to indefinitely postpone article 4.
Voted to take up article 6.
Voted that the secretary of the school committee be
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paid ten dollars per year for services as secretary and that the school committee have a reasonable compensation for their services.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest, DWIGHT F. LANE, Town Clerk.
A town meeting was held on June 6, 1903, to consider' the following articles.
Article first. To choose a moderator to preside.
Article second. To see what action the town will take relative to repairing and planking Dighton and Berk- ley Bridge.
Article third. To raise and appropriate money or hire money to carry into effect any vote of the town rela- tive to repairing, to planking and fixing Dighton and Berkley Bridge.
Article fourth. To see if the town will vote to recon- sider the vote to build a macadam road from the Dighton Finishing (`o. to Odd Fellows' hall and see if the town will vote to build it with gravel, by the request of one of the road commissioners.
Article fifth. To see if the town will waive all its rights under the provisions of Sect. 10, Chap. 47 of the Revised Laws to enter into a contract for the construction of a section of state highway which the Commonwealth propose to construct in the town this year.
Dighton, June 6th, 1903.
The meeting under the foregoing warrant was held on above date. The warrant was read by the clerk. James N. Paul was elected moderator by ballot.
Voted that the selectmen of Berkley have the privilege of speaking while discussing the repairing of Dighton and Berkley bridge.
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Voted that the road commissioners of Dighton and the selectmen of Dighton and Berkley are authorized to inves- tigate and perform all necessary repairs on Dighton and Berkley bridge.
Voted to lay article 3 on table.
Voted to lay article 5 on table.
Voted that the town waive all it rights to enter into a contract to build the section of state highway which the Commonwealth proposes to build this year.
Voted to lay article 4 on table.
Voted to adjourn to the last Saturday in June at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Dighton, June 27, 1903.
The adjourned town meeting, adjourned from June 6th, 1903, was held on above date James N. Paul moderator in the chair.
Voted to take up article 3.
Voted that the treasurer be authorized under the direction of the selectmen to hire ($800) eight hundred dollars for the purpose of paying for repairs, planking and painting Dighton and Berkley bridge and to give the note of the town therefor payable Nov. 1st, 1904, the said note to be paid from the taxes of 1904.
Voted to lay article 3 on table and take up article 4.
Voted that the selectmen and road commissioners be instructed to proceed to construct the road from Mt. Hope Finishing .Co., plant to Odd Fellows' Hall by contract. Voted to adjourn.
Attest, DWIGHT F. LANE, Town Clerk.
At a joint meeting of the selectmen and school com- mittee of Dighton, John T. Adams was chosen as a mem-
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ber of the school committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Ellery Briggs.
Dighton, Mass., Oct 3rd, 1903.
The selectmen and road commissioners met at town house on above date and chose Albert N. Goff a road com- missioner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Darius M. White, and Albert N. Goff was qualified for that office before the town clerk.
At the annual state election held Nov. 3, 1903, the following were appointed and qualified as tellers, D. Thurber Wood, Jr., John T. McCabe, Albert N. Goff and Silas H. Whelden, ballot clerks were Nathan O. Walker and John F. Driscoll.
The ballots having been assorted and counted the re- sult was declared as follows: Whole number of votes one hundred and forty-nine.
For Governor, John L. Bates of Boston has 128, Oliver N. Goff of Easthampton has 3, William A. Gaston of Boston has 14, blanks four.
For Lieut. Governor John Quincy Adams of Amesbury has 3, Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston has 23, William F. Merrill of Malden has 4, Richard Olney 2d, of Leicester has 10, Moritz Ruther of Holyoke has 1, blanks 8.
For Secretary, Olof Bokeland of Worcester has 1, John F. Coyle of Lynn has 1, Alfred L. Cutting of Weston has 5, Ezekiel M. Ezekiel of Springfield has 11, William M. Olin of Boston has 120.
For Treasurer and Receiver General, Edward S. Brad- ford of Springfield has 122, Napoleon B. Johnson of Mil- ford has 5, Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield has 1, Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth has 11, blanks 11.
For Auditor John H. Hogan of Lynn has 2, Alfred E. . Steele of Northampton has 7, Francis X. Letrault of South-
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bridge has 9, Henry E. Turner of Malden has 118, blanks 13.
For Attorney General, Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park has 5, John J. Flaherty of Gloucester has 10, Herbert Parker of Lancaster has 120, blanks 12.
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For Councillor 1st district, Roland C. Nickerson of Brewster has 118, Edwin Sawtell of Brockton has 9. Joseph R. Smith of Whitman has 1, William Swindlehurst of Fall River has 2, blanks 19.
For Senator, Frank M. Chace of Fall River, has 117, Benjamin F. Nickerson of Fall Biver has 17, Charles F. Ruoff of Fall River has 7, blanks 8.
For Representative, Edward C. Paul of Taunton has 133, blanks 16.
For County Commissioner, John I. Bryant of Fair Haven has 42, Charles W. Howland of Dartmouth has 94, blanks 10.
For Register of Probate and Insolvency, Arthur M. Alger of Taunton has 118, blanks 31.
For Register of Deeds, Joseph E. Wilbur of Taunton has 124, blanks 25.
For County Treasurer, Geo. F. Pratt of Taunton has 120, blanks 29.
Dighton, November 3rd, 1903.
A town meeting was held on above date to act on the following articles :
1st. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to sell the fish privileges at public auction and if so instruct- ed, then and there to sell the same.
3rd. To see if the town will instruct the road com- missioners to raise and secure a supply of water for the drinking trough at the corner of Hart and Pleasant street, agreeable to the request of interested parties.
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The meeting was called to order at 3.10 P. M., by the town clerk who read the warrant.
Charles S. Chase was chosen moderator.
The fishing privileges were sold to A. N. Goff and E. D. Perry respectively at $25 each. They giving their note for the same payable June 1st, 1904.
Voted to instruct H. A. Briggs one of the road com- missioners to procure a supply of water for the drinking fountain at the corner of Hart and Pleasant streets and to raise the fountain if deemed necessary.
Voted to adjourn.
Taunton, Nov. 13, 1903.
On above date the town clerk of Dighton and Berkley met with the city clerk of Taunton at his office to examine records of votes for representative in the 5th Bristol dis trict and found the result as follows :
Whole number of votes 1223. Edward C. Paul of Taunton has 1010, b'anks 213. Edward C. Paul was de- clared elected, certificates made out, sigued and forwarded according to law and adjourned.
The selectmen have made the following appointments during the year.
Constables, Thomas H. Walsh, Charles Marsh.
Auctioneer, Charles S. Chase.
Agent Board of Health, Dwight F. Lane. Burial agent, Daniel D. Andrews. Forest Fire ward, James H. Horton. Inspector of animals and meats William F. Walker. Registrar of voters for 3 years, J Harvey Briggs. Sealer of weights and measures, Albert N. Goff.
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Licenses granted.
Common victuallers to George K. Wilbur.
To sell fire works, Charles W. Chase, William Walton, Fred N. Reed, Manuel Perry and A. L. Briggs.
Pool tables and bowling alleys, John B. Swift.
The following have been drawn as Jurors during the year. George M. Chase, Hiram G. Jones, Henry C. Lin- coln, Albert N. Goff, Alfred A. Horton, Willard J. Reed, George T. Briggs and Silas H. Whelden.
Attest, DWIGHT F. LANE.
Town Clerk.
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Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1903.
DATE.
NAME.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan. 5
Gladys Maria Horton
10
Mary Dutra
29 Edna Avena Perry
Feb.
2
Francis Cabral
15
Carl Douglas Rose
Joseph and Faustina Rose
17
Still born
22
John W. Corr
25 Eveline Cambria
Mar. 16
John McAlvon
31 Percy B. Tinkham
Apr. 19 23 William Gaston Coats
24 Rand'ph Elias Gordon
24
Joseph Perry
May 8 Edna Bowen
13 Rogers
June 3
Sylvanus Cabral
14 Still born
July 4
Chas. Kenneth Glynn Still born
15
19 Harry Francis Lincoln 26 Arthur William Smith Nora Colintes
Aug. 20
20 Ruth Harriet Noyes
21
24
Lewis Wm. A. Eddy Flossie Cardoza Thornley
28
Sept. 27
Elvira Rogers
Oct.
7
Marion Roderick
12 Howard Grant
21
25
13 Elizabeth Earle Annie Laura Carr Elton Earle Staples Freddie Butler
Nov.
Olive Pierce Chace
30 3 30 Ridley Dec. 16
Marian Marsh
29
Still born
Everett and Irene Horton Sears and Mary Dutra Jesse and Mary Perry Joseph and Mary Cabral
Patrick and Mary Corr Manuel and Lena Cambria James F. and Rosella McAlvon Frank and Mary E. Tinkhanı Frank and Marie Mello John F. and Mary U. Coats Carl and Helga Gordon Manuel and Enas Silvera Perry Norman and Renetta Bowen Joseph and Marie Rogers Jos. and Mary Simmons Cabral
Jolın and Anna Idella Glynn
Harry and Mary Lincoln Albert E. and Kate Smith Manuel and Myra Colintes Rev. Frank J.and Gertrude Noyes William A. and Amanda Eddy Frank P. and Marie Cardoza Jesse and Lizzie Thornley Jesse and Julia Rogers Joseph and Bella Roderick Frank H. and Mary Grant Ralph and Elga Anna Earle Chas. E. and Candace G. Carr Chas. G. and Evelyn I. Staples Antone and Bertha Butler Walter E. and Mabel Chase Lewis and Ruth Ridley Charles and Sarah Marsh
Lena Mello
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED FOR YEAR 1903.
Feb. 14. Frank Perry Dutra of Dighton and Phebe Perry Faria of Taunton, by James A. Ward, priest.
Feb. 24. George L. Horton and May Blanche Swett, both of Dighton, by Charles Gordon Ames, minister of the Gospel, Boston.
April 20. Thomas P. Mattos of Taunton and Madeline Dutra of Dighton, by M. V. McDonough, priest, Taunton.
April 23. Louis F. Ridley of Taunton and Ruth A. Leonard of Dighton, by S. H. McKeen, clergyman.
May 5. Frank E. Follansbee of Dighton and Sadie E. Hunton of Prov. R. I., by O. J. White, minister.
May 9. Manuel das Reis and Anna Amelia de Cunha, both of Dighton, by James L. Smith, clergyman.
May 20. Roswell F. Gardner of Somerset and Florence E. Whit- marsh of Dighton, by A. J. Rich, clergyman.
June 3. Thomas H. Walton and Winnifred M. Tinkham, both of Dighton, by John S. Bridgeport, minister of the Gospel.
June 4. Walter C. Talbot of Dighton and Estella F. Wyatt of Somerset, by James A. Anderson, clergyman.
June 6. Manuel Rodericks and Mary Rosa Silvia, both of Dighton, by James A. Ward, priest.
June 24. Abel Frederick Crane of Taunton and Cora Emily Goff of Rehoboth, by S. H. McKeen, minister.
July 18. Joseph Souisa Phleep and Mary Costa, both of Dighton, by James A. Ward, priest.
Aug. 2. Joseph R. Brightman and Ida E. Ward, both of Dighton, by Rev. Thomas F. Norris.
Sept. 2. William W. Tinkham of Middleborough and Annie F. Davis of Dighton, by E. Watson Goodier, clergyman.
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Sept. 6. Charles L. Horton of Dighton and Clara M. Morris of Rehoboth, by Fred E. Bixby, clergyman.
Sept. 15. James Nelson Horton and Minnie A. Dean, both of Dighton, by Frank James Noyes, minister of the Gospel.
Sept. 23. William B. Kay and Eva Gertrude Smith, both of Dighton, by J. S. Bridgeford, minister of the Gospel.
Oct. 21. Charles W. Hatton of Somerset and Mabel N. Babbitt, of Dighton, by Frank J. Noyes, minister of the Gospel.
Oct. 31. Manuel Silveira of Taunton and Mary Rose of Dighton, by James A. Ward, priest.
Nov. 25. Samuel Trimble and Sarah A. McCabe, both of Dighton, by James L. Smith, clergyman.
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DEATHS REGISTERED FOR YEAR 1903.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
CAUSE OF DEATHI.
YMD
Jan. 10
Martha M. Vance
S
Mitral Insuffiiency
11
Eliza J. Smith
91
18
Senile Debility
15
Leo Sullivan Roberts
2'16
Inanition
19
Alton E. Mason
22 3.
6 Appendicitis
23
Miriam Earle
2 18 Bronchitis
24
Paul C. Roberts
2'25
Inanition
25
Margaret Leonard
67
Apoplexia
27
Mary Lee
74
3
24
Appendicitis
Feb.
8
Charles M. Snow
13
Francis Cabral
12
Inanition
17
Still born
17
Julia Grant
28
2 22
Heart Failure
21
Benjamin F. Briggs
79
6 28
Cereb'l Hemorrhage
21
Mary E. Boothe
63
4 11
Apoplexia
23
John W. Corr
1
Imperfect fœtal dev.
Mar. 25
Rebecca S. Warren
80
6 10
Tub'cular Peritonitis
26
Lavinia F. Fenner
73
8, 26 Chr.diffuse Nephritis Senile Dementia
Apr. 11
Ann M. Wood
57
6 Heart Disease
May 22
George Briggs Perry
42
2
2 Tuberculosis
27
Walter Kenyon
1
6
Convulsions
June 9
John Perry
5
22
Convulsions
9
Henrietta Mitchell
47
Phthisis Pulmonary
11
Mamie Perry Suite
4
5 11
Pulm'ryTuberculosis 66
13
John Gooding
69
15
Andrew J. Hathaway
64 10 14
Diabetes Melletis
July 1
Mary M. Dutra
5 15 Whooping Cough
2
Rose M. Rose
7
Pestussis Colitis
6
Mary J. Perry
17
Drowning
Aug.
6
William Silvia Borges
4
Pneumonia
14
Manuel Gracos
1
5 Pneumonia
Sept. 6
Isaac A. Reed
65
5
6
Pulm'ryTuberculosis
11
Darius M. White
67
7
15 Jesse P. Goff
2 12
Cardiac hypertrophy
27
Maria A. Trafton
36 6 27
Old Age
Oct. 14
Manuel Silva
5
Cholera Infantum
14
Alice Andrews Luther
81
7 26
Vesical Carcinoma
16
Catharine McManus
85
Senility
Nov. 7
Alfred E. Sherman
44 2
27 Septicaema
10
Sarah Babbitt
96
1
21 Old Age
14
Edwin A. Anthony
71
S 23 Cancer
Dec. 4
James C. Standish
56
7
13, Carcinoma
14
Ellen O'Connor
59
Chole Sittisasis
17
Charles W. Turner
81
18 Cere. Hemorrhage
25
William T. King
63|
9
9 Cancer
6
Mary J. Francis
Cholera Nostra
16
Caroline Elizabeth Earle 59 Stephen Decatur Andrews 81
4 23 6
Tub'cularPeretonitis
30
7
Bright's Disease
Typhoid Fever
26
Olive Fuller
66
2 28
Pulm'ryTuberculosis
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DOGS LICENSED FOR YEAR 1903.
OWNERS' NAMES.
OWNERS' NAMES.
Herbert Ballou
1
m. David F. Smith
1 m.
John O. Babbitt
1
S. H. Whelden 1
Jos. Perry Dupont 1
H. S. Wood
1
Mary W. Green
1 Thos. P. Williams
1
Geo. N. Goff
1
D. D. Andrews
1
Chas. O. Gay
2
J. W .. Andrews
1
Jas. Hennessey
1
E. F. Andrews
1
Benj. I. Hathaway
1 Joseph Brightman
1
Charles C. Marble
1
John Bogle
1
John Murray
1 Orin Cash
1
Jas. H. Luther
2
Lewis Carr
3
Wm. T. Place
1
Charles Carr
2
Geo. 1. Potter
1
Charles Cole
1
Bert E. Rose
fe. Wm. A. Eddy
1
Edw Shotnessy
1 m. Edmund Hathaway
1
Walter Talbot
1 fe. Mabel Haskins
1
Albert F. Townsend
1
m. Eugene Haskins
1
George H Townsend
2 Albert Sherman
1
Francis Waldron
1
George White
1
A. L. Briggs
1 Mrs. Chas. Snow
1
J. J. Davis
1 Chas. Talbot
1
S. J. Eaton
1 Eddy Watson
1
Edgar Essex
1
Obed Watson
1
A. A. Hamden
1 E. D. Perry
1
Almond Horton
2
W. E. Chase
1
Lester Hathaway
2
John Mansfield
1
WVm. O. Lee
1
Fred O. Walker
1
Chester Talbot
1
John Pickles
1
Clifford F. Wheeler
1
H. D. Pierce
1
Jas. Stoddard
1 John Silver
1
Chas. A. Chase
1
J. H. Tomlinson
1
C. N. Simmons
1 F. A. Whitmarsh
1
A. F. Simmons
1
A. T. Westcoat
1
A. F. Hetherston
1
M. P. Camble
2
Norman Bowen
1
John F. Coats
1
J. K. Kenyon '
1
Louis A. Drown
1
Hiram Briggs
1 David Donaghy
fe.
Timothy Waterman
1 Lyman Emerson
1 m. 1 fe.
W. F. Wheeler
1 Albert Grant
1 m.
Luke Stevens
1 B. F. Goff
1
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Frank Roberts Frank Heddy
1
Geo. F. Hathaway
1 fe. 2 m.
1
Gaius E. Horton
1 m
Herbert Baylies
1 N. B. Horton
1
T. J. Wood
1
H. F. Horton
1
Chas. Waldron
1
E. P. Lincoln
1
Lester Briggs
1
Frank Mendosa
1
Fred N. Reed
1
Seth McVicker
1
James Griffith
I
Clothier Pierce
1
Ida F. Perry
1
Wm. P. Eddy
1
Wm. J. Roberts
1
Frank Follansbee
1
Eva Paul
1
John A. Negus
5
Geo. O. Williams
1
Eldorus Negus
1
C. A. Horton
2
Wm. Gardner
1
B. F. Hathaway
1
Chas. B. Lee
1
M. V. P. Marie
2
Manuel Enos
1
Joseph W. Rose
1
John Doucette
1
J. R. Talbot
1
Ida B. Goff
1
John T. Waters
1 Harriet E. Leonard
1
John Blake
1
Whitman Chase
1
Chas. H. Smith
1 Antone Sears
1
A. E. Westcoat
1 m. 1 fe.
Thomas McNally
1
Leslie R. Whelden
1 m.
Chester L. Barney Edward Horton
1
Toney Butler
1
Joe White
1
Thomas H. Welsh
1
Frank Cash
1
Manuel Borges Joe Enos
1
Frank Pitts
1
1 Thomas Moran
1
Bertram Chaplain
1 fe.
Edgar P. Lewis
1
Mrs. L. R. H. Whelden
m.
Mary Silver
1
E. E. Lincoln
1 Mrs. James M. Lincoln 1
Otis M. Reed
1 J. P. Edson
1
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
1
Walter Wheeler
1
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Public Library Report.
The Trustees of the Public Library respectfully sub-, mit the following report :
The volumes in the library have been renumbered and classified under the direction of Norma Andrews, a com- plete catalogue has been prepared and printed and is for sale at 25 cents each. We are anxious to sell as many as possible, so that the patrons of the library may have the rules and regulations, and to bring in revenue to purchase more books. Any one having old town reports that they do not care for can confer a favor by presenting them to the Trustees as a complete set is desired. Thanks are due Miss Louise Cowing for a generous contribution of books during year.
No. volumes in library, Jan. 1, 1904, 1,438
No. taken out during year, 2,550
No. borrowers, 278
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$200 00
Paid C. E. Laureate & Co., for books 104 98
J. A. Williams, labor 6 85
" D. F. Lane, car fare, postage, ex- press and supplies 6 65
E. B. Horton, services librarian 30 00
$148 48
Balance in Town Treasurer's hands $51 52
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Balance in hands of Trustees, Dec.
31, 1902
$2 16
Received for fines and sale of catalogues 13 56
$15 72
Paid by Trustees for book supports $3 00
66 66 Stamp
75
$3 75
Balance in Trustees' hands, Dec. 31, 1903 $11 97
DWIGHT F. LANE,
For the Trustees.
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Treasurer's Report.
For financial year, 1903.
RECEIPTS.
Bal. on hand Dec. 31st, 1902 $3768 58
Jan. 15
Rec'd from town of Berkley repairs on
D. & B. bridge 10 33
“ 17 Rec'd from Geo. M. Chase, rent of Town hall 9 00
22 Rec'd from M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 42 71
66
26 66 State Treas., school fund 526 34
28 Bristol County, dog fund 299 70
Feb. 6 66 Town of Yarmouth, aid for Cash children 70 85
Feb. 7 Rec'd from Mrs. Eliza Crowell, board of Nancy Waldron 6 50
Feb. 19 Rec'd from Geo. M. Chase, rent of Town hall 13 50
Mar. 20 Rec'd from City of Fall River, aiding paupers 25 25
Mar. 25 Rec'd from Geo. M. Chase, rent of Town hall 9 00
Apr. 1 Rec'd from Albert Fuller, police court fine 5 00
4 Rec'd from B. C. Nat. Bank,
temporary loan 3000 00
10 M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 41 79
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Geo. M. Chase, rent of Town hall 1 50
May 2 E. A. M. Hathaway butchers license 1 00
Mrs. Eliza Crowell, board Nancy Waldron 6 00
A. N. Goff, fish note 25 00
May 29
E. D. Perry, 66
25 00
June 6 State Treas., aid state paupers
29 22
B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan
2500 00
July 1
David Marble, oyster note 125 00
10 M. L. Cobb, board of C. Cobb 42 25
25
Geo. M. Chase, sale of old plank 35 70
30
Ed. Horton, sale of produce
100 00
Aug. 1 Eliza J. Crowell, board Nancy Waldron 6 00
3
J. B. Swift, pool and billiard license
12 50
B. C. Nat. Bank, loan for repairs on Dighton and Berkley bridge 800 00
Sept.
5
H. D. Greenlaw, State supervision of schools 437 50
12
State Treas., one half inspection of animals 29 25
Oct.
5
Albert Fuller, Court fines
15 00
Geo. F. Pratt, fine for unlicensed dog 10 00
C. A: Horton, old plank
7 50
17
M. L. Cobb, board C. Cobb 42 71
23 Eliza Crowell, board Nancy Waldron 6 00
Charles Staples, butchers license
1 00
Eugene Oliver 1 00
Dec. 10
State Treas., Corporation tax
151 39
State treasurer, bank tax
872 10
66 66 military aid 27 00
Manuel Perry, burial Mary Perry 10 00
B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan
1500 00
44
ANNUAL REPORT.
66 66
state aid 398 00
street railway tax
1592 88
Dec. 31
one-half tuition of
scholars at High School 370 62
E. E. Horton, sale of produce 70 00
$17079 67
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Dec.31 Rec'd of A. N. Goff to date $12892 92
4 Excise tax from A. N.
Goff 945 45
$13838 37
Total receipts for year 1903
$30918 04
45
ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
Town Officers.
Jan. 3 Paid L. J. Wade, services as assessor for 1902 $35 00
W. H. Walker, services as inspector of animals 27 00
Geo. B. Perry, services as tel- ler Nov., 1902 3 00
Feb. 7 W. T. Place, services as Over-
seer of Poor
18 13
A. N. Goff, services as teller, Nov., 1902 2 00
John T. Adams, services as teller, Nov., 1902 2 00
D. Thurber Wood, Jr., services as teller, Nov., 1902 3 00
C. S. Chase, services of Select- man, Overseer of Poor and Board of Health to date 86 50
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