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John F. Lassen,
11 00
7-15
Magee-Macomber, Paid by the Mt. Hope Finish-
ing Co., being the cost of Spring St. from Summer St. to Mt. Hope Lane
532 50
9-26 228 27 Magee-Macomber 88 67
Magee-Macomber, Paid by committee person-
ally to balance Magee-Macomber account 724 19
5619 20
5637 49
Of the above payments to Magee-Macomber Co. it will be seen that $532 50 was contributed by the Mt. Hope Finishing Co. same being paid in accordance with an order signed by the State Highway Commissioners, stating that the cost of construction on Spring St. from Summer St. to the head of Mt. Hope Lane was $532 50.
It will also be seen from the above statement that the com- mittee has exceeded the town's appropriation of $10,000 by $724 19 in addition to the $532 50 described above. This $724 19 has been paid by the committee individually in accordance with the requisitions of the State Highway Commissioners in order to balance the account with Magee- Macomber Co. and receipt from them in full is on file with the town clerk.
Your committee wishes further to report that the amount of money expended for drainage purposes in the south part
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of the town, namely for pipe, culverts and sand catchers, etc. amounts to $1283 15 and that money expended in the north part of the town for similar purposes amounts to $966 81.
Your committee also wishes to bring to your attention that whereas the excess over the appropriation of $5,000 for the north part of the town is $104 99 after deducting the contrib- ution of the Mt. Hope Finishing Co. the excess of expend- iture over the appropriation in the south part of the town is $619 20.
Your committee also wishes to bring to your attention in this connection that the excess of crushed stone used on Main St. was 518 tons at $1 43 a ton making 740 74 above the State Highway Commissioners' estimate of the stone required for this section of the road.
Your committee accordingly wishes you to note that the whole amount of the excess over the appropriation, namely ฿724 19 is accounted for by this excessive amount of crushed stone, which was used on Main St. over and above what the engineer estimated it would take to do the work. It seems that the stone fill on this road consumed far more crushed stone than the State Highway engineer estimated.
Your committee in submitting this report further requests that the town will recognize the effort of its committee to carry out to the best of their ability the vote of the town and to do the work planned within the appropriation and further hopes that the town will see fit to reimburse the committee through its secretary for the amount of money, namely $724 19, which has been expended in excess of the appropria- tion and which, as explained above, was necessitated by the consumption of stone on Main St. being so much larger than the estimate.
As your committee has been criticized for not constructing a macadam road from the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Spring
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St. to the bridge over the Three Mile River, the committee wishes to explain that the consulting engineer of the High- way Commission, Mr. Farrington, examined the culverts from the paper mill under Spring St. and declared them unsafe and unfit to build macadam road over. The opinion of the High- way Commission's engineer was later justified by the fact that part of this culvert fell in. Your committee accordingly deemed it unwise to lay out any money in permanent con- struction over an insecure foundation.
The present also seemed a wrong time to do this work, in that the present bridge across the Three Mile River is going to last only a few years more and if this structure is replaced by another and more permanent one, the grade will require to be changed in the approach to the bridge and when this bridge is built then is the proper time to macadamize the road in question.
In the south part of the town, your committee built 3550 feet of road at a cost of $1 58 per foot.
In the north part of the town, your committee built 4618 feet of road at a cost of $1 22 per foot.
C. C. ANDREWS,
Secretary for the Committee.
I hereby certify that I have examined the financial account as given above and certify that the account is correct and properly authenticated by the necessary vouchers and re- ceipts.
J. WILLIS ANDREWS, Auditor.
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Town Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
1906.
Dec. 31. Balance in Treasury 3,829 88
1907.
Dec. 25.
Rec'd of Commonwealth, School Tax 1,227 50
Bristol County, dog tax 342 52
Feb. 1. City of Taunton, pauper aid 2 00
Town of Raynham " 5 25
Town of Yarmouth " 4 50
Apr. 2.
George Greene, oyster note 125 00
2.
125 00
12 B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan 2,000 00 George M. Chase, use of Town Hall 10 50
May 20.
May. 1.
C. S. Chase, butchers license, D. T.Wood, Jr. 1 00 66 express license to transport liquor 1 00
District Court fine in Oliver case 50 00
Feb. 27.
Commonwealth care of contagious disease 36 50
Mar. 30.
District Court, A. White, Court fine 15 00
June 1.
E. E. Horton sale of produce 100 00
May 28. B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan 3,500 00
June 1. E. D. Perry, fish note 15 00
A. N. Goff 66 15 00
July 15. Mt. Hope Finishing Co., macadam road from Mt. Hope Lane to Summer St. 532 50 22. B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan 2,500 00
Jan. 1.
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Sept. 4. A. W. Turner, supervisor's salary 437 50
Oct. 1. Interest on deposits
44 86
5. District Court, police fine 50 00
Town of Rehoboth
116 63
Nov. 5.
C. G. Staples, butcher license 1 00
W. E. Walker, 66
1 00
15. Commonwealth Corporation tax
169 92
66
Nat. Bank tax
636 54
State Aid
797 00
Burial of paupers 25 00
St: Railway tax
819 47
A. H. Hood & Co. for the Holyoke Ins. Co. 20 00
I. Bosworth, school tuition 31 50
Dec. 31.
E. E. Horton, sale of produce 50 00 .
$18,065 07
COLLECTION OF TAXES. For Year 1906.
Feb. 26. Rec'd from A. N. Goff, cash and check 150 00
May 18.
66
66
66
66 80 00
Dec. 9.
66
66
66
78 00
31. 66 66
66
66
66 22 00
66
66
66 66
66 135 00
66
66
66
66
66
66
2 10
For Year 1907.
Sept. 27. Rec'd from A. N. Goff, cash and check 175 00
Oct. 3.
66
66
66
66
66 300 00
10.
18 66 66
23.
66
66
66
66 400 00
25.
66
66
66
66
66 800 00
66
66
66
66
66
1,000 00
66
66
350 20
66
66
66 575 00
$467 10
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Oct. 26. Rec'd from A. N.Goff cash and check 3,372 53
66
66
28.
66
66
66
66 " 2,100 00
30.
66
66
66
66
66
1,354 00
Nov. 2.
66 771 00
8.
650 00
16.
66
66
66
66 66 250 00
Dec.
9. 66
66
66 Excise tax
Cash and check
175 00
30.
66
66
66
66 300 00
31
66
66
66
66 66 553 92
$17,210 84
EXPENDITURES.
Town Officers.
Jan. 5. Paid C. S. Chase, selectman
150 00
Willard J. Reed,
100 00
George M. Chase,
100 00
Feb. 2. L. J. Wade, assessor
38 75
J. W. Andrews, auditor
5 00
Dwight F. Lane, treasurer 75 00 66 66 66 town clerk 52 50
A. N. Goff, teller 3 00
4 00
H. E. Williams ballot clerk 3 00
Geo. E. Gooding, making valuation 5 00
Apr. 6. 66
assessor
77 25
S. H. Wheldon, teller 2 00
D. F. Lane, recording births, marriages and deaths A.W.Turner, sec'y school committee 10 00
48 50
66
66
66
1,284 19
66
66
66
66
66
66 " 1,700 00
31. 66
66
66
" 1,100 00
W. E. Walker, teller
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May 4.
W. H. Walker, meat inspector 25 00 66 66 releasing cattle 15 00
C. C. Andrews, registrar of voters 14 00
J. Harvey Briggs, 66 14 00
Robert Allen, 66 66 14 00 66
Dwight F. Lane,
66 19 00
Aug. 3.
Edmund Hathaway, tree warden 4 50
66 constable, 57 95
Nov. 2. Geo. E. Gooding, assessor for 1907 84 10
66 copying 7 00
30 00
W. H. Walker, cattle inspector 3 00
Francis Waldron, teller
Dec. 7. S. H. Wheldon, 3 00
W. E. Walker, " Mar. and Nov. 4 00
F. A. D. Bullard, teller 2 00
N. O. Walker, ballot clerk 3 00
Oct. 5. W. H. Walker, cattle inspector 25 00
66 66
66 66 9 00
Dec. 31. A. N. Goff, collector of taxes, 1906 125 00 66 postage and mailing 10 00
$1,142 55
INCIDENTALS.
Jan. 5. Paid to Davol Printing House 3 75
A. H. Hood & Co., insurance school house and library 57 95
C. S. Chase, car fare and expenses 40 00
13. L. E. Butler, reporting births 4 50
Feb. 2. Cecil T. Bagnall, printing for selectmen 1 75
B. L. Dwinell, M. D., reporting birth 25
Edmund Hathaway, clearing water way off Main St. 6 50
8. A. B. Simmons, mowing cemetery 12 00
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Mar. 2. Dighton Fur. Co., stove for town hall 4 00 A. H. Hood & Co., insurance 53 82
6. Theron Gorham, printing Reports 123 05
16. Thomas Rogers, release of land 20 00
20. S. Hedges, nursing Chas. Huntoon 77 50
Mary T. Pomroy, 1 00
Apr. 6. George E. Gooding, supplies for assessors 15 10
D. F. Lane, supplies for town clerk 40 60 Geo. M. Chase, care of town hall 17 75
24. J. B. Horton, rent of shed for steam roller 10 00
May 4. Davol Printing House, printing 15 50
Apr.12. Town of Middleboro, watching herring 20 00
Jun 1. Henry M. Meek, printing 1 63
July 7. Cecil T. Bagnall, printing for town clerk 5 25
19. Albert R. White, 2d, attorney for W. C. Tripp releasing land on Somerset Ave. 125 00
Aug. 3.
6. N. Allen Walker, fighting forest fires 20 80 A. H. Hood & Co., insurance 7 50
3. Roland G. Briggs, painting vault 7 30
9. J. B. Tracy, attorney 5 00
Sept 7. Theron Gorham, printing 1 40
J. A. Williams, repairs town hall 11 00
C. G. Staples, mowing town hall yard 1 25
Oct 5. Theron Gorham, tax notices 5 00
Davol Printing House, for assessors 12 00
Nov. 2. Barry Printing Co., gypsy moth notices 3 00
Cora M. Lincoln, stamps 6 12
J. B. Sayles, fumigating 10 50
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Apr. 6. B. I. Hathaway, supplies for Huntoon 1 04
Fred N. Reed, 21 72
W. T. Place, 3 74
N. B. Horton, 1 38
$775 65.
Total expenses for town officers and incidentals $1,918 20
RECEIPTS FROM INCIDENTALS.
Two fish notes
30 00
Oyster note
250 00
Butchers licenses
3 00
Inspector of Animals
21 50
Street Railway tax
819 47
Use of town hall
10 50
Appropriation
400 00
Insurance
20 00
Town of Rehoboth, care of Charles Huntoon 116 63 1,671 10
Overdrawn December 31, 1906
423 93
Amount available for 1907
1,247 17
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1907
671 03
MACADAM ROAD ON MAIN AND SPRING STREET AND LINCOLN AVE.
Dec. 31. Paid selectmens' orders to date 3,328 11 Amount available Dec. 31, 1906 2,895 61
Amount received from Mt. Hope Finishing Co. to pay for mac- adam on Spring St. from Mt. Hope Lane to Summer St. 532 50
Total amt. available Dec. 31, 1907 Amount due to contractors Dec. 1907 100 00
3,428 11
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I also received from Magee-Macomber Co., a receipt for seven hundred twenty-four 11% in full settlement of all demands for building said macadam this being the amount paid by said com- mittee to pay for sums expended in excess of the appropriation.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation 500 00
Unxepended Dec. 31, 1906 1,010 14
Excise tax for 1907 1,284 19 2,794 33
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmens' orders to date 1,575 25 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 1,219 08
MACADAM ROAD ON MAIN STREET.
Appropriation 2,000 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 1,713 93 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907
286 07
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
3,000 00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906
276 52
School Fund
1,227 50
Dog Fund 242 52
Education of charity children 85 00
State supervision of schools 175 00
I. Bosworth, tuiton .
31 50
5,038 04
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 4,350 70 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907. 687 34
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
For books and supplies 400 00
For Repairs and incidentals 400 00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 24 35
824 35
Dec. 31. Paid selectmen's orders to date 825 52
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1907 1 17
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The Supt. of schools informed me at the end of the year that the appropriation for repairs and incidentals was overdrawn but as the bills were not marked so that I could distinguish them I have placed them under school incidentals as heretofore, for further particulars I respectfully refer you to School Committee's Report.
Superintendent of Schools 250 00
Received from State 262 50
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 111 06
623 56
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 525 00 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 98 56
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Appropriation 1,400 00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 46 74
1,446 74
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 1,153 25 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907. 293 49
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
Appropriation 500 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1906 60 06
439 94
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 458 22 Overdrawn Dec. 31 1907 18 28
TRANSPORTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS.
Appropriation 600 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 400 50 Unexepended Dec. 31, 1907 199 50
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FUEL AND JANITORS.
Appropriation 850 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 763 20
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 86 80
POOR AND ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation 1000 00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 841 41
Rec'd from City of Taunton
1
2 00
" Town of Raynham 5 25
66 66 Yarmouth 4 50
66
66 E. E. Horton, sale of
produce
150 00
Rec'd from Mt. Hope Finishing
Co. sale of the Jane Allen place 320 00
Rec'd from Commonwealth burial of paupers 25 00
2,348 16
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 1,494 50 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 853 66
ASSISTANCE AT FIRES BY CITY OF TAUNTON.
Appropriation 100 00
Dec, 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date
100 00
BERKLEY BRIDGE.
Appropriation 200 00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1906 43 46
243 46
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 215 72 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 27 74
GYPSY MOTH DESTRUCTION.
Appropriation 50 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date
35 40
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 14 60
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STATE AID.
Received from State 797 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1906 724 04 72 96
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 1,024 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1907
951 04
POLICE SERVICE.
Appropriation 500 00
Rec'd from District Court from fines 115 00
615 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 344 86
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 270 14
PAINTING SCHOOL HOUSES.
Appropriation 200 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 195 48 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907
4 52
MEMORIAL STONE.
Appropriation 40 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid John B. Sullivan & Son 40 00
ASSESSORS PLATTING THE TOWN
Appropriation 600 00
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid E. G. Hopkins 55 92
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907
544 08
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation 40 00
Paid D. D. Andrews 20 00
" J. H. Luther
20 00 40 00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation . 200 00
Unexpended. Dec. 31, 1906 40 08 240 08
Dec. 31, 1907. Paid selectmen's orders to date 193 10 Unexpended Dec. 31, 1907 46 98
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT.
Appropriation 600 00
1907.
Mar. 1. Paid Interest on Somerset Ave. bridge note
16 67
Apr. 11. « Discount on temporary loan 58 33
May 1. Interest on macadam loan 200 00
July 22.
28. " Discount on temporary loan 87 50
43 75
Sept. 8. 6 Interest on Somerset Ave. bridge note 25 00
Nov. 1. " Interest on macadam loan 200 00
66 Somerset Ave. bridge
note
3 63
634 88
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1907 34 88
TOWN NOTES AND TAXES.
Oct. 20. Paid Bristol County Tax 1,405 07
Nov. 1. « Somerset Ave. bridge note 500 00
66 Macadam road note 1,000 00
15. State tax 1,160 00
State, repairs of State Highways 25 74
11. B. C. Nat. Bank, temporary loan 2,000 00
22. 66 66 66
2,500 00
28. 66 66 66 66 " 3,500 00 12,090 81
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Receipts to Dec. 31, 1907
35,743 01
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Incidentals 1,918 20
Macadam road Spring, Main and
Lincoln Ave.
3,328 11
" Roads and bridges
1,575 25
Macadam road on Main Street 1,713 93
" Schools
4,350 70
Books and supplies
School incidentals
66 Superintendent of schools
525 00
66 High school tuition
1,153 25
" Music and drawing
458 22
66 Transportation of High School scholars 400 50
Fuel and Janitors
763 20
Repairs and incidentals
Supplies
Poor and Almshouse 1,494 50
66 City of Taunton Fireman's Relief Assoc. 100 00
66 Berkley Bridge 215 72
Gypsy Moth destruction 35 40
66 State aid
1,024 00
" Police service
344 86
66 Painting school houses
195 48
Memorial stone at Provincetown
40 00
66 Assessors platting the town
55 92
66 Memorial Day
40 00
66 Public Library
193 10
Interest and discount 634 88
66 Town notes and taxes
12,090 81
33,476 55
Balance in treasury Dec. 31, 1907, 2,266 46
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Town Treasurer's Report of Burial Ground Funds.
Sarah Babbitt Fund
100 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1908 7 18
$107 18
Paid for care of lot
1 75
Jan. 1, 1908. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank, $105 43
Nelson Horton Fund
$100 00
Jan. 1, 1908. Interest to date
7 18
107 18
Paid for care of lot
3 00
Jan. 1, 1908. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank 104 18
Sylvanus Jones Fund $100 00
1908.
Jan. 1. Interest to date 1 00
Jan. 1. Deposit Taunton Savings Bank 101 00
DWIGHT F. LANE, Treasurer.
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TOWN'S INDEBTEDNESS BY NOTE.
Nine notes of $1,000 each, the first one due Nov. 1st, 1908, and one each year until paid.
One note of $500 due Nov. 1st, 1908.
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Treasurer.
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Auditor's Report.
Dighton, Mass., Jan. 1, 1908.
I have examined the accounts of Dwight F. Lane, Treasurer, and the vouchers of the Selectmen and find them correct and duly authenticated, and report as follows for year ending Dec. 31, 1907. Receipts from all sources $35,743 01 Total expenditures 33,476 55
Balance the hands of Treasurer $2,266 46
I have examined the accounts of A. N. Goff, collector of taxes, to Jan. 1, 1908, and find as follows.
Commitment for 1907
$17,109 75
Treasurer's receipts
15,926 65 21 10
Abatements
$15,947 72
Amount uncollected
1,162 03
Excise Street Railway tax
$1,284 19
Amount of taxes uncollected Jan. 1, 1907, on commitment of 1906
$560 49
Treasurer's receipts
332 10
Abatements
93 39
Tax collector's salary
125 00
Postage and delivering notices
10 00 $560 49
I find in the hands of Treasurer, two fish notes signed by Albert N. Goff and Edward D. Perry, for fifteen dollars ($15 00) each, due June 1st, 1908.
Also nine oyster notes of one hundred fifty dollars, ($150 00) each signed by George T. Greene, Jr. and one being due each year July 1st, from 1908 to 1916 inclusive.
Respectfully submitted, J. WILLIS ANDREWS,
Auditor.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT FOR 1907.
No. Section. So. Section. West Section.
Totals.
General Repairs,
$71.75 45.50
$218.26 38.00
$41.50 90.98
$331.51
Scraping,
174.48
Town Gravel bank, distributed on Centre St.,
59.75
59.75
Sidewalks necessary on acct. Macadam road const'n,
238.88
410.78
649.66
Sidewalk on Brook St.,
45.33
45.33
Snow Bills,
119.90
72.45
42.80
235.15
Wellington St. job, (near cor. William,)
102.37
102.37
Supplies,
4.25
4.25
4.25
12.75
Macadam Road, Main St., at foot of Reed's Hill.
Surveying,
$50.00
Paid for stone
100.00
H. O. Palmer, coal
83.17
Dighton S. L. Co., coal
4.79
D. D. Andrews, tools
12.46
Roy Richmond, supplies
.80
W. E. Barrett, tools
6.60
Labor as per Pay Roll
1456.11
Bills Due Not Paid.
Stone
41.90
Crushing 532.298 tons stone at 55c, $292.76
less 34,400 lbs. coal at 4.50 69.11
223.65
$1979.48
$480.28
$2503.00
$341.65
$3324.93
On the Macadam Road job 833 tons of field stone were used in stone fill, 586 tons of field stone were used to obtain 532.298 tons crushed stone, 1200 feet of road was built at an average cost of $1.66 per foot. The road was surveyed from foot of hill to Mill Street, about 1-2 mile.
NOTE .- The sidewalks necessary on account of macadam road construction in the North section have cost a total of $238.88. In the South section $410.78 in 1907 and $266.67 in 1906 making a total of $677.45 or for the North and South sections combined $916.33.
JOHN THWAITES, Secretary.
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1713.93
1713.93
1713.93
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Public Library Report.
The Trustees herewith submit their twelfth Annual Report.
No. volumes in library, 2102
No. borrowers cards 208
Circulation for year 3257
Dec. 31, 1906. Balance in Trustees hands
96
1907. Rec'd during year 3 08
4 04
Paid for car fare, postage and freight 2 75
Balance Dec. 31, 1907 1 29
The Rev. A. J. Rich and Robert Humphreys have kindly given the library a large number of books but as our shelves were full they are still in the boxes in which they were originally sent. We are still in hopes the town will soon do something to enlarge the library as it is difficult work to care for such books as are now on hand. The Trustees would be pleased to place a lot of 200 books in any section of the town for the accomodation of that section provided some one would take charge of same and see that they were returned. For report of appropriation see Town Treasurer's Report.
Respectfully submitted, DWIGHT F. LANE,
Chairman of Trustees.
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Patriotic Record.
The committee chosen in 1906 to report where the soldiers of the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil War were buried submit the following additional report :
SCHOOL STREET CEMETERY.
Francis Waldron Seminole war Gardner Bosworth
This name was reported in Riverside Cemetery by mistake.
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY .
Gustavus T. Fisher
WILLIAMS STREET.
Henry Jones, instead of Henry James as reported in 1906.
Rev. Elijah Walker
FOREST STREET.
George Waldron.
WELLINGTON STREET.
William H. Francis in Civil war instead of Revolu- tionary as reported in 1906.
D. D. ANDREWS, N. O. WALKER, S. H. WHELDON.
Committee.
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Town Clerk's Report.
The following is a synopsis of business as recorded during 1907.
At the annual town meeting held March 4th, 1907, Nathan O. Walker, Silas H. Wheldon, Albert N. Goff, and W. E. Walker were appointed and qualified as tellers.
Charles S. Chase was chosen moderater.
The usual committee on appropriations was appointed as follows :- William H. Walker, James N. Paul, Joseph R. Miliken, Herbert A. Briggs, George M. Chase, Josiah S. Place and Edmund Hathaway.
The following were elected as town officers for 1907.
Town Treasurer, Dwight F. Lane. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health, Charles S. Chase, George M. Chase and Willard J. Reed. Assessors, George E. Gooding, Leroy J. Wade and Ferdinand Waldron. Collector of taxes, Albert N. Goff. Trustee of Public Library Norma L. Andrews. For Tree Warden, Edmund Hathaway. For auditor J. Willis Andrews. Road commissioner for three years, Charles A. Horton. Road commissioner for one year, John Thwaites. Constables, Edmund Hathaway, Fred Millard, Elwin W. Ward, Charles A. Horton, George M. Chase, Leroy J. Wade, William B. Kay and Albert N: Goff. School committee for three years, Samuel N. Codding and George H. Walker.
The vote on the license question was, Yes, 8. No, 42.
Voted that the Board of Road Commissioners be instructed
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to take such action as is necessary to carry into effect the vote passed Nov. 8, 1904, whereby the Town voted to take two hundred and fifty dollars from the excise tax to build a suit- able fence on the south side of Spring Street from Fred N. Reed's west.
Voted to accept the reports of the town officers as printed.
Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Teachers' Salaries,
3,000 00
Fuel and Janitors,
850 00
Repairs and incidentals,
400 00
Books and Supplies,
400 00
High School Tuiton,
1,400 00
Music and Drawing,
500 00
School Supervision,
250 00
Medical inspection of school children,
50 00
Transportation of High School scholars,
600 00
Macadam on Main Street,
2,000 00
Roads and Bridges,
500 00
Town Debt,
1,500 00
Poor and Almshouse,
1,000 00
Incidentals,
400 00
Interest charges,
600 00
Dighton and Berkley bridge,
200 00
Observance of Memorial Day, 40 00
The usual vote to borrow money in anticipation of taxes to the amount of $8,000, was passed. A committee of three, consisting of D. F. Lane, C. C. Andrews and James N. Paul, was appointed to ascertain the probable cost of a Memorial Stone for the Pilgrims Monument at Provincetown and report at an adjourned meeting.
Voted to instruct the selectmen to sell the Oyster privilege to the best advantage possible.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Voted that the compensation of the Town Treasurer be seventy five dollars and the Tax Collector's salary be one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Voted to pay the Firemen's Relief Association of Taunton, one hundred dollars as part compensation for attendance at two fires during last year.
Voted to discontinue that part of Somerset Ave. from Taunton line southerly outside of the layout of the Mass. High- way Commission.
Voted to raise and appropriate two hundred dollars to paint the School Houses at North and South Dighton.
Fish wardens were chosen as follows : William E. Walker, Walter E. Chase and Edmund Hathaway.
The Oyster wardens were the same as Fish wardens.
Voted to instruct the Overseers of the Poor to hire a Supt. of the Almshouse for the year succeeding their term of office.
Voted to choose a committee of three to ascertain the prob- able cost of platting the Town or making a rough map of the streets and different real estate owners and the practical value of the same to the Town and to report at the adjourned meeting, and George E. Gooding, C. C. Andrews and J. K. Milliken were chosen.
The field drivers were Gilbert Wolfe, Albert N. Goff and William E. Walker.
Measurers of wood and bark, George E. Gooding and Ed- mund Hathaway.
Measurer of Lumber, George E. Gooding.
Public Weigher, John A. Lewis.
Fence Viewers, George E. Gooding, Leroy J. Wade and Ferdinand Waldron.
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