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2 00
T. W. Southworth,
I 40
Frank F. Tillson, I 60
H. H. Gammons,
1 00
Joseph Lewendo,
I 00
Zepheniah Andrews,
1 00
John Andrews,
I 60
F. M. Chase,
3 00
F. M. Chase, horse,
15
H. Jacobs,
2 65
W. F. Stanley,
I 40
G. H. Long,
I 20
G. H. Long, horse,
90
Arthur N. Kenney,
I
Marcus Atwood,
I 20
Marcus Atwood, horse,
90
Thomas Gibbs,
I 20
S. D. Atwood,
I 20
Lemuel N. Crocker,
I 60
Joseph Peters,
4 00
Manuel Peters,
4 00
Victor Anderson,
I 00
$192 85
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TOWN OFFICERS. DR.
To appropriation, 1901,
$1,200 00
Overdrawn in 1900, 307 14
$892 86
One-half cattle inspection, returned from the State, 10 00
$902 86
Still overdrawn,
134 41
$1,037 27
CR.
Paid-
J. A. Vaughan, Treasurer and Col- lector. $284 52
S. H. Pink, Auditor, 10 00
E. B. Perkins, School Committee, 23 75
Seth C. C. Finney, Selectman and Overseer of Poor. 15 00
Bernice E. Barrows, Librarian, 50 00
T. T. Vaughan, Assessor, 42 50
W. A. Tillson, Assessor, 36 25
Fred A. Ward, Assessor, 30 00
S. B. Briggs, Constable, 1901, 9 00
S. B. Briggs, Truant Officer, I 00
J. E. Vaughan, Truant. Officer, 12'25
B. W. Robbins, Cattle Inspector, 71 25
20 75
T. T. Vaughan. Selectman,
T. T. Vaughan, Overseer of the Poor, 20 00
T. T. Vaughan, Registrar, IO 75
W. A. Tillson, Selectman, 38 50
W. A. Tillson, Overseer of the Poor, II 50
W. A. Tillson, Registrar, IO 75
Fred A. Ward, Selectman, 18 00
Fred A. Ward, Overseer of the Poor, 15 00
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Fred A. Ward, Registrar, 4 00 Gustavus Atwood, School Committee, 63 00 Seth C. C. Finney, School Committee, 70 00 Henry S. Griffith, School Committee, 21 50 J. E. Vaughan, Constable, 75 00 H. S. Griffith, Town Clerk, 50 00
Geo. P. Lincoln, Teller, election day, I 50
Albert F. Atwood, Teller, election day, I 50 Alton H. Griffith, Herring Committee, 2 50 Seth C. C. Finney, Purchasing Agent, 15 00 Seth C. C. Finney, taking school
census, 2 50
$1,037 27
MEMORIAL DAY.
DR.
To appropriation, 1900, $15 00
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CR.
Paid E. W. Pierce, Post 8,
$15 00
ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE.
DR.
To appropriation, 1901,
$500 00
Overdrawn,
92 30
CR. $592 30
Paid-
T. E. Blandin, contract, $500 00
T. E. Blandin, extra work, 8 30
T. T. Vaughan, services as Com- mittee, 5 00
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T. T. Vaughan, going to Wareham one day, 2 00
Geo. A. Shurtleff, use of team, 2 50
Seth C. C. Finney, service as Com- mittee, 15 50
Peleg McFarlin, services as Com- mittee, 2 00
Albert Humphrey, furnace and setting, 57 00
$592 30
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
DR.
Overdrawn in 1900, $269 66
CR
Still Overdrawn, $269 66
MARKING GRAVES OF TOWN POOR.
DR.
To appropriation, 1901, $25 00
CR.
Balance to new account,
$25 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
DR.
To appropriation, 1901, $250 00
CR.
Balance to new account, 250 00
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TOWN ASSETS.
Cash in the Treasury, $308 40
Due from State Aid, paid soldiers,
and soldiers' wives and widows, 839 00
Due from State Aid, State paupers, 57 50
Due from cities and towns, aid paupers, 56 67
Dividend from dog licenses, estimated, 170 00
Uncollected taxes, 1896, 2 98
Uncollected taxes, 1897, 16 80
Uncollected taxes, 1898,
I37 IO
Uncollected taxes, 1899,
503 79
Uncollected taxes, 1900,
807 38
Uncollected taxes, 1901,
2,023 74
Fifty shares Plymouth & Middle-
boro Railroad Stock,
1,500 00
$6,423 36
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Bills for support of poor, estimated, $50 00
All other demands, estimated, 350 00
Note to J. A. Vaughan and other trustees, 1,000 00
$1,400 00
Assets over liabilities,
5,023 36
$6,423 36
APPROPRIATIONS, 1902.
The following sums of money are recommended to meet current expenses the ensuing year :
Support of poor, by Overseers of Poor, $1,900 00
Support of schools, by School Committee, 3,600 00
School books and incidentals, by School Committee, 550 00
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Repair of school houses, by School Committee, 550 00
Transportation of scholars, by School Committee,
Repair of highways, by Road Commissioners, 2,000 00
Repair of bridges, by Road Commissioners, 100 00
Removal of snow, by Road Commissioners,
Town incidentals, by Selectmen, 300 00
Town officers' salaries, by Selectmen,
1,200 00
Fighting fire, by Selectmen,
192 85
Repair of town house, by Selectmen,
25 00
Suppression of crime, by Selectmen,
Library,
Addition to high school house, by Building Com- mittee,
92 30
Military Aid, by the Selectemen,
100 00
LIST OF JURORS.
The following list of Jurors is presented for your re- vision and acceptance.
Alfred M. Shaw, cranberry grower.
John A. Kenney, peddler.
W. A. Tillson, cranberry grower,
J. A. Vaughan, seedsman.
Arthur H. Wade, laborer.
E. E. Gardner, blacksmith
T. M. Cole, box manufacturer.
William E. W. Vaughan, laborer.
Ira B. Bumpus, cranberry grower.
Truman A. Tillson, cranberry grower.
James S. Hudson, laborer.
Elmer B. Perkins, school teacher.
A. Sampson Perkins, cranberry grower.
George E. White, farmer.
Fred A. Ward, farmer.
J. Myrick Bump, farmer.
T. T. VAUGHAN, W. A. TILLSON, FRED A. WARD, Selectmen of Carver.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Raised by taxation, 1901-
Support of poor, 1,600 00
Support of schools, 2,600 00
Repairs of highways,
2,000 00
School books and incidentals,
400 00
Transportation of scholars,
300 00
Town incidentals, 300 00
Town officers,
1,200 00
Fire at So. Carver,
1,528 13
Public library,
125 00
Repairs of school houses, 326 00
Insurance. I20 00
Repair and furnishing almshouse, 50 00
Repair of town house, 125 00
Addition to high school house, 500 00
Stone road at North Carver, 700 00
Supt. of Schools, 250 00
Moving school house, Dist. No. 8, 150 00
Marking graves of town paupers,
25 00
$12,299 13
State tax,
$542 50
County tax,
1,054 89
$1,597 39
Value of personal estate, Value of real estate,
$13,896 52
$259.345 00 $697,285 00
$956,630 00
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Increase in value of real estate in 1901, $23,970 00
Increase in value of personal es- tate in 1901, 23,755 00
$47,755 00
Tax rate per $1,000,
$12 50
Poll tax,
2 00
Number of polls,
229
Number of persons taxed,
608
On poll only,
55
On property,
553
Number of horses,
196
Number of cows,
127
Number of cattle other than cows,
20
Number of sheep,
17
Number of swine,
33
Number of dwelling houses,
392
Number of acres of land,
21,00I
Number of acres cranberry bog,
1,358
Valuation of cranberry bog,
$359,119 00
TOWN MEETING.
Contents of warrant for Town Meeting to be held at the Town House on Monday, the 3rd day of March next, at nine o'clock a. m.
ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To see if the town will accept the jury list as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 3. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen and other town officers
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To determine the compensation for labor on the highway.
ART. 7. To decide when taxes shall become due, and whether any interest shall be charged after a certain date.
ART. 8, To see what pay the town will vote the Treasurer and Collector for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen, if found necessary, in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year.
ART. IO. To see if the town will vote to make the yards of field drivers town pounds, provided they also be chosen pound keepers.
ART. II. To bring in their ballots, Yes, or No, upon the question, " Shall licenses be granted in the town for the sale of intoxicating liquors?" And the polls will be kept open one hour.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
ART. 13. To see if the town will survey the great lot and shore lines in the South Meadow cedar swamp, and appro- priate money for the same. By request of J. M. Bump.
T. T. VAUGHAN, W. A. TILLSON. FRED. A. WARD, Selectmen of Carver.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
RECORD OF MEETING MARCH 4, 1901.
Meeting called to order on warrant read by Town Clerk, at nine o'clock.
George P. Lincoln and Nelson F. Manter appointed tellers and sworn.
For Moderator Seth C. C. Finney had twenty-six votes. Declared elected.
Voted to accept the following jury list as prepared by the Selectmen : Alton H. Griffith, John F. Stratton, W. A. Till- son, J. A. Vaughan, Charles H. Atwood, E. E. Gardner, T. M. Cole, Wm. E. W. Vaughan, Ira B. Bumpus, Lawrence M. Rogers, Truman A. Tillson, James S. Hudson, Maurice F. Robbins, C. F. Washburn, Geo. T Johnson, Fred. A. Ward. Lloyd C. Robbins, Thomas Gibbs.
Voted to accept the reports of the town officers.
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For Town Clerk Peleg McFarlin had one vote; James A. Vaughan had two votes; Henry S. Griffith had twenty-six votes. Henry S. Griffith declared elected and sworn.
Voted that the Selectmen be also chosen as Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
For Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor T. T. Vaughan had one hundred and fourteen votes; W. A. Till- son had one hundred and fourteen votes; Seth C. C. Finney had fifty-six votes; Fred A. Ward had fifty-eight votes. T. T. Vaughan, W. A. Tillson, Fred. A. Ward declared elected and sworn. Also took special oath of Assessors.
Voted that the Treasurer be also chosen Collector of Taxes.
For Treasurer and Collector James A. Vaughan had twenty-six votes. Declared elected and sworn.
For School Committee, three years, Elmer B. Perkins had fifty-four votes; Henry S. Griffith had seventy-five votes. Henry S. Griffith declared elected and sworn.
For Constables Samuel B. Briggs had sixty-eight votes; J. Erville Vaughan had fifty-five votes; Frank E. Crapo had fifty-three votes; George Blair had fourteen votes; James J. Ryan had four votes; Geo. P. Lincoln had one vote; Roswell Shurtleff had ten votes; John M. Cobb had four votes; Herbert Atwood had one vote; E. E. Gardner had two votes; John M. Andrews had one vote; Geo. E. White had one vote; P. M. Swan had one vote; William Gibbs had one vote; Joseph H. Washburn had one vote. Samuel B. Briggs, J. Erville Vaughan and F. E. Crapo declared elected and sworn.
Voted to elect two Auditors.
For Auditors S. H. Pink had nine votes; J. M. Bump had two votes; E. G. Cornish had four votes; John Bent had four votes; T. M. Southworth had two votes; Lucius At- wood had three votes; A. M. Shaw had one vote; Wm. Shaw had one vote; Peleg McFarlin had one vote; Horace
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Robbins had one vote. S. H. Pink declared elected. Sworn by Seth C. C. Finney, J. P.
For Library Trustee, three years, Albert T. Shurtleff had nineteen votes; T. T. Vaughan had seven votes. Albert T. Shurtleff declared elected.
For Road Commissioner, three years, Oliver L. Shurtleff had thirty-eight votes. Declared elected and sworn.
For Tree Warden J. M. Bump had seventeen votes. De- clared elected and sworn.
Elected by viva voce vote.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers : Alton H. Griffith, Samuel B. Briggs, Wm. T. Gibbs.
Fence Viewers: Samuel B. Briggs, Charles Cornell, T. T. Vaughan.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood : S. D. At- wood, Marcus Atwood, Thomas Gibbs.
Recess of thirty minutes declared.
Meeting called to order at twelve o'clock, thirty minutes.
Voted to suspend the rules and act upon unfinished busi- ness left over from last annual town meeting.
Voted to accept the report of the committee on moving the No. 8 school house.
Voted that the Treasurer of Carver be authorized and in- structed to purchase of Harry E, Washburn in the name of the inhabitants of Carver, a tract of land not to exceed one acre in area, on the east side of Bates' pond bordering on the highway, and to have all necessary papers recorded at the office of the Registrar of Deeds. The price to be paid not to exceed thirty-five dollars per acre, to be taken from the in- cidental account.
Voted that the School Committee be authorized and in- structed to move the No. 8 school house to the lot as author- ized to or purchased by vote of the town; said expense not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars.
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Voted that Art. 14 of the town meeting warrant of March, 1900, be taken from the table.
Voted to postpone above article indefinitely.
Voted that Art. 15 of the town meeting warrant of March, 1900, be taken from the table.
Voted that the above article be postponed indefinitely.
Acting under Art. 17 of the town meeting warrant of 1900, voted to authorize the Overseers of the Poor to mark the graves of the town poor.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dol- lars for the purpose of marking the graves of the town's poor, and that the Overseers of the Poor be requested to re- port in the next annual report.
Voted to raise or appropriate the following sums :
Moving No. 8 school house,
$ 150 00
Support of poor,
1,600 00
Support of schools, 2,600 00
Repairs of highways,
2,000 00
School books and incidentals,
400 00
Transportation of scholars.
300 00
Town incidentals, 300 00
Salaries of town officers,
1,200 00
Fighting fire,
1,528 13
Public library,
125 00
Repairs of school houses,
326 00
Insurance on library, etc.,
120 00
Repairs and furnishings, almshouse,
50 00
Repairs on Town House,
125 00
Voted that no appropriation be made for repairs of bridges or removal of snow.
Voted that compensation for labor on the highway be left to the discretion of the Road Commissioners.
Voted that taxes become due Sept. I, and interest be charged after Nov. I.
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Voted that the pay of the Treasurer and Collector be the same as last year.
Voted to instruct the Collector to present his bills Sept. I.
Voted that the yards of Field Drivers be town pounds, and that the Field Drivers be also chosen Pound Keepers.
Voted not to authorize the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen in anticipation of taxes.
Voted in answer to the question, " Shall license be granted in the town for the sale of intoxicating liquors?" Yes, 14; No, 64.
Voted to reconsider action taken under Art. 9.
Voted to authorize the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen if found necessary in antici- pation of taxes.
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
Voted to build a recitation room for use of the high school.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00 for the purpose of building the recitation room.
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of three to superintend the building of the recitation room.
Under the above order the Moderator appointed as a building committee: Seth C. C. Finney, Theodore T. Vaughan, Peleg McFarlin.
Voted not to accept the provisions of Chap. 254, Acts of 1897.
Voted to concur in the proposed change in the town line between Carver and Wareham as recommended by the Massachusetts Topographical Survey Commission.
Voted that the thanks of the town be extended to the Moderator for the ability and fairness with which he has presided in this meeting.
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APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTMEN DURING 1901.
The following appointments were made by the Selectmen during the year 1901 :
Inspector of Animals : Benjamin W. Robbins.
Forest Fire Wardens : Seth C. C. Finney, Henry T. Hammond, Eugene E. Shaw, E. Herman Murdock, Marcus Atwood, Gustavus Atwood, Joseph Morris, Franklyn Chase, Peleg McFarlin, Frank Tillson, Henry H Gammons.
Public Auctioneer : Benjamin Ransom.
Public Weighers: James J. Ryan, Henry S. Griffith.
Burial Agent : E. Watson Shaw.
Inspector of Meat: A. C. Bradford. Special Police : Benjamin Ransom, Geo. E. Blair, Ros- well Shurtleff. James J. Ryan, Seth C. C. Finney, Joseph Morris.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER IN 1901.
Jan. I. Philander W. Southworth and Estella J. Shaw.
Jan. I. Arthur H. Hammond and Rebecca L. Robbins.
Jan. 14. Alton H. Griffith and Lena F. Tillson.
Feb. 27. Lucas Anderson and Effie L. Stringer.
Apr. 2. Joseph A. Ingalls and Millie B. Robinson.
Apr. 20. Seth C. C. Finney and Laura L. Leaming. Aug. 8. Edwin H. Jennison and Clarabel Dunnigan. Oct. 2. Joshua Sturtevant and Alice B. Cornell. Nov. 21. Antti Yokipi and Sandra Sarijaris.
Nov. 23. Victor Erickson and Helga M. Kumpernon.
Dec. 7. Kusta Kittila and Anna S. Haapakaski.
Dec. 22. Harry O. Hawkes and Hannah C. Southworth.
Dec. 28. Oscar Johnson and Alvira Harpeinen.
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN CARVER DURING THE YEAR
1901.
DATE.
NAME.
CAUSE.
PARENTS.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 9
Sarah Maxim
86
4
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13
Myra Z. Bassett
2
3
4
Diphtheria
30
Benjamin Dunham
89
7
10
Senility
Feb.
4
Bathsheba K. Robbins
76
6
9
William Tillson
81
10
21
..
16
Ansel R. Churchill
71
7
Heart failure, asthma
Saralı L. Ransom
63
1
20
March 5 24
Daniel B. Hines
82
4
25
Teresa M. Dunham
31
10
57
3
3
1
6
May
20
Mary L. Holmes Emma F. Chace George W. S. Thomas Emanuel G. Pena Nancy M. Atwood George W. Linton Mercy J. Atwood Lafayette Braddock
44
5
14 Eudocarditis or mitral
June
2
17
79
1
7
32
11
12 Pulmonary tuberculosis
July 7
62 61
8
4
Congestion of lungs Cerebral hemorrhage
28 2
Nathaniel Shurtleff Matthias Pratt
79
9
28
Aug.
9
Harriet Champeny
91
2
26
Fracture of hip Peritonitis
15
James Breach
72
2
17
Lot S. Lucas
69
11
19
Typhoid fever
25
Gardner E. Holmes Juliet S. Hart
4
18
Cholera infantum
Frank and Edith (Hudson). Arthur H. and Rebecca L. (Robbins).
22
Eunice E. Hammond
14
Inanition
26
John G. Haapakaski
1
17 Cholera infantum
John and -- -.
Oct.
12
Belmont B. Pennington Joseph Janier
4
7
22 Membraneous croup Paralysis
66
John Goodwin
71
26
Cerebral degeneration
4
Paralysis of heart Cancer
Jonathan and Ruth (Ripley). Benjamin Chace and --- (Pratt).
Dec. 3
34
1
24 Pulmonary tuberculosis
C. Julius aud Lydia A. (Damon). Josiah Holmes and Betsey (Morton).
..
19 Ellis F. Lanman
77
6
Cancer
Samuel and Temperance - - -
May
12
William Pare
58
-
1
Phthisis pulmonalis
Joseph and Elizabeth (Bassonautt).
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61
9
10
Degeneration of heart
56
Acute catarrhal enteritis
Jacob and Ann (Macomber).
Sept.
7
John and Cora (Brownell).
Joseph and Cloris (Oudlett). John and Mary (Gifford). Sampson McFarlin and Polly S. (Shurtleff).
Nov.
16 19 13
Almira L. Maxim Jonathan B. Perkins Hannah D. Barrows George W. Ford
78
3
15
3 Hessie Stringer
52
1 Consumption
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Thomas Custis and Nancy (Haws). Charles and Annie (Fries). Ebenezer and Priscilla (Morton). Joseph and Mary Q. (Goodbean) George Williams and Phebe (King). Thomas and Betsey (Barrows). Winslow and
Joseph and Esther (Godfrey.)
Daniel and Ennice (Shurtleff). Lewis Pratt and Amanda (Shurtleff).
April 21
Tuberculosis phthisis Diphtheria [disease
James D. and Letitia ( Westgate). John and Mary (Pierce).
30
Angina pectaris Apoplexy
23
13
4
12
Lorenzo and Mary (Geras). Thompson Murdock and Lucy ( Atwood). Robert and Mary G. ( Elberton). John McFarlin and Rebecca (Blackınan). - Ellen (Dustan). Nathaniel and Hannah (Shaw). Lewis and Amanda (Shurtleff). Asa Humphrey and Mary (Maxim).
William and Hannah (Dexter). Abijah and Hannah (Shurtleff).
Cholera infautum
19
73
65
26
Rosanna Murray
4
Bronchitis
AGE.
Old age
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BIRTHS IN CARVER IN 1901.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
Jan. 11
Rosie Celina Leterneau
Louis and Emma (Douguet).
Feb. 8
Victor W. Garvin
Charles A. and Marion (Hudson).
April 7
Leslie D. Atwood
Oliver F. and (Dennis).
76
20
Juliet S. Hart
Frank and Edith (Hudson).
26
Andrew F. Bumpus
Ira B. and Carrie (Howland).
30
Louisa A. Dimond
Fred. A. ---- (Merritt).
May 66
18
Evelyn M. Sherman
Charles A. and Nellie W. (Sherman).
July 14
29
Merton T. Griffith
Alonzo D. and Mabel (Gammons).
30
Flora E Thrasher
Horace and Lydia (Cobb).
Aug.
15
Leonard F. Shurtleff
Albert W. and (Pelham).
25
Winthrop E. Messier
Fred. and (Beauchiman). Arthur and Lulu R. (Robbins)
Sept. 9
12
Eunice E. Hammond Elen J. Nuland
Carl G. and --- (Hangus). Maurice F. and - -- (Linton).
Oct. 16
Lillian H. Robbins
Nelson and Ethel J. (Andrews).
Dec.
Elmer B. and Flora M. (Atwood).
66
8
Joseph E. Wrightington
Joseph E. and Mabel D. (Shurtleff).
9
George A. and Syvill (Shurtleff).
Edgar S. Holmes
Edgar I .. and -- (Whidden).
19
Irving D. Potter
Charles D. and Bertha (Johnson).
Evelyn M. McFarlin
Jason B and L. Isadore (Manter).
27 Nelson H. Story
3 George Atwood Perkins
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SUMMARY :
Births, 20; marriages, 13; deaths, 37. Dogs licensed : Male, 103; female, 12.
The laws relating to the returns of births and deaths are so vaguely understood that I again call attention to them. The statute says : " Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month, return to the Town Clerk all births of the preceding month at which they offici- ated." The law further requires the parents to notify the Town Clerk within forty days of a birth; or, as a further safeguard, the Town Clerk is required to make an annual canvass. But in nearly all cases a physician is in attend- ance, and if he would make returns once a month a satisfac- tory system would be established. Before moving a body the undertaker or other person in charge is required to get a permit from the Town Clerk, and before such permit is granted the Clerk should be provided with a physician's certificate and with necessary facts for registra- tion. Through a misunderstanding of this law on the part of the sextons duplicate returns of all deaths in Carver the last year have been made.
Before moving the body of a person whose death was caused by a contagious disease (including membraneous croup) the undertaker or other person in charge should first secure a certificate from the Board of Health or Selectmen acting as such, showing that the law has been complied with. and file this certificate with the Town Clerk when making application for a permit for burial or removal. If this is complied with disagreeable delays may be averted.
I am prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths according to Chap. 444, Sec. 17, Acts of 1897. HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Clerk of Carver.
SCHOOL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Citizens of Carver-
Your School Committee would submit their annual re- port, giving the usual statistical table, the roll of honor. a statement of finances, and such information relative to the condition of the schools and buildings as seem to them the citizens would naturally cail for. By a careful perusal of the statistical table a citizen may learn more of the doings of their committee and the privileges accorded to the children of the town than is usually given in lengthy essays. There are some things we may write that the citizens should know that are not given in the tableted page. We do not purpose to burden the town with a lengthy essay. Perhaps at no time during the eighteen different years that your chairman has served the town in the capacity of School Committee have you had a board so distinct in their views as are the present board, and with due deference to each knowing well the posi- tion we are forced to occupy by direct votes of the town, will simply place before you the facts relative to our schools, trusting that the future action of our citizens will right any apparent wrong that may now exist. We do not propose to censure the town, as we feel that its action has been taken in sincerity, a proof of which is given in the munificence of its appropriations for its educational interests. The appropria- tions for 1901 for the varied school purposes, ranging in the aggregate in advance of any previous yearly appropriation in the history of the town, has encouraged your committee to give to the pupils of the town. with the increased number of schools, the amount of schooling, with faithful instructors, as is required by the statutes, and keeping us in a central posi-
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tion with the advantages given by other towns to their pupils.
There have been but few changes in our corps of teachers during the year. Mr. N. F. Atwood resigned his position at District No. 2 at the close of the winter term to continue his studies at Mount Hermon school, having taught two terms satisfactorily. The position was filled with Miss Etta O. Poland, a graduate of the Girls' Latin school, Boston, and a student of Wellesley college. The committee have regarded her efforts with much favor, and she has worked hard to advance the interests of the district. At the close of the fall term, her health being poor, she resigned, and we have filled the position by employing Miss Minnie L. Richards, a graduate of our High school. Miss Ellis re- signed her position at District No 3 Grammar school during the summer term, and Miss Alden, of the No. I Primary, re- signed her school during the fall term. Miss Ellis resigned to enter married life, and Miss Alden to take a school in the town where she resides. We would remember them as faithful instructors, and extend to them both our best wishes for their future success. To supply those vacancies we trans- ferred Mr. E. G. Cornish from the East Head school to take the position vacated by Miss Ellis, filling the vacancy thus made by employing the services of Mrs. Dora F. Gammons, who is well known as one of our teachers in the past and who has an aptitude for the work, and the committee have been well pleased with her efforts in this position. We can not speak too highly of the efforts of Mr. Cornish in this school, and believe he is now doing good work in his new position. We consider him thorough, resolute and punctual in the duties entrusted to him.
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