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J. W. Conger, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, .75
Mrs. C. A. Wilkinson, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, 1.20 Hazelton & Fisher, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, . 35.06
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on James Scott, a State pauper, 21.00
J. W. Robinson, expenses for moving two State paupers . to State Almshouse, . 6.42
Geo. W. Kingsbury, expenses to Newton and Boston twice in a pauper case, . 2.50
Geo. W. Kingsbury, for postage,
$341.33
Insane in the Hospitals : -
Worcester : -
Susan M. Bullard, .
$169.47
Taunton : -
Rachel Brisco, .
169.46
School for Feeble-minded, board of Arthur Ricker, 169.43
$508.36
Received from the town of Brewster : -
For aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small in 1893, . $30.00
For aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small in 1894, . 20.00
Received from Andover : -
For aid furnished Mrs. Emma Shattuck in 1893, · 4.00
For aid furnished Mrs. Emma Shattuck in 1894, · 14.00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY (for the Board),
Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS.
SCHOOL FUND.
Note of the town by R. A. Battelle, Treasurer, dated
April 4, 1891, . $2,510.20
Note of Sarah A. Chickering, dated Dec. 15, 1869, secured by mortgage, 250.00
Deposit in Framingham Savings Bank, 1,000.00
$3,760.20
PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND.
In hands of Town Treasurer : -
George Cummings Fund, $ 1,000.00
George M. Smith Fund, 500.00 $ 1,500.00
TRUST FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS IN CEMETERY.
In hands of Town Treasurer :
Mary T. Derby Fund, $100.00
George M. Smith Fund, 100.00
Mary F. Ellis Fund, . 100.00
Nancy Curtis Fund, . 50.00
Mary M. Phelps Fund,
50.00
Moses Ellis Fund,
200.00
$600.00
Respectfully submitted,
HAMLET WIGHT, WM. F. GUILD, Trustees. EDWIN V. MITCHELL,
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1895.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Medfield, on Monday, the fourth day of March, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles : -
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose the following-named town officers under the pro- visions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1893 : one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of town taxes, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three for a Board of Health, three for a Cemetery Committee, three Trustees of School and Trust Funds, five Constables, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Committee for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Public Library to fill vacancy. Also to vote on the following question : Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year? The vote to be Yes or No.
All the above to be voted for on one ballot, and the polls to be opened at half-past nine in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours.
ART. 3. To choose field drivers, fence viewers, and pound keeper.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers for the past year.
ART. 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, and also to determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might, if chosen to the office.
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ART. 9. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
ART. IO. To see what compensation the town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to place a marker of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution at the grave of each Revolutionary soldier or sailor buried in this town, the expense not to exceed one dollar each.
ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to enlarge the Centre School-house by building an ell or wing of two stories, running south-westerly therefrom, and containing two additional school-rooms, and appropriate and authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for that purpose, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to build a town way from Main to Green Streets as petitioned for by Jeremiah McCarty and others, and laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by a plan on file with the Town Clerk, and appropriate money for that purpose, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide additional safe room for the safe-keeping of the town records, appro- priate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 16. To hear the reports of committees and act thereon.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take toward setting apart a portion of Vine Lake Cemetery for the use of St. Edward's Parish, or of providing additional land therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, ten days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February, A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
WILLIAM F. GUILD, Selectmen WILMOT W. MITCHELL, of
HENRY M. PARKER, Medfield.
A true copy.
Attest :
Constable of Medfield.
245th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1896.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
22
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
23
REPORT OF ENGINEERS
.
.
27
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
28
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
3I
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
.
32
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR . 1
39
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
45
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
46
REPORT OF COMMITTER ON TOWN SEAL
50
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
.
55
REPORT OF ASSESSORS
. 59
.
6
26
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET 1896
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1895.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
HENRY M. PARKER. Selectmen. WILLIAM F. GUILD. BENJAMIN F. SHUMWAY.
Assessors.
WILLIAM F. GUILD. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Treasurer and Collector. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
School Committee.
WILLIAM S. TILDEN,
Term expires 1896
JAMES HEWINS,
1897
GEORGE R. CHASE, .
66 66 1898
Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. HERMAN G. CROSBY. HERBERT W. HUTSON.
Board of Health.
WILLARD HARWOOD. ARTHUR MITCHELL. JOHN H. RICHARDSON.
Trustees of School Funds.
WILLARD HARWOOD. SAMUEL W. SIMPSON. HAMLET WIGHT.
Constables.
M. H. BLOOD.
FRANK J. LAVERTY.
HERMAN G. CROSBY. DAVID MEANY.
SAMUEL E. MITCHELL.
Cemetery Committee.
JEREMIAH B. HALE. WILLIAM P. HEWINS. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Trustees of Public Library.
ISAAC B. CODDING, Term expires 1896
GEORGE H. SMITH,
66 66 1896
WILLARD HARWOOD,
1897
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
66 1897
WILLIAM H. BAILEY,
66 66 1898
BRACEY CURTIS,
66 66 1898
3 Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Auditor. THOMAS E. SCHOOLS.
Pound Keeper. GEORGE D. HAMANT. Field Drivers.
WALDO A. FITTS. GEORGE I. L. ALLEN.
Fence Viewers.
FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ISAAC B. CODDING. HERMAN G. CROSBY.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.
HERMAN G. CROSBY.
Engineers. M. HOWARD BLOOD. HERBERT W. HUTSON.
Weigher. ISAAC B. CODDING.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Measurer of Wood and Bark. M. HOWARD BLOOD. JOSEPH M. JOHNSON.
Board of Registrars.
E. M. BENT, .
Term expires 1896
N. F. HARDING, .
1897
LEWIS A. CUTLER, .
66 1898
Superintendent of Streets. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY.
Inspector of Cattle. FRANCIS D. HAMANT.
Night Watch. DAVID MEANY.
Special Police.
CHARLES F. ATKINSON. CLINTON T. FROST. EDWIN H. ELLIS. JOSEPH L. GAUTHIER.
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R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1895, .
$826.75
Of Collector on Tax for 1893, _
$234.36
Of Collector on Tax for 1894,
2,450.00
Of Collector on Tax for 1895,
12,100.00
Of Interest on Tax for 1893,
20.80
14,805.16
Money borrowed : -
In Anticipation of Taxes,
$3,000.00
School-house Loan,
5,500.00
New Street Loan,
2,500.00
Premium,
5.00
11,005.00
Received from State Treasurer : -
Corporation Tax,
$1,684.66
National Bank Tax,
431.42
Income of Massachusetts School Fund,
269.20
2,385.28
Interest on Bank Deposit, .
15.79
Trustees of School Fund,
206.01
Town of Walpole : -
Tuition of Winn and Tisdale Children, .
70.00
Received of George E. Pettis for Rent of Town Hall,
$227.00
Received of Frank R. Moore for Rent of Post-office Room,
172.00
399.00
Received of Sara E. Carr for Board of J. E. Bullard,
$94.61
Received of Nathan T. Dyer for Board of Rachel Briscoe,
150.00
244.61
Received of Rufus G. Fairbanks, Trial Justice, for Fines,
$275.00
Received of A. B. Endicott, Sheriff, for Fines,
25.00
300.00
Received of Martin Sweeny for Loam,
$80.00
Received of County Treasurer for Dog Licenses,
211.20
291.20
Received from Overseers of Poor : -
For Milk sold from Town Farm,
$623.79
For Sundry Sales from Town Farm,
227.23
851 02
Received for Loam and Old Iron from the School-house, .
$3.00
Received of Waldo Brothers for Goods returned,
3.50
Received for Culvert Stones,
1.00
Received for Plank and Drain Pipe sold, .
3.13
10.63
Received for Licenses : -
Of Artonia Gartella, Pedler,
$6.00
Of Edmund Bullard, Butcher,
1.00 .
Of Charles F. Bruce, Butcher,
1.00
Of William F. Abell, Pool and Billiard,
2.00
Of Webber Sawyer, Pool and Billiard, .
1.00
Of Alexander & Johnson, Auctioneers,
2.00
Of William Ryan, Fireworks,
2.00
Of William H. Garfield, Fireworks,
2.00
Of Edwin J. Keyou, Druggist,
1.00
Of Nathan C. Hanson, Billiard and Pool,
2.00
Of George W. Kingsbury, Butcher,
1.00
21.00
$31,431.45
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1896.
CR.
By Cash paid for teaching Schools, .
$3,464.26
Fuel, Care, and Supplies,
2,432.75
Addition to School-house,
6,019.36
Town House Expenses, .
410.66
Insurance,
186.45
Notes and Interest,
3,831.16
Public Library,
388.37
General Expenses, .
409.86
Almshouse Expenses,
1,809.44
Outside Poor,
796.48
Highways,
2,123.67
New Street,
2,080.09
Town Officers,
1,781.32
Taxes paid,
2,228.85
Bridges,
66.87
Drain on North Street,
250.72
Soldiers' Relief,
180.00
State Aid,
22.00
Military Aid,
24.00
Cemetery,
620.00
Removing Snow,
187.70
Sidewalks,
18.00
Memorial Day and Expenses,
I14.00
Repairs on School-houses,
75.01
Sewer Department, .
718.85
Fire Department,
629.00
Graduation Expenses,
34.25
$30,903.12
Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1896, .
528.33
$31,431.45
R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer.
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EXPENDITURES.
SCHOOL TEACHING.
Paid Charles A. Guild, $530.00
Carrie A. Smith, .
438.00
Pearl Brigham, 425.00
Mary B. A. Dunn,
425.00
Mary E. Tufts,
413.19
S. Minnie Chase,
425.00
Alice A. Tufts,
158.25
Jeanette King,
188.00
D. G. Munson,
400.00
Edith Creesy,
22.22
Town of Norfolk for children of James Geary, . 39.60
$3,464.26
Cr. by Income from Massachusetts School Fund, . $269.20
Income from Town School Fund,
206.01
Received of town of Walpole, tuition of Winn and Tisdale children,
70.00
Appropriation,
2,500.00
$3,045.21
Cost of teaching,
3,464.26
Appropriation exceeded,
$419.05
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid N. F. Harding, repairs on Centre School-house, $38.28
N. F. Harding, repairs on North School-house, . 6.48
27.50
A. R. Newton, repairs on Centre School-house, George Babcock, stock and labor on Centre School-house, .75
George Babcock, stock and labor on North School-house, 2.00
$75.01
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FUEL, CARE, AND SUPPLIES.
Paid George G. Babcock, painting South School- house, .
$45.62
George G. Babcock, painting Centre School- house, 194.66
J. Y. Thurston, hooks for Centre School-house, 2.42 Charles Fisher, cutting fuel Centre School, . . 10.00 Charles Turner, care and cleaning Centre School, I34.49
Charles Turner, cash paid for washing towels, . 3.35
James E. Pettis, care of Centre School-house, 93.80
James .E. Pettis, cash paid for washing towels, . .90 James Ord, window-shades for Centre School, 28.50
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, 49.82
Charles Ferguson, inspecting boiler, 2.00
W. D. Kingsbury, care of South School-house, . 10.50
Lucy S. Allen, care of North School-house, . . 10.50
1.20
A. A. Kingsbury, labor on South School-house, J. E. Lonergan, coal for Centre School,
154.28
W. W. Preston, supplies for Centre School, 5.60
Codding & Schools, supplies for Centre School, 9.25
Codding & Schools, supplies for South School, .75
S. F. Turner, removing ashes, 5.00
Ginn & Co., supplies, . 20.II
Boston School Supply Company, supplies,
44.00
George S. Perry & Co., supplies,
609.79
American Book Company, supplies, 64.86
J. L. Hammett, supplies, . 41.02
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies, .
28.70
Allyn, Bacon & Co., supplies,
11.90
University Publishing Company, supplies,
16.90
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., supplies,
8.10
Maynard, Merrill & Co., supplies,
4.59
Lee & Shepard, supplies,
3.00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, supplies,
.60
Thorpe, Martin & Co., supplies, .
2.50
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies, 2.67
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., supplies,
6.63
Carried forward, . $1,628.01
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Brought forward, . $1,628.01
Paid Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies, . 9.49
Charles Turner, care of Centre School-house, 153.80
Charles Turner, washing towels, and supplies, . 1.79
Clarence Ricker, care of North School-house, 4.50
James Hewins, purchasing books, 35.00
Walter D. Kingsbury, care of South School-house, 17.70
Ginn & Co., for supplies, . 20.33
Boston Publishing Company, for books,
7.00
George S. Perry & Co., supplies, 22.00
Maynard, Merrill & Co., supplies, 1.80
J. L. Hammett, supplies, . 1.40
University Publishing Company, supplies, 34.90
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies, .
7.91
Educational Publishing Company, supplies, . .63
American Book Company, supplies,
17.80
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, supplies,
2.85
Burdett, Silver & Co., supplies, . 7.15
Lucy S. Allen, care of North School-house, . 2.25
Hamlet Wight, wood for North School-house,
9.00
Mowbray Truax, care of North School-house, 5.25
Perry, Mason & Co., flags for Centre School, 8.25
Morton Book Company, for supplies, 3.36
C. A. Wilkinson, for supplies, 1.50
Medfield Water Company, water for Centre School-house, 41.67
J. E. Lonergan & Co., coal for Centre School- house, . 302.50
Teacher's Anatomical Aid, Centre School-house, 37.50
Postal Money Order, .15
Freight, .
.82
H. M. Parker, for express, 26.79
S. J. Spear, printing,
3.00
J. H. Pember, repairs on pencil sharpener,
.50
E. M. Bent, for wood, .
3.50
George R. Chase, supplies for schools,
10.8I
J. A. Fitts, supplies for Centre School,
1.84
$2,432.75
Appropriation,
1,500.00
$932.75
Exceeded appropriation,
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., for books, . $153.08
Bracey Curtis, for books and periodicals, 34.49
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding books, 13.00
Lucretia M. Johnson, for services as librarian,
100.00
S. J. Spear, for printing slips, labels, etc.,
8.55
S. J. Spear, for books,
2.90
George E. Pettis, care of library-room,
50.00
H. M. Parker, for express, 3.75
W. W. Preston, repairs on stove, 5.25
C. W. Spaulding, for repairs and making sign, 7.35
F. M. Smith, painting sign,
10.00
$388.37
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Paid M. D. Jones & Co., 64 markers for Revolution- ary soldiers' graves, Memorial Day,
$64.00
50.00
$114.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid Mary Mullen, for care of children of E. O'Keefe,
$180.00
Appropriation,
$180.00
STATE AID.
Paid Caroline A. Adams, to Feb. 1, 1896,
$22.00
MILITARY AID.
Paid E. O. Grover, to Feb. 1, 1896,
$24.00
EXPENSES OF GRADUATION EXERCISES.
Paid Rev. A. E. Winship, speaker,
$15.00
Mrs. Morrill, accompanist and team,
15.00
Programmes and tickets,
4.25
$34.25
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INSURANCE.
Paid A. H. Austin, insurance on weights and meas- ures,
$5.00
A. H. Austin, insurance on Centre School-house, 100.00
A. H. Austin, insurance on Library, 27.50
J. B. Hale, insurance on hearse and road-scraper,
7.00
J. B. Hale, insurance on Centre school-house, . 26.95
J. B. Hale, insurance on North School-house,
20.00
$186.45
Appropriation,
100.00
Exceeded appropriation,
$86.45
INSURANCE REPORT.
Insurance on Town House. Expires
Hartford Insurance Company,
July 13, 1897, $10,000.00
Home Insurance Company, . Aug. 14, 1897, 5,000.00
Westchester Ins. Company,
Oct. 4, 1897, 5,000.00
$20,000.00
Insurance on Centre School-house.
Norfolk Mutual Company, . .
Sept. 1, 1898,
$1,300.00
Aug. 25, 1897,
2,500.00
Oct. 26, 1897,
1,500.00
Oct. 26, 1897,
1,500.00
Hartford Insurance Company,
Dec. 7, 1897,
2,500.00
Sept. 18, 1898,
1,500.00
Sept. 21, 1898, 2,500.00
Sept. 21, 1898,
1,000.00
$14,300.00
Insurance on North School-house.
Norfolk Mutual Ins. Co., . Oct. 1, 1898,
$2,000.00
Insurance on South School-house.
Norfolk Mutual Ins. Co., . Nov. 1, 1897,
$1,400,00
Insurance on Almshouse Property.
Norfolk Mutual Ins. Co., $2,000 on house, $600 on barn and out-buildings, June 13, 1897,
$2,600.00
Home Insurance Company, . American Insurance Company, Westchester Ins. Company, .
Worcester Insurance Company, Cambridge Mutual Ins. Co., . Dorchester Mutual Ins. Co.,
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Insurance on Personal Property at Almshouse. Expires Dedham Mutual Ins. Company, Nov. 1, 1897,
$1,475.00
Insurance on Public Library.
Hartford Fire Ins. Company, . April 26, 1899, $1,500.00
Ætna Insurance Company, . March 8, 1898, 1,000.00
$2,500.00
Insurance on Weights and Measures.
Dorchester Mutual Ins. Co., . Sept. 7, 1898,
$400.00
Insurance on Hearse and Road Machine.
Home Insurance Company, . Mar. 24, 1896, $6.50
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, for wood, $4.50
Codding & Schools, for oil and supplies, 23.13
John Noonan, stock and labor,
13.25
C. W. Spaulding, labor on safe,
.35
Fred M. Smith, lamp-black,
.50
W. W. Preston, grates for furnace, pipe, and repairs,
24.35
E. M. Bent, for coal,
44.00
N. F. Harding, repairs, 79.84
W. Ryan, hinges on gates and drilling,
3.25
George G. Babcock, stock and labor,
11.58
George W. Kingsbury, for wood,
11.50
French, repairs on Town House,
10.32
J. A. Fitts, supplies, ·
32.09
George E. Pettis, care of Town House,
152.00
$410.66
Income, rent of hall,
$227.00
Income, rent of store,
172.00
399.00
Balance, expenses over receipts,
$11.66
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REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, . $187.70
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SIDEWALKS.
Paid George D. Horton, one-half cost of concreting, $18.00
Appropriation, 200.00
Balance unexpended,
$172.00
DRAIN ON NORTH STREET.
Paid H. G. Crosby, carting drain pipe, sand, etc., $2.50
George W. Kingsbury, stock and labor, 173.36
Boston Fire Brick Company, for drain pipe, . 3.25
Lock Haven Clay Works, drain pipe, 71.61
$250.72
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid W. Ryan, wrenches and supplies, $12.90
A. L. Gay, care of engine, hose, and rooms, . 17.00
W. N. Grace, care of hook and ladder truck, etc., 10.00
S. V. Crooker, for services of engine men to May 1, 1895, 377.46
T. F. Hanley, for services of hook and ladder men to May 1, 1895, . 150.00
H. G. Crosby, teams to fires, . 25.00
Fred M. Smith, painting shovels,
2.00
M. H. Blood, for I dozen shovels,
9.50
Boston Woven Hose Company, for repairing fire extinguisher, . 3.50
J. J. Cunningham, straps for Hook and Ladder Company,
1.00
Fred M. Smith, painting hook and ladder truck, 2.00
C. W. Spaulding, repairs in hook and ladder room, . 1.80
E. J. Keyou, chemicals for extinguishers, . 9.00
Codding & Schools, for supplies,
1.63
E. M. Bent, wood and coal,
5.15
J. A. Fitts, for supplies, 1.06
$629.00
Appropriation,
600.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$29.00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid A. B. Parker, services as Assessor, . $50.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Assessor, 50.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Inspector of Cattle, 45.00
Thomas E. Schools, services as Auditor, 15.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk, 75.00
H. W. Hutson, services as Overseer of Poor, 40.00
G. W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer of Poor, 50.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Treasurer, .
.
75.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Collector, 148.00
H. G. Crosby, services as Constable and Police, 189.97
H. G. Crosby, services as Engineer, 18.00
H. G. Crosby, services as Overseer of Poor, . 40.00
M. H. Blood, services as Constable and Police, 16.25
M. H. Blood, services as Engineer, . 18.00
David Meany, services as Night Watchman, 365.00
David Meany, services as Constable, 12.90
Charles W. Spaulding, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
George G. Babcock, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
George L. L. Allen, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
W. F. Abell, services as Ballot Clerk, .
2.00
George R. Chase, services as Ballot Clerk, 1893, 1894, 1895, . 12.00
George R. Chase, services as School Committee for 1892, .
35.00
George R. Chase, services as School Committee for 1895, . 50.00
W. E. Fales, services as Engineer, 14.00
F. J. Laverty, services as Police, 14.95
Joseph Brigham, services as Police, July 3, 4, 1895, . 3.00
E. H. Ellis, services as Police,
3.75
E. Samuel Mitchell, services as Police, 11.50
S. W. Simpson, services as Ballot Clerk, 4.00
J. W. Coltman, services as Ballot Clerk, 2.00
Lewis A. Cutler, services as Registrar, 1895, 6.00
E. M. Bent, services as Registrar, 1895,
6.00
Carried forward, . $1,384.32
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Brought forward, . $1,384.32
Paid N. F. Harding, services as Registrar, 1895, 6.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar, 1895, 6.00
H. M. Parker, services as Selectman, .
100.00
B. F. Shumway, services as Selectman, 100.00
W. F. Guild, services as Selectman,
100.00
W. F. Guild, services as Assessor,
50.00
James Hewins, services as School Committee, 1894,
35.00
$1,781.32
Appropriation,
1,600.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$181.32
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid George H. Ellis, printing Town Reports, . $89.63
W. F. Guild, postage on Town Reports, 3.80
Emma Rhodes, dinners for Election Officers, 10.00
S. J. Spear, printing tramp permits, note-heads, etc., 8.90
S. J. Spear, printing ballots, etc., for annual meeting, . 12.00
S. J. Spear, recording births, deaths, and mar- riages, . 21.80
James Hewins, legal advice and recording deed, 37.40
W. F. Abell, ringing bells for fires, .
1.75
W. F. Abell, care of town clock,
25.00
Parker's Express, badges for police and con- stables, 5.50
H. M. Parker, for express, 12.55
H. M. Parker, for postage, 3.15
W. F. Guild, stationery and postage,
2.00
A. B. Parker, cash paid for exhuming body of Joseph W. Porter, . 5.00
R. G. Fairbanks, expenses in case of Joseph W. Porter, 7.71
J. B. Fitzpatrick, expenses in case of Joseph W. Porter, 8.40
Carried forward, $2 54.59
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Brought forward, . $254.59
C. T. Frost, expenses in case of Joseph W. Porter, 7.20
W. Ryan, labor on drinking fountain, 1.85
Robert W. Baker, repairs on drinking fountain, 2.0I
George W. Bruce, perambulating town lines, 6.00
George M. Stevens, repairing town clock, .1.00
A. B. Parker, returning 26 deaths, 1895, . 6.50
G. H. Ellis, 2 order books,
6.75
A. B. Black, for snow-plough,
40.00
G. W. Kingsbury, freight on snow-plough,
1.43
H. G. Crosby, lounge for lock-up, 2.00
5.00
S. J. Spear, postage and stationery, .
R. A. Battelle, care and use of standard weights, 5.00
George H. Ellis, printing tax bills, 3.75
James Ord, town pump and repairs on same,
21.00
H. M. Parker, stone posts for foundation of fountain, . 4.00
Lock Haven Clay Works, drain pipe, 41.78
$409.86
Appropriation,
600.00
Balance unexpended,
$190.14
HIGHWAYS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, on account of highways, $2,007.97
Fulton Iron Foundry, grates for streets, ·
6.09
George E. Allen, repairs on road scraper, 1.25
Baldwin & Emerson, for covering stone,
60.00
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor on catch-basins, Adams Avenue, 21.68
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor on catch-basins, Main Street,
5.70
Waldo Brothers, rim and cover for drains, 3.50
George N. Lincoln, grates for North Street, 8.19
H. M. Parker, for express,
9.47
$2,123.67
Appropriation,
2,000.00
Appropriation exceeded,
$123.67
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NEW STREET.
Paid C. Atherton Hicks, for surveying, $153.82
G. W. Kingsbury, for labor, 1,686.17
North Acton Company, for covering stone, 36.00
N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., freight on covering stone, 10.80
H. G. Crosby, labor on bridge, 125.00
H. G. Crosby, use of pump, 3.00
Robert W. Baker, stakes, . 4.50
Union Lumber Company, .
10.80
Medfield Water Company, land damage, .
50.00
$2,080.09
Appropriation,
2,500.00
$419.91
BRIDGES.
Paid Union Lumber Company, for plank, $53.87
George W. Kingsbury, for labor, 13.00
$66.87
Appropriation,
200.00
$133.13
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Paid C. A. Hicks, civil engineer,
$211.52
R. H. Landick, board of two men,
26.16
Charles Bolton, for labor,
29.00
John Coughlin, for labor,
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