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They shall lay out a suitable part of said grounds into burial-lots for the use of the inhabitants of the town from time to time as they shall be required, free of charge therefor, and place the same upon the said plan, properly designated and numbered, and keep a separate record of all such lots taken up and of all burials therein.
They shall have power to fix the fees for opening graves for burials, for depositing in vaults 'or in the receiving tomb, and for the superin- tendent for the use of the hearse and attending funerals, and his com- pensation for all work done by him for proprietors of lots in fitting up and improving the same.
Such fees and compensation shall be uniform in amount and required in all cases, unless said Committee shall, for good causes, remit or abate the same or any part thereof.
They shall keep a record of all burials made in the cemetery during each year on the books and plans provided for the same, and the name of the person, the date, and place of burial sufficiently clear to designate the same.
They shall prescribe forms for the conveyance of lots.
No lot shall be used for burial until paid for, except in the free lots, as aforesaid.
They shall collect all moneys due to the town for lots, fees, or ser- vices, and pay all such moneys received by them into the town treasury, and keep a faithful record and account of all such moneys received, and of all expenses paid and of all orders drawn, and make their report thereof annually to the town, with such recommendations as they deem proper for its consideration. Provided, however, that such Committee shall be at liberty to expend any money or moneys put in their hands for the immediate care or improvement of any particular lot or lots, if such expenditure shall not cause any additional expense to the town. And said Committee shall not be required to render any account for the application of the same except to the person so contributing.
They shall have power to make rules and regulations regarding vis-
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itors to the grounds, the admission of horses and carriages or teams, and for the protection of the grounds and the shrubs, trees, flowers, tablets, monuments, or ornaments therein from intrusion or injury, and to enforce the same, provided the same are not inconsistent with pro- visions of the statutes.
The Town Treasurer shall, in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 186, of the Acts of the Legislature of 1884, receive, receipt for, and invest, under the direction of the Selectmen, any funds, moneys, or securities, amounting in value to not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars (for each lot), to insure the perpetual care of any lot or lots in said cemetery. If it be in money, it shall be the duty of the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to deposit the same in some institution for savings within the Commonwealth, in accordance with Section 35, Chapter 116, of the Public Statutes.
All interest, dividends, and profits accruing on any funds, moneys, or securities so received, may be drawn against by the Cemetery Com- mittee at such times and in such amounts as they shall deem necessary for the care of said lots, monuments, or cenotaphs. But in no case shall they draw more than the interest, dividends, or profits which shall have accrued from the funds, moneys, or securities so given or deposited ; and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer or the Selectmen, upon the receipt of such funds, moneys, or securities, when given to insure per- petual care of lots in said cemetery, to give a receipt in the form fol- lowing : -
MEDFIELD, MASS.,
$
Received of
the sum of
dollars.
This sum is given in trust to the town of Medfield as a permanent fund. The same to be deposited in some reliable institution for savings, and a separate account kept of it in the books of the Cemetery Com- mittee, and reported each year in their annual report. No part of this principal sum shall ever be expended.
The interest accruing, or so much as may be needed, is to be drawn and expended by the Cemetery Committee annually in caring for
lot No. owned by
in Vine Lake Cemetery.
Any portion of the interest unexpended shall remain to the credit of this lot, and may be used in any year when deemed necessary.
Dated this day of A.D. under seal of the town, and signed by its Treasurer.
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TRUANT CHILDREN.
SECT. 18. All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years residing in the town, who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be committed to Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth Truant School in Walpole, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
It shall be the duty of every Truant Officer, previous to making any complaint under these laws, to notify the truant or absentee from school, also his parent or guardian, of the offence committed, and the penalty therefor; and, if the Truant Officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may, at his own discretion, forbear to prosecute, so long as such pledges are faithfully kept.
It shall be the duty of the School Committee, the teachers of the public schools, and the citizens generally, to aid the Truant Officers as far as possible in the discharge of their duties.
Two or more Truant Officers shall be appointed annually, whose duty it shall be to inquire into all violations of the Truant Laws, and of the law relating to compulsory education, and to do all the acts required of them by the laws of the Commonwealth.
PENAL LAWS.
SECTION I. No person shall play at any game of ball, or foot-ball, or throw balls or stones or snowballs, within any of the streets or public places of the town ; nor shall any person deposit within any such streets, roads, or ways, or by the side thereof, any ashes, cinders, offal, rubbish, or any waste matter whatever.
SECT. 2. No person shall course, coast, or slide down, across, in, or along any of the streets or highways of the town, upon any hand-sled, board, jumper, or otherwise, except at such places and under such re- strictions and regulations as the Selectmen shall designate and require ; nor take hold of nor ride upon the hind part of any carriage without leave of the owner or occupant thereof.
SECT. 3. No person shall place in any street, roadway, or town way within the town any broken glass, nails, tacks, or other substances liable to injure the feet of persons, animals, or the tires of bicycles or car- riages.
SECT. 4. No person shall drive or allow a horse under his control to go at an immoderate or unreasonable rate, in any street or public place within the town, so as thereby to endanger the life, safety, or con- venience of any person properly using the said street or public place. Nor shall any person ride or drive any horse or horses, or cause the
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same to be ridden or driven, for trial of speed in the town, unless by permission of the Selectmen.
SECT. 5. No person shall drive any carriage or other vehicle upon or over any hose-pipe or hose in use, when placed in the street or highway by order of the chief engineer or any other officer of the fire department.
SECT. 6. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling-piece, or firearm, or make any bonfire or other fire, in any street or public place in the village, unless by permission of the Selectmen.
SECT. 7. No person shall engage in hunting, or play at ball or any other game, or discharge any firearms, within the limits of the town on the Sabbath day, except on their own premises.
SECT. 8. No person shall wheel, drive, or draw any coach, cart, hand-cart, hand-barrow, sled, or other carriage of burden or pleasure (except children's hand carriages drawn by hand), or drive or permit any horse, neat cattle, or sheep under his care to go or stand upon any sidewalk or street crossing so as to obstruct public travel.
SECT. 9. Three or more persons shall not collect, stand, or be to- gether in a group or near to each other on any sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage of foot passengers, nor after a request to move on or disperse made by any of the Selectmen, Constables, or police officers of the town.
SECT. IO. No person shall behave himself in a rude and disorderly manner, or use any indecent, profane, or insulting language, in any street, highway, or public place of the town, or near a dwelling-house or other building not his own therein, or be or remain upon the sidewalk or upon any doorstep, portico, or other projection from any such house or other building, or in any church, meeting-house, public hall, or entrance thereto, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person. Nor shall any person at, near, or upon any such dwelling-house, building, sidewalk, doorstep, portico, or projection, or any such meeting-house, horse-shed, public hall, or entrance thereto, commit any nuisance, or by any noise, gesture, or other means wantonly and designedly frighten any horse in any street, highway, or public place in the town.
SECT. II. No person shall expose or offer for sale from any stand in or upon any street or in any public place in the town any article of merchandise or anything whatsoever without permission from the Se- lectmen of the town. Provided that this section shall not apply to any person offering for sale any products of the land or of his own industry or of peddling from any wagon or cart from house to house.
SECT. 12. No person shall sit upon or occupy any fence of the town or any private fence bordering upon any sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct any sidewalk or insult or annoy persons passing thereon.
SECT. 13. No person or persons shall obstruct any sidewalk or street or any other public place by idling or lounging thereon, or remain about the doors or places of business, when requested by the owners or occu- pants of said places to depart therefrom.
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SECT. 14. No person shall expectorate tobacco juice on the floor of any room in any public building or on the floor of any hall or entrance to any public building within the town.
SECT. 15. No person shall carry any spirituous or intoxicating liquors into the town building, school-houses, cemetery, or public grounds, to be drunk on the premises, without permission from the Selectmen.
SECT. 16. No person shall wantonly injure, mar, deface, or destroy any fence, sign-board, guide-post, awning, lamp-post, lamp, or lantern in any street, highway, or public place in the town.
SECT. 17. No person shall post or paste any advertisement or notice upon any shade tree, bridge, fence, guide-post, or poles used for the transmission of electricity in the town.
SECT. 18. No person other than the owner thereof or his agent shall trim, lop, or prune, or in any manner injure any shade, fruit, or orna- mental trees planted in any of the streets or public squares of the town, without the consent of the Tree Warden, or hitch or fasten any horse or other animal thereto or to the boxing thereof, or tie or fasten any horse or other animal across any sidewalk of the town.
SECT. 19. No person shall ring or cause to be rung any bell, use or cause to be used any horn or other instrument, in any street or public place in the town, to give notice of any business or calling or sale of any article, or shall sell or offer for sale by public proclamation in any street or public place any article, unless duly licensed by the Selectmen.
SECT. 20. No person shall bathe or swim in any public or exposed place in the town, in an indecent or nude condition.
SECT. 21. No person shall foul any brook, stream, or other body of water with any substance which shall kill the fish therein or create offen- sive odors therefrom, so as to injure the public health or annoy the inhabitants of the town.
SECT. 22. No person shall throw the carcass of any dead animal or any other animal substance liable to putrefy into any pond, stream, or other body of water, or leave such carcass or animal substance on the surface of the ground or insufficiently buried.
PENALTIES.
SECT. 23. Any person violating any of the provisions of the preced- ing By-laws shall be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by complaint before any trial justice, police, or district court having jurisdiction within the county, and forfeited and paid into the treasury of the town, unless when different provision is made by the laws of the Commonwealth.
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By the word " village " will be included the following streets, namely : Adams Avenue as far north as Dale Street.
North Street as far north as Railroad Street. Green Street as far north as Summer Street. Main Street as far east as Pound Street. South Street as far south as Phillip Street. Spring Street as far south as Curve Street.
Main Street as far west as Bridge Street.
Frary Street as far west as the Cemetery.
And all the following streets : -
Cottage, Curve, Oak, Park, Miller, Pleasant, Pound, Brook, Short, and Janes Avenue, together with all public Parks, Squares, Courts, Places, and Ways within the above-named points.
Respectfully submitted and unanimously recommended as and for a form for By-laws of the town.
WILLARD HARWOOD, HENRY M. PARKER, J. B. HALE,
Committee.
MEDFIELD, Feb. 16, 1898.
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
FROM JAN. 1, 1897, TO JAN. 1, 1898.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD :
Capital,
$50,000.00
CASH RECEIPTS.
Water rates,
$1,503.96
Service-pipe, .
65.00
$1,568.96
CASH DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance, labor, and sundries, .
$260.46
Maintenance dividend on capital stock,
1,440.00
Service-pipe, labor, and materials, . 96.96
Construction, labor, and materials,
2.25
$1,799.67
ASSETS.
Construction of plant, .
$24,040.45
Unpaid service-pipe accounts,
3.50
Unpaid water rates,
225.72
Cash on hand,
691.22
$24,960.89
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock issued,
$24,000.00
Maintenance, Searle, Dailey & Co., for pumping,
from May 1, 1895, to date, . 1,600.00
$25,600.00
BRACEY CURTIS,
Treasurer.
MEDFIELD, MASS., Jan. 1, 1898. .
248th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1899
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
2I
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
23
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
24
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 25
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
30
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF DELINQUENT TAXES
30
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
3I
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR +
39
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
44
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
46
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
53
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
54
BY-LAWS OF TOWN 56
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
64
BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 272 CONGRESS STREET
1899
2
REPORT OF SELECTMEN .
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1898.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen and Board of Health.
BENJAMIN F. SHUMWAY. WILLIAM F. GUILD. HERBERT W. WIGHT. Assessors.
WILLIAM F. GUILD. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Treasurer. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Collector. JOSEPH W. CURTIS.
School Committee.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, P. HENRY LEAHY,
1 900
GEORGE WASHBURN,
66
66 1901
Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. M. H. BLOOD.
HERBERT W. HUTSON. Trustees of Funds.
HAMLET WIGHT. WILLIAM H. BAILEY.
CLINTON T. FROST.
Trustees of Public Library.
ISAAC B. CODDING,
Term expires 1899
GEORGE H. SMITH,
66
66
1899
WILLARD HARWOOD,
66
66
1900
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
66
66
I 900
WILLIAM H. BAILEY,
66
1901
BRACEY CURTIS,
66
66
1901
M. H. BLOOD. DAVID MEANY.
Constables. SAMUEL E. MITCHELL. HERBERT W. HUTSON.
Term expires 1899
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Cemetery Committee.
WILLARD HARWOOD. ALONZO B. PARKER. JEREMIAH B. HALE. Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER.
THOMAS E. SCHOOLS, appointed.
Field Drivers.
P. HENRY LEAHY. ALBERT A. LOVELL. JOSEPH E. LONERGAN.
Fence Viewers.
ISAAC B. CODDING. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. FRANCIS D. HAMANT.
APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTMEN.
M. H. BLOOD.
Engineers of Fire Department. H. W. HUTSON. S. E. MITCHELL.
Weigher and Sealer of Weights and Measures. ISAAC B. CODDING.
Measurer of Wood and Bark. JAMES ORD.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM F. ABELL,
Term expires 1899
NATHAN F. HARDING,
66
1 900
LEWIS A. CUTLER,
66 66 1901
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. CLINTON T. FROST, resigned Oct. 11, 1898. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, appointed Oct. 11, 1898.
. Inspector of Animals and Provisions. ALEX. E. WIGHT, M.D.V., resigned. HERBERT W. HUTSON, to fill vacancy.
Night Watch and Keeper of Lockup. DAVID MEANY.
Auditor. Pound Keeper. GEORGE D. HAMANT.
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R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN
DR.
To Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1898,
$1,014.77
On Tax of 1894,
$10.02
On Tax of 1895,
136.40
On Tax of 1896,
189.53
On Tax of 1897,
2,045.26
On Tax of 1898,
12,990.65
15,371.86
Corporation Tax,
$1,949.48
National Bank,
506.01
Military Aid,
48.00
State Aid,
204.00
Burial of Indigent Soldiers,
33.00
Inspection of Cattle and Provisions,
25.00
Income of State School Fund,
255.55
Interest on Town. School Fund,
165.61
Borrowed Money,
5,000.00
8,186.65
Dog Tax,
$249.04
Rent of Post-office Room,
180.00
Rent of Town Hall,
166.00
Aid for D. West Family,
21.40
Aid for Mrs. Herbert Parker,
64.00
680.44
Milk from Town Farm,
$939.75
Sundry Sales from Town Farm,
179.10
Fines,
5.00
Licenses,
11.50
City of Boston for Mary Denny,
38.00
Boarder at Almshouse,
4.00
Ginn & Co., Error in Account,
.20
N. T. Dyer, on Account of R. Briscoe,
200.00
Interest on Bank Deposit,
42.98
1,420. 53
$26,674.25
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OF MEDFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1899.
CR.
By Cash paid for Teaching Schools,
$3,807.05
Care, Fuel, and Supplies,
1,381.87
Repairs on School-houses,
347.38
Notes and Interest,
6,761.23
Town House Expenses,
246.08
Board of Health,
116.24
Public Library,
304.19
Removing Snow,
1,237.75
$14,201.79
Fire Department,
$1,203.63
Sidewalks,
298.10
Cemetery,
443.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Outside Poor,
555.54
Insane and Feeble-minded,
723.33
Town Farm,
2,063.94
Insurance,
115.50
5,453.04
Bridges,
$16.34
Sewer, .
60.77
Highways,
1,337.12
State Aid,
160.00
Soldiers' Relief,
180.00
Burial of Soldier's Widow,
35.00
General Expenses,
365.25
Town Officers,
1,574.96
State Tax,
795.00
County Tax, .
1, 183.04
Millis Tax,
7.88
Walpole Tax,
2.09
5,717.45
$25,372.28
Cash in Treasury,
1,301.97
$26,674.25
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
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EXPENDITURES.
TEACHING SCHOOLS.
Paid Walter L. Van Kleeck, .
$952.00
Carrie A. Smith, .
413.00
Jeannette E. King,
349.55
Ida P. Brigham,
413.00
Susan M. Chase, .
413.00
Mary B. A. Dunn,
413.00
Wilma E. Bowden,
413.00
Isabel D. Bailey, .
180.00
Rosa S. Allen,
40.00
Mabel F. Belcher,
172.10
Henrietta E. Pike,
48.40
$3,807.05
Appropriation, $3,500.00
Income from State School Fund,
255.55
Interest on Town School Fund,
165.61
3,921.16
Balance unexpended,
$114.11
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid Garfield Brothers, repairs Centre School-house, $2.22 George W. Kingsbury, gravel at Centre School- house, 6.25
N. F. Harding, repairs at Centre School-house, 22.II
N. F. Harding, repairs at North School-house, .
2.00
N. F. Harding, repairs at South School-house, . 29.07 Boston Lightning Rod Co., Centre School-house, rod and repairing, 45.00
J. H. Pember, repairs at Centre School-house, .
1.00
T. P. Simpson, stock and labor, Centre School- house, 16.30
W. W. Preston, repairs at Centre School-house, 13.55
F. M. Ballou & Co., concreting, . 85.80
E. L. Edgecomb, repairing clock, Centre School- house, 1.25
Carried forward, . $224.55
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Brought forward, $224.55
Paid T. L. Donlan, repairs at South School-house, 3.60
A. N. Clark, shingles for South School-house, 47.25
Henry McElwin, repairing blackboards, . . 52.48
Crosby Steam Gauge Company, repairs at Centre School-house, 1.50
Lowell Babcock's Son, repairs at Centre School- house, 12.00
Lowell Babcock's Son, repairs at North School- house, 4.50
L. P. Chadsey, repairing clock at North School- house, 1.50
$347.38
No appropriation.
CARE, FUEL, AND SUPPLIES.
Paid James E. Pettis, care of Centre School-house, $458.50
James E. Pettis, repairing desk, .30
James E. Pettis, setting trees, 1.00
James E. Pettis, supplies, . · 3.82
James E. Pettis, washing towels, 10.15
George D. Hamant, wood, South School,
21.25
Perry, Mason & Co., flags,
21.50
Silver, Burdette & Co., supplies,
10.25
American Book Company, supplies,
159.40
Ginn & Co., supplies, 8.67
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., supplies, 36.21 *
George S. Perry & Co., supplies, 25.56
W. L. Van Kleeck, supplies,
9.73
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies, 9.49
J. L. Hammett Company, supplies, 55.37
George R. Chase, journey to Boston, expenses, 1.63
Edwin LeCain, care of North School-house, 9.00
Mary E. Cutler, 8 maple-trees,
9.50
George P. Brown, samples, .
2.00
Clinton D. Ames, care of North School-house, 15.00
George W. Kingsbury, wood for Centre School,
12.00
Carried forward, . $880.33
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Brought forward, $880.33
Paid James Ord, supplies for Centre School, 1.65
E. M. Bent, lime and wood for Centre School, . 6.75
William Ryan, bicycle holders, Centre School, 5.60 Fairbanks Orchestra, music for graduation ex- ercises, 17.00
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies.
50.26
George Washburn, postage, I.28
George Washburn, expense to Boston, 1.18
George Washburn, supplies,
5.59
Harper Brothers, supplies,
6.80
Carrie A. Smith, expense of teachers' meeting.
August 4, 1.19
George F. King, supplies,
2.10
S. J. Spear, programmes for graduation exercises.
12.00
Boston School Supply Company, supplies. 1.05
Leach, Shewell & Co., supplies, 9.37
J. E. Lonergan, coal for Centre School, 316.80
Directors of the Old South Work, supplies, .25
J. B. Lippincott, supplies, . 3.00
Mark Woodbine, cleaning North School-house,
5.25
Charles F. Read, freight and express,
10.33
Walter D. Kingsbury, care of South School- house, .
29.25
Walter D. Kingsbury, cleaning of South School- house, 1.65
Walter D. Kingsbury, care of lawn and storm doors, 3.40
J. A. Fitts, supplies, 2.89
A. A. Lovell, car-fare, postage, and mending flag, 4.46
Codding & Schools, supplies for North School.
1.24
Educational Publishing Company, supplies, .
1.20
$1,381.87
Appropriation.
1,500 00
Unexpended, . $118.13
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid N. F. Harding, repairs, stock, and labor,
$7.54
S. J. Spear, printing,
10.75
S. J. Spear, removing shelves,
1.25
Miss L. M. Johnson, librarian,
100.00
E. M. Bent, for wood,
.5°
H. L. Mitchell, magazines,
30.20
Little, Brown & Co., supplies.
10.00
George E. Pettis, janitor
50.00
J. A. Fitts, supplies,
.93
C. F. Read, express,
1.71
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books,
91.31
$304.19
Appropriation,
$100.00
Dog tax,
249.04
Interest on funds,
75.00
424.04
Unexpended, .
$119.85
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid Codding & Schools, kerosene oil, $15.18
N. F. Harding, repairs in hall,
3.25
N. F. Harding, repairs in post-office,
2.75
J. H. Pember, 3 keys,
.75
W. W. Preston, repairs,
7.77
E. L. Edgecomb, repairing clock,
.75
Blood Brothers, coal for lockup,
1.30
George W. Kingsbury, wood, .
11.50
Lowell Babcock's Son, repairs,
II.66
J. A. Fitts, supplies,
21.67
Geo. E. Pettis, care of town building one year, .
150.00
E. M. Bent, coal, . 19.50
$246.08
Received for rents,
346.00
Balance,
$99.92
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid Waltham Hospital, for board of Mary Denny,
case of scarlet fever, . $81.43
Newton Hospital, for board and treatment of Charles A. Cook, case of diphtheria, 23.56
Nathan Grant, for team to Newton Hospital, 5.00
C. A. Thompson, for fumigating Howe House, . 5.00
E. J. Keyou, disinfectants at Howe House, . .
1.25
$116.24
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid T. F. Hanley, Clerk of Hook and Ladder Com- pany, services of 20 men, $328.78
S. V. Crooker, Clerk of Engine Company, 588.75
Geo. W. Gamble, care of hook and ladder room, 17.00
Alfred A. Blake, care of engine-room, . 18.20
M. H. Blood, cash paid, watching Lonergan fire,
2.73
Wm. J. Cox, teams to Lonergan fire. 10.00
Wm. J. Cox, hotel fire, . 5.00
Wm. J. Cox, Weiker's fire, 10.00
Wm. J. Cox, John Mason's fire, . 10.00
Wm. J. Cox, Hamlet Wight's fire, 10.00
Wm. J. Cox, church fire, 10.00
Wm. J. Cox, drawing truck to shop and return, 1.50
C. W. Spaulding, repairs on engine, 2.80
C. W. Spaulding, repairs on engine-room, I.IO
T. P. Simpson, painting, 16.50
Dennis Cummings, whitewashing,
7.00
James Ord, 3} dozen chairs,
14.40
James Ord, 7 lbs. zinc, .63
James Ord, window shades, 5.00
E. M. Bent, coal, wood, and lime,
2.85
E. M. Bent, wood for hook and ladder room, .50
W. W. Preston, repairs, 2.98
F. M. Ballou & Co., concreting, 15.00
J. J. Cunningham, 6 pairs rubber boots, 22.50
Repairs, 1.20
Carried forward,
$1, 104.42
II
Brought forward, $1, 104.42
Paid R. W. Baker, repairs on hook and ladder truck, 19.91
Blood Brothers, repairs on engine, . 1.40
Miller Collins, watching fire at John Mason's, 2.00
Arthur Le Barron, services as engineman,
13.50
J. J. Kelley, repairs,
4.15
J. A. Fitts, supplies, 2.25
E. J. Keyou, supplies,
3.00
F. M. Smith, lettering boots, . 1.00
Painting hook and ladder truck, . 2.50
Walpole Fire Department, services at hotel fire, 49.50
$1,203.63
Appropriation,
1,000.00
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