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ABSENCE AND TARDINESS.
While it is impossible to do away entirely with irregular attend- ance and tardiness, we are satisfied that a large part reported can be avoided. We wish to call the attention of parents to this evil, and urge them to aid the teachers in their efforts to lessen it.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
The number of pupils in the Centre School is increasing; and very soon extra provision will have to be made, as the intermediate school-room at present has more pupils than can be properly accommodated.
The school buildings have been well cared for by those in charge, and the expense for repairs has been very slight.
VENTILATION.
Particular attention has always been given by the Committee and teachers to the ventilation of our school-houses. Boards have been provided for the windows; and everything that can be done to secure good ventilation, under the present construction and arrangement of the school-houses, has been done. We are now ordered by the State authorities to make additional provision in the Centre School building, which will doubtless call for consid- erable outlay.
The usual statistics are given in the following tables : -
STATISTICS.
Length of School in Weeks.
Whole No. of Scholars.
Average Attendance.
Percentage of Attendance.
No. over 15 years.
Schools.
Salary of Teacher.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
High, .
.
.
II
16
12
22
3I
25
14
27
23
80
92
93
I4
I2
$850
Grammar,
II
I6
I2
35
39
38
30
35
33
93
93
89
I
I
I
400
Intermediate, .
II
16
I2
42
46
49
38
42
4I
94
95
98
Primary,
II
16
I2
49
39
48
45
35
33
96
95
87
·
400
North,
16
I2
25
22
22
20
21
20
92
97
93
I
I
I
400
South,
II
16
I2
I7
I9
18
15
I7
I7
90
92
94
..
. .
400
400
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Neither absent nor tardy during the year : Mabel Guild, Althea Wood, Sadie Hanks.
No pupil has died, been suspended, or expelled during the year.
LIST OF TEACHERS.
Mr. EDWIN H. WHITEHILL,
High School.
Miss CARRIE A. SMITH,
Grammar School.
Miss EDITH E. HEWINS,
Intermediate School.
Mrs. MARY B. A. DUNN,
. Primary School.
Miss ABBIE M. DORR,
North School.
Mrs. SUSAN M. CHASE,
South School.
In behalf of the Committee,
JOSEPH A. ALLEN.
A majority of the Committee feel it their duty to submit to the town a matter which they deem of great importance, and which has arisen since the foregoing report was prepared; namely, the question of district supervision of the schools.
The statute relating to this matter (Chap. 431 of the Acts of 1888) is as follows : -
An Act to aid Small Towns to provide themselves with School Super- intendents.
SECTION I. Any two or more towns the valuation of each of which does not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars, and the aggregate number of schools in all of which is not more than fifty nor less than thirty, may, by vote of the several towns, unite for the purpose of the employment of a superintendent of schools under the provisions of this act.
SECT. 2. When such a union has been effected, the school com- mittees of the towns comprising the union shall form a joint com- mittee; and, for the purposes of this act, said joint committee shall be held to be the agents of each town comprising the union. Said committee shall meet annually in joint convention in the month of April at a day and place agreed upon by the chairman of the committees of the several towns comprising the union, and shall organize by the choice of a chairman and secretary. They shall choose, by ballot, a superintendent of schools ; determine the relative amount of service to be performed by him in each town ;
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fix his salary, and apportion the amount thereof to be paid by the several towns, and certify such amount to the treasurer of each town.
SECT. 3. Whenever the chairman and secretary of such joint committee shall certify to the State auditor, under oath, that a union has been effected as herein provided ; that the towns, in addition to an amount equal to the average of the total sum paid by the several towns for schools during the three years next pre- ceding, unitedly have raised by taxation and appropriated a sum not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars for the support of a superintendent of schools; and that under the provisions of this act a superintendent of schools has been employed for one year, a warrant shall be drawn upon the treasurer of the Commonwealth for the payment of one thousand dollars, one-half of which amount shall be paid for the salary of such superintendent, and the remain- ing one-half shall be apportioned and distributed on the basis of the average public school attendance of the towns forming such district for the year next preceding, which amount shall be paid for the salaries of teachers employed in the public schools within such district.
SECT. 4. A sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand dollars shall be annually appropriated for the purposes of this act.
SECT. 5. The provisions of section forty-three of chapter forty- four of the Public Statutes respecting the service of school com- mittees without pay in towns wherein a superintendent is appointed shall not apply to towns uniting in the employment of a superin- tendent under the provisions of this act.
It will be seen that town's acting under this statute must each have a valuation not exceeding $2,500,000, and that the combined number of their schools must be at least thirty.
We are informed that Foxboro and Walpole are desirous of uniting with Medfield in forming a district under the statute. These towns, adjoining each other and lying upon the same line of railroad, are admirably situated for such a union ; and the advan- tage to be derived therefrom would be very great. The cost to Medfield would be slight.
Walpole is now joined with Bridgewater, but, owing to the dis- tance between the towns and the disadvantages arising therefrom, it has been thought advisable to form a new district.
With the addition of Medfield to Foxboro and Walpole, a model district can be formed. The salary of the superintendent would be about $1,500. Foxboro has thirteen schools, Walpole twelve, and Medfield six, making thirty-one in all. The superintendent would spend two of the five days in each school week in Fox- -
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boro, two in Walpole, and one in Medfield. Foxboro and Wal- pole would pay four-fifths of a $1,500 salary,- namely, $600 each, - while Medfield would pay the remaining one-fifth, or $300.
The State aid to the district would be $1,000, and Medfield's share of this would be about $200. Thus, of the additional appro- priation by Medfield of $300, nearly $200 would come back to the town, making the entire cost of this arrangement only about $100 a year,- an insignificant expenditure, when compared with the great benefits to be derived therefrom.
If it should be found that a district could not be formed with Foxboro and Walpole, one could undoubtedly be formed with some of the following towns; namely, Sharon, Norfolk, Franklin, Medway, Holliston, Millis, Dover, and Needham. The towns of Millis (four schools), Medfield (six), Dover (five), and Needham, (fifteen) would make a very convenient district, having together just thirty schools.
The State Board of Education say that the provision for such supervision " is a just and generous contribution from the wealthy cities and towns of the Commonwealth, which pay nearly ninety per cent. of the State tax, for the educational improvement of the rural towns through better school superintendence "; and they enumerate the following special advantages thereof : -
The plan enables towns of low valuation to obtain the skilled superintendence possessed by the more wealthy towns and cities.
The special superintendent will be a trained educator, and devote all of his time and talents to the good of the schools.
Teachers will be directed in their work, courses of study will be arranged, and the schools will be better classified.
Through systematic visitation of schools and teachers' meetings, the method of school management and instruction will be much improved.
Good schools tend to increase the population and wealth of the towns.
A majority of the Committee believe that this rare opportunity ought not to be allowed to pass unimproved; and, in order to bring the question before the town, they have caused a proper article to be inserted in the warrant for the annual meeting.
In justice to Mr. Allen, they desire to have it understood that he is opposed to such supervision of the schools.
JAMES HEWINS, Of the STILLMAN J. SPEAR, S Committee.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MEDFIELD SCHOOL FUND.
Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of Jan. 23, 1874, for . . Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of May 2, 1885, for . . Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of Oct. 1, 1888, for 25.00 · Note given by Sarah A. Chickering, secured by mort- gage, for 250.00
$1,610.20
875.00
Deposits in Framingham Savings Bank,
1,000.00
Total,
· $3,760.20
Respectfully submitted,
HAMLET WIGHT,
J. H. BAKER, Trustees. RALPH A. BATTELLE,
MEDFIELD, Jan. 31, 1891.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Received of Committee on Enlargement of Cemetery : - Cash reported in their hands Feb. 1, 1890,
$40.68
received for lots sold, . ·
366.62
received for grass sold, 27.70
received for loam sold,
3.50
received for labor,
17.50
received of Town Treasurer,
300.00
$756.00
Cash paid William F. Weiker, labor,
$1.00
Thomas King, labor,
20.12
John Schools, labor,
261.85
A. B. Parker, labor and teams,
148.99
F. Molonson, labor,
5.60
D. Maney, labor, .
5.60
John McGrory, labor, .
8.33
William P. Hewins, chestnut posts,
6.30
William P. Hewins, wire and staples,
1.96
William P. Hewins, locks for gates,
1.80
Searle, Dailey & Co., labor,
4.38
John Rhodusky, labor,
1.67
C. Atherton Hicks, surveying,
115.00
O. C. R.R., freight on stone, 7.08
T. L. Barney, bill of sundries,
16.47
William Ryan, sharpening tools,
1.65
A. B. Parker, wire and staples,
1.06
J. E. Lonergan, fertilizer, 30.00
J. E. Plimpton & Co., iron gates, 54.24
J. H. Baker & Co., sundries,
19.06
N. F. Harding, fence boards,
II.34
J. B. Bishop, stone posts, .
30.00
H. G. Crosby, teaming,
.
2.50
$756.00
Respectfully submitted,
A. B. PARKER, E. V. MITCHELL, 1 Cemetery WM. P. HEWINS,
Committee.
STREET SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Paid for Gravel, John T. Bullard, $50.70
New York & New England Railroad, . 14.70
A. B. Parker, 15.95
A. P. Lovell,
2.60
William Kingsbury,
53.15
Robert Powell,
15.50
Patrick Hanley, .
17.00
Mr. Chipman,
3.00
J. Ashley,
I.IO
H. Jordan,
3.15
Paid Hamlet Wight, teams, labor, and gravel,
Paid for Labor, William Brisco,
64.66
L. Clifford,
36.50
M. Callehan,
34.65
J. Middlemass,
18.55
And teams, J. Johnston, 120.50
J. Noonan, .
43.75
J. Pendergast,
17.25
F. Riley,
5.68
Thomas Rourke, 113.69
Thomas Rourke, Jr.,
14.90
And team, S. F. Wight,
106.55
And teams, H. M. Parker,
546.89
Thomas Buchann,
59.61
Charles H. Russell,
93.97
And teams, H. G. Crosby,
373.05
William Pelton, 56.93
130.17
And teams, George W. Kingsbury, A. D. Kingsbury,.
24.42
J. A. Quincy,
29.32
Amount carried forward,
. $2, 116.34
29.20
P. Boyle,
19.25
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Amount brought forward, $2,116.34
Paid for Labor and team, Newcomb,
83.95
And team, R. E. Cole, .
39.90
E. Phelps, .
·
2.10
And teams, J. Alexander,
46.73
Thomas Hanley, .
5.70
J. McCarthy,
72.52
J. Mitchell, . 18.55
David Meaney, 52.93
J. H. Brigham,
43.92
F. Malloson,
46.10
E. Meaney, . 52.75
D. Moore,
29.92
George McGrory,
34.64
Ford,
.
1.00
Paid for Labor and teams and gravel repairing washout on Dale St., Adams Ave., and North St.,
20.36
Total expended on highways, $2,667.41
Appropriation for highways,
$2,500.00
Appropriation for sidewalks,
100.00
Exceeded,
$67.41
Respectfully submitted,
H. M. PARKER, Superintendent.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
MEDFIELD, Jan. 31, 1891.
Bridge Account : - Repairs on bridges and railways, .
$142.58
Snow Account, .
48.85
Sewer Account : - . ,
Repairs on sewer, .
26.74
$218.17
Respectfully submitted,
H. M. PARKER, Superintendent.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
New guide-boards have been put up or old ones repaired, where necessary to maintain them.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Public Library is fulfilling its mission with flattering success. An average of one hundred and thirty books are placed in circula- tion each library day.
During the summer the Trustees became convinced that the best means of securing more room on the shelves for new books was to retire a considerable number of works of more or less value, but not in constant demand. With the assistance of the selectmen, a convenient closet was fitted up in an adjoining room, and during the vacation upwards of eight hundred volumes were removed. They are catalogued, are easy of access, and can be taken out by giving to the librarian one day's notice.
The edition of the last complete Catalogue, published 1884, being exhausted, and a large number of books having been added since, the Trustees decided to prepare a new one and to adopt a new plan. The books were all reclassified and renumbered, the ledger system was done away with, and the standard library method of shelf and book numbering and the use of cards and slips adopted. A three months' trial has proven the wisdom of the change. The room has been thoroughly repaired and renovated. The following pleasant correspondence explains itself : -
BOSTON, MASS., Dec. 9, 1890. R. A. BATTELLE, Esq., Town Treasurer :
Dear Mr. Battelle,- It is not my wish to make any money out of the Medfield Public Library. It was therefore my intention to deduct ten per cent. from the face of the catalogue bill before settlement ; but it had not been done, and I enclose herewith my check for the amount, which you will place to the credit of the library, and oblige,- with best wishes to the library, its patrons, and yourself,- Yours cordially,
GEO. H. ELLIS.
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Following is the reply : -
MEDFIELD, MASS., Dec. 13, 1890.
GEO. H. ELLIS, Esq. :
Dear Sir,-On behalf of the Board of Trustees, permit me to express our sincere appreciation of your interest in the welfare of the Public Library, as manifested in your letter to R. A. Battelle of the 9th inst. We believe that the library is doing its work well, and that nothing so materially assists as a well-arranged catalogue, such as we now have. With great respect, I remain,
Yours truly,
J. HERBERT BAKER, For Board of Trustees.
The Library Fund has been increased this year by the gift of $500 from the late George M. Smith. Such bequests keep the name of the donor ever before his fellow-townsmen. May they prove examples for others! We acknowledge receipt of valuable books from Colonel Edwin V. Mitchell, Deacon G. L. Plimpton, and Mr. George Bailey of Ashland. Our Curio Collection has been increased by specimens of rock and ore presented by Miss Belle Robinson, and a mounted bat from Edwin G. Walker. A Water Color, "On the Dedham Road," by Artist John J. Francis, adorns the room. A file of the Town Reports and School Reports, 1840 to 1890 inclusively, was presented by Mrs. Francis S. Wight. They have been bound, and placed upon the shelves for reference use. To Messrs. Fred. M. Smith, John Y. Thurston, William W. Preston, William H. Everett, and Keniston & Clark we extend thanks for favors. Our appropriation is considerably overdrawn, but this was rendered necessary by the changes demanded, and the expense of the new Catalogue. The work was thoroughly done, and further expense in that line will not be needed for several years.
For the coming year we ask the same appropriation. We take this opportunity to inform our patrons that new books will be purchased during the next two months, and that lists of desirable books should be handed in at once.
Owing to the fact that the room was closed for three months, there will be no vacation this year.
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees,
J. HERBERT BAKER, Secretary.
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss.
To GEORGE A. MORSE, one of the constables of the town of Medfield, in the county of Norfolk, 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 second day of March next, at half-past eight o'clock A.M., then and there to act upon the following articles : -
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose the following-named town officers, under the pro- visions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1890: one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of the town taxes, three Selectmen, three As- sessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three for a Board of Health, three for a Cemetery Committee, three Trustees of School Fund, five Con- stables, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year, one School Com- mittee for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years. 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 of the above to be voted for on one ballot; and the polls to be open at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours, and close at one o'clock in the afternoon.
ART. 3. To choose field drivers, fence viewers, and pound keepers.
ART. 4. To hear and act on the reports of the several town officers of the past year.
ART. 5. To see if the town will accept the town way as petitioned for by Lester C. Bullard and others and laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 6 To grant and make appropriations of such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 8. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected
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for the ensuing year; and also to determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for his services for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all such means in the collection of the taxes as the Treasurer might, if chosen to the same office.
ART. IO. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. II. To see what compensation the town will allow the mem- bers of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see if the town will adopt the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Acts of 1890 relating to public cemeteries.
ART. 13. To see if the town will appropriate any sum of money for the support of the Medfield Brass Band, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on short street ad- joining Thomas Upham's land.
ART. 15. To see if the town will purchase a street-roller and sprink- ler, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 16. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work done on the highways for the ensuing year.
ART. 17. To see if the town will grant and appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the town will grant and appropriate any sum of money for the support of the Public Library for the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to remove the present town pump at the junction of Main and North Streets, and accept in its place from E. V. Mitchell, a handsome drinking fountain for man and beast.
ART. 20. To see if the town will grant E. V. Mitchell the privilege of laying and maintaining a stone or other cross-walk on North Street, opposite his residence.
ART. 21. To see if the town will grant the Medfield Water Company, Edwin V. Mitchell, Henry M. Parker, and Clinton T. Frost, or their successors, the right to lay pipes and maintain the same and also those already laid in any or all the streets and ways within the town limits, , providing they leave the streets and ways in a condition satisfactory to the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 22. To see if the town will grant and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of caring for the cemetery, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the town will allow the Moderator of its meetings any compensation for his services, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the town will build two reservoirs for its use in case of fire, one on Pleasant Street near the school-house, and the other on North Street above Green and Cottage Streets, or do or act anything relating thereto.
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ART. 25. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of the year 1888 relating to the employment of a Superin- tendent of Schools, and unite with the towns of Foxboro, Walpole, Sharon, Norfolk, Franklin, Medway, Holliston, Millis, Dover, and Needham, or one or more of them, to employ such a superintendent and grant and appropriate money for that purpose.
ART. 26. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to refuse to grant to any and all druggists a license to sell intoxicating liquors.
ART. 27. To see if the town will sell the Town Farm, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the town will purchase crushed stone and gravel for the purpose of repairing the highways, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 29. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to provide an additional school-room for the Centre School-house, and grant and appropriate money for that purpose.
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 thirteenth day of February, A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, Selectmen GEORGE W. BRUCE, of
HENRY M. PARKER, Medfield.
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241st ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1892
CONTENTS
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
6
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
19
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
29
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FUND
36
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
37
STREET SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
38
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
45
CATALOGUE .
46
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
52
REPORT OF ENGINEERS .
I8
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
20
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BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET 1892
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1891.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen. GEO. W. KINGSBURY. HENRY M. PARKER. BENJ. F. SHUMWAY.
Assessors.
WM. F. GUILD. ALONZO B. PARKER. FRANCIS D. HAMANT.
Treasurer. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Collector. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Board of Health.
JOHN H. RICHARDSON. * JAMES M. HEWINS. ARTHUR MITCHELL. WM. S. TILDEN (appointed to fill vacancy).
School Committee.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, . JOSEPH A. ALLEN,
Term expires 1892
1893
JAMES HEWINS,
66 1894
Overseers of the Poor.
GEO. W. KINGSBURY. AMOS E. MASON. JOSEPH A. ALLEN.
Constables.
WM. A. FALES. LESTER W. BLOOD. HERMAN G. CROSBY.
HAMLET WIGHT.
Trustees of School Fund. JOSEPH A. ALLEN. WM. F. GUILD.
* Deceased.
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Trustees of the Public Library.
EDWIN V. MITCHELL,
Term expires 1892
WILLIAM S. TILDEN, .
JAMES M. HEWINS,
66 66 1893
J. HERBERT BAKER,
JOHN H. RICHARDSON,
66 1894
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, .
66
1894
Cemetery Committee.
EDWIN V. MITCHELL. ALONZO B. PARKER. WM. P. HEWINS.
Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Field Drivers. JOHN M. ALEXANDER. FRANK T. BRIGGS. EDWARD M. BENT.
Auditor. ALBERT A. LOVELL.
Pound Keeper. GEORGE D. HAMANT.
Fence Viewers.
FRANCIS D. HAMANT. WILLIAM F. GUILD.
GEORGE D. HAMANT.
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN.
Fire Engineers.
JOSEPH W. PAGE. WM. F. HARDING. WM. E. FALES.
Weigher.
THOMAS L. BARNEY.
Measurer of Wood and Bark and Sealer of Weights and Measures. THOMAS L. BARNEY.
Board of Registrars.
WILLIAM C. ALLEN, Term expires 1892 JOHN G. HUTSON,
66
1893
N. F. HARDING,
1894
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. . JOSEPH H. BRIGHAM.
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1892
66 1893
Dr.
R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Cr.
To Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1891,
$3,825.43
By Cash paid on account of Schools :
Cash on Tax for 1890,
1,725.00
Teaching, .
$2,907.09
Cash, Town of Brewster,
25.00
Fuel, Care, Supplies, and Repairs, .
1,206.48
Cash on Tax for 1891,
.
II.500.00
Highways and Sidewalks,
2,265.92
Interest on School Fund,
123.89
Bridges,
577.50
Income on Massachusetts School Fund,
184.56
Support of Poor,
3,472.33
State, on account of C. W. Holmes, State Pauper,
62.14
Town House,
451.00
Corporation Tax,
403.59
Fire Department, .
720.86
National Bank Tax,
536.48
State and Military Aid,
177.00
State Aid,
96.00
Public Library, ·
.
198.18
Borrowed Money,
2,000.00
Borrowed Money,
.
.
2,230.02
Rent of Hall,
362.00
Town Officers,
818.00
Dog Licenses,
210.27
Memorial Day,
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