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3.08
George Washburn, supplies, .
1.50
George Washburn, taking school
census, 8.25
Medfield Water Company,
45.00
J. McCarthy, labor on well, South, . 2.50
W. W. Preston, pump and labor, south, .
10.25
George H. Ellis, printing reports,
1900, .
7.50
C. F. Read, express,
13.08
W. W. Preston, labor,
1.50
583.06
$1,544.16
Appropriation,
$1,350.00
Balance from 1900, .
81.57
1,431.57
Appropriation exceeded,
$112.59
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. SAVAGE, HENRY E. MARSHALL, GEORGE WASHBURN,
School
Committee.
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MEDFIELD :
I hereby have the honor to submit my third annual report, which is the third in the series of annual reports of the Superin- tendent of the Public Schools of Medfield.
The year just closing has been one of quiet but steady progress. There have been but few changes in our teaching force since our last report. We believe that an excellent spirit, a noble pur- pose, and enthusiasm for the work influence and dominate our teachers.
Through the whole year we have been encouraged and assisted by the numerous visits from the parents and friends, and by their kind criticisms and words of commendation.
Sickness on the part of the teachers and pupils, cold, inclement weather, and an epidemic of measles have all tended to greatly reduce the percentage of attendance.
On account of two or three cases of diphtheria the Lowell Mason School was closed one week of the present term, opening Jan. 6, 1902.
The instances of tardiness have been reduced nearly 500. This is very encouraging, inasmuch as it is one of the worst evils with which the schools can be afflicted.
There have not been as many visits by the parents and friends as last year, but this is accounted for by the great amount of stormy weather and sickness.
The receptions held in the Town Hall during the past year have made up in a great measure for the loss of these visits, and much good has been the result. It is the plan now to hold a reception once each year some time in June.
The home and the school are two of the most important factors in civilizing the world. The school exists because of the home, which is the most sacred institution in life. It is a part of the
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teacher's duty to so instruct her pupils that they will develop into citizens of the noblest type, filling our homes with ideal men and women. As the home and school, so the State. How can these two great factors in character-building, then, accomplish their best work? This is a problem that we are trying to solve each year, and to solve it in the best manner possible. The aim of both is, or should be, to train up better boys and girls, better men and women, better citizens. To do this, the home and the school must work together, each doing its own share and assisting each other. There is no clear fixed line, nor should there be, where the work of the home ceases, and the work of the school begins. The value of any home or school training is determined by the number of good disciplined boys and girls that go forth from their doors into the world.
The parent as well as the teacher should be, first of all, a good disciplinarian, in every sense of the word. How easy it is for the teacher to ascertain which child comes from a well-disciplined home ! and it is also just as easy for the parent to ascertain whether his child is attending a well-disciplined school or not. "The thing that is worth more than fine gold and precious stones is a well- disciplined mind and body."
COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study pursued has been the same as that of last year, only more attention has been given to the language work. Throughout the course a steady improvement has been made.
The work in drawing and music has been even better than last year ; but, if a special teacher could be employed one or two days a month, much better results in these important branches might be secured at a slight expense. In the near future it is hoped that a kindergarten and a manual training school - sloyd for the boys and cooking and sewing for the girls- will be a part of the public school system.
-
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
A well-selected library of fifty or sixty volumes for each school- room would be of inestimable value. These books should treat of history, geography, science, myths, and travels. By this means
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many idle moments could be profitably used by the pupils. Two or three good pictures ought to be hung on the walls of each room also. A good picture teaches as much, and many times more, than a good book.
SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK.
The Medfield Public Schools Penny Savings Institution was opened one year ago, in accordance with the plan given in our last report ; and the results have been very satisfactory, indeed.
The whole amount deposited for the year ending Dec. 20, 1901, is $143.36.
The number of depositors, 90.
The number of pupils holding bank books, 33.
HIGH SCHOOL.
What was said in a former report concerning the high school, as to the best interest of the town and students, we need not repeat here. The present plan is, without doubt, the best for the pupils.
To do the work satisfactorily for the first two years, though, requires two teachers; for, with a "course of study " partially elective, it is necessary to have as many classes with only twenty pupils as with double that number.
Some apparatus for the study of physics and several new text- books have been purchased during the year, so that the school is much better equipped than formerly for the work required.
Thanks to the kindness and generosity of a friend and patron of the school, the long-felt want of more reference books and pictures for the walls can now be supplied.
During the past two years 14 pupils have finished the two years' course here; and, at the present time, 5 of them are in the Dedham High School, and 8 are in the Walpole High School, doing work that is a credit to the town.
REPAIRS.
Every year more or less repairing is necessary in order to keep the school-rooms in a cheerful and comfortable condition. The painting and tinting that has been done this year has greatly
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improved the appearance of the Ralph Wheelock School, and rendered the rooms therein more cheerful and pleasant to both the teachers and pupils. The remaining rooms should be painted and tinted another year. Toilet-rooms ought to be fitted up in the basement, and the out-houses removed. The comfort and health of the pupils would be greatly increased thereby, the beauty of the surroundings improved, the playgrounds enlarged, and space given for a school garden.
The blackboards in all the school-rooms have been put in an excellent condition, and will last for many years to come.
A better method of heating and ventilating both of the outside schools should be improvised if these buildings are to be used much longer for school purposes. If the Medfield schools are to be of the greatest service to the pupils, the North and South Schools should be discontinued, the children transported to the Centre, and a new building erected there, so that the Primary School, including grades one to three, could be by itself, and a teacher employed for each grade. This would require only two more teachers than are now employed, and there would be about thirty pupils for each teacher. No teacher can do her best work with more than twenty-five or thirty pupils; and these should be all in one grade, then each grade could be divided into two or three classes.
At the North a small furnace in the lower room would heat the school-room better than the present arrangement, and at the same time give good ventilation.
At the South the only feasible plan would be to use a jacketed stove, in order to secure a proper ventilation.
Your attention is hereby called to the substance of some of the State laws regulating the attendance of children : -
CHAPTER 496, SECTION II. No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be admitted to a public school except upon pres- entation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with small- pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or measles, or of a household ex- posed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physician of such
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sick person, stating in a case of small-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal, or death of such person, and that danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed.
SECT. 12. Every child between the ages of seven and fourteen is required to attend some public day school during the entire time such school is in session.
SECT. 31. Any parent who allows such child who is able to attend school to remain out for five whole day sessions or ten half-day sessions in a period of six months shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $20.
The school authorities are directed to discriminate between legally excused absence and that not legally excused. The fol- lowing would be considered legal excuses : child's own sickness, contagious disease in the home, death in the family, or very inclem- ent weather.
The following would not be considered legal: absence occa- sioned by lack of proper clothing (town authorities are responsible when parents are unable to provide), absence due to child's being kept from school to work, take care of smaller children, etc.
The legislature of 1900 so extended the statutory definition of support that now for the first time it includes expenditures of every kind for the public schools except those for public school buildings. Therefore, an appropriation of money for the support of public schools covers the following expenditures : teachers' wages, con- veyance of pupils, fuel and care of school premises, school com- mittees, clerks, truant officers, etc., superintendent of schools, text- books and supplies, school sundries.
In the Appendix will be found the statistics taken from the school registers, etc.
In closing, I wish to thank you all for your continued confidence and support.
Yours respectfully,
ABNER A. BADGER.
MEDFIELD, MASS., Jan. 31, 1902.
APPENDIX.
TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, 1901-1902.
No.
School.
Grade.
Name.
Address.
Salary.
I
Ralph Wheelock
High
C. L. Jones,
Medfield, Mass.
$800
2
66
8-9
Carrie A. Smith,
66
500
3
66
6-7
Frances E. Baier,
66
425
4
66
4-5
Bertha A. Pettee,
66
66
425
5
66
2-3
Mrs. Susan M. Chase,
66
66
425
6
I
Ella B. Boyden,
66
66
425
7
Lowell Mason
1-7
Mabel H. Ellis,
Harding,
66
425
8
Hannah Adams
I-7
Kathryn H. Turner,
Medfield,
400
STATISTICS FOR THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Population of Medfield, Census 1900, . 2,926
The whole number of children enrolled in the schools for the year ending June 21, 1901, The number of males,
253
66 " females,
125
" children less than 5 years of age,
5
66
" females 5 " 15
6
" females over 15 years of age, I3
66
" males between 7 and 14 years of age, 87
66
" females between 7 and 14, 63
The whole number of pupils between 7 and 14 years of age,
150
66
" males between 5 and 15 years of age, I22 " " IO7
128
" males over 15 years of age,
72
The highest membership in any one month, .
2 49
Average number of pupils, 235.31
Average daily attendance, 216.65
Average daily absence, 18.66
Percentage of attendance, . 92.6
The number of cases of tardiness,
66 66 " cases of dismissal, 548
96
66 66 " visits of School Committee, 41
66 66 " visits of Superintendent, 5º3
66
" visits of parents and friends, 467
66
66 " different teachers employed for the year
were, . 9
The number of teachers who have attended Normal School, 8
" teachers who have graduated from Normal Schools,
8
The whole number of schools,
8
The number of school buildings,
3
The number of children in town Sept. 1, 1901, between 5 and 15 years of age, . 239
The number of males between 5 and 15 years of age, I32 66 " females between 5 and 15 years of age, 107
" children between 7 and 14 years of age, . 167
66 " males between 7 and 14 years of age, 95
66 66 " females between 7 and 14 years of age, . 72
66
66 " different pupils enrolled in schools for term ending Dec. 20, 1901, 258
The number of males, . I34
66
" females, 124
66
" males between 5 and 15 years of age, I28
66 66 " females between 5 and 15 years of age, 104
66 " children less than 5 years of age, 3
66 66 " males over 15 years of age, . 4
66
" females over 15 years of age, 19
66 " pupils between 7 and 14 years of age, I72
66 66
" males between 7 and 14 years of age, 95
" females between 7 and 14 years of age, 74
The highest membership in any one month, 261
The average number of pupils, 250.74
The average daily attendance, 233.2I
The average daily absence, 17.53
66
73
Percentage of attendance, .
92.67 The number of cases of tardiness,
66
66 " dismissal,
75
66
visits by School Committee,
18
66
66
" " Superintendent,
203
66
66 " parents and friends,
203
66
60 " teachers employed, .
who have attended a Normal
6
School,
The number who have graduated from Normal Schools, . 6
of schools, . 8
8
66
195
SUMMARY OF MONTHLY REPORTS FROM SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO JUNE, 1901.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
NAME.
Enrolment.
Males.
Females.
Total Mem-
Average No.
Attendance. Average Daily
Average Daily
Absence.
Attendance. Per cent. of
Tardy.
Dismissed.
Half-days
Visits School
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
Ralph Wheelock.
High.
Leonard M. Patton
00
7 .
II
00
1 6.97
I 5.09
1.88
88.60
. 50
16
IO
76
69
8-9
Carrie A. Smith
29
I2
17
30
29.34
27.44
1.9
93.29
46
00
N
4
27
43
66
6-7
Frances E. Baier
38
22
16
38
36.46
34.49
1.97
94.61
08
27
5
139
49
4-5
Mabel E. Pond
39
22
17
38
37.48
35.42
2.06
94.59
80
IO
5
5
80
75
2-3
Mrs. Susan M. Chase
37
20
17
38
35.30
31.13
4.17
88.25
I42
1 3
1
3
54
43
66
1
Ella B. Boyden
42
19
23
38
33.58
28.87
4.71
85.88
58
00
6
00
86
North.
I-7
Mabel H. Ellis
26
14
I 2
24
21.88
20.64
1.24
94.24
4I
I2
A
23
50
South.
I-7
Bertha A. Pettee . 24 .
N
12
25
24.3
23.57
.73
97.05
23
N
+
26
62
253
128
125
249
235.31
216.65
18.66
92.06
548
96
00
4I
503
467
.
·
·
·
·
-
·
.
.
Total
Tardy.
Committee.
bership. .
Pupils.
SUMMARY OF MONTHLY REPORTS FOR TERM ENDING DEC. 20, 1901.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
NAME.
Total
Enrolment .:
Males.
Females.
Total Mem-
Average No.
Average Daily
Average Daily
Absence.
Attendance. Per cent. of
Tardy.
Dismissed.
Half-days
Tardy.
Committee.
Visits by Su-
perintendent. Visits by
Others.
Ralph Wheelock.
High.
C. L. Jones, Principal .
19
A
I 5
17
17.05
15.70
`1.35
91.10
II
14
1
27
6
66
3-9
Carrie A. Smith .
37
00
19
38
36.62
34.96
1.66
95.45
22
5
3
12
14
6-7
Frances E. Baier .
45
25
20
44
41.89
39.78
2.II
94.94
26
23
A
62
35
4-5
Bertha A. Pettee .
33
20
5
35
33.63
32.26
1.37
96.25
14
A
3
25
21
66
2-3
Mrs. Susan M. Chase
.
42
23
19
42
39.21
35.41
3.80
90.37
39
II
I
3
2I
68
1
Ella B. Boyden
32
16
16
32
33.II
29.87
3.24
89.44
29
II
3
30
37
North.
I-7
Mabel H. Ellis
30
18
12
30
28.16
25.73
2.43
91.21
40
w
13
8
South.
I-7
.
20
IO
IO
23
21.07
19.50
1.57
92.01
14
+
1
13
14
258
I34
I24
261
250.74
233.21
17.53
92.67
195
75
1
18
203
203
·
·
Kathryn H. Turner
Visits School
bership.
Pupils.
Attendance.
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MEDFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, COURSE OF STUDY.
First Year.
Periods, a Week.
Periods, a Year.
* English, I.,
5
200
* Mathematics, I.,
4
160
* Science, I.,
3
120
+ History, I.,
3
120
+ Drawing, I.,
2
80
t Book-keeping, I.,
2
80
+ Latin, I.,
5
200
Total,
I7
680
Second Year.
Periods, a Week.
Periods, z Year.
* English, II.,
5
200
* Mathematics, II.,
4
160
* History, II.,
3
120
Civil Government,
4
160
Botany,
4
160
# Science, II.,
4
160
# Latin, II.,
4
160
# Greek, I.,
4
160
French,
4
160
Total,
I6
640
* Required.
+ Elect at least 200 periods.
# Elect at least 160 periods of this year or of the first vear, not previously elected.
EXPLANATIONS.
English, I. (a) Composition and Rhetoric,- Hill's Rhetoric, Part I. (b) Daily and Fortnightly Themes, etc. (c) Study of American Literature,- Outline by Pattee.
English, II. (a) Composition and Rhetoric,- Hill, Part II. (b) Narration and Description. (c) Study of English Literature. Mathematics, I. Elementary Algebra. Mathematics, II. Plane Geometry.
Science, I. Physics.
Science, II. Chemistry (25 weeks). Botany (15 weeks).
History, I. General History.
History, II. English History.
Latin, I. First year Latin, - Collar and Daniell.
Latin, II. Cæsar, Nepos, Prose Composition, etc.
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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 third day of March, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, 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 548 of the Acts of 1898, namely : one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Committee, for three years ; two Trustees of the Public Library, for three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner, for three years. Also to vote on the following question : "Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year?" the vote to be "Yes" or "No." All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at half-past nine o'clock in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours.
ART. 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, 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, also 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 elected to that 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 hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 13. To see if the town will make any provision for heating the post-office, library, and Selectmen's room, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the town will fix the salaries of town officers, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will accept the sum of fifty dollars in trust, given by the heirs of James Griffin, the interest thereof to be used for the care of the Griffin lot in Cemetery.
ART. 16. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Medfield Electric Light and Power Company for lighting the streets of the town for the ensuing year, grant and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything relating thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding 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 afore- said.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of February, A.D. nineteen hundred and two.
HERBERT W. WIGHT, Selectmen EDWARD M. BENT, of
HERBERT W. HUTSON, Medfield.
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
FROM JAN. 1, 1901, TO JAN. 1, 1902.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD :
Capital,
$50,000.00
CASH RECEIPTS.
Water rates,
$1,398.24
CASH DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance, labor, and construction,
$2,866.81
ASSETS.
Construction of plant, . $26,578.63
Unpaid water rates,
1,906.75
Cash on hand,
986.33
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock issued,
$24,000.00
HERBERT W. WIGHT, Treasurer.
MEDFIELD, Jan. 1, 1902.
252d ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1903.
OF
M
1645
2L
16 51
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
6
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
20
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
21
ANNUAL MEETING
26
SPECIAL MEETINGS
31,33,34
NOVEMBER ELECTION
36
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
.
39
REPORT OF COLLECTOR, 1898 .
43
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
44
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR .
5I
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
58
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
59
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
63
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
. 66
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING .
·
84
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY .
. 86
BOSTON GEO. H. ELLIS CO., 272 CONGRESS STREET
1903
.
.
56
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WATER SUPPLY .
58
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
19
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1902.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen.
EDWARD M. BENT.
HERBERT W. HUTSON. NATHAN F. HARDING. Assessors.
WILLIAM F. ABELL. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Treasurer. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Collector. WILLIAM F. ABELL.
School Committee.
HENRY E. MARSHALL
Term expires 1903
GEORGE WASHBURN
66 .. 1904
LEROY M. PIERCE
66 1905
Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. AMOS H. MASON.
MICHAEL E. GRIFFIN.
Trustees of Public Library.
WILLARD HARWOOD
Term expires 1903
STILLMAN J. SPEAR
66
1903
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
.6
66
1904
HERBERT L. MITCHELL
1904
ISAAC B. CODDING
66
1905
GEORGE WASHBURN
66
1905
Constables.
J. ALLEN COLE.
ALBION C. GILBERT.
ELLERY FRANKS. DAVID MEANY.
RAYMOND WEIKER.
Cemetery Commissioners.
WILLARD HARWOOD .
Term expires 1903
WILLIAM W. PRESTON
66 66 1904
ALONZO B. PARKER
66
66 1905
3
Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER. Auditor.
THOMAS E. SCHOOLS.
Pound Keeper. JOHN A. SEAVERNS. Tree Warden. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. Field Drivers.
WALDO E. KINGSBURY. BERTRAM H. SMITH. WILLIAM F. MILLER. Fence Viewers.
ISAAC B. CODDING. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.
Engineers of Fire Department.
M. HOWARD BLOOD. SAMUEL E. MITCHELL. EDWARD M. BENT.
Registrars of Voters.
Term expires 1903
WILLIAM CRANE . LEWIS A. CUTLER
66 I 904
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN .
66 1905
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Clerk, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY.
Inspectors of Animals and Provisions.
ALEX. E. WIGHT, M.D.V. HERBERT W. HUTSON.
Burial Agent. LOWELL BABCOCK. Night Watch and Keeper of Lockup.
ALBION C. GILBERT. DAVID MEANY.
JOHN H. PEMBER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures and Measurer of Wood and Bark.
Public Weigher. THOMAS E. SCHOOLS.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To cash in treasury Feb. 1 1902, .
$2,321.71
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1894 to 1897,
$6.04
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1899,
185.00
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1900,
403.31
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1901,
1,600.00
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1902,
15,800.00
Joseph W. Curtis, on taxes of 1898,
62.06
18,056.41
Corporation tax, .
$3,365.99
National Bank tax,
685.40
Street Railway tax,
84.22
Superintendent of Schools,
500.00
Inspection of animals,
25.00
State aid,
I26.00
Burial of soldiers,
105.00
Income of Massachusetts State School Fund,
344.76
5,236.37
Overseers of Poor, for sales from Town Farm,
$1,555.52
City of Malden, aid for Mrs. Chadborn,
40.85
Town of Spencer, aid for B. M. Dickey,
158.80
City of Haverhill, aid for George Gould,
6.00
1,761.17
Rent of post-office and lights,
$264.00
Rent of Town Hall,
53.00
M. E. Griffin, in trust for Cemetery lot,
50.00
G. W. Kingsbury, on account of highways,
20.00
Sale of old boards from vault,
1.75
Cemetery Commissioners, for sale of lots, .
100.00
R. L. Mann, sale of two hundred and fiftieth anniversary reports,
38.00
Auctioneers', butchers', and billiard licenses,
11.00
Clerk of Courts, for fines in criminal cases,
30.00
567.75
W. H. Garfield, for board of Lizzie H. Garfield,
$100.00
N. T. Dyer, for board of Rachel Briscoe, .
220.96
County Treasurer, balance of dog tax,
208.54
Town of Dover, for tuition of scholars,
18.00
City of Boston, for tuition of scholars,
10.00
Interest on note of Sarah Chickering,
15.00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
5,000.00
Borrowed for construction of new vault,
1,800.00
W. F. Abell, on account of sewer tax,
920.23
Interest on deposits,
73.09
8,365.82
$36,309.23
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