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the Lyman School for boys, and, if a girl, to the State Industrial School for girls.
SECTION 28. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment. No such child shall be employed at work performed for wages or other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when the public schools of the city or town in which he resides are in session, nor be employed at work before six o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening.
SECTION 29. No child under sixteen years of age shall be em- ployed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file, accessible to the truant officers of the city or town, and to the district police and inspectors of factories and public buildings, an age and schooling certificate and keeps two complete lists of all such minors employed therein, one on file, and one conspicuously posted near the principal en- trance of the building in which such children are employed, and also keeps on file and sends to the superintendent of schools or, if there is no superintendent, to the school committee, a complete list of the names of all minors employed therein who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language.
SECTION 33. Whoever employs a minor under sixteen years of age, and whoever having under his control a minor under such age, permits such minor to be employed, in violation of the provisions of sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, shall for such offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever continues to employ a minor in violation of the provisions of either of said sections, after being notified by a truant officer or an in- spector of factories and public buildings thereof, shall for every day thereafter that such employment continues be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
Penalty for disturbing schools (chap. 207, sect. 23): -
Whoever wilfully interrupts or disturbs a school or other as- sembly of people met for a lawful purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding thirty days, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
The School Libraries have not grown as much this year as I hoped they would. The donations have been very few. The most valuable addition has been Cram's Atlas of the World, presented to the schools by Emlyn and Helena Mitchell. This is the finest atlas published, and is greatly appreciated by all.
We are trying to raise money now to purchase the Young Folks' Library, which is a work of twenty-one volumes, that ought to be in every home as well as in every school in the land.
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Small gifts are just as thankfully received as large ones, so do not fail to contribute, if it is only one small book. Books, maga- zines, and periodicals, or money, will help this worthy cause.
PENNY SAVINGS.
The interest in the Medfield Public Schools Penny Savings con- tinues unabated. About one-half the pupils enrolled are regular depositors. Not all the money saved has been deposited in the bank, but in most cases the money withdrawn has been wisely ex- pended for the purchase of fuel, clothing, and other necessities of the home or else deposited in other banks.
The amount deposited in the Medway Savings Bank during the year was larger than last year.
The total amount deposited Dec. 31, 1902, was $205.35.
The total amount deposited Dec. 31, 1903, was $308.71.
The number of pupils holding bank books was 53.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The Medfield public schools can be greatly improved by closing the Lowell Mason and Hannah Adams Schools, and transporting the pupils there to the Ralph Wheelock School, thus giving every child in the town an equal chance. This ought to be done another year, as there are too few pupils for the profitable maintenance of either school. It costs nearly twice as much per pupil to educate the children in those schools as it does at the Ralph Wheelock School, and at the same time the pupils are not receiving the best development. At least $300 could be saved by this change.
I also recommend that the school year be increased to forty weeks for all the grades, the salaries of the teachers be raised to a maximum of $500, the ninth grade cut out and a kindergarten established, in which the child may spend one or two years, not en- tering the first grade or primary school till at least seven years of age. Then the pupil will reach the high school at the age when he can get the most out of such a course. Many pupils enter the high school before they are mature enough to grasp the subjects taught; and this is a great waste, as it is a waste to attempt to teach the average child number work before he is eight years old.
I further recommend that a supervisor of music and drawing be employed. One or two hundred dollars invested for this purpose will bring great returns.
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The time is coming when we must train not only the head and the heart, but the hand. Industrial work of some kind must occupy a portion of each school day,- sewing and cooking for the girls, and some kind of wood work and gardening for the boys.
REPAIRS.
The Ralph Wheelock School building needs reshingling, and the earth closets need to be rebuilt. Now I recommend that these be removed, and that flush closets and toilet-rooms with all the modern conveniences be constructed in the basement. It is pos- sible to connect the drainage with the town sewer, so that it is entirely feasible to make this great improvement at a moderate ex- pense. Both the physical and moral well-being of the children demand that this be done the present year.
The space occupied by the present closets is very much needed for playground and school garden; and, moreover, if they are re- moved, the general appearance of the school building will be im- proved and the adjoining lots made much more desirable.
The light in the two north rooms of this building is very poor. On a cloudy day it is impossible for the pupils in the centre of these rooms to read or write without straining the eyes. I have no doubt that many children have injured their eyes while attend- ing school in these rooms. Two more windows in each room would improve the conditions very much, and I trust that this will be done during the summer vacation.
CONCLUSION.
To make the schools more efficient, then, it is necessary to trans- port all the pupils to the Centre, to construct proper toilet-rooms, to increase the school year, to cut out the ninth grade, to estab- lish a kindergarten, to employ a supervisor of drawing and music, to employ a teacher for each grade, and to increase the salaries of the teachers to a maximum of $500.
When you realize that our teachers receive only about $1.30 a day for every working day in the year, and that about 80 cents a day goes for board alone, can you say that school-teachers are well paid ?
If all these improvements cannot be made this year, may we not at least make some of them ?
Thanking you for your continued confidence and support, I remain
Yours respectfully,
ABNER A. BADGER.
MEDFIELD, MASS., Jan. 31, 1904.
APPENDIX.
TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, 1903-1904.
No.
Name.
Grade.
Teacher.
Address.
Salary.
Supt. of Schools
Abner A. Badger,
Walpole, Mass.
$600
I
Ralph Wheelock S
8-9
J. W. Northcott,
Medfield, Mass.
5.50
2
6-7
Edith Savage,
450
3
4-5
Mina G. Bunker,
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425
4
2-3
Susan M. Chase,
425
5
I
Ethel Faulkner,
400
6
Lowell Mason
1
I-6
Agnes E. Abbott,
66
425
7
Hannah Adams
I-6
Kathryn H. Turner,
66
425
STATISTICS FOR THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Population of Medfield, Census 1900, 1,583
The whole number of children enrolled in the schools for the year ending June 19, 1903,
The number of males,
140
66
66 " females,
I28
66 66
" children less than 5 years of age, .
4
66 66
" males between 5 and 15 years of age, 128
" females between 5 and 15 years of age, . 107
66 66
66 " 'males over 15 years of age, .
9
66 66
" females over 15 years of age, 16
66 66 males between 7 and 14 years of age, 92
66
66
66 females between 7 and 14 years of age, . 78
268
68
The whole number of pupils between 7 and 14 years of
age, . 170
The highest membership in any one month, . 262
Average number of pupils, 243.20 daily attendance, 221.84
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absence, 21.36
Percentage of attendance, 90.74
The number of cases of tardiness,
152
66
" visits " School Committee, 39
66
" Superintendent, 441
66 66 66
" parents and friends, 443
The number of different teachers employed for the year were,
9
The number of different teachers employed who have attended Normal School, 7
The number of different teachers who have graduated from Normal Schools,
7
The whole number of schools,
8
number of school buildings,
3
" " children in town Sept. 1, 1903, between 5 and 15 years of age, 230
The number of males between 5 and 15 years of age,
II7
" females between 5 and 15 years of age, .
II3
66 66 " children between 7 and 14 years of age, .
170
66
" males between 7 and 14 years of age, .
82
66 66 " females between 7 and 14 years of age, .
88
66 " different pupils enrolled in schools for the term ending Dec. 24, 1903, 233
The number of males,
66 66
" females,
66 66 " males between 5 and 15 years of age, I20
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" females between 5 and 15 years of age, . 103
66 66 " children between 7 and 14 years of age, 175
66
" males between 7 and 14 years of age, 9I
84
" children less than 5 years of age,
2
66
" males over 15 years of age, . 8
66 " females over 15 years of age, I
The highest membership in any one month, .
234
66
402
" dismissal,
127
106
66
" females between 7 and 14 years of age, .
69
The average number of pupils, 223.38
66
66
66 daily attendance, 208.90 " absence, 14.48
Percentage of attendance, . The number of cases of tardiness,
93.57
373
66
6 " dismissal,
90
66
" visits by School Committee,.
18
66
66
" Superintendent, .
184
66
66 " parents and friends,
268
66
66
teachers employed, .
7
66
66
66 66 who have attended Normal
School,
6
The number who have graduated from Normal School, 6
The number of schools, 7
STATISTICS, MEDFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SEPT. 7, 1902, TO JUNE 19, 1903.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHER.
Enrolment.
Males.
Females.
Membership. Total
Average Daily
Attendance. Average Daily
Average Daily
Absence.
Attendance. Per cent. of
Tardy.
Dismissed.
One-half D. T.
Visits School Committee.
Visits by Su-
perintendent. Visits by
Others.
High.
9-12
-
C. H. Jones C. A. Yost .
19
a
13
00
17.60
16.09
1:51
90.26
67
48
5
80
36
Ralph Wheelock.
8-9
Louise W. Richards .
44
25
19
40
34.96
32.42
2.54
92.64
310
49
N
6
55
29
6-7
Frances E. Baier .
47
23
24
44
41.83
38.77
3:06
92.46
91
53
P
56
8
4-5
Mina G. Bunker .. · .
29
I 5
14
32
29.49
27.49
2.00
93.31
220
59
4
63
79
2-3 }
Mrs. Susan M. Chase Minnie H. Churchill
52
29
23
52
49.1I
44.58
4.53
90.85
20
177
V
73
88
1
Ella B. Boyden
31
13
00
30
28.73
25.34
3.39
88.06
70
5
6
44
87
Lowell Mason.
1-6
Agnes E. Abbott .
24
17
V
24
20.37
17.96
2.41
87.55
43
29
4
00
25
Hannah Adams.
1-6
Kathryn H. Turner
22
12
IO
22
21.II
19.19
1.92
90.70
67
II
w
32
30
Total .
268
140
128
262
243.20
221.84
21.36
90.74
1 52
402
322
39
441
443
.
Total
Pupils.
STATISTICS, MEDFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FROM SEPT. 8, 1903.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHER.
Total
Enrolment.
Males.
Females.
Membership. Total
Average No.
Average Daily
Average Daily
Attendance: Per cent. of
Tardy.
Dismissed.
One-half D. T.
Committee.
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
Ralph Wheelock.
8-9
John W. Northcott .
48
26
22
48
44.98
41.65
3.32
92.49
83
2I
3
55
45
6-7
Edith A. Savage .
A
28
I4
42
41.47
38.46
3.01
92.65
I02
30
₩
27
16
66
4-5
Mina G. Bunker .
36
16
20
38
36.65
34.71
1.94
94.88
71
22
-
2
26
42
66
2-3
Mrs. Susan M. Chase
47
N
25
47
44.28
41.69
2.59
94.07
00
6
N
a
49
I
Ethel Faulkner
27
18
0
26
23.63
21.74
1.89
91.99
40
5
N
A
40
Lowell Mason.
1-6
. .
· .
16
0
7
16
15.52
14.15
1.37
90.99
00
4
V
IO
44
Hannah Adams.
I-6
.
7
00
0
I7
16.86
16.50
36
97.91
21
2
1
1
32
Total
233
127
106
234
223.38
208.90 |14.48
93.57
373
90
18
184
-268
1
-
- I
-
.
-
Visits School
Visits by Su-
Pupils.
Attendance.
Absence.
· ·
Agnes Abbott
Kathryn H. Turner
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 seventh day of March next, 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 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.
ART. 9. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted according to law.
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ART. IO. To see what compensation the town will allow the mem- bers 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 employ a night watchman for the ensuing year, grant and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to con- tract 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.
ART. 14. To see in what manner the town will invest the fund pre- sented to the Library by Robert Charles Billings, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to construct during the present year the sewer on North and Cottage Streets as au- thorized by a vote of the town at a special meeting held on the 30th of April in the year 1900, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the town will pay the transportation and tuition of the scholars who are sent to the Walpole and Dedham High Schools while the high school in town is abolished, or do or act anything relat- ing thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the town will re-establish the high school in town, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to construct toilet-rooms in the basement of the Ralph Wheelock School-house, connect the same with the town sewer, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 19. To see what compensation the town will allow for land on Green Street belonging to Mrs. Elisabeth Clifford, taken for sidewalk in 1894, 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 warrents 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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, A.D. nineteen hundred and four.
HERBERT W. WIGHT, Selectmen NATHAN F. HARDING, of
EDWARD M. BENT, Medfield.
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
FROM NOV. 1, 1902, to Nov. 1, 1903.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD :
Capital,
$50,000.00
CASH RECEIPTS.
Water rates,
1, 104.2I
CASH DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance, construction, and taxes,
1,094.1I
ASSETS.
Construction of plant, . 30,407.78
Unpaid water bills,
1,810.07
Cash on hand,
95.72
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock issued, 24,000.00
Due Edwin V. Mitchell & Co., to May 29, 1903, 8,473.55
Bills payable (notes), .
1,379.74
Due officials of the company (salaries to date),
625.67
S. E. LAVERTY,
MEDFIELD, Nov. 1, 1903.
Treasurer.
254th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1905.
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CONTENTS,
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
6
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
18
ANNUAL MEETING
23
SPECIAL MEETINGS ·
29
NOVEMBER ELECTION .
32
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
36
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
43
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
49
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
50
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE .
.
51
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
52
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
53
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
54
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
56
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
60
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
62
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
69
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
70
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.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
39
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BOSTON GEO. H. ELLIS CO., 272 CONGRESS STREET
1905
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1904.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR. Selectmen.
NATHAN F. HARDING. ALBERT C. SHUMWAY. EDWARD M. BENT. Assessors.
WILLIAM F. ABELL. WILLIAM F. GUILD. FRANCIS D. HAMANT.
Treasurer. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Collector. WILLIAM F. ABELL.
School Committee.
HENRY E. MARSHALL
Term expires 1906
GEORGE WASHBURN
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LEORY M. PIERCE
66
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Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. AMOS H. MASON.
MICHAEL E. GRIFFIN.
Trustees of Public Library.
WILLARD HARWOOD .
Term expires 1906
STILLMAN J. SPEAR
1906
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
66
66
1907
HERBERT L. MITCHELL
66
1907
ISAAC B. CODDING
1905
GEORGE WASHBURN
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Constables.
GEORGE H. MURRAY. DAVID MEANY.
ALBION C. GILBERT. CHARLES C. WRIGHT.
Cemetery Commissioners.
WILLARD HARWOOD
Term expires 1906
WILLIAM W. PRESTON
1907
ALONZO B. PARKER
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3
Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER. Auditor.
THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. Pound Keeper. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. Tree Warden. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. Field Drivers.
SEDGWICK LAVERTY. THOMAS F. BARNEY. LEWIS K. CONANT.
Fence Viewers. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ISAAC B. CODDING.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.
Engineers of Fire Department. ALBION C. GILBERT. WALDO E. KINGSBURY. RICHARD E. CONRICK.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM CRANE
Term expires 1906
LEWIS A. CUTLER
1907
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN .
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Clerk, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. GEORGE S. CHENEY. Burial Agent. LOWELL BABCOCK.
Night Watch and Keeper of Lockup. . ALBION C. GILBERT. Sealer of Weights and Measures and Measurer of Wood and Bark. JOHN H. PEMBER. Public Weighers.
THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. WILLIAM F. WEIKER.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To cash in treasury Feb. 1, 1904,
$6,556.93
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1897, William F. Abell, on taxes of 1899,
$1.68
1.68
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1900,
103.54
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1901,
291.53
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1902,
878.42
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1903,
2,469.90
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1904,
17,953.83
William F. Abell, on sewer tax, .
330.85
Jos. W. Curtis, on taxes of 1898,
2.30
22,033 73
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
$1,973.88
State Treasurer, National Bank tax,
486.00
State Treasurer, income of State School Fund,
902.92
State Treasurer, street railway tax,
54.41
State Treasurer, support of State paupers,
35.00
State Treasurer, inspection of animals,
50.00
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools,
500.00
State Treasurer, tuition of children, .
500.10
State Treasurer, military aid,
131.00
State Treasurer, burial of State paupers,
15.00
4,648.31
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses,
$232.8[
Butchers' licenses,
3.00
E. J. Keyou, drug license,
1.00
Billiard licenses,
6.00
Fireworks licenses,
4.00
Interest on note of Martha Chickering,
15.00
Mary A. Grant, for care of Grant-Newell lot,
100.00
Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 20.00
Town of Millis, one-half cost of repairing Great Bridge, .
109.60
Overseers, for sales from Town Farm,
$1,701.59
Overseers, on account of Annie Garfield,
. 2.93
Superintendent of Streets, sale of old bridge plank,
5.00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
2,000.00
Borrowed for North and Cottage Street sewer,
1,500.00
Borrowed for Pleasant Street sewer,
2,000,00
School Committee, sale of outbuildings,
20.00
Rent of Town Hall,
97.00
Rent of Post-office,
264 00
Clerk of Courts, fines in criminal cases,
20.00
Interest on deposits,
78.45
Cash returned on unpaid order,
2.00
7,690.97
$41,421.35
491.4I
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1905.
CR.
Paid for teaching,
$3,429.85
Tuition of scholars at Dedham,
405.00
Tuition of scholars at Walpole,
330.00
Transportation of scholars,
763.00
Repairs on school-houses,
440.12
Fuel, care, and supplies,
1,788.99
School Committee,
105.00
Superintendent of Schools,
600.00
$7,861.96
Support of poor in Almshouse,
$2,724.24
Support of poor out of Almshouse,
763.21
3,487.45
Town-house,
$333.50
Public Library, .
376.85
Fire Department,
1, 115.05
Town officers,
1,567.79
General expenses,
567.16
Cemetery,
501.00
Night watch,
784.27
5,245.62
Notes,
$3,086.66
Interest,
303.49
Insurance, .
151.15
3,541.30
State aid,
$120.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Board of Health,
5.25
200.25
Highways, .
$2,975.00
Bridges,
542.05
Sidewalks and crosswalks,
277.05
Removing snow,
519.50
Tree Warden,
84.34
Street lights,
2,101.00
Sewers,
44.15
6,543.09
State tax, .
$1,250.00
County tax, .
1, 133.19
Walpole tax,
3.51
Millis tax,
8.93
2,395.63
North and Cottage Streets sewer,
$1,472.86
Pleasant Street sewer,
1,135.96
Plumbing contract for Ralph Wheelock School,
1,039.2I
3,648.03
Billings Library Fund,
$5,000.00
Trust fund for Grant-Newell lot,
100.00
Cash in treasury Jan. 31, 1905,
3,398.02
8,498.02
$41,421.35
$32,923.33
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid teaching
$3,429.85
Tuition of scholars at Dedham
405.00
Tuition of scholars at Walpole 330.00
Transportation of scholars
763.00
Repairs 440.12
Fuel, care, supplies
1,788.99
School Committee
105.00
Superintendent of Schools 600.00
$7,861.96
Appropriation for schools for 1904 $6,000.00
Received from State Treasurer for tuition, 500.10
Received from State Treasurer for Super- intendent of Schools 500.00
Received from State Treasurer, income of Massachusetts State Fund . 902.92
Interest on Town School Fund .
141.60
Due from town of Dover .
36.00
Due from A. B. McGregor for tuition of child .
57.00
8,137.62
TOWN-HOUSE.
Paid George E. Pettis, janitor $150.00
Electric lights for post-office . 30.00
Electric lights for Library and town officers' room . 35.83
E. M. Bent, coal and wood
51.40
J. H. Pember, supplies
9.25
W. A. Fitts, supplies
35.59
F. A. Taylor, supplies and labor
4.68
George G. Babcock, supplies and labor . 1.25
A. E. Read, labor and supplies . 3.00
Medfield Water Company for water, 10.00 George E. Pettis, supplies . 2.50
$333.50
Received for rent of hall .
$97.00
Received for rent of post-office .
264.00
361.00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid sundries as per Trustees' report
$376.85
Dog tax
$232.81
Interest on Library Funds
210.00
Balance from 1903 .
145.35
588.16
Balance to credit of Library .
$211.31
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid members of Engine Company $561.94
Members of Hook and Ladder Company 339.02
William D. Gilbert, care of engine-room 24.80
Geoge W. Gamble, care of hook-and-ladder room, 16.00
Charles C. Wright, for services of W. S. Blake . 15.88
M. F. Rourke, for services of J. J. Sullivan .
5.75
Standard Extinguishing Company, for fire ex- tinguishers . 48.46
William J. Cox, teams to fires
35.00
S. J. Spear, printing Fire Alarm Notices 2.00
H. Kimball, repairs 1.50
J. J. Kelley, repairs and supplies 7.10
R. W. Baker, repairs and supplies
.75
D. L. Stain, supplies
.25
Boston Coupling Company, supplies
2.00
Ames Plow Company, for rakes
12.00
Samuel Morse, for supplies
4.75
N. F. Harding & Co.
2.20
E. J. Keyou, for supplies
3.90
F. A. Taylor, for supplies
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