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ART. 21. To see if the town will pay four per cent. interest on the "Billings Library Fund" now loaned to the town, or do or act anything relating thereto.
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ART. 22. To see if the town will change the grade of Mt. Nebo Street near the residence of S. E. Sprague, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the town will extend the sewer from the junction of North and Cottage Streets, on Green Street to corner of Brook Street, appropriate money therefor, 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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirteenth day of February, A.D. nineteen hundred and eight.
ROBERT W. BAKER, Selectmen EDWARD M. BENT, of
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN, Medfield.
LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Occupation.
Residence.
Fred A. Smith
Carpenter
Spring Street
Frank Weiker
Teamster
Main Street
Horatio Jordan
Real Estate
North Street
Alanson H. Clark
Farmer
South Street
William Crane
Straw-worker
Main Street
J. Herbert Baker J. Allan Cole
Carpenter
Miller Street
William F. Weiker
Straw-worker
Main Street
Francis D. Hamant
Cattle dealer
South Street
John M. Richardson
Furniture Salesman
North Street
George A. Morse
Blacksmith
North Street
Waldo E. Kingsbury
Farmer
Spring Street
Charles Ambler
Railroad Employee
Adams Street
Herbert L. Pember Harvey Eames George Shepard William B. Roberts
Farmer
Florist
Spring Street
Albert L. Shumway
Farmer
Farm Street
Clinton M. Clark
Groceries
Miller Street
Frank S. Stubbs
Farmer
Harding Street
ROBERT W. BAKER,
Selectmen
EDWARD M. BENT, of
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN, -
Medfield
Carpenter
Main Street
Grocery Salesman
Adams Street Plain Street
Correspondent
Frairy Street
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258th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD For the Year ending January 31, 1909.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
6
ANNUAL MEETING
20
SPECIAL MEETING
27
NOVEMBER ELECTION
28
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
31
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR .
38
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
42
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
46
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
52
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
53
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
55
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
56
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
57
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOWN HALL REPAIRS .
59
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE .
65
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
66
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
74
REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL .
77
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
80
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
82
REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
83
SCHOOL STATISTICS .
84
REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
89
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
92
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
93
LIST OF JURORS
.
96
BOSTON GEO. H. ELLIS CO., 272 CONGRESS STREET 1909
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1907.
Moderator. J. HERBERT BAKER.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen.
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
EDWARD M. BENT.
ROBERT W. BAKER.
Assessors.
ALLEN A. KINGSBURY
Term expires 19II
WILLIAM F. ABELL
19IO
FRANCIS D. HAMANT
66
1909
Treasurer. STILLMAN J. SPEAR. Collector. WILLIAM F. ABELL.
School Committee.
Term expires 1909
LEWIS K. CONANT
66
19IO
C. H. WILLIAMS .
IQII
Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. MICHAEL E. GRIFFIN. FRED. J. WIGHT.
Trustees of Public Library.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR .
Term expires 1909
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
66
19IO
J. HERBERT BAKER .
66 66
I9II
ISAAC B. CODDING
66
66
1909
LEWIS K. CONANT
I9II
Board of Health.
Term expires 1910
EDWIN B. SNOW .
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
66 19II
Constables. DAVID MEANY. ALBION C. GILBERT. GEORGE H. MURRAY. CHARLES C. WRIGHT. ELMER WILSON.
Cemetery Commissioners.
ALONZO B. PARKER
Term expires 19II
ISAAC B. CODDING
1909
EDWIN V. MITCHELL
66 19IO
19IO
HERBERT L. MITCHELL
F. H. CLOUGH
1909
WALDO A. FITTS .
-
Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER. Auditor. THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. Pound Keeper. LAWTON KINGSBURY. Tree Warden. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. Field Drivers.
ALBERT L. DYER. GEORGE F. MILLER. JEREMIAH MCCARTHY.
Fence Viewers. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. FRANCIS D. HAMANT. ISAAC B. CODDING.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.
Engineers of Fire Department.
J. ALLEN COLE. WALDO E. KINGSBURY.
FRED LAVERTY.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM CRANE
Term expires 1909
ALANSON H. CLARK .
IQII
JOSEPH M. JOHNSON
66 19IO
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Clerk, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. GEORGE W. KINGSBURY.
Inspector of Animals. GEORGE S. CHENEY. Burial Agent. N. FRANK HARDING.
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.
Superintendent of Moth Work. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN. Forest Fire. Warden. WALDO E. KINGSBURY. Special Police.
GEORGE B. SIMS. NICHOLAS WHITE.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1908 .
$8,894.69
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1905 .
$184.77
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1906 .
458.50
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1907 .
2,330.06
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1908 .
20,310.90
23,284.23
State Treasurer, for corporation tax
$2,621.85
State Treasurer, for National Bank tax
591.16
State Treasurer, for Superintendent of Schools
500.00
State Treasurer, for high school
500.00
State Treasurer, for tuition of scholars .
77.50
State Treasurer, for inspection of animals
50.00
State Treasurer, for State Aid .
390.00
State Treasurer, income of Massachusetts State School Fund .
868.81
5,599.32
City of Boston, on account of schools
$38.00
Town of Dover, on account of schools .
78.50
County Treasurer, for dog licenses
225.08
Fireworks license
1.00
Butchers' licenses
4.00
Billiard and pool licenses
5.00
Liquor license
1,700.00
Overseers for sales from Town Farm
1,821.79
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes .
4,000.00
Borrowed for purchase of fire-engine
2,000.00
Curtis Estate, for care of burial lot
500.00
Rent of Post-office
$263.08
Rent of Town Hall
256.00
Interest on deposits
75.77
Cemetery Commissioners, for sale of lots
II0.00
Cemetery Commissioners, for care of lots
I28.00
Dedham Savings Bank, interest on Cemetery Fund
58.58
William F. Abell, for gypsy moth assessments
27.70
Sale of old boards from Town House
3.00
Sale of old material from schools .
2.16
Sale of stove from Library
5.00
W. G. Porter, for use of public dump
5.00
George G. Babcock, for brick .
22.00
956.29
10,373.37
$49,107.90
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1909.
CR.
Paid for teaching
$5,418.85
Superintendent of Schools
449.00
Transportation of scholars
225.00
Repairs and supplies .
3,424.70
$9,517.55
Support of poor in Almshouse
$2,778.23
Support of poor out of Almshouse .
I34.2I
2,912.44
Town House
$553.4I
Library
476.42
Fire Department
1,721.56
Town officers
1,882.39
General expenses
796.52
Cemetery
1,012.60
6,442.90
Highways
$2,452.0I
Bridges
161.86
Sewers .
60.36
Sidewalks and crosswalks
491.24
Removing snow .
67.53
Night watch
782.08
4,015.08
Taxes
$3,995.71
Notes
4,866.66
Interest
181.00
Insurance
118.73
9,162.10
State Aid
$648.00
Street lights .
2,543.88
Meter service
104.59
Suppression of gypsy moth
314.57
Board of Health .
11.25
School physician .
20.00
Tree warden
90.89
3,733.18
Green Street sewer
$812.46
South Street reservoir
309.35
Main Street repairs
189.83
Town House repairs .
2,998.56
4,310.20
Memorial Day
$100.00
Fire-engine
2,000.00
Home Saving Bank, Cemetery Fund invested
675.00
State Treasurer, one-fourth of liquor license
425.00
3,200.00
$43,293-45
Cash in treasury
$313.45
Billings Trust Fund .
5,000,00
Curtis Estate, for burial lot
500.00
5,813.45
$49,107.90
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid teachers .
$5,418.85
Superintendent of Schools
449.00
Transportation 225.00
Repairs and supplies
3,424.70
$9,517.55
Received appropriation for schools and repair $6,300.00
State Treasurer for Superintendent and high schools
1,020.00
State Treasurer for tuition of chil- dren .
57.50
Income of Massachusetts State
School Fund
868.81
City of Boston for tuition of chil- dren
38.00
Town of Dover for tuition of chil- dren
78.50
Interest on Town School Fund
141.60
Sale of old material 2.16
Balance unexpended last year .
723.59
Appropriation for Lowell Mason School repairs 500.00
Appropriation for flags
15.00
9,745.16
Balance unexpended
$227.61
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Paid F. H. Clough, M.D.
$20.00
$20.00
Appropriation .
50.00
Unexpended
$30.00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid sundries, as per Trustees' report
$476.42
Received dog tax
$225.08
Sale of stove
5.00
Interest on Library Funds
260.00 490.08
Unexpended
$13.66
CEMETERY.
Paid Cemetery Commissioners as per their
report
$1,012.60
Received appropriation
$800.00
Interest on Trust Funds
85.00
Care of lots
I28.00
1,013.00
Unexpended
$0.40
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid members of Engine Company $800.00
Members of Hook and Ladder Company, 391.25
W. S. Blake, care of engine and room . 36.75
A. A. MacLean, care of hook-and-ladder truck and room . 17.25
Willard Harwood, team to fires
25.00
Boston Branch, team to fires
5.00
William Meany, services at fire 1.00
H. Kimball, repairs and supplies IO2.65
Samuel Morse, repairs .
3.85
N. F. Harding, labor and supplies
1.50
W. F. Abell
2.50
J. A. Cole, supplies and freight bills
12.64
George H. Murray, services at fire
1.00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Company, supplies . 13.50
Members of Engine Company
168.50
J. J. Kelley, supplies and labor . 3.50
E. M. Bent, fuel 2.40
R. W. Baker, repairs 6.58
Hilton Coupling Company, supplies 16.00
Carried forward $1,655.87
W. J. Cox, team to fires 45.00
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Brought forward . $1,655.87
Paid L. B. Fairbanks, supplies
I.40
Keyes Wagon Company, supplies 6.00
Boston Branch, storing engine
24.00
Boston Branch, supplies .
7.68
F. A. Taylor, supplies .
1.85
E. J. Keyou, supplies
5.04
W. A. Fitts, supplies .
5.22
Raymond Blood, services as fireman 14.50
$1,721.56
Appropriation .
1,500.00
Exceeded .
$221.56
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid W. Blake, labor $2.20
Medfield Water Company 10.00
H. Kimball, repairing pump 1.25
E. M. Bent, teaming
II.25
E. M. Bent, coal
123.25
W. J. Cox, cleaning vault
2.00
R. W. Baker, painting settees and sup- plies 62.33
Blood Brothers, wheelbarrow
3.00
G. E. Pettis, janitor
100.00
Foster Rubber Company, rubber tips
8.47
L. B. Fairbanks, supplies
5.92
A. E. Read, supplies
8.35
J. H. Pember, supplies
1.25
G. B. Sims, supplies
6.91
G. B. Sims, janitor
I35.00
F. A. Taylor, supplies
9.7I
George G. Babcock, labor and stock 24.86
N. F. Harding, labor and stock 32.76
W. A. Fitts, supplies 4.90
Electric lighting 104.59
$658.00
Received rent of Post-office $263.08
Rent of Town Hall
256.00
Sale of old boards 3.00
Trustees of Library for heat and janitor 40.00
$562.08
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MOTH WORK.
Paid sundries as per Report of Superintendent of Moth Work
$314.57
Appropriation .
$ 300.00
Received from property owners
27.70
327.70
Unexpended
$13.13
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid G. L. L. Allen, services as Selectman $100.00
E. M. Bent, services as Selectman 100.00
R. W. Baker, services as Selectman 100.00
W. F. Abell, services as Assessor 100.00
F. D. Hamant, services as Assessor 100.00
A. A. Kingsbury, services as Assessor 100.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk 150.00
S. J. Spear, services as Treasurer and Bond
G. W. Kingsbury, services as Overseer of Poor 50.00
M. E. Griffin, services as Overseer of Poor . 50.00
F. J. Wight, services as Overseer of Poor 50.00
J. H. Baker, services as Moderator 25.00
T. E. Schools, services as Auditor . 25.00
W. E. Kingsbury, services as Engineer 25.00
J. A. Cole, services as Engineer 25.00
Fred Laverty, services as Engineer 25.00
W. E. Kingsbury, services as Forest Warden 10.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar 6.00
William Crane, services as Registrar 6.00
A. H. Clark, services as Registrar 6.00
J. M. Johnson, services as Registrar . 6.00
W. A. Fitts, services as School Committee 35.00
L. K. Conant, services as School Committee 35.00
C. H. Williams, services as School Committee 35.00
G. S. Cheney, services as Inspector of Animals 100.00
J. M. Richardson, Ballot Clerk 2.00
I. B. Codding, Ballot Clerk 4.00
J. W. Coltman, Ballot Clerk 4.00
H. S. Pember, Ballot Clerk . 2.00
Carried forward $1,516.00
240.00
IO
Brought forward $1,516.00
Paid J. H. Pember, Ballot Clerk 2.00
G. A. Morse, Ballot Clerk 2.00
E. H. Abell, Teller 4.00
R. L. Mann, Teller 4.00
George G. Babcock, Teller
4.00
J. M. Johnson, Teller 4.00
C. C. Wight, services as Constable and Police 14.50
D. Meany, services as Constable and Police 8.00
F. E. Wilson, services as Constable and Police 5.50
G. H. Murray, services as Constable and Police 3.00
Allen Cole, services as Special Police 4.00
A. MacLean, services as Special Police 4.00
F. Weiker, services as Special Police 4.00
J. Potter, services as Special Police 4.00
N. White, services as Special Police
8.00
W. F. Abell, on taxes collected to Feb. 1, 1909 291.39
$1,882.39
Appropriation . 1,800.00
Exceeded $82.39
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid E. Worthington, plans and estimates for Town
House . $35.00
W. W. Preston, delivering Town Reports 2.92
L. A. Cutler, delivering Town Reports 2.25
Dedham National Bank, printing on check-book .90
S. J. Spear, printing for annual meeting 13.00
S. J. Spear, printing for Town Officers 26.50
S. J. Spear, services as justice of peace 4.00
S. J. Spear, travel, postage, and stationery 14.62
S. J. Spear, recording vital statistics 38.80
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns 18.25
Geo. H. Ellis Co., printing Town Reports 169.04
Emma S. Rhodes, dinners for election officers II.50
W. & L. E. Gurley, for weights and measures 72.25
G. W. Woolvett, printing circulars 4.00
A. C. Gilbert, court fees . 39.87
Carried forward $452.90
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Brought forward $452.90
Paid W. E. Rhodes, court fees 6.00
F. E. Wilson, court fees and care of men in lockup, 12.24
C. C. Wright, court fees and services as watchman, II.67
G. H. Murray, court fees 8.86
D. Meany, services as night watch 15.00
D. Meany, collecting dog taxes . 5.00
D. Meany, team liquor case 2.00
Warren C. Hobbs, blanks for liquor license 1.23
Boston Tower Clock Company . 16.00
E. L. Burdakin, list of recorded deeds for Assessors, 10.00
A. A. Kingsbury, supplies 2.50
J. H. Pember, sealing weights and measures 39.36
J. H. Pember, labor and supplies . 5.25
Guy A. Ham, legal services and expense in liquor cases 36.00
G. L. L. Allen, express in liquor case .15
Carter Ink Company, record ink 2.20
Postage for selectmen 5.00
T. R. Bailey, maintaining watering trough 5.00
J. H. Parker, services in Fitzgerald case . 5.00
Boston Branch, team for Selectmen . 2.00
Library Bureau, index cards 2.00
J. R. McCoole, copies for Assessors . 1.00
G. G. Babcock, painting water fountain 3.00
A. B. Parker, returning deaths 17.50
J. A. Roberts, returning deaths 6.75
W. O. Crocker, expenses in liquor case 22.20
W. F. Abell, care of town clock 25.00
C. F. Read, expressing for town 6.96
J. W. Wilson, returning deaths . 1.75
Emery Record Company . 67.00
$796.52
Appropriation
800.00
Unexpended $3.48
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HIGHWAYS.
Paid to order of G. W. Kingsbury $2,452.01
FINISHING MAIN STREET.
Paid J. A. Gaffey, engineer . $25.00
J. A. Gaffey, stone 40.00
Sundries, for expense on roller 18.50
John Bennett, labor 11.40
John Mitchell, labor 5.40
W. Strang, labor
10.40
W. McLeod, labor
.40
C. Wright, labor
6.00
David Meany, labor
6.00
G. W. Hafferman, labor
2.40
W. F. Weiker, team
23.25
J. E. Lonergan . 19.20
W. Harwood, team and gravel 6.40
G. H. Murray, team and gravel 3.50
Snow & Farrington, stone 2.53
E. F. Rhodes, board of engineer 3.00
E. M. Bent, teaming and supplies 5.95
J. E. Lonergan & Co., weighing stone . .50
189.83
$2,641.84
Appropriation for highways and finishing Main Street .
2,750.00
Balance unexpended . $108.16
BRIDGES.
Paid to order of G. W. Kingsbury $161.86
Appropriation . 250.00
Balance unexpended $88.14
SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
Paid J. A. Moore, concrete walks and repairs, $329.50
G. W. Kingsbury 161.74
$491.24
Appropriation . 500.00
Balance unexpended $8.76
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REMOVING SNOW.
Paid to order of G. W. Kingsbury
$67.53
Appropriation . 400.00
Balance unexpended .
$332.47
SEWERS.
Paid to order of G. W. Kingsbury
$60.36
Appropriation .
75.00
Balance unexpended .
$14.64
TREE WARDEN.
Paid to order of G. W. Kingsbury
$90.89
Appropriation .
100.00
$9.II
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
$2,543.88
Appropriation . 2,600.00
Balance unexpended
$57.12
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid for Almshouse sundries as per Overseers' Report .
$2,778.23
For outside poor 134.2I
$2,912.44
NOTES.
Paid E. V. Mitchell
$200.00
Harwood Brothers
200.00
Harwood Brothers
300.00
Harwood Brothers, anticipation of taxes,
2,000.00
Medway Savings Bank
I66.66
W. A. Fitts, anticipation of taxes
2,000.00
$4,866.66
Appropriation for notes due 4,900.00
Balance unexpended .
$33.34
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INTEREST.
Paid Harwood Brothers $75.00
E. V. Mitchell
36.00
Medway Savings Bank I6.66
Harwood Brothers, anticipation of taxes,
26.67
W. A. Fitts, anticipation of taxes 26.67
$181.00
Appropriation .
I50.00
Exceeded . $31.00
INSURANCE.
Paid W. C. Ryan, on South School $28.00
R. L. Mann, on road-scraper, etc. 8.26
R. L. Mann, on boiler at Centre School,
50.00
A. H. Bartlett, library books, etc
32.47
$118.73
Appropriation .
150.00
Balance unexpended
$31.27
TAXES.
Town of Walpole
$2.70
Town of Millis
6.58
State tax
2,750.00
County tax
1,236.43
$3,995.7I
STATE AID.
Amount paid for State Aid
$648.00
NIGHT WATCH.
Paid Albion C. Gilbert .
$782.08
Appropriation .
780.00
Exceeded .
$2.08
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid S. J. Spear, printing
$2.00
E. J. Keyou, supplies 4.25
F. H. Clough, M.D., services
5.00
$II.25
Appropriation .
100.00
Balance unexpended
$88.75
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GREEN STREET SEWER.
Paid E. Worthington, survey and plans
$17.95
Superintendence
II3.3I
C. W. Sawyer, contract
674.20
J. E. Lonergan & Co., teaming
7.00
$812.46
Appropriation .
750.00
Exceeded . $62.46
SOUTH STREET RESERVOIR.
Paid New England Brick Company $85.00
G. W. Kingsbury, labor and supplies 72.60
C. W. Hill & Son, mason-work 90.75
E. M. Bent, teaming and supplies 46.70
Freight
14.30
309.35
Appropriation .
$300.00
Received for brick sold .
22.00
322.00
Balance unexpended .
$12.65
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS.
Moses Ellis Post No. 117, G. A. R., appropriation for Memorial Day
$100.00
Cemetery Trust Funds deposited in Savings Bank . 675.00
Howe Engine Company, for gasoline fire-engine 2,000.00
State Treasurer, for one-quarter liquor license .
425.00
TRUST FUNDS.
LOANED TO THE TOWN.
Town School Fund
$3,540.00
Individual Funds :-
Robert Charles Billings, for Library $5,000.00
George Cummings, for Library 1,000.00
George M. Smith, for Library
500.00
6,500.00
DEPOSITED IN DEDHAM SAVINGS BANK.
George H. Shumway, for Cemetery $200.00
Martha M. Mason, for Cemetery
100.00
Jeremiah B. Hale, for Cemetery
100.00
Walter Janes, for Cemetery
50.00
Carried forward
$450.00 $10,040.00
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Brought forward .
$450.00 $10,040.00
James Griffin, for Cemetery
50.00
Grant Newell lot in Cemetery
100.00
Langley lot in Cemetery
200.00
George F. Miller lot in Cemetery
50.00
George M. Smith lot in Cemetery
100.00
Mary T. Derby lot in Cemetery
100.00
Mary F. Ellis lot in Cemetery
100.00
Breck lot in Cemetery
100.00
Moses Ellis lot in Cemetery
200.00
1,450.00
DEPOSITED IN HOME SAVINGS BANK, BOSTON.
Nancy H. Curtis, for Cemetery
50.00
Mary M. Phelps, for Cemetery
50.00
Eliza E. Williams, for Cemetery
475.00
George C. Davis, lot in Cemetery
100.00
675.00
$12,165.00
LIABILITIES.
Harwood Brothers, Pleasant Street sewer, 6 notes, $200 each .
$1,200.00
Harwood Brothers, gasoline fire-engine, 4 notes, $500 each .
2,000.00
Edwin V. Mitchell, North and Cottage Streets sewer, 4 notes .
700.00
Medway Savings Bank, Brook Street, 2 notes
333.32
$4,233.32
RESOURCES.
Interest on Chickering note to March 5, 1909
$38.00
Cash in Treasury
313.45
Uncollected tax, 1906
I25.55
Uncollected tax, 1907
623.20
Uncollected tax, 1908
3,133.2I
Cash in hands of Collector
96.70
Due from State Treasurer for State Aid
648.00
Due from State Treasurer for cattle inspection 50.00
Due from W. H. Garfield for board of Lizzie Garfield
390.00
$5,418.II
$1,184.79
Resources exceed liabilities
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INSURANCE POLICIES.
On Town House.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. .
July 13, 1909, $10,000.00
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Aug. 14, 1909, 1,250.00 The Buffalo German Insurance Co. . Aug. 14, 1909, 3,750.00 Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Oct. 4, 1909, 1,500.00
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Oct. 4, 1909, 2,500.00
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Oct. 4, 1909,
1,000.00
$20,000.00
On Centre School-house. Expires.
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.
Apr. 18, 19II, $5,000.00
Westchester Fire Insurance Co.
Oct. 21, 1909, 1,500.00
Sept. 1, 19IO,
1,300.00
Sept. 18, 1910,
1,500.00
Sept. 18, 1910,
1,500.00
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Sept. 21, 1910,
1,000.00
Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Sept. 21, 1910,
1,000.00
Home Fire Insurance Co.
Aug. 25, 1912,
2,500.00
Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. .
Oct. 25, 1912,
1,500.00
Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. .
Dec. 7, 1912,
2,500.00
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Dec. 7, 1912,
2,500.00
$21,800.00
On North School-house. Expires.
Merchants' and Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Oct. 1, 19IO, $1,000.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Oct. 1, 1910, 1,000.00
$2,000.00
On South School-house. Expires.
The Farmers' Fire Insurance Co. . . Feb. 6, 19II. $1,400.00
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Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Traders' and Mechanics' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Expires.
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On Almshouse and Out-buildings.
Expires.
Home Insurance Co.
June 13, 1909, $1,300.00
Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
June 13, 1909, 1,300.00
$2,600.00
On Furniture and Farm Stock. Expires.
Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .
Nov. 1, 1909,
737.50
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. . .
Dec. 12, 1909, 750.00
$1,487.50
On Weights and Measures. Expires.
Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance
Co.
Sept. 7, 1910,
$4.00.00
On Public Library.
Expires.
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .. April 26, 19II, $1,200.00
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . Mar. 15, 1910, 1,000.00
$2,200.00
On Hearse and Road-scraper. Expires.
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co. . Mar. 24, 1909; $650.00
ASSESSMENT ON ABUTTERS OF GREEN STREET SEWER, BASED ON LAND VALUATION ON ASSESSORS' BOOK.
J. V. Morang $39.94
David Meany 33.28
Ellen Clifford 93.19
Estate G. F. Miller 59.90
33.28
C. J. Sawyer
73.22
D. M. Bent
26.63
A. Hosley
39.94
E. Dyer
33.28
E. Bullard .
106.50
J. M. McCarthy
E. Bullard assessment made of valuation of $800 for land on Green Street out of total valuation of $1,000 for whole lot on Green and North Streets.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Schools and repairs $6,300.00
Highways .
2,500.00
Bridges . 200.00
Removing snow
400.00
Fire Department .
800.00
General expenses
900.00
Board of Health 100.00
Support of poor at Almshouse
1,000.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse
400.00
Notes due .
1,100.00
Interest on notes .
150.00
Interest on Trust Funds
400.00
Library; dog tax.
Cemetery
800.00
Sewers
50.00
Insurance .
750.00
Sidewalks and crosswalks
400.00
Tree Warden
75.00
Town Officers
1,800.00
Moth work
600.00
$18,725.00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN, Selectmen
EDWARD M. BENT,
of
ROBERT W. BAKER,
Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
ANNUAL MEETING.
MARCH 2, 1908.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the second day of March, 1908, at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in said warrant :-
ARTICLE I. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
The annually elected Moderator being present, no action was necessary. Prayer was offered by Rev. Albert H. A. Spence.
ARTICLE 2. To choose the following-named town officers, under the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes of 1902, namely: one Town Clerk, one Moderator, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree War- den, 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; one member of a Board of Health, for three years. Also, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 579, Acts of 1907, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for two years, one Assessor for one year. 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 six o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The ballot-box was examined and found in good order. The fol- lowing-named persons, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn and apportioned as follows :-
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