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North Street
William F. Weiker
Expressman
Main Street
William Crane
Straw worker
Main Street
Harvey Eames Collamer G. Bridge Charles A. Amble
Grocer
Adams Street South Street
Railroad employee
Miller Street
Edward M. Bent
Coal dealer
North Street
Alanson H. Clark Frank H. Weiker Waldo E. Kingsbury
Farmer
South Street Main Street Spring Street
Herbert W. Wight
Carpenter
Pleasant Street Main Street
Joel E. Heard John T. Kennedy Allison Williams Granville C. Mitchell
Clerk
North Street
Carpenter
Green Street
Carpenter
Main Street North Street
Albert C. Shumway George G. Babcock
Carpenter
Farm Street
Painter
South Street
Walter C. Claverly
Steam packer
North Street
Farmer
Teamster
Farmer
Thomas E. Schools
Grocer
Hat manufacturer
261st ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1912
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TO
LD
1651
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS .
2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
6
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOWN FARM
23
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
24
ANNUAL MEETING
29
SPECIAL MEETING .
36
NOVEMBER ELECTION
38
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
43
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
46
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
49
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
56
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS .
59
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
60
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
62
REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT AND TREE WARDEN
63
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY .
69
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VALUATION
70
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
72
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY
97
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING .
98
LIST OF JURORS
101
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LAKEVIEW PRESS Irving Street, South Framingham, Mass.
1912
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1911.
Moderator. J. HERBERT BAKER.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR. Selectmen.
EDWARD M. BENT. ALBERT C. SHUMWAY. GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL.
Assessors.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Term expires 1914
ALBERT C. SHUMWAY
66
1912
WILLIAM F. ABELL
66 1913
Treasurer STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Collector. WILLIAM F. ABELL.
School Committee.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Term expires 1914
WALDO A. FITTS
66 1912
RICHARD C. LINCOLN
66 1913
Overseers of the Poor.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. MELVIN R. BLOOD.
FRED J. WIGHT.
Trustees of Public Library.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR .
Term expires 1912
LAPRELETTE W. WHEELER
1912
J. HERBERT BAKER
66
1914
LEWIS K. CONANT
1914
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
1913
HERBERT L. MITCHELL
1913
Board of Health.
FREDERICK A. TAYLOR
Term expires 1912
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
66
1914
FRANK H. CLOUGH
1913
Constables.
DAVID MEANY. LOUIS B. FAIRBANK. GEORGE B. SIMS.
GEORGE H. TAYLOR.
Cemetery Commissioners.
ALONZO B. PARKER
Term expires 1914
ISAAC B. CODDING
1912
DANIELS HAMANT
1913
.
ALBION C. GILBERT.
66
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Tree Warden. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN. Sexton. JOSEPH A. ROBERTS. Auditor. THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. Pound Keeper. LAWTON KINGSBURY. Field Drivers.
GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL. CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY. ARCHIE L. CRAWFORD. Fence Viewers.
ALPHONSO L. ALLEN. ALANSON H. CLARK. N. FRANK HARDING.
Engineers of Fire Department.
WALDO E. KINGSBURY. HIRAM KIMBALL.
HOWARD M. BLOOD. Registrars of Voters.
ALANSON H. CLARK Term expires 1914 WILLIAM CRANE 1912
JOSEPH M. JOHNSON
66 1913
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Clerk, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. WALDO E. KINGSBURY.
Inspector of Animals. GEORGE S. CHENEY. Burial Agent. N. FRANK HARDING (deceased). ELLERY C. CROCKER. 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 and Elm-tree Beetle Work. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN. Forest Fire Warden. WALDO E. KINGSBURY. Special Police. FORREST E. WILSON.
WALTER A. CLEVERLY. GEORGE W. HINKLEY. H. E. CONWAY. PIERRE BROUCHARD.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1911
$9,269.37
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1909
$178.06
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1910 2,821.71
William F. Abell, on taxes of 1911
18,599.08
21,598.85
William F. Abell, on Miller Street sewer tax
$78.15
William F. Abell, on Green Street sewer tax
33.28
111.43
State Treasurer, corporation tax
$3,908.74
State Treasurer, bank tax
592.12
State Treasurer, high school tuition
500.00
State Treasurer, tuition of children .
39.00
State Treasurer, income of State School Fund .
907.10
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools
312.50
State Treasurer, State Aid
678.00
State Treasurer, inspection of animals
50.00
State Treasurer, loss of taxes on State property
302.29
7,289.75
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses
$222.63
Clerk of Courts, fines in criminal cases
470.00
Town of Dover, tuition of children
57.50
City of Boston, tuition of children .
37.50
Overseers for sales from Town Farm
1,395.24
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes
6,000.00
8,182.87
Interest on Chickering note
$60.00
Interest on Cemetery Funds
116.00
Interest on Library Funds
52.98
Interest on deposits
105.35
Donation for Library
9.64
Cemetery Commissioners, for sale of lots
200.00
Cemetery Trust Fund, for care of F. S. Mason lot
200.00
Cemetery Trust Fund, for care of F. E. Donlan lot
50.00
793.97
Wm. F. Abell, on gypsy-moth assessments
$46.45
Geo. L. L. Allen, on gypsy-moth account
45.92
Geo. L. L. Allen, on tree warden account
32.00
W. E. Kingsbury, on tarvia account .
285.30
Sale of old material from schools
50.19
Sale of old material from town-house
25.00
Sale of old material from library
7.50
Sale of old hearse
50.00
Sale of old bridge plank
5.20
Rent of Town Hall
$617.10
Rent of Post Office .
325.00
Butchers, billiard, auctioneer and firework licenses
7.00
Pedler's license
10.00
W. J. Porter, for use of dump, two years
10.00
C. W. Sawyer, for services of police
6.00
Cash taken from confiscated slot machine
2.97
978.07
.
547.56
$48,771.87
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1912.
CR.
Paid for teaching .
$5,472.75
Superintendent of Schools
450.00
Janitor
520.00
Transportation
225.00
School Committee
105.00
Repairs and supplies
1,578.05
$8,350.80
Almshouse
$3,320.12
Outside poor
277.59
3,597.71
Library
$487.60
Cemetery
940.65
Town House, including electric lighting
1,144.86
Town Officers
1,009.50
Fire Dept., including special appropriation
1,594.65
General expenses .
700.16
Assessors, salaries and expenses
377.46
6,254.88
Highways
$3,102.85
Bridges
75.35
Removing snow
102.35
Tarvia
1,266.18
Sewers .
54.41
Sidewalks and Crosswalks
426.84
5,027.98
Notes
$7,900.00
Interest
419.68
Insurance
89.21
Taxes
3,872.27
12,281.16
Board of Health
$8.00
Night watch
782.13
Suppression of illegal sale of liquor
279.97
Court fees .
23.37
State Aid
572.00
Soldiers' relief
82.50
Street lights
2,474.67
4,222.64
Tree Warden
$394.40
Gypsy moth
1,055.33
1,449.73
Library Funds invested .
$500.00
Cemetery Funds invested
900.00
Special appropriation for fountain
313.43
Special appropriation for Town House
576.92
Special appropriation for Elm Street .
499.63
Special appropriation for reservoir
211.70
Memorial Day
100.00
3,101.68
$44,286.58
Cash in treasury
4,485.29
$48,771.87
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
Treasurer.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid as per School Committee's
Report .
$8,350.80
Received from State Treasurer and other sources 8,645.39
Balance unexpended $294.59
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid support of Poor in almshouse .
$3,320.12
Received appropriation .
$1,150.00
Sales from farm
1,395.24 2,545.24
Exceeded
$774.88
Paid support of Poor out of alms-
house
$277.59
Appropriation
200.00
Exceeded
$77.59
LIBRARY.
Paid Trustees as per report
$487.60
Received of County Treasurer for
dogs licensed
$222.63
Donation
9.64
Interest on Trust Funds
252.98
Carried forward .
$485.25
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Brought forward .
$485.25
Sale of Books
7.50
Balance unexpended
221.85
714.60
Balance unexpended to credit of
Library
$227.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid as per Engineers' Report .
$1,204.65
Received appropriation . $1,000.00
Due from Town of Dover for fires 110.97
1,110.97
Exceeded $93.68
Special appropriation
Paid American Rubber Co. for hose
$390.00
Received appropriation
400.00
Balance unexpended $10.00
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid George B. Sims, janitor
$433.00
George B. Sims, supplies
37.36
E. M. Bent, fuel and supplies
99.25
F. M. Smith, painting
33.00
Hiram Kimball, labor on boiler
16.60
N. F. Harding & Co., carpenter
7.31
J. E. Lonergan, coal
204.87
J. N. Wills, carpenter
9.84
Willard Harwood, wood
3.00
A. A. Kingsbury, carpenter
2.50
Medfield Water Co. .
35.63
I. F. Penniman .
24.40
Edison Company for lights
238.10
$1,144.86
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Received rent of Town Hall $617.10
Rent of Post Office
325.00
Sale of old material
27.97 970.07
Exceeded
$174.79
GYPSY MOTH AND ELM TREE BEETLE.
Paid Superintendent as per Report
$1,055.33
Received appropriations for moths and beetles . $900.00
Appropriation for supplies and work 45.92
Assessments paid from last year
46.45
992.37
Exceeded
$62.96
Assessments due from property own-
ers
222.43
TREE WARDEN.
Paid Tree Warden as per Report
$394.40
Received appropriation
$400.00
Cash received
32.00
432.00
Balance unexpended
$37.60
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Selectmen . $300.00
Election Officers
54.00
Registrars
32.00
S. J. Spear, Treasurer and Bond
240.00
S. J. Spear, Town Clerk
150.00
Carried forward
$776.00
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Brought forward
$776.00
Special Police . 30.00
J. H. Baker, Moderator
25.00
T. E. Schools, Auditor
25.00
G. S. Cheney, Inspector of Animals and Provisions 125.00
F. E. Wilson, Night Watch 21.00
G. B. Sims, Night Watch . 7.50
$1,009.50
Received appropriation . $1,600.00
Balance unexpended $590.50
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid George H. Ellis Co., printing Town Re-
ports $259.96
W. W. Preston, delivering town reports 2.75
L. A. Cutler, delivering town reports 2.75
S. J. Spear, printing for town officers
43.10
N. G. Tibbetts, dinners for town officers
8.75
J. H. Pember, sealing weights and measures
27.06
J. H. Pember, badges for police
4.50
A. C. Gilbert, car fare and supplies
.75
Hobbs Warren Co., checkbook and checks for Treasurer . 9.75
W. A. Newell, team .
2.00
G. C. Mitchell, supplies for lock-up .50
T. R. Bailey, maintaining watering trough 5.00
R. W. Baker, stamps for Selectmen 3.33
E. Worthington, services as Civil Engineer 10.65
Alex. Allan, supplies
.20
George A. Sweetser, legal services .
100.00
C. F. Read, express for Town Officers
9.22
William F. Abell, care of town clock
25.00
Medfield Water Co. 55.00
Boston Branch, teams
4.00
Certification of notes
6.00
A. B. Parker, returning deaths .
23.25
Carried forward
$603.52
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Brought forward
$603.52
S. J. Spear, recording Vital Statistics . 45.80
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns 25.75
S. J. Spear, services as Justice of Peace 3.50
S. J. Spear, travel to Dedham and Boston . 4.90 S. J. Spear, postage for Clerk and Treasurer 10.35 S. J. Spear, stationery, blanks and express 6.34
$700.16
Received appropriation
1,000.00
Balance unexpended .
$299.84
REPAIRS ON TOWN HOUSE.
Paid A. A. Kingsbury
$333.11
H. H. Clark
243.81
$576.92
Received appropriation .
$700.00
Balance unexpended
$123.08
HIGHWAYS.
Paid Superintendent of Streets as
per Report
$3,102.85
Received appropriation .
3,000.00
Exceeded
$102.85
BRIDGES.
Paid Superintendent of Streets as
per Report
$75.35
Received appropriation .
.
200.00
Balance unexpended
$124.65
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SEWERS.
Paid Superintendent as per Report $54.41
Received appropriation . 100.00
Balance unexpended
$45.59
SIDEWALKS.
Paid Superintendent as per Report $125.29
John A. Moore 301.55
$426.84
Received appropriation
400.00
Exceeded
$26.84
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Superintendent as per Report
$102.35
Received appropriation .
400.00
Balance unexpended
$297.65
TARVIA.
Paid Superintendent of Streets as
per Report
$1,266.18
Received appropriation .
$1,000.00
From individuals
285.30 1,285.30
Balance unexpended
$19.12
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FOUNTAIN.
Paid Daniels Hamant
$271.69
I. F. Penniman
29.39
E. M. Bent .
2.50
E. V. Mitchell Co. .
9.85
$313.43
Received appropriation .
300.00
Exceeded
$13.43
SUPPRESSION OF ILLEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR.
Paid W. O. Crocker, services $10.00
J. L. Greenleaf, services
201.40
E. B. Snow, auto hire .
32.00
Court fees
59.94
$303.34
Received appropriation .
$300.00
Clerk of Courts for fines .
470.00
770.00
Balance unexpended
$366.66
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid F. H. Clough, M. D., services
$5.00
International Chemical Co. 3.00
$8.00
Received appropriation .
50.00
Balance unexpended $42.00
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CEMETERY.
Paid A. B. Parker, pay rolls $731.90
A. B. Parker, care of Trust Lots 124.00
Blood Bros., supplies
18.90
Geo. H. Ellis Co., printing deeds . 8.50
Alice O. Sewall, cemetery lots .
50.00
J. J. Kelley 3.75
I. F. Penniman
3.60
$940.65
Received appropriation .
$800.00
Interest on Trust Funds . 116.00
916.00
Exceeded
$24.65
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Library Funds Invested
$500.00
Cemetery Funds Invested . 900.00
Memorial Day .
100.00
$1,500.00
ELM STREET APPROPRIATION.
Paid W. E. Kingsbury .
$499.63 $499.63
Received appropriation .
500.00
Unexpended . $ .37
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MAIN STREET RESERVOIR SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
Paid W. E. Kingsbury, excavating . $66.64
John Divine, mason work . 56.56
E. M. Bent, brick and lime 77.70
Waldo Bros., cement
10.80
$211.70
Received appropriation .
250.00
Balance unexpended
$38.30
TAXES.
Paid State Tax
$2,640.00
County Tax
1,224.43
Millis Tax .
5.68
Walpole Tax
2.16
$3,872.27
NIGHT WATCH.
Paid A. C. Gilbert
$782.13 $782.13
Received appropriation .
780.00
Exceeded
$2.13
ASSESSORS.
Paid salaries
$300.00
Abstracts of deeds, printing and
supplies
77.46
$377.46
Received appropriation .
350.00
Exceeded
$27.46
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STATE AID.
Amount paid for State Aid .
$572.00
Amount paid for Soldiers' Relief
82.50
$654.50
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Edison Electric Ill. Co. $2,474.67
Received appropriation . 2,500.00
Balance unexpended
$25.33
NOTES.
Paid E. V. Mitchell, Cottage St., sewer note
$200.00
Arlington Savings Bank, sewer note 500.00
Arlington Savings Bank, bridge note 500.00
Harwood Bros., Pleasant St., sewer note 200.00
Mrs. A. H. Gaylord, gasoline engine note 500.00
*Harwood Bros., borrowed in anticipation of taxes . ·
6,000.00
$7,900.00
Received appropriation . 1,900.00
*This note was not paid from an appropriation.
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INTEREST.
Paid E. V. Mitchell on Cottage St.
notes
$12.00
Arlington Savings Bank on two loans 205.00
Harwood Bros. on Pleasant St.
notes and taxes · 162.68
Mrs. A. H. Gaylord on engine notes
40.00
$419.68
Received appropriation .
400.00
Exceeded
$19.68
INSURANCE.
Paid Alex. Allan, on hearse and road
scraper
$8.26
Alex. Allan, on School boiler 45.00
A. H. Bartlett, on Library . 35.95
$89.21
Received appropriation
100.00
Balance unexpended
$10.79
TRUST FUNDS.
LOANED TO THE TOWN.
Town School Fund . $3,540.00
Charles Billings Library Fund .
5,000.00
$8,540.00
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INVESTED.
George Cummings Library Fund in
International Trust Co. $1,000.00
George M. Smith Library Fund in
International Trust Co. 500.00
Cemetery Funds, in savings banks .
3,925.00
$5,425.00
LIABILITIES.
Harwood Bros. Pleasant St. sewer (3 notes)
$600.00
Mrs. A. H. Gaylord, gasoline engine (1 note)
500.00
E. V. Mitchell, Cottage St. sewer (1 note) 100.00
Arlington Savings Bank, South and Miller Sts. sewers (3 notes) 1,500.00
Arlington Savings Bank, Charles River Bridge (5 notes)
2,500.00
Due Library Trust Funds
227.00
Due W. F. Abell, Collector
575.60
Due Billings Fund
514.71
$6,517.31
RESOURCES.
Uncollected taxes of 1909
$39.87
Uncollected taxes of 1910
608.28
Uncollected taxes of 1911
3,015.07
Due from State Treasury for State Aid
572.00
Due from State Treasury for cattle inspection 50.00
Balance due on Green St. sewer as-
sessment
32.78
Carried forward $4,318.00
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Brought forward . $4,318.00
Balance due on South and Miller
Sts. sewer assessment . 163.26
Uncollected moth assessments 222.43
Due from County of Norfolk on Charles River Bridge 225.00
Due from Dover fires
110.97
$5,039.66
Liabilities exceed Resources
$1,477.65
INSURANCE POLICIES.
On Town House.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Co.
Aug. 14, 1912,
1,250.00
Milwaukee Mechanics' In- surance Co.
Nov. 18, 1912,
3,750.00
Norfolk Mutual Insurance Co. .
Oct. 4,1912,
1,500.00
Dedham Mutual Insurance Co. .
Oct. 4, 1912
1,000.00
Oct. 4, 1912,
1,500.00
Quincy Mutual Insurance Co. Hingham Mutual Insurance Co. .
Oct. 4, 1912,
1,000.00
Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection Co. .
Mar. 30, 1913, 5,000.00
$25,000.00
On Centre School-house.
Hartford Steam Boiler In- spection and Insurance Co. Norfolk Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co. Fitchburg Mutual Fire In- surance Co.
Apr. 18, 1914, $5,000.00
Sept. 1, 1913, 1,300.00
Sept. 18, 1913, 1,500.00
Carried forward
$7,800.00
Expires. Amount. July 13, 1912, $10,000.00
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Brought forward Traders' and Mechanics' Fire Insurance Co. . Dorchester Mutual Fire In- surance Co.
Cambridge Mutual Fire In- surance Co.
Home Fire Insurance Co. . Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. . Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. . Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. .
$7,800.00
Sept. 18, 1913,
1,500.00
Sept. 21, 1913, 1,000.00
Sept. 21, 1913, 1,000.00
Aug. 25, 1912, 2,500.00
Oct. 26, 1912, 1,500.00
Dec. 7, 1912,
2,500.00
Dec. 7, 1912,
2,500.00
Oct. 26, 1912, 1,500.00
$21,800.00
On North School-house.
Merchants' and Farmers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Norfolk Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co.
Oct. 1, 19.13, $1,000.00
Oct. 1, 1913, 1,000.00
$2,000.00
On Almshouse and Out-buildings. Norfolk Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co.
June 13, 1912, $1,300.00
Boston Fire Insurance Co. . June 19, 1912, 1,300.00
$2,600.00
On Furniture and Town Stock.
Dedham Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co. . Nov. 1, 1912, $737.50
Boston Insurance Co. . Dec. 12, 1912 750.00
$1,487.50
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On Weight and Measures.
Dorchester Mutual Fire In- surance Co.
Sept. 7, 1913, $400.00
On Public Library.
Fitchburg Mutual Fire In- surance Co.
Apr. 26, 1914, $1,200.00
Traders' and Mechanics Mut- ual Fire Insurance Co. · Mar. 22, 1913, 1,000.00
$2,200.00
On Hearse and Scraper.
New Hampshire Fire Insur- ance Co.
Mar. 24, 1912, $650.00
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1909, which says, "The director may prescribe stand- ard forms intended to promote the systematic accounting of financial transaction and the publication of the same in the city and town reports." We have recommended appropria- tions large enough to cover all expenses which properly belong to each department.
This will not affect the aggregate amount of the appropria- tions but is simply a matter of sub-division, for example :
Executive Department includes Salaries of Selectmen, Moderator and other expenses Town Reports, Printing, etc.
Financial Department includes
Salaries of Auditor, Treasurer, Collector, Assessors and other expenses.
Town Clerk Department includes
Salary and other expenses, Vital Statistics.
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Police Department includes .
Night Watch, Special Police, Court Fees, expenses in enforcing Liquor law.
Health and Inspection Department includes
Salaries and expenses of School Inspectors, Meat In- spectors and Animal Inspectors.
Charities includes
Poor in Almshouse and Outside Aid.
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Executive Department
Selectmen, Moderator, salaries and other ex- penses, Town Reports, Printing, etc. . $700.00
Financial Department
Salaries of Auditor, Treasurer, Collector and Assessors and other expenses 1,200.00
Town Clerk
Salary and other expenses, Vital Statistics 275.00 Election and Registration 200.00
Town House expenses (Insurance). 750.00
Police Department
Night Watch, Special Police, Court Fees, expenses in enforcing Liquor Law . . 1,200.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages, Water Rates, Insurance and other expenses 1,200.00
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Health and Inspection
Salaries and expenses of School Inspectors, Meat Inspectors and Animal Inspectors
175.00
Highways
3,000.00
Tarvia
1,000.00
Street Lighting
2,500.00
Bridges
200.00
Side-walks, Cross Walks
400.00
Sewers
100.00
Removing Snow
400.00
Charities
Poor at Almshouse, Outside Aid, Insurance 1,600.00
Soldiers' Benefits .
78.00
Schools
Insurance, Tuition Insurance, Committees'
Salaries, other expenses . 6,900.00
Library, dog tax
Memorial Day
100.00
Cemetery
800.00
Notes due .
1,800.00
Interest on notes
400.00
Interest on Trust Funds .
400.00
Tree Warden and Beetle work
400.00
Moth Work
900.00
Contingent Fund .
500.00
Abatement Fund . .
3,000.00
$30,178.00
Respectfully submitted,
GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL, EDWARD M. BENT, ALBERT C. SHUMWAY, Selectmen of Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ELECTED TO LOOK INTO THE ADVISABILITY OF SELLING THE TOWN FARM.
Your committee has gone into the matter thoroughly and carefully with the Overseers of the Poor of this Town and those of neighboring towns.
As a result of investigation your committee unanimously advises selling the Town Farm, and amending the By-Laws by abolishing the Board of Overseers and having the Select- men act in that capacity. Also that the Chairman of both boards be the same and that his salary alone be increased to $150.00 per year.
REASONS FOR SELLING THE FARM.
No. 1. The buildings are in such poor shape that in the very near future the State will demand repairs and remodel- ing which will cost several thousand dollars.
No. 2. While the appropriation is $1000.00 the actual cost is over $1800.00, viz. :- taxes lost, interest on invest- ment, overseers' salaries, special appropriations and excess over regular appropriation.
No. 3. A large number of inmates can be supported nearly as cheaply as a few, so that several towns by joining together can maintain an almshouse much more economically.
No. 4. In one large up-to-date almshouse (as in Canton or Wrentham) the inmates will receive better housing and care, because the larger town farms are looked after more stringently by State Inspectors.
No. 5. On the average number of inmates, (5), it will be considerably cheaper to board.
No. 6. The town will still retain control of its poor.
No. 7. It shall be the duty of the proper officer to visit them at least once in three months.
Respectfully submitted,
GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL, EDWARD M. BENT, ALBERT C. SHUMWAY.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1911.
DATE
CHILD'S NAME
PARENTS
Jan. 22 Ruby Mae Miller
George F. & Ruby (Houston).
Feb. 4 Marion Bethia Wills
John N. & Annie B. (Munroe).
Feb. 23 Georgianna May Mallock
Alonzo & Augusta M. (Whelpley).
Mar. 25 Esther Adelaide Hinkley John F. & Una (Waterman).
May 3 Francis Leo Tripp
Otis B. & Annie E. (McNallie).
June 6 Lorraine Clark
Clinton M. & Louise B. (Holbrook).
June 14 Theodore Burton Pederson Isaac & Mary A. (Babcock).
June
30 Helen Alma Wiggin
Kenneth L. & Mary T. (Reardon)
July 31| Ormond Lewis Cutler
Archie E. & Ethel P. (Crane).
Aug. 9 Alberta Mildred Kings- bury
Christopher A. & Mary (Harrison).
Aug. 10 Mary Katherine Hinshon Thomas J. & Mary A. (McDonald).
Aug. 20 Guglelmo Annese
Agostino & Gavaria (Vigliotta).
Sept. 21 Duncan Robertson Hardie George R. & Ann (Duncan).
Sept. 26 Charles Esterbrook Charles E. & Sadie A. (Spencer).
White, Jr.
Arthur H. & Annie (McGowan).
Oct. 5 Daniel Curtis Mitchell
Nov. 14 William Everett McNutt
Granville C. & Hazel M. (Hahn).
Nov. 17 Hugo Rauh Ehnes
Everett W. & Maude (Cox)
Nov. 22 Thelma Irene Macomber
George J. & Marie (Rauh).
Nov. 30 Edith German
Henry B. & Rosella (Grew).
Dec. 5 Wendall Everett Lincoln
George I. & Sadie (Kinney).
Dec.
24 Edith Kathleen Mitchell
Edgar W. & Elsie (Warner).
Whole number of births 21. Males 10. Females 11
REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 29. Extracts from Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8.
Section 1. Each city and town clerk shall receive or obtain and record * *
* * facts relative to the births *
* in his city or town. Section 3. (as amended by Chapter 93, Acts of 1910) Physicians and midwifes shall make and keep a record of all facts relative to births specified in section one of this chapter and shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the preceding month at whose birth they were present, * *
Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, who has knowledge of the facts required * * * shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the city or town *
* or of any person authorized by him. Penalty for refusal not more than ten dol- lars.
Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, * * * shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
Every householder is required to give notice of a birth occurring in his house.
Section 7. The master or other commanding officer of a vessel shall give notice * * of every birth *
* * among the persons under his charge * * to the clerk of the city or town * at which his vessel first arrives after such birth.
Section 8. Penalty for neglect to comply with the provisions of sec- tions 6 and 7 not more than five dollars.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1911
DATE
NAMES
RESIDENCE
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED
Jan.
7. - Henry P. Burgess
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith.
Jan.
24.
John J. Toubeau
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith.
Jan.
25.
Harold E. Long
Medfield,
In Framingham, Mass., by Rev. James B. Gregg.
Feb.
5.
Alexander Petrie
Medfield,
In Foxboro, Mass., by Rev. C. A. Butterfield.
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