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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $600.00
Paid Granville C. Mitchell, Mod-
erator . $25.00
Henry E. Young, Selectman 100.00
Richard M. Smalley, Selectman and Overseer of Poor . 150.00
M. Howard Blood, Selectman .
100.00
Geo. P. Holbrook, legal services
46.50
Sanborn & Squires, legal ser- vices
51.75
Sundry bills
6.56
S. J. Spear, printing
2.75
$484.56
Unexpended .
$115.44
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$350.00
Paid Robert W. Baker, services as
Assessor
$100.00
Carried forward
$100.00
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Brought forward . $100.00 Paid Albert C. Shumway, services as Assessor 100.00
Edmund Bullard 100.00
E. L. Burdakin, abstracts
38.90
Supplies
8.15
Printing poll tax lists
10.00
$357.05
Appropriation exceeded
$7.05
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Stillman J. Spear, salary and
bond
$240.00
Stillman J. Spear, travel, post- age and stationery 23.65
Wright & Potter, printing pay rolls and warrants 38.00
S. J. Spear, printing checks and envelopes . 6.50
$308.15
Appropriation exceeded .
$8.15
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $200.00
Paid Stillman J. Spear, salary . $150.00
Stillman J. Spear, services as Justice of Peace . 3.75
Postage, express and stationery
10.65
$164.40
Unexpended . $35.60
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COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $750.00
Paid Wm. F. Abell, collecting taxes of 1914 $394.03
R. W. Baker, collecting taxes of 1915 and 1916 457.61
Printing and supplies 16.37
$868.01
Appropriation exceeded .
$118.01
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION.
Appropriation
$150.00
Paid Ballot Clerks $73.00
Dinners for Town Officers 9.40
Board of Registrars
40.00
Printing ballots, voting lists, etc.
22.50
$144.90
Unexpended .
$5.10
CHARITIES.
Appropriation $2,200.00
Received from Town of Natick on
account of poor 16.99
Received from Town of Foxboro on account of poor · Received from City of Boston on ac- count of poor .
433.47
54.00
$2,804.46
Paid for support of poor
$2,426.54
Unexpended
$377.92
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TOWN HOUSE.
Appropriation
$700.00
Rent of Town Hall .
$396.00
Rent of Post Office .
325.00
721.00
$1,421.00
Paid Geo. B. Sims, janitor .
$532.00
Geo. B. Sims, janitor's supplies
39.71
Fuel
304.30
Electric lights
270.00
Repairs and supplies
41.20
Boiler insurance
49.00
$1,236.21
Unexpended .
$185.79
Unpaid water bill
50.00
$135.79
LIBRARY.
No appropriation
Balance due from 1915.
$224.82
Received interest on library fund
309.39
Received from Co. Treas. on account of dog licenses .
213.26
Sales of old material
4.45
$751.92
Paid as per Library report . $337.05
Balance to credit of Library
$414.87
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation $500.00
Special appropriation for extension
of Cemetery
1,600.00
Care of individual lots
150.00
Interest on Trust funds .
270.00
$2,520.00
Paid as per Cem. Commissioners re-
port
$2,569.51
Appropriation exceeded .
$49.49
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $1,400.00
Received from N. Y., N. H. & H. R.
R. Co., on account of forest fire 1.20
$1,401.20
Paid as per Engineers' report
.
$1,375.77
$125.43
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Received from Clerk of Court, fines in criminal cases
90.00
$1,690.00
Paid Night watch
$1,459.90
Traffic officer and special police
107.20
Court fees .
27.53
Auto and team hire
9.00
Carried forward .
$1,603.63
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Brought forward .
$1,603.63
Paid suppression of illegal sale of
liquor
214.28
Traffic signs
31.50
Supplies and expenses .
99.95
$1,949.36
$740.64
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$2,875.00
Paid Edison Elec. Ill Co.
2,858.49
Unexpended .
$16.51
MOTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation for Moth Dept. $980.00
Appropriation for sprayer . . 600.00
Received from Geo. L. L. Allen,
Superintendent
557.78
$2,137.78
Paid as per Superintendent's report . $2,453.66
TREE WARDEN AND BEETLE WORK.
Appropriation $500.00
Received from Tree Warden on ac-
count
22.30
$522.30
Paid as per Tree Warden's acct. $407.79
Unexpended .
$14.51
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EDUCATION.
Appropriation
$8,400.00 .
Received from State Treasurer for tuition of scholars 120.50
Superintendent of Schools
312.50
High School 500.00
Town of Dover, for tuition of scholars
89.25
Interest on Town School fund
132.98
Sale of old material
3.09
$9,558.32
Paid as per School Com. report .
$14,209.23
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for Highways and
Tarvia
$5,500.00
For Sewers
100.00
Snow
400.00
Bridges
100.00
Sidewalks .
500.00
Miller St. sidewalk
150.00
Spring St. resurfacing Oil wagon
1,000.00
850.00
Received from State Treasurer .
1,330.00
Received from County Treasurer
1,491.53
Received from Supt. of Streets
49.70 $11,471.23
Paid Highways
$9,483.86
Sewers
79.70
Snow
760.40
Bridges .
86.42
.
Carried forward .
. $10,410.38
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Brought forward . $10,410.38
Paid Sidewalks
493.20
Oil Wagon .
850.00
Miller St. sidewalk
133.40 $11,886.98
$415.75
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Appropriation
$450.00
Received fees for sealing weights and
measures
24.61
$474.61
Paid Geo. S. Cheney, inspector of cattle .
$100.00
Joseph W. Carter, inspector of provisions .
100.00
L. W. Wheeler, salary as sealer 50.00 S. J. Spear, recording and re- turning vital statistics 62.80 . Frank H. Clough, M. D., re- turning births . 3.50
Ernest L. Hill, M. D., return- ing birth .75
Joseph A. Roberts, returning deaths . 30.50
Frank H. Clough, M. D., medi- cal services 5.00
Gurley & Co., weights and meas- ures
7.15
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for Sealer .
11.73
Sundry supplies
3.05
$374.48
Unexpended .
$100.13
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NOTES.
Appropriation $1,500.00
Received from current tax levy
15,000.00
$16,500.00
Paid Harwood Bros., Main St. sewer note
$500.00
Dedham National Bank, resur- facing Main St. 500.00
Arlington Savings Bank, Chas. River bridge loan . 500.00
Dedham National Bank, bor- rowed in anticipation of taxes 15,000.00 $16,500.00
INTEREST.
Appropriation
$375.00
Received on Cemetery Trust funds .
270.00
$645.00
Paid Harwood Bros., on Main St. sewer notes
$41.12
Dedham National Bank, resur- facing Main St.
20.00
Arlington Savings Bank, Charles River bridge loan 22.50 C. D. Parker & Co., Sherborn bridge loan 60.00
Dedham Nat'l Bank, tax loan
328.34
Interest on Cemetery Trust fund 270.00
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
16.00
$757.96
Appropriation exceeded
$112.96
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Received from State Treasurer for
State Aid .
$364.00
Appropriation for Soldiers' re- lief 100.00
From various sources for Sol-
diers' relief 88.00
From State for Soldiers' burial
100.00
$652.00
Paid State aid .
$412.00
Soldiers' relief .
361.18
Soldiers' burial
50.00
823.18
$171.18
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended
96.50
Unexpended .
$13.50
TAXES.
Paid Town of Walpole . .
$2.88
County tax .
1,902.49
State tax
4,016.00
$5,921.37
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
Appropriation
$300.00
Sales of material
9.00
$309.00
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Paid Mass. Agricultural College, surveys and plans .
$88.67
Sundry expenses
21.89
$110.56
Unexpended .
$198.44
UNCLASSIFIED.
Lakeview Press, printing Town re-
ports
$142.50
Lakeview Press, printing Town warrants
5.00
T. R. Bailey, distributing Town re- ports
5.50
W. A. Haskell, flowers for W. Har- wood's funeral . ·
15.00
Roy S. Hunt, care and repair on Town clock . 31.29
Wm. F. Abell, care of Town clock . 5.20
A. A. Kingsbury, labor on Town clock
10.57
$215.06
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid L. W. Wheeler for insurance
127.28
Appropriation exceeded .
$27.28
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Paid County Treasurer on account of Sherborn bridge $3,741.64
D. A. Freeman, refund on taxes 56.64
E. Worthington, surveys 684.45
M. B. Faxon
4.00
$4,486.73
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS INVESTED.
John M. Richardson, for care of lot in Cemetery $500.00
Alice O. Sewell, for care of lot in Cemetery 200.00
Edmund L. Chenery, for care of lot in Cemetery 100.00
Edmund Bullard, for care of lot in Cemetery 50.00
John M. Richardson, for Public Lib- rary 500.00
$1,350.00
RESOURCES.
Uncollected taxes of 1916
$1,338.69
Due from State for State Aid
412.00
Due from State for Soldier's burial
50.00 $1,800.69
LIABILITIES.
Harwood Bros., Main St. sewer, 1 note $500.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Sherborn
bridge, 3 notes . 3,000.00
C. D. Parker & Co., extension of Cemetery, 3 notes . 1,600.00
Due Town Farm fund
1,492.68
Due Library Trust fund interest
414.87
$7,007.55
Liabilities exceed resources $5,206.86
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Executive Department
$700.00
Assessors' Department
350.00
Treasurer .
300.00
Town Clerk
200.00
Collector
500.00
Election and Registration
200.00
Charities
2,500.00
Town House
700.00
Cemetery
800.00
Education .
9,600.00
Protection to persons and property
2,500.00
Highways
3,000.00
Tarvia
3,500.00
Bridges
100.00
Sidewalks
600.00
Sewers
100.00
Removing snow
500.00
Street lights
2,900.00
Notes
2,100.00
Interest
600.00
Soldiers' relief
250.00
Employers' liability
000.00
Moth Department
1,000.00
Tree Warden .
400.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Health and Inspection
450.00
Contingent fund
750.00
Reserve fund .
500.00
Library, interest on fund and dog tax
HENRY E. YOUNG, RICHARD M. SMALLEY, M. HOWARD BLOOD, Selectmen.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1916.
Date
Child's Name
Parents
*1915
July 10 Paul Nason Rogers
Aug. 4 Marcionette
Nov. 20 Arthur Claywell Rogers
Arthur G. & May I. (Read)
1916
Jan. 2 Stillborn, female
Jan.
8 Aurora Palumbo
Jan. 14 Barbara Hope Kingsbury
Jan. 17 Robert Elmer Cutter
Jan.
31 Selma May Mclaughlin
William E. & Clara A. (Ward)
Mar.
14 John Theo. Hollingsworth John W. & Emma (Roddey)
Mar.
27 George Howard Herron 28 Teresina Iafolla
George B. & Bertha M. (Cox) Antonio P. & Catrina (Gatto) Arthur S. & Laura C. (Clark) George H. & Leta E. (Hatch)
Mar. April April April
3 Shirley Mabel Atherton
9 Stanley Edward Coffin
21 Robert Edward Meany 30 Wilhelmina Platt
James H. & Mary E. (Dowling) Eliott & Minnie (Carty) Archer W. & Bertha M. (Kirmayer) Arthur W. & Iva M. (Black ) Joseph A. & Lauda (Southiere)
Robert W. & Ethel (Fay)
Richard E. & Jennie L. (Taber) Joseph T. & Eva (Davis)
Reuben A. & Grace L. (Leighton) Antonio & Maria (Graniere)
6 Clara Wales Keigwin 9 Ruth Bartlett
Arthur L. & Winona (Philbrick)
10 Richard P. Lewis, Jr.
Richard P. & Violet H. (Richter)
William B. & Thirza B. (Clark) Ervil C. & Lina I. (Kingsbury) Walter A. & Lucy (Allen)
Nov.
Nov.
19 Stanley Marshall Dugdale Walter L. & Maude (Marshall) George & Sarah E. (Fortune) 30 George Vincent Hughes 1 Stillborn, female
Dec. Dec.
8 Francesco A. Ferrone
Dec. 11 Helen Lucy
Dec. 15 Stanley Francis Wiggin
Dec.
19 Theresa Emma Hibbert
Guiseppe & Maria G. (Ferrone) Dennis H. & Nora A. (Callahan) Kenneth L. & Mary T. (Reardon) Arthur R. & Gertrude C. (Mooney)
*Received too late for record in 1915.
Total number of births in 1916, 35. Males 18. Females 17.
April May June June June July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 23 Helen Esselen Aug. Aug. Sept. Oct. 21 Vingernzo Brava
31 Edw. Archer McFarland 2 Hollis John Hobbs 24 Marie Anne Cecile Pepin 27 Peter Fay Williams
7 Winthrop Bruce Johnson 22 Thornton Charles Leeds 25 Marion K. Kingsbury 4 -DiFrancesco
Harold T. & Mary (O'Donnell)
26 Lena Chilla Kennett 28 Walter Alvah Cleverly, Jr. 9 Natalie Ruth Keigwin Grace Keigwin
Berloanne & Vittoria (Brava)
Ralph W. & Hortense (Reed) Joseph & Ella (Young)
Louis & Antonia (Stella) Christopher & Mary (Harrison) Frank W. & Flora (Ricker)
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1916.
Date
Names
Residence
Where and by whom married
Jan. 5
Catherine C. Freeman
Medtield,
Jan.
13
Dorothy V. Hull
Medfield,
Rev. Herbert Handel
Feb.
6
Sarah V. Flaherty
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Feb.
29
Mary Gilligan
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Harold R. Bent
Medfield,
Mar.
2
Mary L. Campbell
Medfield,
Mar.
2
Catherine A. Taylor
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Mar.
7
Margaret Dwyer [ Cecil S. Thomas
Medfield,
May
7
Thelma M. McDonald
Medfield,
May
21
George N. Pierce Sadie Archer
Providence, R. I.,
May
27
Margaret Jensen
Dedham, Mass.,
Medfield,
May
27
Alice Rance
Medfield,
June 1
Ellen A. Hughes
Medfield,
In Medfield, by
June 19
Olive M. Kingsbury
Medfield,
June
21
Irene Kibbe
Medfield,
June 21
Annie Derrane
Medfield,
June 24
Harold Eustis Bent Freda May Rice William I. Pearson Etta V. Pierce
Medfield,
In Medfield, by
July .
8
Maurice Scannell
Medfield,
July
26
Evangeline S. Banks § Charles E. McMill
Medfield,
Aug.
24
Medfield,
Boston, Mass.,
Aug.
~8
Medfield,
Medfield,
Sept. 3
Medfield,
Medfield,
Sept. 16
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Stillman J. Spear, J. P. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Sept. 30
Dorothy H. McElwain Wm. J. Mclaughlin
Boston, Mass.,
Oct. 1
Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Boston, Mass.,
Mattapan, Mass.,
In Mansfield, by
Medfield, Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Oct. 2 Teresa McPherson
Newport, R. I.
[ In Medfield, by Rev. Guy Wilbur Miner In Boston, by
Russell Blanchard
James F. Lucey
Medfield,
Thomas J. Kelly
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
§ Alfred G. Richard
Medfield,.
S Patrick Connor
Medfield,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Peter Neilsen
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. Albert E. Hylan In Medfield, by Stillman J. Spear, J. P. In Boston, by Rev. Lar H. Kjaer In Bellows Falls, Vt., by Rev. A. P. Pratt
Cornelius P. McKeoun
Medfield,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
John H. Spencer
Medfield,
§ Orion Wight
Medfield,
Rev. Horatio E. Lathan In Springfield, Mass., by Rev. Louis C. Wright § In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Bellows Falls, Vt., by Rev. J. Wallace Chesboro -
Plymouth, Mass., Medfield,
Rev. Albert E. Hylan
5
Helen Ryan [ Louis A. Whitehouse Mabel Whitehouse Raymond G. Millner Mary E. Sampson Elihu E. Goodell Doris F. Beleyan Emery E. Hodgkinson Bridget E. O'Brien John C. Talbot
Medfield,
Sept. 17
Medfield,
Milton, Mass., Medfield,
In Medfield, by
Rev. George A. Gordon In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Rupert M. Freeland
Brighton, Mass.,
In Brighton, Mass., by .. Rev. John W. Mahoney In Lynn, Mass., by Ernest F. F. Nelson, J. P. In Malden, Mass., by Rev. Fred'k L. Cleveland In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
William P. Hatch
Medfield,
Medfield,
John Hinkley
Medfield,
Francis C. Van Horn
Medfield,
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Date
Names
Residence
Where and by whom married
- ( Samuel Crown
Framingham, Mass.
Det.
20
Grace A. Wiggin
Medfield,
Medfield,
Oct.
21
Rosella E. Wheeler
Lisbon, N. H.,
Medfield,
Oct. 27
Nov.
2
Gladys E. Evans Michael J. McEvoy Julia A. Maguire
Medfield,
Nov.
8
Mary E. Warren
Medfield,
Nov.
20
Medfield,
Dec.
15
Medfield,
Dec.
19
Morton H. Carr Mary A. Griffin § William Tiernan
Medfield,
Millis, Mass.
Dec.
23
Catherine Devlin
Medfield,
Total number of marriages
36
Married in town
24
Married out of town
12
Residents in town
57
Non-residents
.
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§ In Framingham, Mass., by Rev. Chas. Tilton In Medfield, by
Rev. Albert E. Hylan In Dedham, Mass., by Rev. Chas. W. Allen In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Medfield,
Medfield,
Ernest F. Cooper
Medfield,
Long Island, N.Y.,
§ In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Edward W. Perfette Christina McIntyre Hiram A. Hotchkiss Harriet T. Eames
Ashland, Mass.
Medfield,
§ In Framingham, Mass., by Rev. Charles H. Howe § In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. § In Millis, Mass., by 2 Louis LaCroix, J. P.
( Lewis A. Wright
[ Joseph Frisbee
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1916.
Date
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death
Jan. 2 Stillborn, male
Premature.
Jan.
19 Willard Harwood
80
9|LaGrippe.
Jan.
30 Horace N. Clark
70
Carcinoma.
Jan.
7 Abbie F. Turner
71
11
Cerebral hemorrhage.
Feb.
1| James Marcionette
5
27|Broncho-pneumonia.
Feb.
1 Frances A. Bullard
74
7
. . Lobar pneumonia.
Feb.
23 Hollis B. Wilson
85
3
. .
Fatty degeneration of heart.
Feb.
29 George K. Ricker
79
7
22 Chronic endocarditis.
Mar.
2 Ellen Murphy
48
. Cerebral hemorrhage.
Mar.
14 Margaret E. Hewins
82
3
14|Broken femer of hip.
Mar
26 Abigail F. Shaw
68
7
11|Cerebral hemorrhage.
April
4 Helen S. Brown
64|
11
1|Brights' disease.
April
17 Ella M. Corbin
60|
1
13|Broncho-pneumonia.
April
17 Bertha M. Herron
35
11 23 Mitral regurgitation.
May
5 Frank W. Cutter
58
8 10|Pulmonary tuberculosis.
May
6 Dominic Francisca
1
16|Septic laryngitis. 6
May
15 James A. Bell
68
Interstitial nephritis.
May
24 Clinton M. Clark
49
5
Disseminated sclerosis.
May
27 Joseph E. Lonergan
62
11 28| Angina pectoris.
June
22 Sarah Lidbury
73.
3 27 Locomotor ataxis.
June
25 Charles A. Clark
79
5 25|Chronic heart disease.
July
24 Avery W. Osborne
94
6 25|Malignant disease of stomach.
Aug. Aug.
4 DiFrancisca
3h|Inanition.
27 Perley E. Woolford
56
1
2|Chronic interstitial neph- ritis.
Sept.
1 Sumner B. Ware
60
14|Diabetes.
Oct.
6 Bridget Brennan
61
Disease of heart.
Oct.
23 Charles R. Hughes
64
28|Cerebral hemorrhage.
Nov.
25 Mary A. Griffin
50
3
5|Chronic interstitial neph- ritis.
Dec.
1 | Stillborn, female
53
Cancer of intestine.
Dec.
11 Margaret A. Grant
26
9
10|Tumor brain.
Dec.
16 Leander P. Rice
86
2 4|Arterio-sclerosis.
Dec.
19 Theresa Emma Hibbert
12h|Internal hemorrhage.
Dec.
19 Lydia S. Smith
79
12|Lobar pneumonia. 1
Dec.
11 Mary A. Allen
Males 17.
Females 17. Total 34. Deaths at State Hospital 107.
Total number of deaths in Medfield including Hospital 141.
BROUGHT TO MEDFIELD FOR BURIAL IN 1916.
Date of Death
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death
Brought from
1892
Jan.
4 Hattie A. Young
19
2
5 Pulmonary pneumonia.
Malden, Mass.
1916
Jan.
10 Abbie F. Turner
71| 11
. . Apoplexy.
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
9 George Lewis
81 11
27|Cerebral apoplexy.
Mansfield, Mass.
Jan.
13 James P. Middlemas
65|
7|
25 Arterio-sclerosis.
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
22 Francis Colburn
74
9
9 Capillary bronchitis.
Revere, Mass.
Mar.
18 Ada W. Mills
38
13|Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Boston, Mass.
Apr.
10 Edward P. Newcomb
84
. .
9|Arteriosclerosis.
Randolph, Mass.
May
14 Harry L. Martin
49
8
29 Cancer of tongue.
New Haven, Conn.
June
23 Matthew Jennings
68
·
. . [Syncope.
Boston, Mass.
Sept.
24 Agnes S. Young
72
4
9|Pneumonia.
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
29 Eva M. Allen
68
8|
18|Heart disease.
W. Newton, Mass.
Dec.
24 Elizabeth S. Ellis
77
11.
2 Cerebral hemorrhage.
Barre, Vt.
Dec.
25| Frances D. Parker
77 .9
1|Carcinoma.
Arlington, Mass.
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ANNUAL MEETING ..
MARCH 6, 1916.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the sixth day of March, 1916, at six o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in said warrant :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
The annually elected Moderator being present no action was necessary.
ART. 2. To choose the following named town officers, under the provi- sions of the Revised Statutes of 1907, namely : one Town Clerk, one Modera- tor, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Constables, one Tree Warden, 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 Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one year to fill vacancy, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Park Commissioner for one year, one Park Commissioner for two years, one Park Commissioner for three years.
Also bring in their votes 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 six o'clock in the forenoon and may close at two o'clock in the afternoon.
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The ballot-box was examined and found in good order. The following-named persons, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn and assigned as follows :-
Edward J. Sheahan and Frank J. Bell to distribute ballots.
Alex Allan and Richard C. Lincoln to check names at ballot-box.
Edward H. Abell and Joseph M. Johnson to count votes.
John H. Tuttle and Wm. E. Bell to supervise.
The polls were opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and were closed by vote of the town at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon. The total vote cast was 381. The votes were counted in open town meeting, and the following named offi- cers were declared elected :-
Town Clerk, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
Moderator, one year, Granville C. Mitchell.
Selectmen, one year, Richard M. Smalley, M. Howard Blood, Henry E. Young.
Treasurer, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
Collector of Taxes, one year, Robert W. Baker.
Assessor, three years, Robert W. Baker.
Assessor, one year, Edmund Bullard.
School Committee, three years, Susan M. Clark.
Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Daniels Hamant.
Constables, one year, Cornelius P. McKeoun, George B. Sims, Willard W. Robbins.
Board of Health, three years, Daniels Hamant.
Trustees of Public Library, three years, Nellie T. Keyou, Waldo A. Fitts.
Tree Warden, one year, George L. L. Allen.
Auditor, one year, Alex. Allan.
On the question "Shall licenses be granted to sell intoxicat- ing liquors in the town for the ensuing year ?" the vote was : "Yes" 147, "No" 165, Blanks 69.
In accordance with the usual custom the meeting was then adjourned to Monday evening, March 3, at 7.30 o'clock.
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ADJOURNED MEETING,
MARCH 13, 1916.
ART. S. To choose Fence Viewers. Field Drivers. and Pound Keepers.
Toted, That these officers be appointed by the Selectmen.
The following named persons were appointed to the several offices :
Fence Viewers, one year, Geo. W. Hardy, Bertram H. Smith, Geo. S. Cheney.
Field Drivers, one year, Geo. W. Hardy, Bertram H. Smith, Geo. S. Cheney.
Pound Keeper, one year, Geo. S. Cheney.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
The reports of the several Town Officers were taken up separately, and all were accepted, but it was voted that the report of the School Committee, hereafter, shall also include the report of the Principal of the High School.
ART. 5. To hear and act on the reports of Committees appointed at pre- rious meetings.
The committee appointed at the last annual meeting to re- adjust the salaries of Town Officers recommended no change and the report was filed without action.
The committee appointed to report as to the advisability of purchasing fire apparatus made an extended report which was accepted, with the thanks of the town, and filed for future reference.
ART. 6. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
It was voted that the following sums of money be granted and appropriated to defray the expenses of the ensuing year :
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For Executive Department, salaries and expenses $600.00
Treasurer's Dept., salaries and expenses 300.00 Assessors' Dept., salaries and expenses . 350.00
Collector's Dept., salary and expenses . 750.00
Town Clerk's Dept., salary and expenses 200.00
Elections and Registration . 150.00
Town House expenses
700.00
Protection to life and property, night watch, police, etc. . . 1,600.00
Fire Dept., salaries, wages, water rates, etc. 1,400.00
Health and Inspection 450.00
Highways and Tarvia
5,500.00
Bridges
100.00
Removing snow
400.00
Sewers
100.00
Street lights .
2,750.00
Sidewalks and crosswalks
500.00
Charities, poor in almshouse and outside
2,200.00
Soldiers' Benefits, military aid, etc.
100.00
Schools; all expenses
8,400.00
Library ; interest on trust funds ; dog tax
Memorial Day
100.00
Sidewalk on Oak Street .
150.00
Cemetery
500.00
Notes due
1,500.00
Interest on notes and loans .
375.00
Tree Warden and Beetle work .
500.00
Moth work
980.00
Contingent Fund
500.00
Reserve Fund .
500.00
Liability insurance
100.00
Boiler insurance .
45.00
Appropriation under Art. 13
1,000.00
Appropriation under Art. 14
750.00
Appropriation under Art. 16 Appropriation under Art. 17 Appropriation under Art. 18
850.00
600.00
125.00
Total appropriations .
. . $35,125.00
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ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate fifteen thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes thereof pay- able within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1916, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate Fifteen Thousand Dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
ART. 8. 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.
T'oted, That the taxes be paid in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 688, Section 71 of the Acts of 1913 as amended by Chapter 824 of the Acts of 1913, viz. :- "Taxes shall be paid not later than the 15th day of October of each year, and on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November interest shall be paid at the rate of six per cent per annum from the 15th day of October until such taxes are paid." It was also voted that the Collector receive one and one-quarter per cent on all taxes collected by him.
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