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50.00
C. F. Read, express
.65
N: E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
1.78
Lindahl & Johnson, repairs
2.35
Allan A. Kingsbury, repairs
183.19
H. N. Clark, repairs
70.31
Fred A. Smith, repairs
4.78
Medfield Plumbing & Heating Co., repairs 66.77
W. J. Hayward, repairs
11.25
B. F. Rhoades, repairs
29.50
L. B. Fairbank, supplies
4.25
Frank Bell, repairs
10.20
John N. Willis, repairs
39.89
$1.927.91
$1,927.91
Unexpended balance
179.09
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Received for Court Fines
$1,800.00 79.50
$1,879.50
Paid Police Officers
$1,550.71
Special Police
153.48
Travel & expenses of officers
30.95
Auto hire
20.60
Supplies
11.60
Printing
16.50
Equipment and repairs
32.32
Express
1.38
$1,817.54
$1,817.54
Unexpended balance
$61.96
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Sale of material
2.00
Use of engine pumping out well
5.65
Paid as per engineers' report
1,973.18
Unexpended balance
$34.47
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR MOTOR APPARATUS
Appropriation
$5,500.00
Taken from Reserve Fund
178.62
$5,678.62
Paid as per Engineers' report
$5,678.62
SEALER'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Fees collected by Sealer
$50.00
36.72
$86.72
$2,007.65
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Paid A. H. Wheeler, for services Team hire Repairs and supplies
$50.00
8.00
3.80
$61.80
$61.80
Unexpended balance
$24.92
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$900.00
Receipts from supplies sold and labor
on private property
162.39
Assessed on property owners
287.30
Received from State Forester
179.83
$1,529.52
Paid as per Superintendent's report
1,461.29
Unexpended balance
$68.23
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500.00
Receipts
29.01
Taken from Reserve Fund
50.60
Paid as per Tree Warden's report
$589.61
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation
$300.00
Received from State
50.00
Collected from Influenza cases 1918
116.00
Received from alcohol permits
6.00
Daniels Hamant
7.50
Taken from Contingent Fund
232.88
Appropriation exceeded
804.12
Paid as per report of the Board
$589.61
$1,516.50 $1,516.50
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DISTRICT NURSE
Appropriation Paid District Nurse
$300.00 $300.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $200.00
$200.00
Paid as per Superintendent's report
34.50
Unexpended balance $165.50
STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid as per Superintendent's report 264.39
Unexpended balance
$135.61
GENERAL HIGHWAY
Appropriation:
General highway and tarvia $8,500.00
Received Excise Tax 376.87
Received Street Railway tax 20.85
Sale of material €4.33
From private parties for labor
37.05
$8,999.10
Paid as per Superintendent's report
$8,676.80
Unexpended balance $322.30
Special Work
HARTFORD STREET
Expended as per Supt. report $210.13
Received from County Treasurer $105.00
Balance taken from General Highway 105.13
$210.13
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SIDEWALKS
Appropriation $500.00
$500.00
Paid as per Superintendent's report
485.20
Unexpended balance
$14.80
PLEASANT STREET SIDEWALK
Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Paid as per Superintendent's report
214.23
Unexpended balance
$285.77
VINALD ROAD
Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Paid as per Superintendent's report
$491.35
Unexpended balance
$8.65
BRIDGES
Appropriation
$200.00
$200.00
Paid as per Supt. report
193.31
Unexpended balance
$6.69
SNOW
Appropriation
$300.00
$300.00
Paid as per Supt. report
32.50
Unexpended balance
$267.50
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Paid Edison Elec. Light Co.
2,640.75
Unexpended balance
$359.25
$3,000.00
:
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SPECIAL STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation Unexpended
$515.00 515.00
CHARITIES
Appropriation
2,500.00
Received from other towns
34.21
Received from individuals
13.00
Received from Reserve Fund
220.32
Appropriation exceeded
€78.66
$3,446.19
Paid for support
3,302.19
Paid for Mothers' Aid
144.00
$3,446.19
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation
200.00
Received from State Aid
432.00
Received from State for Exemptions
37.61
Received from individuals
10.50
Taken from Reserve Fund
63.44
$743.55
Paid for State Aid
158.80
Paid for Soldiers' Relief
369.75
Paid for Soldiers' Relief (German - War) 215.00
EDUCATION
Appropriation $12,000.00
Received Mass. School Fund
962.07
Received sale of material 1.00
Received from State Treas. for Superintendent 312.50
Received from State Treas. for Tuition 45.00
Received interest on Town School Funds 90.00
Received interest on Liberty Bonds
63.75
$743.55
$13,474.32
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Paid as per School Com. Report $13,139.40 334.92
Unexpended balance
$13,474.32
LIBRARY
Appropriation
900.00
Balance from 1918
9.34
Fines, etc. from 1918
17.00
Interest on Library Fund
399.98
Received from County Dog Tax
170.90
Received from sale of old material
3.00
Received from fines for 1919
15.00
Taken from Reserve Fund
22.12
$1,537.34
Paid as per Trustees' Report
$1,537.34
$1,537.34
Parks and Playgrounds
Appropriation
Received from Harwood Estate
$1,014.19
Deposited in Dedham Institution for Savings
$1,014.19
WAR SERVICE "WELCOME" ACCOUNT
Appropriation
700.00
Subscriptions
325.29
Paid as per Committee Report
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$100.00
$100.00
Expended
98.50
Unexpended
1.50
$100.00
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$400.00
Taken from Reserve Fund
6.26
$406.26
$1,025.29*
$1,025.29
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Paid for Boiler Insurance
$55.30
Paid Workmen's Compensation
350.96
$406.26
INTEREST
Appropriation
600.00
Interest on Deposits
130.48
Interest on Taxes
108.31
Interest on Town Notes
315.86
$1,154:65
Paid Beacon Trust Co., interest on Town Notes $951.71
Paid C. D. Parker Co., interest on
Cemetery Note 10.00
Paid C. D. Parker Co., interest on Bridge Note 20.00
Paid Helen Whitney, interest on Town Note 25.00
Paid Bureau of Statistics, verifying Town Notes 28.00
Unexpended balance 119.94
$1,154.65
NOTES
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Received from notes given in antici-
pation of Taxes
25,000.00
$26,500.00
Paid C. D. Parker Co., final Sherborn Bridge Note 1,000.00
Paid C. D. Parker Co., final Cemetery Note 500.00
Paid Beacon Trust Co. amount borrowed
for Taxes
25,000.00
$26,500.00
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COUNTY HOSPITAL
Appropriation, raised by notes
$3,500.00
Appropriation exceeded
228.21
Paid County Assessment
$3,715.01
Paid American Bank Note Co.
for blank notes
13.20
$3,728.21
$3,728.21
CEMETERY
Appropriation $800.00
Received from care of lots 1918
23.50
Received interest on Trust Funds
342.87
Received from care of lots 1919
214.00
Received from sale of lots 1919
525.00
Taken from Reserve Fund
58.62
$1,963.99
Paid as per Commissioners' Report
TAXES
Taken from General Funds
$7,583.00
Received rebate on County Tax 215.01
$7,798.01
Paid Town of Walpole, Tax for 1919 3.75
Paid County, Tax for 1919 2,663.86
Paid State, Tax for 1919 5,130.40
$7,798.01
CONTINGENT-UNCLASSIFIED FUND
Appropriation $650.00
$650.00
Paid Transcript Press, printing reports 1918 144.75
Paid T. R. Bailey, distributing Town Reports 5.50
Paid Fred A. Smith for Honor Roll
110.87
$1,963.99
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Paid Fred M. Smith, painting Honor Roll 20.00
Paid M. L. Berger, typewriter for
Treasurer's Dept. 55.00
Paid W. J. Hayward, work on flag pole 5.00
Paid P. Pederzini for flowers 10.00
Paid R. S. Hunt for repairs on Town Clock 25.00
Paid R. S. Hunt for care of Town Clock 36.00
Paid T. R. Bailey for maintaining public watering place
5.00
Balance of fund carried to Health Dept. 232.88
$650.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$600.00
Credited to Collector's Dept.
$0.02
Credited to Fire Dept. (Special)
178.62
Credited to Tree Warden's Dept. 50.60
Credited to Charities 220.32
Credited to Soldiers' Relief
63.44
Credited to Library
22.12
Credited to Insurance
6.26
Credited to Cemetery
58.62
$600.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Received
$100.00
For Bruce-Fisher Lot
$100.00
J. A. Fitts Lot
100.00
Edwin V. Mitchell Lot
500.00
Sarah G Shumway Lot
100.00
N. A. Emerson Lot
50.00
Geo. E. Pettis Lot
100.00
Amelia Everett Lot
100.00
Deposited in North End Savings Bank
$1,050.00 $1,050.00
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APPROPRIATION BALANCES
Overdrawn
Unexpended
Health and Sanitation, $804.12 Executive
$1.10
Charities
678.66
Treasurer 3.31
County Hospital
228.21
Assessors
9.52
Town Clerk
19.98
Election and
Registration 51.40
Town House
179.09
Police
61.96
Fire Dept.
34.47
Sealer's Dept.
24.92
Moth Dept.
68.23
Sewer Dept.
165.50
Street Cleaning
135.61
Genl. Highway
322.30
Sidewalks
14.80
Sidewalks
Pleasant St.
285.77
Vinald Road
8.65
Bridges
6.69
Snow
267.50
Street Lights
359.25
Street Lights
Special
515.00
Education
334.92
Memorial Day
1.50
Balance
1,280.42 Interest 119.94
$2,991.41
$2,991.41
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1919 General Accounts
Dr. Cash on hand as per Treasurer's report $6,881.67 Due Town Farm Uncollected taxes and
Cr
Fund$5,285.20
.
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Cash in hands of Resources exceed
Collector" 3,126.05
Liabilities 4,722.52
$10,007.72
$10,007.72
Trust Accounts
Investments $21,391.41 Town School Funds $3,600.00 Library Funds 8.000.00 Cemetery Funds 8,777.22
Park Funds 1,014.19
$21,391.41 $21,391.41
Debt
Net Funded Debt
$7,500.00 Notes due 1920
Beacon Trust Co.
Hospital 500.00
Fire Department 1,000.00
Notes due 1921
Hospital 500.00
Fire Department 1,000.00
Notes due 1922
Hospital 500.00
Fire Department 1,000.00
Notes due 1923
Hospital 500.00
Fire Department 1,000.00
Notes due 1924 Hospital 500.00
Notes due 1925
Hospital 500.00
Notes due 1926
Hospital 500.00
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
L. W. WHEELER, Accountant.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1919
Date Child's Name
Parents
1918
June 9 Daniel Knowlton Weiker
Oct. 21 Vincitore Palumbo
Dec. 15 Elizabeth Winnifred Scannell
1919
Jan. 1 Mary Marguerite Lucy
9 Robert Cutler Bryant
26 Pauline Atherton
Feb. 3 David Richard Kelleher
20 Madeline Louise Grant
28 Albert Austin Cobb
Mar. 12 Regina Belmonte
14 Earl Clifton Kerr
April 4 Angela Benedetti
20 Stillborn, male
May 10 Pauline Curtis
11 Michael Joseph English
12 Glenn Thornton Mair
15 John Holnguist
June 19 Elliott Christopher Columbus Platt
July 27 Maria Malinoro
Aug. 1 Fouzina Flumero
5 Robert Smith Heard
7 Dorothy Muriel Ward
10 James Frederick Clark
22 Francis Michael Horgan
25 Kenneth Richards Bent Karlton Moore Bent
Sept. 16 Lynette Spender
Nov. 7 Frank Samuel Walker
10 Concitta Di Francisco
13 Baby (unnamed) Shaner
15 Clarence Philip Cardwell
Dec. 13 Graham Ewart Rogers Claude A. & Isabella H. (Ewart)
30 Loraine Ethelyn Hobbs
Total No. of Births, 29. Male, 17.
William F. & Helen F. (Sleeper) Luigi & Antoinette (Stella)
Maurice & Evangeline (Banks)
Dennis & Nora A. (Callahan)
Charles F. & Ruth A. (Cutler)
Arthur S. & Laura (Clark)
Michael J. & Elizabeth A. (Gor- man) Gordon & Vina I. (Dix)
Leon H. & Susan E. (Bryan)
Dominico & Angela C. (Celli)
Edwin R. & Grace S. (Sims)
Nicola & Maria (Massarelli)
Bradford S. & (Jeanette Emery) Michael J. & (Ellen Hannon)
Joseph A. & (Mildred C. Thrasher) John A. & (Ellen Holnguist)
Elliott C. C. & (Minnie Cantey)
Louis & (Raffaela Lio)
Nicolo & Angelina (Lasga)
Joel E. & Emm E. (Smith)
Harold B. & Ruth (Bowman)
James F. & Margaret W. (Wheeler
Michael & Maria J. (Drum)
twins Harold E. & Freda M. (Rice)
John H. & Olive M. (Kingsbury) Frank S. & Mary A. (La Croix) Antonio & Maria (Graniro)
Robert R. & Emma R. (Porter)
Andrew G. & Mary T. (Granger)
Arthur W. & Iva M. (Black)
Female, 12.
READ CAREFULLY
The new ruling of the Department of Vital Statistics requires that Physi- cians and Midwives shall within 48 hours give notice to the Town Clerk with such data as may be procured at the time, regardless of child's name if not known.
Parents shall give notice, with such other data as may be necessary, within 15 days from the date of birth.
A fine of twenty-five dollars may be imposed for wilful neglect in com- plying with the above rules.
The Town Clerk is required to record the exact date of return and to report all violations or neglect in making such reports.
Blanks will be furnished on application to the Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1919
Date
Bride and Groom
Residence
Where and by whom Married
Jan. 4
Arthur M. Barrett
Medfield
Adelaide Viola Bagley Milford, Mass
Jan. 6
- Hans C. L. Hermann Eva Cook
Medfield
Chelsea, Mass.
Medfield
Framingham, Mass. Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
May
12
4 John Francis Cahill Bridget Purcell Kanute A. Johnson Mary Helen Gorman George A. F. Grohs Effie Whitcomb
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
June 7
Medfield
Walpole, Mass.
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
In Dedham, Mass., by Rev. John H. Fleming
July 2
Dorothy B. Abel John Harry Miller Leola J. Worthley
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr.
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medfield, by
Sept. 18
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Scituate, Mass.
Medfield
Medfield
Westwood, Mass.
Norwood, Mass.
Medfield
Medfield
Sept. 25
Oct. 4
Oct. 16
Oct. 25
Oct. 26 George Boulanger Mary T. Gahan
Foxboro', Mass. Lowell, Mass. Medfield
In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medfield, by Rev. Leonar Cushman
In Medfield, by d Rev. Hug M. Smith In Medfield, by h Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Walpole, Mass., by Rev. Alex L. Mckenzie In Medfield, by Rev. Albert E. Hylan
In Medfield, by Rev. Leonard Cushman In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medfield, by
July 16 Herbert A. Richards Mary F. Tuohey Aug. 13 George Willis Hardy Annie W. Castor Aug. 25 Thomas Arlauskas Mary Subac Sept. 12 Arthur S. Fales Gladys Dawson
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Sept. 18
Sept. 20
July 2
Sept. 25
Keith R. Spaulding Evelyn A. Holmer Leopold Magnus, Jr. Mattie F. Damon Daniel A. Sullivan Harriet A. Sumner Ernest E. Walton Mabel A. Douglass Frederick C. Wiggins Frances A. Darrow Nathaniel D. Allen Jeannie W. Bateson Frank M. McGowan Beulah D. Wood William H. Emmett Margaret V. Palton Harold E. Schools Rose G. Rider
Medfield Portsmouth, Eng. Boston, Mass.
Medfield Medfield
Foxboro', Mass. Medfield
Medfield
.April 19
April 22
James B. MacGregor Gladys E. Richter Jerome R. White Mary Connell
May
May 23
June 2 Benjamin H. Brock Margaret B. Hanley Ernest K. Koch Elizabeth Dykstra June 12 John Henry Godfrey Katherine Morrison John F. Roak
June 30
Westwood, Mass.
Rev. Leonard Cushman In Medway, Mass., by Rev. Henry F. Brudon In Scituate, Mass., by Rev. Lewis E. Perry In Franklin, Mass., by Rev. R. K. Marvin In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. In Medfield, by Stillman J. Spear, J. of P. In Bogota, N. J., by Rev. Stoddard Lane In Medfield, by Rev. Fred R. Bunker In Foxborough, Mass., by Rev. Wm. J. McCarthy In Cambridge, Mass., by Rev. William Macnair In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
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Date
Bride and Groom
Residence Where and by whom Married
Medfield
Medfield
Medford, Mass.
Medfield
Medfield
Hopedale, Mass. Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Brookline, Mass.
Dec. . 28 Michael J. Connolly Elizabeth McIntyre
Westwood, Mass. Westwood, Mass.
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith In Medford, Mass., by Rev. Michael F. Callahan In Medfield, by Rev. Geo. H. Coffin, Jr. In Medfield, by Rev. Guy Wilbur Miner In Boston, Mass., by Rev. J. A. Cronin In Brookline, Mass., by Rev. Abbott Peterson In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smih
Total number of marriages Married in town
33
22
Married out of town .
11
Residents of town
48
Non residents
18
Oct. 27
John J. Donlan
Emma E. Marshall
Nov. 11 John J. Fay Elva Cavanagh
Nov. 11 Henry C. Bridge Grace Edna Dow
Nov. 15 Louis S. Conners Bertha M. Nattress
. Nov. 25 Peter B. Harkins Isabel Ware
Dec.
16 Arthur Mitchell Annie H. Gaylord
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1919
Date
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death
Jan. 5 Alexander M. Munro
72
3
Cerebral hemorrhage
18 Sarah Harding Bruce
75
3
23 Cerebral hemorrhage
30 Mary Abigail Everett
60
5 Carcinoma of Uterus Diabetis Millitus
Feb. 7 Lucy H. Richter
58
25 Clara A. Clark
50
9
1
Influenza
27 David Meany
78
11
Mar. 3 Caroline A. Adams
85
8
13
Obstructing Prostrate Organic disease of heart
11 All:ert C. Shumway
67
4 25 Pulmonary Embolism
25 William Henry Donlan
27
. .
10
Phthisis pulmonaris
28
Sarah Griffin Shumway
84
4
22
Apoplexy and Arterio-
26
Rutilleus E. Sherman
73
8
14
sclerosis Myocarditis Cancer of 4
May 13
Elnora Baxter
70
9
7
Chronic Interstitial Neph- ritis
7
23
· Acute dilation of heart
Pulm. Tuberculosis
June 10
Elizabeth W. Dewar
58
7
2
Carcinoma of Uterus
20
James Ord
75
9
9
Acute Gastric indigestion. Angina Pectoris
Aug. 13
Charles A. Ambler
76
3 22
Epithioma of lip
29
Robert Smith Heard
Spina Bifada
Sept. 21
Mary Jael Chenery
80
11
24
General Carcinomatosis
Oct. 9 Mary McLaughlin
87
5
1
Senility
13 Catherine C. Maxner
75
Cerebral hemorrhage
17 Ellen Clifford
74
7
10 Carcinoma of the uterus
Dec. 16
James Carpenter
63
1
1
General septicaemia
16
Shaner
1
3
Cardiac failure
.
bladder
16 Alice Robeson Thayer 27 Luke J. Hamrock
69
40
24
Total number of deaths of residents, 31. Males 13. Females 18. Deaths at State Hospital 67. Total number of deaths in town 98
BROUGHT TO MEDFIELD FOR BURIAL IN 1919
Date of Death
Name
Age Yrs.Mos.Dys.
Cause of Death Brought from
Jan. 20 John H. Pember
82
1 19 Arterio-sclerosis Cancer
Shirley, Mass.
Feb. 18 William B. Roberts
Mar. 15 Mary E. Morrill
64
6 5 Valvular disease of heart
Millis, Mass.
Mar. 25 Louis Lamb (Sablome)
32
. . . . General peritonitis
Boston, Mass.
July 26 Annette S. Wiswell
69
Arterio-sclerosis
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 14 Louisa C. Trask
85
7 29 Valvular heart disease
Braintree, Mass.
Oct. 30 Lillian V. Jillson
33 5 27 Diphtheria
Millis, Mass.
Nov. 23 Francis Rivers
.
9 Pulm. tuberculosis 3 hrs.
Boston, Mass.
Rochester, N. Y.
Dec. 19 Clifton Thrasher
Boston, Mass.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING March 3, 1919
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 fourth day of March, 1919, 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 appointed Moderator being present no action was necessary.
Article 2. To choose the following named town of- ficers, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes of 1907, namely: One Town Clerk, one Moderator. one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year; one School Committee for three years, Two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Cemetery Com- missioner for three years, one Assessor for three years. one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years.
Also to vote on the following questions:
First-"Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913 being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employ- ment and to exempt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation be accepted by the inhabitants of this town of Medfield?" The vote to be "Yes" or "No."
Second-Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year? The vote to be "Yes" or "Not" All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at 6.15 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 ap- pointed by the Selectmen were sworn and assigned as follows :----
Isaac B. Coding and Frank J. Bell to distribute ballots.
Edward J. Sheahan and John H. Tuttle to check names at ballot box.
Edwin H. Abell and Alex. Allan to count votes.
Richard C. Lincoln and Patrick C. Hegarty to super- vise.
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 239. The votes were counted in open town meeting, and the following named officers were declared elected .-
Town Clerk, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
Moderator, one year, Geo. L. L. Allen.
Selectmen, one year, Daniels Hamant, Frank E. Day, Nel- son G. Tibbetts.
Treasurer, one year, John H. Tuttle.
Collector of Taxes, one year, Robert W. Baker.
Assessor, three years, Albert C. Shumway.
School Committee, three years,
Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Joseph A. Roberts. Constables, one year, Cornelius P. McKeoun, B. Frank Rhoades, Levi C. Taylor.
Board of Health, three years, Elisha H. Cohoon, M. D.
Trustees of Public Library, three years, James L. Ather- ton, Nellie T. Keyou.
Tree Warden, one year, George L. L. Allen.
Park Commissioner, three years, Davenport Brown.
On the question of the acceptance of the "Act to pro- vide for compensation of laborers, workmen and me- chanics for injuries sustained in public employment and to exempt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation" the vote was "Yes" 94 "No" 31 Blanks 114.
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On the question "Shall licenses be granted to sell in- toxicating liquors in this town for the coming year?" the vote was "Yes" 90. "No" 109. Blanks 40.
ADJOURNED MEETING
The meeting was then adjourned to Tuesday evening, March 18, 1919, at 7.30 o'clock.
Article 3. To choose Fence Viewers and Field Driv- ers.
Voted, that these officers be appointed by the Select-
men. The following named persons were appointed as Fence Viewers and Field Drivers: H. Eustis Bent, Lawrence M. Dewar.
Article 4. To see if the town will accept the re- ports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
The reports were acted upon severally and alı were accepted.
Article 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
The following sums of money were granted and ap- propriated to defray the expenses of the ensuing year:
For
$650.00
Treasurer's Department
350.00
Collector's Department 500.00
Assessor's Department 400.00
Town Clerk's Department
200.00
Elections and Registration
200.00
Town House Expenses
1,000.00
Protection to life and property
1,800.00
Fire Dept., salaries, wages, water rates, etc.
2,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50.00
Moth Department
900.00
Tree Warden's Department
500.00
Health and Sanitation
300.00
Sewer Department
200.00
Street Cleaning Department
400.00
Executive Department
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Highways and Tarvia
6,500.00
Removing Snow
300.00 $500.00
Sidewalks and Tarvia
Bridges
200.00
Street lights, (See Article 17)
3,000.00
Charities
2,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
Education
12,000.00
Library, interest on fund, dog tax and
950.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Employers' liability insurance
400.00
Interest
600.00
Notes
1,500.00
Cemetery
800.00
Contingent Fund
650.00
Reserve Fund
600.00
$40,250.00
Other appropriations under
Article 14
$723.43
Article 15
1,500.00
Article 16
5,000.00
Article 18
500.00
Article 19
500.00
Article 20
500.00
Article 21
300.00
Article 23
15.00
Article 24
700.00
Total appropriations $49,988.43
Article 6. 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 revenue of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five 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 revenue of the present municipal year.
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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, 1919, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate Thirty Thousand Dollars lars, 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.
Article 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 en- suing year.
Voted, that 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.
Article 8. To see if the town will authorize the Col- lector to use all such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Voted, That the Collector be instructed to use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of Decem- ber, 1918.
Article 9. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensu- ing year.
Voted, that the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of fourteen dollars per year and fifty cents per hour while at work at fires.
Article 10. 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.
Voted that the price for labor, per hour, on the high- ways be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.
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On motion of E. M. Bent it was voted that an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures in all departments, be printed in the Annual Town report.
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