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Cost of schools for the year ...... Cash on hand, unexpended 2 07
$4,134 55
$4,136 62
From the cost of schools for the year
$4,134 55
Take the amount of supplies and sundries sold
6 15
Net cost of schools for the year
$4,128 40
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RECAPITULATION.
Resources :-
Expenditures
$4,136 62
Teachers' wages, including amount un- paid
$2,252 50
Fuel.
137 58
Care of rooms, including amount unpaid
105 60
Transportation, including amount unpaid
358 00
Text books and supplies
159 38
Apparatus
29 57
Superintendent
560 02
Suppression of truancy
12 70
Incidentals
519 20
Cash on hand
2 07
Cash on hand, $4,136 62
FRANK H. WOOD, ERWIN A. SNOW, LEONARD E. TAFT, School Committee.
Mendon, Feb. 16, 1901.
SCHOOL BOOK AGENT'S REPORT. Dr
To books and supplies purchased :-
Geo. F. King & Co .. $23 51
Geo. S. Perry & Co. 50 08
Adams, Cushing & Foster 4 80
D. C. Heath & Co. I 88
Ginn & Co.
65 29
J. L. Hammett Co.
4 92
University Publishing Co. 4 80
Town of Bellingham
4 10
Books and supplies on hand, Mar. 1, 1900
97 II
Cr. $256 49
By books and supplies furnished schools .. $158 39
By books and supplies sold. I 20
By books and supplies on hand March I, 190I 96 90
$256 49
ERWIN A. SNOW, School Book Agent.
Mendon, Feb. 16, 1901.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :-
Gentlemen :- The seventh annual report of the present Su- perintendent of Schools is hereby presented.
The school registers present the following statistics from September, 1899 to June, 1900 :
Total enrolment 169
Average membership I34
Average attendance I22
Per cent of attendance 91
The Primary school has the best per cent. of attendance, followed by the Grammar, North and East schools in the order named. The Primary is also the most punctual school, having the least number of tardy marks. The total number of dismis- sals is reduced. The whole number of such marks is 200 against 336 two years ago. This is encouraging, though more time is actually lost by dismissals than through tardiness, the latter usually covering only a few minutes while the former is frequently for an hour. More than an hour and a half is called a half day and receives an absent mark. It is nec- essary in this matter of attendance to have the hearty sup- port of the home. Wise parents and an efficient teacher with a common aim accomplish the greatest good for the child in this as well as in every other line of school work.
Education means more than mere book learning. Its ob- ject is three-fold :
Health and the means of maintaining it.
Knowledge and thought power.
Right motives and will power.
Less than one-fifth of the child's waking hours is spent in the school-room. The home and the community, therefore, share in the education of the young. The best results in the school are seen when these educational forces work harmoniously for the highest good of the child. When parents and friends visit the school and invite the teacher to their homes, the school and the home become better acquainted and so better able to work in common. Teachers and pupils are encouraged when people show their interest by visiting the schools. The Superin-
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tendent is usually in the grammar room for an hour after the close of school on Monday. He would be pleased to welcome parents and friends, whether they come with blame or with praise, to seek information or to give it, or simply to talk over matters pertaining to the welfare of the schools or of the individual pupil.
The committee appointed to have charge of the erection of a new school building for the East school have attended to their duties very efficiently, with the result that a well-built, well ap- pointed building has been provided at a moderate cost. In ap- pearance it is a credit to the town. There are at present twenty- one pupils in the school. It is probable that that part of the town may increase in population, the distance to Mendon village is too great for small children to be comfortably transported and it is probably a wise step which the town has taken in providing a school building in the east neighborhood.
The next need which confronts the town is better school rooms at the Center. At this writing the Primary has a score of pupils in excess of the number that it can comfortably accommo- date. If every voter in the town were obliged to spend one win- ter's day in that room with its forty or fifty pupils something would be immediately done to provide more healthful quarters for those little children. If any more children move into town requiring primary school instruction, another room will have to be provided, for there isn't space to put in another seat. It may seem a hard thing to ask for another school building immediately, but, in view of the fact that until the present year Mendon has expended nothing for new school houses during the last thirty years, it is not strange that so much needs doing at this time. Should the town erect a new building at the Center, the expense could be distributed over future years in such a way as to make those most directly benefited share the burden of pay- ment.
In closing I wish to express my thanks to the school com- mittee, teachers and pupils for the good will and helpful spirit which has been shown the superintendent ; also to all those who, by their interest and advice have encouraged and strengthened the cause of education in our midst.
Respectfully submitted, E. E. SHERMAN.
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THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DUTIES.
The State Board of Education has defined the work of a superintendent of schools as follows :-
DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
The duties that usually fall to the superintendent are suf- ficiently indicated by the following heads :-
I. Planning courses of study.
2. Selecting and recommending text-books, apparatus, etc.
3. Examining and nominating teachers.
4. Inspecting the schools.
5. Guiding the teachers personally in their work and study.
6. Conducting teachers' meetings.
7. And, in general, serving as the professional representa- tive of the interests of the schools and as the executive officer of the school committee.
BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM EDUCATIONAL LAWS.
I. All children between 7 and 14, unless sick, feeble- minded, at an approved private school, or otherwise instructed in branches required by law, to the satisfaction of the School Committee, must attend the public school during the entire time of each school year. Penalty to parent or guardian for failure in attendance for five days' sessions within any period of six months, $20.
2. No child under 14 can be employed "in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment." "No such child shall be employed in any work performed for wages or other com- pensation " during the hours when the public school is in session nor before six o'clock in the morning or after seven in the evening.
3. No child under 16 can be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment without a certificate from the Superintendent of Schools. He must present an employ- ment ticket from the person who wishes to employ him, on ap- plying for a certificate. The father, if living and a resident, must sign the certificate of age; if not, the mother; if neither, the guardian.
4. Children between 14 and 16 must either attend school or be regularly employed.
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5. Children must be vaccinated before attending school but a certificate from a regular physician, saying a child is an unfit subject for vaccination, allows attendance.
No child can attend school from a household in which there is a case of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or from a household exposed to a contagion from a household as aforesaid. Two weeks after the death, removal or recovery of the patient in a case of the first three mentioned, or three days after in a case of measles, the child may return on presentation of a certificate from the attending physician or from the board of health.
6. " The last regular session prior to Memorial Day, or a portion thereof, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic na- ture."
7. A United States flag not less than four feet in length shall be displayed on the schoolhouse grounds or building every school day, when the weather will permit, and on the inside of the schoolhouse on other school days.
8. A written excuse stating cause of absence, and signed by parent or guardian, must be presented by the pupil on his re- turn to school.
TEACHERS, SEPTEMBER 1900.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
WHERE FITTED.
SALARY.
High,
Wm. G. Park,
Wesleyan University.
$500 00
Grammar,
Mary A. Peffers,
Bridgewater Normal.
432 00
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
Mendon High.
378 00
North,
Ruth B. Cornwell,
Friends School.
324 00
East,
Lillian F. Porter,
Newburyp't Training.
324 00
Albeeville,
Alma A. Seavey,
Framingham Normal.
288 00
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1900-1901.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
Lower Schools 36 weeks. High School 40 weeks.
Sept. 10 1900. Sept. 4 1900.
Dec. 21
Dec. 31
June 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 31
CLOSES. Mar. 8 1901. Mar. 15 1901.
Mar. 25
June 21
HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR.
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, Wash- ington's Birthday, Patriots' Day and Memorial Day. Recess of one week at Thanksgiving for lower schools.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1901-1902.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
Lower Schools 36 weeks. High School 40 weeks.
OPENS. Sept. 9 1901 Sept. 3 1901
CLOSES.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Dec. 20
Dec. 20
OPENS. Dec. 30 Dec. 30
Mar. 7 1902 Mar. 14 1902
Mar. 24
June 13
Mar. 24
June 20
HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR.
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, and Memorial Day. Recess of one week at Thanksgiving for lower schools.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
OPENS. Mar. 25
CLOSES.
SCHOOL REGISTER STATISTICS, SEPT. 1899 TO JUNE 1900.
SCHOOLS.
Average Member- ship.
Average Attend- ance.
Per Cent. of Attend- ance.
Total
Enrol-
ment.
Days of Absence.
Tardy.
Dis-
missed.
Truants.
Corporal Punish- ment.
Visits by Superin- tendent.
Visits by others.
High
23.06
21.17
90.90
28
367.
54
31
0
0
23
5
Grammar
29.38
27.18
92.51
33
395.
53
55
0
1.
38
49
Primary
29.64
27.60
93.12
40
348.
27
58
0
0
27
43
North
16.13
14.87
92.18
19
211.5
43
31
0
4
24
18
East
17.38
15.99
92.02
21
250.
35
13
0
4
20
31
Albeville
18.28
15.37
84.11
28
524.
33
12
0
1
21
14
Summary
133.87
122.18
90.81
169
2095.5
245
200
0
10
153
161
Boys.
Girls.
Totals.
Number under 5 years of age,
2
1
3
Number between 5 and 15,
69
63
132
Number over 15, . ·
9
12
21
Number between 7 and 14,
52
45
97
School Census Statistics, Sept. 1900 : Number of children in town between 5 and 15,
77
66
143
Number of children in town between 7 and 14,
54
46
100
Population of the town, census of 1900,
911
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COURSE OF STUDY IN THE MENDON HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST YEAR. Algebra. English History English or Latin Grammar.
SECOND YEAR.
Geometry. French.
Book-keeping and Arithmetic, or Cæsar.
THIRD YEAR.
Physics.
French.
Physical Geography (first half ),
or Cicero.
United States History (second half ),
FOURTH YEAR.
General History.
Rhectoric (first quarter).
English Literature (three quarters).
Civil Polity (first half ),
or Vergil, etc.
Commercial Law (second half ),
Two recitation periods a week throughout the course is de- voted by each pupil to English composition, one to news of the day and one to rhetoricals.
A general exercise each day is devoted to reviews of gram- mar school subjects, including spelling and mental arithmetic, or to lessons in temperance, music or drawing.
The work of the year is divided into quarters of ten weeks each.
Alternates : Third and fourth year Latin and its third and fourth year equivalents in the English course.
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MENDON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING EXERCISES,
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1900.
PROGRAM.
Prayer, Rev. N. S. Hoagland.
Salutatory Address, Florence Bennett.
Class History, Grace Ellen Whiting.
Class Poem, William Herbert Driscoll.
Music, Mrs. Lillian E. Wood.
Essay-" Flowers," Eliza Durkee Fletcher.
Class Will, Edward Florence Driscoll.
Class Prophecy, Annie Elizabeth Kinsley.
Valedictory Address, Carrie Beal.
Music, Mrs. Wood.
Address, Rev. Charles F. Dole.
Presentation of Diplomas, Supt. E. E. Sherman.
CLASS OF 1900. ACADEMIC COURSE.
Carrie Beal. Florence Bennett, Secretary and Treasurer. Eliza Durkee Fletcher. Annie Elizabeth Kinsley, President. Edward Florence Driscoll. William Herbert Driscoll, Vice-President.
ENGLISH COURSE. Grace Ellen Whiting.
Motto : Droit et avant. Colors : Clover Pink and Green. Flower: Clover.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified. The record ends June, 1900 :-
TEN YEARS-TWO TERMS. Frederick A. Snow-High.
SIX YEARS-TWO TERMS.
Mabel D. Snow-Grammar.
FOUR YEARS-TWO TERMS. Rose E. Snow, John J. Driscoll-Grammar.
TWO YEARS-TWO TERMS. Mabel M. Taft-Primary.
TWO YEARS.
Charlotte A. Snow-Primary.
ONE YEAR-TWO TERMS.
Carl M. Taft-Primary.
ONE YEAR-ONE TERM.
A. Everett Eldridge-North.
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ONE YEAR.
Harold H. Eldridge-North.
WINTER AND SPRING TERMS.
Philip M. Harrington-Primary.
Flora M. Valliquette-Albeeville.
FALL TERM.
Grace Whiting, Edward Driscoll, William Driscoll, Lillian Freeman, Anna Pond, Oliver Moores, Belle Rhodes, Caroline Wood-High.
Merle Brown, Erle Gaskill-Grammar.
Frank S. Brown, Carrie A. Cromb, Henry J. Wood, Chas. V. Driscoll, Herbert S. Wood-Primary.
Nancy A. Taft, Florence I. Aldrich, Abbie M. Darling, Homer C. Darling-North.
Clara Barrows, Eugene Barrows, Isabel Rowe, Grace Thayer, Lillian Worthen-East.
WINTER TERM.
Lillian Freeman-High.
Catherine Harrington-Grammar.
Marion Lewis, Isabel Rowe, George Worthen, Lillian Worthen, Ruth Worthen-East.
SPRING TERM.
Earle Lowell, Anna Pond-High.
Merle Brown, Berton Brown, Mabel Cromb, Louise Cong- don-Grammar.
Herbert S. Wood, Charles V. Driscoll, Ralph H. Gaskill, William A. Curliss, Robert C. Ferris, Raymond Kelley, Bertha E. Pierson, Charles E. Ferris, Lois A. Congdon, Carrie A. Cromb-Primary.
Albert H. Scriven-North.
TOWN WARRANT.
Worcester, ss .- To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the fourth day of March, next, punctually at 10 o'clock, A. M., to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the reports of the several town offi- cers and committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 4. To raise such sums of money as are necessary to defray town charges, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alteration in the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see, what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commencing March 4th, 1901, in anticipation of the collec- tion of the taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will continue communica- tion by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE IO. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men, for the town, to enter into any agreement with the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, by the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission that said Board deems for the interest of the town.
ARTICLE II. To see if the town will vote to sell the school- house and lot at the West district, so-called, appoint a committee for the same, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will take any action in re- gard to the sale of the South-end school-house.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to sell the hay scales or take any action regarding said scales.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up at- tested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, viz :- At the post-office, and on the guide-board near the school-house in Albeeville, and at the post-office in South Milford.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEORGE M. TAFT, EDWARD C. KINSLEY. Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, Attest :
CONSTABLE OF MENDON.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
INCLUDING REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending March 3, 1902. [235TH ANNUAL REPORT.]
MILFORD, MASS .: COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, MILFORD, MASS.
1902.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, for the municipal year ending March 3, 1902, respectfully submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following items, viz :-
To cash received of the Treasurer for the year ending March 4, 1901. $1,21I 59
To cash borrowed on two town notes 2,000 00
66 received for use of telephone 52 04
of E. C. Kinsley, janitor 99 50
66 of State Treasurer, Cor-
poration tax, balance 83 92
To cash received of State Treasurer, In- specting animals 15 75
To cash received of State Treasurer, State road appropriation 660 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, Cor- poration tax 35 82
To cash received of State Treasurer, Na- tional Bank tax 395 18
To cash received of State Treasurer, State aid, Chap. 374, Acts of 1899 468 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, bur- ial of soldier. 35 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, In- come school fund 738 08
To cash received of County Treasurer, Dog fund. 185 52
To cash received S. Warren Cook, auc- tioneer's license 2 00
To cash received of J. A. George, 2 cop- ies Annals 5 50
To cash received of H. C. Adams, 5 cop- ies Proprietors' Records 15 00 To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, 335 ft. plank 6 70
To cash received of Frank Taft I-2 cost of blasting rocks 37 50
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To cash received of Frank Taft for wall at pond $25 00
To cash received of Albert E. Southwick, butcher's license 1 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, Street Railway tax 87 66
52 28
L. Freeman, Over-
seer of Poor 75 00
To cash received of H. W. Gaskill, school house sold 76 00
To cash received of D. H. Barnes, use of hay scales II 65
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lcctor of Taxes 1898 31 86 To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1899 128 96
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1900. 478 95
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1901
6,978 44
$13,994 00
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-
By paying 106 town orders 2 town notes.
$9,004 13
2,000 00
66 Interest on two notes 83 66
Austin A. Taft, I note 500 00
66
66 66 " Interest on 3 notes 70 00
County tax
596 00
State tax
332 50
66 School Committee
923 60
" Cash on hand to bal
484 II
$13,994 00
By cash on hand as Treas. of School Com. $599 39 GEO. M. TAFT, Treasurer.
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, treas- urer, for 1899 and 1900, deposited in Milford Savings Bank $1,025 II To cash received deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings. ...
421 82
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To cash received of Town of Hopedale ..
4
To cash received, interest of Milford Sav- ings Bank, to Oct. 12, 1901 $35 75 To cash received, interest of Worcester County Institution for Savings to Jan. 1, 1902 16 85
$1,499 53
CR.
By cash paid 7 orders. $38 00 deposited in Milford Savings Bank
1,022 86
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 438 67
$1,499 53
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. M. TAFT, Treasurer.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 3, 1902.
INCIDENTALS.
H. C. Adams, insurance on tramp house. $2 25
H. C. Adams, insurance on other town property 4 70
L. Freeman, map of Mass., R. I. and Conn. I 90
P. B. Murphy, assessors' books 2 35
H. M. Dolbeare, assessors' books 2 06
A. W. Gaskill, inspecting animals 31 50
E. Davenport, services in criminal case 1 00
E. A. Jones, M. D., reporting seven births
1 75
Amos Austin, painting town officers' rooms and building 15 00
Geo. M. Taft, cash paid for painting town officers' rooms and building 21 32
F. M. Aldrich, 2 copper extinguishers 30 00
E. A. Snow, work at old cemetery, lumber and re- pairs at tramp house II 56
Abbott A. Jenkins, services in criminal case
23 40
Chas. H. Allen, repairs at town hall
I 50
E. A. Snow, grading and concreting at East school house building
43 55
Clark Ellis & Sons, stock and material for town offi- cers' rooms. 14 84
A. C. Eldredge, painting town hall building and fence 128 00
E. E. Cook, damages to team 5 00
Cenedella Bros., for blasting rock near pond
75 00
D. H. Barnes, services July 3 and 4.
2 00
Frank Taft, 1-2 bridge work near A.C. Cook's house
45 19 Norris & Staples, work at watering trough
75
Sherborne Bros. Ex., labor of repairing ballot box and express 20 90
E. A. Snow, to labor on lockup
55
Frank Taft, work near M., A. & W. street railway. 146 84
A. C. Eldredge, painting tramp house 15 00
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C. B. Williams, work on road at Mendon pond $16 00
George Farrar, 66 66 4 72
John C. Wood, 66 I 05 66
R. C. Fish, reporting 7 births I 75
Leland & Son, building 225 feet of double-faced wall at Nipmuck pond, at $1 per foot 225 00
L. Freeman, carbolic acid and vaseline I 20
Wm. Daley, expenses in smallpox cases.
39 00
Wm. Daley, watching fire at E. H. Taft's
3 00
E. C. Barry, work and services of J. B. Driscoll at fire 3 65
Wm. L. Munsell, watching fire at E. H. Taft's .. 3 00
L. E. Taft, fumigating in case of scarlet fever 3 50
H. C. Adams, insurance policy, tramp house
2 25
H. M. Curtis, coal for fire department
7 00
Emery & Wood, returning 13 deaths
3 25
Geo. M. Taft, use of room and care of fire for en- gine 16 00
D. H. Barnes, use of telephone to Mar. 1, 1902 55 00
$1,033 28
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND
Cash paid out on 7 orders ... ........... $38 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Chas. H. Allen, auditor for 1900 $6 00
E. A. Snow, lockup keeper 5 00
C. A. Fletcher, assessor for 1901 45 00
Chas. H. Allen, assessor, copying and express
56 00
Chas. H. Allen, services at state election.
3 00
W. S. Wilcox, assessor and preparing duplicate val- uation 48 75
C. A. Fletcher, ballot clerk at state election
2 00
Arthur V. Pond, ballot clerk at state election
2 00
Chas. I. Barnes, constable
Geo. M. Taft, Collector of Taxes, 1898
65 00
Edward C. Kinsley, services as selectman, registrar and health officer 35 00
Geo. M. Taft, services as selectman, registrar and use of team 40 00
Edward C. Kinsley, watching fire, night of July 3d and 4th, and work at monument. 5 70
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F. M. Aldrich, fire warden, labor and cash paid out $14 26 Geo. M. Taft,treasurer for year ending March 3 ........ 50 00 Liberty Freeman, services as selectman, registrar and cash paid out, expenses to Boston on road mat- ters 57 25 E. L. Smith, sealing hay scales and services as fire warden 4 25
H. C. Adams, returning deaths, marriages and births, services as registrar and cash paid 46 19
$485 40
PRINTING.
Cook & Sons 60 00
Tax bills
3 50
Vaccination notices
2 80
$66 30
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Three orders
165 00
CARE AND SUPPLIES OF TOWN HALL.
Edward C. Kinsley, care of hall to April 1, 1901, and cash paid out
98 24
P. S. Coffin, wood
2 50
H. M. Curtiss, coal for town hall
34 65
Lutheria M. Alger, cleaning town hall 4 57
H. M Curtiss, coal for town hall 7 00
$146 96
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS AND INCIDENTALS.
Paid School Committee $2,975 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Overseers of Poor $965 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF, CHAP. 447, ACTS OF 1890. Malinda W. Cummings [to Uxbridge] ... . . $8 00
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS UNDER CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899.
Joanna Curley
$48 00
Malinda W. Cummings.
48 00
Rufus Hazard
48 00
George W. Scisco
48 00
Waterman Taft
48 00
Annette L. Weatherhead
48 00
Stephen H. Scisco
24 00
Eliza A. Munsell
48 00
Sarah Gifford
48 00
John S. McDonald.
32 00
Sylvester Moores
40 00
Nathaniel Sweet
8 00
$488 00
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
Frank Taft, for repairing roads $1,800 00
Old snow bill 31 45
$1,831 45
STATE ROAD APPROPRIATION.
Paid Frank Taft for work and gravel $701 82
SWAN BRIDGE.
Paid Frank Taft for work and lumber for bridge $92 55
Z. C. Field, timber for bridge 45 37
$137 92
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE SELLING SCHOOL HOUSE.
To cash received of Albert E. Southwick for school house and lot.
$87 50
By cash paid :---
Julius A. George, writing of deed $ 50
Erwin A. Snow, services. 2 00
Cook & Sons, auction bills.
2 00
S. Warren Cook, auctioneer
5 00
Henry W. Gaskill, surveying lot
2 00
Check
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HENRY W. GASKILL, for Committee.
RECAPITULATION.
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