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PROGRAM FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF TWO CLASSES.
Recitation begins.
Length in minutes.
Entire School.
Grade VIII.
Grade IX.
8.45
10
Devotions. General Ex.
English.
9.55
05
10.00
15
Gymnastics. Spelling. Music.
Recess.
Arithmetic.
11.05
25
Arithmetic.
11.30
30
Drawing or Reading.
Noon Recess.
1.00
25
1.25
25
1.50
15
Penmanship.
2.05
20
2.25
15
Recess.
2.40
25
3.05
25
3.30
Close.
NOTE :- Only the recitations are indicated. One class studies while the other is reciting.
Drawing alternates with reading.
Physiology in place of VIII geography, Wednesday.
Declamations in place of IX geography, Wednesday.
Geography.
8.55
10
9.05
25
9.30
25
English.
10.15
15
10.30
10
10.40
25
12.00
60
History.
History.
Book-keeping.
Geography.
1 2
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THE FORWARD LOOK.
The schools have achieved much in the past, but there is more to be done in the future.
In no department of public education has there been greater change of recent years than in the high school. High schools have increased in relative membership, in curriculum and in equipment. They may well receive the title, "The poor man's college." It is impossible for a high school with limitations like our own to successfully compete with those in larger places nor can we meet the' demands of the higher institutions of learning.
A thorough English course covering nine or ten years would fit our boys and girls for the everyday duties of the home, business and good citizenship. For those whose ability and ambition urge them to the effort, opportunity should be provided for higher education.
How can Mendon best meet these responsibilities ?
I should suggest the following plan :
I. The first eight years about as now carried through.
2. A room containing ninth year work, somewhat as out- lined below.
3. For those qualified pupils who so desire a high school course in some good school outside the town, with tuition paid. (It is probable that the state will soon aid, by paying such tu- ition.)
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OUTLINE OF NINTH YEAR WORK.
(Fraction of working time.)
ENGLISH-Including reading, spelling, literature, compo- sition, grammar, history of the language, .20
MATHEMATICS-Arithmetic, (including elements of ap- = plied geometry), elements of book-keeping, (penmanship,) .20
HISTORY-(Elements of civil government,) .20
*SCIENCE-Physical geography (elements of physics,) commercial geography, .16
DRAWING-Freehand, instrumental, design, .12
MUSIC-Vocal,
.08
GYMNASTICS, .04
*In place of the science, Latin might be taken by those fitting for a classical course in high school and college.
The above plan has the advantage of giving every child up- to-date opportunities for education, with no greater expense to the town than the present system entails.
If Mendon should adopt the above plan, and in addition, erect a four-room school-house at the center, she could place her schools two (or at most three) classes in a room with proper light, heat and ventilation, and without crowding, where good, thorough work might be done through all the grades. The town hall relieved of the presence of school children, would be available for other purposes. The public library needs more room. This it would find on the lower floor of the town hall, together with a much desired reading-room. The present library building could be used to good advantage by the Mendon Historical society.
These suggestions are offered with what seems to the writer the best interests of the town in view, coupled with an earnest desire to further the advancement of the schools.
In closing it gives me pleasure to express my thanks for the cordial support and courteous attitude of all those, directly or indirectly, connected with the public schools.
Respectfully submitted, ELMER E. SHERMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
SCHOOL REGISTER STATISTICS, SEPT. 1900 TO JUNE, 1901.
SCHOOLS.
Average Member- Ship.
Average Attend- ance.
Per Cent. of Attend- ance.
Total
Enrol-
ment.
Days of Absence.
Tardy.
Dis-
missed.
Truant.
Corporal Punish- ment.
Visits by Superin- tendent.
Visits by others.
High
20.15
18.62
92.47
23
30612 288.
96
17
0
0
21
13
Grammar
30.16
28.56
94.69
33
68
72
0
9
33
89
Primary
44.57
40.38
90.60
47
75012
102
29
1
4
23
21
North
16.51
15.65
94.80
19
15312
28
17
0
2
23
28
East
20.28
19.36
95.46
22
16412
21
5
0
3
22
53
Albeeville
14.77
13.25
89.71
22
27312
46
39
0
0
17
53
14
Summary
146.44
135.82
92.74
166
1936.5
361
179
1
18
139
257
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Number under five years of age,
0
1
1
Number between five and fifteen,
62
59
121
Number over fifteen,
.
7
13
20
Number between seven and fourteen,
54
46
100
School Census Statistics, Sept. 1901.
Number children in town between five and fifteen,
89
74
163
Number children in town between seven and fourteen,
60
49
109
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TEACHERS, DECEMBER, 1901.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
WHERE FITTED.
High, Grammar, Grades 5, 6, 7, 8,
Edward F. Blood,
Dartmouth College.
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
Mendon High.
Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, North, Grades 2, 4, 6, 7, East,
Edith F. Rockwell,
Salem Normal.
Newburyp't Training School.
Grades 1, 2, 3, 4,6,8, Lillian F. Porter, Albeeville, Grades 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,7, Alma A. Seavey,
Framingham Normal.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1901-1902.
FALL TERM. 14 Weeks.
WINTER TERM. 12 Weeks.
SPRING TERM. 10 Weeks.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Lower Schools, High School, 40 weeks,
Sept. 9, 1901. Sept. 3, 1901.
Dec. 20, 1901. Dec. 20, 1901.
Dec. 30, 1901. Dec. 30, 1901.
Mar. 21, 1902. Mar. 28, 1902.
April 7, 1902. April 7, 1902.
June 13, 1902. June 20, 1902.
HOLIDAYS :- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, Memorial Day.
Mary A. Peffers,
Bridgewater Normal.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1902-1903.
FALL TERM. 14 Weeks.
WINTER TERM. 12 Weeks.
SPRING TERM. 10 Weeks.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Lower Schools, High School, 40 weeks,
Sept. 8, 1902. Sept. 2, 1902.
Dec. 12, 1902. Dec. 19, 1902.
Dec. 29, 1902. Dec. 29, 1902.
Mar. 20, 1903. Mar. 27, 1903.
April 6, 1903. April .6, 1903.
June 12, 1903. June 19, 1903.
HOLIDAYS :- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day i and Friday following.
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 shall 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 nor after seven in the even- ing.
3. No child under 16 shall 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 applying 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 return to school.
9. "Every habitual school offender, that is, every child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reason- able regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit sub- ject for exclusion therefrom, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy at the dis- cretion of the court, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls."
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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),
United States History (second half),
For Cicero.
FOURTH YEAR.
General History.
Rhetoric (first quarter) .
English Literature (three quarters).
Civil Polity (first half),
Commercial Law (second half),
or Vergil, etc.
Three recitation periods a week throughout the course is de- voted by each pupil to English composition, and one to rhetori- cals.
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,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1901.
PROGRAM.
March Mr. Frank Lowell
Prayer
Rev. N. S. Hoagland
Cornet Solo Mr. Peter Gaskill Essay, "American Characteristics of Our Age," Lillian Freeman Essay, "Signal Lights," Earle B. Lowell
Violin Solo Mr. Elmer E. Thomas
Essay, "Influence" Mary A. Williams
Essay, "Our Colonial Possessions" Frederick A. Snow
Essay, "Marvels of the Deep"
Anna H. Pond
Violin Solo Mr. Thomas
Address
Mr. Henry T. Bailey
Presentation of Diplomas Supt. E. E. Sherman
Recessional
Mr. Lowell
GRADUATES.
LATIN COURSE. Earle Baker Lowell. Lillian Freeman.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Mary Anna Williams. Frederick Augustus Snow. Anna Harriet Pond.
Class Motto-Launched but not anchored. Class Flower-Pink Rose. Class Colors-Pink and Nile Green.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified. The record ends June, 1901 :
ELEVEN YEARS-ONE TERM. Frederick A. Snow-High.
SEVEN YEARS-TWO TERMS. Mabel D. Snow-Grammar.
FIVE YEARS-TWO TERMS. Rose E. Snow-Grammar.
THREE YEARS.
Charlotte A. Snow-Primary.
ONE YEAR. F. Merle Brown-Grammar. Philip M. Harrington-Primary.
TWO TERMS-WINTER AND SPRING. Homer C. Darling-North. Mary A. Hogarth-Albeeville.
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FALL TERM.
John J. Driscoll, Caroline S. Wood-High.
Berton G. Brown, Erle Gaskill, Charles Driscoll-Gram- mar.
Emma Bartlett, George M. Barrows, Eva Daley, Agnes M. Harrington, Harold Barrows, Davis E. Hill, Carl M. Taft, Henry J. Wood, Peter E. Bartlett, Chester A. Wheeler-Pri- mary.
Florence Aldrich, A. Everett Eldredge, Harold H. El- dredge, Nancy A. Taft, Nina M. Taft-North.
Isabel Rowe, Grace Thayer-East.
Herbert Alger, Alice Valliquette-Albeeville.
· WINTER TERM.
John J. Driscoll-High.
Carl M. Taft, Chester A. Wheeler, Lewis Holbrook-Pri- mary.
A. Everett Eldredge-North.
Clara Barrows, Eunice Barrows, Annie Phillips, Chester Rowe-East.
Elizabeth Smith-Albeeville.
SPRING TERM.
Caroline S. Wood-High.
Helen Hoagland, Nina M. Burr, Edward Tancrelle, Her- bert S. Wood-Grammar.
George Barrows, Sumner Coleman, Harold Barrows, Lois Congdon, William Curliss, Gladys Hoagland, Raymond Kelley-Primary.
Abbie M. Darling-North.
Frank Phillips, Grace Thayer-East.
Lora Valliquette, Wilfred Valliquette-Albeeville.
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 third day of March, next, punctually at 9 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 3d, 1902, 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 10. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money for Memorial Day services and appoint a committee to expend the same.
ARTICLE II. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate any sum of money for the proposed Worcester County Soldiers' Monument or act in any manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To hear the report of the committee chosen to ascertain the rights of the town on any land adjacent to Cook's Cove, so-called, at Nipmuck Pond, and act in any way relating to the same.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to rebuild the bridge on Hastings street, over Willow Brook, or act in any way in relation thereto.
The polls may by vote be closed at I P. M.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meet- ing, viz :- At the post-office, and on the guideboard near the school-house in Albeeville, and at the post-office in South Mil- ford.
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 two.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEORGE M. TAFT, EDWARD C. KINSLEY. Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, Attest :
CHARLES I. BARNES,
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 2, 1903.
[236TH ANNUAL REPORT. ]
MILFORD, MASS. : COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, JOURNAL OFFICE. 1903.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, for the municipal year ending March 2, 1903, 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 3, 1902 $411 86
To cash borrowed on four town notes 3,500 00
66 received for use of telephone 59 71
66 of E. C. Kinsley, janitor 135 50
66 of Town of Uxbridge for Mrs. Cummings 16 00
To cash received of town of Northbridge .. 20 00
66 of Milford, Attleboro
and Woonsocket St. Railway Co 146 84
To cash received of State Treasurer, balance Corporation tax 37 85
To cash received of Frank Taft, balance as Highway Surveyor 1901-2
84
To cash received of Wm. G. Pond, Clerk 3d District court ...
39 41
To cash received of Town of Hopedale for Mrs. Staples 216 68
To cash received of the Milford and Ux- bridge St. Railway Co., snow bill 8 00
To cash received of the Milford and Ux- bridge St. Railway Co., Excise tax.,
164 69
To cash received of the M. A. and W. Street Railway Co., snow bill 7 00
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, timber and planks. 2 00
To cash received of Memorial Day com- mittee 2 95 To cash received of State Treasurer, in- specting animals 14 50 To cash received of State Treasurer, part of Corporation tax 30 86
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To cash received of State Treasurer, Na- tional Bank tax $368 51 To cash received of State Treasurer, State Aid 480 20
To cash received of State Treasurer, Street Railway tax 394 32
To cash received of D. H. Barnes, one- half fees hay scales 4 45
To cash received of S. Warren Cook, auc- tioneer's license 2 00
To cash received of County Treasurer, dog fund 174 10
To cash received of State Treasurer, In- come school fund 444 76
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1899
23 39
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1900
265 39
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1901 669 1I
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, Col- lector of Taxes 1902 7,285 09
To cash received of J. B. Driscoll, one- half fees hay scales 8 97
To cash received of Overseers of Poor 62 46
To cash received of H. C. Adams, 3 cop- ies Proprietor's Records 9 00
To cash received of H. C. Adams, 3 cop- ies Annals 8 25
$15,014 49
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-
By paying 129 town orders
$8,701 18
66 3 town notes
3,000 00
Interest on 3 town notes 90 78
66 Austin A. Taft I note 500 00
66 66 " Interest on 2 notes
43 20
County tax
612 00
State tax
285 00
School Committee
618 86
66 Geo. M. Taft, Collector Excise
tax
164 69
By cash on hand to balance 998 78
-- $15,014 49
By cash on hand as Treas. of School Com.
$132 13
GEO. M. TAFT, Treasurer.
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, treas- urer, for 1901 and 1902, deposited in Milford Savings Bank $1,022 86
To cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings. 438 67
To cash received, as interest of Worcester County Institution for Savings, Jan- uary 1, 1903. 17 53
To cash received, as interest of Milford Savings Bank, to Oct. 11, 1902. 35 82
$1,514 88
CR.
By cash paid 7 orders $37 85 66 66 deposited in Milford Savings
Bank
1,020 83
By cash deposited in Worcester County
Institution for Savings 456 20
- $1,514 88
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. M. TAFT, Treasurer.
Mendon, Feb. 14, 1903.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 2, 1903.
INCIDENTALS.
J. M. French, M. D., services in smallpox case ... $44 25
William Daley, services in smallpox case. 7 50
P. M. Hunt, fumigating town hall. 7 00
J. M. Eaton, M. D., services in smallpox case 5 00
E. C. Kinsley, assisting fumigating town hall 3 00
Florence Driscoll, assisting in smallpox case
36 00
P. M. Hunt, fumigating lockup and house of E. A. Snow 25 00
Mrs. Ferris, underclothing
I 00
Mrs. Ferris, services nursing and working in small- pox case 50 00
Daniel H. Barnes, groceries
8 21
P. M. Kinsley, meat
8 27
E. C. Nason, fish
1 90
M. U. George, milk.
3 28
Franklin Freeman, services in M. A. & W. street railway case 10 00
Daniel H. Barnes, telephone for 12 months
60 00
C. A. Taft, services as teller
I 50
A. V. Pond, services as teller
I 50
H. S. Coleman, services as teller
I 50
Jesse Esty, services at fire at E. H. Taft's
2 00
G. A. Parkinson, conveying extinguisher at fire at E. H. Taft's 75
A. W. Gaskill, animal inspecting 29 00
H. M. Dolbeare, assessors' notices.
2 40
H. M. Curtiss, coal for fire department.
7 00
G. & U. railroad, freight on hay scales
92
Geo. R. Ford, for memorial services
50 00
Cook & Sons, envelopes for assessors
I 50
C. H. Allen, repairs at officers' rooms
4 50
H. C. Adams, chairman of the committee on Cook's cove land 25 00
F. M. Aldrich, furnishings and express for fire de- partment. 2 02
6
Clarence Whiting, service at E. H. Taft's fire $ 60 G. M. Taft, labor and material for hay scales and cash paid 14 75
Z. C. Field, lumber for hay scales 47 10
Fairbanks Scale Co., for scales
125 00
P. F. Curley, excavating and building foundation for hay scales 38 60
Cecil T. Bagnall, town order blanks
3 00
L. Freeman, scale book and express on 1,000 town order blanks I 75
G. M. Taft, services and cash paid for work at hay scales IO 65
Wm. Smith, work at watering tub.
I 25
Geo. B. Cromb, services about the monument
22 08
George B. Cromb, labor and material at hay scales 36 58
Geo. B. Cromb, labor and material at Postoffice common 19 03
H. M. Curtiss, cement and lime
2 45
E. L. Smith, labor in old cemetery.
7 00
John M. Towne, services in criminal case
4 32
E. C. Barry, work for fire department.
9 00
C. T. Bagnall, printing tax bills
I 65
J. P. Newbegin, 12 fire extinguishers 21 00
Merrick & Adams, shrubbery for Postoffice common 16 00
A. V. Pond, services as ballot clerk in Nov. 2 00
H. C. Snell, services in criminal case. 6 10
A. A. Jenkins, services in criminal case
5 87
G. M. Taft, phosphate and labor at Postoffice com- mon
3 15
C. A. Fletcher, service as ballot clerk
2 00
A. H. H. Warren & Co., book and pamphlet bind- ing 15 00
Adams, Cushing & Foster
3 50
G. M. Billings, printing tally sheets.
D. H. Barnes, sundries 1 00
4 33
E. L. Smith, sealing hay scales
I 00
Emery & Wood, returning 12 deaths
3 00
Clark, Ellis & Sons, repairs to stoves
2 29
H. C. Adams, insurance on town property
90 76
Geo. M. Taft, Treasurer, 2 books.
I 00
George M. Taft, expense of taxs ales
9 00
George M. Taft, work and cash paid for work at tub
3 20
George M. Taft, rent of extinguisher room and care of fire 16 00
$951 01
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
Frank Taft, 1901 and i902.
Cleaning roads of snow
$322 80
Repairs of roads Io 66
$333 46
George B. Cromb, 1902 and 1903.
For repairing roads $1,500 00
Snow bills 45 70
Snow bills
14 70
$1,560 40
STATE ROAD APPROPRIATION.
Paid George B. Cromb for work and gravel $158 18
HASTINGS STREET BRIDGE.
Paid George B. Cromb for labor and cash paid out .. $181 09
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Cash paid out on 7 orders $37 85
TOWN OFFICERS.
Nathan R. George, auditor for 1901-2 $6 00
E. A. Snow, lockup keeper 5 00
C. A. Fletcher, assessor for 1902 54 75
Chas. H. Allen, assessor for 1902 50 00
Edward C. Kinsley, assessor for 1902 47 50
Edward C. Kinsley, services as selectman 30 00
Geo. M. Taft, services as selectman 35 00
Liberty Freeman, services as selectman and registrar 52 75
Liberty Freeman, cash paid out 4 57
George M. Taft, Collector of Taxes, 1899
65 00
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Charles I. Barnes, services as constable 1901, killing dog, and services nights of July 3 and 4 $18 00 Charles I. Barnes, constable, and services nights of of July 3 and 4, 1902 17 00
Horace C. Adams, town clerk and registrar
44 IS
Edward C. Kinsley, services as fire warden, and July 3 and 4 4 co
George M. Taft, services as Treasurer, 1902-3
50 co
$483 75
PRINTING.
Cook & Sons.
$64 co
Tax sales 7 50
$71 50
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Five orders
$184 69
CARE AND SUPPLIES OF TOWN HALL.
E. C. Kinsley, care and cash paid $95 10
H. M. Curtiss, coal 51 00
Mrs. Robert Ferris, cleaning hall. 4 50
P. S. Coffin, wood 4 00
E. H. Taft, wood.
3 50
$158 10
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS AND INCIDENTALS.
Paid School Committee $2,700 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Overseers of Poor $1,380 00
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STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, UNDER CHAP. 374, ACTS OF 1899.
Joanna Curley
$48 00
Malinda W. Cummings
48 00
Rufus Hazard
48 00
George W. Scisco
12 00
Waterman Taft
48 00
Annette L. Weatherhead
48 00
Stephen H. Scisco
24 00
Eliza A. Munsell
48 00
Sarah Gifford
16 00
John S. MacDonald
44 00
Sylvester Moores
48 00
Nathaniel Sweet
48 00
Albert V. French
8 00
$488 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, CHAP. 447, ACTS OF 1890.
Malinda W. Cummings, (Uxbridge)
...... $8 00
Geo. W. Scisco, (Mendon)
8 00
Burial of soldier, Geo. W. Scisco
35 00
RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$951 OI
Town officers
483 75
Roads and Bridges
1,500 00
Frank Taft, old bills
IO 66
State roads
158 18
Snow bills
14 70
45 70
Old snow bills
322 80
Hastings street bridge.
181 09
Printing
71 50
Taft Public Library
184 69
Town hall
158 10
Schools
2,700 00
Poor
1,380 00
Chapter 447, Acts of 1890, M. W. Cummings 66 60
8 00
66 66 66 Geo. W. Scisco.
8 00
66
66 " " 1899,
488 00
35 00
Soldier's burial, Geo. W. Scisco
$8,701 IS
IO
The selectmen report that the available assets of the town are as follows :-
Due from collector of taxes, 1900 $32 79
66 .6 66 1901 261 07
66
. 6 6. 1902 950 64
state aid to soldiers, Chapter 374, Acts 1899 to Jan. 1, 1903 488 00
Due from state aid to soldiers to March 1, 1903 84 00
state for burial of soldier. 35 00
state treasurer, balance corporation tax 46 II
Cash in hands of treasurer 998 78
$2,896 39
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows : Outstanding bills, estimated. $75 00
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