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$173 00
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Mary A. Barrows, teaching 22 weeks 154 00
care of room 2 00
Fred Gaskill, teaching 8 weeks 48 00
care of room .. 2 00
L. B. Gaskill, 2 cords of wood and fitting 12 00
CENTRE SCHOOLS-GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY.
Cora A. Toothaker, teaching 10 weeks $90 00
Delphia S. Woodbury, 66 20 200 00 . .
Mary E. Dudley, 16 128 00 ...
14 66
126 00
L. A. Cook, 4 tons coal. 26 00
Morton A. Holbrook, care of rooms and fires E. A. Snow, 66
6 50
sundries
1 40
Mrs. Scisco, cleaning rooms .
3 25
Harry Dixon, cutting and housing 2 cords wood ..
4 00
A. W. Gaskill, 2 cords wood
9 00
Harry Dixon, care of rooms and fires 5 00
E. L. Smith, use of well
7 00
Harry Dixon, labor.
25
A. W. Gaskill, moving outbuildings
1 50
66 1 day's work with man
3 00
Charles H. Allen, labor
12 32
Z. C. Field, lumber
5 34
John Barry, old bill . 3 98
6 12
E. A. Bates, posts, old bill
2 60
A. S. Pickering, labor . 1 97
E. A. Snow, repairs
2 20
WEST SCHOOL.
Nancy C. Wood, teaching 30 weeks $210 00
care room 2 00
A. E. Southwick, “ fires
3 00
E. A. Bates, 1 cord wood. 5 00
F. H. Wood, fitting same 1 75
....
7 20
$218 00
$652 63
A. C. Chilson, labor and supplies
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setting glass cleaning room. 1 25
H. M. Goldthwaite, fitting wood. 1 50
E. L. Southwick, use of well 2 years 6 00
$230 75
ALBEEVILLE SCHOOL.
Bertha F. Albee, teaching 30 weeks. . $180 00
care of room. 4 50
G M. Taft, 1 cord wood. 4 38
E. A. Bates, 1 66 5 00
F. H. Wood, fitting wood, 2 bills. 3 28
$197 16
INCIDENTALS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN GENERAL.
Edward Dixon, treasurer 1890-91 $10 00
L. Freeman, postage, etc.
2 10
Edward Dixon, fare to Boston 2 00
school book agent ..
20 00
secretary of school committee
3 00
66 supervisor of schools . . . .
7 50
6 . taking school census, North
and Centre. 1 50
Avery & Woodbury, chair. 1 65
Cook & Sons, monthly reports. 3 00
Express .
5 85
Boston School Supply Company
30 85
J. B. Lippincott & Co. 16 00
$103 45 FRANK H. WOOD, ERWIN A. SNOW, LYMAN COOK.
SCHOOL BOOK AGENT'S REPORT.
DR.
To books and supplies purchased :
J. B. Lippincott & Co $64 20
Boston School Supply Co. 122 98
Thompson, Brown & Co. 6 00
J. L. Hammett & Co. 18 73
Houghton, Mifflin & Co 8 05
Ginn & Co. 38 57
D. C. Heath & Co.
8 40
Kate Chapin.
2 40
E. A. Snow 50
25
8
Oliver Ditson & Co ..
2 52
To books and supplies on hand . ... 6 39
$278 74
CR.
By books and supplies furnished :
High School .
$48 42
Grammar School
36 12
Primary School 43 50
North School.
24 20
East School
20 15
South School
27 80
West School
14 90
Albeeville School
15 49
Books and supplies on hand.
48 16
$278 74
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ON HAND.
35 Davis First Readers
$7 00
31
66 Second 66
9 30
12 " Fourth
7 20
2 Harper's First 66
32
3 Montgomery's U. S. Histories
1 59
1 Eggleston's Primary History
35
12 Wentworth's
Arithmetics
3 60
7 Coggswell's Lessons in Numbers
1 75
2} doz. writing spellers.
70
5.2 66
books.
4 40
11
66 66 primary
6 60
2 bottles ink ...
70
3¿ gross art slate pencils
3 15
1} reams paper
. 50
$48 16
EDWARD DIXON, School Book Agent.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MENDON :
During the four months and a half since my election to this of- fice, I have become acquainted with the schools of the town, and with the teachers ; have watched the methods of teaching employed, have noted merit and progress ; have observed defects and needs ; but the time has been too short, and my previous knowledge of the schools too slight, to accomplish much in the way of permanent improvements.
At the beginning of this term of service, every school was in session. Of the eight teachers, six had had charge of their res- pective schools for three terms, at least, and two of the six for a much longer time. There had been recent changes in the High School and Grammar. Miss Delpia S. Woodbury, a graduate from the Westfield Normal School, a teacher of experience, was finishing her first term's work in the Grammar school. Mr. J. Francis Allison, a graduate from Dartmouth Colleg , had taught one month in the High School.
All these teachers proved to be conscientious and faithful, and the results of their work are more or less satisfactory.
THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
In spite of the fact that there were too many in this school, re- markably good work has been done by teacher and pupils. In read- ing, the thoughts contained in sentences have been impressed upon the minds of the children, and. as a result, many in the schools can read easy selections with intelligence and expression In number, too, the work has been very satisfactory. The copy books showed neatness and great care.
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
In the fall and winter, this school has been faithfully taught by Miss Woodbury. She has followed the methods of instruction ap- proved by Normal schools. About the spring term, I know little, except that Miss Toothaker was a favorite with both pupils and parents. This school shows the effects of frequent changes in teachers, and irregular attendance : the scholarship is not what it should be. Surely it is a great mistake for any healthy boy or girl, who has not mastered the fundamental principles of arithmetic, and has not a fair knowledge of grammar and geography, to attend school only one term in the year, or a part only of each term. Parents should remedy this evil of irregular attendance, and the school committee should endeavor to permanently secure a thorough, wideawake teacher.
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THE HIGH SCHOOL.
As usual, this school has not completed its year's work as the town reports go to press.
We are fortunate in having such a capable teacher as Mr. Alli- son. The different branches have been well taught, and good progress has been shown. There has been some advance in the depo tment of the scholars, but it is not yet praiseworthy. There seems to be a lamentable impression among some of the pupils of both sexes, in the Mendon High School, that that institution is maintained for their amusement and entertainment. Until this im- pression is removed, the school cannot do its best work. One pupil has been suspended. When warnings and suspensions of short duration proved to have no lasting effect, it was deemed necessary to suspend the offender for the remainder of the year.
A class of seven is to be graduated on March twenty-fifth. While the School Committee and Superintendent desire to have an unpretentious graduation, we have been obliged to secure paid musicians, since the school, as a whole, is not musical, and has had no training in part singing. Would it not be a good plan to en- gage, in the future, a competent teacher to train the scholars in chorus music ?
THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
These, with one exception, being small, have consequently lacked the enthusiasm of numbers, yet fair work has been general- lv done. In one or two schools, old methods of teaching have been used which are not advised ; in some of the others, the new methods seemed to be more important than the knowledge acquired ; in one, excellent work has been done. There is need of more systematic work and of a uniformity of methods.
In the South School, Mrs. Mary A. Barrows resigned at the end of the fall term, and Mr. Fred Gaskill, a graduate from the Hopedale High School, has had charge of the work during a short winter term. It is to be regretted that Mrs. Barrows was obliged to resign.
The East School has not finished its winter term, so full statistics cannot be given.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.
Attention is called to the following characteristics common to Mendon public schools :
Independence on the part of every teacher. This is exhibited in the subjects taught, in methods of instruction, in change of time for the beginning and close of school without reference to the School Committee, and even in keeping registers. The registers have been "filled up and returned" in several different manners,
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some of them incorrectly. This independence can, of course, be readily accounted for, since the teachers have been obliged some- times in the past to use their own judgments in many matters. But there is evident need of reform in these respects.
A general lack of ambition on the part of the scholars, and a spirit of lawlessness, developing especially among the older ones. Exceptions are noticeable, but there is cause for anxiety about our boys and girls, who are soon to be men and women, citizens and voters. What can be done for them ? Have our schools failed in their duty, and if so, where?
I quote the words of a Superintendent well known in Massachu- setts :
"The public schools are organized for the benefit of the public and for its protection. They are to produce manly men and wom- anly women, who shall repay, through their good citizenships, the expenses and labor bestowed upon them. If the schools fail of this, they do not accomplish that for which they were established. But schools cannot do everything. Parents. I fear, are inclined to trust too much to them. The home inust second the school and the church aid both. Each of these has its own sphere in the educational scheme, and its own responsibilities."
BOOKS AND APPARATUS ..
Quite a variety of text books are in use throughout the town. While it is certainly advisable to have more than one kind of read- ing books in the different grades, and also to have plenty of books for reference, there would be many advantages in having similar text books for all the schools.
Books have been purchased for the study of American literature, which has been introduced into the High School to fill a vacancy in the course. With books of reference from the Taft Public Library, this subject has been made interesting and profitable. If, in the future, one term be given to English literature and one to American, a deficiency in the course will be removed.
A few pieces of apparatus for the class in natural philosophy, have been purchased for the High school. There is need of many more in order to obtain best results from the study.
SUGGESTIONS.
1. That parents and other citizens take more interest in the welfare of the public schools.
2. That the teachers hold meetings. by which they may become more "alive to the demands that modern thought is making upon them," and at which meetings the most approved methods be uniformly adopted.
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3. That would-be teachers do not assume such duties without a due sense of the importance and seriousness of the work.
Respectfully submitted, NANCY C. GEORGE, Superintendent.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1892.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified :
One Term.
HIGH SCHOOL .- Dora Davenport, Abbie Taft, Florence E. Snow, Alice Quigley, A. Dwight Davenport, Arthur V. Pond, Wylie B. Stenson, Walter F. Towne, Grace G. Nutter, Estine Taft, Mary L. Wood, Ernest L. Tucker.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- Jeremiah Driscoll, Nathan Towne, Bessie Cook, Clara Pond, Florence Taft, Minnie Moore. Clarence Moores, Jessie Rhodes, Minnie Wood.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Annie E. Kinsley, Earle B. Lowell, Bertie L. Moores, Oliver G. Moores, Ernest M Pickering, Elmer I. Rhodes, Annie I. Wheeler, Jessie Wheeler.
NORTHI SCHOOL .- Carrie Beal, Rosie Quigley, Arthur Beal.
SOUTH SCHOOL .- Ida M. Barrows, Ada A. Fletcher, Eliza D. Fletcher, F. Everett Darling, Willie A. Bebo.
EAST SCHOOL .- John D. Bates, Charles E. Cook, Norman Cook, Harry E. Bates.
ALBEEVILLE SCHOOL .- Mabel Wilcox, Otis Wilcox.
Two Terms.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- Lewis Ford, Anna Kinsley.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Edward F. Driscoll, William Driscoll, John Driscoll, Belle Rhodes, Lillian Freeman, Edward F. Gaskill.
SOUTH SCHOOL. - Florence M. Barrows, Charles C. Daniels, Bennie I. Barrows, Raymond Barrows.
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WEST SCHOOL .- Caroline S. Wood, William Broughey.
Three Terms.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Charles G. Gardner, Maud A. Taft.
Six Terms. PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Fred A. Snow.
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SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Terms.
No. of Scholars.
Average Membership
Average Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance
' 5 years of age.
No of scholars over
No. of scholars bew'n
8 and 14 yrs of age
Wages of Teachers
per month.
HIGH.
J. Francis Allison,
30
28.6
28
93
19
$60
GRAMMAR.
Cora A. Toothaker, Delphia S. Woodbury,
24
22.8
21 2
88
1
18
40
3
25
23.3
20.
80
2
19
40
PRIMARY.
Mary E. Dudley,
1
37
34.8
133.3
90
1
16
32
2
41
38.5
37.2
91
19
36
NORTH.
Ada C. Taft,
1
21
16.
14 7
70
17
32
2
23
22.5
21.3
93
15
32
66
3
23
22.5
20 1
87
15
32
SOUTH.
Mary A. Barrows, "
1
13
13
12 3
95
1
9
28
14
14.
12 5
89
8
28
Fred Gaskill,
3
12
9 9
81
68
9
24
EAST.
Lyman Cook, =
1
17
17.
14.9
88
8
32
2
16
15.2 14.
88
7
32
3
32
WEST.
Nancy C. Wood, 66
2
8
8.
77
96
5
28
3
7
7.
6.5
93
4
28
ALBEEVILLE.
Bertha F. Albee,
1
7
5.9
5.3
76
4
24
2
7
4 6
4.2
60
1
2
24
3
8
6.5
6.
75
1
6
21
26
24.8
23.4
90
1
25
36
3
38
35.8
30.
79
21
7
28
1
10
97
95
95
No. of scholars under
15 years of age.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT,
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Overseers of the Poor, Superintendent of Streets, Town Clerk, and Collector of Taxes of the Town of Mendon, and that of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Taft Public Library, for the past municipal year, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
CHARLES H. ALLEN, Auditor. Mendon, Feb. 18, 1892.
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 seventh day of March, next, punctually at ten o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles viz :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers 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 accept section seventy- four, and the three following sections, of Chap. 27, of the Public Statutes, and under such acceptance, choose a board of Road Com- missioners.
Article 6. To see if the town will require the School Com- mittee annually to appoint a Superintendent of Schools; and if so, raise and appropriate money for his salary.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alterations in the same.
Article 8. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to continue the High School.
Article 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commenc- ing March 7th, 1892, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes.
Article 11. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in ans- wer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Article 12. To see if the town will continue communication by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the town will determine what shall be the length of the school year.
Article 14. To see what amount, if any, the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of school apparatus.
Article 15. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888, relating to the employment of a superintendent of schools, and appropriate money therefor
Article 16. To see what action, if any, the town will take towards procuring a safe or safes.
Article 17. To see what portion of its records, if any, the town will vote to have copied or made more complete.
And you are 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 meeting, viz : At the post-office, and on the door of the schoolhouse in Albeeville, and at the post-office at 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 twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, ALBERT W. GASKILL, LIBERTY FREEMAN, - of
Selectmen
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 6, 1892.
MILFORD, MASS .: a. M. BILLINGS, PRINTER, GAZETTE OFFICE. 1893.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the town of Mendon for the municipal year ending March 6, 1893, respectfully submits the fol- lowing account of his doings :-
The Treasurer debits himself with the following items, viz :- To cash received of the treasurer of Men-
don for the municipal year ending March 7, 1992, $
618 00
To cash borrowed on 7 town notes,
3500 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, viz :- Balance corporation tax, 1891 and '92, Support and burial of state paupers, 10 00
$14 84
24 84
To cash received of State Treasurer :-
Corporation tax,
$117 73
National bank tax,
456 67
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889, - 38 00
State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889, 666 00
1,278 40
To cash received of State Treasurer, school fund, 334 64
To cash received of County Treasurer, dog fund, 171 70
To cash received of the Collector of taxes for the year 1891,
331 96
To cash received of the Collector of taxes for the year 1892, 5,799 31
To cash received of Edward L. Smith, rent of Town Hall to April 1, 1892,
76 50
To cash received for Annals of Mendon, To cash received of I. O. Rhodes for use of telephone, 37 75
To cash received of School Committee,
34 28
To cash received of I. O. Rhodes for hay scale fees, 15 65
To cash received of John L. Davenport for auctioneer's license, 2 00
To cash received of S. Warren Cook for auctioneer's license, 2 00
To cash received of W. Harden for alley license, 2 00
5 50
3
To cash received of C. A. Dewey, Esq.,
$20
To cash received for old window, 10
$12,234 83
The Treasurer credits himself with the following items, viz .:--- By paying 180 town orders, $7,62 16 3,500 00 By paying 7 town notes, By paying interest, 91 11 By paying state tax, 455 00
By cash on hand,
546 56
$12,234 83
NATHAN R. GEORGE.
Mendon, February 17, 1893.
Treasurer.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 6, 1898 :-
INCIDENTALS.
L. D. Chipman, storage of extinguisher, 12 months, $ 12 00
L. D. Chipman, care of fires at extinguisher room, 5 months, 5 00
G. M. Taft, kindlings at extinguisher room,
40
J. M. French, returning 2 births,
50
C. A. Fletcher, locks on tombs,
1 50
C. El is & Sons, hose for extinguisher,
6 50
C. Ellis & Sons, coat hooks,
20
I. O. Rhodes, hay scale book,
1 25
C. A. Fletcher, work in old cemetery, 15 60
M. W. Edwards, fees in David Wilbur case, 2 88
1 93
E. L. Smith, fees in criminal cases, October, 1892,
5 16
E. L. Smith, special service on July 4, 1892, 2 00
7 10
H. A. Barney, coal for extinguisher room,
6 75
Henry W. Gaskill, special service at Wood's grove,
10 00
Wood & Nye, returning 10 deaths in 1891, 14 in 1892,
9 50
E. A. Snow, express on tax list,
35
Taft Public library, 4 books destroyed at same,
4 25
Horace C. Adams, returning 3 deaths,
75
Horace C. Adams, cash paid out as per bill,
17 49
Albert W. Gaskill, labor, etc., grading at Town Hall,
3 49
Albert W. Gaskill, services as Inspector of Cattle, etc.,
13 60
J. A. George, cash paid out as per bill,
3 41
Gilbert Gaskill, special service July 4, 1892,
2 00
Gilbert Gaskill, care of O. Cole,
1 00
I. O. Rhodes, operator telephone for one year to March 1, 1893,
60 00
Albert W. Gaskill, labor about well,
3 00
$208 61
E. A. Snow, tax books,
5 00
M. P. Burns, fumigating house of Mrs. S. F. Towne,
6 00
Waterman Taft, labor around soldiers' monument,
C. Ellis & Sons, labor, etc., town water,
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CARE AND SUPPLIES FOR TOWN HALL.
E. L. Smith, care of hall to April 1, 1892, $55 00
E. L. Smith, sundries for hall to April 1, 1892, 14 32
John 'Taft, topping chimney,
4 50
O. Whitney & Son, repairing gutters,
1 75
L. A. Cook, coal,
21 24
$96 81
PRINTING.
Cook & Sons, town reports of 1892,
$40 00
Cook & Sons, tax notices and tax bill,
4 50
G. M. Billings, check lists and tally sheets,
13 00
$57 50
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Gilbert Gaskill, lockup keeper to April 1, 1892, $ 5 00
Charles H. Allen, services as Auditor for 1891, 3 00
E. A. Snow, assessing taxes of 1892, 43 35
Albert W. Gaskill, assessing taxes of 1892,
32 70
W. S. Wilcox, assessing taxes of 1892,
35 00
J. E. Darling, services as Assistant Inspector, election Nov. 8, 1892,
2 50
Milo A. Gaskill, services as Inspector, election Nov. 8, 1892,
2 50
Frank C. Wood, services as Inspector, election Nov. 8, 1892,
2 50
Horace C. Adams, services as Registrar and Election Officer,
15 00
Liberty Freeman, services as Collector of taxes of '91,
65 00
Liberty Freeman, services as Selectman and Regis- trar,
28 00
Albert W. Gaskill, services as Selectman and Registrar, Julius A. George, services as Selectman and Registrar, Nathan R. George, services as Treasurer, 1892 and 1893,
29 00
50 00
E. L. Smith, services as Constable to March 6, 1893,
35 00
15 00
$363 55
MILITARY AID, CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1889. John Oakford,
$96 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF, CHAPTER 298, ACTS OF 1889. Abel G. Weatherhead, Mrs. Stephen Scisco,
$55 40
24 75
$80 15
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1889.
John Curley,
$ 12 00
James McKenna,
48 00
Rufus Hazard,
48 00
Abel G. Weatherhead,
120 00
George W. Scisco,
48 00
Waterman Taft,
48 00
Dexter Inman,
72 00
Caleb V. A. Smith,
48 00
Ja-on G. Cummings,
56 00
Sidney W. Goodell,
36 00
Elijah Rockwood,
48 00
Joanna Curley,
32 00
$616 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
The Selectmen, as required by Chapter 98 of the Acts of 1889, appointed a Superintendent of Streets. Frank H. Wood was ap- pointed, and his compensation fixed at 25 cents per hour of actual service. Attention is called to his report, following.
Payments on account of roads and bridges have been made as follows, viz: -
John R. Hayward, filling washouts, 1 00
James E. Darling, labor on gutter,
6 00
Frank H. Wood, Superintendent, as reported below, 17 orders, 1,608 16
$1,615 16
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS, INCIDENTALS AND APPARATUS.
Paid School Committee, 73 orders, $3,063 38
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Overseers of the Poor, 12 orders, $1,275 00
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TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Trustees, 4 orders, $170 00
RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals, $ 208 61
Town Hall,
96 81
Printing, 57 50
Services of town officers,
363 55
State Aid to pensioners, Chap. 301, Acts of 1889,
616 00
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889,
96 00
Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 298, Acts of 1889,
80 15
Roads,
1,615 16
Schools,
3,063 38
Poor,
1,275 00
Library,
170 00
$7,642 16
The Selectmen report that the available assets of the town, known to them, are as follows, viz: -
Due from Collector of 1892,
$210 02
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap 301, to Jan. 1, 1893, 12 months,
636 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301, to March 1, 1893, 2 months,
98 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279, to Jan. 1, 1893, 12 months, 48 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279, to March 1, 1893, 2 months, 8 00
. Cash in hands of the Treasurer, 546 56
$1,546 58
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows, viz : -
Outstanding bills, estimated,
$ 40 00
Due town officers,
70 00
Due school teachers, at close of term,
140 00
Due School Superintendent, at close of year, 100 00
350 00
Net balance in favor of the town, $1,196 58
Respectfully submitted,
JULIUS A. GEORGE, ALBERT W. GASKILL, LIBERTY FREEMAN,
Selectmen of Mendon.
Mendon, February 17, 1893.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1892.
Support of schools,
$1,600 00
School text-books,
150 00
School incidentals,
300 00
School apparatus,
50 00
School Superintendent,
300 00
Support of poor,
1,000 00
Roads and bridges,
1,500 00
Taft Public Library,
175 00
For Suppression of liquor selling, gambling and vice,
50 00
Interest,
100 00
Town incidentals,
200 00
$5,425 00
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The Superintendent respectfully submits the following re- port for the municipal year ending March 6, 1893 :- Appropriation, $1,500 00
The Superintendent debits himself to 17 Town orders, $1,608 16
He credits himself by paying the follow-
ing bills :-
O. W. Hill, for labor, $ 77 00
G. A. Staples, 66
78 00
W. E. Barrows,
48 15
T. H. Pierce, 66
92 70
John Broughey, 66
50 25
S. E. Everton,
66
50 55
S. Brooks, 66
129 60
L. P. Cummings, 66
82 80
H. M. Goldthwait,
53 55
E. T. Bates, for labor and snow bill,
2 55
E. H. Taft, for snow bill,
3 00
G. B. Cromb, for labor with teams,
77 20
G. B. Cromb, for snow bill,
7 00
C. B. Williams. for labor with team,
174 90
Frank H. Wood, for labor of team,
273 30
Frank H. Wood, as Superintendent,
199 50
Frank H. Wood, paid for gravel and repairs,
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