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Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HOWARD, Seleetmen and
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Overseers of the Poor
DAVIS COPELAND, of West Bridgewater.
March 1, 1872.
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LIST OF JURORS.
A list of names of persons selected for Jurors, to be presented to the town at the annual meeting, March 18th.
Cyrus Alger,
John B. Holmes,
Horace Bartlett,
Samuel H. Howard,
Charles W. Bacon,
Stillman W. Hersey,
Heman Copeland,
Elihu Leonard,
Caleb Copeland, Jr.,
Cyrus Leonard,
Albert Copeland,
Jacob Leonard,
Bradford Copeland,
Bradford Packard,
Charles E Churchill,
George M. Pratt,
Lucius Dunbar,
Charles Perkins,
Curtis Eddy,
Nahum P. Snell,
Perez P. Field,
Thomas Snell,
Jason M. French,
Ebenezer Taylor,
Lucius Hayward,
Erland Thayer,
Francis E. Howard,
Abiel Washburn.
William H. Howard,
The Selectmen recommend that Guide Boards be maintained at or near the following named places :
Joshua T. Ryder's,
Justin W. Richards',
Joseph Kingman's,
Cyrus P. Brown's,
Lewis Ryder's,
Joseph Alger's,
Pine Hill Cemetery,
Barnabas Dunbar's,
Charles Howard's,
Stillman W. Hersey's,
West of Almshouse,
Dwelley Fobes',
Edmund Geary's, Pardon Copeland's, North Centre school house,
Benjamin Howard's,
Heman Copeland's, Nahum Leonard's, 2,
J. Q. Hartwell's, John Walker's, 2,
Molbry Ripley's, James Alger's furnace,
George Wilbar's, John B. Holmes', D. H. Baker's Store, Centre Post Office, Thomas Mackin's.
15
TOWN MEETING.
The annual Town Meeting will be on Monday, the 18th of March, at one o'clock, P. M., to act upon the following articles :
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear and act upon the several reports of officers and committees of the town.
3d. To act on the list of Jurors reported by the Selectmen.
4th. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
5th. (By request.) To see if the Town will sell, rent or other- wise dispose of their Almshouse property.
6th. To determine the manner of repairing Highways and Bridges the ensuing year.
7th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray the expenses of the town the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
8th. To see if the town will remit the tax of 1871 which was assessed on property which was destroyed by fire last summer, owned by Cyrus Alger.
9th. To see what action the Town will take in regard to roads which have been laid out within the limits thereof.
10th. To see if the Town will direct the School Committee to appoint a superintendent of the schools therein.
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11th. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum, not exceed- ing one hundred and fifty dollars, to defray, in part, the expenses of a course of lectures.
12th. To see if the Town will appropriate the dividend accru- ing under the execution of the dog law, for the support of schools.
13th. To see if the Town will relieve the heirs of the late Ephraim Copeland of Leicester, from paying the legacy bequeath- ed to this town by said Copeland for the support of a school, which legacy is now due.
17 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
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Marriages recorded in West Bridgewater in the year 1871.
No.
Date.
Names of Bridegrooms and Brides.
1
January
1
Herbert Estes and Harriet M. Howard.
2
66
24
Frank M. Hayward and Ida J. White.
3
66
26
Warren C. Kinney and Harriet Copeland.
4
February
2
Nathaniel W. Dunbar and Olive B. Howard.
5
April
3
6
May
24
Justin F. Kingman and Angeline W. French. Sylvester Rice and Anna Rounds.
7 8
60
11
Frank B. Johnson and Helen E. Hayward. James Vosmus and Ella H. Caldwell.
9
6 6
18
11
August
2
12
Sept.
14
13
21
14
،،
27
15
October
2
Cyrus L. Williams and Emily F. Gallagher. Horatio Tinkham and Mary F. Linsey.
18
16
George A. Morrissey and Catharine Morgan. James S. Allen and Alice Richards. Zeno Benson and Sybil Edson.
20
30
Amos W. Phillips and Harriet A. Worcester.
21
30
Walter P. Lothrop and Hattie A Bailey.
22
Decemb'r 24
Henry K. Harlow and Lydia A. Ryder.
Notice of the intention of marriage between the following persons has been recorded, but no certificate of the marriage of any of them has been returned to this town.
L
January 27
John Garvey and Mariah Scanlan.
2
June
9
John Linehan and Hannah Ring.
3
August
11
George Weiss and Nancy Coach.
4
18
John Hennesey and Ellen Baker.
5
October
2
Edward Welch and Honora Conley.
6
Novemb'r 13
Fred Hartwell and Mary E. Hayward.
7
Dec.
3
Lawrence Andrews and Ellen Geary, Jr.
James P. Lincoln and Elizabeth J. Dunlap. Elbridge E. Miller and Sarah E. Caldwell. Edward S. Hersey and Mary P. Brewster. Galen K. Richards and Angenette Snell. Edmund Perkins and Sarah J. Jenness. Arad Wilbar and Lizzie Washburn.
16
8
17
14
19
Novemb'r 2
15
10
June
3
C
1
18
Deaths registered in West Bridgewater in the year 1871.
No.
Date.
Names of the Deceased.
Yrs.
Ms. Ds.
Cause of Death.
1
January 6
Alice C. Howard,
20
10
2
Consumption.
2
66
14
Abby G. Capen,
77
1
11
Erysipelas.
4
66
16
Fannie E. Macomber,
40
9
Consumption.
5
17
Grace H. Bartlett,
1
11
4
Catarrh.
6
25
Frank Dunbar,
12
2
10
Scarlet Fever.
7
Feb'y
6
Annie W. Bartlett,
8
27
Consumption. 66
8
66
25
William H. Reed,
19
5
27
10
March
26
Edmund Fraher,
35
2
22
66
12
66
22
Granville J. Talbot,
6
7
20
Scarlet Fever.
13
May
3
Dora L. Dunbar,
15
1
24
Consumption.
14
June
1
Estella F. Caldwell,
4
4
2
Remittent Fever.
16
66
19
Jeremiah Kelley,
70
10
Consumption.
July
17
/ Alanson S. Edson,
57
8
4
19
August
4
Polly Kingman,
77
3
20
19
Lydia H. Birch,
73
8
2
Sept.
4
George F. Leonard,
1
4
3
Dysentery.
22
10
Helen Elman.
31
Childbirth.
23
24
Elizabeth E. Dyer,
16
2
Typhoid Fever.
24
30
Cornelius Lynch,
21
8
15
Heart Disease.
25
October 2
Lydia C. Wheeler,
80
8
9
Paralysis.
26
5
Lillian B. Hayward,
8
Dysentery.
27
20
Anna C. Hewens,
74
8
10
Paralysis.
28
Nov.
4
-
Fanny Wills,
55
11
20
Liver Disease.
29
11
Davis Alger,
64
2
9
Heart Disease.
31
Dec.
4
William K. Alger,
21
4
17
32
66
15
Francelia A. Snell,
26
2
Hernia.
33
27
David Howard,
64
6
8
Paralysis.
6
Robert Madden,
Infantile Debility.
15
66
3
Cephas Pasco,
67
1
Heart Disease.
17
13
Cynthia A. Vosmus,
36
6
19
9
11
April
2
Fanny E. Lothrop,
17
2
66
The number of births registered in said town in the year 1871. is 25.
Consumption. 66
-
Arthur H. Horton,
8
5
30
66
25
18
Paralysis.
21
66
-
66
Julia Ryder,
3
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AUSTIN PACKARD, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 18773.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER: GAZETTE STEAM JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1873.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1. 18773.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER : GAZETTE STEAM JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 1873.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND OVER-
SEERS OF THE POOR.
The Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater, present the following report of receipts, expenditures, and the financial con- dition of said town, for the year ending March 1, 1873.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, March
1,1872,
$5,820 53
Tax bills of 1872,
10,495 11
Additional Taxes,
62 79
Cash Received from town of Harwich, on pauper acct., 16 70
66 " Malden, 16 00
66 Braintree, “ 66 10 00
Balance of corporation tax, for 1871, 18 95
Corporation tax, for 1872,
381 64
From the State, for aid to soldiers and their families, 810 00
From the Mass. School Fund,
172 35
For board, &c., at the Almshouse,
23 50
Loaned of Soldier's Monument Asso- ciation, 2,509 50
On other loans,
1,400 00
Percentage on taxes for 1871,
124 35
From the Almshouse, for oxen,
235 00
$22,096 42
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4 EXPENDITURES.
Paid County tax,
$1,122 07
State tax,
1,340 00
notes and interest,
4,875 65
for support of schools,
3,733 07
for repairing school property,
142 40
for repairing roads and bridges,
1,297 05
towards Jerusalem road,
1,719 50
for building material for the swamp road towards Raynham, 125 00
moving fence, &c., on roads widened by the selectmen,
28 50
aid to soldiers and their families,
658 00
for support of poor outside of the almshouse,
345 71
for support of poor in the almshouse,
436 20
for use town hall,
75 00
town officers,
553 87
postage, express and stationery,
9 45
for record book,
7 50
for office rent,
15 00
travelling expenses,
7 39
for printing,
80 70
abatement of taxes,
112 79
stocking Nippinnickett pond with herrings,
33 50
harness for the hearse,
50 00
repairing the hearse,
26 00
going with hearse and tolling bell,
23 50
school books,
6 39
six per cent. reduction on tax bills for 1872,
633 35
other items, 7 70
$17,465 29
5 LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Outstanding notes, with interest, $4,433 25
Balance of appropriation for new roads, 1,005 50
Balance of appropriation for repairing roads, 708 17
Balance of appropriation for schools, 917 12
Balance of appropriation for repairing school property, 494 88
$7,558 92
ASSETS.
Balance in the treasury, March 1, 1873, $4,631 13
Due from the State, for aid to soldiers and their families, 658 00
Balance against the town, 2,269 79
$7,558 92
For repairing highways the town appropriated, $1,500 00 Bal. of 1871 appropriation not drawn from the treasury, 533 72
$2,033 72
Drawn during the year,
1,325 55
Balance in the treasury, March 1, 1873, $708 17
The above balance will be subject to some bills for clearing the roads of snow.
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SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
Balance of appropriation in the treasury, March 1, 1872, 8137 28 The appropriation for 1872, 500 00
$637 28
Drawn from the treasury for that purpose,
142 40
Leaving a balance, March 1, 1873, of
$494 88
SCHOOLS.
Balance in treasury March 1, 1872, $1,323 85
Appropriation by the town for 1872, 3,000 00
172 35
Received from the State School Fund, dividend under the dog law,
153 99
$4,650 19
Drawn for the support of schools,
3,733 07
Balance in the treasury March 1, 1873,
$917 12
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Austin Packard, town clerk, $28 97
George M. Pratt, treasurer,
150 00
Samuel H. Howard, selectman, overseer of poor, &c., 14 00 James Howard, 148 75 66 66 66
Davis Copeland, 66 66 66
55 00
Samuel N. Howard,
66
20 00
Mary A. Thayer, superintendent of schools,
93 90
Cyrus Leonard, 66
8 00
Eli Wheeler, constable,
15 25
James Copeland, road committee,
14 00
Nathan Copeland, “ 66
3 00
7
Paid H. L. Washburn, auditing committee, Bradford Copeland,
$1 00
1 00
Caleb Copeland, 66
1 00
$ 53 87
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid for Town Hall,
$75 00
printing reports, order book, &c.,
80 70
postage, express and stationery,
9 45
record book,
7 50
travelling expenses,
7 39
office rent,
15 00
school books,
6 39
going with hearse and tolling bell,
23 50
repairing the hearse,
26 00
harness for the hearse,
50 00
a horse cart and two cart harnesses,
93 50
stocking Nippenicket Pond with herrings,
33 50
abatement on taxes,
112. 79
discount on tax bills for 1872,
633 35
other items,
6 70
$1,180 77
POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Michael Ryan, at Taunton Lunatic Asylum, $200 55
Ellen Murphy, 43 00°
the Fadden family,
92 16
paupers who belong to Braintree,
10 00
$345 71
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RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES.
County and State taxes,
$2,462 07
Repairing highways and bridges,
1,325 55
New roads,
1,873 00
Support of schools,
3,733 07
Repairing school property,
142 40
State aid,
658 00
Support of poor out of almshouse,
345 71
at the almshouse,
436 20
Town officers,
553 87
Incidental expenses,
1,189 77
« $12,719 64
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Cr
Paid for grain,
$228 67
flour and bread,
62 20
meat,
57 48
fish,
14 36
apples,
4 85
groceries,
156 97
clothing and dry goods,
43 47
tools,
6 83
smith work,
34 67
repairs and paint,
18 25
mending harness,
5 15
school books,
1 50
doctor's bill,
8 00
coffin,
3 50
oil, coal and soap,
22 38
poultry and swine,
14 60
various other items,
13 42
9
Paid town treasurer, old bills,
258 50
51 30
369 00
42 50
93 50
275 00
$1,786 10
Dr.
By cash in the hands of warden, March 1, 1872,
$15 67
Received for .butter, cheese and lard,
89 11
hay,
27 34
potatoes,
131 26
beef,
305 88
pork,
30 60
poultry and eggs,
76 83
a horse,
35 00
calves,
51 80
profits in trade,
10 00
board and funeral charges,
31 50
old beds sold,
12 50
use of team and other stock,
7 00
from town treasurer to buy a horse,
215 00
to pay hired help,
205 00
to pay for grain,
85 70
60
to pay for cart and two har-
nesses, 93 50
66
66 warden's salary, 9 months, 206 00
on old bills,
45 00
Due the warden 3 months' salary, to Jan. 1, 1873,
69 00
Unpaid bills, 42 44
$1,786 10 15
2
To credit for work on the roads, going with the hearse, Paid for cart and harnesses, ·warden's salary 1 year to Jan. 1, 1873,
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INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE AS APPRAISED MARCH 1, 1873.
6} tons of English hay,
$195 00
7 tons of meadow hay,
105 00
1 horse,
175'00
3 cows.
135 00
3 swine,
28 00
30 hens,
27 00
3 turkeys,
7 00
53 lbs. of butter,
20 14
50 lbs. of cheese,
10 00
50 lbs. of lard,
7 50
12 lbs. of candles,
1 80
200 lbs. of beef,
22 00
225 lbs. pork,
22 50
65 bushels of potatoes,
68 25
8
of corn,
8 00
2 of rye,
2 30
3 bags of meal,
4 95
¿ bushel of beans,
1 25
Old wagon and harness,
10 00
2 cart harnesses,
28 50
1 horse cart,
65 00
Carts, wheels and farming tools,
140 00
100 loads of manure,
100 00
Lumber,
6 00
Beds and bedding,
75 00
Other furniture,
115 00
Groceries,
10 00
฿1,390 19
11
The personal property, by the above appraisal,
appears to have diminished in value since last year, to the amount of $311 51
To which add the interest on the property as heretofore estimated, 270 00
And the sum drawn from the treasury in excess of what has been returned, 615 70
Amounts to
$1,197 21
From which amount take the credit given for work on the highways, $369 00
For other work,
49 00
And for going with the hearse,
42 50 -460 50
Gives the cost of the house for the year,
$736 71
Which is $6.57 per week for 112 weeks, or an average of 2 2-13 inmates of the house for the year.
It is evident to every one that the cost of supporting an estab- lishment like the almshouse, will average very much more per · head, with a small number of inmates, than with a large num- ber. We will also state that the market value of property, such as produce and stock, &c., varies much from year to year. And if the property now on hand were appraised as high as it was one year ago, it would probably raise the inventory about $112, which would make the cost per head of the inmates of the house, appear about $1.00 per week less ; or $5.57.
12 APPROPRIATIONS.
The selectmen recommend for the town to raise the following sums of money the ensuing year.
For repairing roads, $2,000
support of schools,
3,000
support of poor,
800
incidental expenses
1,200
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HOWARD, Selectmen and
DAVIS COPELAND,
Overseers of the Poor
SAMUEL N. HOWARD, ) of West Bridgewater.
March 1, 1873.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMITTEE.
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The committee have laid out the money which has been ap- plied to repairing roads and bridges, as follows, viz: From Macken's corner to Bridgewater line, about $250; near John L. Hayward's, about $137 ; from E. Capen's to North Bridgewater line, about $132 ; from F. Dunbar's to the Boston road, about $138; near Benjamin Howard's, about $20; a bridge near Amasa Howard's, $30 ; a bridge near Heman Copeland's, $10 ; on the swamp road towards Raynham, $45; about $320 was worked by the men and team at the almshouse, most of which was worked in that district, or from Cochesett village towards Easton. The roads west of Flagg's meadow brook and south of Town river were nearly all scraped, and various smaller jobs of gravelling and patching, repairing bridges and picking stone generally, so far as labor could be obtained, were attended to. Under the circumstances which the committee were placed, it was impossible for them to obtain workmen, either local or outside laborers, to do work when and where it was needed, otherwise much more necessary work would have been done. It has been difficult to find a person who would devote a half day to picking out stones, filling ruts, or mending a defective place in the road near his own residence ; much more so to do larger jobs.
The Jerusalem road has been nearly completed, and we have been obliged to use some money there which was appropriated for other roads, so that there will have to be a further appropriation when the other roads are built.
The committee purchased some material for the widening of the swamp road towards Raynham, but last season was too wet to work that road.
JAMES COPELAND, Road
JAMES HOWARD, Committee.
March 1, 1873.
14 LIST OF JURORS.
A list of names of persons selected for Jurors, to be presented to the town at the annual meeting, March 17.
Cyrus Alger,
John B. Holmes,
Horace Bartlett,
Samuel H. Howard,
Edgar Billings,
Stillman W. Hersey, Jacob Leonard,
Heman Copeland,
Caleb Copeland, Jr.,
Seba H. Marshall,
Bradford Copeland,
Charles N. Martin,
Charles E. Churchill.
Francis Perkins,
Curtis Eddy, Perez P. Field,
Nahum P. Snell, Thomas Snell,
Jason M. French,
Lucius Hayward,
Ebenezer Taylor,
Francis E. Howard.
Erland Thayer,
Horace W. Howard,
Edward Tisdale,
William H. Howard,
Abiel Washburn.
Samuel N. Howard,
The Selectmen recommend that Guide Boards be maintained at or near the following named places :
Joshua T. Ryder's, Justin W. Richards', Joseph Kingman's, Lewis Ryder's,
Pine Hill Cemetery,
Charles Howard's,
West of Almshouse, Edmund Geary's, Pardon Copeland's,
Molbry Ripley's, James Alger's furnace, Cyrus P. Brown's, Joseph Alger's, Barnabas Dunbar's,
Stillman W. Hersey's,
North Centre school house,
Heman Copeland's, Nahum Leonard's, 2, J. Q. Hartwell's, John Walker's, 2,
Dwelley Fobes', Benjamin Howard's, George Wilbar's, John B. Holmes', D. H. Baker's store, Centre Post Office, John Mackin's.
Bradford Packard,
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES
Recorded in West Bridgewater in the year 1872.
No.
Date.
Names of Bridegrooms and Brides.
1
Jan.
5
Willard Bryant and Julia M. Edgecomb.
2
14
Alton M. Thayer and Ada F. Gurney.
3
Feb.
14
Samuel E. Wilbur and Martha A. Fisher.
4
March 11
John R. Maxwell and Maria L. Washburn.
5
16
Charles M. Dickerman and Mary E. Townsend.
6
April
5
Edwin F. Freeman and Martha A. Guess. Granville O. Talbot and Georgiana Wentworth.
9
30
Marshall Conant and Irene A. Edgecomb.
11
66
25
Edwin G. Babcock and Caroline E. Gifford. John Moorhouse and Betsey Phillips.
13
July
6
James E. Coggeshall and Hattie E. Holmes. Joseph Vosmus and Esther Royal.
14
28
Jonas G. Hartwell and Ellen A. Simpson.
15
Aug.
31
Charles H. Dunbar and Sarah B. Holmes.
17
Oct.
3
Charles W. Copeland and Jennet O. Mitchell. William H. Lindsay and Carrie A. Vosmus.
19
Nov.
15
Martin Luther and Caroline A. Phillips.
20
66
28
George Dawson and Emma J. Thackrah.
21
28
George R. Lyon and Ella F. Churchill.
22
Dec.
22
Charles W. Dodge and Helen J. Packard.
7
8
May
1
Wilmot J. Hayward and Martha A. Rice.
10
June
25
12
30
16
Sept.
S
Michael Burke and Ellen Downey.
18
4
22
16
DEATHS
Registered in West Bridgewater in the year 1872.
No.
Date.
Names of the Deceased.
Ys.
Ms. Ds.
Disease or Cause of Death.
1
Jan. 23
Caleb Howard,
74
2
18
Consumption.
24
Frederick P. Howard,.
29
4
28
Kidney Disease.
3
Feb. 5 Mary Cushing,
33
1
Inflammation of the Bowels.
4
6 Alva Kingman, .
73
6
21
Consumption.
5
25
Kate A. Burnery,
18
1
25
Congestion of Brain.
6
April
2 Lois C. Ripley,.
43
6
18
Epilepsy.
7
30 2
Cynthia K. Stephenson,.
69
7
14
Influenza.
9
8
William V. Sullivan,
14
2
18
Abscess in Head.
11
July
7
Jennie M. Howard,
13
2
6 Inflammation of the Heart.
12
12
Francis S. Packard,
44
2
26
Consumption. Drowned.
14
Aug. 5
Florence S. Vosmus,
3
10 Consumption.
15
13
- Wixon,
G
Infantile Debility.
16
14
Hannah L. Wixon,
26
8
Childbirth.
17
18
Stephen Morey,.
77
4
27 Paralysis.
18
25
Albert Garisaker,.
1
10
10
Dysentery.
20
26
Martin Alger,
78
11
7
Old Age.
21
Sept. 5 Charlotte Packard,
74
8
7
Dysentery. Dropsy about Heart.
22
19
Ellen Geary,.
52
3
9
Dysentery.
24
21
Susan A. Perkins,.
38
G
25 Consumption.
25
21
Harry Perkins,
1
5
Consumption.
26
7 Jane Howard,.
77
7
11
Dropsy.
27
15 Sarah J. Packard,.
26
6
6 Consumption.
28
26 Mary Mackin, ..
52
Dropsy.
29
Dec. 19
Olive J. Lothrop,
38
8
29
Consumption.
30
20
Edmund Landers,
85
6
.7
Paralysis.
8
May
Fanny E. Bates,
8
26
Bronchitis.
10
June 2 Thomas Ryan, ..
80
Old Age.
13
22
Austin W. Alger, ..
19
25
Willie W. Brainard,.
8
9 Cholera Infantum.
23
Oct. 17
John W. Churchill,
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1
Nov.
The number of births recorded in said town in the year 1872, is 36.
AUSTIN. PACKARD, Town Clerk.
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TOWN MEETING.
The annual Town Meeting will be on Monday, the 17th of March, at one o'clock, P. M., to act upon the following articles :
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear and act upon the several reports of officers and committees of the town.
3d. To act on the list of Jurors reported by the Selectmen.
4th. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
5th. To see if the town will accept the provisions of the 158th chapter of the Acts of 1871, which provides for the election of a board of Road Commissioners, &c.
6th. To determine the manner of repairing Highways and Bridges the ensuing year.
7th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray the expenses of the town the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
8th. By petition of Barnabas Dunbar and others, "To see if the town will authorize the chairman of the board of selectmen to draw an order on the town treasurer, in favor of Elijah Hancock, for the sum of three hundred dollars, in addition to his salary, for extra services rendered the town, during the past year."
9th. To see what action the town will take in regard to roads which have been laid out within the limits thereof.
10th. To see if the town will direct the School Committee to appoint a superintendent of the schools therein.
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11th To see if the town will appropriate a sum, to defray, in part, the expenses of a course of public lectures.
12th. To see if the town will appropriate the dividend accru- ing under the execution of the dog law, for the support of schools.
13th. By request of W. H. Jennings, "To see if the town will instruct the selectinen to lay out as a public highway the road leading from Main street, near E. Tisdale's store, to the Baptist parsonage, thence east to the road leading from the Wid- ow Lothrop's house to Mr. Sullivan's. Also the road leading from Main street, near Friend Howard's, to house occupied by Alman Rounds."
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT,
For the School Year ending March, 1873.
Board of School Committee for the year commencing March, 1872.
For One Year.
For Two Years.
CYRUS ALGER, · J. Q. HARTWELL, BRADFORD COPELAND.
CYRUS LEONARD,
JUSTIN RICHARDS,
MRS. F. P. HAMBLETT.
For Three Years. BENJAMIN PERKINS, J. L. HAYWARD, ISAAC HOWARD.
ISAAC HOWARD, Chairman. CYRUS LEONARD, Secretary and Superintendent.
The term of service for which Messrs. Hartwell, Alger and Copeland were chosen will expire with the present month. There is also a vacancy (occasioned by the resignation of Mrs. Hamblett. ) to be filled for one year.
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The expenses of the several schools for the year are as follows :
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher for 32 weeks,
$485 00
Fuel and preparing same,
49 63
Care of house and fires,
9 00
$543 63
COCHESETT SCHOOLS.
Wages of Teacher, 32 weeks, (Grammar department,) $500 00
32 weeks, (Primary department,) 288 00
Fuel and preparing,
50 50
Care of house and fire,
9 00
$847 50
EAST SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher, 32 weeks,
$320 00
Fuel and preparing,
29 25
Care of house and fire,
5 00
$354 25
JERUSALEM SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher, 33 weeks,
$285 00
Fuel and preparing,
22 50
Care of house and fire,
5 00
$312 50
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NORTH SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher, 32 weeks,
$256 00
12 00
Fuel and preparing, Care of house and fire,
4 00
$272 00
NORTH CENTRE SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher, 35 weeks,
$280 00
Fuel and preparing,
31 50
Care of house and fire,
4 00
$315 50
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Wages of Teacher, 32 weeks,
$310 00
Fuel and preparing,
8 25
Care of house and fire,
5 00
$323 25
Paid to Committee of East Bridgewater, for pupils attending school in that town from Beaver district, (so called)
$230 58
Total cost of schools,
$3,199 21
Balance in the treasury, after paying for schools of last year,
$617 87
Town appropriation for support of schools,
3,000 00
State school fund for 1872,
172 35
From county, (dog tax, 1871)
153 99
$3,944 21
3,199 21
$745 00
Balance unexpended,
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There has been expended for incidentals and repairs for the several schools the past year as follows :
Centre school,
$26 00
Cochesett schools,
56 55
East school,
22 20
Jerusalem school,
8 75
North school,
15 20
North Centre school,
90
South school.
22 78
Total cost of repairs and incidentals,
$152 38
Balance of appropriation March 1st, 1872,
$137 28
Appropriation of 1872,
500 00
$637 28
152 38
Balance unexpended,
$484 90
On account of the unfavorable season no well was dug, the painting and building fence were omitted, consequently a large portion of the appropriation remains unexpended. Several of the school houses now need painting, and, we think, will be the present year.
The number of persons in town between the ages of five and fifteen, as reported by the Assessors, is 351. Of this number, 27 reside in what is termed the Beaver district, and have had the privilege of attending school in East Bridgewater.
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