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Female
.
Male .
.
John and Anna E. Normal.
·
. William and Mary S. Bismore.
22 James Arthur Bismore
·
November 21 December 14 1888.
27
Leon Elsworth Erskins
Male . .
Richard and Margaret H. Cotter.
Brainard and Aurelia R. Robbins.
April
.
.
Robert and Elizabeth C. Carroll.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
May 23
28
Etta Maria Hayward .
. Female .
Frank and Maria W. Hayward.
June 24 Grace Maria Packard .
Female . .
Ora and Emma W. Packard. .
28
Rosalie Frances Belmore
Female .
Octave and Eliza C. Belmore. August and Vendla S. Winberg.
July
13
John Erick Winberg .
.
. Female .
James F. and Addie S. McAnaugh.
28
Isabel Dewey Crockett Warren P. Snell
Male . .
Prescott T. and Flora V. Snell. .
Evelyn Louise Ryder
. Female .
S. Ellis and Carrie D. Ryder.
12
Mary Leonard Copeland
. Female .
Samuel G. and Carrie L. Copeland.
14
Olive Ames
. Female .
. Ellis F. and Emma B. Ames. .
25
Nellie Watson Ames
Female .
.
28
Male .
George F. and Lizzie N. Ames. John and Annie McCarthy.
September 4
Margaret Louisa McEachren
Female
Hugh and Flora M. McEachren.
10
Caleb Copeland, Jr.
Male .
Caleb and Annie E. Copeland. .
19
Nellie Dunbar
. Female .
Channing and Jennie H. Dunbar. . Michael and Mary R. Cunningham.
October 17
17
Daniel Cunningham
Male .
·
20
Alice Twomey
Female
Patrick and Elizabeth Twomey. .
November 11 17
Male . ·
· Arthur P. and Almira M. Packard. .
December 16
Male .
·
Horace and Mary B. Atwell.
26
Male .
.
George E. and Mary F. Horton.
.
. Female
.
William H. and Christine S. Crockett.
30
Ethel Cassandria Dearth
Female .
John and Dencia L. Dearth. .
.
.
Male .
16
August 9
55
Michael Cunningham
. Male .
Michael and Mary R. Cunningham.
.
Male .
.
.
Edgar E. and Henrietta Worcester.
Harry Otis Packard Seth Russell Atwell
.
Deaths in West Bridgewater during the Year, 1888.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Y.
M.
D.
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Name of Parents.
Jan. 2
Cecil Morse
42.
2
23
Cancer.
Norway
..
13
Lewis Ryder.
84
6
Mitral Insufficiency. Cystitis.
Plymouth. Ireland.
23
Frederick Johnson.
78
26
Heart Disease.
66
28
Michael Sullivan.
62
Angina Pectoris.
Feb. 12
Florence Wilson. Laura Jane Keene.
3
10
20
Croup.
13 Mar. 9
5
Heart Disease.
* 19
James F. W. Willis.
1
2
Bronchitis.
51
1
Paralysis of Heart.
.Apr. 12 46 25
John T. Hersey .
37
8
16
Alcoholism.
76
79
S
2
Heart Disease.
West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. Bridgewater.
Jun. 13 July 8 Aug.21 28
Charles A. Macomber, Ellis M. Kelley.
27
11
21
Cancer.
Chester H. Baird.
2
13 Paralysis of Brain
Oscar R. Higgins.
43
6
18
Chronic Eudocarditis. Inanition.
Mary E. Stack.
1
27
49
4
16
Pneumonia.
83
6
16 Heamaturia.
. 23
42
)
Chronic Pericarditis.
Vermont.
Margaret Dwyer.
56
2
18 Paralysis.
Ireland.
Dec. 18
Caroline Stone.
89
2
14
Pneumonia. Old Age.
.. 21
Rosalie Frances Belmore.
23
Capillary Bronchitis.
West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater.
James and Betsey C. Copeland. William and Mary Connelly. Edmund and Elizabeth Shipman. Thomas and Bridget Fitzpatrick. Frank and Maria W. Hayward. Lloyd and Abigail Howard. Octave and Eliza C. Belmore.
56
12
Congestion of Liver. Congestion of Brain.
Mathew Gallagher.
37
81
14
Paralysis.
Easton. Bridgewater.
West Bridgewater. Bostonl.
Maine.
John and Annie McCarthy. Fred G. and Mary F. Baird. Ezekiel and Sarah Higgins. Patrick and Mary Stark.
“ 31 Sept. 1 16 " 29 Oct. 3
Hannah C. Keith.
East Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. Ireland,
Patrick Connelly. Carrie Reeves.
Nov. 1. 6 28 Etta Maria Hayward.
6
West Bridgewater.
17
Bridget Callahan.
51
Boston. Ireland.
Samuel and Annie Ryder. Hugh Callahan. Isaac and Lucy Johnson. James Sullivan.
William H. and Lizzie Wilson. Caleb and Emeline Keene. Brainard and Aurelia R. Robbins.
Frank and Mary F. Willis. John and Caroline Hersey. Joseph and Lucy B. Young. William and Jolianna Twohig. Ebenezer and Betsey Colwell. Eddy P. and Jennie T. Dunbar. John and Celia Gallagher. Ichabod and Sally Macomber. Malachi Donahue.
May 3 12 15
George E. Young. Jeremiah Twohig. John H. Colwell. Leon Howard Dunbar.
Neuralgia.
West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. Stoughton. Ireland.
Peritonitis.
Report of the Public Library.
The additions to the library during the year 1888 number 233 volumes, not including pamphlets and public documents, of which there are 177, making the total number of volumes on the shelves 3,324.
The circulation of books for the year shows a falling off from the previous year of about 4 1-2 per cent, and was divided among the several classes as follows :
Agriculture,
52
Art,
76
Biography,
229
Fiction,
3,301
General Literature,
272
History,
260
Humorous Works,
120
Juvenile Works,
1,083
Magazines,
1,264
Poetry,
131
Works of Reference,
59
Religion and Theology,
11
Science,
197
Travels,
214
Public Documents,
1
Total,
7,270
58
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as fol- lows, viz. :
Receipts.
Balance from last year,
$160 63
From town treasurer,
270 58
fines, sales of catalogues and cards,
19 15
Miss Helen A. Howard, on account of
fair, 7 00
sale of press board,
1 01
Mrs. Chas. Reed, binding books,
2 25
Rev. Wm. Brown,
2 00
Howard Institute,
2 00
Miss Ferguson,
2 25
Miss E. Kingman, book,
83
$467 70
Expenditures.
Paid Estes & Lauriat,
$256 40
Librarian's salary,
104 36
Magazines,
44 18
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
7 50
Insurance,
16 50
Printing cards,
4 00
Oil, express, postage, etc.,
6 61
Gen. Sheridan's Memoirs,
6 00
Amount carried forward, $445 55
59
Amount brought forward,
$445 55
Paid Press board,
4 06
" Mile Stones,"
3 25
Horse and stock book,
6 50
C. P. Howard, wood,
2 00
Book buyer,
1 00
Letters and figures,
1 25
Balance in hands of undersigned,
4 09
$467 70
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. R. PACKARD.
TOWN MEETING.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town, on MONDAY, the 4th day of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz : -
ARTICLE 1. - To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. - To hear the annual reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. - To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 4. - To bring in their votes, " Yes," or " No," on the following question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 5. - To act on the list of jurors as reported by the selectmen.
ART. 6. - To see if the town will vote to adopt the provision of the Statute in relation to the election of road commissioners. (By request. )
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ART. 7. - To see if the town will choose surveyors to have charge of repairs on the highways the ensuing year, said surveyors to be elected by ballot, each district to be voted on separately. (By petition.)
ART. 8. - To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
ART. 9. - To see if the town will raise one hundred dollars (100) for public lectures.
AkT. 10. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to build sidewalks where they are most needed, the expenditure of this sum to be placed in the hands of a committee of three citizens to be chosen by ballot. (By petition. )
ART. 11. - To see if the town will instruct the treasurer to pay no bill whatever, unless he shall first receive an order .drawn and signed by the selectmen ; the orders for State and military aid, and all orders for school bills approved by one of the school committee, to be paid upon the order signed by one of the selectmen, and for the payment of all other bills he shall require an order signed by two members of the board. (By request. )
ART. 12. - To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
ART. 13. - To take such action as the town sees fit with regard to requiring the County Commissioners to establish a County Truant School in accordance with the provisions of law.
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ART. 14. - To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to elect a superintendent of schools.
ART. 15. - To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for memorial services on Memorial Day. (By request. )
ART. 16. - To determine the manner of collecting the taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 17. - To transact any business that may legally come before the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant according to the vote of said town, seven days, at least, before the time appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at or before the time appointed for the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands, at said West Bridgewater, this twenty-first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
HENRY COPELAND, HORACE W. HOWARD, JOSEPH A. SHORES,
Selectmen of West Bridgewater.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEES OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1890.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 1890.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEES OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1890.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 1890.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1889.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Assessors. JOSEPH A. SHORES. HORACE W. HOWARD. CHARLES T. WILLIAMS.
Town Clerk. CHARLES R. PACKARD.
Collector and Treasurer. CHARLES E. TISDALE.
School Committee.
Mrs. M. K. CROSBY.
CHARLES T. HOWARD.
FRANK S. TISDALE. JOSEPH A. SHORES.
Mrs. A. S. LELACHEUR. BENJAMIN PERKINS.
Trustees of Public Library.
CHARLES R. PACKARD. JOSEPH A. SHORES.
WILLIAM BROWN.
Miss ELIZABETH KINGMAN. Mrs. EMELINE B. COPELAND.
Miss EDITH F. HOWARD.
HORACE BARTLETT. FRIEND W. HOWARD.
Surveyors of Highways. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
PARDON K. BACON. RUFUS C. BENNETT.
HORACE W. HOWARD. J. Q. HARTWELL.
Constables.
ELLIS R. HOLBROOK. JOSIAH A. PERKINS.
H. EUGENE WESTON.
DANIEL W. GARDNER.
Field Driver. JAMES C. LEIGHTON.
Fence Viewers.
HORACE BARTLETT. CLINTON P. HOWARD.
LESTER P. RIPLEY.
Measurers of Lumber. C. WESLEY PACKARD. PARDON K. BACON.
CYRUS ALGER. SAMUEL L. RYDER.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
FRIEND W. HOWARD. DAVIS COPELAND. LOREN A. FLAGG.
Registrars. LUCIUS DUNBAR. EDWARD H. KEITH.
JAMES A. FOBES.
CLINTON P. HOWARD.
Auditors.
GEORGE M. PRATT.
CURTIS EDDY. LUCIUS GURNEY.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SELECTMEN.
The following report of the financial condition of the town, Feb. 1, 1890, is respectfully submitted.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION AS ASSESSED MAY 1, 1889.
Value of real estate
$832,261 00
Value of personal estate
161,584 00
$993,845 00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax
$1,000 00
County tax .
.
1,199 26
$2,199 26
Town grant .
$12,040 00
Overlay
613 07
12,653 07
Total tax
.
$14,852 33
4
Rate of tax, $14 per $1,000. Poll tax, - males, $2.00; females, 50 cents.
Number of polls .
468
Females
5
Acres of land
9,822
Dwelling-houses
385
Horses .
459
Cows .
583
Sheep .
25
Swine .
93
Young stock
183
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools . . $3,500 00
School supplies and repairs
450 00
Repairs of highways
2,200 00
Support of poor
1,500 00
Town officers
700 00
Incidentals
500 00
Public lectures
100 00
Matfield road
500 00
Memorial service .
50 00
Interest on town debt
240 00
Paying town debt .
2,000 00
Building sidewalks
300 00
$12,040 00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Valuation of town farm · $4,000 00
Personal property
. 1,842 81
Ten schoolhouses ·
· . 13,000 00
5
Valuation of town library
. $2,500 00
Derrick
100 00
Road scraper
.
125 00
JOS. A. SHORES,
HORACE W. HOWARD, CHAS. T. WILLIAMS,
Assessors.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1889.
17 tons English hay $306 00
52 tons meadow hay 55 00
4 tons swale .
48 00
Shorts and meal
4 60
31 bushels beans
9 75
10 cows 375 00
1 horse 65 00
2 swine
15 00
80 fowls
60 00
9 ducks
9 00
20 bushels potatoes
18 00
32 bushels small potatoes Onions .
1 50
35 bushels turnips
10 50
550 pounds pork
49 50
187 pounds ham .
18 70
40 pounds lard .
4 00
15 pounds butter
3 75
3 dozen eggs
66
Flour
1 60
300 pounds beef .
18 00
Apples .
3 00
Groceries 4 00
5 pork barrels
3 25
Soap and oil .
1 00
Amount carried forward
.
. . $1,092 81
8 00
7
Amount brought forward
. $1,092 81
Carpenters' tools (new) .
5 00
Hay cutter 4 00 · .
7 stoves .
50 00
Household furniture
60 00
Tinware
8 00
Crockery, etc.
25 00
3 churns
8 00
Wooden ware
10 00
Beds and bedding .
85 00
Table linen and towels
8 00
Hay wagon .
35 00
Covered wagon
65 00
Cart harness
8 00
2 harnesses
11 00
4 ox yokes
12 00
Sled and wheelbarrow 9 00
Robes and blankets
9 00
Mowing machine and rake
65 00
Farming tools
90 00
Ashes .
3 00
Manure
100 00
Coal
5 00
$1,842 81
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE FOR FEBRUARY AND
MARCH.
Milk
.
$124 10
Potatoes
40 85
Amount carried forward $164 95
60 00
2 tip carts
Pung
15 00
8
Amount brought forward $164 95
Eggs
16 58
Pork
6 51
Poultry
2 25
Beets .
50
Drawn from the treasury to pay J. O. Dean
& Co. grain bill 122 39
Drawn from treasury to pay C. Atwell's bill
30 26
Drawn from treasury to pay J. C. Leighton, warden (two months)
66 66
$410 10
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
Paid for groceries
$32 99
Labor .
26 85
Wood .
15 00
Clothing
14 30
Meat and butchering
10 26
Table and use of machine
10 00
Flour
7 90
Hardware
7 27
Fish
6 85
Grain .
3 06
Medicine and tobacco
2 39
Soap, oil, etc.
6 56
J. O. Dean & Co.'s grain bill
122 39
Charles Atwell's bill
30 26
· 66 66
J. C. Leighton, for two months as warden, Cash on hand April 1. 47 36
$410 10
9
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand April 1, 1889
$47 36
Cash for milk
766 36
Stock .
39 36
Vegetables
18 44
Onions
62 95
Potatoes
33 70
Poultry
37 13
Eggs ·
40 88
Beef and pork
21 30
Apples .
2 45
Calves .
5 00
Hay .
6 25
Board .
9 34
Drawn from treasury to pay warden's sal-
ary, ten months
250 00
$1,340 52
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE COMMENCING APRIL 1.
Paid for flour
$50 45
Meat
.
34 29
Fish
4 29
Hardware
31 47
Grass and garden seeds .
26 12
Blacksmithing
10 18
Butchering
6 50
Clothing
27 35
Soap .
2 72
Amount carried forward
. $193 37
10
Amount brought forward
$193 37
Paid for medicine
7 42
Tobacco and snuff .
5 30
Salt
5 97
Repairs on house .
15 76
Repairs on harnesses
4 10
Fertilizer
30 50
Groceries
132 27
Grain . ·
354 33
House furnishings
12 95
Farming tools
16 50
Oil
3 96
Stock
132 00
Lumber
8 18
Sundries
8 33
Carpenters' tools
5 00
Labor .
50 30
Fowls .
17 00
Horse hire
11 25
Veterinary
3 00
Stove and pipe
8 30
Difference in machines .
35 00
Warden's salary, ten months .
250 00
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1890 . .
29 73
$1,340 52
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury to pay J. C. Leighton, as warden .
$66 66
Drawn from treasury to pay grain bill, con- . tracted by J. C. Leighton 122 39
Amount carried forward . $189 05
11
Amount brought forward $189 05 Drawn from treasury to pay smith bill, con-
tracted by J. C. Leighton 30 26
Drawn from treasury to pay T. B. Besse, as warden 250 00
Drawn from treasury to pay J. C. Swan's bill 33 75
Drawn from treasury to pay for digging grave .
3 00
$506 06
Gain in the inventory from Feb.
1, 1889, to Feb. 1, 1890
$101 86
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1890 .
29 73
131 59
$374 47
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE
Age.
Weeks.
Michael Ryan
41
52
Albert Staples
47
52
George Randall
63
52
Conn Sullivan
55
26
Mary Sullivan
46
Ann Flynn .
80
19 died
Abby Fadden
61
32
Mary Rogers
34
5 died
Edgar Fadden
9
24
The warden with the hearse has attended six funerals. The warden during the year has lodged and fed fifty tramps.
12
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Fadden's children $151 00
Fred Leonard .
211 00
Olive B. Shaw
34 00
Mary Sullivan
24 00
Thomas Mason
8 00
Annie Gifford
15 00
Nathaniel Pratt
100 00
Isabella Howard
3 00
Callahan family
6 00
Paid New Bedford, aid to Eaton family .
4 00
Taunton, aid to Hervey family
48 94
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board Frank
Fadden 124 39
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board Thomas Clancy 169 46
Brockton, aid to Mrs. Charles Burk 50 00
J. C. Swan, aid to O. R. Higgins . 70 00
$1,018 79
Received from Plympton $100 00
Due from Dedham 6 00
Due for digging grave for Isabell Howard
3 00
109 00
Total expense of poor out of the house $909 79
Total expense of poor in and out of the house . $1,284 26
JOS. A. SHORES, HORACE W. HOWARD, CHAS. T. WILLIAMS, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation .
$500 00
Jonathan White, counsel $5 00
F. E. Howard, care of cemetery two
years 2 00
Advertising . 1 88
G. A. Goodall, printing · 107 90
W. H. Jennings, making State aid papers . 2 00
H. L. Aiken, stationery 7 25
J. E. Ryder, gravel 23 80
C. P. Howard, rent Town Hall 75 00
Morss & Whyte, screens 13 00
S. N. Howard, gravel .
10 00
Daniel Perkins, rent of office
18 00
D. W. Lewis, drain pipe
45 71
J. A. Shores, services with Mr. Stone, agent State aid . 8 10
Thomas Groom & Co., collector's books
1 50
W. L. Puffer, tax-bills and order books . 17 25
C. T. Williams, cash expense, and use of team . 5 84
E. H. Lothrop, gravel . 3 00
D. W. Gardner, care of monument grounds, etc. 6 50
Amount carried forward
·
$353 73
14
Amount brought forward $353 73 Davis Copeland, ditch North Main Street . 66 00
S. D. Shaw, for shovels 3 60
S. M. Spencer, burning brand 1 25
Z. A. Jenkins, drain pipe 11 24
Charles Atwell, repairs of road tools 2 50
C. P. Howard, material and labor for railing 8 83
Erland Thayer, gravel .
2 40
P. K. Bacon, gravel 18 37
Friend W. Howard, care of cemetery, 3 00
W. H. Tobey, returning deaths 1 00
C. L. McCann, returning deaths .
1 00
E. B. Hayward, survey and plan . 9 50
Oaks S. Soule, lumber for tramp- house . 62 94
G. R. Drake, shears
50
H. W. Howard, material and labor for railing bridge, etc. 3 30
Clarisa K. Howland, sand 1 44
George Hunt, return of deaths 75
H. W. Howard, cash, expense, post- age, and use of team ·
8 44
J. A. Shores, cash, expense, postage, and use of team ·
27 70
J. E. Car & Co., drain pipe . 16 26
C. R. Packard, administering oaths, postage, printing, stationery, etc. 10 50
$614 25
Overdrawn
$114 25
15
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
DISTRICT No. 1. Appropriation . $350 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Horace Bartlett, surveyor :
To Horace Bartlett
$112 55
F. J. Hambley
27 30
J. C. Howard
82 05
E. B. Wilbur .
37 30
Edgar Billings
17 25
Charles Howard
17 10
C. T. Morse .
2 40
C. P. Howard
50 00
345 95
Balance
$4 05
DISTSICT No. 2. Appropriation
·
$300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Friend W. Howard, surveyor :
To Friend W. Howard .
$139 48
L. A. Flagg
18 60
E. A. Cole
37 28
H. E. Dunning
1 35
Michael Dewyre
7 20
C. T. Williams
16 50
S. W. Hersey .
6 07
N. F. Dunbar .
7 20
Joseph Vosmus
45 60
J. H. Adams .
12 95
Cyrus Alger .
4 05
Prescott Snell .
5 85
302 13
Overdrawn
·
$2 13
16
DISTRICT NO. 3. Appropriation . · $325 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Wın. F. Ryder, surveyor :
To Wm. F. Ryder $67 00
James McAnaugh
40 50
E. B. Wilbur .
52 75
J. E. Ryder
18 12
Owen King
13 50
Wm. O'Brien .
12 75
J. A. Shores .
75
George Hopkins
36 00
Daniel Lynch .
22 50
John O'Hern .
3 00
Nicholas McGrath
4 05
Erland Thayer
39 25
Horace Bartlett
9 00
319 17
Balance
$5 83
DISTRICT No. 4. Appropriation .
$300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by P. K. Bacon, surveyor :
To P. K. Bacon $239 26
John Gardner
9 00
J. C. Keith
29 25
John Norman .
21 00
J. and C. O'Hara
31 50
W. C. Kinney
9 75
S. G. Copeland
23 00
O. K. Ness
10 00
Prescott Snell 9 00
O. K. Ness, bill, 1888
4 00
385 76
Overdrawn
$85 76
17
DISTRICT NO. 5. Appropriation . · $300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by R. C. Bennett, surveyor :
To R. C. Bennett $116 50
John Dausett .
41 65
E. B. Wilbur .
18 70
Horace Bartlett
31 80
David Frahar .
9 08
J. C. Howard
24 30
Michael King .
4 05
H. W. Howard
16 20
H. F. Howard
8 10
John McCarty
3 45
Philip Kent
17 15
290 98
Balance
$9 02
DISTRICT No. 6. Appropriation .
$325 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by H. W. Howard, surveyor :
To H. W. Howard $125 22
C. E. Dunbar
2 55
George W. Howard
36 25
William H. Howard
1 50
A. L. Alger .
51 70
Cyrus Alger .
49 73
Barnabas Dunbar
37 65
H. F. Howard
20 00
324 60
Balance
·
$0 40
18
DISTRICT NO. 7. Appropriation . $300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by J. Q. Hartwell, surveyor :
To J. Q. Hartwell $88 50
L. E. & E. Copeland
100 47
L. E. Hayward
22 98
Michael Egan
39 00
C. H. Egan
15 00
Timothy Carroll 25 50
H. W. Howard
10 00
J. A. Oliver .
8 00
309 45
Overdrawn
$9 45
For Sidewalks. Appropriation ·
. $300 00
Expended as follows :
By vote of the town, to E. H. Loth- rop
$50 00
At Centre, upon bills approved by H. W. Howard :
To H. W. Howard 41 70
H. F. Howard
11 70
J. C. Howard 25 95
Horace Bartlett
21 60
C. T. Williams
16 20
E. B. Wilbur .
13 95
David Frahar .
9 45
Joseph Vosmus
8 20
Owen King & Son .
1 25
$200 00
19
At Cochesett, upon bills approved by F. W. Howard :
To F. W. Howard $20 85
Joseph Vosmus 14 10
C. T. Williams
17 95
$52 90
At Jerusalem, upon bills approved by J. Q. Hartwell :
To J. Q. Hartwell $6 00
Timothy Carroll
4 50
M. Egan
6 00
L. E. Hayward
1 80
18 30
In the East District, upon bills approved by W. F. Ryder :
To W. F. Ryder .
$11 80
Erland Thayer
4 80
James McAnaugh
8 85
25 45
Expended
.
$296 65
Balance
$3 35
Appropriation for Matfield road ·
$500 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by the committee, E. P. Dunbar, W. F. Ryder, and C. C. Thayer to E. P. Dun- bar $49 99
To W. F. Ryder .
63 69
C. C. Thayer .
43 74
Erland Thayer
24 83
J. E. Ryder .
7 82
Amount carried forward . $188 07
+
20
Amount brought forward $188 07
To George Hopkins
54 93
E. B. Wilbur .
21 40
Wm. O'Brien .
.
24 15
John Luddy
24 15
Owen King
24 15
James McAnaugh
56 34
Patrick Luddy
24 15
Timothy Murphy
21 15
Michael Hennessey
24 15
James Goshea
24 15
Patrick Fitzjerald
24 15
Patrick Carroll
17 58
Patrick Corbett
9 00
Michael Welch
14 28
Asa Bean
3 68
Philander Lambert
3 30
Daniel Lynch .
3 00
George Crosby
1 95
$565 73
Overdrawn
$65 73
Appropriation for memorial services
$50 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by the committee, C. R. Packard, C. T. Williams, and Curtis Eddy . .
$43 83
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for 1889 . $3,500 00
Appropriation for school repairs and supplies, 450 00
State School Fund 210 05
$4,160 05
21
There has been drawn from the
treasury for the support of schools . . $3,648 25
For repairs .
304 41
For supplies . 150 00
$4,102 66
Balance
$57 39
STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard
$104 50
William Britton .
72 00
Charles E. Churchill
72 00
William Crockett .
48 00
Lucius Dunbar
72 00
Patrick Dorgan
67 00
James P. Gallagher
67 00
Wm. H. Jennings
72 00
James H. Leonard
66 00
Charles E. Miller .
32 00
Charles T. Morse .
72 00
John A. Millett
67 00
Andrew W. Perkins
44 00
William B. Smith
45 00
Horace N. Weld .
54 00
Mary E. Alger
48 00
Mary E. Howard .
40 00
Elizabeth O. Packard
48 00
Mary J. Reeves .
48 00
Eliza F. Richardson
48 00
Clarisa K. Howland
12 00
Wm. A. Linnehan
36 00
Benj. F. Phillips .
18 00
Ellis R. Holbrook
18 00
Lucinda S. Lothrop
12 00
$1,282 50
22
MILITARY AID. UNDER CHAPTER 252, ACTS 1879.
Isaac H. Bates
$72 00
L. E. Hayward
96 00
Thomas Mason
36 00
Edward F. Hassett
18 00
David W. Tinkham
24 00
$246 00
Total amount paid for State and military aid . $1,528 50
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $700 00
C. R. Packard, auditor . $3 00
Frank Copeland, auditor 3 00
Chas. E. Tisdale, treasurer
150 00
George C. Howard, moderator 6 00
B. B. Howard, town clerk 8 90
George F. Logue, election offi- cer 1 20
F. S. Tisdale, school committee, 3 00
D. W. Gardner, constable . .
20 00
Lucius Dunbar, registrar 7 50
E. H. Keith, registrar 9 25
J. A. Fobes, registrar 3 00
Benjamin Perkins, school com-
mittee and truant officer 6 00 .
E. R. Holbrook, constable 7 00
J. A. Perkins, constable 25 00
Amount carried forward $252 85
23
Amount brought forward $252 85
M. K. Crosby, superintendent of schools 125 00
M. K. Crosby, clerk of school committee . 10 00
M. K. Crosby, distributing sup- plies . 15 00
Chas. R. Packard, town clerk 51 76
J. A. Shores, selectman, assess- or, etc. .
178 00
H. W. Howard, selectman, as- sessor, etc. ·
148 05
C. T. Williams, selectman, as- sessor, etc. ·
85 00
$866 46
Overdrawn
)
$166 46
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
-
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1889 . . $2,832 30
Town of Plymouth 43 20
Town of Dedham . 4 00
Balance of corporation tax 113 70
Borrowed of Brockton Savings Bank
2,000 00
Town of Plympton 123 50
E. B. Wilbur, auctioneer's license 2 00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar .
1,000 00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar .
. 1,000 00
Tax bills for 1889
. 14,858 29
Corporation tax
780 29
National Bank tax
517 85
State aid, Chapter 301 .
1,140 00
Military aid, Chapter 252
144 00
Town of Rehoboth 16 38
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