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Otis Drury.
78
10
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New Salem. Ireland.
Uramia.
Nov. 11
Robert Connors.
12
Lawrence O'Fallen.
18
6
20
West Bridgewater. Ireland.
Dec.
2
Anna Galvin.
38
4
10
Ireland.
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Jemima Howard.
96
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Raynham.
Bright's Disease.
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William Duggan.
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Ireland.
Consumption.
Names of Parents.
Zebulon and Susarnah Willis. Alpheus and Sally Howard. Stephen and Lydia Safford. Jonathan and Nancy Johnson. Isaac and Mary Willis. Reuben K. and Deborah C. Farris. James and Bridget Fitzgeraldl. John and Abigail Holines. Willis and Susan Alger. Obed and Nabby Drury. Morgan and Julia Conners. Robert and Mary O'Fallen.
John and Margaret Sherdan. Reuben and Jemima Hall. William and Mary Duggan.
JAMES HOWARD, Town Clerk.
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Bridget Murphy.
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West Bridgewater.
Apoplexy.
25
Mira Millett.
71
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West Bridgewater.
Old Age. Erysipelas.
North Bridgewater Yarmouth.
Paralysis. Embolism of Heart. Phthisis.
Cancer. Measles. Heart Disease. Phthisis Pulmo.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
By Section 8 of the 46th chapter of the general statutes, the school committee of each town is required to make an annual report, and in obedience to the law, the committee submit their report :
ORGANIZATION.
Joseph E. Ryder. Albert Copeland. Terms expire, 1884.
William A. Linehan, Marcus F. Delano.
Terms expire, 1885.
Lucius Dunbar. Ephriam T. Snell.
Terms expire, 1886.
The "board organized by the' choice of Lucius Dunbar as chairman, and Albert Copeland as secretary. The schools were assigned to the committee as follows :
Jerusalem to Mr. Linehan.
Cochesett to Mr. Delano.
71' Centre to Mr. Dunbar.
South to Mr. Snell.
East to Mr. Ryder .. North and North Centre to Mr. Copeland.
Chose J. A. Shores superintendent of schools.
Chose Messrs. Copeland, Ryder and Delano a committee on repairs.
Chose Messrs. Delano and Copeland truant officers.
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CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
The town at their annual meeting directed the committee to choose and employ a superintendent of schools, thus relieving the committee from the immediate supervision of the schools. The report of the superintendent, to which we call your attention, accompanies this report.
The committee elected and assigned teachers, as follows : Mary J. Young to the Jerusalem ; Adelia M. Delano to the Cochesett grammar; Irene S. Wood to the Cochesett primary; George W. Gardner to the Centre grammar; Edith Snell to the Centre primary ; Wealthy Holmes to the South primary ; Mary A. Dewyer to the South grammar; A. A. Frawley to the East; L. M. Toothaker to the North Center ; L. M. Swift to the North. All the teachers have had charge of the schools to which they were elected for the entire year, with the exception of Miss Delano, who resigned at the close of the summer term, Miss Wentworth succeeding her.
The work of the school's the past year has been characterized by smoothness and harmony unusual in the annals of school work; a fact which argues well for their efficiency. The attention of the committee has frequently been called to the subject of continuing two schools at the Centre. As the subject of how many schools the needs of the scholars require is confided entirely to the committee, as will be seen in the decision rendered by Chief Justice Shaw, and reported by Cushing, vol. 5, page 207 ; and is as follows : "There being no specific direction how many schools shall be organized, how many schools shall be kept, what shall be the qualifications for admission, the age at which children may enter, the age to which they may continue,-these must all be regulated by the commit- tee." The committee see no reason why the Centre Primary should be discontinued. The limits of the territory assigned to attend the South schools embraces forty-nine pupils, that assigned to the Cochesett schools embraces sixty-six pupils,
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that assigned to the Centre schools embraces sixty-three pupils, yet no one says a word about abolishing the South or Cochesett Primaries. One reason urged why the number of schools should be lessened, is that the Howard schools reduce the number of pupils attending the public schools, especially at the Centre, while the facts of the case are simply these. There are but thirteen scholars of lawful age, from this town, attending the Howard schools, divided among the schools as follows: five from the Centre, two each from Cochesett, North and South Centre, and one each from the East and South. The committee are of the opinion that there is equal reason for discontinuing either the school at the South and Cochesett as there is at the Centre, and we do not advise that either of the primary schools be discontinued.
Another fact to which we would call the attention of the voters of the town is the difference of cost of giving to pupils the facilities for obtaining an education in the different sections of the town. We cite the two extreme cases, Jerusalem and Beaver, which have twelve pupils each. The cost to the town at each place is as follows : the pupils at Beaver cost $126.36, or ten dollars and fifty- three cents each, while at Jerusalem the cost is $354.25, or twenty-nine dollars and fifty-two cents each. The committee suggest no remedy for this, but merely call attention to the matter, that some way may be devised to do justice to all parties, and reduce the expense to the town.
CONDITION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
The South houses have been repaired and painted outside and in, the East painted inside and half the roof shingled, the houses at the Centre both painted and renovated inside, and the black-boards throughout have been put in good condition. At Jerusalem, the well dug last year failed to be adequate to what was required of it, and was taken up and deepened. At the North a building has been constructed, giving ample room for the storage of
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,wood and for water-closets. On the whole we consider the property in better condition than was reported a year ago.
For the next year some considerable repairs are needed, and we estimate that the sum of four hundred dollars will be needed for that purpose, which is two hundred dollars less than was asked for last year. "
FINANCIAL REPORT.
Expenditures. 5:
Paid for teachers,
$2,906 00
fuel,
307 84
balance due East Bridgewater,
115 83
care of houses and incidentals,
110 00
$3,439 67
Receipts.
Town grant,
$3,000 00
Massachusetts school fund,
233 41
overdrawn from treasury,
206 26
$3,439 67
Repairs.
Expenditures,
$489 41
Receipts,
600 00
Balance in treasury,
$110 59 .
We recommend that the town raise the sum of $3,000 for the support of schools for the ensuing year, and $400 for repairs.
There were three hundred and seven scholars in the town on the first day of May last. Dr. Delano recently resigned
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his position as one of the Committee, and T. P. Ripley has been elected to fill the vacancy. The term of service to which Messrs. Ryder and Copeland were elected expires with the present school-year. Therefore there will be three members of the Committee to be elected at the next annual meeting of the town, one for one year, to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Delano, and two for three years.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
LUCIUS DUNBAR, E. T. SNELL, W. A. LINEHAN, School Committee.
J. E. RYDER, ALBERT COPELAND."
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Gentlemen of the School Committee :-
At the beginning of the school-year the teacher of the High school invited the advanced pupils in all of the schools to enter his preparatory class. Those whom he should find prepared were to begin the regular course of study in the fall, and the others were to remain in the preparatory class till next fall. Some from nearly all of the Grammar and Mixed schools accepted his invitation. This has made the schools smaller and apparently of a low grade, as their first class was in the High school. It has doubtless been an advantage to the pupils, for they could be better instructed together as one class than scattered in the several schools, one, two or three in a place. It was a relief to the other schools, the teachers had more time for the lower classes. A fair standard to enter the Howard school, rigidly adhered to, will greatly benefit all the schools, and when the teachers understand the requirements, their pupils will be well 're- pared. The standard of last spring can be easily reached. If it is much higher, the pupils will not at present be well fitted.
Eight of the schools have had the same teachers as last year, and have shown no very marked change. Some of them have gained in scholarship; a few have lost. Per- haps the advanced pupils are not equal to those who left the schools. Most of the teachers have constantly shown an unwearied zeal and patient labor, that must produce the best results.
There is no such thing as standing sti'l in the school room. It is either advance or recede. If the teacher-
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remits her efforts only for a day, the school may show it for several days in poorer discipline and recitations. It is dangerous for even the most successful teacher to settle down into a routine of work which never receives any stimulus from outside. No matter how gifted one may be, something can be learned from observing the ways of others, and those teachers are usually the best who are most eager to obtain fresh ideas from every source. Our schools differ very widely in scholarship, management and methods of instruction, and the teachers could learn much, either to imitate or avoid, by visiting each other's schools or the best schools in other towns. For real practical work and honest purpose some of our schools compared well with the best in the cities; but it would greatly benefit even the best teachers to visit other schools, as I am glad to say a few of them have done.
Permit me again to call your attention to the reading books. They have been so long in use that many of the pupils, especially in the mixed schools, know the pieces and can repeat them before they begin to use the book. They ought to changed or supplementary reading provided. Some towns have tried the daily papers. But to these there are many objections, besides the difficulty of finding reading suitable for all of the classes. Other towns have tried some of the magazines and papers printed for youth. S urgent has the demand for extra reading become that most publishers of reading books have provided reading matter in some form suitable to be used between the books of the regular series. The publishers of Monroe's books have an "advanced " series intended to supply this demand for supplementary reading. These may be purchased by the pupils or owned by the town and loaned to the schools.
Free-hand drawing has been very successfully taught in many of the schools, and is training the hand to execute, and the eye to discern, correct forms.
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Careful attention must be given to drawing and lessons in penmanship, to counteract slovenly habits of writing. The modern methods of teaching require a large amount of writing from all pupils, as soon as they are able to form" letters. These exercises must be performed rapidly with .: the thoughts fixed on the matter and not on the manner. If we require them to write slowly and with care, we lose in accuracy and rapidity of thought. I would increase rather than diminish the amount of writing, for a written exercise requires a better knowledge of any subject than an oral recitation. I see no way to correct poor penmanship except by very careful attention to free-hand drawing and writing lessons.
The teaching should embrace the correct way of holding the pen or pencil, position at the desk, rest and movement of the hand and arm, evenness of size, regularity of slope and general grace of formation. The effort must be to obtain a neat and plain hand that can be easily read.
Some years ago it was the custom to attribute the lack of definite or practical knowledge acquired in the schools to the use of text-books. Where text-books are now nearly or quite done away with, the complaints are frequently heard that the pupils have only vague ideas, nothing definite. "The children are amused, not taught to think." "The school room is a play-room not a work-shop." What is the trouble ? It is neither in the use of texts-books, nor in oral instruction, but in the teaching. We have attempted to combine text-books with oral instruction, with good success in some of the schools, but others have too much book or - rather, not enough oral instruction. It seems absolutely necessary where schools are constantly changing teachers, to have text-books containing such definitions and general principles as you wish the pupils to learn. These should be concise, and in precise, as well as clear, terms, in order that they may be perfectly comprehended ; and to me the well-studied definitions and statements of the books, the.
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work of the profoundest scholarship and best teaching, are much to be preferred to the indefiniteness of common oral instruction, or to the constant changes that would be made by successive teachers.
The book supplies the formulas that are to be indelibly impressed upon the mind of the pupil, but ought to be preceded, accompanied and followed by careful oral instruction. Many teachers do not realize how many times the same principle must be reiterated to be remembered, or in how many forms it must be presented to be under- stood by, or to become of any practical value to, a whole class. Nor should any subject, once understood, ever be forgotten through neglect, but practical exercises should be constantly given, so arranged as to keep before the pupil's mind all of the important principles that he has been over. This will tax the ingenuity of the best teachers, but it is the only teaching that will satisfy the demands made upon our school system.
Swinton's language series, introduced during the year, has answered all that we expected of it. Most of the schools are doing good work with it, and acquiring a practical knowledge of our language without hardly realizing that they are studying grammar. A few teachers, for some reason, have not followed the order of the books, but have attempted to teach orally subjects that further on in the books are given in much better form. It has been a failure, and the scholars have only vague ideas, that will soon be entirely forgotten. I am sure the series will be successful wherever used with proper combination of oral instruction, text-books and written exercises.
The order and discipline of the schools have been generally very satisfactory. No complaints have been made to me either by teachers or pupils. No one, however inexperienced he may be in school management, can enter some of the schools, without feeling the harmony between teacher and pupils, and being impressed with the
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thought that he is in a workshop, whose master mind is skilled in everything pertaining to her calling, and who can see and direct all in the room.
Most pupils are easily governed where the teacher realizes these two fundamental truths :- First, children are active and must be employed. If the teacher does not find proper and useful occupation for them they will find amusement for themselves.
Seeond, school discipline has a double object, to main- tain order and cultivate the moral nature of the pupils. Punishment should follow transgression, not because the teacher has been provoked, but that the character of the pupil may be better developed and that the principles of right and wrong, truth and falsehood, strictly upright conduct, obedience to law and a proper respect for the rights of others, may be deeply impressed upon his mind.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. SHORES,
Superintendent of Schools.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1885.
BROCKTON : G. A. GOODALL, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1885.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1885,
BROCKTON : G. A. GOODALL, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1885.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. HENRY COPELAND,
MOLBRY A. RIPLEY. SAMUEL H. HOWARD.
Town Clerk. BENJAMIN B. HOWARD.
Collector and Treasurer. CHARLES E. TISDALE.
School Committee.
ALBERT COPELAND, LUCIUS DUNBAR, JOSEPH E. RYDER,
EPIIRAIM T. SNELL, WILLIAM A. LINEHAN. FRANK TISDALE.
Library Committee.
CHARLES E. PACKARD, MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN, MISS HELEN MAGILL,
JAMES HOWARD, CURTIS EDDY, MRS. HENRY COPELAND.
Road Commissioners.
DAVIS COPELAND,
LINUS E. HAYWARD.
Registrars.
FRANCIS E. HOWARD.
J. Q. HARTWELL,
JAMES A. FORBES.
Constables.
LUCIUS DUNBAR,
WILLIAM LINEHAN,
GEORGE BURKE.
Special.
GEORGE T. SHAW,
WILLIAM A. COLE.
Auditors.
HORACE W. HOWARD.
BENJAMIN HOWARD,
E. BRADFORD WILBER,
Report of the Selectmen Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
THE Selectmen of West Bridgewater submit the Annual Re- port of the financial condition of the town, with the receipts and expenditures from Feb. 1, 1884, to Feb. 2, 1885.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION.
As Assessed May 1, 1884.
Value of real estate,
$752,554 00
personal property,
190,579 00
Total,
$943,133 00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax,
$1,120 00
County tax,
901 60
Town grant,
9,150 00
Overlaying on taxes,
101 86
Total tax,
$11,273 46
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Rate of tax, $11.00 per $1,000. Poll tax,-males, $2,00; females, 50c.
Number of polls, 451
dwelling-houses taxed,
362
acres of land,
9,826
horses,
303
cows,
498
sheep, 82
Number of dogs licensed, 133.
122 males at $2.00 each, $244
11 females, at $5.00 each,
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$299
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools,
$3,000 00
school repairs,
400 00
repairs on highways,
2,500 00
new roads,
500 00
town officers,
700 00
town incidentals,
600 00
old cemeteries,
50 00
public lectures,
100 00
support of poor,
1,300 00
$9,150 00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Value of town farm,
$4,100 00
personal property,
2,144 66
nine school-houses,
11,700 00
town library,
HENRY COPELAND, Selectmen MOLBRY RIPLEY. and
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, ) Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY OF ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 2, 1885.
1 horse,
$140 00
7 cows, 280 00
2 young stock,
50 00
2 oxen,
185 00
3 swine,
30 00
80 fowls.
62 00
10 tons English hay,
200 00
8 tons meadow hay,
80 00
2 1-2 tons oat fodder, 37 50
2 tons Hungarian,
34 00
corn fodder.
5 00
shorts and meal,
6 00
30 bushels corn,
30 00
9 .. beans,
18 00
60 potatoes,
45 00
7 beets and parsnips,
5 00
cabbages,
10 00
6 bushels carrots.
2 00
3 onions, 2 00
12 turnips, 6 00
mackerel,
1 00
50 lbs. cod fish,
2 00
100 " beef,
8 00
200 pork,
20 00
150 shoulders and hams,
18 00
80 lard, 9 60
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66 butter.
10 56
crackers,
1 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,297 66
6
Amount brought forward.
$1,297 66
flour,
9 75
salt,
75
groceries,
12 00
1 ton coal, soap,
2 00
5 meat barrels,
3 00
6 stoves,
40 00
1 bureau, 20 chairs, 4 tables, 8 bedsteads, 45 00
tin ware and pails, 10 00
crockery and stone ware,
30 00
glass ware,
3 00
3 churns, 10 00
butter trays and wooden ware,
15 00
beds and bedding,
75 00
table linen and towels,
10 00
steelyards, -
1 00
2 tip carts.
75 00
2 hay carts,
40 00
1 express wagon,
85 00
1 pung,
15 00
1 cart harness,
8 00
2 light harnesses,
20 00
robes and blankets,
22 00
sled and drag, wheel-barrow,
5 00
3 ox yokes, 8 00
mowing machine, rake and harrow,
85 00
farming tools, 65 00
32 00
manure,
100 00
ashes,
6 00
2 barrels hen manure,
1 00
$2,144 66
7 00
boards and shingles,
6 50
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EXPENDITURES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for stock,
$220 00
grain,
388 00
grass and garden seeds,
25 02
groteries,
180 47
flour,
62 25
meat,
82 54
fish,
16 69
blacksmithing,
19 31
labor in and out of house,
173 35
boots and shoes,
18 81
dry goods,
49 64
difference in wagons,
60 00
robe,
12 50
white washing,
13 00
coal,
6 50
curing hams,
3 80
tools,
8 20
drain tile,
15 00
wood,
10 75
crackers,
7 25
clock,
2 75
tin and other ware,
8 65
churn.
6 50
snuff and tobacco,
10 00
stove,
2 00
butchering,
3 50
use of stock,
4 00
soap,
9 25
furniture,
7 50
lime,
1 95
sundries,
8 70
Amount carried forward,
$1,437 88
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Amount brought forward. Paid for fertilizer,
$1,437 88
84 77
160 00
cash from treasury, warden's salary,
300 00
Total expenditures during the year,
$1,982 65
Total receipts during the year,
1,378 16
Total expense in house,
$604 49
Total expense of poor out of house,
680 94
Total expense of poor,
$1,285 43
Appropriation,
1,300 00
NAMES OF PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR 1884.
Galen Howard, age 78,
52 weeks.
Mrs. Fadden, 56, 52
Michael Ryan, 37,
52
Albert Staples, 42,
52
Esrom Morse, 10, ..
52
Mary A. Morse, " 8.
52
Joseph Morse, " 60,
82
Mrs. Jos. Morse, “ 70,
82
Willie Morse, 10.
82 66
Frank Fadden, “ 28,
72
Average number during the year, 62. Average cost per week, $1.75₺.
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
James C. Leighton, Warden from Feb., 1884, to Feb., 1885.
Received for stock,
$374 00
butter,
139 60
milk.
180 48
eggs,
82 16
poultry.
48 55
pigs,
31 00
pork,
10 40
calves,
38 50
hay,
57 25
vegetables,
53 15
labor off farm,
65 25
lumber,
9 00
tramps,
25 00
attending with hearse,
14 00
Cash on hand,
62 37
Increase in inventory,
187 45
$1,378 16
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Aid to Mrs. Richardson,
$31 21
Mrs. McDonald, coal,
4 25
Condrick family, coal.
4 25
Joseph Morse,
5 00
Cornelius Sullivan,
24 00
Richard Fraher,
32 00
Ebenezer Whitmarsh,
8 70
Frank Fadden's family,
29 00
Amount carried forward,
$138 41
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Amount brought forward,
$138 41
Aid to G. W. Wild, 10 00
Fred Leonard, 111 50
William Durgan, coal, 7 50
William Doven, supplies,
9 00
Paid to City of Taunton, for Joseph Morse and Harvey families, 66 51
Taunton lunatic asylum,
182 96
N. Washburn, of Bridgewater, for aid,
2 00
City of Brockton, for Catherine Cook, care and burial, 26 50
City of Brockton, for Daniel Eaton and family, 10 25
Dr. J. C. Swan,
5 00
Dr. E. E. Dean,
99 00
Shaw & Rice, supplies for poor,
3 31
Aid to Martha Conwall, wood and physician, 9 00
Total paid, $680 94
Due from Bridgewater, for M. Conwall, for 1883, $35 94
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". 1884, 9 00
Braintree, for Mrs. Mansfield, for 1883, 86 11
Total due, $131 05
The contested case between West Bridgewater and Ware- ham, as to the settlement of George Frye, has been decided in favor of West Bridgewater.
The Overseers of the Poor wish to call attention to the con- dition of the almshouse, which is very much out of repair, and does not meet the necessities of the inmates ; it being very difficult to make it comfortably warm, without incurring danger
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from fire. The overseers recommend that the expediency of building a new house or thoroughly repairing the present one be at once considered. There are now twelve inmates at the house, and with the different conditions of so mixed a family it is only with a heavy outlay of fuel that they can be made com- fortable. The farm has been gradually improving, and is now in a very good condition. Under the kindly and considerate management of the warden and his wife our poor have a good home, and the products of the farm are turned to good account.
HENRY COPELAND, MOLBRY A. RIPLEY, SAMUEL H. HOWARD. the Poor.
Overseers of
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
TOWN OFFICERS.
H. W. Howard, as auditor, $1 50
C. E. Tisdale, as auditor, 2 00
J. A. Shores, superintendent of schools, 128 50
James Howard, collector, 150 00
James Howard, town clerk, 3 79
William A. Linehan, constable,
13 75
William A. Linehan, school committee,
7 25
Lucius Dunbar, school committee and constable,
11 00
George Burke, constable,
9 00
William A. Cole, constable,
7 00
George T. Shaw, constable,
7 50
Albert Copeland, school committee,
69 96
J. Q. Hartwell, registrar.
12 50
James A. Forbes, registrar,
3 40
Henry Copeland, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor, 195 00
Molbry A. Ripley, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor, 90 00
Samuel H. Howard, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor, 49 00
Ephraim T. Snell, school committee, 4 00
Amount expended, $765 15
Appropriation for 1884, 700 00
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INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Samuel D. Bartlett, tolling bell, $8 00
Clinton P. Howard, town hall,
75 00
William H. JJennings, justice of the peace, 10 37
George T. Shaw, tolling bell,
3 50
Daniel Perkins, for office rent,
18 00
A. T. Jones, printing reports,
69 00
H. J. Fuller, of Taunton, counsel for W. Bridgewater, in Frye case, 50 00
Edward Hayward, gravel,
102 00
H. Webb, care of monument ground, 8 00
Patrick O'Connors, fires,
3 00
Ansel Alger, fires,
14 00
Thomas Drohan, constable, Brockton, employed by selectmen, 13 60
Henry A. Davis,
9 60
Dr. J. H. Averill,
2 00
Henry B. Pierce, book and express,
1 40
Patrick Cashion, gravel,
12 87
George R. Drake,
2 20
Loring A. Flagg, moving safes,
8 00
Connolly & Leonard, printing,
14 50
G. A. Goodall, printing,
4 75
Henry Copeland, travelling expenses, horse hire, &c.,
65 50
Molbry A. Ripley,
26 77
C. E. Tisdale,
12 00
W. A. Reed, counsel fee,
3 00
Road Commissioners, gravel,
37 66
Amount expended,
$574 72
Appropriation for 1884, 600 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for highways, for 1884, $2,500 00
Appropriation for new roads, for 1884, 500 00
$3,000 00
There has been drawn from the treasury for high-
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