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South, 18.7 ; Matfield, 39.6.
Average attendance, 225.4
Average attendance per room, 25.04
Centre Grammar, 22.4; Centre Primary, 29.1 ;
North, 22.7; East, 18.6; Jerusalem, 25.3;
Cochesett Grammar, 36.2; Cochesett Primary, 18.7 ; South, 15.7 ; Matfield, 36.7.
Per cent. of average attendance, 91.2
Centre Grammar, 89.8; Centre Primary, 92.8 ;
North, 94.5; East, 92.5; Jerusalem, 95.4;
Cochesett Grammar, 95.9; Cochesett Primary, 92.4; South, 83.9; Matfield, 92.5.
Per cent. of average attendance in 1895, 92.9
Number of children in attendance over 15 years of age, 12
Number of children in attendance under 5 years of age, 4 Number of children in attendance between 8 and 14 yrs. 198 Number of visits made by truant officers, 12
Number of truants found, 1
Number of employment certificates granted, 5
I am able to report that our schools, at the present time, are in a fairly satisfactory condition. We retain as members of our teaching force seven teachers who were with us one year ago. The continued service of these teachers is having a marked influence for good upon their schools, bearing out
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my statement of a year ago that the best results are obtained by those teachers who, through long service, are thoroughly familiar with their pupils.
In my report of last year I spoke of the unsatisfactory re- sults obtained in writing. A close observation of our schools disclosed the necessity of a radical departure in system. So ingrained had the bad habits become by long practice, that great efforts to produce improvement along the old lines seemed to produce no effect.
Up to the beginning of last year, I had always been op. posed to the vertical system of writing, but examination into the results produced by the new system, caused me to change my views. I became convinced that a system supported by all the great medical societies of the world as one tending to check near sightedness and other eye troubles; a system that had been introduced into almost all European countries as Leing the most legible as well as the most rapid; a system that had been adopted in the foremost schools of this state and which was daily justifying its adoption, would be a good system for us to at least experiment with. The committee adopted my views and, in September, Hill's system of vertical writing was introduced. In the short space of fifteen weeks, more improvement has been made than in the whole of the previous year. Our pupils in the fourth grade now write better than did the pupils in the eighth grade at the close of the school year in June. I confidently expect that by the close of the year we shall be proud of the writing of our pupils.
I desire to call the attention of the committee to the advis- ability of better fitting our pupils for the work of the high school. In nearly all the towns of this section, as well as in every progressive community of the state, nine years of prep- aration are required for admission to the high school. This is, in my judgment, wise. I do not believe that the necessa- ry preparation can be had in less time. This conclusion has been reached after careful thought and is partially due to
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several conferences with the former principal of the high school, Mr. Willard.
The average ages of the last two entering classes at the high school were 14 years, 8 months, and 14 years, 5 months, respectively. The ages of the last two entering classes at the Brockton High School were 15 years, 4 months, and 15 years, 5 months; while the average ages of the last two entering classes at the Taunton High School were 15 years, 6 months, and 15 years, 10 months, respectively. Our pupils, as they have in the past entered the high school, have had no drill in square root, cube root, or mensuration ; they have had no training in book-keeping; and their knowledge of civics has been slight and fragmentary, I submit that it is unfair to expect our teachers to do in eight years what the majority of teachers find it difficult to do in nine ; and that it is. unfair to the pupils to send them to the high school with insufficient preparation and expect them, at immature ages, to successfully accomplish their work. I recommend that a ninth grade be established to pursue the following course of study.
Mathematics-Arithmetic:
Fall Term, Business Arithmetic,
Winter Term, Square Root.
Spring Term,
Cube Root. Mensuration. Bookkeeping-Single Entry.
Language. Technical Grammar, by topics. Much practice in Composition, taken in connection with other subjects. History. Fall Term, Review of United States History.
Winter Term,
Spring. Term. § Civics.
Geography. A thorough review,
Literature. The lives and works of .- Fall Term, Long-
fellow, Hawthorne. Winter Term, Whittier, Cooper. Spring Term, Bryant, Scott.
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NOTE .- The public library should be freely used. Each pupil should be required to read each term at least two books by the authors prescribed for that term. Daily class readings should be made from the books being read.
In my opinion the additional grade can be established without crowding our lower schools by not promoting from the primary schools at the end of the present year. If my proposal be adopted by the committee, it is my intention to make five grades in the primary schools and four in the gram- mar schools. It is your superintendent's earnest belief that the ninth year's work will be the most profitable in the course. Many of our pupils now leave school at the end of eight years without any training in the high school. I believe that the majority of those so leaving would remain for the additional year's work, and I also thoroughly believe that each child should have some training in the principles of gov- ernment, in bookkeeping, and in literature.
During the past term I have been giving much attention to the grading of our schools. The results of many tests and personal examinations have convinced me that many of our pupils are working in grades in which they find the work too difficult, while others are finding the work too easy. With the concurrence of the school committee, I shall, during the winter term, regrade our schools, and in my work I ask the hearty co-operation of the parents. Some children develop faster than others and should be pushed along a little faster through the grades. On the other hand there are children whose mental growth is rather slow. This is not their fault, and I do not believe that it is their misfortune, since it is often these slow-growing children that make the best minds after all. It is well, occasionally, for such children to take two years in a class. Oftentimes the children feel quite grieved at being thus compelled to take a year's work over again ; but if their parents would show them the right view of the matter, they would soon cheerfully accept the situa-
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tion. No child will be kept back for punishment or with a desire to do him an injury. The question is simply, what will do the child the most good ? It is reasonable to suppose that since pupils' minds are not all alike, if a course is fitted for the majority, it must be too hard for some and they must take more time to complete it. It would be unwise to foster any spirit of discouragement or discontent which might be felt by a pupil who failed to keep up with his class. The right thing to do is to encourage him to go vigorously about his work, resolved to come out finally as well as the best.
J desire to call the attention of the committee to the neces sity of refurnishing the Cochesett Grammar School room' The seats and desks in use in that room have seen constant service for forty-one years. In many instances the desks have been badly cut, while in others they have been rough- ened by improper usage. They no longer present a proper surface upon which to write. The standards of some of the desks have become rickety, and the backs of several chairs have been broken This condition of affairs has existed for many years and is in no wise attributable to the present man- agement of the school. Worse than all is the disparity of size between the seats and the children. There are but five sizes of seats in use in that room while many sizes of children are expected to occupy them. The result is that a sixty-inch boy is frequently crowded into a fifty-inch seat. Physicians tell us that much of the deformity seen in school children is directly traceable to the bad positions which they are obliged to assume during school hours. I recommend that the room be refurnished with Chandler adjustable chairs and desks during the spring vacation.
Under the skillful direction of Mr. Edmund F. Sawyer, our schools have made marked progress in music during the pres. ent year. In order that our townspeople may become better acquainted with Mr. Sawyer's work, the children of the
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schools will, upon some date to be announced hereafter, give a recital at the Town Hall.
In my last report I spoke of the movement, then just begun, to give additional state aid to the schools of the smaller towns. I call attention to the following circular and ask that all citizens of West Bridgewater who believe in the justice of the proposed measure, make personal appeals to our representative and senator to work and vote for its passage.
STATE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL BOARDS.
DEAR SIR :- You are doubtless aware of the movement to have the State take upon herself a part of the burden of supporting public schools. The justice of it is apparent from the fact that, while there is in the State an average of about $8000 of taxable property for every child that attends school a year, some cities and towns have from $15,000 to $40,000 per pupil and others less than $4000 or even $3000, per pupil. Hence a great inequality in tax rates for public education results, vary- ing from about one dollar on a thousand in the richer places to seven, eight and more in the poorer.
If the State can be brought to impose a general tax of, say, one dol- lar on the thousand, and to distribute the proceeds on some equitable basis as the average school attendance, it would be a great help to many places.
Your towns would gain annually about $3200.00; East Bridgewater, $1850.00; West Bridgewater, $725.00; Raynham, $640.00.
A responsible committee has been formed to press a bill to this effect in the present Legislature. What is needed is :
First, that you should see your representatives and senators, and urge their attention to this measure.
Second. that petitions should be sent in signed by school officers and as many citizens as possible, and that some one should be present at the hearings to represent you.
Rep. E. BURRILL PORTER, JR., Chairman of Committee.
J. W. MACDONALD, Secretary.
I close this report with a renewed feeling of deep obliga- tion to each member of the school committee for the courtesy, the helpfulness, and the friendly counsel which have been
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extended to me throughout the year. I desire to thank the teachers for their earnest co-operation ; and to the citizens I beg to express my appreciation of their assistance, and to assure them that their suggestions and complaints shall have my most earnest consideration.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE C. HOWARD, Superintendent of Schools.
WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASS., Jan. 15, 1897.
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The death of Mr Shores July 14, was a serious loss to our board and to all the educatianal interests of the community
To express some appreciation of his faithful service, the following action was taken by the committee :
Resolved, That in the death of Joseph A Shores, for ten years the chairman of the school committee of this town, West Bridgewater loses a citizen whose services can ill be spared ; whose knowledge of education was extended ; whose acquaintance with the condition and needs of our schools was thorough ; and whose counsel was always wise and helpful.
Resolved, That this testimonial be printed in the annual report of the committee, and that a copy of the same be sent to the family of our late associate.
The vacancy in the school board was filled for the re- mainder of this year by the unanimous election of Mrs Caro- line H Copeland at a joint meeting of the selectmen and school committee held in conformity to state law.
There is urgent need of new seats and desks in the gram- mar school room at Cochesett, and we therefore ask for a special appropriation to meet that expense.
For the support of schools, $3,600 00
repairs and incidentals, 300 00
text-books and supplies, 200 00
transportation of pupils. 275 00
new desks at Cochesett, 150 00
At the annual meeting it will be necessary to choose one member for one year and two members for three years.
Respectfully submitted,
A. S LELACHEUR.
M. K. CROSBY,
School
C H. COPELAND, W. H BOSWORTH,
Committee.
C. P. HOWARD,
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
--
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1898.
TAUNTON : PRINTED BY C. A. HACK & SON. 1898.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1898.
TAUNTON : PRINTED BY C. A. HACK & SON. 1898.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1897.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF POOR, AND ASSESSORS. E. BRADFORD WILBUR,
SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
CHARLES E. TISDALE.
TOWN CLERK. CHARLES R. PACKARD.
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. GEORGE M. PRATT. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MRS. M. K. CROSBY,
GEORGE C. HOWARD,
WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH,
CLINTON P. HOWARD, MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR, CAROLINE H. COPELAND.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHARLES R. PACKARD, MRS. CHARLOTTE A. WILLIAMS.
MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN, MISS EDITH F. HOWARD, JOSEPH C. HOWARD.
GEORGE C. HOWARD,
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
CONSTABLES.
DANIEL W. GARDNER, LOREN A. FLAGG,
LIONEL H. ADAMS,
BENJAMIN F. BROOKS,
DAVID R. SIMMONS. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. GEORGE M. PRATT. FIELD DRIVERS.
DANIEL W. GARDNER,
MICHAEL O'FALLON.
FENCE VIEWERS.
LOREN A. FLAGG,
S. G. COPELAND. MEASURERS OF LUMBER,
MOLBRY A. RIPLEY,
CLINTON P. HOWARD,
SAMUEL L. RYDER,
DANIEL B. DAVIS,
LINUS E. HAYWARD.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
FRANK H. JONES,
CHARLES E. TISDALE,
MALBOY A. RIPLEY,
J. E. RYDER,
DANIEL B. DAVIS,
EDWIN H. THAYER.
JAMES A. FOBES,
REGISTRARS. HORACE BARTLETT, CURTIS EDDY.
AUDITORS.
GEORGE F. LOGUE.
BENJAMIN B. HOWARD,
POUND KEEPER. WARDEN OF TOWN FARM. PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
MICHAEL LOGUE,
CLINTON P. HOWARD.
CLINTON P. HOWARD,
Annual Report of the Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Selectmen.
The following report of the financial condition of the town, January 1, 1898, is respectfully submitted :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION. As Assessed May 1, 1897.
Valuation of real estate,
$887,577.00
Value of personal estate, 123,102.00
$1,010,679.00
SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS.
Valuation of real estate,
$73,600.00
Valuation of personal estate,
134,141.00
$207,741.00
$1,218,420.00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax,
$700.00
County tax,
1,525.55
$2,225.55
Town grant,
$11,475.00
Overlay,
245.30
$11,720.30
$13,945.85
Subsequent tax,
2,700.64
Total tax,
$16,646.49
Rate of tax, $13.00 per $1,000. Poll tax, $2.00.
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Number of polls,
427
acres of land,
9,434
dwelling houses,
387
horses,
383
cows,
641
sheep,
32
swine,
143
young stock,
118
fowls,
1,220
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools,
$3,600.00
school supplies and repairs,
500.00
repairs of highways and sidewalks,
3,500.00
support of poor,
1,500.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
600.00
memorial service,
100.00
transportation of scholars,
275.00
school superintendent,
250.00
Cochesett cemetery,
100.00
Cochesett school,
150.00
$11,475.00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Value of New Almshouse and wood-house,
$5,000.00
town farm,
3,500.00
personal property,
2,569.00
eight school-houses,
12,300.00
town library,
2,500.00
derrick,
25.00
road scraper,
75.00
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, CHARLES E. TISDALE,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE JAN. 1st, 1898.
corn fodder,
$6.00
-30 tons of English hay, 450.00
40.00
5 tons meadow and swale hay, corn and other grain,
72.00
6 bushels beans,
9.00
13 cows,
550.00
1 horse,
75.00
·64 fowls,
48.00
9 bushels pop corn, fertilizer,
32.00
30 bushels potatoes,
24.00
30 bushels turnips,
7.50
1 bushel beets,
.50
800 pounds cabbage,
6.00
250 pounds pork,
15.00
75 pounds lard,
4.50
85 pounds butter,
20.00
21 barrels flour,
11.80
groceries and molasses,
20.00
150 pounds sugar,
8.00
tea and coffee,
6.50
3 pork barrels,
2.00
soap and oil,
5.50
hay knife,
1.00
express wagon,
30.00
step ladder,
1.00
corn sheller,
4.00
carpenter's tools,
7.00
60 pounds dried apples,
3.50
35 pounds rolled oats,
1.20
100 pounds hams and shoulders,
8.00
.550 pounds beef,
33.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,515.50
13.50
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$1,515.50
Amount brought forward, beef hide,
4.50
hay cutter,
4.00
4 stoves and hot water boiler,
60.00
2 grind stones,
6.00
wheel hoe,
6 00
household furniture,
216.00
tinware,
10.00
crockery, etc.,
20.00
3 churns,
6.00
wooden ware,
12.00
beds and bedding,
115.00
table linen and towels,
3.00
2 hay wagons.
45.00
1 covered wagon,
45.06.
2 tip carts,
50.00
1 pung,
8.00
harnesses,
30.00
3 ox yokes,
6.00
ox sled and wheelbarrow,
6.00
robes and blankets,
4.00
mowing machine, rake and tedder,
60.00
6 plows, 3 harrows, and other tools,
70.00
horse sled,
5.00
manure and ashes,
100.00
coal,
80.00
2 ladders,
3.00
washing machine,
8.00
wood and lumber,
66.00
5 bushels onions, 5.00
$2,569.00
Inventory January 1st, 1897,
2,453.80.
Gain in inventory,
$115.20
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand January 1st, 1897,
$51.61
Received for milk,
1,330.84
stock,
295.05
potatoes,
58.45
eggs and poultry, 34.60
vegetables,
45.33
grain bags,
.90
Drawn from the Treasury for
L. H. Adams,
16.69
L. G. Lowe & Son,
83.25
L. A. Flagg,
33.25
Browne & Logue,
7.14
E. H. Lothrop,
235.66
E. J. Bean,
233.33
$2,426.10
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
$61.96
meat,
87.82
grain,
365.78
coal,
82.29
butter, cheese,
81.07
medicine,
.60
fish,
7.18
clothing,
19.36
repairs,
53.41
labor,
210.02
seeds,
15 47
sugar,
38.92
fertilizer,
80 00
lumber,
4.90
furniture and bedding,
17.54
stock,
321.25
Amount carried forward,
$1,447.57
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Amount brought forward,
$1,447.57
Paid for tools and hardware,
65.49
cash to paupers,
2.50
tobacco,
12.39
smithwork,
17.44
tea and coffee,
21.40
groceries,
114.87
shoes,
13.55
stove and boiler,
50.00
warden's salary,
400.00
soap and oil,
12.56
ice,
8.34
salt,
3.60
crockery and tinware,
7.16
table linen, etc.,
7.30
insurance,
83.25
Cash on hand,
158.68
$2,426.10
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse account,
$609.32
Gain in inventory,
$115.20
Cash on hand,
158.68
$273.88
$335.44
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
WEEKS.
Edmund Alger,
84
48
Albert Staples,
55
52
Conn. Sullivan,
63
38
Geo. B. Randall,
71
52
Michael Ryan,
49
52
Ansel Alger,
70
21
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AGE.
WEEKS.
Sarah B. Howard,
65
52
Geo. L. Edson,
85
40
Philander Lambert,
48
3
Marinda Mason,
43
3
The warden during the year has lodged and fed 267 tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Geo. G. Hopkins,
$69.80
Philander Lambert,
1.00
Charles E. Miller, Jr.,
8.00
Ben. Conwell,
4.50
Harriet Packard,
25.00
Abagail Fadden.
39.00
Marinda Mason,
6.00
John Golden,
22.30
Nathaniel Pratt,
17.30
Mrs. E. J. Packard,
169.46
Geo. N. Blanchard,
4.00
John A. W. Alger,
21.05
John Robbin's child,
97.91
Arthur Harvey,
4.50
Mrs. Kinney,
64.00
Arthur P. Packard,
10.20
Anson E. Cobbitt,
29.06
Fred Leonard,
212.00
Merton Churchill's children,
130.00
George Dunbar's children,
156.00
Charles E. Fisher,
36.50
Frank Fadden's children,
97.50
Isaac H. Bates,
10.00
Joseph Golden,
6.00
Total cost,
$1,241.08
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Due from Plympton, for N. Pratt, $17.30
Raynham, Chas. E. Miller, Jr., 8.00
State, John Golden, 22.30
State, Joseph Golden, 6.00
Brockton, Isaac H. Bates, 10.00
Bridgewater, Ben. Conwall, 4.50
Easton, Geo. N. Blanchard, 4.00
$72.10
Cost to the town, $1,168.98
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, Overseers of
S. G. COPELAND,
CHARLES E. TISDALE, the Poor.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation, $600.00
Paid Henry Withington, care Monument Ground, $5.00
H. Withington, sawing wood for office, 2.50
Howard George, for fighting fire, 1.00
W. F. Whitmarsh, return of births, 2.00
S. G. Copeland, wood for office, 5.00
S. G. Copeland, for carting and setting town bounds, 4.00
J S. Sampson, for printing reports, 1897, 38.25
H. E. Weston, hall and office rent, 150.00
Geo. R. Drake, telephone,
.95
Henry L. King, aid to constables,
8.83
A. B. Hodges, aid to constables, 8.50
Jesse Case, aid to constables,
6.36
M. D. Jones, revolutionary markers,
21.00
E. E. Hobart, entering two petitions,
6.00
L. E. Hayward, care of old cemetery, 1.00
F. M. Bixby, counsel fees in O'Connor case, 20.00
Amount carried forward, $280.39
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Amount brought forward, $280.39
George M. Pratt, postal cards, 7.25
George M. Pratt, printing postals and bill heads, 5.88
Joseph Vosmus, care of cemetery, 3.30
R. O. Harris, counsel fees on Brockton boundary bill, Edson vs. Gould, Howard Fund Tax,
O'Connor case, expense in the same, 167.85
W. E. Fay, printing order books, warrants, etc., 43.50
John P. Lovell, constable's badges, 4.05
Collector of taxes for Thornell property, 20.89
Nelson Messer, for two stone bounds,
24 00
Presson West, carting gravel around town bound, 5.00
Howard Clark & Co., return of deaths, 1.00
C. L. McCann, return of deaths, .75.
Charles E. Leonard, wood for office, 3.00
Thomas Groom & Co., tax books, 2.75.
M. K. Crosby, horse hire, 5.21
Isaac H. Bates, fighting fires,
.80
Charles E. Miller, fighting fires,
.80
E. B. Wilbur, use of horse, postage, stationery, 44.30
$620.72
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$900.00
Paid David R. Simmons, inspector of cattle,
278.17
David R. Simmons, constables,
12.79
George S. Drake, auditor,
2.50
George F. Logue, auditor,
2.50
George F. Logue, election officer,
1.80
Amount carried forward, $297.76
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Amount brought forward,
$297.76
Charles H. Egan, election officer,
2.00
D. W. Gardner, constable, 119.47
L. A. Flagg, constable,
37.50
Horace Atwell, special constable,
2.50
Charles Von Gfug, special constable,
2.50
Horace Bartlett, registrar,
6.75
James A. Fobes, registrar,
7.80
Curtis Eddy, registrar,
5.40
M. K. Crosby, clerk of school committee, 10.00
A. C. Peckham, election officer, 1.50
C. R. Packard, town clerk, 59.99
C. E. Tisdale, selectman, assessor, overseer poor, 134.50
S. G. Copeland, selectman, assessor, overseer poor, 146.30
E. B. Wilbur, selectman, assessor, overseer poor, 281.00
$1,114.97
Due from state, one-half of
inspector's salary, $139.08
Received from police court, Brockton,
237.10
376.18
$738.79
STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard,
$72.00
Charles E. Churchill and wife, 96.00
William T. Britton, 72.00
William E. Cole and wife, 92.00
William Crockett and wife, 56.00
James P. Gallagher, 72.00
Amount carried forward, $460.00
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Amount brought forward,
$460.00
Linus E. Hayward and wife,
84.00
Henry Hiatt, 68.00
William H. Jennings,
72.00
James H. Leonard,
58.00
Isaac H. Bates,
56.00
Andrew W. Perkins,
72.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
72 00
George Wentworth,
32.00
Mary E. Alger,
48.00
Mary E. Howard,
40.00
Estella E. Howard,
48.00
Seth Edson,
48.00
Mary J. Reeves,
4.00
Hannah R. Stanley,
28.00
Ezekiel W. Chamberlain and wife,
48.00
William B. Smith,
60.00
James P. Lincoln,
48.00
Percy C. W. Vaughn,
15.00
Helen M. Bates,
4.00
Elizabeth F. Leonard,
48.00
Mary J. Reeves' burial,
35.00
$1,448.00
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury January 1st, 1897,
$4,865.61
Income from dog fund,
361.43
Income from school fund,
362.57
Amount carried forward, $5,589.61
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Amount brought forward,
$5,589.61
Town of Natick, 5.00
Balance of corporation tax,
19.20
Inspector of animals,
70.74
Police court of Brockton, fines,
237.10
Plymouth County Trust Co.,
4,000.00
C. F. Dunbar, butcher license,
1.00
E. P. Dunbar, butcher license,
1.00
Town of East Bridgewater, for school supt.,
145.83
R. O. Harris, state allowance and school supt., 916.67
State paupers,
14.28
Tax bills for 1897,
16,646.49
Corporation tax,
394.28
National Bank tax,
407.73
State aid,
1,557.00
Town of East Bridgewater, refunded music bill,
2.82
Interest of 1895 and 1896 taxes,
108.77
$30,117.52
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for state aid,
$1,448.00
Schools, repairs and supplies,
4,860.77
Schools, superintendent,
770.83
Schools, transportation,
355.58
Memorial,
100.00
Almshouse,
609.32
Cochesett Cemetery,
98.75
Library,
446.92
Highways,
3,508.57
Poor out of house,
1,241.08
Amount carried forward,
$13,439.82
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Amount brought forward,
$13,439.82
Incidentals, 620.72
Abatements,
89.01
Town officers,
1,114,97
County tax,
1,525.55
State tax,
700.00
Plymouth County Trust Co., note, int.,
4,147.00
Horatio Howard, note and interest, 1,567.50
State fine, 35.00
Cash and uncollected taxes,
6,877.95
$30,117.52
Condition of Treasury January, 1, 1898.
Cash on hand,
496.78
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
58.16
Uncollected taxes for 1896,
574.22
Uncollected taxe's for 1897,
5,748.79
$6,877.95
In obedience to the instructions of the town, the under- signed have examined the accounts of the selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1897. We find all orders drawn by the selectmen properly vouched for by receipted bills.
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