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ART. 10. To see it the town will elect its Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor for one, two and three years. (By request.)
ART. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the purchase of a stone crusher and power. (By request.)
ART. 13. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in ref- erence to building a new almshouse. (By request.)
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to adopt the pro- visions of Chapter 51 of the Revised Statutes in relation to abutters paying betterments.
ART. 16. To see if the town will instruct the Road Commissioners to lay out a street, from West street through land owned by Sullivan Bros., and land owned by D. R. Sim- mons and others to High street. (By request.)
ART. 17. To see if the town will instruct its collector to collect all poll taxes where there is no property tax, on or before September 15th.
ART. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the repair of Osier street. (By request. )
ART. 19. To see if the town will instruct the Road Commissioners to contract with the Brockton Electric Light Company for five years to light North Main street, from Brockton line to Gerry's Corner; Copeland avenue and Copeland street, from Brockton line to North Centre school, and make appropriations for the same. (By petition.)
ART. 20. To see if the town will instruct the Road Commissioners to contract with the Brockton Electric Light Company for five years to light the centre of the town from the depot to R. C. Bennett's, and from the depot to Benjamin
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Howard's, and from G. R. Drake's to C. T. Morse's; also Cochesett village, from E. Tisdale's to C. T. Williams', and from Centre street to the depot. (By request.)
ART. 21. To see if the town will instruct the School Committee to provide conveyance and pay car fare to and from the Howard Seminary for town pupils attending the same. (By petition.)
ART. 22. To see if the town will accept Holmes street and Millett street, as laid out by the Road Commissioners, and appropriate money for building the same. (By request.)
ART. 23. To see if the town will raise one thousand dollars ($1,000) to repair the Almshouse. (By request.)
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise money to pur- chase a piano for the High School. (By request.)
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise money to furnish the town scholars attending the High School with the whole or any part of their supplies. (By request.)
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to sell the unoc- cupied building formerly used by the South School. (By request.)
ART. 27. 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 Bridgwater, this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
JOSEPH A. SHORES, HORACE W. HOWARD, CHARLES T. WILLIAMS,
Selectmen of West Bridgewater.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
At the beginning of the school year of 1890-91 the fol- lowing were members of the committee :
Mrs. A. S. LELACHEUR and B. PERKINS, for three years. J. A. SHORES and Mrs. M. K. CROSBY, for two years. F. S. TISDALE and C. T. HOWARD, for one year.
The organization for the year was as follows:
J. A. SHORES, Chairman.
M. K. CROSBY, Secretary.
F. S. TISDALE and B. PERKINS, Committee on Repairs. B. PERKINS and C. T. HOWARD, Truant Officers.
The schools were assigned as follows :
North and North Center to Mr. Perkins.
Cochesett to Mr. Tisdale.
Centre to Mrs. LeLacheur. South to Mr. Shores.
East and Matfield to Mrs. Crosby. Jerusalem to Mr. Howard.
To J. A. Shores, A. S. LeLacheur and M. K. Crosby was assigned the examination of teachers selected to fill va- cancies.
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
TEACHER'S REPORT.
Paid Miss A. M. Hayward,
20 weeks,
$180.00
Miss L. W. Copeland,
26
260.00
Miss G. A. Stone,
8
80.00
66 Miss L. Allen,
330.00
Miss I. S. Wood,
340.00
Miss C. C. Brown,
14
126.00
Miss L. V. Wesel,
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66
340.00
Miss W. A. Holmes,
34
66
340.00
Miss A. A. Frawley,
14
66
140.00
Miss M. M. Ballou,
20
200.00
Miss M. A. Dewyer,
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340.00
Miss M. C. Keith,
34
66
306.00
Mrs. L. M. Toothaker,
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340.00
$3,322.00
JANITORS' DEPARTMENT.
Paid for Jerusalem,
$11.00
Cochesett,
22.00
Centre,
23.00
South,
12.00
East,
12.00
Matfield,
12.00
North,
12.00
North Centre,
12.00
$116.00
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FUEL DEPARTMENT.
Paid L. E. & E. Copeland, 2 cords oak wood and labor, $12.50
C. Keene, labor on wood, 12.75
6.75
Gillespie Bros., 52 cords oak wood and labor, 66 14 cords pine wood, etc.,
8.88
F. J. Hambly, ¿ cord pine wood,
2.00
W. Penpraise, labor on wood,
3.75
C. H. Morrison, labor on wood,
.75
E. T. Snell, 7 cords oak wood, 35.00 66 66 2 cords pine wood, 8.00
Owen King, labor on wood, 24.00
H. Bartlett, 1 cord of oak wood, 5.50
P. K. Bacon, 1 cord pine wood and labor, 6.00
Mrs. H. Copeland, 3 cords oak wood and labor, 21.00
Mrs. H. Copeland, 1 cord pine wood, etc., 6.00
J. E. Ryder, 4 cords hard wood, 20.00
M. K. Crosby, 1 cord pine wood,
4.00
$218.51
Expenditures.
Teachers' wages,
$3,322.00
Fuel,
218.51
Janitors,
116.00
Balance,
59.36
$3,715.87
Receipts.
Town grant,
$3,500.00
Income of Massachusetts school fund,
215.87
#3,715.87
G. J. Kingman, labor on wood,
41.63
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DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS.
General Repairs and Incidentals.
Paid G. R. Drake, painters' stock,
$19.12
C. P. Hilstrum, labor and stock, 37.10
C. Thayer, labor and stock for moulding boards, 12.70
Alger's express, 5.20
F. W. Howard, repairs on fence and pump,
10.96
B. H. Waugh, labor,
27.45
66
stock and carting,
14.45
66
mason work and carting,
36.59
Albert Copeland, labor at Matfield and stock,
24.87
74.38
10.75
66
blackboard dressing,
13.75
Five maps of Massachusetts,
25.00
Small supplies for repairs,
1.65
Clearing at Centre after repairs,
2.75
$316.72
Small Repairs, Furnishings and Cleaning.
Jerusalem,
$6.90
Cochesett,
8.62
South,
3.17
Centre,
14.73
East,
3.75
Matfield.
4.55
North,
4.28
North Centre,
2.45
$48.45
Whole amount of repairs,
$365.17
Town grant,
300.00
Deficiency,
$65.17
66
labor,
66
stock,
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The school census, taken for May 1, 1890, by the com- mittee, gave 272 children in town between five and fifteen years of age. Of these 225 were in the common schools, 4 in the Howard school, 3 in parochial schools, 11 (7 of these over 14 years) at work, 4 sick, 19 young and not yet in school, and 6 out for other reasons.
The provision made for cases of habitual truancy was the same as that for the last three years.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1891-92.
SPRING TERM, 14 weeks. March 2 to June 12, 1891. Recess. Fast Day week. FALL TERM, 12 weeks. Sept. 1 to Nov. 20, 1891.
WINTER TERM, 8 weeks. Nov. 30 to Jan. 29, 1892. Recess. Christmas week.
If changes in this calendar are called for in special cases, they will be arranged by the proper officials.
It has been thought advisable to shorten the afternoon ses- sions of our schools and thus conform to the custom now fully established in the large towns, as well as in many of the smaller ones of the state.
When making preparations to repair what appeared to be only a small break in the plastering at the Centre Grammar building, it was found that the whole ceiling was ready to fall without warning.
The expense of removing this danger and of putting the room into presentable condition by repainting, will account for a deficiency in the repair department.
An official inspection of some of our school buildings in March, was followed by the receipt of an order requiring changes in the grammar building at the Centre, some of which were made in the summer.
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In August the new deputy inspector, by request of the School Committee, met them at the building designated, and as the result of this conference we received permission to make arrangements for better ventilation in some room of less capacity than the one first examined, and also to post- pone the work until the season of 1891, when it must be completed.
To provide for the change required, it will be seen that we ask for an increased sum nnder general repairs.
We have renewed the application for permission to sell the unoccupied school house in the South district, as the larger building affords ample accomodation for more pupils than the school is likely to number for many years.
During this year the South and Matfield buildings have had outside painting, and the schoolhouses in the East and Cochesett districts, will require like attention the coming year.
The appropriations recommended for this year are these :
For the support of schools, $3,500.00
For furnishings and repairs, 450.00
For text-books and supplies, 150.00
Two members are to be chosen upon the School Board for three years, at the annual town meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. SHORES,
M. K. CROSBY,
A. S. LELACHEUR, School Committee.
F. S. TISDALE,
B. PERKINS,
WEST BRIDGWATER, Feb. 1, 1891.
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SCHOOLS.
Length in weeks.
Scholars enrolled.
ship.
Average member-
Average attendance.
Not absent or tardy.
Over fifteen years.
Less than five years.
Wages per month.
SPRING TERM.
---
North
14
24
21.35
20.9
10
3
2
36
North Centre.
15
20
19.2
18.
0
1
1
40
Cochesett Grammar
13
19
16.
11.9
2
2
0
40
Cochesett Primary .
13
27
26.
18.8
0
0
0
40
Jerusalem
14
30
27.2
23.5
1
0
0
40
South
12
30
24.83
20.18
0
0
0
36
Centre Grammar.
12
22
18.4
16.4
0
0
0
40
Centre Primary.
12
23
22.8
20.3
0
0
40
East.
12
31
27.
25.9
7
1
0
40
Matfield
12
25
23.8
22.13
0
2
0
40
North
12
30
19.9
19.4
6
0
0
36
North Centre.
12
28
22.6
20.24
1
1
1
40
Cochesett Grammar
12
23
20.
18.4
4
2
0
40
Cochesett Primary
12
26
24,5
20.7
4
()
0
40
( Jerusalem.
12
32
30.7
26.
1
0
1
40
( South.
8
27
24.12
20.2
0
0
0
36
Centre Grammar.
8
18
17.7
15.5
1
1
0
40
Centre Primary.
8
21
20.9
19.1
0
0
0
40
East
8
28
26.5
24.5
6
1
40
Matfield
8
24
22.
19.
1
2
()
40
North
8
26
22.5
17.7
3
()
0
36
North Centre.
7
22
20.8
18.8
2
0
1
40
Cochesett Grammar
9
21
20.25
16.76
3
2
0
40
Cochesett Primary
9
21
24.
20.2
0
0
0
40
Jerusalem.
8
31
28.8
19.7
6
0
0
40
South
14
28
24.5
22.53
4
0
0 $40
Centre Grammar.
14
25
23.3
20.7
0
0
0
40
Centre Primary.
14
22
20.64
19.4
0
0
0
36
East ..
14
31
30.
27.8
8
2
0
40
Matfield
14
22
18.36
16.33
0
1
1
40
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FALL TERM.
----
WINFER TERM.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The schools entrusted to my care for the year just closing have continued work according to the plan explained in pre- vious reports.
This plan conforms as far as practicable to the schedule proposed by the state officials for ungraded schools, and it covers the period beginning with admission to the primary class and ending with preparation for high school work.
It should be constantly kept in mind by pupils and their friends that to obtain satisfactory preparation for promotion, pupils must be regular in attendance and diligent in study, throughout their school life.
In selecting school supples, advantage has been taken of improved means for illustrating and making attractive the subjects of study.
The different grades have been provided with a variety of fresh and interesting reading for class use, and the teachers' have been urged to give frequent and regular exercises in voice training.
The Calisthenics or physical exercises practised in most of our schools have a direct influence for good upon the voices of the pupils in reading and singing.
A few wall maps of Massachusetts have been purchased and arrangements made for each school to use one for half of the year.
Several teachers have made excellent use in teaching geography, of the moulding board with which each school is furnished. It is a pleasant surprise to most visitors, and always a delight to the pupils, to see mountain ranges,
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plateaus and plains, rapidly appear in damp sand within a country outlined upon the board, and the great value of this method of studying the surface of any country cannot be questioned.
More attention has been given to rapid map drawing with good results.
There is, perhaps, no other school study that affords such scope for ingenuity and special genius, as geography, and teachers can achieve success in this branch only by an enthusiastic use of their powers, natural and acquired.
The earlier afternoon dismission adopted by the school board, permits the substitution of a brief recess in place of the longer one previously given, without endangering the health of the children, and it lessens the opportunities for physical and moral injury that so often attend the inter- mingling of the young during the periods of recess and inter- mission at school.
With the crowded programs of our ungraded schools, the teachers often find great advantage in retaining one or more classes for undisturbed study and recitation after the main portion of the school has been dismissed.
A change of teachers occurred at the close of the summer term, in three schools.
Miss Frawley of the East school felt obliged, on account of ill health, to give up the position she had most ably and successfully filled for several years.
Miss Mollie M. Ballou a pupil from the Worcester Normal school, took the vacant place with an understanding that the previous teacher might return to it after an absence of one term; but before the term closed, finding her health greatly improved by the respite, Miss Frawley accepted a position in the schools of Malden.
Miss Ballou has continued in this school giving good sat- isfaction by her tact and ability.
Miss Brown withdrew from the Centre primary school, which she entered more than two years ago, without
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experience in teaching, but with a spirit of devotion to her work that gave promise of the good degree of success she attained in the school.
Miss W. A. Holmes at her own request, was transferred from the South school to the vacancy at the Centre. It is fortunate for our town that we have not lost the valuable services of Miss Holmes, in her seeking a change from long continued and devoted labor in the South district.
The pupils of both the South and East schools deserve praise for the cordial and helpful spirit with which they re- ceived the successors of their much loved teachers. No stronger testimony could be given by them to the permanent value of the work of those teachers.
Miss Alice M. Hayward, a graduate of the Normal school at Bridgewater, who succeeded Miss Holmes in the South school, has spared no effort to maintain the previous good standing of that school in deportment and study, and her diligent labor has been attended with good results.
After the Thanksgiving recess, Miss Georgie A. Stone, of Easton, took charge of the Jerusalem school (leaving a good position in the schools of Athol for this purpose), in place of Miss Copeland who resigned to secure for herself much needed rest.
At the time Miss Copeland entered upon her duties, the school numbered but fifteen, while at her leaving, after more than two years of faithful work, its enrollment was thirty-two.
This unexpected increase, together with quite irregular attendance from various causes, made the work of the teacher far more arduous than was anticipated.
Miss Stone has, by her earnestness and vigor, maintained good order and secured a satisfactory amount of study from the pupils that have been present, but the attendance through the winter has been very small, owing to the weather and sickness.
It is to be hoped that the next term will open with full
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numbers, and that the register will show few absences for the whole year.
It should be said for our teachers in general, that their fidelity and zeal call for appreciative thanks and cordial co- operation from the community, whose welfare is most closely connected with the prosperity of our public schools.
Removals to and from the town continue to disturb the regularity of school work.
Whole number of pupils enrolled for the year, 295
Number that have left town, 24
Number that have moved into town, 30
By a law enacted in 1889 the time of yearly school at- tendance has been extended to thirty weeks, and the penalty for neglect of this law
" Is a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, forfeit to the use of the public schools of the city or town."
During the year eight "age and schooling certificates " have been issued to children, all of whom were above four- teen years of age and had complied with the conditions im- posed by the law.
The next examination for entrance to the Howard High School will be in June.
The requirements for admission to regular standing remain the same as last year, including the testimonial that appli- cants are expected to present from their recent teachers, showing good deportment and earnestness in study.
The last class admitted numbered 11, and its members have, by faithful work and regular and punctual attendance, met the approval of their teachers in the school.
The total membership of the High school from January, 1890, has been 35, and the attendance since last September 95.89 per cent.
Irregular attendance on the part of a few pupils has brought the per cent. below the high standard that the best
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scholarship demands. In all schools it is generally the pupils most in need of school-room instruction who have frequent and inexcusable absences.
In our common schools some allowance has to be made for the distance that many of the young children live from the school-house.
Ventilation and sanitation have been brought prominently before the school authorities, as will be seen in the report of the committee.
Attention to these important subjects has not been neglected in our schools, but with the imperfect arrange- ments and means at command, it is impossible to reach the standard demanded by the laws of health as well as by the statutes.
The annual report of the Chief Inspector of Factories, Public Buildings, etc., says, with great truth :
" In many school-rooms the average purity of the air would be raised if the teachers should insist that their scholars should be cleanly in their persons and clothing." :
But can they insist ? Not until our legislators provide, by law, for an inspection of the homes of the pupils and require bath-rooms and laundries connected with school-houses.
No teacher should be in charge of a school who is not actively alive to the necessity of cleanliness and pure air for the best development of both body and mind.
Proper ventilation requires the constant removal of the foul air with the introduction of an equal amount of pure air.
It is unnecessary to urge the absolute need of a large and constant supply of pure air for the preservation of health, but it is difficult to secure this supply amid the varying cir- cumstances of daily life.
One important step will be gained when children can breathe reasonably clean, fresh air while in school.
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Outdoor air contains about four parts of carbonic acid gas in ten thousand parts of air, and if the quantity is in- creased to eight parts the air is made unfit for continued breathing.
Good authorities give thirty cubic feet of air per minute as the smallest amount that should be furnished each person, and fifty feet is preferable. The short time in which fifty persons would vitiate the air of a good-sized school-room can readily be calculated.
The report alluded to contains records of a large num- ber of observations made to ascertain the fitness of the air for respiration in school buildings warmed by the old me- thods and also in those heated and ventilated by the differ- ent improved systems.
The new systems are fully described and illustrated, and statements from a host of school officials and teachers are quoted, bearing testimony to the beneficial effects that have followed the adoption of the new appliances.
The only method yet presented that seems applicable to single school rooms is that of the jacketed stove.
It is claimed for this that "When the conditions of suc- cess are observed, it is possible to secure perfect, or nearly perfect, ventilation."
The heat is all saved by having the stove in the room. The jacket protects those sitting near from an excess of heat. A large amount of moderately heated air is furnish- ed, the air being admitted from outside the building to the space within the jacket and there heated before it is distrib- buted throughout the room. All parts of the room are equally warmed by this method and the teacher can readily supervise the whole apparatus.
An ample ventilating shaft sufficiently warmed to secure the outward passage of the foul air must accompany this stove.
After the first expense of introduction the cost is not greatly in excess of former methods of heating.
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There can be no reason to doubt that the town will now, as in the past, accede to all reasonable suggestions or re- quirements for the improvement of its public schools.
Every intelligent, public spirited citizen must desire to have our schools share in the advantages and progress that characterize the present age.
Respectfully submitted,
MARTHA K. CROSBY.
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1890-91.
REPORT OF THE AGENT FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
The town appropriation for school supplies has been ex- pended as follows :
To the Thorp & Adams Manufacturing Company, paper, pencils, pens and other supplies, $50.19
Harper & Bros., copy books and spelling blanks, 14.67
Interstate Publishing Company, readers, 9.81
D. Appleton & Co., readers and histories, 15.59
Ivison, Blakeman & Company, spellers and geographies, 43.42
William Ware & Co., arithmetics, 6.25
J. B. Lippincott & Co., dictionaries, 6.60
Prang Educational Co., drawing supplies,
2.15
Postage,
2.58
$151.26
Inventory of stock on hand January 31, 1890,
$20.53
Amount drawn from town treasury, 150.00
Cash received for books,
1.26
$171.79
Inventory of new stock on hand Jan. 31, 1891,
$19.99
Supplies furnished schools, 151.80
$171.79
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Inventory of new supplies on hand, Jan. 31, 1891.
10 spellers, $1.67
152 dozen copy-books,
12.40
3 dozen composition books,
1.00
1 dozen drawing books,
1.50
Miscellaneous.
Pens, pencils, crayons and erasers,
3.42
$19.99
The text books kept by the agent after their first use in schools, to be in readiness for transfer to other schools, are not included in the inventory.
The average number of pupils enrolled in the schools is 254; the cost of supplies provided by the town has been $151.80, or 59.7 cents per scholar.
Respectfully submitted,
M. K. CROSBY.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1892.
TAUNTON : PRINTED BY C. A. HACK & SON. 1892.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1892.
TAUNTON : PRINTED BY C. A. HACK & SON. 1892.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1891.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND ASSESSORS. JOSEPH A. SHORES, E. BRADFORD WILBUR,
HORACE W. HOWARD. TOWN CLERK. CHARLES R. PACKARD. COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. CHARLES E. TISDALE. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MRS. M. K. CROSBY,
GEO. C. HOWARD,
WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH,
JOSEPH A. SHORES, MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR, BENJAMIN PERKINS.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHARLES R. PACKARD,
MRS. EMELINE B. COPELAND,
MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN,
JOSEPH A. SHORES,
MISS EDITH F. HOWARD, HORACE M. WILLARD.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
ERLAND THAYER, WILLIAM F. RYDER, E. BRADFORD WILBUR. CONSTABLES.
ELLIS R. HOLBROOK,
JOSIAH A. PERKINS, DANIEL W. GARDNER. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES R. PACKARD. FIELD DRIVERS.
GEO. W. HOWARD, MYRON A. SNELL,
OCTAVE BELMORE, D. W. GARDNER.
S. G. COPELAND,
FENCE VIEWERS. J. Q. HARTWELL,
JOSEPH C. HOWARD,
MEASURERS OF LUMBER.
LESTER P. RIPLEY, C. P. HOWARD,
HERBERT L. WHITE, LOREN A. FLAGG.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
PARDON K. BACON, J. E. RYDER,
GEORGE H. STONE, C. WESLEY PACKARD.
JAMES A. FOBES,
REGISTRARS. LUCIUS DUNBAR, AUDITORS.
EDWARD H. KEITH.
GEORGE M. PRATT,
LUCIUS GURNEY.
POUND KEEPER. WARDEN OF TOWN FARM.
Annual Report of the Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Selectmen.
The following report of the financial condition of the town, February 1, 1892, is respectfully submitted :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION,
As Assessed May 1, 1891.
Value of real estate,
$884,537.00
Value of personal estate,
177,637.00
Total,
$1,062,174.00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax,
$750.00
County tax,
1,199.26
$1,949.26
Town grant,
$13,680.00
Overlay,
469.71
$14,149.71
Total tax,
$16,098.97
Rate of tax, $14.25 per $1,000. Poll tax-Males, $2.00 ; females, 50c.
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Number of polls, males,
498
females,
3
acres of land,
9,847
dwelling houses,
402
horses,
394
cows,
680
sheep,
7
swine,
71
young stock,
112
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools, $3,500.00
school supplies and repairs,
600.00
repairs of highways and sidewalks,
3,500.00
support of poor,
1,500.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
800.00
public lectures,
100.00
memorial service,
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