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BENEFITS FROM teacher to look out for their welfare dur-
THIS PLAN. ing the noon hour. By such an arrange- ment you would save at least one-half of the salary of one teacher, to say nothing of the janitor, fuel, and repairs necessary for the old building. After giving the above suggestion your best thought and judgment, I am sure that you will ask at the next town meeting for an appropri- ation sufficient to cover the expense of such a building as herein described.
Before closing, I wish to call your attention to the fact that this year we have expended little or no money for drawing, after consulting the teachers, I found that it would be impossi- ble for us to set satisfactory results by the method of last year In consequence of this, what has been done up to the present time has been done by the individual teacher. At best, this is temporary and will not assist us to uniformity throughout the grades in the town. Mr. Bailey, the state agent, recom- mends towns the size of this to procure the services of a graduate of the Normal Art School of Boston. Many such
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teachers are willing, for the sake of experience, to teach for a nominal sum. In accordance with this plan of Mr. Bailey's I would suggest that beginning September, 1901, such a teacher be employed.
I feel that I shall not have done my full duty until I urge you, in behalf of the children of your own town, to exert your utmost influence towards increasing the number of pupils now attending the high school in Howard Seminary. With such unusual advantages of apparatus, instruction and culture, it is with a feeling of regret and disappointment that I report to you only 18 scholars enrolled in that institution from a town of 1,800 inhabitants and 300 school children, making a percent- age of our grammar pupils to enter the high school much below the average for towns of our size. Shelburne with 1,560 inhabitants had in 1898 an enrolment of 303 scholars, 56 of whom were in the high school. Norwell with 1,540 inhab- itants had 238 pupils and 49 in the high school. Sudbury with 1,141 inhabitants and a total enrolment of 179 pupils had 40 in the high school. Is there not something that we as school board, teachers and parents can do to change this con- dition in our town?
In accordance with the above report, I hereby recommend : First, that you build or cause to be built a three-room school building at the Center ; second, that if possible you employ a drawing teacher to begin work next September; third, that you urge parents to have their children attend the high school after finishing the prescribed grammar school course ; fourth, that you adopt the appended rules and regulations as well as those submitted regarding the duties of the various officers of the school board, superintendent, teachers and janitors.
Herewith you will find appended statistics for the year ending December 31, 1900. You will also find the rules and regulations previously mentioned, and the report of the teacher of music to which I wish to call your attention.
Respectfully submitted, ROB'T J. FULLER, Superintendent of Schools.
East Bridgewater, Jan. 7, 1901.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
FOR TIIE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1900.
Number of schools, 9
Number of teachers required, 10
Number of teachers employed during the year, 11
Population of the town 1900, estimated, 1,800
Number of pupils between the ages of 7 and 14 as per school census, 1899, 207
Number of pupils between the ages of 7 and 14 as per school census, 1900, 207
Number of pupils between the ages of 5 and 15, 1899, 291
Number of pupils between the ages of 5 and 15, 1900,
291
Number of pupils enrolled in all schools, as per school registers, 1899, 292
Number of pupils enrolled in all schools, as per school registers, 1900, 302
Number of pupils enrolled between the ages of 7 and 14, 1899, 193
Number of pupils enrolled between the ages of 7 and 14, 1900,'
204
Number enrolled over 15, 1899,
8
Number enrolled over 15, 1900,
3
Average membership, 1899,
257.72
Average membership, 1900,
263.71
Average attendance, 1899,
237.64
Average attendance, 1900,
245.64
Per cent. of attendance, 1899,
.922
Per cent. of attendance, 1900,
.931
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ATTENDANCE BY SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL.
GRADES
ENROLLED.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP. ATTENDANCE. ATTENDANCE AVERAGE
PER CENT. OF
East,
I - VII
18
15.45
14.53
94
Matfield,
I- VI
50
42.91
40.43
94
North,
I - VI
29
25.38
23.66
93.1
South,
I - VI
28
24.92
22.31
89 44
Center Grammar,
V- IX
67
57.99
54.4
93.68
Center Primary,
I- IV
36
34.17
30.72
88.99
Cochesett Grammar,
V- IX
21
18.1
17.38
96.05
Cochesett Primary,
I- IV
31
26.9
25.29
94.2
Jerusalem,
I - VI
22
17.89
16.92
93.9
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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER.
SEC. 1. The school year shall begin on the first MONDAY AFTER LABOR DAY and embrace thirty-six weeks. The shool year shall be divided into three terms of fifteen weeks, eleven weeks and ten weeks respectively.
SEC. 2. The following vacations and holidays are allowed to each of the schools: Two weeks at Christmas, two weeks in March, a summer vacation sufficient to always bring the opening of the school year the first Monday after Labor Day. Holidays: Saturdays, legal holidays, Wash- ington's birthday, nineteenth of April, Memorial day and Thanksgiving day, the day after Thanksgiving, one day for the Agricultural Fair and the last Friday in October for the Plymouth County Teachers' Convention. No school shall be suspended on any other day except by a vote of the Board, or by the permission of the Superintendent or Prudential Committee.
SEC. 3. There shall be two sessions daily in all the public schools, from 9 to 12, A. M. and from 1 to 3.30 P. M.
SEC. 4. There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes during the morning session of the school for the heathful exercise of the body, also there shall be singing at least once each day. The teacher and superintendent may, if they think advisable, give a ten-minute recess in the afternoon.
SEC. 5. All teachers shall give vigilent attention to the ventilation and temperature of their school rooms, both in winter and summer, and see that the air in the room is effectually changed at each recess and at the close of the session.
SEC. 6. Teachers shall require excuses stating a satisfac- tory reason for absence, tardiness or dismissal from school
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before the close of the session. All cases of absence from school shall be recorded in the register against a pupil's name, and when a scholar has been absent ten days in succession, the name of such pupil shall be dropped from the register.
SEC. 7. Children who have never attended school shall not be allowed to enter the first grade, except during the first month of each school year. No child less than five years old shall be allowed to enter the schools. This rule may be interpreted by the superintendent so as to meet special cases.
SEC. 8. Teachers shall not allow any new pupils to be admitted without first receiving from them a certificate of vaccination, signed by a reputable physician, that such pupils have been successfully vaccinated, or a certificate that vacci- nation would be dangerous to the health of said pupil.
SEC. 9. Teachers shall not use corporal punishment in the schools unless reasonable other means have been tried. A report of all such cases should be made to the Super- intendent.
SEC. 10. In place of the regular visiting day, teachers may by conferring with the Superintendent, visit such schools as he may approve, for the purpose of observing the work and methods of teaching.
SEC. 11. For habitual disregard of rules or opposition. to authority, a pupil may be suspended from school by the teacher, who shall immediately report the case and the reasons to the Superintendent for advice and instruction.
SEC. 12. No pupil who has been suspended from one school shall be admitted to any other, except by permission of the Superintendent.
SEC. 13. Pupils remaining for dinner must not be locked in the school building. So long as they conduct themselves properly, the building shall be open to them during the noon hour.
SEC. 14. Any or all of these Rules and Regulations may be changed or amended ; notice of intention to change having been given two weeks previous to the meeting.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of West Bridgewater :
The music work in your schools has been carried on along the same general lines as laid down in former years, and the same satisfactory results have followed.
I think there is a stronger feeling than ever, that attention to the music in the lower grades is the key to success in the higher. Possibly this rather than almost any other study can be left to the child's natural power of absorption: but many cuildren are not musical sponges and will gain but little by this method. If more personal work in music were required of the child, if it were put more upon the basis of the other studies, I know the result would be surprising and very satisfactory.
In my future work I shall plan more and more to this end thus giving the child independence of thought, making him personally responsible, just as he is in his language or his number work. Every teacher, be she musical or otherwise, can bring this about, and I feel it would be a great factor in the successful carrying out of the music in our schools.
If we can inspire our pupils with a love for music, give them the power to do, then with the ideal before them, music will be placed upon its firmest foundation, and rise to a lofty height.
I wish here to thank the Superintendent, School Committee and all who have aided me in my work, and in the opening of the new century, I bespeak for your schools their greatest measure of prosperity.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE M. BARNES,
Supervisor of Music.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF
West Bridgewater,
FOR THE
Year ending Dec. 31, 1902,
BROCKTON, MASS. SUBURBAN PRINTING CO., PRINTERS. 1903.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF
.
West Bridgewater,
FOR THE
Year ending Dec. 31, 1902,
BROCKTON, MASS. SUBURBAN PRINTING CO., PRINTERS. 1903.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1902.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, GEORGE F. LOGUE.
Town Clerk. . CHARLES R. PACKARD.
Treasurer and Collector. FRANK L. HOWARD.
School Committee.
MRS. A. L. LELACHUER,
MRS. M. S. CROSBY,
CLINTON P. HOWARD,
MRS. CAROLINE H. COPELAND,
WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH,
EDWARD B. GURNEY.
Trustees of Public Library.
CHARLES R. PACKARD, MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN, CURTIS EDDY,
MRS. CHARLOTTE A. WILLIAMS,
MISS EDITH F. HOWARD,
ELLIS S. LELACHUER.
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
Constables.
DAVID R. SIMMONS, WILLIAM L. WOODWORTH,
GEORGE BURKE, PRESSON WEST,
JOHN J. WHITE.
Special Constable. LINUS E. HAYWARD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANK L. HOWARD.
WILLIAM F. RYDER, 1.
Fire Warders.
GEORGE M. PRATT,
EDWIN H. THAYER.
Tree Warden. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
Field Drivers.
ALFRED WINBURG, CYRUS E. ALGER, CLINTON P. HOWARD, GEORGE J. KINGMAN,
DANIEL W. GREEN, HENRY O. DAVENPORT, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, SUMNER P. AMES.
Fence Viewers.
CLINTON P. HOWARD, ALBERT MANLEY,
ALBERT L. ALGER.
Measurers of Lumber.
·
DANIEL B. DAVIS, ALGERNON S. LYON,
C. MERTON HOWARD, EDWIN H. THAYER.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
DANIEL B. DAVIS, C. MERTON HOWARD,
ALGERNON S. LYON, EDWIN H. THAYER.
Registrars of Voters.
HORACE BARTLETT,
JAMES S. JONES
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM.
Auditors.
GEORGE S. DRAKE,
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM.
Pound Keeper. WARDEN AT TOWN FARM.
Public Weighers.
ARTHUR E. CLARK, JAMES H. ALGER, THOMAS H. CHURCHILL,
EDWIN H. LOTHROP, CLINTON P. HOWARD. ERVIN W. LOTHROP.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Selectmen.
The following report of the financial condition of the Town Dec. 31, 1902, is respectfully submitted :-
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
VALUATION,
As Assessed May 1, 1902.
Value of real estate, « personal estate,
$953,730 00
108,170 00
$1,061,900 00
ASSESSMENT ON PROPERTY.
State tax,
$630 00
County tax,
1,339 88
State highway tax,
4 64
1,974 52
Town grant,
13,300 00
Overlay,
583 57
Subsequent tax,
14 58
13,898 15
$15,872 67
Street railway excise tax,
581 34
$16,454 01
6
Rate of tax, $14.00 per $1,000. Poll tax, $2.00.
Number of polls,
496
acres of land,
9,434
"
dwelling houses, 414
horses,
307
66
COWS,
661
66
sheep,
13
66
swine,
114
66
young cattle, 102
66
fowl,
1,813
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of poor, $1,500 00
support of schools,
4,000 00
repairs and supplies,
500 00
highways,
3,000 00
town officers,
900 00
incidentals,
600 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Superintendent of schools,
250 00
reducing debt on new school building
2,000 00
transportation of pupils,
450 00
$13,300 00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Value of new almshouse and other
buildings,
$5,000 00
Value of town farm,
3,505 50
personal property, 3,350 30
Value of eight school houses,
18,005 00
7
Value of town library,
2,500 00
"
town derrick,
25 00
road scraper, 75 00
6.
four safes,
500 00
eight snow plows,
56 00
office furniture, 75 00
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, - SAMUEL G. COPELAND, Assessors. GEORGE F. LOGUE,
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE DECEMBER 31, 1902.
18 tons English hay,
$324 00
18 tons meadow hay, 180 00
3 tons oat fodder, 45 00
120 00
12 tons corn fodder, Grain,
53 25
650 baskets corn,
260 00
14 cows and one bull,
700 00
2 horses,
· 175 00
90 fowl,
. 61 00
5 bushels pop corn,
7 50
85 bushels potatoes,
70 00
10 bushels seed potatoes,
10 00
150 bushels turnips,
37 50
10 bushels beets,
5 00
10 barrels apples,
15 00
4 pigs,
20 00
100 pounds nails,
2 80
100 pounds spikes,
2 75
3 bushels rye,
2 70
Incubator,
15 00
Corn planter,
20 00
85 pounds lard,
11 05
45 pounds butter,
14 40
5 3-4 barrels flour,
25 00
25 gallons molasses,
9 00
340 pounds sugar,
17 00
Tea and coffee 2 70
2 pork barrels,
1 00
10 pounds rolled oats,
50
9!
P: 90 gallons vinegar, 10 80
.
50 pounds crackers, 2 50
150 pounds pork, 18 00
10 pounds fish, 70
-
+ 5-12 dozen cans clams, 4 50
: Hams and shoulders,
12 00
Wecder, 6 00
1
Chains, whiffletrees, etc.,
10 00
1
Wheelbarrow, 2 75
10 00
Step ladder,
1 00
Express wagon,
15 00
2 tip carts,
60 00
١
1 pung,
6 00
2 sleds,
20 00
2 hay carts,
45 00
Covered express wagon,
35 00
Harnesses,
50 00
6.
'3 ox yokes,
6 00
2 hay cutters, 5'00
3 stoves and hot water boiler, 50 00 Grindstone, 3 00
2 mowing machines, rake and tedder, 75 00
6 plows, + harrows and other tools, f
60 00
3 ladders,
6 00
Washing machine,
4 00
1
Beds and bedding,
100 00
Robes and blankets,
7 00
Household furniture, 215 00
Tin, crockery and wooden ware, 30 00
Table linen and towels, 15 00
15 pounds evaporated apples, 1 65
1
Corn sheller, 4 00
Carpenter's tools and vise,
10
3 churns, 5 00
Manure and ashes,
100 00
Wood, 50 00
Lumber and shingles,
15 00
Ice chest, 15 00
Fresh pork,
6. 00
Small tools,
22 00
Set of blocks and ropes,
5 00
Paris green machine,
5 00
Smoothing harrow and cultivator,
20 00
Box Ivorine,
3 00
Wringer,
3 50
150 feet tile,
8 00
$3,355 55
Inventory December 31, 1901,
2,799 20
Gain in inventory,
$556 35
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand January 1, 1902,
$98 49
Received for stock,
241 75
poultry and eggs,
49 22
potatoes,
211 75
sweet corn,
29 90
beef and pork,
20 63
straw,
7 00
junk,
2 75
cabbage,
2 50
tobacco sold to help,
4 30
Drawn from the treasury for
A. E. Adams,
$1,527 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,195 29
11
Amount brought forward,
Agnes White,
$2,195 29 6 00
J. E. Sawyer,
59 12
W. T. Shurtleff,
7 05
Globe Newspaper Co.,
2 00
E. H. Lothrop,
174 75
Thomas & Packard,
9 28
J. M. Howard & Son,
7 11
Stephen B. Church,
31 73
O. Ames & Sons, Corp,
12 75
Geo. Hunt, M. D.,
23 75
L. H. Adams,
6 80
E. Bradford Wilbur,
60 65
Geo. H. Sweet,
5 86
Geo. M. Webber,
12 00
A. F. McCabe,
13 56
D. C. Holmes & Co.,
120 45
Geo. F. Logue,
228 60
N. W. Bradford,
198 96
Geo. R. Drake,
450 27
Samuel G. Copeland,
2 12
L. A. Merritt, M. D.,
18 75
$3,646 85
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Grain,
$725 02
Groceries,
51 58
Table linen,
6 00
Hardware and tools,
92 26
Seeds,
36 05
Soap and soap powder, '
10 75
Amount carried forward,
$921 66
12
Amount brought forward, ! ! $921 66
Apples, 4 86
Clothing, 32 09
Tea, coffee and cocoa,
23 60
Sugar,
6 58 48
Butter and cheese,
81 01.
Lard,
27 73
Flour,
46 50
Pork; 125 36
Paris green,
, (
)2 60
Tobacco,
12 50
Fish,
22 01
Crackers,
18 40
Salt,
13 70
Vinegar,
5 95
Beans,
.6 25
Oil, _ !
, 14 45
Bedding,
19 00
Labor,
391 76
Painting,
218 45
Harness, robes and blankets, [.
13 67
Hay and Pasture,
35 00
Windows,
3 00
Damage by cows,
3 60
Straw,
1 50
Smith work,
48 10
Advertising,
2 00
Stock,
511 00
Crockery,
15 65
Lumber,
21. 50
Door,
1 00
Carpet,
1 80
Amount carried' forward,
$2,567 18
13
Amount brought forward, $2,567 18
Brick, 3 00
Glass and glassware,
Pork barrels; : 1.00
Chair,
.. 12.00
Warden's salary,
281, 2%
Fertilizer,
284 50
Wheelbarrow,
. 4732, 90
Ladders and hook,
6 25
Express and freight,
7 80
Clock, 90
Cement,
8 73
Doctor's bill,
42 50
Poultry,
16 20
Ice,
19 31
Saw bill,
18 61
Tile,
20 45
Repairs,
161 71
Meat,
157 25
Boots and shoes,
9 00
Brushes, 2 15
14
Medicine,
5 60
Vegetables,
7 40
Strawberry plants,
2 00
Horse,
60 00
Cash on hand,
3 97
$3,646 85
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse act., $2,978 56
Gain in inventory, $556 36
Cash.on hand,
.3 97
Received for milk, 1,285. 26
Due for milk in December, 128 45 1,964 04
$1,014 52
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14
INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
AGE
WEEKS
Albert Staples,
60
52
Ansel Alger,
85
52
Heman Randall,
71
38
Michael Ryan,
54
36
The warden during the year has lodged and fed 91 tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Paid to Merton G. Churchill's children,
$220 00
Fred Leonard,
159 00
Bangs K. Howes and family, 1901,
106 02
Bangs K. Howes and family, 1902,
99 81
George Dunbar's child,
36 00
Charles Fisher and family,
69 50
W. A. Dean and wife,
71 52
Mary George and children,
55 00
Arthur C. Alger,
2 00
Mrs. Kinney,
11 00
Florence Eaton and children,
135 00
Abbie Fadden,
124 00
Harriet Packard,
70 69
Mary Leach and child,
142 00
Mrs. A. J. Edson and child,
74 54
Arthur Hervey,
8 26
Agnes Ness, 126 75
Nathaniel Pratt and family,
20 00
Geo. N. Blanchard,
5 00
T. F. Wentworth and family,
32 00
Arthur Packard and family,
42 88
Amount carried forward,
$1,610 97
15
Amount brought forward, $1,610 97
Patrick Hennessey and family, 11 80
Mrs. Richard Westcoat and family, 208 50
Kate Ring, 34 73
John Nelson and family,
41 51
Mary B. Fadden,
118 96
Heman Randall,
7 75
$2,034 22
Received from Merton G. Churchill,
for support of his children, $144 00
Received from O. K. Ness, for board
of Mrs. Ness at Taunton, 75 00
Due from State for Mrs. Mary George, 12 00
Due from Town of Plympton for
N. Pratt, 20 00
Due from Town of Easton for Geo. Blanchard, 5 00
Due from Town of Bridgewater for T. F. Wentworth 32 00
Due from Town of Dighton for Mrs. Richard Wescoat, 208 50 496 50
Cost to town, $1,537 72
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, GEORGE F. LOGUE,
Overseers O peso.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT. i
Paid to E. F. Knight, work on Matfield &
1
Corbett case (1901) $47 00
: Geo. Hunt, M. D., return of births, 3 00
F. S. Howard, return of deaths, 10 75
W. E. Fay, printing; 27 23
Suburban Press, printing town reports, 52 00
Grange Building Association, rent, 150 00
Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co., check book, 1 80 1 David R. Simmons, 5 00
John Kent, fixing rope on flag staff, 5 00
Mrs. W. B. Smith, cleaning office, 1' 05
Clinton P. Howard, interest Copeland
"fund, two years, 8 00
G. R. DraRe, telephone, rope, etc.,' 3.49
Geo. Hopkins, moving safe, 7 00
Philip Fay, 'mowing old cemetery, 5 50 Linus'E. Hayward, mowing old cemetery, 2 '00 S. G. Copeland, wood for office, 11 50
Michael Mccarthy, care of monument grounds, . 5 00
E. B. Whittier, bill file, 16 00
1 1 W. H. Savage, return of deaths, 1 25
Carter's Ink Co., record ink, 2 20
Frank L. Howard, stamps, cards, etc., 7 26
Town of Bridgewater, fire engine, 146 75
Amount carried forward, $518 80
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1
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Paid to E. B. Wilbur, use of horse, cash ex- pense, etc., $33 65 Howard B. Wilbur, petition for by- laws, etc., 14 65
Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator, 5 00
Howard B. Wilbur, counsel Corbett
case, 5 00
$577 10
Appropriation. $600 00
577 10
Unexpended, $22 90
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Arthur C. Peckham, auditor, $3 75
Geo. S. Drake, auditor and election officer, 5 55
David R. Simmons, inspector, 100 00
David R. Simmons, constable, 88 48
Frank L. Howard, treasurer and collector, 235 00 L. H. Adams, election officer, 1 80
Arthur C. Peckham, registrar,
10 35
Geo. T. Coughlin, aid to constables,
6 40
Presson West, constable,
6 08
M. U. Smart, aid to constables. 5 75
James S. Jones, registrar,
3 90
Horace Bartlett, registrar, 6 90
John J. White, constable, 14 65
Frank L. Howard, election officer, 1 80
George Burke, constable, 4 30
John F. Collingwood, aid to constable, 3 12
Earl P. Blake, aid to constable, 3 50
Amount brought forward, $501 33
18
Amount brought forward, $501 33
Paid E. Bradford Wilbur, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 249 25
Samuel G. Copeland, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 100 25
George F. Logue, selectman, assessor
and overseer of the poor, 238 45
Charles R. Packard, town clerk, 67 61
$1,156 89
Received from Brockton Police Court, fines, , $119 75
Due from State, one-half inspector's salary, 50 00
Appropriation, 900 00 $1,069 75
Overdrawn, $87 14
STATE AID.
Paid State Aid,
$2,044 00
Burial Indigent Soldiers' and Sailors', 140 00
To be reimbursed by the State,
$2,184 00
SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
Paid to Geo. N. Blanchard,
$13 00
Ansel Bartlett, 72 00
$85 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Anson E. Cobbett, labor and trans- portation,
5 00
James H. Leonard, decorating, 15 00
Suburban Press, printing,
3 00
Lena M. Stanley,
3 00
Amount carried forward, $26 00
19
Amount brought forward, $26 00
Paid Mrs. William Crockett, wreaths, 2 50
Rev. A. F. Pierce, oration,
25 00
Lena Lothrop,
3 00
Gerrish Male Quartet
20 00
William Crosby, wreaths,
4 80
William H. Jennings, use of team, etc.,
1 31
George Hopkins, use of coach,
5 00
$87 61
Appropriation,
$100 00
87 61
Unexpended,
12 39
NAMES OF JURORS. For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual town meeting.
William H. Bosworth.
Clinton P. Howard.
Everett Clark
T. Prescott Snell.
Henry Hartwell.
George Burke.
William A. Cole.
David R. Simmons.
Octave Belmore.
Josiah W. Foye.
Ellis R. Holbrook.
George M. Pratt. Horace Bartlett.
Robert H. Hatch.
John M. Richards.
Linus E. Hayward.
Samuel G. Copeland.
Andrew D. Leonard.
Edwin H. Thayer. Seba H. Marshall.
Henry W. Ripley.
Leonard J. Goodridge. George S. Drake.
Azel Lothrop.
L. Agustus Tower. Abial Washburn.
Henry J. LeLachuer.
Joseph H. Gifford.
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NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1902.
Charles E. Dunbar
William B. Kingman.
Arthur C. Peckham. Michael O'Fallon.
George R. Drake. E. Bradford Wilbur.
John W. Darling,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SCHOOLS.
There has been drawn from the treasury for schools, school repairs, supplies and trans- portation, $6,875 59
Appropriation for schools, $4,000 00
Appropriation for transportation of pupils, 450 00
Appropriation for school repairs and supplies, 500 00
Received from Mass. school fund, 817 44
Received from state treasurer for education of state children, 119 00
Received from state on account of district supervision, 166 77 $6,053 21
Overdrawn, $822 38
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
There has been drawn from the treasury for superintendent of schools, $1,500 00
Received from town of East Bridge- water, $350 00
Received from town of Raynham, 150 00
$1,250 00 Due from state, 750 00
Cost to town, $250 00
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MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation, $100 00
Drawn from the treasury, 87 61
Unexpended,
$ 12 39
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation, $3,000 00
Excise railway tax, 581,34
$3,581 34
Drawn from treasury on bills approved
by the superintendent of streets, $3,566 51
Unexpended, $14 83
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation, $600 00
Drawn from treasury, $577 10
Unexpended, $22 90
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount drawn from treasury, $1,156 89
Appropriation, $900 00
Due from state, one-half inspector's salary, 50 00
Received from Brockton Police
Court fines, 119 75 $1,069 75
Overdrawn, $87 14
At a meeting of the selectmen held at their office, March 4, William F. Ryder was appointed superinten- dent of streets.
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WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE :
For the support of the poor,
$2,000 00
support of schools, 4,500 00
repairs and supplies, 500 00
transportation of pupils,
450 00
highways and sidewalks,. town officers, 900 00
3,000 00
incidentals, 600 00
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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 inhab- itants of said town qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town on Monday, the ninth day of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
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