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Thayer, R. Warren
2 00
Webber, Percy 55 05
Thayer, Erland
74 44
Thayer, Richard F.
35 0.I
Whiting, Walter C.
3 45
Thayer, Henry F.
49 88
Wentworth, George S. 6 35
Thayer, Milton C.
2 00
Wilbur, E. Bradford
275 99
Thayer, Mrs. Milton C.
2[ 03
Willis, Gustavus 20 51
Tower, Lorenzo A.
31 15
Wilbur, Howard B. 32 45
Tower, Alice
7 25
Wilbur, Nahum J.
12 15.
Taylor, Daniel B., Est.
7 25
Taylor, Henry F.
31 5
Turner, L. Charles
2 00
Turner, Frank
2 00
Trustees M. E. Society
15 23
Tavares, Jasa
2 00
Vosmus, Fred J.
59 73
Vosmus, Everett
26 30
Vosmus, Sarah
24 73
Vosmus, Charles E.
30 84
Williams, Charlotte A.
15 95
Wood, Irene S.
: 33
Withington, Lucy
6 53
Washburn, Abial
24 56
Wade, Evelyn B.
26 IO
Washburn, Hiram G.
28 57
White, Sylvester
2 00
. Washburn, William H.
45 00
Washburn, George S.
2 23
Weston, Hiram E.
35 50
Welch, Edward, Est.
7 25
Wild, Walter
17 23
Whitman, Mary
55 83
Wilbur, George, Est.
44 37
Williams, Cyrus L., Est.
8 70
Williams, Emily F.
2 90
Wild, George II 36
Wood, Francis W.
56 17
Winberg, August
80 90
Winberg, George A.
28 10
Winberg, Harry C. 2 CO
Winberg, Frank 2 00
West Bridgewater Grange Building Association 87 00
West, Presson 4 76
Worthington, Charles E.
29 55
Ward, Andrew X. 2 00
Wentworth, Theodore F.
2 CO
Waterman, John F.
4 18
Weatherbee, Charles
2 00
Warren, Clark 3 II
Woodbury, Harry 2 CO
Woodbury, Norman
2 CO
Wade, William N.
2 00
Wilcox, John
2 00
Wheeler, Irving E.
2 00
Wedge, Joseph
4 18
Wedge, Joseph and
Manuel Andre 14 87
Young, James
22 53
Young, Herbert J. 2 23
NON-RESIDENTS.
BROCKTON.
Clarence Thompson, 29 73
M. E. Thomson, 43 36
Lawrence Copeland, Est. 2 03
Milo Manley. 5 80
Tower, Walter S.
2 00
Williams, Marcia 28 66
Wadsworth, William L.
3 83
Wadsworth, Chester 3 45
Webber, Arthur A. 2 00
16
Charles G. Manley,
$19 43
Elizabeth O. Cornell, 2 90
Henry Manley,
14 50
Mrs. Annie M. Ransden $1 45
Melvin C. Edson,
6 53
Arthur B. Marston, 3d,
I 45
Moses Packard,
69 83
Thomas Jackson Est., II 83
John H. Packard Est., 12 12
Davis Copeland,
61 10
Isaac Packard Est.,
: 60
Fred R. French, 87
James McCue Est.,
I 74
Henry S. Keith,
3 63
David Ames,
I 03
John P. Johnson,
9 43
B. Ellis Eaton,
I 65
Edwin H. Keith, 4 87
Mary E. Waugh,
13 78
George Kempton,
7 25
Frank E. Shaw,
58 44
George Donahue,
I 45
Quail Thornell Est.,
2 18
Pardon Keith Est.
10 52
Charles N. Levi,
2 56
Henry N. Thayer,
2 18
Walter F. Cleveland,
13 76
City of Brookton,
31 90
Mary K. Howard,
21 90
George F. Delano,
I 45
B. Brailey, Est.
21 75
Mary A. Thorn,
12 41
Effie Pierce,
16 68
Satucket Athletic Asso.,
21 75
Alonzo L. Willis,
4 0I
Charles Brooks,
I 45
Charles N. Packard,
6 96
Ransom W. Packard Est.,
6 09
Fred W. Packard,
6 09
Sanford Winter,
43 50
Cornelius Murray Est,
I 45
E. S. Crocker,
73
Simeon D. Carr,
28 28
Mrs. J. Gardner Bassett,
2 90
Susan Howard, 51 48
Marcus Pierce Est.,
73
Benjamin Keith,
5 08
Sylvanus Keith Est.,
03
Franklin Leach Est., 73
William Murphy,
45 1
Charles P. Keith Est., 2 32
Vesta H. Wood,
2 90
Marcus Southworth Est., 2 90
Arthur A. Bradford, 3 27
Agnes Kingman Newton, 17 40
John Burke, I 45
Andrew Johnson,
Mary C. and Charles C. Keith, 2 90
James C. Keith, 49 38
Alton Thayer,
73
Margaret Shields,
37
Edwin Keith,
2 18
Horace and Elijah Keith,
2 90
William James
2 90
Anna O. Bergstrom, 16 68
Clars Hakerson, I II
EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Joseph Morse Est. 2 90
William Taylor, 7 98
Katie Rice, 40 60
Loren A. Flagg,
52
BRIDGEWATER.
Susan Perkins, Est. 14 50
J. Gardner Bassett, 5 80
Mrs. Theodore Newcomb, I 45
City Ice & Coal Co., 18 85
CAMPELLO.
Zina Hayward Est., 3 93
Bridgewater Iron Co., 14 50
Children of Thomas Andrews, 4 06 Hosea Kingman Est., 2 18
Stillman Alger, 52 14
8 17 Theodore C. Wilbur, 2 18
Joseph C. Snow, and
17
Martin Swift,
$2 18 John O. Dean, $2 63
William Kelley,
73 Francis Porter, 3 63
William Stevenson,
I 82
Augustus Farrar, 8 70
Michael Hayes,
[I 60 Edwin T. Goward,
10 15
Martha J, Walker Est., 13 78
Hannah Donahue
4 14
John Hallasey, 2 03
Fred E. Gifford,
2 73
J. Herbert Leonard, 10 81
Joseph Seshong,
4 35
Michael Buckley Est.,
16 39
William C. Howard Est.,
8 78
Harry P. Sturtevant,
2 90
Allison White Est.,
7 83
John O'Brien, 17 06
H. G. Mitchell,
2 03
J. E. Howard, 29
Frank H. Williams,
I II
RAYNHAM.
G. Henry Lincoln, 6 91
George B. Burt, I II
Ebenezer Snow Est.
I 45
Amasa Lincoln,
I 45
George S. Sanderson 87
Otis Thayer, 58
BOSTON.
Cyrus Alger Est. 14 50
N. Y., N.H.& Hartford R. R. 153 4I
Otis T. Gould, II 60
E. J. W.,A. B. & J. W. Morse, 18 85
Oscar Le Clair, 4 35
William F. Hill,
2 56
Mary A. Sweeney, 2 18
Henry Bird, [ 68
William P. Hayward, 95
George H. Sweet,
18 85
Luther White,
2 90
J. M. Howard,
13 05
Horace H. Alger,
2 90
Charles E. Senna, I II
David Remillard, 23 93
Heirs of Samuel Dunbar, 8 70
Richard Smith, I 74
Elbert L. Hall,
2 18
Nellie E. Hill,
2 56
EASTON.
Walter F. Grindell,
2 90
Lillian Dean, 7 62
Nathan J. Alger, 30 08
Edward L. Alger,
2 27
Mrs. Annie M. White, 3 90
Lorenzo LeBarron,
2 18
Anna and Edith Wheeler, I 03
Thalia Stetson, 2 90
S. Alvira Drake, 3 48
TAUNTON.
Elijah E. Richards, 8 70
Charles F. Robinson, I II
Nathan W. Shaw, 87
Linus M. Field, 4 35
Lyman Wilbur Est., 3 45
Sherman Pratt Est., I 16
E. Milton Hall, 37
Lysander Hall,
733
David G. Dean,
87
Warren S. Leach,
I II
EASTONDALE.
Arthur G. Wilson, 5 08
A. and F. A. Sylvester, 7 25
Charles F. Ames, 37
William Brown, 40 60
Daly & Woodbridge, 4 72
Michael Brophy 73
NORTH EASTON.
Oliver Ames Corporation,
232 29
Cyrus Alger Est. 4 72
H. P. Shaw, 2 56
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SUBSEQUENT TAX.
William E. Cobbett, $1 45
Patrick A. McAnaugh,
15 95
Nathan W. Simmons I 45
Terence Keenan.
2 00
Mrs. Carrie Alger, $17 40
Robert D. Alger, 8 70
Old Colony Street Railway Excise tax, 639 00
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, GEO. F. LOGUE, H. J. LELACHEUR, Assessors.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE DECEMBER 31, 1903.
19 tons English hay, $342 00
9 tons meadow hay,
90 00
12 tons corn fodder, Grain,
106 54
455 baskets corn,
135 00
19 cows and one bull,
950 00
2 horses,
175 00
100 fowl,
75 00
Popcorn,
3 00
20 bushels potatoes,
12 00
250 bushels turnips,
62 50
3 bushels beets,
1 80
6 Pigs,
55 00
Corn planter,
20 00
70 pounds lard,
6 30
36 pounds butter,
9 75
6 3-4 barrels flour,
30 50
20 gallons molasses,
8 00
262 Pounds sugar, Tea and coffee,
6 70
2 pork barrels,
1 00
3 bushels onions,
1 00
Stock food,
10 50
Nails,
6 00
20 thousand shingles,
55 00
Cocoa,
2 00
Paris Green,
2 00
Kerosene,
1 50
120 00
Amount carried forward, $2,301 24
13 15
20
Amount brought forward,
$2,301 24 84
Crackers,
Beans,
4 00
12 tons coal,
78 00
3 brooms, Prunes.
90
1 dozen corn,
2 50
Fish,
10 00
Ivorine,
1 35
Soap,
5 56
110 gallons vinegar,
13 20
10 pounds pork,
1 00
18 pounds ham,
2 34
Weeder,
6 00
Corn sheller,
4 00
Chain, whiffletrees, etc.,
10 00
Wheelbarrow,
2 75
Carpenter's tools and vise,
20 00
Step ladder,
1 00
Express wagon,
15 00
2 tip carts,
60 00
1 pung,
6 00
2 sleds,
20 00
2 hay carts,
45 00
Covered express wagon,
35 00
Harnesses,
90 00
3 Ox yokes,
6 00
2 Hay Cutters, 5 00
50 00
3 Stoves and hot water boiler, Grindstone,
3 00
2 Mowing machines, rake and tedder,
75 00
Amount carried forward, $2,875 73
1 05
21
Amount brought forward, $2,875 73 60 00
6 Plows, 4 harrows and other tools,
3 Ladders, 6 00
Washing machine,
9 00
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
Barb wire,
9 00
40 rods Page fence, 20 00
Platform scales,
12 00
Windows,
35 00
Jack screw,
4 50
Tobacco,
40
10 Thousand Lumber,
220 00
Tank Heater,
8 75
Hot bed sash,
5 00
208 1bs. beef,
12 48
Manure and ashes,
100 00
Wood,
62 75
Ice chest,
·15 00
Small tools,
50 00
Set of blocks and rope,
5 00
Paris green machine,
5 00
20 00
Smoothing harrow and cultivator, Wringer,
3 50
150 feet tile,
6 50
Water trough,
15 00
$3,927 61
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
For milk sold,
$1,876 14
poultry and eggs,
94 09
grain,
4 25
potatoes,
432 27
stock,
55 75
junk,
1 87
wood,
27 22
pork,
68 43
beets,
19 20
turnips,
32 65
cabbage,
170 88
onions,
72 58
peas,
13 75
corn,
5 05
beans,
46 75
squash,
15 11
hay,
85 25
seed,
90
lumber,
23 50
board,
32 00
labor,
6 00
use of tools,
6 00
apples,
1 50
Cash on hand January 1, 1903,
3 97
$3,095 12 Hay, stock, etc., on hand December 31, 1903, 3,927 61
$7,022 73
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EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for meat,
$198 43
sugar,
48 49
labor,
592 54
groceries,
133 79
fish,
69 54
hardware and tools,
92 88
clothing,
69 00
stove and funnel,
9 45
doctors' bill and nurse,
62 41
butter, cheese and lard,
109 50
paints and oils.
38 77
grain,
937 98
harnesses, robes, blankets, etc.
65 70
stock,
339 00
household furnishings,
11 75
insurance,
44 60
coal,
133 61
washing machine,
9 00
fertilizer,
270 80
Paris green,
3 33
ice,
20 30
cultivator,
7 00
grass,
60 00
wagons,
50 50
bushel boxes,
6 50
cement,
3 25
copper boiler,
3 25
cranberries,
2 25
use of wagon,
3 50
tile,
7 43
Amount carried forward,
$3,404 55
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Amount brought forward,
$3,404 55
Paid for scales,
12 00
manure and ashes,
7 50
apples,
1 60
tobacco,
10 97
smithwork,
55 40
seeds,.
68 43.
wire fencing,
25 27
crackers,
9 89
beans,
10 58:
windows,.
45 65
use of barn,.
10 00
repairs,
25 30
sawing lumber,
87 96
flour,
42 75
poultry,
10 20
almshouse register,
3 00
tank heater,
8 50
veterinary,
12 15
freight and express ..
46 50
fruit trees,
4 85
posts,
5 83
Warden's salary,
375 00
$4,283 88
Hay, stock, etc., on hand Dec. 31, 1902,
3,355 55
$7,639 43
Expenditures at Almshouse,
$7,639 43
Receipts at Almshouse,
7,022 73
Cost to town, $ 616 70
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INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
AGE
WEEKS
Henrietta Hathaway,
74
29
Albert Staples,
61
52
Ansel Alger,
86
52
Heman Randall,
71
52
Michael Ryan,
55
2
The warden during the year has lodged and fed 133 tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Paid to Merton Churchill's children,
$160 00
Fred Leonard.
153 00
Nathaniel Pratt and family,
30 65
William A. Dean and wife,
124 09
Mary B. Fadden,
65 92
Agnes Ness,
169 46
Kate Ring,
59 11
Harriet Packard,
66 10
Patrick Hennessey,
5 00
Mary George and children,
46 00
Abbie Fadden,
54 14
T. F. Wentworth and family,
49 00
Arthur Packard,
22 51
John Nelson,
8 64
Mrs. James Finch,
35 50
Arthur C. Alger,
62 00
Mary Leach,
59 92
Mrs. Richard Westcoat and family,
186 00
George N. Blanchard,
2 50
Amount carried forward, $1,359 54
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Amount brought forward, $1,359 54
Received from Merton G. Churchill,
for support of his children, $156 00
Received from O. K. Ness, for board of Mrs. Ness at Taunton, 40 00
Due from Town of Plympton for Nathaniel Pratt, 30 65
Due from Town of Bridgewater for
T. F. Wentworth and family, 49 00
Due from Town of Raynham for Mrs. James Finch, 35 50
Due from Town of Dighton, for Mrs. Richard Westcoat and family, 186 00
Due from town of Easton for George N. Blanchard, 2 50 499 65
Cost to town, $859 89
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, ? Overseers GEORGE F. LOGUE,
EDWIN H. THAYER, } of Poor.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Paid to S. B. Hetherington, sawing wood for office, $1 50
Suburban Printing Co., reports and ballots, 67 10
W. F. Whitmarsh, return of births, 50
L. A. Merritt, return of births, 1 50
Plymouth County Safe Deposit, Treasurer's check book, 1 60
E. B. and C. L. Hayward, surveying,
6 80
W. E. Fay, printing,
13 50
Clinton P. Howard, interest on Cope- land fund, 4 00
Commonwealth revised laws,
6 30
I. E. Wheeler, cleaning well,
3 00
G. R. Drake,
48
William E. Fay, printing,
4 50
Frank L. Howard,
8 50
L. E. Hayward, 2 00
W. E. Fay, printing,
43 00
Thomas Groom & Co.,
2 25
E. C. Fisher, fighting fire,
87
Joseph E. Thayer, fighting fire,
1 00
Edwin H. Thayer, fighting fire,
1 00
West Bridgewater Grange Building Association, rent, 150 00
B. R. Kinney, painting flag staff,
10 00
Amount carried forward, $329 40
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Amount brought forward, $329 40 Paid to Frank L. Howard, lunch for election officers, 2 15
Michael McCarthy, mowing, 5 00
Howard B. Wilbur, witness fees,
9 00
Howard B. Wilbur, moderator,
5 00
Mrs. S. B. Hetherington,
25
Mrs. W. B. Smith, cleaning office, 1 20
G. R. Drake, telephone, etc., 2 52
Frank L. Howard, stamps, etc.,
10 39
$364 91
Appropriation,
$600 00
364 91
Unexpended,
$235 09
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid to George S. Drake, auditor, 3 00
Arthur C. Peckham, auditor, 3 00
David R. Simmons, inspector,
63 33
J. K. Mason, inspector,
50 00
David R. Simmons, constable, 47 16
Frank L. Howard, treasurer, 235 00
George T. Shaw, special officer, 2 00
Arthur C. Peckham, registrar 2 years, 14 85
Joseph T. Collingwood, 97 92
A. I. Simmons, aid to constables, 3 45
James S. Jones, registrar, 8 70
William L. Woodworth, constable 4 00
James E. Sawyer, constable, 8 20
Amount carried forward, $540 61
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Amount brought forward, $540 61 Paid to S. G. Copeland, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor, 19 60
Charles H. Egan, election officer, 3 00
Frank L. Howard, election officer, 2 40
Herbert W. Packard, election officer, 2 55
Horace Bartlett, registrar, 5 40
H. J. LeLacheur, assessor, 27 10 1
Lionel H. Adams, election officer, 1902, 1 80
George F. Logue, selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor, 253 88
E. B. Wilbur, selectman, assessor,
and overseer of poor, 138 90
Edwin H. Thayer, selectman and overseer of poor, 38 95
Charles R. Packard, town clerk, 66 83
Presson West, constable, 1 90
$1,102 92
Received from Brockton Police Court, fines, $50 00
Due from State, one-half inspector's
salary, 75 00 125 00
$977 92
Appropriation,
900 00
Overdrawn,
77 92
$977 92
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STATE AID.
Paid state aid, $2,006 00
Burial indigent soldiers and sailors, 70 00
To be reimbursed by the state,
$2,076 00
SOLDIERS RELIEF. ·
Paid to Martha Simmons, $32 00
John F. Crittenden, 18 00
Geo. N. Blanchard,
19 00
Ansel Bartlett,
72 00
Lucy Withington,
8 25
$149 25
Due from Town of Whitman for John
F. Crittenden, $18 00
Due from Town of Easton for Geo. N. Blanchard, 19 00
37 00
Cost to town,
$112 25
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Suburban Printing Co.,
$4 00
Elmwood Band,
45 00
Geo. G. Hopkins, use of coach,
4 00
. Geo. W. Penniman, Oration,
25 00
Vesta Johnson,
5 00
William E. Cobbett,
10 00
Agnes Cobbett,
7 20
$100 20
Appropriation,
$100 00
Overdrawn, 20
$100 20
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NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual town meeting.
William H. Bosworth.
George M. Pratt. Horace Bartlett.
Everett Clark.
Ellis R. Holbrook.
Azel Lothrop.
Robert H. Hatch.
L. Augustus Tower.
Samuel G. Copeland.
David L. Lombard.
Leonard H. Goodridge. George Burke.
George S. Drake.
Henry J. LeLacheur.
Arthur C. Peckham.
Clinton P. Howard.
Howard Dunham.
T. Prescott Snell.
Lyman E. Copeland. Elmer E. Howard.
David R. Simmons. Curtis Eddy.
Everett T. Hayward.
Josiah W. Foye.
Fred. J. Hambley.
William A. Cole.
Zimri Carlton.
Andrew D. Leonard.
Edward B. Maglathlin.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1903.
Linus E. Hayward,
Octave Belmore,
Joseph H. Gifford,
Jacob Atwood,
John M. Richards,
George T. Shaw,
H. Eugene Weston, Azel Lothrop.
At a meeting of the selectmen held at their office March 10, William F. Ryder was appointed superin- tendent of streets.
William F. Ryder.
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WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE :
For the support of the poor, highways and sidewalks, town officers, incidentals,
$2,000 00
3,000 00
900 00
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 seventh day of March, at six o'clock in the morning, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers and bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" on the follow- ing question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 3. To hear the annual report of town of- ficers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the selectmen.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes to pay charges against the town.
ART. 7. To see if the town will appropriate money for necessary transportation of pupils to gram- mar schools.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will adopt section 365, chapter eleven, of the revised laws.
ART. 9. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for Memorial day.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Ash Street to Bryant Street.
CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
A caucus for the nomination of town officers, re- quired by law to be chosen by ballot, to be elected at the annual town meeting in West Bridgewater, Mon- day, March 7, 1904, will be held at the Town Hall, Saturday, February 20, 1904, at 7.30 o'clock, p. m. The meeting will be called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, GEO. F. LOGUE, Selectmen. EDWIN H. THAYER,
West Bridgewater, Feb. 12, 1904.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Jan. 1, 1903. Cash on hand, $1,881 37
Uncollected taxes, 1901, 291 14
Uncollected taxes, 1902, 3.034 70 $5,207 21
RECEIPTS.
County Treasurer, dog tax, $331 63
Town of Easton, soldiers' relief, 15 00
State Treasurer, income Mass. school fund, 344 76
Town of Bridgewater, on acct. T. F. Wentworth, 32 00 Plympton, soldiers' relief, 20 00
Dighton, on acct. Mrs. Richard Westcoat, 208 50
People's Savings Bank, note 7 months,
2,000 00
Balance corporation tax,
6 49
national bank tax,
10 67
Eddy P. Dunbar, butcher's license,
1 00
Presson West,
"
1 00
Prescott Snell,
1 00
Sanford Winter, "
1 00
Allen Jordan, peddler's "
6 00
State Treasurer, education of state wards, 76 00
People's Savings Bank, note 5 months,
2,000 00
Tuition of pupil at East school, 18 00
Discount on Enterprise bill,
08
State Treas., on acct. salary Supt. of schools, 750 00
district supervision, 166 .67
66 inspection of animals, 50 00
Amount carried forward, $11,247 01
36
Amount brought forward, $11,247 01
O. K. Ness, on acct. Mrs. Ness at Taunton, 40 00
Tax list for 1903, 16,819 58
Subsequent tax, 48 95
Excise tax, 639 00
Town of Raynham, on acct. Supt. salary,
from Dec. 20, 1902 to May 20, 1903, 62 50
Town of East Bridgewater, on acct. Supt. salary, from Dec. 20, 1902 to May 20, 1903, 145 83
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
464 98
national bank tax,
368 40
66
state aid, chapter 79, 2,030 00
burial indigent soldiers, 70 00
66 66
O. C. Street Railway tax, 994 53
Interest on deposits, 28 94
1902 taxes, 103 17
Merton G. Churchill,
156 00
Brockton Police Court,
50 00
Town farm, on acct. milk sold,
1,874 17
Bal. of interest on 1899, 1900, and 1901 taxes, 52 45
Interest on 1902 taxes, 13 35
People's Savings Bank, note, 500 00
Trustees Howard funds, for music teacher,
17 00
$35,725 86
EXPENDITURES.
Amount of selectmen's orders,
$19,818 56
assessors 145 30
Six months' interest on note, People's . Savings Bank, 60 00
Amount carried forward, $20,023 86
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Amount brought forward, $20,023 86
Six months' interest on note, People's Savings Bank, 20 00
Six months' interest on note, People's Savings Bank,
60 00
Albert Davis, county tax,
1,786 50
People's Savings Bank, note and interest,
2,033 33
66 66
2,046 67
66
66
1,012 22
66 66 66
3,029 33
State Treasurer, state tax,
1,050 00
repairs on state highways, 88 35
$31,150 26
Uncollected taxes and cash on hand. 4,575 60
$35,725 86
CONDITION OF TREASURY, JANUARY 1, 1904. Cash on hand,
$461 79
36 00
Uncollected taxes of 1901, 66 1902, 365 67
1903, 3,712 14 $4,575 60
Outstanding note against the town, $500 00
FRANK L. HOWARD, Treasurer and Collector of taxes. AUDITORS' REPORT.
West Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 16, 1904.
We have examined the books and accounts of all the officers intrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money, and all orginal bills and vouchers on which money has been paid from the treasury of this town, and we find all such books, accounts, bills . and vouchers to be correct.
GEORGE S. DRAKE, ORVIS F. KINNEY.
Auditors.
38
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The superintendent of streets has approved bills for the following named persons for material and work on roads and sidewalks :
Fred J. Vosmus,
$10 10
George G. Hopkins,
475 90
Frank Enos,
2 50
Manuel Silvia,
1 50
Philander Lambert,
18 80
L. E. & E. Copeland,
4 50
James Keenan,
176 95
John Courtney,
148 15
Hugh Gormley,
164 95
Good Roads Machine Co.,
23 50
Matthew McGarry,
56 00
H. O. Davenport,
6 00
C. C. Fullerton,
1 50
T. Prescott Snell,
104 30
Alger Brothers,
124 55
E. E. Howard,
105 50
Thomas Hennessey,
160 00
Joseph C. Howard,
121 00
Geo. W. Howard,
121 50
Geo. R. Drake,
12 70
John Leary,
8 00
Terence Keenan,
75 80
Chas. E. Brown,
97 95
E. T. Snell,
3 50
Erland Thayer,
10 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,035 15
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Amount brought forward,
$2,035 15
C. P. Howard,
111 75
C. C. Thayer,
62 50
E. H. Ridlington,
17 50
Jos. E. Ryder,
14 67
William F. Ryder,
345 47
Geo. W. Alger,
40 50
John Carlson,
2 20
Michael Mccarthy,
4 00
James McAnaugh,
73 00
Albert Manley,
15 00
P. O'Connor Est.,
40 50
Chas. H. Eldridge,
1 05
Jesse Perry,
2 00
Joseph Lawless,
18 00
S. G. Copeland,
77 63
Horace Bartlett,
125 50
Walter Packard,
6 00
Wallace Chappel,
4 00
J. M. Howard & Son,
70 00
Geo. J. Kingman,
53 00
E. B. Wilbur,
24 15
Geo. F. Ryder,
129 25
Chas. E. Kinney,
2 50
Frank P. Hatch,
50
Sam'l C. Holmes,
13 25
Chas. Howard,
5 00
W. L. Woodworth,
5 60
Carrie Alger,
8 00
Chas. H. Fuller,
9 00
$3,316 67
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Bills approved but not paid.
Chas. E. Leonard,
91 00
T. Prescott Snell, 52 00
Chas. C. Thayer,
61 50
Sam'l C. Holmes,
9 00
$213 50
WILLIAM F. RYDER, Supt. of Streets.
41
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The number of bound volumes in the library, Dec- ember 31, 1903, was 5,354, including 137 volumes added during the year.
The total number of books, and number of each class issued during the year 1903, is as follows :
Agriculture,
4
Art,
11
Biography,
90
Fiction,
1,999
General Literature,
167
History,
125
Humorous Works,
19
Juvenile Works,
882
Magazines,
735
Poetry,
109
Works of Reference,
4
Religeon and Theology,
18
Science,
69
Travels,
74
Public Documents,
11
4,317
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
Balance from last account,
$
11
Received from Town Treasurer,
346 01
sales and fines,
4 82
Balance to new account,
41 34
$392 28
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Expenditures.
Charles E. Lauriat Co.,
$100 54
Librarian's Salary,
150 00
"Beacon Lights of History,"
38 54
Magazines,
30 60
Life of Leo XIII,
3 50
Miss Gillis, (books)
3 50
"Boers' Fight for Freedom"
2 50
E. B. Hall & Co., (books)
38 00
Atlas of Plymouth County,
15 00
Letters and Number,
3 05
Oil, postage, express, etc.,
7 05
$392 28
On the F. E. Howard fund of $500, there is one year's interest due. The Cornelia Alger fund deposit- ed in the East Bridgewater Savings Bank now amounts to $1,016.66,
Respectfully submitted for the trustees of the library.
CHAS. R. PACKARD.
43 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 9, 1903.
A meeting duly warned, of the inhabitants of West Bridgewater, qualified to vote in elections and on town affairs, was held at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, March 9, 1903, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the following is a record of the doings of said meeting, viz :
Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.
Voted, to take up Article 2.
Voted, to accept the reports of town officers and committees as reported in print.
Voted, to take up Article 5.
Voted, to accept Mr. Gurney's amendment to Mr. Dunbar's motion that ballots be cast for three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor and three Selectmen.
Voted, to proceed to vote for three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three Selectmen, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector, two School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, six Constables, Tree Warden and two Auditors, all on one ballot.
Voted, to close the polls at 2.30 P. M.
The Moderator appointed as tellers, Curtis Eddy, E. B. Maglathlin and Albert Manley, who were duly sworn by the clerk.
Chose
FENCE VIEWERS :
Clinton P. Howard, Albert Manley, Cyrus E. Alger.
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C. H. Doyle,
FIRE WARDENS : C. W. Dorgan, C. E. Alger
FIELD DRIVERS : D. R. Simmons, C. E. Alger, P. West, C. E. Leonard, J. C. Howard, S. P. Ames, Octave Belmore.
MEASURERS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK.
D. B. Davis. C. P. Howard, A. S. Lyon, Horace Bartlett.
POUND KEEPER : Warden of Town Farm.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS :
Howard B. Wilbur, E. H. Lothrop, T. H. Churchill, C. P. Howard, J. H. Alger, Arthur E. Clark.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : Frank L. Howard
On the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" the vote was: Yes, forty-eight [48]. No, ninty-three [93]. Voted, to take up Article 4.
Voted, to pass Article 4.
Voted, to submit Jury list to the selectmen for revision, to be reported back at this meeting.
The following sums were voted and appropriated for the ensuing year, viz :
Support of poor, $2,000 00
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