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The following aid has been rendered to persons having a settlement in West Bridgewater and resid- ing elsewhere: 527 00
The following aid has been rendered to persons residing in West Bridgewater and having a settlement elsewhere: 337 54
$1,394 00
SUMMARY.
Appropriation,
$600 00
Receipts, 301 00
$901 00
Total expended, $1394.00
Overdrawn, $493.00
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In accordance with a vote of the town the personal property at the Town Farm was sold at public auction. The real estate was leased to Charles E. Kinney for three years.
The repairs at the town farm were shingling shed $43.80
ELLIS S. LELACHEUR, HAROLD L. LYON, ORVIS F. KINNEY, Overseers of Poor.
Report of Road Commissioner.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Street Railway Tax,
1,444 59
Excise Tax,
1,137 95
$4,582 54
PAYMENTS.
Bills approved to the following persons: Paid William Woodworth, team and labor, $70 00
Clinton Howard, team and labor, 101 13
Adolph Anderson, team and labor,
90 30
Henry Howard, team and labor, 65 40
Clayton Kilty, team and labor,
48 95
Frank Enos, team and labor,
55 00
Marshall Farrar, team and labor,
68 00
J. E. Ryder, labor,
3 00
John Hayward, team and labor,
70 00
Edwin Thayer, team and labor,
3 00
Sumner Ames, labor,
163 00
John Courtney, labor,
77 75
James Keenan, labor, 135 50
Albert Manley, team and labor,
46 69
Frank P. Hatch, blacksmith work,
17 75
E. T. Snell, labor, 6 25
Terrance Keenan, labor,
90 50
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Standard Oil Co., road oil,
364 69
N. Y., N, H. &. H. R. Co., freight,
2 00
Charles Seminole, labor,
3 50
John Dunn, labor,
158 50
Daniel Sullivan, labor,
88 50
Manuel Bittencourt, labor,
142 00
Good Roads Machine Co., scraper knife,
8 50
George Alger, team and labor,
113 00
Keystone Job Print, bills,
1 00
Brockton Gaslight Co., gas tar and oil,
82 50
Mrs. Arthur Packard, gravel,
2 20
Albert Brown, labor,
32 50
Arthur Pond, labor,
9 00
William Cobbett,
4 50
Wesley Cobbett, labor,
13 50
Daniel Leary, labor,
57 25
Andrew Norman, labor,
24 75
G. S. Drake, tools,
18 81
J. E. Howard, tile,
19 03
Warren Cobbett, labor,
35 00
Charles Eagan, labor,
25 00
George G. Tucker, labor,
238 10
Presson West, team and labor,
61 25
Carl Johnson, team and labor,
8 36
Warren Ridgeway, labor,
10 00
Roland C. Bennett, team and labor,
149 50
Charles Fuller, team and labor,
101 50
Chester Thayer, labor,
6 75
Charles Kinney, team and labor,
40 00
Fred Pillsbury, painting,
14 65
George Connors, team and labor,
287 34
George Ryder, team and labor,
65 61
Elmer Howard, team and labor,
172 80
George G. Tucker, team and labor,
65 00
Charles Leonard, team and labor,
18 00
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Prescott Snell, team and labor,
141 16
Bradford Copeland, team and labor, 141 75
Bradford Copeland, gravel,
43 60
Walter Howard, team and labor,
107 50
Unexpended, $591.72
$3,990 82
INVENTORY OF TOOLS.
1 Road machine (American Champion), 1 road machine (Victor), 3 gravel screens, 8 snow plows, 14 shovels, 9 stone forks, 2 garden forks, 4 rakes, 2 mattocks, 2 chains, 6 drills, 6 lanterns, 2 scythes, 2 sneathes, and tool box.
GEORGE G. TUCKER,
Road Commissioner.
Report of Local Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work
For Year Commencing Dec. 1, 1912 and Ending Nov. 30, 1913.
PAYMENTS.
Bills approved to the following persons:
Walter E. Vining, labor,
$13 50
Edgar Finch, labor,
2 00
George Crosby, labor,
223 25
David S. Marsh, labor,
259 88
Charles G. Jones, labor,
15 50
Albert B. Jenness, labor,
30 50
Harold O. Packard, labor,
2 00
Walter Crosby, labor,
11 00
Samuel Jones, labor,
7 50
John Peterson, labor,
8 00
John Roberts, labor,
1 00
John H. Blake, labor,
6 00
Walter L· West, labor,
24 25
Charles Simono, labor,
155 00
Christopher Read, labor,
15 00
Christopher Read Jr., labor,
23 50
Fred W. Lincoln, labor,
23 63
George Cyr, labor,
8 00
George Wetterberg, labor,
8 00
Otis Nichols, labor,
65 25
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Clarence Staples, labor,
6 00
Clifton Goodwin, labor, 2 00
Theodore Martineau, labor,
26 13
William Pitts, labor,
19 50
John Edw. Blake, labor,
14 00
Charles E. Kinney, team and labor,
75 00
T. Prescott Snell, team and labor,
12 50
Standard Oil Co., gasoline,
18 00
O. Belmore & Son, gasoline,
3 60
Octave Belmore, labor,
494 70
$1574 19
Town's liability,
$613 84
Charged to property owners,
382 73
Allowed by State,
600 00
$1596 57
Paid out,
1574 19
Unexpended,
$22 38
INVENTORY OF THE GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPLY.
One Power Spraying Machine,
$1200 00
1000 ft. of 11/2 in. hose @ 35c. per ft.
350 00
Two wrenches,
3 00
Two oil cans,
50
One screw driver,
25
Four spark plugs,
2 00
One rubber apron,
1 50
100 ft. of 1/2 in. hose @ 8c. per ft.
8 00
Ten gals. of creosote,
2 50
Ten gal. of coal tar,
50
100 lbs of tanglefoot @ 10c. per lb.
10 00
Two ladders,
24 00
Six axes,
5 00
Three hatchets,
1 50
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Two bush hooks,
2 00
One pair of pruning shears,
1 00
One 6 ft. cross-cut saw,
3 00
Three hand saws,
4 00
One push cart,
10 00
Five scrapers,
2 50
Three rakes,
2 25
One bush scythe,
1 25
Four pruners,
4 00
Six brushes with bamboo handles,
3 00
1/2 doz. of 14 twin cans,
3 00
Two chisels,
1 50
Two mallets,
50
Two pairs of spurs,
3 00
1/2 doz. of mirrors 2x4,
60
One pair of field glasses,
5 00
One ledger,
1 50
1/2 doz. time books,
40
Fifty lbs. of zinc,
5 00
Fifty lbs. of nails,
75
Two galv. pails,
40
Fifty ft. of 3 in. rubber hose @ $1.00 per ft.
50 00
One burner outfit,
10 00
Total
$1723 40
OCTAVE BELMORE,
Local Supt.
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Report of Fire Department.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER:
In compliance with the requirements, I hereby submit the report of the West Bridgewater Fire Department for the year ending December 1, 1913, which will include the cost of maintenance, the loss of property, and causes of fires as near as could be ascertained, and insurance paid on same.
Cost and maintenance,
$232 40
Appropriation, 150 00
Overdrawn,
$82 40
CALL FORCE.
This force now has twelve men, including one Chief, one Assistant Chief, and five Forest Warden Deputies.
FIRES AS THEY OCCURRED.
Feb. 13 .- Chimney fire in frame building owned by George Ryder.
Feb. 25 .- Chimney fire in frame building Town Farm, damages $50.00, insurance paid.
Mar. .- Fire at the Ames Mill.
Mar. 12 .- Forest fire set by train, loss slight.
Mar. 19. - Forest fire off Crescent Street, loss $100.00.
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May 18 .- Fire in Baptist Church, loss $450.00, insurance paid.
May 18 .- Forest fire in woods Matfield, loss $500.00.
May 19 .- Forest fire side of State Road, loss slight.
May 20 .- Forest fire in woods Matfield, loss $100.00.
May 26 .- Chimney fire in frame building owned by Hammond, insurance paid $50.00.
June 17. - Fire at railroad bridge, North Elm Street, set by train, loss $10.00.
July 4. - Fire in frame building owned by Cliff Denley, insurance paid $110.00.
July 8 .- Forest fire in woods owned by Samuel Cope- land, loss $100.00.
July 18. - Fire in Dump and woods at Cochessett.
Aug. 7 .- False alarm, call to Charlie Peterson's, no fire.
Aug. 27 .- Fire in frame barn owned by Clinton Howard, total loss of barn and farming implements, insurance $2,000.
Nov. 23 .- Forest fire near South School.
In closing, I wish to thank the Selectmen and all who have in any way helped the Department. To the Officers and members of the Department, I extend my hearty thanks for their co-operation.
Respectfully,
WARREN P. LAUGHTON, Chief.
Report of Tree Warden.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER:
I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 1, 1913:
There was appropriated for this department, $225.00. I have sprayed every elm tree belonging to the town. I have also trimmed the dead limbs and removed fallen branches that were dangerous from 16 trees, and bolted one large tree.
All the companies running wires through the town have done everything in their power to aid me in protecting the trees. I wish to thank them for the spirit shown in this matter.
Appropriation, $225 00
Receipts from Edison Electric Co., 50 00
$275 00
Expenditures,
$226 23
Balance on hand, $48 77
Inventory tools received from former Tree Warden, March, 1913:
1 Hand spray pump.
30 Feet 34 hand hose in poor condition.
1 Twenty foot extension ladder.
1 Cross-cut saw, purchased this year.
Respectfully,
WARREN P. LAUGHTON,
Tree Warden.
Report of the Board of Health.
The Board of Health has during the year abated three nuisances.
Four cases of Diphtheria have been reported, quarantined and the houses fumigated. All recovered.
Six cases of Measles were reported. All recovered.
Three cases of Infantile Paralysis were reported, quaran- tined and the houses fumigated. Two cases partially recov- ered, one died.
ELLIS S. LELACHEUR, HAROLD S. LYON, ORVIS F. KINNEY, Board of Health.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Appropriation, $30 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Jos. C. Howard, salary,
$10 00
A. W. Brownell, printing,
2 00
Drill and punch,
25
Glue,
10
Balance, $17.65
$12 35
The Sealer has sealed:
One platform scales over 5,000 pounds.
Sixteen platform scales under 5,000 pounds.
Five computing scales.
Sixteen other scales.
Seventy-five weights.
Forty-three liquid measures.
Two oil pumps.
Condemned:
Two platform scales.
Four spring scales.
Ten liquid measures.
JOS. C. HOWARD, Sealer of Weight and Measures.
Report of Water Commissioners, For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1913.
SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1913,
$1,450 46
Received from water takers,
8,207 74
Received from construction acct.,
800 00
Received from fines,
2 00
$10,460 20
EXPENSES.
Transfer to construction account,
$800 00
Interest on bonds,
2,880 00
Deposit East Bridgewater Savings Bank,
1,000 00
City of Brockton for water,
2,313 72
Cash on hand Dec. 31st,
3,466 48
$10,460 20
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1913,
$788 99
Received for construction and pipe,
621 08
Interest on deposit,
53 78
Sale of bonds,
6,000 00
$7,463 85
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EXPENSES.
Paid for pipe, hydrants and meters,
$1,360 82
Labor, findings etc.,
4,389 03
Transfer to Sinking Fund,
800 00
Cash on hand Dec. 31st,
914 00
$7,463 85
For details see Treasurer's report.
We have laid this year:
On Spring Street,
2 inch
1,600 ft.
Roosevelt Avenue,
2 inch
450 ft.
Maolis Avenue,
2 inch
850 ft.
East Street,
2 inch
1,200 ft.
Private way off Matfield St., 2 inch
1,050 ft.
Hydrants,
6
Total number of connections,
437
Total number of meter rates,
292
ORVIS F. KINNEY, HERVEY DUNHAM, EDWIN H. LOTHROP, Water Commissioners.
Report of Treasurer of Water Department.
SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
1913
Jan. 1 Balance,
$1,450 46
Apr. 1 Transferred from construction account,
800 00
Nov. 3 Howard B. Wilbur, 1 00
Nov. 3 Isaac Sagarin, 1 00
Water for quarter ending Mch. 31, 1912, 3 50
Water for quarter ending June 30, 1912, 3 50
Water for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1912, 66 50
Water for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1912, 345 42
Water for quarter ending Mch. 31, 1913, 2,097 86
Water for quarter ending June 30, 1913. 2,061 01
Water for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1913, 2,056 45
Water for quarter ending Dec. 31. 1913. 1,573 50
$10,460 20
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PAYMENTS.
Jan. 7 Transferred to Construction acct., $ 800 00
28 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $15 .- 000 bonds, 300 00
Feb. 25 Peoples Savings Bank, 450 00
Apr. 1 East Bridgewater Savings Bank, ' 1,000 00
May 31 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $2,- 500, bonds, 50 00
Home Savings Bank, Boston, interest on $19,000 bonds, 380 00
June 30 Peoples Saving Bank,
144 00
Peoples Savings Bank,
56 00
July 28 Peoples Savings Bank; interest on $15, - 000 bonds, 300 00
Sept. 2 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on bonds, 150 00 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on bonds, 300 00
Oct. 1 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $6,- 000 bonds, 120 00
Nov. 29 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $2 .- 500 bonds, 50 00
Home Savings Bank, Boston, interest on $19,000, 380 00
Dec. 31 Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $1,- 200 bonds, 144 00
Peoples Savings Bank, interest on $2,- 800 bonds, 56 00
City of Brockton,
2,313 72
$6,993 72
Balance,
3,466 48
10,460 20
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PERMANENT SINKING FUND DEPOSITED IN SAVINGS BANK.
Brockton Savings Bank,
$2,000 00
Interest to Oct. 15, 1913,
122 66
$2,122 66
East Bridgewater Savings Bank,
$1,000 00
Interest to Jan. 6, 1914,
34 00
$1,034 00
CONSTRUCTION.
RECEIPTS.
1913
Jan. 1. Balance as per last report,
$788 99
Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1912,
23 13
Quarter ending Dec. 31, 1912,
115 88
Qdarter ending March 31, 1913,
246 11
Quarter ending June 30, 1913,
10 10
Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1913,
125 75
Quarter ending Dec. 31,
46 84
Peoples Savings Bank, sale of bonds,
6,000 00
M. F. Roach, cash for pipe,
20 35
E. H. Lothrop, cash,
32 92
Interest on Deposits,
53 78
$7,463 85
PAYMENTS.
Paid Wm. J. Cairns,
$4 25
Post Office West Bridgewater,
32 75
Earl Brown,
27 25
Henry C. Kinney,
196 68
Nels Johnson,
36 00
Daniel F. Leary,
6 75
Jas. T. Corcoran,
3 65
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Corcoran Supply Co.,
535 96
Geo. W. Crosby,
2 25
Library Bureau,
1 05
Fred J. Vosmus,
8 00
Presson West,
17 80
Wm. F. Ryder,
11 25
Warren P. Laughton,
141 79
Isam Mitchell Co.,
5 76
E. H. Lothrop,
1,354 44
E. B. & C. L. Hayward,
210 55
Geo. W. Alger,
1 00
C. Merton Howard,
12 80
Hervey Dunham,
49 20
Orvis F. Kinney,
211 20
Chas. E. Kinney,
14 75
Roach Webber Co.,
950 94
Arthur H. Willis,
15 25
Napoleon Ensher,
2 02
Tibbetts,
3 00
Transferred to sinking fund,
800 00
Adams Express Co.,
2 30
Alger & Co., express,
45
N. Y. N. H. & Hartford R. R. Co.,
4 97
First National Bank, Boston,
45 00
National Meter Co.,
533 80
Chas. H. Fuller,
3 00
William Wixon,
9 00
John Courtney,
4 50
James Trubarney,
2 25
Charles Burchel,
2 25
Joseph Braga,
2 25
J. S. Sargent & Son,
3 24
G. S. Drake,
19 99
Keystone Job Print,
13 25
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co.,
39 00
71
Thomas Groom & Co.,
1 50
E. H. Crocker, 16 30
Woolworth Mfg. Co.,
698 53
A. S. Lyon,
32 52
O. C. Foundry Co.,
57 00
Ludlow Valve Mfg. C.,
65 27
Darling Pump Mfg. Co.,
159 00
Geo. Connor,
27 75
R. I. Supply & Eng. Co.,
39 04
C. E. Miller,
4 50
Otis Nichols,
3 38
Frank P. Hatch,
33 17
C. N. Andrews,
3 20
James Peterson,
5 00
T. Prescott Snell,
7 90
E. B. Wilbur,
1 00
City of Brockton,
16 50
Albert Manley,
20 95
Howard C. White,
1 00
Clinton P. Howard,
12 50
Henry O. Davenport,
2 25
$6,549 85
Dec. 31, 1913, Balance,
914 00
$7,463 85
FRANK L. HOWARD, Treasurer,
Report of the Collector of Taxes, For the Year 1913.
1911 TAX.
Due by last report, $21 02
Cash paid Treasurer,
$17 01
Abatement,
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17 54
Uncollected, Interest, $1.13.
$3 48
1912 TAX.
Due by last report,
$6,764 97
Cash paid Treasurer,
$6,520 05
Abatements,
77 05
6,597 10
Uncollected, Interest, $164.38.
$167 87
1913 TAX.
Commitment,
$31,722 05
Subsequent commitment,
2,121 75
Cash paid Treasurer,
$24,045 42
Abatements,
87 00
$24,132 42
Uncollected, Interest. $34.20.
$33,843 80
$9,711 38
FRANK L. HOWARD, Collector of Taxes.
Report of Town Treasurer.
CONSOLIDATED CASH STATEMENT For the year 1913.
Jan. 1, 1913, Cash balance, $4,440 61
Cash receipts from all sources,
61,843 31
Total,
$66,283 92
Cash payments for all purposes,
60,973 83
Dec. 31, 1913, Cash balance,
$5,310 09
CASH STATEMENT IN DETAIL.
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1, 1913, Cash balance, $4,440 61
Education :
Massachusetts School Fund, $952 55
Other sources,
702 14
1,654 69
General Government:
Town Officers, salaries and expenses, Town Hall, 864 98
Protection of Life and Property:
Constables, Gypsy Moth, Tree War- den, Fire Warden, Soldiers' Benefits:
252 78
State Aid, Soldiers' Relief, 1,407 00
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Highways, Library, Charities:
2,582 54 444 39
Almshouse, Outside Poor,
3,149 65
Miscellaneous:
Notes,
$20,000 00
Licenses, etc.,
92 00
20,092 00
Interest:
Interest on deposits,
$60 41
Interest on taxes,
199 71
260 12
Taxes:
Corporation and National Bank
Tax, $552 68
Tax of 1911,
17 01
Tax of 1912,
6,520 05
Tax of 1913,
24,045 42
31,135 16
$66,283 92
PAYMENTS.
Education, $13,328 95
General Government:
Officers, salaries and expenses, Town Hall, 3,225 88
Protection of Life and Property:
Constables, Gypsy Moth, Tree Warden, Fire Warden, 2,673 08
Health and Sanitation,
489 79
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid, Soldiers' Relief,
1,764 00
Highways,
3,990 82
Charities:
Almshouse, Outside Poor, 2,599 93
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Miscellaneous:
Notes, Library, Memorial Day exercises and other expenses, 31,521 10
Interest on Notes and Bonds,
997 47
Unclassified:
Telephone, Printing, Stationery, Express,
Damages, Insurance,
382 81
Dec. 31, 1913, Balance,
5,310 09
$66,283 92
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Brockton Savings Bank:
Mrs. Henry Copeland Fund,
$133 58
Interest to Oct. 15th, 1913,
5 38
$138 96
People's Savings Bank, Brockton:
South Street Cemetery Fund,
$185 64
Interest to Sept. 1st, 1913,
7 48
$193 12
People's Savings Bank, Brockton:
Isabelle Howard Fund,
$104 04
Interest to Sept, 1st, 1913,
4 20
$108 24
People's Savings Bank, Brockton:
Charles C. Thayer Fund,
$104 04
Interest to Sept. 1st, 1913,
4 20
$108 24
People's Savings Bank, Brockton:
Oren Smith Fund,
$150 00
Interest to Sept. 1st, 1913,
1 50
$151 50
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Liabilities.
New School Loan (Centre Street),
$3,500 00
New School Loan (Sunset Avenue),
6,000 00
Town Hall Loan,
5,825 00
Temporary Loan (anticipation of taxes),
5,000 00
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$20,325 00
Assets,
Cash on hand,
$5,310 09
Uncollected taxes,
9,882 73
$15,192 82
FRANK L. HOWARD, Treasurer.
Report of the Auditors.
We have audited and approved the accounts, bills and vouchers of all town officers having the receipt, custody or expenditure of money.
Collections of taxes and water rates were carefully checked and made to agree with the committments.
An entirely new matter in respect to our duty as town auditors has come up, and we consider it of sufficient import- ance to warrant the use of the necessary space to present it in this report. The following statute has been in effect since May 9, 1904:
CHAPTER 322. ACTS OF 1904.
An Act to provide for the auditing of Certain Trust Funds and Accounts. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :-
Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of city and town auditors, at least once every year, and so much oftener as they may deem it necessary, to audit the accounts of the trustees of any property the principal or income of which, in whole or in part, was bequeathed or given in trust for the benefit of the city or town or of any part thereof, or for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city or town or of any part thereof, and to examine and estimate the funds, securities and evi- dences of property held by such trustees.
City and town auditors shall include in their annual re- ports a report of such auditing and investigation, and if they discover any fraud or irregularity, they shall immediately
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report the same to the mayor and treasurer of the city or to the selectmen and treasurer of the town.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the trustees designated in Section one hereof to give city and town auditors free ac- cess to their accounts, funds, securities, and evidences of property: and any such trustee who refuses to exhibit his trust accounts, funds, securities and evidences as aforesaid shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be construed as applying only to property held in trust for public uses.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 9th, 1904.
We have consulted Mr. Chas. F. Gettemy, Director of the Bureau of Statistics, at the state house, both in person and through the mail, with regard to the application of the above provision to the school and lecture funds administered by the Trustees of the Howard Funds. The following is the closing sentence of his letter of the 19th inst .: "That a fund of the character of the Howard Fund belongs to the class of funds which it was the intent of the statute last quoted to provide should be audited by the town auditors appears to me clear, and the language of the act in question further- more seems to make it mandatory upon the town auditors to audit the accounts of the trustees of the fund."
In accordance with this decision we have laid the matter before the Board of Trustees of the Howard Funds with copies of correspondence, and requested an opportunity to audit their accounts in time to report thereon at the annual business meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY L. TOWER, CARROLL W. PEARL,
Auditors.
Jan. 20, 1914.
Thirty-fourth Annual Report of Trustees of West Bridgewater Public Library. For year ending Dec, 31, 1913.
TRUSTEES.
Edith F. Howard,
Term expires 1914
Daniel J. Lothrop,
Term expires 1914
Helen H. Foye,
Term expires 1915
Edward B. Maglathlin,
Term expires 1915
Elizabeth Kingman,
Term expires 1916
L. Augustus Tower,
Term expires 1916
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman, Secretary,
Treasurer,
Edward B. Maglathin Edith F. Howard L. Augustus Tower
BOOK COMMITTEE.
Helen H. Foye, Edith F. Howard, Daniel J. Lothrop.
The thanks of the Trustees are extended to those who have remembered the Library with gifts of books and maga- zines. During the past year books were placed in charge of Mrs. Prescott Snell for circulation in the North Elm Street District. The results were so gratifying, it is hoped that this plan may be adopted by other sections of the Town.
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The New Century Dictionary, consisting of twelve vol- umes, has been loaned to the High School, as the Trustees felt that more and better use could be made of it there than in the Library.
The work done by the Library increases year by year, and, as its continued efficiency depends upon the generous support of the public, we respectfully ask for the usual ap- propriation.
EDWARD B. MAGLATHLIN, EDITH F. HOWARD, L. AUGUSTUS TOWER, HELEN H. FOYE, ELIZABETH KINGMAN,
DANIEL J. LOTHROP,
Trustees.
Report of the Treasurer of Trustees of the West Bridgewater Public Library.
Jan. 1, 1913:
Cornelia Alger Fund,
$949 98
Mary N. H. Edgerly Fund,
351 44
F. E. Howard Fund,
542 22
Incidental Fund,
100 83
$1,944 47
RECEIPTS FOR 1913.
Dog tax,
$444 39
Appropriation from Town,
67 26
Books sold,
1 36
Catalogues sold,
4 00
Fines,
17 35
Interest on Alger Fund,
65 54
Interest on Edgerly Fund,
14 18
Interest on Howard Fund,
21 90
$635 98
Rus 1/01.62
$2,580 45
EXPENDITURES FOR 1913.
Paid Librarian H. E. Cary,
$174 99
Librarian Assistant,
27 65
Janitor, S. B. Hetherington,
49 35
Edison Electric Ill. Co.,
12 00
2.
25-1 94
82
Mrs. S. H. Thompson, magazines,
36 95 ℃
C. E. Lauriat Co., books,
165 00
Harper & Bros., books,
5 40 4
The Century Co., dictionary,
39 82 4
Miscellaneous books purchased,
10 00 /
A. H. Willis, printing,
2 00
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding,
23 55
C. P. Howard, wood,
7 00
Alger & Co., express,
1 25
Typewriting and postage,
1 02
Express,
2 20
Miscellaneous expense at library,
5 76
$563 94
Balance Jan. 1, 1914,
$2,016 51
C. A. Alger Fund,
$1,015 52
M. N. Edgerly Fund,
365 62
2
F. E. Howard Fund,
564 12
Incidental Fund,
71 25
943.26
$2,016 51
25917
L. A. TOWER, 3443 Treasurer.
40.75 12.01 312.7
Report of the Librarian.
The Libray has accomplished a good year's work, having a more extensive circulation than in former years; there be- ing 250 subscribers, 43 having been added since Sept. 1st. The work of Library extension has been tried and has proved successful. The reading room, always open to Grammar School pupils on Wednesday noon is well patronized. One set of reference works used principally by the children is in con- stant circulation and the magazine circulation has shown a decided increase. Owing to contagious diseases an unusual number of books have been destroyed.
A catalogue should be in every family enabling them to select books, thus insuring better satisfaction and service. Number of books destroyed 9, worn out 9, replaced 3, and 5 received as gifts, 53 books have been rebound, and the St. Nicholas and New England bound up to 1913.
Books in circulation as follows:
Adult Fiction, 4,405
Adult Non-Fiction, 677
Juvenile Fiction,
3,027
Juvenile Non-Fiction,
431
Bound Magazines,
200
Reference,
160
8,900
Monthly Magazines,
1,157
Public Documents,
2
Sky Maps, 5
1,164
10,064
Total,
84
BOOKS ADDED DURING THE YEAR.
ADULT FICTION.
Captain Martha Mary,
The long way home,
Keeping up with Lizzie,
Vane of the timberlands,
House of happiness,
Man in lonely land,
T. Tembarom, Inner flame,
Tangles,
Rue with a difference,
Old lives for new,
Inside of the cup,
Corporal Cameron,
Hills o'Hampshire,
Red lane Way of an eagle,
Bend in the road,
The great amulet,
File No. 113,
Phoebe, Ernest and cupid,
Desert Gold,
Toby, V. V's eyes,
Happy-go-lucky,
Heritage of honor, (2 copies)
Hagar,
Miss Philura's wedding gown
Veronica,
Katrine, Mr. Archilles, Mr. Pratt's patients, .
Martha by the day,
Abbott (Pansy) Alden Bachellor Bindloss Bosher Bosher Burnett Burnham Cameron Carey Carleton Churchill Connor Cressey and Harvey Day Dell DeWeise Diver Gaborian Gilmore Grey Harris, C Harrison Hay Hudson Johnson, M Kingsley Kingsley Lane Lee Lincoln Lippman
85
London lavender, Scientific Sprague, The golden road, Hoosier chronical,
Poor dear Margaret Kirby, (short stories)
Land of the spirit,
Over the pass,
Hester of the grants,
Sword of Dundee.
The silent partner,
Phelps Pidgin
Further adv. of Q. A. Sawyer,
Laddie,
Porter Porter
Pollyanna,
In castle and colony,
The white shield,
Romance of Billy-goat hill,
Gettysburg,
Arm chair at the inn,
Pleasures and palaces,
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