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DEATHS FOR 1899.
Name. Cause of Death. Age.
Mar. 31. Gladys B. Daniels. Eclampsia.
6m
April 4. Heman Snow. Apoplexy. 57y 5m
May 10. Elvira Mayo. Heart Failure. 69y 6m
15. Whitman R. Horton. Pneumonia. 14y 9m
June 12. Warren D. Mayo. Heart. 67y 7m
Valvular Disease
July 17. Mary A. Southward. Cerrhosis of Liver. 75y
4d
19. Edward Clark. Ulceration of Blad-
der. 75y 3m
Aug. 15. John Fulcher.
Rheumatism.
63y
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MARRIAGES FOR 1899.
Name.
Jan. 29.
Elkanah Hopkins,
Priscilla Ober,
Residence. Eastham Orleans
April 29. Hinckley Lincoln, Betsey F. Harding,
Eastham
May
10.
Warren A. Mayo,
Marion W. Sparrow,
Eastham
Nov. 30. Eben T. Atwood, Jr., Carrie Newcomb Cole,
Brockton
Eastham
Dec. 24.
Harvey T. Moore,
Sadie M. LeCount,
Eastham
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed, 33
Males,
31
Females,
2
Total, 33
Paid County Treasurer, less Town Clerk's fees, $65 40 Reimbursed to the town, $61 53
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. T. DILL, Town Clerk.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Public Library respectfully submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending Dec. 30, 1899 :
TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
1899.
Jan. 1. Cash in Treasury,
$69 71
Dec. 30. Received town appropriation, 50 00
30. Received dog tax refunded, 61 53
$181 24
EXPENDITURES.
May 15. Paid F. B. & F. P. Goss, for book labels and library cards, $5 00
18. Paid Jordan, Marsh & Co., for books, 34 90
Sept. 15. Paid D. L. Brownell, for books, 3 50
15. Paid James Savage on Library expenses, 1 20
Oct. 23. Paid G. H. Clark, for coal, 2 35
Nov. 15. Paid Mrs. H. C. Clark, Librarian services,
15 00
. 15. Paid A. T. Newcomb, for oil heater,
5 00
15. Paid insurance on Library,
3 00
Dec.
30. Paid DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., for books,
20 99
30. Paid Frank A. Munsey, for books, 1 00
30. Paid Frank Leslie Publishing House, for books, 1 00
30. Paid S. S. Maclure Co., for books, 1 00
30. Paid Curtis Publishing Co., for books, 1 00
30. Paid Mrs. Herbert Clark, Librarian ser- vices, 10 00
31. Cash in treasury,
76 30
$181 24
GEO. T. DILL, Treasurer.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of books in Library,
1,443
Number added during the year,
92
books taken out during the year,
1,612
persons taking out books,
85
Largest number of books taken out at one time,
45
Average number out each week,
31
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1899,
$1 53
Received from fines,
5 06
$6 59
Paid out for mucilage, etc.,
$1 22
" kerosene,
1 27
60
" cleaning Library,
1 00
.
3 49
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1900,
$3 10
MRS. HERBERT C. CLARK, Librarian.
J. A. CLARK, MRS. I. H. HORTON, JAMES SAVAGE,
Trustees.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN of EASTHAM,
MASSACHUSETTS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 30, 1899.
OF E
NMOJ
INC
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NAUSET 15207
651
HYANNIS, MASS. : F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS. The "Patriot" Press. 1900.
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
School Committee.
MRS. WINSLOW HORTON, RUSSELL D. WILEY, GEO. T. DILL, CHESTER F. HORTON,
A. MAY KNOWLES,
Term expires 1900
1900
1901
66 1901
6.
66 1902
District Superintendent. S. HOWARD CHACE.
Organization for I899.
A. MAY KNOWLES, Chairman. GEO. T. DILL, Secretary. Sub-Committees.
On repairs, fuel and hiring janitors : South School, A. MAY KNOWLES.
Centre School, GEO. T. DILL.
North School, RUSSELL D. WILEY.
Truant Officers.
RUSSELL D. WILEY, CHESTER F. HORTON.
Corps of Teachers.
NELLIE M. ROGERS, IDA M. CLARK, ETHEL T. DYER,
North Eastham Mixed Centre Eastham Mixed South Eastham Mixed
Janitors.
ASA R. LEE, BLANCHE A. BREWER, MRS. HATTIE RYDER,
North School Centre School South School
Pupils attending Orleans High School.
EDITH M. SMITH, AMY D. SMITH,* RUTH K. SMITH,
EVA L. COLLINS,* LIZZIE C. HURD, EDITH M. LIEBERT,
MARY M. SULLIVAN.
*Left at close of Spring Term.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Eastham:
The School Committee respectfully submit herewith their annual report, to which is appended the report of the Super- intendent of Schools.
The North school was closed two weeks earlier than the other schools in town last spring on account of an epidemic of measles in the north part of the town. The time lost has been made up, one week at the beginning of the fall term and one week at the beginning of the winter term.
The Superintendent has had charge of the school supplies since the beginning of the fall term.
At a recent meeting of the School Committee, it was vot- ed that no pupil in our schools shall pursue studies in ad- vance of those outlined by our course of study.
The children living in the extreme south part of Eastham have to cross a little foot bridge in coming across the fields to school.
In the November gale of 1898 a dike, which was built sev- eral years ago to keep the salt water off of a large tract of land in that section of the town, washed away, and since that time the water comes over the bridge so that the children have to follow the main road or walk on the railroad quite a distance and then take the main road ; either way makes the distance a half mile or more longer than coming across the fields.
The last time that the bridge was repaired it was done so by order of the Road Surveyor, and we believe that it is the duty of the Road Surveyors to have a bridge built there high enough to be above high water mark.
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Estimate of amount of money needed for schools for 1900 : Teachers' salaries, $918 00
Janitors' wages,
76 00
Superintendent's salary,
35 00
Apparatus, text-books, etc.,
125 00
Fuel,
80 00
Incidentals,
45 00
Repairs,
35 00
Painting the three schoolhouses,
75 00
Total,
$1,389 00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
Received from State, School Fund,
494 43
rebate on Superintendent's salary, ยท 156 25
66 66 Teachers' salary,
159 00
66 for tuition paid Town of Orleans,
155 20
from City of Boston, for supplies, 6 00
66
" Town of Wellfleet, for tuition, 10 80
66
Babb & Co., for old school books, 9 30
149 83
$2,040 81
EXPENDITURES.
Paid S. Howard Chace,
$187 44
S. Howard Chace, Superintendent, postage,
1 02
Ethel T. Dyer,
360 00
Ida M. Clark,
260 00
Alice F. Sears,
220 00
Nellie M. Rogers,
230 00
Janitors' services,
62 50
For fuel,
76 44
For cleaning and whitening walls,
25 00
For school books and supplies,
103 64
For repairs,
168 55
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Balance of State School Fund from 1898,
$900 00
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For incidentals,
$42 13
Tuition to Town of Orleans,
155 20
Total,
$1,891 92
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Geo. T. Dill and S. H. Chace in account with the Town of Eastham :
Dr.
Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1899,
$25 00
Supplies purchased,
103 64
$128 64
Cr.
Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1900,
$47 40
Supplies furnished the schools,
81 24
$128 64
RECAPITULATION.
Available for Schools,
$2,040 81
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Superintendent,
$188 46
Teachers' salaries,
1,070 00
Janitors' services,
62 50
For fuel,
76 44
For cleaning schoolhouses,
25 00
For school books and supplies,
103 64
For repairs,
168 55
For incidentals,
42 13
For tuition to Town of Orleans,
155 20
Balance State School Fund,
148 89
$2,040 81
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. WINSLOW HORTON, RUSSELL D. WILEY, GEO. T. DILL,
CHESTER F. HORTON,
A. MAY KNOWLES.
STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE.
Name of School, Teachers and Grades
Term
Enrollment
Average
Average
Percentage of
Attendance
Absences
Tardy Marks
Dismissals
Visits by
Visits by
Visits by Others
North Mixed (I-VIII)
19
17.60
14.53
82.18
315
19
6
7
1
1
Alice F. Sears, Winter and Spring Terms
Nellie M. Rogers, Fall Term
Year
27|
19.38
16.41
84.63
985
87
50
24
6
12
Centre Mixed (I-VIII)
Winter
25.
25.
23.42
93.68
165
49
12
12
5
8
Spring
27| 25.
23.89
95.56
217
39
29
8
2
5
Fall
27 25.88
25.08
96.9
98
38
12
10
9
14
Year
34
25.29
24.13
95.38
480
126
53
30
16
27
Winter
22
21.10
18.78
89.
274
15
8
or
1
4
Spring
20, 20.
18.03
90.01
233
15
23
9
0
7
Fall
20 19.33x
17.62
91.15
191
25
17
4
4
10
Year
23;
20.14
18.14
90.05
698
55
48
18
5
2]
Winter
68
66.18
58.50
91.47
821
74
27
25
6
13
Spring Fall
66 62.60
56.45
89.25
765
73
58
24
3
13
69
65.67
61.12
92.68
577
121
66
23
18
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Year
84 64.81
58.69
91.13
2163
268
151
72
27
60
21
20.08
16.30
81.72
382
10
7
8
0
1
Winter Spring Fall
22
20.46
18.42
89.99
288
58
37
9
10
Ida M. Clark, Winter and Fall Terms
Nellie M. Rogers, Spring Term
South Mixed (I-VIII) Ethel T. Dyer
Average for the Year 1899
School Officials
Parents
Membership
Attendance
Half Day
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee of Eastham:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to submit herewith my second annual report.
The lines of improvement which have been followed dur- ing the past year have been similar to those outlined in my last report.
Your schools are in excellent condition. They have given neither your Committee nor the Superintendent any anxiety, and it has been a pleasure to visit them and observe their progress. Your teachers are earnest, faithful, and progres- sive. They are strong in character, aptitude for teaching, professional training, health, and skill in government. Though geographical conditions have prevented even monthly teachers' meetings, they have not fallen into dull, routine methods of work. They appear to realize that teaching is a profession which demands their utmost en- deavors. The future happiness and prosperity of scores of innocent children will be decided for good or for ill by the teacher's attitude toward her work. Nothing in this world goes for naught. No cause is without its effect, or effect without its cause. Every thought, word, or deed produces its effect upon something or somebody. If this is true, or only partially true, shall not we, to whom is entrusted the training of that most delicate, intricate, and unfathomable organ of the human body, the mind, feel deeply our re- sponsibility, and neglect no opportunity to prepare our- selves for our important duties?
The attendance at the South school has not been so good as last year, but there has been an improvement in attend- ance at both the North and Centre schools so that the per-
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centage for the year is ninety-nine one hundredths of one per cent. higher than last year. The new attendance law of 1898, which magnifies non-attendance caused by illness, is responsible for the fact that our schools do not show a much better attendance than last year. The average membership is 3.97 larger than last year. This may indicate either a larger number of pupils or more continuous attendance.
I regret to note that the tardy marks have increased 108 and the dismissals have nearly doubled. Moreover, about 40 per cent. of these accumulated in the fall term, which is the most favorable time for punctual attendance. Usually these items can be charged to the negligence or carelessness of parents. If pupils are prepared and started for school in time they will seldom be tardy, and they will surely not be dismissed without a request from home. Let us not under- estimate the importance of habits of punctuality and regu- larity in school work. We are all of us "bundles of habits." Take care, then, that no worthless strands find a place in your children's lives.
According to the statistics, the public visiting days or "parents' days" have not been a success. There have been only as many parents in the schools this year as last and a decrease of twenty-one in the number of other visitors.
An entertainment and exhibition of school work was given in the Town Hall last June. Although we were some- what disappointed that the exhibition did not command closer attention, we were much pleased with the large at- tendance at the entertainment.
Reports of each pupil's attendance, scholarship and de- portment will continue to be sent to parents every month. Parents are requested to give them careful attention before returning them to the school, as it may prevent a painful surprise when the season for promotion arrives.
Parents can also assist us by giving attention to the home study which should be done by pupils in the higher grades. If, dear parents, your children in grades seven and eight are not doing a little studying at home, it will do no harm
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for you to investigate. It would be of great assistance, also, if children could be provided with good reading matter in which they are interested. A good book or periodical care- fully read may be of more benefit than the regular reading lesson.
The "Normal Review" system of vertical writing has been introduced. Most of the children who have adopted verti- cal writing have attained good results, and, on the whole, the penmanship in your schools is above the average in rural schools. This subject should receive the careful at- tention of teachers and pupils.
The Centre and South schools have shown commendable zeal by securing enough money to purchase an organ for each school. Music will surely receive an impetus, and the interest of the pupils in their general school work cannot fail to be stimulated.
I wish to thank the Village Improvement Society for the bountiful supply of pictures given to the schools last spring. The schoolrooms, as a whole, now present a better appear- ance so far as decorations are concerned, than those of any other town with which I am at all familiar. I hope this ex- ample of what may be done to improve our schoolrooms will encourage the schools to procure pictures of permanent value.
At present the Eastham schools lack the beneficent influ- ence of a High School. Upon this influence Hon. Frank A. Hill, Secretary of the State Board of Education, speaks as follows: "One well-recognized and valuable fact is this, that the high school exerts a powerful stimulus for good upon the schools below. It holds up before the young ideals of higher and broader scholarship; it is the gateway to otherwise inaccessible realms beyond; it appeals to the ambition of the young; it appeals to this ambition at a crit- ical time, when it is important that inferior ambitions shall be forestalled; it is the golden strand in that interest which holds the young up to scholarly endeavor. It fits in with the thought that noble inspiration comes from above, not
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from below, that normal children respond better, not when they are pushed from beneath, but when they are drawn from on high. The longing for higher things thus aroused, children do better work in the lower schools; they are more readily guided; they hold to a definite course more steadily. Indeed, it is as true of the mind as of any ship that sails the seas, that it must have momentum to obey its helm. If this ambition to attend the high school is, in some measure imi- tative-a mere spirit to do as others do-it is, in a larger measure, a spirit to study for study's sake or for the re- wards that study brings. It is not surprising, therefore, that school committees, with scarcely an exception, should bear witness to the bracing influence of a good high school upon the grades below, experience thus confirming what theory would lead one to expect." Since Eastham has no High School, your pupils are permitted to attend the Or- leans High School and the cost of their tuition is paid by the State. While nominally this privilege is shared by all alike, the history of High School attendance in Eastham in the past shows that it is practically denied to the majority, because parents must either bear the expense of boarding their children in Orleans, or find means for conveying them to and from the high school every day. The result is that only the well-to-do, or those living near Orleans can enjoy the advantages of a high school education.
A glance at the table in this report, giving the number of pupils by grades in the schools, shows that there are five pupils in the present eighth grade. Four of these are at North Eastham and one at South Eastham. This probably means that 80 per cent., or four-fifths, of the children who have completed the course in the elementary schools, and have learned what our schools are designed to teach them, will be denied the privilege of getting a higher education because they live at so great a distance from the High school, while 20 per cent., or one-fifth, may enjoy this boon, simply because of proximity to Orleans. All will readily grant that this is scarcely just.
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According to the report of 1899, $848.18, or over 47 per cent. of the available funds, exclusive of the rebate on the Superintendent's salary, was received from the State. Tax- ation in Eastham is the lowest in this school district, as the following figures for 1898 show : Eastham, $9.60; Orleans, $14; Brewster, $14; Harwich, $14.50. According to the State report for 1897-98, the amounts appropriated for the education of each child included in the average member- ship of the schools were as follows : Orleans, $22.987 ; Brews- ter, $20.066 ; Harwich, $16.319 ; Eastham, $15. To be sure, a larger sum than this was expended on the pupils, because in Eastham $848.18, which was received from the State, is not included in the above sum. The other towns also re- ceived money from the State, but they were not entitled to so much as Eastham.
I have stated these facts, not to suggest that the children in Eastham have opportunities inferior to those of other towns so far as elementary education is concerned, but to show that the schools have not been a burden to the tax- payer, compared with the cost of schools in other towns. If I may judge from certain things which have come to my notice, the people of Eastham appreciate the value of an education, take pride in their schools and are willing to support them, and are lovers of justice and fair play. In consideration of the unequal opportunities offered to child- ren in different parts of the town to get a High school edu- cation, will not the citizens of Eastham appropriate a sum sufficient to convey deserving pupils to the Orleans High school? Perhaps a portion of the expense, say twenty-five cents (25c.) a week could be borne by each pupil, as this amount would not be burdensome. Any pupil who has an earnest desire to attend the High school could pay twenty- five cents a week for conveyance.
The Eastham schools have hitherto had a vacation at Thanksgiving instead of waiting until Christmas, as is done in all, or nearly all, other towns in the State. Two of your teachers and fifty-three (53) pupils were anxious to have a
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vacation at Christmas, and only five pupils expressed them- selves in favor of the present plan. Your Committee, therefore, have so arranged the calendar for next year that there will be a vacation of two weeks at Christmas. The schools will also be closed Thanksgiving day and the day following.
I wish to express my appreciation of the earnest efforts of the School Committee to secure the best possible teachers for the schools. Whatever successes may have been achieved during the past year have been made possible by their kindly counsel and support.
Our schools are also indebted to the loyalty of the teacli- ers, the co-operation of the parents and the good will of the public. I trust that the future may witness a continuance of this harmony and united effort, without which the high- est success in our schools is impossible.
Respectfully submitted,
S. H. CHACE.
Eastham, Mass., Jan. 18, 1900.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
EASTHAM CENTRE.
Two terms-Mary Sullivan, Edna Dill, Bernice Moore, Louise Sullivan, Robbie Sparrow, Clarence Horton.
One term-Leslie Chase, Celia Horton, May Clark, Dan- iel Sparrow, George Horton, Esther Moore, Frances Sulli- van, Effie Clark.
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NORTH EASTHAM.
One term-Flora Lee, Carroll Horton, Thomas Flynn, George Wiley.
SOUTH EASTHAM.
One term-Harry Collins, Winnie Knowles, Linnie Per- ry, Archie Ryder.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1899-1900.
Dec. 18, 1899, Winter term begins.
Mar. 9, 1900, Winter term closes.
Mar. 19, 1900, Spring term begins.
June 7, 1900, Spring term closes.
Sept. 4, 1900, Fall term begins.
Dec. 14, 1900, Fall term closes.
There will be a vacation of two weeks after the close of the Fall term.
School closed Feb. 22, April 19, May 30, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
NUMBER OF PUPILS BY GRADES, DEC., 1899.
1 2 3 4 567 8
Total
North Mixed,
4
1
4 2
5
1
4
4 25
Centre Mixed,
7
6
5
7
1
26
South Mixed,
4
4
2
3
6
1
20
15
11
4
9
8
8
11
5
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
BARNSTABLE, SS.
To Russell D. Wiley, Constable of the Town of Eastham in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Eastham, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Eastham, on MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY INST., at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the report of the Selectmen and all other reports and act thereon.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
Art. 5. To see in what manner the town will support its poor the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint Forest Firewards for the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To see in what manner the town will dispose of its refunded dog tax, and act thereon.
Art. 8. To bring in their votes, "Yes " or "No." Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ?
Art. 9. To see in what manner the town will repair its roads and bridges the ensuing year.
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Art. 10. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
.Art. 11. To see what sums of money the town will raise for the Public Library, and make appropriation of the same.
Art. 12. To see if the town will give the Collector of Taxes the same power which the Treasurer has when made Collector of Taxes.
Art. 13. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money, with the advice and consent of the Selectmen, to pay town charges in anticipation of the collection of taxes.
Art. 14. To see in what manner the town will collect its taxes the ensuing year.
Art. 15. To see if the town will pay a bounty for the killing of crows or do or act anything thereon. (By request. )
Art. 16. To see if the town will elect a Tree Warden, agreeable to section 1, chapter 330, Acts of 1899.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to the bill of Sarah M. Chipman of $36.40 for loam taken from her premises to put on the road.
Art. 18. To see if the town will make appropriation to pay for transportation of pupils attending Orleans High school, to take effect Sept. 1, 1900.
Art. 19. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the repair of the foot bridge used by school children over the canal (so called) in the south part of the town. (By request of Board of School Committee. )
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at each of the post-offices in said Eastham, and one at the carpenter shop of Wilbur G. Smith in said Eastham, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Polls will be open at ten o'clock A. M.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this warrant, with
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your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of January, in the year nineteen hundred.
I. H. HORTON,
J. B. STEELE, N. P. CLARK,
Selectmen of Eastham.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN of EASTHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1900.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, FEBRUARY 4, 1901,
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M.
OF
E
NMOL
INCO
HAUSET 1620
1651
HYANNIS, MASS .: F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS. The "Patriot" Press. 1901.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of EASTHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1900.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, FEBRUARY 4, 1901,
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M.
OF EA
NMOJ
INCO
GRUSET 1620
651
HYANNIS, MASS .: F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS. The "Patriot" Press. 1901.
F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers. The " Patriot" Press, Barnstable and Hyannis, Mass.
REPORT.
The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Treasurer, and other Town Officers of the town of Eastham, respect- fully submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of the town for the year ending December 31, 1900 :
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1900.
Real estate,
$260,106 00 60,434 00
Rate of taxation on $1,000,
$10 70
Number of polls assessed,
148
Horses assessed,
137
Cows
125
Neat cattle assessed, other than cows,
39
Swine assessed,
16
66
Dwelling houses assessed, 169
Acres of land assessed,
4,937
Fowl assessed, 8,043
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Miscellaneous expenses,
$500 00
Schools,
950 00
Roads,
600 00
Personal estate,
$320,540 00
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Bridges,
$25 00
100 00
Snow, Poor, 500 00
Surety on Bonds, Public Library, Conveyance of Children,
30 00
25 00
200 00
$2,930 00
TAXES ASSESSED.
Assessed for town purposes,
$2,930 00
State tax,
180 00
County tax,
605 39
Overlay,
10 56
$3,725 95
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Geo. T. Dill :
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