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TREE WARDEN Charles A. Rogers
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LIST OF JURORS.
George H. Walker Almond L. Nickerson William B. Stub
William B. Higgins Joseph A. Cobb Freeman E. Knowles
Arthur W. Parnell
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REPORT
The Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Treasurer and other Town officers of the town of Eastham respectfully submit the following report, showing the re- ceipts and expenditures of the town for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918.
Report of the Assessors
VALUATION OF THE TOWN APRIL 1, 1918.
Real estate, land,
$118,800.00
Real estate, buildings,
254,195.00 70,744.00
Personal estate,
Total valuation for 1918,
$443,739.00
Taxes assessed April 1, 1918 :
Levied on real estate,
$4,849.93
Levied on personal estate,
919.78
Levied on 146 polls at $2.00 each,
292.00
Total tax for 1918,
$6,061.71
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Rate of taxation on $1,000,
$13.00
Registered voters Jan. 15, 1919,
131
Number of polls assessed, 140
Number of houses assessed,
226
Number of horses assessed,
82
Number of cows assessed,
83
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,
21
Number of swine assessed,
4
Number of acres of land assessed,
4,917
Number of fowls assessed,
1,835
Number of residents assessed on property, column 1, individuals,
168
All others,
18
Total, 186
Number of non-residents assessed on property, .
column 2, individuals,
294
All others,
14
Total, 308
Number of persons assessed on property, column 3, 494
For poll tax only, 16
Total, 510
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Miscellaneous expenses,
$1,500.00
Schools,
2,500.00
Roads, sand,
100.00
Roads, oil, repairs of,
300.00
Bridges,
50.00
Snow,
100.00
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Poor,
100.00
Town Hall note,
200.00
Oil Road notes,
780.00
Interest,
200.00
Abatements,
100.00
Chapter 264, Acts of 1917,
250.00
Moths,
100.00
Stove for Selectmen's room,
75.00
Farm Bureau Boys' and Girls' Club work,
50.00
Improvement of old cemetery,
40.00
Repair of road near C. H. Robbins,
50.00
Soldiers' relief aid,
400.00
100.00
Inspection of animals and slaughtering, Library,
25.00
$7,120.00
State, county and state highway taxes,
$2,338.87
$9,458.87
TAXES ASSESSED.
Assessed for town purposes,
$3,722.84
State tax,
1,210.00
County tax,
805.87
State highway tax,
323.00
$6,061.71
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Rent of oyster leases,
Income tax,
$1,387.33 1,473.03
2,860.36
From treasury,
$8,922.07 536.80
$9,458.87
NATHAN P. CLARK, LESTER G. HORTON, ABELINO E. DOANE,
Assessors of Eastham.
Selectmen's Report
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Alfred L. Gill, expense for being quarantined,
$11.00
A. E. Doane :
Services as Selectman,
40.00
Registrar of Voters and Elections,
15.00
Board of Health and auto service,
12.00
Lester G. Horton :
Services as Selectman,
40.00
Registrar of Voters and Elections,
15.00
Board of Health and auto services,
10.00
Soldiers' Relief,
10.00
29 Quahaug permits,
7.25
George T. Dill :
Disbursements on $16,797.80, at 1%,
167.97
Compiling accounts for Bureau of Statistics, 10.00
Services as Town Clerk, 75.00
Recording 7 births at 50 cents,
3.50
Recording 3 marriages at 20 cents,
.60
Recording 14 deaths at 20 cents,
2.80
Administering 25 oaths at 25 cents,
6.25
Registrar of Voters,
10.00
Recording 29 quahaug permits at 25 cents,
7.25
N. P. Clark :
Services as Selectman, 65.00
Registrar of Voters and Elections,
15.00
10.00
Stationery and stamps,
11
Board of Health and Soldiers' Relief Aid, 15.00
Telephone tolls and express, 5.00
29 Quahaug permits at 25 cents each, 7.25
F. E. Hatch, janitor of Town Hall, 7.26
J. A. Cobb, Surety on L. E. Chase's Bond for 1917, 5.00
L. E. Chase :
Services as constable, 10.00
Services at state election, 2.50
Stationery and stamps on account of 1916 taxes, 6.10
15 gallons gas for hall, 4.20
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for L. E. Chase, Town Sealer of Weights and Measures,
23.46
L. G. Horton, one ton of coal for hall, delivered, 12.00
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall, 5.93
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing town reports,
80.20
A. L. Nickerson, services as Moderator, Feb. 4, 5.00
A. T. Benner, Teller, Feb. 4, 1.50
N. P. Clark, services and expenses to Boston twice and Barnstable once, 22.03
Hobbs & Warren, Selectmen's ledger, tax lists and supplies, 8.15
George E. Gill, auditing town accounts, 2.00
F. E. Hatch, janitor and labor at hall, 5.88
E. Higgins, oaths, 1917,
2.58
A. H. Nickerson, one-half cord of wood for hall, 7.50 American Surety Co., surety on Town Treasurer's bond, 10.00
American Gas Machine Co., supplies for Town Hall lighting system, 19.89
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for Assessors, 4.98
American Gas Machine Co., . . 40
F. E. Hatch, services as janitor of hall and clean- ing hall, 18.20
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N. P. Clark, labor on Herring Brook, 2.40
C. D. Sisson, labor on Herring Brook, 1.20
J. A. Cobb, labor on Herring Brook, 1.20
N. P. Clark, services and expenses to Boston and Pocasset, two days, 11.98
Charles D. Sisson, cleaning hall,
13.20
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall, 10.25
L. E. Chase :
Sealing weights and measures, 23.00
Collecting $725.41-1915, 1916 and 1917 taxes,
at 2 per cent., 14.51
One day service as special fish constable, 3.00
15 gallons gas for hall, 4.35
Abbott S. Knowles, tuning piano,
3.00
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall,
8.38
John A. Holway, abstracts of transfers,
5.00
L. G. Horton, 1 ton coal for hall,
11.75
N. P. Clark, labor and stock, planking over wells North Eastham and Eastham Centre, 6.40
L. E. Chase :
Protecting shell fishery, .
52.62
Stationery and stamps on account of 1917 taxes,
2.86
10 gallons gasoline,
2.90
Arthur W. Dolan, Register, copy of Timothy Smith will,
5.25
Boston Insurance Co., insurance on Town Hall for 3 years, 165.60
Fred F. Dill, Moderator, July 15,
3.00
Mrs. A. H. Nickerson, cleaning hall,
1.20
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall,
15.23
H. B. Hinck, printing billheads, 2.00
A. E. Brown, teller, July 15,
1.50
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Hurd & Smith, mop and pail for hall, 4.85
W. and L. E. Gurley, lead seals, seal press, die 18, Sealers' receipt and record book, 2.50
W. G. Smith, insurance on hall for 3 years, $2,000, 15.60
Iver Johnson, police badge, .78
L. E. Chase :
July 13, 10 gallons gasoline, 3.00
August 24, 24 gallons gasoline, 6.00
Board of Health and auto services,
10.00
Hurd & Smith, lawn mower,
8.00
O. A. Fulcher, teller, 1917, 1.50
L. E. Chase :
Protecting shell fishery, 5.00
Writing Warrant for Special Town Meeting,
.75
H. T. Moore, teller, July 15, 1.50
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall,
14.90
L. E. Chase, tax bills and stamps, 15.73
T. C. Fife, soldering gas pipes at hall, 6.00
Lester G. Horton, assessing taxes and road work, 61.25
Clarington Smith, labor on Town Hall grounds, 14.70
N. P. Clark :
Assessing taxes and road work, 75.00
Mowing Town Hall grounds,
3.00
A. E. Doane, assessing town and road work, 53.75
L. E. Chase, collecting $3,333.53-1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 taxes, at 2 per cent.,
66.66
L. E. Chase, protecting shellfishery,
46.56
L. G. Horton, 11/2 tons coal for hall,
18.10
Hurd & Smith, dust broom for hall,
2.25
Collins Campbell, records from probate court,
1.60
Abbott S. Knowles, ballot clerk at state primary and state election, 3.50
F. B. & F. P. Goss, envelopes and blanks, 1.34
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John E. Ryder, repair of hall and door, 3.75
Frank H. Snow, investigating crime, 2.00
Maynard W. Dill, janitor of hall, 21.34
American Gas Machine Co., globes for hall, 11.16
A. L. Nickerson, services at primary and state election, 5.00
F. E. Hatch, janitor of hall,
6.00
L. E. Chase, stationery and stamps on account 1918 taxes, 6.70
10 gallons gasoline for hall,
2.90
F. B. & F. P. Goss, blanks for return of soldiers and sailors, 1.56
Austin E. Cole, surety on L. E. Chase's bond for 1917, 5.00
N. P. Clark, labor on Herring Brook, 6.00
R. F. Smith, labor on Herring Brook, 6.00
W. H. Rich, labor on Herring Brook,
1.20
A. H. Nickerson, labor on Herring Brook,
.90
A. A. Clark, labor on Herring Brook,
.90
A. F. Rich, labor on Herring Brook,
.90
J. A. Cobb, labor on Herring Brook, 1.80
George T. Dill, stamps, express, expenses to Prov- incetown declaring representative, 18.92
Dr. R. J. Marvel, return of 10 parturition cases,
2.50
O. W. Crosby, one floral wreath for Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Smith,
12.00
O. W. Crosby, death returns for 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918, 7.75
L. G. Horton, labor on mammals, 25.00
H. P. Lombard, labor on mammals, 7.25
Clayton Horton, labor on mammals,
7.25
Benjamin Ruff, labor on mammals, 8.25
Frank Knowles, labor on mammals,
5.00
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Arthur Benner, labor on mammals, J. A. Brown, labor on mammals, 7.25
5.00
Charles Howland, labor on mammals, Frank Hatch, labor on mammals, Horace Moore, labor on mammals, C. D. Sisson, labor on mammals,
2.00
5.00
4.00
2.00
Richard Smith, labor on mammals, Raymond Mayo, labor on mammals,
2.00
2.00
N. P. Clark, labor on mammals,
15.00
Geo. Runnelle, labor on mammals,
10.00
Hurd & Smith, shovels and fork, Charles Allen Gorham Hopkins :
8.50
Care of Zara Higgins's Cemetery lot,
1.00
Care of Frank O. Daniels's Cemetery lot,
1.00
Care of Soldiers' Monument Cemetery lot,
1.00
Care of 4 Town Cemetery lots,
4.00
$1,885.26
STATE AID
Paid out on account of State aid, $306.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF AID
Paid out on account of Soldiers' Relief aid,
$586.25
MOTHERS' AID.
Paid out on account of Mothers' aid,
$215.00
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CATTLE INSPECTORS AND INSPECTORS OF SLAUGHTERING.
Obed A. Fulcher :
Inspection of dressed animals,
$93.25
Inspection of live animals,
11.00
Austin E. Cole :
Inspection of dressed animals,
35.25
Inspection of live animals,
13.50
$153.00
FURNACE AT TOWN HALL
Warren L. Rich, furnace installed,
$73.79
TRANSPORTATION OF STATE GUARDS
Daniel W. Sparrow,
$69.00
Lester G. Horton,
10.00
Charles N. Campbell,
6.00
$85.00
MOTH WORK.
N. P. CLARK, LOCAL SUPERINTENDENT
Moth notices to property owners, $5.00
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing moth notices, 3.13
L. G. Horton, labor, 2.40
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Alonzo Gill, labor,
4.20
Adin I. Gill, labor,
6.60
A. T. Benner, labor, 7.50
Charles Lee, labor,
7.50
A. E. Doane, labor,
2.40
N. P. Clark, labor,
8.80
$47.53
CAPE COD FARM BUREAU.
Paid Henry C. Davis, Treasurer, Town appropriation, $50.00
NAUSETT AND FORREST ROAD.
A. H. Nickerson,
$2.20
W. H. Forrest,
2.40
R. F. Smith, 5.05
A. A. Clark,
4.20
D. W. Sparrow,
3.85
N. P. Clark,
11.00
$28.70
REPAIRS OF OLD CEMETERY
N. P. Clark, labor, 4.40
J. E. Ryder, labor, 6.80
J. A. Snow, labor, 1.20
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Nickerson Lumber & Supply Co., posts, wire, staples and braces, 17.13
$29.53
ROADS, BRIDGES AND SNOW
Expended in District No. 1, George H. Walker,
Road Surveyor :
Expended on roads,
$17.60
Expended on snow,
5.40
Expended on bridges,
54.55
Carting engine around road on account of bridge
not being safe, 8.00
$85.55
Expended in District No. 2, John G. Fulcher, Road Surveyor :
Expended on roads,
$110.30
Expended on snow,
90.00
$200.30
Expended in District No. 3, W. H. Forrest, Road Surveyor : Expended on roads,
$111.80
Expended on snow,
41.60
153.40
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Expended on Roads in District No. 4, Geo. A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor : Expended on roads, Expended on snow,
$41.65
55.85
$97.50
Expended in District No. 5, Adin L. Gill, Road Surveyor.
Expended on roads,
$124.61
Expended on snow,
51.37
$175.98
Total expense for roads, bridges and snow,
$712.73
RECAPITULATION.
Miscellaneous expenses,
$1,885.26
State Aid,
306.00
Soldiers' Relief Aid,
586.25
Dependent Mothers' Aid,
215.00
Inspectors of Animals and Slaughtering,
153.00
Furnace at Town Hall,
73.79
Transportation of State Guards,
85.50
Moth expense,
47.53
Cape Cod Farm Bureau, Boys' and Girls' Club work,
50.00
Nausett and Forrest road,
28.70
Repairs of old cemetery,
29.53
Roads, bridges and snow,
712.73
$4,173.29
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN JANUARY 1, 1919.
RESOURCES
Due from taxes 1911, $45.06
Due from taxes 1916,
58.60
Due from taxes 1917,
245.50
Due from taxes 1918,
1,206.74
Due on State aid,
306.00
Due from City of Brockton, Dependent Mothers' Aid, 215.00
Due from State, one-half expense inspection live animals, 12.75
Due from Cape Cod Oyster Farms Corporation, rent of oyster lease, 1918, 750.00
Due from Wellfleet Oyster Co., rent of oyster lease for 1918, 360.00
Due from Williams & Kemp Oyster Co., rent of oyster lease for 1918,
120.00
Due from Eastham Grange, No. 308, rent of hall for 1918, 50.00
Due from County of Barnstable, on account mam- mal nuisance, 85.25
Cash in treasury, 1,688.89
$5,143.79
LIABILITIES
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, July 1, Town Hall appropriation (serial note), $400.00
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, September 7, Nausett road appropriation (serial note). 500.00
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Due town officers,
600.00
Balance in favor of town,
3,643.79
$5,143.79
TRUST FUNDS
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Town Hall
Trust Fund,
$1,400.00
Zara Higgins's cemetery legacy, 84.58
Frank O. Daniel's cemetery legacy, 51.54
NATHAN P. CLARK,
LESTER G. HORTON, ABELINO E. DOANE,
Selectmen of Eastham.
Road Surveyor's Report
District No. 1, George H. Walker, Road Surveyor :
George H. Walker, labor on roads, $8.80 Harry Young, 4.80 R. L. Mayo, 4.00
$17.60
Boat Meadow Bridge :
Walter Emery, carting engine around road on ac- count of bridge not being safe,
$8.00
Geo. H. Walker, labor,
13.20
Harry Young, labor, 4.80
Nickerson Lumber & Supply Co., cement, lumber and nails, 14.35
$40.35
B. D. Prince Bridge :
George H. Walker, labor and stock,
$12.30
Harry Young, labor and stock,
5.80
E. E. Varnum, labor and stock,
2.40
Nickerson Lumber and Supply Co., cement,
1.70
$22.20
Paid for labor on snow : George H. Walker, $1.80
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H. D. Nickerson,
1.80
Henry Knowles, 1.80
$5.40
District No. 2, John G. Fulcher, Road Surveyor :
John G. Fulcher,
$28.80
Eugene Cobb,
16.80
Will Rich,
19.80
George Smith,
10.80
Obed Fulcher,
9.60
A. E. Doane,
6.00
Frank Robinson,
6.00
J. G. and O. A. Fulcher, hardening 250 loads,
12.50
$110.30
Paid for labor on snow :
John G. Fulcher,
$6.30
E. E. Knowles,
2.85
E. L. Knowles,
3.00
F. E. Knowles,
2.55
F. W. Smith,
4.20
Charles Knowles,
3.60
Oliver Knowles,
2.50
Raymond Knowles,
1.50
A. E. Doane,
4.50
Eugene Cobb,
4.20
Manuel Souza,
1.80
O. A. Fulcher
3.90
E. D. Fulcher,
6.45
Arthur Knowles, ,
6.75
W. H. Rich,
3.60
Eugene Penniman,
.90
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Charles Rogers,
1.35
James P. Knowles,
2.10
Michael Griffin,
.90
John P. Fulcher,
3.15
Wallace A. Smith,
6.00
Reuben W. Smith,
3.60
A. W. Parnell,
4.50
Gross Brothers,
.90
Clarington Smith,
.90
Howard Walker,
2.70
Lewis Collins,
2.70
Carl Gross,
2.60
$90.00
District No. 3, W. H. Forrest, Road Surveyor :
Labor on roads :
William Henry Forrest,
$6.60
A. A. Clark,
6.60
C. D. Sisson,
4.80
Horace Moore,
1.20
J. F. Crosby,
1.00
N. P. Clark,
4.20
N. P. Clark, setting R. R. signs,
6.60
A. A. Clark, setting R. R. signs,
1.20
C. D. Sisson, setting R. R. signs,
2.40
W. F. Nickerson, damage to car stuck in snow drift,
10.00
N. P. Clark, for uncollected amount paid out on 1915 and 1916 oil roads as per vote of Town July 15, 1918, 64.45
O. W. Crosby, two bound stones and marking 17 on one, 2.75
$111.80
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Paid for labor on snow :
A. H. Nickerson,
$2.40
A. D. Moore,
1.50
George Moore,
1.95
John Lamb,
3.60
Ernest Moore,
.95
H. T. Moore,
1.95
C. D. Sisson,
3.60
George Smith,
2.55
Raymond Mayo,
1.80
Abbott S. Knowles,
1.80
Abbott S. Knowles, Jr.,
1.20
R. F. Smith,
2.10
Nathan Nickerson,
1.60
Philip Smith,
.60
Maurice Moore,
2.10
W. H. Forrest,
2.15
L. McPherson,
1.90
Albert Watson,
1.20
D. W. Sparrow,
.30
Luther Smith,
1.20
Horace Moore,
1.55
William Forrest,
1.50
N. P. Clark,
2.10
$41.60
District No. 4, George A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor .
George A. Nickerson, labor on road,
$38.50
A. T. Benner,
.90
W. B. Steele, hardening,
2.25
$41.65
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Paid for labor on snow :
George A. Nickerson,
$8.70
Bradley Steele,
1.20
W. B. Steele,
6.60
Chester Pierce,
3.00
N. P. Hopkins,
4.35
Fred Steele,
4.80
Frank Lee,
3.90
Charles Daniels,
3.30
Martin Murphy,
4.50
A. T. Benner,
3.15
C. A. Campbell,
3.60
Charles N. Campbell,
2.85
Wilson Hopkins,
3.25
Malcolm Steele,
2.65
$55.85
District No. 5, Adin L. Gill, Road Surveyor :
Adin L. Gill, labor on roads,
$66.48
Adin L. Gill, 55 loads sand,
2.75
Alonzo L. Gill,
33.00
J. E. Brewer, 101 loads sand,
5.05
George E. Gill,
2.20
T. F. Brewer,
.60
C. W. Chase,
14.53
$124.61
Paid for labor on snow :
E. N. Gill,
$2.10
A. L. Gill,
6.15
Adin L. Gill,
8.40
W. B. Higgins,
3.60
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F. F. Dill,
2.40
C. W. Chase,
2.10
J. P. Brewer,
2.70
T. F. Brewer,
4.65
E. Horton,
2.48
C. E. Howland,
4.05
F. D. Howland,
1.50
H. H. Howland,
1.50
C. E. Lee,
3.08
C. Horton,
1.05
G. P. Brackett,
.38
R. V. Brackett,
.38
M. Lee,
1.30
G. C. Thompson, Jr.,
.80
W. M. Mason,
.20
L. G. Horton,
1.05
L. E. Chase,
1.50
$51.37
GUIDE BOARDS
There is one near Judge Wilfred Bolster's, the Bridge, Mrs. Edward Penniman's, J. F. Crosby's, Clark's Pond, Eldad Higgins', John Sparrow's, Phebe Perry's, A. F. Brewer's, C. H. Robbins', Frank Knowles', Lighthouse Road and Edwin Horton's, all in good repair.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. WALKER, JOHN G. FULCHER, W. H. FORREST, GEORGE A. NICKERSON, ADLIN L. GILL, Road Surveyors of Eastham.
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS.
1918.
Jan. 1
Cash in treasury, $5,438.67
8 Received dog tax refunded, 74.07
25 Received income of Mass. School Fund, 1,454.64
31 Received of State Treasurer, income tax, 22.00
Feb.
4 Received of Wellfleet Oyster Co., for lease of Oyster grounds for 1917, 360.00
Mar. 4 Received of State Treasurer, income tax, 22.00
April 15 Received of State Treasurer, rebate on tuition, Industrial School, 145.00
15 Received of N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. for extinguishing fire, 417.75
May 25 Received of L. E. Chase for sealing weights and measures, 13.92
July 12 Received of Wellfleet Savings Bank, tax loan, 3,000.00
27 Received of City of Boston for tuition of children, 193.39
Sept. 11 Received of State Treasurer, compensa- tion Inspector of Animals, 11.86
11 Received of Ladies' Special Aid, rent of Town Hall, 20.00
Oct. 23 Received of Walter Horton, butcher's license, 1.00
29
Oct. 23 Received of H. D. Handy, refund on Superintendent of Schools salary, 125.00
23 Received of Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., dividend on Town Hall Trust Fund, 67.81
Nov. 15 Received of State Treasurer :
Corporation tax, $49.72
Corporation tax, business, 5.89
Income tax,
1,400.21
National Bank tax, 43.59
Transportation High School children, 1,014.00
Burial of soldiers, 50.00
State aid, 195.00
Soldiers' exemptions, 3.71
2,762.12
21 Received of State Treasurer, rebate High School tuition, 1,600.00
Dec. 10 Received of State Treasurer, Corpora- tion tax, P. S., 4.22
27 Received of R. R. Higgins Co., lease of oyster grounds, 157.33
27 Received of W. H. Forrest, slaughter license, 1.00
27 Received of Harry E. Young, slaughter license, 1.00
27 Received of F. A. Collins, slaughter license, 1.00
27 Received of G. R. Club for rent of Town Hall, 2.50
30 Received of State Treasurer on account of income tax, 1917, 11.00
30 Received of State Treasurer on account of income tax, 1918, 33.00
30
Dec. 30 Received for quahaug permits, (Bay), 123.50
30 Received for quahaug permits (Flats), 73.00
30 Received of Wellfleet Savings Bank, amount expended on Frank O. Daniels' cemetery lot, 1.00
30 Received of Wellfleet Savings Bank, amount expended on Zara Higgins' cemetery lot, 1.00
30 Received of L. E. Chase, to balance 1915 taxes, 101.25
Interest collected on same,
1.99
30 Received of L. E. Chase, on account of taxes, 1916, 93.00
Interest collected on same,
2.75
30 Received of L. E. Chase, on account of taxes, 1917, 1,209.46
Interest on same, 18.36
30 Received of L. E. Chase, on account of taxes, 1918, 4,854.97
Interest on same,
4.71
$22,425.27
EXPENDITURES
Jan. 11 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank tax note No. 32, $2,500.00
11 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6
months' interest on same, 68.75
11 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6
months' interest on serial notes, 12.00
Mar. 7 Paid Wellfleet Savings . Bank 6
months' interest on serial notes, 22.50
Apr. 10 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6
months' interest on serial notes, 5.60
31
July 1 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months' interest on serial notes, 12.00
1 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank serial note No. 16, 200.00
Sept. 7 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank serial note No. 33, 500.00
Oct.
7 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months' interest on serial notes, 22.50
10 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank serial note No. 28, 280.00
Dec. 30
10 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 5.60 months' interest on serial notes, Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank tax note No. 37, 3,000.00
30 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months' interest on same, 78.75
30 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months' interest on serial notes, 8.00
30 Paid Bureau of Statistics for certifica- tion of one note, 2.00
Oct. 30 County tax,
805.87
Nov. 15
State tax,
1,210.00
15 Repairs of state highway,
323.00
Dec. 30 Public Library Town appropriation,
25.00
30 Taxes abated, 1915,
37.47
30 Orders of the Selectmen,
4,173.29
30 Orders of the School Committee, 7,444.05
30 Cash in treasury,
1,688.89
22,425.27
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE T. DILL,
Treasurer.
Auditor's Report
I, the undersigned, Auditor of the Town of Eastham, have this day examined the accounts and vouchers of the Select- men, Treasurer and School Committee, together with the foregoing statement and find them correct.
GEORGE E. GILL, Auditor.
Eastham, Mass., Jan. 16, 1919.
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS RECORDED
1918
Date of Birth Name of Child
Name of Parents
Jan. 7 Mabel Prescott Turner,
Fred P. and Alice May
12 Beverly Campbell,
Charles N. and Marion Louise
March 22 Carlton Greenough Knowles, Henry E. and Angie Greenough
May 11 Allan Douglas Ryder,
22 Reta Frances Eldredge, Carlton Francis Mayo,
Archie R. and Joyce L. Harry E. and Catherine Genevieve Warren A. and Marion Weller Winifred J. and Alta H.
July
31 Pearl Winthrop Knowles,
Aug.
4 Robert Christopher Wilcox,
27 Barbara Nickerson Atwood,
Dec. 8 Robert Wellen Sparrow,
Christopher S. and Bertha May Charles Foster and Edna M. Daniel W. and Jennie B.
MARRIAGES
1918
Date of Marriage Name
Residence
Eastham
Orleans
Eastham
25 Reuben H. Horton, Ella F. Cole (Josselyn),
West Hanover
Eastham
Malden, Mass.
Eastham
Eastham
Eastham
8 Charles Everett Lee, Jennie A. Horton, 9 Reuben Winslow Smith, Josephine Higgins, Orleans
July
2 George Bradley Steele, Florence Pearl Rich,
Oct.
April 20 Alfred Luther Gill, Alice Roberts Gould,
27 27 Miriam Foster Knowles,
Abbott S. and Flora S.
DEATHS
1918
Date of Death
Name
Cause of Death
Y.
Age M.
D.
Feb. 1 Georgianna M. Doane,
Cinhosis of liver,
69
11
15
Feb.
7
Russell Doane,
Chronic nephritis,
80
4
6
Feb.
20
Sophia C. Avery,
Carcinoma of breast,
90
3
14
Feb.
20
Betsey R. Holbrook,
Angina pertoris,
87
2
26
Mar. 8 Mabel Gertrude Horton,
Pulmonary tuberculosis,
32
10
12
Apr. 4 Alonzo K. Higgins,
Uremia, following operation for gall stones,
71
6
29
Apr. 20 Overy Adams Brown,
Chronic nephritis,
74
10
15
Aug. 4 Martha A. Higgins,
Hemorrhage of kidneys,
70
-
-
Dec. 12 Adaline W. Sargent,
Lobar pneumonia,
91
9
-
Dec. 19 Henry Allby,
Lobar pneumonia,
35
7 9
Dec. 21
Mary Gertrude Daniels,
Lobar pneumonia,
51
7 8
34
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DOGS
Number of dogs licensed, Male, Female,
27 3
QUAHAUG PERMITS ISSUED (BAY)
Fred P. Turner
Henry Daniels
Charles Daniels
Benjamin B. Nickerson
Edward W. Horton
William B. Steele
W. Bradley Steele
Elusee Smith
Henry Allby
S. F. Lee
Henry Hinckley
Emile Poikone
Overy P. Mayo,
Clifton Hopkins
Charles Richardson
Elsias H. Chase
George A. Nickerson
George C. Tompson
C. E. Pierce
Martin Murphy
N. P. Hopkins
E. L. Cummings
Charles E. Lee
Richard F. Smith
Henry Hinckley, also for 1916 and 1917
(FLATS)
Joseph M. Dier
William H. Forrest
Walter E. Young
J. F. Williams
Joshua Northup Frank Chase
Henry E. Young
Richard F. Smith
Obed A. Fulcher
Alonzo Gill
Francis W. Smith
Charles Chase
Samuel A. Nickerson
Chester I. Crosby
30
36
Tineman Brewer Malcomb Steele ยท Charles D. Sisson
Charles Howland Eugene R. Cobb John D. Nickerson Edward Gill
Fred W. Fulcher
John G. Fulcher Lester G. Horton
Arthur Clark John B. Crowell Albert A. Smith Albert Watson
Adin Gill Charles Campbell
Maynard Dill
Wilton Hopkins
Fred M. Howland
Henry Harding C. A. G. Hopkins George E. Gill
J. A. Cobb Charles Wilcox L. E. Chase
Lottie Fulcher
Prince A. Smith
Henry Knowles
Harry E. Hopkins
John C. Lamb John E. Ryder J. Hurd Ommund Howes
Lloyd Mayo
Ernest Moore
A. H. Nickerson Arthur Brown
Geo. C. Thompson, Jr.
Freeman E. Knowles
Charles M. Knowles
Arthur T. Benner
A. F. Rich
Daniel Sparrow
Fred F. Dill
James Brewer
Herman Dill
G. W. Williams
Henry H. Howland
Chester F. Atwood
F. Hurd
H. P. Lombard Herbert Moore
George W. Moore
Frank Ellison
James E. Young Manuel P. Souza James P. Knowles Edmund L. Knowles
Prince H. Hurd
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Copy of the principal votes passed at the annual town meeting held Feb. 4, 1918:
Moderator, Almond L. Nickerson.
Tellers, Charles A. Rogers and Arthur T. Benner.
Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers.
Elected the following Town Officers:
George T. Dill, Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Lester G. Horton, Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor and Board of Health.
George H. Walker, Road Surveyor, District No. 1.
John G. Fulcher, Road Surveyor, District No. 2.
W. H. Forrest, Road Surveyor, District No. 3.
George A. Nickerson, Road Surveyor, District No. 4.
Adin L. Gill, Road Surveyor, District No. 5.
Arthur W. Parnell, Trustee Public Library, three years. George E. Gill, Auditor.
Charles A. Rogers, Tree Warden.
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