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Art. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be nec- E-6
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essary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations for the same.
Art. 7. To see in what manner the Town will dispose of its refunded dog tax and act thereon.
Art. 8. To see in what manner the Town will support its poor the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To see in what manner the Town will repair its roads and bridges the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will give the Collector of Taxes the same power which the Treasurer has when Col- lector of Taxes.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of revenue of the municipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1915, to an amount not to exceed $4,000 (four thousand dollars. )
Art. 12. To see what action the Town will take for sup- pressing the gypsy and brown tail moths and make appro- priation for the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the road commencing at the road leading to the homestead of Russell S. Higgins, thence north over land of said Higgins to land belonging to the Estate of L. D. Baker. (By re- quest. )
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to grade and sur- face with oil, the road commencing at the oil road near F. C. Hatch's swamp, thence north as the road runs, by the great pond, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same. (By request. )
Art. 15. To see if the Town will instruct its Selectmen in regard to a closed season on soft shell clams, or do or act anything thereon.
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Art. 16. To see if the Town will elect a committee to re-locate and mark the Town landings and appropriate money for the same or do or act anything thereon. (By re- quest. )
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to grade and sur- face with oil one mile of road running from Alonzo Higgins' north, and raise and appropriate money for the same or do or act anything thereon. (By request. )
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote authorizing the Selectmen to transfer the Hosea Dill estate to Mrs. Rebecca Lee, or do or act anything thereon.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will install a water system in the Town Hall and raise and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything thereon.
Art. 20. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the amount due on the 1911 tax list, or do or act anything thereon.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to lay out and sur- vey Nausett road beginning at the North Eastham R. R. crossing near the Depot, thence south as the road runs to the corner south of the estate of Carrie Chase, thence over and through the so-called school house field and land of D. W. Sparrow and others, into the Town road opposite the Sanborn Estate, thence south as the road runs to the oil road opposite C. H. Robbins' dwelling house, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything thereon. (By request. )
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to fit up the vaults at the Town Hall with fireproof shelving, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same, or do or act anything thereon.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a pro-
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tectograph for the Town Treasurer, or do or act anything thereon.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote authorizing the correction in the course as recorded on the road between the house of Samuel F. Brackett and the house of Simon F. Lee.
Art. 25. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, or do or act any- thing thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Post Offices in said Eastham, and one at the harness shop of George H. Walker, in said Eastham, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Polls will he open at 10 o'clock A. M.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of the meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 18th day of January, 1915.
NATHAN P. CLARK, HERBERT M. SULLIVAN, CLARINGTON SMITH,
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, 1915 -
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEB. 7, 1916
HYANNIS, MASS. : F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS The "Patriot " Press 1916
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, 1915
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEB. 7, 1916
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HYANNIS, MASS .: F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS The "Patriot " Press 1916
F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers. "The Patriot Press," Hyannis. Mass.
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR 1915
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTII
Nathan P. Clark, H. M. Sullivan, Lester G. Horton,
Term expires 1917
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1916
1918
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER George T. Dill
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Leslie E. Chase
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS
Harry W. Collins J. G. Fulcher D. W. Sparrow
Elsias H. Chase Adin L. Gill
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Nathan P. Clark H. M. Sullivan Lester G. Horton George T. Gill
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY
John H. Smart, Almond L. Nickerson, Fred F. Dill,
Term expires 1918
1916
1917
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AUDITOR George E. Gill
CONSTABLE W. F. Nickerson
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES L. E. Chase
CATTLE INSPECTORS
A. E. Cole Obed A. Fulcher
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK H. Moore W. B. Higgins
WEIGHER OF COAL Herbert C. Clark
FENCE VIEWERS
J. A. Cobb J. P. Knowles
POUND KEEPER D. W. Sparrow
FIELD DRIVERS A. L. Gill J. H. Souza
J. A. Cobb
FOREST FIRE WARDEN A. L. Gill
W. H. Nickerson
FISH WARDENS E. L. Knowles W. B. Steele
TREE WARDEN H. M. Sullivan
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LIST OF JURORS
Almond L. Nickerson Howard W. Gill George H. Walker Richard F. Smith
George P. Brackett Edmund L. Knowles Daniel W. Sparrow Fred F. Dill
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 receipts and expenditures of the town for the year ending Dec. 31, 1915 :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
VALUATION OF THE TOWN APRIL 1, 1915
Real estate, land,
$105,040 00
Real estate, buildings, 216,395 00
Personal estate,
123,786 00
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$445,221 00
Additional valuation Dec. 17, 1915 :
Real estate, land, 300 00 33,974 00
Personal estate,
$479,495 00
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Taxes assessed April 1, 1915 : Levied on real estate, Levied on personal estate, Levied on 153 polls,
$5,465 40
2,103 72
306 00
$7,875 12
Additional tax assessed Dec. 17, 1915 :
Levied on real estate,
$5 10
Levied on personal estate,
577 56
Levied on one poll,
2 00
$584 66
Total tax for 1915,
$8,459 78
Rate of taxation on $1,000,
$17 00
Registered voters Jan. 22, 1916,
137
Number of polls assessed 1915,
154
houses assessed,
210
horses assessed,
99
cows assessed,
77
neat cattle other than cows assessed,
23
swine assessed,
4
fowls assessed,
4,650
acres of land assessed,
4,960
66
residents assessed on property,
195
non-residents assessed on property,
250
assessed for poll tax only,
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TOWN APPROPRIATIONS
Miscellaneous expenses,
$1,400 00
Schools,
2,500 00
Roads, sand,
100 00
Bridges,
50 00
Snow,
100 00
Poor,
400 00
Library,
25 00
Surety on bonds,
30 00
Walks,
100 00
Oil road notes,
580 00
Repairs of oil roads,
200 00
Town Hall note,
200 00
Deficiencies in Miscellaneous and Poor accounts,
500 00
Interest,
350 00
Abatements,
200 00
Reserve fund,
200 00
Vault fittings and book cases,
110 00
Photographs,
35 00
Driven well at Hall,
50 00
Locating town landings,
25 00
$7,255 00
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TAXES ASSESSED
Assessed for town purposes,
$5,940 00
State tax,
1,072 50
County tax,
644 53
Highway tax,
218 09
Rent of oyster leases,
$7,875 12
1,387 33
$9,262 45
Overlay,
72 33
$9,190 12
NATHAN P. CLARK,
HERBERT M. SULLIVAN,
LESTER G. HORTON,
Assessors of Eastham.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Geo. T. Dill :
Disbursements on $11,531.56 at 1 per cent., $115 31
Compiling accounts for Bureau Statistics, 10 00
Services as Town Clerk, 75 00
Recording nine births at .50,
4 50
Recording seven marriages at .20,
1 40
Recording nine deaths at .20,
1 80
Administering 22 oaths at .25,
5 50
Services as Registrar of Voters,
7 00
Services and expenses to Provincetown, stamps, reg. mail, express, telephone tolls, 14 55
Recording seven oyster leases and two gasoline licenses,
4 00
Recording 30 1914 quahaug permits,
7 50
E. W. Prescott, for information furnished concerning stockholders in various cor- porations,
9 06
N. P. Clark :
Services as Selectman, 65 00
Registrar of Voters and Elections, 12 50
Overseer of Poor and Board of Health,
5 00
Services and expenses to Boston Feb. 3d and 4th relative to county infirmary,
12 13
Two days assessing taxes, Dec. 18th and 19th, 1914, 5 00
Stationery, stamps, express and telephone tolls, 10 00
Services and expenses to Hyannis on account of county infirmary, 4 95
Services and expenses to Harwich on account of Poor case, 1 85
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N. P. Clark :
Services and expenses to Mattapoisett and Boston on account of Poor and C. F. Stevens, $7 90
Services and expenses to Boston March 3d and 4th on account of hearing before Fish and Game Committee and Highway Commission, 12 76
Services and expenses to Boston April 13 on account of hearing before Harbor and Land Commission,
7 86
Assessing taxes, 68 75
Services and expenses to Monument Beach Board of Health meeting, 6 08
Thirty 1914 quahaug licenses at .25, 7 50
Services and expenses to Boston Nov. 9 on account of corporation tax, 7 76
Services and expenses to Boston Dec. 23 before Board of Appeal, claiming prop- erty, 7 76
H. M. Sullivan :
Services as Selectman, 40 00
Registrar of Voters and Elections, 12 50
Overseer of Poor and Board of Health, 1 50
Assessing taxes Dec. 18 and 19, 1914,
5 00
Services and expenses to Boston Feb. 3 and 4 relative to county infirmary, 12 23
3 00
Labor on Herring brook,
Services and expenses to Boston March 3 and 4 on account of hearings before Fish and Game Committee and Highway Commis- sion, 12 76
Trip to Barnstable on account of poor, 1 25
Three-quarters ton of coal for hall, 6 68
Services and expenses to Monument Beach Board of Health meeting, 6 08
Assessing taxes, 68 75
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H. M. Sullivan :
Thirty quahaug licenses at .25 each, $7 50
1} tons of coal for hall, 14 25
Services and expenses to New Bedford Board of Health meeting, 6 79
Services and expenses to Boston Nov. 9 on account of corporation tax, 7 76
Three tons of coal for hall, delivered, 27 00
Clarington Smith :
Services as Selectman, 40 00
Registrar of Voters and Elections, 12 50
Assessing taxes Dec. 18 and 19, 1914,
5 00
Moving sand at hall,
2 80
Thirty 1914 quahaug licenses at .25,
7 50
Labor and trees, Town Hall grounds, Lester G. Horton :
15 25
Services and expenses to Boston Feb. 3 and 4, relative to county infirmary, 12 13
Collecting $45.70, 1911 taxes at 5 per cent., 2 28 Postage and stationery, 1 44
6 24
Collecting $312.05, 1912 taxes at 2 per cent., Postage and stationery,
2 54
Collecting $2,602.85, 1913 taxes at 2 per cent., Postage and stationery, 2 78
52 05
Collecting $6,987.12, 1914 taxes at 2 per cent., Tax bills,
139 74
3 00
Postage and stationery,
7 68
Services and expenses to Boston Mar. 3 and 4, hearing before Fish and Game Com- mittee and Highway Commission,
11 28
Services and expenses to Boston on acct. of hearing before Harbor and Land Com- mission, 7 98
Services and expenses to Monument Beach, Board of Health meeting, 6 08
5 00
Auto service to Barnstable, quahaug matters, Assessing taxes, 68 75
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Lester G. Horton :
Services and expenses to Boston, on Nov. 9, account Corporation tax, $7 88
Services and expenses to New Bedford, Board of Health meeting, 6 97
Auto service to Wellfleet,
1 50
Collecting $2,094.46, 1913 and 1914 taxes at
2 per cent., 41 89
Three feet cord wood for hall,
3 00
Walter F. Nickerson :
Services as Constable for 1914,
10 00
Attending Primary and State elections,
5 00
Enforcing quahaug law,
12 40
Charles F. Atwood, quahaug matters,
4 00
Leslie E. Chase :
Collecting $3,648.33 1915 taxes at 2 per cent., 72 97
Collecting $2,538.51 1915 taxes at 2 per cent., 50 77
Sealing weights and measures, 20 75
Frank E. Hatch, janitor service on acct. Town Hall : Month of January,
6 43
February,
6 10
66
March,
4 03
April,
4 25
May,
4 15
June,
4 76
July,
12 63
66 August,
17 12
66 September,
12 75
October,
4 38
November,
3 00
S. F. Brackett :
Gasoline for Hall,
9 20
Gasoline and supplies for Town Hall,
6 35
Hurd & Smith, paint and oil for Town Hall,
13 70
Henry E. Knowles, painting Hall,
23 75
George H. Clark, supplies for Hall,
6 31
George E. Gill, repairs on Hall doors,
4 00
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A. L. Nickerson, services as Moderator Feb. 1, $5 00
Harvey T. Moore, repairs on town pump, 1 60
George E. Gill, auditing town accounts, 1 50
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing town reports,
69 90
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for town scaler, 2 78 S. R. Higgins, surety on L. G. Horton bond for 1914, 5 00
A. K. Higgins, same as above,
5 00
American Surety Co., Town Treasurer bond for 1915, 10 00
W. G. Smith, renewal of insurance two school- houses, 10 00
G. C. Thompson, teller Feb. 1,
1 50
P. B. Murphy, dog licenses and posters,
2 95
F. B. & F. P. Goss :
Stationery for Town Clerk, Printing clam notices, 9 00 1 87
Hobbs & Warren, Assessors' supplies and licenses,
4 88
John A. Holway, abstract of transfers,
5 00
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing milk permits,
1 55
Charles C. Daniels, teller Feb. 1,
1 50
H. B. Hinckley, printing bill heads, 2 00
F. E. Hatch, burying blackfish, 4 00
A. S. Knowles, tuning piano at Hall, 5 00
F. B. &. F. P. Goss, printing voting lists,
5 25
A. S. Knowles, Ballot Clerk State election,
2 00
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing oyster leases and milk licenses, 3 83
Elmer C. Smith, burying blackfish,
1 00
E. D. Fulcher, repairs on town pump,
1 50
F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing moth notices and quahaug licenses,
5 60
A. H. Nickerson, labor on Herring brook,
1 20
Frank Hatch,
1 25
Sam Doane,
75
W. G. Smith, insurance on one schoolhouse, 5 00
Fred F. Dill, on account laying out Nausett road, 3 00
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15
Charles A. G. Hopkins, care of Town cemetery lots, Zara Higgins' lot, Soldiers' Monu- ment, and cleaning monuments, Eldad Higgins, oaths to Town Officers,
$8 00
6 75
Dr. R. J. Marvel, 11 birth returns, 2 75
A. W. Brownell, marriage intention blanks,
75
A. L. Nickerson, services as primary and elec- tion officer, 5 00
J. H. Souza, delivering oil carts to Chatham, 6 00
N. P. Clark, for amount paid out on account of Nausett oil road 1914, reimbursed by State, 21 72
Fairbanks Co., supplies for Town Sealer, 8 90
$1,763 81
VAULT FITTINGS AND BOOKCASES FOR TOWN HALL
General Fire Proof Co., vault fittings and book-
cases, $107 13
POOR EXPENSES
Paid out on account of poor, $341 14
STATE AID
Paid out on account of State aid,
$274 00
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INSPECTORS OF SLAUGHTERING
Obed A. Fulcher, for inspecting slaughtered animals,
$62 25
Services one day to Boston,
2 50
Austin E. Cole, inspecting slaughtered animals, 24 75
$89 50
PROTECTOGRAPH
Hobbs & Warren Co., for one protectograph, $20 00
DRIVEN WELL AT HALL
William B. Higgins, on account of well as per contract, $50 00
EXPENSE FOR FIGHTING FIRES
Adin L. Gill, Forest Fireward Adin L. Gill and others, labor fighting railroad fires, $8 70
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N. P. Clark, Local Superintendent
N. P. Clark, moth notices to property owners,
$5 00
J. F. Crosby, labor,
5 88
D. W. Sparrow, "
6 05
N. E. Clark,
21 65
N. P. Clark,
2 00
A. L. Gill,
1 63
Charles N. Campbell,
9 80
Florence Keith, for Primary school children gathering moth nests, 2 00
Jennie B. Smith, for Intermediate school children gathering moth nests, 11 60
$65 61
ROADS, BRIDGES AND SNOW
Expended in District No. 1 :
Harry W. Collins, road surveyor, $7 67
Expended in District No. 2 :
12 80
John G. Fulcher, road surveyor, Expended in District No. 3 :
D. W. Sparrow, road surveyor, 131 57
Expended in District No. 4 :
E. H. Chase, road surveyor,
50 96
Expended in District No. 5 : Adin L. Gill, road surveyor,
34 23
$237 23
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CONTINUATION OF NAUSETT OIL ROAD
Allotment received through the Mass. Highway Commission
$650.00. Donations received from Mr. Dwight
Blaney $200.00, and from Mr. Herbert Jaques $50.00.
E. D. Fulcher, services as engineer, $38 00
R. F. Smith, services as engineer, 26 00
Fred W. Fulcher, teaming, 17 55
Town of Orleans, use of boiler and oil cart,
40 50
A. J. Fulcher, repairs of oil cart,
3 75
Arthur A. Clark, labor,
23 50
Nathan E. Clark, labor,
29 75
J. A. Snow, labor,
46 60
D. W. Sparrow, labor,
44 95
H. A. Wheelock, labor,
10 00
John G. Fulcher, labor,
33 00
Obed A. Fulcher, labor,
22 60
A. L. Nickerson, labor,
1 20
Frank E. Hatch, labor,
11 20
A. L. Gill, labor,
3 20
J. F. Crosby, labor,
5 50
L. G. Horton, labor,
15 85
C. D. Sisson, labor,
41 80
Charles N. Campbell, labor,
39 00
Henry E. Clark, labor,
20 50
A. E. Brown, labor,
30 25
Standard Oil Co., for oil,
315 95
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., demurrage on tank car,
5 00
N. P. Clark :
Services as foreman,
67 50
Use of team,
27 60
Geo. H. Clark, oil, lantern, rope, nails, etc.,
2 19
Amount received and paid out by the Town,
$926 19
889 49
Due N. P. Clark, $36 70
E. H. Chase, labor,
3 25
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RECAPITULATION
Paid miscellaneous expenses,
$1,763 81
Vault fittings and bookcases at Town Hall,
107 13
Poor expenses,
341 14
State aid,
274 00
Inspection of slaughtering,
89 50
Protectograph,
20 00
Driven well at Town Hall,
50 00
Expense for fighting fires,
8 70
Moth expense,
65 61
Expense for roads, bridges and snow,
237 23
Continuation of Nausett oil road,
889 49
$3,846 61
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN JANUARY 1, 1916
RESOURCES
Due from taxes, 1911,
$45 06
1913,
11 39
66
1914,
313 80
60
1915,
1,891 29
Due from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. :
19 85
Labor on railroad fires 1914, 66 66 66
“ 1915,
8 70
Due on State aid,
274 00
Cash in treasury, 5,140 03
$7,704 12
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LIABILITIES
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, tax note, April 21, $2,000 00 Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, serial note, July 1, to meet deficiencies in the Miscellaneous accounts of 1911, and the Miscellaneous and Poor accounts of 1912 not otherwise provided for, 1,000 00
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank. July 1, Town Hall appropriation (serial note), 1,000 00
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, Oct. 10, serial note, Nausett road appropriation, 600 00
Due Wellfleet Savings Bank, Oct. 10, serial note, Camp Ground road appropriation,
840 00
Due town officers, 500 00
Balance in favor of town,
1,764 12
$7,704 12
TRUST FUNDS
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Town Hall Trust fund, $1,400 00
Zara Higgins' cemetery legacy, 50 00
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN P. CLARK, HERBERT M. SULLIVAN, LESTER G. HORTON,
Selectmen of Eastham
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ROAD SURVEYORS' REPORT
District No. 1, HARRY W. COLLINS, Road Surveyor :
B. D. Prince Bridge :
James F. Eldridge, cedar posts and rough lumber, $7 67
Expended on roads in District No. 2, JOHN G. FULCHER, Road Surveyor :
John G. Fulcher, sanding Fort hill, $12 80
Expended on roads in District No. 3, D. W. SPARROW, Road Surveyor :
D. W. Sparrow, labor on sand roads, $9 00
Nathan E. Clark, labor on sand roads, 2 00
$11 00
D. W. Sparrow, repairing spout at Salt pond,
$2 60
Paid for labor on snow :
J. F. Crosby,
$1 75
C. F. Horton,
1 00
O. H. Howes,
1 50
Leslie E. Chase,
1 50
James P. Brewer,
1 50
Nathan E. Clark,
1 25
D. W. Sparrow,
2 25
$10 75
Paid for labor and oil on oil roads :
D. W. Sparrow, labor, $22 85 J. A. Snow, labor, 1 00
22
W. A. Mayo, labor,
$16 60
Henry Clark,
1 25
Carrie Holbrook, 23 loads sand at .04,
92
N. P. Clark, 1 barrel tarvia,
4 00
C. H. Robbins, 10 loads sand at .04,
40
A. E. Brown, labor,
7 00
F. E. Hatch, labor,
3 10
Standard Oil Co., 10 barrels of binder, 36 15
New York, N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight on oil, 9 20
$102 41
Nausett Bridge :
D. W. Sparrow, labor, $2 25
Herring Brook Bridge :
D. W. Sparrow, plank,
$1 50
D. W. Sparrow, labor,
2 00
Nathan E. Clark,
1 75
$5 25
Expended on roads in District No. 4, ELSIAS H. CHASE,
Road Surveyor :
$7 11
Elsias H. Chase, Frank Lee,
1 50
C. E. Lee,
2 00
$10 61
Paid for labor on oil roads :
S. F. Lec,
$7 60
E. H. Chase,
17 05
C. E. Lee,
6 50
Adin L. Gill,
9 20
$40 35
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Expended on roads in District No. 5, ADIN L. GILL, Road Surveyor :
Adin L. Gill, labor,
$15 60
O. A. Brown, labor,
4 75
J. E. Brewer, labor, 4 75
H. B. Hinckley, labor,
4 75
H. P. Lombard, labor,
63
T. F. Brewer, labor,
75
$31 23
Paid for labor on snow :
$1 50
A. L. Gill, Alonzo L. Gill,
50
C. E. Chase,
1 00
$3 00
GUIDE BOARDS
There is one near O. H. Davenport's, the bridge, Mrs. Edward Penniman's, J. F. Crosby's, Clark's Pond, Eldad Higgins', John Sparrow's, Phebe Perry's, Town Hall, C. H. Robbins', George P. Brackett's, Lighthouse road, and Robert Horton's, all in good repair.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY W. COLLINS, JOHN G. FULCHER, DANIEL W. SPARROW,
ELSIAS H. CHASE, ADIN L. GILL,
Road Surveyors of Eastham.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1 Cash in treasury,
$4,969 82
Jan. 1 Received dog tax refunded for 1914, 53 89
Jan. 22 of State Treasurer, State
Highway loan fund, 21 72
Jan. 25
Received of State Treasurer, State School fund,
1,117 30
Mar. 10
Received of State Treasurer, Cor- poration tax public service, 6 87
Apr. 7 Received of State Treasurer, rebate Educational Industrial school, 87 50
May 4 Received of Wellfleet Savings Bank, (gave tax note),
2,000 00
June 30 Received of Second District Court, fines for quarter ending June 30,
15 00
July 1 Received of Angelos P. Spanos, for pedler's license, 3 00
July 27 Received of Peter Carastonia, for pedler's license, 3 00
July 27
Received of Town of Orleans, for use of tar kettle, 7 00
July 27 Received of J. Souza, for butcher's license, 1 00
July 27 Received of F. A. Collins, for butcher's license, 1 00
Aug. 24
Received of H. M. Malchman, for pedler's license, 3 00
Aug. 30
Received of George V. Williams, for lease of oyster beds for 1915, 120 00
Aug. 31
Received of North Atlantic Oyster Farms Corp., for lease of oyster beds for 1915, 750 00
Aug. 21 Received of State Treasurer, com- pensation Inspector of Animals, 10 20
Sept. 30 Received of Walter Horton, for slaughter license, 1 00
25
Sept. 30 Received of Second District Court, fines for quarter ending Sept. 30,
$25 00
Oct. 8 Received of City of Boston, for tui-' tion of children, 502 00
Oct. 10 Received income on Town Hall trust fund, 62 20
Oct. 30 Received of Dwight Blaney, on acct. of Nausett road, 200 00
Nov. 12 Received of H. D. Hardy, State re- bate on acct. of Supt. of Schools, 129 31
Nov. 15
Received of State Treasurer : Corporation tax, public service, $71 28
Corporation tax, business, 20 30
National Bank tax, 36 89
State aid, 276 00
High school tuition, 562 50
966 97
Dec. 6 Received of Herbert Jaques, on acct. of Nausett road, 50 00
Dec. 17 Received of State Treasurer, on acct. Nausett road, 639 49
Dec. 23 Received of R. R. Higgins Co., for lease of oyster beds for 1915, 157 33
Dec. 23
Received of Estate of Frank O. Daniels to be invested, the income to be used for the care of his cem- etery lot, 50 00
Dec. 31 Received of N. P. Clark, for lumber, 2 24 Received of Fred Fulcher, for use of oil kettle, 4 00
Received rent of Town Hall, for dances, etc., $60 ; for Grange $54, Received fees for sealing weights and measures, 17 45
114 00
178 00
Received for quahaug permits (Bay.), Received for quahaug permits (Flats), 21 50
26
Dec. 31 Received rebate of money paid out on acct. of poor, $50 00 Received of L. G. Horton, on acct. of taxes on 1913, 521 57 Received of L. G. Horton, on acct. of taxes on 1914, 2,019 54 Received of L. E. Chase, on acct. of taxes on 1915, 6,568 49
$21,450 39
EXPENDITURES
Feb. 17 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank serial note No. 7, $500 00
Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $1,500, 30 00
Mar. 10 Paid National Bank tax, 4 62
Apr. 15 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank tax note,
3,500 00
Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on same, 74 37
Apr. 21 Paid James Boland per order Second District Court, 13 31
Apr. 28 Paid Bureau of Statistics for certifica- tion of note, 2 00
May 4 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $2,020, 40 40
July 1 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank note No. 13, 200 00
Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $1,200, 24 00
Aug. 17 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $1,000, 20 00
27
Sept. 20 Paid Walter F. Nickerson per order Second District Court, $11 20
Oct. 18 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank notes Nos. 20 and 25, 580 00
Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $2,020, 40 40
Oct. 20 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on tax note $2,000, at 44 per cent.,
42 50
Nov. 1 Paid County tax,
644 33
Nov. 15 Paid State tax,
1,072 50
Paid repairs of State highway,
218 09
Nov. 30 Paid James Boland per order Second District Court, 5 30
Dec. 31 Paid Wellfleet Savings Bank 6 months interest on serial notes $1,000,
20 00
Paid Public Library, town appropria- tion, 25 00
Paid order of Selectmen,
3,846 61
Paid order of School Committee,
5,154 30
Taxes abated in 1913,
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