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NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN 1885.
Age. Time in House
George Daniels,
43 years.
52 weeks
Levi C. Fisher,
76
52
Fannie Wilkinson,
65
(deceased) 26
John McDowell,
79
35
Orin W. Adams,
75
52
23
Daniel Green,
80 years.
52 weeks
Malinda M. Green,
79 (deceased) 19
Elizabeth Bellows,
76
(deccased)
17
James W. McPherson,
72
52
Charles A. Clark,
72
52
Pliny Cook,
84
50
Mrs. Alvin D. Pond,
24
11
Alvin D. Pond, Jr.,
4
11
George L. Pond,
3
11
Grace A. Pond,
2
11
Edith Adelaide Pond,
3 months.
11
William J. Nottage,
4
John B. Whiting,
72 years.
4
Lemuel F. Rich,
1
Total,
523
PAYMENTS OF MILITARY AID.
UNDER PROVISIONS OF CHAP. 252, ACTS OF 1879.
Paid Pliny A. Holbrook,
12 months,
$216 00
Marcus Gilmore,
12
144 00
Martin Hunt,
12
72 00
Nathaniel S. Grow,
12
72 00
Joseph A. Day,
7
66
42 00
Jeremiah D. Blake,
7
42 00
Thomas J. Russell,
5
30 00
Edwin A. Jordan,
3
22 00
George H. Greenwood,
2
18 00
Total,
$658 00
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STATE AID. PROVISIONS OF CHAP. 301, ACTS OF 1879.
Paid Annie E. Taft,
12 months,
$48 00
Bridget Sullivan,
12
66
48 00
Mary L. Osgood,
12
48 00
Daniel O. Corbin,
12
48 00
Bridget Mawn,
'12
48 00
George W. Ballou,
1
66
4 00
Total,
$244 00
PAYMENTS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Bill.
28
Paid Boston Woven Hose Co., repairs, $4 52
29
Town of Medway, services fire department, 24 00
91
Wm. H. Spear, services as engineer, 1884, 12 00
92
Joseph W. Clark, repairing engine,
5 00
138
Frank Woolford, drawing engine to fire,
5 00
177
J. W. Heaton, coal and wood at engine house, 2 25 Lucy Jones, rent, storing engine, 15 00
234
John J. Lewis, labor at fire, 2 40
236
Michael Maroney, labor on tank, 3 50
237
D. C. Cotton and 6 men, labor at fire.
17 25
241
Calvin M. Hurd, steward,
3 45
245
Byron Wood and 9 men, labor at fire, 9 60
247
Bernard McManus, 4 hours at fire, 80
248
Robert B. Stewart and 11 men at fire,
6 00
252
Andrew J. Morse, repairs of engines, 58 50
254 Fifteen firemen, services for year, 150 00
308
Thomas L. Haggerty,“. .
10 00
309
Charles P. Haggerty, "
10 00
371
Eighteen firemen, 66
182 00
372 Robert B. Stewart and men at fire, 12 95
37 Hugh McClosky and men at fire,
1 20
181
25
Bill. 399 414 430 460 461 462 463 464 486
Paid Timothy Finneran, 1 year's services, $10 00
Peter Farland, 1 year's services, 10 00
William Cleary, services at fire, 1 00
Six hosemen, 6 months' services, 30 00
Robert B. Stewart and men at fire in woods, 18 00 Robert B. Stewart and men near stand pipe, 1 36 John G. Cunningham, drawing engine to fire, 5 00
A. P. Smith, painting letters, 1 75
Three hosemen, 6 months' services,
15 00
496
Ten firemen, 1 year's services,
100 00
Reed C. Newell,
10 00
T. Donahoe, 66 66
10 00
Five firemen, 66
50 00
Three hosemen, 6 months' "
15 00
Maurice J. Long, steward,
7 80
Nine firemen, 1 year's services,
90 00
John Skuse, 66
10 00
Poll taxes for 98 firemen,
196 00
572 591 594
Poll tax for 3 firemen,
6 00
597
J. Hinman, for fire extinguisher,
5 00
Express on mdse.,
75
601 605
Ten firemen, 1 year's services, 97 00
Harry Spence, painting ladders, 3 90
195 00
734
George M. Moore, 6 months' “
5 00
735
Ezekiel Davis, 1 year's 66
10 00
773
Twenty-one firemen, “ 66
199 00
774
Bishop & Brother, mdse.,
18 85
791
Wm. F. Buckley, 1 year's services,
10 00
848
James Boyd & Son, for hose,
215 00
865
Four firemen, 1 year's services,
40 00
866
Harry W. Granger, cleaning engine,
60
867
Harry Spence. 66
60
886
James Morrissey, 1 year's services,
10 00
660 664 680 712
Almon Sanborn, 66 66
10 00
James Ferguson, 66
10 00
Twenty firemen, 1 year's services,
Repair of engine, 1 60
502 507 509 550 551 552 568
4
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Bill. 923 924
Paid Dennis Feeley, work on engine, Two firemen, 1 year's services, 20 00
Four firemen, 1 year's services, 44 00
1 50
Maurice J. Long, steward,
3 90
954 956 Hood & Mason, blacksmith bill,
25 25
957 Razee & Sanborn, for oil, can and express,
1 84
958 William H. Spear, for labor,
2 75
1063
D. C. Cotton, mdse. bill,
4 72
1070
A. F. McLean, bill repairs,
2 90
Total,
$2,067 79
ABATEMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Bill.
43 Paid Edwin P. Blackmer, abatement of poll tax, $2 00
251
Raphael Fioranni,
tax, 1884, 1 27
762 Estate Caroline Thayer, "
1885, 7 25
763
Alfred L. Bodge,
66 1883, 24 99
66
1884, 22 23
764
Estate John King,
66
66
1884,
17 78
765
Polly Penniman,
.6
1884,
2 54
766
Mrs. Mary Kelley,
66
1883, 9 62
890
A. E. Daniels,
.6
1885,
1 45
891
John E. Pierce,
66
38
892
Chas. E. Johnson,
893
F. M. Richardson,
66
66
2 90
894
James O. Chilson.
66
66
2 90
895
James F. Ray,
66
66
66
2 90
896
George Murphy,
66
2 90
897
Charles P. Carter,
66
66
7 25
898
66
66
66
1884,
6 35
899
John F. Stratton, poll tax, 1885,
2 00
950
Ashbell Willard, abatement tax, 1884, 1 27
95
Alfred Farrington,
66 1884, 1885, 2 45
1883,
20 58
1.45
952 953 Razee & Sanborn, for teaming,
$6 30
27
Bill. 1050 1055 1056 1057 1059 1060 1061
Paid Wm. E. Nason, collecting tax, 1883, $294 65 Abatement on tax of 1883, by Assessors, 269 19 Bernard McManus, abatement tax, 1885, 1 02 Cyrus Harding, abatement poll tax, 1884-5, 4 00
G. W. Wiggin, guardian, abate. tax, 1883, 9 41 Albert McWilliams, abatement poll tax, 1885,2 00 W. E. Nason, abate. tax G. O. Fuller, tax, 1882, 37 29
1062
John M. Metcalf, tax, 1883, 1884, 18 23
Total,
$778 25
PAYMENTS FOR STREET LIGHTS.
Paid John Binney & Son, 3 lanterns, $9 63
T. M. Turner & Co., supplies, 50 63
John Binney & Son, 2 lanterns, 6 42
Freight on lanterns, 50
T. M. Turner & Co., mdse. supplies, 61 28
Globe Gas Light Co., mdse., 8 00
T. M. Turner & Co., mdse., 80 14
James Mahon, for oil and care of lamp, 6 78
R. B. Stewart & Co., for 3 posts, 3 00
Rev. J. M. Mulcahy, for 1 street lamp, 3 90
James O. Reilly, 3 months' care of lamps, 68 76
C. A. Stockbridge, 10
240 69
Total, $539 73
PRINTING. POSTAGE AND STATIONERY.
Bill. 5 Paid Patriot Printing Co., advs., $3 00
44 C. L. Stewart, printing town reports, 91 25
77 E. D. Houston, advertising warrants, 15 00
84
J. M. Whittemore, Assessors' stationery, 5 45
Bill, 157 238 348 487 504 596 754 761 789 922
28
Paid E. D. Houston, advertising notice,
$2 50
. 6 2 notices, 2 50
C. L. Stewart, printing, 2 75
E. D. Houston, adv. dog notices, 2 00
Assessors' notices, 9 00
Stewart & Leahy, printing bill,
4 00
66
for schools, 1 00
E. D. Houston, advertising, 7 00
Stewart & Leahy, printing notices, 3 50
C. H. Whiting, blank book for Registrars, 4 00
3 50
E. D. Houston, advertising, . ( Assessors' notices, 2 50
Stewart & Leahy, for printing, 1 50
C. H. Whiting, for blanks, 1 13
E. D. Houston, for advertising, 6 25
Franklin Steam Printing Office, for bills, 5 25
E. D. Houston, adv. Assessors' notices, 1 00
Postage stamps for Assessors, 65
937
Franklin Steam Printing Office, checkbook, 4 00
1011
A. C. Dana, bill for stationery, 3 10
1048
Postage and stationery for Overseers, 3 00
1051
Thomas Groom, for 6 Collector's books, 18 00
1066
J. M. Freeman, postage, 3 00
1069
Town Clerk, cash paid for express, postage
and stationery, 4 60
Total,
$210 43
PAYMENTS FOR POLICE SERVICES.
Paid Willard Miller, 1 2-3 months' services, $100 00
Timothy C. Packard, 100 00
Willard Miller, special services,
2 00
Almon Sanborn, 66
3 75
S. C. Taft, 66
20 04
David W. Corson, 66
4 00
William H. Williams, 9 days' services, 23 50
Anthony Connors, 11 months, night police,
550 00
Total, $803 29
Bill. 87 159 235 244 253 452 453 454 489 576 592 595 603 684 744 745 772 857
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REPAIR OF TOWN HOUSE.
Bill. 242
Paid F. W. Smith, for stock and labor, $27 60
Metcalf & Sons, for lumber, 28 36
243
S. F. Sargent, mason bill, 38 98
359
Harry Spence, bill for painting,
99 00
360
Joseph T. Hutchinson, for papering walls, 35 26
432
R. L. McPherson, for wall paper, 16 83
647 Frank D. Fuller, for 7 curtains, 19 00
781 A. G. Whitcomb, for 20 settees, 56 00
1021
D. C. Cotton, stove and fixtures, 50 36
Total, $371 39
PAYMENTS ON INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Paid interest on note, King David Lodge, $60 00
temporary loans, Savings Bank, 175 89
town bonds, 12 months, 600 00
Total,
$835 89
PAYMENTS PRINCIPAL NOTES.
Temporary loans, 3 notes at the Benjamin Franklin Savings Bank, $9,000 00
Paid 10 Town bonds,
10,000 00
Total,
$19,000 00
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STATE, COUNTY AND BANK TAX.
Paid State Treasurer, State tax, 1885, $1,635 00
National Bank tax, 1885, 1,492 15
County .. County tax, 1,161 63
Total, $4,288 78
PAYMENTS SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Paid bill for shade trees for streets, $99 99
Improvement of cemetery, 100 00
Post 60, G. A. R., for Decoration Day,
100 00
Franklin Library Association,
400 00
Water Co., for water supply,
2,400 00
Total,
$3,099 99
PAYMENTS TO TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Waldo Daniels, auditing accounts, $40 00
A. A. Fletcher, Overseer's services, 10 00
Nelson E. Newell, Registrar of Voters, 5 00
Alfred G. Metcalf,
10 00
Waldo Daniels, 66
12 00
Lewis R. Whitaker, Constable,
20 00
George W. Wiggin, School Committee,
125 00
Albert L. Clark,
132 50
Salmon W. Squire, 66
223 63
Wm. Rockwood, Chairman of 'Assessors,
102 50
Austin A. Fletcher, 66
118 75
Sabin Hubbard. 126 25
Warren H. Bright, Chairman of Overseers, 120 00
C. Milton Allen, Overseer's services, 67 50
George E. Emerson, “ 77 50
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Paid Daniel C. Cotton, Chairman of Selectmen, $75 00
James M. Freeman, services as Selectman, 75 00 Albert L. Clark, 75 00
James M. Freeman, services as Treasurer, 75 00
Waldo Daniels, services as Town Clerk, 25 00
Total,
$1,515 63
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid insurance on Unionville schoolhouse, $42 75
Dr. J. F. Jenckes, return of births, 50
Charles B. Oakes, reward for detection of Hattie Wesley, 125 00
Jane Johnson, reward in same case, 75 00
Joseph W. Heaton. coal for lockup, 1 75
L. R. Whitaker, posting town warrants. 2 00
Joseph G. Ray, rent of Town Officers' room, 75 00 Fenner Darling, 1-2 cord wood for office, 3 50
Little & Brown, for Herrick's Town Officer, 3 00
James M. Freeman, 1 day attendance and
expenses before Committee of Leg., 3 30
Mrs. H. Billings, cleaning office, 50
Wiggin & Faunce, for legal services, 18 00
Insurance on schoolhouses, 65 00
Wiggin & Faunce, legal services, 30 00
A. A. Fletcher, examining title Bodge Estate, 4 00 Gas bill for Town Office, 1 05
Bridget Mawn, cleaning Town House 4 50
Sunderland & McCaffrey, for services securing evidence in liquor cases, 91 00
D. Thayer, Jr., for setting trees and other labor in cemetery, 52 51
George P. Mason, damage to horse, 170 00
E. J. Harris, mowing cemetery, 7 86
Bernard McManus, damage to horse, 75 00
Bill. 4 25 31 32 41 46 82 85 90 158
169
179 246 353 354 357 455 456 515
517
518
519
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Bill. 577 601
Paid Waldo Daniels, survey and plans of streets, $7 50 Razee & Sanborn, moving settees, 1 00
L. R. Whitaker, posting town warrants, 2 00
652 657 Express and freight bills, 1 12
Bridget Mawn, cleaning Town House, 1 30
658 755
Gas bill for Town Office, 1 40
756 Estate Wm. D. Gilmore, land damage, 125 00
759 J. H. Daniels, livery bill, Selectmen, 4 00
794 Nathan Burr, care of Town House, 4 25
795 J. M. Freeman, expense to Boston
(Cherry case), 3 20
847
J. H. Daniels, livery bill, Selectmen, 2 00
868 J. M. Freeman, 1 day's expenses at Plymouth,6 30
870
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, for wood,
21 70
887
H. S. Morse, selling grass on Common, 1 25
888
J. H. Daniels, livery bill, Selectmen, 1 00
941
Dr. George King, return 30 births,
7 50
942
Dr. J. C. Gallison, " 22 " 5 50
943
Hood & Mason, hanging lamp, Town Hall, 1 00
1020
Edwin Trowbridge, damage to carriage, 40 10
1021
D. C. Cotton, mdse. bill, 54 53
Total, $1,142 87
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN, FEB. 1, 1886.
Liabilities of the Town :
Town Notes to King David Lodge, I. O. O. F .. $2,000 00 Assets of the Town .
Cash in Treasury,
$2,891 58
Balance due on Corporation tax,
759 24
State Aid,
44 00
66
Military Aid,
68 00
66
Town tax, 1884,
2,457 20
66
.. 1885, 4,487 64
$10,707 66
Balance in favor of Town, $8,707 66
VALUATION OF TOWN, MAY 1, 1885.
Assessed value of Personal Estate, $453,615 00
6. Real Estate,
1,514,055 00
$1,967,670 00
Rate of taxation, $14.50 on $1,000.
Number of polls taxed,
928
acres of land taxed,
15,563 2-3
dwelling houses, May 1, 699
66 horses taxed, 453
cows taxed, 541
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TOWN TREASURER IN ACCOUNT
February 1, 1885. DR.
Cash in Treasury, February 1, 1885, $9,218 14
Received on temporary loans, at Savings Bank, 9,000 00
Loan from King David Lodge, No. 71, 1,000 00
Interest on Lucretia Pond Fund, 40 40
of O. F. Metcalf & Sons, for Lumber,
95 16
of J. H. Ray, Pedler's License,
10 00
of S. W. Squire, for Books and Tuition,
11 02
of H. S. Morse, for Grass on Common, 6 50
from Sale of Horse, 85 00
of S. C. Taft, lot of old Hose, 4 50
Willard Miller, Court Fees,
1 90
from Sale of Products of Town Farm,
556 94
John Dolan, pauper account, 60 83
Town of Norfolk,
155 54
Webster,
66
66
30 00
Milford, 6 6 66
126 53
Lynnfield
،،
87 00
Blackstone,
10 50
of Staples Family,
66
13 95
Commonwealth,
7 60
payments for Charline
Daniels at hospital,
State Treasurer, for State Aid,
261 00
66 66 for Military Aid,
422 27
.. National Bank Tax, 1885, 313 04
Corporation Tax, 1885, 1,069 20
Income State School Fund, 194 66
from County Treasurer, Dog Tax, 323 06
Wm. E. Nason, Collector, Tax, 1883, 1,263 16
66
Int. on same, 84 27
66 66
66 Tax, 1884, 5,101 86
6 .
Tax, 1885, 25,895 83
Total receipts, $55,588 23
138 37
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WITH THE TOWN.
February 1, 1886. CR
By cash paid for public schools : Teachers' salaries,
$6,080 50
Care of schoolrooms,
278 39
Fuel for schools, 560 76
$6,919 65
For school books and stationery,
708 37
Repairs of schoolhouses,
363 99
Miscellaneous school expenses,
300 40
Roads, bridges and sidewalks,
1,656 45
Payments for almshouse,
1,690 17
For poor outside almshouse,
2,501 58
Military aid to soldiers,
658 00
State aid
244 00
Expenses fire department,
2,067 79
Abatement and collection of taxes,
778 25
Payments for street lights,
539 73
Printing, postage and stationery,
210 43
Police services,
803 29
Repair of town house,
371 39
Interest account,
835 89
Town notes and bonds,
19,000 00
State, county and bank taxes,
4,288 78
Special appropriations,
3,099 99
Town officers,
1,515 63
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,142 87
$52,696 65
February 1.
Cash in Treasury,
2,891 58
$55,588 23
DANIEL C. COTTON,
} Selectmen. JAMES M. FREEMAN,
ALBERT L. CLARK,
J. M. FREEMAN, Treasurer. WALDO DANIELS, Auditor.
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1885.
For support of public schools :
Town giant,
$6,500 00
Income State school fund,
194 66
Amount received from dog tax, 323 06
books and tuition, 11 02
$7,028 74
Amount expended,
6,919 65
Unexpended balance,
$109 09
Schoolbooks and stationery,
$600 00
Expenditures,
708 37
Overdrawn,
$108 37
Repairs of schoolhouses,
$400 00
Expenditures,
363 99
Unexpended balance,
$36 01
Miscellaneous school expenses,
$300 00
Expenditures,
300 40
Overdrawn,
$0 40
Roads, bridges and sidewalks,
$4,700 00
Expenditures,
4,656 45
Unexpended balance,
$43 55
Almshouse and pauper expenses,
$3,500 00
Net cash expenditures,
3,188 15
Unexpended balance,
$311 85
Military aid to soldiers,
$400 00
Expenditures,
658 00
Overdrawn, $258 00
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Expenses fire department,
$1,800 00
Expenditures,
2,067 79
Overdrawn,
$267 79
Abatement and collection of taxes,
$500 00
Expenditures,
778 25
Overdrawn,
$278 25
Lighting streets,
$600 00
Expenditures,
539 73
Unexpended balance,
$60 27
Printing, postage and stationery,
$250 00
Expenditures,
210 43
Unexpended balance,
$39 57
Police services,
$700 00
Expenditures,
803 29
Overdrawn,
$103 29
Interest account,
$750 00
Expenditures,
835 89
Overdrawn,
$85 89
Payment of town officers,
$1,500 00
Expenditures,
1,515 63
Overdrawn,
$15 63
Water supply for hydrants,
$2,400 00
Expenditure,
2,400 00
Special appropriations,
$750 00
Expenditures,
599 99
Unexpended balance, $150 01
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Miscellaneous expenses, Expenditures,
$1,000 00
1,142 87
Overdrawn,
$142 87
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
The By-Laws of the Town, Article 1, Section 3, make it the duty of the Selectmen to prepare estimates for expenses, and publish the same in the Annual Report, and we submit the following amounts for the current year :
For support of schools, estimated by School Com., $6,500 00
Miscellaneous school expenses,
300 00
Repairs of school houses,
400 00
New school books,
700 00
Repairs of roads, bridges and sidewalks,
4,600 00
Support of poor,
3,500 00
Fire department,
1,800 00
Purchase of hose,
250 00
Fire extinguishers,
100 00
Franklin Water Co., for water supply,
2,400 00
Payment of town officers,
1,500 00
Interest account,
300 00
Abatement and collection of taxes,
500 00
Street lights,
700 00
Franklin Library Association,
400 00
Printing and stationery,
250 00
Soldiers' aid, 400 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,000 00
$25,600 00
DANIEL C. COTTON, JAMES M. FREEMAN, Selectmen. ALBERT L. CLARK,
Franklin, February 13, 1886.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In accordance with former custom, we present our annual report for the year 1885. How to deal humanely and wisely with the poor is a problem that has not yet been satisfactorily solved.
The indiscriminate giving of alms, without care or a strict investigation, only adds to the evil it seeks to cure, and in time the recipient loses all self-respect or self-reliance, and falls into a state of confirmed pauperism, to prevent which it is the duty of every one, as it is also to furnish, as far as possible. employment, and to extend kindly sympathy and aid to the prudent and worthy, advice to the improvident, and reproof to the lazy and intemperate.
It has been the endeavor on our part, in all cases, to render aid with our best judgment according to the facts and circum- stances of each individual case, regardless of nationality or creed-inclining to the side of charity, rather than to insist upon the strict letter of the law.
ALMSHOUSE.
The policy of the present board has been to remove, so far as possible, to the almshouse all those whom we are called upon to support fully-as when there, we can render them bet- ter care, and in many cases at less expense to the town. To the affairs of this department we have given our closest atten- tion, and under the management of the present keeper and matron we have been able to very much reduce the expenses, as compared with former years.
The keeper has not only taken the best of care of the prop- erty under his control, but has in various ways acted for the interest of the town. In previous years there has been diffi- culty with the water supply at the farm-on examination we found the pipe small and badly decayed-and has it been re- placed by a larger pipe at an expense of $50, which has been added to the pauper account.
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OUTSIDE POOR.
The number to which the town has been obliged to render outside aid was eighty-and in many cases was caused by the dissipation of the parents who failed to provide for their fam- lies.
In the case of Lowell Merrifield, who was being supported by the town at the School for Feeble Minded, at South Bos- ton, being a minor, his legal settlement followed that of his father who is now in the State of Maine. A petition was sent to the trustees of the school for his release, which was refused ; but in January a second petition was presented which was finally granted, and the boy has been returned to his friends.
TRAMPS.
The whole number of tramps that have been furnished with lodgings at the station house, during the past year, is 201, at an expense of $4.45.
WARREN H. BRIGHT, C. M. ALLEN, GEO. E. EMERSON,
Overseers of Poor.
Franklin, Feb. 10, 1886.
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The Directors of the Franklin Library Association respect- fully submit the following statements and recommendation for the consideration of the citizens of the town :
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, Feb. 3, 1885, $227 46 Received during the year, for fines, catalogues and cards 56 76 Town appropriation, 300 00
Total,
$584 22
Expenses of the Library during the year,
582 76
Balance on hand Feb. 2, 1886,
$1 46
Number books and pamphlets added to the Library during the year, 136.
Number of volumes now in circulation, 3.280.
Number of persons drawing books during the year, 640.
Number of volumes drawn during the year, 12,246.
It will be seen from the foregoing statements that the ex- penses of the Library for the year just closed have been some- what larger than for previous years.
This increase in the expenses has been occasioned by the preparation and publication of a new catalogue of books in the Library. In order to make the Library available for the citi- zens of the town, the Directors recommend the appropriation of $400 to defray the expenses of keeping it open the current year.
For the Directors,
GEORGE W. WIGGIN, WALDO DANIELS, Committee.
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Your Chief Engineer would respectfully submit the follow- ing report :
The fires for the past year have been five in number, but the loss resulting therefrom has been comparatively small. Your
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Fire Department has in all cases responded promptly and ren- dered timely aid, although happily no protracted service was required.
Your Fire Department at present consists of Chief Engineer and four Assistant Engineers, two Engine Companies, two Hose Companies, and one Hook and Ladder Company.
Your Chief Engineer would most earnestly call the attention of the citizens of the town to the necessity of taking some ac- tion in regard to the building of a house for the accommoda- tion of the hose carriages, also for the appropriation of $300 for new hose ; for other appropriations for Fire Department would refer to recommendation of your Selectmen.
WM. H. SPEAR,
Chief Engineer.
Franklin, Feb. 12, 1886.
LIST OF NAMES OF PERSONS
PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS JURORS FOR THE YEAR ENSUING.
Eliab M. Pond.
Henry C. Peck,
James O. Reilley,
Waldo Daniels,
Calvin M. Smith,
Michael McCarty,
Horace S. Morse,
Jeremiah McCarty,
Charles Badger,
Nelson Corbin,
James H. Ford,
Walter H. Fisher,
Joseph M. Whiting, 2d,
Samuel F. Sargent,
George A. Kingsbury,
Daniel O. Corbin,
William E. Nason,
Nelson E. Newell,
Joseph H. Wadsworth,
F. Leslie Metcalf,
Albert L. Clark,
Asa A. Fletcher, Charles H. Blake,
George W. Heywood,
Thomas J. Daniels,
Edmund J. Rockwood,
James W. Desmond,
George P. Mason,
Nathan C. Nye,
William S. Clark,
Hubbard M. Bullock,
George H. Greenwood, Joseph G. Hills,
Amos P. Woodard,
George S. Perkins,
Alexander Thayer,
Edwin Trowbridge,
James Hood,
John Rockwood,
Alfred F. Everett,
Alfred Clark,
Warren H. Bright,
George E. Emerson.
Emerson N. Bullard,
Thomas Foley,
Thaddeus M. Turner,
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To Parents and Householders.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, FRANKLIN, February, 1886. S
The attention of parents and householders is hereby called to the provisions of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, with reference to the duty of their making returns of births and deaths which occur in their families.
" Parents shall give notice to the Clerk of their city or town, of the births and deaths of their children. Every householder shall give like notice of every birth or death happening in his house. The eldest person next of kin shall give such notice of the death of his kindred.
" Whoever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth or death shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars."-Public Statutes of Massachusetts, Chapter 32, Section 2.
These returns should be made as promptly as possible, and in all cases on or before the first day of January of each year. The proper blanks for the purpose can be had free at the Clerk's office.
WALDO DANIELS, Town Clerk.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN FRANKLIN IN THE YEAR 1885.
DATE. 1885.
NAME OF CHILD.
Jan. 4 Emma T. Pendergast,
10 Gertie Ledbury,
6.
10 Ruth Elizabeth King,
66 11 Franklin Ellswith Woodward C. H. and Eva J. Woodward
.. 13 Stillborn son,
66 16 Charles S. B. Hutchinson,
..
Alfred Forrest Harrison,
66 28
- - Morse,
31 Eliza Clara Bonsall,
Feb. 3 Gertrude Alice Flynn, 66 23 O'ivenne Darwin,
Mar. 3 Frederic Miller Thayer,
4 Burnham Cleveland Stowers,
13 William Worley T. Strong,
19 Jennie Elizabath Horton,
April 4 Gertrude Nancy Blakney,
66 5 Mary Ellen Sheahan,
12 James Joseph Ford,
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14 Lillie Elena Chisholm,
16 Elsie May Florest,
66 16 John Francis O'Donnell,
66 17 Stillborn son.
66 21 Charles O'Hara,
22 Myrtle Evelyn Cook,
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22 Napoleon Boucher,
66 22 Addie Camille Enegren,
24 Blanche Avery,
May 8 Gracie May Martin,
8 Florence Alberta Blackmer,
10 Rollo Watkins,
11 Ellen Frances McCarty,
66 15 Henry John Kelley,
25 John Carter Cherry,
June 4 Alden Harold Abbott,
66 5 Maria Santina Fioranni,
6 Michael Edward Connolly, 12 Charles Quinn,
66 12 Joseph Youso,
.6
IS Aloysius E. Holmes,
66 19 Viola May Harris,
66 26 Alice Mabel Connors, 3 Eliab Bertram Blake,
July 66 9 Ernest Winfred Browne,
66 11 Mary Gertie Savage,
66 16 William Neelon,
6 17 Sidney Williams Choate,
NAMES OF PARENTS.
D. and Fannie T. Pendergast John and Maria A. Ledbury William F. and Abbie E. King
Timothy and Mary Finneran Joseph T. and Mary Hutchinson Wm. H. and Harriet J. Harrison Aaron R. and Sarah F. Morse Wm. H. and Eliza A. Bonsall Thomas and Alice G. Flynn Louis and Adelaide Darwin Elmer J. and Rosa A. Thayer H. M. and Elizabeth E. Stowers William W. and Ida E. Strong Armenis and Eliza Horton David H. and Ellen E. Blakney Dennis and Mary Sheahan James and Mary Ford
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