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1
66
50c,
50
George C. Waterman
2}
20c,
50
David Bassford
41₺
8 30
George W. Smith
137
27 40
2 horses 135
45 90
28
E. M. Sexton, 1 man, 2 horses 199 hours at 50c, $99 50
Chas. A. Berry
66
156
50c, 78 00
George H. Lee
351
66 20c, 70 20
Walter R. Barker
143
28 60
Edgar E. Lee
261
52 20
Miles S. Turner
62
12 40
1 man, 2 horses 162
50c,
81 00
Charles H. Kendall
125
20c,
25 00
Irving Prince
107
66
21 40
Martin Prince
18
3 60
Charles Simmons
15
66
3 00
1 man, 2 horses 101
50c,
50 50
Geo. W. Gerrish, “
1
71
34c,
24 14
David Griffith
72
20c,
1 50
James Brown & man 21 days at $4.50,
94 50
use of tools,
2 50
Fred H. Baker,
73
20c,
14 60
Frank White
120
66
20c,
24 00
Fred W. Capell
75₺
20c, 15 10
Francis E. Henderson & 2 horses
68
50c,
34 00
Wm. Capell and
1
56
34c,
19 04
Jas. B. Knapp and
1
72
60
34c,
24 48
Geo. E. Torrey and
2
16
66
50c,
8 00
Clarence E. Barnard
48
66
20c.
9 60
Henry A. Turner
26
20c, 5 20
66
1 horse 2
66
17c,
34
13 loads gravel at
6c,
78
Nathan S. Turner and
2 horses 30}
50c,
15 25
I. Chenervet
64
20c,
12 80
W. B. Wrightington
83
20c,
1 70
Thomas Barstow, covering drain,
3 40
Chas. W. Tilden, blacksmithing,
6 35
Vesta Turner 336 loads gravel at 6c,
20 16
John H. Knapp 50
3 00
Joshua R. Barker
300
66 66
18 00
34c,
24 48
Alonzo B. Whiting and 1
72
29
Frederick Kendall, 7} loads gravel at 6c, $ 45
C. A. Peterson, drain pipe, 13 65
Seth Foster, dynamite and express, 13 45
Alvin Baker, stone work,
11 62
Lot Phillips, 100 loads gravel at 6c, 6 00
Road tools and repairs on road machine, 12 52
Harrison L. House, plans and surveys, Main st., 37 50
Litchfield & Curtis, 24
$1,822 21
Received from the County for removing ledge, Main street, 160 25
$1,661 96
Out of the above amount $777.24 was expended on work on Main street ; County, $160.25, making a total of $937.49.
SUMMARY.
Town appropriation,
$2,500 00
Received from Henry Norwell Esq., 2,500 00
$5,000 00
Expended by E. P, Joseph,
$1,732 02
R. P. Briggs, 1,621 19
L. F. Hammond, 1,822 21
$5,175 42
Ledge work, Main street, refunded by County,
160 25
$5,015 17
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY NORWELL, Road R. P. BRIGGS, L. F. HAMMOND, Commissioners.
30
SNOW EXPENSE.
L. F. Hammond 24 hours at 25c,
$6 00
' man and 2 horses, 18 hours at 75c,
13 50
1 man
9 hours at 25c,
2 25
Albion Snowdale
19
66
4 75
Robert Montgomery
36
8 99
Robert Montgomery Jr.
16
1c,
2 39
James Montgomery
11}
15c,
1 73
W. B. Wrightington
17
4 25
James W. Studley
33₺
8 38
I. H. Packard
29}
7 38
Alonzo B. Whiting
29₺
7 39
Irving Prince
12
3 01
Henry T. Gunderway
10
2 51
Stephen H. Thomas
11}
2 88
Fred W. Capell
25₺
6 37
John Corthell
32₺
8 12
Charles H. Kendall
17월
4 38
Charles H. Smith
16호
4 13
Alexander Weatherbee
7
1 75
Wm. R. Smith
16
66
66
4 00
Jesse Winslow
6
.6
60
1 50
James Smith
43
1 13
John Dagan
11}
66
2 88
Carlton Tilden
12₺
66
3 13
Richard Winslow
12
3 00
Robert Smith
12
3 00
George A. Gardner
12
66
3 00
Byron H. Merrill
43
1 13
Alonzo C. Sylvester
5
66
1 25
Martin Prince
21
5 25
Emery Winslow
15
66
3 75
Edgar Lee
21
5 25
1 horse
14
3 50
31
George H. Lee
21
hours at 25c,
5 25
Edwin L. Berry
7
66
66
1 75
Robert Brown
15
66
3 75
George W. Smith C. S. Dean
16
66
4 00
Edward Couch
26₺
6 63
2 horses
72
50c,
3 75
1 horse
8
25c,
2 00
Israel Hatch
1
25
Ralph Gardner
5
1 25
Henry J. Tolman
9
2 25
Thomas C. Sampson
17
4 25
John H. Knapp
8
66
2 00
Robert McKee
29
66
7 25
A. F. Henderson
14
3 50
R. C. Henderson
42
15c,
68
F. W. Dyer
8
25c,
2 00
Geo. W. Rix
15
66
66
3 75
John Gunderway
22
66
75c,
7 75
Orlando H. Lake
18
66
25c,
4 50
Wm. S. Simmons
163
75c,
12 50
E. P. Joseph
49
66
25c,
12 25
man and 2 horses
67
66
75c,
50 25
Alexander Black
19%
25c,
4 87
Charles H. Kilburn
142
66
3 63
D. Oscar Wagner
3
75
George H. Bates
92
66
2 38
Herbert Litchfield
10₺
66
2 63
Harry Litchfield
6
1 50
Caleb D. Litchfield
9%
66
2 38
Jesse Reed
8
66
2 00
Alfred B. Briggs
2
66
66
50
George P. Litchfield
83
66
66
2 13
68
Chas. A. Berry
10}
1 38
Francis E. Henderson
30
66
7 50
32
Tilon Williams
3} hours at 25c,
$ 88
Edward C. Hatch
4
1 00
Levi N. Osborn
23
5 75
Geo. W. Griggs
14}
3 63
Amos H. Tilden
5
66
1 25
John Monahon
5
1 25
Cushing Hatch
10
66
2 50
C. C. Merritt
11
66
2 75
Charles S. Merritt
12
66
3 00
Archie Merritt
15
3 75
Allen Merritt
6
1 50
John E. Leslie
18
4 50
Orlando R. Litchfield
63
66
1 63
Charles H. Bates
5
1 25
John Ryan
5
66
1 25
Wallace Chapel
9
2 25
Carlton W. Pinson
8
2 00
John T. Moody
11
66
2 75
Joseph W. Hatch
11}
2 88
Seth O. Fitts
3
66
75
Marshall C. Hatch
3
75
Harry Pinson
2
50
Wm. Litchfield
2
66
50
Geo. W. Richardson
1
25
J. M. Healey,
7
1 75
Frank Baker
4
1 00
Albert Merritt
7
..
1 75
George H. Turner
63
1 62
Wm. H. Pratt
4₺
66
1 13
R. N. Leavitt
2
50
Lincoln Ellms
5
1 25
C. D. Litchfield
2
50
John F. Turner
4
1 00
Edward A. Jacobs
4
1 00
Albert Osborn
5
66
1 25
33
Floyd Cox Ambrose J. Cox
4
hours at 15c,
$ 60
9
66
1 35
R. P. Briggs
16
66
25c,
4 00
E. C. Briggs
13
66
3 25
Joseph Briggs
20
5 00
E. C. Briggs
2 horses 18
66
50c,
9 00
E. B. Jones
4
66
25c,
1 00
A. S. Richardson
6
66
1 50
B. Richardson
4
1 00
Robert Thompson
9
2 25
A. T. Farrar
162
4 12
Hiram Damon
13
66
3 25
L Griffin
20
66
5 00
O. W. Lambert
152
3 87
Geo. A. Bates
12
3 00
Geo. H Bates
18₺
4 62
E. H. Stoddard
9
20c,
1 80
C. R. Delano
2₺
66
50
B. B. Poole
20
25c,
. 5 00
Geo. A. Poole
3
66
75
J. D. Stoddard
4
66
1 00
Arthur Pratt
71
20c,
1 50
Frank E. Studley
91
25c,
2 37
G. C. Cowing
13}
66
66
3 37
E. F. Poole
4
1 00
M. L. Loring
15
3 75
E. L. Loring
16
66
4 0,0
A. W. Robinson
132
66
3 37
A. W. Thomas
131
C. F. Scully
4
66
1 00
Charles Scully
5
66
1 25
C. H. Pratt
5
66
1 25
Alpheus Thomas
1.5
3 75
Wm. T. Lapham
1 87
James Ednie
7
1 75
3 37
34
Walter Simmons
29 hours at 25c, $7 25
1 75
C. Brett and 2 horses
18
66
75c,
13 50
C. F. Marble
17
25c,
4 25
Wm. H. Farrar and 2 horses
123
75c,
9 50
B. H. Griffin
12
25c,
3 00
Albion Damon
91
66
2 37
Frank Damon
163
75c,
10 50
Chas. Hines
15
25c,
3 75
Morris Gammon
13
66
3 25
Wm. J. Hayden
15元
66
66
75
Geo. W. Rix
7
66
66
1 75
E. C. Damon
17
66
4 25
Damon
7
15c,
1 05
Henry Studley
7
25c,
1 75
E. A. Jacobs
13
3 25
Geo. Magoun
5
1 25
M. Griffin
10
2 50
J. A. Turner
10
66
2 50
Andrew Clapp
20
66
5 00
Geo. Wilder
17
4 25
G. H. Vinal
17
4 25
Samuel Loring
21
66
5 25
Andrew Stockbridge
29
66
66
7 25
2 horses
15}
50c,
7 75
Fred Bates
20
25c,
5 00
P. Gammon
9₺
66
66
2 37
A. A. Vinal
4
66
1 00
Alvin D. Vinal
3
66
75
James Gammon
14
66
3 50
Wallace Damon
6
1 50
Albion Damon
8
66
2 00
A. Lewis
2
50
oxen,
4 12
C. E. Brewster and 2 horses
14
3 87
John Gunderway
3
35
D. D. Sprague
15 hours at 25c,
$3 75
Chas. H. Totman
24₺
66
6 12
Geo. Crocker
2
50
Henry Maine
92
2 37
J. H. Prouty
18₺
66
4 62
Fred Prouty
2
50
B. W. Prouty
12
66
43
G. A. Ayling
92
66
66
2 38
Daniel Barnes
19
4 75
Timothy Sheehan
20
66
5 00
A. H. Loring
20₴
5 12
Waldo Jones
5
66
1 25
Ellis Brown
14
66
3 50
W. G. Collamore
212
5 37
J. Costello
4
1 00
Frank Prouty
22
5 50
W. Pertle
22
66
62
J. H. Hackett
5
1 25
Total,
$663 11
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
ALMSHOUSE EXPENDITURES.
Value of articles on hand Jan. 1, 1897, $410 25 Bought during the year :
Paid,-
Waldo Jones, coal, $60 00
Geo. F. Welch, coal, 1896, 57 00
E. Clough & Co., supplies, 122 77
Burbeck & Brett, grain,
114 35
Wm. W. Cutler, meat,
51 38
Geo. E. Bates, meat,
19 75
J. H. Corthell, meat,
35 00
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
119 53
A. A. Page, fish,
15 29
Chas. A. Berry, fertilizer,
43 77
T. A. Lawrence, dressing for land, 35 00
W. L. Healey
66
11 25
E. P. Joseph, ice, 8 00
John P. Henderson, wood,
6 40
Geo. W. Robbins, wall paper,
6 52
M. McDevitt, crackers,
5 28
John Monahan, dry goods, 17 65
Geo. F. Welch, lumber,
3 32
Phillips, Bates & Co., lumber,
12 71
Geo. W. Griggs, carpenter work, 4 75
Brown & Lehan, paint stock, 11 26
37
Seth Foster, iron columns and express, $2 98 W. P. Thayer, shoes, 5 00
C. E. Brewster, pigs, 6 00
J. W. Sampson, weeder, 10 50
R. W. Killam, supplies,
7 00
C. W. Tilden, blacksmithing,
12 40
C. E. Peterson, repairs and goods,
4 60
David Torrey, goods, 6 75
Albion Damon, killing swine, 3 00
A. L. Power, dentistry on horse, 2 00
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 29 00
Francis L. Smith, services as Supt.,
300 00
David W. Turner & Son, coal, 25 70
66 lumber, 4 08
bushel boxes, 96
Frank Thomas, service of stock, 2 00
B. W. Jacobs, standing grass, 3 00
$1,185 95
Articles bought for cash by Superintendent.
1897.
Feb. 2 snaps, rope tie 25c, sole leather $1.00, $1 25
Cattle card 10c, 2 lbs coffee 60c, 70
Gal. Varnish $3.50, pork barrels $1.00, 4 50
Mar. Team bell and strap 50c, paint stock $2.50, 3 00
Apr. Card and curry comb 35c, ducks' eggs $1.08, 1 43 Horseradish 16c, cranberries 25c, oil cloth 50c, pills 25c, 1 16
Bonnet and dress for Abbie, 6 00
Dried apples 80, paint stock 75, horse cover,50, 2 05 Cups and saucers 1.00, gal. jars 50, one-half gal. varnish 1.75, 3 25
Pair of lugs 75, strawberries 30, 1 05
May Strawberries 25, 35, 25, 25, 1 10
38
June Duck's Eggs 1.44, berries 79, $2 23 Aug. Plums 85, blackberries 22, 1 07
Interfering strap 25, curtains and fixtures 1.80, 2 05
Barley 1.70, peaches 1.00, hooks 25, 2 95
Sept. Sweet potatoes 25, peaches 1.00, onions 40, 1 65
Oysters 40, burner 50, rubber sheet 94, 1 84
Oct. Pills 25, apples 35, squash 24, soap $2.50, 3 34
Nov. Apples 40, cabbage 82, rye 30, agate kettle 35, 1 87 Oysters 23, eggs 38, oysters 55, onions $1.00, cabbage $1.00, 3 16
Dec. Sugar $1.76, apples 40, kerosene $3.57,apples, 40, 6 13 Tea 30, bridle front 25, 55
Total, $52 33
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Vegetables sold,
$27 21
Calves
66
11 72
Butter
6 85
Ducks
2 00
Milk
31 00
Wood sold Mrs. Freeman,
5 00
Pork sold to W. W. Cutler,
2 63
52 weeks' board of W. E. B. Thomas,
156 00
$242 41
ARTICLES ON HAND JAN. 1, 1898.
3 tons English hay,
$45 00
2} " Oat fodder, 30 00
2 " Meadow hay, 18 00
39
2 tons Corn fodder,
$16 00
12 bushels sweet corn,
6 00
20
field corn,
8 00
23
beans,
6 00
50
potatoes,
50 00
35
carrots,
10 00
50
beets,
12 50
5
66 turnips,
1 50
2 cords wood sawed and split,
10 00
1 barrel flour,
7 00
200 lbs, pork,
12 00
6 bushels pop corn,
5 00
1 horse,
50 00
2 cows, 75 00
1 hog,
10 00
40 fowl,
20 00
5 cords manure,
25 00
$417 00
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
On hand January 1, 1897,
$410 25
Amount bought during the year, 1,238 28
$1,648 53
Almshouse receipts during the year, $242 41
Board and lodging of 99 tramps, 49 50
Articles on hand, Jan. 1, 1898, 417 00
$708 91
Total cost of poor in almshouse, $939 62
40 AID TO POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Bridget Shea.
Paid Commonwealth for board at State farm, $146 00
Joseph S. Litchfield.
Paid,- Taunton Hospital for board, $169 46
Taunton Hospital for clothing, 18 08
$187 54
Bella Freeman.
Paid Worcester Hospital for board, $169 46
Mrs. Calvin Wilder.
Paid So. Scituate Savings Bank, house rent.
$18 00
Henry Stoddard
Paid,-
Diana Pierce for board,
$107 00
John Monahan for goods,
5 35
Litchfield & Curtis for goods,
4 50
E. Clough & Co. for goods,
70
$117 55
Mandana Freeman and Child.
Paid Town of Whitman for supplies, $85 50
41
Alonzo C. Sylvester.
Paid Melvin Little for supplies, $4 00
Bella F. Sylvester.
Paid Litchfield & Curtis for supplies, $8 81
John Jones.
Paid,- C. A. Door, M. D., attendance, $55 50
Andrew Stockbridge, house rent, 11 00
C. E. Brewster, for wood, 3 50
$70 00
Lorenzo Cromwell.
Paid,-
E. Clough & Co., for supplies, $5 00
H. J. Little M. D., attendance, 15 00
$20 00
Mrs. John Freeman,
Paid,-
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies, $52 00
C. A. Litchfield, for wood,
3 75
Wood from almshonse, 5 00
$60 75
Sarah Harris.
Paid,-
Mass. General Hospital, for board, $8 00
C. H. Davie M. D., attendance, 46 00
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, 47 25
H. J. Little M. D., attendance,
10 00
42
A. T. Davison M. D., attendance, $5 00
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
8 00
$124 25
Ezekiel E. Gunderway.
Paid,- Alpheus Damon, for supplies, $26 00
C. L. Howes M. D., attendance, 5 00
Charles Dudley M. D., attendance,
10 00
$41 00
Family of William T. Hunt.
Paid,-
Town of Rockland for supplies, $16 75
Albert Culver & Co., for coal, 12 22
Union Company, supplies,
1 00
C. S. Millet, M. D., attendance,
21 50
$51 47
Mary A. Gardner.
Paid,- John S. Brooks, supplies, $42 78
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 40 50
$83 28
Mrs. Charles E. Sylvester.
Paid Charles W. Sparrell for burial, $25 00
Child of Waldo Prince.
Paid Charles W. Sparrell for burial, $14 00
43
George A. Gardner.
Paid,- C. L. Howes, M. D., attendance and medicine,
$10 00
Melvin Little for supplies,
28 00
$38 00
Charles D. Mann.
Paid City of Quincy for aid, $15 35
Arthur L. Studley.
Paid City of Boston, Hospital expense, $43 00
Rufus Delano.
Paid C. A. Door M. D., attendance, $60 00
Family of Alden Beach.
Paid H. J. Little M. D., attendance, $8 00
Gustavus Totman.
Paid,-
H. F. Ford, house rent, $50 00
supplies, 4 60
H. J. Little M. D., attendance, 1 00
$55 60
Family of Henry W. Winslow.
Paid,- H. F. Ford, for supplies $3 00
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, 38 70
$41 70
44
Emery Winslow.
Paid H. J. Little M. D., attendance, $2 30
Mrs. Joseph S. Litchfield.
Paid,- Litchfield & Curtis supplies, $104 00
H. E. Fernald M. D., attendance, 7 50
$111 50
AID TO PERSONS HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
Josiah W. Chamberlin, Holbrook.
Paid Melvin Little, for supplies, $104 00
Family of Stephen Thomas, Duxbury.
Paid,- Charles Dudley, M. D., attendance, $34 00
Chas. W. Sparrell, burial of child, 16 00
$50 00
Charles H. Kendall, Boston.
Paid Melvin Little, for supplies, $3 00
45
Emma Stetson O'Dell, Scituate.
Paid H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $6 00
$163 00
STATE CHARGE.
Edward C. Jordan and Family.
Paid H. J. Little, M. D., attendance, $24 50
SUMMARY.
Total amount paid for aid to out-door poor, $1,789 56 Cost of poor at almshouse, 939 62
$2,729 18
Less amt. refunded by city & towns, $163 00
" the State, 24 50
$187 50
Total cost of poor,
$2,541 68
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS. Overseers of the Poor.
46
EXPENDED FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
William E. Reid.
Paid Town of Rockland,
$7 00
Joanna Keene.
Paid Town of Hanover, house rent, $50 00
Lyman B. Fitts, Marshfield.
Paid,-
C. H. Davie, M. D., attendance for
1896-7,
$131 50
Cash,
15 00
$146 50
Expenditures on account of soldiers' relief,
$203 50
Less amount refunded by Marshfield, $146 50
Total cost,
$57 00
.
STATE AID.
Paid, -
Charles D. Barnard,
$48 00
David Bassford,
48 00
Amanda Coleman,
48 00
Timothy B. Chapman,
72 00
John Corthell,
48 00
Josiah W. Chamberlin,
72 00
Charles H. Damon,
48 00
47
Hannah Dover,
$24 00
Charles David,
72 00
Ensign B. Damon,
48 00
Lucy A. Damon,
6 00
Daniel R. Ewell,
72 00
Charles H. Farrar,
38 00
Seth O. Fitts,
60 00
Lyman B. Fitts,
72 00
John T. Hatch,
60 00
Sarah Hatch,
48 00
Harriet Jacobs,
48 00
Thomas R. Lawrence,
48 00
William H. Morse,
48 00
William O. Merritt,
48 00
Martin S. Poppy,
16 00
Frederick A. Pratt,
72 00
Barden A. Prouty,
24 00
Edwin Studley,
48 00
David P. Robinson,
36 00
Harriet Raymond,
48 00
George O. Torrey,
48 00
Charles H. Totman,
48 00
James W. Warner,
36 00
Esther M. Young,
48 00
Mary Shepherd,
48 00
John McKee,
31 50
James H. Williams,
15 00
Approved by Commissioners and due from the State, $1,594 50
MILITARY AID.
William T. Slason, $46 00
One-half to be refunded by the State.
48
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid,-
Thomas Barstow, services as Selectman, Asses-
sor and Overseer of the Poor for 1897, $179 00
George W. Griggs, for services as above, 135 00
Alpheus Thomas, for services as above, 125 00
services on Hingham and Nor-
well town lines, self and horse, 27 00
Israel Hatch, services as School Committee, 35 00
Marion G. Merritt, “ 30 00
Benjamin Loring,
30 00
George Cushing, services as Auditor,
12 00
Horace T. Fogg, Treasurer,
100 00
Joseph C. Otis, services as Registrar of voters, clerk, 20 00 services as Town Clerk, 4 00
John H. Prouty, Registrar of voters, 15 00
E. M. Sexton,
15 00
E. E. Stetson,
15 00
Edwin A. Turner, salary collecting taxes of 1896, 350 00
J. Warren Foster, services as cattle inspector, 47 82
Edwin C. Briggs,
1896-7, 50 50
A. W. Pinson,
27 25
Charles Simmons,
as fire warden,
5 00
Samuel Loring,
3 00
John Corthell, notifying town officers,
3 50
C. W. Sparrell, returning deaths,
7 50
J. C. Otis, recording marriages, births and deaths,
20 10
A. J. Litchfield, services as election officer,
2 50
J. H. Lehan, 2 50
2 50
Sylvanus Clapp,
$1,264 17
One-half the expense inspecting cattle refunded by the State, 62 78
$1,201 39
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TOWN HALL.
-
Paid :-
Horace T. Fogg, for insurance, $22 50
George W. Griggs, repairs, 3 25
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies for 1896-7, 3 44
F. J. Croning, services as janitor, 27 00
C. W. Sparrell, lumber, 2 00
C. A. Peterson, labor and material, 4 25
C. W. Tilden, iron work,
75
Levi N. Osborne, labor,
6 25
W. W. Wade, tuning piano,
2 50
$71 94
INCIDENTALS.
Paid,-
J. S. Smith, printing town reports, $71 50
school “ 49 00
Litchfield & Curtis, postage and stationery, 15 44
Lowell & Young, printing voting list,
17 50
Pratt Brothers, resolutions, 1 50
A. T. Bliss & Co., .. Arbor day notices, 1 75
F. F. Douglas & Co., " order blanks, 1 25
J. S. Smith, wood posters and warrants, 4 25
Pratt Brothers, printing for Assessors,
1 25
J. C. Otis, paid for stationery, printing and blanks, 7 05 William S. Curtis, stationery and printing for Selectmen, 5 28
Thomas Groom & Co., order books for Selectmen, 6 75
66 " tax record books, 3 50
J. S. Smith, printing tax bills, 4 00
printing notices of hearings on peti- tions of Rockland & Abington, and Hanover Street R. R. Co., 8 76
50
F. H. Miller, printing town meeting warrant, 4 00
E. A. Turner, printing, postage &c., 14 08
Thomas Barstow, stationery, printing, envelope stamp, and express, 5 40
Town of Hingham, for work on town line, 16 30
Harrison L. House, survey services, Norwell and Hingham line, 17 50
Seth Foster, expressage, 16 75
Frank Dyer, expressage,
1 85
Alpheus Thomas, postage,
1 80
Levi N. Osborne, labor and materials for foot bridge, 5 45
Geo. F. Welch, materials for foot bridge, 4 07
A. W. Mitchel, police badges, 5 25
J. C. Otis, recording return locations of high- ways from County and Town Commis- sioners, 15 75
Town of Marshfield, care of Union bridge, 2 00
E. P. Joseph, labor and material, Union bridge, 14 87
Estate of E. T. Fogg, use of vault by Select- men, three years, 24 00
Town of Pembroke, seeding ponds, 7 65
Dodge, Haley & Co., iron bolts, Union bridge, 1 40
J. C. Otis, record book, 80
H. J. Little M. D., returning births, 2 50
C. L. Howes M. D., returning births, 1 25
Geo. E. Mansfield, return of death,
25
J. J. Shepherd, return of death, 25
Hingbam Fire Department, for services at Valley Swamp fire, 106 50
Bela Brown, watching fire,
2 00
Daniel Brown,
2 00
Daniel D. Sprague, 66
2 00
Edwin C. Damon,
2 00
William Hayden,
2 00
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Wallie Damon, watching fire,
$2 00
Mason Loring,
2 00
Edwin L. Loring, 66
1 00
C. H. Totman, 66
2 00
John Jones,
2 00
Fred Jones, 66
1 00
Frederick Jones,
2 00
William Purtle,
1 50
John Pitts,
1 50
$493.45
CEMETERY.
Received for burial lot,
$10 00
grass,
4 00
$14 00
Paid,-
Samuel Loring for labor,
$6 40
E. L. Loring,
3 60
Samuel Loring, for fertilizer,
1 50
11 50
$2 50
RECAPITULATION.
Paid,- Taxes abated, $101 49 School house repairs, cleaning, care of rooms, etc., 810 49 School books, stationery, etc., 313 83
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Conveyance of scholars to High School,
$300 05
Superintendent of Schools,
500 00
Teachers' salaries,
3,862 50
Highway expenditures,
5,175 42
Snow expenses,
663 11
Town officers,
1,264 17
Town Hall,
71 94
Incidentals,
493 45
Cemetery,
11 50
Almshouse expenses,
1,238 28
Aid to out-door poor,
1,789 56
Soldiers' relief,
203 50
State and military aid,
1,640 50
Fuel for schools,
227 49
$18,667 28
NORWELL, Jan. 21, 1898.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer and Collector and find them correctly cast and with proper vouchers for all payments made.
GEO. CUSHING, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Sav-
ings Bank, $9,500 00
Betsey B. Tolman note, 300 00
Coffin Fund note, 2,000 00
Note in favor of Trustees of the A. T.
Otis Poor Fund, 1,300 00
$13,100 00
ASSETS.
Due from State, for Military and State aid, $1,617 50
State, for aid to poor, 24 50
Marshfield, for soldiers' relief, 68 50
State school fund (estimated),
360 00
County school fund,
246 96
State, for superintendent and teachers' salaries, 416 67
Due on Granderson farm mortgage, 700 00
Taxes outstanding in hands of collector, 29 94
Due on corporation taxes, 85 54
Due from John F. Osborne, for board of wife at hospital, 254 70
Due from Maverick National Bank, 228 58
Due from State, for cattle inspection, 31 56
Cash in hands of Treasurer, 1,609 59
$5,674 04
$7,425 96
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LIST OF JURORS.
To be presented to the Town for acceptance or revision.
James E. Stoddard,
William S. Simmons,
John Corthell,
John E. Leslie,
William H. Richardson,
Joseph C. Otis,
George W. Curtis,
David Bassford,
Arthur T. Stoddard,
Amos H. Tilden,
Bradford B. Pool,
Charles D. Barnard,
George H. Bates,
John S. Gardner,
George W. Richardson,
Charles H. Dyer,
Andrew Stockbridge,
John F. Wilder,
Levi N. Osborne,
Frederic W. Capell,
Henry J. Tolman,
Charles A. Litchfield,
George W. Bailey,
Alpheus Thomas,
Joseph F. Merritt,
Nathan S. Turner,
G. W. H. Litchfield,
William T. Lapham.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Selectmen of Norwell.
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TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUS- TEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
Amount of fund, $2,000 00
Loaned to the Town of Norwell at five per cent.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897,
$118 25
Interest to Jan. 1, 1898,
101 00
$219 25
Paid for care of cemetery lot,
$5 00
Paid for relief of out-door poor,
95 95
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1898,
118 30
$219 25
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.
Amount of funds deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank, $1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
$101 41
Interest to July 1, 1897,
68 76
170 17
$1,670 17
Paid,- C. W. Sparrell, $30 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1898,
140 17
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1898,
1,500 00
$1,670 17
.
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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1897, deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank, $200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897,
$11 56
Interest to July 1, 1897,
9 06
20 62
$220 62
Paid for carc of lot,
$5 00
Interset on deposit, Jan. 1, 1898,
15 62
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1898,
200 00
$220 62
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRUDENCE C. DELANO TOMB FUND.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1897, deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank, $300 00
Interest on deposit, Jan. 1, 1897,
$8 16
Interest to July 1, 1897,
13 23
$321 39
Paid C. W. Sparrell, care of tomb,
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1898, 16 39
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1898,
300 00
$321 39
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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1897, deposi- ted in South Scituate Savings Bank, $200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1897, $32 16
Interest to July 1, 1897, 9 96
42 12
$242 12
Paid for care of lot, $5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1898,
37 12
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1898, 200 00
$242 12
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Amount of fund, $2,000 00
Loaned to the Town of Norwell at 4}
per cent, $1,300 00
House and lot in Decatur, Alabama,
700 00
$2,000 00
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1897,
$44 66
Received one years' interest on town
note, 58 50
Income from house in Alabama, 60 91
$164 07
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Paid, in-door poor,
$16 00
Paid, out-door poor,
6 75
Expenses on house in Alabama,
20 15
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1898,
121 17
$164 07
During the first few months of the year the house in Decatur, Alabama, paid a handsome profit on the amount invested, but on the death of the occupant the house again became vacated, and up to the present time the property remains unoccupied.
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Trustees of Funds.
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CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
The citizens of the Town of Norwell are requested to meet at the Town Hall, Norwell, on Saturday evening, Feb. 26, 1898, at half past seven o'clock, to nominate town officers for the ensuing year, and to transact any other busi- ness that may properly come before them.
Per Order of the Selectmen.
TRANSCRIPT OF ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT
For the Annual Meeting, March 7, 1898, at 9 o'clock A. M.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk.
Art. 3. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Auditor, Collector and Treasurer.
Art. 4. To choose all such Town Officers as the laws of the State and by-laws of the town require.
Art. 5. To bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" in an- swer to the question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year ?
Art. 6. What amount of money will the town raise for the support of poor and incidental expenses.
Art. 7. What sum of money will the town raise for the support of schools.
Art. 8. What sum of money will the town raise for highway repairs.
Art. 9. What compensation will the town make for re- moving snow.
Art. 10. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year.
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