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DOGS LICENSED.
The number of dogs licensed during the year ending Dec. 1, 1903, was as follows :
Male 145
Female 17
Special Breeder's License I
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-DEC. 11, 1903.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Chose Alpheus Thomas, Moderator.
Article 2. Will the town sell or lease its salt marshies and flats situated in North River and in the North River marshes in the Town of Scituate in said state, and for what price, and to pass any votes and to transact any other business that may be necessary to carry the same into effect ?
Voted, to pass over this article.
Voted, that this meeting be dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED DURING YEAR 1903.
Jan. I, At Hanover, Willie Everett Magoun of Norwell, and Catherine McLeod of Hanover, by Rev. Melvin S. Nashı.
Feb. 12, At Norwell, John Henry Prince and Mary Ann Casey, both of Norwell, by Rev. Frederick H. Kidder.
March 11, At Norwell, Calvin Crane of Hanover, and Agnes G. Gooch of Norwell, by Rev. Frederick L. Cleveland.
June 3, At Manchester, Arthur Lewis Toppan of Norwell, and Franceina Colby Rowe of Manchester, by Rev. Alfred Manchester.
June 24, At Hanover, Archie F. Merritt and Nellie Flor- ence Stoddard, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
June 30, At North Scituate, Walter Littlefield and Alice May Merritt, both of Norwell, by Rev. Arthur W. Cleaves.
July 17, At Hanover, Henry Fox and Margaret Elizabeth Flanders, both of Norwell, by Rev. Frank S. Harridan.
Aug. 7, At South Weymouth, Walter Murray Jones of Norwell, and Mabel L. Holbrook of South Weymouth, by Rev. Robert L. McArthur.
Aug. 8, At Norwell, Ernest Stoddard of Norwell, and Ella Frances Harris of Rockland, by Rev. Ed- ward H. Keens.
Aug. 22, At Rockland, Roy Phillips Hatch of Norwell, and Saralı Vincent Mann of Rockland, by Rev. J. W. Brownville.
Sept. 16, At North Scituate, Jolin Beach of Scituate, and Elizabeth Robinson of Norwell, by Rev. Arthur W. Cleaves.
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Sept. 20, At Norwell, Harry Phillips Henderson of Nor- well, and Edna Estelle Clapp of Scituate, by Rev. Edward H. Keens.
Sept. 23, At Franklin, Ernest Lynwood Henderson and Jennie Frances Chapman, both of Norwell, by Rev. Franklin A. Everett.
Oct. 6, At Lexington, Winfield Scott Upson of Westfield, and Mary Emeline Brooks of Norwell, by Rev. T. Thompson.
Oct. 28, At Norwell, Charles A. Berry of Norwell, and Mercy Belle Stevens of Rockland, by Rev. Ed- ward H. Keens.
Oct. 30, At North Hanover, Arthur H. Carr and Maria Lincoln, both of Norwell, by Rev. Frederick L. Cleveland.
Nov. 25, At Hanover, Charles Austin Stearns of Hanover, and Abbie Caroline Hatch of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1903.
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
February 3,
19,
Hazel Marion Smith.
Anthony J. and Belle ..
28,
Clifton Ansel Lambert.
Oscar W. and Linda M ..
March
9,
Lora May Bates.
Charles H. and Mamie ..
11,
Elsie May Briggs
Walter S. and Charlotte.
.
15,
Burton Lawrence White.
Patrick L. and Ella.
16,
Stillborn .
..
.. .
April May
23, 6,
Albert Lenthal Sylvester.
Albert L. and Amy W.
George S. and Annie ... ...
Hunt.
17,
Wilbur Nichols Burns.
John W. and Anna M.
Nichols.
June
14,
Helen Gladys Pratt.
William F. and Ella M.
Dncie.
21,
Marjorie Reed Stockbridge.
Charles T. and Ada F.
Reed. Faulkner.
July
14,
Helen Fogg
Horace T. and L. Isabella.
31,
Walter Hubert Hussey
Paul H. and Cora M ..
Stewart.
September 21,
George Lester Damon ..
Wallace H. and Fannie M.
October
2,
Helen Gertrude Moulton. ...
John A. and Annie A.
10,
Eunice Isabella Sproul.
Harding R. and Carrie M ..
December
5,
Lncy Norena Bates.
Laban and Nora ..
1902.
March
21,
Elizabeth Sahnond Sylvester.
Albert I. and Amy W.
27,
Evelyn Linwood Crocker
Clifton L. and Annie I.
Angust 12,
Walter Brenton Griffin.
Brenton H. and Addie ..
October
24,
Ernest Gordon Hunt ..
Charles E. and Emily M.
November 7,
Olive Florence Hatch.
Edward A. and Lizzie F.
.
Elizabeth A. Griffin.
Joseph HI. and Annie E ..
.
McDonald. Wilder. Jones. Lovejoy. Osborne. Pratt.
Bunker. Dinzey Burger.
12,
William Ellsworth Hatch.
Joseph W. and Hortense
Jesse Frederick Hatch
Lanrence William Henderson
Elmer W. and Florence M.
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Crocker. Damon.
Dver. Kelley.
Dinzey. Spires. Munnis. · Smith. Coleman.
DEATHS 1903.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
PLACE OF DEATH
Jannary
11,
George .A. Wilder.
53
6
Aente Alcoholism
21,
William L. Briggs ..
13
10
Heart Disease [Hem'rage Tumor of Liver and Int'l
.2.2,
Lucie A. Jones (Stetson).
17
10
15
25
Sarah T. Curtis (Clapp) .
84
11
1.
Old Age, Bronchitis Cerebritis
February
4,
Mary E. Jacobs (Nichols) .
86
Gall Stones
Scituate.
.,
William W. Collamore ..
72
11
18
Fractured Hip, Puemnonia
15,
Ann M. Fox (Anderson)
55
11
1
Consumption
18,
Sylvama Toppan (Doloff) .
79
4
Pneumonia
N. Hampshire.
March
20,
Susan H. Higbee (Whitney) ...
6.
19
Gall Stones, Heart Failure Tuberculosis
Norwell.
April
5,
John Thomas Hatch.
73
10
Heart Disease
Hanson.
.
24
May
12.
Ida Ellen Pratt (McAlloney) ..
37
9
Consumption
Scituate.
1.,
Lucy O. Gunderway (Winslow) Abbie M. Damon (Clapp) ..
69
1
Gen'l Debility, Bronchitis Rhen'tism, Cerebral Hem- Cerebral Hem'rage ['rage
Seitnate. Ireland.
July
20,
Benoni L. Griswold.
73
1
3
Convulsions
[monia
August
9,
Nathan Cushing.
89
2
11
Arterio-Sclerosis, Puren - Bright's Disease
Maine.
September 11,
16,
Angustns Gardner.
76
·2
Depressed Fracture of Skull
Hanson.
23,
Orlando H. Lake.
69
10
15
Heart Disease, Cong. Lungs
N. Hampshire.
·
November 29,
Jerome H. Sawyer.
71
8
Organic Heart Disease
N. Hampshire.
December 15,
Lonisa Victoria Dinzey
63
11
Collapse, General Debility
St. Catherine's
[Ontario, Can.
Y.
M. 1.
Scituate.
So. Scituate. Hanover. Seitnate. Norwell.
6
Grace Lavina Damon.
Plymouth.
Hull.
Saco, Me.
2
1
99
6
22
Bronchitis, Pneumonia
Scituate.
30,
Josephine A. Corthell (Sylvester) Burton L. White.
2
Atelectasis
Nova Scotia.
53
17
Bright's Disease
Seitnate.
20,
S,
John Chadwick.
11,
James B. Knapp.
Disease of Heart
13,
Mary Monahan (Kane)
79
Aente Indigest'n & Cadiac
Charlestown.
Norwell.
30,
William Ellsworth Hatch
Scituate.
Lanra A. Price (Walker) ..
12
Number of ma riages, 17. Number of births, 25. Number of deathis, 28.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Norwell.
1},
Grace Violet Lee. .
Norwell.
Report of the Town Treasurer.
Horace T. Fogg, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Norwell.
DR.
To cash on hand January 21, 1903
$2,761 00
Dog tax 1902, refunded
305 81
Income Massachusetts school fund
526 34
Refunded by the Commonwealth :
Corporation tax
6,719 76
National bank tax
771 95
Inspection of animals
23 75
Tuition of children in small towns
300 00
Education of children, State Board of Charity
110 00
State Aid
2,250 CO
Street railway tax
347 43
State highway
1,000 CO
Superintendent of Schools Refunded by County :
416 67
Union bridge account
800 00
Refunded by Towns :
Town of Duxbury, aid
12 00
Town of Rockland, aid
36 30
Town of Holbrook, aid
104 00
Town of Canton, aid
99 00
Town of Marshfield, aid
90 00
Town of Scituate, aid
85 05
26
Town of Hanson, aid $45 00
Town of Whitman, aid
76 50
Town of Hingham, aid 21 50
Town of Hanover, aid
32 16
Town of Plymouth, aid
28 00
Town of Oxford, aid
25 00
Town of Dartmouth, aid
31 00
Town of Rockland, tuition
52 00
Board of Mary L. Bowker, refunded
1 26 75
Sale of lots in cemetery
32 00
Charles S. Tilden, fish rights
4 00
Charles H. Bates, interest Granderson mortgage
7 50
Second District Court fines
42 13
Harry S. Merritt, license
2 00
Otis H. Perry, license
2 00
Charles H. Wilder, license
1 00
Sale of desks
1 00
Grass at Church Hill
50
J. H. Pinkham, superintendent of almshouse
170 24
Geo. Cushing Conservator, board of Angeline Rogers 255 72
Overdrafts repaid
7 90
South Scituate Savings Bank, notes in antici- pation of taxes 8,500 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, time loan
1,200 00
Interest on temporary deposit
32 62
Old Colony Street Railway, excise tax
217 92
Assessment of 1903 13,065 80
$40,739 30
CR.
By cash paid on Selectmen's orders $21,893 39
Alpheus Thomas, Moderator, by vote of town 5 00 Arthur C. Litchfield, tuition, by vote of town So 00 C. O. Keen, bill, by vote of town 2 00
27
Post 112, G. A. R., by vote of town $100 00
Town of Marshfield, on account of Union Bridge, by vote of town 180 00
Pittsburg Bridge Company, by vote of town
1,000 00
Police officers and constables, Second District Court 165 69
Bounty on 838 woodchucks 209 50
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipation notes 8,500 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, int. on above notes 210 80
South Scituate Savings Bank, time notes
2,200 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on time loan 318 00
Interest on Coffin Poor Fund, note
80 00
Interest on A. T. Otis Poor Fund, note
52 00
Scituate Tax
4 95
County Tax
1,446 25
State Tax
850 00
Cash on hand to balance
3,441 72
$40,739 30
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE T. FOGG. Treas.
Tax Collector's Report.
Andrew J. Litchfield, in account with the Town of Norwell.
DR.
To excise tax To assessment of 1903
$217 92 13,065 80
$13,283 72
CR.
By excise tax paid Treasurer $217 92 By cash paid Treasurer 12,503 59
By cash deposited with Treasurer to relieve bonds- men on unpaid taxes
562 21
$13,283 72
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, Collector.
TAXES ABATED.
Thomas Tindale
$4 28
Joseph W. Wheeler
2 00
Henry F. Vining
2 00
George A. Osborn
2 00
29
John H. Howard
$2 00
Lucy Gunderway
4 50
L. C. Sylvester
08
Angeline V. Rogers
4 35
Alden Beach
2 00
Lorenzo Cromwell
2 73
James S. Costello
2 CO
John Dagan
5 63
Charles David
2 00
James C. Durnin
2 00
Almira C. Griswold
3 12
B. L. Griswold
2 00
H. P. Smead
2 00
Alden Briggs
07
Anthony Collamore, exr.
07
Joshua Studley 07
Michael Sylvester
07
Joseph Thompson
07
Sophia Turner
07
James H. Whitman
07
Benjamin Briggs
II 79
A. W. Pinson
4 35
Mary R. Turner
7 25
Mrs. Lyman Lincoln
7 25
Jesse M. Winslow
73
$76 55
Assessors' Report.
Value of buildings
$449,168 00
Value of land
236,401 00
Value of personal property
148,384 00
Total
$833.953 00
State tax
$850 00
County tax
1,446 25
Town tax
10,300 00
Overlayings
469 55
Total tax
$13,065 80
Street railway excise tax
$217 92
Assessors' warrant to Collector
13,065 80
Rate of taxation per thousand
14 50
Number of polls assessed
476
Paying poll tax only
163
Horses assessed
395
Cows assessed
210
Neat cattle other than cows
38
Sheep assessed
24
Swine assessed
23
31
Fowl assessed Dwelling houses Acres of land assessed
7,948
452
12,017
GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, HENRY D. SMITH, Assessors of Norwell.
Highways.
E. P. Joseph, 54 5-9 days at $2.50 $136 39
E. P. Joseph, I man and 2 horses, 670 hours at 50C 335 00
E. P. Joseph, I horse. 781 hours at 16 2-3C 130 17
E. P. Joseph, I man, 107 hours at 20C 21 40
6229
Edward Winslow, 99 hours at 20C 19 So
Robert N. Leavitt, 273 hours at 20C
54 60
Caleb D. Litchfield, 18 hours at 20C
3 60
Samuel A. Ward, 45 hours at 20C Levi N. Osborn, 8 hours at 20C
9 00
I 60
J. Henry Leavitt, 147 hours at 20C 29 40
Ernest Loring. 197 hours at 20C 39 40
Harold Merritt, 54 hours at 20C 10 80
Percy Merritt, 63 hours at 20C
12 60
John T. Moody and 2 horses, 85 hours at 50C 42 50
Charles Harris, 58 hours at 20C
II 60
Fred W. Gardner and 2 horses, 286 hours at 50c 143 00
Nelson Osborn, 67 hours at 20C 13 40
Carlton W. Pinson, 246 hours at 20C
49 20
E. H. Osborn, Si hours at 20C
16 20
Alvin Vinal, 109 hours at 20C 21 80
Henry L. Studley, 156 hours at 200 31 20
Andrew Clapp. 63 hours at 20C 12 60
33
Walter Simmons and 2 horses, 99 hours at 500 $49 50
Clifford Brett and 2 horses, 203 hours at 50C IOI 50
Clifford Brett and 3 horses, 18 hours at 66 2-3C 12 00
I. D. Chenervert and I horse, 54 hours at 33 I-3C 18 00
16300
John S. Gardner, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Albert Winslow, 45 hours at 20C
9 00
William D. Turner and 2 horses, 179 hours at 50C 89 50
James Smith, 175 hours at 20C 35 00
Charles Smith, 126 hours at 20C
25 20
Robert Smith, 180 hours at 20C
36 00
Simeon Damon, 76 hours at 20C
15 20
Benjamin Loring and 2 horses, 167 hours at 50C S3 50
I. H. Packard, 213 1-2 hours at 20C 42 70
John T. Hatch, 252 hours at 20C
50 40
Frank Baker, 45 hours at 20C
9 00 -
Fred Bates and 2 horses, 84 hours at 50C 42 00
Albion Snowdale, 140 hours at 20C 28 00
Jesse Reed and 2 horses, 6 hours at 50C
3 00
George H. Bates, 50 hours at 20C
10 00
James W. Studley, 157 1-2 hours at 20C 31 50
Samuel A. Lester, 9 hours at 20C I 80
Samuel L. Brown, 174 hours at 20C 34 80
George H. Turner and 2 horses, 45 hours at 50C 22 50
E. Everett Jacobs and I horse. 97 hours at 33 1-3C 32 33
E. Everett Jacobs and 2 horses, 34 hours at 50C 17 00
34
E. Everett Jacobs, 72 hours at 20C $14 40
Charles Curtis. 54 hours at 20C 10 80
William O. Merritt and I horse, 53 hours at 33 1-3C 17 68
Guy S. Merritt, 80 hours at 20C 16 00
William Latour, 9 hours at 20C 1 80
O. D. Burhoff, 135 hours at 20C
27 00
Arthur Carr, 135 hours at 20C
27 00
Charles O. Keene, with man and horse, 90 hours at 53 1-3C 48 00
C. C. Merritt, 9 hours at 20C, I 80
Charles H. Bates, 95 hours at 20C
19 00
Joseph Totman, 22 hours at 20C
4 40
Alexander Black, 135 hours at 20C
27 00
Charles H. Wilder, 36 hours at 20C 16 20
Alpheus Damon, 7 hours at 20C I 40
Bert Richardson, 113 hours at 20C
22 60
Edwin Damon, 113 hours at 20C
22 60
Harold Osborn, 36 hours at 20C
7 20
Henry W. Maine, 54 hours at 20C
10 80
Frank Damon, 36 hours at 20C 7 20
Edwin Loring, 5 hours at 20C
1 00
Henry Nichols, II I-2 hours at 20C 2 30
Charles Scully. 41 hours at 20C
8 20
Charles E. Brewster and 2 horses, 16 hours at 50C 8 co
Edward A. Jacobs and 2 horses, 27 hours at 50C 13 50
Francis E. Henderson and 2 horses,
193 hours at 50C 96 50
Francis E. Henderson, 120 hours at 20℃ 24 00
William S. Simmons and 2 horses, 76 hours at 50c 38 00
Walter Briggs, 44 hours at 20C 8 80
Richard Winslow, 41 hours at 200 8 20
35
John P. Henderson and 2 horses, 36 hours at 50c $18 00
Henry C. Ford and 2 horses, 45 hours at 50C 22 50
William Gardner, 67 hours at 20C
13 40
Joseph H. Hatch and 2 horses, 27 hours at 50c 13 50
Amos H. Tilden, 8 hours at 20C
I 60
William R. Vinal and I horse, 9 hours
at 33 1-3C 3 00
Edge for road machine
8 50
Mrs. J. A. Wallace, 13 loads of gravel at 6c 78
Burleigh Collins, 62 loads of gravel at 6c 3 72
Bela Jacobs' place, 219 loads of gravel at 6c 13 14
Walter Simmons, 101 loads of gravel at 6c 6 06
Mrs. Vesey, 70 loads of gravel at 6c
4 20
Benjamin Loring, 2 loads of gravel at 6c I 2
Everett Winslow, 125 loads of gravel. at 6c 7 50
John T. Moody, 118 loads of gravel at 6c 7 08
Mrs. David Torrey, 13 loads of gravel at 6c 78
Mrs. G. E. Bates, 25 loads of gravel at 6c I 50
James H. Barnard, 30 loads of gravel at 6c I 80
Frank Thomas, 210 loads of gravel at 6c 12 60
W. A. Spaldin, 27 hours at 20c 5 40
S. A. Lester, 39 hours at 20C 7 80
36
C. W. Tilden, smith-work on road machine $7 60
A. J. Litchfield & Sons, material for road machine 3 12
Total
$2,623 37
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7.
F. E. Henderson, railing on Mill street $5 00
F. E. Henderson, I day 2 00
F. E. Henderson, cash paid to J. Chamberlain I 30
E. E. Stetson, drain pipe 2 94
$II 24
Removing Snow.
DISTRICT NO. I.
George W. Griggs, snow plow, $4 50
Timothy Sheehan, man and I horse, 8
hours at 50C 4 00
Timothy Sheehan, man and 2 horses, 4 hours at 75C 3 00
Timothy Sheehan, 4 hours at 25C I 00
Charles Scully, 4 1-2 hours at 25℃
I 13
A. W. Thomas, 5 hours at 25C I 25
G. W. Jones, 3 1-2 hours at 25C
87
O. W. Lambert, 4 1-2 hours at 25C
I
I2
H. W. Penniman, 4 hours at 25C
I 00
G. H. Bates, 5 hours at 25C I 25
E. L. Loring, 4 hours at 25c I 00
W. Loring, 2 hours at 25C 50
James J. Farrar, 4 hours at 25C I OO
WV. H. Farrar, 4 hours at 25C I 00
WV. H. Farrar and I horse, 10 hours at 50c 5 00
W. G. Collamore, I hour at 25C 25
Daniel Barnes and 2 horses, 3 hours at 75℃ 2 25
$30 12
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DISTRICT NO. 2.
W. S. Briggs and 4 horses, 10 hours at $1.25 $12 50
W. S. Briggs and 2 horses, 12 hours at - 75C 9 00
W. S. Briggs and I horse, 10 hours at 50C 5 00
E. C. Briggs, 12 hours at 25C 3 00
Walter Briggs, 6 hours at 25C. I 50
Charles F. Hammond, 2 hours at 250
50
Benj. Loring and I horse, 4 1-2 hours at 50C 2 25
Benj. Loring and 2 horses, 2 hours at 75℃ 1 50
Benj. Loring and 4 horses, 3 hours at $1.25 3.75
Benj. Loring, 3 hours at 25C
75
A. H. Loring. 3 hours at 25℃
75
F. W. Pratt, 5 hours at 25C
I
25
E. E. Jacobs, 28 hours at 25C
7 00
Charles H. Wilder, 7 hours at 25C
1 75
Alpheus Damon, 6 3-4 hours at 25c
I 69
F. B. Cobbett, 2 1-2 hours at 25℃
63
Alonzo Stoddard, 7 hours at 25C
1 75
Frank W. Jones, 4 hours at 25C
1 00
Chas. H. Baker, 7 hours at 25C
1 75
Andrew Clapp, 3 hours at 25C
75
Joshua Freeman, 3 hours at 25C
75
Wmn. Hayden, 1 hour at 25C
25
H. F. Howard, 7 hours at 25C
1 75
$60 82
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DISTRICT NO. 3.
Walter Simmons and 2 horses, 14 hours at 75℃ $10 51
Walter Simmons and 4 horses, 6 hours at $1.25 7 50
Walter Simmons and I horse, 1 1-2 hours at 500 75
Walter Simmons, 2 men and 4 horses, 2 hours at $1.50 3 00
Walter Simmons, I man, 6 hours at 25c I 50
Frank Pratt, 3 hours at 25C 75
Scot Osborn, I hour at 25C
25
H. Osborn, I hour at 25c 25
C. O. Litchfield and 2 horses, 7 hours at 75c 5 25
Chas. Stockbridge, 2 1-2 hours at 25c 63
Benj. Loring and 2 horses, 10 hours at 75℃ 7 50
$37 89
DISTRICT NO. 4.
J. H. Hatch and 2 horses, 14 hours at 75℃ $10 50
J. W. Hatch, 6 hours at 25C I 50
Fred W. Gardner and 2 horses, 8 hours at 75C 6 00
Fred W. Gardner, 5 1-2 hours at 25c I 37
Adolph Gardner, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
$21 37
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Guy Merritt and I horse, 3 hours at. 500 $1 50
40
Guy Merritt and 2 horses, 12 hours at 75℃ $9 00
Wm. O. Merritt, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
E. A. Jacobs and 2 horses, 8 hours at 75C 6 00
$18 50
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Walter Jacobs, 6 hours at 25C $ 1 50
John W. Burns and 2 horses, 13 1-2 hours at 75℃ 10 13
John W. Burns, 4 hours at 25c I 00
B. F. Burns, 3 hours at 25C 75
Edgar C. Hatch, 6 1-2 hours at 25C I 63
$15 OI
DISTRICT NO. 7.
F. E. Henderson, I man and 2 horses, 6 1-2 hours at 75C $4 88
F. E. Henderson, 3 men and 3 horses, 3 hours at $1.50 4 50
F. E. Henderson, 2 men and 2 horses, 7 hours at $1.00 7 00
F. E. Henderson, I man and i horse, 19 hours at 50C 9 50
F. E. Henderson, I man, 17 hours at 25C 4 25
James W. Studley, 17 hours at 25c 4 25
J. H. Slinger, 6 hours at 25C I 50
Fred Capill, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
S. C. Vinal, 8 1-2 hours at 25C 2 13
Chas. Smith. 9 hours at 25C 2 25
41
Lennie Dagan, 9 hours at 25C $2 25
Jesse Winslow, 4 hours at 25C 1 00
C. E. Barnard, 4 hours at 25C 1 00
C. S. Dean, 1 1-2 hours at 25C
37
Howard Packard, HI hours at 25C
2 75
Win. Latour, 9 hours at 25C
2 25
Albion Snowdale, 6 hours at 25C
I 50
Robert Montgomery. 10 1-2 hours at 25C 2 63
Robert Montgomery and horse. I hour 50
Arthur Montgomery, 2 1-2 hours at 25C 67
Warren Wrightington. 4 1-4 hours at 25C I 06
Alonzo Tolman, 1 1-2 hours at 25C
38
$58 62
Total,
$242 33
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Articles on hand Jan. I
$383 75
L. W. Orcutt, clothing $9 00
Corthell Bros., meat, 2 years
103 79
W. W. Cutler, meat 38 20
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies 67 II
F. M. Curtis & Co., supplies
138 58
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 107 66
A. J. Litchfield & Son, grain 130 00
W. F. Burrell, shoes 5 00
John Menahon, dry goods,
25 62
E. B. Tobey, dry goods
5 84
Helen L. Fogg, wood
35 00
George F. Welch, coal
94 69
Samuel Olsen, fish
10 84
A. A. Page, fish
II 08
E. P. Joseph, ice
9 82
Win. H. Spencer, pigs
6 00
Arthur I. Nash, pasture
10 00
Frank Thomas, service of stock, 2 years
4 00
Turner Bros., seeds 2 73
George H. Turner, fertilizer 16 50
Charles A. Berry, fertilizer 17 50
Charles W. Tilden, smith-work
7 70
Wm. D. Turner, mill work
75
Wm. H. Spencer, repairs on pump 2 50
43
J. H. Lehan, setting glass $ 50
H. J. Little, M. D., medical attendance 6 00
James H. Pinkham, cash paid for cloth- ing 3 00
George W. Griggs, expense taking O. Sylvester to State Board 2 00
James H. Pinkham, salary for year
300 00
James H. Pinkham, articles bought for cash 89 29
Total $1,644 45
J. H. PINKHAM'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
Cash on hand Jan. I
$20 24
Articles sold 256 00
$276 24
CR.
Articles bought
$89 29
Cash paid town Treasurer
170 24
Cash on hand
16 71
$276 24
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand
$20 24
Milk
97 II
Eggs
21 96
Potatoes
14 93
44
Strawberries
$3 35
Fowl 15 92
Turnips
I 00
Onions
1 00
Hay
10 00
Summer Vegetables
16 13
Carrots
36 20
Mowing for G. W. Griggs
2 25
" Amos Tilden
I 32
One-half hog, 2 calves, Corthell Bros.
24 OS
One-half hog, A. I. Lincoln
IO 75
$276 24
ARTICLES ON HAND DEC. 31, 1903.
Two hogs
$30 00
One horse
40 00
Two cows
75 00
Fifty fowl
25 00
Manure
20 00
Hay
108 00
Lumber
10 00
Potatoes
30 00
Onions
3 00
Turnips
1 00
Colored beans .
3 00
Cabbages
1 50
Corn stalks
5 00
Mangolds
I OO
Carrots
1 00
Wood
IS 00
Crackers
I 50
Flour
3 00
Grain
6 00
$382 00
45
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Total expenditure
$1,644 45
ALMSHOUSE CREDITS.
Articles sold
$256 00
Articles on hand
382 00
$638 00
Total cost, including 54 tramps $1,006 45
OUT-DOOR POOR.
SARAH A. STUDLEY.
Cash for aid C. H. Davie, M. D.
$52 00
66 00
$118 0Q
MRS. WILLIAM T. HUNT.
Town of Rockland, aid
$10 95
FRANK H. STODDARD.
Town of Rockland, aid
$12 86
E. C. LITCHFIELD'S CHILDREN.
Mrs. L. S. Grant, cash $62 00
46
JAMES COSTELLO.
F. M. Curtis & Co., supplies $117 00 C. L. Howes, medical attendance to March 2 83 50
C. L. Howes, medical supplies 25 00
$225 50
EDGAR LEE.
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial of child $18 00
H. J. Little, medical attendance
46 00
$64 00
SARAH HARRIS.
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, board $109 50
H. J. Little, medical attendance 39 50
$149 00
MARY ANN GARDNER.
John S. Brooks, supplies $52 68
H. J. Little, medical attendance 35 00
$87 68
MRS. STEPHEN THOMAS.
H. J. Little, medical attendance $1 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 98 64
599 64
47
E. E. GUNDERWAY.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $74 00
H. J. Little, medical attendance 14 00
A. L. MacMillan, medical attendance 33 50
$121 50
DAVID GRIFFITH.
W. D. Turner, wood P
$28 00
Charles F. Keene, fitting wood 1 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 38 86
E. M. Sexton, milk 14 70
Corthell Bros., meat
24 64
$107 20
LORENZO CROMWELL.
H. J. Little, medical attendance 37 25
HENRY W. WINSLOW.
H. J. Little, medical attendance:
47 00
BRIDGET SHEA.
State Hospital, board
146 00
BELLA FREEMAN.
Worcester Insane Asylum, board
169 46
MARY AGNES GARDNER.
Taunton Hospital, board 169 46
48
BENJAMIN LEE AND FAMILY.
City of Brockton
$50 98
Total
$1,678 48
PERSONS HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
L. L. PIERCE, Hanson.
Cash aid
$40 00
REUBEN S. GURNEY, Dana.
· J. S. Brooks, supplies
$5 00
Linscott & Bryant, supplies 5 39
Cash aid 5 00
$15 39
JOSIAH W. CHAMBERLAIN, Holbrook.
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal $29 00
M. Little, supplies 106 00
A. L. MacMillan, medical attendance 42 75
$177 75
CHESTER TAYLOR, Scituate.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $52 00
49
LABAN R. BATES, Hull.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $17 00
CLARENCE GARDNER, Duxbury.
Mrs. A. Snowdale, nurse $15 00
Wm. P. Grovestein, medical attend-
ance, 30 00
$45 00
BERNARD RANDALL, Duxbury.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $4 00
C. E. MCPHERSON, Canton.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
$151 20
H. J. Little, medical attendance 5 25
$156 45
WM. H. SEARS, Plymouth.
H. J. Little, medical attendance $1 00
Total $508 59
GEORGE A. JACHMAN, State.
A. J. Litchfield, supplies $9 00
Total from State $9 00
50
SUMMARY OF POOR ACCOUNT.
Total amount paid for out-door poor $2,196 07 Net cost of poor at Almshouse 1,006 45
$3,202 52
Less amount refunded by towns and state 517 59
$2,684 93
GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, HENRY D. SMITH, Overseers of the Poor.
Soldiers' Relief.
Paid -Town of Hanover Aid to Joanna Keene Town of Rockland Aid to William Slason
$231 78
7 50
Charles H. Totman, cash John T. Hatch C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial
25 00
35 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
Lyman B. Fitts, Marshfield, Cash Medical attendance
$32 00
40 00
$62 00
Benjamin K. Barrett, Whitman $75 00
John Chadwick, Oxford. Paid C. W. & E. H. Sparrell $35 00
Paid W. P. Grovestein, M. D.
25 00
$60 00
52
Bradford Little, Dartmouth. Paid H. J. Little, M. D.
$63 00
$559 28
Due from State for soldiers' burial
$70 00
Due from other towns 225 00
$295 00
$264 28
STATE AID PAID IN 1903.
Charles D. Barnard
$48 00
David Bassford
58 00
Amanda Bassford
48 00
Lorenzo Bates
54 00
Benjamin K. Barrett
72 00
John Chadwick
30 00
Amanda Coleman
48 00
Abbie F. Coleman
24 00
Timothy B. Chapman
60 00
John Corthell
48 00
Josephine Corthell
16 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain
72 00
Maria B. Damon
48 00
Ensign B. Damon
48 00
Lucy Damon
36 00
Hannah Dover
24 00
Frank Dyer
16 00
Charles David
72 00
Daniel R. Ewell
72 00
Seth O. Fitts
60 00
53
Lyman B. Fitts
$72 00
Mathias French
18 00
Reuben S. Gurney
24 00
Leander W. Grose
60 00
John T. Hatch
20 00
Sarah Hatch
48 00
George A. Hatch
60 00
Susan H. Higbee
8 00
John H. Howard
48 00
Wm. A. Knight
72 00
Bradford Little
48 00
Charles M. Leavitt
48 00
Wmn. H. Morse
48 00
Wmn. O. Merritt
48 00
Diana Pierce
48 00
Benjamin W. Prouty
4 00
Wm. H. Rand
60 00
David P. Robinson
36 00
Harriet Raymond
48 00
Mary Shepherd
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