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1906.
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
1906
6
Margaret Harding Osborne.
John F. and Emily Drew.
Delano
January February
3
Illegitimate. .
Archie E. and Clara Louise ...
Cockran
March
15
Beatrice Edna Henderson
.
William Frank, and Ella May ..
Ducie
April
21
Esther Frances White.
Lester S. and Helen E.
Merritt
May
17
Barbara Theone Whiting.
Elmer W. and Florence May.
Hunt
June
8
Mary Emily Henderson.
Otis H. and Isabella D.
Andrews
21
July
5
Elizabeth May Farrar.
Irving and Sarah A.
Groce
August
8
Marion Adelaide Brett.
Clifford A. and Adelaide T
Simmons
September 22
Helene Louise Merritt. .
.. Archie F. and Nellie Florence
Stoddard
22
Preston.
Edward and Amy ..
Temple
24
Corinne Caroline Gunderway.
.. .
Chester H. and Edna Elsie.
Burbank
October
26
Pratt. .
Chester H. and Edna Elsie.
Burbank
November 8
Charles Forace Marble.
Charles F. and Mary Hall.
Bonney
22
Esther Sproul.
Harding R. and Carrie Mathes .. .
Dyer
25
Jerry Rollo Macomber.
Charles B. and Eva May ..
Hedglen
December 4
Edith Gertrude Wagner.
Walter and Fannie.
Henderson
1903
January
4
Eldon Savory Whiting
Louis B. and Floretta ..
Young
1904
March
14
Arthur Lynwood Merritt.
Archie F. and Nellie Florence.
Stoddard
.
Ernest L. and Jennie Frances ..
Chapman
22
Laura Alberta Pratt. .
Patrick L. and Ella
Pratt
24
Earle Llewellyn Nash.
·
Louis B. and Floretta ..
Young
20
Perry .
.
Whitcomb
30
Evelyn Marion Richardson
Bert Irving and Hattie A.
·
..
Henry T. and Ida C. .
Smith
97,
Pratt. . ..
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The Town Clerk is prepared to furnish blanks for the returns required of physicians and parents.
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Eleanor Florence Fish
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL IN 1906.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BIRTHPLACE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Jan.
5
Lillian M. Peckham.
1
6
. .
26
Eveline Cushing (Bowker) ..
89
5 19
Heart disease.
Scituate . .
Norwell
April
19
Julia R. Thomas (Robinson)
69
11
Marasmus.
Maine.
Norwell
27
Martha W. Bates (Drake) ...
72
10
24
Tuberculosis, influenza.
Marshfield ..
Norwell
May
4
Richard P. Briggs ..
77
6
13
Cerebral hemorrhage ..
6
Charles Warren Sparrell .... Jennie Lincoln Loring .. .
21
3
22
Epilepsia asthına
Hingham. . ..
Norwell
15
Mary B. sampson (Savory) .
92
9
. .
Hingham ... ..
Hanover
25
Rufus S. Winslow .
72
. .
Plymouth
Norwell
June
2
Dora F Cromwell ..
1
11
. .
Scituate
Norwell
9
Xoa A. Damon (Clapp) . . .
74
6
. .
Marshfield .. ..
Norwell
10
Israel Hatch.
57
1
6
Tuberculosis, pulmonaris ..
Norwell .. ·
Norwell
July
17
Lydia W. Hersey
67
2
·
Scituate
Norwell
22
Elijah Litchfield
85
10
13
Enlargement of prostate, uremia .
South Scituate Boston .
Norwell
9
Frederic J. Croning
63
19
Sarcoma
Charlestown . .
Norwell
12
Hannah B. Pratt (Hart)
66
1
Cancer
Weyınoutlı ...
Norwell
Sept.
14
Dennis S. Keene ..
58
7
8
Tuberculosis of lungs . · [disease
Maine . ·
Norwell
24
George T. Tolman
62
2
8
Tuberculosis of lungs, pleurisy, heart.
Braintree .... Marshfield .. . .
Norwell
Nov.
17
Edward I. Williamson. . .
42
8
. .
Inflammation of brain .
Hanover ..... .
Dec.
10 James F. Crocker.
64
4
. .
Pembroke ....
Norwell
10
George W. Jones ... .
65
. .
21
Thaddeus A. Lawrence. . .
58
2
. .
Valvular disease of heart
Scituate
Norwell
Number of marriages, 22.
Number of births 24.
Respectfully submitted,
Number of deaths, 27.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
22
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..
..
Aug.
4
Alonzo Tolman.
54
6
. .
Cerebral disease
30
George S. Poole ..
63
25
Appendicitis and intestinal obstruction.
Norwell
Oct.
19
Edward H. Hatch.
38 6
7 Cancer of face ...
..
South Scituate
Norwell
Hemorrhage from stomach.
Norwell
Heart disease. .
..
Hanover ... .
Norwell
70 6 4
Pneumonia
·
Scituate . .. .
Norwell
13
.
Plymouth . ..
Norwell
Cerebral hemorrhage.
. .
Tuberculosis, pneumonia ..
.
21
Perry
1
Premature delivery .
Hingham. ·
Norwell
.
..
Y
M
D
Bronchial pneumonia
Norwell .
Norwell
March 12
Aun Swan (Grant) .
72
Cerebral hemorrhage.
Maine .. .
.
.
.
Influenza, old age.
Cancer .
Heart disease, , ephritis.
Norwell
Norwell
Tax Collector's Report. 1
Andrew J. Litchfield in account with the town of Norwell :
DR.
To outstanding taxes of 1905
$3,394 92
CR.
By cash paid treasurer
$2,618 86
By cash deposited with treasurer to
relieve bondsmen
776 06
$3,394 92
DR.
To assessment of 1906
$18,255 36
To excise tax of 1906 271 93
To interest collected on taxes
90 96
$18,618 25
CR.
By cash paid treasurer $13,169 14
By excise tax paid treasurer 271 93
By interest on taxes paid treasurer
90 96
24
By discount on taxes 1906 taxes outstanding
$188 05 4,898 17
.
$18,618 25
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD Collector.
Report of the Town Treasurer.
Horace T. Fogg, treasurer, in account with town of Norwell :
DR.
To cash on hand January 17, 1906
$1980 02
Dog tax 1905 refunded
336 25
Income Massachusetts school fund
1008 99
Refunded by the Commonwealth
Corporation tax
$2851 90
National bank tax
768 59
State aid
2308 00
State highway
200 00
Superintendent of schools
416 67
High school tuition
300 00
Tuition of children in small town
218 50
Burial of indigent soldiers
175 00
Inspection of animals
14 75
Street railway tax
134 70
Refunded by towns
Town of Canton
$156 00
Holbrook
126 13
Pembroke
3 00
Scituate
88 50
Duxbury
10 00
Hull
18 00
Plymouth
I 50
City of Lynn
61 00
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John P. Henderson, net proceeds sale of Griffith place $200 00
Wm. and David Griffith, aid refunded 93 40
Sale of lot in cemetery 10 00
Sale of fish rights 12 00
Elbridge G. Bates, sale of school house 150 00
Expense of setting glass refunded 40
Licenses 18 00
James H. Pinkham, superintendent of almshouse 98 35
Second District Court fines
14 93
South Scituate Saving's Bank anticipation notes
6000 000
Interest on temporary deposits 51 86
Excise tax
271 93
Balance of assessment of 1905
3394 92
Assessment of 1906 on account
13,169 14
Interest on taxes
90 96
$34,753 39
CR.
By cash paid on selectmen and school committee orders. $21,526 70
Alpheus Thomas, moderator by vote of town 10 00
James H. Barnard, bill, by vote of town 25
Post 112, G. A. R., by vote of town 100 00
Police officers, by order of Second Dis- trict Court Charles L. Spring 12 99
John T. Condon 5 80
Walter T. Osborn
79 07
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipa- tion notes 5000 00
27
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on same $117 62
South Scituate Savings Bank, time notes 1500 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on time loan 234 75
Coffin poor fund, interest
80 00
A. T. Otis poor fund, interest
52 00
Scituate tax
5 42
County tax
1687 43
State tax
1365 00
Cash on hand to balance
2976 36
$34,753 39
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE T. FOGG, Treasurer.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
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ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
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EXPENSES.
Articles on hand Jan. 1, 1906
$388 50
James H. Pinkham, salary
231 00
Charles E. Curtis, salary
75 00
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies
81 50
Curtis & Bates, supplies
150 18
Samuel Olson, fish
28 25
Mrs. Helen L. Fogg, wood
24 37
W. W. Cutler, provisions
28 73
G. H. Turner, fertilizer
35 00
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell, hay
13 63
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
250 74
George F. Welch, supplies
33 88
George A. Hatch, shotes 12 00
-
A. I. Nash, rent of field 1905 and 1906
20 00
W. H. Spencer, iron boiler
6 50
Levi N. Osborn, repairs
4 00
Sparrell Bros., ice
12 20
Cash paid for supplies
I 50
John P. Henderson, wood
18 00
H. N. Magoun & Co., repairing pump
7 75
C. W. Tilden, blacksmithing
21 95
Frank Thomas, stock service
2 00
Frank Thomas, cedar posts
I 25
29
H. J. Little, M. D.
$14 50
E. W. French, repairing harness
80
John Monahan, supplies
23 45
Corthell Bros., supplies
64 40
Articles bought for cash
4 00
$1,555 08
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Sale of produce
$103 25
Sale of poultry
20 80
Sale of milk
11 19
Cash on hand
27 19
Board of horses
20 80
Due from town of Scituate board of
Edgar Fernald
156 00
$339 23
ARTICLES ON HAND JAN. 1, 1907.
One horse
$40 00
Fowl
25 00
Two cows
75 00
Manure
25 00
Hay
45 00
Lumber
10 00
Potatoes
7 25
Turnips
I 25
Beans
1 00
Mangles
50
30
Carrots
$1 00
Wood
30 00
Groceries
6 00
Coal
10 25
Pork
20 00
$297 25
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Total expenditures
$1,555 08
ALMSHOUSE CREDITS.
Receipts
$339 23
Articles on hand Dec. 31, 1906
297 25
$636 48
Net cost of almshouse
$918 60
OUT-DOOR POOR.
Sarah A. Studley.
Cash
$52 00
Medical attendance
28 00
-
$80 00
Lorenzo Cromwell and Family.
Curtis & Bates, supplies
$6 00
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell, burial
12 00
H. J. Little, M. D. I 50
$19 50
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Frank H. Stoddard.
Town of Rockland, aid $44.25
Mrs. W. A. Knight.
H. J. Little, M. D. $1 50
Benjamin Briggs and Family.
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest $9 00
A. J. Litchfield & Sons, supplies 78 00
$87 00
Henry W. Winslow and Family.
A. L. Ford, supplies $3 00
H. J. Little, M. D. 10 50
$13 50
Bridget Shea.
State treasurer for board $36 44
James Costello and family.
C. L. Howes, M. D.,
$125 00
F. E. Henderson, wood 6 00
E. E. Stetson, supplies 9 57
$140 57
Minnie Smith.
Town of Hanover $27 00
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James F. Crocker.
C. L. Howes, M. D. $48 50
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell, burial 25 00
$73 50
Calvin Talbot.
E. E. Stetson, supplies
$1 66
Town of Hanover, supplies
4 10
$5 76
Mary Ryan.
H. J. Little, M. D. $15 00
David Griffith and Wife.
E. M. Sexton, milk $8 46
W. D. Turner, wood IO 85
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
36 87
Curtis & Bates, supplies
52
Corthell Bros., supplies
IO 85
$66 55
Rufus Winslow.
Charles Hammond, M. D. $1 50
Mary A. Gardner.
John S. Brooks, supplies $58 47
H. J. Little, M. D. 59 00
$117 47
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E. E. Gunderway.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $52 00
H. J. Little, M. D. 10 00
$62 00
Alden Beach and Family.
H. J. Little, M. D. $6 00
Mrs. Wallace Chappelle.
Mass. Homoepathic hospital $49 00
Town of Hingham 84 00
$133 00
Eben Leavitt.
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies $19 53
H. J. Little, M. D. 30 00
$49 53
Eveline Cromwell.
H. J. Little, M. D. $13 50
George A. Litchfield.
Town of Hingham $16 50
Town of Weymouth 4 00
$20 50
Total
$1014 07
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AID TO PERSONS HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS.
Laban Bates, Hull.
Curtis & Bates, supplies
$6 00
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies 8 00
$14 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain, Holbrook.
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal
$23 00
A. L. MacMillan, M. D.
34 25
W. S. Simmons, wood
2 00
M. Little, supplies
104 00
F. E. Henderson, wood
6 00
$169 25
Mrs. Josephine Keene, Pembroke
H. E. Fairbanks, supplies
46 66
H. J. Little, M. D. 95 00
$141 66
William Sears, Plymouth
H. J. Little, M. D. $2 00
C. E. McPherson, Canton.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $156 00
Total
$482 91
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SUMMARY OF POOR ACCOUNT.
Total amount paid for outdoor poor
$1,496 98
Net cost of almshouse 918 60
Due from other towns
Net cost of Poor
$2,415 58 482 9I
$1,932 67
ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON, ERNEST H. SPARRELL, Overseers of Poor.
Soldiers' Relief.
Albert Winslow.
Emery T. Winslow, care
$6 00
Mrs. George Lee
57 00
H. J. Little, M. D.
3 00
$66 00
Albion Snowdale.
Aid
$5 00
David Bassford.
C. L. Howes, M. D.
$207 50
Benjamin F. Lee.
Town of Hanover, supplies
$19 20
$297 70
Removing Snow.
EAST WARD.
Geo. H. Turner, 1905 E. P. Joseph Jesse Reed C. O. Litchfield
$3 50
21 00
2 00
II 25
$43 75
WEST WARD.
P. J. Sheehan
$11 75
Walter Simmons
5 25
C. E. Brewster
14 75
$31 75
SOUTH WARD.
E. A. Jocobs.
$21 00
F. E. Henderson
15 00
$36 00
$III 50
Total
RIVER STREET ROAD ACCOUNT.
Paid Hammond & Turner, balance on contract $540 00
State Aid Paid in 1906.
Peter Ainslie
$60 00
Charles D. Barnard
72 00
David Bassford
72 00
Amanda Bassford
48 00
Amanda Coleman
48 00
Abbie F. Coleman
24 00
Timothy B. Chapman
60 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain
72 00
Maria B. Damon
48 00
Ensign B. Damon
72 00
Lucy Damon
36 00
Hannah Dover
24 00
Frank Dyer
48 00
Charles David
72 00
Daniel R. Ewell
72 00
Warren Fuller
72 00
Hannah Fuller
48 00
Seth O. Fitts
60 00
Mathias French
72 00
Diana Pierce
48 00
Lebbeus Leach
48 00
Tirzah E. Goodwin
17 00
Sarah Hatch
48 00
George A. Hatch
60 00
John H. Howard
48 00
Charles M. Leavitt
48 00
William H. Morse
48 00
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William O. Merritt
$60 00
B. B. Poole
48 00
B. W. Prouty 48 00
William H. Rand
36 00
David P. Robinson
36 00
Harriet Raymond
48 00
Mary Shepherd
48 00
William E. Stone
72 00
Edwin Studley
72 00
Albert T. Smith
48 00
Rebecca H. Totman
48 00
John F. Totman
24 00
George O. Torrey
72 00
George T. Tolman
45 00
Susan A. Tolman
12 00
James H. Williams
72 00
Albert Winslow
52 00
John S. Whitney
72 00
Esther M. Young
48 00
$2,401 00
Approved by and due from the state.
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Highways.
EAST WARD-E. P. JOSEPH.
E. P. Joseph and teams $455 60
Alex. Black, 352 1-2 hours at 20C
70 50
Amos H. Tilden, 108 hours at 20C
21 60
Seth O. Fitts, 17 hours at 20C
3 40
John Whalen and team
73 70
Charles A. Bates, 81 hours at 20C
16 20
Henry Leavitt, 9 hours at 20C
I 80
Frank Burns, 161 hours at 20C
32 20
Ernest Henderson, 23 hours at 20C
4 60
William Cutler, 32 hours at 20C
6 40
Jesse Reed and team, 59 hours at 50C
29 50
Jesse Reed, 27 hours at 20C
5 40
Walter Wagner, 18 hours at 20C
3 60
Lyman Lincoln, 31 hours at 20C
6 20
Lyman Lincoln, 56 hours at 25C
14 00
Edward Williamson, 90 hours at 25C
22 50
Coal
61 12
Joseph Hatch and 2 horses, 62 hours at 50C 31 00
Frank Baker, 90 hours at 20C 18 00
John Sparrell and 2 horses, 49 hours at 50C 24 50 Carlton Litchfield and 2 horses, 92 hours at 50C 46 00
Carlton Litchfield, 154 hours at 20C 30 80
A. L. Power, team, 13 hours at 50C 6 50
Samuel Brown, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
40
Fred M. Curtis, 121 1-2 hours at 20C $24 30 George H. Turner and two horses, 27 hours at 50C 13 50
Frank L. Thomas, gravel and stone 27 20
$1,055 52
WEST WARD,-WALTER SIMMONS.
Walter Simmons and team $158 85
G. A. Turner, two snow plows 20 00
C. A. Wilder, 39 hours at 20C 7 80
C. H. Brewster and team, 85 hours at 50C Albion Damon, 77 hours at 20C
42 50
15 40
Alden Damon, 78 hours at 20C
15 60
W. Farrar and two horses, 18 hours at 50C 9 00
A. J. Parr, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Robert N. Leavitt, 221 1-2 hours at 20C 44 30
J. Weyowam, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
G. S. Prescott, 141 hours at 20C 28 80
Benj. Loring and two horses, 144 hours at 20C 72 00
W. D. Gardner, 54 hours at 20c 10 80
Wm. J. Hayden, 180 hours at 20C 36 00
Andrew Clapp, 94 hours at 20C
18 80
Chas. Tibbitts, 18 hours at 20C
3 60
H. L. Studley, 132 hours at 20C 26 40
Wm. T. Lapham, 5 hours at 20C 1 00
Geo. H. Bates, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
Ames Plow Co., road roller section 8 32
Patrick McNichol, 39 hours at 20C 7 80
D. F. Bates and two horses, 34 hours at 50C 17 00
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Thomas Hill, 27 hours at 20C $5 40
J. S. Sylvia, 55 hours at 20C II 00
Joseph Totman, 91 hours at 200 18 20
C. H. Baker and horse, 98 hours 21 50 Bert Richardson, 15 hours at 20C 3 00
Wallace H. Damon, 88 hours at 20C 17 60
Joseph Briggs and two horses, 8 hours at 50c 4 00
Alonzo Stoddard, 8 hours at 20C I 60
A. J. Parr, gravel, 36 loads at 6c 2 16
Jacobs Estate, gravel, 200 loads at 6c 12 00
Elisha Sprague, gravel, 25 loads at 6c I 50
$654 53
SOUTH WARD-F. E. HENDERSON.
F. E. Henderson, 27 1-2 days at $2.50 $68 75 Two men and four horses, 147 hours at $1.00 147 00
Man and two horses, 31 hours at 50c 15 50
Man, 15 hours at 20C 3 00
Horse, 55 1-5 hours at 16 2-3C 9 16
Walter S. Briggs, two men and four horses 39 hours at $1.00 39 00
W. D. Turner, two men and four horses 57 hours at $1.00 . 57 00
W. D. Turner, man and three horses, 4 hours at 66 2-3C 2 67
E. A. Jacobs, man and two horses, 46 hours at 50c 23 00
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T. Appleford, man and horse, 69 {hours at 33 I-3C $23 00
John Knapp, man and horse, 39 hours at 33 I-3C 13 00
John Knapp, man, 4 hours at 20C
80
Frank Dyer, man and horse, 18 hours at 33 I-3C 6 00
Lyman Lincoln, 55 hours at 25c 13 75
Chas. Simmons, 312 hours at 20C 62 40
James Studley, 239 1-2 hours at 20C 47 90
Albion Snowdale, 113 hours at 20C 22 60
Frank Dyer, 66 hours at 20C 13 20
James Smith, 155 hours at 20C
31 00
Robert Smith 210 hours at 20C
42 00
Chas. Smith, 68 hours at 20C
13 60
Daniel R. Ewell 4 00
Richard Winslow, 237 hours at 20C 47 40
Walter Briggs, 9 hours at 20C I 80
Howard Packard, 43 hours at 20C 8 60
Herbert Hatch, 43 hours at 20C
8 60
Jared Gardner, 34 hours at 20C
6 80
G. W. Gerrish, 27 1-2 hours at 20C
5 50
John Whalen, 56 hours at 20C
II 20
Aleck Black, 9 hours at 20C
I 80
Samuel Brown, 60 hours at 20C
12 00
Gilbert West, 80 loads gravel at 6c
4 80
Wm. Rand, 114 loads gravel at 6c
6 84
Frank Thomas, 180 loads gravel 4c
7 20
H. N. Magoun, tile
7 50
H. N. Magoun, coal
61 12
Good Roads Machine Co.
8 50
$858 66
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SUMMARY OF HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
East Ward South Ward West Ward
$1,055 52
858 66 654 53
$2,568 71
Appropriation
2,500 00
Exceeded
68 71
Gypsy Moth Account.
Appropriation
$334 91
John H. Sparrell, local superintendent
$55 63
John Whalen
5° 55
John Wilder
5 80
Curtis & Bates, supplies
85
D. R. Ewell
9 80
G. H. Bates
1 00
W. O. Merritt
I 60
W. E. Sexton
I 60
W. H. Claflin & Co., burlap
35 22
Harold Sexton
3 60
Carrie M. Ford, printing
4 00
Joseph Breck & Sons, supplies
I 45
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
55
171 65
Unexpended
$163 26
Miscellaneous.
TOWN TOMB.
$500 00
Appropriation Expended in 1904-1905
$355 18
Phillips, Bates & Co., supplies
8 40
Mrs. Collamore, material
2 00
J. H. Curtis, cash paid
83 06
Net cost of tomb 448 64
Unexpended
$51 36
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
Appropriation Charles H. Lapham, labor
$50 00
$19 80
Edwin C. Briggs, labor
4 00
William H. Farrar, labor
3 50
27 30
Unexpended
$22 70
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Curtis & Bates, supplies
$ 60
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies I 18
Insurance 3 years
30 00
$31 78
TOWN SAFE.
$200 00
Appropriation Safe and desks
$157 55
E. P. Joseph, moving
18 00
E. H. Sparrell, cash for freight
6 10
181 65
Unexpended
$18 35
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Clifton S. Dean, services 1905 and 1906
$6 00
J. Frank Gear, supplies 7 00
Alpheus Thomas, services
2 50
Dr. H. J. Little, services and supplies
11 15
$26 65
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PAINTING ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
$250 00
Merritt & Sexton, contract
$180 00
Merritt & Sexton, repairs
9 80
Phillips, Bates & Co., lumber
4 15
193 95
Unexpended
$56 05
TOWN LOCKUP.
Appropriation
$200 00
E. T. Barnum & Co., cells
$152 07
E. H. Sparrell, cash for freight
7 93
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell, carting
4 75
164 75
Unexpended
$35 25
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation $50 00.
John H. Sparrell, cash paid for trees
$25 00
John Whalen, labor
1 00
26 00
Unexpended
$24 00.
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PUBLIC SQUARES.
Appropriation Church Hill Improvement association
$100 00
25 00
Unexpended $75 00
TOWN INCIDENTALS.
Town of Marshfield, repairs on Union bridge $63 27
W. S. Briggs, guide boards 2 00
Geo. S. Hatch, expressing IO 95
Mitchel Manfg. Co., supplies for treasurer 2 65
Rockland Standard Co., printing 119 75
Carrie M. Ford, printing
24 32
So. Mass. Tel. Co., tolls 6 09
H. T. Fogg, examining titles and record- ing deeds IO 65
H. T. Fogg, fire warden 1905 9 00
Norwell P. O., postage 16 94
Boston Herald Co., advertising 81
A. W. Brownell, dog license book 2 60
Clifton S. Dean, Surveying Church Hill cemetery 12 00
Clifton S. Dean, stone bounds Church Hill cemetery 10 00
S. S. Savings Bank, interest on Griffith mortgage 18 00
P. B. Murphy, assessors' notices I 00
49
Thorp & Martin Co., supplies to town clerk $3 45 C. L. Howes, M. D., return of births 50
Thos. Groom & Co., order book 9 75
C. H. Baker, repairing pump, Dist. No. 2 3 00 Brockton Times, advertising I 65
H. D. Smith, repairing Delano Hill water works 2 00
E. E. Stetson, postage I 04
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, returning deaths 6 00
Helen L. Fogg, rent of vault 8 00
H. T. Fogg, deeds 4 00
H. J. Litchfield, cash for stamps 14 50
G. Osgood, M. D., returning births 1 00
Town of Pembroke, seeding ponds 7 80
Hall & Torrey, pump, pipe and labor Dist. I 14 35
A. J. Littlefield & Son. supplies for town office 51
H. J. Little, M. D., returning births
75
Chas. Hammond, M. D., returning births
50
$388 83
TOWN OFFICERS.
George Cushing, auditor $20 00
E. C. Briggs, inspector of provisions 32 50
J. F. Merritt, recording births, marriages and deaths 18 10
J. F. Merritt, services at election and clerk of registrars 25 00
.
50
J. F. Merritt, town clerk 43 00
Mary E. Curtis, school committee, sec- retary 50 00
George C. Turner, school committee 25 00
Benjamin Loring, school committee 25 00
Alpheus Thomas, services and expenses
as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor 180 90
Ezra E. Stetson, services and expenses as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor 162 95
Ernest H, Sparrell, services and expenses as selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor 164 00
Wm. H. Appleford, registrar of voters 15 00
E. M. Sexton, registrar of voters 15 00
J. H. Prouty, registrar of voters 15 00
Walter T. Osborn, constable and expenses 41 50
J. Warren Foster, constable and expenses
23 00
J. Warren Foster, Inspector of animals 31 50
Andrew J. Litchfield, collector
225 00
Horace T. Fogg, treasurer 100 00
Frank W. Jones, auditor 20 00
John Whalen, election officer 3 00
Charles Scully, election officer 3 00
L. Frank Hammond, election officer 3 00
W. E. Wilder, constable 5 00
A. W. Thomas, fire warden and cash paid 46 75
Jesse Reed, fire warden 4 00
H. T. Fogg, fire warden, cash paid Nash fire I 50
$1,298 70
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FIRE ACCOUNT.
J. H. Sparrell, Nash fire $3 00
H. G. Pinson, Nash fire 2 00
John Whalen, Nash fire
2 00
Frank Studley, Nash fire
2 00
H. P. Merritt, Nash fire John Leslie, Nash fire Whitman Soule, Nash fire
2 00
2 00
H. S. Merritt, Nash fire
I 50
E. F. Freeman, Nash fire
I 50
W. E. Sexton, Nash fire
I 50
Samuel Olson, Nash fire
I 50
Arnold Beach, Nash fire I 50
I 50
F. M. Curtis, Nash fire A. Black, Nash fire
2 50
W. Fessenden, Nash fire
I 50
John Whalen, District No. 4
2 00
Charles H. Bates, Leavitt fire
2 00
Charles H. Bates, Leavitt fire
2 00
$34 00
STONE CRUSHER.
Appropriation
$2000 00
Good Roads Machine Co., stone crusher $1700 00
Good Roads Machine Co., oil, etc. 23 70
Good Roads Machine Co., toggles 12 00
Good Roads Machine Co., repairs
2 80
George F. Welch, lumber 25 75
E. P. Joseph, moving and setting up 64 47
2 00
52
T. F. Bailey & Son, building engine house $210 00 J. H. Lehan, painting engine house 15 00
John Whalen, labor at engine house 3 00
2056 72
Exceeded
$56 72
Assessors' Report.
Value of buildings Value of land Value of personal property
$442,301 00
220,435 00
164,747 00
$827,483 00
State tax
$1365 00
County tax Town tax Over-layings
1687 43
13,976 91
496 32
Total tax
$17,525 66
Street railway excise tax
$271 93
Assessors' warrant to collector
17,525 66
Rate of taxation per thousand $20.00. Number of polls assessed 488.
Paying poll tax only 174.
Horses assessed 365.
Cows assessed 226. Swine assessed 54.
Sheep assessed 52.
Fowls assessed 8,999.
Number of dwelling houses assessed 439. Number of acres of land assessed 12,015.
Taxes Abated.
David H. Bates
$3 80
Henry Bates
2 00
Laban R. Bates
2 38
Edwin Bates
2 00
Walter L. Boynton
2 53
Benjamin Briggs
12 13
Silas Fenwich
2 00
David Griffith
7 13
Daniel Hall, 2nd
2 00
Charles F. Keen
2 00
Charles E. McPherson
2 00
Bernard Randall
2 00
Ansel Phillips
4 00
James H. Costello
2 00
Henry H. Gardner
60
Charles David
3 05
Thomas H. Gunderway
2 75
George A. Jackman
2 00
Robert A. McKee
2 00
Albert Winslow
2 00
John Weaver
2 00
Alden Briggs
08
Melissa H. Cushing
08
A. Collamore estate
08
Mrs. Charles H. Merritt
08
Charles E. Nott
08
Emery Winslow
2 00
55
Josiah Studley
$ 08
M. Sylvester (heirs)
08
Joseph Thompson
08
Sophia Turner
08
J. H. Whitman
08
Calvin E. Gay
2 00
Henry A. Pratt
2 00
James Ryan
2 00
John A. Sawyer
2 00
Nelson Shabott
2 15
Rufus Winslow
2 00
Henry W. Winslow
2 00
Adeline Briggs
37
Maria F. Curtis
I 88
L. C. Sylvester
08
Eben Leavitt
2 00
L. N. Osborne, Jr.
2 00
Alvin Baker
2 00
Edgar Lambert
2 00
Alva Tisdale
2 00
George L. Gardner
4 00
Robert Brown
6 17
$101 82
RECAPITULATION
Taxes abated
$IOI 82
Highway expenditures
2,568 71
River street
540 00
Snow expenditures
III 50
Stone crusher
2,056 75
Safe
181 65
Painting almshouse
193 95
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Lockup
$164 75
Board of health
26 65
Gypsy moths
171 65
Tree warden
26 00
Fire account
34 00
Town officers
1,298 70
Town hall
31 78
Incidentals
388 83
Cemetery
27 30
Tomb
93 46
Almshouse
1,555 08
Out-door poor
1,496 98
Soldiers' relief
297 70
State aid
2,401 00
CREDITS
Almshouse
636 48
State aid
2,401 00
Due from state, cattle inspection
15 75
Cemetery lots
10 00
Refunded by towns on account of poor
482 91
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank
5,500 00
Mote in favor of the Coffin fund
2000 00
Note in favor of the Otis fund
1,300 00
Due other towns for support of poor (estimated)
200 00
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ASSETS.
Due from state for state aid 2,401 00
Due from towns for aid to poor 482 91
Due from state, cattle inspection Cash in hands of treasurer
15 75
2,976 36
Uncollected taxes
4,898 17
Norwell, Feb. 2, 1907.
I have examined the accounts of the treasurer, selectmen and collector and find them cast correctly and vouchers for all amounts paid.
FRANK W. JONES, Auditor,
List of Jurors.
List of persons qualified to serve as jurors to be presented to the town for acceptance or revision.
James L. Litchfield
Farmer
L. Frank Hammond
Farmer
Arthur C. Jones
Artist
Lebbeus Leach
Retired
George H. Tisdale
Stitcher
Benjamin P. Nichols
Carpenter
Harrison Wilder
Retired
Clifton S. Dean
Teacher
Robert C. Henderson
Shoe cutter
James E. Stoddard
Shoe worker
Alpheus Thomas
Shoe worker
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