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It was voted by a majority of the legal voters present and voting, that the treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow during the present municipal year, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor payable within twelve months from the date thereof. All debts in- curred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Article II. To hear and act on the report of any commit- tee heretofore chosen.
No reports were received at this time.
Article 12. To make allowance to town creditors.
Voted that the bill of George H. Vinal for $28 on ac- count of Alvin D. Vinal be allowed and paid.
Article 13. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ? Included in vote on general appropriations.
Article 14. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the payment of state and military aid ?
Included in the vote on general appropriations.
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Article 15. What sum of money will the town appropriate to pay the superintendent of schools ?
No action taken as the amount was included in general school appropriation.
Article 16. What sum of money will the town raise for the repairs of school houses and incidentals ?
No action taken as general school appropriation is to cover repairs and incidentals.
Article 17. Will the town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be printed in February next ?
Voted that a statement be printed.
Article 18. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ?
Included in vote on general appropriations.
Voted that the money appropriated for this purpose be ex- pended under the direction of the cemetery committee.
Article 19. Will the town cause a new valuation to be taken in 1908 ?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 20. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year ?
Voted to pay twenty-five cents per hour for men, sixty-two and one-half cents an hour for man and two horses.
Voted that eight hours constitute a day's work.
Article 21. What price will the town pay for work at fires, the ensuing year ?
Voted to pay thirty-five cents per hour for fighting fire either day or night.
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Article 22. Will the town appropriate a sum of money for the Sealer of Weights and Measures ?
Voted to appropriate $108 for purchase of necessary outfit for sealer of weights and measurers. The committee to be the selectmen.
Article 23. Will the town instruct the Surveyors to locate the stone crusher in the center of the town ?
Voted to leave the matter with the highway surveyors to put it where they think proper.
Article 24. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to be expended in caring for the sidewalks and grounds around the Soldiers' Monument, the care of Gaffield Park and the several triangles and grass plots in different parts of the town ?
Included in vote on general appropriations.
Voted that the appropriation be spent under the direction of the town clerk.
Article 25. Will the town appropriate a sum of money for the employment of a school physician ?
Included in vote on general appropriations.
Article 26. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair ?
Voted to refer to the highway surveyors.
Article 27. Will the town give any instructions to the town officers ?
Voted that the selectmen be instructed to call a caucus about two weeks before the next annual meeting.
Voted that the town clerk keep a record of all bodies brought into town for burial and that the names be published in the next annual report with the records of deaths.
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Voted to instruct the school committee to see that the scholars in District No. I be transported to the Union Me- morial services this year.
Voted that the constables enforce the law against gamb: ling the ensuing year and that the town clerk send a copy of this vote to those who have not already taken the oath of office.
Voted that the selectmen investigate the charge made in their office last November and find out if the gentleman making it can substantiate his claim.
Article 28. (Repetition of a former article. )
Article 29. Or act or do anything relative to the above.
Voted that the constables act as field drivers.
Voted that the selectmen serve as fence viewers.
Voted that the cemetery committee consist of George W. Curtis, Joseph H. Curtis and Alpheus Thomas.
Voted that the town raise by taxation a sum not less than $14,000 nor more than $16,000.
Voted that the money to be raised be assessed on the polls and estates of residents and on the estates of non-residents.
Voted that the selectmen pay no money to delinquent tax- payers.
Voted that the salary of the town treasurer be $150 ; tax collector, $225 ; highway surveyors, $2.50 per day ; secretary of school committee $50; other members not over $25 each.
Voted that the Moderator be paid $5 for services this day.
Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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STATE ELECTION
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed the qualified voters of the town of Norwell met at the Town Hall, Tuesday Nov. 3, 1908. Alpheus Thomas, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, was presiding officer. Ezra E. Stetson, William D. Turner, John Whalen, Charles Scully, Charles W. Thomas and Amos H. Tilden having been appointed election officers and ballot clerks were duly sworn as such by the town clerk. The polls were opened at 6 a. m. and closed at I p. m. Two hundred and twenty-eight ballots were cast, the check list and ballot box register showing a like number. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons and the result was de- clared :
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE- PRESIDENT
Bryan and Kern, Democratic 40
Chafin and Watkins, Prohibition I
Debs and Hanford, Socialist o
Gillhaus and Munro, Socialist Labor O
Hisgen and Graves, Independence League 10
Taft and Sherman, Republican
164
Blanks 13
GOVERNOR
James F. Carey. Socialist o
Eben S. Draper, Republican 141
Walter J. Hoar, Socialist Labor
O
William N. Osgood, Independence League 8
James H. Vahey, Democratic 57
Willard O. Wylie, Prohibition 3 Blanks 19
I7
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Charles J. Barton, Democratic
45
Joao Claudino, Socialist Labor
O
Louis A. Frothingham, Republican
I52
John Hall, Jr., Socialist
I
Robert J. McCartney, Independence League
7
Frank N. Rand, Prohibition
2
Blanks 2 I
SECRETARY
James F. Aylward, Democratic
34
Herbert B. Griffin, Prohibition
.3
George Nelson, Socialist Labor
O
William M. Olin, Republican
I59
Squire E. Putney, Socialist
O
John F. Williams, Independence League 5 Blanks 27
TREASURER
. Charles E. Butterworth, Independence League 7
Arthur B. Chapin, Republican 152
Henry C. Hess, Socialist Labor 0
Charles C. Hitchcock, Socialist o
Edward Kendall, Prohibition 4
Erwin H. Kennedy, Democratic 35 Blanks 30
AUDITOR
Frank Bohmbach, Socialist Labor 0
John E. Dempsey, Independence League 8
18
George G. Hall, Socialist Wilbur D. Moon, Prohibition
o
3
Henry E. Turner, Republican 153 Simeon Viger, Democratic 32 Blanks 32
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Henry M. Dean, Prohibition
2
Elliot C. Harding, Socialist Labor
2
Dana Malone, Republican
146
John McCarthy, Socialist
I
Richard J. Talbot, Independence League
7
John Alden Thayer, Democratic 36 Blanks 34
CONGRESSMAN (Fourteenth District)
George J. Alcott, Socialist I
Charles B. Drew, Independence League
I2
William C. Lovering, Republican
147
Eliot L. Packard, Democratic
46
Blanks 22
COUNCILLOR (First District)
George A. Beedem, Socialist 0
Charles O. Brightman, Republican
146
Edward J. Cantwell, Independence League
7
George L. Oliveir, Democratic
41
Blanks 34
19
SENATOR, (First Plymouth District )
Thomas H. Dunn, Socialist O
Orion L. Griswold, Prohibition 2
Melvin S. Nash, Republican
I7I
Benjamin F. Peterson, Democratic
3I
6
Elmer L. Smith, Independence League Blanks 18
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (Second Plymouth District )
Arthur B. Church, Democratic 95
I2I
Blanks 12
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Plymouth)
Edward C. Cole, Socialist
I
Jere B. Howard, Republican
153
Nathaniel Morton, Democratic
45
Blanks 29
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY (Plymouth County)
Herbert N. Alden, Socialist O
Sumner A. Chapman, Republican
161
Chester W. Ford, Democratic
34
Edward F. Hall, Independence League
5
Blanks 28
.
William S. Moore, Republican
20
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the town clerks of the towns, comprising the Second Plymouth Representative district held at Marsh- field, November 13, 1908, the vote for representative was found to be as follows :
Total
Church
Moore
Blanks
Duxbury
235
37
163
35
Marshfield
228
52
142
34
Norwell
228
95
I2I
I2
Pembroke
200
125
60
I5
Scituate
353
III
195
47
Whole number of ballots
1,244
Arthur B. Church, Democratic
420
William S. Moore, Republican
68 I
Blanks
I43
William S. Moore having a plurality of the votes was de- clared elected and his certificate made out in accordance therewith.
George H. Stearns
Town Clerk of Duxbury Town Clerk of Marshfield
George H. Wetherbee
Joseph F. Merritt
Town Clerk of Norwell
Jetsom Wade
Town Clerk of Scituate
Wilbert E. Halladay
Town Clerk of Pembroke
ENROLLED MILITIA
There were 248 men enrolled for military duty in this town May 1, 1908.
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REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of registration Oct. 24, 1908, there were 366 male and 3 female voters on the list.
DOGS LICENSED
Dog licenses issued from Dec. 1, 1907 to Dec. 1, 1908 .
Whole number licensed 175
153 male dogs at $2.00
$306 00
22 female dogs at $5.00 110 00
$416 00
Less clerks' fees, 175 licenses at 20C
35 00
Amount turned over to County Treasurer $381 00
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1908.
February J. At Hanover, George R. Farrar of Norwell and Minnie C. Fitts of Rockland, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
March 9. At Providence, R. I., Louis Warren Wheeler and Julia Elizabeth Damon, both of Norwell, by Rev. Alexander Mitchell.
April 18. At Providence, R. I., Benjamin Franklin El- dridge of Quincy and Abbie Gertrude Jones of Norwell, by Rev. Alexander Mitchell.
July 8. At Hanover, Jared Ainslie Gardner and Elsie Blanche Mann, both of Norwell, by Rev. Marcus H. Carroll.
August 5. At Norwell, Lyman Washington Lincoln and Carrie Elizabeth Bates, both of Norwell, by Rev. Wil- liam E. Ennis.
August 14. At Newton, William Gould Vinal of Norwell and Lillie Hale Downing of Medford, by Rev. George S. Butters.
September 22. At Rockland, Arthur Andrew Montgomery and Barbara Alberta Cochran, both of Norwell, by Rev. Fred J. Clark.
October 3. At Hanover, Leon Burton Cobbett of Norwell and Eunice Lillian Burbank of Scituate by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
October 28. At Norwell, Herbert Gilman Simmons and Annie Louise Farrar, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1908.
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN
NAME
OF MOTHER
Jannary
9
George Leonard Lincoln
Arthur G. and Ida C.
Holbrook Hitchcock
17
Raymond Bresnahan
John and Grace
30
Elder William Brewster
Charles E. and Flora
Sherman
February
17
Wilbur Harold Hatch
George S. and Annie .
Berger
26
Harriet Elizabeth Prince ..
John HI. and Mary A .. .
Primus
March
9
Torrey.
Everett L. and Ethel F.
Stoddard
April
8
Genevieve Anna Nash
Lester S. and Helen E ..
Merritt
May
23
Bertha Whiting.
Louis B. and Floretta .
Young
28
Charles Alvor Richardson
Charles H. and Viola M.
Macomber
31
Clarence Leland Damon
Wallace H. and Fannie M.
Crocker
June
19
John Ellsworth Bryden
John and Lillian A.
Redfern
August
9
Gordon Leroy Melcher.
Henry and Eva ...
Totman
27
George Richmond Jones
Walter N. and Mabel ..
.
27
Louisa Victoria Sylvester, born at Dnx'y Henderson
Harry and Edna.
Clapp
September October
16
Thelma Hatch.
Joseph W. and Hortense ..
Bunker
1
Helen Lonise Delano
William and Carrie.
Lovell
20
Minnie Eveline Davis
Nahmn Irving and Minnie L.
Spooner
29
Helen Frances Wagner
Walter and Fannie.
Henderson
31
Lillian 1. Bates.
Henry W. and Nellie M ..
Hammond
November 18
Illegitimate .
Jesse and Lena .
Hinds Chapman
1
Florence Constance Henderson
11
Carolyn Barnard
Ernest L. and Jennie James H. and Emeline Patrick L. and Ella W. Louis W. and Julia. ..
Bnrrage
14
Jennie Agnes White.
Pratt
30
Warren Sherman Wheeler
Damon
Now'r 30, 1907
Harold Francis Sheehan
Timothy M. and Florence G ..
Williams
.
.
.
John C. and Alice M.
Snowdale
Fred Glenmore Heredien
Holbrook
23
Albert S. and . my W,
Dinzey
30
December
6
Jesse Kinsman Leavitt.
.
The Town Clerk will furnish blanks for the returns required of physicians and parents and all persons interested are requested to notify him of any errors or omissions in the list of births, that they may be corrected and the records completed.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1908.
DATE
NAME
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
BIRTHPLACE
PLACE OF DEATH
Y
M
1)
Lobar Pneumonia .
Boston
Jan.
1
Eliza L. Randall (Kelley) ....
76
9
18
6
Horace E. Boynton.
10
8
27
Accidental drowning ..
11
Freeman Litchfield .
81
4 . .
Valvular discase of heart
.
11
Ellis F. Brown.
51
.
.
Apoplexy .
Seitnate
11
Julia M. Turner (Tilden) . Seth Foster
77
11
6
Obstruction of Bowels, exhaustion .. Cerebral disease ..
- citnate Scituate
Norwell
24
Almira T'ildin (Litchfield) ....
71
1
8
29
Rosella N. Damon (Bennett) . .
17
3
2
Cerebral hemorrhage
Marshfield
Norwell
30
Flora Brewster (Sherman) .... Elder William Brewster ..
39
1
28
Puerperal Eclampsia Premature birtlı
Norwell
Norwell Boston
24
Feb.
Jane Rose (Murphy)
77
9
9
Chronic nephritis, dilation of heart .
7
Bertha Salome Stoddard.
27
1 25
Cerebro spinal meningitis.
March
15
Torrey .
27
3
. .
1
Eunice Loring (Tocorney) ....
66
9
. .
86
*2
26
La grippe, heart disease ..
24
Abigail Harlow [Wilder] .....
90
10 ..
Natural causes .
Hingham
31
26
.
·
.
99
9
26
Cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia. . Scituate
Norwell
July
11
Mildred Vernon Bray
3
8
13
Accidental burning.
Maine
Norwell
August 11
81
8
·
Nepliritis, Fracture of femur ... Entero Colitis .
England
Norwell
29
Maria H. Stoddard [Harding] David Griffitlı .
83
.
30
.
.
. .
9
General paresis, cerebral abscess
Lowell
Norwell
Sept.
2
Francis M. Morgan
17
Robert P. Nichols ..
34
. .
. .
2
Carrie Smith [ Wood]
36
. .
·
Obstruction of bowels.
Westport
Norwell
7 Gordon L. Melcher
2
Cholera Infantilm .
Norwell
Norwell
Nov.
7 John Turner .
79
.
6
Softening of brain.
Scituate
| Norwell
.
·
Boston
South Seitnate
No well
Uræmia.
Norwell
Norwell
April
I
Zenas A. Howland.
La grippe, heart disease
Scituate
Norwell
Hanover
Norwell
Cancer of nterns.
Maine
Norwell Norwell Norwell
19
Mabel F. Jacobs [Harrison] .. Alathea Ewell [Oakman] . Eliza Nash.
96
. .
22
Bronchitis. .
Marshfield
28
Hanover
..
2h
Premature delivery ..
Norwell
Norwell
Typhoid fever, hem. of bowels
South Scituate
Norwell
Oct.
Caroline E. Barnard [Brownell]
68
8
3
Chronic nephritis. .
.
.
78
1
7
La grippe, pneumonia
South Seitnate
Norwell Norwell Norwell Norwell Brockton Boston
20
.
Norwell
31
2
. .
6
Val. heart disease, pul. congestion .. Hanover
Norwell
May
Josiah W. Chamberlain ..
Norwell
Henderson
19
Norwell
. .
Norwell Scituate
Nov.
Ezekiel E. Gunderway. ....
68
. . 3 Cerebral hemorrhage Cerebral hemorrhage
Scituate England
Norwell Norwell Norwell
21 Lillian I. Bates. .. 24 Mary Quinn.
16
Nephritis, bronchitis, erysipelas.
Ireland
Boston
Dec. 28
Timothy B. Chapman .
77
10 . Val. disease of heart, convulsions ...
Hanover
Norwell
BROUGHT IN TOWN FOR BURIAL.
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
I.LACE OF DEATH
Y
M
1)
1907
Dec.
31
Rhoda V. Winslow.
90
. .. . .
1908
Feb.
29
Emeline G. Sparrell .
82
3 26
Angina pectoris .
Worcester North Pembroke
March
9
Henry Albert Torrey
70
Arterio sclerosis, nephritis
. .
May
11
Martha W. Little [Torrey] .
36
10
3
Pelvic abscess .
Newton
July
19
Allen Bacon
77
. .
Cholera infantum
Hingham
Angust 17
18
Herbert E. Litchfield.
=
. .
Acute Phthisis
Weymouth
Nov.
9
Elizabeth C. Stewart ..
80
4
Pneumonia.
Cohasset Weymouth
Dec.
19
William E. Potter.
73
2
. .
Angina Pectoris .
Plympton
Number of marriages, 9. Number of births, 28.
Number of deaths, 35.
Respectfully submitted
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
.
Rockland
Catherine W. Winslow.
:
. .
17
Irving W. Smith.
3
Congenital Stenosis.
:
. .
21 Marasmus.
Norwell
10 Sarah A. Studley . .
83
. .
25
Pneumonia.
Hanover
.
Natural canses ..
Report of Overseers of the Poor
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT
EXPENSES
Articles on hand Jan. 1, 1908
$398 50
Charles E. Curtis 300 00
Samuel Olson, fish 46 56
H. S. Turner & Co., groceries 170 38
E. H. Sparrell, burial of Almira Tildin 25 00
E. H. Sparrell, burial of David Griffith 25 00
John Monahan, dry goods 1907
21 38
John Monahan, dry goods 1908
13 02
George F. Welch, coal
II7 52
E. W. French, repairing shoes
I 40
J. F. Turner, labor
2 75
Curtis & Bates, groceries
168 52
Levi N. Osborn, stock and labor
2 00
William W. Cutler, provisions 36 39
Mrs. R. B. Lawrence, labor at house
3 15
Harry G. Pincin, hay and shoat
23 26
Harry S. Merritt, stock and labor
3 54
J. F. Merritt, hanging paper
5 65
Turner Bros., seed
4 20
Henry C. Ford, hay
8 00
Wm. C. Hammond, labor
II 75
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
185 02
W. H. Spencer, repairing pump 25
27
George H. Turner, fertilizer
$3 70
John P. Henderson, wood 17 50
Horace T. Fogg, insurance 22 50
Sparrell Bros., ice
II 79
R. W. McDonald, blacksmith work
6 25
C. W. Tildin, blacksmithing 8 35
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance
43 85
Articles bought for cash 10 00
L. Frank Hammond, hay
25 58
$1,722 76
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS
Received from sale of eggs $41 10
Received from sale of one calf 8 65
Received from sale of one-half hog
14 40
Received from sale of one cow
10 00
Received from sale of vegetables
36 00
Received from sale of milk 67 00
Received cash
17 50
Due from board of horse
33 00
Due from Scituate, board and supplies of Edgar Fernald
166 90
Due from Scituate, board and supplies of Benjamin Mann 29 00
Articles on hand Jan. 1, 1909
365 25
$788 80
Net cost of almshouse $933 96
Cost of each inmate per week $3.49.
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ARTICLES ON HAND JAN. 1. 1909
Hay
$25 00
Cow
40 00
Horse
40 00
Manure
40 00
Wood
20 00
Fowl
45 00
Grain
2 50
Potatoes
12 00
Mangles
3 50
Carrots
I 50
Coal
21 00
Pork
12 00
Groceries
12 75
Lumber and Farming Tools
90 00
$365 25
OUT DOOR POOR
Benjamin Briggs and Family
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $104 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on
mortgage 9 00
$113 00
Mary A. Gardner
John S. Brooks & Co., supplies $52 .00
H. J. Little, M. D. 28 00
$80 00
29
Mrs. Evelyn M. Loring
Linscott & Bryant, supplies $53 31
Lorenzo Cromwell and Family
H. J. Little, M. D. -
$24 50
E. E. Gunderway
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
$44 00
E. H. Sparrell, burial 29 00
H. J. Little. M. D. 27 00
$100 00
Eben Leavitt
H. J. Turner & Co., supplies
$35 30
Mrs. George Litchfield
Town of Weymouth, aid $6 00
James H. Costello and Family
E. E. Stetson & Son, supplies
$233 92
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal 8 00
Town of Hanover, medical aid
239 00 -
$480 92
Arthur G. Lincoln
H. J. Little, M. D., medical aid $1 50
Town of Rockland, medical aid 19 00
Linscott & Bryant, supplies 9 14
$29 64
30
Alonzo C. Sylvester
Curtis & Bates, supplies $38 00
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies 20 00
$58 00
James L. Prouty 1
Walter R. Torrey, interest on mortgage $8 00
Jedediah Dwelley, interest on mortgage 36 00
$44 00
Henry Fox
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies $9 00
Alvin D. Vinal
George H. Vinal, board $28 00
Emery Winslow
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 40
H. J. Little, M. D., medical aid 4 00
$4 40
Mrs. J. F. Crocker
C. L. Howes, M. D., medical aid $9 00
Mrs. Abigail B. Wilder
H. T. Fogg, interest on mortgage $13 50
31
Henry W. Winslow
Town of Hingham Medical aid and burial of daughter $13 00
AID TO PERSONS HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS
Josiah W. Chamberlain, Holbrook
F. E. Henderson, wood $7 00
Melvin Little, supplies 47 26
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal 8 00
Andrew T. Damon, opening grave 5 00
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell, burial 25 00
E. E. Stetson, medical supplies I 50
$93 76
Josephine Keene, Pembroke
H. J. Little M. D., medical aid
$8 25
Charles E. McPherson, Canton
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
156 00
H. J. Little, M. D., medical
20 00
$176 00
William Hammond, Hanover
Curtis & Bates, supplies $12 00
J. P. Henderson, wood 2 50
$14 50
32
John Prince, Rockland
C. L. Howes, M. D., medical aid $12 25
Chester Taylor, Scituate
H. J. Little, M. D., medical aid 2 00
-
Samuel Potter, State
C. L. Howes, M. D., medical aid $8 50
Fred Griffin, State
H. J. Little, M. D., medical aid 2 00
SUMMARY OF POOR ACCOUNT
Total amount paid out door poor $1,418 83
Net cost of almshouse 933 96
Due from other towns
$2,352 79 317 26
$2,035 53
Appropriation
Exceeded
$2,000 00
35 53
ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON, WILLIAM D. TURNER, Overseers of the Poor.
Town Officers
Horace T. Fogg, treasurer $150 00
Joseph F. Merritt, services as town clerk $75 00
Joseph F. Merritt, registrar of vo- ters and recording, 1907 and 1908 50 50
125 50
Alpheus Thomas, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 76 00
Ezra E. Stetson, selectman, assessor and Overseer of poor 155 00
Ernest H. Sparrell, selectman, assessor
and overseer of poor 25 00
William D. Turner, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor I29 00
Mary E. Curtis, school committee 50 00
Benjamin Loring, school committee 25 00
George C. Turner, school committee
25 00
Andrew J. Litchfield, collector
225 00
Walter T. Osborn, constable
32 02
20 00
L. Frank Hammond, constable Jesse M. Winslow, constable 6 50
J. Warren Foster, constable 14 50
J. Warren Foster, inspector of animals 34 50
Lester W. Osborn, special officer 1907 10 00
W. D. Turner, special officer 1907 2 50
William H. Appleford, registrar of voters 15 00
34
John H. Prouty, registrar of voters $15 00
Edward M. Sexton, registrar of voters 15 00
Election Officers, Charles Scully 6 00
Amos H. Tildin 6 00
Charles W. Thomas
6 00
Walter C. Barnard
3 00
Clifton S. Dean
3 00
John Whalen
3 00
Jeremiah H. Lehan
3 00
Frank W. Jones
20 00
Alpheus Damon, inspector of provisions
39 25
A. J. Litchfield, sealer of weights and measures
36 08
Appropriation $1,300 00
$1,275 85
Received from state - Inspection of
animals 17 25
$1,317 25
Balance
$41 40
State Aid Paid in 1908
Peter Ainslie
$60 00
Charles D. Barnard
72 00
David Bassford 72 00
Amanda Bassford
48 00
Amanda Coleman
48 00
Abbie F. Coleman
48 00
Timothy B. Chapman
72 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain
72 00
Martha W. Curtis
48 00
Sarah T. David
28 00
Maria B. Damon
48 00
Lucy Damon
48 00
Frank Dyer
48 00
Daniel R. Ewell
72 00
Mathias French
72 00
Diana Freeman
48 00
Sarah Hatch
48 00
George A. Hatch
60 00
Lydia Hatch
48 00
John H. Howard
48 00
Lebbeus Leach
72 00
Charles M. Leavitt
48 00
William H. Morse
48 00
William O. Merritt
60 00
Howard F. Mann
4 00
Benjamin B. Poole
12 00
36
William H. Rand
$36 00
David P. Robinson
36 00
Harriet Raymond
48 00
William E. Stone
72 00
Edwin Studley
72 00
Mary Shepherd
48 00
Rebecca H. Totman
48 00
John F. Totman
72 00
George O. Torrey
72 00
Susan A. Tolmun
48 00
James Taylor
36 00
James H. Williams
72 00
John S. Whitney
72 00
Esther M. Young
48 00
$2,132 00
Approved by and due from the State $2,132 00
Soldiers' Relief
Albion Snowdale
Aid
$30 00
Charles Hammond, M. D.
12 00
C. L. Howes, M. D.
3 50
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal
8 00
$53 50
J. Warren Chamberlain, Jr.
Mrs. Nellie S. Snowdale, nursing
$19 00
William S. Simmons, wood 13 00
$32 00
David Bassford and Wife
C. L. Howes, M. D. $243 75
Benjamin Lee
F. E. Henderson, wood $10 50
Town of Hanover, medical aid 2 25
$12 75
$342 00
Snow Account.
WEST WARD.
Joseph Briggs
$9 87
Benj. Loring
21 00
C. E. Brewster 21 50
Walter Simmons
15 37
Arthur Damon, 6 hours at 25C
I 50
W. H. Farrar, 5 hours at 25C I 25
A. J. Farr, 4 hours at 25
I 00
B. Loring, 4 hours at 25C
I 00
E. C. Jacobs, 8 hours at 25C
2 00
Alden Damon, 6 1-2 hours at 25C
I 63
L. Bowker, 3 1-2 hours at 25℃
88
A. W. Thomas, 3 hours at 25C
75
Wallace Damon, 6 hours at 25C
1 50
Wm. Pratt, 5 hours at 25C I 25 Frank Osborne, 4 hours at 25C I OO
Wm. G. Collamore, 9 hours at 25C 2 25
Albion Damon, 5 hours at 25C I 25
Lyman Lincoln, 5 1-2 hours at 25C I 37
R. N. Leavitt, 5 hours at 25C 25
S. A. Ward, 5 hours at 25 1
25
James H. Leavitt, 3 hours at 25C
75
Harry T. Leavitt, 4 hours at 25C
1 00
Elmer N. Leavitt, 5 hours at 25C
I 25
Frank Jones, 7 1-2 at 25
I 87
Wm. Culter, 5 hours at 25C
I 25
39
Arthur Degegnar, 5 hours at 25C
I 25
T. Sheehan, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
Man & Horse 22 1-2 hours at 50C
II 25
C. H. Baker, 7 1-2 hours at 25c
1 88
C. H. Tilden, snow plow
23 CO
George H. Bates, 3 hours at 25C
75
$135 12
EAST WARD
E. P. Joseph
$38 50
William Cutler
I 25
Lyman Lincoln
I 25
Howard Delano
3 37
Charles Bates, Jr.
50
Antonio Rezendes
75
Carlton O. Litchfield
2 25
Austin Lincoln
2 25
$50 12
SOUTH WARD
F. E. Henderson
$20 00
James Winslow
68
Jesse Winslow
1 00
Clarence Winslow
1 00
Charles Smith
87
James Smith
I 25
Robert Smith
I 25
William Gardner
I 25
John Prince
1 00
Edward L. Lehan
2 25
E. A. Jacobs
16 62
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