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A. C. Sylvester
I 75
Edward Winslow
I 75
40
Alexander Black
I 75
Wm. E. Sexton
1 75
Ansel Phillips
· 2 00
George W. Barrell
I 25
L. Frank Hammond
50
Calvin Talbot
50
O. W. Lambert
1 00
Frank N. Studley
2 25
J. T. McLauthlin
1 00
Thos. Appleford
2 25
Arthur Montgomery
1 06
Fred H. Kidder
1 00
Walter C. Barnard
I 00
J. Frank Turner, snow plow
23 00
$90 98
Total
$276 22
Appropriation
$200 00
Street Railway Excise Tax
282 99
482 99
Balance
$206 77
Taxes Abated
Arthur Cobbett $2 00
Henry F. Ford, soldier
8 80
Joseph Griffin 2 00
Arthur G. Lincoln
2 00
William H. Morse
2 00
James L. Prouty
21 60
William A. Pratt
2 00
Henry L. Studley
2 00
Edwin R. Studley, soldier
6 50
John Sheehan
2 00
Benjamin Briggs
12 80
Henry L. Brown, soldier
2 00
H. T. Fogg, overtaxed 8 00
George S. Hatch I 60
Willard S. Higgins
2 00
Fred Mason
4 00
Ansel Phillips
2 00
Joseph J. Shepherd
2 00
John F. Totman
2 00
Samuel A. Lester, soldier
I 60
Elizabeth E. Adams
48
Robert S. Brown
2 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain, soldier
3 60
Mrs. Charles B. Hatch
2 40
Harry McDonald, overtaxed
1 40
J. Howard Packard
80
John H. Prince
2 00
James Smith estate
4 80
42
Albion Snowdale, soldier
$2 56
Arthur L. Smith 2 00
Charles W. Smith, soldier
4 00
James H. Williams, soldier
2 00
Emery S. Winslow
2 00
Alden Briggs
08
Melissa Cushing
08
Samuel Cushing heirs
08
William Church
08
Anthony Collamore
08
Robert E. Dwelley
08
Mrs. Charles H. Merritt
08
Charles E. Nott
08
A. R. Phillips
08
Joshua Studley
08
Michael Sylvester
03
Henry M. Stetson
08
Joseph E. Thompson
08
Sophia Turner
08
J. C. Whitman
08
Edward Berry
6 00
J. P. Merrill, overtaxed
8 16
John Corthell, soldier
2 00
Albert T. Smith, soldier
4 00
Gustavus Totman
4 88
Alonzo C. Sylvester
4 88
Lorenzo Cromwell
4 00
Charles Barnard, soldier
2 00
Edwin Reeves
2 00
Franklin Torrey
602 00
$760 00
Appropriation $150 00 Exceeded $610 00
Gypsy and Browntail Moth.
Fourth annual report for state fiscal year ending Novem- ber 30, 1908.
J. H. Sparrell, labor,
$461 58
E. H. Sparrell, team
56 50
Alber Merritt, labor
217 51
Edgar F. Poole, labor
8 21
E. F. Freeman, labor
IO 67
A. C. Sylvester, labor
66 II
Chas. H. Jones, labor
43 II
Chas. H. Baker, labor
89 00
Wm. O. Henderson, labor
175 31
Amos H. Tilden, labor
84 24
Frank Baker, labor
45 50
Walter J. Wagner, labor
38 25
George A. Bates, labor
152 63
Arthur Degegnar, labor
22 00
Lyman Lincoln, labor
22 00
Edward F. Winslow labor
24 00
Wm. C. Hammond, labor
12 00
Frank H. Osborne, labor
12 00
Fred A. Stoddard, labor Elwyn E. Tilden, labor Fred M. Curtis, labor
218 13
102 63
James E. Stoddard, labor
210 75
Lawrence G. Turner, labor
50 75
Claude Ainslee, labor
104 39
30 75
44
Joseph F. Totman, labor
12 00
Chas. Bates, labor 12 00
Wm. C. Cutler, labor
8 00
Paid for team, labor
258 75
Collins Hardware Co., supplies
6 42
A. J. Wilkinson, supplies
5 25
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
14 52
R. B. McKim, supplies
7 38
Joseph Breck & Sons, supplies
8 83
Phillips Bates & Co., supplies
3 00
George F. Welch, supplies
5 05
Wm. H. Claflin & Co., burlap and twine
93 II
Samuel Cabot, creosote
2 80
Chas. H. Baker, filing saws
I 20
A. W. Thomas, filing saws
I I5
A. F. Jacobs, filing saws
I 40
H. S. Merritt, filing saws
I I5
C. W. Tilden, hanging axes
60
R. W. Macdonald, repairs
3 35
N. Y. & B. Des. Ex. Co., express and carting 3 90
Carrie M. Ford, printing
I 50
H. L. Frost, spraying
124 40
Total expenditure $2,833 78
Total amount charged property owners $199 73
Town liability $349 23
Amt. received from state to balance $2,284 82
JOHN H. SPARRELL Local Supt.
Town Incidentals
A. L. MacMillan, M. D., returning births $1 50 A. W. Totman, expressing 3 00
Standard Publishing Co., printing 138 00 Thomas Groom & Co., printing order books 9 75 T. J. Edwards, rubber stamps 33
Norwell Post Office, stamps 22 26
Carrie M. Ford, printing 18 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., cash box 3 50
A. W. Brownell, printing 2 75
C. L. Howes, M. D., returning births I OC
E. E. Stetson, repairs on guide boards I 25
W. H. Spencer, repairs on pump I 50
W. C. Soule, repairs on town clerk's safe 2 00
Southern Mass. Telephone Co., tolls 3 98
Charles Hammond, M. D., returning birth 25
C. H. Baker, repairs on pump Dist. No. 2 3 00
Helen T. Fogg, use of safe vault 10 00
C. E. Damon, supplies for fire extinguishers 2 64 C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, returning deaths 6 25
H. J. Little, M. D., returning births 2 00
B. P. Stetson, stock and labor on foun- tain, Delano Hill 5 00
W. O. Prouty, watering trough Dist. No. I 8 20
A. J. Litchfield, collector, stamps and stationery 14 00
Frank Thomas, stock service 2 00
A. J . Litchfield & Son, supplies for town office I 30
46
Joseph Frame, M. D., returning birth $ 25
William H. Appleford, fire ward 1907 3 00
Melvin Little, services Barstow fire 1907 2 00
Circuit street fire, Ansel Phillips, I 93
E. A. Jacobs
1 92
Bertram Randall 70
Harry Merritt 70
Richmond Litchfield
70
Allen P. Merritt
87
George W. Barrell
I 05
Elm street fire, Hanover Fire Co.
I 35
Melvin Little
2 05
Raleigh Barker
1 75
John Appleford
1 75
Robert Smith
70
John Knapp
I
75
H. Sproul
35
Jesse Winslow
35
Arthur Dyer
52
Theodore Dyer
52
H. H. Howland
1 00
F. E. Henderson
: 40
George Morton
70
Joseph Tolman
35
Valley swamp fire, A. W. Thomas
7 00
Alpheus Thomas
2 10
George H. Bates
70
F. Bent
2 10
C. W. Thomas
2 10
W. Jones
I 40
A. H. Penniman
I 40
Grove street fire, David D. Sprague Arthur Damon
1 05
1 05
. Lincoln street fire,
Charles Jones 4 72
47
Green street fire, George E. Sylvester
$3 85
Walter S. Briggs
3 85
Harold, Sexton I 75
Wilbur Sylvester
I 75
J. H. Sparrell I 05
F. M. Curtis I 05
James L. Merritt
I 05
Frank E. Studley I 05
Thomas street fire, Clarence Hook
I 05
Walter J. Wagner
1 05
Grove street fire,
Henry A. Pratt
I 05
Total
$333 29
Appropriations
500 00
Balance
$166 71
Highways
WEST WARD-JOSEPH BRIGGS
J. Briggs, man and horse, 28 hours at 42C II 76
Cash paid out 3 34
Joseph Briggs, 19 days at $2.50 47 50
Man and 4 horses, 35 hours at $1.041-2 36 57
Man and 2 horses, 125 hours at 62 1-20 78 10
Man and horse, 29 hours at 42C
Coal for engine 15 32
I2
18
Benjamin Loring and oxen, 48 hours at 62 1-2C
30 00
Man and horse, 56 hours at 62 I-2C
35 00
E. G. Bates and 2 horses, 16 hours at 62 1-2C
IO
0045955
10 00
F. E. Henderson
3 men and 6 horses, 8 hours at $1.87 I-2 15 00
William Farrar and 2 horses, 48 hours at 62 1-2C 30 00
Alden Damon, 86 1-2 hours at 25C 21 63
Albion Damon, 168 hours at 25C 42 00
William G. Collamore, 164 hours at 25C
41 00
Henry L. Studley, 93 hours at 25C
23 25
Charles Curtis, 94 hours at 25C 23 50
William Cutler, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
900 950
J. Freeman and 2 horses, 16 hours at 62 I-2C
49
George H. Bates, 16 hours at 25C 4 00
Fred Harris, 16 hours at 25C 4 00
James Dunbar, 49 1-2 hours at 25c 12 37
William Gunderway, 16 hours at 25C 4 00
George E. Sylvester, 8 hours at 25C 2 00
George W. Bailey, 152 1-2 hours at 25C 38 13
B. Parker Nichols, 51 hours at 25℃ 12 75
John Gunderway, 13 hours at 25C 3 25
Alpheus Damon, 50 1-2 hours at 25C 12 63
Charles H. Wilder and horse, 38 I-2 hours at 42C 16 17
Horse, 12 hours at 21C 2 52
Timothy Sheehan, 142 1-2 hours at 25C
35 63
Man and horse, 74 hours at 42C 31 08
E. C. Briggs, 38 hours at 25C
9 50
O. H. Burhoff, 21 hours at 25C
5 25
E. C. Jacobs, 64 hours at 25C
16 00
E. C. Jacobs and horse, 21 hours at 42C
8 82
W. S. Briggs, 12 hours at 25C
3 00
W. S. Briggs and horse, 64 hours at 42C
26 88
C. W. Pincin, 28 hours at 25C
7 00
C. W. Pincin and horse, 48 hours at 42C
20 16
J. Frank Crane, 9 days at $3.00 27 00
Victor Chapman, 40 hours at 25C 10 00
M. J. Kane, lumber and posts I 70
A. J. Litchfield & Son, shovels I 60
H. E. Fairbanks, barrels 1 00
Mary E. Veasey, 85 loads gravel at 6c 5 10
Mrs. E. Johnson, 64 loads gravel at 6c 3 84
Bessie E. Parr, 216 loads gravel at 6c
12 96
J. Brown, 48 loads gravel at 6c 2 88
Hall & Torrey, 10 10-inch tile 3 70
William J. Hayden, 6 1-2 hours at 25C I 63
$834 70
50
SOUTH WARD-F. E. HENDERSON.
Francis E. Henderson, 18 days at $2.50 $45 00
Three men and 6 horses, 6 days 90 00
Two men and four horses, 6 days 60 00
One man and two horses 8 1-2 days 42 50
One man and I horse, 16 hours
6 72
Two horses, 43 hours 18 06
One horse, 12 hours 2 52
Two men, 6 days
24 00
One man, 7 1-2 days
15 00
Frank Hammond
One man and two horses, II days,
4 1-2 hours 57 81
Charles Smith, I man and horse, 16 hours 6 72 T. Appleford, J man and horse, 29 hours 12 02
Chas. Macomber, I man and horse, 134 1-2 hours 56 26
Albert Osborne, I man and horse, 40 hours 16 80 Walter Briggs, I man and horse, 32 hours 13 44
J. Frank Crane, II days 33 00
Frank Hammond, 4 days 3 1-2 hours
8 75
Charles Simmons, 76 hours
19 00
Charles Simmons repairing railing 3 50
Robert Smith, 140 hours
35 00
Charles Smith, 156 hours
39 00
James Smith, 122 hours 30 50
Frank Dyer, 38 hours 9 50
Ralph Gardner, 46 hours
II 50
W. R. Barker, 46 hours II 50
Geo. Chamberlain, 154 hours
38 50
Robert Henderson, 78 hours
19 50
Albion Snowdale, 136 hours
34 00
A. P. Sylvester, 24 hours
6 00
E. A. Jacobs, labor
7 30
Aleck Black, 27 hours
5 83
100
51
Richard Winslow, 30 hours 7 50
Howard Packard, 33 hours 8 25
Chas. Macomber, 16 hours
4 00
James Studley, 23 hours
5 75
Henry T. Gunderway, 140 hours
35 co
W. N. Gardner, 52 hours
13 00
T. Appleford, 8 hours
2 00
H. P. Henderson, 8 hours
2 00
Harold Sexton, 48 hours
12 00
H. N. Magoun, pipe
II 16
Fred Capell, labor on railing
16 13
Geo. Welch, material for railing
23 27
Gilbert West, gravel
13 75
E. E. Stetson, gravel
75
Repairs, etc.
3 65
Phillips, Bates & Co. Coal
9 II
Total
$946 55
EAST WARD-E. P. JOSEPH.
E. P. Joseph, 27 1-2 days at $2.50 $68 75
Six horses and 3 men, 9 days at $15 135 00 Four horses and 2 men, 14 days at $10 140 00 Three horses and man, one day at $6.50 6 50
Two horses and man, 14 days at $5 70 00
Horse 40 1-2 hours at 16 2-3C 6 75
Four men 14 days at $8 I12 00
Two men 10 days at $4 40 00
Jesse Reed and 2 horses 6 days at $5
Carleton Litchfield and 2 horses 7 days at $5 35 00
George Turner and 2 horses 5 days at $5 25 00
Joseph Hatch and 2 horses 6 days at $5 30 00
52
Henry Ford and 2 horses 12 days at $5 $60 00
John Burns and 2 horses 2 days at $5 10 00
John A. Evans and 2 horses 2 days at $5 10 00
Lyman Lincoln, 6 days at $2 12 00
Joseph Totman, 9 days at $2 18 00
Frank Osborn, 6 days at $2 William Cutler, 6 days at $2
12 00
12 00
J. M. Read, 6 days at $2 12 00
Samuel Brown, 6 days at $2
12 CO
A. Black, 28 days and 2 hours at $2
56 50
Caleb Litchfield, 2 days at $2
4 00
C. G. Ainslie, 4 days at $2
8 00
John Whalen, 4 days at $2
8 00
Elmer Leavitt, 3 days at $2
6 00
Walter Wagner. 6 days at $2
12 00
Alonzo Sylvester, 5 days and 3 hours at $2
10 75
Walter Jacobs, 1-2 day at $2
1 00
Wallace Henderson, 3-4 of a day at $2 I 50
James L. Merritt, 7 1-2 days and I-2 hour at $2 15 12
Harry Merritt, 2 days and I hour at $2 4 25
Albert Merritt, 6 days and I hour at $2 12 25
Russell Walker, 4 days at $3
12 00
H. Leavitt, 2 days at $2
4 00
A. H. Tilden, 4 days at $2
8 00
Frank Burns, 2 days at $2
4 00
Harold Osborne, I day at $2
2 00
Albert Osborne, I 1-2 days at $2
3 00
William O. Clapp, gravel
23 80
Mrs. John Burns, gravel
5 04
John A. Evans, gravel
I 38
Mrs. Veasey, gravel
II 22
George F. Welch, supplies
10 80
George F. Welch, drain pipe
7 60
Orders drawn East Ward
$1,089 21 895 46
Due East Ward $193 75
53
GENERAL HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Goods Road Machine Co., supplies for stone crusher $14 25
George F. Welch, lumber for crusher 9 50
George E. Sylvester, painting engine house and boiler 45 41
$69 16
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS
South Ward
$946 55
West Ward
834 70
East Ward
1,089 21
General Account
69 16
$2,939 62
Appropriation
$2,500 00
2,939 62
Due East Ward for labor $193 75
Exceeded
$439 62
Assessors' Report
Value of buildings Value of land
$465,210 00 232,604 00
Value of personal property
$697,814 00 169,179 00
Total valuation, 1908
$866,993 00
Total valuation 1907
873,069 00
Decrease
$6,076 00
State tax
County tax
$1,705 00 1,412 59 14,000 00
Town tax
Number of polls assessed 483
Number of persons assessed 950
Number assessed poll tax only 144
Horses assessed 339 Cows assessed 192
Sheep assessed 42
Neat cattle, other than cows, assessed 22
Swine assessed 48
Foul assessed 7,175 Dwelling houses assessed 480 Acres land assessed 10,872 5-8
Assessor's warrant to collector $15,01I 20 282 99
Street railway excise tax
List of Jurors
Robert C. Henderson Amos H. Tildin Carlton O. Litchfield John Whalen
James L. Litchfield
John H. Prouty
Theophilus Appleford
Asa W. Robinson
Harrison Wilder George H. Tisdale
Alonzo B. Whiting
William O. Prouty
Clarence O. Hook Alpheus Damon Frank Vining John H. Sparrell
Frederick H. Kidder
Frank E. Studley
Joseph H. Hatch
John F. Turner
Joshua R. Barker Ezra E. Stetson Alpheus W. Thomas
George A. Turner
Joseph H. Corthell George C. Turner
Cutter Farmer Farmer Farmer Teamer Real Estate Farmer
Shoeworker Retired Stitcher Clerk Carpenter Painter Retired
Shoeworker Ice Dealer Clergyman Shoeworker
Farmer Carpenter Retired Provision Dealer Shoeworker Carpenter Retired · Farmer
Miscellaneous
CEMETERY
Phillips, Bates & Co., supplies
$3 00
J. H. Curtiss, labor 27 85
$30 85
Appropriation
50 00
Unexpended $19 15
BOARD OF HEALTH
J. Frank Gear, supplies $3 00
F. H. Kidder, services 2 00
H. J. Little, M. D., services
12 00
A. J. Mitchell, expressing
60
$17 60
Appropriation
50 00
Unexpended
$32 40
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Appropriation Expenditures, none
$50 00
57
TREE WARDEN
Lincoln Elms, trees and setting
$15 00
F. M. Curtis, labor
6 50
J. H. Sparrell, labor 9 00
Melvin Little, labor
12 00
$42 50
Appropriation
50 00
Unexpended
$7 50
TOWN HALL
Curtis & Bates, supplies
$2 51
L. F. Hammond, janitor 30 00
$32 51
No appropriation
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
Paid Treas. Church Hill Improvement
Society $18 75
Paid W. C. Barnard, work in Gaffield Park 20 00
Paid A. Black, work on Triangles and Common 41 58
Paid Austin Lincoln, work at Mt. Blue 5 00
Paid E. A. Jacobs, material and carting 8 50
Paid W. T. Sylvester, use of oxen 1 00
$94 83
58
RECEIVED PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS FOLLOWS;
A. J. Litchfield, Jr.
$1 00
H. E. Robbins 1 00
H. S. Turner I 00
Mrs. Sarah Hunt
50
W. E. Ennis
50
Miss Spooner
25
Mrs. Helen Fogg
1 00
Mrs. Gaffield
2 00
Miss Caroline Turner
1 00
H. T. Fogg
2 00
W. D. Turner
I OO
J. F. Merritt I 00
J. H. Corthell
I 00
E. H. Sparrell
1 00
J. H. Lehan
75
Town appropriations
75 00
$90 00
Exceeded
$4 80
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES' ACCOUNT
D. W. Ross, cleaning weights and meas- ures $1 75
Hobbs & Warren Co., sealer's weight and measure record 2 50
W. & L. E. Gurley, scales, weights and measures IIS SI
W. & L. E. Gurley, portable drill 3 60
59
Malden Specialty Co., marking acid W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies
I 50
4 24
Appropriation
$132 40 108 00
Exceeded
$24 40
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
To the Selectmen : Number of Platform Scales Sealed
I2
Number of Platform Scales Adjusted
I
Number of Computing Scales Sealed
I
Number of all other Scales Sealed
46
Number of all other Scales Adjusted Number of all other Scales Condemned
5
Number of Weights Sealed
I68
Number of Weights Adjusted
79
Number of Dry Measures Sealed
73
Number of Dry Measures Condemned
6
Number of Liquid Measures Sealed
62
Number of Liquid Measures Condemned
4
Number of Linear Measures Sealed
6
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, JR., Sealer
LOCATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
WEST WARD
Alpheus W. Thomas, Charles W. Thomas, Clifford Brett, Charles N. Gardner. Town Hall, Joseph Briggs, No. I School House, Curtis Bros., Benjamin Loring.
7
60
SOUTH WARD
George E. Torrey, Frank Dyer, Joseph Tolman, Arthur L. Toppan, William Tolman, Melvin Little, Francis E. Henderson.
EAST WARD
Jesse Reed, Atwood L. Ford, John Whalen, A. J. Litch- field & Son, Curtis & Bates, H. S. Turner & Co., Town Farm (two).
Tax Collector's Report
Andrew J. Litchfield in account with town of Norwell :
DR.
To F. Torrey tax, 1906 $602 00
CR.
By F. Torrey tax, abated $602 00
DR.
To outstanding taxes of 1907
$3,660 43
CR.
By amount paid treasurer to July 1908 $3,030 28 By cash deposited with treasurer July, 1908, to relieve bondsmen 630 15
$3,660 43
1907 taxes outstanding Jan. 16, 1909 as per list printed $225 84
62
DR.
To 1908 Assessment To 1908 excise tax To interest collected on taxes
$15,01I 20
282 99
100 85
$15,395 04
CR.
By amount paid treasurer
$11,033 38
By interest paid treasurer
100 S5
By excise tax paid treasurer
282 99
By 1908 taxes outstanding
3,977 82
$15,395 04
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, Collector.
1907 Taxes, Outstanding Jan. 1908
Hatherly Ainslie
$2 00
Mary H. Ainslie
9 76
Ellery F. Ainslie
3 60
John B. Bresnahan
2 00
James E. Cobbett
2 00
Leon B. Cobbett
2 00
James Dunbar
2 00
James J. Farrar
2 00
William H. Delano
2 00
William H. Farrar
10 00
Lawrence A. Griffin
2 80
John Gunderway
8 00
John H. Howard
2 00
Frank R. Kenyon
2 00
Oscar W. Lambert
2 00
Patrick McNiccol
16 80
Carlton M. Pinsin
3 20
Arthur J. Parr
3 20
Lemuel L. Phipps
2 00
Gustavus Totman
2 80
Charles F. Tisdale
2 00
Mrs. Martha E. House
16 96
Louis B. Whiting
2 00
Samuel Ward
2 00
Briggs & Co.
08
Edward E. Brewster
I 60
John J. Burns
2 40
64
Alexander Blaisdell
I 44
John F. Caswell
I 60
Davis Cushing
40
C. S. Emerson
40
Enoch Johnson
3 84
Almira Lane
IO 24
Levi Lincoln
4 88
Francis Merritt
48
Robert N. Norris
64
Sarah J. Rudd heirs
14 40
Elizabeth B. Stockbridge
I6
Charles T. Stockbridge
80
Perez Simmons heirs
II 52
Reuben Thomas heirs
32
Alvin A. Vinal
16 24
Mrs. Harry Wright heirs
80
Charles H. Bates
2 00
John T. Hatch
2 00
G. M. H. Litchfield assignees
4 80
Allen P. Merritt
2 00
Hosea L. Stetson
3 20
D. Oscar Wagner
4 00
Snow Bryant
24
J. E. Cushman
2 80
John M. Danforth
I 20
Geo. O. Jenkins
56
Charles H. Northey
I 04
George H. Pollard
· 2 40
George E. Reed
6 40
Walter S. Torrey heirs
80
Charles D. Barnard
2 00
Lorenzo Cromwell
2 00
Edgar E. Lee
2 00
William Latour
2 00
James H. Patterson heirs
6 16
Louis Biladeu
40
Rufus Darling
48
$225 84
Report of the Town Treasurer
RECEIPTS.
From Andrew J. Litchfield, collector of taxes
Assessment of 1907 $3,434 59
Balance of assessment of 1907 un- paid, and amount deposited in treasury 225 84
Real and personal taxes, assessment of 1908 10,523 38
Poll taxes, assessment of 1908 510 00
Street railway excise tax 1908 282 99
Interest on overdue taxes 100 85
$15,077 65
From Arthur B. Chapin, state treasurer
Corporation tax
$3,005 12
National Bank tax 973 58
Street railway tax
196 75
$4,175 45
From various sources as stated for general purposes Interest on bank balances $55 70 Licenses and sundries 23 75
Rent of Town hall and Schoolhouse 12 50
66
Superintendent of almshouse 166 69
Second District Court fines 17 10
Sale of lots in cemetery
34 00
Sealer of weights and measures IO 67
$320 41
From various sources as stated for school purposes only County of Plymouth, dog tax 1907 $365 II
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, income state school fund 1,229 99
Tuition of children
226 50
High school tuition
500 00
Superintendent of schools
416 67
High School Improvement society
I OO
$2,739 27
From various sources as stated for purposes as stated Individual aid to poor refunded $25 25
Town of Holbrook, aid to poor 270 99
Town of Canton, aid to poor 161 00
Town of Pembroke, aid to poor 27 00
Town of Scituate, aid to poor 173 90
Town of Rockland, aid to poor 7 50
Town of Cohasset, aid to poor 47 75
Town of Marshfield, Union bridge
66 80
Contributions for squares and triangles 15 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State aid 2,150 00
Inspector of animals 17 25
Gypsy moth acconnt 2,798 98
$5,761 42
67
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipa- tion of taxes Cash on hand Jan. 18, 1908
$6,000 00
1,546 96
$35,621 16
PAYMENTS
Highway account 1907
$15 84
Highway account 1908
2,796 82
Public Squares
93 83
Removing snow
231 85
$3,138 34
Almshouse account 1907
81 55
Almshouse account 1908
1,267 31
Outdoor poor 1907
3 75
Outdoor poor 1908
1,409 58
$2,762 19
State Aid 1907
$4 00
State Aid 1908
2,105 00
Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief
339 25
$2,448 25
Support of Schools
$9,224 09
State School Fund
416 19
$9,640 28
Town Officer Account 1907
12 50
Town Officer Account 1908
1,292 85
Police Officers Second District Court
61 14
-$1,366 49
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Suppression of gypsy moths
$2,924 04
Tree warden account
42 50
$2,966 54
Sealer of weights and measures
$132 40
Incidentals 1907 2 10
Incidentals and sundry accounts 1908
487 97
$490 07
Post 112, G. A. R.
$100 00
Abatement of taxes
$320 44
Scituate tax
5 70
County tax
1,412 59
State tax
1,705 00
$3,443 73
Notes and interest paid
Time note due March 15, 1908 $1,000 00
Interest on time loan, 1908 115 00
Interest on A. T. Otis poor fund note 52 00
Interest on coffin fund note
80 00
Anticipation notes 1908
6,000 00
Interest on same
221 65
Cash on hand Jan. 16, 1909 General funds State school fund
$7,468 65
$1,335 43
328 79
$1,664 22
$35,621 16
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In submitting the above report as Town Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1908, I desire to express my ap- preciation of the many courtesies shown me during the past twelve years, and to state that I shall not be a candidate for re-election.
HORACE T. FOGG, Treasurer
Report of the Forest Warden
Notwithstanding the extreme and long continued drought of last season there were very few fires in town.
Several small blazes that started were put out without much trouble except two, one off Elm street, and one near the Hingham line. The loss to property was very slight. This was due in a measure to the fact that the fires were dis- covered early and the alarm quickly given by means of the telephone, which is proving a great factor in the suppression of forest fires. We have no adequate means of dealing with a fire once it gets a good start in a dry season, and the early discovery of a blaze means a saving of money to the town. The warden would recommend the purchase of a few more extinguishers of some standard make, some fire brooms, buckets and shovels to be placed in different parts of the town in charge of deputy wardens, those who have tele- phones, if possible, to be available for immediate use. The residents of the extreme south and west parts of the town are within easy reach of the Hanover Fire Department, but the other sections are not so fortunate, as it would take some time for any outside help to reach us. In the early stages of a fire a few men provided with extinguishers and shovels will do the work of many when a woods fire gets well under way, and as the laws are at the present time, a large force of men would mean expense for the town.
At the annual meeting the voters will have to decide whether they will adopt the law forbidding the setting of fires in the open between the first of April and the first of
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December without the written permission of the forest war- den. This law is intended for the protection of forest and sprout land, and in a slightly different form has been in use in many towns for several years. It does not prevent a per- son from burning garden rubbish or leaves on ploughed ground two hundred feet from woodland, without a permit. The total cost of fighting wood fires since March 30, 1908, including supplies purchased, is $59.35.
I hope the town will appropriate $125 to purchase ad- ditional extinguishers and other fire apparatus this year so that we may gradually secure a reasonable outfit for the pro- tection of our homes and woodland.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Forest Warden
Report of Trustees.
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
Amount of fund $2,000 00
Loaned on town note at 4 per cent.
In Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1908
$76 24
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1908
25 16
Interest on bank book
2 76
Interest on note
80 00
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$184 16
Paid worthy poor
$17 70
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1909
87 46
In bank Jan. 1, 1909
58 50
Paid care cemetery lot
20 50
$184 16
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.
Amount of funds Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1908
$1,500 00
252 17
Interest to Jan. 1, 1909
70 44
$1,822 61
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Paid for cemetery repairs
$79 14
Care of lots and flowers
25 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
218 47
Amount of funds
1,500 00
$1,822 61
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Loaned on town note
$1,300 00
In Savings Bank
700 00
Amount of fund
$2,000 00
In Savings Bank Jan. 1, 1908
$96 35
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1908
60 26
Interest on bank book
32 16
Interest on town note
52 00
$240 77
Paid worthy poor
$40 00
In bank Jan. 1, 1909
128 51
Cash on hand
72 26
$240 77
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TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1908
41 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1909
9 22
$250 22
Paid for repairs and improvements
$25 00
Paid for care of lot
8 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
17 22
Amount of fund
200 00
$250 22
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1908
38 38
Interest to Jan. 1, 1909
9 32
$247 70
Paid for repairs and improvements
10 00
Paid for care lot
8 75
Interest in bank
28 95
Amount of fund
200 00
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