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Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the qualified voters of Representative District Number two in the County of Plymouth, held on Tuesday, the second day of November, for the choice of a representative to the General Court, Edmund Baker of Marshfield was elected to said office. Dated at Marshfield, November 12, 1915.
HERBERT I. MACOMBER, Town Clerk of Marshfield. JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell. WILLIAM A. KEY, Town Cerk of Pembroke.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury. JETSON WADE. Town Clerk of Scituate.
The vote was :
Total
Baker
Scattering Bl'ks
Norwell
294
230
64
Duxbury
337
275
62
Pembroke
180
I49
31
Marshfield
286
246
I
39
Scituate
526
354
I
I7I
1623
1254
2
367
Whole number of ballots, 1,623. Edmund Baker, 1,254. Scattering, 2.
Blanks, 367.
25 REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of Registration, October 23, 1915, there were 496 assessed polls, 392 male voters and 3 women reg- istered to vote for school committee.
ENROLLED MILITIA
There were 207 men enrolled for military duty April I, 1915.
HUNTERS' LICENSES
There were 70 resident Hunters' Licenses issued during the year ending December 31. 1915.
DOGS LICENSED
For the year ending December 1, 1915.
Whole number licensed, 132.
123 males at $2.00 $246 00
9 females at $5.00 45 00
$291 00
Less clerks' fees, 132 licenses at 20C
26 40
Amount turned over to County Treasurer $264 60
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1915
April 28. Married in Scituate, Edward Lewis Howe and Ruth Linwood Delano, both of Norwell, by Rev. George Loring Thurlow.
May 1. Married in Rockland, Walter Scott Osborn of Norwell and Lucy May Brown of Rockland, by E. R. Studley, Justice of the Peace.
May 12. Married in Norwell, Carl Leonard Morehardt of Hanover, and Hazel May Josselyn of Scituate, by Rev. Joseph Dinzey.
May 18. Married in Rockland, George A. Kiernan of Norwell, and Jennie G. Damon of Rockland, by Rev. J. P. Ryan.
May 23. Married in New Bedford, Charles Henry Curtis of Norwell and Nancy Davis of New Bedford, by Rev. Charles S. Dixon.
May 15. Married in Waltham, Walter Frank Oakman of Marshfield, and Edna Joseph of Norwell, by Rev. Frank H. Page.
June 5. Married in Hanover, Clement Gatreau and Ros- etta May Keene, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
July 7. Married in Hanover, Kanjero Kawono and Mabel Edria Gray, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
October 6. Married in Hanover, Theodore Melvin Dyer and Gertrude Winifred Leslie, both of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
October 24. Married in Marshfield, Arthur Linwood Ran- dall and Nellie Frances Baker, both of Norwell, by Rev. Charles H. Peck.
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November 18. Married in Norwell, Robert Stewart and Ella M. Godsoe, both of Hanover, by Rev. Joseplı Dinzey.
November 24. Married in Rockland, Harry Francis Lea- vitt of Norwell, and Caroline Winnifred Harvey of Rockland, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
December II. Married in Norwell, George A. Bates and Frances A. White, both of Norwell, by Rev. James Nobbs.
December II. Married in Norwell, George Elliott White and Martha J. Torrey, both of Norwell, by Rev. James Nobbs.
December 22. Married in Hanover, Thomas Edward Sheehan of Hingham and Julia Terese O'Brien of Norwell, by Rev. Daniel S. Sheerin.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1915
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
Jannary 1
Louise Stoddard
George H. and Emily L.
Wagner
January 8
Frederickson
Fred and Gertrude
Helstrom
January 23
Edna Dorothy Litchfield
Percy W. and Lucinda
Litchfield
March 19
Elmer Lancaster Snowdale
George L. and Jennie G.
Gardner
March 23.
Lillian Evelyn Henderson
Ernest L. and Jennie F.
Chapman
April 22
Barbara Lucile Osborne
Everett W. and Mary
Burgoyne
June 12.
Osborne Olson
Samuel and Isabelle .
Osborn
June 29.
Kenneth Brooks Allen
Alfred H. and Gertrude
Brooks
July 26
Illegitimate
August 12.
Tileston Curtis Power
Howard S. and Elsie V. Curtis
28
November 16
Illegitimate
April 17.
Verna Lazell Ainslie
Henry W. and Mary
Almeida
April 28
Margaret Stewart Campbell
Thomas and Anna
Tasker
April 28
Ama Robbie Campbell
Thomas and Anna
Tasker
May 22.
George Wilson Osborne
Jolm F. and Emily
Delano
June 18.
Florence Alva Crocker
Clifton S. and Aunie
Hines
July 2.
William Sonthard Briggs
Walter S. and Charlotte
Osborne
July 19. .
Fred David Kierstead
Fred H. and Saralı Anne
Pease
Angust 26.
Wilder Ayling Gandette
Horace D. and Lillian
Wilder
December 29.
Ellen Lincoln Merritt
Edwin L. and Xoa
Damon
1914
September 24
Walter Edwin Loring
John Lawson and Lettie May Sherwood
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk.
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1915
DATE
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
BIRTHPLACE
PLACE OF DEATH
Jan. 92
Gertrude Frederickson Helstrom
21 11
7
Septicaemia, endocarditis, pneu- monia
Sweden
Boston
Jan. 9. ....
Frederickson
. .
1
Hoemorrhagic disease of the new born
Norwell
Norwell
Feb. 28 ..
Lydia P. Hayden (Appleton)
80
17
Chronic nephritis, gall stones Chronic myocarditis
Norwell
Boston
March 29 ... Rhoda V. Lee (Winslow) .
72
3
6
Locomotor Ataxia
Scituate
Norwell
April 18. . ... George W. Gerrish
73
6
13
Pneumonia, organie heart disease
S. Seitnate
Hanover
May 28 .....
Mary Ann Gardner
68
10 5
Chronic endocarditis, chronic bronchitis
S. Scituate
May 26 ...
John S. Litchfield
43
. . . .
Fractured skull, accident
Massachusetts
Norwell Boston
29
June 11. . . Levi N. Osborne
66
4 15
Cancer of face
Massachusetts
Norwell
June 29. Kenneth Brooks Allen
4 hs.
Premature
Norwell
Norwell
July 11. Guy Collins
29
8
8
Acute pulmonary tuberculosis
Massachusetts
Norwell
July 26.
Calvin H. Talbot
65
2 14
Myocarditis
Massachusetts
Norwell
Oct. 12
(lark Smith
15
1 21
Peritonitis, intestinal ob- struction
Brighton Massachusetts
Norwell
Oct. 23
Esther C. Jones
63
9
19
Tetanus, punctural wond
Nov. 11.
Cardner S. Prescott
57
6
5
Diabetes melletns, gangrene of feet
Quincy
Norwell
Nov. 17
I'mnie , Ide Whiting
63
10
6
Mitral valvular disease of heart
Massachusetts
Norwell
Nov. 17. ...
Stillborn
67
. .
.
Suicide by drowning
Scotland
Norwell
Dec. 22 . ... Lena S. Vining (Leavitt)
51
3 10
Intestinal carcinoma
Massachusetts
Norwell
. .
March 21 ... George F. Brooks
8.
.
.
Boston
Norwell
. .
.
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Norwell
Dec. 8. Alison Breingan (Reid)
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1915
DAATE
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Jan. 13.
David Henry Stoddard
65
8
21
Brain disease, arterio sclerosis
Ilanover
Feb. 19. .
Inther J. Ewell
78
4 7 Valvular disease of heart
Marshfield
April 20 ....
Eliza Stetson Josselyn
77 10 10
Arterio scleroisis
Raynham
Number of births, 21.
Number of marriages,. 15.
Number of deaths, 19.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk. 30
Report of the Town Treasurer.
For the year ending December 31, 1915.
RECEIPTS
To cash on hand January 1,. 1915.
General funds
$6,580 14
High School fund
I32 63
Sawyer lot income 8 02
$6,720 79
From William H. Spencer, Collector of Taxes
Assessment of 1913, including in-
terest and abatements
$101 33
Assessments of 1914, including in-
terest and abatements
6,505 82
Assessment of 1915, including in-
terest and abatements
19,154 62
$25,761 77 Bay State Street Railway, Excise Tax $373 82
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Loans and interest :
Loans in anticipation of revenue, 1915
South Scituate Savings Bank No. 24 $5,000 00
South Scituate Savings Bank,
No. 25
2,500 00
Rockland Trust Company, No. 22 5,000 00
Rockland Trust Company, No.
23
5,000 00
$17,500 00
Interest on deposit at
Rockland
Trust Company
$115 28
Bond issue, highway special $10,000 00
Premium and interest on bonds
78 22
$27,693 50
For school purposes only : County treasurer, dog tax $241 71
Income of Mass. school fund 1,178 82
High school fund 500 00
Tuition of state children 404 00
Superintendent of schools 416 66
$2,741 19
From State Treasurer :
Moth refund, due from last year $404 90
Moth refund, current year 300 00
Income from Sawyer lot fund 8 00
.
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Public Service Corporation Tax
4 51
Public Service Corporation Tax 697 61
Inspector of Animals 14 75
National Bank Tax
1,264 18
Street Railway Tax
406 II
State Aid Refunded
1,817 00
Burial of Soldiers
50 00
Highway Construction, special (ad-
vancement on account ) 1,275 00
$6,242 06
Aid Refunded-From
Town of Cohasset
$63 95
Town of Scituate
209 45
Town of Hanover
125 00
Town of Hull
42 00
Town of Canton
123 71
$564 II
Licenses :
Charles L. Gleason, peddler's license $6 00 Eugene B. Tobey, peddler's license 6 00 Herbert G. Simmons, slaughtering license 1 00 Wallace H. Damon, slaughtering license 1 00 Corthell Brothers, elaughtering license 1 00 Walter J. Wagner, slaughtering license I 00
$16 00
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From Miscellaneous Sources :
H. W. Cushing and estate of Na- than Cushing, due from last year, moth refund $763 34
H. W. Cushing, moth refund 106 30
Estate of Nathan Cushing, moth refund 396 31
Florence M. Cushing, moth refund 49 59
Superintendent of Almshouse 71 20 -
Board of Mrs. Smith at almshouse
15 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
10 17
Mrs. John F. Wilder, telephone 6 35
C. W. Ferguson, burying horse, re- funded 5 00
Edward W. Dixon, fish rights 5 50
Sale of Charles S. Andrews' land by the tax collector 5 II
Tax Collector, one-half cost of ad-
vertising land sale, refunded 50
John F. Wilder, overpayment of bill refunded 3 00
$1,437 37
Sale of Lots in Washington Street Cemetery : Emma G. Stoddard, No. 14, Sec. A. $12 00 John H. Prouty, No. 23, Sec. A. 12 00
Andrew Breingan, No. 41, Sec. A.
12 00
$36 00
$71,586 61
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EXPENDITURES
Highways:
General Pay Roll
$3,251 17
Special
£ Elm street
273 15
Summer street
2,520 83
High street
2,413 13
Main street
5,848 73
Snow
215 20
$14,522 21
Support of Poor :
Almshouse
$1,604 13
Outside Poor, Norwell
$1,607 86
Outside Poor, other Towns
42 00
$3,253 99
State Aid Soldiers' Relief
$2,006 00
357 25
$2,363 25
Schools High School Fund
$9,483 36
399 17
$9,882 53
Town Officers
$1,694 70
Police Officers, order of Second Dis-
trict Court
60 07
$1,754 77
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Gipsy Moth Incidentals
$1,461 20 817 24
$2,278 44
Taxes :
State Tax
$2,925 00
County Tax
$1,681 59
$4,606 59
Sundry Accounts :
Abatement of taxes
$180 16
Board of health
419 82
Electric lights
253 63
Tree warden
41 25
Spraying elms
85 45
James Library
100 00
Town Hall
55 00
Post 112, G. A. R.
150 00
Cemetery
61 25
Fire account
532 61
Parks, squares and triangles
103 25
Mowing bushes
98 25
Sawyer lot
3 00
$2,083 67
Loans and Interest Paid : South Scituate Savings Bank, No. 15 $6,000 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, No. 16 5,000 00
37
Rockland Trust Company, No. 17 1,500 00
Rockland Trust Company, No. 22 5,000 00 Rockland Trust Company, No. 23 5,000 00 Trustees Otis and Coffin Funds, No. 18 900 00
Interest on Note No. 15
127 50
Interest on Note No. 16
I33 34
Interest on Note No. 17
37 50
Interest on Note No. 22
114 00
Interest on Note No. 23
130 50
Interest on Note No. 24
106 25
Interest on Note No. 18
36 00
Interest on Notes No. 19, 20, 21,
favor Trustees Otis and Coffin Funds 96 00
Bureau of Statistics, certifying
notes
8 00
-
$24,189 09
Cash on hand to balance :
General funds, (including high- way special) $6,405 59
High School fund 233 46
Sawyer lot income
13 02
$6,652 07
$71,586 61
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT. Treasurer to March I. HERBERT E. ROBBINS, Treasurer of Norwell.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-Dr. 1
John F. Wilder, superintendent $300 00
John F. Wilder, materials for repairs 15 00
M. E. Curtis Co., supplies 247 43
C. S. West & Son, supplies
255 72
H. S. Turner, supplies 96 42
W. W. Cutler, meat
104 99
Corthell Bros., meat
IIO 53
George F. Welch Co., coal
190 70
George F. Welch Co., materials
19 67
John Monahan, supplies
30 07
W. D. Turner, wood
34 00
J. Frank Turner, labor 13 75
William H. Spencer, labor 4 57
Billings Dental Co. I 50
F. T. Bailey, labor
3 00
H. F. Cleverly, M. D., medical at- tendance 7 50
H. T. Handy, medical attendance 4 50
Electric Light Co., lights
29 20
Tower Hill Farm, hay and grass 27 20
WV. T. Osborne, plowing 4 00
George H. Turner, fertilizer
12 00
John A. Martin, ice II 29
39
Samuel Olson, fish
35 99
J. H. Sparrell, auto service 2 00
William E. Sexton, painting
12 00
C. W. Tilden, smith work 31 IO
$1,604 13
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-Cr.
Received from sale of cow and pro- duce, less cash paid out by Sup- erintendent, ($59.08) $71 20
For board of Mrs. Smith 15 00
Due for milk IO 99
Due from town of Scituate for board and clothing 202 45
$299 64
$1,304 49
Appropriation
$1,300 00
Exceeded
$4 49
PAID FOR SUPPORT OF OUTSIDE POOR-HOME
Charity Thompson Board
$201 00
Aid to be refunded
214 25
H. S. Turner, supplies
312 63
C. S. West & Son, supplies
106 00
M. E. Curtis Co., supplies
I07 71
H. T. Handy, M. D., medical at- tendance IOI 25
40
F. B. Lyons, M. D., medical attendance 7 00 C. L. Howes, M. D., medical attendance 15 25 WV. D. Turner, wood 45 25
C. B. Osgood, supplies 8 00
Wheeler's Grocery, supplies
74 53
Minnie Eagan, nursing
6 00
C. W. Grose, rent 96 00
F. E. Henderson, wood 7 00
City of Salem, aid
9 30
City of New Bedford, aid
I 00
City of Boston, aid
3I 43
Town of Scituate, aid
128 75
1
Benjamin Loring, wood
2 75
Richardson Bros., wood
26 00
J. S. Brooks Co., supplies
97 76
J. Whalen, wood
9 00
$1,607 86
OTHER TOWNS
J. D. Stoddard, rent $10 00
W. P. Grovestein, M. D.
25 00
H. T. Handy, M. D. 4 00
Herbert A. Sprague
3 00
$42 00
$1,649 86
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Due from other towns
42 00
41
Refunded cash in hands of se- lectmen not deposited with treasurer 207 48
$1,749 48
Balance
$99 62
STATE AID
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Amount paid to be refunded by state 2,006 00
Exceeded $6 00
SOLDIERS' RELEIF
City of Somerville
$72 00
C. L. Howes, M. D.
61 00
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal
8 25
A. L. McMillan, M. D.
147 00
Grace H. Sprague, rent
47 00
H. E. Cleverly, M. D.
15 50
F. G. Wheatley, M. D.
5 00
Charles Hammond, M. D.
I 50
Appropriation
$357 25 250 00
Exceeded
$107 25
EZRA E. STETSON, FRANK W. JONES, EDWARD M. SEXTON, Overseers of the Poor.
Highway Account-1915
L. F. Hammond, 71 days, 4 hours, $2.50 $178 75
Man and team, 83 days, 4 hours, $5 417 50
Two horses, 3 days, $3 9 00
One horse, I day, $1.50 I 50
Man and horse. 4 hours, $3.50 I 75
Freight bill paid. 14 52
Herbert E. Robbins, insurance 74 80
John T. Hatch and team, 2 days, $5 10 00
Joseph Briggs, and team 8 days, $5 40 00
Charles H. Bates, 13 days, 6 hours, $2 27 50
Ezra Stetson, repairs on railing 2 66
E. P. Joseph, repairs on pump, labor 4 00
Town of Rockland, use of steam roller 83 85
Seth Thomas, 2 days, $2 4 00
John Martin, 6 days, $2 12 00
William D . Turner, and team, 8 days,
2 hours, $5 41 25
Walter T. Osborn and team, 8 days,
2 hours, $5 41 25
Frank Thomas, 42 loads gravel, Ioc 4 20
John P. Henderson, 58 loads gravel, IOc 5 80
E. A. Jacobs and team, 6 days, $5 30 00
E. A. Jacobs, I day, $2 2 00
Everett Osborne, 20 days, 4 hours, $2 41 00 Ansel Phillips, 3 days, $2 6 00
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Marshall Griffin, 23 days, $2 46 00
George Barrell, 2 days, $2 4 00
Timothy Sheehan and team, I day, $3.50 3 50
Timothy Sheehan, 4 days, $2 8 00
Timothy Sheehan, Io loads gravel, IOC I 00
Richardson Bros., 8 loads gravel, IOc
80
Laura Jenkins,, 455 loads gravel, 6c
27 30
Frank Turner 5 00
Edwin B. Torrey, 47 loads gravel, Ioc 4 70
John Whalen, 10 loads gravel, IOc I 00
William Leggett, 8 loads gravel, IOc 8c
Hingham Water Co., pipe 9 70
Francis E. Henderson, 2 days, $5
10 00
Francis E. Henderson, man, I day, $2 2 00
E. G. Bates, and team, 25 days, 6 hours, $5 128 75
Man, 2 days, 4 hours, $2 5 00
Man and horse, 4 hours, $3.50 I 75
20 loads gravel, Ioc 2 00
William G. Collamore, 7 days, 6 hours, $2 15 50
Alonzo Allen, I day, 2 hours, $2 2 50
John Cash, 2 days, 2 hours, $2 4 50
Francis Scully, 2 days, 2 hours, $2 4 50
Richard Todd, 4 days, 2 hours, $2 8 50
George White, 4 days, 2 hours. $2 8 50
Chester Whiting, I day, 2 hours, $2 2 50
Everett E. Jacobs, 25 days, 4 hours, $2 51 00
John Collamore, 6 days, $2 12 00
John Collamore, and team, 7 days. $5 35 00 John Collamore, 76 loads gravel, IOC 7 60
John S. Brooks, broom I 50
Charles V. Chapman, 3 days, 4 hours, $2 7 00
44
Otto Burhoff, 20 days, 6 hours, $2 41 50
Henry Haredeen, 18 days, 6 hours, $2 37 50 Atwood Ainslie, 12 days, 6 hours, $2 25 50 Henry Leavitt, 28 days, 6 hours, $2 57 50
Henry Leavitt, 80 loads gravel, IOc 8 00
John Whalen and team, 17 days, 2 hours, $5 86 25
John Whalen, I day, 4 hours, $2 3 00
Eden Clark, 7 days, 2 hours, $2 14 50
Jesse Reed and team, 7 days, 2 hours, $5 36 25 Herbert Fairbanks, and team, II days
$3.50 38 50
William D. Goff, 42 days, 6 hours, $2 89 50
Joseph H. Hatch, and team, to days,
5 hours, $5 53 75
Frank Dyer, 5 days, $2 10 00
Henry Bates, 8 days, $2 16 00
Edgar E. Lee, 13 days, $2 26 00
Robert Leavitt, 14 days, $2 28 00
Herbert Sprague, 5 days, 4 hours, $2 II 00
John Prince, 3 days, $2 6 00
Fred Cromwell, 2 days, $2
4 00
Charles Hunt. 7 hours, $2 1 75
James Dolan, 2 days, 4 hours, $2 5 00
Harry J. Litchfield, 2 days, $2 4 00
Paul Briggs, 2 days, $2
4 00
Bert Randall, 4 days, $2
8 00
Repair on road machine
45 55
Ames Imp. Co., tools
27 60
Tarvia 1,046 59
Guy Merritt, 2 days, $2 4 00
Pimon Leggett, 3 days, $2 6 00
William Maynard, 2 days, $2
4 00
r
45
Frank Baker, 9 days, $2 18 00
Frank Baker, 7 loads gravel, IOc
70
Joseph D. Stoddard, I day, $2 2 00
$3,251 17
Appropriation
3,000 00
Excess
$251 17
L. F. HAMMOND, Surveyor of Highways.
SPECIAL HIGHWAY WORK-SUMMER STREET
A. J. Mitchell $2,171 50
L. F. Hammond, inspector 106 50
Marion Crowell, copying contract I 70
Harrison L. House, civil engineer
25 00
Good Roads Machine Co., parts for for crusher 169 65
G. F. Welch, supplies
34 23
R. W. McDonald, smith work II IO
Carrie M. Ford, printing
I 15
$2.520 83
MAIN STREET
William T. Loud & Son $5,030 48
Buffalo Steam Roller Co. 650 00 78 50
W. E. Burdett, weigher
46
M. F. Williamson, weigher 52 75
American Bank Note Co., printing 17 00
Swift Freidman & Atherton, legal services 10 00
Rockland Trust Co., certifying notes 10 00
$5,848 73 3
HIGH STREET
Cole & Jacobs $2,196 30
Harrison L. House, civil engineer 27 50
L. F. Hammond, inspector 81 00
Amanda Cushing, land
20 00
New England Roads Co., parts for crusher 45 50
Horace T. Fogg, recording deed
I 50
C. H. Brewster, labor
8 31
E. A Jacobs, labor
23 27
Arthur Stoddard, labor
2 00
Joseph Stoddard, labor 3 00
Charles Scully, labor
3 75
Willard Robinson, labor
I 00
$2,413 13
Total expenditures to date
$10,782 69
Town appropriations
$12,500 00
State allotment
5,000 00
$17,500 00
Unexpended balance
$6,717 31
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ELM STREET
4
W. T. Osborne
$245 00
Harrison L. House, engineer
27 50
Carrie M. Ford, printing
65
Appropriation
$273 15 250 00
Exceeded
$23 15
2,4-20,83 25 1 3.13
33, 4
Snow Account
L. F. Hammond
$4 75
Joseph Briggs
18 25
W. T. Osborn
II 25
Lyman Lincoln
7 25
F. E. Henderson
12 25
Ernest Henderson
1 00
Edwin C. Hatch
I 00
Everett W. Osborne
2 13
Everett N .Osborne
2 38
Fred Wheelwright
2 38
I. Austin Lincoln
2 00
Edward Hines
2 25
E. A. Damon
2 00
Herbert A. Sprague
2 25
Ralph Sprague
2 25
Herbert W. Sprague
2 25
Arthur Damon
2 25
Edward C. Damon
3 75
Lawrence G. Osborne
I 25
Arthur H. Osborne
I 25
Wesley Osborne
I 25
Floyd Osborne
I 25
Henry Main
I 25
Arthur H. Sprague
3 25
Allen Mott
2 38
Alfred Jacobs
3 25
William Jacobs
3 25
49
Wallace Damon
2 38
Frank Jones
I 13
H. Ramsdell
2 38
T. Sheehan
10 00
Frank Vining
-
4 00
George Farrar
I 00
C. V. Chapman
4 75
B. F. Everett
3 00
H. Everett
3 00
John T. Osborne
I 75
Perry H. Osborne
I 75
Fred Cromwell
I 75
Edward Lee
I 75
Chester Whiting
I 75
William Magoun
2 00
Everett Jacobs
50
Charles H. Baker
I 50
Alonzo Stoddard
2 38
James Dolan
I 25
Percy Litchfield
2 00
Caleb Litchfield
I 25
Paul Briggs
I 25
Eden Clark
38
Edward Bates
I 38
J W. Hatch
I 50
Joseph H Hatch and team
4 50
George Wagner
63
Arthur F Henderson and team
4 13
Charles Hunt
I 38
R. C. Henderson
I 38
James Smith
I 38
Thomas Whittaker
I 00
Charles Brewster and team
10 00
50
Freeman Walker Asa Vining I 00
2 00
Eugene Sheehan
I 00
Ben Loring Clifford Brett
14 75
15 25
$215 20
Appropriation-Excise Tax
$45 50
Due from Bay State Street R. R. 373 82
419 32
Balance in favor of town $204 12
Town Officers Account
E. E. Stetson, selectman, assessor and
overseer of poor
$240 00
E. M. Sexton, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 200 00
F. W. Jones, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 385 00
W. D. Turner, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 46 50
Joseph F. Merritt, town clerk IIO 00
Joseph F. Merritt, treasurer 25 00
Herbert E. Robbins, treasurer
125 .00
Joseph F. Merritt, registrar
35 00
E. M. Sexton, registrar
25 00
H. J. Totman, registrar
25 00
A. T. Stoddard, registrar
25 00
William H. Spencer, tax collector
125 00
Harry T. Fogg, auditor
50 00
IV. T. Osborne, constable 42 70
L. F. Hammond, constable
34 50
J. Warren Foster, constable
IO 50
J. M. Winslow, constable
5 50
Alvan G. Spencer, sealer
31 50
John Whalen. moderator and election officer 13 00
Charles Scully. election officer 9 00
Amos H. Tilden, election officer 9 00
George E. Farrar, election officer 2 00
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George R. Farrar, election officer 3 00
C. O. Litchfield, election officer 8 00
E. A. Turner, election officer 3 00
Maurice Sheehan, election officer 2 00
J. Warren Foster, inspector 29 50
Carrie M. Ford, school committee 50 00
Benjamin Loring, school committee
25 00
Expended
Appropriation
$1,694 70 1,700 00
Unexpended
$5 30
Incidental Account
Rockland Standard, printing $188 25
Norwell P. O., stamps, etc. 57 20
H. E. Robbins, insurance 52 40
H. E. Robbins, justice of peace I 00
Harry T. Fogg, notary public
3 00
Joseph F. Merritt, services, Sand and Gravel Co. 12 00
Joseph F. Merritt, return of births
23 75
Thomas H. Buttimer, legal advice
15 50
Carrie M. Ford, printing and stationery
26 00
E. W. Prescott, services
81 87
W. H. Spencer, blanks and expenses
23 30
E. P. Joseph, labor and materials on scales 65 20
J. F. Turner, labor and materials on scales 21 00
Fairbanks Scales Co., parts for scales 12 67
George F. Welch, lumber for scales 14 32
C. S. West & Sons, supplies for scales I 33
Telephone tolls 18 28
A. J. Lovett, land rent 17 50
Ranna H. Welton, land rent 12 50
C. C. Hook, rent of shed 12 00
Hobbs & Warren, books and blanks T2 OI
Thorp & Martin, books and blanks 3 38
54
J. L. Fairbanks, books for treasurer 35 00
W. and L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer 9 38
B. P. Murphy. dog blanks 2 70
W. T. Osborne, moving safe 5 00
A. I. Randall, printing 4 65
H. M. Pratt, inspecting boiler 24 80
A. S. Peterson, folders for treasurer I 50
Wakefield Dailey Item, blanks I 05
John B. Washburn, transfers I 90
Scituate tax 6 65
WV. D. Turner, auto for constables 17 50
E. E. Stetson, telephone tolls 4 65
F. P. Joseph, repairing wall, Union Bridge 3 50
E. P. Joseph, removing weights, Un- ion Bridge 10 00
J. H. Sparrell, auto for constables .7 25
J. H. Sparrell, auto for registrars I 50
H. T. Handy, M. D., return of births 2 75
Joseph Frame, M. D., return of births 50
Charles Hammond, M. D., return of births 25
C. H. Colgate, M. D., return of births 50
H. E. Goddard, M. D., return of births
25
F. H. Corey, M. D., return of births 25
H. E. Fernald, M. D., return of births 25
T. B. Alexander, M. D., return of births 25
J. J. Shepherd, return of births 25
C. E. Knight. M. D., return of births 50
Appropriation
$817 24 800 00
Exceeded
$17 24
Miscellaneous
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY, 1915
E. E. Boyd, labor
$6 25
A. I. Farrar, labor
2 25
L. F. Hammond, labor
5 00
W. W. Farrar, labor
15 50
S. O. Jacobs, labor
8 00
F. S. Farrar, labor
24 25
$61 25
Appropriation
$75 00
Received from sale of lots
36 00
III 00
Balance in favor of town $49 75
BOARD OF HEALTH
F. B. Lyons, M. D., inspector of dairies $76 31 Amos H. Tilden, inspector 100 50
J. Alden Damon, inspector 70 25
Alpheus Damon, inspector 19 75
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City of Brockton, quarantine 38 70
John H. Wilder, services and expenses 19 00
Lyman Wadsworth, services and ex-
penses 17 17
Minot Williamson, services and expenses 9 00
Carrie M. Ford, printing 8 00
H. T. Handy, M. D., services 5 00
T. B. Alexander, M. D., services 5 00
Hobbs & Warren, books, etc. 14 24
Arthur T. Stoddard, labor I 75
George F. Welch, supplies 7 40
Creamery Supply Co., supplies 5 00
J. F. Merritt 5 50
D. W. Gilbert, services 3 00
W. P. Grovestein, M. D., services 3 50
J. H. Sparrell, auto IO 75
Expended
Appropriation
$419 82 500 00
Unexpended
$80 18
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Street Lighting
$253 63
Appropriation 350 00
Unexpended $96 37
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JAMES LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Paid Mary L. Power, treasurer $100 00 Appropriation $100 00
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
William A. Durkee, janitor
$25 00
Herbert E. Robbins, insurance 30 00
$55 00
Appropriation
50 00
Exceeded
$5 00
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Paid G. A. R. Post 112
$150 00
Appropriation $150 00
PARKS, SQUARES AND TRIANGLES ACCOUNT
I. Austin Lincoln, labor $4 00
Henry Heredeen, labor 5 50
Charles Hunt, labor 3 75
E. A. Damon, labor
13 75
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F. M. Curtis, labor 17 00
Church Hill Improvement Society
20 00
W. E. Sexton, labor 8 50
F. Baker, labor
I 75
J. L. Merritt, labor
2 00
George H. Bates, labor
8 25
J. H. Sparrell, labor
3 00
William Jacobs, labor
6 75
E. A. Damon, labor
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