Annual report of the town officers of the town of Athens, Maine, 1901-1911, Part 2

Author: Athens (Me.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Athens, Me. : The Town
Number of Pages: 328


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66 L. E. Jacobs school account ... 1 00


66


66 Cornville, pauper account. 4 40


66


Fairfield 75 24


60 L. C. Williams collector. 7,056 59


66


L. C. Williams collector supple-


mental tax.


15 00


$9,980 93


BILLS OF 1901 TO FEB. 20, 1902.


Snow roads. 280 57


Summer.


152 32


Town officers bills. 330 75


Pauper's bills reported due at last


report . .


119 23


Abatement orders.


17 37


York suit C. H. Jones


14 90


J. F. Holman part pay as attorney


34 09


R. H. Boothby scraper


4 00


Walton & Walton, legal advice


5 00


Pauper bill not reported at last Report:


Geo. Tuttle


$27 45


Chester Wells.


38 45


Cynthia Berry 1 00


$1,030 38


SUPPORT OF POOR.


Appropriation.


$700 00


Calvin Berry.


$91 35


Annie Wentworth, Industrial School.


15 64


Mrs. Andrew Walker


80 61


Fred Wentworth


65 75


Percy Berry


42 50


George Tuttle.


25 00


Melvin Littlefield.


23 19


Leonard Tuttle


3 50


Mary Berry


21 30


Ansel Corson


112 76


Daniel Nason.


65 58


Due for Support of Annie Wentworth


10 36


“ Daniel Nason


29 30


66 Calvin Berry 5 80


$592 65


Unexpended


$107 35


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PAUPERS ON OTHER TOWNS.


John Avery $102 17


Isaac Corson, Jr. 2 90


Frank Ernest Brown


1 50


Asa Brown


50


Jememiah Brown, Jr


$108 07


Reimbursed $79 64 Due from Cornville for support of Frank


Ernest Brown. $1 50


" Fairfield, support of John Avery family. 26 93


$27 43


State Pauper Account to Dec. 1st, 1902:


Expended


$199 16


Reimbursed by State


199 16


SCHOOLS.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Expended


1,474 25


SCHOOL BOOKS.


Appropriation


$75 00


Expended


187 04


Overdrawn


$112 04


REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES.


Appropriation


$200 00


Expended


19 23


Unexpended


$180 77


MEMORIAL DAY.


Appropriation


$25 00


Expended


25 00


OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.


Appropriation


$30 00


Expended 30 00


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INCIDENTAL BILLS.


Flora Taylor, Insane Asylum $132 33


Abatement Order. 24 90


J. F. Holman, Auditor and Moderator 7 00


G. W. Bailey, Constable. 5 00


H. N. Flanders, recording Vital Statistics. 5 70


Lewis Goldberg, damage to horse on highway 35 00


Damage done sheep by dogs. 10 00


L. C. Williams, posting warrants. 3 00


Forrest Goodwin, legal advice 2 00


F. G. Greene, rent of Selectmen's office 10 00


G. W. Gower, services as Town Attorney . .


44 57


E. C. Trafton, out of town business and cash paid 3 00


L. E. Jacobs, School Superintendent. 66. Truant Officer


50 00


W. A. Foss, out of town business and cash pd.


4 60


G. C. Hight, 66


9 50


L. N. Ellingwood, recording Vital Statistics .. 5 25


E. H. Cook, 66


3 15


L. C. Williams, postage, books, telephone mes- sages, etc. 43 52


L. C. Williams, cash discount on taxes. 216 82


Other incidental bills 14 10


$630 94


Reimbursed by L. B. Taylor


132 23


Net expenditure. $498 71


Side dam, near Pratt's mill. $41 87 .


Wire for road fences 19 76


STATE ROAD.


Appropriation.


$200 00


Expended


204 62


Overdrawn


$4 62


1 50


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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES,


Appropriation.


$2,800 00


Material Summer Snow


Edwin Johnson


2 25


David A Corson.


12 16


Alden Corson.


13 12


Charles Tozier


33 45


75


John Wing.


33 70


Chas Sanford


3 12


Libby Nottage


43 45


75


Charles Perkins


5 62


Dana Farmer


53 55


George Scribner


41 80


A. H. Gardner


5 50


John Hayden


33 62


Fred and Lewis Hight


88 81


12 18


E. S. Dore


73 94


C. A. Emery


40 50


2 00


Henry Brown


7 80


M. S. Cleveland.


50


Jeddie Brown


5 25


Hiram Tuttle


5 75


C. F. and W. A. Dore.


175 54


4 50


E. P. Cooley


1 00


72


11 20


Par Nelson.


15 95


5 25


Rufus Brown


6 90


Fred Hodgden


2 00


Fred Stodder


18 63


Fred Whittier


5 75


4 64


Wm. Corson.


3 88


9 00


5 90


H. F. Magoon


30


J. E. Chapman


2 20


A. W. Foss


2 80


6 40


E. S. Ward


2 30


6 40


G. H. Ward.


13 50


F. M. Bangs and cash paid


10 00


6 00


F. C. Allen


4 17


2 25


L. B. Taylor


20 93


James Taylor


9 81


G. W. Bailey


7 41


26 52


1 00


Charles Chapman.


1 00


T. C. Fox.


4 00


4 00


H. S. Elliott


5 50


1 80


E. E. Dore road machine


231 00


E. C. Trafton


30 37


.2 25


A. A. Hall.


45 50


6 40


R. H. Boothby.


7 50


1 50


11 93


G. C. Hight.


39 98


75 85


1 00


G. C. Hight cash paid for labor


18 87


Hight & Ayer


5 52


A. B. Walker


1 20


4 70


George Wyman


7 49


12 22


James Brown


2 85


Bert Mosher


1 00 1 .


4 40


W. A. Foss labor and cash paid


47 65


3 45


Amos Chapman


1 20


Laroy Judkins


55 00


F. L. Hight road machine


40 00


Charlie Corson.


1 00


T. A. Noyes.


3 10


9 40


Herman Goodrich


2 50


11 62


George Leavitt.


10 85 .


A. M. Thompson & Son


81 19


W. R. Adams.


3 50


D. K. Turner


7 25


3 25


A. C. Buzzell


5 00


F. M. Ward.


8 63


2 60


Warren Corson.


1 30


14 90


80


M. H. Stickney


9 40


3 10


B. P. Barker


4 40


21 17


5:40


J. N. & S. H. Poland.


4 40


4: 35


J. H. & Manville Tuttle


75 22 00


6 70


Clement Hight.


19:50


J. H. Taylor


30 85


8 87


Sherburn Whittier


1 88.


Annette Hinkley, tub


1 50


Philander Hoyt.


19 19


4 .02


Isaac Corson.


65


Ralph Corson.


2 50


Byron McCone


2.50


Charles Corson


6 50


9


George Poland.


2 00


Frank Wescott.


3 50


J. F. Holman


11 01


1 00


Nelson Rowell, cash paid for


cement.


2 00


B. T. Fox.


23 00


A. E. Locke


5 70


3 95


Leslie Bowden


2 25


Manley Nason


4 50


5 12


F. L. Bunker


1 00


4 85


5 46


F. N. Joaquin.


5 25


Charles Huff.


3 00


5 25


Forest Corson


3 75


A. T. Hilton


8 16


40


C. F. Bailey


2 83


1 00


Fred Tuscan.


78


6 00


4 95


Caroll Butler.


1 37


William Ladd.


1 82


E. G. Poland.


5 00


9 40


Ira Poland.


3 00


9 95


F. P. Collins


12 85


1 50


Leslie Turner


8 50


Bryce Libby.


32 00


3 18


Gustave Nelson


6 85


4 80


L. C. Williams, cash paid.


32 97


L. E. Jacobs


6 01


F. G. Green


2 88


George Noyes


3 82


O. L. Bush.


1 50


Albion Small


2 65


2 52


S. A. Taylor


12 55


C. F. Daggett


1 20


5 47


Frank Moody


4 75


1 00


Amos Rines.


8 70


12 10


Benjamine Cayford, repairing


60


Lester Patterson


1 25


David and Merton Foss.


4 00


6 00


John Clark.


3 70


J. E. Irwin.


3 50


1 45


Charles Weston and cash paid.


1 65


13 85


Frances Litchfield.


9 70


M. P. Brown repairing


6 98


10


9 27


Peter Willey


Byron Hurd.


1 00


7 00


Elmer Downs


1 50


4 66


Luther Rowell


4 75


1 60


Franklin Whittier


7 50


7 50


Lester Wormlight.


80


N. W. Dodson


1 25


3 00


Charles Leighton


3 20


Fred Allen.


30


1 20


G. H. Drury.


8 10


Eastman Hathorn


3 06


3 65


7 70


Alden Bucknam


1 65


A. W. & C. R. Drake


4 00


James I. Taylor


2 43


2 95


John Tibbetts.


2 50


6 40


Elmer Bowden


75


J. E. Chapman


80


John Curtis.


4 50


Phineas Poland.


984


O. M. Nasoni


2 00


George H. Allen


1 25


Frank Gardner


1 50


Osgood York.


9 88


W. M. Drew


10 63


Reuben Stodder


4 45


Levi Turner


4 00


Llewellyn Turner


2 05


John Thompson


2 95


Herbert Nottage


25


Albert Small.


1 65


1 95


Preston Small.


1 35


1 00


Elmer Campbell


1 05


1 13


J. D. Leavitt.


13 10


Merton Dennis


1 40


5 48


W. F. Johnson.


13 75


$250 55 $1821 92 $414 83


Total.


$2,487 30


Unexpended


$312 70


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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.


Bills of 1901-2, to Feb. 20th


$1,030 38


Wire for road fences


19 76


Pauper bills of 1902.


547 18


State Road


204 62


Schools


1,474 25


School Books


187 04


Incidental bills


630 94


Repairs on school houses.


19 23


Memorial day


25 00


Outstanding Indebtedness


30 00


State pauper account


199 16


Side dam.


41 87


Highways and bridges


2,487 30


Paupers on other towns.


108 07


$7,004 80 $9,980 93


Total Receipts


Total sum of orders drawn $7,004 80


State and County tax, paid by Treasurer 1,191 98


Orders of 1901 paid, returned and cancelled .. 77 44


State Pensions paid by Treasurer


72 00


Treasurer's balance.


$1,766 39


Orders outstanding, not interest-


bearing 131 68


Selectmen's balance


$1,634 71 $9,980 93


TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.


G. C. Hight, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor $85 00


W. A. Foss, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor


45 00


E. C. Trafton, Selectman, Assessor and Over- seer of the Poor 40 00


L. C. Williams, Collector. 141 43


L. C. Willlams, Treasurer


25 00


$336 43


Town Clerk's Report for the Year Ending Jan. Ist, 1903.


No. of marriages recorded from Jan. 1st, 1902, to Jan. 1st, 1903, 21,


No. of births recorded from Jan. 1st, 1902 to Jan. 1, 1903, 16.


No. of deaths recorded from Jan. 1st, 1902 to Jan. 1st, 1903, 21. No. of dogs licensed for the year 1902, 47.


Amount of money collected for dog licenses for the year 1902, $51.00.


MARRIAGES


Recorded from Jan. 1st, 1902 to Jan. 1st, 1903.


Jan. 1, 1902. By J. F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Walter H. Corson and Katie E. Leavitt, both of Athens.


Feb. 6. By Fred G. Green, Justice of the Peace, Moses S. Cleveland and Edith Avery, both of Athens.


Feb. 22. By J. F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Preston C. Small and Lilla B. Small, both of Athens.


March 29. By James E Lombard, Minister of the Gospel, Win- field S. Jones of Solon and Grace Weston of Athens.


April 16. By James E. Lombard, Minister of the Gospel, Blen- don D. Myrick of Troy and Flora R. Corson of Athens.


April 23. By A. O. Lacroix, Minister of the Gospel, Peter Mul- hern of Athens and Julia C. Sheehan of Skowhegan.


May 25. By Elisha J. Whitman, Minister of the Gospel, Lester D. Corson of Athens and Emma Goodridge of Brighton.


June 7. By Cassius C. Kinsman, Justice of the Peace, Perry E. Corson of Athens and Beatrice Brown of Solon.


June 15. By E. T. Adams, Minister of the Gospel, W. L. Hunne- well of Solon and Hattie Goodrich of Athens.


June 29. By J. F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, William F. Huff and Leah V. Corson, both of Athens.


July 1. By J. F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Phenias S. Po- land and Lillian C. Brown, both of Athens.


Aug. 3. By James F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Wm. Edw. Knights and Abigal Young, both of Athens.


Aug. 10. By E. T. Adams, Minister of the Gospel, Roscoe A. Tuttle of Athens and Grace M. Butler of Brighton.


Sept. 30, By Fred G. Green, Justice of the Peace, Martin Cor- son, Jr. and Lucy Avery, both of Athens.


Oct. 2. By Caleb L. Rotch, Minister of the Gospel, Enoch Arden Orr of Holeb and Ethel Blanche Willey of Athens.


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Oct. 12. £ By J. F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Frost L. Bunker of Athens and Elizabeth Locke of Brockton, Mass.


Nov. 6. By Daniel Onstott, Minister of the Gospel, Lester L. Patterson of Athens and Carrie E. Fogg of Cornville.


Oct. 20. By L. M. Carson, Minister of the Gospel, Calvin D. Sin- clair of Kingsbury and Lelia Thompson of Athens.


Nov. 15. By James E. Lombard, Minister of the Gospel, Fred P. Collins and Ida E. Tupper, both of Athens.


Dec. 22. By James E. Lombard, Minister of the Gospel, Leonard A. James of Concord, N. H. and Ann E. Leavitt of Athens.


Dec. 20. By James F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Edw. J. Berry of Cornville and Julia C. Cates of Skowhegan.


BIRTHS


Recorded from January 1st, 1902 to January 1st, 1903.


Feb. 4, 1902. To Osgood S. and Nellie M. York, a son.


Feb. 21. To Ernest H. and Lida M. Cook, a son.


Jan. 25. To Fred and Etta Wentworth, a son. April 27. To Preston and Lillian Small, a daughter.


May 18. To Elmer F. and Lula Staples, a son.


May 27. To Lillian Emery, twin daughters.


June 21. To Mark W. and Alice M. Drury, a son.


July 22. To Perry and Beatrice Corson, a daughter. Aug. 25. To H. E. and Mary B, Thompson, a son. May 23. To Thomas C. and Ana Fox, a daughter.


Oct. 23rd. To Martin and Maria L. Corson, a son. Nov. 8. To Moses and Bertha E Cleveland, a son. Dec. 8. To Walter and Katie Corson, a son.


Dec. 28 To Russell D. and Nora A. Cleveland, a son.


Dec. 26. To Oscar L. and Annie Bush, a son.


Dec. 31. To Lorenzo and Annie Corson, a son.


Nov. 3. To Cyrus E. and Annie Corson, a son.


DEATHS.


Recorded from Jan. 1, 1902 and Jan. 1, 1903.


Jan. 18. Cynthia Berry, age 93yrs, 9 mo. and 18 da., cause phthisis.


Jan. 16. Freeman Tuttle, age 68 yrs. 1 mo. and 16 da., cause pneumonia.


Feb. 24. Nina Corson, age 2 yrs., cause pneumonia.


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Mar. 6. R. H. Dennis, age 64 yrs., cause malignant disease of pylones.


Mar. 14. Cynthia Perkins, age 47 yrs. 4 mo. and 14 da., cause heart failure.


Mar. 16. Son of Alonzo Perkins. age 2 da., cause la grippe.


20. Lenora A. Hoyt, age 45 yrs. 3 months and 1 day., cause valvular disease of heart.


Mar. 25. Sumner B. Whittier, age 80 yrs., cause gangreen of foot.


April, child of Sette Corson, cause pneumonia.


April 19. Ida Coodwin, cause pneumonia.


28. Horace D. Patterson, age 43 yrs. and 11 mos., cause tumor of brain.


April 29. Chas. A. Foss, age 52 yrs. 1 mo. and 7 days, pulmona- ry tuberculosis.


May 9. Geo. E. Doe, age 51 yrs., 9 mo., cause chronic cardia, asthma and bronchitis.


May 18. Child of Elmer Staples, age a few hours, cause lack of vitality. 3


June 16. Ann Stickney, age 58 yrs., cause phthisis pulmonalis."


June 16. Kingman Littlefield, age 78 yrs., 8 mos. and 11 days.


June 22. Jas. S. Clark, age 72 yrs., cause apoplexy.


July 28. Olive Ireland, age 51 yrs., cause acute albuminuria.


July 20. Andrew J. Wentworth, age .64 yrs., cause disease of heart and kidney.


Nov. 19. Ethel P. Hayden, age 3 yrs., 5 mo., and 11 days, cause congestion of lungs.


Nov. 29. Ana Turner, age 4 mos., cause pneumonia.


E. H. COOK, DEPUTY CLERK.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


L. C. Williams, Treas., in account with the town of Athens: 1902.


DR.


Feb. 20


To cash on hand from 1901.


$1,258 13


March 1 66 66 from L. B. Taylor. 3 00


66


1


66


" R. H. Boothby .. ...


3 00


6


" State pauper account


51 93


April 17


" dog tax refunded 36 70


May 15


" pauper account. 67 50


June 5


C. F. Dunton note: . . 50 50


66


28


" "Jock" Wentworth


note


99 50


Sept. 25 " cash from peddler's license ....


3 00


Nov. 22


' Wm. Foss for tile ...


1 50


27


State road.


100 00


66


27


pauper account


44 15


29


L. B. Taylor, wife act


14 60


Dec.


22


66 State free high school


150 00


27


66


" L. B. Taylor, wife act


10 00


1903.


Jan. 1


dogs


10 00


5


" cash from State pauper account


35 76


66


10


66


66 " L. B. Taylor, wife acct


107 73


16


66


State com. school act .. pension account ..


72 00


Feb. 9


66


L. E.Jacob's school act 1 00


13


Geo. C. Hight, pauper Cao1. 4 40


14


66 75 24


66


14


account of collector for 1902 .. . . 7,071 59


$9,980 93


1903.


CR.


Jan. 1


By paid State pension account. $72 00 66


1


County tạx 314 81


16 66 State tax .. orders returned. 6,950 56 877 17 Feb. 20 20 balance of account 1,766 39


$9,980 93


27


State pauper account


47 75


66


66 State sheep killed by


662 45


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SCHOOL REPORT.


AVAILABLE RESOURCES.


Balance undrawn March 3, 1902.


$44 90


Amount raised by town.


1,000 00


received from State 676 72


66


A. J. Goodwin 1 00


Due from Harmony, tuition. 7 70


$1,730 32


EXPENSES.


Paid for teaching and board, summer


$373 50


fall and winter. 583 00


66 conveyance of scholars


279 25


wood. .


38 25


Somerset Academy


300 00


66


janitor's services


6 25


Unexpended past year


150 07


$1,730 32


SCHOOL BOOK ACCOUNT.


Amount raised by town


$75 00


overdrawn 112 04


$187 04


Paid Werner Book Co


$69 59


E. C. Farrington


3 25


" Thos. R. Shewell & Co.


18 70


66 Am. Book .Co.


21 33


Goodrich Pub. Co.


67 52


L. E. Jacobs.


3 25


66 Freight and express


3 40


$187 04


REPAIR ON SCHOOLHOUSES.


Amt. raised by town


$200 00


Repairs 1902. $19 23


Bal. undrawn. 180 77


$200 00


The average school year has been 23 weeks. Scholars attending Somerset Academy 30.


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No. of persons in town between the ages of 4 and 21 years April 1, 1902,239.


Number of different scholars registered, 183


Average number in attendance 145.


Number of schools in town, including Academy, 8.


No. of teachers employed, 9.


No. of teachers employed two terms, 6.


The committee respectfully submit the foregoing report as a true record for the past school year.


Schools as a whole have made good progress the past year, much interest has been taken by teachers and pupils.


Good order and discipline have added much to the improvement of the schools. Without good order and discipline the best of in- struction is ineffective.


SCHOOL BOOKS.


Having to buy more books than usual we were obliged to over- run the appropriation but text books we need and are obliged to have.


The average life of a school text book, with fair usage, is about two years and some of the pupils do not care for the books as they should. If parents would take more interest along this line, it would save a deal of expense.


SCHOOL HOUSES AND REPAIRS.


We have made only a few minor repairs on schoolhouses the past year and find we have quite a balance unexpended.


We would recommend that a new school house be built to ac- comodate the Dore Hill, Stickney Hill and Lord's Hill pupils, in place of the old building that is situated on Lord's Hill, which is very unsuitable for school purposes.


There must be a change for the better, the coming year. A new building that would accomodate the 3 districts mentioned would save about $100.00 a year in conveyance of pupils and the balance in the treasury unexpended would go quite a ways toward the cost of a new house.


The committee did not consider it advisable to use the $100 raised last year to move the school house near Benj. Moody's to a site near Lord's Hill.


Thanking the people of this town for their assistance in many


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ways, we have tried to do what is right in our management of school work.


L. E. JACOBS, SUPT.


H. N. FLANDERS, H. S. ELLIOTT, H. D. PATTERSON.


School


Committee


FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE TOWN For the Year Ending Feb. 20, 1903.


LIABILITIES.


Interest bearing order


$1,000 00


on the same at 3 per cent 25 00


Town officers bills unpaid.


336 43


Due for support of Daniel Nason.


29 30


66


' Annie Wentworth


10 14


" Calvin Berry


5 80


Outstanding orders not interest bearing 131 68


Estimated bill to assise suit of York vs. Athens 400 00


Highway and other bills. 200 00


$2,138 35


ASSETS.


Treasurer's balance


$1,766 39


Ansel Corson stand.


75 00


Fred Wentworth.


25 00


Note and int. vs C. F. Dunton


65 68


Tuition due from Harmony


7 70


$1,939 77


Total net liabilities over assets


198 58


at last report. .


711 59


Net gain for the year


513 01


Ministerial and school fund note vs. town, $2,207.67.


Respectfully submitted,


G. C. HIGHT, -


W. A. FOSS,


E. C. TRAFTON,


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor of Athens.


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.


STATE OF MAINE,


SOMERSET S. S.


TO L. C. WILLIAMS, CONSTABLE OF THE TOWN OF ATHENS,


GREETING :


You are hereby required in the name of the State of Maine to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Athens qualified by law to vote in town affairs to meet and assemble at Wessurunsett Hall in said town on the ninth day of March A. D., 1903, at ten o'clock in the forenoon then and there to act upon the following articles to wit :


Art. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


Art. 2. To choose a town clerk for the ensuing year.


3. To choose selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor for the ensuing year.


4. To choose an auditor of accounts.


5. To choose a town treasurer.


6. To choose a town agent.


7. To choose a superintendent of schools.


8. To choose one member of the superintending school com- mittee.


6: . 9. To choose one or more road commissioners.


10. To choose truant officers.


11. To choose a collector of taxes and fix his compensation for collecting the same.


4- 12. To choose two or more constables and all other town officers which towns are requested by law to choose at their annual March . meeting.


13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for building and repairing roads and bridges in the town the ensuing year.


14. To see if the town will vote to raise two hundred dollars to be expended on the state road the ensuing year.


15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of schools and to pay the interest on the school fund note.


16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of the poor and to defray the incidental expenses of the town the ensuing year.


17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pur- chase school books for the ensuing year.


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18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to build and repair schoolhouses the ensuing year.


19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay the expense of Memorial Day.


20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pur- chase wire for road fences.


21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay on the outstanding indebtedness of the town.


22. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to hire money and issue town orders on interest therefor to be paid on the outstanding indebtedness of the town, said money to be first paid charged to the town treasurer and by him paid on said indebtedness.


23. To see if the town will vote to license a liquor agent for the ensuing year.


24. To see if the town will vote to instruct the superintending school committee to maintain any schools that have an average at- tendance of less than eight scholars.


25. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of fifty dollars for a free public library to be used in connection with the grange which has already raised the same amount.


26. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to make the necessary changes in the location of the highway leading wes- terly from Eaton's Corner, so called in order to build a good road.


27. To see if the town will vote to accept the road as a town road beginning at a point nearly opposite the Comfort Taylor house, so called, and extending in a northerly direction to the county road.


28. To see if the town will vote to build a new school house near Lords Hill so called, to accomodate Lord's Hill, Stickney Hill and Dore Hill scholars.


29. To see if the town will vote to abate the tax assessed in A. D. 1902 on the buildings owned by Geo. Giles, said buildings having since been destroyed by fire.


30. To see if the town will vote to give 6 per cent discount on all property tax paid on or before July 1st, 3 per cent if paid on or be- fore Oct. 1, 6 per cent interest per annum to be added after Feb. 20 and to pass all votes to raise money to pay the same.


31. To see if the town will authorize J. H. Curtis to take up and remove the bodies in the cemetery on his land to Mount Rest Ceme- tery and there inter them in a satisfactory manner, according to · a bill now pending before the legislature. The expense to be borne by


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said J. H. Curtis and to pass all votes necessary in relation to the same.


32. To see what action the town will take in regard to Tuttle Road and bridge, so called, said road having been flowed by the dam being raised at Hartland.


33. To fix the compensation for horses, oxen and laborers on highways during the ensuing year.


You are also required to give notice that the selectmen will be in session on the day and at the place above specified from nine un- till ten o'clock A. M., for the purpose of correcting the list of voters.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon at or before the above mentioned time of meeting.


Given under our hands at said Athens this twenty-seventh day of February A. D. 1903.


GEO. C. HIGHT, - Selectmen W. A. FOSS, of E. C. TRAFTON. Athens,


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Municipal Officers


OF THE


Town of Athens,


FOR THE


Year Ending February 20, 1904.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Municipal Officers


OF THE


Town of Athens,


FOR THE


Year Ending February 20, 1904.


PRESS OF J. O. SMITH & CO. 1904.


Town Officers FOR THE YEAR 1903.


TOWN CLERK: J. F. HOLMAN.


SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF POOR: J. F. HOLMAN, B. P. BARKER, A. E. LOCKE.


TREASURER: M. J. HIGHT.


COLLECTOR AND CONSTABLE: M. S. CLEVELAND.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: L. E. JACOBS.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE: F. V. BARKER, H. S. ELLIOTT, C. E. BALL.


BOARD OF HEALTH:


L. E. JACOBS, C. H. JONES, ALDEN BUCKNAM.


AUDITOR: GEO. F. AYER.


TOWN AGENT: M. J. HIGHT.


TRUANT OFFICERS:


L. E. JACOBS, C. H. JONES.


ROAD COMMISSIONER: DANA V. FARMER.


Report of Town Officers.


SELECTMEN'S OFFICE, Athens, Me., Feb. 20, 1904.


As required by law, we herewith submit to the voters of the town of Athens a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of all money of said town for the Municipal Year ending Feb. 20, 1904. Also the Financial Standing of the town.


ASSESSMENTS FOR 1903.


For Roads and Bridges $2,500.00


State Road 200.00


Schools and Interest on School Fund, 800.00


66 School Books 100.00


Support of Poor and Incidental Expenses, 1,100.00


Expenses of Memorial Day 25.00


Payment on Interest Bearing Debt, 250.00


66 State Tax. 859.88


327.33


County Tax


253.22


Overlay


Supplemental Tax.


15.56


Total Assessment.


$6,430.99


VALUATION OF TOWN.


Real Estate .


$218,700


Personal Estate


76,194


-$294.894.00


276 Polls at $3 each.


828.00


Rate of Taxation, 19 mills.


$294,898.00 at 19 mills on a dollar,


$5,602.99


Total amount raised,


$6.430.99


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RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR.


. Cash in Treasury, Feb. 20, 1903, $1,766.39


Assessment for 1903 6,430.99


Rec'd from State, dog licenses refunded


39.12


for burial of soldiers 59.00


on State Pauper account. 141.11


of Cornville on account of Wm. H. Brown, 4.50


of Marcia Frieze on acct. of Mrs. Bray Welsh, 25.00


66 of State, half expense on State Road, 111.91


" State, on acct. of sheep killed by dogs 30.50


" State, School Fund and Mill Tax 678.82


18.06


" Solon on Pauper account, C. Hodgsdon.


" Bingham on Pauper acct. of N. E. Knights, 6.34


" Leonard B. Taylor, money paid for support of Flora Taylor in Insane Hospital . . 140.73


" " Cornville .on acct. of Jeremiah, Rufus, Jedde, Ruffe, Jimmy and Frank E.


Brown and Isaac Corson, Jr. 254.93


Total Receipts . $9,707.40


EXPENDITURES.


Paid Bills of 1902.


Paid Town Officers' Bills $342.93


Highway Bills 271.04


Pauper Bills 54.74


Printing Case, York vs. Athens 284.90


Interest 30.00


Abatement of Taxes. 16.30


Judgment, County vs. Athens, road case, .. 43.64


for Sheep killed by dogs 8.00




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