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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01848 3609
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER,
Highway Agents, BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND Library Trustees, OF THE
Town # of # Nottingham,
FOR THE YFAR ENDING
February 15, 1901.
An on F Tilton, Printer, Northwood Ridge, N. H 1901.
GC 974.202 N84AR, 1901-1902
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER,
Highway Agents,
BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND
Library Trustees, OF THE
Town # of # Nottingham,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
February 15, 1901.
Anson F. Tilton, Printer, Northwood Ridge, N. H. 1901.
Allen County Public Library
Selectmen's Report For the Year ending Feb. 15, 1901.
INVENTORY.
Polls, 249,
$249 00
Improved and unimproved
lands and buildings,
233,550 00
Horses, 299,
10,430 00
Oxen, 32,
1,860 00
Cows, 300
7,732 00
Other neat stock, 90,
1,614 00
Sheep, 240,
706 00
Hogs, 1,
5 00
Fowls, 250,
75 00
Bank Stock, 12 shares,
1,200 00
Money on hand and at interest,
1,500 00
Stock in trade,
20,860 00
Mill, Machinery, Mfg. Co.,
Locks, Canals etc .. 13,500 00
Total.
$315,947 00
APPROPRIATIONS MADE MARCH, 1900.
School money required by law,
$695 00
State tax,
590 75
County tax,
904 78
Roads and Bridges,
2,000 00
4
Interest on Town Debt,
500 00
Miscellaneous,
359 47
Town officers.
450 00
$5,500 00
School special repairs.
150 00
$5,650 00
The Selectmen have issued orders on Town Treasurer for the following bills.
HIGHWAY BILLS,
Frank P. Edwards,
$40 05
George W. Goodrich,
10 00
John H. Harvey,
75 69
Ira Bennett,
1 50
S. S. Gove, .
7 20
Fred L. Gove,
33 82
N. G. Cilley,
78 60
S. W. Glover,
27 00
Forest Holmes,
30 00
Frank Fernald, labor on highway.
4 50
66 bridge plank,
71 09
Geo. A. Wheeler, old highway bill,
16 47
Warren Glidden, labor on road,
1 87
Samuel Robinson,
6 6
45 00
John M. Tuttle,
33 50
James B. Foss,
19 00
A. H. Demeritt, ,
49 00
Lewis T. Brown,
43 13
Henry Nowell,
13 12
Frank Nowell,
39 21
H. F. Garland,
29 35
W. F. Holmes, Tuttle bridge temporary,
25 00
.
permanent, 257 75
66 "' labor on road. 1 65
-
5
C. E. Davis, labor on road, 32 73
Lewis T. Demeritt, labor on road,
107 22
Abbot Jones, 52 31
Chas. Williams,
6 30
J. R. Batchelder, and Rollins,
2 68
W. K. Harvey,
89 25
Robt. J. Ramsbottom,
25 48
Walter Cilley,
58 61
L. J. Smith,
43 55
J. H. Kelsey,
7 40
C. A. Kelsey,
3 00
Frank Dame, 1899 bill,
3 57
1900 **
49 96
C. P. Holmes, old bill,
10 95
T. E. Fernald, bridge plank, 25 08
Harrison Marsh, labor and bridge plank, 74 16
$1,545 75
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. N. Cilley, printing Town Reports, $25 50
Jas. Sherburne, cutting bushes, 2 03
Jesse M. K. Smith, Library Catalogue, 26 50
E. C. Eastman, books, stationery, etc., 4 98
H. G. Daniels, burial, permits, 1 35
County Treasurer, County tax, 904 78
J. A. Neally, work at fire, 5 18
F. P. Bartlett, wire fence at washout, 10 00
R. E. Tuttle, Parsonage fund, N. S. 8 92
Fred Glidden, supplies for library, 5 10
Curtis & Spindle, stationery, 2 00
State Treasurer, State tax, 590 75
Dr. A. W. Mitchell, returns of death & birth, 1 00 Dr. C. W. Hanson, 66 1 25
S. A. Watson, returns Vital statistics & stamps 5 00 John Templeton, steps for library, 1 68
6
Plummer DeMeritt, aid to board of health, 7 50
E. F. Gerrish, Funds for library, 44 70
F. H. Fernald, keeping tramps, 14 25
Pat Conley, 66
2 25
F. H. Butler,
50
A. L. Demeritt, 66
1 50
W. F. Holmes 66 66
2 00
$1,668 72
COUNTY INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
Watson Bros., Supplies,
To William Chamberlain,
20 75
" Will Griffin, 9 60
" Geo. A. Miles, 116 39
" Pat Conley, 52 92
Paid Dr. Fred Fernald,
attendance on Measerve child, 1 25
" A. W. Mitchell, medical
attendance on Meserve child, 3 00
" J. S. Roberts, medical
attendance on Geo. Mendum, 5 00
" Pat Conley, shoes for Meserve child,
75
$209 66
NOTES AND INTEREST.
Mary N. Fernald, interest on note, $3 00
Emily Allen, 66 4 12
Equity Lodge, note and interest, 216 72
Iber L. Tuttle, interest, 3 83
$227 67
SCHOOLS.
E. F. Gerrish, for school money,
$1,300 85
7
E. F. Gerrish, special money, 150 00
66 66 books and supplies, 66 13
$1,516 98
TOWN OFFICERS.
F. H. Fernald, bal.of selectmen's bills, $6 00
Grace Stevens, librarian, 24 30
James H. Kelsey, auditor, 1 50
C. W. Chesley, ballot clerk,
3 00
C. J. Ramsdell, supervisor,
18 30
T. E. Fernald, ballot clerk, 3 00
F. E. Holmes, constable
3 00
J. M. K. Smith, constable,
3 00
Danl. Brackett, supervisor,
24 00
J. N. Cilley, selectman,
30 50
S. A. Watson, town clerk,
25 00
W. F. Holmes, selectman, 31 50
F. H. Fernald, selectman, 45 00
25 00
E. F Gerrish, town treasurer, 66 treasurer school board,
5 00
T. E. Fernald, col. of taxes in part,
50 00
F. E. Davis, school board, 27 00
L. H. Welch, 66
25 00
R. E. Tuttle, selectman,
15 45
$365 55
STATEMENT OF COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. T. E. FERNALD, COLLECTOR. DR.
Feb. 15, 1900, on list of 1896, $36 34
CR.
By abatement, James B. French,
1 84
66
Horace French,
1 84
8
By abatements, Charles A. Hamblett,
2 88
יי Fred Bennett, 2 38
Walter Rollins, 1 84
$10 78
DR.
On list of 1897,
$38 13
CR.
By abatements, Benj. Chambers, paid in Mas. 1 86 John W. Clark, unknown, 1 69
James B. French, out town, 69
Fred S. Parker, residence unknown, 1 69
John H. Winslow, 69
Fred Bennett, 1 86
Pat Mclaughlin. 1 86
Horace Thompson, in Mass. 1 69
Mayo Tuttle, sickness, 2 03
Charles Twombly, Barrington, 69
Lewis P. Flanders, unknown, 1 69
$19 44
DR.
On list of 1898, $140 66
CR.
By Treas. receipts. $50 00
" Abatements,
Benj. Chambers, 67
Philip Haley, residence unknown, 1 67
George W. Sherburne, 1 67
Henry Spencea, residence unknown, 1 67
Perley Watson, paid in Exeter, 1 67
John H. Winslow, 67
Charles A. Foss, 67
Pat Mclaughlin, 1 67
9
Granville Tuttle, 2 09
George W. DeMeritt, wood land
over tax, 4 68
$70 13
DR.
On list of 1899, $1,565 50
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
$1,375 00
By abatements.
A. F. Tuttle, use of well, 3 00
M. E. H. Head, overtax, 2 25
O. B. Tuttle, horse lost, 1 12
Oliver Kennard, to old poll tax, 2 25
Geo. W. DeMeritt, land over tax,
6 30
Sarah Smith, overtax ,
2 25
B. T. Bartlett, paid in Derry, 2 25
B. F. Chambers, 2 25
Arthur Fernald,
2 25
Walter French,
2 25
Philip Haley, 2 25
Frank Harvey,
2 25
Walter M. Locke,
2 25
Henry Letmeau,
2 78
George W. Sherburne,
2 25
Perley Watson,
2 25
John H. Winslow,
2 25
John E. Cooper, use of well,
3 00
George Colcord, 1
2 25
John L. DeMeritt,
2 25
Pat Mclaughlin,
2 47
Charles Mossey,
56
Horace S. Tuttle,
2 25
.
$1,430 23
10
DR.
On list of 1900,
$5,880 79
CR.
By treasurer's receipts, By abatements,
$4,537 72
Jos. B. French, too old, 1 85
Geo. W. DeMeritt, overtax, 5 55
M. C. Tuttle, use of well, 3 00
E. F. Gerrish, 1 75
S. S. Brown, too old, 1 85
Oliver Kennard, too old, 1 85
Herbert N. Clark, overtax,
1 85
A. F. Tuttle, use of well, 3 00
T. J. French heirs, use of well, 3 00
D. P. Harvey, paid in Dover, 1 85
William Bridge, use of well, 3 00
Jerome Porter, taxed by mistake, 1 85
Joseph H. Colcord, soldier, 1 85
George W. Tilton, use of well, 3 00
Warren Glidden, overtax, 18 50
John E. Cooper, use of well, 3 00
$4,597 47
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes against the Town, $7,296 77
Estimated interest on the same, 500 00 .
Van Dame Fund, interest due, 40 00
Parsonage fund, interest due Universalist soc., 8 92
Interest due Free Baptist Society, South Side, 8 92
for damage to dogs, 12 00
$7,866 61
11
ASSETS.
Due on collector's list of 1896,
$25 56
1897,
18 69
66 1898,
70 53
66
1899,
135 27
1900,
1,283 32
Due from County,
29 54
Balance in hands of Treasurer,
2,873 74
$4,436 55
Amount to balance, (town debt, )
$3,430 06
Reduction of Town debt for year, $807 56
The foregoing report is respectfully submitted,
RUFUS E. TUTTLE,
Selectmen
WILLIAM F. HOLMES, , of
FRANK H. FERNALD, Nottingham.
AUDITORS REPORT.
The undersigned have examined the foregoing accounts and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
JAMES H. KELSEY, JOHN L. HOLMES,
Auditors.
12
LIST OF NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN.
Ira Bennett,
$600 00
Charlotte B. Stevens,
200 00
Luella K. Holmes,
100 00
Mary N. Fernald,
100 00
Noah L. Gerrish,
1,336 90
Sarah R. Dame,
350 00
Seth Dame,
350 00
Clara A. L. Batchelder,
101 65
Mamie A. Watson,
102 50
Susan F. Harvey,
100 00
Lida J. Watson,
307 50
Mary J. Garland,
108 74
Charles A. Kelsey,
354 38
Lavina M. Kelsey,
151 88
Maria E. Kelsey,
253 12
Blanche Stevens,
339 23
Iber L. Tuttle,
50 00
Laura A. Kelsey,
300 00
Emily Allen,
76 38
Samuel L. Allen,
142 55
Dulcinea H. Tilton,
204 04
Daniel W. Gerrish,
500 00
Mary J. Smith,
101 80
Sarah A. Griffin,
203 60
Lizzie E. Lucy,
100 00
Louisa W. Gerrish,
762 50
$7,296 77
FUNDS IN HANDS OF TOWN.
Poor Farm fund, 6 per ct., $6,607 33
School lot fund,
951 42
Parsonage fund,
66 446 00
Van Dame fund,
4 per ct., 100 00
Kelsey fund,
3 1-2 per ct. 200 00
13
AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS IN 1901.
State Law
$695 00
Interest on Poor Farm fund,
396 43
School lot,
57 08
Literary fund,
56 00
Balance of dog licenses,
76 60
Total
1,281 11
Town Treasurer's Report.
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1900, $1,872 82
Received from T. E. Fernald, list, '98, 50 00
66
'99, 1,375 00
66
1900, _4,537 72
-
Selectmen from county,
186 12
Town clerk, dog licenses,
88 60
Cemetary lots,
15 00
Railroad tax,
7 80
Savings Bank tax,
275 27
Literary fund,
56 00
Rent on Pasture, (two years, )
20 00
Rent of Town house, .
2 50
$8,486 83
By cash paid on orders,
$5,613 09
Amount on hand,
2,873 74
$8,486 88
E. F. GERRISH, Town Treasurer.
Nottingham, Feb. 19, 1901.
This is to certify that we have examined the accounts of the town Treasurer for the year ending Feb. 15, 1901, and find Them properly vouched and correctly cast.
J. H. KELSEY, J. L. HOLMES,
Auditors.
Report of Trustees of Library.
DR.
To cash on hand Feb. 15, 1900, 40 01
To cash received from town treasurer, $44 70
$84 71
CR.
Paid F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding 26 vols.
library books, $6 57
E. H. Briggs, 72 vols. books. 66 50
Ballance in hands of trustees, 11 64
$84 71
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. K. SMITH,
Trustees Term expires 1901
E. F. GERRISH. of
1902
F. W. GLIDDEN,
Library. 66 1903
Librarian's Report for 1900.
Whole No. of books in library, 640
No. of volumes purchased by Town , 72
" " " given to the library, 4
No. of cards issued up to date, 408
Average No. of books loaned per week, 1
38
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1900. $1 21
Received during the year for fines, 14
Total on hand Feb. 15, 1901, $1 35
GRACE M. STEVENS, Librarian.
School Treasurer's Report.
DR.
To cash on hand, Feb. 15, 1900, $98 32 of Town Treasurer school money ,1,300 85
66 66 " spec. repair money, 150 00
66
" book and supplies, 66.13
$1,615 30
CR.
By School board orders,
$1,372 79
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1901, 242 51
$1,615 30
E. F. GERRISH, Treasurer School Board.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of the School Treasurer and find them well vouched and properly cast.
RUFUS E. TUTTLE, Auditor. Nottingham, Feb. 20, 1901.
Report of the Board of Education.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Those marked with a * have attended the year.
SQUARE .- Nathalie N. Nay* Lucy M. Emerson,* Laura C. Glidden,
MOUNTAIN .- Roscoe Nowell* Joseph Nedeau *.
BEAN HILL .- Clyde B. Dame, * Esther E. Dame, * Annie B. Dame,* Pauline V. Dame,* Ruth N. Wheeler .*
CENTER .- Frances Banks, David Banks, Ralph E. Gile, Arthur G. Miles,* Ulie Banks, Lottie D. Banks, Jennie M. Jones, Helen B. Miles, Edna T. Woodman, Etta Harvey.
NORTH SUMMER .- Eddie R. Dame,* Leon Davis, Ethel H. Dame,* Grace Dame, Altie M. Glover, Bernice Glover.
SOUTH SUMMER .- Arthur T. Gerrish, * Allen Harvey,* Wes- ley J. Harvey, Robert W. Ramsbottom, Irving J. Ramsbottom* Howard J. Ramsbottom, Etta M. G. Davis,* Ada M. Perkins, Gertie M. Ramsbottom.
GEBIG .- Clifton R. Batchelder, Alice G. Garland, Alice Miles.
UPPER TURNPIKE. - Austin Y. Bridge,* Harry L. Chase, Wesley E. Davis, Wendell P. Davis, Gladys M. Tuttle,
LOWER TURNPIKE .- Grace L. Smith, Ray E. Holmes.
The Board of Education has paid by order on Treasurer as follows.
Paid teachers, $1,069 00
special repairs, 149 44
18
miscellaneous,
87 62
books and supplies,
66 13
$1,372 19
Respectfully submitted,
FRED E. DAVIS, Board
GEO. T. LEONARD, of
LEWIS H. WELCH, Education.
This is to certify that I have examined the foregoing acc'ts, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched,
RUFUS E. TUTTLE, Auditor.
Statistical Table of Schools.
School
Terms.
Teachers.
Wages per week.
No. of weeks.
No. of Pupils.
attendance.
Average daily
Reading.
Spelling.
Penmanship.
Arithmetic.
Geography.
Grammar.
History.
Composition.
Physiology.
Book-keeping.
Algebra.
School Board
Visitors citizens
Square
Spring,
Mamie A. Watson.
324.00
9
12
9
12 15
12 15
12
12
9
7
5
9
8
1
1
2
15
Fall.
Mamie A. Watson,
24.00
10
15
12
4
7
7
7
7
4
3
3
0
4
0
0
2
30
Fall.
Jennie B. Nounell,
16.00
10
4
8
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
1
0
0
2
9
Bean Hill
Spring,
Edith M. Randall,
20 00
9
6
5
6
6
6
5
5
5
1
5
0
0
0
2
10
Fall.
Edith M. Randall,
20.00
10
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
1
4
3
0
0
0
21
Center
Spring, Fall.
Lida J. Watson,
24.00
10
12
9
12
12
10
10
7
7
3
3
10
0
0
0
6
rth Summer
Spring, Fall.
Mary K. Harvey,
24.00
10
14
12
14
14
14
11
7
10
5
10
14
0
0
2
30
South Summer
Spring, Fall.
Carrie S. Cummings,
24.00
10
20
16
20
20
17
17
13
13
9
0
0
2
2
20
Gebig
Spring, Fall.
Emma C. Welch,
24.00
10
8
6
S
8
8
8
5
5
5
5
U 01-
0
0
2
10
Upper Tu'npike
Spring, Fall.
Evelyn M. Thompson,
24-00
9
10
6
10
10
10
10
7
4
4
4
0
0
0
2
22
Lower
Spring, Fall.
Howard E. Tuttle,
24.00
9
10
7
10
10
10
6
6
5
4
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
9
:
Arthur S. Davis,
24.00
10
7
4
7
1-
3
5
3
3
3
9
14
0
0
0
15
Lida J. Watson,
24.00
9
17
12
17
17
14
19
13
11
7
10
2
11
11
2
2
1
14
Mary K. Harvey,
24.00
9
13
11
24.00
9
20
13
20
20
15
15
13
10
13
5
6
0
2
6
11
Emma C. Welch,
24.00
9
9
9
9
9
9
6
6
0
0
3
2
18
Evelyn M. Thompson,
24.00
10
10
1
10
10
10
9
5
5
4
5
10
0
0
2
24
15
13
8
8
6
0
12
1
1
0
2
Mountain
Spring,
Jennie B. Nounell,
16.00
9
7
7
0
0
1
10
Carrie S. Cummings,
13
13
12
11
Visits
.
Births Registered in the Town of Nottingham, N. H., for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900.
Date 1900.
Name of Child - * [if any].
Sex.
No. of Child.
Living or Stillb'n
Color.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
-
Mar. 10 17
Benjamin T.,
May July
1
Aug.
14 24 6 28 11
Dorathy, Charles F. Maurice H.,
12616717
All Living.
All White.
Andrew B. Stevens, H. Weston Tuttle, Daniel P- Harvey George R. Emerson, Charles W. Mifflin, Robert J. Ramsbottom, Alfred D. Clark, Fred S. Banks,
Grace M. Pike, Stella B. Foss, Arvilla M. Hill, Bessa Hanscom, May B. Haire, Martha J. O'Brine, Mabel S. Chase, Mary L. Davis.
Nottingham,
Northwood, Columbia, Pa., Lee, , Deerfield, Amesbury, Mass
Sanbornton. North wood. Starksboro, Vt. Somerville, Mass. Aurora, Md. Nova Scotia. Deerfield. Amesbury, Mass.
Sept.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Nottingham, N. H , for the year ending Dec, 31, 1900.
Date 1900.
Place of Marriage.
Name and surname of groom and bride.
Residence of each at time of Marriage.
Age in years.
Color of each.
Place of birth of cach.
Name of Parents.
Name, Residence and Official Station of person by whom married
Mar. 25
Nottingham,
Seth E. Dame, Alice A. Jenkins,
Nottingham,
37 17
Nottingham, Epping,
John Dame, Sarah R. Dame, William B. Jenkins, Abbie Jenkins,
May
9
David Jones, Sarah A. Cram,
76
Nottingham, Columbus, Ohio,
Jonathan Jones, Comfort Jones, William Keys, Sarah Keys,
29
North wood,
Lorie C. Tuttle, Sadie A. Roderick,
North wood,
18 20
Nottingham, Northwood,
Levi C. Tuttle, Lenora F. Tuttle, Joseph H. Roderick, Lizzie H. Roderick,
Oct.
3
Nottingham,
Fred J. Thompson, Marguerite Proctor,
Nottingham,
22 34
Newfields, Boston, Mass.,
Everett E. Thompson, Julia J. Thompson, Robert Leddin, Marguerite Leddin,
Ira D. Morrison, Nottingham, N. H.
21
..
Jacob J. Demerrtt, Alice M. Caswell,
33 21
Nottingham,
Jacob J. Demeritt, Olive E. Demeritt, Bradbury Caswell, Annie E. Caswell,
Nov. 17
North wood,
Leon L. Tuttle, Maude A. Roderick,
North wood,
27 19
Northwood,
Levi C. Tuttle, Lenora F. Tuttle Joseph H. Roderick, Lizzie H. Roderick,
Ira D. Morrison, Nottingham, N. H.
Ira D. Morrison. Nottingham, N. H.
W. W. Carver, Northwood, N. H.
Ira D. Morrison,
Nottingham, N. H.
-
John E. Dame,
Northwood, N. H.
75
All White.
Deaths Registered in the Town of Nottingham, N. H., for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900.
Date 1900.
Name and Surname
of Deceased.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Place of Birth.
Male or Female.
Color.
or Widowed. Single, Married
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Birthplace : of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Feb. Apr.
27 John McCrillis. Emily A. Hoyt, Minnie F. Ray, Elizabeth .J. White.
75
83
3 3 8
15 24
61
1
67
11 3
5 26
68 90
5
83
6
27
Aug. Oct.
26 2
Joseph N. Cilley,
Dec. 6
John F. Morrison.
60
8 24
Nottingham, North wood, Lyme, Deerfield, Barrington, Nottingham, Stoddard, B. P. St. Johns, N. B. Nottingham, Nottingham, Shapley, Maine,
M F F F F F
David McCrillis, Samuel Bennett, David Clough. Samuel Gerrish, Samuel Hodgdon, Solomon Davis,
A bigial Chesley, Susan Demeritt, Laura Withington. Martha Allard, Rebecca Manson, Abigail Hall,
Nottingham. Northwood, Henniker, Deerfield, Barrington, Nottingham,
North wood. Lee. Henniker. Barrington.
Meridith.
16
Sarah F. Smith,
16
2
66
7 17
M M
M
Daniel Broad, Joseph Tilton, Joseph Cilley, Daniel Morrison,
.
M
M
July
2 21 22 1 3 4
Maria W. Morrison, Abigail J. Batchelder, Sally I. Tuttle, Clarissie Garland,
V W
F F F
All White.
W
M
Hannah Stevens, Mary J. Langley, Elizabeth Williams,
Shapley, Me., Wal,ham, Mas
1
Age.
65
Nottingham, N. H., Official « Reports, 1902.
Annual Reports
OF THE .
Town Officers
OF THE
Town of Nottingham,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1902.
1 ANSON F. TILTON, PRINTER, Northwood Ridge, N. H. 1902.
Selectmen's Report
For the Year ending Feb. 15, 1902
To the inhabitants of the town of Nottingham.
In compliance with Chapter 43 of the Public Statutes of the State of New Hampshire, the undersigned selectmen of said town present the following report :
The many rains since last March have caused the expenditure of a large amount of money on our highways and bridges. The money appropriated for highways March 1900 and reported un- expended Feb. 15, 1901, was more than half worked out and paid about Apr. 1st, 1901, which cut the appropriations for 1900 rather short for a rainy season, but we have endeavored to keep the roads as near passable as possible with the means at hand.
We find that the valuation of the town is less every year by thousands of dollars. Caused in part by the sale and removal from town of our wood and timber, and in part by the reduction on abandoned farms where the buildings either have been taken away or have rotted down and the fields have grown up to bushes.
This of course cannot be stopped, but it can be replaced with some extra trouble for the selectmen. We have many acres of land that are appraised the same as twenty or even thirty years ago, some as sprout land at two or three dollars an acre, that is now worth many times as much, and other timber lots that have grown up on old fields and pastures in the last forty years. The selectmen are not likely, in the usual course of things, to find out what and where they are until some one commences to
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cut the growth, and then it is too late for more than a year or two. We would recommend that the selectmen take extra time and investigate this matter.
We think there should be some change in the present method of collecting taxes. Collecting of all who are willing to pay the first year and letting the rest go until they die, remove from town or plan some other way to dodge it. Without doubt our collector does as well as he can afford to for the pay he gets. We think that for the best interest of the town he should be paid bet- ter and be required to do a better job. By law the collector is not supposed to get his collector's list before the first of July and we claim that one year from the first of July following the assessmentin April is time enough to collect all that is collectable.
. Unless something is done to make a change we shall always be reporting taxes due on old lists that are usually abated in the end.
We find that the town holds trust funds to the amount of $8,305 25, there is no reasonable doubt that $8,005 25 of that amount belongs to the town and the town has as much right to vote to cross it from the books as our forefathers had to vote to put it on the books as it now is. We are raising money by tax- ation to pay six per cent interest on these funds only because our forefathers placed them there and we can have the privilege of spending the interest as it was thought best by them from thirty to one hundred years ago. This is the twentieth century, let us have a change. We deceive ourselves when we do not report all funds as town debts, the report required by the state obliges us to add all funds, which more than doubles our town debt as reported year after year.
This year we give two financial reports. One in the usual way for ourselves and the other as will be called for by the State Treasurer next May.
There is no doubt about it, the inside of the town house needs repairing and should be done by a vote of the town.
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The only question is do a majority of the voters think the same as we do?
With an article in the warrant to see what action the town will take in relation to repairing the inside of the town house we hope every voter will be there, not to dismiss the article, but to say what repairs should be made and vote to make them.
INVENTORY OF THE TOWN APRIL 1, 1901.
Polls, 220,'
$22,000 00
Land and buildings,
224,452 00
Horses, 264,
9,069 00
Oxen, 24.
1,485 00
Cows, 287,
7.338 00
Other neat stock, 94.
1,734 00
Sheep. 173.
511 00
Fowls. 175,
70 00
Bank Stock.
1,200 00
Money on hand,
2,800 00
Stock in trade,
27.021 00
Mills, Dams, etc ..
15,200 00
$312,880 00
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Total. APPROPRIATIONS '
MADE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 1901.
School money required by law.
$695 00
· additional,
500 00
State and County taxes,
1,500 00
Highways and bridges,
1,500 00
Town Library,
50 00
Interest on funds,
500 00
Miscellaneous and interest on funds, 755 00
Total, $5.500 00
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Amount of taxes levied for all purposes, $5,725 11 Rate of taxation, $1.83 on 100
CASH ACCOUNT.
From County, Soldiers and county poor, $302 42
** State Treasurer, R. R. tax, 7 90
66 " Savings Bank tax, 340 39
" State Literary Fund, 58 65
Janitor rent of town house, 24 00
Total, $733 36
Cr. by cash paid town treasurer,
$733 36
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer to the following amounts :
Schools and school books,
$1,946 11
Highways and Bridges,
2,038 19
County aid to dependent soldiers,
322 73
County poor,
15 00
Town poor, 10 00
Notes and Interest,
723 51
Town and district officers,
449 44
Damage to sheep by dogs,
34 00
State and county taxes,
1,707 91
Miscellaneous expenses,
254 39
Total,
$7,501 28
DAMAGE TO SHEEP BY DOGS.
Natt B. Harvey,
$11 00
H. N. Clark,
8 00
D. W. Gerrish,
10 00
F. P. Bartlett,
5 00
Total $34 ,00
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SCHOOLS.
School Treas School appropriations, $1,781 11
Books and supplies, 165 00
Total, $1,946 11
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Frank P. Edwards.
$3 00
Langdon J. Smith,
18 30
James B. Foss.
44 25
Walter A. Cilley.
2 80
Lewis T. Demeritt,
16 78
Nathan G. Cilley,
5 60
.Abbot E.Jones.
2 30
John M. Tuttle,
2 40
Alex Nedeaux,
163 69
James A. Johnson,
66 83
Frank H. Dame,
74 59
Fred L. Gove,
67 21
Charles E. Davis.
65 23
George Gile.
60 00
John H. Harvey.
81 93
Natt B. Harvey,
101 75
Samuel E. Robinson,
93 19
Edwin C. Thurston,
61 73
David D. Rollins,
65 10
Lewis T. Brown,
86 90
Alfred D. Clark,
110 10
Hollis G. Daniels.
74 37
Herbert F. Garland.
76 40
Fred E. Davis.
58 10
Robert J. Ramsbottom.
18 14
George E. Smith.
110 10
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Forrest E. Holmes, 58 50
Perley B. Batchelder,
44 25
James H. Kelsey, 62 00
Harrison D. Welch,
46 10
Charles P. Holmes,
45 40
Charles A. Hall,
39 50
Geo. Redford's heirs, road trade for two years.
20 50
Frank H. Fernald, bridge plank,
2 70
Jesse M. K. Smith, Turnpike bridge,
69 55
Gile & Fernald, bridge,
44 00
Frank McDaniel, bridge timber,
18 00
Thomas E. Fernald, bridge timber, etc.
27 23
Harrison Marsh, labor and bridge plank,
34 67
Total, $2,038 19
COUNTY AID TO DEPENDENT SOLDIERS.
Watson Bros., supplies for Geo. A. Miles, $160 82
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Geo. Mendum, 17 94
60 Meserve child, 16 37
W. Y. Griffin. 3 00
Fred Fernald, M. D. medical attendence to
Geo. A. Miles and Mrs. Miles, 39 50
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.6 medical attendence Patrick Conley, 22 75
H. W. Newell M. D. med. attendence Mr. Griffin, 9 00
F. W. Emerson, board of Mrs. Griffin, 4 60
Elizabeth A. Conley, board of Meserve child,
48 75
Total, $822 73
TOWN AND COUNTY POOR.
James A. Bickford, burial
of J. K. Emerson, 15 00
Nancy Burnham, supplies, 6 00
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Alexis D. Tuttle, wood for Mrs. Burnham, 4 00
Total. $25 00
NOTES AND INTEREST.
Mary N. Fernald, note and interest, $105 25
Seth E. Dame,
. . .117 50
L. K. Garland.
117 94
. Laura A. Kelsey. interest. 26 88
Noah L. Gerrish, ،٠
226 90
Louisa W. Gerrish. ..
69 52
Daniel W. Gerrish. .. 25 75
Sam. L. Allen,
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15 23
George W. Tilton.
18 54
Total,
$723 51
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Rufus E. Tuttle, selectman. $9 00
William F. Holmes, " 6 00
Frank H. Fernald, 7 50
Moses B. Neally, supervisor,
6 00
Nathan G. Cilley, 8 00
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