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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01848 3641
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TOWN of SALEM
ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ending FEBRUARY FIFTEEN
1907
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWN OF
SALEM, N. H.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
SALEM WATER BOARD, FIRE WARDENS, BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15
1907
CONCORD, N. H. RUMFORD PRINTING CO. 1907
TOWN OFFICERS, 1906.
Moderator. FRANK D. DAVIS.
Town Clerk. DANIEL A. ABBOTT.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
BENJAMIN R. WHEELER.
FRANK D. WILSON.
LEWIS F. SOULE.
Treasurer. JAMES EWINS.
Collector of Taxes. L. HENRY BAILEY. Auditors.
JAMES H. HADLEY. JAMES E. SLOAN.
EMERY E. BLAISDELL.
Constables.
EVERETT A. EVANS. JOHN C. NICHOLS.
WILLIS G. RICHARDSON.
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Highway Agents.
CHARLES E. MERRILL. JOHN C. KING. CHARLES F. MORRISON.
Agent for the Suppression of the Illegal Sale of Intoxicat- ing Liquors. CHARLES E. KNIGHT.
Fire Wardens.
DAVID S. EMERY. JOHN J. RICHARDSON.
Trustees of Public Library.
CLINTON L. SILVER. DANIEL A. ABBOTT. LORENZO F. HYDE. Representatives.
JOHN J. HUNT. CHARLES E. KNIGHT.
Supervisors.
JAMES H. HADLEY. JOHN J. RICHARDSON. EMERY E. BLAISDELL.
Sextons.
CHARLES H. SMITH. CHARLES E. NICHOL.
Board of Health.
LEWIS F. SOULE. JOHN J. HUNT. Board of Education.
CLINTON L. SILVER.
FRANK D. DAVIS.
SETH M. PATTEE.
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Salem Water Board.
ARTHUR C. HALL.
KIMBALL M. MCLAUGHLIN.
Trustees of Pine Grove Cemetery. FRANK T. WILSON. LOREN B. MCLAUGHLIN. CHARLES H. SMITH.
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TOWN WARRANT.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[L. S.] To the inhabitants of the town of Salem qualified to vote in town affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the town house, in said Salem, on the second Tuesday of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose all necessary town officers and agents for the year ensuing.
2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the year ensuing.
3. To see if the town will vote to raise any more money for the repairs of highways than the law requires.
4. To see what method the town will vote to adopt to facilitate the collection of taxes.
5. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees or officers heretofore chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto.
6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer to hire, with the approval of the selectmen, such
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sums of money as he may need for general purposes in anticipation of taxes.
7. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $100, or any part thereof, for the use of Gilman E. Sleeper Post, No. 60, G. A. R., to be expended in the ob- servance of Memorial Day in the year 1907.
8. By request. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of the Salem free public library.
9. By request. To see if the town will vote to macadam- ize a portion of its highways.
10. By request. To see what action the town will take in regard to buying machinery for building macadam roads.
11. By request. To see if the town will vote to repair the private road on the shore of Canobie Lake.
12. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept of Joseph Marston the sum of $100 as a perpetual fund, the income to be expended for the care of said Marston's lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
13. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept of Martha Welch the sum of $50 as a perpetual fund, the income to be expended for the care of said Welch's lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
14. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept of Ellen S. Bennett the sum of $100 as a perpetual fund, the income to be expended for the care of said Bennett's lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
15. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend
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its electric light line down Pleasant Street to the house of Ezra B. Hall, and raise money for the same.
16. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend its water pipes into Pine Grove Cemetery, and raise money for the same.
17. By request. To see if the town will vote to repair two culverts and the highway from Merrill's Corner to the house of Stephen Webster, and raise money for the same.
18. By request. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to have the town house lighted by electricity, and raise money for the same.
19. By request. To see if the town will vote to fix the pay per hour for labor on the highway.
20. By request. To see if the town will vote to put in two hydrants between the house of Leslie Colburn and car barn.
21. By request. To see what action the town will take in regard to printing the town history.
22. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise $800 to purchase a combination hose and chemical for Salem Hose Co., No. 2.
23. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise money to complete Hose House No. 2 in said town.
24. To see if the town will vote to accept and adopt the provisions of an act to enable the town of Salem to fund its debt by the issue of bonds exempt from taxation, passed at the present session of the General Court. Approved February 20, 1907.
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TOWN OF SALEM
Given under our hands and seal this 23d day of Feb- ruary, 1907.
BENJAMIN R. WHEELER, FRANK D. WILSON, LEWIS F. SOULE, Selectmen of Salem.
A true copy of warrant. Attest :
BENJAMIN R. WHEELER, FRANK D. WILSON, LEWIS F. SOULE, Selectmen of Salem.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1907.
INVENTORY OF THE TOWN OF SALEM AS TAKEN APRIL 1, 1906.
506 polls,
$50,600.00
Real estate,
1,028,459.00
292 horses,
20,726.00
4 oxen, 300.00
568 cows,
17,440.00
79 other neat stock,
1,470.00
6 sheep,
21.00
20 hogs,
200.00
1,690 fowls,
844.00
38 carriages,
3,300.00
Stock in banks,
1,100.00
Money on hand,
14.500.00
Stock in trade,
27,590.00
Mills and machinery,
42,050.00
Boats,
1,236.00
$1,209,836.00
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TAXES ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1906.
State tax,
$1,440.00
County tax,
2,257.94
Town charges,
3,000.00
Town history,
800.00
Electric lights,
1,100.00
Highways by law,
3,024.34
Highways by vote,
900.00
Fire hose,
150.00
Police court,
100.00
Street sprinkler,
350.00
Library by law,
86.40
Library by vote,
125.00
Library to repair,
125.00
School by vote,
3,500.00
School by law,
2,150.00
School note and interest,
690.00
Repairs, schoolhouse No. 5,
75.00
Repairs, schoolhouse No. 10,
150.00
Hose house,
1,000.00
Jail,
450.00
G. A. R.,
100.00
Road by order of court,
1,608.41
Water tax,
1,200.00
Overlay,
1,024.75
Taxes committed to collector, 1906,
$25,406.84
Rate, $21 per $1,000.
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APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN.
Library building,
$1,000.00
Town safe,
200.00
Town house,
2,500.00
2 hearses,
400.00
Road machine,
175.00
Lumber,
5.00
7 fire extinguishers,
14.00
Crushed stone,
125.00
2,000 feet hose,
575.00
New hose,
150.00
8 nozzles and spanners,
64.00
Wood land,
275.00
Hose wagon No. 1, -
365.00
Hose house, No. 1,
600.00
Hose house No. 2,
1,000.00
Lockup,
587.00
Pettingill land,
150.00
Salem water works,
50,000.00
Street sprinkler,
350.00
$58,535.00
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NOTES AND INTEREST.
Paid Methuen Bank note,
$3,000.00
Methuen bank, interest,
100.00
Interest on Enoch Taylor note,
56.00
Interest on interest,
50.00
James E. Sloan note,
3,000.00
Interest, school note,
40.00
Methuen Bank, interest on note,
66.67
Interest, Enoch Taylor note,
56.00
$6,368.67
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AMOUNT OF ASSETS, 1906-'07.
Cash in treasurer's hands,
$383.50
Due on land bought for taxes, 1902, 82.76
Due on land bought for taxes, 1903, 102.22
Due on land bought for taxes, 1904 (resident), 76.45
Due from F. O. Wheeler, taxes, 1901,
99.51
Due from J. J. Hunt, taxes, 1904,
174.18
Due from J. J. Hunt, taxes, 1905,
1,913.62
Received from National Bank, Methuen,
13,000.00
Due from county, 308.10
Received for dog licenses,
294.20
Received railroad taxes,
190.33
Received savings bank taxes,
269.73
Received literary fund, 201.91
Received High school tuition,
58.81
Received from sale of lumber,
3.50
Received for use of hall,
15.00
Received from sale of cemetery lots, Pine Grove,
20.00
Received from sale of cemetery lots, Mt. Pleasant, 25.00
Received from Canobie Lake Park, license for theatre, 55.00
Received from George Woodbury cemetery fund, 100.00
Received from Sidney Gage cemetery fund, 50.00
Received from Francis S. Smith cemetery fund, 100.00
Received from state license commission,
25.44
Received income Cundy estate, 184.65
Received from town of Windham (road machine),
13.50
Received from state highway aid, 368.31
Received from W. D. Palmer, fees collected, 1906, 15.00
Received from Jessie Munroe, sale of land, 25.00
Received from Woodbury, sale of land, 75.00
Taxes assessed, 1906, 25,406.84
$43,637.56
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EXPENDED FOR SCHOOLS.
Raised for schools,
$7,147.51
Appropriation by vote,
3,500.00
Appropriation by law,
2,150.00
School note and interest, No. 6,
674.08
Repairs, schoolhouse No. 5,
75.00
Repairs, schoolhouse No. 10,
150.00
Dog license,
294.20
Literary fund,
201.91
High school tuition,
58.81
Interest on No. 2 note,
14.68
Interest on No. 10 note,
12.91
$7,131.59
Unexpended balance,
15.92
$7,147.51
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Ruel F. Wheeler, water place,
$6.00
Fred C. Buxton, express, 1.50
Frank M. Roberts, wood, 3.00
Geo. C. Gordon & Son, treasurer's bond,
15.00
Rumford Printing Co., town reports,
76.00
L. G. Spencer, watering place,
3.00
Geo. C. Gordon, insurance,
7.50
C. C. Foster, G. A. R.,
100.00
E. C. Eastman, tax book,
2.00
Edgar Gilbert, town history,
400.00
Rumford Printing Co., vouchers,
2.50
L. Wallace Hall, expense, Ewins' will,
10.00
L. F. Hyde, library appropriation,
150.00
Chas. E. Nichol, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
41.75
John T. Dunlap, painting sign boards, 54.80
6.23
J. H. and H. K. Potter, watering cart, 342.00
Mathew Abbott, labor in cemetery,
40.00
Mathew Abbott, care of cemetery.
32.35
J. W. Wheeler, watering place,
6.00
Rumford Printing Co.,
4.25
Geo. C. Gordon & Son, insurance,
40.00
L. F. Hyde, library appropriation,
186.40
F. L. Woodbury, care cemetery,
4.00
Hose house lot, No. 2,
75.00
Edson C. Eastman, blanks,
7.00
County tax, 2,257.94
L. E. Bailey, labor,
3.00
L. E. Bailey, cemetery wall,
38.14
Elizabeth Cundy estate, tax, 1805,
23.70
Elizabeth Cundy estate, tax, 1806, 22.26
Geo. C. Gordon & Son, insurance,
10.00
John Hall, liquor agent, use of team,
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State tax, $1,440.00
The Omaricon & Son Pub. Co., checklist,
14.50
Walker Haigh, setting glass, town hall,
1.25
Frank L. Woodbury, setting heat stone, 2.80
Hotel Rockingham, dinners, county com- missioners, 3.50
James Ewins, oil, etc., for town hall,
7.27
Louis F. Soule, returns births and deaths,
7.25
Daniel A. Abbott, returns vital statistics,
27.15
Daniel A. Abbott, returns vital statistics,
17.70
Daniel A. Abbott, returns vital statistics,
12.05
Lewis F. Soule, use of team, etc.,
25.00
Chas. E. Nichols, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
7.50
Formaldehyde,
5.20
Fred L. Woodbury, town farm aid,
110.82
Fred L. Woodbury, part salary,
175.00
$5,828.31
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EXPENSE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid F. M. Roberts, Hose 1,
$2.50
Clinton Ewins, Hose 1,
1.50
Hose No. 1, 21.50
Hose No. 2,
18.75
Hose No. 1,
49.00
Hose No. 2,
52.00
Hose No. 1. 40.50
Chas. F. Morrison, Hose No. 1, use of team,
5.00
Hose No. 1,
26.00
Hose No. 1, for hose,
150.00
Hose No. 1,
11.50
Henry Faley, care of hose,
.75
Hose No. 2, brush fire,
2.00
Pails for No. 1,
5.75
John J. Richardson, storing hose,
13.00
C. H. Boocher, Hose house No. 2,
995.00
W. L. Hall, plan, Hose No. 2,
5.00
$1,399.75
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REPORT OF JOHN E. KING, HIGHWAY AGENT.
Received of James Ewins, town treasurer, $727.56
Paid J. E. King, 46 days, $92.00
J. E. King, 2 men and 4 horses, 221/2 days, 180.00
J. E. King, man and team, 2 days, 8.00
J. E. King, team, 12 days, 30.00
J. E. King, 30 ft. plank, .75
J. E. King, dynamite and fuse, 1.00
W. E. King, 221/2 days, 33.75
W. E. King, 17 days, man and team, 68.00
H. Ball, 1 day, 1.50
W. W. Merrill, sharpening tools, .50
H. P. Taylor, spikes, 1.20
C. W. Bailey, 1,612 ft. plank, 32.24
L. L. Chase and team, 10 days, 40.00
C. E. Rowell and team, 71/2 days, 30.00
W. Pattee, 1 days,
1.50
J. Stranch, 1 day,
1.50
C. Dustin, 171% days,
26.25
H. Pray, 151/2 days, 23.25
H. Lang, 23 days,
H. A. Rowell, 41/2 days, 34.50
6.75
J. Rolf, 151/2 days, 23.25
L. M. Pattee, 10 days, 21/2 hours.
15.37
P. Bransfield, 191/2 days, 29.25
J. W. Wheeler, 2 men and team, 2 days. 9.00
J. W. Wheeler, 282 loads gravel, 14.10
A. Woodbury, 3 days, 4.50
J. E. Palmer, 21/2 days,
3.75
C. F. Kimball, 38 loads gravel, 1.90
C. J. Palmer, 3 days, 4.50
G. Pattee. 65 loads gravel, 3.25
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Paid Atlas Worsted Co., 50, $2.50
Mrs. E. Duston, 20, 1.00
W. H. Rolfe, leather chips, 1.50
S. L. Duston, leather chips,
3.00
$727.56
REPORT OF C. F. MORRISON, HIGHWAY AGENT.
Received of James Ewins, town treasurer, $712.50
Paid C. F. Morrison, 567 hours at 20c., $113.40
C. F. Morrison, drawing plank, 2.00
C. F. Morrison, 2 horses, 545 hours at 25c., 136.25
G. H. Pattee, 360 hours at 15c., 54.00
W. W. Cole, 1,400 ft. plank, 28.00
W. W. Cole, 4 loads stone, .80
C. T. Lundeberg, 307 hours at 15c.,
46.05
C. H. Boocher, 1 stringer,
2.50
Wilson Bros., spikes,
3.00 e
J. Bailey, 546 2-3 hours at 15c., 86.50
J. Turner, team, 5 hours at 40c., 2.00
L. L. Hall, team, 2 hours at 25c., .50
L. E. Bailey, 5 days' labor at $2, 10.00
L. E. Bailey, team 12 days, at $4, 48.00
L. E. Bailey, man 28 days, at $1.50, 42.00
J. Townner, sharpening tools and re- pairing road machine, 4.55
T. O. Woodbury, 4 days at $1.50, 6.00
D. Bradford, 55 hours at 15c., 8.25
F. C. Buxton. express, .30
E. J. Brown, man and team 23 hours at $4, 9.20
W. Rowell, 88 hours at 15c., 13.20
P. Fournier, 4 days, 6.00
B. F. Fall, 8 hours, 1.20
H. Haigh, 4 days, 6.00
J. Heaps, 4 days, 6.00
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Paid M. R. Emerson, 1 day, $1.50
C. M. Kelly, 8 days, with team,
32.00
I. Woodbury, 5 days, with team,
20.00
J. Bragdon, 40 hours,
6.00
J. F. Peters, 1 day,
1.50
E. Cantward, 2 days,
3.00
G. Hayes, 33 loads gravel, 3.30
G. Cross, 36 loads gravel, 3.60
J. Brady, 4 loads gravel, 4.10
Wilder, 19 loads gravel,
1.90
$712.50
CHARLES E. MERRILL, HIGHWAY AGENT.
Received of James Ewins, treasurer,
$518.75
Paid C. E. Merrill, 551/2 days at $2.00, $111.00
C. E. Merrill, 2 horses, 19 days, at $1.25, 47.50
Geo. Randall, 46 days at $1.50, 69.00
Geo. Palmer, 361/2 days at $1.50, 54.75
Ozro Butler, team, 11 days, at $4,
44.00
Howard Butler, 10 days at $1.50, 15.00
D. M. Felch and team, 131/2 days, 54.00
Louis Duseault, 1 day, 1.50
Frank Wheeler and team, 2 days,
8.00
James Cullen and team, 51/2 days, 22.00
Harry Wheeler, 2 days, at $1.50, 3.00
S. M. Kelly and team, 123/4 days, 50.88
F. O. Wheeler, team, 2 days, 8.00
K. M. McLoughlin, 2 hours, 1 day,
2.50
Estate Daniel Merrill, 74 loads gravel,
3.70
Wilson Bros., 226 loads gravel,
11.30
Warren Emerson, 58 loads gravel,
2.90
William Kelly, gravel,
1.80
Repairs, Millville bridge, 3.93
Drain pipe, pick, sharpening tools,
3.99 .
$518.75
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ROADS AND BRIDGES-SPECIAL.
Paid on bridge, $700.00
L. E. Bailey, retaining wall,
216.83
Isaac C. Brown, gravel,
13.00
John F. Hall, labor,
5.10
J. H. Dustin, Jones' bridge,
2.00
L. E. Bailey, Canobie Lake road,
100.00
F. L. Woodbury, cutting bushes,
1.50
Repairs, road machine,
8.50
B. & M. Railroad, catch basin,
8.64
K. M. McLoughlin, teaming iron for con- crete bridge, 10.00
L. B. McLoughlin,
1.68
Treat Hardware Co.,
12.88
C. H. Smith, grading around bridge,
21.38
Geo. Randall, culverts,
3.50
N. G. Abbott, railing,
1.75
Silas Ballou, 2.00
C. H. Smith, repairing macadam, 30.37
Geo. Randall, grading near bridge, 15.75
Chas. M. Bodwell, grading near bridge, 26.50
Edward Adams, repairing macadam turnpike, 231.27 L. E. Bailey, catch basin, 17.23
F. H. Smith, balance macadam road near Joy's Corner, 75.00
$1,504.88
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CONCRETE BRIDGE.
Contract price,
$1,300.00
Paid on account bridge,
710.00
Balance due on account of bridge, $590.00
CUNDY FUND.
Real estate in Hyde Park, $3,000.00
We expect there may be coming cash to the amount of one thousand dollars.
EWINS FUND.
As yet we have been unable to collect anything from Alexander Ewins' estate, but hope to in the near future.
MACADAM ROAD.
Paid Edward Adams,
$2,721.10
F. D. Tootell, land damage, 7.00
$2,728.10
Due Edward Adams,
$100.00
NEW ROAD BY ORDER OF COURT.
Paid L. E. Bailey,
$1,731.95
M. A. McLoughlin, land damage, 45.00
E. L. Record, land damage, 25.00
$1,801.95
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Electric Light Co., February,
$91.67
Electric Light Co., March and April, 183.34
moving poles,
53.46
Electric Light Co., May bill,
91.67
June bill,
91.67
July and August,
175.84
September,
90.00
October,
91.67
November,
91.67
December,
91.67
January,
91.67
$1,144.33
SALEM WATER BOARD.
Paid cash,
$400.00
Paid cash,
600.00
$1,000.00
SNOW PATHS.
Paid C. E. Merrill,
$16.33
E. J. Brown,
13.50
John Turner,
6.30
C. F. Morrison,
1.50
F. O. Wheeler,
2.40
C. F. Morrison,
15.55
John E. King,
18.00
August Dietritch,
.45
John W. Wheeler,
3.00
A. A. Drake,
3.00
C. F. Morrison,
1.75
C. F. Morrison,
1.75
C. F. Morrison,
29.75
C. E. Merrill,
20.09
C. H. Smith,
5.70
F. O. Wheeler,
3.23
$142.30
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TOWN POOR.
Henry P. Taylor, groceries for I. S. Campbell, $106.00
COUNTY POOR.
William H. Maloon, $4.00
J. L. Keyzer (Parlin), 37.10
William Quinn,
8.50
John Heath, team and board,
10.00
Rose Gile,
82.50
$142.10
DEPENDENT SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
Sarah E. Kimball,
$156.00
Warren Balch,
10.00
$166.00
Due from county,
$308.10
Received from county,
291.00
Due from county,
$17.10
SALEM LOCKUP.
Paid for land,
$75.00
E. T. Barnum, cells,
333.00
L. E. Bailey, foundation,
139.00
$547.00
Due C. H. Boocher, about
$40.00
Estimated cost cement bottom,
50.00
Paid Tilton heirs, land, Sold land,
$150.00
75.00
$75.00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid William E. Lancaster, ballot clerk,
$2.00
John C. Nichols,
2.00
John F. Hall, liquor agent (1905),
35.00
J. H. Hadley, auditor and supervisor,
10.00
George B. Noyes, auditor, 1906,
2.00
W. J. Herson, police officer,
2.50
Frank Rowell, police officer,
5.00
D. A. Abbott, town clerk,
100.00
L. Wallace Hall, ballot clerk,
2.00
L. Henry Bailey, ballot clerk,
2.00
J. H. Hadley, supervisor,
20.00
James E. Sloan, supervisor,
18.00
James E. Sloan, auditor, 1906,
2.00
Lewis F. Soule, selectman,
110.00
B. R. Wheeler, tree warden,
10.00
Frank P. Wilson, selectman,
125.00
B. R. Wheeler, moderator,
10.00
B. R. Wheeler, selectman,
150.00
C. H. Smith, sexton,
25.00
James Ewins, treasurer,
100.00
L. Henry Bailey, collector,
150.00
John J. Hunt, supervisor,
18.00
John J. Hunt, board of health,
10.00
Lewis F. Soule, board of health,
35.00
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$945.50
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid for schools,
$7,131.59
highways and bridges,
7,993.74
snow paths, 142.30
county poor,
142.10
dependent soldiers,
166.00
town poor,
106.00
electric lights,
1,144.33
water works,
1,000.00
abatements and discounts,
1,070.30
town officers,
945.50
miscellaneous,
5,828.31
fire department,
1,399.75
lockup
547.00
notes and interest,
6,368.67
$33,985.59
BENJAMIN R. WHEELER, FRANK D. WILSON, LEWIS F. SOULE,
Selectmen of Salem.
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing ac- counts and found them correct and properly vouched for. JAMES H. HADLEY, EMERY E. BLAISDELL, JAMES E. SLOAN,
Auditors.
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STATEMENT TOWN DEBT.
E. H. Rollins & Sons, $50,000.00
National Bank, Methuen,
12,000.00
Trustee Enoch Taylor estate,
2,800.00
B. R. Wheeler, adms.,
500.00
Old school notes,
551.80
Two school district notes, No. 6,
1,200.00
Cemetery funds,
3,018.31
Due on bridge,
590.00
Due macadam rec'd,
100.00
Due culvert pipe,
100.00
Due on lockup,
40.00
$70,900.11
Property owned by town,
$58,535.00
Due the town,
9,652.60
$68,187.60
Balance against the town,
$2,712.51
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Amount of taxes committed to L. Henry Bailey for the year 1906,
$25,406.84
Received of L. H. Bailey,
$15,709.29
Abatements,
29.00
Discount,
976.48
16,714.77
Due on taxes, 1906,
8,692.07
Due on taxes, 1901,
99.51
Received on taxes, 1901,
$50.00
Due on taxes, 1901,
49.51
Land bought for taxes, 1902,
82.76
Land bought for taxes, 1903,
102.22
Land bought for taxes, 1904 (resident),
76.45
Due on taxes, 1904,
174.18
Received on taxes, 1904,
$143.13
Abatements, 1904,
2.10
145.23
Bal. due on taxes, 1904,
28.95
Due on taxes, 1905,
1,913.62
Received on taxes, 1905,
$1,398.29
Abatements,
62.72
1,461.01
Bal. due on taxes, 1905,
452.61
ABATEMENTS AND DISCOUNTS.
Discount on 1906 tax,
$976.48
Abatements, 1906 tax,
29.00
Abatements, 1905 tax,
62.72
. Abatements, 1904 tax,
2.10
$1,070.30
.
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STATEMENT-DUE THE TOWN.
Cash in treasurer's hands,
$150.30
Due on taxes, 1901,
49.51
Due on land bought for taxes, 1902,
82.76
Due on land bought for taxes, 1903,
102.22
Due on land bought (resident), 1904,
76.45
Due on taxes, 1904,
28.95
Due on taxes, 1905,
452.61
Due on taxes, 1906,
8,692.07
Due from county,
17.10
$9,651.97
Due from M. G. Gagne (milk),
$17.60
Due from James Sinnott (milk),
260.20
$277.80
TOWN TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Feb. 15, 1906, cash on hand,
$383.50
Received, Jessie Munroe for land,
25.00
Sale of lots in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, 25.00
Sale of lots in Pine Grove Cemetery,
20.00
George Woodbury cemetery fund,
100.00
Sidney Gage cemetery fund,
50.00
Francis S. Smith cemetery fund,
100.00
State License Commissioners,
25.44
Income from Cundy estate,
184.65
Lumber sold,
3.50
Town of Windham, use of road machine,
13.50
Theatre license,
55.00
State, for roads,
368.31
W. D. Parker, for fines collected, 1906,
15.00
Rent of hall,
15.00
County aid,
291.00
Dog licenses,
294.20
Taxes, 1901,
50.00
Taxes, 1904,
$143.13
Abatements, 1904,
2.10
145.23
Taxes, 1905,
$1,398.29
Abatements, 1905,
62.72
1,461.01
Taxes. 1906,
$15,709.29
Abatements. 1906.
29.00
Discount, 1906.
976.48
16,714.77
Tilton land sold,
75.00
State, railroad tax.
190.33
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Received, State, savings-bank tax,
$269.73
State, Literary fund, 201.91
State, High school tuition,
58.81
National Bank of Methuen,
13,000.00
$34,135.89
CR.
By paid order of selectmen :
No. 1,
$1,856.97
No. 2,
14,072.97
No. 3.
18,055.65
$33,985.59
Feb. 15, 1907, balance on hand, $150.30
JAMES EWINS, Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing ac- counts and find them correct and proper vouchers for the same.
JAMES H. HADLEY, EMERY C. BLAISDELL, JAMES E. SLOAN, Auditors.
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
CEMETERY FUNDS.
PINE GROVE.
Corning fund for driveways,
$100.00
Cundy fund, care of lot, 114.00
Whittier fund, care of lot,
50.00
Buck fund, care of lot,
102.50
Emerson fund, care of lot,
102.50
Noyes fund, care of lot,
106.72
Pettingill fund, care of lot,
102.50
Corning fund, care of lot,
217.00
Robinson fund, care of lot,
102.50
Geo. Woodbury fund,
100.00
Sidney Gage fund,
50.00
Francis S. Smith fund,
100.00
$1,847.72
MOUNT PLEASANT.
Newell fund, care of lot,
102.50
Merrick fund, care of lot,
102.50
C. G. Taylor fund, care of lot,
102.50
Paul fund, care of lot,
102.50
Otis Taylor fund, care of lot,
102.50
Hunt fund, care of lot,
102.50
Duston fund, care of lot,
102.50
R. P. Taylor fund, care of lot,
102.50
ยท
J. Taylor, Jr., fund, care of lot,
101.50
D. Taylor fund, care of lot,
100.00
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Selectmen's account, Pine Grove,
$134.91
Selectmen's account, Mt. Pleasant,
14.18
149.09
Old school note, No. 2,
$293.54
Old school note, No. 10,
258.26
551.80
Total funded indebtedness,
$3,570.11
PINE GROVE CEMETERY FUNDS.
Gilman Corning fund,
$700.00
Interest, 1906,
24.50
$724.50
Paid for labor on drives,
24.50
Balance due Corning fund,
$700.00
Cundy fund,
$114.00
Interest to Dec. 31, 1906,
3.99
$117.99
Expended on lot,
3.99
Due on Cundy fund,
$114.00
Whittier fund,
$50.00
Interest to April, 1906,
1.75
$51.75
Expended on lot,
1.75
Due on Whittier fund,
$50.00
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TOWN OF SALEM
Buck fund,
$102.50
Interest to Nov. 4, 1906,
3.58
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Buck fund,
$102.50
Emerson fund,
$102.50
Interest,
3.58
$106.08
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Emerson fund,
$102.50
Noyes fund,
$106.50
Interest to April 1, 1906,
3.72
$110.22
Expended on lot,
3.72
Due on Noyes fund,
$106.50
Pettingill fund,
$102.50
Interest to March 24, 1906,
3.58
$106.08
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Pettingill fund,
$102.50
Corning fund,
$217.00
Interest to May 15, 1906,
7.69
$224.69
Expended on lot,
7.69
Due on Corning fund,
$217.00
.
$106.08
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ANNUAL REPORT
Albert Robinson fund,
$102.50
Interest to October 1, 1906,
3.53
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Robinson fund,
$102.45
Geo. Woodbury fund,
100.00
Sidney Gage fund,
50.00
Francis S. Smith fund,
100.00
.
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY FUNDS.
Samuel T. Newell fund,
$102.50
Interest to October 1, 1906,
3.58
$106.08
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Newell fund,
$102.50
Albert Merrick fund,
$102.50
Interest to April 1, 1906,
3.58
$106.08
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on Merrick fund,
$102.50
C. G. Taylor fund,
$102.50
Interest to April 1, 1906,
3.58
$106.08
Expended on lot,
3.58
Due on C. G. Taylor fund,
$102.50
$106.03
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