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ALTON
TOWN REPORT
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN.
TREASURER,
CLERK
AND
SCHOOL BOARD
OF THE
TOWN OF ALTON
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1909
THE FARMINGTON NEWS PRESS FARMINGTON, N. H. 1909
TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN. FRANK M. AYER, WILLIAM H. BERRY, OSCAR DUNCAN.
TOWN CLERK. PERCY S. JONES.
TREASURER.
HERBERT J. JONES. COLLECTOR OF TAXES. CHARLES H. DOWNING. AUDITORS. WILLIS P. EMERSON.
SUPERVISORS.
ELAM R. WRIGHT, JOHN W. PROCTOR. FRED L. HILL.
SCHOOL BOARD.
ARTHUR D. ROLLINS. ALBERT J. JONES. ALTA H. McDUFFEE.
FIRE WARDS.
GEORGE W. PLACE, ALONZO B. LANG. CHARLES H. DOWNING.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CHARLES E. FIFIELD, CHARLES E. HUTCHINS. FRANK M. AYER.
POLICE. CONSTABLE,
EDWARD W. FRANCIS. GEORGE W. PLACE.
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Selectmen's Report.
VALUATION OF ALTON.
Real estate, number of acres, 35,605, value, Personal estate, including polls,
$548,522.22
193,194.00
Total value,
$741,716.00
Polls,
352
$100.00
$35,200.00
Horses,
388
76.77
29,790.00
Oxen,
53
56.60
3,000.00
Cows,
597
27.54
16,645.00
Neat stock,
124
16.65
2,064.00
Sheep,
153
3.14
481.00
Fowls,
165
46
77.00
Hogs,
19
7.21
137.00
Carriages,
14
100.00
1,400.00
Stock in public funds,
1,000.00
Stock in banks and other corporations,
1,700.00
Stock in trade,
68,750.00
Aqueducts,
12,000.00
Mills and machinery,
7,750.00
Money on deposit,
500.00
Buildings not designated,
700.00
Power boats,
12,000.00
Total,
$193,194.00
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Total amount of taxes raised,
$13,350.89
State tax,
$1,325.00
County tax,
1,800.35
School tax,
3,887.50
Highway tax,
2,288.29
Permanent improvement fund,
666.00
Fireman tax,
105.00
Library tax,
159.50
Town tax,
2,600.00
Percentage,
519.25
Total,
$13,350.00
Tax on poll, $1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Amount of taxes charged to collector, $13,350.89
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1908, $2,311.36
1907 taxes due from collector, 1,486.48
Willie E. Sanborn, int. on 1907 taxes, 16.18
Received of F. M. Ayer, Everett Good- ing heirs tax, 26.66
Received of F. M. Ayer, Newman Crowell '06 tax, 4.90
Received of F. M. Ayer, C. Stella Bartlett, '07 tax, 8.33
Received of F. M. Ayer, E. H. Bishop, '07 tax, 5.23
Received of F. M. Ayer, Mrs. David Blair, '07 tax, 2.04
Received of F. M. Ayer, F. Flanders, '02 tax, 1.85
Received of F. M. Ayer, Clara Brown, '05 tax, 4.06
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Received of F. M. Ayer, Ida Fortin, '07 tax, 26.30
Received of F. M. Ayer, J. G. W. Jones
estate, '97, '01, '03, '04, '08 tax, 122.59
Received of F. M. Ayer, W. H. Clarke '04 tax, 4.50
Received of F. M. Ayer, Frank J. Stev- ens '07 tax, 3.21
Received of F. M. Ayer, James Y. Collins '07 tax, 1.79
Received of F. M. Ayer, Reuben Lamp- rey '07 tax, 12.93
Received of F. M. Ayer, Mrs. Hen- derson '07 tax, 1.54
Received of F. M. Ayer, Dudley Nelson '07 tax, 15.62
Received of F. M. Ayer, Harris A.
Emerson '07 tax, 5.34
Received of F. M. Ayer, Andrew J. Gilman, '99 tax, 21.53
Received of F. M. Ayer, Freeman L.
Johnson '07 tax, 1.25
Received of F. M. Ayer, Royal Cook '06 tax, 1.62
Received of F. M. Ayer, E. F. Good- win '00 tax,
3.06
Received of F. M. Ayer, Charles P. Hayes '01 tax, 4.35
Received of F. M. Ayer, Charles P. Hayes '02 tax, 22.50
Received of F. M. Ayer, John L. Brown, '97 tax, 4.29
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Received of F. M. Ayer, Royal Cook '07 tax, 1 40
Received of F. M. Ayer,, Freeman
Thompson '07 tax, 1.80
Received of F. M. Ayer, Belknap county. 218.00
Received of F. M. Ayer, railroad tax, 1,110.54
Received of F. M. Ayer, savings bank
tax, 1,138.42
Received of F. M. Ayer, literary fund, 125.37
Received of F. M. Ayer, proportion of school fund, 300.00
Received of F. M. Ayer, S. J. Roney '04 tax, 1.77
Received of F. M. Ayer, S. J. Roney '07 tax, 1.29
Received of F. M. Ayer. William P. Hale '07 tax, 23 24
Received of F. M. Ayer, Edward Appleton '05 tax, 1.89
Received of F. M. Ayer, Smith Dudley '04, '05, '07 tax, 7.61
Received of F. M. Ayer, Harry L.
Flanders '07 tax, 3.21
Received of F. M. Ayer, Nathaniel Cook '07 tax, 3.32
Received of F. M. Ayer, George E.
Locke '07 tax, 2.84
Received of F. M. Ayer, Mary E. Locke '07 tax, 16.35
Received of F. M. Ayer, John Davis '06 tax, 1.77
Received of F. M. Ayer, J. N. Shattuck '02 tax, 1.94
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Received of F. M. Ayer, W. G. J. Perry '06-'07 tax, 3.89
Received of F. M. Ayer, G. F. Davis,
on account '05 tax, 3.97
Received of F. M. Ayer, S. O. Walling- ford tax, 10.00
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '99 tax, 44.06
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '01 tax, 64.32
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '02 tax, 63.04
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '03 tax, 37.79
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '04 tax, 59.36
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Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '05 tax, 32.21
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '06 tax, 44.66
Received of F. M. Ayer, Gustena Davis '07 tax, 23.85
Received of F. M. Ayer, Nellie M. Twombly heirs '07 tax, 26.95
Received of F. M. Ayer, Leroy F. Woodman '06-'07 tax, 21.10
Received of F. M. Ayer, Calvin S. Glidden '99 tax, 55.10
Received of F. M. Ayer, James M. Jones '02 tax, 7.72
Received of F. M. Ayer, Clark Perkins heirs '99, '00, 01, '02, '05, '06, '07 tax, 38.01
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Received of F. M. Ayer, state board License Com. bal. '07, 4.14
Received of F. M. Ayer, state board License Com., 168.21
Received of Percy S. Jones, town clerk, dog license, 315.60
Received of F. M. Ayer, Sarah J. I. Evans fund, 100.00
Received of F. M. Ayer, Ruth Mitchell '00-'01 taxes, 53.17
Received of F. M. Ayer, hall rent,
77.00
Received of Steve Demetris, pedler's license, 8.00
Received of C. H. Downing, back taxes, 49.44
Received of Belknap county, 56.94
Total, $21,803.21
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Charles E. Tuttle, care hand engine, $10.00
Farmington News Co., printing reports, 43.60
Farmington News Co., printing ballots, 4.50
Farmington News Co., printing moth notices, 2.50
Abbie M. Dore, watering tub, 1907, 3.00
Frank A. Varney, school money,
500.00
Pearl S. Bassett, librarian,
12.50
Edson C. Eastman, order, collector, and clerk books, 8.47
Mindwell Whitehouse, ind. on note, 75.00
Frank A. Varney, school money, 500.00
Frank A. Varney, school money, 500.00
Alton E. L. & P. Co., lights for fountain,
10.00
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M. H. Savage Post, Memorial appropriation, 50.00
Alonzo S. French, library appropriation, 159.50
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasolene, 26.43
Evans Furniture Co., curtains town hall, 24.85
Good Roads Mach. Co., repairs road machine, 17.50
Orrin Lamper, dog damage, 7.00
Pearl S. Bassett, librarian, 12.50
Frank A. Varney, school money,
500.00
Nelson Brackett, repairs at lobby, 5.00
Albert J. Jones, school supplies, 151.38
North East Metal Culvert Co., metal culverts, 183.33
Frank M. Ayer, extra firemen, Mt. Major fire, 47.92
Pearle S. Bassett, librarian, 12.50
Board of health, supplies, 25.00
Frank A. Varney, school money, 500.00
Margaret A. Wadleigh, ind. on note,
100.00
Orrin A. Lamper, dog damage, 30.00
Irad B. Gilman, repairing bridge, 19.35
Walter Tuttle, road work, 12.00
John Whitehouse, road work, 4.35
Clarence A. Horne, road work,
10.73
Albert Foster, road work,
3.22
Oscar Duncan, road work,
23.65 1
Herman P. Horne, road work,
75.00
Charles W. Whitehouse, labor Cotton bridge,
45.00
Colby & Hill, bridge plank, 17.28
Alton E. L. & P. Co., lights on fountain, 10.00
Frank M. Ayer, janitor, 50.00
Frank M. Ayer, care of clock, 10.00
Cyrus Furber, sawing wood,
2.00
David E. Clough, labor and lumber,
5.25
Frank A. Varney, school money,
500.00
Frank S. Nutter, sheep damage, 20.00
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Andrew J. Ward, watering tub, '05, '06, '07, 9.00
George F. Glidden, bridge plank, 40.80
Charles E. Fifield, board of health expense, 37.00
Charles H. Tibbetts, sheep damage, 12.00
Fred H. Crocker, repairs on town hall, 5.94
Oscar Duncan, blacksmith work, 23.90
John Farquhars Sons, slate,
4.54
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasolene and man- tles, 32.55
Portsmouth Coal Pockets, coal,
65.84
Frank A. Varney, school money,
500.00
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand,
5.00
Mindwell Whitehouse, ind. on note,
75.00
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand,
5.00
Paul E. Buckley, repairs town hall,
1.60
The Downing Co., drain pipe,
60.45
George W. Place, bridge plank,
135.38
George W. Place, coal, 4.18
George H. Fifield, teams fire dept.,
38.50
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand,
5.00
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand, 5.00
Mrs. H. S. Gilman, librarian,
12.50
Alton & Alton Bay Water Co., hydrants,
500.00
Frank A. Varney, school money, 500.00
Albert J. Jones, school supplies, 185.55
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand, 5.00
Clarence A. Spinney, care C. F. Rand, 5.00
Elam R. Wright, return of births and deaths, 3.50
George W. Place, expense at fire, 7.00
James Dobbins, snow guards on hall, 23.52
Alton E. L. P. Co., lights at fountains, 10.00
Gilman Snow Guard Co., snow guards and express, 12.20
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Lothrop & Pinkham, wax for hall, 270
J. H. Downing Co., supplies, 9.25
Charles E. Hutchins, board of health supplies, 5 96
J. B. Hunter, door check, 6.50
Frank A. Varney, school money, 500.00
Albert D. Merritt, wood, 8.00
Willie E. Sanborn, drawing coal,
2.20
Stella M. Francis, recording inventory, 15.00
Stella M. Francis, recording precinct inventory, 5.00 E. W. Francis, dog officer, 12.75
E. W. Francis, care of tramps, 10.25
Jewell, Owen and Veasey, counsel, 13.00
Alonzo S. French, int. on Palmer fund,
17.50
Jacob Chamberlin, lumber,
3.60
Abbie M. Dore, watering tub, '08,
3.00
H. H. Bennett, labor and material,
5.90
Jones & Lamprey, supplies, 4.23
48.50
George W. Place, food for tramps,
1.50
George W. Place, supplies, 12.00
L. G. Welch, supplies,
.60
Ira P. Mitchell, care L. S. Nutę lot,
3.00
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Willis P. Emerson, supplies,
2.18
Willis P. Emerson, clerk Hose No. 2,
120.70
Melville Adams, clerk Hose No. 1,
292.55
E. W. Cummings, return of marriages,
1.50
E. E. Colbath & Co., oil, .75
Forest H. Rollins, watering tub, '08,
3.00
Frank A Varney, balance school money,
156.79
Arthur D. Rollins, flag pole and fixtures,
5.50
David H. Morrison, watering tub, '08, 3.00
Alonzo S. French, note and interest, 762.11
H. J. Jones, insurance town hall,
100.00
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George W. Place, tramps,
12
Alton and Alton Bay Water Co., bal. on hyd- rants, 280.00
Alton & Alton Bay Water Co., water town hall, 19.00 Alton & Alton Bay Water Co., supplies at fountain, 2.00
Police court, '07-'08, 24.00
Albert J. Jones, express on school supplies, 1.30
F. M. Ayer, dinners March and November, '08, 3.60
F. M. Ayer, stamps and envelopes, moth notices, '08, 3.75
F. M. Ayer, stamps and envelopes, moth notices, '09, 6.05
F. M. Ayer, one day helping slater,
2.00
F. M. Ayer, car fare, tel., ex., and stationery, 9.96
F. M. Ayer, care order book,
5.00
F. M. Ayer, renting town hall, 3.00
Oscar Duncan, car fare, .90
J. Jones & Son, supplies, 31.13
Edwin K. Jenkins, watering tub, '08,
3.00
Charles H. Downing, adjusting back taxes,
15.00
William H. Berry, use of team, '08-'09,
15.00
F. M. Ayer, janitor,
27.00
F. M. Ayer, care of clock,
5.00
Solon A. Carter, state tax,
1,325.00
Stephen B. Cole, county tax, 1,800.35
Margaret A. Wadleigh, interest on note, 29.08
Cordelia M. Woodman, note and interest,
435.49
James W. Durgin, note and interest, 326.62
Sarah J. Clarke, note and interest, 108.87
John Q. Adams, note and interest,
108.87
Total, $13,390.75
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PAUPERS.
Paid P. H. Wheeler, aid to Alvin Hoyt, town, $4.50
Charles W. Emerson, aid to Alvin Hoyt, town, 1.50
Stephen H. Flanders, aid to Alvin Hoyt, town, 1.50
Frank M. Ayer, aid to Alvin Hoyt, town, 1.60 Belknap county farm, board, Alvin Hoyt, town, 13.57 Willis P. Emerson, aid to Mattie Hayes, county, 81.00 David E. Clough, aid to Clara Blackmore, county, 1.00
Frank A. Varney, aid to Richard Merrill,
county, 6.94
Total, $111.61
DEPENDENT SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
Paid the J. H. Downing Co., county, $106.00
W. P. Emerson, county, 81.00
Total, $187.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Walter A. Lang, ballot inspector, '06, '07 and '08, $6.00
Elam R. Wright, supervisor, '07 and '08, 22.00
Sylvester B. Huckins, supervisor, '07 and '08, 20.00
Charles B. Hutchins, board of health, 20.00
Charles E. Fifield, board of health, 13.30
Charles E. Fifield, probation officer, 15.00
Charles E. Fifield, truant officer,
4.00
Edward W. Francis, police officer,
7.00
George W. Place, constable,
13.00
George W. Place, fire ward,
9.00
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Laban G. Welch, supervisor, '07 and '08, 14.00
Charles H. McDuffee, selectman, 4.00
Lewis H. Lamprey, selectman, 3.00
Albert J. Jones, school board,
20.00
Alta H. McDuffee, school board,
30.00
Arthur D. Rollins, school board,
20.00
Frank A. Varney, school treasurer,
15.00
Frank A. Varney, ballot inspector,
6.00
Percy S. Jones, town clerk, 61.89
9.40
Herbert J. Jones, town treasurer,
50.00
Frank M. Ayer, overseer of poor, 15.00
Oscar Duncan, selectman,
$1.00
Charles H. Downing, fire ward,
5.00
Charles H. Downing, collector,
185.00
William H. Berry, selectman,
75.00
Alonzo B. Lang, fire ward,
5.00
Frank M. Ayer, selectman,
101.00
Willis P. Emerson, auditor,
2.00
W. P. Peabody, auditor,
2.00
Total,
$833.59
WINTER WORK ON HIGHWAY, 1907 AND 1908.
Paid Charles E. Fifield,
$9.15
Herbert Glidden, 1.50
Fred W. Leach, 7.49
Jacob Peterson,
5.20
George Elliott,
4.40
Lewis P. Varney,
1.95
Charles A. Barr,
.85
Calvin S. Glidden,
21.00
Waldo C. Varney, town clerk,
15
Ai T. Gilman,
23.62
Fred S. Gilman,
27.95
Fred I. Woodman,
8.00
Orin D. Glidden,
12.00
Frank Glidden,
6.60
Charles Clough,
4.67
Lewis E. Avery,
4.55
Selden H. Glidden,
5.00
John P. Leavitt,
1.35
Charles H. Moulton,
3.50
Sewell E. Roberts,
15.00
Frank Carpenter,
3.15
Fred E. Glidden,
40.38
Albert D. Morse,
30.96
Charles H. W. Jones,
4
30.50
George W. Lamper,
37.20
David and Orrin Lamper,
10.36
Willis E. Glidden,
12.35
Amanda Willard,
1.95
Thomas J. Alden,
7.35
Irad B. Gilman,
9.85
Charles D. Marston,
.60
Moses W. Flanders,
1.65
Harry L. Flanders,
.82
John Weeks,
4.79
Thomas J. Alden,
5.85
James B. Place,
5.17
Edwin A. Shagnon,
9.09
Cyrus Deane,
.30
Charles P. Hayes,
3.75
Fred Glidden,
3.00
Albert D. Varney,
5.70
John R. Tufts,
,75
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Lester A. Young,
19.25
David H. Morrison,
2.55
Harry Morrison,
6.20
George W. Morrison,
7.85
Seth H. Kimball,
5.10
William Shaw,
1.80
Seth E. Rollins,
6.08
Calvin Rollins,
7.06
Seth E. Grant,
6.30
Harison B. Ricker,
8.85
Frank H. Emerson,
.75
Levi G. Page,
6.23
Calvin H. Flanders,
4.73
Morris L. Flanders,
4.80
Dana Bradley,
.90
John McPhee,
2.40
Alonzo B. Lang,
4.35
Charles G. Drew,
3.00
Willie M. Stevens,
3.60
George W. Colbath,
3.40
Andrew J. Gilman,
4.60
Forrest H. Rollins,
8.40
George W. Place,
36.30
Hadley F. Gilman,
23.50
George H. Fifield,
12.00
George W. Gerrish,
.45
Charles Y. Thyng,
.30
Ira W. Mitchell,
4.00
Lewis A. Proctor,
4.50
Edwin K. Jenkins,
1.20
Edgar P. Seward,
1.50
Romeyn B. Hurd,
7.13
C. C. Rines heirs,
12.45
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Nathaniel Phillips,
4.95
Stephen Shagnon,
10.80
George Shagnon,
2.25
Hiram O. Tuttle,
3.30
George W. Rollins,
8.40
Enos G. Rollins,
2.00
George S. Chamberlin,
5.40
Robert A. Frohock,
14.44
W. Allen Varney,
2.10
Percy H. Walker,
3.95
Jonathan L. Rollins,
6.80
Stephen P. Barnes,
2.85
Hervey G. Hayes,
1.80
Albert H. Hayes,
3.10
Joseph A. Mooney,
1.20
Julian Emerson,
.83
Edwin O. Prescott,
5.20
George W. Horne,
1.75
Velzora A. Dealand,
5.80
Sylvester B. Huckins,
9.70
John F. Hanson,
1.25
William H. Berry,
2.40
Frank L. Furber,
5.00
Ira C. Chamberlain,
7.15
Harold A. Dunnells,
5.89
$729.14
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ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. Cash on hand, Feb. 15, 1908, $2,311.36 19,491.85
Total receipts during the year,
Total, $21,803.21
DISBURSEMENTS.
Total disbursements during the year, $18,652.66
Cash on hand, Feb. 15, 1909, 3,149.55
Total, $21,803.21
DEBT.
Liabilities, Feb. 15, 1908,
$7,133.15
Assets, Feb. 15, 1908, 3,842.76
Debt of town, Feb. 15, 1908,
$3,290.39
Liabilities, Feb. 15, 1909, $4,865.82
Assets, Feb. 15, 1909, 3,915.45
Debt of town, Feb. 15, 1909, $950.37
Decrease of debt,
$2,340.02
RECEIPT'S.
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1908,
$2,311.36
Taxes received from collector,
13,350.89
Railroad tax,
1,110.54
Savings bank tax,
1,138.42
Literary fund,
125.37
Proportion of school fund,
300.00
Belknap county, for support of paupers, 274.94
Dog license,
315.60
Miscellaneous items,
2,953.09
Total,
$21,803.21
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Town paupers,
$22.67
County paupers,
95.94
Town officers,
833.59
Highway, summer work,
2,695.31
Highway, winter work,
729.14
Supplies for schools,
336.93
Damage by dogs,
69.00
State tax,
1,325.00
County tax,
1,800.35
Fireman tax,
105.00
Memorial appropriation,
50.00
Town notes and interest,
2,021.04
Support of schools,
4,656.79
Abatement 1907 taxes,
21.29
Abatement 1908 taxes,
62.86
Dependent soldiers and families,
187.00
Miscellaneous,
3,641.75
Total,
$18,653.66
Excess of receipts over disbursements,
3,149.55
Total,
$21,803.21
ASSETS.
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1909,
$3,149.55
Balance due from Belknap county, 45.92
Metal culverts on hand, 46.60
Due from C. F. Rand estate,
33.00
Due from back taxes bought by town,
596.88
Due from 1908 taxes bought by town,
43.50
$3,915.45
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LIABILITIES.
Due sundry parties on. notes, $4.111.56
School literary fund, 125.37
School, balance dog money, 233.85
Unexpended balance of permanent im-
provement fund.
395.04
Total indebtedness of town. $4.865.82
DOG LICENSES.
Cash received for dog licenses. $315.60
PAYMENTS.
Damage by dogs, $69.00
Expenses collecting,
12.75
Balance due schools,
233.85 .
Total, $315.60
TRUST FUNDS.
Carrie B. Nute, cemetery fund,
$150.00
Eveline L. Palmer, library fund, 500.00
Sarah J. I. Evans. cemetery fund.
100.00
Total. $750.00 The foregoing report contains a synopsis of our financial transactions for the past official year.
Respectfully submitted without an apology,
FRANK M. AYER, WILLIAM H. BERRY. OSCAR DUNCAN, Selectmen of Alton.
We, the undersigned, having examined the foregoing account, find it properly vouched and correctly cast. WILLIS P. EMERSON, WILLIAM P. PEABODY ...
Auditors.
Alton. N. H., February 15. 1909. 1
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Report of Treasurer.
1908.
March 16 Balance cash in treasury. $2.311.36 Received of W. E. Sanborn. col- lector '07. 606.20
March 28 Received of W. E. Sanborn, col- lector, '07; 143.30
April 13 Received of W. E. Sanborn, cui- lector, .'07, 125.71
June 13 Received of W. E. Sanborn, col- lector, '07, 27.55
June 17 Received of C. H. Downing, col- lector, 475.00
July 28 Received of P. S. Jones, dog licenses, 276.00
Aug. 1 Received of State License Commis- sioners, '07 balance, 4.14
1
Aug. 1 Received of State License Commis- sioners, 1908 licenses, 168.21
Aug. 3 Received of C. H. Downing, collector,
200.00
Aug. 15 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 300.00
Aug. 17 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 200.00
Aug. 27 Received of C. H. Downing, collector,
300.00
Sept. 12 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 125.00
Sept. 19 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 400.00
Sept. 30 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 79.37
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Oct. 10 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 650.00
Nov. 14 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 800.00
Nov. 19 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 122.59
Nov. 28 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 200.00
9.50
Dec. 1 Received of C. H. Downing, collector,
625.00
Dec. 7 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 1,000.00
1,300.00 Dec. 16 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 218.00
Dec.
26 Received of C. H. Downing, collector,
300.00
1,110.54
Dec. 28 Received of F. M. Ayer, R. R. tax, Received of F. M. Ayer, savings bank tax, 1,138.42
Received of F. M. Ayer, literary fund, 125.37
Received of F. M. Ayer, school fund, 300.00
Dec.
29
Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 200.00
1909.
Jan. 2 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 150.00
Jan. 4 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 59.65
Jan. 11 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 1,000.00
Jan. 22 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 72.42
Jan. 25 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman,
369.29
Feb. 1 Received of P. S. Jones, dog licenses,
39.60
Feb. 6 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 1,467.71 Received of Stev Demetris, license, 8.00
Feb. 15 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 100.00
Feb. 15 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 190.09
Feb. 15 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 77.00
Feb. 15 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 109.65
Feb. 15 Received of C. H. Downing, collector, 130.89
Feb. 15 Received of F. M. Ayer, selectman, 56.94
Cash received, $17,672.50
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CASH PAID OUT, AS PER ORDER.
1908.
March 20
Paid Charles E. Tuttle,
$10.00
March 21
Farmington News,
50.60
March 28
Abbie M. Dore, 3.00
April 3
F. A. Varney,
500.00
April 6
Pearle S. Bassett,
12.50
April 6 Edson C. Eastmon,
8.47
April 20
Mindwell Whitehouse,
75.00
April 27
William H. Berry,
40.00
April 28
Oscar Duncan,
50.00
May 1
F .. A. Varney,
500.00
May 22
F. A. Varney,
500.00
May 25
Alton Electric Light Co.,
10.00
May
29
M. H. Savage Post,
50.00
June
6
A. S. French,
159.50
June
9
Irad B. Gilman
19.35
The J. H. Downing Co.,
36.00
June
11
Gilbert & Barker Manf'g Co.,
26.43
June 12
Evans Furniture Co.,
24.85
Good Roads Machine Co.,
17.50
W. A. Lang,
6.00
June 13
Orrin Lamper,
7.00
June
15
Pearle S. Bassett,
12.50
June 17
F. A. Varney,
500.00
June
18
Nelson Brackett,
5.00
June
26
Albert J. Jones,
151.38
June
26
Walter Tuttle,
12.00
June 26
John Whitehouse,
4.35
June 26
C. A. Horne,
10.73
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