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Received of town treasurer from town appropria- tion, 1918 1,000.00
Received of School Board, tuition for Pines schol- ars 5.60
Paid orders from School Board $1,300.03
1,212.40
Cash in hands of treasurer August 31, 1918. . $87.63
LENA E. TRUE, School District Treasurer.
FREMONT'S RECORD IN THE WORLD WAR.
It would be an injustice to those of our brave young men who have entered the Army or Navy and gone forth, willing to fight our battles and sacrifice their lives if may be, that the world may be made safe and that liberty and justice
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might prevail throughout the world, should we fail at this time to perpetuate their names in the town records.
FREMONT'S SERVICE RECORD.
- Sgt. George Albert Bassett.
Sgt. Charles Drummond Mills.
Lieut. Ernest W. Lowe.
Corp. James M. Forsaith.
Entered from Chester.
Pvt. Freeman B. Emerson.
Cook James C. Clement.
Entered from Raymond.
Cook George Austin Clement.
Entered from Raymond.
Cook Albert G. Fuller.
Pvt. Guy Frank Bly.
Pvt. Willis C. Lyford.
Entered from Jackson. Sgt. Norman L. Gardner, Aviation Corps.
Enlisted from Claremont.
Pvt. Howard W. French.
Pvt. Raymond K. Bassett.
Pvt. Arthur B. Brown.
Pvt. Edwin Arthur Hills, Navy.
S. A. T. C. Albert S. Cook.
Corporal James M. Forsaith, who has made the supreme sacrifice, enlisted from Chester, but he had lived and voted here previous to enlisting. He was an upright, honest young man and was held in the highest esteem by all of our towns- people.
Doubtless there are some individuals in every town not in service above whose name may justly be written Loyalty, and
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Fremont is not an exception. First and foremost on this list is chairman of Public Safety Committee, Stephen A. Frost, whose generosity, tireless work and influence has done much toward putting over the top the many war drives of the past year. The loyalty that this man has exemplified would fill a book, but as we are reminded that we must still conserve we will be content to say Multum in parvo.
Another thoroughly loyal citizen is Frank D. Rowe, chair- man of the local Food Production Committee, whose interest and influence must have added materially along this line.
I would be unfaithful in my duty should I leave out our pastor, Rev. F. J. Lankart, who, although not a citizen of the town, never failed an opportunity to advance the cause in the great conflict, whose urgent appeal must have touched the hearts, and pocketbooks as well, of many who had not awak- ened to the full realization of what our country must do to win the war.
The local unit of the Red Cross branch, with Mrs. Lyman S. Hook president, Mrs. Frank D. Rowe treasurer, and Mrs. M. I. Stevenson secretary, have done a wonderful work the past year. Having completed 164 hospital shirts, 125 boys' suits, 109 pajamas, 95 petticoats, 30 comfort bags, 42 prop- erty bags, 17 bed socks, 15 pinafores, 10 vests, 20 pairs un- der-drawers, 4 layettes, 12 shawls, 223 pairs socks, and 14 sweaters for the soldiers ; they are now working for the desti- tute of Europe.
We are unable to compile exact figures of the several war drives and liberty loans subscribed to thus far, but a fair esti- mate of the four liberty loans may be $130,000 and W. S. stamps, $15,000.
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., and other drives, $2,000, each go- ing far beyond the amount allotted to the town.
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD,
War Historian.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births Registered in the Town of Fremont, N. H., for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918.
Date
Name of Child
Sex
Living or Stillborn
No.
Name of Father
Maiden Name Of Mother
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Jan.
22
Sylvia Irene West .... Vina Lucy St. John ..
3
Josiah E. West.
Annie M. Buzzell.
Fremont.
Hampstead, N. H.
Feb.
13
Leroy Smithi.
M
1
Frank St. John. Ernest Smith
Hazel P. Fuller.
Brentwood.
Fremont, N. H.
Mar.
20
-Smith
F
5
Ernest W. Smith
Pauline Stevens,
Fremont ... Fremont
Raymond, N. H. .
May
25
Oliva Frances Rogers. Ralph Fieldsend ... Gladys Tarlton ...
M
13
Bert Fieldsend ..
Deborah Shuman ..
Brentwood.
Nottingham, N. H.
Sept.
27
Dorothy E. Palmer ...
4
Frank B. Palmer.
South Hampton
South Hampton, N. H.
Oct.
8
Edna May York. ... , -
F
1
William J. York ...
Angie M. Morey
Haverhill, Mass.
Groveland, Mass.
Nov.
2
Lewis W. Young. .....
M
6
George S. Young.
Abbie M. West.
Deerfield ...
Fremont, N. H.
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Marriages Registered in the Town of Fremont, N. H., for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918.
Date
Piace of Marriage
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride
Age
Color
Name of Parents
No. of Marriage
By Whom Married
Mar.
6
Brentwood, N. H.
Edwin R. Bennett .. Fremont. N. H ..
37
W
Edwin C. Bennett .. Ida J. Rollins
1
Nellie L. Amerige. Fremont, N. H.
25
W
Frank W. Amerige. Elizabeth C. King.
1
Andrew Gibson Clergyman Brentwood, N. H.
30
Ralph Lewis Brown ..
2 Ralph Frown ..
Clara St. John ..
Raymond ..
Fremont, N. H.
Dec.
29
Alvine Louise Rock ..
3
Charles L. Rock.
Annie West.
Brentwood ..
Fremont, N. H.
7
Arthur S. Tarlton
Jannette A. Johnson. Bessie Winslow.
Chester
Epping, N H.
Aug. 14
F F
All Living
10
Stella E. Currier.
Manchester, N. H.
Haverhill, Mass.
F
3
George F. Rogers.
Lottie Raymond.
20
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Deaths Registered in the Town of Fremont, N. H., for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918,
Date
Place of Birth
Name and Surname of Deceased
Place of Birth
Sex
Married,
Single or Widdow
Occupation
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Y
M
D
Feb. 22
Fremont ..
William P. Fiench .... John H. Tuttle.
73
3
12 Sandown.
M
M M
Shoemaker. .
26
Fremont ..
Fremont.
James G. Campbell ..
15
10
Winterport, Me ...
M
W
Cooper
Joseph Sanborn.
Feb. 13
Haverhill, Mass.
Joseph B. Sanborn.
75
5
36
1
18
Deerfield ..
M
M
Merchant ..
Martin Hill.
Mary Bean Emma Robinson Hannah Glover
May
30
Danville.
Sarah Severance.
63
29
Brentwood
F
M
Housewife ..
. Josiah West.
Geo. B. M. Jackson Agu-ss M. Brown
June
2
Fremont
Annie M. Jackson ...
19
4
12
Sandown.
S
At Home.
5
Frank H. Sargent ....
25
6
5
Sandown.
M
D
Walter H. Sargent .. Carr Gilman
Ruth Worthen
Aug. 1
Fremont ..
John F. Evans.
74
1
25
Raymond ..
M
Laborer
Frank Evans
Frances Fuller
18
Fremont ..
Isabell F. Lettney
54
1
17
Boston, Mass.
F
M Housewife
..
Albert L. Fieldsend. Deborah Shannon
Sept. 11
Fremont .
Ralph Fieldsend ..
3
21
Fremont ..
M
S
M
M
Woodworker .. Henry S. Goss .. . .. Housewife
.... Sylvester J. MeLane Sarah E. Mace
Oct.
12
Fremont ..
Laura M. Sanborn
38
5 Fremont.
F
M
F
M
Housewife
William F. Buswell Elvie Meader
23
Fremont ..
Alice M. West ..
25
5
24
Fremont ..
Dec.
2
Fremont ..
Lewis W. Whittier ...
2
Fremont ..
S
Infant. .
George S. Young ... William Brown ...
Mehitable Stevens.
24
Concord
George W. Brown ... 83
10
2
Fremont ..
M
W
Farmer ..
I hereby certify that the following transcript of Births, Deaths and Marriages is correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. HENRY A. COOK, Town Clerk
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26
Fremont. Fremont.
Lydia M. Clement ....
82
11
26
F
W
Samuel F. Ryerson.
Martha Curtis
9
Kingston
Alonzo Goss.
69
6
28
Londonderry ..
15 Fremont
Annie M. West ...
27
10
Hampstead
.
Sarah B. Bean
M
Housewife
Abbie West
.
63
10
18
Nottingham.
M
Laborer ...
Joseph French. ...
Thomas R. Tuttle ..
Alvira Robinson Sarah A. West
April 22
M
M
Retired ..
18
April 30
Fremont ..
Cla ence B. Hill.
Rachel Galvin
...
Infant. ...
M
Age
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS of the
Town of Fremont New Hampshire
For the Year Ending January 31, 1920
TOWN OF FREMONT
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen and Treasurer
AND ALL OTHER,
Officers and Committees
FOR THE
Financial Year Ending January 31 1920
MANCHESTER, N. H. PRINTED BY JOHN B CLARKE CO. 1920.
1 FREMONT
Town Officers
Clerk.
HENRY A. COOK.
Selectmen.
EUGENE D. SANBORN. ERNEST S. BEEDE. FRANK H. LYFORD.
Treasurer. WILLIAM H. GIBSON.
Auditor.
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
Library Trustees.
CHARLES C. BEEDE, '17
JENNIE S. MOULD, '18. GEORGE A. BASSETT, '19.
Trustees of Trust Funds.
STEPHEN A. FROST, '17.
JAMES W. WILKINSON, '18. FRANK H. LYFORD, '19.
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Collector. WILLIAM H. MOULD.
Highway Patrolmen.
ERNEST S. BEEDE. FRED H. BISHOP. FRANK H. LYFORD.
Health Officer. STEPHEN A. FROST.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
Constable and Dog Officer. FRED M. SMITH.
Police.
FRED M. SMITH. ERNEST S. BEEDE. HENRY A. COOK.
Janitor of Town Hall. HENRY A. COOK.
Fire Warden. MELZER I. STEVENSON.
Deputy Fire Wardens ALDEN F. SANBORN. FRANK H. LYFORD.
Librarian. CORA B. FROST.
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Moderator. ALDEN F. SANBORN.
Supervisors.
STEPHEN A. FROST. JAMES B. MARTIN. ARTHUR R. WHITTIER.
Ballot Clerks.
ANDREW J. BROWN.
JOSEPH P. BASSETT.
WILLIAM H. GIBSON. WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
Delegate to the Convention to Revise the Constitution. STEPHEN A. FROST.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS.
School Board.
BERTHA H. STEVENSON. HAROLD L. JONES.
ELMER S. GEORGE.
School Clerk and Treasurer. LENA E. TRUE.
Truant Officer. SAMUEL J. WILLEY.
2 FREMONT
Town Warrant
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[SEAL]
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Fremont in the County of Rockingham in said state qualified to vote in town affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the town house in said town on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at ten (10) of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following sub- jects :
1. To choose a town clerk.
2. To choose three selectmen, treasurer, auditor, one library trustee, and one trustee of trust funds.
3. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the highway patrol system, and elect two or more highway agents, one of which shall have the care and maintenance of the Trunk Line road, under the supervision of the State Highway Depart- ment.
4. To choose all other necessary officers.
5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the following purposes: to defray town charges ; for repairs of highways and bridges; for care of cem- eteries, and for Memorial Day.
6. To see if the town will vote to accept from the heirs of Jonas Spaulding, a school building, all complete and fur- nished for occupancy; said building to cost at least twenty thousand dollars; also to see if the town will vote to author- ize the selectmen, on the completion and conveyance to said town of said school building, and its occupancy by all the
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schools of said town, to convey to the Spaulding & Frost Co., for the sum of one dollar, all the wooden school buildings at that time owned by said town.
7. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 18th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty.
EUGENE D. SANBORN, ERNEST S. BEEDE, FRANK H. LYFORD, Selectmen of Fremont.
A true copy of warrant-Attest:
EUGENE D. SANBORN, ERNEST S. BEEDE, FRANK H. LYFORD, Selectmen of Fremont.
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BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for the Ensuing Year, Revenue and Expenditures of the Previous
SOURCES OF REVENUE.
Actual revenue previous year, 1919.
Estimated revenue ensuing year, 1920.
From State :
Insurance tax
$1.87
$1.87
Railroad tax
329.66
330.00
Savings Bank tax
905.11
1,000.00
For fighting forest fires
57.83
60.00
For highways-
For state aid maintenance
125.00
311.34
From Local Sources except Taxes :
Rent of Town hall and other build- ings
126.00
126.00
Interest received on taxes and de- posits
5.97
6.00
465.00
750.00
From poll taxes
Revenue Applicable only to New Con- struction and Improvements :
For Trunk Line highway construc- tion
. ......
1,122.75
Revenue which must be paid to Other Governmental Divisions :
Dog licenses
41.40
41.40
Amount raised by property taxes
11,277.91
10,000.00
Total revenues
$13,335.75
$13,749.36
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FREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
January 31, 1920, to January 31, 1921, compared with Actual Year January 31, 1919, to January 31, 1920.
PURPOSES OF EXPENDITURES.
Actual expenditures previous year, 1919.
Estimated expenditures ensuing year, 1920.
Current Maintenance Expenses :
General Government ---
Town officers' salaries
$324.00
$350.00
Town officers' expenses
169.59
170.00
Election and registration ex-
penses
12.25
75.00
Care and supplies for Town hall.
179.90
175.00
Protection of Persons and Prop- erty-
Police department
19.00
15.00
Fire department
115.65
100.00
Health-
Vital statistics
15.20
10.00
Highways and Bridges-
Trunk Line maintenance :
State's contribution
125.00
311.34
Town's contribution
331.62
311.34
Town maintenance
1,106.01
1,247.87
General expenses of Highway de- partment
52.74
50.00
Education- Libraries
35.10
50.00
Patriotic Purposes-
Memorial Day and other celebra- tions
91.36
100.00
Soldiers' aid and G. A. R. halls ..
22.00
. . .
Public Service Enterprises- Cemeteries
19.15
30.00
Outlay for New Construction and
Permanent Improvements :
Highways and Bridges-
Trunk line construction :
State's contribution
5,829.50
1,122.75
Town's contribution
11,000.00
748.50
Payments to other Governmental Divisions :
State taxes
2,464.00
1,904.00
County taxes
1,452.51
1,452.51
Payments to School Districts.
4,302.14
4,000.00
Total expenditures
$20,666.72
$12,223.31
INVENTORY AS MADE BY SELECTMEN.
April 1, 1919. VALUATION.
Real estate, resident
$247,828.00
Real estate, non-resident
114,115.00
Horses, 87
11,770.00
Mules, 3
100.00
Cows, 126
9,840.00
Neat stock, 19
1,050.00
Sheep, 66
1,100.00
Hogs, 2
50.00
Fowl, 180
255.00
Vehicles and automobiles, 45
22,190.00
Wood and lumber
23,375.00
Money
15,375.00
Stock in trade
28,450.00
Mills and machinery
23,350.00
$499,148.00
Resident taxes
$8,574.59
Non-resident taxes
3,168.32
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$11,742.91
Number of polls, 155.
Rate of taxation, $2.26 on $100.
Soldiers' exemptions $2,950.00
APPROPRIATIONS, 1919.
State tax (annual)
$2,016.00
State tax (Soldier's bonus)
448.00
County tax
1,436.65
Town charges
200.00
Highways
3,500.00
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Schools (by law)
$1,651.55
(addition by vote)
707.81
(High school tuition)
1,100.00
(deficiency, 1918)
425.00
(State supervision)
182.00
Library
33.60
Care cemeteries
25.00
Overlay
17.30
$11,742.91
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town hall and land
$5,000.00
Furniture
2,75.00
Library building
400.00
Furniture and books
500.00
Forest fire equipment
20.00
Highway equipment
50.00
Five school buildings
2,000.00
School equipment
500.00
$8,745.00
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
For the year 1919 I have licensed dogs as follows:
3 Female dogs @ $5.00 $15.00
15 Male dogs @ $2.00.
30.00
$45.00
Reserved for fees 18@.20c each
3.60
Paid to treasurer $41.40
By order of the Selectmen I have licensed one (1) pool table from the first day of November, 1919, to the first day of May 1920, (6 months): Paid treasurer $5.00
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Received for Automobile permits $148.25 Paid same to treasurer.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY A. COOK, Town Clerk.
TREASURER'S REPORT. For year 1919.
RECEIPTS. 1
Cash on hand January 31, 1919. $2,650.03
Received from all sources 13,586.59
$16,236.62
PAYMENTS.
Selectmen's orders
$11,045.69
State tax, including special 2,464.00
County tax 1,436.65
$14,946.59
Cash on hand January 31, 1920
$1,290.03
Due from county of Rockingham $22.00
Due from state highway department .. 38.03
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$60.03
Balance in favor of town. $1,350.06
WILLIAM H. GIBSON, 1
Treasurer.
RECEIPTS.
For the year ending January 31, 1920.
From local taxes:
Property and poll taxes, 1919
$11,742.91
Property tax, 1918
2.86
From State:
State aid maintenance 125.00
Insurance tax 1.87
Railroad tax
329.66
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Savings bank tax
$905.11
School fund
58.00
Fighting forest fires
57.83
From County:
For support of poor
36.73
From local sources except taxes:
r.
Dog licenses
41.40
Rent of town hall
126.00
Interest on taxes
5.97
Permits for registration of motor vehicles ..
148.25
Pool table license
5.00
Total receipts from all sources.
$13,586.59
Cash on hand at beginning of the year 2,650.03
$16,236.62
PAYMENTS.
For the year ending January 31, 1920.
General government:
Town officers' salaries
$324.00
Town officers' expenses
169.59
Election and registration expenses 12.25
179.90
Protection of persons and property:
Police department
19.00
Forest fires
115.65
Extermination blister rust.
200.00
Health:
Vital statistics
15.20
Highways and bridges:
State aid maintenance
331.62
Town maintenance
1,106.01
General highway expenses
52.74
Libraries:
Library expenses
35.10
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Town hall expenses
14
Patriotic Purposes:
Aid to soldiers and their families $22.00
Memorial Day exercises 91.36
Cemeteries:
Labor, including driving hearse 19.15
Unclassified:
Abatements
34.37
Highways, new construction:
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Trunk line
4,000.00
Other Governmental Divisions:
Taxes paid to State, including special.
2,464.00
Taxes paid to County, including special 1,452.51
Payments to school district. 4,302.14
Total payments, all purposes. $14,946.59
Cash on hand at end of year, January 31, 1920 1,290.03
$16,236.62
Detailed Statement of Payments
The selectmen have given orders on the treasurer for the payment of the following bills :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Salaries and Expenses of Town Officers.
Salaries :
Frank H. Lyford, selectman
$31.25
Ernest S. Beede, selectman 32.00
Eugene D. Sanborn, selectman 88.75
William H. Gibson, treasurer 30.00
William H. Mould, collector
80.00
Henry A. Cook, clerk
15.00
Cora B. Frost, librarian
45.00
Wilcomb H. Benfield, auditor
2.00
$324.00
Expenses :
John B. Clarke Co., printing reports
$53.75
American Surety Co., officers' bonds
20.00
Edson C. Eastman, invoice book for clerk ...
12.41
Edson C. Eastman, collection book and blanks
2.95
Frank H. Lyford, Tax commission confer- ence
4.00
Frank H. Lyford, horse hire
14.50
William H. Mould, expenses at Assessors' association meeting 3.40
Henry A. Cook, cash for blanks
.90
Henry A. Cook, postage and stationery. . ...
1.37
Henry A. Cook, collecting automobile fees. .
4.00
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Ernest S. Beede, Tax commission conference
$4.00
Ernest S. Beede, Assessors' association con- ference 5.00
Ernest S. Beede, horse hire 1.50
Charles E. Beede, envelopes and postage on inventory blanks 4.31
- American Express Co., express on reports ... .59
Edson C. Eastman Co., index book .55
Eugene D. Sanborn, postage and stationery. 1
2.86
. Eugene D. Sanborn, Tax commission confer- . . ence
3.50
Eugene D. Sanborn, Assessors' association conference 5.00
Eugene D. Sanborn, town membership fee ..
1.00
Eugene D. Sanborn, expenses and cash paid out on account of cemetery 10.00
Eugene D. Sanborn, horse hire 14.00
$169.59
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
Melzer I. Stevenson, at guard rail. $2.00
Alden F. Sanborn, moderator, March 3.00
Edson C. Eastman, 24 checklists 7.25
$12.25
CARE AND SUPPLIES FOR HALL,
Arthur E. True, repairing doors and chairs ... $12.10
George Proctor, sawing wood 1.00
Stephen A. Frost, insurance on hall.
36.30
Eugene D. Sanborn, insurance on hall. 36.30
Eugene D. Sanborn, wood for hall
22.00
Alden F. Sanborn, sawing wood
2.00
Henry A. Cook, janitor 50.00
Gertrude F. Fellows, lumber for shelves 3.96
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Spauding & Frost Co., stove wood. $0.75
Perley R. Clement, drawing wood 1.50
Spaulding & Frost Co., lamps and fuses 2.05
George L. Corson, repairing wire and lamps.
1.50
Cook & True, locks
4.86
Cook & True, screws, brackets and wax.
5.58
$179.90
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Fire :
Melzer I. Stevenson, et al., forest fire on Spaulding & Frost Co. land $86.55
Melzer I. Stevenson, et al., forest fire on Tilton Seminary land 26.15
Melzer I. Stevenson, et al., forest fire on Scribner land
2.95
$115.65
One-half of the above, the state paid.
Police :
John B. Varick Co., police and constable badges $6.00
Fred M. Smith, constable and dog officer 13.00
$19.00
Property :
E. C| Hirst, for blister rust control. $200.00 Vital statistics :
A. W. Mitchell, M. D., returning births and deaths $3.00
G. H. Guptill, M. D., returning births and deaths and fumigating 7.00
Henry A. Cook, recording births, deaths, and marriages 5.20
$15.20
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Town maintenance :
Ernest S. Beede, patrolman
$184.31
Fred H. Bishop, patrolman
517.70
Frank H. Lyford, patrolman 404.00
$1,106.01
General highway expenses :
Fred Sanborn, labor $9.40
New England Road Machinery Co., repairs for road machine
14.50
Spaulding & Frost Co., repairing wheels on road machine 2.00
Gertrude F. Fellows, bridge plank
9.44
Edward J. Smith, labor on bridge.
5.40
Alden F. Sanborn, covering stone 5.00
Alden F. Sanborn, cutting bushes
2.00
$47.74
Breaking roads :
Frank H. Lyford, 1919. $5.00
State aid maintenance:
Money available from State, balance 1918 ..
$225.79
Money available from 'State, appropriation 1919 124.21
Money available from Town, balance 1918 ..
225.79
Money available from Town, appropriation 1919
124.21
Total money available year 1919.
$700.00
State has expended $127.28
Town has expended 331.62
458.90
Balance in State and Town treasuries ....
$241.10
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Received from State
Due from State
$125.00 38.03
Ernest S. Beede, patrolman
331.62
Federal and State aid construction:
Money available from State, balance 1917. .
$208.97
Money available from State, appropriation 1918 1,010.25
Money available from State, appropriation 1919
1,364.50
Money available from Town, balance 1917 ..
139.31
Money available from Town, appropriation 1918
673.50
Money available from Town, appropriation 1919
3,187.19
Money available from Federal Government ..
6,583.72
Total money available. $13,167.44
Town has expended total appropriation by order of highway
Commissioner, as follows:
Louis Davis
$600.00
Louis Davis
1,300.00
Louis Davis
2,100.00
$4,000.00
State has expended as follows:
Engineering
$433.57
Freight
1,619.07
Contracts
2,926.90
Contracts
136.80
Contracts
13.24
Federal Government has expended.
$3,245.86
Due from Federal Government
$3,337.86
Due from State
. $5,829.58
Due from Town
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LIBRARIES.
Arthur E. True, patching roof $1.50
Charles C. Beede, appropriation. 33.60
$35.10
CHARITIES.
Aid furnished by county to dependent soldiers and their widows. (See chapter 2, Laws 1909) Cash
$22.00
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
(Including driving hearse.)
Charles W. Heselton, labor village yard $10.65
Frank H. Bartlett, labor Sleeper yard. 2.50
Ernest S. Beede, driving hearse. 6.00
$19.15
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES:
William H. Gibson, band and supplies. . .... $91.36
SCHOOLS.
The New School Law: Chapter 106 Laws 1919.
SECT 21. The selectmen in each town shall assess an an- nual tax of three dollars and fifty cents on each thousand dollars of the value of the ratable estates taxable therein for the support of the public schools.
(Towns may raise an additional sum of one dollar and fifty cents on each thousand dollars of the value of ratable estates taxable therein for the support of the public schools.)
SECT 22. In any district in which the money produced by a tax of five dollars on a thousand dollars of the value of the ratable estates in the district is insufficient to maintain the required elementary and special schools, and to purchase the required textbooks, scholars' supplies, flags and appur- tenances, the state board shall provide the balance of the
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money necessary from the money appropriated for that pur- pose by the provisions of this act.
Following is a circular letter to the selectmen from the Department of Public instruction:
"Every school district is required to support standard elementary schools.
"The maximum amount you are required to raise for this purpose is five dollars on a thousand of inventory. On the bases of your 1918 inventory this would be $2,359.
"Whatever such schools cost over this amount will be furnished by the state. We have estimated that the cost of such schools for Fremont may be $2,800."
In accordance with the above and following the custom of the State Highway department, the selectmen assessed the five dollars on each thousand dollars of the valuation of 1918.
At the Assessors' meeting in Manchester, December 17 and 18, the selectmen were informed that thirty-five towns in the state had done the same, but that (although the law does not specify which) the selectmen should have used the valuation of 1919, which, being higher than 1918, makes an additional sum of $136.38 which has been paid the school treasurer.
Following is the school money available for the year 1913 and 1920, which has been paid the school treasurer: Lena E. True, school treasurer:
By law, $3.50 on each $1,000 of valuation .. $1,651.55
By vote, $1.50 on each $1,000 of valuation .. 707.81
For high school tuition and salaries. 1,100.00
For state supervision 182.00
For deficiency for year 1918. 425.00
Dog licenses due April 1, 1919 41.40
Proportion of state school fund
58.00
136,38
Additional sum
$4,302.14
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SPECIAL COUNTY TAX.
At the special session of the New Hampshire legislature, September 9, 10, 11, Rockingham County convention voted : That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be raised and appropriated under Section 1, Chap. 2, Session laws 1917, for the year 1919, and a like amount for the year 1920, to be expended by the Farm Bureau, in addition to the two thousand five hundred dollars already appropriated, and the county treasurer be instructed to issue his warrant for the assessment and collection of the same. Fremont proportion being. $15.86
ABATEMENTS.
William H. Mould's collection, 1919 :
William H. Gibson, error in inventory given in
$22.37
Charles B. French, poll; paid in Sandown .. 3.00
Howard W. French, in service of his country 3.00
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