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ALBERT BACHELDER,
GEORGE G. CARTER. Representative, GILMAN H. MOULTON.
J. RUSSELL DOW,
Highway Agent, W. W. Goss. Supervisors of Check List,
ORRIN B. LEAVITT,
EMMONS T. BROWN, WALTER W. Goss. Police and Constable, ARTHUR A. BROWN. Board of Health,
EBEN L. DALTON,
ALBERT BACHELDER.
J. RUSSELL FRENCH,
Auditors, GEORGE A. BOYNTON. 1
Board of Education,
MRS. CLARA A. BROWN, FRED A. DREW,
ALBERT E. LOCKE. Library Trustees,
FRED L. DOW, EDWARD M. SMITH,
WILLARD H. PHILBROOK. Cemetery Trustees,
EBEN L. DALTON,
OTIS S. BROWN,
ORRIN B. LEAVITT.
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Town Warrant
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of North Hampton, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: [L. s.]
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town House in said Town on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects:
1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
3. To determine what action shall be taken to secure a water supply for municipal purposes and the extinguishment of fires and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
4. To see what action the Town will take in regard to remodelling the Town Hall or building a new one, agreeable to a petition of Irving W. Marston and nine others.
5. To transact any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal, this 20th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifteen.
ALBERT BACHELDER, J. RUSSELL DOW, GEORGE G. CARTER, Selectmen of North Hampton.
A true copy of Warrant-Attest:
ALBERT BACHELDER, J. RUSSELL DOW, Selectmen of North Hampton.
Selectmen's Report
INVENTORY
Resident land and buildings .
$701,925 00
Non-resident land and buildings. 379,071 00
Polls, 426.
Horses, 217
25,876 00
Mule, 1
75 00
Oxen, 6.
610 00
Cows, 561
28,804 00
Neats, 55.
1,700 00
Hogs, 452.
5,880 00
Fowls, 4,177.
1,102 00
Vehicles, 35.
14,275 00
Wood and lumber
5,750 00
Stock in banks and other corporations in this state.
28,640 00
Money on hand.
50,018 00
Stock in trade.
10,598 00
Mills and machinery
5,750 00
$1,260,074 00
Resident taxes
$9,539 66
Non-resident taxes.
4,291 93
Amount committed to Collector.
14,382 79
Uncollected February 15, 1915
145 40
State, County, Town, School, and Highway taxes $1.10 on $100 Little Boar's Head Village District rate, $0.14 on $100; tax, $544.54
STATE AND COUNTY
Paid State tax
$2,408 00
County tax
2,130 90
$4,538 90
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DISCOUNT
Paid Collector, discount on taxes . $580 26
ABATEMENTS
Paid Oliver B. Fogg, error in inventory $33 00
Fred W. Berry, error in inventory 14 30
Orville Armstrong 2 00
Chas. Bachelder. 2 00
O. A. Brown. 2 00
C. E. Hoyt.
2 00
Chas. Johnson
2 00
James F. Marston
2 00
James H. Riley 2 00
John L. Smith
2 00
Ernest L. Towle
2 00
Ernest White. 2 00
George Thompson 2 00
Joseph Mickeral.
2 00
Henry Philbrook.
2 00
Llewellyn F. Hobbs
2 95
Raymond Sturtevant, 1913 95
Chas. J. Ross. 2 00
$79 20
LIBRARY
Paid Lucy M. Warner, librarian $80 00
Fuel.
18 25
Lighting
14 32
New books.
106 49
Magazines and periodicals.
9 75
Postage. 2 13
Two Library keys. 50
Library bureau, book plates
2 82
S. A. Dow, supplies. 1 08
Dennison Mfg. Co., book labels. 25
J. W. Warner, labor and expenses 1 62
E. M. Smith, services. 3 00
$240 21
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(Town paid lighting bill $14.32) . $14 32
Received from the Town Treasury 222 96
book fines. 2 93
$240 21
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Paid Rockingham County Light and Power Co.
for electric lights, streets $979 91
Library. 14 32
Town Hall 25 10
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$1,019 33 -
SCHOOLS
Paid appropriation by law
$2,257 50
Extra school money
615 00
Dog licenses.
108 25
Literary fund
60 06
$3,040 81
TOWN ROADS
Mar. paid W. W. Goss .. $65 20
and
Robert Mitchell.
31 63
Apr. Elmer Smith
22 55
Chester Seavey.
7 70
Bert Paquin.
9 08
Walter Taylor.
9 63
Frank Leavitt.
4 00
Fred Leavitt.
34 38
G. L. Garland.
1 00
George Moore.
2 50
Webster Knowles
6 38
Amos Atkinson.
14 13
John Lynch.
6 00
Abraham Dow
6 00
C. J. Sellers.
8 13
Frank Jones
8 00
George P. Frost
2 00
$238 31
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May, paid Fred Leavitt. $4 40
Bert Paquin. 4 40
Frank Norton 6 40
Charles Dalton 4 40
George Frost ..
4 40
Louis Hill .
4 40
Walter Taylor
4 40
Charles Davis.
11 55
David Lamprey, 74 loads gravel
· at 25 cents. 42 30
Leavitt Dalton
53 50
Arthur Jones
6 00
Amos Atkinson.
8 63
C. J. Sellers.
8 00
Frank Jones.
10 00
Woodbury Knowles. 3 75
G. L. Garland.
1 50
George D. Brown
1 68
Abraham Dow
1 75
W. W. Goss
31 00
W. W. Goss, men.
79 00
$291 46
June, paid Leavitt Dalton.
$17 05
G. L. Garland.
1 75
Robert Mitchell.
28 18
Fred Leavitt.
8 80
Amos Atkinson
23 63
John Lynch.
4 00
Frank Jones
4 00
Joe Liberty 4 00
W. W. Goss.
41 60
W. W. Goss, men. 27 13
Miscellaneous for April, May
and June
37 47
$197 61
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July, paid Amos Atkinson. $12 25
W. W. Goss. 16 40
$28 65
Aug., paid Amos Atkinson $12-00
Bert Mitchell 14 80
W. W. Goss. 16 00
$42 80
Sept., paid Lewis Hill
$13 20
Fred Leavitt. .
11 83
R. L. Mitchell.
8 80
Elmer Smith
8 80
Amos Atkinson. 13 00
Abraham Dow
3 00
J. Murray
24 00
W. W. Goss.
26 00
Arthur Jones
4 00
Joe Liberty
4 00
$116 63
Oct., paid Fred Leavitt
$31 35
Elmer Smith.
31 90
R. L. Mitchell
26 40
Louis Hill .
30 80-
Amos Atkinson. 14 00
Joe Liberty 14 00
Arthur Jones
16 00
J. Murray .
16 00
Horace Moulton. 10 00
John Lynch.
2 00
Alvin Brown.
1 00
Herbert Langland
1 60
W. W. Goss ..
28 80
George Moulton. 5 00
Geo. Moulton, 47 loads gravel .. . 5 88
$234 73
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Nov., paid Fred Leavitt. $26 40
R. L. Mitchell
22 00
Louis Hill . 17 60
Walter Taylor. 22 00
George Smith
22 00
Elmer Smith. 22 00
Bert Paquin. 13 20
Arthur Jones.
19 00
W. W. Goss.
32 00
Edward Moulton
10 00
Elmer Smith
2 00
George Frost
4 00
Amos Atkinson
12 00
John Lynch
8 00
Harry Whenal
8 00
Joe Liberty
10 00
Horace Moulton 10 00
Herbert Tourtellot .
2 00
Frank Jones .
10 00
Herbert Langland 3 20
$275 40
Dec., paid Fred Leavitt. $9 35
Elmer Smith
8 80
W. W. Goss.
19 20
Amos Atkinson
1 13
Frank Moore.
6 40
Lila Block, gravel
29 40
Jennie Haynes, gravel
10 00
Sarah Knowles, grave
3 40
Shirley Philbrick, gravel
20 50
Will White.
4 95
Jenness Locke 10 95
Miscellaneous, July, August, Sep-
tember, October, November and December 17 86
W. W. Goss, bridge 28 60
Breaking roads 56 75
$237 29
$1,652 88
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STATE AID ROADS
Mar. paid W. W. Goss $52 80
and
Chester Seavey . 23 38
Apr., Robert Mitchell 22 00
Fred Leavitt. 23 38
Walter Taylor 13 20
Elmer Smith
26 68
August Block. 8 80
Frank Moore.
13 20
George Smith.
8 80
George Garland
8 80
B. Paquin .
4 40
James Bachelder 83
Charles Dalton
4 40
F. S. Lovett.
6 33
Amos Atkinson 10 00
Webster Knowles
8 00
Maurice Locke 8 00
C. J. Sellers
6 00
Frank Jones
2 00
Charles Block
8 00
John Lynch.
12 00
G. P. Frost.
2 00
George Moore 10 00
Charles Page 2 00
Abraham Dow .
4 00
Woodbury Knowles
2 00
Harold Hobbs. 4 80
Mrs. Charles Block, 78 loads gravel
at 10 cents 7 80
I. W. Brown, tile and grading 11 88
W. W. Goss. 17 90
$333 38
May, paid Fred Leavitt.
$9 35
Frank Moore
4 95
R. L. Mitchell .
20 58
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May, paid G. L. Garland $8 80
Charles Davis 13 20
Leavitt Dalton
8 80
Frank Jones
6 00
Amos Atkinson 4 00
W. W. Goss 18 80
Fred Jones 2 00
Joe Liberty
6 00
Arthur Jones . 8 00
W. W. Goss, men.
14 10
Car fares and transportation
5 36
$129 94
June, paid Robert Mitchell. $11 05
Fred Leavitt
6 60
Amos Atkinson
16 50
Arthur Jones . 5 00
W. W. Goss
24 00
W. W. Goss, men
18 26
$81 41
July, paid R. L. Mitchell. $13 20
F. C. Leavitt
17 60
Amos Atkinson. 25 75
W. W. Goss, men
10 00
W. W. Goss
20 80
$87 35
Aug., paid Amos Atkinson $26 00
Bert Mitchell
22 80
Fred Leavitt 12 65
W. W. Goss
28 80
$90 25
Sept., paid Fred Leavitt.
$13 20
R. L. Mitchell. 22 00
Chester Seavey
4 40
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Sept., paid Amos Atkinson $33 00
Abraham Dow 8 00
J. Murray 13 63
W. W. Goss 33 60
W. W. Goss, men. 6 00
W. B. Moulton, bill . 1 10
$134 93
Oct., paid Fred Leavitt
$13 20
Elmer Smith.
13 20
Herbert Langland 1 60
W. W. Goss.
4 00
$32 00
Nov., paid Fred Leavitt.
$25 03
Louis Hill.
17 60
R. L. Mitchell
20 63
E mer Smith
28 63
George Smith.
20 63
Walter Taylor
20 63
Leavitt Dalton.
8 80
Amos Atkinson.
9 38
Joe Liberty 8 00
Edward Moulton
9 38
Horace Moulton.
9 38
Harry Whenal
9 38
Arthur Jones.
9 38
George Frost.
6 00
W. W. Goss.
19 20
W. W. Goss, men.
6 00
Frank Jones.
7 38
John Lynch.
1 38
Herbert Langland
6 40
$243 21
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Dec., paid Fred Leavitt. $4 40
R. L. Mitchell . 8 80
George Smith 8 80
Elmer Smith 4 40
Amos Atkinson 4 00
John Lynch. 4 00
Arthur Jones. 4 00
Will Moulton. 4 00
Horace Moulton. 4 00
Leon Knowles.
2 00
W. W. Goss.
8 00
Orice Moulton, gravel
7 50
$63 90
$1,196 37
CONSTRUCTION
May, paid Fred Leavitt.
$70 68
R. L. Mitchell.
35 75
F. S. Lovett.
42 08
Frank Jones
26 25
C. J. Sellers.
14 75
W. W. Goss.
64 70
Elmer Smith.
8 25
Fred Jones.
9 75
Leavitt Dalton
18 65
Amos Atkinson
26 25
Justin Drake.
50 65
Charles Davis ..
53 08
G. L. Garland.
23 85
W. W. Goss, men.
158 50
Arthur Jones.
17 00
Joe Liberty.
16 50
Will Simpson.
4 00
Frank Leavitt.
17 60
Abraham Dow
12 00
John Lynch.
8 00
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May, paid Russell Berry $3 85
Louis Hill . 8 80
David Lamprey 4 40
Car fare
18 76
Transportation.
10 00
June, paid Robert Mitchell $8 25
Fred Leavitt. 7 70
Amos Atkinson. 3 63
Arthur Jones
3 63
W. W. Goss.
6 80
W. W. Goss, men.
7 50
$37 51
Oct., paid Fred Leavitt. $68 20
Elmer Smith.
68 20
F. S. Lovett
79 20
Louis Hill .
79 20
R. L. Mitchell
72 40
Justin Drake. 4 40
Amos Atkinson
36 00
Arthur Jones. 36 00
J. Murray . 26 00
Joe Liberty
34 00
Horace Moulton
34 00
Edward Moulton
30 00
John Lynch.
30 00
Harry Whenal .
22 00
Robert Whenal.
15 00
George Frost. 12 00
Herbert Langland 27 20
Joshua Drake
2 00
W. W. Goss, men. 56 00
W. W. Goss ..
59 60
$724 10
$791 40
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Nov., paid Fred Leavitt $13 20
Elmer Smith.
13 20
F. S. Lovett 8 80
Louis Hill . 8 80
R. L. Mitchell . 10 80
Justin Drake
8 80
Amos Atkinson
6 00
John Lynch. 4 00
Horace Moulton. 4 00
Arthur Jones. 6 00
George Frost.
2 00
Harry Whenal.
4 00
Robert Whenal.
2 00
Joe Liberty.
4 00
Edward Moulton.
6 00
Herbert Langland
3 20
W. W. Goss.
12 80
W. W. Goss, men.
8 00
Moses Brown, bill
2 55
G. P. Goss, bill.
3 80
$131 95
$1,684 96
BREAKING ROADS
1914.
Feb., paid Louis D. Hill $37 00
J. R. French 62 50
F. S. Lovett 15 47
Fred C. Leavitt 73 42
G. L. Garland 20 00
J. W. Barton . 40 75
Justin E. Drake 38 22
E. L. Dalton
25 50
$312 86
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MISCELLANEOUS
Paid A. Hislop, use of hearse . $12 00
W. E. Tuttle, wiring Town Hall . 65 05
Rex C. Perkins, cleaning Town Hall. 12 50
A. E. Locke, repairs on road machine
9 10
Pinqueham Press, printing . 3 29
A. E. Locke, repairs on road machine 8 68 John Pender, highway agent bond 9 00
John Templeton, printing town reports. 36 25 J. G. Mace, Perkins Post . 25 00
Albert E. Locke, treasurer bond
9 00
A. Bachelder, spraying pump
24 50
S. A. Dow, arsenate of lead
129 41
Walter Clark, labor on spraying machine 4 80
S. A. Dow, miscellaneous
7 62
S. A. Dow, miscellaneous
16 91
Arthur Seavey, sidewalk
19 53
Harry E. Carter, repair on Town House 1 50
Walter Clark . 5 34
Frank Jones, fire 8 00
Louis D. Hill, fire . 2 20
Rex Perkins, fire.
1 00
Leon M. Knowles, fire 7 00
Walter E. Taylor, spraying 151 70
Leon M. Knowles, spraying 63 75
Wilbur B. Shaw, police .
30 00
E. A. Page, election booths
4 00
T. O. Moore, election booths 14 00
Warren Moulton, expenses at Town
House .
12 02
Charles W. Philbrick, at Town House 13 16
Muchmore & Rider, highway tools . 13 38
The Fairbanks Co.
16 50
W. E. Carter, use of oil wagon 90 00
C. L. Bachelder, transportation
5 00
F. A. Marston, care of chemical, expense at fire, etc. 82 22
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Paid A. E. Locke, repairs on road machine .. $5 86 S. A. Dow, miscellaneous 8 70
Hislop Brothers, hearse 36 00
Russell Marston, cemetery and watering trough 5 50
A. E. Seavey, highway repairs
13 75
W. B. Moulton, repairs on spraying ma- chine . 2 59
Muchmore & Rider, highway tools .
5 30
George G. Carter, fire, stationery, labor 15 40 J. R. Dow, fire and miscellaneous 7 80
A. Bachelder, bills paid direct:
Postage stamps .
$1 00
Rockingham County Light & Power Co. (Thisitem appears under elec- tric lighting) 87 17
Pinqueham Press
1 04
Edson C. Eastman, book .
4 84
Boston & Maine, demurrage
6 00
John W. A. Green, registry of deeds.
72
Ames Plow Co., screen .
12 00
Allen Doane, stencil plate
2 50
Walter Clark, repairs on sprayer .
4 80
Baltimore Enamel Co., highway
signs
15 65
125 72 38 55
D. J. Lamprey, labor on highway
25 00
Wood .
6 00
George L. Seavey, stationery 9 30
Will Simpson, painting .
7 20
Fred C. Leavitt, oiling highway
169 62
Roy R. Rollins, fires
5.00
-$1,274 98
ROAD OIL
Paid Standard Oil Co., road oil
$1,534 06
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MEMORIAL TABLET
Appropriation for same. . $100 00 Paid John W. Warner, Committee. ... $100 00
OVER-DUE BILLS, 1913
A. P. Wendell . $30 00
Walter Taylor 9 00
$39 00
GRAVEL PIT
Paid Moses Brown
$75 00
OFFICIAL SERVICES
Paid O. B. Leavitt, Supervisor. $26 00
E. T. Brown, Supervisor 26 00
Walter Goss, Supervisor. 26 00
Otis S. Brown . 8 40
John W. Warner, Moderator. 15 00
George L. Seavey, Collector 125 00
E. T. Brown, Constable election day. . .
3 00
Albert Bachelder, Selectman 150 00
J. Russell Dow, Selectman. 75 00
George G. Carter, Selectman. 75 00
Roy R. Rollins, Treasurer and Clerk .. .
45 00
A. A. Brown, Constable. 35 00
$609 40
DISBURSEMENTS
State and County. $4,508 90
Discount.
580 26
Abatements .
79 20
Library.
222 96
Electric lights
1,019 33
Schools .
3,040 81
Roads and bridges.
1,652 88
State aid, roads.
1,196 37
New construction
1,684 96
Breaking roads. 312 86
Library tax.
100 00
Unpaid bills for 1913 39 00
Gravel pit. 75 00
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Official services
$609 40
Miscellaneous
1,274 98
Road oil .
1,534 06
Returned to state
43 25
$18,004 22
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand. $1,798 00
Received from uncollected taxes 129 08
Collector of taxes 14,237 39
cemetery lots.
20 00
state, for roads
747 89
junk licenses
15 00
spraying.
271 25
insurance tax.
60 00
savings bank tax
1,101 42
railroad tax.
154. 95
literary fund
60 06
Town hall .
36 00
dog licenses.
108 25
sale of chemical
6 60
hearse.
18 00
interest.
65 51
oil ..
226 95
returned to Treasurer ..
2 25
-$19,058 60
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash on hand.
$1,097 64
Uncollected taxes
145 40
Due for spraying.
24 00
Outstanding order
$59 09
Due from Standard Oil Co.
21 65
NORTH HAMPTON, February 20, 1915. We, the undersigned, having examined the Selectmen's accounts, find them correct, with proper vouchers.
J. RUSSELL FRENCH, GEORGE A. BOYNTON,
Auditors.
Treasurer's Report
Dr.
Cash on hand.
$1,798 00
Amount received from sale of hand chemical 6 60
spraying.
271 00
use of hearse
18 00
George L. Seavey Collec- tor of taxes 14,366 47
Fred C. Leavitt, unused road money 2 25
junk license. 15 00
state for roads ..
747 89
sale of oil. 179 50
sale of cemetery lot. 20 00
dog licenses 108 25
interest on deposit.
65 51
private road oiling 25 80
state, insurance tax.
60 00
railroad tax. .. 154 95
savings bank tax. . 1,101 42
literary fund. 60 06
use of town hall
36 00
Cr. $19,036 70
Amount paid state tax
.$2,408 00
county tax 2,130 90
Selectmen's orders. 13,362 97
returned to state on their overpay- ment to town 43 25
Cash on hand
1,091 58
$19,036 70 ROY R. ROLLINS, Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, having examined the books and ac- counts of the Treasurer find them correct with proper vouchers. J. RUSSELL FRENCH, GEORGE A. BOYNTON,
February 18, 1915. Auditors.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS CENTRE CEMETERY Receipts
Cash on hand from last year $36 55
Received interest on fund.
70 60
Expenditures $107 15
Paid C. C. Hendry, labor
$5 00
Earl Knowles, labor
7 00
T. E. Marston, labor
24 00
Robert Mitchell, labor
4 25
Robert Mitchell, stakes 2 00
O. B. Leavitt, labor
25 00
Otis S. Brown, expenses
1 25 $68 50
Cash on hand $38 65
JONATHAN FRENCH FUND
Cash on hand from last year $2 07
Received interest on fund 4 09
$6 16
Paid for care of lot
$1 00
Cash on hand
$5 16
WILLIAM F. PRECKLE FUND
Cash on hand from last year
$1 08
Received interest on fund. 4 00
$5 08
Paid for care of lot.
$2 00
Cash on hand.
$3 08
EAST CEMETERY Receipts
Cash on hand from last year $95 62
Received of Roland M. Baker 100 00
Received interest on fund
72 93
-$268 55
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Expenditures
Paid Irving W. Brown, mason work. $17 70
Alvin C. Brown, grading. 111 20
Alvin C. Brown, care of cemetery 38 00
Otis S. Brown, expenses 1 25
$168. 15
Cash on hand . $100 40 Total cash on hand in the New Hampshire Nat'l Bank $147 29
Received from one cemetery lot $20 00
Paid Town Treasurer. 20 00
Centre Cemetery Trust Funds, $2,200.00
One thousand dollars in the Strafford Savings Bank at Dover, N. H .; one thousand dollars in the Portsmouth Trust and Guaranty Co .; one hundred dollars, Jonathan French fund, in the Amoskeag Savings Bank at Manchester, N. H .; and one hundred dollars, William F. Preckle fund, in the New Hampshire Savings Bank at Concord, N. H.
John E. Leavitt Cemetery Fund
Received of John E. Leavitt of Wollaston, Mass., one hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be known as the John E. Leavitt Cemetery fund, and deposited the same in the New Hamp- shire Savings Bank at Concord, N. H. Twenty-five dollars, or as much as needed, to be taken to inscribe date on monu- ment at the decease of Mr. Leavitt and of his wife.
East Cemetery Trust Fund, $1,800.00
Eight hundred dollars in the New Hampshire Savings Bank at Concord, N. H .; and one thousand dollars in the Amoskeag Savings Bank at Manchester, N. H.
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OTIS S. BROWN, Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, having examined the books and ac- counts of the Treasurer of the Cemetery Trust Funds, find them correct with proper vouchers.
J. RUSSELL FRENCH, GEORGE A. BOYNTON, Auditors.
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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The State Superintendent of Highways sends the following instructions in regard to appropriations for 1915:
Highway appropriation required in the town of North Hampton, for general repair of highways and bridges . $1,650 00
If the town does not vote to accept State Aid, it
must set aside as a Permanent Improvement Fund $1,261 00 If State Aid is desired, there must be raised and set aside the sum of $630 50
If State Aid is accepted and voted, the State will appropriate.
If the town votes to apply for State Aid the Joint Fund will be as follows:
$472 75
Town to raise
$1,891 50
State to give 472 75
Total $2,364 25
STATE AID
Under the provision of the Motor Vehicle law the State is able to assist in the maintenance of the roads under State Aid.
The estimate for maintenance in North Hampton
for the year 1915 is . $1,200 00
If the town will appropriate for such maintenance the sum of 600 00
The State will appropriate. 600 00
Inasmuch as the Motor Vehicle law did not change the town liability for maintenance of a road I trust that your town will raise the amount indicated herein and so benefit by the State's proportion, as otherwise the entire maintenance charge will fall upon the town.
S. PERCY HOOKER,
State Supt. of Highways.
Report State Tax Commission, 1914
INCREASE IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
No power has constituted the members of the tax commis- sion guardians of the public in respect to expenditures for the support of government, and they have no disposition to assume that role. Nevertheless, "economy being a most essential virtue in all states," and it being "the duty of legislators and magistrates to countenance and inculcate the
principles of economy," all as set forth in the con- stitution of this state, the commissioners believe themselves to be amply justified in urging, as they have so often urged before, the importance of this subject upon the voters of the state. The public revenue, state and municipal, is the voters' business and they are responsible, directly or indirectly, for every extravagance affecting it from the inception to the ter- mination of the fund.
Every compulsory contribution levied by public authority upon people or property is in the broad sense of the term a tax, nor is it made less obnoxious or burdensome if called a fee or a fine. In the figures that follow therefore, all fees, fines, and other exactions, if any, are included with the taxes upon polls and estates. To illustrate the comparative importance of the two classes, it may be said that the taxes upon polls and estates represent about 95 per cent. and all other income about 5 per cent. of the total revenue of the state, and of the counties, cities, towns, districts and precincts therein.
Taxes as defined above have increased by leaps and bounds in recent years. In 1903 the sum of all the taxes assessed by and within the state of New Hampshire was $5,373,420.22; in 1913 it was $8,765,039.07, an increase of $3,391,618.85, or 63 per cent. in ten years. But these figures do not adequately represent the velocity the upward movement has now attained. To show that it is necessary to divide the ten-year period: The levy in 1908 was $924,388.79, or 17 per cent. greater than in 1903, while that in 1913 was $2,467,230.06, or 39 per cent.
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greater than in 1908. By so much did the advance in the last half of said period exceed that in the first half. These figures will be the more alarming if it is remembered that while taxes already sufficiently heavy were advancing 63 per cent., the population of the state increased only about 412 per cent., and while the one was advancing 39 per cent., the other in- creased only about 214 per cent.
It is instructive to study the subject from another angle. In the ten years from 1904 to 1914, both inclusive, the annual increase in all taxes defined and limited as above was as follows:
1904
$34,459.91
1905
286,590.14
1906.
115,468.39
1907
411,257. 46
1908.
76,612.89
1909
539,995.97
1910.
787,565.31
1911
215,848.50
1912.
296,216.85
1913.
627,603.43
The average yearly increase for the whole period was $336,- 561.85. The upward trend is more plainly shown, however, by dividing, as before, the ten-year period in the middle and considering the halves separately. For the first five years the average annual increase was $184,877.76; for the last five years it was $493,446.01. It is surely pertinent to con- sider how long the little state of New Hampshire, almost stationary in wealth, can sustain a tax already burdensome and increasing at the rate of practically half a million dollars a year without crippling her industries and impoverishing her people. Plainly it is a condition not calculated to attract capital from without the state or to encourage business within the same.
From the per capita standpoint the situation is not less dis- turbing. In 1903 there were assessed $12.88 in taxes for each
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man, woman and child in the state. Five years later there were assessed $14.75 for each individual, and in five years more $20.09. If in 1913 taxes had been equally distributed among all the people it would have meant a burden of $100 for each family of five members. Though in reality there was little such equality in the assessment, there was much in the payment. The fact is, that those who occupy, use or consume property, no matter who owns it, are those who in the last analysis pay most, if not all, of the taxes thereon. If the wage earner or the man of limited means understood he was in reality paying something like $100 a year in state and municipal and half as much more in federal taxes for the government of him- self, his wife and three children his influence and his vote would more frequently make for economy in appropriations and expenditures than heretofore.
No statistics for the year 1914 appear in the above para- graphs for the reason that they are not yet at hand except in part.
Breakwater at Little Boar's Head
Contributed :
Mrs. Elizabeth White Clemmons $500 00
George M. Studebaker 250 00
Estate of Mary E. Baker
200 00
John L. Hobson 200 00
D. M. Hyman. 200. 00
Miss Mary L. Gilman
100 00
Miss Mary F. Frost.
100 00
Albert Bachelder .
100 00
Town of North Hampton 100 00
Received from the State.
1,553 46
$3,303 46
Due from State.
$164 39
Expenses
I. W. Brown. $2,689 82
James L. Bachelder 348 00
Eugene Leavitt. 101 25
$3,139 07
Balance on hand .
$164 39
Report of Trustees of Public Library
During the past year the Trustees have purchased 81 new volumes for the Library and three volumes have been pre- sented, making the total additions 84, of which 50 volumes were fiction. Our reading room has been well supplied with periodicals, partly by purchase, but mostly through the kind- ness of friends of the Library.
The Trustees recommend that patrons of the Library be more free about making suggestions regarding desirable addi- tions of books or magazines. Our library should be made more useful to our students of all grades and considerable accessions to our present list of books suitable for this purpose are necessary. We hope our teachers and older scholars may suggest such books of reference, or books suitable for supple- mentary reading as may best meet our needs in this line.
The Library cellar has never been concreted and we recom- mend that this work be done as soon as practicable. In times of heavy rain the water is liable to come into the cellar and the consequent dampness is bad for the building and con- tents. We understand that the cost of the work should be inside of $100.
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