Auditors' report and annual exhibit of the finances of the town of Dover, Vermont for the year ending 1907, Part 5

Author: Dover (Vt. : Town)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Wilmington, Vt. : Deefield Valley Times
Number of Pages: 336


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Highway Money Received


By cash in treasury February 10, 1912, $ 16 43


By cash of S. L. Hill, delinquent taxes, 1911 list, 6 27


By cash of Wilmington Savings Bank, 500 00


By cash of Wilmington Savings Bank, 500 00


By cash of state treasurer, state highway appor- tionment, 374 75


By cash of Leon T. Bogle on 1912 tax bill, 710 27


By cash of state treasurer, permanent road work, 200 00


By cash of state treasurer, automobile fund, 106 29


By town's money voted for permanent highway, 200 00


By cash of S. L. Hill, delinquent taxes, 1912 list, 33 76


Total amount, $2,647 77


Payment of Highway Money


Paid on selectmen's and commissioner's orders, $2,311 48


Balance in treasury February 1, 1913, $ 336 29


Dog Account


Cash for 45 licenses,


$58 00


Town clerk's fees,


4 50


$ 53 50


By paid damage by dogs,


$9 00


Examination and mileage,


2 80


$ 11 80


Balance of dog fund,


$ 41 40


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Liabilities


Outstanding orders, estimated, $ 40 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated June


1,1907, 600 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated August 1, 1910, 500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated June 1, 1911, 600 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated Sep- tember 28, 1911, 500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated June 7,1912, 500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, dated July 17, 1912, 500 00


United States surplus fund due the state, 708 64


Total, $3,948 64


Resources


Delinquent taxes on 1909 list, $ 4 00


Cash in the treasury, town, 418 75


Cash in the treasury, school, 319 58


Cash in the treasury, highway, 336 29


Road machine and other road tools, etc., 350 00


The Butterfield and Carpenter places,


500 00


$1,928 62


Apparent deficit,


$1,020 02


2.020.02


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Orders Drawn by the Selectmen for Highways and Bridges


J. M. Upton, work on bridge, $ 4 00


George A. Bogle, for cutting brush, 5 25


L. E. Gould, for cutting brush, 1 40


M. E. Fessenden, for cutting brush,


8 00


Joseph Goodell, plank and work on bridge,


16 60


L. W. Elwell, cutting brush,


2 62


J. W. Moulton, cutting brush,


3 50


Joseph Goodell, shingling bridge,


27 50


D. S. Prouty, sawing plank and cutting brush, 6 51


L. D. Moulton, cutting brush,


2 27


William E. Shippee, building bridge,


16 10


C. L. Wentworth,


1 13


W. D. Howe, bridge plank,


8 96


Weston J. Snow, work on bridge,


6 00


D. F. Fitch, work on bridge,


13 00


J. A. Davis, tools for road work,


4 55


O. E. Hill, cash paid F. G. Harvey,


3 85


Joseph Goodell, work on highway,


21 25


S. H. Yeaw, drawing and putting plank on,


1 75


C. H. Bemis, cutting brush,


2 45


M. E. Johnson, cutting brush,


8 75


C. N. Shippee, work on bridge,


7 50


Davis & Bogle, bridge plank,


17 68


C. E. Pease, cutting brush,


4 72


George A. Gould, cutting brush,


1 23


Joseph Goodell, building sluice,


15 00


E. H. Pratt, cutting brush,


1 05


E. J. Bartlett, cutting brush,


2 63


IV. L. Upton, work on bridge,


8 00


S. L. Hill, work on bridge,


10 50


C. N. Shippee, work on dug way,


5 00


Leon B. Shippee, work on bridge,


5 00


Timothy Houghton, work on bridge,


1 20


6


O. E. Hill. work on bridge, 15 40


J. J. Snow, work on bridge. 5 56


S265 91


Orders Drawn on Highway Treasury by the Selectmen for Highways


C. H. Bemis. work on highway,


$ 18 49


G. A. Gould. work on highway. 1 40


F. H. Holland. work on highway, ? 21


T. D. Fessenden. work on highway.


1 13


B. B. Cooper, work on highway.


:0


T. L. Bartlett, work on highway. 3 30


M. H. Lyman. work on highway,


4 50


G. T. Goodell. work on highway, 2 10


F. E. Yeaw. work on highway and cash paid, 4 19


$ 38 1%


Orders Drawn by Selectmen for Support of Poor


AUGUSTA CARPENTER.


O. O. Ware. for merchandise. $ 3 00


George A. Bogle. for wood. 19 63


T. A. Davis, merchandise.


18 :1


E. T. Bartlett. milk and butter.


2 92


R. E. Russell. potatoes.


2 00


E. J. Bartlett, milk and butter.


4 00


T. A. Davis. merchandise,


20 66


L. B. Shippee. potatoes.


1 50


R. H. Stanley, mending shoes.


25


E. J. Bartlett, milk and butter.


69


H. F. Barber & Son. 1 pair shoes.


2 50


Ø. E. Hill. supplies. 5 00


$ 80 92


EXPENSES OF THE BUTTERFIELD FAMILY.


George Harris, for digging potatoes, $ 6 00


R. E. Russell, for milk and butter, 32 93


J. A. Davis, for merchandise, 31 89


Dr. L. T. Page, for medical services, 34 25


J. A. Davis, for supplies, 50 18


R. E. Russell, for drawing wood, 4 00


O. E. Hescock, for cutting wood, 1 15


O. E. Hill, for supplies,


5 00


Mrs. D. F. Fitch, for work,


2 00


$168 00


BLANCHE MOULTON.


Frank Hescock, board and care, $ 17 00


Frank Hescock, board and care,


25 .50


Frank Hescock, board and care,


27 00


J. A. Davis, supplies,


2 50


$ 12 00


CHARLES BUTTERFIELD.


J. A. Davis, clothes, $ 14 10


HARRY WHIDDEN.


WV. C. Halladay, clothes, $ 11 30


TRAMPS.


R. H. Stanley, keeping tramp,


$ 1 00


Timothy Houghton, keeping tramp, F. E. Ryther, keeping tramp,


2 00


3 00


$352 32


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Miscellaneous Orders


E. L. Hildreth, printing town report, $ 13 25


M. E. Johnson, 1/2 cord wood, 1 00


A. E. Jones, driving hearse, 4 00


Leon T. Bogle, record book, 11 85


Wilmington Savings Bank, for town, 500 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for highway, 500 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for schools, 500 00


Leon T. Bogle, state highway tax, 128 23


Leon T. Bogle, state school tax,


205 18


Leon T. Bogle, interest on United States deposit,


35 43


Leon T. Bogle, county tax, 25 65


Leon T. Bogle, interest on Robinson Fund, 27 79


Leon T. Bogle, freight on road machine, 19 82


Leon T. Bogle, road machine and plow point,


231 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for town,


500 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for highway,


500 00


Lewis Elwell, watching forest fire,


2 00


Tax on Carpenter house, 1 44


Leon T. Bogle, election printing, 15 00


J. C. Brown, shingling road machine house, 5 00


D. S. Prouty, shingles for road machine house, 9 61


Mary Goodell, 1 sheep killed by dogs, 5 00


George Boyd, 1 sheep killed by dogs, 4 00


F. E. Yeaw, examination and travel, 1 60


O. E. Hill, examination and travel, 1 20


Leon T. Bogle, supplies,


9 80


Leon T. Bogle, Wilmington Savings Bank, interest, 146 14


To highway from town fund, 200 00


$3,650 99


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Services of Town Officers


H. M. Brown, services as lister, $ 29 50


L. G. Snow, services as lister, 21 03


Frank Hescock, services as lister, 31 28


W. Frank Jones, services as listers' clerk, 6 00


J. A. Davis, services as health officer, 42 05


S. L. Hill, services as presiding officer, 14 00


H. M. Brown, services as ballot clerk, 2 00


G. W. Russell, services as ballot clerk, 1 00


W. C. Halladay, services as civil authority,


1 50


F. E. Yeaw, services as selectman,


11 00


O. E. Hill, services as selectman, 14 25


D. F. Fitch, services as selectman, 14 75


O. E. Hill, services as overseer of poor, 4 00


W. F. Jones, services as ballot clerk, 1 00


Frank Hescock, services as ballot clerk, 1 50


Leon T. Bogle, services as town clerk, treasurer and trustee and cash paid, 50 45


J. A. Davis, services as health officer, 5 40


F. E. Yeaw, services as acting health officer, 1 50


F. E. Ryther, services as civil authority,


3 25


J. L. Bartlett, services as auditor,


1 50


W. Frank Jones, services as auditor,


4 50


$261 46


ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT


FROM FEBRUARY 10, 1912, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1913, ORDERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AS FOLLOWS :


J. J. Snow, $1.12, $1.10, $ 2 22


Frank Hescock, $1.34, $8.47-571/2 hours, 9 81


J. D. Fessenden, $2.05, $20, $15.13, $5.78, $3.20-2221/2 hours, 38 96


J. D. Fessenden, gravel, 20


10


Bert Putnam, $1.40, $1.75, $1.75, $1.75, $3.50- 58 hours, 10 15


John Morgan, $4.20, $12.25, $3.50, $3.50- 134 hours, 23 45


F. H. Johnson, $4.62, $5.25, $4.20, $9.80, $1.40- 144 hours, 25 27


J. W. Moulton, $5.25, $10.15, $3.50, $1.75, $3.50, $2.10-150 hours, 26 25


George Cooper, $7.00-40 hours, 7 00


L. D. Moulton, $6.00, $2.10-54 hours, 8 10


John Davidson, $5.25-30 hours,


5 25


M. H. Lyman, 671/2 hours, team 20 hours,


16 31


W. E. Bartlett, 20 hours,


3 50


Lyman Bogle, 20 hours,


3 50


Fred Bogle, 20 hours,


3 50


Ralph Davis, $6.13, $2.60-50 hours,


8 73


Ralph Johnson, $26-130 hours,


26 00


W. L. Upton, board of Albert Halladay, L. G. Snow and D. S. Prouty, 9 40


Victor Hescock, lumber,


3 24


W. L. Upton, $27.50, $6.30, $4.00,


37 80


Waldron Russell, $3.00, $1.00, $1.25-50 hours,


5 25


George Gould, $12.00, $9.52, $14.35, $1.40-213 hours, 37 27


Truman Greene, 83 hours,


14 57


Lyman Greene, 35 hours,


6 13


Ora Bogle, 75 hours,


12 13


Leslie Greene, 20 hours,


3 50


W. G. Shippee, 35 hours,


6 12


George Boyd, $22.37, $4.37, $11.81, $2.59-115


hours, team 90 hours, 40 19


George Boyd, gravel,


95


George Bogle, 95 hours,


16 63


Bert Stanley, $.87, $5.25-35 hours,


6 12


Walter Hescock, $17.32, $4.03-72 hours, team 50 hours, 21 35


11


Orrin Hescock, 54 hours, 9 44


Hattie Metcalf, board, $8, $3, 11 00


F. L. Upton, 33 hours, 5 77


D. S. Prouty, 160 hours, team 160, 68 80


D. S. Prouty, hay, 3 35


A. E. Halladay, $62.80, $16-197 hours,


78 80


Eddie Houghton, $16.32, $1.75-8512 hours, team 2012 hours, 18 0%


Lucius Gould, 40 hours, 7 00


Jerry Foley, $1.75, $2.27-23 hours, 4 02


W. J. Metcalf, 2512 hours,


3 85


R. H. Stanley, 24 hours,


4 20


F. H. Holland, 30 hours, team 5 hours,


6 12


F. B. Holton, 10 hours, 1 75


Lewis Elwell, $37.27, $14.17-294 hours,


51 44


L. G. Snow, $105, $4.40,


109 40


C. J. Lazelle, hay,


4 20


Wayland Moore, $7, $2.10-52 hours,


9 10


W. N. Lazelle, 49 hours,


8 58


C. H. Wentworth, 611/2 hours,


10 75


C. H. Wentworth, lumber,


50


H. E. Sherman, 20 hours, team 20 hours,


8 00


James H. Atwood, 40 hours,


7 00


R. S. Bogle, 16 hours,


2 80


W. L. Yeaw, 47 hours, team 23 hours,


13 39


W. N. Lazelle, 26 hours,


4 54


Carlton Lazelle, 15 hours,


2 63


W. L. Upton, 45 hours, team 45 hours,


18 00


M. H. Lyman, 3234 hours,


5 72


E. R. May, 5 hours,


87


A. E. May, 273/4 hours, 4 85


George Bogle, 80 hours, 14 00


F. E. Yeaw, 361/2 hours, team 1 hour, 2 10


O. C. Bolster, 20 hours, team 20 hours, 8 00


O. C. Bolster, lumber, 1 00


Carlton Halladay, 25 hours,


4 38


1


12


F. L. Gould, 20 hours, team 20 hours, 8 00


Ralph Yeaw, 111 hours, team 49 hours, 30 00


C. H. Bemis, 934 hours, team 6 hours, 3 10


C. W. Ingraham, 121/2 hours, 2 17


M. A. Moore, 591/2 hours, team 15 hours,


12 75


Martin Johnson, 39 hours,


6 82


H. M. Brown,


2 80


J. M. Bailey, 91/2 hours,


1 66


J. M. Bailey, lumber,


50


William Titus, $8.55, $1.57-6712 hours,


10 12


C. H. Pease, 10 hours,


1 75


Warren Putnam, 10 hours,


1 75


E. L. Wilder, 10 hours,


1 75


C. J. Lazelle, 1512 hours,


2 71


E. H. Pratt, 11 hours,


1 92


D. F. Fitch, 16 hours, team 8 hours,


4 20


G. J. Goodell, 20 hours,


3 50


H. A. Prouty, 4 hours,


70


A. E. Jones, 612 hours,


1 15


A. E. Jones, lumber,


35


J. S. Gallup, gravel,


2 25


J. L. Bartlett, 36 hours,


6 30


L. T. Bogle, 19 hours, team 6 hours,


4 37


F. E. Yeaw, 8 hours, team 8 hours,


3 40


Ralph Johnson, 70 hours,


14 00


$1,091 28


S. H. Yeaw, 50 days and 9 hours,


$101 80


S. H. Yeaw, cash paid, 3 59


S. H. Yeaw, team, 4 75


S. H. Yeaw, man, 7 03


S. H. Yeaw, making report, 3 00


$120 17


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ORDERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOR STATE WORK AS FOLLOWS :


M. H. Lyman, man and team 30 hours, $ 14 00


Will Upton, self and team 20 hours, 9 00


L. G. Snow, self and team 20 hours, 9 00


George Boyd, self and team 10 hours, 4 00


George Bogle, 20 hours,


3 50


Lewis Elwell, 3114 hours,


5 45


F. H. Johnson, 35 hours,


6 12


George Gould, 41 hours,


7 17


J. W. Moulton, 30 hours,


5 25


John Davidson, 30 hours,


5 25


S. H. Yeaw, man 10 hours, team 7 hours, 3 07


W. L. Hall, road material, 1 50


H. Stetson, gravel,


50


James Brown, 10 hours, 1 75


Ralph Yeaw, 34 hours, team 20 hours,


10 45


L. G. Snow, self and team 35 hours, 14 00


C. L. Wentworth, 30 hours,


5 12


John Morgan, 37 hours, 6 47


J. W. Moulton, 35 hours, 6 12


J. D. Fessenden, 37 hours, 6 47


F. L. Gould, self and team 10 hours,


4 00


Carlton Halladay, 25 hours,


4 37


Waldron Russell, 15 hours,


1 87


George Gould, 27 hours,


4 72


Bert Putnam, 15 hours,


2 62


W. L. Yeaw, self and team 10 hours,


4 00


J. D. Fessenden, gravel $5.40, land damage $1,


6 40


S. H. Yeaw, 80 hours, 16 00


Total, $168 17


S. H. YEAW,


Commissioner.


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ORDERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOR WINTER WORK AS FOLLOWS :


J. S. Gallup, 15 hours, team 15 hours, $ 15 00


Sherwin L. Hill, self and team 55 hours, 27 50


E. H. Pratt, 13 hours, team 612 hours, 2 93


C. H. Pease, 4 50


H. M. Brown, 20 hours,


3 00


George A. Gould, 13 hours, team 91/2 hours,


4 30


R. C. Lazelle, 1234 hours,


1 90


George Cooper, 30 hours,


4 50


J. W. Moulton, 101/2 hours,


1 57


E. J. Bartlett, 14 hours,


2 11


John Morgan, 71/2 hours,


1 12


Johnson Brothers, 21 hours, team 2 hours,


3 45


O. C. Bolster, 1212 hours,


1 88


B. F. Butterfield, 3812 hours, 5 78


W. L. Upton, 48 85


John Gallup, self and team 10 hours,


4 00


W. J. Metcalf, 10 hours and board $2.25,


3 75


Bony Cooper, 21 hours,


3 15


H. L. Stetson, self and team 46 hours, 18 50


O. E. Allen, self and team 35 hours,


14 00


M. A. Moore, 1034 hours and land damage,


6 60


W. E. Bartlett, 91/2 hours, team 6 hours,


2 30


R. H. Stanley, snowing bridge,


95


M. H. Lyman, 912 hours,


1 43


R. S. Bogle, 14 hours,


2 10


F. H. Holland, 10 hours, 1 50


W. J. Parker, 25 hours, team 12 hours,


5 55


J. L. Bartlett, 213/4 hours,


3 18


W. M. Harris, 2134 hours, team 1834 hours,


6 07


Total, $201 47


S. H. YEAW,


Commissioner.


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Expenditure of State Highway Money, 1912


Orrin Hescock, work 186 hours at 1712c per hour, $32 55


Leon Shippee and team, work 188 hours at 50c. per hour, 94 00


George Davis and team, work 141 hours at 50c.


per hour, 70 50


Crayton Shippee and team, work 291 hours at 50c. per hour, 145 50


George Davis, work of B. M. Hescock, 66 hours at 171/2 c. per hour, 11 55


W. E. Cannon, work 76 hours at 1712c. per hour, 13 29


Ralph Davis, work 56 hours at 171/2c. per hour, 9 80


Millard Johnson, work 12312 hours at 12c. per hour, 14 82


Walter Hescock, work 182 hours at 171/2c. per hour, 31 98


Ed. Houghton, work 40 hours at 1712c. per hour, 7 00 Frank Hescock, work 260 hours at 171/2c. per hour, 45 48


Weston Snow, work 193 hours at 1712c. per hour, 33 17


Frank G. Harvey, work 123 hours at 111/2c. per hour, 21 52


Sherwin Hill, work 9612 hours at 1712c. per hour, 16 87


Lyman Bogle, work 43 hours at 171/2c. per hour, $ 50


Edson E. Ellis, work 66 hours at 171/2c. per hour, 11 55


Plumb Lumber Co., dynamite, 20 00


Clark Chandler, cement, 7 05


J. J. Snow, use of scraper, 1 00


Frank Hescock, damage to stone boat,


2 00


16


O. E. Hill, cash paid for dynamite caps and fuse, 5 75


O. E. Hill, work 386 hours at 20c. per hour, 77 20


$680 68 Respectfully submitted,


O. E. HILL, State Agent.


Received of the treasurer of the town of Dover, Vt., a rate bill of the delinquent tax payers of said Dover, on the grand list of 1912, amounting to $137 28


Of this amount there was paid into the treas- urer's hands by delinquents the amount of $ 24 00 I have collected and paid into the treasury the amount of $107 34


There remains uncollected the tax of Bert E. Putnam, which is in the hands of the select- men, amounting to $ 5 94


$137 28


Receipt taken up and account settled with treasurer January 31, 1913.


SHERWIN L. HILL, Constable.


Dover Vt., January 31, 1913.


Respectfully submitted,


W. FRANK JONES, JAMES L. BARTLETT, Auditors. W. C. HALLADAY,


Dover, Vt., February 1, 1913.


Births


1912


Apr .. 13. Son to Henry M. and Addie (Gould) Sherman.


Apr. 27. Daughter to Ernest G. and Rosie (Scranton) Howe.


May 6. Son to Bert E. and Ida (Powers) Putnam.


May 7. Daughter to Orrin E. and Minnie (Pike) Hes- cock.


May 8. Son to Forrest L. and Florence (Sage) Upton.


July 27. Son to Ernest and Minnie (Pratt) Betterly.


Sept. 2. Son to George F. and Kate (Cooper) Davis.


Sept. 10. Twin sons to Wallace and Eva (Farrington) Bartlett.


Sept. 10. Daughter to Clarence E. and Stella (Benson) Pease.


Sept. 12. Son to Alva E. and Etta (Adams) Jones.


Deaths


1912


Yrs.


Mos.


Days


Jan. 12.


Clark L. Brown


73


3


20


Mar. 10. Alice Roberts


54


4


5


May 10.


Hescock


3


May 19. William Yeaw


94


3


14


July 28.


Frances Greenleaf Graves 80


3


28


Sept. 10. Roy Farrington Bartlett


Sept. 25. Ray Farrington Bartlett


15


Oct. 17.


Eliza A. Shippee


64


2


29


Marriages


1912


June 12. Edgar Daniel Tracy and Ruby Mary Green.


Annual Town Meeting


The legal voters of the town of Dover, Vt., are hereby notified and warned to meet at the church in Dover Center on Tuesday, the 4th day of March, next, at 10 o'clock a.m., to act upon the following articles, to wit :


ARTICLE 1. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?


ART. 2. To act upon the auditors' report.


ART. 3. To choose all town officers required by law to be elected at the annual March meeting.


ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to pay their town officers for the ensuing year, and, if so, how much.


ART. 5. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will vote to raise to defray the expenses and liabilities of said town.


ART. 6. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will vote to raise for the maintenance of highways.


ART. 7. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will vote to raise for school purposes.


ART. 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to the books willed to the town by the late Lucy (Rawson) Chase, and to elect library trustees if the town so orders.


ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for library purposes, and, if so, how much.


ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for highway purposes to take advantage of the state aid law, and, if so, how much.


ART. 11. To see if the town will have medical inspection of its schools.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to abate the unpaid tax of A. D. Knight.


ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to aid the Windham County Agricultural Society, and, if so, how much.


ART. 14. To do any other legal business.


O. E. HILL D. F. FITCH } Selectmen. F. E. YEAW


Dover, Vt., February 8, 1913.


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WILBUR COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF


VERMONT LIBRARY


AUDITORS' REPORT


AND


Annual Exhibit of the Finances


OF THE TOWN OF


DOVER, VERMONT


FREEDOM


VERMONT


AND


FOR THE YEAR ENDING


January 31, 1914


BRATTLEBORO: PRESS OF E. L. HILDRETH & CO.


1914


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List of the Town Officers of Dover, Vt., Chosen March 4, 1913


Moderator : Town Clerk, Treasurer and Trustee: Leon T. Bogle. Selectmen: D. F. Fitch, F. E. Yeaw, M. H. Lyman. Overseer of Poor : G. A. Gould. First Constable: D. M. Hale.


Listers : Laton G. Snow, H. M. Brown, Frank Hescock. Auditors : W. C. Halladay, F. B. Holton, J. L. Bartlett. School Directors : A. E. Jones, F. H. Johnson, W. E. Bartlett. Collector of Taxes : Town Treasurer. Town Grand Juror : G. D. Hale. Road Commissioner, W. E. Shippee. Town Agent : F. E. Ryther. Fence Viewers: G. J. Goodell, Frank Hescock, H. M. Brown. Pound Keeper: D. F. Fitch. Inspectors of Wood and Lumber : J. A. Davis, Dana S. Prouty.


AUDITORS' REPORT


The auditors of the town of Dover, Vt., respectfully sub- mit the following report. The grand list of 1913 was $2,- 769.71. On this list there has been assessed a tax of 155 cents on the dollar-15 cents for town, 50 cents for school and 30 cents for highway.


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT Town Money Received


Feb. 1.


1913. Cash in treasury at settlement, $ 418 15


June 9. Cash of Wilmington Savings Bank, borrowed, 500 00


Check of state treasurer, bounty on noxious animals, 24 45


Oct. 1. Cash of selectmen, B. E. Putnam's delinquent tax, 2 11


Cash of M. H. Lyman, hay from Butterfield place, 7 00


Nov. 15. Cash on 1913 tax bill, 1,941 51


30. Cash of M. H. Lyman for grass on Butterfield place, 15 00


Dec. 30. Cash of M. H. Lyman for potatoes and use of pasture on Butterfield place, 18 20


Cash of town clerk, dog licenses, 66 40


1914.


Jan. 31. Cash of W. C. Halladay, 1 05


Total,


$2.995 13


2


Amount paid out to Wilmington Savings Bank, $ 500 00 Paid to Wilmington Savings Bank all interest due, 205 57


Paid expenses of the town, including support of town's poor, 1,856 06


Paid to road treasury for state work,


300 00


Total paid out, $2,861 63


Balance in treasury, $ 133 50


School Money Received


1913.


Feb. 1. Cash in treasury at settlement, $ 319 58


Mar. 15. Cash of T. D. Potter, rent on school land to March 1, 1913, 4 17


18. Check of state treasurer, rebate on higher instruction, 1911-12, 384 68


June 30. Cash of R. E. Russell, rent on shed, 3 00


Cash of Leon T. Bogle, rent on shed, 1 50


Sept. 18. Cash of Edson Ellis, rent on school land to March 1, 1914, 10 18


Oct. 1. Cash of selectmen, B. E. Putnam's delinquent tax, 1 98


24. Check of state treasurer, state school fund, 245 71


Nov. 5. Cash of J. P. Sargent's estate, rent on school land to March 1, 1913, 1 89


15. Cash on 1913 tax bill, 1,294 34


1914.


Jan. 31. Cash, interest on Robinson fund, 27 79


Total, $2,294 82


Amount paid out on school directors' orders, $1,909 34


Balance in treasury, January 31, 1914, $ 385 48


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Highway Money Received


1913.


Feb. 1.


Cash in treasury at settlement, $ 336 29


June 9. Cash of Wilmington Savings Bank, 500 00


July 24. Cash of Wilmington Savings Bank, 500 00


Sept. 26. Cash of Wilmington Savings Bank,


500 00


Oct. 1. Cash of selectmen, B. E. Putnam's delinquent tax, 1 19


Nov. 5. Check of state treasurer, state high- way apportionment, 376 67


15. Cash on 1913 tax bill, 776 61


Dec. 29. Check from state treasurer for state road, 300 00


1914.


Jan. 23. Check from state treasurer, auto fund, 70 00


31. Cash from town treasury for state road, 300 00


Total, $3,660 76


Amount paid out to Wilmington Savings Bank, $1,000 00


Amount paid on road orders, including state work, 2,238 75


Total,


$3,238 75


Balance in treasury,


$ 422 01


Sheep Account


W. E. Bartlett, two sheep killed by dogs, $10 00


Mary Goodell, sheep killed by dogs, 5 00


F. H. Holland, sheep killed by dogs, 5 00


4


J. C. Brown, sheep killed by dogs, 5 00


M. H. Lyman, two examinations and travel fee, 2 40


F. E. Yeaw, two examinations and travel fee, 3 40


$30 80


Account of Dog License Fund


FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1914. By cash on 44 licenses,


$73 00


Less fees on 44 licenses, 6 60


Balance of dog licenses, $66 40


Paid damage done by dogs,


$25 00


Examination and mileage, 5 80


$30 80


Balance on dog fund, $35 60


Liabilities


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, June 1, 1907, $600 00 Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, August 1, 1910, 500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, June 1, 1911, 600 00


500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, June 7, 1912, Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, July 19, 1912, 500 00


Note in Wilmington Savings Bank, Sept. 28, 1912, called 1911 in last year's report, 500 00


Outstanding orders, January 31, 1914, 53 19


U.S. surplus found due the state


$3,253 19 708.64


3961.83


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Resources


Delinquent taxes on 1913 list,


$


71 19


Cash in town treasury,


133 50


Cash in school treasury,


385 48


Cash in highway treasury,


422 01


Tuition due from town of Marlboro,


12 00


$1,024 18


Apparent deficit,


$2,229 01


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Orders Drawn by the Selectmen for Highways and Bridges


C. H. Turner, cutting brush, $


3 50


George Boyd, working on bridge, 2 10


M. H. Lyman, building temporary ? 5 88


E. J. Grout, man and team, pulling brush, 5 00


E. J. Grout, bridge plank, 3 57


M. A. Moore, man and team, repairing bridge, 1 05


F. E. Yeaw, work and cash paid out on bridges, 18 06


D. S. Prouty, bridge stringers and plank, 22 56


Myron E. Lyman, bridge plank,


88 44


F. E. Yeaw, work and cash paid out on highway, 1912, 1 40


F. E. Yeaw, work and cash paid out on bridges, 1 38


Charlie Butterfield, work on bridge, 1 00


R. H. Stanley, work on Hescock bridge,


18 00


Orrin C. Bolster, wire,


3 25


Henry Sherman, cutting brush,


4 00


H. L. and V. H. Hescock, bridge timber,


2 66


George A. Boyd, work on Hescock bridge,


12 00


W. L. Upton, work on Hescock bridge, 23 00


Lyman Green, work on Hescock bridge; 16 00


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Bert Stanley, work on Hescock bridge, 16 00


M. H. Lyman, work on Hescock bridge, cash paid out and tools furnished, 63 89


M. H. Lyman, work on bridges, 11 37


L. L. Howe, timber for Taft bridge, 5 00


George A. Bogle, cutting brush, 23 63


W. D. Howe, bridge plank, 4 22


L. G. Snow, bridge plank, 6 30


Snow Bros., work on Taft bridge, 5 40


S. H. Yeaw, work on bridges, 3 43


F. E. Yeaw, work and cash paid out on Taft bridge, 12 25


S. L. Hill, work on bridges, 5 50


J. A. Davis, rope and spikes, 95


R. H. and B. J. Stanley, cutting brush on town road, 10 58


R. H. and B. J. Stanley, cutting brush on cross road, 24 99


D. F. Fitch, work on bridges, 20 00


W. J. Metcalf, work on bridges, 7 20


Joseph Goodell, work on washout near E. R. May's, 6 99


W. L. Upton, work on Hescock bridge, 7 80


Rollie E. Russell, work on Hescock bridge, 3 90


M. H. Lyman, work on Hescock bridge, 4 24


D. F. Fitch, pulling brush, 6 25


Zina Goodell, work on washout near E. R. May's, 7 50


H. C. Davis, cutting brush, 2 98


F. E. Yeaw, work on bridges and cash paid out, 5 65


Walter Hescock, work on highway,


1 50


W. E. Bartlett, bridge plank, 1 79


J. M. Upton, planking bridge, 2 00


J. C. Brown, work on bridge, 1 50


$505 66


Miscellaneous Orders


E. L. Hildreth, printing auditors' reports, $


17 50


Wilmington Savings Bank, for town, 500 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for highway, 500 00


G. J. Goodell, land damage, 4 00


Leon T. Bogle, interest on U. S. Deposit fund, 35 43


Leon T. Bogle, state school tax, 209 09


Alva Jones, retaining fee, 7 00


F. H. Johnson, retaining fee, 5 00


Wilmington Savings Bank, for highway,


500 00


New England Road Machine Co., Blade and gear rack, 10 50


Town of Dover, taxes on Carpenter and Butter- field places, 7 90




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