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TOWN OF DORCHESTERNEW HAMPSHIREANNUAL REPORT1924ANNUAL REPORTof theSELECTMEN AND TREASURERof theTown of Dorchestertogether with the Reports of theROAD AGENTS AND OTHER OFFICERSOF THE TOWNfor theFiscal Year Ending January 31, 1925alsoVital Statistics for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1924.PRINTED BY TOWNE & ROBIE,- FRANKLIN, N. H.1925.Digitized by tine Internet A rein ivein 2009 witii funding fromBoston Library Consortium IVIember Librarieslittp://www.arcliive.org/details/annualreporttown1925dorcTOWN OFFICERS.MODERATORH. H. AshleyTOWN CLERKHarrison H. Noyes and Winona Fairburn.SELECTMENGeorge N. Burnham H. A. Ashley Charles CarterROAD AGENTIsaac D. WalkerTREASURERFrank W. BurnhamTAX COLLECTORAzro H. SchoolcraftOVERSEER OF POORGeorge N. BurnhamHEALTH OFFICERAzro H. Scho.olcraftAUDITORSPaul D. Smith James CarterSCHOOL BOARDHerbert H. Ashley Isaac D. WalkerHarrison H. NoyesSCHOOL DISTRICT TREASURERAnnie G. AshleySUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLISTDana Tibbetts Hubert Walker Wilfred BlainTOWN WARRANT.THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.To the inhabitants of the Town of Dorchester, in theCounty of Grafton, in said State, qualified to vote inTown Affairs.(L. S.)You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall, insaid Dorchester, on Tuesday, the tenth day of Marchnext, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon thefollowing subjects:1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for theyear ensuing.2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessaryto defray town charges for the ensuing year, and makeappropriation of the same.3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessaryfor repairing highways and bridges for the ensuing yearand make appropriation of the same.4. To see if the town will vote to accept State AidMaintenance for highways and make appropriation ofthe same.5. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aidfor New Construction and make appropriation of thesame.6. To see if the town will vote to observe Old HomeDay and make appropriation of the same.7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro-priate $400.00 for the control of White Pine BlisterRust.8. To see if the town will authorize the selectmento borrow money in anticipation of taxes.9. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, or com-mittees heretofore chosen and pass any vote relatingthereto.10. To act upon any business that may legally comebefore said meeting.Given under our hands and seal, this nineteenth dayof February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundredand twenty-five.GEORGE N. BURNHAM,H. A. ASHLEY,CHARLES CARTER,Selectmen of Dorchester.A true copy of Warrant—Attest:GEORGE N. BURNHAM,H. A. ASHLEY,CHARLES CARTER,Selectmen of Dorchester.SUMMARY OF INVENTORY.Lands and Buildings,APPROPRIATIONS.1924.Town Charges,Town of Dorchester, AssetsCash:In hands of Treasurer, $1,688 59• In hands of Officials:Road Agent, 7 11Patrolman, 51 95Town Groton Due Patrol Account, 18 99Old Home Day (deposited in PlymouthGuaranty Savings Bank), 49 66Accounts Due Town:Due From State:(a) Joint Highway Accounts, UnexpendedBalances in State Treasury Main-tenance, 90 74(b) Joint Fund, 32(c) Bounties, 54 00Other Bills Due Town:From H. H. Noyes, account auto permit, 4 00Total Assets, $1,965 36Grand Total, $1,965 36Surplus, January 31, 1924, $125 33Surplus January 31, 1925, 353 54Increase of Surplus, 228 21Town of Dorchester, LiabilitiesAccounts Owed by the Town:in PlymouthDue Cemetery Account,Old Home Day (depositedGuaranty Savings Bank),Bridge Fund,Due School District:(a) Dog Licenses, 1924,(b) Balance Appropriation,State and Town Joint Highway Accounts(a) Unexpended Balance in State TreasuryMaintenance, Balance in Town Treasury,Maintenance, Balance in State Treasury,Total Liabilities,Excess of Assets over Liabilities (surplus).Grand total.$37 5049 66300 0010Town of Dorchester, ReceiptsFrom Local Taxes:11Town of Dorchester, PaymentsCurrent Maintenance Expenses:General Government:1. Town officers' salaries, $393 932. Town officers' expenses, 117 213. Election and registration expenses, 82 004. Expenses town hall, 262 10Protection of Persons and Property:Police department, 12 006. Bounties, 119 40Health:Vital statistics, 1 00Highways and Bridges:8. State Aid maintenance, 1,700 009. Town maintenance, 1,800 00Recreation:10. Old Home Day, 60 00New Construction:11. State Aid construction, 468 00Payments to Other Governmental Divisions:Taxes paid to State (special tax), 200 00State tax, • 552 00County tax, 562 90Payments to school districts, 2,700 00Total payments for all purposes.Cash on hand, Jan. 31, 1925,Grand total.$9,030 541,688 59$10,719 13DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS.$72 8913$14 0014Bounties.Bounties on wildcats, $80 00Bounties on hedg-ehosrs, 39 40Total, $119 40Vital Statistics.F. A. Bogardus, M. D., return of births anddeaths, $1 0015ROAD AGENTS' REPORT.Report of Isaac D. Walker.Receipts.Cash on hand, Jan. 31, 1924, $15 08Received from the Selectmen, ap-propriation, 1,700 00Received from the Selectmen, partauto tax, 100 00Received from Rudolph Cham-pagne, on account State Aidmaintenance, 15 56Total,16Alfred W. Ashley,17Harry E. Laplant, 106 loads of18Northeast Metal Culvert Co., cul-vert.19H. F. Durand, cement and steel,Kirk N. Burnham,Michael Feinen,Tom Newton,George N. Burnham, labor, team,use of engine,Fred Churchill, sharpening drills.Total,Paid by State for culverts,Paid by State for engineering,,Balance in State treasury,Total, Town and State, $755 15Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM,Agent for Joint Fund.90 3020Frank Carr,Burt Churchill,Adolph Delsart,H. H. Ashley,W. Hill,I. D. Walker,Wheaton Lumber Co.,Charles A. Krahenbuhl,A. Colburn,Rudolph Champagne,James Perreault,Harold Tibbetts,F. A. Churchill,Francis Goodhue,H. A. Ashley,George Churchill,J. H. Fairburn,John Ouimby,George Churchill,Charles Ashley,Total paid the Selectmen, $231 83Error in H. H. Ashley permit (due townfrom H. H. Noyes), $4 00Automobile Permits, 1925 :John Taylor, $7 47Paid Selectmen:Filing fee in primary, $1 00Dog Licenses.26 males, $52 006 females, 30 00$82 001 7221COLLECTOR'S REPORT, 1924.Assessment, 1924,Added to book after assessent, two polls,1922 poll tax collected.Interest collected.Abatements,Total collected and paid Treasurer, $7,369 68Respectfully submitted,AZRO H. SCHOOLCRAFT, Collector.$7,341 6010 005 0023 0822H. F. Sargent, orchestra,A. F. Burtt, lumber,H. F. Durand, trucking.E. S. Pease, groceries,H. H. Noyes, lumber and pastry,Wilfred Blain, labor and supplies,Winona Fairburn, pastry,Lydia M. Schoolcraft, pastry,Jane Carter, pastry,Annie Ashley, pastry,Charlotte Hemeon, pastry,A. W. Ashley, labor and pastry,Charles Carter, labor and truckingA. H. Schoolcraft, labor,George N. Burnham. labor, supplies, pastry and trucking,Charles Krahenbuhl, pastry,John Quimby, labor,C. O. Barney, printing,TotalCash on hand (deposited in Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank),Total, $216 50Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM,Chairman of Committee.Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM,HERBERT A. ASHLEY,CHARLES CARTER,Selectmen of Dorchester.We the undersigned having examined the accounts ofthe Selectmen, Road Agent, Patrolman, Treasurer, Col-lector of Taxes, and Town Clerk, for the year endingJanuary 31, 1925, find them correctly cast and properlyvouched.PAUL D. SMITH,JAMES CARTER,Auditors.52 00DORCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT.Report of the Treasurer and School Coimmittee of Dor-chester School District for Year Ending June 30, 1924.Receipts.Balance, cash on hand, July 1, 1923, $19 28From Town Treasurer:Balance due from 1922-23 account,Part payment on 1923-24 account,Appropriations for:High School tuition.Salaries, district officers,Per capita tax.Repairs and improvements,Dog- licenses, due 1922, 1923,From sale of material.From State treasurer, equalization fund,$3,148 32, $91924Medical inspection,Transportation of pupils,High school tuitions,Per capita tax.Balance cash on hand, June 30, 1924,$3,148 32Balance due from town treasurer, June, 30,1924, $856 08Respectfully submitted,ANNIE G. ASHLEY. Treasurer.10 50759 00210 0068 0025D. Appleton Co., 5 03Little, Brown Co., 4 91Ginn & Co., 16 76Scholars' Supplies:26Harold Walker,27STATISTICAL TABLE.Teachers: Nellie M. Ashley, Town House School.Elizabeth Ashley, North School.Superintendent: Clarence M. Harris.Registration: Boys, 10; Girls, 17; total, 27.Per cent of attendance : 93.2.Visits: By Superintendent, 40; by citizens, 50.Graduates : Deane Carr, Ethel Noyes, Pearl Willey..3 Os aa; o(/) 1^, S aW 52

Annual report of the selectmen and treasurer of the town of Dorchester together with the reports of the road agent and other officers of the town for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1925, also vital statistics for the year ending Dec. 31, 1924.

Town of DorchesterNew Hampshirec^<2^<2ANNUAL REPORT 1925©«©«^:©«©«©j;(^:(®:©«©«^:(®:^®:(®3-5«©«®:(©«©«©«®:©«©iANNUAL REPORTof theSELECTMEN AND TREASURERof theTown of Dorchestertogether with the Reports of theROAD AGENTS AND OTHER OFFICERSOF THE TOWNfor theFiscal Year Ending January 31, 1926alsoVital Statistics for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1925.PRINTED BY TOWNE & ROBIE,FRANKLIN, N. H.1926.Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2009 with funding fromBoston Library Consortium IVIember Librarieshttp://www.archive.org/details/annualreporttown1926dorcTOWN OFFICERS.MODERATORHerbert H. AshleyTOWN CLERKWinona FairburnGeorge N. BurnhamSELECTMENCharles CarterROAD AGENTIsaac D. WalkerTREASURERFrank W. BurnhamTAX COLLECTORAzro H. SchoolcraftOVERSEER OF POORGeorge N. BurnhamHEALTH OFFICERAzro H. SchoolcraftJames CarterAUDITORSSCHOOL BOARDPaul D. SmithClayton EastmanHerbert H. Ashley Bertha M. Burnham, ,Isaac D. WalkerSCPIOOL DISTRICT TREASURERAnnie G. AshleySUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLISTDana Tibbetts Wilfred BlainHubert WalkerTOWN WARRANT.THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.To the inhabitants of the Town of Dorchester, in theCounty of Grafton in said State, qualified to vote inTown affairs:. (L. S.)You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall, insaid Dorchester on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next,at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the fol-lowing subjects:1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the yearensuing.2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary todefray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro-priation for same.3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessaryfor repairing highways and bridges for the ensuing yearand make appropriation for the same.4. To see if the town will vote to accept State aidmaintenance for highways and make appropriation for thesame.5. To see if the town will vote to accept State aid fornew construction and make appropriation for the same.6. To see if the town will vote to observe Old HomeDay and make appropriation for the same.7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate$400 for the control of White Pine Blister Rust.8. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen toborrow money in anticipation of taxes.9. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, or commit-tees heretofore chosen and pass any vote relating thereto.10. To act upon any other business that may legallycome before said meeting.Given under our hands and seal this sixteenth day ofFebruary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred andtwenty-six.GEORGE N. BURNHAM,PAUL D. SMITH,Selectmen of Dorchester.A true copy of Warrant—Attest:GEORGE N. BURNHAM,PAUL D. SMITH,Selectmen of Dorchester.SUMMARY OF INVENTORY.Lands and l)uildings.Horses, 91,Mules, 1,Cows, 97,Other neat stock, 7,Sheep, 23,Fowls, 921,Fur bearing animals, 2,Vehicles,Portable mills, 8,Wood and lumber.Stock in trade,Total,Polls, 119, at $3.00,Amount of taxes committed to collector,Average rate for all purposes.Amount of real estate exempted from local taxa-tion, land planted to pines.Soldier exemptions.$291,693 00APPROPRIATIONS.Town charges.Highways and bridges,Bridge fund.Repairs for road machine and rollers,State aid maintenance,State aid construction,Old Home Day,Elementary schools,High school tuition,Salaries of district officers,$2.00 per capita tax,Superintendent's salary (excess)Repairs on school buildings.State tax.County tax,Overlay,Total,$550 001,700 00500 00150 00720 00442 0060 001,540 60280 0050 0064 00150 00150 00660 00573 38153 59$7,744 07BUDGET, 1926.The selectmen recommend that the followingbe raised for the various enterprises.Town charges,Highways and bridges.Bridge fund with recommendation that the Carrbridge be reconstructed in concrete.Old Home Day,State aid maintenance:Town to give.State to give.State aid construction:Town to give.State to give.amountsTown of Dorchester, Assets.Cash:In hands of treasurer, $1,237 36In hands of officials:Chairman Old Home Day, 64 30Accounts due town:Due from State:(a) Unexpended balance, joint fund,(b) Forest fire department,(c) Bounty on hedgehogs and wild cats.Total assets,Grand total,Surplus January 31, 1925,Surplus, January 31, 1926,Increase of surplus,69 209,Town of Dorchester, Liabilities.Accounts owed by the Town:Due cemetery account, $35 50Old Home Dav. 64 30Bridge fund, ^ 800 00State and Town Joint Highway Accounts:Joint Fund (a) Unexpended balance in StateTreasury,Joint Fund (b) Unexpended balance in TownTreasury,Total liabilities.Excess of assets over liabilities (surplus)Grand total. $1,451 2669 2010Town of Dorchester, ReceiptsFrom local taxes:Property taxes committed to collector, 1925, $7,393 07Poll taxes current year actually collected, 119, 357 00From State:(a) For State aid maintenance, 1,152 06(b) For State aid construction, 158 67(c) For State aid, Lyme and Dorchester (special) 200 00Railroad tax. 8 10Savings bank tax, 118 60Bounties, 54 00From local sources except taxes:Dog licenses, 95 08Rent of town hall, 70 88Interest received on taxes, 74 27Income from departments, lumber and fuse sold, 126 89Permits for the registration of motor vehicles, 319 92Receipts other than current revenue:Temporary loans in anticipation of taxes, 1,275 00Total receipts from all sources, $11,403 54Cash on hand February 1, 1925, 1,688 59Grand total, $13,092 1311Town of Dorchester, PaymentsCurrent Maintenance Expenses:General Government:Town officers' salaries.Town officers' expenses,Election and registration expenses,Expenses, town hall and other buildings.Protection of persons and property:Fire department.Bounties,Health:Health officer,Vital statistics,Highways and bridges:State aid maintenance.Town maintenance.General expenses.Recreation:Old Home Day,Public service enterprises:Cemeteries,Unclassified:Taxes bought by town,Interest:Paid on temporary loans,New construction.Temporary loans.Taxes paid to State,Taxes paid to County,Payments to school district,Total payments,Cash on hand, January 31, 1926,Grand total.$469 17369 3513 00134 07DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS.$114 9213Rudolph Champagne, cutting lumber,Guy E. Camp, cutting lumber,George N. Burnham, drawing lumber and stump-age,George N. Burnham, express, freight, telephoneand errands,Towne & Robie, printing reports,Winona Fairburn, auto manual,Paul D. Smith, car fare,George N. Burnham, postage two years, car fare,recording deeds,A. H. Schoolcraft, expenses to tax meeting andtax bills,Frank W. Burnham, postage.Total, • $369 35Election and Registration Expenses :Wilfred Blain, supervisor, $4 00Dana Tibbetts, supervisor, 5 00Hubert Walker, supervisor, 4 0012 0015 5614Health:Azro H. Schoolcraft, health officer, $5 00E. E. Ladd, M. D., return births and deaths, 1 25Total, $6 25Fire Department:Alfred W. Ashley, posting forest fire notices, $10 00Cemeteries:John Ouimby, mowing cemetery near town hall, $2 00Unclassified:Taxes bought by town, lot owner unknownnear West Lebanon club house, estimated 35acres, valued at $1200; taxes, costs and'interest, $30 64Interest:Pemigewasset National Bank, on temporary loans, $46 38Indebtedness:Pemigewasset National Bank, temporary loans, $1,275 00Payments to other Governmental Divisions:Taxes paid to State, $660 00Taxes paid to County, 573 38Payments to school district, 3,400 69Highways and Bridges:General Expenses:Good Roads Machinery Co., repairs for machineBen B. Foster, labor on machine.Good Roads Machinery Co., plow points,Thompson & Hoague, stone pickers.H. H. Ashley, repairs on rollers.Total, $125 09Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM,PAUL D. SMITH,Selectmen of Dorchester..e, $3515REPORT OF RUDOLPH CHAMPAGNE,PATROLMAN.Receipts.From the Selectmen,16Michael Feinen,Georg-e N. Burnham,Kirk N. Burnham,Town Dorchester, finished raihngs,H. L. Fletcher, dynamite.W. H. Scott,D. F. Cilley,Fred Willett,I. D. Walker,I. D. Walker, 46 loads gravel,Ben B. Foster, blacksmithing.North East Metal Culvert Co., culverts.Paid by State, steel and engineering.Total,Errors deducted by the State,Total, $1,953 52Respectfully submitted,RUDOLPH CHAMPAGNE.Patrolman.7 3917Adolph Delsart, 59 72Henry Delsart, 2 52Fred Waldron, 5 25J. H. Fairburn, 24 49W. H. Scott, 27 99Paul D. Smith, 84 08Russell Noyes, 10 88E. S. Pease, spikes and nails, 4 10Ernest Hanley, 4 27Howard Dewitt, 4 27John T. Hanley, 12 10Berger Metal Culvert Co., culvert, 16 00Arthur Colburn, 12 25John G. Colburn, 15 16Roy Parris, 1 16Hubert Walker, 56 25L. J. Goss, 14 96George W. Rowen, 35 79Guy E. Camp, 10 30Kirk N. Burnham, 46 67Josie Gilman, bridge stringers, 3 60Ruth Park, team and stringers, 188 78Margaret S. Walker, boarding teamster, 10 50George N. Burnham. 137 10Harold Walker, 84 34John Quimby, 14 37Rudolph Champagne, 28 00Charles Krahenbiihl, 57 56Frank W. Burnham, 3 88Clyde Quimby. 10 88Robert Porter, 43 34Wilfred Blain, 26 00Fred Churchill, 27 97Scott D. Burley, 33 44A. W. Ashley, 40 00D. F. Cilley, 35 79W. M. Moses, 20 62Sylvanus Moses, 10 69H. H. Ashley, 7 00Henry Collins, . 2 00Herbert J. Eastman, 34 00Clayton Eastman, 6 22Azro H. Schoolcraft, 6 02Helen M. Merrill, 25 loads gravel, 2 5018C. E. Hibbard, bridge stringers, 8 40D. S. Stone, plank, 99 12V. H. Spurr, plank, ' 70 24Total expenditures, $2,263 11Respectfully submitted.ISAAC D. WALKER, Road Agent.STATE AID CONSTRUCTION.Receipts.Received from the selectmen, $485 82Payments.I. D. Walker,Dean Carr,AVilliam Moses,Sylvanus Moses,John T. Hamley,Lester J. Goss,Stanley Hemeon,James Carter,Harold Tibbetts,J. H. Fairburn,Mica Crystal Co., dynamite andfuse,Helen M. Merrill, 56 loads gravel,A. F. Burtt, pick handles,Fred Churchill, repairing drag,Michael Eeinen,Ben B. Foster, sharpening picksand drills,Town of Dorchester, lumber forforms,George N. Burnham,Paid by State, Steel and Engineering,$523 47Unexpended balance in town and State, 184 55Total appropriation, $708 02Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM, Agent.$61 8419DORCHESTER OLD HOME DAY.Receipts.Gifts, $64 00Refreshments sold, 92 50Supplies sold, 1 82Lumber sold, 2 20Town appropriation, 60 00Payments.Lewis O. Martin, pictures, $31 50Sears, Roebuck & Co.. knives,forks, pitchers, 13 00White River Paper Co., paperdishes, 13 10R. J. AlcLean, advertising, 2 00P. T. Stewart, oranges, lemons andsupplies, 3 90Wilfred Blain, pastry and blue-berries, 5 20Daisy Quimby, pastry, 2 00George N. Burnham, three days'time, and use of automobile, 15 00George N. Burnham, supplies fordinner, 4 33Rumney band, 60 00E. S. Pease, supplies, ice cream,etc., - 20 60Sam Craft, trucking, 1 50Mrs. H. H. Clough, butter andpastry, 4 25John Quimby, labor, 3 00Bertha Burnham, pastry, 1 25Annie Ashley, 16 quarts beans andDastry, 6 00Winona Fairburn, pastry, 2 75Margaret S. Walker, pastr}-, 1 75Jane Carter, pastry, 2 50Charlotte Hemeon, pastry, 2 00Leona Rowen, pastry, • 2 50$220 5220Lydia Schoolcraft, pastry, 2 00C. O. Barney, advertising and in-vitation cards, 4 75Charles A. Krahenbuhl, pastry, 1 00Total expenditures, $205 88Cash to balance deposited in thePlymouth Guaranty SavingsBank,'14 64$220 52Balance 1924 deposited to Old Home DayAccount in Plymouth Guaranty SavingsBank, $49 66Balance 1925, 14 64Total deposits to date, $64 30Respectfully submitted,GEORGE N. BURNHAM, Chairman.TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.Receipts From Automobile Permits.Harold Tibbetts,George Mace,John G. Colburn,George N. Burnham,H. A. Ashley,Otis Guay,Harry Webster,Ernest Page,Nellie M. Ashley,Ulysses S. Goss,Vernon H. Spurr,AVilliam Moses,Ernest Hanley,James Carter,Leroy Parris,H. H. Noyes,$2 2521James Perreault, 16 91George N. Burnham,Guy E. Camp,Rudolph Champagne,Arthur R. Colburn,Z. G. Taylor,J. H. Fairburn,Charles E. Wheeler,Wilfred Blain,George W. Rowen,Theron J. Carbee,John Quimby,Otis Guay,H. H. Noyes,S. D. Burley,Charles Ashley,Charles H. Braddock,Fred Churchill,Charles Krahenbuhl,Thomas Newton,Frank Carr,Harold Walker,Custer Quimby,Adolph Delsart,Frank W. Burnham.I. D. Walker,L. J. Goss,H. H. Ashley,Harry Laplant,Azro H. Schoolcraft,Eddie Marzell,Vernon H. Spurr,Clyde Quimby,Charles Carter,Charles Millette,John H. Fairburn,Clayton Eastman,John Taylor,Arthur R. Colburn, -Total 1925 permits paid treasurer, $281 252 20221926 Permits.John G. Colburn,Arthur Colburn,Charles C. Ashley,Otis Guay,D. S. Stone,H. A. Ashley,George N. Burnham,Harold Tibbetts,Fred Churchill,Total paid treasurer, $34 67Dog Licenses, 1925.Males, 29, $58 00Females, 9, 45 00$103 00Less clerk's fees, 7 92$1 5723TREASURER'S REPORT.Receipts.Cash on hand, Jan. 31, 1925, $1,688 59Received from selectmen, 3,632 30Received from tax collector, 7,771 24Total receipts, $13,092 13Payments.Paid by order from the select-men, $11,854 77Cash on hand Jan. 31, 1926, 1,237 36Total, $13,092 13Respectfully submitted,FRANK W. BURNHAM, Treasurer.AUDITORS' REPORT.We, the undersigned, having examined the accounts ofthe Selectmen, Road Agent, Patrolman, Treasurer, Col-lector of Taxes, Town Clerk, and Chairman Old HomeDay, find them correctly cast and properly vouched.JAMES CARTER.CLAYTON EASTMAN,Auditors.DORCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT.For the Year Ending, June 30, 1925.Receipts.STATE AID:Equalization fund for elementaryschools,Equalization fund for elementaryschools,INCOME FROM LOCAL TAXES:For the support of elementaryschools.For the payment of high schooland Academy tuition,For the salaries of districtofficers,For repairs.From the town on last year'sappropriations,FROM SOURCES OTHER THANTAXATION:Dog Licenses,Sale of property.Total,Cash on hand July 1, 1924,Grand Total,9525GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURESFor the Year, 1924-1925.Salaries of District Officers:Annie G. Ashley,26Other Expenses of Instruction :World Book Co.,J. L. Hammett Co.,Janitor Service :Elizabeth Ashley,Nellie M. Ashley,Isaac Burnham,George Churchill,Margaret Noyes,Gladys Quimby.I. D. Walker,Harold W^alker,Fuel:Wheaton Building & Lumber Co..I. D. Walker,John Quimby,J. H. Eairburn,H. H. Noyes,H. A. Ashley,E. S. Pease,Water, Lights and Janitor Supplies :Masury Young Co.,E. S. Pease,Minor Repairs and Expenses:J. L. Hammett & Co.,B. & M. R. R..E. S. Pease.I. D. Walker,John Quimby,Arthur Ashley,Medical Inspection:Dr. L. M. Orton,Transportation:Mrs. Eliza Rousseau,Margaret Walker,$6 1827High School and Academy TuitionCanaan School District,Plymouth School District,Ashland Special School District,Per capita tax,$3,342 24 $3,342 24$70 00210 0035 0028Number of pupils promoted at the end of theschool year, 22Number of pupils who left school during theyear to end their school life, 2Graduates from the 8th grade, 21. Sylvanus Moses. 2. Katie Walker.Number of pupils in high schools, 4Per cent of attendance in schools, 93.26Average salary of teachers, $825 00Visits made by members of the school board, 12Visits made by the superintendent, 23Meetings held by the school board, 10^ <u _"^'t, ^ta a. " VS ft t-— o3 o>,3d e: S o « ^ San § aj to ^)_State Aid, equalization fund, $1,633 40From Local Taxation:For support of elementaryschools, $5.00 on a $1,000, 1,540 60 $1,540 60For High School and Academytuition, 280 00 330 00For salaries of district officers, 50 00 50 00Per capita tax, 64 00 50 00Superintendent's excess salary, 150 00 150 00Repairs, 150 00 120 00From Sources Other Than Taxation:Due from town treasurer, June30, 1925, 171 01Dog licenses, 75 00Elementary school tuition, 252 00Cash on hand, July 1, 1925, 88 26$4,474 2729During the current year we are conducting threeschools, The Center, Mrs. Hubert Walker, teacher; TheNorth, Miss Susie I. Chase, teacher ; and the Cheever,Miss Nellie M. Ashley, teacher. All the teachers aretrained and have had successful experience. We believethat our schools are doing an efficient year's work.A sanitary chemical toilet has been put in the Northschool house, some shingling has been done at theCenter school house, a well has been dug at the Northschool, and the underpinning there repaired.During the year 1926-1927 there needs to be a well dugat the Cheever school, and some work done on the under-pinning there. The inside of the North school buildingneeds to be painted, and the Center and the Cheeverbuildings need cupboards to hold and protect the booksand supplies, the noon lunch equipment and other things.These cupboards need not be expensive pieces of work.We wish to express a feeling of gratitude for the spiritof cooperation that has existed, and our superintendentjoins us in voicing that sentiment.We hope to see all the town's people at the exhibit ofschool work, and the graduating exercises at the townhall in June.Respectfully submitted,H. H. ASHLEY,I. D. WALKER,BERTHA M. BURNHAM,School Committee.^ io -9oh(/}h<hJ<>•3 eS ^CO -^o o

Annual report of the selectmen and treasurer of the town of Dorchester, together with the reports of the road agent and other officers of the town for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1926, also vital statistics for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925.