Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Hermon Yea

The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 1902 Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Hermon Year Ending March 1, 1902 Hermon (Me.) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs Repository Citation Hermon (Me.), "Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Hermon Year Ending March 1, 1902" (1902) Maine Town Documents 6132 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/6132 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine For more information, please contact um.library.technical.services@maine.edu TESTED FREE ';= BY A REGULAR GRADUATE IN OPTICS, r ' Solid Gold F m e s, W arranted, G o ld F ille d F r a m e s , w a r r a n t e d , koo S tee l or N i c k e l F r a m e s , w a r r a n te d 50 B est S p h e r i c a l L en s es, per p r , 50 to A R T H U R "A L LE N OPTICAL CO., 28 Main / NEXT 0 ( W # ? W E e E - A NNUAL ■ * ■ j s ! s iJr U E s ® OF THE ■i f 'l ' ^ ' -y.& L RE - ã V o RET ô ? '* • \ * \* -.-f'SA ! - ,.V ' >'-V j -‘ ;U' \ •('• \v- ■ • , • i., ■4 ■ \ ••>l ;v' ;••-.>•••!V ' • Plenty of Good Restaurants on the Grounds* ^ “ From M orning until 10 o 'clo ck : at N ig h t fo r 50 Cents Good We believe you want good Clothes and will pay what they are worth You don’t expect to get them by paying less, and you are not fool­ ish enough to’'pay^more You may be wearing our Clothes now, and if you are, you know all that we can tell you about them If you are not, and have been in the habit of paying higher prices, with the idea that you are getting some­ thing better, you will never make that mistake again if you give our Hart* H S & M Clothes T a ilo r ' one trial We have a larger and better assortment in our New Store than ever before Schaffrier O' MarX yy fa d e Clothes New Store New Stock 18 BROAD STREET r & Webster Clothing Co P T DUGAN & CO.i MANUFACTURERS OF Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases =>— _ AND DEALERS IN Robes, Harnesses and Blankets Shoe Findings, all kinds Upper and Sole Leather and Cements Repairing and Ordered Work a Specialty 32 Central Street, Bangor, Maine Trunk and Lag Tel 440-11 TO W N O F TOWN OF HER F or M uni ci pa l Y e a R, the Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the poor FRANK A BISHOP, C H A S B D ORE, EVERETT W MILLER Town Agent, FRANK A BISHOP Town Clerk and Treasurer, THURSTON HUNT Superintendent of schools, HENRY J WEBBER Truant officer, GEO A SNOW Collector and Constable, GEO E TIBBETTS Superintending School Committee THURSTON HUNT, CHAS N PATTEN , ED D PAGE Board of Health DR F P W HITTAKER, T erm expires April 7, ,1902 J i M TAYLOR, i Term expires April-,7, 1903 THOS G KIMBALL, Term expires April 7, 1904 .1 (VIAH' l y 02 ASSESSORS’ REPORT There is so much misunderstanding in regard to the legal powers and duties of Assessors, that we think a few words on the subject will not be out of place at this time Assessors are sworn to perform their duties faithfully, impar­ tially, and according to law The burdens of taxation are intended by law to rest equally upon all This can only be accomplished by the faithful and fearless discharge of their duties by the assessors Unequal taxation is unjust taxation Every dollars worth of property that escapes its just, lawful, burden of taxation imposes an un­ just burden on others Every man exempted from a poll tax who is able to pay one, means that others must pay for him Equal taxation depends upon proportionate valuations Prop­ erty is constantly changing in value and frequent changes in valuations are absolutely necessary to keep pace with altered conditions Assessors have absolute power over valuations A town can­ not legally create a special commission to make a valuation of real estate, or legally impose a tax to pay for the services of •such a commission Neither can a sworn board of Assessors be bound by figures or valuations made by such a commission Therefore the action of this town years ago, when such a com­ mission was created and paid, was illegal It was the cry of long suffering tax payers for relief from long standing, dispro­ portionate valuations The idea which has prevailed to such an extent, that valua­ tions made by that commission, should stand until changed by a similar commission, is wholly erroneous Another erroneous idea that has grown to be an accepted fact in this town, is, that men are exempt by law from paying a poll tax, at 70 years of age The fact is, there never was a law in this state to exempt from poll tax at any age Assessors have power to exempt “ The polls and estates of all persons, who by reason of age, infirmity and poverty are in their judgment unable to contribute toward the public charges.” It is simply a ques­ tion of financial ability to pay— yet some of our wealthiest citi­ zens have paid no poll taxes for 12 to 15 years, until this year It is not their fault— they were not taxed This year 33 more polls pay tax than paid last year, amounting to $99.00 Ref­ erence to the annual report of the board of state assessors for 1900, shows that the towns and cities in Penobscot County ex­ empted from poll tax, all the way fron; per cent to 27.7 per cent of all the polls A sort of go-as-you-please arrangement, regardless of law Last year Bangor exempted 4.2 per cent of the whole number of polls T his year Hermon exempts 4.6 per cent of the whole number In 1900 the sum of $2150 money at interest was taxed in Hermon which is about the average for the past 20 years— this year $19315 00 has been taxed exclu­ sive of abatements, which is $2717.00 more than Brewer, Hampden, Newburgh, Carmel, Etna, Stetson, Levant, Kenduskeag, Glenburn and Hermon all together (10 towns) taxed in 1900 Tw elve persons have been taxed for money at inter­ est this year that have not been taxed previously The $17165.00 money at interest taxed this year in excess of last year yields a tax of $274.64 which added to $99.00 paid by additional poll tax payers makes the neat sum of $373.64 which other tax payers have been relieved of paying The average tax rate in Penobscot County last year was 22.9 mills or $8.90 a thousand more than the rate in Hermon Our showing this year will be equally as good We submit the following report of the V A LU A TIO N AND ASSESSM EN T FOR 1901 Value of real estate, resident $247,867 00 “ “ non-resident 31,678 00 “ personal estate, resident 63,346 00 “ “ “ non-resident 455 00 Total valuation $343,346 00 Rate of taxation, 16 mills Number of polls taxed 347 at $3.00— $1,041.00 Number of polls in supplementary tax, / Total No of polls taxed, 353 Number of polls not taxed, 17 L IS T OF APPROPRIATIONS Raised by town for schools $ 1,100 00 “ “ “ support of poor 550 00 “ “ tl repairs of roads and bridges 1,500 00 “ “ “ contingent expenses 600 00 “ “ “ repairs of school houses 100 00 “ “ “ apparatus and appliances for schools 50 00 “ “ “ cleaning and banking school houses 25 00 “ “ “ Free High School 200 00 “ “ “ Soldiers’ m onum ent 500 00 “ “ “ observance of Memorial day 15 00 “ “ “ wire fences 50 00 “ “ “ blasting ledge on Hermon hill 100 00 Total amount raised by town $ 4,790 00 State tax 996 32 County ta x 483 93 Overlayings 269 08 Supplementarytax, committed Oct 21, 1901 31 76 “ “ “ Feb 14 1902 60 Total amount committed to G E Tebbetts for col­ lection at per cent commission $ 6,580 69 FR A N K A BISHOP, ) Assessors CHAS B DORE, > of E V E R E T T W M ILLER, ) Hermon / f *• ‘4; SE LE C TM E N S REPORT COMMON SCHOOLS SCHOOL FUND Undrawn balance from last y e a r $ 156 31 Raised by town for common schools i , ioo 00 State school fund and mill ta x 934 13 Total fund* ’ $2,190 44 E X P E N D ITU R E S Bills of last year not included in supt’s report orders 'd r a w n Paid W A Clark, boarding teacher 10 weeks at $1.75 $ Edna Shaw, teaching 10 weeks at $3.50 Heirs of J D Fuller, conveying pupils Cyrus Clements, boarding teacher 1o weeks at $2.00 E H Prescott, boarding teacher weeks at $1.75 “ “ “ “ “ 10 “ “ $2.00 “ “ “ 21-2 cords wood at $4.00 “ “ “ janitoring Albert'Wing, janitoring 17 50 35 00 30 00 20 00 12 25 20 00 10 00 50 50 Total $ 148 75 Bills of present year* see itemized report, supt of schools ORDERS DRAW N For wages and boardof teachers $1,555 00 fuel ,139 75 conveyance of pupils 209 56 janitors 50 65 incidentals 70 Total amount of orders drawn $2,112 35 Undrawn 78 09 14 C O N T IN G E N T E X P E N S E S RECEIPTS Balance as reported in favor of town last year $ Less amount paid bills not reported in liabilities, viz : Schoolbooks * $21 88 Banking and unbanking school houses 50 Road bills, see roads and bridges 37 15 Janitoring 50 City of Bangor, supplies to Ashel Annis 1200 Legal Counsel 00 Medical attendance, Dolly Jenness 150 One tax deed, worthless, see assets, 1901, report 16 92 ' - $ Actual bal from last year available for con­ tingent expenses Raised by fhe town for contingent expenses • • • Overlayings for 1901 Supplementary tax, 1901 Supplementary tax, 1901 Dog license refunded by State Reimbursement for sheep killed by d ogs Railroad and telegraph tax Cash from H B Leathers, error in 1901 report 343 95 45 247 $600 00 2^9 31 77 00 16 00 4° J79_ Total available contingent fund I274 45 EXPENDED Paid T G Kimball, services on board of health in 1900 $ 00 E E Dillingham, books and stationery bill of 1900 11 47 O F Knowles & Co., printing and blank books 25 Hattie Holt, for driveway bill of 1900 75 J B Miller, wood for town house — 5° C N Patten, ballotclerk Apr 8, 1901 5° L D Snow, “ “ “ “ “ 50 C P Brackett, “ “ “ “ “ 50 J W Leathers, “ “ “ “ “ 50 J T Bowler, list real estate transfers and mortgage records 00 C H Glass & Co., printing reports of 1901 13 75 A W Drew, removing nuisance 00 Levi Leathers “ “ 00 G E Tibbetts, premium col of 1900 106 81 Charles Brooks, public watering tub 50 Martin & Cook, legal counsel in 1900 00 O F Knowles & Co., stationery and printing 50 15 H C Warren, work in cemetery 00 F A Bishop, guide-board : 00 G W Hopkins, public tub 50 Leon M Hewes, “ 50 Mrs Newcomb, “ 50 C P Brackett “ 50 F A Bishop, “ 50 Wilson Kimball, “ 50 Gubtil estate, “ 50 F A Bishop, attendance session State assessors 00 W H Patterson, lock and clasp for jury box 60 P H Coombs, Engineer, for examination of bridge, 50 O F Knowles & Co., printing Rd blanks, 50 Dr.’ A M Puriuton, reporting births and deaths 50 Martin & Cook, legal counsel 00 James H Burgess, “ 00 G A Snow, compensation as Truant officer 00 G W Chase, work in cemetery 00 Thurston Hunt, salary as S S Committee 00 C N Patten, “ “ “ 00 Ed Page, “ “ “ 00 L L Tibbetts, compensation as Road Commissioner, 153 00 Geo E Tibbetts, abatement on 1900 tax 58 71 Geo E Tibbetts, abatement on 1901 tax 35 73 Maud McLaughlin, damage to sheep by dogs 00 T Lin Daggett, “ “ “ * 00 F E Paine, “ “ “ 00 Preston Ijlammond, “ “ “ 00 F A Bishop, postage, registering, etc 85 C B Dore, care of tramps 00 C B Dore, services as Selectman, & c 39 00 T G Kimball, services on Board of H ealth 00 E W Miller, services as Selectman, & c 31 00 J M Taylor, services on Board of H ealth 00 F P Whittaker, M D.,reporting birthsand deaths, 50 Dr F P Whittaker, SecretaryBoard of H ealth 00 F A Bishop, services as Selectman, & c 75 00 F A Bishop, use of team 00• J B Miller, wood for town house 00 Dr H J Webber, reporting births and deaths 75 T Hunt, recording births and deaths 65 T Hunt, interest on town orders 69 T Hunt, services as Treasurer 39 00 Charles'Annis, repairs on ballot b o x 25 H J Webber, services as Superintendent of Schools 115 00 $821 26 Undrawn 453 19 16 ,112 69 35 11 00 39 i 55 00 86 0 r> M R E C A PITU LA TIO N OF E X PEN SES Common schools \ School house repairs Cleaning and banking school houses Text books and appliances , , Free High school Support of poor : ' Roads and bridges Contingent expenses Soldiers’ monument Memorial d a y Wire fences Blasting on Hermon H ill .• 821 16 65 26 500 00 15 00 l 02 91 20 Orders drawn $6,360 or 996 32 State t ax County tax 483 93 ',840 26 v;y V I•n* % h v• i ■1 I ♦ 17 A S S E T S MCH i, 1902 Bal due on G E Tibbetts, col., unpaid taxes $1,589 98 from F A Bishop, guardian for Horace Tibbetts, estimated 32 50 W A Merrick, for removal of nuisance 00 from State for damage to sheep by dogs 00 Cash in treasury 24 10 $1,652 58 L IA B IE IT IE S MCH 1, 1902 Due Insane Hospital at Augusta, estimated $ “ “ Bangor, “ Common school fund, undrawn balance Free High School fund, “ “ outstanding orders interest on outstanding orders G E Tibbetts, per cent com on $4990.71 col City of Bangor, support of Ashel Annis and wife Town of Mt Desert, supplies to Walter Booker Morse & Co., lumber for roads and bridges outstanding road commissioners orders Ginn & Co., for school books Silver, Burdette & Co , for school books E F Dillingham, for blk books, stationery T W Burr, for printing reports, for 1902 estimated cost of road breaking since Feb 20 32 65 78 45 843 33 98 10 24 72 14 56 19 11 18 10 50 00 09 00 76 77 81 00 50 99 12 88 80 61 00 00 $ i,4 83 Assets above liabilities 217 75 Respectfully submitted, F R A N K A BISH O P, ) Selectmen CH AS B DORE, > of E V E R E T T W MI L L E R, ) Hermon ✓ Treasurer’s Report of 1901 THURSTON HUNT, T reasu rer, In account w it h TOW N OF HERMON 1901 March 12 DR Cash in treasury $ 13 G1 Balance clue from G E Tibbetts, uncollected taxes 1,046 24 May 15 To assessment o f 1901, committed to G E Tibbetts, viz : State tax 996 32 County tax * 483 93 Town ta x 4,790 00 Overlayings 269 08 June 29 Cash from town of Monticello, rembursement for support o f Winnie B Gould ; 26 35 Oct Supplementary tax, 1901 31 76 21 Cash from M C R Co 00 Nov 12 “ “ town of Monticello, for support of Mrs Gould 29 74 “ “ R H Patten, fo r dynamite 12 “ “ Charles Annis, for old fen ce 50 Bill against W A Merrick, for removal-of nuisance 00 1902 Jan 11 Cash from F A Bishop, guardian o f Horace T ib b e tts 56 08 Feb Supplementary tax, 1901 ’ 60 Dog license refunded by State 77 00 Reimbursment by State for sheep killed by d o g s 16 00 Railroad and telegraph tax 40 State school fund and mill tax 934 13 Cash from W A Swan, reimbursement for support of Mary Swan, in fu ll • 76 41 Cash from H B Leathers, error in 1901 report 17 98 $8,892 25 1902 Feb 21 25 CR By 282 paid selectmen’s orders, returned $4,757 60 “ 48 “ “ “ “ 487 05 State tax paid 996 32 County tax paid 483 93 40 selectmen’s orders, returned 497 71 “ “ “ 52 96 Bill against W A Merrick 00 Balance due from G E Tibbetts, uncollected taxes of 1901 1,589 9s Cash in treasury 24 10 $8,892 25 Respectfully submitted TflURSTON HUNT, Town Treasurer We have examined the above accouut and find it to be correct as above S electm en !• J* e v* •V R E P O R T |y fi OF THE Jr?' U Superintendent of Schools FO R T H E Y E A R E N D IN G M ARCH i, 1902 To the Citizens of the Town of Hermon : - The follwoing is a correct report of your schools and the transactions of the School Board during the year 1901 The schools in general have been highly satisfactory during the year 3* 'Ii' The School Board have been united in their work, and have labored hard for the interests of our schools Very respectfully, f? •.v• if ?.4 T H E N R Y J W EBBER, M D , Supt of Schools and Recording Sec’ty of School Board • v r»/> 20 N a m e of T e a c h e r W h o le n um ber of s c h o la r s A verage n u m b e r W ages per week ,eii£rth scrlOOl in c lu d in g board weeks A m o u n t, V •v SPRING TERM 10 11 12 13 14 16 1G 21 23 12 11 25 20 12 31 19 13 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 §4 4 5 50 50 75 75 75 00 5 4 25 50 50 50 50 50 §31 31 33 40 33 31 35 43 31 38 38 31 31 4 5 6 50 50 25 00 25 25 00 00 75 50 31 31 36 35 36 43 42 35 47 31 O 16 17 23 25 13 12 29 23 13 34 20 14 10 o Edna Shaw Cora Webber Ruth Kimball Helen Felker Emma Pierce Sadie Leathers Effl e Booker Lucy Bryant Grace Hopkins Linnis Snow Eva Paine Golda Philbriek Lillian Simons, 50 50 25 25 25 50 00 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 75 00 75 75 00 00 2fi 50 ) FALL TERM ii 12 13 14 Edna Shaw Cora Webber Ruth Kimball Grace Hopkins Eva Paine Lucy Bryant Linnis Snow Golda Philbrick Helen Felker Sadie Leathers 16 14 29 13 22 25 27 19 39 14 12 25 11 20 23 24 17 31 7 7 7 7 7 W IN TE R TERM r, 11 12 14 W A Swan Cora Webber Lucy Perkins W H Lord Edna Shaw F Prescott Eva Paine Linnis Snow R W Snow Golda Philbrick N I Edminster 22 14 22 25 13 21 18 29 33 19 10 20 13 15 20 11 17 16 25 25 17 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 50 25 00 00 00 25 25 00 o 50 50 75 00 52 50 70 00 90 00 60 00 70 00 52 50 72 50 80 00 55 00 55- 00 §15£5 00 i 21 JA N ITO R IN G ACCO U N T School No 9, 10 11 12 ' 13 14 11 12 12 General Histories Silver, Burdette & Co., Arithmetics Thurston Hunt, paid paper for teacher’s examination $ 10 56 15 17 $ 21 67 10 00 10 21 15 00 19 80 $94 06 T W VO SE, A T T O R N E Y AT LAW, A d a m s B l o c k , C o l u m b i a S t , M u n i c i p a l a n d Pa u p e r Law a specialty BANGO R, M A IN E " Save Y O U D I M E S and the Dollars M U take care o f themselves.” IB E'bery Price a t Our S tore , means a Saving to YO L.: There's, no use talking, i f YOL ’w ant to sa v e good m oney on CLOTHING and FU For M EN and ‘BO YS, YOL can't better than to trade w ith us W E W A N T YOU for a perm anent custom er, and haroe combined Q U ALITY and PRICE to YOUR sure SATISFACTION, fo llo w the } ■ W isest buyers! 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U Superintendent of Schools FO R T H E Y E A R E N D IN G M ARCH i, 1902 To the Citizens of the Town of Hermon : - The follwoing is a correct report of your schools and the transactions... sort of go-as-you-please arrangement, regardless of law Last year Bangor exempted 4.2 per cent of the whole number of polls T his year Hermon exempts 4.6 per cent of the whole number In 1900 the. .. to the annual report of the board of state assessors for 1900, shows that the towns and cities in Penobscot County ex­ empted from poll tax, all the way fron; per cent to 27.7 per cent of all the