Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-31

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Facts and Figures. from Somers
al Report-Qf ieers.elect for F
claimed Inheritance Deposits
Call go Menis Draft STARK
-south' dion Lldy Passes A
|. day
!, .Accorllhx - the ANIMAL report OF
the sofessgft coult " Commissioners
which way made spnhIs8 ,esday night
the financial condition % giIe county IS
excellent with a cash ox!SssGd and in
banks of $15.521.5s.; 6Etat6msnt 81
resources includesf DUE from towns
and plantations, county tax. 1911
s71sO7s; due from State of Maine
county tax, contemporaries places
$S9S2.7l: due from Pleasant Ridge
Plantation, cash advanced ror repairs
l.
ers, road taxes in unorganized town
ships, s2320.SS; due from f. II. Braz-
Zell, fines. costs and fees, 1916 (paid
Jan. Is, 1879. s3oo.34; due from II. II
Brazzell, fines, cost and fees. 1917
lpaid Jan. 18th, 1879 s5a393; due
from Maine Central Railroad costs
petition lanG damage, $3.50 and cash
on hand and in banks, s155o1.53. The
liabilities are: inheritance deposits
tbequests and interests). s43190: court
house, S!ro couppu' bonds, $4,000; ac-
crned interest on same, s332.50; II. II
Biazzell. salary. $3.50: due Somerset
Law Library As:-n., 1917 $500: bal
ance net resources. s15.29342., on Dec
81. 1917 The nej resources December
3d. 1916. were s6.5os.26 and aS9sresul,
there there has as, been net gain of E,ss41d
during the year just past
During the past year the county
commissioners have taken the follow
ing action relating to the highways in
the county:
Petition of selectmer Of Athens ror
alteration of highway III. Athens, petit
ton dismissed: petition OF Fred r.
Hill ct ais for alterations of highway IN
Skowhegan, petition granted: petition
OF Peter Cowett, Jr.. ct alasfor altera
lions for location of waEan Skowhe
gan. petition denied; petitI6n OF select
mon of Smithfield to defineTthe limits
OF a way in Smithfield. petition grant
ed: petition OF G.. w. McClintock ct ais
for location of highways in Bingham;
re-
Brown ct ais for alteration of highway
IN Scion, petition granted; petition OF
Richard Holden CT ais for location of
highways in Moose River Plantation
petition granted.
The county tax authorized by the
Legislature for 1917 being $4,000 was
apportioned as follows. being "a mills
on dollar: Arson, amount, SiG92iI;
Athens. $4,000: Bingham, sS56.2S. due
$406.2s; Cambridge s1Ss..f; Canaan.
S45S.l9: Concord, S1639s: Cornville.
s45O.46. due. $450.46: Detroit, S2S3.41.
due. $ll6.70: Emblem, $37345; FAIR
field, s2793.9S: Harmony. s4s6.51. due
$436.5l: Hartland. s67l.01. due $671.O1
Madison, $325G.52; Mercer. s23401:
Moscow, s2S5.S7, due s2S5.S7; New
Portland, s43216: Norridgewdck,
s104S.72: Palmyra. $52O.o5. Que s52o.25:
Pittstield. $23SS.29. due s23SS29; Rip
ley s236.91; st. Adams. S5S562; due
$685.; Skowhegan, $5772.62; Smith
field, S.67.o5; Scion. s609.24: Starks
s29'.23; Bigelow Pl.. $3.50: Brighton
III. Sl4l13; Caratunk, s19a.1o: Dead
River. s177.20; Dennistown. $1772O,
due, $3.50; Flagstaff. s144.72; High
iand. sliS13: Jackman. s69a.l4; Lex
ington. s1oc.s6, due. s1o2.96; Mayfeld
$1,000. due, $4,000: Moose River,
s70o.43 due. s700.43; Pleasant Ridge
sS4.S4: The Forks. 1890: West Forks,
$4,000: Long Pond. $297.93. This
gives a total amount of S21.475.35 for
towns and organized plantations with
$l2,05o.23 unincorporated: s45037 for
timber and grass or total or $685.
1885.
The fines and costs paid into the
county treasury by trial justices and
others amounts to s991.4l, while the
are as follows: Philo Steward. register
OF probate, $273.50: o. II. Drake,
Judge of Pittsfeld municipal court,
$34.5s: J. w. Higgins. register Of deeds,
$1662.16: w. I. Seekins clerk or courts,
$705.92; II. l.. Goodrich, sheriff.
s52.27 H. II. Brazzell, judge of west
ern municipal court from Jan. l to
July I, 1917. sS1.75. This gives a total
of s2.S1019. The expenses Of the SUI
preme judicial court have been as fol-
lows for the year: January term,
Sl7So.55; April term, S1S6356: Septem-
Der term, s3429.06 or a total expense
for the year in supreme court alone of
s1O7317.
The salary Of county officers for the
year totaled s13.01497, including $3.50
for clerk hire. The salaries paid these
officials was as follows: Harry l..
Goodrich, sheriff. $1,000. with incidentai
expenses to December 81 of sS44.97: G..
@. Small, judge of probate. $500: philo
Steward, register of probate, $1,000: J..
II. Lancaster, county treasurer 5000:
w. T. Seekins, clerk of courts, $500;
John w. Higgins, register Of deeds.
$500; w. N. Osborn. county commits
sioner. $3.50; g. D. Perkins, county
commissioner, $3.50; E, T. Goodrich.
county commissioner. $3.50; H.. H.
Brazzell. judge Of Western Somerset
municipal court, s140O: Q. H. Drake,
judge of Pittsfield court, $500.
The expenses of the court house