ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF TREMONT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 16, 19o9. ELLSWORTH, MAINE: HANCOCK COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1909. TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1908. SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR : Loren W. Rumill, Lowell A. Bunker, Albert D. Moore. TOWN CLERK. Winfield S. Sprague. TREASURER, B.B. Reed. COLLECTOR OF TAXES, Henry T. Webster. S. S. COMMITTEE : Clifton M. Rich, Howard N. Kelley, B.B. Reed. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Myra Powers, part term; F. L. Provan, part term. ROAD COMMISSIONER, Henry T. Webster. BOARD OF HEALTH: Louis S. Springer, Thomas Tapley, James A. Gray. TRUANT OFFICERS : Edwin H. Bunker, Lewis S. Springer, Clinton H. Gray. ASSISTANT FIRE WARDS : Lester L. Dorr, Crawford S. Webster, Clinton H. Gray. SELECTMEN'S STATEMENT. To the Tax-payers and Inhabitants of the Town of Tremont: We herewith respectfully submit a financial statement of your town. VALUATION Resident, real estate $154 850 personal estate 29,156 $184,006 Non-resident, real estate $53,630 personal estate 6,735 60,365 Total valuation of Tremont $244,371 Number of assessed polls, 322. Poll tax, $3.00. Population of Tremont, estimated, 1,300. Rate of assessment, .025. Number of unassessed polls, 30. Resident taxes $5,566 15 Non-resident taxes 1,509 I2 Total taxes $7,075 27 MONEY ASSESSED. For State tax $764 53 county tax 406 II $1,170 64 common schools $1,000 00 poor and insane 900 00 repairs of schoolhouses 150 00 highways and bridges 900 00 breaking snow 100 09 text-books 150.00 town charges 800 00 Bass Harbor public library 25 00 town debt 200 00 interest on notes and orders 30 00 sidewalks 300 00 4 For students' tuition $150 00 State road 42 00 McKinley schoolhouse note 600 oo building McMullen road 50 oo land damage for same 410 00 5,807 oo overlays 97 63 Total amount committed $7,075.27 DISBURSEMENTS. Pd. for teachers, 1907, $945; 1908, $2,342 $3,287 00 janitors, 1907, $56 75; 1908, $121 50 178 25 wood, 1907, $34 55; 1908, $363 90 398 45 Total cost of schools $3,863 70 text-books, 1907, $11 52; 1908, $136 37 I47 89 tuition of scholars, out of town 215 00 repairs of schoolhouses, 1907, $2 50; 1908, $244 27 246 77 SUPPORT OF LOCAL POOR. Pd. for Aram T Ober $18 49 Arno W Cough 58 oo Rose Dawes Birch 8 75 city of Brewer, for digging grave of Charles Rich's child in 1907 5 oo Mrs Alexander Norwood and child 82 I5 burial expenses of child, coffin, $5 oo, L W Rumill, service, $2 00, Mrs Albee, $1 oo, team, $1 oo, Rev F L Provan, $1 IO OO Mrs Joseph Swazey 32 32 Loren C Ober, this amt was repaid labor $1925 $14 I3 cash 33 38 $248 09 Pd. for Betsey Tinker 160 60 SUPPORT OF INSANE. Pd. for Joseph W Freeman $161 72 Lucy A Titus 167 Ellis A Robinson I70 67 Lydia G Reed 169 56 Mary H Rich I7I 66 Mary E Murphy 168 72 Arabella Galley 176 86 5 Pd. for Albion R Pray $182 II Albion Murphy, including examination and commit- ment 71 40 Antoinette Harmon 150 16 $1,590 57 PERMANENT POOR. Pd. for Bertha Rich $ 42 00 Fred Gott 138 21 Roscoe Gott 149 36 $329 57 Southwest Harbor 38 per cent of EAC Robin- son's board for 1908 59 28 Southwest Harbor has paid 62 per cent of the above account. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. ROAD ORDERS OF 1907. Pd. Frank McMullen, material $1 20 Mt. Desert Supply Co, 800 $9 20 BREAKING SNOW, 1907. Pd. L C Ober, $ 54 Pd. Frank Galley, $1 84 Levi Rich, 90 Pearl Robbins, 900 Clinton Gray and crew, 1230 $24 58 ROAD COMMISSIONER'S ORDERS, 1908. Pd. for highways and bridges $869 30 sidewalks 245 01 breaking snow 47 98 new road at McKinley 56 44 ROAD ACCOUNT. Roads, labor and material furnished for the year 1908, in town of Tremont, paid for by order of commissioner : H T Webster, $124 43 H L Sawyer, $ 23 80 " for material, 87 Sidney Wallace, 110 00 Jas A Gray, 60 W S Sprague, 33 35 H N Kelley, I 50 J E Ober, 28 80 Joel K Hodgdon, 7 20 Pearl Murphy, 36 00 Wm A Norwood, 8 20 Frank Robinson, 27 90 H W Bowden, 3 75 Collins Campbell, 96 00 6 John W Dorr, $ 7 00 A E Eaton, $ 6 OO R L Latty, 6 4° Clinton Gray, 6 95 Wm R Donaldson, 5 30 Ed Seavey, 4 50 John B Mitchell, 4 80 M E Benson, dirt, 2 50 Geo W Trask, 2 oo Geo Freeman, 2 50 C M Reed, 4 00 A D Rich, 75 Wm H Thurston, 6 30 S W Webster, I 50 S C Webster, 7 90 L J Norwood, IO oo Wm H Webster, 9 80 J L Kelley, dirt, 2 50 L C Ober, 60 O M Walls, poles, 2 IO Ed D Kelley, 54 40 R M Rumill, " I 80 Jos Swazey, 54 60 G B Galley, 6 oo Wm Farley, 59 20 F McMullen, 3 25 John Murphy, 36 00 Whitcomb, Haynes & Co, 40 60 Total cost of highways and bridges $874 67 Amount appropriated 816 OO Amount overdrawn $ 58 67 HENRY T. WEBSTER, Commissioner. PAID FOR BREAKING SNOW, 1908.