ANNUAL REPORTS OF' THE HIGH WAY AGENTS, LIBRARY COMMiTTEE OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, HAMPTON, N. H.

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1 ANNUAL REPORTS OF' THE SELECTMEN, TREASURER, HIGH WAY AGENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARDS, LIBRARY COMMiTTEE OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, HAMPTON, N. H. Charles Francis Adams. 1903

2 Town Officers. Moderator. SAMUEL A. TOWLE. Town Clerk, JOHN M. AKERMAN. Representative to General Court, WILLIAM E. LANE. WILLIAM E. LANE, HOWELL M. LAMPREY, CLARENCE M. DEARBORN. Town Treasurer, HOWARD G. LANE. Collector of Taxes, JOHN W. MASON. CHARLES M. BATCHELDER, School Board. ABBOTT L. JOPLIN. JOHN A. ROSS, JOHN A. ROSS. high School Board, ELIZABETH A. NORRIS. DAVID H. ADAMS, SIMEON A. SHAW, Library Committee, CHARLES M. BATCHELDER. Supervisors of Checklist, SAMUEL A. TOWLE, FRED E. PERKINS. LUCIEN W. COOK. DR. M. F. SMITH, Board of Health, JAMES A. SWIFT. HOWELL M. LAMPREY, Sealer of Weights and Measures, NELSON J. NORTON.

3 Selectmen's Report. INVOICE, APRIL 1, Resident invoice, $613,886 Non resident invoice, 156,88o Improved and unimproved land and buildings, $694,193 Polls, 321, 32,100 Horses, 263, 12,480 Mules, i, 6o Oxen, 16, 900 Cows, 342, 8,210 Neat stock, 41, 6 95 Sheep, 24, 125 Fowl, 8oo, 315 Carriages, 5, 380 Stock in banks, 4,838 Money on hand or at interest 3,600 Stock 10,600 in trade Mills, 2,270 State, County, Town, School, High school, Memorial day, Electric lights, Transporting scholars, School supplies, Percentage, TAXES FOR THE YEAR $I o $ 77 0,7 66 $ ;

4 Resident taxes, Non resident taxes 5, ,505 6o Resident highway taxes, Non resident highway taxes, T, T $7, $1, Total taxes committed to Collector, Of this amount the Collector paid treasurer, $9, , Due from Collector, Date. Payable to. Amount. Rate. Interest Paid. May 2, 1887, Towle fund, $2, Mar. 1, 1903 Jan. 1, 1891, Dow fund, Feb. 17, Leavitt fund, Jan. 1, 1903, Congregational Society, 4, Jan. t, 1903 May 1, 1898, Robinson fund, r, Feb. 1, 1903 Oct. 9, 1901, C. B. Webster fund, Dec. 27, 1901, Howard G. Lane, 1, Feb. 27, 1902 Total town notes and funds, $8, Due from Collector, $1,679, 68 Balance in treasury, Balance against the town, Feb 1 5, , Balance against the town, Feb. 15, 1902,

5 ~ ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, I90 3. RECEIPTS ASIDE FROM TAXES. Railroad tax, Saving bank tax, Literary fund, FROM STATE. - FROM COUNTY. $ For medical care of Samuel Lamprey and O'Leary woman,,$ Aid for Lavina Leavitt, 9 49 CEMETERY LOTS. Received of Oscar Jenkins for lot No. $ Heirs of Emery Fogg, Received of John W. Mason, Collector : Tax on Edward Hobbs estate, 1899, $6 98 Charles Knowles land, 1900 and 1911, W. Morgan 's property, 1901, 9 94 Charles A. Williams property, 1901, Received from Hampton beach improvement company, $50o 00 E. H. & A. St. Railway. Co., 13zo0 Dog licenses, Rent of town hall, John G. Cutler billiard table license, 8 00 Melzar Dunbar " O. H. Whittier Fines, 26o $ $ $23 00 $ , Total receipts aside from taxes $2, Received from collector of taxes for 1901, cc a,a 1902, Amount in treasury, Feb. 15, 1902, Total Receipts, 1, , $ $11,855 8o

6 HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE :..a. 1 The Selectmen have paid the following bills by orders on the Treasurer : SALARIES Paid for services : W. E. Lane, as selectman, $65 00 Howell M. Lamprey, as selectman, Clarence M. Dearborn, as selectman, Clarence M. Dearborn, as overseer of poor, 5 00 Howell M. Lamprey, as overseer of poor, 5 00 John W. Mason, as collector of Taxes, John M. Akerman, as town clerk, John M. Akerman, for licensing dogs, 6 20 Howard G. Lane, as town treasurer, George L. Stewart as police officer, 1901, George L. Stewart, as police officer, 1902, Fred C. Willev, as police officer, John I. Dow, as police officer, Frank E. James as supervisor for 2 years, John W. Mason Henry W. Emery Samuel A. Towle, as moderator for March and November, Charles M. Batchelder, member of board of education, Joseph F. Holmes, ballot clerk, 5 00 Clarence M. Dearborn, 5 00 Joseph B. Brown, 5 00 Warren H. Hobbs, 5 00 Horace M. Lane as auditor for 1901, 2 00 Abbott Norris, 2 00 $ MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. Paid W. H. C. Follansby, County tax, $2,121 8o Solon A. Carter, State tax, 1, John H. Fogg, Int. o Congretational So. 12o oo

7 ANNUAL REPORT, Paid John W. Mason, Discount on taxes paid before Aug. t, $ John W. Mason, on property sold for taxes, John W. Mason, on Non-Resident property sold for taxes Abbott Norris, Insurance on North and Center schoolhouse and Library, John Templeton, Printing town reports, 1901, John Brown. Labor in cemetery, driving hearse and ringing bell, Jeremiah G. Mace, Memorial day appropriation, 7500 Edson C. Eastman, blank book and sta toner, S.!00 Albert 00 Shaw, Library appropriation, Samuel D. Taylor, Sheep killed by dogs, to 00 John I. Dow, Collecting dog licenses, 5 00 Janitor of town hall, 14 co one cord of hard wood, 3 50 winding town clock, caring for 23 tramps, 5 75 E. P. Young, committee at beach 1901, 5 00 John W. Mason, postage, 9 95 Clarence M. Dearborn, three trips to Exeter on town business, 5 00 John N. Bradford, committee at beach 1901, 6 55 George E. Garland, services as officer of Board of health, 6 00 E. G. Cole & Co, glass, spikes etc., 7 28 John S. Gilman, care of town clock, 4 25 Charles F. Adams, printing notices, 6 00 W. T. Humphreys, insurance on town clock, 7 50 J. N. Bradford, copy of lease, 2 00 James A. Swift, services as officer of board of health, to 00 Moses Brown, tuning piano at town hall, 2 50 S. W. Dearborn, cord of hard wood for town house, 7 00

8 44 7 bridges, I IO ~o HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. o a Paid James A. Swift, fumigating, and burying a dog and pig at beach, 6 00 J. A. Lane & Co, lamp chimneys, oil etc. for town hall, 9 78 W. E. Lane, three tr ips to Portsmouth on town business, 7 50 W. E. Lane, one trip to Dover on town business, 3 00 W. E. Lane, three trips to Exeter, 6 00 copying invoice for county commissioners one day with county commissioners, 2 00 paid John S. Gilman for keys, 75 postage and express, 2 50 labor on town house, 4 00 time spent on dog licenses, 4 00 time spent finding highway surveyors,2 00 time spent looking after Samuel Lamprey and O'Leary woman, 4 00 E. H. & A. St. Railway. lighting Co., Howard G. Lane, interest on note, 50 oo HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. $4, Paid Warren M. Batchelder, Districts No. 7--8, $ extra labor on bridge, John W. Dearborn, District No. 1, extra labor on turnpike and Towle 0 Lewis H. Brown, District No. 3, George P. Mace, 4, John T. Leavitt, 5, 6o 00 Frank E. James, 6, Austin B. Mace, 9, Warren H. Hobbs, 10, Henry N. Mace, i 1, Charles W. Ross, 12, 1901, 26 71

9 o ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, Paid Joseph L. Nudd, District No. 12, $ E. P. Young, 2, 1901, S. W. Dearborn, lumber for turnpike and other bridges, Waldo Brothers, drain pipe, Clarence M. Dearborn, labor on bridges Elias H. Perkins, gravel, 9 20 L. B Smith, rocks, 1901, 5 00 Clarence T. Brown, gravel, 2 00 Boston & Maine, R. R., freight on drain pipe, 2 25 Samuel A. Towle, gravel, 1 40 C. G. Toppan, bridge stone, 1 00 SNOW PA] HS. Paid W. M. Batchelder, District No. 7-8, 1901, $63 00 John W. Dearborn, E. P. Young, 2, Lewis H. Brown, 3, George P. Mace, 4, John T. Leavitt, 5, Frank E. James, 6, Austin B. Mace, 9, Warren H. Hobbs, 10, Ernest J. Mace, I I, 8 05 Charles W. Ross, 12, 6 8o Joseph L. Nudd, 12, 204 Clarence M. Dearborn, SCHOOLS. Paid Abbott L. Joplin, school money, $1,863 8o transportation of scholars, $ school supplies, 6o 32 Messrs. Ross and Adams, High school appropriation, High school supplies, $ 1, $ $ 2,

10 12 ~ ~ ~ HAMPTON. NEW HAMPSHIRE. SUPPORT OF POOR Paid Mrs. Horace Hobbs for care of Samuel Lamprey, $63 00 Dr. F. Smith, medical attendance of Samuel Lamprey, I. S. Jones, coffin for Samuel Lamprey John Brown, burial of " " 2 50 Mrs. E J. Hobbs, nursing Maggie O ' Leary, Dr. M F. Smith, medical attendance " O. H. Whittier, hack for " 2 00 John Brown, burial of child, S. W. Dearborn, wood tor Lavina Leavitt, 7 00 E. G. Cole & Co., supplies for,, 7 00 John I. Dow, care of tramps, W. E. Lane Howell M. Lamprey, Interest, on Towle and Clarence M. Dearborn, Robinson funds, $18o 00 $ ABATEMENTS FOR 1901 AND Paid John W. Mason, collector, abatements on the following named persons for 1901 : M. L. Heath, on mill, $10 88 Frank March, 1 90 William Page, 1 36 poll, George N. Polly, 82 William Randall, poll, 1 36 Daniel W. Robins, poll, 1 36 Frank Rollins, poll, 36 Samuel S. Stanley, poll, 1 36 Charles Searles, 1 36 poll. Charles L Smith, poll, George Steel, poll 1 36 John A. Boutelle, 73 Jeremiah W. Brown, I32 Al Dukeshire, poll, 1 36 Herbert A. Gile, poll 1 36

11 13 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT 1903 Frank A. Goodwin, poll, $1 36 Charles G. Hale. poll, 36 John Jackson, poll, 1 36 Paid John W. Mason, on Dorothy Wards buildings 1901, $7 94 Bertha B. Sanborn, school tax 1901, 1 44 Joseph A. Philbrick, marsh overtaxed 1901, 1 54 Paid Frank E Smith, poll tax, $1 21 Heirs of Amos J. Towle loss by fire, Ann C. Pollard, land not owned, 2 34 George W Barbour, Joseph T. Weare, 12 Charles F. Mace, on woodland, 66 John W. Mason, on land not owned by heirs of S. D. Lane and Oliver Fogg, 2 42 $33 33 $10 92 $18 of Total abatements, $62 26 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES. Salaries. $ Miscellaneous, 4, Schools, 2, Highways and bridges, 1, Snow paths, Poor, Abatements, Total expenditures, $10, WILLIAM E. LANE, Selectmen HOWELL M. LAMPREY, of CLARENCE M. DEARBORN, Plimpton.

12 HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE We have examined the foregoing accounts of the selectmen and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. Horace M. Lane, Abbott Norris, Auditors. HAMPTON, February 21, 1902.

13 :d. b ANNUAL T0WN REPORT, I 5 Treasurer's Report. RECEIPTS. Cash in treasury $ Received of J. W. Mason, Collector, taxes, 1901, 1, , 7, Hampton Beach 500 Im'p. Co., income from hall, 34 Street R. R., 132 for fines, 260 from county, 1 ; 7 99 State railroad tax, savings bank tax, Literary fund, 105 for dog licenses, 95 other licenses, 38 cemetery lots, 23 taxes and cost, $11,855 8o EXPENDITURES. Paid State tax, $I, County tax, 2, Memorial day appropriation, Library appropriation, High school appropriation, supplies, School supplies, 6o 32 A. L. Joplin for schools, 2, transportation, 315

14 HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE. o o. o. o. :. interest on notes, discount on taxes, other orders, $ , $10, Balance in treasury, $ HOWARD G. LANE, Treasurer. We have examined the foregoing accounts of the Treasurer and find them well vouched and correctly cast. Hampton, Feb. 21, HORACE M. LANE, ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors.

15 . 1. No.o..a. b: ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, I , 17 Reports of Highway Agents. REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT JOHN W. DEARBORN. Paid Amos A. Atkinson, Fred Towle, Simeon A. Shaw, C. S. Toppan, Henry W. Emery, Leonard H. Hoyt, John I. Dow, George B. Lamprey, John W. Dearborn, Joseph B. Brown, Charles M. and Sarah B. Batchelder, gravel, E. G. Cole & Co., Everett S. Towle, Everett Shaw, Walter E. Brown, $ o Paid Fred E. Sanborn, F. S. Mason, E. S. Towle, C. S. Toppan, John W. Dearborn, C. M. Dearborn, John I. Dow, E. G. Cole, Fred G. Towle, Walter E. Brown, We have examined this account and find it correct. Horace M. Lane, Abbott Norris, Auditors.

16 18 HAMPT0N, NEW HAMPSHIRE. REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT CLARENCE M. DEARBORN. Paid C. S. Toppan, Edwin Lamprey, J. I. Dow, J. G Brown, S. W. Dearborn, C. M. Dearborn, C. M Dearborn, C. M. Dearborn, C. M. Dearborn, S. A. Shaw, H. W. Emery, J. G. Brown, S. W. Dearborn, C. S. Toppan, J. I. Dow, Orders from Selectmen, DISTRICT No. I. $ I o o I 8o 2 25 $ $22 56 We have examined the above accounts and find them well vouched and correctly cast. HORACE M. LANE, ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors. REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT LEWIS H. BROWN. DISTRICT No. 3. Paid John A. Philbrick, George E. Garland, Stacey L. Nudd, Lewis H. Brown, Charles H. Brown, Frank A. Lamprey, Elbridge A. Knowles, John S. Locke, Frederick S. Lamprey, William M. Lamprey, $ oo o o o6

17 01 Paid Frank A. Palmer, Edward O. Emery, John G. Brown, Martin Jones, David J. Garland, Daniel W. Robinson, Stephen G. Hobbs, Frank T. James, E. Augustus Jenness, Orders from Selectmen, Paid A. W. Gookin, Uri Lamprey, Frank F. Jenness, E. Agustus Jenness, George E. Garland, N. Parker Lamprey, John A. Philbrick, Stephen G. Hobbs, J. Herbert Philbrick, Charles W. Leavitt, Jacob T. Godfrey, Stacey L. Nudd, Percy T. Jenness, Charles H. Brown, Lewis H. Brown, SNOW PATHS. 8i 3 o ' ' I o $ We have examined the foregoing account and find them well vouched and correctly cast. RePORT OF HIGHWAY AGeNT GeORGE P. Mace. DISTRiCT No. 4. Paid George P. Mace, $l q 68 E. W. Lane, 4 00

18 . Brown, John G o w o HAMPT0N, NEW HAMPSHIRE. o 1:4 o o Paid F. A. Lamprey, H. M. Lane, A. B. Mace, Walter E Brown, George S. Blake, Charles A. Blake, Ira E. Lane, George W. Dearborn, Samuel F. Godfrey, Charles S. Lamprey, O. L. Lane, Sarah B. Miller, Sarah B. Batchelder, D. A. Marston, Orders from Selectmen, George P. Mace, Charles A. Towle, J. W. Towle, Ira E. Lane, E. W. Howe,. Godfrey, Samuel F H. E. Godfrey, John P. Blake, E. W. Towle, Abbott Norris, George M. Dearborn, O. L. Lane, Orders from Selectmen, SNOW PATHS $ I I I 14 $ $ $ We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. Horace M. Lane, Auditors. Abbott Norris,

19 ANNUAL T0WN REPORT, NONNINO REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT JOHN T. LEAVITT. D ISTRICT No. 5. Paid John A. Philbrick, Henry J. Perkins, H. Russell Taylor, Walter S. Emery, John H. Dow, Ned. Batchelder, E. H. Perkins, John T. Leavitt, Carl Perkins, E. H Perkins, gravel, $10 o $6o 00 Orders from Selectmen, $6o 00 SNOW PATHS. Paid Elias H. Perkins, $2 47 John H. Dow, 2 04 Henry J. Perkins, 85 John O. Perkins, 85 George W. Brown, 51 John T. Leavitt, 1 84 $856 Orders from Selectmen, $ SNOW PATHS Paid George W. Brown, $2 72 John H. Dow, 2 04 Clarence B. Johnson, 2 12 H. J. Perkins, 1 53 Stacey L. Nudd, 411 John T. Leavitt, 4 92 George E. Garland, 68 Dingwell Coffin, 68 J. O. Perkins, 1 02 Fred Perkins, 4 45 Orders from Selectmen, - - $24 27 $24 27 We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. Horace M. Lane, } Auditors Abbott Norris,.

20 o :o. q ~HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE.,y 44gRgg Paid F. B. Brown, REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT, FRANK E. JAMES. DISTRICT No. 6. C. T. Brown, S. A. Towle, F. E. James, M. M. James, J. P. Hoyt. J. E. James, F. B. Brown, C. 'I'. Brown, F. E. James, J. P. Hoyt, J. G. Thompson, Orders from Selectmen, SNOW PATHS. $t8 30 II Paid F. B. Brown, 93 S. A. Towle, 1 29 $ $ J. P Hoyt, F. E. James, 2 93 $7 17 Orders from Selectmen, $7 17 Paid S. A. Towle, J. P. Hoyt, C. T. Brown, F. B. Brown, J. E. James, M. M. James, F. E. James, Orders from Selectmen, SNOW PATHS, $ I 19 4 o8 8 oo $33 26 $33 26 We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched and correctly cast. HORACE M. LANE, ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors.

21 or ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, g O REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT W. M. BATCHELDER. DISTRICT No. 7 and 8. Paid John Taylor, $9 00 L. D. Taylor, man and team, Josiah J. Dearborn, man and team, Charles Goff for Martha Sanborn, 4 50 George I. Davis, D. S. James, G. N. & W. M Batchelder, W. M. Batchelder, Benjamin Leavitt, E. S. Elkins, Charles Cutts, 6 00 Frank B. Brown, 7 50 Fred J. Greenleaf, G. N. & W. M. Batchelder, gravel, 7 50 Charles Batchelder, gravel, 3 90 Hugh Brown, 7 09 J. F. Marston, 9 46 E. S. Towle, 6 85 Fred Towle, 150 Morrill Coffin, 2 01 J. W. Dearborn, 2 35 Walter Brown, Hugh Brown, shoveling snow, 70 Frank Marston, 53 John Riley 75 Ralph James 75 G. N. and W. M. Batchelder, breaking road, 3 75 J. W. Dearborn, repairing bridge, $ Orders from Selectmen, $ SNOW PATHS, 1901 Paid G. N. & W. M. Batchelder, men and team, $17 75 Josiah J. Dearborn, man and team, 4 00 Fred J. Greenleaf, team, 4 00 John Taylor, 6 00

22 24 HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. George I. Davis, John S. James, R. S. James. E. S. Elkins, Ben Leavitt, Hugh Brown, Morrill Coffin, D. S. James. Frank Marston, Orders from Selectmen, $10 40 I o $63 00 $ Balance on hand, 40 We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them correctly cast. ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors HORACE M. LANE, REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT, AUSTIN B. MACe. DISTRICT No. 9. Paid John I. Dow, team, $I2 00 George W Barbour, " George P. Mace, Ernest J. Mace, 6 25 Joseph W. Mace, 4 59 Charles W. Clemons, 3 o6 Arthur B. Blake, 1 53 Jeremiah Locke, 1 86 Levi O. Blake, 1 84 Benjamin H. Blake, 68 John I. Page, 85 Eben Lamprey, 3 o6 Chester Lamprey, 3 o6 Austin B. Mace, Frank A. Lamprey, Henry N. Mace, 7 65 John C. Blake, 3 81

23 o o ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, Paid Charles A. Blake, 7 73 George W. Brown, 6 13 Perkins & Philbrick, gravel, $ Orders from Selectmen, $ SNOW PATHS. Paid Henry T. Weare, $ 85 Edward P. Blake, 2 55 Leon Mace, 1 53 Austin B. Mace, 4 59 John W. Mace, 51 Levi O. Blake, 1 36 John C. Blake, 2 38 John I. Page, 1 53 George W. Brown, 2 38 George A. Blake, 3 67 George O. Blake, 1 11 Emmons B. Blake, 68 George W. Barbour, I 8o Orders from Selectmen, Benjamin H. Blake, 43 $ $ We find the above account well vouched and correctly cast. Horace M. Lane, Abbott Norris, Auditors. A REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT WARREN H. HOBBS. DISTRICT No. 10. Paid Walter E. Brown, $4 50 George M. Dearborn, Washington H. Hobbs, 4 50 Oliver W. Hobbs, I 5o Albert T. Johnson, Warren H. Hobbs, 16 1 Winfield M. Hobbs, 3 40 Elisha M. Lamprey, 50 Joseph W. Mace, 1 50

24 o.w, o» HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Fred E. Perkins, 6 30 Richard Price, 7 73 Charles C. White, 4 50 Orders from Selectmen, Paid Samuel Cannaway, Oliver H. Godfrey, Washington H. Hobbs, Oliver W. Hobbs, Warren H. Hobbs, Arthur Lamprey, Richard T. Lamprey, Elisha M. Lamprey, Joseph W. Mace, Lewis L. Mace, Richard Price, Charles E. Page, Charles H. Palmer, John Ryder, George L. Stewart, SNOW PATHS. 34 $26 09 Orders from Selectmen, $26 09 SNOW PATHS FOR 1902 AND $ ' Paid Richard Price, $, 53 Charles E. Page, 51 John H. Page, 1 02 Frank A. Lamprey, 34 Chester Lamprey, 1 53 Warren H. Hobbs, 2 34 Winfield M. Hobbs, 68 $75 62 $75 62 $7 96 Orders from Selectmen, $ 7 96 We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched and correctly cast. ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors HORACE M. LANE,

25 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGeNT, HENRY N. MACe. Paid George Barbour, Ernest Mace, Plumer Mace, DISTRICT No. 11. $ Austin Mace, 9 12 Eben Lamprey, 6 o6 Frank Lamprey, 9 12 Horace O. Mace, 3 00 Jonathan Lamprey, 3 00 Perkins & Pnilbrick, for 124 loads of gravel, J. Warren Mace, 4 59 John Dow, Charles Clements, 12 6 Henry Mace, We have examined the foregoing account and find it well vouched and correctly cast. HORACE M. LANE, ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors. REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGENT J. L. NUDD. DISTRICT No. 12. Paid John A. Philbrick, $16 00 Charles H. Brown, George E. Garland, Albert Coffin, Stacy L. Nudd, Warren H. Hobbs, 8 oo 8 oo John H. Dow, 6 12 Frank T. Jenness, 6 12 Stephen G. Hobbs, 6 12 Russell Taylor, 6 12 E. A. Jenness, 1 53

26 o HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. J. L. Nudd, Orders from Selectmen, Paid Charles W. Ross, Everett L. Nudd, J. L Nudd, Orders from Selectmen, SNOW PATHS. 19 II $ $ $12I 12 $2 04 $2 04 We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched and correctly cast. ABBOTT NORRIS, Auditors HORACE M. LANE, REPORT OF HIGHWAY AGeNT CHARLeS W. ROSS, DISTRICT No. 12. Paid Edward P. Brown, 3 o6 John A. Philbrick, 4 00 Oliver W. Hobbs, 3 o6 Curtis DeLancey, Charles W. Ross, 4 59 Orders from Selectmen, Paid Charles W. Ross, J. Nudd, Orders from Selectmen, SNOW PATHS, $ $26 71 $26 71 $6 8o $6 8o We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. Horace M. Lane, } Auditors. Abbott Norris,

27 4'r ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, "2 9 Report of Library Committee. Received balance from last year, $4 22 from town, fines, I 0 sale of catalogues 20 Paid for new books, $58 96 money orders, postage & stationery, 50 gummed labels, 1 25 fuel and oil, 2 85 salary of Librarian, assistance in delivering books 8 00 covering 265 books, o sheets covering paper, 1 6o 10 yds. muslin for curtains, 1 25 express and freight, 90 $ $ Balance on hand $2 56 Number of books added by purchase 52. Presented by Rev. John A. Ross, 10 vols. ; Civil Service Commission 1 vol. ; Forestry Commission 1 vol. ; Interstate Commerce Commission 1 vol. ; T. W. Lawson, 1 vol. ; Smithsonian Institution, 1 vol. ; Towle Manufacturing Company, Newburyport, Mass, 1 vol. ; Deering Harvester Company, 1 vol. ; Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., 1 vol. Total number added to the catalogue 71 vol. Number of volumes issued ; largest on any one evening 56 ; least on any one evening 13 ; average number per evening 35. SIMEON A. SHAW, Library CHARLES M. BATCHELDER, Committee.

28 30. : 4.4. HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE HIRE. o 4. Hampton Academy and High School. EVERETT G. LORING, A. B. MISS ANNA M. COLE, Miss MAUD BOADWAY, Principal Assistant Teacher of Elocution. CALENDAR FOR Spring Term for 12 weeks begins March 2 3, Fall Term for 12 weeks begins August 31, 1903 Winter Term for 12 weeks begins November 30, Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday, June 14, Class Day Exercises, Wednesday, June 17, PUPILS ENROLLED FROM MARCH, 1902, TO MARCH, Class Graduating June, 1902, Senior Class, 1903, Advanced Middle Class, Middle Class, Junior Class, Percentage of attendance, FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Received from licenses, $ town, Goo oo invested funds, 18o 00 tuition, sale of books, Total, $1,512 00

29 .. +o o. ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, o 3 1 Paid Principal's salary, $ assistant's, teacher of elocution, janitor, fuel, miscellaneous, Total, $ 1, HIGH SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Paid American Book Co., $62 21 D. C. Heath & Co., John Templeton, 2 00 W. A DePew, G. & C. Merriam Co., 9 25 Emerson College of Oratory, 2 95 J. L. Hammett & Co., 5 io Ginn & Co., express and postage, 3 38 miscellaneous, 7 25 $ We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. ABBOTT NORRIS, HORACE M. LANE, Auditors Your committee congratulate the town on the continued prosperity of the academy and High school. This is the 18th year since the opening of the Academy and High school, and the attendance for the past year shows the school in a flourishing condition. The number of pupils is much larger than ever before, and recalls the old days when Hampton Academy was prominent among the high grade sch00ls of the State, The fact that the sch00l now has a course of study which has enabled the State Superintendent to place it on

30 o. HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE. the approved list, has increased the membership, five neighboring towns having added pupils of good standing to the number from this town. Quite a number of pupils are taking the college preparatory course. Several reference books have been added to the school library during the past year, and receive constant use. The teaching force remains the same as last year. Mr. Loring is a graduate of Bowdoin College, and well equipped as a teacher. Miss Cole is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and has long been one of our teachers; both are efficient and popular. We shall have to ask for the usual appropriation. Since the town is justly proud of its High School, we feel confident that there will be no hesitation in giving it the usual support. Your children need it. Without the usual appropriation the present efficiency of the sch00l will be greatly crippled, if it does not stop altogether. D. H. ADAMS, For the Committee. Hampton, February g, 1903.

31 o.~ ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, Report of School Board. The following is the report of the School Board for the year ending March, The Grammar School had the same efficient teacher as last year, Mrs. W. T. Ross; she has sustained her well earned reputation, and the School Board are well pleased with the progress made. The Center Primary School has been taught by Miss Flora Y. Joplin. She has been faithful and earnest, and has met with good success. Much to the regret of the School Board Miss Fannie Caswell resigned her position as teacher after having taught eighteen years in the public schools of Hampton. The East Primary School taught by Miss Annie Gookin has made marked improvement through the year. The North Primary School had the same teacher, Miss Etta C. Blake, The work done was satisfactory. There were so many children in the West part of the town, that the cost of transportation was found to be mere than the wages of a teacher, therefore the School Board decided to reopen the School there. The West Primary School was taught by Miss Addie C. Marston. The school made good progress through the year. The following is the list of books used in the Grammar and Primary Schools : Baldwin' s Reader. Supplementary Reading, Judson's Young American. Frye ' s Geography. Wentworth's Arithmetic. Colburn 's Mental Arithmetic. McMaster's History. Higginson's History.

32 34 '?' ' ' h AMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Metcalf's Grammar. Blaisdell's Physiology. American Word Speller. Ginn's Vertical Writing Books. CHARLES M. BATCHELDER, ) Board REV. J. A. ROSS, of ABBOTT L. JOPLIN, Education. ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Scholars enrolled, 69 Average attendance, 94 CENTRE PRIMARY. Scholars enrolled, 69 Average attendance, 75 EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL. Scholars enrolled, 50 Average attendance, 81 NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL. Scholars enrolled, 17 Average attendance, 98 WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL. Scholars enrolled, 10 Average attendance, 95 ROLL OF HONOR. Winslow Blanchard, Roscoe Palmer, William Watson. Helen Batchelder. Ada Thurlow, Major D. S. Gilman. Jeanette Thurlow was not absent or tardy for Four Years.

33 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT, I REPORT OF A. L. JOPLIN, TREASURER BOARD OF EDUCATION. Cash on hand, $ Received of H. G. Lane for schools, 2, Transportation, Supplies, 6o 32 Books, 1 35 $2, Paid Mrs. W. T. Ross, $ Etta C. Blake, Anna L. Gookin, Fannie Carswell, Flora Y. Joplin, Adeline C. Marston, Annie M. Page, Bessie Kiltie, janitor, 2 00 Ernest L. Fogg, Lewis A. Blake, 2 50 Frank L. Jenness, 7 50 Joseph Hardy, cleaning school yard, 4 50 Mrs. Joseph Hardy, 2 00 Monroe Holmes, Mrs. F. H. Fogg, 4 00 Alice Fogg, 8 00 F. H. Fogg, 14 6u Ralph Perkins, 2 50 Jeremiah Hobbs, 3 50 John C. Blake, 70 Fred C. Willey, sawing wood, 9 6o Willie D. Mitchell, " I o0 D. J. Garland, 5 88 Ernest Fogg, i 88 Henry N. Mace, wood, 2 5o O. L. Lane, 2 25 C. T. Brown, J. Warren Dow, 5 00 C. S. Toppan, $ 1,

34 2. o?.9 HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 0000;X.i.. 7i..44 Paid S. V. Dearborn, C. B. Johnson, J. G. Mace. J. G. Mace, A. L. Joplin, A. L. Joplin & Son, Paid E. H. & A. St R. R. Co., REPAIRS. TRANSPORTATION. $ $ Paid Ginn & Co., Silver Burdette & Co., Edward E. Babb, Edward E. Babb, Lamson & Field, Masury Young Co., Express Charges, J. A. Lane & Co., George Collum, Cash on hand to Balance, MISCELLANEOUS o $ $ 2, We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched, and correctly cast. ABBOTT NORRIS, HORACE M. LANE, Auditors

35 BIRTHS Registered in the Town of Hampton, N. H., for the year ending December 31, Date Name of Child (if any) Name of Maiden Name of Birthplace of Birthplace of Father. Mother. Father. Mother. Jan. 3 M i L George W. Philbrook, Alice C. Hobbs, Chelsea, Mass, Hampton. 15 F 1 S Melzar W. Dunbar, Mary W. McDonald, Hampton, Caledonia, N. S. July 1 M i L Fred L. Blake, Burenice Lane, Hampton, Hampton. 19 F 3 L Joseph L. Nudd, Mary I. Perkins, Hampton, Aug. 13 M i L Herbert Perkins, Annie W. Towle, Concord, Hampton. to F 3 L Unknown, Maggie Leary, Boston. io Osgood H. Carter. M 2 L George O. Carter, M. E. Melvin, Newburyport, Newburyport Sept. 3 F 4 L Leonard Hoyt, Annie M. Huse, Wayland, Mass. Kingston. Oct. 7 M I 2 L Lewis F. Stevens, Jennie F. Marston, England, Hampton. Sept. 16 Lucy I. Lamprey. F i L Perley D. Lamprey, Annie J. Crane, Hampton, Elgin, N. B. April 26 Joseph F. Marston. M 6 L Fred S. Marston, Minnie F. Lord, Falmouth, Me., So. Paris, Me. Sept. 14 M 4 L Willima Coffin, Loretta Henderson, I F'nch V'ge, N B Shediac, N. B. Dec. 13 F 8 S Alexander Kiltie, Elizabeth Brown, I Scotland. Scotland.

36 MARRIAGES Registered in the Town of Hampton, N. H., for the year ending December 31, Date Name and Surname of Groom and Bride. to m c' Name. Residence and Birthplace of Names of Parents. Official station of the each. Person by whom Married. Simeon A Shaw, March 20 Elroy G. Shaw, 21 Hampton, Abbie I. Cole, Rev. H. J. Bartlett, Jessie H. Crosby, 20 Hampton Falls, Charles H. Crosby, Clergyman, Abbie Tarlton, Eli Messinger, Hampton Falls. April 2 William E. Messinger, 72 Nova Scotia, Christiana E. Marshall, Rev. D. H. Adams, Mary A. Babson, 69 Allen Clark, Rebecca Marshall, Clergyman. Sampson Ham, May 15 Fred Ham, 59 England, Ann Paynter, Rev. George 0. Wiggin, Emma A. Wiggin, Illinois,. George W. Wiggin, Clergyman. Caroline F. Conner, Elbredge G. Green, June 3 Otis W. Green, 21 Seabrook, Annie L. Smith, Rev. D. H. Adams, Mabel P. Berry, 18 i' No. Hampton, Fred W. Berry, Clergyman. Esther Moulton, Charles M. Perkins, June 25 Luther S. Perkins, 35 Frances M. James, 23 Wells, Me., Hampton, Nancy Stevens, John S. James, Rev. George O. Wiggin, Clergyman. Sarah F. Davis, William H. Sheffroth, July 27 li Frank R. Sheffroth, 21 Stoughton, Ms., Helen Hubley, Rev. J. A. Ross, Dorothy Goodwin, 18 Kingston, Daniel Goodwin. Clergyman. Sarah Brown, Aug. 8 Howard E. Butrick. 22 Haverhill, Ellen S. Adams, Rev. H. J. Bartlett, Iva G. McCurda, 23 Jefferson, Me., Jonathan McCurda, Clergyman, Hampton Falls.

37 . Howe, MARRIAGES Registered in the Town of Hampton, N. H., for the year ending December 31, 1902 (Continued). i Date. Name and Surname of Groom and Bride. Names of Parents. Name, Residence and Official Station of the Person by whom Married. Joseph P. Batchelder, Oct. 21 Charles M. Batchelder 49 Hampton, Sarah E. Rundlett, Rev. J. A. Ross, Sarah B. Miller, 33 Springfield, Cyrus H. Miller, Clergyman. Mary E. Towle, Nov. 11 Edgar W. Howe, 2 Evans, Col., Caroline Shaw, Rev. I. S. Jones, Elizabeth E. Reilly, Exeter, Michael F. Reilley, Clergyman. Helen M. Reilley, John L. Clark, Nov. 22 Howard D. Clark, 22 Charlestown, Ms Mary F. Fall, Rev. S. D. Church, Annie L. Florence, 21 Stoneham, Ms., Alfred Florence, Clergyman. Amelia Muse, Henry Pollard, Dec. to Arthur Pollard, 28 c England, Ann Dowing. Rev. S. D. Church, Maud M. Freeman, 23 N. Sunbridge, Vt Allen M. Freeman, Clergyman. Lydia S. Chase, John F. Davis, Dec. 25 Herbert L. Davis, 26 So. Berwick. Me Lizzie Durgin, Rev. John N. Bradford, Bessie A. Hennigar, 32 Titusville. Me., i Charles Hennigar, Clergyman. I Fannie Green, Alvah Blake, Dec. 29 William M. Blake, 25 Hampton, Lucinda Walton, Rev. E. S. Tasker, Georgie E. Hook, 17 Portsmouth, Alfred Hook, Clergyman, Lottie C. Ames, Dover. Rufus S. Johnson, April 7 George A. Johnson, 48 No. Hampton, Rachel S. Dearborn, Rev. J. A. Ross, Mabel T. Weare, - 23 Hampton, Henry T. Weare, Clergyman. I Julia E. Lane,

38 MARRIAGES Registered in the Town of Hampton, N. H., for the year ending December 31, 1902 (Continued). Date. Name and Surname of Groom and Bride. 9 'g Place of Birth?; m of each. Names of Parents. Name, Residence and Official Station of the Person by whom Married. Benjamin F. Tuck, Mar. 29 Joseph U. Tuck, 53 Beverly, Mass., 1 Hannah Bryant, Rev. John N. Bradford, Hattie Roaf, 42 Newburyport, David Bayley, Clergyman. Newell Edgerly, May 7 Carlton J. Edgerly, 31 Gilm't'n I'n W'k Cynthia Moulton, Rev. Joseph Kimball, Lillian T. Sanborn, 25 n- Hampton Falls, James H. Sanborn, Clergyman, Hannah E. Green, Hampton Falls. Eri P. Blake, Mar. 15 Fred L. Blake, 23 ~ Hampton, Florence A. Neal, Rev. John N. Bradford, Bernice M. Lane, 23 Hampton, Alpheus C. Lane, Clergyman. Abbie P. Godfrey,

39 DEATHS Registered in the Town of Hampton, N. H., for the year ending December 31, Age. 1 r ; sl Name Date. and Surname O 1 Place of Birth. I 1E1 1' of Maiden Name of,9o2. of Deceased. rn S,; F ather. Mother. Jan. 4 Albert D. Brown, 791 No. Hampton, i M David Brown, Ruth Lamprey. 26 Josephine Marston, Hampton, W Jonathan Dearborn, Nancy Leavitt. 26 Jeremiah Brown. So 4111 Hampton, M Simon Brown, Ann S. Batchelder. May 26 Lydia G. Johnson, 176 Hampton, W Samuel Towle. Fanny Jenness. July 23 James E. Godfrey, Hampton, M Jonathan Godfrey, Theodate Hobbs. Aug. 10 Dorothy Leary, 10 Hampton, Unknown, Maggie Leary. Sept. 12 Samuel Lamprey, Hampton, W Daniel Lamprey Anna Dow. 14 Ruth N. Battles, Worcester, Ms, = W Anselin Loroph, Priscila Lincoln. 9 Abby D. Smith, No. Hampton, as: W Samuel Drake, Mehitable Pickering. 14 Howard L.. Godfrey, 2 I 6 Hampton, 9 S Samuel F. Godfrey, Elsie Marden. 27 Charles M. Lamprey, Hampton, M I Uri Lamprey,. Sarah Marston. Oct. 2 Sarah J. Shaw, 8 2 to 241 Hampton, rn W Amos Towle, Mary Perkins. March 7 Mary Locke, Hampton, M Thomas Lane, Nancy Brown. Dec. r I Benjamin Hobbs, Hampton, I M Obed S. Hobbs, Hannah Perkins. 13 Kiltie, 11 Hampton, F Alexander Kiltie, Elizabeth Brown. 18 Sarah E. Towle, 6S 4 Townsend, Ms., M Oliver Morse, Eliza Eastman. May S Mary E. Morse, Deerfield, M Jerry Rollins, Harriet Rollins.