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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
For the Year Ending Dec. 31,
1 897.
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
ASS.
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PLYMOUTH : AVERY PRINTING COMPANY 1898.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
For the Year Ending Dec. 31,
1897.
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PLYMOUTH: AVERY PRINTING COMPANY. 1898.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN-James Millar, Horace M. Saunders, D. H. Craig, T. Allen Bagnell, James B. Collingwood.
TOWN CLERK -Edward L. Burgess.
TOWN TREASURER-Edward L. Burgess.
AUDITOR-James D. Thurber.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Benjamin F. Ward.
CLERK OF SELECTMEN-Benjamin F. Ward.
ASSESSORS-Charles Henry Holmes, chosen 1896, for three years ; Alonzo Warren, chosen 1895, for three years ; George Harlow, chosen 1897, for three years.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Charles P. Hatch, chosen 1896, for three years ; Benjamin F. Ward, chosen 1897, for three years ; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1895, for three years.
WATER COMMISSIONERS -. Everett F. Sherman and Increase Robinson, chosen 1897, for three years; Horace P. Bailey and James Millar, chosen 1896, for three years ; John H. Damon, chosen 1895, for three years.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-James Millar, William W. Brewster, chosen 1895, for three years ; Charles E. Barnes, Elizabeth Thurber, chosen 1896, for three years ; Charles A. Strong chos en 1897'for three years.
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BURIAL HILL COMMITTEE -- Selectmen.
AGAWAM FISHERY COMMITTEE - Martin V. B. Douglass, Frank Harlow, Harrison O. Barnes.
PARK COMMISSIONERS-Nathaniel Morton, chosen 1895, for three years ; George R. Briggs, chosen 1897, for three years ; Frank H. Lanman, chosen 1896, for three years.
SURVEYORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER-Leavitt T. Rob- bins, Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Christopher T. Harris.
BEACH COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS .- Stillman R. Sampson.
FIELD DRIVERS AND FENCE VIEWERS-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Hosea C. Bartlett, Wallace J. Night- ingale.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS-Richard W. Bagnell.
COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES-N. Reeves Jackson.
POUND KEEPERS-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Hosea C. Bartlett.
COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES-Thomas D. Shumway, Charles B. Stoddard, Benjamin A. Hathaway.
HARBOR MASTER-Ellis Whiting Harlow.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION-John W. Churchill, appointed 1895, for three years ; Elkanah Finney, appointed 1896, for three years ; Nathaniel G. Lanman, appointed 1897, for three years ; Edward L Burgess.
SUPERINTENDENT OF OAK GROVE AND VINE HILLS CEME- TERIES -- Edward F. Stranger.
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SEXTON-Ozen Bates.
SUPERINTENDENT of ALMSHOUSE-Obed C. Pratt.
BOARD OF HEALTH-Selectmen.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS-Horace P. Bailey, William E. Baker, Daniel M. Bosworth, Ephraim D. Bartlett, Albert E. Davis, George E. Suunders.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MANOMET CEMETERY-Stephen Holmes. SUPERINTENDENT OF CHILTONVILLE CEMETERY - Charles Rogers.
CONSTABLES-Michael Casey, Joshua A. Douglass, Joseph W. Hunting, Benjamin F. Snow, Benjamin L. Thomas, Freeman Manter, Benjamin F. Goddard.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE IN THE WOODS-Samuel Bradford, Nehemiah L. Savery, Gustavus G. Sampson, Martin V. B. Douglass, Nathan B. Perry, Ziba R. Ellis, Joseph F. Towns, Nathaniel Morton, William F. Doten, Frank B. Holmes, Nathaniel T. Clark, Silas Valler, Howard Hirsch, George R. Briggs, Freeman H. Holmes, George H. Pierce, James M. Dowsett, Adelbert C. Finney, Thomas Jackson, Herbert Morissey, Charles Woodward.
COMMITTEE ON SEWERAGE-Selectmen.
CHIEF OF POLICE-Benjamin F. Goddard.
ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 1897.
March 8. - Voted, That licenses for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in the Town be granted. Yes, 650 ; nays, 524 ; blank, 139.
March 20. - Voted, That the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the Town be ac- cepted and placed on file.
March 20. - To accept and revise a list of jurors. Voted, That the names of John W. Carleton, William C. Chandler, Fred I. Rich, George H. Pierce, Charles A. Strong, George H. Gibson, Lemuel Bradford and Frederick C. Clark be stricken from the list of jurors reported to the Town.
March 20. - Voted, That the list of jurors reported to the Town, revised as above, be accepted.
March 20. - Voted, That the Town authorize the Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the law relating to State aid and Military aid and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1st, 1898.
March 20. -- Voted, That an appropriation of $14,000 be made for roads, bridges, and sidewalks, and that
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the Selectmen be authorized to expend so much of said sum for the construction and repairs of sidewalks as they may consider ex- pedient.
March 20. - To meet the deficiency incurred by new school houses it was Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of three thou- sand two hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty cents ($3,248.30) and to issue therefor the notes of the Town each for the sum of three hundred twenty-four dollars and eighty three cents, bearing interest at a rate not ex- ceeding 43 per cent. per annum payable semi- annually, dated April 1st, 1897, and payable one at the end of each year thereafter until the whole are paid, said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by a majority of the Selectmen.
March 20. - To meet the deficiency incurred in the construc- tion by the town of the State Highway it was Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand one hundred seventeen dollars and fifty-nine cents ($4,- 117.59) and to issue therefor the notes of the Town, each for the sum of four hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-six cents, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 43 per cent. per annum payable semi-annually, dated April 1st, 1897, and payable one at the end of each year thereafter until the whole are paid, said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by a majority of the Selectmen.
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March 20. - Voted, That the Town appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to pay the ex- penses of Decoration Day.
March 20. - Voted, That the dog fund, amounting to ($703.40) seven hundred and three dollars and forty cents, and the additional sum of five hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty cents ($596 60), be appropriated for the use of the Public Library for the current year.
March 20. - Voted, That the Town authorize the Selectmen to renew any note, or notes, heretofore au- thorized which are now due, or may become due the present year, for such time, and on such terms, as they may deem expedient for the interest of the Town.
April 3. - Voted, To accept the report of the Committee on salaries.
Voted, That the recommendations of the report be adopted, and that the salaries of the Selectmen and other Town officers be fixed in accordance herewith.
On motion of Charles G. Davis it was Voted, That the salaries and compensation of the Selectmen and other Town officers for the year ending March 1st, 1897, be fixed at the same sum as for the year ending March 1st, 1896.
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On motion of Charles G. Davis it was Voted, That the members of the Board of Selectmen and the Chairman of the other boards and committees of the Town be requested to at- tend the Town meetings.
April 3. - Voted, That the subject matter of article thirteen be referred to a committee of fifteen, to be appointed by the Moderator, who shall re- port to the Town at as early a date as pos- sible, what disposition shall be made of the old High School lot and buildings, and what the cost of erecting a new building thereon, and of repairing the old building would be, and such other information relative thereto as may be of service to the Town.
Voted, That the Committee be authorized to ex- pend such sum of money as may be neces- sary, in their opinion, to properly conduct such inquiry, the same to be charged to the contingent fund, and that no bills for junket- ing be paid.
April 3. - Voted, That the Town accept and allow the loca- tion of an addition to Morton Park as filed with the Town Clerk, dated Feb. 24, 1897.
April 3. - Voted, That the sum of one hundred, one thou- sand eight hundred and ninety-nine and 18% dollars be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, and upon the estates of non-resi- dents, to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
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June 5. - Voted, On motion of H. M. Saunders, that the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated for the extension of sewers for the ensuing year, the same to be taken from money re- ceived for liquor licenses.
June 5. - Voted, On motion of James B. Collingwood, that the sum of six hundred dollars be appro- priated for defraying the expense of the police department for the ensuing year, and the same to be taken from the money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
June 5. - Voted, On motion of H. M. Saunders, that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the care and improvement of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries.
June 5. - Voted, That an appropriation of five hundred dol- lars be made for the care and improvement to the public parks of the Town, one hundred and six voting in the affirmative, and eight in the negative.
June 5. - Voted, That the Town accept and allow the layout of a Town way from Court Street to Standish Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
June 5. - Voted, That hereafter the warrant for the annual Town meeting shall call the same, to be held on a day certain, and declare that the polls shall be open for the choice of officers at a later day, and at a stated hour, both of which are to be stated in the warrant.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
In accordance with the custom and order of the Town, the Selectmen respectfully submit the following reports for the year ending December 31, 1897.
STREET LIGHTING.
No changes have been made in the arrangement of this department from the conditions stated in the last annual report, as the Board has not felt authorized to discontinue any lights now provided, and it has not been possible to obtain any reduction in the rate per light from the present Company. The cost to the Town is now below the average of towns in the State, and the area covered by the system very much greater, meaning, of course, much greater expense to the Com- pany in maintenance of wires, poles, etc.
The Board, therefore, recommends an addition to the appropriation, in order to avoid the inevitable overdraft of the past year, and also to be able to provide a few lights in localities where they seem to be very much needed, in consideration of the improvement and development of taxable property during the past year.
Centennial Street, Hamilton Street, and Stoddard Street ask, and not unreasonably, that they should share in this
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convenience and protection as well as other sections less thickly settled. These streets are short, and but a trifling additional expense would be entailed.
Electric lighting must be recognized as a permanent factor in the development of the age which cannot be restricted or abolished, and once adopted may reason- ably be asked for in sections where improvements are being made.
ROADS.
The general good condition of the roads throughout the Town has been maintained during the year at a cost somewhat in excess of the appropriation for this pur- pose. This is on account of the expense which was entailed in clearing snow early in the year, a contin- gency for which calculation cannot be made in advance.
With the constant increase of summer travel and the adoption of Plymouth as a place of summer residence by those who enjoy its traditions and attractions, it might be well to consider the question of improving our woods roads, notwithstanding the chance of liability which would be incurred.
SEWERS.
Extensions have been made in this department in those localities which offered the best returns in the amount of entrance fees. Your Board is constantly con- fronted with applications for further extensions in dis- tricts more remote and more expensive of construction than the limit of appropriation has seemed to warrant.
The general adoption of the sewer in the section covered by the plan is doubtless to be desired as a guarantee to the sanitary condition of the Town; but in
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considering the cases where forcible measures are required by the Board of Health under authority of law, we are met by the plea of the hardship which would be in- flicted on many deserving citizens unable to bear the expense of entrance fees and the reconstruction of build- ings necessary to the adoption of the convenience. It has been the policy of the Board, therefore, to consider the individual cases presented for complaint and when not absolutely menacing to public health, it has been thought best to treat them leniently.
The general working of the whole system has been entirely satisfactory during the year and shows the wis- dom of its adoption.
The items of extension for the year are as follows : -
Pleasant Street, 239 feet of 8 inch
North Green Street, 172 feet of 8 inch
Washington
475
Mayflower
85 " 8
Watercure
311
Bradford
290 66
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Edes
246 66 66 8 66
Stevens
386 66 8 66
Whiting
330 66
8
Winslow
388 66
8
66
29 32
Bradford
66
72
6
66
72
Sandwich
290
" "15
2 90
32 94
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NEW ROADS.
The appropriation for this department has been slightly overdrawn, owing to the call for land damage and labor. The section of Standish Avenue between Samoset and Alden Streets, on which most of the work has been done, required extensive filling in order to obtain the grade called for by the plan; but the outlay seems fully justified considering the number of build- ings that have been erected during the year on land which was of little value previous to the laying out of the road.
It would be good policy to anticipate the needs for additional building space, but in no case should en- thusiastic booming be allowed to override our calmer judgment as to the real welfare of the Town.
On the completion of the section from Samoset to Alden Street the Selectmen decided to open up a section from Spooner Street working South. Improvement has been made through land of B. Hedge and others and desirable building lots are now available in that vicinity.
Whether it is advisable to push to completion, as rapidly as possible, the work of Standish Avenue, is a question which will be presented to the Town for con- sideration at the annual meeting.
Hamilton Street, as laid out and accepted by the Town, has been worked and is being rapidly improved.
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The expenditures on the several sections of new roads are as follows :-
Hamilton Street
$244 55
Vallerville 184 91
And balance of amount on Standish Avenue about $3,608.
The following appropriations are asked for by the several departments of the Town : -
Schools $35,000 00
Roads and bridges 14,000 00
Fire Department 5,000 00
Poor 6,500 00
Insane Poor
3,000 00
Lighting streets
6,800 00
Town debt and interest
22,500 00
Sidewalks.
1,500 00
Contingent.
4,500 00
Watch and Police.
3,000 00
Assessors
· 1,900 00
Sexton
125 00
New roads
3,000 00
Parks 500 00
Training Green. 160 00 Collector of Taxes 700 00
Treasurer. 700 00
Cemeteries.
300 00
Sewers 500 00
Amount carried forward. $109,685 00
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Amount brought forward. $109,685 00
Amount overdrawn per Treasurer's re-
port . $8,590 63 Less reimbursement for State Aid, etc. 4,110 54
Net overdraft .
4,480 09
$114,165 09
Less-
Corporation Tax $6,700 00
Bank . 1,900 00
Miscellaneous
600 00
9,200 00
$104,965 09
To cover the amount required as above it will be necessary to raise by taxation the sum of $104,965.09 to meet the expense of the Town for the year 1898.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES MILLAR, Selectmen
H. M. SAUNDERS, D. H. CRAIG, of
T. ALLEN BAGNELL,
JAMES B. COLLINGWOOD, J
Plymouth. 1
REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897.
The Treasurer is charged with -
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1897. $22,682 87
Water rates, labor and material 20,066 10
Sewer entries. 1,328 93
Temporary loan 37,000 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery 418 50
Poor Department reimbursements
1,377 02
Roads and bridges .6
627 20
Parks 66
3 00
Fire Department 66
66 66
Soldiers' relief
18 50
Town debt and interest 66
68 55
Cemeteries, sale of lots, etc
741 03
Old Colony National Bank dividend
300 00
Sale of herring streams 97 00
Sale of town records 1 50
Seal bounty from County
231 00
Military aid from State.
416 96
State 66
66
3,841 50
Insane poor reimbursements
998 70
Amount carried forward $90,285 02
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Amount brought forward. $90,285 02
Armory rent from State. 200 00
Fines from Court 489 10
Interest on taxes. 848 45
Dog fund, 1896 .. 703 40
Dog fund, 1897.
896 65
Watch and police reimbursements
11 00
W. H. Nelson Trust.
53 85
Contingent. . 45 25
Licenses. .
5,068 75
Savings Bank loan.
7,365 89
School Department reimbursements
53 27
Corporation tax
7,490 21
Bank tax
1,834 26
Tax on foreign ships.
31 56
Tax, 1895, including abatement of $296.60
4,637 98
1896 66 66
633.41
11,795 06
1897 66
" 1,492.15
105,923 93
$237,733 63
The Treasurer is credited with-
Temporary loan repaid $65,000 00
Schools.
34,452 24
Water Department. 17,322 49
Roads and bridges
15,814 16
Notes paid.
16,836 66
Interest
6,894 27
Contingent. 8,110 80
Amount carried forward $164,430 62
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Amouut brought forward
$164,430 62
State tax 4,620 00
County tax. 10,068 58
National Bank tax
4,357 01
Poor Department.
7,843 25
Fire Department 5,233 14
New roads . 4,046 49
Watch and police.
3,355 92
Insane poor.
3,980 24
Cemeteries.
1,033 98
Sewers
2,546 81
Assessors
1,762 58
Collector of Taxes
700 00
Treasurer.
700 00
Abatements.
2,422 16
Memorial Day
150 00
Sexton
125 00
Public Library .
1,300 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery
85 25
Soldiers' relief, Chap. 447
1,033 14
State aid, Chap. 301
3,665 00
Military aid, Chap. 279.
821 46
Seal bounty.
90 00
Parks
363 21
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Training Green.
214 60
Lighting streets
6,472 06
W. H. Nelson Trust.
53 85
Widows .
90 00
Tax on foreign ships
31 56
State highway repairs. 16 10
Amount carried forward
$231,612 01
20
Amount brought forward $231,612 01
Warren fund, interest
100 00
Murdock fund
36 50
LeBaron fund
27 00
Balance.
5,958 12
$237,733 63
The undrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :
Abatements.
$0 89
Assessors.
7 00
Cemeteries.
235 20
Contingent. 890 80
Fresh Brook
23 92
Insane Poor.
18 46
Public Library
325 00
Murdock fund.
730 00
Poor
48 76
Schools.
40 93
Warren fund
1,000 00
Water
5,997 48
Widows
10 00
Parks
170 48
South Street school lot.
1 44
$9,500 36
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The overdrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :
Fire Department
$166 48
Lighting streets and Town House. 472. 06
Military aid.
858 08
Town debt and interest. 313 93
New roads.
106 09
Roads and bridges.
1,186 96
State aid
3,681 50
Sewers
217 88
Soldiers' relief
1,014 64
State highway repairs.
16 10
Watch and police.
544 92
Training Green
11 99
$8,590 63
Less-
State aid due from State . $3,681 50
Military aid due from State 429 04
4,110 54
Net overdraft
$4,480 09
There is due the Town as follows :
Uncollected taxes, 1896.
$5,550 49
Uncollected taxes, 1897 16,403 72
$21,954 21
Military aid from State.
429 04
State aid from State 3,681 50
$26,064 75
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TOWN DEBT.
WATER LOAN.
Four per cent. bonds dated June 1, 1885, pay-
able $2,800.00 annually ... $47,600 00
Four per cent. bonds dated August 1, 1890, pay- able $1,300.00 annually. 26,000 00 Four per cent. notes dated August 1, 1894 pay- able $800.00 annually .. 17,600 00
Four per cent. note dated February 3, 1894, payable $240.00 annually 1,680 00
$92,880 00
CONSOLIDATED LOAN.
Plymouth Savings Bank, 43 per
cent. note dated April 1, 1891, payable $2,200.00 annually ... $8,800 00 Plymouth Five Cents Savings
Bank, 43 per cent. note dated
April 20, 1891, payable
$670.00 annually.
2,680 00
11,480 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT LOAN.
Five per cent. note dated July 1, 1893, payable $1,000.00 annu- ally .. $1,000 00
Four and one-half per cent. note dated Dec. 9, 1893, payable $200.00 annually. 200 00
1,200 00
Amount carried forward
$105,560 00
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Amount brought forward $105,560 00
PLYMOUTH & MIDDLEBOROUGH R. R. LOAN.
Four per cent. note dated January 7, 1892, payable $5,000.00 an- nually 25,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN.
Four per cent. note Plymouth
Savings Bank, dated July 1, 1891, payable $2,000 annually $8,000 00
Four per cent. note Plymouth Five
Cents Savings Bank, dated July 1, 1891, payable $2,000 annually. 8,000 00
Four per cent. note Plymouth Five
Cent Savings Bank, dated March 10, 1894, payable $350 annually. 2,450 00
18,450 00
NEW SCHOOL HOUSES LOAN. .
Five per cent. note dated July 3,
1893, payable $500 annually. $3,000 00
Four and one-half per cent. note dated December 9, 1893, pay- able $500.00 annually. .
3,000 00
Four per cent. note dated Feb. 3,
1894, payable $200 annually . 1,400 00
Amounts carried forward . . . . $7,400 00
$149,010 00
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Amounts brought forward. $7,400 00 $149,010 00
Four per cent. note dated August 1, 1895, payable $266.66 an- nually. 7,466 48
Four per cent. notes dated April 1, 1897, payable $324.83 annually 3,248 30
18,114 78
SEWER LOAN.
Four and one-half per cent. note
dated November 1, 1893, pay- able $750.00 annually .. . $12,000 00 Four per cent. note dated April 2,
1894, payable $500 annually . 3,500 00
Four per cent. note dated August
1, 1895, payable $100 annually 800 00
16,300 00
MACADAMIZING LOAN.
Four per cent. notes dated August 1, 1895, payable $300.00 annually 8,400 00
NEW ROADS.
Note dated July 1, 1896, payable $300 annually 2,700 00
STATE HIGHWAY LOAN.
Four per cent. notes dated April
1, 1897, payable $411.76 an- nually . 4,117 59
Debt December 31, 1897
$198,642 37
Debt December 31, 1896 213,253 14
Decrease for year $14,610 77
Paid on debt, 1897. $21,976 66
Borrowed during 1897. 7,365 89
$14,610 77
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CONTINGENT.
CR.
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Appropriation for deficiency 348 37
Armory rent. 200 00
Fines and forfeiture 511 12
Licenses
5,068 75
Sale of herring streams
97 00
Miscellaneous receipts .
46 75
Old Colony National Bank dividends.
200 00
$10,971 99
DR.
Overdrawn balance of old account $348 37
Inspector of cattle and hogs
375 00
Clerk of the Selectmen
150 00
Expressage
6 40
Plymouth County Truant School
78 03
State of Massachusetts, 25 per cent. of amount received for liquor licenses 1,238 25
Stationery and books.
68 00
Extension of water pipe in Oak Grove cemetery
301 73
Expense of Committee on Old High School Building 164 45
Fees and expenses of arrest
160 61
Fires in the woods
152 62
Expense of Town meetings and State election
414 30
Janitor of Town House
179 71
Advertising and printing, including town
report
495 25
Amount carried forward $4,132 72
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Amount brought forward $4,132 72
Fuel at Town House
120 68
Legal expenses
230 00
Armory rent, heat and light, and rifle range ..
1,020 00
Iuland fisheries
11 50
Incidentals
502 41
Repairs at Town House
83 46
Return of births, deaths, etc.
.192 98
Postoffice bills
118 18
Auditor
75 00
Care of town clock
27 00
Services of the Selectmen
1,383 34
Board of Registration and expenses
261 50
Board of Health, expenses 300 40
Appropriated to Sewer account
1,000 00
Appropriated to Watch and Police account
600 00
Transferred to School account 22 02
Balance undrawn 890 80
$10,971 99
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
CR.
Appropriation
$14,000 00
Appropriation for deficiency 2,541 90
Reimbursement from new roads
502 62
poor .
39 75
Plymouth & Kingston St.
Ry. Co.
56 45
Sale of second-hand harness.
10 00
Reimbursements from small accounts
18 38
Balance overdrawn
1,186 96
$18,356 06
DR.
Payments in 1897
$15,814 16
Overdrawn balance 2,541 90
$18,356 06
DEPARTMENT.
Balance Balance undrawn overdrawn Dec. 31,1896 Dec. 31, 1896
Appro- priations.
Appro's for Reimburse- Deficiency. ments.
Expendi- tures.
Balance overdrawn
Balance undrawn.
Agawam Fisheries,
....
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$ 418 50
85 25
Assessors,
$169 58
$1,600 00
1,762 58
Abatements,
1,817 55
615 50
$ 348 37
6,123 62
9,732 82
890 80
Fire,
77 24
3,000 00
77 24
998 70
3,980 24
18 46
Insane Poor,
907 17
453 59
416 96
821 46
858 0S
Military Aid,
1,295 91
6,000 00
1,295 91
6,472 06
472 06
Public Library,
325 00
596 60
703 40
1,300 00
Memorial Day,
940 40
3,000 00
4,046 49
166 09
New Schools,
3,248 30
3,248 30
Macadamizing,
514 99
6,000 00
1,377 02
7,843 25
48 76
Roads and Bridges,
2,541 90
2,541 90
627 20
15,814 16
1,186 96
Schools, .
1,939 90
32,500 00
53 27
34,452 24
40 93
Sexton,
141 00
231 00
90 00
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Town Debt and Interest,
71 19
22,500 00
71 19
917 00
23,730 93
313 93
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200 00
214 60
11 99
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1,000 00
Warren Fund,
1,050 00
Murdock Fund,
.30 00
100 00
90 00
10 00
Watch and Police,
118 34
118 34
11 00
3,355 92
544 92
Water,
3,253 87
Fresh Brook,
23 92
.. .
741 03
1,033 98
. .
...
235 20
South Street School Lot,
1 44
. .
Dr. Le Baron Fund,
27 00
Parks,
30 69
500 00
3 00
363 21
. .
170 48
William H. Nelson, trust.
53 85
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