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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS and COMMITTEES
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
For the Year Ending December 31
1937
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A total of 2093 votes was cast at the election.
The detailed vote was as fol- lows:
Moderator For One Year
William H. Bartlett 449
William J. Roberts 469
Dennis H. Shea 1053
Blanks
122
Selectman For Three Years
Philip S. Bailey 1054
Harry F. Cleverly
914
71
Henry C. Seaverns Blanks 54
Assessor For Three Years
Lester D. Hobson 496
W. Irving Lincoln 774
Davie O. Litchfield 136
Donald S. Pitkin 593
Blanks
94
Public Welfare For Three Years
Ralph S. Brown 949
Harry F. Cleverly 898
Henry C. Seaverns
142
Blanks
104
Surveyor of Highways For One
Year
Matthew L. Brown 699
Charles M. Wagner 1143
Edgar W. Whittaker 219
Blanks
32
Constables For One Year
Walter S. Allen 1282
Alton H. Curtis 1413
Ernest M. Damon
1304
Blanks
2280
Tree Warden For One Year
H. Turner Fitts 323
William F. Ford 991
Charles E. Mitchell 605
Thomas H. O'Neil 97
Blanks
77
Board of Water Commissioners For Three Years
Williams B. James 1267
William Elton Shuttleworth 677
Blanks
149
Park Commissioner
For Three
Years
Ralph L. Conte 359
William B. Pepper 419
Charles B. Timpany 238
George V. Yenetchi 899
Blanks
178
Board of Health For Three Years
William P. Grovenstein 1035
George W. Murphy 878
Blanks
180
School Committee For Three Years
Mildred E. Briggs 455
Edward B. McCarthy 439
Peter W. Sharp 909
Lincoln R. Soule
160
Advisory Board For Three Years John E. Bamber 713
James .G. Clarke 703
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Robert Gardner
648
Lyman B. Preston
567
Joseph O. Severance, Jr. 901
Arthur W. Stevens 438
Blanks 2309
HERBERT G. SUMMERS
In the passing of Herbert G. Summers, the Town of Scituate has lost a citizen and benefactor not to be re- placed. Born in Cambridge, Mass., July 23, 1881, Mr. Summers was graduated from the Manual Training School in that city.
He became interested in the hotel business while stopping at the Mitchell House at North Scituate Beach, then operated by the late George G. Smith, and whose daughter, Miss Fanny M. Smith, he married on June 24, 1907. He soon joined the staff of the Hotel Thorndike in Boston, under the management of Lynnfield Damon.
In 1911 Mr. Summers took over the management of the Charlesgate in Boston, later purchasing the prop- erty. In 1913 he purchased the Cliff Hotel and Cottages at North Scituate Beach and operated both hotels suc- cessfully until the time of his death, which occurred in St. Petersburg, Florida, February 24, 1937.
For many years Mr. Summers served the Town of Scituate. He was elected March 10, 1924, to the office of Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor for a three-year term. On March 12, 1929, he was elected to the Advisory Board for a three-year term. Mr. Summers was a 32nd degree Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner and member of many clubs.
The Cliff properties, which grew and flourished un- der his guidance, were the means of acquainting count- less summer visitors from all over the United States and Canada, with Scituate.
Scituate will miss this kindly and beloved citizen, but will not forget him. His life and work spelled his epi- taph simply and sincerely, with one word. Service.
PAUL FROST IVES
Born in Brookline August 12, 1893.
Attended grade schools of Boston. Graduated from West Roxbury High School. Secured alternate appointment to West Point.
Was given contract in Frederic Fuller Agency of Equitable Life Assurance Co. on January 9, 1915, and was directly associated with company from that time until his death.
Mr. Ives was elected to the Advisory Board on March 10, 1930, and served continuously until his death.
WILLIAM H. NORTH
William H. North was born in Watertown, Mass., in 1853. At the age of twenty he entered the employ of the Oriental Tea Company, then located in Scollay Square, as a bookkeeper and continued with this com- pany for 65 years or until his death at which time he was the senior member of this firm.
He first became interested in Scituate in 1898 at which time he built his home on the Cliff at North Scituate Beach and established his legal residence here.
He served the Town as Chairman of the Park Com- missioners from 1908 to 1923 never accepting pay for any of his services. He was foremost in the develop- ment of the Hatherly Play Ground which later became the present Hatherly Country Club. He was sponsor for the restoration of the Old Light House, instrumental in securing the present Railroad Station at North Scit- uate and also the dedication of Hollet Island as a park.
Mr. North was a charter member of the Scituate His- torical Society, a member of Satuit Lodge, and the Winslow Lewis Lodge of Masons in which order he attained the 33rd degree.
Hardly a Scituate organization that was not the re- cipient of a steaming tank of delicious coffee, on occa- sions of banquets or suppers, with the cordial compli- ments of "Uncle Billy North" as he was affectionately known by his hosts of friends.
Word of his death on September 12th, 1937 was a sad message to us all.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS & COMMITTEES
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
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SATUIT
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SANDERSON BROTHERS North Abington, Massachusetts
917.448
TOWN OF SCITUATE
Incorporated 1636
Population January 1, 1935 - 3846 Fifteenth Congressional District First Councilor District
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Second Plymouth Representative District Income Tax Division, Norfolk-Plymouth District
Annual Town Meeting First Monday in March
Election of Officers Second Monday in March
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1937
Town Clerk
WILLIAM M. WADE, Greenbush Term expires 1939
Town Treasurer
ROSE A. SMITH, Scituate Term expires 1939
Selectmen
HARRY F. CLEVERLY, Scituate Term expires 1938
JAMES W. TURNER, Egypt Term expires 1939 W. IRVING LINCOLN, Chairman, North Scituate Term expires 1940
Board of Public Welfare
HARRY F. CLEVERLY, Scituate. .Term expires 1938 HARRY T. HANDY, Scituate Center .. Term expires 1939 NATHANIEL TILDEN, Chairman, Scituate Term expires 1940
Assessors
W. IRVING LINCOLN, North Scituate
Term expires 1938
HENRY T. FITTS, Scituate Term expires 1939
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD, Chairman, Egypt
Term expires 1940
Town Collector
JOSEPH R. DILLON, Scituate
Term expires 1939
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School Committee
DONALD S. PITKIN, Chairman, Scituate Center
Term expires 1938 MARION C. ALEXANDER, Scituate .. Term expires 1939 RALPH S. BROWN, North Scituate .. Term expires 1940
Board of Health
DR. WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN, Chairman, Egypt
Term expires 1938
WALTER L. ENOS, Scituate Term expires 1939
GEORGE H. OTIS, Scituate Term expires 1940
Highway Surveyor
CHARLES M. WAGNER, Scituate Center
Term expires 1938
Park Commissioners
GEORGE V. YENETCHI, Scituate ...... Term expires 1938 ERNEST F. LITCHFIELD, Chairman, North Scituate Term expires 1939
JOHN F. DALBY, Egypt Term expires 1940
Water Commissioners
WILLIAMS B. JAMES, Scituate Term expires 1938 WILSON S. BROWN, Chairman, Greenbush Term expires 1939
STEPHEN C. WEBSTER, Greenbush Term expires 1940
Constables
ALTON H. CURTIS North Scituate
ERNEST M. DAMON Egypt
WALTER S. ALLEN Greenbush
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Advisory Board
RUSSELL L. FISH, North Scituate .... Term expires 1938 JOHN M. GOODNOW, Greenbush Term expires 1938 JOSEPH O. SEVERANCE, JR., Scituate
Term expires 1938
*PAUL IVES, Egypt. Term expires 1939
WARD C. SWIFT, North Scituate Term expires 1939
ROY C. MERRITT, North Scituate. Term expires 1939
HARRY W. DONALD, Egypt
Term expires 1940
RICHARD CLAPP, Greenbush Term expires 1940
PHILIP B. TERRY, Scituate Term expires 1940
+PHILIP L. SCHUYLER, Egypt Term expires 1939
*Deceased
¡For unexpired term of Mr. Ives
Planning Board
STEPHEN C. WEBSTER, Greenbush
Term expires 1938 PERCIVAL D. NASH, North Scituate .. Term expires 1938 ALEXANDER K. WILLIAMS, Chairman, Scituate Term expires 1939
RALPH C. ACKERMAN, Egypt Term expires 1939 HAMILTON W. WELCH, Scituate Center
Term expires 1940
Tree Warden
WILLIAM F. FORD North Scituate
Moderator
WILLIAM J. ROBERTS North Scituate .
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Field Drivers
ERNEST M. DAMON
North Scituate
ALTON H. CURTIS North Scituate
Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark ANSEL F. SERVAN Scituate
Pound Keeper
AUGUSTUS L. ABBOTT Scituate Center
Town Director, Plymouth County Extension Services
CHARLES E. MITCHELL North Scituate
TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
WILLIAM M. WADE Greenbush
JOSEPH A. WARD Scituate
J. EDWARD HARNEY Scituate
BERTHA L. TURNER North Scituate
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT Scituate Center Term expires 1939
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Chief of Police
MICHAEL E. STEWART Scituate
Sergeant
WILLIAM F. KANE Scituate
Police Officers
W. FRANCIS MURPHY Scituate
JOSEPH A. DWYER Scituate
ALTON H. CURTIS North Scituate
FRED W. STANLEY Scituate
CHESTER E. STONE Scituate
EDWARD W. CARSON Scituate
CARL CHESSIA Scituate Center
BERTRAM STETSON
Scituate
CHARLES B. JENSEN
Scituate
ERNEST M. DAMON
North Scituate
DAVID W. O'HERN
Scituate
JOHN STONEFIELD Scituate
ANTHONY BONGARZONE North Scituate
F. MALBON CHASE Scituate Center
ALLERTON L. BONNEY
Scituate Center
Special Officers with Limited Territory
RUSSELL L. FISH
North Scituate
JAMES FINNIE
Scituate
J. GEORGE VOLLMER Scituate
LOUIS MADORE Scituate
ERNEST F. LITCHFIELD North Scituate
SAMUEL WILSON Greenbush
WALTER ENOS
Scituate
WALTER S. ALLEN Greenbush
JOHN HEALEY Minot
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Fire Engineers
CHARLES M. LITCHFIELD, Chief Egypt
MARK W. MURRILL Scituate
D. ALLEN KILLEFER Egypt
HARRY T. HANDY Scituate Center
MICHAEL F. WELCH Scituate
Town Counsel
VERNON W. MARR North Scituate
Town Engineer
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD Egypt
Forest Warden
CHARLES M. LITCHFIELD Egypt
Superintendent of Moth Work
WILLIAM F. FORD North Scituate
Sealer of Weights and Measures
EUGENE H. LANE North Scituate
Inspector of Animals
CHARLES O. CHASE Egypt
Keeper of Lockup
MICHAEL E. STEWART Scituate
Harbor Master, Custodian of Pier and Special Police Officer
for Town Pier
C. HARRY DRISCOLL Scituate
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Assistant Harbor Master
ROBERT S. BOLES
Marshfield
Custodian of Burial Ground
FRANK WHITTAKER, SR. Scituate
Burial Agent
ALONZO A. PRATT North Scituate
Fence Viewers
THOMAS O. JENKINS Greenbush
CHARLES N. BARCE
Egypt
CHARLES F. ANDREWS
Scituate Center
Public Weighers
THOMAS P. DOWD Scituate
JOHN S. FITTS
Greenbush
FRANK W. CLAPP Greenbush
HARRY WHITTAKER Greenbush
ANDREW J. FILLMORE Scituate Center
DANIEL A. VINES Greenbush
HENRY J. VINES Greenbush
ARTHUR H. LANE Scituate Center
ROBERT SMITH Scituate
RUSSELL L. FISH
North Scituate
HENRY T. FITTS Scituate
JAMES A. ANDERSON
North Scituate
CLIFFORD T. BALCH North Scituate
JAMES WHERITY Scituate
JAMES A. CLAPP Scituate
Superintendent of Schools
HAROLD C. WINGATE Egypt
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Inspector of Plumbing
PHILIP S. BAILEY North Scituate
Associate Inspector of Plumbing
WILLIAM H. HARNEY Scituate
Inspector of Meat
EDWIN L. MERRITT Greenbush
Inspector of Milk
GEORGE H. OTIS Scituate
Fish and Game Warden
MATTHEW L. BROWN Scituate
Dog Officer
WALTER S. ALLEN Greenbush
Shellfish Warden
F. MALBON CHASE
Scituate Center
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The fact that our taxes are increasing. year by year is a matter of serious and vital concern. At Town Meet- ings tax payers practically levy burden upon them- selves, now, unless this growing tendency is curbed and corrected we shall cease to extend much inducement for people to build homes, or those having built homes, long remain here, thereby blight our growth and future de- velopments. Taxes are paid out of income and since the income of our taxpayers has been substantially re- duced it is self-evident, therefore, that taxation must be substantially reduced in order that we may not exceed the taxpaying ability of our citizens. The only way so far as we know to lower taxes is to reduce expenditures. Our financial structure as present stands on a solid foundation as demonstrated on following pages, also as indicated by our being able to borrow on anticipation notes so low as one-fourth of one per cent. We recommend that the endeavor should be to protect and maintain this record and adopt so far as possible a "Pay As You Go Policy." We commit ourselves to the policy of reducing costs without eliminating services essential to an attractive and progressive town, schools that are second to none in our Commonwealth, streets that are well built, properly lighted and well main- tained, police and fire departments adequately equipped and trained. Such a course, if pursued, would, in our opinion, present a picture pleasing to contemplate.
As we scan the achievements of the twelve months past, it affords considerable satisfaction to note the
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enduring benefits which have accrued to our town dur- ing that period. Having issued thirty-nine commercial shell fish permits, it resulted in the digging and sale of ten thousand two hundred and nine bushels of clams which sold at one dollar to one dollar and twenty-five cents per bushel; thus providing work and revenue to a number of our citizens who otherwise, several of them may have been compelled to accept charities. In addi- tion to the commercial permits there were issued four hundred and ninety-nine family permits which were free of charge. The Board feels that our shell fish areas are a valuable asset to the town. A code of rules and regulations were formulated by the Board and enforced by a shell fish constable in order to protect our industry from poachers. We recommend that the town again vote a sufficient appropriation that this benefit may continue.
Due to persistent and vigorous activity at many hear- ings before State and Federal Officials, including the Army Engineers at Washington, D. C., they at last recommended our Harbor Dredging Project involving a Federal allotment of one hundred thirty-nine thou- sand five hundred and sixty dollars, and a State allot- ment of ninety-six thousand dollars, making an aggre- gate of two hundred thirty-five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, which will require from the town as a contribution only twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars and we confidently expect the work to begin this year, including extension of the north breakwater at an additional expense to the Federal Government.
The result of the town's appropriation for 1937 meet- ing the Federal and State requirements for projects, etc., has been most gratifying, which consisted of lay- ing 3,783 ft. of 8" water mains, completion of Curtis Street sidewalks, Maple and Park avenues and Ridge Hill Road construction and roadside beautification. The
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battle against unemployment has by no means been won and it yet remains one of our major problems. It is our duty to do everything to relieve the situation. We recommend a substantial appropriation for the purpose as voted last year which will again serve as a security program and a moral measure for 1938 in order that scores of our able bodied citizens who have been cut off from every available means of earning food, clothing and shelter may provide for their human needs and not be driven to a dole which saps the char- acter of those who live upon it and if permitted to long continue would ruin our community by breaking the spirit and self-respect and thus our willing and able workers would become a group of idlers, whose morale would be exceedingly difficult to restore.
To see scores of autos parked off the highway at Peg- gotty and hundreds of Scituate citizens enjoying ocean bathing with children playing or basking on the cool wet sand in the benign influence of the beach on a blis- tering summer day is a factual demonstration of the town's wisdom in acquiring land adjacent to the beach in order that our people may avail themselves of their rightful heritage and the gift that Dame Nature has be- stowed upon them should make the heart of any hu- manitarian spirited person throb with thankfulness and satisfaction.
We desire at this time to express our appreciation to the several departments for the courtesy which they have shown us on many occasions when we conferred with them and the sincere manner in which they ap- proached consideration of our suggestions.
Respectfully submitted,
W. IRVING LINCOLN, Chairman, HARRY F. CLEVERLY JAMES W. TURNER
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Harry F. Cleverly
$600.00
W. Irving Lincoln
2,000.00
James W. Turner
600.00
$3,200.00
Expenses :
Eleanor Merritt
$536.00
Allan LaVange
1.00
Harry F. Cleverly
71.30
W. Irving Lincoln
208.48
James W. Turner
112.73
H. C. Metcalf
7.00
Sanderson Brothers
98.52
Franklin Pub. Co.
87.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
3.80
Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.
5.00
American City Magazine
2.00
The Memorial Press
4.18
City Desk Co.
7.50
Nemasket Transp. Co.
.50
The Plymouth County Selectmen's Assn.
6.00
Wright & Potter Ptg. Co.
6.69
Litchfield Press
7.50
1,165.20
$4,365.20
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Expenses :
Harry E. Bates
$180.00
Bearce's Food Store
1,317.68
George T. Otis Co.
195.78
Timpany Oil Service
101.09
Whiting Milk Company
92.68
Whiting Milk Companies
5.46
A. L. Littlefield
119.00
S. F. Connolly
68.11
First National Stores, Inc.
140.00
Arial W. George
30.00
Harry F. Cleverly
230.00
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Sidney S. Gates
132.29
Cash Aid
3,458.81
E. L. Merritt
40.00
South Shore Dept. Store
37.24
F. A. Morse
32.03
John S. Fitts
32.20
The Seaverns Store
3.00
William F. Ford
12.00
H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.
144.15
Luther J. Litchfield
33.24
Olive Chandler
14.26
Charles R. Viall
20.00
E. L. Pinkham
11.73
State Aid
810.00
Weymouth Hospital
169.67
Edison Elec. Ill. Co.
25.68
The Satuit Press
19.50
J. O. Severance, Jr.
40.00
The Welch Co., Inc.
122.35
Max D. Miles
16.00
George E. Emerson
35.00
Grace Cook
4.26
J. Francis Bresnahan
3.00
Margaret Cavanath
54.26
Seaverns Pharmacy
2.29
Harry T. Handy
46.00
Mass. General Hospital
37.06
Girard's Shoe Store
27.75
Brooks Pharmacy
.60
Cohasset Hospital
24.00
Whittaker Brothers
10.00
Sparrell Funeral Service
137.00
The Great A. & P. Tea Co.
59.00
Military Aid
125.00
J. R. Ainslie
4.00
S. L. Vinton
10.00
$8,233.17
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts
REPORT OF AN AUDIT of
THE ACCOUNTS OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws February 20, 1936
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REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. W. Irving Lincoln, Chairman Scituate, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the gen- eral accounts of the town of Scituate for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1936, and of the town collector's accounts from March 13, 1936, the date of the recommit- ment of the tax, assessment, departmental, and water accounts, to the end of the fiscal year 1936, made in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
TNW:DS
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the general accounts of the town of Scituate for
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the fiscal year ending December 31, 1936, and of the town collector's accounts from March 13, 1936, the date of the recommitment of the tax, assessment, depart- mental, and water accounts, to the end of the fiscal year 1936, the following report being submitted thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and reconciled with the books and records of the town accountant.
The books and accounts kept by the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were verified by a comparison with the treas- urer's books and with the records in the several depart- ments making the original charges. The payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the payments as shown by the treasurer's books. The recorded appropriations, loan orders, and transfers were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the advisory board's records of transfers from the reserve fund.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of De- cember 31, 1936.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the collector's rec- ords of payments to the treasurer, with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants to the treasurer.
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The cash book was added throughout for the period covered by the audit and the treasurer's cash balance on January 19, 1937, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements received from the banks of deposit.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file, the outstanding securities and coupons being listed and reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank.
The tax title deeds on hand were examined and listed. The amounts transferred from the tax and assessment levies to the tax title account were verified, the reported redemptions were checked, and the tax title deeds as listed were reconciled with the accountant's ledger ac- count.
The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the selectmen were examined and listed. The income was proved and the transfers to the town were verified.
The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked. The tax, assessment, depart- mental, and water accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited, and all subse- quent commitment lists were added and reconciled with the records in the departments committing the accounts for collection.
The collector's cash books were footed, the payments to the treasurer by the collector were checked to the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records
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and the records of other departments authorized to grant abatements, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger ac- counts.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and by the police and health departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the town treasurer were verified.
The town clerk's records of dog licenses issued on be- half of the county, for sporting and trapping licenses, the proceeds of which are paid to the State, and fees received on account of transient vendors' licenses is- sued by the State, were checked with the records of li- censes issued and fees received. The payments to the county, to the Division of Fisheries and Game, and to the town treasurer were verified.
Collections on account of dog licenses issued should be paid by the town clerk to the town treasurer on the first Monday of each month or oftener, as required by Section 147, Chapter 140, General Laws, as amended.
The surety bonds of the financial officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the avail- able records of all other departments receiving money
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for the town were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, departmental, and water accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust funds.
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