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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Carver
For the Year Ending Dec. 3 1
1916
Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1917
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Carver
For the Year Ending Dec. 31 1916
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1917.
PLYMOUTH: THE MEMORIAL PRESS
1917
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INDEX TO AUDITORS' REPORT.
Benj. Ellis School Fund,
19
Removal of Snow, 14
Cemetery,
19
Rent of Crusher, 26
Contingent Fund,
22
East Head Road,
19
Repair of Bridges, 14
Fighting Fire,
16
Repair of Highways,
26
Gypsy Moth,
15
School Account,
18
Health and Sanitation,
25
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
Interest,
23
ures,
22
Library,
12
Soldier's Relief,
12
Marking Graves,
18
State Aid,
11
Mass. School Fund,
21 Steam Roller,
14
New Town Hall,
20
Stone Road Repair Account,
20
North Carver Road Acct.,
26
Town Hall Committee,
21
Note,
24
Town Hall Driveway,
25
Old Home Day,
13
Town History,
13
Overlay,
24
Town House (Old)
12
Park,
17
Town Officers (General Govern-
Plymouth Street,
20
ment), 15
Poor,
11
Town Hall (New)
20
Police,
17
Town Pump, 17
Public Service,
22
Tree Warden, 16
Quiticas Road Acct.,
25 Unclassified, 23
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INDEX TO TOWN ACCOUNTS.
Appropriations
86 Perpetual Care Funds, 10
Assessors' Report,
29
Police Account, 46
Balances on Hand,
86
Pratt Fund, Trustee's Report, 64
Births, 1916,
81
Protection of Persons and
Bridges (Repair of)
40
Property, 46
Cemetery Account,
78
Quiticas Road, 38
Constable's Report,
47
Repair of Highways, 32
Deaths, 1916,
82 Recommendations, 86
East Head Road,
40 Report of Selectmen, 32
Fighting Fire Account,
49
Resurfacing, 35
School Committee's Report, 56
Financial Condition, Dec. 31, 1916,
6
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
Forestry,
49 ures Account, 48
General Government (Town Officers ),
43
Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures Report, 48
Gypsy Moth Account,
51
Selectmen's Report,
32
Gypsy Moth Supt. Report,
54 Snow (Removal from Highway) 42
Health and Sanitation,
76
Soldiers' Benefits,
76
Highways,
32
Supt. of School's Report,
66
Jury List, 1916 and 1917,
48 Town Officers and Committees,
4
Library Account,
70 Tax Collector's Report,
28
Library, (Librarian's Acct.)
71 Town Meeting Records, 79
83 Town Meeting Warrant, 84
36 Town Officers (List of) 4
Town Officer's Account (Gen-
Old Home Day Association, Treasurer's Report,
71 eral Government) 43
Town Pump, 76
74 Treasurer's Report, 7
Overseers' of the Poor,
77 Tree Warden's Account, 49
Park Account,
70 Town Clerk's Report, 79
Library, (Trustees' Report),
Marriages, 1916,
North Carver Road,
Old Home Day Association, President's Report,
71 Unclassified, 46
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1916.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor-Ellis G. Cornish, Herbert A. Stanly, Henry S. Pink.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector-Henry S. Griffith.
Assessors-Frank E. Barrows (1917), T. T. Vaughan (1918), H. Clayton McFarlin (1919).
School Committee-Mrs. Alice G. Shaw (1917), Mrs. Mary C. Rogers (1918), Ellis G. Cornish (1919).
Road Commissioners-Levi F. Morse (1917), Z. W. An- drews (1918), John E. Atwood (1919).
Auditors-Gustavus Atwood, William E. W. Vaughan.
Constables-James W. Lewis, George H. Powers.
Tree Warden-Herbert F. Atwood.
Park Commissioners-Frank E. Barrows (1917), Abbot G. Finney (1918), Frederick Anderson (1919).
Library Trustees-Herbert A. Stanly (1917), Herbert F. Atwood (1918), William M. Shaw (1919).
Cemetery Commissioners-Oliver L. Shurtleff (1917), Fred A. Ward (1918), Seth C: C. Finney (1919).
Herring Committee-Alton H. Griffith, James W. Lewis, George H. Powers.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Alfred M. Shaw, Jr., George I. Johnson.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Ellis D. Atwood, James A. Vaughan.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Moth Superintendent and Forester-Herbert F. Atwood. Sealer of Weights and Measures-Herbert A. Stanly. Inspector of Animals-J. M. Bump.
Inspector of Meat-James W. Lewis.
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LIST OF FIRE WARDENS FOR THE TOWN OF CARVER FOR THE YEAR, 1917.
Forest Warden-
Call
Herbert F. Atwood, Carver,
Tel. 16-2
Deputy Forest Wardens-
+
Arthur C. Atwood, So. Carver,
66
24-5
Alton H. Griffith, So. Carver, 23-32
Gustavus Atwood, West Wareham, R. F. D.,
25-2
Jesse A. Holmes, Rock, R. F. D.,
10-2
Henry M. Peckham, East Carver,
22-14
Seth C. C. Finney, East Carver,
22-3
Philip S. Cole, No. Carver,
66
13-3
Maurice F. Robbins, No. Carver,
John E. Atwood, Carver,
6-2
Perez L. Shurtleff, Carver,
66 1-13
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS
CONDITION OF TOWN TREASURY DEC. 31, 1916.
Assets.
Uncollected taxes,
$12,720 50
Overdrawn accounts,
1,123 37
Cash,
2,145 92
Due from State :
Gypsy Moth account,
672 36
Corporation tax,
58 24
Highway,
65 00
$16,785 39
Liabilities.
Due National Bank of Wareham, revenue loan,
$10,000 00
Unexpended accounts,
4,877 62
Unappropriated assets,
1,907 77
$16,785 39
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Jan. 1, 1916, balance on hand, $1,656 28
Received from State Department
of Weights and Measures, 12 00
Received from State :
Corporation tax (1915),
158 93
Corporation tax business,
262 78
Corporation tax, public service,
779 71
National Bank tax,
85 86
Soldier's exemption,
26 40
State Aid,
568 00
Reimbursement, loss of tax,
72 74
Highway loan (1915),
1,950 00
Highway loan,
2,485 00
Gypsy Moth (1915),
350 96
Gypsy Moth,
4,275 75
Mass. School fund,
577 19
Superintendent and tuition,
375 00
Inspector of animals, 17 50
Received from County, dog fund, 197 23
Marion Gas Co. (1915),
42 85
E. G. Cornish, janitor,
119 00
Sale of lead (1915),
36 64
Chopping, etc. (1916),
551 44
Charlotte M. Atwood, librarian,
10 00
Brockton Times, 83
Eldoretta McFarlin, Isaac Hill acct., 4 00
George A. Smith, gypsy moth acct. 2 50
Fourth District Court, fines, 80 00
N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R, fires, 10 53
Sale of Herring, 33
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Sale of Town Histories, 11 49
Carlton Shurtleff, stove, 2 00
Henry F. Shaw, stove, 2 00
E. G. Cornish, sale of junk,
50
H. A. Stanly, sale of junk,
9 75
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, int. on deposits, 37 03
Sale of Hall house, 100 00
Tax titles, 89 57
Barnut Skulsky, slaughterer's license. 1 00
Marcus Reznick, slaughterer's license, 1 00 Standard Oil Co., bbls., 1 24
School Department, coal, 32 00
John A. Winberg, cemetery fund, 100 00
Nath'l M. Ransom, cemetery fund. 200 00
Cemetery funds,
157 43
Tax Collector, interest on taxes, 656 76
Tax Collector, taxes,
36,208 30
National Bank of Wareham temporary loan, 25,000 00
Gustavus Atwood, Trustee
Pratt School fund 195 00
H. A. Stanly and T. T. Vaughan, trustees, Ellis fund, 200 00
Viola Merrifield, schools, 1 56
Katherine L. Goetz, schools, 1 20
L. M. Rogers, schools, 2 00
Town of Plymouth, schools,
18 00
$77,737 28
Cr.
Paid-
Orders of Selectmen, $36,752 91 National Bank of Wareham, temporary loan, 30,000 00 National Bank of Wareham, Town Hall notes, 1,350 00 County tax, 2,379 69 State tax, 3,360 00
Town tax, 4 25
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Certification of notes,
6 00
Town of Plympton (1915),
90 00
Protested check, 16 83
N. M. Ransom cemetery fund,
200 00
John A. Winberg cemetery fund,
101 00
F. S. Mosely & Co. int. Town Hall notes,
20 00
National Bank of Wareham Town Hall notes
20 00
Newb'yp't Inst. for Sav., int. Town Hall notes, 80 00
Cape Ann Sav. Bank, int. Town Hall notes,
140 00
Augustus Wheeler, int. Town Hall notes,
200 00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, int. temporary loan,
713 25
Cemetery bills,
157 43
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1916,
2,145 92
$77,737 28
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer,
ROSA A. COLE LIBRARY FUND.
On hand Jan. 1, 1916,
$835. 75
Income for year, 33 74
In Wareham Savings Bank Dec. 31, 1917, $869 49
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer.
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CONDITION OF PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Name of Fund
Principal
Balance of Income
Jan. 1, 1916
Income for
year
Expenditures
for year
Balance of Income
Dec. 31, 1916
invested
Rosa A. Cole,
$1,000.00
$11.06
$40.84
$42.50
$9.40
Wareham
Marcus Atwood,
200.00
$16.48
8.72
3.00
22.20
Wareham
C. W. Griffith,
500.00
305.26
32.52
6.25
331.53
Wareham
Wilson Shaw,
100.00
26.37
5.08
1.50
29.95
Wareham
Ellis Griffith,
200.00
128.28
13.24
3.00
138.52
Wareham
A. W. Perkins,
100.00
2.00
4.12
6.12
Wareham
Joseph Pratt,
500.00
130.30
25.44
6.25
149.49
Wareham
N. M. Ransom,
200.00
100.00
14.38
4.60
2.50
16.48
Wareham
S. A. Hammond,
100.00
2.76
4.12
6.35
.53
Wareham
H. P. Richards,
100.00
5.68
4.24
2.50
7.42
Middleboro
R. L. Richards,
100.00
9.25
4.40
13.65
Middleboro
M. E. Forbes,
100.00
.04
4.04
3.85
.23
Middleboro
J. F. Hammond,
100.00
.06
4.04
4 10
Middleboro
Eben Smith,
100.00
12.17
4.52
2.50
14.19
Middleboro
Reuben Sherman,
100.00
3.38
4.16
3.85
3.69
Middleboro
Benj. Shurtleff,
100.00
18.11
4.76
1.75
21.12
Middleboro
E. T. Stetson,
200.00
402.10
30.47
32.03
400.54
Plymouth
Aug. Shurtleff,
100.00
20.95
6.07
6.50
20.52
Plymouth
P. W. Bump,
100.00
22.36
6.17
2.25
26.28
Plymouth
Jennie E. Robbins,
100.00
3.90
5.22
4.25
4.87
Plymouth
T. B. Griffith,
1,000.00
297.92
55.99
22.50
331.41
Plymouth
$5,300.00
$1,432.81
$273.76
$157.43
$1,549.14
Where
Wareham
John A. Winberg,
100.00
1.00
1.00
Wareham
Olive B. Leonard,
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REPORT OF THE AUDITORS ON THE CONDITION OF THE SEVERAL TOWN ACCOUNTS.
POOR ACCOUNT. Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $908 74
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 1,500 00
Nov. 2. To rec'd from Eldoretta
McFarlin,
4 00
$2,412 74
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen $1,447 54
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 965 20
$2,412 74
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $107 00
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 500 00
Cr. $607 00
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $434 00 Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 173 00 $607 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $42 00
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 250 00
$292 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By orders of selectmen, $255 50
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 36 50
$292 00
TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT (OLD).
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To rec'd from town history account, $65 84
Dec. 31. To rec'd from steam roller account, 22 14
$87 98
Cr.
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, $87 98
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $13 90
Jan. 13. To rec'd from dog fund, 197 23
Dec. 31. To rec'd for fines, 10 00
$221 13
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Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $197 75 Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 23 38
$221 13
TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
$65 84
Jan.
1. To bal. on hand,
Cr.
Mar. 6. By trans. to town house
account
$65 84
OLD HOME DAY ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $85 00
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 25 00
Cr. $110 00
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $85 00 Dec. 31 .By bal. on hand, 25 00
$110 00
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STEAM ROLLER ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $22 14
Cr.
Mar. 6. By transferred to town house account,
$22 14
REPAIR OF BRIDGES ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $289 45
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 500 00
$789 45
Cr.
Dec. 31. By orders of selectmen, $358 61
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 430 84
$789 45
REMOVAL OF SNOW ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $274 29
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid order of selectmen, $232 12
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 42 17
$274 29
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan.
1.
To bal. on hand,
$142 19
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
2,500 00
Nov. 18.
To reimbursement
from
Brockton Times,
83
Nov. 18.
To rec'd from school for coal, 32 00
$2,675 02
Cr.
Dec. 31. By orders of selectmen, $2,565 21
Dec. 31. By paid to certify notes, 6 00
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 103 81
$2,675 02
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Feb. 5. To rec'd from State, $59 65
Feb. 12. To rec'd from State, 1,803 22
Oct. 17. To rec'd from State, 2,412 88
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 847 94
July To rec'd from Geo. Smith, 2 50
Dec. 31. To rec'd from private liabil- ities, 1,595 39
Dec. 31. To rec'd from lead account, 320 00
Dec. 31. To rec'd from sprayer ac'nt, 500 00
Dec. 31. To due from State, 672 36
Dec. 31. To overdraft, 410 80
$8,624 74
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Cr.
1916.
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $170 44 Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 8,454 30
$8,624 74
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$250 00
Cr.
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $1 78
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 182 64
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 65 58
$250 00
FIRE FIGHTING ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $415 42
Dec. 31. To rec'd from N. Y., N. H.
& H. R. R. Co.,
10 53
Cr. $425 95
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $86 20
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 339 75 $425 95
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POLICE OFFICERS ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $131 10
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 400 00
July 4. To rec'd from 4th Dist. Ct., 20 00
Oct. 1. To rec'd from 4th Dist. Ct.,
60 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $354 62 Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 256 48
$611 10
$611 10
PARK ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$48 17
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $11 60
Dec. 31 By bal. on hand,
36 57
$48 17
TOWN PUMP ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$4 00
Carver two
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Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $2 15
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 1 85
$4 00
MARKING GRAVES ACCOUNT
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, 78
Cr.
Dec. 31. By bal., 78
SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $2 12
May 15. To rec'd from Pratt Fund, 195 00
Mar. 6. To rec'd from appropriation, 8,000 00 July 8. To rec'd from Miss Merrifield, 1 56 July 23. To rec'd from L. Rogers, 2 00
Nov. 14. To rec'd from State, 375 00
Dec. 16. To rec'd from Plymouth, 18 00
Dec. 23. To rec'd from K. L. Goetz, 1 20
Dec. 31. To overdraft, 313 71
$8,908 59
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $8,908 59
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CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $4 48
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
175 00
$179 48
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $140 26
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 39 22
$179 48
EAST HEAD ROAD ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$103 45
Cr.
Dec. 31. By orders of selectmen, $100 82
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 2 63
$103 45
BENJ. ELLIS SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$93 60
Dec. 16. To rec'd from trustees,
200 00
$293 60
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Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $220 00
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 73 60
$293 60
NEW TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $93 81
Cr.
Dec. 31. By bal., $93 81
PLYMOUTH STREET ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $142 88
Cr
Dec. 31. By bal., $142 88
STONE ROAD, REPAIRS ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$2,000 00
Dec. 31. To rec'd for bbls. returned,
1 24
$2,001 24
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Cr.
1916.
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $187 62
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 1,754 63
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 58 99
$2,001 24
MASS. SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $12 80
Jan. 26. To rec'd from State, 577 19
Jan. 26. To overdraft,
50 00
$639 99
1916.
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen,
$639 99
TOWN HALL COMMITTEE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$30 00
Cr.
Jan. 1. By overdraft,
$30 00
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$746 37
Cr
1916.
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, $746 37
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $3 54
Mar.
6.
To appropriation,
30 00
$33 54
Cr.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $25 93
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 7 61
$33 54
PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 31. To rec'd for sale of herring, $ 33
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 1 17
Dec. 31. To overdraft, 3 17
$4 67
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Cr
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $1 17 Dec. 31 By paid orders of selectmen, 3 50
$4 67
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation, $1,000 00
Dec. 31. To rec'd from N. Bank of
Wareham,
37 03
Dec. 31. To rec'd interest on taxes,
656 76
1,693 79
Cr.
1916.
Jan.
1. By overdraft,
$339 56
Dec. 31. By paid Cape Ann Savings Bank, 140 00
Dec. 31. By paid F. S. Mosley & Co., 20 00
Dec. 31. By paid N. B'k of Wareham, 713 25
Dec. 31. By paid Augustus Wheeler,
200 00
Dec. 31. By paid Newb'p't Inst. for Savings, 80 00
Dec. 31. By paid N. B'k of Wareham,
20 00
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 180 98
$1,693 79
UNCLASSIFIED ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation, $325 00
Mar.
6.
To Memorial Day appropri-
ation,
100 00
$425 00
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Cr. -
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $118 41
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 220 25
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 86 34
$425 00
NOTE ACCOUNT. Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$1,350 00
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By paid notes, $1,350 00
OVERLAY ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand, $488 62
Dec. 31. To overlay for 1916, 403 21
$891 83
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By paid abatements,
$187 73
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 704 10
$891 83
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TOWN HALL DRIVEWAY ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Jan. 1. To bal. on hand,
$ 67
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand,
$ 67
HEALTH AND SANITATION ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Jan.
1. To bal.,
$14 38
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
300 00
July 24. To rec'd from State inspec-
tion of animals
17 50
$331 88 .
Cr
1916.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, $182 71
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 149 17
$331 88
QUITICAS ROAD ACCOUNT.
Dr
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$1,500 00
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Cr.
1916.
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $ 73
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 1,496 91
Dec. 31. By bal. on hand, 2 36
$1,500 00
NORTH CARVER ROAD ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation, $935 51
Mar. 6. To appropriation, 2,500 00
Dec. 23. To rec'd from State, 2,485 00
Dec. 31. To amount due from State, 27 15
Dec. 31. To overdraft, 256 03
$6,203 69
Cr.
1916.
Jan. 1. By overdraft, $935 51
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen, 5,268 18
$6,203 69
RENT OF CRUSHER ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation, $72 50
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By paid orders of selectmen,
$72 50
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REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
Dr.
1916.
Mar. 6. To appropriation,
$3,000 00
Mar. 6. To overdraft, 59 66
$3,059 66
Cr.
1916.
Dec. 31. By orders of selectmen, $3,036 40
By overdraft, 1915,
8 26
Dec.
By order of selectmen, re-
pair of steam roller,
15 00
$3,059 66
GUSTAVUS ATWOOD,
WILLIAM E. W. VAUGHAN,
Auditors of Carver.
.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dr.
Uncollected taxes, Jan. 1, 1916,
$14,061 51
Commitment for 1916,
35,055 02
$49,116 53
Cr.
Collected in 1916,
$36,208 30
Abated in 1916,
187 73
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1916,
12,720 50
$49,116 53
ITEMIZED STATEMENT.
Year of Asst.
Uncollected
Jan. 1, 1916
Collected in
1916
Abated in
1916
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1916
1913,
$61.70
$45.24
$16.46
1914,
3,834.95
3,695.69
101.94
$37.32
1915,
10,164.86
6,381.04
19.04
3,764.78
1916,
35,055.02
26,086.33
50.29
8,918.40
$49,116.53
$36,208.30
$187.73
$12,720.50
Please note the general law. If taxes are not paid by Octo- ber 30th, they must include interest calculated from October 15th. If remitted without interest after this date of October 30th, the Collector has no alternative but to return.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Collector.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
For the year ending Dec. 31, 1916.
Appropriations voted by the Town, Mar. 6, 1916-
Charities,
$1,500 00
State Aid,
500 00
Soldiers' Relief,
250 00
Old Home Week,
25 00
Repair of Bridges,
500 00
Repair of Highways,
3,000 00
Rent and Repair of Crusher,
72 50
General Government,
2,500 00
Tree Warden,
250 00
Arsenate of Lead,
320 00
Spraying Machines,
500 00
Insect Pests,
847 94
Police Officers,
400 00
Cemeteries,
175 00
Schools,
8,000 00
Oiling Stone Roads,
2,000 00
Town House Committee,
30 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
30 00
Public Service,
1 17
Interest,
1,000 00
Unclassified,
325 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Health and Sanitation,
300 00
Town Hall Debt,
1,350 00
North Carver Road Overdraft, 1915,
935 51
North Carver Road, 1916,
2,500 00
West Street,
1,500 00
$28,912 12
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Deduct-
Corporation and Bank tax received from the State,
$500 00
State Aid received from the State,
568 00
Taken from the Treasury,
600 00
$1,668 00
Town Tax,
$27,244 12
State Tax,
3,360 00
County Tax,
2,379 69
Gypsy Moth Tax,
1,595 39
Overlay,
155 36
Subsequently Assessed,
304 96
Total raised by tax,
$35,339 52
Assessed on 379 Polls,
$758 00
Assessed on Property,
34,581 52
$35,339 52
Number of Polls Assessed,
379
Value of Buildings Excluding Land,
$528,155 00
Value of Land Excluding Buildings,
1,401,185 00
Value of Personal Estate,
203,935 00
Decrease in Value of Real Estate,
37,665 00
Increase in Value of Personal Estate,
51,090 00
Tax rate on $1,000, 16 00
Persons assessed on poll only,
161
Residents assessed on property,
380
Non-Residents assessed on property,
272
Number of horses,
167
Number of cows,
86
Number of other cattle,
39
Number of swine,
13
Number of fowl,
2,080
Number of dwellings,
621
Number of acres of land,
22,881
Number of acres of cranberry bog,
2,669
Valuation of cranberry bog,
$1,300,444 00
Decrease valuation of cranberry bog,
37,861 00
Number of different bogs taxed,
282
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Assessors' valuation of cranberry bogs per acre in 1916-
139 acres at $750.00 per acre.
416 acres at
700.00 per acre.
161 acres at 650.00 per acre.
238 acres at 600.00 per acre.
116 acres at 550.00 per acre.
498 acres at 500.00 per acre.
188 acres at 450.00 per acre.
398 acres at 400.00 per acre.
104 acres at
350.00 per acre.
141 acres at
300.00
per acre.
124 acres at
250.00
per acre.
36 acres at 200.00 per acre.
86 acres at
150.00 per acre.
21 acres at 100.00 per acre.
Average value, per acre,
$487 98
T. T. VAUGHAN, FRANK E. BARROWS, H. C. McFARLIN,
Assessor's of Carver.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
Citizens of Carver :-
The Selectmen submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1916, conveniently indexed.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid-
Levi F. Morse, labor and teams,
$275 24
Lucien W. Atwood, labor,
24 75
Russell Shurtleff, labor,
67 99
Walter Dunham, labor,
66 06
Benjamin Parker, labor,
68 59
Jerome Peltier, labor,
64 80
Joseph Murray, labor,
68
J. L. Jenney, coal,
20 46
Albert Linton, labor,
7 86
Henry P. Burgess, labor,
58 63
Percy Smith, labor,
19 00
Benjamin Writhington, labor,
19 00
John D. Shaw, labor,
15 00
Dennett Brothers, smoke stack,
10 00
Embert H. Eames, labor and team,
16 47
Henry Bernard, labor,
2 44
I. Mozart Smith, posts and rails,
15 00
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Edgar E. Gardner, repairs and tools,
18 36
George E. Doane, shovels, 2 30
20 81
Stewart H. Pink, tools, Theron M. Cole, boards, Sarah Shaw, gravel ,
2 90
64 50
$860 84
John E. Atwood, labor and team,
$166 33
Lawrence Atwood, labor and team,
60 87
John Kennedy, labor,
34 35
Levi F. Morse, labor,
4 50
Walter H. Dunham, labor,
9 60
Jerome Peltier, labor,
28 00
George Judway, labor,
74 93
Albert Dube, labor,
4 05
Michael R. Clare, labor,
33 20
Philip Morris, labor and team,
9 36
Harry Morris, labor,
3 60
Fred Judway, labor,
12 60
Joseph Bolduc, labor,
131 36
William E. Cornish, labor,
49 00
Adrian Barnaby, labor,
64 00
James Thomas, labor,
40 20
Frank Weston, labor and team,
3 81
S. Thomas Weston, labor and team,
2 55
William Atwood, labor and team,
1 47
Frank Bernier, labor,
68
Charles Wilmot, labor,
68
James Kennedy, labor,
16 20
Herbert F. Atwood, labor,
4 00
J. Myrick Bump, labor and team,
55 80
Joseph Pina, labor,
14 40
Edward Michaud, labor,
33 40
Martin Thomas, labor,
38 48
Winfield L. Pratt, labor,
4 00
Manuel Lewis, labor,
4 00
Herbert Shaw, labor,
10 00
Kenneth Thomas, labor,
6 00
Carver three
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Henry Robbins, labor,
6 00
Russell Shurtleff, labor,
20 40
Henry P. Burgess, labor,
10 00
Howard Gardner, labor,
4 00
J. L. Jenney, coal,
7 50
Webster E. C. Vaughan, tools,
14 27
Alonzo D. Griffith, tools,
60
Theodore T. Vaughan, labor and team,
16 71
Theodore T. Vaughan, rails,
16 00
Dyar Supply Company,
6 50
Plymouth Hardware Company,
14 80
Eugene E. Shaw, gravel,
5 40
L. M. Atwood, gravel,
3 16
Carlton Shurtleff, tools,
14 55
Benjamin Parker, labor,
3 60
$1,064 91
Zephaniah W. Andrews, labor and team,
$227 82
Philip Morris, labor and team,
26 09
Henry H. Gammons, labor and team,
120 78
Orville K. Griffith, labor and team,
108 75
John B. McFarlin, labor,
89 32
Harry Morris, labor,
59 40
Lemuel N. Crocker, labor,
70 20
Stephen Gammons, labor,
67 16
Arthur Nickerson, labor,
61 53
Joseph Laird, labor,
25 08
James Laird, labor,
16 20
John M. Andrews, labor,
29 92
Sampson McFarlin, gravel,
3 64
Jerome Peltier, labor,
8 75
Alton H. Griffith, gravel,
2 28
Charles C. Perkins, gravel,
2 20
Ernest Dunham, gravel,
2 60
H. Robert Bailey, repairs,
85
Tremont Nail Company, coal,
4 80
Orville K. Griffith, wood,
63
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Standard Oil Company, oil, Acme Road Machine Company,
42 65
140 00
$1,110 65
Percy B. Bragdon, inspecting steam roller,
15 00
$3,051 40
RESURFACING ACCOUNT.
Paid-
Barrett & Company, tarvia,
$24 24
Levi F. Morse, labor and team,
47 43
Henry Bernard, labor and team,
29 28
Albert Linton, labor,
15 88
Benjamin Parker, labor,
1 80
Walter H. Dunham, labor,
8 70
Jerome Peltier, labor,
40 24
Lucien W. Atwood, labor,
7 50
Russell Shurtleff, labor,
11 25
Henry P. Burgess, labor,
6 00
Percy Smith, labor,
5 25
Adelbert P. Robins, labor,
5 25
Benjamin Writhington, labor,
5 25
Standard Oil Company, oil,
1,196 41
James L. Jenney, coal,
13 92
Zephaniah W. Andrew, labor and team,
36 14
Orville K. Griffith, labor and team,
20 20
John B. McFarlin, labor,
11 70
Lemuel N. Crocker, labor,
13 05
Arthur Nickerson, labor,
15 97
James Laird, labor,
11 25
Harry Morris, labor,
9 45
John M. Andrews, labor,
5 40
Henry H. Gammons, labor,
3 60
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Stephen Gammons, labor,
11 25
Rodney Griffith, labor,
1 35
Bernard Tillson, labor,
3 60
Charles Haggerty, labor,
1 35
John E. Atwood, labor,
26 38
Jerome Peltier, labor,
4 16
James E. Thomas, labor,
3 60
Edward Michaud, labor,
8 00
Michael R. Clare, labor,
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