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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
Town of Carver
For the Year Ending December 31st
1928 2. 618
Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1929
at 8 a. m.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE TOWN OF
CARVER
For the Year Ending December 31st 1928
Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1929 at 8 a. m.
INDEX
Appropriations
58
Assessors' Report
23
Auditor's Report
16
Births Recorded, 1928
52
Cemetery Account
36
Condition of Town Treasury
5
Constables' Report for 1928
45
Deaths Recorded, 1928
53
Fire Account
39
Forest Wardens
46
General Government Account
26
Gypsy Moth Account
28
Health and Sanitation Account
35
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
29
Jury List
44
Library Account
35
Machinery Account
33
Marriages Recorded, 1928
51
Military Account
37
Officers and Committees, 1928
3
Park Account
36
Perpetual Care Funds
10
Police
34
Public Library
43
Public Welfare Account
40
Report of the Treasurer of Old Home Day Association
48
School Department Report
60
School Committee Report
60
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account
44
Snow Account
28
State Aid Account
38
School Superintendent's Report
64
Tax Collector's Report
14
Town Clerk's Report
51
Town Warrant
55
Treasurer's Account
6
Tree Warden Account 38
Unclassified Account
38
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TOWN OF CARVER
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1928
Moderator-Frank E. Barrows.
Selectmen-Jesse A. Holmes (1929), Herbert A. Stanly (1930), Frank H. Cole (1931).
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector-Henry S'. Griffith.
Board of Public Welfare-Jesse A. Holmes (1929), Her- bert A. Stanly (1930), Frank H. Cole (1931).
Assessors-Arthur C. Perkins (1929), William M. Shaw (1930), H. Clayton McFarlin (1931).
School Committee-Frank D. Costello (1929), Mary Jose- phine Turner (1930), William I. Ward (1931).
Road Commissioners-Herbert J. Vaughan (1929), Ern- est W. Shaw (1930), Frank F. Weston (1931).
Park Commissioners-James S. Mckay (1929), Frank E. Barrows (1930), Ellis D. Atwood (1931).
Cemetery Commissioners-Frank E. Barrows (1929), Fred A. Ward (1930), James H. Peckham (1931).
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Library Trustees-Lucy W. Peterson (1929), Florence V. Weston (1929), Viola B. Hidden (1930), Maynard W. Peterson (1930), Elthea E. Atwood (1931), Wil- liam M. Shaw (1931).
Auditors-Herbert F. Atwood, Jack L. Martin, Ralph E. Washburn.
Tree Warden-James H. Peckham.
Constables-James W. Lewis, Merton T. Griffith, Herbert L. Shaw.
Herring Committee-James W. Lewis.
Fence Viewers-Frank D. Costello, Frank F. Weston, Herbert J. Vaughan.
Field Drivers-Carlton S. Atwood, Napoleon Dionne, T T. Vaughan 2d.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Ernest W. Shaw, Russell E. Shaw, Nelson Story.
APPOINTED OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES Forest Warden-James S. Mckay.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-James W. Lewis. Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering-J. Myrick Bump.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Wm. E. W. Vaughan (1929), Jesse A. Holmes (1929), James J. Ryan (1929), J. Myrick Bump (1929), Herbert F. Atwood (1929), Sara A. Slugg (1930), Alton H. Grif- fith (1930), William I. Ward (1930), H. Clayton McFar- lin (1930), Frank F. Weston (1930), Philip S. Cole (1931), Ellis D. Atwood (1931), Arthur W. Peterson (1931), Benj. C. Shaw (1931), Annie G. Boardway (1931).
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1928
Assets
Cash,
$20,442 33
Outstanding taxes,
5,544 51
Due from County,
1,000 00
Due from State,
671 60
Ellis School fund,
4 40
$27,662 84
Liabilities
Reserve fund,
$137 68
Overlay reserve,
870 97
Reserve of 1928,
453 71
Civilian War bonus,
680 62
Income tax (special),
1,960 00
Town Clerk (dog license),
2 00
Balance,
23,557 86
$27,662 84
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer.
RALPH E. WASHBURN.
JACK L. MARTIN, Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1928 Henry S. Griffith, Treasurer
Dr
Jan. 1. Balance from 1927,
$16,508 47
Sale of lead (see list),
26 52
Richard M. Smalley, lead, 30 00
Richard M. Smalley, use of sprayer,
40 00
Eldred S. Mosher, use of sprayer,
7 50
Wm. E. W. Vaughan, use of sprayer,
3 75
Wm. M. Reamy, use of sprayer,
20 00
County Dog fund,
302 06
Hannah C. Sherman, Cemetery fund,
100 00
Annie L. McFarlin,
100 00
Arlotha M. Perkins,
100 00
Alice G. Shaw, et al,
100 00
Myrtle L. Pratt,
100 00
W. E. W. Vaughan, trustee, Pratt School fund,
227 20
Stanly and Vaughan, trustees Ellis fund,
280 82
U. S. F. and G. Co., damage cranebrook bridge,
24 84
New Haven Railroad, fires,
28 00
Director of Standards, pedlars' licenses,
42 00
Charles H. Robbins, sheriff, fines,
24 00
Fourth District Court, fines,
665 00
Wilfred B. Loring, public welfare,
40 00
James W. Lewis, sealer, fees,
19 76
Road account, overpaid,
1 21
Gas permits (see list),
12 00
Victuallers' licenses (see list) ,
48 00
Rent of Town Hall (see list),
35 00
National Bank of Wareham, interest,
106 18
Tax Collector, interest on taxes,
245 85
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Town of Plymouth, schools,
841 00
Town of Middleboro, schools, 333 61
School Department, freight, 1 05
School Department, overpaid,
1 76
Wm. I. Ward, refund, school, insurance,
13 02
Town Clerk, dog license, 1929,
2 00
Sale of town histories,
11 25
Sporting licenses, etc.,
308 75
Dog licenses,
457 00
Marriage license fees,
11 00
Dog license fees,
33 40
Sporting license fees,
35 75
Chattel Mortgage fees,
9 45
Cemetery funds,
734 78
Rosa A. Cole Library fund,
40 56
From State:
Cor. tax, previous years, $473 34
Trust Co. tax, previous years,
84
Income tax, previous years,
400 00
Cor. tax, P. S.,
1,403 26
Cor. tax, B.,
3,938 20
Income tax,
8,670 00
National Bank tax,
56 26
Trust Co. tax, 47 59
Chapter 81, previous year,
203 69
Chapter 81,
6,028 40
Temporary aid,
578 66
Loss of taxes, 87 85
School Superintendent,
773 33
Military Aid,
180 00
State Aid, 96 00
Trans. High School Pupils,
3,360 37
Interest, 01
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, temp. loan, Collector of Taxes, taxes,
26,297 80
30,000 00
50,568 02
$128,938 36
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Cr.
Int. School-house loan, $320 00
Division of Accounts, note fees, 4 00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, int. temporary loans, 589 44 100 00
Joseph W. Sherman, cemetery fund,
100 00
Lothrop A. Hayden, cemetery fund,
100 00
Linus Shaw, cemetery fund,
100 00
Isaac Shaw, cemetery fund,
100 00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, school house loan,
2,000 00
County Tax,
5,631 28
State Tax,
3,400 00
Veterans' Exemption,
13
Ellis School Fund, Teachers Dist. No. 7,
285 00
County of Plymouth, dog fund, 423 60
Town Clerk, fees, 33 40
Rosa A. Cole Library Fund, library,
40 56
Dep't of F. and Game, sporting licenses, etc.,
273 00
Town Clerk, fees, 35 75
734 78
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, temp. loans,
30,000 00
Orders of Selectmen, 64,225 09
Balance December 31st, 20,442 33
$128,938 36
Victuallers Licenses issued by the Selectmen in 1928 :
John Pouliot,
$3 00
Henry Bernard, 3 00
Bernard W. Roby,
3 00
I. Blanche Murphy, 3 00
B. I. Lewis, 3 00
Orrie Dempsey, 3 00
Harry W. Jordan,
3 00
A. D. Griffith,
3 00
John O. Eaton, 3 00
Ethel J. Story,
3 00
Hattie Pina,
3 00
Cemetery funds,
Joseph R. Sherman, cemetery fund,
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Peter Hicky,
3 00
Ernest Gonsalves, 3 00
Manuel Robeiro, 3 00
George F. Snow,
3 00
James T. McKechnie,
3 00
$48 00
Carver Two
CONDITION OF PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Name of fund
Principal
Balance of Income Income for Jan. 1, 1928
for the year
Expenditures the year
Balance of income Dec. 31, 1928
Where Invested
H. P. Richards
$100.00
$51.78
$7.64
$59.42
Middleboro
R. L. Richards
100.00
43.67
7.24
50.91
Middleboro
E. T. Stetson
200.00
375.69
33.52
$35.00
374.21
Plymouth
M. E. Forbes
100.00
12.41
5.67
4.25
13.83
Middleboro
J. F. Hammond
100.00
21.70
6.12
19.25
8.57
Middleboro
M. Atwood
200.00
112.23
15.80
11.25
116.78
Wareham
C. W. Griffith
500.00
439.26
47.53
153.15
333.64
Wareham
A. Shurtleff
100.00
4.98
6.09
6.25
4.82
Plymouth
W. Shaw
100.00
5.37
5.33
6.00
4.70
Wareham
P. W. Bump
100.00
65.50
9.61
9.25
65.86
Plymouth
E. Griffith
200.00
212.75
20.88
68.25
165.38
Wareham
J. E. Robbins
100.00
23.31
7.14
5.00
25.45
Plymouth
A. W. Perkins
100.00
45.90
7.36
9.25
44.01
Wareham
J. Pratt
500.00
427.62
46.93
26.25
448.30
Wareham
E. Smith
100.00
37.26
6.92
8.75
35.43
Middleboro
T. B. Griffith
1,000.00
447.84
72.30
44.25
475.89
Plymouth
2 banks
J. A. Winberg
100.00
13.93
5.73
14.25
5.41
Wareham
N. M. Ransom
200.00
17.53
10.98
18.25
10.26
Wareham
O. B. Leonard
100.00
64.18
8.30
8.25
64.23
Wareham
R. Sherman
100.00
5.22
5.29
2.25
8.26
Middleboro
B. Shurtleff
100.00
5.29
5.29
6.00
4.58
Middleboro
L. A. R. Eames
100.00
9.47
5.52
4.25
10.74
Middleboro
E. W. King
100.00
5.30
5.29
3.25
7.34
Middleboro
A. T. Shurtleff
200.00
10.78
10.65
12.00
9.43
Middleboro
T. M. Cole
100.00
8.49
5.47
3.25
10.71
Middleboro
R. A. Cole
1,000.00
185.41
60.01
45.25
200.17
Wareham
J. A. Vaughan
200.00
10.52
10.62
11.75
9.39
Middleboro
I. A. Bent
100.00
15.20
5.82
16.75
4.27
Middleboro
T. Vaughan
200.00
12.87
10.75
4.25
19.37
Middleboro
H. T. Hammond
100.00
14.83
5.78
3.75
16.86
Wareham
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C. Donelly
100.00
6.84
5.38
7.25
4.97
Wareham
A. B. Shaw
100.00
6.02
6.17
6.75
5.44
Plymouth
E. S. Lucas
100.00
5.41
5.33
6.25
4.49
Wareham
S. F. McFarlin
100.00
12.15
5.65
8.25
9.55
Middleboro
Atwood
200.00
8.39
10.53
9.25
9.67
Wareham
L. Braddock
100.00
18.15
5.97
5.25
18.87
Middleboro
A. Law
100.00
.91
5.07
5.00
.98
Middleboro
T. Cobb
50.00
6.36
2.83
3.00
6.19
Wareham
Levi Cobb
100.00
11.52
5.63
5.25
11.90
Wareham
Chase and Barrows
100.00
7.69
5.43
5.25
7.87
Wareham
E. A. Bowers
200.00
6.51
10.42
8.25
8.68
Middleboro
J. J. Barrows
100.00
5.07
6.11
8.50
2.68
Plymouth
H. Sherman
130.00
13.59
7.26
4.25
16.60
Wareham
L. Atwood,
100.00
7.45
5.42
9.25
3.62
Middleboro
F. F. Tillson
100.00
3.86
5.22
3.75
5.33
Middleboro
H. A. Lucas
100.00
5.57
5.32
6.25
4.64
Middleboro
J. A. Thomas
100.00
1.24
5.09
2.25
4.08
Middleboro
C. H. Knowlton
100.00
12.64
5.68
J. B. Rickard
150.00
10.66
8.10
4.25
14.51
Wareham
G. L. Swift
200.00
10.47
10.62
3.25
17.84
Middleboro
W. A. Tillson
100.00
4.09
5.25
5.25
4.09
Middleboro
J. W. Atwood
200.00
3.45
10.27
9.25
4.47
Middleboro
Oren Atwood
200.00
2.45
10.22
12.25
.42
Middleboro
S. S. Nash
100.00
.83
5.08
5.91
Wareham
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
1.25
7.66
3.41
5.50
Wareham
T. T. Vaughan
200.00
10.13
10.13
Wareham
S. A. Hammond
100.00
32.25
6.68
31.47
7.46
Wareham
J. W. Sherman
100.00
2.63
2.63
Ply. Five Cent Bank
L. A. Hayden
100.00
2.63
2.00
.63
Ply. Five Cent Bank
Linus Shaw
100.00
1.50
1.50
Ply. Five Cent Bank
J. R. Sherman
100.00
.83
.83
Middleboro
Isaac Shaw
100.00
.83
.83
Wareham
Totals
$10,180.00
$2,911.11
$652.52
$734.78
$2,828.85
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Wareham
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DEBT STATEMENT
(School House Additional Loan)
Issued
Amount
Rate
Due
1926
Oct. 1
$2,000 00
4%
Oct. 1, 1929
$2,000 00
4%
Oct. 1, 1930
$2,000 00
4%
Oct. 1, 1931
$6,000 00
Gas permits issued by the Selectmen in 1928 :
Peter Hicky,
$1 00
John O. Eaton,
1 00
Bernard W. Roby,
1 00
Joseph Moreau,
1 00
Henry S. Pink,
1 00
I. Blanche Murphy,
1 00
Harry W. Jordan,
1 00
Benj. C. Shaw,
1 00
Alonzo D. Griffith,
1 00
Ethel J. Story,
1 00
Bertha I. Lewis,
1 00
James T. McKechnie,
1 00
$12 00
Lead sold in 1928:
Manuel Gomes,
$1 92
Napoleon Dionne,
1 44
Arnold L. Hammond,
6 00
Albert F. Petty,
1 20
Adelard Manseau,
96
Kenneth E. Shaw,
11 52
Elverson E. Atwood,
2 88
James W. Lewis,
60
$26 52
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Town Hall rent in 1928 :
Jesse A. Holmes, American Legion,
$10 00
Lakenham Grange, 5 00
Robert W. Melville,
5 00
Jesse A. Holmes, Ladies' Auxiliary, 5 00
Allen A. MacDonald,
10 00
$35 00
ROSA A. COLE LIBRARY FUND
Jan. 1, 1928, Principal,
$1,000 00
Balance of Income,
79 68
Income for the year, 54 63
$1,134 31
Expenditures for the year, $40 56
Dec. 31, In Wareham Savings
Bank, 1,093 75
$1,134 31
SARAH F. McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND
Jan. 1, 1928, Principal,
$100 00
Balance of Income, 39 56
Income for the year, 7 04
$146 60
Dec. 31, In Middleborough Sav- ings Bank, $146 60
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1928
Collected in 1928
Abated in 1928
Oustanding Dec. 31, 1928
Interest Collected
Taxes of 1927 Outstanding
Jan. 1, 1928
$6,168.42
$6,083.65
$84.77
$195.65
3 Warrants in 1928
50,093.18
44,484.37
64.30
$5,544.51
50.20
Totals,
$56,261.60
$50,568.02
$149.07
$5,544.51
$245.85
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HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Collector.
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TAXES COLLECTED IN 1928 - ITEMIZED
Poll,
$870 00
Personal,
4,773 34
Real,
43,662 24
Gypsy Moth,
900 83
We. River Better't,
361 61
$50,568 02
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REPORT OF AUDITORS ON THE CONDITION OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTS
BOARD OF PUBLBIC WELFARE Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$4,000 00
$4,000 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $3,023 76
Revert to Treasury,
976 24
$4,000 00
MACHINERY ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5 To Appropriation,
$1,400 00
$1,400 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $892 43
Revert to Treasury,
507 57
$1,400 00
FIRE ACCOUNT
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$600 00
$600 00
Dr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders,
$372 67
Revert to Treasury,
227 33
$600 00
POLICE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5.
To Appropriation,
$900 00
Transferred from Re-
serve Account,
579 87
Cr. $1,479 87
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $1,479 87 $1,479 87
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $4,500 00 $4,500 00 Cr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, $4,360 30
Revert to Treasury,
139 70
$4,500 00
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $1,200 00 $1,200 00
Cr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, $1,115 59
Revert to Treasury,
84 41
$1,200 00
STATE AID ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $100 00 $100 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. Selectmen's orders, $96 00
Revert to Treasury,
4 00
$100 00
MILITARY AID ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5 To Appropriation, $400 00 $400 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $360 00 Revert to Treasury, 40 00
$400 00
LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$200 00 $200 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $200 00
$200 00
Carver One
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REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 81 Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $6,700 00 Received from State,
1927 Account, 182 60
Received from State,
1928 Account,
6,028 40
Due from State, 1928 Account, 671 60
$13,582 60
Cr.
Overdraft, 1927,
$182 60
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, 13,400 00
$13,582 60
REMOVAL OF SNOW ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$500 00
$500 00
Cr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, $439 57
Revert to Treasury,
60 43
$500 00
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$300 00
$300 00
Cr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, $291 93
Revert to Treasury,
8 07
$300 00
PARK ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$300 00
Dec. 31.
Transferred from Re-
serve Account,
14 46
$314 46
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Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $314 46 $314 46
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $125 00 $125 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders,
$108 51
Revert to Treasury,
16 49
$125 00
RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT Dr.
Jan. 1.
Balance on hand,
Cr.
$732 01
$732 01
Dec. 31. Transferred to Police
Account,
$579 87
Transferred to Park
Account,
14 46
Balance on hand,
137 68
$732 01
UNCLASSIFIED ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$500 00
$500 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders,
$342 57
Revert to Treasury,
157 43
$500 00
BENJAMIN ELLIS SCHOOL FUND Dr.
Received from Trustees, $280 82
Overdraft,
4 40
Cr. $285 22
Overdraft 1927,
$ 22
Dec. 31. Paid Teachers District 4, 285 00
$285 22
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OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1927 Dr. Balance Jan. 1, 1928, $293 08 $293 08
Cr.
Dec. 31. Abated in 1928, $84 77
Transferred to Over- lay Reserve Account, $208 31
$293 08
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1928 Dr.
Overlay, $518 01 $518 01
Cr.
Dec. 31. Abated in 1928, $64 30
Balance on hand,
453 71
$518 01
OVERLAY RESERVE ACCOUNT Dr
On hand, Jan. 1, 1928,
$662 66
From 1927 Overlay,
208 31
$870 97
PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$100 00
$100 00
Cr.
Dec. 31.
By Selectmen's orders, $100 00
$100 00
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$300 00
$300 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $299 61
Revert to Treasury,
39
$300 00
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REPAIR OF BRIDGES ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation, $500 00 $500 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $499 93
Revert to Treasury,
07
$500 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION. ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $2,154 13
Revert to Treasury,
345 87
$2,500 00
WENHAM STREET ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Due from County,
1,000 00
Cr. $3,000 00
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's orders, $3,000 00
$3,000 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
Cr.
Dec. 31. Paid National Bank
of Wareham,
$589 44
Paid on School House
loan,
320 00
Revert to Treasury,
90 56
$1,000 00
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WEWEANTIC RIVER DRAINAGE ACCOUNT
Dr. Balance due Jan. 1, 1928, $361 61 $361 61
Cr.
Dec. 31. Betterment Assess-
ments, $361 61 $361 61
SCHOOL ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 5. To Appropriation,
$33,550 00
Dog Fund,
302 06
Pratt Fund,
227 20
$34,079 26
Cr.
Dec. 31. By Selectmen's or-
ders,
$31,373 76
Revert to Treasury,
2,705 50
$34,079 26
RALPH E. WASHBURN, JACK L. MARTIN,
Auditors.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1928
Appropriations voted by the Town:
For General Government,
$4,500 00
For Public Welfare,
4,000 00
For Military Aid,
400 00
For State Aid,
100 00
For Police,
900 00
For Health and Sanitation,
2,500 00
For Removal of Snow,
500 00
For Weights and Measures
125 00
For Unclassified,
500 00
For Repairs of Highways,
Chap. 81,
6,700 00
For Fires,
600 00
For Machinery,
1,400 00
For Aid to Agriculture,
100 00
For Cemeteries,
300 00
For Parks,
300 00
For Public Library,
200 00
For Bridges,
500 00
For Tree Warden,
300 00
For Gypsy Moth,
1,200 00
For Memorial Day,
125 00
For Debt,
2,000 00
For Interest,
1,000 00
For Wenham and Centre Streets, 2,000 00
For Schools, 33,550 00
Town Tax to be assessed,
$63,800 00
State Tax to be assessed,
3,400 00
County Tax to be assessed,
5,631 28
Overlay of 1928,
518 01
$73,349 29
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Deduct :
Income Tax,
$7,018 00
Corporation Taxes (Public Serv- ice and Business),
6,187 00
Bank Tax,
103 59
Licenses and fees,
182 57
Fines,
84 00
Military Aid,
180 00
Charities,
583 94
Interest on Deposits,
124 11
Interest on Taxes,
345 59
Schools,
8,142 93
Sundries,
1,335 48
$24,287 21
Amount to be raised,
$49,062 08
Amount to be raised on Polls, $876 00
Amount to be raised on Property, 48,186 08
$49,062 08
Average Valuation of Bogs per acre,
$608 43
Value of Buildings, excluding land,
$682,320 00
Value of Land, excluding buildings,
$1,966,395 00
Value of Personal Property,
$289,465 00
Increase in value of real estate,
$69,830 00
Increase in value of personal property,
$9,710 00
Tax rate on $1,000, $16 40
Persons assessed on poll only,
121
Residents assessed on property,
399
Non-residents assessed on property,
160
Number of autos and trucks,
250
Number of horses,
48
Number of cows,
92
Number of other cattle,
28
Number of swine,
13
Number of fowl,
4,253
Number of dwellings,
679
Number of acres of land,
19,780
Number of acres of cranberry bogs,
2,618
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Valuation of cranberry bogs, Increased value of cranberry bogs, Number of different bogs taxed,
$1,592,860 00 $59,620 00 298
Assessors' Valuation of Cranberry Bogs Per Acre in the Year 1928
10
1/4 acres at $1,200 per acre
166
5/8
66
66
1,050
1,000
66
37
7/8
66
66
950
900
66
66
114
1/8
66
66
800
66 66
169
66
750
66
66
231
132
3/4
66
600
156
311
5/24
500
259
1/4
66
450
66
95 11/12
69 11/24
66
66
350
66
105
1/10
66
66
300
38
7/12
118
7/10
4
1/3
66
150
66
15
1/12
66
100
66
66
11
1/2
66
50
66
60
1/16
66
Unclassed-valued $9,870.00
66
15
32
3/4
70 13/16
148
3/4
243 11/20
66
66
700
650
66
66
550
66
66
250
66
66
H. C. McFARLIN, WILLIAM M. SHAW, A. C. PERKINS,
Assessors of Carver.
Carver Four
1,100
66
66
66
850
"
66
66
200
400
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
Paid :
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Clerk, $200 00
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Treasurer, 500 00
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Collector, 500 00
Henry S. Griffith, auto for clerk,
15 00
Henry S. Griffith, auto for treasurer,
7 00
Henry S. Griffith, auto for collector,
8 00
Henry S. Griffith, postage,
41 66
Henry S. Griffith, supplies,
75
Henry S. Griffith, telephone,
30
Henry S. Griffith, registrar voters,
1 25
Jesse A. Holmes, services selectman,
128 50
Jesse A. Holmes, auto for selectmen,
40 00
Jesse A. Holmes, supplies,
1 10
Jesse A. Holmes, telephone,
35
Jesse A. Holmes, registrar,
5 00
Jesse A. Holmes, advertising,
3 00
Jesse A. Holmes, wood for Town Hall,
11 50
Herbert A. Stanly, services selectman,
100 00
Herbert A. Stanly, auto for selectmen,
52 00
Herbert A. Stanly, telephone,
1 70
Herbert A. Stanly, express,
65
Herbert A. Stanly, advertising,
6 00
Frank H. Cole, services selectman,
97 00
Frank H. Cole, auto for selectmen,
20 00
William M. Shaw, assessor,
271 90
Arthur C. Perkins, assessor,
267 50
Ralph Washburn, auditor,
29 00
George E. Blair, care of hall,
364 00
C. L. Hathaway Co., supplies,
2 75
N. B. Typewriter Ex., vault fittings,
250 55
S. E. Mass. Power Co., light,
46 94
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Rogers Print, stationery,
22 25
P. B. Murphy, printing for Town Clerk, 2 50
N. E. Telephone Co., telephone, 5 20
H. L. Thatcher Co., printing,
128 80
Samuel B. Charleton, insurance on weights,
23 80
Samuel B. Charleton, insurance on hall,
176 40
Samuel B. Charleton, Treasurer's & Collector's Bond Ins., 112 50
Samuel B. Charleton, Clerk's Bond Ins.,
5 00
Commonwealth of Mass., supplies,
1 75
Arnold Telfer, building voting booths,
78 30
Assessors' Auto Tax Service,
15 00
R. E. Buckman, repairs, 9 68
H. F. Atwood, auditor,
18 00
R. Dexter Tolman, ballot box,
70 00
Millar Coal Co., coal for hall,
290 55
J. A. Ward, repairs on pump,
32 42
Hobbs & Warren, supplies,
10 79
Eleanor L. Shaw, assessors' clerk,
5 00
Priscilla Shorey, assessors' clerk,
46 00
John S. Robbins, insurance on hall,
142 80
William I. Ward, insurance on hall,
71 40
William Hatch, mowing lawn,
3 00
Ralph M. Bassett, repairs,
5 76
Sullivan & Sullivan, legal advise,
3 00
Elthea Atwood, election officer,
11 00
Earl B. Ware, election officer,
7 00
Mildred Shaw, election officer,
11 00
Daisy Vaughan, election officer,
3 00
Jack Martin, election officer,
8 00
Perez Shurtleff, election officer,
2 00
Mary A. Pink, election officer,
2 00
Eben A. Shaw, election officer,
3 00
George E. White, election officer,
4 00
Augustine Roy, election officer,
3 00
George Blair, election officer,
8 00
Bertha MacDonald, election officer,
2 00
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May Stanly, election officer,
6 00
Blanche Holmes, election officer, 2 00
Frank E. Barrows, moderator, Samuel B. Charleton, burglar insurance,
10 00
25 00
$4,360 30
SNOW ACCOUNT
Paid :
Frank F. Weston, labor,
$16 80
Frank F. Weston, truck,
117 50
H. J. Vaughan, labor,
19 20
H. J. Vaughan, auto,
8 00
Ernest W. Shaw, labor,
13 80
Eldred S. Mosher, truck,
106 25
N. F. Shurtleff, truck,
150 00
Allston Howland, labor,
4 70
Homer Weston, labor,
2 82
Ernest W. Shaw, repair of plow,
50
$439 57
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT
Paid :
James S. McKay, labor,
$194 80
James S. McKay, truck,
132 03
James S. McKay, repairs and supplies,
13 10
E. L. Leighton & Son, gasoline,
43 65
Chas. F. King, labor,
122 96
Lloyd Robbins, labor,
102 01
Albert Raymond, labor,
132 14
Robert Melville, labor,
6 11
George E. White, labor,
15 51
Arthur Shanks, labor,
3 75
General Chemical Co., supplies,
54 35
Nitrate Agency Co., lead,
156 43
Fitz-Henry Guptal Co., hose,
16 35
Acme Rubber Co., hose,
115 00
Wenham Garage, repairs and supplies,
6 95
James S. McKay, express,
45
$1,115 59
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, CHAPTER 81
Paid :
Frank F. Weston, truck,
$797 35
Frank F. Weston, labor, 382 90
Frank F. Weston, team,
207 58
Frank F. Weston, freight,
23 29
Frank F. Weston, gravel,
133 54
Frank F. Weston, auto,
12 00
Frank F. Weston, gas and oil,
36 15
Ernest W. Shaw, labor,
351 15
Ernest W. Shaw, truck,
535 26
Ernest W. Shaw, auto,
47 06
Herbert J. Vaughan, labor,
436 20
Herbert J. Vaughan, truck,
620 51
Herbert J. Vaughan, auto,
18 00
Herbert J. Vaughan, posts,
33 55
Herbert J. Vaughan, paint,
1 15
Leon W. Jefferson, labor,
26 70
Carlton Atwood, labor,
160 29
Dolar Cote, labor,
32 20
Fred Tucker, labor,
5 99
Nelson Story, labor,
27 26
Ira Thomas, labor,
67 21
Savery Leto, labor,
7 52
Cornelius Kelliher, labor,
259 02
Benj. Wrightington, labor,
263 78
Thomas Hastings, labor,
300 71
Thomas Reynolds, labor,
47 94
Richard Barnett, labor,
205 31
James Thomas, labor,
21 15
Walter Dunham, labor,
301 54
Arthur G. Shaw, labor,
186 84
Ralph Washburn, labor,
234 64
Charles Lincoln, labor,
227 96
Charles Kennedy, labor,
230 72
Albert F. Petty, labor,
209 80
Albert Raymond, labor,
50 53
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Kenneth Atwood, labor,
9 87
Bradford Petty, labor,
3 76
Adelbert Robbins, labor,
139 01
Lloyd Robbins, labor,
11 75
John Silva, labor,
121 97
Truman A. Tillson, labor,
175 08
Charles Connely, labor,
7 52
Orlando Griffith, labor,
228 82
Homer Griffith, labor,
173 69
John Dione, labor,
221 18
Alfred Dube, labor,
165 69
William Cornish, labor,
221 76
Harry Cassidy, labor,
211 42
Emil Johnson, labor,
65 33
Domingo Santas, labor,
3 29
Roger Weston, labor,
1 40
Lester Pratt, labor,
10 10
Louis Arauga, labor,
18 80
John Shaw, labor,
32 43
Joseph Amato, labor,
23 75
Philip Doraes, labor,
39 01
Joseph Spinola, labor,
24 22
John Spinola, labor,
7 75
Manuel Spinola, labor,
7 75
Sebato Gourez, labor,
7 75
Tony Gonsalvs, labor,
15 51
Alfred Rose, labor,
16 70
John Rose, labor,
16 70
Oscar Carlson, labor,
13 40
Elex Erickson, labor,
1 50
Elverson E. Atwood, gravel,
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