Town annual reports of Carver 1928, Part 1

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WASHINGTON


CENTS


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,


-9-


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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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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