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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
CARVER
For the Year Ending December 31st
1931
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1932
at 8.45 a. m.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
CARVER
For the Year Ending December 31st 1931
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1932 at 8.45 a. m.
H. L. THATCHER & Co. Middleboro, Mass.
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TOWN OF CARVER
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1931.
Moderator-William I. Ward.
Selectmen-Jesse A. Holmes (1932); Herbert A. Stanly (1933); Frank H. Cole (1934).
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector-Henry S. Griffith.
Board of Public Welfare-(same as Selectmen)
Assessors-Arthur H. Wade (1932); William M. Shaw (1933); Ralph E. Washburn (1934).
School Committee-Ruel S. Gibbs (1932); Eleanor L. Shaw (1933); William I. Ward (1934).
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Park Commissioners-James S. McKay (1932); Frank E. Barrows (1933); Ellis D. Atwood (1934).
Cemetery Commissioners-Frank E. Barrows (1932); Fred A. Ward (1933); James H. Peckham (1934).
Library Trustees-Lucy W. Peterson (1932); Helen H. Griffith (1932); Myrtle L. Atwood (1933); Sara A. Slugg (1933); Elthea E. Atwood (1934); William M. Shaw (1934).
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Auditors-Arthur G. Burbank, Harrison W. Jordan, Jack L. Martin.
Tree Warden-James H. Peckham.
Herring Committee-James W. Lewis.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Merton T. Griffith, James W. Lewis, Herbert L. Shaw.
Fence Viewers-Frank H. Cole, Jesse A. Holmes, Herbert A. Stanly.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Jesse A. Holmes, William E. Holmes, Henry C. McFarlin, Russell E. Shaw, Frank F. Weston.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
James H. Peckham-Forest Warden.
James H. Peckham-Gypsy Moth Superintendent. James W. Lewis-Sealer of Weights and Measures. J. Myrick Bump-Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
J. Myrick Bump, Chairman (1932), Wm. I. Ward (1932), Jesse A. Holmes (1932), Bernard E. Shaw (1932), Frank E. Barrows (1932), Sarah A. Slugg (1933), Alton H. Griffith (1933), Wm. M. Shaw (1933), Frank F. Weston (1933), Jay A. Ward (1933), Annie S. Boardway, Secretary (1934), Philip S. Cole (1934), Ellis D. Atwood (1934), Arthur W. Peterson (1934), Benjamin C. Shaw (1934).
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CONDITION OF TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1931
Assets
Cash
$28,141.58
Outstanding taxes
10,898.42
Outstanding excise
644.10
Overdrafts
810.74
Due from County
500.00
Due from State
208.18
$41,203.02
Liabilities
Outstanding checks
1.50
Ellis School fund
17.74
Civilian War bonus
90.75
Unexpended accounts
501.27
Overlay, 1930
387.21
Overlay, 1931
574.29
Overlay reserve
1,090.46
Unappropriated
38,539.80
$41,203.02
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer
JACK L. MARTIN, HARRISON W. JORDAN, ARTHUR G. BURBANK,
Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Henry S. Griffith, Treasurer
1931
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance from 1930
$33,304.74
From State:
Chap. 81 (1930)
$83.32
Corporation tax (1930)
3.80
Temporary Aid
841.00
Mass. School fund
770.07
State Forestry
11.25
Acts of 1931, Chap. 122, Sec. 7
1,675.00
Loss of taxes
197.88
Nat'l Bank tax
26.94
Trust Co. tax
41.87
Transportation, High school
3,471.70
Tuition, High school
1,569.73
State aid
166.00
School Superintendent
773.33
Division of Highways
11,971.79
Income tax, valuation
6,920.00
Income tax, education
2,240.00
Corporation tax, business
3,445.99
Corporation tax, Public service, etc. 910.63
$35,120.30
National Bank of Wareham, int.
120.09
Pratt School fund
224.27
Ellis School fund, Teachers, Dist. No. 4
192.68
County of Plymouth, Dog fund
326.31
County of Plymouth, Highways
6,978.05
County of Plymouth, land damage
62.50
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Director of Standards, peddlars licenses Use of Steam shovel Town Clerk, fees:
54.00
427.50
Vital records
36.00
Marriage certificates
16.00
Sportings licenses
28.50
Chattel Mortgages etc.
4.25
Certified copy: Births
3.25
66
Marriages
.50
66
66
Deaths
.50
Dog licenses
30.40
119.40
Cemetery Funds :
Grace G. Perkins
400.00
Millicent Bassett
100.00
Alice G. Shaw
100.00
Herbert F. Atwood
100.00
Mildred V. Wallace
100.00
800.00
Sale of lead
11.10
Spraying bills
254.47
Sporting licenses
360.00
Contribution-burial Barges
31.60
Remuneration, estate of Barges
10.52
Dog fund
374.00
Refunds
24.01
Remuneration, Joe Correia
25.15
Cemetery funds
572.96
James W. Lewis, Sealer's fees
19.53
Gas renewals
7.00
Victualler's licenses
45.00
Lord's Day permits
14.00
Fireworks permits
5.00
Alcohol permits
2.00
Hall rent
20.00
Sale of town histories
6.53
Fourth District, Fines
24.75
Outstanding checks
1.50
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Town of Plymouth
53.46
Motor vehicle excise-1929
4.45
Interest
.54
Motor vehicle excise-1930 Interest
685.34
33.37
Motor vehicle excise
2,906.81
Interest
9.19
Taxes of 1930
7,917.02
Interest
301.77
Taxes of 1931 Interest
78.88
Old Age Assistance tax
436.00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, revenue loan
20,000.00
42,578.76
$154,544.55
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Cr.
Paid Nat'l Bank of Wareham, int. school house loan 80.00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, int. Revenue loan 148.95
Charles C. Perkins cemetery fund 200.00
A. Sampson Perkins 100.00 66
Henry H. Gammons
100.00
John S. Atwood 100.00
Andrew M. Bumpus
100.00
Alice G. Shaw
66
100.00
Mildred V. Wallace 66
66
100.00
Dog fund
376.00
Sporting License fund
360.00
Nat'l Bank of Wareham, school house loan 2 notes 2,000.00
State: Old Age Assistance tax
469.00
State tax
3,000.00
National Bank tax
12.00
Parks and Reservations
37.69
Nat'l Bank tax, 1929 .55
Teachers, Dist. No. 4, Ellis School fund 175.00
Cemetery funds 573.50
County of Plymouth, tax 6,622.71
Orders of selectmen, town charges 55,298.41
Orders of Selectmen, schools 36,449.16
National Bank of Wareham, Revenue loan 20,000.00
Balance December 31 28,141.58
$154,544.55
CONDITION OF PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS DECEMBER 31, 1931
Fund
Principal
Balance of Income Jan. 1, 1931
Income for 1931
Expenditures 1931
Balance of Income Dec. 31, 1931
John B. Hatch.
$100.00
$5.84
3.00
2.84
H. P. Richards
100.00
75.90
7.97
4.90
78.97
R. L. Richards.
100.00
46.48
6.63
12.50
40.61
E. T. Stetson.
200.00
355.61
32.36
25.25
362.72
M. E. Forbes. .
100.00
18.47
5.37
4.25
69.59
J. F. Hammond ..
100.00
13.41
5.13
3.00
15.54
Marcus Atwood.
200.00
126.38
14.83
15.40
125.81
C. W. Griffith. .
500.00
230.70
33.24
65.00
198.94
Aug. Shurtleff.
100.00
4.31
6.06
4.00
6.37
Wilson Shaw.
100.00
3.11
4.68
3.00
4.79
P. W. Bump.
100.00
68.31
9.78
17.40
60.69
Ellis Griffith
200.00
141.44
15.52
156.96
J. E. Robbins.
100.00
25.75
7.29
3.00
30.04
A. W. Perkins.
100.00
39.34
6.33
6.25
39.42
Joseph Pratt.
500.00
462.78
43.79
28.75
477.82
Eben Smith.
100.00
38.17
6.27
9.25
35.19
Thos. B. Griffith
1000.00
407.99
75.29
66.65
416.63
J. A. Winberg.
100.00
.02
4.98
5.00
N. M. Ransom
200.00
15.77
9.79
8.25
17.31
O. B. Leonard .
100.00
66.18
7.54
5.25
68.47
Reuben Sherman.
100.00
12.30
5.08
3.50
13.88
Benj. Shurtleff.
100.00
5.39
4.77
5.00
5.16
S. A. Hammond.
100.00
10.39
5.00
3.25
12.14
L. and A. R. Eames.
100.00
11.65
5.06
5.25
11.46
Edw. W. King.
100.00
13.58
5.15
5.25
13.48
A. T. Shurtleff
200.00
11.15
9.59
11.25
9.49
T. M. Cole
100.00
11.12
5.04
5.25
10.91
Rosa A. Cole.
1000.00
190.67
54.16
50.00
194.83
A. J. Vaughan.
200.00
12.13
9.63
12.00
9.76
Irene A. Bent.
100.00
15.04
5.22
20.26
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Thos. Vaughan.
200.00
33.36
10.59
5.25
38.70
H. T. Hammond.
100.00
17.99
5.33
3.50
19.82
Chas. Donelly.
100.00
3.38
4.68
3.00
5.06
A. B. Shaw ..
100.00
6.06
6.15
6.00
6.21
Eben S. Lucas.
100.00
2.90
4.66
2.00
5.56
S. F. McFarlin.
100.00
5.67
4.79
5.00
5.46
Stephen Atwood.
200.00
10.08
9.55
8.25
11.38
L. Braddock.
100.00
20.11
5.44
5.25
20.30
Alexander Law.
100.00
2.14
4.63
2.00
4.77
Timothy Cobb.
50.00
5.42
2.50
2.00
5.92
Levi Cobb
100.00
10.08
5.00
5.25
9.83
Chase and Barrows.
100.00
3.83
4.71
2.00
6.54
E. A. Bowers.
200.00
18.92
9.92
9.65
19.19
J. J. Barrows.
100.00
6.06
6.15
5.00
7.21
Henry Sherman
130.00
16.95
6.67
5.25
18.37
Lucius Atwood
100.00
3.81
4.70
4.00
4.51
F. F. Tillson.
100.00
10.29
4.99
3.75
11.53
H. A. Lucas.
100.00
5.45
4.77
5.00
5.22
John A. Thomas.
100.00
5.37
4.77
5.00
5.14
C. H. Knowlton.
100.00
27.40
5.79
10.25
22.94
J. B. Rickard.
150.00
16.24
7.54
5.25
18.53
G. L. Swift.
200.00
29.37
10.41
10.25
29.53
W. A. Tillson.
100.00
5.63
4.77
3.50
6.90
J. W. Atwood.
200.00
12.31
9.65
11.50
10.46
Oren Atwood.
200.00
3.16
9.23
6.50
5.89
Sarah S. Nash.
100.00
3.59
4.68
3.00
5.27
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
5.29
7.05
5.25
7.09
T. T. Vaughan.
200.00
17.66
9.88
5.25
22.29
J. W. Sherman
100.00
8.16
5.45
2.25
11.36
L. A. Hayden.
100.00
1.96
5.13
7.09
J. R. Sherman.
100.00
11.22
5.04
4.00
12.26
Linas Shaw .
100.00
5.45
5.33
5.00
5.78
Isaac Shaw.
100.00
3.51
4.68
3.00
5.19
M. A. Shurtleff.
100.00
5.83
5.33
2.00
9.16
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Fred A. Dimond
50.00
3.07
2.23
3.00
2.30
S. A. Shurtleff.
200.00
10.13
10.63
20.76
Stillman Shaw ..
150.00
2.73
6.95
3.00
6.68
Samuel Shaw.
150.00
2.23
6.91
2.00
7.14
D. W. Nash.
100.00
3.20
5.21
3.00
5.41
Betsey C. Look.
100.00
3.78
5.23
3.50
5.51
Cobb & Barrows.
100.00
5.84
5.84
Mores & Dunham.
200.00
12.73
12.73
H. C. Washburn.
100.00
5.84
5.84
Jane G. Burgess
100.00
5.84
5.84
C. L. Gray
75.00
4.36
1.00
3.36
James Dunham.
100.00
4 .- 15
4.15
A. M. Shaw.
100.00
4.15
4.15
Ephraim Griffith
100.00
2.63
1.50
1.31
Chas. C. Perkins
200.00
3.75
3.75
A. S. Perkins.
100.00
1.87
1.87
H. H. Gammons.
100.00
1.87
1.87
John S. Atwood.
100.00
1.87
1.50
.37
A. M. Bumpus. .
100.00
1.87
1.87
. .
.
...
.
.37
M. V. Wallace.
100.00
37
. . .
$2,803.33
$722.02
$573.50
$2,951.85
.
. . . . .
.
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Alice G. Shaw.
100.00
.37
.37
.
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ROSA A. COLE LIBRARY FUND
1931
Dr.
Jan. 1
Principal
Balance of income
Income for year
$1,000.00
30.10
23.18
$1,053.28
r Cr
Dec. 31 Dep. Wareham Savings Bank $1,053.28
SARAH F. McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND
1931
Dr.
100.00
Jan. 1
Principal
Balance of income
61.77
Income for year
7.30
$169.07
Cr.
Dec. 31 Dep. Middleboro Savings Bank
$169.07
Alcohol Permits ($1.00):
B. I. Lewis C. A. Carlson
Fireworks Permits ($1.00): Ernest Gonsalves
Walter R. Carmichael H. W. Jordan
C. A. Carlson
Helen Dupree
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Gas Renewals ($1.00):
Peter Hicky C. A. Carlson
B. I. Lewis A. D. Griffith
Henry S. Pink
Joseph Moreau
Peter Hicky
Victualler's Licenses ($3.00)
Ernest Gonsalves
Manuel Roberio
Peter Hicky
B. I. Lewis
Oscar Lammie
B. Mabel Griffith
W. R. Carmichael
John Pouliot
C. A. Carlson
Bernard E. Roby
Abbie Raymond
William McGregor
I. Blanche Murphy
H. W. Jordan
Irene Cadorette
Spraying Bills paid :
James H. Peckham
$11.00
George E. Blair
2.50
Helen E. Vaughan
17.27
Isadore L. McFarlin
2.00
Dr. J. Holbrook Shaw
52.35
Edith L. A. Shaw
35.35
Annie L. McFarlin
3.75
Agnes Taylor
10.00
Ernest Barrows
3.50
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Ruby Barrows
7.50
J. B. Braddock
5.75
George E. Blair
2.50
Wm. E. W. Vaughan
49.75
A. H. Wade
16.25
Mahutchett Cranberry Co.
35.00
$254.47
Use of Town Shovel:
Frank H. Cole
$157.50
Ruel S. Gibbs
105.00
Frank F. Weston
75.00
E. S. Mosher
45.00
H. R. Bailey
45.00
$427.50
Sale of Lead:
Arthur W. Peterson
$1.80
Simon Majahad
1.80
George A. Perkins
1.50
Arthur T. Braddock
4.80
John B. Bourgett
1.20
$11.10
Lord's Day Permits ($1.00) :
Ernest Gonsalves
Manuel Roberio
Peter Hicky
B. I. Lewis
Oscar Lammie
B. Mabel Griffith
W. R. Carmichael
John Pouliot
C. A. Carlson
B. E. Roby
Abbie Raymond
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Wm. McGregor I. Blanche Murphy H. W. Jordan
Town Hall rentals:
Catholic Society
$15.00
Lakenham Grange 5.00
$20.00
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1931
Uncol. Jan. 1
Collected
Abated
Refunds
1930
$8,096.42
$7,917.02
$139.18
$21.81
Outstanding Dec. 31 $18.41
1931
3 W.
53,569.84
42,578.76
92.77
18.30
10,880.01
$61,666.26
$50,495.78
$231.95
$40.11
$10,898.42
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Warrant
Collected
1931
$469.00
$436.00
Outstanding Dec. 31 $33.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Collected
Abated
Refunds
Outstanding Dec. 31
1929
$53.96
$4.45
$49.51
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1930
781.83
685.34
86.15
10.34
1931
3,617.09
2,906.81
57.43
8.75
644.10
$4,452.88
$3,596.60
$193.09
$19.09
$644.10
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Collector.
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REPORT OF AUDITORS ON THE CONDITION OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$5,200.00 $5,200.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$5,080.01
Revert to Treasury
119.99
$5,200.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation $4,000.00 $4,749.24
To Overdraft
749.24
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $3,806.13
By Old Age Assistance 943.11
$4,749.24
STATE AID ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation $304.00 $304.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$230.00
By Overdraft 1930
54.00
Revert to Treasury
20.00
$304.00
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POLICE ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$1,109.79 $1,109.79
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Overdraft
$109.79
By Selectmen's Orders
838.75
Revert to Treasury
161.25
$1,109.79
HEALTH AND SANITATION ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$2,000.00
To Transfer from Reserve
Account
102.01
$2,102.01
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$2,102.01 $2,102.01
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$1,000.00 $1,000.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
995.48
Revert to Treasury
4.52
$1,000.00
REMOVAL OF SNOW ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$500.00
$501.26
To Transfer from Reserve
Account
1.26
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$501.26
$501.26
20
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$150.00
$150.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$134.32
Revert to Treasury
15.68
$150.00
UNCLASSIFIED AND MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$575.00
$575.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
487.63
Revert to Treasury
87.37
$575.00
FIRE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$647.95
Transferred from Reserve
Account
318.02
965.97
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Overdraft 1930
$47.95
By Selectmen's Orders
918.02
$965.97
MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Dr.
e
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$2,000.00 $2,000.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
1,983.44
Revert to Treasury
16.56
$2,000.00
21
FIRE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$750.00
$750.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$704.74
Revert to Treasury
45.26
$750.00
NOTES ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$2,000.00 $2,000.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
Cr.
$1,274.51 $1,274.51
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
1,270.92
Revert to Treasury
3.59
$1,274.51
SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
100.00
Transferred from Reserve Acc.
60.00
$160.00
Cr
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$160.00
$160.00
LIBRARY ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$350.00 $350.00
Cr Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders 350.00
$350.00
22 CHAP. 81, REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
Rec'd from State
Due from State
208.18
$6,700.00
6,491.60
$13,399.78
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
.23
$13,399.55
$13,399.78
PARK ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders 637.60
Revert to Treasury
12.40
$650.00
AMERICAN LEGION ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$100.00
$100.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 Revert to Treasury
$100.00
$100.00
BENJ. ELLIS SCHOOL FUND
Dr.
Jan.
1
Balance
.06
Received from Trustees 192.68
$192.74
Cr
Dec. 31
By Paid Teachers Dist. No. 4
175.00
Balance on hand 17.74
$192.74
$650.00
$650.00
Cr.
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation $100.00 $100.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$100.00
$100.00
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$425.00
$425.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$424.99
Revert to Treasury
.01
$425.00
REPAIR OF BRIDGES ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$377.17
Revert to Treasury
122.83
$500.00
BITUMINOUS ROAD ACCOUNT CHAP. 90 TREMONT ST. TO SAVERY'S AVE. Dr. $53.50 $53.50
Jan. 1 To Balance
Cr,
Dec. 31
Revert to Treasury
$53.50 $53.50
INTEREST ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Cr.
Jan. 1 Overdraft
$62.06
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders 228.95
Revert to Treasury
208.99
$500.00
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
Dog Fund
Pratt Fund
33,800.00 326.31
224.27
$34,350.58
Cr.
$34,338.18
12.40
$34,350.58
ADDITION TO CENTER SCHOOL HOUSE
Dr.
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$2,350.00 $2,350.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$2,110.98
Revert to Treasury
239.02
$2,350.00
OVERLAY ACCOUNT FOR 1930
Dr.
Jan.
1
To Balance
$526.39
$526.39
Cr.
Dec. 31
Abatement in 1931
Balance on hand
387.21
$139.18
$526.39
OVERLAY ACCOUNT FOR 1931
Dr.
Dec. 31 Overlay for 1931
$667.06
$667.06
Cr
Dec. 31
£
Abatements in 1931
$92.77
Balance on hand
574.29
$667.06
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
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OVERLAY RESERVE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Jan. £ Balance on hand 1
$1,590.46
$1,590.46
Cr.
Dec. 31 By vote of Town to
Reserve Account
$500.00
Balance on hand 1,090.46
$1,590.46
RESERVE FUND Dr.
Mar. 2 From Overlay Reserve
$500.00
$500.00
Cr
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
To Health Acct. $102.01
To Snow Acct. 1.26
To Fires-Forest Warden 318.02
To Soldiers' Relief 60.00
Revert to Treasury 18.71
$500.00
SHOESTRING ROAD ACCOUNT
Dr
Mar. 2
To Appropriation
$1,000.00
Due from the County
500.00
$1,500.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$1,473.30
Revert to Treasury
26.70
$1,500.00
GENERAL HIGHWAYS REPAIRS ACCOUNT
Dr.
Jan.
1
To Balance
$73.72
Mar. 2 To Appropriation, 200.00
$273.72
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Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$197.45
Dec. 31 Balance on hand 76.27
$273.72
CENTER ST. CHAP. 90 Dr
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$5,500.00
Rec'd from State 5,480 .19
Rec'd from County 6,978.05
$17,958.24
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
17,938.43
Revert to Treasury 19.81
$17,958.24
PUBLIC SAFETY ACCOUNT Dr
Mar. 2 To Appropriation $150.00
$150.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
122.10
Revert to Treasury
27.90
$150.00
CIVILIANS WAR BONUS ACCOUNT
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
$90.75
$90.75
Cr.
Dec. 31 Unexpended
$90.75
$90.75
FIRE SIREN ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 2 To Appropriation
$425.00
$425.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Unexpended
$425.00
$425.00
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CENTER ST. LAND DAMAGE ACCOUNT Dr.
Jan.
1
Rec'd from County
To Overdraft
61.50
$62.50
Cr.
$124.00
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$124.00
$124.00
JACK L. MARTIN HARRISON W. JORDAN ARTHUR G. BURBANK
Auditors.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1931
Appropriations voted by the Town:
General Government
$5,200.00
Health
2,000.00
Public Welfare
4,000.00
State Aid
304.00
Removal of Snow
500.00
Weights and Measures
150.00
Unclassified and Memorial Day
575.00
Highways, Chap. 81
6,700.00
Fires and Forest Warden
647.95
Road Machinery
2,000.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Cemeteries
425.00
Parks
650.00
Library
350.00
Bridges
500.00
Tree Warden
1,000.00
Gypsy Moth
1,274.51
Town Debt
2,000.00
Interest
500.00
Schools
33,800.00
Center Street, Chap. 90
5,500.00
Tremont Street, (Special)
1,000.00
Fire Equipment
750.00
Special Highway Acct.
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
Public Safety Committee
150.00
American Legion, Rent
100.00
Police
1,109.79
Addition to Center School House
2,350.00
Siren
425.00
Town Tax to be Assessed
74,361.25
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State Tax to be Assessed
3,037.69
County Tax to be Assessed
6,622.71
State Assessment for Old Age Assist.
469.00
Overlay of 1931
667.06
$85,157.71
Deduct:
Income Tax
$9,445.60
Motor Vehicle Excise
3,000.00
Corp. Taxes, (Public Ser. and Bus)
3,741.07
Bank Tax
68.35
Licenses and Fees
297.30
Fines
90.00
State Aid
96.00
Electric Light Co.
503.00
Chap. 122-$1,675, Others-$2,200
3,875.00
Charities
1,023.00
Soldiers' Benefits
136.67
Schools
7,414.22
R. R. Tel. and Tel. Co.
372.84
Interest on Deposits
104.57
Interest on Taxes
344.45
Sundries
1,581.45
$32,093.52 $53,064.19
Amount to be Raised
Amount to be Raised on Polls
$926.00
Amount to be Raised on Property
51,669.19
Old Age Assistance Tax
469.00
$53,064.19
Average Valuation of Bogs per acre
$609.72
Value of Buildings excluding Land
777,190.00
Value of Land Excluding Buildings
2,015,210.00
Value of Personal Property
229,190.00
Increase in Value of Real Estate
20,860.00
Decrease in Value of Personal Property
9,705.00
Tax Rate on $1000 17.10
Persons Assessed on Polls only
232
Residents Assessed on Property
344
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Non . Residents Assessed on Property
227
Number of Horses 37
Number of Cows 101
Number of Other Cattle
38
Number of Swine
6
Number of Fowl Assessed
3674
Number of Dwellings
456
Number of Acres of Land
20,008 1/10
Number of Acres of Cranberry Bog
2,7091/2
Valuation of Cranberry Bog
$1,651,650.00
Decrease Value of Cranberry Bog
5,460.00
Number of Cranberry Bogs Assessed
352
Number of Corp. Assessed 30
Assessor's Valuation of Cranberry Bog per Acre for the year 1931:
2914 acres at
$1,200
21/2
1,150
1/2
66
1,100
61/2
66
1,050
331/2
66
1,000
150
950
125 7/16
900
857/8
66
850
258 7/10
800
12434
750
1983/8
700
1982/3
66
650
263
600
309 17/24
550
201 5/6
500
23914
450
171 19/20
400
253/4
66
350
57 7/10
66
300
153 1/5
250
31
173/8
acres at
$200
141/2
150
23 7/10 66 66
100
914
66
66
50
10
Unclassified Value $1,525
Number of Autos and Trucks Taxed
547
Value of Autos and Trucks
$143,740.00
Excise Tax Rate
$29.25
WILLIAM M. SHAW RALPH WASHBURN ARTHUR WADE
Assessors of Carver.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
Paid-
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Clerk
$250.00
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Treasurer
600.00
Henry S. Griffith, salary Town Collector 600.00
Henry S. Griffith, Auto for Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
51.25
Henry S. Griffith, supplies
2.50
Henry S. Griffith, postage
65.17
Henry S. Griffith, Treasurer's expense
32.75
Henry S. Griffith, Clerk's expense
16.95
Henry S. Griffith, Collector's expense
17.00
Henry S. Griffith, Telephone
.40
Jesse A. Holmes, Services as Selectman
143.25
Jesse A. Holmes, Auto for Selectman 58.25
Jesse A. Holmes, Supplies and postage
2.36
Jesse A. Holmes, Wood for Town Hall
20.00
Jesse A. Holmes, Mowing Town Hall lot
4.00
Jesse A. Holmes, Services as Registrar
4.00
Herbert A. Stanley, Services as Selectman
126.00
Herbert A. Stanley, Auto for Selectman
47.00
Herbert A. Stanley, Services as Registrar
5.00
Frank H. Cole, Services as Selectman
109.00
Frank H. Cole, Auto for Selectman
41.50
Frank H. Cole, Services as Registrar
7.00
William I. Ward, Moderator
10.00
William M. Shaw, Assessor
311.50
William M. Shaw, Auto for Assessor
44.14
William M. Shaw, Telephone and supplies
3.60
Arthur C. Perkins, Assessor
42.90
Arthur H. Wade, Assessor
242.12
Ralph Washburn, Assessor
305.00
Ralph Washburn, Auto for Assessor
38.88
George E. Blair, Care of Hall
364.00
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H. L. Thatcher Co., Supplies H. L. Thatcher Co., Ballots 27.66
54.19
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 28.57
P. B. Murphy, Supplies Bliss Hardware Co., Supplies
7.05
Safeguard Corp., Supplies
1.00
Carter Ink Co., Supplies
2.50
Southeastern Power and Electric Co., Light
53.43
Jack L. Martin, Auditor
58.50
Arthur G. Burbank, Auditor
58.50
Harrison W. Jordan, Auditor
58.50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone Service
38.35
Samuel B. Charleton, Treasurer's Bond
65.00
Samuel B. Charleton, Collector's Bond
80.00
Samuel B. Charleton, Clerk's Bond insurance
5.00
Samuel B. Charleton, Insurance on Hall
176.40
John S. Robbins, Insurance on Hall
211.68
New Bedford Typewriter Exchange, Typewriter
45.00
New Bedford Typewriter Exchange, Repairs
15.00
Rufus Blair, Cleaning Hall 12.00
Middleboro Gazette, Gas advertisements
5.00
Director of Accounts, Note fees
2.00
John B. Washburn, Transfers
18.00
Sullivan & Sullivan, Legal advice
5.00
Nathan Washburn, Legal advice
15.00
Arnold Telfer, Repairs
52.55
Eleanor L. Shaw, Assessor's Clerk
73.05
Millar Coal Co., Coal
307.11
Jay A. Ward, Repairs
1.00
Frank LeBarnes, Sawing Wood
2.50
George E. Blair Election Officer
3.00
Arthur H. Wade'
3.00
Earl B. Ware
3.00
Florence Jordan
66
3.00
Daisy Vaughan
66
66
3.00
Mary A. Pink
3.00
Mabel Ryan
3.00
4.95
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Julia M. Stanley
Election Officer
3.00
Ethel Story
2.00
Ethel Fowler
2.00
Andrew Griffith
66
2.00
$5,080.01
SNOW ACCOUNT
Paid-
Frank F. Weston, Labor and Truck
$147.50
Kenneth Atwood, Labor and Truck
113.88
Napoleon Dionne, Labor
11.44
T. T. Vaughan, 2nd, Labor
26.49
Nathaniel Shurtleff, Labor and Truck
180.00
Ralph Washburn, Labor
1.41
Homer Weston, Labor
1.88
David Lanzell, Labor
2.00
E. S. Mosher, Labor
5.28
John Mosher, Labor
1.18
Lloyd C. Robbins, Labor
3.50
Jay A. Ward, Repairs
6.70
$501.26
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT
Paid-
James H. Peckham, Labor
$251.70
James H. Peckham, Truck
243.49
James H. Peckham, Freight
1.15
Edgar Rassmussen, Labor
182.50
Bolar Cota, Labor
169.50
Allan McDonald, Labor
20.25
Eugene Tutu, Labor
8.00
Alfred Dube, Labor
8.25
Nelson Story, Labor
8.25
Michael Clair, Labor
6.25
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Lloyd Robbins, Labor
56.75
Bradford Shaw, Labor
1.00
Ernest Shaw, Labor
1.00
Adelbert P. Robbins, Labor
49.50
Henry S. Pink, Supplies
6.59
Acme Mfg. Co., Hose
63.00
Walter Carmichael, Supplies
6.95
Maxim Motor Co., Supplies
1.39
H. R. Bailey Co., Supplies
16.00
Wenham Garage, Supplies
3.93
Bowker Chemical Co., Lead
142.96
John E. Jordan Co., Creosote
22.50
$1,270.92
CEMETERY ACCOUNTS
Paid:
Frank E. Barrows, Labor
$57.60
Fred A. Ward, Labor and Supplies
104.78
Adlard Manseau Labor
15.75
Alfred Ducas, Labor
34.00
Ernest Derosier, Labor
3.25
Albert Thomas, Labor
17.50
Lewis Letendre, Labor
12.75
Lewis Letendre, Lumber
2.50
James Peckham, Labor
15.60
Allan MacDonald, Labor
15.00
Earl B. Ware, Labor
20.00
Rufus E. Blair, Labor
11.50
Alton Chandler, Labor
3.00
Harry Cassidy, Labor
10.00
Orlando P. Griffith, Labor
24.00
Perez L. Shurtleff, Labor and Truck
13.50
James W. Lewis, Labor and Truck
15.50
Frank F. Weston, Stone
3.00
Frank F. Weston, Truck
6.00
George A Shurtleff & Son, Lumber
20.13
$424.99
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Paid:
Peoples' Market, Provisions
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