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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE TOWN OF
CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31st 1935
Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1936 at 8.45 a. m.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE TOWN OF
CARVER MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31st 1935
Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1936 -
at 8.45 a. m.
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015
https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1935carv
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Town of Carver
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1935
Moderator-Frank E. Barrows.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector-Henry S. Griffith.
Auditors-Arthur G. Burbank, Harrison W. Jordan, Kenneth E. Shaw. .
Selectmen-Herbert A. Stanly (1936), Allen A. Mac- Donald (1937) Earl B. Ware (1938)
Board of Public Welfare-Selectmen.
Assessors-William M. Shaw (1936) ; Ralph E. Wash- burn (1937) ; Arthur H. Wade (1938).
School Committee-Eleanor L. Shaw (1936) ; Russell E. Shaw (1937) ; Clyde D. Griffith (1938).
Park Commissioners-Perez L. Shurtleff (1936) ; T. T. Vaughan 2nd (1937) ; James S. Mckay (1938).
Cemetery Commissioners-Ralph L. Linton (1936) ; James H. Peckham (1937) ; Frank E. Barrows (1938).
Library Trustees-Myrtle L. Atwood (1936) ; Sara A. Slugg (1936); Elthea E. Atwood (1937) ; William M. Shaw (1937); Henry M. Shaw (1938) ; Marjorie E. Telfer (1938).
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Constables-Edwin E. Bisbee, John W. Hacking, Wil- liam E. Holmes.
Tree Warden-John F. Tubman.
Town Director-County Aid to Agriculture, Almira C. Holmes.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Edwin E. Bisbee, William E. Holmes.
Fence Viewers-Jesse A. Holmes, Herbert A. Stanly ; Earl B. Ware.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Jesse A. Holmes, Russell E. Shaw.
Herring Committee-Kenneth E. Shaw, John F. Tubman.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering-John W. Morse.
Superintendent of Streets-Frank F. Weston.
Chief of Police-William A. Smith (resigned) Myron H. Hayden.
Special Police :- Alden Sisson, Chief of Police, Middle- borough; Russell Dearborn, Chief of Police, Plym- outh; Robert Fogarty, Motor Officer, Plymouth; Ar- thur W. Peterson, Jack Hacking, Richard A. Barnet, Edwin E. Bisbee, John W. Morse, Harry C. Morris, Francis M. Dunham, George E. Blair.
Sealer, Weights and Measures-Edwin E. Bisbee.
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Finance Committee-(Terms expire 1936) : Annie E. Boardway, Jesse A. Holmes, Arthur W. Peterson, Richard M. Smalley, Jay A. Ward. (Terms expire 1937) : Andrew F. Griffith, Almira C. Holmes, Eldred S. Mosher, Alice M. Nickerson, Reba A. Murray. (Terms expire 1938) : H. Robert Bailey, Warren L. Chandler, William E. W. Vaughan, Grace H. Burgess, Walter R. Carmichael.
Forest Warden and Gipsy Moth Superintendent-John F. Tubman.
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1935
Assets
Cash
$31,810.94
Outstanding taxes
8,322.23
Outstanding Excise (est.)
679.33
Overdrafts
3,513.79
- $44,326.29
Liabilities
Overlay, 1934
$614.19
Overlay, 1935
814.11
Overlay Reserve
483.42
Cemetery Funds
130.00
Unexpended accounts
1,049.25
Sporting license fund (Dec.)
26.75
Balance
41,208.57
$44,326.29
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer. HARRISON W. JORDAN, ARTHUR G. BURBANK, KENNETH E. SHAW,
Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer
1935
Dr.
Jan. 1. Balance from previous year $27,317.21
Received from Commonwealth:
Highways: Chap. 90,4982 $3,354.36
Highways: Chap. 81, 2585 8,103.84
Highways: Chap. 81, (1934 bal.) 1,084.74
Highways: Bond Issue
3,350.00
Income taxes
5,888.51
Old Age Assistance
1,199.02
Temporary Aid
1,126.68
Public Welfare, Aid and Relief 1,047.40
Loss of Taxes
177.47
Tuition Children
409.26
Transportation: High
School Pupils
3,773.95
School Superintendent 773.33
Corporation taxes :
Business
3,226.26
Gas and El. Light
1,692.81
State Aid
120.00
Veteran's Exemption 1
22.31
Race Track Distribution
157.50
Division of T. B. Subsidy for Town 100.00
- $35,607.44
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Milk licenses
$8.75
Oleomargerine Permits
1.50
Alcohol Permits
4.00
Fireworks Permits
3.00
Gas renewals
9.00
Victuallers' Licenses
21.00
Lord's Day Permits
14.00
Garage License
10.00
Refunds
26.55
Town Clerk fees: Marriage
32.00
Sporting licenses
28.25
Dogs
31.80
Miscellaneous
8.50
Fourth District Court, Fines
109.29
Sealer's fees-Weights and Measures
22.85
Discount-insurance
39.38
Director of Standards-Peddlers' licenses
30.00
Peddlers' license
5.00
Telephone calls
2.80
Miscellaneous receipts
26.12
Town Histories
4.50
Tax Titles-released
421.58
Ellis School fund-Teachers Dist. No. 4
181.11
Sale of Lumber
3.14
Use of Sprayer
15.00
Sale of Sprayers (2)
50.00
Town of Bridgewater, Old Age Asst.
173.00
Plymouth
208.00
City of Taunton, Temporary Aid
173.33
Town of Hopedale, Public Welfare
42.00
Plymouth
81.90
Middleboro, Public Welfare
114.30
Wareham, Public Welfare
45.80
Middleboro, Schools
191.10
Rochester
42.00
Plymouth, Schools
132.08
W. E. W. Vaughan, Tr. Pratt School fund, Schools 142.16
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Sale of lead
3.20
Sarah F. McFarlin, Parkway fund
79.16
Contract rebate and heating bid dep.
45.00
Sale of old furnaces and pipe
31.50
Librarian, Fines, etc.
10.50
Hall rent
25.00
County of Plymouth : Dog fund $326.57
Cranberry road 1,677.18
Tax Collector, int. on Motor vehicle excise
47.18
Tax Collector, int. on taxes
465.09
Tax Collector, int. on Old Age Asst., taxes
1.93
Tax Collector, Demand fees
2.45
Town Clerk, Dog fund
343.20
Town Clerk, Sporting license fund
263.50
Cemetery Bills, expenditures for year
638.82
Cemetery Bills, Town assets, 1934
2.75
John V. Sullivan, Ex., Thomas B. Griffith special cemetery fund 1,000.00
Boston Safe Dep. and Tr. Co., Ex. George
F. Cobb and William F. Shurtleff fund
1,000.00
Hattie Thomas, Elijah H. Thomas fund
130.00
Clara M. Benson, cemetery fund
100.00
Frank E. Barrows, Central cemetery fund
15.00
Ralph L. Linton, Lakenham cemetery fund
15.00
Rosa A. Cole Library fund
36.42
Tax Collector :
Excise, 1933
25.61
Excise, 1934
715.39
Excise, 1935
2,154.11
Old Age Assistance taxes, 1932
8.00
Old Age Assistance taxes, 1933
18.00
Polls and Property, 1933
211.99
Polls and Property, 1934
9,202.50
Polls and Property, 1935
62,480.27
Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue loan
20,000.00
.
$166,454.76
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Cr.
Town Orders
$66,818.45
School Orders 32,043.42
Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue loan
20,000.00
Div. of Fisheries and Game, Sport, Li. Fund
236.75
County of Plymouth, Dog Fund
343.20
Cemetery Bills, Perpetual care
638.82
Director of Accounts, Note fee
2.00
Tax Refunds
46.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Refunds
25.88
Interest, Temporary Loan
96.66
Interest, Benj. Ellis School Loan
255.00
Benj. Ellis School Loan-Notes
2,000.00
Ellis School Fund, Teachers, Dist. No. 4
181.11
Hannah B. Shaw, Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
G. F. Cobb & W. F. Shurtleff Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
Elijah H. Thomas Cemetery Fund
130.00
Parks and Reservations, State
37.91
State Tax
4,500.00
County Tax
5,128.76
Check Books-Code
4.45
Land Damage, Cranbbery Road
39.00
Rosa A. Cole Library Fund Bills
36.42
Sarah F. McFarlin Parkway Fund Bills
79.16
Balance December 31, 1935
31,810.94
$166,454.76
DEBT. STATEMENT (41/4%)
1932
Issued
No.
Amount
Maturity
Sept. 1
60
$1,000.00
Sept. 1, 1936
Sept. 1
61
1,000.00
Sept. 1, 1936
Sept. 1
62
1,000.00
Sept. 1, 1937
Sept. 1
63
1,000.00
Sept. 1, 1937
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LICENSES AND PERMITS
VICTUALLERS' ($3.00)
I. Blanche Murphy (2)
Tony Lobo
Theo Thomas
H. W. Jordan
Mabel Curtis
W. R. Carmichael
GAS RENEWALS
Joseph Moreau
W. R. Carmichael
John O. Eaton
H. W. Jordan
Charles A. Carlson
Henry S. Pink
Lewis W. Jenney
Bernard W. Roby
John B. Bourget
ALCOHOL PERMITS
Lewis W. Jenney
Roger Williams
Wenham Garage W. R. Carmichael
OLEOMARGARINE PERMITS
W. R. Carmichael
Henry S. Pink H. W. Jordan
FIREWORKS PERMITS
Ernest Gonsalves W. R. Carmichael
Henry S. Pink
LORD'S DAY PERMITS
Ernest Gonsalves
Roger Williams
Theo Thomas
W. R. Carmichael
Bernard W. Roby
H. W. Jordan
John B. Bourget
Tony Lobo
Manuel Robeiro George Spaulding
Bessie M. Griffith
Mabel Curtis
Lewis W. Jenney
Jack Santos
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MILK LICENSES
Frank LeBarnes
$1.00 Theo Thomas .50
Wiksten Bros.
.50 Standish Dairy .50
(25c)
Mrs. Chester Atwood
Annie S. Boardway
Theron M. Bumpus
Charles Kallio
Florences V. Weston
Elias Erickson
Charles W. Miller
Mary Jokinen
Ethel Story
Otto Salmi
John B. Bourget
Andrew A. Palm
H. W. Jordan
Carl Neimi
W. R. Carmichael
Alex Johnson
Henry S. Pink
Sette Halunen
James S. McKay
Frank Laine
Jack Santos
Maurice F. Robbins
Peter Fernandez
Ella G. Shaw
Svante Halunen
Hannah Halunen
LEAD SOLD
Harry W. Jordan
$.80
Arthur W. Peterson
2.40
$3.20
LIBRARY FUND
Name
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1, 1935
Income for year
Exp. for Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31
M. P. S. Jowitt
$100.00
4.45
3.15
7.60
Rosa A. Cole
1,000.00
64.00
32.15
36.42
59.73
year
....
$1,100.00 $68.45 $35.30 $36.42 $67.33
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SARAH F. McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND
Dr.
1935 Jan. 1 Principal Bal. of income
$100.00
88.50
Income for year
5.68
$194.18
Cr.
Expenditures for year
$79.16
Dec. 31' Dep. Middleborough Savings Bank 115.02
$194.18
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CONDITION OF CEMETERY FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1935
Fund
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1
Inc. for the year
year
Dec. 31st
John B. Hatch
$100.00
$3.89
$3.13
$3.75
$3.27
H. P. Richards
100.00
66.50
5.01
1.05
70.46
R. L. Richards
100.00
43.17
4.31
1.05
46.43
E. T. Stetson
200.00
309.61
17.97
44.36
283.22
Mary E. Forbes
100.00
23.19
3.71
2.50
24.40
J. F. Hammond
100.00
16.86
3.51
7.75
12.62
Marcus Atwood
200.00
137.98
10.21
31.50
116.69
Chas. W. Griffith
500.00
123.77
18.85
8.90
133.72
Aug. Shurtleff
100.00
3.29
3.64
2.00
4.93
Wilson Shaw
100.00
3.89
3.13
3.75
3.27
P. W. Bump
100.00
58.11
5.56
28.95
34.72
Ellis Griffith
200.00
111.38
9.41
12.15
108.64
J. E. Robbins
100.00
41.19
4.97
7.50
38.66
A. W. Perkins
100.00
43.54
4.33
6.05
41.82
Joseph Pratt
500.00
516.99
30.72
16.20
531.51
Eben Smith
100.00
35.57
4.07
21.70
17.94
Thos. B. Griffith
1000.00
341.17
45.31
58.45
328.03
John A. Winberg
100.00
4.40
3.14
3.17
4.37
N. M. Ransom
200.00
10.15
6.35
3.00
13.50
Olive Leonard
100.00
68.19
5.07
6.35
66.91
Reuben Sherman
100.00
6.07
3.19
6.00
3.26
Benjamin Shurtleff
100.00
3.70
3.11
3.50
3.31
S. A. Hammond
100.00
13.71
3.43
6.75
10.39
L. & A. Eames
100.00
4.76
3.15
2.75
5.16
Edw. W. King
100.00
5.20
3.16
2.25
6.11
Albert T. Shurtleff
200.00
6.94
6.24
6.75
6.43
Theron M. Cole
100.00
2.39
3.07
1.00
4.46
Rosa A. Cole
1,000.00
22.63
30.89
24.98
28.54
J. A. Vaughan
200.00
6.98
6.24
6.75
6.47
Irene A. Bent
100.00
20.19
3.61
6.40
17.40
Thomas Vaughan
200.00
9.88
6.32
5.50
10.70
H. T. Hammond
100.00
24.39
3.75
8.50
19.64
Charles Donelly
100.00
9.16
3.29
2.82
9.63
Arevesta B. Shaw
100.00
3.81
3.64
4.75
2.70
Eben S. Lucas
100.00
3.69
3.13
4.50
2.32
S. F. McFarlin
100.00
7.64
3.23
2.82
8.05
Stephen Atwood
200.00
15.37
6.50
4.17
17.70
L. Braddock
100.00
15.06
3.46
5.25
13.17*
Alex Law
100.00
7.10
3.22
6.96
3.36
Timothy Cobb
50.00
2.27
.67*
Levi Cobb
100.00
1.65
3.07
2.25
2.47
Chase & Barrows
100.00
.80
3.03
1.25
2.58
Eliza Bowers
200.00
24.11
6.76
23.81
7.06
John J. Barrows
100.00
11.27
3.92
6.15
9.04
Henry Sherman
130.00
11.24
4.27
6.25
9.26
Lucius Atwood
100.00
7.67
3.23
3.31
7.59
F. F. Tillson
100.00
15.44
3.47
3.80
15.11
H. A. Lucas
100.00
3.45
3.10
3.25
3.30
John A. Thomas
100.00
3.62
3.11
3.50
3.23
C. H. Knowlton
100.00
25.10
3.77
15.31
13.56
Exp. for Bal. of Inc.
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Bal. of Inc.
Fund
Principal
Jan. 1
Inc. for the year
Exp. for year
Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31st
J. B. Rickard
150.00
19.84
5.12
8.25
16.71
Gustavus L. Swift
200.00
30.44
6.94
14.00
23.38
W. A. Tillson
100.00
11.07
3.34
3.31
11.10
Josiah W. Atwood
200.00
21.78
6.68
15.16
13.30
Oren Atwood
200.00
8.84
6.28
3.65
11.47
Sarah S. Nash
100.00
3.89
3.13
3.75
3.27
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
5.73
4.70
5.50
4.93
Theo. T. Vaughan
200.00
12.82
6.42
4.00
15.24
Joseph W. Sherman
100.00
4.27
3.41
2.75
4.93
Lothrop A. Hayden
100.00
7.40
3.51
4.31
6.60
Joseph R. Sherman
100.00
6.90
3.21
3.25
6.86
Linas Shaw
100.00
3.82
3.38
3.75
3.45
Isaac Shaw
100.00
3.81
3.13
3.75
3.19
Mary A. Shurtleff
100.00
3.71
3.38
2.75
4.34
Fred A. Dimond
50.00
1.83
1.55
1.75
1.63
Sam. A. Shurtlett
200.00
33.97
7.65
7.85
33.77
Stillman Shaw
150.00
11.94
4.87
13.30
3.51
Samuel Shaw
150.00
11.33
4.85
13.30
2.88
D. W. Nash
100.00
3.67
3.38
3.50
3.55
Betsey C. Look
100.00
3.73
3.38
3.50
3.61
Cobb & Barrows
100.00
6.23
3.20
3.00
6.43
Morse & Dunham
200.00
18.88
6.60
2.50
22.98
H. C. Washburn
100.00
11.10
3.35
2.81
11.64
Jane G. Burgess
100.00
12.05
3.38
3.30
12.13
Catherine L. Gray
75.00
2.93
2.35
2.25
3.03
James Dunham
100.00
1.94
3.07
1.25
3.76
Alfred M. Shaw
100.00
10.15
3.32
3.31
10.16
Ephraim Griffith
100.00
3.39
3.11
3.31
3.19
Chas. C. Perkins
200.00
9.61
6.31
2.81
13.11
A. Sampson Perkins
100.00
6.52
3.21
1.96
7.42*
Henry H. Gammons
100.00
2.87
3.09
2.81
3.15
John S. Atwood
100.00
5.55
3.17
2.81
5.91
Andrew W. Bumpus
100.00
3.06
3.10
2.81
3.35
Alice G. Shaw
100.00
6.51
3.21
2.55
7.17
Mildred V. Wallace
100.00
5.43
3.17
2.46
6.14
Ellis D. Atwood
200.00
13.13
6.44
2.45
16.42*
Alton H. Griffith
100.00
2.05
3.08
2.81
2.32
S. Dexter Atwood
200.00
4.70
6.16
3.66
7.20
Isaac Vaughan
200.00
6.89
6.22
6.75
6.36
H. Robert Bailey
200.00
7.50
6.25
3.65
10.10
Eli Southworth
100.00
2.68
3.09
1.96
3.81
E. L. Griffith
100.00
2.68
3.09
2.50
3.27
Peleg McFarlin
100.00
2.77
2.31
.46
Hannah B. Shaw
1000.00
10.00
10.00
Elijah H. Thomas
130.00
2.28
2.28
Cobb & Shurtleff
1000.00
5.00
5.00
Lakenham Fund
40.00
.83
.83
$16,175.00
$2,612.50
$532.19
$638.82
$2,503.12
*Town Treasury 1934 assets, $2.75.
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Outstanding
Year
2 Warrants
Collected
Abated
Tax Titles
Dec. 31
1935
$70,489.17 $62,480.27
$65.10
$144.78 $7,799.02
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935
1934
10,040.05
9,202.50
146.71
167.63
523.21
1933
287.22
211.99
64.17
11.06
$80,816.44 $71,894.76 $275.98 $323.47 $8,322.23
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Year 1935
4 Warrants $2,858.26
Collected $2,154.11
Abated $18.53
Outstanding Dec. 31 $685.62
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935
1934
856.76
715.39
1.21
140.16
1933
151.03
25.61
96.87
28.55
$3,866.05
$2,895.11
$116.61
$854.33
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935
Collected
Outstanding Dec. 31
1933
$101.00
$18.00
$83.00
1932
8.00
8.00
$109.00
$26.00
$83.00
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Collector.
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REPORT OF AUDITORS ON THE CONDITION OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$9,100.00
Transferred from Reserve
Account
87.94
Cr.
$9,187.94
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$9,187.94
$9,187.94
PUBLIC WELFARE
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$7,000.00
To Overdraft
3,513.79
Cr
$10,513.79
Dec. 31
Selectmen's Orders
$10,513.79 $10,513.79
STATE AID
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $120.00 $120.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$120.00
$120.00
POLICE ACCOUNT
Dr
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$2,328.79
Revert to Treasury
171.21
$2,500.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION ACCOUNT
Dr
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $2,500.00 $2,500.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$2,367.58
Reverts to Treasury
132.42
$2,500.00
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
Cr.
$600.00
$600.00
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders 599.92
Reverts to Treasury
.08
$600.00
REMOVAL OF SNOW ACCOUNT
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
Dr.
$2,000.00 $2,000.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$1,977.59
Revert to Treasury
22.41
$2,000.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$150.00
$150.00
Cr.
$135.82
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
14.18
$150.00
UNCLASSIFIED AND MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
Cr.
$353.00
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
147.00
$500.00
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FIRE ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $500.00 $500.00
Cr.
$425.13
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
74.87
$500.00
MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$800.00
$800.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
798.28
Revert to Treasury
1.72
$800.00
FIRE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$830.00
Oct. 25 To Appropriation from Free Cash Account 782.00
Dec. 31
Transferred from Reserve
Account
7.46
$1,619.46
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$1,619.46
$1,619.46
GYPSY MOTH ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $1,260.51 $1,260.51
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $1,222.25
Reverts to Treasury
38.26
$1,260.51
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SOLDIER'S RELIEF ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$350.00
Oct. 25
To Appropriation from
Mother's Aid Account
100.00
$450.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$427.75
Revert to Treasury
22.25
$450.00
LIBRARY ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$50.00
Received from Dog Fund
326.57
$376.57
Cr.
$370.95
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
5.62
$376.57
MOTHER'S AID ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$500.00 $500.00
Cr.
Oct. 25
By vote of Town to Soldier's
Relief
100.00
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders 347.64
Reverts to Treasury
52.36
$500.00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$400.00
$400.00
Cr.
399.82
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
.18
$400.00
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AMERICAN LEGION ACCOUNT
Dr
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$75.00
$75.00
Cr
Dec. 31 £ By Selectmen's Orders $75.00
$75.00
BENJ. ELLIS SCHOOL FUND
Dr.
July 3 Received from Trustees $6.11
Dec. 9 Received from Trustees 175.00
Cr.
$181.11
Dec. 31 Paid Teachers, Dist. No. 4 $181.11
$181.11
SCHOOL ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
$31,930.00
To Pratt Fund 142.16
$32,072.16
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$32,043.42
Reverts to Treasury 28.74
$32,072.16
PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$100.00 $100.00
Cr
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $100.00 $100.00
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$1,025.00 $1,025.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Revert to Treasury
52.46
972.54
$1,025.00
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REPAIR OF BRIDGES ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 3
To Appropriation
$500.00 $500.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $453.65 Revert to Treasury 46.35
$500.00
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$650.00 $650.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $351.66 Reverts to Treasury 298.34
$650.00
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1933
Dr.
Jan. 1
Balance on Hand
$511.55
$511.55
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Abatements
$64.17
By Balance to Overlay Re-
serve
447.38
$511.55
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1934
Dr.
Jan. 1
Balance on Hand
$760.90
$760.90
Cr.
Dec. 31
Abatements
Balance on Hand
614.19
$146.71
$760.90
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1935 Dr.
Dec. 31 Overlay
$879.21
$879.21
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Cr.
Dec. 31
Abatements
Balance on Hand
$65.10
814.11
$879.21
OVERLAY RESERVE ACCOUNT Dr.
Jan. 1
Balance on Hand
$736.04
From 1933 Overlay Account 447.38
$1,183.42
Cr.
Mar. 4
By vote of Town to Reserve
Account
$700.00
Balance on Hand 483.42
$1,183.42
RESERVE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 From Overlay Reserve
$700.00 $700.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders Transferred to: General Government Acct. $87.94
Fire Equipment 7.46
Old Age Assistance 300.14
Reverts to Treasury 304.45
$700.00
GENERAL HIGHWAY REPAIRS ACCOUNT
Dr
Jan. 1 Balance on Hand
$8.26
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
300.00
$308.26
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders Balance on Hand 11.47
$296.79
$308.26
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CHAPTER 90 ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4
To Appropriation
Received from State
3,354.36
Received from County
1,677.18
$2,000.00
$7,031.54
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$6,708.72
Revert to Treasury
322.82
$7,031.54
PUBLIC SAFETY ACCOUNT
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
Dr.
$200.00 $200.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$199.76
Revert to Treasury
.24
$200.00
OLD HOME DAY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$200.00 $200.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$200.00
$200.00
CRANBERRY ROAD LAND DAMAGE
Dr.
Jan. 1 To Balame on Hand
$52.00
Mar. 4 To Appropriation 200.00
$252.00
Cr
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$39.00
Unexpended Balance
213.00
$252.00
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $3,200.00
Dec. 31
Transferred from Reserve
Account
300.14
$3,500.14
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders
$3,500.14
$3,500.14
DRAINAGE ACCOUNT - PLYMOUTH ST.
Dr.
$ .53 $ .53
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Balance on Hand
$ .53
$ .53
CHAPTER 81 Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation $6,700.00
Received from State 8,103.84
Due from State 1,916.12
$16,719.96
Cr.
$16,699.96
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
Balance Unexpended
20.00
$16,719.96
E. R. A. ACCOUNT Dr.
Jan. 1 To Balance
$89.75
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$1,000.00
$1,089.75
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$952.69
Unexpended Balance
137.06
$1,089.75
Jan. 1
Balance on Hand
Cr.
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BOND ISSUE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Oct. 23 To Received from State $3,350.00 $3,350.00
Cr.
Dec. 31
By Selectmen's Orders
$2,670.81
By Balance on Hand
679.19
€
$3,350.00
SNAPPIT ROAD ACCOUNT
Dr.
Mar. 4 To Appropriation
$800.00 $800.00
Cr.
Dec. 31 By Selectmen's Orders $792.68 Revert to Treasury 7.32
$800.00
H. W. JORDAN A. G. BURBANK K. E. SHAW
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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS
Special Town Meeting Dec. 27, 1934:
General Government
$825.00
Public Welfare
650.00
Old Age Assistance
250.00
Police
1100.00
Removal of Snow
250.00
Fires
600.00
E.R.A. Account
300.00
$3,975.00
Town Meeting March 4, 1935:
Health
$2,500.00
Public Welfare
7,000.00
State Aid
120.00
Police
2,500.00
Removal of Snow
2,000.00
Weights and Measures
150.00
Unclassified
500.00
Highways-Chap. 81
6,700.00
Fires
500.00
Fires, Overdraft 1934
106.96
Road Machinery
800.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Cemeteries
1,025.00
Library
50.00
Bridges
500.00
Tree Warden
600.00
Gypsy Moth
1,260.51
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Notes
2,000.00
Interest
650.00
Soldiers' Relief
350.00
Schools
31,930.00
Public Safety Com.
200.00
Mothers' Aid
500.00
Old Age Assistance
3,200.00
Land Damage
200.00
General Highways-Repairs
300.00
Fire Equipment
830.00
Old Home Day
200.00
Cranberry Road-Chap. 90
2,000.00
E.R.A. Account
1,000.00
American Legion-Rent
75.00
69,847.47
Adjourned Meeting, March 29, 1935:
New Road at Snappit
$800.00
General Government
9,100.00
Parks
400.00
10,300.00
State Tax to be Assessed
$4,275.00
Chap. 391
25.00
County Tax
5,146.59
Overlay
879.21
10,325.80
Total
$94,448.27
Deducts :
Income Tax
$4,887.01
Corporation Taxes
4,447.24
Race Tracks Distribution
225.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,200.00
Licenses
57.00
Fines
341.43
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Health and Sanitation 396.50
Charities
1,682.01
Old Age Assistance
1,092.69
Schools 7,274.42
Interest on Taxes 621.89
Reimbursement-State Owned Land 225.00
Sundries 543.10
Total
$23,993.29
Amount Raised on Polls
$1,204.00
Amount Raised on Property 69,251.98
Total Amount Raised $70,455.98
Value of Assessed Stock in Trade $27,120.00
Value of Live Stock 6,475.00
Value of Assessed Machinery 72,280.00
Value of Assessed Tangible
Personal Property 126,030.00
Total Value of Personal Estate $231,905.00
Value of Buildings Excluding Land $760,565.00
Value of Land Excluding Buildings 1,954,380.00
Total Value of Real Estate 2,714,945.00
Total Value of Assessed Estate $2,946,850.00
Value of Assessed Corporations, Real and Personal $989,615.00
Decrease in Value of Personal Estate $2,910.00
Decrease in Value of Real Estate $69,305.00
Tax Rate $23.50
Number of Corporations Assessed 31
Number of Persons Assessed on Polls Only 368
Number of Partnerships Assessed 173
Number Assessed on Real Estate 656
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Number Assessed on Personal Estate
171
Number of Horses
20
Number of Cows
94
Number of Other Cattle
23
Number of Swine
4
Number of Fowl Assessed
1,923
Number of Dwellings Assessed
477
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
19,359 7/12
Number of Acres of Cranberry Bog Assessed 2,751 2/3
Number of Bogs Assessed
344
Assessed Valuation of Cranberry Bogs per Acre for the year 1935:
28 1/2 Acres at
$1100
1/4 Acre at
1050
7 1/2 Acres at 1000
116
5/8 Acres at
950
181
7/12
Acres at
900
250 1/4 Acres at
850
175
1/2 Acres at
800
31
Acres at
750
71 1/8
Acres at
700
216
1/2 Acres at
650
222
5/8 Acres at
600
314 11/12
Acres at
550
257
7/12 Acres at
500
299
Acres at
450
101
Acres at
400
148
1/2
Acres at
350
139
2/3 Acres at
300
47 4/5 Acres at
250
66 1/2 Acres at
200
15
1/4 Acres at
150
48 1/2 Acres at
100
11 1/2 Acres at Unclassified Value 950
Average Valuation of Bogs Per Acre $588
Total Value of Bogs $1,618,230
Estimated Crop of 1934
75,000 Barrels
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Number of Autos and Trucks Assessed
579
Valuation of Autos and Trucks
Excise Tax Rate
$110,560.00 $33.06
Total Amount of Excise Tax Summary of Warrants to the Collector:
$2,887.94
Motor Vehicle Excise, March 30
$1,869.41
Town, May 17
70,456.02
Motor Vehicle Excise, Sept. 10
734.72
Motor Vehicle Excise, Nov.
186.44
Town, Dec. 14
33.15
Motor Vehicle Excise, Jan., 1936
85.37
Motor Vehicle Excise, Jan. 1936
12.00
EXEMPTED PROPERTY
Commonwealth of Mass .:
Value of Buildings
$5,500.00
Part of Myles Standish Reservation, 2255 acres
7,175.00
Cedar Swamp, 1 1/6 acres
20.00
Federal Cranberry Purchase, 215 acres Town of Carver:
650.00
Town Hall
$25,000.00
Town Shed
1,500.00
Central School Building
8,000.00
North Carver School Building
3,000.00
South Carver School Building
16,000.00
School Building (Special)
1,250.00
Central School Lot
2 acres
200.00
North Carver School Lot
2 acres
200.00
South Carver School Lot
1/2 acre
100.00
Special School Lot
1/4 acre
50.00
Town Hall Lot
3 acres
450.00
Poor Farm Lot
17 3/4 acres
1,000.00
North Carver Green
3/4 acre
325.00
Shurtleff Park
9 acres
1,200.00
McFarlin Parkway
1/2 acre
250.00
Bay State Hall Lot
1/8 acre
100.00
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Play Ground
3 acres
500.00
Dunham Pond Landing
1/16 acre
25.00
Great Hill Lot
5 1/4 acres
200.00
Atwood Park
1/8 acre
50.00
Part of 5th Sh. of 4th G. Lot
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