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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF HARWICH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
HARWICH, MASS. 8. W. SMALL, PRINTER 1926
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Harwich
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1925
OW
ORATED SEPT. 14. 1
SEAL OF
INCORP
WICH
ADOPTED
1897.
SEPT
HARWICH, MASS. H. M. SMALL, PRINTER 1926
Harwich was incorporated Sept. 14, 1694. Population by Census 1925, 2,077.
Town Officers, 1925
Assessors
Charles T. Chase
Term expires February 1928
Willie L. Kelley
Deceased
Ephraim H. Doane Term expires February 1926
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor and Board of Health
Charles T. Chase Term expires February 1928
Willie L. Kelley
Deceased
Ephraim H. Doane Term expires February 1926
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector Henry K. Bearse
School Committee
Charles D. Holmes Term expires February 1927
Ralph W. Doane Term expires February 1926
Henry M. Small Term expires February 1928
Registrars of Voters
William A. Eldridge Term expires May 1, 1927
Clarkson P. Bearse Term expires May 1, 1926
George W. Banspach Term expires May 1, 1928
Herring Committee
Eldorus D. Cahoon Emulous A. Cahoon
Albert H. Ellis
Superintendent of Streets Alonzo Nickerson Constables
Roger L. Bassett Isaiah Kelly
Emulous E. Hall
4
Trustees Cabel Chase Fund
Theophilus B. Baker Walter Emery Henry T. Cobb
Darius Weekes J. Burleigh Atkins George W. Banspach
Commissioners Brooks Park
Jabez W. Crowell
Term expires February 1928
Heman E. Bassett
Term expires February 1927
Vacant (to be filled) Term expires February 1926
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Harrie D. Handy
Term expires February 1928
Mildred Paine Term expires February 1926
Arthur F. Cahoon
Term expires February 1927
Sealer Weights and Measures Laban Snow
Tree Warden Frank I. Shackley
Fire Warden John Condon
Inspector of Animals William P. Barnes
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
James M. Moody
Charles E. Hamer
Field Drivers, Fence Viewers and Pound Keepers
Everett L. Ellis, H. C. Herbert S. Berry, W. H.
Albyron EIIis, E. H. Marshall E. Chase, N. H.
Alonzo Kendrick, S. H. William N. Eldridge, H. P. William P. Nichols, P. L.
Superintendent Moth Department Frank I. Shackley
Selectmen's Report
The Selectmen herewith respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December thirty- one, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
TAX ABATEMENTS
1
Dr. Cr.
Balance overlays
1924 $1,192.83
Abatements, 1925 617.78
Overlays, 1925 1,442.27
See Assessors' Report
STATE AND COUNTY TAX
Dr
Cr.
Assessed on State
Payments $5400.00
Tax $5400.00
Payments 12,526.24
Assessed on County
Tax 12,526.24
$17,926.24
$17,926.24
STATE MACADAM TAX
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Payments
$1,295.40
Unexpended 4.60
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
Cr.
Abatements, 1924 $302.84
6
POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Cr.
Dr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
$544.84
Exceeded
344.84
$544.84
Due from State, $544.84.
Paid C. D. Hall, coal
$50.75
Emulous E. Hall, groceries
24.94
H. L. Briggs, groceries
278.65
John Condon, shoes
33.25
Charles C. Allen, wood
14.00
Francis Nunes, rent
96.00
John P. Nickerson, medical aid
2.25
Cash aid
45.00
$544.84
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$2,700.00
Payments
$2,320.28
Unexpended 379.72
$2,700.00
$2,700.00
Receipts from Alms-
house $24.41
OUTSIDE POOR ACCOUNT
Dr. Cr.
Appropriation $3,000.00
Payments
$3,433.16
Receipts from Caleb
Unexpended
50.98
Chase Fund 484.14
$3,484.14
$3,484.14
See other credits in Treas. Report.
$544.84
7
TOWN OFFICER'S SALARIES
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$4,000.00 39.41
Payments
$4,039.41
Exceeded
$4,039.41
$4,039.41
Paid Henry K. Bearse, Town Clerk and Treas. $1,300.00 Ephraim N. Doane, Selectman and Assessor 800.00
Charles T. Chase, Selectman and Assesor 800.00
Willie L. Kelley, Selectman and Assesor
800.00
Frank I. Shackley, Auditor
46.00
Arthur M. Nichols, Auditor
40.00
Henry M. Small, School Committee
75.00
Ralph W. Doane, School Committee
51.41
Charles D. Holmes, School Committee
75.00
George W. Banspach, Registrar
20.00
Clarkson P. Bearse, Registrar
20.00
William A. Eldridge, Registrar
12.00
$4,039.41
ELECTION OFFICERS
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
$28.00
Unexpended
47.00
$75.00
$75.00
Paid Elisha H. Bearse
$3.50
Benjamin F. Kendrick
3.50
Frank H. Underwood
3.50
Arthur M. Nichols
3.50
William A. Eldredge
3.50
Winslow B. Sawyer
3.50
George W. Banspach
7.00
$28.00
8
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Dr
Appropriation $2,000.00
Payments Unexpended
Cr. $1,730.04 269.96
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$486.63
Paid Henry M. Small, printing Town reports Henry M. Small, printing Voting Lists, and etc.
97.80
Frank I. Shackley, transportation
4.00
. Arthur M. Nichols, transportation
4.00
Davol Printing Co.
8.35
Nobbs Warren, supplies
30.99
Carter Ink Co., supplies
1.41
Wakefield Item Co., supplies
2.50
Henry W. Stacy, supplies
5.00
Burrough Adding Machine Co., supplies
.75
Henry K. Bearse, office supplies and birth returns 119.86
Ephraim N. Doane, auto
45.00
Charles T. Chase, auto
45.00
Willie L. Kelley, auto
37.50
Morse & Chase, staking out roads
80.00
John A. Holway, recording deed
1.04
The Goss Print, printing
247.73
Commonwealth of Mass., returns
6.00
C. C. 5c Savings Bank, safe deposit box 3.00
Fred S. Garland, repairing lights
2.75
Willie L. Kelley, expense
7.89
New Eng. Tel. Co., telephone
9.35
Certifying Town Notes
10.00
Irving Kendrick, printing signs
2.00
John H. Paine, services
2.00
John H. Paine, moderator special Town Meeting 5.00
9
N. Burrough, repairing typewriter 12.00
Shirley B. Chase, abstracts 96.30
Isaiah Kelley, posting warrant, etc. 9.00
Charles T. Chase, taking census
25.00
Ephraim N. Doane, taking census 25.00
Willie L. Kelley, taking ceusus 25.00
Commonwealth of Mass., overpaid on Cor. Tax 51.17
Willie L. Kelley, expenses and over- payment on 1923 tax 81.67
Chester Snow, tax refund on 1923 tax 23.90
Maud B. Lang, tax refund on 1923 tax 2.00
Deborh C. Phillips, tax refund on 1923 tax 1.00
Chas. E. Butt, refund on 1923 tax 5.40
Addie Dodd, tax refund on 1923 tax 4:90
Annie P. Allison, tax refund on 1923 tax
6.00
Ellen D. Orcott, tax refund on 1923 tax
10.00
William A. Eldredge, painting signs 7.50
Chas. D. Holmes, office chairs, etc. 76.15
Wakefield Item Co., supplies
2.50
$1,730.04
SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$29,000.00
Payments
$28,980.62
Refund from Teach-
Unexpended
30.88
ers' Asso. 11.50
$29,011.50 1
$29,011.50
STATE AID
Dr.
No appropriation
Cr.
Payments
$282.00
Due from State
$282.00
10
INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Appropriation
$800.00
Payments Unexpended
Cr. $439.40 360.60
$800.00
$800.00
$92.28
Paid Ralph N. Snow, library fire truck, etc. Charles H. Hammond, fire truck
35.90
Samuel Small, exchange
147.42
Willie L. Kelley, exchange
163.80
$439.40
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
$747.76
Unexpended
252.24
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Paid Cape Cod 5c Savings Bank
$451.75
Cape Cod Trust Co.
296.01
$747.76
BURIAL OF JOHN CHASE
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $150.00 -
Payments
$150.00
Paid W. S. Nickerson
$150.00
HARWICH VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
Dr
Cr.
Appropriation $1000.00
Payments
$1000.00
Paid Cyrus W. Taft, Treas.
$500.00
Ethel M. Robbins
500.00
$1,000.00
11
CAPE COD FARM BUREAU
Dr.
Cr
Appropriation $200.00
Payments
$200.00
Paid John T. Wood, agent
$200.00
SCHOOL MEDALS
Dr
Cr.
No Appropriation
Payments
$46.92
Rec'd from Medal Fund
$46.92
Paid Dugis & Clust
$46.92
SURVEYORS MAP
Dr.
Cr
Appropriation $1,000.00
Payments
$900.00
Unexpended
100.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Paid Morse & Chase
$900.00
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS
Dr.
Cr.
April 6, 1925. Note
No. 48 C. C. 5c
Savings Bank $8,000.00
June 1, 1925. Note No. 49 Cape Cod Trust Co. 8,000.00 July 8, 1925. Note No. 50 C. C. 5c
Savings Bank 10,000.00 July 17, 1925. Note No. 51 Cape Cod Trust Co. 10,000.00 Aug. 13, 1925. Note No. 52 C. C. 5c
Savings Bank 8,000.00
$44,000.00
Paid Sept. 2, 1925. Note No. 48 $8,000.00 Paid Oct. 5, 1925. Note No. 49 8,000.00 Paid Nov. 2, 1925. Note No. 50 10,000.00 Paid Nov. 30, 1925. Note No. 51 10,000.00 Paid Dec. 14, 1925. Note No. 52 8,000.00
$44,000.00
12
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr.
Cr. $20.00
Appropriation
$400.00
Payment Unexpended
380.00
$400.00
$400.00
Paid James Baker, labor
$2.00
Isaiah Kelley, killing dogs
12.00
Charles T. Chase, expense
6.00
$20.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $150.00 Payments
$150.00
Paid William P. Barnes
$150.00
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING
Dr.
Cr. ·
Appropriation $100.00 |Payments
$100.00
Paid William P. Barnes, Inspector $100.00
WIRE INSPECTOR
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation · $200.00 Payments $200.00
Paid Harold Sawyer, month of Jan. $16.66
Francis Kendrick, balance of year 1925
183.34
$200.00
13
AMBULANCE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments Unexpended
$48.40
101.60
$150.00
$150.00
Paid Talbots Garage Owens Garage
36.50
$48.40
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$2,600.00
Payments
$2,201.50 398.50
$2,600.00
$2,600.00
Paid Cape & Vineyard Elec. Light Co.
$2,201.50
TRAFFIC OFFICERS
Dr.
Appropriation
$800.00
Payments
Unexpended
Cr. $766.00 34.00
$800.00
$800.00
Paid Jobes W. Crowell, officer Clifton C. Nickerson
$370.00
200.00
Harry N. Chase
146.00
Nichols & Alkins, uniforms
50.00
$766.00
Unexpended
$11.90
14
EXCHANGE BUILDING
Cr.
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
$1,526.45
Receipts from Rent
of Stores
500.00
Receipts from Rent
of Hall
708.50
Due from Harwich-
port Library Asso. 28.00
$1,736.50
$1,736.50
Paid Alpheus Howes, jaintor and supplies
4.60
Walter Emery, plumbing
274.75
Charles D. Hall, coal
499.77
S. D. Kelley, coal
211.36
Cape & Vineyard Elec. Light Co., light
8.75
Henry M. Small, printing
3.00
George M. Moody, labor
10.71
Ruben Walker, labor
24.00
Isaiah Kelley, officer
1.00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
7.50
A. L. Baker, plumbing
6.40
J. F. Tobey & Son, supplies
54.50
Harwich Lumber Co., lumber
10.00
Abbott S. Knowles, tuning piano
5.50
John J. Erickson, labor
12.00
E. L. LeBaron Co., castings
4.80
Telephone Co.
$1,526.45
BROOKS PARK COMMISSION
Cr.
Dr.
Payments $19.70
This account was taken over by Town July 1. See full account in Park Commissioners Report.
210.05
Unexpended
$387.81
15
FIRE WARDEN
Dr.
Appropriation
$800.00
Payments
Unexpended
Cr. $766.53 33.47
$800.00
$800.00
Paid John Condon, payroll
$196.66
Maxin Motor Co., repairs
36.44
E. F. Dahill & Co., supplies Charles D. Hall, coal
17.95
87.00
Talbots Garage, storage, etc.
154.35
American Fire Engine Co., supplies
29.70
Ownes Garage, storage and supplies
223.18
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
17.75
William A. Eldredge, painting
3.50
$766.53
SUPPRESSION OF CRIME
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
$401.50
Unexpended
598.50
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Paid Isaiah Kelley, services
$87.50
Roger L. Bassett, services
53.50
Benjamin F. Kendrick,
3.50
Gustavus Chase
3.50
Herman J. Duell
3.50
Clifton C. Nickerson, traffic
250.00
$401.50
16
TREASURER'S BOND
Cr.
Dr.
$110.00
Appropriation
$110.00
Paid Clenric H. Cahoon, Agent
SECOND DISTRICT COURT
Cr.
Dr.
$1,211.33
Appropriation
507.00
Receipts
$907.00
Exceeded
304.33
$1,211.33
$680.00
Paid Roger L. Bassett
286.01
Isaiah Kelley
47.20
Frank Bassett
5.10
Everett R. Eldredge
47.10
John J. Maloney
29.60
Jonathan Eldredge
78.02
Emulous E. Hall
31.75
James Boland
3.25
C. C. Nickerson
3.30
J. Will Crowell
$1,211.33
MILK INSPECTOR
Cr
Dr.
$150.00
Payments
$125.00
Appropriation
Unexpended
25.00
$150.00
$150.00
Paid Charles H. Taylor, Inspector
$125.00
Payments
$400.00
$110.00 |Payments
$1,211.33
17
CHASE LIBRARY
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $50.00 |Payments
$50.00
Paid Mary D. Heniz, Treasurer
$50.00
HARWICHPORT LIBRARY
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$50.00 Payments
$50.00
Paid Inez M. Shaw, Treasurer
$50.00
GYPSY AND BROWNTAIL MOTH ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $1,034.01
Payments
$2,468.63
Rec'd from Lead
and
Spraying
Machine
168.80
Rec'd from Spray- ing State High- way 35.00
Moth Tax collected 971.15
Moth Tax uncollected 67.59
Moth Reimbursement
from State
293.37
$2,569.92
$2,569.92
Paid Frank I. Shackley, Supt. Edgar Cahoon, labor
$610.88
197.00
Earl Parker, labor
113.00
Lester Gray, labor
85.50
Henry Small, labor
201.00
Peter Balla, labor
525.50
Ellis Garage, repairs
8.00
Raymond Bassett, labor
16.00
Unexpended 101.29
18
Standard Oil Co., gas
37.00
The Goss Print, printing
21.00
Thomas S. Taylor, truck
310.50
Joseph Ramos, labor
184.00
Earl Blanden, labor
103.50
E. F. Bassett, repairs
2.25
Walter Emery, repairs
1.50
William Abbott, labor
52.00
$2,468.63
SCHOOL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, 1924
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$85.25
Payments
$85.25
Paid The Goss Print
$40.00
Lucy Underdown, services
7.00
Walter T. Littlefield
23.29
S. Thompson Paine, screen
14.96
$85.25
SCHOOL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, 1925
Dr.
Cr
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments
$378.45
Unexpended
1,121.55
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Paid Ralph W. Doane
$16.35
Henry M. Small
7.00
William N. Eldredge
2.20
Willian F. Sims
14.40
Lucy Underwood
6.00
Globe News Paper Co.
6.40
19
Boston Publishing Co.
12.60
The Goss Print
7.50
2.25
3.75
300.00
$378.45
GORDON RITCHIE ROAD
Dr
Cr.
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments
$99.30
Unexpended
.70
$100.00
$100.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson See Street Supt. account itemized
$99.30
HEARSE HOUSE BUILDING SHED
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
$175.00
Unexpended
25.00
$200.00
$200.00
Paid Robert A. Whitely, contract
$175.00
TOWN DUMP ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments Unexpended
$124.00
76.00
$200.00
$200.00
F. P. & F. B. Goss G. N. Ostby Walter T. Littlefield
20
Paid Philip L. Nickerson, for land Harry H. Chase, labor
$100.00
12.00
Willis C. Newcomb Jr., labor
12.00
$124.00
TOWN TRACTOR
Dr.
Cr. $1,680.60
Appropriation
$1,700.00
Payments
Unexpended
19.40
$1,700.00 |
$1,700.00
Paid Bearse Motor Sales Co.
$1,680.60
GENERAL REPAIRS, CHAP. 81
Appropriations, Town $7,400, State $5,550.
Dr.
Rec'd from State $5,258.13
Payments
$12,950.00
$12,950.00
$12,950.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson, labor payroll
$7,258.54
Road Material
362.27
New Haven Trap Rock Co.
121.61
Standard Oil Co.
361.04
N. Y. H. N. & H. R. R. Co., cinders and freight
2,343.71
E. L. LeBaron Co., catch basins
85.46
Berger Mfg. Co., culvert
126.48
Waldo Bros. & Bond, supplies
25.01
Texas Co., asphalt
2,259.29
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.
4.44
Alpheus Howes, supplies
2.15
$12,950.00
Cr.
Due from State 291.87
21
GENERAL REPAIRS, TOWN
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $1,500.00
Payments
$1,481.11
Unexpended 18.89
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson, payroll
$848.76
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
195.81
Berger Mfg. Co., drainpipe
69.36
New Haven Trap Rock Co. The Texas Co.
50.26
316.92
$1,481.11
See Supt. Streets Report for itemized account.
BREWSTER-HARWICH ROAD, 1924
Account reopened : Balance of contract held by State. Appropriations for this contract were as follows:
Town, $6,000; County, $6,000; State, $6,000;
Total $18,000
Dr Cr
Rec'd from State
1924 5,700.00
Rec'd from State 1925 157.19
Paid Wm A. Jones
Bal. of contract
1925
2,793.04
Rec'd from County 1924 5,700.00
Rec'd from County 1925 157.19
Paid to Town on
contract 5,857.19
$17,571.57
Paid on Contract
in 1924
$14,778.53
1
$17,571.57
22
BREWSTER-HARWICH ROAD, 1925
Appropriations : Town, $8,000; County, $8,000; State, $8,000; Total $24,000.
Dr. Cr.
Rec'd from State $8,000.00
Total Payments $24,000.00
Rec'd from County 8,000.00
Paid by Town 8,000.00
$24,000.00
$24,000.00
Paid The Goss Print, ad. contract
$4.50
The Globe News Paper Co., ad. contract 12.00
New Eng. Rd. Builders Asso., ad. contract 11.00
F. P. & F. B. Goss, ad. contract
3.38
E. L. LeBaron Co., castings
96.82
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
8.00
William A. Jones, contractor
23,783.30
Traffic Officers 81.00
HAMMOND ROAD
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
$199.00
Unexpended
1.00
$200.00
$200.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson
$199.00
See Street Commissioners account, itemized.
SNOW ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments
$301.45
Exceeded
1.45
$301.45
$301.45
Paid Alonzo Nickerson
$301.45
See Street Supt. for itemized account.
$24,000.00
23
BRIDGES
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Unexpended
310.27
$500.00
$500.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson
$189.73
See Street Supt. account itemized.
FENCE AND RAILINGS
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Unexpended
Cr $445.51 54.49
$500.00
$500.00
Paid Alonzo Nickerson
$399.66
Robert A. Whitely, labor
45.85
$445.51
See Street Supt. report for itemized account.
TREE WARDEN
Dr
Cr.
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
$69.75
Unexpended
5.25
$75.00
$75.00
Paid Frank I. Shackley, warden
$56.00'
Alpheus Howes, supplies
1.00
Arthur M. Ellis, labor
7.00
Charles B. Bassett, repairs
4.25
Watson B. Eldredge, saw
1.50
$69.75
Cr. $189.73
24
HERRING BROOK ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr. $248.79
No appropriation
Payments
Receipts $1,475.00
Unexpended
1,225.21
$1,475.00
$1,475.00
Paid Harwich Lumber Co., lumber J. Frank Walker, labor
41.00
Emulous Cahoon, labor
57.00
Eldorus Cahoon, labor
87.50
Elsworth Bassett, labor
55.00
$249.79
MODERATOR
Dr.
Cr
Appropriation
$10.00 Payments
$10.00
Paid John H. Paine, services
$10.00
HEARINGS
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
$112.20
Unexpended
87.80
$200.00
$200.00
Paid Ephraim H. Doane, expense hearings Charles T. Chase, expense hearings Willie L. Kelley, expense hearings Ellis Garage, auto service
$40.37
45.42
21.41
5.00
$112.20
$9.29
25
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dr.
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments
Cr $197.41
$197.41
$197.41
Paid Laban Snow, services
$150.00
Laban Snow, express
.46
W. &. L. G. Gurley, supplies
18.03
Boston Nickel Plate Co., supplies
8.00
The Goss Print, printing
3.00
Express on supplies
3.86
Dover Stamping Co.
14.06
$197.41
CEMETERY TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Town orders drawn to amount
$198.67
See Treasurer's report for itemized account.
Receipts
$198.67
BROOKS LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
No Appropriation
Payments $625.11
See Trustees' report for itemized account.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation
$900.00
Payments
$563.33
Unexpended
336.67
$900.00
$900.00
Paid E. L. & E. I. Bassett, labor, repairs Exchange $44.25
Sylvia & Higgins, repairs Exchange 42.00
Harwich Lumber Co., lumber B. Block
244.48
Exceeded
47.41
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Arthur H. Chase, labor B. Block
184.30
Cyrus C. Lee, labor Town office
42.50
Watson B. Eldredge, supplies
6.00
$563.53
SETTLEMENT WITH TOWN TREASURER
Dr.
Cr. .
Bal. Town funds Dec.
31, 1924. $11,401.86
Receipts 1925 170,335.60
Town orders drawn by Selectmen
$165,249.33
Bal. on hand Dec.
31, 1925 16,488.13
$181,737.46
$181,737.46
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, DEC. 31, 1925
ASSETS
Cash Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1925 $16,488.13
State Aid Due Town 282.00
Other Cities and Towns for account due, 1924 844.45
Other Cities and Towns for account due, 1925 544.84
Uncollected Taxes Due 1925 8,375.77
Due from N.Y., N.H. & H.R.R. Fires 1925 17.75
Due from State under Chap. 81 291.87
Due from Hall Rent 28.00
$26,872.81
No Liabilities.
Respectfully submitted, EPHRAIM H. DOANE, CHARLES T. CHASE. We the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Harwich have this day examined the bills, books and vouchers of the Selectmen and find the same correct. FRANK I. SHACKLEY, A. M. NICHOLS,
January 8, 1926.
Auditors.
Assessors' Report
The Assessors herewith respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925. Valuation of the Town Dec. 1, 1924 $3,028,560.00
Valuation of the Town Dec. 1, 1925 3,610,610.00
Increase in valuation 582,050.00
Tax valuation on land excluding buildings $904,670.00 Tax valuation on buildings excluding land 2,353,280.00 Tax valuation on personal estate April 1,1925 $352,660.00
Tax on real estate, April 1, 1925 $74,932.85 Tax on personal estate, April 1,1925 Tax on polls, April 1, 1925 1,284.00
8,111.18
$84,328.03
Amount of tax warrant
84,328.03
Added valuation, Dec. 10, 1925
On real estate
$5,470.00
Total added valuation 5,470.00
Tax on real estate
125.81
Rate of taxation $23.00 on $1,000.
Number of polls assessed
642
Number assessed on polls only
96
Residents assessed
985
Non-residents assessed
673
Number of horses assessed
49
Number of cows assessed
154
Number of neat cattle assessed
1
Number of fowl 180 1
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TAX ABATEMENTS, 1924
Benjamin F. Bassett, no property
$6.00
Louis Nickerson, widow, exempt 17.04
Ella F. Chase, no property
1.20
Agnes Fortes, unable to pay
22.40
John DeRano, can't be found
2.00
Rebecca Smith, widow old and feeble
27.60
Elenor F. West, widow, unable to pay
24.48
Eugene H. Eldredge, no property
2.40
Ernest Hodgen, no property
1.20
Samuel Carr, no property
2.16
Henry DeGrace, non-resident
2.00
Heir James Chase, dead, taxed to others
1.44
Joseph Gorham, taxed to others
7.92
Gertrude O'Neal, no property
2.40
Warren F. Smith, taxed to others
1.92
James J. Daley, paid Wollaston
2.00
Margaret Wellington, no property
2.40
Homer F. Lane, no property
2.40
Kate B. Willis, taxed to others
17.52
Samuel L. Hannah, no property
13.20
George F. Nye, taxed to others
10.80
Mrs. A. N. Jerould, unable to locate property
3.60
Frederick Allen, no property
9.60
William E. Atkins, taxed twice
3.12
Amos F. Wixon, no property
.72
Louis DePena, can't be found
2.00
Frank A. Rose, can't be found
2.00
Roger Nunes, no property
3.60
William B. Cunningham, no property
16.40
Phillip Cotell, unable to pay
27.44
Frank Fernand, house burned
14.40
Alexander McCullen, can't be found
2.00
Joseph W. Fisher, can't be found
2.00
29
Manuel Fernand, house burned
18.24
Frank F. Rose, taxed twice
3.60
Joseph G. Monroe, unable to pay
6.52
$285.72
Gordon Silva, dead
$14.72
Mary J. Sullivan, taxed to others
2.40
Total
$302.84
ABATEMENTS, 1925
Mary L. Fay, over tax
$9.20
Bessie Lothrop, no property
4.60
James N. Tuttle, error
9.20
Marshall E. Chase, taxed to Grandson
2.30
Priscilla M. Ellis, taxed twice
9.20
Charles E. Brett, taxed twice
7.59
Joseph Orlando, over assessed
2.30
Willis C. Newcomb, no property
2.30
Flavel M. Giffard, no property
1.61
J. Dustin Redding, over tax
7.36
Grace E. Knowles, taxed twice
10.35
Richard E. Larkin, taxed twice
12.88
Grace E. Phipps, no property
48.30
Sarah F. Cahoon, error
17.48
Albert E. Nickerson, paid Somerville
3.45
Rufus H. Small, re-assessed to M. Sullivan
34.50
Charles E. Greeley, paid Reading
2.00
James C. Daley, paid Cambridge
2.00
Emma M. McCarthy, taxed to others
9.20
Lizzie M. Barstow, no property
1.68
Henery DeRano, taxed twice
8.90
Charles O. Mallory, taxed to others
24.84
George B. Ellis, taxed twice
1.84
Isaac R. Kelly, taxed to others
2.99
Ellen K. Buck, widow exempt
5.06
30
Lawrence H. Priest, taxed to others 4.37
Ella F. Doane, taxed to others 11.04
Frank DeRano, taxed twice 2.00
Manuel Gomes, taxed to J. Farro
6.90
William Reed, taxed twice
6.44
Gertrude B. Durkee, over tax
2.76
Perry Taylor, over tax
10.35
George E. Nickerson, taxed to E. Eldredge
2.99
Josephine Atkins, over tax .85
Annie D. Saunders, taxed to Ilsley
92.00
Edward B. Buttner, ill, paid to State
80.50
Heir Elmira Cahoon, taxed to J. Atwood
2.99
Andrew K. Chase, unable to pay
33.35
Frank I. Shackley, over tax
4.60
Heir Jonathan Young, taxed to J. Perry
11.04
Richard E. Gray, unable to pay
19.71
Manuel Gomes, taxed to Joseph DeGrace
13.80
Salome A. Walker, unable to pay
19.32
Franklin I. Murry, paid in Dennis
2.00
Emma Morrill, unable to pay
32.20
Antone DeBorgo, unable to pay
17.44
$617.78
Respectfully submitted,
EPHRAIM H. DOANE, CHARLES F. CHASE,
Assessors.
We the undersigned auditors of the Town of Harwich have this day examined the accounts of the assessors and find the same correct.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS,
January 4th, 1926.
Auditors.
AUDITORS' STATEMENT
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell,
Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir :
As instructed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Harwich for the period from January 1, 1924 to July 20, 1925, and submit the following report thereon :-
The financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town were examined and checked for the entire period.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several depart- ments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and the payments were checked in detail to the selectmen's orders authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The payments could not be checked to the original bills, however, as the files are incomplete, due to the fact that it has been the custom of the treas- urer to send the bills out to be receipted and oftentimes they are not returned. This practice is to be discon-
tinued in the future, and the bills retained in the office.
The treasurer's cash on hand was verified by an actual count, and the bank account was reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank.
The books and accounts of Willie L. Kelley, col- lector of taxes for 1923, were examined in detail. The detailed list committed was found to be $2,857.19 in
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excess of the assessors' warrant; and no warrant was given the collector for the December assessments amounting to $202.77, or for the moth assessment am- ounting to $1,224.02.
The recorded collections were verified by check- ing the cash book entries with the amounts credited on the commitment book. The payments to the treas- urer were verified, and it was found that duplicate entries made on the collector's cash book, amounting to $115.30, were included in these payments to the treasurer. Of this amount $41.53 was refunded in 1924, leaving $73.77 due Willie L. Kelley.
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