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REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1923
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD IN TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 4, 1924
OF EAS
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HYANNIS, MASS. F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1924
REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
Town of Eastham
FOR THE YEAR 1923
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD IN TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 4, 1924
OF EAS
TOWN
INC
AUSET 1620
1651.
HYANNIS, MASS. F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1924
F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers "The Patriot Press," Hyannis, Mass.
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EAS 19912
Cabinet
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR 1923
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health
Arthur W. Parnell
William B. Higgins
Daniel W. Sparrow
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926 Term expires 1924
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
Leslie E. Chase
Road Surveyor
W. H. Forrest Registrars of Voters
Arthur W. Parnell
Daniel W. Sparrow
William B. Higgins Leslie E. Chase
Trustees Public Library
Arthur W. Parnell, Abbott S. Knowles Sarah A. Smith
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
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Auditor William F. Knowles
Constable Harvey T. Moore
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles F. Atwood
Mr. Atwood resigned his office July 2, 1923 and Stanley M. Walker was appointed to the position.
Inspectors of Cattle and Slaughtering
A. E. Cole Obed A. Fulcher
Surveyor of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Harvey T. Moore William B. Higgins
Weigher of Coal Herbert C. Clark
Fence Viewers
J. P. Knowles Joseph A. Cobb
Pound Keeper Austin E. Cole
Chas. F. Atwood
Field Drivers Adin L. Gill Obed A. Fulcher
Forest Fire Warden Adin L. Gill
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Elias H. Chase
Fish Wardens Jas. P. Knowles
A. H. Nickerson
Fire Warden Charles A. Rogers
List of Jurors
Winfred Knowles, Chas. A. Rogers
D. W. Sparrow Arthur E. Brown Raymond E. Knowles Edwin W. Horton Chas. N. Campbell
TOWN OFFICERS' REPORT
The officers of the town hereby respectfully submit their annual report for the 'year ending December 31, 1923
Assessors' Report
VALUATION OF TOWN APRIL 1, 1923
Real Estate, land Buildings Personal Estate
$240,330 00
393,965 00
85,178 00
$719,473 00
Increase over 1922
$24,449 50
Taxes assessed April 1, 1923 :
$16,365 94
Levied on Real Estate Personal Estate Polls
2,195 60
755 00
$19,316 54
7
Rate of taxation, $25.80 on $1,000.00.
Registered voters January 1, 1924
210
Number of polls assessed
155
Dwellings assessed
254
Horses assessed
55
Cows assessed
85
Neat cattle other than cows assessed
22
Swine assessed
7
Acres of land assessed
5,190
Fowl assessed
5,688
1
Residents assessed on property
183
Non-Residents assessed on property
294
All others
22
For poll tax only
20
For town purposes
$15,692 51.
State tax
1,320 00
County tax
1,812 22
State Highway tax
323 00
State Audit of Town Accounts
168 81
ARTHUR W. PARNELL,
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS,
DANIEL W. SPARROW,
Assessors of Eastham.
Report of Overseers of Poor
Cr.
Dr. To appropriation $200 00 By payments - Unexpended $200 00
$200 00
$200 00
ARTHUR W. PARNELL,
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS, DANIEL W. SPARROW,
Overseers of the Poor.
Report of Board of Health
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation None By Payments $99 00
W. B. Higgins, posting 8 contagious dis- ease cards $4 00
Winfred J. Knowles, driving school barge during quarantine of H. W. Collins
12 00
F. W. Parnell, posting 4 contagious dis- ease cards 2 00
F. W. Parnell, services in attending Board of Health meeting 5 00
Dr. R. J. Mariel, fumigation of home of Obed A. Fulcher 5 00
A. W. Parnell, services in attending Board of Health meeting at Hyannis 5 00
D. W. Sparrow, services and use of auto in attending Board of Health meeting at. Hyannis 8 00
A. W. Parnell, services and use of auto in attending Board of Health meeting in Hyannis 8 00
D. W. Sparrow, services attending Board of Health meeting at Hyannis 5 00
D. W. Sparrow, services as member of Board of Health for year 1923 15 00
10
W. B. Higgins, services as member of Board of Health for year 1923 15 00
A. W. Parnell, services as member of Board of Health for year 1923 15 00
$99 00
ARTHUR W. PARNELL, WILLIAM B. HIGGINS, DANIEL W. SPARROW,
Board of Health ..
Report of Selectmen
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation $600 00 By Payments
$483 32
Unexpended 116 68
$600 00 $600 00
Chas. F. Atwood, services as moderator, Feb. 5, 1923 $5 00
Allan Bros., 4 Fire Badges 5 00
Jas. P. Brewer, transportation for selectmen dur- ing preambulation of Eastham-Wellfleet lines 6 00
L. E. Chase, services recording Town records 31 00
L. E. Chase, Declaring Representative at Prov- incetown 3 00
L. E. Chase, Expense account trip to Boston. Delivery of Accounts 8 47
Fred F. Dill and Harvey T. Moore, Expense of trip to Boston, as per vote of town at An- nual Meeting 14 30
Fred F. Dill, Expenses acct. trip to Boston (Waterways Commission) 7 22
George H. Eldredge, new well and moving Town Pumps 60 00
W. H. Forrest, Labor and Truck on Town Pump 7 50
H. B. Hinckley, services, Election Officer, special, 3 00
12
H. B. Hinckley, services, Special Election Officer Primaries 3 00
A. B. Hinckley, services, Ballot Clerk, state Pri- maries, October, 1922 3 00
W. B. Higgins, Expense on trip to Boston 8 32
Director of Accounts (Certification of Notes) 2 00
Director of Accounts (Certification of Notes) 2 00
Director of Accounts (Certification of Notes) 2 00 Director of Accounts (Certification of Notes) 2 00
Walter F. Nickerson, services as teller at Annual Town Meeting 3 00
A. W. Parnell, Expense trip to Boston 10 22
A. W. Parnell, Expense trip to Boston 8 27
A. W. Parnell, Expense trip to Boston
7 87
A. W. Parnell, Expense, trip to Boston 9 87
Harvey T. Moore, Constable services
42 00
Geo. H. Reynolds, Printing Town Reports, and Postage 182 23 1
W. G. Smith, Insurance Policy No. 120,943 15 60
Ernest R. Taylor, services, ballot clerk, special Primary 3 00
Ernest R. Taylor, services, ballot clerk special Election 3 00
Fred P. Turner, 2nd Dist. Court Order
15 45
Fred P. Turner, services and use of power boat in preambulating Eastham-Wellfleet lines 10 00
$483 32
TOWN HALL
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$600 00
By Payments
$602 95
Exceeded
2 95
$602 95
$602 95
13
W. H. Forrest, Janitor service
$29 00
W. H. Forrest, Janitor service 29 00
W. H. Forrest, Janitor service
29 00
29 00
W. H. Forrest, Janitor service W. H. Forrest, Janitor service J. F. Crosby, Janitor service
14 50
101 50
J. F. Crosby, Janitor service
58 00
J. F. Crosby, Janitor service
29 00
J. F. Crosby, Janitor service
29 00
$348 00
SUPPLIES
E. L. Knowles, Gasoline 1.25
Geo. H. Clark, Kerosene Oil and Soap
4 36
Nickerson Lumber and supply Co., (Wood)
6 75
Nickerson Lumber and Supply Co., Lumber Nails etc. 11 06
Nickerson Lumber and Supply Co., Coal and Glass
28 30
W. H. Snow and Son, Coal
18 88
W. H. Snow and Son, Coal
9 50
W. H. Snow and Son, supplies,
10 25
W. H. Forrest, Gasoline
1 25
W. H. Forrest, supplies
2 25
A. F. Smith and Son, Lawn Mower
12 00
J. F. Crosby, Gasoline and Oil
8 60
J. F. Crosby, Gasoline and Oil
6 25
J. F. Crosby, Labor on tables, engine room and partitions 7 00
J. F. Crosby, carting coal
3 00
J. F. Crosby, Gasoline and Oil
7 25
D. W. Sparrow, 61/2 tons coal
117 00
$254 95
$602 95
Total expense of hall for year
14
BOAT MEADOW BRIDGE ACCOUNT
Dr. Cr.
To Appropriation $3,500 00
By Payments $5.547 90
To Appropriation by County Commissioners 2,000 00
$5,500 00
Exceeded
47 90
$5,547 90
$5,547 90
W. H. Forrest, Labor on fill at ends of bridges and widening approaches 13 00
Joseph Snow, Labor 11 70
Prince Hurd, Labor 11 70
C. D. Sisson, Labor
9 00
Alonzo Gill, Labor
9 00
H. L. Forrest, Labor 11 70
N. P. Clark, Labor
7 20
Joseph Dill, Labor
7 20
Bernard Nickerson, Labor
7 20
Ernest Moore, Labor
7 20
Geo. T. Dill, Truck
12 80
W. H. Forrest, Truck
20 80
Mr. Alden, 23 yards sand @ 10c per yard
2 30
Elnathan Eldredge, 174 yards sand @ 10c per yard
17 40
Roy Nickerson, 20 yards of sand @ 10c per yard 2 00
W. A. Norton Co., on estimated work completed to July 25, 1923 4,303 53 W. A. Norton Co., Balance on completion of bridge 1,071 27 F. B. & F. P. Goss, Advertising in Barnstable Patriot for bids on construction of bridge 3 00
15
Yarmouth Register, Advertising hearing on pro-
posal to build over B. M. Creek 2 25
Harwich Independent, Advertising notice to
.
Contractors 4 00
Cape Cod Item and Bee, Advertising closing of travel over B. M. Bridge 1 65
Boston Globe, Advertising for proposals 12 00
$5,547 90
ROADS
Chap. 81, Section 26 -- 29 Gen. Laws.
Dr. Cr.
To Appropriation by Town
By Payments
$4,876 07
$1,950 00
By State 2,925 00
$4,875 00
Exceeded
1 07
$4,876 07
$4,876 07
N. P. Clark and Horse
$343 50
H. L. Forrest and Horse
391 13
J. G. Fulcher and Horse Joseph Dill and Horse
67 50
Bernard Nickerson, and Horse
15 00
W. Henry Forrest and Horse
10 50
Geo. Nickerson and Horse
112 13
W. H. Forrest and Horse
66 50
W. F. Nickerson, Horse
131 10
C. D. Sisson, Labor
238 73
N. P. Clark, Labor
10 35
1
10 35
J. G. Fulcher, Labor
100 88
16
Joseph Snow, Labor
366 53
H. L. Forrest, Labor 82 58
Prince Hurd, Labor
157 50
Everett Gross, Labor
2 00
Abbott Knowles, Labor
4 50
Chas. Wilcox, Labor
1 35
Alonzo Gill, Labor
129 38
Joseph Dill, Labor
3 60
A. W. Parnell, Labor
13 40
Ernest Moore, Labor
11 70
Bernard Nickerson, Labor
30 60
W. H. Forrest, Labor
442 75
Geo. T. Dill, Ton Truck
38 40
Herman Dill and Ton Truck
30 00
E. L. Knowles, and Ton Truck
8 13
W. H. Forrest, and Ton Truck
426 58
Ommund Howes, Labor and Tractor
16 00
Town of Orleans, 30 Bbls. Binder
153 48
N. Y., N. H. & II. R. R., cinders
492 00
Obed Fulcher, 188 loads sand @5c Fred F. Dill, 53 loads sand @ 5c J. W. Sparrow, 77 loads sand @ 5c Frank Ellison, 261 loads hardening @ 10c
3 85
D. W. Sparrow, 132 loads hardening @ 10c 13 20
J. W. Sparrow, 105 loads hardening @ 10c 10 50
Joseph Dill 122 loads hardening @ 10c 12 20
Joseph Brown, 432 loads hardening @ 10c 43 20
Mrs. T. A. Nickerson, 311 loads hardening @ 10c 31 10
John Nickerson 100 loads hardening @ 10c 10 00
W. H. Forrest 194 loads hardening @ 10c
19 40
C. A. Feltes, Iron Work
3 25
H. T. Moore, 1 piece 4 x 4
48
A. F. Smith and Son, 2 doz shovels 41 21 Freight 79
9 40
2 65
26 10
17
W. H. Snow, 1 axe, 2 handles S. F. Brackett, 1 brush scythe Standard Oil Co.
3 40
1 98
735 21
$4,876 07
W. H. FORREST,
Road Surveyor.
ROAD TOOLS AND MATERIAL ON HAND JAN. 1, 1924
1 Road scraper
1 Road drag
2 Tar Kettles
3 Tar pouring pots
2 Tar buckets
2 Iron rakes
2 Wooden rakes
2 Road brushes
2 Plank 2×10x8
2 dozen shovels
1 Brush scythe
1 Axe
1 Road roller
W. H. FORREST,
Road Surveyor.
E-2
18
REMOVING SNOW
To Appropriation
200 00 By Payments $50 30
Unexpended 149 70
$200 00
A. F. Rich, Labor
40
H. E. Clark, Labor
40
Ommund Howes, Labor
40
H. L. Forrest, Labor
40
A. D. Moore, Labor
80
Ernest Moore, Labor
90
Horace Moore, Labor
90
Alonzo Gill, Labor
60
Nehemiah Hopkins, Labor
2 00
Harry Hopkins, Labor
2 68
Bradley Steele, Labor
5 88
W. B. Steele, Labor and Truck
10 23
Malcolm Steele, Labor
45
Clifton Hopkins, Labor
68
Geo. Nickerson, Labor
6 98
Fred Turner, Labor
5 18
Maurice Wiley, Labor
45
W. H. Forrest, Labor
50
W. H. Forrest, Labor and Truck
6 74
Milton Hopkins, Labor
3 73
$50 30
W. H. FORREST,
Road Surveyor.
19
WELLFLEET SAVINGS BANK
To Appropriation None By Payments
$8,987 59
Serial Note No. 10
$3,000 00
Serial Note No. 10, Interest
67 50
Serial Note No. 11
1,950 00
Serial Note No. 11, Interest
59 58
Serial Note No. 12
3,000 00
Serial Note No. 12, Interest
67 50
Serial Notes Nos. 4 and 5, Interest
15 00
Serial Notes Nos. 7, 8 and 9, Interest
15 75
Serial Notes Nos. 14, 15 and 16, Interest
18 75
Serial Notes Nos. 4 and 5, Interest
15 00
Serial Notes Nos. 7, 8 and 9, Interest
15 75
Serial Notes Nos. 14, 15, and 16, Interest
18 75
Serial Note No. 4
250 00
Serial Note No. 7
175 00
Serial Note No. 14
250 00
Serial Note No. 17, Interest
54 38
Serial Note No. 18, Interest
14 62
$8,987 58
SUPPRESSION OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation by town
By Payments
$849 86
$350 00
Assessed to taxpayers
By State 335 00
on private work 168 00
$681 86
Unexpended
3 14
$685 00
-
20
Herman Dill, Truck service Alonzo Gill, Truck service W. B. Higgins, Truck service
$95 00
21 60
196 70
Gasoline
8 10
4 Batteries
1 80
White Lead
15
A. F. Smith and Son, 4 Batteries
1 60
Herman Dill, Labor
43 87
Alonzo Gill, Labor
254 92
Clayton Horton, Labor
78 07
Henry McCone, Labor
117 00
W. B. Higgins, Labor
10 80
Adin Gill, Labor
4 05
E. R. Taylor, Labor
16 20
1
$849 86
ASSESSORS' SALARIES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriations
$400 00
By Payments
$391 51
Unexpended 8 49
$400 00
$400 00
A. W. Parnell, Road work assessing
30 00
A. W. Parnell, 11/2 days services as Assessor
7 50
A. W. Parnell, services as Assessor
153 10
W. B. Higgins, services as Assessor
90 91
D. W. Sparrow, services as Assessor
110 00
$391 51
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OFFICERS' SALARIES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation $900 0J By Payments
$906 82
Exceeded
6 82
$90€ 82 $906 82
L. E. Chase, Recording 1 birth omitted in 1922 report $1 00
A. W. Parnell, on account, (services as select- man) 50 00
Balance on services as Selectman
50 00
Services as Chairman
100 00
Services as Registrar of Voters and Elec- tion Officer 15 00
D. W. Sparrow, on account services as Selectman 41 65
Balance due for services as Selectman 58 35
Registrar of Voters and Election Officer
15 00
W. H. Forrest, Road Surveyor's salary 50 00
W. B. Higgins, Selectman, salary 100 00
15 00
Registrar of Voters and Election Officer L. E. Chase, Salary
75 00
Registrar and Election Officer
10 00
Dis. on $29,301.88 @ 1 per cent
293 02
Recording 12 pages @ 40c
4 80
Recording 8 birth
8 00
Recording 6 marriages
3 00
Recording 7 deaths
3 50
Recording 14 Bay Permits @ 25c
3 50
Compiling accounts for Div. of Accts.
10 00
$906 82
22
OFFICE SUPPLIES
To Appropriation
$150 00
By Payments $182 35
Exceeded
32 35
$182 35 $182 35
Hobbs and Warren, stationery (Tax Coll.) $3 62
Stationery (Board of Health)
2 61
Supplies (Selectmen, Assessors, Town Clerk
and Tax Coll.)
23 85
Stationery, (Tax Coll.) 37
A. W. Parnell, Expressage on desk 2 64
Postage stamps, $6.30, Telephone Calls $5.80 12 10
Supplies, 69c, 21 oaths $5.25 5 94
A. W. Brownell, Stationery (Town Clerk) 3 00
Wakefield Daily Item, Stationery (Assessors) 1 75
Wright and Potter, Stationery (Tax Coll.)
3 00
State Dept. of Public Safety, Stationery (Selectmen) 75
L. E. Chase, Expressage on supplies (Tax Coll.) 71
Stamps and stationery, (Town Clerk,Treas- urer and Tax Coll. 38 14
H. M. Meserve, 2 I. D. Pads, (Selectmen) 76
Rubber stamps (Assessors) 2 10
Stationery and Supplies (Tax Coll.) 14 28
J. L. Fairbanks 1 Register (Board of Health) $6 60
Chicataubut Press, Stationery (Assessors) 30 .
F. B. and F. P. Goss, Board of Health Laws, 2 25 Stationery (Town Clerk and Coll.) Stationery (Town Clerk) 8 50
6 08
Kriss Typewriter Co., L. C. Smith Typewriter No. 5 35 00
L. E. Chase, Administering 32 Oaths 8 00
$182 35
23
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$3,000 00
By Payments
$380 60
Exceeded
80 60
$380 60
$380 60
L. E. Chase, Collector of Taxes
Collecting Taxes as follows :
1920
$0 96
1921
87 51
1922
2,406 73
1923
16,534 58
$19,029 78
$19,029.78 @ 2 per cent.
$380 60
CAPE COD HEALTH BUREAU
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$215 00
By Payments
$107 52
Unexpended 107 48
$215 00
$215 CO
Mar. 31 Chas. R. Bassett, Treas. C. C. H. B.
$26 88
June 30 Chas. R. Bassett, Treas. C. C. H. B.
26 88
Oct. 27 Chas. R. Bassett, Treas. C. C. H. B.
26 88
Dec. 29
Chas. R. Bassett, Treas. C. C. H. B.
26 88
$107 52
24
The balance of $107.48 unexpended by the selectmen is the portion of the appropriation allotted to the School Board.
ABATEMENTS AND REBATES
Dr. Cr.
To Overlay on 1923
By abatements made on
Tax Levy $464 05
1923 Tax Levy $62 00
Unexpended 402 05
$464 05
$464 05
Rebates on 1923 Poll Tax :
Fred F. Dill
$3 00
W. Bradley Steele
$3 00
Frank B. Lincoln
3 00
Ralph A. Chase
3 00
Edwin W. Horton
3 00
Warren A. Mayo
3 00
Abbott H. Walker
3 00
Henry O. Daniels
3 00
Sidney Watson
3 00
Yngre Rongner
3 00
Lewis H. Collins
3 00
Clifton Hopkins
3 00
Stanley M. Walker
3 00
Charles A. Gunn
3 00
Henry Clark
3 00
John F. Crosby
3 00
Earl Horton
3 00
Leonard J. Brewer
3 00
25
Frank King Hally Fuller, Abatement of
3 00
5 00
$62 00
SURETY ON BOND
To Appropriation $50 00 By Payments
$32 50
Unexpended 17 50
$50 00
$50 00
Joseph A. Cobb, Surety on Collector's Bond 1922 5 00
1923 5 00
Daniel W. Sparrow, Surety on Collector's Bond, 1922 5 00
1923
5 00
American Surety Co., Surety on Treasurer's Bond 1923 12 50
$32 50
STATE AID
To Appropriation
None
By Payments
$216 00
ABSTRACT OF TRANSFER
To Appropriation $25 00 By Payments
$16 98
Unexpended 8 02
$25 00
$25 00
John A. Holway, Registrar of Deeds
$16 98
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LEGAL ADVICE
Dr. Cr.
To Appropriation $100 00
By Payments Unexpended $100 00
$100 00
$100 00
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$50 00
By Payments
$50 24
Exceeded
24
$50 24
$50 24
W. and L. E. Gurley, supplies
23 24
Stanley M. Walker, services 27 00
EASTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$25 00 By Payments
$25 00
Trustees Public Library
$25 00
CAPE COD FARM BUREAU
Dr. Cr.
To Appropriation $150 00 By Payments $150 00
Cape Cod Farm Bureau
. ..
$150 00
27
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$25 00
By Payments
$43 40
Exceeded
18 40
$43 40
$43 40
State Forester 24 Wire Brooms
$24 00
Standard Extinguisher Co. 12 Chemical charges 8 00
American Ex. Co., Expressage,
1 40
Adin L. Gill, services in care of equipment
10 00
TOWN FIRES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
None By Payments $50 00
Town of Orleans, Use of Fire Department, acct.
fire in South Eastham
$50 00
RAILROAD FIRES
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation None By Payments $227 00
Adin L. Gill, Fire Warden and others.
Railroad Fires, 1923 :
March 31
$116 80
March 31
11 25
June 30
85 45
28
August 25
5 40
October 27
8 10
$227 00
ANIMAL INSPECTION
To Appropriation $100 00 By Payments $62 00
Unexpended 38 00
$100 00 $100 00
Austin E. Cole, Inspector of Live Animals
$20 00
Austin E. Cole, Inspector of Slaughtered Animals 20 00
Obed A. Fulcher, Inspector of Live Animals 16 00
Obed A. Fulcher, Inspector of Slaughtered Animals
6 00
$62 00
BOUNTY ON CROWS
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation None By Payments
$102 90
W'm. Knowles, 1 Crow
50
Herbert Forrest, 4 Crows
2 00
Everett Gross, 8 Crows
4 00
Robert Whiting, 6 Crows
3 00
Harry Hopkins, 16 Crows
8 00
Alton Crosby, 2 Crows
1 00
Rogers Cole 1 Crow
50
Cecil Moore, 10 Crows
5 00
29
1 00
50
1 50
1 00
3 50
20 50
1 50
Jas. Howland, 9 Crows
4 50
Ralph Chase, 1 Crow
50
Heman Dill, 4 Crows
2 00
Clifton Hopkins, 1 Crow
50
C. D. Sisson, 1 Crow
50
C. F. Atwood, 10 Crows
5 00
Freeman Brewer, 2 Crows
1 00
Gordon Harris, 1 Crow
50
Alonzo Gill, 8 Crows
4 00
Warren Daniels, 2 Crows
1 00
Henry O. Daniels, 1 Crow
50
Lewis W. Collins, 3 Crows
1 50
Edgar E. Rich, 8 Crows
4 00
Harry E. Young, 14 Crows
7 00
Howard Walker, 9 Crows and 9 Eggs
5 40
Abbot H. Walker, 6 Crows
3 00
Chas. E. Howland, 3 Crows
1 50
W. Bradley Steele, 2 Crows
1 00
Abbott S. Knowles, 2 Crows
1 00
Oliver Knowles, 3 Crows
1 50
204 Crows, 9 Eggs
$102 90
D. W. Sparrow, 2 Crows Geo. E. Hardwick, 1 Crow Floyd Mayo, 3 Crows Herbert L. Moore, 2 Crows John Hopkins, 7 Crows F. W. Smith, 41 Crows Jas. Brown, 3 Crows Clayton Horton, 7 Crows
3 50
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation None By Payments $4 40
John G. Fulcher, Zara Higgins Lot, Labor $1 40
C. A. G. Hopkins, Frank O. Daniel's Lot, Labor 3 00
$4 40
CARE OF SOLDIERS' BURIAL LOTS Chap. 218-Acts of 1920
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
$25 00
By Payments
$13 85
Unexpended 11 15
-$25 00
$25 00
C. A. G. Hopkins, Labor
$13 85
FRED F. DILL,
Supervisor.
CEMETERY LOTS
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation
By Payments 7 40
John G. Fulcher, Labor,
1 40
C. A. G. Hopkins, Labor 6 00
$7 40
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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIATIONS
Appro- priated
Expended 1923
Overseers of Poor
$200 00
Board of Health
$99 00
Miscellaneous
600 00
483 32
Town Hall
600 00
602 95
Boat Meadow Bridge
5,500 00
5,547 90
Roads, (Chap. 8)
4,875 00
4,876 07
Wellfleet Savings Bank
8,987 58
Suppression, Gypsy and Brown tail Moth 685 00
681 86
Assessors Salary
400 00
391 51
Officers Salaries
900 00
906 82
Officers Supplies
150 00
182 35
Collection of Taxes
300 00
380 60
Removing Snow
200 00
50 30
Cape Cod Health Bureau
215 00
107 52
Surety on Bond
50 00
32 50
State Aid
216 00
Abstract of Transfers
25 00
16 93
Legal Advice
100 00
Abatements and Rebates, 1923 Overlay
464 05
62 00
Weights and Measures
50 00
50 24
Public Library
25 00
25 00
Cape Cod Farm Bureau
150 00
150 00
Fire Equipment
25 00
43 40
Town Fires
50 00
Railroad Fires -
227 00
Animal Inspection
100 00
62 00
Bounty on Crows
102 90
Cemetery Trust Funds
4 40
Care of Soldiers' Burial Lots (Chap.
218, Acts of 1920)
25 00
13 85
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Cemetery Lots
7 40
Certification of 4 Notes (Division of
Accounts)
8 00
County Tax
1,812 82
State Tax
1,320 00
State Highway Tax
323 00
Civilian War Poll Tax
453 00
State Audit of Town Accounts
168 81
ARTHUR W. PARNELL, WILLIAM B. HIGGINS, DANIEL W. SPARROW,
Selectmen.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
January 1, 1924
Resources
Due from :
Taxes, 1923
$2,782 64
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Fires 156 40
Wellfleet Oyster Co., 1922 205 00
Wellfleet Oyster Co. Lease forfeited 1923.
Cape Cod Oyster Farms Corp., 1923 750 00
State, acct. Mothers' Aid 33 00
State, acct. State Aid 216 00
County (acct. refunding Dog Tax) 42 93
Cash in Treasury . 15,277 81
Liabilities
Serial Notes :
No. 5, Bridge St. due
1924
$250 00
No. 8, Lighting Plant
due 1924
175 00
No. 9, Lighting Plant due 1925 175 00
No. 15, Brackett Road
due 1924
, 250 00
No. 16, Brackett Road
due 1925
250 00
No. 17, Anticipation of
Taxes, due 1924 3,000 00
No. 18, (Chap. 81, Gen. Laws), due 1924 1,950
No. 19, Anticipation of Taxes, due 1924 7,500 00 No. 20. Anticipation of Taxes, due 1924 1,500 00
$15,050 00
To Balance
4,413 78
$19,463 78
$19,463 78 1
Cape Cod Oyster Farms Corp. $400 00 paid on acct. since Jan. 1, 1924.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Support of Poor
300 00
Board of Health
315 00
Miscellaneous
600 00
Public Library
25 00
. Clearing Snow
200 00
Cattle Inspection and Inspection of Slaughtering Town Hall
600 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
300 00
Soldiers' Lots (Chap. 218, Acts 1920)
25 00
Abstract of Transfers
25 00
Weights and Measures
50 00
Collection of Taxes
350 00
Officers Salaries and Expenses
950 00
Office Supplies
175 00
Surety on Bond
50 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses
425 00
Schools
10,198 00
TIMOTHY SMITH TRUST FUND
In Trust, $25,000.00 Receipts
Jan. 1, 1923, Cash on Deposit $3,133 74
Account of Loans
$341 41
Interest on Loans
19 87
Interest on Deposits
141 42
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Income
1081 65
1,584 35
$4,718 09
75 00
35
Expenditures
By Order of Trustees
$512 50
Dec. 31, 1923, Bal. on deposit
4,205 59
4,718 09
Loans Outstanding
1921
$133 58
1922
(
647 50
1923
362 50
1,143 58
A. W. PARNELL, . W. B. HIGGINS, D. W. SPARROW, Trustees.
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
January 1st, 1922, Cash in Treasury $8,420 30
State Treasurer
Income Tax 1921 and prior years
35 25
Income Tax, 1922
49 50
Income Tax, 1923
1,146 45
Corporation Tax, (Public Service)
83 06
Corporation Tax, (business)
65 05
National Bank Tax
77
Supt. Small Town School
228 49
Income Tax (School Fund)
420 00
High School Tuition
1,591 83
High School Transportation
1,210 80
Compensation Inspection of Animals
18 00
State Aid
186 00
Highway Dept. (To balance 1922)
700 00
Highway Dept.
2,923 82
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
123 70
Civilian War Poll Tax (1922)
24 00 ,
Soldiers' Exemptions
75 04
8,881 76
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County Treasurer
Allotment account of Boat Meadow Bridge
2,000 00
Refunded Dog Tax $43 59
2,043 59
Rentals
Oyster Leases
Wellfleet Oyster Co., (To balance, 1921) $120 00
Wellfleet Oyster Co., 1922 on account 155 00
Cape Cod Oyster Corp., (To balance 1922) 250 00
George V. Williams Co., 1922 120 00
R. R. Higgins Co., 1923 157 33
802 33
Herring Brook Privilege :
William B. Steele 4 00
Town Hall
Eastham Grange No. 308
$60 00
Janitor on account of dances
58 50
118 50
Interest
On Bank Balances :
January
$12 49
February
49
March
2 74
April
3 34
May
1 92
June
3 23
....
r 1
38
July
2 85
August
6 74
September
2 47
October
7 01
November
17 75
December
20 33
$81 36
On Deferred Taxes :
1920
12
1921
3 09
1922
40 79
1923
10 17
55 07
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
Income Town Hall Trust Fund
84 36
Wellfleet Savings Bank
Tax Loan $12,000 00
Road Loan Chapter 81 Gen. Laws)
1,950 00
Zara Higgins Cemetery Legacy
1 40
Frank O. Daniels, Cemetery Legacy
3 00
13,954 40
City of Boston
Tuition
424 64
Taxes
1920 (to balance)
57 13
1921 (to balance)
147 47
1922 (to balance)
1,558 76
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1923
16,489 41
Voluntary Tax (Wm. E. McCarty) 50
18,298 27
Director of Standards
Account of Pedlers' Licenses :
Isaac Paine, South Weelfleet
$3 00
Louis Zameis, Chatham 3 00
John W. Sparrow, Eastham 3 00
George L. Robie, Chatham 3 00
Joseph Atwood, South Wellfleet
3 00
15 00
Permits
Quahaug :
Flats 25 @ $1.00
$25 00
Bay, 15 @ $5.00
75 00
'Denatured Alchohol, 1
1 00
Milk 1
50
101 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Stanley M. Walker for fees
18 01
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
Re-imbursements account of R. R. fires 62 55
40
Refunds
W. H. Snow & Son, discount on coal 13
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