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We take this opportunity to express our appreciation of the earnest co- operation which we have received from every Town Official and Board, and from the citizens at large.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. PRESCOTT, Chairman, FRED R. ELLIS, THEODORE E. GAVIN.
APPORTIONMENT OF TAX RATE
1923
1924
1925
1926
General Government
Board of Survey
10.50
$ 10.75
57.04
163.26
Seleetmen
58.75
30.42
46.54
Town Clerk and Accountant
10,322.96
10,097.56
11,723.34
12,261.96
Treasurer and Collector
4,433.20
5,421.58
5,915.05
5,600.64
General Manager
4,625.00
4,633.46
3,475.00
4,700.00
Assessors
2,292.67
2,362.87
3,716.56
3,909.66
Certification of Notes
80.00
135.50
300.00
448.29
Finance
79.75
233.55
272.90
264.88
Law
3,545.50
2,625.85
1,777.19
1,817.84
Election and Registration
1,111.22
2,584.51
1,011.01
1,701.95
Town Offices
995.66
809.62
917.44
1,247.43
Inspection of Buildings
500.00
517.25
579.03
509.41
Game Warden
100.00
100.00
125.00
Inspector of Cattle
150.00
150.00
200.00
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
405.40
449.57
559.83
610.84
Memorial Day
325.00
468.15
469.88
500.17
Town Reports
800.00
1,425.00
1,080.00
2,449.50
Quarters American Legion
150.00
250.00
250.00
Insurance
5,667.05
3,334.80
2,793.82
6,582.76
Armory
936.27
604.16
11,551.87
Town Planning Board
30.95
633.40
318.10
62.86
Incidentals
825.92
683.11
949.53
746.00
36,200.73
$1.76
37,188.15
$1.50
37,100.30 $1.55
55,750.86
$2.17
.
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Highways
General
72,834.71
87,176.20
87,068.42
164,197.97
Ash Removal
1,416.16
1,807.95
1,641.29
1,768.30
Notes
14,300.00
17,859.00
16,000.00
16,000.00
Interest
2,383.23
1,967.65
2,450.00
1,730.00
Parks
368.57
6,632.41
3,501.75
1,315.00
Notes
3,000.00
3,000.00
Interest
1,160.00
1,040.00
91,302.67
4.42
115,443.21
5.27
114,821.46
4.76
189,051.27
7.75
Schools
General
241,432.20
287,675.98
277,643.46
309,087.76
Notes
31,700.00
32,000.00
36,800.00
45,700.00
Interest
19,720.25
16,428.99
18,035.26
25,333.99
292,852.45
14.22
336,104.97
15.35
332,478.72
13.80
380,121.75
14.97
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Abatement of Taxes
500.00
Overlay
3,680.00
9,930.11
6,722.63
4,450.49
State Tax
41,400.00
34,500.00
46,200.00
46,200.00
County Taxes
31,688.30
33,332.24
36,485.97
38,529.19
Neponset River Improvement
1,960.36
77,268.41
3.74
77,762.35
3.60
89,408.60
3.71 .
91,140.04
3.44
Overdrafts
702.81
2,467.36
1,707.41
106.00
Police Department
26,380.34
28,908.22
30,799.91
36,807.34
Fire Department
16,759.33
23,477.11
17,150.21
21,873.64
Moth Department
3,587.57
3,336.87
3,782.96
2,470.62
Shade Trees
1,599.46
1,936.84
1,906.55
2,325.51
Board of Health
10,984.34
11,694.69
22,259.65
19,608.27
59,311.04
2.87
71,821.09
3.28
77,606.69
3.22
83,191.38
3.23
APPORTIONMENT OF TAX RATE-Continued
1923
1924
1925
1926
Sewers
General
29,133.24
19,170.00
44,106.17
41,033.03
Notes
9,500.00
20,000.00
21,000.00
20,950.00
Interest
7,044.97
9,885.85
9,463.36
8,059.81
45,678.21
2.26
49,055.85
2.23
74,569.53
3.10
70,042.84
2.72
Notes
5,000.00
5,000.00
Interest
450.00
225.00
14,283.80
.65
12,452.65
.56
Care in Hospitals
1,099.44
1,289.31
1,397.22
Main Drains
11,599.22
19,184.09
10,932.06
29,879.67
Relief
31,215.06
25,361.90
24,624.46
24,568.64
Library
10,497.65
10,879.14
11,244.96
11,244.96
Cemetery
6,858.76
Street Lighting
5,000.00
5,800.00
6,730.00
6,800.00
66,270.13
3.22
62,514.44
2.88
54,928.70
2.27
74,029.96
2.88
Hydrant Rental
7,500.00
.30
ยท Notes (not applicable to any De- partment)
15,000.00
.72
12,300.00
.55
7,000.00
2,000.00
Interest (not applicable to any De- partment)
12,591.55
.60
8,763.00
.36
7,050.58
9,604.74
County Hospital
8,833.80
7,227.65
5,621.51
.23
6,386.07
.26
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Engineering Band Concerts
3,454.86
.17
3,533.80
.16
3,875.41
4,670.10 500.00
18,425.99
.77
16,774.84
.55
Reserve Balances
36,487.79
1.51
14,295.12
.65
715,416.66
34.69
794,839.51
36.30
841,449.29
34.92
988,284.13
38.92
LESS CREDITS
Poll Taxes
7,480.00
8,184.00
8,994.00
8,978.00
Excess and Deficiency
26,000.00
10,000.00
24,000.00
44,500.00
Available Receipts
25,044.50
57,141.93
26,357.71
71,086.63
Note Premiums
561.20
95.85
152.00
Estimated Receipts and Transfers
143,421.67
154,027.85
163,656.84
167,003.88
211
202,507.47
9.39
229,449.63
9.60
223,160.55
8.42
291,568.51
10.72
Note Total
512,908.79
565,389.88
618,288.72
696,715.62
Add Closing Balances
8,805.72
19,891.48
20,100.94
19,199.84
Tax Levy on Property
521,714.51
585,281.36
638,389.68
715,915.46
Tax Rate
$25.30
$26.70
$26.50
$28.20
Valuation
$20,621,060.00
$21,920,540.00
$24,089,870.00
$25,387,075.00
500.00
.03
500.00
.03
500.00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
January 15, 1927.
Selectmen,
Thomas B. Mulvehill, Chairman, Norwood, Massachusetts.
Dear Sirs:
I beg to submit the following as the eighteenth annual report covering in brief form the activities of the law department for the year 1926.
A supplementary report detailing all services rendered is submitted herewith for the files of the Selectmen.
While various hearings were attended and court matters had attention from time to time, yet the principal service rendered was advisory in char- acter and dealt with a wide range of subjects and required opinions to be given fairly constantly throughout the year.
The following departments and officials received such advice and such other assistance as was requested of the law department on matters sub- mitted, viz .: Selectmen, School Committee, Finance Conimission, Board of Health, Planning Board, Tax Collector, General Manager, Town Clerk and Accountant, Town Engineer, Board of Relief, Municipal Memorial Building Committee, New Senior High School Building Committee, Super- intendent of Schools.
Litigation
The action of tort brought by Miss Mary E. Oldham against the Town wherein damages in the sum of Two Thousand ($2000) Dollars were claimed for deprivation of electricity service at her dwelling house was disposed of in a manner satisfactory to both parties by written agreement of counsel filed in the Superior Court for Norfolk County which in effect was a with- drawal of the suit without right to bring another action for the same cause and which was without expense to the Town.
While the position of the Town was that this suit was without merit and the action could not be sustained as a matter of law, yet it was felt that an amicable adjustment of the subject matter of the claim should be made . without regard to the pendency of this action.
This department after dealing through their counsel with both parties to the land dispute which created the situation on account of which the electricity service was discontinued and had not been resumed, became satisfied that Miss Oldham had secured title to the fee in the land in which the right of way was located through which electricity service to her dwelling house had formerly been supplied, and advised the Selectmen to
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make the settlement which was proposed because the reason for with- holding service through use of the right of way area ceased when she ob- tained such fee title. Accordingly the Selectmen ordered the resumption of the service as formerly furnished. This service was promptly provided and the claim was disposed of as above stated.
A water hydrant on Mylod Street was struck and broken off through the improper operation by its driver of a motor truck owned by Paul Babel.
A claim was presented for the damage which resulted. Payment was refused and suit was brought. When the case was ready for trial a com- promise settlement was made and in accordance with its terms a payment was made which nearly equalled the amount of the claim.
Alfred L. Atwood filed a petition in the Superior Court for Norfolk County on April 27, 1926, for a jury to assess the amount of his damages resulting from the taking by the Town by right of eminent domain of a parcel of land of which he is the assumed owner for school purposes. Said parcel adjoins land taken from Fred L. Fisher for school purposes and land then owned by Emily C. Fisher and others and is bounded northwesterly by a proposed street shown as Cleveland Street on a plan made by the Town Engineer, dated April 16, 1925, and contains about 25,374 square feet of land.
The amount awarded to him and which he claims is inadequate was $1500.00. This suit is pending and should be disposed of by trial or other- wise during the year 1927.
Claims
On April 9, 1926, an electric light pole on Washington Street near Wal- pole Street was broken off through the improper operation of a motor truck owned by the Joseph P. Henry Company and other damage incidental to the damage to the pole resulted.
A claim was presented in behalf of the Town and thereafter when suit was about to be brought a settlement was made by the insurance company representing the owner for $178.07, being the full amount of the claim.
The claim against the Estate of Joseph Pasakarnis for taxes assessed on personal property during the life-time of the decedent in 1921 was settled after lengthy negotiation for the amount due with interest. While the amount involved was small, the Finance Commission requested that every effort should be made on principle to secure payment, with the satisfactory result above indicated.
The claims of John Maguire and Margaret Maguire his wife for injuries received and property damaged through an automobile accident on Dean Street were thoroughly investigated and considered and on advice of this department were satisfactorily settled for an amount which represented the expense to these parties due to the accident.
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Notices of certain claims for personal injuries and property damage resulting from an automobile accident in October, 1926, on Dean Street, alleged to be due to defective street conditions have been served. In- vestigation of these claims indicates that the Town is not liable for the accident and its results.
A notice of a claim for personal injuries and property damage for an alleged defective condition of Pleasant Street has been served, but it does not appear on investigation that the accident was one for which the Town was responsible.
Other claims of minor importance were dealt with and disposed of.
Legislation
As directed by the Town, petitions with accompanying bills were pre- pared and presented to the General Court at the 1926 session with respect to the following matters as to which legislation hearings were attended and such further action was taken as developments appeared to warrant. The legislation sought was obtained in each instance.
Chapter 73, Acts of 1926- New Senior High School Loan
By this act authority was given to the Town to borrow from time to time within five years from the date of passage, viz., March 3, 1926, such sums as may be necessary not exceeding in the aggregate $80,000 by an issue of bonds or notes for the purpose of constructing the new senior high school building, including the cost of originally equipping and furnishing the same. Loans made under this act must be paid within fifteen years of their dates.
This authority was required to permit the Town to obtain the additional funds necessary to complete the work of providing this new school building and premises.
Chapter 123, Acts of 1926-Armory Site Conveyance
By this act authority was given to the Town to sell and convey to the Commonwealth for armory purposes the whole or a part of certain land on Nahatan Street and Lyman Place purchased by the Town for municipal purposes and not then needed therefor.
This authority was required to permit the Town to sell and convey to the Commonwealth land for the proposed armory site at a price sub- stantially less than the price paid for it by the Town and substantially less than its actual value.
Chapter 43, Resolves of 1926-Investigation Relative to the Extension of Metropolitan Sewerage System in the Neponset River Valley
By this resolve the Department of Public Health was authorized and directed to investigate as to the necessity or desirability of the extension of the Metropolitan Sewerage System in the Neponset Valley and as to the
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cost of such extension and to report to the General Court its findings and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to effect the same. The expense of this investigation, which was not to exceed $7500 and actually amounted to $4420.91, is assessed upon the Towns of Canton, Norwood, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole and Westwood in propor- tion to their respective valuations.
Miscellaneous
The following matters which received attention are of sufficient im- portance to warrant reference thereto in the form stated.
Norwood Square Improvement. Betterment assessment questions.
Fire Department Establishment.
Peabody Trust. Cooperation of Town through School Department in respect to location and conduct in Norwood of school for which provision is made in Peabody will.
New England Transportation Company. License questions generally and East Walpole route in particular. Bird & Son, Inc., request for motor bus service through East Walpole and hearing by Department of Public Utilities on petition as to such service. Terms with Eastern Massa- chusetts Street Railway Company as conditions of new license in Norwood.
Standard Oil Company of New York. Gasoline station license petition hearings. Terms and record of same; modification of terms. Conveyance of r /w instead of fee as to Washington Street frontage; form of deed. Ap- peal from grant of license to State Fire Marshal and action as to notice of same.
Board of Health. Re milk regulations; roof drain connections with public sewer and use in violation of sewer regulations; plumbing situation in new block on Washington Street and remedies. Plumbing permit charges. Regulations as to fees for plumbing inspection. Garbage dis- posal jurisdiction and new contract conditions and specifications. Ap- pointment of assistant plumbing inspector.
School Committee and Superintendent of Schools. Opinion as to School Physician and expense of education of certain mentally retarded children.
Finance Commission. Law Department budget. Peabody Trust Fund questions.
Planning Board. Study and revising new draft of proposed zoning by-law. Attention to questions raised.
Tax Collector. Tax collection claim and settlement. Warrant ques- . tions. Distrain process as to machinery attachment procedure-bank- ruptcy situation.
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Municipal Light Department. Right to use surplus earnings for general Town purposes.
New Municipal Memorial Building. Lay-out plan; construction con- tract provisions; special town meeting articles and votes.
Board of survey. Various questions-by-laws or regulations covering new street locations and expense of lay-out and construction.
Pleasant Street and other main drains. Lay-outs and orders of taking, title search, law questions, certificate of entry, damage claim releases. Keohane damages elaim with view and hearings and settlement activities and new release.
Atwood land damages claim. Investigation, view, title examination, preparation for court action.
Eaton pasture land (so-called) purchase from Fisher et al. Deed pre- pared also agreement as to camp building of Troop I, Somerville Boy Scouts of America.
Francis O. Winslow Heirs land gift question and deed to new Washington Street property.
Turner land damage award. Payment made to Administrator of Estate of George E. Turner of $159.68, being proportionate share of award made in 1917 upon release given after investigation.
Nickerson claims account of alleged water damages. Attention to ques- tions involved and to adjustment and waiver.
Market Street. Discontinuance of a part, also of a part of Washington Street, to permit of town square park development. Order of lay-out and location as park of discontinued portions.
New Senior High School premises-grading eontract, mason work con- tract-amendments.
Winslow Park taking procedure. Town action as to Trustees' proposal.
Brooks Heirs-as to taking land at Central Street and Railroad Avenue for municipal light department purposes.
Buckmaster Pond. Water shed situation and action.
Central Street widening situation as to Winslow Brothers and Smith Company property and as to Lyman Place title and lay-out as a publie way.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. Release of damages as to drain taking. Right to assess for sewer purposes location land not used for railroad purposes.
Sidewalk assessments-limitations as to right to assess as to portion in- eluded in private r /w; procedure as to reconstruction work.
Garage permit questions with respect to land adjoining town property.
Annual and Special Town Meetings-warrant articles and motions under same. Advice Re adjournment situation.
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Lay-out of Parkways as to action by Board of Survey. Norwood Housing Association, Inc., proposal.
Walpole Street. Re provisions of contract with state as to reconstruction work.
Re M. W. Allen Construction Company lien notice as to material for job.
Walpole Street situation as to gas pipes located in the line of new con- struction work.
Removal of existing building on town land; question arising because of its interference with prospective construction of new municipal memorial building.
Street lay-outs and widenings and takings-Title and betterment as- sessment questions; Brookfield Road, Cypress, Sycamore, Elm, Lincoln and Cleveland Streets lay-outs; Cottage Street, Pleasant and Dean Streets, Winter and Bright Streets, Walpole and Winter Streets alteration; damage claim releases.
Shattuck Park deed provisions.
School indebtedness law.
Curfew by-law.
Town Counsel Report for 1925.
Cemetery Lot title questions.
Neponset River Improvement special benefit assessment situation.
Lewis dump complaint. Correspondence with Railroad Company.
Various elaims investigations, interviews, reports and views, including Thomas, Pelham, O'Toole, Maguire, Dickowicz, Keohane, Gibson, and Nickerson claims; also claim for water damage due to severe rainfall.
Sewer assessment questions Re special sewerage act.
Employees' wages as to payment for holidays.
Pipes in new streets-right to compel Gas Company to lay same.
New Central Street sewer construction questions, lands affected, lien establishment.
Conclusion
It does not appear to be necessary to comment further upon the work of the Law Department for the past year or to deal with activities in prospect as to matters pending at the end of the year.
The confidence and consideration of all the officials with whom this de- partment had dealings and the cooperation and the helpful interest taken and generous assistance given by Clerk Pendergast are gratefully ac- knowledged.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. HALLORAN, Town Counsel.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRIL MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1926
To the Citizens of Norwood:
The circulation for the past year was 82,382 volumes, an increase of 7,139 volumes over the previous year. Complete statistical details are contained in the Librarian's annual report.
The work commenced at the Balch School has been continued and there are now 396 volumes located there. Books were placed at the Winslow School in January, 1926, to the number of 69 and there are now 136 at that branch. At the Shattuck School work was started last October with 74 volumes, Miss Lynch being in charge. The Library work at the High School is in charge of Miss Hubbard, the study-hall teacher. The teachers at all these schools have shown much interest in these branch libraries.
All these branch libraries are carried on with no expense to the Town.
Beginning last March the Library hours were made from 10 A. M. to 9 P. M., or eleven hours daily. The Children's Room has also opened half an hour earlier, from 12.30 to 6 P. M.
A fifth member was added to the staff a year ago through the appoint- ment of Miss Ada Tucker as cataloguer. An apprentice, Miss Greig, has been at the Library since November 1, to gain information in library routine and to do substitute work.
Story-telling has been carried on every Saturday afternoon except during the summer months.
A question box has been instituted and some valuable suggestions have been made. One result is a better system of lighting the stacks.
One of the most valuable additions to the Library was that of the photostat copy of the Diary of David Morse, so-called, covering the years from 1818 to 1883 in Norwood.
The addition to the Library through the bequest of Mrs. Alice H. Plimpton is under consideration and some action may be taken this coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T. WHEDON, A. MARION SWAIN, W. W. EVERETT, JULIA A. MCCARTHY, MAUDE A. SHATTUCK, WALTER BLAIR,
Board of Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees:
The following is a statistical report of the Morrill Memorial Library, arranged according to the form recommended by the American Library Association.
Name of Library
Morrill Memorial Library
Town
Norwood, Massachusetts
Name of Librarian
Jane A. Hewett
Date of founding
1873
Population served
14,151 (1925)
Assessed valuation
$25,387,075.00
Terms of use
Free for lending; free for reference
Total number of agencies
4
Number of days open in 1926
303
Number of hours open each week
66
Number of staff
5
Increase
Number of volumes at beginning of year
28,277
Number of volumes added by purchase
1,131
Number of volumes added by gift
92
Total number at end of year . .
29,500
Number of magazines and newspapers currently received. . .
87 titles
101 copies
Number of publications issued each year .
4
Use
Fiction
Non-fiction
Foreign
Total
Adult
37,521
8,140
426
48,087
Juvenile
21,050
7,418
28,46S
Balch School.
3,263
High School.
400
Shattuck School.
305
Winslow School . .
2,500
Deposits in Other Schools.
1,359
82,382
Number of pictures lent.
5,256
Finance-Sce report of Town Accountant.
Registration
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of borrowers registered-1926.
486
28
769
Total number of registered borrowers
3325
1155
4470
1
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Books Added to the Library-1926
Adult Juvenile
Total
General works
55
10
65
Philosophy .
20
20
Religion .
14
5
19
Sociology (includes fairy tales)
31
92
123
Philology .
1
1
Natural science .
18
18
36
Useful arts.
17
10
27
Fine arts
19
8
27
Literature
46
34
80
Description and travel.
45
27
72
Biography
54
14
68
History
29
27
56
Fiction
360
269
629
Total
709
514
1223
Gifts
Books and pamphlets have been received from
Mrs. L. H. Beaver
Mrs. Charles J. Prescott
Mr. Sidney Brooks
Miss Lucy Prescott
Mr. Warren H. Cudworth
Dr. Peter Hunter Thompson
Mr. Meiric K. Dutton
American Institute of Homeopathy American Legion Auxiliary Post, 70, Norwood
Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes
Miss Frances C. Hamlet
Mr. Louis G. Jenks
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Miss Rita Jordan
The George H. Morrill Company
Mrs. L. C. Marshall
The Japan Society
Mrs. Norma Pond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Magazines and newspapers have been received from C. S. French
Mr. C. H. Jones
Mr. Theodore Georgen
Miss Maude A. Shattuck Mr. William T. Whedon
Posters have been received from Mr. C. E. Hayford.
A mounted parrot for the children's room from Miss Marion L. Harris. Respectfully submitted,
JANE A. HEWETT, Librarian.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR,
January 1, 1927.
To the Selectmen of Norwood,
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following as the annual report of the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Norwood for the year 1926.
Building Permits Issued
No. of Permits
Estimated Value
Dwellings
70
$427,479
Additions
38
1
55,600
Garages.
99
53,070
Industrial Plants
12
13,620
School.
1
100,000
Storage Buildings.
2
62,000
Stores
S
278,550
Barns
1
5,000
231
$996,319
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. DOUGLASS, Inspector of Buildings.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
To the Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen:
I submit my report as Cattle Inspector for the year 1926.
During the months of February and March I made my animal inspection. I visited 70 premises and found cattle and other animals in healthy con- dition. Some premises were not just as they should be in regard to light and cleanliness, but owners were willing to comply with any suggestions about same and have done so in most cases. Owing to the Federal and State Test which has been going on the last year or two, the milch cows are in good condition and much healthier than in past years.
Number of milch cows
260
Young cattle
25
Bulls S
Sheep 4
Swine
42
Goats
26
There have been four dogs quarantined during the past year, and all have been released by order of the State authorities.
Twenty test dairy cows have been shipped in from out of the State, the same identified and released.
Respectfully,
ALBERT FALES,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN GAME WARDEN
February 8, 1927.
To the Selectmen of Norwood,
Attention of Mr. Thomas B. Mulvehill, Chairman.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as Town Game Warden.
Attention has been given the enforcement of the Statutes relating to Fish and Game during the past year. I have been out upon the fishing streams and ponds and the lands frequented by game one hundred and fifty-one days. I have found it necessary on four occasions to ask for com- plaints against persons for violation of the Fish and Game Laws. These complaints were brought before the District Court of Northern Norfolk and were disposed of as follows: two placed on file and two fined. These complaints were for violation of the Law with regard to taking of fish.
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