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30 Clair Liona Sasseville
Frank T., Eva S. Thomas F., Blanche G.
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October
9 Edwin Whitmore Colby Edwin W., Agnes J.
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MARRIAGES
Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1924
January
2 John Kumlin, Flora I. Pettigrew by Rev. Theodore B. Lathrop, at Wayland.
4 Kenneth G. Barry, Aleta A. Kelley, at Natick, by Rev. Gaius J. Slosser.
16 Joseph Gallant, Flora J. MacDonell, at Newton, by Rev. Walter J. Roche.
26 Vincent Chadwick, Madeline Gage, at Boston, by Rev. Henry E. Edinburg.
February
14 J. Edmund Gladu, Narie Athalie Valiere, at Rrock. ton, by Rev. R. A. Fortier.
March
15 George Winslow Furbush, Eloise Irene Hill, at Way - land, by Rev. A. A. Rideout.
April
20 George Robert Mather, Mary Patricia Coyle, at Way- land, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
May
30 Earl George Barry, Eunice Mary Haywood, at Fram- ingham, by Rev. S. Paul Jefferson .
June
14 Fred Southard Raymond, Bessie Anna Tenney, at Keene, N. H., by Rev. Rustin H. Reed.
July
13 Howard Anthony Sanborn, Anna Frances Magorty, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
26 Fred Hollinshurd Colley, Mary Louise Bettencourt, at Somerville, by Fred W. Gilbert Justice of Peace.
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August
9 Charles Francis Foley, Josephine Mable Fennesy. at Natick, by Rev. Thomas J. Ford.
15 Charles Stansly Bamforth, Ethel Marion Paul, at Wayland, by Rev. Smith O. Dexter.
25 Chester Tappan, Barbara Louisa Butler, at Way- land, by Rev. Boynton Merrill.
September
8 James H. Barry, Sarah J. Raymond, at Framinghanı, by Rev. A. Paul Jefferson.
21 Ralph Puffer Norris, Rose May Simmons, at Natick, by Rev. Ralph L. Minker.
October
6 Hiram L. Thurston, Clara Edna Gage, at Wayland, by Rev. Ralph L. Minker.
9 John Percy Minard, Mary Theresa Roche, at Way- land, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
12 Arthur Robert Hillier, Frances MacDonald, at Way- land, by Rev. Ralph L. Minker.
22 Edwin Roscoe Haberstroh, Clara Drew Marston, at. Wayland, by Rev. Ralph L. Minker.
28 Louis Sylvester Tulis, Mary Evelyn Egan, at Way- land, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
November
19 William James Cummings, Madeline Amelia Foley, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
26 Morton Langthorne, Annie Long, at Framingham, by Rev. John A. McCauley.
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DEATHS
Registered in the Town of Wayland for the Year 1924
Date
Name
Age
January
Y
M.
D
9 Henrietta H. Raymond
63
5
29
20 Victoria L. Smith
44
0
22
February
6 Wayne Post
62
2
17
11 Lenville E. McKie
54
8
17
18 Mary Adams Heard
91
11
12
23 Mary A. Hogan
76
11
25 Maybelle F. Blodgett
48
0
19
April
2 Thomas D. Murphy
45
15 Lawrence H. McManus
66
24 Minnie L. Buoncore
66
4
28 Catherine Normyle
67
May
1 Jeffrey Perry
58
2 Mary Methews
67
6 George Grant Jennison
60
18 Maria A. Smart
72
11
27
18 Bertram B. Gleason
40
4
7
28 Isaac Randall Huston
68
2
24
June
14 Grace L. Parmenter
64
2
5
19 Lydia Martin Edward
6
7
12
28 Herbert Hayes Cowles
46
10
18
July
3 Gertrude Donovan
35
10
1
36
August
10 Elizabeth H. Flanders
65 9
September
6 John W. Carroll
66
7 Stephen I. Ring
43
14 Mary S. Peters
70
10
30
25 Harold MacKelvey
0
1
1
26 Ainslie (4 hours)
26 Ainslie (7 hours
October
14 Renee · E. Bowman
19
0
14
23 Glover (4 hours)
31 Edmond Botelle
47
November
3 Emily Frances Damon
75
8
6
17 Frederick C. Fuller
80
5
15
21 Margaret Dean
67
7
4
30 Richard Taffe
50
1
28
December
4 Lydia S. Wight
63
9
6 Francis X. Davieau
80
58
18
8 Annie C. Weston
77
3
28
15 Harry D. Jacobs
24
31 Victoria Glennie Richardson
86
1 13
DOGS LICENSED 1924
Males, 139 at $2.00
$278.00
Females, 52 at $5.00
260.00
Kennels, 6 at $25.00
150.00
Total
$688.00
Fees deducted, 197 at 20c
39.40
Paid County Treasurer
$648.60
19
6 Mary J. Richards
79
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RESULTS OF TOWN ELECTON
Moderator
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'ls
Edmund H. Sears, Nom. Papers
211
272
483
Town Clerk
Edna F. Bishop, Nom. Papers Selectmen
230
317
547
Napoleon Perodeau, Nom. Papers
209
321
530
William J. Scotland, Nom Papers
206
320
526
J. Sidney Stone, Nom. Papers
220
301
52.
Treasurer
Frank G. Mackenna, Nom. Papers
234
316
550
Collector of Taxes
Lester R. Gerald, Nom. Papers
228
332
560
Auditor
Arthur Heard Dudley, Nom Papers
227
309
536
Overseer of Poor
Walter S. Bigwood, Nom. Papers
56
233
289
Andrew Paul, Nom. Papers
200
128
328
Assessor
James I. Bryden, Nom. Papers
172
127
299
William R. Mather, Nom. Papers
71
256
327
School Committee
Grace C. Bond, Nom. Papers
146
353
499
Gilbert Small, Nom. Papers
105
35
140
Water Commissioner
Alfred C. Damon, Nom. Papers
149
239
388
James C. McKay, Nom. Papers
64
158
222
Trustees of Library
John Connelly, Nom. Papers
178
252
430
Amos I Hadley, Nom. Papers
203
251
457
38
Board of Health
Thos J. Dowey, Nom. Papers
208 274 482 Park Commissioner (to fill vacancy for one year)
Willard C. Hunting, Nom. Papers 174 291 465
Park Commissioner
John B. Wight, Nom. Papers
208 271 479
Surveyor of Highways
James Ferguson, Nom. Papers
201
312
513
J. F. Maloney 1
1
Cemetery Commissioner
Frank F. Ames, Nom. Papers
186
290 476
F. C. Moore
1
1
Charles H. Harrington
1
1
Commissioner of Trust Funds (For one Year)
John Connelly, Nom. Papers
180 244
424
Commissioner of Trust Funds (For two Years)
Albert F. Flint, Nom. Papers
181 226 407
Commissioner of Trust Funds (For three Years)
Albert H. Beck, Nom Papers 192 229 421
Tree Warden
Frank F. Ames, Nom. Papers
89
283
372
C. Mifflin Frothingham, Nom. Papers
154
76
230
Constables
Wilfred L. Celorier, Nom. Papers
164
254
418
Harry W. Craig Nom. Papers
172
242
414
Edward F. Dorsheimer, Nom. Papers
180
278
458
Charles F. Dusseault, Nom. Papers
163
269
432
John E. Linnehan, Nom. Papers
181
237
418
Thomas F. Maynard, Nom. Papers
181
236
417
Frank C. Moore, Nom. Papers
183
237
420
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?
Yes
70
126
196
No
121
154
275
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VOTE AT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY April 29, 1924
REPUBLICAN
Delegates at Large
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'is
Channing H. Cox
39
7 4G
Henry Cabot Lodge
37
7
44
Frederick H. Gillett
37
7 44
William M. Butler
37
7
44
John H. Sherburne
37
6
43
Anna C. Bird
37
6
43
Jessie A. Hall
36
6
42
Alternate Delegates at Large
Pauline R. Thayer
36
6
42
Elizabeth Putnam
38
5
43
Charles H. Innis
34
6
40
John Jacob Rogers
35
7
42
Robert M. Stevens
34
7
41
Mary B. Browne
37
6
43
Spencer Borden, Jr.
36
7 43
District Delegates
John R. Macomber
41
7
48
Thomas W. White
36
7
43
Alternate District Delegates
Theodore G. Bremer
35
7 42
Fred H. Kirwin
35
7
42
DEMOCRATIC
Delegates at Large
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'13 3 3 6
David I. Walsh
40
Arthur Lyman
5
4
9
Joseph B. Ely
6
4
10
John F. Doherty
4
3
7
Helen A. MacDonald
4
3
7
Susan W. FitzGerald
4
2
6
Rose Herbert
5
2
7
Mary E. Meehan
5
2
Charles H. Cole
3
2
5
Alternate Delegates at Large
Arthur J. B. Cartier
5
3
William A. O'Hearn
4
3
Jeremiah J. Healy
5
3
8
Edward A. Ginsburg
5
3
3
Dorothy Whipple Fry
4
3
7
Mary H. Quincy
4
2
6
Annie O'Keefe Heffernan
3
1
1
Mary Bacigalupo
3
1
4
William H. Doyle
3
1
4
District Delegates
William Taylor
5
1
Daniel J. Daley
5
1 6
Charles F. McCarthy
3
3
6
Joseph Joyce Donahue
3
2 5
Daniel H. Coakley
1
1
2
John J. Heffernan
1
1
Edward F. McSweeney
2
2
John J. Crehan
2
0
2
Delia M. Cauley
1
1
2
Dennis J. McGillicuddy
1
0
1
Alternate District Delegates
Timothy F. Sullivan
5
3
8
Katherine B. Clark
5
1
John E. O'Hearn
4
2
6
Francis J. O'Gorman
4 2
Margaret E. Field
1
1
Phillips Bradley
3
1
1
William H. Murphy
2
2
.1
Leo H. Leary
0
2
2
41
VOTE AT STATE PRIMARY September 9, 1924
REPUBLICAN
Governor
Alvan T. Fuller James Jackson
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'Is
58
113
171
137
38
175
Lieut Governor
Frank G. Allen
172
128
300
Frederick W. Cook
161
121
282
Treasurer
Otis Allen
12
15
27
William A. Allen
20
10
30
James W. Bean
14
16
30
Fred J. Burrell
31
26
57
Horace A. Keith
20
22
42
William S. Youngman
89
47
136
Auditor
Herbert W. Burr
38
20
58
Alonzo B. Cook
97
76
173
Harold D. Wilson
24
31
55
Attorney General
Jay R. Benton
174
123
297
Senator in Congress
Louis A. Coolidge
59
46
105
Frederick W. Dallinger
30
34
64
Frederick H. Gillett
98
64
162
Congressman
Robert Luce
171
124
295
Secretary
42
Councillor
Frank R. Bailey Abel R. Campbell
11
14
25
7
9
16
Charles S. Smith
136
98
234
Senator
Frederick P. Glazier
61
55
116
George G. Moyse
97
58
155
Representative in General Court
John M. Keyes
34
21
55
J. Sidney Stone
159
132
291
County Commissioners
William G. Andrews
23
31
54
Alfred L. Cutting
156
108
264
Andrew L. Wardwell
24
18
42
Walter C. Wardwell
102
81
183
Register of Probate and Insolvency
Arthur C. Coker
19
18
37
Charles N. Harris
67
59
126
Russell A. Wood
59
41
100
County Treasurer
Charles E. Hatfield
159
121
280
State Committee
J. Andrew Stone
1
Llewellyn Mills
1
Delegates to State Convention
Clarence S. Williams
110
112
222
Frank J. Bigwood
138
95
233
James J. Bryden
6
Town Committee
Edward M. Bennett
37
James I. Bryden
43
Frank J. Cooper
42
Wm. S. Lovell
41
Phebe C. Raymond
38
Dorothy Stone
41
J. Sidney Stone
39 8
47
Howard J. Parmenter
24
Llewellyn Mills
32
Frank J. Bigwood
13
.
43
Arthur Bradshaw
14
John Connelly
1 20
21
Alice Neale
14
Wm. J. Scotland
16
Clarence Williams
1 15
16
W. Bigwood
12
W. L. Bishop
3
Lester R. Thompson
7
Ina A. Smith
7
Ernest Sparks
George Bishop
6
Arthur Broulette
37 others with 1 to 3 votes.
DEMOCRATIC
Governor
James M. Curley
6 10
Lieutenant Governor
Thomas J. Boynton
2
2
4
John J. Cummings
2
2
4
William A. O'Hearn
2
2
4
Secretary
H. Oscar Rocheleau
6
4
10
Michael L. Eisner
6
4 10
Auditor
0
1
1
John E. Swift
6
4 10
Senator in Congress
6
4 10
Edwin F. Tuttle
6
3 9
Councillor
Bernard J. Golden
1
Treasurer
Strabo V. Claggett
Attorney General
David I. Walsh
Congressman
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'ls 4
Alvin Neale
44
Senator
John O'C. Fitzgerald
6
4 10
Representative in General Court
Michael J. Collins
6
4 10
Register of Probate and Insolvency
John J. Butler
6
4 10
County Treasurer
Charles E. Hatfield
4
4
3
Daniel F. McBride
2
1
3
State Committee
P. Joseph McManus
5
4 9
Delegates to State Convention
Lester Gerald
1
Town Committee
John E. Linnehan
45
STATE ELECTION
Tuesday, November 4, 1924
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 T't'is
Coolidge and Dawes, Republican
291
347
638
Davis and Bryan, Democratic
76
112
188
Foster and Gitlow, Workers Party
1
1
2
Johns and Reynolds, Socialist Labor
1
1.
2
LaFollette and Wheeler, Independent Prog. 22
70
92
Governor
John J. Ballam, Workers
1
1
2
James M. Curley, Democratic
104
200
304
Alvan T. Fuller, Republican
302
336
638
James Hayes, Socialist Labor
0
4
4
Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist
0
3
3
Lieutenant Governor
Frank G. Allen, Republican
296
347
643
John J. Cummings, Democratic
86
155
241
Arthur A. Cunning, Socialist Labor
0
3
3
Thomas Nicholson, Socialist
2
3
5
Edward Rand Stevens Workers
0
2
2
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook, Republican
305
328
633
Winfield A. Dwyer, Workers
6
6
12
Samuel Leger, Socialist Labor
0
5
5
H. Oscar Rocheleau, Democratic
62
52
214
Edith Williams, Socialist
8
8
16
Treasurer
Michael L. Eisner, Democratic
79
148
227
Patrick H. Loftus, Socialist Labor
2
6
8
Louis Marcus, Socialist
6
5
11
Albert Oddie, Workers
0
4
4
William S. Youngman, Republican
287
321
608
Auditor
Strabo V. Claggett, Democratic
153
220
373
46
Alonzo B. Cook, Republican
196
257
453
Isidore Harris, Socialist Labor
1
5
6
James J. Lacey, Workers
2
3
5
Dennis F. Reagan, Socialist
6
5
11
Attorney General
Jay R. Benton, Republican
299
328
627
Harry J. Canter, Workers
0
6
6
Frederick Oelcher, Socialist Labor
0
6
6
John Weaver Sherman, Socialist
6
5
11
John E. Swift, Democratic
73
145
218
Senator in Congress
Frederick H. Gillett, Republican
277
293
570
Antoinette F. Konikow, Workers
0
4
4
David I. Walsh, Democratic
124
230
354
Congressman
Robert Luce, Republican
305
322
637
Edwin. F. Tuttle, Democratic
71
156
227
Councillor
Bernard J. Golden, Democratic
72
143
215
Charles S. Smith, Republican
284
321
605
Senator
John O'C. FitzGerald, Democratic
95
177
272
George G. Moyse, Republican
268
313
581
Representative in General Court
Michael J. Collins, Democratic
64
152
216
Alice H. Damon, Non. Part.
18
27
45
J. Sidney Stone, Republican
299
329
628
County Commissioners
Alfred L. Cutting, Republican
301
341
642
Walter C. Wardwell, Republican
238
282. 520
Register of Probate and Insolvency
John J. Butler, Democratic,
71
152
223
Charles N. Harris, Republican
279
309
588
County Treasurer
Charles E. Hatfield, Republican
293
328
621
Daniel F. McBride, Democratic
71
143
214
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Referendum Question No. 1 ... Amendment to the Constitution
Shall an amendment to the constitution relative to the qualification of voters for certain state officers (striking out the word "male"), which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 24, 1921, 258 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative and at a joint session of the two Houses held May 10, 1923, re- ceived 254 votes in the affirmative and none in the neg- ative, be approved ?
Yes No
195 287 402
71 117 188
Referendum Question No. 2 ... Amendment Constitution
to the
Shall an amendment to the constitution to enable women to hold any state, county or municipal office, and which further provides that a change of name of any woman, holding a Notary Public Commission, shall not render her commission void but she shall re-register under her new name and shall pay such fee therefor as shall be established by the general court, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 24, 1921, 316 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houes, held May 10, received 258 votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, be approved ?
Yes No.
197 217 414 78 123 201
Referendum Question No. 3
Shall a law (Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1923) which provides that no person shall manufacture, transport by aircraft, water craft or vehicles, import, or export spirit- uous or intoxicating liquor, as defined by section 3 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, or certain non-intoxi- cating beverages, as defined by section 1 of said chapter 138, unless in each instance he shall have obtained the permit or other authority required therefor, by the laws of the United States and the regulation made thereunder, which law was approved by both branches of the General Court by vote not recorded, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved ?
Yes No
190
215 405
114 169
283
48
Referendum Question No. 4
Shall a law (Chapter 454 of the Acts of 1923) which provides for the raising of funds toward the cost of con- struction and maintenance of highways by means of an excise tax of two cents on each gallon of gasoline and other fuel used for propelling motor vehicles on the high- ways of the Commonwealth, said tax to be paid by the purchaser to the director, who in turn pays it to the Commonwealth, and the money to be credited to a fund to be known as the gasoline-highway fund, out of which reimbursement is to be made to purchasers who shall consume the gasoline or other fuel in any manner except the operation of motor vehicles on the highways of the Commonwealth, and the expense of carrying out the act are to be paid, fifty per cent of the balance of said fund to be distributed to the cities and towns of the Common - wealth, in proportion to the amounts which they con- tribute to the State tax, and this fifty per cent to be expended in construction or improvement of public ways within the city or town limits, and the other fifty per cent to be expended by the State Department of Public Works on such highways as it may select, which law was approved by both branches of the General Court by votes not recorded, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved ?
Yes No
135
101
236
163 304
467
Referendum Question No. 5
Shall a law (Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1823) which amends existing legislation on the same subject and pro- vides that, subject to certain limitations, no person shall engage or be financially interested in the business of receiving deposits of money for safe keeping or for the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalents thereof to foreign countries unless he has executed and delivered a bond to the State Treasurer, or deposited in lieu thereof, and has received a license from the Com- missioner of Banks authorizing him to carry on such business; that any money which in case of breach of bond shall be paid by the licensee or surety thereon, or the securities deposited in lieu thereof, shall constitute a trust fund for the benefit of the depositors; that the license shall be revokable by the Commissioner of Banks
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for cause shown; that the money deposited with the licensees for safe keeping shall be invested in the man- ner prescribed in the Act; and that the violation of any of the provisions of the act shall be punished in the man- ner therein prescribed, which law was approved by both branches of the General Court by votes not recorded, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved ?
Yes
197
187
384
No
33
84
117
Referendum Question No. 6
Shall daylight saving be retained by law in Massa- chusetts ?
Yes
181
214
395
Nc
129
232
361
Referendum Question No. 7
It is desirable that the General Court ratify the fol- lowing proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States:
Section 1. That Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.
Section 2. The power of the several States is un- impaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to the legislation enacted by the Congress ?
Yes No
88 120 208
251
340
591
Concord, Massachusetts
November 14, 1924
The Clerks of the Towns comprising the 13th Mid- dlesex Representative District met this day at Concord, Massachusetts, and counted and tabulated the votes cast for representative in said District on Nov. 4, 1924 as follows :
50
Concord
Sudbury
Lincoln
Weston
Wayland
Total Vote
Michael J. Collins of Concord, Dem.
747
33
79
129
216
1204
Alice H. Damon of Concord, Non-Part.
Coolidge Policies
145
10
22
18
45
240
J. Sidney Stone of Wayland, Rep.
1331
352
315
815
628
3441
Blanks
263
59
68
114
95
599
Total Vote
2486
454
484 1076
984
5484
Mr. J. Sidney Stone was declared elected.
WILLIAM D. CROSS, Town Clerk of Concord FRANK F. GERRY, Town Clerk of Sudbury WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk of Lincoln BRENTON H. DICKSON, Town Clerk of Weston EDNA F. BISHOP, Town Clerk of Wayland
Respectfully submitted,
EDNA F. BISHOP Town Clerk
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
Receipts Appropriation Refunds 1924 Transfers $500.00 $374.43
Expended $747.43
Finance Committee Recom'ds $400.00
Abatement of Taxes General Administration Salaries
Selectmen
500.00
500.00
500.00
Assessors
900.00
1,242.50
1,000.00
Overseer of Poor
150.00
150.00
150.00
Election Officers
350,00
402.00
350.00
Registrars
100.00
100.00
100.00
Salary
Auditor
150.00
150.00
150.00
Town Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
Treasurer
500.00
500.00
500.00
Collector of Taxes
1,000.00
859.05
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50.00
50.00
50.00
Game Warden
50.00
50.00
50.00
Dog Officer
15.00
15.00
Moderator
10.00
10.00
Incidentals
Selectmen
50.00
22.55
50.00
Assessors
200.00
78.25
100.00
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Registrars and Election Officers
200.00
252.39
200.00
Auditor
25.00
18.00
25.00
Town Clerk
200.00
189.96
200.00
Treasurer
100.00
63.39
75.00
Collector of Taxes
160.00
39.50
160.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
0.00
35.30
50.00
Town Hall
500.00
489.82
500.00
Town Clocks
100.00
35.00
50.00
Protection of Life and Property
Police
2,000.00
14.20
2,596.97
2,500.00
Fire Department
1,800.00
1,678.13
1,800.00
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
500.00
339.14
500.00
Inspector of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
Highways and Bridges
6,000.00
5,998.75
7,000.00
Oiling Highways
6,000.00
8,000.00
14,000.00
6,000.00
Railings
500.00
500.00
500.00
Sidewalks
Balance
500.00
500.00
500.00
State Road Sidewalk
$2,009.26
2,008.96
500.00
Snow Removal
3,000.00
2,549.46
3,500.00
Street Lighting
4,000.00
3,956.01
4,100.00
Tree Warden
300.00
259.41
300.00
Park Commissioners
250.00
244.81
250.00
Moth Extermination
1,800.00
1,632.65
1,800.00
Charities
Support Poor
1,400.00
602.31
1,200.00
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Aid to Agriculture and Home Economics Memorial Day Observance Soldiers' Benefits State Aid
300.00
300.00
300.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
500.00
120.00
536.28
800.00
1,000.00
894.00
1,000.00
Cemeteries
Lake View
400.00
398.10
400.00
North and Center
400.00
384.87
400.00
Education
38,000.00
308.24
38,304.25
38,500.00
Covering Salaries of
Superintendent
School Committee
Teachers, Janitors
and for Supplies
Transportation
Incidentals
Light, Power and Fuel
500.00
448.29
250.00
District and School Nurse
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Medical Inspection Schools
75.00
75.00
150.00
Library and Reading Room
3,300.00
1,376.09
4,672.41
3,600.00
Interest
5,500.00
5,368.97
5,500.00
School House Bond
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Insurance
1,400.00
1,133.81
1,200.00
Legal Claims
500.00
505.15
500.00
Surety Bonds
275.00
256.50
275.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
997.81
1,000.00
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Vocational Tuition
Printing Town Reports
425.00
387.10
400.00
Total
$93,560.00
Unpaid bills
1,539.53
Total
$95,099.53
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We recommend that the money received from Dog Licenses be appropriated one-half to the Schools (Edu- cation) and one-half to the Library.
We recommend that unpaid bills of Assessors' sala- ries, $175; Tax Collector's incidentals, $119.42; Highway Dept., Highways and Bridges, $356.50; Oiling Highways, $888.16; State Road Sidewalk, $45; be appropriated and assessed.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK I. COOPER, GEORGE W. BISHOP, ERNEST F. LAWRENCE, FRANK E. DAVIS, WILLIAM S. LOVELL, Finance Committee
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
The Board has made the appointments requird by law. It has conferred with the various departments from time to time and has tried to give assistance when- ever possible in connection with the problems of any of the departments.
We have tried to exercise such powers as we possess in favor of economical administration of town affairs. Appropriations were made this year upon a somawhat different basis than heretofore. In accordance with the methods advocated by the State Department of Account- ing, each Department was given a separate appropriation and the old general incidentals account was abolished. In order that unforeseen emergencies could be taken care of there was appropriated a reserve fund of $1000 which was subject to transfer by vote of this Board. This Board hoped not to be required to use this fund and proposed to allow the transfer from this fund to other departments only for payments on account of matters arising during the year for something out of the usual needs of a department, or which could not have been forseen at the time the appropriations were made. We regret to report that we have found it necessary to expend practically all this reserve fund. The details of the expenditure of this fund appear in the Treasurer's Report. With possibly one exception, every transfer from the fund has been for something which could not have been foreseen. We hope future Boards will guard this fund with jealousy and expend it only in such a way that it will serve the purpose for which it is in- tended, to meet unforeseen emergencies.
The Board of Assessors have presented bills for salaries totalling more than 50% more than the average for the last three years and so far as we know for an amount greater than ever before asked. We paid the excess over the appropriation resulting from the first
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of these bills, this excess over the $900 appropriated amounting to $342.00. We did this because we believed that some excess was natural in view of the vote of the town to pay its employees $5.00 instead of $4.00 as heretofore. Later the assessors presented a further bill for services which we have not paid and which appears among unpaid bills.
The other large item taken from the Reserve Fund was $582.77 for the Police Department. A large portion of this was paid to provide a traffic officer at the State Road crossing in th center of the town during the time just before the opening of school and just after the closing of school for the special protection of the school children. This was done at the request of the School Department, and we believe it should be continued. There was also an unusual amount of special police work in connection with. automobile accidents. During the year a petition was presented for a full-time officer in th center of the town. Owing to the small amount of the Police Department appropriation it was clear that we could not afford to put on a full-time officer. It has been suggested that much of the special officer work would be eliminated if there were a regular man who could be called upon whenever there was need for an officer. Whether the town needs a full-time man in the center of town and is ready to undertake the expense made necessary thereby is something which we think should be decided by the voters and appropriation be made therefor rather than by this Board.
The amount for registration and election expense taken from the Reserve Fund was caused by the extra election due to this being a Presidential year and there being Presidential primaries as well as State elections.
We entered last year with two notes of $10,000 each issued in anticipation of 1922 taxes overdue and unpaid. It appearing after some months that the collection of unpaid taxes for 1922 was proceeding so slowly that the notes, already six months overdue, could not be paid for many months from such collections and believing that the credit of the town would be adversely affected by further delay, we authorized suit on the collector's bond for the year 1922. In the late summer the bonding com- pany paid over to the Town Treasurer something over
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