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2,975 73.
$63,286 48
TAXES AND ESTIMATED INCOME.
Tax on property,
$55,306 96
Tax on polls, 3,010 00
Corporation tax, public service,
223 62
Corporation tax, business,
1,992 55
Income, schools, .
1,628 75
Income tax 1920,
1,472 84
Bank tax,
39 15
Excise tax,
218 24
Miscellaneous,
650 00
$64,605 11
Overlay,
$1,318 63
December assessment,
251 26'
Balance to reserve fund,
$1.569 89
STATISTICS FROM THE VALUATION BOOK.
Valuation of real estate, $1,441,200 00
Valuation of personal estate,
272,560 00
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Valuation of resident bank stock,
14,582 50
Property assessed in December,
5,352 00
Total valuation, $1,733,694 50
Valuation of non-resident bank stock,
$32,917 50
Valuation of property exempt, 41,000 00
Valuation of property of individuals exemtp, 45,050 00
Number of polls assessed, 602
Number of polls assessed in December,
16
Number of persons assessed on property,
869
Number assessed for poll tax only, 307
Number of polls exempt,
89
Number of dwelling houses,
654
Number of horses,
111
Number of cows,
172
Number of sheep,
42
Number of neat cattle other than cows,
54
Number of swine,
30
Number of fowl,
510
Number of acres of land,
4,831
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. BARTLETT, WILLIS H. SCOTT, HERBERT N. HAYES,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
To the Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mer- rimac :
The Board of Fire Engineers make the following re- port :
NUMBER OF FIRES.
Jan. 16. House of Mr. Bickum at Tucker's Hill. Damage $1200.
Feb. 8. Chimney fire on Bartlett Street. No dam- age.
April 18. Cottage of P. Sears at Lake Attitash. Slight damage.
April 20. Brush fire in Kendrick's pasture. No damage.
June 29. Grass fire in Chas. L. Waterhouse's pas- ture. No damage.
Aug. 29. House of Dr. F. E. Sweetsir. No damage.
Oct. 12. Crystal dance hall, East Main Street ; dam- age $5,500
Nov. 1. House of Geo. H. Doucett, East Main St .; damage $105.00.
Dec. 20. Combination 1 assisted Haverhill depart- ment at Nicholsville.
Dec. 26. Grass fire at Plouff's, Sanders Hill; no damage.
Combination 1 responded at all fires of the year and needed help at only two.
All of the apparatus is in first class condition. Com- bination 1 has been fitted up with new jacks, extra tires and tools.
The hose wagon, ladder truck and ladders have all been painted and are in first class repair.
The main building on School Street is in good con- dition except one small leak in the roof.
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The house at the Port is not in such good repair but we feel that the same can go another year without any great layout of money. Due to the ability of Combina- tion 1 we now hold the building at the Port without any regular firemen, keeping a janitor to look after same.
We have at the present time forty two hundred feet of hose which is in good condition. Five hundred feet purchased this year have not been used.
We have put the department in first class condition besides turning back a large surplus of money. Owing to the present good conditions of this department we feel that the appropriations can be reduced and there- fore recommend an appropriation of twenty-five hun- dred dollars to cover maintenance and salaries for the ensuing year.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
General appropriation,
$4,450 00
Alarm maintenance,
$260 02
Painting hose wagon,
187 50
Painting ladder truck,
166 27
Horse hire,
32 50
Insurance on combination,
30 00
Fuel,
204 00
Hose,
550 00
Supplies for combination,
184 32
Miscellaneous,
339 64
Payroll,
1,525 83
Total expenditures,
$3,480 08:
Balance,
$969 92:
J. W. GROCUT, Chief. R. J. EATON, 1st Asst. W. L. FOWLE, 2nd Asst.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit the annual report of the Police De- partment for the year ending, December 31, 1920. Complaints investigated, 108
Stolen property recovered, $325 00
Inquests,. 1
Number of arrests, 36
Charged as follows :
Drunkenness, 12
Violation of motor vehicle laws,
14
Illegal keeping of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell, 3
Maintaining a liquor nuisance,
1
Non-suport, 2
Breaking, entering and larceny,
2
Larceny from building, 1
Delinquent, 1
Disposed of as follows :
5 for drunkenness. Fined $15.00. Paid.
2 for drunkenness. Fined $5.00. Paid.
1 for drunkenness. 30 days, suspended for one year.
1 for drunkenness. Filed.
1 for drunkenness. Not guilty.
1 for drunkenness. Discharged.
1 for drunkenness. Released.
3 operating motor vehicle under influence liquor. Fined $100.00; paid.
1 operating motor vehicle under influence of liquor; fined $150.00; paid.
1 operating motor vehicle under influence of liquor; fined $50.00; paid.
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1 operating motor vehicle under influence of liquor ; discharged.
2 operating a motor vehicle without a license; fined $10; paid.
1 operating a motor vehicle without a license; fined $5; paid.
1 violation of 8 foot law ; fined $10; paid.
4 violation of motor vehicle laws, for other police de- partments.
3 illegal keeping of intoxicating liquor ; find $50; paid.
1 maintaining a liquor nuisance; fined $50; paid.
2 for non-support, for other police departments.
1 for breaking, entering and larceny; 6 months in jail; appealed.
1 for breaking, entering and larceny; sentenced to Shir- ley ;appealed.
1 for larceny from building; sentenced to Shirley ; com- 1 mitted.
1 delinquent ; fined $10; paid.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES P. DONAHUE,
Chief of Police.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Number of births retured,
37
Males,
24
Females,
13
Father native born,
30
Mother native born,
25
Father and mother both native born,
3
Mixed parentage,
9
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages recorded,
32
First marriage of groom,
26
First marriage of bride,
28
Grooms native born,
31
Brides native born,
1
Brides foreign born,
4
Average age of groom,
27 yrs. 1 mo.
Average age of bride,
24 yrs. 6 mos.
DEATHS.
Number of deaths recorded,
29
Males,
17
Females,
6
Under five years,
11
Males native born,
16
Females native born,
1
Females foreign 'born,
23
Of native parentage,
2
Of foreign parentage,
4
Of mixed parentage,
12
Males foreign born,
1
28
Grooms foreign born,
29
Father and mother both foreign born,
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Average age,
Oldest person,
48 yrs., 23 days 77 yrs., 2 mos., 25 days
DOGS.
Number of dogs licensed, Males, Females,
66
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CLIFTON B. HEATH,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF KIMBALL PARK TRUSTEES.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Trustees of Kimball Park would submit the fol- lowing report :
We have found some difficulty in keeping the grounds up to the standard the past summer on account of the shortage of labor but we have done the best we could, and in the fall we arranged with the Merrimack Valley Nurseries of Haverhill to replace and enlarge one of the flower beds at a cost of $63.00 on which we have paid $50.00 and Mr. Spinney kindly offered to let the balance due remain until next year.
Our income from the Kimball fund had accumulated at the beginning of the year to $54 92
We have received during the year, interest, 47 98
Total,
102 90
We have paid for care,
$49 35
We have paid Mr. Spinney,
50 00
We have balance on hand,
3 55
Balance due Mr. Spinney, $13 00
$102 90
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD A. SARGENT, WALTER L. CHALONER, FRED B. FOLLANSBEE, Trustees of Kimball Park.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
We present herewith the forty-fifth annual report of the Merrimac Public Library.
A total of 8,689 books have been put in circulation.
The following are the monthly deliveries, in addi- tion two hundred books have been loaned to the Merri- macport Library Association,
January, 807
July, 728
February,
842
August,
574
March,
768
September, 680
April,
754
October,
811
May,
726
November, 795
June, 592
December, 612
Books added to the library during the year, one
hundred and thirty-nine volumes, as follows :
Purchased by trustees,
118
Gift from Commonwealth,
8
Gift from U. S. Government,
4
Gift from Carnegie endowment,
1
Gift from Essex Bar Association,
1
Gift from Miss Margaret Lee,
1
Gift from Laura P. Patten,
2
Gift from Mrs. H. K. Emery,
1
Gift from Wm. Dudley Foulke,
1
1
Gift from Evan J. David,
1
Gift from Harvey Lear Currier,
1
139
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Town appropriation,
$500 00
Mass. Hist. Soc .. reimbursement,
3 00
Whittier fund income, 73 96
$576 96
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Expenses.
Paid
Librarian,
$218 75
Cleaning, etc.,
6 25
For books,
225 00
Magazines,
39 50
For binding books and magazines,
38 50
Heating and light bulbs,
26 50
Printing and supplies,
11 50
Repairs on table,
4 85
Supplies,
2 13
Express, postage, etc.,
3 98
$576 96
Fines, cards amounting to $47.00 paid to the Town Treasurer.
Funds From Which Income is Derived.
James Whittier Fund, with interest to Oct., 1920, $512 58 A. E. Goodwin Fund, with interest to Oct., 1920, 309 97
A loose leaf catalogue has been prepared of all pur- chases of books for the last two years.
The entries are made monthly giving fiction and non- fiction separately.
We trust all patrons of the library, and those inter- ested in the library will give it a careful examination. For the last year only one hundred and eighteen books have been purchased and in order to purchase this quan- tity a portion of the income of the Whittier Fund had to be withdrawn from the savings bank.
There are many books that ought to be secured to re- place worn out copies, and in order to do so a larger ap- propriation should be made, as it is really necessary that these books should be bought.
The circulation has been materially increased the last year, and could be further increased if your trustees were in position to buy more of the popular books as they are issued.
For several years, at least, your trustees have made every possible exertion to maintain the highest standard of library service, purchase the most desirable books and
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not asked for any increase in the annual appropriation from the town.
With large increases in the cost of books, binding, heating and supplies of all kinds, we feel that the citizens of the town will not think that the increase we are to ask for over last year's appropriation very excessive.
Aside from the public schools, the public library is one of the best educational institutions a community can possess, available to all above twelve years of age, the juvenile and adult may alike partake of its advantages, and benefit thereby.
How many people after they have left the schools to enter the larger theatre of life can avail themselves of that education which is afforded through contact with standard books, the possession of which knowledge equips them with greater vision and possibilities of action. The public library is the great academy through which much of our American citizenship has been moulded, and brought to a high state of knowledge and advancement. It is yours to maintain and protect. Your trustees recom- mend $750.00 as the appropriation of the town for this year.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT P. WADLEIGH, FRANK E. WALKER, WALTER L. CHALONER, HERBERT O. DELANO, WILLIAM S. TUCKWELL,
Trustees.
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SEALER'S REPORT.
Gentlemen: I herewith submit the annual report of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending De- cember 31, 1920. ,
SCALES SEALED.
Platform scales,
9
Beam,
2
Counter,
8
Spring,
11
Computing,
10
Personal, '
2
Prescription,
1
Weights tested,
57
Apothecary,
9
Gasoline pumps,
3
Oil and molasses pumps,
6
Liquid measure,
150
Inspections :
Milk wagons,
6
Ice scales,
3
Berry baskets,
8
Food packages,
20
Bakeries,
2
Bread weighed,
40
Sealing fees collected,
$9 00
Repairs,
1 92
$10 92
Respectfully submitted,
E. S. McKAY, Sealer.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
In making our report for the past year we call at- tention to the increased expenditure over past years with this explanation :
We have kept two men employed practically the full season, and the increase in wages was about one-third.
The wall at Lower Corner Cemetery has been re- built and we believe it to be in condition to last many years.
We have been unable to make more than minor re- pairs to the fences at Church Street Cemetery but they will need to be rebuilt or replaced very soon.
In the early spring we plan to mark all lots under perpetual care and make records of same, to avoid con- fusion and mistake in future years.
The financial report of Locust Grove Cemetery fol- lows :
Contingent Fund, Merrimac Savings Bank :
On hand Dec. 31, 1919, 274 65
Interest,
12 47
$287 12
General Fund :
On hand Dec. 31, 1919,
$88 36
Received, sale of lots,
325 00
$413 36
Expended, payroll,
$303 20
J. P. Titcomb, civil engineer, 12 00
$315 20
General fund, bal. on hand Dec. 31, 1920,
$98 16
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Contingent fund, bal. on hand Dec. 31, 1920, 287 12
Total, $385 28
HOMER R. SARGENT. C. O. LIBBY. R. A. SARGENT.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of Water Commissioners herein submit their seventeenth annual report for the fiscal year end- ing December 31, 1920.
We have added four services during the year mak- ing the total to date 597. There are 39 services not in use or one more than Dec. 31, 1919.
The receipts from water rates were $7,037.15, an in- crease of $496.24 over 1919 and the record since the plant was installed.
At the last annual meeting we were authorized to install a new boiler or an electric pump. Some progress. has been made in this matter but nothing definite can be done until a new contract for electricity has been signed,. the old contract expires January 11, 1921, but owing to the unsettled conditions of business a new contract may not be signed until April.
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ESTIMATES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Gross expense, . .
$7,485 00
Bond payment,
3,500 00
Note payment,
350 00
Interest payment,
1,750 00
Construction,
100 00
- $13,185 00
Income.
Water rates,
1
$6,500 00
Rent and engineer,
250 00
Water in town buildings,
100 00
Hydrant service,
2,370 00
Maintenance,
2,149 64
Cash on hand,
1,815 36
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$13,185 00
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We recommend that the town ap- propriate :
For water in town buildings,
$100 00
For construction,
100 00
For hydrant service,
2,370 00
For maintenance,
2,149 64
$4,719 64
CONSTRUCTION.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Pipe, laying, etc.,
14 95
Light Dept., team and labor,
529 47
Sale of material and labor,
137 88
·Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920,
1 09
$783 39
Expended.
Supplies, team and labór,
$739 22
Balance unexpended,
44 17
$783 39
Maintenance.
Miscellaneous and repairs,
$1,048 45
Oil and waste,
66 80
Salary of superintendent,
761 28
Salary of collector,
342 80
Salary of commissioners,
37 50
Fuel,
1,614 06
Station wages,
1,040 00
Office expense,
451 16
Bond payment,
3,500 00
Note payment,
350 00
Interest,
1,904 00
Insurance,
79 12
$11,195 17
· Total expended,
$11,934 39
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MONTHLY REPORT OF PUMPING STATION.
Gals. Pumped
Hrs.
Mins.
January,
3,399,200
133
46
February,
3,078,000
125
15
March,
3,814,800
152
50
April,
2,757,200
108
40
May,
3,271,800
131
20
June,
3,464,000
132
45
July,
3,920,000
152
45 .
August,
4,015,200
165
00
September,
3,505,600
139
50
October,
3,130,400
136
15
November,
3,349,600
137
55
December,
3,056,800
137
40
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40,762,600
Greatest amount pumped in one day,
238,000
- Greatest amount pumped in one week, 1,052,800
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
Pumping station,
$6,631 74
Boilers,
3,473 70
Pumps,
5,889 06
Coal shed,
339 60
Road to station,
272 00
Suction pipe system,
2,369 86
Pipe line,
27,983 98
Pipe laying,
14,188 49
Clearing land,
620 08
Stand pipe,
6,165 21
Investigating committee,
2,344 12
Meters,
3,242 82
Engineering,
3,097 22
Freight and express,
245 99
Miscellaneous,
971 98
Salaries,
1,500 00
Land,
3,475 34
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Service pipe,
8,838 14
Reservoir at station,
137 99
- $91,787 32
BALANCE SHEET.
On Hand and Received.
Appropriation, water in town build-
ings,
$100 00
Appropriation, hydrant service,
2,370 00
Appropriation, maintenance,
2,497 85
Appropriation, construction,
100 00
Water rates,
7,037 15
Service pipe,
14 95
Sale of material,
137 88
Miscellaneous,
93 70
Light Dept., team and labor,
529 47
Light Dept., station wages,
150 00
Light Dept., rent of station,
100 00
Light Dept., office expense,
141 60
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920,
477 15
$13,749 75
Expended and on Hand.
For construction and Light Dept.,
team and labor,
$739 22
For maintenance,
11,195 17
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1921,
1,815 36
$13,749 75 -
WILLIS H. SCOTT, WARREN A. BAILEY, GEORGE T. WALKER, Board of Water Commissioners.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Subject to Correction
State Department of Health Merrimac Water Analysis (parts in 100,000)
DATE OF
APPEARANCE
AMMONIA
Nitrogen As
Number
Collection
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Residue on
Evaporation
Free
Albu-
minoid
Chlorine
Nitrates
Nitrites
Hardness
Iron
151266
Mar. 1920
none
none
.00
8.30
.0002
.0010
.46
.0010
.0001
4.2.
.025
Well
151852
May 1920
none
none
.00
9.20
.0016
.0026
.52
.0090
.0001 1000
3.3
.025
Well
152736
July 1920
none
none
.00
8.70
.0000
.0020
.56
.0220)
3.0
.020
Wells
153955
Sept, 1920
none
none
.00
7.40
.0006
0018
.52
.02"0
.0001
3.1
.008
Well
2
Remarks
24
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD.
The Municipal Light Board herein submit their seventeenth annual report for the fiscal year ending De- cember 31, 1920.
A record number of new services have been added during the year-thirty-five lighting services and five power services, and there were in use December 31, 1920 two hundred and seventy lighting services and eighteen power services.
The contract for electric current with the Amesbury Electric Light Co. expires January 11, 1921 but the com- pany has done nothing about a renewal except to make· an increase of 1 cent per K. W. H. on account of the coal clause and owing to the unsettled business conditions: they do not want to sign a new contract before April. The coal clause has been in effect for the whole year. gradually increasing until at this time it is 1 cent per K .. W. H. This accounts for the increase in rates which. went into effect December 1,
In compliance with the law the manager has fur- nished the board with the following estimates of expense: and income for the ensuing year:
EXPENSE.
Gross expense of operating, $12,010 00
Interest, 120 00
Depreciation, 3% on $39,233.56, 1,177 00
Bond payment, 500 00
$13,807 00;
INCOME.
From private consumers, $11,000 00 Cost as defined in Chapter 77, Gen- eral Acts of 1918 :
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Of lighting build- ings,
300 00
Of lighting streets, 1 2,507 00
$13,807 00
To be included in the tax levy,
$2,807 00
EXPENDED FOR
Construction.
Street lines,
Transformers,
$2,329 30 772 81 . 429 37
Meters,
$3,531 48
Renewals.
Street lines,
$325 07
Maintenance.
Current purchased,
$10,026 56
Station wages,
150 00
Repairs of lines, etc.,
424 72
Fixtures, lamps, etc.,
3,995 45
Tools,
64 72
Salary of commissioners,
37 50
Manager's salary,
926 82
Collector's salary,
474 92
Office expense,
342 02
Interest,
140 00
Insurance,
79 12
Rent of station,
100 00
Bond payment,
500 00
$17,261 83
Total expended,
$21,118 38
COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO JAN. 1, 1921.
Steam plant,
$3,985 39
Electric plant,
4,481 01
Street lines,
21,277 10
Transformers,
5,508 17
Meters,
3,981 89
~~ $39,233 56
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BALANCE SHEET.
On Hand and Received.
Construction fund, Jan. 1, 1920,
$4,426 87
Depreciation fund, Jan. 1, 1920,
586 35
Reserve fund, Jan. 1, 1920,
1,668 29
Sale of power and light,
15,241 43
Lighting town buildings,
315 56
Lighting streets, -
1,608 00
Miscellaneous,
60 55
Interest on depreciation fund,
25 90
Interest on reserve fund,
75 89
Sale of fixtures, lamps, etc.,
3,619 45
$27,628 29
Expended and on Hand.
Construction,
$3,531 48
Renewals,
325 07
Maintenance,
17,261 83
Construction cash,
3,407 49
Depreciation fund,
1,358 24
Reserve fund,
1,744 18
$27,628 29
WILLIS H. SCOTT, WARREN A. BAILEY, GEORGE T. WALKER, Municipal Light Board.
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1920 JURY LIST.
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As prepared by the Selectmen of Merrimac in com- pliance with Chap. 348, Acts of 1907. Jacob T. Crosby, Main Street, farmer. Harry W. Hale, Main Street, salesman. Charles A. Kershaw, Merrimac Street, retired. Jorn Thatcher, Main Street, woodworker. Clarence O. Libby, Adams Street, carpenter. Herbert E. Whiting, Church Street, metal worker.
Frederic W. Blanchard, Merrimac Street, woodworker. Charles A. Noyes, Main Street, retired. William S. Jonah, Pine Street, metal worker. Fred B. Follansbee, Main Street, painter. John F. Bartlett, Pine Street, real estate. Oliver W. Jordan, Main Street, metal worker.
Frank E. Bartlett, Main Street, real estate. Edwin S. Mckay, Nichols Street, carpenter.
Charles A. Follansbee, Adams Street, metal worker. Charles E. Welch, Vale Street, harnessmaker. Harry E. Dixon, Bear Hill Street, clerk. David L. Aiken, High Street, farmer. Frank Williams, Lincoln Street, blacksmith. Fred B. Porter, Walnut Street, woodworker. Herbert C. MeIlwin, Main Street, woodworker. S. Bixby Sargent, Merrimae Street, farmer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Merrimac, Mass., February 3, 1921.
To the Citizens of Merrimac :
The School Committee respectfully submits the fol- lowing report :
On February 17, 1920 Mr. C. W. Morrell resigned as a member of the committee and Dr. Fred E. Sweetsir was. appointed by the selectmen to fill the vacancy thus cre- ated.
The committee organized on March 4, 1920 as fol- lows :
William S. Tuckwell, Chairman.
F. Leslie Viccaro, Secretary and Purchasing Agent.
In conjunction with three other towns and through the active co-operation of the local branch of the Massa- chusetts Anti-Tuberculosis Association it has been ar- ranged to have a school nurse who devotes one week out of every month in the school year to looking after the health of the children. The present and potential advan- tages of such an arrangement are self-evident and the committee feels that it should be continued.
During the past school year the three assistants at the High School and four elementary teachers have left to accept positions in other places at increased salaries. Frequent changes in the personnel of the teaching staff have continued for several years past with the inevitable result that our schools, both high and elementary, are to- day in an unsatisfactory condition, and one that chal- lenges the immediate and careful consideration of every citizen. As the situation exists the committee is ordin- arily able to secure only inexperienced teachers; if it is fortunate enough to retain these teachers for two suc- cessive years at the expiration of which time they are far better qualified, their services are then lost by in-
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ability to pay the salaries to which their experience en- titles them and which they can obtain elsewhere.
The committee fully appreciates the generosity of the citizens in the past in providing such amounts as have been requested for the maintenance of our schools, and realizes that the appropriation must necessarily be limited by considerations other than an ideal which it may be desired to attain, but it does believe that the actual conditions should be fairly portrayed and that the increased appropriation sought is warranted.
It was unavoidable that we had a slight overdraft the past year, and in view of the exisiting shortage of teach- ers as well as the general increases in salary effective throughout the country, if our schools are to afford the instruction to which the children of this town are en- titled the condition above described must be remedied and there is no alternative by which this purpose can be accomplished, to a substantial increase in the appropria- tion.
WM. S. TUCKWELL, F. LESLIE VICCARO. F. E. SWEETSER, M. D.
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SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
GRADES ONE TO SEVEN.
Winter Term-January 3rd to February 25th, 8 weeks.
Spring Term-March 7th to April 29th, 8 weeks.
Summer Term-May 9th to June 17th, 6 weeks.
Fall Term-September 6th to December 22nd, 16 weeks.
Winter Term, 1922-January 3rd to February 24th, 8 weeks.
Spring Term, 1922-March 6th to April 28th, 8 weeks
HIGH SCHOOL AND EIGHTH GRADE.
Winter Term-January 3rd to March 25th, 12 weeks. Spring Term-April 4th to June 24th, 12 weeks.
Fall Term-September 6th to December 22nd, 16 weeks.
Winter Term, 1922-January 3rd to March 24th, 12 weeks.
RECEIPTS FOR 1919.
Total of town appropriations at annual meet-
ing. $19,230 00
CREDIT RECEIPTS FOR SCHOOLS, 1919
State, school fund part 2,
$2,094 10
State, school fund part 1, 1,688 75
Sale of grass, 6 00
County dog tax,
98 87
School tickets redeemed, 17 76
State, account of school supt., 312 50
Total, $5,217 98
Net receipts from town funds,
$14,012 02
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SCHOOL REPORT
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
School Committee, $299 17
School Committee, other expenses,
60 55
Superintendent, 574 96
$934 68
High school teachers,
$4,588 40
Grade teachers and special teach-
ers, 7,242 49
-$11,830 89
Books and supplies,
$1,157 78
Janitors,
$885 00
Fuel,
1,612 99
Miscellaneous,
218 89
$2,716 88
Repairs,
$623 67
Tuition,
$225 00
Transportation,
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