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30 Caroline Heidel,
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JOHN F. FOLEY,
Town Clerk.
Selectmen's Report
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report :
ORGANIZATION. The Board organized with Harold W. Brainerd, Chairman and Charles D. Holden, Clerk.
APPOINTMENTS. Ernest E. Hobson was appointed Town Counsel; Harriete Paine, Bookkeeper; Louis E. Chandler, Burial Agent; D. L. Bodfish, Superintendent of Graves; Charles H. Keith and Dr. M. H. Davitt, Inspectors of Animals ; and J. A. Hawkes, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS. A contract was made with the Central Massachusetts Electric Company to furnish electric lights for all night service at the same rate as in 1915.
JUNK PRIVILEGE. The junk privilege was awarded Jacob Gold for $1,000.
POLICE. In accordance with the vote passed under . Article 19 of the Warrant for the annual meeting of 1916, the Selectmen appointed Timothy J. Crimmins Chief of Police, with full supervision and control over all the police officers of the town, including special police officers, in the performance of their police work and duties.
A detailed report of the Chief of Police will be found elsewhere in the town report.
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DUTTON BRIDGE.
This bridge is across the Ware River on the highway leading from Palmer to Bondsville, and is used jointly by the Springfield Street Railway Company for its tracks and by the Town of Palmer for ordinary highway travel.
During the past year, at the invitation of the Railway Company, several conferences were held between the officers of the Street Railway Company, the Chairman of the Select- men and Town Counsel Hobson, the Railway Company being desirous of replacing the present bridge with a heavier bridge to accommodate the increased loads carried by their express cars and the larger type of passenger cars now in service.
The present bridge was built in 1898 by the Palmer and Monson Street Railway Company and the Town of Palmer. It is a two-span bridge, the southerly span being of plate girder type, forty-six and one-half (461/2) feet long, the northerly span being a through truss, ninety-one (91) feet long. The bridge has a clear roadway of eighteen (18) feet in width. It is in a fair state of preservation.
When built, the bridge was of ample strength to carry the cars then in use with a maximum weight, when loaded, of approximately twelve tons. The traffic on the street railway has increased during the past few years so that now with the express cars and the larger cars used in the pas- senger service a load of thirty tons frequently is carried.
The Public Service Commission has recently ordered that no load in excess of 25,000 pounds shall be carried by the Street Railway Company over this bridge. The Railway Company has taken off its big cars and has suspended its express service on the Bondsville line.
The Town is not liable in case of damage for loads in excess of six tons.
The Selectmen have had the bridge examined twice since the agitation for a stronger bridge began. The first examination was in February, 1915, when our engineer re-
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ported that the bridge was safe for highway travel for loads of eight and probably ten tons.
Recently the bridge was examined at the request of the Selectmen, by J. P. Snow, a well-known bridge engineer of Boston, who reported that with a few changes this bridge could be made safe, at small expense, for ordinary highway traffic for many years.
The location decree granted November 1, 1897, giving the Street Railway Company the right to lay and operate tracks in public ways in the town, provided generally in reference to highway bridges that when it shall become necessary to repair or renew any bridge upon which the street railway is operated the Railway Company shall bear such portion of the expense as shall, in the judgment of the County. Commissioners of the County of Hampden for the time being, be rendered necessary by the use of such bridge by the Railway Company over and above what would be required for its use for highway purposes only. Pro- ceeding under this provision the Railway Company has filed with the County Commissioners a petition, which is pend- ing, asking the Board to determine what proportion of the expense, or how large an amount, the Railway Company shall pay toward the cost of a new bridge.
It seems to be conceded on all sides that it is not prac- ticable to adapt the bridge now in use to the present needs of the Railway Company by any reasonable outlay. It would seem therefore that the Town is confronted with the necessity of joining with the Railway Company in the con- struction of a new bridge upon such terms as to division of expense as the County Commissioners may determine, in the event that the parties cannot agree between themselves, or otherwise work out an arrangement with the Railway Com- pany whereby the company will build a new and independent bridge for its sole use, leaving the present bridge for ordi- nary highway travel. The problem is a difficult one and is submitted to the voters by the Board without recommenda- tion.
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
Statement of recommendations for the next year, and receipts and expenditures of the past year follow :
Election and Registration,
$700.00
Care and Rent of Lockup,
675.00
Meat and Cattle Inspectiou,
540.00
Premium Workmens Compensation Ins.,
200.00
Bookkeeper,
650.00
Selectmens' Other Expenses,
300.00
Contingent,
1,000.00
Care and Rent of Town Offices,
1,050.00
Special Police,
300.00
Printing and Distributing Annual Reports,
275.00
Salaries of Selectmen,
500.00
Clerk of Selectmen,
50.00
Law Department,
500.00
HAROLD W. BRAINERD, CHARLES D. HOLDEN, WILLIAM B. KERIGAN,
Selectmen.
Town Bookkeeper's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Palmer, Mass.
Gentlemen: I respectfully submit herewith my report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
TAXES.
CURRENT YEAR :
Poll,
$3,518.00
Personal,
45,839.43
Real Estate,
84,965.30
$134,322.73
PREVIOUS YEARS :
Poll,
180.00
Personal,
2,989.23
Real Estate,
8,847.65
Unclassified,
2,498.64
14,515.52
FROM STATE:
Corporation
(Business),
7,703.01
Corporation
(Pub. Service),
1,118.99
National Bank Tax,
199.20
Street Railway,
3,879.31
12,900.51 161,738.76
LICENSES AND PERMITS.
Liquor Licenses,
$10,805.00
Junk Licenses,
4.00
Pool and Billiard Licenses,
52.00
Milk Licenses,
33.50
All Other,
215.50
11,110.00
11,110.00
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GRANTS AND GIFTS.
HAMPDEN COUNTY : Dog Licenses,
726.58
726.58
1 726.58
FINES AND FORFEITS.
FINES :
Department Penalties, 14.00
14.00
14.00
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
For Street Sprinkling,
1,174.59
1,174.59
1,174.59
PRIVILEGES.
Junk Privilege, 1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Insurance,
35.00
INSPECTION :
Sealing Weights and Measures, 212.08
FORESTRY :
Care of Trees,
22.00
269.08
269.08
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
SANITATION :
Sewer Connections,
40.00
Sewer Permits,
300.00
340.00
340.00
HIGHWAYS.
GENERAL:
Sale of Old Materials,
4.75
Bridge Repairs,
216.45
Rent of Steam Roller,
60.00
281.20 1
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SIDEWALKS AND CURBING:
Sidewalk Repairs,
7.30
Curbing,
33.49
40.79
MISCELLANEOUS:
53.13
53.13
375.12
CHARITIES.
TOWN FARM :
Sale of Produce,
1,120.75
Board,
180.00
1,300.75
REIMBURSEMENTS :
From Individuals,
3.75
From Cities and Towns,
792.41
From State,
710.68
1,506.84
SOLDIERS BENEFIT :
State and Military Aid,
752.00
752.00
3,559.59
EDUCATION.
SCHOOLS:
Tuition State Wards,
734.00
Other Tuition,
1,967.61
Refund,
1.00
2,702.61
2,702.61
CEMETERIES.
SALE OF LOTS AND GRAVES : Lots,
233.00
233.00
CARE OF LOTS AND GRAVES :
Lots,
761.00
Grading,
52.00
Opening Graves,
228.00
Foundations,
115.85
1,156.85
1,389.85
INTEREST.
ON DEPOSIT : General, Taxes,
281.32
336.33 617.65
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ON TRUST FUNDS: Merrick Fund, Thompson Fund,
34.34
38.42
72.76
690.41
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
TEMPORARY LOANS, Anticipation of Taxes, 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,000.00
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS.
REFUNDS :
Miscellaneous,
31.68
31.68 31.68
BALANCES.
Cash on Hand December 31, 1916, 7,771.00
$257,893.27
PAYMENTS.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Department.
Appropriation. Expended. Balance .*
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
Selectmen,
500.00
500.00
Clerk,
100.00
50.00
50.00
Other Expenses :
300.00
Stationery and Postage,
16.82
Printing and Auditing,
42.55
Carfares, Teams, etc.,
6.50
Telephones, All Other,
572.17 24.62
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
Auditors,
40.00
40.00
Bookkeeper,
600.00
600.00
Amount
84.31
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Other Expenses : Printing,
35.00
10,00
25.00
TREASURY DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
Treasurer,
400.00
400.00
Other Expenses :
225.00
Stationery and Postage,
65.46
Printing,
5.00
Telephone,
18.00
Surety Bond,
125.00
All Other,
14.65
-3.11
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
600.00
Collector,
450.00
150.00
Other Expenses :
300.00
Stationery and Postage,
47.00
Printing and Advertising,
24.85
Surety Bona,
200.00
All Other,
34.12
-5.97
ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
900.00
Assessors,
900.00
Other Expenses :
200.00
Stationery and Postage,
15
Printing and Advertising,
104.75
All Other,
79.89
15.21
LAW DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages : 450.00
Town Counsel, 1915-16,
450.00
Other Expenses,
50.00
35.82
14.18
*The debit balances are indicated by a minus sign.
LICENSE COMMISSION :
Expenses : 15.00
Clerical Work,
7.50
Printing and Advertising,
1,50
Auto Hire,
5.00
1.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT:
Salaries and Wages :
150.00
Town Clerk,
150.00
Other Expenses :
275.00
Recording Fees,
221.00
Bond,
4.00
Postage,
6.00
Printing,
17.00
All Other,
4.27
22.73
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ELECTION AND REGISTRATION :
Salaries and Wages : 500.00
Registrars, 1
60.00
Precinct Officers,
188.00
Primary Officers,
66.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Postage,
2.00
Printing and Advertising,
112.14
Meals,
2.10
Carfare,
14.50
Rent,
50.00
All Other,
28.65
23.39
TOWN OFFICERS:
Rent,
960.00
Furniture,
350.06
Light,
22.28
Janitor,
45.40
All Other,
28.50
8.01
TOWN HALL:
Janitor,
3,70
Repairs,
8.54
Total for General Government,
$7,235.18
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
3,100.00
Chief of Police,
1,100.00
Night Police,
1,595.63
Special Police,
269.05
135.32
Care and Rent of Lockup :
700.00
Janitor,
126.00
Light,
39.04
Rent,
500.00
45.86
Reimbursement,
100.00
Equipment,
5.20
Stationery,
4.16
All Other,
56.93
33.71
SUPPRESSION ILLEGAL SALES OF LIQUOR :
200.00
Police Services,
7.50
192.50
SUPPORT OF DISTRICT COURT : 800.00
Fees,
494.84
305.16
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FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries, 14.00
INSURANCE AND CARE OF AUTO FIRE TRUCK: 300.00
Repairs,
77.47
Gasoline, etc.,
12.68
Insurance,
56.14
All Other,
23.50
188,71
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Salaries and Wages :
200.00
Sealer,
200.00
Other Expenses :
100.00
Printing,
2.75
All Other,
10.00
87.25
EXTERMINATION OF MOTHS AND BEETLES :
Salaries and Wages :
100.00
Superintendent,
33.00
67.00
Extermination of Beetles :
400.00
Surveyor's Salary,
10.00
Labor,
16.05
Printing,
7.55
Insecticides,
1.45
Hardware and Tools,
124.72
Carfares, Teams, etc.,
14.06
All Other,
13.07
213.10
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries :
Warden,
12.00
PURCHASE AND PLANTING: 200.00
Labor,
37.63
Teams,
4.25
Trees,
61.52
96.60
PRESERVATION OF TREES :
200.00
Surveyor's Salary,
8.00
Labor,
169.67
Teams,
22.56
Repairs,
27.11
Hardware and Tools,
1.75
All Other,
6.15
-35.24
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries and Wages :
100.00
Use of Warden,
86.15
13.85
Other Expenses :
900.00
Labor, Forest Fires,
125.50
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Teams. .90
All Other,
44.17
Hotel Inspection,
5.00
Thorndike Barn,
14.00
710.43
New Auto Truck :
1,400.00
New Truck,
1,316.45
14.76
Materials, Labor,
68.20
.59
Total for Protection of Persons and
Property,
$6,840.56
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
HEALTH.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries :
Board of Health,
150.00
150.00
Clerk,
25.00
25.00
Other Expenses :
1,000.00
Printing and Stationery,
3.07
Telephone,
14.33
All Other,
8.07
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance,
22.50
Loss of Wages,
24.00
Cultures,
56.80
All Other,
14.91
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment,
766.62
Burial,
15.00
Vital Statistics :
Births,
83.50
Deaths,
38.75
Other Expenses :
Fumigation and Disinfectants,
61.88
All Other,
17.31
-113.04
INSPECTION :
Salaries and Wages :
400.00
Animals,
197.78
Meat and Provisions,
340.00
Milk,
71,30
All Other,
2.50
-137.78
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SANITATION.
SEWERS AND CULVERTS: 1,000.00
Surveyor's Salary,
160.00
Labor,
472.49
Teams,
133.90
Equipment,
12.50
Pipe and Fittings,
117.06
Brick and Cement,
15.34
All Other,
3.70
85.01
HIGHWAYS.
HIGHWAY REPAIRS:
6000.00
Surveyor's Salary,
594.00
Printing and Postage,
16.00
Telephone, Freight, etc.,
36.29
Labor,
2,318.46
Teams,
1,767.77
Oil, Gravel, etc.,
146.02
Pipe and Cement,
5.92
Lumber,
9.09
Equipment and Repairs,
318.71
All Other,
164.99
REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE:
Labor,
231.88
Teams,
270.66
All Other,
.35
Street Signs,
202.23
173.86
BRIDGE REPAIRS :
1,075.00
Surveyor's Salary,
76.00
Labor,
244.91
Teams,
15.40
Lumber,
311.80
Hardware and Tools,
14.50
All Other,
201.82
One-Half Repair West Brimfield '
Bridge,
75.00
135.57
Reimbursement,
175.00
175.00
Labor at Public Dump,
30.30
Total for Health and Sanitation,
$3,033.61
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RAILINGS: 300.00
Surveyor's Salary,
2.00
Labor.
31.91
Material,
50,74
All Other,
.25
215.10
NEW STEAM ROLLER :
3,200.00
3,150.00
50.00
TOWN STORE HOUSE :
300.00
Labor,
97.35
Lumber,
116.96
Freight and Cartage,
6.14
Paint and Cement,
22.82
Insurance,
17.50
56,73
PERMANENT HIGHWAY RE-
PAIRS :
2,500.00
Surveyor's Salary,
86.00
Labor,
812.24
Teams,
842.35
Gravel and Rock,
80.19
Oil,
350.05
Freight,
32.30
Supplies,
34.58
All Other,
87.55
174.74
STREET LIGHTING :
7,524.00
Lights,
7,512.39
11.61
STREET SPRINKLING:
1,000.00
Teams,
837.63
Water,
300.00
Repairs,
4.50
-142.13
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION :
Unexpended Balance of Perma-
nent Highway Construction Appropriation in 1912,
2,026.71
687.21
1,339.50
NEW PERMANENT HIGHWAY :
2,800.00
2,800.00
NEW SEWER, THREE RIVERS:
450.00
Labor,
152.25
Teams,
2.25
Materials, etc.,
167.51
127.99
STATE HIGHWAY TAX:
4,960.00
SIDEWALKS, REPAIRS OF :
Ash Walks,
400.00
Surveyor's Salary,
26.00
Labor,
114.22
Teams,
165.64
Material,
32.05
62.09
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Ash Walks, Art. 50,
100.00
Labor,
36,26
Teams,
57.38
6.36
Tar Walks,
1,000.00
Surveyor's Salary,
10.00
Labor,
48.01
Teams,
5.25
Material,
824.65
All Other,
111.82
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SIDEWALKS, NEW :
Tar Walks and Curbing :
500.00
Labor,
368.53
Teams,
27.00
Material,
4.00
Curbing,
92.00
All Other,
22.00
1.47
Ash Walks-Art. 31 :
52.16
Labor,
24.50
Teams,
27.00
.66
Sidewalks and Curbing, New : 519.50
Surveyor's Salary,
32.00
Labor,
216.50
Curbing,
288.00
All Other,
12.00
-29.00
Article 49, N. Main Street,
45.00
45.00
Total for Highways,
$30,011.28
CHARITIES.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries of Overseer,
430.00
430.00
Clerk,
175.00
175.00
SUPPORT OF POOR :
10,000.00
INTEREST ON THOMPSON
FUND :
38.42
Printing and Stationery,
6.17
All Other,
51.81
Town Farm:
Salary of Warden :
724.92
Labor,
105.95
Groceries and Provisions,
1,029.68
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Dry Goods and Clothing,
275.39
Medicine and Medical Attendance,
125.31
Repairs of Building,
3.35
Fuel and Light,
461.44
Hay, Grain and Straw,
859.61
Equipment and Repairs,
113.28
Seeds, Fertilizer, etc.,
137.00
All Other,
176.29
Outside Relief :
Cash,
58.50
Rent,
505.92
Groceries and Provisions,
2,138.33
Coal and Wood,
108.71
Board and Care,
358.36
Medicine and Medical Attendance,
201.42
Burials,
82.92
Institutions,
110.40
All Other,
37.49
Relief by Other Cities and Towns :
Cities,
704.95
Towns,
18.00
Other Expenses,
79.00
1,564.22
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT :
1,300.00
Repairs at Town Farm,
707.13
All Other,
107.39
485.48
WING HOSPITAL.
Board and Treatment, 750.00 313.89
436.11
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
926.00
State Aid, SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
300.00
Groceries and Provisions,
145.24
154.76
Total for Charities,
$11,278.85
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EDUCATION.
USE OF COMMITTEE, 500.00
500.00
PAINTING GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1,000.00
1,009.73 -9.73
GENERAL EXPENSES, 52,125.00
INTEREST ON MERRICK FUND, 34.34
DOG TAXES, 726.58
SALARIES :
Superintendent,
2,149.98
Truant Officers,
76.00
Clerk,
650.87
OTHER EXPENSES :
Printing, Stationery and Postage,
221.18
Telephone,
73.38
School Census,
65.00
Freight and Cartage,
134.28
All Other,
154.19
TEACHERS' SALARIES :
High,
5,255.50
Elementary,
19,888.94
Retirement,
533.00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES :
High :
Text and Reference Books,
575.79
All Other,
84.80
Elementary :
Text and Reference Books,
1,407.36
Tuition,
54.00
All Other,
159.80
TRANSPORTATION :
High,
898.25
Elementary,
1,859.50
JANITOR SERVICE :
High,
550.00
Elementary,
2,043.01
FUEL AND LIGHT:
High,
1,300.28
Elementary,
4,179.35
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS :
High :
Janitor Supplies,
55.27
Water,
33.06
All Other,
231.84
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Elementary :
Janitor,
206.70
Water,
219.99
All Other,
686.75
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS:
High :
Desk, Chairs, etc.,
19.80
All Other,
45.37
Elementary : .
Desk, Chairs, etc.,
496.84
All Other,
32.72
Rent,
215.00
OTHER EXPENSES :
Diplomas and Graduation,
58.53
Insurance,
167.40
Miscellaneous Printing,
82.70
All Other,
44.26
Medical Inspection,
300.00
MUSIC, MANUAL TRAINING AND DRAWING:
Salaries :
Music Instructor,
570.00
Manual Training and Drawing Instructor,
848.75
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:
Music and Music Books,
144.88
Drawing Materials,
171.85
Manual Training Supplies,
219.79
All Other,
16.67
COMMERCIAL COURSE :
Salaries,
2,923.50
Retirement,
68.50
Text and Reference Books,
97.52
Supplies,
423.96
EVENING SCHOOL:
Instructors,
828.75
Interpreters,
51.75
Text Books,
4.65
Supplies,
335.02
Janitor,
108.00
Transportation,
21.28
VACATION SCHOOL :
Instructor,
60.00
Total for Education,
$53,115.29
780.36
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LIBRARY.
Young Men's Library Association, 3,000.00
3,000.00
Repairs on Library,
5.75
Total for Library,
$3,005.75
UNCLASSIFIED.
Memorial Day,
100.00
100.00
Town Clock,
75.00
75.00
Agricultural Demonstration,
250.00
250.00
Printing and Distributing Annual Reports,
275.00
207.40
67.60
Workmen's Liability Insurance,
200.00
164.99
· 35.01
Total for Unclassified,
$797.39
CEMETERIES.
SALARIES AND WAGES:
Salary of Secretary,
150.00
150.00
CARE AND MAINTENANCE:
1,550.00
Printing Stationery, etc.,
6.11
Labor,
1,119.87
Teams,
23.44
Loam,
36.50
Equipment and Repairs,
131.69
All Other,
209.36
Trees, Shrubs, etc.,
4.68
18.35
Total for Cemeteries,
$1,681.65
INTEREST.
TEMPORARY LOANS:
Anticipation of Taxes,
1,079.73
GENERAL LOANS:
Refunding Loan,
280.00
Grammar School Bonds,
392.00
High School Bonds,
700.00
Highway Construction Bonds,
2,000.00
Three Rivers School Bonds,
191.25
Funding Loan,
510.00
Total for Interest,
$5,152.98
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
TEMPORARY LOAN:
Anticipation of Taxes,
$65,000.00
GENERAL LOANS:
Funding Bridge Loan,
3,000.00
Three Rivers School Bonds,
3,000.00
Grammar School Bonds,
1,600.00
High School Bonds,
1,000.00
Highway Construction Bonds,
5,000.00
Refunding Loan,
4,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness,
$82,600.00
AGENCY AND TRUST.
TAXES :
State Tax,
10.000.00
Non Resident Bank,
1,334.61
County,
5,290.80
LIQUOR LICENSES :
For State,
2,701.00
Total for Agency and Trust,
$19,726.66
Cash on Hand December 31, 1916,
33,414.07
$257,893.27
The above report conforms with the system of book- keeping inaugurated by the State Bureau of Statistics and accepted by the town of Palmer.
In this report will be found some apparent inconsisten- cies which the following classification of the "Contingent Fund" will explain.
Department
Expended In.
Amount Appropriation. Expended. Balance.
1,000.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses,
488.46
Protection of Persons and Property,
95.40
Health and Sanitation,
117.80
Highways,
288.73
Library,
5.75 3.86
HARRIETTE PAINE,
Bookkeeper.
1
Trial Balance
J. A. Hawkes, Collector, 1912, $2.35
J. A. Hawkes, Collector, 1913,
1,050.83
J. A. Hawkes, Collector, 1914, 1,792.97
J. A. Hawkes, Collector, 1915, 4,904.42
J. A. Hawkes, Collector, 1916, 11,792.13
Cemetery Dept. Bills, 1912, and Prior,
26.16
Overlay, 1912,
2.35
Overlay, 1913,
1,385.19
Overlay, 1914,
1,988.47
Overlay, 1915.
2,287.37
Overlay, 1916,
1,877.30
Revenue,
14,620.15
Excess and Deficiency,
20,597.01
Selectmen's Salary,
50.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses,
24.62
Auditing and Accounting, Other Expenses,
25.0G
Treasurer's Other Expenses,
$3.11
Collector's Salary,
170.00
Collector's Other Expenses,
5.97
Assessor's Other Expenses,
15.21
License Commission, Other Expenses,
1.00
Town Clerk's Other Expenses,
22,73
Law Department,
14.18
Town Offices,
6,82
Town Offices, Furniture and Fixtures,
1.19
Election and Registration,
23.39
Chief of Police,
100.00
Night Police,
4.37
Special Police,
30.95
Reimbursement Police Officers,
54.23
Suppression Illegal Sale of Liquor,
192.50
Care and Rent of Lockup,
25.34
Support of District Court,
305.16
Insurance and Maintenance Auto Truck,
188.71
Purchase and Planting Shade Trees,
96.60
Preservation Shade Trees,
35.24
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Superintendent Moth Department,
67.00
Extermination Elm Tree Beetles,
213.10
Forest Warden's Salary,
13.85
Forest Fires,
710.43
New Auto Truck,
.59
Sealer's Other Expenses,
87.25
Board of Health,
113.04
Sewers and Culverts,
85.01
Meat and Cattle Inspection,
137.78
New Sewer at Three Rivers,
127.99
General Highway Repairs,
173.86
Permanent Highway Repairs,
174.74
Highway Construction, Thorndike,
2,800.00
New Steam Roller,
50.00
Town Store House,
56,73
Bridge Repairs,
135.57
Highway Construction,
1,339.50
Street Sprinkling,
142.13
New Tar Walks,
1:47
Repairs of Tar Walks,
.27
New Ash Walks, Bondsville,
.66
Repairs of Ash Walks,
62.09
Repairs of Ash Walks, Three Rivers and Thorndike,
6.36
Sidewalk and Curbing, Pleasant Street,
29.00
Sidewalk and Curbing, No. Main Street,
45.00
Street Lights,
11.61
Railings,
215.10
Support of Poor,
1,564.22
Support of Poor, Contingent,
485.48
State Aid,
860.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid,
154.76
Wing Memorial Hospital Fund,
436.11
Education,
780.36
Painting Grammar School,
9.73
Education, Use of Committee,
500.00
Selectmen's Contingent Account,
3.86
Workmen's Compensation Insurance,
35.01
Printing Town Reports,
67.60
Reserve Fund,
2.630.25
Reserve Fund on Account of Abatements,
383.42
Cemetery Care and Improvement,
18.35
Advances on Account of Maturing Debt, Due Jan.
1, 1917,
2,000.00
43
Advances on Account of Interest on Maturing
Debt. Due Jan. 1, 1917,
1,012.00
Interest on Temporary Loans,
170.27
Net Bonded Debt,
61,400.00
Highway Construction Loan,
30,000.00
High School Loan,
11,000.00
Grammar School Loan,
6,400.00
Three Rivers School Loan,
3,000.00
Refunding Bridge Loan,
9,000.00
Refunding Loan,
2,000.00
Trust Funds,
13,120.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
10,635.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income Account,
683.81
Merrick Fund,
850.00
Thompson Fund,
951.28
Cash Balance, Dec. 31, 1916,
33,414.07
$132,044.41
$132,044.41
Palmer, Mass., Jan. 1, 1917.
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Assessors' Report
The Board of Assessors respectfully report as follows :
Appropriations,
$119,520.66
Maturing Bonds,
15,600.00
Interest,
4,311.25
County Tax,
5,290.80
State Highway Tax,
4,960.00
State Tax,
10,400.00
Less,
$160,082.71
Estimated Receipts,
$16,981.00
Liquor License Fees,
8,103.75
25,084.75
134,997.96
Overlay,
2,047.27
137,045.23
Non-resident Bank Tax,
1,348.03
Street Sprinkling Assessment,
1,256.54
Amount of Warrant, August 11, 1916,
139,649.80
Poll Taxes since added,
18.00
Springfield Street Railway Excise Tax,
3,978.18
Amount of Assessment (Omitted Assessment)
3,612.02
Total Amount to be collected,
$147,258.00
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VALUATION FOR 1916.
Personal Property,
Resident Bank Stock,
$1,821,740.00 63,120.00 1,884,860.00
Buildings, 2,727,830.00 954,729.00 3,682,559.00
Land,
5,567,419.00
Value of Personal Property added December 10th, 1916,
152,406.00
Total Valuation for 1916,
5,719,825.00
Tax rate $23.70.
TABLE OF AGGREGATE.
Number of residents assessed on property (Individuals), 776 Number of residents assessed on property (All others), 372 Number of Non-residents assessed on property, (Individuals), 162
Number of Non-residents assessed on property (All others), 71
Total number assessed on property, 1,381 Total number assessed for Poll Tax only, 1,973
Total number of names April Assessment,
3,354
Added names since for Poll Tax only,
9
Added names December Assessment on property,
2
For Excise Tax,
1
3,366
Number of horses assessed,
384
Number of cows assessed,
580
Number of sheep assessed,
4
Number of neat cattle assessed,
139
Number of swine assessed,
121
Number of dwelling houses assessed,
1,221
Number of acres of land assessed,
18,339
ROY E. CUMMINGS, JOHN O. HAMILTON, CHARLES E. FULLER,
Assessors.
Board of Health Report
The Board of Health submit the following report :
The number of contagious diseases reported to the Board from Jan. 1, 1916 to Dec. 31, 1916.
TABLE NO. 1.
Contagious and infectious diseases :
₪ Diphtheria
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Tuberculosis
Typhoid Fever
Anterior
Poliomyelitis
January,
February,
1
1
March,
1
1
2
1
5
April,
1
1
May,
13
1
14
June,
111
111
July,
5
1
3
9
August,
1
1
September,
1
1
1
1
4
October,
3
3
November,
1
1
2
December,
1
1
2
9
131
2
7
3
4
156
1
3
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TABLE NO. 2.
Number of deaths reported from Jan. 1, 1916 to Dec. 31, 1916.
January,
11
February,
10
March,
6
April,
10
May,
13
June,
8
July,
5
August,
16
September,
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