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RECOMMENDATIONS
Statement of Recommendations for the Year 1920:
Election and Registration, $ 740.00
Care, Rent and Light of Lockup, 800.00
Meat and Cattle Inspection, 700.00
Premium Workmen's Compensation Insurance, 600.00
Auditing and Accounting, 940.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses, 300.00
Contingent,
1,000.00
Special Police,
500.00
Printing and Distributing Annual Reports,
400.00
Salaries of Selectmen,
600.00
Law and Claim Department,
1,000.00
HAROLD W. BRAINERD, WILLIAM B. KERIGAN, FRANK G. ROGERS, Board of Selectmen.
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Town Bookkeeper's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Palmer, Massachusetts. Gentlemen : I respectfully submit herewith my re- port of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1919.
RECEIPTS
Taxes
CURRENT YEAR:
Poll,
$ 4,516.00
Personal,
46,406.11
Real Estate,
64,503.96
Sprinkling,
1,141.18
Excise Tax,
3,317.59
$119,884.84
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Poll,
214,35
Personal,
1,478.77
Real Estate,
5,731.97
Sprinkling,
153.04
7,578.13
FROM STATE:
Corporation (Business)
43,745.82
Corporation (Pub. Service)
1,052.58
Income (Gen. Pur.)
3,119.00
Income (School)
7,230.00
National Bank Tax,
151.54
55,298.94 $182,761.91
Licenses and Permits
Liquor Licenses,
$2,887.34
Junk Licenses,
4.00
Pool and Billiard Licenses,
57.00
Peddlers' Licenses,
$45.00
All other,
$353.00
$3,346.34
$3,346.34
Privileges
Junk Privilege,
$750.00
$750.00 $750.00
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Grants and Gifts
HAMPDEN COUNTY: Dog Licenses,
$683.37
$683.37 $683.37
Protection of Persons and Property
INSPECTION:
Sealing Weights and Measures,
$107.59
$107.59
$107.59
Health and Sanitation
SANITATION:
Sewer Connection,
$25.00
Sewer Permits,
125.00
Alcohol Licenses,
3.00
$153.00
$153.00
Highways
GENERAL:
Sale of Old Material,
$22.00
Bridges,
10.10
$32.10
$32.10
Charities
TOWN FARM:
Sale of Produuce,
$860.25
Cattle,
472.20
Board,
428.00
$1,760.45
REIMBURSEMENTS:
Citiesand Towns,
$254.21
State,
1,797.71
$2,051.92
$3,812.37
Education
SCHOOLS:
Tuition,
$1,834.64
Sale of School Supplies,
25.00
Sale of Opera Seats,
243.00
2,102.64
2,102.64
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots,
$493.00
Care, Grading, Opening
of Graves, etc.,
1,259.03
$1,285.42
$1,285.42
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Interest
On Deposits,
$482.61
On Taxes,
279.36
On Perpetual Care Funds,
448.00
On Thompson Fund,
38.42
On Merrick fund,
36.13
$1,285.42
$1,285.42
Agency and Trust
Perpetual Care Funds,
$550.00
$550.00
$550.00
Refunds
Overseers of Poor,
$48.00
German War Aid,
20.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance,
35.71
Taxes,
30.86
Memorial Day Appr.,
16.62
All Other,
5.76
$156.95
$156.95
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Taxes,
50,000. $50,000.00
$50,000.00
Cash on hand,
December 31, 1918,
51,782.60
$299,276.32
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Department
Amount Appropriation Expended *Balance
SELECTMEN:
Salaries and Wages,
$625.00
Selectmen,
$600.00
Clerk,
25.00
Other Expenses,
300.00
Stationery and Postage
41.96
Printing and Advertising,
40.67
Telephone,
88.71
All Other,
89.67
$38.99
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AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING:
Salaries,
840.00
Bookkeeper,
800.000
Auditors,
40.00
TREASURY :
Salaries,
400.00
Treasurer,
400.00
Other Expenses,
275.00
Stationery and Postage,
59.01
Telephone
17.39
Surety Bond,
125.00
All Other,
71.75
COLLECTORS:
Salaries,
600.00
Collector,
540.00
60.00
Other Expenses,
475.00
Stationery and Postage,
140.91
Printing and Advertising,
116.40
Surety Bond,
200.00
All other,
15.46
2.25
ASSESSORS:
Salaries,
1,250.00
Assessors,
1200.00
Clerical Work,
48.25
1.75
Otherexpenses,
375.00
Stationery and Postage,
5.34
Printing and Advertising,
172.17
All Other,
34.69
162.80
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS:
Expenses,
$25.00
16.25
8.75
Printing and Advertising, LAW:
Expenses,
700.00
Services of Attorney,
33.25
666.75
TOWN CLERK'S
Salary,
150.00
Town Clerk,
150.00
Other Expenses,
50.00
Stationery and Postage,
11.50
Printing and Advertising,
4.76
All Other,
13.86
19.88
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ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:
Wages and Expenses,
1,000.00
Registrars,
125.00
Precinct Officers,
254.00
Printing and Advertising,
148.00
Meals,
6.75
Teams, etc.,
25.00
Rent,
75.00
All Other,
259.42
106.83
TOWN OFFICES: . 1,150.00
Rent,
960.00
Care,
60.00
Light,
18.83
All Other,
.65
110.52
Total for General Government,
$7,034.65
Protection of Persons and Property
Department
Appropriation
Amount Expended
*Balance
POLICE:
Chief of Police,
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Night Police,
2,000.00
1,999.68
.35
Special,
1,000.00
971.50
28.50
Reimbursement and
Other Expenses,
100.00
Printing and Stationery,
7.00
Telephone,
27.15
All Other,
83.50
-17.65
Expenses of Lockup,
800.00
Rent,
500.00
Care,
120.00
Fuel,
120.00
Lights,
67.05
-7.05
Prosecuting Illegal Sale,
200.00
Attorney,
95.00
105.00
Support of District Court, .
500.00
500.00
FIRE:
Insurance and Care
Auto Fire Truck,
300.00
Insurance,
53.83
Gasoline,
9.05
Repairs,
12.50
224.62
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SEALING OF WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES:
Salaries,
300.00
Sealer,
300.00
Other Expenses,
175.00
Advertising,
1.50
Equipment and Supplies,
58.39
Transportation of Weights,
110.00
5.11
TREE WARDEN'S:
Services of Warden,
100.00
80.00
20.00
Preservation of Trees,
200.00
88.10
All Other,
.65
111.25
SUPT. OF MOTH DEPT.
100.00
Expenses,
10.00
90.00
FOREST WARDEN'S:
Forest Fires and
Other Expenses,
900.00
Fighting Fires,
315.80
Pumps,
14.00
Services of Warden,
100.00
86.00
14.00
Telephone,
26.43
Meals,
3.15
All Other,
47.62
493.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property, $6,707.90
Health and Sanitation
Department
Appropriation
Amount Expended
* Balance
HEALTH:
Salaries of Board,
150.00
$150.00
Salary of Clerk,
25.00
25.00
Other Expenses,
1,000.00
Printing and Postage,
21.06
Telephone,
15.45
Fumigation,
34.00
Milk Inspection,
118.68
All Other,
11.06
$799.75
Meat and Animal Inspection : 700.00
Animals,
254.09
Meat,
416.25
29.66
Vital Statistics:
400.00
Births,
297.00
Deaths,
36.30
Marriages,
27.20
39.50
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SANITATION:
Sewers and Culverts
1,500.000
Surveyor,
125.00
Labor,
551.20
Teams,
218.26
Equipment,
74.55
Pipe and Fittings,
318.73
Brick and Cement,
107.52
All Other,
38.79
65.95
PLEASANT STREET,
THREE RIVERS,
50.00
50.00
PEARL STREET, PALMER,
108.00
Surveyor
15.00
Labor,
42.00
Teams,
13.66
All Other,
24.40
12.94
FOUNDRY STREET, PALMER, $1,165.00
Surveying,
45.00
Tile and Lumber,
171.82
Labor,
68.86
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Total for Health and Sanitation,
$3,220.88
Highways
Amount
Department
Appropriation
Expended
*Balance
PERMANENT & GENERAL REPAIRS,
$12,000.00
Permanent
Surveyor,
$177.50
Labor,
1,215.77
Teams,
853.81
Equipment and Supplies
282.06
Gravel,
220.93
Tar,
989.13
All Other,
353.92
REPAIRS:
Surveyor,
575.00
Labor,
3,447.08
Teams,
3,015.87
Gravel, etc.,
22.10
Equipment and Repairs,
151.76
All Other,
46.84
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION:
Telephone,
28.46
Miscellaneous Supplies,
.90
$618.87
STREET SPRINKLING:
Water,
250.00
Teams,
940.00
CAMPGROUND ROAD: 500.00
Surveyor,
25.00
Labor,
175.70
Teams,
105.87
Stone Bounds,
12.00
All Other,
54.00
127.43
HIGH STREET, THORNDIKE, 2,000.00
2,000.00
HOLBROOK STREET,
PALMER,
150.00 · 150.50
- . 50
NORTH MAIN STREET,
PALMER, 1,000.00
Surveyor,
70.00
Labor,
385.20
Teams,
341.07
Tar,
379.12
Freight,
22.29
-197.68
SOUTH MAIN STREET,
PALMER, 1,500.00
Surveyor,
105.00
Labor,
579.74
Teams,
567.38
Gravel and Oil,
119.50
Equipment,
55.00
All Other,
40.57
32.81
BRIDGE STREET,
THREE RIVERS, 3,500.67
Surveyor,
105.00
Labor,
869.76
Teams,
407.78
Trap Rock and Curbing,
216.21
Castings,
39.36
Freight,
159.08
All Other,
89.90
1,593.58
DEPOT STREET, BONDS-
VILLE,
800.00
800.00
DUTTON BRIDGE,
1,000.00
1,000.00
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REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS:
Ash Walks,
400.00
Surveyor,
5.00
Labor,
5.00
Teams,
83.00
233.62
Concrete Walks,
1,350.00
Contractor,
350.00
1,000.00
NEW CONCRETE WALKS,
700.00
Lab r, 0
55.77
644.23
BRIDGE STREET,
THREE RIVERS, E. S. £ 250.00.
Surveyor,
4.00
Labor,
6.92
Curbing,
128.16
Freight and Teams,
31.50
79.42
BRIDGE STREET,
THREE RIVERS, W. S., 450.00
Surveyor,
6.00
Labor,
10.38
Curbing,
192.24
Freight and Teams,
55.57
185.81
STREET LIGHTING,
7,771.00
7,225.55
45.45
BRIDGE REPAIRS: 1,336.87
Surveyor,
75.00
Labor,
352.19
Teams,
51.00
Lumber,
990.35
Hardware,
43.98
All Other,
304.83
-480.43
RAILING: 400.00
Suruveyor,
5.00
Labor,
77.48
Teams,
91.43
Material,
14.19
All Other,
1.68
210.22
Total for Highways,
$28,405.76
Charities
Department
Appropriation
Amount Expended $455.00
*Balance
Salaries,
$455.00
Contingent Fund,
500.00
$500.00
Int. on Thompson Fund,
38.42
General Administration,
10,000.00
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TOWN FARM:
Warden,
799.98
Labor,
99.31
Groceries and Provisions,
1,442.58
Dry Goods and Clothing,
341.32
Buildings,
94.68
Fuel and Light,
468.28
Hay and Grain,
1,625.33
Telephone,
25.95
All Other,
540.00
OUTSIDE POOR:
Groceries and Provisions,
$1,596.26
Rent,
183.00
Coal and Wood,
182.64
Board and Care,
50.00
Cash,
547.81
Medical Attendance,
549.55
State Institutions,
392.00
All Other,
270.45
Other Cities and Towns,
123.17
706.11
WING MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL:
Board and Treatment,
750.00
71.57
678.43
SOLDIERS' BENEFIT:
State Aid,
360.00
German War Aid,
91.00
Total for Charities,
$10,309.88
Education
Department
Appropriation
Amount Expended
*Balance
SCHOOLS:
General Fund,
$76,713.00
Additional Insurance,
1,394.12
Salaries
Superintendent,
$2,850.00
Clerk,
985.58
Truant Officers,
60.90
General Expenses:
Stationery, Printing and Postage,
183.73
Telephone,
119.35
Traveling Expenses,
40.09
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School Census,
75.00
Freight and Cartage,
278.59
All Other,
83.85
Teachers' Salaries :
High,
7,156.00
Elementary,
34,565.80
Retirement,
1,108.88
Text Books and Supplies:
High:
Text Books,
552.21
Supplies,
288.17
Elementary:
Text Books,
2,195.01
Supplies,
827.89
Tuition,
20.00
Transportation:
High,
1,780.92
Elementary,
2,560.09
Janitors' Services:
High,
862.83
Elementary,
2,843.07
Fuel and Light:
High,
680.62
Elementary,
4,455.85
Maintenance of Buildings
and Grounds:
High:
Repairs,
186.01
Janitors' Supplies,
184.64
All Other,
192.89
Elementary,
Repairs,
597.95
Janitors' Supplies,
662:27
All Other,
171.14
Furniture:
High,
89.60
Elementary,
552.45
Office,
154.75
Rent,
125.00
Other Expenses:
Diplomas, etc.,
54.73
Misc. Printing,
154.75
Insurance,
1,843.01
Medical Inspection,
200.00
All Other,
294.28
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Music, Manual Training and Drawing:
Salaries:
Music Instructor,
798.88
Manual Training and
Drawing,
480.00
Text Books and Supplies,
Music and Music Books,
160.07
Drawing Materials,
290.70
Manual Training Supplies,
354.64
All Other,
79.68
Commercial Course:
Salaries:
Instructor,
1,254.00
Assistants,
2,048.00
Retirement,
98.00
Text Books and Supplies:
Text Books,
163.52
Supplies,
535.29
Typewriter,
207.50
All Other,
6 .. 00
Repairs of School Buildings:
High:
Carpentry and Painting,
49.20
Plumbing and Hardware,
575.91
All Other,
70.35
Elementary:
Carpentry and Painting,
83.82
Plumbing and Hardware,
480.19
Lumber, Brick, etc.,
188.93
All Other,
125.67
18.87
Use of Committee,
990.65
Advertising,
59.95
Plans, Blue Prints and
Specifications,
111.25
819.45
Total for Education,
$78,259.45
Library
Young Men's Library Ass'n,
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
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Unclassified
Memorial Day,
$200.00 75.00
$200.00 75.00
Printing and Distributing
Town Reports,
325.00
310.00
15.00
Tuberculosis Hospital,
344.41
344.41
Agricultural Demonstration,
. 350.00
350.00
Card System,
ffi 25.00
5.00
20.00
Worgmen's Compensation
Insurance,
300.00
586.99
-286.99
Soldiers' and Sailors'
Celebration,
2,300.00
2,286.57
13.43
Total for Unclassified,
$4,157.97
Cemeteries
Salary of Secretary,
$150.00
$1.50.00
Care and Maintenance,
1,850.00
Telephone,
12.99
Postage, etc.,
5.63
Labor,
1,508.59
Teams,
52.70
Loam,
30.50
Equipment,
73.81
All Other,
60.87
Improvements :
Shrubs, etc.,
17.50
87.41
Total for Cemetery,
$1,912.59
Interest
Department
Appropriation
Amount Expended
*Balance
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Taxes,
$1,500.00
$1,241.69
$258.31
General Loans,
1,399.50
Refunding Bridge,
127.50
Highway Construction,
800.00
High School,
360.00
Grammar School,
112.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
448.90
Total for Interest,
$3,090.09
Town Clock,
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Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Taxes,
$50,000.00
General Loans:
Refunding Bridge,
3,000.00
Highway Construction,
5,000.00
High School,
1,000.00
Grammar School,
1,600.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness,
$60,600.00
Agency and Trust
Taxes:
State,
$19,822.00
Non-Resident Bank,
892.62
County,
7,733.29
State Highway,
5,235.50
Liquor Licenses for State,
721.84
Trust:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund,
550.00
Total for Trust Fund,
$37,955.25
Contingent Account
Appropriation,
$1,000.00
Selectmen's Other Expenses,
$736.48
Town Hall,
18.00
Town Dump,
22.90
Highways,
38.53
Street Sprinkling,
10.50
Soldiers' Burial,
50.00
Library,
42.00
$81.59
Total for Contingent,
$918.41
Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1919,
53,203.49
$299,276.32
Respectfully Submitted,
HARRIETTE PAINE, Bookkeeper.
*The debit balances are indicated by a minus sign.
Trial Balance
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Coll. 1913,
$
374.41
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Coll. 1914,
$ 92.87
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Coll. 1915,
1,412.97
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Coll. 1916,
1,927.45
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Coll. 1917,
2,766.12
John T. Brown, Tax Coll. 1918,
1,211.91
John T. Broown, Tax Coll. 1919,
4,753.62
John T. Brown, Interest,
192.79
Cemetery Dept. Bils 1912 and Prior,
26.16
Overlay 1912,
2.35
Overlay 1913,
410.46
Overlay 1914,
134.12
Overlay 1915,
1,393.37
Overlay 1916,
1,119.30
Overlay 1917,
2,252.85
Overlay 1918,
1,720.37
Overlay 1919,
2,181.27
Liquor License,
2,165.50
Estimated Receipts,
13,620.64
Support of Poor,
551.71
Excess and Deficiency,
50,670.47
Street Sprinkling,
1,230.47
Revenue,
32,188.42
Selectmen's Other Expenses,
38.99
Treasurer's Other Expenses,
1.85
Collector's Salary,
450.00
Collector's Salary,
210.00
Collector's Other Expenses,
2.23
Auditing Tax Collector's Books,
500.00
Assessor's Salary,
1.75
Assessor's Salary,
175.00
Assessor's Other Expenses,
162.80
License Commissioners' Expenses,
8.75
Town Clerk's Other Expenses,
19.88
Law Department,
666.75
Town Offices,
110.52
Election and Registration,
106.83
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Special Police,
Illegal Sales,
105.00
Police Reimbursement,
74.30
Support of District Court,
500.00
Expenses for Lockup,
49.60
Insurance,
224.62
Tree Warden,
20.00
Preservation of Trees,
111.25
Supt. Moth Dept.,
90.00
Extermination of Beetles,
400.00
Forest Fire Warden,
14.00
Forest Fires and Other Expenses,
493.00
Sealer's Other Expenses,
5.11
Vital Statistics,
39.50
Board of Health,
799.75
Sewers and Culverts, Pleasant St.,
50.00
Care of Sewers,
65.95
Sewers and Culverts, Pearl St.,
12.94
Sewers and Culverts, Foundry St.,
879.32
Meat and Cattle Inspection,
29.66
Permanent Highways and General Care,
618.87
High Street, Thorndike,
2,000.00
Holbrook Street,
.50
South Main Street,
32.81
North Main Street,
197.68
Campground Road,
127.43
Depot Street,
800.00
Bridge Street, Three Rivers,
1,593.58
Dutton Bridge,
1,000.00
Bridge Repairs,
480.48
Street Sprinkling,
1,190.00
New Concrete Sidewalks,
644.23
Repairs of Concrete Sidewalks,
1,000.00
Repair of Ash Walks,
233.62
Sidewalk, Bridge Street, West Side,
185.81
Sidewalk, Bridge Street, East Side,
79.42
Main Street, Three Rivers,
35.00
Street Lighting,
45.45
. Railings,
210.22
Support of Poor,
706.11
Poor Contingent,
500.00
State Aid,
534.83
Wing Memorial Hospital,
678.43
Education,
18.87
Night Police,
39
School Investigation,
819.45
Card Filing System,
20.00
Selectmen's Contingent,
81.59
Workmen's Compensation Insurance,
286.99
Printing Town Reports,
15.00
Celebration of Returned Soldiers and Sailors,
15.00
Reserve Fund,
3,000.00
Reserve Fund on Account of Abatements,
1,886.88
Care of Cemetery,
87.41
Interest on Temporary Loans,
258.31
Net Bonded Debt,
24,600.00
Highway Consruction Bonds,
15,000.00
High School Loan,
8,000.00
Grammar School Loan,
1,600.00
Trust Fund,
18,770.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
16,285.00
Cem. Per. Care Income Account,
683.81
Merrick Fund,
850.00
Thompson Fund,
951.28
Cash Balance December 31st, 1919,
53,203.49
$143,999.42
$143,999.42
A ssessors ,
Report
The Board of Assessors respectfully reports as follows :
Appropriations,
$1,55,256.61
Maturing Bonds,
10,600.00
Interest on Bonds,
1,399.50
State Tax,
18,700.00
State Highway Tax,
8,235.50
Special State Tax,
1,122.00
County Tax,
7,733.29
$203,046.90
DEDUCTIONS
Liquor License Fees,
$1,453.02
Cash on hand,
31,118.53
State Income Tax,
2,250.00
Estimated Receipts,
37,412.27
Excise tax to reduce
highway appropriation,
4,413.65
State School Fund,
8,320.00
Dog Tax,
747.05
Income Merrick Fund,
35.02
$116,997.36
Overlay,
2,269.16
$119,266.52
Non-resident bank tax,
901.60
Street Sprinkling Assessment,
1,230.47
Amount of Warrant, August 25, 1919,
$121,398.59
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Since Added
Poll Taxes,
8.00
Personal,
.56
Excise Tax,
3,319.20
Total on Collector's Book,
$124,726.35
VALUATION FOR 1919
Personal Property,
Resident Bank Stock,
$2,844,364 84,000.
$2928,364
Buildings,
$3,202,038.
Land,
973,712.
4,175,750
Valuation for 1919,
$7,104,114
Tax rate $16.10
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of residents assessed on property, (Individuals) 1,784
Number of non-residents assessed on property, (All Others) 413
Number of non-residents assessed on
property (Individuals) 167
Number of non-residentt assessed on property (All Others)
86
Total number assessed on property,
2,450
Number assessed a poll tax only
902
Total number of names April assessment Added names since for property and poll, Added names since for excise tax
3,352
4
1
3,357
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Number of horses assessed,
296
Number of cows assessed,
528
Number of sheep assessed,
2
Number of neat cattle assessed,
178
Number of swine assessed,
183
Number of dwelling houses assessed,
1,286
Number of acres of land assessed
18,339
Number of fowl assessed,
1,970
ROY E. CUMMINGS, CHARLES E. FULLER, WILLARD C. HITCHCOCK, Assessors.
Report of Board of Health
To the Honorable Selectmen and the Citizens of Palmer:
The Board of Health of fhe Town of Palmer herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1919.
TABLE NO. 1
Contagious and Infectious Diseases
Chicken Pox
Diphtheria
Scarlet Fever
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Lobar Pneumonia
Membraneous
Croup
Anterior
Poliomyelitis
January
February
2
2
1
5
March
1
1
1
2
1
April
1
6
2
1
2
May
June
2
July
1
3
1
August
1
1
September
1
1
1
October
2
1
November
3
1
1
December
5
1
1
-
-
-
-
3
23
13
4
11
5
2
2
1
3
4
2
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TABLE NO. 2
Number of deaths reported from January 1, 1919, to December 31st, 1919.
January,
15
February,
14
March,
17
April
17
May
18
June
6
July,
5
August,
9
September,
9
October,
6
November,
12
December,
13
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TABLE NO. 3
Ages at death of persons dying from January 1, 1919, to December 31, 1919.
Total
Male
Female
Less than 1 year,
29
19
10
1 to 2 years,
7
2
5
2 to 3 years,
1
1
3 to 4 years,
1
1
4 to 5 years,
3
2
1
5 to o10 years,
3
2
1
10 to 15 years,
2
2
15 to 20 years,
2
1
1
20 to 30 years,
8
5
3
30 to 40 years,
9
6
3
40 to 50 years,
10
6
4
50 to 60 years,
14
11
3
60 to 70 years,
24
14
10
70 to 80 years,
17
9
8
80 to 90 years,
8
1
1
90 to 100 years,
2
2
Still Births,
7
2
5
-
141
84
57
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR.
For Year Ending December 31, 1919 To Board of Health Palmer :
Have granted the following permits and licenses :
48 Producer's Permits, no fee
53 Milk Licences at $ .50, $26.50
13 Oleomargarine Licenses at $ .50 6.50 $33.00
Paid Town Treasurer, $33.00
Respectfull Submitted,
ARTHUR F. BENNETT, Milk Inspector.
REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR
Number Inspected Number Condemned
Beef,
161 1
Veal,
225
1
Sheep,
7
Hogs,
260
1
ARTHUR F. BENNET, Meat Inspector.
RECEIPTS
Salaries,
$ 175.00
Meat and Animal Inspection,
700.00
All Other Expenses,
1,000.00
Vital Statistics,
400.00
Sewer Connection and Permits,
150.00
Alcohol Licenses, 3.00
$2,428.00
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EXPENDITURES
Salaries,
$175.00
Printing and Postage,
21.06
Telephone,
15.45
Fumigation,
34.00
Milk Inspection,
118.68
All Other,
11.08
Animal Inspection,
254.09
Meat Inspection,
416.25
Vital Statistics,
360.50
$1,406.09
The Board recommends for its use in the Health Department, the following:
Salaries,
$ 175.00
Vital Statistics,
400.00
All Other Expenses,
1,000.00
J. P. SCHNEIDER, M. D. S. O. MILLER, M. D., W. C. HITCHCOCK,
Board of Health.
Highway Surveyor's Report
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer:
The work of the Highway Department for the year has been badly handicapped by the scarcity of labor, and several of the jobs planned for, have not been completed, two of them not started. South Main Street was graveled from the Fay Bridge to near the residence of Mr. Authier, leaving a distance from there to the macadam of about 500 feet, which should be done this year. The work on the Campground road was stopped at the time of the meeting and was not started afterwards for the lack of help. Bridge Street, Three Rivers, was started very late, and was stopped on account of the frost, a large part of the subgrading is down, and nearly all of the curbing is in . position. The Foundry Street sewer was started but stopped on account of the frost.
The conditions in the Highway Department, now, are very different from those in the past. At the present time we have to use a quantity of trap rock and other ma- terials, and the Town does not own any place in any of the villages in which to store them, they have to be stored on private land. The storehouse in Palmer village is not half large enough to care for the tools that are used.
Another thing that is needed is Gravel, and I think it would be a good thing for the Town to purchase some of the places where we have been getting it.
The Town will be obliged to make larger appropria- tions for the work to be done, on account of the high price of labor and material.
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I would recommend the following appropriations :
Highways,
$15,000.00
Bridges,
2,000.00
Sewers and Culverts,
1,500.00
Repair of Tar Walks,
1,500.00
Ash Walks,
500.00
Railings,
600.00
Preservation of Shade Trees,
200.00
Tree Warden,
100.00
Respectfully Submitted, CHAS. T. BRAINERD, Highway Surveyor.
Cemetery Commissioner's Report
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners hereby sub- mit the following report :
RECEIPTS
Appropriations,
$2,000.00
Sale of lots, Oak Knoll,
$ 485.00
Sale of lots, Four Corners,
8.00
Care of lots,
847.50
Grading lots,
5.25
Opening graves,
234.50
Foundations,
157.28
All others,
14.50
1,752.03
BILLS RECEIVABLE
Mrs. G. A. Smith, 1914, balance lot. $ 15.00
Mrs. A. A. Kenyon, 1915, lot, 20.00
Oleda Austin, lot, 8.00
Alexander Campbell, lot, 8.00
Carrie E. Mills, lot,
20.00
Mrs. Annie Fulton, lot,
8.00
Smith Granite Co. foundation, 1917, 18.20
R. R. Goff, grading lot, 1918, 5.00
Mrs. L. F. Page, 1914, grading, 1.00
Henry G. Nichols, 1917, grading lot, 5.00
Est. Mrs. C. V. Weeks, 1914, grave, 3.00
Est. S. G. Kenyon, 1916, grave, 3.00
W. H. Graham, Corp. 1917, grave, 3.00
Mrs. Carrie E. Mills, grave,
3.00
Est. Abram Jordon, 1918, care lot,
2.00
John W. Bridgman, 1918, care lot, 4.00
Mrs. Martha Swann, care lot, 2.00
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Harriette M. Blanchard, 2.00
P. C. Story, care lot, 3.00
Helen L. Stimson, care lot, 2.00
3.00
Mrs. Emma C. Carpenter, care lot, Josephine Ham, care lot,
2.00
L. E. Chandler, care, 1918-19,
4.00
Susan C. Hunt, care lot, 2.00
Jason Keith, care lot, 2.00
Mrs. C. E. Fuller, care lot,
2.00
F. P. Carroll, care lot, 2.00
F. P. Carroll, grading lot, 3.00
H. M. Girdler, grading lot,
3.00
$158.20
$1,910.23
EXPENDITURES
Salaries,
$ 150.00
Printing and Postage,
5.63
Supplies,
52.54
Labor,
1,508.59
Teams,
54.50
Equipment and repairs,
49.46
Fertilizer,
30.50
All others,
61.37
1,912.59
Balance,
87.41
Paid G. E. Clough,
$1,752.03
$3,752.03
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY
Tool house, Oak Knoll,
$ 75.00
Tool house, Four Corners,
50.00
Tools,
50.00 $ 175.00
Unsold lots at market price:
Four Corners, 146 @ $ 8.00
1,168.00
Oak Knoll,
5 @ 50.00
250.00
2 @ 35.00
70.00
7 @ 25.00
175.00
128 24.00
3,072.00
46 @ 20.00
920.00
4 @
12.00
48.00
2 @
8.00
16.00
67 @
1.00
67.00
$5,786.00 $5,961.00
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Amount Present Condition
Henry Scism,
$ 100.00
$ 102.32
John A. Squier,
100.00
108.32
Calista E. Hendricks,
100.00
103.69
Laura E. Child,
500.00
520.67
Minnie K. Bennett,
200.00
208.78
Avery W. Green,
200.00
208.25
Waterman Fuller,
200.00
224.28
John and Lucy Smith,
200.00
204.25
William A. Breckenridge,
200.00
206.83
James W. Snow,
100.00
102.11
Franklin Blanchard,
100.00
103.32
John H. Haynes,
200.00
206.83
Mary A. Shaw,
100.00
102.32
Jane A. Gibson,
100.00
104.61
E. B. Gates,
50.00
51.99
Louisa M. Waid,
200.00
229.83
Amos A. Allen,
100.00
103.97
Torrey Fund,
100.00
102.90
Pliny Cooley,
50.00
51.29
Henry G. Loomis,
200.00
213.86
William Holbrook,
200.00
206.78
Maria Lawrence,
500.00
536.41
Keyes Foster,
100.00
104.39
Harriet Coolidge,
200.00
226.96
Mrs. L. W. Brown,
200.00
234.02
Eliza J. Kenerson,
200.00
209.05
William Merriam,
200.00
220.63
Mary Reading,
50.00
51.00
D. S. Davis,
200.00
209.89
Marshall Andrews,
200.00
207.00
Ambrose A. Andrews,
200.00
205.00
Enos Calkins,
100.00
102.00
Samuel C. Rogers,
200.00
208.00
Willard G. Kenerson,
100.00
102.00
M. B. Chapman, care Gilbert Barker lot,
100.00
105.00
M. B. Chapman, care S. Chapman lot,
200.00
210.00
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Amount Present Condition
Julia H. Henry,
100.00
104.00
Isaac King,
150.00
155.00
Abel H. Calkins,
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