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Certain repairs are needed upon the barn at the Farm and will be made this year, provided the Town gives to the overseers Depart- ment the modest appropriation which they have recommended. The prospect for the work of 1914 is very bright and the Overseers expect to be able to make a still better report at its close.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles G. Hull, Overseers
Frank T. Goodhue. of
Aretas D. Wallace, Ipswich.
Number of inmates at the Farm during the year. 7
Average number of inmates at the Farm during the year 6
Number inmates at the Farm, Jan. 1, 1914 7 Average cost per week for each inmate .$7.10
Sale of milk, hay, and produce
$ 875 65
Due for Sales 1128 60
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VARIOUS REPORTS.
TOWN CLERK.
Ipswich, January 31st., 1914.
The following report of Births, Marriages and Deaths, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913 is submitted, and report of Licenses granted and recorded in this office.
I shall not ask for the Clerk's Office any appropriation for repair of books or records as I think they can wait a more favor- able time. A little care in their use will prevent injury, to any serious extent, the books that will require repair are the later books and are not any of them defaced or illegible.
VITAL STATISTICS. BIRTHS 146.
Fathers born in Ipswich 20
Mothers born in Ipswich 21
Mass
13
66
Mass 15
$6
U. S
8
. .
U. S .. 6
British Prov. .41 British Prov.38
England 1
England
.. 1
Ireland .1
66
Ireland ...... 4
Rus, Aus, Pol .. 51
Rus, Aus, Pol51
66
Greece .5
. .
Greece.
5
Italy. 4
Italy. 3
Sweden 1
..
Denmark. .1
Portugal 1
66
Portugal .. ... 1
146
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Occupation of Fathers, Mill Operatives 37, Laborers 42 Grocers 3. Waiter 1, Express Agent 1 Barber 1, Carpenters 4, Coachman 1, Conductor 1, Steward 1, Foreman Heel Factory 1, Teamster 3, Coal Dealer 1, Overseer 1, Merchant 3, Gardner 1, Superintendents 2, Mechanics 3, Farmers 3, Junk Dealers 2, Life Saving Station 1. Boatman 1, Painter 1, Chauffeur 5, Mail Carrier 1, Astisan Manager 1, Architect 1, Teacher 1, Ice Dealer 1, Agent 1, Mason 4, Music Teacher 1, Officer at Prison 1, U. S Marine Corps 1, Milk Dealer 1, Machinist 1, Clerks 2, Pharmacist 1, Fishermen 2, Mechanical Engineer 1, Salesman 2, R. R. Employe 1, Physician 1, Real Estate 1, Blacksmith 1, Manager 1, Unknown 1. Total 146.
Parents residing in Ipswich. 143
" Boston 2
" New York 1
Total
146
Births by months, January 12, February 9, March 10, April 7. May 10, June 16, July 15, August 13, September 19, October 9, November 11, December 15. Total 146.
MARRIAGES.
Whole number of marriages, 88.
Grooms born in Ipswich 12
" Mass. 14
" United States. 12
" British Provinces
10
" Ireland 1
" Scotland. .
1
" Russia, Austria and Poland. 31
'ยท Greece . 4
" Italy. 2 .
" Azore Islands 1
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Brides born in Ipswich
11
" Mass.
15
..
" United States. 6
" British Provinces 11
" Ireland. 3
" Scotland. 1
" Russia, Austria and Poland 30
" Greece. 4
.. . .
" Italy. 2
" French 1
" England 1
1
..
" Japan. 1
" Azore Islands 1
By what church or by what form married: 88
R. C. 47, Congregational 16, Protestant Episcopal 5, Methodist Episcopal 4, Baptist 3, Greek 4, Justice of the Peace 3, Denomina- nation not given 6. Total 88.
By months. January 16, February 1, March 5, April 8, May 11, June 5, July 8, August 2, September 10, October 10, November 7, December 5. Total 88.
Oldest Groom 69 years.
Oldest Bride 70 years.
Youngest Groom 19 years.
Youngest Bride 17 Years.
Grooms under 25 years. 39
Grooms over 25 and 40 or less 44
Grooms over 40 years .5
88
Brides under 21 years.
36 Brides 21 and less than 40 years 47
Brides 40 years and over 5
88
6
" Sweden
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Married in Ipswich. 69
Married in other places 19
88
Grooms living in Ipswich 71. Other places 17
88
Brides living in Ipswich 73. Other Places 15 88
DEATHS 1913. Males 61. Females 55.
Residing in Ipswich 111. Other places 4. Unknown 1. Total 116
Buried in Ipswich 93. Other places 23.
116
Fathers born in Ipswich. .18 Mothers born in Ipswich .15
Mass .. ... 17
Mass. . . .. ..
17
other States. 11
other States. 17
British Prov. .. 22
British Prov .. 18 England 3
Ireland 9
Ireland 8
Scotland .. 2
Scotland .2
Rus. Aus. Pol ... 20
Rus Aus Pol .20
Greece 7
Greece ....... 7 France and Azore I's'd .2
Azore I's'd 2
Unknown . .3
Unknown .... 7
116
116
Born in Ipswich .55 40 died under 2 years of age.
Mass. .26
8
20 years of age.
other States .9
3
from 20 to 30 years.
British Prov. 13
5
30 to 40
England. .3
9
40 to 50
Ireland 3
7
Scotland
2
10
60 to 70
Russia and Poland
2
16
70 to 80
Greece 3
14
80 to 90
4
90 years and over.
116 116
66
50 to 60
England 5
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Deaths by months. January 16, February 7, March 11, April 10, May 9, June 8, July 5, August 19. September 7, October 5, Nov- ember 10, December 9.
Four of the dead were ninety years and over, viz:
Eunice H. Stanwood died February 21st. Aged 92 years, 4 months, 15 days.
Martha B. Smith died June 16th. Aged 91 years, 9 months, 18 days.
Sarah L. Seabrook died July 2nd. Aged 90 years.
Moses G. Lord, died September 3rd. Aged 93 years, 2 months. Veteran Civil War.
The following named persons were eighty years and over, viz: Alonzo R. Fellows died January 26th. Aged 83 years, 1 month, 28 days.
Charles M. Foss died March 18th. Aged 84 years, 2 months, 10 days.
Mehitable Stanwood died March 20th, Aged 88 years, 4 months, 29 days.
John B. Mitchell died June 27th. Aged 82 years, 6 months, 2 days.
Michael Carey died July 3rd. Aged 81 years, 8 months, 18 days.
Catherine R. Caldwell died September 4th. Aged 88 years, 7 months, 13 days.
Joshua B. Grant died September 16th. Aged 88 years, 8 months.
James P. Jewett died October 12th. Aged 88 years, 1 month, 16 days.
Azuba Sims died October 30th. Aged 88 years, 10 months, 3 days.
Washington P. Pickard died November 12th. Aged 80 years, 7 months, 11 days. Veteran Civil War.
Angeline R. Sargent died December 17th. Aged 86 years, 11 months, 12 days.
Elmira L. Shattuck died December 25th. Aged 80 years, 4 months, 3 days.
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LICENSES RECORDED.
Auctioneers 2, Victuallers 2, Pool and Billiards 10, Bowling Alley 1, Junk Dealers Licenses 10, Wrestling Exhibition 2. Dogs Licensed, Males. 115
Females 9
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 1913.
In its last annual report the Board called attention to changes it proposed to make in its policy, provided the Town authorized these changes. The Finance Committee recommended the approp- riation requested and the Town voted it. As a result, the new policy which the Board had had under consideration for a long time, was adopted. It involved the following new features, and went into operation June 1st, 1913.
1. Appointment of an Agent and Sanitary Inspector to de- vote his full time to the work. Mr. Aaron Lord was appointed Agent and Sanitary Inspector.
2. Establishing a department of milk inspection, and the appointment of a Milk Inspector as provided by Statute. This was done after consultation with the State Board of Health, with their advice and co-operation, Mr. George W. Smith was appointed Milk Inspector.
3. Collection of swill and garbage. This has been done by the Farm Department through a contract made with the Overseers of the Poor. This contract was for one year and expires May 31st, 1914.
4. Tenement House Inspection. When the Tenement House Act was under discussion at thelast annual town meeting it was argued
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by the opponents of the Act that the Board of Health had full pow- er to do the things for which that Act provided. Waiving the question of its powers, the Board adopted the suggestions to the extent that it made an inspection and investigation of 145 tene- ments. These tenements are in 118 different buildings. They in- clude all the tenements of the Ipswich Mills Corporation and those of a number of private owners. The Board has a record of the con- dition of each tenement as it was at the time of their inspection. This record shows the names of owners of buildings, the name of the householder, the number of occupants, the number of rooms, the number of sleeping room, the number of beds, the cubic air space for each occupant ; whether screened, the condition of walls, ceilings, floors, cellars, water closets and vaults, water supply, drainage and general sanitary conditions. Many of these tenements were in excellent condition. Some were fair, some were bad, and some were very bad, The air space was ample in most instances, In a few it was pretty well up to the limit, but in only one instance was the limit exceeded, and in that instance the air space was 390 cubic feet to each occupant, 400 cubic feet being the required space. As a result of that investigation, notices were sent to the owners of a number of these houses making suggestions for needed improvements. Several of these owners complied with the sugges- tions and made the improvements. These investigations were made in June and July and were made by the whole Board. Since that time the agent has maintained an oversight of these tenements, and as will be seen hy his report has found other places in other parts of the town where he has persuaded owners to make the needed improvements.
The whole Board inspected the barns and milk rooms of all producers of milk for our local supply, both in Ipswich and Rowley, The detail of the work has been done by the Milk Inspector, and attention is called to his report. Attention is also called to the re- port of the Inspector of Slaughtering.
The whole number of diseases reported as dangerous to the public health was 116, the same number as last year, classified as follows :
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Diphtheria.
3
Scarlet Fever 8
Measles .57
Typhoid Fever 10
Tuberculosis . 15
Chicken Pox. 17
2
Whooping Cough.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
4
Total 116
Last year there were 22 cases of typhoid, 12 of scarlet fever, 6 of diphtheria.
The reduced percentage is significant. Typhoid fever being 60 % less than in 1912 ; and just here is shown the value of swill col- lection and milk inspection, these two factors being in the opinion of the Board, additional safeguards against recognized channels of typhoid infection.
The appearance of diphtheria and scarlet fever among the Polish people necessitated the opening of the contagious hospital in September. The hospital was kept open for eleven weeks, the cases being under the care of the town physician. This is the first time that either of these diseases has appeared among the people during all the years of their residence here, and the Board felt that stringent measures of isolation were necessary in order to prevent an epidem- ic While somewhat expensive we feel that the result was justified, and we feel sure that had we undertaken to handle as we handle such cases among English speaking people, an epidemic of one or both of these diseases would have been enevitable.
Below is given the reports of the Agent, Milk Inspector and Inspector of Slaughtering.
The financial statement of the department will be found under departmental reports, the balance is $2.10. It would have been $252.10 had the Farm Department been paid only to the close of the fiscal year under its contract for swill collection. Instead the whole amount for the year's contract, $600, was journalized over to the Farm Department, and that department owes this de- partment service under that contract up to May 31st of the present year. This department did not know of the transfer until after it
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had been made. This statement is made as an explanation and not as a criticism.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. E. MacArthur, M. D ., Board Aaron Lord, of
Geo. W. Smith, Health.
Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1914.
AGENT'S REPORT.
I herewith submit my report as agent of the Board of Health for the year 1913.
In the refusal at the annual town meeting of 1913 of the voters to accept the tenement house Act, it being claimed by its opponents that the Board of Health had ample power to act and in obeyance to that vote, I, as agent of the Board have endeavored to do something toward the betterment of some of the tenement houses and tenents. The owners or agents of nineteen such houses have been requested or ordered to make general repairs, which have been done. Three of these houses have changed owners and have been reconstructed throughout, making a great improvement. One house was found without a sink.
The number of tenement houses inspected, thirty-five, which does not include the houses of the Ipswich Mills Corporation, which was made by the Board during the strike.
I have also cited one man into court for keeping pigs in his cellar, and he was fined for same.
Number of contagion cards posted, 58. Have received 46 complaints which have been investigated. Have also inspected bake-houses, provision stores, ice cream places, barber shops, and opera house, and found them in sanitary condition,
Dead animals disposed of : hogs 4, dogs 3. cats 6, hens 5, cows 1. Total 19.
Slaughter houses inspection, January 1 to May 1; hogs 125, condemned 4; cows 5, calves 9.
Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1914.
Aaron Lord, Agent.
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR.
I herewith submit my first report as Milk Inspector for the year 1913.
This being a new departure which the Board of Health has had in mind for some time, it was deemed advisable that some action be taken looking to the safeguarding of the milk supply, and after due deliberation the board decided to have an Inspector of Milk, and on May 1st I was appointed to that office.
As Milk Inspector, viewing it from a sanitaay standpoint and trying to eliminate as far as possible all causes of contamination, I have visited and inspected several times, places where milk is pro- duced and have received a cordial welcome whenever I have been and suggestions presented have been complied with readily, and I therefore feel that the proper remedy for clear, wholesome milk is to start with the producer, and as I have not as yet received any complaints in regard to milk furnished, it would seem that our milk supply was well safeguarded, and in conclusion I wish to ex- tend to the milk producers of Ipswich and the surrounding towns, who furnish same, my sincere thanks for courtesy shown.
Number of milk licenses granted.
.24
Amount received for licenses. $12 00
Geogre W. Smith, Milk Inspector.
Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1914.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
Have inspected the slaughtering, during the year 1913, of 96 animals as follows :- Cows 3, Calves 6, Hogs 87. E. N. Brown, Inspector of Slaughtering. Ipswich. Feb. 2, 1914.
FARLEY BROOK ACCOUNT.
Paid to
Joseps Johnson, collecting $ 5 00
Parsons & Foss, labor 34 90
Thos G Gauld, teaming 5 12
L G Parsons, labor. 1 58
George Tibbetts, teaming 9 00
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Robert Spencer, labor
$40 50
$96 10
Balance from 1912.
$33 06
Collected by Joseph Johnson
64 00
$97 06
Balance on hand.
$ 96
Frederick S. Witham, Clerk.
Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1914.
ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
'While the work of the Board as a whole covered much more time and ground than in previous years, special credit is due to Mr. Lord, the Agent, and Mr. Smith, the Milk Inspector, for the careful- ness with which they carried out the details of the work of the di- visions under their charge.
Ipswich, Feb. 2, 1914.
George E. MacArthur.
.
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS, 1913.
Amount
Balanre
Fund
Jan. 1, 1913
Income
Paid Jan. 1, 1914
Cogswell
$348 42
$12 92
$2 50
$358 84
Andrews
247 51
8 88
1 50
254 89
Giddings
153 37
5 62
2 50
156 49
Potter
125 06
4 75
2 50
127 31
Kinsman
67 25
2 68
2 00
67 93
Samuel Blood
65 72
2 60
1 50
66 82
Staniford
108 11
4 07
1 50
110 68
'Trow
386 19
14 44
2 50
398 13
Dawson
139 29
5 31
2 50
142 10
Birch
51 17
2 04
1 50
51 71
Aaron Kinsman
54 15
2 16
1 50
54 81
Varrell
321 10
11 84
5 25
327 69
Eben Kimball
163 72
6 02
2 50
167 24
Willcomb
72 81
2 88
1 50
74 19
Clarke
119 01
4 51
1 50
122 02
Rogers and Johnson
110 14
4 15
4 00
110 29
Hannah L. Kimball
129 93
4 91
1 50
133 34
George Kinsman
128 05
4 87
1 50
131 42
Martha Lakeman
62 04
2 48
1 00
63 52
Caldwell
109 81
4 11
3 50
110 42
Pingree
91 25
3 39
1 50
93 14
Young
25 38
1 00
1 00
25 38
Coburn
279 88
10 16
2 50
287 54
Mary Haskell
53 00
2 12
1 50
53 62
Hovey
122 20
4 63
1 50
125 33
Plouff
57 30
2 28
2 50
57 08
Farley
128 55
4 87
1 50
131 92
John B Lamson
62 12
2 48
1 00
63 60
Joseph Spiller
55 66
2 20
2 00
55 86
Locust Grove
41 04
1 64
9 00
33 68
Mary E. Peatfield
107 95
4 03
1 50
110 48
Lucy F. Spiller
58 43
2 32
1 50
59 25
Josiah and Lydia H. Lord
126 21
4 79
131 00
Eben Caldwell
116 36
4 39
2 50
118 25
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Fund
Amount. Jan. 1, 1913.
Income.
Balance Paid Jan. 1, 1914
M. E. Barber
$56 23
$2 24
$1 50
$ 56 97
Sarah E. Durgin
124 41
4 71
1 50
127 62
Joanna Kinsman
117 55
4 43
2 50
119 48
Charles W. Giddings
97 71
3 63
101 34
John Allen Brown
119 59
4 5]
2 00
122 10
Millett and Kimball
224 60
8 46
5 00
228 06
Samuel Blake
118 48
4 47
1 50
121 45
William G. Brown
126 76
4 79
2 00
129 55
Catherine W. Clarke
121 28
4 57
1 50
124 35
Charles Palmer
114 02
4 31
2 00
116 33
Sally Roberts
132 74
5 03
1 50
136 27
Eugene Spinney
120 88
4 55
1 50
123 93
Mary M. Fields
58 91
2 32
1 00
60 23
Luther Lord
117 17
4 33
2 50
119 00
Ezra Lord
121 71
4 17
2 50
123 38
Lucy H. Brown
119 38
4 51
1 50
122 39
Patience C. Bray
109 99
4 11
2 50
111 60
Richard T. Dodge
118 24
4 47
1 50
121 21
Henry F. Russell
119 62
4 51
1 50
122 63
George Haskell
373 97
13 92
2 00
385 89
Theodore C. Howe
117 11
4 43
1 50
120 04
Nathaniel Shatswell
116 85
4 39
2 00
119 24
George H. Gilmore
57 13
2 28
59 41
W. A. and I. M. Stackpole 145 62
5 55
1 50
149 67
Hannah H. Pearson
58 48
2 32
1 50
59 30
Harry K. Dodge
114 33
4 31
1 50
117 14
Henry S. Holmes
105 22
3 95
4 50
104 67
Caroline E. Hodgkins
53 40
2 12
1 50
54 02
Aaron F Brown
56 43
2 24
58 67
J. Farley Kinsman
108 37
4 07
2 00
110 44
Thomas Brown
111 55
4 19
2 00
113 74
W. P. and A. W. Gould
113 29
4 27
1 50
116 06
Lucy C. Coburn
216 11
8 14
224 25
William H. Kinsman
110 53
4 15
2 50
112 18
Caroline E. Bomer
107 03
4 03
2 00
109 06
Elizabeth H. Bailey
54 52
2 13
1 00
55 65
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Amount.
Fund
Jan. 1, 1913.
Income.
Balance Paid Jan. 1, 1914
John Lane
$ 52 81
$2 08
$1 50
$ 53 39
Hannah Parsons
60 89
2 40
2 50
60 79
E. and T. F. Cogswell
107 67
4 03
3 00
108 70
Moses and Ezekiel Peabody 109 23
4 11
1 50
111 84
Charles H. Cutter
111 33
4 19
1 50
114 02
William & Abigail Haskell 53 93
2 12
2 00
54 05
Willis and Stacy
110 79
4 15
1 50
113 44
George E. Lord
110 33
4 15
3 00
111 48
Nora Frasier
53 85
2 12
1 50
54 47
Franklin G. Morris
111 19
4 19
1 50
113 88
Robert Stone
51 60
2 04
2 50
51 14
Emerson Howe
112 52
4 23
116 75
Caroline E. Lord
100 19
3 75
4 50
99 44
Robert Gilmore
212 24
7 98
2 00
218 22
John D. Cilley
110 32
4 15
114 47
James Griffin
105 62
3 98
1 50
108 10
Eunice Caldwell Cowles
105 16
3 98
2 00
107 14
Ward F. Kenney
52 04
2 08
1 00
53 12
Josiah Dudley
101 92
3 79
1 50
104 21
John C. Kimball
313 68
11 52
1 50
323 70
J. F. Caldwell
159 12
6 11
2 00
163 23
Rebecca G. Hayes
50 50
2 00
1 50
51 00
John Galbraith
101 50
3 77
2 50
102 77
Thomas Holland
104 00
3 83
1 50
106 33
John Choate
76 00
3 04
2 00
77 04
Lucy Slade Lord
103 00
3 87
106 87
Walter E. Lord
101 00
3 79
2 00
102 79
John A. Johnson
102 00
3 83
1 50
104 33
Charles H. Noyes
51 00
2 04
1 00
52 04
Edwin H. Damon
51 00
2 01
1 00
52 04
Lemuel Smith
51 00
2 04
1 50
51 54
Samuel J. Goodhue
51 00
2 04
1 00
52 04
Benjamin Newman
101 00
3 79
104 79
Nathaniel Archer
101 00
3 79
1 50
103 29
Abby J. Purinton
100 00
3 75
103 75
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Fund
Amount. Jan. 1, 1913.
Income.
Balance Paid Jan. 1, 1914
Mary J. Patterson
$100 00
$3 00
$103 00
Sarah A. Seward
100 00
3 00
103 00
Frances P. Weeks
50 00
1 00
51 00
George A. Lord
50 00
50
50 50
William Heard
100 00
1 00
101 00
Martha E. Hanson
200 00
2 00
202 00
Charlotte M. Kimball
100 00
100 00
$12697 82
$463 42
$191 25 $12969 99
Income undivided
8 02
$12978 01
INCOME ACCOUNT.
DR.
Balance undivided, Jan. 1913
$17 66
Electric Light Loan
$ 80 00
Water Loan.
300 00
Fire Apparatus Loan
50 00
Ipswich Savings Bank
23 78
$453 78
$471 44
CR.
Cemetery Trust Funds
$463 42
Balance undivided 8 02
$471 44
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
Electric Light Loan
$2000 00
Water Loan.
7500 00
Fire Apparatus Loan.
1000 00
Ipswich Savings Bank
2454 46
Cash and check in office
23 55
$12978 01
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ELIZABETH M. BROWN FUND.
Town of Ipswich, in trust, the income to be used under the di- rection of the Selectmen by the agent of the Society for the Pre- ventiod of Cruelty to Animals.
DR.
To balance, Jan. 1913. $693 1.0
CR.
Amount deposited, Ipswich Savings Bank. $693 10
JOHN C. KIMBALL FUND.
Town of Ipswich, Trustee, under will of John C. Kimball, the income to be used to purchase books for the Ipswich Public Library.
DR.
To balance, Jan. 1, 1913 $535 90
Paid Trustees Public Library. CR.
$ 35 90
Deposited, Ipswich Savings Bank 500 00
$535 90
Owing to the town books closing before the Savings Bank had declared the dividends for 1913 no interest has been added to these funds.
The following amounts are due and will be credited to the funds as soon as received from the Bank:
Brown Fund $27 98
Kimball Fund.
.$21 62
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools
$25550 00
Highways
12555 00
Outside Poor
4500 00
Fire Department.
5415 00
Police Department.
3500 00
Board of Health 3700 00
Payment of Notes.
8450 00
Soldiers' Relief and State Aid.
3500 00
Electric Light Department.
3540 00
Town Farm
3000 00
Selectmen's Department .
1850 00
Gypsy and Brown Tail. Moth
2295 12
Town House.
1900 00
Cemeteries .
1800 00
Audit and Accounting.
1200 00
Treasurer
1200 00
Lights in Squares.
1000 00
Assessors' Department
575 00
Town Clerk.
490 00
Election and Registration
500 00
Outside Poor, 1912
1000 00
Tree Warden
425 00
Prescott and Lafayette Roads
400 00
Commons
350 0C
Memorial Day
235 CO
Law Department
125 00
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Shell Fish
100 00 12000 00
Police Department. additional.
Total
-$106155 12 10800 00
State Tax.
7809 59
Highway (State)
221 00
Auditing
989 15
Less receipts estimated
6000 00
Overlayings.
3464 89
Total
$123,439 75
Amount assessed on 1547 Polls
$3094 00
Assessed Personal Estate $1,471,687.47
Assessed Real Estate. .4,018,354.00
Amount assessed on .
$5,490,041.47
at $22.00 per thousand
$120780 67
$123,874 67
Less tax on non-resident. Bank shares. 432 92
$123,441 75
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS.
Polls, 16.
$ 32 00
Personal Estate
393 22
Real Estate
000 00
1912
$425 22 1913
Valuation of Personal Estate including exemptions,
$1.949,076 00
$1,672,778 00
Valuation of Real Estate
3,930,516 00
4,147,764 00
including exemptions,
Total valuation
$5,879,592 00
$5,820,542 00
County Tax
$125974 86
$119974 86
XIX
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Value of buildings
$2,592,765 00
$2,732,001 00
Value of land ..
1,266,850 00
1.286 353 00
Number of horses
assessed
474
Number of cows
538
Number of sheep.
Number of other neat cattle.
135
Number of swine
100
Number of fowl.
6150
Number of acres of land
18250
Number of persons
2112
Number of persons assessed on property.
1209
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only
903
Number of dwelling houses .. assessed . 1265
The large increase (from $15.00 to $22.00 per thousand) in the rate of taxation for the year 1913 was due to the following causes :
1. The loss of license fees-the net loss being three-fourths of the entire receipts.
2. The decrease of receipts from the State on account of corporation taxes. At present the books show a gain rather than a loss, but a large part of the receipts will have to be paid back.
3. The increase of the State tax.
4. The increase of the County tax.
5. The increase of Town appropriations.
These appropriations might have been reduced by the amt. esti- mated receipts from several departments, as the Finance Commit- tee intended. Such reduction however, is left by law to the discre- tion of the Assessors, and they did not think it best to make those reductions in the first year of the new system. The result is a large cash balance at the end of the financial year, and less need for hir- ing money in anticipation of taxes for the year to come.
6. The increase of "overlayings," which can only be used for abatements under the present law. This amount was made larger than usual, first because a very large number of small taxes had to be cleared off the books, and second because taxes to the amount of over $2000.00 were in litigation.
7. The decrease in total valuation.
Very respectfully submitted,
John W. Nourse,
Assessors
Wm. B. Richards
of
Richard R. Glasier, Ipswich.
.
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
POLICE REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentleman:
As Chief of Police for the Town of Ipswich, I have the honor to present a report of the work of this department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913.
Total number of arrests
209
ARRESTS BY MONTHS.
January 23
February
13
March.
22
April
14
May
21
June
51
July
.9
August
12
September
13
October
11
November
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