Town annual report of Ipswich 1920, Part 3

Author: Ipswich (Mass.:Town)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Lynn News Press / J. F. Kimball
Number of Pages: 282


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155 63


George Kinsman


152 08


7 60


4 00


155 68


Martha Lakeman


73 23


3 66


1 50


75 39


Caldwell


128 56


6 42


2 00


132 98


Pingree


106 32


5 31


2 00


109 63


Young


25 50


1 27


1 00


25 77


73


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT ..


Balance


Name of Fund


Amount Jan. 1920


Income Expense Jan. 1921


Coburn


336 33


16 81


5 00


348 14


Mary Haskell


56 86


2 84


2 00


57 70


Hovey


135 60


6 77


3 00


139 37


Plouff


59 17


2 96


2 00


60 13


Farley


154 71


7 74


2 00


160 45


John B Lamson


73 34


3 66


1 50


75 50


Joseph Spiller


58 59


2 92


2 00


59 51


Locust Grove


42 55


2 12


.


44 67


Mary E Peatfield


121 74


6 09


4 00


123 83


Lucy F Spiller


63 96


3 20


2 00


65 16


Josiah & L H Lord


159 93


8 00


3 00


164 93


Eben Caldwell


121 55


6 07


3 00


124 62


M E Barber


64 02


3 20


67 22


Sarah E Durgin


108 73


5 44


2 00


112 17


Joanna Kinsman


129 59


6 47


3 00


133 06


Charles W Giddings


128 21


6 41


134 62


John Allen Brown


130 77


6 54


3 00


134 31


Millett & Kimball


227 94


11 40


7 00


232 34


Samuel Blake


137 62


6 87


2 00


142 49


William G Brown


149 25


7 46


6 00


150 71


Catherine Clarke


145 14


7 26


5 00


147 40


Charles Palmer


116 46


6 32


3 00


119 78


Sally Roberts


154 26


7 71


2 00


159 97


Eugene Spinney


143 39


7 17


4 00


146 56


Mary M Fields


70 10


3 50


1 00


72 60


Luther Lord


132 29


6 62


2 00


136 91


Ezra Lord


142 58


7 12


8 00


141 70


Lucy H Brown


141 55


7 07


2 00


146 62


Patience H Bray


121 89


6 10


3 00


124 99


74


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Amount


Name of Fund


Jan. 1920


Income


Balance Expense Jan. 1921


Richard T Dodge


140 13


7 00


2 00


145 13


Henry F Russell


111 23


5 56


2 50


114 29


George Haskell


344 92


17 25


362 17


Theodore C Howe


138 48


6 92


2 00


143 40


Nathaniel Shatswell


133 74


6 69


3 00


137 43


George H Gilmore


69 72


3 48


2 00


71 20


W A & I M Stackpole 169 54


8 47


4 00


174 01


Hannah H Pearson


63 52


3 17


1 50


65 19


Harry K Dodge


136 15


6 81


2 00


140 96


Henry S Holmes


113 21


5 66


3 00


115 87


Caroline E Hodgkins


56 85


2 83


2 00


57 68


Aaron F Brown


74 22


3 71


77 93


J Farley Kinsman


126 84


6 33


2 00


131 17


Thomas Brown


117 30


5 86


3 00


120 16


W P & A W Gould


134 80


6 73


2 00


139 53


Lucy C Coburn


283 49


14 17


297 66


William H Kinsman


121 90


6 10


3 00


125 00


Caroline E Bomer


116 25


5 81


3 00


119 06


Elizabeth A Bailey


61 11


3 05


1 50


62 66


John Lane


54 26


2 71


2 00


54 97


Hannah Parsons


65 22


3 26


1 50


66 98


E & T F Cogswell


101 25


5 06


3 00


103 31


Moses & E Peabody


114 71


5 74


2 00


118 45


Charles H Cutler


130 97


6 55


4 00


133 52


W & Abigail Haskell


55 09


2 75


2 00


55 84


Willis & Stacey


127 05


6 35


2 00


131 40


George E Lord


126 72


6 34


2 00


131 06


Nora Fraser


56 76


2 84


1 50


58 10


Franklin G Morris


129 66


6 49


2 00


134 15


75


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Amount


Balance


Name of Fund


Jan. 1920 · Income


Expense Jan. 1921


Robert Stone


52 63


2 63


2 00


53 26


Emerson Howe


118 73


5 94


5 00


119 67


Caroline E Lord


100 00


5 00


3 00


102 00


Robert Gilmore


258 06


12 90


2 00


268 96


John D Cilley


128 15


6 41


2 00


132 56


James Griffin


125 26


6 26


3 00


128 52


Eunice C Cowles


135 56


6 78


142 34


Ward F Kenney


57 92


2 90


1 50


59 32


Josiah Dudley


110 69


5 54


4 00


112 23


John C Kimball


380 39


19 01


6 00


393 40


Jennet F Caldwell


208 84


10 44


219 28


Rebecca G Hayes


54 03


2 70


1 50


55 23


John Galbraith


104 84


5 24


3 50


106 58


Thomas Holland


122 36


6 11


3 00


125 47


John Choate


78 97


3 95


3 00


79 92


Lucy Slade Lord


135 22


6 76


. . . .


141 98


Walter E Lord


116 77


5 84


2 00


120 61


Lemuel Smith


53 04


2 65


1 50


54 19


Samuel J Goodhue


57 08


2 85


1 50


58 43


John A Johnson


119 94


6 00


2 00


123 94


Charles H Noyes


56 50


2 83


1 50


57 83


Edwin H Damon


56 60


2 83


1 50


57 93


Benjamin Newman


119 79


5 99


3 00


122 78


Nathaniel Archer


114 46


5 72


3 50


116 68


Abby J Purington


119 20


5 96


.2 00


123 16


Sarah A Seward


117 73


5 89


2 00


121 62


Frances P Weeks


5,6 98


2 85


1 50


58 33


George A Lord


56 06


2 80


3 00


55 86


William Heard


111 21


5 56


3 00


113 77


76


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Balance


Name of Fund


Amount Jan. 1920


Income Expense Jan. 1921


Martha E Hanson


235 79


11 79


3 00


244 58


Charlotte M Kimball


120 86


6 04


126 90


Mary J Patterson


111 13


5 56


2 00


114 69


William L Rust


52 20


2 61


1 50


53 31


E Maria Stone


82 32


4 11


2 00


84 43


L S & E B Jewett


273 46


13 67


6 00


281 13


John Cook


53 26


2 66


1 50


54 42


Johnathan L Choate


166 22


8 31


3 00


171 53


Sarah E Twombley


106 58


5 32


3 00


108 90


N S & Eben Kimball


104 58


5 22


4 00


105 80


Gen. James Appleton 264 32


13 21


5 00


272 53


Etta L Wentworth


51 70


2 59


2 00


52 29


Baker & Dixon


94 66


4 74


50


98 90


Chas H Baker


79 80


3 99


2 00


81 79


Jeremiah Brockelbank 51 56


2 57


2 50


51 63


William H Russell


51 56


2 57


1 50


52 63


Winthrop Low


51 56


2 57


1 50


52 63


Edward Morrill


51 56


2 57


1 50


52 63


Jerry Spiller


103 12


5 15


4 00


104 27


Abbie M Fellows


52 10


2 60


1 50


53. 20


Nathaniel R Farley


106 24


5 31


3 00


108 55


E & E Farley


52 08


2 60


1 00


53 68


Mrs Chas S Willcomb 106 24


5 31


2 00


109 55


Perkins & Chapman


158 12


7 90


166 02


Clara B Dobson


51 56


2 57


1 50


52 63


Mrs Chas D Weeks


109 86


5 49


2 00


113 35


Mary E Roberts


104 99


5 25


2 00


108 24


Everard H Martin


102 56


5 13


4 00


103 69


John B Brown


109 40


5 47


2 00


112 87


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Balance


Name of Fund


Amount Jan. 1920


Income


Expense Jan. 1921


Harriet A Lamson


51 56


2 57


1 50


52 63


William Kimball


77 24


3 86


3 00


78 10


Olive P Smith


103 08


5 15


2 00


106 23


David F Dow


50 00


2 50


2 00


50 50


Eliza A Foss


53 56


2 67


2 00


54 23


Sylvanus Caldwell


103 12


5 15


108 27


Mary J Staniford


105 64


5 28


3 00


107 92


Frank H Lord


100 08


5 00


3 00


102 08


Mary E Bowen


51 04


2 55


2 00


51 59


Hannah M Peatfield


103 04


5 15


2 00


106 19


H B Brown


77 28


3 86


2 00


79 14


George A Mann


103 04


5 15


2 00


106 19


Alice H Bone


51 02


2 55


1 50


52 07


E K & M Brown


102 00


5 10


2 00


105 10


Pauline T Farley


103 66


5 18


108 84


William Duckworth


152 00


7 60


2 00


157 60


George Spiller


308 00


15 40


3 00


320 40


Foster Russell


102 33


5 11


3 00


104 44


Emma W Tyler


102 00


5 10


2 00


105 10


Emma Baxter


51 00


2 55


1 50


52 05


Wm A Spiller


51 00


2 55


2 00


51 55


Seth Senior


50 83


2 54


1 50


51 87


E M Carpenter


50 50


2 52


1 50


51 52


John C Foss


50 33


2 51


2 00


50 84


Joseph Johnson


50 00


2 50


1 50


51 00


Dexter McIntire


50 00


2 50


2 00


50 50


Mary A Foster


50 00


2 50


2 00


50 50


Maria Mann


75 00


2 58


. . . .


77 58


Warren Boynton


50 00


1 87


. . . .


51 87


78


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


John A Burnhanı


75 00


2 81


77 81


James A Gallagher


100 00


3. 75


103 75


Arthur Buckley


50 00


1 68


51 68


Samuel H Baker


50 00


1 25


51 25


Joseph F Wood


100 00


2 50


102 50


George Brown


50 00


84


50 84


Elizabeth L Smith


100 00


1 25


101 25


Mrs John J Sullivan


100 00


1 25


101 25


Richard R Foster


100 00


1 05


101 05


Hannah S Bond


75 00


81


75 81


Mrs E H Welch


100 00


50


100 50


Wm H Woodworth


100 00


100 00


$20475 19 $989 76 $387 50 $21077 45


Income undivided®


105 88


$21183 33


RECEIPTS


Amount of Fund, January 1920


$19350 85


New Funds during year $1125 00


Income from Investments $834 70


Discount on purchase


of Liberty Bonds 260 28


1094 98


2219 98


$21570 83


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


EXPENDITURES


Paid for care of lots $387 50


387 50


$21183 33


INVESTMENT ACCOUNT


"Town of Ipswich, Electric Light 4s $2000 00


Town of Ipswich, Water 7500 00


City of Fitchburg, School 4s 3000 00


Water Front Improvement Loan 4s


1800 00


Liberty Bonds


5650 00


Ipswich Savings Bank 1233 33


$21183 33


INCOME ACCOUNT


Balance undivided January, 1920


$ 66


Town of Ipswich, Electric Light Loan $80 00


Town of Ipswich, Water


300 00


City of Fitchburg, School Loan


120 00


Water Front Improvement


84 00


Liberty Bonds


202 50


Liberty Bonds-Disc't on new Purchase


260 28


Ipswich Savings Bank


48 20


1094 98


$1095 64


CREDIT


Cemetery Funds $989 76 105 88


Income undivided


$1095 64


80


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Other Trust Funds.


ELIZABETH M BROWN FUND


Town of Ipswich, in trust, the income to be used under the direction of the Selectmen, by the Agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.


Balance, January, 1920 $896 48 36 20


Income


Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, Jan. 1921 $932 68


JOHN C KIMBALL FUND


Town of Ipswich, Trustee, under the will of John C Kimball, income to be used for the purchase of books for the Ipswich Public Library


Balance, January, 1920


Income


$510 00


20 20


$530 20


January 31, 1920, paid to F A Kimball, Treas.


20 20


Deposited in Ipswich Sav. Bank, Jan., 1921


$510 00


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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT ..


Treasurer's Department. Receipts and Expenditures RECEIPTS


Balance December 31, 1919


$14276 05


Taxes 1915


$


16 64


Taxes 1916


29 05


Taxes 1917


415 11


Taxes 1918


4503 78


Taxes 1919


15040 87


Taxes 1920


150711 07


Moth 1917


2 55


Moth 1918


14 58


Moth 1919


241 19


Moth 1920


1425 34


172400 18


Department Bills :


Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid reimbursement


$364 00


F L Burke & Son, board of horses


54 34


Telephone reimbursement


5 07


423 41


Estimated Revenue Receipts : Commonwealth of Mass.,


Income Tax, 1917 $146 25


82


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Income Tax, 1918 175 50


Income Tax, 1919


3930 00


Income Tax, 1920


14475 41


Income Tax, 1920, School Fund


6425 00


Corporation Tax, Public Service, 1919 38 82


Corporation Tax, Public Service, '20 2087 59


Corporation Tax, Foreign


26 83


Corporation Tax, Domestic


131 75


National Bank Tax


10782 94


Soldiers' Exemption


176 53


Licenses :


Liquor


$ 31 00


.Tunk


140 00


Amusement


146 00


All other


235 00


552 00


Third District Court, Criminal Fines


1267 98


County of Essex, Dog Licenses


345 19


Collector's Dept., Costs, etc.


113 50


Other General Government receipts Town Hall Receipts :


105 52


County of Essex, rent of Court


Rooms, 2 years $650 00


Rent of Town Hall 156 50


806 50


Police Dept. Receipts :


Ipswich Mills, services $1080 00


Private parties, services 6 00


Telephone reimbursement


13 93


1099 93


Fire Dept. receipts


120 88


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83


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Weights & Measures receipts, 1919 89 94 Health Dept. receipts :


Comm. of Mass., Tuberculosis subsidy $42 14


Telephone reimbursement 1 00


Sale of hospital supplies 776 70


819 84


Highway Dept. receipts :


Sale of horses $400 00


Sale of junk 9 05 1


Sale of tarvia, etc. 56 67


Use of horses, Fire Dept.


175 00


Public Works Dept., refund 18 00


Reimbursem't from individuals 10 00


668 72


Town Farm receipts :


Sale of milk and produce 1791 10


Poor Dept. receipts : Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid reimbursement $ 70 00


Reimbursement from indi- viduals 126 41


196 41


School Dept. receipts :


Town of Rowley,


Tuition, 1919


$1300 00


Tuition, 1920


2230 00


Comm. of Mass., tuition


51 50


Comm. of Mass., Edu- cational Trust Fund 20 25


Telephone reimbursements


30 38


3632 13


84


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Sale of State Guard Equipment


280 75


Fees from Town Scales 33 65


Sale of cemetery lots and graves


1044 00


Interest on taxes


1206 00


Interest on deposits


910 73


All other revenue receipts


371 40


53852 79


Comm. of Mass., State Aid


1882 67


County of Essex, Essex Road reimbursement


1155 88


Comm. of Mass., Essex Road reimbursement


1155 88


Electric Light Dept., light, power, etc.


35143 62


Water Dept., water rates and supplies


19975 20


Temporary Loans


120000 00


Motor Pump Engine Loan


9500 00


Perpetual Care, New Funds


1125 00


Trust Fund Income


1191 10


Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of lots


387 50


Insurance from Town Hall fire


2914 79


Moth Dept. reimbursement


1042 47


Kimball Fund 20 20


$436446 74


85


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


EXPENDITURES


Accountant's Warrants :


Department Orders


$185498 60


Electric Light Dept. payments


42693 91


Electric Light Dept. notes


4050 00


Electric Light Dept. interest


2442 00


Water Dept. payments


13835 59


Water Dept. notes


2150 00


Water Dept. interest


7831 00


Temporary Loans


115000 00


Interest cn Temporary Loans


3989 84


General Loans.


8000 00


Interest on General Loans


1778 25


County Tax


10828 36


State Tax


18340 00


Special State Tax


864 60


State Highway Tax


3159 49


National Bank Tax


712 49


Eastern Mass Railway Tax


97 40


Municipal Lighting Plant Tax


22 29


Civilian War Poll Tax


4608 00


Wm J Riley, Treasurer Trust Funds


1125 00


Trust Fund Income


1191 10


Comm. of Mass., Liquor license fees


7 50


Tax Refunds


13 74


$428239 16


Balance, December 31, 1920,


8207 58


$436446 74


86


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


BALANCE SHEET.


DR.


Cash on hand, December 31, 1920


$8207 58


Wm J Riley, Collector Tax 1917


$310 39


1918


660 38


“ 1919


2434 94


1920


22010 53


Moth 1915


21 85


1916


127 47


1917


47 69


.


1918


48 03


66


1919


17 43


1920


184 98


Electric Light


4676 37


Water


4539 90


Dept. Bills


863 44


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


1506 00


Overlay, 1914


708 76


Overlay, 1918


20 51


Electric Light Dept.


1952 16


Water Dept.


112 10


$40242 93


Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept. $132762 40


Net Bonded Debt


163287 60


Trust Funds


$296050 00 $22626 01


$367126 52


87


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


BALANCE SHEET.


CR.


Overlay, 1915


$ 16 64


Overlay, 1917


171 23


Overlay, 1919


1697 50


Overlay, 1920


1991 20


Insurance, Fire Loss


05


Temporary Loans


30000 00


Electric Light Revenue


4676 37


Water Revenue


4539 90


Blaisdell Avenue


77 25


Topsfield Road


1382 79


Town Farm


325 00


Education


1 51


Payne School Repairs


1000 00


Cogswell School Repairs


1000 00


Town Hall Repairs


22 28


Welcome Home Celebration


173 30


Soldiers' Memorial Committee


1000 00


$48075 02


Refunding Loan


$4900 00


Central Fire Station Loan


7000 00


Electric Light Loan


55900 00


Water Loan


193750 00


Winthrop School Loan


15000 00


Heating Plant Loan


5500 00


Water Front Improvement Loan


1800 00


State Guard Equipment Loan


2700 00


Motor Pump Engine Loan


9500 00


$296050 00


88


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


Cemetery Trust Funds


$21183 33


Kimball Library Fund


510 00


Brown Animal Fund


932 68


$ 22626 01


Excess and Deficiency


$ 375 49


$367126 52


AUDITOR'S STATEMENT


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and the balance in the hands of the Treasurer to agree with the report submitted. I have approved vouchers for all bills paid and find them to agree with the Treasurer's warrants.


FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.


NOTES MATURING 1921


Central Fire Station Loan


$1000 00


Refunding Loan


700 00


Winthrop School Loan


1000 00


Heating Plant Loan


500 00


Water Front Improvement Loan


300 00


State Guard Equipment Loan


900 00


Motor Pump Engine Loan


2000 00


Electric Light Loan


4050 00


Water Loan


2150 00


$12600 00


89


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


INTEREST ON DEBT 1921


Central Fire Station Loan


$305 00


Refunding Loan


196 00


Winthrop School Loan


600 00


Heating Plant Loan


220 00


Water Front Improvement Loan


72 00


State Guard Equipment Loan


112 50


Motor Pump Engine Loan


475 00


Electric Light Loan


2275 00


Water Loan


7745 00


Temporary Loans (estimated)


4000 00


$16000 50


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Year


Uncollected Dec. 31, 1919


Collected 1920


Abated


Uncollected Dec. 31, '20


1913


$


97 33


$ 97 33


1914


863 36


863 36


1915


16 64


$ 16 64


1916


29 05


29 05


1917


836 34


415 11


110 84


$ 310 39


1918


5587 21


4503 78


423 05


660 38


1919


17676 37


15040 87


200 56


2434 94


*1920


173806 58


150711 07


1084 98


22010 53


$170716 52


$2780 12


$25416 24


* Amount committed.


Amount of uncollected taxes, Dec. 31, 1919, $25106 30


90


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


BONDED DEBT.


Name of Loan


Amount


Payable


Central Fire Station


$ 7000 00


Serially 1921-1927


Refunding


4900 00


1921-1927


Winthrop School


15000 00


1921-1935


Heating Plant


5500 00


1921-1931


Water Front Improvement


1800 00


1921-1926


State Guard Equipment


2700 00


1921-1923


Motor Pump Engine


9500 00


1921-1925


Electric Light


55900 00


1921-1938


Water Notes


33750 00


1921-1936


Water Bonds


130000 00


1924


Water Bonds


30000 00


1927


Total Bonded Debt


$296050 00 *


Sink'g Fund, Water Dept. 132762 40


Net Bonded Debt


$163287 60


TEMPORARY LOANS


F S Moseley & Co


$15000 00


April


8, 1921


F S Moseley & Co 15000 00


June


8, 1921


M


91


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


LIST OF UNPAID 1920 BILLS


SELECTMEN


John F Wippich, care of town clock $26 00


Geo A Schofield & Son, adv 4 00


H C Poor, killing dogs 2 00


Eben B Moulton, perambulating town lines 20 00 John A Brown, perambulating town lines 20 00


Eben B Moulton, use of auto 5 00


John A Brown, use of auto 5 00


Geo A Schofield, secretary, Finance


Committee, 1919-1920 100 00


$182 00


LAW DEPARTMENT


Frank E Raymond, services


$14 00


Horace I Bartlet, services 208 43


222 43


TOWN CLERK


John G Corcoran, M D, birth returns $2 00


Grace G Bamford, services 10 00


12 00


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION


Chas W Bamford, 1920 salary $75 00


Lyman H Daniels, balance 1920 salary 37 50


Chas H Glasier, balance 1920 salary 25 00


Geo A Schofield & Son, prntg voting lists 104 00


Manzer & Damon, new voting booths 63 89


Edward E Wells, meals 10 00


315 39


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92


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


TOWN HALL


Damon & Damon, insurance


$15 60


G A Barker, insurance


30 48


R R Glasier, laundry


80


Ipswich Gaslight Co, gas


18 34


A I Savory, supplies


9 60


George Hayes, plumbing


22 83


Geo B Robbins Co, disinfectant


8 75


Elec Light Dept, light


70 85


John A Brown, wood


21 00


J J Merrill, supplies


4 45


F E Wood, trucking


9 00


A H Peatfield, fuel


170 00


381 70


POLICE


Edward Leavitt, balance salary


$35 00


V H Grant, balance salary


35 00


C C Boylan, balance salary


70 00


John W Goodhue, supplies


3 32


E E Currier, supplies


2 05


D A Grady, auto hire


5 00


Samuel D Dodge, auto hire


4 50,


C F Chapman & Son, supplies


60


Jacob Smith, car fare and expense


5 86


161 33


HEALTH


Geo W Smith, balance salary $27 08


Aaron Lord, balance salary 100 00


127 08


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93


IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.


HIGHWAYS


Eastman & Bradford, survey


$50 00


Standard Oil Co of N Y, gas


70 34


Wm G Horton, grain


28 63


John W Goodhue, supplies


1 63


150 60


POOR DEPT.


Lathrop Bros, fuel


$18 35


Chas L Lovell, fuel


62 15


Chester A Bolles, rent


7 00


John A Woleiko, groceries


10 03


Geo E MacArthur, M D, med att


50 00


Dept. Public Welfare, board and care $52 57


Edward F Brown & Co, supplies


65 25


265 35


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


Tilton Bros, wood


$10 00


Geo G Bailey, M D, services


88 00


98 00


EDUCATION


D A Grady, transportation $193 50


County of Essex, support of truants


9 71


L E Knott Co. supplies


2 85


A I Savory, supplies


2 13


F E Wood, trucking & freight


2 20


G A Barker, insurance


335 00


N J Bolles, supplies


3 44


Damon & Damon, insurance


30 82


.


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Peoples Ex, Inc, express


63


John W Goodhue, supplies 1 85


Geo A Schofield & Son, adv 1 75


John F Wippich, clock repairs


2 50


R L Purinton, plumbing 1 83


City of Beverly, School Dept, tuition


$12 80


Ipswich Gas Light Co, gas 41 53


William H Rand, repairs


283 17


Estate Wm A Mitchell, cleaning vaults 45 00


Mrs William H Rand, rent of land


25 00


995 71


Total unpaid bills


$2.911 59


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LIST OF TOWN PROPERTY


School Houses


$120000 00


Public Buildings


40000 00


Public Grounds


10000 00


Town Farm


30000 00


Cemeteries


5000 00


Heard Wharf


100 00


Averoff Wharf


3250 00


Turkey Shore Pasture


1000 00


Woodland, Linebrouk


200 00


Woodland, Common Fields


75 04


Thatch Bank, Great Flats


Thatch Bank, Third Creek


Tiro Gravel Pits, Washington Street


1500 00


Fire Apparatus


21500 00


Highway Department


8883 00


In addition to the property enumerated above, there is the shore, beach and other property given to the Town by the Commoners, value of which is not estimated. The valu- ation of Water Works and Electric Lighting Plant will be found in the Water and Light Report.


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· ASSESSORS' REPORT


APPROPRIATIONS


Selectmen


$2355 00


Auditing and Accounting


1850 00


Treasurer and Collector


3650 00


Assessors


1121 00


Law Department


1


300 00


Town Clerk


1393 00


Town Hall


2315 00


Election and Registration


600 00


State Aid


.


2000 00


Soldiers' Relief


1500 00


Police


6500 00


Fire


7500 00


Forest Warden


100 00


Tree Warden


475 00


Parks


445 00


Weights and Measures


350 00


Health Department


3800 00


Highways and Snow


36250 00


Cemeteries


2000 00


Out Poor


6000 00


Town Farm


4100 00


Note Payments


10150 00


Interest


4790 00


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Education


62000 00


Electric Light


10707 00


Water


2237 50


Unpaid bills


3062 50


Moth Department


2381 98


Committee Soldiers' Memorial


1000 00


Playground


500 00


Band Concerts


200 00


Memorial Day


250 00


Services Highway Expert


150 00


Topsfield Road


1500 00


Shell Fish


200 00


Total Appropriations


$183732 98


State Tax


18340 00


State Highway Tax


3159 49


Special State Tax


864 60


Municipal Lighting Plants


22 29


Proportion of Serial Bond


97 40


County Tax


10828 36


Excess of abatements above overlay in 1915


404 45


Poll Taxes due the Commonwealth


4629 00


Overlay for 1920


3076 18


Total amount to be raised


$225154 75


Estimated income


52273 03


$172881 72


Non-resident Bank Tax


673 03


$173554 75


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Amount assessed on 1543 Polls


7715 00


Amount assessed on Property


165839 75


Amount of Personal Property Assessed


1346331 00


Amount of Real Estate Assessed


4706195 00


Number of horses


329


Number of cows


485


Number of sheep


53


Number of other neat cattle


162


Number of swine


193


Number of fowl


3678


Number of acres of land


17645


Number of persons assessed


2281


Number of persons assessed on property


1286


Number of persons assessed on Poll only


995


Number of dwelling houses


1302


Rate of taxation $27.40 on $1000.


Later assessments were as follows:


On Personal Property $775 00


On Real Estate


$3,900 00


JOHN W. NOURSE,


RICHARD R. GLASIER, GEORGE FALL,


Assessors.


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99


Report of the Overseers of the Poor.


OUT POOR DEPARTMENT


The method of handling the usual permanent and tem- porary cases in this department has been fully explained in former reports. Therefore, it is necessary only to say that, during the past year, there has been no particular devia- tion from the established rule. All cases have been inves- tigated as completely as possible, aid extended or withheld as need and desert might or might not appear, and the same when extended withdrawn as early as possible after the need had disappeared.


Before aid has been granted the Overseers of the Poor have endeavored to satisfy themselves in each instance as to whether the need could be met in some other way than from the town treasury. It is not well to pauperize the ap- plicant if it can be avoided. If he is able but unwilling to help himself, he must be persuaded or compelled so to do. If unable to help himself and the distress is but temporary, perhaps relatives, or friends, or the Associated Charities, or the Red Cross, or some of the Churches or Fraternal Orders can help him and thus make drafts upon the public funds unnecessary. All these agencies have been summoned to the aid of the Out Poor Department during the past year and the response has been very gratifying. Much closer co-op- eration has been effected between these agencies and the Poor Department, so that imposition in the duplication of supplies has been reduced to a negligible quantity.


The unusual problems with which the Overseers have


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been compelled to deal-problems arising from business de- pression resulting in general unemployment-have been nu- merous, sometimes pathetic, and in other instances vexatious to say the least.


Let it be understood that when a person applies for aid and declares himself to be in dire need, the responsibility of proving otherwise falls squarely upon the shoulders of the Overseers. Their first duty is to make investigation of home-conditions by examining the cupboard, the coal-bin, the sleeping quarters, the wardrobe, and by taking a gen- eral survey of the premises. If need be apparent, perhaps the shopkeeper will extend credit or others may come to his assistance to prevent pauperization. If these sources fail, the bank is visited to ascertain as to whether there is any deposit to the credit of the applicant. In several cases we have found such deposit and have refused to aid. In other cases we have learned of money secreted in the applicant's home or snugly tucked away in a foreign bank where it has a largely enhanced value. A widow who plead poverty was found to have bought corporation stock at a recent date; not much, to be sure, but enough to show that she was not in need of assistance from this department. Another applicant was found to have a seventeen-hundred-dollar equity in real estate. Still another invested part of his first allowance in liquid moonshine, while his children cried for bread. Answers to questions regarding conditions have at times been anything but frank and ingenuous. Incorrect statements have occasionally been made when the absolute truth would have helped the applicant's case immeasurably.


The foregoing is the vexatious side of the question, but there is the pathetic side which has appealed to the sympa- thies in powerful manner.


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How many American men, after the decease of their wives, would perform daily work in the mill, and then in the evening and on Saturday afternoons and Sundays de- vote their time to the care of four children whose ages might range from four to eleven years, one child being a cripple and needing more than the usual attention? Yet, a man of foreign birth was found to have done this very thing, unaided, for more than eighteen months, not appealing for assistance during the first six weeks of his enforced idle- ness. He received help because he richly deserved it. An- other man, whose wife had gone away one evening and had neglected to return, was found to have taken care of two children, keeping them fed, clothed, and in school, for up- wards of two years. This fact was disclosed when he was taken with typhoid and sent to the hospital by the Board of Health, the care of the children devolving upon the Overseers. While instances such as these are more or less common with mothers, they are so exceedingly rare with fathers as to excite comment.




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