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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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79
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
81
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
,
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
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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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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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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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