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5,223.61
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Cemetery Road Surfacing
Appropriation
856.00
Bituminous Products
409.70
Trucks and Equipment
225.00
Labor
192.30
Sand and Gravel
29.00
856.00
:
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Appropriation
3,798.38
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
214.61
General Loans:
New' High School
1,800.00
Shatswell School
850.00
Emergency Loan
275.00
Burley School
170.00
Memorial Building
100.00
Highway Equipment
60.00
New High School Equipment
18.38
Other Loans:
Tax Title 263.44
3,751.43
Transferred to Revenue
46.95
3,798.38
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Maturing Debt
Appropriation
17,700.00
General Loans:
New High School
6,000.00
Shatswell School
4,000.00
1939 Emergency Loan
3,000.00
Burley School
2,000.00
Memorial Building
2,000.00
New High School Equipment
700.00
17,700.00
RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH
Balance
Appropriation Cash
Jan. 1,'41 and Loans
Receipts
Moderator
100.00
Selectmen
2,812.50
Auditing and Accounting
2,100.00
Treasurer and Collector
6,360.50
27.61
Treasurer and Collector (Special Work)
Assessors
2,538.00
Law
600.00
Town Clerk
1,776.00
Election and Registration
1,319.00
Town Hall
3,382.90
Police
14,145.00
V. H. Grant Pension
728.00
Fire
13,000.00
Moth
5,384.00
Tree Warden
765.00
Weights and Measures
528.00
Forest Warden
300.00
1.00
Clam Commissioner
1,500.00
Bounty on Seals
150.00
Health
5,970.00
Cable Hospital
2,500.00
Essex Sanatorium
3,073.66
Mosquito Control
850.00
Highway
23,000.00
43.60
Highway-Snow Plows
Chapter 90, Topsfield Road 1937
11.84
Chapter 90, Topsfield Road Construction 1941
3,500.00
Chapter 90, Topsfield & Linebrook Roads Maintenance 1941
1,500.00
Chapter 90, Mill Road 1937
216.62
Chapter 90, Mill Road 1938
166.77
Snow Removal
6,500.00
Walters Snow Fighter
14,382.00
Street Lighting
6,400.00
Traffic Rules and Regulations
60.70
Public Welfare
27,600.00
72.44
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
28.40
Aid to Dependent Children-1941
4,500.00
U. S. Grant O. A. A .- Administration
66.34
650.21
U. S. Grant O. A. Assistance
19,547.41
U. S. Grant A. D. C .- Administration
41.15
108.33
U. S. Grant A. D. C .- Aid
297.66
2,137.34
State Aid
480.00
Military Aid
1,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
4,500.00
DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
Credit
Transfer
Cash Payments
Debit Transfer
Transferred To Revenue
Balance Dec. 31, '41
100.00
500.00
3,270.49
42.01
2,075.16
24.84
6,173.82
214.29
1,500.00
591.00
909.00
25.00
2,544.44
18.56
100.00
626.45
73.55
50.00
1,803.07
22.93
1,218.68
100.32
2,904.08
478.82
459.00
14,491.52
112.48
728.00
630.00
13,615.18
14.82
650.00
5,991.77
42.23
758.12
6.88
527.88
.12
150.00
391.20
59.80
1,420.73
79.27
80.00
70.00
5,631.04
338.96
2,500.00
3,073.66
850.00
23,026.43
17.17
350.00
350.00
11.84
10,500.00
13,611.63
388.37
750.00
1,872.62
377.38
99.14
5,427.27
1,171.87
14,382.00
6,400.00
19.25
41.45
18,340.39
4,139.00
5,193.05
23,061.13
967.27
3,554.00
946.00
705.27
11.28
18,715.08
832.33
128.55
20.93
2,111.50
323.50
470.00
10.00
315.00
1,185.00
130.00
2,539.82
850.00
1,110.18
216.62
166.77
RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH
Balance Jan. 1, '41
Appropriation and Loans
Receipts
Soldiers' Graves
175.00
Education
100,610.00
2,022.69
Scholarships
Library
3,200.00
John C. Kimball Fund-Income
12.58
Parks
700.00
Playgrounds
1,091.00
Martha I. Savory Fund
12.75
W. P. A. Projects 1940
4,289.61
30,000.00
1.50
Green Street Dam
100.00
Godditt Drainage
257.75
Phyllis Gauthier Claim
Memorial Day
300.00
Town Clock
75.00
Memorial Building
2,250.00
R. T. Crane, Jr. Picnic Fund- Picnic
Ipswich Beach Title Examination
500.00
Skating Rink
400.00
High School Avenue Surfacing
5,000.00
Town Dump-Care and Maintenance
250.00
Tax Title Possessions
Civilian Defense Committee
Air Raid Warden School
Premium on Loans
Reserve Fund
Electric Light Operations
17,937.61
112,378.60
Electric Light Depreciation
43,540.70
Electric Light Guaranty Deposits, Interest Accrued
1,707.66
110.41
Water Department
5,677.72
26,311.14
Cemetery Department
3,700.00
1,173.61
Cemetery Road Surfacing
856.00
Interest
3,798.38
Maturing Debt
17,700.00
State Tax
18,480.00
County Tax
11,719.39
State Parks and Reservations
19.30
284.09
Veterans' Exemptions
89,674.09
380.851.42
166,334.65
Resurfacing-Topsfield Road and Central Street
1.66
Alice Heard Property-Purchase
4,300.00
1,373.15
Fox Creek Dredging
3,500.00
71.88
W. P. A. Project 1941
250.00
Cash
DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
Credit
Transfer
Cash Payments
Debit Transfer
Transferred To Revenue
Balance Dec. 31, '41
175.00
102,608.48
24.21
250.00
3,199.97
.03
12.58
17.27
50.00
1,140.71
.29
12.75
7.28
27,988.81
2,012.69
225.00
225.00
2.37
302.37
75.00
2,183.60
66.40
4,300.00
1,373.15
1,373.15
500.00
267.22
1,500.00
25.50
1,474.50
50.00
238.31
61.69
51.20
51.20
1,000.00
240.60
759.40
70.00
70.00
20.50
51.38
43,540.70
141,837.73
23,857.50
8,161.68
12,857.50
43,540.70
12,857.50
25,271.97
24,813.95
32,446.88
350.00
5,219.78
3.83
856.00
3,751.43
46.95
17,700.00
18,480.00
11,924.26
204.87*
290.60
12.79
101,046.88
587,276.14
75,524.91
11,766.69
Cr. Bal :
4,282.33
100.00
257.75
.66
I
132.78
5,000.00
3,137.71
362.29
1,818.07
44.79
44.79*
63,588.96 *Deficits : 249.66
682.73
TOWN OF IPSWICH-BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1941 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
In Banks and Office
$ 67,316.14
Cash Discrepancy :
James D. Reilly, Treasurer $ 4,862.59
James D. Reilly, Collector 10,725.26
15,587.85
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy 1933
LA 107.36
Levy 1934
321.41
Levy 1935
381.41
Levy 1936
322.40
Levy 1937
377.20
Levy 1938
1,825.73
Levy 1939
6,458.75
Polls 1940
315.22
Personal 1940
2,310.98
Real Estate 1940
23,213.41
Polls 1941
367.00
Personal 1941
4,768.13
Real Estate 1941
59,867.14
100,636.14
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000.00
Tailings 182.05
Premium on Loans
51.38
DogLicenses - Due County
1.80
Recovery - Old Age Assistance
100.00
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved for Payment of Debt 5,671.18
Sale of Town Property Fund
25.00
Highway Machinery Fund
1,938.31
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
567.50
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance :
Administration $ 11.28
Assistance 832.33
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration 20.93
Assistance 323.50
1,188.04
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits
2,745.49
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits Interest 1,818.07
Overestimate : State Parks and Reservations Tax 12.79
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy 1932 $ 77.87 Levy 1933 198.48
Levy 1934 291.99
Levy 1935
263.27
Levy 1936
485.05
Levy 1937
630.45
Levy
1938
480.72
Levy 1939
404.55
Levy 1940
390.10
Levy 1941
1,669.29
4,891.77
Special Assessments:
Moth 1934
$ 14.70
Moth. 1936 .70
Moth 1937
1.20
Moth 1939
71.35
Moth 1940
177.65
Moth 1941
230.10
495.70
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles
$34,543.15
Tax Possessions 1,577.33
36,120.48
Departmental :
Town Hall
$ 5.00
Town Property
1,029.50
Telephone 97.12
Ambulance
1,016.00
Health
1,663.61
Moth
2,102.15
Highway Sidewalks
229.00
72.00
Temporary Aid
3,223.95
Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Treasurer and Collector - Special Work $ 909.00
Chapter 90, Topsfield Road 1937 11.84
Chapter 90, Topsfield Road 1941 388.37
Chapter 90, Mill
Road 1937
216.62
Chapter 90, Mill
Road 1938 166.77
Chapter 90, Maintenance, Topsfield and Linebrook Roads 377.38
Traffic Signs and Regulations 41.45
Goditt Drainage 257.75
Resurfacing Topsfield Road and Central Street .66
Green Street Dam 100.00
W. P. A. Projects 2,019.97
Skating Rink 267.22
Care and Maintenance of Town Dump 61.69
High School Avenue Surfacing 1,474.50 Civilian Defense Committee 759.40
7,052.62
Electric Light:
Operations $ 8,161.68
Depreciation 12,857.50
21,019.18
Old Age Assistance 1,333.97
Aid to Dependent Children 65.67
470.00
State Aid Military Aid
1,132.50
Cemetery
1,303.50
Water Department: Loans Authorized and $25,000.00 Not Issued Available Surplus 7,065.18
32,065.18
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 1.839.41
Overlays - Reserved for Abatements:
Levy 1936 $ 109.90
Levy 1937 37.7.20
Levy 1938
1,825.73
Levy 1939 4,625.16
Levy 1940
1,312.15
Levy 1941
2,762.23
11,012.37
Revenue - Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise $ 4,891.77
Special Assessment 495.70
Tax Title 36,120.48
Departmental
13,743.97
Electric Light 22,388.32
Water 20,123.60
97,763.84
Surplus Revenue
22,036.80
$307,091.01
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Electric Light
Water $14,784.90
Water Liens Added to
Taxes 1937
169.89
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1938 311.50
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1939 582.73
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1941 853.22
Water Liens
1,543.07
Tax Titles - Water Liens
1,878.29
20,123.60
State Aid to Highways County Aid to Highways
382.85
128.53
Unprovided for cr Overdrawn Accounts : Overlay Deficits :
1934
$ 20.00
1935
6.00
County Tax
204.87
Veterans' Exemptions
44.79
Loan Authorized
275.66 25,000.00
$307,091.01
13,743.97 22,388.32
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$ 181,700.00
Highway Equipment Loan
$ 12,000.00
Shatswell School Loan Burley School Loan
2,000.00
New High School Loan
84,000.00
New High School Equipment Loan
700.00
Tax Title Loan-1939
12,000.00
Tax Title Loan-1940
7,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan-1939
8,000.00
Electric Light Loans
16,000.00
Water Loans
24,000.00
$ 181,700.00
$ 181,700.00
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$ 93,508.00
Martha I. Savory Fund
$ 318.76
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund Richard T. Crane, Jr. Picnic Fund
10,169.84
29,427.22
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John C. Kimball Fund Mrs. William G. Brown Animal Fund
500.00
2,109.40
Marianna T. Jones Fund
763.90
Dow Memorial Boulder Fund 127.15
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
50,091.73
$ 93,508.00
$ 93,508.00
=
16,000.00
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Town Property, 1941
Land
Buildings
High School
$ 10,000.00
$ 265,000.00
Burley School
1,500.00
75,000.00
Shatswell School
1,000.00
65,000.00
Memorial Building
2,000.00
58,000.00
Town Hall
2,500.00
50,000.00
Winthrop School
1,000.00
50,000.00
Manning School
4,000.00
40,000.00
Fire Station
3,500.00
40,000.00
Highway Department
750.00
5,000.00
Payne School
1,500.00
4,000.00
Infirmary
4,000.00
2,000.00
Dennison School
500.00
2,000.00
Wharf Property
3,350.00
1,000.00
Public Grounds
32,500.00
Public Grounds
32,500.00
Great Neck
8,300.00
Woodland-Linebrook
125.00
Woodland-Common Fields
75.00
$ 76,600.00
$ 657,000.00
In addition to the property enumerated above, there is the shore, beach and other valuable property given to the Town by the Commoners, the value of which is not estimated. The value of the Water and Electric Light Departments will be found in the reports of those departments.
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REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
IPSWICH, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941 and the
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH YEAR
of the
'TOWN'S INCORPORATION
WICH
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Report of Town Clerk
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith present to your Board a report of the Town Clerk for the year 1941.
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year 1941 the births numbered 173, an increase of 14 from the previous year:
Males 94
Females 79
Parents residing in:
Ipswich
103 Gloucester 8
Essex
30 Georgetown 1
Rowley
22
Topsfield 2
Hamilton
6 Boxford
1
Fathers born in:
Mothers born in:
Ipswich
46
Ipswich 44
Massachusetts
89
Massachusetts 96
United States
16
United States
13
British Prov.
16
British Prov.
12
Greece
2 Greece
1
Italy
1
Ireland
3
Unknown
3 England
1
Sweden
1
Italy
1
Scotland
1
173
173
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Marriages
Total number received and recorded
113
Grooms born in:
Brides born in:
Ipswich
39
Ipswich 39
Massachusetts
45
Massachusetts 55
United States
13
United States 16
British Prov.
10
British Prov
1
Greece
2
Germany
1
Turkey
1
Greece
1
Armenia
1
Germany
1
Belgium
1
113
113
Deaths
During the year 1941 the deaths numbered 88, a decrease of 17 from the previous year:
Males 50
Females 38
The following persons were, at the time of death, over eighty years of age:
Luther Edwin Burnham (Essex) 91 yrs.
10 mos. 9 days
Frederick W. Bousley
88 yrs.
3 mos. 2 days
Austin L. Lord
82 yrs.
Drusilla A. (Smith) Perkins
90 yrs.
Catherine Burns
80 yrs.
Frederick G. Waters
80 yrs.
Caroline E. Horton
85 yrs. 11 mos.
Joseph William Willcomb
81 yrs.
5 mos. 6 days
Harry B. Bachelder (Florida)
84 yrs.
10 mos.
10 days
Elizabeth B. Russell
100 yrs.
9 mos.
9 days
Isaac E. B. Perkins
88 yrs.
7 mos.
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NOTICE
The attention of parents is called to the law relating to the registering of births. The present requirements are as follows:
Chapter 29, Section 6 of the Revised Laws. Parents with- in forty days after the birth of a child . . . shall cause notice thereof to be given to the Clerk of the town or city in which such child is born ..
Section 8. A parent ... who neglects so to do for ten days after the time limited therefore . .. shall forfeit not more than five dollars for each offense.
The Attention of Physicians and Midwives is Called to Chapter 280, Section 1 Acts of 1912
Section 1. Physicians and midwives, shall, within forty- eight hours after the birth of every child in cases which they were in charge, mail or deliver to the Clerk or Registrar of the city or town, in which the birth occurred, a notice stating the date and place of birth, giving the street number, if any, the number of the ward in a city and the family name. Failure to mail or deliver the said notice shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offense.
I wish to acll attention to the foregoing vital statistics.
It is important that these records shall be correct. If any errors are discovered, the Clerk will deem it a favor to have them reported at once, so that correction may be made.
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Some of the many reasons why births should be recorded: To establish identity.
To prove legitimacy.
To show when the child has the right to enter school.
To show when the child has the right to seek employ- ment under child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as ex- emption therefrom.
To establish age and citizenship in order to vote.
To qualify to hold title to, and to buy or sell real estate.
To establish the right to hold public office.
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To prove age to determine validity of a contract entered into by an alleged minor.
To prove age for Old Age Assistance.
To prove age so as to have the right to take Civil Service Examinations.
To make possible statistical studies of health conditions.
The following licenses were granted through this office:
Amusement
24
Amusement-Strand Theatre
1
Agents Licenses, Class 1 Motor Vehicle 4
Agents Licenses, Class 2 Motor Vehicle 1
Agents Licenses, Class 3 Motor Vehicle Junk 1 Auctioneer 1
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Billiard and Pool
1
Bowling
2
Hawkers and Peddlers
2
Innholders
7
Junk
4
Wines and Malt Beverages
4
Seasonal License-All Alcoholic
2
Seasonal License-Wines and Malt Beverages
2
Retail Bottle Store-Wines and Malt Beverages
3
Retail Bottle Store-All Alcoholic
2
Restaurants-All Alcoholic
2
Hotel Licenses-All Alcoholic
3
Club
6
Druggist
4
Victuallers Licenses
29
Dog Licenses
426
Resident Citizen Fishing
52
Resident Citizen Hunting
182
Resident Citizen Sporting
30
Resident Minor and Female Fishing
5
Resident Citizen Trapping
13
Resident Citizen Trapping-Minor
1
Resident Citizen Sporting-Free
14
Lobster and Crab
5
Duplicate
4
For the benefit of the owners and keepers of dogs, the following extract of the General Laws is hereby submitted:
General Laws, Chapter 140, Sections 136A-175 amended by Chapter 289 of 1932 and Chapter 320 of 1934:
Section 137. Licenses and Tags. The owner or keeper of a dog which is three months old or over, shall annually, on or before March thirty-first, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for one year from April first following,
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if the dog is kept in Boston, in the office of the police com- missioner, or if kept in any other town, in the office of the clerk thereof. The license shall be in a form prescribed by the director upon a blank to be furnished, except in the County of Suffolk, by the county in which the town is located, and shall be subject to the condition expressed therein, that the dog which is the subject of the license shall be controlled and restraind from killing, chasing or harassing livestock or fowls. The owner or keeper of a licensed dog shall cause it to wear around its neck or body a collar or harness of leather or other suitable material to which shall be securely attached a tag in a form prescribed by the director, and upon which shall appear the license number, the name of the town issuing such license, and the year of issue. Such tags shall be furnished in the same manner as the license blanks, and if any such tag shall be lost, the owner or keeper of such dog shall forthwith secure a sub- stitute tag from the Town Clerk, at a cost of ten cents, which shall be retained by the Clerk unless otherwise provided by law. Any person may bring, or cause to be brought, from another state or county any dog licensed under the laws thereof and keep such dog in this Commonwealth for a period not exceed- ing thirty days without licensing it hereunder, and during such period the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to such dog.
Section 138. Licenses. The owner or keeper of a dog may at any time have it licensed until April first following: and a person who after April first becomes the owner or keeper of a dog which becomes three months old after March thirty- first in any year, shall, when it is three months old, cause it to be registered, numbered, described, licensed, collared or har- nessed and tagged as required by section one hundred and thirty-seven.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD S. COGSWELL,
Town Clerk.
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Report of Fire Department
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To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Following is the report of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department:
Total number of alarms 208
Still alarms 145
Bell alarms 63
There were 19 alarms sounded from street boxes and 44 transmitted from the station.
26,850 feet of 21/2 inch and 2,000 feet of 11/2 inch hose were used, as well as 684 feet of ladders.
17,765 gallons of water from the booster tanks and 33 gallons of chemicals from extinguishers were used.
The total mileage covered by the apparatus on fire runs was 584.9 miles.
Engine 1 made
4 runs
Engine 2 made 64 runs
Engine 3 made
165 runs
Ladder truck made
57 runs
The number of building fires was 27, chimney fires 12, grass fires 2, brush fires 70, dump fires 32, oil burners 14, false alarms 3, and there were 40 other calls.
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The property loss by fire amounted to $22,609.50 and the insurance paid was $19,247.53.
The total of 208 alarms was the largest that the depart- ment ever had in any one year.
The largest single loss was at the Marcorelle Block fire on September 30.
Fires at the Town Dump were responsible for the large number of dump fires.
The Town of Rowley sent us help three times during the year and the Town of Hamilton once, for which we sincerely thank them.
During the year we purchased 500 feet of 21/2 inch and 250 feet of 11/2 inch hose. We also had the ramp in front of the apparatus doors cut down to make an easier approach. The fire alarm line along Estes Street to Box 63 had to be replaced. A new magneto for the ladder truck and some new tires for Engine 2 were unexpected expenses.
This year We recommend, on account of the existing emergency, the purchase of 1,000 feet of 21/2 inch and 1,000 feet of 11/2 inch hose so that in case we do have an air raid we will have it to work with. A portable flood light outfit is a necessary piece of equipment and we should have had one be- fore. A portable pump large enough to handle 11/2 inch hose would be valuable in this emergency as well as at other times.
It will be necessary this year to rebuild the fire alarm line from Lord Square along High Street to Box 19 near the over- head bridge and the line from the corner of Liberty and Wash- ington Street to Mt. Pleasant Avenue has caused considerable trouble because of the trees. We would like to eliminate that
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stretch by going up Pleasant Street along Brownville to Mt. Pleasant.
A request for a fire alarm box at Little Neck by the resi- dents there at a town meeting last year was referred to the Board of Engineers by the meeting, and we find that it will cost approximately $2,000. to run that line and install a box there. You all know the large amount of property (assessed value $186,775.) and the unsatisfactory telephone connections that exist there now. If the spending of that amount of money for this purpose will help prevent a disastrous fire there by pro- viding means of transmitting an alarm much quicker than is possible now, it will be worth while. We think it will, and we will recommend that expenditure.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. SMITH SAMUEL W. ATHERLY LIONEL SHEPPARD
Board of Fire Engineers.
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit the following report which covers the activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1941.
In regard to the routine civilian police work, the appended chart will show that, with minor additions, the police were called upon to perform much the same work as in previous years.
Last summer, prior to the opening of our schools, some thought was given to the safety of the school children. Follow- ing a conference with the Superintendent of Schools and a rep- resentative of the Chamber of Commerce, traffic signs cautioning motorists were placed in the vicinity of the schools, and other protective measures were also applied.
The motor vehicle parking problem in the business dis- trict of the town has improved but is not completely remedied. With the coming of a motorized unit of the United States Army into Ipswich, the problem has been further aggravated. We are adopting all possible measures to relieve the congestion in this area, especially at the busier hours. An ideal solution, as recommended by traffic engineers, for the best interests of the community would be to create a parking lot in this vicinity.
In accordance with our policy of maintaining neat police rooms, I recommend that some improvements be made. At present, one of the rooms is being used as an administrative
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office of the Civilian Defense Committee ,and on this account visitors to our quarters are frequent. In addition, numerous townspeople come to us for assistance and advice; therefore, a neat environment is a necessity.
In connection with the present national emergency, the police department finds itself with important additional duties. At the request of the Civilian Defense Committee, we have formed the Ipswich Auxiliary Police. This is a group of twenty-five volunteers who are being trained to assist the regular law enforcement agency in case of need during the wartime emergency. The Town of Ipswich, due to its location, is now considered by military authorities to be in the combat zone; therefore, it is imperative that the police, in line with other civilian defense agencies, be prepared for any eventuality.
In concluding this report, I want to thank the members of the Board of Selectmen for the cooperation that they have given to our department during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK MACHAJ
Chief of Police.
Total number of arrests:
January
25
February
24
March
19
April
20
May
13
June
25
July
33
August
26
September
28
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October
12
November December
12
15
Total arrests
252
Classification of Crime:
Assault
6
Threats and Intimidations
1
Breaking glass
1
Larceny, and attempt
4
Using motor vehicle without authority
2
Town by-laws, violating
11
Default
6
Delinquency
10
Disturbing the peace
5
Driving a motor vehicle to endanger life
4
Driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated Drunkenness
118
Fornication
4
Violation of gaming laws
10
Illegitimate Child Act
1
Fish and game laws, violating
7
Motor vehicle laws, violating
18
Traffic rules, violating
12
Tramps, vagrants
10
Motor Fuel Law, violating
1
Total 252
Disposition of cases:
Appealed
4
Committed to House of Correction
16
Fined
77
Defaulted
8
Discharged
13
21
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Filed 61
Turned over to outside Police Departments Received suspended sentences Probation Released
17 30
14
12
Total 252
Miscellaneous:
Assistance rendered to persons in distress
6
Automobiles reported stolen 6
Automobile accidents investigated by police
49
Automobile licenses suspended
48
Automobile registrations revoked
10
Ambulance calls
126
Buildings reported entered
16
Buildings found opened and secured
78
Complaints investigated by police
1,788
Chldren found and returned to parents
5
Committed to Danvers State Hospital
7
Miles patrolled by cruising car
26,200
Miles covered by ambulance
1,100
Persons struck by automobiles
10
Persons reported missing
15
Stolen automobiles recovered
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