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The total K.W.H. purchased
2,246,516
Increased amount purchased 274,166
Average price paid per K.W.H. purchased
.019
Cost per K.W.H. made and purchased at switchboard . 020
Total cost per K.W.H. made and purchased as defined by state .0417
Total K.W.H. sold
1,918,488
Average price received per K.W.H.
Lighting
.081
Power
.0348
Street Lights
.0367
Cost per capita for street lights
.94
As you will observe, the combined manufacturing profits of Gas & Electric Plant were $35,558.08, less note and in- terest of $8,036.67, leaves a net profit of $27,521.41, on a · plant investment of $427,625.47.
As our plants are self sustaining and we have been able to lower the electric rates with an estimated saving to the consumers of $22,000, and expect to show a profit, we feel that we have made a commendable showing and it is gratify- ing to be able to submit this report.
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GAS AND ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Which include sales (January bills)
Gas
$7,643.56
Lighting
17,843.09
Power
1,913.68
Jobbing
1,099.78
$28,500.11
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TOTAL SALES
1929
1930
Gas
$43,994.85
$46,958.46
Lighting
104,053.76
108,403.36
Power
15,226.99
18,223 .48
Jobbing
2,795.83
1,879.55
$166,071.43 $175,464.85
Increase in Sales, 1930 over 1929
$2,963.61
Light and Power
7,346.09
Gas, Light and Power combined
10,309.70
CONSUMERS
Jan. 1, 1931
Gas
58
Electric
1596
Gas and Electric
1104
2758
Gas
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METERS INSTALLED
Jan. 1, 1931
Gas Electric
1430
3397
4827
STREET LIGHTS 1930
Total No. Total No.
Av. No. Av. No.
nights hours nights hours
run
run
per mo. per night
All night service
365
4,052 h. 4 m. 30 11 h. 59 m.
2.00 A. M. service
365
2,897 h. 51 m.
30 7 h. 56 m.
12:00 midnight serv.
365 2,167 h.
30
5 h. 56 m.
So. Middleboro, Rock &
No. Midd. service
365
2,384 h. 30
6 h. 32 m.
K.W.H. made K.W.H. purchased
93,500
2,246,516
Total
2,340,016
Total K.W.H. used for street lights
220,023
1930
Operatoing Expenses-Gas PRODUCTION
Operation :
Wages at Gas Plant
$1,897.50
Boiler Fuel
125.22
Water and Wood
49.97
Generator Fuel
1.00
Water Gas Oil & Enrichers
1.00
$2,074.69
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Maintenance:
Maintenance of Works & Station
Structures
$41.09
Maintenance Water Gas Sets 17.50
Maintenance Power Plant Equipment 1.65
Maintenance Other Equipment at Works
25.94
Station Tools & Appliances
29,091.30
Gas Purchased
$29,190.48
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Operation:
Removing and Resetting Meters
$163.78
Maintenance:
Maintenance of Street Mains $64.00
Maintenance of Services 679.67
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters 685.61
Maintenance of Tools and Appliances 60.89
$1,490.17
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
$999.83
Salary of Manager
Salaries of General Office Clerks,
Meter Readers and Collectors 2,353.11
General Office Supplies and Expenses
608.08
Insurance
452.43
Depreciaton 4,076.32
$8,778.93
Total Expenses Balance to Profit and Loss (Profit)
3,388.80
$45,086.85
Total Debits
289.16
Transportation Expense
$41,698.05
13.00
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INCOME-GAS
From sale of Gas
$46,958.46
Less Discounts, Rebates, etc. . 1,871.61
Total Credits $45,086.85
OPERATING EXPENSES
Hydro-Electric Generation
Operation:
Electric Labor
$4,830.98
Lubricants
24.99
Station Supplies and Expense
49.21
$4,905.18
Maintenance:
Maintenance of Dams and Intakes
$33.26
Maintenance of Electric Generating Equipment 14.38
Maintenance of Accessory Electric Equipment
235.74
Maintenance of Station Structures
279.74
Maintenance of Flumes and Canals
1.25
Maintenance of Penstocks and Tailraces .60
Maintenance of Water Turbines
51.00
Electric Energy Purchased
42,971.19 $43,587.16
Transmission, Distribution and Storage
Operation :
Transmission & Distribution Supplies & Expenses $4,265.20
Inspecting & Testing Meters 216.11
Removing & Resetting Meters
204.87
$4,686.18
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Maintenance:
Maintenance of Transmission &
Distribution Lines $9,679.64
Maintenance of Transformers 193.58
Maintenance of Consumers' Meters 91.16
$9,964.38
Utilization
Operation:
Municipal Street Lamps-
Supplies and Expense
$2,039.04
General and Miscellaneous
Salary of Manager $2,000.17
Salaries of General Office Clerks,
Meter Readers and Collectors
4,697.86
General Office Supplies and Expense
1,217.44
Insurance 682.78
2,532.81
Transportation Expense
13,186.83
Miscellaneous General Expense
$24,324.52
Total Expenses
$89,506.46
Balance to Profit and Loss
(Profit)
32,169.28
Total Debits
$121,675.74
INCOME-ELECTRIC
From Lighting
$108,403.36 18,223.48
From Power
$126,626.84
Less Discounts and Rebates etc.
4,951.10
Total Credits
$121,675.74
Depreciation
6.63
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BALANCE SHEET
Assets
Investments-Gas
Land, Gas
$1,200.00
Structures 2,501.55
Boiler Plant Equipment
1,137.77
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment 464.27
Water Gas Sets 3,151.89
Purification Apparatus
308.02
Other Equipment at Works
7,738.77
Street Mains
85,669.98
High Pressure Gas Lines
13,524.58
Gas Services 20,847.24
High Pressure Services 24.22
Consumers' Meters
9,965.36
Consumers' Meter Installations
1,475.70
Office Equipment
458.74
Laboratory Equipment
350.00
Investments-Electric
Land, Electric
$6,000.00
Right of Way
2,529.00
Right of Way, Brockton High Tension
3,813.70
Structures .
3,068.70
Reservoirs, Dams, Canals &
Waterways 7,485.48
Water Turbines & Water Wheels
2,221.67
Electric Plant, Hydro
3,182.72
Miscellaneous Power Plant
Equipment, Hydro 1,474.91
Transformer Station & Substation
Equipment 3,077.13
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Poles, Fixtures and Overhead
Conductors
103,113.83
Consumers' Meters
26,963.82
Consumers' Meter Installations
24,126.09
Line Transformers
6.79
Transformer Installations
9,194.76
Street Lighting Equipment
890.92
Office Equipment
36,871.47
Underground Conductors
13,017.92
Brockton High Tension Lines
25,947.08
Current Assets
Cash on hand
28,500.11
Inventory
Reserve Funds :
$703.79
Depreciation Fund
792.26
Construction Fund
1,234.27
Liabilities
$139,200.00
Loan Repayments
45,992.39
Appropriations for Construction
23,000.00
Notes Payable
1,234.27
Consumers' Deposits
306.67
Interest Accrued
268,189.03
Profit and Loss Balance
$477,922.36 $477,922.36
PLANT INVESTMENT (Book Value)
Gas Electric
$148,818.09 278,807.38
$427,625.47
Underground Conduits
$9,272.06
Accounts Receivable
9,794.40
Special Deposits Fund
5,821.39
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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
By balance at beginning of year $240,461.51
By balance of Gas Operating Expense Account 3,388.80
By balance of Electric Operating Expense Account 32,169.28
By balance of Jobbing Account
206.11
To interest paid and accrued on notes 1,036.67
To notes paid
7,000.00
To balance Account
268,189.03
$276,225.70 $276,225.70
CONSTRUCTION DRAFTS 1930
Gas
Expended for :
Street Mains
$14,519.29
Services
2,946.29
Consumers' Meters
398.13
Consumers' Meter Installations
70.82
Office Equipment
13.00
$17,947.53
Electric
Expended for :
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors
$25,302.23
Consumers' Meters
1,531.77
Consumers' Meter Installations
286.03
Line Transformers
2,879.51
Right of Way
185.00
Street Lighting Equipment
415.90
Underground Conductors
10.27
Electric Plant, Hydro
73.43
Miscellaneous Power Plant, Hydro, · Equipment, 29.99
Office Equipment
26.00
$30,740.13
$48,687.66
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS NOTES ACCOUNT
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operating Fund 7,000.00 Dec. 31 Payments $7,000.00 INTEREST ACCOUNT
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operating Fund $1,120.00 Dec. 31 Payments DEPRECIATION FUND
$1,120.00
Jan. 1 Balance in Town Treasury $4,440.64 Dec. 31 Transferred to
Construction Fund 21,000.00
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operating Fund 17,263.15
Dec. 31 Balance in Town Treasury 703.79
$21,703.79 CONSTRUCTION FUND
Jan. 1 Balance in Town Treasury
$1,479.92
Dec. 31 Payments
$48,687.66
Dec. 31 Transferred from Operating Fund 27,000.00
Dec. 31 Transferred from
Dec. 31 Balance in
Town Treasury 792.26
$49,479.92
$49,479.92 OPERATING FUND
Jan. Balance in Town Treasury $8,507.05
Dec. 31 Collections
167,797.50
Interest Account 1,120.00
Dec. 31 Transferred to Depreciation Fund 17,263.15
Dec. 31 Transferred to
Construction Fund 27,000.00
Dec. 31 Payments
114,649.34
Dec. 31 Balance in
Town Treasury 9,272.06
$176,304.55 DEPOSITS FUND
$176,304.55
Jan.
1 Balance in
Dec. 31 Payments
$936.00
Town Treasury $1,387.27
Dec. 31 Balance in
Dec. 31 Collections 783.00
Town Treasury 1,234.27
$2,170.27
$2,170.27
SUMMARY
$792.26
Balance in Construction Fund
703.79
Balance in Depreciation Fund Balance in Operating Fund
9,272.06
Balance in Deposit Fund
1,234.27
Total Collections Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1930
168,580.50
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. PHILBROOK
Manager.
$21,703.79
Depreciation Fund 21,000.00
Dec. 31 Transferred to Notes Account $7,000.00
Dec. 31 Transferred to
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TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Water Loan 4 %
11 Notes Due Middleborough Savings Bank $1000.00 each due Jan. 1st 1931 to Jan. 1st 1940 Warrentown Water Extension
Due Merchants National Bank Rate 412 %
2400.00 due June 1st 1931
2000.00 due June 1st 1932
1000.00 due June 1st 1933
1000.00 due June 1st 1934
High School Loan.
4%
12 notes due the Merchants National Bank
10,000.00 each April 1st
New Fire Engine 4 %
Due Merchants National Bank
2000.00 each due April 9th 1931 and 1932
Nemasket Bridge.
4 %
3000.00 each due October 1st 1931 and 1932
Electric Light Loan 4 % 23 Notes due Merchants National Bank
4000.00 Payable March 1st 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935
Water Loan
4 %
15 notes due the Middleborough Savings Bank
June 1st 1931 to 1945 1000.00 each
Temporary Loans. Rate 2.30 % Due Merchants National Bank 10,000.00 due March 29th 1931 10,000.00 due April 15th 1931 10,000.00 due June 15th 1931
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10,000.00 due June 30th 1931 10,000.00 due July 15th 1931
Temporary Loan Rate 3.48 % Due Merchants National Bank
10,000.00 due October 19th 1931 10,000.00 due October 31th 1931 10,000.00 due November 9th 1931 10,000.00 due November 23rd 1931
10,000.00 due November 30th 1931
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF THOMAS S. PEIRCE
To the Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.
Gentlemen :---
We submit herewith the annual report of the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce for the year ending December 31, 1930, and in doing so record the resignation on February 1, 1930 of Chester E. Weston who was the Executor of the will and who has been Chairman of the Trustees since the creation of the Trust in 1901.
The statements give a recapitulation of the assets of the two Funds, together with amount of income received, ex- penses incurred and distribution of monies paid for the Use and Benefit of the Town of Middleborough, Mass.
Fund held in trust for the use and benefit of the town of Middleborough.
ASSETS
Stocks-book value-
$287,961.86
Bonds & Premiums on same
10,729.04
Mortgages and Notes
193,217.96
Real Estate carried as personal
47,303.74
Post Office Fixtures
720.00
Cabinet at Library
240.00
Office Equipment
857.50
Savings Bank-Worcester
1,000.00
Cash on hand
602.15
Real Estate
42,712.87
Profit & Loss account
6,874.80
$592,219.92
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LIABILITIES
Trust Fund received from Executor
$472,506.03
Passing direct under will
119,713.89
$592,219.92
INCOME
Rent account
$7,955.67
Dividends
9,699.25
Interest
12,179.72
Sundries
22.63
$29,857.27
EXPENSES
Salaries, Trustees & Clerk
$2,172.06
Insurance
820.87
Repairs, labor & material
1,478.88
Janitor G. W. Bump
1,200.00
S. C. Smith
510.00
1,710.00
Fuel
632.96
Light
444.20
Water
303.06
Sundries
216.35 7,778.38
Net income for 1930 1
$22,078.89
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1930
4,247.11
$26,326.00
PAID FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF THE TOWN
BRIDGE LOAN
Paid Town note No. 114
$3,000.00
Interest
340.00
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FIRE STATION
Paid Town note No. 98
5,000.00
Interest on above
200.00
Insurance
213.44
Reimbursement on account of
$15,000 appropriation by Town,
as per construction agreement,
5,000.00
MIDDLEBORO HOME
Balance acct. heating system 702.33
Electric Washer
192.50
Oil burner & installation
640.00
SOUTH MAIN STREET SEWER
Brick, pipe & material
572.65
Labor
2,785.80
Typewriters, High School 390.75
Land Damage, East & West Grove St. 422.00
Account of Welfare Department
300.00 $19,759.47
Balance on hand, January 1, 1931
$6,566.53
FUND HELD IN TRUST FOR MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASSETS
Bonds & premiums on same
.
$37,655.27
Collateral Note 5,000.00
Savings Bank, Deposits
7,576.41
$50,231.68
LIABILITIES
Devised under the will
$50,000.00
Profit & loss account
231.68
$50,231.68
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Total income for 1930 Interest on Bonds, Notes, and Bank deposits $2,055.01
Paid to Treasurer of Middleborough Public Library
$2,055.01
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR D. BENSON FREDERICK S. WESTON
Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Middleboro, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Public Welfare reports a year of unusual demands and also of unusual achievements. Public de- pendency always indicates a definite lack of something.
A lack of a breadwinner.
A lack of health.
A lack of a job and sometimes.
A lack of ambition.
The lack of a job has been more prominent this year than at any time in the history of the town. Many people, who in ordinary years, would never think of our board, have been obliged to ask us to shoulder their burdens. In as- suming these new families, we have tried to stress the importance of milk for growing children together with the right of every child to warm shoes and stockings and good rubbers.
It seems pertinent also to remind the public that public relief-in contrast with private relief agencies-must relieve distress, while the private agency can choose to aid worthy cases only.
We report several changes. William G. Boynton com- pleted his term as member of the board and the selectmen appointed John S. Cobb to fill the vacancy. We take this opportunity to speak a word of appreciation for Mr. Boyn- ton's services and to welcome Mr. Cobb as the new member. We also in April accepted the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. Bert G. Brown as Matron and Superintendent of the Town Infirmary. Aided by Mr. Francis Bardwell, State Inspector of Infirmaries, we elected Mr. and Mrs. Wallace G. Grant to the positions thus made vacant. The choice has proven to be most fortunate and to these employees is due in large
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measure the increased efficiency and the saving encompassed at the Infirmary. On regular household help alone we are saving $650 annually. Conditions there at the present time are eminently satisfactory, and we take this oppor- tunity of reminding the citizens that it is Your Infirmary and you are urged to visit it often. Take a few moments from your busy lives to drop in and say a friendly word to the people resident there. They enjoy a casual touch with their fellowmen.
Upon organizing, the board adopted several policies that have been adhered to rigidly throughout the year. These policies have produced efficiency, economy, and co- operation. They are as follows :-
No cash aid given-excepting in the Mothers' Aid cases and State cases of long standing.
In place of cash, orders for provisions, fuel, doctor, medicine, shelter, and clothing.
Every able-bodied man receiving an order is obliged to show his appreciation of the same by giving the equivalent in work to some department of the town. To date such work has been done at the Infirmary under the supervision of the superintendent. For benevolent reasons, each man has been given a warm dinner at the institution. To January first, 255 dinners were thus given to our outside workers. Thanks are due to the matron and her assistants for their co-operation in serving these meals.
Mercantile orders have been distributed among all local merchants who wish to co-operate with the board by allow- ing us a trade discount.
At the farm we asked for and have accepted an oil burner and an electric washer from the Peirce Trustees. We have bought an electric mangle and now have a compact and efficient laundry in the basement. We invited the State Fire Inspector to visit the building and have followed his suggestions with regard to fire protection on each floor and in the dumb waiter and clothes shafts. We have re- paired and re-roofed the silo and repaired the roof of the
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barn. We have painted the trimmings of the house and are completing the renovating of the interior of the building.
We co-operate with the local Board of Health by keeping pigs to consume the garbage collected by them from the town people, and by furnishing truck, driver, and super- vision for the collection of rubbish bi-weekly.
We contemplate some improvements in our piggery and hope soon to have the best-housed and best-mannered pigs in the community.
We have cleaned up the local cemetery and plan a simple scheme of markers there.
We have increased our bathroom and toilet facilities in the building. We have dug drainage ditches for our ob- solete and out-grown cess-pool and plan to put in a new cement cess-pool as the logical solution of our sanitary problem.
The inmates of the Infirmary have sawed, split, and delivered wood to our dependents in all parts of the town and have moved our families, whenever moving was re- quired.
We take pride in mentioning our Christmas observance at the farm. In addition to the Christmas tree and the annual visit of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, Communion was served on Christmas Day to the Protestant inmates by the Episcopal rector, Rev. Wm. C. Kilpatrick and to the Catholic inmates by Father C. T. O'Brien who was assisted in the celebration of the mass by the Catholic choir.
With the advice and assistance of the tree warden, we have put local men into the town forests to cut wood. This serves a three-fold purpose, it helps with our fuel supply; it takes scientific care of our town forests, and it gives our dependents a chance to work for their living.
The farm is under the direct control of one of the mem- bers of the board and is visited every week by one or more members of the board.
We have helped 87 families in town consisting of 410 individuals, we support 6 families of 32 individuals living
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here with a settlement elsewhere. We have 7 state cases consisting of 15 individuals. We have 2 Mothers' Aid cases of 9 individuals living elsewhere, and 10 Mothers' Aid cases of 54 individuals living in town, and 12 families with settlement here, but living in other towns. We have had 40 inmates at the Town Infirmary during the past year. At the present time, we have 8 boarders, and 18 dependents. During the year, one was transferred to Taunton State Hospital, one to Pondville Hospital, one to Tewksbury for medical treatment, and two have passed away.
During the year, we have refused aid to twelve cases for legitimate reasons and have refused extra or special aid to four cases already under our care.
We particularly appreciate the co-operation of all in- dividuals and societies in our distribution of worn and out- grown clothing and rebuilt toys. Thousands of garments have been given out during the year and the need still continues. Never has the need been so great and never have our people rallied with such loyalty and interest to the cry of the public weal. Truly, it is your town and your de-' partment and we bespeak your continued interest.
A new and expensive project filled with opportunities for service awaits us during the coming year. On July first, the old age assistance act becomes effective. Your Board has properly organized to care for all applicants and allow- ance has been made for the necessary expenditures in the proposed budget. Any needy citizen over seventy years of age who has resided in the state for twenty consecutive years is eligible to receive this aid.
Regular meetings have been held during the year and all policies have been adopted after conferences at the board meetings.
We have borne in mind at all times that we are spending public money for the relief of public distress, and have con- scientiously tried to relieve the burden of taxation with full justice to all concerned. Our financial statement is ap-
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pended. And we announce with great satisfaction that, instead of carrying an overdraft, we are turning back into the Town Treasury the sum of $2869.69.
In closing we pledge you our earnest, interested efforts on behalf of the department and bespeak your continued interest and support.
Respectfully submitted,
LELAH M. HATHAWAY LESLIE N. CLARK JOHN S. COBB
Board of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
RECAPITULATION
Town Appropriations
$439,388.56
State Assessments
State Tax
9,730.00
State Highway Tax
5,226.65
State Auditing Tax
181.48
Municipal Light Tax
45.95
Snow Removal Tax
368.06
County Assessment
22,238.47
County Tax
2,422.66
Overlay
Total
$479,601.83
$479,601.83
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$49,774.59
Motor Vehicle Tax
17,052.58
Corporation Tax
8,334.45
Bank Tax
2,243.07
Licenses
1,077.00
Fines
1,320.00
Special Assessments
917.80
General Government
690.37
Protection of Persons and Property 2,182.91
Health and Sanitation
1,993.17
Highways
13,605.26
Charities
748.50
Soldiers' Benefits
7,956.11
Schools
2,418.33
Libraries inc. Dog Licenses
331.07
Public Service Enterprises
Interest on deposit and Special Funds
4,831.84
571.88
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Interest on taxes and assessments
1,844.71
Water Dept.
23,759.34
Municipal Indebtedness
13,000.00
Soldiers' Exemption
221.47
Reimbursement
74.13
Unclassified
805.92
Herring
100.00
Peirce Trustees
5,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts
$160,854.50
$160,854.50
Net Amount raised by taxation on
polls and property
$318,747.33
COLLECTOR'S COMMITMENT LIST
2612 Polls - $2.00 each
$5,224.00
Total Valuation $9,194,140.00 Rate $34.10
Property Tax
313,523.33
Moth Tax
393.99
Side Walk Assessments
1,406.50
Total amount of all taxes listed in the Collector's Commitment List $320,547.82
VALUATIONS
Value of Buildings excluding land $5,628,650.00
Value of land excluding buildings 2,719,235.00
Total Value of Real Estate $8,347,885.00 $8,347,885.00
Value of Assessed Machinery $181,905.00
Value of Stock in Trade
239,540.00
Value of Live Stock
108,325.00
Value of All Other Ratable Property 316,485.00
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Total Value of Personal Estate
$846,255.00 846,255.00
Total Value of Real and Personal
$9,194,140.00
Estates
TAXES
$284,665.36
Tax on Real Estate
28,857.97
Tax on Personal Estate
Total Tax on Real and
$313,523.33
Personal Estates
EXEMPT PROPERTY
Property of the Commonwealth
Property of literary, benevolent, and
Charitable Institutions
381,970.00
Churches
38,075.00
Cemeteries
Property put to a public use
168,000.00
Town Hall
398,705.00
Schools
95,800.00
Libraries
96,860.00
Fire Dept.
309,175.00
Water Dept.
800.00
Park
312,930.00
Electric Light and Gas Plant
86,220.00
Peirce Trustees' Property
All Other Town Property, Middleboro
62,440.00
Home, Town Barn, Lots
$2,145,025.00
Total Amount of Exempt Property
$29,600.00
164,450.00
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STATISTICS
Persons, Partnerships and Corporations
assessed on property
2,705
Number of horses assessed
229
Number of cows
1,492
Number of swine assessed
6
Number of sheep assessed
4
Number of neat cattle assessed
148
Number of fowl assessed
19 695
Number of dwelling houses assessed
2,159
Number of acres of land assessed
38,314
AUTO EXCISE TAX
Total number of motor vehicles assessed
3,070
Total Valuation
$851,225.00
Total Excise on Cars
$20,457.10
Total number of cars granted abatement
257
Abatement granted on above cars
1,231.24
ABATEMENTS
Taxes abated in 1930 have been as follows:
Amount 1927 Assessment
$79.95
Amount 1928 Assessment
1,470.56
Amount 1929 Assessment
1,987.79
Amount 1930 Assessment
1,818.99
Total
$5,357.29
DECEMBER ASSESSMENT
Value of Real Estate Assessed
$400.00
Tax on Real Estate Assessed
13.64
DECEMBER COMMITMENT
Tax on property
$13.64
Tax on 27 Polls - $2.00 each
54.00
Total Commitment $67.64
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TOTAL VALUATIONS JANUARY 1, 1931 Total Value of all Personal Property on January 1, 1931 Total Value of All Real Estate on January 1, 1931
$846,255.00
8,348,285.00
Total Valuation January 1, 1931 $9,194,540.00
SUMMARY OF ALL TAXES COMMITTED IN 1930
Total Commitment August 13, 1930 $320,547.82
Total Commitment December 1930
67.64
Total Auto Excise Commitments 20,457.10
Total Amount of All Taxes Committed $341,072.56
BENJAMIN C. SHAW WILLIAM G. BOYNTON HARRISON F. SHURTLEFF
Assessors of Middleborough
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MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR 1930
PEIRCE FUND RECEIPTS
Peirce Trustees
$2,055.01
Interest on Deposits
7.41
$2,062.42
Balance on hand January 1, 1930
691.90
$2,754.32
· PEIRCE FUND PAYMENTS
American Library Association
46.60
Baker & Taylor
20.55
F. J. Barnard
149.55
Book House for Children
19.00
Book Shop for Boys and Girls
5.30
R. R. Bowker
10.30
Charles W. Clark
21.23
Desmond Publishing Co.
49.80
Dodd Mead
28.33
E. P. Dutton
49.60
Ginn & Co.
32.80
Grainger's Book Shop
178.97
Hertzberg Bindery
67.70
Houghton Mifflin Co.
46.07
H. R. Huntting
233.53
Charles E. Lauriat
174.46
Library Book House
292.82
Library of Congress
35.00
McGraw Hill Co.
4.50
New York Times
15.00
Personal Book Shop
208.26
215
37.50
Scribner's
17.10
States History Co.
224.65
John J. Sullivan
48.93
Union Library Association
142.64
L. A. Wells Library Bindery
31.00
H. W. Wilson Co.
32.31.
Arthur Womrath
21.22
Yale University Press
105.44 $2,350.16
Miscellaneous
Balance on hand January 1, 1931
404.16
$2,754.32
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