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be well spent. We refer more especially to the cross sec- tions, which are very important, as the sidewalks on the two. sides of a road should be as nearly as possible on the same level.
A large amount of work has been done on the other roads. of the Town during the year, especially on some of the out- lying through roads, and several permanent improvements made. The demand is constantly for improved roads, and there is no doubt that the roads are kept in much better condition than ten years or so ago, and each decade sees a . constant and permanent improvement. This improvement, of course, involves considerable expenditure. The account this year is overdrawn $1,751.65, but the appropriation was $1,000 less than last year. An appropriation of $14,000 is recommended, besides an appropriation for the deficiency.
LIGHTING.
The matter of lighting the streets is still in an unsatis- factory condition. The committee appointed by the Town, in accordance with the authority given them, unanimously voted to instruct the Selectmen to make an appeal to the Gas and Electric Light Commissioners. Such an ap- peal was made last Fall, complaining both of the quality and price of the light, and the matter is now before that Board. No hearing has yet been held, as the Board stated that there was so much work for them to do at the close of the year that they could not attend to the matter until towards Spring. The Electric Light Company gave notice to the Selectmen, on July 23d, that the price of lights would be raised about 10 per cent. from September 1st, but the Selectmen have refused to pay such increased price,. on the ground that it was excessive. Aside from the qual-
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ity and the price of the light furnished, the chief trouble is that the Town is lighting too much territory, and, even at a fair price, the expense would be more than the Town ought to incur. In the opinion of a majority of the Selectmen, $5,000 ought to be the limit that the Town should expend for lighting. The Selectmen also feel that a better contract could be made for a length of time rather than for one year. They, therefore, recommend that the sum of $5,000 be ap- propriated, and that they be authorized to make contracts for lighting, in such manner as they see fit, for a term not exceeding three years. The Chairman is of the opinion that the amount could properly be much more reduced, and that $3,500 is the outside limit to the amount that should be expended.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
No Board having been elected by the Town, the Select- men constituted the Board. Mr. J. W. Hunting was ap- pointed Agent, and E. D. Hill, M. D., Physician. In the Spring a thorough inspection of the Town, from Kingston line to Jazeb Corner, was made, and 46 cesspools, or vaults, were found to be in bad condition and were ordered cleaned. Twenty-eight complaints of nusiances were received from various persons, all of which were investigated, and, when a nuisance existed, it was ordered removed. In all cases the owners have cheerfully complied. In quite a number of cases the Board have ordered the premises to be con- nected with the sewers.
During the year there have been 57 cases of scarlet fever, 10 of diphtheria, and 17 of typhoid fever. All were very light, with the exception of a few of the scarlet fever cases, and two deaths resulted from this disease, and none from the
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other diseases. Most of the cases of typhoid fever were in the territory bounded by Union, Water, Sandwich and Brad- ford streets, and the Board were convinced that the springs in that locality, which were used for drinking, were the cause of the trouble. The springs were closed up, and there has been no trouble since. The Agent of the Board recon- mends that regulations as to the dumping of waste paper and other dry waste material should be adopted, which recommendation is approved, but the matter can be at- tended to by the Board, and does not need the action of the Town.
STATE HIGHWAY.
The first mile of the State highway has been finished dur- ing the year, and the extension of the same to the Beaver Dam road was laid out by the Commissioners and built by the Town under contract with the Commissioners. A stone arch bridge was built over Beaver Dam Brook and the whole work on both sections and the bridge, is completed. No settlement has been made with the Commissioners as they have as yet not completed their figures of quantities of mat- erial moved and work done, but there are large allowances to be made the Town, but whether they will equal the over- draft cannot be told at this time, but there will probably be some deficiency. The total amount of the bills paid by the Town on the first contract, is $9,665.39, and there is due the Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., $197.05, but the bill has not been paid as part of the amount is in dispute. There has been paid by the State on this contract $8,626.40.
On the second contract the total amount of bills paid is $10,487.37, and there is due the Stone Co., $70.57. The State has paid on this contract, $4,732.12, and other reimburse- ments were $20.93.
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A full report of both contracts and the expenditures and receipts will be made to the Town in the future, after the ac- counts with the State have been adjusted.
NEW ROADS.
But little work was done this year on new roads. The road laid out by the Town, extending Fremont Street to high water, has been worked and opened for travel. The new road from Ship Pond to Ellisville, laid out by the County Commissioners, has been begun and will be worked this winter, and probably be finished in the early spring. Work will also be done by the town teams, as the weather per- mits, on Spooner Street, where considerable work will have to be done, but it can be performed from time to time, when the teams are not otherwise employed. The extension of Water Street has never been properly covered and will need some additional work which, when done, should be charged to this account. The appropriation was $2,000, and as the work done amounted to only $243.50, there is an unexpended balance of $1,756.50, which ought to be sufficient to do the work for the coming year, unless new roads are laid out.
CONTINGENT.
The contingent account is overdrawn $647.94. The appro- priation for this account has been $4,000 for some years, and there has always been an overdraft. The expenses of this account have increased in late years by the expenses of the Board of Health, Cattle Inspection, Registration, and the election expenses, and it seems advisable to make the appro- priation at least $4,500, and try to avoid an overdraft. The bills paid by the Town yearly on account of the Standish Guards are $600 for rent, $370 for heating and lighting, and $50 for rifle range, and any small expenses for repairs, etc.,
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that may arise ; $300 of the amount paid for rent is refunded by the State. The amounts paid seem to be large, especially the amount paid for heating and lighting, and this amount is likely to be larger, as the company up to this time have obtained heat from the Pocket Company, but on account of the removal of the Pocket Company they must now run the boiler themselves. The Selectmen think that other arrange- ments might be made if they were authorized to make a lease for three years or more. Hiring Davis Hall has been suggested, but the Chairman of the present Board, on account of his interest in that property, preferred that the matter should be decided by the next Board, of which he will not be a member. The Selectmen recommend that they be authorized to take a lease of such property as they may see fit for a term not exceeding five years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The question of the validity of the bequests of J. Henry Stickney is still before the courts in Maryland, and at this time has not been decided, but we are still assured that in all probability the bequests will be held valid, and that the money will eventually be paid over for the benefit of the Town.
By Chapter 232 of the Acts of 1895, the Town was author- ized to sell the lands comprised in the devise of Dr. Francis LeBaron to the Town for the benefit of the poor, and the Selectmen were authorized by the Town to sell the same. It was all woodland in Carver, and the Selectmen have sold the same to Charles N. Atwood for $1,350, and the money has been deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank and the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, under the name of the Francis LeBaron Fund, the income to be used under the
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direction of the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the poor, as provided in said Act.
The sales of the printed Town Records this year amounted to $32.65, which reduces the overdrawn balance to $1,476.83. It seems inadvisable to carry this balance any longer, as the sales in the future cannot amount to any large sums, and we therefore recommend that an appropriation of $1,476.83 be made for this account, and that the money received for all future sales be credited to the contingent account.
A large part of the appropriation for sidewalks has to be spent each year for repairing concrete, and the Selectmen have come to the conclusion that concrete sidewalks do not pay, and recommend to use crushed stone in the future. The first cost is less, and the repairs ought to be nominal. The Selectmen have seen many sidewalks constructed of this material, and in all cases it has given the best satisfac- tion.
The Selectmen have adopted a regulation that the Treas- urer shall present to the Selectmen a statement showing the standing of each account on the first of each month, so that they may have at hand the state of each account and take such measures as they can to prevent an overdraft. Of course, overdrafts will be frequently necessary for some of the accounts, but we believe, if more attention was paid to the matter, the garment could be cut to the cloth in most cases. Sufficient appropriations should be made, and over- drafts be the exception, rather than the rule. The Select- men, therefore, recommend that the Treasurer be instructed to pay no bills that will cause an overdraft in any account unless authorized by vote of the Selectmen.
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The following appropriations are recommended :
Schools $31,500 00
School books and supplies 3,500 00
Insane poor 3,000 00
Poor
6,000 00
Fire department
5,000 00
Roads and bridges
14,000 00
Sidewalks
1,500 00
Contingent
4,500 00
Lighting streets
5,000 00
Sexton 125 00
Assessors
900 00
Collector 698 45
Treasurer 700 00
Watch and police 2,200 00
Town debt and interest 22,500 00
Parks
500 00
Training Green
150 00
Steam roller 2,100 00
$103,873 45
DEFICIENCIES.
Soldiers' relief
$1,453 55
Military aid, less amount paid by
the State
347 87
Schools
2,266 53
Town debt and interest
827 96
Roads and bridges
1,751 65
Contingent
647 94
Town records
1,476 83
Insane poor 520 74
9,293 07
Amount carried forward
$113,166 52
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Amount brought forward $113,166 52
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Corporation tax. $6,700 00
National Bank tax
1,900 00
Miscellaneous receipts
600 00
9,200 00
$103,966 52
Leaving the sum of $103,966.52, which it will be neces- sary to raise by taxation if these appropriations are made for the expenses of the Town for the year 1896.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. DAVIS,
L. T. ROBBINS,
Selectmen
JAMES MILLAR,
D. H. CRAIG,
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.
The Treasurer is charged with-
Cash on hand January 1, 1895 $1,923 21
Water rates, labor and materials 18,234 30
Sewer loan 1,000 00
Sewer loan, premium
24 00
Sewer entries 720 00
Temporary loan.
71,500 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery
600 00
Poor Department reimbursement
1,490 23
Roads and bridges reimbursement
704 04
Morton Park, sales of wood
23 25
State highway reimbursement
12,166 97
Macadam loan
9,000 00
Macadam loan premium
216 00
Macadam reimbursement 519 67
New schools loan .
7,999 80
New schools loan premium
192 00
Vine Hills Cemetery, sale of lots
268 61
Fresh Brook, one-half sale.
5 00
Old Colony National Bank dividend
350 00
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$126,937 08
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Amount brought forward $126,937 08
Murdock Fund, interest
36 50
Sale of herring streams
95 00
Burial Hill, lease
1 00
Town Records, sales of books
32 65
Liquor licenses
4 00
Seal bounty from County 189 00
Military aid from State, Chap. 279 260 73
Military aid reimbursement, 279
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Soldiers' relief reimbursement, " 447
48 50
State aid from State,
301
3,560 00
Sale of wood Indian lands. 20 50
Insane poor reimbursements 716 09
Armory rent from State
300 00
Fines from Third District Court 365 30
Licenses
101 75
Interest on taxes
585 12
Rebate of interest
70 00
Warren fund income.
50 00
Town of Duxbury, one-half expense viewing Town line. . 6 00
Oak Grove Cemetery, sale of lot.
2 00
Corporation tax from State
6,693 03
Bank tax from State.
1,909 90
Tax of 1893, including abatement of $329 85.
2,415 97
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937 32.
11,487 69
1895, 66 66 " 1,140 13.
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The Treasurer is credited with the following payments :- Temporary loan repaid $71,500 00
Schools 32,284 78
Water Department 17,449 70
Roads and bridges 15,455 69
New schools
3,165 25
Notes and bonds paid
15,870 00
Interest
6,613 08
Contingent account ...
5,769 82
State tax
3,960 00
County tax . 8,775 37
National Bank tax 5,336 47
Poor Department
7,946 15
Fire Department 4,812 56
New roads 243 50
Watch and police
2,211 64
Insane poor
4,036 83
Sidewalks
1,028 60
Burial Hill
61 60
Manomet Cemetery
8 20
Oak Grove 66
166 03
Vine Hills
348 27
Sewers
1,452 21
Assessors
1,402 25
Collector
700 00
Treasurer
700 00
Abatements
2,407 30
Memorial Day . .
150 00
Sexton 125 00
Public Library
1,200 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery
96 00
Amount carried forward.
$215,276 30
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Amount brought forward $215,276 30
Soldiers' relief, Chap. 447
1,502 05
State aid, 301
3,702 00
Military aid, 66 279
749 46
Liquor licenses to State
1 00
Seal bounty
204 00
Burton Park
66 79
Beach
38 24
Bates 66
15 17
Morton
375 37
Training Green
160 00
Lighting streets and Town House
5,874 18
Macadamizing
9,010 80
Widows
116 69
State highway
18,257 26
Warren fund
50 00
Murdock fund
36 50
Balance December 31, 1895
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Abatements
$3,707 51
Fresh Brook
23 92
Murdock fund 730 00
Warren fund
1,000 00
New roads
1,756 50
Training green 15 37
Sidewalks
471 40
Beach Park
26 80
Bates Park
41 22
Amount carried forward
$7,772 72
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The undrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :-
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Amount brought forward. $7,772 72
Morton Park
7 21
New schools
5,380 51
Collector of Taxes
1 55
Watch and police
32 25.
Fire Department.
187 44
Water works
3,445 21
Poor.
1,067 57
Lighting streets and Town House 140 99)
Sewers
291 79'
Macadam 724 87
Assessors 297 76
Cemeteries
624 76
$19,974 63
The overdrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :-
Seal bounty
$204 00
Burton Park.
13 70
Soldiers' Relief, Chap. 447
1,453 55
Military aid, Chap. 279
722 60
State aid, Chap. 401
3,718 50
Copying Town Records
1,476 83
Contingent 647 94
State highway
6,819 04
Roads and bridges 1,751 65
Schools
2,266 53
Insane poor .
520 74
Town debt and interest 827 96
$20,423 04
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TOWN DEBT.
WATER LOAN.
53,200 four per cent. bonds dated June 1, 1885, payable within twenty years in annual payments of $2,800.00. $53,200 00
28,600 four per cent. bonds dated August 1, 1890, of which the sum of $1,300.00 is pay- able annually 28,600 00 19,200 four per cent. notes due August 1, 1894, payable $800 annually 19,200 00
2,160 four per cent. notes, dated February 3, 1894, payable $240 annually 1,160 00
$103,160 00
CONSOLIDATED LOAN.
Plymouth Savings Bank, dated
April 1, 1891, $2,200, payable
annually at 43 per cent. .. . Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, dated April 20, 1891, $670 payable annually at 43 per cent 4,020 00
$13,200 00
17,220 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT LOAN.
Five per cent. note dated July 1,
1893, payable $1,000 annually, $3,000 00
Four and one-half per cent. note dated Dec. 9, 1893, payable $200 annually 600 00
3,600 00
Amount carried forward. $123,980 00
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Amount brought forwrrd. $123,980 00
HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE LOAN.
Four per cent. note Plymouth
Savings Bank, dated July 1, 1891, payable $2,000 annually, $12,000 00 Four per cent. note Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, dated July 1, 1891, payable $2,000 annually . 12,000 00
Four per cent. note, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, dated March 20, 1894, payable $350 annually . 3,150 00
27,150 00
PLYMOUTH AND MIDDLEBORO R. R. LOAN.
Four per cent. note dated January 7, 1892, payable $5,000 annu- ally 35,000 00
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Five per cent. note dated July 3,
1893, payable $500 annually . . $4,000 00
Four and one-half per cent. note dated December 9, 1893, pay- able $500 annually 4,000 00
Four per cent. note, dated Febru- ary 3, 1894, payable $200 an- nually . 1,800 00
Four per cent. note dated August 1, 1895, payable $266.66 annu- ally . .. 7,999 80
17,799 80
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Amount carried forward
$203,929 80
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Amount brought forward . $203,929 80
MACADAMIZING LOAN.
Four per cent. notes dated August 1, 1895, payable $300 annually $9,000 00
SEWER LOAN.
Four and one-half per cent. notes
dated November 1, 1893, pay- able $750 annually $13,500 00
Four per cent. notes dated April 2, 1894, payable $500 annually . 4,500 00
Four per cent. notes dated
August 1, 1895, payable $100 annually . 1,000 00
$19,000 00
Debt December 31, 1895
$231,929 80
Debt December 31, 1894 234,940 00
Decrease for year. $3,010 20
Debt December 31, 1894 $234,940 00
Paid on same, 1895. 21,010 00
$213,930 00
Borrowed during 1895 :
Macadamizing $9,000 00
Sewers. 1,000 00
New schools 7,999 80
17,999 80
$231,929 80
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There is due the Town as follows :
Uncollected taxes, 1895 66 66 1894
$13,211 28
3,306 61
$16,517 89
Military aid, due from State, Chapter 279.
374 73
State aid, 66 66
Chapter 301 3,718 50
Seal bounty, 65 County 204 00
$20,815 12
And such amount as may be paid in adjustment of accounts of State highway.
CONTINGENT.
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Appropriation
$4,000 00
Appropriation for deficiency 1,529 66
Armory rent 300 00
Fines 365 30
Miscellaneous receipts 456 58
Balance overdrawn. 647 94
$7,299 48
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Overdrawn balance of old account $1,529 66
Stationery 19 04
Surveying
17 00
Inspector of cattle
335 50
Fuel 97 20
Incidentals 278 88
Clerk of the Selectmen 152 20
Town meeting expenses .
353 71
Return of births, deaths, etc
251 55
Amount carried forward $3,034 74
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Amount brought forward $3,034 74
Legal expenses and telegrams
73 94
Fire in the woods 115 32
Services of the Selectmen
1,200 00
Post-office bills
120 32
Board of Health and expenses
280 91
Repairs at Town House
76 73
Janitor of Town House
179 28
Board of Registration and expenses
251 10
Fees and expenses of arrest
101 14
Expenses of State election
151 95
Armory, rent, heat and light, and rifle range . .
1,021 50
Advertising and printing, including town report
401 90
Expressage
11 40
Auditor
75 00
Care of town clock
25 00
Recording deed
2 00
Ballot box
50 00
Gas.
12 25
Police badges
15 00
Electric Light Inspector
100 00
$7,299 48
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
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Appropriation $13,000 00
Appropriation for deficiency
2,442 60
Reimbursement from schools
75 09
poor 275 00
Amoont carried forurrd
$15,792 69
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Amount brought forward $15,792 69
Reimbursement from State highway
123 00
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P. & K. St. R. R 219 70
“ small accounts 11 25
Balance overdrawn 1,751 65
$17,898 29
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Payments in 1895
$15.455 69
Overdrawn balance, old account 2,442 60
$17,898 29
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST.
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Appropriarion $21,000 00
Rebate of interest 70 00
Appropriation for overdraft
697 25
Interest on taxes 585 12
Balance overdrawn
827 96
$23,180 33
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Notes and bonds paid
$15,870 00
Interest paid
6,613 08
Balance overdrawn, old account
697 25
$23,180 33
92 69
9 48
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DEPARTMENT.
Balance undrawn Dec. 31,1894
Balance overdrawn Dec. 31,1894
Appropri- ation.
Appro. for Reimburse- ments. Deficiency
Expendi- tures.
Balance overdrawn
Balance undrawn.
Agawam Fisheries ..
$ 01
$1,700 00
1,402 25
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Beach Park.
15 04
50 00
38 24
26 80
Bates Park
6 39
50 00
15 17
41 22
Contingent ..
$1,529 66 51 43
5,000 00
51 43
4,812 56
187 44
Abatements .
2,576 04
3,538 77
50 00
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342 81
716 09
4,036 83
520 74
Liquor Licenses.
491 75
245 88
272 73
749 46
722 60
140 99
Public Library
530 40
669 60
1,200 00
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New Roads .
966 50
2,000 00
966 50
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192 00
3,165 25
5,380 51
Macadamizing ..
505 24
7,000 00
1,490 23
7,946 15
1,067 57
Roads .
2,442 60
13.000 00
2,442 60
704 25
15,455 69
1,751 65
Schools
1,652 63
30,000 00
1,652 63
32,284 78
2,266 53
Sexton .
189 00
189 00
204 00
204 00
Sewers ..
835 60
1,024 00
835 60
720 00
1,432 21
291 79
Soldiers' Relief.
228 58
1,500 00
228 58
1,028 60
471 40
State Aid .
3,576 50
3,560 00
3,702 00
3,718 50
State Highway
12,166 97
18,257 26
6,819 04
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Town Debt and Interest
69. 25
21,000 00
697 25
655 12
22,483 08
827 96
Tax Collector
1 55
700 00
700 00
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1 55
Treasurer ..
700 00
700 00
Training Green.
25 37
150 00
160 00
15 37
Warren Fund.
1,000 00
50 00
50 00
1,000 00
Murdock.
730 00
36 50
36 50
730 00
Widows ..
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116 69
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Watch and Police
43 89
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18,234 30
17,449 70
3,445 21
Fresh Brook ....
18 92
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23 92
Town Records ..
1,509 48
32 65
1,476 83
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Cemeteries ..
231 29
400 00
271 61
574 90
624 76
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$1,529 66
1,121 88
5,769 82
$647 94
Fire.
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3,707 51
Burton Park.
3 09
342 81
2,800 00
4 00
1 00
3 00
Military Aid.
215 17
5,800 00
5,874 18
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9 33
350 00
23 25
375 37
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1,756 50
New Schools.
353 96
9,000 00
735 67
9,010 80
724 87
Poor
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48 50
1,502 05
1,453 55
Memorial Day ..
150 00
150 00
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2,407 30
66 79
13 70
Insane Poor ..
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$297 76
Assessors.
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2,200 00
Sidewalks
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7,999 80
Lighting Streets ..
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I have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1895, and find them correct. The amounts received from various sources have been credit- ed to the proper Departments and vouchers have been shown for payments made. The cash balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the close of the year was $9,584.46, as stated in his report.
I have also examined the accounts of the Collector of Taxes, and find that the amount received by him for taxes and interest, corresponds with the amount receipted for by the Treasurer. The prompt manner in which the collections have been made is worthy of commendation. The balance of the taxes of 1893, due at the beginning of the year, have been collected, leaving taxes now outstanding only for the years 1894 and 1895.
JAS. D. THURBER, Auditor. PLYMOUTH, February 7, 1896. .
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1895.
January 1. Charles E. Hopkins of Plymouth and Eva L. Harlow of Hudson. Married in Plymouth.
January 1. Edward W. Baker and Flora I. McQuarrie, both of Plymouth.
January 3. William H. Gallagher and Myra Robbins, both of Plymouth.
January 11. Fred W. Baker of Chatham and Lucy H. Pierce of Plymouth.
February 6. J. Holbrook Shaw and Harriett W. Brown, both of Plymouth.
February 14. Walter M. Warren of Abington and Nellie C. Ellis of Plymouth.
March 3. Domerick DeCarlo and Inis Saundre, both of Plymouth.
April 15. William Anderson, Jr., and Ruth S. Ellis, both of Plymouth.
April 30. Elmer C. Dunlap and Marcia J. Churchill, both of Plymouth.
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May 2. Louis F. Bartz of Kingston and Lucy Etta Hatha- way of Plymouth.
May 6. Charles F. Sanderson and Ellen E. Pierce, both of Plymouth.
May 16. Walter E. Haskell and Lucy J. Dean, both of Plymouth.
May 21., Geo. L. Nickerson of New Bedford and Mattie E. Manter of Plymouth Married in New Bed- ford.
May 28. Frank A. Schubert of Plymouth and Liella M. Lewis of Belfast, Me. Married in Belfast.
June 8. Alton A. Wood of Plymouth and Gertrude A. Lov- ell of Sandwich. Married in Sandwich.
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