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travel on foot. It is assumed that the lights are intended primarily for the sidewalk and not for the street. The change which the board made in the method of lighting has resulted in a saving to the town of about one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) a year. The Selectmen recognize the fact that the difficulty has been but partially remedied. How to get the current generated at the power station distributed over the wires so as to get the candle power for which the town is paying, still remains a problem.
The only suggestion the board has to make, is, that the town take charge of the wires and lamps, appoint their own inspector and buy the power by meter. It is plain that ex- tensive repairs will soon have to be made on the poles and wires to make them safe, and also prevent the trees from being permanently injured. If the town had the care of dis- tribution of the current of electricity, the poles and wires would not be allowed to suffer by gross neglect. Under the present arrangement lights are frequently out for several nights at a time, and on several occasions many have been out together, in fact so many as to make it impossible to deter- mine the number. The board have endeavored to recover this loss by a discount in the monthy bills, but this method is of necessity a matter of guess. If the lamps were under the control of the board it would seem a better inspection and supervision could be obtained.
How far this method is practical, your board are not at present prepared to state. In localities where new streets are being opened and population increasing, there is a demand for additional lights. For this reason the amount to be ex- pended in this department the coming year will be somewhat increased.
STREET RAILWAYS.
The duties of the Selectmen in regard to street railway accommodations during the past year have been more than usually perplexing. In the early summer the Plymouth &
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Kingston Street Railway passed into the hands of a new corporation who made radical changes in the method of run- ning their cars.
The new arrangement caused complaints, and appeals were made to the board to compel the company to furnish better facilities to those who made daily use of the electrics. Frequent hearings were held, and the complaints brought to the attention of the railway managers. It was claimed on the part of the company that the changes which they had made were in the interest of those who travelled most fre- quently; that if the public would have patience the managers would be able to demonstrate this in a way to give general satisfaction. The company disclaimed any intention to dis- commode or annoy their patrons; on the contrary it was their desire to give the public the best possible service. They said that the power furnished was intermittent and uncertain and not sufficient to run as many cars as they desired. They further stated it was their intention to relay the tracks with heavier rails and provide a new power station the coming year and furnish equipment of the most recent pattern. This work would be begun as soon as connection was established with the Whitman and Plymouth Street Railway, now under process of construction. In the absence of direct and specific terms in the franchise of a street railway company the pre- rogatives of the town, and the rights of the company are somewhat obscure. It is plain that when a corporation is given the right to occupy the streets for a railway it is in- tended to provide improved facilities for transportation. The accommodation of the travelling public is the first con- sideration. To what extent the authorities of a town should interfere in the details of management of a street railway in the absence of a specific contract has been one of the difficul- ties your board has had to meet. Two orders have been is- sued to the Plymouth & Kingston Street Railway Company during the year. The first related to the method adopted by the company to stop cars at certain designated places. Act-
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ing on the advice of counsel the board ordered the company to ignore the white poles as stopping places and stop any- where along the line that patrons wished to enter or leave the cars. After this order was issued the managers of the railway asked for a hearing. At this hearing they firmly maintained that it was in the interest of the public that the new arrangement should continue.
Upon more mature consideration the board was advised that it was doubtful if the order could be enforced, and as they were satisfied that any further attempt in this direc- tion would result in litigation, it was deemed best not to press the order without a direct vote of the town. Com- plaints are still heard showing that the rule adopted by the company is obnoxious to a portion of the travelling public.
The board also issued another order regulating the rate of speed tof the cars with which the company readily agreed to comply.
Communication has been held with the authorities of various cities and towns in the State who have encountered difficulties similar to those experienced in Plymouth. As a result of this correspondence a conference was recently held in the city of Worcester for the purpose of recommending amendments of the railway law to the present legislature. The chairman of your board attended as a representative of the town. At this conference a committee was selected to present the matter to the General Court, and it is hoped as a result the status of street railways will be better defined.
SEWERS.
There has been laid during the year five thousand four hundred feet of sewer pipe, as follows: From the shore through land of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., through the culvert under the tracks to the land of the American Woolen Company, five hundred and thirty-two feet of twenty-four inch pipe.
From this point through land of Woolen Company and
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Murray street to Court street, five hundred and forty-six feet of twenty inch pipe. Through Murray street to Lothrop street, five hundred feet of eight inch pipe. On Lothrop street, running west from Murray street, three hun- dred seven feet of eight inch pipe. On Lothrop street, be- ginning at Court street, two hundred eighty-three feet of eight inch pipe. On Samoset street, from junction of Aller- ton street, seven hundred and sixty-nine feet of eight inch pipe and five hundred twelve feet of six inch pipe. On Alden street, from junction with Allerton street, eleven hundred eighteen feet of eight inch pipe. On Standish avenue ave- nue, from junction with Alden street, seven hundred eighty- three feet of eight inch pipe. At the last annual meeting the town appropriated the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars to be expended in extending the sewer through Water street to Lothrop street, but made no provision for laying a pipe through Murray street to connect with the Water street extension. The Plymouth Woolen Company had previously served notice upon the town to discontinue the sewer through the land of that company.
After careful examination your board decided not to expend the money voted by the town along Water street, but, instead, to relieve the demand of the Woolen Company. The board made a written agreement with the railroad company and also with the Woolen Company for the construction of a sewer through their land.
As this sewer would be mutually advantageous the board were of the opinion that in this instance the laying of a sewer on private land was good policy. The amount ex- pended on Murray street, Lothrop street and thence to the shore, including manholes, was one thousand three hundred forty dollars and sixty-one cents.
The total expenditures on account of sewers has been three thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars forty-three cents.
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Undrawn balance,
$ 96 46
Appropriation, Entrance fees,
500 00
1,110 00
Received from roads,
231 74
Total,
$1,938 20
Leaving a balance overdrawn of $1,633.23.
When it is considered that the three thousand five hundred dollars voted by the town was not drawn from the treasury, it will appear that there has been constructed upwards of one mile of good drainage at a moderate cost. The laying of a sewer pipe through Nelson street was referred by the town to the Selectmen to report at the next annual meeting. The board had a survey and plan made with an estimate of the probable expense, in the early summer. It did not seem to the board that the outlay was warranted from the return which the town would be likely to receive. Since that time a petition has been received by the board asking for the con- struction of a sewer from Cherry street through Court street, including Hamilton street and Centennial street, to Nelson street. This petition is embodied in an article in the warrant to be acted upon at the approaching town meeting. The section of the town that this sewer would accommodate is now thickly settled and constantly growing. There is no doubt a large return would result to the town by the outlay and the board recommend the same to the consideration of the voters.
CEMETERIES.
A sub-committee of the board was selected to draft rules for the better government of the cemeteries of the town, but owing to the press of other matter and lack of information relative to such management the work is not yet completed. Until these rules are formulated it does not seem to the Se- lectmen desirable to interfere with the present arrangement. The building of a suitable receiving tomb in Vine Hills
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Cemetery has occupied the attention of the board. After visiting other cemeteries and viewing receptacles of this character already finished, it was thought advisable to have plans made adapted to the locality and surroundings. These plans are now under consideration. The town has already voted to meet the expense from the contingent fund, so that no appropriation is recommended. The avenues in Oak Grove and Vine Hills are very much in need of repairs. The board would recommend an appropriation of three hundred dollars for this purpose, to be expended under their direction. The board further recommend that the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated to extend the water in the cemetery at Chil- tonville.
The town appropriated the sum of six thousand dollars at the last annual meeting to defray the expense of Eel river bridge and the removal of snow, but failed to include the amount in the tax levy. Your board not finding this sum available caused the same to be paid out of the funds in the ordinary routine business. It was the intention of the board to keep a separate account of all money expended by reason of the great storm of November 27, 1898, as a matter of special interest and record, but as a considerable amount had been spent prior to the New Year, which was charged to the departments, this was found impractical. It is a fair esti- mate to say that the expense incurred by the storm of No- vember, 1898, with the removal of snow in February, 1899, will approximate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.
The debt of the town on December 31, 1895, was $231,- 929.80. On December 31, 1899, the debt was $161,915.87, showing a net decrease in four years of $70,000.
It is assumed the town intended that the Selectmen should exercise a general supervision in the management of its affairs by voting that all bills be approved by the board be-
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fore the same were paid. Under present conditions this work is more or less perfunctory. That the work of the different departments may be better understood, and the approval of bills be intelligently done it is desirable that more intimate relations exist between the various officers and the Board of Selectmen. To this end a meeting of the different depart- ments and the board at stated intervals during the year, would be of mutual advantage. Accompanying this re- port will be found the acts and recommendations of the vari- ous branches of the town government, to which the attention of the voters is directed.
The following appropriations are recommended for the several departments of the town :
Schools,
$35,000 00
Roads and bridges,
14,000 00
Fire Department,
5,200 00
Poor,
6,500 00
Insane poor,
3,000 00
Lighting streets,
5,800 00
Town debt and interest,
22,000 00
Sidewalks,
1,000 00
Contingent,
4,500 00
Watch and police,
3,000 00
Assessors,
1,600 00
Sexton,
125 00
Standish avenue,
3,000 00
Parks,
500 00
Training green,
180 00
Collector of Taxes,
800 00
Treasurer,
800 00
Cemeteries,
500 00
Sewers,
500 00
Amount carried forward,
$108,005 00
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Amount brought forward, $108,005 00
Amount overdue as per Treas- urer's report, $14,248 0I Less- Reimbursements for State aid, etc., 5,011 81
$9,236 20
$117,24I 20
Less-
Corporation tax,
$8,972 90
Bank tax,
1,579 39
Miscellaneous,
600 00
$11,151 99
$106,089 21 To cover the amount required as above, it will be neces- sary to raise by taxation the sum of $106,089.21 to meet the expenses of the Town for the year 1900.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES P. HATCH, JAMES D. THURBER,
HERBERT W. BARTLETT, ELKANAH FINNEY, THOMAS D. SHUMWAY, Selectmen of Plymouth.
TREASURER'S REPORT. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30, 1899.
The Treasurer is charged with-
Cash on hand January 1, 1899,
$7,615 77
Water rates,
20,879 05
Sewer entries and reimbursements,
1,34I 74
Temporary loan,
70,000 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery,
276 68
Poor Department reimbursements,
1,643 61
Roads and bridges reimbursements,
7,857 57
Parks reimbursements,
98 75
Soldiers' relief reimbursements,
70 00
Sidewalks reimbursements,
220 79
New roads reimbursements,
4,464 60
Cemeteries, sale of lots, etc.,
879 76
Old Colony National Bank dividends,
250 00
Sale of herring streams, 19 00
Military aid from State, Chap. 279,
372 73
State aid from State, Chap. 301,
3,977 00
State aid from State, Chap. 561,
612 00
Insane poor, reimbursements,
925 28
Fines from court,
784 13
Interest on taxes,
1,134 85
Dog fund for 1899,
949 77
Contingent, 6 00
Licenses,
65 75
School Department, reimbursements,
26 41
Corporation tax,
9,051 57
Amount carried forward,
$133,522 81
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Amount brought forward, $133,522 81
National Bank tax, 1,579 39
Tax of 1897, including abatement of $452.29, 6,648 66
Tax of 1898, including abatement of $909.17, 14,190 77 Tax of 1899, including abatement of $570.72 106,834 20
Eel River bridge, reimbursement from P. &. K. S. Ry. Co., 500 00
Watch and police, reimbursement,
I 75
Seal bounty from county,
72 00
Armory rent from State,
200 00
Savings bank loan (Standish avenue),
6,000 00
Savings Bank loan (Fire Department ), 1,500 00
Town debt and interest, reimbursement,
100 00
$271,149 58
The Treasurer is credited with --
Temporary loan repaid,
$70,000 00
Schools,
35,883 56
Water,
23,005 32
Roads and bridges,
22,380 02
Eel River bridge and removal of snow,
8,627 06
Notes paid,
16,373 25
Interest,
4,560 74
Contingent,
7,474 30
State tax,
3,945 00
County tax,
10,030 44
National Bank tax,
4,288 14
Poor Department,
8,286 17
Fire Department,
6,853 79
New roads,
9,821 44
Watch and police,
3,195 25
Insane poor,
4,347 81
Amount carried forward,
$239,072 29
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Amount brought forward,
$239,072 29
Cemetries,
1,416 46
Sewers,
3,571 43
Assessors,
1,818 39
Collector of Taxes,
700 00
Treasurer,
700 00
Abatements,
1,932 18
Memorial Day,
150 00
Sexton,
125 00
Public library,
1,300 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery,
83 25
Soldiers' relief,
1,299 3I
State aid, Chap. 301,
4,150 00
State aid, Chap. 561,
364 00
Military aid, Chap. 279,
773 46
Military aid, Chap. 561,
24 00
Seal bounty,
78 00
Parks,
586 29
Training Green,
173 40
Lighting streets and town house,
6,348 78
Widows,
78 00
Warren fund interest,
50 00
Murdock fund interest,
36 50
Sidewalks,
1,098 88
Standish avenue,
4,464 60
Cash balance December 30, 1899,
755 36
$271,149 58
Undrawn Balances.
Abatements,
$ 877 75
Cemeteries, Fresh Brook,
109 27
23 92
Amount carried forward, $1,010 94
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Amount brought forward,
$1,010 94
Public library,
325 00
Lighting streets and town house,
1,811 00
Murdock fund,
730 00
Town debt and interest,
2,721 16
Poor,
357 44
Schools,
83 35
South Street School lot,
I 44
Sidewalks,
621 91
Standish avenue,
1,535 40
Warren fund,
1,000 00
Water,
6,620 59
Widows,
40 00
Training green,
6 60
Parks,
18 75
$16,883 58
Overdrawn Balances.
Assessors,
$ 9 83
Contingent,
1,514 16
Fire Department,
153 79
Insane poor,
365 5.5
Military aid,
782 62
New roads,
1,084 OI
Roads,
522 45
Seals,
78 00
State aid, Chap. 301,
4,166 50
Sewers,
1,633 23
Soldiers' relief,
1,229 3I
Watch and police,
193 50
State aid, Chap. 561,
364 00
Military aid, Chap. 561,
24 00
Eel River bridge and removal of snow,
2,127 06
$14,248 0I
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Less-
State aid, Chap. 301, due from State, State aid, Chap. 561, due from State, 364 00
$4,166 50
Military aid, Chap. 279, due from State, Military aid, Chap. 561, due from State, Seal bounty from county,
391 3I
12 00
78 00
$5,011 81
Net overdraft,
$9,236 20
There is due the town as follows :
Uncollected taxes, 1898,
$6,005 87
Uncollected taxes, 1899,
18,569 84
$24,575 71
Military aid from State,
$391 3I
Military aid, Chapter 561,
12 00
State aid, Chapter 301, due from State,
4,166 50
State aid, Chapter 561, due from State, Seal bounty from county,
364 00
78 00
$29,587 52
TOWN DEBT.
Four per cent. bonds, dated June 1, 1895, pay- able $2,800.00 anually, $42,000 00
Four per cent. bonds, dated August 1, 1890, payable $1,300.00 annually,
23,400 00
Four per cent. notes, dated August 1, 1894, payable $800.00 annually, 16,000 00
Four per cent. notes, dated February 3, 1894, payable $240.00 annually, 1,200 00
Amount carried forward, $82,600 00
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Amount brought forward, $82,600 00
Consolidated Loan.
Plymouth Savings Bank, 4₺ per cent. note, dated April 1, 1891, payable $2,200.00 annually, $4,400 00 Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 4₺ per cent. note, dated April 20, 1891, payable $670.00 annually, 1,340 00
$5,740 00
Plymouth and Middleboro Railroad Loan.
Four per cent. note, dated January 7, 1892, payable $5,000.00 annually, $15,000 00
High School House Loan.
Four per cent. note, dated July I, 1891, payable $2,000.00 annual- ly, $4,000 00
Four per cent. note, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, dated July I, 1891, payable $2,000.00 an- nually, 4,000 00
Four per cent. note, Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, dated March 10, 1894, payable $350.00 an- nually, 1,750 00
$9,750 00
New School Houses Loan.
Five per cent. note, dated July 3, 1893, payable $500.00 annual- ly, $2,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$2,000 00 $113,090 00
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Amounts brought forward, $2,000 00 $113,090 00
Four and one half per cent. note
dated December 9, 1893, payable $500.00 annually, 2,000 00
Four per cent. note, dated February 3rd, 1894, payable $200.00 an- nually, 1,000 00
Four per cent. note dated August I,
1895, payable $266.66 annually, 6,933 16 Four per cent. note, dated April I, 1897, payable $324.83 annually, 2,598 64
$14,531 80
Sewer Loan.
Four and one half per cent. note dated November 1, 1893, payable $750.00 annually, 10,500 00
Four per cent. note, dated April 2, 1894, payable $500.00 annually, 2,500 00
Four per cent. note, dated August I, 1895, payable $100.00 an- nually, 600 00
$13,600 00
Macadamizing Loan.
Four per cent. notes, dated August
I, 1895, payable $300.00 annually, $7,800 00
New Roads.
Note dated July 1, 1896, payable $300.00 annually, 2,100 00
Four per cent. notes dated July I, 1899, payable $600.00 annually, 6,000 00
$8,100 00
Amount carried forward,
$157,121 80
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Amount brought forward,
$157,121 80
State Highway Loan.
Four per cent. notes dated April 1, 1897, payable $411.76 annually, 3,294 07
Fire Department Loan.
Four per cent. note dated August I, 1899, payable August 1, 1900,
1,500 00
Debt December 30, 1899,
$161,915 87
Debt December 31, 1898,
175,929 12
Decrease for the year,
$14,013 25
Paid on debt, 1899,
$21,513 25
Borrowed during 1899,
7,500 00
$14,013 25
CONTINGENT.
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CR.
Undrawn balance,
$235 26
Appropriation,
4,500 00
Armory rent from State,
200 00
Fines from Court,
784 13
Sale of herring streams,
19 00
Licenses,
65 75
Old Colony National Bank dividends,
150 00
Miscellaneous receipts,
6 00
Balance overdrawn,
1,514 16
$7,474 30
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DR.
Inspector of cattle and hogs,
$300 00
Clerk of the Selectmen,
150 00
Expressage,
7 10
Stationery and books,
70 17
Fees and expenses of arrest,
123 76
Fires in the woods,
1,122 65
Expense of Town meetings and State Election,
298 35
Janitor of Town house,
188 99
Advertising and printing, including Town report,
508 93
Fuel at Town house,
150 85
Legal expenses and damages paid,
1,575 00
Standish Guards,
158 29
Incidentals,
258 39
Repairs at Town house,
71 43
Return of births, deaths, etc.,
272 30
Post office bills,
125 80
Auditor,
75 00
Care of Town clock and repairs,
46 40
Services of the Selectmen and other Town officers,
1,099 30
Board of Registration and expenses,
197 60
Board of Health expenses,
256 80
Power for Pilgrim Spring,
115 74
Services of Town Clerk,
50 00
Use of telephone,
30 30
Copying Town records, births, marriages, and deaths, 124 20
Prof. Puffer for testing electric lights,
53 60
Apparatus for sealer of weights and measures,
43 35
$7,474 30
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SEWER ACCOUNT. CR.
Jan. 1, 1899.
Balance,
$ 96 46
Appropriation,
500 00
Sewer entries,
1,110 00
Reimbursements from roads,
200 34
Reimbursements from new roads,
31 40
Balance overdrawn, 1,633 23
$3,571 43
DR.
Payments in 1899,
$3,571 43
ROAD ACCOUNT. CR.
Appropriation,
$14,000 00
Appropriation for deficiency,
2,418 56
Reimbursements from P. & K. St. Ry.,
1,830 39
Reimbursement from P. & S. St. Ry.,
41 30
Eel River Bridge and removal of snow,
4,779 85
Reimbursement from new roads,
317 35
Reimbursements from sidewalks,
401 75
Reimbursements from poor,
62 50
Reimbursements from schools,
37 76
W. C. Chandler for second-hand cart,
32 50
Reimbursements from small accounts, 354 17 Balance overdrawn, 522 45
$24,798 58
DR.
Jan. 1, 1899, Overdrawn balance, Payments in 1899,
$ 2,418 56
22,389 02
$24,798 58
DEPARTMENT.
Balance Balance overdrawu undrawn Dec. 31,1898 Dec. 31,1898
Appro- priations.
Appro's for Reimburse- Deficiency. ments.
Expendi- tures.
Balance overdrawn
Balance undrawn.
Abatements,
$416 14
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1,818 39
$9 83
Agawam Fisheries,
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$ 276 68
83 25
Cemeteries,
145 97
500 00
879 76
1,416 46
109 27
Contingent,
235 26
4,500 00
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7,474 30
1,514 16
23 92
Fire,
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$ 155 72
6,700 00
$ 155 72
6,853 79
153 79
Insane Poor, .
256 98
2,800 00
925 28
4,3+7 81
365 55
Public Library,
325 00
410 58
889 42
1,300 00
325 00
Lighting Streets,
1,359 78
6,800 00
36 50
36 50
·
730 00
Murdock Fund,
730 00
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381 88
372 73
773 46
782 62
Military Aid, Chap. 561
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.
150 00
1,234 85
21,020 49
2,721 16
New Roads, .
2,272 83
2,000 00
4,464 60
9,821 4+
1,084 01
Poor,
262 34
262 34
1,643 61
8,286 17
357 44
Roads and Bridges,
2,418 56
2,418 56
7,857 57
22,380 02
522 45
Seals,
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612 00
364 00
364 00
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500 00
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1,341 74
3,571 43
1,633 23
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Schools,
940 50
35,000 00
26 41
35,883 56
83 35
Soldiers' Relief,
1,107 25
1,107 25
70 00
1,299 31
1,229 31
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South Street School Lot,
1 44
1,500 00
456 91
220 79
1,098 88
621 91
Tax Collector,
...
12 18
180 00
12 18
173 40
6 60
Treasurer,
1,000 00
344 77
3,000 00
344 77
1 75
3,195 25
193 50
6,620 59
Water,
8,746 86
20,879 05
23,005 32
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100 00
78 00
40 00
Widows, . Parks,
6 29
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98 75
586 29
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18 75
Dr. Le Baron Fund,
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6,000 00
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8,627 06
2,127 06
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Inland Fisheries
29 75
29 75
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14,000 00
72 00
78 00
78 00
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125 00
125 00
4,464 60
1,535 40
Standish Avenue
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6,000 00
3,977 00
4,150 00
4,166 50
State Aid, Chap 301
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3,993 50
State Aid, Chap. 561
612 00
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700 00
700 00
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1,000 00
Watch and Police,
18 00
500 00
54 52
54 52
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Eel River Bridge and Removal of Snow,
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24 00
24 00
Memorial Day,
506 80
22,000 00
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Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. BURGESS, Treasurer.
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$ 877 75
Assessors,
8 56
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1,800 00
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Fresh Brook,
23 92
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6,348 78
1,811 00
Military Aid, Chap. 279
763 77
150 00
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Town Debt and Interest,
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72 00
Sexton, .
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Sewers, .
96 46
1 44
Sidewalks,
456 91
700 00
700 00
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Training Green,
Warren Fund,
50 00
50 00
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7,000 00
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$2,393 79
$1,932 18
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes and Water Rates for the year ending December 31, 1899, and find them to be correct, and pay- ments properly vouched for.
The cash on hand at close of the year was $755.36, as stated in the Treasurer's report.
FRANK D. BARTLETT, Auditor. PLYMOUTH, February 8, 1900.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of real estate,
$5,164,400 00
Value of personal estate,
1,921,355 00
Gain on real estate,
127,950 00
Gain on personal estate, 13,455 00
Value of buildings, exclusive of land,
3,504,075 00
Value of land, excluding buildings,
1,660,325 00
Value of personal estate, excluding bank stock, 1,743,525 00
Value of personal estate, resident bank stock,
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