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Total Highway, 15,000 00
School Loans.
Four per cent. notes, dated July 1, 1904, payable $1,400 annually, $1,400 00
Four per cent. bonds, dated June 1, 1914, payable $3,500 annually, 3,500 00
Four per cent. bonds, dated July 1, 1916, payable $4,500 annually, 13,500 00
Total School, 18,400 00
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Water Loan's.
Three and three-fourths per cent. notes, dated July 1, 1903, payable $666.66 an- nually,
$6,666 60
Three and one-half per cent. bonds, dated Nov. 15, 1905, payable $600 annually, 1,200 00
Four per cent. bonds, dated July 1, 1907, payable $1,000 annually, 9,000 00
Four per cent. bonds, dated Feb. 15, 1908, payable $1,000 annually, 9,000 00
Total Water, 25,866 60 Total Funded Dept. $122,266 60
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SCHEDULE I.
TRUST FUND
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND
Deposited in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank.
Russell Tomlinson,
$200 00
Betsey C. Bagnell,
321 36
Rebecca D. Ryder,
850 08
Lydia W. Chandler,
312 60
Curtis Howard,
754 23
Sarah F. Bagnell,
188 70
A. A. Whiting,
575 42
James Reed,
490 93
William H. Nelson,
.669 81
Charles Holmes,
236 09
Louisa S. Jackson,
216 00
Judith S. Jackson,
590 67
John Donley,
117 80
David Drew,
117 20
Mary J. Brown,
58 08
Mary V. Lewis,
324 56
Priscilla L. Hedge,
256 31
Frederick Webber,
92 10
Nancie C. Wood,
1,313 65
Fannie Goodwin Bates,
528 53
Joshua Atwood,
116 19
Ichabod Shaw,
515 01
Edwin Morey,
778 29
Waldron and Dunham,
322 66
Timothy T. Eaton,
164 30
Heman Cobb,
287 72
Thomas Sampson,
209 07
Ephraim B. Holmes,
750 94
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Lydia E. Jackson,
259 32
Jacob Jackson,
153 80
Charlotte R. Bearse,
254 14
Washburn portion, Lot No. 42,
192 36
Helena B. Rich
146 47
Winslow B. Rickard
107 12
John Eddy
104 30
Helen Covington
241 19
Freeman E. Wells,
187 84
Eliza J. Burt,
173 28
David L. Harlow,
110 34
Benjamin Swift,
122 96
Ellis Benson,
117 65
James Deacon,
152 92
Ellis and Freeman,
124 32
Ansel F. Fish,
120 43
Taylor and Foss,
129 96
Mary A. Minter,
161 92
Adelaide Reed,
143 56
Elizabeth M. Ward,
289 31
Edward W. Bradford,
225 33
Harvey lot,
133 03
Ephraim Churchill,
27 90
Franklin B. Holmes,
119 80
Linus B. Thomas,
74 83
Ephraim S. Morton,
137 92
Merriam lot,
276 14
B. O. Strong,
140 23
John C. Cave,
116 12
Winslow B. Standish,
122 92
Calvin S. Damon,
240 29
Finney and Churchill,
139 54
Edward B. Hayden,
160 75
H. N. P. Hubbard,
122 66
Anderson lots,
178 07
Sylvanus Churchill,
71 86
Nancy L. Pratt,
79 20
Burgess P. Terry,
160 86
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William and P. H. Williams,
119 51
Increase Robinson,
485 99
August H. Lucas,
181 64
Edward Morton,
120 04
Benjamin Pierce,
60 36
Alfred P. Arnold,
117 76
Nathaniel H. Morton,
120 49
Charles H. Holmes,
131 06
Daniel Hinchcliffe,
127 56
Samuel Nelson, .
131 81
Nathaniel Russell,
289 51
Sumner Leonard,
133 25
Frederick Dittmar,
125 36
Emeline Landy,
125 33
John F. Hoyt,
151 37
Pope lot,
180 15
Nehemiah Savery,
119 45
Thomas A. Holsgrove,
190 08
John C. Ross,
253 60
Archibald McLean,
59 90
George L. Lyon,
208 89
Phineas Pierce lot and Paty tomb,
267 57
Burgess lot,
222 03
Ezra Harlow,
183 99
Mercy J. Howland,
121 68
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,236 56
Mary McDonald,
123 10
Mary J. Corey,
125 92
Ellis-Ryder,
132 76
Brewster-Bartlett,
398 59
Barnabas Hedge,
205 41
George M. Collins,
147 37
Alexander McLean,
128 00
Charles E. Dow
124 54
Shaw and Thomas,
256 10
Atwood and Pratt,
255 93
Prentiss lot,
250 02
Rufus H. Pope,
105 62
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Alanson Thomas,
197 28
Albert Whiting.
118 80
Gamaliel Thomas,
120 05
Albert Bramhall,
123 07
Nancy B. Stevens,
127 06
Johnson-Hart,
121 24
Adeline D. Bartlett,
53 77
Coomer-Weston,
256 14
Edward N. H. Vaughn,
293 53
Thomas W. Finney,
130 18
Charles H. Howland, 2nd,
115 55
Davidson lots,
225 26
James Ellis,
128 89
Allen and Franklin M. Holmes,
127 63
Marietta Bumpus,
159 52
Frederick O. Bradford,
179 25
Mercy C. Robbins,
378 92
D. Edson Raymond,
124 84
Martin J. Hunting,
249 73
Watson and Rufus Ellis,
124 84
Herbert Robbins,
124 84
William J. Waterson,
61 68
Belinda B. Clements,
122 09
George. D Bartlett,
549 69
Orrin W. and Lydia A. Bennett,
122 09
John F. Hall,
120 76
Charles P. Morse,
119 41
Stephen and Almira B. Pember,
119 41
Erastus B. Torrance,
119 41
Winslow W. Avery,
238 88
Daniel O. Churchill,
118 10
Bradford Barnes,
177 19
Zacheus Bartlett,
116 80
Burgess and Churchill,
54 20
Alexander M. Harrison,
115 56
Hilda Svensson,
115 49
Hiram B. Sears,
231 11
Joseph Taylor,
85 65
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Franklin B. Cobb,
114 23
Andrew J. and Sarah E. Bradford,
114 23
John S. Butler,
114 23
Charles H. and Eunice B. Howland,
78 40
Sylvanus W. King,
113 81
Levi P. Morton,
112 99
Whitmore-Churchill-Whitmore,
131 39
John Bachelder,
169 51
Richard McLean lots,
224 31
Ziba R. Ellis,
111 72
Charles L. Jones,
222 67
Clark Ellis,
221 88
Charles E. and Clarence E. Taylor,
110 91
Joshua L. Edes,
110 51
Raymond-Doten,
218 58
John Peck,
109 28
Hayden-Bradford,
136 59
Abbie B. Ward,
163 32
Charles C. Drew,
272 25
Thomas Hedge,
280 29
Elmer H. Bartlett,
108 48
Scovel-Doten,
270 23
Walter S. Irwin,
134 58
Peter Holmes lot,
273 61
Frank Sheppard,
106 91
Emily H. Cook,
158 58
William and Violet Crozier,
104 93
Frederick Mahler,
104 93
Isaac B. King,
208 32
Catherina Wilhelmy,
104 15
Emily F. Bartlett,
104 15
William Bradford,
258 48
Charles and Deborah Hathaway,
204 50
Kate Zahn,
101 13
Lothrop C. King,
151 69
Alpheus O. Grant,
100 75
Jennette B. Smyth,
100 38
Clark Finney
100 38
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Ichabod Morton
100 38
Cobb and Burgess
100 40
William H. Miller
100 38
Laura A. and Edna M. Larkin,
100 00
George H. Malloy,
100 00
Robert Siebenschu,
100 00
Total Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $37,510 25
Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank
Morton D. Andrews,
$759 22
William H. Nelson,
761 38
Thomas B. Bartlett,
317 19
Rebecca F. Sampson,
278 89
Katherine E. Sever,
415 01
Mary F. Wood,
129 60
Cordelia Savery,
118 49
William Ross,
349 11
Putnam Kimball,
405 02
John Gooding,
549 34
Schuyler Sampson,
287 02
R. B. Hall,
128 74
Fanny Sylvester,
127 04
E. A. Spooner,
105 05
George Hayward,
436 44
George S. Tolman,
136 63
Elizabeth S. Tinkham,
119 57
Danforth and Thurber,
243 62
William Bartlett,
413 28
Daniel H. Paulding,
305 52
John Morissey,
261 22
Oliver T. Wood,
116 28
Sarah V. Kendrick,
73 65
Sarah A. Waldron,
174 75
Phoebe P. Ellis,
33 31
George E. and Carrie M. Benson,
178 00
Emma F. Avery,
293 06
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,050 00
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Abby B. Avery and Samuel Bartlett
295 39
Dora Perrit, 150 26
Mary E. Moning,
113 39
Nathaniel Spooner,
140 46
Georgianna Hedge,
137 01
Elizabeth F. Stoddard,
264 41
Abbie D. Danforth,
120 16
Cornelius Bradford,
124 51
Benjamin Hathaway,
260 08
George W. Haskins,
93 46
Henry Farris Stoddard,
131 02
Obediah Lyon,
194 18
Madeline Harris,
189 46
Lydia G. Lothrop,
374 54
Annie Martin,
264 94
Sarah W. Sparrow,
124 75
Charles C. Doten,
300 77
Sarah J. Ryder,
237 66
Mary B. Bassett,
118 78
Colburn C. and Charles R. Wood,
356 52
Henry W. Tillson
118 78
Caroline Grozinger,
57 91
Joseph P. Thurston,
115 91
Gustavus G. Sampson,
114 46
Amelia Knoch,
114 46
Briggs-Goodwin,
113 09
James H. Sutcliffe,
113 09
Evelyn Louise Perry,
113 09
Charles W. Eaton,
365 42
John Smith,
113 09
Amasa Bartlett and Bourne Spooner,
275 92
Capt. Frederick Bartlett,
107 20
Caroline C. Finney,
108 09
Thomas Cooper,
105 05
Lorenzo M. Bennett,
155 64
James R. Shaw,
103 77
Ernest L. Sampson
207 55
Truman Sampson,
103 77
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Levi R. Sampson,
103 77
Arthur S. Byrnes,
103 77
Otis W. Lapham, 103 77
Francis M. Robbins,
103 77
Lemuel L. Swift,
155 64
George W. Bradford,
205 00
Grace D. Mooney,
51 25
Amasa C. Sears,
102 50
Mary Pratt,
256 25
Henry W. Torrey,
156 94
Lyndon P. Hubbard,
100 00
Stephen Doten,
100 00
Ellen D. Howard,
75 00
Bramhall Fund,
150 00
Thomas Jackson,
100 00
Emma S. Hall,
100 00
Douglas-Hodges,
100 00
Churchill-Harlow,
150 00
Benjamin and Bessie Weston,
50 00
George Finney,
100 00
Horace C. Whitten,
100 00
Edward L. Robbins,
200 00
Henry Buhman,
100 00
$17,832 13
Total Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
$55,342 38
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND. Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,000 00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND. Plymouth Savings Bank, $730 00
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FRANCIS LEBARON POOR FUND. Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $675 00
Plymouth Savings Bank, $675 00
CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $500 00
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND. Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $300 00
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND. Plymouth Savings Bank, $1,150 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 238 90
MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Plymouth Savings Bank, $1,000 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 1,000 00
OLD COLONY NATIONAL BANK STOCK IN- VESTMENT FUND.
Old Colony National Bank Stock,
$5,000 00
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APPROPRIATIONS ON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 22, 1924.
Selectmen's Department,
$2,450 00
Accounting Department,
1,750 00
Treasury Department,
1,500 00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,150 00
Assessor's Department,
5,000 00
Law Department,
800 00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650 00
Engineering Department,
900 00
Street Line Survey,
150 00
Planning Board,
3,000 00
Election and Registration,
1,300 00
Maintenance of Town House,
2,000 00
Police Department,
23,000 00
Police Signal System,
4,100 00
Fire Department,
30,769 00
Fire Department for New Apparatus,
10,000 00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
2,600 00
Moth Suppression,
5,000 00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500 00
Forest Warden's Department,
3,500 00
Rifle Range,
500 00
Inland Fisheries,
200 00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture,
250 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
6,982 08
Health Department,
17,000 00
Public Sanitaries,
1,900 00
Sewers,
4,000 00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000 00
Resurfacing on Court Street,
20,000 00
Surfacing Standish Avenue and Allerton Street and side streets between these ways and Court Street,
10,000 00
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Property Damages on Alteration of portion of State Highway from Plymouth to Bourne, 2,500 00
New Street from Water St. to Robbins Lumber Yard,
30,000 00
Bartlett Road,
5,000 00
White Horse Road,
3,500 00
Beaver Dam Road,
6,000 00
Bournedale Road near Great Herring Pond,
11,100 00
Manomet Sidewalk,
1,000 00
Old Zinc Mill Bridge at Eel River,
1,500 00
Sidewalks,
3,500 00
Sidewalks: Granolithic,
3,000 00
Snow and Ice Removal,
1,000 00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000 00
Street Lighting,
14,500 00
Harbor Master,
150 00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
1,300 00
Poor Department,
16,500 00
Mothers' Aid,
4,500 00
Military Aid,
232 50
Soldiers' Relief,
4,164 35
School Department,
228,210 00
Plymouth Public Library (including Dog Tax $1,441.26),
5,000 00
Manomet Public Library,
500 00
Park Department,
10,450 00
Park Department for Cutting Wood in Park,
300 00
Training Green,
400 00
Public Camping Places,
500 00
Stephens Field,
6,400 00
Stephens Field, Land for Right of Way,
1,500 00
Plans for Playground in North End of Town,
200 00
Purchase of Old Fort Standish at Saquish,
600 00
Acquiring Land on North Side of Town Brook for Park Purposes, 7,150 00
Acquiring Land for a Town Forest, 2,000 00
Town Forest, for Reforesting,
1,000 00
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Providing Headquarters for Plymouth Post No. 40 American Legion, 600 00
Providing Headquarters for United Spanish War Veterans,
150 00
Sexton,
150 00
Memorial Day,
350 00
July Fourth and Forefathers' Day,
900 00
Band Concerts,
500 00
Miscellaneous Account,
4,500 00
Reserve Account (From Reserve Overlay)
5,000 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
19,000 00
Water Department, Construction,
6,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
10,000 00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000 00
Chiltonville, Manomet, South Pond and Cedar- ville Cemeteries,
300 00
Town Debt and Interest,
36,500 00
$670,557 93
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I have the honor to respectfully submit my annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1923.
ORGANIZATION John Armstrong, Chief.
Patrolmen.
Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, George H. Bell and Henry E. Dries.
Constables.
John Armstrong, Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, George H. Bell, Herman W. Tow- er, Edwin A. Dunton.
Special Police Officers.
Lee W. Cole, Peter Winter, Robert M. Fogarty, Charles J. Grandi, Nicholas Stephan, John Nauman, Fred Longhi, Arthur G. Mayo, Russell L. Dickson, Daniel E. Beaton, Henry Mur- phy, Arthur L. Manter, John Kennedy, William J. Hunter, William Armstrong, Ralph E. Cook, John Barrett, Daniel J. Sullivan, John A. Armstrong, Charles Carr, Charles Sander- son, John Bodell, James M. Downey, Thomas W. Reagan, Frank H. Cushman, Alfred Holmes, Edward K. Morse, J. Murray Atwood, James W. Lewis, Charles Webber, Joseph Mentzel, Joseph W. Richardson, Neil McKay, Jesse Brewer, Leon D. Badger, Edward Wall, Henry Dries, William Hollis.
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Special Police for Limited Territory.
Edward F. Stranger, Cemeteries and Burial Hill; Martin W. Holmes, Burial Hill; Benjamin F. Walker, Morton School; William H. Raymond, Mount Pleasant School; Lester And- erson, Pilgrim Monument; Horace Anderson, Fresh Pond; Charles F. H. Harris, South Pond; William S. Fuller, South Pond; John H. Damon, Plymouth Beach, Ralph Matinzi, Boys' Club; Charles Coates, High School; Frank Thomas, R. B. Symington's Estate; George A. Burgess, South Street School; Harry Armstrong, John Goodwin and Alfred Nick- erson, George Mabbett and Sons Co .; Charles Williamson, Plymouth Theatre; William E. Baker, Martin Anderson, Charles Wedell, Samuel Gray, Alex. Bongiovanni, John F. Doyle, David Dean, W. F. Mitchell, James Shaw, Adelbert L. Christie, Edward White, A. M. Douglass, John McCor- mick, Antone F. Lorenzo, George K. Harding, Robert Ander- son, Axel Frieburg, William Cameron, Edward Sweeney George Fox, John Grandi, James Bain, Robert Fox, Arthur W. Stone, Charles L. Robbins, Plymouth Cordage Co .; Lewis F. Smith, Training Green; Thomas Baldner, State Armory; Augustus P. Dean, and George T. Wood, Old Colony Theatre William H. Fernside, Wharf; Anton Rossler, Manomet;
Arrests by Month.
Males
Females
Total
January,
10
0
10
February,
11
0
11
March,
9
0
9
April,
19
0
19
May,
40
1
41
June,
40
1
41
July,
45
0
45
August,
46
0
46
September,
22
1
23
October,
33
3
36
November,
18
0
18
December,
33
1
34
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326
7
333
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Total number of arrests,
333
Males,
326
Females,
7
Residents,
178
Non-Residents,
155
Amount of fines imposed,
$3,255
Number of fines imposed,
106
Appealed cases,
16
Continued cases,
31
Discharged,
26
Released without arraignment,
63
Placed on file,
30
Probation,
23
Taunton Insane Hospital,
2
House of Correction,
16
Arrested for out of town officers,
14
Held for Grand Jury,
5
Childrens Welfare Society,
1
Total,
333
OFFENCES.
Male
Female Total
Adultery,
1
0
1
Abduction,
2
0
2
Assault,
12
0
12
Allowing minor in pool room,
1
0
1
Bastardy,
2
0
2
Breaking and entering,
5
0
5
Breaking glass on highway,
3
0
3
Carrying revolver,
1
0
1
Delinquency,
0
1
1
Disturbing the peace,
24
0
24
Dog without license,
1
0
1
Disorderly House,
1
0
1
Drunkenness,
133
0
133
Eaves Dropping,
1
0
1
Fornication,
0
1
1
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Gambling Nuisance,
5
0
5
Insane,
2
0
2
Keeping child from School,
0
1
1
Larceny,
11
0
11
Lewdness,
0
2
2
Loitering,
2
0
2
Malicious Mischief,
2
0
2
Manslaughter,
2
0
2
Non-support,
4
0
4
Runaway Children,
3
0
3
Setting fire without permit,
1
0
1
Tramp,
1
0
1
Threatening Language,
1
0
1
Vagrancy,
5
1
6
Violating Auto Laws,
78
0
78
Violating Fish and Game Law,
2
0
2
Violating Liquor Law,
16
1
17
Violating Probation,
3
0
3
Violating Town By-Law,
1
0
1
326
7
333
Miscellaneous Work of The Department.
Children reported lost and found,
14
Buildings found open,
87
Complaints received and investigated,
1158
Night's lodging given to,
11
I desire again to call your attention to the importance of installing a standard police signal system whereby the patrol- men can keep in touch with headquarters at all times, and of headquarters being able to call any patrolman on the street when emergency cases arise. As it is now there is no means of getting a patrolman on the street in the North part of the town except through the good will of some person having a telephone who will go out to the street and tell the officer that he is wanted at headquarters.
This installation is to be for telephone and flashlight only, but so arranged that signaling and recording apparatus can
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readily be made in the boxes, and at headquarters when de- sired.
In conducting police matters occasions frequently arise when several officers are wanted at the same time, with an up to date system it is possible to do this. Without such a sys- tem it is extremely difficult to have the department act with the efficiency desired.
The location of boxes and lights to be as follows:
Sandwich Street,
corner of Bradford Street,
Main Street,
corner of Leyden Street,
Court Street, corner of Park Avenue,
Court Street, corner of Centennial Street,
Court Street, corner of Cherry Street,
Court Street, corner of Forest Avenue,
With such a system installed the citizens are better protect- ed both day and night as service can be given quickly, under existing conditions an extended time might elapse before help from the police department could be rendered, and the differ- ence between the two means success or failure to carry out and enforce the law or give the citizens the proper protection.
I therefore respectfully recommend that aspecial appropri- ation be made of $4,100.00 for this system complete. This amount will provide for six (6) police boxes equipped with telephones, six (6) flashlights and eight (8) controllers for op- erating same.
In order that we may be able to furnish better police pro- tection in sections of the town not properly patroled at the present time. I will respectfully recommend that three men be added to this department as regular police officers.
I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $23,000.00 to defray the expenses of this department for the year 1924.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Chief of Police.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Aggregate Valuation, $22,289,325 00
Assessed and Exempted :
Chap. 59. Clause 17 & 18. Gen. Laws, $62,325 00
Chap. 59. Clause 23,
Gen. Laws,
36,275 00
Chap. 59. Sec. 5, Gen. Laws,
1,500 00
100,100 00
Available for Revenue, $22,189,225 00
Valuation, Personal,
$5,227,950 00
Valuation, Real,
16,961,275 00
Gain on Real,
427,850 00
Loss on Personal,
120,470 00
To be raised by Taxation:
State,
50,010 25
County,
38,884 88
County, Gurnet Bridge,
735 77
Town,
413,191 51
502,822 41
Division of Taxes:
Personal,
119,197 26
Real,
386,648 67
Re-assessed,
471 39
Moth,
516 00
506,833 32
3859 Polls, $2.00
7,718 00
3859 Polls, State Bonus, $3.00
11,577 00
19,295 00
Dec. 20. Additional Personal and Real,
68 40
526,196 72
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Rate of Taxation $22.80 on $1,000.00
Warrants to Collector:
Apr. Property,
$506,833 32
Dec. Property,
68 40
Dec. Polls,
19,295 00 $526,196 72
Exempted under Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Gen. Laws,
Charitable, Literary, Benevolent,
$648,622 00
Houses of Religious Worship,
342,750 00
Commonwealth of Mass.,
270,125 00
County of Plymouth,
604,525 00
United States of America,
116,200 00
Town of Plymouth,
1147,825 00
Table of Aggregates:
Residents assessed on Property,
2,496
Corporations, Firms, etc.,
628
Non-Residents,
1,066
Persons assessed on Property,
4,190
Poll Tax only,
2,116
Poll Assessed,
3,859
Poll Exempted. Chap. 59, Clause 18, Gen. Laws,
56
Poll Exempted. Chap. 59, Clause 23, Gen. Laws,
21
Horses,
262
Cows,
428
Sheep,
23
Neat,
12
Swine,
21
Fowl,
4,750
Dwelling Houses,
3,531
Acres of Land,
47,912
Abatement Account.
Levy 1921,
Dec 31, 1922. Balance Undrawn,
$4,047 30
Jan. 1923. Added Polls,
12 00
$4,059 30
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Dec. 31, 1923. Abatements, 261 02
Levy 1922.
Dec. 31, 1922. Balance Undrawn, $4,258 68
Apr. 21, 1923. Refunded by State on Polls, 1,443 00
$5,701 68
Jan. 1, 1923. Abated Polls, $600 00
Dec. 31, 1923. Abated Property, 116 48 716 48
$4,985 20
Levy 1923.
Apr. 1, 1923. Overlay,
$3,023 52
Dec. 20, 1923. Property,
539 79
Dec. 20, 1923. 8 Polls,
40 00
$3,603 31
Dec. 20, 1923. Abated Polls, $1,955 00
Dec. 20, 1923. Abated Property, 1,377 12 3,332 12
$271 19
Reserve Fund.
Dec. 31, 1923. Balance Undrawn, $6,191 95'
Dec. 31, 1923. Added Balance Levy, 1921, 3,798 28
$9,990 23
Transferred to Reserve Account,
4,111 48
$5,878 75
We recommend an appropriation for the year 1924. $3,000.00 for salaries of Assessors, and $2,000.00 for Assistant Assessors, Clerks, and Expenses.
We recommend that $50,000.00 of the Excess and Defici- ency Account be used to reduce the Tax Levy of the year 1924 JAMES C. BATES, NATHANIEL G. LANMAN, GEORGE HARLOW,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923.
The past year has been very quiet so far as the work of this department was concerned, but ninety eight people living here and twenty six elsewhere for which this town was respon- sible having received relief outside the almshouse. This small number would seem to indicate that work was plentiful for those able to do it, those carried on our list being mostly the steady cases that are carried on the books from year to year.
On January 1, 1923 the number of inmates in the
Almshouse was,
12
Admitted during the year,
2
14
Died,
1
Number remaining Dec. 31st, 13
Of this number eight are men and five women. The Julia P. Robinson fund yielded $21.14 in dividends which were given to the Matron, Mrs. Dickson, with instructions to give each inmate $1.50 to be spent by the recipient as each thought best, the small balance remaining being spent to purchase fruit and candy for their use.
The wooden extension joined to the main house in the rear consisting of a basement, with one story above the driveway, is in very poor shape and something will have to be done with
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it the present year. We are not quite ready to suggest the de- molishment of this part and the subsequent rebuilding when necessary of an addition that will match the rest of the build- ing, on account of the expense involved. At present only the basement is in use for the storage of wood, etc., but the rooms above have been used and may be found useful again, therefore we shall proceed with such repairs to the present structure as may be found necessary.
Mr. Dickson, the Superintendent, reports the sale of milk and eggs to the amount of $185.86, also the production for use at the almshouse of milk, butter, eggs and dressed poultry to an amount of excess in $750.00 based on the market price. The garden this year was a disappointment.
Our total expenditures during the year were, $15,056 56
Reimbursements from the State, cities and towns, 2,409 25
Net cost to the town, $12,647 31
We recommend an appropriation for 1924 of $16,500.00. Mothers With Dependent Children.
Under this heading we are aiding six mothers with twenty two children living here, and one mother with her family liv- ing elsewhere within the State.
We have expended,
$3,760 97
Received from the Commonwealth, 1,926 66
Net cost to the town, $1,834 41
We recommend as an appropriation for the present year of 1924, $4,500.00.
The classified expenses of this department for the year will be found at the end of this report itemized as provided by the accounting system adopted by the town a few years ago.
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, Income from Trust Funds,
$17,000 00 106 08
Total,
$17,106 08
Payments.
General Administration:
Salary of Chairman,
$50 00
Salary of Secretary,
350 00
All Other
16 45
Total General Administration,
$416 45
Almshouse:
Salary of Superintendent,
$624 00
Other Salaries and Wages,
1,209 40
Groceries and Provisions, 1,908 05
Dry Goods, Clothing,
348 55
Building,
137 32
Fuel and Light
1,372 98
Equipment,
100 46
Hay and Grain,
419 50
All Other,
454 14
Total Almshouse
6,574 40
Outside Relief by Town:
Cash,
$2,618 92
Rent,
717 00
Groceries and Provisions,
2,572 50
Coal and Wood,
433 65
Dry Goods, Clothing,
10 80
Medical Attendance,
218 00
Burials,
120 00
State Institutions,
74 00
Other Institutions,
180 30
All Other,
511 00
Total Outside Relief by Town, 7,456 17
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Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns: Cities, Other Expenses,
595 74 13 80
Total Payments,
$15,056 56
Balance to Excess and Deficiency,
$2,049 52
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND.
Expended by Overseers of the Poor for Inmates of Almshouse, $21 14
MOTHER'S AID
Appropriation, Payments.
$4,500 00
Cash,
$3,439 33
Rent,
243 00
Fuel,
56 50
All Other,
22 14
Total Payments, 3,760 97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency,
$739 03
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, GEORGE L. GOODING, HERBERT W. BARTLETT,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen-During the past year the park under the su- pervision of the Park Commissioners have been cared for according to our best judgement.
BEACH PARK.
Early in the season a number of requests were received for permission to erect private bath houses on the Beach Park Reservation. The Board thought it unwise to grant such requests, as a substitute for private houses it was thought ad- visable to erect a small bath house as an annex to the present house and rent the rooms by the week, month or season. This met with the approval of the public and all rooms were let for the balance of the season as soon as the house was completed. Some requesting that rooms be reserved for them the coming season.
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