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William R. Drew,
782 91
Adelaide Reed,
119 76
Elizabeth M. Ward,
297 37
Edward W. Bradford,
245 26
Harvey lot,
145 41
Ephraim Churchill,
30 44
Franklin B. Holmes,
130 92
Linus B. Thomas,
66 07
Ephraim S. Morton,
112 24
Merriam lot,
238 14
B. O. Strong,
153 24
John C. Cave,
126 90
Winslow B. Standish,
134 31
Calvin S. Damon,
262 61
Finney and Churchill,
152 48
Edward B. Hayden,
175 67
H. N. P. Hubbard,
134 05
Anderson lots,
194 65
Sylvanus Churchill,
78 50
Nancy L. Pratt,
86 52
Burgess P. Terry,
136 09
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William and P. H. Williams,
130 59
Increase Robinson,
462 27
August H. Lucas,
198 49
Edward Morton,
131 18
Benjamin Pierce,
65 94
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Alfred P. Arnold,
128 67
Nathaniel H. Morton,
131 65
Charles H. Holmes,
143 26
Daniel Hinchcliffe,
139 40
Samuel Nelson,
128 76
Nathaniel Russell,
232 44
Sumner Leonard,
128 09
Frederick Dittmar,
115 98
Emeline Landy,
136 96
John F. Hoyt,
165 42
Pope lot,
196 89
Nehemiah Savery,
117 66
Thomas A. Holsgrove,
177 63
John C. Ross,
234 62
Archibald McLean,
65 44
George L. Lyon,
177 61
Phineas Pierce lot and Paty tomb,
292 44
Charles E. Barnes,
127 46
Burgess lot, South Pond,
242 69
Ezra Harlow,
172 38
Mercy J. Howland,
132 98
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,000 00
Mary McDonald,
114 55
Mary J. Corey,
117 67
Ellis-Ryder,
145 05
Brewster-Bartlett,
435 66
Barnabas Hedge,
172 00
George M. Collins,
136 48
Alexander McLean,
116 72
Charles E. Dow,
113 11
Shaw and Thomas,
279 88
Atwood and Pratt,
217 24
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Prentiss lot,
273 27
Rufus H. Pope,
84 34
Alanson Thomas,
163 64
Albert Whiting,
129 81
Gamaliel Thomas,
109 23
Albert Bramhall,
109 33
Nancy B. Stevens,
138 83
Johnson-Hart,
132 47
Adeline D. Bartlett,
58 72
Coomer-Weston,
243 06
Edward N. H. Vaughn,
272 25
Thomas W. Finney,
107 60
Charles H. Howland, 2nd,
126 27
Davidson lots,
246 19
James Ellis,
140 82
Allen and Franklin M. Holmes,
113 75
Marietta Bumpus,
146 56
Frederick O. Bradford,
195 91
Mercy C. Robbins,
333 30
D. Edson Raymond, 120 74
Martin J. Hunting,
224 46
Watson and Rufus Ellis,
117 60
Herbert Robbins,
114 29
William J. Waterson, 67 37
Belinda B. Clements, 133 42
George D. Bartlett, 511 61
Orrin W. and Lydia A. Bennett,
133 42
John F. Hall,
131 97
Charles P. Morse,
130 49
Stephen and Almira B. Pember,
130 49
Barnabas Churchill, 261 07
Erastus B. Torrance, 130 49
Winslow W. Avery,
261 07
Daniel O. Churchill,
129 07
Bradford Barnes,
193 65
Zacheus Bartlett,
127 63
Burgess and Churchill,
59 20
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Alexander M. Harrison,
126 28
Hilda Svenssen, 126 21
Hiram B. Sears,
252 60
Joseph Taylor,,
93 57
Franklin B. Cobb,
124 84
Andrew J. and Sarah E. Bradford,
124 84
John S. Butler,
124 84
Charles H. and Eunice B. Howland, 85 65
Sylvanus W. King,
124 34
Levi P. Morton,
123 46
Whitmore-Churchill-Whitmore,
143 59
John Bachelder,
185 25
Richard McLean Lots,
245 15
Ziba R. Ellis,
122 08
Charles L. Jones,
243 36
Clark Ellis, 242 47
Charles E. and Clarence E. Taylor, 121 18
Joshua L. Edes,
120 76
Raymond-Doten,
238 88
John Peck, 119 41
Hayden-Bradford,
149 24
Abbie B. Ward,
178 48
Adam and Frances Nicol,
118 96
Charles C. Drew,
297 57
Thomas Hedge,
306 35
Elmer H. Bartlett,
118 52
Scovel-Doten,
295 35
Walter S. Irwin,
147 06
Peter Homes lot,
299 04
Frank Sheppard,
116 82
Maria A. Rickard,
116 35
Emily H. Cook,
173 30
William and Violet Crozier,
114 65
Frederick Mahler,
114 65
Isaac B. King,
227 67
Catherina Wilhelmy,
113 81
Emily F. Bartlett,
113 81
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William Bradford,
282 52
Charles and Deborah Hathaway,
223 49
Kate Zahn,
110 51
Lothrop C. King,
165 79
Alpheus O. Grant.
110 09
Jennette B. Smyth.
109 68
Clark Finney,
109 68
Ichabod Morton, 109 68
Cobb and Burgess.
109 70
William H. Miller.
109 68
Laura A. and Edna M. Larkin,
109 28
George H. Malloy,
108 48
Robert Siebenschu,
107 68
Perkins-Sibley lot,
103 78
Priscilla Perkins,
133 13
betsey F. Dunham,
104 93
George H. Dunham,
104 93
burgess-Bennett, 156 82
George and Elizabeth Nichols,
208 32
Harry Kramer,
103 77
Nellie H. Weeks,
103 40
Thomas C. Atwood and
Laura McHenry,
102 25
Charles C. Barnes and
Samuel G. Broadbent,
102 25
Mary J. Ware,
102 25
William L. Finney,
203 00
Jacob Jr. and Elizabeth Mahler,
202 25
Nathaniel Bartlett,
100 75
Charles E. Ryder,
100 75
Mary A. Austin, et al.,
75 28
Elizabeth A. Kimball, et al.,
40 00
David O. Harvey, 200 00
Total Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $41,664 39
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Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank
Morton D. Andrews,
$760 51
William H. Nelson,
625 00
Thomas B. Bartlett,
321 64
Rebecca F. Sampson,
310 00
Katherine E. Sever,
461 42
Mary F. Wood,
144 05
Cordelia Savery,
131 68
William Ross,
388 10
Putnam Kimball,
450 30
John Gooding,
610 75
Schuyler Sampson,
266 99
R. B. Hall,
143 09
Fanny Sylvester,
141 19
E. A. Spooner,
115 78
George Hayward,
441 73
George S. Tolman,
151 84
Elizabeth S. Tinkham,
132 86
Danforth & Thurber,
270 82
William Bartlett,
418 05
Daniel H. Paulding,
339 61
John Morissey,
290 40
Oliver T. Wood,
129 22
Sarah V. Kendrick,
81 80
Sarah A. Waldron,
194 25
Phoebe P. Ellis,
37 01
George E. and Carrie M. Benson,
120 02
Emma F. Avery,
325 81
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,000 00
Abby B. Avery and
Samuel Bartlett,
328 39
Dora Perrit,
167 02
Mary E. Moning,
126 01
Nathaniel Spooner,
156 10
Georgianna Hedge,
152 30
Elizabeth F. Stoddard,
293 94
Abbie D. Danforth,
133 53
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Cornelius Bradford,
138 37
Benjamin Hathaway,
289 12
George W. Haskins,
103 87
Henry Farris Stoddard,
145 60
Obadiah Lyon,
215 86
Madeline Harris,
210 58
Lydia G. Lothrop,
416 38
Annie Martin,
294 53
Sarah W. Sparrow,
138 64
Charles C. Doten,
334 36
Sarah J. Ryder,
264 20
Mary B. Bassett,
132 02
Colburn C. and Charles R. Wood,
396 35
Henry W. Tillson,
132 02
Caroline Grozinger,
64 29
Joseph P. Thurston,
128 82
Gustavus G. Sampson,
127 19
Amelia Knoch,
127 19
Briggs-Goodwin,
125 71
James H. Sutcliffe,
125 71
Evelyn Louise Perry,
125 71
Charles W. Eaton,
406 24
John Smith,
125 71
Amasa Bartlett and
Bourne Spooner,
306 71
Capt. Frederick Bartlett,
119 13
Caroline C. Finney,
121 07
Thomas Cooper,
116 72
Lorenzo M. Bennett,
172 97
James R. Shaw,
115 32
Ernest L. Sampson,
230 71
Truman Sampson,
115 32
Levi R. Sampson,
115 32
Arthur S. Byrnes,
115 32
Otis W. Lapham,
115 32
Francis M. Robbins,
115 32
Lemuel L. Swift,
172 97
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George W. Bradford,
227 86
Grace D. Mooney,
56 91
Amasa C. Sears,
113 88
Mary Pratt,
284 86
Henry W. Torrey,
174 42
Lyndon P. Hubbard,
111 15
Stephen Doten,
111 15
Ellen D. Howard,
83 34
Bramhall Fund,
166 73
Thomas Jackson,
109 63
Emma S. Hall,
109 63
Douglas-Hodges,
109 63
Churchill-Harlow,
164 52
Benjamin and Bessie Weston,
54 78
George Finney,
108 18
Horace C. Whitten,
108 18
Edward L. Robbins,
216 40
Henry Buhman,
108 18
John Krins,
106 88
Addie E. Douglas,
106 88
Annie Furlong,
102 55
Frederick M. Atwood,
158 35
Ellis Whiting,
105 55
Charles Rogers,
79 17
Helen F. Hedge,
211 13
Robert H. and Rebecca Barnes,
131 95
Charles S. Purinton,
312 48
Isaac H. Valler,
104 14
Esther Hollis,
416 63
Edward W. Baker,
182 06
Elizabeth A. Howland,
202 75
Harriet A. McFall,
152 06
George E. Randall,
150 00
James Howard Clark,
200 00
Eliza G. Hall,
200 00
Emma W. Hedge,
200 00
John Fratus,
150 00
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Mary E. Fuller, 100 00
Thomas Pierce,
150 00
Alfred L. Bartlett,
200 00
Martha S. Brewster,
100 00
Henry E. Maynard,
100 00
Edward H. Thompson,
100 00
Benjamin Drew,
150 00
Mary McLeod,
200 00
Catherine B. Morrison,
100 00
Lucy C. Nelson,
200 00
Philip Rudolph,
100 00
Eugenia Lothrop,
100 00
Lucia S. Griffin,
100 00
Total Plymouth Savings Bank,
$24,053 89
Deposited with the State Treasurer
Phoebe R. Clifford Fund, $200 00
Total Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund,
$65,918 28
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,000 00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $730 00
FRANCIS LEBARON POOR FUND Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $675 00 Plymouth Savings Bank, 675 00
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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, $1,269 51
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 261 09
MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank,
$1,000 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000 00
OLD COLONY NATIONAL BANK STOCK
INVESTMENT FUND
Old Colony National Bank Stock,
$5,000 00
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Appropriations on Warrant for Annual Town Meeting MARCH 27, 1926
Selectmen's Department, $2,800 00
Accounting Department,
2,050 00
Treasury Department,
1,825 00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,440 00
Assessors' Department,
6,000 00
Law Department,
1,000 00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650 00
Engineering Department,
900 00
Street Line Survey,
100 00
Election and Registration,
1,300 00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000 00
Furnishings and Equipment for Town Hall,
6,500 00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
12,000 00
Police Department,
27,500 00
Fire Department,
32,854 00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
2,900 00
Moth Suppression,
5,000 00
Tree Warden's Department,
3,000 00
Forest Warden's Department,
3,500 00
Forest Warden's Department, for Auto Truck, 3,000 00 Inspector of Buildings, 1,000 00
Rifle Range,
200 00
Inland Fisheries,
200 00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture,
250 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
7,519 18
Health Department,
18,000 00
Public Sanitaries,
2,100 00
Sewers,
6,000 00
Street Cleaning,
5,000 00
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Roads and Bridges,
40,000 00
Hard-Surfacing Streets,
7,500 00
Darby Road, Rebuilding Shoulders,
5,000 00
Newfields Street Bridge,
1,500 00
River Street, Hard-Surfacing,
1,000 00
Strand Avenue, Hard-Surfacing,
1,000 00
Rounding Street Corners,
1,000 00
Sidewalks,
3,500 00
Sidewalks, Granolithic,
4,000 00
Snow and Ice Removal,
12,000 00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000 00
Street Lighting,
18,000 00
Harbor Master,
150 00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
1,225 00
Poor Department,
21,000 00
Poor Department, 1925 bills,
511 45
Mothers' Aid,
5,500 00
Military Aid,
80 00
Soldiers' Relief,
3,465 45
School Department,
243,250 00
Plymouth Public Library,
(Including Dog Tax $1,659.68)
7,000 00
Manomet Public Library,
500 00
Park Department,
5,000 00
Park Department for Cutting Wood,
300 00
Training Green,
500 00
Public Camping Place,
750 00
Stephens Field,
2,500 00
Nelson Street Playground,
450 00
Elder Brewster Garden,
1,000 00
Elder Brewster Garden, Iron Fence,
800 00
Town Forest, Reforesting and Improvement,
2,000 00
Public Playground at North Plymouth,
2,500 00
Headquarters for American Legion,
200 00
Headquarters for Spanish War Veterans,
50 00
Sexton,
200 00
Memorial Day,
400 00
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July 4th and Forefathers' Day, 900 00 Band Concerts, 500 00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,500 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
28,000 00
Water Department, Construction,
5,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
10,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries, New Fence,
3,500 00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000 00
Burial Hill Cemetery, New Fence,
1,000 00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and
South Pond Cemeteries,
300 00
Town Debt and Interest,
84,000 00
$698,120 08
'PETITIONS
Sandwich Road Macadam, $14,000 00
Billington Street Macadam,
10,000 00
Nelson Street Improvements, 1,000 00
Taylor Avenue Macadam, White Horse Beach, 3,500 00
$726,620 08
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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, 1925.
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ORGANIZATION John Armstrong, Chief.
Patrolmen.
Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, Peter W. Winter, Robert M. Fogarty, Leo M. Murphy, Edward A. Smith and Lawrence J. Savoy.
Constables
John Armstrong, Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, Herman W. Tower, Edwin A. Dunton,
Special Police Officers
Lee W. Cole, Charles J. Grandi, Nicholas Stephan, John Nauman, Fred Longhi, Arthur G. Mayo, Daniel E. Beaton, John Kennedy, William Armstrong, Ralph E. Cook, John H. Barrett, Daniel J. Sullivan, Charles Carr, John Bodell, Thomas W. Regan, Frank H. Cush- man, Edward K. Morse, James W. Lewis, Charles Web- ber, Joseph W. Richardson, Neil Mckay, Jesse Brewer, Leon D. Badger, Edward Wall, Henry Dries, William Hollis and John F. Hollis.
Special Police for Limited Territory
Edward F. Stranger, Cemeteries and Burial Hill; Martin W. Holmes, Burial Hill; John Yates, Junior High School; William H. Raymond, Mount Pleasant School; Lester Anderson, Pilgrim Monument; Abbott A. Ray-
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mond, Jr., Fresh Pond; William S. Fuller, South Pond; Nathaniel F. Howes, Stephens Field; Ralph Matinzi, Boys' Club ; Charles Coats, High School; Frank Thomas, R. B. Symington's Estate ; George A. Burgess, South St. School; Harry Armstrong, John Goodwin and Alfred Nickerson for George Mabbitt and Sons Co .; Charles Williamson, James M. Cameron and William Cameron for Plymouth Theatre; Malcolm Robicheau and George T. Wood, Old Colony Theatre ; 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. Douglas, John McCor- mick, Antone F. Lorenzo, George K. Harding, Robert Anderson, Axel Frieburg, Edward Sweeney, George Fox, John Grandi, James Bain, Robert Fox, Arthur W. Stone, Charles L. Robbins for Plymouth Cordage Co .; Lewis F. Smith, Training Green; Thomas Baldner, State Ar- mory ; William H. Fernside, State Wharf; Anton Rossler, Manomet; George F. Barlow, Beach Park.
Arrests by the Month
Males
Females
Total
January, .
25
1
26
February,
24
0
24
March,
42
1
43
April,
17
1
18
May,
26
2
28
June,
68
0
68
July,
58
3
61
August,
67
2
69
September,
40
6
46
October,
55
2
57
November,
34
1
35
December,
39
0
39
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495
19
514
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DISPOSITION OF CASES
Total number of arrests,
514
Males,
495
Females,
19
Residents,
328
Non-Residents,
186
Amount of fines imposed,
$4,756
Number of fines imposed,
154
Appealed cases,
24
Continued cases,
48
Discharged,
37
Released,
82
Suspended sentences,
13
Filed,
58
Probation,
22
House of Correction,
17
Taunton Hospital,
7
Arrested for out of town officers,
4
Held for Grand Jury,
5
Held for Federal Court,
37
Defaulted,
3
State Farm,
1
Returned to their homes,
2
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OFFENCES
Male Female Total
Assault,
23
2
25
Bastardy,
2
0
2
Breaking and entering,
5
0
5
Begging,
1
0
1
Breaking glass on highway,
1
0
1
Carrying Revolver,
1
0
1
Default Warrant,
4
0
4
Disturbing the Peace,
31
6
37
Disorderly house,
1
0
1
1
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Drunk,
137
1
138
Eaves Dropping,
1
0
1
Forgery,
2
0
2
Gambling, present where imple- ments were found,
40
0
40
Gambling Nuisance,
3
0
3
Habitual School Offender,
1
0
1
Having Delinquent Child,
1
0
1
Highway robbery,
1
0
1
Insane,
3
4
7
Idle and disorderly,
5
1
6
Larceny,
23
0
23
Loitering,
3
0
3
Malicious Mischief,
11
0
11
Neglected children,
2
0
2
Non-support,
9
0
9
Runaway children,
3
0
3
Stubborn child,
0
1
1
Threatening language,
1
0
1
Trespassing,
1
0
1
Vagrancy,
1
0
1
Violating auto laws,
99
2
101
Violating liquor laws,
69
2
71
Violating probation,
2
0
2
Violating Town by laws,
8
0
8
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495
19
514
Miscellaneous Work of Department
Children lost and found,
9
Buildings found open and secured,
91
Complaints received and investigated,
1,211
Night's lodging given to
28
We now have the Police Signal System installed and in operation since last September which is working very satisfactory. Already it has proved itself to be one great step towards efficiency. There is an officer at the desk in the Police Station at all times, should a call come in at any time during the day or night this officer will
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respond immediately. For the protection of the public and the efficiency of this department it is essential that we have another car so that when one car is out on some case, another car will be ready should an emergency call come in. I therefor respectfully recommend that another car be purchased for this department and police work in general.
This department has two motorcycles, one is five and the other is two years old, both machines have been run a great many thousand miles and are worn considerably. To have them repaired would cost perhaps more than one would care to spend on old machines. I do believe that we would be using good judgment and practicing economy if we should trade those two machines in for one new one and be fully equipped for the summer traffic.
The liquor situation has received strict attention dur- ing the past year. The report shows a gradual increase of liquor violations over the previous year. I respect- fully call your attention to the fact that this depart- ment has searched twenty-seven places for liquor which are not included in the within report as the defendants were not brought before the court.
The officer who patrols the Manomet district during the summer months has a large area to cover. His effi- ciency would be multiplied many times if he had a small car to cover this territory. I recommend that this sug- gestion be given your earnest consideration for the com- ing season.
The conception many people have of police work, gained from the movies and sensational newspaper stor- ies is of a crusty, crabbed official at the police station desk who bellows at you when you come in, "What do you want?" If that ever was the custom it is not so today. Those officials know they are there for service and they render it in every possible way. The same is true of the policeman on the street. A patrolman is of- ten the first person a stranger speaks to, and the im- pression formed is liable to gauge his estimate of the
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entire city or town and that is one reason why each offi- cer is instructed to render the utmost service and cour- tesy to those with whom he comes in contact, and it is surprising how many legal questions of various kinds they are asked. The police must be diplomatic in dealing with those whom misfortune often renders most unrea- sonable; the large amount of common sense with which most police officers are endowed enables them in many cases to render real service.
I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $27,500 to defray the expenses of this department for the year 1926.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN ARMSTRONG, Chief of Police.
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Assessors' Report
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Aggregate Valuation, $24,479,475 00
Assessed and Exempted :
Chap. 59. Clause 17
& 18, Gen. Laws,
$58,175 00
Chap. 59. Clause 23,
Gen. Laws, 34,725 00
Sec. 5. Clause 11,
Gen. Laws, 4,250 00
97,150 00
Available for Revenue,
$24,382,325 00
Valuation, Personal,
$5,584,750 00
Valuation, Real, 18,797,575 00
24,382,325 00
Gain on
Personal, $302,825 00
Gain on Real, 1,084,200 00
To be raised by Taxation :
State Warrants,
$52,080 00
State Highway,
4,863 78
State Signs and Mile Stones,
216 67
County,
57,976 45
County. Gurnet Bridge, 745 68
Town, 469,332 16
$585,214 74
Division of Taxes,
Personal, $134,034 00
Real, 451,141 80
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Reassessed,
212 40
Moth,
436 70
Polls,
8,000 00
593,824 90
Rate of Taxation $24.00 on $1,000.00
Warrants to Collector :
Property,
$585,824 90
Polls,
8,000 00
593,824 90
Exempted under Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Gen. Laws:
Charitable, Benevolent, 695,325 00
Houses of Religious Worship, 346,450 00
Commonwealth of Mass., 168,150 00
United States of America,
113,800 00
Town of Plymouth,
1,336,050 00
County of Plymouth,
528,525 00
Table of Aggregates:
Residents assessed on Property,
2,940
Corporations and Firms,
676
Non-Residents,
1,158
Poll Taxes Assessed,
4,000
Poll Taxes Exempted Clause 18, Chap. 59,
47
Poll Taxes Exempted Clause 23, Chap. 59,
19
Cows Assessed,
439
Horses,
201
Neat Cattle,
18
Sheep,
32
Swine,
6
Fowl,
4,125
Dwellings,
3,725
Acres of Land,
46,572
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ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy 1923,
Jan. 1, 1925. Balance Overlay, To Reserve Overlay, 126 55
$126 55
Levy, 1924,
Jan. 1, 1925.
Balance of Overlay,
$5,266 50
Dec. 31, 1925. Abatements,
375 34
To Reserve Overlay,
$4,891 16
Levy 1925,
Sept. 3, 1925.
Overlay,
$7,467 66
Dec. 31, 1925.
Additional Property,
335 40
Dec. 31, 1925. Additional Polls,
158 00
Dec. 31, 1925.
Reassessed,
212 40
$8,173 46
Dec. 31. 1925.
Abatements,
Property,
$1,841 20
Polls,
288 00
2,129 20
$6,044 26
Reserve Overlay,
Jan. 1, 1925.
Balance,
$9,990 94
Balance Overlay, 1923,
126 55
Balance Overlay, 1924,
4,891 16
$15,008 65
Transferred to Reserve
Account, 5,000 00
$10,008 65
We recommend an appropriation for the year 1926, $3,900.00 for Salaries of Assessors, and $2,100.00 for As- sistant Assessors, Clerks, and Expenses.
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On April 18, 1925, Mr. George Harlow, who had been one of the Assessors for twenty-eight years, died.
At a meeting of the Boards of Selectmen and Asses- sors on May 28, 1925, Mr. Charles H. Sherman was chosen to fill the vacancy, until the March Election in 1926.
JAMES C. BATES, NATHANIEL G. LANMAN, CHARLES H. SHERMAN,
Assessors.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925.
ALMSHOUSE
Number of inmates on January 1, 1925,
13
Admitted during the year,
4
17
Discharged, 3
Died, 2
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Number, Dec. 31, 1925, 10 men and two women, 12
No very marked changes have occurred in the number of inmates remaining in the almshouse on the first of Jan- uary during the last three or four years, those discharged together with the deaths, offset by the number admitted, serving to keep the number quite closely to the 12 mark of the present year. All are well cared for, and are ap- parently as satisfied as anyone can be in an institution where time is plentiful with very little work or occupa- tion to make it pass swiftly and pleasantly. As is usual, only the necessary repairs to maintain the house in a fairly good condition have been made. A certain amount of food is produced, such as chickens, eggs, milk, and dur- ing the summer the usual garden vegetables, the surplus, especially of the milk and eggs is sold and the money turned into the Town Treasury-see accountant's report appended herewith.
The income from the Julia P. Robinson fund was drawn and under the direction of the Matron, Mrs. Dickson, was expended for the benefit of the inmates.
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OUTSIDE AID
214 persons residing in town and 52 living in other places within the State, but retaining their settlements here have been aided during the past year. Notwith- standing all our efforts to keep down the expense the cost continues to mount, with a continued pressure upon us to aid more liberally than we do. A few years ago one did not dream of a time when an indigent family would be aided to the extent we find necessary today, apparently not only has the purchasing power of the dollar decreased, but the standard of living among the poor has been raised to correspond with that of the more well to do class.
At the end of 1924 we asked for an appropriation of $19,000.00 for the year 1925, this was reduced by $1,000.00 by the Finance Committee, but at the end of the year 1925, the said Committee transferred to us from an appropriation under their charge the sum of $1,284.90, besides which we used the balance left in our Mothers' Aid appropriation of $647.44 in an effort to pay all our 1925 bills, but we were not successful and must ask for a special appropriation of $511.45 to pay those bills carried over.
We recommend a special appropriation of $511.45 to balance the 1925 bills.
We also recommend an appropriation of $21,000.00 for the year 1926.
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation,
$18,000 00
Appropriation for 1924 Bills,
1,437 95
Transfer from Reserve,
1,284 90
Transfer from Mothers' Aid,
647 44
Income from Trust Funds,
111 43
$21,481 72
Payments, General Administration :
Salary of Chairman, $50 00
Salary of Secretary, 350 00
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Stationery and Postage, 14 00
All Other, 3 00
$417 00
Almshouse :
Salary of Superintendent, $624 00 Other Salaries and Wages, 1,700 60
Groceries and Provisions, 1,734 02
Dry Goods: Clothing, 268 41
Building,
372 67
Fuel and Light,
1,034 46
Equipment,
49 99
Hay and Grain,
367 31
Ice,
88 35
All Other,
325 36
6,565 17
Outside Relief by Town:
Cash,
$5,737 41
Rent,
720 00
Groceries and Provisions, 1924, 443 00
Groceries and Provisions, 2,895 78
Coal and Wood, 856 60
Dry Goods : Clothing,
20 32
Medical Attendance,
236 00
Burials,
100 00
State Institutions,
13 43
Other Institutions,
384 60
Care and Nursing,
843 50
All Other,
9 00
12,259 64
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns :
Cities-1924,
$994 95
Cities,
977 46
Towns,
267 50
$2,239 91
Total Payments, $21,481 72
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RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS, 1925 Almshouse : Sale of Produce, $338 20 Board, 51 00 Miscellaneous, 11 35
400 55
Outside :
Individuals,
$17 00
Cities and Towns,
785 00
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State,
1,121 85
$1,923 85
Total Receipts,
$2,324 40
Total Payments,
$21,481 72
Less Receipts,
2,324 40
Net Cost,
$19,157 32
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND Expended by Overseers of the Poor for Inmates
of Almshouse,
$13 64
MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENTS
During the past year we closed one case receiving aid under this law by reason of the family's income being augmented by the wages of an older child going to work, thus enabling the fam- ily to get along by themselves. Shortly after we took on a widow with two children, making a total of seven mothers with twenty- two children, sixteen of the latter under fourteen years of age.
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