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RECOMMENDATION
We recommend that the sewage of Plymouth be dis- posed of by discharge into the ocean at a point off Rocky Point approximately 4,000 ft. from shore where the depth of water is about 45 ft. at low tide. We think it probable at least that for a great many years to come, it will be impossible to detect sewage even immediately over the outlet and that there should never be any trouble from sewage material drifting to the bathing beaches or upon the shore if discharged in this locality.
To accomplish this disposal, we recommend the con- struction of an intercepting sewer along the shore from the Plymouth Cordage Company to Holmes Point; a pumping station at Holmes Point, and a force main or outfall sewer from the pumping station along the shore to Rocky Point and thence a submerged pipe to the outlet.
The foregoing estimate is based upon works capable of caring for the sewage of the town, but excluding storm water, some of which now enters the sewers from a con- siderable number of roofs and from a small number of street catch basins. Therefore, the plan suggested con- templates the disconnection from the sewers of roof water pipes and street catch basins and that provision of such storm drains will be made as may prove necessary for the proper removal of the storm water which now enters the sewers.
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Our studies have not included an investigation of the storm water conditions sufficiently to reach a conclusion whether it would be more advantageous to provide the larger interceptor and leave the present roof water con- nections undisturbed or whether a system of storm drains should be provided in a portion of the town and all roofs, drains and catch basin outlets connected to them. We suggest the desirability of making a study of the storm water conditions in order to determine whether such drains are likely to be required in any event, or if not, whether it would be less costly to provide such drains as might be needed if the storm water connections to the present sewers were eliminated instead of building a larger intercepting sewer.
A summary of the estimated construction costs of the three projects together with the estimated annual charg- es is given in the following tables.
METCALF AND EDDY.
By Harrison P. Eddy.
Project 1. TREATMENT AT INLAND PLANT Table 2. SUMMARY OF COST ESTIMATE
Item
Cost including contingencies and engineering
Interceptor
$240,000
Pumping station and fine screen plant
68,000
Force main
52,000
Treatment plant
Imhoff tanks
43,000
Trickling filters
108,000
Humus tank
32,000
Sand filters
25,000
Sludge drying beds
15,000
Administration building
24,000
Chlorination plant
3,000
Grounds and miscellaneous
15,000
265,000
Effluent conduit
11,000
Total
$636,000
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Table 3. SUMMARY OF ANNUAL CHARGES
Project 1. TREATMENT AT INLAND PLANT
Fixed charges (average of annual payments for interest and bond retirement on 20-year life 41/2% serial bonds) * .... Operating charges **
Renewal and repair
$4,800
Power
13,200
Labor
12,000
Supplies
1,600
Total operating charges
31,600
Total Annual Charges $78,350
*On proposed initial expenditure of $636,000.
** Based on 12,000 population served and average sew- age flow of 1.5 m.g.d.
Table 5. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION
Project 2. TREATMENT AT SHORE PLANT
Item
Cost including contingencies and engineering
45,000
Treatment plant
Fine screen plant
$19,000
Aeration tanks
55,000
Final sedimentation tanks
30,000
Blower plant
26,000
Rapid sand filter plant
68,000
Chlorination
3,000
Separate sludge digestion tanks
43,000
Glass-housed sludge drying
beds
17,000
Administration building,
heating plant
30,000
Grounds and miscellaneous
17,000
Total
308,000
Outfall
49,000
Total
$662,000
Interceptor
$260,000
Pumping Station
$46,750
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Table 6. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL CHARGES
Project 2. TREATMENT AT SHORE PLANT
Fixed charges (average of annual payments
for interest and bond retirement on 20-year life 41/2% serial bonds) * ... Operating charges **
$48,700
Renewal and repair $6,800
Power
11,800
Labor
15,300
Supplies
2,000
Total operating charges 35,900
Total annual charges $84,600
*Based on initial expenditures of $662,000.
** Based on tributary population of 12,000 and average sewage flow of 1.5 m.g.d.
Table 8. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION Project 3. OCEAN OUTLET
Item
Cost including contingencies and engineering
Interceptor
$260,000
Pumping station
Outfall
Holmes Point to Rocky
Point
$275,000
Rocky Point to Outlet 165,000
Total 440,000
Total
$733,000
.
Table 9. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL CHARGES Project 3. OCEAN OUTLET
Fixed charges (average of annual payments for interest and bond retirement on 20-year life 41/2% serial bonds) * $53,900
33,000
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Operating charges **
Renewal and repair
$4,200
Power
3,100
Labor
2,400
Supplies
400
Total operating charges
10,100
Total annual charges
$64,000
*Based on initial expenditures of $733,000.
** Based on tributary population of 12,000 and average sewage flow of 1.5 m.g.d.
Table 12. COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND ANNUAL CHARGES OF PROJECTS CONSIDERED
Estimated
construction
cost*
$636,000
$662,000
$733,000
Estimated annual charges
Fixed charges (aver-
age payments on 20
year, 41/2% serial
bonds)
$46,750
$48,700
$53,900
Operating charges
Renewal and repair .
4,800
6,800
4,200
Power
13,200
11,800
3,100
Labor
12,000
15,300
2,400
Supplies
1,600
2,000
400
Total operating charges
$31,600
$35,900
$10,100
Total annual charges ..
$78,350
$84,600
$64,000
Project 1 Treatment at Inland Plant
Project 2 Treatment at Shore Plant
Project 3
Ocean Outlet
*No allowance made for costs of land, rights-of-way or damages.
** Based on 12,000 population served and an average sew- age flow of 1.5 m.g.d.
Town Eight
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: Following is the report and activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1930.
ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT
Russell P. Dearborn, Chief
Leo M. Murphy, Captain
Patrolmen
Joseph W. Schilling
Edward A. Smith
Lincoln S. Wixon
Lawrence J. Savoy
John Gault
John H. Barrett
Jacob E. Peck
Thomas A. McCormack
Robert M. Fogarty
Charles A. Packard
William Gault
Reserve Officer
John A. Smith
List of Special Police Officers, Town of Plymouth
Antone Almeida Guy C. Bunker
William Armstrong
Ernest Burrows
Leon D. Badger
Andrew J. Carr
J. Francis Barlow
Elmer C. Chandler
Orrin C. Bartlett
Peleg G. Chandler *Lee W. Cole
Robert A. Bartlett
George A. Cowdrey
Daniel E. Beaton
Alcide Boudreau William E. Curtin, M. D.
Dexter M. Brooks
Nelson Cushing
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Russell L. Dickson
James W. Lewis
Antonio Diegoli
Fred Longhi
Henry P. Dries
Amedio Malaguti
Peter A. Dries, Jr.
Ralph F. Matinzi
Ernest C. Dunham
Herbert S. Maxwell
Leo Gilbert
Arthur G. Mayo
George E. Ginhold, Jr.
Edward K. Morse
Samuel Goulart
Thomas W. Mullaney
Charles Grandi
John C. McGrath
Thomas W. Graves
Neil Mckay
Percy H. Gunther
John Nauman
Charles F. H. Harris
George Paraschos
John F. Hollis
Thomas W. Reagan
Frank O. Holman
Oscar Reis
Henry F. Holmes
Walter D. Shurtleff
Arthur F. Hughes
John A. Smith
Albion G. Jewell
Nicholas Stephan
Roscoe A. Jewell
Daniel J. Sullivan
George J. Keller
Irving C. Valler
John F. Kelliher
Seth E. Wall
John A. Kennedy
George A. Ward
August Wirzburger
List of Special Police Officers for Limited Territory Miton R. Howland-State Wharf
Malcolm Robichau-Old Colony Theatre
Ardigo J. Gilli-Old Colony and Plymouth Theatres William B. Cameron-Plymouth Theatre
Charles A. Pierce-Plymouth Theatre Joseph W. Silvia-Plymouth Theatre Edward L. Dixon-State Reservation George T. Wood-Old Colony Theatre Chester A. Torrance-Nelson St. Playground
Lewis F. Smith-Nelson St. Playground Job H. Standish-Parks and Playgrounds George F. Barlow-Beach Park Silvio Pellegrini-Veterans' Field Nicholas Keefe-Town Hall
Alexander H. P. Besse-Cemeteries and Burial Hill Martin W. Holmes-Cemeteries and Burial Hill Elmer E. Raymond-Long Pond
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Abbott A. Raymond, Jr .- Fresh Pond William S. Fuller-South Pond William M. O'Connell-Monument Grounds Frank C. Thomas-Symington Estate John N. Santos-Symington Estate Eldon L. Sherman-Symington Estate
Robert J. Meharg-Stearns Estate
David C. Durnford-Liggett Estate
George E. Swift-Elbow Pond Alfred C. Nickerson-George Mabbett & Sons Co. John J. Goodwin-George Mabbett & Sons Co.
Azel W. Harrison-George Mabbett & Sons Co.
Wallace E. Purrington-George Mabbett & Sons Co. Charles J. Martin-Eel River Beach Club
Lester J. Mansfield-Little Pond Grove John Wirzburger-Standish Avenue Dump Daniel C. Wood-Manomet Dump
Albert H. Shurtleff-Standish Avenue Dump
Alan L. Douglas-Eel River Beach Club
Leo Callahan-July 3 and 4 (at schools)
Charles Coates-July 3 and 4 (at schools)
Fred J. Smith-July 3 and 4 (at schools)
Sebastian Riedel-July 3 and 4 (at schools)
ARRESTS BY THE MONTHS
Male
Female
Total
January,
29
0
29
February,
19
2
21
March,
32
1
33
April,
28
1
29
May,
26
1
27
June,
19
2
21
July,
56
0
56
August,
42
3
45
September,
68
4
72
October,
30
0
30
November,
27
6
33
December,
32
0
32
408
20
428 Grand Total
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DISPOSITION OF CASES
Total number of cases,
428
Male,
408
Female,
20
Total 428
Residents,
234
Non-Residents,
194
Total 428
Number of Fines,
186
Appealed Cases,
10
Continued Cases,
9
Discharged,
36
Filed,
62
Released,
16
Probation,
18
House of Correction,
22
Suspended Sentence,
10
Arrests for other Police Depts.,
7
Grand Jury,
9
Taunton State Hospital,
11
Shirley,
2
Walpole,
1
Minors lectured by Judge,
20
Children returned to Parents,
4
Default,
1
Sherborn,
1
Deserters,
3
Total 428
Amount of fines imposed,
$4,347.50
CRIMES
Male
Female
Total
Assault,
5
0
5
Adultery,
1
1
2
Annoying opp. sex,
1
0
1
Assault dangerous weapon,
1
0
1
Breaking and entering,
3
0
3
Breaking and entering and
larceny,
3
0
3
Carrying dangerous weapon,
1
0
1
Drunk,
101
0
101
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Disturbance,
25
2
27
Disorderly house,
1
0
1
Default,
1
0
1
Deserters,
3
0
3
Fornication,
1
1
2
Habitual absentees,
1
0
1
Idle and disorderly,
2
3
5
Insane,
9
2
11
Impeded operation (auto),
2
0
2
Illegal transportation of liquor,
3
0
3
Illegal sale of liquor,
2
1
3
Interfering with officer,
1
0
1
Keeping and exposing liquor,
3
1
4
Larceny,
25
2
27
Larceny of auto,
1
0
1
Leaving scene of accident,
3
0
3
Lewd, lascivious, cohabitation,
1
1
2
Malicious mischief,
4
0
4
Manufacture of liquor,
1
0
1
Non-support,
3
0
3
Operating under infl. of liquor,
21
0
21
Operating without license,
4
0
4
Operating without registration in possession,
2
0
2
Operating to endanger,
24
2
26
Operating unregistered auto,
2
0
2
Operating without proper equip.,
2
0
2
Operating after license was revoked,
2
0
2
Operating without authority,
3
0
3
Operating uninsured auto,
1
0
1
Operating with improper plates,
1
0
1
Parking too near hydrant,
1
0
1
Robbery,
2
0
2
Refusing to stop,
2
0
2
Runaway boys,
5
0
5
Receiving stolen property,
1
0
1
Speeding,
22
0
22
Stubborn child,
1
1
2
Track walking,
7
0
7
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Vagrancy,
4
0
4
Violating road laws,
53
2
55
Violating liquor laws,
16
0
16
Violation of probation,
1
0
1
Violating Town by-laws,
3
0
3
Violating liquor laws,
19
0
19
Unlawful practice of medicine,
2
0
2
Total,
409
19
428
MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF DEPARTMENT
Complaints investigated,
1,097
Night lodging given to,
18
Auto accidents investigated,
122
Buildings found unlocked,
123
Cottages inspected,
422
Cottages found unlocked,
49
Lights in stores burnt out,
102
Beacon lights reported out,
9
Lost children found,
2
Dogs killed by Dr. Bradley,
39
Stray dogs found,
52
Dogs reported lost,
36
Dogs returned to owners,
54
Stray cats killed,
2
Dead bodies recovered,
6
Summonses served for outside Police Depts.,
47
Prisoners locked up for outside Police Depts.,
94
PATROL WAGON
Patrol wagon out,
156
Patrol wagon out to fires,
27
for arrests,
56
66
on raids,
6
66
to hospital,
18
to auto accidents,
17
66
on investigations,
24
66
66
on relief work,
3
66
66 for drownings (Billington Sea),
1
66
66 to banks (false alarms),
4
Total,
156
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LIQUOR TURNED OVER TO DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY
1,325 gallons wine 18 cases of beer
25 gallons moonshine whiskey 4 pints gin
PROPERTY RECOVERED
Property recovered and returned to owners. Value $5,961.76.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That automatic traffic signal lights be installed at the intersection of Samoset and Court Streets with Park Avenue.
That $4,000.00 be appropriated to purchase a new ambulance. The same to be housed and cared for by the Police Department.
The total expenditures for the past year has amount- ed to $31,988.25, leaving a balance of $11.75. I recom- mend an appropriation of $33,842.00 for the year of 1931.
Respectfully submitted, RUSSELL P. DEARBORN, Chief of Police.
February 1, 1931.
To the Citizens of Plymouth :
On December 5, 1931, the Police Department had a dance for the needy of the Town. The proceeds netted $340.00. This money was used to buy food, fuel, and clothing.
The department wishes to take this opportunity to thank the people that were so kind to help this cause, also the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the use of Memorial Hall.
Very truly yours, RUSSELL P. DEARBORN, Chief of Police.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Aggregate Valuation,
$25,270,000.00
Exempted under Clauses 11-18-23,
89,325.00
Available for Revenue, $25,180,675.00
Valuation Personal,
$3,461,575.00
Valuation Real,
21,719,100.00
To be raised by Taxation :
State,
27,930.00
State Highway,
7,094.51
County,
63,835.60
Snow Removal,
394.64
Town,
830,714.41
Soldier's Relief,
270.00
Overlay,
6,621.73
936,860.89
Estimated receipts, free cash
and Dog Tax voted by the
Town to be used by the Assessors, 324,448.69
$612,412.20
April 1. Division of Taxes :
Personal,
$83,076.00
Real,
521,044.20
Moth,
753.88
Dec. 31. Additional,
216.00
July 1. Polls,
8,292.00
Dec. 31. Additional Polls, 64.00
$613,446.08
Rate of Taxation, $24.00 on $1,000. Warrants to Collector : Property,
$605,090.08
Polls,
8,356.00
$613,446.08
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Exempted under Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Gen. Laws : Charitable, Benevolent, Literary, Ed-
ucational, $955,425.00
Houses of Religious Worship, 351,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
177,500.00
United States of America,
118,200.00
Town of Plymouth,
1,679,700.00 598,550.00
County of Plymouth,
Table of Aggregates :
Number of persons, Corporations, and Firms assessed on property,
4,170
Polls assessed, 4,146
Polls exempted, Clause 18,
35
Polls exempted, Clause 23,
8
Horses,
132
Cows,
352
Neat Cattle,
18
Sheep,
32
Fowl,
4,820
Swine,
11
Dwelling Houses,
4,118
Acres of Land,
48,000
Motor Vehicles assessed under Excise Motor Tax Law :
Value of Motor Vehicles registered, $1,249,640.00
Warrants to Collector, $29,788.45
State rate on Motor Vehicles, $29.12 on $1,000.
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy of 1929 :
Dec. 31, 1929, Balance,
$4,789.45
Dec. 31, 1930, Abatements, Personal, $26.52
Real, 253.60
280.12
$4,509.33
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Levy of 1930: Sept. 2, 1930, Overlay,
$6,621.73
Dec. 31, 1930, Abatements,
Polls,
$324.00
Personal,
131.40
Real,
1,745.20
2,200.60
$4,421.13
Reserve Overlay : Dec. 31, 1929, Balance,
$13,631.78
Transferred to Reserve Account,
4,994.94
$8,636.84
We recommend an appropriation of $7,000.00 for sal- aries and other expenses.
NATHANIEL G. LANMAN, CHARLES H. SHERMAN, THOMAS L. CASSIDY,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WEL- FARE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1930
Infirmary, formerly Almshouse
Number of inmates on Jan. 1, 1930, 14
Admitted during the year, 5
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19
Died,
2
Discharged,
1
3
Number remaining on Dec. 31, 1930, 16
The above, with the addition of one man transferred from the Infirmary to the Jordan Hospital in April, 1929, and still there, and with one woman and two men at the State Infirmary at Tewksbury, at the expense of the Town, constituted what we call full support cases. We have had two or more cases at the cancer hospital at Pondville, Wrentham, Mass., but these were closed be- fore the end of the year.
Affairs at the Infirmary remain about the same, ex- cepting the additional increase in the number of inmates, and of course, the added care. Two have died during the past year, and one of the women inmates at present is in the hospital - Jordan, for treatment.
Very little, if any gardening is done these days, for none of the inmates are of any especial use for this pur- pose, nearly all being old, crippled or otherwise inca- pacitated. We have sold the cows, and at present are pur- chasing our milk for 121/2c per quart, which, we think is cheaper than to feed and care for them, and to hire a man to milk each day.
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Repairs at the house cost $1,257.75, principally for work on the interior, painting, papering four rooms and two hallways, and putting in new ceilings in two rooms and three hallways.
The income from the Julia P. Robinson fund was used for the benefit of the inmates through the help of Mrs. Dickson, Matron.
Outside Aid
Aid to people outside the Infirmary may be supposed to be for a short time, and, there are cases to which the rule would apply, but in far too many instances if once started it seems impossible to stop.
The number of persons aided the past year is many more than last year, thus following the rule of progres- sion that seems to have obtained for the last few years. Had it not been for the money appropriated at its special meeting of last October, and that in early January of the present year, making work for the unemployed who had no resources of their own, there would no doubt have been a startling increase in the number of those aided over any previous year.
The cost of our work for the past year to the Town will be found in the figures supplied by the Accountant at the end of this report.
Aid to Mothers with Dependents
We have the same three families with their children that we reported last year, with a slightly decreased ex- pense, as one family is gradually becoming self-support- ing. The cost of the aid will be reduced by the amount to be received from the Commonwealth, one-third of the total.
Unemployment Appropriations
This was something new, not liked by everybody, and with a question mark still after it, but it has filled in what in our opinion would have been a very bad time for many, and has enabled quite a large number of people to
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live for part of the winter without actually suffering or asking the Town to aid them directly. The special appro- priation of October 11th, and the amount transferred to that sum by the Finance Committee in December, did not quite last out the time between, and the next meeting of January 5th, 1931, but because of the Christmas sea- son being the time in which society at large takes some- what more interest in those of its members not quite so well off in creature comforts as the average of us, and with the help of its various organizations and that of in- dividual members, we experienced very little trouble.
The Town, at its special meeting of January 5, 1931, again voted to continue as before, and voted the sum of approximately $35,000.00 for the various departments to use in such work as could be provided at this time. It seems likely that this amount will be used up some time in February, or before the regular March meeting, and this will be the time that will send those most needy to seek aid directly from "poor" funds.
As showing something of the activities under this un- employment appropriation we submit the following re- port as furnished to our board by Miss Alice B. Barnes, who has the handling of the greater part of this.
Public Welfare Unemployment Relief Department
Memo .- Summary of work to January 2, 1931.
December 5, 1930, we had 207 men working, and pay roll, December 9, was $2,054.00. (This ending the $14,000 fund).
Next three weeks, using the $4,100 Emergency Fund, had to lay off one-third of workers, all sharing equally, one week off, excepting most needy cases. We included among workers, taking this share, also, the most needy of new applicants.
January 2, we have
178 men for the January 3 working gangs.
56 men will go on January 7, if we have funds.
234 men, total of working list at present time.
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There is a list of about 50 men, applicants not accepted, will probably have to take on at least ten of these men soon.
Also, near 100 single men, living in homes, of which, at least, 30 will have to be given work very soon to do their part in very needy homes.
Old Age Assistance Law
By an Act of the Legislature of 1930, Chapter 402, the Board of Public Welfare must inform itself about the law and must be prepared to grant adequate assistance to deserving citizens in need of relief, and support seventy years of age or over.
The Commissioner of Public Welfare for the State, Richard K. Conant, in a circular letter says : Appropria- tions should be secured to provide enough visitors to make the inquiries which are essential to the important decisions which must be made at the time of application, and to make at least four visits a year to the persons who are being aided. This Act takes effect on July 1st, 1931.
To establish this Bureau of Old Age Assistance sug- gested it would seem essential that the Board of Welfare be given authority by the Town to appoint a secretary to act for the Board in all routine matters, as well as be- ing the visiting agent in charge of the said Bureau. This would mean the separation of the Board of Welfare from the Tax Collector's office, a long established custom which has of the last few years outgrown its usefulness. Which all means, of course, more expense for the Town.
Recommendations
We, therefore, suggest the following recommendations :
That the Town appropriate for use of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1931, the sum of $50,000.00 for Infirmary, Outside Aid, and Mothers with Depend- ents.
For the Bureau of Old Age Assistance for the balance of the year from July 1, 1931, the sum of $6,000.00
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For unpaid bills of the Board that have been received since January 1st, 1931, for the account of the year 1930, we recommend the sum of $971.49.
We also recommend that the Town empower the Board of Public Welfare to hire and maintain an office with a secretary or agent, with full time to devote to the business of the Board, and that the Board have the right to fix the salary of said secretary.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HERBERT W. BARTLETT, GEORGE L. GOODING,
Board of Public Welfare, Town of Plymouth, Mass.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Overdrawn Balance from 1929, Appropriation March, 1930,
$1,201.56
$1,201.56
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation,
$35,000.00
Appropriation October 11, 1930,
12,000.00
Appropriation for 1929 bills, Oct. 11,
442.32
Income from Trust Funds,
117.42
$47,559.74
Payments :
General Administration -
Salary of Chairman,
$50.00
Salary of Secretary, 350.00
Printing, Stationery, Post- age,
72.83
All Other,
23.05
$495.88
Infirmary - Salary of Superintendent,
$742.00
Other Salaries and Wages,
4,689.75
Groceries and Provisions, 2,723.07
Dry Goods and Clothing, 281.84
Building,
1,257.75
Fuel and Light,
974.98
Equipment,
444.60
Fire Alarm Box,
203.00
Hay and Grain,
62.20
Ice,
106.80
All Other, .
563.38
12,049.37
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash,
$11,751.26
Rent,
2,403.50
Groceries and Provisions, 11,779.99
Coal and Wood,
1,609.60
Town Nine
ยท- 130-
Dry Goods and Clothing,
22.60
Medical Attendance,
410.75
Burials,
120.00
State Institutions,
1,644.50
Other Institutions,
1,885.55
Care and Nursing,
200.25
31,828.00
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns -
Cities,
$458.45
Towns,
771.51
1,229.96
MOTHERS' AID
Payments :
Cash,
1,950.00
Total Payments, 47,553.21
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, $6.53
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Under Art. 2 Special Town Meeting Oct. 11, 1930)
Appropriation, $1,000.00
Payments :
Salary,
$230.00
Stationery and Postage,
15.49
Carfares,
.50
Total Payments, 245.99
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, $754.01
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND Expended by the Board of Public Welfare for Inmates of Infirmary, $15.18
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PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY CORPORATION
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
The following report of the Directors of the Plymouth Public Library Corporation and the report of the librarian are hereby submitted for the convenience of the taxpay- ers of the Town of Plymouth.
The past year has been one of continued activity and progress. The report of the librarian which gives the work of the library in detail shows that the book circu- lation during 1930 has exceeded that of any previous year in the history of the library reaching a total of 124,612. This is an increase of 13,782 over 1929. The book cir- culation at the main desk of 87,513 is larger than that of 1929 by 8,681. It is not improbable that this increase is due to the fact that many of the patrons of the library have been out of work more or less of the time and it is in just such emergencies that public libraries find oppor- tunities to minister effectively to the needs of the com- munities they serve, by providing wholesome entertain- ment and instruction for idle hours, thus keeping up the public morale until the emergency is past.
On April 2nd the directors received the resignation of Mrs. Figmic, who had acceptably filled the office of li- brarian for nearly six years, the circulation of books hav- ing doubled in that time, while the population had re- mained practically the same. The directors accepted Mrs. Figmic's resignation, which was to take effect on May first, with regret, and gave her a unanimous vote of ap- preciation. Nine applications for the position were re- ceived and given careful consideration, the choice finally falling on Miss Charlotte Haskins, who had recently been in charge of a branch of the Watertown public library. Miss Haskins accepted the offer made her by the direc-
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