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7,075 68
Fire Department
2,084 52 ·
Firemen's Salaries .
2,595 93
Fire Alarm System
999 39
Fire alarm Box Central street and Birchwood avenue,
140 16
Automobile Combination Chemical
·
II2 1 2
Hydrant service
504 00
Board of Health
2,040 71 ·
Gypsy Moth Department
7,569 45 ·
Elm Tree Beetle
367 88
Tree Warden
199 97
North Saugus Water Extension
984 38 ·
Broadway Extension
1,451 76 ·
Appleton Street Extension
693 77
Water Extension
6,924 97 .
Water Maintenance
48 00 .
Collecting Taxes
· 1,000 00
Assessors
1,421 89 ·
Steel Fixtures for Assessors' Vault
371 10
Cemetery
2,497 52
Amount carried forward,
$132,954 70
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RECAPITULATION.
163
Amount brought forward,
$132,954 70
Public Buildings and Grounds
·
2,000 00
Insurance
1,251 28
Concrete Sidewalk
482 43
Memorial Day
275 00
Band Concerts
300 00
Sinking Fund
500 00
Public Library
1,295 61 .
Salaries .
3,232 89 ·
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$142,291 91
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Report of the Finance Committee.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
The Finance Committee hereby submit to you their report of its recommendations upon the articles calling for an appropriation in the year nineteen hundred and eleven also our estimate for the department appropriation for the year nineteen hundred and twelve.
In our consideration of these estimates we found ourselves confronted by the high levy of 1911 which we realized must be materially reduced in 1912.
That there is only one city or town in the commonwealth with a higher tax rate than ours makes it imperative that we must lower our expenditures.
The table below, which is substantially correct, shows the makeup of our tax rate of 1911 :
Rate per 1,000
Necessary fixed charges
$6 72
Special appropriations
.
2 75
Department appropriations .
.
15 63
Overlay
50
Total .
$25 60
The item of necessary fixed charges will be about this rate for some time to come as most of it arises from State, County and Metropolitan tax levied according to valuation.
The item of overlay will not decrease as it no more than now takes care of the abatements.
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The item of Special Appropriations if decreased one-half would still leave us with a tax rate of over $24, hence you can readily observe that any material reduction must occur in the item of Department Appropriation.
This narrows down to this important question : " Which is the more detrimental to the Town of Saugus, the high tax rate of ($25.60) or the possible slight drop in the efficiency of your several departments, if you appropriate less money for their use ?
Your Finance Committee have given this matter careful consideration and are of the unanimous opinion " That the Tax Rate must be reduced and the only way it can be reduced is by cutting the department appropriation down to a basis of those of 1910.
It is not the purpose of this Committee in any way to interfere with the several departments only so far as recommending to the citizens at Town Meeting the amount of the appropriation for the use of the department.
We shall endeavor in every way to agree with each depart- ment and whether we do or not the question is in the hands of the voters - of the Town at the Annual Meeting. We shall consider it our duty to present the various appropriations before the voters so that they can vote on them with the utmost intelli- gence and to that purpose we shall recommend the separating of some appropriation into two or more appropriations.
The item of Selectmen's Incidentals we shall recommend and present to you as follows :
Selectmen's Incidentals, Election and Registration, care of Town Hall, Printing and Stationery and Tax Titles.
Taking the matter of Selectmen's Incidentals the other four items are charges from sources outside of the Selectmen's creation and must be met.
Selectmen's Incidentals.
As we have divided this item into other accounts, we consider $1,200 sufficient for a true incidental account.
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Care of the Town Hall.
We estimate this amount as $1,400.
Election and Registration.
We estimate this amount as $1, 200.
Tax Titles.
The expense on Tax Titles sold to the Town is an uncertain amount but an expense that must be paid. We estimate $1,000 for same.
Printing and Stationery.
We estimate $1,200 for this purpose.
Highway and Bridges.
As we make a separate appropriation for the care of snow we consider that $3,000 with the Street Railway and Excise Tax estimated $6,500 making a total of $9,500 would be sufficient for this purpose.
Appropriations for Highway and Bridges to be divided into. Highways and Bridges and Snow Bills.
Snow Bills.
We estimate $1,200 for the care of snow and sanding.
Schools.
Appropriations for schools to be divided into Schools. Super- intendent of Schools.
Your committee recognize that the efficiency of the schools should in no way be impaired so as not to compare favorably with other towns of our valuation in the state. To our already
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large appropriation your School Committee finds it necessary to open two more rooms in the New School at East Saugus. This added $1,050 in teachers' salaries alone and with the other expenses attachable to the rooms brought this amount to $1,600.
That this increase was a necessary one, your Committee was bound to accept and to offset we considered advisable to do away with the three coaching teachers at a salary of $500 making a total of $1,500.
While these Coaching Teachers may be fully warranted the fact that the majority of Towns the size of Saugus do not employ them helps us to feel that we are doing the best thing under our Town's condition.
We estimate that the sum of $42,800 is necessary for Schools.
Superintendent of Schools.
It was the custom in this Town as late as 1908 to make a separate appropriation for Superintendent of Schools and we favor the old way as bringing the voters in closer touch as to how they are voting to expend their money.
We believe that $1,500, is as much as this Town can afford to expend for Superintendent of Schools, but as the present rate of $1,800 a year must be paid for six months, we are obliged to estimate $1,680 for this appropriation.
Interest.
As this item has varied very largely from the appropriation, we have divided it as follows :
..
Interest on Temporary Loan $3,800
Interest on Water Loan
3,005
Interest on School Loan .. 5,155
Overseers of the Poor.
We estimate $3,500.
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Riverside Cemetery.
We estimate for maintenance $2,000 and a further appropria- tion of one-half of the amount derived from the sales of lots and graves to be used for betterments.
Hydrant Service.
Under new conditions this amount must be raised to $632.
Lockup.
As the appropriation of last year overrun $68.00 we feel that $400 is necessary for this department.
Assessors' Department.
We estimate the same as last year, $1,500.
Water Department.
We estimate that $5,000 for Water Extension seems suffi- cient for this year.
Board of Health.
This department is one which is increasing from State legis- lation, hence the expenses increase. We estimate $2,300.
Fire Department.
From the present conditions of the Fire Department, we esti- mate $3,975 for salaries and $1,000 for general expenses.
Police Department.
We estimate for this department $5,800.
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Water and School Loans.
For Water Loan Principal $6,000.
For School Loan Principal 7,000.
Sinking Fund.
For Cliftondale School Loan $500
Respectfully submitted for Committee by
WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman. EDGAR E. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
FINANCE COMMITTEE ESTIMATE FOR Municipal Appropriations for Year 1912.
Schools $42,800 00
Superintendent of Schools . ·
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· 1,680 00
Election and Registration
1,200 00
Tax Titles . 1,000 00 .
Printing and Stationery
1,200 00
Care of Town Hall
1,400 00 .
Commission on Collection of Taxes
1,100 00
Selectmen's Incidentals
1,200 00
Overseers of the Poor .
3,500 00
Water Loan (Principal)
5,000 00
Water Loan (Interest)
3,005 00
Roby Schoolhouse Loan (Principal)
3,000 00
1905 Schoolhouse Loan (Principal)
2,000 00
Interest on Schoolhouse Loans ..
5,155 00 .
East Saugus Schoolhouse Loans .
2,000 00
North Saugus Water Loan (extension)
1,000 00
Interest Temporary Loans .
3,800 00
State and Military Aid
3,300 00
Highways and Bridges
3,000 00
Snow Bills
1,200 00
Assessors' Department Police
5,800 00
Street Lighting
7,250 00
Insurance .
767 83
Repairs Town Buildings and Grounds
1,000 00
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Amount carried forward,
$103,857 83
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1,500 00
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Amount brought forward,
$103,857 83
Board of Health
2,300 00
Sidewalk (concrete)
350 00
Tree Warden
200 00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
2,360 00
Fire Department
1,000 00
Firemen's Salaries
2,975 00
Library, Dog Tax and
500 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
Sinking Fund
500 00
Water Loan extension
($5,000) Loan
Repairs Interior School Buildings
1,000 00
Riverside Cemetery
2,000 00
Hydrant Service
632 00
Lockup
400 00
Salaries (estimated)
3,325 00
State Tax (estimated)
8,360 00
County. Tax (estimated)
8,011 20
Oiling Streets
1,000 00
Metropolitan Park
3,859 38
Charles River Basin
1,390 25
Wellington Bridge
9 80
Highway Tax
89 50
Nantasket Park .
77 22
Total, not including Water Loan
. $145,197 18
The tax levy for 1912 will also include appropriations made at Special Town Meeting September 7, 1911, amount $2,700.
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Report of Recommendations of Finance Committee upon Articles under Warrant acted upon in Annual March Meeting of 1911.
Committee Recommendations.
Town Vote.
Art. 6. Town Charges.
Schools
$44,000 00
$44,000 00
Selectmen's Incidentals .
6,600 00
' 6,600 00
Overseers of the Poor
3,200 00
4,017 83
Water Loan, principal .
5,000 00
5,000 00
Water Loan, North Sau-
gus principal
1,000 00
1,000 00
Roby Schoolhouse Loan,
principal
3,000 00
3,000 00
1905 Schoolhouse Loan, principal .
2,000 00
3,000 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse Loan, principal
2,000 00
1,000 00
Interest
14,000 00
14,529 47
Highways and Bridges
(Excise and Railway tax about $6,500) and
5,000 00
5,000 00
State and Military Aid .
3,500 00
3,500 00
Assessors' Department .
1,500 00
1,500 00
Police Department
5,600 00
5,600 00
Insurance
1,275 00
1,275 00
Board of Health
1,900 00
1,900 00
Soldiers' Relief
950 00
950 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
2,000 00
Amts. carried forward, $102,525 00
$103,872 30
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Committee Town Vote. Recommendations. $102,525 00 $103,872 30
Amts. brought forward,
Art. 7. Salaries.
Town Clerk .
$100 00
Selectmen
350 00
Treasurer
500 00
Auditor
300 00
Overseers of Poor .
300 00
Water Commissioners
100 00
Board of Health
100 00
Constable
50 00
Secretary Finance Com-
mittee
50 00
Secretary School Com- mittee .
50 00
Firemen
3,000 00
Sealer of Weights and
Measures . 150 00
Inspection of Plumbing, 500 00
Inspector of Buildings · 400 00
Town Counsel
400 00
6,350 00 6,350 00
Art. 9. Fire Engine House
IO. Hook and Ladder Truck .
II. Horses, Fire Department,
12. Auto Comb'tion Chem'l,
5,500 00
5,500 00
13. Fire Alarm System .
1,000 00
1,000 00
14. Firemen's Salaries, see Art. 7
17. Water Loan
18. Water Loans .
(7,000 00) (7,000 00)
19. Water Loan Clinton ave., ( Refer to Water Board),
21. Water Pipes, Broadway, from No. Saugus Water Loan 1910, $1,500.
Amounts carried forward,
$115,375 00 $116,722 30
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Committee Town Vote. Recommendations.
Amounts brought forward, $115,375 00 $116,722 30
22. Water Loan Appleton St. (Referred to Water Board. )
23. Water Main Clifton Ave.
24. Elm Leaf Beetle.
25. Elm Tree Beetle
600 00 600 00
26. Grading Main St. (Re- ferred to Highway De- partment.
27. Band Concert .
300 00
28. Heating and Ventilating Essex Street School
1,250 00
1,250 00
30. Small Town Act ..
1,200 00
1,200 00
31. Reimbursement Richard Johnson.
32. Street Lighting .
7,250 00
7,250 00
33. Collection of Taxes 2 of 1 per cent for all 1911 taxes collected on or be- fore May 1, 1912, } of
I per cent on all 1911 taxes collected after May 1, 1912.
34. For payment of commis- sions for collecting taxes
1,000 00
1,000 00
35. Oiling Streets .
1,000 00
1,000 00
36. Riverside Cemetery . ·
2,500 00
2,500 00
37. Steel Fixtures Vault
400 00
400 00
38. Valuation Book.
39. Building Inspector. ( See Article 7).
41. Fire Alarm Box
175 00
175 00
Amounts carried forward,
$130,750 00 $132,397 30
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Town Vote. Recommendation.
Amount brought forward,
$130,750 00 $132,397 30
42. Certifications Town Notes,
50 00 50 00
43. Town Counsel. (See Article 7).
44 Purchasing Lot Rear Fel- ton School.
45 Inspector of Plumbing. (See Article 7).
46. Sidewalk Lincoln avenue. (See Highway Dept.).
47. Memorial Day
275 00
275 00
48. Concrete Sidewalks
350 00
350 00
49. Repairs Town Buildings and Grounds
2,000 00
2,000 00
50. Tree Warden .
200 00
200 00
51. Lockup . ·
325 00
325 00
52. Water System tenance
Main-
1,000 00
53. Hydrant Service
504 00
504 00
54. Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth . . ·
2,204 20
2,204 20
55. Sinking Fund . ·
·
500 00
500 00
56. Repairs Interior School
Buildings .
1,000 00
1,000 00
57. Public Library, Dog Tax (Receipts about $650), and . 58. Water Pipes, Beechwin avenue.
500 00
500 00
59. Incandescent Lights (Re- ferred to Selectmen).
65. Department overrun
873 35
Total amount not in-
cluding Water Loan . $139,658 20 $141,178 85
Committee
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Report of recommendations of Finanance Committee upon Articles under Warrant acted upon in Town Meeting of Sep- tember 7, 1911.
ART. 5. Selectmen's Incidentals-$2,400 voted.
ART. 17. New Toilet Chestnut Street School-$300 voted. WILLIAM H. SMALL, Chairman EDGAR E. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
Assessors' Report.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 191I.
Table of Aggregates of Polls and Taxes Assessed April 1, 1911.
Number of polls assessed 2,085
Number of persons paying property tax 2,657
Number of persons paying poll tax only . 1,402
Number of persons liable to do military duty 1,595
Population as taken by the Assessors
8,355
Schedule of Property Assessed.
Number of dwelling houses 1,782
Number of acres of land
6,502
Number of horses
294
Number of cows
I,OIS
Number of swine
129
Number of fowls .
7,794
Number of dogs to be registered (female 90, male 386) .
476
Total Amount of Property Assessed.
Resident real estate
$4,001,650
Non-resident real estate .
1,420,03I
Resident personal estate .
354,624
Non-resident personal estate
193,575
$5,969,880
Value of Real and Personal Estate.
Buildings exclusive of land
$3, 106,970
Land exclusive of buildings
2,314,7II
Personal property .
548,199
$5,969,880
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Exemptions.
Resident
$74,333 00
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Non-resident
5,505 00
$79,838
Abatements.
For the year 1905
$34 39
For the year 1906
254 76
For the year 1907
539 85
For the year 1908
805 IS
For the year 1909
118 72
For the year 1910
.
1,207 56
For the year 191I
1,341 59
$4,302 05
Basis of Taxation
Appropriations, June, 1910 $4,434 00
Appropriations, December, 1910 3,011 00
Appropriations, March, 1911 . 141,178 85
State Tax 8,360 00
County Tax . S,OII 20
Metropolitan Park Tax
3,946 40
Highway Tax 89 50
Charles River Basin Tax
1,390 25
Gypsy Moth Tax (Individuals) 2,283 57
Overlay . 3,000 00
$175,704 77
Less Town income estimated . $17,679 63
Less omitted assessment, December, 1910 .
586 37
18,266 00
Net amount raised by taxation .
$157,438 77
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Apportioned as follows :
On real estate
. $136,763 98
On personal
14,021 22
On polls
4,370 00
On Gypsy Moth (Individuals)
2,283 57
$157,438 77
Tax for State, County and Town purposes committed to Henry A.
Parker, Tax Collector, August 1 . $157,438 77 December 20, omitted assessment 434 56
Total commitment . $157,873 33 Street Railway Excise Tax 2,052 36 25 60
Tax Rate per $1,000
In reviewing the last year's work of the Board of Assessors, it is pleasing to state that $291,298 was added to our valuation. The uninitiated without further thought would say that this should have reduced the tax rate, but if one is not too lazy to stir the grey matter which the Creator has furnished them and look further into facts before making the assertion, he would find that the Town exceeded its appropriation over the previous year by $27,963, and that by reason of other assessments, such as State, Highway, Metropolitan Park and County, the total levy was therefore $168,623, or an increase of $29, 130 over the previous year. Then the man of short conclusions would find that at a rate of 24 per cent the Town received $7,282.45 more by the increased value, while it increased its expenses $29, 132, leaving a net cash to be obtained from the tax payers of $21,847 more than the previous year, or a rate of $3.76 on a total new value of $5,890,000 which, added to your previous year's rate of $22.00 would give the existing rate.
The above figures which are Town records, would make it plain to an ordinary schoolboy why the tax rate this year was $25.60 and why the Board of Assessors would recommend modification of the Town expenditures. That the high tax rate has been widely advertised to the detriment of our Town for political and selfish purposes is obvious to every law-abiding citizen and lover of the community's welfare.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Men who have no interest in the Town, but who as land speculators have been disappointed in not being able readily to make a fat haul out of their purchases, have made outcries and even objected to our printing a Town Report as being an extrav- agance. The work of the office increases from year to year, yet for the past four years at no larger expenditures.
The office has been put on a footing which compares very favorably with any other Town and with credit to our Town. The improvements recently made in the office were well worth all that the Selectmen expended. as it enables the Board to much better attend to its work. It is to be regretted that the present Clerk has signified her intentions to resign her position in the near future. In this we believe that the Town would meet with a regrettable loss, as she has been a very valuable fix- ture to the Town. The Board here wishes to extend their thanks to the Board of Selectmen and to the Tax Collector for their cooperation with the Board, and last but not least, to its critics, since the Board finds itself benefited by all and congratu- lated by the many representative citizens of the Town.
LEWIS J. AUSTIN, ERNEST L. NOERA, HORACE H. ATHERTON,
Assessors of the Town of Saugus. -
Report of Chief of Police.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the requirements of the Town Ordinance, I have the honor to submit my sixteenth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1911.
Chief of Police. Charles O. Thompson.
Regular Police.
Captain Roland L. Mansfield, Frank W. Joy, James P. Sul- livan, Clarence H. Berrett.
Special Police.
Peter A. Flaherty, William M. Penney, Timothy J. Bannon, Joseph P. Devine, Morin A. Hazel, Frank M. Symonds, Sam- uel C. Maddox, John P. Chesley, Justin E. Mansfield, Howard P. McAdoo, William F. Parker, George W. Parker, Nathan H. Williams, James W. Rea, Christopher C. Merrithew, Charles L. Davis, Thomas C. Sutherst, Charles F. Clark, James F. Pratt, Charles W. Sellick, Charles W. Willey, Philip Ward, Arthur G. Clark, Clifford E. Robie, John T. Stuart, George W. Jeffrey, Arthur B. Mansfield, Benjamin F. Robin- son, Carl F. Koch.
Arrests.
The total number of arrests for the year 1911 was 338, of which 322, were males and 16 females.
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Court Receipts.
The total amount of fines for the year 1911 was $996.00 of which the Town of Saugus received $679.00, Commonwealth $190.00, County of Essex, $12.50 M. S. P. C. A., $117.50.
The Following are the Offences:
Assault, 18; arson, I ; abandoned children, 2 : arrested for out of town officers, I ; bastardy, I ; breaking and entering, I ; breaking glass in fire alarm boxes, I ; collecting junk without a license, 5 ; carrying a loaded revolver, I ; cruelty to animals, 6 : drunks, 99 ; defaults, 2 ; disorderly conduct, 4; Disturbance on cars, 14; evading car fares, 3; hunting without a license, 4 : illegal transportation of liquor, 1; interfering with officer, 2; larceny, 24; murder, 2; malicious mischief, 3 ; making false statement, I ; profanity, 3 ; peddling without license, 5 ; present at game on Lord's day, I ; pasturing cow on street, 1 ; playing ball on street, 2: rude and disorderly, 13: riding bicycle on sidewalk, I ; running auto without light, I ; setting grass fires, 9; suspicion, 7; threat, 3; truancy, 3 ; trespassing, 59 ; track walking, 3 : violation, game laws, 7; violation clam laws, 7 : violation Town By-Laws, 10; violation school laws, 8; viola- tion plumbing laws, 2 ; vagrant, I ; working on Lord's Day, 2.
Financial Statement.
$5,600 00 Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
C. O. Thompson
. $1,020 00
R. L. Mansfield
.
967 10
F. W. Joy
696 40
J. P. Sullivan
S48 27
C. H. Berrett
417 15
P. A. Flaherty
77 05
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Amount carried forward,
$4,025 97
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
Amount brought forward, $4,025 97
J. P. Devine
IIO 60
T. J. Bannon
13 50
M. A. Hazel
167 42
G. W. Jeffrey 109 25
J. P. Chesley 78 12
S. C. Maddox 28 13
4º 79
W. M. Penney
22 49
H. P. McAdoo
3 75
J. F. Stuart
C. W. Sellick, horse hire for telephone work ·
16 00
New England Tel. Co. ·
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72 06
J. D. Bisbee, removing dead bodies, storage and horse hire 45 00
J. H. Brown, supplies 36 63 .
Gideon Marshman, 6 keys
I 20
M. Lindsky, police caps and belts
9 40
Oak Hall, supplies
2 63
C. S. Knowles, telephone wire 38 17
O. C. Christiansen, labor on cells 8 91
68 48
A. F. Merrithew, expressing cross arms .
2 00
M. J. Abbott, I bicycle
8 00
Bailey's Express
I 80
H. E. Bryer, supplies 16 50
D. R. Danforth, M. D., services for prisoners .
5 00
C. H. Sawyer, horse for parade July 4
5 00
Mitchell Manufacturing Co., badges
13 00
I. N. Halliday, printing
38 50
Auto Publishing Co., automobile list
10 00
E. M. Remick, labor
75
Western Electric Co., telephones
42 59
J. S. Meacom, bromide for prisoners L. G. Hawkes, surveying
1 00
13 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,056 39
William Read & Son, revolvers and supplies
75
F. M. Symonds
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
Amount brought forward,
$5,056 39
F. Adam, services . 2 00
H. F. Ward, labor 3 50
C. O. Thompson, use of automobile
300 00
Sampson & Allen, supplies
I 06
Mrs. C. A. Blakeley, I pinch bar
I 50
Dr. Parcher, services for prisoners .
6 00
F. L. Oliver, use of horse I 00
S. R. Masstrongiolo, helmets, caps
14 20
Dr. Perkins, services for prisoners . American Writing Machine Co. 36 50
I 50
F. W. Clark, horse hire
4 00
G. W. Felton, supplies . 2 17 .
7 81
A. B. Mansfield, labor on telephone Daniel McVicker, labor on telephone E. Davis, labor on telephone
12 81
C. O. Thompson, expenses to Dedham .
85
C. O. Thompson, expenses on Clara Hill case I 50
C. O. Thompson, expenses on G. W. Felton case
85
C. O. Thompson, paid to American Express Co. Committed to Salem jail
I
55
Miller case
50
One light harness
15 00
Interpreter
2 00
Murder case
10 00
Stamps and postal cards .
5 00
One pair sheets for cells
I 60
To Medford on Smith case
1 00
Salem for copy of records
60
East Boston on Disgrossp case
I 40
Joseph Giannetti case
3 17
Total expenditure .
. $5,501 96
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I 50
5 00
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
Disposed of as Follows.
Appealed, 4; committed to Salem jail, S; State Board of Charity, 2 ; defaulted, 43 ; discharged, 32, dismissed, 10; fined, 127 ; filed, 106; held for Superior Court, 5; held for Grand Jury, 5.
Miscellaneous Work.
Complaints received and investigated, 1,295; committed to Danvers asylum, 6 ; dead bodies removed, 4 ; disturbances sup- pressed, 79; doors found open and secured, 104 ; dogs killed, 120; lights furnished for dangerous places, 67; lights found burning, 97 ; lost children restored, 10 ; runaway horses stopped, 9 ; stray teams put up, 5 ; windows found open, 31 ; responded to fire alarms, 56; lights furnished for dangerous places in street, 27 ; calls for patrol wagon, 203.
Recommendation.
I would recommend that the sum of $6,500 be appropriated for Police service for the year 1912.
Conclusion.
In submitting my report I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the support given me ; also Judge William E. Ludden and all others who have assisted me in the performance of my duties. I desire also to tender to the officers, both regu- lar and special, my appreciation for their loyal co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES O. THOMPSON, Chief of Police.
Report of Board of Health.
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 191 1.
The Board was organized as follows : William F. Belcher, Chairman ; Tom D. Emmett, Secretary ; Dr. George W. Gale, Medical Examiner and Inspector.
Regular meetings of the Board are held at the Town Hall on the first Monday of each month at S o'clock P. M.
Complaints of various kinds were made to the Board, and all were investigated without delay, and where any nuisance was found to exist it was promptly ordered abated, and the order was complied with in every case.
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