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No. 3. Due May 1, 1918, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 4. Due May 1, 1919, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 5. Due May 1, 1920, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 6. Due May 1, 1921, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 7. Due May 1, 1922, at 4 per cent 500 00
No. 8. Due May 1, 1923, at 4 per cent 500 00 No. 9. Due May 1, 1924, at 4 per cent 500 00 No. 10. Due May 1, 1925, at 4 per cent 500 00
$5,000 00
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Coupon Water Bonds of 1914, Issued under Chapter 133 Acts of 1911, payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 2. Due May 1, 1916, at 4} per cent .
· $1,000 00
No. 3. Due May 1, 1917, at 42 per cent . 1,000 00
No. 4. Due May 1, 1818, at 42 per cent . 1,000 00 .
No. 5. Due May 1, 1919, at 43 per cent .
. 1,000 00
No. 6. Due May 1, 1920, at 42 per cent
. 1,000 00
No.
7. Due May 1, 1921, at 42 per cent
. 1,000 00
No. 8. Due May 1, 1922, at 42 per cent
. 1,000 00
No. 9. Due May 1, 1923, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 10. Due May 1, 1924, at 42 per cent
.
1,000 00
No. Ii.
Due May 1, 1925, at 42 per cent
· 1,000 00
No. 12. Due May 1, 1926, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 13. Due May 1, 1927, at 42 per cent ·
.
1,000 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1928, at 4} per cent .
1,000 00
No. 15. Due May 1, 1929, at 42 per cent .
.
1,000 00
No. 16. Due May 1, 1930, at 42 per cent ·
.
1,000 00
No. 17. Due May 1, 1931, at 42 per cent .
.
1,000 00
No. 18. Due May 1, 1932, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 19. Due May 1, 1933, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 20. Due May 1, 1934, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 21. Due May 1, 1935, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 22. Due May 1, 1936, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 23. Due May 1, 1937, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 24. Due May 1, 1938, at 43 per cent
1,000 00
No. 25. Due May 1, 1939, at 4} per cent
1,000 00
No. 26. Due May 1, 1940, at 42 per cent .
1,000 00
No. 27. Due May 1, 1941, at 42 per cent
1,000 00
No. 28. Due May 1, 1942, at 44 per cent
1,000 00
$27,000 00
Coupon Water Bonds of 1914, Issued under Chapter 133, Acts of 1914. Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 2. Due May 1, 1916, at 4} per cent. .
· $500 00
No. 3. Due May 1, 1917, at 42 per cent .
500 00
No. 4. Due May 1, 1918, at 42 per cent .
500 00
No. 5. Due May 1, 1919, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 6. Due May 1, 1920, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 7. Due May 1, 1921, at 42 per cent 500 00
No. 8. Due May 1, 1922, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 9. Due May 1, 1923, at 42 per cent
500 00
No. 10. Due May 1, 1924, at 42 per cent 500 00
No. II. Due May 1, 1925, at 42 per cent .
500 00
No. 12. Due May 1, 1926, at 4₺ per cent .
500 00
No. 13. Due May 1, 1927, at 4} per cent .
. 500 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1928, at 42 per cent .
500 00
.
.
.
$6,500 00
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. East Saugus Schoolhouse Loan Under Chapter 297, Acts of 1905 Payable at Beacon Trust Co.
No. 6. Due May 1, 1916, at 4 per cent
$1,000 00
No. 7. Due May 1, 1917, at 4 per cent 1,000 00
No. 8. Due May 1, 1918, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 9. Due May 1, 1919, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 10. Due May 1, 1920, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. II. Due May 1, 1921, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 12. Due May 1, 1922, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 13. Due May 1, 1923, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 14. Due May 1, 1924, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 16.
Due May 1, 1926, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 17. Due May 1, 1927, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 18. Due May 1, 1928, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 19. Due May 1, 1929, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 20. Due May 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 21. Due May 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 22. Due May 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
.
1,000 00
No. 23. Due May 1, 1933, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 24. Due May 1, 1934, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
No. 25. Due May 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
$20,000 00
Felton Schoolhouse Loan, Payable as follows :
. One-fifth Series No. 2, due May 1, 1916, at 3} per cent $5,000 00 . One-fifth Series No. 3, due May 1, 1917, at 32 per cent . 5,000 00 . One-fifth Series No. 4, due May 1, 1918, at 33 per cent . 5,000 00 One-fifth Series No. 5, due May 1, 1919, at 33 per cent .
5,000 00
$20,000 00
NOTE. - This loan will be met by the Sinking Fund.
.
1,000 00
No. 15. Due May 1, 1925, at 4 per cent
.
.
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1905 Schoolhouse Loan, Payable to Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 1, 1916, at 4 per cent
$2,000 00
August 1, 1917, at 4 per cent
. . 2,000 00
August 1, 1918, at 4 per cent 2,000 00 .
August 1, 1919, at 4 per cent
2,000 00
August 1, 1920, at 4 per cent
2,000 00
August 1, 1921, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1922, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1923, at 4 per cent 3,000 00
August 1, 1924, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1925, at 4 per cent,
3,000 00
August 1, 1926, at 4 per cent
. 3,000 00
August 1, 1927, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1928, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1929, at 4 per cent
·
3,000 00
August 1, 1930, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1931, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1932, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1933, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1934, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
August 1, 1935, at 4 per cent
3,000 00
$55,000 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse Loan, 1910, Payable to Beacon Trust Co.
No. 6. Due July 1, 1916, at 4 per cent $1,000 00
No. 7. Due July 1, 1917, at 4 per cent 1,000 00
No. 8. Due July 1, 1918, at 4 per cent 1,000 00
No. 9. Due July 1, 1919, at 4 per cent
1,000 00
.
.
.
.
.
$4,000 00
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Temporary Loans Outstanding December 31, 1915. June 1, 1915, No. 58, due April 2, 1916, at 3.60 per cent .. $10,000 00 June 1, 1915, No. 59, due April 10, 1916, at 3.60 per cent . 5,000 00 · · .
June 19, 1915, No. 60, due April 25, 1916, at 3.60 per cent 10,000 00 July 20, 1915, No. 62, due May 22, 1916, at 3.74 per cent . 15,000 00 August 2, 1915, No. 63, due June 15, 1916, at 3.74 per cent . .
10,000 00 August 2, 1915, No. 64, due April 5, 1916, at 2.70 per cent . 10,000 00 . . August 2, 1915, No. 65, due April 15, 1916, at 2.70 per cent .
10,000 00 August 2, 1915, No. 66, due April 29, 1916, at 2.70 per cent . 10,000 00 · November 24, 1915, No. 67, due May 13, 1916, at 2.55 per cent . 10,000 00
$90,000 00
Statement of the Town Bonded Debt.
Water Loans · $107,000 00
Felton Schoolhouse loan 20,000 00
1905 Schoolhouse loan 55,000 00 East Saugus Schoolhouse loan, 1905 20,000 00
East Saugus Schoolhouse loan, 1910
4,000 00
$206,000 00
Total Schoolhouse Bonds outstanding . . $107,000 00
Total Water Bonds outstanding . 99,000 00
$206,000 00
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Report of Board of Selectmen.
At the annual meeting in March the Town adopted a new policy in regard to appropriations with a view of reducing the tax rate, and as a consequence the appropriations of several departments were reduced resulting in a material reduction in the tax rate for this year, and we wish to commend the various boards, also the citizens for their hearty cooperation to bring about this result.
Agreeably to this policy it became necessary to reduce the Police force, and your Board reorganized the force retaining the four men longest in service, suspending three of the youngest, this seeming to be only fair and equitable, the services of the older men having proved satisfactory.
Your Board is of the opinion that the policy of caring for the highways should be altered. In view of the changed conditions of traffic the amounts appropriated the last few years have been inadequate to allow of any permanent road building. It is our belief that the Town should provide for a bond issue of $50,000 for permanent road improvement.
By this plan we should not only inaugurate a system of per- manent highway improvements, but we believe that the excise and street railway taxes would take care of the interest and sink- ing fund requirements of a bond issue of $50,000, and also of the yearly repairs of highways that would be necessary in addi- tion to the permanent road building. In this way, under adequate management the tax rate on account of highways would be reduced instead of increased, and would also provide for a competent supervising engineer as hereafter suggested.
At the last annual Town Meeting it was proposed to make an appropriation of $2,400 for oiling streets and $650 for the pur- chase of an oiling machine, a total of $3,050. This sum was reduced to $2,000, out of which we have purchased an oiling machine, oiled the streets and returned to the Town Treasury the sum of $539.65.
The past year has been characterized by an unusual rainfall, and a good deal of money, which might otherwise have been
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devoted to repairs of highways, has had to be put into drainage. . In this connection it is also our opinion that it would be for the best interest of the Town to repeal the present Water Act and place the Water and Highway Departments under the direct supervision of the Selectmen, with a competent Civil Engineer to act as superintendent of both departments, and we have pre- pared articles to be inserted in the Town Warrant, and also presented a Bill to the Legislature with this end in view.
The Selectmen have been very much commended for their wise action respecting the infringement upon the Town Farm by Mr. Stevens near the Melrose line. Some hot-headed per- son had even suggested that we should send the Superintendent of the Town Farm up there with a charge of dynamite to blow up the dam which Mr. Stevens has built upon the town land, but the Selectmen have insisted upon their policy of having the Town Farm registered in the State Land Court, in order that the whole power of the Commonwealth might be enlisted in defence of the boundaries of the Farm. For this purpose, the Selectmen have been patiently waiting since the last part of last year for an accurate survey of the Town Farm to be furnished by the Surveyors. As soon as this plan is furnished the Select- men, we shall proceed to have it approved by the Land Court, and verified and defended by them.
Property owned by the Town on final sales amounts to $7,372.96, deeds of which are in the hands of the Treasurer and we would recommend that they be sold at public auction.
GEORGE L. NOURSE, HERBERT M. FORRISTALL, FRANK P. BENNETT,
Board of Selectmen.
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Assessors' Report.
Table of Aggregates of Polls and Taxes Assessed, April 1, 1915. Number of polls assessed 2,777
Number of persons paying property tax 3,407
Number of persons paying poll tax only . 1,821 .
Number of persons liable to do military duty 1,929 ·
Population as taken by the Assessors
10,041
Schedule of Property Assessed.
Number of dwelling-houses 2,278
Number of acres of land
6,280
Number of acres of land (exempted property), .
255
Number of horses .
·
266
Number of cows ·
506
Number of fowl ·
7,781
Number of dogs to be registered (female 93, males 355) 448
Total Amount of Property Assessed.
Resident real estate $4,926,268
Non-resident real estate .
1,616,235
Resident personal estate
.
340,834
Non-resident personal estate
.
238,756
$7,122,093
Value of Real and Personal Estate.
Buildings, excluding land
$3,999,883
Land, excluding buildings
2,542,620
Personal property .
579,590
$7, 122,093
Exemptions.
Resident ·
$88,227
Non-resident .
14,758
$102,985
Abatements.
For the year 1912
$5 32
For the year 1913 .
211 63
For the year 1914 .
1,582 06
For the year 1915
788 95
2,587 96
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Basis of Taxation.
State Tax
$14,137 50
County Tax .
8,976 24
Fire Prevention Tax
61 24
Charles River Basin
553 28
State Highway
653 73
Metropolitan Parks Tax .
3,321 03
Appropriations
179,789 90
$207,492 92
Overlay .
3,000 00
Gypsy Moth Tax
1,832 25
$212,325 17
Less Town Income
46,115 10
Net amount to be raised by taxation,
$166,210 07
Appropriated as follows :
On Real Estate
· $145,898 73
On Personal
12,925 09
On Polls
5,554 00
On Gypsy Moth (Individuals)
1,832 25
$166,210 07
Tax for State, County and Town purposes committed to Henry A. Parker, Tax Collector, August 1, 1915 . . $166,210 07
December 20, omitted assessment
359 09
Total commitment .
$166,569 16
Street Railway Excise Tax $3,288 62
Tax Rate, per $1,000
$22 30
LEWIS J. AUSTIN, EDWIN K. HAYDEN, HORACE H. ATHERTON,
Assessors.
.
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[Dec. 31
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 twentieth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1915.
Chief of Police. Charles O. Thompson.
Patrolmen.
Captain, Roland L. Mansfield, Frank W. Joy, James P. Sullivan.
Special Police.
Peter A. Flaherty, William M. Penney, Timothy J. Bannon, Morin A. Hazel, Christopher C. Merrithew, Charles F. Clark, Phillip Ward, William H. Semons, Alston F. Hart, James O. Cram, Mack Belliveau, Frank M. Symonds, Samuel C. Maddox, John P. Chesley, Justin E. Mansfield, Charles L. Davis, James F. Pratt, Arthur C. Clark, Thomas E. Berrett, Daniel B. Willis, Harvey Upham, Charles W. Woodbery, Howard P. McAdoo, William F. Parker, George W. Parker, Nathan H. Williams, James W. Rea, Thomas S. Sutherest, W. Charles Sellick, Carl F. Koch, Charles O. Popp, Herbert Holland, William F. Parker, Walter A. Hanson.
Arrests.
The total number of arrests for the year of 1915 was 142 of which 133 were males and 9 females.
The Following are the Offences.
Arson, I ; assault, 30; arrested for out of town officers, 6; adultery, I ; breaking and entering, 4; cruelty to animals, I ; drunks, 31; disturbing the peace, 4; disorderly conduct, 2 ; default, 5 ; disturbance on car, I ; keeping dogs not licensed, 15 ;
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forgery, 1 ; illegal sale of liquor, 3 ; illegal keeping, I ; larceny, 8; non-support, 9 ; profanity, 2 ; rape, I ; robbery, I ; receiving stolen property, I ; stubborn children, 2 ; suspicion, 2 ; trespass- ing, I; vagrant, 2; violation Town By-Laws, 4; violation school laws, 5 ; violation auto laws, 2.
Disposition of Cases.
Committed to House of Correction, 6; to State Farm, I ; State Board of Charity, 1 ; Danvers Hospital, 9 ; paid fines, 28; placed on file, 53 ; discharged, 26; defaulted, 1; released, 13 ; held for Grand Jury, 5 ; held for Superior Court, 4 ; appealed, 9.
Miscellaneous.
Complaints received and investigated, 992 ; disturbances sup- pressed, 49 ; doors found open and secured, 61 ; lights furnished for dangerous places, 42 ; lost children restored, 9; runaway horses stopped, 5 ; stray teams put up, 4 ; windows found open, 25 ; dogs killed, 85 ; lights found burning, 52 ; lost dogs restored to owners, 4 ; lost horses found and restored to owners, 3.
Keeper of Lockup.
There were 63 prisoners locked up during the year ; cost of keeper, $110.36 ; meals, $6.85 ; total expense of lockup, $117.21.
Recommendations.
I feel that an explanation is due to the citizens for what may seem to them inefficient service in the Police Department the past year, but when you take into consideration that the force was reduced one-half, and also the appropriation nearly, that I feel that the best possible service has been given under circum- stances. I have been handicapped very much the past year by not having an officer to call upon in case of emergency in the daytime, also, when prisoners are locked up there has to be a man on duty at the station. I am obliged to be out of town fully one-fourth of the time at Superior Court and on other police work, and at those times there is no one who can be called upon to attend to the many complaints which we are constantly receiving, and if anything happens of a serious nature, there is no one to attend to it, and while I still feel that the only way to give the best possible service is to have a man on duty all of the time to attend to these things as they do in every other · town of our size in the Commonwealth, if this does not meet with the approval of the citizens, we could by having more
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men have more territory covered, and the beats covered more hours, and have a man on duty at least part of the time when I am away. In the year of 1895, the population of Saugus was 4,497. The Town at that time had three patrolmen. In 1915, with a population of 10,041, we still have three patrol- men. The Police Department is not keeping up with the growth of the Town as the increase in the population makes more work for the police. The Town of Wakefield has a population of 13,000. They have a Chief and seven men. The Town of Swampscott, with a population of 7,300, has a Chief and seven men. The Town of Marblehead, with a popu- lation of 7,500, has a Chief and nine men. The Town of Nahant, with a population of 3,500, has a Chief and six men. The Town of Manchester, with a population of 2,900, has a Chief and six men. The Town of Saugus, with a population of 10,041, has a Chief and three men. I would therefore recommend that the sum of $9,500 be appropriated for Police Service for the year of 1916. I would also recommend that the three men who were suspended last March be reinstated.
Conclusion.
In submitting my report, I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the support given me, also Judge Maurice F. Cunningham and all others who have assisted in the performance of my duty. I desire also to tender to the officers, both regular and special, my appreciation for their loyal cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES O. THOMPSON, Chief of Police.
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BOARD ENGINEERS' REPORT.
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Report of Board of Engineers.
SAUGUS, MASS, January 10, 1916. To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-Your Board of Engineers, submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
The department consists of a Chief Engineer, two assistant chiefs, three permanent men, twenty-three call men and four sub call men and a Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
Apparatus.
The apparatus consists of one automobile combination wagon, three hose wagons and one ladder truck.
Hose.
We have about 6,000 feet of hose of which 2,300 feet should be replaced this year.
The ladder truck we consider unsafe and recommend replacing the same with an automobile truck.
The department has responded to forty-two bell alarms and sixty-one telephone calls during the year.
ERNEST STUART, J. W. NEWHALL, ERNEST M. HATCH.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Overseers of Poor.
Charities Department.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
In submitting our report for the year ending December 31, 1915, the Overseers of the Poor realize that, owing to circum- stances over which they had no control, the success of the past year has not been quite equal to that of the previous year.
In the spring of 1915, business depression being such that many people were out of employment, it was found necessary to aid a great many families who otherwise would not have been obliged to receive aid; also, the number of families receiving Mothers' Aid increased, necessitating the expenditure of quite a sum of money in excess of the previous year.
The Overseers' appropriation, as voted by the Town, was $8,500.00, and the total expenditures were $9,261.43. We have received back from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and from cities, towns and individuals, the sum of $2,325.51, and we have bills still due from the Commonwealth, cities, towns and individuals, amounting to $1,656.34. Therefore, the actual expenditure for this department for the year, 1915 has been $5,279.56.
We recommend that our appropriation for this department for the ensuing year be $10,000.00 which includes the salaries of the Overseers.
Saugus Home.
The Home has been excellently managed and the inmates well cared for under the conscientious supervision of the Warden and Matron, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Koch. Our total appropriation for the Home was $9,200.00. We spent this year, $9,561.52, there is $99.52 due the Home on outstanding bills, making the total net expenditure for the Home, $9,462.00.
The receipts from the Town Farm were $8,549.98, leaving a net deficit of $912.02 which is the net expense of maintaining the Home.
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We recommend that the sum $10,000.00 be appropriated for the ensuing year which includes repairs on the Home buildings. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. AMES, Chairman, CHARLES W. BAILEY, ANTHONY HATCH.
REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-I submit the following report of work done in this department for the year 1915.
Con-
Adjusted Sealed demned
Platform scales over 5,000 pounds
8
Platform scales under 5,000 pounds .
5
44
Computing scales
I
18
Slot weighing scales .
4
All other scales
82
6
Weights .
4
379
S
Dry measures
7
Liquid measures
I66
I
Linear measures
II
Measuring pumps
13
Total
IO
732
15
Cash receipts .
$51 35
Paid Town Treasurer
51 35
E. EVANS, JR., Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Report of Building Inspector.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, -I herewith submit my annual report to date :
Permits.
Total number issued
209
To build
121
For foundations under old buildings
8
For additions
41
For garages .
32
To remodel .
.
.
3
To move buildings
.
4
Department Statistics.
No. Month.
Value of of Buildings. 6. January $5,750 00 850 00 4. February
24. March
50,185 00
25. April .
12,445 00
22. May .
18,520 00
28. June
15,965 00
19. July .
5,600 00
[2,770 00 16. August
21. September .
9,270 00
25 October
20,000 00
9. November .
10,450 00
IO. December
12,335 00
$174,140 00
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL B. WILLIS, Inspector of Buildings.
SAUGUS, December 31, 1915.
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1915] TREE WARDEN-FOREST WARDEN'S REPORT.
Report of Tree Warden.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
I herewith submit to you my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
I have removed a number of dead trees in different parts of the Town and a number of dead limbs, and trimmed a number of trees in all parts of the Town. I should recommend the sum of two hundred dollars for the care of Town trees this coming year.
Respectfully submitted, T. E. BERRETT, Tree Warden.
Report of Forest Fire Warden.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I submit to you the following report from May 1, 1915, to December 31, 1915.
I have taken care of six small forest fires and answered several calls from the State Forest Fire Warden. Owing to so much rain the past season the number of forest fires has been reduced. I would recommend the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
T. E. BERRETT
Forest Fire Warden.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Janitor.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915.
DR.
Received for rent of Town Hall $287 00
Received for Police service at Town
Hall
102 00
$389 00
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$287 00
Paid for Police service
102 00
$389 00
Amount due for rent of Town Hall, $23.00. The Town Accountant holds an order for this amount.
J. E. MANSFIELD,
Janitor.
Hay Scales.
Received from hay scales, 1915
$8 00
Paid Treasurer . . .
8 00
J. E. MANSFIELD, Public Weigher.
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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
1915]
Report of the Board of Health.
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1915.
The Board organized as follows :
Dr. Geo. W. Gale, Chairman; Chas. E. Light, Health Officer, and Tom D. Emmett, Secretary.
Appointed.
Thomas C. Southerst, Inspector of Plumbing. Dr. George W. Gale, Medical Examiner ; A. W. Sawyer, Milk Inspector ; T. D. Emmett, Dairy Inspector ; Chas. L. Davis, Burial Agent.
Meetings.
Regular meetings have been held on the first Monday of the month, and special meetings, whenever necessary. Several hearings have been granted to persons complained of.
Licenses.
Licenses were granted to H. D. Bisbee, B. F. Fullerton, A. E. Quick and J. M. Blaisdell as undertakers. M. Monteith, Wm. C. Sellick, A. M, Stocker and M. F. Cunningham to clean vaults and cesspools.
Permits.
Permits were granted to several citizens to keep four or more horses. A small number of clam digging permits were granted, and to those only whom the Board were satisfied would not abuse the privilege.
Complaints.
All complaints, whether verbal or written, received prompt attention, and in every case the requests of the Board of Health were complied with. If the citizens will cooperate with the Board of Health, we need not fear the sewer problem for some time to come.
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All persons who contemplate building cesspools should notify the Board that they may determine the location, and give such information as may be required.
Communicable Diseases.
Two hundred and seventy-three (273) cases were reported to the Board during the year and were reported to the State Department of Health. Twenty-three (23) cases were sent to the Lynn Contagious Hospital, one ( 1) to Malden Contagious Hospital, and two (2) to Rutland.
We consider it for the best interest of the public to remove all cases to the Hospital where there is a family of children, and if the parties are able to pay the expense, to collect the amount of the Hospital bill from them, but in many cases it is impossible for them to do so.
Of the cases sent to the Hospital, two were- State cases, one belonged to Reading, and four to Lynn. Several bills have been turned over to the Legal Department for collection. A few cases living in other towns have been sent to Hospitals and charged to this Board, as they had a legal settlement in this Town.
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