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a new Station house be erected in Ward 2, similar to the one in Ward 1, and also that steel cells be provided for those of Wards 3and 5.
In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the regular and special police and all others who have in any way assisted the Department.
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS FITZGERALD, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF SURVEY OF TOWN.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN :
I submit herewith annual report of the town survey, showing work done during the year 1910, and the present limits of the work.
It was deemed advisable at a consultation with your Board to make the work continuous, completing Wards Two and Three, and to locate the remainder of the new work under the 1910 appropriation in the westerly or more thickly settled portion of Ward Four. Beginning at the southerly limit previously reached which was a straight line, running almost due east and west from the Braintree to the Hingham line, and passing just north of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, about 1500 acres of new work have been covered making the present southerly limit a line, parallel with the above, and running easterly approximately through the junction of Summer and West Streets and the Shaw School grounds to a point midway between the town lines ; the line there runs nearly due north to a point about 1,000 feet south of the site of the old town house and turning again runs nearly due east a little north of Lovell's Corner to the Hingham line.
The problems met were much the same as in the previous years, some additional ones being presented on account of the large percentage of wooded area. And I have found the cost per acre to be practically uniform throughout that portion of the town thus far surveyed. In the sparsely settled districts the ad- vantages of larger parcels with less detail, as buildings, etc., to locate are off-set by the apparent lack or indefiniteness of boun- dary lines, the absence of near-by residents from whom informa- tion might be obtained, and in wooded or swampy areas by the increased cost of location. While the major part of the field work is done in the months from May to October, the work dur- the winter is not the least important. In the absence of leaves
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and with frozen ground this is the best time for surveying the larger wooded or swampy areas. It is also during this period that the majority of the registry and office work is done.
At the risk of repetition of what was written in my report for 1909, I would urge everyone, before accepting a deed, to see if, from the description given, the parcel could be located on the ground, and if the value of such description depends wholly on present and perishable marks or boundaries, to see that these are permanently maintained, or fixed by survey and plan. It is a good practice to file with the recorded deed a plan, correct to scale, showing dimensions, preferably with the addition of bear- ings or angles to fix the relation of the various lines. An inspec- tion of some of the irregular parcels shown on the town survey sheets, at present marked by ditches or fences, will convince any- one of the difficulty of relocating same should said marks be lost. In general the best evidence available fixes a disputed boundary line, and many an old plan of doubtful accuracy, in absence of better information, establishes the position of the land shown thereon.
Title is frequently acquired by adverse possession and the true owner loses his land through ignorance or negligence in regard to his boundaries.
Land unmarked and acquired by inheritance through several generations, is particularly difficult to locate or establish, and is sometimes overlooked.
The value of stone monuments or bounds should not be under- estimated and these should not be moved as long as they remain a boundary point. If necessary to lower or raise them it should be carefully and accurately done. I have seen several valuable street monuments taken out during the last few years, and others moved to mark some other point. Some of these points will doubtless have to be replaced at quite an expense to the town.
The transfers during 1909 recorded at the Norfolk Registry showed an increase of about 60 over the previous year, and those recorded during 1910 sbow a corresponding increase of about 115 over those in 1909, or a total (excluding tax sales) of about 540.
There have been few plans registered in the Land Court since 1909.
During the past year the 1907 and 1908 tracings were revised
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to April 1, 1910 (the date of assessment), the 1909 tracings completed, and prints of each furnished the Assessors and your Board.
The last appropriation of $2,500 was to cover the cost of about the same amount of new work as heretofore, and in addition the bringing to date (April 1, 1910) of all previous work. While the cost of maintenance is governed by the total acreage covered and the number of transfers, I am of the opinion that this sum should be sufficient for the coming year for both maintenance and new work.
I have sold for the town a number of prints during the past year at $1 each.
In summarizing, I would state that 35 sheets, 1 to 33 inclusive and sheets 36 and 37 (over half the number required to cover the town) all on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, have been surveyed to date, 27 of which have been practically completed, tracings made of same and prints furnished the town. There are as noted in previous reports parcels on some of these sheets the boundaries or owners of which have not as yet been fully determined and these have been omitted for the present. It has been my policy to leave off those boundaries or names that are not reasonably accurate until additional information can be obtained. The marsh land on either side of Back River is an example. As this is somewhat more than a simple survey of the town, embracing as it does, a system of assessors sheets, kept to date, it is desirable that any error in names be brought to notice, and titles such as Estate of, or Heirs or Devisees of, as applied to various parcels, should be gradually eliminated and the names of said heirs or devisees entered on the plan. Any information tending toward this end will be gladly received.
Mr. Libbey has remained with me as first assistant the past year, and I would also favourably mention Mr. Vining, of South Weymouth, who spent a second summer on this work.
To all those who have in any way aided either me or my assist- ants I wish herewith to express my thanks and appreciation.
As I have before stated my office is open to anyone interested in the work, and any information received which will serve to enlighten or make definite a doubtful boundary will be carefully considered.
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For the confidence and courtesy shown me and my assistants by your Board and by other town officers I wish in closing to express my thanks.
Respectfully submitted, RUSSELL H. WHITING,
Civil Engineer.
REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE YEARS 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth: I present to you my report of taxes, interest, B. T. and G. M. and Street Watering collected for the years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, ending Dec. 31, 1910, and paid over to John H. Stetson, Town Treasurer.
1907 Taxes collected $2,577 72
Interest collected
278 25
·B. T. and G. M. collected
49 95
$2,905 92
1908 Taxes collected
$17,924 32
Interest collected
1,404 80
B. T. and G. M. collected
85 51
$19,414 63
1909 Taxes collected
$35,265 03
Interest collected
996 58
B. T. and G. M. collected
71 30
Street Watering Collected
477 29
$36,810 20
1910 Taxes collected .
$137,441 20
Interest Collected
66 29
B. T. and G. M, collected
702 67
Street Watering collected
2,154 31
$140,364 47
Respectfully submitted, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, Tax Collector.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The undersigned, Assessors of the Town of Weymouth, here- with present a statement of the year ending December 31, 1910.
We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation the sum of $199,346.30, and have re-assessed taxes aggregating $181.60, and have committed the same to Winslow M. Tirrell, Esq., the duly elected Collector of Taxes, with our warant in due form of law for collection and payment in accordance with the vote of the town and the war- rants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Commitment Sept. 12, 1910, $194,178 73
66 Oct. 29, 3,919 20
66 Dec. 17, " (including $181.60 re- assessed ) 1,429 97
$199,527 90
Less taxes abated and re-assessed,
181 60
$199,346 30
State Tax,
$12,265 00
County Tax,
6,189 53
Metropolitan Park Tax,
3,818 86
State Highway Tax, .
326 00
Town Tax, including Overlay and St. Ry. Tax,
171,832 67
Gypsy and Brown Taill Moth Tax,
1,069 07
Street Watering Tax,
3,178 17
Non-resident Bank Tax,
667 00
.
$199,346 30
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VALUATION OF THE TOWN INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENTS.
WARD.
Number of Polls
Assessed.
Number Assessed
for Poll Tax Only.
Value of Personal
Property Assessed.
Property Assessed.
Total Value of Real
and Personal
Assessed.
Value of Property
Exempt from Tax-
Total Valuation.
Amount of Remit tances and Abate-
ments less taxes
reassessed.
1
515
354
$213,787
$1,805,190
$2,018,977
$29,620
$2.048, 97
2
1211
869
270,186
1,872,369
2,142,555
64,886
2,207,441
3
726
523
243,373
1,261,212
1,504,585
45,185
1,549,770
4
440
231
73,686
660,875
734 561
33 310
767,871
5
589
326
129.147
1,382,525
1,511,672
41,835
1,553,507
Total
3481
2303
$930,179
$6,982,171
$7,912,350
$214,836
$8,127,186
$2,585 58
Resident Bank Stock Assessed .
$71,000
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Number of residents assessed on property, in-
dividuals
2,028
All others .
419
Number of non-residents assessed on property, in- dividuals .
860
All others .
67
Number of persons assessed for poll-tax only ,
2,271
Number of horses assessed . 626
Number of cows assessed
496
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
30
Number of swine assessed
48
Number of fowl assesssed
4,574
Number of houses
3,147
Rate per $1,000
$23 00
Respectfully submitted,
GILMAN B. LOUD,
GEORGE C. TORREY,
JOHN F. DWYER,
WALDO TURNER,
FRANK H. TORREY,
Assessors of Weymouth.
·
$8,198,186
Total Valuation
Value of Real
ation.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of
THE TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASS.
1910
TRUSTEES.
Louis A. Cook,
Francis M. Drown,
James H. Flint,
Joseph E. Gardner,
William F. Hathaway,
John B. Holland,
Frederick T. Hunt,
Herbert A. Newton,
Clarence P. Whittle.
SELECTMEN, EX-OFFICIO.
A. Francis Barnes,
Bradford Hawes,
Willard J. Dunbar, Edward W. Hunt,
George L. Newton.
OFFICERS ..
Clarence P. Whittle, President. Francis M. Drown, Secretary and Treasurer.
LIBRARIAN.
Abbie L. Loud.
ASSISTANTS.
Louisa C. Richards, Alice B. Blanchard.
JANITOR.
Frank D. Sherman.
The Library hours are 2 to 8 P. M. ; Wednesday, 2 to 5 P. M. ; Saturday, 2 to 9 P. M. ; Sundays, Legal Holidays, New Year's Day and the 17th of June excepted.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Board of Trustees respectfully submit their thirty-second annual report as follows :
The library was open 303 days for the delivery of books, with a circulation of 51,746 volumes for home and school use, or an average of 171-per day. The largest number loaned on any day was 464 on February 23, and the smallest was 32 on July 25. 21,983 volumes were sent to the different delivery stations as stated below :
PRECINCT.
DELIVERY STATION. LOANS.
1
J. W. Bartlett & co. 6,355
1 W. J. Sladen
2,027
2 & 6
J. P. Salisbury 6,982
2 & 6
Bates & Humphrey
2,923
4
W. W. Pratt
1,901
4
Marshall P. Sprague
1,075
5
· Fogg memorial library 720
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
CLASS.
LOANS.
PER CENT.
Arts .
2,150
4 16
Biography .
844
1.63
Fiction
35,638
. 68.87
History
1,333
2.58
Literature .
855
1.65
Natural science .
1,212
2.34
Poetry
528
1.02
Social science
745
1.44
Theology
250
.48
Travels
1,399
2.70
Periodicals
6,792
13.13
51,746
100.00
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The Dial of July remarks that "Distractions from the serious pursuit of fiction are in certain quarters making notable inroads on the public library records of circulation," and this is in a slight degree true of our library for, with a decrease of 1956 volumes in the whole circulation, the record for fiction shows a decline of 1317, or more than two thirds of the whole. The loss is attribu- table in part to the fact that the schools have taken over a thousand volumes less than last year, which seems to indicate that the general circulation for home use has really been somewhat better than last year.
WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS.
The teachers have taken 733 volumes on their Special cards and 3,163 volumes have been sent to the schools. These figures show a slight falling off in the number of books used by the schools.
-STUDENT'S CARDS.
The Student's card, entitling the borrower to take at one time ten books, not fiction, has been used by 65 people, who have bor- rowed 879 volumes in this way.
VACATION PRIVILEGE.
Borrowers desiring to take books with them on vacation trips out of town are allowed several books, other than recent publica- tions. The books issued under this special ruling may be kept for an extended time, the cards being kept at the library for re- newal by the librarian. Advantage of this privilege has been taken by some card holders, and it is hoped that it will be more generally used in the future.
REGISTRATION OF BORROWERS.
Since the beginning of the third registration, April, 1909, the applications for cards number 1,893, of which 471 were received this year.
EXAMINATION OF BOOKS.
12 books have been lost, and 4 of these were paid for by the borrowers ; 7 books have been burned on account of contagi- ous diseases, 141 books have been discarded because unfit to be continued in circulation, and 3 books previously reported lost have been recovered. The annual inventory made as usual leaves 6 unaccounted for.
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ACCESSIONS.
659 volumes have been added to the library, of which 104 were donations, 75 replacements, and 87 periodicals bound. 222 volumes have been rebound. It is the desire of the trustees to add such books as shall best meet the demand of the people and when " books wanted " are not in the library requests for their purchase will be gladly considered.
A list of books added since the publication of Class list No. 5, August 1, 1910, together with the books purchased from the Susannah Hunt Stet- son Fund and the Augustus J. Richards Fund will be found in Appendix A.
READING AND REFERENCE ROOM.
This room is open to all adults who will find here reference books fitted to their individual needs. Here, too, are the current magazines which provide entertainment for all classes of readers and contain reliable information on the topics of the day, which is made available through the periodical index to be found on the shelves.
This is an attractive place in which to spend a pleasant and profitable hour and the librarians have been gratified to see every day interested readers and students seeking information along various lines.
Much assistance has been rendered to debaters, study club members and others, in search of material for papers, as attested by their expressed appreciation. Committees of study clubs are in- vited to meet at the library to arrange their programs, as it may be an advantage to have at hand many of the books needed for consultation in the preparation of a schedule of study, and then requests for books desired but not already in the library could be left immediately with the librarian, so that they could be obtained and ready for circulation when needed.
The trustees aim to make the reference department, as well as the other departments of the library, of the greatest possible use to its patrons ; the librarians also take pleasure in rendering any assistance in their power to make the contents of the library available to those in search of information.
The additions to the reference department are as follows :
Report of the Massachusetts Commission on the cost of living, 1910; Massachusetts year book for 1910; A. L. A. Portrait in- dex ; Bliss and Binder's new encyclopedia of social reform ;
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Tribune almanac and political register, 1910; Whitaker's alma- nack, 1910; World's almanac and encyclopedia, 1910; New England business directory ; Nelson's perpetual loose leaf ency- clopædia ; Readers' guide to periodical literature, 1905-1909 ; Grove's dictionary of music, 5v., 1908-1910 (new edition) ; States- man's year book, 1910 ; Larned's History for ready reference, v. 7 ; Supplement to the revised laws of Massachusetts, 1902-1908 ; Century dictionary supplement, 2 v. [1909]; Who's who, 1910, 1911 ; Who's who in America, 1910-1911 ; Vital records of Wey- mouth and other towns in Massachusetts.
The periodicals subscribed for by the library are practically the same as last year. The National geographic magazine, the gift of Mrs. Warren Weston, has been added to the list and Christian work and evangelist, Illuminating engineer, Masters in art, and Putnam's magazine have been discontinued.
See Appendix B for a list of periodicals.
ART EXHIBITIONS.
Exhibitions from the Library Art Club, consisting of twelve groups of pictures, have been held in the Reading Room :- Famous pictures (4) ; Historical Virginia ; Hiawatha ; Naples (1) ; Naples (2) ; Corot (1) ; Japanese color prints (1) ; Mount Shasta ; Unger (1) ; Norway (2) ; Cotton and silk ; Japan (1). ,
CLASS LIST No. 5.
The new class list promised in last year's report and so much desired by the patrons of the library has been completed and may be purchased at the library and at the several delivery stations. This supplement includes the books added during the last six years and completes the printed catalogue to August 1, 1910. Readers of fiction will appreciate the advantage of having books of this class entered in one alphabet by both title and author whereas previous lists have had the author arrangement alone.
GIFTS.
Public documents have been regularly received as usual ; annual reports, bulletins and other publications from 41 libraries have also been received besides books and pamphlets from other sources. A collection of stereoscopic views was the gift of Miss Sarah M. Loud.
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The trustees take this occasion to express their grateful ac- knowledgment of these gifts and a list of the donors may be found in Appendix C.
A floor of hard pine has been laid in the upper hall and the stairway leading to the hall safeguarded by a railing. These improvements make this room useful for the storing of books and permit of their systematic arrangement thus making them more easily available. New shades have been hung at the windows of the Delivery Room and the Reading Room and all the window sashes and frames have been painted on the outside. New fixtures - with tungsten lamps were substituted for the electroliers in the Reading Room last year, and this year the improvement has been carried to the stack-room by installing new fixtures with tungsten lamps there also.
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE. By order and in behalf of the Trustees.
APPENDIX A .- THE BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY SINCE AUGUST 1, 1910.
¡Acheson, E. G. Pathfinder ; discovery, invention
and industry. 1910 917.92
Andrews, C. M., Gambrill, J. M. and Tall, L. L. Bibliography of history for schools and libra- ries. 1910 . 615.97
Bacon, B. W. Founding of the church. 1909 836.102
Baker, T. T. Telegraphic transmission of photo- graphs. 1910 723.194
Bancroft, J. H. Games for the playground, home, school and gymnasium. 1910 ·
723.198
+ Banks, N. P. Massachusetts. General court. A record of the dedication of the statue of Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, September 16,1908 917.91
. Bostwick, A. E. American public library. 1910 Brady, C. T. South American fights and fighters. 1910 617.107
312.106.
+Casson, H. N. History of the telephone. 1910 . 732.96
j Chambers, R. W. Orchard-land . ·
C355.14
202
Chambers R. W .- Continued.
Outdoorland j
C355.13:
River-land j
C355.15-
+Chicago. World's Columbian exposition. 1892- 1893. Report of the president to the Board of directors of the World's Columbian exposition. [1898] ·
727.106.
+Conference on conservation of natural resources, Washington, D. C. Proceedings of a confer- ence of governors in the White House, Wash- ington, D. C., May 13-15, 1908. Ed. by W. J. McGee. . 311.134-
Crawford, F. M. Undesirable governess. . Davenport, C. B. Eugenics ; the science of human improvement by better breeding. 1910. 731.133.
C856.45
Day, L. F. Ornament and its application. 1904 722.70 +Debar, Joseph, comp. Prohibition ; its relation to temperance, good morals and sound govern- ment 312.19.
Dix, B. M. Allison's lad and other martial inter- ludes ; being six one-act dramas. 1910 822.64
+Dryden, J. F. Addresses and papers on life in- surance and other subjects. 1910 314.141
Earhart, L. B. Teaching children to study. [1909] 313.153:
tEddy, Mrs. M. B. G. Christian healing and the people's idea of God 836.105
Christian science versus pantheism and other messages to the Mother church 836.106
No and yes 836.107 · Pulpit and press 836.104
Retrospection and introspection 836.103
Emerson, R. W. Journals with annotations ; ed. by E. W. Emerson and W. E. Forbes. v. 3 & 4. 1910
917.86.
3. 1833-1835.
4. 1836-1838.
Everhart, Elfrida. Handbook of United States public documents. 1910 314.115 French, Mrs. A. W. (Anne Warner). Just between themselves . F8862.7 ·
203
Gillette, K. C. " World corporation " [1910] . 311.141
+Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Massachusetts. Journal of the forty-fourth annual encampment, April 6 and 7, 1910. v. 44 of . 617.101
Greene, J. D., comp. Exemption from taxation ; addresses, reports, judicial proceedings, legis- lative bills, acts, and other documents relating to the exemption of Massachusetts colleges and universities from taxation. 1910 314.117
Grenfell, W. T. Man's helpers. 1910 ·
833.73
Gulick, L. H. Healthful art of dancing. 1910
724.230
Hall, Mrs. F. M. H. Handbook of hospitality for town and country. [1909] . 310.77
Hancock, A. E. Bronson of the rabble
H193.2
Hancock, E. L. Applied mechanics for engineers. 1909.
724.179
Howe, Mrs. J. W. At sunset. 1910 .
825.66
Jones, O. M., Leary, E. G. and Quish, A. E. Teaching children to study ; the group system applied. 1909
313.154
Kingsland, Mrs. Florence. Book of good man-
ners. 1909
310.78
Kingsley, Mrs. F. M. Those Brewster children
K615.12
Lagerlöf, S. O. L. Story of Gösta Berling .
L134.2
Larned, J. N., comp. History for ready reference.
v. 7. Recent history (1901-1910), A-Z. · 1910 R
McMurry, C. A. Type studies from the geography of the United States. 1910 . 231.39
Mason, D. G. Orchestral instruments and what they do. 1909 721.258
+Massachusetts. Board of education. Seventy-third annual report. 1908-1909 R
Commission on the cost of living. Report, 1910
314.136
General court. Acts and resolves. 1910
R
Journal of the House of Representatives. 1910 R Journal of the Senate. 1910 R
Matthews, J. B. Study of the drama. 1910 .
822 40
+Miles, Austin. About my Father's business
M596.1
.
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204
Moulton, Mrs. L. C. Whiting, Lilian. Louise Chandler Moulton, poet and friend. 1910 917.103 ¡Nason, G. W., ed. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments ; Minute men of '61, who responded to the first call of Abra- ham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and constitution of the United States. 1910 617.138
Newell Relic and Curio hall [Franklin, Mass. ], Dedication of the. Prepared under the direction of R. J. Chute and T. Z. Lee. 1909 . Packard, Winthrop. Wildwood ways. [1909] · Paret, A. P., ed. Harper's handy-book for girls. 1910 j Peabody, F. G. Approach to the social question. 1909 ·
617.139
733.134
723.199
311.143
· Ralston, Mrs. Virginia. When mother lets us sew j Roberts, C. G. D. Kings in exile. 1910
723.200
736.142
¡Roe, A. S., ed. Melvin memorial, Sleepy Hollow cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts ; a brother's tribute. Exercises at dedication, June 16, 1909
917.93
Monuments, tablets and other memorials in Massachusetts to commemorate the services of her sons in the War of the rebellion, 1861- 1865. 1910.
617.103
Rogers, J. E. The American newspaper. 1909 .
136.105
Rohlfs, Mrs. A. H. G. (Anna Katherine Green). Old stone house and other stories .
R636.13
Shaw, G. B. Plays ; pleasant and unpleasant. 2v. 1909
823.54
Shuman, E. L. How to judge a book. 1910
131.68
Snaith, J. C. Fortune .
.
S669.4
Taylor, I. M. Caleb Trench .
T216.10
Thomas, R. W. Manual of debate [1910] .
135.99
¡Thompson, Slason, ed. Railway library, 1909. 1910. .
314.128
+U. S. Department of agriculture. Year book.
R 1909 . · .
Van Dyke, Henry. Spirit of America. 1910 · 230.137
205
Wellman, F. L. Day in court. 1910 314.124 R
Who's who. 1911
t Winslow, J. A. Massachusetts. General court. A record of the dedication of the statue of Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, May 8, 1909 917.90
Zartman, L. W., ed. Fire insurance (Yale read- ings in insurance) 1909 314.139
Life insurance (Yale readings in insurance) 1909 . 314.140
BOOKS PURCHASED FROM THE SUSANNAH HUNT STETSON FUND.
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