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The above list includes work done for your Board and for practic- ally every department of the town.
There are I understand many projects for the coming year under consideration, some of which have been approved and work already begun.
As in previous years assistance has been received and courtesy shown both to me and to my assistants by your Board, by other town officials and by many citizens, to all of whom I wish to extend my sin- cere thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL H. WHITING, Civil Engineer
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the annual report of the services rendered by the police department for the year ending December 31, 1934.
Causes for Arrests:
Crimes against the person 44
Crimes against property
86
Crimes against public order, etc. 1158
Violation of liquor laws
3
Total arrests for the year
1291
Miscellaneous report :
Six raids for gaming
Complaints investigated, 657
Doors and buildings found open and secured, 640
Street lights reported out, 332
Wagon calls, 329
Ambulance calls, 139
Animals killed, 87
Messages delivered, 273
Fires reported, 12
Defective streets, 66
Lost children found, 23
Property recovered, $10,421.23
IN MEMORIAM ELBERT FORD
Died September 18, 1934 an efficient and courageous police officer His passing is mourned by the Weymouth Police Department
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F. BUTLER, Chief of Police
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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1934
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We have assessed upon the polls, motor vehicle excise and estates of all persons liable to taxation the sum of $1,241,276.53 and have com- mitted. the same to Frank W. Holbrook, Esq., the duly elected Collector of Taxes, with our warrants in due form of law, for the collections and payments in accordance with the votes of the town and warrants of the County of Norfolk and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Commitment April 2, 1934
$8,376.07
Commitment May 31, 1934
13,616.00
Commitment
June 1, 1934
11,351.31
Commitment September 10, 1934
4,692.37
Commitment October 5, 1934
1,192,690.49
Commitment
November 7, 1934
314.00
Commitment
December 18, 1934
4.00
Commitment
December 20, 1934
9,452.93
Commitment
December 20, 1934
671.44
Commitment
December 31, 1934
107.92
$1,241,276.53
Divided as follows:
Real Estate
$ 920,499.42
Personal Estate
271,408.76
Motor Vehicle Excise Poll
13,934.00
Moth
1,453.75
$1,241,276.53
STATE LIABILITIES
State Tax, Chap. 386, Acts of 1934
$65,300.00
Charles River Basin Tax, Chap. 92 G. L. Sec. 54-59 Incl.
4,107.05
Metropolitan Planning, Chap. 399, Acts of 1923
207.14
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance, Chap. 651
243.67
Acts of 1910
Metropolitan Parks Tax, Chap. 92 G. L. Sec. 54 to 59 Incl.
22,192.79
Hospital or Home Care, Chap. 340, Acts of 1929
125.00
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway,
Sec. 4, Chap. 420-Acts of 1930
132.02
Canterbury Street Highway, Sec. 2, Chap. 420 Acts of 1930
95.95
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham Chap. 364, Acts of 1929
/ 375.00
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and
4.81
Ocean Avenue, Revere, Sec. 3, Chap. 445, Acts of 1931
381.38
Land-Takings on State Highway, Revere
985.07
South Metropolitan Sewerage Tax Sec. 5, 6, 7, Chap. 92 G. L.
39,115.87
Metropolitan Sewerage-South System Chap. 419, Acts of 1930
$151,509.18
Deficit 1931
290.45
Deficit 1932
4,275.61
Deficit 1933
1,007.76
5,749.82 $157,259.00
. Overlay-Deficit 1930
176.00
18,243.43
Hingham Chap. 364, Acts of 1929
33,980.60
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COUNTY LIABILITIES
County of Norfolk Tax $34,288.73
Chap. 279, Acts of 1934
EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH to be provided for in the Tax Levy of 1934
Authorized at the Special Town Meeting-January 4, 1934
$ 1,500.00 Garbage Removal
Authorized at the Annual Town Meeting-March 5 and 7, 1934:
Appropriation Committee
$ 600.00
Selectmen's Department
6,563.90
Accounting Department
6,400.00
Treasurer's Department
2,814.00
Tax Collector's Department
9,009.00
Assessor's Department
10,250.00
Legal Department
3,000.00
Damages
3,000.00
Town Clerk's Department
3,350.00
Elections and Registrations
5,235.00
Engineering Department
5,475.00
Planning Board
300.00
Maintenance Town Hall etc.
7,889.00
Soldiers' Monument etc.
100.00
Police Department
74,546.00
Fire Department
64,786.48
Building Inspector
1,463.00
Sealer's Department
. 1,425.00
Moth Department
6,326.00
Tree Department
2,140.00
Street Lighting
35,721.32
Harbor Master's Department
275.00
Health Department
13,542.00
Employment of Nurses
2,000.00
Maintenance County Hospital
9,960.39
Garbage Removal
7,000.00
Public Welfare
212,630.00
Old Age Assistance
60,000.00
Pensions
1,575.00
Soldiers' Benefits
22,200.00
Highway Department
106,500.00
School Department
416,533.09
Libraries
21,436.00
Observance Memorial Day
750.00
Parks and Playgrounds
8,070.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,565.11
Unpaid Bills
9,203.14
Overdrafts
16,940.50
Alewife Fishery
350.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
1,400.00
Interest and Discount
58,000.00
Note and Bond Retirement
70,000.00
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
5,000.00
Fire Insurance
99.78
Reserve Fund
25,000.00
Discharging Incumbrances
1.00
Working New Streets etc.
2,811.00
Sidewalk Construction
6,035.00
Mosquito Control
450.00
$1,330,720.71
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CREDITS
1
Estimated Receipts :
Income Tax
$89,257.45
Corporation Tax
81,753.38
Federal Relief Act
23,792.24
Refund-Old Age
24,000.00
Interest
14,000.00
Licenses and Permits
5,000.00
Fines and Forfeits
750.00
Grants and Gifts
15,128.69
Moth Assessments
1,000.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
25,000.00
General Government
3.00
Inspection
300.00
Forestry
10.00
Health and Sanitation
1,391.41
Highways
150.00
Charities
45,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
2,000.00
School Department
3,000.00
Libraries
700.00
Public Service Enterprise
150.00
National Bank Tax
166.48
Trust Co. Tax
593:64
Poll Tax Warrant
13,616.00
$346,762.29
SUMMARY-1934 ACCOUNT
Appropriations:
Special Town Meeting-January 4, 1934
$ 1,500.00
Annual Town Meeting-March 5 & 7, 1934 1,330,720.71
$1,332,220.71
State Liabilities
157,259.00
County Liabilities
34,288.73
$1,523,768.44
CREDITS
Estimated Receipts
333,146.29
Poll Taxes
13,616.00
$346,762.29
Balance
$1,177,006.15
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
Tax Rate for 1934:
Real and Personal Estate Motor Vehicle Excise
$25.50 32.14
Valuation for 1933:
Real and Personal
46,741,189.
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,296,160.
Number of Polls assessed :
May 31, 1934
6,808.
November 7, 1934
172.
December 18, 1934
2.
Total number of Polls assessed
6,982.
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Number of Autos assessed:
April 2, 1934
1,399
June 1, 1934
2,225
September 10, 1934
1,092
December 20, 1934
2,388
December 31, 1934
47
Total number of Autos assessed:
7,151
Number of Polls exempted by law or otherwise
60
Number of Residents assessed on property
6,584
Number of Non-Residents assessed on Property
2,902
Number of horses assessed
67
Number of cows assessed
291
Number of sheep assessed
23
Number of other cattle assessed
24
Number of swine assessed
14
Number of fowl assessed
10,169
Number of acres of land assessed
8,857 14
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES W. BURGESS
JOHN F. DWYER
HARRY E. BEARCE
JULIAN R. MERCHANT
RICHARD HALLORAN
Assessors of Weymouth
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth: I am pleased to submit to you, and through you, to the Citizens of Weymouth, my annual report of the Taxes and Interest collected by me, as Collector of Taxes, during the year 1934. These collections as made and paid over to the Town Treasurer, apply to the several lists as committed to me for the years 1932, 1933, and 1934, and in- clude assessments of Real and Personal Property, Moth, Polls, Old Age Assistance, and Motor Vehicle Excise.
1932 TAXES
Balance Outstanding Jan. 1, 1934 (including all outstanding 1932 taxes $ 77,283.94
Add Interest Charged and Collected during 1934:
Personal and Real Estate
$ 4,149.98
Motor Vehicle Excise 114.01
5.08
4,269.07
Additional charge on 1932 Real Estate Commitment
.10
Total
$81,553.11
Less Collections of 1932 Taxes:
Personal and Real Estate
$56,785.16
Moth
64.75
Motor Vehicle Excise
790.75
Polls
32.00
Old Age Assistance
26.00
Interest on above
4,269.07
/
Total
$61,967.73
Polls
136
Less Abatements and Tax Title Credits of 1932 Taxes
Personal and Real Estate Abatements $2,648.16
Moth Abatements 5.00
Personal and Real Estate Tax Title Credits 16,144.47
Moth Tax Title Credits 5.75
608.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Polls Old Age Assistance
48.00
17.00
Total Collections, Abatements, and Tax Title Credits $81,444.91
$108.20
1933 TAXES
Balance Outstanding Jan. 1, 1934 (including all outstanding 1933 Taxes $357,080.78
Add Interest Charged and Collected during 1934:
Personal and Real Estate
$11,702.46
Motor Vehicle Excise
207.22
Polls
83.79
$11,993.47
Add Commitment No. 3-1933 Real Estate 20.80
Commitment No. 6-1933 Motor Vehicle Excise 660.98
Commitment No. 7-1933 Motor Vehicle Excise 49.52
$731.30
12,724.77
Total
$369.805.55
Less Collections of 1933 Taxes:
Personal and Real Estate
$258,046.01
Moth
470.71
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,085.53
Polls
1,454.00
Old Age Assistance
795.00
Interest on above
11,993.47
$277,844.72
Less Abatements and Tax Title Credits of 1933 Taxes
Personal and Real Estate Abatements
$7,852.38
Personal and Real Estate Tax Title Credits
25,144.86
Moth-Tax Title Credits
16.75
Motor Vehicle Excise Polls
1,320.94
940.00
Old Age Assistance
558.00
$35,832.93
$313,677.65
Balance Outstanding Dec. 31, 1934
$56,127.90
Summary:
Personal, Real Estate and Moth
$55,379.27
Motor Vehicle Excise
670.63
Polls
78.00
Total $56,127.90
$19,477.18
Balance Outstanding Dec. 31, 1934 (All Motor Vehicle Excise of 1932)
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1934 TAXES
Commitments of 1934 Taxes to Collector by Assessors: Polls :
May 31, 1934 Nov. 7, 1934 Dec. 18, 1934
$13,616.00 314.00
4.00
$13,934.00
Motor Vehicle Excise :
April 2, 1934
$8,376.07
June 1, 1934
11,351.31
Sept. 10, 1934
4,692.37
Dec. 20, 1934
9,452.93
Dec. 31, 1934
107.92
$33,980.60
Personal and Real Estate:
$1,191,236.74
Oct. 5, 1934 Dec. 20, 1934
671.44
1,191,908.18
Moth :
1,453.75
Total of all 1934 Commitments
$1,241.276.53
Add Interest Charged and Collected during 1934:
Personal and Real Estate
$313.56
Motor Vehicle Excise Polls
23.90
$452.53
Total
$1,241,729.06
Less Collections of 1934 Taxes:
Personal and Real Estate
$859.001.98
Moth
874.75
Motor Vehicle Excise
21,291.47
Polls
11,436.00
Interest on above
.452.53
$893.056.73
Less Abatements of 1934 Taxes:
Personal and Real Estate
$3,402.03
Motor Vehicle Excise Polls
782.00
$4,966.52
Total Collections and Abatements
$898.023.25
Balance Outstanding December 31, 1934
$343,705.81
Summary :
Personal and Real Estate
$329.504.17
Moth
579.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
11,906.64
Polls
1,716.00
Total $343,705.81
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK W. HOLBROOK Collector of Taxes
115.07
782.49
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
BEALS PARK
Once again it is the pleasure of the Park Commissioners to acquaint you with our accomplishments of this past year. In Beals Park we have taken the usual care to keep the shubbery trimmed, the grass mowed and the tennis court in the "best of condition."
Each year we try to improve at least one "sore spot" and this time we chose the pond. For some years this has been a bone of con- tention to the people who owned property about the park. Some care- less townspeople have regarded this part of the park as a public dump and each year we have been obliged to clear away ashes and general refuse. As we were able, through federal funds, to secure E. R. A. work- men we have, with little expense to the town, been able to remove this nuisance, regrade and terrace the banks. We hope by spring to have completed this project and thus to have transformed an ugly, un- sightly spot into one of beauty. We are sorry that our regrading has deprived the children of a skating rink for this winter, but we plan that hereafter the rink will be at least double the size of the one used in former years.
GREAT HILL PARK
Each year the beach with its bath-house and competent and cour- teous attendant is growing in popularity, to such an extent now that our parking space is decidedly inadequate for the comfort of the bath- ers. Then too, we found that the bath-house is entirely too small. We have been able to secure some town funds and E. R. A. workmen again so we hope to have an additional bath-house. Just now we are building retaining walls to keep automobiles off the beach and retaining walls which will be used as curbings for the road up the hill.
WESTON PARK
Weston Park continues to be a popular recreational center for both old and young. With its diversified features a large number of people are able to use and enjoy this beautiful natural park.
Baseball is ever popular both daily and twilight. It is a pretty sight to see the hills covered with spectators enjoying a game played by the local boys. On a Sunday afternoon many families come together. When the children and adults come together one feels that the park is truly being utilized.
Under the shade of the lovely old elms the children's playground is located on the Broad Street side. Much has been done to clear this end of the park, walks and grass plots have been laid out. A rock gar- den has been prepared for early spring planting.
Both shuffle boards are in constant use especially by the older men of the community who thoroughly enjoy the game.
A Weymouth seam face granite convenient station has been erected near the children's playground.
On the Washington street side, a beautiful annual garden thrived. Due to Mr. Jerome Healy's efforts a mass of color was portrayed.
Partial cleaning on the Front Street side and the establishment of a small nursery for future planting has been started.
The stone wall on the Franklin Street side has been completed and is a great addition as well as a protection.
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WEBB PARK
Trees have been trimmed and brush and undergrowth cleared.
A shuffle board has been added to the equipment and also new equipment supplemented for the old.
Excavation has been made and a tennis court laid out.
The flag pole has been painted and a large flag purchased.
A rock garden has been laid out in this park.
LAKE STREET
Early in the season the beach was cleaned. The equipment has been painted and a wall built to protect the shelter house.
Bathing is most popular and a hot summers day finds a large crowd.
During the summer a group of band concerts were held in the various parts of the town. The music was furnished by the E. R. A. bands. This was a novel feature and greatly appreciated.
Three Symphony Concerts with the Greater Boston Chorus appear- ing at two of them were held at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheatre. These were well attended. The small expense incurred in bringing these mus- icians here was taken from the Quincy Tufts Educational Fund.
We are indebted and greatly pleased with the co-operation received from the E. R. A. administer and the other departments in the town, who have helped us to accomplish what we have earnestly endeavored to achieve.
LOVELL'S CORNER PLAYGROUND
This year has been a busy one for Lovells Corner Playground. More than ever have the young people enjoyed the facilities offered them.
The baseball field has been greatly improved and we have noticed an increased attendance as every opportunity to use it was made use of.
Tennis courts, swings, and children's equipment surely did their part in entertaining the kiddies.
Two shuffle boards have been installed this year and adults as well as the younger set have shown how popular this type of amuse- ment has grown to be.
We propose to clean out the underbrush and transplant some of the pines this winter and hope to make the grove one to be enjoyed. Other improvements are being planned for this playground.
Mr. Edwards has acted as caretaker and is much interested in the undertaking. We owe much to him for his assistance.
POND PLAIN PLAYGROUND
This location has been greatly improved this year with the assist- ance of the E. R. A.
Much grading has been done. The play equipment has been mov- ed to a newly filled location and has been greatly enjoyed.
The grove connected with the grounds is now being cleaned up, trees pruned and dead material removed. This will make a real shel- ter during the hot days of the summer for the grownups as well as for the little ones.
Mr. Parker Thomas has very kindly allowed us to use his land ad- joining the playground for a baseball field and it has been a busy one.
Two shuffle boards have been installed also a horseshoe court for adults and one for juniors. All this has proved to be very popular.
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LEARY AND BAUER MEADOW
We have cleaned the skating pool and flooded it. We shall try to enlarge the skating area this year.
GREENS
This year the greens located at various street intersections have been cared for by our commissioners.
We have endeavored to keep them in good shape, cutting the grass and in some places planting flowers and shrubs. We hope to do much more of this work this year.
With the help of F.E.R.A. we have trimmed and curbed about 3000 running feet of the green, also graded and seeded it. On Main street at junction of Front Street we have been able to get the State Highway Commissioner to co-operate with us by widening the travelled way from curb to curb. The appearance has been greatly improved at this loca- tion. The Weymouth Garden Club has helped to beautify some of these greens, and we would ask our readers to co-operate with us in furthering this work and make our town much more attractive.
This year the Park Commission hired George Monroe as a life saver and swimming instructor at the North Weymouth Bath-house. Mr. Monroe is a certified Red Cross Examiner, and is a graduate of the Aquatic School given by the American Red Cross at Brimfield, Massa- chusetts.
The work was popularly received and efficiently done. Approxi- mately eight hundred children were given instruction in swimming and in life saving. The lives of ten children were saved. There were no losses from drowning. Classes of instruction were given on week days. The large crowds on Saturday and Sunday prevented the lifeguard's doing anything but watching to prevent or care for all the emergencies which might arise.
This instruction was given with the thought of teaching the chil- dren to guard their own safety and to care for the security of others. Children and adults were shown by the instructor the correct form for all the basic strokes as well as the correct form for the technique of life saving. In life saving, these pupils were shown the correct, wav in which to approach, contact, and carry the victim to safety. Artificial respiration was especially emphasized so that the pupils would know exactly how and when to apply this knowledge to save anyone from death by drowning, electrical shock, or by asphixiation. Of course, prac- tice under the observance of the instructor was available during the hour scheduled each day for this purpose.
This training will go far in making this beach a safer place to swim because it teaches the common sense methods of prevention and aversion of all the possible dangers of swimming besides teaching the actual rescue work.
PLAYGROUNDS 1934 PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT
The Park Department maintained the following playgrounds for a six week period beginning July 9, 1934:
Playground
Pond Plain Playground
Instructor Mrs. Inez Kohler
Stetson Field
Hazel Smith (afternoons)
Webb Park Hazel Smith (mornings)
Weston Park
Edwin B. Thomas Margaret Ionta
Bicknell Park
Lake Street Playground.
Alfred Denly (3 weeks)
Peter Valicenti (3 weeks)
Lovell's Corner Playground
Dorothy Peterson
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Playgrounds were open weekdays from 9:00-11:30 A. M. and from 1:30-4:00 P. M.
Closer co-ordination of the playgrounds was one of the commis- sioners' aims for the 1934 season. Two "co-ordinators," Philip A. Con- athan and John T. Ghiorse, were named in order to distribute equip- ment, to facilitate communication between the commissioners and the individual supervisors, to manage sports contests between. the various. playgrounds and transport contestants from one playground to, an- other, to publish the playground activities, and to aid the individual in- structors in any manner possible toward a more unified playground. system.
All the equipment of the various parks was made available to the youngsters. In addition, there were the standard playground allotments .. of supplies and equipment necessary for Paddle Tennis, Baseball, Vol- leyball, Basketball, Ringtoss, Tennis, and Horseshoes.
Materials for handwork was provided, in many cases, by the instruc- tors themselves.
ATTENDANCE
The weather during the playground season was ideal. Not a single- rainy day marred the activities during the six weeks. An assortment of cool and hot days was to be found in every week so that every type of recreation was seasonable.
A Daily Total Attendance of five hundred and fifty children was attracted to the parks. They were distributed as follows:
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE
Park
Number
Park
Number
Pond Plain
65
Lake Street 100
Stetson Field
50
Lovell's Corner
75
Webb Park
50
Bicknell
75
Weston Park
135
Total 550
COMPETITIONS
Some seventy-five interplayground contests were handled by the co-ordinators, during the four weeks of competition. These contests en- tailed the transporting of about six hundred children to and from the games. Realizing that it is from competition with outside teams that children get most fun in sports, we can see the commissioners' wisdom in inaugurating co-ordinators to make it possible for a play- ground team to engage in battle with another equal team at frequent intervals.
Baseball held sway over all other games with about thirty-five games played between playground teams (seniors, juniors, midgets, jun- ior midgets, and girls). Volleyball for girls came next with about twenty games. A dozen Horseshoe matches, five Track Meets, a half- dozen Tennis matches, and a Paddle, Tennis tournament constituted the rest of the inter-playground competition.
In addition there were countless competitions and tournaments held on the playgrounds under the supervision of the instructors them- selves.
The following Champions were proclaimed: Sport Champion Sport
Champion
Baseball
Track
senior (15 yrs.) Bicknell
. senior-Lovell's Cor. junior-Weston
T
junior (12-15) Webb
midget (9-12 yrs.) Weston
Horseshoes-Lake Street
junior midget
Paddle Tennis-Webb
(below 9) Pond Plain
girls (all ages) Pond Plain i : Volleyball ยท (Girls) Bicknell
Tennis-Lovell's Cor.
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Honorable mention was given in publicity to the individual champ- ions, who were selected on the basis of ability and sportsmanship.
There were several contests with teams from Braintree and Rock- land in Baseball and Volleyball.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
In addition to overseeing sports competitions and keeping an eye on children at play on the apparatus, the supervisors found time to teach all types of handicraft and also held special events weekly; such as, horrible parades, doll carriage parades, hikes, and the like.
At the Pond Plain playground, Mrs. Kohler, aided by several moth- ers, had her playground group put on a play, "The Land of Story." This play was put on with much success on several occasions. Miss Hazel Smith also conducted pageants both at Stetson Field and Webb Park with much success.
The Annual Outings were held at Wessagusset Beach during the final week: The children were taken to North Weymouth by bus and thoroughly enjoyed a day of picnicking and water sports.
Respectfully submitted,
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman CHARLES W. BURGESS, Clerk ARTHUR I. NEGUS
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS' GRAVES
Honorable Board of Selectmen, Weymouth, Mass.
I herewith submit my report of work done under the appropriation for the care of veterans' graves.
Cemetery
Whole lots
Half lots
Singles
Village
35
2
4
Highland
37
1
1
Mount Hope
29
0
0
Old North
21
4
22
Fairmount
35
1
0
Elmwood
25
0
0
St. Francis
19
12
6
Lakeview
34
0
1
0
* Ashwood
9
*Reed
19
* Belcher
2
* Martin
4
*Pleasant (opp. Fairmount) 3
*Pleasant (opp. Pine St.) 1
*Under supervision of custodian.
I found the old cemeteries which are not now in use, in very poor condition, and they could not be put in first class condition with the amount I could allow for them. I recommend that in the near future an extra amount be appropriated to condition these cemeteries thoroughly and then the expense of their care will be small.
I wish to thank the superintendents of the various cemeteries for their cooperation, also Mr. Kelly, Supt. of Streets, for several loads of loam.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles H. Burkett Custodian of Veterans' Graves
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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit my report as Town Counsel for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1934. In accordance with your suggestion that the Town Re- ports be condensed as much as possible for reasons of economy, I am. not setting forth in detail the list of cases actually pending before the various Courts today, in which the Town is a party.
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