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Repairs and improvements on old Lighthouse and buildings .
500 00
Water for park purpose
100 00
Total
$207,057 76
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Trust Funds - Statement
REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS
Eliza Jenkins Fund, $3,000 00
Income.
$133 92
The income was distributed according to the terms of the trust and the receipts placed on file.
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, $1,000 00
Income.
$45 00
Income paid to beneficiaries.
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, $988 22
Income.
$44 46
Income paid to beneficiary. 1
Clara T. Bates Fund, $402 54 Drawn upon for care of Old Cemetery.
Not drawn upon.
Cornelia M. Allen Fund, $5,000 00
Interest drawn. . $136 95 Income paid to beneficiaries.
The George O. Allen Fund, $500.00
Not drawn upon.
Torrey Park Fund, $318 00 Not drawn upon.
Hannah Dean Miller Fund, $1,952 63
Not drawn upon.
ANSEL F. SERVAN, CHARLES W. PEARE, ERNEST R. SEAVERNS, ยท Trustees.
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Report of Assessors - Financial Statement
REPORT OF ASSESSORS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Number of polls assessed 711 Poll tax assessed . $3,555 00
Residents assessed on property : Individuals. 867
All others
16
883
Non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals. 921
All others 21
942
Persons assessed on property .
1,825
Persons assessed on polls only . . . 289
Total persons assessed . 2,114
Value of assessed real estate:
Buildings .
$4,078,645 00
Land
2,163,040 00
Total real estate.
$6,241,685 00
Total personal estate
1,053,660 00
Total valuation, April 1, 1920
$7,295,345 00
December assessment:
Personal.
$1,500 00
Real estate .
12,825. 00
Grand total for 1920
$7,309,670 00
Grand total for 1919
6,333,515 00
Increase in valuation
$976,155 00
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Report of Assessors - Financial Statement
ASSESSED
Horses
$196
Cows
221
Sheep.
20
Neat cattle other than cows.
26
Swine.
115
Dwelling houses
1,602
Acres of land
9,696
Fowl
2,717
BUDGET, 1920
Dr.
State tax .
$16,380 00
State highway tax
3,161 30
County tax .
10,407 39
Soldiers' bonus
772 20
State tax on polls
2,133 00
Town grant.
180,863 00
Overlay .
3,883 03
$217,599 92
Cr
Due from State:
Account of Mothers' Aid $802 98
Account of State Aid .
2,230 00
Account of Military Aid 180 00
Corporation tax
3,748 36
Bank tax .
649 59
School reimbursement.
3,200 00
Distribution of intangibles
9,907 35
20,718 28
Total tax levy
$196,881 64
Tax on 711 polls .
3,555 00
Net levy on property.
$193,326 64
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Report of Assessors - Financial Statement
Rate of taxation per $1,000.
$26 50
Abatements for the year 1917.
824 23
Abatements for the year 1918. . .
24 22
Abatements for the year 1919. . . .
819 20
Abatements for the year 1920. . . . 918 16
$2,612 31
Respectfully submitted,
ANSEL F. SERVAN, CHARLES W. PEARE, ERNEST R. SEAVERNS, Assessors.
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Report of Overseers of Poor
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers have attended to all cases coming to their notice, and their accounts are to be found under the Select- men's report.
Respectfully submitted,
ANSEL F. SERVAN, CHARLES W. PEARE, ERNEST R. SEAVERNS, Overseers.
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Report of Collector for 1920
. REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR 1920
COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920
Total amount of taxes collected. . $188,627 08
Total interest received on taxes. . 2,121 38
$190,748 46
The amounts are divided as follows:
TAXES OF 1917
Uncollected January 1, 1920. . . . .
$1,878 52
Interest received on bills of 1917.
177 72
Paid treasurer .
$1,232 01
Abatements, 1917
824 23
$2,056 24
$2,056 24
TAXES OF 1918
Uncollected January 1, 1920. . . . .
$6,285 07
Interest received on bills of 1918.
547 .95
Paid treasurer.
$6,068 13
Abatements, 1918 .
24 22
Uncollected January 1, 1921.
740 67
$6,833 02
$6,833 02
TAXES OF 1919
Uncollected January 1, 1920 . . . .
$46,332 28
Interest received on bills of 1919.
1,308 41
Paid treasurer .
$42,441.98
Abatements, 1919. .
819 20
Uncollected January 1, 1921
4,379 51
$47,640 69 $47,640 69
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Report of Collector for 1920
TAXES OF 1920
Tax bills for 1920, including 711
polls, issued in June. .
$196,881 64
Omitted assessments, December 20, 1920. 379 61 1
Interest on bills of 1920
87 30
Paid treasurer
$141,006 34
Abatements, 1920
918 16
Uncollected, January 1, 1921
55,424 05
$197,348 55 $197,348 55
There were committed to the Collector 711 poll tax bills in June. Of this number, 710 have been paid in full; and one, being an illegal assessment, was abated. The town has established an enviable and patriotic record of 100 per cent in the payment of its complete poll tax levy for 1920.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT D. SPAULDING, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1921.
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Report of Treasurer - Receipts
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920
Cash on hand January 1, 1920. $11,900 94
RECEIPTS
Received from:
Albert D. Spaulding, Collector Taxes, for year 1917
1,232 01
Albert D. Spaulding, Collector Taxes, for year 1918. 6,068 13
Albert D. Spaulding, Collector Taxes, for year 1919 . 42,441 98
Albert D. Spaulding, Collector Taxes, for year 1920
141,006 34
Notes sold in anticipation of revenue
135,000 00
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Income Tax, 1917
143 75
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Income Tax, 1918. 172 50
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Income Tax, 1919. 3,510 00
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Income Tax, 1920.
2,925 00
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Income for general purposes. . The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Corporation Tax.
8,146 50
2,499 01
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Bank Tax. 567 25
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of School Fund. 3,226 66
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Report of Treasurer - Receipts
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Military Aid . $180 00
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of Soldiers' Exemption . 183 50
The Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on account of State Aid . 2,107 17
The County Treasurer on account of Dog Tax Interest on Town's Bank Deposit.
348 98
532 53
North Scituate Beach Improvement Associ-
ation on account of Improvements at Beach .
4,000 00
Licenses granted .
73 00
Permits .
4 00
Clark Spaulding, Treasurer "Clean-Up Com- mittee," unexpended balance.
85 14
J. Frank Cushman, rent of dwelling at the Old Lighthouse. 50 00
Individuals for spraying trees and shrubs. .
1,122 34
Carpenters Union for rent of Town Hall. . .
24 00
Superintendent George Dwyer for water sold to credit of Town Landing
6 25
George F. Welch Co., to credit of Town Land- ing . 1 40
Russell T. Knox, sealer Weights and Meas- ures, fees for 1919.
20 42
Director of Standards . 16 00
J. Edward Harney, for credit to account Police Department.
2 00
Howard H. Young, for credit to account Police Department. 25 00
Second District Court for credit to account Police Department. 76 43
Scituate Woman's Club for credit to account Police Department. 66 40
Walter Newbert, for credit to account Police Department. 10 00
Selectmen for credit to account Police
Department. 23 00
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Report of Treasurer - Receipts
Methodist Church Society for credit to account Police Department. . $5 00
Mrs. Estelle T. Warner, for credit to account Police Department. 134 14
Ernest R. Seaverns, for credit to account Police Department 4 80
Charles M. Litchfield, for credit to Fire Department . 6 00
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., for credit to Fire Department.
1 00
G. Dana Yeaton, for credit to Fire Depart- ment
63 95
A. F. Servan, for credit to Fire Department. A. B. Cole, for credit to Fire Department. .
10 00
Individuals, for use of telephone, for credit to Fire Department. 2 00
Estate of Rebecca Litchfield, credited to account Charities . 14 00
Individual, credited to account Charities. .
100 00
William F. Ford, Tree Warden and Moth
Superintendent, credit Moth Department State Treasurer, credit Moth Department. . N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., for credit to account of Snow Removal.
10 97
35 00
924 50
G. Dana Yeaton, to credit of Education account. 8 75
Waldo V. Andrews, credit of Education account. 7 75
Walter T. Newcomb, credit of Education account. 50
F. E. Bragdon, Superintendent, credit of Education account 20 30
Town of Marshfield, credit of Education account. 22 32
Harry M. Barrett, credit of Sidewalks. 25 00
George F. Welch Co., credit of Little's Bridge account 15 25
3 00
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Report of Treasurer - Receipts and Expenditures
Town of Marshfield, credit of Little's Bridge account . $1,692 31
Albert D. Spaulding, on account Telephone 15 00
William P. Richardson, on account Telephone 10 00
Selectmen, on account Telephone
3 15
Town of Marshfield, on account of Hum- arock Bridge. 224 47
Charles R. Storey, on account of Sidewalks . 35 00
J. K. Hall, on account of Tree Warden. . .
24 65
T. F. Bailey & Son (1919) on account Roads George H. Crosbie, on account Roads.
20 00
20 00
W. W. Damon, on account Roads ..
4 00
Franklin Barnes, on account Roads .
2 00
Woman's Relief Corps, on account Roads. .
20 00
Arthur E. Dorr, on account Roads.
68 60
E. R. Seaverns, on account Roads.
8 00
Job H. Vinal . 10
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., on account Gen- eral Government. 1 00
Wallace Litchfield, on account General Gov- ernment . 5 00
Total
$371,375 04
EXPENDITURES
Paid:
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, State Tax for 1920 $16,380 00
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, State High- way Tax. 3,161 30
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Soldiers' Bonus . 772 20
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Poll Tax. 2,133 00
County Treasurer, County Tax
10,407 39
County Treasurer, Town's asssessment on County Hospital . 574 17
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Note No. 11 Somerville Savings Bank, Jenkins School account . $5,000 00
Note No. 45, Abington Savings Bank, Town Landing account .. 1,400 00
Note No. 65, Abington Savings Bank, High School account . 1,250 00 Note No. 86, Cropley McGaragle & Co., High School account . 1,000 00
Note No. 119, Sold in anticipation of Rev- enue, June, 1919, due January 10, 1920. . 10,000 00 Note No. 120, Sold in anticipation of Rev- enue, June, 1919, due January 10, 1920. . 20,000 00
25,000 00
Note No. 1, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, January 6, 1920, due November 1, 1920 .. Note No. 2, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, January 6, 1920, due November 1, 1920. . Note No. 3, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, January 6, 1920, due November 1, 1920. Note No. 4, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, January 6, 1920, due November 1, 1920. Note No. 5, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, March 16, 1920, due December 15, 1920. Note No. 6, Sold in anticipation of Revenue, March 16, 1920, due December 15, 1920. Note No. 7, Sold in anticipation of Revenue,
10,000 00
10,000 00
5,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
March 16, 1920, due December 15, 1920. 10,000 00
All current expenses of the year by orders of the Selectmen
188,768 98
Total payments .
$340,847 04
Cash balance January 1, 1921 30,528 00
$371,375 04
WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON, Treasurer.
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Report of Auditor
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Scituate, Mass., January 15, 1921.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Tax Collector and Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1920.
Payments authorized by the Selectmen were made by the Treasurer to the extent of $340,847.04.
All accounts were found to be correct and properly vouched for, according to detailed printed reports of the Officers above mentioned.
WILLIAM M. WADE, Auditor.
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Report of Town Clerk - Town Meetings
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JANUARY 3, 1920
Moderator, Dennis H. Shea.
ARTICLE 2. Voted, That the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $5000 for the repair of the sea wall, under the Bluff at Minot, to be expended in conjunction with appropriations received from the State and the County Com- missioners, said sum to be raised from the current tax levy of 1920.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1920
For the transaction of business at 9 o'clock a.m.
ARTICLE 1 Dennis H. Shea was elected Moderator by ballot. Tellers appointed by the Moderator: Albert D. Spauld- ing, William E. Supple and Henry A. Litchfield.
ARTICLE 2
To choose all necessary Town Officers other than those elected by ballot. Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark.
Voted, Ansel F. Servan and George S. Bailey.
Fence Viewers. Voted, That the Selectmen serve as Fence Viewers.
Voted, That the Constables serve as Field Drivers, John F. Turner, Charles M. Litchfield and Elmer F. Burrows. Voted, For Pound Keeper, Charles G. Everett.
ARTICLE 3
Voted, That the Town accept the Report of the Select- men and other Town Officers, as printed in the Town Report.
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As recommended by the Advisory Board that each paid Town Officer should receive a salary as fixed by the voters. It was Voted, That a committee be appointed by the Moder- ator to draw up and submit to the voters at a subsequent Town Meeting, a schedule of salaries to be paid to the various town officials.
Appointed for said committee: John T. Fitts, William E. Supple, John D. Ferguson, Herbert F. Bates and Robert J. Litchfield.
ARTICLE 4
To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year, and make appro- priations for the same. Voted:
General government.
$8,000 00
Employers' liability
300 00
Police.
4,000 00
Fire Department
5,000 00
Hydrant rental.
5,390 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175 00
Moth work .
2,533 41
Owners' liability
1,500 00
Tree Warden .
1,000 00
Elm tree beetle.
300 00
Forest Fires
650 00
Bounties .
100 00
Board of Health
1,000 00
Roads, general.
6,000 00
Preservation of macadam
7,50000
Gravel Roads.
2,000 00
Oil and gravel .
4,000 00
Snow removal
15,000 00
Sidewalks.
500 00
Street lighting (including articles on same)
3,580 00
Signboards .
25 00
Support of Poor
6,500 00
Military Aid . 375 00
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Mothers' Aid
$3,500 00
State Aid .
2,500 00
Soldiers' Relief.
800 00
School Committee's salary
250 00
Support of schools .
30,500 00
Transportation of pupils
11,000 00
Libraries .
1,000 00
Park Commission
500 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Unclassified .
500 00
Interest .
5,000 00
Reduction of debt
8,650 00
State Highway tax
4,500 00
State tax.
14,000 00
County tax .
7,600 00
Refunds .
100 00
Fore River Bridge, maintenance
100 00
Maintenance of Public Buildings
500 00
Public Landing
250 00
Guard rails .
500 00
Repairs and improvements on Old Light and
Building
500 00
$167,828 41
ARTICLE 5
Voted, That the Town do authorize its Overseers of the Poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the Town's poor.
ARTICLE 6
Voted, That the Town do authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the financial year beginning January 1, 1921, in anticipation of the collection of revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the limit fixed by law, giving the note
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or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a less period than one year, provided the limit of one year is not exceeded thereby. All debts incurred under this authority shall be paid from the revenue of the then current year.
ARTICLE 7
To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen.
ARTICLE 8
Voted, That the Town authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the Town.
ARTICLE 9 .
Voted, That all taxes shall be payable by November 1 of the year when assessed, and that all taxes unpaid after said November 1 shall draw interest at six per cent from the fifteenth day of October until paid.
ARTICLE 10
Voted, That the Town do instruct its Selectmen to con- trol, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels, clams, quahaugs, razor fish and scallops within the Town of Scituate, in accordance with Chapter 91, Section 85, Revised Laws, as amended by Acts of 1913, Chapter 517, and further amended by Acts of 1915, Chapter 86.
ARTICLE 11
To raise and appropriate $2500 as a reserve fund. Voted, No.
ARTICLE 12
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate $2500 to complete the work on Surfside Road, etc.
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ARTICLE 13
Voted, $300 for the collection and disposal of rubbish throughout the Town, under the direction of the Clean-Up Committee.
ARTICLE 14
Will the Town raise and appropriate $10,000 for a pumping engine?
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 15
Voted, That the Town instruct the School Committee to carry the Scituate Center children living on the route of the jitneys going in that direction to the Hatherly .School.
ARTICLE 16
Repairs on Elm Street.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 17
Voted, To raise and appropriate $8000 to complete the work on the Park bounded by Branch, Central and Willow Streets.
ARTICLE 18
$2000 to continue stone road near the residence of Dr. Deal to Hatherly Road.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 19
Voted, $20 to install an electric light on pole 44, Hath- erly Road.
ARTICLE 20
Voted, $20 to install an electric light near the residence of John E. Murphy on Ticknor Court.
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ARTICLE 21
Will the Town vote to pay the Scituate Water Com- pany $50 per year for each hydrant in town.
Voted, $35 for each hydrant.
ARTICLE 22
Voted, That the Town raise $200, for the use of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau.
ARTICLE 23
$850 for sidewalks, Hatherly Road and Grasshopper Lane.
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 24
To see if the Town will accept the sum of $4000 for the purpose of improving and beautifying Glades Road. Voted, No.
ARTICLE 25
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 26
$2500 for the further building of Judge Cushing Road. Voted, No.
ARTICLE 27
Voted, To raise $250 for street signs, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Street Nomen- clature.
ARTICLE 28
Voted, $200 to build a sidewalk from the northerly end of Richardson's Block to the store of John W. Burke.
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ARTICLE 29
To establish and maintain State Aided Vocational Education.
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 30
Voted, $250 increase to the salary of Town Treasurer.
ARTICLE 31
Voted, $1000 for building the driveways and grading at the Civic Center in accordance with the plan approved at the Annual Meeting of March 3, 1919.
ARTICLE 32
Voted, $1500 for repairs on Little's Bridge.
ARTICLE 33
Voted, That the Town authorize the Selectmen to contract for the part-time service of a Public Health Nurse, to be employed under the direction of the Board of Health, Overseers of the Poor and the School Committee, and raise and appropriate $800 for the purpose.
ARTICLE 34
Voted, To install two electric lights on Summer Street at or near the entrance of the Old Bear field and one on pole number 25.
ARTICLE 35
Voted, To install three lights between Konihasset Corner and the residence of Mr. William McAlpine.
ARTICLE 36
Voted, $500 to rebuild the foot-bridge over Satuit Brook near Hose 1, and grade with gravel at each end.
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ARTICLE 37
Voted, $1000 to repair the road between First and Second Cliffs, to be taken from Roads, general.
ARTICLE 38
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 39
Voted, To increase the wage rate to fifty cents per hour and teams $10 per day.
ARTICLE 40
Will the Town vote to abolish the Office of Highway Surveyor, etc .?
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 41
Voted, $25 for the purchase of a triangular piece of land at the Sand Hills, known as Allen Park.
ARTICLE 42
Voted, That the Town raise $100 to be expended by the Park Commissioners in conjunction with an additional amount to be secured by the Abuttors, for laying out the above lot as a park.
ARTICLE 43
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 44
Voted, To install four additional street lights at Humarock between the residence of Mr. Cushing and Mr. Havemyer's.
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ARTICLE 45
Voted, $1500 for general repairs on the roads and side- walks at Humarock Beach.
ARTICLE 46
Voted, To pay a bounty of 25 cents each on woodchucks and foxes killed within the limits of the Town.
Voted, That any one of the assembly may ask for a reconsideration of any vote.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Presiding election officer, Dennis H. Shea.
Ballot Clerks: William W. Wade and Herbert T. Hatch.
Tellers: Russell T. Knox, Joseph N. Murphy and Harold W. Cole.
Registrars: Charles F. Clapp, Walter J. Stoddard and William Stanley.
Total vote, 528; Male 525; Female 3.
For Selectman for Three Years:
Ernest R. Seaverns 287
G. Dana Yeaton. 229
For Assessor for Three Years:
Ernest R. Seaverns 280
G. Dana Yeaton . 222
For Overseer of the Poor for Three Years:
Ernest R. Seaverns 274
G. Dana Yeaton 228
Town Clerk for One Year: Jetson Wade. 441
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Treasurer for One Year: William P. Richardson. 463
Collector of Taxes for One Year:
Albert D. Spaulding 440
Ernest L. Pinkham 5
Auditor for One Year:
William W. Wade. 435
Surveyor of Highways for One Year:
Henry T. Cole 223
Archie L. Mitchell. 293
Constables for One Year, Vote for Three:
Elmer F. Burrows . . 307
Charles M. Litchfield 283
Liba F. Litchfield 236
John F. Turner 316
Tree Warden for One Year:
William F. Ford . 279
John C. Murphy, Jr. 49
Howard H. Young 180
Park Commissioner for Three Years:
William H. North . 377
Board of Health for Three Years:
William P. Grovestein . 395
School Committee for Three Years:
W. Cleveland Cogswell . 371
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Advisory Board for Three Years, Vote for Three: William O. Clapp 346
Paul R. Eaton . . 350
William E. Supple 375
Liquor License. Yes, 280. No, 192.
Voted, To pay the Moderator $20 for his services.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
Attest :
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, APRIL 27, 1920
Ballot Clerks: William W. Wade and Perez L. Young. Tellers: Russell T. Knox, Frank H. Barry and Jetson Wade.
Presiding Election Officer, Ansel F. Servan.
Total vote 152. Republican, 146. Democratic, 6.
Delegates at Large, Republican Party:
Henry Cabot Lodge. 84
Frederick H. Gillett 43
W. Murray Crane. 36
Edward A. Thurston 20
Louis A. Frothingham 42
Alvan T. Fuller 34
Thomas W. Lawson 102
Samuel W. McCall. 68
Russell A. Wood 19
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Alternate Delegates at Large:
Butler Ames. 73
Chandler Bullock. 74
Gurdon W. Gordon 71
Butler R. Wilson 79
District Delegates, 16th District:
John D. W. Bodfish . 44
Eben S. S. Keith 78
Ward W. Parker 41
Alternate Delegates, 16th District:
John Halliwell 62
Thomas Otis . 74
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Delegates at Large:
David I. Walsh. 6
Richard H. Long
4
Joseph C. Pelletier 5
Daniel J. Doherty 5
Joseph F. O'Connell 0
Alternate Delegates at Large:
Susan W. Fitzgerald 4
Mary A. Carson . : 3
Mary Keegan Shuman 3
Helen G. Thayer 3
District Delegates, 16th District:
John H. Backus, Jr. 5
Thomas C. Thacher 6
Alternate District Delegate, 16th District: None.
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Report of Town Clerk - Town Meeting
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 7, 1920
Moderator, Dennis H. Shea.
ARTICLE 2
Voted, To appropriate to the use of the School Com- mittee a sum equal to the State reimbursement on teachers' salaries (about $3200).
ARTICLE 3
Voted, $300 for additional insurance on school buildings.
ARTICLE 4
Voted, That the Town accept from the subscribers to, or trustees of, a trust fund now being raised for the following and.other purposes, as a part of the park system, a certain parcel of land lying on the northerly side of Bailey's Cause- way east of the creek, containing by estimate one acre, more or less, as shown on a plan filed with the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to prepare the same for automobile parking, to be expended under the direction of the park commissioners.
ARTICLE 5
Voted, That the Town accept the gift of $4,000 offered by the subscribers; that it incorporate that part of the easterly side of the Glades Road lying between Gannett Road and the residence of Msgnr. Splaine as a part of the Park System, and it instruct the Park Commissioners to improve and beautify the same in accordance with the plan filed with the Selectmen.
Voted, $800 for a sidewalk on the northerly side of Grasshopper Lane between Whitcomb Road and Hatherly Road and the westerly side of Hatherly Road at the junction of these two streets to the entrance of the Hatherly Country Club.
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ARTICLE 7
Voted, $2000 for necessary improvements in the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 8
Voted, $450 to make the necessary change at the junction of Old Blossom Street and Gannett Road.
ARTICLE 9
Voted, $1000 to repair Greenfield Lane.
ARTICLE 10
Voted, To pay the Scituate Water Company $75 per year for each hydrant, in town ($5,920 additional).
ARTICLE 11
Voted, $2000 to replace the railing on the cement breakwater in front of the cliff at Minot.
ARTICLE 12
Macadam road on Summer Street to the Norwell line. Voted, No.
ARTICLE 13
Voted, To increase the wage rate to 60 cents per hour for town laborers and teams to $10.50 per day for eight hours' work.
ARTICLE 14
Voted, $1300 for the purpose of draining the surface water from Gannett, Damon and Pond View Roads into Musquashet Pond.
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