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To H. Grant Doherty, Collector, for 1919. 50 36
To H. Grant Doherty, Collector, for 1920 52 60
To Albert D. Spaulding, Col- lector, for 1921 . 258 00
To H. Grant Doherty, Collector, for 1921 . 438 50
To H. Grant Doherty, Collector, for poll taxes, 1922. 518 00
To H. Grant Doherty, Collector, for Real and Personal, 1922. . 1,415 85
Total abatements allowed in 1922
$3,071 70
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. TURNER, CHARLES W. PEARE, ERNEST R. SEAVERNS,
Assessors.
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Report of Overseers of the 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 Charities and Mothers' Aid.
Respectfully submitted
JAMES W. TURNER, CHARLES W. PEARE, ERNEST R. SEAVERNS, Overseers.
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Report of Collector for 1922
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR 1922
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR PERIOD
FROM JANUARY 1, 1922 TO MAY 10, 1922
Amounts collected and paid to Treasurer, William P. Richardson, as follows:
Taxes of 1919 .
$69 06
Interest on Taxes of 1919
8 04
Taxes of 1920.
1,935 46
Interest on Taxes of 1920. 163 35
Taxes of 1921 .
27,560 17
Interest on Taxes of 1921 .
590 78
Various Fees, "Costs and Charges'
8 00
$30,334 86
COPY OF AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
Scituate, Mass., May 20, 1922.
All tax accounts of 1919, 1920 and 1921 have each been examined and verified individually. All tax accounts of these three years, still apparently unpaid, have had audit blanks mailed to the individuals concerned, with enclosed addressed envelopes, and a request made for declaration by return mail, if statement is not correct; and to date no person. has answered the Auditor that any amount has not been properly credited.
I have examined the vouchers of the Treasurer and Collector from December 31, 1921 (my last audit) to date, and find all amounts agree, and proper vouchers are held by the Collector.
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Report of Collector for 1922
The total of "costs and charges" received by the Collector from December 26, 1921 to date has been verified, and amount vouched for by Treasurer's receipt.
(Signed) WILLIAM M. WADE, Auditor, Town of Scituate.
ALBERT D. SPAULDING, Collector of Taxes from January 1, 1922, to May 10, 1922
COLLECTOR'S REPORT FROM JUNE 15, 1922 TO DECEMBER 31, 1923
January 1, 1923.
To the Board of Selectmen, Town of Scituate:
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Collector of Taxes of the unexpired term of the former Collector, Albert D. Spaulding.
Several items of interest are to be observed from a study of this report in conjunction with that of the Town Treasurer, and that part of the year served by the former Collector.
The largest collection ever known in the history of the Town has been accomplished, and this has been done with- out a tax sale. A total of $230,807 in 1922, as compared with $205,047.34 in 1921. It is true that the warrant for 1922 is $10,000 greater than 1921, but this item is more than off-set by the failure of one tax payer in 1922, who had paid in 1921.
I have been authorized to collect taxes since June 15, 1922, the re-committment warrants being issued on that date. In a period of six and one-half months a total of $200,480.14 has been collected, as compared with $204,998.34 over a twelve months period in 1921, the largest previous year.
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The report of other officers will show a substantial increase in cash on hand over any previous year after deduct- ing the amount due the State on Four Shores Protection.
Receipts, all sources $200,496 99
Paid to Town Treasurer $200,496 99
Made up as follows:
TAXES OF 1919
Amount re-committed . $281 43
Interest .
46 68
Paid Treasurer
$277 75
Abatements
50 36
$328 11
$328 11
TAXES OF 1920
Amount re-committed .
$12,439 27
Interest .
1,609 75
Paid Treasurer
$12,407 38
Abatements .
5 30
Uncollected January 1, 1923.
1,636 34
$14,049 02 $14,049 02
TAXES OF 1921
Amount re-committed .
$39,037 06
Interest . .
1,820 36
Paid Treasurer
$29,119 80
Abatements .
264 10
Uncollected, January 1, 1923
11,473 52
$40,857 42 $40,857 42
TAXES OF 1922
Polls committed 888 .
$4,440 00
Paid Treasurer
$3,909 00
Abated .
531 00
$4,440 00
$4,440 00
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Real, personal, moth committed .
$234,471 57
Interest .
134 58
Omitted assessments, December . 20, 1922. 478 48
Paid Treasurer
$154,766 21
Abated .
715 51
Uncollected, January 1, 1923 .
79,602 91
$235,084 63 $235,084 63
Interest on Bank Deposit
$16 85
Paid Treasurer
$16 85
$16 85
$16 85
Respectfully submitted,
January 1, 1923.
H. GRANT DOHERTY, Collector.
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Report of Treasurer - Receipts
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922
Cash on hand January 1, 1922 $3,310 30
RECEIPTS
From all sources:
From County Treasurer, Dog Tax. $391 80
From State Treasurer, Income Tax 1919
29 25
Income Tax 1920 204 75
Income Tax 1921
1,228 50
Income Tax 1922
720 00
General Income Tax
6,514 88
Sanatoria Division
90 00
Corporation Tax 1921
21 17
Corporation, Public Service
666 48
Corporation, Business .
1,962 31
Highway, Gypsy Moth Account.
80 30
Bank Tax .
468 54
General School Fund .
3,010 67
Mothers with dependent children
658 33
State Aid .
1,372 00
Soldiers' Exemption
184 41
Corporation .
130 78
Various Licenses
176 00
Milk Licenses
16 00
Permits .
24 50
From Notes in Anticipation of Taxes. 160,000 00
From Notes account of Shore Protection 37,500 00
Interest on Town's Bank account.
719 84
Premium on Shore Protection Notes .
195 58
From Albert D. Spaulding, Collector of Taxes: Taxes and Interest
30,326 86
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Costs and Charges $8 00
Taxes 1919. $77 10
Taxes 1920
2,098 81
Taxes 1921 28,150 95
From H. Grant Doherty, Collector of Taxes:
Taxes and Interest.
200,480 14
Interest on Bank Deposit.
16 85
Taxes 1919 .
$231 07
Interest .
46 68
Taxes 1920
10,797 63
Interest . 1,609 75
Taxes 1921
27,299 44
Interest
1,820 36
Taxes 1922
158,540 63
Interest .
134 58
Shore Protection :
Eliza A. Cotter 267 00
Nellie J. Crosby
267 00
C. B. Dillard 266 00
J. I. Moore. 70 00
Town Landing Account, water sold:
Bay State Dredging Co.
338 99
Tug, S. C. Hart. 4 82
Rent of Building on Pier, Llewellyn Brown.
60 00
From Old Lighthouse, J. Frank Cushman, rent 130 00
Dr. Dwight, fish right. 10 00
REFUNDS AND CREDITS FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
Schools:
Town of Marshfield . 77 85
Town of Duxbury 53 92
William E. Moran . 7 00
Standard Oil Co.
2 28
Massachusetts Tuberculosis League 72 70
Whitney Fire Appliance Co. 158 00
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Philip S. Bailey, Lunch Account. $40 12
Mary Madore, Lunch Account. 40 85
Olive Barrows, Household Arts Department. .
225 48
General Government, G. Dana Yeaton 60 00
Attorneys O'Hern and McCarthy, suit ..
37 50
Police Department:
Woman's Club . 25 00
Second District Court.
109 10
Fire Department:
A. A. Branch .
75
Ernest R. Seaverns, telephones
23 85
Electric Light and Power Co. 5 28
Preservation Macadam:
Dreamwold. 116 50
J. W. Cornett. 54 00
Woman's Club® 11 00
Annie F. Pierce
22 00
H. T. Cole 25 00
Roads, General:
George W. Stetson
7 00
Barrett Co.
590 60
Moth :
Egypt Garage and Machine Co
2 50
Tilden Road. 68 00
Willow Street:
H. A. Pitman
21 00
Annie F. Pierce. 104 00
Turner Avenue:
School Committee.
201 00
T. B. Alexander 74 00
Central Street:
Edward S. Burns 9 00
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Meeting House Lane:
Frederick W. Brown .
$6 00
Williams B. James 7 00
Guard Rails :
C. M. Whipple 7 00
Oil and Gravel:
Annie F. Pierce . 63 00
Telephone:
C. W. Peare. 50
F. F. Fallon . 1 25
Charities :
Individual reimbursements
16 50
Individual reimbursements 10 00
Soldiers' Relief:
Individual refund
25 00
Forest Fire:
James H. Merritt
1 50
R. J. Litchfield
10 50
Refund on Blodgett Property
434 00
Village Improvement Society
27 00
Carpenters' Union .
10 00
James W. Turner, account State charge
7 00 -
Lincoln Road:
Standard Oil Co. 94 05
Checks of 1921 returned not accepted
23 25 .
Elwood Damon, sealers' fees
45 10
Individual .
36
Wallace Litchfield 1921
5 00
Total receipts
$454,961 34
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EXPENDITURES
Paid Treasurer of Commonwealth:
State Tax for 1922
$19,874 98
Shore Protection . 10,135 42
County Treasurer:
County Tax for 1922 10,844 20
County Hospital Assessment 2,590 91
Municipal indebtedness:
Paid Anticipation Notes No. 37 and 38 of 1921 due January 10, 1922. 50,000 00
Paid Anticipation Notes Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 due November 1, 1922 100,000 00
Reduction of debt, Notes:
Paid State Treasurer Note No. 18 of February 1913 5,000 00
Paid Abington Savings Bank No. 47 "Public Landing"
1,400 00
Paid Abington Savings Bank No. 67 "High School"
1,250 00
Paid Rockland Trust Co. No. 88 "High School" 1,000 00
Paid Rockland Trust Co. No. 27 "Tubercular Hospital". 3,198 56
Paid Scituate Water Co., Hydrant Rental . 11,350 00
Other orders of Selectmen covering current expenses of the year 199,760 12
Total Payments .
$416,404 19
Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1923 $38,557 15
$454,961 34
WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON,
Treasurer.
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Report of Auditor
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Scituate, Mass., January 22, 1923.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Tax Collector and Treasurer of the Town of Scituate for the year ending December 31, 1922.
All accounts were found to be correct, supported by proper vouchers, and are in accordance with detailed printed reports of the above mentioned officers.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM M. WADE, Auditor.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1922
For the transaction of business at nine o'clock -a.m.
ARTICLE 1
Dennis H. Shea was elected Moderator by ballot.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator: Albert D. Spauld- ing, George F. Dwyer, Lester D. Hobson, Mrs. Annie M. S. 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.
Field Drivers. Voted, the Constables, John F. Turner, Charles M. Litchfield and Elmer F. Burrows.
Pound Keeper. Voted, Charles G. Everett.
ARTICLE 3
Voted, Not to accept the report of the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept the report of the Town Officers, other than the report of the Selectmen.
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 for:
General Government. $9,500 00
Employers' Liability 200 00
Police .
5,000 00
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Fire Department.
$6,000 00
Forest Fires. 650 00
Hydrant Rental .
11,550 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175 00
Moth Work.
3,039 26
Owners' Liability
1,500 00
Tree Warden .
1,000 00
Elm Tree Beetle
300 00
Bounties .
100 00
Board of Health
1,200 00
Highway Surveyor's Salary (without expenses)
2,000 00
Roads, General .
8,000 00
Preservation of Macadam
10,000 00
Oil and Gravel .
8,000 00
Snow Removal .
1,000 00
Sidewalks .
300 00
Repair of Bridges
600 00
Guard Rails .
500 00
Street Lighting
5,000 00
Sign Boards .
275 00
Support of Poor
7,000 00
Mothers' Aid .
2,000 00
State Aid.
1,400 00
Soldiers' Relief .
750 00
School Committee's Salaries
300 00
Support of Schools.
39,650 00
Transportation of Pupils
11,000 00
Libraries .
1,200 00
Park Commission
750 00
Memorial Day (G. A. R., $100, American Legion, $300) 400 00
Unclassified .
500 00
Interest . 7,000 00
Reduction of Debt
11,848 56
State Tax . 17,000 00
State Highway Tax
2,000 00
County Tax . .
11,000 00
Plymouth County Hospital Assessment 2,590 91
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Refunds . $300 00
Fore River Bridge, maintenance . 200 00
Maintenance of Public Buildings 500 00 Public Landing
200 00
Repairs on old Lighthouse and grounds 500 00
Water for Park purposes .
200 00
$194,178 73
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 Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the financial year beginning January 1, 1923 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 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. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 7
To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen. No committee reported.
ARTICLE 8
Voted, That the Town do authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the Town.
ARTICLE 9
Will the Town determine the way and manner in which. its taxes shall be collected the present year?
Voted, In accordance with the State laws.
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ARTICLE 10
Voted, That the Town do instruct its Selectmen to control, 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
Voted, $2,500 to finish macadam on Tilden Road, running southeasterly toward Brook Street.
ARTICLE 12
Voted, $400 to place a curbing at the corner of Curtis and Branch Streets.
ARTICLE 13
Voted, $500 to make necessary repairs on Surfside Road.
ARTICLE 14
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $828 to purchase a one-ton truck?
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 15
Voted, $500 to put Neal Gate Street in passable con- dition.
ARTICLE 16
Voted, $500 for the upkeep of Lawson Park, the same to be expended under the direction of the Scituate Welcome Home Committee.
ARTICLE 17
Voted, $500 to be expended under the direction of the Park Commission in further improvements of the Parking Station on Bailey's Causeway.
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ARTICLE 18
Voted, $2,500 to be used as a reserve fund.
ARTICLE 19
Voted, That the Town do instruct the Park Com- missioners to take by right of eminent domain Lot No. 371/2 at the junction of Jericho Road and Turner Avenue at the Sand Hills, known as Allen Park for park purposes and that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated to cover the expense of the same.
ARTICLE 20
Voted, $1,500 - $1,000 to be expended between Hatherly Road and the junction of Turner Avenue; $500 between the Yacht Club and the Damon Museum.
ARTICLE 21
Voted, To indefinitely postpone calling for $500 to put Billow Avenue in a safe condition.
ARTICLE 22
Voted, $2,000 for necessary repairs on Border Street.
ARTICLE 23
Voted, $1,500 to put Mann Lot Road in good passable condition.
ARTICLE 24
Voted, $500 to put in a passable condition Egypt Beach Road, between Tilden Road and Hatherly Road.
ARTICLE 25
Voted, $5,000 for necessary repairs on Hatherly Road.
ARTICLE 26
Voted, $2,000 to repair Central Street, between the railroad station and the watering fountain at Front and Central streets.
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ARTICLE 27
Voted, $1,000 for the resurfacing of Hazel Avenue beginning at Brook Street and continuing as far as the appropriation will go.
ARTICLE 28
Voted, $2,000 to complete the macadam roads from the driveway of John L. Litchfield to the Norwell line.
ARTICLE 29
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $600 to be used in conjunction with the State and the abuttors to build a seawall to protect the road and property owners for a distance of two hundred feet, commencing at John Stonefield's line and running northwesterly.
ARTICLE 29A
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the purchase of a motor pumping engine. Voted, No.
ARTICLE 30
$200 to provide a suitable drain on Central Street near the residence of William E. Moran.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 31
Voted, $900 to build a graded paved gutter on the southerly side of Central Street from the catch basin near Stockbridge Road to and connecting gutter now in place near the Jenkins School property.
ARTICLE 32
$300 to build graded paved gutter on the southerly side of Central Street next adjoining the Women's Club property. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 33
Will the Town vote to accept Sections 21 to 28 of Chapter No. 136 of the General Laws of 1921?
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Voted, Yes, certain sports and games permitted on the Lord's Day.
ARTICLE 34
Voted, $200 for the collection and disposal of rubbish throughout the Town, to be expended under the direction of the Clean-up Committee.
ARTICLE 35
Voted, $2,000 to complete the building of Willow Street with the same kind of material as previously used, from the junction of Jericho Road to the junction of Tilden Road. (Macadam.)
ARTICLE 36
Voted, $850 to surface the Town parking spaces on Glades Road and direct that the same shall be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
ARTICLE 37
Voted, $1,000 for the purpose of continuing the build- ing of the sidewalk on the north side of Bailey's Causeway from the end of the present construction, as far westerly as the sum will suffice.
ARTICLE 38
Taken up with estimated expenses.
Voted, $275 for the purpose of erecting street signs after the pattern of those recently erected and that the same be expended under the direction of the Street No- menclature Committee.
ARTICLE 39
Voted, $500 to place suitable bronze tablets on Stock- bridge Mill, the south landing place at the harbor and the ancient farm of Timothy Hatherly at Musquashcut Pond.
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ARTICLE 40
Voted, That the Town vote to name the plot of land at the corner of Mordecai Lincoln and Gannett Roads Hyland Square and permit the Welfare League to place a boulder with a bronze tablet suitably inscribed thereon in memory of the late Fred Hyland.
ARTICLE 41 Voted, $500 for needed repairs on Briggs Place.
ARTICLE 42
Voted, $4,000 to repair Mordecai Lincoln Road and put it into a permanent and serviceable condition. (Mac- adam.)
ARTICLE 43
Voted, $75 to drain a low place of the road on Sumner Street near the Cohasset line.
ARTICLE 44
Voted, $2,000 to continue the work on the Town plans, to furnish maps for use of the Assessors.
ARTICLE 45
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, asking for $2,000 to rebuild and put in shape the road from the property of Charles S. Vinton on Jericho Road to the stone wall to the north of the property of A. P. Starratt.
ARTICLE 46
Voted, $5,000 from the current tax levy.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to build the driveways and continue the develop- ment of the grounds around the High School Building in accordance with the plan adopted by the Town in March 1919, the same to be expended under the direction of the Civic Center Committee.
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ARTICLE 47
Voted, $500 to build a curbing on Jericho Road westerly side from its junction with Willow Street, for a distance of about three hundred feet along said street.
ARTICLE 48
Voted, That the wages of Town laborers be $4.30 for eight hours' work.
Two-horse team and man, $9 for eight hours' work.
ARTICLE 49
Voted, $1,500 to be expended on the streets and side- walks at Humarock Beach.
ARTICLE 50
Voted, The Selectmen shall make some suitable regu- lations for the occupancy of the highways and streets of the Town for parking of carriages, automobiles or other vehicles as shall provide for the public safety and conven- ience.
Addition to Article 50 as approved by the Attorney General.
The Selectmen may make and rescind from time to time as occasion in their judgment may require, rules and regulations governing all traffic upon the highways of the Town as well as the parking of automobiles and other vehicles thereon, violation of the rules and regulations so made shall be punished by a fine not in excess of $20 for each offense.
ARTICLE 51
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to ascertain what right the people have in the (Right of Way) across Pegotty Beach.
ARTICLE 52
To see what action the Town will take to provide public bath houses at the various bathing beaches.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 53
To see what action the Town will take to protect the lives and property of its tax payers and citizens.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 54
Voted, That the Town offer a reward of $10 for infor- mation which will lead to the arrest and conviction of a person or persons found destroying song birds or their nests, or game birds out of season, said sum to be taken from the appropriation on Bounties.
ARTICLE 55
Voted, $200 to improve the corner at the junction of Central and Common streets.
ARTICLE 56
Voted, $200 for the use of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture. (No Town Director chosen.)
ARTICLE 57
Voted, $1,500 and that the Town authorize the Select- men 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 School Committee.
ARTICLE 58
Voted, $2,000 to continue the road work on Meeting House Lane.
ARTICLE 59
Will the Town vote to establish the salaries and com- pensation of all elected Town Officers, the same as last year?
Voted, Selectmen's salary, $200 each and legitimate expenses.
Assessors' salary $325 each and legitimate expenses from General Government.
Overseers of the Poor, $125 each and legitimate expenses.
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No charge to Mothers' Aid from appropriation for Charities.
Clerk to the above three Boards $1,000 from General Government.
Tax Collector, $1,400 and legitimate expenses from General Government.
Town Treasurer, $1,200 per year and legitimate expenses from General Government.
Town Auditor, $175 including legitimate expenses from General Government.
Highway Surveyor, $2,000 to be taken from Roads, General, he to furnish his own car and cost of operating same.
Tree Warden, $300 salary.
School Committee, $100 each and legitimate expenses from Education.
Constables, $50 each to be taken from Police appro- priation.
Board of Health, $175 each and they to pay their own expenses.
Town Clerk, $450 and legitimate expenses from General Government.
Moderator, $10 for each meeting from General Govern- ment.
ARTICLE 60
Voted, To accept as Town ways: First Avenue, etc., Second Avenue, Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Ocean Side Drive; all on the property of The Suburban Land Company.
ARTICLE 61
Voted, To install electric lights on Jericho Road ($60); Tilden Road ($20); Summer Street ($20); three lights on Mordecai Lincoln Road ($60); five lights on Clapp Road ($100); one light on second Cliff ($20).
ARTICLE 62
Voted, $750 for land damage and $750 for construction of road at the corner of Booth Hill Road and the Country Way.
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ARTICLE 63
Whereas, The Town did by vote at a Special Meeting on December 16, 1920 authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the sum of $20,000, giving the notes of the Town therefor, to be paid $2,000 annually for ten years, and
Whereas, The Town did not issue said notes, but the Selectmen ordered the payment of the first assessment of $12,388.74 for said protection from cash on hand, and
Whereas, The balance of $20,000, viz., $7,611 26, will be needed for the completion of the 1920 allotment, therefore
Voted, That the sum of $111.26 be raised and appro- priated in the tax levy of the current year and that the Treasurer be authorized with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the sum of $7,500 for the completion of the 1921 work of Shore Protection, giving the notes of the Town, $1,500 due in 1923 and $1,000 due in each succeeding year to and including 1929 and that so much of the vote at said Special Meeting as is inconsistent herewith be rescinded.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 64
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $33,334 to be used in conjunction with money furnished by the Commonwealth and the County of Plymouth for Shore Protection in 1922 in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 to 6 inclusive, Chapter 585 of the Acts of 1920 to provide for the protection of the shores in the Town of Scituate.
Voted, That the sum of $3,334 be assessed in the cur- rent tax levy of 1922 and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow the balance $30,000, on serial notes of $3,000 each, maturing in 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932.
Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 65
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Selectmen to draw up a set of building laws for the Town of Scituate, and report at the next Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE 66
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