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statement $161.25
Outstanding coupons Febru-
ary 5, 1934, per list $161.25
RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH
Balances February 5, 1934, per tables :
Property taxes 1932 $140.86
Poll taxes 1933 4.00
Property taxes 1933 951.97 Old Age Assistance taxes 1933 2.00
Motor Vehicle Excise taxes 1932 2.17
Motor Vehicle Excise taxes 1933 18.94
Moth Assessments, 1933 4.00
Water Rates and Charges 1933 18.00
Water Rates and Charges 1934 1,013.79
Interest and Costs
on taxes
25.57
Petty cash
$2,181.30 $40.00
$2,221.30
Cash on hand February 5, 1934 verified $2,221.29
Cash variation, February 5, 1934 .01
$2,221.30
162
PROPERTY TAXES - 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$3.83
Payments to treasurer $3.83
PROPERTY TAXES - 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$223.91
Payments to treasurer
$84.35
Abatements
129.20
Outstanding
December
31,
1933 and February 5, 1934,
per list 10.36
$223.91
POLL TAXES - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$6.00
Payment to treasurer
$2.00
Abatements
2.00
Outstanding December 31,
1933 and February 5, 1934,
per list
2.00
$6.00
PROPERTY TAXES - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$38,516.21
Payments to treasurer
$35,867.44
Abatements
682.88
Tax titles taken
1,661.21
Outstanding December 31,
1933 304.68
$38,516.21
163
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer, Janu- ary 1 to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 4, 1934, per list
$304.68
$107.81
196.87
$304.68
POLL TAXES - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$244.00
Payments to treasurer $104.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933 and February 5, 1934,
per list 140.00
$244.00
PROPERTY TAXES - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933 $124,412.07
Abatements and payments, re- funded 20.02
$124,432.09
Payments to treasurer
$77,955.00
Abatements
1,138.16
Added to tax titles
1,477.55
Outstanding December 31,
1933
43,861.38
$124,432.09
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer Janu- ary 1, to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list Cash balance February 5, 1934
$43,861.38
$2,890.90
40,829.62
140.86
$43,861.38
164
POLL TAXES - 1933
Commitment per warrant
$2,694.00 8.00
Additional commitment
$2,702.00
Payments to treasurer
$2,154.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
548.00
$2,702.00
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer Janu-
ary 1 to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list Cash balance February 5, 1934
$18.00
526.00
4.00
$548.00
PROPERTY TAXES - 1933
Commitment per warrant
$368,835.65
Abatements and payments, re- funded 214.51
$369,050.16
Payments to treasurer
$224,317.35
Abatements
752.20
Outstanding December 31,
1933
143,980.61
$369,050.16
Outstanding January 1, 1934
$143.980.61
Abatements and payments, re- funded 57.20
$144,037.81
Payments to treasurer Janu- ary 1 to February 5, 1934 $9,579.13 Abatements January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934 244.53
$548.00
165
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list Cash balance February 5, 1934
133,262.18
951.97
$144,037.81
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$5.00
Payments to treasurer $2.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933 3.00
$5.00
Outstanding January 1, 1934
$3.00
Refunds by State, January 1 to February 5, 1934 $2.00
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 1.00
$3.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$162.00
Payments to treasurer $53.00
Refunds by State
38.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933 71.00
$162.00
$71.00
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Refunds by State, January 1 to February 5, 1934 $20.00 Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 51.00 $71.00
166
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES - 1933
Commitment by warrant $1,362.00
Additional commitment
4.00
$1,366.00
Payments to treasurer
$1,084.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
282.00
$1,366.00
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer Janu-
$282.00
uary 1 to February 5, 1934 $9.00
Refunds by State, January 1 to February 5, 1934 60.00
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 211.00
Cash balance February 5, 1934
2.00
$282.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$484.21
Payments to treasurer $9.90
Abatements
474.31
$484.21
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933 $847.20
Payments to treasurer $29.53
Abatements 700.28
Outstanding December 31, 1933 117.39
$847.20
167
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list
$117.39
$15.73
101.66
$117.39
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$1,310.71
Additional commitment 4.94
Duplicate payment, refunded
2.00
Abatements and payments, re- funded
16.41
$1,334.06
Payments to treasurer
$411.13
Abatements
20.66
Outstanding
December
31,
1933
902.27
$1,334.06
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 5, 1934. per list Cash balance February 5, 1934
$902.27
$19.94
880.16
2.17
$902.27
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1933
Commitment per warrants $13,575.61
Abatements and payments re- funded 311.03
168
Commitment list in excess of warrants .01
$13,886.65
Payments to treasurer
$10,200.05
Abatements
733.21
Outstanding December 31, 1933
2,953.39
$13,886.65
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Additional commitment 4.00
$2,953.39
Abatements and payments, re- funded
1.92
$2,959.31
Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934
$84.67
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list
2,855.70
Cash balance February 5, 1934
18.94
$2,959.31
MOTH ASSESSMENTS - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$261.00
Payments to treasurer
$194.50
Abatements
9.75
Tax titles taken
38.50
Outstanding December 31,
1933, and February 5, 1934, per list 18.25
$261.00
MOTH ASSESSMENTS - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$744.60
Abatements and payments, re- funded 3.00
$747.60
-
169
Payments to treasurer
$461.25
Abatements
18.75
Added tax titles
28.50
Outstanding December 31,
1933
239.10
$747.60
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer Janu-
$239.10
ary 1 to February 5, 1934
$10.00
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list
229.10
$239.10
MOTH ASSESSMENTS - 1933
Commitment per warrant
$2,810.20
Abatements and payments, re- funded
15.00
$2,825.20
Payments to treasurer
$1,639.85
Abatements
15.00
Outstanding December 31,
1933
1,170.35
$2,825.20
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list Cash balance February 5, 1934
$70.25
1,096.10
4.00
$1,170.35
SEA WALL ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1933 $1,587.16
Payments to treasurer $100.00
$1,170.35
170
Outstanding December 31, 1933 and February 5, 1934, per list
1,487.16
$1,587.16
INTERESTS AND COSTS ON TAXES
Collections-1933 :
Taxes :
Levy of 1929
$2.52
Levy of 1930 19.38
Levy of 1931
4,661.09
Levy of 1932
3,428.53
Levy of 1933
171.46
$8,282.98
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1930 $5.02
Levy of 1931
10.77
Levy of 1932
31.91
Levy of 1933
81.29
$128.99
$8,411.97
Payments to treasurer
$8,411.97
Collections January 1 to February 5, 1934 : Taxes :
Levy of 1931
$19.70
Levy of 1932
215.19
Levy of 1933
135.50
$370.39
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1931
$7.84
Levy of 1932
5.48
Levy of 1933
2.20
$15.52
$385.91
Payments to treasurer Janu- ary 1 to February 5, 1934 $360.34
171
Cash balances February 5, 1934 : Taxes :
Levy of 1932
$11.71
Levy of 1933 12.43
$24.14
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1932
$.48
Levy of 1933
.95
1.43
25.57
$385.91
TAX TITLES
On hand January 1, 1933
$11,260.77
Tax titles taken by town :
Taxes 1931 $1,661.21
Moth assessments 1931 38.50
Interest and costs 461.37
$2,161.08
Added to tax titles :
Taxes 1932 $1,477.55
Moth assessments 1932 28.50
Interest and costs 113.43
$1,619.48
$15,041.33
Tax titles redeemed
$2,145.32
On hand December 31, 1933
12,896.01
$15,041.33
On hand January 1, 1934 Tax titles redeemed January 1 to February 5, 1934 $274.91 On hand February 5, 1934, per list 12,621.10
$12,896.01
$12,896.01
172
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Outstanding January 1, 1933 :
Forest fires
$72.43
Health 606.60
Public property
100.00
Mothers' aid
388.04
Public welfare
2,722.18
State aid
708.00
$4,597.25
Charges :
Public welfare $4,938.10
Old age assistance 3,868.37
State aid 723.00
$9,529.47
$14,126.72
Payments to treasurer :
Mothers' aid
$388.04
Public welfare
3,352.82
Old age assistance 3,555.38
State aid
708.00
$8,004.24
Abatements :
Public welfare $50.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933:
Forest fires
$72.43
Health
606.60
Public property
100.00
Public welfare
4,257.46
Old age assistance
312.99
State aid
723.00
$6,072.48
$14,126.72
$6,072.48
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payment to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 : Public welfare $127.89
Old age assistance
194.66
$322.55
173
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list $5,749.93
$6,072.48
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$1,082.45
Payments to treasurer $94.00
Abatements 202.35
Outstanding December 31, 1933
786.10
$1,082.45
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 $11.60
$786.10
Abatements January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934 40.51
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 733.99
$786.10
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933 Duplicate payment, refunded Abatements and payments, re- funded
$4,067.18
21.00
16.00
$4,104.18
Payments to treasurer
$1,629.42
Abatements
564.86
Outstanding December 31,
1933
1,909.90
$4,104.18
$1,909.90
Outstanding January 1, 1934 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934 $114.08
174
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Abatements January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934 83.50
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 1,712.32
$1,909.90
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1933
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$32,663.35
Additional commitments 70,655.34
Abatements and payments, re- funded 49.50
Abatements reported in error
1,215.85
$104,584.04
Payments to treasurer
$92,431.64
Abatements
4,037.82
Warrant in excess of commit- ment list
5.25
Outstanding
December 31,
1933
8,109.33
$104,584.04
Outstanding January 1, 1934
$8,109.33
Additional commitment Janu- ary 1 to February 5, 1934 22.00
$8,131.33
Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 5, 1934
$667.11
Abatements January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934
616.40
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list
6,829.82
Cash balance February 5, 1934
18.00
$8,131.33
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1934
Commitment January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934, per warrants $37,102.29
175
Abatement and payment, to be refunded
2.00
$37,104.29
Payments to treasurer Janu-
ary 1 to February 5, 1934 $13,738.49 Abatements January 1 to Feb- ruary 5, 1934 384.45
Outstanding February 5, 1934
21,967.56
Cash balance February 5, 1934 1,013.79
$37,104.29
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$42.00
Licenses and permits issued :
By Health Dept. $38.50
By Chief of Police 18.50
By Selectmen 1,998.00
By Town Clerk :
Transient vendors 75.00
By State :
Pedlars' licenses 110.00
$2,239.50
$2,281.50
Payments to treasurer
$2,067.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
214.50
$2,281.50
Outstanding January 1, 1934 $214.50
Licenses and permits issued January 1 to February 19, 1934 :
By Chief of Police $2.00
By Selectmen
1,419.35
$1,421.35
$1,635.85
Payments to treasurer Janu- ary 1 to February 19, 1934 $1,134.35
176
Outstanding
February
19,
1934, per list
145.00
Cash balances February 19, 1934 :
Health Dept.
$1.50
Chief of Police 20.00
Selectmen
335.00
$356.50
$1,635.85
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Cash balance January 1, 1933 Licenses issued :
$12.00
Males and spayed females, 322 @ $2.00 $644.00
Females,
64 @ $5.00
320.00
Breeders,
2 @ $50.00 100.00
$1,064.00
$1,076.00
Payments to town treasurer Fees retained, 388 @ 20c
$982.20
77.60
Cash balance December 31, 1933 and February 12, 1934 (paid town treasurer Febru- ary 15, 1934) 16.20
$1,076.00
SPORTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
Licenses issued 1933
$628.50
Payments to Division of Fish- eries and Game
$575.55
Fees retained
52.95
$628.50
177
Licenses issued January 1 to February 12, 1934
$87.50
Cash balance February 12, 1934 $87.50
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fees 1933
$112.71
Payments to treasurer
$110.35
Outstanding December 31,
1933
2.36
$112.71
Outstanding January 1, 1934
$2.36
Payments to treasurer Janu- ary 1 to February 5, 1934 1.18
Outstanding February 5, 1934, per list 1.18
$2.36
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$64.50
Charges and Receipts :
Dental Clinic fees .. $68.00
Manual training 23.58
Miscellaneous sales 2.85
Rent of auditorium 210.00
Tuition 821.65
$1,126.08
$1,190.58
Payments to treasurer
$1,158.58
Outstanding December 31, 1933 32.00
$1,190.58
178
Outstanding January 1, 1934
$32.00
Charges January 1 to February 5, 1934 :
Manual training $3.00
Rent of auditorium 145.00
$148.00
$180.00
Outstanding February 5, 1934,
per list $180.00
ELIZA JENKINS CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $3,020.80 $3,020.80
On hand at end of year 1933 $3,020.80 $3,020.80
Receipts Payments
Income $110.75
Transferred to town
$110.75
LUCY THOMAS CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1933 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Receipts Payments
Income
$37.50
Transferred to town
$37.50
SARAH J. WHEELER CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933
$988.22 $988.22
On hand at end of year $988.22 $988.22
Receipts Payments
Income
$37.05
Transferred to town
$37.05
179
HANNAH DEAN MILLER CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $1,952.63
$1,952.63
On hand at end of year 1933 $1,952.63 $1,952.63
Receipts
Payments
Income
$73.20
Transferred to town
$73.20
CORNELIA M. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $5,086.68 $5,086.68
On hand at end of year 1933 $5,086.68 $5,086.68
Receipts Payments
Income $185.73
Transferred to town
$185.73
GEORGE O. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $524.71 $524.71
On hand at end of year 1933 $524.71 $524.71
Receipts
Payments
Income
$19.65
Transferred to town
$19.65
180
SCITUATE WELFARE FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $219.14 $219.14
On hand at end of year 1933 $227.42 $227.42
Receipts
Payments
Income $8.28
Added to savings deposits $8.28
BENJAMIN T. ELLMS CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $4,000.00 $4,000.00
On hand at end of year 1933 $4,000.00 $4,000.00
Receipts Payments
Income 140.00
Transferred to town
$140.00
EVERETT TORREY PARK FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $395.75
$395.75
On hand at end of year 1933 $390.70
$390.70
Receipts
Payments 1
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town
:
. .
$20.00
savings de-
posits $5.05
Income
14.95
$20.00
$20.00
181
CLARA T. BATES CEMETERY FUND
Deposits Total Savings Bank
On hand at beginning of year 1933 $396.67 $396.67
On hand at end of year 1933 $395.66 $395.66
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town
$16.00
savings de-
posits $1.01
Income 14.99
$16.00
$16.00
TOWN OF SCITUATE Balance Sheet - December 31, 1933 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
In Banks and Office
$29,050.12
Collector's Petty Cash
40.00
Water Department
15.00
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue Reserve for Petty Cash Advances: Collector
$40.00
Water Department
15.00
Accounts Receivable:
$55.00
Taxes:
Special State Tax:
Levy of 1930:
Old Age Assistance
Property
$10.36
Premiums on Loans
Levy of 1931:
2.00
Property
304.68
Repairs to Breakwater
$562.92
Levy of 1932:
Town Forests
24.00
Polls
140.00
New Town Way
6.94
Property
43,861.38
Armistice Day
250.00
Levy of 1933:
Public Welfare
247.00
Polls
548.00
Airport Construction
475.00
Property
143,980.61
Water Department:
Special 1932
254.57
Special 1933
21,500.00
Old Age Assistance Taxes:
Levy of 1931
$3.00
Levy of 1932
71.00
Levy of 1933
282.00
$356.00
Water Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
6,625.45 $1,021.74
182
34.87
Polls
Appropriation Balances:
4.00
$150,000.00
$29,105.12
$188,847.03
$23,320.43
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1931
$117.39
Levy of 1932
902.27
Levy of 1933
2,953.39
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1930
$10.36
Levy of 1931
306.68
Levy of 1932
377.68
Levy of 1933
3,386.76
Moth 1931
$18.25
Moth 1932
239.10
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$3,973.05
Special Assessment
2,914.86
Tax Title
12,896.01
Departmental
6,072.48
Water
10,805.33
Forest Fires
$72.43
Health
606.60
Surplus Revenue
Public Property
100.00
Public Welfare
4,257.46
Old Age Assistance
312.99
State Aid
723.00
$6,072.48
Water Rates and Charges:
1931
$786.10
1932
1,909.90
1933
8,109.33
ยท $10,805.33
Overdrawn Accounts:
Town Meetings, Election and
Registration
$1.63
Snow Removal
3,422.77
Libraries
141.20
Loans Authorized and Unissued
$3,565.60 $21,500.00
$280,035.48
$4,081.48
Moth 1933
1,170.35
Sea Wall
1,487.16
$2,914.86
Tax Titles
12,896.01
Departmental:
$36,661.73 $58,230.78
183
$280,035.48
$3,973.05
Special Assessments:
Debt Accounts
Concrete Bridge Loan
$16,800.00
Sea Wall Loans
21,000.00
High School Loan
3,750.00
High School Addition and Alteration Loan 28,000.00
Water Loans
$69,550.00 $735,000.00
$804,550.00
$804,550.00
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$17,586.82
Charity Funds:
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$3,020.80
Lucy Thomas Fund
1,000.00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
988.22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund
1,952.63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund
5,086.68
George O. Allen Fund
524.71
Scituate Welfare Fund
227.42
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
4,000.00
Everett Torrey Park Fund Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund
$16,800.46
390.70
395.66
$17,586.82
$17,586.82
184
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: General Public Service Enterprise
$69,550.00
735,000.00
$804,550.00
185
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
Your Board of Public Welfare has had another year of acute problems, caused by continued unemployemnt of many of our citizens. We have acted promptly in all cases to alleviate distress. The distribution of Federal Commodities has continued through this Board with the cooperation of the Fire Department and the local Emergency Relief Administration. Our greatest satis- faction is to help our citizens from being forced to seek relief. We have successfully accomplished this in many cases through the assistance of other town departments which have obtained work for applicants. At this time the Board wishes to thank those departments, and also the Red Cross, Community Chest and various individual citizens who have been able, in many cases, to help in emergencies.
Ralph Sawyer Brown was appointed by the Board last spring as Supervisor of Public Welfare. His work as investigator has permitted your Board to prosecute proper settlements with vigor, and, as a result, we are recovering considerable sums for our town treasury. He has cooperated with us and has had our full cooperation at all times. This perfecting of system will save the de- partment and the town a considerable sum of money in future years.
After thorough investigation we have aided all cases brought to our attention under Public Welfare, Mother Aid, and Old Age Assistance in 1934.
Payments are as follows :
Public Welfare $20,969.36
Mothers' Aid 2,186.01
Old Age Assistance
14,102.75
Total
$37,258.12
186
Reimbursements are as follows:
State Cases (Public Welfare) $1,208.67
Other Cities and Towns 3,590.31
Mothers' Aid (from state) 1,423.78
Old Age Assistance (from State) 4,281.21
Old Age Assistance (other Towns) 1,186.65
Reimbursements from individuals 50.18
Total
$11,740.80
Some of these reimbursements are collections from previous years, and so would not be entirely applicable to last years appropriation.
The Board will continue the same policies of the past year throughout 1935 and with our established system functioning properly, we will be able to administer re- lief problems impartially.
NATHANIEL TILDEN, HARRY F. CLEVERLY, D. A. VINES,
Board of Public Welfare.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
The report of the Police Department is herewith re- spectfully submitted for your approval. This report is based upon the activities of the department from Janu- ary 1, 1934 to December 31, 1934.
Arrests-178.
CAUSES OF COURT ACTION
Assault with a dangerous weapon 1
Assault and battery
1
Concealing leased property
1
Conspiracy
4
Drunkeness
98
Disturbing the peace
6
Forgery
1
Insane
1
Juvenile Delinquency
9
Larceny
2
Neglect to support family
3
Possession of revolver - not licensed
2
Promoting lottery
1
Passing counterfeit money
2
Resisting arrest
2
Robbery while armed
2
MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS
Leaving the scene after causing damage to property 2
Operating under the influence 14
Operating so as to endanger 4
Operating after revocation of license
2
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Operating without license 3
Permitting a person to operate who has no legal right to do so 2
Unreasonable speed 12
Unlawful appropriation of automobile 1
Violation of Town by-law
2
SUMMARY - DISPOSITIONS
Fines imposed 33
Held for the grand jury
5
Appeals to Superior Court
4
Sentenced to County and State Institutions
11
Suspended sentences, placed on probation 18
Probation
8
Filed
23
Found not guilty 8
Released, first offence, drunk
45
Dismissed, motion of complainant
7
Juvenile Delinquency, filed 9
Turned over to other Police Depts. 3
Pending 4
Amount of fines imposed $715.00
Amount reverting to credit of town 400.00
Balance of fines accounted for by appeals and fines (auto) reverting to the State. In this connection the law recently enacted provides that all fines after December 1, 1934 accuring from motor vehicle offences revert to the credit of the town.
Complaints investigated by Police officers 1357
Cottages inspected 4269
Fires covered by Police Officers 73
Fires discovered by Police Officers 1
Notices of intended sale or transfer of motor vehicles 169
Motor vehicle accidents investigated by Police Officers 59
Operators booked by Police Officers 142
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Pistol permits issued 21
Summonses served for other Police Depts. 58
Unlocked buildings secured by Police Officers 235
Windows not secured and lights left on in stores, etc. investigated 229
MOTOR VEHICLE MILEAGE
from January 1, 1934 to December 31, 1934
Cruiser No. 50
26476
Cruiser No. 49
14371
M. C. No. 55
1624
M. C. No. 56
1198
M. C. No. 57
727
M. C. No. 58
477
It should be encouraging to all police officers to note an awakening interest by the public generally, in the police and their problems. Every friend of good govern- ment should be interested, to the point of insistence, that the men upon whom he depends to protect his home and property should be properly equipped with a thor- ough knowledge of the fundamentals of his work and facilities to efficiently perform his duties under any and all conditions. Prevention is and always has been, the first duty of an efficient police officer. Crime, like disease, does not need a cure if not permitted to gain a foothold. An awakened interest locally is best indicated by the increase in the number of persons attending the police school sessions. This school of instruction, which is conducted each Tuesday evening, in the study library of the high school during the fall and winter months is now entering its fifth year. Augmenting the instruction re- ceived at this school, each officer of the department has completed a special course in First Aid, under the di- rection of an instructor sent here through the courtesy of the New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
Pistol Practice-The department is a member of the New England Police Revolver League. Pistol practice is held as frequently as is convenient. During the sum-
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mer months we are privileged to use an out-door range at the "Proving Grounds" through the courtesy of Mr. Brand and in the winter a pistol range in Cohasset is utilized, for the use of which we are indebted to Chief Pelletier of the Cohasset Police Department.
Equipment-The motor vehicle equipment of the de- partment consists of two cruising cars and at present, three motorcycles. All of the equipment is in reasonably good condition. We are at the present time, without the use of one of the motorcycles, which was demolished and rendered unserviceable, following a collision with an automobile on July 3, 1934. This motorcycle should be replaced. We are confident that the loss occasioned by this collision will be adjusted to the full satisfaction of the town. Considering the wear and tear and the miles travelled by Cruiser No. 50, we are of the opinion that this car should be exchanged for a new machine each year, in the interest of safety and economy. Through the efforts of the members of the department each man has been outfitted with a blue whip-cord uniform and uniform belts with holsters. This entailed a considerable expenditure of money and was paid for from the pro- ceeds of the annual concert and ball, conducted by the department.
Radio-Each cruising car is equipped with a radio re- ceiving set, in addition to the desk set at the police sta- tion. These radios are connected up with Station WPGU maintained by the Cohasset Police Department. It is difficult to estimate the value of this service, not alone to the police, but to the public generally, in the time saved and the more ready response of the police, particularly in an emergency. For this service we are deeply indebted to Chief of Police Hector C. Pelletier of the Cohasset Police Department. No charge has been made for this splendid service during the past year. In the future, however, Scituate, in common with other towns now be- ing serviced by this station, will be expected to contri- bute its pro rata share of the cost of maintenance. This, of course, is as it should be and the amount necessary will
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