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6
Thomas P. Hall
80
Valvular Heart Disease
and
8 Enos Thomas
61
Acute Nephritis
10
Stillborn
and
11 Elmira F. Savery
78
5 26
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
15 Alice L. Holmes
4
3 11
Angina Pectoris
18
Charles H. Briggs
72 10 12
Cancer of Rectum
22 Mary F. Bassett
72 2 27
Angina Pectoris
23 Oliver Lumb
68 5 19
Arterial Sclerosis
25 George V. Hildreth
82
7 14 Cirrhosis of Liver
27 Edna L. Morton
27
2 4 Accidental Drowning
29 Annie Igo
14
3 16 Broncho Pneumonia
29 William A. Dennison
3
1 7 Lobular Pneumonia
--
John Brady and
3 Henry Duthie
84
1
Valvular Heart Disease
4 Annie Rogers
54
1 24
Broncho F'neunsonia
6
Mary W. Metcalf
1
9 30
Broncho Pneumonia
8 Kenneth Gordon Howland (Died in Hanson) 8 Helen B. Bixby
42
Chronic Bright's Disease
8 Eliza A. Bramhall
85
3 6
Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
11
Andrew J. Holmes (died in Derby, Cơnn.) Herbert Morissey
77
8 6
Cerebral Hemorrhage
13 Judith A. Pierce
6 28 Embolus of Mesentary
15 Anselmo Guidaboni
55
Myocarditis
16 Annie Gones
32
1 15 Endocarditis
16 Nina Flavini
67 - - Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
John Morissey and Mary Skinner Mendal Pierce and Adrianna Sampson Guiseppi Guidaboni and Laura Tassinari Antone Gasser and Annie Kritzmacher Domenica Bugari and Eleanor
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Feb.
2 Emma F. Caldwell
77
6 - Cerebral Hemorrhage
Winslow Drew and Abbie Tillson
3 Catherine Donovan
53
Angina Pectoris
Henry Duthie and Agnes C. Brown George Gross and Mary Wagner Thomas J. Metcalf and Nora Joyce Edgar W. Howland and Annie G. Atwood
John McPeeke and Sarah Sarrell John R. Tufts and Eliza Dodge James Marshall and Jane Petrie Barnabas Holmes and Elizabeth A. Phillips
12
Charles P. Marshall
53
5 16 . Embolism of Coronary Artery
57 2 12 Hemorrhage of Stomach
Charles Cobb and Rebecca Wadsworth William H. Shaw and Mary J. Sanders Harvey Briggs and Lois Valler Isaac Swift and Abigail Raymond Thomas Lumb and Anne Hallowell
Samuel Hildreth and Sophia Dolloff
William R. Morton and Louise M. Fortune John Higgins and Bridget Cunningham James Dennison and Margaret Tobey
29
5 11
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Charles Schrier and Elizabeth Bach Manuel Maderos and Julia Thomas Joseph Marks and Josephine Silvia Andrew G. Carlson and Sophia H. Norman Joshua Thrasher and Hannah Doten
Isaac Robbins and Eliza Rogers
DEATHS- - Continued
Date
Name
Feb.
19 Harry Koster
21 Elvira G. Hathaway
25 Mary A. Tuttle
25 William H. Dunham (died in Brooklyn)
26 Alvera B. Ketchen (Died in Boston)
27 Emma Holmes
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Name of Parents
and
Charles Hathaway and Betsey Ellis Asa L. Haskell and Mary Fogg William Dunham and Elizabeth Lewis
William Ketchen and Edith M. White Sinon Richardson and Huldah Harlow
Mar. 1 James B. Pierce
92 11 29
Grippe
2 6 10 Chronic Meningitis
2 Harold R. Anti (died in Kingston)
2 9 23 Tubercular Meningitis
3 Louise Saunders
36 2 28 Peritonitis
4 John Teixiera
6 Walter J. Petit (died in Brookline)
49 - 27
Lobar Pneumonia
6 Guiseppi Bartolotti
9 Carrie E. Huntley
64 10 29
Carcinoma of Sigmoid
45 Gangrene of Mouth with Salivation
11 William Anderson
81 6 25 Hypostatic Pneumonia
15 Leon St. Amant
16 Leonora Paulding
17 Elizabeth B. Ames (died in Fitch-
burg)
51 2 12 Cirrhosis of Liver
85
2 2 Arterio Sclerosis
21 Annie W. Hatch
66 5 11 Cerebral Hensorrhage
21 Mary E. Bennett (died in Water- town)
70
9 3 Myocarditis
23 Antone Costa
8 18 Bronchial Pneumonia
24 Antonina Costa
19 Broncho Pneumonia 16 Broncho Pneumonia
28 Alice Cabral
77
- Valvular Lesion of Heart
31 Willie R. Butters
78
1 3 Endocarditis
31 Clara M. Helling
56 1
4 Malignant Condition of Left Hip and leg
John Fierce and Lucretia Phillips Lyman W. Briggs. and Margaret Anderson Harold Anti and Clara Rock George Freeman and Lucia Cobb
John Teixiera and Frances Correa Philip Petit and Henrietta Auger
Peter Bartolotti and Mary Lombardi Oliver Pettigrew and Charity Huntley - Mohamed and
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John Anderson and Jane MacHattie Philip Marther and Mary Gobar Coleaus St. Amant and Baselaus William Randall and Cora Chandler
14 Catherine Sims
84 8 10 Weakness and Debility
65 11 1 Cerebral Hemorrhage
36 2 2 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
20 Florence Robbins
Horace P. Bailey and Elizabeth Foster Nathaniel Spooner and Ethelinda Virgin Frederick A. Hatch and Ellen Wiggin Michael Fox and Mary McCullough
John Costa and Mary Carvalho John Costa and Mary Carvalho Marion Cabral and Josephine Ferrari John Balva and Reuben Butters and Rosanna Sharpe Ezra S. Diman and Joanna Churchill
29 Annie M. Phillips
72
89 4 10
Arterio Sclerosis
62 9 24 Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
87 2 22 Grippe
39 - Sarcoma
1 10 6 Varicella Cerebral Abscess
66 1 14 Intestinal Cancer
Endocarditis
39 10 - Mitral Regurgitation of Heart
10 Nasha Mohamed
2 Margaret E. Briggs
Apr. 1 Gillie S. Cavaco
8 12
Grippe and Bronchitis
77
7 Dilatation of Heart
5 Alma F. Morissey
70
8 Cerebral Hemorrhage
5 Margaret F. Peterson
68
2 2 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
5 Mary Oliveira
7
John Almeida
63
9 Edwin D. Weston (died in Montreal) Amilcare Feci 9
56
1 - 12 Broncho Pneumonia Strangulated Hernia Acute Appendicitis Anemia Chlorosis Stillborn 5 8 Lobar Pneumonia
Antone S. Cavaco, Jr. and Virginia Leandro Frank Rogers and Mary Ann Nathaniel H. Morton and Sarah E. F. Rowe Patrick Meenan and Ann Early Antone Oliveira and Virginia Carvalho Joseph Almeida and Mary Isabel Willis P. Weston and Jeannette B. Manter Louis Feci and
- and
29
13
42 10 29
Overdose of Luminol and Codeine. Self-Administered
14 Alice Boccaci (died in Boston)
9
2
Broncho Pneumonia
15 Erastus B. Torrance
76 6 20
Oedema of Lungs
16
William J. Macomber (died in New York) George A. Nelson
3
Hemophilia
Merrill Nelson and Lucille Burt
16 Ida Zucchi
41
2 29 Lobar Pneumonia
17 Joseph M. Duperre
43
2 1 Surgical Shock
18 Walter A. H. Jones
69
4 12 Septic Endocarditis
21 Louisa J. Pasteris
21 2 21 Pulmonary Hemorrhage
John B. Pasteris and Mary Carrando
21 Edith S. Boudrot (died in South
31 2 27 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Charles Wedell and Anna Erickson
Hanson)
22 Amandus Krough
56
Lobar Pneumonia
- and
Benjamin Nathanson and Leah
22 Nathan A. Nathanson (died in Boston)
23 Margaret A. Reidenbach (died in
10
5 Broncho Pneumonia
Carl Reidenbach and Gladys L. Nickerson
Kingston)
24
Adolph G. Grozinger (died in Taun- ton)
53 6
4 Septicaemia
Matthias Grozinger and Caroline L. Brinkman
24 Armando Rabello
27 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and
25 Joseph E. Limas
9
9 Broncho Pneumonia
26 Jennie Britton (died in Taunton)
69
1
3 Bronchial Asthma
28 Frederic E. Goddard
53
5 18 Broncho Pneumonia
28 Mabel E. York
29
23 Broncho Pneumonia
Janses W. Baker and Fannie A. Kelley
28 Ella M. Sherman
15 7 2 Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
Reuben Sherman and Harriet Bonsey
May
1 Emma Rogers
73
7 12 Cerebral Embolism
3 Susan F. Randall
92
7 27 Chronic Myocarditis
4
William Forbes Dunlap
23
- 20 Sub-Acute Endocarditis
- 7 8 Broncho Pneumonia
9 Enis Sousa 9 Brook Shaw
72 4 20 Fracture of Skull and Thigh
George Billings and Eliza Smith Jeremiah Bartlett and Hannah True David F. Dunlap and Frances Scofield Manuel Sousa and Mary Crab James Shaw and
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-
1-
Arterio-Sclerosis
Remo Lenzi and Armina Joseph Duperre and Laura Darre Nathaniel Jones and Sally Howland
Natali Boccaci and Mary Partslin Nathan S. Torrance and Betsey T. Wade James Macomber and -
63
- Acute Nephritis
16
Owen Hale and Ella J. Coony Timothy W. Hainford and Helen L. Cox
9 13 Clarence O. Hale Minnie E. Thomas
49
2 John Rogers
Antonio D. Limas and Lucinda DuSantos John Maybury and Lucy Harlow Frank E. Goddard and Abbie Soule
May
14 Kalie M. Nathanson (died in Boston)
82
Arterio-Sclerosis
66 4 14 Endocarditis
34 - 27 Asthma
50
18 Septic Pneunsonia
23 Henry W. Hardy
29 Mary E. Collingwood
29 William H. Gray
79
2 26 Cerebral Hemorrhage
72
6 13 Arterial Sclerosis
52
3 23 Cerebral Hemorrhage
4 Kate D. Wright
70
3 21 Hypostatic Pneumonia
Valentina Ricardo
5 7 Broncho Pneumonia
Roby V. Randall
24 Convulsions
11 Nettie W. Fischer
38
8 27 Broncho Pneumonia
11
Margaret Wiseman
40
Angina Pectoris
12 Frederick F. Bumpus
67
Carcinoma of Liver
Mark S. Bumpus and
16 Manuel Fernandes (died in Boston)
1
2
2
17 Anna Lawrence
60
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Manuel Francis and Joaquina Trinity
53
7 8
Chronic Alcoholism
18
Charles M. Mckenzie
48
1 15
.Duodenal Ulcer
Lemuel Mitchell and Lydia Sturtevant
Ellen F. Neal 21
69
1 6
Heart Disease
Batiste Tassanarri and
23 Louise Alberghini
97
Old Age
Silas Valler and Deborah Jones
23 Eliza Courtney
William Dunn and Mary Boag
28 Sarah E. Manter (died in Taunton)
70
1 21 Coronary Sclerosis
46
Broncho Pneumonia
Janves Bumpus and Deborah Chase
29 William Bumpus
1 7
Septicaemia
Rocco Tarantino and Emilia Albonetti
30
Nellie L. Veano (died in Boston)
62
6 5 Cancer of Stomach
James Welch and Mary Nolan
Jul.
1 James B. Collingwood
97
3 16
Old Age
1
Caroline Chouinard
86
3 -
Senile Gangrene Stillborn
and
--
4
Convulsions
37
9 26 Miliary Tuberculosis
48
Malignant Disease of Pelvis Organs
Name of Parents
Eli L. Koslofsky and Lea
Horace Boynton and Susan Creamer Edward K. Morse and Hannah I. Parker
Truman A. Hardy and Louise R. Wheeler
Nathaniel H. Morton and Sarah E. F. Rowe
Solomon Gray and Louisa Abbot
John Churchill and Martha J. Bagnell
Donald MacDougal and Sarah Walker
Joseph Brewster and Ellen M. Sampson
Manuel Ricardo and Mary Santos
Robert V. Randall and Mildred Roby
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William Collingwood and Elinor Harrow Lapointe and Thibodeau
2
12 Alfred Matinzi
Gaetano Matinzi and Louisa Lee Roane and Irene Dabeny
Risi
12 Moses L. Roane
12 Helen Hartwell
DEATHS -- Continued
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Date
Name
14 Ella J. McQuarrie (died in South Hanson)
19 Alfred A. Morse (died in Brockton)
30 John W. Churchill
Jun. 2 Flora M. Sherman
Warren L. Bryant and Eliza S. Cushman
Dennis Sullivan and
Amaden Fernandes and Elizaria Qimes
Frank Howland and Caroline Cobb
17 George R. Howland
Unresolved Pneumonia
William Mckenzie and Annie Munn
94 9 2 Senile Dementia
30 Giletta Tarantino
and
60 4 26 Diabetes Mellitus
Plymouth Six
12 Martha Brewster (died in San Diego, Cal.)
17
Deborah C. Atwood
19 Edwin F. Potts
22 Edwin F. King
22 Ebenezer N. Morton
23 Elliot W. Baker
23 Ellen Watson
70
8 18 Chronic Myocarditis
72
4 1 Acute Dilation of Heart
69
- -
75 9 8 Hypostatic Pneumonia
78 11 14 Malignant Liver
72 9 26 Cancer of Rectum
87 8 10 Intestinal Obstruction
77 - Angina Pectoris
Ellis Morton and Polly Nickerson
Elliot F. Baker and Stella Biblis
Benjamin M. Watson and Mary Russell William T. Davis and Abby B. Hedge Timothy Hartnett and Anora
Aug.
1 Eliza J. Nickerson
73 11 4 Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
17 1 27 Electrocution by Lightning
6 Thomas C. Ellis
77 11 .7 Angina Pectoris
6 John Bodell
67 11 22
Myocarditis
7 Laura C. Glover
73 2
7 Organic Valvular Heart Disease
8 John Deakin
58 7 8 Uraemic Poisoning
4 47 -- Epilepsy
5 Hemophilia
Glenn Hubbard and Evelyn N. Hardy
17 Julia A. Churchill
81 1 13 Endocarditis with Aortic Regurgitation
18 Mary B. Burditt
83 11 20
Melzar Stetson and Lucy Chapman
20
24 Mary E. Lafferty
72
6 10 Angina Pectoris
24 Fanny Clark
69 4 5 Acute Cholecystitis
24 Benjamin P. Richardson
65 - 11 Endocarditis
28 Manuel Costa
34 8 16 Septic Endocarditis
29 Ernest A. Pierce
13 4 26 Chronic Alcoholism
30 Faith Collingwood (died in King-
1 10 15
Chronic Intestinal Indigestion
ton)
77
5 12 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Isaac Brewster and Sarah J. Bartlett Bernard MacMann and Susie F. Sampson
6
10 Carrie A. Ripley
73
4 29 Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart
13 Luigi Po
61
2 21 Endocarditis
13 Josephine F. Bent
75 5 17 Probably Diabetic Coma
2 10 24 Pernicious Anaemia
and Albert W. Copeland and Mary A. Leach Paul Po and Marie Bregoli Winslow B. Sherman and Sarah Bent Fred G. Rudolph and Madeline D. Thom
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James Gillespie and Mary Thonsson John Burns and Arabella Hunt Benjamin H. Richardson and Charlotte Godfroi Myron Costa and Mary Santos Charles A. Fierce and Laura Westgate Donald Collingwood and Hermione Johnson
Sept.
2 Isaac S. Brewster
4 Myrna A. Bennett
26 8 5 Epilepsy. Convulsions Stillborn 1
19 Stanley Thom Rudolph
Isaac N. Stoddard and Martha L. Thomas
Lucius Pratt and Eveline Cushman
Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Lewis King and Lucy Bates
- 1 10 Inanition Following Premature Birth
25 Abby W. Jackson
30 Daniel Hartnett
Suffocation from fire and snyke
John M. Grover and Eliza W. Bailey Gaetano Lodi and Alediarga Malvetti Thomas Ellis and Joan B. Ellis James Bodell and Sarah Craig David L. Harlow and Lucy Cook
Hugh Deakin and Caroline Connors William Rogers and -
9 Susan Dansereau
15 Dorothy Hubbard
and
Arterial Sclerosis Stillborn
and
3 Remo Lodi
DEATHS -- Continued
Date
Name
Sept. 20 John Santos, Jr. 30 Sarah Smith
-- 10 Jaundice 70 8 29 Cancer of Uterus
Oct.
1 Julia A. Morse (died in Hanover, N. H.)
7 Jeanette B. Churchill
8 Pelham Frank Sampson
9 24 2 10 24
Odema of Lungs
25 Fracture of Ribs Hemorrhage
18 Charles F. McCarthy 18 William P. Calway
72
9 5
Shock. Cerebral Hemorrhage
21 John R. Spear
75 2 2 Cerebral Hemorrhage and Paralysis
22
Rosa
- Congenital Heart 2
22 Daniel W. Nash
75 3 29 Chronic Myocarditis
23 Joseph L. Wixon
73
4 4 Endocarditis
27 George E. White
67
7 3 Blood Poisoning
27 Thomas Karle
81
20 Intestinal Nephritis Chronic Alcoholism
28 Dan Donovan
60
-
74 8 13 Cancer of Prostate
30
Elsie V. Burgess (died in Taunton)
22
7 26
Lobar Pneumonia
31 Manuel Lewis
9
4 6 Fracture of Skull
-
2 10 Broncho Pneumonia
6 Nicholas Basler
71 - 16 Aortic Regurgitation of Heart
- 4 18 Broncho Pneumonia
12
12 Alice M. Barrows
18
18 Julia Swan
77 8 17
Cancer of Breast
19 Seth Booth
19 Pelham Sampson
85
22 Malignant Disease of Liver
52 -
9 Brain Tumor
21 Benjamin F. Dunham
23
Joseph T. Dube
25 Dorothy Malaguti (died in Boston)
-
3 15 Meningitis
Name of Parents John Santos and Mary Nunes John Heaton and Sarah
David Seavey and Betsey Morgan
John D. Manter and Jeanette Burgess Pelham Sampson and Emily S. Douglas James H. Butters and Cleora Stringer Felix McCarthy and Mary A. Callahan Samuel Calway and Louisa Remington Roscoe Spear and Mary
Frank Rosa and Lydia Scagliarini Daniel Nash and Nancy Vaughan Dean L. Wixon and Eliza A. Clark
George S. White and Frances A. Weston Cornelius Karle and Antonia Fetters
and
Sansuel Nickerson and Horace E. Burgess and Helen Carlson
Manuel Lewis and Mary Sousa
Nov.
6 Joyce Marguerite Perry
10 John A. Alberghini (died in King- ston)
Stillborn
Francis Litchfield and Ann M. Bailey
and James White and Julia Pennington - and -
Ellis Sampson and Sarah Blue Albert Hedge and Georgianna Barnes Barnabas Dunham and Betsey King Joseph Dube and Lida Carron Veristo Malaguti and Augusta Borsari
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Anthony Perry and Gertrude Perirer Baltteaser Basler and Katherine Schwartz Aldo Alberghini and Ida A. Tassinari
and
53 6 15 Cerebral Embolism Stillborn
61 8 10 Valvular Heart Disease
20 Albertha T. Bailey (died in Boston)
85 10 16 Old Age
36 - 24 Broken Back. Hemorrhage
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
90 8 3 Arterial Sclerosis
71 1 27 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Intestinal Obstruction
12 Mary E. Butters
30 Samuel A. Nickerson
26 Odena Vancini
20 6 27
Eclampsia Stillborn
26
28 William H. Finney
84 10 24
Endocarditis
28 John Lynton Broadbent
4 4 18 Grippe and Bronchitis
28 Gertrude M. Valler
20 10 9 Uremic Convulsions
29 Sarah L. Swift
21 1 19 Accidental Drowning
29 Antone Thomas
20
4 23 Accidental Drowning
29 Marcus M. Hutchinson
42
9
1
Carcinoma of Liver
29 William A. Coleman (died in Milton)
37 1 4 Myocarditis
Dec.
1 Russell E. Whiting
59
9
6 Heart Block
3 Andrew E. Faulding
74
Chronic Myocarditis
Emily S. Nash
79
4
7
Hypertension
11
Sarah S. Holmes
68
7 17 Mitral Heart Lesion
11
13 Alexander Jackson
73
5 3
Cerebral Hemorrhage
15 Mary E. Krueger
60
8 5
General Septicaemia
15 Jacob Steinberg
59
11 - Cardiac Failure
16 Robert McCosh
65 2 25 Cerebral Hemorrhage
John McCosh and Margaret Miller
17 Mariacarmina Manne
67 11 4 Valvular Heart Disease
Gaetano Ingenito and Rosa Pappacena
24
Margaret G. Pervier
57 2 10 Diabetes Mellitus
Peter LaCroix and Delia Bourissault
26 Mary E. Holmes
81 11 10
Digestive Failure
Feter Holmes and Elmira Cobb
26 Betsey King (died in Brookline)
81 7 28 Arterio-Sclerosis
Joseph M. Duperre and Rosanna Santerre
- and William L. Finney and Ruth H. Churchill Edgar N. Broadbent and Marv F. Cassidy George Wood and Susan Nickerson
Henry F. Swift and Lucy W. Howland
Fred Thomas and Mary Diaz
Marcus M. Hutchinson and Emeline A. Hobrook
William A. Coleman and Catherine E. O'Brien
Ellis Whiting and Fannie G. Whitmore Henry Paulding and Emeline Baston Darius Gammons and Emily Wright John M. Grover and Eliza W. Bailey and
Stillborn
Alexander Jackson and Cordelia Reeves Henry Reckenbiel and Elizabeth Leonard Maurice P. Steinberg and -
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Rueben Leach and Mary Finney
-
7
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SUMMARY
MARRIAGES, 1926
Number Registered in 1926,
146
Both Parties Born in -
United States,
85
Portugal,
6
Italy,
4
St. Michaels,
2
Greece
2
Russia, I
1
Azores,
1
Scotland,
1
Nova Scotia,
1
Mixed, One American,
41
Mixed, Neither American,
2
146
BIRTHS, 1926.
Number registered, 268, of which 52 were non-resi- dents.
Males,
129
Females,
139
Both Parents born in
United States,
155
Italy,
12
Portugal,
11
St. Michaels,
10
Azores,
9
Cape Verde Islands,
3
Greece,
3
Canada,
2
England,
2
Nova Scotia,
2
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Russia,
2
Brazil,
1
Germany,
1
Mixed, One American,
48
Mixed, Neither American,
7
268
DEATHS, 1926
Number of deaths registered 214, of which 44 were non-residents and 32 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in-
United States,
166
Italy,
88
England,
5
Canada,
5
Azores,
3
Scotland,
3
Ireland,
3
Russia,
3
Nova Scotia,
2
France,
2
St. Michaels,
2
Holland,
1
Cape Verde Islands,
1
Arabia,
1
Norway,
1
Portugal,
1
Cape Breton,
1
Prince Edward Island,
1
Germany,
1
Sweden,
1
New Brunswick,
1
Unknown,
2
214
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There have been issued from the Town Clerk's office for the year 1926, licenses as follows :
1,023
Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
9 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses (Prop- erty Owners.)
5 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
1,037
81 Resident Citizen's Lobster Licenses.
3 Non-Resident Citizen's Lobster Licenses.
3 Alien Lobster Licenses.
87
12 Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses.
13 Minor Trapping Licenses.
25
16 Duplicate Licenses.
134 Female Dog Licenses.
750 Male Dog Licenses.
884
There has also been paid from this office bounty on one seal.
GEORGE B. HOWLAND, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
State House, Boston, December 8, 1926
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. William T. Eldridge, Chairman,
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the ac- counts of the Town of Plymouth for the period from January 1, 1925, to September 29, 1926, made in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Di- vision.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Plymouth for the period from January 1, 1925 to September 29, 1926, the follow- ing report thereon being submitted :-
The financial transactions of the Town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or dis- bursing money for the Town or committing bills for col- lection, were examined and checked for the period covered by the audit.
The treasurer's cash book was added, analyzed, and checked with the records in the several departments col- lecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The dis- bursements were compared with the warrants authoriz- ing them.
The cash on hand September 29, 1926, was verified and the bank balances were reconciled with statements from the several banks.
The accounts of the collector of taxes were examined and checked in detail. The commitment books were foot- ed and reconciled, the recorded collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer as shown by the treas- urer's books, and the abatements were checked to the records of the assessors, being found to be correct.
The outstanding tax accounts were listed and proved, being further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the Town. From the replies received, I am sat- isfied that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The cash in the hands of the collector was verified by an actual count.
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The appropriation accounts kept by the town account- ant were checked with the town clerk's records of appro- priations and transfers as voted by the Town, as the recorded charges against them were checked with the records of payments by the town treasurer. The trans- fers from the reserve account were checked with the records of the finance committee, and the vouchers on file were examined.
In checking the appropriations, it was found that pay- ments had been made on account of soldiers' benefits with- out appropriations therefor, these overdrafts being taken care of by an appropriation at the Town meeting of the succeeding year. This procedure is in violation of Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, and an appropriation for soldiers' benefits should be made at the annual Town meeting each year.
It was found that the appropriation made for the public library has been paid over to the library treasurer in total. Bills chargeable to this appropriation should be submitted to the town accountant and paid by the town treasurer in accordance with Section 56, Chapter 41, General Laws, which reads as follows :
The selectmen and all boards, committees, heads of departments and officers authorized to expend money shall approve and transmit to the town accountant as often as once each month all bills, drafts and orders chargeable to the respec- tive appropriations of which they have the ex- penditure. The town accountant shall examine all such bills, drafts or orders, and, if found correct and approved as herein provided, shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer for the pay- ment of the same, and the treasurer shall pay no money from the treasury except upon such war- rant approved by the Selectmen.
It was also found that the health department, by a
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vote of the Town, approves bills to be paid to the Jordan Hospital for the "Maintenance of Contagious Ward." The Town, however, is obliged to pay, in addition, for the care of patients sent to this department and received no direct benefits from the appropriations. It appears, therefore, that the Town is making a gift to the hospital, which is contrary to Article 3, Section 2 of the Consti- tution of Massachusetts.
It was found that it has been the practice to present bills and pay-rolls to the accountant on the day that the selectmen meet to approve them; also that payments are made on the following day. In order that the accountant may have sufficient time to examine bills and pay-rolls before placing them on the warrant, it is recommended that all such bills and pay-rolls be presented to him sev- eral days prior to the selectmen's meeting.
The computation of the tax rate, as recorded by the assessors, was examined, it being found that the amount of $7,944 for poll taxes was omitted in the calculations, and therefore $7,944 was raised in excess of the amount necessary.
The accounts of the water collector were examined and checked. It was necessary to list all accounts in detail in order to establish a correct list of amounts outstanding and to adjust the accountant's ledger to agree with the outstanding list. It is recommended that a determined effort be made to collect the overdue outstanding water accounts receivable; but if they are found to be uncol- lectible, abatements should be granted by the water com- missioners, so that these accounts will not appear on the books as assets of the Town.
The accounts receivable of the several departments were examined and checked, the payments to the treas- urer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed. As will be seen from the balance sheet appended herewith, the outstanding accounts of the health and cem- etery departments are of a considerable amount, and it is
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suggested, therefore, that an effort be made to secure a settlement of these accounts.
In the future all departments committing bills for col- lection should notify the town accountant of the amount committed, so that a proper record may be had, at all times, of accounts due the town.
The town clerk's records of licenses issued for dogs and for hunting and fishing were examined, and the pay- ments to the State and to the county treasurer were veri- fied.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the' se- lectmen and by the board of health were examined, and the receipts were compared with the payments to the town treasurer, as shown by the treasurer's cash book.
The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures and of the inspector of milk and oleo, together with the record of receipts of the town-house and Memorial Hall, the dental clinic, the school department, the park department and the almshouse, were examined ; and the receipts were compared with the payments to the treasurer. It was found that in several departments payments for various expenses were made from the receipts and no records were kept. All receipts should be paid into the town treasury in accordance with Section 53, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws, which. reads as follows :
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