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Cost to repair per mile, $5.89. Number of leaks per mile, 0.138.
Small distribution pipe less than 4-inches, 8 miles, 3,511 feet.
Hydrants now in use, 335 public; 73 private. Stop gates added, 1. Discontinued, None. Number now in use, 878.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe, Lead and Cement lined. Sizes, from one-half inch to six inches. Total now in use, 10 miles, 3,188 feet. Service taps added, 141. Discontinued, None. Total now in use, 3,717.
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Average length of service, 11.5 ft. Average cost per service, $27.09. Number of meters added, 64. Number now in use, 2,919. Percentage of services metered, 78.5%.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To The Board of Water Commissioners.
Gentlemen:
Another year of difficulity in obtaining material to work with, resulting in our being unable to carry out all of the work that had been planned. In April 1946, 2.7 miles of 6", 8" and 10" pipe, with fittings, as well as hyd- rants and gates, were ordered. To date, only 560 feet of 10" pipe has been received and about one-half of the fit- tings. Gate boxes and sidewalk boxes are not being man- ufactured.
The 1945 report records a 6" main having been laid in Braley Lane during that year which could not be con- nected because it was impossible to obtain the necessary fittings. The past year it was possible to make this con- nection. Also, one new hydrant was set on this line.
In Coles Lane, 680 feet of 2" galvanized main that had been abandoned was put in service again to supply water to a new house that was built in that locality.
A 6"fire springler line was connected for the Art Jewel- ry on Main Street.
Several hydrants broken during the year necessitated repairs and several other hydrants that had been in ser- vice a great many years were replaced with new ones. More such replacements will be taken care of the coming year. The usual hydrant inspections were made and all are in working condition. Painting of hydrants had to be
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eliminated this past year but this, too, will be resumed in 1947. The only additional hydrant to the system was the one at Braley Lane.
Eleven leaks in mains were repaired and forty-five leaks in services were remedied. At twenty-three services where poor pressure had been reported, corporations were drilled, the results being satisfactory. One hundred forty-one services were added to the system, twenty-four of these in Plymouth and one hundred seventeen in Man- omet. The Commissioners' report carries the detail of considerable work in Manomet that was completed in Manomet. There were quite a few meter replacements in 1946, some old makes being discontinued because of difficulty in getting parts for repairs. Sixty-four addi- tional meters were added, making the total number now in use, 2,919, or 78.5% of all services metered.
Considerable improvement was made in the basement of the Lout Pond station at the location where the surge tank had been removed, a concrete floor being built. A 12" C. I. storm water drain and catch basin was installed to take care of storm and roof water around the station. Plumbing was renewed in the engineers' dwelling and 100 feet of sewer pipe was laid, correcting very unsatis- factory condition had given trouble for many years. past. Both engines and pumps were overhauled. The two motors at Deep Water Bridge Station were also checked.
The auxiliary Well Supply at Warners Pond was oper- ated 6871/2 hrs. during June, July, August and September, pumping 12,480,400 gals. of water. 1,400 gals of fuel oil and 35 gals. of lubrication oil was used.
Analyses of samples of water from both our source of supply and various taps were made at regular intervals and reports of these are on file in the Superintendent's office.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE BRINK, Superintendent.
1946 PUMPING RECORDS FAIRBANKS-MORSE
NHS
Month
Hrs. Run
WOLVERINE Gals. Fuel Oil
Gals. Pumped
Hrs. Run
Gals. Fuel Oil
Gals. Pumped
Gals. Pumped
GRAVITY in Gals.
RAIN in Inches
AVE. TEMP. Max.
Min.
January
131
4371/2
14,584,000
106
2941/2
11,518,000
735,000
10,926,000
3.84
33 .
17
February
1121/2
374
12,541,000
11215
312
12,347,000
776,000
9,454,000
3.51
33
16
March
1303/4
435
14,510,000
116 14
321
12,672,000
937,000
10,141,000
1.48
50
29
April
119
395
13,135,000
13334
369
14,143,000
1,036,000
9,859,000
2.81
49
32
May
127
4221/2
13,927,000
1541/2
42612
16,295,000
1,038,000
11,321,000.
5.07
64
43
June
1471/2
486
15,470,000
1793/4
495 1/2
18,919,000
1,862,000
10,311,000
3.63
72
53
July
2343/4
793
24,716,000
1661/2
4581/2
17,320,000
2,959,000
10,739,000
2.16
75
57
Aug.
1741/2
571
18,168,000
1581/2
437
16,526,000
1,285,000
11,577,000
11.50
70
57
September
1501/2
497
15,770,000
1493/4
414
15,594,000
1,329,000
10,228,000
2.50
68
53
October
125 42
417
13,194,000
150 14
415
15,671,000
1,295,000
9,594,000
59
62
43
Nov.
119
396
12,493,000
1261/2
349 1/2
12,887,000
1,244,000
8,383,000
89
52
35
December
133
441 1/2
13,752,000
1251/2
3471/2
12,621,000
1,557,000
8,832,000
4.14
41
22
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Total
1705
5665 1/2
182,260,000
167934
4640
176,513,000
16,053,000
121,365,000
42.12
Hrs. Run
Fuel
Gals. Pumped
Wolverine-Gould
1,705
5,6651/2
182,260,000
174,827,300
Fairbanks-Morse
1,6793/4
4,640
176,513,000
147,844,000
,N. H. S. Electric
16,053,000
Total
3,3843/4
10,305 1/2
374,826,000
Gravity
121,365,000
Total Consumption
496,191,000
Duty based on BTU in Fuel 19,500 per lb. fuel oil Head, 74.5 feet.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT 1946
Aggregate Value
Exempted Under Clauses 11-17-18-22-23
$21,915,401.00 40,976.00
Avaliable for Revenue
$21,874,425.00
Valuation of Personal
$1,815,175.00
Valuation of Real 20,059,250.00
To be raised by taxation:
State Tax
$19,998.61
County Tax
51,831.70
Underestimated (1945)
3,167.94
Tuberculosis Hospital
12,440.73
From Available Funds
67,800.00
Town Appropriation
1,146,897.53
Overlay
6,867.45
$1,309,003.96
Estimated receipts, including: Dog Tax voted by the Town to be used by Assessors $421,350.66
Out of available funds under approval of Commissioner of
Corporations and Taxation.
TOWN MEETING, March 23, 1946 90,800.00
$512,150.66
$796,853.30
Division of Taxes:
January 1 Personal
$65,346.30
January 1 Real Estate April 1 Polls
9,374.00
December 31 Additional Polls
26.00
December 20 Additional Real
43.20
Rate of Taxation $36.00 on $1,000
722,133.00
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Warrants to Collector:
Personal Property
$65,346.30
Real Estate
722,133.00
Polls
9,374.00
Water Liens 17.26
Exempted under Chapter 59,
Sec. 5, General Laws as Amended.
Houses of Religious Worship
$352,000.00
Charitable, Benevolent, Literary and Edu- cational
776,625.00
Parsonages Exempted
33,050.00
United States of America
124,200.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
183,625.00
County of Plymouth
559,125.00
Town of Plymouth
1,130,240.00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES:
Number of Persons, Firms and Cor-
porations Assessed on Property
4,996
Polls Assessed 4,687
Polls exempted under Clause 18
20
Polls exempted under Clause 23
9
Polls exempted under Clause 202
Sec. 1, Chap. 59, G. L., Acts of 1936
430
Polls Exempted under Sec. 8 Ch. 58
(Men in Armed Forces)
935
Horses
37
Cows
231
Neat Cattle
69
Swine
230
Sheep
40
Fowl
17,425
All Others
2
Dwelling Houses
4,320
Acres of Land
48,000
Motor Vehicles and Trailers assessed
under Motor Excise and Trailer Law:
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Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers Registered $721,430.00
Warrants to Collector: .(Motor Excise and Trailer) $18,120.14
State Rate on Motor Vehicles and Trailers, $35.40 on $1,000.
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy of 1941 - 1943 Incl.
Reopened in 1946
Overdrawn (To be appropriated in 1947) Levy of 1944:
13.80
Dec. 31, 1945 Balance Abatements:
37.44
Nov. 6, 1946 Polls
12.00
Dec. 21. 1946 Real Estate 7.80
19.80
To Reserve Overlay
17.64
37.44
Levy of 1945:
Dec. 31, 1945 Balance
6,829.71
Abatements:
Nov. 6, 1946 Polls
18.00
Dec. 21, 1946 Real Estate
117.08
135.08
To Reserve Overlay
6,614.49
1 6,749.57
Dec. 31, 1946 Balance Levy of 1946:
80.14
June 11, 1946 Overlay
6,867.45
Abatements:
Dec. 9, 1946 Polls
3,202.00
Oct. 4, 1946 Personal
391,50
Dec. 31, 1946 Real Estate
1,613.20
5,206.70
Dec. 31, 1946 Balance Reserve Overlay:
1,660.75
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Dec. 31, 1945 Balance From Overlay of 1944 From Overlay of 1945
To Reserve Account
Dec. 31, 1946 Balance
33,887.74 17.64 6,614.49
40,519.87
7,528.70
32,991.17 THOMAS L. CASSIDY GEORGE E. BLACKMER ROBERT A. CARR Board of Assessors.
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LORING LIBRARY
From the annual report submitted to the Board of Di- rectors of the Plymouth Public Library:
BOOK STOCK
Number of volumes end of 1945 25,450
Volumes added by purchase 1,239
Volumes added by gift 103
Of which 500 were adult non-fiction, 534 adult fiction, 308 juvenile.
Total 26,792
Volumes lost and withdrawn
842
Total number of volumes end of 1946 25,950
Number of prints (estimate) 20,000
80
Periodicals subscribed to
6
Newspapers subscribed to USE
Volumes of non-fiction lent 23,532
Volumes of fiction lent 48,438
Prints lent 1,304
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Volumes lent through 34 School Deposits 17,485
Total number of volumes lent 89,455
Percent fiction lent 62
Circulation per capita (includes Loring Library) 7.8
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered 440
Total number of borrowers registered 3,902
Percent of registered borrowers of population
served (includes Loring Library) 37
LORING LIBRARY
Books added by purchase 1946
473
Of which 305 were adult, 168 juvenile.
USE
Volumes of fiction lent 10,814
Volumes of non-fiction lent
5,595
Total number of volumes lent
16,409
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered
111
Total number of borrowers registered
1,099
REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER FOR 1946
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The usual amount of alewives were stocked in the three Plymouth streams. About one-third of the yacht basin has
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filled in. I had 58 moorings in the basin before the war and last year, I could put in only 40. Most of last summer I had to anchor visiting yachts in the main channel. At times last year, sixteen draggers were working out of Plymouth Harbor. I know that there would be more fish- ing boats and yachts if we had more anchorage and wharfage.
Total number of visiting yachts 432 Total number of boats of all kinds in and out of Plymouth Harbor 5,624
Dories reported missing 48
Dories reported found 15
Dories missing and recovered 24
Respectfully submitted
ELMER P. BOUTIN Harbor Master
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN'S
DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the year 1946, nearly all the street trees were sprayed for Gypsy Moths and also Elm Beetles which were plentiful this year and yet no damage was done.
Trimming was done to more than one hundred and fifty trees, and the work will be carried on in the same way in 1947 as much remains to be done.
The department planted forty-two trees this year, some were in new location others to replace old trees which had to be taken down, as they appeared unsafe.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN A. KENNEDY
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REPORT OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
This department managed to get practically all of the Gypsy Moths and Browntail Moths cleaned from resi- dential section of the town. The Gypsy Moths were not as plentiful as in other years.
The Fall Webworm gave us considerable work this year.
The Browntail Moth nests, were cut and burned throughout the entire town, also Clark's Island, Saquish Head and Gurnet about five thousand-five hundred in number.
Respectfully submitted JOHN A. KENNEDY
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Owing to difficulities in obtaining desirable fish for stocking purposes, your Committee was unable to carry out its complete program for the year 1946.
However, twelve hundred adult yellow perch, many of them containing spawn, were liberated in Plymouth ponds.
The Committee this year will attempt to restock with a larger variety of fish than ever before, and it request that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK L. BAILEY, Chairman GEORGE L. GOODING HOWARD M. MORTON
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The business of the Engineering Department is in- creasing from year to year. During 1946, more than half the time of this department was spent in laying out streets. At the beginning of the year, layout plans were made for Cape Cod Ave., Reed Ave., and Melix Ave. in Manomet. These streets were not accepted by the Town at the annual Town meeting in March, but the engineer- ing time spent on these streets was just as great as if the streets had been accepted. A survey and plan was made for an alteration at the corner of Russell and High Sts. This layout was accepted by the Town at the special Town meeting in October, and the Highway Department has improved conditions at this corner. A layout was made for. Overlook Terrace, a short street running southerly from Overlook Road. Surveys and plans were made for an alteration at the corner of Middle and Carver Sts., and also at the corner of Nelson St. and Water St .. Extension.
The next largest project for this department was the laying out of Town owned land at the Town Wharf. This area was completely surveyed and about 20 lots were laid out. Nearly all of these lots have been leased.
Plans were made for the conveyance of Town owned land to William R. LaRocque, Charles R. Cross, and Grace E. Rich.
A preliminary study plan was made of the Cordage curve on Court St.
A plan was made of land southwest of the Standish Ave. playground, which land was subsequently acquired by the Town.
Surveys were made of the damaged Water St. sea wall.
Miscellaneous engineering work was done for the Board of Assessors, the Police Department, the School Department, and the Park Department.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD CHASE Town Engineer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPART- MENT FOR THE YEAR 1946
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The high degree of efficiency is still maintained as will be seen by the report.
The department answered 429 Calls; Box alarms 126; Still alarms 276; Radio alarms 27.
BUILDINGS
There are needed repairs at the Central Station. The work painting the brick on Central Station is completed; - also the North Station was painted.
FIRE ALARM
The outside lines are in good condition but should be extended south from Cliff Street to junction of Warren Ave. and State Highway. During the past year, one new fire alarm box was installed on Royal Street.
RADIO
Radio F. M. sets are all in good condition and have proved of immense value, not only to this department, but to the Forest Fire Department as well.
APPARATUS
All apparatus is in good condition with the exception of engine #5 which is in need of repair this year.
REPAIR DEPARTMENT
This department has proven to be of great value, not only to this department, but to the Forest Fire Depart- ment; all work of both departments being taken care of.
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ORGANIZATION
Fire Commissioner, Henry Walton
Fire Chief, Everett B. Wood
Deputy Chief, Clifton B. Hatton
Chaplain, Reverend Ernest Pugh
Fire Department Surgeon, Dr. William E. Curtin
4 Permanent Captains
1 Call Captain
1 Call Lieutenant
16 Permanent Men
35 Call Men
REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN 1946
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
- I herewith submit report for the year 1946.
FIRES
During the year we had one very bad fire covering 5000 acres. We reported to the State 34 fires; the average fire was about 3/4 of an acre.
The departmen laid 7,450 feet of 3/4" hose and 8,580 feet of 11/2" hose.
Water from booster tanks 29,575 gallons.
Miles traveled 2,049.
During April 16, 1946 fire, we lost a valuable piece of equipment, a 720 gallon water tank wagon, which should be replaced.
The Army Four Wheel Drive trucks have proven to be very good forest fire Apparatus.
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CONDITION OF WOODS
The hazard in the woods is extremely serious. BUDGET OF 1946:
Of the Appropriation we have the following balances:
Salaries
$620.83
Fire Pay Roll
355.00
Equipment balance
146.73
$1,122.56 HENRY WALTON, Forest Fire Warden.
BUDGET RECOMMENDED FOR 1947 FOREST WARDENS DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$
549.96
Patrol & Special Duty
100.00
$ 649.96
Prevention & Supervision of Fires:
Wages
$2,000.00
2,000.00
Telephone
$ 60.00
Food
150.00
Truck Hire
200.00
Apparatus & Equipment
1,400.00
Radio
200.00
Hose (New)
450.00
Heat & Light-
South Station
225.00
Clerical Supplies
50.00
Janitor-South Station
140.00
Painting-
South Station (EST.)
300.00
All other
150.00
3,325.00
Liability Insurance
$
881.28
881:28
$6,856.24
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REPORT OF TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
A lot of work has been done in the town forest this year. Many young pines around fire lanes, were trimmed, brush cut, and burned. All fire lanes were plowed and some roads widened.
A new map was made this year as the old one was made in 1927 and since then a lot of land was bought and this committee felt, the town should have a new map of all land owned by the town.
This year a parcel of land known as Lord's Point about six acres was added to the Town Forest
Respectfully submitted JOHN A. KENNEDY JAMES A. WHITE GEORGE L. GOODING
BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
GEORGE SHORE BELL
Patrolman, Plymouth Police Department KILLED BY A BULLET WOUND FROM THE GUN OF A WANTED MURDERER WHILE ANSWERING HIS CALL OF DUTY IN A MANHUNT IN THE WOODS OF PLYMOUTH ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 29, 1946.
We know of his herioc deed, how, thinking not of his own safety or welfare, undaunted and unafraid, he faced a desperately dangerous foe of Law and Order. In this, as in the service of the U.S. Marines from July 1943 to Aug- ust 1946 and through the ordeal of the Okinawa Camp- aign, he had proven himself a soldier of war and peace for "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends".
"FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE, WHEREUNTO THOU ART ALSO CALLED, AND HAST PROFESSED A GOOD PRO- FESSION BEFORE MANY WITNESSES".
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following are the reports and activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1946:
ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT
CHIEF Russell P. Dearborn
Leo M. Murphy
SERGEANTS William Gault Vincent Zacchilli
PATROLMEN
Peter W. Winter
James A. Leland
Robert M. Fogarty
Herbert J. Parkhurst
John Barrett
Charles H. Packard
Richard P. Ruffini
George Bell (killed in per- formance of his duty)
PERMANENT INTERMITTENTS
Howard L. Smith Arthur L. Gray
PROVISIONAL TEMPORARY OFFICERS
George Cowdrey
Curtis Lafayette
Leonard J. Reynolds
Peter A. Dries
John J. Freyermuth
Amando Gallucci
John J. Pacheco
POLICEWOMAN Angeline M. Tavernelli
LOCK-UP KEEPER John J. Reagan
CLERK
Beulah D. Harris
POLICE SURGEON RETIRED MEMBER
Dr. William E. Curtin
Lawrence J. Savoy
Richard L. Bumpus
Eric Nelson
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ARRESTS BY THE MONTH
Males
Females
Total
January
26
4
30
February
27
6
33
March
35
5
40
April
28
4
32
May
42
3
45
June
30
2
32
July
57
3
60
August
38
7
45
September
45
7
52
October .
33
5
38
November
21
1
22
December
72
2
74
454
49
503
Residents 274 No Residents 229
CRIMES
Adultery
2
2
4
Assault & Battery
12
12
Assault to Rape
1
1
Annoying Person opposite sex 1
1
Abortion
1
1
Accessory to abortion
1
1
Assault on police officer
1
1
Assault with dangerous weapon
2
2
Breaking, Entering
and larceny
1 10
10
Cruelty to Animals
1
1
Carrying revolver w/o permit
2
2
Drunk
137
9
146
Disturbing peace
12
1
13
Delinquency
2
2
Deserter
1
1
Escapee
5
5
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Males
Females
Total
Fugitive from justice
1
1
Fire-setting in open
1
1
Gaming
11
11
Maintaining gaming nuisance 2
2
Insane
5
9
14
Illegitimacy
1
1
Larceny
24
1
25
Lottery
6
6
Lewdness
1
1
2
Malicious Injury
to property
5
5
Neglect
10
9
19
Non Support
10
10
Robbery-(Attempt)
1
1
Runaways
2
2
Throwing glass in street
1
1
Using M.V. w/o authority
16
16
Vagrancy
1
1
Violation Probation
8
3
11
Violation game laws
10
10
Violation plumbing laws
2
2
Weapon
1
1
306
39
345
MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS
Males
Females
Total
Allowing improper person
to operate
Attaching plates
1
1
Failing to slow at intersection
2
·
2
Leav. scene of accident
8
8
Operating without license
3
3
Operating to endanger
19
19
Operating under influence of liquor
42
1
43
Operating after revocation
7
7
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Males
Females
Total
Road Violations
38
7
45
Speeding
3
3
Using uninsured auto
4
4
Using unregistered auto
4
4
Refusal stop for police officer 1 No sticker
15
2
17
registration
1
1
GRAND TOTAL
454
49
503
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Fines
189 Discharged 29
Probation
43 Continued 28
Suspended Sentences
24 Lyman School 8
House of Correction
13 Shirley School
2
Released
53 Shore Patrol U. S. Navy
4
Arrests for other dept's. 10 Army U. S. M. P.
5
Dismissed cases
12 Wrentham State School
1
Filed
38 Walter Fernald School
4
Appealed cases
12 Dept. of Welfare (State) 2
Sherborn
1 Turned over to parents 2
State Farm
1 Concord Reformatory 1
Taunton State Heospital 14 Dep't. of Correction 2
Grand Jury
4 Women's Reformatory Total 503
1
MISCELLANEOUS WORK BY DEPARTMENT
Complaints investigated
2,794
Auto accidents investigated 225
Property Damage 142
Personal Injury
21
Property and personal 43
Pedestrians
12
Bicyclists
3
Fatal 1
-
1
Operating after susp.
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No damage
3
225
Dogs killed
32
Prisoners detained for other departments 60
Summonses served for other departments 79
Summonses (no-fix) issued
177
Warnings given
167
Trips guarding mail
90
Bank Alarms (false)
17
** Fatal accidents investigated
22
Street lights reported out
77
Store lights reported out
15
Doors found unlocked
122
Beacon lights reported out
14
Murders
2
Suicide
1
Complts. to Highway Dept.
52
Complts. to Water Dept.
10
Complts. to Dog Officer
24
Dead cats to Board of Health
39
Missing persons reported and returned
45
PATROL WAGON
Hospital
1
Fires
12
Cruiser to hospital (Emergency)
5
Ambulance trips
189
** Drownings 5
Sudden deaths
14
Accidental shooting
1
Murders
2
22
MILEAGE OF DEPARTMENT
Patrol Wagon
1,113
Cruisers
77,528
Ambulance
5,230
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Motorcycle
2,934
86,805
Amount of Fines Imposed
$3,950.00
Property Recovered
10,710.00
Bicycles
260
26.00
Photostatic copies:
January
23.50
February
35.00
March
20.00
April
14.00
May
24.00
June
18.00
July
33.50
August
53.50
September
76.50
October
36.00
November
27.50
December
22.50
$384.00
Contributions for upkeep of radio from following towns:
Marshfield
75.00
Pembroke
50.00
Kingston
50.00
Duxbury
50.00
$225.00
Fees from out of town for lock up
$68.00
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL P. DEARBORN, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF RETIREMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Plymouth :
The Board of Retirement presents herewith its tenth report covering the activities and condition of the Con- tributory Retirement System for the year 1946.
It is with deep regret we report the untimely death of one of our young policemen, George S. Bell, while in the performance of his duty on June 29, 1946, just twenty days after his return to duty on the police force after discharge from the Marine Corps.
We also lost one of our pensioners, John F. Shea, who died on March 2, 1946.
There have already been so many amendments to the revised law on retirement systems, that it is im- . possible to cite them in this report. However, the elec- tion of the member of the Retirement Board, who is elected by the members of the System for a three year term, occurs in June of this year and it is the inten- tion of your Board to call a meeting of the entire group at that time. Although we have not yet approached the Division of Insurance on the matter, we hope at that time to have someone from their office at the meeting who can answer any questions the members may have about the System.
I. MEMBERSHIP
1. Active Membership Dec. 31,
1945 143
Enrolled during 1946
36
Transfers from Inactive Membership
1
180
Deaths
1
Withdrawals
14
Retirements
2
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Transfers to Inactive Membership
6
23
Total Active Membership, Dec. 31, 1946
157
2. . Inactive Membership Dec. 31, 1945 30
Retirements
2
Transfers from Active Membership 6
38
Deaths
1
Withdrawals
3
Transfer to Active Membership
1
5
Total Inactive Membership, Dec. 31, 1946 ** 33 * This total includes all retired members
3. Beneficiaries from Accidental Deaths .
3
II. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance Dec. 31, 1945 $78,630.26
1. Receipts :
Appropriation March 1946 $26,728.40
Deductions from members' salaries and wages 12,136.46
Income from interest
2,522.52
Profit from sale of
securities
147.03
41,534.41
$120,164.67
2. Expenditures :
Annuities
$1,001.83
Pensions
19,782.26
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Accidental death benefits 2,953.18
Refunds to former members
2,663.74
Transfer to other systems
77.78
Clerical services
589.00
Printing and stationery
185.02
Postage
4.86
Travel and Dues
13.65
Rent of deposit box
9.00
Loss of sale of securities
180.17
27,460.49
Cash balance
$213.69
Balance in securities
92,490.49
$92,704.18
III. BALANCE SHEET
1. Assets :
Plymouth National Bank $213.69
Plymouth Savings Bank 5,042.95
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 3,901.24
U. S. Treasury 2-7/8 % 1,057.42
U. S. Treasury, Series G 24,000.00
City of Boston bonds 2,537.40
Chesapeake & Ohio Rwy. bonds 1,049.00
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