Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1925-1929, Part 16

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
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and running westerly by centre line of Cross Street ex- tended to the point of intersection with the centre line of Forest Street northerly, westerly and northerly to the point of its intersection with the centre line of the Town River; thence turning and running southwesterly by the centre line of the Town River to Bridgewater Town line; thence running easterly by the Bridgewater Town line to the southeast corner of the East District; thence running by the southerly corner of the East District to the point of beginning.


Western District: Beginning at the point in the centre line of Forest Street where it is intersected by the centre line of the Town River; thence running by the centre line of Forest Street to the point where extended it intersects the centre line of River Street; thence running westerly by the centre line of River Street to the point where it is intersected by the centre line of Charles Street extended; thence running northerly by the centre line of Charles Street extended to the centre of Elm Square; thence con- tinuing northerly by the centre line of North Elm Street to the point where it is intersected by the centre line of the right of way of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad known as the Easton Branch; thence running westerly by the centre line of said right of way to the point where it is intersected by centre of Meadow Brook; thence northerly by the centre line of Meadow Brook to the Brock- ton City line; thence running westerly by the Brockton City line to the Easton Town line; thence running souther- ly by the Easton Town line to the Raynham Town line; thence continuing southerly by the Raynham Town line to the Bridgewater Town line; thence running easterly by the Bridgewater Town line to the southwest corner of the South District; thence running northeasterly by the South District to the point of beginning.


Northern District: Beginning at the intersection of the centre line of North Elm Street by the centre line of


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the right of way of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad known as the Easton Branch; thence running northerly by the centre line of North Elm Street to the point where it is intersected by the centre line of Crescent Street; thence running easterly by the centre line of Cres- cent Street to the point where if extended it would inter- sect the centre line of Spring Street; thence running east- erly in a straight line to the point where the centre line of Matfield Street extended intersects the centre line of North Main Street; thence running northerly by the centre line of North Main Street to the Brockton City line; thence westerly, northerly and westerly by Brockton City line to the West District; thence southerly and westerly by the West District to the point of beginning.


Central District: All of the Town not included in the foregoing Districts.


It was voted to accept and adopt the report of the committee and that it be made a part of the Town Records.


A committee which included Harold S. Lyon, Chester Thayer, Henry O. Davenport, Mason W. Alger and Chris- topher Read was appointed by the Moderator, retired and presented a list of names for membership on the Finance Committee and the following were chosen as the Finance Committee for 1927:


For three years-Bert L. Carter, Emmons C. Porter, Ralph S. Frellick, John M. Richards, Eddy P. Dunbar.


For two years-Nathaniel G. Shaw, Arthur E. Ryder, Leonard A. Purdy, Charles E. Briggs, Gustaf A. Peterson.


For one year-Willis B. Littlefield, Mason W. Alger, B. Frank Hanscom, Nils P. Nilson and Kenneth L. Harden- brook.


Article 3. Voted-To appropriate $1,500.00 from the Reserve Surplus Revenue for the Town Hall Lot.


Article 4. Voted-To appropriate $118.00 from the


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Reserve Surplus Revenue to pay two school bills for the year 1926.


Voted-That it is the sense of this meeting that the Selectmen print and circulate the report of the committee who investigated the Water Department, at once.


Town Clerk's Report.


BIRTHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1927


Date


Name


Parents' Name


1926 Feb. 10 Doris Ada Morse


Aug. 2 Barbara Perkins Fowler Nov.


25 Robert Ernest Lindgren 1927


Jan.


23 William Frederick Ames


Feb. 4 Ernest Amos Chaves


4 Quintino A. Perry, Jr.


16 Everett Lee Welch 19 Albert Arruda March 7 Roy Linwood Hayden


9 Douglas Taylor


9 Stillborn


11 Marilyn Williams


23 Frank Montico Cabral


30 Lloyd Eldon Willis


31 James MacLean


Jesse L. and Ada B. Woodward


Charles E. and Elizabeth Dunbar


Ernest S. and Bertha Nelson


William N. and Hildegarde Wen- nerholm


Amos Chaves and Mary A. Rez- endes


Quintino A. and Mary A. Perry Everett E. and Edith F. Godfrey Manuel and Marguerite Guimaraes


Alfred A. and Arlene Drew Harry D. and Mary B. Corkum


Walter C. and Marion H. Pike Joseph M. and Maria G. Rezendes Albert W. and Hattie E. Hall John MacLean and Anna MacDon- ald


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April


13 Robert Milton Morse


15 Carl Everett Lester Johnson


16 Pierre Andre Dillinschneider


17 Bernice Mae Shipman


10 Warren Alton Hambly


26 Walter Earl Edwardsen


29 Laura Rezendes


May


10 Marilyn Gertrude Roscoe


16 Edna Perry


23 Alfred Santos


27 Frederick Webster Smith J ne


19 Euclide Corce, Jr.


22 Marilyn Christine Porter


23 Herbert Albion Holmes, Jr.


25 Ralph Edward Piver


26 Illegitimate


30 Illegitimate


July 2 George Bradford Curtis


8 Ardeena Lillian Bergstrom


12 Dorothy Arlene Ames


19 Lawrence Earl Goff


21 Alice May Perry


26 Richard Wesley Johnson Aug.


11 Ruth Ellen Johnson


14 Robert Hassell


18 Betty Jane Ryder


26 Shirly Fay Crome


26 Barbara Eleanor Frellick 30 Mildred Jane Taylor


31 Harold Sidney Lyon, Jr. Sept.


6 Edward Adolor McCourt


13 Evelyn Theresa Simono


15 Carol Elizabeth Murray


16 Laura Helen Salvador


19 Marion Frances Gott


Jesse L. and Ada B. Woodward Carl A. and Elizabeth A. Swanson Jules and Rose E. Dowling William O. and Olive H. Lothrop Frederick E. and Edith L. Berry Robert J. and Minnie Beagekly Joseph and Rose Tores


B. Frank and Zita Monaghan Joseph A. and Alice F. Kelley Antonio and Delores Bermardino Chester A. and Lillian Newman


Euclide and Ida Burgess Raymond B. and Annie K. Ellis Herbert A. and Martha E. Ander- son


Edmund A. and Mary C. Travers


William Jr. and Helen C. Howard Ernest J. and Jennie C. Nelson Charles F. and Mildred Kerr Irving M. and Avis F. B. Luther Antone C. and Mary Burgess Elmer H. and Eleanor V. Thomas


Simon E. and Ruth C. Stetson Hubert and Alma J. Holmes Ralph D. and Elsie J. Rae John W. Jr. and Mary F. Perry Ralph S. and Ethel Shepherd Howard S. and Wanda Larsson Harold S. and Mary R. Griffin


Robert M. and Mary J. Riley Frank W. and Louise A. Kingston James R. and Berenice Richardson Joseph M. and Maria S. Chaves Carlton F. and Edna A. Welch


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25 29 Avis Beryl Ward


Charlotte Elizabeth MacTighe Charles R. and Flora E. Dearing George E. Jr. and Ruth E. Thomp- son


Oct.


7 Jeannette Bolster 21 Jacqueline Fay Vandyke


23 Barbara Jeanne Ely Nov.


3 William B. Fratis


4 Donald Howard Piver


19 Betty Loraine Boudreau 26 Meredith Louise Newman Dec.


2 Grace Lillian Sigren


3 James George Polus


12 Doris Mae Paiva


13 Marion Evelyn Johnson


17 Helen Marie Salvador


19 Pauline Lillian Rountry


Harold G. and Dorothy Wallis Harold D. and Eileen J. Dearth Horace L. and Angie W. Butts


Joseph and Isabel Borges Manuel C. and Hilda M. Garcia Louis F. and Ruth E. Dearth Carl L. and Nanna Loon


Hjalmar H. and Esther A. Swan- son


George and Libby Asack


Joseph and Dorothy E. Wardwell Samuel C. and Esther E. Johnson Joseph M. and Helen Chaves


Albert F. and Viola H. Robbins


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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1927


Jan. 1. Antonio Chaves and Alice M. Robichaud, both of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater.


8. Leonard D. Puffer of East Bridgewater and Mary E. Therrien of West Bridgewater, at East Bridgewater.


27. Harry D. Taylor and Mary B. Corkum, both of West Bridgewater, at Brockton.


Feb. 1. Isaac Sagarin and Ida R. Rubelman, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


Mar. 1. John W. Crone, Jr., of Brockton and Mary F. Perry of West Bridgewater, at West Bridge- water.


1. Alfred A. Hayden of West Bridgewater and Arlene E. Drew of Easton, at West Bridge- water.


May 5. Joseph R. Hemenway and Sarepta B. Chadwick, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridge- water.


29. Charles R. MacTighe and Flora E. Dearing, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


June 11. Joseph Silvia and Mary V. Tencheria, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


11. William C. Tuttle of Mansfield and Anna L. Fallon of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater.


13. Jean C. Kyhn of West Bridgewater and Georgia W. Adams of Brockton, at West Bridge- water.


16. Harold C. Corkum and Blanch Corkum, both of West Bridgewater, at Raynham.


20. Jessie J. Perry of West Bridgewater and Rose Emery of Taunton, at Taunton.


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July 2. Wesley C. A. Anderson of Brockton and Flor- ence E. Kerr of West Bridgewater, at Brockton.


3. Malcolm L. Weston of Bridgewater and Harriet A. Covert of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


8. Ernest T. Pratt of West Bridgewater and May Anderson of Brockton, at Brockton.


23. Odel Robets and Mary Harris, both of Brockton, at West Bridgewater.


Aug. 3 Robert M. Floroi and Annie Martinkevitz, both of Brockton, at West Bridgewater.


6. Otis F. M. Stone and Voilet M. Johnson, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


9. Melvin C. Howell and Dorothy M. Kersey, both of Brockton, at West Bridgewater.


17. George H. Sherman of Brockton and Agnes G. McGarry of West Bridgewater, at Bridge- water.


20. Willis R. Davies of Brockton and Jessie N. Cope- land of West Bridgewater, at New Bedford.


Sept. 2. Ralph F. Philbrick of West Bridgewater and Eleanor E. Blade of Brockton, at Brockton.


3. Tony Lallis of West Bridgewater and Stasa Kibart of Brockton, at Brockton.


10. Albert C. Goodwin of Lebanon, Me., and Mary E. Harriman of West Bridgewater at Lebanon, Me.


23. Fred G. Howe of West Bridgewater and Pris- cilla King of Brockton, at Brockton.


Oct. 12. Lawrence A. Jepson of West Bridgewater and Madeline A. Lawrence of Brockton, at Brockton.


Nov. 5. Anthony Liandres and Belonda Santos, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


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19. Eldon E. Ohlson of West Bridgewater and Doro- thy L. Brigham of Marlborough, at Marl- borough.


30. George A. Place and Lottie M. Burke, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


Dec. 2. Herbert L. Vilk of Stoughton and Ellen E. Green of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater. 25. Wallace W. Salls of York Beach, Me., and Bertha Phyllis Oliver of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


27. Charles F. Oliver, Jr., of Westport, Mass., and Marion E. Shaw of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.


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DEATHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1927


Date


Name


Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


1926


November


22 George H. Evans


78 - - Chronic Myocarditis


1927


January


1 John F. Nystrom


70


3


24 Diabetic Mellitus


21 Lois W. Whitcomb February


18


3


28


Pneumonia


3 Carrie C. Bennett


63


0


1


Diabetic Gangrene of right foot with General Sepsis Chronic Empyema


5 Carleton B. Holnes


44


2


28


12 Priscilla Giddings


77


1


3


Endocarditis and Myocar- ditis


15 George W. Ryder March


2


2


19


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


3 William A. Peckham


82


10


12


Facial Erysipelas


9 Stillborn


10 Douglass Taylor


9 hours


Extreme weakness and con- vulsions


25 Edgar W. Chase


70


7


24


Chronic Ascending Myelitis


28 Madeline G. Ensher


35


5


1 Starvation, caused by diet- ing for rheumatism


April


4 William N. Shipman


73


9 24


Carcinoma of Bladder


8 Clara Lorimer


74


6 29 Carcinoma of Stomach


13 Mary F. Weston


78


8


29


28 Annie E. Atwood


51


May


5 C. Anistis Whiting


85


2


21


5 Antonette Covert


75


8


28


Arterio Sclerosis ยท Senile Psychosis, due to fall to floor (accidental)


8 Edith F. Welch


29


10


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Peritonitis (non-puerperal) Intracranial injuries due to skidding of motor-cycle


26 George L. Packard


60


1 15


Acute Anuria


27 Frank E. Roostedt


40


9


5 Drowning (accidental)


Gastric Carcinoma Paralysis Agitaus


16 Norman W. Gillette


23


26


30 Frank Sousa


1 Fracture of Skull and In- tracranial Hemorrhage


July


16 Austin A. Shaw


73


9


26 Chronic Myocarditis


18 Jeannette F. Cogswell


51


6


30 Perniccious Anaemia


26 Edith G. Ridlington


71


9


2 Adams Stokes disease


August


29 Ina M. Littlefield


56


7


6 Angina Pectoris


29 Charles W. Pearl


78


1


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Hypostatic Pneumonia


September


28 Earl G. Morris


38


7


1 Aortitis Myocarditis, Chronic


October


7 Clara D. Crocker


59


9


25


Myocarditis


30 George A. Morris


78


1


3


Uremia


21 Herman Relyea


70


Cerebral Hemorrhage


November


28 David L. Johnson


69


6 20


Chronic Myocarditis


30 Orella Charreth


32


27


Septicemia


December


15 Carol E. Murray


3


-


Septicemia


25 Edith G. Covert


56


8


21


Carcinoma of Stomach


ABSTRACT FROM CHAPTER 46 OF THE GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS


Sec. 3. Physicians and midwives shall, within forty- eight hours after the birth of every child in cases of which they were in charge, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth occurred, a notice stating the date and place of the birth, giving the street number if any, color and the family name. They shall within fifteen days after the birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth occurred, a report of the birth, stating the date and place, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, and the names, ages, places of birth, occupations and residences of the parents, giving the street number, if there be any, and the number of the ward in the city, the maiden name of


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the mother, if the full return is not made within forty- eight hours.


The fee of the physician or midwife shall be twenty- five cents for each birth so reported. A physician or mid- wife who neglects to report each birth within forty-eight hours or fifteen days thereafter, shall for each offence for- feit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.


Sec. 6. Parents, within FORTY DAYS after the birth of a child, and every householder within FORTY DAYS after a birth in his house, SHALL cause notice thereof to be given to the CLERK of the city or town in which such child is born.


The facts required for record, as stated in section 3, shall, so far as known or obtainable, be included in every notice given under the provisions of this section.


Sec. 8. A parent, or other person who, by section 6, is required to give, or cause to be given, notice of a birth or death, who neglects to do so for TEN DAYS after the time limited therefor, shall forfeit not more than five dol- lars for each offence.


Sec. 24. The Town Clerk shall furnish blanks for re- turns of births to parents, householders, physicians and midwives who apply therefor.


Dog Licenses, 1927.


LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1927, TO DECEMBER 31, 1927


Males and spayed females, 310 at $2.00 $620.00


Females, 84 at $5.00 1


420.00


One Breeder's License at $25.00


25.00


$1,065.00


Clerk's fees, 395 at 20 cts.


$79.00


Paid County Treasurer


986.00


$1,065.00


EDWARD H. CROCKER, Town Clerk.


Hunter's Licenses, 1927.


NUMBER OF SPORTING AND TRAPPING LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR 1927


Number of Resident Sporting Licenses


142


Number of Resident Trapping Licenses


13


Number of Alien Sporting Licenses 1


Number of Minors Trapping Licenses


29


Number of Duplicate Licenses


1


Number of Non Resident Trapping Licenses


1


Whole Number Issued


187


Amount received for Licenses


$391.60


Clerk's fees


46.50


$345.00


Amount paid Division of Fisheries and Game


$345.00


EDWARD H. CROCKER, Town Clerk.


List of Jurors Appointed July 1, 1927.


Name


Street


Occupation


Alger, Mason W.


279 Pleasant


Farmer


Andrews, Cecil N.


109 Spring


Shoeworker


Baker, Everett C.


441 East Centre


Shoeworker


Belden, Leon H.


278 North Elm


Test man


Bisbee, Fred E.


19 Thayer Ave.


Shoeworker


Congdon, Fred T.


85 Crescent


Farmer


Covert, Leroy L.


46 North Main


Machinist


Dean, Robert G.


266 Pleasant


Farmer


Gardner, Clarence J. Gott, Carlton F.


31 Crescent


Manufacturer


Green, Daniel W.


199 Ash


Guinea, Thomas F.


535 West Centre


Hanscom, Benjamin F.


140 Copeland 17 West Centre


Hill, Everett O.


601 East


Holbrook, James R. Leach, Ira A.


34 High


61 Plain


Leavitt, Winfield C.


475 West Centre 10 Charles


Shoeworker Shoeworker Bank clerk Shoeworker


Lothrop, Herbert A.


MacDonald, Roderick


270 South Elm


Carpenter


Macomber, William H. Miner, Charles E.


60 North Main 37 North Main


Painter


Machinist


26 West Centre


Jeweler Shoeworker Shoeworker Shoeworker Blacksmith Shoeworker


Hatch, Frank P.


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Ohlson, Forrest E.


440 North Elm


Shoeworker Insurance


Paine, J. Alton


79 River


Peterson, P. Percy


294 Matfield


Shoeworker


Reynolds, Lester W.


26 Plain


Upholsterer Carpenter


Rosen, John


42 South


Ryder, George F.


322 East Centre


Farmer


Sampson, Ray D.


25 Sunset Ave.


Shoeworker Shoeworker


Seager, Edward W.


36 Plain


Snell, Warren P.


352 Spring


Chauffeur


Snow, Albert C.


20 Forest


Shoeworker Electrician


Spencer, Arthur B.


91 River


Staples, Edward F.


462 Matfield


Last maker


Thompson, Arthur H.


510 West Centre


Shoeworker


Tobin, Alexander F.


296 North Elm


Shoeworker


Tuck, Josiah C.


192 Spring


Printer


Washburn, George S.


465 East Centre Farmer


Wells, Alfred T.


69 Howard


Salesman


Whelden, Thomas H.


9 Crescent


Shoeworker


Wood, Alexander H. M.


351 Manley


Farmer


LIST OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1927


Cecil N. Andrews


Leroy L. Covert


Everett C. Baker


Daniel T. Daley


Harold G. Bolster


Lyle J. Farnum


William B. Carson


John L. Frazier


Frank G. Chadwick


Charles H. Relyea


Arthur B. Spencer


State Auditor's Report, 1926.


To the Board of Selectmen,


Mr. Howard C. White, Chairman,


West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year ending Dcember 31, 1926, made in accordance 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 Division.


Very truly yours,


THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.


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REPORT


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,


Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.


Sir:


Complying with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year ending December 31, 1926, and submit the following report herewith :-


The financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or distribut- ing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the books and records of the town accountant.


The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked with the records of the accountant and of the several departments collecting money for the town. The payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the town ac- countant's books.


The cash book was footed, the cash on hand was veri- fied by an actual count, and the bank balance was proved with a statement furnished by the bank as of January 17, 1927.


Errors in addition and in reports of collections were adjusted by a payment of $56.56 into the town treasury February 14, 1927, when the treasurer's cash was shown to be in balance.


The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the treasurer's records, and the disbursements were checked with the warrants authorizing payments and with the treasurer's cash book.


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The ledger postings were examined and checked, a trial balance was drawn off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town December 31, 1926.


The books and accounts of the collector were examined and checked. The commitments of taxes were proved to the assessors' warrants, the receipts were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book and with the accountant's ledger, and the abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted. The out- standing accounts were listed for each year and proved to the accounts in the town accountant's ledger.


As a further verification of the outstanding accounts, notices were mailed to a number of persons whose names appeared on the tax books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received, I am satisfied that the ac- counts, as listed, are correct.


The collector's records of the water department ac- counts receivable were examined and checked. The com- mitments were proved, the cash book was footed, and the payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasur- er's and the accountant's books.


It was found that the rule of the Water Department relative to unpaid water bills has not been strictly enforced and that accounts of 1925 and 1926 have not been promptly collected. An arrangement was made whereby the col- lector will furnish. each quarter, a list of unpaid accounts to the water board, which will take prompt action in the future to enforce the rules and regulations governing the payment of water bills.


The records of receipts of all other departments were checked to the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


The surety bonds furnished bv the town treasurer, the tax collector. and the town clerk for the faithful perform- ance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.


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The securities and savings bank deposits belonging to the several trust funds in the custody of the town treasur- er were examined and checked. The income was verified and found to be as reported on the books of the treasurer and the town accountant.


Appended to this report are table showing a reconcilia- tion of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, water, sealer of weights and measurers, library, and selectmen's license accounts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.


While engaged in making the audit I received the co- operation of town officials, and on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Examiner.


The figures and tables referred to by the Chief Ex- aminer are a repetition of those contained in the Town Accountant's and Town Collector's Reports of 1926.


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Report of Assessors.


LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1927


Moderator


$25.00


Selectmen


900.00


Town Accountant


700.00


Treasurer and Collector


1,500.00


Assessors


1,500.00


Other Financial Officers and Accounts


50.00


Town Clerk


600.00


Election and Registration


350.00


Law


75.00


Town Hall


2,000.00


Police


1,500.00


Dog Officer


25.00


Fire Department and Equipment


2,300.00


Hydrants


1,250.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


125.00


Moth Extermination


2,800.00


Tree Warden


500.00


Board of Health


1,200.00


Inspection of Animals


100.00


Inspection of Slaughtering


500.00


Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance


864.25


Highways


5,850.00


Snow Removal


2,500.00


Sidewalks


1,250.00


Street Signs and Bridges


1,000.00


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Street Lights


2,000.00


Charities


5,000.00


State Aid


450.00


Soldiers' Aid


500.00


Military Aid


100.00


Library


905.20


Care of Monument Grounds


60.00


Flags


50.00


Memorial Day Observance


100.00


Printing and Distributing Town Reports


482.95


Fire Insurance


600.00


Liability Insurance


400.00


Reserve Fund


2,000.00


Interest


3,000.00


Cemeteries (care of)


100.00


Land Damage, E. Centre St.


500.00


Land Damage, Central Sq. and So. Main St.


50.00


School Appropriation


47,750.00


Matfield and Belmont Sts. Improvements


10,000.00


Shingling Roof of Town Hall


400.00


Piano for Town Hall


400.00


Traffic Signal, Elm Square


265.00


County Aid to Agriculture


100.00


New Street Lights


250.00


$104,927.40


SPECIAL MEETING, MAY


General Repairs on W. Spring St.


$1,000.00


Improvements at Junction of No. Elm and W. Centre Sts.


1,300.00


Maintenance of Visiting Nurse


300.00


Land Grade and Drainage Damage


490.00


New Street Lights


144.00


$3,234.00


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ASSESSMENT ON PROPERTY


Appropriations of Annual Town Meeting $104,927.40


Appropriations of Special Town Meeting (May) 3,234.00


Maturing Debt (not included in appropriations) 6,000.00 4,920.00


State Tax


State Highway Tax


632.20


Auditing Accounts 445.66


County Tax


6,095.84


Overlay (of current year)


1,044.75


$127,299.85


Less estimated revenue from all sources includ- ing Corporation, National Bank and In- come Taxes 28,531.89


$98,767.96


Less free cash from treasury voted to be used by Assessors, to reduce the 1927 tax levy 10,000.00


Net amount to be raised on Polls and property


$88,767.96


954 Polls at $2. Tax on Polls 1,908.00


Amount raised on property


$86,859.96


Gain in fractions


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$86,860.50


Omitted Assessment


8.97


Subsequent Poll Taxes


16.00


Total amount committed to Collector $86,885.47


TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Number of residents assessed on property 1,210


Number of non-residents assessed on property 176


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Number of persons assessed on property


1,419


Number of persons assessed for poll tax only


248


Number of persons assessed


1,667


Number of male polls assessed


954


Tax on each poll $2.00


Value of assessed personal estate


$507,962.00


Value of assessed real estate


$2,639,138.00


Total valuation assessed April first, 1927


$3,147,100.00


TAX FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES INCLUDING OVERLAYINGS


On Personal Estate


$14,019.92


On Real Estate


72,840.58


On Polls


1,908.00


Gain by fractions


.54




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