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30,000.00
Federal Funds
27,589.98
Refunds
193.77
57,783.75
Expenses:
Cash Grants
52,163.23
Other Cities and Towns
1,479.42
53,642.65
Federal Balance carried forward to 1950
4,141.10
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
3,151.00
Transferred to School-Special Town Meeting
500.00
2,651.00
Expense:
Administration Expense
247.30
Cash
1,804.30
2,051.60
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
599.40
EDUCATION
Appropriation
118,097.00
Special Town Meeting Transfers:
From Fire Loss
5,497.74
From Police Car Acct.
114.86
From Veterans' Services
500.00
From A. D. C. Aid
287.40
Surplus Revenue Refunds
13,600.00
2.67
138,099.67
Expenses:
General Administration:
Superintendent
3,200.08
Clerk
1,295.04
Truant Officer
125.00
Appropriation
70
Stationery, Postage, Printing, etc.
859.79
Telephone
804.07
Travelling Expense
463.94
School Census Teachers' Salaries
75,748.74
Health:
Nurse and Supplies
1,401.87
Physician
400.00
Text Books and Supplies
12,904.69
Tuition
2,905.26
Transportation
12,100.48
Janitor
6,509.17
Fuel, Light and Water
2,662.43
Maintenance of Building and Grounds
12,519.88
All Other
13.78
Physical Education
1,171.10
Vocational Education
2,779.58
137,914.90
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue 184.77
PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR NEW SCHOOL
Appropriation, Special Town Meeting
4,000.00
Expense
2,657.42
Unexpended Balance carried forward to 1950
1,342.58
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, LAND PURCHASE
Land Site Purchase for Junior-Senior High School 7,000.00
Land Purchase 7,000.00
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE EXPENSE
1948 Balance
3,198.02
Expense
239.76
Balance carried forward to 1950
2,958.26
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, SCHOOL REPAIR
1948 Balance 600.19
Expense
463.00
Unexpended Balance carried forward to 1950 137.19
50.00
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STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
SMITH-HUGHES FUNDS
1948 Balance
126.91
Federal Funds for Vocational Education
116.98
243.89
Expense:
Salary
243.89
LIBRARY
Appropriation
2,429.00
Expense:
Maintenance:
Librarian
500.00
Assistants
590.49
Janitor
200.00
Janitor's Supplies and Repairs
460.40
Books and Periodicals
499.97
Fuel, Light and Water
118.21
Other Expenses
48.98
2,418.05
Uncxpended Balance reverting to Revenue
10.95
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Expenses:
Books, Periodicals and Bindings
495.34
SERVICEMEN'S FUND
1948 Balance
1,846.62
Expense
60.79
Balance carried forward to 1950
1,785.83
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENTS
Appropriation
Expense
Care of Monument Grounds, Flags*
1,500.00
1,498.61
Memorial and Armistice Days*
450.00
390.80
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
Town Reports
714.67
714.67
Diphtheria Clinic
110.00
110.00
Well Child Conference
50.00
50.00
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Christmas Tree Decorations
85.00
85.00
Painting Town Hall & Fire Station
1175.00
Trans. to School, Sp. Town Mtg.
105.00
1,070.00
1,070.00
Fire Resuscitator & Cutting Unit*
868.00
777.64
New Police Car
900.00
Trans. to School, Sp. Town Mtg.
114.86
785.14
785.14
Collector, New Adding Machine
190.00
190.00
5,922.81
5,771.86
Unexpended Balances reverting to Revenue:
*Care of Monument Grounds, Flags
1.39
*Memorial and Armistice Days
59.20
*Fire Resuscitator & Cutting Unit
90.36
150.95
INSURANCE
Appropriation
2,163.24
Expenses:
Liability
1,218.96
Fire
944.28
2,163.24
INTEREST
Appropriation
100.00
Payment
75.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
25.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Salary
600.00
Expense
15,980.00
Sp. Town Mtg., Trans. from St. Lights
1,000.00
Sp. Town Mtg., Trans. from Health
300.00
Sp. Town Mtg., Trans. from Ptg. Town Hall
105.00
Refund
1.20
17,386.20
17,986.20
Salarics:
Commissioners
599.25
Expenses:
Clerk 515.95
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Superintendent
2,900.00
Labor
6,406.00
Call Station
450.00
Water
4,320.88
Stationery, Postage and Printing
273.22
Truck Repairs
152.33
Pipe Fittings
1,438.09
Gasoline & Oil
260.82
Equipment Hire
275.00
Repair and Tools
181.24
Water Liens Exponsc
76.80
17,849.58
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Receipts
136.62
PUMPING STATION
Appropriation
2,124.00
Sp. Town Meeting, Trans. from Health
400.00
Trans. from Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Refund
61.20
3,585.20
Expenses:
Fuel and Oil
269.63
Tools and Supplies
487.19
Electricity
2,408.02
Insurance
336.00
Telephonc
45.63
3,546.47
Unexpended Balance reverting to Reserve Fund
38.73
CLEANING MAINS ON EAST CENTER AND EAST STREETS Sp. Town Meeting, Trans. from N. Main & Bcacon Sts. 2,000.00
Balance carried forward to 1950 2,000.00
NEW WATER MAINS, NO. MAIN AND BEACON STREETS
Appropriation
11,000.00
Water Notes
10,000.00
21,000.00
Sp. Town Mtg., Trans. to Cleaning Mains on East and East Center Streets
2,000.00
19,000.00
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Expense:
Engineers
7,823.83
Inspector
50.70
Service Boxes
130.56
Contractor
7,853.32
Cleaning
450.00
17,820.64
Balance carried forward to 1950
1,179.36
WATER, NEW CONSTRUCTION - ARTICLE 3 - 2
1948 Balance
75,514.91
Expense:
Engineer
2,619.76
Material
34,106.51
Police
5.00
Contracts
38,189.39
74,920.66
Balance carried forward to 1950
594.25
WATER BONDS AND INTEREST
1948 Premium Balance Transfer
2,295.06
Appropriation, Water Revenue
9,534.94
Appropriation, Water Surplus
7,000.00
18,830.00
Expense:
Bonds
15,000.00
Interest
3,830.00
18,830.00
WATER BONDS PREMIUM
1948 Premium Balance
2,295.06
Trans. to Water Bonds & Interest
2,295.06
1949 Premiums
55.50
Expense
10.00
Balance carried forward to 1950
45.50
1,512.23
Pipes & Pipe Fittings
75
CEMETERY
Appropriation
250.00
Expense:
245.00
Care of Cemeteries .
5.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Assessed in Tax Levy
Payments to the Commonwealth:
State Audit
359.14
State Parks and Reservations
388.91
748.05
Under-assessment carried over to 1950
185.60
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH
Assessed in Tax Levy
Payments to the County:
County Tax
10,158.96
Overestimate carricd over to 1950
1,331.45
Plymouth County Hospital
5,850.15
Underestimate carried over to 1950
532.61
Dog Licenses paid to the County
1,172.20
Federal Withholding Tax
9,374.32
Retirement Deductions
1,742.60
AGENCY & TRUST INVESTMENTS
Scholarship Trust Funds
250.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Funds
114.10
Library Trust Funds Interest Accounts
447.27
Rchabilitation Fund
1,375.00
Stabilization Fund
125.00
REFUNDS
Personal Property
16.80
Real Estate
397.95
Poll
4.00
Motor Vehicle
154.61
Water Licn added to 1949 Real Estate
30.00
603.36
TOTAL PAYMENTS
505,080.84
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RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
Collector
77.25
Police
333.23
Fire
152.41
Public Welfare Aid
1,413.11
Pumping Station
1,000.00
Snow Removal
24.00
3,000.00
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
WATER LOANS
Dato of
2 % Bonds Issued 1948
1 12 % Bonds Issued 1949
Maturity
1950
15,000.00
2,000.00
1951
15,000.00
2,000.00
1952
15,000.00
2,000.00
1953
15,000.00
2,000.00
1954
15,000.00
2,000.00
1955
15,000.00
1956
15,000.00
1957
15,000.00
1958
15,000.00
1959
10,000.00
1960
10,000.00
1961
10,000.00
1962
10,000.00
1963
9,000.00
184,000.00
10,000.00
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Invested In
Jan. 1, 1949
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1949
Cemetery Trust Funds
Evrard-Alger
Brockton Savings Bank
200.24
3.51
3.50
200.25
Alfred E. Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.29
4.02
3.50
200.81
Nathan Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.00*
.17
100.17
Sanford Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
50.03
1.00
85
50.18
William Burke
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
150.40
3.01
2.50
150.91
M. A. Clapp
Brockton Savings Bank
400.09
7.03
7.00
400.12
Davis Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.29
4.02
3.00
201.31
Mrs. Henry Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
100.36
1.76
1.50
100.62
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
655.29
13.16
10.00
658.45
Samuel G. Copeland
Peoples' Savings Bank
200.94
3.52
3.00
201.46
Samuel G. & James Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
1,084.37
19.05
10.00
1,093.42
Martha K. Crosby
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.06
1.75
1.50
100.31
Mary A. Dewyer
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.19
1.75
1.75
100.19
Michael Dewyer
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.06
2.01
1.75
100.32
John E. & Desire L. Gould
Brockton Savings Bank
100.03
1.75
1.75
100.03
The Hartwell Fund
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
300.94
6.03
5.00
301.97
Etta L. Hartwell
Peoples' Savings Bank
350.78
6.16
356.94
Frank P. Hatch
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
160.51
3.22
3.00
160.73
Julia M. Hooper
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
159.23
3.19
162.42
Alba Howard
Broekton Savings Bank
100.22
1.75
1.75
100.22
Isabelle Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.06
1.75
1.50
100.31
S. Nelson Howard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
101.27
2.03
2.00
101.30
Samuel H. Howard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.07
2.01
1.75
100.33
Harriet M. Jennings
Broekton Savings Bank
100.42
1.76
1.75
100.43
77
Name of Fund
Invested In
Jan. 1, 1949
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31. 1949
Abbie B. Jones Frank H. Jones
Brockton Savings Bank
100.63
1.76
1.75
100.64
Broekton Savings Bank
154.55
3.10
2.00
155.65
Sumner D. Keith
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
121.71
2.43
2.00
122.14
Warren C. Kinncy
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.42
4.02
3.00
201.44
Henry J. LeLacheur
Broekton Savings Bank
100.36
1.76
1.50
100.62
Elihu Leonard
Broekton Savings Bank
302.63
5.31
5.00
302.94
Azel Lothrop
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
154.55
3.10
2.00
155.65
Joshua Morse
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
119.51
2.39
121.90
Emma F. Packard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
300.92
6.03
6.00
300.95
Fred A. Perkins
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.21
2.01
1.75
100.47
Rosa R. Shaw
Brockton Savings Bank
366.05
6.43
10.00
362.48
Sarah F. Shipman
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.49
2.01
1.75
100.75
Orrin A. Smith
Peoples' Savings Bank
151.39
2.65
2.00
152.04
South Street Cemetery
Peoples' Savings Bank
99.08
1.73
100.81
Flora Snell
Broekton Savings Bank
100.67
1.76
1.75
100.68
Robert Tibbetts
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.37
2.01
1.75
100.63
Charles C. Thayer
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
228.24
4.00
232.24
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.14
4.02
3.50
200.66
* New Principle
8,218.06
151.93
114.10
8,255.89
Library Trust Funds
Cornelia Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
675.00
675.00
Nathan Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank 500.00
500.00
Brockton Savings Bank 250.00
250.00
Eliza P. Dalton & Millard O. Dalton
North Easton Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
250.00
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Name of Fund Francis E. Howard
William J. Howard & Anna C. Howard Mary L. Perkins Mary P. Whitman
Invested In Bridgewater Savings Bank U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond Peoples' Savings Bank War Bond Series G.
Jan. 1, 1949
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31. 1949 250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
2,524.46
42
2,524.88
1,000.00
15,000.00
20,949.46
.42
20,949.88
Library Trust Funds
Interest Acct. No. 1
Brockton Savings Bank
416.30
290.02
358.84
347.48
Interest Acct. No. 2
Brockton Savings Bank
137.18
134.66
136.50
135.34
553.48
424.68
495.34
482.82
Scholarship Trust Fund William J. Howard & Anna C. Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank
65.13
1.14
66.27
War Bond Scries G. Income
125.00
125.00
250.00
5,190.13
126.14
250.00
5,066.27
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Securities Par Value
Purchase
Income
Paid Out
Total Dec. 31. 1949
55,000.00
1,394.94
57,551.97
1,157.03
56,157.03
1,394.94
57,551.97
Stabilization Fund
Series G. War Bonds
5,062.50
127.14
5,189.64
79
5,000.00
5,000.00
1.394.94
Scries G. War Bonds Savings Bank
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank 1,000.00 Brockton Savings Bank E. Bridgewater Savings Bank Peoples' Savings Bank 15,000.00
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Cash on hand January 1, 1949
$174,369.15
Cash on hand December 31, 1949
107,465.08
Received from Collector
252,418.05
Received from Other Sources
185,758.72
Payments
505,235.73
Tax Title Accounts December 31, 1949
1,565.59
Tax Title Redemptions
201.09
Tax Title Releases and Recording Deeds
13.50
Tax Title Added Interest 15.26
Tax Title Foreclosures
747.17
Tax Title Possessions Sales
103.00
Cemetery Trust Funds Addition:
Martin L. Alger for perpetual care of Nathan J.
Alger Lot No. 10, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery 100.00
The report of the expenses of the Treasurer's Office and a de- tailed account of the Library Trust Funds, Cemetery Trust Funds, Scholarship Funds, Rehabilitation and Stabilization Funds, Retire- ment Fund and Water Construction Accounts may be found in the Town Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVIS F. KINNEY, Treasurer
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
The outstanding taxes as of December 31, 1949 are as follows: Year 1949 only
Poll Taxes $ 78.00
Real Estate 17,843.54
Personal
3,218.25
Motor Vehicle Excise
4,726.82
Outstanding Water Rates
4,059.36
The details of Collections, Abatements, etc., can be found in the Town Accountant's report.
WALTER C. DUNBAR, Collector
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report of the year 1949.
Court fines returned to the Town
$ 218.00
Stolen property recovered
$2580.00
Complaints and Investigations
222
Auto Violations
547
Auto Violations turned in to Registry
183
Auto Violations filed
207
Breaking, Entering in night time and larceny
7
Breaking, Entering in day time and larceny
1
Larceny 4
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The following cases were disposed of in the District Court:
Breaking, Entering in the night time and larceny
5
Larceny
4
Assault with intent to Rape
1
Selling liquor to minors
1
Assault and Battery
6
Affray
1
Drunkenness
54
Disturbance
11
Operating under the influence of liquor
36
Operating so as to endanger
65
Failing to slow
22
Failing to kecp right
1
Failing to stop at stop sign
2
Operating without license
8
Operating without registration
4
Operating after suspension of license
2
Operating uninsured car
2
Operating unregistered car
2
Using car without authority
2
Non support
2
Admitted to State Hospital
1
Leaving scene of accident after causing property damage without making self known
5
Failing to stop on signal of officer 5
MISCELLANEOUS
Auto Accidents 27
Auto Accidents, persons injured taken to Hospital 17
Auto Accidents, persons injured taken to Doctor 9
Persons killed in auto accidents None
Persons injured other than auto accidents taken to Hospital 3
Persons ill taken to Hospital 4
2
Vagrant
26
Speeding
83
Persons ill taken home
Missing persons located
5 7
Fires covered by police
43
Fires reported by police
2
Summonses served for other departments
12
Investigations with other departments
11
Investigations out of Town
5
Arrests made out of Town
2
Persons taking own life
1
Emergency communications delivered
4
Road hazards reported
3
Street lights out and reported
15
Defective light tickets passed out
51
Auto transfer papers given out and received
330
Business Establishments:
Doors found unlocked 25
Windows found open
8
The police car has traveled 19,553 miles in performance of duty.
I sincerely wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the Selectmen and to the officers of the department, and to all others who have cooperated with the department.
DOUGLAS EATON,
Chief of Police
REPORT OF TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
We have surveyed the town forest in the rear of War Mem- orial Field and find that the dead trees should be cut down, other trees pruned and the underbrush cleared out.
ELMER HUNT ANTONE SOUSA CARLETON HOYT Town Forest Committee
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit this report for the year of 1949.
Many new trees were set out in different locations throughout the town, and several old trees had to be taken down and the stumps removed.
This year two sprayings were made to control the gypsy moth, and showed good results.
Respectfully submitted, ELMER W. HUNT, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
In compliance with State Law, I herewith submit my Annual Report of the work done by Sealer of Weights and Measures.
The various places in the Town known to have weighing or mcasuring devices have been sealed or condemned during the year of 1949.
The following is a list of the work done:
Devices
Adjusted Sealed
Scales, over 10,000 lbs.
1
Scalcs, 100 to 5000 lbs.
4
Scales or balances under 100 lbs.
1 11
85
Meters: One inch or less, gasoline Oil and grease Vehicle tank meter system
2 16
6
2
Liquid Devices: Gas measures
2
Kerosene, oil, grease
1
Fees received and paid to the Treasurer, $38.15.
NANDO A. PAGANI, Sealer of Weights and Measures
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report of the work done by me as dog officer for the year 1949.
Number of calls answered
52
Number of persons bitten by dogs
24
Stray dogs picked up
27
Stray dogs returned to owners
3
Dogs killing chickens
7
Dogs killing ducks
1
Dogs killed by cars
8
All dogs that we have a record of are licensed for 1949. There are several dogs that we have no record of that are not licensed and I am taking action against the owners as I come across dogs that are not licensed.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. DOWNS, JR., Dog Officer
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
During the past year the condition regarding Health in the Town has been remarkably good. There have been no serious con- tagious diseases of any great number and those reported were properly cared for.
Diseases reported were as follows:
1949
1948
Chicken Pox
13
9
Dog Bites
26
16
German Measles
2
1
Measles
5
15
Mumps
29
14
Scarlet Fever
10
3
Whooping Cough
2
0
Total
87
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This list, though representative, is by no means complete. So we must again call attention to parents that the law requires that communicable diseases be reported. For non-compliance with this law a fine is imposed. The health of the community is a matter that is and should be of serious interest to every citizen. Assistance in helping the Health authorities to stop the spread is of vital im- portance to all. There should be no hesitation in reporting at the onset of any communicable disease.
"It is encouraging to know that the parents are coming to re- gard measles as a serious disease. Too frequently in the past when a child developed the disease it was dismissed with the remark, 'It's only measles,' and the child was allowed to come and go at will. As a result, these children frequently suffered from a compli-
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cation of measles or from another, superimposed contagious dis- ease. Many times this neglect has meant either the death or serious crippling of the child." Many parents still do not realize that measles is most dangerous to the extremely young. Statistics show that more than half of those who die of the disease have not reached their second birthday.
Statistics also show the remarkable drop in the deaths from measles in the last ten years. This decrease has been due in a large part to better medical and nursing care of measles cases as a result of the education of parents by physician, public health workers, articles in public health bulletins, newspapers and magazines. Local boards of health have assumed their full share of this respon- sibility in many communities, requiring board of health physicians and communicable disease nurses to impress upon those in house- holds where measles occur that good care of the patient is neces- sary, and that, if called early, the physician may be able to modify the disease in the exposed, susceptible family contacts.
The Diphtheria Clinic was held at the Town Hall in April and May of this year, under the direction and cooperation of the Board of Health, and assisted by Mrs. Lillian Hewitt, School Nurse, I gave three inoculations, three weeks apart, of Diphtheria Toxoid, to seventy-one children; the results were satisfactory.
For the last two years we have not had a single case of diph- theria reported to the town, but the State Board of Health report says that a great number of diphtheria cases were reported through- out the state, with some deaths. So the local board of health feels that the parents of children should be warned again to have their children immunized. Records and statistics reveal that not a single death from the disease has occurred when the child has been in- oculated. Therefore see to it that your child is inoculated for diph- theria either by your family physician or bring your child to the diphtheria clinic which will be held in April of this year.
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The Tuberculosis League Publicity through the Plymouth Co. Health Association, took chest X-Rays of 1285 people of the Town, results as follows: Negative, 1257; Follow-up, 9; Inactive, 11; Tubercular, 0. No tuberculosis found.
A. O. BELMORE, M.D. Health Officer WILLIAM W. NOYES FRED G. CHISHOLM FRANK SANBORN
Board of Health
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
The annual barn inspection of 1949 was made, and is as follows:
Cattle
717
Heifers (2 year old)
68
Heifers (1 year old)
83
Bulls
27
Sheep
32
Goats
9
Swine
80
Horses
23
Calves
15
There were 16 visits for Interstate cattle inspection. There have been 24 dogs quarantined for routine checkup for rabies after dog bites.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID DAILEY,
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Elected
Term Expires
Winfield C. Leavitt
1947
1950
Jane Bartlett
1947
1950
Dorothy Freeman
1948
1951
Allan C. Foye
1948
1951
Martha B. Mason
1949
1952
Robert G. Dean
1949
1952
BOOK COMMITTEE
Martha B. Mason
Jane Bartlett
Dorothy Freeman Winfield C. Leavitt
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Robert G. Dean
Treasurer-Martha B. Mason
Secretary-Jane Bartlett
Submitted by,
JANE BARTLETT,
Secretary
To the Trustees of the West Bridgewater Public Library:
I submit the report covering the activities of the Library for 1949.
Our circulation for the year shows an increase of 409-mostly in fiction, both in general reading and in schools; but due to school assignments, non-fiction that have remained on the shelves for some time have circulated freely.
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Our school figures show a slight gain, which we feel would be greater if it were not so difficult for the High School pupils to come to the Library. We have tried to help by having the Library open for them on a day preceding a holiday, if the holiday falls on a regular library day. We will continue to do so the coming year.
Included in our purchase of books we replaced 16 that were destroyed in the High School fire; the other 24 lost are out of print so could not be replaced, but sorry to lose them.
The Elementary pupils are doing very well in earning their certificates for reading.
Under improvements, new steps were made, the exterior of the building painted and new window shades purchased.
Our patrons have been generous with gifts-34 books were donated, a complete set of the works of Charles Dickens, issues of Town Reports from the early ones up to date; and a splendid Wall Map of Plymouth County, dated 1857. A number of towns- people who do not visit the Library regularly have come in to study it.
We have added 60 new names to our list of patrons.
Lists of the new books added during the year are available at the library.
We again thank our trustees for their cooperation and help and for the interest of our patrons.
Respectfully,
JEAN M. MURDOCK, Librarian
STATISTICS
Circulation
Adult Fiction 9492
Adult Non-fiction 1664
Juvenile Fiction 5079
91
Juvenile Non-fiction
1303
Bound Magazines
38
Monthly Magazines
3094
Total
20,670
Total-1948
20,261
Gain
409
School Circulation
Elementary Fiction
1488
Elementary Non-fiction
684
Pictures
137
Magazines
59
Total
2368
Secondary Fiction
691
Secondary Non-fiction
491
Magazines
102
Total
1284
Total Elementary
2368
Total Secondary
1284
Total School
3652
Gain for the year
173
Books added by purchase
Adult-177
Juvenile- 79
256
1 Set of Compton's Encyclopedia
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
We, the Water Commissioners of the Town of West Bridge- water, submit our annual report of the Water Dept. for 1949.
During 1949 we put into operation our new water system which has proved very satisfactory to us for the first six months of operation. We went through one of the driest seasons which we have seen in a long time and it started just as we were putting our new system into operation. With reports of surrounding towns as to inadequate water supply we were somewhat worried about our new system, as to the amount of water we had in our well field. That was the reason during the month of August we put a ban on our takers of using water all day for watering lawns except during the hours of five to seven in the evening. We got full cooperation from about 90% of the Town, the other 10% still thought that they could use it as much as they wanted, with the result that we had to inform them that we would have to enforce the new State Law which would allow us to shut them off from the street if they didn't comply with our request. After the dry spell was over we were glad to find our system pumping up to capacity of the pumps and that our well field had dropped very little compared to other Towns. Wc here give you the figures of the amount of water pumped during the first six months of operation. Please compare these figures when you stop to think that the normal consumption of water by the Town is 190,000 gallons per day. We started the system on June 10, 1949; at that time we shut off our supply from Brockton. From June 10th to December 31st, 1949, we pumped 52,775,288 gallons of water over a period of 105 days, with a daily consumption of 257,440 gallons per day. On some days we pumped over 510,000 gallons for onc day's pumping. At the present time wc are settled back to a normal consumption.
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