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Commitment $174.90
Payments to treasurer
$159.90
Outstanding December 31, 1921
15.00
$174.90
Outstanding January 1, 1922
$15.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
October 10, 1922 $8.75
6.25
Outstanding October 10, 1922
$15.00
$14,203.83 10.00
29.88
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MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1922
Commitment $93.58
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
October 10, 1922
$46.80
Outstanding October 10, 1922
46.78
$93.58
FISH AND SHELLFISH PRIVILEGES
Permits :
Quahaug, 24 @ $5.00 $120.00
Quahaug, 47 @ $1.00
47.00
Eel, 1 @ $5.00
5.00
Weir, 1 @ $5.00
5.00
Oyster leases :
R. R. Higgins, 1 year 157.33
Geo. V. Williams, 1 year 120.60
Cape Cod Farms Company, 1 year
750.00
Wellfleet Oyster Company, 3 years (in court) 720.00
Herring Brook privilege, 1 year
50.00
$1,974.93
Payments to treasurer
$1,004.93
Outstanding December 31, 1921
970.00
$1,974.93
Outstanding January 1, 1922
$970.00
Permits :
Quahaug, 16 @ $5.00
80.00
Quahaug, 30 @ $1.00
30.00
$1,080.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to October 10, 1922 $360.00
Outstanding October 10, 1922 (in court) 720.00
$1,080.00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cash on hand January 1, 1921 Receipts :
$312.75
Timothy Smith fund
100.00
Robert C. Billings fund
630.00
Town appropriation
25.00
$1,067.75
Expenditures
$829.18
Cash on hand December 31, 1921
238.57
$1,067.75
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
$238.57
Receipts :
Robert C. Billings fund
630.00
$868.57
Expenditures
$468.78
Cash on hand October 10, 1922
399.79
$868.57
TIMOTHY SMITH FUND
Savings Bank
Deposits In Trust
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1921
$2.230.62 $25,000.00 $27,230.62
On hand at end of year
2,891.15 25,000.00
27,891.15
On hand October 10. 1922
2,970.52 25,000.00 27,970.52
Receipts 1921
Income Withdrawn from savings bank
$1,195.53
535.00
Total $1,730.53
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January 1 to October 10, 1922
Income
$616.87
Withdrawn from savings bank
537.50
Total
$1,154.37
Payments 1921
Loan on notes
$335.00
Deposited in savings banks
1,195.53
Paid to public library
100.00 .
Paid to aged person
100.00
Total
$1,730.53
January 1 to October 10, 1922
Loans on notes
$537.50
Deposited in savings banks
616.87
Total
$1,154.37
TOWN HALL FUND
In Trust
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1921
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
On hand at end of year
1,600.00
1,600.00
On hand October 10, 1922
1,600.00
1,600.00
Receipts 1921
Income $80.26
Total $80.26
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January 1 to October 10, 1922
Income $87.23
Total
$87.23
Payments 1921
Care of town hall grounds $80.26
Total $80.26
January 1 to October 10, 1922
C'ash on hand $87.23
Total
$87.23
ROBERT C. BILLINGS LIBRARY FUND
In Trust Total
On hand at beginning of year 1921
$14,000.00 $14,000.00
On hand at end of year
14,000.00 14,000.00
On hand October 10. 1922
14.000.00 14,000,00
Receipts 1921
Income $630.00
Total $630.00
January 1 to October 10, 1922
Income
$630.00
Total
$630.00
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Payments 1921
Transferred to library
$630.00
Total
$630.00
January 1 to. October 10, 1922
Transferred to library
$630.00
Total
$630.00
ZARA HIGGINS CEMETERY FUND
Savings Bank
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1921
$88.90
$88.90
On hand at end of year On hand October 10, 1922
90.96
90.96
93.03
93.03
Receipts 1921
Income $3.56
Total
$3.56
January 1 to October 10. 1922
Income
$2.07
Total
$2.07
Payments 1921
Deposited in savings bank
$2.06
Care of cemetery lot
1.50
Total
$3.56
January 1 to October 10, 1922
Deposited in savings bank $2.07
Total $2.07
FRANK A. DANIELS CEMETERY FUND
Savings Bank
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1921
$52.18
$52.18
On hand at end of year On hand October 10, 1922
52.78
52.78
54.00
54.00
Receipts 1921
Income
$2.10
Total
$2.10
January 1 to October 10, 1922
Income
$1.22
Total $1.22
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Payments 1921
Deposited in savings bank
$ .60
Care of cemetery lot
1.50
Total
$2.10
January 1 to October 10, 1922
Deposited in savings bank
$1.22
Total $1.22
TOWN OF EASTHAM Balance Sheet - October 10, 1922 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash :
In banks and office,
$3,389.92
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1920.
$45.95
Levy of 1921.
155.62
State and County Taxes :
$1,320.00
Special Assessments :
Moth 1921,
$6.25
Civilian war polls, 447.00
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4,208.03 87.23
Departmental :
Income, Town Hall fund,
Railroad fires,
$13.20
Appropriation balances :
Rebate on school books,
9.00
Officers' salaries,
$809.61
Wellfleet Oyster Company,
720.00
Office supplies,
129.06
State Aid, 294.00
Collector,
141.24
1,036.20
Surety· bond,
26.88
State Aid -- Highways,
679.20
Assessors,
134.29
Abstract of transfers,
33.92
Loans authorized,
3,000.00
Town Hall,
3.13
Accounts Overdrawn :
Moth Extermination.
106.50
Abatements,
$3.48
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
2.24
Smith and Blaney roads,
8.06
Animal Inspection, 32.50
Forest fires,
420.60
Highways,
383.38
Fire equipment,
4.00
Clearing snow,
147.03
Bridges,
3.00
Bracket Road.
617.70
$7,950.00
Levy of 1922,
8,607.29
State tax,
8,808.86
State Highway tax,
323.00
Pilgrim Tercentennial tax,
431.28
Moth 1922.
46.78
County tax, 1,686.75
53.03
Estimated Receipts,
6,410.26
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of revenue, $6,000.00 Anticipation of reimbursement from State, 1,950.00
Court expenses. Certifying notes. Interest.
85.85 14.00 156.00
694.99
Dyke and Lawton Roads,
25.30
Boat Meadow Bridge,
2,994.14
Poor. 300.00
Mother's Aid,
138.00
Schools.
1,951.42
School toilets.
400.00
Public Library,
25.00
Miscellaneous,
237.70
Cape Cod Health Bureau,
134.36
World War Memorial.
400.00
Care of soldiers' graves,
50.00
Clearing cemetery,
12.80
Surplus Revenue,
9,236.20 2,591.00
$24,072.46
$24,072.46
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Fixed Debt.
$525.00 1.500.00
Oil Road loan,
$2,025.00
$2,025.00
$2.025.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
$43,717.55 Timothy Smith fund, $27,970.52
Town Hall fund, 1,600.00
Robert C. Billings-Library fund, 14,000.00
Zara Higgins Cemetery fund, 93.03
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery fund, 54.00
$43,717.55
$43,717.55
$43,717.55
Cash and Securities,
DEBT ACCOUNTS $2.025.00 Lighting Plant loan,
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Taxes Due :
Jan. 1, 1922
1920 assessment
$61.38
1921 assessment
913.76
1922 assessment
14,439.13
$15,414.27
Collected :
1920 assessment
$4.25
1921 assessment
766.29
1922 assessment
12,880.37
$13.650.91
Dec. 31. 1922
Balances due :
1920 assessment
$57.13
1921 assessment
147.47
1922 assessment
1,558.76
1,763.36
$15.414.27
Interest Collected :
1920 assessment
$ .37
1921 assessment
18.93
1922 assessment
9.60
$28.90
LESLIE E. CHASE. Collector.
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1. 1922. Cash in Treasury $151.51
State Treasurer
Income tax. 1919
$2.25
1920
15.75
1921
94.50
1922
1,006.15
Corporation tax, public service
30.25
Business
23.10
National Bank tax
8.83
Superintendent Small Town Schools
228.49
Income tax school fund
320.00
2,047,50
High school tuition Transportation
1,466.40
Compensation, Inspection of Animals
15.00
State aid
162.00
Highway Department (roads)
1.250.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
424.85
Mother's aid
71.99
Sec. 2. Chap. 375, Acts of 1921
1.46
$7,168.52
County Treasurer
Refunded dog tax 54.27
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Rentals
Oyster Leases:
Wellfleet Oyster Co. (1920)
$360.00
- 1921 on account 240.00
Cape Cod Oyster Farms Corp., 1921 to balance 250.00
1922 on account
500.00
George V. Williams Co. 120.00
R. R. Higgins Co.
157.33
1.627.33
Herring Brook :
C. F. Atwood 6.00
Town Hall :
Eastham Grange No. 308 $120.00
C. F. Atwood 61.50
W. H. Forrest
91.00
D. W. Sparrow
3.00
A. W. Parnell
3.00
278.50
School Rooms : M. E. Church Society 44.00
Interest
On Oyster Lease Rentals :
Bank balances :
January
$2.68
February .77
53
March
3.23
April
2.30
May
1.37
June
2.41
July
4.22
August
3.62
September
1.00
October
3.40
November
11.84
December
12.66
49.05
On Taxes Collected :
Assessment of 1920
$ .37
1921
18.93
1922
9.60
28.90
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
Income Town Hall Trust Fund 87.23
Wellfleet Savings Bank
Tax loan $6,000.00
Oil road loan (Bracket Road) 1.000.00
Town road loan (Chap. 81 G. L.) 1.950.00
Zara Higgins cemetery fund, care of burial lot 1.50
Frank O. Daniels cemetery fund. care of lot 1.50
8.953.00
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City of Boston
Tuition
1,100.21
Taxes
Assessment of 1920
1921
$4.25 766.29
1922
12,880.37
$13,650.91
Licenses
Slaughterer's :
W. A. Horton $1.00
Peddlers :
Director of Standards, account,
Louis Zomeis
$3.00
Edgar Francis
3.00
John W. Sparrow
3.00
Emanuel J. Davis
3.00
12.00
Permits
Quahaug :
Bay, 16
$80.00
Flats, 30
30.00
110.00
Eel, 1
1.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Fees
18.51
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N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
Reimbursement account R. R. fees $326.00
Freight claims (School Dept.) .16.95
342.95
Sale of voting lists 3.25
Refunds
Fire Warden, account Mrs. J. H. Swart $ .80
Road Surveyors, account over pay 34.80
John G. Fulcher, account over pay .20
W. H. Swan & Son. account cash dis- count on coal 1.10
36.90
Orleans M. E. Church
Sale of mantles for gasolene lights
5.40
City of Brockton
Mother's Aid 152.00
E. E. Eldridge
Sale of arsenate of lead (400 lbs. @ 13c) 52.00
Quincy A. Shaw
Account error in 1921 tax assessment 139.31
Barnstable Co. Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Dividend on policy 3.30
$34.090.55
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EXPENDITURES
State Treasurer
State tax $1,320.00
Highway tax 323.00
Civilian war poll tax (1921) 3.00
(1922) 447.00
Pigrim Tercentenary Com. signboards
and milestones 431.28
Soldier's exemptions
.38
$2,524.60
County Treasurer
County tax 1,686.75
Wellfleet Savings Bank
Feb. 8. Interest on serial notes (Light Plant) $21.00
18. Interest on serial notes oil road (Bridge Street) 22.50
July 24. Interest on serial note No. 10 54.00
28. Interest on tax notes 15.00
Aug. 9. Interest on serial notes 21.00
Lighting plant notes 175.00
Bridge Street notes, acct. oil road 250.00
Interest on above notes 22.50
581.00
Dec. 30. Oil road note, acct. Bracket Road paid by Select- inen's order No. 229 250.00
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Orders 2nd District Court
No. 3991 John J. Maloney
$24.40
No. 4006 John J. Maloney
4.25
No. 4006 John J. Maloney
9.35
No. 4006 James Boland
11.40
No. 548 William H. Gill
36.45
85.85
Division of Accounts
Certification of 7 notes 14.00
$4,892.26
Orders of Selectmen
10,360.86
Orders of School Committee
10,417.13
$25,670.25
Dec. 31, 1922, Cash on Hand
8,420.30
$34,090.55
LESLIE E. CHASE, Treasurer
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN OF TRUST FUNDS
Zara Higgins Cememtery Fund In Trust $50.00
Jan. 1, 1922, Cash on deposit $90.96
, Jan. dividend
2.07
.
July dividend
2.09
$95.12
Care of burial lot
1.50
Dec. 31, 1922, balance on deposit
93.62
$95.12
Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund
In Trust $50.00
Jan. 1, 1922, cash on deposit
$52.78
Jan. dividend
1.22
July dividend
1.22
$55.2_
Care of burial lot
1.50
Dec. 31, 1922, balance on deposit
53.72
$55.22
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Town Hall Trust Fund In Trust $1,600.00
Oct. 11. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. income $87.23
Orders drawn for care of Town Hall grounds $87.23
Timothy Smith Trust Fund In Trust $25,000.00
Receipts
Jan. 1. 1922. Cash on deposit $2,891.15
Jan. 10. Wellfleet Savings Bank, interest 30.53
Jan. 10. Cape Cod Trust Co., interest 13.60
Apr. 18. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. dividend 540.54
June 1. Cape Cod Trust Co., interest 28.96
July 1. Wellfleet Savings Bank, interest 32.20
Oct. 18. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., dividend, 540.80
Dec. 1. Cape Cod Trust Co., interest 35.46
Dec. 9. Interest on Loan
8.00
$4,121.24
Expenditures
Orders of Trustees
$987.50
Dec. 31. 1922. Cash on deposit,
3,133.74
$4,121.24
Jan. 1, 1922. Outstanding loans
335.00
$4,456.24
LESLIE E. CHASE, Custodian.
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Timothy Smith Trust Fund
In Trust $25,000.00
Jan. 1, 1922. Cash on deposit $2.891.15
Jan. 10. Wellfleet Savings Bank, interest 30.53
Jan. 10. Cape Cod Trust Co., interest 13.60
Apr. 18. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co .. dividend 540.54
June 1. Cape Cod Trust Co., interest 28.96
July 1/ Wellfleet Savings Bank, interest
32.20
Oct. 18. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co .. dividend 540.80
Dec. 1. Cape Cod Trust Co .. interest 35.43
Dec, 9. Interest on loan 8.00
$4,121.24
Expenditures By order of Trustees
Feb. : 4: Loan $65.00
Apr. 25. Loan 65.00
Apr. 26. Loan 75.00
Apr. 26. Loan 75.00
Ang: 31. Loan
195.00
Sept. 25. Loan 62.50
Nov. 9. Loan 125.00
Dec. 24. Loan 125.00
Dec. 25. Paid for assistance to aged person 100.00
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Dec. 25. Eastham Public Library 100.00
$987.50
Dec. 31. 1922. Balance on deposit
3.133.74
$4.121.24
Loans of previous year outstanding
335.00
$4.456.24
A. W. PARNELL. W. B. HIGGINS, D. W. SPARROW.
Trustees.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
1, the undersigned Auditor of the Town of Eastham, have this day examined the accounts and vouchers of the Select- men. Treasurer, School Committee and Library Trustees. and find them correct.
WM. F. KNOWLES, Auditor.
Eastham. Mass., January 19th, 1923.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 1922
BIRTHS
Jan. 12 Hazel Irene Fulcher,
Mar. 5 Robert Edward Collins,
Mar. 9 Joseph Russell Chase.
Mar. 20 Irene Edith Nickerson,
June 12 Lenora Josephine Knowles,
June 15 Dorothy May Atwood,
July 29 Norma Estelle Knowles,
Aug. 5 Phyllis Eulalia Cole,
Sept. 16 William Bradley Steele, Jr.,
Sept. 23 Betty Harding Brackett,
Oct. 14 Charles Murray Gunn,
Dec. 12 Carol Blanchard Brewer,
Dec. 26 Blanche Natalie Murphy,
PARENTS
Obed A. and Lottie M. Young
Harry W. and Eleanor B. Gill
Leslie E. and Mabel W. Cobb
Roy D. and Adeline E. Crowell
Henry E. and Angie Greenough
Charles F. and
Edna M. Nickerson
George D. and
Eliza J. Higgins
Roger D. and
Irma C. Nickerson
William Bradley and Elizabeth F. Avery
Samuel H. and Leah Isabelle Dickie
Charles A. and Esther I. Crosby
James P. and Lucile Blanchard
Martin L. and Mabel F. Johnson
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May 19 William Bradley Steele.
Elizabeth Florence Avery.
Eastham Wellfleet
June 11 Samuel H. Brackett, Leah Isabelle Dickie, Orleans
Eastham
Sept. 27
Earl K. Horton,
Josephine A. Zimmer,
Eastham
Roxbury
DEATHS 1922
Date Name Cause
- Age --- Y. M. D.
Jan. 2 Roger Shipley Horton, Acute Indigestion
3 +
Jan. 7 Eliza F. Horton,
Cerebral Hemorrhage 80 5 17
Jan. 17 Alfred H. Gill, Carcinoma of Stomach 65 3 20
July 2 John G. Fuller, Carcinoma of Liver 69
1 15
Aug. 18 Herman Smith.
Intestinal Obstruction (Acute) 82
6
8
Sept. . 4 Clarence E. Chase,
Broncho Pneumonia 29
9 8
Sept. 23 John A. Knowles,
Carcinoma of Face 69
4 14
Oct. 17 John F. Walker,
Senility, Heart Mitral Valve Leakage 82
13
Nov. 5 Howard W. Gill,
Natural Causes, probably Angina Pectoris 45 5 28
Nov. 14 Charles C. Seaver.
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis 77
3 24
Dec. 28 Charles Murray Gunn, Acidosis 2 14
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QUAHAUG PERMITS ISSUED
(Bay)
Charles W. Chase
Bennett B. Nickerson
Fred P. Turner
Charles E. Lee
Clifton Hopkins
Nehemiah P. Hopkins
Charles C. Daniels
Henry J. McCone
Emile Poikenon
John Hopkins
Edwin W. Horton
Ansel E. Crosby
Wilton I. Hopkins
Martin L. Murphy
Ebenezer Cummings
Henry A. Harding
(Flats)
Frank King
George E. Hardnick
John L. King
Daniel W. Sparrow
Albert M. Watson
Clayton O. Horton Albion F. Rich
William Bradley Steele
Clarence Quinn
Ommund H. Howes
James Hurd
Everett Bird Simon F. Lee
Blanch E. Steele
Elizabeth F. Steele
Ralph A. Chase
Nathan A. Nickerson
Freeman F. Brewer
Abbott S. Knowles 2nd
Harry E. Young
Herbert L. Moore
James E. Young
Clarence E. Chase
Prince H. Hurd
Lester Quinn
DOGS LICENSED
Males 23
Females 3
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William B. Steele Malcolm Steele Chester E. Pierce
John D. Nickerson Freeman Hurd
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 6, 1922
Elected Charles F. Atwood Moderator.
Voted to accept the report of the town officers.
Voted: 23 yes. + no, on the question shall certain non-in- toxicating beverages be sold in this town.
Elected : Arthur W. Parnell Selectman, Assessor. Over- seer of the Poor and Board of Health for 3 years.
Leslie E. Chase, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of taxes for 1 year.
William H. Forrest, Road Surveyor for 1 year.
Abbott S. Knowles, Trustee of the Public Library 3 years.
· Prince H. Hurd, Member School Committee for 3 years. William F. Knowles, Auditor for 1 year.
Harvey T. Moore. Constable.
Charles A. Rogers, Tree Warden.
Harvey T. Moore, William B. Higgins, Surveyors of Wood and Bark.
James P. Knowles and Joseph A. Cobb Fence Viewers.
Austin E. Cole, Pound Keeper.
Charles F. Atwood, Adin L. Gill and Obed A. Fulcher, Field Drivers.
Elsias H. Chase, James P. Knowles, A. Henry Nickerson Fish Wardens.
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Voted : to pay 2 per cent for the Collection of Taxes plus stationery and stamps for non-resident taxes.
To appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the support of the Public Library.
Voted the refunded dog tax be returned over to the School for the use of the schools.
To leave the support of the poor in the hands of the Over- seers of the Poor.
Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums for the ensuing year plus the appropriations of this meeting.
Support of poor
$300.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
Abatements and rebates
100.00
Public Library
25.00
Clearing Snow
200.00
Mothers Aid
250.00
Inspection of cattle and slaughtering
100.00
Town Hall
550.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth suppression
350.00
Care of Soldiers Burial Lots
50.00
Abstract of Transfers
50.00
Weights and Measures
50.00
Collection of Taxes
250.00
Officers' salaries
1,000.00
Office Supplies
200.00
Surety on Bonds
50.00
Support of Schools
9,628.00
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Voted to elect a committee of three to act with the select- men to investigate the building of a new bridge or repair- ing one now in use at Boat meadow, to ascertain what sum of money if any can be obtained from the State for these purposes and to obtain figures regarding costs, and to report at a Special Meeting May 1st next. Committee appointed. Abaleino E. Doane. Fred F. Dill and George T. Dill.
That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to hire money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1922 an amount not to exceed $6,000.00 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of said financial year. By unanimous vote.
To appropriate $150.00 for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Elected Harry S. Collins, Town Director.
To appropriate $350.00 for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
To pay 40 cents per hour for men, 30 cents per hour for horses, minors 14 to 16 years to be paid proportionately according to last years schedule for work on town roads. The road surveyor to receive 50 cents per hour for his services.
To sell the Towns' Herring Brook privilege at auction Sold to Charles F. Atwood, price paid $600.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial to the Towns' World War Veterans and select a suitable site for the same.
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Committee to purchase memorial and select site appoint- ed by the chair Harvey T. Moore. William B. Higgins and Arthur W. Parnell
To accept the act that amends Chapt. 41 of the General Laws providing for Assistant Assessors in towns and ap- propriate $500.00 for Assessors salaries.
To elect two Special Fish Constables for the ensuing year. Elected Edwin W. Horton and Fred P. Turner.
To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to grade and surface with oil the road leading from the store of Samuel F. Brackett to the State Highway. The Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to hire this amount of money by issuing four serial notes of $250.00 each to be paid one from the tax levy of each of the years 1922, 1923. 1924 and 1925. Voted 49 in favor and 12 opposed.
To accept the road as laid by the Selectmen through the land of Mary Dyke and Ida A. Lawton and to raise and appropriate $100.00 for grading the same.
To accept a road through the land of Richard F. Smith and Dwight Blaney. Appropriated $100.00 to grade the same.
Voted to discontinue a road leading from the Town road (known as the Addie Nickerson road) wester to Luther Smith's old asparagus bed.
To discontinue a road running through the land of D. W. Sparrow and Warren Mayo and running from the C. B. Sanborn property northerly to the road that leads past the property of Charles W. Chase to the Great Rock.
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To raise and appropriate the sum of $215.00 for the purpose of continuing the services of the Cape Cod Health Bureau.
To raise and appropriate the sum for the purpose of cutting out the wild growth and cleaning up the old ceme- tery at So. Eastham.
To pay the moderator $10.00 for his services for this meeting.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 1, 1922
Elected Charles F. Atwood, Moderator.
Arthur W. Parnell reported for the Committee on the matter of Boat Meadow as per vote of the Annual Meeting Feb. 6th, 1922.
Committee could not give a definite figure as to the cost of fill, but estimated it to be approximately $4,500.00, could not promise help from the State.
Voted under this article, 10 in favor to 1 opposed, to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for a dirt fill at Boat Meadow Creek, unit flume and tide-gate, and raising and widening of the approaches to the fill, provided the State or County, or both, contribute an amount satisfactory to the Town. The Town Treasurer is authorized and hereby instructed to borrow the amount of the $3,000.00 by issuing five serial notes of $600.00 each to be paid one from the tax levy of each of the years 1923. 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.
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Appointed a Committee of five which has the power to accept or reject on behalf of the Town, any contribution from State or County and proceed with the unit work if the same are satisfactory.
Committee appointed Arthur W. Parnell, William H. Forrest, Fred F. Dill, William B. Higgins and George T. Dill.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of installing Septic toilets at the Town School Building and for necessary improvements to the Manual Training School Room.
LESLIE E. CHASE. Town Clerk.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
TREASURER REPORT-PUBLIC LIBRARY
In Trust
Robert C. Billings Fund $14,000.00
Income to be used for maintenance of Public Library.
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1922. Cash in treasury $238.57
Jan. 7. New England Trust Co., Div. 315.00
July 11. New England Trust Co., Div. 315.00
Dec. 30. Timothy Smith Trust Fund 100.00
Dec. 30. Town appropriation
25.00
$993.57
Expenditures
Order of the Trustees $669.66
Dec. 31, 1922. Cash on deposit
323.91
$993.57
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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LIBRARY REPORT
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1922. Cash in treasury $238.57
Jan. 7. New England Trust Co., Dividend 315.00
July 11. New England Trust Co., Dividend 315.00
Dec. 30. Timothy Smith Fund 100.00
Dec. 30. Town appropriation 25.00
$993.57
Expenditures
Paid :
W. H. Snow & Son, chimney and wick $ .60
H. M. Connor, books 48.38
S. R. Higgin, oil 2.55
W. G. Smith, insurance 9.75
W. H. Snow & Son, wood 4.25
A. W. Parnell, transportation of books
35.00
Sarah B. Clark, services
4.20
Rose B. Nickerson, services as librarian and janitor 32.00
Rezendes & Ryder, books 35.12
W. H. Snow & Son, merchandise
9.25
Sarah B. Clark, services
7.00
American Library Association, booklist
2.00
Rose B. Nickerson, services as librarian and janitor 18.00
Rezendes & Ryder, books 7.50
Arthur H. Knowles, labor on lawn 5.60
ezendes & Ryder, book 1.70
Mr. Joseph W. Ryder, care of books and magazines 5.00
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Library Bureau, cards, punch 2.68
Mrs. Mary E. Parnell, care of books and magazines 5.00
Rose B. Nickerson, services as librarian and janitor 46.00
E. J. LeClair. fire extinguisher powder 14.00
Arthur H. Knowles, labor
7.20
Library of Congress, card, etc.
10.00
Desmond Publishing Co., books
9.20
Arthur H. Knowles, labor
2.80
Arthur H. Knowles, labor
2.80
Blanche A. Keefe, services as librarian and janitor 60.00
W. H. Snow & Son, wood 4.25
A. W. Parnell, postage and insurance on books 2.08
W. H. Snow & Son. coal etc.
21.10
Emma M. Garrison, magazines 66.50
Sarah B. Clark, services .80
Rebuilt Books Shop, books rebound 26.50
A. W. Parnell, expressage on books returned 1.10
W. H. Snow & Son, wire mat 2.50
Emma M. Garrison, magazines
5.25
A. F. Smith & Sons, coal sifter
.50
H. M. Meserve & Co., stamp .30
W. H. Forrest, labor on walk 2.50
Harvey T. Moore, putting up and taking down top mast on flag pole 8.00
W. G. Smith, insuance 5.50
Blanche A. Keefe. librarian and janitor services 54.00
$669.66
MABEL W. CHASE,
Secretary.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Number of books in library
5,189
Added during the year :
Adult by purchase
41
Adult by gift
2
Juvenile by purchase
57
Juvenile by gift
26
Total
126
Circulation :
Adult fiction
3,691
Adult magazines 899
Adult non-fiction
145
Juvenile fiction
1,287
Juvenile non-fiction
457
Juvenile magazines 106
Total 6,585
June 21st. Amount to balance
$5.10
Received from fines 21.75
Received for damaged book
.50
$27.35
7.6
Paid for :
Kerosene $4.81
Mantles
1.60
Varnish, stamps, paper, incidentals
1.56
Library supplies at Gaylord's and Library Bureau 7.14
$15.11
Cash on hand Jan. 1. 1923 $12.24
The card catalogue is being rearranged and books placed on the shelves in the proper places.
About 114 books have been rebound, and three replaced
BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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ACCESSIONS TO LIBRARY Adult
Artemas Ward
America in France
American Claimant Branding Iron
Belinda of the Red Cross
Booty
Comrades of Peril
Call of the Cumberland
Case of Mary Sherman
Connecticut Yankee
· Day in Colonial Home
Desire of the North Eyes of the Blind
Evolution of Peter Moore
Fyling Fighter Good Indian
Harbour Road
If Winter Comes
Jim Warring of Sonora-town -Lookout Man Lorna Doane S.
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