Town of Eastham Annual Report 1940-1946, Part 13

Author: Eastham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: the Town
Number of Pages: 912


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Balance due Taxes of 1942 Real Estate


5,999.82


Balance due Taxes of 1942 Personal


346.08


Balance due Taxes of 1941 Moth


6.50


Balance due Taxes of 1942 Moth


30.00


Warrant Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


34,202.78


Warrant Omitted Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


86.70


Warrant Taxes of 1943 Personal


3,631.59


Warrant Taxes of 1943 Moth


76.50


Warrant Taxes of 1943 Poll


424.00


Audit Adjustment Taxes of 1941 Real Estate


.10


Audit Adjustment Taxes of 1942 Real Estate 3.73


Audit Adjustment Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


4.50


Audit Adjustment Taxes of 1943 Moth


1.50


Abatement after payment (Refunds) 1943 Real Estate 25.50


Disclaimed Tax Title Taxes of 1941


10.20


Disclaimed Tax Title Taxes of 1942


6.63


Overpayment Tax Title of 1942 Real Estate


4.84


$45,228.59


Cr.


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1941 Real Estate $ 303.26


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1941 Personal 10.96


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1942 Real Estate


5,658.18


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1942 Personal 266.83


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


28,893.24


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Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1943 Personal 3,475.22


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1941 Moth 6.50


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1942 Moth


25.00


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1943 Moth


59.50


Paid Treasurer Taxes of 1943 Poll


314.00


Audit Adjustment Taxes of 1943 Moth


4.50


Abatements Taxes of 1941 Real Estate


10.20


Abatements Taxes of 1941 Personal


8.16


Abatements Taxes of 1942 Real Estate


42.15


Abatements Taxes of 1942 Moth


5.00


Abatements Taxes of 1942 Personal


39.75


Abatements Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


305.22


Abatements Taxes of 1943 Personal


1.53


Abatements Taxes of 1943 Poll


108.00


Tax Titles Taxes of 1941


45.34


Tax Titles Taxes of 1942


282.27


Tax Titles Taxes of 1943


845.31


Uncollected Taxes of 1942 Real Estate


32.42


Uncollected Taxes of 1942 Personal


39.50


Uncollected Taxes of 1943 Real Estate


4,275.71


Uncollected Taxes of 1943 Personal


154.84


Uncollected Taxes of 1943 Moth


14.00


Uncollected Taxes of 1943 Poll


2.00


$45,228.59


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Dr.


Balance due Excise of 1942


$33.59


Warrants Excise of 1943


876.47


Abatement after payment 1942 (Refund)


4.29


Abatement after payment 1943


11.80


Audit Adjustment of 1943


1.05


$927.20


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.


Cr.


Paid Treasurer Excise of 1942


$ 29.31


Paid Treasurer Excise of 1943 846.32


Abatement after pay Refund of 1942


4.29


Abatement after pay Refund of 1943


11.80


Uncollected Excise of 1942


4.28


Uncollected Excise of 1943


31.20


$927.20


Respectfully submitted,


LESLIE E. CHASE,


Collector


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Report of Town Clerk


DOGS LICENSED IN 1943


28 Male Dogs @ $2.00


$56.00


19 Spayed Females @ $2.00


38.00


13 Females @ $5.00


65.00


$159.00


Overpayment to Treasurer


4.80


$163.80


Fees Retained-60 @ .20


$12.00


July 3, Paid County Treasurer


136.80


November 15, Paid County Treasurer


10.20


Refund Overpayment


4.80


$163.80


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Division of Fisheries and Game


Total


Fees


Paid Div. of F. & G.


22 Resident Citizens Fishing Licenses


@


$2.00


$ 44.00


$ 5.50


$ 38.50


74 Resident Citizens Hunting Licenses


a


2.00


148.00


18.50


129.50


6 Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses


a


3.25


19.50


1.50


18.00


8 Resident Citizens Women's &


Minor Fishing Licenses


@


1.25


10.00


2.00


8.00


1 Resident Minor Trappers License


a


2.25


2.25


.25


2.00


2 Resident Citizen Trappers Licenses Resident Sporting Licenses


@


5.25


10.50


.50


10.00


No. Fee


(70 years of age or over NO FEE)


8 Non-Resident Citizen 3-Day Licenses


@


1.50


12.00


2.00


10.00


1 Non-Resident Citizen Fishing, License


@


5.25


5.25


.25


5.00


1 Duplicate


@


.50


.50


.50


7 Resident Military


No Fee


1 Non-Resident Military License


@ 2.00


2.00


.25


1.75


$254.00


$30.75


$223.25


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BIRTHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1943


Date


Name of Child


Name of Father


Name of Mother


Feb. 22


Donna Jeanne Moore


Horace Clifton Moore


Gertrude Caroline Dill


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July 27


Anne Marie Knowles


James P. Knowles


Dorothy G. Doane


Sept. 28


Gene Ernest Schofield


James E. Schofield


Geneva Alice Swain


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1943


July 2 Frederick A. Hooper, Jr. Virginia M. Parsons


Brewster, Mass. Eastham, Mass.


July 17 Robert W. Pearson Dorothy E. Madden


Eastham, Mass. Dorchester, Mass.


Aug. 21 Bernard C. Collins, Jr. Phyllis Ellis


Eastham, Mass. Orleans, Mass.


Sept. 5 Joseph P. Garcia Ruth E. Young


Eastham, Mass. Orleans, Mass.


Oct. 16 Wallace Roberts Henrietta T. (Poulter) Conant


Eastham, Mass.


Windsor, Conn.


Nov. 24 Sheldon Edward Walker Charlotte Isabelle Gunn


Portland, Maine Eastham, Mass.


Dec. 14 Robert Gordon MacBride Leona Crosby Gunn


Lubec, Maine Eastham, Mass.


Dec. 25 Wiliam George Lewis Gladys Adelaide (Chase) Hall Orleans, Mass.


Eastham, Mass.


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DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1943


Yrs. Mos. Da.


Feb. 3 Beatrice May (Stowell) Moulton


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Feb. 11 Sherwood Jordon, Jr.


7


9


Apr. 8 Herbert C. Clark


83


7


13


Apr. 19 Arthur Pembroke Stone


68


3


10


May 26 Ezekiel Doane Fulcher


74


5


5


May 28 Harriet Amanda (Moore) Baker


97


3


9


June 10 Catherine (Flynn) Sparrow


76


1


19


Dec. 17 Albert L. Stratton


77


0


8


Dec. 19 Arthur Herbert Knowles


60


4


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WARRANT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 1 - 2, 1943


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Barnstable, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Eastham in the County of Barnstable : Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in Elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the first day of February next, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act on the following articles in this warrant, and to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham at 12:30 P.M. on Tuesday, the second day of February next, then and there to elect all necessary Town Officers.


Polls to be opened at 12:30 P.M. and may be closed at 6:00 P.M.


Article 1. To act upon the Annual Report including recommendations of the Selectmen and other Town Officers and Committees.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.


Article 3. To see in what manner the Town will dis- pose of its refunded Dog Tax.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, provided the State makes a satisfactory allotment, for repair and maintenance of Town Ways under Chapter 81, Sections 26 - 29 G.L. as amended.


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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable in one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chap- ter 44, G.L.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of re- imbursement for the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable in one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, G.L.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Public Library.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $1,000.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Chapter 111, Section 74 G.L. or take any action thereto and act fully thereon.


Article 9. To see if the Town will adopt the following By-Law: "All Town Officers are to report the amount of fees received by them by virtue of their office to the Select- men, who shall publish the same in the Annual Town Re- port." As provided in the General Laws Chapter 40, Sec- tion 21, Part 13. (By request.)


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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the protection and propa- gation of shellfish, or take any action thereto and act fully thereon.


Article 11. To see what sum of money shall be taken from available funds towards defraying the tax levy for 1943.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to charge the Overlay Reserve Fund the sum of $695.41 which is the balance ordered by Land Court refunded and tax title dismissed in the name of James P. Brewer et al.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any and all kinds of shellfish and seaworms, as provided for under the provisions of Section 52, Chapter 130, G.L. as amended by Chapter 598, Acts of 1941.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to issue licenses under the provisions of Sec- tion 54, Chap. 130, G.L. as amended by Chapter 598, Acts of 1941.


Article 15. To see if the Town will invest the Select- men with the authorizations provided for under the pro- visions of Sec. 54, Chapter 130, G.L. as amended by the Acts of 1941, Chapter 598.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to act exclusively as provided by Section 56 G.L. as amended by Chapter 590, Acts of 1941.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to continue to make a charge on all shellfish permits issued, or take any action relative thereto.


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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken by the Town under tax title procedure or take any action relative thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to pay a bounty of twenty-five cents each for woodchucks killed within its boundaries during the ensuing year and appropri- ate the sum of $30.00 for this purpose.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operating expenses of the Town Rationing Board.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to establish a road machinery account to which shall be credited all re- ceipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the Town for road machinery purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to establish a road machinery fund for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road machinery.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay 1942 bills, under the provisions of Chapter 174 Acts of 1941.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Civilian Defense, under the provisions of Chapter 487, Acts of 1941.


Article 25. To see what action the Town wishes to take in regard to converting the heating plant from oil to other fuel at the Town Hall and raise and appropriate a sum of money for same.


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Article 26. To see what rate the town will pay for laborers and trucks the ensuing year.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum of money for the purpose of continuing the school lunch project at the School House. (By request of School Committee.)


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, at the packing house of Bernard C. Collins in South Eastham, at the barn of Harry W. Collins in South Eastham, at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands and seals this 12th day of January in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-three.


RALPH A. CHASE


EDWARD D. PENNIMAN MAURICE W. WILEY


Selectmen of Eastham.


To Leslie E. Chase


Town Clerk :


Greeting. In pursuance of the conditions of the fore- going warrant I have posted attested copies thereof, one at each of the Post Offices in North Eastham, one at the Post Office in Eastham, one at the Packing House of Bernard Collins, and one at the barn of Harry Collins in said East- ham seven days before time of holding said meeting.


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, FEBRUARY 1, 1943


Meeting called to order by Moderator at 10:10 o'clock. Warrant calling meeting read by the Town Clerk together with the return of the Officer who served the same. Tellers appointed Harold L. Arnold and Mary Atwood and sworn by Moderator.


Article 1. Voted that the report of the Town Officers and Committees be accepted as read, with the exception of Finance Committee's recommendations. These recommenda- tions were considered and accepted after making the fol- lowing changes :


Voted to increase to $600.00 the amount for snow. Voted to decrease the school appropriation by $1,000 leaving school appropriations $16,563.00. Voted to increase Janitor appropriations $600.00 to $1248.00. Voted that recommenda- tions for budget be listed as Departmental recommenda- tions after amount shown by Finance Committee.


Then voted to accept the Finance Committee's recom- mendation with changes as noted :


Salaries


Moderator


$25.00


Road Surveyor


50.00


Constable


50.00


Secretary, Finance Committee


50.00


Selectmen


900.00


Board of Welfare


600.00


Assessors


500.00


Town Clerk, Treasurer, and


Collector of Taxes


1,500.00


Accountant


350.00


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Expenses


Selectmen and Assessors


175.00


Accountant


30.00


Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector Expenses


600.00


Officer's Traveling


100.00


Election Department


100.00


Surety on Board


100.00


Assessors' Abstracts


75.00


Certification of Notes


10.00


Legal Expense


75.00


Janitor


1,248.00


Town Hall


600.00


Suppression of Crime


100.00


Town Fires


50.00


Orleans Fire Department


200.00


Prevention and Suppressions of Forest Fires


100.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


50.00


Inspection of Wiring


30.00


Moths Suppression


600.06


Tree Warden


70.00


Health


200.00


Private Moth


100.00


Inspection of Animals


40.00


Dog Account


20.00


Highway General


200.00


Snow


600.00


Public Welfare


1,200.00


Aid to Dependent Children


2,300.00


Old Age Assistance


7,500.00


Soldiers' Benefits


600.00


Schools


16,563.00


Tax Title


400.00


Town Landings


50.00


Memorial Day


30.00


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Community Christmas Tree


35.00


Town Reports


300.00


Finance Committee


10.00


Insurance


500.00


Miscellaneous


125.00


Reserve


1,000.00


Old Cemeteries


150.00


Interest


300.00


Schoolhouse Note


1,000.00


Town Dump


200.00


$41,716.06


Article 2. Voted to elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service. Elected Clayton O. Horton, Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.


Article 3. Voted the refunded Dog Tax be made avail- able to the Public Library.


Article 4. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,225.00 for care and maintenance of Town Ways provided the State will make a satisfactory allotment to the Town for the same under Chapter 81, Section 26 to 29 as amended. By Unanimous Vote.


Article 5. Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable in one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec. 17, Chapter 44, Gen. Laws. By Unanimous Vote.


Article 6. Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of re-imbursement of the finan-


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cial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable in one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, G. Laws. . By Unanimous Vote.


Article 7. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the Public Library. By Unanimous Vote.


Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the establishment of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment. By Unanimous Vote.


Article 9. Voted to adopt the following By-Law : "All Town Officers are to report the amount of fees received by them by virtue of their office, to the Selectmen, who shall publish the same in the Annual Town Report." As provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 21, Part 13. (By request.)


Article 10. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for protection and $300.00 for propagation of shellfish. Unanimous Vote.


Article 11. Voted the Assessors be authorized to use such sum of money from available funds as may be needed to keep the tax rate at a figure near the present level.


Article 12. Voted to charge the Overlay Reserve Fund with the sum of $695.41 the sum ordered paid by the Land Court. Unanimous.


Article 13. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels, and any and all kinds of shellfish and seaworms as provided for under the


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provisions of Section 52, Chapter 130 Gen. Laws as amended by Chapter 598, Acts of 1941.


Article 14. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to issue licenses under the provisions of Section 57, Chapter 130, Gen. Laws, as amended by Chapter 598, Act of 1941.


Article 15. Voted to invest the Selectmen with the authorization provided for under the provisions of Section 53, Chapter 130, Gen. Laws as amended by the Acts of 1941.


Article 16. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to act exclusively as provided by Section 56, Gen. Laws as amend- ed by Chapter 598, Acts of 1941.


Article 17. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to con- tinue to make a charge for all shellfish licenses or permits issued.


Article 18. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken through tax title procedure and appropri- ated the sum of $50.00. The Selectmen be instructed to post in the Town Report the amount and location of land sold with the amount received from said land.


Article 19. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $30.00 for the purpose of paying a bounty of 25 cents for each woodchuck killed within the boundaries of the Town.


Article 20. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for expenses of the Town Rationing Board.


Article 21. Voted to establish a road machinery ac- count to which shall be credited all receipts received for use or rent of road machinery, the proceeds to be appro- priated as voted by the Town for road Machinery purposes.


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Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of establishing a Road Machinery Fund.


Article 23. Voted to indefinitely postpone.


Article 24. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for Civilian Defense.


Article 25. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the purpose of converting the heating plant in the Town Hall from oil-burning to coal burning furnace.


Article 26. Voted that the rate of pay will be 60 cents per hour for men and $1.60 per hour for truck with driver.


Article 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for school lunches. Unanimous Vote.


Minutes of meeting read and accepted.


Voted to adjourn at 2:45 P.M.


Attest : LESLIE E. CHASE, Town Clerk.


Mr. George Howard, Moderator.


Announced the appointment of Arthur E. Brown, Ralph L. Rogers and Emerson B. Wentworth to the Finance Com- mittee for three years.


LESLIE E. CHASE, Town Clerk.


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ANNUAL ELECTION, FEBRUARY 2, 1943


Polls opened at 12:30 P.M. and Ralph A. Chase, Harvey T. Moore, Abbott S. Knowles, Edward D. Penniman and Richard H. Whitford appointed to serve at this election and sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. Balloted as directed and the following elected :


Moderator for One Year


George Howard 43 Votes 2


Blanks


Selectman, Assessor, Board of Health and Board of Welfare for Three Years


Maurice W. Wiley 43 Votes Blank 2


Town Clerk, Treasurer & Collector of Taxes for One Year Leslie E. Chase had 42 Votes 3


Blanks


School Committee for Three Years


Stanley M. Walker


had 44 Votes


Blanks 1


Trustee of Public Library for Three Years


Otto E. Nickerson had 43 Votes


Blanks 2


Highway Surveyor for One Year


Nathan A. Nickerson


Blank


had 44 Votes 1


Constable for One Year


Harvey T. Moore


had 41 Votes


Philip J. Schwind


had 35 Votes


Blanks


14 Votes


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Tree Warden for One Year


Ernest M. Moore


had 42 Votes Blanks


had 3 Votes


Polls closed at 6 P.M. Ballots cast-45.


Attest : LESLIE E. CHASE,


Town Clerk.


February 3, 1943.


Selectmen's Appointments :-


Ernest M. Moore, Moth Superintendent; L. Isabelle Brackett, Town Accountant; William B. Steele, Pound Keeper ; Obed A. Fulcher, Adin L. Gill and Arthur E. Brown, Field Drivers; Chas. P. Escobar, Custodian of Town Dump; Nathan A. Nickerson, Forest Fire Warden ; Herbert D. Nick- erson, Burial Agent; Stanley M. Walker, Sealer of Weights and Measures; Chief of Police, Ralph A. Chase; George F. Crocker, Milk Inspector; Special Police, Lewis W. Collins, Winfred J. Knowles, Chas. S. Whiting, Adin L. Gill, Horace C. Moore, Walter F. Nickerson, Leslie F. Chase, Herman A. Dill, Nathan E. Clark, Alfred O. Stowell; Alton Robbins, Sanitary Inspector; Fred F. Dill, Supervisor of Old Ceme- teries and Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots; Maurice A. Moore and Reuben S. Hopkins, Inspectors of Wiring.


Hon. Robert T. Bushnell Attorney General State House Boston, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I hereby certify that the following article was inserted in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, held February


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1, 1943, and that action was taken on the said article as is shown hereon.


Article 9. To see if the Town will adopt the following By-Law: "All Town Officers are to report the amount of fees received by them by virtue of their office to the Select- men, who shall publish the same in the Annual Town Re- port." As provided in the General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec- tion 21, Part 13. (By Request.)


Voted-


Article 9. Voted to adopt the following By-Law. "All Town Officers are to report the amount of fees received by them by virtue of their office to the Selectmen, who shall publish the same in the Annual Town Report." As provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21, Part 13.


(By unanimous vote.)


Attest : LESLIE E. CHASE, Town Clerk.


Boston, Mass. Feb. 16, 1943


The foregoing by-law is hereby approved.


ROBERT T. BUSHNELL, Attorney General.


Respectfully submitted,


LESLIE E. CHASE,


Town Clerk.


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Report of Town Accountant


To the Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen :


I have the honor of submitting the report of the Ac- counting Department for the year ending December 31, 1943, as follows :


RECEIPTS


Cash on hand


$15,407.68


General Revenue


Taxes 1941 Real


$ 303.26


Taxes 1941 Personal


10.96


Taxes 1942 Real


5.658.18


Taxes 1942 Personal


266.83


Taxes 1943 Real


28.893.24


Taxes 1943 Personal


3,475.22


Poll Tax


314.00


38.921.69


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1943


29.31


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1943


846.32


875.63


Tax Title Redemption


310.89


Sale of Land


1,000.00


1,310.89


From State


Income Tax


4,120.00


Business Corp. Tax


1.978.62


Meal Tax


235.91


6,334.53


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From County Dog Licenses


128.63


Licenses and Permits


Shellfish Licenses and Grants


416.61


Innholders


6.00


Weir Permit


25.00


Herring Brook Rental


10.00


Gasoline


5.00


Victuallers


2.00


Lodging House


2.00


Milk


14.50


Oleo


.50


Dog Licenses


151.80


633.41


Grants and Gifts


School Superintendent


220.31


Schools


City of Boston


629.27


School Lunch


563.40


School Milk


107.20


School Milk Agency Fund


32.96


Telephone Toll


2.91


1,335.74


Interest


Taxes R. and P.


181.85


M. V. Excise


1.06


Demands


20.30


Tax Title Interest


20.39


223.60


Loans


Anticipation of Reimbursement 5,375.00


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Unclassified


Reimbursement Loss of Taxes


7.27


Refund Fed. Excise


7.50


Use of Telephone


1.49


Tax Title Redemption


21.00


Recording


13.00


Use of Car


2.50


Reimbursement R. R. Fee


63.50


116.26


Commercial Revenue


Moth


91.00


Sealers Fees


7.76


Library Fines


20.97


Rent of Highway Machinery


226.25


345.98


From State


Inspection of Animals


20.00


Bounty on Seals


66.00


Highway Chap. 81


5,039.79


5,125.79


Federal Grants :


Old Age Assistance


5,842.34


Old Age Assistance Adm.


194.70


Aid to Dependent Children


1,466.16


Aid to Dependent Children Adm.


47.93


7,551.13


Charities :


Public Welfare from State


131.60


Old Age Assistance from State 5,344.01


Aid Dependent Children from State 948.10 Old Age Assistance from other Towns 159.09 Public Welfare from other Towns 662.91


7,245.71


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Soldiers Benefits


State Aid Military Aid


210.00


175.00


385.00


Refunds


Dog refunds


12.00


Dental Clinic


11.50


Taxes (Short payment)


3.00


Election and Registration


16.80


Insurance


143.56


Tax Title


14.09


Refund Tax Title Costs


9.10


210.05


Income


Billings Fund


420.00


Timothy Smith Fund


712.84


Town Hall Fund


60.11


1,192.95


Trust Funds Withdrawn


Timothy Smith Loans


1,216.40


Timothy Smith Gift


100.00


Old Mill Operating Fund


19.90


Town Hall Income Fund


8.12


Frank O. Daniels Cemetery Fund


1.00


Mercy A. Mines Cemetery Fund


4.00


Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund


3.00


1,352.42


$94,292.40


43


PAYMENTS


Officers Travelling Expenses


$ 64.97


Selectmen's Salaries


900.00


Moderator


25.00


Road Surveyor




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