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May
5 Robert Hustis, son of Herbert and Frances (Bales) Archibald.
June
27 · Frances, daughter of George v. L. and Frances (Saltonstall) Meyer.
July
18 Anne Bell, daughter of Albert C., Jr. and Anne (Shirk) Burrage.
July
19 Philip Victor, son of James Morris and Mildred (Smith) Jeffery.
July
29 Betty Annette, daughter of Lee Harold and Rosamond (Butler) Cushman.
July
31 Kathleen, daughter of Frank and Mary (O'Brien) Conti.
August
2 Helen Bessie, daughter of Edward and Olive (Plummer) Stevens.
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August 11 Norman Arnold, son of Hans and Elma (Laake) Nielson.
August 23 Lester Dean, son of Otho and Stella (Hodgson) Charles.
. September 1 Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Julia (Burke) Sargent.
September 18 Marion Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Marion (Dennis) Cuddy.
September 19 Helen Edith, daughter of Amos and Edith (Dodge) Fuller.
October
1 Joseph Conlon, son of Joseph and Mary K. (Conlon) McDonald.
October
4 Gordon Leland, son of Leland D. and Marion (Crowley ) Thompson.
November, 2 Anna Serca, daughter of Gabriel and Michalina (Rowianka) Lygo.
November 26 Morman Joseph, son of Ovid and Loretta (Back) Tremblay.
December Norman Raymond, son of James W. and Bertha (Atwood) O'Brien.
December 19 George Herman, Jr., son of George H. and Ethel A. (Adams) Sprague.
December 20 Still-born.
MARRIAGES RECORDED
John F. Burns of Hamilton, Mary E. Flynn of Wenham.
Leland D. Thompson of Hamilton, Marion A. Crowley of Hamilton.
Henry L. Lane of Manchester, Ruth M. Cross of Hamilton.
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John H. Caverly of Hamilton, Edith C. Lane of Stratham, N. H.
Robert J. Reid of Salem, Alda B. Fitch of Salem.
Leverett L. Durkee of Hamilton, Grace E. Durkee of Peabody.
Ovide Tremblay of Hamilton, Loretta G. Back of Hamilton.
Lester S. Durkee of Hamilton, Marion H. Fairfield of Salem.
Arthur R. Conley of Chelsea, Ruth Hathaway of Hamilton.
Alvah I. Day of Hamilton, Myra G. M. Gilmore of Ipswich.
Raymond W. Curtis of Swampscott, Louise C. Shaw of Marblehead.
Harold E. Porter of Hamilton. Lydia M. Preston of Beverly.
Rowland Dufton of Hamilton. Eleanor G. Peterson of Hamilton.
Herman W. Shaneck of Boston, E. Muriel Adams of Hamilton.
John D. H. Gauss of Salem. Ethel R. Gregware of Hamilton.
TOWN CLERK'S REPOT
Harold G. Allen of Hamilton, Maud Burrows of Hamilton.
Lewis H. Dodge of Hamilton, Olive E. Harraden of Hamilton.
Henry R. Walker, Jr., of Boston, Georgianna E. Perkins of Hamilton.
DEATHS RECORDED
Yrs. mos. days Yrs. mos. days
January 2 Joseph N. Walker
83
1 29
January 21 Thelma M. Ball
13
5 10
February
1 Abbie M. Caverley
82
2
18
February 2 Ida H. Porter
61
10
28
February 12 Patrick Darcy
0
0
4
February
14 Annie S. Preston
57
3
10
February 16 Haakon Dalagaard
33
1
29
March
13 Stillborn
May
12 Ella Libby
76
2
22
May 26
Dennis Flarerty
72
2
8
June
21 George H. Friend
73
6
18
August 27 Ralph E. Ruddock, Jr.
0
0
9
September 2 Emma H. Kennison
62
4
8
September
6 Charles A. Hobbs
80
5
2
September 12
Susan A. Kimball
89
4
27
October
8 Eddy A. Frear
59
3
1
October 13 Sarah W. Knowlton
80
8
0
October 21 Joseph Chludzinski
2
2
13
October 29 Michael Mullins
36
0
0
November 9 Lucy Channel
85
0
23
November 25
Mary A. Hazlett
76
5
25
December 13 Lydia A. Brown
74
8
13
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December 20 Stillborn
December 29 Abbie Rankins
93
6 10
December 30 James L. Dixon
23
6
24
BROUGHT INTO TOWN
William J. Norwood
50
0
16
Hannah N. Whipple
74
0
0
Susan Shatswell
85
6
28
Jennie A. Preston
49
28
George H. Dane
36
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REGISTRATION
There have been seven meetings of the Registrars of Voters for registration. Three were at the Engine House, South Hamil- ton, and four at the Town Hall.
Sixty-three male and two hundred female voters were added to the list, making total registration December 31, 1920 :
Males
420
Females
294
Total
714
DOG LICENSES
There were issued the past year dog licenses as follows:
79 males 17 females 5 breeder's
Paid Essex County, $447.80.
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HUNTERS' LICENSES
The issue of Hunters, Fishing and Trapping licenses were as follows :
Hunting (citizen) 107
Fishing (citizen) 4
Fishing (alien)
2
Trapping (minors)
4
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, $94.45.
OTHER LICENSES
Pool 1
Oleo 5
Paid Town Treasurer, $4.50.
TOWN MEETINGS
There were three Town Meetings in 1920, as follows :
Regular, March 9, 1920.
Special, August 11, 1920. Special, October 15, 1920.
Appropriations at Regular Town Meeting :
From Revenue
$96,235 00
From Surplus 6,075 64
Appropriations at Special Town Meeting : From Revenue 1921 .$500 00
RESULT OF ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Votes by men 295
Votes by women
11
Total vote
.306
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Those marked with (*) elected.
Moderator
*Robert B. Walsh 241
Town Clerk
*Clarence S. Knowlton 269
Selectmen,
*Arthur C. Cummings 207
Overseers and
*Avon D. Bradeen 168
Board of Health
*George H. Gibney 162
Chester A. Foster Erle G. Brewer
152
Assessor
*George H. Gibney
243
Treasurer
*John L. Woodbury 262
Tax Collector
*Charles W. Appleton
259
Tree Warden
*Harry R. McGregor
253
Constables
*Charles H. Smith
246
* Alfred T. Poole
245
School Com'tte
*Adelaide D. Walsh
228
Trustee Public
*Edward A. Underhill
184
Library
Alaska L. Weiler
69
Cemetery Com-
*George K. Knowlton 247
missioner
Park Com-
*Edward J. Ready 228
missioner
License
Yes 195
No 84
REGISTRATION OF ROLL OF HONOR MEN
The following Service Men who served in the World War have not registered in the Town Clerk's office. This registration is a permanent record and for all time, and it is important that all returned Service Men should register, as in no other way is it possible for the Town Clerk to obtain the required data.
242
*Leroy S. Dodge
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Anderson, Carl C.
Marcepoil, Paul
Berry, Ralph 'C.
McGinn, Arthur
Brown, Charles R.
McGlauflin, Cedric B.
Brumby, William Leo
McGlauflin, Charles A.
Burke, John
Merry, Harold Mullins, Robert
Burrage, Albert C., Jr.
Caverly, Laurence C.
O'Leary, John M.
Caverly, John Harold
Pitman, Hiram N.
Codman, Julian
Pitman, Ephraim
Cook, Horace S.
Poole, James E.
Davis, Charles H.
Porter, Harold E.
Davis, K. Stoughton
Price, George
Diggins, William M.
Price, Herbert
Dukett, Alexander E.
Price, William
Duran, Peter J.
Proctor, James H.
Eckhoff, Olaus
Proctor, Thomas E., 2nd
Felton, Cornelius C.
Ramsdell, Frank H.
Folsom, Hiram T.
Rice, Neil W.
Gerry, Joseph
Robbins, Reginald
Gibney, Clarence M.
Smith, George Ritche
Goodhue, William
Smith, Joseph H., Jr.
Grant, Silas Warren
Sortwell, Alvin F.
Haraden, Samuel T.
Sullivan, Michael J.
Hickey, John M.
Taylor, William
Hodgson, James C.
Thompson, John
Hughes, James J.
Tucker, Joseph
Jones, William T.
Tuckerman, Bayard, Jr.
Landers, William M.
Varnum, Roy E.
Low, Burton A.
Wallace, William J.
BRONZE MEDALS
The Bronze Medals made by the Town for her Service Men are undelivered to the following men, for the reason that they have
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not been called for and we have no address to which to forward them. Upon receipt of address they will be sent by registered mail.
William M. Diggins
Robert Mullins
William J. Wallace
Paul Marcepoil John M. O'Leary Michael J. Sullivan
STATE GUARD SERVICE BUTTONS
State Guard Service Buttons, authorized by Chap. 43, Resolves of 1920, have not been called for by the following members of the former Company G. 15th Regiment Infantry :
Robert Robertson, Jr.
George A. Landers, Jr.
Sydney S. Cook
James J. Merrill
Edwin P. Cummings
Walter K. Morgan
Richard Curry
Thomas Mulhurn
Randolph B. Dodge
Peter MacCurrach
Leverett P. Durkee
Finlay D. MacDonald
Ernest M. Haraden
Edward W. McGregor
John Hollinshead
Simon McKiernan
Joseph Jeddrie
Ralph S. Putnam
Samuel Johnson
Edwin Jones
Philip Sculley Alvin B. Spencer
Roy M. Ramsdell
Gordon C. Vaughan
C. Arthur Leach
William H. Wallace
Charles S. Smith
Charles H. Berry
Charles L. Trefry
Homer E. Callahan
Charles E. Lamont
James W. McGinley
George A. Landers
These Service Buttons cannot be mailed, as the Adjutant General requires a receipt opposite each name on the list. He requests this office to return the receipts and all uncalled-for but- tons in a reasonable time.
Respectfully submitted. CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON. Town Clerk.
Report of the Assessors
Value of buildings Value of land
$2,201,975 00 1,395,105 00
Value of real estate
$3,597,080 00
Value of tangible personal
653,709 00
Total valuation
$4,250,789 00
Tax on real estate
$57,553 28
Tax on personal
10,459 34
Tax on polls
2,235 00
Total tax levy
$70,247 62
War poll tax (to State)
1,341 00
Moth tax
1,559 32
Rate per thousand
16 00
Number of horses
242
COWS
256
66
neat cattle
32
66
66 sheep
60
66 66
swine
68
66
fowls
3,040
66
dwellings
848
acres of land
8,576
66
residents assessed on property
582
66
all others
51
66
all others
66
66
polls assessed
447
66
polls exempted
78
66
polls listed
525
polls only
15
66 persons assessed
1,143
0
47
66
non-residents assessed on property
429
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TOWN EXPENSES
Town Appropriations (from revenue)
$96,235 00
State Tax
10,640 00
State Tax, special
501 60
War Poll Tax
1,341 00
State Highway Tax
620 20
State Audit
132 96
County Tax
6,282 10
Overlay
1,331 63
Eastern Mass. Street Railway Tax
75 17
Total Expenses
$117,159 66
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$38,814 04
Public Service Corporation Tax
4,300 00
Bank Tax
1,200 00
Moth Tax
1,500 00
Charity
400 00
State Aid
228 00
Income Tax (Teachers' Salaries)
3,370 00
Waldingfield Road
2,000 00
Moth (from State)
600 00
All other
500 00
Total Estimated Revenue
$46,912 04
Balance, Tax levy of 1920
$70,247 62
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, GEORGE M. ADAMS,
JESSE S. MANN,
Assessors.
Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen : I wish to submit my annual report for the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1920.
Whole number of arrests during the year, 20, divided as follows :
Males
19
Females
1
Native-born
16
Foreign-born
3
Adults
16
Minors
4
Residents
9
Non-resident s
11
RECAPITULATION
Crimes against the person
1
Crimes against property
5
Crimes against public order
14
Persons committed to station
1
Persons arrested on warrants
19
OFFENCES
Assault
1
Violation automobile law
9
Non-support
2
Larceny
5
Neglected Children
2
Violation school law
1
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DISTRICT COURT-DISPOSITION
Essex County Training School (Lawrence)
1
Appealed
3
Discharged
1
Fined
9
Probated
2
Probated. reparation and cost
1
Probated. reparation. cost and suspended sentence
3
SUPERIOR COURT-CASES DISPOSED OF
Salem Jail
1
Filed
1
Settled out of Court
1
Fined
1
Ordered to contribute to support of children
2
ARRESTS MADE BY OFFICERS
Poole 10
Dever
9
Wood 1
OFFICERS ATTENDANCE AT COURT
Poole 32
Smith, W. L.
3
Smith, C. H.
1
Saunders
1
Wood
2
Dever
3
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HOURS OF DUTY PERFORMED BY OFFICERS
Dodge
10
W. L. Smith 217
Deneen
230
C. H. Smith
91
Haraden
27
Saunders
115
Perley
189
Wood
39
Dever
351
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND INVESTIGATED
Dodge
0
Poole 44
Deneen
3
W. L. Smith 15
Haraden
3
C. H. Smith
5
Perley
30
Saunders
6
Dever
3
Wood
8
MISCELLANEOUS
Bicycles reported stolen
1
Bicycles found and recovered
1
Other property reported lost or stolen (value about)
$590
Other property found and recovered (value about)
$140
Complaints investigated
113
Fires extinguished
1
Buildings found open
ry
Disturbances
11
Dogs reported lost
3
Dogs found and returned to owner
2
Dogs killed
3
Itinerant persons ordered to leave town
24
Lights reported out
46
Summons served
11
Dangerous wires reported
5
Obstructions removed
9
Accidents reported
37
Accidents resulting in death
1.
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Persons taken to hospital ·
2
Persons receiving assistance
24
Persons committed to State Hospital (Danvers)
1
Police assistance to out-of-town officers
12
Police assistance by out-of-town officers
10
Inquests attended
1
Court attendance by all officers
42
Reports to Prison Commission
1
Reports to Highway Commission
Letters, postal cards, and circulars received
175
Letters, postal cards, and notices sent out
280
I wish to thank all who have in any way assisted me or any member of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED T. POOLE,
Chief of Police.
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Report of Fire Engineers
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen : We wish to submit to you the sixth annual report of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1920.
We wish again to call your attention to the housing conditions of the Department at the present time. While we understand that the Committee appointed to investigate the advisability of erecting a new engine house will not report favorably at this time, and while we appreciate their stand, under the present conditions of cost, we feel sure they will recommend some changes to our present house which will be looked upon with favor by your Honorable Board and the voters of the Town. We do not wish the voters to think that we are blind to the conditions of finance and the high cost of construction at this time, or that we have forgotten to appreciate the support that they have always tendered us in the past. We fully realize the fact that results are obtained through proper organization and equipment, whether they be housed in a palace or a shack ; but we do hope that the Town may at least see fit to make some much needed repairs and overcome in some slight degree our present congested and unsanitary conditions.
During the past year the Department has responded to twenty-two (22) alarms. Of these, eight (8) were for grass fires, four (4) for wood fires, eight (8) for building fires, one (1) auto, and one (1) false alarm. Two of the building fires were total losses. The fire of January 25, shown on the table below, hap- pened during a blizzard which made it absolutely impossible to get the apparatus there. The fire of March 25 was one of the summer cottages at Asbury Grove and was too far under way be- fore the Department was notified. At the latter fire the Town of
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Wenham assisted greatly, with its new pump, in keeping it from spreading to other buildings.
Date
Owner
Street
Dist. No. Cause
Jan. 6 - - Chaplain
Union
21 Grass
Jan. 8 A. C. Burrage
Main
21 Grass
Jan. 25 Eli Drouin
Railroad Ave. ext. 21 Overheated stove
Mar. 25
Inez Chandler
Topsfield Road
31 Oil store
Apr. 11 Catherine McDonald Union
21
Grass
Apr. 15 A. Cochrane
Main
24
Grass
Apr. 15 Myopia Hunt Club
Miles River Rd.
16
Grass
Apr. 20
B. Tuckerman, Jr.
Highland
31
Grass
Apr. 20 B. Tuckerman, Jr.
Highland
31 Grass
Apr. 20 E. Lawrence
Chestnut
21
Grass
May 16 C. Mears
Essex
13
Chimney
May 29 G. F. Emmons
Idlewood
41
Unknown
May 31 Vittum
Mingo Park
41 Woods
Aug. 8 James Brock
Rust
21
Oil stove
Aug.29
Robert Spenoer
Asbury Grove
31
Oil stove
Sept. 1
William Woods
Main St. (highway)
21
Auto.
Oct. 22
5-5 False
Oct. 24
Chebacco Woods
15
Woods
Oct. 26 Chebacco Woods
15 Woods
Oct. 27 Chebacco Woods
15 Woods
Dec. 7
Frank Bell
Asbury St.
31 Chimney
Dec. 14 Geo. C. Vaughan
Moulton
24
Electric wires
FIRES
Thanking everyone who has assisted the Department in its endeavor to be of real value to the Town, we remain.
Respectfully,
GEORGE F. PENDEXTER, Chief,
ERLE C. BREWER,
FRANK DANE.
LESTER M. WHIPPLE.
RODNEY H. ADAMS.
Board of Engineers.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners
Following is a report of the Cemetery Commissioners for the year closing December 31, 1920.
George H. Haraden was appointed superintendent.
Town Appropriation
$500 00
Paid Superintendent
$ 91 93
Labor, including teams
276 38
Slating receiving tomb roof
45 00
Repairing pump
6 80
Fencing material and paint
13 30
Salary of Commissioners
45 00
All other expenses
7 60
486 01
Balance unexpended $13 99
Four lots on Main avenue, numbered 194, 195, 196, 197, set apart for single graves, having now been nearly filled, Section 9 on Greenwood avenue has been opened for single graves.
Interments in this section are to begin with Lot No. 529, corner Greenwood and Oak avenues, and shall be in regular and successive order, each lot to be filled before any interment shall be made in the lot of next higher number.
All single graves are sold with guarantee of perpetual care by the Town.
All endowed lots are cared for with interest from endowment funds.
No endowment should be less than $100.00.
Chapter 218, Acts of 1920, provides for the care of every
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cemetery lot where there is a grave of any person who has served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and who has been honorably discharged from such service or released from active duty therein.
If the cost of such care and maintenance is not paid by pri- vate persons, or by trustees of the cemetery where any such grave is situated, it shall be paid by the city or town.
Our needs for cemetery use for 1921 require an appropriation of $500.00. This amount does not provide for the expenses of care of soldiers' lots and graves, which must by law be paid by the Town.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON,
FRANCIS C. NORTON, GEORGE H. GIBNEY,
Cemetery Commissioners.
Report of Park Commissioners
In our report of the Central Park on Main Street we have to say that it affords a public recreation and resting place for all who care to use it.
Among the many strangers who pass by this park, especially in the summer, probably not one would recognize the ground as a public place where they can stop and rest awhile if they wish.
That it may be known as such, a sign to this effect should be placed there in the spring.
An appropriation of $125.00 will probably be sufficient for all park expenses for 1921.
For financial matters see Accountant's report.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, FRANCIS C. NORTON, E. J. READY,
Park Commissioners.
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Report of Public Library Trustees 1920
Your Trustees report a most gratifying year in the work of the Public Library.
At the Main Library the circulation has increased considerably over that of last year, and some five thousand books have been taken out. The Reading and Magazine Room, containing practi- cally every magazine of any value published, has also shown a steady increase in attendance.
At the South Hamilton Branch, the increased growth of circu- lation has been remarkable, the number of books having been taken out during the year approximating fifteen thousand (15,000). An ever-increasing interest is also manifested in the Reading Room, which is always well filled, and has the same list of magazines as are provided at the Main Library. Last summer an electric fan was installed, which added greatly to the comfort of readers. This winter a new stove was put in, and it has met all requirements of heat.
The Trustees feel the time is rapidly coming when larger quar- ters for the Branch will be imperative, and earnestly hope that, in the event of any new municipal building being erected at South Hamilton, space will be reserved for the Branch Library.
The Trustees have endeavored at all times to keep a healthy supply of new books flowing into the Library, in spite of the fact that the price of books has nearly doubled that of former years.
A set of Rules and Regulations has been formulated and adopted by the Trustees, copies of which have been posted at each Library, and it is hoped that compliance with these will result in benefit to all users of the Library.
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As to gifts, statistics relating to new books and similar de- tails, we refer to the Librarian's report for details.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT B. WALSH, ARTHUR W. CHANDLER, EDWARD A. UNDERHILL, Trustees of Public Library.
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Librarian's Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library.
Gentlemen: My report as Librarian for 1919 is herewith submitted.
The records for 1920 show a large increase in the number of cards issued. We notice a larger interest being taken in the Library by the residents of East Hamilton.
The circulation at the Main Library was about four thousand for the past year.
We acknowledge three gifts of magazines and three gifts of books. Mrs. Geo. v. L. Meyer very kindly presented us with two volumes of the Life of our of our illustrious townsman, Hon. George von Lengerke Meyer. One volume has been placed in each Library. Mr. Jeremiah Norris, a Civil War veteran, has also pre- sented the Library with an invaluable Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865, giving the record of every Bay State sol- dier in the Civil War.
We also acknowledge check from Mr. Julian Codman, to be used by the Librarian for purchase of books. Seven boys' books were purchased with this check.
The Librarian and Assistant, through the courtesy of the Trustees, attended the Library Institute at Simmons College in July. These sessions at the College proved very helpful to them.
Three hundred eighty-two books have been added this year. Five hundred twenty-seven books have been sent to the Branch Library. Two hundred fifty of these books were new, bought the latter part of 1919 and in 1920. Three hundred seventy were returned to Main Library for storage.
The Main Library is open Wednesday and Saturday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m.
Respectfully submitted,
LYDIA L. HARADEN. .
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ETHICS
Blackford, Katherine Analyzing Character
170.7
Lecky, William E. H. The Map of Life
170 L
MYTHS
Bailey, Carolyn S.
Wonder Stories
291 B 1
ESSAYS AND SOCIOLOGY
David, Evan J.
Leonard Wood on National Issues 350 D
Deland, Margaret
The Common Way 304 D
Be Weese, Turman
The Bend in the Road 304 W
Bigwood, George
Cotton 338 B
Omerod, Frank
Wool 338 0
Fay, Charles N.
Labor in Politics 331 F
BIRDS
Chapman, Frank M.
What Bird is That?
598.2 C
FINE ARTS
Hill, Henry C. Wonder Book of Knowledge 604 H
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Streeter, John W.
The Fat of the Land 630 S
Conyers, Dorothea
Sporting Reminiscences 798 C
Holliday, Robert C.
Walking Stick Papers 804 H
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL
Baedecker, Karl
Italy from the Alps to Naples 914.5 B
Howells, William D.
Roman Holidays
914.56
London Films 914.21
Service, C. M.
Parks and Memorials of the State of Illinois 917.73
HISTORY
Braithwaite, William S.
Boy's Story of the Great War
j 940.91 B
Cutler, Rev. Fred M.
The Fifty-fifth Artillery
940.91 C
Gibbs, Philip Now it can be told 940.91 G
Servis, Lieut. E. D. and McGinnis, Corp. Wm.
Smashing Through with Battery C (Y. D.)
940.91 S & M
Merlant, Capt. Joachim
Soldiers and sailors of France in the American
War for Independence 973.3M
Sabin, Edwin L.
Boy's Book of Frontier Fighters j 923.9
Tappan, Era M.
Hero Stories of France j 944.018
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Matthews, Basil
Argonauts of Faith
j 974.48
BIOGRAPHY
Wood, Eric Fisher
Life of Leonard Wood B.W 19
Holme, John G.
Life of Leonard Wood B.W 19 H
Howe, M. A. DeWolfe
Life and Service of George von Lengerke Meyer B.M 18
Thayer, William R.
Theodore Roosevelt, 100% American B.R 10
Frohman, Charles Charles Frohman, Manager and Man 927.92
TOWN OF HAMILTON REPORT
OF THE
Finance and Advisory Committee
ON THE
Appropriations and Articles
FOR THE
ĮANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 8, 1921
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Report of Finance and Advisory Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton.
Your committee have examined the financial needs for the maintenance of the various departments of the town, and to pro- vide for the payment of principal and interest due on bonds and notes for the fiscal year; and have also investigated all requests calling for appropriations of money in the various Articles of the Town Warrant; and after careful consideration, we make the recommendations given below in this report.
Your committee have made the following transfers from the Reserve Fund during the past year :
August 30, 1920 :
Health
$400 00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
50 00
December 31:
Election and Registration
35 11
Police
299 59
Town Hall
160 06
Moth
316 52
Health
114 10
Town Clock
5 00
Waldingfield Road
62
$1,381 00
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
We have recommended, under Article 13, expenditure of an amount not to exceed $3,100.00. This we have done after investi- gation of conditions at the Engine House and the assurance from the committee that the alterations and repairs will defer the erec- tion of a new building for ten years.
We would like very much to be able to clearly bring before you the conditions of today, as they relate to Article 15, "the erection of a new High School." We have but recently passed through the period of high market prices; we have crossed the peak of such conditions, but we are still far, very far, from normal ground, i. e., one hundred cents value for one dollar spent. We do not believe or expect that we should wait until this time shall arrive, but we do believe that we should receive at least seventy-five cents value in return for each dollar which we spend for this pur- pose. Sound finance demands and expects economy in expendi- ture of public moneys, especially for new and permanent construc- tion. For this reason, we do not reccommend the appropriation of money for the erection of a new High School at this time.
We believe that the insurance on the Town Hall should be increased from $33,000.00 to cover a value of $45,000.00, and recommend the amount set forth against said appropriation, to insure for a period of five years.
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