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The books and accounts of the Town Accountant were exam- ined and checked, the reported receipts being checked with the financial records of the several departments collecting money for the town and with the Treasurer's books. The payments were checked by a comparison of the approved bills and pay-rolls with Selectmen's warrants authorizing disbursements.
The ledger accounts were checked, footed and compared with the classification book, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet prepared showing the financial condition of the Town as of December 31, 1923.
The appropriation accounts, as recorded, were checked with the Town Clerk's record of appropriations voted by the Town.
The books and accounts of the Treasurer were examined. The footings of the cash book were proved, the receipts checked and compared with the Accountant's books, and the payments com- pared with the warrants authorizing the Treasurer to disburse town funds.
The cash balance was verified by a count of the cash on hand and by a reconciliation of the bank account with the bank state- ment furnished by the bank.
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
The several trust funds in the custody of the Treasurer were verified by examining the savings bank books, and were found to be correct and properly recorded.
The books and accounts of the Tax Collector were examined, the commitments being verified and the abatements checked to the Assessors' records of abatements granted. The cash book was footed and payments of taxes were checked in detail to the com- mitment books. The payments to the Treasurer were checked to the Treasurer's books, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved to the Accountant's ledger.
A further verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. One reply was received stating that the account had been paid. This was investigated and it was found that the Collector was holding the check pending an adjustment of the account. From the balance of the replies re- ceived I am satisfied that the accounts are correct.
The records of dog and of fishing and hunting licenses issued by the Town Clerk were examined and payments to the County and the State were checked and verified.
The records of receipts from licenses, library fines, and from the Sealer of Weights and Measures were examined, and the re- ported payments to the Treasurer were checked with the Treas- urer's and the Accountant's books.
The surety bonds furnished by the officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
Appended to this report are tables showing a reconciliation of the Treasurer's cash, summaries of the cash and assessment accounts, together with tables of the trust funds and a balance sheet.
For the uniform courtesy extended by the several depart-
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ment officials while I was engaged in making the audit I wish, on behalf of my assistant and myself, to express my appreciation. Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Examiner.
EHF JMC
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH.
Cash balance, January 1, 1923
$17,876 80
Receipts, 1923
226,281 15
$244,157 95
Payments, 1923
$213,393 16
Cash balance, December 31, 1923
30,764 79
$244,157 95
Cash balance, January 1, 1924 $30,764 79
Receipts, January 1 to 15, 1924
787 44
$31,552 23
Payments, January 1 to 15, 1924
$21,994 79
Cash balance, January 15, 1924 9,557 44
$31,552 23
Cash balance, January 15, 1924
9,557 44
Merchants National Bank (Salem) balance $8,286 76
Cash on hand, verified 1,270 68
$9,557 44
Merchants National Bank balance
$8,286 76
Outstanding checks per list 21,727 30
$30,014 06
Bank balance, January 15, 1924, per bank
statement
$30,014 06
TAXES-1918
Outstanding January 1, 1923 $2 10
Payments to Treasurer $2 10
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TAXES-1919
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$237 26
Payments to Treasurer
$232 09
Abatements
5 17
$237 26
TAXES-1920
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$1,477 38
Taxes paid after abatement
1 60
Abatement after payment-refunded
3 20
$1,482 18
Payments to Treasurer
$1,404 78
Abatements
13 80
Outstanding December 31, 1923
63 60
$1,482 18
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$63 60
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 15, 1924
$1 60
Outstanding January 15, 1924, per list
62 00
-
$63 60
TAXES-1921
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$6,566 63
Payment after abatement
2 00
$6,568 63
Payments to Treasurer
$6,338 21
Abatements
48 60
Outstanding December 31, 1923
181 82
$6,568 63
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$181 82
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 15, 1924
$6 00
Outstanding January 15, 1924, per list 175 82
$181 82
TAXES-1922
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$11,922 32
Abatement after payment-refunded
3 40
$11,925 72
Payments to Treasurer
$11,334 15
Abatements
94 86
Tax titles
51 00
Outstanding December 31, 1923
445 71
$11,925 72
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$445 71
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 15, 1924
$1 70
Outstanding January 15, 1924
444 01
$445 71
TAXES-1923
Commitment per warrant
$103,321 43
Additional commitment
97 95
Moth collections 1923 credited to taxes
16 91
$103,436 29
Payments to Treasurer
$84,230 48
Abatements
1,160 02
Tax titles
94 50
Outstanding December 31, 1923
17,951 29
$103,436 29
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Outstanding January 1, 1924 $17,951 29
Overpayment to Treasurer 2 10
$17,953 39
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 15, 1924 $755 70
Abatements January 1 to 15, 1924
15 15
Outstanding January 15, 1924
16,013 34
Cash in Collector's hands
1,169 20
$17,953 39
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1918
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$0 75
Payments to Treasurer
$0 75
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1919
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$13 49
Refunded
1 62
$15 11
Payments to Treasurer
$14 58
Abatements
53
$15 11
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1920
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$33 00
Payments to Treasurer $33 00
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1921
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$160 00
Overpayment to Treasurer
81
$160 81
Payments to Treasurer
$160 81
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1922
Outstanding January 1, 1923
$347 01
Payments to Treasurer $329 61
Outstanding December 31, 1923
17 40
$347 01
MOTH ASSESSMENTS-1923
Commitment
$1,594 53
Payments to Treasurer
$1,232 21
Moth collections credited to taxes 1923
16 91
Outstanding December 31, 1923
345 41
$1,594 53
Outstanding January 1, 1924
$345 41
Overpayment to Treasurer
05
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to 15, 1924
$17 56
Outstanding January 15, 1924, per list
327 90
$345 46
$345 46
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DR. JUSTIN ALLEN-LIBRARY FUND
Cash
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$45 67 $500 00
$545 67
On hand at end of year
$68 42
$500 00
$568 42
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income
$22 75 Cash on hand at end of year
*$68 42
Cash on hand at be- ginning of year *45 67
Total
$68 42
Total
$68 42
H. A. DODGE-LIBRARY FUND
Cash
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$80 24
$1,000 00
$1,080 24
On hand at end of year
$125 74
$1,000 00 $1,125 74
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income
$45 50
Cash on hand at end of year
*$125 74
Cash on hand at be- ginning of year *80 24
Total $125 74
Total
$125 74
*In general cash
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$7,389 65
$7,389 65
On hand at end of year
$7,896 21 $7,896 21
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income
$314 31
Deposited in savings bank $506 56
Bequests
400 00
Expended for care of lots
207 75
Total
714 31
Total
/14 31
CEMETERY SPECIAL FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
$180 90
$180 90
On hand at end of year
$687 95
$687 95
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Income
$7 05
Deposited in savings
Sale of lots
500 00
bank
$507 05
Total
$507 05
Total
$507 05
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TOWN OF HAMILTON
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1923 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash in bank and office
$30,764 79
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1920
$63 60
Levy of 1921
181 82
Levy of 1922
. 445 71
Levy of 1923
17,951 29
18,642 42
Tax Titles
400 31
Special Assessments :
Moth 1922
$17 40
Moth 1923
345 41
362 81
Due from State :
State Aid
198 00
$50,368 33
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
Liabilities
Temporary Loans :
In anticipation of revenue
$20,000 00
Norman Fund
209 25
Tailings Account
42 81
Dodge Fund Income
125 74
Allen Fund Income
68 42
Sale of cemetery lot
10 00
Unexpended balances :
Town Hall heating
$27 55
Centre School repairs
1,492 00
Memorial for Soldiers and Sailors
5,000 00
Reserve Fund
2,373 32
8,892 87
Overlay (reserved for abatements) :
Levy of 1920
$27 87
Levy of 1921
45 06
Levy of 1922
445 71
Levy of 1923
1,623 60
2,142 24
Special assessment revenue
362 81
Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus)
4,654 24
Surplus Revenue
13.859 95
$50,368 33
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$12,000 00
$12,000 00
East Schoolhouse Loan
$12,000 00
$12,000 00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Cash and Securities :
Trust Funds
$9,396 21
Investment Fund
687 95
$10,084 16
$10,084 16
Allen Library Fund
$500 00
Dodge Library Fund
1,000 00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
7,896 21
Cemetery Special Fund
687 95
$10,084 16
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
BIRTHS RECORDED
1923
Aug. 24 Kathryn Fraser, daughter of Jesse S. and A. Marion (Fraser) Mann.
Sept. 28 Amos Waren Atwood, Jr., son of Amos W. A. and Edith (Dodge) Fuller.
Oct. 19 Gordon Everett, son of Walter H. and Bertha M. (Page) Burnham.
. Jan. 15 Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Mary (McGrail) Donlon.
Jan. 17 Harold Erval, son of James M. and Mildred E. (Smith) Jeffery.
Jan. 19 Edna Elizabeth, daughter of Harry and Margaret (Jarrett) Fulmer.
Jan. 19 Gordon Albert, son of Robert H. Jr. and Mabel F. (Batchelder) Chittick
Jan. 21 Edward, son of Edward W. and Mary A. (Moloney) Wallace.
Jan. 21 Joseph, son of George and Mary (Brodskmi) Pielka.
Mar. 31 Donald L. Roy, son of Ray M. and Abbie L. (Frear) Sanford.
Apr. 2 Thomas E. Jr., son of Thomas E. and Elisabeth (Lyman) Rice.
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Apr. 14 Margaret Mary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (O'Sullivan) Millerick.
Apr. 30 Cecil Wier, son of William L. and Irene (Toner) Ledford.
May 1 Arlene Althea, daughter of Raymond A. and Grace W. (Grey) Tucker.
May 1 Louise Webster, daughter of Archie L. and Sarah G. (Webster) Moore.
May 13 Virginia, daughter of George and Katherine (Shea) Cracknell.
May 16 Arthur E. Jr., son of Arthur E. and Bertha E. (Lord) Morrow.
May 19 Joseph Martin, son of Felix and Honorata (Weirzoreh) Baker.
May 29 Kenneth Nelson, son of Ernest R. and Annie T. (Callahan) Faulkner.
June 8 Joseph Vincent, son of Thomas and Julia (Burke) Sargent.
June 14 June, daughter of William J. and Bertha (Aull) Campbell.
June 22 Alfredo Mariano, son of James and Helen (Bambrildare) Clemeno.
Aug. 1 Dorothy, daughter of Frank E. and Adelaid O. (Courtis) Manthorn.
Aug. 5 Gardner Pierce, son of Frank and Gertrude (Perkins) Burton.
Aug. 11 Bryce Endicott, son of Bryce E. and Eleanor (Eastman) Glover.
Aug. 15 Katherine Ursula, daughter of Joseph D. and Catherine (Canlon) McDonald.
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Sept.
4
Dorothy May, daughter of
Leland and Marion (Crowley) Thompson.
Sept. 12 Richard Edwin, son of Valmore and Ann (Bohannon) Cole.
Oct. 9 Viola Joan, daughter of George H. and Lucy (Wilson) Bailey.
Dec. 5 Martha Wallace, daughter of J. William and Jessie (Bartlett) Cunningham.
Dec. 27 Helen, daughter of Oliver and Sybil (Appleton) Wolcott.
MARRIAGES RECORDED
Wallace Bruce of Hamilton,
Myrtle Conrad of Hamilton.
Harold N. Auger of Salem,
Gertrude L. Ball of Hamilton.
John Holtum of Hamilton, Elizabeth F. Thomas of Hamilton.
Frederick Swindell of Danvers,
Elsie M. Abbott of Hamilton.
Percival D. Whipple of Hamilton, Elinor G. Robinson of Hamilton.
Richard R. Peabody of Hamilton, Ethel J. MacKean of Hamilton. Arthur Marquis of Salem, Mass., Milded L. Back of Hamilton. Myron Alden Perkins of Wenham,
Annie L. O'Connor of Medford.
John F. Egan of Beverly,
Barbara E. Duran of Hamilton.
Henry T. Rogers of Hamilton,
5:
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Marion Archer of Beverly.
George R. McGrady of Middleborough,
Lena T. Wieman of Middleborough.
Frank R. Gardner of Boston,
Edna M. Chisholm of Everett.
John R. Thurrell of Lynn, Ruth E. Brown of Lynn.
Isaac John McParland of Hamilton,
Katherine Madigen of Somerville.
Thomas Proctor Mandell of Hamilton, Geraldine Clark of Boston.
Edward E. Graves of Boston, Miriam E. Luscomb of Milton Victor W. Daley of Hamilton,
Emily Mary Ferreira of Manchester.
Silas Warren Grant of Hamilton,
Marie Belanger of Salem. Leon Smith Perkins of Beverly,
Florence Reid Schaller of Hamilton.
Robie Waldo Mehlman of Somerville, Mary Elizabeth Potter of Hamilton.
Albert J. Michaud of Hamilton, Margaret Hagerty of Cambridge.
David B. Coleman of Lynn,
Margaret M. Babin of Lynn.
Robert Gordon Martin of Hamilton,
Minnie F. Sewell of Hamilton.
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DEATHS RECORDED
1923
Yrs. mos. days
Jan. 15 Katherine Tangney
50
Jan. 19 Philip M. Saulnier
56
Jan. 18 Elizabeth Donlon
0
0
4
Jan. 31 Daniel D. Stone
80
3
8
Feb.
Joseph Pielka
0
0
17
Feb. 12 John L. Woodbury
80
1
1
Feb. 28 William H. Wallace
52
4 26
Mar. 10 Austin A. Whipple
79
9 27
Mar. 23 Mary Pielka
35
1
21
Apr. 11 James E. Dodge
49
8
21
May 22 Arthur E. Morrow, Jr.
0
0
6
May 28
Margaret Graham
57
June 3
James W. McGinley
22
5 23
June 21
Samuel A. Ingalls
63
June 26
Mary L. Procter
75
11
11
July 22 Edward Brewer
71
10
27
Aug. 2-
Lawrence J. Powers
1
2
5
Aug. 15
Hannah D. Perkins
69
1
11
Sept. 12
Walter E. Newhall
42
11
5
Oct. 2 Gideon Moore
78
Nov.
Francis Dane
66
5
16
Nov. 27 James W. Goodridge
62
2
Nov. 28 George F. Emmons
86
6
6
Dec. 17
Gertrude Ball Auger
24
6
18
Dec. 20
Donald P. Birtwell
1
6
20
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN
Died
1922
yrs. mos. days
Dec. 31 Wendall P. Burnham
71
S 12
1923
Jan. 29 Temple Cutler
94
8 25
Feb. 25 Martha Ann Appleton
86
6
10
May 14 Sarah B. Maddocks
71
11
16
Aug. 26 Marilla R. Nason
73
9
18
Sept. 11 Dorothy H. Pitman
2
1 29
Sept. 18 Ruth Annie Swett
74
2
25
Nov. 29 Mary D. Vroom
54
4
3
1924
Jan. 14 Matilda Tinkham
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REGISTRATION
The Registrars of Voters met for registration of voters as follows :
One meeting at Engine House, So. Hamilton.
Two meetings at Town Hall.
At these meetings 84 voters were registered, divided as fol- lows : Male, 36; Female, 48.
Total registration at close of registration, as follows :
Male 463
Female 312
Total 835
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
DOG LICENSES
Dog licenses were issued as follows:
Male 95 @ $2.00
$190 00
Female 38 @ 5.00
190 00
Breeders 2 @ 50.00
100 00
Total receipts
$480 00
Less fees
27 00
Paid Essex County
$453 00
HUNTERS' LICENSES
Combination
46 @ $2.00
$92 00
HUNTERS' LICENSES
Combination
46 @
$2.00
$92 00
Hunting
63 @
1.50
94 50
Fishing
13 @
1.00
13 00
Minors' Trapping
4 @
.25
1 00
Total receipts
$200 50
Less fees
18 90
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game $181 60
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OTHER LICENSES
Junk
2 @ $25.00
$50 00
Pool
1 @
2.00
2.00
Motor Vehicle Agency
1 @
12.00
12 00
Oleo
3 @
.50
1 50
Paid Town Treasurer
$65 50
TOWN MEETINGS
There were two town meetings in 1923, as follows :
Annual Town Meeting, March 13, 1923.
Special Town Meeting, September 5, 1923.
Special Town Election, April 11, 1923. (To fill vacancy in Board of Selectmen) Appropriations at Annual Town Meeting :
From revenue
$118,027 05
From Surplus 6,500 00
Appropriations at Special Town Meeting : From Surplus
$7,500 00
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
Value of buildings
$2,600,090 00
Value of land
1,463,995 00
Value of real estate
$4,064,085 00
Value of personal estate
720,499 00
Total valuation
$4,784,584 00
Tax on real estate
$85,345 84
Tax on personal estate
15,130 59
Tax on polls
2,845 00
Total tax levy
$103,321 43
Moth assessment
$1,594 53
Rate per thousand
21 00
Number of horses
228
COWS
161
"
" neat cattle
28
swine
29
66 " fowl
3,285
dwellings
855
" acres of land
8,740
"
residents on property
753
66
all others
65
polls only
11
66
persons assessed
1,346
65
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EXPENDITURES
Town appropriations, annual
$118,027 05
Town appropriations, special
2,500 00
State tax
9,240 00
State highway tax
739 24
State audit
310 16
County tax
8,742 66
Overlay
2,783 62
Total expenditures
$142,342 73
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income tax, general
$22,439 80
Income tax, school
3,530 00
Corporation tax, business
11,000 00
Corporation tax, business
50 00
Street railway tax
40 00
Bank tax
600 00
Licenses
51 50
District court fines
10 00
Special moth assesment
1,500 00
General government
40 00
Protection of life and property
150 00
Health and sanitation
250 00
Charities
117 00
Soldiers' benefits
120 00
Schools
100 00
Libraries
25 00
Interest on deposits
200 00
Interest on taxes
500 00
Public service enterprises
5 00
Total estimated receipts
$40,728 30
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
SUMMARY
Total amount to be raised
$142.342 73
Total estimated receipts 569 polls @ $2.00 Total
$40.728 30 1,138 00
41,866 30
Balance, tax on property 569 polls @ $5.00
$100,476 43
2,845 00
Total taxes
$103,321 43
Moth assessment
1,594 53
Total commitment
$104,915 96
OMITTED DECEMBER ASSESSMENT
Value of buildings
$2,200 00
Value of land
750 00
Value of real estate
$2,950 00
Value of pesonal estate
1,000 00
Total
$3,950 00
Tax on real estate
$61 95
Tax on personal estate
21 00
Tax on 3 polls
15 00
Total tax December assessment
$97 95
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PROPERTY EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION
Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Clause 11 of General Laws : Congregational Church-
Buildings $6,000 00 land 14 acre $700 00
Catholic Society. buildings 10,000 00 land 1 acre 1,600 00
Union Society, buildings 1,500 00 land 14 acre 500 00
Methodist Episcopal Society- building 5,000 00 land 1/4 acre 800 00
Asbury Grove Association 7.000 00 land 10,000 sq. ft. 600 00 Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Clause 3 of General Laws :
Hamilton House Incorporated-
Personal. $2,100 00: buildings, $57,500 00; land. $2,000 00 Chap. 59, Sec. 5. Clause 12 :
Town of Hamilton Cemetery-12 acres, $6,000 00.
Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Clause 15:
Town of Hamilton, Perpetual Care Funds $7.391 64
Town of Hamilton, Special Cemetery Fund 180 80
PROPERTY OF TOWN OF HAMILTON
Town Hall-
Personal, $4,000 ; buildings, $62,000; land 1 acre, $2,000. Fire Department-
Personal, $6.000 ; buildings, $4.000; land 34 acre, $3,000. School Department-
Personal, $6.450; So. School. $65,000; land 1 acre, $2,000. So. School annex, $5,200 ; land 1 acre, $2.000. West School, $1,000 ; land 1/4 acre, $200. East School. $21,000; land 34 acre, $1,500.
North School. $1.000 ; land 14 acre, $200.
Center School. $2,000; land 14 acre, $300.
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Libraries-
Personal, $2,500.
Parks-
Land 2 acres, $4,000.
Sealer of Weights and Measures- Personal, $500.
Police Department- Personal, $275.
Highway Department-
Personal, $3,600.
Forest Warden- Personal, $100.
Moth Department-
Personal, $1,475.
Number of women listed 566
Number of automobiles assessed
255
Number of persons liable to military duty AbateMENTS
281
Number of soldiers abated @ $3.00 each 49
Number of polls abated @ $5.00 each 11
Amount of taxes on real and personal estate abated :
Levy of 1921, $26.60; levy of 1922, $26.86; levy of 1923, $958.00
GEORGE H. GIBNEY,
GEORGE M. ADAMS, GEORGE E. SAFFORD,
Assessors of Hamilton.
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen I wish to submit my annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1923.
Whole number of arrests during the year, 50, divided as fol- lows :
Male 50
Adults
43
Minors
Native born
43
Foreign born
Residents
9
Non-residents
41
OFFENCES
Assault
1
Drunkenness
25
Larceny
5
Violation of liquor law
2
Arrested for Boston & Maine Railroad
2
Violation of automobile law
11
Violation of game laws
2
Non-support 2
DISPOSITION
Turned over to Boston & Maine R. R. police
2
Fined and paid 29
Sentenced to 6 months in jail (released on bail)
1
Released
17
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
SUPERIOR COURT
Cases on docket
2
ARRESTS MADE BY OFFICERS
Arthur Southwick
17
Robert R. Fifield 11
Fred A. Saunders
4
Alvin L. Perley
5
Alfred T. Poole
4
Fred F. Stillings
3
Frank Dever
5
Oscar A. Wood
1
OFFICERS' ATTENDANCE AT COURT
Arthur Southwick
29
Frank Dever 5
Robert R. Fifield
10
Fred A. Saunders
Fred F. Stillings
3
Alvin L. Perley
3
Alfred T. Poole
Oscar A. Wood
3
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED
Arthur Southwick
112
Frank Dever 30
Robert R. Fifield
35
George H. Haraden
5
Fred A. Saunders
24
Fred F. Stillings
1
Charles H. Smith
2
Alfred T. Poole
10
Oscar A. Wood
4
Alvin L. Perley
39
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AUTOMOBILE LICENSES AND REGISTRATION REVOKED OR SUSPENDED DURING YEAR 1923
Licenses suspended 3
Licenses revoked 3
Registration certificates revoked 5
HOURS OF DUTY PERFORMED BY OFFICERS
Arthur Southwick
947
Frank Dever 379
Fred A. Saunders 432
Alvin L. Perley 354
Alfred T. Poole 148
George H. Haraden
150
Fred F. Stillings
126
Oscar A. Wood
116
Robert R. Fifield
117
W. F. Dodge
49
L. S. Dodge
0
C. H. Smith
0
MISCELLANEOUS
Automobiles reported stolen
Automobiles found and recovered 2
Bicycles reported stolen
8
Bicycles found and recovered
2
Other property reported lost or stolen, value about $499 00
Other property found and recovered, value about $174 00
Complaints received by all officers 280
Complaints investigated 262
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Fires extinguished
,5
Buildings found open
2
Disturbances
47
Dogs reported lost
20
Dogs found and returned to owners
8
Dogs killed
4
Children reported lost and found
4
Itinerant persons ordered to leave town :
Tramps
8
Gypsies
72
Lights reported out
112
Summons served for out-of-town officers
17
Dangerous wires reported or removed
15
Obstructions removed
9
Acicdents reported
17
Persons received assistance
17
Police to out-of-town officers, times '
16
Police assistance by out-of-town officers, times
3
Court attendance
67
Report to Department of Correction
1
Report to Highway Commission
Letters, postal cards and notices sent out, about
51
Letters, postal cards and notices received, about
273
Persons held on suspicion
ry
Report to Prison Commission
1
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR SOUTHWICK,
Chief of Police.
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Since last Town Meeting a change has been made in the Superintendent. Mr. Haraden resigned and William G. McKay was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The seven hundred and fifty dollars appropriated was used in the general cemetery work. We recommend an appropriation of $800.00
Two years ago the Commission created a special cemetery fund by investing the proceeds from the sale of lots and graves, the income to be used in the care of neglected lots or any general cemetery work. $500.00 was added to the fund this year, making the total fund to date $680.00.
Mrs. Alice A. Meyer, in memory of her husband, George von L. Meyer, very generously improved the front of the cemetery, for which, in behalf of the Town, the Commission extend their appreciation and thanks. There is still some work to be done in the spring.
We wish at this time to call the attention of lot owners to the importance of endowing the same so that you may be sure that your lot will be cared for after death.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, FRANCIS C. NORTON ADALIZA C. ROBERTS, Cemetery Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
Hamilton, February 11, 1924.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Hamilton:
Dear Sir: The following is the report of the Park Commis- sioners for the year 1923.
During the past year Central Park has been mowed from the street to the pond and the brush cut also.
New seats have been placed in the park and the public has used them to some extent.
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD A. UNDERHILL, EDWARD A. DEWITT, Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
To the Citizens of Hamilton :
The Trustees of the Public Library submit the following report for the year 1923 :
The book circulation of the Hamilton Public Library for the past year was 17,272, of which 12,900 books were issued from the Branch Library at South Hamilton, and 4372 books were issued from the Main Library at the Town Hall. This circulation was distributed among 824 card holders, practically fifty per cent. of the population of the Town, and reflects an average reading of over ten books a year for every man, woman and child in the Town, an unusually high standard compared with most towns.
The rearrangement and classification of the non-fiction books under the Dewey system have been completed, so that those inter- ested in History, Science, Travel, etc., may easily find what they seek by consulting the card system of the subject in which they may be interested. The books of fiction have been rearranged and classified alphabetically by authors in accord with the system ap- proved by the American Library Association and now in vogue in all the leading libraries. Under this cataloguing system, a reader has only to turn to the author's name he or she may have in mind in order to find a complete list of that author's work.
By having our librarian and an assistant do this rearranging and classifying work, we were able to accomplish the same for about $200.00, as against an estimated cost of $700.00 submitted to us by an agent of the State Board of Education to whom such work has been assigned.
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