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Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to purchase 500 feet of leading hose to be used for fire purposes so water can be used when assistance is asked from out of Town.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the Fire Alarm system at South Lynnfield, or wha action it will take with reference to said system.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $60 to maintain additional lights on Broadway between stone cottage and Saugus line or take any other action thereon.
Voted the sum of $81.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to lay a suitable drain from land of Miss Jennie Gerry on northerly side of Salem Street, to corner of Locust Street, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted the sum of $100 to be expended under the direction of Highway Surveyor.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Treas- urer's salary to $150 and require that he furnish a bond satisfactory to the Selectmen without expense to the Town, or take any other action thereon.
Voted as above.
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Art. 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to improve Tophet Hill, Chestnut Street, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to have the Town Hall open for the transaction of Town business at least one afternoon weekly, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $50 as a gift to the George Washington Memorial Building, Washington, D. C.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will ratify and confirm the action of the Selectmen in making the settlement with the Town of Peabody, relating to the taking of water of Humphrey's Pond, and the use of said pond, also ratify and confirm the action of the Selectmen and the Town Clerk in exe- cuting and delivering pursuant to such settlement a release dated February 23, 1915, with the covenants therein contained.
Voted. It was also voted that the Town Clerk be instructed to notify Starr Parsons that the Town unanimously voted him a vote of thanks for the able manner and modest fee he charged in conducting the case of Lynnfield against Peabody.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will vote to sell and authorize the Board of Selectmen, to convey by deed to George L. Westover, a certain strip or parcel of land situated on or near Arlington Street, and being on the rear of the Centre School house lot, so-called, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Art. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100 for surfacing Arlington Street, commencing at Summer Street, or what action it will take thercon.
Voted it be left in the hands of the Highway Surveyor.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to paint and repair the building known as the boat-house at Suntaug Park, the work to be done under the supervision of the Park Commissioners, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 44. . To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $50 to grade and lay out the lot of land on which is situated the building known as Chemical House No. 2, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted the sum of $50.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will vote to hold the annual Town meeting of 1916, and all other meetings of that year in Precinct 2, changing the next year to Precinct 1, and there- after changing each year, from Precinct 2 o Precinct 1, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Result of Election of Town Officers
*Indicates Election
Town Clerk
Votes Cast
*Oscar E. Phillips
231
Scattering
1
Blanks
43
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
*Charles J. Bolton (Three-year term) 211
Blanks 63
Scat ering 1
*Albert P. Mansfield (Two-year term)
169
William Walden 97
Blanks 9
*Daniel G. Harvey (One-year term) 125
George N. Abbott 21
Elbridge M. Frazier 100
W llis E. Peabody 15
Blanks
14
Treasurer
*Franklin W. Freeman . 205
Blanks 70
Collector of Taxes
*Franklin W. Freeman
197
Blanks 78
Assessor for Three Years
*Albert P. Mansfield .
207
Blanks
.
68
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Highway Surveyor for One Year
*Frank Newhall 221
Blanks 54
School Committee for Three Years
*Florence R. Howe 211
Blanks 64 .
Trustee Public Library for Three Years
*George E. Houghton 219
Blanks 56 .
Park Commissioner for Three Years
*Edward Q. Moulton 211
Blanks 64 .
Park Commissioner for One Year
(To fill vacancy)
*Sidney E. Richards 119
Enfield W. Plummer
104
Blanks
.
52
Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years
*J. Winslow Perkins 209
Blanks
66
Tree Warden
*Lyman H. Twiss
168
George W. Abbott
86
Blanks
31
Constables
*Albert H. Riggs . 95
*Albert G. Tedford .
197
Harry F. Abbott ·
87
Blanks
171
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License Vote
"Yes" 166
"No"
78
Blanks
31
Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employment, and to exempt from legal liability Counties and Municipal corporations which pay such compensation be accepted by the inhabitants of this Town?
Yes 118
No
39
Blanks
118
Special Town Meeting, June 22, 1915
Art. 1. Rutherford E. Smith was elected Moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the report of the Committee appointed under Article 24, of the Annual Town meeting, held March 9, 1914, to investigate motor fire fighting equipment.
The Committee recommended that the Town purchase two International Harvester Trucks, one for each village, and that the sum of $2,200 be appropriated.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200 to purchase two motor driven fire-fighting trucks, also determine by whom said money shall be expended.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Art. 4. To see if the Town will make some provision for housing one motor-driven truck in Lynnfield Centre, said house to conform with regulation of District Police, covering motor vehicles and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to expend $1,500 of the amount received from the License Fee on straightening and re-locating Salem Street, in accordance with the decree of County Commissioners, providing the County will contribute an equal amount. ١
Not a vote.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for Emergency Fund.
Voted $500 to be assessed in the 1915 Tax Levy.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100 and the unexpended balance for the use of the Cemetery Commissioners in caring for the cemeteries of the Town.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to determine how the moneys appropriated in Articles 3, 4, 6 and 7 shall be raised, and authorize the Treasure· to issue notes to borrow this amount in anticipation of revenue of financial year beginning January 1, 1916.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Dogs Licensed in Lynnfield
Males
67 at $2 00
$134.00
Females 7 at $5.00
35.00
74
$169.00
Clerk's fees deducted
14.80
Remitted to Treasurer Essex County
$154.20
Hunters' Licenses
Seventy-two resident hunters' licenses granted for the year ending December 31, 1915, at one dollar each and the amount received less Town Clerk's fees, has been forwarded to Mass. Fishand Game Commission.
OSCAR E. PHILLIPS,
Town Clerk
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Town Clerk's Statistics BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1915
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Occupation of Father
1914 March 10
Elizabeth Patricia Cole
Joseph and Mary (Burns)
April 10
Eilleen Eva Bryant
Fred W. and Nellie L. (Royce)
April 12
Clifford Shedd Mansfield
Albert P. and Martha (Dexter)
Sept. 19
Premature Birth
/ 1915 Jan. 21
Pearl Louise Savage
Ernest W. and Winifred D. (Knox)
Fred W. and Virt A (Gibbon)
Harry J. and Lottie A. (Parsons)
Superintendent
April 17
Jeannette Griffin
Fred W. and Maude E. (Robinson)
Clerk
April 28
Edith Doremus
Milton H. and Elsie (Grant)
Bookkeeper
Shoemaker Shipper Electrical Engineer
Moth Dept. Carpenter
Jan. 29
Ronald Lincoln Northrup
Feb. 18
Richard Wesley Perkins
May 10
Caroline Holmes Wallace .
May 19
Virginia Woodbury
May 29 June 21
Nathan Isaac Gersinovitch
Gordon Leonard Kallenberg
Aug. 4
Doris Florence Oelcher
Aug. 16
Roger Haynes Gerry
. Sept. 7
John Emery Mitchell
Sept. 26
Orrin Allen Kenney
Nov. 17
Byron Christian Stokes
Dec. 4
Henry Gersinovitch
Dec. 17
Everil Bird Mabie
Norman L. and Mary B. (Russell) Herbert P. and Gladys H. (Ward) Samuel and Rosa (Gersinovitch) John C. and Beatrice (Graves) Bernard and Florence C. (Keeler) William F. and Susan E. (Haynes) Jonathan W. and Frances (Mullen) William E. and Florence G. (Hurd)
James F. and Margaret M. (Johnson)
Louis and Goldie (Shneider)
Walter W. and Mabel (Bird)
Draftsman Gas Engineer Laborer
Stone Cutter
Farmer Manufacturer
Trainman
Painter
Carpenter
Farmer Superintendent
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1915
Date
Name of Groom and Bride
Residence
Birthplace
Names of Parents
By Whom Married
Jan.
2
Harry E. Maynard Sylvia A. Gaines Clark)
Lynn Lynnfield
Lynn So. Framingham
William and Mary E. (Clark) Charles T. and Julia M. Newton)
J. Murray Mellish
Lynnfield Centre
Jan.
12
Laurence S. Caldwell Edith F. Cary
Lynnfield Belmont
Lynn Lynn
Charles R. F. and Mary J. (Sanborn Charles A. Allen George H. and Mary G. (Folger)
Waverley
Jan.
19
Louis Gersinovitch Goldie Shneider
Lynnfield No. Reading
E. Boston Russia
Hyman and Lena (Jaffe) Max and Annie (Needleman)
Joseph Rosenberg
Chelsea
May
18
Henry P. Vieth, Jr. Ethel M. Keeler
Lynnfield Lynnfield
Boston Sabetha, Kan.
Henry P. and Emma (Humphrey) Morris H. and Alverda (Hostetter)
Henry K. Sherill Boston
Nov. 15
LeRoy J. Johnson Gertrude Thompson
Lynnfield Lynnfield
West Indies Boston
Cleophas and Katherine (Freeman) John L. and Elizabeth (Kelley)
George M. Young
Boston
Dec. 15
Rutherford E. Smith Bertha S. Bailey
Lynnfield Allston
Lynnfield
Henry E. and Mary L. (Bassett) AtlanticCity N.J. Alonzo F. and Caroline B. (Smith)
Alvin H. Robinson
Newton Centre
.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1915
Date
Nane of Deceased
Age y.m.d.
Birthplace
Condition
Name of Parents
Cause of Death
Jan. 16 Sarah L. Chase
82 11 10 Lynn
Widow
James G. Perley and Mary J. (Dodge)
Jan. 19 Albert F. Southworth
66
3| 6 Middleboro
Married
Seth R. and Emeline (Fountain)
Feb. 10 Susan S. Gilson
80
4 14 Peabody
Widow
Perez L. Winchester and Sally (Jacobs)
Mar. 7 Emily McCarthy
37|
2 26 Wakefield
Married
Edward Gihon and Ellen (Lyons)
Mar. 27|Carl W. A. Sahm
72 11 23 |Germany
Married
Louis and Dorothy L. ( .. )
Cer. Hemorrhage
Mar. 29 Fred Skinner
53 9
0 Lynnfield
Married
Otis W. and Elizabeth (Gowing)
Lobar Pneumonia
Apr. 5 Elizabeth P. J. Smith
82|11 |1|Portland, Me.
Widow
Elijah S.Barker and Eliz'th (Crossman)
Lobar Pneumonia Art. Sclerosis
Apr. 6 Charles A. Cooper
77 4 13 Charlestown
Married
Charles and Eliza J. (Holmes)
Apr. 13 Sarah L. Woodberry
82 3 11 Beverly
Single
Joel and Lucia (Woodberry)
Broncho Pneu.
Apr. 15 Elbridge M. Frazier
55
9|18 Lynn
Married
Lyman B. and Emma (Monroe)
Par. Demen.
Apr. 30 Nellie L. Bryant
26. 3|18 New Ipswich, N. H.
Married
Henry S. Roice and Georgian (Andrews) Val. Dis. of Heart
Art. Sclerosis Nephritis Art. Sclerosis Erysipelas
May 13 Angie Lundahl May 19 Alma G. MacGregor
46 9 21 Bangor, Me.
Married Married
Carlisle Dennis and Mary (Temple) John Copp and Caroline (Norwood)
1 June 14 Thomas W. Nelson
73 7 14 Nova Scotia
Married
Alexander and Lavinia (Smith)
June 19 John W. Butman
74 4 1 Enfield, N. H.
Single Stephen and Lemira W. (Welch)
Single
John B. and Anne G. (Foote)
Aug. 22 Howard B. Coleman Sept. 11 Mary M. Deming
34 10 20 New Brunswick Married
George Buzzey (Unknown)
Sept. 19 Stephen E. Bent
83| 7 1 Nova Scotia
Widower
James and (Unknown) (Morse)
Hypo. Pneumonia
Hemorrhage of Stomach
Oct. 12 Winfield S. Morse 63 8 22 Norridgewock
Single
Nathaniel W. and Sarah E. (Thompson) Valvr Dis. of Heart
Nov. 12 Elethea L. Bancroft
63| 1| 3|Quincy
Widow
Micajoh C. Pope and Hannah C. (Sanborn)
Married
William D. and Margaret (Nolan)
Valve Dis of Heart
Dec. 25 | Andrew Mansfield
77 7 23 Lynnfield
Widower
Andrew and Sophronia (Preston)
Bron. Asthma
Dec. 28 Wallace W. Butman
81| 6|22 Enfield, N. H.
Married
Stephen and Lemira (Welch)
Val. Dis of Heart
Chron. Int. Neph. and Chronic Endo- carditi Valve Dis of Heart
Valve Dis. of Heart
Rheumatic Endo- carditi Mitral Heart Dis.
Oct. 2 Alice M. Tuite 75 7 18 Newburyport
Single
(Unknown)
Goitre
Dec. 25 Herbert F. Dwelley
53 11 13 Fairhaven
Art. Sclerosis
55 3 20 Tilton, N. H.
12 2 13 Lynn
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield .-
At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen held March 11, 1915, it organized as follows: C. J. Bolton, Chairman, A. P. Mansfield, Secretary, and D. G. Harvey.
The appointment of officers under its jurisdiction was made at once and a list of these is given elsewhere in this report. Regular meetings have been held on the first Monday of each month and special meetings as often as occasion re- quired.
Following is a brief summary of the work accomplished during the year:
PERAMBULATION OF TOWN BOUNDS
Perambulation of Bounds between Saugus, Lynn and Lynnfield was made on September 27, 1915, as required by law. Boundaries were found to be in satisfactory condition.
Also .on November 22, 1915, the boundaries between Lynnfield, North Reading and Middleton were perambulated and found satisfactory.
SUNTAUG PARK Lynnfield vs. Peabody
The matter of damages awarded by the Supreme Court in November, 1914 was settled between counsels, whereby Lynnfield received $9,500.00, of which $2,500 was used to pay the Town's Counsel-Mr. Starr Parsons. The remaining $7,000 is now on deposit by the Town Treasurer.
SALEM STREET-Straightening and Relocating
The County Commissioners have already started this work and have relocated the street bounds from the Wakefield Lynnfield line to a point about five hundred feet east of Walnut
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Street. They have also relocated portions of the bounding walls adjacent to land of N. F. McCarthy and the estates of Albert and Andrew Mansfield. No construction work has yet been done, but it is hoped that something along this line may be started this year.
STREET LAMPS
Under Articles 26, 27 and 34 the Town voted to install twenty-six additional street lights, seventeen of these on Lowell Street, three on Forest Hill Avenue and six on Broad- way. These were installed in June 1915. All new street lamps, both in old and new fixtures are 40 c.p. instead of 32, which the town receives at the same price. Street lamps in Precinct 2 are operated on an all-night, instead of a midnight schedule as formerly.
FOREST FIRES -
This Department has been under the direction of Mr. Oscar E. Phillips during the past year, but on account of his inability to continue this work we have appointed Lewis F. Pope in charge of the Department for the year 1916. On account of the extremely dry weather, which prevailed during the early part of the Summer of 1915, there were a large number of forest fires, so the appropriation of $350, made under Article 15 was not sufficient for the work. To meet this deficiency and to provide additional protection the Finance Committee voted $559,03 from the Emergency Fund. The latter part of the summer, however, was unusually wet so that forest fires were few and a small balance was left on hand at the end of the year.
HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS
An unfortunate accident occurred on Summer Street, adjacent to the land of A. E. Sprague, on the evening of June 10, when Harry E. Lawrence upset his automobile on the north side of the street, where same completely overturned, throwing Mr. Lawrence and his daughter into a culvert. Fortunately both of them escaped uninjured.
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Unfortunately for the Town, no fence or guard had been placed at the end of the culvert to warn travellers of its ex- istence, furthermore, the street itself was several feet wider than the culvert at this point, hence the responsibility for the accident rested with the Town. Mr. Lawrence served notice on the Town of his intention to claim damages and after several conferences agreed to settle for $125.00. This money was drawn from Emergency Fund by vote of Finance Com- mittee.
The second accident occurred on Salem Street in front of residence of A. D. Upton, on August 10, 1915, where a Mr. Burke drove his auto for some seventy-five feet in the gutter and smashed into the end of the culvert under the drive leading into the blacksmith's shop of Stephen E. Bent. Here we claim said Burke was not in the exercise of due care and we proposed to fight the case on its merits.
SUPPLYING OF GAS BY LYNN GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
The Lynn Gas and Electric Company presented a petition in November asking for permission to extend their mains through the streets of this Town for the purpose of supplying its inhabitants with gas for heating and lighting. We have granted this permission subject to conditions, of which the following are the most important:
First .- That the price be $1.00 per 1000 cubic feet at the start and that this be reduced as much and as often as business conditions will allow.
Second .- That they extend their mains to Lynnfield Centre via Salem and Walnut Streets within two years.
Third .- That all openings and evacuations in streets be refilled so as to leave the streets in as good or better condition than when opened.
Dollar gas for a small town located as far from the plant as Lynnfield is certainly a valuable addition.
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TRANSMISSION LINE FOR CITY OF LYNN
The City of Lynn requested permission to erect and maintain a 4500 volt transmission line on poles on Walnut and Main streets to be owned jointly by the Town of Reading the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, and themselves, for the purpose of supplying power for their pumping station on Ipswich River.
At a hearing held October 4, 1915, strenuous objection was voiced by many abutters. The location requested has not been granted and it is expected the City will build a line over private right of way from their station at Saugus River, making street crossings at Walnut and Main Streets.
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS
The expense of this Department has far exceeded the appropriation, due to increasing demands of those who have previously received temporary relief, and our being obliged to take on a family, whose settlement was gained here some time ago, although now living in Lynn, Mass. It is probable that the expenses for the coming year will be fully as great as for the one just completed and in addition we have unpaid bills of 1915 amounting to $132.50, for which no funds were available.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
The same statement made concerning health and sanita- tion for the two years previous applies equally well for the past year, and aside from the additional appointment of a milk inspector no other work has been undertaken. Lynnfield continues to be one of the most healthy towns in the Common- wealth.
SELECTMEN OF LYNNFIELD, A. P. Mansfield, Secretary
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield :-
The Assessors held their first meeting March 29, 1915 and organized as follows: Chairman, Charles J. Bolton, Secretary, Albert P. Mansfield and George Hatch.
Complaints usually furnish a basis of judgment of the satisfaction of a piece of work. On this assumption and in view of the fact that complaints of unfair assessments have been few, the work of the Assessors must be satisfactory. It has been our aim to make it so.
One complaint, that of the Bay State Military Rifle Association, deserves mention. This company petitioned. for an abatement for three successive years which was not granted and in 1914-15 they brought the matter to trial. They con- tended that the land at the range should be assessed as waste land, while we contended it had certain advantages as a Rifle Range and should be assessed as such.
Before the trial had proceeded far, they saw the folly of their contention and agreed to file a statement that our original assessment was fair.
The annual canvass of the Town in search of changes in value of real and personal estate was started April 1, 1915. During the canvass Assessors' notices (See Section 41 of Part 1 of Chap. 490 of the Acts of 1909 and amendments thereof) were posted in conspicuous places throughout the Town.
The tax rate of $17 per $1000 is the highest in the Town's history and is derived from the following figures.
ESTIMATE FOR TAX RATE FOR 1915 Town Meeting Dec. 22, 1914
Art. 2. Moth Assessment $525 74
5. Town expense account 500 00
66
6. Highways 600 00
$1,625 74
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Town Meeting March 8, 1915
Art. 9. Memorial Day $100 00
" 10. General Govenment 2,000 00
11. Fire Protection 400 00
12. Police, Board of Health, In- spection, etc. 275 00
13. Tree Warden 50 00
14. Elm tree beetle
200 00
15. Forest fire warden 350 00
16. Schools 6,800 00
17. Library 100 00
18. Highways
3,000 00
20. Charity
500 00
21. Street Lighting (old contracts)
1,500 00
22. Architect (Salem St. School) 133 00
24. Well at 66 66
25. Grading at 66 66 500 00
500 .00
26. Street lights on Lowell St. 229 50
27. 3 Street lights on Forest Hill Avenue 40 50
34. 6 Street lights on Broadway 81 00
35. Gutter on Salem St., front A, D. Upton's 100 00
44. Grading back of Chem. Hall No. 2 50 00
$16,909 00
Town Meeting July, 1915
Emergency Fund
$500 00
$500 00
Other Expenses
State Tax, 1915
·
$2,632 50
County Tax, 1915 1,782 16 · . ·
Note on Salem St. School ·
.
·
1,000 00
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Note on Suntaug Park with interest amounting to $26.25 1,526 25
6,940 91
Expenditures to be raised
25,975 65
Overlay 3%
779 27
Total «
$26,754 92 ,
ESTIMATES OF CREDITS Based on 1914 Receipts
Bank Tax $60 00
Corporation tax (business) .
270 00
Corporation tax (public service)
160 00
St. Ry. Tax
828 00
363 polls at $2.00 each
726 00
License fee (75% of $2,500)
1,875 00
$3,919 00
Net levy to be raised by taxation
$22,835 92
Valuation of property (April assess- ments)
$1,336,426 00
Tax rate to meet above levy
$17 08
Approximate rate of $17.00 per $1,000 chosen.
Table of Aggregates for April Assessments.
Number of residents assessed on property
326
Number of non-residents assessed on property
198
Toll number of persons assessed on property
524
Number of polls assessed
363
Value of assessed personal estate .
112,927 00
Value of assessed real estate
1,223,299 00
Total valuation of property assessed
$1,336,226 00
Tax on personal estate
1,919 88
Tax on real estate
.
.
.
20,796 53
Tax on polls
726 00
Total tax .
$23,442 41
Tax rate per $1000
$17 00
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Number of horses assessed
159
66 cows assessed
227
66 neat cattle assessed
32
swine assessed
104
66 dwelling houses assessed
416
66 acres of land assessed
6,047
66 fowl
3,271
December Assessments
Value of real estate assessed
$3,500 00-
Value of personal estate assessed
5,479 00
Total valuation of property assessed
$8,979 00
Tax on real estate
59 50
Tax on personal estate
93 15
Abatement of Taxes
1913 amount
$32 23
1914 amount
.
209 58
1915 amount
64 71
ASSESSORS OF LYNNFIELD,
A. P. Mansfield, Secretary
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS and MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
Gentlemen :---
I most respectfully submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1915.
I have found all dealers anxious to comply with the laws relating to this department, and find it needs a great deal of care on the part of the Sealer to be accurate and just to all.
The totals of different visits through the year, I submit as follows:
All scales sealed 22
Adjusted
1
Balances sealed
13
Slot weighing machines sealed
1
Scales condemned
3
Weights sealed .
82
Dry measures sealed
8
Liquid measures sealed
21
Gasolene and Oil Pumps sealed
8
Oil Pumps condemned
1
Molasses Pumps sealed
2
Ice Cream Cans sealed
30
Yard Measures . 1
Fees collected and paid to Town Treasurer . $10 63 For sealing done at the Town Hall or my residence, I have made no charge.
OSCAR E. PHILLIPS, Seiler of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield :-
The appropriation for the Highway Department, made at the Annual Town Meeting, March 8, 1915, was $3,000.00 and the money received from the Excise Tax, amounting to $664.88, the unexpended balance of 1915 account amounting to $183.42, was also voted for 1916 expense, also any receipts which might revert to the Department from other sources.
Only one special appropriation was made for the Depart- ment for the year 1916, namely $100.00 for improvement of gutter on Salem Street near Locust Street.
It is becoming more evident each year that road oil or other similar preparations, properly applied, to roads in or- dinary state of repair, are a great help in their general preserva- tion as well as a blessing to residents, on account of killing the clouds of dust which follow the trail of the ever-increasing automobile traffic.
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