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William H. Spencer
100
Blanks
3
Constable (for one year)
Patrick L. White
48
Archie F. Merritt
I E
Wallace H. Damon
15
William Collier
I
Arnold V. Beach
I
E. W. Gardner
2
George Magoun
I
Atwood Ainslee
L
George Jackman
3
John H. Sparrell
I
W. D. Turner
I
Charles Scully
I
A. White
I
Henry Ainslie
I
John Gardner
I
Atwood L. Ford
I
Frank Vining
I
Blanks
98
Officers elected : Collector of Taxes, William H. Spencer; Constable, Patrick L. White.
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Article 3. Will the town appropriate an additional sum of money for the transportation of scholars?
Voted, to appropriate 1,500.00 in addition to the amount raised and appropriated at the annual meeting for the transportation of scholars.
Article 4. Will the town recind that part of the vote whereby they voted to build a piece of state road on River street and vote to build the same on Main street, westerly from the common.
Voted, to divide the article and take the two parts up separately.
Voted, that the part of the vote whereby the town voted to build a piece of state road on River street, be rescinded.
Voted, to pass over that part of the article whereby it was proposed to build the road west from the common.
Article 5. Will the town appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to repair sections of River street, between the Unitarian church and the residence of George O. Tor- rey, the work to be done with crushed stone?
Voted, that $500.00 be appropriated for this purpose and that the work be done with crushed stone.
Article 6. Will the town appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to widen the street from the residence of Charles A. Berry to the foot of the hill near the tenant house of E. A. Turner ?
Voted, to pass over.
Article 7. Will the town instruct the selectmen to put out at contract the work of widening and straightening
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the roads on Jacobs avenue and on Mt. Blue street, as laid out by the County Commissioners ?
Voted, to pass over.
Article 8. Will the town give any instructions to the town officers?
Voted that the Surveyors of Highways be instructed to notify the Old Colony Street Railway to do no damage to streets in the town and that the selectmen send a bill for damages already done.
Voted. that the selectmen be instructed to use the $1,200.00 appropriated at the annual meeting for state road to extend the state road on Washington street, south from its present terminus.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to cause the drinking fountain on Delano Hill, River street, to be re- paired.
Article 9. Will the town appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a horse for use on the town farm and the fire department ?
Voted to pass over.
Article 10. Will the town appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of safes for the use of the School Com- mittee, the Board of Health and the Tax Collector ?
Voted, to appropriate $275.00 for purchasing a safe for Collector of Taxes and building a vault for storing town records.
Article II. To hear the report of the various commit- tees of the town and act thereon.
The committee chosen to investigate the cost of a vault
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for storing records reported, and their recommendation was adopted under article IO.
The committee on the railroad extension reported pro- gress made and it was voted to continue the committee.
Article 12. Will the town purchase and donate to the Old Colony Railroad a strip of land and right of way from the Hanover station to the Greenbush station on the condition that the said Old Colony Railroad will build and operate a railroad between these two points.
Voted that the Town hereby agrees to purchase and acquire for the Old Colony Railroad from the terminal of the Hanover Branch Railroad at Hanover, to the rail- road station at Greenbush, a right of way five rods wide, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) provided the said Old Colony Railroad will agree to main- tain and operate a railroad over said land and give to the Town of Norwell the same train service it will give to the towns of Rockland and Hanover. The amount of the liability of the said town for said right of way in no event to exceed said sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30.000) and if said right of way can be secured for a less sum than thirty thousand dollars ($30.000), than in no event shall it exceed said lesser sum that may be required to secure said right of way.
Article 13. Will the town authorize and instruct the committee on railroad and the selectmen to forthwith petition the legislature for leave to borrow on serial bonds or notes of the town such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the preceding arti- cle ?
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It was voted by an unanimous vote, that the selectmen and committee on railroad be authorized and instructed to petition the Legislature for authority to borrow on serial notes or bonds, a sum not to exceed thirty thusand dol- lars for the purpose of securing a strip of land between Greenbush station in Scituate and Hanover station in Han- over to be used as a right of way for a railroad.
Article 14. Or act or do anything relative to the above. No action taken taken under this article.
Voted, that meeting be disolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 15, 1912.
Pursuant to a warrant, duly executed, the qualified voters of Norwell met at the Town Hall, June 15, 1912, and took the following action on the articles contained therein :
Article I. To choose a moderator.
Chose John Whalen, moderator, by ballot and he was sworn by the town clerk.
Article 2. Will the town pursuant to and under the authority granted by Chapter 610 of the Acts of 1912. vote to purchase or otherwise acquire, a strip of land or right of way, for the use of the Old Colony Railroad Com- pany, or pay for land taken by said railroad company, be- ginning at or near the terminal of the Hanover Branch Railroad at Hanover, to a point at or near the railroad
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station at Greenbush; said strip of land or right of way not to be more than five rods wide and at a cost not exceeding in the aggregate thirty thousand dollars.
Voted, by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting, (144 in favor, 42 against), that the town accept the provisions of Chapter 610 of the Acts of 1912, and hereby vote to purchase or otherwise acquire a strip of land or right of way for the use of the Old Colony Rail- road Company or to pay for land taken by said railroad company, beginning at or near the terminal of the Han- over Branch Railroad at Hanover, to a point at or near the railroad station at Greenbush; said strip of land or right of way not to be more than five rods wide and at a cost not to exceed in the aggregate thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
Article 3. Will the town authorize the Treasurer with the approval and countersignature of the Board of Select- men to issue bonds, notes or scrip of the town, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $30,000; such bonds, notes or scrip to be payable, $1,000 annually for a period not exceeding thirty years from date of issue, to bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum.
Voted by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting, (144 in favor. 42 against) that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval and counter- signature of the Board of Selectmen, to issue bonds, notes or scrip of the town, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) ; such bonds, notes, or scrip to be payable $1,000 annually for a period not exceeding thirty years from date of issue, to bear
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interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per an- nun1.
Article 4. Will the town give any instructions to its officers or the committee on railroad, relative to the matter as set forth in Article 2 and 3, or act or do anything re- lative to the same?
Voted, that the committee be continued and that they be authorized to act for the town in the matter of securing location as set forth in Article 2.
Article 5. Will the town give its selectmen instructions in regard to granting licenses for pool and bowling alleys?
Voted, not to instruct the selectmen to grant licenses for pool and bowling. Yes, 36. No, 23. A motion to reconsider was lost, 20 voting in favor, 37 against.
Article 6. Or act or do anything relative to the above. Voted, that meeting be dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION
Pursuant to a warrant, duly executed, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met at the Town Hall on Tuesday, November 5. 1912 at 6 a. m. Ezra E. Stet- son, Chairman of Board of Selectmen, acted as presiding election officer. The polls were opened at 6.03 a. m. and were closed at 12.30 p. m. Two hundred and ninety-four names were checked on the voting list and the count of ballots cast agreed. - The result was as follows :
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ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Chafin and Watkins, Prohibition
O
Reimer and Gillhaus, Socialist Labor
Roosevelt and Johnson, Progressive Party
104
Taft and Sherman, Republican
97
Wilson and Marshall, Democratic
78
Blanks I5
GOVERNOR
Charles S. Bird, Progressive Party
86
Eugene N. Foss, Democratic 83
Patrick Mulligan. Socialist Labor
0
Frank N. Rand, Prohibition
0
Roland D. Sawyer, Socialist
C
Joseph Walker. Republican Blanks 28
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Daniel Cosgrove, Progressive Party 6I
Alfred H. Evans, Prohibition
2
Robert Luce, Republican II9
Robert B. Martin, Socialist
0
Dennis McGoff, Socialist Labor
O
David I. Walsh, Democratic
64
Blanks 48
SECRETARY
Frank J. Donahue, Democratic 58
Ellen Hayes, Socialist 0
Albert P. Langtry, Republican
124
Karl Lindstrand, Socialist Labor
O
97
26
William W. Nash, Prohibition 0
Russell A. Wood, Progressive Party
58
Blanks
54
TREASURER
Charles A. Chace, Prohibition ]
David Craig. Socialist Labor
0
Eldon B. Keith, Progressive Party
63
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur, Democratic 53
Elmer A. Stevens, Republican
I22
Louis F. Weiss, Socialist 0 Blanks 55
AUDITOR
James F. Carens, Democratic
53
Herbert B. Griffin, Prohibition
I
Octave A. LaRiviere, Progressive Party 52
Sylvester J. McBride, Socialist
0
Jeremiah P. McNally, Socialist Labor
C
John E. White, Republican I28
Blanks 60
ATTORNEY GENERAL
George W. Anderson, Democratic 52
Frank Bohmbach, Socialist Labor
O
Freeman T. Crommett, Prohibition
O
H. Huestis Newton, Progressive Party
59
George E. Roewer, Jr., Socialist 0 James M. Swift, Republican I28
Blanks 55
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CONGRESSMAN-(Sixteenth District)
William J. Bullock, Republican
II7
Joseph Palme, Socialist 1
Thomas C. Thacher, Democratic
73
Thomas Thompson, Progressive Party 51
Blanks 52
COUNCILLOR-(First District )
Alfred E. Green, Democratic 57
Eben S. S. Keith, Republican
150
Blanks 87
SENATOR-(First Plymouth District )
William B. Arnold, Progressive Party 72
Clarence W. Harding, Democratic 59
Frederic M. Hersey, Republican III
William P. Wright, Socialist O
Blanks 52
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (Second Plymouth District)
Henry T. Cole, Democratic 70
Charles H. Waterman, Republican 176
Blanks
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-(Plymouth County )
Edward P. Boynton, Democratic 50
Maurice Kane, Republican, 114
Edward T. Spear, Socialist U
28
Lyman P. Thomas, Progressive Party 72 Blanks 52
COUNTY TREASURER-(Plymouth County)
George B. Cushman, Socialist 3
Horace T. Fogg, Republican 247
Maurice J. Murphy, Democratic I7
Blanks 27
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, dis- qualifying from voting persons convicted of certain of- fences, be approved and ratified ?
Yes
106
No 23
Blanks 165
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, dis- qualifying from voting persons convicted of certain of- fences, be approved and ratified ? Yes
106
No 23
Blanks 165
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, rela- tive to the taxation of wild or forest lands, be approved and ratified ?
Yes
109
Nc
15
Blanks
170
Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled "An Act relative ro
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pensioning laborers in the employ of cities and towns," be accepted ? Yes No 60
75
Blanks
159
Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the Town Clerks' of the several towns comprising the Second Plymouth Representative District held at the clerks' office in Marshfield, November 15, 1912, the vote for Representative in General Court was as fol- lows :
Total
Cole
Waterman Damon Bl'ks
Marshfield
300
58
196
46
Scituate
507
214
261
I 31.
Norwell
294
70
176
48
Duxbury
307
93
I49
65
Pembroke
207
37
II6
54
Whole number of ballots
1.615
Henry T. Cole
472
Charles H. Waterman
898
Harry E. Damon
I
Blanks
244
30
Charles H. Waterman was found to be elected and his certificate signed in accordance therewith.
HERBERT I. MACOMBER, Town Clerk Marshfield-Pro Tem.
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury
WILBERT E. HALLADAY, Town Clerk of Pembroke
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of registration, October 26, 1912 there were 525 assessed polls. 403 male voters and 5 women registered to vote for school committee.
ENROLLED MILITIA
There were 224 men enrolled for military duty in Nor- well, April Ist, 1912.
HUNTERS LICENSES
There were 83 resident hunters licensed during the vear ending December 31, 1912.
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DOGS LICENSED
Year ending December 1, 1912.
Whole number licensed, 171.
149 males at $2.00 $298 00
22 females at $5.00 110 00
$408 00
Less Clerks' fees, 171 licenses at 20C
34 20
$373 80
Amount turned over to County Treasurer,
June 1, 1912, $163 80
Amount turned over to County Treasurer,
Dec. 1, 1912, 210 00
$373 80
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1912.
February 6. At Hanover, Willis Freeman Keene of Wey- mouth and Carrie May Wilder of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
February 22. At Haverhill, Samuel James Gibson of Bradford and Ada Robinson Johnston of Norwell. by Rev. Herbert T. Coontz.
March 15. At Portland, Me., Herbert Leslie Woodman of Norwell and Isabel Cushing of Marshfield, by Rev. M. Joseph Twomey.
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March 31. At Scituate, Clarence Clifton Hook and L. Louise Morris, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas H. Goodwin.
April 13. At Hanover, Harold Theodore Lingham of Norwell and Ina May Tower of Hanover, by Rev. Joseph Dinzey.
June 18. At Brookline, Howard Stone Power of Norwell and Elsie Vinal Curtis of Scituate, by Rev. William H. Lyon.
June 25, 1912. At Cohasset, James Carey and Mary A. Black, both of Norwell, by Rev. Howard K., Bartow.
July 16. At Norwell. Henry Martin Shute of Exeter, N. H., and Harriet Jacobs Farrar of Boston, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
July 18. At Hanover, Thomas Campbell and Ann Tasker, both of Norwell, by Rev. William H. Nobbs.
July 25. At Norwell. Horatio Gardner Mann of Hanover and Sarah Gladys Henderson of Rockland by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
August 9. At Hanover, Arthur Franklin Richardson and Mary Idella Harrington, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
August 18. At Norwell, Joseph Franklin Totman and Emma Richards Porter, both of Norwell, by Rev. Tom Roscoe.
August 22. At South Berwick, Me., John Caleb Page and Grace Marion Reed, both of Norwell, by Rev. Eugene W. Kennison.
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September 8. At Norwell, Edward Ross Gill and Mar- garet Watson Porter, both of Norwell, by Rev. Tom Roscoe.
September 29. At Marshfield, Edwin Lincoln Merritt and Xoa Agnes Damon, both of Norwell, by Rev. Ernest A. Thomas.
October 18. At Cohasset, George Charles Davis of Han- over and Gertrude Josephine Lehan of Norwell, by Rev. F. A. Brogan.
November 6. At Rockland, Ellsworth Grandon Keene of Norwell and Alice Montague of Rockland, by Rev. J. P. Ryan.
November 16. At Abington, Nelson Parker Tisdale of Norwell and Georgietta Wheeler of Abington by Rev. David H. Woodward.
December 8. At Norwell, Ralph Bainbridge Gillingham of Newbury, N. H., and Grace Lincoln Studley of Norwell, by Rev. Edward L. Houghton.
December 25. At Norwell, Warren Elliott Caldwell of Brockton and Josie Wilmer Litchfield of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
BIRTHS REGISTERD IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1912
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Percy W. and Ethel
Percy W. and Ethel
Charles H. and Josephine J ...
John and Mary
Louis B. and Floretta . Young Holbrook
Arthur G. and Ida
Manus and Eldora
.
Vinal
July 7
Raymond Fletcher Merritt
Archie F. and Nellie F. . Stoddard
Philip L. and Anna L. .
Stewart
July 25
Albert Thayer Clark Cynthia Foss Robbins
Herbert E. and Emma
Edward F. and Eveline
October 1
Thomas Henry Stoddard
Henry L. and May Ella
October 5
Ruth Gertrude Coughlan
Charles E. and Hester S.
October
10
Bernard Winslow White
Patrick L. and Ella W.
1909
October 17
Charles Henry Smith Jr
Charles H. and Josephine
Beirne
1910
May 30
Francis Daniel Hines
. .
Edward F. and Julia
Maiden Name of Mother
January
31
January 31
March 15
April 29
May 15
Richard Henry Whiting
May 23
Charles W. Lincoln
June 22
Kenneth Wilfred Perry ·
July 17
Virginia M. Maurey .
George W. and Ethelyn W. . .
August 16
September 9
Myrtle Golden Winslow .
Fish Eddy Cromwell williamson MacDougall Pratt
D'arcy
Litchfield Litchfield Beirne Primus
Laurence Albert Litchfield
Lester Edwin Litchfield .
Ruth Catherine Smith
Mabel Borden Prince
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL .- Concluded
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
1911
February 23
Leslie Farrar Simmons
Herbert G. and Annie L.
Farrar
May
10
Eva Carol Joseph
Edward Clarence and Eva F ...
Merritt
July 21
Lillian Gertrude Ainslie
Harry A. and Lillian G.
Dunton
November 1
Edna Elizabeth Jackman
George A. and Lillian A.
Elliott
December 11
Willard Whittle Babbitt
Samuel M. and Bessie E.
Priest
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk and errors or omissions in the list should be reported to him.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1912
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Jan.
2
John W. Brown
80 4 19
Mitral Regurgitation, Arterio Sclerosis
Dorchester Raymond, N.H.
Norwell Norwell
Jan.
27
Cynthia A. Robbins (Foss)
61
9
3
Jan.
31
Charles T. Lingham
76
8
5
Roxbury
Norwell
Feb.
25
Gilbert S. Trefethen
47
7
18
Saugus
Norwell
March
2
Martha W. Brooks
69
7
6
Val. Dis. of Heart, Pneu.
Norwell
March
27
Eliza Smith (Tout)
78
. .
. .
May
2
Ruth Sylvester (Whitcomb)
89
7
5
Old Age, Fracture of Neck of Femur
Cohasset
Norwell
May
3
Emma P. Taylor (Morey) John F. Totman
65
3 12
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Boston
Norwell
May
22
70
. . . .
Senile Dementia, Cere- bral Hem.
Scituate
Norwell
June
3
Lillian G. Ainslie
10
13
Acute Nephritis, Bronchitis
Norwell
Norwell
June
3
Maria Carr (Joseph)
55
1
.
Rheum. Endocarditis, Val. Disease of Heart
South Scituate
Norwell
June
15
Samuel Turner
81
1
13
Enlarged Prostate, Cystitic and Nephritis
Norwell
June
20
Wilbur P. Nichols
64
. . . .
Organic Heart Disease
Scituate South Scituate
Norwell
4
Natural Causes Apoplexy Tumor of Brain
Pneumonia
Scituate Prince E. I.
Norwell
Acute
. .
YMD
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL. - Concluded
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Aug.
30
Isabel A. Stetson (Capell)
53
5
3
Apoplexy
Sept.
2
William W. Collier
75
8
3
Mitral Regurgitation and Syncopy
Boston
Sept.
Emma V. Studley (Root)
59
10
7
Diabetes
Nantasket
Sept.
28
Joshua S. Bates
68
10
3
Acute Appendicitis
Hanover
Oct.
1
Andrew Clapp
74
4
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Scituate
Norwell
Oct.
5
Andrew J. Litchfield
67
1
20
Cerebro Spinal Multiple Sclerosis
Scituate
Norwell
Oct.
23
Julia L. Ayling (Carter)
74
5 20
Val. Heart Disease, Dilated Heart
Boston
Norwell
Det.
23
Nettie Joseph (Perry)
46
5 . .
Carcenoma of Breast
Marshfield
Norwell
Nov.
1
John S. Barker
88
9
27
Old Age
Scituate
Norwell
Nov.
2
Lawrence A. Moulton
10
6
·
Tubercular Meningitis
Norwell
Boston
Dec.
2
James H. Williams
77
2
1
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis and Uremia
Dartmouth
Norwell
Y MD
South Scituate
Norwell
Norwell Leeds, Me. Boston
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1912
Date of Death
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Death Place of
June
23
Grace K. Packard
37
5
1
Aug.
8
Frank H. Campbell
35
. .
. .
Multiple Injuries from Railroad Accident
Boston
Sept.
1
Abigail W. Hunt
94
3
6
Acute Enteretis
Pittsfield
Sept.
5
George Elmer Fowler
51
2
15
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Boston
Sept.
14
Martha Roselthe Torrey (Merritt);
77
2
..
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Winthrop
Nov.
16
Juliette E. Prouty
63
2
14
Cancer
Abington
Number of marriages, 20.
Number of births, 22.
Number of deaths, 24.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
Y
MD
Broncho Pneumonia
Taunton
Report of the Town Treasurer
JANUARY 23, 1912 TO JANUARY 18, 1913 FOR YEAR 1912.
RECEIPTS
To Cash on hand
General funds
$476 14
High School fund
190 54
$666 68
From William H. Spencer, Collector of Taxes Assessment of 1911 and Interest $6,678 21
From William H. Spencer, Collector of Taxes Assessment of 1912
Poll
$408 00
Moth
238 15
Real estate
9,406 15
Personal estate
2,810 13
Abatements
67 43
Discounts
200 92
Interest
57
Excise Tax
367 35
$13,498 70
.
40
From Loans in Anticipation of Taxes 1912 South Scituate Savings Bank $6,000 00
Rockland Trust Company 9,000 00
$15,000 00
From Second District Court Probation Refund $18 00
From Miscellaneous Sources
Supt. of Almshouse, sale of produce $95 22
Sealer of Weights and Measures 4 95
George S. Hatch, Fish Right I 00
Chas. H. Jones, Fish Right I 00
Rockland Trust Co., Interest on balance and Premium on Note 34 77 F. E. Henderson, Use of Roller 15 00
J. H. Sparrell, Spraying Private Property 11 00
J. H. Sparrell, Spraying Acct. 82 50
W. O. Turner, Sale of Plank 7 00
Estate of Nathan Cushing, Moth work 717 58
Hayward W. Cushing, Moth work 229 02
$1,199 04
From State Treasurer
Public Service Corporation Tax $1,361 45
Business Corporation Tax 48 49
National Bank Tax 892 69
Street Railway Tax 443 16
State Aid Refunded
1,900 00
Inspector of Animals 15 75
Burial of Soldier
37 00
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Gypsy Moth
77 24
State Highway
600 00
Support of Poor
75 25
Burial of Poor
15 00
For School Purposes Only
$5,466 03
H. T. Fogg, County Treasurer, Dog Tax Refunded
$334 36
E. A. Stevens, State Treasurer Income Mass. School Fund
1,159 47
Tuition of Children
333 00
High School Fund
500 00
Supt of Schools
486 II
$2,812 94
Aid Refunded
Town of Hanson
$114 00
Town of Hanover
45 00
Town of Scituate
6 40
Town of Canton
156 00
Town of Hull (burial)
12 00
City of Boston
9 00
$342 40
Sale of Lots in Cemetery
John F. Osborne
$12 00
Everett L. Torrey
10 00
Harriet P. Nichols
10 00
$32 00
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From Licenses
Charles L. Gleason, pedler's $6 00
E. B. Tobey, pedler's 6 00
John Monahan, pedler's 6 00
Herbert G. Simmons, slaughtering I 00
Corthell Bros., slaughtering I 00
Wallace H. Damon, slaughtering 1 00
Walter J. Wagner, slaughtering
I 00
$22 00
$45,736 00
PAYMENTS
Highway
General work
$971 OI
Mt. Blue Street
1,491 08
Jacobs Avenue
390 18
River Street
502 II
Washington St .. (state road)
1,835 76
Snow
108 50
$5,298 64
Almshouse
$1,21I 83
Outside Poor (this town)
1,544 84
Outside Poor ( other towns)
312 30
$3,068 97
State Aid
$1,836 00
Soldiers' Relief
360 18
$2,196 18
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Schools High school fund
$10,241 57 582 77
$10,824 34
Town Officers
$1,791 40
Police Officers
38 94
Gypsy Moth
2,265 19
Incidentals
695 05
$4,790 58
State Tax
$1,875 00
County Tax
1,602 17
$3,477 17
Sundry Accounts
Abatements
$152 76
Discounts
200 92
Town Hall
55 00
Board of Health
132 46
Cemetery
35 00
Tree Warden
63 00
Spraying
229 II
School Physician
4 00
James Library
100 00
Post 112, G. A. R.
150 00
Electric Lights
216 80
Fire Account
371 59
Gaffield Park
25 00
Squares and Triangles
74 84
Street Railing
149 86
Vault Account
301 99
$2,262 33
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NOTES AND INTEREST PAID
Bureau of Statistics certifying notes $12 00 South Scituate Savings Bank, antici- pation 1911, No. 2 5,000 00
Interest
100 00
Rockland Trust Company, anticipa-
tion 1911, No. 4 1,000 00
Interest 21 45
Rockland Trust Company, anticipa-
tion 1911, No. 5 2,000 00
Interest
20 67
South Scituate Savings Bank Inter- est on anticipation 1912, No 6 I20 00
Rockland Trust Company, anticipation
1912, No. 7 5,000 00
Interest
116 67
Interest on "A. T. Otis" poor fund
note
52 00
Interest on "Coffin" fund note 80 00
$13,522 79
Cash on hand to balance
General funds $187 23
High school fund
107 77
$295 00
$45.736 00 Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Treasurer.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-DR.
John S. Gardner, superintendent
$300 00
H. S. Turner & Co., groceries I35 66
Curtis & Bates, groceries
93 03
A. J. Litchfield & Son, groceries 182 86
A. S. Ford, groceries 36 09
C. S. West & Son, groceries 6 76
Corthell Bros., meat
89 63
W. W. Cutler, meat
33 48
Samuel Olson, fish 33 56
John Martin, ice 12 24
A. L. Power, pigs
8 00
John W. Burns, plowing
5 00
C. W. Tildin, smith work
15 00
George H. Turner, fertilizer 5 55
W. D. Turner, wood 42 60
George F. Welch, lumber and coal IOI 62
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial 29 00
H. J. Little, M. D., medical att'd.
81 75
$1,21I 83
46
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-CR.
Received for sale of produce
$119 08
Less cash paid for supplies 26 86
$92 22
Due for board and medical att'd. 315 25
$407 47
Net cost of almshouse
$804 36
Appropriation
800 00
Exceeded $4 36
PAID FOR SUPPORT OF OUT DOOR HOME POOR
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