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Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to install two lights between residence of Horace T. Fogg and estate of late Nathan Cushing.
Voted, that the tree warden have charge of the appro- priation for care of squares and triangles, Gaffield Park and mowing bushes.
Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to sell the personal property of the late James L. Prouty and that they be a committee to arrange sale of real estate and that the treas- urer be authorized to give a good and sufficient deed of same in the name of the Town, and that they be further authori zed to take such action as they may see fit in regard to any repairs on property.
It was voted to accept the following resolutions, that they be spread upon the records, and that the Town Clerk trans- mit a copy to the President of the United States :
RESOLUTIONS
"WHEREAS the German Imperial Gov-
ernment has, as the President said, forbidden
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to our people the exercise 'of their peaceful and legitimate errands on the high seas,' and
"WHEREAS in consequence the President of the United States has severed diplomatic relations with Germany,
"BE IT RESOLVED by the Citizens of . Norwell in Town Meeting assembled, this 5th day of March, 1917,
"First, That they commend the President for his uncompromising stand in severing dip- lomatic relations;
"Second, That they rely upon the President to protect American citizens and American ships in their acknowledged rights on the high seas ;
"Third, That they urge upon the President the necessity of making immediate prepara- tions against the contingencies of war;
"Fourth, That while they desire peace, they desire peace only with honor, and call upon the President to regain at this time the honor of the American people."
The following response was received by the Town Clerk :
"The White House, Washington "The President thanks you cordially for the good will which prompted your kind mes- sage, which has helped to reassure him and keep him in heart."
Article 16. What price will the town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year ?
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Voted, to pay 50 cents per hour for work at fires.
Article 17. Will the town take any action in regard to the care of parks, squares and triangles and make any ap- propriation for the same?
Appropriation made under Article 4. Instructions under Article 15.
Article 18. Will the town make an appropriation for the James Library in return for the free privilege of taking books which the townspeople now have?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 19. Will the town act in conjunction with the town of Hanover to have an electric light at the terminus of River street, Norwell and Broadway, Hanover, at the Third Herring Brook and at Assinippi ?
Voted, that the town act with the Town of Hanover in maintaining lights at the above locations.
Article 20. Will the town appropriate the sum of $540.92 for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths ?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 21. What sum of money will the town appro- priate to pay the Superintendent of Schools.
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 22. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of fighting fires ?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
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Article 23. What sum of money will the town appro- priate for the spraying of elm streets along the highways?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 24. What sum of money will the town appro- priate for electric lights ?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 25. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to repair the railing on River street near the residence of Mr. Walter C. Barnard and on Tiffany road ?
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to make the ne- cessary repairs and that they be charged to the general high- way account.
Article 26. Will the town instruct its Selectmen to change the name of Elm street to Stetson road ?
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to change the name of Elm street to Stetson road, but it was further voted that they be instructed not to make the change until they ascertain what action the Town of Scituate takes in regard to naming a street in Scituate after Cornet Stetson.
Article 27. Will the town instruct the Electric Light Committee to place an electric light on Washington street between Charles Brewster's and the Accord Post Office?
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to place a light at this location.
Article 28. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum
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not exceeding five hundred dollars for the maintenance of a free bed in the South Shore Hospital ?
Voted. to pass over this article.
Article 29. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be used in providing suitable outbuildings at the Town Farm?
Voted, that the Selectmen may expend $75.00 for this purpose.
Article 30. Will the town approve the final payment of $1495.21 to William F. Loud & Son for the work on Main street as ordered by the Massachusetts Highway Commis- sion ?
Voted, that the above payment be approved.
Article 31. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 for the extension of the work on River street to a point near the residence of the late George O. Torrey, the same being a distance of about 2700 feet from the com- pletion of the present improvement ?
Voted, that the town raise and appropriate $3000 for the extension of road on River street and that the work be done by contract and under the direction of the Selectmen, and that the Selectmen be authorized to ask assistance from the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
Article 32. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $2000 to be used as the first payment of the town's share of the expense of rebuilding Union Bridge?
Voted to pass over.
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Article 33. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the hill on Central street near the resi- dence of E. H. Sparrell ?
Voted, that the Highway Surveyor make the necessary repairs from the Highway appropriation.
Article 34. Will the town pace electric lights at the corner of Green and River streets and at the corner of Elm and River streets ?
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to establish lights at these points.
Article 35. To see if the town will appoint a committee to confer with committees from other towns and with the State Highway Commission on the advisability of making the ancient Plymouth and Boston Highway which traverses this town, a part of a proposed permanent Pilgrim Tercen- tenary Memorial, to be known as the "Pilgrim Highway" to extend from Boston through Plymouth to Provincetown?
Voted, that the Selectmen be a committee to confer with committees from other towns in regard to this matter.
Article 36. Or act or do anything relative to the same?
Voted, that the salary of officers be as follows :
Treasurer
$225 00
Collector of Taxes 225 00
Auditor 50 00
Secretary of School Committee 50 00
Other members of School Committee 25 00
Moderator, for services this day 10 00
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Voted, that the Selectmen serve as Fence Viewers.
Voted, that the Constables serve as Field Drivers.
Cemetery Committee, W. W. Farrar, Frank W. Jones, Arthur T. Stoddard.
Lyman W. Lincoln purchased the fish rights for seventy- five cents each, he being the highest bidder.
Voted, that this meeting be dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL STATE ELECTION, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed, the qualified voters of Norwell, met at the Town Hall, Tuesday, May 1, 1917. Two hundred and four names were checked on the voting list and 204 ballots cast. On being canvassed and counted they were found to be for the following persons :
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
Delegates at Large
Charles Francis Adams of Concord
George W. Anderson of Brookline 66
Albert S. Apsey of Cambridge 56
Charles J. Barton of Melrose 60
23
John L. Bates of Brookline
I02
William H. Brooks of Holyoke
72
Walter A. Buie of Boston 45
Charles F. Choate, Jr. of Southborough 80
Charles W. Clifford of New Bedford
65
George W. Coleman of Boston
70
Louis A. Coolidge of Milton
80
John W. Cummings of Fall River
84
Edwin U. Curtis of Boston
94
Daniel R. Donovan of Springfield
41
Frank E. Dunbar of Lowell
52
Samuel J. Elder of Winchester
71
Wilmot R. Evans, Jr. of Everett
43
Eugene N. Foss of Boston
58
Matthew Hale of Boston
81
Arthur D. Hill of Boston
49
Patrick H. Jennings of Boston
37
Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Cambridge
71
Nathan Matthews of Boston
64
James T. Moriarty of Boston
37
Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston
66
Josiah Quincy of Boston
74
Moorfield Storey of Lincoln
59
Charles B. Strecker of Boston
37
Joseph Walker of Brookline
74
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
76
Sherman L. Whipple of Brookline
93
George H. Wrenn of Springfield 45 Blanks 1155
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DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Sixteenth Congressional District
Edward A. Burnett of Plymouth
83
John W. Churchill of Plymouth 74
Elmer L. Curtiss of Hingham II3
Heman A. Harding of Chatham 61
Arthur N. Harriman of New Bedford 39
Charles Mitchell of New Bedford 49
Samuel Ross of New Bedford 37
Blanks 360
DELEGATE TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Second Plymouth Representative District
Harvey H. Pratt of Scituate
7
Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell
193
Blanks 4
Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOV. 6, 1917.
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the sixth day of November, at 6 A. M. Frank W. Jones, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, acted as presiding officer. The polls were opened at 6 A. M. and closed at
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12.30 P. M. One hundred and forty names were checked on the list and the same number of ballots were cast.
The result was declared as follows :
GOVERNOR
James Hayes, Social Labor 0
Chester R. Lawrence, Prohibition I
Frederick W. Mansfield, Democratic
I3
Samuel W. McCall, Republican 123
John McCarty, Socialist I Blanks 2
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Calvin Coolidge, Republican II6
Matthew Hale, Democratic, Prohibition, Progressive 19
Sylvester J. McBride, Socialist 2
Fred E. Oelcher, Socialist Labor
O
Blanks
3
SECRETARY
Herbert S. Brown, Prohibition
3
Albert P. Langtry, Republican
III
Arthur B. Reed, Democratic 16
Ingvan Paulsen, Socialist Labor
2
Marion F. Sproule, Socialist
2
Blanks 6
TREASURER
Charles L. Burrill, Republican II5
Solon Lovett, Prohibition 2
Joseph A. Murphy, Socialist 3
1
26
Humphrey O'Sullivan, Democratic 12
Mary E. Peterson, Socialist Labor Blanks
- I
AUDITOR
Elzear H. Choquette, Democratic 12
Alonzo B. Cook, Republican 112
David Craig, Socialist Labor
I
Walter S. Peck, Socialist
I
Henry G. Smith, Jr., Prohibition 1 Blanks 13
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Henry C. Attwill, Republican
109
Frank Auchter, Prohibition
I
William R. Henry, Socialist I
Thomas J. Maher, Socialist Labor I
Josiah Quincy, Democratic 19
Blanks 3
COUNCILLOR-First District
Norman D. Gillespie, Socialist
3
David L. Parker, Republican
115
Blanks 22
SENATOR-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts
Clarence W. Harding. Democratic 20
IIO
Kenneth L. Nash, Republican
Elmer A. Wright, Socialist 3
Blanks 7
27
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Second Plymouth District
Walter Haynes, Republican
I25
Blanks I5
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-Plymouth County
Edward P. Boynton, Democratic 28
Jere B. Howard, Republican 102
Robert A. Nutting, Socialist
2
Blanks 8
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to absentee voting, submitted by the Constitutional Convention be ap- proved and ratified ?
Yes 103
No
I3
Blanks 24
In place of Article 18 of the Articles of Amendment of the Constitution, shall the Article of Amendment rela- tive to appropriations for educational and benevolent purposes, submitted by the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes 106
No
16
Blanks
18
Shall the Article of Amendment relative to the taking and distribution by the Commonwealth and its muni- cipalities of the common necessaries of life, submitted by
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the Constitutional Convention, be approved and ratified ?
Yes IIO
No
9
Blanks
21
Meeting dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the qualified voters of Representative District Number Two in the County of Plymouth, held on the sixth day of November, 1917, Walter Haynes of Scitu- ate was elected to said office. Dated at Marshfield, Novem- ber 16, 1917.
HERBERT I. MACOMBER. Town Clerk of Marshfield.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clery of Norwell.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate.
WILLIAM A. KEY, Town Clerk of Pembroke.
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The vote was as follows:
Total
Haynes Scattering Blanks
Marshfield
164
149
I5
Norwell
140
I25
I5
Duxbury
125
98
27
Scituate
286
243
43
Pembroke
II3
84
2
27
-
-
828
699
2
127
Whole number of ballots, 828
Walter Haynes, 699
Blanks, 127
Scattering votes, 2
HUNTERS' LICENSES
Sixty resident Hunters' Licenses were issued during the year ending December 31, 1917.
ENROLLED MILITIA
Two hundred and three men were enrolled for military duty, April 1, 1917.
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DOGS LICENSED
For the year ending December 1, 1917.
Whole number licensed, 126.
116 Males at $2.00 IO Females at $5.00
$232 00
50 00
$282 00 Less Clerk's fees, 126 licenses at 20 cents 25 20
$256 80
Amount turned over to County Treasurer
June, 1917 $97 80
Amount turned over to County Treasurer January, 1918 159 00
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1917
March 3. Married in Norwell, James Lewis Merritt of Norwell and Ruth Agnes Henderson of Rockland, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
April 19. Married in Norwell, Arthur Edward Jackman and Lucy Norena Bates, both of Norwell, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
May 5. Married in Norwell, Edmund A. Houston and Ruth L. Towne, both of New Bedford, by Rev. How- ard Charles Gale.
June 3. Married in Hanover. N. H., Malcolm G. Howland of Norwell and Florence A. Rich of Hanover, N. H., by Rev. Robert C. Falconer.
August II. Married in Marshfield, Roy Irving Joseph of Norwell and Ethel Louise Venow of Marshfield by Rev. Thomas H. Goodwin.
September 24. Married in Manchester, N. H., Wilfred Leslie Chamberlin and Martha Cottle Gardner, both of Norwell by Rev. Hiram H. Appleman.
September 29. Married in Norwell, Irving Russell Hender- son and Alice Kngsbury Wadsworth, both of Norwell, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
October 12. Married in Nashua, N. H., Charles S. Johnson of Nashua, N. H. and Edna F. Damon of Norwell, by Rev. William Porter Niles.
November 17. Married in Abington, Frank Herbert Os- borne of Norwell and Cora Evelyn Munnia of Abing- ton by Rev. Watson Wardsworth.
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November 21. Married in Norwell, Percy Elwood Lyon and Louise Fairweather, both of Norwel,l by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
December 15. Married in Mansfield, Herbert Stetson Tur- ner of Norwell and Clara Walley Holt of Mansfield, by Rev. John A. Haarvig.
December 22. Married in Hanover, Basil Sumner Simmons of Hanover and Edna Winifred Farrar of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
December 24. Married in Weymouth, Stewart Rufus Bow- ker and Bertha Linwood Gardner, both of Norwell, by Rev. Fred A. Line.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1917.
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
January 2 . . February 5. . . February 10 .... February 20 ... · March 23.
Walter Howard Litchfield . . Thomas Harrington Campbell .. Roger Alden Young
Percy W. and Lucinda E .. · Thomas and Anne
Herbert E. and Stella B ...
Litchfield Tucker Howard
Stillborn . Albion V. Snowdale
George L. and J. Gertrude
Gardner
April 5 ..
Josephine Stoddard .
George H. and Emily L ..
Wagner
April 9.
Richard William Merritt
Joseph F. and Alice G.
Church
April 12.
Theodore Melvin Dyer, Jr.
Theodore M. and Gertrude .
Leslie
May 10.
Eleanor Wadsworth
J. Lyman and Geneva
Loring
May 30.
Raymond Francis Beach · Lawrence Allen Merritt
Arnold V. and Carrie Edwin L. and Xoa
Damon
July 15.
Dorothy Phelps . .
Orison S. and Florence
Goodnough
July 23.
Lois Pauline Dolan
James and Olive E.
Briggs
July 28
Elizabeth Margaret Strachan .
John and Janet A.
Wren
July 28
Wesley Evans Richardson
White
July 30. .
Robert Otis Apts
Litchfield
August 6. ·
Arthur Edward Jackman, Jr .... Catherine Josephine Keene
Ernest L. and Mary J. .
McWilliams
August 29
Esther May Whiting ..
Louis B. and Floretta
Young
August 29 .
Allen Woodman Merritt
James L. and Ruth.
Henderson
Eben Thayer Fogg .
Harry T. and Louise
Cain
September 1. . December 4 .. ...
John Anthony Credo
Antonio and Esmeralda ·
Cluny
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Turner
June 3.
Earl S. and Marion F. Herbert W. and Doris A. Arthur E. and Lucy N.
Bates
August 23.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1917
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER,
March 20, 1885.
Harold Bartlett Farrar
Alfred L. and Evelina W. .
Jacobs
August 9, 1897
Alvira Blanchard Tilden ·
Gardner
April 4, 1915
Edwin Richardson . .
Carlton G. and Lillian F. · Earl S. and Marion F. . ·
White
May 11, 1915 .. .
Malcolm Everell Whiting
Louis B. and Floretta ·
Young
July 16, 1915 ...
Edith Eileen Ainslie
Harry A. and Lillian G. .
Dunton
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk and all births should be reported.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1917
DATE
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
BIRTHPLACE
PLACE OF DEATH
Jan. 10 ..
Judith Matilda Jones (Sprague)
65
1 27
Cerebral hemorrhage
So. Scituate Scituate
Norwell Norwell
Jan. 18 ..
Susan Tolman (Knapp) .
94
3 21
Influenza
Jan. 22 ..
David P. Robinson
92
3 16
Valvular Disease of Heart
Hingham
Norwell
Feb. 3 ...
Joseph H. Hatch .
74
2 4
Chronic valvular heart disease
Norwell
Feb. 12 ..
John P. Henderson
68 10 11
Senile dementia
Scituate Hanover So. Scituate
Norwell
Feb. 20 ..
Thomas Barstow
66
9 25
Natural causes
Gangrene of left foot
Hingham Scituate
Norwell
Feb. 24 ..
James Lincoln Prouty
90 9
· ·
. .
· .
. .
. .
. .
. .
77
8 4
Seni e dementia
Scituate
Mar. 2 ... Mar. 15 ..
Gustavus S. Totman
80 10 12
Cerebral hemorrhage
Scituate
Norwell
Mar. 20 ..
Albion Snowdale
72 8
4 Natural causes . .
Maine
Norwell
Mar. 28. .
William O. Merritt
72 6 27
Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
Scituate Bridgewater
Norwell Westboro Norwell
April 19.
Henry R. Farrar
80
9 25
Shock from burns .
Scituate
Marshfield
April 21. April 27.
Benjamin Parker Nichols
80
. . . .
45
2 19
Acute nephritis
So. Scituate
Norwell
May 15 ..
Mary A. Grose (Hobart)
90
2 19
Myocardial insufficiency
Hingham
Norwell
July 1. .
Susan A. Parker (Snow)
63
7 7 Cancer of face
Somerville
Norwell
July 11 ..
Walter H. Briggs ..
65
1
. .
Myocarditis, arterio scelerous
So Scituate
Taunton
35
Mar. 1 ..
Joshua Freeman
60
Cerebral embrolism from loss of 'oot
So. Scituate
Brockton Norwell
Mar. 2 ...
Albert Osborne .
76 11 13
Bronchial pneumonia
April 7 ..
Albert N. Farrar
68
. . 25
Cerebral hemorrhage
Scituate
Lydia J. Hatch (Smith)
79
4 . .
Cerebral hemorrhage
Scituate
Norwell Taunton
Lobar pneumonia
Scituate
May 11 ..
Nathan Frank Studley .
74 10
. .
Chronic Nephartis
Brockton
Brockton
Feb. 20 ..
Stillborn
Emma L. Loring (Hersey)
Norwell
Feb. 24 ..
Julia A. J. Bowker
Norwell
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1917
DATE
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
BIRTHPLACE
PLACE OF DEATH
Aug. 15 ..
Mary Ann Ashley (Coffin)
87
6 21
Chronic colitis
Nova Scotia
Norwell
Aug. 23 ..
Fred A. Wheelwright
47
6
5
Chronic intestinal nephritis .
Cohasset
Norwell
Aug.
26 ..
Faulkner Fogg .
12
9 24
Peri-Nephritic abcess-pyelitis
Norwell
Norwell
Sept.
21.
Cynthia Hill Walbridge (Chase) .
66
4 23
Acute Bronchitis
Vermont
Norwell
Sept. 27.
William G. Collamore
56
7 10
Acute alcholism
So. Scituate
Norwell
Nov. 14 ..
Asa L. Vining
64
7
.
Diabetes mel
Hanover
Norwell
Nov.16 ...
Marshall Griffin
52
8 22
Acute intestinal obstruction .
Nova Scotia
Brockton
Dec. 4. . .
John Anthony Credo
. .
. . 12
Natural causes
Norwell
Norwell
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1917
DATE 1917
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Jan. 31 ...
Charles A. Briggs
68
5 28
Boston
April 19 ..
Diana Pierce .
89
. . ..
Lobar pneumonia
Taunton
Aug. 16 ...
Edward A. Knight .
58
5 24
Carbuncle and septic
Boston
Oct. 20 ...
Helen M. Humphrey
60
..
. .
. .
Pneumonia
Boston
Dec. 1 ....
Eunice C. Nash
73 10 14
Coronary embolism
Cleveland
Dec. 2 ....
Mary E. Knight
84
9 27
Arterio selerosis
Boston
Number of births, 27;
Number of marriages, 13;
Number of deaths, 31.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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Report of the Town Treasurer
For the year ending December 31, 1917.
RECEIPTS
To cash on hand January 1, 1918.
General Funds
$6473 72
High School Fund
15 58
Sawyer Lot Income
8 02
$6497 32
From William H. Spencer, Collector.
Assessment of 1915, including inter- est and abatements $972 96
Assesment of 1916, including inter-
est and abatements
5695
84
Assessment of 1917, including inter-
est and abatements
19940 96
$26609 76
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Loans and Interest :
Loans in anticipation of Revenue, 1918.
Rockland Trust Co. Note 35 $5000 00
Rockland Trust Co. Note 40 6000 00
South Scituate Savings Bank.
Note 36 5000 00
Abington Savings Bank. Note 37-38 10,000 00
Interest on Deposits at Rockland
Trust Co. 184 82
$26184 82
For School Purposes Only.
County Treasurer, Dog Tax
$87 91
Income of Mass. School Fund
968 92
High School Fund 500 00
Tuition of State Children
439 50
Superintendent of Schools
416 66
Sale of Old Desks
I 50
Sale of Old Books
40
$2414 80)
From State Treasurer.
Moth Refund $194 57
Income from Sawyer Lot Fund 8 00
Public Service Corporation Tax 560 93
Inspection of Animals 22 00
National Bank Tax
878 65
State Aid Refunded
1873 00
Soldiers Exemptions
184 30
40
Income Tax
5602 53
Highway Loan
12 00
Mass. Highway Com. for River St. 3987 90
$13323 88
Aid Refunded-From
Weymouth
$83 00
Scituate
223 60
Rockland
25 00
Hanover
28 00
Hull
34 00
$393 60
Licenses
Arthur Stoddard, Milk License $ 50
J. Warren Foster, Slaughtering I 00
Eugene B. Tobey, Pedler's 6 00
Charles L. Gleason, Pedler's 6 00
Walter Wagner, Slaughtering I 00
Corthell Brothers, Slaughtering I 00
Sidney Gates, Pedler's 6 00
George M. McGrath, Pedler's
6 00
$27 50 79548
Miscellaneous
4540.96
L. F. Hammond, Sale of Tarvia $22 50 Lyman Lincoln, Fish Rights I 50
Second District Court, Winslow Child- ren 46 50
Gtorge C. Reed, Tax Deed Redeemed 20 82
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William F. Loud & Son 90
Highway Refund, Ames Plow Co. 75
Second District Court 8 77
Sale of Fire Wagon 75 00
Moth Refund from Harwood Cushing 217 64
Moth Refund from Miss Florence
M. Cushing
49 55
Moth Refund from Estate of Na- than Cushing 205 93
Hay Sale Receipts 13 33
Refund from Board of Health 9 20
Superintendent Almshouse Receipts 53 33
Home Poor Refund 70 26
$795 98 James McQuade, Lot 51, Sec. B 10 00
Sale of Lots in Cemetery.
EXPENDITURES
Highways :
General Pay Roll
$4000 53
Special
7636 99
Snow
723 91
$12361 43
Support of Poor :
Almshouse
$1704 20
Outside Poor, Norwell
1212 48
Other Towns
34 00
$2950 68
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State Aid Soldiers Relief
$1735 00
255 75
$1990 75
Schools
$12235 60
High School Fund
128 16
$12363 76
Town Officers $1939 83
Police Officers, Order of Sec. Dis-
trict Court 66 35
$2006 18
Gipsy Moth
$1718 10
Incidentals
951 60
$2669 70
Taxes :
State
$3300 00
County Tax
1818 20
$5118 20
Sundry Accounts :
Abatement of Taxes
$92 28
Board of Health
255 20
Electric Light's
319 92
Tree Warden
25 50
James Library
150 00
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Town Hall
50 25
Post II2, G. A. R.
150 00
Cemetery 56 25
Fire Account
403 79
Parks, Squares, Triangles
79 62
Mowing Bushes
94 83
Special Appropriation, Fitting up
Town Office
Joseph F. Merritt
57 50
Harry S. Merritt 32 83
Gaffield Park 24 53
Church Hill Improvement Association 5 75
Sawyer Lot
5 00
$1803 25
Loans and Interest Paid :
Loans
Rockland Trust Co., Note No. 29 $5000 00
Rockland Trust Co. Note 30 5000 00
Rockland Trust Co., Note 31 1000 00
Rockland Trust Co., Note 35 5000 00
Rockland Trust Co., Note 40 6000 00
So. Scituate Savings Bank Note 5000 00
Wellington Wells, Guardian-Bond No. 2 2000 00
Trustees Otis and Coffin Fund Note
No 20 800 00
Interest and Discount :
Rockland Trust Co. Int. on Note No. 31 40 00
Rockland Trust Co. Disc. Note 35 145 00 Rockland Trust Co. Disc. Note 40 114 84
44
So. Scituate Savings Bank. Disc. Note 36 I55 56
Abington Savings' Bank. Disc. Note 37 and 38 362 79
Wellington Wells, Guardian, Int. on Bonds 160 00
Somerville Savings Bank, Int. on Bonds 4 and 5 160 00
Somerville Savings Bank, River St.
Trustees Otis & Coffin's Fund Int. 64 00
Somerville Savings Bank, River St. Loan Interest 80 00 ·
Bureau of Statistics, Certifying Notes
10 00
$31,132 19
Cash on hand to balance :
General Funds (including highway special) $3463 17
High School Fund 387 42
Sawyer Lot Income
II 02
Respectfully submitted,
$3861 61
HERBERT E. ROBBINS, Treasurer.
Report of Tax Collector.
ASSESSMENT OF 1915
Uncollected Dec. 30, 1916
$941 28
Interest Collected 69 91
$1,011 19
Paid Treasurer Abatements Uncollected Dec. 31, 1917
$972 00
96
38 23
$1,011 19
ASSESSMENT OF 1916
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1916
$7,170 78
Interest Collected
174 17
$7,344 95
Paid Treasurer Abatements Uncollected Dec. 31, 1917
$5,661 66
34 18
1,649 II
$7,344 95
46
ASSESSMENT OF 1917
Tax Levy
$29,522 07
Moth Tax
102 20
Interest Collected
12 28
$29,636 55
Paid Treasurer
$19,883 82
Abatements
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