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Commonwealth of Mass., Burial of Paupers 15.00
Compensation for Inspection of Animals 22.50
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Excise Tax for period from June II,
1919, to September 30, 1919. . 192.32
10,660.84
Licenses :
Wallace H. Damon, slaughtering
license 1.00
Walter J. Wagner, slaughtering license 1.00
Arthur T. Stoddard, milk license. . .50
Charles L. Gleason, pedler's license 6.00
Eugene B. Tobey, pedler's license. 6.00
14.50
Miscellaneous :
Moth Refund,
Miss Florence M. Cushing 60.30
Dr. H. W. Cushing 291.63
Est. of Nathan Cushing 121.56
F. C. Haskins 70.85
James H. Barnard 72.57
James P. Graves 28.59
Town of Cohasset 78.00
Refund from Edward F. Winslow
330.33
Refund from Charles Berry 72.00
Fire Refund from John T. Osborn, Fire Warden 4.00
George S. Hatch, clam rights 7.00
Leon Hatch, fish rights 1.00
Refund from Underwood Type- writer Company 1.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Receipts 7.62
Receipts from Almshouse (net) 1.72
Credit Auto License 5.00
1,153.67
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Sale of Lots in Cemetery :
G. A. Goodnough, Lot 12, Sec. A. . 12.00
Ray T. Lapham, Lot 23, Sec. C. . . 10.00
Bessie Babbitt, one grave 2.00
W. R. Joyce, Lot 50, Sec. B. 10.00
Daniel Barnes, Lot 21, Sec. B .. .. 10.00
Chas. A. MacNally, Lot 31, Sec. A 12.00
Daniel T. Brown, Lot 45, Sec. B. . 10.00
66.00
$75,997.34
EXPENDITURES
Highways :
General Pay Roll
$8,442.06
Snow
60.39
$8,502.45
Support of Poor :
Almshouse $2,080.43
Outside Poor, Norwell 1,392.56
3,472.99
State Aid
$1,596.00
Soldiers' Relief
121.50
1,717.50
Sundry Accounts :
Board of Health $468.71
Electric Lights 415.92
James Library 100.00
Post 112, G. A. R. I 50.00
Plymouth County Farm Bureau . . 1 00.00
Special Appropriation, Welcome Home Day 1 50.00
Union Bridge, first payment 2,000.00
Fire Account I57.50
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Mowing and Burning Bushes
145.50
Gaffield Park
52.50
Squares and Triangles 126.47
Washington Street Cemetery
60.25
Sawyer Lot
10.00
Town Hall
42.67
Abatement of Taxes
246.95
4,226.47
Schools :
General Pay Roll $14,613.17
14,613.17 Town Officers $1,903.00
Police Officers, Order of 2nd District
Court 17.58
1,920.58
Taxes :
State Tax
$2,970.00
County Tax
1,743.83
Special State Tax
178.20
4,892.03
Gypsy Moth
$3,448.68
Incidentals
1,214.72
4,663.40
Loans and Interest Paid :
Loans,
Somerville Savings Bank, Bond
No. 4 $2,000.00
Rockland Trust Co., Note 43 . 5,000.00
Rockland Trust Co., Note 44. . . · 5,000.00 Rockland Trust Co., Note 45 . .. . 10,000.00 Rockland Trust Co., Note 46. .. . 5,000.00 Somerville Savings Bank, Note 33 1,000.00
28,000.00
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Interest and Discount,
Rockland Trust Co., Discount
Note 45 $367.35
Rockland Trust Co., Discount
Note 46
165.58
Rockland Trust Co., Discount
Note 47
186.06
Rockland Trust Co., Discount Note 48 I28.07
Somerville Savings Bank, Int. on
Bonds 4 and 5 160.00
Somerville Savings Bank, Int. on
Notes 33 and 34
80.00
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
8.00
1,095.06
$73,103.65
Cash on hand to balance :
General Funds $2,732.50
High School Fund 150.17
Income Sawyer Lot Fund
11.02
2,893.69
$75,997.34
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. ROBBINS,
Treasurer.
Report of Tax Collector
For Year Ending December 31, 1919.
ASSESSMENT OF 1916
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1918 $44.29
Interest Collected 58
$44.87
Paid Treasurer
$44.87
ASSESSMENT OF 1917
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1918 .$1,564.71
Interest Collected
140.37
$1.705.08
Abatements $91.26
Paid Treasurer
1,613.82
$1.705.08
ASSESSMENT OF 1918
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1918
$8,637.57
Interest Collected
184.67
$8,822.24
Abatements $124.43
Paid Treasurer 6,176.53
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1919
2,521.28
$8,822.24
.
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ASSESSMENT OF 1919
Tax Levy $30,625.59
Moth Tax 472.67
Additional, December Assessment . 125.54
Interest Collected
19.44
$31,243.24
Abatements
$31.26
Paid Treasurer
22,339.74
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1919
8,872.24
$31,243.24
WILLIAM H. SPENCER.
Collector of Taxes.
Highway Account --- 1919
Walter T. Osborn, 49 days, 4 hours at
$3.50 per day $173.25
Walter T. Osborn, express on scraper parts .86
Walter T. Osborn, team, 26 days and 2 hours at $4.00 105.00
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 42 days at $15.00 630.00
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 2 days at $12
24.00
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 6 days at $12.50 75.00
Walter T. Osborn, truck, carting tar
5.00
John Whalen and team, 46 days, 4 hours at $7.00 325.50
John Whalen, man, I day at $3.00 3.00
Harry A. Ainslie, I day at $3.00 3.00
Emanuel P. Joseph, truck, 6 days, 4 hours at $23.00 149.50
Emanuel P. Joseph, man and team, 17 days at $7.00 1 19.00
John T. Osborn, 24 days, 6 hours at $3 74.25
John T· Osborn, auto 14.00
Walter J. Wagner, 37 days, 4 hours at $3.00 I 12.50
Charles H. Jones, 6 days, 4 hours, at $3 19.50
J. Henry Leavitt, gravel 8.76
Andrew Stockbridge, 5 days. 4 hours at $3.00 16.50
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SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
Andrew Stockbridge, gravel
12.40
Frank L. Thomas and horse, 6 days at $5.00 30.00
Frank L. Thomas, 2 days at $3.00. 6.00
Frank L. Thomas, gravel 39.84
Perry H. Osborn, 48 days, 4 hours at $3.00 145.50
Charles A. Bruce, 42 days, 40 minutes at $3.00 126.25
New England Road Machine Co., tools 56.93
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight on tar 10.25
Barrett Company, tarvia 1.480.74
Benjamin Loring and team, 19 days, 4 hours, at $7.00 136.50
Benjamin Loring, gravel 29.80
John F. Osborne and team, 10 days, 4 hours at $7.00 73.50
John F. Osborne, man, 2 days at $3.00 6.00
Everett W. Osborne, I day at $3.00
3.00
Charles H. Baker, 34 days, 4 hours at $3.00 103.50
Robert Ripley, 2 days at $3.00
6.00
William Sylvester. 8 days, 4 hours at $3.00 25.50
John E. Leslie, 36 days, 4 hours at $3 109.50
B. Franklin Burns, 30 days, 4 hours at $3.00 j. 91.50
Wallace H. Damon, 25 days at $3.00 75.00
Timothy Sheehan, labor on gutter .
5.00
Mrs. George N. Ripley, gravel 10.00 Haywood Hartwell, labor on fences 15.00 E. G. Bates and team, 5 days, 4 hours at $7.00 38.50
Romandel O. Hight, 5 days, 4 hours
at $3.00 16.50
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TOWN OF NORWELL
John T. Hatch and team. 3.00
James Gammon, 8 days at $3.00 24.00
George Wagner and team, 4 days at $7 28.00
Caleb Litchfield, 5 days at $3.00 . .
15.00
Francis E. Henderson and team, II days, 4 hours at $7.00 80.50
Francis E. Henderson, man, II days.
4 hours at $3.00
34.50
Gilbert West, gravel 19.60
Calvin S. West and son, supplies
2.60
Henry L. Stoddard. ro days at $3.00
30.00
Orlando Litchfield, 20 days at $3.00
60.00
Louis Kilburn, 4 days at $3.00 . .
12.00
Harry P. Henderson, 4 days at $3.00
12.00
Ernest I. Henderson, 22 days, 4 hours, at $3.00 67.50
Arthur Osborne, 4 days, 4 hours at $3 13.50
Wesley Osborne and team, 4 days at $7.00 28.00
William A. Brown and team, 5 days, 4 hours, at $7.00 38.50
William A. Brown, gravel 4.60
Matthew Brown, 5 days. 4 hours, at $3 16.50 Earl Forsman, 12 days, 4 hours at $3 37.50
Herbert A. Sprague, 4 days, 4 hours at $3.00 13.50
John H. Gunderway, 2 days at $3.00 6.00
William Dunbar and team, 9 days at $7.00 63.00
William Dunbar, man, 3 days at $3.00 9.00
Herbert Litchfield, 6 hours at $3.00 2.25
Francis Damon, 7 days, 4 hours at $3 22.50
Mrs. Mary E. Damon, gravel 5.30
Mrs. Nettie Simmons, gravel 2.00
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Arthur F. Henderson and team, 6 days at $7.00 42.00
Alvin T. Baker, 6 days, 4 hours at $3 19.50
Ernest G. Hunt, 11 days, 4 hours at $3 34.50
Bernard Schultz, 2 days at $3.00 .
. .. 6.00
Edward M. Sexton. 22 days. 4 hours at $3.00 67.50
William Randall, 3 days at $3.00 . . 9.00
Atwood Ainslie, 6 days. 2 hours, 40 minutes, at $3.00 19.00
Emery Winslow. 4 days at $3.00
1 2.00
John Leavitt. 3 days, 4 hours at $3 00
10.50
Lincoln Bates, 4 hours at $3.00 . ...
1.50
John McDonald, I day. 4 hours, at $3
4.50
A. W. Belcher, gravel 15.30
John F. Wilder. I day, 4 hours at $3
4.50
Arthur J. Mitchell, truck
15.00
J. Edward Fraser, supplies
1.60
Bert Richardson, gravel
2.00
John H. Sparrell
9.21
Thomas & Turner, cedar posts
20.00
Insurance
98.11
F. J. Rourke
24.37
Herbert S. Turner
2.45
George F. Welch Co.
14.19
Credit, Elmer E. Carr. tarvia
12.00
$5.582.91
General Appropriation
5.300.00
Exceeded $282.91
WALTER T. OSBORN. Highway Surveyor.
$5.594.91
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TOWN OF NORWELL
OTIS APPROPRIATION
Walter T. Osborn, 15 days at $3.50 $52.50
Walter T. Osborn, truck 142.50
Walter T. Osborn, team, 13 days at $4.00 52.00
E. G. Bates and team, 4 days at $7.00 28.00
John Whalen and team, 15 days at $7 105.00
John T. Osborn. II days at $3.00 . .. Walter J. Wagner, 13 days at $3.00
33.00
Ernset L. Henderson, 15 days at $3.00 45.00
39.00
Harry P. Henderson, 15 days at $3.00 45.00 B. Franklin Burns. 15 days at $3.00 45.00 Perry H. Osborn, 13 days at $3.00 . . 39.00
John E. Leslie, 14 days at $3.00 ·
42.00
Louis Kilburn. 13 days at $3.00 .. 39.00
Henry L. Stoddard, 6 days at $3.00 18.00
Orville Martin, 12 days, 4 hours, at $3 37.50
John H. Gunderway, 10 days, 4 hours at $3.00 31.50
Alden Beach, I days at $3.00 31.50
Charles A. Bruce, 3 days at $3.00 9.00
$806.00
Special Appropriation 800.00
Exceeded
$6.00
WALTER T. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor.
WASHINGTON STREET, Per Order of the Selectmen
Walter T. Osborn, 9 days at $3.50. . $31.50
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 14 days at
$15.00 210.00
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Perry H. Osborn, 13 days at $3.00 .. 39.00
Charles A. Bruce, 6 days at $3.00 .. 18.00
Everett W. Osborne, 10 days at $3.00 30.00 Charles H. Baker, 12 days at $3.00 36.00
John T. Osborn, 7 days, 4 hours at $3 22.50
John T. Osborn, auto 4.00
Earl Forsman. 6 days at $3.00 18.00
Mrs. Mary E. Farrar, gravel 3.00
Barrett Company, tarvia
236.16
$648.16
WALTER T. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor.
RIVER STREET, Per Order of the Selectmen
Walter T. Osborn, 13 days at $3.50 $45.50
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 22 days, 4
hours, at $15.00 337.50
Walter T. Osborn, team, 4 days at $4 16.00
Charles A. Bruce, 16 days, at $3.00 48.00
Walter J. Wagner, 6 days at $3.00. . 18.00
Perry H. Osborn, 20 days, 4 hours at $3.00 61.50
John McDonald, I day at $3.00 3.00
Clifton Lambert, 2 days at $3.00 6.00
John T. Osborn, II days at $3.00
33.00
John T. Osborn, auto,
2.00
Everett W. Osborne, 10 days, 4 hours at $3.00 31.50
Charles H. Baker, 10 days, 4 hours at $3.00 31.50
Earl Forsman, 2 days, 4 hours at $3.00 7.50
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Wallace H. Damon, 3 days at $3.00 9.00
Ernest L. Henderson, I day at $3.00 3:00
William Sylvester, 3 days, 4 hours at $3.00 10.50
Frank L. Thomas, gravel 15.10
Barrett Company, tarvia
486.03
Edwin B. Torrey, gravel 4.20
John W. Burns, Jr., 3 days at $3.00 .. 9.00
$1,177.83
Credit, John H. Gutterson, tarvia
30.00
$1,147.83
WALTER T. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor.
HIGH STREET, Per Order of the Selectmen Walter T. Osborn, 2 days at $3.50 .. $7.00
Walter T. Osborn, truck, 5 days, 4 hours, at $15.00 82.50
John T. Osborn, 5 days, 4 hours, at $3
16.50
Everett W. Osborne, 5 days, 4 hours, at $3.00 16.50
Charles A. Bruce, 5 days, 4 hours, at $3 16.50
Barrett Company, tarvia 76.16
$215.16
WALTER T. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor.
Snow Account
Walter T. Osborn $5.40
Francis E. Henderson 9.00
E. Gerry Bates 8.10
John F. Osborne 4.95
Benjamin Loring
8.10
John Whalen
4.05
Joseph W. Hatch 6.00
Insurance 14.79
$60.39
WALTER T. OSBORN. Highway Surveyor.
Town Officers Account
Edward M. Sexton, services selectman,
assessor and overseer of poor ... $335.50 Lothrop E. Fessenden, services select- man, assessor and overseer of poor 333.00 Frank W. Jones, services selectman, asssesor and overseer of poor . ... 69.50
William J. Leonard, services select-
man, assessor and overseer of poor 164.00
Joseph F. Merritt, town clerk I20.00
Joseph F. Merritt, registrar of voters Herbert E. Robbins, treasurer
30.00
William H. Spencer, tax collector 1917 100.00 William H. Spencer. tax collector 1918 100.00
225.00
Jerome F. Wadsworth, auditor 50.00
Arthur T. Stoddard, registrar 25.00
Jeremiah H. Lehan, registrar 25.00
Henry J. Tolman, registrar 25.00
Walter T. Osborn, constable
50.00
J. Warren Foster, constable 16.00
Jesse M. Winslow, constable 17.00
John Wilder. constable
5.00
Herbert Apts, constable 5.00
Arthur Sampson, constable 5.00
Nellie L. Sparrell, school committee 50.00
Benjamin Loring, school committee, 1918 10.00
Benjamin Loring, school committee,
1919 . . 25.00
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J. Warren Foster, inspection of animals 45.00
J. Warren Foster, sealer of weights and measures
18.00
John Whalen, moderator
10.00
Carleton O. Litchfield, teller
15.00
Amos H. Tilden, teller
15.00
William O. Henderson, teller
7.00
Harry G. Pinson, teller
8.00
$1,903.00
Appropriation
2,000.00
Balance Unexpended $97.00
EDWARD M. SEXTON, LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN, WILLIAM J. LEONARD,
Selectmen.
Assessors' Report
Taxable real estate, April .. . . $1,096,675.00 Taxable personal estate, April assessment 186,235.00
Taxable personal estate, De-
cember assessment
5,325.00
$1,288,235.00
Exempted real estate
$29,315.00
Exempted personal estate
570.00
$29.885.00
Total valuation
$1,288,235.00
Total valuation, 1918 $1,264, 115.00
Tax rate, 1919 $23.20 per $1,000.00
Town tax 29,763.59
County tax 1,743.83
State tax 2,970.00
Special State tax
178.20
Persons assessed 1,165
I22
Poll tax only
Polls assessed
430
Polls exempt 63
Total number polls 493
Number acres of land 12,768
Number of dwelling houses
534
Number of horses 198
Number of cows 176
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Number of neat cattle
60
Number of sheep 73
Number of swine
II2
Number of fowl
3,544
EDWARD M. SEXTON,
LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN, WILLIAM J. LEONARD,
Assessors.
Report of Overseers of the Poor
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-Dr.
James H. Pinkham, Superintendent . . $300.00
Electric Light and Power Co. 45.98
Calvin S. West & Son, supplies 329.86
John A. Martin, ice 18.69
C. L. Rice & Son, supplies 27.50
A. Lelyveld, supplies 4.50
Joseph F. Totman, supplies 236.33
Minot Williamson, services 1.00
Frederick T. Bailey, repairs 4.50
Herbert S. Turner & Co., supplies 226.98
Corthell Bros., supplies 209.52
Herbert S. Robbins, insurance 52.00
J. Austin Lincoln, supplies 106.60
James H. Pinkham, supplies 82.44
Lyman Lincoln, sawing wood 15.00
E. B. Tobey, dry goods 1.40
Charles Hammond, M. D., medical att.
11.00
Joseph F. Merritt, horse 15.25
F. L. Thomas, supplies
3.75
George F. Welch Co., coal and supplies 269.10
Robert Montgomery, wiring and sup- plies 18.48
N. H. Ranney, supplies 15.00
Walter T. Osborn, plowing and wood 85.50
George L. Downing, fish 4.53
H. T. Handy. M. D., medical attend'ce 48.50
$2.133.41
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ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-Cr.
Received from sale of supplies 54.70
$2,078.71
Appropriation
1,800.00
Exceeded $278.71
POOR ACCOUNT-Dr.
Belmont Private Hospital $61.30
Mass. State Hospital 88.57
City of Brockton, board 489.70
Central Hospital 200.00
State Board of Charity, board 369.40
Louis M. Wheeler, supplies
67.02
J. F. Totman, supplies 40.57
H. T. Handy, medical attendance 30.50
H. E. Forbes, medical attendance 34.00
J. H. Sparrell, auto service 5.00
George N. Beal, auto service 3.00
Walter T. Osborn, team 3.50
$1,392.56
POOR ACCOUNT-Cr.
Board Refunded 402.33
$990.23
Appropriation
1,500.00
Balance unexpended $509.77
EDWARD M. SEXTON, LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN, WILLIAM J. LEONARD, Overseers of the Poor.
Incidental Account
Thomas H. Buttimer, services $20.00
Mrs. C. C. Hook, rent of shed 12.00
Wright & Potter Print'g Co., auto book 3.25
Perry H. Osborn, auto service 4.00
Globe Co., advertising 12.00
Town of Scituate, taxes 8.47
A. T. Stoddard, fixing fence, Dist. I 8.25
Walter T. Osborn, auto service 2.00
South Shore Co., advertising 3.00
Mrs. Frank W. Jones, incidentals 28.50
Carrie M. Ford, printing 40.25
Wakefield Item, tax tables .45
Spaulding Moss Co., blue prints .84
Boston Publishing Co., advertising 3.60
F. W. Glover, printing 1.50
Wm. J. Leonard, incidentals 1.44
John H. Sparrell, auto service 23.50
Joseph F. Totman, stamps 78.63
Wm. H. Spencer, taxes 1917, 1918. . 6.08
Calvin S. West, justice of peace ... 2.50
Herbert E. Robbins, justice of peace 2.50
Calvin S. West & Son, rope 8.00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls 10.50
Hartford Acc. Ins. Co. treasurer's bond 40.00
Harry T. Fogg, collector's bond 50.00
Travelers' Ins. Co., moth insurance . . 54.75
Travelers' Ins. Co., moth insurance . . 97.31
Cleaning streets, Aug. 16 I 37.00
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Bennison Flag & Decorating Co., dec-
orating 100.00
P. B. Murphy, printing 3.95
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Reports and printing 187.55
George F. Welch, rope 1.75
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 17.16
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., document boxes 3.50
Registry of Deeds, transfers 30.00
John T. Osborn, auto service, police department 8.00
Perry H. Osborn, auto service 2.00
L. E. Fessenden, incidentals 67.25
Edward M. Sexton, incidentals 31.99
Thomas Groom & Co., weigher's book 1.60
WV. & L. E. Gurley, sealer's supplies 34.40
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, flowers . 30.00
Walter T. Osborn, telephone calls .
3.50
George S. Mansfield, return of deaths .25
Joseph Frame, return of births .50
Charles Hammond, return of births . . .25
E. H. Sparrell, return of deaths 4.50
Joseph H. Merritt, return of births, deaths and marriages 22.50
Chas. A. Durr, return of births .25
WVm. R. Grovestein, return of births 1.50
T. B. Alexander, return of births .25
H. T. Handy, return of births .25
Herbert Fernaldo, return of births .50
C. H. Colgate, return of births .25
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TOWN OF NORWELL
F. H. Corey, return of births .75
$1,214.72
Appropriation
1,300.00
Balance unexpended $85.28
EDWARD M. SEXTON, LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN, WILLIAM J. LEONARD,
Selectmen.
Report of Tree Warden
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
Edward A. Damon $34.50
Charles Bates 10.50
Daniel Hill 15.00
Lawn mower
11.50
Church Hill Improvement Society 18.37
Charles Baker 3.00
Edward M. Sexton
3.00
A. H. Tilden 8.25
B. Shultz
3.00
Wallace Damon
3.00
F. M. Curtis 7.00
John H. Sparrell, use of auto 1.50
C .West & Son
2.85
E. Winslow
2.00
Charles Gale
3.00
$126.47
Appropriation
100.00
Exceeded
$26.47
MOWING BUSHES
Edward A. Damon $38.25
Charles Bates 27.00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
F. M. Curtis
21.00
F. M. Curtis, team 6.00
$92.25
Appropriation
100.00
Unexpended
$7.75
BURNING BUSHES
Edward A. Damon
$26.25
Charles Bates 18.00
$44.25
Appropriation
50.00
Unexpended
$5.75
GAFFIELD PARK
Edward A· Damon
$21.00
Charles Bates 21.00
F. M. Curtis 10.50
$52.50
Appropriation
25.00
Exceeded $27.50
Sixteenth Annual Report of Moth Department
For Year Ending December 31, 1919
F. M. Curtis, use of teams, cash and supplies $297.65
Jesse Reed, use team 19.50
J. W. Foster, use auto 2.00
E. M. Sexton, team 1.50
Arnold Beach, team 9.00
Walter T. Osborn, team 31.00
John H. Sparrell, labor and supplies
114.04
H. D. Smith, gasoline 2.90
C. West & Son gas, 5.60
H. S. Turner & Co., gasoline 13.44
John Whalen, moving sprayer 2.00
John Whalen, storing lead 8.00
$506.03
F. M. Curtis $819.50
Jesse Reed 174.38
Walter Jacobs 42.00
Charles Bates 453.76
F. E. Henderson 15.00
Amos H. Tilden
67.50
Clarence Cromwell 73.50
O. R. Litchfield 33.00
Edward A. Damon
324.01
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Alvan Spencer
III.75
Lincoln Bates
67.50
John Whalen
274.75
Alfred Bates
39.00
J. Warren Foster
93.00
Bernard Shultz
34.50
Daniel Hill
87.00
Edward M. Sexton
63.00
Charles Baker 67.50
Wallace Damon
73.50
Walter T. Osborn, team
21.00
A. Sylvester 7.50
$2,942.65 $3,448.68
Total
Amount property owners $362.73
Special work 2,008.87
Town liability
500.65
$2,872.25
FRED M. CURTIS,
Moth Superintendent.
Report of Forest Warden
Tombs Fire No. I $15.00
Studley Fire 10.50
Martin fire 3.00
Burdett Fire
2.00
Wagner fire
14.00
Arena fire
1.50
Valley Swamp fire
5.50
Ridge Hill fire 5.00
Tombs fire No. 2
29.50
Cushing fire
13.00
Filling extinguishers
32.00
John T. Osborn 20.50
Valley Swamp
6.00
$157.50
Appropriation
300.00
Balance
$142.50
JOHN T. OSBORN, Forest Fire Warden.
FOREST WARDEN AND DEPUTIES
John T. Osborn, forest warden, telephone 43-3
John F. Wilder, deputy .24-3 John Whalen, deputy 27-3 Henry D. Smith, deputy 13-2
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Francis E. Henderson, deputy Hanover II-6
Melvin S. Little, deputy Hanover 27-2
Benjamin Loring, deputy 12-22
Carlton O. Litchfield, deputy 17-5
Harry W. Gardner, deputy Rockland 652-M
Jesse Reed, deputy II-24
LOCATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Central Street
E. H. Sparrell W. H. Spencer J. E. Leslie
John Whalen J. H. Hatch E. E. Litchfield
L. A. Jenkins
Winter Street
A. H. Tilden
Cross Street
John T. Osborn
Stetson Road
W. C. Tolman
C. H. Dyer Harding Sproul
Grove Street
W. F. Woodman
H. A. Sprague M. Gotreau
High Street
A. W. Thomas A. W. Robinson
C. W. Groce G. E. Farrar
T. Sheehan
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SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
Jacobs Avenue A. F. Jacobs
Lincoln Street
G. W. Richardson I. A. Lincoln L. W. Lincoln
Mt. Blue Street
M. F. Williamson B. I. Richardson C. O. Litchfield
Main Street
T. Williams
W. D. Turner
C. A. Berry F. Thomas Town Hall
J. F. Merritt Town Farm G. S. Corthe!1 J. F. Osborne
A. L. Power
C. S. West & Sons (store)
J. F. Totman (store)
H. S. Turner (store)
J. Briggs H. C. Ford H. C. Gale
Pleasant Street
J. C. Otis
W. S. Briggs
Prospect Street
E. A. Damon W. Dunbar Benjamin Loring
River Street
M. Little A. Brainerd H. D. Smith G. E. Torrey
J. Tolman
Summer Street
A. Litchfield
Percy Litchfield G. B. Ellms
TOWN OF NORWELL
73
Tiffany Road
F. E. Henderson
W. S. Simmons
Washington Street
C. W. Thomas E. W. Gardner H. W. Gardner
H. S. Simmons W. J. Leonard
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sealed C'nd'med Adjusted
Scales under 5000 lbs. capacity
6
. .
. .
Counter Scales
12
. .
2
Beam Scales
2
. .
. .
Spring Scales
4
. . . .
Computing Scales
5
. . . .
Weights
60
. . . .
Liquid measures
41
2
. .
Automatic Pumps
9
. .
. .
Yard Sticks
3
. .
. .
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142
2
3
Paid for supplies
$ .80
Salary of Sealer
12.00
Transportation
6.00
Fees received
7.62
Total cost to the town
$11.18
J. WARREN FOSTER,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
$18.80
Miscellaneous
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
Walter T. Osborn, labor
$5.00
F. S. Farrar, labor
22.25
W. W. Farrar, labor 25.50
H. F. Simmons, labor 6.00
Arthur T. Stoddard, labor 1.50
$60.25
Appropriation
$75.00
Received from sale of lots 64.00
139.00
Balance unexpended
$78.75
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Electric Light & Power Co., street
lights
$415.92
Appropriation 500.00
Balance unexpended $84.08
JAMES LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Paid Mary L. Power, treasurer $100.00 Appropriation $100.00
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SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
W. R. Durkee, janitor July I, '17, to Jan. I, '18 $12.50
O. W. Lambert, janitor 30.17
$42.67
Appropriation
75.00
Balance unexpended $32.33
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Paid G. A. R. Post 112 $150.00 Appropriation $150.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY FARM BUREAU
Paid Farm Bureau
$100.00
Appropriation
$100.00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR RECEPTION TO THE RETURNED SOLDIERS
Paid Herbert E. Robbins for medals $150.00
Appropriation
$150.00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Willliam H. Spencer, abatement ac-
count, 1917
$91.26
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TOWN OF NORWELL
William H. Spencer, abatement ac-
count, 1918 124.43
William H. Spencer, abatement ac-
count, 1919 31.26
$246.95
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$100.00
Balance unexpended $100.00
STATE AID
Appropriation $2,000.00
Amount to be refunded by State 1,596.00
Balance unexpended $404.00
BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
J. Alden Damon, inspector $175.00
Alpheus Damon, inspector 2.50
Amos H. Tilden, inspector 125.50
John F. Wilder, services and expenses 21.85
J. Lyman Wadsworth, services and ex- penses 24.10
H. F. Cleverly, medical services 6.00
State Board of Charity, board 50.00 Westfield State Sanatorium, board . . 46.86
John H. Sparrell, auto service 1.50
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SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
Alvan G. Spencer, auto service 6.40
Town of Scituate, supplies 9.00
$368.71
Appropriation
500.00
Balance unexpended $131.29
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Elizabeth C. Creed, rent $69.00
WVm. P. Grovestein, medical attendance 15.00
Joseph Frame, medical attendance .. 37.50
$121.50
Appropriation
400.00
Balance unexpended $278.50
EDWARD M. SEXTON, LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN. WILLIAM J. LEONARD,
Selectmen.
Report of Board of Health
Communicable diseases reported for the year ending January 31, 1919 :
· Influenza 15
Whooping Cough I
Chicken Pox 17
Mumps 2
Scarlet Fever I
Tuberculosis 2
Typhoid Fever I
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis I
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Total
40
Number of nuisances reported 2
DAIRY INSPECTION
A perfect dairy scores 100 points. Total number of dairies inspected, 55; with scores as follows : II dairies scored
50 points
16 dairies scored
51 points
8 dairies scored 52 points
9 dairies scored 53 points
2 dairies scored 54 points
I dairy scored 55 points
I dairy scored 56 points
2 dairies scored 58 points
2 dairies scored 59 points
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I dairy scored 60 points
I dairy scored 65 points
1 dairy scored 68 points
Number of permits issued for selling milk ... 53
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING
By J. Alden Damon
Swine
344
Calves
5
Cattle
I
By Amos H. Tilden 350
Swine
220
Calves
7
Sheep
20
Cattle
4
251
Total of Swine 564
Total of calves 12
Total of sheep 20
Total of cattle
5
Respectfully submitted, - 601
JOHN A. WILDER, Chairman. MINOT WILLIAMSON,
Dairy Inspector.
J. L. WADSWORTH, Secretary.
Financial Statement
December 31, 1919
LIABILITIES
Note in favor of Rockland Trust Co. $10,000.00 Special Road Bond Issue 2,000.00
River Street Road Loan 1,000.00
$13,000.00
ASSETS
Due from State Aid $1,596.00
Due on Moth Account from Real Es- tate Owners
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