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Article 6. What compens tion will the town make for removing snow ?
Voted to pay 25 cents per hour for removing snow.
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 7. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year ?
Voted, that a discount of two per cent. be allowed on taxes paid on or before October 1st; that on all taxes not paid December 1st, interest be charged at the rate of six per cent. After April 1st, 1912, the collector shall issue summons and proceed to collect all unpaid taxes, and that the money shall be paid to the treasurer or a deposit made by the collector for all unpaid taxes on July 1, 1912.
Voted, that the collector have the same powers in the col- leetion of taxes that he would have if he were also town treasurer.
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Article 8. To make allowance to town creditors.
No bills being presented it was voted to lay on the table.
Article 9. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ?
Acted on under Article 4, general appropriations.
Article 10. Will the town cause a statement of its finan- cial affairs to be printed in February next ?
Voted, that a statement of its financial affairs and a re port of its officers be printed in February 1912.
Article 11. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ? 1
Referred to committee on appropriations and acted on un- der Article 4.
Article 12. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year ?
Voted to pay 25 cents per hour for men, 62 1-2 cents per hour for man and two horses.
Article 13. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 14. Will the town give any instructions to the town officers ?
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to grant no permits for transporting liquors into town to any express company, person or persons, and also that they grant no licenses for pool tables or bowling alleys.
Voted, that the selectmen and tree warden be a committee to purchase sprayer.
Voted, that the highway surveyor be instructed to expend his appropriation before Nov. 10.
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Voted, that the highway surveyor be instructed to put and keep the road roller and all tools under cover.
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to print the list of jurors with the next annual report.
Voted, that Mr. Arthur L. Power be a committee to fix the pumps in Districts No. 1, 2 and 6, and that thereafter the selectmen continue to keep them in order.
Article 15. What price wil the town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year ?
Voted, to pay 35 cents an hour for work at fires.
Article 16. Will the town take any action in regard to the care of parks, squares and triangles, and make any ap- propriation for the same ?
Voted, that the tree warden have charge of the appropri- ation for this purpose.
Article 17. Will the town make an appropriation for the James Library in return for the free privilege of taking books which the townspeople now have ?
Referred to committee on appropriations and acted on un- der Article 4.
Article 18. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts High- way Commission in the construction of one mile of road on Washington street, Norwell, commencing at the Hingham town line ?
Voted, that the $1200 appropriation for special work be spent under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission.
Article 19. Will the town contract with the Massachu- setts Highway commission for the construction of said mile of road ?
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Voted, that the selectmen execute a contract with the said Highway Commission for this purpose ?
rticle 20. Will the town give instruction to the school committee to reopen the schoolhouses, known as District No. 2 and District No. 4.
Voted, to take up the two questions separately.
Voted, to reopen District No. 2.
Voted, to instruct the committee not to reopen District No. 4.
Voted, to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to reopen Dsitrict No. 2.
Voted not to open District No 2.
Article 21. Will the town instruct the selectmen to sell the schoolhouses in Districts No. 2 and No. 4?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 22. 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.
Voted, that the town maintain a light at said location in conjunction with the Town of Hanover.
Article 23. will the town appropriate the sum of four hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths ?
Acted on under Article 4.
Article 24. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate to pay the superintendent of schools.
Appropriation made under Article 4.
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Article 25. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of fighting fires and the purchase of additional fire apparatus?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 26. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the purchase of a sprayer and the spraying of the elm trees along the highways?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article 27. Will the town give the selectmen instructions in regard to taking up mortgages on the estates of persons supported wholly, or in part by the town ?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 28. Will the town make the moth tax general ? Voted, to pass over this article.
Article 29. Will the town level off, grade, or otherwise repair Union Bridge wharf ?
Voted, that Mr. Arthur L. Power be a committee to level off said wharf. and that he he authorized to expend a sum not exceeding ten dollars for this purpose.
Article 30. Will the town appoint a committee to investi- gate the possibilities of continuing the Hanover Branch Railroad through Norwell to Greenbush, or some other point on the South Shore Branch ?
Voted, that Mr. Horace T. Fogg, Mr. Arthur L. Power and Mr. Henry J. Tolman be a committee to wait on the vice president of the N. Y .. N. H. & H. R. R. at his Boston Office and confer with them in regard to the matter.
Article 31. Will the town instruct the highway surveyor to use crushed stone in preference to gravel wherever prac- ticable ?
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Voted, that he be instructed to use crushed stone in pref- erence to gravel wherever practicable.
Article 32. Will the town instruct the selectmen to take any measures toward defining the highway lines along Church street ?
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to detine the high- way lines along Church street.
Article 33. Will the town instruct the selectmen to pe- tition the County Commissioners to widen and straighten Mt. Blue street from Central street to a point near the resi- dence of Mrs. Kate Williamson ?
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to petition the said County Commissioner towiden and straighten Mt. Blue street between the above mentioned points.
Article 34. Will the town appropriate the sum of $500 to pay the balance of the town note due December 30, 1910?
Five hundred dollars were appropriated for the purpose under Article 4.
Article 35. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts High- way Commission in the construction of a mile of road on Main street, near the residence of Harrison Wilder?
Voted, to pass over this article.
Article 36. Will the town contract with the Massachu- setts Highway Commission for the construction of said mile of road ?
Voted, to pass over this article.
Article 37. Will the town build a piece of crushed stone road on Washington street and appropriate money for the same ?
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Voted to pass over this article.
Article 38. Will the town vote to sell the stone crusher ? Voted to pass over this article.
Article 39. Will the town bond its treasurer and collec- tor of taxes ?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 40. Will the town instruct the selectmen to pe- tition the County Commissioners to widen the highway at the junction of Jacobs avenue and Prospect street ?
Voted that the selectmen be instructed to petition the said County Commissioners to widen the highway at the junction of Jacobs avenue and Prospect street.
Article 41. Will the town appropriate a sum not to exceed five hundrd dollars to be expended in conjunction with other towns and the State River and Harbor Commission for the improvment of the channel in North river ?
Voted to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to be expended under the direction of the Harbor and Land Commission in connection with the money appropriated by other towns and the Commonwealth in removing rocks from the North River in accordance with the recommendations of the Harbor and Land Commission.
Article 42. What action will the town take relative to the improvement of Gaffield Park, and appropriate a sum of money for the sam?
Voted, that money appropriated under Article 4 be ex- pended under the direction of the Tree warden.
Article 43. Or act or do anything relative to the above. Voted, to appropriate $800 for support of poor farm.
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Voted to raise by taxation a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) andthat it be assessed on the polls and estates of residents and on the estates of non-residents.
Voted to appropriate $25 for fixing pumps. Voted that the Constables act as field drivers.
Voted that the Selectmen act as fence viewers.
Voted that the cemetery committee consist of Wallace W. Farrar, Arthur T. Stoddard and Frank W. Jones.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to order the. treas- urer to pay the moderator $10 for services this day.
Voted that the secretary of the school committee receive $50, the other members not over $25 each, treasurer $150, collector $225.
The two fish rights were purchased by George S. Hatch for fifty cents each.
Voted that meeting be dissolved.
Attest, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 16, 1911.
At the special meeting held August 16, 1911, the following action was taken:
Article 1. To chosse a moderator.
Chose John Whalen moderator.
Article 2. What action will the town take in regard to the tax levy for 1911 ?
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
· Article 3. What action will the town take in rgard to pro-
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viding a house for the town tools and machine ? No action taken.
Article 4. Or act or do anything relative to the above. Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest : 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 7, 1911, at 6 A. M. Ezra E. Stetson, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, acted as presiding officer. Frank W. Jones, Amos H. Tilden, John Whalen, Charles W. Thomas, and Charles Scully, having been appointed election officers and ballot clerks, were sworn by the Town Clerk. The polls were declared open at 6.05 A. M. They were closed at 12 M. Three hundred and thirty-six names were checked as voting and a like number of ballots were cast. They were canvassed and counted in open meeting and the re- sult announced :
GOVERNOR
James F. Carey, Socialist
1
Eugene N. Foss. Democratic 89
Eugene N. Foss, Democratie Progressive 23
Louis A. Frothingham, Republican
215
Dennis MeGoff. Socialist Labor
0
Frank N. Rand. Prohibition 1
Blanks
19
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist
Robert Luce, Republican
202
William G. Merrill, Prohibition
3
Patrick Mulligan, Socialist Labor
0
David I. Walsh. Democratic Progressive, Democratic 83
Blanks 43
SECRETARY
David Craig, Socialist Labor
1
Frank J. Donahue. Democratic Progressive, Democratic 65
Alfred H. Evans, Prohibition 3
Rose Fenner, Socialist 0
200
Blanks 67
TREASURER
Joseph M. Coldwell, Socialist 2
Jeremiah P. MeNally, Socialist Labor
0
Charles E. Peakes, Prohibition
4
Elmer A. Stevens, Republican 210
Augustus L. Thorndike, Democratic Democratic
Progressive,
62
Blanks 58
AUDITOR
Karl Linstrand, Socialist Labor 1
Sylvester, J. McBride, Socialist
1
William W. Nash, Prohibition
1
Charles B. Strecker, Democratic Progressive, Democratic 66
John E. White. Republican 204
Blanks 63
Albert P. Langtry, Republican
20
ATTORNEY GENERAL
George W. Anderson, Democratic Progressive, Democratic 66
Henry C. Hess, Socialist Labor 1
George E. Roewer, Jr., Socialist 0
James M. Swift, Republican 199
Blanks 70
COUNCILOR-(First District)
Alfred E. Green, Democratic 64
Eben S. S. Keith. Republican
199
Edward Smith, Socialist
1
Blanks 72
SENATOR-(First Plymouth District)
Alfred Burns, Democratic Progressive 20
Alfred S. Burns, Democratic 51
Orion L. Griswold, Prohibition
2
Frederic M. Hersey, Republican
201
William P. Wright, Socialist
0
Blanks 62
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (Second Plymouth District)
. ·
Joseph F. Merritt, Democratic 187
William D. Turner. Republican 134 Blanks 15
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Plymouth County)
Edward P. Boynton. Democratic 77
21
Jere B. Howard, Republican
197
Edward T. Spear, Socialist
0
Blanks 62
CLERK OF COURT-(Plymouth County)
Edward Cox, Democratic 57
Thomas H. Flood, Socialist
0
Edward E. Hobart, Republican
217
Blanks 62
REGISTER OF DEEDS-(Plymouth County )
Edward C. Cole, Socialist
2
John M. Hayes, Democratic
59
John B. Washburn, Republican 201
Blanks 74
Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution author- izing the use of voting machines at all elections be approved and ratified ? Yes 129
No
36
Blanks 171
Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, in- creasing the power of the legislature to authorize the taking of land and property for highways or streets, be approved and ratified ?
Yes 128
No
32
Blanks
176
Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
22 TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At the meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns, comprising the Second Plymouth Representative District, held at the clerks' office in Marshfield, November 17, 1911, the vote for Representative was found to be as follows:
Total
Merritt
Turner
Blanks
Marshfield
255
108
133
14
Norwell
336
187
134
15
Scituate
428
200
209
19
Pembroke
154
47
101
6
Duxbury
305
70
192
43
Whole number of ballots
1478
Joseph F. Merritt
612
William D. Turner
769
Blanks
97
William D. Turner was found to be elected and his certif- icate returned in accordance therewith.
GEORGE H. WETHERBEE, Town Clerk of Marshfield
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell.
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate.
WILBERT L. HALLIDAY, Town Clerk of Pembroke.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
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REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of registration, October 28, 1911, there were 407 male voters, 4 females and 527 assessed polls.
DOGS LICENSED
Year ending Dec. 1, 1911.
Whole number licensed 166.
151 males at $2.00
$302 00
15 females at $5.00 75 00
Less Clerks' fees 166 licenses at 20c
33 20
$343 80
Amount turned over to County Treasurer, June 1, 1911 $168 00
Amount turned over to County Treasurer, Dec., 1, 1911 175 80
$343 80
HUNTERS' LICENSES
Number of resident hunters licensed for year ending Dec. 31, 1911, 69.
Amount turned over to Commissioners on Fisheries and Game, $69.
ENROLLED MILITIA
There were 238 men enrolled for military duty in this town April 1st, 1911.
$377 00
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR, 1911.
January 5. At Norwell, Amos Myron Clark of Rockland and Emily E. Burns of Norwell by Rev. William E. Ennis.
January 18. At Hanover, Edward Francis Hurley of Hano- ver and Lena Atwood Crocker of Norwell, by Rev. James J. Gilday.
January 22. At Norwell, Harry A. Ainslie of Norwell and Lillian Dunton of Weymouth, by Rev. Hartnell J. Bart- lett.
February 23. At Boston, Percy W. Litchfield of Norwell and Lucinda E. Litchfield of Weymouth, by Rev. Duncan A. MacPhir.
February 25. At New Bedford Frank Young Casey of Nor- well and Cora Bradford Winslow of Hanover, by Rev. C. P. Cole.
April 27. At Norwell, A. A. McKay of Brockton and Jean- ette K. Ainslie of Norwell, by Rev. Gertrude R. Riegel.
May 10. At Boston, Daniel Thomas Brown and Flora Wins- low, both of Norwell, by Rev. Samuel J. Comfort.
May 28. At Norwell, James E. Cobbett and Emma M. Slauenwhite, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash. June 11. At Scituate, Clifton S. Deane and Sophia M. Butt- rick, both of Norwell, by Rev. Hartnell J. Bartlett.
June 14. At Norwell, George Philip Appleford of Whitman and Bessie Gladys Gardner of Norwell, by Rev. Ralph W. Farrell.
June 14. At Norwell, Williard Thomas Potter of Plymton and Helen E. MacDonald of Norwell, by Rev. Edward L. Houghton.
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July 6. At Quincy, William James Ilayden and Lydia P. Appleton, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas W. Davison.
August 9. At Hanover, Chester Willis Robinson and Ethel Blanche MacEachern, both of Norwell, by Rev. Melvin S. Nash.
September 8. At Newport, R. I., Herbert Everett Robbins of Norwell and Emma Allen Eddy of Newport, R. I., by Rev Emery H. Porter.
September 27. At Norwell, William H. Jackson and Maria C. Lake, both of Norwell, by Rev. Edward L. Houghton.
December 24. At Hanover, Carlton Evans Richardson and Susie Marion Stockbridge, both of Norwell, by Rev. Mel- vin S. Nash.
December 25. At Norwell, Elmer Warren Coe and Hannah Gertrude Roscoe, both of Wolcott, Conn., by Rev., T. Roscoe.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1911
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
William C. and Lettie.
Arnold V. and Carrie.
Edgar L. and Isabel A ..
Alfred B. and Ida R ...
Amos M. and Emily
Horace D. and Lillian. .
Earl S. and Marian T ..
Harry B. and Elizabeth ..
Delorey
Delorey
Pratt
July 21
Edmund Quincy Sylvester .. ..
Albert L. and Amy W .... .
July
21
Helena Ruth Dumas
July
22
Winthrop Leslie Smith
August 12
Stillborn ..
September 24
Louis Robert Crocker ...
Clifton C. and Annie ..
October 6
November 10
November 11
Thomas W. Whittaker, J.r .... J. Augustus Gardner .. Clinton Raymond Bates.
Thomas W. and Lillian. . Harry and Nina ... Henry W. and Nellie M ..
Maiden Name of Mother
Ulman Turner
February 23
March 8
George Leon Knight ..
March 12
Pauline Leonard Gardner.
March 16
Amos Wendell Clark ..
March 29
Delia Gaudette.
April 27
June
2
Lawrence Stanley Richardson Elizabeth Alice Merritt .. ·
June 2
Elenor Florence Merritt.
Harry B. and Elizabeth.
June 28
Illegitimate ..
June 29
Lloyd Albert White ..
Patrick L. and Ella
William G. and Euphenna ... Anthony J. and Belle ..
Dinzey Robertson Wilder
Spires Moulton Robinson Hammond
February 7
Florence May Carr.
Ella Marian Beach. .
Montgomery Leonard Burns Wilder White
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL .- Conc.
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
December 5 December 14
Roselette Irene Henderson ... Edward Francis Higgins ....
Ernest L, and Jennie Thomas J. and Sadie.
Chapman Adams
1910
May
24
Robert Leonard Griffin. ...
Brenton H. and Addie E. ... Munnis
-
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk and errors or omissions in the list should be reported to him in order that the records may be correct and complete.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1911
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Y
M
D
Jan. 21
Alonzo C. Sylvester
59
10
. .
Feb.
10
Luella A. Morse (Swan)
62
7
15
Carcenoma of Uterus
Feb.
25
Lydia J. Wilder (Damon)
77
1
3
Cancer of Breast
Marshfield
Norwell
Feb.
24
Sylvina B. Stetson (Sherman)
87
5
8
Influenza Meningitis
Norwell
Norwell
March 1
Harriet J. Babbitt
1
5
17
March
18
Everett D. Sibley
31
5
19
Intestinal Obstruction and Operation
Spencer, Mass. Scituate
Boston Norwell
March
22
80
6 22
Senile Dementia
March
27
April 19
George M. Kebbe
33
7 24
April
25
Margaret Gammon (Hurley)
79
. . ..
May
11
Frank M. French
63
2
5
Valvular Disease of Heart
Belfast, Me.
Norwell Norwe
June
1
Andrew Smith Richardson
73
1
. .
England
Norwell
June
3
Alice M. Andrews (Johnson)
57
2
2
Scituate
Norwell
June
5
Thomas H. Gunderway
75
. .
. .
Scituate
Norwell
July
24
Charles Tolman
68
4
14
Heart Disease, Nephritis
Scituate
Norwell
Aug.
3
Lydia F. Tolman (Jackson)
53
6
24
Diabetis
Aug.
12
Stilborn
Aug.
20
Anne Maria Clapp
65
7
..
68
7
Arterio Sclerosis Myocarditis Chronic Spinal Meningitis, 2 Bed Sores
Duxbury
Brookline Norwell
Sept.
20
Isaac HowardPackard
39
. . . .
Septichoemia from Coelitis of Arm
Pul. Tuberculosis
South Scituate Holliston, Mass. Ireland
Norwell
Norwell
Pneumonia
Fatty Degenerate of Heart
Scituate
Acute Bright's Disease
Cerebral Hemorrhage
South Scituate Weymouth Scituate
Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Norwell Norwell
Norwell
P. Alfred Rinson Leonard F. Winslow
Norwell
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL. - Conc.
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Y M
Sept. . 29
Helena Ruth Dumas
. .
2
8
Oct.
3
Lillian May Turner (Smith)
34
19
Unknown, 2. Convulsions Septic Meningitis, 2 Pneu- monia
Pembroke, Me. Scituate
Norwell Norwell
Nov.
23
Mary E. Litchfield (Merritt)
70
4
21
Spinal Sclerosis
Dec.
3
George H. Vinal
70
2
10
Mitral Stenosis Insufficiency of Heart
Scituate
Norwell
Dec.
5
Frank Stockbridge Brown
24 10
17
Uremia, General Meliary Tuberculosis
Marshfield
Norwell
Dec.
10
Mary A. Bailey (Peterson)
86
7
Pneumonia (double)
Abington
Norwell
Dec.
12
Ellen Frances Gardner
(Wilder)
66
3
Pneumonia Chronic Bronchitis
Hanover Nova Scotia
Norwell
Dec.
17
Lawson A. Griffin
.
1
..
..
Norwell
Norwell
Norwell
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1911
Date of Death
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Feb.
16
Sarah F. Gardner
60
9 22
Lobar Pneumonia
E Bridgewater Middleboro
Feb.
18
William C. Litchfield
70
2
18
Cerebral Apoplexy
Feb.
20
Sophia D. Rinson
52
8 27
Carceoma of Breast
Hanover
March
31
Susan C. Damon
86
10
1
Apoplexy
Boston
April
11
Adeline Lincoln
84
6
. .
April
26
Francis Warren Kennedy
57
5
7
Lobar Pneumonia
Boston Hanover
Aug.
18
James Henry Ednie
11
10
29
Colitis
Aug.
20
Anne Maria Clapp
65
7
.
Aug.
20
Sophia S. Sampson
76
10
10
Cardiac Disease
Scituate
Sept.
9
Beatrice E. Keene
8
16
Marosmus
Hanover
Dec.
20
Arthur Field Torrey
15
11
29
Pluro Pneumonia
Pembroke
Number of marriages,. 17.
Number of births, 22
Number of deaths, 27.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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Y
M D
Chronic Heart Disease
E Bridgewater
Arterio Sclerosis. 2 Myocarditis
Brookline
.
Report of the Town Treasurer
JANUARY 23, 1911 TO JANUARY 23, 1912 FOR YEAR 1911.
RECEIPTS
To Cash on hand General funds $832 72 High school fund 38 84
$871 56
From Walter T. Osborn, Collector of Taxes Assessment of 1910 and interest $5,197 67 Abatements 62 25
$5,259 92
From Wm. H. Spencer, Collector of Taxes Assessment of 1911, and in- terest
$13,426 13
Abatements
79 62
Discounts on taxes
229 75
From Chairman of Assessors
Street Railway Excise Tax
$437 55
$13,735 50
$437 55
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Loans in Anticipation of Taxes of 1911
South Scituate Savings Bank $10,000 00
Rockland Trust Company 4,000 00
$14,000 00
From Spraying Private Property
Mrs. Maria Gaffield
$70 95
Nathan Cushing Estate
400 00
Tree Warden, collections
13 00
$483 95
From Fines
Second District Court
$74 45
Sheriff of Plymouth County
75 00
From Miscellaneous Sources
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$19 25
Sec. School Committee, Damages collected 5 85
Albert L. Sylvester, Electric Light refund 13 34
Superintendent of Almhouse, sale of produce 92 27
Fish Rights
1 00
Gaffield Park
4 27
Old Colony Street Railway, snow refund
30 64
Rockland Trust Company, Interest on balance 29 42
Superintendent Moth Department
82 50
Discount Scituate Tax
21
$149 45
$278 75
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From Forest Warden
E. F. Martin, Fire Extinguisher $9 00
H. E. Robbins, Fire Extinguisher 9 00
W. D. Turner, Fire Extinguisher 9 00
A. J. Litchfield, Fire Extinguisher 9 00
$36 00
From Union Bridge Account
W. D. Turner, Sale of Plank $20 80
Town of Marshfield 82 57
Town of Marshfield
11 62
$114 99
From State Treasurer
Public Service Corporation Taxes, 1910 $79 39
Public Service Corporation Tax 1,381 30
Business Corporation Tax
49 55
National Bank Tax
905 28
Street Railway Tax
375 39
State Aid, Refunded 2,058 00
State Highway, 1910
15 00
State Highway, 1911
600 00
Inspection of Animals
17 00
Burial of Soldiers
74 00
Forest Fire Protection
193 87
$5,748 78
For School Purposes Only
H. T. Fogg, County Treasurer, Dog Tax Refunded $322 43 Elmer A. Stevens, State Treasurer,
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Income Massachusetts School
Fund
1,351 21
Tuition of Children
263 00
High School Fund
500 00
Superintendent of Schools
416 66
$2,853 30
Aid Refunded
Town of Hanover
$104 00
Town of Hull
4 50
Town of Canton
156 00
Town of Scituate
161 50
Town of Holbrook
123 25
$549 25
Sale of Lots in Cemetery
Mary E. Farrar
$10 00
Mrs. Mathias French
12 00
Florence Walker
10 00
Wallace E. Mann
10 00
Henry E. Spear
12 00
Charles N. Gardner
10 00
$64 00
From Licenses
Herbert S. Turner, carriage
$1 00
Corthell Bros., slaughtering 1 00
Herbert Simmons, slaughtering 1 00
Wallace Damon, slaughtering
1 00
W. R. Barker, slaughtering
1 00
Walter Wagner, slaughtering
1 00
35
Eugene B. Tobey, pedler's
6 00
John Monahane, 6 00
$18 00
$44,601 00
PAYMENTS
Highway account
$2,184 73
Highway account, 1910
20 50
2,569 59
State Road account Snow,
182 26
$4,957 08
Almshouse
$1,088 26
Outside Poor (this town)
644 06
Outside Poor (other towns)
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