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Fence Repair 50 00
Snow Removal
2 000 00
Notes :
River Street
4 000 00
Union Bridge
2 000 00
(2) Central Street
2 000 00
High School 2 000 00
Interest 4 600 00
State and County Taxes
6 300 00
Town Officers
2 700 00
Incidentals
2 000 00
Visiting Nurse
I 200 00
County Hospital
998 77
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State Aid I 200 00
Board of Health 500 00
Electric Lighs 500 00
Superintendent of Schools 500 00
Tree Warden 50 00
Spraying Elms
200 00
Mowing Bushes
300 00
Squares and Triangles
200 00
Gypsy Moth
584 06
Fire Department
350 00
James Library
200 00
Ridge Hill Library
50 00
Soldiers' Relief
400 00
School Physician 200 00
Memorial Day 250 00
Sealing Weighs and Measures 50 00
Inspection of Animals 60 00
Washington Street Cemetery 75 00
Town Hall 75 00
Furniture and Fixtures I 450 00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture 100 00
Legion Rental 100 00
Voted to raise by taxation the amount necessary to carry out the appropriations not otherwise provided for and assess on the polls and estates of residents and on the estates of non-residents.
Article 4. To make allowance to town creditors.
No bills were presented.
Article 5. Will the town cause a statement of its financial affairs to be printed in February next ?
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Voted that a statement of the financial affairs of the town be printed in February, 1924, as provided in the statutes.
Article 6. Will the town adopt the following by-laws providing for a permanent Advisory Board and its func- tions ?
Section I. The Selectmen shall appoint an Advisory Board of nine non-office holding taxpayers, who shall serve without pay, three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and each year hereafter, three for three years.
Section II. Said Advisory Board shall organize by choosing a Chairman and Secretary.
Section III. The duty of the Advisory Board shall be to investigate and consider all financial propositions to be brought before the town and to report and advise thereon in Town Meeting before any action shall be taken.
Section IV. The Selectmen shall transmit to the Chair- man of the Advisory Board a copy of all town warrants issued by them, on or before the day of posting.
Section V. The Advisory Board may require the Select- men and other town officials under whose directions appro- priations are expended, to submit to them at least thirty days before the annual town meeting, an estimate of the appro- priations necessary for their various departments, and to appear before them for consultation at any time and place the said Board shall determine.
Section VI. The Advisory Board shall grant a hearing upon all articles under which appropriations of money are
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proposed, to the several voters whose signatures first appear as petitioners for the article.
Section VII. All reports, advice, suggestions or recom mendations as provided in Section III, shall be submitted in writing, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, together with the records of the proceedings of said Board, and shall be filed with the records of the town in the office of the Town Clerk.
Section VIII. Five members of said Board shall consti- tute a quorum.
Voted to adopt the above by-laws.
Article 7. Will the town authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase or acquire by right of eminent domain, a tract of land adjoining the High School, containing two acres, more or less, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor ?
(Request of School Committee.) (Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to pass over.
Article 8. Will the town appropriate the sum of $2,000 to resurface, steam roll and tarvia Lincoln and Mt. Blue Streets beginning at the Hingham line and working towards Cushing Corner ?
(Request of Mrs. Henrietta T. Virtue. )
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to pass over.
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Article 9. Will the town act with the town of Hanover to have electric lights at the junction of River Street, Nor- well, and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinippi?
Voted to act with the town of Hanover to have electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broad- way, Hanover, and at Assinippi.
Article 10. Will the town maintain an electric light on Washington Street near the residence of Will C. Young ?
(Request of Wm. J. Leonard.)
Voted to maintain an electric light near the residence of W. C. Young on Washington Street.
Article II. Will the town authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to investigate the feasibility of estab- lishing a town forest ?
(Request of Governor Cox.)
Voted that the Selectmen appoint a committee to investi- gate the feasibility of establishing a town forest. The num- ber to be at their discretion.
Article 12. Will the town act on a resolution requesting legislation : (1) to fix the maximum price at which coal may be sold in any congressional district or part thereof; (2) to provide for prior sales and shipments to consumers and to retailers of coal.
(Request of Chas. A. Jenney, Brockton. )
Voted to adopt the following resolution :
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A Resolution from the Citizens of Norwell. Requesting Legislation for an Agency of the Federal Government to Fix a Maximum Price for the Sale of Coa! Under Certain Con- ditions; also for Legislation Making Provisions for Priority Sales and Shipments of Coal to Consumers and to Retailers.
RESOLVED, That we, the citizens of Norwell, in Town meeting assembled, request the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States to designate, or to create. some agency of the federal government, which shall have all the powers essential to fix, and the power to fix, a maximum price on coal whenever and wherever sold either by produ- cer or dealer : any or all such powers to be exercised, the need being shown therefor, for the benefit of any congres- sional district, or part thereof, whenever said agency is so requested in writing by the member of congress representing said district; any or all such powers to continue in force so long as, in the opinion of the Congressman making the request, the need of such federal control exists.
RESOLVED, That we further request legislation which shall provide that, in the sale and shipment of coal at the mines or elsewhere, orders for coal from consumers and from dealers selling directly to consumers, shall take prece- dence over all other orders; said legislation to provide also for the prompt transportation of such shipments.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions with the vote thereon be sent to our Congressman requesting by this action that he present the same in behalf of this town to con- gress; that similar copies be sent to each of our United States Senators, and to the sponser of these resolutions for such use as may be of assistance in promoting activity in checking profiteering in coal.
Article 13. Will the town adopt the following reso- lution :
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"That the voters of Norwell in town meeting assembled respecfully request the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Com- pany to make Greenbush the terminus on the Plymouth Branch via Cohasset, instead of Cohasset, and all trains now scheduled or to be scheduled as ending at Cohasset be con- tinued to such Greenbush terminus."
( Request of Fred A. Beals, Scituate. )
Voted to adopt the above resolution.
Article 14. Will the town give any instructions to town officers ?
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to take from the incidental account a sufficient amount to provide for the temporary grading around the new school building.
Voted that the Selectmen appoint a Norwell director for the Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture.
Voted, that the Selectmen and all heads of departments be instructed not to exceed the appropriations-
Article 15. Will the town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1924, in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January I, 1924, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1924.
Voted, that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1924, in anticipation of the revenue of the finan - cial year, beginning January 1. 1924, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts
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incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1924.
Article 16. What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers. To conform with Section 95, Chapter 25, of the Revised Laws as amended by Section 8 of Chapter 591 of 1920?
The following salaries were voted :
Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor
per day $ 5 00
Constables, per day 4 50
Highway Surveyor, per day
4 50
Board of Health, per day
4 50
Tree Warden, per day
4 50. .
Town Clerk
135 00
Treasurer
225 00
Tax Collector 225 00
Auditor 50 00
Secretary of School Committee
100 00
Other Members of School Committee 25 00
Moderator for Services 10 00
Article 17. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of forty-eight hundred dollars to be expended on highways, under the provisions of Section 26 of Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended.
(Approved by Advisory Board. )
This article was taken up in connection with Article 3, and appropriation made under that article.
Article 18. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of
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money to erect a suitable flag pole in front of the new school building ?
(Request of School Committee. )
(Not approved by Advisory Board. )
Voted to pass over.
Article 19. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint the sides of the town hall to correspond with the new school building ?
(Request of School Committee.)
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to pass over.
Article 20. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money to grade the grounds around the new school building ?
( Request of School Committee. )
(Not approved by Advisory Board. )
Voted to pass over.
It was announced that Mr. John H. Gutterson had pre- sented a sum of money for a flag and pole for the new school building and an unanimous vote of thanks was given him for his generosity.
In connection with the work of the Advisory Board an unanimous vote of thanks was given them for the manner in which they expedited the business of the meeting.
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The fish rights were purchased by Charles S. Tilden of Rockland for $4.00.
Subsequent meeting for the election of officers, Monday, March 12, 1923. Action was taken on the following article :
Article 21. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk for one year; one Selectman; one Assessor; and one Overseer of the Poor for three years; a Treasurer; a Collector of Taxes; an Auditor; a Surveyor of Highways; Five Consta- bles and a Tree Warden for one year; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Trustee for the Ridge Hill Library, for three years, and to vote yes or no in answer to the questions : "Shall license be granted for the sale of cer- tain non-intoxicating beverages in this town" and "Shall the town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth?" ( This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922.) All on one ballot. Polls open from 6 A. M. to II A. M.
Pursuant to the above article the qualified voters met and took action as follows: Moderator John Whalen was in charge of the meeting. The election officers were : Edward M. Sexton, Clifton S. Deane, Carlton Litchfield, Amos H. Tilden, Alice C. Merritt, Henrietta Virtue. 267 names were checked and the same number of ballots cast. The result was :
TOWN CLERK (For One Year)
Joseph F. Merritt 223
Blanks 44
SELECTMAN (For Three Years)
Harry W. Gardner 106
William J. Leonard 151
Blanks 8
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ASSESSOR (For Three Years)
Harry W. Gardner 108
William J. Leonard I47
Blanks 14
OVERSEER OF POOR (For Three Years)
Harry W. Gardner IIO
William J. Leonard I47
Blanks IO
TREASURER (For One Year)
Herbert E. Robbins 233
Blanks 34
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (For One Year)
William H. Spencer 220
Blanks 47
AUDITOR (For One Year)
Elliott W. Crowell 216
Blanks
51
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (For One Year)
Walter T. Osborn 213
Emanuel Joseph I
Blanks 53
CONSTABLES (For One Year)
Arthur Coombs 208
J. Warren Foster 204
Walter T. Osborn 212
John T. Osborn 205
Lester D. West
202
Blanks 304
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (For Three Years)
Nellie L. Sparrell 18I
Emeline Barnard 2
Henrietta Virtue I
Harry Pinson
Blanks 82
BOARD OF HEALTH (For Three Years )
Mary E. Bache 202
Blanks 65
TREE WARDEN (For One Year)
Fred M. Curtis 209
Blanks 58
TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY (For Three Years)
William O. Prouty 205
Blanks 62
License for Sale of Certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages
Yes 88
No 115
Blanks
64
Shall the Town petition for the installation of an account- ing system by the Commonwealth? (Chapter 516, Acts of 1922.)
Yes 56
No
117
Blanks 94
Meeting dissolved :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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LICENSES ISSUED
32 Combination hunting, fishing and trapping at $2.00 $ 64 00
59 Resident hunting and trapping at $1.50 88 50
6 Resident fishing at $1.00 6 00
18 Minor trappers at 25c. 4 50
$ 163 00
Fees 115 Licenses at 15c 17 25
Forwarded to Division of Fisheries and Game $ 145 75
DOGS LICENSED
Whole number licensed to Dec. 31, 1923 I22
100 Males at $2.00 $ 200 00
22 Females at $5.00 110 00
$ 310 00
Less fees 122 licenses at 20C 24 40
Amount forwarded to County Treasurer $ 285 60
ENROLLED MILITIA
Number enrolled for military duty July 1, 1923-185 Men.
REGISTERED VOTERS
At close of registration Feb. 24, 1923, there were 612 voters on the lists.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1923
February 3. Married in Norwell, James Everett Wins- low of Norwell and Olive Phillips Clary of Hingham, by Rev. Frederick H. Kidder.
February 9. Married in Norwell, Beatty Smith Balestier of Dumerston, Vt., and Helen Berry Banning of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
March 5. Married in Boston, Frederick A· Frederickson of Norwell and Ellen Anderson of Brookline, by Rev. S. G. Hogglund.
March 14. Married in Norwell, Raymond Eliot Strong of Norwell and Doris Merle Hayes of Medford, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
March 24. Married in Scituate, Cecil Moffatt Babbitt of Norwell and Stella Lelia Whorf of Scituate, by Rev. Allan D. Creelman.
April 28. Married in Cohasset, Sherwood Carlton Ains- lie of Norwell and Mary Isabel DeMello of Cohasset by Rev. Daniel J. Carney.
June 7. Married in Milton, John Edward Gardner of Milton and Rosa Frances Lee of Norwell by Rev. Roderick Stebbins.
June 30. Married in Norwell, Watton Dyer Sproul and Ethel May Soule, both of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson
July 7. Married in Hanover, Lester Elwin Delano of Norwell and Alma Elizabeth Callahan of Hanover, by Rev. Harry E. Titus.
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July II. Married in Cambridge, George Shepherd Mor- ton, Jr. of Norwell and Isabel Patricia Rose of Cambridge, by Rev. Win. J. Lillis.
August 30. Married in Brockton, Arthur Herman Os- borne of Norwell and Marian Rachel Davis of Hanover, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
September 20. Married in Medfield, Harry Briggs Brown of Norwell and Ida May Tingley of Medway. by Rev. James A. Pollard.
October 7. Married in Lynn. Harold E. Whittenberger of Norwell and Marie L. Hines of Lynn, by Rev. Joseph P. Lawless.
October 18. Married in Hanover, Harry Thomas Downes of Hanover and Gertrude Elizabeth Walsh of Nor- well, by Rev. Marcus H. Carroll.
October 27. Married in Rockland, Bernard B. Schultz of Norwell and Ruth A. Cushing of Rockland, by Rev. Carl- ton A. Burgess.
November 5. Married in Norwell, Robert C. Goosby and Louise G. Robinson, both of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
December 7. Married in Norwell, Winfield Smith Ross and E. Mabel Wilder, both of Norwell, by Herman L. Stud- ley, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace.
December 19. Married in Norwell, John N. Shattuck of Hinugham and Mary Samaha Bache of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
December 21. Married in Rockland, Herbert Wallace Newcomb of Weymouth and Ethelwyn Kirkwood Clark of Norwell, by Rev. Carlton A. Burgess.
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LIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1923
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 3
Kenneth Harding Gauley .
David G. and Harriet
Hitchcock .
Norwell
January 3
Wesley Holmes Osborne, Jr.
Wesley H. and Adelaide .
Gooch .. .
Norwell
January 5
Blanche Eleanor Bell
Chester A. and Blanche . Robert and Agnes L. .
Grew . .
Norwell
January 8 .
Mary Eleana Schiloski .
Francis H. and Annie M.
Baker .
Norwell
January 25
Joseppine Earino .
Dominnco and Amalia Walter S. and Sibyl
Robson .
Boston
February 14
Nathan Haywood Hartwell, Jr.
Nathan H. and Ethel M ..
Burns
Norwell
March 5
Warren Parker Merritt
Archie and Nel.ie
Stoddard
Norwell
March 14
Constance Joseph .
Percy E. and Florence
Kaiser .
Norwell
March 26
Dorothy E. Treptow
Fred C. and Gladys .
Jackman
Norwell
March 27
William B. Migre .
Pasquale J. and Helena W. .
Gray .
Norwell
April 22
Mary Katherine Leary
John H. and Elizabeth V .. . .
Wilson
Norwell
June 16
Wallace Alfred Weatherby
Lyman A. and Bessie E.
Cutler
Norwell
July 6
Virginia Ruth Scott
A. Lester and Ruth E.
Holbrook
Hanover
July 18
Harriet Louise Turner
Samuel and Ethel C.
Young
Norwell
August 5
Irene Louise Dussault
Arthur P. and Marie Agnes
Gaillardet
Weymouth
August 15
Jean Curtis Phipps
Clyde E. and Alice P.
Griffin .
Weymouth Norwell
September 12 ..
Lawrence Gi.man Ainslie
Henry W. and Mary
Almeida
Madwick
Norwell
November 9 .
Helen Mazer
Henry and Pauline .
Stoddard
Norwell
November 15 ..
Russell Alden Torrey
Everett and Ethel French .. Frederick D. and Margaret S
Smith
Boston
August 22 ..
Frederick Douglas Lee, Jr.
Samuel H. and Rose
Almeida
Norwell
December 29 .. December 30 ...
Robert Ernest Pratt
Fred and Nellie .
Parr
Boston
September 13
Fair
William and Helen
Boston
.
Winslow .
Boston
January 13
Virginia Florence Damon
Bel adonna
Norwell
January 27
Walter Sanger Crane, 3d .
SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Jerome Alfred Hume
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1923
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 1893
28
Nelson P. Tisdale
George H. and Amelia F. . .
Nash
Norwell
August 18 1908
. .
Norman F. Pratt
William W. and Helen W. ..
Pratt
Norwell
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk. Any errors or omissions should be reported to him.
TOWN OF NORWELL
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1923
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 21 . .
Arabella Ford (Turner) ....
.85
8
11
lerosus .
Norwell
Scituate
January 24 . . Corinne Caroline Gunderway .
16
5
-
.
Norwell Norwell
January 25 ..
Edward Payson Tolman
80
8
24
Influenza
Norwell Norwell !
February 6 ..
Benjamin Briggs
74
10
8
Bronchial Pneumonia
Norwell .. South Scituate
· February 8 ..
Timothy Sheehan
73
Bronchitis, Influenza
Norwell
. Ireland
February 21
Nettie F. Harris
47
3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Hanson Norwell
March 12 ...
Mary Thomas Barker (Cushing) 71
0
2
Influenza
Norwell .. East Abington
March 28
William A. Stoddard .
66
7
11
Arterio Scelerosis
Norwell .. East Abington
April 2 ..
Emery Austin Ewell
65
2
6
Apoplexy Cerebral
Hemorrhage Ch.
April 4
Charles M. Leavitt
76
4
8
Cardiac Disease .
Norwell
Scituate
April 17
Jessie Jennings (MacDonald)
74
3
23
Ch. Cardiac Disease
Norwell
Scot'and
April 24
William T. Sylvester
72
4
Inanition, Weak Heart
Norwell Norwell
June 19 .
Olivia Marsh
79
7
11
Abdominal Cancer
Norwell ... . Danville, Me.
June 22
George Taylor Chamberlain .
66
Alcoholism (probably) Found dead in woods .
Norwell .. South Scituate
June 28 .
Augustus Hatch
86
10
26
Arterio Selerosis-Nephritis
Norwell
Marshfield
July 3 .
Isabel A. Torrey (Curtis)
76
1
23 Sarcoma of Uterus .
Norwell Carnel, Me.
July 4
Arthur M. L. Mekkelsan
· 22
6
9
Tuberculosis of Lungs
Norwell Boston
July 6 .
William Raymond Vinal .
79
8
12
Cypstitis
Norwell .. South Scituate
August 1
Wallace C. Weatherby
-
1
16 Organic Heart Disease .
Norwell
Norwell
August 26
. Alice Louisa Stetson (Merritt) |65
5
6 Carcinoma of Uterus
| Norwell
Scituate
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SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Norwell .
Marshfield
.
Valular Disease of Heart; Shock from Scalds .
Norwell
Scituate
June 10
Helen Romana
.
·
Results of Age-Cerebral Sce-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1923
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Y. M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BIRTH
August 9
Rachel Binney Lawrence (Beal) | 77
5
25
Arterio Scelerosis
Brockton .. Hull
September 6 . Frederick Ward Seymour
43
3
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Norwell
Holyoke
November 10
Edgar Cushing Hatch
56
9
21
Suicide by Hanging
Norwell .. South Scituate
November 12
Maria Grace Giorgetti
55
Carcinoma of Intestines .
Norwell .
Italy
December 10
Harrison Wilder
79
7
19
Acute Dilation of Heart
Norwell
Scituate
December 12 |George S. Corthell
49
2
-
Ch. Appendicitis -- Ch. Nephritis
Boston .. South Scituate
. ·
TOWN OF NORWELL
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL DURING THE YEAR 1923
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Y. M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
March 18
... | George F. Wellington
'.73
3
3
| Bronchial Pneumonia
Boston
1922
December 9 . . Henry F. Ford ..
80
3
2
Carcinoma
Rockland
1922
Elizabeth M. Turner
60
2
9
Cancer
Febraury 27 . John C. Maynard
74
3
2
Arterio Sclerosis
Boston
July 21
Mary A. Chamberlin
70
6
29
Arterio Sclerosis
Taunton
August 1
Anna G. Merrill
83
2
16
Pneumonia
Hanover
August 4
Abbie F. Coleman
74
6
7
Diabetes
Braintree
September 9 .
Elvira B. Vinal
89
6
Cerebral Arterio Sclerosis
Brockton
April 26 .
Mary Josephine Spear
63
8
26
Chronic Nephritis
East Bridgewater
May 8 .
Cora L. Orcutt .
48
1
4
Rockland
19 Marriages
27 Births
27 Deaths
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Seymour, Conn.
February 25. 1923
Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS' ACCOUNT
Edward M. Sexton, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor $ 527 50
· William J. Leonard, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor 497 50
Clifton S. Deane, Selectman, Assessor and Over- seer of Poor 485 00
John Whalen, Moderator and Election Officer . . 15 00
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk
134 00
Joseph F. Merritt, Registrar of Voters
35 00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1920 25 00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1921
100 00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1922
100 00
J. Warren Foster, Constable
I 50
Arthur Coombs, Constable
2 00
Walter T. Osborn, Constable
138 75
John T. Osborn, Constable
51 00
Lester D. West, Constable 23 50
Herbert E. Robbins, Treasurer 225 00
Henry J. Tolman, Registrar of Voters
25 00
Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell, School Committee 100 00
Benj. Loring, School Committee 25 00
Mrs. Alice C. Merritt, Teller
4 00
Mrs. Henrietta P. Virtue, Teller 4 00
Amos H. Tilden, Teller 4 00
Carleton O. Litchfield, 4 00
Harry G. Pinson, Registrar of Voters, 1922 . . 25 00
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Elliott W. Crowell, Auditor, 1922
50 00
Appropriation
2 700 00
Balance
$ 98 25
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
Rockland Standard Publishing Company, Town
Reports, Warrants and Voters' Lists ... $ 447 90
Franklin Publishing Company, Ad. Advisory Board 2 00
Commonwealth of Mass., Counting Board ... . . 5 00
Wm. D. Turner, Auto Service for Constable. . 12 00
Hobbs & Warren, Stationery 14 00
P. B. Murphy, Stationery 3 40
William J. Leonard, Expenses
55 81
Edward M. Sexton, Expenses
29 44
Clifton S. Deane, Expenses
4 90
J. Warren Foster, Expense for Selectman
7 00
J. H. Sparrell, Auto Service
102 50
Fidelity and Deposit Company, Bonds Collec- tor and Treasurer 100 00
W. L. Shaw, Painting Traffic Boards 10 90
Hingham Taxi Service 8 00
Carrie M. Ford, Printing
50 25
Lyman Wadsworth, Assisting Constable.
2 00
IA. L. Scott, Assisting Constable
2 00
Herbert E. Robbins, Insurance 340 00
Herbert E. Robbins, Notary Public 5 00
Herbert E. Robbins, Photo School Building .. 2 50
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, Returning Deaths, 1922
6 25
John B. Washburn, Transfers 20 00
Walter T. Osborn, Expense as Constable
26 25
$ 2 601 75
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Walter T. Osborn, Moving Safe 12 00
Town of Scituate, Tax on Real Estate. 10 22
Allen Bros., Rubber Stamp 9 96
Diamond Union Stamp Works, Pad 2 35
A. W. Babbitt Company, Inc., Register for Treasurer 4 50
Walter T. Osborn, High School Grading 141 00
Nine Physicians, Returning Births ( 14)
3 50
Geo. E. Mansfield, Returning Deaths (2)
50
Joseph F. Merritt, Returning Births, Marriages, and Deaths 44 00
Wm. H. Spencer, Stamps and Envelopes ... . 70 0I
W. H. Spencer, Refund 1919 Tax, Overpaid. . IO 35
Calvin S. West, Notary Public
5 00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Tolls
24 20
Town of Hanover, 1-3 Expense in Beach Case. .
39 II
Fred Frederickson, Reward under G. L. Chap. 276, Sec. 10 50 00
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