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It was voted by a unanimous vote, 98 voting in favor, none against, to appropriate a sum not to exceed ($5,000.00) five thousand dollars to be expended with like appropria- tions from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, as provided by Chapter 155, Acts of 1918 and other Acts in amendment thereto and connection therewith, for highway construction on Central Street as petitioned by the Selectmen, and further authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and issue bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 5 3-4 per cent., payable semi-annually and principal payable in five equal annual payments to provide for said construction.
Article 32. Will the Town vote to install an electric light near the residence of Henry F. Vining on Washington Street ?
Voted to refer to the Selectmen.
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Article 33. Will the Town vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to surface Oak Street from Washing- ton to High with tar or act in any manner thereon?
Voted to take $500.00 from the general highway ap- propriation for this purpose.
Article 34. What salary and compensation will the Town vote to pay all its elected officers. To conform with Sec. 95 of the Revised Laws as amended by Sec. 8 of Chapter 591 of 1920.
Voted the following salaries :
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor
$5.00 per day
Constables 4.50 per day
Highway Surveyor
4.50 per day
Board of Health
4.50 per day
Tree Warden
4.50 per day
Town Clerk
$135.00
Treasurer
225.00
Tax Collector
225.00
Auditor
50.00
Secretary School Committee
100.00
Other Members of School Committee . 25.00
Moderator for Services
10.00
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to grant and convey to James H. Barnard the lot of land at the South- east corner of his present property, containing approximately one acre, land on which former District School House No. 6 now stands?
Voted that the Treasurer be authorized and instructed in behalf of the Town to execute and deliver a quit claim deed of above named lot of land.
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Article 36. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to provide, in conjunction with the Town of Hanover and Geo. W. Beale for adequate liability in- surance for the protection of passenger on the Norwell -- Rockland jitney line ?
Voted to pass over.
Article 37. Will the Town maintain three electric lights on Sumner Street or take any action in regard to the same ?
Voted to refer this matter to the Selectmen.
Article 38. Will the Town accept the provisions of Chap. 94, Sec. 120 of the General Laws?
Voted to accept the provisions of said Chapter.
Article 39. Or act or do anything relative to the above.
Voted that the thanks of the Town be extended to Mr. Arthur Coombs for his generosity in providing the Town with a fire truck.
The fish rights were purchased by Wm. D. Turner at one dollar each.
W. W. Farrar, Arthur T. Stoddard and Herbert G. Sim- mons were chosen as Cemetery Committee for Washington Street Cemetary.
Subsequent meeting for the election of officers on Mon- day, the fourteenth day of March, 1921, then and there to act on the following article :
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Article 40. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk for one year; one Selectman, one Assessor, and one Over- seer of the Poor for three years; one Selectman, one Asses- sor and one Overseer of Poor for one year to fill vacancy, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables 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, and one member of the Board of Health for one year, to fill vacancy; to elect three Trustees for the Ridge Hill Library, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year, and to vote yes or no in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?" all on one ballot. Polls open from 6 A. M. to II A. M.
Pursuant to the above article the qualified voters met at the time and place and took action as follows: 422 ballots were cast. On being canvassed in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons :
Town Clerk ( for one year)
Joseph F. Merritt 372
Herbert E. Robbins I
Blanks 49
Selectman (for three years)
Edward M. Sexton 350
Blanks 72
Assessor ( for three years)
Edward M. Sexton 343
Blanks 79
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Overseer of Poor (for three years)
Edward M. Sexton 342
Blanks 80
Selectmen ( for one to fill vacancy)
Marion N. Brainerd 10.4
George M. Currier 210
William D. Turner 89
Blanks 19
Assessor ( for one year to fill vacancy)
Marion N. Brainerd 98
George M. Currier
200
William D. Turner 8I
Blanks 43
Overseers of Poor ( for one year to fill vacancy )
Marion N. Brainerd 103
George M. Currier [94
William D. Turner 85
Blanks 40
Treasurer (for one year )
Herbert E. Robbins 377
Blanks 45
Collector of Taxes (for one year)
William H. Spencer 355
Blanks 47
Auditor (for one year)
Elliott W. Crowell 336
Walter S. Crane, Jr. I
Blanks 85
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Highway Surveyor (for one year)
Edward A. Jacobs 157
Walter T. Osborn 232
Harry G. Pinson 16
Blanks I7
Constables (for one year)
J. Warren Foster 303
Walter T. Osborn 318
Lester D. West 275
John F. Wilder
269
Fred H. Stoddard
19
Scattering Votes
34
Blanks 891
School Committee (for three years)
Amy W. Sylvester 339
Blanks 83
Board of Health ( for three years)
Minot Williamson
312
Blanks IIO
Board of Healthh ( for one year)
Joseph F. Merritt 324
Blanks 98
Tree Warden (for one year)
Fred M. Curtis 318
Blanks 104
Library Trustee ( for three years)
William J. Leonard 295
Blanks 127
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Library Trustee (for two years)
William O. Prouty 269
Blanks 153
Library Trustee (for one year)
Alfred H. Prouty 251
Blanks I71
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-in- toxicating beverages in this town.
Yes
140
187
Blanks 95
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, May 16, 19?1
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return thereof made to the Town Clerk, by Walter T. Osborn, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters of the Town met at the Town Hall on Monday the sixteenth day of May at 7.30 P. M. and took the following action on the several articles contained in the warrent :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
John Whalen was chosen Moderator by ballot, he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. To see what instructions the Town will give the Selectmen in regard to the resurfacing and new construc- tion of Bridge Street, and appropriate money for the same.
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A motiion to resurface and tarvia Bridge Street and instruct the Highway Surveyor to charge the work against the general road appropriation was voted down.
Article 3. To see if. the Town will appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money to purchase a flag for the use of the Town.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to purchase a new flag and to expend from the incidental account such amount as may be necessary up to seventy-five dollars.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate $3,968.92 to pay its portion of the cost of the Plymouth County Hospital, and authorize the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceeding said sum, and issue therefor notes or bonds of the Town bearing interest payable semi-annually, the principal pay- able in such annual payments as will extinguish the debt within eight years.
It was voted by a unanimous vote, seventeen voting in favor, none voting against, that there be appropriated the sum of $3,968.92 to pay the Town's share of the Plymouth County Tuberculosis Hospital, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of the General Laws; and to meet said appropriation that there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $468.92; and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $3,500.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provision of Chapter III of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than seven years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell the stone crusher or act in any manner thereon.
Voted that the Selectmen may sell the stone crusher to the best advantage but in any event not less than $150.00.
Article 6. Or act or do anything relative to the above Voted that meeting be dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Town Clerk
LICENSES ISSUED
89 Resident Combination Hunting & Fishing . $89.00
2 Resident Fishing 1.00
9 Minor Trapping 2.25
$92.25
Clerks Fees, 100 licenses at 15 cts.
15.00
.Forwarded to Divison of Fisheries and Game $77.25
DOGS LICENSED
For year ending Dec. 1, 1921.
Whole number licensed 97. 80 males at $2.00 $160.00
17 Females at $5.00
85.00
$245.00
Clerks Fees, 97 licenses at 20 cts. . 19.40
Forwarded to County Treasurer .
$225.60
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ENROLLED MILITIA
Number of Males 18 to 45 enrolled for military duty April 1, 1921 :- 149.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1921
February 19. Married in Cohasset, George R. Wagner of Norwell and Emma May Ellis of Scituate, by Linneos M. Bosworth.
April 16. Married in Boston, Joseph Bernard Sousa and Marian Eleanor Boynton, both of Norwell, by Samuel B. Harvey, Justice of the Peace.
April 19. Married in Scitate, Humphrey William Turner of Norwell and Lois Harriet Clapp of Scituate, by Rev. Lewis Edward Perry.
May 28 Married in Haverhill, Ralph Gordon Lambert of Norwell and Edith Frances Mott of Scituate, by Rev. Silas L. Morse.
August 6. Married in Norwell, Louis M. Lyons of Amherst and Margaret Wade Tolman of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
August 20. Married in Honover, Gustof W. Peterson and Anna C. Anderson, both of Norwell, by Rev. William H. Nobbs.
September 10. Married in Norwell, Morton Elmer Arnold of Pembroke and Ruth Elliott Kidder of Norwell. by Rev. Frederick H. Kidder.
September 10. Married in Norwell, George William Fletcher and Mildred Gertrude Daniels, both of Rockland, by Rev. Frederick H. Kidder.
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October I. Married in Hanover, Ralph Burbank and Lora Ellsworth Thomas, both of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
October 15. Married in Hanover, Frederick A. Stod- dard and Carrie Bachelder, both of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
October 16. Married in Framingham, William H. Brown of Norwell and Eva C. Rilotte of Framingham, by Rev. J. F. Hofferman.
October 29. Married in Hanover, Chester A. Bell of Norwell and Blanche Olive Winslow of Hanover, by Rev. Edward H. Gibson.
November 3. Married in Rockland, Roy George Mackenzie of Norwell and Elizabeth May Pinson of Han- over, by Herman L. Studley, Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk.
December 31. Married in Boston, Dana W. Morey of Norwell and Violet Roberts of Boston, by Rev. Benjamin A. Millmoth.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1921
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
January 24
Sylvia H. Dyer
Theodore M. and Gertrude W. Leslie
January 30
Priscilla Louise Merritt
Harry B. and Elizabeth A ... George R. and Minnie C.
DeLorey
February 7
Ellsworth Lincoln Farrar
Fitts
April 10
John Campbell
Thomas and Anna L.
Tasker
April 25
George Albert Strachan
John and Janet A.
Wren
June 18
William James Cutler Weatherby
Lyman A. and Bessie E.
Cutler
June 26
Miriam Perry Ruth Madeline Torrey
Everett and Ethel F.
Stoddard
August 31 .
Roma Deborah Darling
Edward F. and Agnes
September 26 .
Audrey P. Snowdale
Lloyd A. and Bessie W.
Herring
September 11
Roger Warren Apts
Herbert W. and Doris A.
Litchfield
September 29
Beverlly Beatrice Beach
Howard W. and Mildred F.
Prince
October 14
Ruth Gooch
Adelbert and Mildred
Brooks
October 21
Marjorie Elizabeth Turner
Herbert S. and Clara W.
Holt
October 30 .
John Louis Amicone
Joseph and Lucy
Di Cesare
November 6
Anna May Hartwell
Nathan H. and Ethel M.
Burns
December 4
Edson Lawrence White
Patrick L. and Ella W. Bertrand L. and Martha M.
Wolfendale
July 31
John Stinson .
James W. and Christie A.
Jennings
Jan. 26, 1899
Paul Sherman Staples
Frank S. and Lucy Carrie
Osborne Osborne
July 8, 1902
Beulah Elizabeth Staples
Frank S. and Lucy Carrie
Sept. 23, 1918
Henry Wilbur Ainslie, Jr.
Henry Wilbur and Mary Eliza'th Almeida
October 4, 1920
Francis Martin Hume
| Samuel H. and Rose A.
Almeida
March 31, 1905 .
Charlotte Ruby Briggs .
.[Walter S. and Charlotte
Osborne
June 27, 1905 .
Bernice Marion Damon
Wallace H. and Fanny N.
Crocker
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk. All errors or omissions in above list should be reported.
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Pratt
December 19
John George Gardner
Manus W. and Dora F.
Vinal
August 26
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1921
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE
January 13
.
Bradford P. Stetson
62
5
17
Febraury 24 .
Isabella M. Dyer (Handy)
79
7
10
March 30
Mary Antoinette Litchfield .
84
3
10
Chronic Nephritis
March 26
Winnie Phillips
50
9 20
Septic Pelvic Phlebitis
Aprol 9
Mary Jane Turner (Oakman,
81
8
2
Arterio Sclerosis
May 6
Vesta Hayden (Ewell)
72
11 15
Fracture of Skull With Injury to Brain .
July 7
Nina A. Hall (Crosby)
60
9
23
Natural Causes, Died Suddenly Heart Disease
Norwell Ireland
August 10
Annie Mary Leavitt (Brooks
72
2
20
August 21
Josephine Robinson
87
9
6
Chronic Intistotial Nephritis
August 27
Herbert W. Penniman
76
2
Ititis Media
September 12
Cyprin Kimenski
G8
. . . .
Norwell . . Welinski, Poland
Norwell
Dedham
October 1
Jeremiah Henry Lehan
C2
6 17
Natural Causes; Myocarditis probably Heart Disease
Norwell Pembroke
October 5
Sarah G. Chandler (Magoun;
72
3
2
72
5
22
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Norwell Pembroke
December 27
Elsie Fay Grose (Twombly)
73
7
6
92
1
9
Hodgkin's Disease
Brockton Brockton
October 28
Frances Almira Jacobs
92
10
19
Pneumonia
Rockland Scituate
December 7 .
62
2
23
Carcinomatosia
Boston
Boston
70
3
Chronic Endocarditis
Pulmonary Rib
Embolisonia
Fractured
January 29
.
Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BIRTH
Norwell ... South Scituate
Brockton .. South Scituate
Norwell Hanover
Norwell Scituate
Boston Weld, Maine
Norwell Marshfield
Marshfield Scituate
Norwell .... Orland, Mainc .
Norwell .. Philadelphia, Pa. Rockland Hingham
Natural Causes (probably Heart dis- ease
Norwell Scituate
December 5 . December 25
Mary Emma Talbot
66
10
15
Valvular Disease of the Heart
Norwell Somerville
Norwell Watertown
December 28 . December 29 .
Herbert A. Sprague Ruth Gooch
65
6 14
Norwell South Scituate
October 15 .
1 Prematurity
·
Baltimore, Md. . Scituate
December 31
Priscilla H. Stetson (Merritt: 76 Adeline M. Eastman
.
. ·
Angena Pectoris
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Heart Disease (probably)
Alonzo H. Stoddard
. .
. .
George W. Robbins
Angena Pectoris; Arterio Sclerosis. . Chronic Bronchitis; Nephritis
Ellen B. Elms (Briggs)
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL 'IN 1921.
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
January 3
John Corthell
84
3
18
Rectic Stenosis
Chelsea Bethel, Vermont
January 23
Martha Wilder Curtis
77
11
21
Valvular Disease of Heart; Bronchitis
March 16
Belle Fremont Smith (Wilder)
39
8
17
Carcinoma
Weymouth Hanover
September 4
Martha Cottle Chamberlin
54
5
25
Cancer of Liver
October 24 .
Fred B. Merritt
65
. ·
2
Mitial Stenosis
Whitman
November 12 ..
Emma Isabel Towne (Nash)
74
10
11
Cerebral Thormbosia
Wellesley
March 9, 1912
Dorothy Stetson
1
5
4
Lobar Pneumonia
Medford
August 4, 1918 .
Charles E. Tibbetts
.
.
.
January 5, 1919 | Minnie Louise Bater
19
10
17
Lobar Pneumonia
Hingham
Number of Births-25.
Number of Marriages-14.
Number of Deaths-23.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
TOWN OF NORWELL
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Arterio Sclerosis
Boston
November 5
Adaline L. Greene
83
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Report of Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS ACCOUNT
Edward M. Sexton, services as
Selectman, Assessor and Over- seer of Poor $465. 19
William J. Leonard, services as Selectman. Assessor and Over- seer of Poor 456.25
George M. Currier, services as Selectman, Assessor and Over- seer of Poor 215.00
L. E. Fessenden, services as Select- man, Assessor and Overseer of Poor 66.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk 155.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Registrar of Voters 35.00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1918 25.00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1919 100.00
William H. Spencer, Tax Collector, 1920 100.00
Herbert E. Robbins, services
Treasurer
275.00
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Elliott W. Crowell, services,
Auditor 50.00
Nellie M. Sparrell, services, School Committee 100.00
J. Warren Foster, Inspector of
Animals 51.00
J. Warren Foster, Inspector Weights and Measures 15.25
Henry J. Tolman, services,
Registrar, 1920 25.00
J. H. Lehan, services,
Registrar, 1920 25.00
John C. McLean, services, Teller. . 4 00
Harry G. Pinson. services, Teller
1920 4.00
Amos H. McLean, services, Teller . 4 00
Amos H. Tilden, services, Teller
1920 4.00
Geo. N. Currier, services as Teller,
1920 4.00
Carleton O. Litchfield, services,
Teller, 1920 4.00
Carleton O. Litchfield, services,
Teller, 4.00
John Whalen, services, Teller, 1920
4.00
John Whalen, services, Teller and Moderator 15.00
Benjamin Loring, services School Committee 25.00
Lester D. West, services, Constable . 162.50
Walter T. Osborn, services,
Constable 161.00
Perry H. Osborn, services, Assisting
Constable 2.00 ·
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Theo. M. Dyer, services, Special
Officer 11.25
$2,567.44
Appropriation
2,400.00
Exceeded $167.44
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
J. H. Sparrell, auto service;
Board of Registrars $2.75
Town Clerk 5.50
Police Dept., 1920 65.50
Police Dept., 1921 75.50
Selectmen
35.50
2nd Dist. Court
23 00
E. P. Joseph, Dixon Case
16.00
H. D. Smith, Dixon Case
24.00
L. E. Fessenden, Dixon Case 22.00
J. T. Clifford, Dixon Case 12.25
Pitkin & Pitkin, Dixon Case 30.00
W. B. Foster, Dixon Case I35.95
Thos. H. Buttimer, Dixon Case 519.39
Thos. H. Buttimer, Union Bridge bill* 200.00
Thos. H. Buttimer, legal service ..
13.00
Fidelity & Deposit Co.,
Tax Collector's Bond 50.00
Fidelity & Deposit Co.,
Treasurer's Bond 50.00
Travelers' Ins. Co., ad. premium,
Moth Ins. Liab., 1920 34.73
* One-half to be refunded by Towwn of Marshfield.
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Wm. H. Spencer, stamps 92.93
Town of Marshfield, Union Bridge
account 158.47
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., supplies 21.00
J. F. Merritt, Rec. births, mgs. and deaths 37.00
J. F. Merritt, expense account. .45
A. W. Babbitt, suppplies 4.50
L. E. Fessenden, expense account 13.35
E. M. Sexton, expense account 37.21
Wm. J. Leonard, expense account .. 20.78
Geo. M. Currier, expense account .. 32.15
Geo. M. Currier, auto service, Selectmen 85.00
W. F. Turner, auto service, Selectmen 5.25
Jos. F. Totman, auto service,
Selectmen 2.00
Walter B. Foster, services, Wash- ington Street case 10.00
Walter B. Foster, services Grove Street case 44.00
W. E. Woodside, photos., Grove Street case 18.00
Francis J. Geogan, services,
Randall, Kerr & Fuller cases . 30.00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, returning 17 deaths, 1920 4.25
Four Physicians, returning births 4.00
Thorp & Martin, supplies 3.45
Carrie M. Ford, printing 34.41
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies 5.09
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls 17.40
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 19.13
Phillips, Bates & Co., supplies 8.38
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Calvin S. West & Son, supplies 10.50
Perry H. Osborn, auto service
Police Dept. 5.00
Perry H. Osborn, work on boiler 2.00
Fred C. Joseph, work on boiler 2.00
H. W. Apts., Wagner case 5.00
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Town Reports 280.50
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., printing 36.00
A. W. Brownell Corp., supplies .
3.00
Walter T. Osborn, moving safes . .
10.00
John Whalen, refund
22.09
Model Typewriter Exchange typewriter 25.00
H. E. Robbins, Notary 5.00
Dr. H. T. Handy, Committing W. H. Morse 4.00
WVm. J. Leonard, 8 Traffic Signs 18.00
W. C. Soule, 2 Traffic Signs 6.00
John T. Osborn, Assisting Constable. 2.00
$2,509.36
Appropriation
2,000.00
Exceeded
$509.36
MISCELLANEOUS APROPRIATIONS
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Wm. H. Spencer, abatement acct. 1918 $53.14 Wm. H. Spencer, abatement acct. 1919 75.85 W/m. H. Spencer, abatement acct. 1920 303.36
$432.35
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JAMES LIBRARY
Paid Mrs. M. L. F. Powers
Treasurer
$300.00 Appropriation $300.00
RIDGE HILL LIBRARY
Paid W. J. Leonard $50.00
Appropriation $50.00
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. W. P. Grovestein, services, 1920 $100.00 Dr. W. P. Grovestein, services, 1921 100.00
Appropriation $100.00
RIVER STREET SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, 1920
Arthur J. Mitchell, balance $759.00
Balance of appropriation from 1920. 646.71
Exceeded $112.29
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Mrs. Howard Beach, aid $56.00
Dr. W. P. Grovestein, med. att. 45.00
Augustus Hatch, aid 72.00
Elizabeth C. Creed, rent 52.00
Dr. T. B. Alexander, med. att. 18.00
$243.00
Appropriation 400.00
Balance unexpended
$157.00
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TOWN HALL
Alexander Brown, janitor $18.00
Floyd H. Osborn, janitor, 1920 35.00
Alexander Brown, carpenter work .. 4.80
H. E. Robbins, insurance 33.75
Electric Light & Power Co., lights .
2.56
$94.11
Appropriation
75.00
Exceeded
$19.II
VISITING NURSE APPROPRIATION
Paid Mrs. Marion Sauer $1000.00
Appropriation I200.00 --
Balance
$200.00
FLAG APROPRIATION
Boston Regalia Co., flag
$31.65
George F. Welch Co., rope 1.25
$32.90
Appropriation
75.00
Balance
$42.10
NO. 2 SCHOOL HOUSE
Harry B. Merritt, shingles and labor. . $192.45
Appropriation 200.00
Balance $7.55
WIRING TOWN HALL
Elec. Light & Power Co., wiring $169.00
Appropriation 170.00 Balance $1.00
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WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
H. G. Simmons, labor $28.50
Walter Cutter, labor 13.25
F. S. Farrar, labor 8.00
W. W. Farrar, labor 16.00
W. W. Farrar, pump
4.00
$69.75
LOTS SOLD
Catherine M. Gurney, 37, Sec. B. .. $10.00
Otto C. Bates, 43 Sec. B. 10.00
$20.00
$49.75
Appropriation
$75.00
Balance
$25.25
MEMORIAL DAY APPROPRIATION
Paid G. A. R. Committee $250.00
Appropriation $250.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Maintenance
$438.54
Construction
468.92
$907.46
Appropriation
$907.46
CENTRAL STREET APPROPRIATION
Advertising $46.15
Weigher 97.50
J. W. O'Connell, contractor
9,423. 52
$9,567.17
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Received from State
$4,282.00
Received from County 5,000.00
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$9,282.00
$285.17
Appropriation
5,000.00
Balance
$4,714.83
EDWARD M. SEXTON
WILLIAM J. LEONARD GEORGE M. CURRIER
Selectmen
Report of Assessors
Taxable Real Estate, April .. . $1,171, 155.00
Taxable Real Estate Dec. 575.00
Taxable Personal Estate, April .. 255,675.00
Taxable Personal Estate, Dec. 710.00
$1,428, 115.00
Exempted Real Estate
$21,615.00
Exempted Personal Estate 515.00
$22,130.00
Total Valuation $1,428,115.00
Total Valuation, 192I 1,341,430.00
Increase 86,685.00
Tax Rate, 1921
$38.00 per $1,000.00
Town Tax, including overlay 47,063.08
County Tax
2,443.76
State Tax
3,780.00
Special State Tax 178.20
St. R. R. Tax 64.40
Plymouth County Hospital 468.92
Plymouth County Hospital, maintenance I 017
438.54
Persons Assessed
Poll Tax Only 80
Polls Assessed 434
Total Number Polls 505
Polls Exempt
7 1
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Number Acres of Land 12 787
Number of Dwelling Houses 521
Number of Horses I73
Number of Cows 187
Number of Neat Cattle
57
Number of Sheep
60
Number of Swine
32
Number of Fowl
7,840
EDWARD M. SEXTON
WILLIAM J. LEONARD
GEORGE M. CURRIER
Assessors
Report of Overseers of Poor
ALMSHOUSE
James H. Pinkham, Supt. $75.00
A. C. Chisholm, Supt. 333.33
Geo. S. Corthell, supplies 256.32
I. Austin Lincoln, supplies 56.07
Calvin S. West & Son, supplies 295.47
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies 215.89
Geo. F. Welch Co., coal and supplies. 304.04
Mrs. Jennie Henderson, services as Matron 58.00
Mrs. Jennie Henderson, paid for laundry 7.83
Sidney S. Gates, supplies 24.44
A. C. Chisholm, paid for supplies . .
91.II A. C. Chisholm, paid for laundry . . 39.51 Dr. H. T. Handy, med. att. . .
39.00
Nathan Cushing Est., 10 cords wood. 50.00
Arthur T. Stoddard, sawing wood .. 15.00 Electric Light & Power Co., lights .. 80.64 J. F. Merritt, pasturing and horse . 17.75
Belle B. Tucker, supplies. 3.00
J. J. Estes, supplies 4.45
Wm. H. Spencer, paper & box rent. . 5.25
J. A. Martin, ice 28.02
Chas. W. Tilden, work and material . 39.00
Luther D. Studley,work and material . 14.75
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W. T. Osborn, plowing, harrowing and mowing 20.00
Harry S. Merritt, labor and stock 16.15
G. L. Downing, supplies 2.08
Phillips, Bates & Co., supplies 87.60
Harrison Wilder, grass 5.00
A. W. Pinson, lumber 1.60
Fred'k. T. Bailey & Co., supplies
and labor 11.75
Franklin Pub. Co., adv.
I 50
Standard Pub. Co., adv.
1.20
James H. Pinkham, supplies and
laundry
23.53
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$2,224.28
RECEIPTS
Board $84.00
Milk and Vegetables
100.21
Weighing Hay
9.32
Old Chair 1.50
$195.03
$2,029.25
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Balance Unexpended $470.75
POOR ACCOUNT
J. H. Sparrell, auto service $45.50
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