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September 14. Married in Boston, Joseph A. DeFabio and Margaret C. Rice, both of Norwell, by Samuel G. Thorner, Justice of the Peace.
September 19. Married in Norwell, John Francis Bradshaw and Frances Theresa Cole, both of Whitman, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
September 22. Married in Norwell, Charles Fowler Burckstead, Jr., and Isabella MacKay Ramsey, both of Quincy, by Rev. Samuel Dupertius.
September 28. Married in Norwell, William Davis Perry and Mary Ellison Meserve, both of Whitman, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
September 22. Married in Rockland, Burton Lester Hunt of Rockland and Jessie Louise Sharp of Norwell, by Rev. Clarence E. Southard.
September 3. Married in Woburn, Robbie Gordon Mesheam and Edith Gertrude Robertson, both of Norwell, by Rev. Robert M. Grey.
September 7. Married in Norwell, John Estes Phemister of Hanover and Alison Reid Kempton of Boston, by Rev. Boynton Merrill.
October 5. Married in Greenfield, John M. Lind of Norwell and Margaret A. Lawrence of Greenfield, by Rev. Ralph Rood.
October 7. Married in Abington, Fred L. Pratt of Hanover and E. Irene Hall of Norwell, by Rev. Merrill C. Ward.
October 26. Married in Norwell, John Rogers Thomas of Hingham and Barbara Louise Elliott of Norwell, by Rev. Daniel R. Magruder.
November 27. Married in Norwell, Leroy Kenneth McKay of Holbrook and Myrtle Harriet Ganley of Norwell, by Rev. Merrill C. Ward.
November 30. Married in Norwell, Willis Lansing Curtis of Marlboro and Jane Bryant Pitkin of Scituate, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
December 20. Married in Whitman, John J. Barrett, Jr., and Faustina Longley, both of Norwell, by Rev. Edmund R. Warne.
December 30. Married in Scituate, John Rose of Marshfield and Josephine Stod- dard of Norwell, by William M. Wade, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace.
December 31. Married in Halifax, Joseph M. Feneck, Jr., of Norwell and Alice Louise Bates of Hanson, by Rev. J. G. Glennon.
September 21. Married in East Hatley, Province of Quebec, Canada, George Edward Frank Richards of East Hatley and Florence Julia Hamblen of Norwell, by Rev. Westley Parry.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Names of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
Jan. 7
Gentry Clark
John A. and Mary J.
Dewey
Weymouth
Feb. 28
Gordon Wallace Thayer
Gordon O. and Annie C.
Campbell
Weymouth
Mar. 3
Nancy Lincoln
Vincent and Alice
Linscott
Weymouth
Mar. 7
Francis Natale Molla
Robert L. and Camilla
DeFabio
Weymouth
Mar. 18
Susan Bird Sidney
Norman S. and Evelyn
Johnson
Boston
Mar. 21
Mary Elizabeth Beach
George A. and Catherine
Connolly
Weymouth
Mar. 27
Jean Elizabeth Badger
Ralph H. and Muriel V.
Snow
Weymouth
Apr. 11
Eugene Thomas Beach
William F. and Grace E.
Morales
Norwell
Apr. 12
David Lawrence Vinal
Raymond G. and Thelma M.
Sheander
Weymouth
Apr. 27
William Hugh Gilmour
Alphonse W. and Dorothea E.
Joyce
Weymouth
May 1
Charles Fremont Osborne
George W. and Thelma A.
Gaddes
Weymouth
May 13
Mary Ann Sargent
George D. and Mary A.
Fulcher
Weymouth
May 30
James Peter Hall
James P. and Louisa V.
Sylvester
Boston
June 4
Edward Paul Cushing
Edward F. and Kathleen M.
Gorman
Boston
June 4
Richard Francis Lawrence
John M. and Ruth K.
Smith
Weymouth
June 11
John Francis Winske
John J. and Ruth M.
Torrey
Weymouth
June 20
Paul Louis Whitney
Murphy
Cambridge
June 30
Nancy Stockton Kelly
James J. and Beatrice E.
Henderson
Norwell
July 6
Robert Lee Coombs
Osborn
Boston
July 7
Judith Ann Douglas
Litchfield
Quincy
July 31
Joan Dennett Davis
Rollins
Boston
Aug. 2
Stillborn
George M. and Marie Elizabeth
Lewis
Brockton
Sept. 22
Wilbur Nichols Burns, Jr.
Wilbur N. and Vivian C.
Yeaton
Weymouth
Oct. 2
Eva Clifton Haslett
William G. and Anastasia
Fraher
Weymouth
Oct. 20
Charles David Cavanagh
Charles J. and Winifred
Hornstra
Weymouth
Oct. 22
Bishop Carleton Hunt, Jr.
Bishop C. and Helen M.
Allen
Cambridge
Oct. 22
Jesse Hubbard, Jr.
Jesse and Victoria
Crippen
Weymouth
Nov. 5
Nancy Elaine Apts
Robert O. and Pearl M.
Storey
Cohasset
Nov. 26
Allan Bruce Armstrong
Allan Russell and Helen Esther
Chase
Plymouth
1939
Mar. 12
Jean Frances Jackman
Arthur E. and Mary L.
Riddell
Norwell
Blanks for returning births will be furnished by the Town Clerk. Please report errors or omissions in the above list.
Lee H. and Elizabeth G.
Joseph H. and Edna D.
John D. and Jessie
Aug. 23
Robert Charles Loring
Cecil E. and Mildred E.
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1940
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Place of Burial
Feb.
8
Henry Day Atwater
64 10
8
Coronary Sclerosis
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Norwell
Feb.
12
Evelyn M. Halleren
45 :
11
20
Compound Fracture of Skull, auto accident Broncho-pneumonia, Gastric Carcinoma
Grand Meran, N. B. Memphis, Tenn.
Norwell
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline Center Hanover Cemetery
Mar.
6
Ethelyn Gordon McLauthlin 68
5
2
Mar.
15
Julius Alexander Taylor
63
6 22 Cirrhosis of Liver, Con- gestion of Lungs 2 5 5 28 Weak Heart due to old age Cancer of Bladder
Thomaston, Me.
Spencer
Pinehurst, Norwell Pine Grove Cemetery, Leicester Washington St., Norwell
July 25
Harriet Annaliza Hall
70
9 6
Arterio-sclerotic Heart Disease
Weymouth
Weymouth Boston
Norwell Washington St., Norwell
Aug.
21
Josephine Turner Lester
74
10
28 Olio Colitis
Scituate
Norwell
Washington St., Norwell
Sept. 3
Arthur C. Jones
65
2
2
Heart Disease, presumably Coronary Sclerosis Renal Suppression, Mete- tastis Prostatic Carcinoma Coronary Thrombosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebral Apoplexy
Arlington
Norwell
Washington St., Norwell
Sept. 12 Herbert Henderson
63
1 13
Nova Scotia
Norwell
Pine Grove Cemetery, Salem, N. H.
Oct. 20 Arthur Lindorf Power
81
2 11
Nov. 10 Margaret Nickerson
78
8
19
Cancer of Liver
Provincetown
Norwell
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland
Nov. 23 Columba Rosa
74
Nov. 23 Eliza E. F. Johnston
69
9 22
Heart Disease, presumably Coronary Sclerosis Broncho Pneumonia, Bronchial Asthma
Michigan
Weymouth
Liberty Plain, Hingham
Dec. 2 Henry E. Forkey
75
8 5 Heart Disease, Coronary Sclerosis, Angina
Elizabethton, N. Y.
Norwell
Hope Cemetery, Worcester
Mar.
17
Sarah Ellen Gardner Abbie M. Wheeler
87
84
Apr.
3
2
10
Walter J. Wagner
61
....
11
Bronchial Asthma, Coronary Occlusion
Nova Scotia
South Scituate
Norwell Washington St., Norwell
Sept. 5 Charles Almon Bruce
75
2
Boston
Norwell
Norwell
Mt. Wollaston, Quincy
Italy
Norwell
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston
Cohasset
Norwell
Sherbrooke, P. I.
Norwell
Aug. Aug.
Somerville
Weymouth
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1940-Continued
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
Place of Burial
Dec.
3
Mary Esther Wilder
78
8
2
Hemorrhage due to ulcer- ation of Pharynx growth in glands of neck Cancer of Right Ovary
Cohasset
Norwell
Groveland Cemetery, Scituate
Dec.
8
Fannie Eames Booker (Gardner)
69
5
20
Hingham
Norwell
Liberty Plain, Hingham
Dec.
21
Charles Campbell Baird
60
22
Carcinoma of Stomach
Norwell
Mt. Wollaston, Quincy
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1940
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Place of of Death
Name of Cemetery
Jan.
15
Edwin Forrest Harris
76
6
0
Heart Bloc
Marshfield
Washington St.
Jan.
31
Isabella Louise Cox
82
7
17
Coronary Occlusion, Diabetes
Newton
First Parish
Apr.
7
Gertrude E. Scott
48
9
21
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Brockton
Washington St.
May
27
Lizzie Lincoln Fish
86
1
1
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Scituate
First Parish
May
28
Mary L. Knight
70
3
9
Nephritis
Boston
First Parish
July
11
George R. Hayden
79
8
11
Carcinoma of Rectum
Fall River
First Parish
Sept.
23
Frank Sherman Staples
74
1
21
Heart Disease, Coronary Sclerosis
Duxbury
Washington St.
Oct.
11 Meding Ludlin
56
Chronic Myocarditis, Diabetes
Revere
Washington St.
Nov.
18 Susie Marion Richardson
59
4
20
Bronsliogenic Carcinoma Right Lung
Hanover
Stockbridge
Nov.
27
Louise S. Westover
65
8
25
Cardio Renal Disease
Boston
Washington St.
Dec.
29
Sarah Ednie
82
1
28
Arterio Sclerosis
Rockland
Washington St.
Number of Births, 31.
Number of Marrages, 41.
Number of Deaths, 21.
Respectfully submited,
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk
TOWN OF NORWELL
JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL July 1, 1940 to July 1, 1941
Baird, Alan, Main St., Salesman
Baldwin, Charles H., Central St., Laborer
Bates, D. Fred, Mt. Hope St., Retired Bates, Weston V., Winter St., Mason Bennett, Nelson A., High St., Carpenter Berry, George H., Tiffany Road, Laborer Davis, John D., W. Main St., Salesman Des Jardins, Harold J., High St., Carpenter Dyer, Arthur H., Stetson Road, Machinist Frederickson, Carl, Lincoln St., Stone Cutter Gaddis, Robert J., Washington St., Poultryman Gauley, David G., Pleasant St., Laborer Hall, Walter R., Washington St., Salesman Hamblen, Carlton B., Grove St., Painter Harris, Charles A., Tiffany Road, Retired Haskins, Edward B., Stetson Road, Broker Heredeen, Fred, Circuit St., Painter Howe, Edward L., Parker St., Carpenter Johnson, Walter A., Norwell Ave., Farmer Jones, Walter M., Washington St., Shoeworker Joseph, Percy E., Cross St., Engineer Maxwell, Andrew, W. Main St., Carpenter Snowdale, G. Lancaster, Tiffany Road, Laborer Sousa, Joseph B., Pine St., Laborer
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940 RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, January 1, 1940 $32,204.01
223,892.41
Total Receipts for 1940
$256.096.42
EXPENDITURES
Total Payments of Warrants
$217,561.84
Cash on hand, December 31, 1940. 38,534.58
$256,096.42 For detailed account of receipts and expenditures see report of the Town Accountant.
SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COFFIN FUND
Amount of Fund, $2,000.
$430.40
Interest added 1940
61.13
Refund
20.00
$511.53
Withdrawn, 1940
$40.00
Available Interest, January 1, 1941
471.53
$511.53
FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS POOR FUND
Amount of Fund, $2,000.
$398.27
Interest added, 1940
60.33
$458.60
Withdrawn, 1940
$ 0.00
Available Interest, January 1, 1941
458.60
$458.60
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANNABEL WAKEFIELD POOR FUND
Amount of Fund, $1,000.
$280.71
Interest added, 1940
32.20
$312.91
Withdrawn, 1940
$0.00
Available Interest, January 1. 1941
312.91
$312.91
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANNABEL WAKEFIELD LIBRARY FUND
Amount of Fund, $100.
Available Interest, January 1, 1940
$59.20
Interest added, 1940
4.00
Withdrawn, 1940
$0.00
Available Interest, January 1, 1941
63.20
$63.20
Available Interest, January 1, 1940
Available Interest, January 1, 1940
Available Interest, January 1, 1940
$63.20
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TOWN OF NORWELL
INCOME CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Income 1940
Expended 1940
Available Jan. 1, 1940
Amount of Fund $1,000.00
Abigail T. Otis Tomb Fund
16.36
16.36
158.13
500.00
Samuel C. Cudworth
6.81
0.00
77.73
200.00
Eliza Josslyn
6.29
6.29
53.13
200.00
Prudence C. Delano
10.06
10.06
105.00
300.00
Nancy Hersey
2.77
2.77
11.38
100.00
Mary O. Robbins
6.04
6.04
43.00
200.00
Charles H. Merritt
1.26
1.26
.63
50.00
James W. Sampson
7.54
7.54
53.75
250.00
Susan C. Damon
2.77
2.77
11.38
100.00
Davis Damon
3.01
3.01
21.50
100.00
Robbins Tomb Fund
3.14
3.14
26.56
100.00
George H. Bates
2.64
2.64
6.31
100.00
Adeline F. Payne
5.65
5.65
27.81
200.00
N. P. Brownell
3.77
3.77
1.88
150.00
Betsey Tolman
2.59
0.00
5.95
100.00
George P. Clapp
2.94
0.00
20.40
100.00
Gad Leavitt
3.28
0.00
33.70
100.00
Thomas Sampson
2.01
0.00
7.43
75.00
John H. Knapp
2.70
0.00
10.69
100.00
Albert S. Greene
7.31
0.00
97.87
200.00
Charles Tolman
2.64
0.00
7.66
100.00
Chester S. Barker
2.54
0.00
4.07
100.00
Samuel D. Stetson
1.89
0.00
2.09
75.00
Sarah T. David
1.89
0.00
2.11
75.00
Melvin Little
2.68
0.00
9.62
100.00
Hosea J. Stockbridge
5.13
0.00
9.18
200.00
Leaffie C. Miller
3.90
1.25
8.29
150.00
Abbie S. Bates
11.46
0.75
266.82
200.00
Olive H. Brigham
3.04
3.25
21.13
100.00
Benjamin P. Nichols
1.91
2.98
0.00
75.00
Timothy Chapman
2.79
3.25
10.92
100.00
Lewis W. Kilburn
2.87
3.25
13.79
100.00
Wallace W. Farrar
3.77
3.25
.59
150.00
Robert K. Stoddard
4.68
3.25
37.44
150.00
Henry L. Nichols
2.65
3.25
5.26
100.00
Wilbur Nichols
2.54
3.25
.63
100.00
Charles E. Brewster
2.51
2.50
.07
100.00
Maurice E. Pratt
2.51
3.00
.19
100.00
Vadilla A. Damon
5.03
5.00
.15
200.00
Floretta Whiting
2.53
3.25
.24
100.00
Martha E. French
2.51
2.50
.07
100.00
Peter Tomansen
1.26
1.25
.03
50.00
Rufus H. Binney
5.26
4.25
10.61
200.00
Arthur Stoddard
2.51
2.50
.05
100.00
Herbert T. Howard
2.51
2.50
.06
100.00
Willard Thatcher
1.26
1.25
.16
50.00
Alpheus Thomas
2.51
2.50
.06
100.00
Asa Vining & George Wilder
2.51
2.50
.09
100.00
Rufus H. Binney
5.04
0.00
5.87
200.00
R. J. Coulter
0.12
0.00
0.00
75.12
John M. Hall
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
Mrs. Peter Larsen
0.00
0.00
0.00
15.00
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. ROBBINS,
Abigail T. Otis
$27.66
$27.66
$113.75
Treasurer.
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1937 TAXES
Committed March 21, 1940
Paid to Treasurer
$125.94
Abatements
117.52
243.46
1938 TAXES
Committed March 21, 1940
$10,053.83
Refunds of Abatements and Overpayments
11.23
Paid to Treasurer
$8,904.57
Abatements
877.44
Tax Title to Town
275.78
Outstanding January 1, 1941
7.27
10,065.06
1939 TAXES
Committed March 21, 1940
$32,120.07
Refunds of Abatements and Overpayments
163.31
Auditor's Adjustment
2.00
$32,285.38
Paid to Treasurer
$16,362.55
Abatements
284.93
Tax Title to Town
332.58
Outstanding January 1, 1941
15,305.32
32,285.38
1940 TAXES
Committed
$85,101.44
Refunds of Abatements and Overpayments
284.90
$85,386.34
Paid to Treasurer
$54,480.12
Abatements
4,281.34
Tax Title to Town
260.28
Outstanding January 1, 1941
26,364.60
85,386.34
1938 MOTH
Committed March 21, 1940
$59.50
Paid to Treasurer
$31.50
Abatements
28.00
59.50
1939 MOTH
Committed March 21, 1940
$158.25
Paid to Treasurer
$100.50
Abatements
1.50
Outstanding January 1, 1941
56.25
$158.25
1940 MOTH
Committed
Paid to Treasurer
$303.50
Outstanding January 1, 1941
80.00
$383.50
383.50
50
$243.46
$10,065.06
TOWN OF NORWELL
1935 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed March 21, 1940
$4.28
Abatements
$4.28
1936 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed March 21, 1940
$5.80
Paid to Treasurer
$2.95
Abatements
2.85
5.80
1937 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed March 21, 1940
$8.00
Paid to Treasurer
$2.00
Abatements
6.00
8.00
1938 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed March 21, 1940
$31.29
Paid to Treasurer
$12.26
Abatements
4.00
Outstanding January 1, 1941
15.03
31.29
1939 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed March 21, 1940
$119.69
Paid to Treasurer
$78.01
Abatements
18.62
Outstanding January 1, 1941
23.06
119.69
1940 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Committed
$6,901.04
Refunds of Abatements and Overpayments
236.76
Paid to Treasurer
$6,221.73
Abatements
567.72
Outstanding January 1, 1941
348.35
Interest Collected
$1,205.22
Costs Collected
$192.95
Less Collector's Fees
148.58
44.37
Respectfully submitted,
$7,137.80
7,137.80
DONALD C. WILDER, Tax Collector.
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
ASSESSORS' REPORT
The financial condition of the Town at present is good. Taxes are being paid in very good time, leaving a very low percentage outstanding. The following figures will give you a good idea of the growth in the last ten years.
1930
Valuation-Land
Valuation-Buildings
$410,287.00 1,373.548.00
1940 $486,680.00 1,632,760.00 225,295.00
Increase $76,393.00 259,212.00 41,570.00
Valuation-Personal
183,725.00
Number of Buildings
602
697
95
Number of Polls
513
618
105
Cars Assessed
741
1,049
308
This shows how the dollar was spent in 1940.
Total spent - $134,452.02.
Health y2%
Protection Property
Person and 412%
General Government
6%
All Other 34%
Statens County Taxes 9%
36%
Schools
General Government-6%:
Legislative Department Selectmen's Department
$10.00 745.24
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154% Highways
25% Charities
TOWN OF NORWELL
Accounting
518.55
Treasury
702.03
Collector's
1,295.44
Assessors'
1.007.11
Town Clerk's
735.25
Election and Registration
548.91
Town Hall Expense
2,372.05
Incidentals
71.14
$8,005.72
Protection of Persons and Property-41/2% :
Fire Department
$2,680.47
Police and Constables
373.70
Sealer Weights and Measures
158.66
Moth Department
1,043.80
Mosquito Control
400.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Mowing Bushes
500.00
Tree Warden
149.87
Squares and Triangles
49.00
Tent Caterpillar
149.82
Spraying Elms
424.99
6.004.01
Health-1/2% :
Board of Health
$422.96
Animal Inspection
109.00
531.96
Highway-1514%:
State and Town
$13,923.30
State, County and Town
3,000.00
Snow Removal
3,697.41
Street Lights and Signs
607.39
21,278.10
Charities-25%:
Welfare
$7,956.11
Old Age Assistance, Town and Federal Aid to Dependent Children, Town and Federal
1,080.43
State Aid
170.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,045.13
Military Aid
152.21
Administration from Old Age Assistance Appropriation
688.10
34,217.02
Schools-36%:
School Department, including Town and County funds.
$36,306.55
Vocational Training
494.70
School and District Nurse
1,400.00
Transportation of Nurse
300.00
Dental Clinic
700.00
School Physician
150.00
Bond-Old School
2,000.00
Bond-New School
5,000.00
Interest
1,942.50
State and County Taxes-914%:
State Tax
$6,378.02
County Tax
3,769.45
48,293.75
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23,125.04
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
County Hospital
1,158.22
Dog Licenses to County
806.40
12,112.09
All Other-31/4% :
W. P. A. Expense and Delivery
$407.03
Memorial Day
245.68
Armistice Day
145.75
Town Forest
50.00
Garfield Park
50.00
Town Dump
125.00
Flag Pole Construction
96.60
W. P. A. Moth Control Project.
1,012.61
Care of Veterans' Graves
192.05
Washington Street Cemetery
199.35
First Parish Cemetery, Special
250.00
Pinehurst Cemetery, Incidental
150.00
Town Reports
270.00
Libraries (two)
402.25
Library Construction
243.76
Interest
109.30
4,009.38
Total
$134,452.02
1940 RECAPITULATION
TOWN
Raised at Annual Town Meeting
$101,508.29
From Surplus Overlay
2,500.00
$104,008.29
STATE
State Tax
$5,600.00
State Parks and Reservations
77.14
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
691.02
Veterans' Exemptions
13.83
Underestimates 1939
141.83
$6,523.82
COUNTY
County Tax
$3,769.45
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
1,158.22
OVERLAY of current year
$6,361.47
Gross amount to be raised
$122,998.05
Estimated Receipts :
Income Tax
$6,901.27
Corporation Taxes
1,117.43
Gasoline Tax
5,323.20
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,000.00
Licenses
125.00
Moth Assessment
383.50
Town Hall Rental
300.00
Charities
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
5,000.00
Schools
7,000.00
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$4,927.67
TOWN OF NORWELL
Interest
1,200.00
1939 Distribution of Public Utilities Taxes
1,490.28
$34,840.68
Overestimates State Parks and Reservations
10.91
Taken from Surplus Overlay
2,500.00
Estimated Receipts
37,351.59
Net amount to be raised by taxation Tax Rate per $1,000-$36.00.
TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES, INCLUDING OVERLAY
Committed to Tax Collector:
Personal Estate
$8,110.62
Real Estate
76.299.84
Poll Tax
1,236.00
Total
$85,646.46
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land, exclusive of buildings
$486.680.00
Buildings, exclusive of land
1,632,760.00
Total
2,119,440.00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate :
Stock in trade
$24,850.00
Machinery
8,875.00
Live Stock
24,620.00
Tangible Personal Property
166,950.00
Total
$225,295.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
2,344,735.00
Number of Polls assessed, 618.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of persons assessed:
Indiv.
Corp.
Total
Personal Property only
31
3
34
Real Estate only
728
16
744
Both Personal and Real Estate
167
4
171
Total number of persons assessed.
949
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Number of Cars assessed
1,049
Value of Vehicles assessed
$247,380.00
Excise Committed to Collector
$6,954.30
Number of Live Stock Assessed:
Horses
48
Cows
64
Neat Cattle
36
Swine
3
Sheep
10
Fowl
18,789
$2,510.91
$85,646.46
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Ducks
85
Geese
28
Turkeys
100
Mink
104
Goats
4
All other
3.146
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
697
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
12,568
Respectfully submitted.
RALPH H. COLEMAN. Chairman.
A. LESTER SCOTT. JAMES A. LIDDELL.
Board of Assessors.
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
The Tree Warden account is used to remove dead and broken limbs from trees on the highway. The appropriation is so small that it is impossible to cover the entire town. This year I have asked for an increase for removing several dead trees that are dangerous, also limbs which hang too close to the roads.
A greater portion of Mowing Bush account was spent on corners. Bushes are growing so rapidly that they are reaching the road's edge. and should be removed. In this account I have asked for added funds.
The usual appropriation for Tent Caterpillar is sufficient as the most infestation is covered twice.
I have also asked for increase on Squares and Triangles to replace trees on com- mon taken down by hurricane.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN T. OSBORN, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT
Last year the entire Town was nearly covered by W. P. A. labor painting Gypsy Moth nests and as no W. P. A. labor was available at time of spraying it was necessary to ask for an amount transferred. Spraying should be done again this year due to increase in Moths not only in this Town but in neighboring Towns. Had it not been for lead purchased for W. P. A. Project and used on private spraying. about half private work would have been done. This year the State Department has requested me to ask for $1260 for the suppression of Gypsy Moth on account of increase in infestation, which has nothing to do with private work.
Ash trees will have to be sprayed at the same time Elms are. as they are being affected by the same bug. Nearly all your Roadside Elms are sprayed twice yearly, and with a small added amount Ash can be cared for at same time.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. OSBORN.
Moth Supt.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT
To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell:
I wish to report that the schedule of Chapter 81 for 1940 was followed under the supervision of the state engineer. The work that was accomplished is itemized below.
This itemized report also includes $331.45 out of the $1000 appropriated for general purposes. This was spent for drainage. not approved by the state engineer under Chapter 81. The remainder of the general appropriation was spent for material and repairs as under incidentals.
The report shows 1000 feet of resurfacing on Summer Street, and about 1-3 of a mile of gravel surface treated with tar on Pleasant Street. It is evident that since the maintenance is practically the same from year to year, that if you wish gravel surface treated with tar that some provision will have to be made for same.
The $3000 Chapter 90 allotment for the Main Street accomplished 4900 feet of resurfacing which seems to be very satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
PERRY H. OSBORN,
Highway Surveyor.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
Perry H Osborn
$27.17
M. F. Ellis Co.
70.49
Frank MacFarlane
73.76
George Osborne
29.04
Herbert Joseph
319.12
Dyar Sales
24.00
Rockland Transportation Co.
.75
Freeman's Motor Express
1.50
Chandlers Express
.75
Rockland Welding Co.
2.25
The Town Pump
3.10
Phillips Bates & Co.
32.67
Clark Wilcox Co.
23.00
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
7.65
New England Road Machinery Co.
22.50
Robert MacDonald
30.80
$668.55
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ROAD
Guard Rail
Dragging and Scraping
Gravelling
Drainage General
Drainage
Brush
Patching Gravel
Patching Bitum.
Surf. Treatment Tar
Grading
Signs
Miscellaneous
Resurfacing
TOTALS
Green
$12.25
$13.50
$197.16
$222.91
Tiffany
10.95
44.08
Church
9.92
33.13 43.05
52.97 154.49
Common St.
19.92 13.96
83.87
97.83
West
8.12
111.33
119.45
Dover
139.16
Main
$49.70
$619.60
31.50
278.78
$155.40
$44.85
$50.00
1,513.81
Cedar
$21.00
21.00
Mill Lane
7.75
7.75
Winter
219.78
16.25
7.62
243.65
Mt. Hope
113.50
20.00
12.00
145.50
Prospect
27.00
13.00
16.00
$12.50
42.25
110.75
Mt. Blue
71.00
52.00
40.00
18.25
20.07
36.50
1,201.29
Forest
22.75
92.49
21.00
16.50
152.74
Lincoln
55.75
23.50
13.62
269.18
362.05
Pine
30.32
41.00
44.00
11.25
46.59
345.54
518.70
Stetson
42.98
298.06
341.04
Bowker
43.25
13.25
56.50
River
257.73
344.56
55.69
657.98
Central
122.30
52.75
18.38
87.95
8.50
10.50 9.90
300.38
High
24.50
34.40
134.57
Common Ave.
$6.00
16.62 283.98
116.54
$963.47
Pond Oak Cross Circuit
37.55
20.00
6.10
143.28
206.93 4.10 1,279.72
63.25 75.69
416.90
737.57
48.75 38.00 76.37
416.21 224.50
54.50 75.60
941.20
School
712.38
Parker
53.37
9.95
63.32
Jacobs Ave.
8.00
208.70
216.70
Forest Ave.
7.75
7.75
Neil Gate
3.00
3.00
Bridge
29.80
9.95
39.75
Norwell Ave.
40.00
54.54
9.95
104.49
South
8.96
15.25
269.85
9.95
304.01
Summer
18.00
35.75
178.80
$1,359.83
1,592.38
Grove
38.50
230.72
36.05
652.98
1.20
22.95
982.40
$184.50
184.50
TOTALS $816.65
$478.13 $1,693.12 $184.50 $2,814.25 $410.46 $58.50 $910.83 $3,474.75 $862.48 $141.25 $50.00 $1,359.83$13,254.75
Incidentals 668.55
Total Expenditures
$13,923.30
Appropriations: Town $1,000.00 Town and State. 12,925.00
13,925.00
Balance
$1.65
PERRY H. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor.
Pleasant
81.37
312.75
412.28
4.10
13.25
113.69
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Cases reported to the Board.
Chicken Pox
23
Measles
17
Mumps
16
Whooping Cough 12
Lobar Pneumonia
1
Scarlet Fever
1
Dog Bite
7
INSPECTIONS OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
Hogs 85
Calves
3
Goats
1
Pasteurization License, Homestead Farm, Inc., $10.00.
Paid Treasurer $10.00
Overnight Cabins Licensed, Charlotte Forkey, 19 Cabins Paid Treasurer 9.50
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