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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD OF
SELECTMEN AND SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS
To raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the year
ending December 31, 1933.
Board of Public Welfare in addition to contributions, $ 20, 000. 00
Old Age Assistance, ................................ 10, 500. 00
Soldiers' Relief, .................................... 5, 000. 00
Mothers' Aid, ...................................... 2, 000. 00
Military Aid, ....................................... 100. 00
State Aid, ......................................... 200. 00
Selectmen, ......................................... 1, 500. 00
Accountant, ........................................ 2, 200. 00
Treasurer, ......................................... 1, 450. 00
Assessors, .......................................... 3, 000. 00
Tax Collector, ...................................... 4, 300. 00
Town Clerk, ....................................... 700. 00
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations, ......... 1, 000. 00
Memorial Hall and Grounds, ........................ 3, 000. 00
Police Department, ................................. 15, 512. 00
Ji' ire Department, .................................. 15, 400. 00
Forest Warden, .................................... 1, 100. 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, .................... 350. 00
For the Elimination of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths as
required by the State Forester, 1933, ............ 5, 200. 00
Tree Warden and care of Shade Trees, and Elm Tree
Beetles, ........................................ 1, 100. 00
Dog Officer, ........................................ 50. 00
Norfolk County Cost of
Hospita:!, Maintenance, 1932, 2,487. 33
Board of Health, .................................. 4,000. 00
Garbage Removal, .................................. 1, 000. 00
Sewer Commissioners, .............................. 4, 000. 00
48Source page 49
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
15, 000. 00
Highways, Bridges and Drains, .....................
of Streets with Tarvia, ......... 14, 000. 00
Treating the Surface
Snow, ................................. 5, 000. 00
Removal of
2, 000. 00
Repairs to Old Sidewalks, ..........................
300. 00
Highway Traffic Beacons, ...........................
125. 00
Street Signs, ......................................
13, 300. 00
Lighting Streets, ...................................
School Committee recommends for the Public Schools,
Tax, ..................... 82, 000. 00
in addition to the Dog
Trustees of Public Library recommend in addition to
Trust Funds, ........................ 4, 500. 00
Interest on
800. 00
M,iiscellaneous, ......................................
100. 00
Damages to Persons and Personal Property, ..........
Clock, ................................
75. 00
Care of Town
and Distribution, ............ 700. 00
Printing Town Reports
3, 700. 00
J nsurance, .........................................
5, 000. 00
Interest, ...........................................
25, 000. 00
Water Department, ................................
Planning Board, ...................................
90. 00
Board of Survey, ...................................
on Trust Funds, 5, 150. 00
Canton Cemetery in addition to Interest
transfer $ 250. 00 from Cemetery Land Fund.
50. 00
Old English Cemetery, .............................
Account, .............. 19. 93
To Balance Town Treasurer' s
7.16
To Balance Memorial Hall Account, ..................
Account, ....................
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To Balance Ames Ave.
Loan, 1932 Account, ...... 494. 00
To Balance Interest Sewer
To Balance Interest Water Loan, Royal and Green
75. 69
StI'eets, 1932 Account, ..........................
Emergency Arppropriations, Charpter 44, Section 31, Gen-
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386. 18
Board of Health, ...................................
13, 212. 42
Public Welfare, ....................................
1, 496. 11
Soldiers' Relief, ....................................
688. 85
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573. 85
Old Age Assastance, ................................
60. 00
Military Aid, ......................................
100. 00
State Aid, .........................................
of Notes and
There will be required for the payment
Bonds:
For the Payment of New Police Station, Notes
due Sep-
5, 000. 00 .
tember 15th, 1933, ..............................
49Source page 50
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
For the Payment of New Pipe Line, and New Standpipe
Water Bonds, due October 1st, 1933, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 000. 00
For the Payment of Sewer Bonds, of 1931, due August
1st, 1933, ...................................... 5, 000. 00
For the Payment of Sewer Bonds, of 1932, due May
15th, 1933, ..................................... 6,000. 00
For the Payment of Water Loan, Royal and Green Sts.,
due May 15th, 1933, ............................ 3, 500. 00
TheTe will be required for the Payment of Interest on
Notes and Bonds:
Pipe Line and New Standpipe Bonds, 12 months on
22, 000. 00 to October 1st, 1933, .................. 935. 00
New Police Station Notes, 12 months on $ 7, 000. 00 to
September 15th, ............................... 280. 00
Sewer Cons, truction Bonds, of 1931, 12 months on
45, 000. 00 to August 1st, 1933, .................. 1, 575. 00
Sewer Construction Bonds, of 1932, 12 months on
28, 000. 00 to November 15th, 1933, .............. 1, 260. 00
Water Mains Loan,Royal and Green Sts., 6 months on
3, 500. 00 to May 15th, 1933, .................... 78. 75
Reserve Fund, ..................................... 1, 000. 00
50Source page 51
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Tax Collector' s Report
REPORT OF
PETER CALLERY, TAX COLLECTOR
FROM JANUARY 1, 1932 to DECEMBER 31, 1932
TAXES 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1932, ........... 12, 399. 02
Collected and paid Treasurer, ........... 11, 628. 28
Abatements, ............................ 640. 80
Transfel' ed to Tax Title, ................ 106. 24
Uncollected ( injunction) ................ 21.58
Cash on hand, ......................... 2. 12
12, 399. 02
TAXES 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932, ........... $ 93, 128. 73
Over abatement, ....................... . 01
93, 128. 74
Collected and ' Paid Treasurer, .......... 61, 856. 54
Abatements, ........................... 2,264. 05
Outstanding, Dec. 31, 1932, ............. 29, 008. 15
93, 128. 74
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
834. 0C
Outstanding January 1, 1932, ..........
Collected and paid Treasurer, .......... $ 625. 00
Refunded fI'oit1 State, .................. 151.00
OutstandingiDec. 31, 1932, .............. 58. 00
834. 00
51Source page 52
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
TAXES 1932
Commitment, ........................... 281, 714. 00
Additional Commitment, ................ 2, 151. 76
Collected not previously committed, ..... 2. 00
283, 867. 76
Collected and paid Treasurer, ............ 195, 847. 71
Abatments, .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 159. 20
Outstanding December 31, 1932, ......... 85, 860. 85
283, 867. 76
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX 1932
Commitment, ........................... 1, 784. 00
Additional commitment, ................ 25. 00
Collected not previously committed, ..... 1. 00
1, 810. 00
Collected and paid Treasurer, .......... 955. 00
Uncollected December 31, 1932, ......... 855. 00
1, 810. 00
EXCISE TAX 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1932, ........... $ 416. 76
Payment after abatement, .............. 2.00
418. 76
Collected and paid Treasurer, ........... $ 221.46
Abatements, ........................... 197. 30
418.76
EXCISE TAX 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932, ........... $ 3, 715. 87
Abatements after payment refunded, ... 13. 85
Overpayment to Collector, adjusted, ..... .' 16
3, 730.47
Collected and paid Treasurer, .......... $ 3, 139. 25
Abatements, ........................... 47.11
Abatement short reported, .............. . 01
Outstanding December 31, 1932, ........ 544. 10
3, 730. 47
52Source page 53
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
EXCISE ' fAX 1932
Commitments, .......................... 11, 130. 27
A'batements after payment, adjusted, .... 117. 19
11, 247. 46
Collected and paid Treasurer, .......... 7, 735. 92
Abatements, ........................... 361.82
Abatement not previously reported, ...... 2. 97
Outstanding December 31, 1932, ........ 3, 146. 75
11,247. 46
and Treasurer, ............... $ 4,863. 04
Interest collected paid
PETER CALLERY,
Tax Collector.
53Source page 54
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Treasurer' s Report
To the citizens of the Town of Canton, Mass.
I hereby subnrit my report as treasurer for the year ending
December 31, 1932.
A report of expenditures in detail will be found in the report
of the accounting officer.
All trust funds in the hands of the treasurer, ( the interest of
which is applied to the care of cemetery lots) are deposiJted in the
following savings banks:
Blackstone Savings Bank, .............. $ 2, 217. 84
Massachusetts Savings Bank, ........... 2, 157. 07
Franklin Savings Bank, ................ 2, 154. 83
Home Savings Bank, .................. 1,842. 04
Suffolk Savings Bank, ................. 2, 115. 58
E. bridge Savings Bank, ............ 1,464. 16
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Hyde Park Savings Bank, .............. 2, 194. 22
Randolph Savings Bank, ............... 2, 232. 50
Provident Institution for Savings, ...... 2,099. 64
Canton Insbitution for Savings, ......... 13, 425. 20
Dedham Institution for Savings, ........ 2, 167. 88
Eliot Five Cent Savings Bank, .......... 1,476. 35
Inst. for Savings in Roxbury, ........... 2, 120. 68
Canton Trust Company, ............. .... 1, 937.40
39, 605. 39
Canton Institution for Savings:
Shaler Canton Fund, ............... 12, 235. 20
Emily E. Harding Trust Fund, ...... 990. 80
52, 831.39
54Source page 55
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
January 1, 1932 to December 31, 1932
Cash Balance, January 1, 1932, ................... 32, 910. 57
Received, during year of 1932, ..................... 692, 793. 36
Total, ......................................... $ 725, 703. 93
Paid out, during year 1932, ........................ 715, 907. 52
Balance, December 31, 1932, ....................... $ 9, 796.41
HOWARD B. CAPEN,
Treasurer, Town of Canton, Mass.
FUNDS GIVEN TO THE TOWN IN TRUST
George E. Downes, part of income to be used for care
of lot in Canton Cemetery, the balance for pur-
chase of books of reference for public library, $ 5, 000. 00
Trust Funds
The Income to be used for care of Burial Lots in Canton Cemetery:
Webster, Frank G., 750. 00
Allen, Wi:l iam, 600. 00
Messinger, Estate of Emma A., 500. 00
Shaler, Estate of Cushman B., 500. 00
Tolman, Gilbert, 500. 00
Sumner, Fred W., 400. 00
Wentworth, Edwin, 400. 00
Billings, George A., 300. 00
Draper Alfred, 300. 00
F1isher, Samuel, 300. 00
French, Charles H., Sr., 300. 00
Huntoon, D. T. 300. 00
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Kollock, Arthur C., 300. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF ' tIlE TOWN OF CANTON
McIntosh, Gedeon, 300. 00
Moore, Almira, 300. 00
Shepard, James S., 300. 00
StI'etton, John, 300. 00
Wattles, Joseph W., 300. 00
Fenno, Jesse, 250. 00
Hall, John, 250. 00
Stretton, Charles, 250. 00
Myrick, N. Sumner, 250. 00
Abott, Ezra, 200. 00
Baker, Francis, 200. 00
Billings, Samuel, 200. 00
BHlings, William E., 200. 00
Brooks, George W., 200. 00
Chapman, Oliver S., 200. 00
Chase, A. M., 200. 00
Downes, Samuel C., 200. 00
Draper, Charles N., 200. 00
Draper, Fanny, 200. 00
Draper, James B., 200. 00
Draper, James L., 200. 00
Dunbar, James, 200. 00
Endicott, Charles, 200. 00
Fenno, Isaac, 200. 00
Heaps, Winsor, 200. 00
Horton, Henry H., 200. 00
Howard, Mary A., 200. 00
Kinsley, Lyman, 200. 00
Lewis, Benjamin, 200. 00
Mansfield, Witliam, 200. 00
May, Nathaniel, 200. 00
Messinger, Vernon and Jonathan, 200. 00
Morse, Mrs. Albert F., 200. 00
Pike, Jonathan, 200. 00
Porter, . Joseph B., 200. 00
Revere, John, 200. 00
Tucker, Robert T., 200. 00
Wattles, Joseph W., Sr., 200. 00
White Helen N., 200. 00
Williamson, Sarah A., 200. 00
Wry, Sarah P., 160. 00
Adams, Simeon, 150. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Ames, Charles E., 150. 00
Bense, William, 150. 00
Bent, James, 150. 00
Berteletti, Louise, 150. 00
Billings, A. K., 150.00
Brackett, Loring, 150. 00
Brown, C. A., 150. 00
Bullard, Joel, 150. 00
Bum, Mabel F., 150. 00
Capen, G. Walter and W. 1. Hamilton, 150. 00
Chapman, Emma, 150. 00
Chase, Olive W., 150. 00
Cleaves, Clinton B., 150. 00
Cole, Charles E., 150. 00
Cook, Moses, 150. 00
Curtis, Clinton M., 150. 00
Curtis, H. W. and W. H. Fernald, 150. 00
Daggett, C. H., 150. 00
Dana, Mrs. George E., 150. 00
Dana, Robert W., 150. 00
Davenport, Annie M., 150. 00
Davenport, J. Howard, 150. 00
Davis, Henry C., 150. 00
Day, Lewis, 150. 00
Deane, Francis W., 150. 00
Deane, Oliver, 150. 00
Deegs, Katherine, 150. 00
Draper, Robert L., 150. 00
Draper, William H., 150. 00
Dunbar, J. D., 150. 00
Ellis, Jennie F., 150. 00
Elwell, Chances W., 150. 00
Estey, Willard, 150. 00
Farrington, AJbel, 150. 00
Fenno, Jesse, 150. 00
Fillmore, Alice M., 150. 00
isher,
J<' Alexander, 150. 00
F\isher, Arthur H., 150. 00
Flanders, George B. N., 150. 00
Foster, Frederic A., 150. 00
Foster, Josiah K., 150. 00
Freeman, Henry A., 150. 00
French, Thomas, 150. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OP THE TOWN OF CANTON
Fuller, James W., 150. 00
Gerald, John C., 150. 00
Gordon, Edna D., 150. 00
Guild, Emma, 150. 00
Hall, Mrs. John P., 150. 00
Harlow, Walter, 150. 00
Haskins, George H., 150. 00
Hewett, Jane A., 150. 00
Holmes, Millard, 150. 00
Holmes, Sarah, 150. 00
Horton, Rev. Edward A., 150. 00
Horton, Polly, 150. 00
Horton, William A., 150. 00
Howard, William Lester, 150. 00
Kaley, Timothy, 150. 00
Klasson, Fred, 150. 00
Lewis, DeForest, 150. 00
Lewis, F. D. F., 150. 00
Mackenzie, John G., 150. 00
Mann, Mrs. E. J., 150. 00
McKendry, William, 150. 00
Morse, Herbert E., 150. 00
Nason, Betsy, 150. 00
Plunkett, Frank B., 150. 00
Preble, Estate of Eliza J., 150. 00
Quinnell, Ada E., 150. 00
Rhodes, Harry, 150. 00
Riggs, Harry 0., 150. 00
Sawyer, George F., 150. 00
Seavey, Fred F., 150. 00
Seavey, Lucy F., 150. 00
Tate, James, 150. 00
Tate, John, 150. 00
Temple, Dr. William F., 150. 00
Timmons, J., 150. 00
Tucker, Nathan, 150. 00
Tucker, Nathaniel, 150. 00
Tuttle, Sarah E., 150. 00
Upham, George, 150. 00
Upshaw, Walter W., 150. 00
Ventworth, James N., 150. 00
Wild, Mrs. James R., 150. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Wilde, Albion D., 150. 00
Withingoton, William, 150. 00
Witt, Hosea C., 150. 00
Weston, Longfellow, 125. 00
Barker, Frederica, lOO. OO
Belcher, Clifford, Jr., 100. 00
Bent, James, 100. 00
Billings, Emeline M., 100. 00
Billings, John D., 100. 00
Bright, Samuel, 100. 00
Cooper, John, 100. 00
Davenport, Charles E., 100. 00
Endicott, John, 100. 00
French, Eliza, 100. 00
French, Nathaniel, 100. 00
Fuller, George P., 100. 00
Puller, Helena, 100. 00
Gill,
Benjamin, 100. 00
Harding, William P., 100. 00
Hesketh, William, 100. 00
Horton, I. Chester, 100. 00
Howard, Susan, 100. 00
Hunt, George B., 100. 00
Hurd, Nellie A., 100. 00
Jones, Abraham, Jr., 100. 00
Kollock, Thomas and Jeremiah, 100. 00
Leavitt, Joseph, 100. 00
Lawrenson, Lawrence, 100. 00
Lentell, Benjamin, 100. 00
Leonard, Almena, 100. 00
Littlefield, Mrs. John, 100. 00
Lowry, James, 100. 00
MacPherson, Edith L,. 100. 00
Makepeace, Albert, 100. 00
Mansfield, Harry, 100. 00
McKendry, William, Jr., and John H., 100. 00
Meadows, Joseph, 100. 00
Merrill, Ida M., 100. 00
Virgil J., 100. 00
Messinger,
Mulliken, Mary Ann, 100. 00
of Samuel B., 100. 00
Noyes, Heirs of Estate
Oliver, Andrew, 100. 00
Pitcher, Frank R., 100. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Scott, Walter, 100. 00
Scott, WIlliam, 100. 00
Shattuck, William B., 100. 00
Sumner, Mrs. F. W., 100. 00
Tillson, Mary L., 100. 00
Tucker, Aaron E., 100. 00
Tucker, Elias, 100. 00
Tucker, Elijah, Tucker- Forbush Lot, 100. 00
Tucker, William, 100. 00
White, George A., 100. 00
White, James, 100. 00
Whitman, Pyam C. K., 100. 00
Wilson, Mary, 100. 00
Bird, Robert, 50. 00
Bullard, William H., 50. 00
Gerald, John, Sr., 50. 00
Gerald, John, Jr., 50. 00
Gi'll, Augustus, 50. 00
Henderson, Andrew, 50. 00
Jenkins, Samuel C., 50. 00
Lyons, Sybil F., 50. 00
Morrison, M. Etta, 50. 00
Soule, Cady, 50. 00
Soule, Mary J., 50. 00
Stanton, Mary E., 50. 00
Sumner, James T., 50. 00
Thurston, W. D., 50. 00
Tri.tes, Isabel L., 50. 00
Wattles, John S., 50. 00
Wentworth, Edwin C., 50. 00
Howes, Zadoc C., 40. 17
Fisher, Henry, 40. 00
Horton, Elisha, 2nd, 40. 00
Horton, Isaac, Jr., 40.00
Morey, Mary D., 40. 00
40. 00
Wry, B. M.,
Whitehead, Harry, 20.00
Kefford, Emily Mae, 16. 00
39, 111.17
Trust Funds, the interest to be used for the Care of Burial
Lots in St. Mary' s Cemetery:
Murphy, Catherine, 150. 00
100. 00
Lyons, Dennis,
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Kinary, Mary, 50. 00
Murray, John, 50. 00
Toomey, James, 50. 00
Welsh, Thomas, 50. 00
450. 00
Also)
Shaw, Wallace S., balance of Kinsman . Estate, 44. 22
39, 605. 39
HOWARD B. CAPEN,
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS
Polls Assessed, ................................... 1753
Number of Dwelling Houses, ....................... 1357
Number of Horses, ............................... 106
Number of Cows, ................................. 257
Number. of Swine, ................................ 80
Number of Fowl, ................................. 3835
Number of Acres of Land, ........................ 10521
Number ' of Persons, Heirs, Trustees and Corporations
Assessed: ..................................... 1437
Rate of Taxation, ................................ $ 32. 00
Population of Canton, ............................. 5816
ESTIMATED VALUE OF TOWN PROPERTY
Schoolhouses and land, ............................ 212, 400. 00
Public Library and land, .......................... 78, 000. 00
Other Public Buildings and land, ................... 20. 000. 00
Memorial Hall and Grounds, ....................... 102, 000. 00
Water Works, .................................... 510. 000. 00
Fire Apparatus, .................................... 20, 000. 00
Furniture, School Books, Supplies, etc., ............ 40, 000. 00
Other Real Estate and Buildings, .................. 4,000. 00
New Polioe Station, ............................... 25, 000. 00
Police Dept. Equipment, ........................... 5, 000. 00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Congregation Beth Abraham, ...................... 12, 200. 00
First Congregational Parish ( Unitarian), .......... 26, 700. 00
First Baptist Society, ............................. 15, 600. 00
First Universalist Society, ......................... 26, 200. 00
Evangelical Congregational Society, ................ 25, 100. 00
St. John' s Roman Catholic Parish, .................. 109, 800. 00
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Society of the Sisters of St. Joseph, ................ 58, 500. 00
Trinity Episcopal Parish, .......................... 13, 500. 00
Ponkapoag Christian Union Chapel, ................ 1, 500. 00
Massachusetts Hosipital School Buildings, ........... 578, 800. 00
Canton Historical Society, ......................... 6, 000. 00
Blue Hill Reservation, 471 acres, ................... 47, 100. 00
N eponset River Reservation, 265 acres, ............. 5, 500. 00
Canton Cemetery, 96 acres, ........................ 16, 500. 00
Proprietor' s Ground and Old English Cemetery, ...... 1, 000. 00
Gridley Grave Yard, 1 sq. rd., ...................... 50. 00
St. Mary' s Roman Catholic
Cemetery, 34lf2 acres, .... 6,000. 00
KnolIwood Cemetery, 120 acres, and Buildings, ...... 22, 000. 00
Exempt under Chapter 59, Sec. 5, Cl. 18, G. L., ..... 25, 950. 00
Exempt under Chapter 59, Sec. 5, Cl. 22 and 23, G. L., 2, 000. 00
Exempt under Chapter 59, Sec. 17, G. L., ........... 1, 000. 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aldrich Estate, .... 31, 350. 00
Canton Playground Association, .................... 4, 700. 00
VALUATION APRIL 1, 1932
Real Estate, ........................ $ 7, 096, 730. 00
Personal Estate, .................... 1, 597, 290. 00
8, 694, 000. 00
Additional Assessments made in December under Sec-
tion 490 of the Acts of 1919, ................ $ 65, 680. 00
Total Valuation, ......................... $ 8, 759, 680. 00
TAXES ASSESSED FOR TOWN AND OTHER
PURPOSES
Amount raised by Taxation for Town purposes, ..... $ 227, 544. 46
County Tax, ...................................... 8,413. 44
State Tax, ........................................ 12, 967. 50
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
136. 60
Canterbury St. Highway, ..........................
We,srt; Roxbury- Brookline Pkwy., .................... 606. 23
Parks, ............................... 6, 026. 93
Metropolitan
Charles River Basin, .............................. 788. 33
407. 19
Auditing Municipal Accounts, ......................
52. 62
Metropolitan Planning, ............................
1,488. 42
Neponset River Benefits, ...........................
Southern Traffic Route, ........................... 23
102. 24
Smoke Nuisance, ..................................
7, 859. 16
Metropolitan Sewerage, ...........................
South Metropolitan Sewerage Tax, ................. 5, 031.16
Revere Beach Pkwy., .............................. 56. 53
400. 00
Overlay for 1930, .................................
700. 00
Overlay for 1931, .................................
410. 21
Overlay for 1932, .................................
7. 20
Ways in Malden, Weymouth, Braintree and Hingham,
Old Age Assistance Tax, .......................... 1, 800. 00
Canton, Westwood, Dedham Highway, .............. 5, 209. 55
280, 008. 00
Taxes on Property Assessed in December, ............. $ 2, 101.76
Total Amount Raised by Taxation, ......... $ 282, 109. 76
JOSEPH D. GALVIN, Chadrman
JAMES A. DOCKRAY, Clerk
CHARLES F. McKENNA
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens:
I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Police Department
for the year ending December 31, 1932.
The amount of general work, such as prosecutions, investiga-
tions, etc., remain about the same.
Number of Persons Arrested .............................. 130
Males .................................................... 125
Females ................................................. 5
Prosecuted in District Court ................... 152
Complaints
Persons Arrested for Outside Police
Bo,ston, 3
Larceny ......... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Default Warrants ........................................ 2
1
Attleboro, Violation of Liquor Law ........................
Norwood, Child with .......................... 1
Beg-getting
1
Norwood, Disturbing the Peace ...........................
Brockton, Default Warrant ................................ 1
1
Cambridge, Non Support .................................
The Following Complaints Made in District Court
real 1
Destroying property .................................
and 12
Assault Battery ......................................
Drunkenness ............................................. 41
5
Capias ...................................................
12
Larceny ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
3
Keeping and Exposing Liquor .............................
Malicious Mischief ....................................... 1
2
Trespass .................................................
5
Breaking and Entering ....................................
5
Neglect of Wife .........................................
4
Neglect of Minor Children ................................
Threats .................................................. 1
1
Vagrancy ................................................
1
Burning Building ........................................
1
Adultry ..................................................
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Keeping Disorderly House ................................ 1
Lewd and Lascivious Person .............................. 4
Fish and Game .......................................... 1
Fornication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Labor Law ............................................... 2
Collecting Junk without license ........................... 1
Alien with Shot Gun ...................................... 1
Milk Law. .. ..... . .. ................ .. .. ..... ..... ...... . 1
Concealing Leased Property .............................. 1
Driving Under the Influence of Liquor ..................... 13
Other Auto Violations .................................... 31
Cases Continued in District Court ......................... 4
Labor Law. 1 Operating Under the Influence of Liquor 1
Larceny ... 1 Drunkenness.............. . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Disposition in District Court
Appealed ................................................ 6
Filed .,.................................................. 18
Committed to State Farm ................................ 2
Dismissed ................................................ 9
Probation ................................................ 4
Suspended Sentence to H. of C. ........................... 7
N onSupport Cases Payments Ordered ..................... 5
Sentence to H. of C. ...................................... 4
Discharged ............................................... 6
Committed to H. of C. .................................... 7
Held for Grand Jury ..................................... 7
Bonds to Keep the Peace ................................. 3
Suspended Sentence to State Farm ........................ 1
Search Warrants Served
Por Liquor .............................................. 1
Liquor Seized, beer, gals. ................................. 10
Whiskey, quart, ...................................... 1
Superior Court Cases
Breaking and Entering, Probation to Make Restitution 3
Superior Court, September Term
Burning Building, Defaulted .............................. 1
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TO~ N OF CANTON
Superior Court, December Term
Operating Under the Influence of Liquor 30 days in H. of C.
Labor Law, Continued .................................... 1
Non- Support, Ordered to pay $ 5 per week.
Stolen Property Recovered, and Restitution Made
For Canton ......................................... $ 1, 608. 00
For Boston ......................................... 2, 000. 00
For Taunton, Mass. ................................. 1, 000. 00
For Holliston, Mass. ................................. 200. 00
4, 8D8. 00
Fines Imposed in District Court ....................... $ 760. 00
Fines Going to State .................................. $ 410. 00
Fines going to Town .................................. $ 350. 00
Miscellaneous Duties
Deaths Investigated ...................................... 2
Medical Examiner Cases ................................. 2
Number of Persons Injured by Autos ...................... 91
Calls to Auto Accidents ................................... 113
Number of Persons Killed by Autos ....................... 2
Total Autos Transferred. ........ ............ ...... ... .... 435
First Class .............................................. 323
Individual ................................................ 110
Second Class ............................................. 2
Days off for Regular Men ................................ 153
Officer Attending Fires ................................... 91
Officer Attending Court, Days ............................. 142
Ambulance Cases ........................................ 22
Calls Investigated ........................................ 648
Dogs Killed by Police .................................... 7
Dogs Killed by Autos .................................... 8
Persons Assaulted by Dogs ............................... 8
Damage by Dogs ........................................ 3
Persons Picked Up and Returned to Their Homes .......... 9
Summons Served for Outside Police ....................... 64
Reg. Plates Collected for Registrar' s Office ................ 52
I hereby extend the sincere thanks of the Department to the
Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens for ;their kind co- oper-
ation during the year.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN H. FLOOD, Chief.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER, 1932
The following is submitted as the 48th report of the Fire De~
partment for the year ending December 31, 1932.
The Board of Fire Engineers recommend for the payment of
permanent men, call men, maintenance of the Fire Alarm System,
purchase of hose and ordinary running expenses an appropriation
of $ 15, 400. 00.
A new cement floor was laid at the Central Fire Station in ac-
cordance with a vote taken at the last Town Meeting. Reynolds
Bros. Inc., of Canton, being the lowest bidders were awarded the
contract. Whitman and Howard, engineers of merit, were engaged
to layout and supervise the work.
Acting upon the suggestion of the engineers to effect a saving
of labor it was deemed advisable to remove the old Police cells
under a portion of the floor and at the time in-
same piping was
stalled in the forms to care for the present and future installation
which had to be relocated because of this work.
During the time this work was being done the old heating
system on the apparatus floor was removed and a Sturtevant
Heating Unit installed to replace the old equipment. This iis prov-
ing to be very efficient and economical. Upon completion of this
work the permanent men repainted the walls and woodwork on the
apparatus floor.
The Board of Fire
Engineers have revised the Rules and Reg~
ulations which published in the year 1905, the new rules go-
were
ing into effect on January 1, 1933. A new system of fines for non-
attendance at fires has been established together with other regula-
tions governing the discipline and conduct of members of the de-
partment.
Regular practice and instruction has been carried on as usual
during the year. The motor apparatus, hose and equipment are
all in first class condition.
During the year the Department answered 175 alarms. The
following is a classified list of the total calls:
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ANNUAL REPORT 01<'
THE TOWN OF CANTON
100 Woodland fires
20 Chimney fires
15 House fires
9 Factory fires
6 Automobile fires
5 Rescue calls
5 False alarms
2 Store Jlres
2 Barn fires
2 Shed fires
1 Garage fire
1 Oil Burner fire
1 Gasoline Tank fire
6 Miscel. alarms
8500 feet of 2'i2 inch hose and 1300 feet of 1'i2 inch hose was
used at building fires.
3300 feet of 2% inch hose and 10, S50 feet of 172 inch hose was
used at wood fires.
204 hand extinguishers were used.
The Booster line was used ] 30 times.
A total of 1090 acres were burned over with an estimated loss
of $ 275. 00. Loss of $350. 00 was caused by fire to the Forest Truck
on Dedham Street, Apri'l 28, 1932 which was paid for, in full, by
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
In this report one bog fire which burned for eight successive
days is listed as one fire and hose laid one day to be used on suc-
ceeding days was recorded as being laid only once.
Three fires, one caused by the railroad, one the bog and one
incendiary fire were responsible for 65% of the expense. The bal-
ance or 97 fires burned over only 80 acres.
The Forest Warden wishes to call attention to the ' prevention
work being done by the Department in burning over dangerous
areas at convenient times in the winter and spring under his sup-
ervision. That this work has met with the approval of the towns-
people is ,shown by the increasing number of calls for this kind of
work. Where a fire hazard exists the Forest Warden has also co-
operated with rai'lroad authorities in burning over the railroad
right of way as a prevention measure following the custom of
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
other towns along the line so that the list of such fires has been re-
duced to a small number. While the loss to standing timber was
small this year the reduced number of fires in wooded areas has
also saved seedlings and trees of two and three years of ' growth
which in time will be valuable.
The total fire loss for the year was $ 81, 930. 58 which is much
greater than last year. More than half of this loss was caused by
one fire at the Plymouth Rubber Company on May 11, 1932.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES K. ENDICOTT,
Chief Engineer
WILLIAM F. CURTIS
EDWARD DAVENPORT,
WILLIAM L. WHITTY,
JOSEPH J. FLANAGAN, Clerk.
RE'PORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Citizens of the Town of Canton:
I herewith submit my report as highway surveyor for the
year ending December 31, 1932.
In the general we have made a general survey of the
work
town and necessary repairs and improvements, includ-
made all
ing the tarring and sanding of the different streets and also the
of shoulders with Tarvia Lithic and crushed stone and
repairing
Tarvia X.
Sidewalks have been repaired with Tarvia Lithic on Wash-
ington and Sherman Streets.
The routine work of caring for gutters and cleaning catch
basins has been attended to. Snow has been removed, sidewalks
ploughed and gutters kept open.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
On new work, Ames avenue has been rebuilt and completed;
also Sherman avenue and the sidewall< on Pleasant street.
The Revere Street job is unfinished. I went as far as the
appropriation went. I put in two new catch basins and 160 ft.
of pipe; also 702 ft. cement curbing which took it past the Ply-
mouth Rubber Co. office.
Morton street is not completed owing to the amount of ex-
cavation. I recommend that the work be finished out of the gen-
eralappropriation.
In
closing I would recommend the following appropriation:
For Highway, Bridges and Drains .................... $ 15, 000. 00
For Tarvia ........................................ 14, 000. 00
Repairing old sidewalks ............................. 2, 000. 00
Removal of Snow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5, 000. 00
I wish to thank the town officials and citizens for their co-
operation.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. ALLEN,
Highway Surveyor.
REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
I herewith
submit my annual report as Local Moth Superin-
tendent for the year ending December 31, 1932. Part of the town
has been treated with creosote and the rest shall be done as soon
as possible. The town this year has sprayed one hundred and
seventy four places with arsenate of lead, and ninety one places
was sprayed withlime and sulphur for which the town has been
reimbursed. Gypsy Moth situation in the town is in good
The
condition with the one exception, on Turnpike Street near the town
line, this being Town Property controlled by the Water Deparmenrt.
A heavy infestation was found there, the State Department asked
that we clean this place. This piece of property has had the un-
derbrush cleaned off and it should all be sprayed this year.
I thank the various town officials and the citizens for their co-
operation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. GALLIVAN,
Local Moth Superintendent
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
I herewith submit my annual report as Tree Warden for the
year ending December 31, 1932.
The department has removed 14 trees during the past year.
Eight of these trees were on Green Street, and were Oak trees
that were decayed and dangerous to the public travel. One tree
on Highland street, which was an Ash tree. One tree opposite
property of Thomas D. Mullin was ordered removed by the se-
lectmen as dangerous to the public. Two trees on Pleasant
street, both Elm. These trees were dead and decayed and were
dangerous to the public travel. Two trees on Washington street,
near the property of John Draper, both Elm, that were decayed
and dangerous to the public travel were ordered removed by the
selectmen; also one tree on Randolph street, opposite property of
Elisha White. This was an Oak tree and had partly been up-
rooted and was hanging over the highway and was dangerous to
the public travel.
I also would recommend that the town spray the Elm trees
again this year for the Elm Beetle. The dead wood in the trees
was removed where it was considered most dangerous, limbs and
branches overhanging sidewalks and streets were cut off through-
out the town. I wish to thank the various town officials and the
citizens for .their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. GALLIVAN,
Tree Warden.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF THE SEWER COMMISSIONERS
The Town of Canton in 1932 a,ppropriated $ 25, 000 for the con-
struction of sewers in Washington Street from the railroad to
Sherman Street, in Centre St., Traverse Place, Ames Ave. and
outlets for same to Washington Street and in Bolivar Street.
Bids were solidted for this construction and the contract
awarded to the lowest bidder, Anthony Ross & Son of Lexington,
it being stipulated that the contractor should employ Canton men
and pay the prevailing Town rate of compensation. Local men
Were also hired for traffic officers and inspectors and your Board
feels satisfied that Canton has rEceived good returns, nor only for
the availability of the sewer itself, but also for the fact that some-
what over one- half of the appropriation was turned back direc~ly
for Town labor, materials, etc.
The Town also approprJated $ 8,000 for house connections in
the various streets where sewers have been constructed.
This total amount (' barring some supervision and materials
went directly to pay for local men employed on this construction.
During the latter ' part of the year, men from the welfare list were
used tolay house connections, thus allowing the Town to benefit
substantially by employing men who, by force of circumstances,
were obliged to come to the Town for aid. We believe that Canton
is fortunate in having work of such a permanent nature that such
workmen can do and we recommend i,
ts continuance.
TheMetropolitan Sewer has finally been completed as far as
Washington St., connections have been made with the Town sewer
at three places, and Canton is now able to discharge the sewage
of a good portion of its system into Boston Harbor, 20 miles away.
Abutters on Washington Street from the Orpheum Theatre to
Sherman Street, on Centre St., Traverse Place, Amep, Ave., west-
erly ends of Church and Neponset Streets, Wall St., Plymouth St.
and Wall Street Court, as well as some on priva' te lands and in-
cluding the High School, Parochial School, Church and Police Sta-
tion are now able to do away with their cesspools and connect di-
rectly with the Town system.
It is expected that the Metropolitan Sewer will be extended
by late spring to enable the Town to readily connect the rest of
its system which will include Bolivar, Mechanic, Rockland, Howard
Streets and lower end of Washington Street.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
We recommend , that the Town, this year, emend its sewer con-
struction to Sherman St. and in Sherman St. to Pleasant St. where
it will connect with the existing sewer, which was laid in 1931. A
large number of buildings would thus be available for connections
and many more families could share in the privilege of disposing
of their sewage through the Metropolitan System to which the
Town now pays about $ 15, 000 per year whether it uses the system
or not.
SEWER ASSESSMENT REPORT
The Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Canton make to the
voters and inhabitants of the Town of Canton this report in rela-
tion to Sewer Assessments, being in addition and supplementary
to its report of 1931 on Sewer Assessments accepted and adopted
by vote of the Town at its annual meeting of 1932 under Article
3R in its Town Meeting Warrant.
The said report of 1931 of said Sewer Commissioners recited
under heading " Portion of Assessment upon the Real Estate and
Method of Assessment" as follows:-
For this purpose we have based the charges upon estimates
of constructing a system of sewers that will take care of the central
portion of the town and have included the charge of $'1"8, 591.60 for
admission to the South l\
1otrolPolitan Sewerage System.
IN e recommend that the assessments upon the real estate be
assessed by the combined method of assessment, i. e., assessment
on the land in proportion
distributed to the area within a fixed
ljstance of the way and that about 6/ 10 of the assessment be based
urlOn ar23 and ahout 4/ 10 upon frontage, in order that shallow
lets with a large frontage may not be disproportionately assessed;
and that the area be assessed for a depth of 125 feet from the way
in which the sewer is constructed.
Whereas corner lo~s in Canton are, in general, rather large,
we recommend that 75 feet on the second street to be sewered be
e: wrnpt from the frontage assessment, i. e., if a sewer were built
in only one of the streetsupon which the corner lot faces, there
would be levied an assessment for that entire frontage and when
a sewer is built in the second street there would be levied a front-
age assessment for 75 feet less than the frontage on the second
street. On corner lots, the area that is assessed when the first
sewer is built will be entirely exempt from the assessment when
the second sewer is built, i. e. no area will be assessed twice.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Following out this method of assessment, , there will result an
assessment of 54 cents per lin. ft. of frontage and an assessment
of 7 mills per square foot of area, which we recommend.
These rates of assessment will result in a total assessment on
a lot with a depth of 125 feet of $ 106. 12.
frontage of 75 feet and
We find that the assessment for a similar lot in the municipalities
above referred to varies from $ 37. 50 to $ 225 and the average as-
sessment is $ 114.
The property o\ vner, if he desires, may have the assessment
divided into equal annual payments, he, however, paying 6%
ten
interest on the unpaid balance."
The said report of 1931 mentions specifically that the charge
of $ 78, 591.60 for admission to the South Metropolitan Sewerage
System is included in the estimated cost of the system for assess-
ment purposes.
Since the annual meeting of 1932, the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court has handed down opinion that it is illegal in the
an
Town of Milton to include Metropolitan assessment charges as part
of the cost of local se, verage systems and to assess it part of this
charge upon local real estate abutting the sewerage systems.
Weare therefore of the opinion and recommend that Canton
should change its vote on this matter before any assessments are
levied. We recommend that the same assessment rates or amounts
of charges to abutters be adopted but that the Town payout of
the general tax levy37 percent of the cost of the system and as-
sess upon the abutting real estate the remaining 63 percent ( said
amounts, charges and proportions being within the limits provided
in the PublicStatutes Chapter 83, seotion 23) and that the assess-
ment of the abutting lands be according to both area and frontage
and said assessments be and are hereby established a't the rate of
7 mills per squart foot of area extending to a depth of 125 feet
from the way or ways in which the sewer is constructed and 54c
that
per lineal foot of frontage along said way or ways, excepting
corner lots be exempted from said frontage charge to the extent
of 75 feet of frontage on the second street to be sewered.
The Sewer Commissioners further recommend that no change
be made in the vote under said Article 38 in the Town Meeting
Warrant for the annual meeting of 1932 in relation to annual
chaarges for the use of its common sewers.
JAMES A. COLBY,
FRANCIS T. HILL,
Sewer Commissioners of
the Town of Canton, Mass.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Appropriations and Expenditures for the Year 1932
Aprpropriation for the year 1932 ............ 5, 600. 00
Old English Cemetery ...................... 50. 00
Interest on Trust Funds .................... 1, 346. 08
6, 996. 08
Expenditures
Superintendent ............................. 850. 00
Ass' t. Superintendent ....................... 50. 00
Labor ...................................... 4, 909.43
Seed, Loam and Fertilizer .................. 212. 75
Shrubs, etc. ................................ 189. 90
Tools and
repairs .......................... 80. 78
Telephone .................................. 41.90
Truck Expense ............................. 93. 32
Old English Cemetery ...................... 36. 00
All other, Cement, etc. ...................... 368. 26
6, 832. 34
Balance unexpended .................... 163. 74
6, 996. 08
Appropriation .............................. 5, 650. 00
Balance unexpended ( ApprQpriated but not
used) .................................. $ 163. 74
Amounts paid to Town Treasurer for care of
Lots, Graves and Burials ............... 1, 774. 89 $ 1, 938. 63
Actual net cost to the Town for year 1932 .., 3, 711.37
the unemployment situation a number
In order to help relieve
of additional employed to improve and grade the old
men were
part of the cemetery where many of the early Canton settlers are
buried, the cost of which is included in the above statement.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. DINGS, Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Canton,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are
required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Canton aforesaid,
qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial
Hall in said Town on
Monday, the Sixth Day of March, 1933
at five o' clock and forty- five minutes in the forenoon then and there
to act on the following articles, namely:-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all Town Officers that are required to be
elected by ballot, namely: One Town Clerk, One Town Treasurer,
Three Selectmen who shall be the Board of Public Welfare, the
Bureau of Old
Age Assistance and the Board of Survey, One Tax
Collector, One Highway Surveyor, One Tree Warden and Three
Constables all to serve for one year; also the following Town
Officers to serve for three years: One Assessor, One member of
the Board of Health, Three members of the School Committee,
Three Trustees of the Public Library, One Water Commissioner,
and One Sewer Commissioner.
Article 3. To choose all other Town Officers.
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the various
Town Officers, Boards and Committees as presented in print, also
to hear and act upon the report of any committee that may be pre-
sented; also to appoint all needed committees.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the
Treasurer to borrow, with
approval of the
the Selectmen, during
the municipal year beginning January 1, 1933, in anticipation of
the collection of taxes of the year 1933, such sums of money as
may be necessary, giving the notes of the Town therefor payable
within one year from the dates thereof; all debts incurred under
the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the year
1933.
Article 6. To see what compensation the mn will
T< allow for
the collection of taxes for the year 1933.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to give free use of
Memordal Hall during the year beginning March 6th, 1933, one
evening to the Canton High School Association, one evening to the
faculty of the Canton High School for the benefit of the scholar-
ship fund, three evenings and one afternoon to the Community
Club, two evenings to St. John' s Parochial School, two evenings
to the Women' s Relief Corps, Memorial Day and evening and three
other evenings to the Sons of Union Veterans, four evenings to
the American Legion, one evening to the Ponkapoag Grange, two
evenings to the Parent- Teacher Association, two afternoons and
evenings to the Canton Hospital and Nursing Association, one
evening to the Firemen' s Mutual Benefit Association, two evenings
to the Italian Mutual Benefit Association, and one evening to the
Canton Elementary Teachers' CIUlb.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to give free use of
Memorial Hall year beginning March 6, 1933,
during the one eve.
ning to each of the several church parishes of the Town.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to give free use of
Memorial Hall during the year beginning March 6, 1933, one eve-
ning to the Boy Scouts of America.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to radseand ap-
propriate money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 11. To raise and appropriate all necessary sums of
money.
Article 12. To see what action the Town will take in regard
to reducing the remuneration of Town Officials and Town Em-
ployees not otherwise regulated by law or by a vote of the Town.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to assume and pay
the whole of any expenses arising from the suppression of Gypsy
and Brown Tail Moths during the year 1933 that are not required
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
to be paid by the Commonwealth, and raise and appropriate money
for the same.
Article 14.
To see if the Town will vote to employ visiting
nurses under
Chapter 40, Section 5, of the G~meral Laws and raise
and appropriate two thousand dollars ($ 2, 000.) for the same.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to pay the sum of
seven hundred dollars ($ 700) for the Edward J. Beatty Post, No.
24 of the American Legion, in accordance with Chapter 254 of the
Acts of 1920 of the
Massachusetts Legislature which authorizes
Cities and Towns to appropriate money, based on taxable valu-
ation, to provide suitable headquarters for Posts of the American
Legion and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se-
lectmen to make certain necessary alterations and
improvements
in Memorial Hall
Building, in order to eliminate existing fire
hazards and put the Hall in condition to pass inspection and
satisfy
the requirements of the State authorities preparatory to the show-
ing of moving pictures and raise and appropriate money for the
same.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to acceptas a public
way, as laid out by the Selectmen, a private way leading westerly
from Sherman Street, now known as Sanford Road, in accordance
with a plan filed with the Town Clerk. To see if the Town will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to improve said way and raise and
appropriate money for the same. To see if the Town will vote to
name said public way.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to place and maintain
one incandescent electric light on Sanford Road on Pole No. 33
maintained by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company and the
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, jointly, and raise
and appropriate money for the same.
Artide 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public
ways, as laid out by the Selectmen, two private ways southwesterly
from Centre Street, said private ways
being now known as Trav-
erse Street and Traverse Place, in accordance with plans filed with
the Town Clerk. To see if the Town thewill vote to authorize
Selectmen to improve said ways and raise and appropriate money
for the same. To see if the Town will vote to name salid pUiblie
ways.
79Source page 80
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to construct a cement
curbing and sidewalk of gravel or other suitable material on the
southerly side of Independence Street beginning at a point ap-
proximately sixty feet from Pleasant Street and extending to a
point on the westerly side of Pleasant Street approximately twenty
feet from Independence Street and raise and appropriate money
for the same.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and
raise or borrow the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($ 15, 000.)
for the purpose of building particular sewers or house connections
in and adjacent to various streets where sewers were built in
1931 and 1932 or are to be built in 1933 and in lands adjacent to
the Town sewers and to the Metropolitan Sewer; the same to be
built under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners. ( Sewer
Commissioners)
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and
raise or borrow the sum of twenty- five thousand two hundred and
fifty ($ 25, 250.) dollars for the purpose of building sewers from
the end of the sewer built in 1932 at the railroad track in land of
Foley to Sherman Street, and in Sherman Street to Pleasant
Street, and to make all connections with the Town or Metropolitan
sewer as previously built; all substantially as shown on a plan of
the Sewerage System for Canton, Mass., dated November, 1930,
and on file in the office of the SewerCommissioners, the same to be
built under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners. ( Sewer Com-
missioners)
Article 23. To see if the Town accept the report of the
will
Town of Canton Sewer Commissioners, dated January 4, 1933, and
adopt their recommendations in relation to establishing the amount
the Town will pay and the amount the abutters will pay of the
cost of its sewerage system. ( Sewer Commissioners)
Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of
Sewer Commissioners to appoint one of its own members as super-
intendent or foreman or inspector and determine the compensa-
tion to be paid or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to pay Edward F
Healy the sum of One Hundred thirty-two dollars ($ 132.) for work
and labor performed for the Sewer Department or act anything in
relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to install five police
telephone boxes at locations designated by the Board of Selectmen,
and to raise and appropriate money for the same. ( Selectmen)
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Article 27. To see if the Tawn will vote to install in its police
automobiles and at the police station the necessary equipment for
the reception of police broadcasts from the new State Police Sta-
tion at West Bridgewater; to see ~ f arrangements shall be made
for telephone connection with said West Bridgewater station for
broadcasts, and to raise and appropriate the
emergency police
necessary sums of money for the same.
Article 28. To see if the Townwill vote to discontinue Ran-
said
dolph Street as a way between the southeast end of
town
street at the Canton and Randolph Town Line and that point
northwest of said first described point at the relocamon line of said
street as established by the County Commissoners of Norfolk
County on February 5, 1929; being that pormon of Randolph
Street which was discontinued as a public highway, by the said
County Commissioners, by virtue of the aforesaid relocation.
Article 29. repay to Horatio Hath-
Shall the Town of Canton
away of Dedham the taxes assessed against and paid in error by
him for the years 1925 to 1931, both inclusive, amounting to
2, 823. 80, on 66lh acres of land wmch he did not own during said
in Can-
taxalble years, and which were owned by another taxpayer
ton; and if the Town will repay to said Horatio Hathaway said
taxes, will it pay interest on the tax of each year from the time
that said tax was paid.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Water Commissioners to install a 12 inch water main ~n the :private
way belonging to the Town from the Ward
Well to Pleasant
Street, a distance of about 2800 feet, thence northerly in Pleasant
Street, a distance of about 3200 feet to connect with the present
10 inch main at the intersection of Pine and Pleasant Streets, or
take any aemon relative thereto and raise and appropriate money
for the same. ( Water Commissioners)
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the
Board of Public Welfare to employ a visitor to assi8t the Board
in investigating Public Welfare cases.
Article 32. To see if the will vote to join
Town of Canton
with the Trustees Hospital School in a pe-
of the Massachusetts
of the
tition to the Legislature for an act to provide for disposal
Town sewerage ; system at Sherman
sewage of said school into the
Street. ( Sewer Commissioners)
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Ac-
balances
cOWlting Officer to close out the following appropriation
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