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Annual Report HOLDERNESS New Hampshire imQiiiiiiimiiaiiiiiiMiiiinimiiiiiiiiuiiiiinmii[]iiiiiiiiiiii[]iiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiniiiE]iiiiiiiiiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiiiniimiin^^^^ YEAR ENDING January 31, 1936 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE Town of Holderness, N. H YEAR ENDING January, 31, 1 936 THE RECORD PRINT Plymouth, N. H. 1936 TOWN OFFICERS 1935 Moderator—Charles A. Haskell Town Clerk—Ethel J. Piper Selectmen—Norman P. Smith, Charles A. Haskell, Guy S. Davison Treasurer—Harry E. Leavitt Overseer of Poor—Mildred F. Craig Library Trustees—L. J. Webster, Catherine Pratt, Ernest Gay Board of Health—R. W. Smith Tax Collector—Howard Pease Superintendent of Cemeteries—L. B. Shaw Special Police—Ralph W. Smith, Howard L. Moore, L. B. Shaw, Lester Temple Road Agents—George G. Avery, Lloyd D. Perkins, A. W. Forbes Supervisors—Howard Pease, Ralph Smith, Arah Huckins Trustees of Trust Funds—Ernest R. Taylor, Susie P. Batchelder, J. W. Pulsifer Fire Warden—C. A. Haskell Deputy Wardens—0. M. Pratt, N. P. Smith, F. L. Piper Auditors—0. M. Pratt, Lester M. Avery Janitor—Rodney M. Evans THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of Holderness in the County of Grafton in said State, quahfied to vote in Town Aft airs: You are hereby notified to meet at Town Hall in said Holderness on Tuesday, the tenth day of March next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. 2. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriation of the same. 3. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid and raise and appropriate money for the same. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for repairing highways and bridges for the ensuing year. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money necessary for permanent improvement maintenance. 6. To raise and appropriate money for town con- struction of roads. 7. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for White Pine Blister Rust Control, or take any vote relating thereto. 8. To see if the town will buy a new tractor for North End of town, raise and appropriate money for same or take any vote relating thereto. 9. To raise and appropriate money to care for all cemeteries not otherwise provided for. 10. To see what sum of money the town will raise for support of libraries for the ensuing year. 11. To see what sum of money the town will raise for decorating Soldiers' and Sailors' graves for the en- suing year. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to hire money in anticipation of taxes. 13. To see if the town will vote to give discount of 4 per cent on taxes paid before July 1st, and 2 per cent on all taxes paid before September 1st, or take any vote relating thereto. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for benefit of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, and if so, how much. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to re-shingle or metal roof the town sheds. 16 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the issuance and distribu- tion of printed matter calling attention to the resources and natural advantages of the town, in cooperation with other towns in the lakes region. 17 To transact any other business that may le- gally come before this meeting. Given under our hands and seal, this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six. NORMAN P. SMITH, CHARLES A. HASKELL, G. S. DAVISON, Selectmen of Holderness. A true copy of Warrant—Attest: NORMAN P. SMITH, CHARLES A. HASKELL, G. S. DAVISON, Selectmen of Holderness. BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 1936 Town charges $ 1,500.00 Town officers* expenses 400.00 Election and registration expense 350.00 Town hall 400.00 Fire Department 800.00 Health Department 150.00 State Aid Construction 2,472.00 Permanent improvement maintenance 2,000.00 Unclassified 500.00 Old age assistance 1,200.00 Tractor account 1,200.00 Street lights 300.00 General expense 500.00 Libraries 350.00 Town poor 1,500.00 Memorial Day 75.00 Legal expense 500.00 Bridge bonds 1,000.00 Cemeteries 100.00 State tax set County tax set Memorial Hospital 150.00 Schools set Police 75.00 Town maintenance 7,000.00 Interest 500.00 Total budget $23,022.00 INVENTORY TOWN OF HOLDERNESS 1935 Land and Buildings Resident 805,730.00 Non-resident 773,890.00 1,579,620.00 Horses, 88 7,227.00 Oxen, 8 490.00 Cows, 212 9,628.00 Other neat stock, 70 1,782.00 Sheep, 20 200.00 Hogs, 13 158.00 Fowls, 1290 977.00 Portable mills, 8 630.00 Boats and Launches, 122 Resident boats 9,850.00 Non-resident boats 18,050.00 27,900.00 Wood, lumber, etc. 3,500.00 Gasoline pumps and tanks 2,600.00 Stock in trade 17,350.00 Mills and machinery 4,850.00 Total valuation $1,656,912.00 Exemptions 8,736.00 Total taxable property $1,648,176.00 STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND TAXES ASSESSED, 1935 Town of Holderness Town officers' salaries $ 1,400.00 Town officers' expenses 400.00 Election and registration expenses 150.00 Town hall 300.00 Police department 75.00 Fire department 400.00 Health department 50.00 State Aid construction 2,751.00 Town maintenance 7,000.00 Town construction 362.09 P. I. maintenance 3,000.00 Tractor account 1,200.00 Street lighting 350.00 General expenses of highway department 600.00 Memorial hospital 150.00 Libraries 200.00 Town poor 1,200.00 Memorial Day 75.00 Cemeteries 150.00 Damages and legal expenses 1,500.00 Interest 700.00 Payments on principal of debt, bridge bonds1 1,000.00 State tax 4,395.00 County tax 5,436.05 School tax 10,000.00 Total town and school appropriations $42,844.14 Overlay 1,907.77 $44,751.91 Less poll taxes and other revenue $ 4,207.46 $40,544.45 Tax rate $ 2.46 per $100. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Year Ending February 1, 1936 A.ssets Cash on hand $ 629.03 Due from state, bounties 43.00 Taxes purchased by town 1,603.04 Due from uncollected taxes 1935 368.23 Due from Ashland town 11.00 Due from Holderness school 62.60 Uncollected taxes 1933 855.87 Uncollected taxes 1934 12.60 Advance school district 1,000.00 Due from state on state aid construction 228.90 $ 4,814.27 8 Liabilities Due Pemigewasset National Bank, note $ 3,000.00 Balance in favor of town $ 1,814.27 TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY TOWN ORDERS Detailed as Follows $58,670.74 Town Officers' Salaries Sadie J. Perkins, librarian $ 100.00 G. S. Davison, selectman 150.00 H. E. Leavitt, treasurer 100.00 Howard Pease, tax collector 350.00 Ethel J. Piper, town clerk 80.00 Mildred Craig, overseer of poor 150.00 C. A. Haskell, selectman 250.00 Norman P. Smith selectman 300.00 Rodney Evans, janitor 18.00 0. M. Pratt, auditor 10.00 Charles Woodruff, auditor 10.00 Total $ 1,524.50 Town Officers' Expenses Ethel J. Piper, clerk expense $ 64.93 Mrs. William Ford, copying 10.24 C. A. Haskell, cash expense 28.79 Automotive Service, reg. pads. 20.30 Mildred Craig, mileage, telephone and postage 83.94 Harry Leavitt, postage and exp. 4.85 Norman Smith, tax assessors' meeting expense 10.12 Edson C. Eastman, supplies 21.87 Ayer Insurance Agency, bonds 55.00 W. J. Randolph, transfers 14.10 Total ? 314.14 Election and Registration Arah Huckins, supervisor ? 36.00 Ralph Smith, supervisor 36.00 9 Howard Pease, supervisor 16.00 Edna Evans, ballot clerk 4.00 Mildred Craig, ballot clerk 4.00 Orville Small, ballot clerk 4.00 C. A. Haskell, moderator 7.00 Record Print, printing checklists 9.50 Total $ 116.50 Town Poor Mildred Craig, overseer $ 1,728.70 Grafton County Farm, town poor at farm 92.50 W. B. Avery, seeds 6.11 Old age assistance, pensions 383.00 N. H. Relief Administrator, 14 relief bill 22.85 Total ? 2,233.16 County Poor Mildred Craig, amount paid for county poor $ 341.49 Bridge Bond Retired ? 500.00 Library L. J. Webster, treasurer ? 200.00 Meredith Electric Light Co., lights 18.42 Total $ 218.42 Street Lighting Meredith Electric Co., bridge street lights $ 176.00 Pemigewasset Electric Co., River St., lights 122.04 Total ? 298.04 General Expense David Curry, repairing $ 2.00 Gammons & Sons, insurance 6.90 Mark K. Marden, express 1.57 0. A. Brown, glass, etc. 1.96 Ralph Smith, sign writing 7.25 Clyde Eastman, battery coil 6.00 10 Record Print, printing reports 173.80 Assessors' fee 2.00 George A. Thompson, sign writing 39.10 George E. Avery, trucking roofing 7.00 Lloyd D. Perkins, repairing 26.39 Harry E. Leavitt, repairing 3.75 Patch Stock for roads 91.69 Bayfield Shaw, repairing 3.60 Total $ 373.01 Permanent Improvement Maintenance Lloyd D. Perkins, per report of same ? 1,356.05 Trimount Oil Co., patch stock 275.08 N. H. State treasurer, tarvia 1,880.25 Total $3,511.38 Hospitals Plymouth Memorial Hospital, 1934 and 1935 ? 300.00 Town Hall Meredith Electric Co., lights 34.68 Smith Piper Co., bulbs, broom, etc.