Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1883, Part 1

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This Is Produced By The Photoduplication Program Of The Plymouth Public Library Plymouth, Massachusetts


ANNUAL REPORT


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TOWN OFFICERS


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TOWN OF PLYMOUTH


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FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY FIRST,


1883.


TOGETHER WITH THE


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


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PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1883.


HIR 974.48 ANN 1883


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.


The Treasurer's books have been examined and found correct and all payments properly vouched.


The Treasurer is charged for the year with : -


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1882


$14,162 72


Dog fund from the county. 459 50


School fund from State of Massachusetts 229 36


Sale of school books


1,176 43


Armory rent reimbursements.


250 00


Poor reimbursements.


1,414 30


Water rents, labor and materials.


13,643 80


Pedler's licenses.


13 00


Interest on Training Green fund


24 40


Interest from delinquent taxes


358 17


Dividend from Old Colony National Bank


400 00


Agawam and Halfway Pond fishery


143 00


Rebate of interest on loans


18 73


Fines, violation Town By-laws


10 00


Sale of lots in Vine Hill Cemetery


333 50


Road department reimbursements


553 22


State aid refunded 2,557 50


Amount carried forward


$35,747 63


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Amount brought forward. $35,747 63


Indigent aid refunded 391 48


National Bank tax from the State 2,900 52


Corporation tax from the State 4,910 42


Insane poor reimbursements


387 32


Contingent reimbursements 200 13


Interest from Warren fund


50 00


Fire department reimbursements


3 16


Taxes, 1880


1,053 70


Taxes, 1881 5,755 50


Taxes, 1882 56,664 38


Transfer from Oak Street school building account to schools 423 52


Transfer from Warren fund account 39 88


Sale of herring brooks. 80 00


Widows' reimbursements. 13 00


$108,620 64


The Treasurer is credited with payment as follows :


Trustees Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad sinking fund $1,500 00 State tax. 4,960 00


National Bank Tax 3,550 24


Corporation tax


49 54


Vine Hill Cemetery


555 10


Widow's distribution


146 33


Water Works, interest on loans and extension


11,297 50


Watch and police


1,203 45


Treasurer .


500 00


Town debt and interest account.


6,726 23


Sexton


125 00


State aid.


2,428 00


Schools. 20,921 70


Amount carried forward


$53,963 09


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Amount brought forward $53,963 09


Roads and bridges 9,754 35


Now roads 3,664 75


Insane poor 1,809 52


Poor.


7,233 43


Fire Department


2,438 33


Burial Hill.


289 88


Contingent.


4,326 61


Lighting streets and Town House


1,154 32


Assessors


768 37


Plymouth Public Library


229 75


Agawam and Halfway Pond Fishery


65 16


Warren fund 62 13


Collector of taxes 443 18


Indigent soldier's aid


684 62


Stone street crossings.


130 57


Transfer from Oak street building account


423 52


Fresh Brook fishery.


75


Abatements


799 79


County tax.


4,909 81


Cash on hand.


15,468 71


$108,620 64


The undrawn balances of the several appropriations are as


follows :


Water Works


$135 56


Watch and police


14 79


Assessors


37 33


Warren fund 1,023 50


Vine Hill Cemetery


238 70


Lighting streets and Town House


24 30


Poor.


992 14


Amount carried forward $2,466 32


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Amount brought forward


$2,466 32


Insane poor


185 74


Abatements


2,299 53


Collector of taxes


4 71


Stone crossinge


7 35


Fresh Brook ..


10 17


Training Green fund


624 21


$5,598 03


The overdrawn balances of the several appropriations are as


follows :


Town debt.


$52 95


Contingent.


1,070 08


New roads 2,393 25


71 00


Schools


1,266 66


Fire Department


105 41


Indigent aid


331 01


Roads and bridges


$5,290 36


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TOWN DEBT.


WATER LOAN FUNDED.


Seventy $1,000 six per cent. bonds, pay-


able June 1, 1885 $70,000 00


Twenty $1,000 six per cent bonds, pay- able Aug. 1, 1894 20,000 00


Note to Plymouth Savings Bank, due


April 1, 1890, at 5 per cent. .


6,000 00


Note to Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, due. Aug. 2, 1890, at 4} per cent. 6,000 00


$102,000 00


DUXBURY & COHASSET RAILROAD LOAN.


Forty $1,000 seven per cent. bonds, due


April 1, 1884 40,000 00


$142,000 00


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Note to State of Massachusetts, pay- able April 13, 1883 $5,000 00


Note to State of Massachusetts, pay- able March 20, 1883.


6,724 65


Note to Plymouth Savings Bank, pay- able Sept. 18, 1883 10,000 00


Note to Plymouth Savings Bank, on demand 11,000 00


Notes to sundry persons on demand ...


4,900 00


$37,624 65


Amounts carried forward ....... $37,624 65 $179,624 65


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Amounts brought forward $37,624 65 $179,624 65


ENGINE HOUSE LOAN.


Note to Priscilla Hedge, due Jan. 12, 1882 1,200 00


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Note to heirs Timothy Manter, payable Dec. 31, 1881 500 00


Note to Plymouth Savings Bank, on demand 2,000 00


$3,700 00


Undrawn balances of the several de- partments.


5,598 03


$5,598 03


$46,922 68 $188,922 68


Less-


Uncollected faxes, 1881 .. $990 81


Uncollected taxes, 1882 . 7,491 21


Indigent soldier's aid due


from State of Massa- chusetts 353 60


State aid due from State of


Massachusetts 2,428 00


Cash on hand.


15,468 71


26,732 33


26,732 33


Indebtedness Dec. 31, 1882


$162,190 35


Indebtedness Dec. 31, 1881 166,273 84


Decrease of debt, 1882 $4,083 49 Which is made up of the following items : Gain in bank tax over estimates. $400.52


Gain in corporation tax over estimates. 360 88


Amount carried forward. $761 40


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Amount brought forward.


$761 40 Two-thirds dividend from Old Colony National Bank 266 66


Fines, violation Town By-laws 10 00


Pedler's licenses 13 00


From sale herring brooks 80 00


From Agawam and Halfway Pond fishery 77 84 .


From difference in overdrawn balances


1,765 13


From note of H. Sherman, paid on account of Engine house loan. 600 00


From payment on note at Plymouth Saving's


Bank, Engine house loan 1,000 00


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$4,574 03


Less-


Loss on non-resident Bank tax. . . $90 57


Less amount estimated as revenue


400 00


490 57


$4,083 46


With the exception of the payment of $1,600 on the principal of the debt, classed as Engine House Loan, the funded and temporary debt remains the same as reported last year.


As appears from the statement, miscellaneous receipts covered into the Treasury in excess of the amount estimated as revenue, with the difference in the overdrawn balances, including the payment above mentioned of .$1,600, shows a reduction in the debt of $4,083.46, the past year.


The sinking fund to provide for the payment of loans in- curred on account of subscription to stock in the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad Company, amount to $19,317.20, against $16,906.01 reported last year, showing a gain for the year of $2,411.19.


The Water Scrip Sinking Fund now amounts to $2,190.56, against $2,096.29 last year, a gain for the year of $94.27.


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Both sinking funds now amount to $21,507.76, against $19,- 002.30 last year, a gain of $2,505.46, which added to the reduc- tion in the debt statement, reduces the liabilities of the Town $6,588.95 since the date of the last report.


The net debt, exclusive of water debt, is $40,973.19, and, exclusive of the debt incurred on account of the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad Company, $20,290.39.


There will become due the present year notes to the State of Massachusetts for $11,724.65, and note to the Plymouth Savings Bank for $10,000. These notes bear interest at five per cent. As no provision has been made for their payment it will be necessary for the Town to confer authority on the Selectmen to renew the same for a term of not less than five years, which can probably be placed at a lower rate of interest.


There has been paid during the year on account of Indigent Soldiers' Aid, $684.62. The amount to be reimbursed by the State will leave a deficiency of $333.01 to be provided for.


The appropriations to provide for deficiencies and increased expenses which are likely to be incurred in some of the depart- ments, unless the State and County taxes are reduced, will be likely to increase the rate of taxation for the coming year.


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TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST ACCOUNT. .


DR.


To interest on temporary debt $2,167 18


interest on Duxbury and Cohasset


Railroad Company loan. .... 2,800 00


interest on loans in anticipation of taxes


159 05


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payment on Engine House loan 1,600 00


$6,726 23


OR.


: By appropriation $5,700 00


balance old account


596 38


rebate of interest 18 73


interest from delinquent taxes.


358 17


$6,673 28


Overdrawn


$52 95


To provide for the interest on permanent and temporary loans, : together with the deficiency in the account, and a payment of $1,000 on account of the Engine House loan, will require an appropriation of $6,000 in addition to the amount which may be expected from delinquent taxes,


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ROADS AND BRIDGES.


DR.


To payment, 1882 $9,754 .35


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old acc't. $630 13


By appropriation, 1882 8,500 00


sundry reimbursements. 36 82


. reimbursement from Poor Depart- . . ment


373 00


reimbursement . from New Road


Department


143 40


9,683 35


Overdrawn. $71 00


The amount expended on roads and bridges and permanent improvement on sidewalks, less the earnings of the teams in other departments, is $9,206.88, being $2,837.00 in excess of last year.


Included in this amount there was expended $1,467.98 for the removal of snow ; for permanent improvement of sidewalks $597.90 was expended on Court Street, $243.10 on High Street, $65.55 on. Main Street, $70.66 on Summer Street, $13.87 on Middle Street, and $432.22 on North Street, leaving for the ordinary repairs of roads and bridges $6,315.80, a sum $603.14. in excess of last year.


The whole amount expended for the improvement of side- walks has been $1,423.30, being $423,30 in excess of the


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amount authorized by the Town. The excess was expended on High and North streets, where the work somewhat exceeded the estimates, but was urgently demanded to accommodate and render safe the public travel in those localities.


To give the necessary width to the lower part of North Street, so as to provide a safe and convenient sidewalk, it was found necessary to raise the grade some three feet and build a low supporting wall on the south side of the street, and furnish curbing to support the sidewalk and embankment. The mater- ial to make the fill was supplied from the new roads leading to Water Street, which were worked in connection with it, and materially diminished the cost from what it otherwise would have been, had the material had to have been supplied from outside. The cost of the improvement, including the sidewalk, was $765.00.


The unusually dry weather during the months of July and August prevented any permanent work on the roads during those months, and the roads suffered on that account ; it ne- cessitated additional work later in the season, and somewhat increased the expenses over the former year.


In case the Town shall require the same amount applied to . the improvement of sidewalks as last year, viz., $1,000.00, an appropriation of $9,000.00 will be required to cover the estimated expenses, not including any additional expenditure which may be required for the removal of snow.


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NEW ROADS.


DR.


1881.


Dec. 31. To balance from old account $4,228 50


To payments, 1882 3,664 75


$7,893 25


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By appropriation


$5,500 00


Overdrawn $2,393 25


There remained at the date of the last report an overdrawn balance on new roads of $4,228.50, also bills outstanding due the contractor and land damages unsettled on Water Street of $678.55. At the annual meeting, the Town authorized the Selectmen to construct a supporting wall against the land of George H. Jackson and J. A. Robbins on Water Street, for ·which has been expended, including the foundation, filling, etc .; the sum of $1,173.00. There has also been expended for fenc- ing and painting the same, and supporting the embankments, north of Howland Street, the additional sum $151.43, making the sum expended on Water Street the present your $2,002.98.


There is still due for land damages, not yet called for, $165, To provide for the deficiency, and in part for the expenditure authorized this year, the sum of $5,500 was appropriated at the annual meeting. The Town at the same time accepted the lay- ing out of Ocean and Drew places (names sinco changed to Winslow and Chilton streets), to connect with the new road, and appropriated the sum of $3,000 for the working of the same,


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There has been expended on Winslow Street, for working, the sum of $240.18, and including the land damages paid of $462, makes the total expenditure $702.18. For the working of 1 Chilton Street, which includes paving the gutters on both sides of the street to its junction with Water Street, there has been expended $808.53.


The widening at Wellingsley, ordered by the County Com- missioners, was worked at an expense of $117.06.


The aggregate amount of these several expenditures repre- sent the amount heretofore stated, viz : $3,664.75, and occasions an overdrawn balance of $2,393.25. The working of Davis and Stafford streets was not included in the appropriation for the last year, and as both are now Town ways, the former by the laying out of the Commissioners, and the latter by the action of the Town, provision will be made for working them the present year.


Petitions are now pending for the laying out of a Town way from the Rocky Hill road to White Horse Landing ; also a petition for the laying out of a Town way from Court Street to a point near the north end of the Plymouth Woolen Mill, then running north-westerly over Lothrop Place to Lothrop Street. The decision of the Selectmen, if favorable to the petitioners, will be reported to the Town at its annual meeting.


The appropriation for new roads the past few years has been unusually largo, and to provide in a single year for the defi- ciency and construction of new roads contemplated, in addition to other demands, will swell the appropriations beyond what is desirable, and the Selectmen recommend the sum of $3,500 be appropriated for the deficiencies, and in part for the expen- ditures of this year, and the balance, if any, to be carried for- ward and included in the taxes of the following year.


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CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.


DR.


1881.


Dec. 31. To balance old account $193 60


1882.


To services Town Clerk 161 80


Water Department bill


9 20


repairs on Town House and Treasurer's room.


125 07


D. W. Andrews, printing.


29 50


Avery & Doten, printing Town reports, etc ..


365 63


coal bills. .


82 75


expenses Board of Health


45 00


Town Forester


90 38


Armory rent.


350 00


expenses on sewers.


25 44


drinking fountain, Court Square


138 16


E. C. Raymond, return of deaths


33 25


John Atwood, attending Town meetings and other services 27 50


A. Lord, legal services.


26 00


rents of halls for Town meetings.


70 00


Boston Directory


5 00


sundry bills


23 92


envelopes, stamps, and stationery


63 00


Ellis Benson, care Town clock


25 00


guide boards and street signs.


13 82


Weston's express.


7 95


repair of street lanterns


2 50


A. O. Chandler, inland fisheries. 2 50


, Amount carried forward.


$1,916 97


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Amount brought forward. $1,916 97


South Plymouth burial ground .. 3 00


Grand Army Decoration Day


125 00


Forefather's Day celebration 150 00


repairs on stand pipes 7 76


services Selectmen 622 12


bills for fires in the woods.


1,695 36


$4,520 21


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By Armory rent reimbursements $250 00


sundries


14 38


cash from B. W. Harris


100 00


cash from sewer rights


50 00


reimbursement from Old Colony Rail-


road fire in the woods. 35 75


appropriation


3,000 00


- $3,450 13


Overdrawn


$1,070 08


The largest item of expenditure, chargeable to the account, has been incurred for bills for fires in the woods, which have been of frequent occurrence for the past few years, and will require some stringent measures, on the part of the Town, to prevent. Most of the cases are traceable to carelessness, for which the parties should be held liable, and the present system of management is too cumbersome to be either effective or economical.


Carelessness in the management is likely to involve the Town in large expenses, and as there is some doubt whether the act establishing a Fire Department in the Town of Plymouth repealed so much of the General Statutes as relates to fires in the woods, but leaves the appointment of Fire Wards with the 3


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Selectmon, it is for the Town to consider whether or not the appointment should be placed, as is now the case with the Engineers of the Fire Department, so that appointments should be made with special reference to their fitness for such duties and where some check can be exercised to prevent such extray- agant bills as have often been presented to the Town.


The value of the woodland, as shown by the Assessors' books, is. $123,926.00, of which $90,861 is owned by residents, and $33,065 by non-residents. The amount received from taxes .on woodlands for 1881, was $1,586.25, against a net expenditure for fires in the woods of $1,659.61.


The expenditures for fires in the woods since, and including the fire in 1870 in the territory south of the Federal Furnace road, where most of the fires have originated, have probably. equalled if not exceeded the taxes received from it in the same time. An appropriation of $3,000, in addition to the deficiency in the account, it is estimated will provide for the current expenses for the year, and is recommended.


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SCHOOLS.


DR.


To payments in 1882 $20,921 70


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31, By balance from old acct .. $95 98


By Massachusetts School fund. 229 36


one-half dog fund. 229 75


appropriation


17,500 00


sale school books 1,176 43


transfer from Oak Street school- house 423 52


19,665 04


Overdrawn .


$1,266 66


The expenditures on account of schools, as compared with last year, show an increase of $1,415.94. Of this amount some $800 dollars, in addition to the balance standing to the credit of Oak Street school appropriation of $423.52, was expended on the Cliff and Manomet school-houses. The introduction of singing into the schools, and employment of a teacher for a portion of the year in addition, at an expense of $321.70, ac- counts for the larger part of the increased expenditure. The uncertainty as to what decision may be reached by the Town in the settlement of the school question make it difficult to esti- mate what additional expense may bo incurred. But with the addition already of a new Grammar school, with the necessary furniture, it is estimated that an appropriation of $19,000 will . be required for the expenses of the current year, and an uddi- tional appropriation to cover the deficiency.


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WATER WORKS.


CR.


By receipts from water rents, labor and materials .. $13,643 80


DR.


1881.


Dec. 31. To balance from old account .. $2,210 74


To payments, 1882. 11,297 50 $13,508 24


Undrawn. $135 56 The apparent balance in favor of this account will be more than offset by outstanding coupons, viz. :


Coupons 1879, not presented for payment


$30 00


1880,


" 120 00


1881,


120 00


1882, " 360 00


$630 00


Which if presented would have created a deficiency in the account of about $500.


The receipts from water rents have increased about $850 in excess of last year, but the expenses of pumping the extra quantity used and wasted during the Summer has probably correspondingly increased the expenses.


In case only the ordinary expenses for operating the Works are incurred the present year, the deficiency may be overcome and a balance left available for the sinking fund, none having been received from that source since Jan. 1, 1880.


Reference to the Commissioners report will give the operations of the year in detail.


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POOR.


CR.


1881. .


Dec. 31. By balance from old account


$811 27


By reimbursements.


1,414 30


appropriation


6,000 00


$8,225 57


DR.


To payments, 1882.


7,233 43


Undrawn $992 14


The net expenditure on account of Poor, as compared with last last year, show a less expenditure of $542.02, being $5,819.13 against $6,361.15 the previous year.


At à special meeting, in June, the Overseers were authorized to make an addition to the Almshouse, and appropriated for the same the sum of $6,000.00, to be assessed on the polls and es- tates for the following year.


As the appropriation was found to be insufficient and has not been used, and as the Overseers have recommended in their re- port that the appropriation be increased, the Selectmen would recommend that the vote whereby the appropriation was or- dered to be assessed on the polls and estates be cancelled, and authority given the Selectmen, in case an appropriation as re- commended by the Overseers is granted, to borrow the money on such terms and for such time as they may deem for the in- terest of the Town.


As to assess the amount on the polls and estates for the cur- rent year would impose too great a burden on the tax payers, and more than they should be called upon to assume in a sin- gle year, the Overseers ask for the same appropriation as last year, which, in addition to the balance on hand, will, it is ex- pected, provide for the current expenses, and is recommended.


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ABATEMENTS.


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old account, 1882. $1,227 15


By overlay, 1882 1,872 17


DR.


$3,099 32


To' payments, 1882


799 79


Undrawn


$2,299 53


INSANE POOR.


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1881.


Dec. 31. By balance old account. $57 94


By appropriation, 1882 1,550 00 reimbursements 387 32


$1,995 26


DR.


1,809 52


To payments, 1882


Undrawn $185 74


The number of patients in the hospital at the commencement of the year was nine. Two have since been admitted and one discharged, making the present number ten. A portion of the expense is reimbursed by friends of the inmates.


An appropriation of $1,500, in addition to the balance stand- ing to the credit of the account, is recommended.


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ASSESSORS.


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old account $105 70


By appropriation, 1882 700 00


$805 70


DR.


To payments, 1882 768 37


Undrawn.


$37 33


VINE HILL CEMETERY.


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old account $460 30


By cash for fourteen lots sold in 1882. 183 90


cash from nine lots sold in previous years 149 60


$793 80


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To payments in 1882. $506 61


surveying new lots


27 00


labor by Town teams 21 49


555 10


Undrawn $238 70


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There have been sold during the year seventeen lots, three of which remained unpaid when the books were closed, amounting to $62.40. There is due for four lots, sold in previous years, $61.30.


The balance standing to the credit of the account will pro- vide for the care and improvement of the grounds, and no appropriation is recommended.


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FIRE DEPARTMENT.


DR.


1881.


Dec. 31. To balance old account $20 24


To payments, 1882. 2,438 33


$2,458 57


CR.


By appropriation


$2,350 00


reimbursements


3 16


2,353 16


Overdrawn


$105 41


LIGHTING STREETS AND TOWN HOUSE.


CR.


By appropriation


$1,200 00


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DR.


To payment, 1882 ..


$1,154 32


balance old account


21 38


$1,175 70


Undrawn


$24 30


TREASURER.


CR.


By appropriation


$500 00


DR.


To payments, 1882 $500 00


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DUXBURY AND COHASSET RAILROAD SINKING FUND.


OR.


By appropriation


$1,500 00


DR.


To payment to trustees


$1,500 00


STREET CROSSINGS.


CR


By balance from old account


$137 92


DR.


To payments, 1882.


130 57


Undrawn.


$7 35


FRESH BROOK.


OR.


1881.


Deo. 31. By balance old account. $10 92


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DR.


To payments, 1882. 75


Undrawn


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$10 17


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BURIAL HILL.


CR.


By appropriation ..


$250 00


amount from Warren fund. 39 88


DR.


$289 88


To payments, 1882.


$289 88


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WATCH AND POLICE.


OR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old account $68 24 .


By appropriation, 1882. 1,150 00


DR.


$1,218 24


$1,203 45 . To payments, 1882


Undrawn


$14 79


OAK STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE.


CR.


1881.


Dec. 31. By balance from old account. $423 52


DR.


To amount transferred to School Department.


$423 52


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WARREN FUND.


CR.


1881. . Dec. 31. By balance from old account


$1,035 63


By interest 50 00


$1,085 63


DR.


To payments, 1882


62 13


Balance


$1,023 50


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


DR.


1881.


Dec. 31. To balance old account


$2 11


To salary


450 00


commission one per cent. on $6,809.20 back taxes .. collected 68 09


$520 20


OR.


By appropriation


$450 00


less one per cent. on $7,491.21 out-


standing taxes


74 91


$524 91


Undrawn.


$4 71


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GUIDE BOARDS.


The guide boards have been replaced and repainted where needed, and are reported in good condition,


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TRAINING GREEN FUND.


CR.


1881 ..


Dec. 31. By balance from old account. $599 81


24 40


By interest


Undrawn


$624 21


APPROPRIATIONS.


Roads and bridges $9,000 00


Schools 19,000 00


Contingent 3,000 00


Poor.


6,000 00


Insane poor.


1,500 00


Fire Department


2,400 00


Burial Hill


250 00


Sexton


125 00


Collector of taxes.


450 00


Treasurer


500 00


Lighting streets and Town House.


1,300 00


Watch and police.


1,250 00


Assessors 800 00


Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad sinking fund 1,500. 00


Town debt 6,000 00


New roads 3,500 00


Amount curried forward.


$56,575 00


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Amount brought forward. $56,575 00


DEFICIENCIES.


Schools


$1,266 00


Indigent aid 331 00


Contingent


1,070 00


2,667 00


$59,242 00


The revenue not otherwise appropriated is as follows :


Corporation tax, estimated


$4,500 00


Bank tax, estimated.


2,500 00


Miscellaneous receipts.


300 00


7,300 00


$51,942 00


Leaving the sum of $51,942.00, which it is recommended be raised by taxation for the expenses of the current year, being $2,989.00 more than was appropriated the last year.




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