Town annual report of Weymouth 1895, Part 1

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 346


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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH 1895


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,


CONTAINING THE


Treasurer's Schedule of the Receipts,


AND


A Statement of the Expenditures of the Different Departments, The Report of Overseers of the Poor, The Report of the Engineers of the Fire Department, The Reportof the Treasurer of the Tufts Library, Assessors' Report,


THE REPORT OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,


The Statistics Furnished by the Town Clerk,


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY, REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS, AND THE REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.


WEYMOUTH, MASS: WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREE PUBLISHING CO. 1896.


Ref. 352 B


MAY 8 1939


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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR, 1895=96.


TOWN CLERK. JOHN A. RAYMOND, P. O. Address, East Weymouth.


TOWN TREASURER. JOHN H. STETSON, P. O. Audress, South Weymouth.


SELECTMEN. GORDON WILLIS, Chairman. BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk, P. O. Address, East Weymouth. NELSON W. GARDNER. CHARLES E. BICKNELL. GEORGE L. NEWTON.


OVERSE. RS OF THE POOR. GORDON WILLIS, Chairman. BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk, P. O. Address, East Weymouth. NELSON W. GARDNER. CHARLES E. BICKNELL. GEORGE I. NEWTON.


ASSESSORS.


FRANKLIN D. THAAYER. WILMOT CLEVERLY.


BRADFORD HAWES. GORDON WILLIS.


FRANCIS H. COWING.


COLLECTOR OF TAVES. GEORGE C. TORREY.


AUDITORY.


JOIIN W. BATES. G. EVERETT REED.


ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.


W. O. COLLYER. EDWARD FANY.


FRANCIS M. DROWN. MARSHALL P. SPRAGUE. OTIS CUSHING.


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


JOSEPH A. CUSHING


Term expires, 1896


JAMES H. FLINT


1896


WILLIAM A. DRAKE


.. 1897


BRADFORD HAWES


1897


AMOS W. BLANCHARD


66


1898


HENRY A. THOMAS


66


66


1898


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


LOUIS A. COOK


Term expires, 1896


66


1897


ELIAS S. BEALS


.


TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.


JAMES HUMPHREY


Term expires, 1896


AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS


66


1896


BRADFORD HAWES


1896


LOUIS A. COOK


66


1897


FRANCIS AMBLER .


66


60


1897


JOHN W. HART


1897


ZECHARIAH L. BIO KNELL


1898


FRANK H. MASON


1898


CHARLES P. HUNT .


66


1898


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


CHARLES A. CARPENTER .


Term expires, 1896


BENJAMIN F. SMITH


1897


DAVID S. MURRAY


66


1898


JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk (ex officio).


WATER COMMISSIONERS.


AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS


Term expires, 1896


HENRY A. NASH


66


.. 1897


THOMAS H. HUMPHREY


1898


GORDON WILLIS, Chairman of Selectmen (ex officio).


JOHN H. STETSON, Town Treasurer (ex officio).


CONSTABLES.


MICHAEL ALLEN.


THOMAS FITZGERALD. ASA B. PRATT.


NATHANIEL B. PEARE.


GEORGE W. WHITE.


GEORGE F. MAYNARD.


GEORGE B. BAILEY. B. FRANK RICHARDS. ISAAC H. WALKER.


FRANCIS A. CALDWELL.


1898


WILLIAM H. CLAPP


INDEX.


PAGE


Auditors' Report . .


13


Assessors' Report


157


Electric Lighting Committee, Report of .


167


Fire Department, Engineer's Report


160


Jury List


228


Overseers of the Poor, Report of £ 135


Almshouse, Expense of ·


137


Assistance to Poor Out of Almshouse


145


Inventory of Property of Almshouse


141


Paupers in Almshouse


154


Receipts .


144


Park Commissioners, Report of


165


Special Police Officers, Report of .


163


School Committee, Annual Report of (Appendix) Selectmen, Report of


7 102


Electric Lighting, Expense of


101


Fire Department, Expense of


85


Highways, Townways and Bridges, Expense of


44


Hydrants and Drinking Fountains, Expense of


101


Interest and Discount


99


Memorial Day, Expense of


101


Military Aid 122


108


Police Department, Expense of .


92


Police Service at Lovell's Grove


96


Printing and Advertising


99


Protection of Fish and Game


96


Remittance and Abatement of Taxes


98


Schools, Support of .


20


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Bills Payable (Notes Approved)


Miscellaneous Expenses


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PAGE


Special Appropriations for Highways .


57


Snow, Removal of


72


State Highway, Bridge Street


80


State, County, National Bank and Corporation Tax State Aid .


118


Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures


132


Tufts Library, Expense of


98


Town Officers, Expense of .


126


Town House


97


Trial Balance


130


Town Treasurer's Report


15


Tufts Fund, Receipts and Payments of .


133


Tufts Library, 'Trustees' Report


233


Treasurer's Report


240


Town Clerk, Report of .


169


Births, Registry of


169


Deaths, Registry of .


181


Marriages, Registry of


174


Town Records for 1895


188


Water Commissioners, Report of Expenditures and Receipts


245


249


Engineer, Report of .


269


Statement


256


Superintendent, Report of .


262


Water Account, Town Treasurer's Report .


. 258


.


.


.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


The Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth submit herewith their annual report with a statement in detail of the expenditures under the various appropriations for the year ending December 31, 1895.


HIGHWAYS.


The town appropriated at the last annual meeting for the repair of highways $10,120.23. At the date of this report there has been expended $14,105.18, this amount being $3,984.95 in excess of the appropriation. This overdraft is due in a large measure to the heavy rains which came early in the fall when the roads were in a dry and loose condition and occasioned a great number of washouts, rendering it imperative to do a large amount of work to place the roads in a safe condition for travel. We should also state that an outlay of several hundred dollars was made in Ward Two by authority of the board in grading up the portion of Maple street adjacent to the new factory of Strong & Garfield, and in building a retaining wall at this point.


With our increasing mileage and the constant demand for better roads the appropriations for this department seem inadequate. This is manifest in the number of petitions which are sent in year by year calling for special appropriations for streets which have been neglected until to those living upon or using them there seems no other way of obtaining the necessary repairs. Nearly every one who has had to do with town affairs will acknowledge the evil of making special for what should be accomplished under the gen- eral appropriation. Would it not be better to make the amount for repairs adequate to all reasonable demands and thus obviate the necessity for this class of petitions ?


A tabulated statement will be found on page 70 of the special highway appropriations made at the last annual meeting, by which it will appear that the expenditures were in excess of the appro- priations to the amount of $1,068.58. It will also appear that this overdraft was occasioned largely by the work done on Front street. Two of the most expensive points in working the reloca- tion of this street, which had been passed as completed, were found to demand large ontlays this season by reason of the road not being worked to the line as laid out by the County Commis- sioners, the first of these being the deep fills northerly from the


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house of the late William Bowker, where, when the street railway track came to be laid (as was necessary) on the new location, it was found there would be absolutely no passable road,


The other point referred to was along the premises of Joseph H. Martell and William B. Tower. The Braintree and Weymouth Street Railway Company were obliged to work a portion of this widening and we were assured by the abutters that, unless the street was worked to the line, the County Commissioners would be called on to view it, and it seemed to us for the best interest of the town that the work should be done this season, especially as it could be done at a less outlay than at any future time.


Considerable blasting was necessary here, and the stones so ob- tained were utilized in building a retaining wall which was indis- pensable.


In addition to what the town has expended on this street, the Railway Company has been obliged to work portions of it which would probably have cost the town $600 to have worked.


The decree of the County Commissioners for the working of this street was dated Dec. 16, A. D. 1890, and two years were given for completing the work. There still remains unfinished a portion of the street which it will probably cost the town $1,500 to complete.


Of the other relocations and new streets or extensions of streets that have been accepted by the town, there remain to be con- structed portions of the following, viz : -


Bridge street, the street from Sea street to Bridge street, that from Pleasant street to Whitman's Pond, Chard street, King ave- nue, Torrey's Lane, and the extension of Phillips street.


At the last annual meeting the town declined to instruct the Selectmen to appoint a Superintendent of Streets holding no other town office, and voted to leave the matter in the hands of the Selectmen.


In compliance with chapter 423, section 25, of the Acts of 1893, the Selectmen, on March 27, 1895, appointed Nelson W. Gardner as Superintendent of Streets, with the understanding that each member of the board should assume the supervision of the work in his respective ward.


On the twenty-eighth day of August an accident, occasioned by a heavy fall of gravel, occurred in the pit of N. R. Ells, which resulted fatally to Patrick Sheehy, and by which Patrick Purcell received injuries from which he has not yet recovered.


Action is now pending upon petitions as follows : -


For relocation of Lake street from its junction with Shawnut street to the house of the late Owen Carr.


For laying out a new street from Middle street near the house


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of W. F. Cushing, to Broad street near the car-house of the Brain- tree and Weymouth Street Railway Company.


For widening a portion of way known as Wharf street and lay- ing out a new street from a point on said way near the power sta- tion of the Weymouth Light and Power Company to a point on Commercial street northerly from the railroad crossing near the East Weymouth station.


For the removal of snow the appropriation was $3,597.17, of which amount $1,662.60 has been expended, leaving a balance of $1,934.57.


STATE HIGHWAYS.


By a vote of the town, passed at a special meeting held October 20, 1894, the Selectmen were authorized to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of so much of Bridge street as should be made a state highway within one year from that date, and the Town Treasurer was empowered to borrow, for the purposes of its construction, sums not exceed- ing $6,000.


By authority of this vote the Selectmen, under date of August 15, 1895, signed a contract for the working of the portion. of Bridge street as a state highway beginning at Weymouth Back River and extending westerly twenty-two hundred feet, more or less.


The construction was placed under the charge of Nelson W. Gardner, Superintendent of Streets.


As it was thought that the road would be completed before the end of the year, it was not deemed necessary to borrow the money which the vote of the town authorized the treasurer to do. We had expected to begin work early in September, but it was about the first of October before the engineer was sent on by the com- missioners, and nothing could be done under the contract until his arrival. The winter weather setting in rendered it necessary to suspend work and we are unable to report the completion of the contract.


The amount expended has been $4,389.58, of which $2,473.24 has been audited and paid in to the Town Treasurer. Further amounts of $1,000 will be paid in at an early date, and consider- able unfinished work will remain unpaid for until spring.


Ann street, in the southwest part of the town, between Abing- ton and Holbrook, which was let out by the Commissioners to a contractor, is also left in an unfinished condition.


RAILROAD.


A hearing was granted on March 22, upon petition of the Ply- mouth County Railroad Company by its president, John F. Sim- mons, for a location of its tracks in Weymouth, and after a


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regularly advertised hearing, and npon due consideration, a loca- tion was granted from a point on the town line of Hingham to the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- pany at a point a short distance northerly from the railroad cross- ing on Commercial street, known as Reed's crossing.


STREET RAILWAYS.


Since the last annual report locations have been granted. after duly advertised hearings, to the Braintree and Weymouth Street Railway Company for the extension of their tracks over the high- ways and townways from Lincoln Square to Columbian Square and thence to Commercial Square, and on High street to the Hingham line; also over a portion of Commercial street and through Madison street to connect with the tracks of the Quincy and Boston Street Railway Company on Broad street, which loca- tions have been built upon and are now in operation.


A location was also granted to this company upon Washington street from its junction with Pleasant street to its junction with Middle street, thence through Middle street to Central Square, to be completed December 1, 1896.


A location has been granted to the Quincy and Boston Street Railway Company for an extension of its track on Commercial street from Commercial Square to the Hingham line, which will no doubt be built upon carly this season.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


The appropriation for this department, including the balance from last year, was $5,074 48. The amount expended has been $4,096.60; the amount received for fines has been $237.43, thus making a net cost to the town of $3,>59.17, and leaving a balance of $1,215.31.


The work of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors was again placed in the hands of Geo. B. Bailey and Arthur H. Pratt. While there are a few places in town where liquor is prob- ably sold, we believe the officers have been faithful in the dis- charge of their duty. The business has been conducted in so cau- tious a manner that it has been very difficult to find any liqnor on the premises or to secure convictions, and the amount of fines im- posed has been much less than last year.


The report of the officers will be found on page 163.


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


The appropriation for this department, including the balance from 1894, was $5,802.29, of which there has been expended $5,015.14, leaving a balance of $787.15.


The engineer's report will be found on page 160.


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ELECTRIC LIGHTING.


The appropriation for this department, including the balance from 1894, was $7,820.65, of which there has been expended $5,958.45, leaving a balance of $1,862.20. Complaints have been frequent during the year that the service rendered to the town was not satisfactory. The report of the electric lighting committee will be found on page 167.


MISCELLANEOUS.


The appropriation for this department, including the balance from 1894, was $4,836.87, of which there has been expended $3,574.35, leaving a balance of $1,262.48.


TOWN DEBT.


One note of $4,000 has been paid during the year from money raised by taxation. The amount of notes now outstanding against the town, not including one of $10,000, for money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, is $72,500, of which $5,500 will become due March 7, 1896, and for the payment of which provision will have to be made.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


As appeared in the report of last year, Martin E. Hawes was appointed to collect the uncollected taxes of 1893, after the office was declared vacant by the removal from town of the incumbent of the office for that year.


When he assumed the position the commitment books showed $5,410.39 as uncollected. As this goes to press the following is the condition of this commitment :


Satisfactory evidence has been presented to Mr. Hawes of the payment to his predecessor of $2,701.31, which had not been ac- counted for to the treasurer or entered upon the books, and the interest upon this amount, viz : $151.04, making $2,852.35.


Of the remainder of the tax, $2,709.08, there has been collected $1,805.92, abated by the assessors $815.41, and there remains uncollected $87.75.


The above-mentioned amount, $2,852.35, has been reported to the sureties on the bond of the former collector as their liability under the bond, and of this amount there has been paid to the treasurer of the town by Adrianus Denbroeder, one of said sure- ties, the sum of $2,000, leaving $852.35 as the amount for which the bondsmen are still held liable.


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SUITS AT LAW.


Of the three suits pending at the beginning of this year, the case of Henry C. Gardner v. Weymouth was tried the second time at the January sitting of the Superior Court, and resulted in a verdict for the Town upon a ruling of the Court that no suffi- cient notice of the time, place and cause of injury had been given by the plaintiff, to which ruling the plaintiff excepted ; but his exceptions have not been allowed and entered in the Supreme Court.


The case of David J. Pierce, administrator, v. Weymouth has not been tried, and is still pending.


The case of Weymouth v. Denbroeder was discontinued without entry at the request of counsel for sureties on bond, upon the pay- ment of two thousand dollars to the Treasurer.


Six suits against this Town have been entered in the Superior Court during the year 1895. Those of John Coyle and of Charles P. Irwin were for injuries alleged to have resulted from defects in highways, and the Braintree & Weymouth Street Railway Co. assumed the defense of these actions. The latter of these has been settled and the former is pending.


The case of Holbrook & Bicknell . Weymouth, being an appeal from an award for land damage in laying a new street from Sea street to Bridge street, was settled without trial.


The suit of James L. Bates v. Weymouth, being an appeal from the award made for land on Great Hill taken by the Park Commissioners for a park ; the suit of Arthur Campbell . Wey- mouth, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by a defect in Chard street; and the suit of Margaret Sheehy, administratrix, v. Weymouth, to recover damages for fatal injuries to Patrick Sheehy, caused by the fall of the gravel bank owned by Nathaniel R. Ells, were pending at the end of the year.


GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, NELSON. W. GARDNER, C. E. BICKNELL, GEORGE L. NEWTON, Selectmen of Weymouth.


AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR YEAR 1895.


We, the undersigned Auditors of the town of Weymouth, hereby certify that we have verified the Town Treasurer's ac- counts and find vouchers filed in proper order and the books well kept.


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1895


$11,997 14


Receipts from all sources except water account 207,608 26


$219,605 40


Payments for year 1895 except water account 211,311 74


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1896


.


$8,293 66


Deposit in First National Bank . $4,276 49


Deposit in Union National Bank . 4,017 17


$8,293 66


ASSETS OF THE TOWN.


Balance as above $8,293 66


TAXES DUE JANUARY 1, 1896.


From J. B. Denbroeder (1893) (Collected by him). 875 43


From M. E. Hawes (1893) .


1,313 47


From Geo. C. Torrey (1894)


4,145 83


From Geo. C. Torrey (1895)


20,689 06


$35,317 45


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WATER BOARD ACCOUNT.


Balance on hand Jan 1, 1895


$2,706 64


Total receipts for 1895


55,839 85


$58,546 49


Total payments for 1895


55,744 33


Balance on hand Jan 1, 1896


$2,802 16


Deposited in First National Bank . $2,492 16


Deposited in Nat'l Bank of the Republic 400


$2,802 16


SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.


$53,000. Town of Weymouth Bonds, 4 %


$53,000 00


6,000. Fitchburg Railroad Bonds, 4%


5,910 00


3,700. Souix City, Iowa, Bonds, 6 % .


3,700 00


1,000. Town of Whitman Bonds, 4 %


1,000 00


Loans on Real Estate, . .


10,700 00


Deposit in Franklin Savings Bank 635 49


Deposit in Dedham Savings Bank


1,009 12


Deposit in Weymouth Savings Bank


1,028 69


Deposit in So. Weymouth Savings Bank


1,023 30


Deposit in E. Weymouth Savings Bank


1,000


Deposit in First National Bank


279 19


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$79,285 79


JOHN W. BATES, GEO. E. REED,


Auditors.


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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING Dec. 31, 1895.


RECEIPTS.


Received for notes given in anticipation of taxes as


follows :


March 23, note discounted at 4% $1 premium 6 m. 22 d.


$10,000 00


April 26, note discounted at 3.49%, 5 m. 22 d. May 22, note discounted at 3.49%, 4 m. 22 d. July 12, note discounted, at 23%, $2 premium, 3m. 2 d. .


15.000 00


15,000 00


Dec. 24, note discounted at 6%, 3 m. 4 d. Received for premium on note March 23 .


1 00


From State Treasurer, Corporation tax 1894


1,777 65


From State Treasurer, Corporation tax 1895


3,603 57


From State Treasurer, National Bank tax


1,368 04


From State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 301


6,290 50


From State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 279


640 73


From State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 62 70 00


From State Treasurer, Highway Loan Fund


2,473 24


From County Treasurer, dog license money


1,178 23


From County Treasurer, poor account


8 00


From M. E. Hawes, Coll. taxes 1893


3,372 53


From George C. Torrey, Coll. taxes 1894


16,827 98


From George C. Torrey, Coll. taxes 1895


101,844 39


From E. Norfolk District Court, fees and fines 212 13


From A. B. Endicott, Sheriff, fines at Dedham 25 00 From First National Bank, interest on deposits 113 38


From Union National Bank, interest on deposits 28 11


15,000 00


10,000 00


From State Treasurer, support State paupers .


75 09


16


From Boston, poor account, .


18 00


From Cohasset, poor account 12 00


From Hanson, poor account .


5 62


From Hingham, poor account


15 33


From Lynn, poor account .


40 00


From Marshfield, poor account


72 00


From Norwell, poor account .


12 00


From Rockland, poor account


27 00


From Stoughton, poor account


63 00


From Taunton, poor account


90 00


From Wareham, poor account


60 50


From Woburn, poor account


9 78


From individuals, aid refunded


155 69


From Selectmen, board, Josiah Thayer at Alms- house to May 95 35 00


From individuals, hospital bills refunded 1,649 10


From Hingham, tuition .


102 50


From Chas. G. Babcock, tuition


.


30 00


From John Leary, tuition


30 00


From Mrs. F. A. White, 2 years' interest on mortgage .


18 00


From B. J. Weeks, police service, Lovell's Grove


150 00


From Rockland and Abington Street R. R. Co., repairs, bridge, Union Street 9 82


From Gordon Willis, loam, Towers Avenue 40 25


From N. W. Gardner, error in Sanborn bill Ward 2


20 80


From J. D. Fallar, license merry-go-round


6 00


From H. H. Joy, auctioneer's license


2 00


From J. R. Orcutt, auctioneer's license


.


2 00


From C. H. Burrell, billiard license


.


2 00


From John Gagion, billiard license


2 00


From James C. Healey, billiard license .


2 00


From John Moshenchka, billiard license


2 00


From A. F. Clapp, pool license,


2 00


. From J. C. Gilligan, pool license 2 00


From Norman A. McDonald, pool license


2 00


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From Weymouth Club, pool license 2 00


From Ford & McCormick, undertaker's license 2 00


From George Mansfield, undertaker's license .


2 00


C. L. Rice & Co., undertaker's license .


2 00


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Total receipts for the year


$207,608 26 .


Cash on hand January 1, 1895 11,997 14 ·


$219,605 40


DISBURSEMENTS.


Paid in January on 168 selectmen's orders $ 7,818 82


February on 156 selectmen's orders 9,656 34


March on 163 selectmen's orders April on 183 selectmen's orders


8,093 32


May on 214 selectmen's orders


15,848 80


June on 163 selectmen's orders July on 193 selectmen's orders


10,005 86


10,205 22


August on 102 selectmen's orders


7,326 53


September on 96 selectmen's orders


6,204 14


October on 255 selectmen's orders


79,835 39


November on 213 selectmen's orders


13,962 63


December on 212 selectmen's orders


25,500 64


Total payments on 2,118 selectmen's orders


. $211,311 74


Deposited in First National Bank, . $4,276 49


Deposited in Union National Bank, . 4,017 17


Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1895 8,293 66


$219,605 40


16,854 05


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ASSETS OF THE TOWN, DEC. 31, 1895.


Cash balance in Treasurer's hands · $ 8,293 66


Duc from Martin Hawes, collector, taxes, 1893 2,188 90


George C. Torrey, collector, taxes, 1894


4,145 83


George C. Torrey, collector, taxes, 1895


20,689 06


County Treasurer, dog license money


1,049 22


State Treasurer, State aid, Chap. 301


6,157 00


State Treasurer, military aid, Chap. 279 .


500 07


State Treasurer, Corporation tax, 1895


2,203 00


State Treasurer, State Highway Loan fund


1,064 23


State Treasurer, poor account .


45 81


Abington, poor account .


64 56


Boston, poor account


93 98


Cohasset, poor account


56 25


Hingham, poor account


34 34


Marshfield, poor account


102 00


Rockland, poor account


129 00


Scituate, poor account


13 50


Stoughton, poor account


39 00


Taunton, poor account


30 00


Wareham, poor account


47 00


Woburn, poor account


9 78


Individuals to refund hospital bills .


746 67


A. B. Endicott, fine at Dedham


5 00


G. P. and J. W. Hardwick, tax deeds


184 65


Frank M. Shaw, tax deed


12 78


Heirs of Isaac Shaw, tax deed


12 78


Heirs of Elizabeth Whittemore, tax deed .


26 13


Mrs. James B. Pratt


538 06


Mrs. F. A. White, mortgage .


150 00


Total


$48,632 26


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LIABILITIES.


Note, Town debt, due March 7, 1896, interest 4% , $5,500 00 Town debt, due March 12, 1898, interest 4%, 5,500 00 Town debt, due March 10, 1899, interest 4%, 5,500 00


Jefferson School house, due May 1, 1899, in- terest 4% 12,000 00 Washington School house, due Jan. 1, 1900, interest 31% . 15,000 00 ·


Town debt, due May 9, 1900, interest 32%, 14,000 00


Library building, due Dec. 30, 1901, interest 4 % 10,000 00


Library building, due Jan. 15, 1902, interest 4% 5,000 00


Anticipation of Taxes, due March 28, 1896, disc. 6%


10,000 00


$82,500 00


Orders drawn by Selectmen unpaid . $8,178 01


Amount due appropriations . · . 20,956 61


$29,134 62




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