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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
1899
PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
W. C. Ref
Added
May 8, 1939
Class No.
352
1899
Author
Weymouth, Mass
Title
Town report
kept in care
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THE TUFTS LIBRARY 3 1648 00240 7236
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
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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 Report of the Treasurer of the Tufts Library, Assessors' Report.
THE REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
THE STATISTICS OF 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 Dec. 31, 1899.
WEYMOUTH, MASS. : WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1900.
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352 1899
MAY 8 1939
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1899=1900
Town Clerk. JOHN A. RAYMOND. P. O. address, East Weymouth.
Town Treasurer. JOHN H. STETSON. P. O. address, South Weymouth. Selectmen. GORDON WILLIS, Chairman. BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk. P. O. address, Porter. CHARLES E. BICKNELL. GEORGE L. NEWTON. NELSON W. GARDNER.
Overseers of the Poor. GORDON WILLIS, Chairman. BRADFORD HAWES, Clerk. P. O. address, Porter.
C. E. BICKNELL. GEORGE L. NEWTON. NELSON W. GARDNER.
Assessors. WILMOT CLEVERLY, Chairman.
JOHN W. BATES, Clerk. P. O. address, East Weymouth.
FRANCIS H. COWING. GILMAN B. LOUD. GEORGE C. TORREY. Collector of Taxes.
WILLARD J. DUNBAR. P. O. address, East Weymouth.
Auditors.
WALTER L. BATES. HENRY A. NASH, JR.
G. EVERETT REED.
Engineers of the Fire Department. EDWARD FAHEY, Chief. W. O. COLLYER, Clerk. P. O. address, North Weymouth. J. RUPERT WALSH. WILLIAM H. HOCKING. OTIS CUSHING.
School Committee.
WILLIAM A. DRAKE Term expires 1900
BRADFORD HAWES .
6.
1900
GEORGE C. TORREY
. .
1901
H. FRANKLIN PERRY
66 1901
JOSEPH CHASE, JR. .
..
6. 1902
EDWARD B. NEVIN .
66 1902
Park Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. CLAPP
Term expires 1900
LEVI B. CURTIS
.
66
66 1902
Trustees of Tufts Library.
JOHN B. HOLLAND .
Term expires 1900
LOUIS A. COOK Y
·
66
66 1900
EDMUND G. BATES . .
66
66 1901
FRANK H. MASON
66
66 1901
CHARLES P. HUNT'
66
66
1901
JAMES HUMPHREY .
66
1902
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS
66
66
1902
PRESTON PRATT!
.
Registrars of Voters.
BENJAMIN F. SMITH
Term expires 1900
DAVID S. MURRAY . .
·
66
66 1901
CHARLES A. CARPENTER
66
1902
Water Commissioners.
HENRY A. NASH
Term expires 1900
THOMAS H. HUMPHREY
1901
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS
66 1902
GORDON WILLIS, Chairman of Select- men (ex-officio). JOHN H. STETSON, Town Treasurer (ex-officio).
Constables.
ISAAC H. WALKER.
JAMES T. PEASE.
B. FRANK RICHARDS.
GEORGE B. BAILEY.
ASA B. PRATT.
GEORGE F. MAYNARD.
NATHANIEL B. PEARE. MICHAEL ALLEN.
THOMAS FITZGERALD. GEORGE W. CONANT.
66
66
1902
66
66 1900
JOHN B. RHINES
.
66 1901
LOUIS A. COOK
INDEX.
PAGE
Auditors' Report .
· 15
Assessors' Report -
181
Fire Department, Engineer's Report
183
Jury List 152
157
Alınshouse, Expense of .
161
Assistance to Poor Out of Almshouse
171
Inventory of Property of Almshouse .
164
Inmates in Almshouse
169
Receipts .
166
Park Commissioners, Report of
263
Report of Special Officers
186
School Committee, Annual Report of ( Appendix) .
1
Selectmen, Report of .
7
Bills Payable (Notes Approved)
129
Election Expenses
105
Electric Lighting, Expense of
128
Fire Department, Expense of ·
111
Highways, Townways and Bridges, Expense of ·
47
1
Hydrants and Drinking Fountains, Expense of
128
Interest and Discount
127
Memorial Day, Expense of
129
Military Aid
136
Miscellaneous Expenses .
99
Police Department, Expense of .
12
Printing and Advertising
126
Public Parks
.
124
Reading Room, Fogg Library, Expense of . .
. 125
.
.
Overseers of the Poor, Report of .
Remittance and Abatement of Taxes .
PAGE. 126
Schools, Support of .
24
Snow, Removal of
63
Soldier's Relief
137
State, County, National Bank and Corporation Tax 128
State Aid . 131
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures . . 147-148 .
Tufts Library, Expense of
125
Town Officers, Expense of
140
Town House
125
Trial Balance ·
145
Town Treasurer's Report
17
Tufts Fund, Receipts and Payments of .
149
Tufts Library, Trustees' Report
189
Treasurer's Report
202
Town Clerk, Report of
207
Births, Registry of 207
Deaths, Registry of
217
Marriages, Registry of
211
Town Records for 1899
229
Water Commissioners, Report of
267
Expenditures and Receipts
271
Engineer, Report of .
297
Sinking Fund Account
287
Statement
283
Superintendent, Report of
290
Water Account, Town Treasurer's Report
.
285
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen of Weymouth submit herewith their annual report, with a detailed statement of the expenditures under the various appropriations, for the year ending December 31, 1899.
HIGHWAYS.
Nelson W. Gardner was appointed Superintendent of Streets and entered upon the duties of the office April 1.
At the request of the superintendent the several members of the board assumed the immediate supervision of the highway repairs in their respective wards. .
Much which might have been done to good advantage had the appropriation warranted, remains undone, but considering the moderate amount devoted to them our streets are as a whole in good condition, and compare favorably with those of surrounding towns. Having required the South Shore and Boston Street Railway Company to relay their track from Lincoln, to Washing- ton Square, it became necessary on the part of the town to regrade nearly the whole length of the hill, in order to secure satisfactory drainage. This piece of road together with the part of Commer- cial street between Washington Square and the railroad station at Weymouth, and also the portion of Broad street between Wey- mouth Center and Jackson Square require constant attention and frequent outlay, and will never be satisfactory until they are mac- adamized, and we think that it is advisable to make a beginning upon them during the coming year, which if done, will of course require a especial appropriation.
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We expected with the aid of the street railway excise tax, which the law of 1898 requires to be expended upon the highways, to have closed the year's accounts with little if any, expenditures in excess of the appropriation, but as that tax did not bring in as much money as we anticipated, the accomplishment of the work deemed necessary has occasioned an expenditure of $805.93 in excess.
The Highway Commissioners were in town last spring and . expressed surprise that, with the amount expended upon them, the roads of the town could be kept in as good condition as they are, and remarked that if our one hundred miles of roads were all macadamized, the appropriation of $10,000, would no more than keep them in repair.
Of the new streets and extension of streets which have been accepted by the town, there remain to be constructed the whole or portions of the following: Phillips street, Bayview street, Granite street, King avenue, and Center street.
We also call attention to a re-location of a portion of Pleasant street which was made by the County Commissioners in 1872, but never worked ; as the East Weymouth Cemetery Association have been to large expense in improving the front of their property on this street and propose to ask for an appropriation, to have the town work the relocation along that section of the street.
The only special appropriation which we have to report is that for the relaying of the retaining wall on Bridge street, destroyed by the tides in the storm of November 1898.
This work has been accomplished in a substantial manner at a cost of $477.82.
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
In our supplementary report at the last annual meeting we showed an unprecedented expenditure in this department by reason of the very unusual storms of the last winter. The defi- ciency thus occasioned was provided for by the town, a balance of but $868.86, however, remaining for the remainder of the year.
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Of the amount expended $1,154.01 was occasioned by our being obliged, after the street railway tracks were cleared by the com- panies, to remove large amounts of snow from some of the streets, especially Broad street from Weymouth Center to Jackson Square, and Academy Hill on Washington street, in order to ren- der these ways passable for general travel. Bills to the amount of $569.17 were rendered to the Braintree and Weymouth Com- pany, and $584.84 to the Quincy and Boston Company ; both companies decline to pay the bills, claiming that they are released from any obligation to do so by the provisions of the street rail- way act of 1898.
Similar cases occurred in several municipalities in the State, some of which, the railroads paid, some were compromised and some are still unsettled. In a parallel case to ours occurring in West Springfield, resort was had to the courts, and a decision is now pending in the Supreme Court. Should this case be decided in favor of the town, and the street railway companies in this town still refuse to pay, we recommend that the selectmen be authorized to enter a snit for the recovery of the amounts so expended.
STATE HIGHWAYS.
The Commissioners after looking over Washington and Main streets, were unwilling at this time to acquire either of them as a State highway, and consequently no money has been expended.
STREET RAILWAYS.
The Selectmen reported a year ago, two petitions as pending, one from the Braintree and Weymouth Company, and one from the Quincy and Boston Company. Both of these were granted in
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their essential features, but neither have been built upon. The Braintree and Weymouth road was sold to another company with which it is now consolidated, under the name of the South Shore and Boston Street Railway Company, and the consolidated com- pany has no use for the location asked for. It appears also that the Quincy and Boston company has no further interest in the Washington street location, and we consider there is no proba- bility of its being built upon. It would be a wise provision, if further locations are granted to street railway companies, to require the deposit of a substantial bond as a guarantee of good faith ; the same to be forfeited if the company receiving the loca- tion fails to build thereon.
POLICE.
The police work has been practically upon the same basis as for 1898. Three patrols were employed for night service, one in Ward 2, one in Ward 3, and one in Ward 5. There has been considerable demand for police service which we have been unable to supply, with the appropriation at our control.
Officers Butler and Fitzgerald, were again appointed as special officers for the suppression of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, and in addition to this have done much other work. They have been detailed a part of the time on night patrol duty at Wey- mouth Center, North Weymouth and at the wharves on Fore River. A detailed report from them appears on page 186.
MISCELLANEOUS.
By reason of expenses incurred in the suit of Thomas Hum- phrey and two others vs. Weymouth, which involved the expendi- ture of several hundred dollars, this appropriation is overdrawn, and will probably require $500.00 additional to carry it to the first of April.
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TOWN HOUSE.
The report of last year stated the probability that a line of street cars would pass the Town House, and recommended that the house be put in repair and the vault enlarged. We now see no probability that the proposed railway will be realized, and rec- ommend that an office be furnished for the transaction of the town business at some central location on the line of railway, and that a committee of five be appointed to act in connection with the Selectmen of 1900 in this matter, under such instructions as the the town may see fit to give.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The same number of street lights are in operation as were re- ported last year, viz., 277 incandescent and 33 arc lights, for which we have continued to pay $17.00 and $70.00 respectively. The quality of the lights, as a whole, has materially improved, but an unwarrantably large number have been out at times. The appropriation was sufficient for but eleven months service, and will be practically exhausted by March 1.
BILLS PAYABLE.
There has been paid, not including one note of $20,000.00 for money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, two notes as follows : One of $5,500.00 and one of $12,000.00, which were provided for by issuing three notes, one of $5,500.00, payable May 1, 1903, one of $6,000.00, payable May 1, 1904, and one of $6,000.00, payable May 1, 1905. One note of $15,000.00 be- comes due January 1, 1900, which is provided for by the authority
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of the town to issue two notes of $7,500.00 each, payable Janu- ary 1, 1906 and 1907 respectively.
The amount of notes and bonds outstanding against the town, not including $40,000.00 for money borrowed in anticipation of taxes is $111,500.00.
It will be necessary to provide for one note of $14,000.00, which becomes due May 9, 1900.
TOWN SEAL.
The Legislature of 1899 (see Acts of Chap. 256, Sec. 2) pro- vided that all towns not having a seal shall establish one within one year from April 10, 1899, the same to be in the custody of the town clerk. The enforcement of this act has been placed in the hands of the Commissioner of Public Records, and that offi- cial strongly recommends that towns whose seals bear no device, adopt one with a device, as being.less easily counterfeited. The de- sign presented on the cover of this book is one which we have had prepared, and present it for the action of the town. We are in- debted for the general plan to our townsman, John J. Loud, who has given the matter much thought, and the following is his inter- pretation of the devices :-
Open bible, emblem of enlightened civilization. Sword and knife, emblematic of the encounter of Standish and the Indian chief, Pecksuot (see address of Charles Francis Adams, 250th anniversary of settlement of Weymouth). Bow and arrows, Indian barbarism. Spade and axe, civilization. Sailing vessel, heavily laden, commerce of seaport town. Stars and stripes, emblem of patriotism and guaranty of whole. Motto : To labor is to conquer.
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GUIDE BOARDS.
Some outlay will be needed to renew guide-boards which are required by law to be maintained.
SUITS AT LAW.
The case of Henry C. Gardner vs. the Inhabitants of Weymouth remains as at the last annual report.
The case of Thomas H. Humphrey and two others vs. the Town of Weymouth, to recover damages for injury to their property by the overflow of water, was settled out of court by advice of counsel.
This course was adopted as being less expensive than to have tried the case. The damage sustained by the plaintiff was alleged to have been caused by the obstruction of the bridge hole at Humphrey's Meadow whereby water flowed back into the tannery of plaintiff during the unusual freshets of last year.
Considerable obstruction did exist, and this was contributed to by the water main, which when it was laid was left twelve inches above the bottom of the bridge-hole, thus affording a lodgment for sediment from the meadow, and dirt which washed in from a dam, constructed on the upper side of the bridge some years ago, with the knowledge and consent of the proprietors of the tannery, for the purpose of holding back the water at a time when the pond was low.
We think it advisable that the water main be lowered to the level of the bottom of the bridge hole.
A suit has been entered by M. C. Dizer and two others to recover certain taxes which were paid by them under protest.
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Detailed statements of the several appropriations with the expen- ditures thereunder, will be found in their appropriate places.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, C. E. BICKNELL, GEORGE L. NEWTON. NELSON W. GARDNER,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
AUDITORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1899.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Weymouth, hereby certify that we have verified the Town Treasurer's accounts and find vouchers filed in proper order and the books well kept. Receipts from all sources except water
account .
$311,179 52
Payments for the year except water
account
$289,333 88 .
Overdraft January, 1899 .
15,002 02
304,335 90
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1900 .
$6,843 62
Deposit in First National Bank $4,755 47
Deposit in Union National Bank 2,088 15
$6,843 62
We further certify that we have examined the books of the Tax Collector, beginning with the year 1896, and report as follows : Tax books of 1896 closed, final deposit made in December, 1898.
Due from Willard J. Dunbar, 1897 $21 78
Due from Willard J. Dunbar, 1898 11,289 32
Due from Willard J. Dunbar, 1899 35,145 83
$46,456 93
Interest due on uncollected taxes to Jan 1, 1900
1,310 66
$47,767 59
WATER BOARD ACCOUNT.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1899
$809 78
Total receipts for the year ·
37,170 95
$37,980 73
Total payments for the year .
37,553 35
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1900 · . $427 38
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Deposit in First National Bank $87 38
Deposit National Bank of Republic . 340 00
$427 38
SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.
69,000 'Town of Weymouth 4% Bonds . . $69,000 00
6,000 Fitchburg Railroad 4% Bonds 5,910 00
1,000 Town of Whitman 4% Bonds 1,000 00
Mortgages .
44,050 00
Deposit in Dedham Savings Bank . 1,182 28 .
66 " South Weymouth Savings Bank 1,007 50
" Weymouth Savings Bank 1,010 00 .
66 " Quincy Savings Bank . 1,020 00
66 " Abington Savings Bank · 1,020 00
" East Weymouth Savings Bank 1,020 00
66 " First National Bank, South Weymouth . 2,689 60
$128,909 38
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING SINKING FUND.
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank $1,015 00
" Weymouth Savings Bank 1,020 00
" " First National Bank, South Weymouth . 4,108 67
Mortgages .
2,000 00
$8,143 67
BEALS PARK FUND.
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank $1,077 11
" First National Bank, South Weymouth . 14 89
$1,092 00
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER L. BATES, HENRY A. NASH, JR., GEORGE E. REED,
Auditors.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1899.
RECEIPTS.
Received for notes given in anticipation of taxes, discounted as follows :-
March 13, notes due October 16, at 3.04% $75,000 00
May 19, note due October 16, at 3.03% 15,000 00
July 15, note due March 15, 1900, at 3.20% . 10,000 00 Oct. 14, note due March 20, 1900, at 4.40% . 20,000 00
Nov. 24, note due March 15, 1900, at 4.15% 10,000 00
May 1, note due May 1, 1903, interest at 33% 5,500 00
May 1, note due May 1, 1904, interest at 33% 6,000 00 May 1, note due May 1, 1905, interest at 33% 6,000 00
Premium on note due May 1, 1903, at 1.044% 57 42
Premium on note due May 1, 1904, at 1.286%
77 16
Premium on note due May 1, 1905, at 1.52% 91 20
Accrued interest on above named notes . 3 40
From Geo C. Torrey, collector, tax account 1895 6 10
From W. J. Dunbar, collector, tax account, 1896 ·
31 73
From W. J. Dunbar, collector, tax account 1897 ·
9,901 45
From W. J. Dunbar, collector, tax account 1898 21,997 35
From W. J. Dunbar, collector, tax account 1899
106,935 52
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Received From State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1898
$2,327 73
From State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1899 2,671 55
From State Treasurer, national bank tax 1,110 33
From State Treasurer, street railway tax, 1898
3,114 41 -
From State Treasurer, street railway tax, 1899 From State Treasurer, State highways, repairs
3,189 71
213 80
From State Treasurer, military aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1894 183 00
From State Treasurer, State aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1894
6,836 00
From State Treasurer, State aid, Chap. 561, Acts 1898 168 00
From State Treasurer, aid to State paupers ·
126 61
From State Treasurer, burial indigent soldiers
70 00
From County Treasurer, dog license money ·
1,041 13
From Selectmen, for aid refunded
81 01
From individuals, for hospital bills refunded
860 44
From Berlin, poor account 8 00
From Boston, poor account
106 82
From Braintree, poor account
259 83
From Canton, poor account
8 00
From Hingham, poor account
48 27
From Marblehead, poor account
38 69
From Marshfield, poor account
92 00
From Middleborough, poor account
78 00
From Norwell, poor account .
196 96
From Quincy, poor account
4 50
From Randolph, poor account
48 00
From Rockland, poor account
299 75
From Scituate, poor account .
156 00
From Stoughton, poor account
52 00
From Whitman, poor account
26 97
From E. P. Worster, account Ann Worster, 1898
.
65 00
From First National Bank, interest .
89 51
From Union National Bank, interest ·
23 80
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Received From East Norfolk District Court, fees and fines
$15 60
From A. B. Endicott, sheriff, fines at Dedham, 15 00
From S. H. Capen, sheriff, fines at Dedham . 40 00 From Urbane Pleasure Club. police service at Lovells Grove 12 00
From JJ. H. Van Auken, police service at Lovells Grove . 300 00
From James Van Tassell, Finanda White estate 190 85
From JJ. A. Roarty, sidewalk account 59 00
From Braintree & Weymouth Street Railway Co., removal of snow 25 05
From Braintree & Weymouth Street Railway Co., use of steam roller 138 00
From Rockland & Abington Street Railway Co., removal of snow 38 15
From N. W. Gardner, witness fees.in Hum- phrey suit refunded 68 20
From George C. Torrey, rebate on insurance premium High School Building 63 00
From W. T. Shaw, loam
5 00
From Gordon Willis, loam
2 25
From A. W. Brownell, error in bill paid
1 00
From Walker-Stetson Co., discount on bill for ribbons 1 27
From M. E. Hawes, auctioneer's license 2 00
From F. L. King, undertaker's license 2 00
From Barnes, slaughtering license 1 00
From John Haley, slaughtering license 00
From A. B. Raymond, slaughtering license 1 00
From James M. White, slaughtering license
1 00
Total receipts
$311,179 52
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1899
436 86
$311,616 38
Overdraft in First Nat'l Bank JJan. 1. 1899 . 15,438 88
$296,177 50
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid in January on 199 Selectmen's orders $10,925 46
February on 82 Selectmen's orders . 2,916 42
March on 368 Selectmen's orders 52,623 73
April on 153 Selectmen's orders
11,812 82
May on 221 Selectmen's orders
27,000 30
June on 221 Selectmen's orders
12,211 11
July on 126 Selectmen's orders
8,252 38
August on 121 Selectmen's orders .
7,219 60
September on 114 Selectmen's orders
7,868 53
October on 219 Selectmen's orders .
106,323 34
November on 228 Selectmen's orders
16,726 48
December on 229 Selectmen's orders
25,453 71
Total payments on 2,281 Selectmen's orders . $289,333 88
Deposited in First National Bank $4,755 47
Deposited in Union National Bank 2,088 15
Total cash balance .
6,843 62
.
$296,177 50
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ASSETS DECEMBER 31, 1899. .
Cash balance in Treasurer's hands $6,843 62
Due from W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1897 39 81
From W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1898 11,016 34
From W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1899
35,036 08
From County Treasurer, dog license money
1,052 23
From State Treasurer, State Aid Chap. 374, 1899
7,292 00
From State Treasurer, State Aid Chap. 372, 1899 389 00
From State Treasurer, burial of soldiers ·
105 00
From State Treasurer, aid State poor ·
448 04
From State Treasurer, corporation tax £
·
2,330 71
From individuals, to refund hospital bills
1,065 29
From Middleborough, soldiers relief 96 00
From Rockland, soldiers relief
71 88
From Abington, poor account
22 00
From Braintree, poor account
450 15
From Boston, poor account
308 12
From Burlington, poor account
226 99
From Hingham, poor account
33 75
From Lynn, poor account
31 34
From Marshfield. poor account
42 00
From Norwell, poor account .
147 69
From Rockland, poor account
117 00
From Scituate, poor account
156 00
From Stoughton, poor account .
52 00
From S. H. Capen, sheriff fines at Dedham
5 00
From S. S. & B. Street Ry. Co. use of steam roller 37 50
From F. M. Shaw estate tax deed .
.
12 78
From Isaac Shaw estate tax deed . .
12 78
From Mrs. James B. Pratt place .
538 06
Total . 867,979 16
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LIABILITIES.
Bonds, High School building, 4s, due July 1, 1907 $50,000 00 Note, Washington School house, due January 1, 1900, 33% 15,000 00
Town debt, due May 9, 1900, 32%
14,000 00
Public Library building, due December 30, 1901, 4% . 10,000 00
Public Library building, due January 15, 1902, 4% . 5,000.00
Town debt, due May 1, 1903, 33% 5,500 00
Jefferson School house, due May 1, 1904, 33%
6,000 00
Jefferson School house, due May 1, 1905, 33%
6,000 00
Anticipation of taxes, due March 15, 1900 20,000 00
Anticipation of taxes, due March 20, 1900
20,000 00
Total
$151,500 00
Selectmen's orders unpaid
$6,668 96 .
Amount due appropriations 22,012 62
28,681 58
Total
$180,181 58
Town debt, January 1, 1899
. $119,605 33
Town debt, December 31, 1899 112,202 42
Decrease for the year
$7,402 91
.
.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Received from Sinking Fund Trustees . $4,000 00
Received interest on mortgage loan 100 00
Received interest on Savings Bank deposits 35 00
Total
$4,135 00
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INVESTMENTS AND INTEREST.
Loaned on real estate mortgage . $2,000 00
Deposited in Weymouth Savings Bank . 1,020 00
South Weymouth Savings Bank . 1,015 00
First National Bank, South Weymouth 4,108 67
Total
$8,143 67
ELIAS S. BEALS PARK FUND.
Deposited in South Weymouth Savings Bank $1,077 11
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