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National Coal Tar Co., 5 gallons creosote
1 50
$163 06
EXPENSE FOR LABOR.
George W. Fairbank
$549 75
B. M. Bailey
381 26
H. P. Curtis
288 50
G. L. Loker
75 00
W. L. Bishop
34 50
W. Lawrence
41 50
$1,370 51
Total expenditure
$1,533 57
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. FAIRBANK, Local Superintendent.
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1 60
Treasurer's Report.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
1906.
March 1. Balance on hand, cash
$4,147 56
31. Interest on bank deposit 4 00
April 3. Jose, Parker & Co., note discounted
5,000 00
3. Jose, Parker & Co., note discounted 5,000 00
3. Court fines .
45
6. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903 ·
96 82
6. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904 201 67
298 75
20. Estate Edward L. Moore
300 00
May
1. Interest on bank deposit
2 08
1. Champigni & Sullivan, license
1,800 00
1. Jose, Parker & Co., note discounted
5,000 00
5. £ F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903
121 57
5. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
87 46
5. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
121 36
5. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
183 20
9. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners
153 68
31. Jose, Parker & Co., note discounted
5,000 00
31. Interest on bank deposit
1 10
2. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905 .
277 08
2. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
300 11
2. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903
118 61
9. City of Boston, schools
36 00
8. W. S. Draper, Chairman Cemetery Com- missioners . 300 00
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June
6. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
Town of Wayland.
June
8. Jackson Fund
$100 00
8. D. B. Heard Fund
100 00
8. W. S. Draper Fund
100 00
11. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners
$76 98
7. Home Savings Bank, note discounted
5,000 00
30. Interest on bank deposit
3 29
July
2. O. P. Lacroix, rent, January 1 to April 1, 1906
19 50
2. Court Fines .
5 92
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1902 .
58 32
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903 . .
151 31
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904 . 158 50
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905 . 144 78
3 29
Aug.
7. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners 556 00
9. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1900 . 60 86 .
9. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1901 . 114 56
9. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904 .
321 43
9. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905 .
68 75
18. State Treasurer, schools
37 67
18. Inspection of animals ·
75 00
22. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
290 25
22. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905 428 68
1 10
5. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners
351 16
7. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
339 97
7. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 451 39
7. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
394 16
1. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903
237 90
1. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
720 20
1. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
553 85
1. Court fines .
8 70
2. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
984 51
5. J. E. Linnehan, hall rent 21 00
6. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 1,609 70
6. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 .
2,484 26
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Sept.
1. Interest on bank deposit
.
Oct.
31. Interest on bank deposit ·
Treasurer's Report.
Oct. 16. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 $1,927 38
22. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
1,042 00
30. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
1,682 45
Nov. 1. Interest on bank deposit
7 23
3. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners
182 66
3. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903 96 63
3. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1994 . ·
44 84
3. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905 . ·
768 65
14. Town of Natick, schools
189 50
16. State Treasurer 4,129 19
Corporation tax . $2,764 06
National Bank tax 235 62
State aid
1,026 00
Street railway tax
68 51
Burial indigent soldiers 35 00
28. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
1,988 20
1. Interest on bank deposit
7 12
1. Overseers of Poor
42 30
3. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners
59 00
4. F. F. Walker, Chairman District School Committe, schools 625 00
12. Town of Southboro, poor .
249 37
13. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1902 .
29 49
13. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
72 84
13. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
391 17
22. H. E. Rich, collector, Street Railway Excise Tax 509 89 .
31. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 1,180 96
1907.
Jan.
1. Interest on bank deposit 6 41
1. Court fines 30 15
5. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners 104 00
28. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906 2,970 95
28. State Treasurer, school fund . 1,002 50
Feb.
1. Interest on bank deposit 2 96
1. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners 360 42
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Dec.
Town of Wayland.
Feb.
1. J. E. Linnehan, hall rent
$20 00
2. County Treasurer, dog licenses
374 67
11. Interest on bank deposit
7 53
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903
45 63
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
417 73
11. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
271 89
12. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
1,135 67
14. State Treasurer, Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
179 37
27. R. W. Porter, cemetery account
10 00
27.
State Treasurer, corporation tax
425 22
28. B. M. Bailey, clerk, water commissioners 401 50
28. Overseers of poor
28 00
28. S. Russell, license
1 00
28. J. Reeves, license 2 00
28. L. K. Lovell, scales receipts .
9 10
28. F. C. Beane, scales receipts .
7 65
28. School Board, donation fund
12 00
28. Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, school supplies
1 00
28. H. E. Rich, collector, tax, 1906
4,043 42
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1898
2 00
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1899
.
14 63
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1900
9 28
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1901
92 50
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1902
22 97
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1903
7 19
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1904
133 39
28. F. P. Draper, collector, tax, 1905
900 46
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1898
91
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1899
3 77
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1900
20 77
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1901
64 87
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1902
27 74
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1903
136 49
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1904
306 29
28. F. P. Draper, interest on tax, 1905
241 28
$73,365 67
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Treasurer's Report.
EXPENDITURES
As per Selectmen's Orders, Drawn on Accounts as Follows : -
Incidentals
. $1,750 73
Highways
· 2,423 67
Support of Poor
. 2,833 23
Schools
Salary account
8,471 73
Supplies .
824 45
Transportation
1,885 05
Superintendent
687 50
Repairs .
199 92
Incidentals
164 43
State fund
302 09
Contingent fund
3,798 72
Main Street, Wayland
519 21
Salaries
1,391 00
Electric lights
1,056 50
Interest
3,697 63 ·
Fire department
695 65
Library
1,087 34
Hydrants
384 00
Cemetery account
4 16
North and Center cemeteries
78 25
Lake View cemetery
73 00
Sinking fund
1,408 80
State tax
·
2,159 05
County tax
2,019 20 ·
Highway Loan Note
400 00
Temporary loans
. 25,000 00
Collection of taxes
250 00
Moore, Jackson, Heard and Draper funds
600 00
Parsons fund
5 00
A. M. Lovejoy fund
6 00
Water Commissioners' orders
1,765 40
Cash balance
7,340 97
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$73,365 67
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Memorial day
82 99
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Town of Wayland.
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS. February 28, 1907. INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year
401 12
Overdraft
$401 12
Expenditures
1,750 73
Balance
249 27
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Unexpended balance of last year
4 54
Street railway excise tax
509 89
Expenditures
$2,423 67
Balance
90 76
$2,514 43
$2,514 43
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year
297 58
Receipts from Overseers of Poor Town of Southboro
70 30
249 37
Overdraft
$297 58
Expenditures
2,833 23
Overdrawn
513 56
$3,130 81
$3,130 81
SCHOOL, SALARIES, FUEL AND CARE.
Appropriation
$8,000 00
City of Boston
36 00
State Treasurer
37 67
Chairman District Committee
250 00
School Board (donation fund)
12 00
Expenditures
$8,471 73
Overdrawn
,
136 06
$8,471 73 $8,471 73
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$2,401 12
$2,401 12
Treasurer's Report.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Unexpended balance of last year
$36 18
Appropriation
600 00
Town of Natick .
189 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
1 00
Expenditures
$824 45
Balance
.
2 23
$826 68
$826 68
TRANSPORTATION.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year Half Dog License Money
26 77
187 33
Overdraft
$26 77
Expenditures
1,885 05
Overdrawn
197 72
$1,911 82
$1,911 82
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$375 00
Chairman District Committee
375 00
S. C. Hutchinson
$687 50
Balance
62 50
$750 00
$750 00
SCHOOL REPAIRS.
Unexpended balance of last year
$89 65
Appropriation
100 00
Expenditures
$199 92
Overdrawn
10 27
$199 92
$199 92
HIGH SCHOOL (SPECIAL).
Unexpended balance of last year
$7 25
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Town of Wayland.
STATE SCHOOL FUND.
Unexpended balance of last year
$453 03
State Treasurer
1,002 50
Expenditures
$302 09
Balance .
.
1,153 44
$1,455 53
$1,445 53
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$150 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year
88 82
Overdraft
$88 82
Expenditures
164 43
Overdrawn
14 43
$253 25
$253 25
MAIN STREET, WAYLAND
Appropriation
$1,000 00
M. W. Hynes .
.
$305 71
C. F. Hays
200 00
W. W. Wight
13 50
Balance
480 79
$1,100 00
$1,000 00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year
38 30
Overdraft
$38 30
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
512 75
Weston Electric Light Co.
543 75
Balance
43 50
$1,138 30
$1,138 30
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Unexpended balance of last year
$68 25
Appropriation
700 00
Expenditures
$695 65
Balance
72 60
$768 25
$768 25
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Treasurer's Report.
LIBRARY AND REPAIRS.
Appropriation
$900 00
Half Dog Licenses
187 34
Francis Shaw, treasurer
$1087 34
$1,087 34 $1,087 34
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
B. M. Bailey, clerk .
$2,245 40
Transferred to interest account
$480 00
Water Commissioners
.
1,765 40
$2,245 40
$2,245 40
HYDRANTS.
Appropriation
$384 00
Water Commissioners
$384 00
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
Unexpended balance of last year
$10 75
Receipts, R. W. Porter
10 00
Cemetery Commissioners
$4 16
Balance
16 59
$20 75
$20 75
NORTH AND CENTER CEMETERIES.
Unexpended balance of last year
$3 25
Appropriation
75 00
Cemetery Commissioners
.
$78 25
$78 25
$78 25
LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$75 00
Cemetery Commissioners
$73 00
Balance
2 00
$75 00
$75 00
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Town of Wayland.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Unexpended balance of last year
$35 40
Appropriation
75 00
Expenditures
$82 99
Balance .
27 41
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation
$1,408 80
Sinking Fund Commissioners
·
$1,408 80
STATE TAX
State Tax .
$2,030 00
Highway Tax
129 05
State Treasurer
.
$2,159 05
$2,159 05
$2,159 05
COUNTY TAX.
Tax .
$2,019 20
J. O. Hayden, Treasurer .
$2,019 20 .
HIGHWAY LOAN-NOTE.
Appropriation
$400 00
Somerville Savings Bank $400 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
1906.
March 1. Balance outstanding
$20,000 00
April 3. Jose, Parker & Co., 12 months .
5,000 00
3. Jose, Parker & Co., 9 months .
5,000 00
May 1. Jose, Parker & Co., 12 months . 5,000 00
31. Jose, Parker & Co., 12 months .
5,000 00
June 7. Home Savings Bank, 12 months
5,000 00
April 4. National Bank of the Republic
$5,000 00
4. National Bank of the Republic
5,000 00
May 1. State Treasurer 5,000 00
June 7. State Treasurer ·
5,000 00
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$110 40
$110 40
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Treasurer's Report.
1907.
Jan. 3. International Trust Co. . . $5,000 00
Balance
. 20,000 00
$45,000 00 $45,000 00
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Unexpended balance of last year
$44 66
Appropriation
350 00
H. E. Rich, collector
$250 00
Balance
144 66
$394 66
$394 66
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year Overdraft
491 76
$491 76
Abatements, per assessor's lists
540 91
Overdrawn
240 91
$1,032 67
$1,032 67
INTEREST.
1906.
March 1. Unexpended balance of last year
$72 45
Transferred from water commis- sioner's account . 480 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund .
3,300 00
March 1. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $840 00
April 3. Jose, Parker & Co., $5,000 00, 1 year at $4.30 215 00
3. Jose, Parker & Co., $5,000 00, 9 months at $4.30 161 25
13. Transferred to Parsons fund account ·
· 10 00
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Town of Wayland.
May 1. Jose, Parker & Co., $5,000.00, 359 days at $4.50 .
$224 38
29. Transferred to A. M. Lovejoy fund account 10 00
31. Jose, Parker & Co., $5,000.00, 1 year at $4.50 225 00
June
7. Home Savings Bank, $5,000.00, 1 year at $4.60 230 00
15. Somerville Savings Bank 64 00
July 2. Dwight B. Heard
20 00
Aug. 1. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 220 00
Sept. 1. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 840 00
Dec. 15. Somerville Savings Bank 64 00
1907.
Jan. 1. Dwight B. Heard 20 00
7. Trustees Allen Fund Order 60 00
7. Trustees Donation Fund Order 78 00
7. Trustees Loker Fund Order 100 00
7. G. C. Draper fund (Francis Shaw, treasurer) 50 00
7. James Draper fund (Francis Shaw, treasurer) 30 00
7. Ella Draper fund (Francis Shaw, treasurer ) . 30 00
7. Childs fund (Francis Shaw,
treasurer 6 00
Feb.
1. Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 220 00
Balance 134 82
$3,852 45 $3,852 45
SALARIES.
Appropriation
$1,300 00
Appropriation for overdraft of last year
Overdraft
$237 00
·
237 00
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A. F. Parmenter, Selectman .
$75 00
A. T. Dean, Selectman
50 00
H. P. Sherman, Selectman
50 00
Daniel Brackett, Town Clerk
50 00
F. E. Yeager, Town Treasurer
200 00
F. H. Fowler, Auditor .
50 00
D. W. Ricker, Overseers of Poor
50 00
T. S. Sherman, Overseers of Poor
40 00
D. P. W. Loker, Overseers of Poor 40 00
Daniel Brackett, Registrar 20 00
Ezra G. Lemay, Registrar
20 00
B. W. Damon, Registrar
20 00
Frank Haynes, Registrar .
20 00
Thomas Bryant, Inspector of Animals
150 00
Daniel Brackett, Assessor .
94 50
A. A. Carter, Assessor
118 50
N. R. Gerald, Assessor
111 00
Isaac Damon, School Committee
62 50
E. M. Bennett, School Committee
60 00
H. E. Carson, School Committee
50 00
H. G. Dudley, Moderator . 5 00
Election Officers
54 50
Overdrawn
91 00
$1,628 00 $1,628 00
CONTINGENT FUND.
Unexpended balance of last year
$2,343 15
Court fines
45 22
Liquor license
1,800 00
O. P. Lacroix, rent
19 50
J. E. Linnehan, rent .
41 00
Interest on bank deposits
46 11
Additional Assessments
124 23
Overlay on taxes
91 55
State Treasurer, inspection of animals .
75 00
State Treasurer, Corporation and National - Bank Tax, etc. . ·
4,554 41
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Town of Wayland.
State Treasurer, Gypsy and Brown Tail
Moths
$179 37
Town Clerk, licenses
3 00
Scales receipts
16 75
Interest on taxes
802 12
Transferred to interest account .
$3,300 00
Transferred to incidental account 401 12
Transferred to Overseers of Poor account
297 58
Transferred to transportation account
26 77
Transferred to school incidentals account
88 82
Transferred to salary account .
237 00
Transferred to electric lights account
38 30
Transferred to abatement taxes account
491 76
Soldiers relief
307 77
State and military aid
1,074 00
Bcard of Health
161 06
Snow bills
214 87
State Treasurer, quarter liquor license
450 00
Suppression Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,533 72
Resetting stones and cemetery repairs
57 30
Balance
1,461 34
$10,141 41 $10,141 41
TAXES, 1898.
Uncollected balance of last year ·
$219 42
F. P. Draper, collector
2 00
Balance
217 42
$219 42
$219 42
TAXES, 1899.
Uncollected balance of last year
$387 24
F. P. Draper, collector
14 63
Balance
372 61
$387 24
$387 24
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TAXES, 1900.
Uncollected balance of last year
$705 63
F. P. Draper, collector
$70 14
Abatement
2 00
Balance
633 49
.
$705 63
$705 63
TAXES, 1901.
Uncollected balance of last year
. $1,466 06
F. P. Draper, collector
$207 06
Abatement
2 00
Balance
·
1,257 00
$1,466 06
$1,466 06
TAXES, 1902.
Uncollected balance of last year
$795 60
F. P. Draper, collector
$110 78
Abatements
7 14
Balance
677 68
$795 60
$795 60
TAXES, 1903.
Uncollected balance of last year
$1,527 56
F. P. Draper, collector
$875 66
Abatements
4 00
Balance
·
647 00
$1,527 56 $1,527 56
TAXES, 1904.
Uncollected balance of last year
. $4,421 71
F. P. Draper, collector
$2,748 42
Abatements
4 00
Balance
1,669 29
$4,421 71
$4,421 71
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Town of Wayland.
TAXES, 1905.
Uncollected balance of last year
.
$8,287 78
Additional assessments
14 23
F. P. Draper, collector
$4,408 62
Abatements
11 05
Balance
3,882 34
$8,302 01
$8,302 01
TAXES, 1906.
Town tax
. $24,792 80
State tax .
2,030 00
County tax
2,019 20
Highway tax
129 05
Overlay
91 55
Additional assessments
110 00
H. E. Rich, collector
$22,745 74
Balance
6,426 86
$29,172 60 $29,172 60
CEMETERY FUNDS.
1906.
June 8. Edward L. Moore fund
$300 00
8. Jackson fund 100 00
8. D. B. Heard fund
100 00
8. W. S. Draper fund .
100 00
July
31. Deposited in Natick Five Cents
Savings Bank, in accordance
with selectmen's and cemetery commissioner's orders
$600 00
$600 00
$600 00
PARSONS FUND.
Unexpended balance last year. $8 10
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Treasurer's Report.
1906.
April 13. 1 year's interest
$10 00
13. Cemetery Commissioners . Balance .
$5 00
13 10
$18 10
$18 10
ANN M. LOVEJOY FUND.
1906.
May
29. 1 year's interest
$10 00
29. Cemetery Commissioners
$6 00
Balance .
4 00
$10 10
$10 10
OTHER FUNDS HELD BY TOWN.
Loker fund, 5 per cent
$2,000 00
Allen fund, 6 per cent
1,000 00
Donation fund, 6 per cent .
1,300 00
James S. Draper fund, 6 per cent
500 00
Ella E. Draper fund, 6 per cent
500 00
Childs fund, 6 per cent
100 00
G. C. Draper fund, 5 per cent
1,000 00
$6,400 00
OTHER TOWN LIABILITIES.
42 town bonds, 4 per cent, due March 1, 1919
$42,000 00
11 Water bonds, 4 per cent, due August 1, 1913
11,000 00
1 Water bond, 4 per cent, July 27, 1908
1,000 00
7 Highway loan notes, 4 per cent, $400 each (1 due December 15, each year )
2,800 00
$56,800 00
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Town of Wayland.
TRIAL BALANCE.
Incidentals .
$249 27
Highways
90 76
Support of poor
$513 56
Schools
Salary account
136 06
Transportation
197 72
Repairs
10 27
Incidentals
14 43
Supplies
2 23
Superintendent
62 50
High School-special
7 25
State fund
1,153 44
Contingent fund
1,461 34
Main Street, Wayland .
480 79
Salaries
91 00
Electric lights
43 50
Interest
134 82
Fire department .
72 60
Cemetery account
16 59
Lake View Cemetery
2 00
Memorial day
27 41
Temporary loans .
20,000 00
Collection of Taxes
144 66
Abatement of taxes
240 91
Taxes, 1898
217 42
Taxes, 1899
372 61
Taxes, 1900
633 49
Taxes, 1901
1,257 00
Taxes, 1902
677 68
Taxes, 1903
647 90
Taxes, 1904
1,669 29
Taxes, 1905
3,882 34
Taxes, 1906
6,426 86
Parsons fund
13 10
A. M. Lovejoy fund
4 00
Estate of H. F. Lee
363 25
Cash
7,340 97
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$24,329 51 $24,329 51 FRANK E. YEAGER, Treasurer.
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Town of Wayland.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Finance Committee respectfully submits the following and recommends that the same be appropriated and adopted, viz. : -
Incidental fund
. $2,000 00
Support of poor
2,000 00
Abatement of taxes
300 00
School salaries and fuel
9,000 00
School supplies
750 00
Transportation
1,700 00
Repairs on School buildings
100 00
Superintendent of schools
375 00
School incidentals
150 00
Medical Inspection
50 00
Salaries
1,300 00
Electric lights
1,100 00
Fire department
700 00
Repairs on Engine House
150 00
Hydrants
384 00
Highways
2,000 00
Collector of taxes
350 00
Library
800 00
Lake View cemetery
100 00
North and Center Cemetery
100 00
Highway loan
400 00
Memorial day in addition to unexpended balance
75 00
Sinking fund
1,408 80
.
$25,292 80
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Finance Committee.
We recommend that the sum of ten hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents ($1,067.89) be transferred from the Contingent Fund to pay overdrafts with the exception of School Salary Act.
We recommend that the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars ($480.00) be transferred from water rates to pay interest on water bonds.
That the Selectmen be authorized to draw from the Contingent Fund such sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for assisting needy soldiers and their families.
That the Selectmen be authorized to draw from the Contingent Fund a sum not exceeding three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for the use of the Board of Health.
That the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars ($3,200.00) be transferred from Contingent Fund to pay interest on town debt. That the money for removing snow be drawn from the Contingent Fund. That the sum of seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents ($765.08) be drawn from the Contingent fund for Gypsy Moth Commission.
That a sum not exceeding ten hundred and seventy-five dollars be drawn from the Contingent Fund to pay the Banks' claim to State.
PAUL T. DRAPER, Chairman. DANIEL D. GRIFFIN. L. K. LOVELL. CALVIN W. CLARK. CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
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Public Library.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF WAYLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907
Dr.
To unexpended balance March 1, 1906
$42 66
To appropriation for the year ending April 1, 1907
800 00
To appropriation for special repairs
100 00
To interest on James Draper fund
30 00
To interest on Ella E. Draper fund
30 00
To interest on bequest of Lydia Maria Child
6 00
To interest on Grace Campbell Draper fund
50 00
To one-half dog licenses
187 34
To interest on deposit Bay State Trust Company
1 75
To amount collected from fines and cards by Librarian at Wayland
31 87
To amount collected from fines and cards by Assistant Librarian at Cochituate 7 09
$1,286 71
Cr.
By salary of Librarian
$300 00
By salary of Assistant Librarian
30 00
By Sarah Campbell
10 00
By salary of Janitor
180 00
By W. B. Clarke Co., books
174 88
By E. B. Hall & Co., books
52 00
By Dodd, Mead & Company, Encyclopædia
80 75
By Old Corner Book Store, magazines
30 85
By Weston Electric Light Company
72 84
By American Express Company
.
35 72
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Town of Wayland.
By S. R. Snelling, fuel
106 75
By Rose Bindery
17 00
By J. F. Facey, printing
5 00
By Library Bureau, stationery
3 25
By R. & J. Farquhar & Co.
2 25
Appropriation to Librarian for sundry expenses
14 73
By C. M. Drennan, repairs
14 62
By W. A. Snow Company, repairs
14 00
By Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., repairs
4 17
By J. C. Vincent, repairs
10 00
By E. W. Small, ;repairs
30 40
$1,189 21
Balance unexpended March 1, 1907 (Pledged for March expenses)
97 50
$1,286 71 FRANCIS SHAW, Treasurer.
Wayland, March 1, 1907.
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Public Library.
REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
The number of books purchased during the last twelve months has been smaller than that of some preceding years, although an equal amount has been expended for the purpose. This has been necessary as the Trustees have seen that the Library has been fall- ing behind in its modern books of reference, necessarily expensive books. In this age of rapid advance in all branches of knowledge and attainments, works which were standards twenty years ago are now inadequate or obsolete: To meet this deficiency, among other acquirements, a set of the fine new International Encyclopædia has been placed in the Library, bringing this department fully up to date.
Of course, as in all popular libraries, the persistent and over- whelming demand is for current fiction. Impatience is expressed if all the newly-advertised and discussed novels are not promptly supplied. While this ephemeral literature has its proper place and function, and while the Trustees are not censors of public reading, a limited appropriation for the addition of books to the Library makes it necessary that due proportion be preserved in the character of new acquisitions. Without this discrimination, the usefulness of the Library as an adequate source of both enter- tainment and information could not be maintained.
While, in reply to popular demand, in would be a far simpler task for the Trustees to fill the shelves of the Library with " new " novels, many of which are experimental as to success or value, than to regard the wider requirements of the institution, the duty
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Town of Wayland.
of the Trustees is plain, and we do not doubt will be recognized by our citizens.
The Annual Report of the Librarian is submitted herewith.
FRANCIS SHAW, Chairman pro tem. ALFRED W. CUTTING, Secretary. JOHN CONNELLY. ALFRED A. CARTER. AMOS I. HADLEY.
Owing to his absence abroad, the signature of Mr. Arthur G. Bennett, Chairman of the Board, does not appear.
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Public Library.
LIBRARIAN'S. REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Public Library :
The Librarian submits the following report for the year ending January 31, 1907.
Number of volumes-classified :
Fiction
3,795
Non-fiction ·
9,261
Total
13,056
Unclassified .
·
2,884
Total
15,940
Number purchased
121
Number presented
61
Number rebound
33
Number replaced
3
Number destroyed
4
Number lost
2
Total number taken out during the year
8,016
Number taken out through Cochituate office
1,511
Number of juvenile taken out
1,232
Number of cards in use .
654
·
The following periodicals are to be regularly found in the read- ing room : Harper's, Scribner's, Munsey, St. Nicholas, Atlantic, Review of Reviews, Bookman, Century, Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Youth's Companion, Woman's Journal, Our Dumb Animals, Cochituate Enterprise, Cochituate Review.
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Town of Wayland.
CLASSES OF READING BY PER CENT.
Fiction
75.9 History
7.5
Sociology
1.1
Biography
2.7
General Works
4.7 Science
1.7
Art
2.5 Literature
2.9
Religion
.5
Philosophy
.5
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Public Library.
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ACCESSIONS.
*030-IN8
GENERAL WORKS. New International Encyclopædia, 21 vols.
RELIGION.
252-K61A
All Saints' Day and other Sermons. Charles
Kingsley.
252-K61D
Discipline and other Sermons. Charles Kingsley.
252-K61GO
Good News of God. Charles Kingsley.
252-K61G
Gospel of the Pentateuch and David. Charles Kingsley.
291-M83
Historical Tales. King Arthur. 3 vols. Charles
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