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$772.70
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
Appropriation $18,000.00
Balance from 1909. .
18.81
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Appropriation for widening County street 500.00
Appropriation for Olive street ... 500.00
Appropriation for Dunham street ... 1,800.00
Appropriation for Pond street. 700.00
Appropriation for Locust street. ..
500.00
Appropriation for Mulberry street ..
500.00
Appropriation for Hope street side- walk
200.00
Excise tax from Interstate Street
Railway Co.
2,079.52
Excise tax from Bristol County
Street Railway Co. 199.04
Excise tax from Norton & Taunton Street, Railway Co. 72.15
Street railway tax.
2,280.95
Sewer entrances 75.00
Individual telephones
69.66
Sale of stone.
160.29
Sale of loam.
33.60
Providence Telephone Co., for use of
streets
25.00
Sale of pipe 47.58
Labor 2.50
Work done by Highway Department
for Attleboro Gas Co. 80.92
Work done by Highway Department for street sprinkling 102.00
Work done by Highway Department for water department 15.00
For stone used by sidewalk depart- ment 100.00
Duplicate bill 1.20
Cr. $28,063.22
North Division, pay roll
$7,077.89
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South Division, pay roll
2,452.59
'East Division, pay roll 660.93
Street Cleaning, pay roll.
2,797.53
Superintendent of Streets, salary. . .
1,200.00
Repairs of state highway by State of Massachusetts 169.50
Stone
2,731.42
Surveying, H. F. Conant.
214.55
Surveying, Charles F. Robinson
238.15
Gravel
363.60
Sand
37.20
Supplies, roller and crusher
687.44
Snow
400.82
Shoeing
142.45
Tools and repairs
409.85
Fountain repairs
3.50
Bridge girders
60.65
Carpenter work
15.54
Painting town barn
35.00
Keys 1.65
Plumbing in town barn
95.84
Paint, brushes and oil for town sheds
18.43
Light fixtures for town barn and sheds
27.73
Dynamite
2.75
Hay and grain 1,026.72
Lights in barn
21.63
Lumber for bridges, fences, etc.
447.32
Nails
5.00
Catch basin covers
72.25
Horse
75.00
Garbage can
15.00
Trimming trees 10.00
Repairs on carts. 239.97
Cleaning catch basins.
I55.00
Miscellaneous labor 120.84
Veterinary services 24.00
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Medicine for horses
6.53
Mason work
177.6I
Pipe
246.26
Team hire
1.50
Cement
9.95
Boots
9.25
Harness supplies and repairs
126.4I
Telephones
109.73
Advertising
7.73
Posts
40.05
Ashes
9.00
Painting sign boards.
69.00
Freight
69.32
Incidentals, paint, oil, brushes, etc. .
14.24
Hope Street Sidewalk-
Pay rolls
179.62
Dunham Street-
Surveying $ 32.75
Advertising 4.00
Contract, Frank Dickinson 1,474.00
Curbing
90.00
Setting curbing
37.08
Paving
7.95
Use of pump.
2.63
$1,648.4I
Pond Street-
Surveying $ 30.50
Advertising 1.40
Contract, Chas. Howarth. 595.00
Land
50.00
Posts
6.40
$683.30
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Locust Street-
Surveying $ 9.65
Pay rolls
500.95
$510.60
County Street-
Pay rolls
500.42
Pleasant Street --
Pay rolls
128.28
Olive Street-
Pay rolls
496.94
Mulberry Street-
Surveying
$ 22.20
Pay rolls
455.90
Gravel
17.08
495.18
Unexpended balance
466.15
$28,063.22
Street Sprinkling.
Dr.
Appropriation $5,000.00
Duplicate freight bill 103.31
$5,103.31.
Cr.
R. D. Manchester, sprinkling $ 297.05
F. I. Jillson, sprinkling 212.75
Fred Read, sprinkling. II.25
John S. Lamson, dustoline 2,114.65
Standard Oil Co., oil 1,209.30
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Texas Oil Co., oil.
730.00
Repairing stand pipes and fountain ..
73.06
Labor
102.00
Freight
210.45
Unexpended balance
142.80
$5,103.31
Sidewalks.
Dr.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Amount due on betterment tax.
1,683.40
Sale of gutter covers and curbing. .. 300.38
$4.983.78
Cr.
Curbing
$2,756.00
Labor
381.47
Gravel
17.76
Surveying I21.66
Stone
29.24
Setting curbing
791.35
Cutting curbing
20.00
Gutter crossings
97.30
Paving
295.35
Carting' gravel
287.80
Sand
45.80
Oil
2.85
Unexpended balance
I37.20
$4.983.78
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Concrete Sidewalks.
Dr.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Amount due on betterment tax
749.91
Concreting sidewalk 9.00
$3,758.91
Cr.
R. H. Jones, concrete. .
$3,731.61
E. O. Dexter. 22.40
Unexpended balance
4.90
$3,758.91
County Street Bridge.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Cr.
Surveying
$ 28.50
Bridge
270.00
Lumber
62.58
Paint
16.00
Mason work
20.10
Pay rolls
235.83
Clinton Wire Cloth Co
53.30
Cement
75.69
Express
9.92
Bolts
5.92
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Tools and repairs. 17.61
Incidentals, pipe, hangers, rivets, etc. 7.15
Unexpended balance 697.40
$1,500.00
Thacher Street Bridge.
Dr.
Balance from County street bridge. . $697.40
$697.40
Cr.
Surveying
$ 5.90
Bridge material
300.00
Pay rolls 279.05
Lumber 28.90
Clinton Wire Cloth Co.
23.44
Cement
27.75
Carpenter work
15.98
Unexpended balance
16.38
$697.40
McCambridge Street Drain.
Dr.
Appropriation
$400.00
$400.00
Cr.
Surveying $ 54.07 Pay rolls 312.10
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Lumber
26.86
Pipe
6.39
Unexpended balance
.58
$400.00
Thacher Drain.
Appropriation
$200.00
$200.00
Cr.
Pay rolls
$157.95
Lumber
26.29
Boots
14.75
Unexpended balance
I.OI
$200.00
Widening and Extending So. Main St and New St.
Dr.
Appropriation '
$2,700.00
Work done by Highway Department
on sewer
900.00
$3,600.00
Cr.
Surveying $ 83.15
Land
800.00
Pay rolls
1,284.91
Wire
10.40
Tools
8.45
Dr.
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Posts
6.48
Unexpended balance
1,406.61
$3,600.00
STATE AID.
To be paid by State under Chapter 301, Acts of 1894: Amount expended $2,663.00
$2,663.00
SUMMARY OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND APPROPRIATIONS OVERDRAWN.
Overdrawn
Unexpended
Police Department
$871.51
Fire alarm boxes.
1.99
Life nets, Fire Department.
26.50
Horses and harnesses, Fire Dept.
35.00
Hook and Ladder Truck.
50.00
County and Thacher street bridges. .
16.38
Cambridge street drain.
.58
Thacher drain and Ten-Mile river
I.OI
Street sprinkling
142.80
Soldiers' relief
471.67
Capron Park
1.58
Insurance, town buildings.
379.75
Suppressing illegal sale liquor
250.00
Playground
7.25
July Fourth celebration
22.96
Public Library
22.55
Pauper Department
502.69
Educational Department
2.33
Hebronville school
5.24
City School building
233.37
Fencing Bliss school
34.00
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Overdrawn
Unexpended
Filing plans
50.00
Military aid
€
10.00
Concrete Sidewalks
4.90
Curbing sidewalks
137.20
Board of Health.
2.02
Dunham and Hope streets.
273.38
Current and incidental
$ 87.06
Fire Department
911.80
Moving bell tower.
155.21
Portable stone crusher
2.10
Office furniture
163.94
Moving Turner street school.
127.69
$1,447.80 $3,556.66
$1,447.80
$2,108.86
The following balances are carried forward : South Main street engine house. ... $ 248.53
South Attleboro engine house 299.61
Highways and bridges. 192.77
Widening and relocating South Main street
1,406.61
Sewer Department
$2,147.52 96,806.08
$98,953.60
Amounts to be raised to meet former votes : Capron Park $2,000.00
New street, Thacher to West, and Soldiers' Monument 5,000.00
Washington street school. 3,000.00
South Main street engine house. 3,800.00
South Attleboro engine house. 3,000.00
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Bliss school
5,000.00
Heating and ventilating Sanford
street schools
3,500.00
Endowed bed, Attleboro Sanatarium 700.00
Sewer system
7,000.00
$33,000.00
Amounts required by law to be raised by taxation : State tax, approximated. $22,000.00
County tax, approximated 20,000.00
Sinking fund
2,500.00
Interest on notes.
5,000.00
Interest on bonds. 10,000.00
Grade crossing account and interest
12,500.00
$72,000.00
Recapitulation.
Selectmen's Departments $70,400.00
Fire Department 20,000.00
Overseers of the Poor 8,500.00
School Department
78,400.00
Water Department
13,000.00
Public Library
7,000.00
Amounts required by law 72,000.00
Amounts to meet former votes 33,000.00
Board of Health 2,500.00
$304,800.00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE M. WORRALL, MILLARD F. ASHLEY, GEORGE A. SWEENEY, Selectmen of Attleborough.
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Examined, February 1, 1911, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following recommendations are made by the officers of the various departments :
Selectmen's Recommendations.
Current and incidental account, with receipts $14,000.00
Highways and bridges, with receipts. 18,000.00
Curbing sidewalks 3,000.00
Concreting sidewalks 3,000.00
Street lighting 15,800.00
Police Department with court fines .. 7,000.00
Laying dust on public streets 6,000.00
Soldiers' relief 2,600.00
Observance Memorial Day 300.00
Military aid
100.00
Insurance, town buildings 600.00
$70,400.00
Recommended by the Engineers of Fire Department for current and incidental expenses $20,000.00
Recommended by the Overseers of the Poor for support of paupers $8,000.00 Medical attendance 500.00
$8,500.00
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Recommonded by the School Committee :
For support of schools, with dog fund $78,400.00
Recommended by the Water Commissioners :
For Sinking Fund, interest and maintenance
$4,500.00
For serial bonds.
8,500.00
$13,000.00
Recommended by the Library Trus-
tees for support of the Public Lib-
rary
$7,000.00
Recommended by the Board of Health
$2,500.00
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
Receipts.
Cash on hand Jan. Ist, 1910
$26,150.03
S. M. Holman, Collector. 293,400.00
Licenses.
Junk licenses
$500.00
Eight peddlers' licenses
144.00
127 Milk licenses. 63,50
Bowling alley, pool and billiard table licenses 342.50
Two druggists' liquor licenses. 2.00
Pawn broker's license.
50.00
Intelligence office license.
2.00
Three auctioneers' licenses
6.00
Three theatre and moving picture licenses I 50.00
Two circus' licenses.
70.00
Talaquega Park license. 25.00
Show licenses
3.00
Licenses to sell pop corn, etc.
4.00
Licenses for wrestling bouts
16.00
Garbage licenses 15.00
Slaughter house licenses 3.00
License to loan money .. 5.00
License to sell combustibles, oil, etc.
28.00
$1.429.00
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Notes.
1910.
Received of
March 31, First National Bank of At- tleboro, on note dated March 31, I910, on demand. $20,000.00
April 22, F. S. Mosley & Co., on note dated April 22, 1910, for 7 months at 3.99% 20.000.00
Bonds. $40,000.00
1910. Received from -
May 25, sale of So. Main St. Engine House Bonds to Blake Bros. & Co., dated May 1, 1910, and due May, 1911-1920. $38,000.00
August 3, sale of Sewer Bonds to Perry, Coffin & Burr, dated July I, 1910, and due July 1, 19II- 1925 100,000.00
$138,000.00
Premiums.
1910. Received from May 25, Blake Bros. & Co., premium on 4% bonds dated May 1, 1910, at 100.02 $ 7.60
August 3, Perry, Coffin & Burr, on 4% bonds dated July 1, 1910, at 100.3I 310.00
$317.60
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Interest.
1910.
Received of
May 25, Blake Bros. & Co., accrued interest from May Ist to May 25th, 1910, on bonds dated May Ist, 1910, at 4% $101.33
August 3, Perry, Coffin & Burr, ac- crued interest from July Ist to August 3, 1910, on bonds dated July 1, 1910, at 4% . 366.66
First National Bank of Attleboro, in- terest on daily balances in bank . for the year 1910 669.79
$1,137.78
Sewer Connections.
1910. Received of
E. O. Dexter, connecting Armory building on Pine St. with Pine St. sewer $37.50
Grant Brothers, connecting Sweeney building on So. Main St. with So. Main St. sewer 37.50
$75.00
Miscellaneous.
1910. Received of
George F. Pratt, County Treasurer, dog licenses $2,202.15
Fines for non-payment of dog li- censes 115.00
Expenses of killing dogs. 25.00
Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk, court fines. 2,714.94
I. Granville Carrier, keeper of jail, court fines and expenses. 96.45
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F. L. Hathaway, keeper of jail, court fines and expenses. 25.00
Board of Health, reimbursements for care and aid. 63.00
W. J. Newman, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees, sealing weights, etc .. 103.98
H. R. Packard, Chief of Fire Dept.,
Sale of horse.
100.00
Sale of hose. 8.50
Sale of mattress 1.35
Sale of bells.
25.75
Telephone service
39.99
Sale of old stove, So. Attleboro engine house 10.00
Herbert Sadler, for old So. Attleboro hose house and land. 1,000.00
Town of Grafton, for soldiers' relief paid to John H. Kimball, for 1910
72.00
Town of Marblehead, for soldiers' re- lief paid to Philip Hyman for eight weeks
8.00
O. P. Richardson, rebate on insurance policies,
High School building 38.95
So, Main St. engine house. 33.75
E. S. Horton, for July 4th celebration Capron Park Commissioners, for sale of wood 1.00
25.00
Eugenia M. Henry, Librarian, Attle- boro Public Library, for fines, etc. 245.60
C. W. Lillibridge, for two bell ends of sewer pipe. 1.50
O. P. Richardson, for gutter covers and curbing. 38.20
A. R: Crosby, for curbing. 28.80
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Leach & Garner, for gutter covers and curbing 38.33
Charles Tappan, for gutter covers, curbing and concrete. 127.25
Attleboro Gas Light Co., for repairs made by Highway Dept., caused by laying gas pipe. 80.92
Providence Telephone Co., use of streets for underground wires .. 25.00 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rebate on freight for oil. 103.3I
Water Dept., for repairing streets torn up to repair water pipes .... 15.00 Sidewalk Dept., for stone taken from stone crusher yard, Highway Dept. 100.00
So. Attleboro hose house, for setting curbing in front of building. 76.80
Superintendent of Streets, sale of stone 160.29
Sale of dirt and loam
33.60
Sale of pipe 47.58
For labor 2.50
$7,834.49
School Department, sale of text- books, supplies and incidentals. Sale of evening school supplies ... 42.15
$ 25.50
Reimbursement for kalsomining ceiling in Bliss schoolhouse .... 88.99
Rental of Bliss schoolhouse hall. . 13.00
Telephone service 57.3I
Sale of car tickets.
257.59
Benevolence 5.00
Tuition from Town of Seekonk ... 357.50
Tuition from Town of Rehoboth .. 100.00
Tuition from individuals. 186.50
$1.133.54
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Overseers of the Poor:
City of Taunton. $79.50
City of Somerville. 8.00
City of Fall River 18.45
City of Worcester 21.50
Town of Mansfield 187.80
Town of Foxboro.
112.50
Town of Wilbraham
170.00
Town of Norton. 21.00
Town of North Attleboro
54.00
Town of Uxbridge 38.00
Town of Dighton. 42.50
Reimbursement for aid rendered .. 560.50
Receipts from sale of milk.
627.40
Receipts from telephones.
88.76
Receipts from Poor Farm, sale of
product, eggs and fertilizer 184.14
Sale of cattle, horse and pigs. ..
144.90
Labor 15.00
Taunton & Pawtucket St. Ry. Co.,
for expenses and care of D. Hall 66.55
$2,440.50
State of Massachusetts :
Corporation tax $3,751.05
National Bank tax 555.20
Street Railway tax 2,280.95
Military and State aid. 3,104.00
Burial of soldiers and sailors 37.00
Armory rent
845.00
Transportation and aid of state paupers 98.80
Support of sick paupers. 65.50
Burial of state paupers. 15.00
Board of Health, contagious dis-
eases 12.50
-$10,765.00
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Individual telephone service, current
and incidental department ..... Individual telephone service, Police Department 63.34
$151.84
Individual telephone service, High- way Department 69.66
Duplicate bills 45.18
$330.02
$523,022.96
EXPENDITURES.
1910. Paid.
Notes.
Jan. 19, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Feb. 4, 1902, and due Feb. 4, 1910, at 31/2% . . .$ 1,000.00 March 28, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated April 4, 1906, and due April 4, 1910, at 4% 2,800.00
July 15, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., note dated Aug. 1, 1908, and due Aug. 1, 1910, at 4% . 5,000.00
Nov. 4, First National Bank of Attle- boro, note on demand, dated . March 3, 1910, at 41/2% . 20,000.00
Nov. 17, First National Bank of Bos- ton, note dated April 22, 1910, and due Nov. 22, 1910, at 3.99%. 20,000.00 Dec. 29, Abington Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1908, and due Dec. 3I, IQI0, at 4% . 3,000.00
Dec. 29, Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1908, and due Dec. 31, 1910, at 4% . 5,000.00
$56,800.00
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1910.
Interest.
Paid.
Jan. 19, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months, due Feb. 1, 1910, on notes amounting to $20,000.00, dated Aug. 1, 1908, at 4% $ 400.00
Interest for 6 months, due Feb. 4, 1910, on 2 notes of $1,000 each,
dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 31/2% . . ... 35.00 March 28, interest for 6 months, due April 4, 1910, on 2 notes of $2,800 each, dated April 4. 1906, at 4% . II2.00 April 15, interest for 6 months, due May I, 1910, on bonds. 525.00
April 22, F. S. Mosley & Co., interest for seven months on note of $20,000, dated April 22, 1910, at 3.99% 474.36
April 28, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months, due May 1, 1910, on 6 notes of $5,000 each, dated May I, 1909, at 4% 600.00
May 12, interest due June 1, 1910, on bonds
700.00
Town of Attleboro, Sinking Fund, interest due June 1, 1910, on registered bonds
100.00
June 15, Abington Savings Bank, in- terest for 6 months, due June 31, 1910, on 3 notes of $3,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% . .. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
180.00
€
interest for 6 months, due June 31, 1910, on 4 notes of $5,000 each, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% . 400.00
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July 15, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest for 6 months, due Aug. 4, 1910, on note of $1,000, dated Feb. 4, 1902, at 31/2% . . . . . 17.50 Interest for 6 months, due Aug. I, 1910, on 4 notes of $5,000 each, dated Aug. 1, 1908, at 4% . 400.00 .. Sept. 13, interest for 6 months, due Oct. 4, 1910, on note of $2,800, dated April 4, 1906, at 4% . . .... 56.00 Oct. I, First National Bank of Attle- boro, interest from March 31, 1910, to Oct. 1, 1910, on note dated March 31, 1910. 457.50
Oct. 13, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due Nov. 1, 1910, on bonds
525.00
Oct. 29, interest for 6 months, due Nov. 1, 1910, on notes amounting to $30,000, dated May 1, 1909, 4%
600.00
First National Bank of Boston, in- terest due Nov. 1, 1910, on bonds 760.00 Nov. 4, First National Bank of Attle- boro, interest from Oct. I to Nov. 4, 1910, on note dated March 31, 1910, at 41/2% . 85.00
Nov. 12, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due Dec. I, I910, on bonds. 700.00
Town of Attleboro Sinking Fund, interest due Dec. 1, 1910, on bonds 100.00
Dec. 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, interest due Jan. 1, 19II, 011 sewer bonds 2,000.00
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Dec. 29, Abington Savings Bank, in- terest for 6 months, due Dec. 31, 1910, on notes amounting to $9,000, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% 180.00 Boston Five Cents Saving Bank, interest for 6 months, due Dec. 31, 1910, on notes amounting to $20,000, dated Dec. 31, 1908, at 4% 400.00
$9,807.36
Miscellaneous.
1910. Paid.
George F. Pratt, County Treasurer,
County tax for 1910. .
$19,869.84
Treasurer of Sinking Fund, yearly appropriation
2,500.00
Water Department, appropriation
made at annual Town Meeting, March 15, 1910 6,000.00
State Aid for 1910. 2,663.00
Military aid for 1910 $
180.00
Bills approved by the selectmen for
1910 369,660.49
$400,873.33
State of Massachusetts :
State tax for 1910 $21,560.00
National Bank tax. 928.17
Abolition of grade crossing account 8,350.00 Abolition of grade crossing account, . interest 2,338.00
Repairs of state highway. 169.50
Druggist's liquor licenses. .50
$33,346.17
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Cash on hand, January 1, 19II. $22,196.10
$523,022.96
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES.
January 1, 19II.
Bonds due June 1, 1916. . $40,000.00
Bonds due November 1, 1920 30,000.00
Bonds due May 1, 19II-1920. 38,000.00
Bonds due July 1, 1911-1925. 100,000.00
$208,000.00
Note dated Feb. 4, 1902, for 9 years, at 31/2% $1,000.00 Note dated April 4, 1906, for 5 years, at 4% 2,800.00
Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 3 years, at 4% 3,000.00
Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 4 years, at 4% 3,000.00
Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 3 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 4 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated Dec. 31, 1908, for 5 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated Aug. 1, 1908, for 3 years, at 4%
5,000.00
Note dated Aug. 1, 1908, for 4 years, at 4%
5,000.00
Note dated Aug. 1, 1908, for 5 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated May 1, 1909, for 5 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated May I, 1909, for 6 years,
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at 4% 5,000.00 Note dated May 1, 1909, for 7 years, at 4% 5,000.00 Note dated May 1, 1909, for 8 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated May 1, 1909, for 9 years, at 4% 5,000.00
Note dated May 1, 1909, for 10 years, at 4% 5,000.00
$69,800.00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Receipts.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1910. . ..... .$ 77.10
George H. Snell, Water Registrar ... 46,492.II Appropriation made by the Town,
March 15, 1910. 6,000.00
$52,569.21
Bonds.
1910. . Received from Feb. II, sale of bonds, dated Jan. I, 1910, and payable Jan. 1, 1912- 1919 $15,000.00
July I, sale of bonds, dated July I. 1910, and payable July 1, 19II- 1920, 1921-1928. 41,000.00 Nov. 4, sale of bonds dated July I, 1910, and payable July 1, 1929- 1940 24,000.00
$80,000.00
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Premiums.
1910.
. Received from
Premium on bonds, dated Jan. I,
1910, and July 1, 1910. . $1,970.78
Accrued Interest.
1910.
Received from
Accrued interest on bonds, dated
Jan. 1, 1910, and July 1, 1910. . . .
$393.00
$134,932.99
EXPENDITURES.
Bonds.
1910.
Paid
March 10, Boston Safe Deposit &
Trust Co., bond dated April I, 1908, and due April 1, 1910. . $2,000.00
Interest.
1910.
Paid
First National Bank of Attleboro, in- terest due on bonds for the year 1910 $ 800.00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., interest due on bonds for the year 1910 13,195.00
Old Colony Trust Co., interest due on bonds for the year 1910. 600.00
First National Bank of Boston, in- ferest due on bonds for the year 1910 1,300.00
State of Massachusetts, interest due on registered bonds for the year 1910 5,125.00
Sinking Fund, Town of Attleboro, in- terest due on registered bonds for the year 1910. 635.00
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Interest due on registered bonds, held
by individuals, for the year 1910 1,100.00
Miscellaneous. $22,755.00
1910. Paid
Treasurer of Sinking Fund, Water
Department
$10,000.00
Maintenance account 14,646.56
Construction account 83,271.10
Cash on hand, January I, 19II.
$107,917.66
2,260.33
$134,932.99
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
January, 1911.
4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1912. $20,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Sept., 1915. ... 12,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1919. . . 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due April, 1921. 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1921. . 10,000.00
4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1922. 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1923. . 35,000.00
4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1924. 40,000.00
4 per cent, bonds, due July, 1926. 25,000.00
4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1927 10,000.00
4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1928. 13,000.00
31/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1929. . . 15,000.00 37/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1930. . . 12,000.00
37/2 per cent. bonds, due April, 1932. 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1933 . . . . 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1934. . . 20,000.00
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37/2 per cent. bonds, due March; 1935. 100,000.00 31/2% per cent. bonds, due Nov., 1935 50,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due April, 1911- 1934 48,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1911- 1918 15,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1912- 1919 15,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1911- 1920 and 1921-1928. 41,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1929- 1940 24,000.00
$630,000.00
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
Town bonds, general department. $208,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, general department 39,271.63
Net bonded debt, general depart- ment
$168,728.37
Floating debt, time notes, January 1, 19II 69,800.00
Balance net debt, general depart- ment $238,528.37
Water Department, bonds. $630,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, Water De- partment 88,474.25
Balance net debt, Water Depart- ment
$541.525.75
Total bonded debt, General and
Water Departments.
$838,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Sinking Fund assets, General and Water Departments 127,745.88
Net bonded debt, General and Water Departments $710,254.12 69,800.00
Floating debt
Total net debt, General and Water Departments $780,054.12
Due from State of Massachusetts. . $ 2,938.00
Amount of uncollected taxes. 18,351.69 Cash on hand, January 1, 19II. 22,196.10
$43,485.79
DEBORAH STARKEY FUND.
Dr.
Interest accured Jan. 1, 1889. $ 9.33 Interest from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. I,
I9II 792.00
$801.33
Cr.
Amount of relief paid from the fund upon orders of Selectmen, from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 19II. $529.00 By balance 272.33
Principal of fund. $600.00 $801.33
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Accrued interest
272.33
$872.33
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Treasurer.
Examined January 28, 1911, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, WM. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, Auditors.
Annual Report of the Tax Collector
REPORT OF SAMUEL M. HOLMAN
To the citizens of Attleborough :
Your Collector of Taxes has the honor of submitting herewith his thirteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1910:
Taxes for 1906.
Dr.
Committed
$36.60
Interest
1.87
$38.47
Cr.
Collected
$ 9.68
Uncollected
20.79
Abated
8.00
$38.47
Taxes for 1907.
Dr.
Committed
$ 296.49
Interest
35.65
1
$332.24
.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cr.
Collected
$ 244.82
Uncollected
39.97
Abated
47.45
$332.24
Taxes for 1908.
Dr.
Committed
$ 1,442.25
Interest
73.51
$1,515.76
Cr.
Collected
$ 1,173.62
Uncollected
62.85
Abated
279.29
$1,515.76
Taxes for 1909.
Dr.
Committed
$18,172.94
Interest
716.31
$18,889.25
Cr
Collected $17,375.14
Uncollected 517.98
Abated
996.13
$18,889.25
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ANNUAL REPORT
Emory Street Drain Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$580.00
Interest
3.37
$583.37
Cr.
Collected
$583.37
$583.37
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$629.70
Interest
1.52
Cr. $631.22
Collected
$595.22
Uncollected
28.10
Abated
7.90
$631.22
Sidewalk Betterment.
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