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Charles I. Gay
50.00
M. J. Slattery 50.00
Herbert Todd
50.00
F. N. Fowler
50.00
John Reid
25.00
John H. Hardt. 50.00
Robert Tipping
25.00
$350.00
Hose Company No. 4, South Attleboro.
James W. Orr, Captain. $50.00
Daniel Driscoll 50.00
Christopher McLaughlin 50.00
Emory Orr 50.00
Percy Doran 50.00
Isaac Bunker 50.00
Walter Abbott
50.00
Michael Fox
50.00. .
Albert Olsen
50.00
Harry Prince
50.00
$500.00
Hose Company No. 5, Hebronville. W. N. Goff, Captain. $50.00
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A. I. Atwell. 50.00
Charles L. Atwell
50.00
William Frenier
50.00
Alex LaPalme
50.00
Martin Tierney
50.00
Adelard Messier
50.00
Peter Gagne .
50.00
George Parker
50.00
$450.00
Hose Company No. 6, St. Jean Plat.
John Paquette
$10.00
Henri Smith
10.00
Wilfred Paquette 10.00
Arthur Doran
10.00
Medard Duquette
10.00
Philorum Dorais
10.00
Phillias Duquette
10.00
Dominic Brogan
10.00
Hormidas Duquette
10.00
George Miller 10.00
George Champagne 10.00
Alfred Johnson
10.00
$120.00
Hose Company No. 7, Briggs Corner.
Edward D. Briggs
$10.00
Fred L. Briggs 10.00
E. H. White. 10.00
Chas. L. Douglas 10.00
Alfred M. Brigham
10.00
William A. Vickery
10.00
H. E. Briggs .. 10.00
George L. Wetherell 10.00
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Carl A. Brigham
10.00
Herbert B. Rounds.
10.00
Carlos T. Clark.
10.00
Clarence J. Brigham
10.00
$120.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. I.
G. H. Nash, Captain $125.00
H. E. Brown 125.00
E. F. Smith 125.00
Walter C. Dix. 125.00
Charles F. Sweetland. 125.00
J. H. Williams 125.00
G. L. Taylor. 125.00
B. F. Stevens 125.00
A. L. Young 125.00
Ira Cook 125.00
M. T. Smith
62.50
$1,312.50
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
F. J. Murphy, Captain.
$49.00
Harold Hopkins
50.00
Thomas F. Dean 50.00
George Orr
50.00
Frank Shaw 50.00
Henry Bunker
50.00
Frank Knight 50.00
Fred Dennette
50.00
Arthur Shaw
50.00
William Coupe
27.08
$476.08
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.
Fred A. Clark, Captain. $125.00
Roy Churchill 125.00
Craig C. Pope. 125.00
A. R. McLeod
125.00
Michael Barrett
125.00
Charles Burdick
125.00
$750.00
Total
$24,203.58
New Fire Hose. Dr.
To appropriation $600.00
$600.00
Cr.
Boston Woven Hose Co.
$600.00
$600.00
New Fire Alarm Boxes. Dr.
To appropriation
$475.00
Cr. $475.00
Belcher & Loomis Co., insulation .... $5.30 Gamewell Co., five alarm boxes and one mile wire. . . 419.61
Union Electric Co., cross-arms 6.75
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Gamewell Co., wire ..
37.79
Unexpended balance. 5.55
$475.00
Automobile Truck, South Attleboro.
Dr.
To appropriation $5,500.00
$5,500.00
Cr.
Hitchcock-Banks Co., one combina-
tion chemical and hose auto
truck
$5,500.00
$5.500.00
Highway Department.
Dr.
Appropriation $14,000.00
Balance from 19II. 22.89
Providence Telephone Co., use of streets 25.00
Sewer entrances
87.50
Individual telephones 62.88
State of Massachusetts, street railway tax 2.323.93
Bristol County, excise tax. 191.45
Interstate Consolidated Street Rail- way Co., excise tax. 2.508.12
Town of Mansfield, use of horses on oiler 15.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., work oiling, surfacing and rolling ap- proach to station. 1. 50.00
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Balance due on tip cart. 5.00
Sale of crushed stone and stone. 164.43
Sale of gravel. 3.60
Sale of pipe.
1.00
Sale of barrels 1.75
Sale of junk. 6.98
Hanscom Construction Co .. use of road roller .. 54.00
Work done by Highway Department for private concerns. 20.00
Work done by Highway Department for Sewer Department. 506.82
Work done by Highway Department for Water Department. 181.03
Work done by Highway Department for Sidewalk Department. 390.00 ...
Work done by Highway Department for concrete sidewalks. . ...
100.00
Work done by Highway Department for Playground
150.00
Cr.
$20.971.38
North Division, pay rolls $5,520.65
South Division. pay rolls.
1.787.14
South West Division. pay rolls. 1.278.38
Street Cleaning. pay rolls 1.161.22
Superintendent of Streets, salary 1.400.00
Stone 1.432.67
Surveying. H. F. Conant.
199.80
Surveying. Charles F. Robinson 34.70
Gravel and sand. 379.31
Supplies. roller and crusher
1.015.27
Snow
168.21
Shoeing
252.30
Tools and appliances, and repairs of same
762.35
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Carpenter work
67.75
Hay and grain.
2,103.91
Lights in barn and sheds. 26.91
Lumber for bridges, fences, etc.
293.69
Catch basin covers and frames
27.00
Horses
600.00
1
Carts and repairs. 346.37
Harness supplies and repairs.
230.39
Cleaning catch basins.
II2.00
Miscellaneous labor
203.79
Veterinary services
49.00
Hot water heater.
32.18
Plumbing, installing heater
72.75
Horse hire 27.00
Damages
20.00
Boiler inspection
15.00
Waste barrels
15.00
Tar
27.00
Ashes
38.70
Repairing and cleaning fountain and stand pipes
18.60
Straw
44.00
Gasolene
3.76
Medical attendance.
6.00
Road plow
18.00
Blankets
10.00
Posts
26.70
Use of cart
15.00
Medicine for horses.
22.69
Pipe, brick and cement
77.49
Lantern oil.
7.06
Boots, oil suit and hat 19.75
Telephones 155.22
Advertising and printing
7.58
Painting stack 6.00
Freight and express 7.69
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Incidentals, paints, oil, brushes,
glass, etc. 55-57
$20,201.55
Hodges Street-
Surveying
$3.50
Pay rolls
403.35
Howard Avenue- $406.85
Surveying
$7.00
Pay rolls
225.00
$232.00
Unexpended balance
I 30.98
$20.971.38
Street Sprinkling.
Dr.
Appropriation $6,000.00
Town of Mansfield, use of oiler 5.00
Town of North Attleboro 40.00
Oiling for individuals 8.00
Use of watering cart 10.00
1
$6,063.00
Cr.
Charles Howarth, oiling $47.25
Frank Parmenter, sprinkling and
oiling 610.63
Fred Read, sprinkling 40.00
Alden Speares Sons Co.
2,403.63
Standard Oil Co 1,632.45
John Lamson 555.86
Freight 5.00
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Carpenter work
50.40
Lumber
203.58
Rent of land.
26.50
Repairs on carts.
15.92
Mason work
18.86
Gasolene
4.95
Bushings
1.35
Water Department
10.25
Oil
.73
Unexpended balance
435.64
Sidewalks.
$6,063.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Resetting curbing
11.87
Sale of gutter covers and curbing
128.83
Amount due from betterment.
2,113.40
Cr.
$5.254.10
Curbing
$2,735.48
Labor
687.47
Surveying
189.45
Paving stones
300.00
Setting curbing
850.12
Cutting curbing
9.50
Gutter crossings
66.00
Freight
.84
Gravel
24.10
Paving, labor
267.20
Oil
1.25
Sand
10.50
Cement
34.21
Y. M. C. A., granolithic walk
32.80
Unexpended balance
45.08
$5,254.10
.
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Concrete Sidewalks.
Dr.
Appropriation $3,000.00
Concreting driveways for individuals 9.75 -
Amount due from betterment 427.08
State of Massachusetts. 68.00
$3,504.83
Cr.
R. H. Jones, concrete. $2,590.02
Attleboro Concrete Co., concrete. . . 85.60
Olof Pearson, concrete. 579.70
Granolithic
105.47
Labor
103.12
Unexpended balance
40.92.
$3,504.83
Robert Street.
Dr
Appropriation
$1,550.00
$1,550.00
Cr.
Surveying
$32.25
Pay rolls
1,481.75
Gravel
12.45
Unexpended balance
23.55
$1,550.00
Thacher Drain (Covering). Dr.
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Overdraft
3.65
$2,503.65
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Cr.
Surveying
$39.00
Pay rolls
911.76
Lumber
127.34
Mason work
609.89
Stone
190.59
Sand, cement and lime
297.09
Gravel
12.83 .
Carpenter work
15.20
Rails
221.74
Catch basins and covers
33.67
Freight
20.54
Boots
24.00
$2,503.65
River Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$100.00
Overdraft
6.00
$106.00
Cr.
Pay rolls
$106.00
$106.00
South Attleboro Streets.
Dr.
Appropriation $2,000.00
Overdraft
3.08
$2.003.08
Cr.
Surveying $15.00
Pay rolls 1,516.76
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Stone
350.03
Tools and repairs 109.25
Lubricator
5.30
Boots
5.00
Freight
1.74
Solomon Street. 1
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Overdraft
69.37
$569.37
Cr.
Surveying
$4.50
Pay rolls
564.87
South Avenue. Dr.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Overdraft 3.20
$2,003.20
Cr.
Surveying $7.25
Pay rolls
1,580.33
Stone
415.62
$2,003.20
Park Street.
Dr.
Appropriation $3,000.00
Cr.
Surveying $23.00 $3,000.00
$2,003.08
$569.37
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Pay rolls
2,291.73
Stone
478.51
Gravel
67.95
Repairs on tools.
16.15
Coal
45.62
Cement and pipe
13.92
Unexpended balance
63.12
$3,000.00
Cleaning Ten Mile River and Thacher Drain.
Dr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Overdraft
3.68
$203.68
Cr.
Pay rolls
$191.68
Boots
12.00
$203.68
State Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$125.00
Overdraft
8.61
$133.61
Cr.
Surveying
$3.50
Pay rolls
119.II
Gravel
11.00
$133.61
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Twelfth Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$250.00
Cr.
Surveying
$6.50
Pay rolls
236.22
Unexpended balance
7.28
$250.00
Street-Park to Park.
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Cr.
Surveying
$13.00
Joseph McCra, grading and filling. . . 400.00
Unexpended balance
87.00
$500.00
Atwood Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$250.00
$250.00
Cr
Surveying
$7.50
Pay rolls 242.00
Unexpended balance
.50
$250.00
$250.00
$500.00
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Maple Street. Dr.
Appropriation
$800.00
Cr. $800.00
Surveying
$30.00
Pay rolls
630.90
Gravel
128.95
Carpenter work
7.20
Unexpended balance
2.95
$800.00
Jefferson Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$275.00
Cr. $275.00
Surveying
$11.50
Pay rolls
234.90
Mason work
5.57
Unexpended balance
23.03
$275.00
Playground.
Dr.
$500.00
Appropriation
Cr. $500.00
Pay rolls $447.14
Blowing stone and stumps.
35.15
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Rve 5.20
Unexpended balance
12.51
Water Street. $500.00
Dr.
Appropriation for land damages. . $1,000.00
Cr. $1,000.00
John H. Nerney.
$500.00
Mary Murphy
500.00
$1,000.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$600.00
Overdraft
84.14
$684.14
Cr.
Surveying
$35.50
Pay rolls
423.31
Moving barn
49.00
Gravel
52.05
Lumber
59.28
Building cellar
65.00
$684.14
Concreting and Curbing Bliss School Lot.
Dr.
Appropriation
$ 500.00
$500.00
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Cr.
Curbing
$206.72
Setting curbing
30.00
Gravel
21.00
Pay rolls
12.00
Concrete
94.95
Unexpended balance
I35.33
Brownell Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Cr.
Surveying
$22.00
Pay rolls
461.04
Unexpended balance
16.96
J
$500.00
Manchester Street.
Dr.
Appropriation
$200.00
Overdraft
15.00
Cr. 1
$215.00
Surveying
$18.00
Pay rolls
187.50
Stone
9.50
$500.00·
$500.00
$215.00
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Garden, Wigwam and Henry Streets.
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Overdraft
107.27
Cr. $607.27
· Surveying
$8.00
Pay rolls
587.42
Mason work
11.85
$607.27
Insurance of Town Property.
Dr.
To appropriation
$600.00
Duplicate bill
72.00
$672.00
Cr.
F. C. Estes. premiums. $48.00
Harry E. Carpenter. premiums
97.50
George J. Kelley, premiums 144.00
George M. Worrall, premiums 119.00
O. P. Richardson. premiums 84.00
Attleboro Fire Insurance Co
25.00
Fred E. Briggs. premiums.
125.00
Unexpended balance
29.50
$672.00
Street Lighting.
Dr.
To appropriation
$16,000.00
$16.000.00
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Cr.
January
$1,339.99
February 1,339.99
March
1,339.99
April
1,339.99
May
1,339.99
June
1,339.99
July
1,271.4I
August
1,271.42
September
1,333.17
October
1,333.17
November
1,333.17
December
1,333.17
Unexpended balance
84.55
$16,000.00
Decorating Graves, Spanish War Veterans.
Dr.
To appropriation
$50.00
. Cr. $50.00
Major H. A. Clark Camp, S. W. V .. $50.00
$50.00
Observance of Memorial Day.
Dr.
To appropriation $300.00
$300.00
Cr.
W. A. Streeter Post, G. A. R .. $300.00
$300.00
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Rent of G. A. R. Quarters. Dr.
To appropriation $348.00
Cr. $348.00
W. A. Streeter Post. G. A. R. $348.00
$348.00
Soldiers' Relief.
Dr.
To appropriation $2.500.00
Cr. $2.500.00
Paid to indigent soldiers. $1,969.00
Aid furnished Hiram Danforth. 10.00
Unexpended balance 360.60
$2,339.60
Medical Attendance.
Dr. J. W. Battershall $4.95
Dr. C. S. Holden 26.40
Dr. John Lake. 58.50
Dr. G. K. Roberts 21.97
Dr. W. E. Rounseville
11.00
Dr. M. H. Battershall
6.60
Dr. E. B. Richardson
4.20
Dr. R. P. Kent. 8.40
Dr. J. W. Clarke
18.38
$160.40
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State Aid.
Amount expended (to be reimbursed by State) $2,708.00
$2,708.00
Refund to F. J. Powers. Dr.
-
To appropriation $700.00
$700.00
Cr.
Frank J. Powers, refund of money ex- pended in 1902 for extension of water mains on Washington street $700.00
$700.00
Soldiers' Burial. Dr.
To be paid by State
$37.00
$37.00
Cr.
Burial Emma Nelson.
$35.00
George A. Sweeney, fees.
2.00
$37.00
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Fourth of July Celebration.
Dr.
To appropriation
$300.00
Overdraft
1.42
.
Cr $301.42
B. E. Ekblad, services, lumber, ex- penses, etc.
$27.77
F. W. Hathaway, vaudeville. 33.20
Alphonse LeClair, band. I 36.00
E. C. Newman, express. 3.00
National Fireworks Company
100.00
M. F. Ashley Co., lumber.
1.45
$301.42
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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, BALANCES AND OVERDRAFTS.
Appro'tn
Receipts
Expended
Balance
Overdraft
Currentand'Incidental
$15,000.00
$1.904.03
$18,688.57
$1,784.54
Police
7,500.00
2,847.88
10,152.92
$194.96
Lockup Equipment.
1,500.00
734.66
765.34
Fire Department.
24,000.00
188.25
21,203.58
15.33
New Hose.
600.00
600.00
Fire Boxes
475.00
469.45
5.55
Auto Truck
5,500.00
5,500.00
Insurance
600.00
570.50
29.50
Lights
16,000.00
15,915.45
84.55
Spanish War Veterans
50.00
50 00
Memorial Day
300.00
300.00
G. A. R. Rent.
348.00
348.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,500.00
2,139.40
360.60
F. J. Powers
700.00
700.00
Fourth of July
300.00
301.42
1.42
Highways
14,000.00
6,971.38
20,840.40
130.98
Street Sprinkling
6,000.00
63.00
5,627.36
435.64
Sidewalks
3,000.00
2,254.10
5,209.02
45.08
Concrete
3,000.00
504.83
3,463.91
40.92
Robert Street.
1,550.00
1,526.45
23.55
Thacher Drain
2,500.00
2,503.65
6.00
River Street.
100.00
106.00
3.08
Solomon Street.
500.00
569.37
3.20
South Avenue
2,000.00
2,003.20
Park Street.
3,000.00
2,936.88
63.12
Cleaning River
200.00
203.68
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State Street.
125.00
133.61
8.61
Twelfth Street
250.00
242.72
7.28
Park Street Extension
500.00
413.00
87.00
Atwood Street
250.00
249.50
.50
Maple Street
800.00
797.05
2.95
Jefferson Street
275.00
251.97
23.03
Playground
500.00
487.49
12.51
Water Street
1,000.00
1,000.00
Water Street
600.00
684.14
84.14
Bliss Lot.
500.00
364.67
135.33
Library
7,000.00
47.81
7,043.03
4.78
Schools
81,300.00
3,268.23
84,564.54
3.69
Board of Health
3,500.00
256.21
3,703.13
53.08
Poor Department.
7,600.00
2,189.77
11,030.05
1,240.28
Capron Park
3,000.00
1.50
3,076.36
74.86
Brownell Street
500.00
483.04
16.96
Manchester Street.
200.00
215.00
15.00
Garden Street, etc.
500.00
607.27
107.27
Totals
$221,623.00
$20,496.99
$243,013.52
$2,526.90
$3,420.43*
3.65
South Attleboro Sts
2,000.00
2,003.08
69.37
*Net overdraft $893.53
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APPROPRIATION SUMMARY-Continued.
Appro tn
Receipts
Expended
Balance
Overdraft
General Appropriation
$221.623.00
$20.496.99
$243 013.52
$2.528 90
$3 400.43
Carried Forward
High School
175.000 00 35.000.00
:40.00
43.579.62
131 .60.56
Tifany School.
23 .:: 3.79
11.201.01
Water Department
Construction
15.032.4:
2.056.22
Maintenance
250000
45.655.04
72.15.004
Grand Total
$455.123.00
$57.115.2.
$398.082.41
$3.420.43
Recommendations.
The following recommendations are made by the various departments :
Selectmen's Recommendations.
Current and Incidental. with receipts. $17.000.00 Police Department. with receipts. .. 7.500.00 Highway Department. with receipts 20.000.00 Park street to Briggs Corner 1.000.00 Thacher street repairs. 1.000.00
Paving Park street. North Main. South Main and Union streets.
$15.000 to be divided into three payments. For 1913. 5.000.00
Street sprinkling
6.000.00
Curbing sidewalks 3.000.00
Concrete walks 3.000.00 Cleaning Ten Mile River 500.00
Street lights 16.300.00
Soldiers' Relief 2.500.00
Observance Memorial Day 300.00
G. A. R. rent 348.00
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Insurance town buildings.
3,000.00
Fourth of July Observance. 500.00
$86,948.00
Recommended by the Fire Engineers for the current and incidental expenses
$25.000.00
$25,000.00
Recommended by Overseers of the Poor :
For support of paupers. . $8,000.00
For medical attendance.
500.00
$8,500.00
Recommended by the School Com- mittee for support of schools, with Dog Fund. $89,000.00
$89,000.00
Recommended by the Water Com-
missioners
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
Recommended by the Library Trus-
tees for support of the Library .. $7,000.00
Recommended by the Board of $7,000.00 Health
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
The following balances are carried forward : Highways and bridges. $130.98 New High School 131,860.38 Tiffany School
II,226.2I
$143,217.57
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Amounts to be raised to meet former votes : Capron Park
$2,000.00 South avenue and Soldiers' Monu-
ment 5,000.00
South Main Street Engine House. 3.800.00
South Attleboro Engine House. 3.000.00
Bliss School
5,000.00
Sewer Department 16.000.00
Thacher Street School (Tiffany) 5,000.00
High School lot. 2,000.00
High School building
9.000.00
$50,800.00
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. 27,000.00
Grade Crossing account and interest 12,500.00
$89.000.00
Recapitulation.
Selectmen's departments $86,948.00
Fire Department
25.000.00
Overseers of Poor
8.500.00
School Department
89.000.00
Water Department
25.000.00
Library
7,000.00
Board of Health.
3.500.00
Amounts required by law 89.000.00
Amounts to meet former votes. . . 50.800.00
$384,748.00
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Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. SWEENEY, MILLARD F. ASHLEY, GEORGE M. WORRALL, Selectmen of Attleborough.
Examined, February 4, 1913, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE,
Auditors.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
Receipts.
Cash on hand, Jan. Ist, 1912. $51,509.34
S. M. Holman, Collector. 350,440.00
Licenses.
Junk licenses
$500.00
Thirteen pedlers' licenses
286.00
131 milk licenses. . . 65.50
Bowling alley, pool and billiard table licenses
385.00
Three druggists' liquor licenses. .
3.00
Five auctioneers' licenses.
10.00
Two theatre and moving picture licenses
100.00
Merry-go-round license
1.00
Circus license
20.00
Licenses for wrestling bouts.
8.00
Dance licenses
1.00
License to sell combustibles,
oils, etc.
15.50
Inn-holders' and common victual- lers' licenses 60.00
Licenses to sell in Monument
square
4.00
$1,459.00
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Notes.
1912.
Received of
April 26, Loring, Tolman & Tup- per, notes for six months, dated April 23, 1912, dis- counted at 3.74% . $40,000.00
May 28, First National Bank of Attleboro, three notes, dated May 20, 1912, and due $3,000 Nov. 20, 1912; $2,000 May 20, 1913, and $2,000 May 20, 1914, at 4% 7,000.00
May 31, Estabrook & Co., seven notes of $5,000 each, dated May 20, 1912, and due $5,000 Nov. 20, 1912, and $5,000 May 20, 1913-1918, at 4% . 35,000.00
June 14, C. D. Parker Co., notes dated June II, 1912, and due Nov. II, 1912, discounted at 3.60% 40,000.00
$122,000.00
Bonds.
1912. Received from
July I, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Blodget & Co., dated July I, 1912, and due $5,000 July I, 1913-1927 $75,000.00
Aug. 24, sale of 4% High School Building Bonds to N. W. Har- ris & Co., dated Aug. 1, 1912, and due $9,000 Aug. 1, 1913- 1922. $8,500 Aug. 1, 1923, and $1,500 Aug. 1, 1924. 100,000.00
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Oct. 21, sale of 4% Sewer Bonds to Estabrook & Co., dated July I, 1912, and due $5,000 July I 1928-1942 75,000.00
$250,000.00 -
Premiums.
1912. Received from
May 31, Estabrook & Co., pre- mium on 4% notes amounting . to $35,000, dated May 20, 1912, and due 1912-1918, at 100.56. . $196.00 July I, Blodget & Co., premium on $75,000 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912, and due July I, 1913-1927, at 101.169. 876.75
Aug. 24, N. W. Harris & Co .. pre- mium on $100,000 4% High School Building Bonds. dated Aug. 1, 1912, and due Aug. I. 1913-1924, at 100.88. 880.00
Oct. 21, Estabrook & Co., premium on $75,000 Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912, and due July I, 1928-1942, at 101.425 . 1.068.75
$3.021.50*
Interest.
1912.
Received of
May 31, Estabrook & Co., accrued interest from May 20, 1912, to May 31, 1912, on notes amount- ing to $35,000, dated May 20. 1912, at 4% . $42.78
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Aug. 24, N. W. Harris & Co., accrued interest from Aug. 1, 1912, to Aug. 23, 1912, on $10,000, 4% Sewer Bonds, dated Aug. 1, 1912 244.44 Oct. 21, Estabrook & Co., accrued interest from July 1, 1912, to Oct. 21, 1912, on $75,000 4% Sewer Bonds, dated July 1, 1912. 916.67
First National Bank of Attleboro, interest on daily balances in bank for year 1912. 1,022.34
$2,226.23
Sewer Connections.
1912. Received of
Sept. 19, T. E. McCaffrey, connecting house with Capron street sewer $10.00 Sept. 19, Chas. A. Sturdy, connecting house with East street sewer ... 10.00 Oct. 10, G. L. Appleby, connecting house with Union street sewer. . 10.00 Oct. 24, C. E. Hemple, connecting house with East street sewer .... 10.00
Nov. II, S. M. Holman, connecting block with Pleasant street drain 37.50 Dec. 2, L. H. Cooper, connecting house with Bank street sewer .. 10.00
$87.50
Miscellaneous.
1912. Received of
George F. Pratt, County Treasurer,
for dog licenses. $2,342.00 1
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W. J. Newman, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees, sealing weights, etc. $101.61
Tax on potatoes sold from car. 9.72
Duplicate bill, Current and Inci- dental Department. 7.00
Individual telephone bill, Current and Incidental. 91.45
$209.78
Board of Health :
City of Taunton. $44.60
Town of Seekonk. 8.00
Town of Rehoboth. 1.65
City of Somerville. 116.50
Lakeville State Sanatarium
10.86
$181.61
Police Department :
Services of notices and warrants by police officer $61.90
Board of Health, rent of office. . ..
50.00
Edwin F. Thayer, Clerk, Court fines
2,373.48
Isaac E. Willetts, Keeper of Bristol Jail, fines and expenses. . 245.00
Edwin H. Evans, Keeper of Bristol County Jail, fines. 65.00
Franklin L. Hathaway, Keeper of Jail and Master of House of Cor- rection, fines 15.00
Individual telephone service. 37.50
$2,847.88
Fire Department : Sale of old hose. $11.00
Sale of horse
I 30.00
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Duplicate bill
.95
Individual telephone service 46.30
$188.25
Highway Department :
Providence Telephone Co., use of streets, for underground wires .. 25.00 Hanscom Construction Co., use of steam road roller 54.00
1
Town of Mansfield, use of horses on. oiling machine 15.00
A. Page, for filling in on Pembroke avenue 5.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., sur-
facing, rolling and oiling ap- proach to station.
I 50.00
Attleboro Gas Co., for repairing streets
15.00
Attleboro Water Department, for repairing streets. 84.50
Attleboro Water Department, for delivering water 96.53
Sewer Department, for repairs on streets caused by laying of sewer pipes 506.82
Sale of gravel and stone. 168.03
Sale of barrels. 1.75
Balance due on tip cart 5.00
Sale of pipe. 1.00
Sale of junk. 6.98
Credits for work done by Highway Department :
On playground I50.00
On sidewalks 390.00
On concrete sidewalks 100.00
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Duplicate bill, Manchester street. . 14.25
Individual telephone service. 62.88
$1,851.74
Street Sprinkling Department :
Bruno & Petitti, use of watering
cart $10.00
Town of North Attleboro, for oil- ing street 40.00
Town of Mansfield, use of oiling machine 5.00
Bates & Bacon, oiling driveway,
County street 8.00
$63.00
Sidewalk Department :
S. M. Einstein, for curbing and grate covers $90.47
S. R. Briggs, for change of curbing 5.37
Y. M. C. A., resetting curbing on North Main street. 6.50
Charles Wilmarth, concreting driveway on Fourth street. 5.00 . .. E. A. Remington, concreting drive- way on Fourth street. 4.75
A. A. French, for gutter covers and curbing 38.36
$150.45
Capron Park : Sale of material. $1.50
Library Department : Credit on books returned. $43.31
Duplicate bill 4.50
$47.81
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School Department :
Tuition from Town of Seekonk ... $240.00
Tuition from Town of Rehoboth. . 228.75
Tuition from individuals. 132.50
Reimbursement from sale of car tickets 318.60
Sale of text books and supplies. . .
58.31
Sale of evening school supplies ... 45.25
Receipts from incidentals. 19.32
Donation for light .brick for new
High School building. 500.00
Individual telephone service. 50.00
$1,592.73
Overseers of the Poor :
Town of Norton. $13.50
Town of Mansfield 11.50
Town of Dighton 62.50
Town of Southbridge. 154.40
City of Taunton 33.00
City of Fall River 64.25
Receipts from sale of milk 525.45
Receipts from sale of eggs. 15.30
Receipts from sale of cattle. 76.00
Receipts from sale of pigs
44.50
Receipts from sale of pork
6.87
Receipts from sale of produce from Poor Farm 12.53
Reimbursement for board of Dion children 238.00
Reimbursement for board of Wil- liam Bowers 84.50
Reimbursement for board and care of individuals at Poor Farm .. . . . 317.79 Reimbursement for car fare to Brockton 1.00
Labor and sale of loam 22.20
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Duplicate bill
2.50
Individual telephone service. 68.75
SI.754.54
State of Massachusetts :
Corporation tax. $7,261.08
National Bank tax 599.55
Street Railway tax.
2.323.93
State Aid 2.762.00
Soldiers' burial.
III.00
Temporary aid to paupers.
232.60
Support of sick paupers.
158.18
Transportation of paupers.
9.45
Burial of State paupers.
35.00
Board of Health, contagious dis-
eases
74.60
Instruction. Public Schools :
Tuition
$52.00
Transportation 17.50
69.50
Concrete sidewalk, Armory build-
ing 68.00
$13,704.89
Duplicate bill. Insurance account ... 72.00
Amount overdrawn on State Aid ac-
count
4.00
$805,755.75
EXPENDITURES.
Paid.
1912.
Bonds.
April 18, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Fire Engine Station Bonds. dated May 2. 1910. and due May 1, 1912 $3.800.00
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June 17, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Sewer Bonds, dated July I, 1910, and due July 1, 1912. 7,000.00 Sept. 20, First National Bank of Bos- ton, Sewer Bonds, due Oct. I, 1912 4,000.00
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