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Very respectfully,
THOMAS F. DAVOREN,
Highway Surveyor ..
TREASURER'S REPORT.
JOHN E. SWIFT, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MILFORD, MASS., AS TREASURER. 1
DR.
CR.
To amounts received :-
Balance, January 1, 1917 :- Cash
$ 3,805 87
Money borrowed in antici-
pation of taxes for the
year 1917, as per vote of
town passed December 11, 1916 · .
185,000 00
Auctioneers' licenses :---
Treasurer of Massachusetts :-- One-fourth of liquor li- censes . $ 4,227 25
John P. Remick $2 00 .
Clifford C. Smith
2 00
National bank tax 9,037 42
Paul Doane
2 00
State tax 24,310 00
P. Eugene Casey
2 00
Repair of state highways 624 33
Paul Doane . .
2 00
38,199 00
Martin Casey .
2 00
John H. Cunniff .
2 00
Treasurer of Worcester County, Mass .:- County tax
10,837 00
14 00
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By amounts paid :- -
Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes for the year 1916, as per vote of town passed November 4, 1915 . $ 26,000 00 Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes for the year 1917, as per vote of town passed December 11, 1916 .
140,000 00 %
TREASURER'S REPORT- CONTINUED.
Circus licenses :-
R. T. Richards' Circus
.
$25 00
Spark's Show · 25.00
Sautelle's Circus .
25 00
.
$75 00
Common Victuallers' licenses :-
The Royal Co .. . $1 00 .
Maud I. Day 1 00 · ·
J. B. Shaughnessy 1 00 ·
William E. Southland .
1 00
Charles T. Dyer 1 00 ·
Benjamin Franklin ·
1 00
George F. Pyne . 1 00
Fred Hoel 1 00 .
8 00
Garbage licenses :-
Louis P. Pratt $5 00 ·
Andrew Macuen . 2 50 ·
Michael DiSabito 2 50 .
Carlo Calderara .
2 50
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Ernest Christani . 2 50
Town debt :- Note, 3}, (payable in gold) due November 1, 1917 (High school loan) $5,000 00
Note, 4, (payable in gold) due September 1, 1917 (Plains school loan) . Note 4, (payable in gold) due July 7, 1917
1,000 00
(Claflin school loan) . 1,000 00 Note, 44, (payable in gold) due November 27, 1917 (Restoration of cemetery funds) 2,000 00
Note 4, (payable in gold) due December 1, 1917 (Rebuilding School and Purchase streets, be- ginning at junction of School and Spruce
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Louis Roberti 2 50 .
Frank Quirk ·
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2 50
Hugh Ray
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. 22 50
Innholders' licenses :-
Mary McHrath, for 1916 $1 00
Mary McGrath, for 1917 1 00
2 00
Junk Dealers' licenses :-
Joe Ferman $10 00 ·
Bennie Berkman 10 00
Aaron Pressman 10 00 ·
Louis Kaplan
10 00
Thomas Callahan
5 00
Myer Rosen ·
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Max Pressman .
10 00
Charles Gellman .
10 00
H Goldstein 10 00
Jack Stein .
10 00*
Max Bean .
10 00
. Morris Sneiderman 10 00
Joseph Marcus .
0
10 00
Abraham Indursky
10 00
streets, $756.40; Re- building Congress street from the junc- tion of Fountain street extending northerly, $629.60; Resurfacing - Grant street, $500.00;) total ·
1,886 00
· Bonds, sewer, 4, (pay- able in gold) due Oc- tober 1, 1917 . 4,000 00 · Bonds, sewer, 4, (pay- 55
able in gold) due Oc- tober 1, 1917 . ·
3,000 00
Bonds, sewer, 4, (pay- able in gold) due Oc- tober 1, 1917 .
2,000 00
Bonds, sewer, 4, (pay- able in gold) due No- vember 1,1917 . 2,000 00
Bonds. 1. (payable in gold) due November 1, 1917 (George E Stacy
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5 00
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2 50
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Hades Neistein . $ 5 00 .
Ilarry T. Rice
5 00
David Marcus ·
10 00
Nathan Glatky
. 5 00
$155 00
2,513 79
Liquor licenses :- Patrick H. Gillon and M.
Estelle Gillon . .
$1,300 00
Care of trees on Town Parks . Cost of water to be assessed to abutters . . Fees to officers for their services in criminal cases . .
900 00
Bryan Manion and Ber-
859 34
nard M. Manion ·
1,300 00
Fire, incidentals .
2,857 33
Emma L. Goucher and Ernest L. Coburn ·
1,300 00
Fire, new hose ·
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500 00
John J. Donahue and Margaret R. Donahue . 1,300 00
Fire, repairs
503 96
Fire alarm box at junction of Main, Elm and Prospect streets 100 00 ·
John L Keefe, Helena A. Keefe and Peter Welch
1,300 00
Gypsy moth suppression .
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Highways . · .
15.506 68
Highway emergency loan . .
2,962 96
Patrick II. Moran and Michael J. Casey · Loring P. Webber and
1,300 00
schoolhouse) $5,000 00 ·
$26,886 00
Board of health, for quarantine ex- penses and care of contagious diseases · · Care of shade trees, shrubs, etc. ·
567 99
150 00
Patrick H. Gillon and M. Estelle Gillon . 1,300 00
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Fire, pay to members ·
9,199 36
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999 04
. Hayward street extension . 100 00
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Eliza A. Webber · Rudolph Mainini and Claudina Mainini · James F. Smith, Mary E. Smith and Josephine P. Smith · · James F. Smith, Mary E. Smith and Josephine P. Smith .
1,300 00
Incidentals .
4,805 12 · Interest 15,500 00
Investigation of Milford Water Co. 240 00
Meade street sidewalk ·
105 00
Memorial Hall .
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.
872 51
Memorial Day
165 00
North street sidewalk .
320 35
North Purchase cemetery .
25 00
Poor
20,018 51
Thomas F. Teeling and
Poor, mothers' aid . .
6,930 98
Joseph P. Teeling .
1,300 00
Thomas J. O'Brien and
Premium on tax collector's bond .
250 00 9
Elmer F. Emery .
1,300 00
Premium on Town Hall insurance
1,248 72
Frank M. Breed and Lad-
islas G. Lavallee 1 00 ·
A. H. Sweet Co., Inc. .
1 00
Arthur B. Morse 1 00 .
. John H. Gardella 1 00
Charles H Collins
1 00
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. John A. Burke 1 00
Richard A. Gilfoyle .
1 00
Salaries, police department .
5,599 51
Schools
83,737 60
.
Rebuilding Congress street from Exchange street northerly .
6,660 00
Rebuilding Congress street from Fountain street northerly .
417 28
. Rebuilding School and Purchase streets 7,568 60 . . Salaries 11,106 09
Frank M. Breed and
Ladislas G. Lavallee . 1 00
1,300 00
1,300 00
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1,300 00
Premium on treasurer's bond 200 00
TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
John H. O'Grady
$1 00
$16,909 00
Manicurists' licenses :-
Rose Scalzi $1 00 ·
Margaret Walpole
1 00
Leah Crowell
1 00
Mary T. Donohoe
1 00
4 00
Oleomargarine licenses :-
Ernest F. Schulsemeyer $0 50
. Cheney Bros. 50
Reliable Cash Market ·
50
William E. Cook
50
Watering streets ·
2,744 96
Water for fire purposes
·
6,400 00
Playground supervision .
200 00
Crowell & De Witt
.
50
· Planting shade trees ·
99 75
Swift & Co. 50 ·
Rebuilding Water street ·
2,000 00
J. P. Connolly Co. 50 ·
Secretary of finance commission
50 00
E. E. Gray Co. .
50
4 50
School requirements of state in-
· spector
$ 4,000 00
Sewerage ·
4,657 66
Sidewalks
2,000 00
Soldiers' relief .
4,000 00
State aid
8,308 00
Street lights .
13,429 17
Town Hall
.
1,807 88
Town library
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Town Parks .
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1,610 57 811 00 X
Vernon Grove cemetery
150 00
Vernon Grove cemetery tool house
250 00
Co-operative Grocery Store Co. 50 ·
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Tax abatements, per warrant of assessors ;- First Universalist church
Pool, billiard table and bowl- ing alley licenses :- Peter Welch ·
society . ·
$ 11 10
Charles A. Claflin .
109 20
$3 00
Federico Di Francesco 2 00 .
Federico Di Francesco 7 00
L. P. Webber & Co. 6 00 .
Niro Bros. 6 00
Harry E. Hunt
18 00
Myer Rosen
5 00
Myer Rosen
.
1 00
. Peter B. Carron . 7 00
55 00
Shooting Gallery license :- Murphy & Rogers .
5 00
Slaughter-house licenses :- Joseph Berrini $1 00 ·
A. Rosenfeld
1 00
Henry V. Razzaboni
1 00
Alexander Iannitelli
1 00
Cesare Cavigioli .
1 00
Amos Bell
1 00
Louisa Ferrucci . 4 1 00
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120 30
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.>
Edward Petrini .
$1 00
$8 00
Sunday licenses : -
Frank Finegold .
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$5 00
John Mazzarelli .
.
5 00
Niro Bros
·
5 00
Maria Caldarara
5 00
V. Savino
5 00
Francesco Romanazzi
5 00
Michael Visconti
5 00
Joseph Giacumuzzi
5 00
Irene Di Vittorio
5 00
L. Thomas
5 00
Mrs. L. Gallassini
5 00
Philip Sonier
5 00
G. Balboni
5. 00
Tobin Sisters
5 00
John D. Vires
5 00
Giovannına Grossi
5 00
Angelo Verrillo .
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5 00
Giuseppe Damico
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5 00
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Giovanni Covino . 5 00 ·
Catherine Maroney
5 00
George H. Lilley
5 00
Michele Colabelli
5 00
Millard J. Macuen
5 00
Charles Buckle
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.
5 00
James R. Murphy
.
5 00
Andevitto & Co. .
5 00
Ceruti & Co.
5 00
Charles :Martell
.
5 00
Mrs. B. Agostino
.
5 00
Pasquale Faruzzi
5 00
150 00
Theatre licenses :-
Milford Opera Co.
$100 00
Hudson Theatre Co.
75 00
175 00
Undertakers' licenses :-
James B. Edwards
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$1 00
S. C. J. Quirk ·
1 00
Arthur De Pasquale & Co. 1 00
Arthur J. Heroux
1 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Walter Watson .
$1 00
$5 00
Commissioner of Weights and Meas- ures, Commonwealth of Massachu- setts :-
Special Town Licenses, (Peddlers') 209 00
Treasurer of Massachusetts : -
Tuition of children $ 655 50
Corporation tax, public service
.
2,022 03
Corporation tax, business
4,809 38
National bank tax
259 55
State aid and burial of
indigent soldiers and sailors . .
3,842 00
State paupers, temporary aid
766 64
State paupers, burial
15 00
Support of sick paupers 99 29
Aiding mothers with de-
pendent children · 2,103 23
Soldiers' exemption 77 97 ·
Contagious diseases . 3 00
Transportation of paupers 1 90
Street railway tax
341 02
Income tax
15,745 67 .
Highway Commission
17 85
30,760 03
Treasurer of Worcester County :-- -
Annual . instalment, (10 per cent) of cost (f Town Hall vault, for nine months ending ing September 30, 1917 Rent of court room for nine months ending September 30, 1917 .
$ 70 44
412 50
Dog tax for 1917 938 44
1,421 38
Tax Collector :- M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1912 $ 59 14 M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1913 497 31 M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1914 4,208 99
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1915 $9,998 55 M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1916 24,978 24 M. J. Carbary, taxes, 1917 187,931 74 M. J. Carbary, street rail-
way excise tax 1,064 59
M. J. Carbary, sewer as- sessments . 5,393 87
$234,132 43
Board of Health department :-
Town of Bellingham .
. 18 00
Care of shade trees, shrubs, and flowers department :- Patrick F. Fitzgerald, tree warden $66 00
Town of Milford, Town Hall Department 10 00
Town of Milford, School
Department 12 00
- 88 00
W. G. Pond, clerk of Third District Court of South- ern Worcester, fines . Fire-Incidentals department :- Milford Highway Depart-
.
557 30
ment ·
$340 00
Edward J. Burke, chief, and others . 26 00
366 00
Fire-Repairs department :--- Edward J. Burke, chief . 4 00 Highway department :- Thomas F. Davoren, sul- . perintendent of streets, and others . 1,084 28
Incidentals department :- Accumulated dividends on cemetery funds withdrawn from Mil- ford Savings Bank
Sale of type writer by D. J. Sullivan, town clerk John Larson, rent for
$388 02
5 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
pasture land off Charles street . $20 00
$413 02
Memorial Hall department :- Post 22, G. A. R., rent and heat to January 1, 1917 ·
.
. 76 00
Poor department :- John H. Cunniff, chairman
· 6,139 38
Mother's!Aid department :- Town of Maynard ·
$259 34 City of Worcester 68 50
327 84
A. F. Richardson, keeper of County Jail :-
Fines, fees, etc., for quar- ter 'ending December 31, 1916 $4 50
Fines, fees, etc., for quar- ter: ending June 30, 1917 .
. 9 50
66
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Fines, fees, etc, for quar- ter ending September 30, 1917
6 50
.
20 50
Salary department :--- Daniel M. O'Brien, sealer of weights and meas- ures
111 78
School department :-
Milford Fire Department for stone for Hose Co. No. 3 .
$ 5 00
Almorin O. Caswell, su- perintendent ·
24 00
City of Boston
.
166 00
Town of Bellingham
520 00
Town of Hopkinton
85 50
Stacy Schoolhouse bond issue
. 12,282 18
$13,082 68
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TREASURER'S REPORT-CONTINUED.
Sewerage department :-
Town of Hopedale .
$110 00
Arthur P. Clarridge 2 00 .
$112 00
Sidewalks department :- James H. Connors .
8 50
Town Hall department :- Daniel M. O'Brien, jani- tor
·
604 00
Town History department :--- Four copies unbound
4 00
Town Library department :--- Wendell Williams, exec- utor of will of Harriet L. Thayer ·
100 00
Town Parks department :-- Park Commissioners .
11 00
Watering Streets department :- Cost of water assessed abutters ·
. $900 00
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M. J. Carbary, collector 1914 . M. J. Carbary, collector, 1915 · M. J. Carbary, collector, 1916 · M. J. Carbary, collector, 1917
Sale of Note, authorized by vote of town passed September 24, 1917, for Highway Emergen- cy Fund, under Sec- tion 16, Chapter 719, Acts of 1913 . 3,000 00
Sale of Note, authorized by vote of town passed November 6, 1917, for State Aid, under Chap- ter 179, Acts of 1917 .
22 21
60 59
114 02
. 701 24
1,798 06
69
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5,000 00
Balance, December 31, 1917 :- Cash .
. $7,795 04 .
$505,847 05
$505,847 05
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LIST OF SPECIAL BALANCES AND APPROPRIA- TIONS UNEXPENDED.
German war state aid. (Balance) ·
$ 436 00
Investigation of Milford Water¡Co. (Balance)
289 39
Sewerage. (Balance)
9,027 59
Town library. (Balance) .
701 78
West Pine street extension. (Balance)
25 00
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$10,479 76
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TREASURER'S STATEMENT OF GEORGE E. STACY · SCHOOLHOUSE BOND ISSUE.
DR.
January 1, 1917. Balance on deposit in Mer- chants' National Bank, Worcester $12,143 62
Accrued interest on deposit from January 1, 1917, to December 31, 1917 . 140 37 .
$12,283 99
CR.
Dillon Bros., contractors .
$9,942 85
W. L. Collins and Wendell T. Phillips, archi- tects' fees
1×8 00
Luchini & Manzani
.
1,093 75
. Bissell & Blunt · ·
448 74
John S. Ranahan
64 18
H. L. Stearns Desk Co.
51 15
Middlesex County House of Correction
39 67
Clark Ellis & Sons
51 00
Rochester Germicide Co.
2 50
J. B. Hunter & Co.
.
11 34
$12,282 18
Balance on hand December 31, 1917, at Mer- chant's National Bank, Worcester, Mass. .
$1 81
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Eldredge & Son
.
389 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF CEMETERY FUNDS. Birs. Albert Albrecht, for care of burial lot of P. P. Parkhurst, No. 143, in Vernon Grove ceme- tery, Milford, Mass, under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts $100 00
Mrs. Lottie M Carr, for care of buri- al lot of Mrs Mary E. Reynolds, No. 337, in Vernon Grove cem- etery, Milford, Mass., under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts.
100 00
John C. Lynch, administrator, es- tate of Augustus Stevens, for care of burial lot No. 693, in Vernon Grove cemetery, Mil- ford, Mass., under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massa- chusetts 100 00
Chattie E. Adams, for care of buri- al lot No. 878, in Vernon Grove cemetery, Milford, Mass., under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts 100 00
Heirs of Sylvanus Green, for care of burial lot No 221, in Vernon Grove cemetery, Milford, Mass., under the provisions of the Re- vised Laws of Massachusetts 50 00
William A. Wylie, for care of burial lot No. 4253, in Vernon Grove cemetery, Milford, Mass , under the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts 50 00
$ 500 00
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Cemetery funds received prior to January 1, 1917 (On deposit in Milford Savings Bank) 2,895 00
Cemetery trust funds restored in accordance with Chapter 634, Acts of 1913, on deposit in Milford Savings Bank 6,586 18
Accumulated interest on all cemetery funds to October 13, 1917 1,190 49
$11,171 67
Withdrawn from Milford Savings Bank November 14, 1916, and credited to Incidentals depart- ment $802 47
Withdrawn from Milford Savings Bank November 5, 1917, and credited to Incidentals depart- ment . 388 02
1,190 49
Balance on deposit December 31, 1917 · $9,981 18
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TOWN DEBT.
Notes, (3}'s) due $5,000 annually, November 1,
1918, to November 1, 1919, inclusive $ 10,000 00 Notes, (+'s) due $1,000 annually, September 1, 1918, to September 1, 1926, inclusive . 9,000 00
Notes, (4's) due $1,000 annually, July 7, 1918, to July 7, 1926, inclusive 9,000 00
Note, (41's) due November 27, 1918 486 18
Note, (+'s) due October 15, 1918 .
3,000 00
Note, (+2's) due November 20, 1918
5,000 00
Bonds, (4's) Sewerage, due $7,000 annually Octo- ber 1, 1918, to October 1, 1936, inclusive 133,000 00
Bonds, (4's) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, Octo-
ber 1, 1918, to October 1, 1926, inclusive
18,000 0
Bonds, (t's) Sewerage, due $2,000 annually, No- vember 1, 1918, to November 1, 1933, inclu- sive
32,000 00
Bonds, (4's) Stacy school, due $5,000 annually, November 1, 1918, to November 1, 1923, in- clusive .
30,000 00.
Bonds, (+'s) Stacy school, due $4,000 annually, November 1, 1924, to November 1, 1930, in- clusive 28,000 00
Bonds, (4's) Stacy school, due $3,000 annually, No- vember 1, 1931, to November 1, 1935, inclusive 15,000 00.
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$292,486 18.
Note, (+2's) temporary loan, a lien on taxes of 1917, due March 1, 1918 · Note, ({}'s) temporary loan, a lien on taxes of 1917, due April 1, 1918 · Note, (5's) temporary loan, a lien on taxes of 1917, due May 1, 1918 · Note, (5's) temporary loan, a lien on taxes of 1917, due June 1, 1918 ·
10,000 00
10,000 00-
10,000 00
10,000 00.
· Note, (5's) temporary loan, a lien on taxes of 1917, due July 1, 1918 . 5,000 00,
$337,486 18
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TOWN HISTORY ACCOUNT.
Copies (unbound) on hand January 1, 1917
84
Copies (unbound) sold
4
80
JOHN E. SWIFT, 1
Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
GENERAL TAX 1912 -. DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
$179 26
Interest
5 19
$184 45
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$ 59 14
Abatements . 125 31
$184 45
1913-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
.
$653 80
Interest
71 98
$725 78
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$497 31
Abatements .
228 47
$725 78
1914-DR.
Amount uncollected, Jan. 1, 1917 .
$7,560 50
Interest
583 02
$8,148 52
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$4,208 99
Abatements .
36 04
Amount uncollected
3,898 49
$8,143 52
.
77
1915-Dr.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917 · ·
$15,932 39
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917 . . 200 19
Interest
1,032 37
$17,164 95
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$9,998 55
Abatements .
105 07
Amount uncollected Jan. 1, 1918
7,061 33
$17,164 95
1916-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
·
$43,991 88
Interest
·
1,157 05
$45,148 93.
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$24,978 24
Abatements .
463 56
Amount ucollected, Jan 1, 1918
19,707 13
$45,148 93-
1917-DR.
Amount committed .
$232,430 16 ·
Interest
.
90 19
$232,520 35
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer . $187,931 74
Abatements ·
303 64
Amount uncollected .
44,284 97
·
$232,520 35
STREET RAILWAY EXCISE TAX.
1917-DR.
Amount committed .
$1,064 59
·
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$1,064 59 .
78
STREET SPRINKLING TAX. 1914-DR.
Amount, uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
·
$82 00
Interest .
3 06
$85 06
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$22 21
Amount uncollected
62 85
$85 06
1915-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
.
$118 62
Interest
5 78
$124 40
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$60 59
Amount uncollected
63 81
$124 40
1916-DR.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1,
1917
·
$188 24
Interest
5 06
$193 30
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$114 02
Amount uncollected
79 28
$193 30
1917-DR.
Amount committed
$919 91
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer .
$701 24
Amount uncollected - 218 67
$919 91
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SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Amount uncollected, report Jan. 1, 1917 · $14,865 61
Amount committed since Jan. 1,
1917 ·
736 81
Interest
·
1,156 35
$16,758 77
CR.
Paid John E. Swift, treasurer
$ 5,393 87
Abatements .
26 68
Amount uncollected, payable 1910-
1927 inclusive .
11,338 22
$16,758 77
Respectfully submitted,
MATTHEW J. CARBARY,
Collector of Taxes.
Dec. 31, 1917.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Town appropriations, 1916
. $ 13,781 25.
Town appropriations, 1917
222,626 00 ·
State tax
24,310 00
·
County tax .
10,837 00
State highway tax ·
624 33
Amount to raise
. $272,178 58
Estimated income .
51,535 38 ·
Net amount to raise
$220,643 25
Overlay
2,618 86
Tax on Collector's book less December levy and
non-resident bank tax
$223,262 11
Net amount to raise
$220,643 25
Overlay
·
2,618 86
Amount on Collector's book as above
$223,262 11 .
VALUATIONS.
Buildings excluding land .
$5,469,273 00
Land excluding buildings .
2,562,780 00
Total real .
$8,032,053 00
Personal excluding resident bank tax
Resident bank
·
$1,967,837 00 251,100 00
Total personal
$2,218,937 00~
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TOTAL VALUATION.
Real estate
Personal estate
.
$8,032,0.3 00 2,218,937 00
Total valuation
$10,250,990 09
ESTIMATED INCOME.
Liquor licenses
$16,909 00
Miscellaneous licenses
604 00
Burial indigent soldiers and sailors
250 00
Public service corporation tax
1,735 6%
Business corporation tax
4,340 39
Street Railway tax 0
1,423 07
State aid expended 1916
3,642 00
Reimbursements under Sections 13 and 14 0
135 52
Reimbursements under Section 24, Chapter 269 21,494 83
Water assessed to abutters .
900 00
Total estimated income 1917
$51,535) 33
TAX.
Real estate
$168,673 56
Personal estate .
46,698 00
Assessed polls ·
.
3,99
Gain in fractions
0
55
Real and personal estate and polls
$223,262 12
Non-resident bank tax . .
9,090 90
Amount on warrant ·
.
$232,353 vk
Additional with December levy
3, 15
$232.430 16
Tax rate per $1000
Number of polls assessed .
3,995
Number of horses .
-
10€
Number of cows
295
Number of cattle other than cows .
38
6
0
O
.
82
Number of swine
41
Number of fowl .
·
4,391
Value of fowl
$4,190 00
Number of dwellings
2,884
Number of acres of land
8,506
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES MURRAY, WILLIAM F. CLANCY, FREDERICK W. HOLLAND, Assessors of Milford.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917 ·
$ 382 15
Town appropriation
150 00
Balance of appropriation on tool house
250 00
Use of lowering device .
14 00
Sale of lots
325 50
Care of lots
399 00
Perpetual care of lots
31] 60
Opening graves
136 00
Single graves
26 00
Fitting lots
74 00
New foundations
18 25
Bound stones
3 50
Sale of hay
155 73
Sale of rowen
4 50
Sale of gravel
3 00
$2,253 23
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid for labor as per vouchers $1,245 68
Incidentals
6 76
C. A Fletcher, supplies .
10 00
W. W. Watson, fertilizer
33 00
S. Boone, fertilizer
2 50
W. D. Howard, flowers .
7 44
Milford Coal Co , supplies
2 20
Staples & Gould, supplies
41 17
Pearl Sarty, on account of tool house .
800 00
Walter L. Collins, on account of tool
25 00
house
79 48
Cash on hand .
.
$2,253 23
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There have been 53 interments during the year.
Having had an unusually large income the past two years from the sale of new lots and the sale of hay, your trustees- have been able to complete the Tool House, and in case of emergency the same can be used for Chapel purposes.
The terms of office of the trustees expire as follows :- Calvin J. Fiske and Harry E. Hunt in 1918. William Emery and Judson Trask in 1919. George L. Maynard and Herbert S. Eldredge in 1920.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. ELDREDGE, Secretary and Treasurer. WILLIAM EMERY, Chairman and Superintendent.
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MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
By appropriations : -
Pay of members
$9,200 00
Incidentals ·
2,500 00
Repairs
500 00
New hose .
. 500 00
$12,700 00
Income :-
Reimbursement from Highway
Department for money bor-
rowed on horses for Hook & Ladder Co., 1916
$340 00
Sale of old heaters . .
26 00
Sale of old brass .
.
4 (0
370 00
Total .
.
. $13,070 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY OF MEMBERS.
Paid E. J. Burke, chief engineer $ 235 00
E. J. Burke, superintendent of fire alarm system 300 00
N. K. Adams, assistant engineer and clerk 225 00
J. E. Higgiston, assistant engineer 150 00
Edward S. O'Connor, treasurer Combination 1 .
560 83
Frank L. Cahill, treasurer Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 1,308 33
P. E. Jeffrey, treasurer Hose 1 1,105 00
John Walpole, treasurer Hose 3 502 50 .
Joseph B Bown, treasurer Hose 2 1,105 00
II. D. Marchessault, treasurer Hose 3 502 50
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Leroy Brown, treasurer Combination 1 $ 527 50
George Dudley, stoker Steamer 2 165 00
Charles Kimball, engineer Steamer 2 200 00 · Henry Rockwood, engineer Steamer 1 100 00 .
Martin Casey, driver Hose 3 200 00
Bernard O'Reilly, steward Hose 3 21 50
W. A. Fairbanks, spare driver of Combination 86 00
Louis Blanchet & Co , labor on line 45 00
Ed. O'Connor, resigned member Combination 1
25 00
Henry Julian, steward Hose 3
21 50
F. L. Cahill, spare driver Hose 1 and 2 .
20 85
Wm. Ahern, driver Combination 1 ·
1,004 19
Austin Davoren, driver Hose 2 . .
258 89
John Callery, driver Hose 1
279 73
Edward Nelligan, driver Ladder Co. 1
250 04
Expended
$9,199 36
By appropriation
9,200 00
Balance
64
INCIDENTALS.
Paid Milford Water Co.
$ 59 31
Charles Kimball, trucking
15 37
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. ·
256 02
Lewis Barney Coal Co. .
126 00
Sherborne- Coughlin Express
7 50
D. E. Ward, trucking
·
5 08
Merrill W. Allen, boiler inspector
2 00
Milford Grain Co.
195 10
Moloney & Cleary, shoeing
69 40
Wm. Higgins, auto hire .
17 00
Joseph Fahey, auto hire .
3 00
John A. O'Connor, auto hire
2 00
Milford Furniture Co , bedding .
6 50
Milford Light & Power Co., gas and electricity 267 87
Daily News, advertising notices
6 75
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87
John T. Crowell, harness repairs
$ 11 65
J. F. Hickey, insurance . 5 25
Fred Curtiss, auto hire . ·
2 00
W. E. Cook, paint 2 50
Reformatory for women, flags 15 00
J. M. Hardy, supplies
9 63
Mrs. H. Barber, lease of land, Hose 3
15 00
P. E. Jeffrey, treasurer Hose 1, for men watch- ing at Sladman's fire 4 50
P. J. Burke, auto hire
14 00
C. A. Fletcher, poles
16 50.
Gamewell Fire Alarm Tel., boxes and repairs
233 34
Milford Journal Co., advertising notices
7 80
Pettingell-Andrews Co., supplies 119 59
F. T. Hancock, polish 1 40
James Lally, hay and grain
178 27
J. P. Connelly, soda- bicarbonate
18 48
Louis Blanchet & Co., labor on wires
20 00
Waters & Hynes, lumber
8 11
Combination Ladder Co., coats
90 00
Fred Luby, wiring Hose 4
13 72
George H. Locke, lumber 4 93
Johnston & Young, painting interior, Hose 3 46 00
Auto Sales Co., labor on harnesses 4 75
Eldredge & Sons, painting Hose 1 and 2 house and barn 230 30
Clark Ellis & Sons, heater and supplies 331 42
Frank Cahill, treasurer Hook & Ladder for flag 7 00
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