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Horace L. French, land (re-
78
funded by street railway) .. 37 50
C. C. Mellen, expense (refund- ed by street railway) ·
92 50
$4,292 41
Credits.
City of Quincy, rent of Reservoir ... $57 24
Licenses 75 00
N. E. Telegraph & Telephone Co ...
15 05
Old Colony Street Railway Co. re -- funded 825 41
Patroling Smelt Brook.
40 00
Checks not returned. 94
$1,013 64
INSURANCE.
Appropriation
$155 40
Expended
$129 48
Unexpended balance
25 92
$155 40
Paid C. H. Hobart & Son. $129 48
LIBRARY.
Total appropriations.
$1,100 00
Total amount of orders drawn. 1,100 00
General Expenses.
Appropriation $1,000 00
Paid Nathaniel H. Hunt, Treasurer of Library .. $300 00
William C. Harding, Treasurer of Library 700 00
$1,000 00
Distribution of Books.
Appropriation $100 00 Paid John M. Long 100 00
79
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$175 00
Paid C. G. Anderson, Q. M. Post
87, G. A. R. 175 00
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation
$336 00
Expended
336 00
Paid Hiram S. Thayer
$192 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh. .
144 00
$336 00
One-half of the amount expended to be refunded by the State of Massachusetts.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Total Appropriations
$2,390 00
Total Credits.
315 19 |
$2,705 19
Total Expenditures.
$2,350 93
Unexpended balance
354 26
$2,705 19
Night Police.
Appropriation
$2,190 00
Expenditures
2,190 00
Paid Horace F. Hunt. $730 00
Jeremiah F. Gallivan 730 00
Amos J. Loring.
730 00
$2,190 00
Court Fees and Expenses.
Appropriation
$200 00
Credits
315 19
$515 19
Expended
$160 93
Unexpended balance. . 354 26
$515 19
80
Paid Horace F. Hunt. $12 60
: Jeremiah F. Gallivan
4 10
Amos J. Loring.
31 90
Henry Dugan.
35 86
Robert F. McAloney . .
18 76
James D. Allen. .
27 34
James R. Qualey 13 00
5 20
!
William M. Marden
2 35
Walter O. Crocker
9 82
$160 93:
Credits.
From Samuel N. Capen,
Sheriff,
fines
$60 00
Clerk of E. Norfolk District
Court, fines.
255 19
$315 19
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations
$6,000 00
Credits, Almshouse.
355 78
Credits, Outside Relief.
921 53
$7,277 31
Expended Almshouse
$2,341 95
Outside Relief, settlement
in Braintree.
4,065 03
Outside Relief, settlement
in other cities and towns
734 76
Unexpended balance
135 57
$7,277 31
ALMSHOUSE.
Paid N. Allen Penniman, Superin- tendent
$500 00
Electric Light Department ...
36 12
Water Department. 31 58
Ambler & Hobart Co., supplies
259 42
Charles G. Jordan, supplies. . 95 46
Bridgham Bros., supplies. .. ..
112 45
:
George A. McKay
:
81
C. H. Hobart, supplies. .. 101 56
H. W. Mansfield, supplies .... 16 00
Mrs. A. L. Watson, supplies .. 26 87
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies ... . 63 69
W. A. Torrey, supplies. 7 27 .
R. E. Whitman, supplies. . .
23 99.
J. M. Arnold, supplies. . .
90 01
G. E. Loring & Co., supplies ..
50 61
C. W. Hollis, supplies. ·
105 97
F. A. Souther & Co., supplies.
4 99
2 60
H. A. Vinton, supplies. . J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice ... Schraut Bros., supplies. ..
10 65
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel .....
218 35
W. H. Cobb, tools and supplies
16 08
C. W. Lerned & Co., tool and supplies 12 50
L. B. Hollis, hay.
11 13
John P. Robery, hay.
15 92
W. H. Heath, repairs.
2 00
J. E. Ludden, repairs.
8 41
J. B. Poore, repairs. 4 25
James Loftin, cutting wood .. 81 63
51 48
R. Allen Gage, men and team. Braintree News Co., papers .. .
3 15
O. M. Rogers, repairs. .......
45
Edward Shay, repairs.
1 50
C. R. Bestick Co., supplies. . .
19 71
Annie Bialar, labor. 15 00
Frank W. Brett, M. D. .
46 00
Cartwright & Shay, burials .. .
40 00
Charles A. Hobart, repairs ....
22 65
William May, digging grave .. Sundry cash expenses of Su- perintendent
3 00
217 43
Credits.
$2,341 95.
Milk, produce, etc. . $286 28
T. H. Libby, rent of pasture. 10 00
12 07
82
Board refunded 48 00
Wood to Town Hall .
11 00
Wood to stone roads. ·
50
Appraisal December 30th, 1905
$1,740 00
Expended
2,341 95
Appraisal December 31st, 1906. $1,774 65
Credits
355 78
Cost of maintenance, 1906 .. ·
1,951 52
$4,081 95
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
No. Age.
No. of Days.
2 Benjamin, Napoleon. 48
365
10 Chamberlain, Emily Ķ 82
365
25 Hager, William. 70
2
3 Hobart, Charles M.
59
4
20 Kelley, Maria. 48
365
4 McCormish, Sarah.
74
365
1 Mead, Abraham.
87
365
26 Sims, Andrew J.
70
211
8 Thayer, Sarah A. 75
365
Number of days
2,407
Number of weeks.
343 6-7
Number of prisoners 31
Expense of prisoners at 25c. each .. .
$7 75
OUTSIDE RELIEF. Mrs. William Benjamin.
Paid Town of Weymouth, support in 1905. $121 00
Mrs. Peter Bjorkman and family.
Paid Jenkins Mfg. Co., rent.
$97 50
Bessie Wilson, supplies. 8 00
. J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 26 70
$132 20
Edward G. Buker and family.
Paid H. W. Mansfield, supplies ... .
$104 00
1
C. H. Hobart, supplies.
·
27 90
$355 78
$4,081 95
.
83
C. D. Harlow, supplies. .
2 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 28 75
F. W. Brett, M. D. 66 67
$229 32
William Cahill.
Paid City of Boston.
$15 71
Mrs. L. E. Caligan ..
Paid C. E. Hill, rent. $18 00
Sadie Carver.
Paid City of Boston $14 29
Mary E. Clinton.
Paid Massachusetts Hospital for
Epileptics
.$84 50
Bartol Collins.
Paid H. A. Clark, supplies. ..
$59 08
John E. Coughlin.
Paid State Hospital. .
$2 86
Isaline R. Coy and family.
Paid Cash Aid.
$25 00
E. C. Hall, rent. 94 50
$119 50
Lucy H. Curtis.
Paid Cash Aid. $130 00
Mrs. Thomas J. Dalton and family.
Paid Town of Weymouth, 1905 ... $10 40
G. E. Loring & Co., supplies. . 18 00
J. M. Arnold, supplies. 6 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies. 4 50
Bessie Wilson, supplies. 22 00
A. D. Tirrell, supplies. 1 75
R. Allen Gage, fuel. 18 87
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel . . 11 90
T. H. Dearing, M. D. 5 00
$98 42
Simon Delorcy and family.
Paid C. H. Brooks, supplies. ..... $47 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 7 80
$54 80
84
John Dillon and family.
Paid C. H. Hobart, supplies. . $2 00
E. C. Hall, rent. 11 50 $13 50
Maurice Dowd and family.
Paid Town of Weymouth support in 1905. . $183 60
John T. Downs.
Paid State Hospital.
$9 71
Mrs. Robert Frazier and family.
Paid C. W. Matthews, supplies.
...
$97 00
C. H. Brooks, supplies.
91 00
A. D. Tirrell, supplies. ·
9 65
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 18 90
Elizabeth Gillespie, rent. 72 00
F. W. Brett, M. D. 3 00
$291 55
Julia A. French.
Paid Lydia N. Bishop, rent ... $52 00
Walter H. G. Ford and family.
Paid Town of Weymouth.
$142 33
F. W. Brett, M. D 3 34
F. H. Sylvester.
2 02
$147 69
Abijah Glover and family.
Paid Cash Aid.
$32 50
Mrs. Herbert N. Goodspeed and family.
Paid Cash Aid.
$72 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. .
37 50
$109 50
Henry M. Hayden.
$104 00
Paid Cash Aid.
Hiram A. Hayden and family.
Paid State Hospital
$6 86
Massachusetts Gen. Hospital .. 45 50
Town of Weymouth, 1905 ... 173 65
17 00
K. H. Granger, M. D. . . $243 01
85
Margaret Hill.
Paid City of Boston. $5 71 Mrs. Fannie Holmes and family.
Paid Town of Wakefield, 1905. ... Daniel Horgan.
$209 40
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. .
$11 50
Georgie Jones.
Paid City of Boston. $58 00
Dennis Kiley.
Paid T. Haven Dearing, M. D .... $2 00
Jacob Klay.
Paid Frank W. Brett, M. D.
. ..
$8 00
Mrs. Julia A. Marland.
Paid W. W. Sylvester, rent. $13 00
H. W. Borden, rent. 8 50
Elvira Nutter, rent.
34 00
$55 50
Mrs. Leonardo Morales and family.
Paid C. H. Brooks, supplies
$16 00
Charles T. Leavitt, fuel. 8 26
T. Haven Dearing, M. D .. 5 00
$29 26
Mrs. C. E. Packard and family.
Paid W. S. Tracey, rent.
$150 00
Charles M. Patterson and family.
Paid W. A. Torrey, supplies. 70
W. H. Stoddard, supplies. .. $45 68
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel. . 22 50
H. L. Dearing, M. D. 3 00
A. Mackintosh, board. 28 00
William Buzzell, board .. .. 101 50
$201 38
James Reardon and family. Paid Frank W. Brett, M. D .. $12 00
Daniel Robery and family. Paid Cash Aid. $38 00
86
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 25 35
T. Haven Dearing, M. D .... 12 00
$75 35
Mrs. Charles Smart and family.
Paid H. A. Clark, supplies $208 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel. 19 26
1.
R. Allen Gage, digging grave. 2 00
$229 26
James K. Stewart.
Paid City of Boston. $ 105 71 1. ª Marcia Stone.
Paid Massachusetts
Hospital
for
Epileptics $212 17
H. J. Tripp and family.
Paid City of Brockton.
$142 58
Rosella Benham, nursing. 10 00
Cash Aid. 15 00
$167 58
Mrs. Edward Walker and family.
Paid T. King, rent.
$113 00
R. Allen Gage, fuel.
43 12
Willie Whitmarsh. $156 12
Paid Town of Hanover. $15 00
AID TO PERSONS RESIDING IN BRAINTREE WITH SETTLEMENTS ELSEWHERE.
State of Massachusetts.
Phoebe A. Cloues.
Paid Edward A. Gilman, cash.
$10 00
Edith W. Crafts, cash. 15 00
$25 00
Arthur Delorey.
Paid Mass. General Hospital. ..
...
$56 00
A. W. Fay, transportation.
..
7 00
$63 00
.
87
Jerry Delorey and family.
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies. $3 00
A. W. Fay, burial. 15 00
$18 00
Joseph B. Delorey.
Paid Mass. General Hospital. ..
$77 00
Delorey.
Paid A. W. Fay, burial $15 00
Elizabeth Fisher.
Paid R. F. Burleigh.
$1 50
Cartwright & Shay 20 00
$21 50
Effie Hirtle.
Paid Mrs. H. Mildram.
$16 18
Albert W. Fay . 15 00
$31 18
Mary Stephenson.
Paid Quincy Hospital.
$38 15
City of Boston.
Alfred F. Howes and family.
Paid "Up-to-date" Market, supplies $106 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel. . 47 05
H. L. Dearing, M. D. 14 33
$167 38
City of Malden. Lizzie Knips and family.
Paid Susan A. Hobart, rent. . ..
$96 00
City of Quincy.
Sarah A. Cain.
Paid Cash Aid.
$25 00
Joseph McGlaughlin and family.
Paid T. B. Cooper, supplies. ..
$2 08
City of Waltham.
Rosalee Regan.
Paid C. M. Marstin $10 00
88
Town of Randolph.
Eva White.
Paid W. H. Stoddard, supplies. . . $36 10
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies 24 20
W. A. Torrey, supplies. 8 60
Woodsum Coal Co .. fuel. .
13 90
Nettie H. Whitcomb, rent.
24 00
Henry L. Dearing, M. D. . . 1 67
$108 47
Town of Weymouth. George S. Riley.
Paid S. H. Porter, supplies. ....
$45 00
Horace F. Trufant.
Paid T. Haven Dearing, M. D ..... $2.00
Relief to Poor Persons.
Refunded and to be refunded. . .
$69 35
J. Sargent Arnold.
Paid F. E. Arnold, interest. $15 00
Credits.
Aid to persons refunded. $25 25
City of Boston refunded
362 95
City of Malden refunded 120 00 .
City of Waltham refunded 49 00
Town of Randolph refunded . .
262 52
Town of Holbrook refunded 65 47
State of Massachusetts. 36 34
$921 53
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations
$31,680 00
School Fund income. 200 00
Dog Tax 884 96
Total Credits · ·
319 94
Total Overdrafts 4 07
$33,088 97
Total expenditures
$32,967 68
Total unexpended balances 121 29
$33,088 97
89
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended
$1,500 00
Paid James A. MacDougall
$1,000 00
John C. Anthony
500 00
$1,500 00
PAY OF TEACHERS.
Appropriation $20,000 00
School Fund
200 00
Dog Tax
881 96
Credits
111 70
$21,196 66
Expended
$21,090 88
Unexpended balance 105 78
$21,196 66
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Ernest L. Collins, teaching 24
weeks
$720 00
Alberto W. Small, teaching 15 weeks 450 00
Florence G. Perkins, teaching 24 weeks 360 00
Alice R. Pierce, teaching 24 weeks
420 00
Mary K. Morton, teaching 39
weeks
622 50
Annette Goddard, teaching 24 weeks
360 00
Agnes Burnham, teaching 40 weeks 618 75
Rachel Curry, teaching 15
weeks 225 00
Grace A. Johnson, teaching 15 weeks
206 25
Grace I. Bartlett, teaching 15 weeks 196 88
-- $4,179 38
90
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Paid Josephine B. Colbert, teaching
24 weeks $300 00
M. Etta Murphay, teaching 24 weeks 288:00
Margaret F. Magoley, teaching 15 weeks 206 25
Jennie A. Farwell, teaching
15 weeks 168 75
$963 00
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.
Paid F. A. Galvin, teaching 24
weeks
$600 00
H. R. Williams, teaching 15 weeks .... 375 00
Margaret E. C. Bannon, teach- ing 39 weeks 526 50
Edna Scott, teaching 24 weeks 282 00 ...
Lucille Goddard, teaching 24 weeks 270 00
Jenny Carberry, teaching 39 weeks 448 50
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 39 weeks 487 50
Rosalie S. Bayley, teaching 39
weeks
446 25
Annie M. Brooks, teaching 39 weeks 487 50
Etta G. Phillips, teaching 15 weeks 187 50
Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 15 weeks 187 50
$4,298 25.
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Kathryn Royal, teaching 24 weeks $270 00
Harriet M. Hill, teaching 39 :. weeks 409 50
91
Jennie V. Dreghorn, teaching 15 weeks 150 00
Helen A. Mansfield, teaching 7 weeks 70 00
$899 50.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Josephine M. Foster, teaching 39 weeks $390 00
SOUTH-WEST SCHOOL .:
Paid Clara E. Shay, teaching 39
weeks $397 50,
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Avis A. Thayer, teaching 39
weeks
$516 75
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 39 weeks 487 50
Mabel L. Bates, teaching 39 weeks 468 00
Elizabeth B. Pray, teaching 39 weeks 397 50
$1,869 75,
PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
Paid Clara Rowley, teaching 39
weeks
$701 25
1 :
Maud G. Carlton, teaching 24 weeks 264 00
Harriet C. Taylor, teaching 39 weeks 436 50
Mabel T. Knight, teaching 39 weeks 436 50
Lena E. Buck, teaching 39 weeks 438 75
Helen A. Mansfield, teaching 8 weeks 80 00
Mildred H. Tavender, teaching 8 weeks 90 00
$2,447 00 '
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JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 39 weeks $877 50
Grace M. Ward, teaching 39 weeks 475 50
Nellie E. Bolles, teaching 39 weeks 475 50
Ruby J. Kenty, teaching 24
weeks 252 00
Irene A. Holbrook, teaching 39 weeks
417 00
Nellie F. Monk, teaching 39 weeks
487 50
Helen A. Foss, teaching 39 weeks
417 00
Ora Conant, teaching 39 weeks
417 00
Marguerite L. Sumner, teach- ing 39 weeks
390 00
Mrs. Signe Wilbar, teaching 39 weeks
403 50
Blanche Baker, teaching 6 weeks
15 00
Helen Delano, teaching 4 weeks
9 00
Lucille Goddard, teaching 15 weeks 168 75
Elizabeth S. Hall, teaching 10 weeks 50 00
$4,855 25
DRAWING.
Paid Charlotte S. Dorman, teach-
ing 40 weeks
$400 00
SINGING.
Paid George E. Crafts, teaching 39 weeks
$341 25
Paid Jacob A. Dyer, school census. .
$50 00
$21,090 88
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93
CREDITS.
City of Boston, tuition
$25 20
State of Massachusetts, tuition 70 50
Frank Bouitiller, tuition. 16 00
$117 70.
JANITORS.
Appropriation
Expended
Paid John H. Macandrew, Monati- quot School
$7.00 00
Foster F. Tupper, Noah Tor- rey School 650 00
John Whitty, Pond School ...
264.00
A. M. Stetson, South School ..
44 00
Willie P. Reed, South-West School
44 00
Edward O. Pierson, Union
School
264.00
Omer W. Hollis, Penniman School
264 00
William Orr, Jonas Perkins
School
700 00+
$2,930 00.
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Credits
194 55
$1,694 55.
Expended
$1,693 75
Unexpended balance
80
$1,694 55.
Paid Old Colony Street Railway Co.
$693 75
Albert A. Drollett.
800 00
Thomas J. Cain
200 00
$1,693 75.
Credits.
Tickets $194 55
$2,930 00. $2,930 00;
94
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Credits 5 68
$1,805 68
1
Expended
$1,804 48
Unexpended balance
1 20
$1,805 68
Paid G. W. Prescott & Sons. 19 00
Edward E. Babb & Co.
766 69
J. O. Wetherbee Co.
51 30
D. C. Heath & Co.
149 84
Ginn & Co.
256 76
Silver, Burdett & Co.
68 42
Journal of Geography
4 50
Milton Bradley Co.
13 17
J. L. Hammett Co.
10 72
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co ..
28 67
American Book Co.
99 28
Chandler & Barber.
244 37
J. B. Lippincott Co. .
9 00
Neostyle Co.
1 00
Educational Publishing Co ...
11 67
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover. .
7 85
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. . .
18 49
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
12 41
Library Bureau
20 45
Gustaf Larsson
9 25
White & Wetherbee
85
Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co ..
79
Credits.
Chandler & Barber refunded. .
$5 68
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$550 00
Credits
1 67
Overdraft
4 07
Expended
$1,804 48
$555 74 $555 74
95
Paid N. Y. & B. Despatch Express
Co. $14 70
Woodsum Express Co.
18 25
A. W. Baker. 4 20
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. 26 40
G. W. Prescott & Sons
45 75
Pratt & Pratt.
59 42
C. H. Hobart
25 18
J. M. Arnold.
1 59
Frank A. Smith.
16 01
R. Allen Gage
34 26
Thomas J. Cain
21 80
George H. Wetherbee, Jr
9 60
W. H. Heath 1 50
J. F. Gallivan. 33 00
William C. Cuff
2 50
C. M. Allen 5 40
William Orr 5 00
C. F. Hill Crathern 22 00
James A. MacDougall 13 65
John C. Anthony
29 43
Peter MacQueen
20 00
Lilian D. Powers 4 90
Chandler & Barber.
140 00
Chandler & Farquhar
1 20
$555 74
Credits.
C. H. Hobart refunded
$1 67
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Credits
6 34
$1,206 34
Expended
$1,194 33
Unexpended balance
12 01
$1,206 34
96
Paid Electric Light Department. . . $56 30
Water Department
398 00
C. H. Hobart 1 67
S. F. Brown.
2 70
O. M. Rogers
1 40
O. F. Metcalf
19 98
Lynch & Bourbeau
12 46
J. E. Ludden.
2 00
B. D. Litchfield.
9 73
H. W. Borden.
227 96
A. E. Bradford.
92 40
George H. Holbrook
43 66
Charles O. Miller
2 00
Cement, Product & Construc- tion Co. 75 00
W. I. Jordan.
2 35
H. G. Rand.
2 75
F. O. Whitmarsh.
50 20
Victor Metals Co
2 38
G. W. Dearing
4 50
William May H. H. Thayer 50
5 00
R. E. Whitman
1 93
Frank A. Bates
76
Millard F. Dyer
5 00
Charles E. Wedelin
1 50
Robert Gibson
7 70
J. A. Cook.
6 75
Herbert A. Hayden
2 00
Sarah Eaton
18 25
Ann Davis
3 15
Mrs. J. W. Stetson
1 50
Mrs. William A. Hollis.
10 50
Mrs. William Orr
16 80
Foster F. Tupper 17 18
W. P. Reed.
2 90
J. F. Bates. 1 62
Edward O. Pierson
4 24
William Orr . .
55
97
C. M. Allen. 5 00
W. F. Allen. 75
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co.
15 00
Edward E. Babb & Co. 11 00
Remington Typewriter Co .... 3 00
J. J. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 22 50
American Seating Co .
1 25
J. B. Hunter & Co.
4 45
C. W. H. Moulton & Co .. ...
4 40
American Warming & Venti- lating Co. 4 03
Waldo Bros.
2 00
Stuart Howland Co.
.
4 18
John Whitty
1 50
$1,194 33
Credits.
Light Penniman School.
$5 00
1 34
$6 34
FUEL.
Appropriation
$2,200 00.
Expended
$2,198 50
Unexpended balance
1. 50
$2,200 00
Paid Woodsum Coal Co.
$2,198 50
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,300 00.
Expended
$1,226 69
Unexpended balance
73 31
$1 300 004
Hiram E. Abbott.
Paid Cash Aid
$48 00
Mary A. Buker.
Paid Cash Aid.
$48 00
Mrs. Jonathan R. Clark.
Paid Cash Aid.
$62 00.
98
Abbie R. Gillette.
Paid Cash Aid. $60 00
Emma F. Hayden.
Paid R. Allen Gage, fuel .. $7 50
Olive M. Jones.
Paid Town of Abington, 1905-1906 $186 75
Julia Murphy.
Paid Town of Weymouth, 1905 .... $93 80
Emma M. Randall.
Paid Cash Aid. $120 00
Mrs. Chas. R. Smith.
Paid Cash Aid. $180 00
James Spear.
Paid Cash Aid.
$48 00
Hiram S. Thayer.
Paid Woodsum Coal Co $13 23
Henry L. Dearing 10 33
Winfred A. Torrey
10 00
$33 56
Mary A. Tibbetts.
Paid Cash Aid.
$48 00
Mary J. Wheeler.
Paid Cash Aid.
$48 00
Samuel E. Whitmarsh.
Paid Town of Hanover, 1904-1905 .. $243 08
$1,226 69
STATE AID.
To be refunded by the State of Massachusetts. Paid Cash Aid to soldiers and fam- ilies of soldiers for the year 1906 $2,433 50
Albert W. Fay, amount al- lowed for the burial of one soldier and one soldier's widow 70 00 . :
$2,503 50
99
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Overdraft
344 18
$1,344 18
Expended
$1,344 18
Paid Frank A. Smith, Collector :
Taxes of 1902 $5 08
Taxes of 1903 10 05
Taxes of 1904.
72 14
Taxes of 1905
.954 31
Taxes of 1906.
302 60
$1,344 18
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation in addition to income
$450 00
Income 374 50
$824 50
Expended
$620 04
Unexpended balance
204 46
$824 50
Paid Electric Light Department ... $224 84
Water Department
31 82
Almshouse, fuel
11 00
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel.
229 29
C. H. Hobart, supplies.
24 26
J. M. Arnold, supplies
48
W. H. Cobb, supplies
9 85
H. W. Borden, repairs.
22 45
A. E. Bradford, repairs.
5 00
G. R. M. Bestick, repairs. 5 95
R. E. Spinney, step ladder. . .
2 25
Fife and Drum Corps, chairs
3 00
E. A. Dustin, tuning piano and supplies
8 75
A. L. Buzzel, cleanser
2 50
O. M. Rogers, repairs
3 25
R. Allen Gage, repairs.
16 00
H. W. Cole, repairs.
1 00
Allen Shade Roller Co., shades
18 35
$620 04
100
Credit.
Rent
$374 50
JANITOR TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$650 00
Expended
$650 00
Paid Michael J. Sullivan $650 00
TOWN LANDS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended.
$95 69
Unexpended balance
4 31
$100 00
Paid R. Allen Gage
$95 19
Ryan Bros. 50
$95 69
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$3,855 00
Expended
$3,855 00
Paid B. Herbert Woodsum Selectmen, As-$650 00
R. Allen Gage
seers of
the 650 00
Henry M. Storm Poor and High- 650 00
way Surveyors.
Henry A. Monk, Town Clerk. .
500 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Town
Treasurer 525 00
Daniel Potter, Auditor 1905. .
50 00
Alva S. Morrison, Auditor 1905
25 00
Nathaniel F. Hunt, Auditor 1905 25 00
Charles C. Mellen, Registrar. . 35 00
Walter N. McKean, Registrar 35 00
William Allen, Registrar ....
35 00
Frank A. Smith, Tax Collector 650 00
John Kelley, Moderator
25 00
$3,855 00
TREASURER'S BOND.
Appropriation $105 00
Paid Charles B. Cummings. ...
$105 00
sessors, Over-
101
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Total Appropriations
$2,150 00
Total Credits
150 00
$2,300 00
Total Expenditures
$2,079 73
Total Unexpended balances
220 27
$2,300 00
Trimming Trees.
Appropriation
$150 00
Expended
$56 57
Unexpended balance
93 43
$150 00
Paid R. Allen Gage.
$56 57
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths,
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Credit
150 00
$2,150 00
Expended
$2,023 16
Unexpended balance
126 S4
$2,150 00
Paid R. Allen Gage, men and team. Peter Donohoe, labor
$744 86
D. Devine, labor.
260 00
F. A. Bates, supplies. . ..
5 63
C. H. H. Moulton, ladders ....
17 60
187 50
174 85
93 77
4 20
3 75
17 25
$2,023 16
Credits.
R. Allen Gage.
$150 00
J. Breck & Sons, tanglefoot. . William May, self and men .. W. H. Claflin Co., burlap .... Samuel Cabot, creosote ...... G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing Pratt & Pratt, printing .. ....
513 75
102
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Total Appropriations $23,070 00 Total amount of orders drawn. $13,070 00
Total amount appropriated but not expended 10,000 00
1
$23,070 00
Hydrant Service.
Appropriation $4,950 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
Water Department. $4,950 00
Sinking Funds.
Appropriations $5,120 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
Water Department $5,120 00
Mayflower Park Water Main Extension. Appropriation $10,000 00
No orders drawn.
Extension of Water Mains.
Appropriation $3,000 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
Water Department 3,000 00
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PLAIN STREET CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$25 00
Credits
10 00
Overdraft
1 50
$36 50
Expended
$36 50
Paid R. Allen Gage. $36 50
Credit.
Lot sold
$10 00
103
RECAPITULATION. Orders drawn for ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund. $3,897 20
Investigation 1,358 71
$5,255 91
FIRE ALARM.
Maintenance
$200 40
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen. .. $1,573 00
Extra pay for services at fires. . 312 90
General Expenses, including Forest
Fires
987 99
New Hose
484 50
$3,358 39
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
General Expenses.
$641 18
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Highways and Bridges
$6,654 76
Sidewalks
3,359 23
Stone Roads
6,285 74
Snow
973 51
Watering Streets.
1,560 25
$18,833 49
INCIDENTALS
4,292 41
INSURANCE
129 48
LIBRARY.
General Expenses
$1,000 00
Distribution of books 100 00
$1,100 00
MEMORIAL DAY
175 00
MILITARY AID. 336 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Night Police (pay of men)
$2,190 00
Court Fees and Expenses. 160 93
$2,350 93
1
104
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Almshouse
$2,124 52
Outside Relief
4,799 79
$6,924 31
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Superintendent
$1,500 00
Pay of Teachers
21,090 88
Pay of Janitors.
2,930 00
Conveyance of Pupils.
1,693 75
Text Books and Supplies
1,804 48
School Incidentals.
555 74
Schoolhouse Incidentals
1,194 33
Fuel 2,198 50
$32,967 68
Soldiers' Relief.
$1,226 69
State Aid and Burial of Soldiers
2,503 50
Taxes (Abatement of)
1,344 18
Town Hall.
620 04
Town Hall and Library Janitor
650 00
Town Lands
95 69
Town Officers.
3,855 00
Treasurer's Bond.
105 00
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Trimming Trees.
$56 57
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown
Tail Moths. $2,023 16
$2,079 73
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant Service
$4,950 00
Sinking Funds.
5,120 00
Extension of Water Mains
3,000 00
$13,070 00
Cemetery (Plain Street)
36 50
Total amount of orders drawn ..
$102,151 51
105
Treasurer's Report
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer,
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF BRAINTREE. Dec. 31, 1905, to Dec. 31, 1906. Dr.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1905. $2.729 50 Received of Selectmen :-
O. C. St. R. R., Stone Roads. . . $3,019 57
0. C. St. R. R., Highways. . . . . 128 70
O. C. St. R. R., Street widening . 795 81
3,944 08
Rent of Town Hall
374 50
Street watering 60 74
Court fees, Quincy
255 19
Court fees, Dedham
60 00
Sale of Cemetery lot
10 00
Gypsy Moths 150 00
Excise tax, checks cancelled
94
Forest fire, refunded.
30
Order 720, error, refunded
2 00
Rent of Pasture, Libbey
10 00
Rent of Quincy reservoir
57 24
Ashes
22 80
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., re- funded 42 30
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
15 05
Licenses, Druggists.
2 00
Milk
26 00
Junk
25 00
Pool and Billiards ...
22 00
Town of Weymouth, Smelt
Brook 40 00
Sidewalks :-..
T. A. Watson 280 26
O. A. Bridgham 6 00
Granolithic Walks 17 94
106
Highway Department :-
Sale of Gutter cleanings 50 00
Road materials
1 80
Sale of crushed stone.
25 93
Sale of crushed stone, Hollings- worth
219 86
Stone plant
27 20
W. S. Tracey, land. 29 60
Outdoor Poor account :-
Town of Holbrook 30 00
Town of Randolph 262 52
Town of Waltham
49 00
City of Boston
362 95
Town of Malden
120 00
Town of Holbrook
35 47
Aid refunded
25 25
Almshouse account 128 35
School Department :-
Penniman School, Electric light 5 00
City of Boston, tuition. 25 20
State of Mass., tuition.
70 50
Boutillier
16 00
Incidentals
3 01
Text-books
5 68
Conveyance of Pupils, R. R.
tickets
194 55
3,168 13
Electric light depreciation fund, refunded.
3,161 21
Nat. Mt. Wollaston Bank, interest 202 70
Braintree School Fund
200 00
State Treasurer :-
Corporation tax, 1905 2,281 30
Bank tax, 1905
88 87
Bank tax, 1906
1,143 75
Corporation tax, 1906
5,082 72
Military aid
168 00
107
State aid
2,265 00
Burial of Soldiers
120 00
Burial of Paupers, refunded.
21 34
11,170 98
Sale of Notes in anticipation of Taxes :-
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