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$1,076.00
Cr.
By cash paid for blanks
$4.00
By cash paid County Treasurer, June 3, 250.00
By cash paid County Treasurer, Dec. 3, 734.20
Dec. 1, 1907, fees; 439 licenses at 20 cts. each .. 87.80
$1,076.00
Braintree, Mass., Jan. 16, 1908
Examined and the Vouchers furnished for four hundred and thirty-nine (439). Dog Licenses, with receipts for expenditures and also receipts for amounts paid to the County Treasurer as per above account.
(Signed)
WILLIAM A. MCKEAN, Auditor.
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REPORT
OF THE Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors OF THE Town of Braintree
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1907.
in accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors, respectfully submit their. Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the year end- ing December 31, 1907.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors,
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Assessors Report
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING.
DEBT OF TOWN.
Payment of notes
$9,900.00
Interest on notes 3,418.25
$13,318.25
Interest on loans in anticipation of taxes
$2,500.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund
$3,954.48.
Sinking Fund (to be paid from revenue)
430.00
$4,384.48
FIRE ALARM.
Care and maintenance
$200.00
Fire Alarm Box, Howard and Hayward Streets .
150.00
$350.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
General expenses and repairs
$750.00
New Hose
300.00
Pay of Engineers and Firemen
1,575.00
Extra pay of Engineers and Firemen for ser-
vices at fires 200.00
$2,825.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
General expenses
$400.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Maintenance of highways and bridges in addi-
tion to Excise Tax and Street Railway Tax received from State
$4,000.00
Construction and repairs of Sidewalks 1,500.00
Removal of Snow 2,500.00
Watering streets in addition to the assessment
of one cent per linear foot on abutters 750.00
$8,750.00
LIBRARY.
General expenses $1,000.00
Distribution of books 100.00
$1,100.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of men
150.00
Court fees and expenses
$2,340.00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Support of poor and maintenance of Almshouse ..
. .
$5,500.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of teachers in addition to dog tax and amount received from School Fund
$21,000.00
Superintendent
1,600.00
Janitors
3,040.00
Text Books and Supplies
1,800.00
School Incidentials
700.00
Schoolhouse repairs and incidentals
1,200.00
Fuel
2,200.00
Conveyance of Pupils
1,650.00
Repairs on Southwest Schoolhouse
$33,440.00
TOWN HALL.
General expenses in addition to income
$500.00
Janitor of Hall and Library
650.00
$1,150.00
TOWN OFFICERS; SALARIES.
Selectmen. Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and
Highway Surveyors $1,950.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Treasurer
525.00
Tax Collector 600.00
100.00
Registrars of Voters
105.00
Moderator
25.00
$3,805.00
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Trimming trees
$150.00
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,000.00
$1,150.00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant service $5,025.00
:
Sinking Funds 5,120.00
New Meters (to be borrowed) 7,000.00
$17,145.00
250.00
Auditors
.
$2,190.00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Incidentials
$2,250.00
Insurance
795.00
Memorial Day
175.00
Military Aid
336.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
Taxes, Abatement of
1,000.00
Town Lands
100.00
Treasurer's Bond
105.00
Cemetery
50.00
$5,811.00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting
$103,968.73
APPROPRIATIONS AT SPECIAL MEETING NOT RAISED BY TAXATION.
Fire Alarm
$100 00
Fire Department
319.26
Board of Health
200.00
Incidentals
600.00
Tree Warden Department
1,000.00
Extension of Water Mains
2,000.00
Total appropriations for 1907
$108,187.99
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Debt of Town
$15,818.25
Electric Light Department
4,384.48
Fire Alarm System
450.00
Fire Department
3,144.26
Health Department
600.00
Highway Department
8,750.00
Incidentials
2,850.00
Insurance
795.00
Library
1,100.00
Memorial Day
175.00
Military Aid
336.00
Police Department
2,340.00
Poor Department
5,500.00
School Department
33,440.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
Taxes, Abatement of
1,000.00
Town Hall and Town Lands
1,250.00
Town Officers' Salaries
3,805.00
Treasurer's Bond
105.00
Tree Warden's Department
2,150.00
Water Department
19,145.00
(Cemetery Plain Street)
50.00
Total appropriation for 1907
$108,187.99
$4,219.26
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Less amounts appropriated but not raised by Taxation :
Electric Light Sinking Fund $430.00
One-half of Appropriation for Military
Aid 168.00
New Meters
7,000.00
Appropriations at Special Meeting
. .
4,219.26
Bank and Corporation Tax (Esti-
mated)
$15,817.26
Total amount of appropriations raised by taxation
$92,370.73
Town Tax
3,620.00
County Tax
6,200.00
State Tax
METROPOLITAN PARKS TAX.
Parks Sinking Fund
$275.24
Nantasket
56.65
Boulevard
$352.70
Parks Interest
$966.34
Boulevard
178.61
Nantasket
53.97
$1,198.92
Parks Maintenance
$711.70
Boulevard
101.69
Nantasket
37.09
$850.48
Total
$2,402.10
State Highway Tax
$45.23
Overlayings
4,304.84
$108,942.90
Street Watering
856.75
Commitment Aug. 14, 1907
$109,799.65
Additional Taxes Committed 1,867.29
Total commitment 1907 $111,666.94
Number of Polls Assessed
2,009
Number of Residents Assessed on property: Individuals 1,348
All Others
19
Total
1,367
4,000.00
$92,370.73
20.81
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Number of Non Residents assessed on property :
Individuals 386
All Others
17
Total
406
Number of Taxpayers:
On Property 1,773
Poll Tax only 1,325
Total 3,098
Number of dwellings assessed
1,538
Number of acres of land assessed
7,928
Number of horses assessed
478
Number of cows assessed
418
Number of fowl assessed
2,750
Value of assessed personal estate
$148,535.00
Value of real estate:
Buildings $2.818,450.00
Land
1,874,063.00
$4,692,513.00
Total valuation $5,641,048:00
Tax on Personal Estate
$17,643.29
Tax on Real Estate
87,281.61
Tax on Polls
4,018.00
Total Tax for State, County and Town
purposes, including overlayings
108,942.90
Street Watering Tax
856.75
109,799.65
Additional Tax on Polls and Real Estate
75.66
Street Railroad Excise Tax
1,791.63
Total Tax
$111,666.94
$108,942.90 to be raised by taxation on 2,009 Polls and a valuation of $5,641.048.00 makes the rate per $1,000-
$18.60
Raised by Per cent. of Division of Taxation. Total Tax. Tax Rate. 11 792 $13,318.25
Debt of Town
2.19 331
Interest on loans in anticipa-
tion of taxes
2,500.00
.02 214
2.19 331
Electric Light Department.
3,954.48
03 501
.65 119
Fire Alarm
350.00
.00 310
05 766
Fire Department.
2,825.00
.02 501
.46 519
Health Department.
400.00
.00 354
.06 584
Highway Department
8,750.00
.07 747
1.44 094
Incidentals
2,250.00
.01 992
,37 051
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Insurance
Library
1,100.00
.00 974
.18 116
Memorial Day
175.00
.00 155
.02 883
Military Aid.
168.00
.00 149
.02 771
Police Department.
2,340.00
.02 072
.38 539
Poor Department.
5,500.00
.04 870
.90 582
School Department
33,440.00
.29 608
5.50 709
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
.00 885
.16 461
Taxes, Abatement of
1,000.00
.00 885
.16 461
Town Hall and Town Lands ..
1,250.00
.01 107
20 590
Town Officers Salaries
3,805.00
.03 369
.62 664
Treasurer's Bond.
105.00
.00 093
.01 730
Tree Warden Department.
1,150.00
.01 017
.18 916
Water Department
10,145.00
.08 983
1.67 084
Cemetery (Plain Street)
50.00
.00 045
.00 837
State Tax including Spécial
Taxes
8,647.33
.07 656
1.42 402
County
Tax
3,620.00
.03 205
.59 613
Overlayings
4,304.84
.03 812
.70 903
$112,942.90
1.00 000
$18.60 000
Less Bank and Corporation
Tax (Estimated).
$4,000.00
$108,942.90
Expenditures
Total appropriations $91,939.74
Total credits 2,844.41
Total special taxes and School Fund income 4,968.61
Total overdrafts
1,240.19
Not appropriated but expended by vote of Town 2,561.50
$103,554.45
Total expenditures $94,957.98
Total unexpended balances 1,596.47
Appropriated but not expended
7,000.00
$103,554.45
Net unexpended balance
$356.28
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund.
Appropriated
$3954.48
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer
$3954.48
.
. .
. .
$795.00
.00 704
.13 095
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FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
Appropriations
$450.00
Overdraft
1.57
$451.57
Expended
$451.57
Maintenance of Fire Alarm.
Appropriations, $200 and $100
$300.00
Overdraft 1.57
$301.57 $301.57
Expended
Paid Electric Light Department $4.92
Lumsden & Van Stone
14.40
Crosby Steam Valve & Gage Co.
58.75
Wallace P. Mercer
150.00-
Ernest E. Edwards
39.75
Thomas E. Huston
33.75
$301.57
New Box (Howard and Hayward Streets.)
Appropriation
$150.00
Expended
$150.00
Paid Gamewell Fire Alarm Tel. Co.
$77.50
Electric Light Co. 72.50
$150.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations
$3,144.26
Total credits
6.30
Total overdrafts
477.85
$3,628.41
Total expenditures
$3,618.91
Total unexpended balance
9.50
$3,628.41
Net overdraft.
$468.35
Pay of Engineers and Members.
Appropriation
$1,575.00
Expended
$1,573.00
Unexpended balance
2.00
$1,575.00
Engineers.
Paid Clement V. Cottrell
$50.00
J. Samuel Hill 40.00
Frank O. Whitmarsh
30.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes 6.00
$126.00
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Hose Company No. 1.
Paid James F. McDonnell, Jr., Steward
$45.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes 24.00
Pay of Men 180.00
$249.00
Hose Company No. 2.
Paid Bernard L. Simonds, Steward $25.00
Harry A. Simonds, Steward
25.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector, Poll Taxes
22,00
Pay of Men
180.00
Hose Company No. 3.
Paid William Hill, Steward
$45.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes 24.00
Pay of Men
180.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
Paid John H. Frazier, Steward
$30.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes . . 24.00
Pay of Men
180.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
Paid Fred R. Carmichael, Steward
$25.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes 24.00
Pay of Men
180.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.
Paid George W. Reviere, Steward
$30.00
Frank A. Smith, Collector. Poll Taxes 24.00
Pay of Men
180.00
Extra pay for services at Fires
Appropriation
$200.00
Overdraft 129.70
Expended
Paid Hose Company No. 1
$57.30
Hose Company No. 2 36.60
Hose Company No. 3 36.60
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 37.50
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2
85.50
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3
30.00
$252.00
$249.00
$234.00
$229.00
$234.00 $1,573.00
$329.70 $329.70
$329.70
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GENERAL EXPENSES.
Appropriations, ($750 and $319.26)
$1,069.26
Credit
6.30
Overdraft
348.15
$1,423.71
Expended
$1,423.71
Paid Electric Light Department $53.34
Water Department
22.50
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
10.75
Woodsum Coal Co. fuel
15.13
R. Allen Gage, fuel
7.75
Thomas E. Huston, repairs
.50
Charles M. Winneberger, repairs
2.25
H. W. Borden, repairs
27.20
O. M. Rogers, repairs
5.54
Hollis G. Rand, repairs
31.50
L. F. Bates Co.,repairs
2.68
J. E. Ludden, repairs
21.77
Thomas F. Croke, repairs
1.80
C. G. Anderson, repairs
. . . .
7.70
R. E. Whitman, supplies
14.50
Cornelius Callahan Co., supplies
82.36
Peter Gray & Sons, supplies
25.56
Phoenix Fire Appliance Co., supplies
30.00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., supplies
18.10
C. H. Hobart, supplies
2.82
Page & Baker, supplies
9.00
Boston Coupling Co., supplies
20.00
H. A. Simonds, supplies . .
5.00
George W. Walsh, supplies . . 1.60
W. H. Williamson, supplies 7.00
Braintree Hardware Co., supplies 7.15
J. M. Arnold, supplies
.19
Gladding Fire Apparatus Co., supplies
8.00
C. H. Brooks, supplies
3.45
S. E. Whitmarsh
.75
H. B. Whitman
11.75
Town of Weymouth
1.00
Robert Gibson, horses
10.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, horses
110.00
N. A. F. Nelson, horses
5.00
Ambler & Hobart Co., horses
5.00
Parker Wynott, carting hose reel
3.00
F. O. Whitmarsh, carting hose reel 1.50
J. S. Hill, carting hose reel 1.00
M. J. Branley, horses 89.00
J. O. Sypher, horses . . 80.00
.
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Paid C. R. Bestick, horses $40.00
F. W. Piercy, horses 57.50
Charles E. Hill, horses 17.50
G. W. Prescott & Sons
7.50
Pratt & Pratt
7.00
Hayden's Express
6.25
A. W. Baker 3.65
F. O. Whitmarsh, extra work of men 10.50
J. S. Hill, extra work of men 25.00
F. O. Whitmarsh, pay of men July 3, 4th 29.00
C. V. Cottrell, pay of men July 3 and 4th . 49.00
J. S. Hill, pay of men July 3 and 4th 23.00
C. V. Cottrell, cash expenses 3.20
J. S. Hill, cash expenses
.90
Peter Smith, watching fire
2.00
Martin Frazier . .
2.00
Fred Mulligan, watching fire
2.00
Fred A. Tenney, watching fire
2.00
Nelson E. Hayden, watching fire ....
2.00
$1,053.14
Forest Fires.
Paid William H. Cobb
$3.00
Cornelius Callahan Co.
40.22
William May
55.00
Peter Gray & Sons
1.95
C. V. Cottrell
31.35
J. S. Hill
18.60
F. O. Whitmarsh
46.80
J. M. Cutting
99.40
John A. Ryan
13,20
G. W. Wentworth
46.05
Clarence R. Bestick
5.00
F. W. Piercy
10.00
. . .
$370.57
$1,423.71
Credit.
Junk sold $6.30
New Hose.
Appropriation
$300.00
Expended
$292.50
Unexpended balance
7.50
1
$300.00
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co.
$292.50
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations, ($400 and $200)
$600.00
Expended
$596.84
Unexpended balance
3.16
$600.00
Paid G. W. Prescott & Sons
$28.50
Pratt & Pratt
47.50
F. A. Smith
62.16
W. A. Torrey
5.45
W. H. Martin
21.00
Edward W. Hobart, Clerk of Board $25
Inspector of meat $116 141.00
R. Allen Gage
38.85
J. O. Sypher
210.73
Antoine Johnson
41.65
$596.84
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations
$8,750.00
Received from State (Street Railway Tax)
1,107.09
Excise Tax
1,791.63
Abutters Tax (Street Watering)
856.75
Total credits
99.78
Total overdrafts
481.30
$13,086.55
Total Expenditures
$12,939.09
Total Unexpended balances
147.46
$13,086.55
Net overdraft $333.84
General Repairs of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Received from State
1,107.09
Excise Tax
1,791.63
Credits
29.28
Overdraft
202.56
$7,130.56
Expended
$7,130.56
B. H. Woodsum, Surveyor.
Paid W. F. Sanborn & Co.
$16.10
:
Judson A. Smith
4.10
Charles Wilson
54.75
Woodsum Coal Co.
49.47
William H. Cobb, tools and supplies
39.13
Dyer & Sullivan
1.97
C. H. Hobart
.10
Edward Shay
. ..... 10.50
:
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Paid Paul Monaghan $9.60
Hartley L. White
6.70
W. M. Sweet, gravel
6.78
J. L. Simond's Estate, gravel
.88
James H. Flint, gravel
12.88
Mrs. G. H. White, gravel
10.00
Warren M. Babbitt, gravel
60.00
N. H. Hunt Estate, gravel
5.04
L. B. Hollis, gravel
5.76
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., gravel
12.50
Thomas F. Finnegan, self and teams
722.25
Michael J. Branley, self and teams
145.88
George E. Arnold, labor 303.50
297.50
Andrew Collins, labor
12.00
John McManus, labor
250.50
Daniel Dillon, labor
243.50
John Rosa, labor
83.50
Martin Buga, labor
33.00
Eli Frazier, labor
13.50
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$2,411.39
R. Allen Gage, Surveyor.
Paid Brockton Trap Rock Co. $461.74
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight 379.07
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., cinders
6.20
R. A. Gage, men and teams
589.58
John Griffin, self and horse
122.50
John J. Mahar, self and horse 42.00
C. I. Dimmock, self and horse
87.50
C. E. Smart, self and horse
94.50
C. R. Bestick, self and horse
68.75
E. F. French, self
160.00
Daniel McDougal, self
180.00
John J. Drinkwater, self
39.00
A. J. Richards & Sons.
58.00
S. A. Burdick
10.50
Ames Plow Co.
4.50
Braintree Hardware Co.
3.20
E. B. Clough
2,50
J. B. Poore
.
$152.23
Henry M. Storm, Surveyor.
Paid Benjamin F. Torrey, tending drawbridge . $120.00
Robert Gibson, self and teams 495.83
William J. Orr, labor 19.36
Timothy J. O'Keefe, labor
256.67
.
3.30
Leopold Benjamin, labor
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Paid Robert Chambers, labor
$1.00
James Chambers, labor
33.00
Benjamin F. Spear, labor
72.00
George W. Young, labor
5.00
Jacob Klay, labor
39.56
Jacob W. Klay, labor
85.56
James Towler, labor
11.56
Gilbert K. Wellman, labor
96.33
Terrence Starr, labor
199.17
John J. Drinkwater, engineer
49.00
Charles Matthews, team
2,72
$1,486.76
Credits.
Labor on Drain
$17.78
Stone sold
11.50
$29.28
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
$1;500.00
Overdraft
21.23
$1,521.23
Expended
$1,521.23
B. H. Woodsum, Surveyor.
Paid Brockton Trap Rock Co.
$33.15
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R.
16.58
Thomas F. Finnegan
161.75
Michael J. Branley
12.50
George E. Arnold
64.50
Leopold Benjamín
66.50
John McManus
65.50
Daniel Dillon
61.50
John Ross
2.00
Isaac Frazier
2.00
John Simpson
4.20
Charles H. Custance
19.25
R. Allen Gage, Surveyor.
Paid Brockton Trap Rock Co.
$172.67
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight
88.40
E. F. French, labor 80.00
Daniel McDougal, labor
70.00
R. A. Gage, men and teams
45.80
John Griffin, self and horse
21.00
John J. Maher, self and horse
14.00
C. I. Dimmock, self and horse . .
7.00
J. Breck & Sons Corp . . . . . 6.00
.
.
$509.43
$504.87
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Henry M. Storm, Surveyor.
Paid Robert Gibson, self and team
$208.88
William J. Orr, labor 23.50
Benjamin F. Spear, labor 29.00
Gilbert K. Wellman, labor 18.00
Timothy J. O'Keefe, labor 89.50
Terrence Starr, labor ... 58.50
Jacob W. Klay, labor .....
23.50
$450.88
STONE ROADS.
Credit
$50.00
Expended
$41.39
Unexpended balance
8.61
$50.00
Paid Richard Belyea
$1.55
R. A. Gage
39.84
$41.36
Credit.
Old Crusher
$50.00
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Overdraft
257.51
Expended
$2,757.51
Paid sundry bills as per vouchers
$2,757.51
WATERING STREETS.
Appropriation
$750.00
Abutters Tax
856.75
Credits
20.50
$1,627.25
Expended
$1,488.40
Unexpended balance
138.85
$1,627.25
Paid Water Department
$59.65
Michael J. Branley
483.75
Fred W. Piercy
481.50
John P. Robery
463.50
....
$1,488.40
George H. Hamblett
Credits.
$20.50
·
$2,757.51
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INCIDENTALS.
Appropriations $2.850.00
Credits
255.61
Overdrafts
128.58
$3,234.19
Expended
$3,234.19
Paid Pratt & Pratt, printing Town Report $343.10
Pratt & Pratt, printing Poll Books 82.36
169.50
Pratt & Pratt, printing advertising, etc. .. G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing advertis- ing, etc. 232.50
Rockland Standard Publishing Co., print-
ing 2.50
C. A. Hobart, distributing Town Reports .
10.00
R. A. Gage, distributing Town Reports .
10.50
Robert Gibson, distributing Town Reports . 6.00
Hooper, Lewis & Co., office supplies 11.00
. Hobbs & Warren Co., office supplies 15.87
Saumel Ward Co., office supplies 6.45
Library Bureau, office supplies 12.09
Emerson & Co., office supplies 2.00
Carter Ink Co., office supplies 1.23
28.00
W. A. Torrey, stamps, etc.
50.50
M. A. Minchin, stamps, envelopes
99.19
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
9.15
E. L. Burdakin, abstract of Deeds 33.00
J. R. McCoole, abstract of Estates ..
15.00
Bankers & Tradesman . .
5.00
Good Roads Magazine
1.00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Treas. Int. on bonds,
French Fund 32.00
Security Safe Deposit Co.
20.00
F. A. Smith, Coll. Tax deed
8.59
Henry A. Monk, cash expenses
5.21
Benjamin F. Dyer, cash expenses
10.00
R. Allen Gage, cash expenses
7.00
Henry M. Storm, cash expenses . B. H. Woodsum, cash expenses 8.25
42.00
Henry A. Monk, recording 67 marriages, $13.40; 214 births, $107.00; 110 deaths, $22.20; 103 burial permits, $10.30 152.90
E. N. Maybury, returning births
.25
A. L. Chase, returning births
.. 75
F. E. Jones, returning birth .25
G. W. Tinkham, returning births 2.25
C. H. Gould, returning births 5.75
Emery Record Preserving Co.
60
Paid W. J. Middleton, returning births $1.25
F. H. Merriam, returning births .25
C. A. Sullivan, returning births 4.25
F. W .Brett, returning births 11.50
F. Herbert Gile, returning births
.50
J. C. Fraser, returning births
.25
A. W. Fay, returning deaths 12.00
H. M. Ford, returning deaths .50
Edward W. Hobart, inspector 200.00
C. M. Lothrop, sealer of weights and measures 35.00
B. E. Porter, clerk
416.00
Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Thayer, legal services 20.00
C. C. Mellen
70.00
Hartley L. White, surveying, plans, etc. . .
49.70
Hartley L. White, expenses Appropriation Committee 3.97
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express Co.
.15
Woodsum Express Co.
.75
R. A. Gage, teams
7.50
James H. Wales, repairing pumps
47.00
H. W. Borden
29.21
Waterman & Leavitt, signs
13.60
R. A. Gage, material, labor and setting signs 66.88
John J. Hargreaves
1.50
Williams Read & Sons, police supplies
6.50
City of Quincy, care of prisoners 15.05
Town of Weymouth, care of prisoners 12.75
27.50
Henry Dugan
106.25
Michael Donovan
5.00
Ira Kingham
11.00
A. P. Worthen
15.00
J. F. Mohan, constable 3.00
James R. Qualey, constable
23.00
C. A. Hobart, constable
16.50
John Shay, constable
3.00
Michael Levangie, constable
3.00
John Kelley, constable
3.00
Conrad Mischler, constable
3.00
William E. Maybury, constable
3.00
Amos J. Loring, expenses criminal cases . .
1.25
Horace E. Hunt, dog officer and killing and burying dogs 18,33
J. F. Gallivan, dog officer and killing and burying dogs 12.33
James D. Allen
61
Paid Amos J. Loring, dog officer and killing
and burying dogs $16.33
Michael Levangie, killing and burying
dogs 2.00
James R. Qualey, killing and burying dogs
1.00
Fred E. Cross, killing and burying dogs ...
4.00
Robert Gilson, killing and burying. dogs . .
10.00
T. F. J. Dalton, police duty
3.00
John J. Close, police duty.
3.00
E. O. Nickerson, police duty 3.00
J. J. O'Keefe, police duty 3.00
H. J. Richards, police duty 3.00
J. W. Blanchard, police duty .
3.00
William Orr, police duty 7.00
J. H. Macandrew, police duty . .
3.00
R. 'McAloney, police duty .
3.00
E. A. Gage, police duty .
3.00
S. Frazier, police duty .
3.00
E. H. Bisson, police duty 3.00
C. L. Durfee, police duty 3.00
J. H. Donahoe, police duty 6.00
Benjamin Levangie, police duty 3.00
J. F. Eaton, police duty 3.00
A. R. French, police duty 3.00
Samuel Thompson, police duty 3.00
William McGibbon, police duty 3.00
William C. Murphy, police duty 3.00
James Lyons, police duty 3.00 ..
A. A. Saunders, police duty . . 3.00
James Lane, police duty 3.00
Frank A. Gannon, police duty .
3.00
C. H. Gustance, police duty .
3.00
James D. Fox, police duty 3.00
J. A. Gogan, police duty 3.00
C. A. Hobart, constable at elections 8.00
Conrad Mischler, constable at elections 8.00
William E. Maybury, constable at elec- tions 8.00
C. G. Anderson, election officer 8.00
W. F. Woodsum, election officer
J. W. Cuff, election officer 8.00
E. W. Hobart, election officer 8.00
8.00
A. R. French, election officer 8.00
E. F. Porter, election officer 8.00
F. T. Lyons, election officer 8.00
W. O. Pinckney, election officer 3.00
E. P. Cuff, election officer 8.00
Daniel Potter, election officer 5.00
62
Paid J. M. Cutting, election officer $5.00
Edward Shay, election officer 2.50
H. A. Simonds, election officer 2,50
G. E. Sampson, election officer
8.00
G. H. Wetherbee, Jr., election officer 8.00
William A. Mckean, election officer 3.00
I. N. Holbrook, election officer 8.00
G. A. Arnold, election officer 13.00
D. F. Ahearn, election officer 8.00
D. J. Gallivan, election officer 5.50
J. H. Kirby, Jr., election officer
3.00
J. F. Mohan, election officer
3.00
John Westland, election officer
3.00
J. J. Drinkwater, election officer
5.00
E. R. Dam, election officer
5.00
M. F. Damon, election officer 5.00
C. F. Cavanagh, election officer 5.00
J. R. McGrath, election officer 5.00
2.50
E. M. Wight, election officer
8.00
L. F. Bates, election officer
13.00
J. A. Ryan, election officer
8.00
Peter Smith, election officer
5.50
Edward Flood, election officer
10.00
J. F. Sullivan, election officer
2.50
Francis A. Gardner, election officer 2.50
Thomas J. F. Dalton, election officer 5.00
W. J. Orr, election officer 8.00
J. G. Spear, election officer
10.50
C. S. Vinton, election officer
5.00
A. T. Johnson, election officer
5.00
J. F. McDonnell, Jr., steward at elections 10.00
10.00
Mrs. M. L. Merritt, refreshments at elec- tions
20.00
Up- to-date Market, refreshments at
election
22.00
Almshouse, refreshments at elections and
Registrars' Meetings 45.00
Credits.
Licenses
$75.50
N. E. Telegraph & Telephone Co.
9.15
City of Quincy, rent of reservoir 57.24
F. A. Smith, tax titles 81.72
Interest refunded, C. E. French Trust Fund
32.00
$3,234.19
$255.61
W. H. Shaw, election officer
W. T. McCormack, election officer 5.50
William Hill, steward at elections
63
Insurance.
Appropriation
$795.00
Overdraft
1.25
$796.25
Expended
$796.25
Paid Charles B. Cummings
$641.25
George E. Sampson
30.00
C. H. Hobart & Son
125.00
$796.25
Library.
Total appropriations $1,100.00
Total amount of orders drawn
1;100.00
General Expenses.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid W. C. Harding, Treasurer of Library
1,000.00
Distribution of Books.
Appropriation $100.00
100.00
Memorial Day.
Appropriation
$175.00
Paid S. 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
194.00
$386.00
One-half of the amount expended to be refunded by the State of Massachu- setts.
Police Department.
Total appropriations $2,340.00
Total credits
40.29
Total expenditures $2,298.47
81.82
$2,380.29
Night Police.
Appropriation
$2,190.00 Ependitures 2,190.00
$2,380.29
Total unexpended balance
Paid John M. Long
6.4
Paid Horace F. Hunt
$730.00
Jeremiah F. Gallivan
730.00
Amos J. Loring
730.00
$2,190.00
Court Fees and Expenses.
Appropriation
$150.00
Credits
40.29
$190.29
Expended
108.47
Unexpended balance
81.82
Paid James R. Qualey
$38.57
William N. Marden
28.45
Amos J. Loring
1.40
Jeremiah F. Gallivan
3.90
Horace F. Hunt 1.70
Henry Dugan
21.16
Walter O: Crooker
13.29
$108.47
Credit.
Samuel N. Capen, Sheriff, fines
$24.33
Clerk of E. Norfolk District Court, fines
15.96
$40.29
Poor Department.
Appropriation
$5,500.00
Credits, Almshouse
408.97
Credits, outside Relief
1,092.07
$7,001.04
Expended Almshouse $2,427.38
Outside Relief. settlement in Braintree
3,586.15
Outside Relief, settlement in other cities and towns 655.73
Unexpended balance 331.78
$7,001.04
Almshouse.
Paid N. Allen Penniman, superintendent $500.00
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