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Total commitment 1912 $158,583.65
Valuation Prec. 1
2 3 Total
Buildings $1,442,950 $1,600,675 $1,009,790 $4,053,415
Land 802,588 915,750 593,500 2,311,838
$2,245,538 $2,516,425 $1,603,290 $6,365,253 Personal Property 639,835 304,576 598,813 1,543,224
Total Valuation $2,885,373 $2,821,001 $2,202.103 $7,908.477 Tax on Real Estate : $42,665.48 $47,812.32 $30,462.60 $120,940.40
88
Tax on Personal Property :
12,156.91 5,787.02
11,377.49
29,321.42
Tax on Polls : 1,830.00
1,466.00
1,344.00
4,640.00
$56,652.39
$55,065.34
$43,184.09 $154,901.82
Oiling and Watering Streets : 288.50 462.85
224.91 976.26
Tax for all purposes including overlayings :
$56,940.89 $55,528.19 $43,409.00 $155,878.08
Additional Poll Taxes and Omitted assessments : $370.18
Street Railway Excise Tax $2,335.39
$158,583.65
$154,901.82 to be raised by taxation on 2320 Polls and a valuation of $7,908,477 makes the rate per $1000.
$19.00
Raised by Per Cent of Division of Taxation. Total Tax. Tax Rate.
Legislative
$150.00
.00 093
$.01 767
Executive
887.50
.00 550
.10 450
Auditors
150.00
.00 093
.01 767
Treasurer
695.00
.00 431
.08 189
Collector
725.00.
.00 449
.08 531
Assessors
1,087.50
.00 674
.12 806
Town Clerk
850.00
.00 527
.10 013
Law
300.00
.00 186
.03 534
Election and Registration
950.00
.00 589
.11 191
Town Hall
1,176.25
.00 729
.13 851
Police Department
3,685.50
.02 283
43 377
Fire Department
13,385.00
.08 293
1:57 567
Sealing of Weights and
Measures
200.00
.00 124
.02 356
Forestry
2,400.00
.01 487
.28 253
Health
1,300.00
.00 805
.15 295
Highways and Bridges
17,494.50
.10 839
2.05 941
Charities
6,754.70
.04 185
.79 515
Soldiers' Benefits
572.00
.00 354
.06 726
Education
54,091.98
.33 514
6.36 766
1
89
Library
1,600.00
.00 991
.18 829
Recreation
300.00
.00 186
.03 534
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,000.00
.01 239
.23 541
Memorial Day
200.00
.00 124
.02 356
Abatement of Taxes
1,500.00
.00 929
.17 651
Maps
350.00
.00 217
.04 123
Water Department
1,000.00
.00 619
.11 761
Cemetery
100.00
.00 062
.01 178
Interest
7,796.74
.04 831
.91 789
Municipal Indebtedness.
14,327.00
.08 877
1.68 663
Sinking Funds
5,120.00
.03 172
.60 268
State Tax
10,437.50
.06 467
1.22 873
Metropolitan Parks Tax.
1,895.63
.01 174
.22 306
Charles River Basin Tax
502.15
.00 311
.05 909
State Highway Tax
53.00
.00 033
.00 627
County Tax
4,649.87
.02 881
.54 739
Overlayings
2,715.00
.01 682
.31 958
$161,401.82
1.00 000
$19.00 000
Less Bank and Corpora-
tion
Tax
(estima-
ted)
$6,500.00
$154,901.82
Precincts
1
2
3
Total
Number of polls
915
733
672
2,320
Number of residents assessed on property :
Individuals
587
528
446
1,561
All others
14
11
2
27
601
539
448
1,588
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals
149
123
212
484
All others
11
7
11
29
160
130
223
513
90
Number of persons assessed :
On property
761
669
671
2,101
Poll tax only
651
499
437
1,587
1,412
1,168
1,108
3,688
Number of dwellings as-
sessed :
639
580
516
1,735
Number of acres of
land
assessed
4114
2064
1892
8,070
Number of horses assessed
174
16"
129
470
Number of cows 'assessed. .
154
125
176
455
Number of swine assessed ..
268
18
286
Number of fowl assessed ..
2575
750
390
3,715
EXPENDITURES
Total appropriations $266,097.06
Total credits and special taxes 11,366.93
Total overdrafts 9,752.38
Premiums
1,673.00
Insurance and salvage Town Hall.
20,550.00
Balances on construction work January
1, 1912
26,758.48
$336,197.85
Total expenditures $226,164.53
Total unexpended balances 38,763.93
Total "no orders drawn" 65,769.39
Vote rescinded 5,500.00
-$336,197.85
GENERAL GOVERNMENT. Legislative.
Moderator, appropriation $25.00
Paid Woodsum, Benjamin H. $25.00
91
Other Expense, appropriation
$125.00
Paid Pratt & Pratt Committee on Fire Dept. $33.00
Prescott, G. W. Pub. Co. Com-
mittee on Fire Dept. 34.00
Sundry expenses, Committee on Fire Dept. 15.00
$82.00
Unexpended balance
43.00
$125.00
Executive
Selectmen, salaries, appropriation
$487.50
Paid Drinkwater, Albion C.
$162.50
Storm, Henry M.
162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50°
Clerical help and other expenses, ap-
propriation
$400.00
Overdraft
5.70
$405.70
Paid Adams Express Co.
.25
Cain, Thomas J.
4.00
Hobbs & Warren
5.76
Porter, B. E.
156.00
Pratt & Pratt
121.30
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co ...
106.75
S. Braintree P. O
11.64
$405.70
Financial.
Auditors, salaries, appropriation
$150.00
Paid McKean, William A. 1911
$50.00
Potter, Daniel, 1911
50.00
Stevens, George W., 1911
50.00
$150.00
92
Treasurer salary, appropriation
$525.00
Paid Dyer, Benjamin F.
$525.00
Other expenses, appropriation
$50.00
Paid Dyer, Benjamin F., cash ex-
penses $15.00
Hobbs & Warren
15.25
Lyons Express
.60
S. Braintree P. O.
.97
$31.82
Unexpended balance
18.18
$50.00
Bond of Treasurer, appropriation
$120.00
Paid Cummings, Charles B.
$120.00
Collector, salary, appropriation
$600.00
Paid Smith, Frank A.
$600.00
Other expenses, appropriation Credit
6.00
Overdraft
27.37
$158.37
Paid Allen Bros.
$3.50
Braintree P. O.
104.00
Burdakin, J. H.
.52
Hobbs & Warren
11.60
Pratt & Pratt
12.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co.,
26.75
$158.37
Credits.
Tax information $6.00
Assessors, salaries, appropriation
$487.50
Paid Drinkwater, Albion C.
$162.50
Storm, Henry M.
162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
$125.00
93
Clerical Help and Other Expenses.
Appropriation
Paid Adams Express Company $.45
Banker & Tradesman 5.00
Burdakin, E. L.
78.20
Cain, Thomas J.
5.00
Curtis, Edwin L.
28.00
Heath, William H.
2.50
Library Bureau
7.80
McCoole, J. R.
11.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co .. .
112.00
S. Braintree P. O.
32.98
Wakefield Daily Item
3.00
Ward, Samuel
8.05
White, Harley L.
30.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co .. .
4.50
$484.48
Unexpended balance
115.52
$600.00
Other Finance.
Paid Bureau of Statistics
$24.00
Old Colony Trust Co.
135.00
See Miscellaneous expenses 159.00
Town Clerk, salary, appropriation
$650.00
Paid Monk, Henry A.
$650.00
Other expenses, appropriation
$200.00
Overdraft
13.86
$213.86
Paid Adams Express Co. $.20
Hooper, Lewis & Co.
5.50
Monk, Henry A. recording 1911 200 birth $100.00
76 marriages 15.20
$600.00
94
117 deaths 23.40
117 burial permits 11.70
$150.30
Cash expenses
6.11
Pratt & Pratt
37.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co ...
14.75
Law, appropriation
Paid Mellen, Charles C.
$185.60
Pratt & Pratt
7.50
$193.10
Unexpended balance
106.90
$300.00
Election and Registration.
Registrars, salaries, appropriation. . .
$150.00
Paid Allen, William
$50.00
Cummings, Charles B.
50.00
McKean, Walter N. .
35.00
$135.00
Unexpended balance
15.00
$150.00
Other expense, appropriation
$800.00
Overdraft
27.84
$827.84
Paid Braintree Home
$50.00
Cain, Thomas J.
11.25
Dalby, William H.
20.55
Election Officers
384.00
Hill, William
20.00
Hobart, Charles H.
3.50
Merritt, Mary L.
21.00
Mischler, Conrad
8.00
Monk, Henry A.
12.99
Mulligan, T. Fred
20.00
$213.86 $300.00
95
Pratt & Pratt 88.30
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co ...
99.25
Rockland Standard Pub. Co. . . .
17.00
Rowe, Mrs. George H. 22.00
Tracey, William S.
17.00
"Uptodate" Market
25.00
Whitmarsh, Frank O. .
8.00
$827.84
Town Hall.
Total appropriations
$1,176.25
credits
38.00
66 overdrafts
12.69
$1,226.85
Total expenditures
1,226.85
Janitor, salary, appropriation
$450.00
Paid Sullivan, Michael J.
$450.00
Maintenance, appropriation
$700.00
Credit
30.80
Overdraft
4.80
$735.60
Paid Atkinson, Albert D. $.75
Belyea, Richard
4.25
Cobb, William H.
3.90
Electric Light Department
82.25
French, Asa Estate of
300.00
Haskell, M. A. & Co.
1.00
Heath, William H.
1.50
Hobart, C. H.
1.70
Hobart, Sanford W.
3.25
King, T.
105.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
5.80
Rogers, O. M.
31.00
Water Department
6.70
Woodsum Coal Co.
188.50
$735.60
96
Credit.
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co $5.80
Sale of boiler 25.00
$30.80
Insurance, appropriation
$26.25
Credit
7.20
Overdraft
7.80
$41.25
Paid Sampson. George E. $41.25
Credit.
Hobart. C. H. refund of insurance on
boiler $7.20
New Town Hall.
Appropriation
$50,000.00
Insurance and salvage 20,550.00
$70,550.00
Paid Ingraham & Hopkins $2,196.00
Pratt & Pratt
3.50
Prescott. G. W. Publishing Co.
5.50
Ross. Walter B.
1,500.00
Woodbury & Leighton Co.
38.032.25
$41,737.25
Unexpended balance
28,812.75
$70,550.00
Insurance. (New Town Hall)
No appropriation
Overdraft
$150.00
Paid Hobart, C. H. & Son
$100.00
Miller, Charles O. 50.00
$150.00
97
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Total appropriations
$3,685.50
credits
222.85
66 overdrafts
36.18
$3,944.53
Total expenditures
$3,635.68
unexpended balances
308.85
$3,944.53
Salaries of men, appropriation
Paid Dugan, Henry
$171.00
Gallivan, Jeremiah F.
823.50
Hunt, Horace F.
846.50
Loring, Amos J.
685.00
Shay, John P.
823.50
$3,349.50
Unexpended balance
36.00
$3,385.50
Other expenses, appropriation
$250.00
Overdraft
36.18
$286.18
Paid Belyea, Walter S., expense
$2.00
dogs
Gallivan, Jeremiah F., expense on dogs
12.33
Hunt, Horace F .. expense
8.33
dogs
Shay. John P., expense on
dogs 8.00
Wentworth, Augustus T. expense on dogs 2,00
Dugan, Henry. service on smelt brook 31.50
Dyer & Sullivan
.60
Frazier, Michael P.
3.00
$3,385.50
98
Hollis, W. B. & Son 19.00
Hunt, Horace F.
10.80
Loring, Amos J. 7.03
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 3.89
Penniman, S. & Son
4.00
Pratt & Pratt .
4.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co. ..
3.75
Quincy, City of
12.45
Rogers, O. M.
1.25
Shay, John P.
11.75
Sundry persons, July 3d and 4th
86.00
Wentworth, Augustus T. 15.00
Weymouth, Town of
39.50
$286.18
Court expenses, appropriation $50.00
Credits
222.85
$272.85
Unexpended balance
$272.85
Credit.
Capeu, S. H., Sheriff
$30.00
East Norfolk District Court.
192.85
$222.85
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations $18,885.00
66 Credits 12.00
66 Overdrafts 390.66
Total expenditures $12,213.65
Unexpended balances 1,574.01
Vote rescinded 5,500.00
$19,287.66
99
Pay of Engineers and Firemen.
Appropriation
Credit
$1,935.00 1.00
$1,936.00
Paid Engineers
$120.00
Poll Taxes
6.00
$126.00
Hose Company No. 1. Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. Precinct One.
Paid Stewards
$76.00
Firemen
433.91
Poll Taxes 34.00
$543.91
Hose Company No. 2, Precinct Two.
Paid Steward
$45.00
Firemen
215.00
Poll Taxes
18.00
$278.00
Hose Company No. 3, Precinct Three. 1
Paid Stewards
$50.00
Firemen
215.00
Poll Taxes
20.00
$285.00
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 2, Precinct Two.
Paid Steward
$30.00
Firemen
215.00
Poll Taxes
16.00
$261.00
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 3, Precinct Three.
Paid Steward
$25.00
Firemen
215.00
100
Poll Taxes 20.00
$260.00
$1,753.91
Unexpended balance
182.09
$1,936.00
Credit.
Steward, refund $1.00
Extra Pay of Firemen.
Appropriation.
$400.00
Overdraft 127.10
$527.10
Paid Hose Company No. 1
$119.70
Hose Company No. 2
108.00
Hose Company No. 3
69.90
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1
88.80
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 92.40
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3
48.30
$527.10
General Expenses of Fire Department. ·
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Credits
11.00
Overdraft
177.49
$1,188.49
Horses.
Paid Bestick, Clarence R.
$51.50
Branley, Michael J.
190.00
Cain, Thomas J.
23.50
Dimmock, C. I.
5.00
1
Hill, Charles E.
15.00
Hill, J. Samuel
4.00
101
Piercy, Fred W.
65.00
Sheppard, J. F. & Sons Inc. 94.50
South, Harry F.
2.50
Sypher, James O.
175.00
Whitmarsh, F. O.
5.00
$631.00
Fuel and Light.
Paid Electric Light Department
$53.37
Maher, John J.
4.13
Sheppard, J. F. & Sons Inc.
24.10
Woodsum Coal Co.
14.38
$95.98
Equipment and Repairs.
Paid Anderson, Charles G.
$10.00
Boston Badge Co.
2.40
Braintree Hardware Co.
6.65
Callahan. Cornelius Co.
45.35
Enterprise Rubber Co.
93.75
Gilman, C. E.
6.75
Gould, Thomas H. 6.70
Haskell, M. A. & Co.
4.00
Jordan, W. I.
3.25
Mansfield, TI. W.
7.50
Mischler, Frank J.
5.50
Shay, Edward
5.00
Spencer, S. M. Mfg. Co.
3.60
Standard Extinguisher Co.
1.25
Stewart, Frank W.
2.50
Tupper, F. F.
16.00
Whitman, Henry B.
5.61
Whitman, R. E.
27.10
$252.91
&
102 Repairs on Buildings.
Paid Bates, L. F. Co. $4.05
Borden, H. W. 9.65
Gould, Thomas H.
1.00
Rogers. O. M.
.50
$15.20
Other Expense
Paid Adams Express Co.
.56
Bailey, H. W. & Co.
20.25
Baker, A. W.
1.50
Brown, W. Parker
5.00
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co.,
10.00
Crowell Chemical Co.
1.50
Dalby, W. H.
25.00
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
1.50
Hill, J. Samuel
8.65
Hobart, C. H.
6.54
Hollis, W. B. & Sons
9.00
Loring, G. E. & Co.
1.68
Lyons, Express
.50
Means, C. J.
1.96
Penniman, S. & Son
3.00
Pratt & Pratt
2.00
Rowell, W. E.
21.00
Sundry Persons Testing hose
21.60
Tenney, Fred A.
.30
Torrey, Frank
2.00
Torrey, W. A. & Co.
1.25
Towler, James 4.00
"Uptodate" Market .40
Walsh, George W.
2.50
Water Department
30.00
Whitmarsh, F. O.
11.71
$193.40
$1,188.49
103
Credit.
Sundry Persons, rent of hall. $11.00
New Hose, appropriation $800.00
Paid Boston Belting Co. $423.36
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co .. 376.64
$800.00
New . Hose for Auto Chemical, appro- priation $400.00
Unexpended balance $400.00
Hydrant Service, appropriation $5,850.00
Paid Water Department $5,850.00
Painting Hose No. 2, appropriation. .
$50.00
Unexpended balance
$50.00
New Harnesses, Precincts One and Two appropriation
$100.00
Unexpended balance
$100.00
Auto Chemical Combination, appro- priation $5,500.00
Vote rescinded
$5,500.00
Fire Alarm.
Maintenance, appropriation
$150.00
Overdraft 86.07
$236.07
Paid Adams Express Co.
$.50
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co.
35.50
Lawrence, Fred B.
187.50
N. Y. N. H. & II. R. R. Co.
.25
Pettengill-Andrews Co.
12.32
$236.07
Improvement of System, appropriation
$1,700.00
104
Paid Croke, Thomas F. $1.00
Electric Light Department
14.50
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph
Co.
1,500.00
Water proof Canvas Supply Co. 5.00
Whitman, R. E. 25.20
Unexpended balance
$154.30
$1,700.00
Fire Alarm Bell, Precinct Two,
appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid Holbrook, George H. Johnson Lumber Co. 45.59
$312.38
Unexpended balance
$687.62
$1,000.00
The bell and striker were a part of the contract for the improvement of the Fire Alarm System
Weights and Measures.
Appropriation
$200.00
Credits
32.16
$232.16
Paid Gurley, W. & L. E.
$12.35
Lothrop, Charles M.
200.00
Pratt & Pratt
3.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co. .
3.75
Rogers, O. M.
.47
$219.57
Unexpended balance
12.59
$232.16
Credit.
Fees returned to town
$32.16
$266.79
$1,545.70
105
Forestry.
Total appropriation
$2,400.00
Total credits
436.03
Total overdrafts
1,205.19
$4,041.22
Total expenditures
$4,041.22
Gypsy and Brown Tail Suppression and Care of Trees.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Credits
430.03
Overdrafts
$1,093.44
$3,523.47
Paid Bates, L. F. Co.
$1.50
Belyea, Richard
9.75
Braintree Hardware Co.
14.48
Dimmock, C. I.
1.75
Dow Mfg. Co.
14.10
Farwell, W. M.
66.96
Fottler, Fiske Rawson Co.
2.00
Frost Insecticide Co.
5.80
Grasselli Chemical Co.
176.19
Hayden, Fred A.
.95
Hofferty, S. J.
7.20
Keniston Engineering Co.
66.65
Merrimac Chemical Co.
185.16
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
5.72
Pratt & Pratt
60.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co.
12.00
Spaulding, R. N.
6.60
Sundry persons, labor, pay
rolls
2,880.34
Thayer, Abel H.
5.00
Woodsum Coal Co.
1.32
-
$3,523.47
Credit.
Sundry Persons for labor and ma-
terials $430.03
106
Forest Fires.
Appropriation
Credit
$400.00 6.00
Overdrafts
111.75
$517.75
Paid Adams Express Co.
$.57
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co. .
10.00
Cutting, James M.
75.00
Henderson Bros.
210.00
Means, C. J.
1.96
S. Braintree P. O.
.97
Sundry Persons work at Fires 76.85
142.42
219.25
$517.75
Credit.
Yager, Leonard $6.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Total appropriations
$1,300.00
Credits
192.60
Overdrafts 17.05
$1,509.65
Total expenditures
$1,233.23
Unexpended balance
276.42
$1,509.65
Board of Health Salaries.
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Gile, F. II.
$100.00
Skinner, W. B.
100.00
Sullivan, C. A.
100.00
$300.00
107
Other Expenses appropriation
$100.00
Credits 27.70
$127.70
Paid Anglim, Walter
$2.50
Gile, F. H.
38.64
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
18.94
Skinner, W. B.
31.45
State Board of Health
2.65
Sypher, James O.
5.00
Torrey, W. A. & Co.
2.00
$101.18
Unexpended balance
26.52
$127.70
Credit.
Licenses
$23.00
Refund on Telephone
4.70
$27.70
Printing.
Appropriation
$50.00
Overdraft
3.88 ·
53.88
Paid Pratt & Pratt
$44.00
Prescott, G. W. Publishing Co ...
9.88
$53.88
Fumigation.
Appropriation
$200.00
Overdraft
9.07
209.07
Paid Martin, Willis H.
$63.00
Smith. F. A.
65.12
Torrey, W. A. & Co.
80.95
$209.07
108
Quarantine.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Braintree Market
$11.00
Martin, W. H.
8.50
$19.50
Unexpended balance
80.50
$100.00
Refuse and Garbage. Care of Dumps.
Appropriation
$100.00
Overdraft
104.10
Paid Gage, R. Allen
34.44
Gibson, Robert
33.33
Highway Dept.
33.33
Skinner, Walter B.
3.00
$104.10
Inspection of Animals.
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Sampson, Josephus
100.00
Inspection of Meat and Provisions.
Appropriation
$200.00
Credit
82.40
$282.40
Paid Martin, W. H.
$133.34
Sullivan, C. A.
66.66
$200.00
Unexpended balance
82.40
$282.40
Credit.
Fees returned to Town
.
. 82.40
..
·
109
Inspection of Milk.
Appropriation
$100.00
Credit
18.50
$118.50
Paid Gile, F. H.
$100.00
Unexpended balance
18.50
$118.50
Credit.
Fees returned to Town $18.50
Vital Statistics.
Appropriation
$50.00
Paid Bullock, G. D.
$1.25
Cartwright & Shay
4.75
Chase, A. L.
.50
Dearing, H. L.
8.00
Fay, A. W.
9.00
Fraser, J. C.
.50
Gile, F. H.
2.75
Gould, Chester H.
4.25
Granger, F. C.
2.75
Marstin, C. M.
2.50
Myrick, A. W.
.75
Sullivan, C. A.
8.50
$45.50
Unexpended balance
4.50
$50.00
Refund of expense on drain $64.00
Unexpended balance $64.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Total appropriations
$17,494.50
credits 204.46
110
Total Special Taxes
5,944.02
overdrafts
5,799.10
$29,442.08
Total expenditures $29,377.15
unexpended balances
11.93
"no order drawn" to State
Treasurer 53.00
$29,442.08
Surveyors of Highways, Salaries.
Appropriation
$487.50
Paid Drinkwater, Albion C.
$162.50
Storm, Henry M. 162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
-
Clerical Help and Other Expenses.
Appropriation
$175.00
Paid Porter, B. E.
$156.00
S. Braintree P. O.
5.82
Sundry cash expenses
1.25
$163.07
Unexpended balance
11.93
$175.00
General Repairs.
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Credits
204.46
Street Railway Tax
2,632.37
Street Railway Excise Tax
2.335.39
Abutters' Tax
976.26
Overdraft
4,439.86
$20,588.34
111
Precincts
1 $.20
2
3 General
Paid Adams Express Co.
Alden Spear's Sons Co
$69.00
Arnold, Henry F.
4.40
Atwood, E. R. Treas.
36.28
330.54
569.45
Barrett, Mfg. Co.
1,001.80
1,475.06
648.00
Bates, L. F. Co.
17.15
Bay State Street Ry. Co.
.30
Belyea, Richard
43.42
Bond, H. L. Co.
5.25
Braintree Hardware Co. .. Branley, M. J.
16.10
Cobb, William H.
49.36
21.10
Dow Mfg. C.
5.28
Drollett, A. A.
52.60
Dustoline Co.
439.90
Dyer & Sullivan
3.80
Electric Light Dept.
1.29
Fogg, George E.
.50
Water Department
2S.82
5.84
Gilman, C. E.
3.50
Haskell, M. A. & Co.
16.90
Hayward Bros.
17.75
Hobart, C. H.
.25
Holbrook, George H.
50.00
17.77
Horsman, Stephen
20.00
International Braid Co.
7.00
Johnson, Antoine
40.56
Jordan, W. I.
22.82
Kelley, John
12.40
Lane Quarry Co.
556.75
115.86
Lavelle, Henry
68.60
Lennox Mfg. Co.
30.00
Litchfield, B. D.
24.05
Loring, G. E.
.
.22
May, George E.
16.16
Nelson, Frank W.
198.40
15.00
126.20
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co ...
142.24
585.94
97.03
Quincy, City of
34.50
Rhines Lumber Co.
49.22
63.14
Robery, John P.
100.00
Rogers, O. M.
5.95
Sampson, E. L. Bros. Co.
5.50
Sanborn, W. F. & Co.
94.53
53.98
Shay, Edward
59.42
Sheldon, W. E. Agt.
9.00
9.00
Sheppard, J. F. & Sons Inc.
41.18
Skinner, Walter B.
2.41
Spera, Martin
33.20
Stevens, James T.
117.15
8.70
Stewart, Frank W.
3.85
Strathdee, David G.
16.50
Stratton, Charles E.
6.00
Studebaker Corporation
324.11
Sundry Persons, labor and
$150.00
112
teams
4,834.53 $3,057.03 $3,631.21
Torrey, B, Frank
210.00
Waldo Bros.
52.91
9.24
5.28
Walworth Mfg. Co.
1.13
White, Hartley L.
43.45
5.00
8.80
Wilkins, Benjamin T.
7.00
Woodsum Coal Co.
335.10
82.18
$7,165.76 $6,406.00 $6,358.62 $604.96
Expended
$20,535.34
State Highway Tax, no order drawn
53.00
$20,588.34
Labor and Material $34.63 $157.03 $.80
Motor Vehicle Fees from State
$12.00
Snow Removal.
Total Credits
$204.46
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Overdraft
386.28
$1,386.28
Paid as per vouchers $346.10 $599.83 $440.35
$1,386.28
Sherbrooke Avenue Drain.
No appropriation
Overdraft
$972.96
Paid N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. C.
$.70
Sundry persons, labor and teams
456.75
Waldo Bros.
47.52
Woodsum Coal Co.
467.99
$972.96
Street Lights.
Appropriation
$5,832.00
Paid Electric Light Department
$5,832.00
CHARITIES.
Total appropriations
$6,754.70
66 credits 2,039.75
66 overdrafts 615.42
$9,409.87
113
Total expenditures
$8,116.19
unexpended balances
1,293.68
$9,409.87
Overseers of the Poor.
Appropriation $487.50
Paid Drinkwater, Albion C. $162.50
1
Storm, Henry M. 162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
Clerical Help and Other Expenses.
Appropriation
$225.00
Overdraft 5.97
$230.97
Paid Cain, Thomas J.
$6.75
Fairbanks, J. L. & Co.
5.00
Massachusetts, State of
2.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
S. Braintree P. O.
25.22
Travelling expenses
36.00
$230.97
Braintree Home.
Appropriation
Maintenance $1,500.00
Insurance 42.20
$1,542.20
Credits
443.44
Overdrafts
609.45
$2,595.09
Amount Paid for Expenses at Home.
Salary of Superintendent
$540.00
144.00
Other employees
114
Food supplies $554.99
228.72
783.71
Fuel and Light
370.06
Clothing
28.58
Ordinary repairs
136.95
Equipment
355.35
Medicine, Medical attendance
38.68
Miscellaneous, Insurance
$157.52
42.24
199.76
$2,595.09
Credits.
Sale of Produce
$141.64
Payment from Election and Registra-
tion account
50.00
Board paid by individuals
52.00
Board paid by other towns
156.00
Miscellaneous
43.80
$443.44
Outside Relief.
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Credits
1,596.31
Paid for support at
State Infirmary $145.00
Rutland State
Sana-
torium 71.98
Lakeville State Sana-
torium
40.57.
$6,096.31
$257.55
On account of cases chargeable to this Town for board or support in private families, $444.00
115
For all other Support or Relief.
Cash allowance at disposal of recipients $1,262.00 955.50,
Rent
Food 885.89
Fuel 327.87
Clothing
31.20
Medical aid in private families
471.12
Miscellaneous
167.50
$4,802.63
Unexpended balance
1,293.68
$6,096.31
Credits.
Reimbursements by individuals $13.00
by other cities and towns 1,494.63
by the State 88.68
$1,596.31
Soldiers' Benefits.
Total appropriation
$3,644.00
credit
12.00
overdraft
43.00
$3,699.00
Total expenditures
$3,270.00
unexpended balance
429.00
$3,699.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials (to be Refunded by State.)
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Refunded
12.00
$3,012.00
Paid as per vouchers
$2,583.00
Unexpended balance
429.00
$3,012.00
116
Credit.
State Aid refunded . $12.00
Military Aid (one-half to be Refunded by State.)
Appropriation $144.00
Paid as per vouchers $144.00
Soldiers' Relief.
To be charged to city or town where the recipient has a settlement :
Appropriation
$500.00
Overdraft
43.00
$543.00
Paid Cash Aid
$478.00
Medical Aid
65.00
543.00
EDUCATION.
. Total appropriations $54,091.98
66 credits from School Dept. 678.72
credits from School Fund 350.00
credits from Dog Tax 927.10
Unexpended balance January 1, 1912
Abraham Lincoln School. . 2,453.35
Unexpended balance January 1, 1912 Hollis School 24,305.13
Ovredrafts 206.98
$83,013.26
Total expenditures $78,050.53
unexpended balance 1,526.12
66 unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1912 Abraham Lincoln School 2,453.35
66 unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1912, Hollis School 983.26
$83,013.26
-
117
Teachers and Superintendent, Salaries.
Appropriation
$33,500.00
From School Fund
350.00
From Dog Tax
927.10
$34,777.10
Paid as per vouchers
$34,333.20
Unexpended balance
443.90
$34,777.10
Janitors.
Appropriation
$4,268.98
Overdraft
$17.75
$4,286.73
Paid as per vouchers
4,286.73
Text Books and Supplies.
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Credits
336.29
Paid Allyn & Bacon
$47.62
American Book Co.
356.17
Appleton D. & Co.
37.92.
Atkinson Mentzer & Co.
66.15
Babb, E. E. & Co.
1,885.80
Bassette. F. A. Co.
15.33
Boston Music Co.
2.25
Chandler Publishing Co.
27.00
Davis Press
2.14
Ginn & Co.
124.98
Hammett, J. L .. & Co.
328.82
Heath, D. C. & Co.
46.34
Hinkley, R. II. Co.
36.00
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
37.51
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co.
128.95
Little, Brown & Co.
62.59
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co.
13.50
$3,836.29
118
Milton Bradley Co. 109.56
Neostyle Co .. 40.00
Oliver Ditson Co. 21.86
Remington Typewriter Co.
14.30
Sanborn, Benjamin H. & Co.
33.55
Seribner. Charles Sons
106.99
Silver, Burdett & Co.
25.34
Talbot Chemical Co. 9.00
Thompson, Brown Co. 15.95
Tolman Print 21.80
Underwood Typewriter Co. 50.00
Wadsworth, Howland Co. 21.00
West Disinfecting Co. 29.25
Western Electric Co.
12.60
White-Smith Music Pub. Co. .
4.95
$3,735.22
Unexpended balance
$101.07
$3,836.29
School Incidentals.
Appropriation
$750.00
Credits
17.25
Overdrafts
169.47
$936.72
Paid Adams Express Co ... $7.75
Baker, A. W.
9.16
Bay State St. Ry. Co .
41.06
Farwell, Jennie A.
3.71
Fogg, George E.
10.69
Lyons, Timothy
2.60
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co ..
68.67
Pratt & Pratt
54.80
Prescott, G. W. Pub-
lishing Co.
106.10
Rowell, W. E.
6.70
Wiggin, R. L.
55.94
$367.18
119
American Seating Co. $21.00
American La France
Fire Engine Co. ... 28.00
Blickensderfer Type-
writer
1.50
Braintree Hardware
Co.
.75
Cain, Thomas J.
9.25
Cass, A. W.
2.08
Chapin, L. Paul
12.79
Charnock, Raymond
10.00
Cobb, William H.
1.90
Cuff, William C.
7.50
Dacey, James F.
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