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Inside repairs Pond School
300.00
Repairs Abraham Lincoln School
200.00
Plans Abraham Lincoln School
325.00
.
$61,093.00
Library.
Janitor, salary
$250.00
General expenses
1,400.00
Distribution of books
150.00
$1,800.00'
Recreation.
Parks and Playgrounds
$500.00
Unclassified.
Miscellaneous expenses
$2,000.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Employees' Compensation
450.00
$2.650.00·
Public Service Enterprises.
Electric Light Department :
Lighting Board, salaries $300.00
Depreciation Fund
3,846.87
Line extensions
1,345.13
Street lights, West Street
131.00
$5,623.00;
75
Water Department :
Water main extension, Union Street and Hillside Road $7,000.00
Water main extension
3,500.00
$10,500.00
Cemetery.
Plain Street Cemetery $200.00
Interest.
Serial notes, Hunt Trust, $9,000, 12 mos. $360.00
Serial notes, Library Trustees, $6,750, 12 mos. 270.00
Serial notes, Library Trustees, $2,000, 12 mos. 80.00
Abraham Lincoln School notes, $8,000, 6 mos. 140.00
Abraham Lincoln School notes, $6,000, 6 mos. 105.00
Hollis School bonds, $51,000, 6 mos. '. . 1,020.00
Hollis School bonds, $47,500, 6 mos . .. 950.00
Hollis Playground bonds, $3,000, 6 mos. 60.00
Hollis Playground bonds, $2,500, 6 mos. 50.00
Town Hall bonds, $41,000, 6 mos. .
820.00
Town Hall bonds, $38,000, 6 mos. . .. Liberty Street Water Notes, $5,000, 12 mos.
760.00
200.00
Water loans, notes and bonds, $274,- 000, 12 mos.
10,760.00
Electric Light bonds, $16,500, 12 mos. 660.00
Loans in anticipation of revenue, 12 mos
2,000.00
$18,235.00
Municipal Indebtedness.
Payment of note, Hunt Trust $1,000.00
Payment of note, Library Trustees
750.00
76
Payment of note, Library Trustees . . 500.00 Payment of note, Abraham Lincoln School
2,000.00
Payment of bonds, Hollis School
3,500.00
Payment of bonds, Hollis Playground 500.00
Payment of bonds, Town Hall
3,000.00
Payment of notes, Mayflower Park Water loan 1,000.00
Payment of notes, Liberty Street Water loan
2,500.00
Payment of bond, Great Pond Water Plant 1,500.00
$16,250.00
Sinking Funds.
Municipal Lighting loans
$430.00
Water loans 2,120.00
$2,550.00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting . .. . $195,268.73
Assessors' Acount.
Legislative
$25.00
Executive
937.50
Auditors
150.00
Treasurer
745.00
Collector
1,000.00
Assessors
1,350.00
Town Clerk
900.00
Law
250.00
Election and registration
1,000.00
Town Hall
1,050.00
Police Department
4,501.50
Fire Department
12,711.73
Sealer of Weights and Measures
275.00
Forestry
3,300.00
Health
1,975.00
Highways and bridges
33,944.50
77
Charities
8,212.50
Soldiers' benefits
3,540.00
Education
61,093.00
Library
1,800.00
Recreation
500.00
Miscellaneous expenses
2,450.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Electric Light Department
5,623.00
Water Department
10,500.00
Cemetery 200.00
Interest
18,235.00
Municipal indebtedness
16,250.00
Sinking Funds
2,550.00
$195,268.73
Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation :
Military Aid
120.00
Highways and bridges
$6,000.00
State Aid and soldiers' burials
2,500.00
Electric Light Department :
Salaries of Lighting Board $300.00
Depreciation Fund
3,846.87
Line extensions
1,345.13
Street lights, West Street
131.00
Interest on bonds
660.00
Sinking Fund
430.00
$6,713.00
Water Department :
Extension of mains, Union Street and
Hillside Road
$7,000.00
Interest on Water Debt
10,760.00
Bonds Great Pond Water Plant
1,500.00
$19,260.00
Bank and Corporation Tax estimated
6,000.00
$40,593.00
Total amt. of appropriations raised by taxation $154,675.73
78
Tax for Town, County and State Purposes.
Town Tax
$154,675.73
County Tax
7,533.86
State Tax
15,840.00
Metropolitan Parks Tax.
Proportion of :
Parks Sinking Fund
$249.77
Boulevard Sinking Fund 56.91
Nantasket Sinking Fund
12.18
Parks Serial Bonds
48.88
Boulevard Serial Bonds
31.94
$399.68
Parks Interest
$1,421.21
Boulevard Interest
400.00
Nantasket Interest
70.35
$1,891.60
Parks Maintenance
$3,684.62
Boulevard Maintenance
526.39
Nantasket Maintenance
136.77
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
7.12
$4,354.90
$6,646.18
Charles River Basin :
Serial bonds
$32.60
Interest
413.92
Maintenance
423.89
$870.41
State Highway Tax
176.87
Overlayings
3,628.32
$189,371.37
Abutters' Tax on street sprinkling . .
1.449.92
Moth Tax for work on private prop- erty'
1,373.70
Total commitment August 9. 1916 ..
$192.194.99
1 79
Street Railway Excise Tax
2,581.11
Additional poll taxes and omitted taxes, committed Dec. 22, 1916 . .
1
3,686.96
Total commitment 1916
$198,463.06
Valuation, Prec. 1 2 3 Total
Buildings $1,773,725 $1,959,000 $1,611,340 $5,344,065
Land 874,475 1,001,025
692,300
2,567,800
$2,648,200 $2,960,025 $2,303,640 $7,911,865
Personal property
669,670
526,469
672,175
1,868,314
Total valuation $3,317,870 $3,486,494 $2,975,815 $9,780,179
Tax for all purposes :
Real estate
$49.786.16 $55,648.47 $43,308.44 $148,743.07
Personal prop. 12,589.79
9,897.62
12,636.89
35,124.30
Polls 2,190.00
1,706.00
1,608.00
5,504.00
$64,565.95 $67,252.09 $57,553.33 $189.371.37
Sprinkling streets $417.84
$669.99
$362.09
$1,449.92
Moth Tax 382.95
643.55
347.20
1,373.70
$192,194.99
Street Railway Excise Tax
2.581.11
Additional Poll Taxes and omitted taxes
3,686.96
$198,463.06
$189.371.37 to be raised by taxation on 2752 polls and a valuation of $9,780,179 makes the rate per $1,000 valuation
$18.80
Raised by Taxation
Per Cent. of Total Tax
Div. of Tax Rate
Legislative
$25.00
.00 012
.00 2256
Executive
937.50
.00 479
.09 0052
Auditors
150.00
.00 076
.01 4288
Treasurer
745.00
.00 381
.07 1628
Collector
1,000.00
.00 511
.09 6068
80
Raised by Taxation
Per Cent. of Total Tax
Div. of
Tax Rate
Assessors
1,350.00
.00 690
.12 9720
Town Clerk
900.00
.00 460
.08 6480
Law
250.00
.00 127
.02 3876
Election and Registration 1,000.00
.00 511
.09 6068
Town Hall
1,050.00
.00 537
.10 0956
Police Department
4,501.50
.02 304
.43 3152
Fire Department
12,711.73
.06 506
1.22 3128
Slg. Weights and Measures
275.00
.00 140
.02 6320
Forestry
3,300.00
.01 689
.31 7532
Health
1,975.00
.01 010
.18 9880
Highways and bridges
27,944.50
.14 303
2.68 8964
Charities
8,212.50
.04 203
.79 0164
Soldiers' benefits
920.00
.00 470
.08 8360
Education
. 61,093.00
.31 270
5.87 8760
Library
1,800.00
.00 921
.17 3148
Recreation
500.00
.00 255
.04 7940
Miscellaneous
2,000.00
.01 023
.19 2324
Memorial Day
200.00
.00 102
.01 9176
Comp. public employees
450.00
.00 230
.04 3240
Water Department
3,500.00
.01 791
.33 6708
Cemetery
200.00
.00 102
.01 9176
Municipal indebtedness
. . 14,750.00
.07 549
1.41 9212
Interest
6,815.00
.03 488
.65 5744
Sinking Fund
2,120.00
.01 085
.20 3980
$160,675.73
State Tax
15,840.00
.08 107
1.52 4116
Metropolitan Parks Tax . 6,646.18
.03 401
,63 9388
Charles River Basin Tax
870.41
.00 445 .
.08 3660
State Highway Tax
176.87
.00 090
.01 6920
County Tax
7,533.86
.03 856
.72 4928
Overlayings
3,628.32
.01 876
.35 2688
$195,371.37
1.00 000 $18.80 0000
Less Bank and Corpora- tion Tax (estimated) 6,000.00
$189,371.37
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Precincts
1
2
3
Total
Number of polls
1095
853
804
2752
Number of residents assessed on property :
Individuals
612
586
511
1709
All others
66
47
37
150
678
633
548
1859
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals
155
139
263
557
All others
21
16
20
57
176
155
283
614
Number of persons assessed :
On property
854
788
831
2473
Poll tax only
759
562
517
1838
1613
1350
1348
4311
Number of horses assessed
150
163
85
398
Number of cows assessed
114
158
116
388
Number of swine assessed
310
15
325
Number of fowl assessed
1010
675
300
1985
Dwelling houses assessed
720
662
646
2028
Acres of land assessed
4055
2036
1834
7925
1
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.
Total appropriations $195,268.73
Total credits
7,883.31
Total special taxes 7,099.27
Total overlay account 8,201.12
Total overdrafts
14,643.37
Total School Fund
350.00
Total Dog Tax
925.22
$234,371.02
Total payments $180,953.80
Total unexpended balances
12,873.79
Total payments where no orders were
drawn
40,543.43
$234,371.02
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Legislative.
Moderator,
Appropriation $25.00
Paid Friendly Aid Association by or-
der of William F. Rogers $25.00
Executive.
Total appropriations
$937.50
Total payments
$935.03
Total unexpended balances
2.47
$937.50
Selectmen,
Appropriation, salaries
$487.50
Paid Holbrook, George H. $162.50
Storm, Henry M. 162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
83
Clerical help and other expenses,
Appropriation
$450.00
Paid Elbe File & Binder Co. $1.86
Granite City Print 14.00
Hobbs & Warren
1.96
Oakman, Otis B., Treas.
.89
Patch, Frank K.
4.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
Pratt & Pratt
158.65
Prescott; G. W., Pub. Co.
68.75
S. Braintree P. O.
26.19
Webster, F. S. Co.
15.23
$447.53
Unexpended balance
2.47
$450.00
Financial.
Auditors,
Appropriation, salaries
$150.00
Paid Couillard, Frank W.
$65.00
Oakman, Otis B.
20.00
Tarbox, C. Frederick
65.00
Treasurer,
Total appropriations
$745.00
Total payments
$627.50
Total unexpended balances
117.50
$745.00
Appropriation, salary
$525.00
Paid Oakman, Otis B.
$525.00
Other expenses,
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Adams, Cushing & Foster, Inc. . $2.45
Bailey, H. W .. & Co. 3.50
Oakman, O. B. 53.37
Pratt & Pratt
2.50
S. Braintree P. O.
3.88
Todd, G. H., & Co.
34:30
$100.00
$150.00
84
Bond,
Appropriation $120.00
Paid Cummings, Charles B.
$2.50
Unexpended balance
117.50
$120.00
Collector,
Total appropriations
$1,000.00
Total credits
10.00
$1,010.00
Total payments $1,007.92
Total unexpended balances
·1 2.08
$1,010.00
Appropriation, salary
$600.00
Paid Smith, Frank A.
$600.00
Other expenses,
Appropriation
$200.00
Credits
10.00
$210.00
Paid Braintree P. O. . $125.00
Granite City Print
35.75
Hobbs & Warren
12.68
Pratt & Pratt
1.50
Prescott, Eben
4.50
Smith, Frank A.
18.00
Thompson, Elroy S.
4.18
Turner, Fred A.
6.31
$207.92
Unexpended balance
2.08
$210.00
Credit.
Sundry persons, tax certificates $10.00
Bond, Appropriation $200.00
Paid Vinton, Henry B. $200.00
85
Assessors,
3.
Total appropriations
$1,350.00
Total payments
$1,337.31
Total unexpended balances 12.69
$1,350.00
Appropriation, salaries
$750.00
Paid Drinkwater, Albion C.
$250.00
Mansfield, Henry W. 250.00
Storm, Henry M. 250.00
$750.00
Clerical help and other expenses,
Appropriation
$600.00
Paid Adams Express Co. $0.87
Auto List Publishing Co. 5.00
Banker & Tradesman 5.00
Burdakin, E. L. 86.15
Electric Express .90
Granite City Print, poll books
88.00
Haseltine, David C.
3.00
Hollis, C. J. 16.00
Jones, William
7.00
Mansfield, Henry W.
135.00
McCoole, J. R.
30.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
S. Braintree P. O.
2.91
Storm, Henry H.
50.00
Webster, F. S., Co.
1.48
$587.31
Unexpended balance
12.69
$600.00
Other Finance.
Paid Bureau of Statistics
$28.00
See Miscellaneous Expenses.
Other General Departments.
Town Clerk.
Total appropriations
. .
$900.00
86
Total payments $894.61
Total unexpended balances 5.39
$900.00
Appropriation, salary $650.00
Paid, Monk, Henry A. $650.00
Other expenses,
Appropriation $250.00
Paid Commonwealth of Mass. $2.50
Electric Express .30
Hobbs & Warren
8.10
Monk, Henry A., recording in 1915:
231 births $115.50
3 births, 1914 1.50
97 marriages 19.40
133 deaths 26.60
133 burial permits 13.30
176.30
Cash expenses
15.72
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
22.94
Pratt & Pratt
12.75
Prescott, G. W., Pub. Co.
6.00
$244.61
Unexpended balance
5.39
$250.00
Law,
Appropriation $250.00
Paid Mellen, Charles C.
$170.55
Unexpended balance 79.45
$250.00
Election and Registration.
Registrars,
Appropriation
$150.00
Paid Allen, William $50.00
Cummings, Charles B. 50.00
McKean, Walter N.
50.00
$150.00
87
Other expenses,
Appropriation
$850.00
Overdraft
39.72
$889.72
Paid Election Officers $358.00
Constables
43.00
Hill, J. Samuel
23.00
Whitmarsh, Frank O.
20.00
Bestick, Clarence R.
8.00
Whitmarsh, Frank O.
8.00
Adams Express Co.
.27
Atkinson, Albert D.
19.00
Bailey, H. W., & Co.
3.25
Cain, Thomas J.
6.00
Dalby, W. H.
50.50
Gregor, George
8.00
Pratt & Pratt
262.45
Prescott, G. W., Pub. Co.
15.25
Rowe, Mrs. George H.
23.00
Sons of Veterans
28.00
Whitmarsh, Mrs. Annie
14.00
$889.72
Town Hall,
Total appropriations
$1,050.00
Total credits
1,059.00
$2,109.00
Total payments
$1,895.32
Total unexpended balances
213.68
$2,109.00
Janitor,
Appropriation, salary
$550.00
Paid Sullivan, Michael J.
$550.00
Maintenance,
Appropriation
$500.00
Credits
1,059.00
$1,559.00
88
Paid Adams, Cushing & Foster $3.00
Adams Express Co. .34
Atkinson, Albert D.
8.50
Borden, H. W. .50
Chandler, F. L. 4.43
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co.
28.40
Cobb, William H.
1.25
Electric Express
.55
Electric Light Dept.
398.50
Farquhar's, John, Sons
16.74
Gage, R. Allen
44.75
Gould, Thomas H.
3.60
Highways, Prec. 1
20.00
Hobart, C. H.
5.75
Holbrook, George H.
15.17
Johns, H. W., Manville Co.
43.00
Miller, C. O.
10.00
Old Colony Gas Co.
6.29
Rideout, Mrs. S.
2.00
Sampson, George E.
13.00
Smith, Frank A.
.95
Sundry persons, labor
31.00
Water Department
58.97
West Disinfecting Co.
24.63
Woodsum Coal Co.
604.00
$1,345.32
Unexpended balance
213.68
$1,559.00
Credits.
Rent of Hall
$1,059.00
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Total appropriations
$4,501.50
Total credits
540.32
$5,041.82
89
Total payments
Total unexpended balances
$4,653.27 388.55
$5,041.82
Police,
Appropriation, salaries
$3,751.50
Paid Gallivan, Jeremiah F. $1.006.50
Johnson, August 915.00
Reviere, George W. 915.00
Shay, John P.
915.00
Extra Patrolmen,
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid Krohn, Philip J.
$138.00
O'Malley, Thomas F.
114.00
Ward, Peter J.
123.00
$375.00
Unexpended balance
25.00
$400.00
Other expenses,
Appropriation $300.00
Credits 1.66
$301.66
Court expenses,
Appropriation $50.00
Credits 538.66
$588.66
Paid Bestick, Clarence R., expense on
dogs
$2.00
Johnson, August, expense on
dogs
16.00
Reviere, George W., expense on dogs 14.33
Shay, John P., expense on dogs 24.33
Sundry persons, July 3d and 4th 18.00
Gallivan, Jeremiah F. 99.40
Krohn, Philip J. 4.00
$890.32
$3,751.50
90
Shay, John P. 143.00
Braintree Home
34.75
City of Quincy
13.75
Town of Weymouth
10.00
Merriam, Dr. F. H.
5.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
62.71
Patch, Frank K.
78.00
Pratt & Pratt
1.50
$526.77
Unexpended balance
363.55
$890.32
Credits.
Johnson, August
$1.36
Reviere, George W.
.30
$1.66
Capen, S. H., Sheriff
$141.50
East Norfolk District Court
397.16
$538.66
Fire Department.
Total appropriations
$12,711.73
Total credits
49.00
Total overdrafts
533.29
$13,294.02
Total payments
$13,015.52
Total unexpended balances
278.50
$13,294.02
Pay of Engineers and Firemen,
Appropriation
$2,586.00
Paid Chief Engineer $1,040.00
Engineers $40.00
30.00
70.00
Poll Taxes
6.00
$1,116.00
Steward No. 2
75.00
Steward No. 3
75.00
91
Hose Company No. 1 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
Paid Firemen $375.00
Poll Taxes 38.00
$413.00
Hose Company No. 2.
Paid Firemen
$200.00
Poll Taxes 18.00
$218.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
Paid Firemen
$200.00
Poll Taxes 20.00
$220.00
Hose Company No. 3.
Paid Firemen
$200.00
Poll Taxes 20.00
$220.00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.
Paid Firemen
$200.00
Poll Taxes
20.00
$220.00
$2,557.00
Unexpended balance ..
29.00
$2,586.00
Extra Pay of Firemen,
Appropriations
$343.75.
600.00
$943.75
Paid Hose Company No. 1 and
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1
$288.25
Hose Company No. 2
96.50
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2
72.00
Hose Company No. 3 .
147.00
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 3
111.80
$715.55
Unexpended balance
228.20
$943.75
92
General Expenses of Fire Department.
Appropriation
$900.00
Credits
49.00
Overdraft
424.33
$1,373.33
Horses,
Paid Bestick, Clarence R. .. $60.00
Branley, Michael J. 81.50
Piercy, Fred W. 22.50
Sheppard, J. F. & Sons Inc.
135.00
$299.00
Fuel and Light,
Paid Electric Light Dept. .. $45.40
Woodsum Coal Co. 88.00
$133.40
Equipment and Repairs,
Paid Amer. LaFrance Co. $17.18
Belyea, Richard .50
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co. 55.50
Central Garage
111.89
Gill, Patrick 5.00
Gilman, Charles E.
22,50
Hardy, J. M.
46.85
Larkin Mfg. Co. 20.47
Wentworth, Fred H. .. 2.59
$282.48
Repairs on Buildings,
Paid Chandler, Fred L. $350.00
Gould, Thomas H.
3.10
Hobart, Frank S. .43
Holbrook, George H. .. 8.93
Knight, Bradford Y. . .
2.50
Skinner, W. B. 4.80
Whitmarsh, Frank O. . 30.10
Wcodsum Coal Co.
18.35
$418.21
93
Other Expenses,
Paid Adams Express Co. ... $ .30
Amer. La France Co. .. 11.30
Callahan, Cornelius, Co. 5.50
Central Garage 4.73
Chemical Spray Co. .
2.50
Dyer & Sullivan ·
.40
Electric Express
1.00
Fitts, F. E., Mfg. & Sup- ply Co.
6.00
Fogg, George E.
.50
Gould, Thomas H. 8.00
Hobart, C. H. 1.45
Imperial Brush Co. 3.50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. ..
43.82
Poole, Herbert A. 43.99
Pratt & Pratt 8.40
Robinson, Wm. C., & Son Co. 2.25
Sypher, James O.
1.50
Torrey, W. A., & Co. ..
5.10
Union Publishing Co. . .
1.50
Water Department 37.50
Burgess, Horace
3.00
Cronin, George
9.00
Hill, J. Samuel
3.00
Qualey, Emerson
3.00
Storm, Henry H.
30.00
Whitmarsh, Frank O. . 3.00
$240.24
$1,373.33
Credits.
Equipment sold
$35.00
False alarm
14.00
$49.00
Hydrant Service,
Appropriation $6,850.00
Paid Water Department
$6,850.00
94
New Hose,
Appropriation
$600.00
Paid C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co. $270.00
Worcester Rubber Co.
308.70
$578.70
Unexpended balance
21.30
$600.00
Injury to Fire Horse,
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid Piercy, Fred W.
$200.00
Fire Alarm,
Appropriations, maintenance . . $300.00
Repairs, renewals, extensions .. 200.00
Box Middle and Liberty Streets 131.98
Overdraft
108.96
Paid Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co. $56.25
Electric Light Department .
30.00
Gamewell Fire Alarm Tel. Co. ..
316.41
Holbrook, George H.
13.50
Lawrence, Fred B.
200.00
Pettingell Andrews Co.
124.78
Weights and Measures.
Total appropriations
$275.00
Total fees
78.26
Total licenses
115.00
$468.26
Total payments
$394.97
Total unexpended balances
73.29
$468.26
Sealer,
Appropriation $200.00
Paid Hannaford, Charles S. $200.00
$740.94
$740.94
95
Other Expenses,
Appropriation
$75.00
Fees
78.26
Licenses
115.00
Paid Bent, Isaac
$5.00
Bugbee, George W.
5.00
Davis, S. H .; Co.
5.50
Electric Express
.25
Emerson & Co.
3.67
Hannaford, C. S.
136.35
Hobbs & Warren
1.87
Holmes, Walter I.
5.00
Lloyd, Andrew J., Co.
1.75
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co.
1.40
Pratt & Pratt
6.00
Prescott, G. W., Pub. Co.
5.25
Shurtleff, M. M.
5.00
Tucker, H. F.
5.00
Varner, Charles H.
5.00
Whitall Tatum Co.
2.93
$194.97
Unexpended balance
. 73.29
$268.26
Forestry.
Total appropriations
$3,300.00
Total credits
46.45
Total taxes
1,373.70
Total overdrafts
219.13
Total payments
$4,929.28 $4,929.28
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression,
Appropriation
$2,400.00
Taxes
1,373.70
Credits
35.75
Overdraft
.36
$3,809.81
·
$268.26
96
Paid Adams Express Co. $ .70
Barrett Company
44.71
Chandler, F. L.
.16
Cobb, William H.
9.15
Crandall Packing Co. 39.46
Dow Mfg. Co.
.50
Fitzhenry-Guptill Co.
459.15
Gilman, Charles E. 79.05
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of
738.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
2.11
Pratt & Pratt
9.75
Prescott, G. W., Pub. Co.
8.75
Qualey, Lucius A.
4.45
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
58.25
Sundry persons, labor .. $396.00
Teams 1,596.53
1,992.53
Warren, G. E.
.95
$3,809.81 1
Credits.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$25.75
Improvement Association
10.00
$35.75
Care of Trees,
Appropriation
$500.00
Overdraft
19.50
$519.50
Paid sundry persons, labor . . $102.00
Teams
339.50
$441.50
$519.50
Forest Fires,
Appropriation
$400.00
Credits
10.70
Overdraft
189.27
$599.97
97
Paid American La France Co. $20.00
Beacon Motor Car Co.
350.00
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co. 1.05
Cutting, James M., Warden . . .
125.00
Fitts, F. E., Mfg. & Supply Co ..
6.50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
44.21
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
12.50
Sundry persons, labor
40.71
$599.97
Shay, John P.
1.10
98
Skinner, W. B., Sec. 55.18
Smith, Frank A. 5.20
$120.05
Unexpended balance
5.95
$126.00
Credits.
Licenses
$11.00
Refund
15.00
$26.00
Printing,
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Bailey, H. W., & Co.
$12.25
Pratt & Pratt
36.00
Prescott, G. W., Pub. Co.
23.50
$71.75
Unexpended balance
28.25
Contagious Diseases,
Appropriation
$250.00
Credit
98.00
Overdraft
534.85
Paid Lakeville State Sanatorium
$81.14
Aid in city and town hospitals .
115.71
Aid in private hospitals
505.72
Quarantine
180.28
$882.85
Fumigation,
Appropriation
$175.00
Overdraft
48.86
$223.86
Paid Martin. Willis H.
$82.50
Smith, Frank A.
87.36
Torrey. W. A., & Co.
54.00
$223.86
$100.00
$882.85
99
Inspection of Animals, Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Sampson, Josephus
$100.00
Inspection of Meat and Provisions,
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Pierson, Edward O.
$300.00
Fees paid to Town
$223.75
Inspection of Milk,
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Gile, F. Herbert
$100.00
Inspection of Plumbing,
Appropriation
$300.00
Overdraft
112.30
$412.30
Paid Chandler, F. L.
$57.00
Ludden. J. E.
355.30
$412.30
Care of Dumps,
Appropriation
$100.00
Overdraft
2.61
$102.61
Paid Gage. R. Allen
$41.28
Gibson, Robert
28.00
Highways, Prec. 1
33.33
$102.61
Clean-up Week,
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid Gibson, Robert E.
$19.00
Haseltine, David C.
1.00
May, William
32.50
.$52.50
Unexpended balance
47.50
$100.00
100
Vital Statistics,
Appropriation
$50.00
Overdraft 3.50
$53.50
Paid for return of births
$33.25
For return of deaths 20.25
$53.50
Highways and Bridges,
Total appropriations $33,944.50
Total credits
555.30
Total special taxes
5,725.57
Total overdrafts
2,247.69
$42,473.06 .
Total payments $37,404.10
Total unexpended balances 5,068.96
$42,473.06
Surveyors of Highways,
Appropriation, salaries
$487.50
Paid Holbrook, George H.
$162.50
Storm, Henry M.
162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert
162.50
$487.50
Clerical Help and Other Expenses,
Appropriation
$175.00
Paid Adams Cushing & Foster
$ .53
Good Roads Magazine
8.00
Porter, B. E.
156.00
S. Braintree P. O.
7.76
$172.29
Unexpended balance
2.71
General Repairs,
Appropriation $17,500.00
Credits
550.30
Street Railway Tax
1,694.54
Street Railway Excise Tax
2,581.11
$175.00
101
Abutters' Tax
1,449.92
Overdraft
1,428.40
$25,204.27 $25,204.27
Payments
Precincts
1
2
3
General
Adams Express Co.
$1.04
Anderson, C.
$3.50
Babbitt, Warren M., Est. 12.00
Barrett Company
2,240.80 $2,331.26
2,116.10
Belyea, Richard
7.31
Blunt, Hugh F.
3.00
Braintree Hardware Co.
27.00
Brow, Louis
2.50
Buffalo Steam Roller Co.
$2,492.25
Carter, Edward
.48
Chandler, F. L.
4.50
Claflin, C. A., Co.
23.52
Cobb, Wililam H.
.
47.54
15.85
Drollett, A. A.
12.90
Dyer Supply Co.
75.00
Electric Express
.25
.40
Electric Light Department ..
1.30
3.55
Fitts, F. E., Mfg. & Supply Co.
5.75
5.75
Flint, James H.
25.08
Hayward Bros
37.00
Hobart, C. H.
3.50
Hobart, Frank S.
1.00
Hollis, L. B.
45.00
Johnson, Andrew E.
27.06
Johnson, Antoine
36.00
Johnson, Augustus T.
96.05
Jordan, W. I.
86.14
Kelley, John
.
58.40
Lane Quarry Co.
167.35
Litchfield, B. D.
11.18
Loring, G. E., & Co.
2.73
McCusker, Henry
12.00
McKinn, R. B., Co.
12.00
6.00
Malvena, John H.
23.00
Nelson, Frank W.
330.90
N. E. Road Machinery Co. . .
54.00
N. Y., N. II. & H. R. R.
101.49
39.85
138.69
.72
Old Col. Broken Stone Co. ...
94.07
360.53
587.93
.
.
102
Precincts
1
2
3
General
Page, W. R.
6.00
Rhines Lumber Co.
90.01
29.69
92.08
Rourke, Edward J.
115.69
Sampson, Josephus
8.50
Shay, Edward
41.61
Sheppard, J. F., & Sons, Inc. ..
12.25
Skinner, W. B.
1.15
Skogland, Charles
10.00
Stackhouse, H. F.
17.40
Standard Oil Co.
1.60
Spera, Martin
38.20
Stevens, James T.
15.60
Stewart, F. W.
3.03
Sullivan, M. L.
9.25
Sundry persons, labor, teams
4,937.29
3,326.79
4,069.02
38.00
Torrey, Charles E.
120.00
Traffic Sign Co.
5.25
10.50
Tracey, W. S.
13.75
Waldo Bros.
13.46
Warren, G. E.
5.80
White, Hartley L.
17.40
Whiton, M. L.
5.00
Woodsum Coal Co.
67.66
182.94
3.50
$8,328.53 $6,402.00 $7,573.33 $2,723.54
Total payments
$25,027.40
State Highway Tax (no order drawn) . . . .
176.87
$25,204.27
Credits.
Precincts
1
2
3
General
$33.33
Bd. of Health, labor, material Hollingsworth, Ellis, labor and material
407.45
Library, labor and material
3.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. refund
9.70
2.00
Old Col. Gas Co., labor, mtl. . Skinner, W. B., material
4.39
St. Francis Church, labor, mtl.
11.25
Sundry persons, labor, mtl. ...
2.25
Torrey, N. G .. labor, material
10.15
Town Hall, labor, material
20.00
Woodsum, B. H., material . .
8.78
$508.05
$2.00
$40.25
Total credits
$550.30
. .
-
38.00
103
Snow,
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Credit
5.00
Overdraft
819.29
$4,824.29
Precincts 1 2
3
Paid sundry persons $1,885.20 $1,463.01 $1,476.08 $4,824.29
Credit.
Refund
$5.00
Street Lights,
Appropriation
$6,282.00
Paid Electric Light Department $6,282.00
Park Avenue,
Appropriation $300.00
Paid sundry persons, labor $292.50
Unexpended balance 7.50
$300.00
Hobart Street, Sidewalk,
Appropriation $200.00
Paid sundry persons, labor and mate- rial $141.25
Unexpended balance 58.75
$200.00
State Highway, Washington and Hancock Streets,
Appropriation $5,000.00
Unexpended balance $5,000.00
Charities.
Total appropriations $8,212.50
Total credits 3,081.12
Total overdrafts 2,164.80
$13,458.42
Total payments $12,216.44
Total unexpended balances 1,241.98
$13,458.42
Overseers of the Poor,
Appropriation, salaries
$487.50
104
Paid Holbrook, George H. $162.50
Storm, Henry M. . 162.50
Woodsum, B. Herbert 162.50
$487.50
Clerical Help and Other Expenses,
Appropriation
$225.00
Paid Hobbs and Warren
$4.35
Porter, B. E.
156.00
S. Braintree P. O.
36.86
Webster, F. S., Co.
.50
$197.71
Unexpended balance
27.29
$225.00
Braintree Home,
Appropriation
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