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6 Bryantha Etta Sanborn
8 Samuel H. Young
Massachusetts 67- 6-8
17 Joseph John Yirouec
Bohemia
71- 0-0
20 Frederick E. Wood
22 Elizabeth E. Clapp
Weymouth
80-8-12
22 Frederick W. McGurn
26 Helen Elizabeth Dugey
31 Henry E. Reynolds
Randolph
49- 3 -- 23
APRIL
1 George Delory
Braintree
16-6-7
3 Anna M. Strickler
Springfield
71-4-11
5 Patrick McGrath
Ireland
40-0-10
7 Martha Leahy
Nova Scotia 50-0-0
8 James Porio
Italy 45-6-17
10 Charles F. Steinloski
Germany 66 -. 2-24
Ireland 48-11-12
Vanceboro, Me. 80- 1- 3
Round Pond Me 58-11-22
23 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
28 Alfred G. Smith
Weymouth
40-8-17
MAY
2 Harriet L. Trowbridge
3 Mary Esther Drinkwater
4 Royal Belcher
Braintree 76-8-6
5 Cleveland Belt Elliot
Whitwell, Va. 29- 6-14
7 William Louis Kelleher
11 Fidelia Start Heal
Lincolnville, Me 85- 0-29
11 Anna T. Schatzl
Quincy
'30 - 1-24
12 Otis Saville
Braintree
63 3-17
12 Joseph B. Breen
Nova Scotia 32- 8-24
14 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
25 Sarah McDowell
Braintree
56-5-19
27 Gracia E. Dyer
31 Gladys Emma McGlauflin
31 Edward A. Hale
Maine
78-0-0
Birthplace
Age
Milton
59-8-15
Massachusetts
58-3-3
Quincy
74- 6-8
Quincy
60-2-14
Braintree 0- 2- 3
Braintree
25- 5-18
St. Johns'y, Vt. 61- 0- 6
18 Anthony John O'Rourke
20 Peter Wallace Sears
21 Louis W. Carter
Warsaw, N. Y. 78-11 -- 8
Rockland 28-0-19
Ireland 65-0-0
Somerville 57-7-12
Braintree 1- 0-29
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JUNE
Date Name
6 Norma M. King
8 Jennie Oliva Flanders
9 James Emerson Qualey
11 Luke Mulligan
12 James Downes
Ireland
73- - 0-0
Batavia, N. Y. 88- 6- 5
Braintree
63- 7-28
19 Cyrus Frank Randall
Augusta, Me.
63- -
6-24
19 Lela May Thornton
Weymouth
61- - 7- . 3
Hungary 39-4- 8
Scotland 77-7-14
Nova Scotia
56-11-25
JULY
10 George Perry Smith, 3d
11 Benjamin H. Woodsum
14 Martha Holbrook
Randolph 85-11-20
23 Minnie Jane Barstow
Hopkinton, N.H 47-11- 3
26 Lizzie M. Thayer
Weymouth 49-4-23
Braintree. 17-10-15
Colebrook, N.H. 79- 2-18
AUGUST
3 Marie Melchinno
8 Eliza Anna Willoughby
8 Harriet A. Shaw
Braintree 65-0-0
9 Frederick Chandler
No. Abington
78- 0-17
12 Sarah Frances Packard
Randolph
83- 4-28
13 Louis Malnestiti
Braintree
2- 7-25
13 Charles W. Leben
Braintree
46-2-4
14 Marian F. Griffin
Weymouth
23- 4-2
15 Adelia Jones
Hull 59-10-26
17 Carrie E. Downey
N. Weymouth 45-10-5 Ireland 70-7-0
20 Bridget Hunter
21 Josephine P. Gaudreau
Canada
57-0-0
29 Ira Plummer Morrison
29 Augustine Willis
30 Edward Everett Moore
30 Bradford
Braintree
0-0-1
Birthplace
Age
Framingham 0-9-5
Sandown, N. H. 66- 1-12
Braintree 23- 0-29
N. Y. City 93- 0- 4
12 William C. Greene
15 Eunice W. Jordan
22 Julius Lehoczky
26 Daniel Morrison
29 Herbert W. Burrill
31 Rosanna Susan Duren
Braintree
2-8- 6
Randolph 59-9-7
0- 7-19
Dixfield, Me.
86- . 2-23
66
Ripley, Me.
75- 4-7
Braintree
71-11-10
Braintree 0-1-0
30 George Sampson
Braintree
SEPTEMBER
Date Name
Birthplace
Age
3 Antonio La CeCevita
Italy
43-11-5
4 John W. Griffin
Braintree
5- 7-11
10 Rose Ann Condon
Tewksbury
0-11-8
13 Ella Turner Bates
N. Scituate
73-3-24
14 Helen F. Sullivan
Cambridge
59-9-14
16 William Place
England
85-5-20
17 Thomas T. Altham
England
33-0-0
24 Mildred T. Rogers
Quincy 1-11-13
25 William Joyce
Braintree
0-2-12
26 Isaac Griffin Miner
Nova Scotia
66-6-15
27 Henry Matthew Storm
England
64- 7-19
OCTOBER
1 Michael J. Casey
Ireland
66-0-0
14 Barbara F. Purdy
Boston
- 3-11
15 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
15 Georgiana Howard Tinkham
Boston
72-10-0
18 Margaret Henshon
Dorchester 17-10-4
21 Elizabeth W. Mulligan
Braintree
60-8-9
22 Stillborn
Braintree
0-0-0
22 Bruce Webster Fuller
Braintree
0-5-16
28 Adelina Hosburn Trundy
Deer Isle, Me.
73-5-28
NOVEMBER.
4 Hannah L. Bloom
Canada
56-11-25
8 Alice I. Joyce
Braintree
24-1-15
15 Stillborn
Braintree
16 Forest :L Tellier
Braintree
- - 1-27
20 Sophia W. Chandler
Kingston
76- . 4-11
25 Adelaide L. Call
Lon'derry, N.H. 74- . 0-27
28 Marietta Connell
Braintree
79 2-17
DECEMBER
7 Emma L. Furmin
Lynn
64- 8-15
9 -Pinckney
Braintree
0-0-2 hrs
17 Stillborn
Braintree
0- 0-0
25 Gladys May Horton
Braintree
0- 1-4
28 Ruth Eleanor Drollett
Braintree
6- 3-22
29 Susan Ann Doull
P. E. I.
78-5-24
31 Clara P. West
Waltham
45-1-20
31 Eleanor M. Bowie
Braintree
1- 2-24
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Whole number of Deaths, 142; Males 68; Females, 74; Single, 48; Married, 51; Widowed, 42; Divorced, 1.
Birthplace :- Braintree, 45; other places in Mass., 43; British Provinces, 10; Maine, 11; Ireland, 8; New Hampshire, 6; England, 5; New York, 4; Italy, 3; Virginia, 2; Bohemia, Germany, Hun- gary, Scotland, Vermont, 1 each. 1
Birthplace of fathers :- Braintree, 13; other places in Mass., 30; Unknown, 16; British Provinces, 15; Maine, 15; Ireland, 13; Italy, 9; New Hampshire, 7; England, 5; Scotland, 4; R. I., 3; N. Y., 2; Va., 2; Germany, 2; Alabama, Vermont, Michigan, Sweden, Hungary, France; one each.
Birthplace of mothers :- Braintree, 8; other places in Mass , 41; Unknown, 21; British Provinces, 16; Ireland, 13; Maine, 12; England, 7; Italy, 7; New Hampshire, 5; Scotland, 3; Vt., 2; Penn., 2; N. Y., Va., Sweden, Germany, Hungary; one each.
Ages :- Stillborn, 7; Under 1 year, 13; 1 to 2 years, 5; 2 to 3 years, 2; 5 to 10 years, 2; 15 to 20 years, 4; 20 to 25 years, 3; 25 to 30 years, 3; 30 to 35 years, 3; 35 to 40 years, 1; 40 to 45 years, 5; 45 to 50 years, 9; 50 to 60 years, 17; 60 to 70 years, 24; 70 to 80 years, 29; 80 to 90 years, 14; over 90 years, 1.
Diseases :- Pneumonia, 17; Cancer, 16; Heart Disease, 14; Nephritis, 13; Cerebral Hemorrhage, 11; Arterio Sclerosis, 9; Tu- beculosis, 7; Stillborn, 7; Accident, 5; Gastitis, 4; Tubercular Men- ingitis, 3; Suicide, 3; Cholera Infantum, 3; Bronchitis, 2; Brights Disease, 2; Cerebral Thrumbosis, 2; Meningitis, 2; Marasurus, 2; Premature Birth, 2; Age, Diabetes, Cardio Renal Disease, Odema of Brain, Typhoid Fever, Chlorisis pachitis, Softening of Brain, Hepatitis, Status Phymus, Apoplexy, Chronic Cystitis, Anemia, Dysentery, Septicaemia, Abcess, Enlarged Phymus, Ileo Colitis, Strangulated Hernia, one each;
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING
Legislative
Moderator, salary
$25.00
Executive
Selectmen, salaries
$600.00
Clerical Help and other expenses 450.00
- - $1,050.00
Financial
Auditors, salaries
$150.00
Treasurer, salary
$525.00
Other expenses
100.00
Bond
120.00
$745.00
Tax Collector, salary
$600.00
Other expenses
200.00
Bond
300.00
$1,100.00
Assessors salaries
$750.00
Clerical help and other expenses
600.00
$1,350.00
Other General Departments
Town Clerk, salary
$650.00
Vital Statistics and other expenses
250.00
$900.00
Law
$250.00
Election and Registration :
Registrars, salaries
$150.00
Election officers and other expenses 1100.00
$1,250.00
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Town Hall
Janitor, salary
$550.00
Maintenance, plus income
300.00
$850.00
Police Department
Police, salaries 4,600.00
General expenses 200.00
Court expenses
300.00
-
$5,100.00
Fire Department
Pay of Firemen $3,296.00
Extra Pay of Firemen .500.00
General Expenses, including motor truck 2400.00
New Hose 600.00
Repairs Hose House, Franklin Street
275.00
Hydrant service
500.00
Fire Alarm, salary Superintendent
200.00
Removal of trouble
400.00
Renewals 255.00
Box, Pond Street, near Granite Street
185.00
- $8,611.00
Inspection
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
$300.00
Other expenses
75.00
$375.00
Forestry
Suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths $2500.00
Care of trees 500.00
Forest fires 400.00
- $3,400.00
70
Health
Board of Health, salaries
$350.00
Other expenses
100.00
Printing'
175.00
Fumigation
200.00
Contagious diseases
400.00
Care of dumps
100.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
Collection of garbage
200.00
Inspection of animals
100.00
Inspection of meats and provisions
300.00
Inspection of Milk
100.00
Inspection of Plumbing
300.00
$2,375.00
Sanitation
Sewerage Committee
$100.00
Drain, Hall Avenue
700.00
Drain, Pearl Street
700.00
$1,500.00
Highways and Bridges
Highway Surveyors, salaries
$600.00
Clerical help and other expenses 175.00
General repairs, bridges, sidewalks, stone
roads, waterings and oiling, plus Abutters'
Tax, Excise Tax and Street Railway Tax 18,000.00
Removal of Snow
2,000.00
Street Lighting 6,525.00
Construction of Washington and Hancock
Streets 5,000.00 Construction of Granite and Franklin Streets 5,000.00
Elm Knoll Road 200.00
Union Street Bridge 650.00
$38,150.00
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Charities
Overseers of the Poor, salaries 600.00
Clerical help and other expenses 500.00
Braintree Home, maintenance 2,335.00
Outside relief, plus refunds
3,500.00
To be expended under Chap. 763, Acts of 1913 1,500.00
-
-$8,435.00
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid and soldiers' burials $2,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
800.00
- $3,300.00
Education
Teachers and Superintendent, salaries,
(Plus dog tax and school fund.) $48,400.00
Janitors, salaries
5,445.00
Text books and supplies 3,500.00
Buildings and grounds, repairs and expenses 1,500.00
Incidentals
1,250.00
Fuel
2,900.00
Transportation of pupils 1,700.00
Insurance
1,519.20
Portable school houses 3,060.00
High School, heating system 8,000.00
Pond School, exterior repairs 800.00
Band Stand, Hollis School grounds
300.00
-- $78,374.20
Library
Janitor, salary 250.00
General expenses 1,400.00
Distribution of books
150.00
-
$1,800.00
Recreation
Parks, Playgrounds and Town Lands
$750.00
72
. Unclassified
Miscellaneous expenses
$2,000.00
Emergency fund
5,000.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Employees' Compensation
550.00
- $7,750.00
Public Service Enterprises
Electric Light Department :
Lighting Board, salaries
$300.00
Depreciation Fund
3,810.98
Line extensions
1,954.02
Operating, etc., balance of 1916
293.54
- $6,358.54
Water Department:
Water Board, salaries
$300.00
Operating, etc., balance of 1916
176.65
-
$476.65
Cemetery
Plain Street Cemetery
$200.00
Interest
Water Loan of 1891, $150,000. 12 mos .$6,000.00 Water Loan of 1888, $100,000, 12 mos. 4,000.00
Water Loan of 1896, $6,000. 12 mos 240.00 Mayflower Park Water Loan, $3,000. 12 mos. 120.00
300.00
Great Pond Water Loan, $7,500. 12 mos . . Liberty Street Water Notes, $2,500. 12 mos .. Union Street Water Notes, $7,000. 12 mos.
100.00
269.11
Serial Notes, Hunt Trust, $8,000. 12 mos. .. . 320.00 Serial Notes, Library Trustees, $6.000. 12 mos. 240.00 Serial Notes, Library Trustees, $1,500. 12 mos Abraham Lincoln School Notes, $6,000. 6 mos. 105.00
60.00
Abraham Lincoln School Notes, $4,000. 6 mos. 70.00
Hollis School Bonds, $47,500. 6 mos. 950.00
Hollis School Bonds, $44,000. 6 mos. 880.00
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Hollis Playground Bonds, $2,500. 6 mos. 50.00
Hollis Playground Bonds, $2,000. 6 mos 40.00
Town Hall Bonds, $38,000. 6 mos. 760.00 '
Town Hall, Bonds 35,000. 6 mos. 700.00 Electric Light Bonds, $16,500. 6 mos. 330.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue, 12 mos .. 2,500.00
$18,034.11
Municipal Indebtedness
Payment of Note, Liberty Street Water Loan $2,500.00
Payment of Note, Mayflower Park Water Loan 1000.00
Payment of Note, Union Street Water Loan .. 2,465.00 Payment of Note, Hunt Trust 1,000.00
Payment of Note, Library Trustees 750.00
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 Bond, Great Pond Water Plant. . 1,500.00
$18,715.00
Sinking Funds
Municipal Lighting Loans
$550.00
Water Loans
2120.00
$2,670.00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting
$214,044.50
Assessors' Account
Legislative
$25.00
Executive
1,050.00
Auditors
150.00
Treasurer
745.00
Collector
1,100.00
Assessors
1,350.00
Town Clerk
900.00
Law
250.00
74
Election and Registration
1,250.00
Town Hall
850.00
Police Department 5,100.00
Fire Department
8,611.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
375.00
Forestry
3,400.00
Health
2,375.00
Sanitation
1,500.00
Highways and Bridges
38,150.00
Charities
8,435.00
Soldiers' benefits
3,300.00
Education . 78,374.20
Library 1,800.00
Recreation
750.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,550.00
Emergency Fund
5,000.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Electric Light Department
6,358.54
Water Department
476.65
Cemetery 200.00
Interest
. 18,034.11
Municipal Indebtedness
. 18,715.00
Sinking Funds
2,670.00
$214,044.50
Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation :
Highways and Bridges
$5,000.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials.
2,500.00
Emergency Fund
5,000.00
Electric Light Department :
Salaries of Lighting Board $300.00
Depreciation Fund 3,810.98
Line Extensions 1,954.02
Operating, balance of 1916. 293.54
Interest on bonds
330.00
Sinking Fund
550.00
- $7,238.54
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Water Department:
Salaries of Water Board 300.00
Operating, balance of 1916. 176.00
Interest on Water debt 4,000.00
Bonds, Great Pond Water Plant .. 1,500.00
$5,976.65 - -$25,715.19
$188,329.31 Less Bank and Corporation Tax estimated .. $6,,000.00
Less Income Tax estimated 20,007.39
26,007.39
Total amount of appropriations raised by taxation
$162,321.92
Tax for Town, County and State Purposes
Town Tax.
$162,321.92
County Tax
8,498.04
State Tax
21,670.00
Metropolitan Parks Tax
Proportion of :
Parks Sinking Fund $171.03
Boulevard Sinking Fund 42.14
Nantasket Sinking Fund 11.10
Parks Serial Bonds
60.78
Boulevard Serial Bonds
80.52
$365.57
Parks Interest
$988.40
Boulevard Interest
308.82
Nantasket Interest
64.26
$1,361.48
Parks Maintenance
$2.497.13
Boulevard Maintenance
492.59
Nantasket Maintenance
1.38.80
Wellington Bridge
8.70
$3,137.22
$4,864.27
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Charles River Basin :
Serial Bonds
$ 30.70
Interest
352.57
Maintenance
465.85
$ 849.12
State Highway Tax
491.35
Overlayings
3,070.62
$201,765.32
Abutters' Tax on street sprinkling
1,459.62
Moth Tax for work on private property
1,616.35
Total commitment, September 1, 1917
$204,841.29
Street Railway Excise Tax
$2,705.94
Additional poll taxes and omitted taxes, . committed December 22, 1917.
332.86
Total commitment, 1917.
$207,880.09
Valuation, Prec. 1
2
3
Total
Buildings
$1,859,675
$2,035,750
$1,674,890
$5,570,315
Land
880,000
1,040,275
710,000
2,630,275
$2,739,675
$3,076,025
$2,384,890
$8,200,590
Personal Property 518,355
, 281,555
255,600
1,055,510
Total valuation $3,258,030
$3,357,580
$2,640,490
$9,256,100
Taxes for all purposes :
Real Estate
$58,081.11
$65,211.73
$50,559.67
$173,852.51
Personal prop. 10,989.13
5,968.96
5,418.72
22,376.31
Polls
2,162.00
1,722.00
1,652.00
5,536.00
$71,232.24
$72,902.69
$57,630.39
$201,765.32
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Street sprinkling
$419.66
$676.40
$363.56
$1,459.62
Moth Tax
512.80
684.85
418.70
1,616.35
$204,841.29
Street Railway Excise Tax
2,705.94
Additional Poll Taxes and omitted taxes
332.86
$207,880,09
$201,765.32 to be raised by taxation on 2768 polls and a valuation of $9,256,100 makes the rate per $1,000. valuation
$21.20
Precnts
1 1081
2 861
3
Total
Number of polls
826
2768
Number of Residents assessed on property :
Individuals
689
683
581
1953
All others
34
23
7
64
723
706
588
2017
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals
184
176
302
662
All others
9
6
13
28
193
182
315
690
Number of persons assessed :
On Property
916
888
903
2707
Poll tax only
740
547
532
1819
1656
1435
1435
4526
Number of horses assessed
139
151
69
359
Number of cows assessed
107
170
123
400
Number of swine assessed
270
20
290
Number of fowl assessed
1315
400
335
2050
Dwelling houses assessed
731
677
669
2077
Acres of land assessed
4091
2124
1838
8053
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BOARD OF SELECTMEN
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
Total Appropriations
$214,169.50
Total credits 1
18,842.61
Total special taxes
5,781.91
Total overlay account
6,802.21
Total overdrafts
8,075.95
· Total School Fund
350.00
Total Dog Tax
864.72
Total tax refund
1,882.00
Total payments
$186.909.74
Total unexpended balances
16,300.56
Total payments where no orders were
drawn 44,953.10
Washington Street relocation overdraft,
January 1st, 1917
8,605.50
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$256,768.90 $256,768.90
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
Moderator
Appropriation
$25.00
Benjamin H. Woodsum, Jr.
$25.00
Executive
Total appropriations
$1,050.00
Total credits
1.10
Total overdraft
33.22
Total payments
$1,034.32
Total unexpended balances
50.00
$1,084.32
$1,084.32
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Selectmen
Appropriation
$600.00
Avery, Edward
33.34
Holbrook, George H. 200.00
Storm, Henry M.
150.00
Woodsum, B. Herbert 116.66
Woodsum, Benjamin H.
50.00
$550.00
Unexpended balance
50.00
$600.00
$600.00
Clerical Help and other Expenses
Appropriation
$450.00
Credit
1.10
Overdraft
33.22
Adams, Cushing & Foster 6.50
Adams Express Company
1.45
Bailey, H. W. & Company, printing 2.25
Electric Express
.50
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
6.86
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
19.23
Porter, B. E., clerk
156.00
Pratt & Pratt 155.35
Prescott, G. W. Pub. Co.
92.00
So. Braintree P. O.
35.25
Webster, F. S. & Co.
8.93
484.32
484.32
Total
$1,084.32
$1,084.32
Financial
Auditors
Appropriation, salaries
150.00
Couillard, Frank W. 50.00
Monaghan, Paul
50.00
Tarbox, C. Frederick
50.00
$150.00
$150.00
$150.00
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Treasurer
Total appropriations
$745.00
Total payments
$741.37
Total unexpended balances
3.63
$745.00
Appropriation, salary
$525.00
Oakman, Otis B.
$525.00
Other expenses
Appropriation
$100.00
Adams, Cushing & Foster, stationery
7.11
Bailey, H. W. & Co., letterheads
11.60
Bestick, C. R. Moving safe 5.00
Electric Express .25
Hayden, G. A., safe
25.00
Oakman, Otis B., cash expenses. .
40.00
So. Braintree P. O. 2.91
York Safe & Lock Co.,
safe combination. 4.50
$96.37
Unexpended balance
3.63
$100.00
Bond
Appropriation
$120.00
Cummings, Charles B.
. ..
$120.00
Total
$745.00
$745.00
Collector
Total appropriations
$ 1,100.00
Total credits
20.00
Total overdrafts
23.62
Total payments
$1,143.62
$1,143.62
$1,143.62
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$600.00
Appropriation, salary
Holbrook, George H.
50.00
Lawson, Allen 500.00
Smith, Frank A. Est. 30.00
Wentworth, A. C.
20.00
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
Other expenses
Appropriation
$200.00
Refund
9.00
Tax certificates
11.00
Overdraft
23.62
Bailey, H. W. & Co. 57.25
Federal Stamp Co. dating stamp. . 3.85
Hobbs & Warren, blanks and books 12.90
Joyce, Elizabeth A., multigraphing 2.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
10.63
Pratt & Pratt
14.25
Stamps
120.24
Shay, John P. (refunded)
9.00
Thorp & Martin, books
13.50
$243.62
$243.62
$243.62
Bond
Appropriation
$300.00
Lord, Elmer A. & Co.
$300.00
Total
$1,143.62
$1,143.62
Assessors
Total appropriations
$1,350.00
Total credits
15
Total overdrafts
147.80
Total unexpended balances
20.83
Total payments
$1477.12
$1497.95
$1,497.95
Appropriation, salaries.
$750.00
82
Avery, Edward 41.67
Drinkwater, Albion C. 250.00
Mansfield, Henry W. 250.00
Storm, Henry M. 187.50
Unexpended balance
20.83
$750.00 $750.00
Clerical Help and other expenses
Appropriation
$600,00
Refund
.15
Overdraft
147.80
Adams Express Co.
.80
Auto List Pub. Co. List Auto
Owners
8.00
Banker & Tradesman
5.00
Brownell, A. W., Blanks 14.50
Burdakin, E. L., abstracts of deeds
47.20
Burdakin, A. L., abstracts of deeds 35.40
Cain, Thomas J., team hire
4.00
Electric Express
.60
Fogg, George E., express .25
Haseltine, D. C. & Co., team hire
6.50
Hobbs & Warren, schedules . 6.50
Hollis, C. J., auto hire 10.00
Mansfield, Henry W., clerk 265.00
McCoole, J. R., abstract of
probates 18.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
14.28
Porter, B. E., clerk 156.00
Pratt & Pratt
4.50
Prescott, Eben, poll books
88.50
Prescott, G. W., stockholders' list 48.00
Stamps
8.88
White, Hartley L., recording deeds 6.04 $747.95
$747.95
$747.95
Total
$1,497.95
$1,497.95
$729.17
Other Finance
Bureau of Statistics $12.00 See Miscellaneous Expenses
Other General Departments
Town Clerk
Total appropriations
$900.00 5.04
Total overdraft
Total payments $905.04
$905.04
$905.04
Appropriation, salary
$650.00
Monk, Henry A. $650.00
Vital Statistics and other expenses
Appropriation
$250.00
Overdraft
. : 5.04
Adams Express Co. .88
Bailey, H. W. & Co. 2.00
Electric Express .30
Hobbs & Warren, blanks 1.05
Lea-Irving Mfg. Co., binder 5.08
Library Bureau, stationery 1.10
Monk, Henry A., recording in 1916
215 births 107.50
16 births, 1915 8.00
109 marriages 21.80
116 deaths 23.20
90 burial permits 9.00
Monk, Henry A., cash expenses
6.33
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
30.14
Pratt & Pratt 25.25
Prescott, G. W. Pub. Co.
8.25
Wakefield Daily Item, blanks .
5.16
$255.04
$255.04
$255.04
Total
$905.04
$905.04
84
Law
Appropriation
$250.00 114.00
Overdraft Mellen, Charles C.
364.00
364.00
. $364.00
Election and Registration
Total appropriations
1,250.00
Total overdraft
171.69
Total payments
1421.69
$1,421.69
$1,421.69
Registrars
Appropriation, salaries
$150.00
Allen, William 50.00
Cummings, Charles B. 50.00
McKean, Walter N. 50.00
$150.00
$150.00
$150.00
Other expenses
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Overdraft
171.69
Election officers $496.00
Constables
60.00
Bailey, H. W. & Co. 2.50
Bestick, Clarence R., carrying ballot
box 10.00
Bowen, Mrs. A. M., catering 50.00
Cain, Merle V., team hire 6.00
Dalby, W. H. catering
138.35
Hill, J. Samuel, Janitor
25.00
Monk, Henry A., cash expenses 7.09
Pratt & Pratt
296.75
Prescott, G. W. Pub. Co. 27.00
85
Sons of Veteran, Aux., catering. . 46.00 Tolman, Edward K., ballot box .. 50.00 Whitmarsh, Mrs. Annie, catering 26.00 Whitmarsh, Frank O., Janitor . 31.00 $1271.69
$1,271.69
$1,271.69
Total
$1,421.69
$1,421.69
Town Hall
.
Total appropriations !
$850.00
Total credits
1,068.50
Total overdrafts
498.89
Total payments
$2,417.39
$2,417.39
$2,417.39
Janitor
Appropriation
$550.00
Sullivan, Michael J.
$550.00
Maintenance
Appropriation
$300.00
Rent of Hall
1,054.00
Refund
14.50
Overdraft
474.53
Chandler, F. L., repairs .25.21
Dustin, Eugene A., tuning piano
2.50
Dyer & Sullivan
4.65
Electric Express .20
Electri Light Department 444.12
Gage, R. Allen, moving piano
47.00
Gould, Thomas H. 2.80
Haseltine, D. C. & Co. .52
Haskell, Machine Co. 1.00
Hobart, C. H., Janitor supplies. . .
3.14
Highways, Pr. 1, labor
6.38
Holbrook, George H.
34.25
86
Miller, C. O. 8.50
Milligan, Hardware Co., janitor supplies 1.35
Ness, Peter, varnishing floors
45.60
Old Colony Gas Cơ. 8.26
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.
3.31
Ross, Walter B., boiler repairs ... 5.10
Sampson George E., permit picture machine 13.00
Sheppard, Clark Co., janitor supplies
3.50
Stone, R. N. painting flag pole
50.00
Sundry persons, labor 126.37
Water Department
11.31
West Disinfecting Company 29.74
Whitman, H. B. .40
Woodusm Coal Co., coal and wood 958.82
Wynot & Borden, spring water . . 6.00 $1,843.03
$1,843.03
$1,843.03
Insurance, Boilers
No appropriation
Overdraft
$24.36
Sampson, George E.
$24.36
Total
$2,417.39
$2,417.39
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Total appropriation
$5,100.00
Total credits
8.55
Total overdraft
129.67
Total payments
$5,200.38
Total unexpended balances
37.84
$5,238.22
$5,238.22
£7
Police
Appropriation, salaries. $4,600.00
Gallivan, Jeremiah F. $1200.00
Johnson, August. 1084.50
Krohn, Philip J.
132.00
Reviere, George W.
1009.75
Shay, John P. 1101.00
Sundry persons, July 3rd 4th. . 27.00
Ward, Peter
30.00
$4,584.25
Unexpended balance
15.75
$4,600.00
4,600.00
General expenses
Appropriation
$200.00
Refund
8.55
Overdraft
129.67
Braintree Home 44.75
Braintree Taxi Service Co 54.03
Cain, Merle V., team hire 1.00
Gallivan, Jeremiah F. cash ex. 15.60
Gile, F. Herbert 2.00
Heath, W. H. cartridges 1.75
Heseltine, D. C. & Co. 4.50
Hill, Charles E. 4.25
Merriam, F. H. 2.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
95.54
Patch, F. K., auto hire
24.50
Pratt & Pratt
6.75
Qualey, J. R., expense on dogs . .
2.00
Reviere Geo. W., expense on dogs
2 00
Shay, John P., expense on dogs ..
18.00
Shay, John P., cash expenses . .. 57.55
Wentworth, Augustus, ex. on dogs 2.00
$338.22
$338.22
$338.22
88
Court expenses
Appropriation
$300.00
Braintree Taxi Service 82.18
Cain, Merle V., team hire .50
Calabro', Placido, interpreter
5.00
Gallivan, Jeremiah F. 2.50
Haseltine, D. C. Co., team hire .. 11.50
Healey, Patrick F. 13.50
Johnson, August 1.60
Jones, Fred E. 5.00
Krohn, Philip J. 5.00
Noonan, John, auto hire 1.00
Reviere, George W. 4.25
Shay, John P.
125.82
Sylvester & Carson
15.00
Ward, Peter
5.06
$277.91
Unexpended balance
22.09
$300.00
$300.00
Total
$5,238.22
$5,238.22
Fire Department
Total appropriations
$8,736.00
Total credits
534.00
Total overdrafts
551.09
Total payments
$9,168.78
Total unexpended balances
652.31
$9,821.09
$9,821.09
Pay of Firemen
Appropriation
$3,296.00
Tenney, Fred A. $1300.00
Burgess, Horace
224.90
Nelson, Ernest W. 397.90
- $1,922.80
89
Engineer Company 2
35.00
Engineer Company 3. 35.00
70.00
Steward, Company 2 $75.00
Steward, Company 3 75.00
Poll taxes, Chief and Engineers
6.00
150.00
Company No. 1
Pay of Firemen
345.00
Poll taxes 40.00
385.00
Company No. 2
Pay of Firemen
323.33
Poll taxes
36.00
$359.33
Company No. 3
Pay of Firemen
.$320.00
Poll taxes
40.00
$360.00
$3,253.13
Unexpended balance
42.87
$3,296.00
$3,296.00
Extra Pay of Firemen
Appropriation $500.00
Company No. 1.
. $147.75
Company No. 2.
141.00
Company No. 3.
70.50
$359.25
Unexpended balance
140.75
$500.00
500.00
90
General Expenses of Fire Department
Appropriation
$2,400.00
Sale of Chassis 500.00
Sale of Junk 20.00
Sale of Tires 14.00
Overdraft
551.09
Horses
Paid Bestick, Clarence R.
$35.00
Branley, Michael J. 30.00
Shepard, J. F. & Sons, Inc. .. 30.00
$95.00
Fuel and Light
Paid Electric Light Department, .. $57.20
Maher, John J. . 7.13
Sheppard, J. F. & Sons Inc. .. 10.70
Woodsum, Coal Company, ... 151.75
$226.78
Equipment and Repairs
Paid Amer. La France Co. supplies . $57.55 Burgess, Horace, badge ... 1.27 C. C. C. Firehose & Rubber Co. 22.06 Central Garage 645.39
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