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The fund is in the nature of a private trust, but some action should be taken to credit the town with such sums as may be due it and to relieve it of unnecessary responsibility.
While engaged in making the audit hearty co-operation was received from every town official, and I wish, on behalf of my as- sistant and myself, to express our appreciation of the spirit of co- operation and the assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Accountant
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The tables summarizing the accounts for the 11 months re- ferred to by the auditor have not been printed, for the reason that the same information covering the entire year is shown in the var- ious Town Officers' reports. These tables are on file at the office of the Selectmen and may be examined at any time.
The recommendations of the auditor as outlined in his report have been put into effect by this department as well as many other improvements suggested during the course of the audit.
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The Accountant is greatly indebted to Mr. William D. Mc- Laughlin for the assistance rendered in closing the books and re- classifying some of the accounts It is hoped that the town will follow the recommendation of the auditor and make flat appro- priations for the different departments, allowing the usual credits to be estimated and deducted from the tax levy. The result of not following this method the past year is seen in the appropriation for Repairs of Highways, which under vote of the town included the Street Railway Tax. This tax amounted to $1,116.95, but up to the present time has not been received. The Highway account shows an overdraft of $654.32, whereas it would have shown a credit of $462.63, if the Street Railway Tax had been received.
It is also desirable to elminate about 50 Ledger Accounts, by grouping several of the accounts together. For example: the salary of Selectmen, and expenses should be in one appropriation. If this method is followed, a general vote should be passed at the annual meeting to the effect that as the appropriations for the various departments includes salaries of the officers, the salaries shall remain the same as in 1917.
BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, Accountant
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Hon. Board of Selectmen, Town of Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen :- In compliance with your request, I submit the following report of the Department of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 15, 1917.
I have tried most earnestly during the year just past to per- form the duties of the office in an impartial and fair manner, and therefore be just to all parties concerned. I have found our mer- chants most courteous and willing to comply with the laws in re- lation to the sealing of weights, measures and inspections.
The Sealer has been in close touch with the sugar proposition and has reweighed several hundred pounds.
Special Rules and Regulations Governing Licenses Manufacturing Bread and Rolls
Rule 1. The licensee shall manufacture bread and offer it for sale only in the following specified weights, or multiples there- of, which shall be net weights, unwrapped, twelve hours after bak- ing; 16-ounce units (not to run over 17 ounces) ; 24-ounce units (not to run over 25 1-2 ounce units.)
Where twin or multiple loaves are baked, each unit of the twin or multiple loaf shall conform to the weight requirements of this rule.
Rule 2. The licensee shall manufacture rolls and offer them for sale only in units weighing from 1 to 3 ounces, but no' rolls shall be manufactured or offered for sale which shall weigh, un- wrapped twelve hours after baking, less than 1 ounce or more than 3 ounces.
Rule 3. The standard weights herein prescribed shall be de- termined by averaging the weight of not less than twenty-five loaves of bread of any one unit, or five dozen rolls of any one unit, and such average shall not be less than the minimum nor more than the maximum prescribed by these rules and regulations for such units.
Inside or Office Work. No fees charged 3
Surveyors' tape
Scales tested and found correct 122
Scales tested and condemned
10
Scales tested and adjusted
52
Weights tested and found correct . .
89
Weights tested and condemned
12
Weights tested and adjusted
.
24
Liquid measures condemned
.
312
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Outside Work. Fees charged
Scales tested and found correct 218
Scales tested and condemned 5
Scales tested and adjusted 32
Weights tested and found correct 431.
Weights tested and condemned
20
Weights tested and adjusted
46
Liquid measures tested and found correct 186
Liquid measures tested and condemned
16
Linear measures tested and found correct
6
Linear measures tested and condemned
Measuring pumps found correct
8
Leather measuring machine not sealed
1
969
Slot weighing machines sealed 8
Slot weighing machines tagged for repairs 4
Amounts received and paid to the Treasurer in fees. $75.17
Number of Inspections Made from April 1 to Dec. 15, 1917 Coal reweighing while in transit 91
Coal reweighing in bags of less than 100 lbs. 265
Inspection in stores after scales tested of commodities 600
Inspection of scales used by pedlers 94
Inspection of scales used by icemen 78
Inspection of jars on milk wagons 310
Ispection of junk dealers scales
78
Ispection of coal teams for certificates
120
Milk jars, Mass. seal 22,000
I wish to thank all with whom I have been associated this past year and feel very sure that our future relations could be even more pleasant; all these things, of course, help greatly towards the best possible results.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF SEWER COMMITTEE
Braintree. January 8, 1918.
The Committee on Sewerage which was provided for under article No. 27 at the last annual town meeting and which was ap- pointed by the moderator on October 3rd makes the following re- port:
We find that conditions in Braintree demand that a compre- hensive system of sewerage be planned and operation started in some sections of the town at the earliest possible date.
We are of the unanimous opinion that while, under the existing financial and war conditions, it may not be expedient for the Town of Braintree to construct a sewerage system now, all plans and arrangements should be made so that the town can carry out this work without delay as soon as labor and money conditions may warrant.
We, therefore, recommend that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2000, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen, in order to provide necessary plans, estimates and re- ports to be made by competent engineers, and that the same be printed and sent to the taxpayers of the town.
The sum of $100, appropriated for the use of this Committee remains intact.
Respectfully,
MERTON L. EMERSON,
L. E. D. GAUDREAU,
C. A. SULLIVAN, M. D.,
FRANK S. BAILEY,
W. E. THOMPSON. WALTER B. SKINNER,
HERBERT A. BRYANT,
Sewerage Committee.
Town of Braintree.
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Braintree, Mass.,
December 31, 1917
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :----
I herewith submit the report of the Police Department for the year 1917.
The total number of cases before the District Court was 170.
Male
164
Female
6
Residents 80
Non-Residents 90
Insane
5
Feeble Minded
2
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Causes of complaints as follows :-
Abduction
1
Adultry
1
Assaults
10
Bathing in domestic waters
2
Carrying loaded revolvers
2
Disturbance
15
Drunkeness j.
51
Evading Carfare
2
Gambling
Idle and Disorderly
Larceny
Neglect
7
Receiving stolen property
2
Robbery
1 4 4
Stubborn child
1 2
Threats
Track walking
1
Tramps
2
Trespassing
Trespassing of fowl
Trespassing of swine
Using profane language
Violating Auto Laws
Violating Fish and Game Laws
Violating Health Laws
1 5
Violating Milk Laws
6
Violating Town By-Laws
6
Warrants and Summonses served for out-of-town
Police Depts.
23
J. F. GALLIVAN Chief of Police
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit herewith the annual report of the Fire Department for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1917.
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4 2 15
Stealing Fruit
Selling Cigarettes to minors
7 2 1 1 7 5
Violating Liquor Laws
The following Board of Engineers were appointed for the year: J. S. Hill, F. O. Whitmar h, F. A. Tenney. B. H. Woodsum, George H. Holbrook, Henry M. Storm. The Board met and organ- ized as follows:
F. A. Tenney. Chief. J. S. Hill, Clerk.
There have been 89 calls this year.
Box alarms, 38; still alarms, 51; 1 double alarm. There were 36 building fires, 3 automobile fires, 5 false alarms, woods. grass, bridge and dump fires, 43.
There were 2 alarms for lost children, and one fire reported where Department was not called.
$107.850.00
Valuation of buildings
88,700.00
Insurance on buildings
7.939.50
Loss on buildings
Valuation on contents 104,775.00
Insurance on contents 95,650.00 .... .
Los on contents
٠١ ١٠ 4,546.35
PERMITS GRANTED
To set fires in the open air
303
Granted to use dynamite
31
Granted for garages
6
Registration granted
6
Gasoline permits granted
2
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED
Salary of Chief Engineer
$1,300.00
Driver of Ladder Truck
1,000.00
Two Engineers
100.00
Two Stewards
150.00
Forty-five call men
900.00
Extra pay of firemen
500.00
General expenses
2,000 00
Poll taxes for 49 men
98.00
New hose
600.00
In closing my report, Gentlemen, I wish to mention the im- provement which has been made in Combination No. 1.
The small Buick engine was never able to properly climb the hills in the town and in the winter with snow on the ground could not be depended on to reach the fires and was not a proper pro- to purchase a six-cylinder chassis at approximately the same to purchase a six-cylinder chassis tt approximately the same figure we could get for the sale of the Buick chassis and in going to the expense of remounting the Buick equipment on the new chassis we have a piece of fire apparatus adaptable for all the needs of the town. A Simplex tractor was purchased for the Hook and Ladder truck this past year and is proving a great success.
The town is now in need of a pumping engine and more per- manent men.
Respectfully submitted,
F. A. TENNEY, Chief.
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
The Municipal Light Board are happy to report that notwith- standing the unfavorable conditions of a scarcity of coal and an increased cost of the operating expenses, the year has closed with- out financial embarrassment. The two leading factors that have contributed to this pleasing success, have been the economy and efficiency of the new turbine engine and an increase of $9,000.00 in the revenue for the year.
The difficulty of obtaining coal has caused much anxiety and will continue to be a serious problem. but we confidently hope to secure a sufficient supply to keep the plant running.
While other Electric plants are raising the rates to consum- er's, because of the large increase in the cost of production, we have not yet found it necessary to do so and shall postpone action on the matter as long as possible.
We recommend a careful reading of the accompanying report of the Manager and we are sure that a comparison of it with his report of the previous year will prove interesting.
The change in collecting the bills monthly instead of quarter- ly has been of great advantage to the Department, in the saving of work in the office and in supplying ready money to meet our expenses promptly. The payment for coal, which is now our heaviest single expense, has been put on a cash basis and so the monthly collections give us the money to meet these bills prompt" ly.
The Town can be congratulated upon having an Electric Plant that for its size is unsurpassed and can be justly proud that it is free from debt, which latter feature, we are informed, cannot be claimed of any other plant in the state.
CHARLES T. CRANE, ALEXANDER A. CARSON NORTON P. POTTER.
MANAGER'S REPORT
To the Municipal Light Board, Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen :- I beg to submit herewith my report of the busi- ness of this department for the year ending December 31, 1917.
One hundred and forty-five new service connections were in- stalled during the year making a total of 1740 on December 31, 1917.
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Street lights started in 1917 were as follows: Three on Wash- ington street. three Holmes street, two Monatiquot Ave. extension three Standish Ave., one Wyman road, one Wilmarth road, two Dobson road, making a total of seven hundred and thirty regular street lights.
In May we installed as temporary lights "same not included in our regular number of street lights" four at Braintree Stand Pipe: two Capens bridge. one at Branitree Station, no service or installation charges have been rendered by this department for the seven lights in question, and we have had no definite instruc- tions as to the future continuance.
Kilowatts generated at station 1917
977,720
Kilowatts purchased
4,460
982,180
Distributed thus:
House anl Store lighting
310,000
Power services
261,470
Station "estimated"
14,460
Street Lighting
157,470
Line Loss 24%
238,780
982.180
You will notice that we have a 4% increase in line loss over that of 1916, this being due to the energizing of our high tension transformers when operating at a low power factor, which we re- gret to say is a very common yet unavoidable condition. and will prevail until we can further increase our power load ..
In April 1917, we completed a 3-wire, 3-phase power line be- tween the generating station and Monatiquot Rubber Works. This lime allows us to supply in quantity. power to the south end of the town and is available for further service to other manufactur- ing plants when required.
Cost this line:
54,000 feet No. 4 wire
$3.270.00
12 35-Ft. poles
84.00
200 Special cross arms
128.00
600 H. T. Insulators
113.22
6 Transformers-2300-13,000 volts
3,800.20
Freight and trucking transformers
144.20
Labor construction
270.00
$180,962.00
On February 17, 1917, we started the 625 KVA Curtis turbine with Wheeler condenser equipment. and the actual results have proven this outfit to be even more efficient than we had estimated,
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and is operation has been such that w have passed successfully through a year of excessive coal cost without a deficit, and with- out raising prices as many public utilities have been obliged to do. Turbine and Condenser cost:
Turbine
$10,000.00
Switch-board panel
531.00
Condenser
4,450.00
Electrical supplies for connection
450.00
Erecting Foreman T. & C. "expense"
260.00
Moving from cars T. & C.
250.00
Freight T. & C.
82.70
Piping complete T & C.
1.550.00
$17,573.70
Foundation and Hot Well:
Labor, removing and erecting
$ 920.00
Grout and sand
80.00
Lumber for forms
34.75
Cement
156.20
Labor, carpenter
94.46
Steel reinforcements
106.68
Grating and stairs
74.75
Air ducts
215.00
Draughting expenses
194.65
Draughting expense
194.65
$ 1,876.49
$19,450.19
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT
INCOME:
Consumers lighting account
7.844 27
Consumers power account
6,525.00
Street lighting account
$45,369.34
EXPENSE:
Auto and stable account
$ 2,443.85
Repairs electric plant
412.75
Repairs steam plant
690.83
Oil. waste and packing
309.35
Fuel account
13,547.00
General salaries
2,728.08
Wages at station
6,249.25
Wages distribution
1.482.89
765.11
Office expense
. . .
$31,000.07
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Series street lamps
967.93
Repairs real estate
228.38
Distribution tools
224.22
Repairs lines
3,640.68
Station tools
118.87
Insurance account
1,045.48
Water account
.557.40
Power purchased
89.20
$35,501.27
Dec. 31, 1917. Balance to profit and loss
$ 9,868.07
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT CREDIT
By Balance December 31, 1916
$14.332.15
Operating balance Dec. 31, 1917
9,868.07
12 months' interest
170.20
Balance on lamps, supplies and job- bing accounts
13.01
Amount transferred to sinking fund.
430.00
$24,813.43
DEBIT
To depreciation electric plant
$ 706.99
Depreciation steam plant
634.63
Depreciation buildings
221.68
Depreciation electric lines
1.059.73
Depreciation transformers
373.14
Depreciation meters
532.31
Depreciation street fixtures ..
88.41
Consumers bad bills . .
346.86
Consumers rebates ..
264.49
.
$ 4,228.24
MANAGER'S CASH ACCOUNT
December 31, 1917, balance
$20,585.19
Received :
Balance in office December 31. 1916
$ 172.41
Metered and contract lighting .
30,209.15
Prepayment meters
3.754.25
Power meters
8,133.22
Jobbing account
386.75
Consumers supplies
1,648.51
Consumers lamps
.....
1,428.68
Sales machinery and junk
. . . ..
177.43
$45,910.40
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Paid :
To Town Teasurer
$44,822.76
Joseph Catler. auto parts and tires.
150.00
W. L. Gage, collecting
68.16
Chester Rogers, trucking trans.
60.00
Thos. South, auto repairs
4.89
Geo. Fogg, trucking
34.84
N. A. F. Nelson. motor
160.00
Harold I. Fraser. collecting
264.27
Morris Bloom, supplies
27.59
F. W. Stewart, hardware supplies
9.20
Secy. Municipal Light Assn.
10.00
A. A. Palmer, rebating on range ...
94.38
H. L. Shydecker, repairs boilers
18.00
W. D. Levangie, collecting
74.36
Post and Lester, auto parts
6.80
Credit Reporting Co., office expenses ..
17.50
December 31, 1917, Balance
$45,822.75 $ 87.65
TREASURER'S CASH ACCOUNT
To Balance December 31. 1916
$ 293.54
Cash from plant office
44.822.76
Revenue from street lighting
6,525.00
70.53
Interest from depreciation cash . . Interest from sinking fund invest- ments
256.04
Interest from operating cash monthly
17.90
$51,985.77
Disbursements:
Orders paid
$46,681.90
Paid interest on bonds
330.00
Transferred to sinking fund account
653.08
Transferred to depreciation cash
account
3,881.51
Exchange
.10
$51,546.59
-
December 31, 1917, balance $ 439.18
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DEPRECIATION CASH
DEBIT
To balance December 31, 1916
$ 7,449.15
Cash transferred from earnings
3,810.98
Interest 12 months
70.53
$11,330.66
CREDIT
By orders paid by Treasurer:
Steam plant
$2,225.00
Transformers
4,438.00
Meters
484.17
Electric lines
·
$8,351.47
December 31, 1917, balance
$2,979.19
TRIAL BALANCE SHEET. 1917
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Electric plant
$ 23,046.65
Steam plant
20,946.30
Real estate
8,288.35
Electric lines
35,349.34
Tansformers
12,633.39
Meters
17,703.79
Repairs electric plant
703.50
Repairs steam plant
843.84
Oil, waste and packing
250.70
Fuel account
1,750.00
Street series lamps
112.50
Power account
762 57
Office cash
87.65
Consumers account
5,255.26
Town Treasurer cash
439 18
Consumers lamps
206.97
Automobile and stable
1.512.25
Bills reecivable "other than light and
1,821.34
Distribution tools
425.00
Consumers supplies
904.20
Repairs lines "material"
2,831.11
Station tools and appliances
689.21
Depreciation fund cash
2,979 19
Street lighting lines and fixtures
2,881.12
Office furniture and fixtures
706.00
$143,129.41
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1,204.30
LIABILITIES
Bills payable
$ 5,925.48
Construction appropriations 46,168.74
Note payments
64,000.00
Sinking fund appropriations 6,450.00
December 31, 1917, balance profit and loss
$122,544.22
$ 20,585.19
APPROPRIATION STREET LIGHTING
730 street lamps @ $9.00 each $6,570.00
l'o be applied thus:
Depreciation fund 3% on $119,783.94
$3,593.52
Construction
2.976.42
$6,570.00
AUDITORS' REPORT
We have examined the accounts of F. B. Lawrence. manager of the Braintree Electric Light Department, and approve same.
Cash received and paid to Treasurer as per cash book, $44,822.76.
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We have also examined the inventories in the report and com- pared same with stock on hand and approve them as rendered. Bills payable December 31, 1917 $5,925.48 Bills receivable to offset the above:
Consumers accounts
$5,255.26
Power accounts
762.57
Lamps, supplies and repairs
1,821.34
$7,839.17
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN.
Auditors
1917.
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AUDITORS' REPORT APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1917
Appropriations
Credits
Miscellaneous
Overdrafts
Payments by Orders
Unexpended Balances
No Order Drawn
Legislative Expenses
Moderator
.
·
$25 00
$25 00
Executive
Selectmen, salaries
600 00
550 00
50 00
Clerical help and other expenses
450 00
1 10
33 22
484 32
Financial
Auditors' salaries .
150 00
150 00
Treasurer's salary
.
525 00
525 00
Other expenses
100 00
96 37
3 63
Treasurer's bond
120 00
120 00
Tax Collector's salary
600 00
600 00
Other expenses
200 00
20 00
243 62
Bond
300 00
300 00
Assessors' salary
750 00
729 17
20 83
Clerical help and other expenses .
600 00
15
147 80
747 95
Other General Departments
Town Clerk's salary
650 00
650 00
Other expenses
250 00
5 04
255 04
Law
250 00
114 00
364 00
Election and Registration
Registrars' salaries
150 00
150 00
Other expenses
1,100 00
171 69
1,271 69
Town Hall
Janitor.
.
·
550 00
550 00
Maintenance
·
300 00
474 53
1,843 03
Insurance, Boilers .
24 36
24 36
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
1,068 50
.
23 62
.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1917
Appropriation
Credits
Miscellaneous
Overdrafts
Payments by Orders
Unexpended à Balances
No Order Drawn
Police Department
Police salaries
$4,600 000
4,584 25
15 75
Other expenses
.
.
300 00
277 91
22 09
Fire Department
Pay of engineers and firemen
3,296 00
3,253 13
42 87
Extra pay of firemen
500 00
359 25
140 75
General expenses
2,400 00
534 00
551 09
3,485 09
Hydrant service
500 00
500 00
New hose
600 00
600 00
Repairs, Franklin street house
275 00
266 76
8 24
Fire Alarm
1,165 00
704 55
460 45
Weights and Measures
300 00
300 00
Other expenses
75 (
33
208 44
52 06
Forestry
Gypsy and Brown tail moth suppression
126 30
1,616 35
25
4,242 90
Care of trees
·
500 00
181 50
{ Moth Tax
7 80
689 30
Forest fires .
400 00
15 23
399 96
15 27
Board of Health
Salaries
350 00
350 00
Other expenses
100 00
31 50
61 94
69 56
Printing
175 00
161 75
13 25
Fumigation
200 00
109 00
309 00
Contagious diseases
400 00
317 85
82 15
Inspection of animals .
100 00
100 00
Inspection of meats and provisions
·
300 00
150 40 Fees
300 00
150 40
.
200 00
8 55
129 67
338 22
Court expenses
.
.
·
.
Sealer
.
.
90 17
95 00
Fees Licenses
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
2,500 00
Maintenance, etc. .
Inspection of milk .
100 00
100 00
Inspection of plumbing .
300 00
128 85
428 85
Care of dumps
100 00
3 70
103 70
Vital statistics
50 00
4 50
54 50
Collection of garbage
200 00
200 00
Sanitation
Committee on sewerage.
100 00
100 00
215 96
915 96
Pearl Street drain
700 00
539 95
160 05
Highways and Bridges
600 00
549 99
50 01
Clerical help and other expenses
175 00
181 13
General repairs
18,000 00
676 40
2,705 94
St."Ry. Exc. Tax Abb'trs' 'ia.
Snow
2,715 98
Street lights
6,525 00
6,525 00
Elm Knoll Road
200 00
123 50
76 50
Union Street bridge
650 00
650 00
State highway, 1916
5,000 00
5,000 00
State highway, 1917
5,000 00
5,000 00
Charities
Overseers of the Poor salaries
600 00
550 01
49 99
Clerical and other expenses
500 00
452 47
47 53
Braintree Home maintenance
2,335 00
1,817 25
1,507 64
5,659 89
Outside relief
3,500 00
1,480 62
3,052 91
1,927 71
Support under Chapter 763. Acts of 1913
1,500 00
1,223 61
2,540 60
183 01
Soldiers' Benefit
2,500 00
6 00
205 33
2,711 33
800 00
4 00
35 40
839 40
Education
Teachers' and superintendent's salaries
48,400 00
350 00
49,293 98
320 74
Janitors' salaries
5,445 00
05
5,445 05
.
2,000 00
69 46
646 52
23,004 93
491 35
1459 62
654 32
Hall Avenue drain
700 00
Highway Surveyors' salaries
·
6 13
.
·
.
864 72
School Fund Dog Tax
.
State aid and soldiers' burials Soldiers' relief
.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1917
Appropriations
Credits
Miscellaneous
Overdrafts
Payments by Orders
Unexpended Balances
No Order Drawn
Text books and supplies
$3,500 00
832 00
$4,001 39
330 61
School incidentals
1,250 00
17 42
143 56
1,410 98
Buildings and grounds
1.500 00
23 00
582 07
2,105 07
Fuel
2,900 00
2,883 59
16 41
Transportation
1,700 00
439 48
2,130 00
9 48
Insurance on buildings
1,519 20
146 10
146 10
Insurance on boilers
3,060 00
3.048 2
11 71
High School heating
8,000 00
7,969 46
30 54
Repairs Pond School
800 00
796 50
3 50
Band stand, Hollis School .
300 00
300 00
Library
1,400 00
General expenses
1,400 00
150 00
Distribution of books
150 00
250 00
Janitor
250 00
Recreation
732 50
22 50
Parks and playgrounds
750 00
5 00
Unclassified
2,165 17
115 83
Miscellaneous Emergency Fund .
5,000 00
17 14
200 00
Memorial Day
200 00
531 87
18 13
Compensation Law
550 00
Bal. Jan. 1, 1917
Overlay Accounts
Taxes of 1915
382 90
961 39
Taxes of 1916
·
.
·
2,387 30
1,642 56
744 74
Taxes of 1917 ·
3,070 62
1,099 33
1,971 29
*Damages on account Washington Street
of relocation of
4,326 50
· 1,314 94
3,011 56
.
Miscellaneous
2,000 00
281 00
3,534 61
1,482 53
.
.
.
1
·
1,344 29
83 40
1,602 60
Portable schoolhouses
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1917
Appropriation
Credits
Miscellaneous
Overdrafts
Payments by Orders
Unexpended Balances
No Order Dra wn
5,281 00
409 00
4,872 00
*Damages on account of relocation of Washington and Hancock Streets
Electric Light Department
300 00
Depreciatton fund .
3,810 98
Line extensions
1,954 02
1,954 02
Operating balance 1916
293 54
293 54
Water Department
Water Board, salaries
300 00
300 00
Operating balance, 1916
176 65
176 65
Cemetery
Plain Street
200 00
1 90
221 90
Interest Funded Debt
18,034 11
327 45
18,361 56
Municipal Indebtedness
18,715 00
18,715 00
Sinking Funds
550 00
Water .
2,120 00
2,120 00
$214,169 50
$20,057 33
$12,581 12
$6,484 95
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