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Braintree
50- 2-26
9 David Paul Bradford
Braintree
0- 3-27
13 John Q. Ela
Quincy
85-5-9
14 Maria Dugan
Ireland
79- 0-0
16 John Finnegan
Braintree
31-7-9
17 Susan E. Thayer
Charlestown
70- 2-2
19 Sarah Hobart Dyer
Braintree
90-1-2
20 William Palmer Abbott
Quincy
52-10-22
22 Jennie Young
W. Newfield, Me.
65-2-23
24 Christopher W. Lively
England
45-1-23
24 Mary Yanotic
Austria-Hungary 64-0-0
26 Charles Altham
Weymouth 6- 8-11
28 Laura A. Allen
Bridgewater
95-11-19.
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MARCH
Date Name
Birthplace
Age
4 Herbert M. Smith
Old Town, Me. 69- 0-0
4 Harriet R. Porter
Brockton
83-5-6
5 W. Gilbert Williams
Braintree
5- 1-16
6 Whitfield Witherell
Eastham 86-3-4
10 Laura Gladys Charnock
Quincy
26-11-24
11 Evangeline Blanche MacDonald
Somerville
47- 7-18
12 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
13 John D. Simpson
Scotland
74-0-0
14 Susan A. Carroll
Newfoundland
48-6-20
16 Nita Benolle
Braintree 0-2-0
Braintree 66-9-7
Braintree
79- 3-10
20 Bertelle Bennett
Braintree
27-0-0
25 Alberta Fisher
Solon, Me. 51-10-17
26 Evelyn Broderick
Braintree
0-2-25
27 Helen Grace MacDonald
Braintree
0-0-8
29 Pasquale Pezzello
Braintree
17-10-14
31 Stephen E. Maloney
Milton
56-1-0
APRIL
5 Marie Antonette Rauseo
Italy
59-11-18
11 Louis E. Billings
Boston
68-8-1
13 Mary H. Turner
Boston 52-0-0
21 Unknown
about 45- 0- 0
22 Stillborn
Braintree 0-0-0
23 Paul Rivelle
Braintree
0-0-7
23 John Downs
Ireland
70-0-0
24 Orrin W. Jackson
Braintree
66- 8-23
29 Mary J. Rafferty
Maine
63-11-7
MAY
3 Ella W. Gallagher
Greenwich, N. J.
54-7-22
3 Fred Frazier
Braintree
19 -8-25
1 Edward Harnish
Boston
34-10-12
4 Norman Spencer Nickerson
5 Catherine Rafferty
Ireland
57-0-0
9 Unknown infant
14 Lavina Farrell
Newfoundland 74-0-0
16 Ellen S. Fiske
Macon, Ga.
78- 3-15
17 Dennis L. O'Brien
Hanwell, N. B.
74-9-3
18 James Frederick Allen
Braintree 87- 6-24
Quincy 64-3-6
Scotland
74-7-9
P. E. I. 26-5-4
Brookline 25-9-6
Hanover
94-4-4
22 William Allen Hayden
23 Mary Wilson MacGregor
24 Perley H. McEachern
27 George Winthrop Burton
28 Elizabeth Gray Bailey
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Braintree 1- 4-10
16 Adeline Sophia Weeks
20 Elizabeth M. Thompson
JUNE
Date Name
3 John Tucker
3 Hattie Isabelle Buzzell
6 Lucius Andrew Qualey, Jr.
Braintree 0- 4-10
13 Frances I. Abbott
Toronto, Can.
83-9-8
15 Sarah A. Berry
Braintree 62- 2-13
Gloucester 66-10-15
19 Alice Petrell
Braintree 0- 1-28
Fleming, N. Y.
78- 8-18
Lynn
51- 6-10
Italy
37- 1-29
JULY
4 Lucy Curtis
Braintree
88- 2-25
4 Oscar Fredin
7 Mary Scanlon
Milton
0- 8-12
13 -Hennebury
Milton
0-0-2
14 Ethel M. Butler
Woburn 24-11-17
Nova Scotia 70-10 -9
Quincy
30- 5-28
17 Emma Jeanette Gooding
25 Charles Edwin Smart
26 Elizabeth E. Mulligan
Braintree 36- 9-18
AUGUST
1 Muriel A. Adams
10 Elizabeth Jane Hayward
14 Frank D. Weadick 47-4-24
14 Louisa Cook Trask
17 Aleada Violet Thayer
20 Louis M. Vilk
Austria 39- 7-29
Braintree 0-0-2
Italy 66-9-2
P. E. I.
64-0-0
Maine
22- 4-10
SEPTEMBER
5 Joel Fithian Sheppard
13 Cuthbert Thibodeau
13 Robert F. Fisher
17 Nelson M. Ackerson
22 Charles A. White
London, Eng. 27- 0-17
22 Joseph Warren Bates, Jr.
23 Stillborn
Braintree
29 Stillborn
Braintree
29 Stillborn
30 Mercie Briggs Witherell
- Greenwich, N. J. 83- 9-16
Woonsocket, R. I. 24-11-0
Boston 4- 9-12
Canada 49- 8-5
Braintree 10-10- 1
Braintree
So. Duxbury
45- 2-16
64
37-0-26
Quincy
54-0-2
N. Y. City
Yarmouth, N. S.
85- 7-29
Malden 24-4-1
25 Walter Shores
28 Antonio Eosue
28 Roderick McLeod
29 Hazel P. Taylor
Birthplace Age
Rockport 41-5-5
Newton 56-6-6
18 Lucinda P. Cross
29 Solon David
30 John Burnham Pevear
26 Rosa Ferri
Sweden 36- 0- 9
15 James K. Stewart
16 Lillian B. Belanger
Boston
88-3-2
New Market, N. H. 74-10- 8
Halifax, N. S.
OCTOBER
Date Name
Birthplace
Age :
NOVEMBER
4 Charles Melvin Lothrop
Avon
61- 4-8
4 Edward Bailey Gardner
Weymouth 87- 7-17
10 Marguerite E. Lyons
Stoughton
25-0-5
10 Minnie M. Schindall
New London, Iowa 27- 9-19
14 Michael Nicholson
Ireland 49-3-0
20 Elizabeth Avitabile
Quincy
0- 7-17
DECEMBER
1 Walter Reynold Bartlett
Bethel, Me.
51-11-16
2 Kennith Ralph Holmes
Braintree
0-1-1
10 Christina Brush
Boston
32- 8-26
10 Esther Zecchini
Braintree
0-0-23
12 Harold M. Morrison
Braintree
29- 1-20
13 Arilanida E. Poch
Weymouth
48-11-0
14 Andrew J. Johnson
Finland
47- 4-17
14 Eliza Gurney
Ireland 74-0-0
16 Levangie
Braintree 0-0-2hrs
19 Malcolm Pratt
Boston
0-2-27
19 Lizzie Elvira Bates
Scituate
60- 0-30
22 Catherine McCusker
Lewiston, Me.
57-2-5
24 Mary Ann Williams
India 52- 4-14
24 James A. King
England
62- 6-12
26 Charles Ernest Gilman
Searsmont, Me.
53-11-22
28 Maria E. Gillett
Connecticut
80 0-5
7 Louis P. Goulland
St. John, N. B.
79- 0-14
3 Stillborn
Braintree
4 Elmer M. Alexander
Weymouth
44-10-0
10 Levina M. Stackhouse
St. John, N. B.
50-7-9
14 Stillborn
Milton
18 Henry L. Lovell
Weymouth
79- 2-11
16 Mary Havey
Ireland
76-2-9
24 Marian Elizabeth Holbrook
Braintree
0- 5-19
26 Michael John Gagan
Braintree 21-11-12
30 Laura A. Linn
Meredith, N. H.
80- 6-14
Whole number of deaths, 153; Males, 76; females, 77; single, 51; married, 73; widowed, 27; divorced, 1; unknown, 1.
Birthplace-Braintree, 42; other places in Mass., 47; British Provinces, 14; Maine, 13; Ireland, 7; England, Italy, N. Y., 3 each; N. H., 4; Austria, Scotland, Conn, N. J., unknown 2 each; Germany, Sweden, Finland, India, Ga., R. I., Iowa, 1 each.
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Birthplace of fathers-Braintree, 13; other places in Mass., 26, B. P. 19; Ireland, 18; Unknown, 17; Italy, 13; Me., 13; England, 9; Scotland, 5; Austria, 3; N. H., 4; Sweden, Vt., N. J., 2 each; Norway, Germany, Finland, France, N. Y., Texas, Iowa, 1 each.
Birthplace of mothers-Braintree, 10; other places in Mass., 35; Ireland, 25; B. P., 19; Italy, Me., Unknown, 12 each; England, 6; Scotland, 4; Austria, 3; N. H., 3; France, 2; R. I., 2; N. J., 2; Norway, Finland, N. Y., Vt., Iowa, Sweden, 1 each.
Ages-Stillborn, 7; under 1 year, 16; 1 to 2 years, 2; 4 to 5 years, 2; 5 to 10 years, 3; 10 to 15 years, 2; 15 to 20 years, 3; 20 to 25 years, 5; 25 to 30 years, 12; 30 to 35 years, 5; 35 to 40 years, 6; 40 to 45 years, 4; 45 to 50 years, 10; 50 to 60 years, 19; 60 to 70 years, 15; 70 to 80 years, 22; 80 to 90 years, 16; Over 90 years 3; unnown 1.
Diseases-Pneumonia, 20; Tuberculosis, 19; Cerebeal Hemorrhage 19; Heart Disease 10; Cancer, 8; Nephritis, 8;Arterio Selerosis, 8; accident 7; Stillborn, 7; Influenza, 5; Peritonites, 3; Suicide, 3; Angenia Pectoris, 3; Diabetis, Abscess, Convultions, Colo Enteritis, Oalnutrition, Congenital, Intestionial Obstruction, Septicaeniea, Premature Birth, 2 each; Diptheria, Pulmonary Edeina, Spinal Meningitis, Pueperal Septicemia, Operation, Apoplexy, Tetnus, Erysipelas, Infectionus Disease, Hypernephroma, Acute Indigestion, Chirosis of Liver, Opthalmia, Uraemia, Gastro}En- teritis, 1 each.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF MAY 26, OCTOBER 20, AND DECEMBER 29, 1919.
Legislative.
Moderator, salary
$25.00
Executive.
Selectmen's Department
$1,960.00
Financial.
Accounting Department . $1,325.00
Auditors, salaries .
225.00
Treasurer's Department .
795.00
Tax Collector's Department.
1,386.00
Assessors' Department.
1,695.00
$5,426.00
Other General Departments.
Town Clerk's Department
$950.00
Law .
750.00
Election and Registration
900.00
Town Hall.
Maintenance and Janitor's salary . . .
$3,200.00
Police Department.
Police, salaries .
$5,600.00
General and Court expenses
1,425.00
$7,025.00
Fire Department.
Pay of Firemen $5,220.00
Extra pay of Firemen
500.00
General Expenses
3,418.00
New Hose. 800.00
Repairs Hose House, Franklin Street
200.00
Hydrant Service .
500.00
Insurance on building .
30.00
Maintenance Fire Alarm
200.00
$10,868.00
Inspection. Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salary and expenses $600.00
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Forestry. 1
Suppression of gypsy and brown tail
moths .
$5,500.00
Care of trees 500.00
Forest Fires
450.00
$6,450.00
Health.
Board of Health, salaries and expenses $1,175.00
Contagious diseases . 975.00
Vital Statistics. 100.00
Inspection of animals . 100.00
Inspection of meats and provisions. .
300.00
Inspection of milk. 100.00
Inspection of plumbing 375.24
$3,125.24
Norfolk County Hospital
$16,717.56
Sanitation.
Drain, French Estate
$1,000.00
Highways and Bridges.
Highway Surveyors, salaries and
expenses . $860.00
General repairs, bridges, sidewalks,
stone roads, waterings and oiling 34,200.00 Removal of snow
2,500.00
Street Lighting .
6,633.00
Shaw Street repairs
2,000.00
State Highway .
5,000.00
Relocation, Quincy Avenue
10,000.00
$61,193.00
Charities.
Overseers of the Poor, salaries and expenses $1,165.00
Braintree Home Maintenance 3,500.00
Insurance on building 140.00
Outside relief . 5,000.00
To be expended under Chapter 763, Acts of 1913 . 5,000.00
$14,805.00
Soldiers' Benefits.
State Aid and Soldiers' burials
$4,000.00
Soldiers' Relief 900.00
$4,900.00
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Education.
Teachers and superintendent, salaries, School Department; General expenses .
$84,681.00
Insurance on buildings . 2,100.00
Portable School building
3,000.00
High School land
16,000.00
High School Committee.
500.00
Monatiquot Building, repairs 3,050.00
Hollis School repairs
1,500.00
-$110,831.00
Library.
Janitor, salary
$300.00
General expenses ..
1,800.00
Distribution of books
150.00
$2,250.00
Recreation.
Parks and Playgrounds .
$800.00
Unclassified.
Miscellaneous expenses $2,000.00
Memorial Day . 200.00
Employees' Compensaiton .
1,185.00
Water Service, Hollis Fountain 50.00
District Nurse . 1,000.00
Welcome Returning Soldiers and Sailors 2,500.00
$6,935.00
Public Service Enterprises.
Electric Light Department:
Lighting Board, salaries $300.00
Depreciation Fund. 3,843.11
Operating balance of 1918 379.90
$4,523.01
Water Department:
Water Board, salaries $300.00
Middle Street extension 3,500.00
$3,800.00
Cemetery.
Plain Street Cemetery
$300.00
Interest.
On Bonds, Notes, Sinking Funds and
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue . $14,335.00
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Municipal Indebtedness.
Payment of Bonds and Notes .... $15,750.00
Sinking Funds.
Water Loan of 1896 $120.00
Reappropriations . $18,159.62
1918 Appropriation Accounts.
9,194.26
$27,353.88
Total appropriations at said meetings $326,892.69
Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation :
Fire Department
$750.00
Collector
86.00
Assessors
45.00
Town Hall
450.00
Police expenses
100.00
Highways
19,200.00
State Aid .
4,000.00
Norfolk County Hospital .
16,717.56
Portable School Building.
3,000.00
High School land .
16,000.00
Reappropriations .
18,159.62
1918 Appropriation Accounts
9,194.26
Electric Light Department:
Salaries
$300.00
Depreciation Fund.
3,843.11
Operating balance, 1918
379.90
Water Department:
Salaries
$300.00
Interest on Water Debt
4,000.00
Bonds, Great Pond Plant
1,500.00
$98,025.45
$228,867.24
Estimated Revenue
$44,497.00
Total amount of appropriations raised by taxation .
$184,370.24
Tax for Town, County and State Purposes
Town Tax .
$184,370.24
County Tax.
11,019.81
State Tax .
21,780.00
State Tax Special
1,306.80
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Metropolitan Parks Tax.
Proportion of :
Parks Sinking Fund . . $215.88
Boulevard Sinking Fund. . .. 44.05
Nantasket Sinking Fund ... .. 14.60
Parks Serial Bonds ..
55.72
Boulevard Serial Bonds ....
85.02
$415.27
Parks Interest
$1,031.96
Boulevard Interest
395.07
Nantasket Interest.
64.26
$1,491.29
Parks Maintenance. $3,094.37
Boulevard Maintenance . . . 494.36
Nantasket Maintenance .. 184.14
Wellington Bridge.
10.68
$3,783.55
$5,690.11
Charles River Basin:
Serial Bonds.
$30.70
Interest. .
375.80 *
Maintenance
510.02
$916.52
Auditing Municipal Accounts
213.91
State Highway Tax
840.46
Overlayings
3,864.83
$230,002.68
Moth tax for work on private property
2,239. 45
Total commitment, Sept., 1919. . ..
$232,242.13
Street Railway Excise Tax .
3,970.97
Additional poll taxes and omitted taxes, committed December, - 1919
510.70
Total commitment, 1919.
$236,723.80
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Valuation, Prec. 1 2 3
Total Buildings . .$1,969,650. $2,160.100. $1,971,315. $6,101,065. Land .. 883,425. 1,075,550. 874,050. 2,833,025.
$2,853,075. $3,235,650. $2,845,365. $8,934,090. Personal property566,755. 297,788. 394,125. 1,258,668.
Total val't. $3,419,830 $3,533;438 $3,239,490 $10,192,758
Taxes for all purposes ,
Real estate $62,767.65 $71,184.30 $62,598.03 $196,549.98
Per. prop. 12,468.61
6,551.34
8,670.75 27,690.70
Polls . 2,138.00
1,740.00
1,884.00
5,762.00
$77,374.26 $79,475.64 $73,152.78 $230,002.68
Moth 619.70 - $1,036.25 583.50 2,239.45
$232,242.13
Street Railway Excise Tax
3,970.97
Additional poll taxes and omitted taxes. 510.70
$236,723.80
$230,002.68 to be raised by taxation on 2,881 polls and a valuation of $10,192,758. makes the rate per $1,000. valuation.
$22.00
Precincts
1 1069
2 870
3 942
Total
Number of polls .
2881
Number of residents assessed on property : Individuals 643
619
556
1818
All others .
107
103
86
296
750
722
642
2114
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals
157
145
331
633
All others .
.42
37
56
135
199
182
387
768
Number of persons assessed : On Property
949
904
1029
2882
Poll tax only
1069
870
942
2881
2018
1774
1971
5763
Number of horses assessed. .
110
121
65
296
Number of cows assessed.
96
146
113
355
Number of swine assessed . .
102
20
122
Number of fowl assessed ..
.545
100
645
Dwelling houses assessed .
756
696
798
2250
Acres of land assessed.
4058
2159
1804
8021
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REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
January 1, 1919 to December 31, 1919.
GENERAL REVENUE
RECEIPTS.
Taxes.
Previous years :
Poll, personal and real estate $67,035.72
Curent year :
Poll, personal and real estate
178,979.31
From the State:
Corporation . 5,204.03
Street Railway .
1,203.58
Bank
1,587.62
Income .
18,219:09
Soldiers' Exemption 172.15
School Fund.
10,220.00
$282,621.50
Licenses and permits.
Duggists
$1.50
All other
592.00
Fines and Forfeits
$662.00
Grants and Gifts.
From County:
Dog licenses
$693.40
General Government.
Selectmen .10
Collector
$20.05
Town Hall rent 2,036.40
2,056.55
Protection of Persons and Property.
Fire Department:
Miscellaneous
$23.00
Inspection :
Sealing of Weights and Measures
77.78
Forestry :
Moth extermination 351.10
$451.88
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$593.50
Health Department.
Contagious Diseases $63.00
Tuberculosis. . 120.69
Inspection, Meats and Provisions . . 125.00
$308.69
Highways.
General .
$109.50
Construction
15,000.00
Sprinkling.
10.00
Miscellaneous
21.22
Land damages from County
3,000.00
$18,140.72
Charities.
Almshouse:
Sale of produce
$181.41
Board . .
4,808.00
Miscellaneous .
202.93
Reimbursements:
From individuals
19.75
From cities and towns
275.00
From State.
561.67
Reimbursements "763":
From cities and towns
418.88
From State.
2,672.59
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid .
$3,358.00
Soldiers' burials
50.00
$12,548.23
Education.
School Department:
Tuition .
$552.55
Misellaneous
62.14
School Fund
350.00
$964.69
Recreation.
Playgrounds.
$25.00
Welome Home Committee 116.00
$141.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries.
Water Department.
$47,695.61
Electric Light Department 70,716.05
Plain Street Cemetery: Sale of lots . $55.00
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Interest.
Deposits:
General .
$920.11
Taxes .
3,243.07
Water
82.94
Electric Light
16.45
$4,262.57
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue
$125,000.00
Premiums
7.08
- $125,007.08
Loans authorized .
$32,500.00
Agency :
Liquor licenses collected for State.
$.50
Refunds and Transfers.
Refunds:
Taxes .
$2,666.98
All other
199.82
Accrued interest
170.62
$3,037.42
$602,456.39
Total Receipts:
Balance, January 1st, 1919
General
$17,330.71
Water.
550.78
Electric Light
444.38
-$18,325.87
$620,782.26
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EXPENDITURES.
General Government.
Legislative:
$25.00 Salary, Moderator
Executive.
Selectmen:
Salary
$1,200.00
Clerk .
177.00
$1,377.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and postage
$116.55
Printing and advertis-
ing .
317.13
Telephones.
76.20
Supplies .
33.54
All other
3.63
547.05
$1,924.05
Financial.
Auditors :
Salaries $225.00
Accountant :
Salaries and wages
$1,210.00
Stationery and books
23.58
All other
10.05
$1,243.63
Treasurer :
Salary .
$600.00
Stationery and postage.
2.15
Printing and advertis-
ing
11.75
Carfares
30.00
Bond
120.00
$763.90
Collector :
Salary
$800.00
Stationery and postage.
161.13
Printing and advertis- ing .
87.75
Telephone
24.36
Bond
250.00
All other
62.76
.
$1,386.00
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Assessors :
Salaries
$750.00
Rewriting Assessors'
Books®
150.00
Clerk
455.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery .
$3.00
Printing and advertis- ing
124.70
Teams
17.50
Abstracts of Deeds.
143.52
All other
16.64
$305.36
Other General Departments.
Legal services
Town Clerk:
Salary .
$650.00
Recording Fees
202.65
$852.65
Other Expenses :
Stationery and postage.
$29.30
Printing and advertis-
ing .
17.75
Telephone.
29.58
All other
14.33
$90.96
$943.61
Election and Registration:
Registrars:, Salaries ...
$150.00
Election officers
321.00
Janitors.
33.10
$504.10
Other expenses:
Printing and advertis- ing .
$336.38
Auto hire .
23.00
Meals .
129.20
All other
93.00
$581.58
$1,085.68
Town Hall:
Janitor Service
$740.00
Other labor
149.50
$889.50
77
$1,355.00
$5,278.89
Law:
$620.95
Other expenses:
Fuel .
$1,453.13
Light.
431.50
Janitor's supplies
54.91
Repairs. .
173.30
All other
231.60
$2,344.44
$3,233.94
Total for General Government $13,112.12
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY. Police Department.
Salaries and wages:
Chief
$1,431.00
Patrolmen .
3,932.75
Special officers
362.25
Traffic officers
259,00
Equipment and repairs :
Automobile . .
$619.86
Gasoline and repairs .. .
99.68
Equipment for men .
3.20
$722.74
Other expenses:
Auto hire
$64.75
Telephone
105.09
Printing .
11.09
Care of prisoners .
14.69
All other
107.91
$303.53
Expense on dogs.
26.00
Court expenses .
107.00
$7,144.27
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages:
Chief .
$1,590.00
Engineers
70.00
Steward .
150.00
Permanent men
1,958.00
Call men
994.73
$4,762.73
Extra Pay of Firemen
663.25
Supt. of Fire Alarm
222.50
Horses. .
15.00
Automobile
250.00
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$5,726.00
Equipment and Repairs :
Alarm boxes®
$172.60
Apparatus .
1,112.25
Equipment for men
145.00
Tires and tubes
466.98
All other
394.08
Hydrant Service
$2,290.91 500.00
Fuel
189.20
Light
79.20
Buildings and Grounds:
Repairs
$90.50
Furnishings
42.50
Franklin Street House .
200.00
Garage .
175.00
All other
52.52
$560.52
Other expenses :
Gasoline
$247.93
Printing .
25.18
Telephone
77.71
Insurance
20.16
All other
49.15
$420.13
New Hose. .
$800.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance: Labor and repairs .
$254.09
Fire Alarm Box, Inde-
pendence Ave .
120.97
$375.06
Fire Alarm Whistle:
Contract
$2,500.00
Cartage
13.80
Power
18.54
$2,532.34
$13,660.84
Weights and Measures.
Salary .
$400.00
Other expenses :
Printing .
$22.20
Travelling expenses
89.14
Insurance
11.40
All other
68.86
$191.60
$591.60
79
Forestry.
Gypsy Moth :
Labor
$3,215.96
Teams
747.35
Insecticides.
1,130.18
Hardware and tools
103.55
All other
212.47
Care of trees :
Labor
$421.84
Hardware and tools
42.60
Printing
6.75
Forest Fires:
Salary of Warden
$125.00
Fighting Fires .
143.25
Fire extinguisher.
30.00
Telephone.
54.37
Auto supplies
45.00
All other
140.00
$537.62
$6,418.32
Total for protection of persons and pro- perty : .
$27,815.03
Health.
General Administration:
Salaries
$350.00
Salaries, overpayment . 25.00
Printing and postage . .
213.91
Telephone.
55.57
All other
51.06
$695.54
Fumigation
$55.50
Collection of Garbage . $200.00
Care of Dumps
182.83
$382.83
Inspection of Plumbing. .
$375.24
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Medical Attendance . . $2.00.
Drugs and Medicines. . 42.67
Aid in hospitals
221.43
Transportation
35.00
All other 3.00
$304.10
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment . $670.74
80
$5309.51
$471.19
Vital Statistics:
Return of Births.
$38.60
Return of Deaths
$55.85
Other expenses: All other
$32.65
Inspection :
$100.00
Animals .
300.00
Milk . .
5.00
School Children
$505.00
Sanitation.
Middle Street Drain:
$64.80
Pipe .
488.70
Labor
58.50
Teams
50.20
All other
$662.20
French Estate Drain :
$388.80
Pipe
Total for Health and Sanitation Norfolk County Hospital
$4,128.45 $16,717.56
Highways.
General Administration:
$600.00
Salaries
260.00
Clerk
$860.00
General expenses:
Labor, sundry persons. $15,238.48
Teams .
5,286.83
Stone and gravel .
592.39
Equipment and repairs
714.53
All other
$23,474.99 $10,825.59
Tarvia .
Removal of Snow:
Labor
605.70
Teams .
201.75
Sand and gravel
$2,143.60
Street Lighting
State Highway:
$15,000.00
Contract-Cenedella . .
$1,336.15
$6,633.00
81
17.25
Meat and provisions .. .
100.00
1,642.76
Norfolk County, Quincy Avenue $10,000.00
State Highway Widening:
Labor
$721.39
Teams .
176.00
Gravel
149.30
$1,046.69
Shaw Street:
Labor.
$403.62
Teams .
171.92
Gravel and stone.
885.12
Tarvia .
529.21
All other
10.00
$1,999.87
Land damages:
Paid sundry persons. . .
$516.00
Total for Highways .. .
$72,499.74
Charities.
Overseers of the Poor:
Salaries
$600.00
Clerk
220.00
Visitor
244.00
All other
69.92
Stationery
10.60
$1,144.52
Braintree Home:
Salary of Superinten- dent.
$870.00
Other regular employees
727.25
Rent of pasture. .
40.00
Groceries and sions
provi-
1,776.37
Clothing
148.32
Fuel and light
851.52
Hay and grain .
973.83
Medicine, medical tendance .
at-
82.74
Repairs and equipment
845.61
Miscellaneous
591.39
Stock.
341.20
Braintree Home Insurance
Outside Relief by Town: Cash aid
$1,275.40
Groceries .
1,073.61
Coal and wood .
367.98
Board and care
313.00
$7,248.23 $143.00
82
Medicine and medical attendance ..
216.35
State Institutions 64.00
Rent .
37.00
Clothing
127.80
Hospitals
190.00
Burials .
180.37
All other
$4,913.66
Relief by other Cities and Towns:
$53.31
Mothers' Aid:
Cash aid .
$4,617.20
Rent .
264.25
Medical Aid.
228.46
Fuel .
68.02
Groceries .
59.39
Miscellaneous
$5,780.47
Relief by other Cities and Towns:
$99.33 - -$19,382.52
Soldiers' Benefits.
State Aid:
Aid, Civil War .. $1,712.00
736.00
Aid, German War
$2,448.00
Burial .
Soldiers' Relief :
$546.00
Cash aid. .
54.00
Medical aid
54.53
Fuel
$654.53
$3,143.70
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits .. $22,526.22
Education,
General expenses :
$2,360.00
Salary Superintendent
$215.00
Clerk .
350.00
Truant officer
$565.00
$224.28
Stationery and postage
313.71
Telephone . . ..
77.05
Travelling expense. .
83
1,052.90
Transportation
15.25
543.15
41.17
School Census
76.89 All other 122.50
$814.43
Teachers' Salaries :
High .
$11,750.45
Elementary 42,297. 17
Music and Drawing
1,760.00
Domestic Science
830.00
Summer School.
450.00
Nurse .
702.50
$57,790.12
Text books and supplies: High :
Text and reference
books
$363.80
Supplies
885.74
Elementary :
Text and reference
books.
$1,505.29
Supplies
1,615.30
$4,370.13
Tuition :
High
$397.72
Elementary
720.15
Evening
17.50
$1,135.37
Transportation .
$2,247.85
Janitors' Services :
High . .
$1,036.85
Elementary
5,632.85
$6,669.70
Fuel and Light :
High .
$1,235.20
Elementary
3,850.12
$5,085.32
Buildings and Grounds:
High :
Repairs .
$478.38
Janitors' Supplies
208.17
All other
176.86
Elementary :
Repairs
$1,971.70
Janitors' Supplies
294.54
All other
404.81
$3,534.46
84
Other expenses: Diplomas and gradua- tion expenses. $87.20 All other. 15.40
Insurance on buildings. . .
$2,079.30
Monatiquot Building Repairs: Contract $3,050.00
Hollis School Repairs: Contract $1,500.00
Portable School Building:
Building
$2,640.00
Desks
426.00
High School Land.
$3,066.00 $16,000.00
Total for Education.
.
1
$110,370.28
Library.
General expenses. ..
$1,800.00
Distribution of books.
150.00
Janitor
300.00
1
$2,250.00
Recreation.
Parks and Playgrounds:
Printing
$3.25
Water
10.00
Labor
442.13
Seats, Hollis Field.
220.00
All other
70.00
$745.38
Unclassified.
Legislative:
Appropriation committee
Executive :
Herald Reports. $15.00
Junk badges and licenses ·
3.13
Clerical help.
170.00
All other
28.22
$216.35
Financial:
Adding Machine Sup- plies
$15.92
85
$77.37
$102.60
Treasurer :
Safe Deposit Box . . . $20.00
Certification of notes . . 14.00
Town Hall
Highways:
Roller inspection. . . $5.00
Entry fee, relocation petition. . 3.00
Engineering work
247.00
$255.00
Unclassified :
Damage to persons. .
$228.91
Damage to property. . . 70.33
$299.24
Printing and delivering
Town Report ..
$840.96
Ink.
$2.25
Agency
Licenses remitted to State
$.50
$1,820.69
Welcome Home Committee:
Printing
$72.15
Music .
504.00
Decoration
211.42
Service Pins
656.25
Banquet .
471.67
Ball game
91.00
All other
236.09
$2,242.58
Memorial Day : Monk, Henry A .
$200.00
Compensation Law:
Sampson, George E ...
$1,182.58
Hollis Fountain :
Water Department.
$8.38
District Nurse .
$1,000.00
Plain Street Cemetery:
Superintendent . $50.00
Labor, sundry persons .
250.00
All other . 2.78
$302.78
$4,936.32
Total for Unclassified
$6,757.01
86
$34.00 $79.10
Interest :
General
$440.00
Playgrounds
50.00
Schools
1,585.00
Town Hall
1,220.00
Water
2,540.00
Anticipation of Revenue
3,223.67
$9,058.67
Municipal Indebtedness:
General.
$2,250.00
Playgrounds
500.00
Schools
5,500.00
Town Hall.
3,000.00
Water
3,000.00
$14,250.00
Anticipation of revenue . .
$125,000.00
Sinking Fund of 1896: Oakman, Otis B., Treas.
120.00
Water Department. .
$40,404.94
Middle Street Estension
3,026.91
Electric Light Department
70,777 .97
Interest and debt sinking Fund:
Metropolitan Park Assess- ment .
$6,606.63
State Assessment
24,141.17
County Tax
11,019.81
Tax Titles .
614.76
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