Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1923, Part 4

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Publication date: 1923
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Braintree


75- 2-12


20 Catherine M. Coleman


Fall River


65- 2-20


20 Herman Mallock


Eastport, Me.


16-11-7


21 James Hoosfall


Boston


26- 1-16.


21 John P. MacTaggart


Portland, Me.


73-0-0


22 John M. Maher


Ireland


54-0-0


25 Julia Griffin


Canton


19- 1-6


26 - Connelly


Braintree 1 hrs.


Braintree 69- 9-12


Norwood


26-11-25


APRIL


1 John Edwin Rice


Quincy


2- 8-12


1 Ruth Eleanor Crawford


Braintree


0-6-0


5 John Sellars


England 35- 6-21


9 George P. Hutchinson


P. E. I.


72-11-23


12 Charles W. Holmes


Newburyport


71-2-14


14 Edward W. Parker


England


61-10-4


15 Clarrissa Nancy Howe


Braintree 87-3-16.


16 Louise Brigoli


Braintree


0-6-19


18 William Skoler


Russia


22-5-8


18 Edwin L. Loring


20 Hazel Blake


Braintree 10-6-5


Italy 54-0-0


Milford


65-0-27


27 Helen A. Zalesky


Hyde Park


19-10-27


28


- ---- Basile


Boston


9 hrs.


Elizabethtown N.Y 67-2- 8


30 Henry Eugene Marshall


Hingham 71-0-5.


24 Tony Felaccio


26 Wendell Phillips Battles


29 Eugene O. Smith


31 Evangeline Larrabee


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MAY


Date Name


Birthplace


Age


7 Nestor Savela


Finland 52- 5-27


8 Alvera Fabiano


Braintree


1-7-10


8 John H. Kirby


Braintree 46-4-0


17 John Wellshire Illingworth


Boston


65-9-26


21 Katie Lisopky


Lithuania


34- 6-17


22 Eula W. (Raymond, Moore


Weymouth 24-11-13


27 Irene D. Thayer


Braintree


93- 6-21


27 John DeYoung


Nova Scotia


67- 9-13


29 Henry Barker Whitman


Pembroke


84-10-1


Braintree


8 hrs.


24 Helen Elizabeth MacKay


Quincy


0-0-7


JUNE


3 John H. Frazier


Braintree


3-11-22


5 Thomas Conway


P. E. I.


71-4-0


5 Florence Isabelle Barclay


Mill Town N. B.


33-11-19


7 Margaret Mercier


Nova Scotia


55-0-0


8 Lambert Dewale Patten


Claremont N. H.


76-3-15


9 Margaret Summers


Manchester, Eng.


88-0-10


18 Angela Cometti


Italy 38-11-2


20


Elmira Thayer


Braintree


77-6-4


20 Stillborn


Brockton


0-0-0


21 Luther Scribner


Salem 77-4-0


25 Seth Catlin


Chicago, Ill. 66- 0-21


Braintree 0-2-13


Braintree 0-0-0


Charlestown 59- 0-0


Ireland


80-4-21


JULY


4 Emma Bridgham


7 Cyril Anderson


9 John W. Sawyer


Quebec, Can.


49- 8-22


12 Bitar


13 Henrietta C. Warburton


Randolph


56-0-0


18 Sadie Elizabeth Williams,


20 James F. Leslie


22 Mary F. Thayer


25 Josephine Silveri


27 Margaret A. Kelley


27 Warren Howard Foss


31 Mary E. Quinn


Bakersfield, Cal. 50-6-4


Braintree 0-0-15


Braintree 18 hrs.


Boston


58-8-17


S. Framingham


47-10-19


E. Randolph


70-5-24


Italy


20-11-1


Boston


23- 1-25


No. Turner, Me.


76- 8-15


Randolph


63- 0- 0


25 Mabel Gertrude Levangie


25 Stillborn


26 Susan A. Upton


30 Martha J. Driscoll


31 Christian


-


AUGUST


Date Name


Birthplace


Age


1 Sarah Atwood


2 Rose A. Reed


Spencer 70-0-0


4 Abbie Florena Coleman


Norwell 74-5-7


4 Stillborn


Braintree


0-0-0


8 Albert E. Conrad


Boston 25- 1-25


10 Oscar Logren


Quincy


34- 0-16


11 Carrielena Goodspeed


Mattapoisett


65- 5-25


12 Mary Poore


Thorndike, Me.


78-8-19


13 Alice Gertrude Dolbeare


So. Boston


66-0-4


13 Frances Adelia Arnold Saxonville 78-1-27


14 Bertha Agnes McGlone


Braintree


17-8-7


15 Peter Di Toro


Italy


46-0-0


15 Wing


Braintree 712 hrs.


17 Michael James Daley


Medville, Pa.


41-11-17


18 Sadie D. Bitar


Boston


19- 6-27


18 Jeremiah A. Healey


Boston


48-10-24


29 Helen Elizabeth Stevenson


Quincy


6-0-14


SEPTEMBER


1 Maurice Leo Cleary


Braintree 42-9-7


2 Hannah Branley


Braintree 68-0-0


4 Dagmar Mattson


Quincy 19- 3-11


6 Elsie Jane Clark


Augusta Maine


68-0-0


9 Azariah Smith Storm


Brooklyn, N. Y.


76-1-4


10 George Henry Holbrook


Braintree.


71- 5-29


12 John S. Carlson


Sweden


26- 6-20


15 Wilhelmina J. Coyle


Weymouth


27-6-14


23 Mary Ann Wells


Norwich, Conn.


60- 2-23


25 Mary Queeny


Ireland 83- 0-0


26 Mary Ann Crush


Old Town, Me.


57-3-13


27 Loring B. Hawes


W. Somerville


25-0-22


30 Stillborn


Weymouth 000


15 Horace Burgess


Braintree


26-0-7


1


OCTOBER


9 John A. Hussey


12 Norton Eugene Hollis


12 Henry A. Putnam


12 Frank J. Yanotek


Hungary 30- 9-27


14 Alice L. Sullivan


Braintree 26-2-24


16 Helen Thompson


Quincy


29- 5-11


17 Charles H. Kendrick


New Brunswick 71-0-0


Braintree 83-0-8


Westboro 740-4


Somerville


62- 3-10~


Braintree 62-9-0


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Date


Name


Birthplace


Age


20 Hilda Gustafson


21 Catherine Venuto


Braintree


1-11-29


22 Elmer Francis French


Everett


21-11-17


22 Freeman Soper Arnold


Braintree 76-0-0


24 Albert E. White


No. Easton 64-9-24


Braintree


42-8-21


26 Louisa Rich Hobart


Plymouth


90-1-7


28 Stillborn


Braintree


0-0-0


31 Mablon Shear


Arcadia N. Y.


77-11-4


NOVEMBER


4 Ellen A. (Rea) Pratt


Weymouth


76-8-23


8 Ruth Jeanette Kennedy


Southampton 22- 1-25


8 Catherine McIsaac


New Brunswick 61-7-7


10 Emma C. Smith


Framingham


69- 0-0


12 George L. Ferguson


Braintree 0- 0-16


17 Elsie A. Seidenberg


Needham


22- 5-11


19 Adam Dinke


Poland


28-0-0


19 William A. Robinson


Halifax, N. S.


65-6-9


21 Herbert E. Belmont


Hoboken N. J.


67-0-27


25 Deane


Braintree


12 hrs.


25 Deane


Braintree


19 hrs.


27 Hannah Minerva Hobart


No. Attleboro


78-2-0


DECEMBER


1 Joseph Payette


Millbury


24-9-9


3 Stillborn


Braintree


0-0-0


6 Ellen E. Adlington


Boston


89-11-25


7 Warren Clifford Hall


Lowell


66- 7-24


10 Annie L. Wright


Auburndale


12-11-14


13 Maelwin Shewald


Boston


28-10-16


17 George Hartquist


Sweden


19-3-1


17 John Tonner


Scotland


78-9-2


18 Stillborn


Braintree


0-0-0


22 Jennie Sarah Skinner


Fairfax Vt.


78-9-15


25 Annie E. Allen


Boston 67- 6-16


26 Jeanette Fountain


Canada 61- 4-28


28 Mary Ann McCormick


Brookline 78- 7-13


30 Ella Fidelia Billings Smith


Canton


54-4-20


-


26 Edith Adelaide Holbrook


Sweden 34-10-25


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Whole number of deaths 188; males 88; females 100; married 74; single 77, . divorced 4; widowed 33.


Birthplace - Braintree 48; other places in Massachusetts 71; British Provinces 13; Maine 11; Ireland 9; Italy 6; England 4 New York 4 Finland, 3; Sweden, 3; Vermont, 2; Quincy, Norway, Rhode Island, Russia, Li- thuania, New Hampshire, Ill., California, Philadelphia, Connecticut . Hungary, Poland, New Jersey, Scotland, one each.


Birthplace of Fathers - Braintree, 13; other places in Massachusetts, 47 Ireland, 22: British Provinces, 22; Italy, 16; Unknown 14; England, 13; Maine, 9; Sweden 5; Finland, 4; Norway, 3; New Hampshire, 3; New York, 3; Russia, 3; Syria 2; Rhode Island, Vermont, Lithuania, Ohio, . Hungary. Poland, Austria, Colorado, Scotland one each.


Birthplace of Mothers - Braintree, 11; other places in _Iassachusetts, 42 . Unknown, 25; Ireland, 24; British Provinces 18; Italy, 16; Maine, 11; England, 7; New Hampshire 5; Sweden 5; Finland, 4; New York, 4; Ver- mont, 3; Russia, 3; Syria, 2; Austria-Hungary, 2; Scotland 2; R. I. Pa., Lithuania, Poland, one each.


Diseases - Tuberculosis 41; Heart Disease 26; Cancer 14; Pneumonia 12; : Cerebral hemorrhage 11; Nephritis, 9; Stillborn 9; Arteri sclerous, 8; Accident, 7; Premature Birth 6; Apoplexy ,5; Malnutrition, 5; Influenza, 4; . Diabetes, 3; Peritonitis, 3; Angina Pectoris, 2; Diptheria, 2; Anemia, 2; : Eleolitis, Philebitis of leg, Ocdema of Lungs, Umbilicus, Scarlet fever Gastro Enteritis, Whooping cough, Plotisis Pulmonalis, Gastric ulcer, . Pulmonary embolism, Brights Disease, Apendicitis, Spinal Mengitis, Gall Stones, Sarcoma, Paralysis, Pellagra, Cirrhosis of Liver, one each


Ages - Stillborn 9; under one year, 18; 1 to 2 years, 2; 2 to 3 years, 2; 3 to 4 years, 3; 5 to 10 years, 3; 10 to 15 years, 2; 15 to 20 years, 7; 20 to to 25 years, 10; 25 to 30 years, 18; 30 to 35 years, 5; 35 to 40 years, 7; 40 to 45 years, 3; 45 to 50 years, 6; 50 to 60 years. 15; 60 to 70 years, 28; : 70 to 80 years, 34; 80 to 90 years, 11; Over 90 years 5.


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ASSESSOR'S REPORT APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING


Legislative


Moderator, salary $25.00


Executive


Selectmen's salaries


$1,650.00


Selectmen's expenses . 685.00


$2,335.00


Financial.


Accountant, salary and expenses $1,750.00


Auditors' salaries . 150.00


Treasurer, salary and expenses. . 2,015.00


Tax Collector salary and expenses 2,060.00


Assessors, salaries and expenses . 3,025.00


$9,000.00


Other General Departments


Town Clerk, salary and expenses


$1,200.00


Law.


800.00


Election and Registration


1,150.00


$3,150.00:


Town Hall.


Maintenance and Janitors' salaries $8,108.10


Police Department.


Police Salaries


$11,425.00


General expenses


1,125.00


Special Officers


125.00


Equipment.


35.00


$12,710.00


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Fire Department.


Salary Chief and Permanent Men $8,240.00


Pay of Firemen . 2,390.00


Extra Pay of Firemen 1,500.00


General Expenses.


4,130.00


Qualey's truck and man 1,300.00


Hydrant Service 500.00


Ladder Truck .


8,500.00


Repairs on Engine Houses


600.00


Insurance.


193.20


Fire Alarm Maintenance.


2,522.00


$29,875.20


Inspection.


Salary and expenses:


Sealer of Weights and Measures


$750.00


Forestry.


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths


.


$6,000.00


Care of trees.


800.00


$6,800.00


Health.


Salaries


$700.00


Expenses, Fumigation, Care of


Dumps.


900.00


Collection of Garbage


1,400.00


Contagious Diseases 2,500.00


Vital Statistics.


60.00


Inspection of Animals.


100.00


Inspection of Meats and Provisions


350.00


Inspection of Milk . 100.00


Inspection of Plumbing


449.00


Dental Clinic.


800.00


Tuberculosis Clinic.


800.00


Norfolk County


Tuberculosis


Hospital .


5,556.33


$13,715:33


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Highways.


Salaries, Highway Surveyors ... $150.00


Salary, Superintendent of Streets


2,600.00


Expenses . 350.00


General Repairs


44,800.00


Snow Removal


13,250.00


Street Lighting .


7,110.00


Washington Street (S. Braintree


Square to Franklin Street)


2,200.00


Repairs, Adams Street 3,600.00


Liberty, Union and Commercial- Streets


2,100.00


Sidewalks .


4,200.00


New Equipment


2,693.00


Arborway Drive (Argyle Road to


Braintree Point Welfare Club) 1,200.00


Engineering Department. 500.00


$84,753.00


Charities.


Salaries, Overseers of the Poor .. $600.00


Expenses . 1,010.00


Outside Relief . 8,000.00


Mothers' Aid(Chap. 763,Acts 1913) 9,000.00


Maintenance, Braintree Home. .


3,500.00


Insurance


264.00


$22,374.00


Soldiers' Relief.


State Aid and Soldiers" Burials . : $1,452.00


Soldiers' Relief 656.00


Military Aid 100.00


$2,208.00


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Education.


"Teachers' Salaries $117,000.00


General Expenses


56,200.00


Insurance. 290.00


Purchase of land near Monati-


quot School.


1,800.00


$175,290.00


Library.


General expenses (plus fees, es-


timated .


$2,930.00


Salary Janitor


300.00


$3,230.00


Recreation


Parks and Playgrounds.


.


$800.00


Unclassified.


Miscellaneous . $2,300.00


Memorial Day, Post 87, G.A.R.


200.00


Memorial Day, Post 86, Ameri- can Legion .


100.00


Employees' Compensation


$1,500.00


Tax Sales .


200.00


District Nurse (to Apr. 1, 1923)


350.00


Reserve Fund .


5,000.00


Dyer Property (cor. Pond and Washington Streets)


2,000.00


$11,650.00


Public Service Enterprises.


Electric Light Department:


Salaries .


$300.00


Depreciation Fund . 5,695.81


Unexpended balance, 1922


2,578.64


$8,574.45


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Water Department:


Salaries .


$300.00


6" main, Standish Avenue 1,700.00


12" main, Tremont Street 4,907.18


6" main, Grove Street. 4,478.10


Additional Water Supply


2,000.00


$13,385.28


Cemetery.


Plain Street Cemetery


$450.00


Interest.


Interest on Bonds, Notes, Loans


in anticipation of Revenue ... $15,812.51


Municipal Indebtedness.


Payment of Bonds and Notes . .


$21,250.00


Total appropriations at Annual


Town meeting . . $446,245.87


Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation:


Tax Collector, fees


$250.00


Library, fees .


180.00


Electric Light Department:


Salaries


300.00


Depreciation Fund .


5,695.81


Unexpended balance, 1922 2,578.64


Water Department:


Salaries . 300.00


Standish Avenue 1,700.00


Tremont Street


4,907.18


Grove Street.


4,478.10


Additional Water Supply


2,000.00


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State Aid


1,452.00


Military Aid


50.00


$23,891.73


$422,354.14


Estimated Revenue


78,998.41


Town appropriations to be raised


by taxation


$343,355.73


Taxes for Town, County and State Purposes.


Town Tax . .


$343,355.73:


Charles River Basin Tax


1,351.20


State Tax


26,040.00


State Highway Tax


1,506.74


Metropolitan Parks Tax


8,582.63:


Municipal Lighting Plant


32.69


Municipal Auditing


33.37


County Tax .


19,931.48


Overlayings, 1923


5,732.73


$406,566.57


Less 3275 Poll Taxes


6,550.00.


Moth Tax for work on private property . 1,246.65


Total Commitment, September 1923 .


$401,263.22.


Additional poll and omitted tax-


es, committed December, 1923


221.76


$401,484.98


$400,016.57 to be raised by taxation on 3275 polls and a valuation of $13,423,375.00 makes the rate per $1,000.00 valuation $29.80.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.


In account with Town of Braintree.


Balance, January 1, 1923. 1


General Town Account balance .. $42,322.15


Balance, E. Braintree School- house Loan.


64,675.87


Water Department balance.


20,409.12


Electric Light Department


balance .


2,578.64


School Fund Income balance .. 697.36


Penniman Trust Income balance


42.57


C. E. French Trust Income balance .


73.21


Electric Depreciation Fund 5,654.88


Reserve Fund Overlays . 1,279.18


$137,732.98


George W. Stevens and Walter N. McKean, Collectors of Taxes:


Tax


Interest


1920


$296.08


$54.90


1921


27,740.04


2,875.30


1922


129,433.69


6,124.08


1923


308,352.85


185.42


Loans in anticipation of Revenue


$250,000.00


All other sources, including divi- dends on Town funds, given in «detail in Accountant's report . .


$475,062.36


$456,809.46


$1,181,871.82


70.


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Paid by orders of Selectmen $1,049,055.34


Cash book balance, December 31, 1923 . 132,816.48


$1,181,871.82:


The above cash book balance is made up as follows:


General Town Account balance . $78,010.33:


Balance E. Braintree Schoolhouse Loan 13,060.04


Water Department balance 25,716.95.


Electric Light Department balance 2,336.35


School Fund Income balance . 756.93


Penniman Trust Income balance 44.50


C. E. French Trust Income balance 90.12


Electric Depreciation Fund 11,486.54


Reserve Fund Overlays . 1,314.72


132,816.48


Paid During the Year on Town Notes and Bonds :


Town Hall bonds . $2,000.00


Thayer notes (held by Library Trustees) 750.00


Hollis School bonds 3,000.00


High School Site bonds 2,000.00


Hunt Trust Refunding notes 1,000.00


Portable School Houses . 3,000.00


Tuberculosis Hospital bonds 1,000.00


E. Braintree Playground 3,000.00


Temporary Loans 300,000.00


E. Braintree School bonds 5,500.00


$321,250.00


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Interest Paid During the Year on Notes and Bonds:


Temporary loans (discounted) average rate 4.3% per cent . $5,743.74


Refunded Thayer Notes


140.00


High School Site


450.00


Town Hall 760.00


Hollis School 1,020.00


Tuberculosis Hospital .


585.00


E. Braintree Playground


172.51


Portable School Houses


345.00


E. Braintree School


3,340.00


$12,556.25


Paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts


State Tax .


$26,040.00


National Bank Tax


383.38


Charles River Basin Loan Fund Interest


487.36


Maintenance .


821.27


Serial Bonds


42.57


Metropolitan Parks Sinking Fund


208.22


Interest.


1,487.14


Cost of Maintenance


4,142.97


Serial Bonds


71.30


Sinking Fund, Series 2


49.10


Interest


476.09


Cost of Maintenance


1,699.64


Serial Bonds


159.48


Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund,


Nantasket Maintenance . 273.39


Wellington Bridge, maintenance


15.30


Auditing Municipal Accounts


33.37


Repairs, State Highways


1,506.74


Municipal Lighting Plant


32.69


Civilian War Poll Tax


9,825.00


$47,755.01


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RESERVE FUND FROM OVERLAYS


Acts of 1913


Dr. Cr.


Balance, January 1, 1923


$1,279.18


Interest on deposit 35.54


Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1923 . $1,314.72


$1,314.72 $1,314.72


Account verified. Balance, $1,314.72, on deposit in Nation Shawmut Bank.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


THE NATHANIEL H. HUNT TRUST OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer


Principal :


One note, Town of Braintree, 4%, $1,000, due July 1, 1924 .


$1,000.00


One Boston Elevated R. R. bond, $1,000 4% . . 1,000.00


Three Boston & Maine R. R. bonds, 4% 3,000.00


One New England R. R. bond, $1,000, 4% 1,000.00


Two C. B. & Q. R. R. bonds, $1,000, 4% 2,000.00


Two N. Y. N. H. & H. bonds, $1,000, 4% 2,000.00


Two N. Y. N. H. & H. R.R. bonds, $1,000, 4% 2,000.00


Deposited in Braintree Savings Bank 6,526.05


Deposited in Weymouth Savings Bank 4,000.00


Deposited in Quincy Savings Bank 1,750.94


$24,276.99


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Dr. Cr.


Income, 1923


$1,050.94


$1,050.94


Paid Trustees Thayer Public Library


Examined and approved. The securities listed, amount -. ing to $24,276.99, are in the custody of the Treasurer and. have been examined by us.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 9, 1924.


THE CHARLES EDWARD FRENCH TRUST


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer


Principal:


$2,100 4th Liberty Loan


$2,100.00


Braintree Savings Bank


262.50


$2,362.50


Dr.


Cr.


Balance January 1, 1923


$73.21


Coupons .


89.25


Interest on deposit.


14.29


Paid Higgins, Magnuson & Co., medals


$86.63


Balance in Braintree Savings Bank


90.12


$176.75 $176.75


Correct, with proper vouchers for expenditures, bal- ance in Braintree Savings Bank of $90.12 and securities as listed found in custody of Treasurer.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


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THE ANN MARIA PENNIMAN TRUST


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.


Income Account:


Dr. Cr


Balance in bank, Jan. 1, 1923. .


$42.57


Interest to January 1, 1924. 23.67


Paid F. A. Chapman and Alida N. Stevens, committee $21.74


Balance in bank


44.50


$66.24 $66.24


Amount of fund, $500.00, and balance, $44.50, on deposit in Braintree Savings Bank. Receipt for expendi- tures in hands of Treasurer.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.


Dr. Cr.


Balance, January 1, 1923


$2,578.64


Street Lights


7,110.00


F. B. Lawrence, Manager 142,067.94


Interest on deposit .


33.85


Paid by orders (including depre- ation fund, $5,695.81).


$149,454.08


Balance, December 31, 1923


2,336.35


$151,790.43 $151,790.43


Examined and approved with balance found in the State Street Trust Company of $2,336.35.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


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The account of the Treasurer of the Water Department will be found in the Water Department report.


ELECTRIC DEPRECIATION FUND


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.


Dr. Cr.


Balance, January 1, 1923


5,654.88


Interest on deposit . 135.85


Town Appropriation (from Elec- tric Light Department) 5,695.81


Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1923 . $11,486.54


$11,486.54


$11,486.54


Examined and approved. Balance found on deposit as follows: National Shawmut Bank - $5,790.73; Braintree National Bank - $5,695.81.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND


OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.


Principal Account:


Real Estate (valued)


$4,000.00


Quincy Savings Bank


1,022.50


Weymouth Savings Bank


1,000.00


Randolph Savings Bank 600.00


Braintree Savings Bank.


1,747.65


Liberty Loan Bond, issue of Oct. 1918


500.00


$8,870.15


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Dr


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Income Account:


Balance, January 1, 1923


$697.36


Savings Bank Interest


223.32


Liberty Bond coupons


21.25


Rent


239.00


Scholarship, C. Luikonnon


$150.00


Scholarship, Charlotte Haynes . .


150.00


Scholarship, Mary M. Branley . .


24.00


Scholarship, Edward Y. Blewett


100.00


Balance on hand, Income Ac-


count deposited in Braintree Savings Bank


756.93


$1,180.93


$1,180.93


Examined and approved with amounts of fund as stated. Principal Account, $8,870.15. Income Account, $756,93.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY, Auditors, 1923.


January 10, 1924.


Wood to the amount of $4.00 has been sold and the proceeds added to the principal account.


FUNDED DEBT OF THE TOWN WATER DEPARTMENT


The Treasurer congratulates the town that the Water Department for the first time in its history is free from debt, and that there are now no sinking funds as all debts are now payable in yearly instalments.


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GENERAL DEBT


One note, dated July 1, 1914, $1,000.


4%, payable July 1, 1924. $1,000.00


One note, dated July 1, 1914, $750. 4%, payable July 1, 1924 750.00


Hollis School Bonds, $500, each, 4%, maturing $3,000. yearly July 1, 1924-1931 inclusive. 24,000.00


Town Hall Bonds, $1,000 each, 4%, maturing $2,000. yearly, 1924-1932 inclusive 18,000.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds, dated Decem- ber 1, 1919, 412%, maturing $1,000. 1924- 1935 inclusive . 12,000.00


High School Site Bonds, dated December 1, 1919, 412%, maturing $2,000.00, 1924-1925, and $1,000. 1926-1929 inclusive 8,000.00


East Braintree Playground loan 5.75% dated June 1, 1920, maturing $1,500,00 1924. ... 1,500.00


Portable Schoolhouse Loan, $12,500.00 5.75%, dated December 15, 1920, and maturing $3,000.00, 1924. 3,000.00


East Braintree School House Loan, dated Sep- tember 1, 1922, maturing $5,000.00 1924 and 1925, and $4,000.00 1926-1942 78,000.00


$146,250.00


The net funded debt of the town has decreased in 1923 $21,250.00.


In addition to the funded debt the town owes for notes issued in Anticipation of Revenue of 1923, $75,000.00, due April 15, 1924.


OTIS B. OAKMAN,


Treasurer.


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REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE. 1 January 1, 1923 to December 31, 1923.


GENERAL REVENUE


RECEIPTS Taxes


Previous years :


Polls, personal and


real estate $157,468.89


Redemption Tax


Titles .


$86.15


78.02


164.17


Current year:


Polls, personal and


real estate


$308,352.85


From the State:


Corporation


27,852.04


Street Railway


1,038.75


Bank


572.78


Income.


19,952.08


Soldiers' Exemption


103.22


School Fund


44,588.00


Civilian War


24.00


Schools


Smith


Hughes Fund . . .


174.65


$530,291.43


LICENSES AND PERMITS


Licenses $659.75 Fines 824.49


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Grants and Gifts


"From County:


Dog Licenses $900.51


General Government.


Collector:


Tax information


$88.25


Interest on deposits 30.04


Advertising Tax


Sales 143.09


$261.38


Town Clerk


1.50


Town Hall Rent.


1,825.00


Selectmen:


Advertising hearings $21.50


Hollis House rent


660.00


Lease, Legion Build- ing .


2.00


Insurance rebates 19.66


Miscellaneous


8.35


$71 .51


$2, 799.39


Protection of Persons and Property.


Fire Department: Sale of old mater- ials .


$50.00


Bridge Fires


37.00


$87.00


Inspection :


Sealing of Weights


and Measures


107.26


$194.26


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Health Department.


Expenses


$18.20


Tuberculosis 761.81


Inspection, Meat and


Provisions


21.00


$801.01


Highways


Bridge(1921-1922) $300.00


Culvert pipe


26.00


Tar and labor spread- ing


254.00


Miscellaneous .


1.24


$581.24


Charities.


Almshouse:


Sale of produce and


stock .


$325.38


Board, Weymouth


Inmates .


3,384.00


Board, Individuals


50.00


$3,759.38


Reimbursements: Poor


From individuals


$62.14


From


cities and


towns .


722.47


From State


739.65


$1, 524.26


Reimbursements: "763"


From Individuals


$16.00


From


cities


and


towns.


134.34


From State


2,326.83


$2, 477.17


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Soldiers' Benefits


State Aid


$1,542.00


Soldiers' Burials 311.59


Military Aid 40.00


$1,893.59


$9,654.40


EDUCATION.


Tuition from State:


Individuals .


$140.00


Industrial Schools 500.86


Continuation School 2, 033.42


$2,674.28


Tuition, Continuation School:


Quincy


$2,800.24


Holbrook .


127.60


Weymouth 404.84


Pembroke 8.12


Brockton


82.36


Avon .


11.60


Randolph


120.64


$3,555.40


Miscellaneous


34.74


$6,264.42


UNCLASSIFIED.


All other - Electric Light Depart.


$55.12


ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES.


Water Department.


$65,119.05


Electric Light Department.


149, 177.94


$214, 296.99


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INTEREST.


Deposits:


General


$1,915.07


Taxes


9,240.62


Water


875.07


Electric Light


33.85


$12,064.61


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.


Temporary Loans:


Anticipation of Revenue . . $250,000.00


AGENCY.


Liquor license


.25


REFUNDS.


Highways


$17.64


Poor


23.84


Schools .


5.50


Braintree Home


32.50


$79.48


Total Receipts.


$1,029,467.35


TRANSFERS


Highways.


$102.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund to:


Salaries Police


$ 325.00


Expenses Police


140.00


Miscellaneous .


2,631.50


Expense Collector


200.00


Highways, General .


81.00


Highways New Equipment.


431.00


Expense Poor


590.00


Care of Trees


301.50


Moth


139.86


Election and Registration


102.70


$4, 942.56


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Balance, January 1, 1923:


General Cash


$16 993.02


Water Department.


20409.12


Electric Light Department.


2,578.64


$129,985.78


$1,164,497.69


EXPENDITURES.


General Government.


Legislative:


$25.00


Salary Moderator


Executive.


Selectmen :


Salaries


$1,565.38


Clerk 210.00


$1,775.38


Other Expenses:


Stationery and Postage $ 84.30


Printing, advertising 195.75


Telephone 95.31


Supplies . 62.15


$437.51


$2,212.89


Financial


Auditors:


Salaries


$150.00


Accountant:


Salary


$1,600.00


Stationery, supplies


82.63


$1,682.63


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'Treasurer:


Salary


$1,500.00


Clerk . 210.00


Stationery. postage 112.02


Printing,advertising


20.75


Expenses .


30.00


Bond


120.00


Supplies


5.95


$1,998.72


"Collector:


Salary . $1,050.00


Stationery, postage


272.89


Printing, advertising 209.59


Bond .


255.00


Supplies.


12.29


Advertisng Tax Sales


144.09


Expenses


14.36


$1,958.22


Assessors:


Salaries


$1,650.00


Clerk .


300.00


Clerical help


210.00


$2,160.00


Other expenses: i


Supplies, Stationery


and postage. . . . $46.09


Printing, advertising 293.80


Auto hire. 26.00


Abstracts of Deeds and printing . . . . 194.00


. Preparing descrip-


tions - Tax Sales 1921.


100.00


$659.89


$8,609.46


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Other General Departments.


Law:


Salary Town Counsel


$600.00


Expenses


10.00


$610.00


Town Clerk :


Salary


$650.00


Other expenses:


Recording fees . . . . $423.00


Stationery, postage 26.18


Printing, advertising


27.75


Telephone


31.40


All other


14.39


$522.72


$1,172.72.


Election and Registration :


Salaries, Registrars


$300.00


Election Officers . . $472.00


Janitors


15.00


487.00


Other expenses:


Stationery, postage


$12.95


Printing, advertising 270.00


Auto hire 93.50


Meals .


83.85


Equipment - pol-


ling booths 5.40


$465.70


$1,252.70}


Town Hall:


Janitor Service . . $900.00


Assistant Janitor .


1,144.00


$2,044.00


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»Other expenses:


Fuel


$783.00




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