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$150 00
meals for prisoners 61 50
60
66 meals for lodgers 69 50
Citizens' Gaslight Co., gas
38 70
Amount carried forward $319 70
P. H. Gavin, repairing pump
4.5
POLICE STATION. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $319 70
Paid John Clark, painting 27 96
Julia Grady, cleaning
8 00
Frank F. Crane, curtains
2 00
J. Hubbard & Co .. disinfectant
2 00
Whitney & Nash, glass, etc.
68
Total amount of cash paid out
$360 34
CR.
By cash for use of cells as follows : -
From N. B. Furnald
$86 00
J. W. Hayden 7 50
M. W. Gerry
2 50
Walter H. Ripley 2 50
Marcus E. Wight
2 00
Robert J. Williams
50
101 00
$259 34
Appropriation
$400 00
Expenses
259 34
Expenses less than appropriation,
$140 66
The commitments to the police station for the year ending Feb. 1, 1888, were as follows : -
For assault, 7; larceny, 2; setting fire, 2; bastardy, 3; on mittimus, 26; keeping a still, 2; keeping liquor with intent to sell, 1; on warrant, 1; on capias, 1; keeping house of ill- fame, 1; peddling without license, 1; killing robin, 1 ; drunk, 35 ; vagrant, 1. Total, 84. Number of lodgers provided for, 709.
1
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Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid Rand Avery Co., printing town report
$454 20
J. W. Hayden, distributing 66
5 00
Thomas O'Brien, 2d, " 7 50
Hosea B. Ellis, .. 6.
20 00
H. A. Keith, preparing 66
100 00
F. F. Green, printing and advertising
150 61
Green & Prescott, " 66
423 38
Quincy Monitor, advertising
2 50
S. H. Spear, postage, etc.
8 10
Mark E. Hanson, postage, etc.
12
Sundry persons, labor as fire wards
81 25
S. M. Donovan, returning births
24 00
J. M. Sheahan,
65 75
John F. Welch,
13 50
C. M. Marstin,
13 50
John H. Gilbert, 66
66
7 00
John Hall, returning deaths
.
41 75
Lewis Bass, tax refunded
6 16
J. L. Simonds,
8 30
John Gilman,
4 20
George H. Locke,
66
3 75
J. A. Kiney,
66
7 52
William Parker, 2d, «
5 53
John H. Gilbert, damages on highway
250 00
Henry E. Hardwick.
25 00
E. A. Harris,
10 00
A. Delory,
10 00
Frank C. Dasha,
10 00
P. Buckley, rep'g
2 75
James E. Maxim, labor at town meetings
26 50
Austin & Winslow, expressing
8 60
W. G. A. Pattee, legal services
30 33
C. K. Darling & Co., blank books, etc. .
18 50
Edward B. Souther, stationery
10 60
John Clark, varnishing, etc. .
7 71
E. Worthington, entering amendments
2 40
E. L. Burdakin, examining records
25 00
E. W. Underwood, 66
9 95
George H. Field, serving notices
5 00
66
Amount carried forward . $1,905 96
47
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $1,905 96
Paid Thomas Groom & Co., ink
75
Charles N. Hunt, killing dog . 1 00
J. W. Hayden, killing and burying dog 2 00
A. Mudge & Son, binding books
12 00
Aldine Pen Co., pens 1 00
John Hall, use of carryall
6 00
J. P. Lovell Arms Co., handcuffs 4 75
Jacob Flint, ringing bell
7 00
William A. Hodges, cushion .
1 00
George L. Gill, cash for postage and express . 10 50
66 66 blank book .
50
66
66 clerical services to Registrars, 5 00
preparing records, etc. . 15 00
66 66
for Report, 20 00
recording, etc., births 225 00
22 65
66
66
deaths 30 60
C. F. Pettengill, care of town clock
50 00
extra labor . 5 00
Joseph T. French, use of team
12 25
Albert Keating, moving bookcases .
5 50
J. W. Hayden, posting notices
5 00
George H. Locke, posting voting lists
3 50
66 66 cash for examining titles
5 00
66 66 66 postage, etc.
13 00
Bryant N. Adams, postage
31 85
C. F. Randall, care of court-room
26 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas .
4 50
Total amount of cash paid .
$2,432 31
·
Appropriation
. $2,500 00
Expenses
. 2,432 31
Expenses less than appropriation .
$67 69
·
66 marriages
48
PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
Paid William A. Hodges, to March, 1888, $800 00 William N. Eaton 66 800 00 Walter H. Ripley 800 00
$2,400 00
Clerical Assistance.
Paid H. A. Keith 400 00
Town Clerk.
Paid George L. Gill
50 00
Town Treasurer.
Paid Horace B. Spear, to March, 1887 . 200 00
Road Commissioners.
Paid John Cashman
$200 00
Gordon McKenzie . 200 00
John A. Duggan 200 00
600 00
Collectors of Taxes.
Paid George H. Locke, for tax of 1885, $25 00
Bryant N. Adams, on tax of 1887, 400 00
Bryant N. Adams, on tax of 1887 (polls)
162 90
587 90
Town Physician.
Paid Samuel M. Donovan 300 00
Registrars of Voters.
Paid Edwin W. Marsh $75 00
John H. Dee .
75 00
George L. Gill
75 00
E. Emery Fellows
75 00
300 00
Amount carried forward . 84,837 90
49
PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS. - Continued. Amount brought forward $4,837 90
Constables and Police Officers.
Paid J. Warren Hayden $252 00
George O. Langley
230 00
Amos L. Litchfield
181 00
Marcena R. Sparrow
132 00
William F. Powers
137 50
Robert J. Williams
98 00
Michael W. Gerry .
69 00
Nathan G. Glover .
45 00
Charles N. Hunt
44 50
Mark E. Hanson
18 00
William C. Seelye
17 00
Marcus E. Wight
15 00
Walter H. Ripley
14 00
John T. Hunt
13 00
Joseph H. Kelly
12 00
John S. Farrell
12 00
William B. Barry
12 00
John F. Berry
12 00
Horace O. Souther
10 00
David Barry .
10 00
George H. Locke
9 00
Levi Stearns
8 00
A. G. Olney .
6 00
James E. Maxim
5 00
George B. Pray
5 00
Edward H. Richardson
5 00
Edward A. Spear .
4 00
1,376 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Paid Bryant N. Adams . 15 00
Total amount of cash paid out .
. $6,228 90
Appropriation
. $6,950 00
Expenses
6,228 90
Expenses less than appropriation
$721 10
50
STATE AID.
DR.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1887 . $1,973 04 . 1,867 00
Paid during year ending Feb. 1, 1888
$3,840 04
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer . $1,705 00 · balance due from State, Feb. 1, 1888, 2,135 04
$3,840 04 -
State Aid under Act of 1879.
DR.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1887 ·
$359 00
Paid during year ending Feb. 1, 1888 766 00
$1,125 00
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer 317 00
$808 00
Appropriation
$500 00
One half payments.
383 00
Paid less than appropriation
$117 00
Account with State.
Due from State, under Act of 1879, per last report .
$359 00
One half payments of last year
383 00
$742 00
Less cash from State Treasurer
317 00
Due on general State aid
$425 00 2,135 04
$2,560 04
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REAL ESTATE BOUGHT IN FOR TAXES.
DR.
To balance per last annual report . $1,239 63
CR.
By cash for estates as follows :-
Common Sense Fertilizer Co. .
$344 62
Thomas Ratigay
13 24
W. F. Black
8 00
Winslow M. Newcomb
.
50 00
415 86
$823 77
REPAIRS OF TOWN BUILDINGS.
Town House.
Paid P. J. Williams & Co., staging, repairs, etc. . $273 17
Harkins Bros., plastering
140 08
Frank F. Crane, paint, etc.
·
88 40
John Clark, painting
157 39
Harkins Bros., repairing roof
6 75
James E. Maxim, labor
8 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$673 79
Appropriation
$700 00
Expenses
673 79
Expenses less than appropriation, $26 21
PARKS.
Paid Samuel Mckay, building tool-house $47 14
Samuel McKay, building fence
31 00
J. Breck & Sons, tools and grindstone Charles B. Tilton, hook
50
Charles H. Porter, scythe, etc.
2 00
J. A. Galvin, posts
5 00
Moses Bodreau, labor
188 75
John Bodreau,
.
103 25
Amount carried forward
$391 67
.
14 03
52
PARKS. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
$391 67
Paid Hubert Jerory, 66 58 01
Thomas O'Neil,
69 57
Thomas Donahue,
56 44
Total amount of cash paid out .
$575 69
Appropriation
$700 00
Expenses
575 69
Expenses less than appropriation · $124 31
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Paid George A. Cushing, treasurer, assessments $375 00
Expenses
$375 00
Appropriation
300 00
Expenses more than assessments . $75 00
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Henry Barker, treasurer, appropriation $2,700 00
Henry Barker, treasurer, dog tax . 1,283 37
$3,983 37
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid Francis A. Spear, inspecting $20.00
J. W. Hayden, inspecting 329 70
Green & Prescott, printing and advertising
268 25
School Committee, rent of rooms
75 00
H. M. Sylvester, legal services 30 00
P. J. Williams & Co., signs, etc.
7 00
Amount carried forward
$729 95
53
BOARD OF HEALTH. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $729 95
Paid John A. Gordon, virus, postage, etc.
9 15
Frank F. Crane, keys
.
1 80
Rand Avery Co., printing reports
4 50
Total amount of cash paid out
$745 40
Appropriation .
$750 00
Expenses
·
745 40
Expenses less than appropriation, $4 60
ASSESSORS' MAP.
Paid Whitman, Breck & Co., survey and plan $500 00
Appropriation $500 00
SUIT, LITCHFIELD v. TOWN.
Paid W. G. A. Pattee, attorney, damages $1,850 41
Wiggins & Faunce, legal services . 150 00
W. C. B. Fifield, expert witness .
125 00
A. F. Bussell, photograph 3 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$2,128 41 .
Appropriation
. $2,250 00
Expenses
2,128 41 ·
Expenses less than appropriation, $121 59
5
54
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES. Paid Post 88, G. A. R. $200 00
Appropriation $200 00
Annexed is the detailed account of the expenditures :
Flowers, wreaths, etc. . $126 00
Barges, carriages and teaming 45 50
Flags
8 00
Printing
12 50
Repairing and marks for soldiers'
graves
8 00
$200 00
SINKING FUND.
Paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund
.
$3,000 00 .
Appropriation
$3,000 00
TAXES (1882). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1887 $108 68
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$19 48
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
.
89 20
108 68
TAXES (1883). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector. DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1887 $227 30
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$ 41 37
Abatements
46 00
·
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
.
139 93
227.30
55
TAXES (1884). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector. DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1887 . $1,120 60
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer .
$ 81 23
Abatements
·
752 00
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
·
287 37
1,120 60
TAXES (1885). GEORGE H. LOCKE. Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1887 $2,366 74
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$662 22
Abatements 774 00
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
930 52
$2,366 74
TAXES (1886). QUINCY TIRRELL, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1887 $12,589 08
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer $7,848 26
Abatements .r. 145 08
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
4,595 74
TAXES (1887). BRYANT N. ADAMS, Collector.
DR.
To town tax .
$139,072 04
County tax
4,875 32
State Tax .
10,777 50
Overlayings
1,285 76
Non-residents' bank-tax
2,730 71
158,741 33
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TAXES. - Continued.
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer .
$143,363 77
Abatements .
1,098 91
Balance unpaid Feb. 1, 1888
14,278 65
158,741 33
Abatements on tax of 1883
$46 00
66 66
1884
752 00
6 6
1885
774 00
. . . . 1886
145 08
66
6.
1887
1,098 91
Abatements .
. $2,815 99
Appropriation
2,500 00
Abatements more than appropriation,
$315 99
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1887. Support of Schools.
Teachers' and Superintendent's salaries,
fuel and care of rooms $39.580 00
Books and stationery
. 2,000 00
Incidental expenses .
. 3,200 00
Transportation of pupils 900 00
Repairs of buildings .. 2,000 00
Evening drawing school, . 1,000 00
Improvements at John Hancock school . 1,000 00 .
$49,680 00
Thomas Crane Public Library.
General appropriation
. $2,500 00
Care of grounds .
.
200 00
2,700 00
Cemeteries.
Old Cemetery
$100 00
Mount Wollaston Cemetery .
. 1,000 00
Improving and laying out grounds on Valley street 500 00
1,600 00
Amount carried forward . $53,980 00
$2,815 99
.
.
57
APPROPRIATIONS. - Continued. Amount brought forward $53,980 00
Fire Department.
Pay of, for 1886-7
. $2,045 00
Expenses current year . . $3,900 00
Draining cellar of Steamer house 135 00
4,035 00
Introducing water into engine-houses 100 00
Reservoirs
600 00
Fire Alarm boxes
850 00
Purchase 500 feet new hose .
400 00
Quincy Water Co., hydrant service
. 3,300 00
11,330 00
Bridges.
Neponset Bridge
. $1,000 00
Quincy Point Bridge
300 00
1,300 00
Purchase of steam road-roller
. $6,700 00
Repair and construction of roads
. 25,000 00
Removal of snow
. 1,000 00
Street lights
. 5,000 00
Rotary screen and water-cart.
. 1,000 00
Sidewalks
. 5,000 00
43,700 00
Miscellaneous Highways.
Furnace Avenue culvert
$300 00
Private way off Centre Street.
150 00
66 Copeland Street 50 00
Common Street
300 00
Centre Street
75 00
Widen brook on Willard Street
150 00
Road to Faxon Park
50 00
Station Street
350 00
Beale Street
2,500 00
New street off Willard Street (Rogers Street)
250 00
Wharf Street
300 00
Wollaston Avenue
200 00
Quincy Avenue
500 00
New street, West Quincy (Bates Ave.) 10,000 00
15,175 00
Amount carried forward
$125,485 00
.
58
APPROPRIATIONS. - Continued. Amount brought forward $125,485 00
Pay of Town Officers.
Selectmen, including horse hire . $2,400 00
Town Treasurer, $200, Town Clerk, $50 . 250 00
Clerk to Selectmen, Assessors and Over- seers of the poor
400 00
Collector of Taxes
500 00
Also 5 per cent on all single poll-taxes collected on or before Jan. 1, 1888.
Police . 1,200 00
Special police to enforce liquor laws . 1,000 00
Town Physician .
300 00 .
Registrars of Voters
300 00
Road Commissioners
600 00
6,950 00
Miscellaneous.
Support of poor . $7,000 00
Repairs of town buildings
700 00
Police Station
400 00
Free meetings in Town Hall
200 00 ·
Decoration of soldiers' graves
200 00
Assessors' map 500 00
Aid to indigent soldiers
500 00
Sinking Fund
. 3,000 00
Interest on town debt
. 3,000 00
Abatement of taxes
. 2,500 00
Miscellaneous town expenses
. 2,500 00
Water fountains 200 00
Public parks
700 00
Board of Health
750 00
Suit of Litchfield v. Town
2,250 00
.
24,400 00
Total appropriations
$156,835 00
Less bank and corporation tax .
. $7,535 00
Less amount to be met by note . . 10,000 00
17,535 00
To be raised .
$139,300 00
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ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1888. PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Support of poor
. $7,500 00
Repairs of town buildings
.
700 00
Abatements of taxes
2,500 00
Miscellaneous expenses .
2,500 00
Mount Wollaston Cemetery
1,000 00
Old Cemetery
100 00
Hingham and Quincy bridges
300 00
Neponset bridge
1,000 00
Aid to indigent soldiers
· 600 00
Police station
400 00
Pay of town officers
6,500 00
Water for hydrants
4,000 00
Water for fountains
300 00
Interest on town debt
3,0 0 00
Fire wards .
200 00
Free lectures in Town Hall .
200 00
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS DUE THE TOWN.
State of Massachusetts, support of poor
$14 42
City of Cambridge,
24 36
City of Lawrence,
22 04
City of Fitchburg,
5 00
Town of Randolph, 66
2 00
Real estate, bought in for taxes
823 77
State aid due Feb. 1, 1888 .
2,560 04
$3,451 63
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
To cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1887 . $10,642 36
City of Cambridge, support of poor ·
187 73
Town of Whitman, support of poor
. 8 75
Amount carried forward . $10,838 84
.
60
TREASURER'S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
$10,838 84
To Town of Plymouth, support of poor ·
1 50
Town of Hyde Park, support of poor
208 00
National Mount Wollaston Bank, rent of rooms 400 00
Income, Town Hall .
156 00
County Treasurer, rent of room for Probate Court
25 00
Sundry persons, for use of po- lice station 101 00
John Nolan, billiard license
5 00
J. D. Taber, 66 5 00 ·
A. L. Tirrell, 66 .
5 00
S. A. Merrill, 66
5 00
Wilfred Channan, billiard li-
cense
3 00
Frank A. Spear, auctioneer's
license 2 00
J. W. Lombard, auctioneer's license 2 00
B. N. Adams, auctioneer's li- cense . 2 00
J. T. French, auctioneer's li- cense 2 00
Patrick McAloon, billiard li-
cense . ·
2 00
Circus license .
20 00
B. N. Adams, auctioneer's li- cense 2 00
Permit to sell imitation butter
2 50
Violation game law . 5 00
District Court, one-half fine
2 50
Isaac Fenn, trustee, redemption of estate of Common Sense
Fertilizer Co., sold for taxes,
344 62
Mary Dolan, redemption of es- tate sold for taxes, of Thos. Ratigay 13 24
Amount carried forward . $12,153 20
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TREASURER'S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $12,153 20
To Wm. F. Black, redemption of estate sold for taxes 8 00
W. A. Hodges, account of es- tate of Winslow M. Newcomb, sold for taxes 50 00
Almshouse, cowskin sold .
4 55
Almshouse, wood sold sundry persons
₱
24 10
Almshouse, loan and sand to
cemetery ·
39 32
Almshouse, horse sold
50 00
Almshouse, board of Neil Mc- Vicar
14 00
Almshouse, milk and eggs
7 80
Almshouse, two calves sold
3 50
Almshouse, sand sold Harkins Bros. .
45 25
Almshouse, sand sold E. Men- hinick .
10 00
Almshouse, sand sold C. B. Huston
35 50
Almshouse, sand sold Jones Howe .
36 50
Almshouse, sand sold sundry persons 10 80 · Almshouse, salt grass sold W. C. Baker 7 00
Almshouse, boarding Lewis Jones, 52 00
Almshouse, fowls sold ·
11 90
Almshouse, supplies furnished ouside poor . 639 34
Fire department, horse sold
30 00
Fire department, for error
2 81
Geo. H. Hobart, rent of land .
1 00
Fire alarm boxes, individual sub- scription
117 71
Refunded by poor and insane
persons
136 02
Amount carried forward $13,490 30
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TREASURER'S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward .
$13,490 30
To Repair Fund of lots in Mount
Wollaston Cemetery, estate of
Daniel Baxter, lots 1,021 and 1,023 . J. P. Quincy
250 00
300 00
Thomas H. Plumer 150 00
County Treasurer, dog licenses, 1887
1,416 00
School department, rent of room to Board of Health
75 00
Edward Capen, board of C. V: Saville 180 50
Notes payable, borrowed in an- ticipation of taxes
93,000 00
Notes payable, Quincy Savings Bank, account new road
3,000 00
Road Commissioners, building sidewalks, A. B. Packard
80 63
C. H. Edwards
93 75
H. E. Ricker
37 36
W. F. Curtis .
23 78
Est. Daniel Baxter
24 32
C. Philip Tirrell
15 78
John Hall
30 55
Sylvester Brown
51 72
James Rose
34 00
J. W. Robertson
74 82
Durgin & Merrill
26 77
James R. Wild
43 04
Andrew M'Gillvrey .
16 60
Alphonse Reinhalter
18 20
Peter Reinhalter
52 55
Rev. F. A. Friguglietti
72 90
D. H. Fitzgerald
38 00
John Woddiek
24 40
Mrs. Michael Elcock
33 60
Timothy Fitzgerald .
24 00
Mrs. Patrick Kelly .
35 60
T. J. Lamb
24 00
Mrs. Duggan . .
33 20
Amount carried forward . $112,771 37
63
TREASURER'S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $112,771 37
To Daniel Hayes .
63 20
James F. Desmond .
27 60
James O'Connell
29 87
John Smith
89 45
M. A. Dolan
21 60
Miss Sarah Connors
26 40
Miss Bartlett .
13 30
Fred. A. Jones
54 25
P. & H. McGrath
88 00
Thomas McDonnell
25 60
E. H. Doble
34 70
William H. Teasdale
22 40
Mrs. William Ripley
61 75
Walter H. Ripley
20 25
Mayo P. Fuller
28 53
Badger Bros. .
67 20
Road Commissioners, labor and use of roller .
15 75
Road Commissioners, rolling
Hancock School yard . 10 00
Road Commissioners, two street lights on Franklin Street 33 00
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax
6,658 05
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax
2,127 13
State Treasurer, support of State paupers
145 00
State Treasurer, burial of State paupers
30 00
State Treasurer, State Aid, chap. 252, Acts 1879
317 00
State Treasurer, State Aid, chap. 301, Acts 1879
1,705 00
State Treasurer, refunded for error ·
38 07
State Treasurer, temporary sup- port of State paupers . · State Treasurer, income of
9 00
Mass. School Fund · 209 10
Amount carried forward . $124,742 57
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TREASURER S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $124,742 57 To Lots sold in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery 220 00
Single graves sold in Mt. Wol- laston Cemetery . 5 00 Labor on lots in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, 1887 . 1,347 12
Labor on lots in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, 1886 .
77 00
Labor on lots in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, 1885 9 00
Hay sold from Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
35 00
Non-resident owners of lots in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, as- sessment for labor on lots
72 00
Income Repair Fund on lots
166 25
Geo. H. Locke, coll., tax 1882
19 48
66 66 1883
41 37
66 " 1884
81 23
66 1885
662 22
Geo. H. Locke, coll., interest on taxes .
40 49
Quincy Tirrell, collector, tax 1836 .
7,848 26
Quincy Tirrell, collector, inter- est on taxes 296 04
Bryant N. Adams, collector, tax 1887
143,363 77
Bryant N. Adams, collector, in- terest on taxes ·
265 24
Almshouse, wood furnished schools
46 25
Almshouse, sand furnished high- ways
28 00
Almshouse, straw furnished high- ways
18 08
Proceeds from sale of land at Rock Island ·
750 00
Quincy Sinking Fund
23,133 00
-,$303,267 37
Amount carried forward · .
$303,267,37
65
TREASURER'S REPORT. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
. $303,267 37
CR.
By State Treasurer, State tax 10,777 50
State Treasurer, National Bank tax
2,771 68
State Treasurer, support of
paupers
38 07
County Treasurer, county tax .
4,875 32
Notes payable, Basset, Whitney & Co. (school-house note) . Notes payable, borrowed in an- ticipation of taxes
10,000 00
Interest on Repair Fund of lots in Mount Wollaston Cemetery
166 25
Interest on notes
3,785 75
Town orders .
152,522 92
Refunded for auctioneer's license paid twice . .
2 00
Error in amount refunded by poor person 9 70
Joseph W. Lombard, for sell- ing land at Rock Island
22 50
Rock Island Fund, being pro- ceeds from sale of land at Rock Island paid to the Town Treasurer, and held by him as a special appropriation for schools, per vote of the town passed March 28, 1887
727 50
Notes payable, Quincy Sinking Fund . ·
10,000 00
Notes payable, Quincy Sinking Fund, borrowed in anticipa- tion of taxes.
6,466 00
Notes payable, Quincy Sinking Fund . .
3,333 00
Notes payable, Quincy Sinking Fund . 3,334 00
Balance on deposit in bank 7,901 18
$303,267 37
HORACE B. SPEAR, Town Treasurer.
86,534 00
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STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
DR.
State of Massachusetts, note due Dec. 9, 1888 $5,000 00
State of Massachusetts, note due June
1, 1889 . 10,000 00 Basset, Whitney & Co., note due Aug. 5, 1888 . 5,000 00 Basset, Whitney & Co., note due Jan. 27,1890 .
10.000 00
Quincy Savings Bank, on demand, on account Bates Ave. .
3,000 00
Accrued interest on notes
228 93
Repair Fund of lots in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
4,025 00
$37,253 93
CR.
By cash in treasury
. $7,901 18
Due as per schedule of accounts, p
·
3,451 63
Unpaid taxes of 1882 .
89 20
1883 .
139 93
1884 .
287 37
1885 .
930 52
66 1886 .
4,595 74
1887 .
. 14,278 65
Sinking Fund
.
. 10,202 09
41,876 31
Surplus of cash assets .
. $4,622 38
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit the accom- panying statement and report : -
SINKING FUND. Cash Account.
DR.
To Balance, Feb. 1, 1887 . $8,710 67
Interest on loan secured by mortgage, 638 53
" deposits in Quincy Sav- ings Bank 19 20
Interest on notes, Town of Quincy 838 41
Appropriation by Town .
3,000 00
Town of Quincy, on account of note . 5,234 00
Quincy Savings Bank, withdrawn 977 00
Loans secured by mortgage . 6,000 00
Town notes paid and cancelled . . 23,133 00
$48,550 81
CR.
By loan to Town of Quincy
$11,700 00
deposit in Quincy Savings Bank 379 20
Note secured by mortgage 9,000 00
Interest accrued and premium on
same
165 48
Quincy Savings Bank, for town of Quincy, note
. 3,334 00
Cash to Town Treasurer
. 23,133 00
Balance
839 13
48,550 81
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
Amount to credit of the Sinking Fund, invested as follows :-
Loan secured by mortgage . $9,000 00
Deposit in Quincy Savings Bank 362 96
Cash on deposit in bank
839 13
-- $10,202 09
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
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The Sinking Fund was established by a vote of the Town passed at the annual meeting, held on the 3d of March, 1879. It was intended to provide for the payment of certain notes of the town, five in number, which were then in the hands of the State. These notes bore 6 per cent. interest, and had been issued for a long period of years. The last of them, having originally twenty years to run, will not mature until June 1, 1889. By issuing these notes, therefore, the Town had put it out of its power to pay its debts for a period of twenty years, and but for the existence of these State notes its debt would have have been paid off six years ago. These notes aggregated the sum of $60,000. It was designed, through the machinery of the Sinking Fund, to appropriate towards their payment the sum of $3,000 a year, in order that a sufficient amount might be gradually and easily accumulated to meet them at maturity. The desired result has now been accomplished. All the notes except two, aggregating $15,000, have been taken up, and for the larger of these two a fund is provided, 'through the sale of the " Newcomb land," which fund is now in the hands of the Com- missioners. There seemed, therefore, to be no further reason why the Town should continue to pay the interest on its own notes, which had gradually been gathered into the Sinking Fund, and the Commissioners have assumed the responsibility of delivering those notes to the Town Treasurer for the purpose of cancellation.
As the town debt now stands the course in future to be pur- sued would seem to be simple. As above stated, there are two of the old State notes outstanding, one of $5,000, which will mature on the 9th of December, 1888, the other of $10,000 which will mature on the 1st of June, 1889. The Town also owes an additional note of $5,000, issued subsequently to the State notes, which will mature during the current year (1888).
There is in the Sinking Fund the sum of $10,202.09, of which $9,000 is invested in a mortgage note, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum. This sum will more than provide for the last of the State notes, to wit, the note for $10,000, which will mature June 1, 1889. There remain still unprovided for the two notes of $5,000 each, which mature during the current year. Instead of making the usual appro- priation of $3,000 for the Sinking Fund, the Commissioners would therefore recommend that the Town, at the coming annual meeting make an appropriation of $5,000 to meet one of the two notes aforesaid. The other note could then be renewed for
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