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Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to make appropriation to the water department on account of hydrant service, and for replacing of water mains.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for maintenance of street lights.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay the corporate surety on the bonds of its bonded officials, as provided by Acts of 1897, or act anything thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for repairs on public buildings.
Art. 12. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes and Treasurer.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay for expenses at fires and forest fires.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate any unexpended balances of appropriations there may be, the coming year, also any unappropriated money received by the Treasurer.
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Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay for work done in exterminating the gypsy and browntail moths.
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, to be used to defray the expenses of the town officials and others, in protecting the interest of the town.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for improved highways.
Art. 18. To see if the town will choose a committee to investigate the question of securing a suitable memorial for the Rutland soldiers and sailors of the European War, authorize said committee to solicit and secure subscriptions for the same, or take any action thereon.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the Fire Department, or take any action thereon.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to determine the com- pensation for fighting forest fires, or take any action thereon.
Art. 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to the price to be charged for water at the Rufus Putnam Memorial.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to purchase an adding machine for use of the town officers, or take any action thereon.
Art. 23. To see what action the town will take to compensate Matthew Delehanty for injury to horse on town highway.
Art. 24. To see if the town will make an appropriation for binding town records and documents, or take any action thereon.
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for setting out trees as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Rutland in the European War, or take any action thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof agreeable to vote of the town. One at each post office, one at store at North Rutland, and one at the
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public building in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL, CHARLES E. CARROLL, DANIEL J. FITZGERALD,
Selectmen of Rutland.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded during the year ending December 31, 1918.
BIRTHS
Name
Parents
Date
George Everett
George E. and Mary E. (McGee) Smith
Jan. 16
Grace Elizabeth
Francis Edward
Timothy F. and Caroline (Larrabee) McCarthy Jan. 19 Patrick D. and Margaret E. (Myers) Murphy Feb. 7 D. John and Jennie E. (Simon) Boria Mar. 18
Marion Gertrude Daniel Dominic
Edward J. and Helen (Corcoran) Murphy Apr. 28
Everett Howard
Lewis R. and Elsie H. (Peabody) Bigelow May 18
Leon E. and Florence (Field) Handy July 11 Thomas J. and Viola (Zabuicki) White July 29
Edward P. and Helen L. (Watson) Brehm
In Holden Aug. 10
Edel
Morris and Jennie D. (Newman) Swartz
In Worcester July 30
Thomas
Lawrence and Josephine (Nagle) Martelli Aug. 16
Oct. 11
George Edgar
Merrill and Edith E. (Dudley) Eccleston Oct. 24
Victoria Thelma
Frances Jackoline
Weston C. and Florence E. (Carroll) Baxter John B. and Peach (Stowell) Coffin
Nov. 12
In Worcester Nov. 27
MARRIAGES
Date
Name
Place of Marriage
Residence
1917
Aug. 12 Roland C. Prescott, Jr.
Holden
Rutland
Nellie M. White
Rutland
Sept. 17 Otis L. Chivney
Holden
Rutland
Mary E. (Eddy) King
Rutland
1918
Apr. 11 Roy G. Talcott Addie H. Williams
Rutland
Gardner
Gardner
June 1 Henry Denny
Rutland
Rutland
Ina G. (Cheever) Paige
Rutland
Female stillborn
William and Martha E. G. (Harrison) Aitchison Apr. 22
10
Date 1918
Name
Place of Marriage
Residence
June 10 Harold I. Judkins, Jr. Mary L. Moulton
Rutland
Rutland
Rutland
June 17 Michael Quinn Margaret M. Russell
Rutland
Webster
Rutland
Holden
Rutland
Rutland
Aug. 8 Charles W. Grime Lillian Santimaw
Holden
Fall River
Rutland
Aug. 31 Frederick W. Hatstat Helen Louise Whitney
Hubbardston
Rutland
Aug. 31 Truman K. Crawford
Rutland
Boston
Ida A. Allen
Rutland
Sept. 2 Franklin N. Sanborn Helen L. Parker
Rutland
Malden
Malden
Sept. 25 Roy Ernest Handy Lillian G. Wynot
Marloro
Rutland
Oct. 8 Adelard J. Lemay Mary Loughlin
Taunton
Rutland
Rutland
Nov. 8 Harold H. Stone Sarah A. Cookson
Rutland
Rutland
Rutland
Nov. 9 Earle A. Noyes
Worcester
Rutland
Ava G. Maxwell
Rutland
Dec. 21 Harold Massey
Rutland
Rutland
Ada C. Patterson
Rutland
DEATHS
Date
Name Disease
Age
Place of Death
1918
y. m. d.
Feb 7 Dennis O'Herron
88
-
-
Rutland
Lobar Pneumonia
70
11
21
Rutland
Feb. 26 Joel Stone Arteriosclerosis
97
11
21
Rutland
Feb. 25 Avery W. Putnam
21
10
23
Portsmouth, Va.
Broncho-Pneumonia
40
-
-
Boston
Apr. 30 Grace (Nicholem) Gray Nephritis
May 4 Edward J. McBride Septicemia
34
2 16
Rutland
Rutland
Concord
June 17 George W. Arnold Mary M. Russell
Rutland
July 6 John C. White Carrie Thompson
Hubbardston
Marlboro
Feb. 26 Mary E. (Adams) Putnam Nephritis
11
Date Name Disease
Place of Death
1918
y.
80
10
5
Rutland
General Paresis
38
6
29
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS TEMPORARILY RESIDED IN RUT- LAND AND WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WERE BEING TREATED IN EITHER THE STATE OR PRIVATE SANATORIUMS
Date
Name Disease
Age
Residence
1918
y.
m.
d.
Jan. 1 Willard I. Phinney
26
3
24
Somerville
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Jan. 10 Richard F. Delehanty Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
4
4
Boston
Jan. 10 Andrew May
65
Hubbardston
Alcoholism and Exposure from cold
Jan. 25 Antonata D. Bennetti
21
9
20
East Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
8
25
Billerica
Feb. 2 Pauline Benoit Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
5
22
E. Northfield
Feb. 8 Alexander J. Roberts
24
3
5
Quincy
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 9 Lena (Baiardi) Mutti
31
6 17
Springfield
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
10
8
Rutland
Sept. 19 Charles N. McFarland Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
2
3
Rutland
Oct. 11 Mary A. Mahoney
22
4 20
Rutland
Lobar Pneumonia
Oct. 14 Tyynen W. Taipalai
15
9
2
Rutland
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
90
10
25
Rutland
Oct. 28 Ella M. (Skinner) Dodge Cerebral Hemorrhage
61
5
5
Rutland
Dec. 1 Clarence W. Griffin
31 - 16
Rutland
Broncho-Pneumonia
Age m. d.
July 13 George S. Gates
Worcester
Aug. 13 Fred P. Allen Railroad Accident
Oct. 3 John F. Regan Lobar Pneumonia
Oct. 25 Marancy M. (Budding) Strong Cerebral Hemorrhage
-
Feb. 1 Kenneth M. Sweeney Pulmonary Tuberculosis
12
Date 1918
Name Disease
Age
Residence
Feb. 9 Nels F. Ryerson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Worcester
Feb. 12 James J. Comeau Pulmonary Tuberculosis
42 0 12
Haverhill
Feb. 15 Max Goldberg Pulmonary Tuberculosis
44
5 10
Chelsea
Feb. 18 Miles F. King
46
7
2
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21
2
29
Gloucester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
22
1
8
Jamaica Plain
Mar. 3 Alle Hussian Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
Peabody
Mar. 4 John P. McNamara
37
10
7
Brockton
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
2
2
Boston
Mar. 12 John K. Johnson
38
2
11
Fitchburg
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
32
10
10
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
35
7 16
Brookline
Mar. 18 Charles M. Felch
49
Lowell
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
10
5
Roxbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
28
Boston
Mar. 22 Joseph J. McClosky Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
5
1
Arlington
Mar. 26 William Lewis
33
8
23
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
40
9
27
Somerville
Apr. 1 Charles A. Tucker Killed in railroad accident
Apr. 1 Lewis W. Steadman Killed in railroad accident
49
0
29
Ayer
Apr. 6 Elmer E. Milkins
28
8 19
Lynn
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
y. m. d. - 34
43
Boston
Feb. 15 Elizabeth (Rowe) Davis Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Feb. 20 Jessie G. M. Gillespie
Mar. 1 Otto E. Mastmann Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mar. 8 Carl Hutchings Lobar Pneumonia
Mar. 15 Ali Hamid
Mar. 18 William J. Sullivan Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mar. 21 Michael Bohan
Mar. 26 Howard S. Sawyer Pulmonary Tuberculosis
13
Date 1918
Name Disease
Age y. m. d. 29 - -
Residence
Apr. 6 Nestor Ylanen
Gardner
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Apr. 6 Hubert A. Campbell
25
1 14
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
29
10
30
Dorchester
Apr. 15 William Lunney
45 2
21
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
19
1 25
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Apr. 25 Elizabeth Larsen Pulmonary Tuberculosis Apr. 26 Mary E. (Kearney) Putnam Pulmonary Tuberculosis Apr. 30 Lewis B. Lane
39 11
25
E. Boston
May 6 Robert Higginson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
41
Fall River
May 7 Henry Martel Pulmonary Tuberculosis
39
Beacon Falls, Ct.
May 7 Ernest R. Perry
25 4
10
Newton
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21
3
7
No. Tiverton, R. I.
May 16 Albert J. Cannon
29 3
18
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
32
Lynn
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
-
Lynn
May 24 Anna E. Havey
22
3
3
Roxbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30
Brookline
May 25 Henry W. Lewis Pulmonary Tuberculosis May 25 Laura E. Carlson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21
8
19
Auburn
June 11 Joseph F. Jacobson
37 5
6
Rochdale
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
72
8
8
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June 12 Alexander McDonald
33
7 5
Boston
7 -
Winchester, N. H.
34
5
19
Amesbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 7 Wilfred Carpenter Pulmonary Tuberculosis
May 17 Leon Bagdasarian
May 17 Krikar Maslounian Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
- -
June 11 Francis F. Perley
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Apr. 7 Carl O. Wallin Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Apr. 17 Mildred M. Cronin
25
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Date Name Disease
1918
y.
Age m. d.
June 21 Charlotte I. Campbell
35 7 17
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
0
20
Boston
June 27 Austin A. Thomas Pulmonary Tuberculosis
18
10
12
Roxbury
June 30 Frances Furlong
31
1
16
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
9
7
Boston
July 9 Cornelius J. Corbett Pulmonary Tuberculosis
47
11
6
Worcester
July 13 John Dalton Pulmonary Tuberculosis
27
0
7
Brighton
July 13 Giuseppina (Grodassia) Barrbati 26 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
Worcester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
28
6 16
Fall River
July 21 Elbridge F. Meacham
60
7
8
Somerville
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
38
5
10
Winthrop
July 25 Max Risman
20
9
8
Lynn
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
21
Pawtucket, R. I.
Aug. 4 Mary E. (Gregory) Nicholson Carcinoma
70
1
9
Boston
Aug. 9 Reta Hennigan
21
1
11
Leominster
Aug. 16 Catherine Flynn Pulmonary Tuberculosis
26
10
17
Taunton
Aug. 22 Michael J. Coyne Pulmonary Tuberculosis
44
3
27
Haverhill
Aug. 31 John Cautsaubas
27
Lowell
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
45
4
25
Leominster
Sept. 15 Henry Scapato
21
11
3
Boston
-
-
-
-
-
Sept. 13 Victor Casassa Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
9
1
E. Boston
July 14 Toivio Siira
July 17 Etta Louise Chase Pulmonary Tuberculosis
July 22 George A. Letellier Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Aug. 1 Thomas Coleman Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Residence
June 24 Thornton Wricks Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June 30 Stephen Humancy Pulmonary Tuberculosis
15
Date 1918
Name Disease
Age
Residence
y.
m. d.
Sept. 19 Francis Walling
49
8
18
Keyport, N. J.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
54
8
Abington
Sept. 26 Joseph Koskuba
22
3
10
Turner's Falls
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34
4
24
Brockton
Sept. 30 Nishan Aprahamian Lobar Pneumonia
20
10
12
E. Watertown
Oct. 6 Matilda Sacciavillani Pulmonary Tuberculosis
16
Everett
Oct. 7 Douglas B. Rogers Pulmonary Tuberculosis
22
11
28
E. Lyme, Ct.
Oct. 11 Stillborn female
-
Chelsea
Oct. 17 Annie A. Mclellan
30
3
11
Roxbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
24
6
10
Saugus
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
5
26
Fitchburg
Influenza, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. 20 Mary Perchard Influenza, Phthisis
Roxbury
Oct. 22 Pauline Shalz
25
0 23
Boston
Influenza, Pneumonia
Oct. 22 Rose Safer
20
Chelsea
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
5
7
Jamaica Plain
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. 24 Theresa Golden
24
10
9
Charlestown
Oct. 25 Margaret M. Lyndon
24
8
3
Malden
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. 26 Elizabeth K. (Ortlepp) Lidster Lobar Pneumonia
33
4
9
Bridgeport, Ct.
Oct. 27 William H. Senhouse
36
0
5
Roxbury
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Oct. 28 Gertrude (Hinds) Prendiville Influenza, Pneumonia
Worcester
Oct. 28 Eli Nadeau
22
4 27
Turner's Falls
Tubercular Pneumonia
Nov. 3 Bessie D. (Olin) Herman
24
0 29
Dorchester
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
-
- -
Oct. 22 Mary E. Hogan
Influenza
Oct. 18 Arthur C. Booth
Oct. 21 Eileen Kotila
Sept. 29 Catharine F. McNamara Grippe
Sept. 22 Edward H. Leach Pulmonary Tuberculosis
16
Date Name Disease
1918
Age y. m. d.
Nov. 4 James F. Duffy
31 3 21
Roslindale
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Nov. 7 Konstandina (Krishpani) Adams 20 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
5 28
Worcester
Nov. 14 Edward Kane
45
11
20
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
44
10
17
Norwich, Ct.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
32
7
30
Bedford
Nov. 22 George Lazopulas Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
4
14
Chicopee
Nov. 26 James Conroy
53
3
23
Plymouth
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
28
8
-
Milton
Dec. 3 Agnes (Earle) McCarthy Pulmonary Tuberculosis
30 2
20
Milton
Dec. 6 Evangelos Syrmos Pulmonary Tuberculosis
33
8
26
Peabody
Dec. 14 A. Sumner Christopher
21
1
8
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec. 20 Frank F. Ireland
50
Framingham
Influenza
Dec. 20 Joseph H. Manley Influenza
34
6
30
Worcester
Dec. 22 Laura O. Olsen
24
1
18
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
35
7 13
Springfield
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
37
6 10
Boston
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec. 24 George D. Carson
40
5 24
Lynn
-
Dec. 25 John P. Meers
Dec. 26 David Herson
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Residence
Nov. 18 Pati Markas
Nov. 21 Edith (Clouston) Carberry Tuberculosis Meningitis
Nov. 29 William B. Carlson Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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DOGS LICENSED During the Year 1918
Received for 113 male dogs licenses at $2.00
$226 00
Received for 18 female dogs licenses at $5.00
90 00
Less 131 fees at 20 cents
$316 00
Paid County Treasurer
26 20
$289 80
I have issued 93 resident hunters' certificates during the year.
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ROLL OF HONOR
The following is a list of names of Rutland boys who are or have been in the service in the German War. Some have enlisted from other towns and cities, but were either residents here or had parents in this town.
Maj. Joseph W. OConnor
Priv. Kenneth A. Field
Lieut. James A. Lyon
Priv. Leon A. Hardy
Lieut. John W. Gleason
Priv. Charles A. Hatstat
Lieut. James Percy Nourse
Priv. Charles V. Chase
Sergt. Chester C. Allen
Priv. Royce J. Fiske
Corp. William Corey
Priv. Charles J. Charlton Priv. Hector Latowne
Priv. George F. Fay
Priv. William E. Murphy
Priv. Roy Ryder
Electrician Joseph Murphy
Sergt. Paul B. Phinney
Electrician Francis Burke
Priv. John Rydburg
Priv. Jack Clark
Burton W. Seger
Sergt. William Edmund Burke
Priv. Clifford J. Gray
Priv. Thomas Williams
John O'Keefe
Wag. Carl R. Griffin
Thomas Bates
Priv. Frederick Holbrook
Priv. Frank W. Maynard Priv. John Ryder
J. Martin Thomas F. Welch Alfred Ferguson Ralph E. Abbott
Priv. Earle M. Loker
Priv. Oscar E. Stanton
Priv. Alfred Buss
Priv. John F. Connors
Priv. William E. Connors
Lieut. Wallace M. Forbush
Seaman Benjamin Connors
Seaman George A. Putnam
Priv. Rufus D. Putnam Priv. Nelson M. Calkins
Luke L. Burke
Willard Campbell
Priv. Roland C. Prescott, Jr.
Malcolm Bulfinch
Priv. Luigi Martelli
Priv. Rossa Santi
Priv. David M. Hanff
Ludovic F. Hanff S. M. T. C. Francis A. Fitzgerald
Electrician Herbert F. Watson, U. S. N., lost his life by the sinking of the "Antilles."
Fireman Avery W. Putnam, U. S. N., died at Portsmouth, Va.
I shall be pleased to receive names of any who are omitted from this list, in order to make a complete record.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS M. HANFF, Town Clerk.
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1919.
Frank Brooks Raemmanto Agustino
William Bothwell
John Cleary Leonard Cullen
J. Wendall Moulton In the S. A. T. C.
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LIST OF JURORS
As Revised by Selectmen
Albert F. Wales
Olin Blaisdell
Fred L. Handy
J. Warren Moulton
Walter M. Loker
Wenzell J. Brodmerkle
Howard S. Davis
Merrill Eccleston
Joseph M. Moulton
Miles E. Griffin
Roland C. Prescott
John J. Welch
Ernest J. Hilton
William H. Hammond
William Spindler
Walter H. Prescott
Matthew J. Cullen
Erwin L. Maynard
E. Dexter Marsh
William E. Hunt
DRAWN
John J. Welch, Feb. 16, 1918 William E. Hunt, June 5, 1918 William H. Hammond, Dec. 26, 1918
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APPROPRIATIONS
No.
OBJECT
Raised and Appro.
Other Sources
Total Amount Available
1
Board of Health.
$300 00
$300 00
2
Cement for Bridge
250 00
250 00
3
Cemetery, New Boston
15 00
15 00
4
Contingent .
800 00
Unappropriated Money .
160 04
Mothers' Aid.
682 67
State Aid.
284 00
1,926 71
5
Debts and Interest. .
7,000 00
18,800 00
Water Loan Interest.
417 65
Interest, Taxes and Water
425 47
26,643 12
6
Forest Fires .
200 00
61 99
261 99
7
Highways and Bridges
Highways.
1,800 00
Cutting Brush .
100 00
Depot Road. .
250 00
Muschopauge Road.
250 00
Prison Camp.
100 00
2,500 00
8
Library.
Unexpended (1917)
3 50
Dog Fund (1917)
242 47
345 97
9
Liquor Law Enforcement.
25 00
25 00
10
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
11
Moth.
125 00
100 00
225 00
12
Old Bills .
125 00
125 00
13
Protecting Interests of Town
50 00
50 00
14
Public Building.
500 00
15
Public Building Repairs
250 00
250 00
16
Public Charities. .
500 00
75 40
575 40
17
Road Machine .
400 00
400 00
18
Salaries Town Officers .
1,600 00
25 75
1,625 75
19
Reimbursement, Cattle Inspec. . Schools ..
5,800 00
82 21
Com. of Mass. School Fund
1,015 99
Com. of Mass. Tuition.
105 00
Com. of Mass. High School.
500 00
Com. of Mass. Supt. Sch. Acct .. School Physician .
25 00
Town of Hubbardston Tuition. .
50 00
7,890 70
20 21
Snow.
800 00
Old Snow Bills.
200 00
1,000 00
22
Street Lights.
1,050 00
1,050 00
23
Surety on Bonds
50 00
50 00
24
Trade School.
75 00
150 26
225 26
25
Tree Warden
25 00
25 00
Total 1918 Regular Appropriation
$22,815 00
$23,779 10
$46,594 10
Rentals Town Hall
184 20
684 20
Balance 1917 Appropriation.
312 50
Sidewalk Repairs (1917)
100 00
100 00
Charlton Poor Farm Asso.
Moth (1917)
100 00
Temporary Loan .
Boston & Maine R. R. Co ..
Com. of Mass. Reimbursement.
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
No.
OBJECT
Borrowed
Other Sources
Total Amount Available
27
Maple Avenue, Improved Road. Balance Unexpended 1917 Com. of Mass.
Public Subscriptions
$2,040 81 2,685 02 115 00
26
Fire Apparatus.
$1,500 00
$4,840 83 1,500 00
Total, Special Appropriations.
$1,500 00
$4,840 83
$6,340 83
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
-
CASH ACCOUNT
Balance Jan. 1, 1918
$1,659 06 $1,659 06
RECEIPTS
Collector:
George E. Sharpe
$11,891 45
Miles E. Griffin
16,351 23
Loans:
$28,242 68 1009.71
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Tempo- rary $10,000 00
2925739
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Tempo- ary 8,000 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Tempo- ary
3,700 00
City of Worcester, Fire Truck 1,500 00
$23,200 00
Schools:
Com. of Mass., School Fund $1,015 99
Com. of Mass., Tuition 105 00
Com. of Mass., High School 500 00
Com. of Mass., Supt. of School Acct. 312 50
Town of Hubbardston, Tuition
50 00
$1,983 49
Industrial Schools: Com. of Mass., Independent Industrial School $150 26 $150 26
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Highways:
Com. of Mass., Maple Ave. Improve- ment $2,685 02
Public Subs., Maple Ave. Improve- ment 115 00
$2,800 02
County Treasurer:
Dog Fund $242 47
$242 47
Rutland State Sanatorium, 4 mos. water
$1,009 71
$1,009 71
Hall Rents:
C. T. Oliver
$184 20
$184 20
Taxes:
Com. of Mass., Income Tax
$1,008 00
Com. of Mass., Corp. Tax, Public Service 120 71
Com. of Mass., Corp. Tax, Business
746 27
Com. of Mass., Reimbursement Loss of Taxes 392 74
$2,267 72
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Compensation Inspection of Animals State Aid
$25 75
284 00
Soldiers' Exemption
74 97
$384 72
Mothers' Aid:
City of Boston
$336 00
City of Cambridge
346 67
$682 67
24
Licenses:
D. J. Fitzgerald, Sunday James C. Speirs, Sunday 2 50
$2 50
A. S. Charter, Sunday
2 50
F. W. Hatstatt, Sunday
2 50
L. M. Hanff, Auctioneer
1 00
$11 00
Miscellaneous :
Interest on Deposits
$38 26
C. T. Oliver, Scales
15 06
Charlton Poor Farm Association
75 40
H. S. Davis, Cemetery Grass
10 00
W. C. Temple, Lamp
3 00
Boston & Maine R. R., Expense of Fires
61 99
E. H. Tripp, overpaid bill
7 75
$211 46
Total
$63,029 46
PAYMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Tax
$2,310 00
Highway Tax
385 90
$2,695 90
County Treasurer :
County Tax
$1,115 00
$1,115 00
Worcester Bank & Trust Co .: Discounts on Notes
$413 88
$413 88
George E. Sharpe, Collector:
Tax on Property taken for Taxes
$18 60
$18 60
Town of Rutland:
Selectmen's Orders
$55,756 69 $55,756 69
Balance in Treasury Dec. 31, 1918
$60,000 07
3,029 39
Total
$63,029 46
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RUFUS HOUGHTON CEMETERY FUND
In Five Cents Savings Bank $100 00 Interest Accrued 4 47
Paid Geo. H. Miles, Treasurer of Rural Cemetery Corporation
4 47
Balance in Bank $100 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE,
Treasurer.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash Balance December 31, 1917 Receipts from all sources
$1,659 06 61,370 40
$63,029 46
Total Receipts Expenditures : Selectmen's Orders
$55,756 69
Other Sources, State and County Tax
4,243 38
Total Expenditures Balance December 31, 1918
3,029.39 $63,029 46
(See Report Town Treasurer)
Summary of Expenditures, Selectmen's Orders
No.
ОВЈЕСТ
Total Amount Available
Expended Selectmen's Orders
Unex- pended, Not Available
Unex- pended, Available
Overdrawn
1
Board of Health.
$300 00
$31 00
$269 00
2
Cement for Bridge .
250 00
250 00
3
Cemetery, New Boston.
15 00
9 00
6 00
4
Contingent . .
1,926 71
2,732 65
6
Forest Fires ..
261 99
155 36
106 63
7
Highways and Bridges
2,500 00
2,504 61
8
Library
345 97
270 06
75 91
25 00
10
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
11
Moth.
225 00
178 62
46 38
12
Old Bills .
125 00
197 84
13
Protecting Town Int.
50 00
16 00
34 00
14
Public Buildings.
684 20
659 90
24 30
15
Pub. Buildings Repairs .
250 00
235 64
14 36
16
Public Charities.
575 40
781 55
206 1.
17
Road Machine.
400 00
350 10
49 90
18
Salaries.
1,625 75
1,305 40
320 35
19
Schools
7,890 70
7,830 42
60 28
20
Sidewalks
100 00
100 00
21
Snow
1,000 00
1,258 35
22
Street Lights.
1,050 00
940 44
109 56
23
Surety on Bonds.
50 00
0 00
24
Trade School .
225 26
102 86
122 40
25
Tree Warden
25 00
7 00
18 00
Total Regular Approp ..
$46,594 10
$46,287 80
$486 19|$1,168 00
$1,347 89
Water ..
3,213 34
3,213 34
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Fire Apparatus ...
1,500 00
1,324 44
175 56
27
Maple Ave., Imp. Rd. .
4,840 83
4,931 11
90 2
Grand Total
$52,934 93
$55,756 69
$486 19 $1,343 56 $4,651 51
Regular Appropriations, Overdrawn.
$1,347 89
Regular Appropriations, Unexpended Balances, Available ..
1,168 0
OVERDRAFT on REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS $179 8€
$805 9
5 Debts and Interest.
26,643 12
26,621 00
22 12
4 6
9
Liquor Law Enforcement
25 00
72 8
258 3.
$60,000 07
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RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
Resources
Cash on hand
$3,029 39
Uncollected Taxes
12,070 17
Uncollected Water Rents
1,018 31
Due from Rutland Private San. Assoc.
150 00
Due from State Aid
312 00
Due from Mothers' Aid
2,406 53
Total Resources
$18,986 40
Liabilities
Com. of Mass., Water Loan
$9,000 00
Worcester Five Cents Sav. Bk., Building Loan 900 00
Worcester Co. Inst. for Sav., Refund Loan 2,000 00
Worcester Trust Co., Iron Bridge Loan 100 00
Worcester Five Cent Sav. Bk., State Road
Loan 500 00
Worcester Trust Co., Improved Road Loan 2,000 00
City of Worcester, Fire Apparatus Loan
1,500 00
Board of Health, Salary, estimated
75 .00
Griffin, Miles, Salary, estimated
100 00
Sharpe, George, Salary, estimated
215 00
Ware, Joseph, Salary, Overseer Poor
10 00
Clark, Sawyer Co., Cement for Bridge
233 00
Cote, Albert J., Transp. Cement for Bridge
43 75
Eastern Bridge & S. Co., Iron for Bridge
178 89
Framingham Contracting Co., Improved
Road 457 80
Holbrook, Anthony, Meat Inspector
32 25
O'Connor, James E., Gasoline
1 45
Naquog Worsted Mills, Lights
87 50
Worcester Bk. & Trust Co., Temporary
Loan
16,700 00
Total Liabilities
$34,134 64
TOTAL NET DEBT OF TOWN
$15,148 24
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
The report of the Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1918, is herewith submitted.
We have drawn 529 orders on the Town Treasurer, amounting to $55,756.69. The analysis of this expenditure will be found on the pages immediately following this statement, and may be referred to by number indicated opposite each appropriation in Financial Table.
For greater convenience in studying this report the "Financial Report" and "Resources and Liabilities," which should be a part of the Selectmen's report, have been placed on the preceding pages directly following report of the Treasurer.
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NO. 1. BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended :
Taylor & Taylor, legal services
$25 00
Worcester Mailing Co., circulars
6 00
31 00
Unexpended
$269 00
NO. 2. CEMENT FOR BRIDGE
Appropriation
$250 00
Expended
000 00
Unexpended
$250 00
NO. 3. CEMETERY, New Boston
Appropriation
$15 00
Expended :
George, Howard R.
9 00
Unexpended
$6 00
NO. 4. CONTINGENT
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