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Appropriation March 9, 1908 . Expended
$400 00
105 96
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908
$294 04
Interest and Discount.
Int., Note $7,500, due Oct. 19, 1908 $259 13
Int., Note $5000, due May 8, 1909 .
175 00
Int., Note $5,000, due May 8, 1910
175 00 Int., Note $7,500, due June 15, 1910 262 50 Int., Notes $25,000 Athens school- house . 875 00 . Int., Notes $13,000, Pratt school- house .
520 00
Int., Notes $11,000, Town-house
440 00
Int., Notes $11,000, Fore River bridge
380 00
Int., Notes $40,000, Lake St. school- house
1,600 00
Int., Susan Hunt Stetson fund 100 00
Discount and Int. on Notes, $140,- 000, given in anticipation of taxes
3,942 28
Total .
$8,728 91
APPROPRIATED FOR INTEREST AND DISCOUNT :
Balance from 1907 $694 20
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . 6,000 00
Interest at Bank
128 32
Interest on overdue taxes
2,621 16
Total .
$9,443 68
Expended
. .
8,728 91
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908
$714 77
Notes Payable.
Note due June June 1, 1908 . $1,000 00
Note Due Oct. 19, 1908 . .
7,500 00
Appropriation March 9, 1908 · $7,500 00
Appropriation by statute law ·
1,000 00
$8,500 00
$8,500 00
·
111
Tax Deed Account.
Balance due 1907
. $1,479 34
Paid W. J. Dunbar, Tax Collector . 519 36
Total .
$1,998 70
Less received in 1908
.
34 87
Balance Dec. 31, 1908
· $1,963 83
Taxes Levied by State and County.
State Treasurer. State Tax . $11,660 00
State Treasurer, Corporation tax .
69 79
State Treasurer, National Bank tax .
788 06
State Treasurer, Metropolitan Park tax
3,537 34
County Treasurer, County tax
5,242 48
Total paid
$21,297 67
Town Officers.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTH :
Gordon Willis, Chairman
$450 00
Bradford Hawes, Secretary
600 00
George L. Newton .
450 00
Edward W. Hunt
412 50
Willard J. Dunbar
450 00
Total
$2,362 50
APPROPRIATED FOR SELECTMEN :
Balance from 1907 . · $600 00
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . .
2,400 00
Total
$3,000 00
Expended ·
2,362 50
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$637 50
ASSESSORS :
Gilman B. Loud, Chairman $265 00
Gilman B. Loud for revaluation 172 50
George C. Torrey, Clerk of Board
322 00
Amount carried forward $759 50
112
Amount brought forward $759 50
George C. Torrey for revaluation
170 00
H. Walker Pratt
262 00
H. Walker Pratt for revaluation
172 50
Waldo Turner
356 00
Waldo Turner for revaluation .
172 50
John F. Dwyer
301 00
John F. Dwyer for revaluation
172 50
John W. Bates
41 00
Total .
$2,407 00
APPROPRIATED FOR ASSESSORS :
Balance from 1907 . .
$97 00
Appropriation March 9, 1908 .
.
1,500 00
Appropriation for revaluation
500 00
Total .
2,097 00
Expended in excess Dec. 31, 1908 .
$310 00
TOWN TREASURER :
John H. Stetson, services
$450 00
APPROPRIATED FOR TOWN TREASURER :
Balance from 1907 .
$112 50
Appropriation March 9, 1908
450 00
Total
$562 50
Expended
450 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$112 50
TOWN CLERK :
John A. Raymond, services
$125 00
APPROPRIATED FOR TOWN CLERK :
Balance from 1907 .
$31 50
Appropriation March 9, 1908 .
125 00
Total .
.
$156 50
Expended .
125 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 . $31 50
113
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Thomas V. Nash, to March 1, 1908 $100 00
John F. Reardon, to March 1, 1908 50 00
H. Franklin Perry, to March 1, 1908 50 00
Mary E. Holbrook, to March 1, 1908 50 00
Joseph A. Cushing, to March 1, 1908 10 00
Louis A. Cook, to July 1, 1908
25 00
Total .
$285 00
APPROPRIATED FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Balance from 1907 .
$188 78
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . 350 00
Total
$538 78
Expended
285 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$253 78
AUDITORS :
Charles A. Loud
·
$75 00
John P. Hunt
75 00
Edward Lukeman
50 00
William H. Pratt
25 00
Total .
$225 00
APPROPRIATED FOR AUDITORS :
Balance from 1907 . .
$150 00
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . 150 00
Total . .
$300 00
Expended
225 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 . $75 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Frank D. Sherman, services
$215 00
Supplies
9 71
Total
$224 71
114
APPROPRIATED FOR SEALER :
Appropriation March 9, 1908 .
$200 00
Received for fees
103 60
Total .
$303 60
Expended
224 71
·
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$78 89
TREE WARDEN :
Gordon Willis, services $30 00
George L. Newton, deputy
5 00
E. W. Hunt, deputy
5 00
Bradford Hawes, deputy .
3 00
Total .
$43 00
APPROPRIATED FOR TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation March 9, 1908
$100 00
Expended
43 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$57 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Charles B. Cushing, services, 1908 .
$800 00
APPROPRIATED FOR TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Balance from 1907 . · $170 00
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . 800 00
Total .
$970 00
Expended .
800 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$170 00
TOWN OFFICERS-NO SPECIFIED APPROPRIATION :
TAX COLLECTORS :
W. J. Dunbar, collecting 1904 taxes $0 70
66 66 1905 4 92
66 66 1906 110 74
F. H. Richards, 66 1007 66 90 84
Amount carried forward $207 20
.
115
Amount brought forward $207 20
W. M. Tirrell. . 6 1907
140 28 66
1908 66 745 21
$1,092 69
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS :
B. F. Smith, services and expenses $92 38
M. P. Sprague,
89 28
P. E. Corridan,
66
65 60
J. A. Raymond,
66
111 00
$358 26
Total
$1,450 95
Appropriation March 9, 1908 . ·
$925 00
Appropriation for deficiencies . 347 58 ·
Total .
$1,272 58
Expended in excess, Dec. 31, 1908 . $178 37
SUMMARY TOWN OFFICERS ACCOUNT :
Payments to Selectmen
$2,362 50 .
60
Assessors . .
2,407 00
66 Treasurer
450 00
66 Clerk
125 00
66
School Committee
285 00
66 Auditors
225 00
66 Sealer
224 71
66
Tree Warden . 43 00
Town Accountant
800 00
66
Tax Collectors
1,092 69
Registrars
358 26
Total expended
$8,373 16
Total appropriation
$9,300 96 ·
Total expended
8,373 16
·
.
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908 .
$927 80
POOR DEPARTMENT.
ALMSHOUSE INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY JAN. 1, 1909 :
4 horses
$800 00
25 cows and 1 bull
1,365 00
3 hogs ·
66 00
62 fowl
46 50
2 2-horse wagons
·
140 00
2 farm wagons
70 00
1 2-horse tip-cart
35 00
1 set front wheels
15 00
1 1-horse tip-cart
15 00
1 express wagon
30 00
1 concord wagon
35 00
3 sleds
120 00
Sled shoes .
5 50
2 sleighs
25 00
2 sets double harness
65 00
2 sets single harness
25 00
1 tip-cart harness
8 00
Collars, halters, traces and reins
16 00
Blankets, robes, whips and bells
13 00
Whiffletrees and chains
18 00
1 mowing machine
30 00
1 1-horse hay fork
18 00
1 2-horse harrow
16 00
1 2-horse hoe
7 00
1 1-horse weeder
7 50
1 tedder
34 00
1 rake
21 00
1 seed sower .
6 00
6 ploughs (1 sulky)
40 00
3 stone drags
10 00
1 corn planter
13 50
3 cultivators
6 00
1 potato sprayer and spray pump
10 00
1 snow plough
8 00
2 lawn mowers ·
8 00
1 roller
22 50
Amount carried forward $3,172 50
Brushes, combs and cards
2 00
118
Amount brought forward $3,172 50
1 water trough
. 8 00
1 grindstone
4 00
1 milk tank and mixer
50 00
2 wheelbarrows
4 50
2 fire extinguishers 22 50
1 ensilage cutter and elevator
190 00
5 ladders and 2 hooks 13 50
350 feet hose, nozzle and reel . 33 00
5 00
Spades, shovels, picks and bars
12 50
Wrenches and jacks
4 00
Blocks and ropes
2 75
Rakes, forks and hoes
11 00
5 saws, 1 cross cut and horses
5 50
13 axes
10 00
2 tanks and oiling pan
6 00
25 gallons gasolene and tank
8 25
2 lanterns and 8 globes
. 60
5 half windows
2 50
1 lawn swing .
4 50
Brooms and mop-handles
3 00
Laundry utensils
25 00
Sundry farming tools
16 50
120 feet drain pipe
14 40
. Carpenters' tools and chest
15 00
Plank, lumber and bricks
15 00
25 lbs. nails and staples
1 50
10 lbs. paint
1 50
Fence wire
4 50
Disinfectants
5 00
24 tons coal
144 00
1 iron coal chute
4 00
20 coal bags
7 00
80 cords wood standing
120 00
48 cords cut in woods
144 00
26 cords at farm
143 00
40 cords wood sawed
.
280 00
35 cords wood prepared
.
280 00
275 cedar posts
41 25
1 gasolene engine
325 00
Wood sawing machine
30 00
4} tons hay
99 00
140 tons ensilege
700 00
65 cords manure .
292 50
.
.
.
.
.
6 scythes and snaths
.
.
.
Cement, lime and phosphate
9 00
Amount carried forward $6,291 75
119
Amount brought forward $6,291 75
70 bushels oats
45 50
23 bushels corn and meal
·
18 40
3,700 lbs. feed
55 50
40 lbs. stock feed
5 60
4 bushels rye
5
500 lbs. squash, and 1,500 lbs. pumpkin 20 00
60 bushels beets and turnips
36 00
150 bushels potatoes
142 50
65 lbs. butter
20 80
120 lbs. sugar
7 20
70 lbs coffee
19 60
125 lbs. tea
46 25
34 doz. preserved eggs 9 18
60 lbs. prunes, raisins and dried apples
6 56
150 gallons vinegar
27 00
100 lbs. salt pork
12 50
50 gallons molasses
17 50
2 bushels beans
5 00
6 barrels flour
37 50
1 barrel crackers
2 75
50 lbs. lard
6 00
Soap
3 50
Pickles and preserves
35 00
1 tobacco cutter
1 50
2 coffee grinders, and 1 meat cutter
8 50
Sundry groceries
16 50
Measures and baskets
11 25
Jars, cans and pails
14 00
15 empty flour, and 6 pork barrels
8 25
Dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes
220 00
Household Furniture
800 00
Office furniture
45 00
Total
$8,002 19
CHARLES A. LOUD, JOHN P. HUNT, Auditors.
WILLIAM H. PRATT,
.
.
120
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE :
F. H. Chandler, milk $2,311 26 ·
. F. H. Chandler, due for milk
206 22
Sundry sales of wood 33 25
Sundry sales of cedar posts
113 95
Outside poor, wood and carting coal
726 00
Soldiers' Relief, wood and carting coal
274 50
Fire Dept., wood and carting coal 7 00
Police Dept., wood and carting coal .
34 00
Health Dept., wood and carting coal 2 50
Highway Dept., wood .
2 00
Schools, wood
368 00
Frank P. Fay, 11 cows
276 00
Frank P. Fay, 15 calves
30 00
E. W. Hunt, 2 pigs
10 00
Use of stock
19 00
Sundry sales of vegetables
27 50
F. H. Sylvester, eggs
2 50
Bags and barrels
12 78
Lydia M. Chapman, board
48 00
George Evans, board
17 14
Albert Davison, board
20 00
R. N. Cushing, board
12 50
Mary F. Rosey, board
32 00
Town, for Mary F. Rosey, board ac. count Soldiers' Relief
98 00
Town, for Bessie Bates, board ac- count Soldiers' Relief .
72 50
Town, for James D. Kimball, board
3 08
Total receipts at Almshouse .
$4,833 43
ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES :
Frank L. Libby, 6 cows . $290 00
Frank P. Fay, 3 cows
120 00
Frank P. Fay, 1 bull
25 00
F. E. Warren, 2 cows
96 50
Myer Abrams, 2 cows
90 00
T. L. Tirrell, 1 cow in exchange
15 00
Frank P. Fay, driving cows ·
4 00
Frank P. Fay, pullets
20 80
Edward T. Dwyer, pullets ·
9 10
Expenses to Brighton and Boston
7 75
Amount carried forward
$678 15
.
.
account Soldiers' Relief
73 75
Town Hall, wood and carting coal .
121
Amount brought forward $678 15
Francis Abele, Jr., V. S.
2 50
George W. Walsh, harness repairs 24 35
W. T. Heffernan, harness repairs
15 63
Joseph Poulin, blacksmith work 64 88
Thomas South, blacksmith work
35 00
Harness oil and polish
1 85
Charles G. Jordon, grain
839 90
Alvin Hollis, grain .
644 39
A. J. Richards & Son, grain
49 95
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, feed .
893 77
F. W. Loud, stock food .
7 00
James M. White, dressing seven hogs
10 50
F. W. Loud, fertilizer
76 00
Alvin Hollis, fertilizer
40 00
Bourk's Express, manure
28 00
Clark Bros. Co., seed potatoes
22 08
Joseph Breck & Sons, seed corn
17 11
Peter P. Bradley, seeds
5 00
Haskell Seed Co.
75
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
168 20
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. Water rent
94 50
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, ice
61 19
A. J. Richards & Son, coal
322 51
T. H. Emerson, coal
11 20
Standard Oil Co.
19 25
George L. Whitcomb, pastry
48 22
Josiah F. Martin, meats :
234 32
Sprague Bros. & Co., barrel pork
18 00
A. B. Bryant & Co., provisions
166 43
Humphrey Bros., provisions
165 08
E. W. Hunt, provisions .
77 28
F. H. Sylvester, provisions
53 25
J. F. Otis, provisions
·
41 38
Herbert M. True, provisions
3 71
I. H. Ballou & Co., butter
30 63
Morris & Co., butter and lard
22 95
Burton B. Wright, butter
17 85
Marshall P. Sprague, groceries S. A. Houghton, groceries
238 76
204 53
Everett Loud, groceries .
27 24
The Weymouth Cash Grocery .
21 21
Gordon Willis, groceries
16 78
W. F. Witherell Co., coffee
39 21
F. C. Small & Co., tea
44 46
Amount carried forward $5,634 95
.
30 00
122
Amount brought forward $5,634 95
F. C. Small & Co., molasses . 15 40
Eldridge, Baker & Co., sugar
.
19 70
Bain Bros Co., sugar 17 50 · .
Alvin Hollis, flour . .
66 50
Charles G. Jordan, flour . .
.
34 25
Edward T. Dwyer, fish
48 28
Clams .
4 20
Fruit, nuts, etc.
9 68
J. Fred Vaughn, tobacco 14 76
Woodley Soap Manufacturing Co. 23 60
E. E. Merchant, dry goods 77 47
C. A. Rice & Co., dry goods .
14 40
Raymond Bros. & Co., clothing
57 04
Thomas B. Spillane, clothing . 37 55
25 05
Charles Castle, Receiver, clothing 10 86
H. M. Sulis, clothing 3 85
W. M. Tirrell, shoes and clothing 75 60
E. T. Richards, shoes and repairing 8 60
J. P. Salisbury, sundry supplies 10 41
C. M. Price & Co., sundry supplies 9 97
A. K. Bates, repairs and supplies 21 90
J. E. Ludden, hardware and toools . 39 08
W. P. Denbroeder, carpet and chairs 27 08
Ford Furniture Co., carpet, etc. 25 27
A. D. Wilbur, clock, etc.
2 75
C. D. Harlow, supplies . 25 85
George M. Hoyt, supplies
17 15
Weymouth Pharmacy, supplies
6 40
C. H. Smith, newspapers
9 56
H. A. Stockwell, newspapers
.
4 08
C. A. Spear, plants
3 25
Postage stamps
1 00
A. R. Sherman, spray and atomizer
4 50
Hill & Pratt, call-bell
2 00
J. D. Coffin, maps .
2 25
Pray & Kelley, milk cards
.
1 50
A. S. Marsh, team hire .
.
: 00
Lunt, Moss Co., repairing saw
6 08
A. W. Baker, expressing
18 50
Drew's Express
90
H. K. Cushing's Express
35
Bourk's Express
25
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight
4 49
·
1 25
A. J. Osgood, plants
.
.
.
.
Amount carried forward $6,447 06
C. R. Denbroeder, clothing
123
Amount brought forward $6,447 06
George L. Newton, repairs
142 40
H. W. Johns-Manville Co., roofing . 73 50
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber, etc. 67 68
G. F. Curtis, repairs
·
47 37
Keighley Metal Ceiling Co.
21 80
George J. Ries, repairs
17 33
Pratt & Bicknell, repairs
16 50
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, labor
7 00
J. Breck & Sons, repairs
3 56
F. B. Burke, repairs
3 00
Ames Plow Co., repairs .
80
Fore River Shipbuilding Co.
75
F. P. Fay, drag planks and whips
5 00
M. R. Loud & Co., mining powder
2 40
J. H. Pierce, cutting hair, razor, and sharpening razors 11 25
Inmates, cutting hair
50
Edward N. Bates, dentist, services
2 50
John W. Pierce, wood
200 00
William E. Humphrey Estate, wood
76 25
John Bowdrou, cutting wood
110 05
Joseph Pitts, cutting wood
85 50
Joseph Pitts, cedar posts
.
14 65
Warren W. Barker, filling silo
26 00
Seth H. Cushing, filling silo
26 00
Samuel H. Cushing, filling silo
23 50
John Healey, filling silo
16 00
C. E. Masterson, filling silo
9 00
William F. McNair, filling silo
26 00
Eugene O'Connor, filling silo
24 00
Alexander Cummings, help
225 00
John Healey, help
102 50
Inez Simmons, help
265 00
Lola Simmons, help
212 00
Cash and expenses for James Gumb
2 50
Clothing for John Meara
2 00
Expenses for Peter Langford
4 80
Cash to inmates for fair
10 50
Joseph Cummings and wife, services to Dec. 31, 1908
975 00
Town, for rent of farm
300 00
Total paid for expenses and supplies
$9,606 65
On hand per inventory, Jan. 1, 1908
8,226 74
Amount carried forward
$17,833 39
124
Amount brought forward $17,833 39
CREDIT :
Receipts on account of Almshouse . $4,833 43
Inventory, Jan. 1, 1909
8,002 19
Due from State
52 00
$12,887 62
Balance, net expenses Almshouse 1908
$4,945 77
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT :
Joseph Cummings, Supt. Sundry cash sales to December 31
$329 70
CREDIT :
Sundry cash payments for help and
supplies, included in foregoing ac-
count of Almshouse supplies and
expenses .
329 70
ASSISTANCE TO POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE. WARD ONE :
Bicknell, Stephen A.
$192 00
Blamphy, Mrs. Sabine V.
21 00
Burns, Mrs. Mary D.
.
56 10
Cleverly, Mrs. Henrietta
125 24
Daverson, Peter
2 99
Dwyer, Mrs. Michael and children
108 00
French, Eliza J.
12 00
Huntress, Clarissa E.
97 55
Manuel, Wallace and family
244 00
McCarthy, Mrs. Joseph and children
132 00
Morse, Mrs. Noble
115 50
Perrigo, Albert
1 99
Thayer, Eliza J.
.
30 00
Total, Ward One
$1,138 37
WARD Two :
Abbott, Willie P. and family
$40 00
Barrett, Catherine .
96 75
Barter, Fred W. and children .
96 00
Buckley, John T. and family
264 76
Bullard, Lavina
97 23
Burrell, Albert M.
.
96 00
Carroll, Michael
52 09
Amounts carried forward
$742 83
$1,138 37
.
125
Amounts brought forward
$742 83
$1,138 37
Carter, William
10 95
Collyer, Charles
·
·
·
138 00
Connors, Ellen
55 45
Everett, Rebecca
85 43
Fogarty, William
137 85
Gilliver, Walter
51 48
Hall, Nancy .
72 00
Healey, Mrs. William
107 60
Litchfield, Herbert E.
8 00
Lynch, Ann and children
145 23
Maguire, Frank's family
337 46
Nugent, Mrs. Michael and family
160 75
Orcutt, Andrew J. and wife
140 65
Roberts, William's child
36 00
Springer, Julia and children
128 90
Stetson, George H. family
172 80
Tooher, Joseph's children
43 72
Welsh, Mrs. John and children
169 98
Total, Ward Two
2,745 08
WARD THREE :
Bailey, Elizabeth
$60 00
Barnes, Mrs. Harvey
50 85
Burrell, Mrs. W. F. and child
235 35
Chambers, George W.'s child .
1 50
Fitzgerald, Mary
76 00
Fogarty, Catherine
37 90
Gerrold, Joseph
3 00
Gray, John F.
25 00
Masterson, Patrick J.
79 60
McAvoy, Mrs. James
35 34
McCarthy, Mrs. Thomas E. and chil- dren
152 18
McDonald, Mrs. Ronald F. and chil- dren
29 20
Moriarty, Hannorah
.
.
54 00
Aid to be refunded
.
.
Total, Ward Three
850 92
WARD FOUR :
Burke, Joseph
$8 47
Cudworth, Charlie N.
.
·
-
60 00
Total, Ward Four n
$84 47
Amount carried forward
$4,818 84
.
.
.
.
16 00
Hunt, Mrs. Francis H.
.
11 00
126
Amount brought forward
$4,818 84
WARD FIVE :
Bates, Albert's children .
$10 18
Cullinane, Margaret and children
172 75
Cushing, Elizabeth
45 70
Daley, John J. and family
10 86
Doran, Jeremiah
16 00
Fagan, Alice .
200 63
Hope, Mrs. William T.
51 00
Howe, Edward C. and family
62 93
Hunt, Thomas
96 00
Madden, Mary and children
157 68
Orcutt, Charlotte
19
23
Tower, Mrs. Sidney
277 22
Total, Ward Five
1,120 18
Total .
$5,939 02
ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY WEYMOUTH IN OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.
Ahearn, Mary, Braintree $72 00
Hickman, Margaret T. and son, Boston
152 12
Sheppard, Nettie L., Hingham
52 00
Smith, Charlotte L. and Fannie R.,
Quincy .
167 50
Total .
$443 62
ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.
Boston, for James Barry family . . $73 64
Boston, for Mary Thompson
61 43
Boston, for Edward Vose .
30 00
Boston, for Wilbur Cleverly
22 86
Boston, for Mary McGurr .
22 86
Boston, for Mary E. Rooney
12 86
Boston, for Gertrude F. Lynch
11 43
Boston, for Andrew Hunter
8 57
Boston, for James H. Lynch
8 57
Boston, for Neil McLeod
4 29
Chelsea, for Galen F. Damon
48 00
Fall River, for Frederick Bourke
12 20
Hanson, for Lydia Bowker
107 00
Amount carried forward
$423 71
127
Amount brought forward $423 71
Hingham, for Thomas Dunn children . 430 60
Holbrook, for Susan Leach
·
130 00
Lynn, for James M. Bean family
52 25
Lynn, for F. T. Coolidge
50
Rockland, for Catherine and Michael Lane
72 00
Rockland, for Emily Sargent ·
37 44
Somerville, for Pearl Nichols
.
25 29
Worcester, for George Hope
10 00
Total .
$1,182 79
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
W. A. Drake, Ward One and Almshouse $100 00
J. C. Fraser, Ward Two
60 00
F. P. Virgin, Ward Three .
50 00
K. H. Granger, Ward Four
40 00
E. N. Mayberry, Ward Five
37 50
Total .
$287 50
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
Henry Shaw, services Bean case
$20 05
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., pauper register 5 00
Bradford Hawes, travelling expenses . 2 00
Total .
$27 05
ASSISTANCE RENDERED AT HOSPITALS.
MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL FOR EPILEPTICS :
Clinton, Mary E. $169 93
Ruggles, Edna M. . 159 25
$329 18
STATE HOSPITAL :
Burns, Julia .
$39 60
Callahan, James
20 80
Carroll, Michael
12 00
Clinton, Joseph
18 29
Dwyer, Timothy ·
38 40
Munro, Chester
18 86
O'Connor, Edward J.
5 71
Tuell, Thomas E.
·
23 14
Whelan, James F. .
38 34
215 14
Total .
$544 32
·
·
128
ASSISTANCE RENDERED PERSONS OUTSIDE OF ALMS- HOUSE, HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER PLACES, AND THE STATE POOR.
Boston, Edward Whitehouse and family
$138 18
Boston, Mary O'Brien and family
96 00
Boston, Mary C. Anderson and child . 72 00
Boston, Charles H. Kendall and fam- ily
66 97
Braintree, Muriel and Alvardo, Mason
72 53
Cohasset, Julia C. Wilson .
110 42
Fall River, John P. McDonald
10 95
Gloucester, Carolyn Nosiglia
57 46
Hingham, Helen Hanafin and children
209 48
Hingham, Richard S. Gardner
55 21
Hingham, Sarah Totman
18 00
Lowell, Michael Fitzgerald and family
209 25
Lowell, George F. Dunlavey
23 71
Medford, O. Ernest Tirrell family
45 80
Marlboro, Joseph Thiebeault
24 02
Norwood, Harry B. Sample
55 00
Quincy, Julia Welsh and children
69 32
Quincy, Mrs. Samuel Burns
15
Randolph, Charles Hollis and family .
11 95
Webster, William H. Harris and fam- ily
15 64
State, Thomas Dutson family ·
96 11
State, Catherine Doering
41 80
State, Acadie Lopez and children
·
State, Emma Johnson and children
13 35
State, Grace Calhoun
12 00
State, Mary Scollard
6 00
Settlement, unknown, Frank L.
81
Settlement, unknown, Joseph Pitts .
2 65
Settlement, unknown, John Noonan ·
1 00
No settlement, H. C. Bates
2 00
State case at Almshouse, Leavitt B.
Torrey .
52 00
Total due from Towns, Cities and State . :
$1,729 94
·
116 33
·
Coombs
·
129
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES ON ACCOUNT OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1908.
Cost of Almshouse
.
. $4,945 77
Out of Almshouse
·
.
7,565 43
Hospitals . .
544 32
Town Physicians .
287 50
Miscellaneous
27 05
Cost of Town's poor for 1908
. $13,370 07
Paid for State, Cities and Towns 1,729 94
Total .
$15,100 01
APPROPRIATED :
Balance from 1907
1,640 92 ·
Appropropriation March 9, 1908
. 12,000 00
Appropriation for deficiencies .
1,500 00
Total .
$15,140 92
Expended
15,100 01
Balance unexpended, Dec. 31, 1908
$40 91
130 Statement of Appropriations, 1908.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Expended in exce-s Jan. 1, 1908.
Uuexpended Jan. 1, 1908.
Appropria tion for Overdrafts and Defi- ciencies.
Appropria- tion 1908.
Support of Schools
$16,091 29
$57,500 00
Transportation of Pupils
$110 00
$360 00
High School Sinking Fund
1,232 79
1,232 79
Union Training School
110 30
200 00
Highway Repairs .
1,168 58
1,300 00
8,400 00
Removal of Snow
596 75
3,000 00
Bridges .
245 00
Pilgrim Road
·
30 64
Keith Street .
33 49
Chard Street
17 43
Thomas' Corner -- draining
8 36
Broad Street-draining
15 32
Public Parks
80 90
50 00
Preservation Shade Trees
16 31
200 00
Suppression of Moths .
892 54
500 00
2,509 15
Street Record-Indexing
75 00
Health Department
470 37
Fire Department
115 00
300 00
5,500 00
Police Department
1,428 21
4,200 00
Tufts' Library
466 63
2,300 00
Fogg Library-Reading Room
125 00
500 00
Abatement and Remittance .
136 93
1,000 00
Interest and Discount .
694 20
6,000 00
Printing and Advertising
283 13
1,400 00
Electric Lighting .
2,195 75
7,700 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
674 72
3,000 00
Election Expenses
77
700 00
Town Offices
1 86
900 00
State, Milt'ry Aid, Soldiers' Burials
883 78
9,900 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,690 41
4,000 00
Town Hall-care, etc.
131 56
500 00
Old Home Week
15 00
Storage Battery
83
Town Officers
697 36
1,000 00
7,000 00
Pratt School House
56 56
Lake Street School House
108 24
Removal Town House .
148 23
Town Survey
157 44
2,000 00
Industrial Committee
494 00
Fore River Bridge
428 54
428 54
Poor Account
1,640 92
1,500 00
12,000 00
Overdrafts and Deficiencies
6,998 79
State Road
2,565 09
2,565 09
Memorial Day
400 00
Hydrants and Dr. Fountains
5,000 00
Notes due 1908
8,500 00
Lake St. School Sinking Fund
2,000 00
Remodelling Hose House
1,000 00
Pratt School Grounds
200 00
Pond Street
1,000 00
Commercial Square-draining
500 00
Assessors' Card System
400 00
Assessors' Revaluation
500 00
Wharf Street
2,000 00
$13,761 19
$29,572 83
$16,385 21
$162,359 15
16,385 21
$178,744 36
Total Appropriation ·
.
+
.
.
.
6,998 79
0 00
131
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures for 1908.
OBJECT OF APPOPRIATION.
Appropria- tion.
Expended.
Unex- pended.
Expended in Excess.
Support of Schools
$74,667 61
$58,225 76 $16,441 85
Lake Street School Sinking Fund
2,000 00
2,000 00
Union Training School
89 70
78 30
11 40
Pratt School House
56 56
56 56
Pratt School Grounds .
200 00
200 00
Highway Repairs
14,673 60
16,368 02
$1,694 42
Removal of Snow
3,596 75
1,287 85
2,308 90
Bridges
845 00
380 00
465 00
Pilgrim Road
30 64
30 64
Keith Street
33 49
42 25
8 76
Pond Street .
1,000 00
999 09
91
Commercial Square
500 00
784 36
284 36
Wharf Street
2,000 00
1,957 25
42 75
Public Parks
130 90
39 50
91 40
Preservation Shade Trees
216 31
614 62
398 31
Suppression of Moths
5,545 19
6,468 01
922 82
Street Records-Indexing
75 00
75 00
Health Department
498 87
185 83
313 04
Fire Department .
5,710 25
6,065 26
355 01
Police Department
5,837 74
5,254 03
583 71
Tufts Library
3,488 95
2,666 63
822 32
Fogg Library-Reading Room
625 00
500 00
125 00
Abatement and Remittance
1,501 09
1,979 16
478 07
Interest and Discount
9.443 68
8,728 91
714 77
Printing and Advertising
1,683 13
1,373 29
309 84
Electric Lighting
9,895 75
7,712 74
2,183 01
Miscellaneous Expenses
3,674 72
2,739 96
934 76
Election Expenses
699 23
696 05
3 18
Town Offices
898 14
466 20
431 94
State and Military Aid and Sol-
diers' Burials
10,783 78
10,287 00
496 78
Soldiers' Relief
5,930 41
4,330 59
1,599 82
Town Hall-care, etc.
1,884 81
953 33
931 48
Hydrants and Drink'g Fountains
5,000 CO
5,000 (0
Memorial Dav
400 00
400 00
Notes due 1908
8,500 00
8,500 00
Town Officers
9,300 96
8,373 16
927 80
Removal of Town House
148 23
457 50
309 27
Town Survey
2,157 4
1,826 28
331 16
Remodelling Hose House
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