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The Selectmen opposed the granting of the relief asked for, and after a hearing with witnesses the Attorney-General refused the use of his name to the information.
The case of James J. Naughton against the Town to recover $748.25 with interest, as money paid for alleged invalid tax titles, and referred to Winfield S. Slocum, Esq., as Auditor, has been partially tried. It is still pending.
The Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, have brought in the Superior Court for this County a petition under Revised Laws, Chapter 11, Sections 134-137, asking for the appointment of a
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special commission to determine by whom the work of widening the grade crossing on Wharf Street should be done, and on whom the expenses of same shall fall, as well as the further charges for keeping such crossing and approaches thereto in repair. The pe- tition has not been heard.
WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER BRIDGE.
By the provisions of Chapter 230 of the Acts of 1911, approved April 1, 1911; the County Commissioners of the County of Nor- folk and the trustees having charge of the bridge over the Wey- mouth Fore River were authorized and directed within one year after the passage of the Act to make such repairs to the existing bridge as said County Commissioners and said trustees, with the approval of the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, should deem reasonably necessary and proper, and to widen the draw in said bridge so that it shall have an opening not less than 125 feet wide.
Acting under the provisions of said chapter, said County Com- missioners and said trustees seasonably proceeded to carry out its provisions, and the work has very nearly reached the stage of com- pletion.
This has resulted in a much stronger structure and an increased width of draw, with an electrical apparatus for its operation.
The expenses of these repairs and alterations are to be borne by the County of Norfolk and the cities, towns and corporations found by the Commissioners appointed under Section 3 of Chap- ter 456 of the Acts of 1900, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof, except that the Fore River Shipbuilding Com- . pany, for whose benefit the width of the draw was increased, has agreed to bear one-half of the expense of the draw widening, not exceeding, however, the sum of $22,500, and has filed its bond with the treasurer of the County of Norfolk conditioned so to do.
METROPOLITAN PARKS.
An appeal to the full bench of the Supreme Judicial Court was taken by the cities of Boston and Cambridge from the decree ac- cepting the award of the Commissioners appointed to determine the apportionment among the cities and towns constituting the Metropolitan Parks District of the annual payments required to reimburse the Commonwealth for the cost and maintenance of the Metropolitan Parks and the Charles River Basin.
The decree was affirmed, however, and a report of the case may be found in 209 Mass. 381.
This last apportionment, covering the five-year period 1910 to 1915, is the most favorable to Weymouth of any heretofore made,
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and has resulted in reducing the amount annually paid by the Town, as may be seen in the following tabulation :
1900
$2,539 61
1901
.
.
2,798 84
1902
3,086 80
Interest on deferred payments
238 63
1903 .
3,083 93
1904
3,398 93
1905
3,533 00
1906 .
1,879 04
1907
3,229 27
1908
.
3,537 34
1909 .
3,622 66
1910
3,818 86
1911 .
1,389 78
Total
$37,256 69 ·
To the above should be added paid on account of
Charles River Basin .
1,988 17
$39,244 86
WEYMOUTH BACK RIVER BRIDGE.
A few years ago the United States Government by purchase and by eminent domain acquired title to the land on both sides of the Weymouth Back River from the bridge to about 8,300 feet above as a site for a naval magazine. About 600 acres of this land lies in Hingham and about 100 acres in Weymouth.
The Government began the development of this property by the erection of buildings, the laying of railroad tracks, the construc- tion of a wharf above the bridge and has established a naval magazine for the storage of ammunition for supplying vessels of the navy.
Under date of March 16, 1910, the towns of Weymouth and Hingham and the city of Quincy were served with a notice to the effect that the Secretary of War, acting under the rivers and har- bors act of March 3, 1899, had good reason to believe that the bridge was an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of the river on account of insufficient width of the draw opening, aud that it was proposed to require the same to be widened to a clear width of not less than fifty feet and suitable fenders pro- vided for the safe and easy passage of vessels, and that these changes would be required by the thirty-first of December, 1910.
At a hearing on the matter before Lieut .- Col. Burr, of the Corps of Engineers, on April 8, 1910, it was pointed out by Wey- mouth, Hingham and Quincy that these municipalities had no
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funds which could be legally applied to such a purpose and the trustees representing them no authority except to look after the care and maintenance; that the existing structure was adequate and convenient for all highway purposes and the draw of sufficient width to accommodate all navigation locally required except that of the United States Government; that the construction is such that to increase the width of the draw from 24 feet to not less than 50 feet would be such a substantial alteration that good engineering would require the construction of an entirely new bridge in place of the present one.
As a result of these representations the Secretary of War ex- tended the time within which the required changes must be made to June 30, 1911.
Thereupon, in compliance with what good faith which the Gov- ernment required, the said two towns and city, by their respective Board of Selectmen and City Council, on November 29, 1910, filed a petition to the General Court praying for legislation that would provide the requisite authority and funds to do the work.
Based upon this petition chapter 739 of the Acts of 1911 was enacted.
This Act provides that the three members of the Board of Har- bor and Land Commissioners, the Chairman of the County Com- missioners of Norfolk County and the Chairman of the County Commissioners of Plymouth County are appointed as a Board of Bridge Commissioners, and are authorized and directed to remove the existing bridge and to construct a new one with a draw having an opening of not iess than 50 feet in width, at an expense not exceeding $80,000 ; the cost and expense to be borne as follows : Forty-five per cent. by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, twenty per cent. by the county of Norfolk, twenty per cent. by the county of Plymouth and fifteen per cent. by the street rail- way company. It also provides that any sum that may be re- ceived from the United States in reimbursement of these expendit- ures shall be distributed in the same proportion. After the bridge has been built and paid for the expense of maintenance is to be borne by the two counties and street railway company.
Soon after the Board of Bridge Commissioners, as constituted under the above act, took up the consideration of its duties, the engineer of the Board, for the purpose of this work informed the Board, after a careful study of the situation, that a suitable bridge complying with all the reguirements of the United States Govern- ment could not be built for $80,000, therefore the Board hesitated about doing anything until the situation had been laid before another Legislature, which did not convene until January, 1912. Meantime, under date of November 16, 1911, the Secretary of War, on account of nothing having been actually done in the way
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of widening the draw, notified the trustees that a fine of $5,000 a month was running against the bridge authorities since June 30, 1911, and that unless prompt compliance with his original order. was made the penalty would be invoked.
Accordingly the Bridge Commissioners were prevailed upon to make an opening in the bridge of sufficient width to meet the im- mediate necessity of the Government, and an opening about 60 feet wide was so made on or about December 20, 1911. Juris- diction over the bridge having been now assumed by the Bridge Commissioners acting under the provisions of said Chapter 739, it can probably be safely said that the control, expense and re- sponsibility of the bridge has passed from that of the trustees representing Weymouth, Hingham and Quincy.
By this transition, Weymouth ceases to be burdened, as it has been for more than forty years, with one-half the expense of re- pair, maintenance and operation of the bridge. The smallest political division upon which the expense for these things will. hereafter fall, is the county.
Substantially at the same time the above petition to the Legis- lature was filed, a bill was introduced into Congress providing that a portion of the cost of the draw should be borne by the. general government.
This bill was vigorously opposed by the War Department, but it finally passed both branches of Congress at the last regular session, but failed to receive the approval of the President. It was again tried at the special session last summer and passed the Senate, but in common with many other measures of like char- acter was not taken up by the House. It is again upon the cal- endar of the present session and is expected to receive favorable action.
The Bridge Commissioners have filed a petition to be taken up by the Legislature of 1912 asking that the amount authorized to be expended in the construction of the new bridge be increased from $80,000 to $105,000. This increase to be borne in the same proportions as the original amount.
EDWARD W. HUNT, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, WILLARD J. DUNBAR, A. FRANCIS BARNES,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
TUFTS FUND.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FUND WAS DONATED BY THE LATE QUINCY TUFTS.
LECTURE FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life In- surance Co., $5,000.
January 12, 1911, balance on hand . $1,063 33
January 4, 1912, received from income, 206 50
January 1, 1912, received from Wey-
mouth Savings Bank, interest 43 52
$1,313 35
READING ROOM FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,500.
January 4, 1912, received from income, $103 00
January 4, 1912, paid F. M. Drown,
treasurer
103 00
LIBRARY FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,500.
January 4, 1912, received from income, $103 00
January 4, 1912, paid F. M. Drown,
treasurer 103 00
CEMETERY FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life In- surance Co., $500.
January 4, 1912, received from income, $20 63
January 8, 1912, paid George L. New- ton 20 63
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SHADE TREE AND SIDEWALK FUND.
Deposited with Mass. Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,000.
Janury 12, 1911, balance on hand $90 07
January 4, 1912, deposited in First
National Bank, income .
82 50
$172 57
E. W. HUNT, Chairman Board of Selectmen.
Weymouth, January, 1912.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1911.
RECEIPTS.
For notes discounted in anticipation of taxes :
March 22, due October 13, at 3% less $25 $90,000 00
July 17, due April 3, 1912, at 3.57% plus $1 70,000 00
December 1, notes due June 1, 1912 to 1914, at 4 %
6,000 00
From :
W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1905
6 23
W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1906
.
27 81
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1907
324 94
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1908
4,182 67
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1909
17,154 76
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1910
33,911 33
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1911 .
130,327 63
State Treasurer :
Corporation tax, 1910
19 15
State Highway Loan 'Fund
691 98
Corporation tax
7,994 32
National Bank tax
984 86
Street Railway tax .
4,539 14
Tuition of children
169 00
Gypsy moth tax
75 17
State Aid
8,799 00
Military Aid
252 00
Burial indigent soldiers and sailors
222 00
State poor account ,
140 48
County Treasurer, dog license fees
1,455 09
East Norfolk District Court, fees and fines
636 78
S. H. Capen, Sheriff, fines at Dedham First National Bank, interest
406 79
Individuals, aid refunded .
203 99
Individuals, State Aid refunded
.
23 00
Individuals, Soldiers' Relief refunded
39 00
.
Amount, carried forward $378,747 12
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160 00
24
Amount brought forward $378,747 12
Selectmen, wood and carting coal, Soldiers' Relief
184 46
City of Boston, poor account ' 132 43
Town of Braintree, poor account
135 30
City of Brockton, poor account
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28 00
Town of Cohasset, poor account .
226 36
City of Fall River, poor account .
30 40
City of Gloucester, poor account
172 12
Town of Hingham, poor account
264 23
Town of Falmouth, poor account
26 00
City of Marlborough, poor account
: 15
City of Medford, poor account .
32 00
Town of Norwood, poor account
48 00
City of Quincy, poor account
118 58
Town of Randolph, Soldiers' Relief
21 91
Town of Uxbridge, poor account
192 00
Town of Wellfleet, Soldiers' Relief
156 00
Almshouse Account :
F. H. Chandler, milk ~
3,322 99
J. P. Robery, cattle
200 00
F. P. Fay, cattle
321 00
M. S. Brock, horse .
170 00
Humphrey Bros., vegetables
10 80
A. P. Bryant, vegetables .
2 50
Charles G. Jordan, shavings
21 00
B. W. Shaw, use of harvester
30 00
F. P. Fay, shavings
11 55
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Individuals, board
42 86
H. F. Cater, use of telephone
1 10
Rent, Town Farm
300 00
Sundry Accounts :
Selectmen, wood and carting coal
468 25
Individuals, rent of Town Hall
1,165 25
F. D. Sherman, Sealer's fees
148 16
R. H. Whiting, blue prints
33 00
H. L. Thomas, use of roller
56 00
I. M. Fogg, sidewalk account
15 25
C. L. Merritt, arsenate of lead
19 28
S. W. Improvement Association, one keg of lead
8 00
W. H. Wyman, spraying trees . .
8 67
Weymouth Light and Power Co,, removing trees
10 70
Town of Randolph, valves
.
.
24 00
City of Boston, School Department .
.
5 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Amount carried forward $386,912 42
.
25
Amount brought forward $386,912 42
P. T. Pearson, Supt., school tickets and supplies . 94 75
Athens School, use of telephone . 24 72 .
School Dept., preservation of shade trees
15 00
P. T. Pearson, Supt., preservation of shade trees . 2 50
John S. Hunt, old hose
12 50
Matthew O. Dowd, old hose
80
Matthew O. Dowd, rent of hose house No. 5
6 50
F. A. Spear, Pro. officer, damage, fire alarm boxes
2 50
W. W, Pratt, stove, Hose No. 2 . 5 00
W. W. Pratt, pair shafts 3 00 . .
9 00
Fire Depatment, check refunded .
3 95
Babb & Nourse, license public entertainment
2 00
Foskett & Law, license public entertainment
2 00
L. O. Reice, license public entertainment
6 50
A. S. Jessop, land Sunshine Park
100 00
C. E. Holbrook, Thomas schoolhouse and lot
650 00
A. W. Shaw, building, Thomas schoolhouse. 5 00
10 50
Total Receipts .
$387,870 64
Cash on hand January 1, 1911
14,841 63
$402,712 27
DISBURSEMENTS.
Checks drawn on Selectmen's Treasury warrants for :
$6,500
Notes given in anticipation of taxes.
130,000 00
Sundry appropriations
256,540 49
Total disbursements .
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$393,040 49
Cash on hand December 31, 1911 . 9,671 78
$402,712 27
LIABILITIES.
Notes issued as follows :
Athens Schoolhouse, 32%, nine notes, $2,500 each,
$22,500 00
Pratt Schoolhouse, 4%, twelve notes, $1,000 each, Nov. 1, 1912-1923 ·
12,000 00
Town House, 4%, due Dec. 15, 1915 . ·
5,000 00
Town House, 4%, due Dec. 16, 1916 .
6,000 00
Fore River Bridge, 4%, six notes, $1,000 each, June 1, 1912-1917
6,000 00
Amount carried forward
$51,500 00
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2 00
A. H. Jewell, tax release
A. F. Barnes, fees refunded Cook case
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due May, 1912 to 1920
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Notes due May 1, June 1, and November 1 .
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W. W. Pratt, rent Hose House No 4
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Amount brought forward
$51,500 00
James Humphrey Schoolhouse, 4%, forty notes,
$5,000 annually, Nov. 1, 1919-1926 40,000 00
General Town Purposes, 4%, $2,000 annually, June 1, 1912-1914
6,000 00
Anticipation of taxes, due April 3, 1912
70,000 00
Total amount of notes outstanding
$167,500 00
Trust Funds
8,500 00
Amount due appropriations .
36,125 41
Amount due cities and towns
584 68
Checks outstanding
7,569 71
$220,279 80
ASSETS.
Due from :
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1907
$171 10
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1908
635 24
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1909
7,332 01
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1910
26,384 61
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1911
52,149 86
Total taxes due
$86,672 82
County Treasurer, dog license tax
1,442 42
State Treasurer, State Aid .
8,763 00
State Treasurer, Military Aid
194 00
State Treasurer, soldiers' burials .
96 00
State Treasurer, poor account
187 44
Boston, poor account .
202 47
Braintree, poor account
90 97
Brockton, poor account
57 00
Brookline, poor account
44 00
Cohasset, poor account
238 10
Danvers, poor account
25 43
Falmouth, poor account
104 00
Fall River, poor account Gloucester, poor account
11 45
Hingham, poor account
254 53
Lowell, poor account .
109 90
Norwood, poor account
48 00
81 50
Plymouth, poor account Quincy, poor account . Randolph, poor account
16 90
Saugus, poor account .
81 67
Taunton, poor account
97
Uxbridge, poor account
192 00
Bridgewater, soldiers' relief
24 00
Amount carried forward
$99,145 13
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.
134 11
72 45
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Amount brought forward $99,145 13 156 00
Wellfleet, soldiers' relief
Collectors' deeds .
3,321 00
James Humphrey Schoolhouse sinking fund . 8,405 53
Trust funds
8,500 00
Deposit, First Nat. Bank, S. Weymouth
17,241 49
136,769 15
Town debt, January 1, 1911 . $93,210 50
Town debt, December 31, 1911
83,510 65
Decrease for the year
$9,699 85
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STETSON,
Weymouth, Dec. 31, 1911. Treasurer. Weymouth, December 31, 1911.
We have examined the accounts of John H. Stetson, Treasurer of the Town of Weymouth, and have found them correct.
JOHN P. HUNT, WILLIAM H. PRATT, FRANK N. BLANCHARD, Auditors.
TRUST FUNDS.
ELIAS S. BEALS PARK FUND.
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1911
$1,000 00
Received interest, South Weymouth Savings Bank, 40 40
$1,040 40
Paid Park Commissioners, income
40 40
Total fund Dec. 31, 1911
$1,000 00
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS FUND. FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
Total fund Jan. 1, 1911 $5,000 00
Received interest on Town of Weymouth notes 200 00
$5,200'00
Paid to Trustees of Tufts Library
200 00
Total fund Dec. 31, 1911
$5,000 00
SUSAN HUNT STETSON FUND. FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
Perpetual loan to the Town of Weymouth
$2,500 00
Paid Trustees of Tufts Library required annual interest of 4%
$100 00
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JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND.
Receipts :
Town of Weymouth note paid Nov. 1 ·
$2,000 00
Interest on notes and bonds
.
160 00
Town of Weymouth appropriation
2,000 00
Interest, savings banks
87 28
Interest, First National Bank
4 32
Total receipts
$4,251 60
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1911
.
2,000 00
$6,251 60
Payments :
For Town of Weymouth 4% bonds .
$6,000 00
Accrued interest on bonds
.
42 67
Premium on bonds
5 00
Interest, savings banks
.
87 28
Total
$6,134 95
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1911
116 65
$6,251 60
Amounts deducted :
Deposit, First National Bank, Jan. 1, 1911
. $2,000 00
Town of Weymouth notes paid . 2,000 00
Accrued interest and premium . ·
47 67
4,047 67
Increase for the year
$2,203 93
Investments :
Town of Weymouth 4% bonds
$6,000 00
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank 1,185 24
Deposit in Weymouth Savings Bank
1,103 64
Deposit in First National Bank, So. Weymouth, 116 65
Total fund Dec. 31, 1911
$8,405 53
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer. WEYMOUTH, December 31, 1911.
We have examined the accounts of John H. Stetson, treasurer of the Elias S. Beals Park Fund, the Augustus J. Richards Fund and the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Fund, and have found them correct.
JOHN P. HUNT, WILLIAM H. PRATT, FRANK N. BLANCHARD, Auditors.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
The report for the year 1911 is as follows : We have in compli- ance with the Public Statutes examined the books and accounts of the Town Treasurer, Treasurer of the Water Loan and Sink- ing Fund Commissioners' Beals Park Fund, Treasurer of the Tufts Library and of the Sealer of Weights and Measures and find them correct.
The accounts and securities of the Tufts Lecture Fund, Tufts Cemetery Fund, Tufts Sidewalk Fund, Pratt School Fund and the Augustus J. Richards Fund have also been examined and the investments found to be satisfactory.
We find the Registers of the Town Accountant and the cash book of the Treasurer agree as to the amount of orders paid and balance remaining unpaid January 1, 1912.
Balance of orders unpaid January 1, 1911 ·
$6,904 14 Amount of orders drawn during the year 1911 393,040 49
Total . . $399,944 63 ·
Amount of orders paid by the Treasurer for 1911 392,374 92
Balance of orders unpaid January 1, 1912 . $7,569 71
TAX COLLECTORS.
We have examined the books of the Tax Collectors beginning with the year 1905, and submit the following report :
1905.
Tax levy of 1905, as per Assessors' commitment $165,407 32 Interest collected to January 1, 1912 2,722 39
$168,129 71
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1912 . 168,103 28
$26 43 Balance due January 1, 1912 . . NOTE-Tax Collectors' books show total levy of $165,410 37 for 1905.
$26 43
Tax levy of 1906, as per Assessors' commitment .
$160,823 86 . Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912 . 2,545 30
Amount carried forward $163,369 16
$26 43
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$26 43 Amount brought forward $163,369 16 Amount due on Collector's books, in- cluding balance shown Jan. 1, 1911 114 18
$163,483 34
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912
163,395 60
87 74 Balance due Jan. 1, 1912
$87 74
NOTE-Tax Collector's books show total levy of $160,815.70 for.1906.
Tax levy of 1907, as per Assessors' commitment ·
$181,157 37
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912
3,038 30
Re-assessed Jan. 9, 1909 (Sec. 86 Chap. 12) Revised Laws 1,973 98
$186,169 65
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912
185,998 55
171 10 Balance due Jan. 1, 1912
171 10
NOTE-Tax Collector's books show total levy of $181,148.35 for 1907.
Tax levy of 1908, as per Assessors' commitment 178,818 83
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912
2,996 13
Re-assessed Jan. 9, 1909 (Sec. 86, Chap. 12) Revised Laws
1,113 70
$182,928 66
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912
182,293 42
635 24 Balance due Jan. 1, 1912 635 24
NOTE-Tax Collectors' show total levy of $178,819 97 for 1908.
Tax levy of 1909 as per Assessors' commitment $182,884 02
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912 2,242 39
$185,126 41
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912
177,794 40
7,332 01 Balance due Jan. 1, 1912
$7,332 01
NOTE-Tax Collectors' books show total levy of $182,900.69 for 1909.
Amount carried forward
$8,252 52
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$8,252 52 Amount brought forward Tax levy of 1910 as per Assessors' commitment $199,527 90
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912 1,132 51
$200,660 41
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912 174,275 80
26,384 61
Balance due Jan. 1, 1912
$26,384 61 ·
NOTE-Tax Collectors' books show total levy of $199,538 05 for 1910.
Tax levy of 1911 as per Assessors' commitment .
$182,407 84 .
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1912 69 65
$182,477 49
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1912
130,327 63 ·
52,149 86
Balance due Jan. 1, 1912 · $52,149 86
$86,786 99 NOTE-Tax Collectors' books show total levy of $182,415 81 for 1911.
TOWN DEBT.
Total debt Jan. 1, 1911 . $175,500 00
Borrowed during the year in antici-
pation of taxes · 160,000 00
$335,500 00
The payments were the amounts bor- rowed in anticipation of taxes 170,000 00
Town debt 6,500 00
176,500 00
Total debt Jan. 1, 1912 . $159,000 00 ·
Less sinking fund James Humphrey School building
8,405 53
Net debt, not including water bonds . $150,594 47
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
ASSETS.
Real estate - Schoolhouses, Public Library and other public buildings and grounds 315,200 00 .
Water works 539,885 76
Personal property - Fire apparatus and equipment of all Town departments . 45,902 73
Trust funds 8,500 00
Sinking funds - Water Works 334,401 24
Sinking funds James Humphrey Schoolhouse · 8,405 53
Amount carried forward $1,252,295 26
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Amount brought forward $1,252,295 26
Uncollected dues -- Taxes
86,666 78
Uncollected - Water rents .
.
4,748 90
Sundry assets
15,949 31
Cash on hand
.
16,588 41
LIABILITIES.
$1,376,248 66
Water bonds
508,000 00
Notes payable
167,500 00
Due appropriations
36,125 41
Due Cities, Towns and State
584 68
Trust funds -Beals Park fund, Susan Hunt Stet- son fund, Augustus J. Richards fund
8,500 00
Net assets .
665,538 57
$1,376,248 66
TABLE OF VALUATION, RATE OF TAXATION, EXPENDITURES AND DEBT OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH FROM JANUARY, 1890 TO 1911, INCLUSIVE.
YEAR.
Total Assessed Valuation April 1.
Rate of Tax per 1000
Expenditures as per Appropriation Table, ending Jan. 1.
Net Debt, not inciuding Water Loan
1890
$6,441,845 00
$16 40
1891
$130,696 86
$66,092 00
1891
6,534,740 00
17 60
1892
124,484 94
66,092 00
1892
6,497,371 00
17 40
1893
142,564 16
85,092 00
1893
6,707,550 00
17 20
1894
120,746 84
79,592 00
1894
6,488.432 00
18 50
1895
128,588 33
76,500 00
1895
6,488,981 00
17 50
1896
144,791 52
82,500 00
1896
6,532,022 00
17 50
1897
150,461 20
82,000 00
1897
6,661,969 00
20 30
1898
176,310 41
137,000 09
1898
6,620,719 00
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