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Since 1903 and including the winters of 1911 and 1912 the Commissioners have issued permits to cut ice to two ice companies located upon the pond. These permits during the last winter were subject to restrictions in matters where there was danger of pallution, and an officer was kept at the pond to enforce the restrictions. The cutting of ice requires the presence of many men and a number of horses upon the pond during the ice cutting season, which usually lasts from two to three weeks. Even though this work is done in the winter and for a brief period only,
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it seems difficult to say that it is not much more likely to cause a pollution of the water than a whole season of boating by a re- stricted number ofpersons. I have no doubt that the Water Commissioners would be glad to stop ice cutting entirely if they felt they could properly do so, but the ice companies own much land about the pond.' One of them maintains a large and valu- able plant and to a certain extent furnishes an industry to the town. The other supplies at least a part of the ice used by the citizens of the town. To prohibit ice cutting would be a direct and serious damage to these companies. The Water Commis- sioners, therefore, feel that they should for the present permit them to take ice from the pond under careful restriction and supervision. Under all the circumstances, I cannot find that they have acted unreasonably or arbitrarily in making this de- cision.
The result of the action of the Water Commissioners has de- prived many of the residents of South Weymouth of a privilege that they have long enjoyed, and they have no other convenient opportunity for boating or fishing. Many of them protested against it, though others of the residents of that part of the town were advocates of the policy of the Commissioners. In the sum- mer of 1911 several meetings of protest were held in South Wey- mouth, the first being attended by one hundred people. An application for permits was signed by about sixty residents of this section and sent to the Commissioners.
In August, 1911, the petitioner Alvin Hollis, who is a respected and law-abiding citizen, solely for the purpose of raising the question of the validity of the Commissioners' action and ac- tuated by no other motive, went upon the pond and permitted himself to be arrested for a violation of the regulations. He was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars in the District Court. He appealed to the Superior Court and was again convicted in December, 1911. No sentence has been im- posed and exceptions have been filed to carry the case to the Supreme Judicial Court.
In November, 1911, the petitioners and those interested in their cause were given a hearing by the State Board of Health upon a petition that the respondents be required to issue permits. At that hearing several of the respondents stated to the State
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Board that they would be willing to issue such permits if the State Board would designate the persons who should receive them. So far as appears, the State Board has taken no action upon this petition or in the matter.
The petitioners have both been refused permits by the respond- ents in 1912, upon the ground that the Board had decided to continue its policy of issuing no permits whatever. The appli- cation of the petitioner Gay was in the following language : "If the Board have voted to grant permits to boat and fish this year, please mail one to me."
I submit to the Court the question whether upon the foregoing findings a writ of mandamus should issue.
[Signed] W. H. HITCHCOCK, Auditor.
ORDER OF COURT.
This cause came on to be heard upon the auditor's report and was argued by counsel, and thereupon, upon consideration there- of, it is ordered, that the petition be and the same is hereby dismissed.
By the Court.
STREET LIGHTING.
The matter of street lighting having been placed in the hands of the Selectmen at the last annual town meeting, the Board took up negotiations with the Weymouth Light & Power Co., at the stage it was left by the committee on electric lighting for the proceeding year but with no better success.
The company declined to reduce its price for lights unless a contract of three or five years was entered into. No new con- tract was made and the light was continued to be furnished under the contract of last year.
Being unable to secure either a reduced price or more lights at the same cost, the Selectmen, in accordance with their instruc- tions, filed with the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commis- sioners, a petition in which the vote of the town was set out, with a statement of the failure to obtain concessions from the com- pany and requesting a hearing before the Board at its earliest convenience, for the consideration of the street lighting conditions
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of Weymouth and especially for such action as would secure & greater number of lights without additional cost.
At the suggestion of the commissioners, the Selectmen had a conference with them, also consulted with an expert on certain features, considered all phases of the situation and came to rea- lize that it was encumbent upon them, as petitioners, to furnish the commission, as aid for its intelligent action, some information of conditions beyond that contained in a bare statement of the price the town was paying for its street lighting.
The law says that the "Commissioners may order any reduc- tion in the price of gas or electricity or improvement of the quality thereof " but it can hardly be expected that any official board empowered with such authority and bound to deal justly with a company as well as with the town will arbitrarily reduce a given price simply because it is asked to.
The type of lamp used, the candle power, kind of service, suc- cess of one side or the other in making a good trade, and other conditions vary so greatly in different places, that the price paid by other towns to other companies for street lighting, while to a certain extent a standard, yet by no means constitutes the sole consideration.
Investigations like the one petitioned for usually bring forth from the company a protest that no reduction in price should be ordered until certain essential features had been duly considered, such as valuation of the plant irrespective of capitalization, the amount the company should be allowed to charge for depreci- atlon, operating expenses and a reasonable return on capital.
This in turn suggests the inquiry on the other hand, as to whether the company, in methods and machinery is maintaining and is economically operating its plant to a proper degree of efficiency and whether the cost of and prices charged to its com- mercial customers bears a proper ratio to the cost and prices asked for street lighting.
In all these matters, the company having the advantage of a ' more intimate knowledge of its property and affairs and, there- fore, able to place the cost of generating, distribution and main- tenance in a more convincing form than the selectmen could hope to do without the aid of some one having special knowledge of the practical operation of an electric light plant and of the other
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elements likely to be taken into consideration in such a proceed- ing, and as no appropriation was made to enable them to procure this aid the Selectmen did not feel justified in going further with the inquiry under the circumstances.
Had means been available which the Selectmen felt warranted in using, they would not have hesitated in going ahead with their petition but would have felt bound to do so.
They have arrived at the conclusion that, unless the town is ready to consider a contract for a term of years, if no better figures are submitted by the company for next year's lighting the town consider the advantage of making a moderate appropriation, to be used if necessary, in preparing the case more completely for presentment to the Commissioners.
We recommend that a system be adopted which shall provide for a definite yearly increase in the appropriation until all of our streets are lighted and that the policy be adopted of first lighting the principle streets throughout and then other streets taken up in relation to the volume of public travel which they accommodate.
We have secured proposals from the Light & Power Co. and the O. C. Gas Co. for lighting the streets for a term of years by which a somewhat more favorable price is given than when, as heretofore, the price is made year by year.
We recommend for the consideration of the town the advisa- bility of an all night service for our principle squares.
WEYMOUTH, Mass., Jan. 21, 1913.
Weymouth Board of Selectmen, Weymouth, Mass. :
GENTLEMEN-We beg leave to submit the following proposition for your consideration :
" For the sum of $30 per lamp per year we will furnish and in- stall, light, extinguish and maintain about three hundred and sixty 60-candle power incandescent gas lamps, and for the sum -of $37.50 per lamp per year we will furnish and install, light, ex- tinguish and maintain about one hundred 60-candle power incan- descent naptha lamps, or as many more as may be necessary, either style, in the streets of Weymouth, for a term of three years. The style of lamp to be The Welsbach Street Lighting Company of America, boulevard post and lamp. Location of lamps to be approximately the same as the existing street lights, or as near as possible to these locations, such locations being subject to the
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direction of your Board. All lights to burn from dusk until dawn every night in each month. Naptha lamps to be used. on streets where there are no gas mains, and to be converted to gas lamps as the mains are extended from time to time."
Very truly yours,
OLD COLONY GAS CO., C. G. GOELTZ, Manager.
EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS., January 27, 1913. Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN - We hereby submit the following proposals for lighting the streets of Weymouth as per your request of Decem- ber 31, 1912. .
All prices to be figured on the basis of 40 Watt lamps for single incandescent lights and so-called 1200 candle power en- closed arc lamps, the lamps being similar to the ones at present installed in the town of Weymouth. The lamps will be operated on the moonlight schedule, burning until 1 A. M. during the sum- mer months and burning until 12.30 A. M. and from 5.30 A. M. until daylight in the winter months.
Prices for a one year contract will be $17 per 40 watt incan- descent lamp and $70 for each arc lamp.
If the town will enter into a contract for a period of five years the price for a 40 Watt incandescent lamp will be $16.60 and for an arc lamp $68.50.
If the town will enter into a ten year contract the price will be $16.20 for a 40 Watt incandescent lamp and $67 for an arc lamp.
These prices you will find will compare very favorably with prices charged in similar towns throughout the State.
We will also agree in the event of at least a five year contract being entered into that we will patrol each circuit at least once a week and have a man during the evening whose duty it will be to see that all lamps not burning shall be replaced as soon as re- ported.
Trusting this will be satisfactory, we remain,
Yours respectfully,
WEYMOUTH LIGHT AND POWER CO., GEORGE W. PERRY, General Manager.
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WEYMOUTH BACK RIVER BRIDGE.
The Legislature, by Chapter 227 of the Acts of 1912, increased the amount which the Bridge Commissioners were authorized to expend in building a new bridge from $80,000 to $105,000.
The Commissioners thereupon assumed the undertaking. The contract for the abutments, piers, fences. and filling of the ap- proaches was awarded to John Cashman & Sons of Quincy, and that for the steel and draw, to the Boston Bridge Works.
Work began in the early spring and has proceeded until the present time. It is now practically completed, although the sur- face of the approaches is not to be macadamized until warmer weather.
In place of the wooden bridge, built more than, one hundred years ago, and which since 1870, Weymouth has borne one-half the expense of maintaining, there is now a substantial, modern in design and more attractive one, constructed of masonry, steel and solid fill.
,The highway for some distance at each end of the bridge has been straightened and the grade made easier. The roadway of the new bridge is 35 feet in width and 8 feet higher in grade than that of the old one. The draw opening has been increased from 24 feet to 50 feet, in accordance with the, requirements of the United States Government, and upon either side of the draw is 100 feet of steel construction. The bridge is provided with a Scherzer, lift draw, operated by electricity, requiring only about 30 seconds to open. About 200 feet of the 450 feet of the old bridge structure has been filled in solid with gravel. The Com- missioners are well within the $105,000 appropriation.
The second bill providing for some contribution from the Gen- eral Government toward the expense of the work ordered by the War, Department and which was pending before Congress at the time of our last report, was even more vigorously. opposed than the first. However, it passed the Senate in its original form, but in the House of Representatives the amount was cut to $15,000, and this sum was appropriated toward the cost of the new draw. The balance of the cost of the whole work is paid for as follows :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 45 %
Norfolk County 20% .
,g-Plymouth County 20%
Street Railway Company . 15 %
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FORE RIVER BRIDGE.
The work of alterations and repairs on the Weymouth Fore River Bridge authorized under Chapter 230 of the Acts of 1911 has been completed at a total expense of $85,392.30 of which the Fore River Ship Building Company paid $24,600 and the balance was apportioned as follows :
Quincy, 33 per cent.
$20,061 46
Norfolk County,
20. “ 66
1.
6
9,118 84
Hingham,
11:4554 1 .
6,687 15
· Weymouth, 10 66
6,079 23 1,215,85
Hull,
:2 .6
Scituate,
2 17
66
1,215.85
Marshfield,
66
607/92
Cohasset, 6
3,647 54
?
$60,792 30
EDWARD W. HUNT,
BRADFORD HAWES,
GEORGE L. NEWTON, WILLARD J. DUNBAR, A. FRANCIS BARNES, ;. Selectmen of Weymouth.
. :
12,158 46
Street, Railway Company, 15.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912.
RECEIPTS.
For notes discounted in anticipation of taxes :
March 18, due October 15, at 2.83%
$90,000 00
May 13, due October 15, at 3.60% plus $0.25
10,000 00
May 13, due April 3, 1913, at 3.73%
50,000 00
September 30, due April 3, 1913, at 5%
15,000 00
November 4, due April 3, 1913, at 5%
5,000 00
December 9, due 1914 to 1917, interest 4% December 1
6,000 00
From :
W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1905
34 27
W. J. Dunbar, Collector, taxes 1906
87 74
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1907
201 14
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1908
714 66
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1909
8,131 25
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1910
16,550 96
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1911 W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes 1912 State Treasurer, corporation tax
123,485 80
8,310 64
State Treasurer, national bank tax
1,091 34
State Treasurer, street railway tax
5,294 50
State Treasurer, moth tax
138 61
State Treasurer, tuition children
169 00
State Treasurer, State aid
8,763 00
State Treasurer, military aid
194 00
State Treasurer, soldiers' burials
96 00
State Treasurer, State poor account
142 41
County Treasurer, dog license fees
1,442 42
County Treasurer, land damages
300 00
East Norfolk District Court, fees and fines
747 13
S. H. Capen, Sheriff, fines at Dedham
75 00
Individuals, aid refunded
10 95
Individuals, State aid refunded
88 00
Individuals, Soldiers' relief refunded
8 00
.
Amount carried forward $385,430 68
.
31,353 81
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Amount brought forward $383,430 63
Boston, poor account
126 49
Braintree, poor account
90 18
Bridgewater, 'Soldiers' relief
24 00
Brockton, poor account
57 00
Cohasset, poor account
238 10
Danvers, poor account .
25 43
Falmouth, poor account
104 00
Fall River, poor account
11 45
Gloucester, poor account .
174 11
Hingham, poor account
254 53
Lowell, poor account
109 90
Norwood, poor account
48 00
Plymouth, poor account
171 60
Quincy, poor account
88 45
Randolph, poor account
16 90
Saugus, poor account
81 67
Taunton, poor account
97
Uxbridge, poor account
192 00
Wellfleet, Soldiers' relief ..
156 00
Almshouse, for rent of Town Farm
300 00
Individuals, rent of Town Hall
1,055 00
F. D. Sherman, Sealer's fees
132 85
R. H. Whiting, blue prints, etc.
206 20
Individuals, tree account .
22 80
Weymouth Educational Society, tree account
99 30
C. L. Merritt, use of telephone
8 81
C. L. Merritt, old barrels
2 00
W. J. Dunbar, frame and grate
12 00
Athens School, use of telephone
28 26
Tufts School, use of telephone
14 28.
A. L. McGregor, use of telephone
2 35
P. T. Pearson, school tickets, etc.
97 11
J. H. Lihby, refunded
1 50
Police Dept., use of telephone .
2 90
Matthew O'Dowd, rent of hose house No. 5
7 50
W. W. Pratt, rent of hose house No. 4
38 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., refunded .
1 07
J. Q. Hunt, use of telephone
75
O. C. Gas Co., Highway Dept.
693 88
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., High- way Dept. .
24 00
Bay State St. Ry. Co., Highway Dept.
61 79
Water Dept., Highway Dept. 5 28
Weymouth Light & Power Co., Highway Dept. .
16 31
Amount carried forward $388,241 85
.
W. W. Pratt, rent of hose house No. 1
6 50
24
Amount brought forward $388,241 85
Individuals, Highway Dept. 18 00
J. A. Raymond, licenses, 1911
35 00
J. A. Raymond, licenses, 1912 , 22 00
W. D. Foskett, license public entertainment
, 00
First National Bank, interest on deposit 285 74
Accrued interest on $6,000 notes
8 00
Almshouse Account :
F. H. Chandler, milk
2,982 74
F. P. Fay, cattle .
.
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379 00
J. T. Robery, cattle 150 00
T. L. Tirrell, cattle .
197 50
J. W. Eldridge, Supt., sundry sales, board, etc.
233 35
Individuals, vegetables, etc.
67 11
Individuals, board
338 52
G. H. Bicknell & Co., barrels
6 12
Overseers of the Poor, wood and carting coal 169 50
Selectmen, wood and carting coal
159 00
Total receipts
$393,295 43
Cash on hand January 1, 1912 9,671 78
$402,967 21
DISBURSEMENTS.
Checks drawn on Selectmen's treasury warrants for :
Notes given in anticipation of taxes . $170,000 00
Notes due May 1, June 1 and November 1 6,500 00
Sundry appropriations · 226,427 30
Total disbursements
$402,927 30
Cash on hand December 31, 1912 39 91
$402,967 21
LIABILITIES.
Notes issued as follows :
Athens Schoolhouse, 32%, eight notes, $2,500 each, due May, 1913 to 1920
$20,000 00
Pratt Schoolhouse, 4%, eleven notes, $1,000 each, due Nov. 1, 1913 to 1923
11,000 00
Town House, 4%, due Dec. 15, 1915
5.000 00
Town House, 4%, due Dec. 16, 1916 .
6,000 00
Amount carried forward
$42,000 00
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Amount brought forward $42,000 00 Fore River Bridge, 4%, five notes, $1,000 each, due June 1, 1913 to 1917 . 5,000 00
Fore River Bridge, 4%, two notes, $1,500 each, due Dec. 1, 1913 to 1914
3,000 00
Fore River Bridge, 4%, three notes, $1,000 each,
due Dec. 1, 1915 to 1917 .
3,000 00
James Humphrey Schoolhouse, 4%, forty notes, $5,000 annually, Nov. 1, 1919 to 1926 .
40,000 00
General Town Purposes, 4%, $2,000 annually, June 1, 1913 to 1914
4,000 00
Anticipation of taxes, due April 3, 1913
70,000 00
Total amount of notes outstanding
$167,000 00
Trust funds
8,500 00
Amount due appropriations .
36,183 13
Amount due cities and towns ·
667 39
Checks outstanding
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.
3,232 38
$215,582 90
ASSETS.
Due from :
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes, 1910
$11,047 44
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes, 1911
21,761 91
W. M. Tirrell, Collector, taxes, 1912
68,423 78
Total taxes due
$101,233 13
County Treasurer, dog license tax
1,416 34
State Treasurer, State Aid .
8,556 00
State Treasurer, Military Aid
198 00
State Treasurer, soldiers' burials .
111 00
State Treasurer, poor account
131 41
Abington, poor account
166 35
Boston, poor account .
.
81 98
Braintree, poor account
83 76
Brockton, poor account
183 00
Brookline, poor account
92 00
Cohasset, poor account
108 00
Danvers, poor account.
18 86
Falmouth, poor account. Fall River, poor account Gloucester, poor account Hingham, poor account
31 00
50 25
218 42
Norwood, poor account
48 00
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104 00
Amount carried forward $112,831 50
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Amount brought forward $112,831 50 4 00 Taunton, poor account .
Uxbridge, poor account
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192 00
Woburn, poor account
44 00
Bridgewater, soldiers' relief .
72 00
Wellfleet, soldiers' relief
156 00
Collector's deeds .
3,547 28
James Humphrey Schoolhouse sinking fund .
8,747 66
Trust Funds
8,500 00
Deposit, First National Bank, South Weymouth
39 91
$134,134 35
Town debt, January 1, 1912 .
$83,510 65
Town debt, December 31, 1912
81,448 55
Decrease for the year .
$2,062 10
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
Weymouth, Dec. 31, 1912.
WEYMOUTH, Dec: 31, 1912.
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, 1912 .
$1,000 00
Received interest, South Weymouth Savings Bank, 40 40
Total Fund Dec. 31, 1912 $1,040 40
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS FUND. FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUFTS LIBRARY. Total Fund Jan. 1, 1912 , .
$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, 1912
$5,000 00
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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 in- terest of 4%
$100 00
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND.
Total Fund January 1, 1912
$8,405 53
Receipts :
Interest, First National Bank $6 90
Interest, Town bonds ·
240 00
Interest, Savings Banks
95 23
$342 13
Total Fund Dec. 31, 1912 $8,747 66
Investments :
Town of Weymouth 4% bonds
$6,000 00
Deposit in Weymouth Savings Bank
1,151 01
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank
1,233-10
Deposit in First National Bank, So. Weymouth 363 55
Total
$8,747 66
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
WEYMOUTH, December 31, 1912.
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.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
The Auditors respectfully submit the following report. We have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treasurer, Treasurer of the Water Loan and Sinking Fund Commissioners, Beals Park Fund, Treasurer of the Tufts Library and 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 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, 1913.
Balance of orders unpaid January 1, 1912 $7.569 71 Amount of orders drawn during the year 1912 402,927 30 ·
Total $410,497 01
Amount of orders paid by Treasurer for 1912 . 407,264 63
Balance of orders unpaid January 1, 1913 . 1
$3,232 38
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, 1913 2,730 23
$168,137 55
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 168,137 55
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1906.
Tax levy as per Assessors' commit- ment . $160,823 86
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1913 2,545 30
Amount due on Collector's books Jan. 1, 1911 114 18
$163,483 34
Total collections and abatements to Jan. 1, 1913 163,483 34
1907.
Tax levy as per Assessors' commit-
ment .
$181,157 37
Interest collected to January 1, 1913 3,068 34
Re-assessed January 9, 1909 . 1,973 98
$186,199 69
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 186,199 69
1908.
Tax levy as per Assessors' commit- ment .
$178,818 83
Interest collected to January 1, 1913 3,075 55
Re-assessed January 9, 1909 . 1,113 70
$183,008 08
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 183,008 08 ·
1909.
Tax levy as per Assessors' commit-
ment .
$182,884 02
Interest collected to January 1, 1913 3,041 63
$185,925 65
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 185,925 65
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1910.
Tax levy for 1910 as per Assessors' commitment $199,527 90 Interest collected to January 1, 1913 2,346 30
$201,874 20
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 190,826 76
$11,047 44 Balance due January 1, 1913 . ·
$11,047 44
NOTE .- Tax collectors books show total levy of $199,538 05 for 1910.
1911.
Tax levy for 1911 as per Assessors' commitment $182,407 84
Interest collected to January 1, 1913 1,035 51
$183,443 35
Total collections and abatements to January 1, 1913 . 161,681 44
21,761 91 Balance due January 1, 1913 .
$21,761 91
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NOTE .-- Tax collectors books show total levy of $182,415 81 for 1911.
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