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6. Vincenza Oliva
12. Inez Catherine Pratt
14. Constance Elizabeth Nash
15. Alfred William Gardner, Jr.
21. Walter Henry Achres
23. Verginia Dalicenti
23. Maria Rosa Belgastro
25. William Hollis Bavin
26. Mary Bernice Decost
27. Emilia Elizabetta Mariano
28. Martha Cecilia Gerrion
28. Warren Weston Schenck
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Date of Birth. September
28. Hazel Robertson Belcher
28. James Desmond
29. Wilber Green Tirrell
30. Irene Louise Knight
October
2. Chester J. Underhill, Jr.
3. John Frederick Chalmer
4. Marjorie Cass
4. John Thomas Sheehan
6. Charles Weston Bennett
8. Marjorie Marie Didion
8. Richard William Graham Plews
8. Donald Charles Beach
9. Edwin Aubrey Reader
9. Charles Henry Lyman
12. Henry Phillips Tilden, Jr.
12. Helen Marie Spillane
12. Forest Ruxton Mckenzie
14. Andrew Holger Randlov
14. Elwood Weston Goodwin
14. Elwyn Lester Goodwin
I6 Frank Herbert Fisher
18. Robert Howard Burrell
19. Elena Zeoli
23. Emma Priscilla Ells
26. Francis Edward Sheppard
28. Alec Douglas Shaw
31. John Robinowiz
31. Charles Weston Newmo- rah
November
4. Genevieve Louise Devean
4. Ruth Jane Nolan
6. Gladys Marion Davis
Date of Birth. November
10. Helen Gertrude Williams
10. John Joseph Donovan
12 Anna Grincevitch
14. Gordon Lester Wright
14. Edward George O'Con- nor
14. Mary Mankedge
15 Joseph Willard White
16. Eleanor O'Brien
16 Daniel Reidy, Jr.
19 Kenneth Albert Virchow
24. Joseph Edward Delory
24. Sydney Williams Emery
26. Elizabeth Hollis
29. George Stewart Loud
29 James Clark Furse
29. Arthur Campbell Drennen
30. John Andrew Hayes
December
4. Andrew Cahoon Sinclair
7. Daughter of Charles H. and Cara C. Booth
10. Priscilla Alden Jones
11. Beatrice Estelle McBride
14. Lucia Ranaldi
16. Elizabeth Riley
23. Ciriaco Francesco Petruc- celli
23. Henry George Piresing
25. Natalina Giuseppina Spal- lino
25 Elliott Nobel Taylor
26. Michele Alberto Roccia
26. Marcella Iscavitch
26. Josephine Sturtevant
27. John Gustaf Thurburg
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Number of marriages recorded where one or both of the parties resided in Weymouth . Non-residents . .
· 141
6
Total
. 147
Number of births : - -
Males
146
Females
·
. 109
Total
. .
254
Number of deaths :
Males
111
Females
.
.
97
Total
208
Excess of births over deaths
46
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, January 23, 1914.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN - I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1913.
The streets of the town as a whole are in very good condition this year in comparison with gravel roads built in other towns and in consideration of the fact that the appropriation was only $22,- 965.61, which is less than that of last year.
There is a great deal of work that should be done.
I would recommend a special appropriation of $5,000 to build a section of tar macadam in each ward. In Ward Two the work should be continued on Broad street from the present macadam in Jackson square. In Ward Three in Lincoln square, as there is a petition to the Bay State Street Railway Company to put in a double track between the two squares, they should be asked to either pave or macadam all of the street.
There should be a cement bridge over the river on Pearl street in Ward One, as the present bridge is in very bad repair.
In Ward Five, Union street should have special attention. As there is not any gravel within two and one-half miles, I would recommend crushed stone and tar.
In Ward Four, Washington street must be worked. At & hearing before the State Highway Commissioners, which was well attended, they stated that if we appropriated a sum of money for that street that they would appropriate a like amount to meet us half way.
The oil question is still an unsolved problem. We used forty thousand gallons of dustolene and eight thousand gallons of light, green oil. They worked about the same, not heavy enough to do the work, and would recommend tarvia.
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WARD ONE.
The most important work was cleaning gutters of all the streets. Graveled most of Commercial Street, Neck Street, River Street, East Street, Pearl Street, Norton Street and North Street in part.
Sidewalks on Bridge Street, Commercial Street, Bartlett Street, North Street and East Street. Retaining wall on Norton Street. All other streets received some attention.
WARD TWO.
Broad Street received the most attention between Jackson Square and Commercial Square. This piece of road was in very bad condition . The Bay State Street Railway Company raised their tracks from four to nine inches so the road had to be raised up to meet it. We put in a five inch fill of pit stone and about eight hundred and fifty ton of crushed stone with forty-eight hundred gallons of hot tarvia with twelve hundred gallons of tar- via B. as a dressing. Building a concrete bridge over the river and placing one new catch basin on the hill.
The expense of putting this road in shape was $2,270. A new sidewalk on the south side was also built.
Graveled Middle Street, Commercial Street, Hill Street and Chard Street in part. Sidewalks on Broad Street, Middle Street, Commercial Street and Station Street.
Scraped and cleaned gntters in the ward.
Laid curbing in front of the High School and at the corner of Cottage and Commercial Streets also Hill Street.
Repaired drains and catch basins at Dizer's Pond, Pleasant Street and Hill Street.
WARD THREE.
The main work done in this ward was at Washington Square. The railroad raised their tracks about four or five inches so in order to obtain a good foundation the road was dng down from five to seven inches and a fill of pit stone put in with tar macadam using seven hundred ton of crushed stone and forty-eight hund- red gallons of tarvia. There should be a coating of Tarvia B. put on this work in the spring. The cost of the work done was $2,370.
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Graveled Summit Street, Granite Street, Prospect Street, Keith Street, Norfolk Street, Tremont Street, Phillips Street, Vine Street, Hunt Street and Front Street in part; sidewalks on Summer Street, Commercial Street and Front Street. Pipes laid with three catch basins on Broad Street (Special. )
Road machine was run and gutters cleaned.
WARD FOUR.
Graveled Oak Street, Front Street, Pleasant Street, Park Ave- nue, Torrey Street, Middle Street, Washington Street in part ; sidewalks : Pleasant Street and Front Street, Highland Place, Park Avenue, Torrey Street, Washington Street, and West Street.
Run road machine and cleaned gutters.
Placed curbing on the remaining corner of Washington and Pleasant Street.
WARD FIVE.
Run road machine and cleaned all gutters.
Graveled Union Street, Columbian Street, Hollis Street, Ran- dolph Street, Tower Avenue, White Street and Derby Street in part ; sidewalks : Hollis Street and Columbian.
Curbing laid on two corners of Columbian Square.
The streets of the town were oiled the same as last year.
At the stone crusher the total expense was $3,423.47. This included $500 for moving from South Weymouth and setting up ; also $370.76 for permanent repairs and three years' storage on Mr. Hochstrasser's land. There were 2,300 tons of stone crushed, most of which was blasted out. The drilling was all hand work. As there are 30,000 tons of stone in the walls that are wholly on the town land I would recommend that the town purchase the same from the Poor Department. Would also rec- ommend the town to buy the motor which is installed at the plant with a special appropriation of $200, as it does not require an extra man to run it as it does with steam. It is powerful enough to do the work.
The crusher needs about $300 repairing done, $200 of this for a new elevator and $100 for minor parts. With this done stone can be crushed for less than seventy-five cents a ton. These stones are of extra good quality.
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The usual amount of concrete sidewalks were laid in each ward. It gives good satisfaction, and would recommend that the work be continued under the betterment act, the abuttors paying one-half and allowed five years to pay their share. This does not make it hard for anyone.
The Tufts Fund allowed this department $200 for sidewalk work from Weymouth Depot to Church Street, Weymouth Heights. This was built with crushed stone dust which makes. a very dry sidewalk.
The following is property in charge of the Highway Depart- ment :
One steam roller, one portable building, one portable engine, two sets of scales, three road drags, one stone crusher, oue port- able bin, two oil carts, one oil distributor, one oil trough, one oil pump and hose, one four-horse and two two-horse road machines, one two-horse sweeper, thirty snow plows, one breaking plow, four gutter plows, four cleanup carts, fifty-two picks, thirty- three shovels, ten grub hoes and sixteen rakes, fifty-four lanterns, four bars, nine hammers, ten post hole shovels, one catch basin pump, two horses and signs, four screens, fifteen feet pipe, seven wrenches, six hoes, fourteen push brooms, three scythe, four snath, fifteen drills, twenty-five feet rubber hose, six grade stakes, two trowels, two tamping bars, one paving tamper, three hundred feet of three-inch hard pine lumber, six thousand paving blocks, seventy-five stone slabs and two tool boxes.
At the close I desire to thank the Board of Selectmen, also the employees, for their courtesy and ready assistance in serving the interests of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. MAYNARD,
Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wey- mouth :
GENTLEMEN : = I herewith submit the annual report of the work performed by the Police Department of the Town of Wey- mouth for the year ending December 31, 1913.
Whole number of arrests, 343.
CAUSES OF ARRESTS.
DRUNKENNESS :
Fined $15 each, 21.
Fined $10 each, 52.
Fined $5 each, 13. Fined $3 each, 4. Paid costs each, 8. State Farm, 16. .
Released, 23.
Placed on file, 7. Discharged, 2. House of Correction for three months, 1.
House of Correction for three months, sentence suspended, 3.
House of Correction for two months, 1. House of Correction for one month, 1.
House of Correction, sentence suspended, 1.
Defaulted, 6. State Farm and appealed, 3. State Farm, sentence suspended 3. Total, 170.
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER : Held for grand jury, 1. Total, 1.
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ASSAULT AND BATTERY :
Fined $50, 1.
Fined $50, appealed, 1.
Fined $25 each, 6. '
Fined $15 each, 2.
Fined $10 each, 7.
Fined $5, 1. Fined $3, 2.
Paid cost each, 3.
One month House of Correction, sentence suspended, 1. Probation, 2.
Assault with a dangerous weapon. Two months in House of Correction and fined $25, 1.
Paid $200 to complainant and $25 costs, 1.
Assault on an officer placed on file, 1.
Discharged, 7. Fined $50 and committed, 1. Total, 38.
THREAT TO COMMIT AN ASSAULT :
Paid cost, 1. Probation, 1. Placed on file, 4. Discharged, 1. Total, 7.
IDLE AND DISORDERLY : State Farm, 1. Probation, 1. Total, 2.
DISTURBING THE PEACE : Fined $25 each, 1. Fined $15 each, 4. Fined $10 each, 2. Paid cost, 1. Placed on file, 1. Total, 9.
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VIOLATION OF THE LIQUOR LAWS, ILLEGAL KEEPING AND EXPOSING FOR SALE INTOXICATING LIQUORS :
Fined $50 each, 3.
Fined $75, 1. Fined $200, 1. Fined $65, 1.
In one month in House of Correction and fined $50 and sen- tence suspended, 2.
Discharged, 2.
Illegal sale of intoxicating liquor fined, $50, 1. Total 11.
LARCENY :
Fined $25, committed, 1.
Made restitution and paid cost, 2. Paid fine $10, 1. Fined $5 each, 2. Committed to reformatory, 1.
Placed on file, 1. Discharged, 3. Larceny from a building. Six months in House of Correction, 1. Three months sentence suspended, 1.
Defaulted, 2. Total, 15.
BREAKING AND ENTERING IN THE NIGHT TIME AND LARCENY. Two and one-half years in House of Correction 1. Probation, 1. Total, 2.
BREAKING AND ENTERING IN THE DAYTIME.
Committed to Lyman School, 2. Committed to Lyman School-Senence suspended, 2. Probation, 8. Total, 12.
NEGLECT OF FAMILY.
Ordered to pay $4 per week to family, 1. Ordered to pay $3 per week to family, 1. Continued, 1.
Total, 3.
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LEWDNESS.
Fined $25 each, 2. State Farm, 2. Placed on file, 1. Total, 5.
FORNICATION.
Fined $30, 1. Committed to Women's Prison at Sherborn, 1. Total, 2.
INSANE.
Committed to Taunton Insane Hospital, 3. Committed to Worcester Insane Hospital, 1. . Total, 4.
TRAMPS.
Committed to State Farm, 1. . Discharged, 7. Total, 8.
TRESPASS.
Discharged, 9. Total, 9.
ESCAPED PRISONER. Sent to Reformatory, 1. Total, 1 .-
BASTARDY. Ordered to pay $4 per week to complainant, 1. Continued, 2. Total, 3.
GAMING ON THE LORD'S DAY : Fined $10 each, 4. Fined $3 each, 3. Total, 7.
UNLICENSED DOGS : Placed on file, 1. Discharged, 1. Total, 1.
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MALICIOUS MISCHIEF :
Paid cost and made restitution, 3.
ARRESTED ON DEFAULT WARRANT : One.
VIOLATION OF MILK CAN LAW :
Fined $3, 1. Placed on file, 1. Total, 2.
VIOLATION OF FISH AND GAME LAWS :
Fined $15, continued, 1.
OPERATING AN AUTOMOBILE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR :
One month in the House of Correction and fined $75 and ap- pealed, 1.
Discharged, 1. Total, 2.
LOST CHILDREN FOUND AND SENT TO PARENTS IN BOSTON, 2.
COMMITTED TO TEWKSBURY STATE HOME, 3.
SUPERIOR COURT.
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER :
Sentenced to House of Correction six months, 1.
OPERATING AN AUTOMOBILE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS :
Paid fine of $75, 1.
Arrests for out of town officers, 21.
Search for intoxicating liquors, 20. Search for stolen goods, 1.
Property returned to owners, $275. Amount of fines in lower court, $2,570.
Amount of fines in Superior Court, $75.
Respectfully submitted,
PATRICK BUTLER,
Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TOWN HOME AND FARM.
To the Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN :--
By your request, I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1913 :
During the year we have given our best efforts and time to the care of the inmates and the improvement of the home and farm,
A number of improvements have been made in the house, among which is the providing of a chapel room, in which, by the kindness of the people connected with a number of the churches, Sunday services have been held occasionally ; also entertainments for the pleasure and benefit of the inmates.
This room was made by removing the partition and throwing two of the rooms in the easterly end of the building upon the sec- ond floor into one, thus making a room which accommodates about forty people.
The sleeping rooms and corridors have been improved, for which the appreciative inmates express themselves as thankful.
The State Inspector of Almshouses has expressed entire satis- faction with the management and care, and says the old home never looked better. He is, however, still desirous of Weymouth having a new and more modern building for a town home.
On the farm we have made several permanent improvements, among which was the clearing of new land, providing a shelter for wagons and farm implements and cementing the bottom of the barn cellar, by which much valuable fertilizer is saved which has been running to waste.
Other improvements of minor importance have been made which I need not here enumerate.
The crops produced have been satisfactory, being more than sufficient for home consumption. About six hundred bushels of potatoes were harvested. We put about three acres in field corn
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for grain, a crop which has not been raised upon the farm for many years. About five hundred bushels of ears were harvested and much valuable forage. The season was particularly unfavor- able for ripening corn by reason of the long continued wet spell of weather; however, the corn was, by much effort and a great deal of handling, kept from serious damage.
Sufficient ensilage and hay were produced to carry the stock through the winter.
We invite the town's people to visit the home and farm and . see what is going on.
Trusting our efforts are appreciated and thanking the Board of Overseers for their ready assistance and fairness in all dealings, also Dr. Drake for his prompt service and the kindly care he has given the inmates.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. ELDRIDGE,
Superintendent.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Jan. 20, 1914. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN : - In submitting my report for the year 1913 I wish to call your attention to the benefits derived by the voting at the Town Meeting to appropriate the full amount of our lia- bility for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, thereby entitling us to reimbursement from the State. These reimburse- ments have amounted to $1,774.60, including the $600 on new sprayer. In addition to this we have been enabled to buy of the State our tools and supplies, including arsenate of lead to the amount of $1,160.50 at a much less initial cost than we could buy in open market. This has given us means with which to do much extra work in the cutting out of our street borders, which greatly lessens the danger of transporting the moths to unin- fested sections, and enables us to better handle them where they are. I would call your attention to this line of work done on Washington street, from junction with Main street to Hingham line, and also the entire length of Middle street. This is not only good moth work, but a great benefit to the traveling public, and we hope to do more of it the coming year. The new sprayer has worked very satisfactorily, but as the old one gave out before the season was over we had to leave some needed work undone.
We have had it rebuilt and remodeled, and now have two practically new first-class machines, and are better equipped than ever to handle the work. The response from the State Forester's office to the owners of infested woodlands in this town was not so general as to warrant the sending of an expert forester out here to give us his advice on the subjeet. I expect to see the offer renewed this year, and I hope that all such owners will avail themselves of the opportunity to get some good expert advice, not only from a moth standpoint, but from a forestry standpoint as well.
Any inquiries in regard to this or other matter relating to the work will be cheerfully answered either by myself or our District Supervisor, Mr. Walter F. Holmes, to whom I am very thankful for much kindly advice.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. L. MERRITT, Local Supt.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
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SOUTH WEYMOUTH,
January 20th, 1914.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Weymouth :
GENTLEMEN :
Herein please find the report of the Tree Warden for 1913 :
In addition to the usual work of the deparment, such as prun- ing, spraying, etc., we have endeavored to abate the nuisance of the Tent Caterpillar so far as our jurisdiction extends. We have been through nearly all of our Town Highways cutting out the wild cherry trees which are their greatest breeding place.
I advise all owners of lands bearing such trees to remove and burn them before May 1st.
The best method of destroying this pest is by spraying with arsenate of lead as soon as the foliage starts.
Do this thoroughly and you will have no trouble.
Unfortunately we have lost in the past year qnite a number of our shade trees (mostly elms) from various causes, the intro- duction of gas being the principal one.
I wish to state that the Gas Company have acted very fairly in the matter and have agreed to pay for the removal of trees where the evidence showed that gas had killed them and for the replac- ing with good, young maple.
The complication of trees and our various public utilities is quite serious, but the various companies have shown a disposition to cooperate with the Tree Warden in getting the best results possible under existing conditions.
We ought to set out quite a number of shade trees the coming season, as many of our old trees will soon be gone, and we have a number of new streets on which trees should be planted at once.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. MERRITT,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO THE ATHENS SCHOOL, WEYMOUTH, MASS.
To the Citizens of Weymouth :
This Committee, consisting of the members of the School Com- mittee and two others, chosen by the School Committes, in ac- cordance with the vote of the town on March 10, 1913, reports as follows :
The proposed addition to the Athens School, constructed ac- cording to plans and specifications presented before the last Town Meeting, has been completed, and the same has been in constant use since Monday, September 15, 1913.
The general contract was awarded to H. C. Briggs of Brockton, who was the lowest of seven bidders. A deduction from his original bid of $13,600, to the extent of $80, was made by the changing in detail of certain items of plumbing.
Another deduction of $16 was made on account of work done for the contractor in the way of grading.
The contractor performed extra work, approved by the com- mittee, of the value of $140.75, reduced by merchandise credit to $132.55, thus making the total amount due the contractor $13,636.55.
The committee believes that the general contractor has done his work in proper conformance with the specifications and their intent.
For heating the addition two No. 86 Richardson & Boynton furnaces were installed by Frank E. Woodward & Co. of Boston, who were the lowest bidders for a system of heating which would properly and sufficiently heat the building.
This firm has also installed steam radiation in connection with the old boiler for heating the manual training room, and elsewhere in the building.
The work of Frank E. Woodward & Co. has been done in a creditable manner, and in the recent cold snap of January suc- cessfully met the test.
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The new adjustable desks and seats are of the best quality and design. The manual training room is large, well lighted, and fully equipped. The Athens School to-day fully meets the needs of the territory it serves, and with one large room in reserve, will, in the absence of some unusual increase of school population, con- tinue so to do for some time to come.
The net cost of the work, in detail, is as follows :
H. C. Briggs, general contractor and extra work . $13,636 55
Frank E. Woodward & Co., heating and ventilating 948 00
Loring & Phipps, architects 888 99
Edward E. Babb &. Co., desks and seats installed
706 08
Edward E. Babb & Co., other equipment 17 00
Ford Furniture Co., shades 72 00
Paine Furniture Co., teachers' desks and chairs
131 35
Town of Weymouth, Water Dept., installing water
53 95
E. H. Frary, clocks 27 00
Hiram Nadell, grading
84 30
Chandler & Barber, M. T. benches
165 00
Chandler & Barber, M. T. tools .
160 00
P. F. Landry, transformer and bells
15 50
Total
$16,905 72
Balance of appropriation unexpended
94 28
Total . $17,000 00
The members of the committee wish ro commend the careful attention given to the construction by Messrs. Loring & Phipps, the architects, and to thank Mr. H. H. Hale for many practical suggestions concerning the plans.
This report, being written after January 1, 1914, contains one item not included in the report of the Town Accountant, to wit, the refund of $80 from H. C. Briggs, before noted, and also in- cludes full payment due Frank E. Woodward & Co., which had not been made at the time of the Town Accountant's report.
Respectfullv submitted,
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, THERON L. TIRRELL,
ARTHUR H. ALDEN,
FRANK E. LOUD,
ELMER E. LEONARD,
WALDO TURNER,
ALICE LILLIAN MCGREGOR,
Prince H. TIRRELL, Secretary.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
JANUARY 1, 1913.
We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation the sum of $221,501.44, and have committed the same to Winslow M. Tirrell, Esq., the duly elected Collector of Taxes, with our warrant in due form of law for col- lection and payment in accordance with the vote of the town and the warrants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Commitment Aug. 13, 1913,
$5,026 00
66 Sept. 22, 66
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207,994 92
66
Oct. 27, 66
.
6,154 48
66 Dec. 19, 66
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.
2,326 04
$221,501 44
State Tax
$18,720 00
County Tax
7,841 82
Metropolitan Park Tax
2,658 50
State Highway Tax
347 00
Charles River Basin Tax
807 59
St. Railway Tax .
4,707 81
Town Tax, including Overlay
179,741 89
Moth Tax .
1,966 22
Street Oiling Tax
2,721 19
Walks Tax
1,406 67
Non-Resident Bank Tax .
582 75
$221,501 44
VALUATION OF THE TOWN. $11,529,658.00.
Number of polls assessed ·
. 3,819
Number of residents assessed on property ·
. 2,354
All others ·
. 418
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.
198
Number of non-residents assessed on property .
991
All others
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.
111
Number of horses assessed
.
.
. 600
Number of cows assessed
530
Number of other cattle assessed
50
Number of swine assessed
59
Number of fowl assessed .
6,522
Number of houses assessed
. 3,507
Number of acres of land assessed
10,711
Rate per $1,000
. $17.50
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. DWYER,
WALDO TURNER,
FRANK H. TORREY,
WARREN T. SIMPSON,
EDWARD I. LOUD,
Assessors of Weymouth.
REPORT OF FIRE WARDEN FOR 1913.
During this year there have been about twenty still alarms.
The largest fire was in the spring at Ward 4. This one burned. over 100 acres of land and cost the town about $150.
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