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4 75
C. H. Holbrook, laundry, etc.
76
W. B. Loud, repairs
25
Electric lighting
11 00
Alvin Hollis & Co., coal
25 69
Water rent
6 00
60 38
Total expended
$7,890 13
Balance to treasury . .
220 49
Total amount carried forward
$8,110 62
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$119 94
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.
$317 59
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79
Amount brought forward
$8,110 62
APPROPRIATED FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation March 8, 1915 . . $7,500 00
E. Norfolk Court. fees and fines .
402 67
Superior Court, fees and fines 178 00
Braintree, use of lock-up .
13 75
L. E. Schofield, use of telephone 12 00
Sundry telephone receipts 4 20
Total
$8,110 62
Health Department.
F. L. Doucett, M. D., services $150 00
John S. Williams, services . 141 00
John S. Williams, disinfecting 134 00
C. B. Dolge Co., disinfecting candles . 36 12
M. R. Loud, plumbing inspector
147 00
George Marshall, plumbing inspector .
68 20
George B. Bayley, inspector of licensed slaughter houses 282 45
Alston A. Shaw, garbage collector
126 67
A. C. Demary, rent of rooms for dis- pensary 95 00
F. H. Thomas Co., microscope outfit, etc. 152 95
F. L. Doucett, M. D., expenses . ·
76 60
Ford Furniture Co. 69 65
G. E. Emerson, M. D., treatment for rabies 45 00
H. K. Mulford Co.
35 00
Library Bureau .
·
26 90
E. A. Chandler, desk, chair
18 00
Russell .H. Whiting, plan
15 00
Hobbs & Warren
13 25
Charles Harrington, blankets
13 16
W. H. Miner
12 90
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
9 00
Fox, Fultz & Co.
7 61
J. H. Murray .
5 00
J. F. & W. H. Cushing
4 00
State Department of Health, branding outfit 2 65 .
Allen Bros , wax seal
·
1 75
Weymouth Light & Power Co. 1 50
Minnie Fratus, cleaning
.
1 00
James H. Tonry, printing
61 25
.
Amount carried forward $1,752 61
80
Amount brought forward $1,752 61
The Weymouth Times .
28 63
Gazette Publishing Co. 23 45 . .
Pray & Kelley, printing
.
.
5 25
C. J. Hollis, auto hire
3 00
George E. Fogg, expressing
50
Adams Express Co. .
42
A. C. Demary, carting
40
Individuals, burying animals
9 00
H. A. Richards, use of dump
10 00
William F. Cowing, cleaning canal 4 00
For contagious disease cases
1,066 89
Total expended
$2,904 15
Balance to Treasury
95 85
Total
$3,000 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915 ·
. $2,500 00
From Reserve fund
500 00
Total
$3,000 00
Miscellaneous Department.
A. P. Worthen, expenses, apportion- ment Metropolitan Parks expense
$56 76
M. E. S. Clemons, expenses, Bay State St. Ry. Co., hearings
50 00
The First National Bank, Boston, pre- paring and certifying schoolhouse bonds
120 00
Bradford Hawes, land damage
·
100 00
Charles H. Lovell, land damage .
,50 00
Lewis W. Keay, damages .
25 00
John A. Raymond, witness fees .
3 50
Russell H. Whiting, witness fees
3 50
Nelson W. Gardner, witness fees
3 50
Weston H. Cushing, witness fees
3 50
Bradford Hawes, witness fees
3 50
A. W. Cook, photographs .
5 00
Otis B. Torrey, services Butler case
5 00
William J. Fitzsimmons, services But- ler case . 5 00
State Treasurer, penalty
2 00
Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County, fee . 3 00
Amount carried forward $439 26
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81
Amount brought forward $439 26
Charles Q. Clapp, rebate
7 06
Ethelyn L. Doble, stenographer .
25 85
Hazel A. Dexheimer, stenographer
4 65
Quincy Industrial School
651 26
Boston Trade School for Girls
72 00
F. W. Loud, inspector of animals
163 75
M. R. Loud, inspector of tenements
41
10
W. M. Tirrell, land sales for taxes
171 83
E. L. Burdakin, list of deeds
91 52
Thomas V. Nash, probate abstracts
37 50
Gail B. Gardner, list for assessors
50
Russell H. Whiting, civil engineer
301
19
Russell H. Whiting, special plans
38 64
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding set plans
7 25
North Weymouth Cemetery Ass'n. care
soldiers' monument and grounds
30 00
Underwood Typewriter Co , typewriter, desk and chair 126 75
Bert N. Rice, envelopes and postage
81 48
Thorpe & Martin Co., books
30 25
Hobbs & Warren, stationery
26 36
Library Bureau, cards
23 25
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., books
12 50
Underwood Typewriter Co., ribbons
4 50
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. . 4 45
Secretary of the Commonwealth, book
4 00
The Carter's Ink Co., ink . 3 92
C. A. Butman & Co., rubber keys 3 50
3 50
S. Pearce, pens .
3 00
F. H. Blackbird, pens
2 75
Melville F. Cate, book
2 50
George H. Hunt & Co., stationery
2 20
Dimond-Union Stamp Works
.
50
Lovell & Rice, storage
13 50
Barbour, Stockwell Co., auto signs
10 00
C. B. Cushing, car fares
4 20
Emerson R. Dizer, car fares
1 10
John F. Dwyer, expenses .
14 00
Leavitt W. Bates, expenses
2 50
Lewis W. Callahan, expenses
1 70
Charles H. Clapp, expenses
1 00
George B. Bayley, serving notices
6 75
F. H. Holmes, delivering town reports
14 00
J. Ross South, delivering town reports
8 00
Amount carried forward $2,495 52
Remington Typewriter Co., ribbons
82
Amount brought forward $2,495 52
S.A. Maynard, delivering town reports 6 00
A. S. Marsh, delivering town reports . 8 00
W. P. Hersey, delivering poll-tax books 7 00
Reginald W. Bates, delivering poll-tax books 9 00
John F. Dwyer, delivering poll-tax ·
books 14 00
Lewis W. Callahan, delivering poll-tax books .
6 00
Charles H. Clapp, delivering poll-tax books 8 00
George W. Nash. enforcing dog law ·
20 00
Lawrence E. Schofield, enforcing dog law 25 00
Charles W. Baker, enforcing dog law . 15 00
George B. Bayley, enforcing dog law .
24 40
Willie B. Loud, enforcing dog law
18 20
George L. Newton, expenses
29 75
Henry E. Hanley, expenses
25 00
E. W. Hunt, expenses
32 05
Bradford Hawes, expenses .
20 00
Charles E. Tirrell, burying animal
10 00
W. B. Loud, burying animal
2 00
J. Dwyer, burying animal .
. 00
W. F. Hall, burying animal
1 00
C. J. Hollis, auto hire
57 50
Willow Club Garage, auto hire
30 00
A. S. Marsh, auto hire
6 00
Adams Express Co.
1 73
H. K. Cushing, expressing . .
1 65
C. F. Gettemy, certifying town notes .
40 00
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co.
66 25
ASSESSORS' MEETINGS WITH REGISTRARS :
Leavitt W. Bates
26 00
Waldo Turner 9 00 .
.
John F. Dwyer
62 50
Lewis W. Callahan
13 00
Charles H. Clapp
13 00
JANITORS FOR REGISTRARS :
Harold A. Hawes
3 00
Herbert F. Pray
3 00
Amount carried forward $3,111 55
Robert Schofield, burying animal
2 00
83
Amount brought forward $3,111 55
J. F. Derusha 2 00
Archie R. French
.
1 00
J. Ralph Bacon 3 00
RETURNING BIRTHS :
F. L. Doucett, M. D., 41 at .25 10 25
J. H. Libby, M. D., 39 at .25 9 75
G. E. Emerson, M. D., 24 at .25 6 00
J. C. Fraser, M. D., 21 at .25 5 25
M. T. Sweeney, M. D., 21 at .25 5 25
Joseph Chase, Jr., M. D., 20 at .25 5 00
D. J. Driscoll, M. D., 18 at .25
4 50
W. J. Middleton, M. D., 12 at .25 .
3 00
F. H. Merriam, M. D., 1 at .25 .
25
H. L. Dearing, M. D., 1 at .25 25
H. E. Goddard, M. D., 1 at .25 25
RETURNING DEATHS :
Daniel H. Clancy, 28 at .25 7 00
George E. Mansfield, 4 at .25 .
1 00
John A. Raymond, Town Clerk, col- lecting, recording and indexing :
130 marriages at .20 $26 00
305 births at .50 .. 152 50
226 deaths at .20 .
45 20
7 deaths at . 25 .
.
1 75
3 deaths at .50 1 50
164 burial permits at . 10 16 40
Postage, etc. .
7 28
250 63
Total expended Balance to Treasury
$3,425 93 .
230 76
Appropriation March 8, 1915
$3,500 00
Refunded by State, account Industrial Schools
156 69
Total appropriation . $3,656 69
State, Town and Primary Election Expenses.
Louis A. Cook, moderator .
$15 00
PRECINCT ONE :
David Dunbar, warden 15 00
Charles H. Williams, clerk .
15 00
Amount carried forward $45 00
$3,656 69
84
Amount brought forward $45 00
Wilson E. Beane, inspector
15 00
Joshua H. Shaw, inspector
.
15 00
George Ruggles, inspector
5 00
John A. Holbrook, inspector
5 00
W. M. Tyler, inspector and deputy .
11 50
E. P. Murphy, inspector and deputy 11 50
George W. Nash, ballot-box officer .
15 00
John A. Carter, constable
6 00
Isaac H. Walker, constable
3 00
J. Herbert Libby, deputy warden
3 00
John F. Condon, deputy clerk
4 50
T. F. McCue, deputy inspector
1 50
PRECINCT TWO :
Melzar S. Burrell, warden
15 00
Harley G. Carter, clerk .
15 00
Charles A. Spear, inspector
15 00
James Knox, Jr., inspector
15 00.
Frank K. Raymond, inspector
15 00
Harry B. Torrey, inspector
10 00
G. S. Simmons, inspector and deputy
8 00
Arthur H. Pratt, ballot-box officer
15 00
Albert J. Osgood, constable
9 00
Michael J. Coffey, deputy warden
3 00
F. N. Bates, deputy clerk
3 00
James L. Lincoln, deputy inspector
4 50
Webster L. Pratt, deputy inspector .
3 00
B. J. Connell, deputy inspector
3 00
PRECINCT THREE :
William S. Wallace, warden
15 00
Jacob Dexheimer, clerk . 15 00
James A. Pray, inspector
15 00
Charles T. Bailey, inspector
15 00
Arthur W. Davis, inspector
10 00
Timothy F. White, inspector
5 00
Charles Dwyer, inspector and deputy
11 50
F. A. Sulis, inspector and deputy
8 00
Charles W. Baker, ballot-box officer Thomas Fitzgerald, constable .
9 00
George P. Niles, deputy warden
3 00
Mark J. Garrity, deputy clerk
4 50
Howard Richards, deputy inspector
4 50
Carlton O. Drown, deputy inspector .
3 00
Amount carried forward
$408 00
.
.
15 00
85
Amount brought forward $408 00
PRECINCT FOUR :
Thomas H. Melville, warden
10 00
John L. Kelley, warden and deputy 8 00
Bertie T. Hobart, clerk 15 00
John F. Kennedy, inspector
15 00
Edward W. Howley, inspector
15 00
John W. Seabury, inspector
10 00
Harry D. Tisdale, inspector
5 00
C. H. Lovell, inspector and deputy .
11 50
H. V. Pratt, inspector and deputy
6 50
George B. Bayley, ballot-box officer
15 00
Willie F. Tirrell, constable
6 00
Willard F. Hall, constable
3 00
Louis H. Ells, deputy clerk
3 00
Thomas F. Moore, deputy inspector .
3 00
PRECINCT FIVE :
Otis B. Torrey, warden
10 00
Henry C. Jesseman, warden
5 00
John F. Welch, clerk
15 00
D. Frank Daly, inspector
15 00
Joseph W. Kohler, inspector
15 00
George A. Benson, inspector
10 00
Patrick J. Welch, inspector
10 00
F. M. Fernald, inspector and deputy
8 00
6 50
John J. Santry, inspector and deputy Elbert Ford, ballot-box officer
15 00
Charles C. Tinkham, constable
6 00
Charles H. Holbrook, constable
3 00
F. W. Belcher, deputy inspector
3 00
M. J. Cullinane, deputy inspector
3 00
PRECINCT SIX :
Clayton B. Merchant, warden .
$15 00
Bartholomew J. Smith, clerk .
15 00
Thomas H. Noonan, inspector
15 00
Edward F. Cullen, inspector
15 00
Arthur M. Hawes, inspector
15 00
Arthur L. Blanchard, inspector
15 00
Edward F. Butler, ballot-box officer
10 00
Patrick Butler, ballot-box officer
5 00
Lawrence E. Schofield, constable
9 00
Horace M. Randall, deputy warden .
4 50
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.
Amount carried forward $777 00
1
86
Amount brought forward $777 00
George E. Cunniff, deputy clerk 3 00
Pasquale Santacrose, deputy inspector 4 50
Daniel Reidy, Jr., deputy inspector . 4 50
J. Q. B. Goodspeed, deputy inspector 4 50
George D. Bagley, deputy inspector 4 50
MISCELLANEOUS :
The Norfolk Club of South Weymouth 55 00
Crescent Lodge Hall Association 36 00
Weymouth Fire Dept., hall rent 12 00
Reynolds Post 58 Corp'n
4 00
Charles A. Marr, janitor and labor
8 00
Edwin A. Stone, janitor and labor
4 00
Harold A. Hawes, janitor and labor
12 00
H. E. Raymond, labor on booths
9 00
Herbert F. Pray, janitor and labor
24 00
J. F. DeRusha, janitor and labor
15 00
E. B. Nash, janitor and labor : 12 00
J. Ralph Bacon, janitor and labor
12 00
George Ruggles, checking
5 00
Bertie T. Hobart, checking
5 00
B. J. Smith, checking
4 00
John H. Tobin. checking
3 00
Charles T. Bailey, checking
3 00
D. Frank Daly, checking
3 00
Charles E. Dunbar, checking
3 00
Charles A. Spear, checking
2 00
James A. Pray, checking
2 00
Edward Howley, checking
2 00
Matthew O'Dowd, checking
2 00
John A. Holbrook, checking
2 00
Leavitt W. Bates, checking
2 00
Mark J. Garrity, checking
2 00
Joseph W. Kohler, checking A. S. Marsh, team hire .
12 00
George W. Nash, team hire
7 50
C. J. Hollis, team hire
6 00
H. K. Cushing, expressing
1 00
C. H. Lovell, stationery .
16 60
Everett Loud, supplies .
78
J. F. DeRusha, saw dust
25
Total expended .
. $1,087 13
Balance to Treasury
212 87
.
$1,300 00 1,300 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
2 00
87
Town Offices.
East Weymouth Savings Bank, rent $600 00
Savings Bank, janitor service
52 08
Mary Welsh, care
55 31
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
55 15
West Disinfecting Co.
17 25
George M. Keene
.
4 68
A. R. Sherman .
4 50
Franklin Blanchard
1 50
Ford Furniture Co.
75
Adams Express Co. .
57
H. K. Cushing's Express
50
Drew's Express .
50
Everett Loud .
35
Total expended
$793 14
Balance to treasury ·
6 86
Total
$800 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
800 00
State and Military Aid, Etc. Chapter 468, Acts of 1909.
State Aid payments (due from state) . $6,792 00
State Aid payment (due from indi- vidual) .
6 00
Military Aid (half due from state)
204 00
Soldiers' burial (due from state)
50 00
Total payments
$7,052 00
Balance to Treasury
148 00
Total
$7,200 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
7,200 00
Soldiers' Relief, Revised Laws, Chapter 79, Sects. 18 and 19.
Total payments, 1915
. $3,528 20
Balance to Treasury .
43 80
Total
$3,572 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915 · . $3,000 00
From Reserve fund
.
500 00
Refunded by Bridgewater 1
72 00
Total
$3,572 00
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88
Printing and Advertising.
Gazette Publishing Co., annual reports $1014 60
Gazette Publishing Co., poll-tax lists . 246 75
Gazette Publishing Co.
417 25
Pray & Kelley
.
95 50
The Weymouth Times
75 60
Franklin N. Pratt
51 25
A. W. Brownell
14 25
The Crawford Press
10 00
James H. Tonry
25
Total expended
$1,931 45 ·
Balance to Treasury
168 55
Total
$2,100 00 2,100 00
Electric Lighting.
Paid Weymouth Light and Power Co. $11,355 00
Balance to Treasury
345 00
Total
$11,700 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
11,700 00
Tufts Library.
Paid Francis M. Drown, Treas. . FOR LIBRARIAN AND ASSISTANTS : Abbie L. Loud .
$500 00
Alice B. Blanchard
333 33
Louisa C. Richards
.
333 33
Emma F. Thayer
42 75
Phyllis Palmer
27 63
Wallace Whittle
1 50
JANITOR SERVICE :
F. D. Sherman
$300 00
SERVICES AS TREASURER :
Francis M. Drown .
$50 00
BOOKS :
W. B. Clarke Co. .
$794 76
The Boston Book Co.
77 00
Amounts carried forward
$871 76
$1,888 54
.
$1,238 54
.
$300 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
89
Amounts brought forward $871 76
$1,888 54
C. W. Thompson & Co. .
27 71
Oliver Ditson Co.
.
23 68
The H. W. Wilson Co.
18 07
Library Art Club
6 00
Dodd, Mead & Co.
4 86
Library Bureau
2 00
John H. Williams
1 13
Book
.
$955 36
BINDING BOOKS :
F. J. Barnard & Co.
$276 23
FUEL AND LIGHT :
A. J. Richards & Son . $173 13
Weymouth Light and Power Co.
149 53
Old Colony Gas Co.
28 55
SUPPLIES :
Library Bureau
$239 66
Frank W. Stewart
.
.
15
65
L. F. Bates Co.
15 35
Gaylord Bros.
10 45
E. W. Hunt .
10 30
Adams, Cushing & Foster
4 50
F. S. Webster Co.
1 50
Carter, Rice & Co.
1 42
F. D. Ballou
1 36
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
52
Frank S. Hobart
50
Sundry Supplies
.
$306 66
REPAIRS :
Ford Furniture Co., awnings
$53 00
Godfred Rondeau .
.
.
7 10
Rhines Lumber Co.
4 31
Edward L. O'Brien
.
.
2 25
J. Otis Hollis, Prop.
.
.
2 20
Taking down awnings
1 00
Cleaning
60
Sundry repairs
25
TRANSPORTATION OF BOOKS :
John F. Dwyer
$56 00
W. W. Pratt .
55 00
Amounts carried forward
$111 00
$3,848 71
1
$351 21
.
5 45
.
·
$70 71
.
15
90
Amounts brought forward
$111 00
$3,848 71
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
52 00
Loring Tirrell
48 00
W. J. Sladen
43 00
J. P. Salisbury .
.
26 00
$280 00
INSURANCE :
A. S. Jordan & Co.
73 89
WATER RENT :
Town of Weymouth
25 00
PRINTING :
Gazette & Transcript Publishing Co.
$32 31
POST OFFICE SUPPLIES :
Weymouth Post Office
$14 42
TELEPHONE :
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. .
$16 77
CARTING ASHES :
J. Ross South
$9 10
EXPRESSING :
Adams Express Co. ·
$17 28
Fogg's Express
2 00
Freight .
74
FOR NOTES AND INTEREST :
Weymouth Savings Bank, note $150 00
Weymouth Savings Bank, interest 3 78
$153 78
INCIDENTALS :
F. M. Drown, recording as Attorney- in-fact
$1 70
F. M. Drown, postage and envelopes
2 39
$4 09
Total expended
$4,480 09
Balance to Treasury
3 07
Total anount carried forward
$4,483 16
.
$22 02
91
$4,483 16
Amount brought forward APPROPRIATED FOR TUFTS LIBRARY :
Appropriation March 8, 1915 $2,300 00
One-half dog license money 645 44
George R. Kempl, rent, April 1 to
Dec. 31, 1915 300 00
Income, A. J. Richards fund .
180 00
Income, Susan Hunt Stetson fund
100 00
Income, J. E. Trask fund
15 00
Abbie L. Loud, Librarian, fines
105 43
Abbie L. Loud, Librarian, books sold
7 29
Abbie L. Loud, Librarian, class lists sold
3 80
Abbie L. Loud, Librarian, books lost 1 17
Abbie L. Loud, Librarian, telephone 10
Balance from F. M. Drown
824 93
Total
$4,483 16
The above detailed account is from March 1, to December 31, 1915 ;. the transactions for January and February were by Francis M. Drown,. Treas., and will be found in the Library report, as formerly.
Fogg Library Reading Room.
Paid Trustees
$750 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
750 00
Memorial Day.
Elbridge Nash, Q. M.
$400 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
400 00
Memorial for Early Settlers.
Walter Bernhart, cement work, etc.
$140 00
Murdock-Reed Co., tablet . .
40 00
Total expended
$180 00
Balance to Treasury
.
20 00
Total $200 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
200 00
George Washington Memorial Building.
William A. Gaston, Treas.
$550 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
550 00
.
92
Soldiers' Monument Repairs.
Hervey F. Armington ·
.
$85 00
North Weymouth Cemetery Ass'n
30 00
Simon Hurley
.
1 00
Total expended
·
$116 00
Balance to Treasury
.
84 00
Total
$200 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
200 00
Susan Hunt Stetson Fund Reinvestment.
Paid J. H. Stetson, Treas.
$2,500 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
2,500 00
Abatement and Remittance of Taxes.
W. M. Tirrell, 1912 taxes $1,321 24 .
W. M. Tirrell, 1913 taxes · .
479 74
W. M. Tirrell, 1914 taxes . 923 03
W. M. Tirrell, 1915 taxes . 2,952 54
Emeline A. Chandler, remittance · .
54 75
Total expended
$5,731 30
APPROPRIATED FOR ABATEMENT AND REMITTANCE :
Balance from 1914
$3,006 29 .
Overlay and reassessments, 1915 .
9,260 21
Total appropriation
$12,266 50
Expended ·
.
5,731 30
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1915
$6,535 20
Interest and Discount.
Int., Notes $15,000, Athens School- house $481 25
Int., Notes $9,000, Pratt Schoolhouse 368 56 Int., Notes $40,000, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 1,600 00
Int., Note $6,000, Town House . 240 00
Int., Notes $3,000, Fore River Bridge 100 00
.
1
Amount carried forward $2,789 81
1
93
Amount brought forward $2,789 81
Int., Notes $3,000, Police Station 135 00
Int., Notes $12,000, Athens School- house addition 540 00
Int., Notes $3,000, general 120 00
Int., Notes $17,000, Knox Motor Co. 684 50
Int., Susan Hunt Stetson Fund .
100 00
Int., Notes $17,500, anticipation rev- enue
887 50
Discount, Notes $200,000, in anticipa- tion revenue
4,926 37
Total expended
. $10,183 18
Balance to Treasury
1,761 79 .
Total
$11,944 97
APPROPRIATED FOR INTEREST AND DISCOUNT :
Appropriation March 8, 1915 . $7,400 00
Interest at bank 612 00
Premium, school house bonds . 412 00
Accrued interest, Knox Motor Notes 49 00
Interest on overdue taxes
3,471 97
Total .
$11,944 97
Notes Payable.
Note due May 1, 1915
· $2,500 00
Note due June 1, 1915
·
1,000 00
Note due July 1, 1915
2,000 00
Note due July 1, 1915
2,000 00
Note due August 18, 1915
2,000 00
Note due Nov. 1, 1915
1,000 00
Note due Nov. 3, 1915
1,000 00
Note due Dec. 2, 1915
1,000 00
Total payments
$12,500 00
Appropriation in tax levy
12,500 00
Taxes Paid to State and County.
State tax .
.
·
. $22,815 00
National Bank tax
691 42
Corporation tax .
6 78
Metropolitan Parks tax
2,792 91 .
Charles River Basin tax
.
.
790 76
County tax
8,155 50
Total paid .
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.
·
·
·
·
.
.
·
$35,252 37
94
Tax Deed Account.
Balance due 1914
$3,717 94 .
Paid W. M. Tirrell, Tax Collector
171 83
Total
$3,889 77
Less received in 1915 . ·
228 03
Balance Dec. 31, 1915
$3,661 74
Reserve Fund.
Appropriation, Corporation tax. .
$10,818 63
Transferred to Poor Department . .
$3,000 00
Transferred to Fire Department . .
1,899 11
Transferred to Fire Department, repairs 1,800 00
Transferred to Highway Department
1,700 00
Transferred to Sidewalks
575 82
Transferred to Soldiers Relief
500 00
Transferred to Health Department
500 00
Transferred to Forest Fires
442 77
Transferred to Assessors
125 00
Transferred to Tax Collector
102 03
Balance to Treasury .
173 90
Total .
$10,818 63
Town Officers.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
Edward W. Hunt, chairman
$450 00
Bradford Hawes, secretary
587 50
George L. Newton .
450 00
Henry E. Hanley
450 00
Ralph P. Burrell
387 50
Total .
$2,325 00
Balance to Treasury
75 00
.
Total .
$2,400 00 1
Appropriation March 8, 1915
2,400 00
ASSESSORS :
John F. Dwyer, chairman
$262 00
Frank H. Torrey, clerk .
361 00
Leavitt W. Bates .
. 622 50
Amount carried forward $1,245 50
95
Amount brought forward $1,245 50
Lewis W. Callahan
335 75
Charles H. Clapp
.
.
326 50
Waldo Turner .
3 50
Total (at 50 cents per hour)
$1,911 25 .
Balance to Treasury
13 75
Total
$1,925 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
·
$1,800 00 .
From Reserve fund
125 00
Total
$1,925 00
AUDITORS :
John P. Hunt
$50 00
William H. Pratt
50 00
Frank N. Blanchard
50 00
Total
$150 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
150 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Frank D. Sherman, services
$265 00
Frank D. Sherman, supplies .
3 60
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
5 64
Gazette Publishing Co., supplies
4 50
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies . 4 10
George E. Fogg, expressing .
50
Total
$283 34
Balance to Treasury
87 19
Total
$370 53
Appropriation March 8, 1915
·
$200 00
Received for fees
170 53
Total
$370 53
TOWN TREASURER :
John H. Stetson, services
$450 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
450 00
TOWN CLERK :
John A. Raymond, services
$150 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
.
150 00
.
.
.
96
TOWN COUNSEL :
Albert P. Worthen, services
$750 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915 ·
750 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Charles B. Cushing, services
$850 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
850 00
OFFICE CLERK :
Emerson R. Dizer, services
$900 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
900 00
TAX COLLECTOR :
Winslow M. Tirrell, services
. $1,602 03
Minot P. Garey, bond .
125 00
Total
$1,727 03
Appropriation March 8, 1915
.
. $1,625 00
From Reserve fund
102 03
Total
$1,727 03
TREE WARDEN :
Charles L. Merritt, services .
.
$100 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
100 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS :
Benjamin F. Smith
$100 00
Patrick E. Corridan
100 00
Marshall P. Sprague
100 00
John A. Raymond .
150 00
Total
$450 00
Appropriation March 8, 1915
450 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
TOWN FARM, INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, JAN. 1, 1916.
4 horses
$700 00
16 cows, 5 calves, 1 bull, 1 heifer
1,650 00
100 fowl
100 00
2 two-horse wagons .
.
·
90 00
2 farm wagons .
45 00
1 two-horse tipcart
22 50
2 tip carts .
54 00
1 express wagon
22 50
1 Concord wagon
77 50
3 sleds
72 00
Sled shoes
4 00
2 sleighs
10 00
2 sets double harness .
65 00
4 sets single harness .
60 00
Collars, halters, traces and reins
·
10 00
Blankets, bells, whips and robes
25 00
Brushes combs and cards
6 00
Whiffle trees and chains
·
15 00
1 mowing machine
17 50
1 one-horse rake
12 50
1 two-horse disc harrow
10 00
1 two-horse hay fork
10 00
1 smoothing harrow
7 00
1 one-horse tedder
3 00
1 two-horse cultivator
10 00
1 tedder
20 00
1 seed sower
2 00 /
1 grain sower
1 50
4 plows and 1 sulky plow
36 00
1 corn planter
12 80
3 cultivators, 1 extra hand cultivator
12 50
1 two-horse cultivator
25 00
Sprayer and pump
2 00
1 snow plow
4 50
3 lawn mowers .
.
6 00
1 large and 1 small roller
18 00
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Amount carried forward $3,238 80
98
Amount brought forward. $3,238 80
1 water trough
5 00
2 grindstones
.
$10 00
3 wheelbarrows .
6 00
2 milk tanks and 1 mixer
16 00
1 harrow
15 00
2 fire extinguishers
15 00
1 corn binder
90 00
1 fertilizer 36 00
1 ensilage cutter and blower
150 00
7 ladders (1 extension) 10 00
75 ft. garden hose 2 00
70 00
Carpenter's tools, chest, jacks, etc.
40 00
10 lbs. nails, assorted
50
Blocks and ropes
5 00
Saws (1 cross-cut) and saw horses Axes and handles
4 00
1 gasoline tank and gasoline
8 00
1 stone drag
8 00
Lanterns and globes .
2 00
Lubricating oils and sprayer
8 00
6 half windows .
3 00
Brooms and mop handles
5 00
Lumber and brick
85 00
Disinfectants and sprayer
15 00
Cobbler's outfit .
3 00
2 tons coal
14 00
1 iron coal shute
3 00
Laundry utensils
20 00
169 cords of wood, prepared
1,352 00
45 cords of wood, at farm
225 00
1 gasoline engine
216 00
1 wood sawing engine
18 00
Fence and hen wire
15 00
225 bundles shavings
56 25
80 tons ensilage
680 00
6 tons hay
180 00
40 cords manure
185 00
32 lbs. seeds
8 00
37 bushels grain
35 00
1 ton fodder corn
4 00
1000 lbs. squash
25 00
2400 lbs. cabbage
60 00
400 bushels potatoes, No. 1
440 00
50 bushels potatoes, No. 2 .
25 00
.
Amount carried forward $7.416 55
5 00
Sundry farm tools
99
Amount brought forward $7,416 55
30 bushels carrots
. 15 00
20 bushels beets
·
.
·
· 15 00
8000 lbs. mangoes
80 00
25 bushels turnips
.
.
.
15 00
200 bushels corn
180 00 1
4₺ tons straw
81 00
10 bags lime
4 50
100 empty grain bags
3 00
2 pieces conductor pipe
1 40
Paints, oils and varnishes
15 00
1 step-ladder
.
2 50
2 rolls roofing paper
.
5 00
12 bags fertilizer
.
22 20
250 lbs. live hog
25 00
850 lbs. dressed hog, shoulders 85 00
hams, and
Tea, coffee and sundry groceries 105 94
Pickles and preserves, made at Town Farm 97 90
2 bbls. molasses
30 00
1 bbl. syrup
15 00
50 lbs. tobacco
13 00
Tobacco cutter
75
2 coffee grinders, 1 meat cutter 5 00
1 pair scales and balances . 5 00
Jars, cans and pails
25 00
Measures and baskets
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