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Wm. E. Benson, guard duty . . 21.00
Wm. D. Blanchard, guard duty . .
18.00
Amount carried forward $5,453.21
290
Amount brought forward $5,453.21
J. F. Sullivan, guard duty . 12.00
C. H. Tisdale, guard duty . 12.00
Wm. H. Trask, guard duty 6.00
L. Brennan, guard duty. 6.00
Chas. C. Reilly, guard duty 3.00
L.E. Schofield, burying
animals 4.00
W. D. Cowing, burying animals. 5.00
W. F. Hall, burying animal.
1.00
W. B. Loud, burying animal . 1.00
Abbie C. Hollis, auto hire.
88.00
Willow Club Garage, auto hire 65.00
W. M. Wilbar, auto hire. 18.50
W. W. Pratt, auto hire.
18.00
A. S. Marsh, auto hire.
8.00
John L. Maynard, team hire. 4.00
Mrs. F. G. Bauer, auto hire
2.00
Adams Express Co
1.75
Drew Express Co.
.55
Charles F. Gettemy, certifying notes 56.00
John F. Dwyer, with registrars.
42.00
L. W. Callahan, with
registrars 42.00
L. W. Bates, with registrars .... 41.00
Chas. H. Clapp, with registrars.
34.00
F. H. Torrey, with registrars ...
15.00
L. W. Callahan, expenses.
1.50
Chas. A. Marr, janitor for
registrars 3.00
Harold A. Hawes, janitor for registrars 3.00
J. Ralph Bacon, janitor for registrars 3.00
J. F. DeRusha, janitor for
registrars 1.00
Geo. W. Hunt, janitor for
registrars
3.00
Amount carried forward $5,958.80
5.29
Cushing's Express
291
Amount brought forward $5,958.80
RETURNING BIRTHS :
F. L. Doucett, M. D., 51 at .25. . 12.75
J. H.Libby, M. D., 32 at .25. 8.00
Randolph Jacoby, M. D., 16 at .25. 4.00
L. W. Pease, M. D., 12 at .25. 3.00
R. B. Rand, M. D., 3 at .25. .75
F. R. Burke, M. D., 1 at .25. . .
.25
RETURNING DEATHS :
W. J. Dunbar & Son, 64 at .25. . 16.00
Daniel Clancy, 21 at .25. 5.25
George E. Mansfield, 6 at .25. . . . 1.50
JOHN A. RAYMOND, TOWN CLERK, COLLECTING, RECORDING AND INDEXING :
130 marriages at .20. 26.00
4 deaths at .50.
2.00
231 deaths at .20 46.20
266 births at .50
133.00
174 burial permits at .10. 17.40
Postage etc. 18.26
242.86
Total expended $6,253.16
APPROPRIATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT :
Balance from 1916, special audit
$500.00
Appropriation, March 5, 1917 .. 3,000.00
Refunded by State, account Indus- trial School 589.81
County Treas. Refunded 3.00
From Reserve Fund. 2,160.35
Total appropriation $6,253.16
292
NATIONAL, STATE, TOWN AND PRIMARY ELECTION EXPENSES.
Precinct One :
J. Herbert Libby, warden. $10.00
Charles H. Williams, clerk 20.00
George Ruggles, inspector. 5.00
Joshua H. Shaw, inspector. 25.00
William M. Tyler, inspector. .
25.00
Edward Murphy, inspector and deputy
11.50
Wilson E. Beane, inspector ...
20.00
Thomas F. McCue, inspector.
15.00
George W. Nash, ballot-box officer
25.00
John A. Carter, constable.
15.00
David Dunbar, warden. .
10.00
George B. Bicknell, warden.
5.00
John F. Condon, clerk and
deputy
6.50
Irving F. Morgan, deputy
1.50
inspector
Precinct Two :
Melzar S. Burrell, warden. 25.00
Harley G. Carter, clerk .. 25.00
James Knox, Jr., inspector ..... 15.00
Frank K. Raymond, inspector. 25.00
Harry B. Torrey, inspector. 25.00
Charles A. Spear, inspector.
20.00
Arthur H.Pratt, ballot-box officer 25.00
Albert J. Osgood, constable.
15.00
Frederick N. Bates, deputy
clerk 7.50
George S. Simmons, deputy inspector 11.00
James L. Lincoln, deputy inspector
14.50
B. J. Connell, deputy inspector. .
4.50
Michael J. Coffee, deputy inspector 1.50
Webster L. Pratt.
4.50
Amount carried forward $413.00
293
Amount brought forward $413.00
Precinct Three:
William S. Wallace, warden. .. 25.00
Jacob Dexheimer, clerk. 25.00
James A. Pray, inspector 20.00
F. A. Sulis, inspector. 25.00
C. O. Drown, inspector
20.00
Chas. W. Baker, ballot-box officer 25.00
Thomas Fitzgerald, constable ...
15.00
George Niles, deputy warden ... 7.50
Mark J. Garrity, deputy clerk. ..
4.50
Howard Richards, deputy
14.50
inspector
Charles Dwyer, inspector.
25.00
James R. South, deputy
inspector 4.50
Harry C. Newman, deputy
inspector 1.50
Precinct Four :
Thomas Melville, warden. 25.00
Bertie T. Hobart, clerk. 20.00
Charles H. Lovell, inspector .. . . 25.00
Edward W. Howely, inspector ... 20.00
John W. Seabury, inspector .... 25.00
John F. Kennedy, inspector. .
25.00
Geo. B. Bayley, ballot-box
officer 25.00
Willie F. Tirrell, constable
15.00
J. L. Kelly, deputy warden. 7.50
4.50
A. B. Maynard, deputy inspector
9.50
Thos. F.Moore, deputy
inspector 1.50
J. P. Halloran, inspector.
5.00
Precinct Five :
Otis B. Torrey, warden. 25.00
James F. Welch, clerk. 25.00
D. Frank Daly, inspector. 25.00
Patrick Welch, inspector 25.00
Elbert Ford, ballot-box
25.00
officer
J. J. Santry, deputy clerk 14.50
Amount carried forward $973.00
Louis Ells, deputy clerk. ..
294
Amount brought forward $973.00
George A. Benson, inspector . .. 20.00
M. Cullinane, deputy inspector. . 4.50
John Reidy, deputy inspector ... 6.00
J. L. Brennan, constable
12.00
J. W. Kohler, inspector.
5.00
Frank M. Fernald, deputy inspector
3.00
Willie B. Loud, constable.
3.00
Geo. H. Shaw, inspector and
deputy
11.50
K. E. Brennan, deputy
3.00
inspector
N. A. Thomas, inspector 5.00
Precinct Six :
Clayton B. Merchant, warden ... 25.00
B. J. Smith, clerk. 25.00
Edward F. Cullen, inspector .... 25.00
Arthur M. Hawes, inspector ... 25.00
Arthur L. Blanchard, inspector.
25.00
Edward F.Butler, ballot-box officer 25.00
L. E. Schofield, constable.
6.00
H. M. Randall, deputy warden .. 6.00
G. E. Cuniff, depupty clerk.
3.00
J. Q. B. Goodspeed, deputy inspector
7.50
G. D. Bagley, deputy inspector. .
6.00
D. Reidy, Jr., deputy
inspector
11.00
P. Santacrose, deputy inspector 4.50
John H. Tobin, inspector.
20.00
Harold A. Hawes, constable.
9.00
MISCELLANEOUS :
Crescent Lodge Hall Ass'n. $102.00
Ass'n, $102.00
Norfolk Club, So Weymouth. 40.00
P. F. Landry, repairs. 25.31
George M. Keene, repairs 23.45
A. S. Marsh, team hire. . 18.00
Abbie C. Hollis, team hire · 15.00
Amount carried forward
$1,492.76
295
Amount brought forward $1,492.76
Robert J. Cushing, repairs 14.41
John F. Dolan, repairs. 13.50
G.W. Nash, team hire. 13.00
M. F. Bailey, repairs. .
9.73
J. A. Raymond, postage etc
6.15
Rhines Lumber Co., lumber
5.98
E. B. Nash, on booths. 4.00
C. H. Lovell, supplies .
3.50
GeorgeH. Hunt & Co., supplies. .
3.05
Oakland Social Club hall
rent 3.00
Blanchard & Allen, repairs.
2.50
Oliver Peaslee,on ballot-boxes ...
2.00
Weymouth Light & Power Co., supplies 1.25
H. K. Cushing's, express
.70
Everett Loud, supplies.
.35
J. Ralph Bacon, supplies .
.15
Charles A. Marr, janitor and labor
20.00
Harold A. Hawes, janitor and labor
20.00
J. Ralph Bacon, janitor and labor 20.00
George W. Hunt, janitor and
20.00
labor
E. B.Nash, janitor and labor
16.00
J.F. DeRusha, janitor and
labor 15.00
H. E. Raymond, labor on booths 15.00
Total expended $1,702.03
Balance to treasury 297.97
$2,000.00
2,000.00
Appropriation March 5, 1917. .
TOWN OFFICES.
East Weymouth Savings Bank, rent $600 00 Savings Bank, janitor service 138 32
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. .. 70 92
296
Amount brought forward 809 24
Weymouth Light & Power Co. .
69 27
West Disinfecting Co.
11 13
J. A. Raymond
10 00
J. H. Murray
5 49
Oliver Burrell
5 00
A. R. Sherman
4 75
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
4 12
Franklin Blanchard
.
2 95
George M. Keene
1 97
Everett Loud
1 85
H. K. Cushing's express
25
Total expended
$926 02
Balance to treasury 73 98
$1,000 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
1,000 00
STATE AID, ETC. CHAPTER 468, ACTS OF 1909.
State Aid payments (due from state) $7,506 60
Soldiers' Burials (due from state) 178 00
Total payments
$7,684 60
Appropriation March 5, 1917
$6,500 00
Aid refunded
18 00
Total
$6,518 00
Expended in excess, Dec. 31, 1917 .
$1,166 60
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, REVISED LAWS, CHAPTER 79.
SECTIONS 18 AND 19.
Total payments, 1917 $3,428 13
Balance to treasury 41 87
Total
$3,470 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917 $3,400 00
Refunded by individuals 70 00
Total $3,470 00
.
297
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
The Crawford Press, annual reports $1,516 95
Gazette Publishing Co .. 709 13
Franklin N. Pratt, poll-tax lists 300 45
Franklin N. Pratt 166 20
The Weymouth Times
95 15
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
54 00
C. H. Lovell
7 00
Hobbs & Warren
1 25
A. W. Brownwell
4 50
Total expended
$2,856 98
Balance to treasury
43 02
Total
$2,900 00
Appropriation, March 5, 1917
$2,100 00
From Reserve fund
800 00
Total appropriation
$2,900 00
TUFTS LIBRARY.
Abbie L. Loud, librarian
$650 00
Alice B. Blanchard, assistant.
541 58
Louisa C. Richards, assistant
333 30
Emma F. Thayer
132 60
Phyllis E. Palmer
44 07
Ruth Freeman
3 30
F. D. Sherman, janitor
450 25
A. J. Richards & Son, coal
365 58
Reuben Loud & Sons, wood
2 00
Water Rent
37 99
Electric Lighting
19 88
Old Colony Gas Co.
19 98
A. S. Jordan & Co., insurance
86 57
Russell B. Worster, insurance
21.25
Gazette Publishing Co., printing
44 10
J. R. South, carting ashes
6 50
Chas. Skoglund, boiler inspector
4 00
C. J. Dowd, pumping water
-
2 50
D. Sewall, carting rubbish
2 50
W. H. Kent, pumping water
2 00
Amount carried forward
219 02
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. .
2 35
Library Bureau
298
Amount brought forward
Adams Express Co.
12 02
Fogg's Express
25
Sending messenger
24
Library Art Club, dues
6 00
American Library Association
. .
$3,012 48
REPAIRS :
J. E. Ludden, on heater
$316 00
John Lyons & Son, on heater
68 86
James C. Emerson
68 70
J. E. Ludden
34 90
Weymouth Light & Power lamps Co.,
15 30
West Disinfecting Co.
10 65
Charles N. Glines
9 50
M. Dowd, labor
8 50
Frank W. Stewart
7 20
M. Cleary, labor
6 50
Rhines Lumber Co., bricks
6 30
P. F. Landrey
5 70
Robert Gibson
5 00
Frank S. Hobart
4 85
Henry Cushing, labor .
2 50
Thomas Sweeney, labor .
2 50
F. D. Sherman
2 15
E. W. Hunt, brooms
1 15
C. E. Wedelin ... 1 00
$577 26
SUPPLIES :
The Library Bureau
$15 67
Post Office
12 19
Henry L. Kincaide
8 75
James T. White Co.
8 00
Adams, Cushing & Foster, Inc.
5 50
Library of Congress
5 00
Gaylord Brothers
4 30
C. HI. Smith
3 25
Stationery
2 00
R. II. Whiting
.
2 00
Geo. H. Priggin Co.
1 50
L. C. Smith Co.
·
·
35
Sundries
.
. . . .
$71 49
. .
. .
.
2 98
.
5 00
299
TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION
OF BOOKS :
Abby C. Hollis
$132 00
W. W. Pratt
55 00
Marion French 52 00
J. F. Dwyer
50 00
W. J. Sladen
43 00
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
26 00
Marshall P. Sprague . . . ·
25 00
BOOKS :
W. B. Clark Co.
$494 53
H. W. Wilson Co. 423 39
John Q. Adams & Co.
48 00
C. W. Thompson & Co.
17 81
Oliver Ditson Co.
16 51
R. R. Bowker Co.
9 00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
8 31
Sundry purchases
7 40
Dodd, Mead & Co.
4 86
The Boston Book Co.
2 00
A. L. A. Publishing Board
1 00
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books
179 22
Total expended
$5,256 26
APPROPRIATED FOR TUFTS LIBRARY :
Appropriation March 5, 1917
$2,300 00
Post Office rent
650 00
George R. Kempl, rent
366 66
Income, Tufts fund
106 25
Income, Tufts reading room fund
106 25
Income, Augustus J. Richards fund
172 04
Income, Joseph E. Trask fund ..
265 40
Income, Tirrell Donation
45 00
Income, Susannah Hunt Stetson fund
112 50
Abbie L. Loud, librarian, fines, etc.
145 03
From Reserve fund' 987 13
Total appropriation $5,256 26
$383 00
$1,032 81
300
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Paid Weymouth Light & Power Co. $13,880 14 Balance to treasury 119 86
Total
$14,000 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
14,000 00
FOGG LIBRARY READING ROOM.
Paid Trustees
750 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
MEMORIAL DAY.
Elbridge Nash, Q. M.
$400 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917 ·
400 00
ALEWIVE ACCOUNT.
George L. Wentworth, Trustee, deed of fishery
$1,000 00
Joseph H. Sherman, services 75 00
J. H. Sherman, carting to pond 22 75
C. R. Denbroeder, rubber boots
16 50
D. Reidy, net frames
5 00
F. H. Sylvester, supplies
3 00
Everett Loud, supplies
1 00
P. Hyland
18 00
William Cowing 13 80
6 50
Thomas Wilson .
6 00
Clark Boyle .
4 50
Herbert Roberts
3 00
Knox S. Ruggles
2 00
Charles Levitt
.
50
Total expended
$1,179 55
APPROPRIATED FOR ALEWIVE ACCOUNT :
Appropriation March 5, 1917 $1,000 00
Received from J. H. Sherman 120 62
Total appropriation $1,120 62
Expended in excess, Dec. 31, 1917
$58 93
.
Frank H. Holmes
. .
2 00
Gasper A. Lewis
$750 00
301
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
E. C. Barker, for stenographer,
postage, etc.
$31 45
F. N. Pratt, printing
11 00
Total expended
$42 45
Balance to treasury
·
.
Total $75 00
75 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
POLICE, NEW DOWNER LANDING.
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, de-
$25 00
posit
Leopold Morse Co., deposit 25 00
Total $50 00
50 00
Refunded above, not used
SPECIAL AUDIT AND NEW SYSTEM OF ACCOUNT-
ING.
Appropriation March 5, 1917 $750 00
From Reserve fund 350 00
Total $1,100 00
EXPENDED :
B. N. Rice, stamped envelopes . . $31 98
Norman E. Dizer, clerical work . .
25 00
Franklin N. Pratt, printing
11 75
Total
$68 73
Balance unexpended, Dec. 31, 1917
$1,031 27
LABAN PRATT FOUNTAIN-MAINTENANCE.
$18 00
Income from Fund
Paid W. A. Snow Iron Works, repairs
5 25
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1917
$12 75
32 55
302
PATRICK BUTLER'S WIDOW AND CHILDREN- COMPENSATION.
Appropriated March 5, 1917 $4,000 00
Paid to Mary E. Butler 1,410 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1917 . $2,590 00
FUND FOR BENEFIT OF LENORA HERBERT.
Amount received 1917
$200 00
Sundry payments
62 62
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1917 $137 38
NEW ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
EXPENDED :
John M. Vining, plans, etc. $300 00
Russell H. Whiting, plans 59 68
George M. Keene, adjusting Ins.
5 00
J. H. Murray, supplies
2 25
F. H. Holmes, labor 142 78
James Maguire, labor
87 30
Henry Cushing, labor 73 57
Louis Keay, labor 72 19
Herbert Curtis, labor
67 39
Francis Cullen, labor
62 91
John F. Poole, labor .
45 80
Michael Connell, labor
28 53
John Fraher, labor
13 75
John Connell, labor
.
Total expended
$973 53
Appropriation Sept. 28, 1917, (In- surance ) $7,600 00
Old Material sold 259 30
Total appropriation
$7,859 30
Amount expended 973 53
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1917
$6,885 77
.
.
12 38
303
ABATEMENT AND REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
Abatement of 1913 taxes
$242 85
Abatement of 1914 taxes
904 00
Abatement of 1915 taxes
1,340 67
Abatement of 1916 taxes . .
746 44
Abatement of 1917 taxes
. .
Total abatement of taxes $3,910 59
REMITTANCE OF TAXES :
Thos. Mellen Heirs, 1916 taxes . . $21 02
Patrick Murray, 1916 taxes ·
14 79
Abbie C. Beals, 1916 taxes
5 46
Katherine O'Brien, et al, 1916 taxes
2 55
Albert A. Spear, 1917 taxes
62 10
Jairus H. Lincoln, 1917 taxes
6 06
C. B. Cushing, trustee, 1917 taxes
4 14
Charles Dwyer, 1917 taxes
4 14
Angus Montgomery, 1917 taxes
1 25
Total remittance of taxes : .
$121 51
Total expended, Abatement and re- mittance
$4,032 10
APPROPRIATED FOR ABATEMENT AND REMITTANCE :
Balance from 1916
$8,290 84
Overlay and re-assessments, 1917 4,833 98
$13,124 82
Total appropriation
Expended .
4,032 10
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1917
$9,092 72
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT.
Int., Notes $10,000, Athens' School- house
$306 25
Int., Notes $7,000, Pratt School- house
288 56
Amount carried forward $594 81
676 63
304
Amount brought forward $594 81
Int., Notes $40,000, James Hum-
phrey Schoolhouse
1,600 00
Int., Note $1,000, Fore River Bridge
20 00
Int., Note $1,000, Fore River
Bridge Addition
40 00
Int., Notes Police Station
45 00
Int., Notes $8,000, Athens School- house Addition
360 00
Int., Bonds $36,000, Ward Three Schoolhouse
1,440 00
Int., Notes $9,000, Knox Motor Co.
315 00
Int., Note $3,200, Buffalo Steam Roller Co. 41 07
Int., Bonds $40,000, Edward B. Nev- in Schoolhouse 800 00
Discount, Notes $280,000 in antici- pation of revenue 6,719 65
Total expended
$11,975 53
APPROPRIATED FOR INTEREST AND DISCOUNT :
Appropriation March 5, 1917 .. $10,000 00
Interest from Trust Co. (part) .
757 52
From Reserve fund 1,218 01
Total appropriation $11,975 53
NOTES PAYABLE.
Note due April 1, 1917 $3,200 00
Note due May 1, 1917
2,500 00
Note due June 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due July 1, 1917
2,000 00
Note due July 1, 1917
2,000 00
Note due August 18, 1917
2,000 00
Note due October 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due October 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due October 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due October 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due November 1, 1917
1,000 00
Note due November 3, 1917
1,000 00
Note due December 2, 1917
1,000 00
Total payments Appropriation in tax levy
$19,700 00 19,700 00
305
TAXES PAID TO STATE AND COUNTY.
State Tax $30,030 00
6,509 59
Metropolitan Park Tax
10 97
Wellington Bridge Tax
1,070 40
Charles River Basin Tax
11,776 47
County Tax
3,661 98
Repairs of State Highway Tax
Total paid
TAX DEED ACCOUNT.
$3,518 92
Balance due 1916
403 78
Paid W. M. Tirrell, tax collector
$3,922 70
Total
170 36
Less received in 1917
$3,752 34
Balance, Dec. 31, 1917
RESERVE FUND.
Appropriation March 5, 1917
Transferred to Miscellaneous ac-
$2,160 35
count
Transferred to Street account $2,000 00
1,218 01
Transferred to Int. and Dis.
1,000 00
Transferred to Moth account
1,000 00
Transferred to Tufts Library 987 13
800 00
Transferred to Printing account
350 00
Transferred to Special Audit
303 25
Transferred to Health Dept.
4,902 38
Balance to Treasury
Total
$14,721 12
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
Henry E. Hanley, chairman $450 00
Bradford Hawes, secretary 600 00
George L. Newton 450 00
Amount carried forward $500 00
$53,059 41
$14,721 12
Transferred to Poor account
306
Amount brought forward $500 00
Joseph Kelley
375 00
Alfred W. Hastings
375 00
Edward W. Hunt
75 00
Ralph P. Burrell
75 00
Total
$2,400 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
2,400 00
ASSESSORS :
John F. Dwyer, chairman $195 00
Frank H. Torrey, clerk 499 25
Levitt W. Bates
646 25
Charles H. Clapp
243 00
Lewis W. Callahan
200 00
C. B. Merchant, assistance
16 50
Total
$1,800 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
$1,800 00
AUDITORS :
W. H. Pratt 50 00
Frank N. Blanchard 50 00
Winfield S. Wells
50 00
Total
$150 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
150 00
TOWN TREASURER :
John H. Stetson, services $450 00
A. E. Barnes & Co., bond 125 00
Total $575 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
575 00
TOWN CLERK :
John A. Raymond, services
$150 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
150 00
TOWN COUNSEL :
Albert P. Worthen, services
$750 00
750 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917 ..
307
TOWN ACCOUNTANT AND OFFICE CLERK :
C. B. Cushing, town accountant
$975 00
Norman E. Dizer 545 38
Harold C. Lincoln
132 75
Emerson R. Dizer
10 00
Henry E. Hersey
7 00
Total
$1,670 13
Balance to treasury
79 87
Total $1,750 00 1,750 00
TAX COLLECTOR :
W. M. Tirrell, services
$1,473 04
M. P. Garey, bond
250 00
Total
$1,723 04
Balance to treasury
$1,950 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
TREE WARDEN :
Charles L. Merritt, services
100 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS :
Benjamin F. Smith
$100 00
Patrick E. Corridan
100 00
Marshall P. Sprague
100 00
John A. Raymond, clerk
150 00
Total
$450 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
450 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Russell B. Worster, services
$470 00
J. G. Johnson, supplies
19 89
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies
12 00
Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies
9 20
The Weymouth Times
3 00
Dover Stamping Co.
2 79
Amount carried forward $516 88
$100 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917 .
226 96
1,950 00
Appropriation March 5, 1917
308
Amount brought forward $516 88
2 10
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
25
G. E. Fogg, supplies
77
R. B. Worster, expenses
Total expended
$520 00
Balance to treasury
29 87
Total
$549 87
Appropriation March 5, 1917
$150 00
R. B. Worster, fees
169 87
230 00
Pedlers' licenses
Total appropriation $549 87
309
POOR DEPARTMENT.
TOWN FARM INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, JAN. 1, 1918.
Brick used
$60 00
Blankets, Robes
6 00
Brushes, Combs, Cards .
10 00
Blocks and Ropes
12 50
Beets, 5 Bu.
.
2 25
Bags, 75 Empty
125 00
Bull, 1
1,400 00
Cows, 14
100 00
Cows, Heifer, 1
25 00
Cows, Yearling, 1
30 00
Cultivator, 2 Horse, 2
15 00
Cultivator, 1 Horse, 3
40 00
Carpenters' Tools
3 00
Cobblers' Outfit
9 50
Coal, 1 Ton
60 00
Cabbage, 2000 lbs.
.
31 25
Carrots, 25 Bu.
12 00
Corn Planter
.
.
.
1 50
Cutter for Meat
.
.
45 00
Coffee & Tea
10 00
Disinfectant
125 00
Ensilage, 85 Tons
722 50
Ensilage Cutter & Blowers
135 00
Engine, Gasoline
200 00
Machine for Wood Sawing
18 00
Fowl, 105
15 00
Fire Extinguishers, 2
36 00
Fertilizer Sower
250 00
Furniture, Household
5 00
Grindstones
3 50
Grinder for Coffee
110 00
Groceries, 12 Bu. Beans, etc.
54 00
Hogs, 4
.
Amount carried forward $4,428 25
·
. .
.
.
. .
Corn Binder
80 00
Corn on Cob, 400 Bu.
520 00
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes
131 25
.
25 00
310
Amount brought forward $4,428 25
Horses, 3 .
550 00
Harness, 2 Double
50 00
Harness, 4 Single
40 00
Harness, Collars, Halters, etc. .
10 00
Hay Fork
9 00
Harrow, Cutaway
25 00
Harrow, Smoothing
. .
9 00
Hose, Garden
2 00
Hay, 11 Tons
275 00
Jars, Cans, etc.
20 00
Lime, 2 Bags
1 00
Lawn Mowers, 3
6 00
Lumber, new
12 00
Lumber, old
200 00
Ladders, 8
12 00
Mowing Machine
40 00
Milk Tanks and Mixer
15 00
Manure, 40 Cords
240 00
Manure, Hen
.
.
7 00
Manure Spreader
100 00
Measures, Balances, Scales
10 00
Oils
5 00
Parsnips, 5 Bu.
6 25
Potatoes, 40 Bu.
80 00
Pipe Conductors
2 80
Preserves, Pickles, etc.
45 00
Plows, 3
20 00
Plows, Sulky
45 00
Rake, Horse
12 00
Rollers, 2
18 00
Sleds, 3
.
.
Sled Shoes
2 50
Sleigh
5 00
Sower, Seed
2 00
Sower, Grain
1 00
Sprayer & Pump
2 00
Stone, Drag
7 00
Seeds
.
.
3 00
Sprayer, new
. .
Step Ladders, 2
. .
2 50
Tobacco Cutter
75
Tip Cart
150 00
. .
Amount carried forward $6,654 05
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5 00
Straw
. .
100 00
.
.
.
.
.
6 00
Harrow, Disc
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
72 00
.
311
Amount brought forward $6,654 05
Tedder
20 00
Tools, Farm
75 00
Tank for Gasoline
8 00
Turnips, 25 Bu.
31 25
Wagons, 2 2 Horse
140 00
Wagons, Farm, 2
45 00
Wagons, Express
20 00
Wagons, Concord
25 00
Whiffle Trees, Chains, etc.
15 00
Water Trough
5 00
Wheelbarrows, 3
.
6 00
Window Sashes, 6
3 00
Wood, 85 Cords prepared
680 00
Wire, Barbed
9 00
1 Bbl. Molasses
24 00
1 Bbl. Pork
60 00
1 Bbl. Syrup
27 00
1 Bbl. Vinegar
14 00
Bedroom furnishings at Braintree
350 00
$8,211 30
FRANK E. LOUD, Auditor.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN FARM :
F. HI. Chandler, milk (11 months) $2,245 40
J. P. Robery, 1 bull, 2 cows 255 00
J. P. Robery, 3 calves 25 00
J. P. Robery, 3 hogs 170 00
F. P. Fay, 4 cows 220 00
F. P. Fay, 2 calves 20 50
118 00
H. M. Randall, 1 cow.
45 00
Fred Wyman, cow and pig
52 00
James Matty, calf
20 00
James Vangeline, calf
4 00
F. Landrey, 2 pigs
.
7 50
John F. Poole, 1 pig .
7 00
W. A. Drake, fowl . .
89 25
H. E. Hanley, fowl 27 28 .
F. H. Holmes, fowl ..
23 00
Amount carried forward $3,343 93
Thomas Fay, 2 cows
15 00
J. E. Fabyan, 1 pig
.
312
Amount brought forward $3,343 93
B. W. Torrey, fowl
1 65
Use of Stock 13 00
John Frazier, harrow 5 00
Lot Lohnes, old plow
3 00
H. M. True, can
.
H. E. Hanley, bags
. .
. Junk and Bags
11 07
F. H. Holmes, shavings
1 20
William Masterson, damaged
11 50
mdse.
Parker Condrick, damaged mdse. 5 00
John Shea, damaged mdse. 5 00
H. N. Morgan, damaged mdse. 1 50
53
Sundry sale of eggs
58 71
P. J. Reardan, potatoes
61 50
Michael Killory, potatoes
22 00
James Hennessey, potatoes
16 00
George A. Lincoln, potatoes
16 00
Joseph Kelley, potatoes, etc.
40 50
J. J. McCarthy, potatoes
20 00
Charles Trask, potatoes
18 25
Charles Hollis, potatoes
18 25
Amos Cantara, potatoes
190 00
G. A. Nelson, vegetables
93 88
H. M. True, vegetables
23 34
F. H. Sylvester, vegetables
20 40
Harry Bloom, vegetables
18 00
E. W. Hunt, vegetables
14 50
Sundry Sales Vegetables
450 93
Wood to Town Departments
704 00
Joseph Kelley, wood 4 00
Individuals, board
412 36
A. D. Tirrell, refunded .
16 40
Total receipts from Town Farm
$6,272 65
TOWN HOME SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES :
T. L. Tirrell, 4 cows . $397 50
R. C. Kellam, chickens, etc. 36 00
Telephone tolls
575 00
H. Kaufman, potatoes
35 00
F. H. Holmes, potatoes
29 25
Fred A. Loud & Co., vegetables
2 00
10 00
313
Amount brought forward
$443 50
Carlton-Clark Co., chickens, etc.
14 45
E. A. De Varennes, V. S. . 20 00
Gould & Cutter, cow spray
9 30
James Mattie, driving cows . . ...
8 90
Expenses to Boston and Brighton W. T .. Hefferman, harness repair Thomas South, blacksmith work . Lot Lohnes, blacksmith work ... Emerson Coal & Grain Co., grain
19 30
830 63
Charles G. Jordan, grain
351 75
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, fertilizers
218 75
T. H. Emerson, fertilizers
12 10
Leonard W. Cain, fertilizers
8 00
Reuben Loud & Sons, shavings
3 00
Harry L. White, seeds
22 58
John M. Coyle, seeds
7 50
Thomas J. Grey & Co., seeds . ...
6 52
A. A. Spear & Son, tomato plants
6 00
Weymouth Light & Power Co. . N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
30 46
Water Rent
16 38
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, ice
176 06
Fred A. Loud & Co., provisions
544 54
A. B. Bryant & Co., provisions 256 98
198 35
Herbert M. True, provisions
159 83
E. W. Hunt, provisions
119 88
I. H. Ballou & Co., provisions
25 42
Boston Cash Market, groceries ..
280 59
Weymouth Cash Grocery, groc- eries
142 95
Marshall P. Sprague, groceries
117 57
F. C. Small & Co., groceries
107 .44
W. J. Sladen, groceries
85 39
W. W. Pratt, groceries
38 54
Empire Coffee Co., groceries
23 73
E. F. Hayden, fish
50
Herring
10 80
O. W. Bartlett, berries
F. S. Wyman, berries .. 4 80
Amount carried forward $5,441 86
62 00
A. J. Richards & Son, fuel
56 59
Ames Imp. & Seed Co., seeds .
28 00
Lot Lohnes, fertilizers
556 33
Alvin Hollis & Co., grain
6 00
25 60
94 25
297 40
F. H. Sylvester, provisions
3 20
314
Amount brought forward $5,441 86
Frank Cassassa, fruit
112 39
Fruit
50
Bowman & Co., tobacco
72 07
Miley Soap Co., soap 37 00
E. E. Merchant, dry goods
214 54
Charles Harrington, dry goods
25 16
Mass. State Prison, clothing
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