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FOGG LIBRARY READING ROOM
Paid Trustees
$750.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
$750.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Paid Elbridge Nash, Q.M.
$400.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918. 400.00
ALEWIVE ACCOUNT
Tony Daniele, building cement run .. $243.25
Rhines Lumber Co., cement, etc. .
95.03
J. H. Sherman, sand, etc. 65.00
J. H. Murray, supplies. .
3.07
D. Reidy, blacksmith work.
1.75
Henry Hanley, pipe cover.
1.20
Joseph H. Sherman, services.
33.25
J. H. Sherman, carting to pond
90.00
Frank Bartlett, 'labor
25.00
Herbert Curtis, labor
15.75
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James Banks, labor.
12.75
Frank H. Holmes, labor
10.01
Sam Drew, labor.
7.50
Frank Peccorraro, labor. .
6.00
Albert 'Litchfield, labor. .
3.00
Edgar Ward, labor. . .
3.00
Charles Leavitt, labor
3.00
.
Total expended. $618.56
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
$300.00
Received from J. H. Sherman
139.33
From reserve fund 179.23
Total appropriation $618.56
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SPECIAL AUDIT AND NEW SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING®
Balance from 1917 .: $1,031.27
Appropriation March 4, 1918. · 350.00
Total $1,381.27
Expended :
American Audit Company
1,000.00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1918. . $381.27
LABAN PRATT FOUNTAIN-MAINTENANCE
Balance from 1917
$12.75
Income from fund. 18.00
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1918. $30.75
PATRICK BUTLER'S WIDOW AND CHILDREN --
COMPENSATION
Balance from 1917 .. 1
$2.590.00
Paid to Mary E. Butler
520.00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1918 $2,070.00
FUND FOR BENEFIT OF LENORA HERBERT
Balance from 1917
$137.38
Paid to Lenora Herbert.
5.00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1918 $132.38
PUBLIC BATHS
Appropriated March 4, 1918. ·
$500.00
To treasury, unexpended Dec. 31, 1918 500.00
308
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Received from State Treasurer $10.90
Unexpended December 31, 1918.
10.90
ABATEMENT AND REMITTANCE OF TAXES
Abatement of 1915 taxes.
$248.71
Abatement of 1916 taxes
952.09
Abatement of 1917 taxes
3,061.50
Abatement of 1918 taxes 889.45
Total abatement of taxes $5,151.75
Remittance of taxes :
Cora P. Cobb, 1914 Taxes. $16.35
Catherine M. Reed, 1917 taxes .. 8.28
Harriet E. Stewart, 1917 taxes. 3.45 ...
Simon Delory, 1917 taxes. .
3.60
Angeline W. White, 1918 taxes. .
31.80
Lucy A. Richards, 1918 taxes.
21.20
Selena S. Loud, 1918 taxes ...
21.20
Adelaide F. Bicknell, 1918 taxes ...
10.50
Howard Richards, 1918 taxes .....
9.54
Warren Weston Heirs, 1918 taxes.
6.36
Ethel E. Morse, 1918 taxes
5.83
Sarah B. Tirrell, 1918 taxes
5.30
Ellen F. Bates, 1918 taxes.
1.06
M. Emma Wright, 1918 taxes .
.64
Total remittance of taxes $145.11
Total expended, Abatement and
remittance
$5,296.86
Appropriated for Abatement and Remittance :
Balance $16,673.36
Overlay and re-assessments, 1918.
10,590.07
Total carried forward
$27,263.43
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Total brought forward $27,263.43
Less balance 1915 appropriation To treasury 3,578.80
Balance $23,684.63
Expended
5,296.86
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1918
$18,387.77
NEW ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT
Balance from 1917
$6,885.77
Receipts :
J. W. Eldridge, furniture
120.00
A. Cutler, old furniture. 50.00
F. A. Pray, stoves and table. 30.00
Sundry sales of furniture ..
48.75
J. P. Frazier, old lumber. .
35.00
Clark Anderson, old lumber
26.50
S. Becklin, old lumber . 20.00
S. Pizzi, old lumber. 17.75
Charles T. Borlenghi, old lumber .
10.00
Joseph Babira, old lumber
10.00
D. A. Raynor, bricks.
13.50
Theron Tirrell, blinds. .
9.00
Sundry sales old lumber
41.75
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Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1918 $7,318.02
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT
Int., Notes $7,500, Athens Schoolhouse Int., Notes $6,000, Pratt Schoolhouse. 248.56
$218.75
Int., Notes $40,000, James Humphrey Schoolhouse
1,600.00
Int., Notes $6,000, Athens Schoolhouse addition
270.00
Int., Bonds $32,000 Ward Three Schoolhouse
1,280.00
Int., Notes $5,000, Knox Motor Co ... 157.50
Amount carried forward $3,774.81
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Amount brought forward $3,774.81
Int., Bonds $40,000, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 1,560.00 Discount, Notes $250,000 in anticipa- tion of revenue 7,417.83
Total expended $12,752.64
Appropriated for Interest and Discount :
Appropriation March 4, 1918. . $12,000.00
From reserve fund. 752.64
Total appropriation.
$12,752.64
NOTES PAYABLE
Note due May 1, 1918.
$2,500.00
Note due July 1, 1918
2,000.00
Note due July 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Note due July 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Note due July 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Note due August 18, 1918. 2,000.00
Note due October 1, 1918. 1,000.00
Note due October 1, 1918
1,000.00
Note due October 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Note due October 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Note due November 1, 1918.
1,000.00
Total payments
$14,500.00
Appropriation in tax levy
14,500.00
NOTES PAYABLE IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE
Total Appropriation
$360,000.00
Total Payments
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260,000.00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1918. $100,000.00
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TAXES PAID TO STATE AND COUNTY
State tax $30,030.00
Metropolitan Park Tax
6,549.88
Wellington Bridge Tax.
11.43
Charles River Basin Tax
1,088.26
County Tax
12,133.33
Repairs of State Highway Tax
1,684.13
Total paid.
$51,497.03
Appropriation in tax levy .
51,497.03
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TAX DEED ACCOUNT
Balance due 1917
$3,726.18
Paid W. M. Tirrell, tax collector
143.85
Total
$3,870.03
Less received in 1918
7.58
Balance Dec. 31, 1918
3,862.45
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation March 4, 1918. $14,000.00 1
Transferred to School account
$3,000.00
Transferred to Street account
2,000.00
Transferred to Misc. account
2,000.00
Transferred to Moth account
1,000.00
Transferred to Int. and Dis
752.64
Transferred to Tufts Library
500.00
Transferred to. Salaries
368.72
Transferred to Forest Fires
300:00
Transferred to Soldiers' Relief
250.00
Transferred to Town Offices
180.00
Transferred to Alewive account
179.23
Balance to treasury
3,469.41
Total $14,000.00
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TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor:
Joseph Kelley, chairman. $450.00
Bradford Hawes, secretary 766.67
George L. Newton
450.00
Henry E. Hanley
450.00
Alfred W. Hastings
450.00
Total
$2,566.67
Balance to treasury 33.33
$2,600.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
2,600.00
Assessors :
John F. Dwyer, chairman. $250.00
Frank H. Torrey, clerk.
630.00
Clayton B. Merchant.
556.00
Theron L. Tirrell
175.00
Charles H. Clapp
174.75
Leavitt W. Bates
8.00
Lewis W. Callahan
6.00
Total
$1,799.75
Balance to treasury
.25
$1,800.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
1,800.00
Auditors :
Frank E. Loud
$150.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
150.00
313
Town Treasurer :
John H. Stetson, services
$450.00
A. E. Barnes & Co., bond. 125.00
Total
$575.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
575.00
Town Clerk :
John A. Raymond, services.
$150.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
150.00
Town Counsel :
Albert P. Worthen, services.
$500.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
500.00
Town Accountant and Office Clerk :
C. B. Cushing, town accountant. ..
$1,125.00
Harold C. Lincoln
652.75
E. R. Dizer 17.00
N. E. Dizer 7.35
Clifford B. Stiles
36.13
Phillip L. Hatch.
12.34
Henry E. Hersey
8.90
C. B. Merchant
3.50
Total
$1,862.97
Balance to treasury
37.03
$1,900.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918
$1,800.00
From reserve fund
100.00
$1,900.00
Tax Collector :
W. M. Tirrell, services
$1,618.18
M. P. Gary, bond.
250.00
Total
$1,868.18
Balance to treasury 81.82
$1,950.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918
1,950.00
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314
Tree Warden :
, Charles L. Merritt, services.
$100.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918. ..
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 4, 1918. 450.00
Appropriation Committee :
E. C. Barker, for stenographer, postage and miscellaneous ex- penses
$18.80
Gazette Publishing Co., printing ...
8.75
Total, expended
$27.55
Balance to treasury .
22.45
$50.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Russell B. Worster, services.
$495.00
Appropriation March 4, 1918.
$150.00
R. B. Worster, fees
147.70
From reserve fund.
196.28
Total $493.98
Expended in excess Dec. 31, 1918. . .
1.02
315
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Town Farm Inventory of Personal Property, January 1, 1919.
Brick used
$50.00
Blankets, robes
10.00
Brushes and combs.
5.00
Blocks and ropes
10.00
Bags, 20 empty. .
2.00
Cultivator, 2-horse
30.00
Cultivator, 1-horse
15.00
Carpenters' tools
15.00
Cobbler's outfit
3.00
Corn planter
10.00
Corn Binder
75.00
Cow spray
2.00
Disinfectant
10.00
Gasoline engine
200.00
Ensilage cutter and blowers
125.00
Fertilizer sower
35.00
Grain
4.00
Grindstones
5.00
Horses, two
400.00
Horse clipping machine
10.00
Harness, 1 double
20.00
Harness, 2 single.
20.00
Harness, collars, halters, etc
10.00
Harrow, cutaway
25.00
Harrow, smoothing
6.00
Hose, garden
1.00
Hay, two ton.
50.00
Lawn Mowers, two
5.00
Lumber, new
50.00
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Ladders
8.00
Mowing machine
30.00
Milk tanks and mixers
15.00
Manure
125.00
Manure, hen
10.00
Manure spreader
100.00
Measures, balances and scales
15.00
Plows, three
20.00
Plows, sulky
45.00
Rake, horse
10.00
Roller
15.00
Amount carried forward
$1,596.00
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316
Amount brought forward
$1,596.00
Safe
10.00
Sleds
75.00
Sleigh
5.00
Reed Sower
2.00
Sprayer and pump
2.00
Stone Drag
5.00
Sprayer
100.00
Step ladders, two.
2.00
Tip cart, two-horse
150.00
Tedder
20.00
Tools, farm
75.00
Wagons, two horse, two
125.00
Wagons, two farm
45.00
Wagons, express
.
20.00
Wagons, Concord
25.00
Whiffle trees, chains.
10.00
Water trough
5.00
Wheelbarrows, two
5.00
Wood, 70 cords
700.00
Wire, two reels
5.00
Wood sawing machine.
18.00
Furniture and furnishings at Braintree
350.00
$3,350.00
JOHN A. NEAL,
FRANK E. LOUD,
Auditors.
Receipts on Account of Town Farm:
A. W. Randall, milk.
$1,522.22
F. H. Chandler, milk.
153.15
T. L. Tirrell, 5 cows.
492.50
F. P. Fay, 9 cows, 1 bull.
535.00
F. P. Fay, 3 calves
17.00
F. P. Fay, 1 pig.
21.00
M. R. Abbott, 1 cow .
125.00
Philip Cope, 1 cow.
100.00
R. L. Angel, 1 cow.
40.00
J. P. Robery 1 bull
145.00
Amount carried forward $3,150.87
317
Amount brought forward $3,150.87
J. P. Robery, 4 calves 34.00
J. P. Robery, 1 pig.
77.00
John Harmes, 1 heifer 45.00
H. Morgan, 1 calf.
10.00
Thomas Fay, 1 calf.
6.00
S. Pizzi, 1 pig.
12.00
One pig
11.00
Sam Beer, fowl
212.00
J. H. Donnelly, fowl.
29.25
P. J. Reardon, 11 pullets.
28.00
Use of stock. 34.00
F. P. Fay, hay. 432.00
J. P. Robery, field corn.
· 300.00
W. F. Cowing, corn fodder
70.00
W. F. Cowing, mangles.
65.00
R. Angel, corn fodder
35.00
E. R. Dixon, corn fodder
30.00
J. R. South, corn fodder
20.00
Wyman, corn fodder.
20.00
A. H. Perkins, corn fodder 12.00
Town departments, wood
1,137.00
Town of Braintree, wood.
30.00
John P. McDonald, wood.
12.00
Eli Frazer, wood ..
4.00
Fred W. Cochran, wood.
2.00
P. J. Reardon, cabbages. .
200.00
P. J. Reardon, vegetables.
147.75
Pray & Kelley, vegetables.
99.85
F. H. Sylvester, vegetables. . :
76.65
F. A. Loud & Co., vegetables
74.09
E. W. Hunt & Son, vegetables
73.11
H. Bloom, vegetables
58.90
O. A. McKinn, vegetables
49.50
G. A. Nelson, vegetables.
44.10
C. C. Nash, vegetables.
36.45
B. F. Smith, vegetables. 29.25
W. A. Drake, vegetables 26.74
26.55
N. J. Grant, vegetables.
25.93
J. A. & D. A. Haley, vegetables.
25.05
P. F. Verrity, vegetables. 23.10
Mrs. Bridges, vegetables
22.70
J. T. Gannon, vegetables
Amount carried forward $6,857.84
318
Amount brought forward $6,857.84
Coughlin & Donovan, vegetables ... 22.00
James Knox, vegetables. 21.35
A. Randall, vegetables. 21.25 -
Leon Auger, vegetables
20.00
Thomas Spillane, vegetables
19.00
W. J. Conry, vegetables.
19.00
Amos O. Sprague, vegetables
18.25
A. B. Bryant & Co., vegetables
18.15
Mrs. C. Bates, vegetables
17.45
C. Newall, vegetables. 17.35
J. C. Ashton, vegetables 16,20
David Gunvill, vegetables 16.00
L. A. Lebbossiere, vegetables
15.30
G. L. Hender, vegetables 15.20
John Lilliah, vegetables
15.00
T. F. Nelson, vegetables 15.00
Elmer Post, vegetables. 14.50
W. A. Wheaton, vegetables . .
14.30
J. McCarthy, vegetables. 14.25
13.50
G. R. Morehead, vegetables
12.40
J. Parnell, vegetables .
12.40
Looney, vegetables
12.35
R. S. Hoffman, vegetables
12.32
George Langford, vegetables
12.25
Hugh Curry, vegetables.
12.00
Charles E. Dunbar, vegetables
12.00
Frank _Belcastro, vegetables
12.00
F. L. Bicknell, vegetables
·
11.60
- C. W. Bowman, vegetables
11.40
G. R. Hatton, vegetables.
11.00
A. S. Berkowitz, vegetables.
10.60
Henry Benede, vegetables
10.50
G. H. Leighton, vegetables . .
. 10.50
H. H. Nutting, vegetables
10.23
R. Angel, vegetables.
10.10
Joseph Bailey, vegetables
10.00
Hiram Turpel, vegetables .
10.00
John Spillane, vegetables.
22.80
Arthur H. Pratt, vegetables 22.75
A. Cutler, vegetables 20.00
Amount carried forward
$7,494.49
E. R. Dixon, vegetables . 12.40
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1 Charles Maloney, vegetables.
12.00
George Gross, vegetables.
319
Amount brought forward $7,494.49
F. W. Stewart, seed beans. 66.40
J. M. Coyle, seed beans and corn. . 27.00
H. M. True, vegetables and eggs ... 37.35
Wm. Rowe, vegetables and eggs. 18.15
F. H. Sylvester, eggs 76.65
Joseph Smith, eggs.
48.58
J. B. Holland, eggs
47.35
M. J. Killory, eggs.
43.55
H. Bloom, eggs.
28.80
Frank Hobart, eggs.
19.25
J. W. McDonald, eggs.
17.60
P. J. Verrity, eggs.
13.15
Sundry sales, vegetables, eggs, etc., of amounts under $10.00. 1,142.34
H. Bloom, tea. .
20.00
Mrs. D. White, coffee.
17.00
John M. Coyle, pyrox 16.00
9.37
M. Gesemer, bags and junk
18.52
A. Berkowitz, bags
5.50
H. Bryant, mdse.
15.65
Sam Beer, mdse.
10.75
Martin Zeoli, stanchions
9.00
E. T. Dwyer, harness.
7.00
Thomas Davis, hen-coop
10.00
Individuals, board
82.86
Total receipts from Town Farm
$9,302.31
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Town Home Supplies and Expenses
E. G. Piper, cows
$290.00
G. A. Nelson, cow. 90.00
W. A. Ricker, bull.
82.50
F. H. Chandler, fowl. 24.00 .
Horace M. Randall, fowl. . .
18.00
R. C. Kellam, rooster
3.00
T. M. Fay, killing pigs
15.00
James Mattie, driving cows. 9.00
Hingham Stock Farm.
2.00
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Amount carried forward $533.50
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A. Cutler, matches.
.
320
Amount brought forward $533.50
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E. A. De Varennes, V. S. .
31.75
. J. W. Eldridge, expenses ... 3.90
Thomas South, blacksmith work ...
47.10
D. Reidy, blacksmith work ..
7.35
Lot Lohnes, blacksmith work. .
6.35
W. T. Heffernan, harness repairs ...
13.75
Emerson Coal & Grain Co., grain ...
1,121.72
Alvin Hollis & Co., grain.
372.92
A. J. Richards & Son, grain. .
73.50
American Agricultural and Chem- ical Co., fertilizer. 169.50
Frank P. Fay, fertilizer. .
138.00
Leonard W. Cain, fertilizer
13.75
F. H. Chandler, fertilizer
6.00
Rhines Lumber Co.
13.05
Lot Phillips & Co., Corp., sawdust. .
.65
Thos. J. Grey Co., seed.
64.06
John Groves Co., Inc., seed
60.00
Ames Plow Co., seed.
7.65
A. A. Spear & Son, tomato plants ..
1.40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
47.60
Water rent
14.50
A. J. Richards & Son, fuel.
22.05
E. W. Hunt & Son, provisions. ...
81.25
Fred A. Loud & Co., provisions. ...
67.39
A. B. Bryant & Co., provisions. ..
51.11
F. H. Sylvester, provisions.
47.32
Boston Cash Market, groceries.
25.00
Weymouth Cash Grocery, groceries.
16.43
Herbert M. True, groceries.
13.31
E. F. Hayden, fish.
11.65
Frank Casassa, fruit, etc.
4.50
Fruit
.40
Joseph P. Manning, tobacco 41.13
Dyer & Sullivan, tobacco, etc. 11.80
Brown-Durrell Co., clothing. 80.50
The Raymond Syndicate, clothing . .
62.75
Farley, Harvey & Co., clothing
60.00
F. Gray Co., clothing.
36.90
Mass. State Prison, clothing
30.00
Remick Bros., clothing.
24.00
E. E. Merchant, clothing
22.50
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Amount carried forward $3,457.99
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321
Amount brought forward $3,457.99
C. R. Denbroeder, clothing 7.41
Atlas Shoe Co., shoes ..
85.25
Daniel F. Hussey, shoes
10.75
A. D. Tirrell, shoes, etc.
8.20
W. M. Tirrell, rubbers.
1.70
George M. Hoyt, supplies
5.70
Louis A. Lebbossiere, supplies
1.65
M. Gesmer & Sons, oil.
4.98
A. S. Johnson, supplies
37.61
F. W. Stewart, supplies.
30.93
W. A. Torrey & Co., supplies
8.90
Clarence W. Mahan, supplies.
6.12
Nadells Utility Store, supplies 6.02
G. R. Fuller Co., supplies. 3.25
International Harvester Co. of Amer- ica 1.60
Harris Morgan, stove.
11.00
W. A. Drake, M. D., blanket
2.50
Crutches for inmate
2.00
One swinging lamp.
2.00
Horseshoes ·
1.50
J. H. Murray, supplies
267.05
F. S. Hobart, supplies
5.77
J. M. Coyle, tools and twine
78.63
Ames Plow Co., tools 21.80
F. W. Cowing, knives. 9.20
George M. Keene, carpenter work ..
106.50
D. W. Pratt, carpenter work. 12.50
E. A. Hamlin, repairs.
6.46
W. W. W., labor and material
6.27
Ray O. Martin, repairs.
1.15
J. K. Ruggles, expressing.
3.68
Adams Express Company . .
3.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Co., freight.
1.98
Bay State Street Railway Co.,
1.63
Monarch Wet Wash Co., carting. .
1.40
George E. Fogg, expressing
1.06
R. H. Whiting, services
2.90
Miles P. Keene, services
1.00
Abby C. Hollis Estate, auto hire.
3.00
Milk permit .50
Amount carried forward $4,232.54
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freight
.
322
Amount brought forward
$4,232.54
Cash to inmate.
.40
William Rowe
58.00
Patrick Cross, labor.
25.00
Raymond Arch, labor.
24.00
Edmund Killory, labor
21.00
B. H. Huntoon, labor
12.68
W. O. Pratt, labor.
12.68
Louis Smith, labor
10.00
Harry L. White, labor
8.00
John Frazer, labor.
5.75
Edward Keohan, labor
5.37
George Preston, labor
5.25
H. O'Brien, labor.
5.25
John Harmes, labor.
5.00
Frank Murphy, labor
4.70
William Brown, labor
4.37
Sundry labor
4.25
J. Morales, labor
3.75
Arthur Smith, labor
3.00
Francis Fay, labor.
3.00
John M. Coyle, labor
3.00
Thomas Shea, labor
2.00
William Hughes, labor
.75
Richards S. Oliver, papers.
1.82
Margaret E. Marion, insurance .. .
24.00
Percy W. Dwelley, 75 cords wood ..
600.00
Street Dept., carting wood ..
80.00
W. A. Drake, physician services
60.00
F. H. Gile, M. D.
9.00
W. J. Dunbar & Son, burial .
42.00
Michael Sheehy, rent.
54.00
Braintree, board of inmates
4,460.00
E. P. Condrick, inmate board.
40.00
J. W. Eldridge and wife services.
1,575.00.
E. P. Condrick, services
144.00
Town, rent of farm
300.00
Total paid for expenses and sup- plies
$11,849.56
On hand per inventory, Jan. 1, 1918
8,211.30
Total
$20,060.86
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Credit :
Receipts on account of Town Farm. $9,302.31 Inventory on January 1, 1919. 3,350.00
$12,652.31
Less brick in inventory to be used in
new building
50.00
$12,602.31
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Balance, net expenses
$7,458.55
Note:
The above expenditures include $4,460.00 paid for board of inmates and $493.96 for clothing and supplies at the Braintree Town Home.
The above receipts include $200.00 for merchandise sold but not paid for until after the books were .closed and $41.43 for board for which the cash had not been received.
Superintendent's Account :
James W. Eldridge, Superintendent.
Sundry cash sales to Dec. 31, 1918 . . $3,169.65
Credit :
Sundry cash payments for supplies, etc., included in foregoing account of Town Farm supplies and ex- penses
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$224.51
Cash to Town Treasurer
2,945.34
Total
$3,169.85
Assistance to Town's Poor Outside of Town Home:
Aided in Weymouth. $10,415.17
Aided in other towns and cities 373.75
Aided by other town and cities 1,224.63
Aided in hospitals. 291.48
$12,305 .03
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Town Physicians :
W. A. Drake, Ward One $40.00
L. W. Pease, Ward Three. 50.00
K. H. Granger, Ward Four. 40.00
George E. Emerson, Ward Five ...
50.00
$180.00
Miscellaneous Account :
J. Walter Pyne, auto hire.
$56.00
Tobey's Garage, auto hire.
13.50
R. B. Worster, auto hire. 8.00
George W. Nash, auto hire.
3.00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
1.56
State Board of Charity, transporta- tion
.75
Total expenses, Town Farm
82.81 $11,849.56 1
Total expended for town's poor 1918
$24,417.40
Assistance rendered the State poor and persons having settlement in other cities and towns, to be refunded.
2,570.93
Total expended
$26,988.33
Balance to treasury . .
509.84
Total
$27,498.17
Appropriated March 4, 1918. $18,000.00
Receipts at Town Farm
9,302.31
Refunded by individuals
195.86
Total appropriation
$27,498.17
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Object of Appropriation
Appropriation
Receipts
Total
Expended
Balance to Treasury
Balance un- expended
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Support of Schools
$93,000.00
$4,103.73
$97,103.73
$97,103.73
Vocational Schools-Special
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10.90
10.90
$10.90
James Humphrey
Schoolhouse
Sinking Fund
1,900.00
1,900.00
1,900.00
Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse ..
14,945.35
58.23
15,003.58
14,954.77
48.81
Street Department, in $15.19
excess
39,000.00
8,996.40
47,996.40
48,011.59
Parks and Playgrounds
510.31
510.31
506.01
4.30
Beals Parks-Special
48.05
48.05
48.05
Public Baths .
500.00
500.00
Preservation of Shade Trees
400.00
35.91
435.91
435.91
Suppression of Moths
4,000.00
2,914.06
6,914.06
6,648.88
265.18
Town Survey
1,200.00
15.00
1,215.00
1,215.00
Fire Department
12,000.00
14.91
12,014.91
12,004.80
10.11
Forest Fires
500.00
300.00
800.00
640.05
159.95
Police Department
9,000.00
1,165.07
10,165.07
10,163.71
1.36
Health Department, in $15.37
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,015.37
Miscellaneous Account
3,000.00
2,000.79
5,000.79
4,878.97
121.82
Election Expenses
1,750.00
. 1,750.00
960.50
789.50
Town Offices
950.00
180.55
1,130.55
1,121.98
8.57
State Aid and Soldier's Burial. .
10,000.00
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10,031.00
9,457.11
573.89 '
Soldiers' Relief
3,400.00 .
583.60
3,983.60
3,968.91
14.69
Abatement and Remittance
16,673.36
10,590.07
27,263.43
5,296.86
3,578.80
18,387.77
Printing and Advertising
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,366.29
133.71
Electric Lighting
14,400.00
14,400.00
14,384.64
15.36
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500.00
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Tufts Library, in excess $9.09
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2,600.00
2,528.32
5,128.32
5,137.41
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Fegy Reading Room
750.00
750.00
750.00
Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
400.00
Alowive Account
300.00
318.56
618.56
618.56
Special Audit
1,381.27
1,381.27
1,000.00
381.27
Patrick Butler's widow and
children
2.590.00
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2,590.00
520.00
2,070.00
Benefit of Lenora Herbert
137.38
137.38
5.00
132.38
Interest and Discount .
12.000.00
752.64
12.752.64
12,752.64
Note and Bond Retirement
14.500.00
14,500.00
14,500.00
Temporary Loan Retirement
360,000.00
360,000.00
260.000.00
100,000.00
State and County Liabilities
51,497.03
51,497.03
51,497.03
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New Almshouse Building Fund.
6,885.77
432.25
7,318.02
7.318.02
Laban Pratt Fountain-mainte- nance
12.75
18.00
30.75
30.75
Reserve Fund
14.000.00
14,000.00
10,530.59
3.469.41
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Town Officers
10,155.00
563.98
10,718.98
10,545.12
173.86
Poor Account
18,000.00
9,498.17
27,498.17
26,988.33
509.84
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*$39.65
$728,838.22
$45,160.19
$773.998.41
$635.279.76
$10.326.05
$128,432.25
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TRIAL BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1919.
Treasurer's cash $52,686 45
Accounts receivable, taxes 145,020 17
Accounts receivable, general 12,732 13
Accounts receivable, water rents
8,833 83
Accounts receivable, water construction 760 61
Water sinking fund, cash
12,447 78
Water sinking fund, investments
57,232 81
Water sinking fund, principal ..
$69,680 59
James Humphrey schoolhouse
sinking fund, cash
23,089 13
James Humphrey schoolhouse sinking fund, investments 1
3,900 00
James Humphrey schoolhouse
sinking fund, principal
26,989 13
General and special trust funds, cash
20,530 58
General and special trust funds, investments
6,500 00
General and special trust funds, principal 27,030 58
Tufts funds, cash
14,567 44
Tufts funds, income
2,067 44
Tufts funds, principal
12,500 00
General appropriations, town
128,432 25
5,000 00
General appropriations, water .. Real estate and personal property accounts 1,146,528 80
Real estate and personal property, - principal
1,146,528 80
Tax titles account
3,862 45
Tax titles, principal
3,862 45
General loan, payable
222,000 00
Amount carried forward
$1,508,692.18 $1,644,091.24 '
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Amount brought forward
$1,568,692.18 $1,644,091,24 222,000 00
General loan, negotiated
Water bonds, payable
164,500 00
Water bonds, negotiated
164,500 00
General fund
69,923 07
Water department, fund
12,814 74
Accounts payable
3,774 59
Adjustment account
88 54
$1,895,192 18 $1,895,192 18
CHARLES B. CUSHING, Town Accountant.
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1918. RECEIPTS.
For Notes Discounted in Anticipation of Revenue
May 7, due November 13, at 5.42 per cent. .... .$150,000.00
July 15, due May 18, 1919, at 4.57 per cent .... 40,000.00
July 20, due May 18, 1919, at 4.57 per cent .. . · 10,000.0.0
November 9, due May 18, 1919, at 4.60 per cent., $2 premium 50,000.00
$250,000.00
From:
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W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1913 $ 13.11
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1915.
2,167.14
W. M. Tirrell, collector, interest 1915 216.67
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1916
27,287.80
W. M. Tirrell, collector, interest 1916
2,435.54
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1917 75,354.51
W. M. Tirrell, collector, interest, 1917
2,248.32
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1918 191,543.39
W. M. Tirrell, collector, interest 1918 129.37
Total taxes $301,395.85
State treasurer, sundry accounts. 1
51,208.13
County treasurer, dog license money.
1,162.89
East Norfolk District Court, fees and fines 989.40 -
S. H. Capen, sheriff, fines at Dedham 142.50
Towns and cities, sundry accounts
948.30
Tufts Library account
2,028.32
R. H. Whiting, town survey.
13.00
Frank McCarty
12.00
A. F. Sherman, map, town survey
2.00
School department
598.71
Bates School House
3,700.00
Weymouth Trust Company, interest.
868.87
Tree account
35.91
Moth account
10.75
Highway account
2,357.58
$615,475.21
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