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Transferred to Town Offices
50.00
Total
$14,000.00
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor:
Bradford Hawes, chairman
$508.33
Joseph A. Fern, clerk
666.61
George L. Newton
450.00
John F. Dwyer
250.00
Alfred W. Hastings
450.00
Joseph Kelley
75.00
Henry E. Hanley
75.00
William H. Cowing
125.00
Total
$2,599.94
Balance to treasury
.06
$2,600.00 $2,600.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
Assessors:
John F. Dwyer, chairman
$275.00
Frank H. Torrey, clerk
932.00
Clayton B. Merchant
516.00
Theron L. Tirrell
200.00
Charles H. Clapp
225.00
L. W. Bates, clerical work
52.00
Total
$2,200.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$2,200.00
Town Treasurer:
John H. Stetson, services
$450.00
A. E. Barnes & Co., bond
125.00
Total
$575.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$575.00
Auditors:
John A. Neal
$75.00
Frank E. Loud
75.00
Total
$150.00
Balance to treasury
50.00
$200.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$200.00
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Town Clerk:
John A. Raymond, services
$125.00
Clayton B. Merchant, services
125.00
Total
$250.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$250.00
Town Counsel:
Albert P. Worthen, services
$500.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$500.00
Town Accountant and Office clerk:
C. B. Cushing, Town Accountant
$1,300.00
Harold C. Lincoln
875.30
Phillip L. Hatch
74.70
Total
$2,250.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$2,250.00
Tax Collector:
W. M. Tirrell, services
$2,022.62
M. P. Garey, bond
250.00
Total
$2,272.62
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$1,950.00
From General revenue
322.62
Total
$2,272.62
Tree Warden:
Charles L. Merritt, services
$100.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$100.00
Registrars of Voters:
Benjamin F. Smith $100.00
Patrick E. Corridan
100.00
Marshall P. Sprague
100.00
John A. Raymond, clerk .
75.00
Clayton B. Merchant, clerk
75.00
Total
$450.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$450.00
Appropriation Committee: E. C. Barker, secretary, for stenographer, postage and Miscellaneous expenses $26.25
Gazette Publishing Co., printing
8.75
Total
$35.00
Balance to treasury
15.00
Appropriated, March 3, 1919
$50.00 $50.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Appropriation, March 3, 1919, unexpended ..
$600.00
Appropriation for General Salaries:
Appropriation, March 3, 1919
$11,725.00
From General revenue
322.62
Total
$12,047.62
Expended
$11,382.56
Balance to treasury
65.06
Balance unexpended, Dec. 31, 1919 (Sealer of
Weights and Measures)
600.00
Total
$12,047.62
POOR DEPARTMENT
Town Farm Inventory of Personal Property, January 1, 1920.
Brick used
$50.00
Blankets, robes
10.00
Brushes and combs
5.00
Blocks and ropes
10.00
Bags, empty
2.00
Cultivator, 2-horse
30.00
Cultivator, 1-horse
15.00
Carpenters' tools
15.00
Cobblers' 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
Harrow, cutaway
25.00
Harness, collars, halters, etc
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10.00
Harrow, smoothing
6.00
Hay .
30.00
Lown mower, 1
5.00
Lumber, new
50.00
Ladders
8.00
Mowing machine
30.00
Milk tank and mixers
15.00
Manure, 25 cords, inferior grade
125.00
Manure, hen
10.00
Manure spreader
100.00
Measures, balances and scales
15.00
Plows, three
20.00
Amount carried forward
1,505.00
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Amount brought forward
$1,505,00
Plows, sulky
45.00
Rake, horse
10.00
Roller
15.00
Fertilizer, 2400 lbs.
60.00
Grass Seed, 3 bags
27.00
Safe
10.00
Sleds
75.00
Sleigh
5.00
Reed Sower
2.00
Sprayer and pump
2.00
Stone Drag
5.00
Sprayer
50.00
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, Concord
25.00
Wagons, express
20.00
Whiffle trees, chains
10.00
Wheelbarrows, two
5.00
Wood, 20 cord, sawed and split
240.00
Wood, 30 cord, 4 foot
240.00
Wire, three reels
7.00
Wood sawing machine
18.00
Furniture and furnishings at Braintree
350.00
$3,143.00
FRANK E. LOUD,
Dec. 31, 1919.
Auditor.
Receipts on account of Town Farm:
Town Departments, wood
$615.00
Stetson Shoe Co., grass
450.00
Daniel Reidy, Jr., grass
125.00
W. H. Cowing, hay
15.00
M. Frank McCarthy, apples
38.00
A. B. Bryant & Co., apples
11.00
D. D'Allessandro, apples
3.00
Sundry sales vegetables
32.25
H. P. Coyle, knives
2.00*
John Shea, old hose
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1.50
Total
$1,292.75
Town Farm Expenses :
Emerson Coal & Grain Co., grain
$258.07
J. H. Murray, seed and fertilizer
205.40
F. H. Holmes, wood .
157.50
J. M. Coyle, sawing wood
102.00
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225
Amount brought forward $722.97
Street Dept., carting wood
50.00
C. R. Denbroeder, supplies
8.10
American Agricultural Chemical Co., fertilizer
43.75
Thomas South, blacksmith
40.15
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
24.71
George Connor, labor
7.00
Edmund O'Brien, labor
7.00
John Shea, labor
1.00
D. Reidy, blacksmith
12.65
A. K. Bates, metal work
7.90
Weymouth Lt. & Pr. Co., lighting
6.75
A. J. Richards & Son, coal
5.95
T. C. Downs, V. S., services
5.00
Moth Dept., lead
3.75
F. W. Stewart, hardware
3.19
M. Frank McCarthy, tobacco
2.40
Daniel F. Hussey, shoe repairs
1.75
Electric Freight
1.72
Weymouth Lt. & Pr. Co., lamps
1.00
E. P. Condrick, cash to inmate
1.00
Adams Express Co.
.55
Rhines Lumber Co., shavings
.50
F. S. Hobart, hardware
.25
E. P. Condrick, board of inmate
260.00
E. P. Condrick, services
1,019.00
Total paid for expenses
$2,238.04
On hand per inventory Jan. 1, 1919 3,350.00
Total
$5,588.04
Credits :
Receipts on account of Town Farm
$1,292.75
Inventory on hand Jan. 1, 1920 3,143.00
Total
$4,435.75
Balance, net expenses
$1,152.29
Expenses at Braintree Home:
E. E. Merchant, clothing
$113.18
Joseph P. Manning Co., tobacco
104.66
Brown, Durrell & Co., clothing
99.80
C. R. Denbroeder, clothing
71.02
W. A. Drake, M.D., physician's services
78.00
Marion F. French, clothing
55.02
Mass. State Prison, clothing
38.75
Remick Brothers, clothing
35.49
Reformatory for Women, clothing
30.80
G. E. Warren, supplies
23.85
W. M. Tirrell, shoes, etc.
22.85
Clarence W. Mahan, supplies
20.66
J. T. Christian, supplies
5.30
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies
4.32
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Amount carried forward 703.70
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Amount brought forward
$703.70
Atlas Shoe Co.
9.39
Cash, inmates to fair
8.00
Margaret E. Marion, insurance
7.00
Town of Braintree, supplies
6.00
George R. Fuller, appliance
3.50
C. D. Harlow, supplies
5.80
W. H. Heath, eye glasses
3.00
Friendly Aid Ass'n.
2.70
W. A. Torrey & Co., supplies
2.55
Town of Braintree, Board of inmates
4,954.00
Burial of inmate
51.00
Total
$5,756.64
Assistance to Town's Poor Outside of Town Home:
Aided in Weymouth
$10,956.85
Aided in other Towns and Cities
658.00
Aided by other Towns and Cities
2,362.27
$13,977.12
Town Physicians:
W. A. Drake, M.D., ward one
$40.00
J. C. Fraser, M.D., ward two (2 years) 120.00
Rudolph Jacoby, M.D., ward three
50.00
K. H. Granger, M.D., ward four
20.00
George E. Emerson, M.D., ward five
50.00
Miscellaneous :
Abby C. Hollis Estate, auto hire
$50.00
E. L. Tobey, auto hire
12.00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
3.82
W. A. Drake, M.D., services
2.00
A. C. Dondero, auto hire .
2.00
A. W. Hastings, cash to wayfarer
1.00
Total expenses, Town Farm
$70.82 $2,238.04
Total expenses at Braintree
$5,756.64
Total expended for Town's Poor, 1919
$22,322.62
Assistance rendered the State Poor and per- sons having settlement in other cities and towns, to be refunded
4,074.97
Total expended
$26,397.59
Appropriation for Poor Dept:
Appropriated, March 3, 1919
$18,000.00
Appropriated, Nov. 21, 1919
2,000.00
Receipts at Town Farm
1,292.75
Refunded by individuals 666.30
From General revenue, aid refunded
1,438.54
From reserve fund
5,000.00
Total appropriation $26,397.59
$280.00
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES, 1919
Object of Appropriation
Appropriation
Receipts
Total
Expended
Balance to Treasury
Balance un- expended
Schools
$103,800.00
$6,510.02
$110,310.02
$110,309.98
$.04
Smith-Hughes fund
10.90
26.45
37.35
10.90
$26.45
James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking fund
1,900.00
1,900.00
1,900.00
Tufts Library
4,500.00
1,983.52
6,483.52
6,483.52
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Fogg Reading Room
750.00
750.00
750.00
Streets-Repairs and bridges
31,500.00
2,169.89
33,669.89
33,669.89
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Town Highways - Permanent Construction
20,000.00
144.50
20,144.50
19,954.96
189.54
Street Oiling
15,000.00
412.17
15,412.17
15,412.17
Street Lighting
15,000.00
15,000.00
14,626.44
373.56
Town Survey
1,000.00
49.25
1,049.25
1,049.25
Land for Public Baths
500.00
500.00
500.00
Parks and Playgrounds
604.30
23.40
627.70
496.02
27.70
Beals Park
48.05
45.50
93.55
36.00
57.55
Poor Department
18.000.00
8,397.59
26.397.59
26,397.59
State Aid and Burials
10,000.00
46.00
10,046.00
5,680.29
Soldiers' Relief
3,600.00
297.00
3,897.00
3,897.00
Soldiers' Reception
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,721.89
278.11
Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
400.00
Moth Suppression
4,500.00
3,727.76
8,227.76
7,228.44
999.32
Preservation of Shade Trees. .
400.00
63.50
463.50
445.58
17.92
Health Department
4,000.00
4.50
4,004.50
4,004.50
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Health Department - Visiting Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Police Department
12,000.00
1,377.13
13,377.13
13,361.64
15.49
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Police New Downer Landing
75.00
75.00
75.00
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4,365.71
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Fire Department
15,000.00
54.33
15,054.33
14,869.60
184.73
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Tractor for Hook and Ladder
1,000.00
1,000.00
910.00
90.00
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Election Expenses
1,750.00
1,750.00
1,434.21
315:79
General Salaries.
11,725.00
322.62
12,047.62
11,382.56
65.06
600.00
Office Expenses
1,200.00
50.00
1,250.00
1,201.72
48.28
Printing and Advertising
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,469.97
30.03
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Miscellaneous Account
3,000.00
1,222.91
4,222.91
4,088.88
134.03
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
14,000.00
14,000.00
Abatement and Remittance .
18,387.77
9,052.97
27,440.74
2,289.26
6,823.05
18,328.43
Interest and Discount.
12,000.00
208.34
12,208.34
9,660.62
2,547.72
500.00
New Almshouse Building
7,318.02
104.00
7,422.02
7,422.02
Nevin Schoolhouse Building ..
48.81
7.00
55.81
55.81
New Town Hall and Soldiers' Memorial
1,000.00
1,000.00
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1,000.00
Laban Pratt Fountain, Main- tenance
30.75
18.00
48.75
48.75
Mary E. Butler-Allowance. .
2,070.00
2,070.00
520.00
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1,550.00
Lenora Herbert Fund
132.38
132.38
132.38
Note and Bond Retirement
318,500.00
318,500.00
268,500.00
50,000.00
State Liabilities
45,560.45
45,560.45
45,560.45
County Liabilities
15,527.91
15,527.91
15,527.91
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Tuberculosis Hospital - Nor- folk County
23,556.56
23,556.56
23,556.56
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Alewife account
61.11
171.84
232.95
232.95
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Real Estate (H. K. Cushing)
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,852.12
147.88
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Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
400.00
400.00
400.00
Birchbrow avenue special ...
500.00
71.50
571.50
513.44
58.06
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$754,663.28
$36,636.69
$791,299.97
$693,831.31
$16,630.03
$80,838.63
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881.27
881.27
350.00
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TRIAL BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1920
Dr.
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Treasurer's cash
$46,938.00
Accounts receivable, taxes
117,143.48
Accounts receivable, general
10,798.77
Accounts receivable, water rent
3,176.64
Accounts receivable, water construction
623.87
Water sinking fund, cash
8,139.33
Water sinking fund, investments
47,232.81
Water sinking fund, principal
$55,372.14
James Humphrey schoolhouse sinking fund, cash
19,231.11
James Humphrey schoolhouse sinking fund, investments
3,900.00
James Humphrey schoolhouse sinking fund, principal
23,131.11
General and special trust funds, cash
22,236.46
General and special trust funds, invest- ments
6,000.00
General and special trust funds, principal.
28,236.46
Tufts funds, cash
14,567.44
Tufts funds, income (lecture)
2,067.44
Tufts funds, principal
12,500.00
General appropriations, town
80,838.63
General appropriations, water
5,000.00
Real estate and personal property accounts 1,158,391.65
Real estate and personal property, principal
1,158,391.65
Tax-titles account
3,846.16
Tax-titles, principal
3,846.16
General loan, payable
193,500.00
General loan negotiated
193,500.00
Water bonds, payable
134,000.00
Water bonds negotiated
134,000.00
General fund
80,883.12
Water department fund
9,374.16
Accounts payable
2,496.31
Adjustment account
88,54
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$1,789,725.72 $1,789,725.72
CHARLES B. CUSHING,
Town Accountant.
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1919 Receipts
For Notes Discounted in Anticipation of Revenue :
May 5, due November 12, at 4.42 per cent $100,000.00
May 5, due December 24, at 4.42 per cent 50,000.00
December 15, due June 10, at 4.95 per cent 50,000.00
July 1, due July 1, 1920, to 1924, at 5 per cent, Macadam pavement 20,000.00
Bonds, December 1, due December 1, 1920, to December,
1929, at 5 per cent, Tuberculosis Hospital 20,000.00
$240,000.00
From :
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1916 and interest, $280.12 $2,998.28
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1917 and interest, $2,805.81 35,465.45 W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1918 and interest, $2,456.07 81,376.30 W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1919 and interest, $90.88 226,916.23 Total taxes and interest, $346,756.26
State Treasurer, sundry accounts 63,340.85
County Treasurer, dog license money
1,320.53
East Norfolk District Court, fees and fines 494.00
S. H. Capen, sheriff, fines at Dedham 74.50
1,215.23
Tufts Library account 1,983.52
R. H. Whiting, town survey, maps
44.25
Little, Brown & Co., map and postage
2.08
Prince H. Tirrell, sales, Nevin schoolhouse
7.00
School account
794.77
Weymouth Trust Company, interest
696.33
Tree account
63.50
Moth account
443.48
Highway account
973.51
Fire Department
82.38
Police Department
121.88
Sundry Licenses
896.50
Refunds, sundry accounts
628.80
Town Farm account, 1918 account ,1919 account 1,292.75
1,492.75
Arthur R. Lohnes, Tufts school building
875.00
New Almshouse
104.00
Laban Pratt Fund
18.00
Tax releases
239.20
Maps, sundries
4.00
Rhines Lumber Company
8.00
Educational Specialties
2.53
J. H. Sherman, alewife account
171.84
R. B. Worster, sealer's fees
200.06
M. L. Denbroeder 9.90
Smith-Hughes Fund
26.45
Premiums on notes
562.00
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663,653.10
$200.00
Towns and Cities, sundry accounts
231
Amount brought forward 663,653.10
Accrued interest
208.34
M. P. Garey, sale of cow
10.55
M. E. Marion, insurance
259.00
E. S. Beals Park Fund
45.50
Webb Park
23.40
Town Office, tolls
.85
James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund
5,000.00
Health Department
4.50
Total Receipts $669,205.24
Cash on hand January 1, 1919
44,466.15
$713,671.39
Note .- Some of the above receipts will not be found in the credit of 1919 appropriations as they were for previous year's bills and were credited to general revenue account.
Disbursements
Paid on Selectmen's Warrant for notes given in anticipa-
tion of revenue .$250,000.00
Other bonds and notes due 18,500.00
Sundry appropriations
409,088.47
Total
$677,588.47
Cash on hand December 31, 1919 36,082.92
$713,671.39
I have examined the accounts of John H. Stetson, Treasurer of the town of Weymouth and find them correct.
FRANK E. LOUD,
December 31, 1919.
Auditor.
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LIABILITIES Notes and Bonds Due 1920
May 1, Athens Schoolhouse 31/2 per cent $2,500.00
July 1, Macadam Pavement 5 per cent. 4,000.00
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent 2,000.00
Aug. 1, Athens Schoolhouse extension 472 per cent
2,000.00
Oct. 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent.
4,000.00
Nov. 1, Pratt Schoolhouse 4 per cent
1,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse £ per
cent
5,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent 2,000.00 $22,500.00
1921
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
July 1, Macadam Pavement 5 per cent 4,000.00
Oct. 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 4,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Nov. 1, Pratt Schoolhouse 4 per cent . 1,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent 2,000.00
18,000.00
1922
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
July 1, Macadam Pavement 5 per cent 4,000.00
Oct: 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 4,000.00
Nov. 1, Pratt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 1,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent ... 18,000.00
2,000.00
1923
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
July 1, Macadam Pavement 5 per cent 4,000.00
Oct. 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 4,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Nov. 1, Pratt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 1,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent
2,000.00
18,000.00
1924
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
July 1, Macadam Pavement 5 per cent 4,000.00
Oct. 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 4,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent
2,000.00
17,000.00
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1925
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
Oct. 1, Hunt Schoolhouse 4 per cent 4,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent 2,000.00 13,000.00
1926
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
Nov. 1, James Humphrey Schoolhouse 4 per cent 5,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent ....
2,000.00
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1927
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent ...... 2,000.00
4,000.00
1928
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent . . 2,000.00 .
4,000.00
1929
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent $2,000.00
Dec. 1, Tuberculosis Hospital 5 per cent .... 2,000.00
4,000.00
1930 to 1937
July 1, Edward B. Nevin Schoolhouse 4 per cent, eight notes $2,000 annually
$16,000.00 16,000.00
Total time notes and bonds
$143,500.00
1920
June Notes given in anticipation of revenue ..
50,000.00
Total
$193,500.00
Trust funds
22,705.88
Amount due appropriations (besides notes
above $50,000)
30,838.63
Accounts payable
2,496.31
Checks outstanding
7.429.81
Total
$256.970.63
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ASSETS
Due from :
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1913 $41.41
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1914 54.57
W. M. Tirrell, colector, taxes 1916 123.80
WV. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1917 3,328.19
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1918 25,406.25
W. M. Tirrell, collector, taxes 1919 88,189.17
Total
$117,143.39
James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund 23,131.11
Trust Funds 22,705.88
Deposit Weymouth Trust Company 36,082.92
Accounts Receivable besides taxes and water rents
10,798.77
Total
$209,862.07
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND
Receipts
Town of Weymouth appropriation
$1,900.00
Received from Savings Banks
4,875.00
Interest on bonds 158.78
Interest on savings bank deposits
983.20
Total
$7,916.98
Cash on hand January 1, 1919
417.80
$8,334.78
Payments and Investments
Town of Weymouth notes due November 1
$5,000.00
Interest on savings bank deposits .. 983.20
Deposit, Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept. .. 2,300.00
Total
$8,283.20
Cash on hand December 31, 1919
51.58
$8.334.78
Total Investments
Town of Weymouth 4s, 1920
$2,000.00
East Weymouth Savings Bank
5,294.52
Weymouth Savings Bank
5,708.25
South Weymouth Savings Bank
5,621.65
Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept.
2,555.11
U. S. 41/4 per cent Liberty Loan Bonds
1,900.00
, Total
$23,079.53
Cash on hand December 31, 1919
51.58
Total Fund
$23.131.11
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TRUST FUNDS
JOSEPH E. TRASK FUND
Total fund January 1, 1919
$11,600.00
March 27, Received from Joseph E. Trask trus- tees deposited in Weymouth Trust Co.
1,205.88
$12,805.88
Receipts
Town of Weymouth bond
$500.00
Interest, bonds
220.00
Interest, banks
266.36
$986.36
Payments and Investments
Deposited in Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept. $500.00
Paid Town of Weymouth 486.36
$986.36
Interest due uncollected
44.00
Investments
$5000 Town of Weymouth 4s, 1920-1929 $5,000.00
Deposit East Weymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 2,100.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank
2,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept ...
1,705.88 $12,805.88
ELIAS S. BEALS PARK FUND
Total fund January 1, 1919
$1,000.00
Interest South Weymouth Savings Bank
$45.50
Paid Town of Weymouth
45.50
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS FUND
Total fund January 1, 1919
$5,000.00
Interest, bond
$40.00
Interest, banks
135.50
$175.50
Paid Town of Weymouth
175.50
Interest due uncollected 45.74
Investments
$1000 Town of Weymouth bond $1.000.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 1.000.00
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept ...
1,000.00 $5,000.00
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SUSANNAH HUNT STETSON FUND
Total fund January 1, 1919
$2,500.00
Interest Weymouth Savings Bank
$112.50
Paid Town of Weymouth
112.50
THE TIRRELL DONATION
Total fund January 1, 1919
$1,000.00
Interest Weymouth Savings Bank
$45.00
Paid Town of Weymouth
45.00
LABAN PRATT FUND
Total fund January 1, 1919
$400.00
Interest Weymouth Savings Bank
$18.00
Paid Town of Weymouth
18.00
Total Trust Funds
$22,705.88
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. STETSON,
Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
The Auditor's report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919, is as fol- lows :
The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer, Treasurer of Water Loan and Sinking Fund Commissioners, Beals Park Fund, Joseph E. Trask Fund, the Tirrell Donation, Susannah Hunt Stet- son Fund and the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund have been examined and found correct and all investments as stated.
The Tufts Library account, Tufts Lecture Fund, Pratt School Fund, Augustus J. Richards Fund, Tufts Sidewalk Fund and Laban Pratt Fund, have been examined and the investments found satis- factory.
The register of the Town Accountant and cash book of the Town Treasurer agree as to amounts of orders paid and balance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1920.
Balance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1919
$9,188.20
Amount of orders drawn during year 1919 750,626.68
Total $759,814.88
Less amount of orders paid in 1919 750,454.99
Balance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1920. $9,359.89
Sealer of Weights and Measures
The accounts of the Sealer of Weights and Measures have been examined and appear as follows :
Charges and fees received by R. B. Worster $200.06 Cash paid to treasurer 200.06
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Tax Collector 1913
Assessor's commit ment 1913 $221,501.44
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1920 3,611.17
$225,112.61
Collections and abatements to date
225,071.20
Balance due Jan. 1, 1920
$41.41
1914
Assessor's commitment for 1914
$240,978.72
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1920
4,480.60
$245,459.32
Collections and abatements to date
245,404.75
$54.57
1916
Assessor's commitment
$294,422.42
Interest collected to Jan. 1, 1920 4,904.94
$299,327.36
Collections and abatements to date.
299,203.56
Balance due Jan. 1, 1920
$123.80
1917
Assessor's commit ment
$281,198.61
Reassessed by Assessors March 7, 1918 55.89
$281,254.50
Interest collected to date 5,112.98
$286,367.48
Collections and abatements to date
283,039.29
Balance due January 1920
3,328.19
1918
Assessor's commitment
$297,377.19
Interest collected to date
2,585.44
$299,962.63
Collections and abatements to date
274,556.38
Balance due Jan. 1, 1920 $25,406.25
238
1919
Assessor's commitment $315,439.53
Interest collected to date 90.88
$315,530.41
Collections and abatements to date
227,341.24
Balance due Jan. 1, 1920
$88,189.17
Town Debt
Total town debt Jan. 1. 1919 $173,461.33
Borrowed during year in anticipation of taxes 200.000.00
Other notes 40,000.00
$413.461.33
Paid notes given in anticipation of taxes $250,000.00 Other notes and bonds 18.500.00
268,500.00
$144.961.33
Less James Humphrey School Sinking Fund
23,131.11
Town Debt, Jan. 1, 1920 $121,830.22
FRANK E. LOUD, Auditor.
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TABLE OF VALUATION, RATE OF TAXATION, EXPENDITURES AND DEBT OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH From January, 1890 to 1919, Inclusive.
YEAR
Total Assessed Valuation April 1
Rate of Tax per 1000
Expenditures as per Appropriation Table ending Jan. 1
Net Debt, not including Water Loans
1890
$6,441,845 00
$16 40
1891
$130,696 86
$66,092 00
1891
6,534,740 00
17 60
1892
124,484 94
66,092 00
1892
6,497,371 00
17 40
1893
142,564 16
85,092 00
1893
6,707,550 00
17 20
1894
120,746 84
79,592 00
1894
6,488,432 00
18 50
1895
128,588 33
76,500 00
1895
6,488,981 00
17 50
1896
144,791 52
82,500 00
1896
6,532,022 00
17 50
1897
150,461 20
82,000 00
1897
6,661,969 00
20 30
1898
176,310 41
137,000 09
1898
6,620,719 00
18 70
1899
176,119 85
127,491 33
1899
6,565,322 00
20 20
1900
161,433 62
147,365 00
1900
6,694,088 00
0 50
1901
184,205 69
144,075 82
1901
6,802,773 00
19
1902
162,252 07
153,618 02
1902
6,797,955 00
20 50
1903
181,769 01
140,433 30
1903
6,897,202 00
22 10
1904
171,075 00
149,150 53
1904
7,065,363 00
20 60
1905
171,484 62
132,166 22
1905
6,958,469 00
22 30
1906
185,325 71
125,415 54
1906
6,952,247 00
21 40
1907
181,920 78
119,628, 56
1907.
7,269,084 00
22 90
1908
285,497 66
184,000 00
1908
7,660,140 00
21 50
1909
189,114 72
175,500 00
1909
7,992,968 00
21
1910
186,633 13
164,920 00
1910
7,929,074 00
23 00
1911
206,738 71
169,298 40
1911
8,621,954 00
18 90
1912
195,694 65
150,594 47
1912
9,957,156 00
17 25
1913
204,141 38
143,752 34
1913
11,468,075 00
17 50
1914
237,015 99
148,877 47
1914
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