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$6,200.00
Balance from 1923
907.65-
From Reserve Fund, June 1924
1,150.00
From Reserve Fund, Oct. 1924
725.00
From General Revenue, Tax Title Account
375.61
Total
$9,358.26
Expended
7,957.07
Balance
$1,401.19
Balance to treasury
601.19*
Amount forward to 1925
800.00-
Memorial Day :
Carter's Band
$249.00
M. P. Ford
151.00
Boston Floral Supply Co.
22.50
Cammall Badge Co.
14.25
Louis A. LevDossiere
9.00
Nowicco
8.75
Frank McCarthy
6.80
Francis J. Cain
6.00
Am. Banner Co., Inc.
4.26
Home Town Bakery
3.34
Wey. Public Market
2.65
Amount carried forward
477.55
1
333
T Amount brought forward
477.55
N. E. Florist Supply Co.
2.50
Geo. H. Hunt & Co.
.43
Total expended
Balance to treasury
19.52
1
Total Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$500.00 $500.00
Lenora Herbert Fund:
Balance from 1923
20.00
Balance unexpended, Dec. 31, 1924
$75.38
Publishing Town History :
Wright & Potter Co.
$7,671.42
Lincoln Engraving Co.
208.99
George W. Chamberlain
66.00
Howard H. Joy
12.50
The Thompson Norris Co.
11.15
Weymouth Historical Society
10.00
Total
$7,980.06
Balance to treasury
136.44
Total
$8,116.50
Balance from 1923
$8,116.50
Alewive Account:
Winifred C. Bonney, Supt.
$100.00
Labor
344.57
T. J. Kelly
26.55
Rhines Lumber Co.
9.41
Joseph Nosiglia
7.50
J. F. Otis & Co.
4.20
Weymouth Lt. & Pwr. Co.
3.75
John H. Thompson
3.00
Total expended
$499.98
Balance to treasury
.02
Total
$500.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$400.00
From Reserve Fund June 23, 1924
$100.00
Total
$500.00
Monatiquot River Bridge Assessment: Appropriation, March 3, 1924 (unexpended)
$50,000.00
1
$480.48
$95.38
Expended in 1924
-
334
Insurance of Town Property : R. S. Hoffman & Co. L. W. Eddy, appraisals
$15,495.05 200.00
Total
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$8,000.00
Appropriation, Nov. 12, 1924
6,913.98
C. H. Chubbuck
436.18
M. Sheehy
60.30
Charles G. Jordan
47.52
J. H. Tobin
43.26
Minot P. Garey
28.25
R. S. Hoffman & Co.
18.33
Russell H. Whiting
18.20
H. Franklin Perry
14.40
Charles W. Burgess
2.57
M. G. Parker & Co.
.90
Total
$15,695.05
Interest and Discount :
Int., Notes $15,000 J. Humphrey Schoolhouse
$600.00
Int., Notes $10,000 Ward Three Schoolhouse
320.00
Int., Notes $28,000 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse
1,080.00
Int., Notes $40,000 Macadam Pave- ment
1,780.00
Int., Notes $12,000 Norfolk County T. B. Hospital
600.00
Int., Notes $250,000 New High School
10,348.75
Int., Notes $40,000 New Town
Home
1,657.50
Discount, Notes $300,000 in anticipa- tion of revenue
5,635.90
Total expended Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$21,400.00
From Reserve Fund, Dec. 29, 1924
. 622.15
Total
$22,022.15
Reserve Fund :
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$10,000.00
Transferred to appropriations as follows:
April 23, 1924:
To Police Department
$900.00
To Street Department
1,000.00
June 23, 1924:
Amount carried forward
1,900.00
10,000.00
Return Premiums:
A. E. Barnes & Co.
111.16
$15,695.05
$22,022.15
335
Amount brought forward
1,900.00
10,000.00
To Miscellaneous Account
1,150.00
To Alewive Account
100.00
October 20, 1924:
To Police Department
500.00
To Miscellaneous Account
725.00
November 10, 1924:
To School Department
3,500.00
December 29, 1924:
800.00
To Office Expenses
83.77
To Fire Department
619.08
To Interest and Discount
622.15
Total
$10,000.00
Note and Bond Retirement:
Notes due May 1, 1924
$4,000.00
Notes due July 1, 1924
25,000.00
Notes due Aug. 1, 1924
4,000.00
Notes due Oct. 1, 1924
4,000.00
Notes due Nov. 1, 1924
5,000.00
Notes due Dec. 1, 1924
2,000.00
Total expended
$44,000.00
Appropriations in tax levy
$39,000.00
From Sinking Fund
5,000.00
Total
$44,000.00
Notes payable in Anticipation of Revenue. Total Appropriation
$500,000.00
Total payments
500,000.00
Unpaid Bills Account:
Election Expenses :
C. H. Lovell
$11.75
Police Department:
Salaries of officers
$80.04
Alice Hunt
10.00
McCarthy's Restaurant
5.45
95.49
Health Department:
Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital
$1,136.50
J. E. Ludden, plumbing inspector George B. Bayley
47.00
Street Department:
Rhines Lumber Co.
269.61
Bradford Weston
227.35
D. Reidy
63.15
The Lebanon Mach. Co.
55.00
Taylor Mfg. Co., Inc.
50.60
Amount carried forward
665.71
2,063.14
772.40
1,955.90
To Salaries Account
336
Amount brought forward
665.71
2,063.14
Irving F. Johnson
44.48
N. E. Truck Co.
42.31
Alvin Hollis & Co.
39.10
Russell H. Whiting
32.05
Josiah F. Martin
29.80
N. R. Ells Estate
23.13
E. Mass. St. Ry. Co.
21.00
H. A. Richards
20.95
Rates Bros. Seam Face Granite Co.
20.24
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
15.25
T. H. Murray Hardware Co., Inc.
12.68
Eastern Tractors Co.
12.00
Maria J. Ford et al.
11.00
T. J. Kelly
10.95
S. Srammell & Sons
10.75
D. W. Hart
9.90
The Texas Company
8.00
Franklin N. Pratt
7.75
Crawford Machine Works
7.25
T. Ravmond
7.25
J. C. Fraser
5.00
Chas. N. Glines
4.75
Sargent Bros. Garage
4.50
C. B. Pratt
3.50
Chas. F. Brown
2.70
Geo. E. Keith Co.
2.58
Ruxton's Express
2.40
Packard Motor Car Co.
2.06
T. B. C. Wade
2.00
Henry C. Jesseman
1.00
F. H. Sylvester
.85
Norfolk Motors, Inc.
.60
Austin Tirrell
.50
$1,083.99
Parks and Playgrounds :
Wey. Lt. & Pwr. Co.
30.00
Miscellaneous Account:
William J. Holbrook, expense
1,512.65
County of Norfolk
1,016.15
2,528.80
Tercentenary Expenses :
Quartermasters Corps, U. S. Army
$112.28
Lewis S. Loud
58.00
Foster Bros.
42.00
Dadman Co.
7.08
$219.36
Total expended
$5,925.29
Balance to treasury
2.55
Total
$5,927.84
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$5,927.84
State and County Liabilities: State Tax
Met. Planning Division
$28,100.00 157.57
:
337
Soldiers' Exemptions
109.66
Metropolitan Parks Tax:
For Sinking Fund
$327.83
For Interest
2,612.32
For Maintenance
7,898.13
For Serial Bonds
302.55 11,140.83
Nantasket, Maintenance
394.03
Wellington Bridge, Maintenance
21.07
Charles River Basin Tax:
For Interest 627.98
For Maintenance
1,002.54
For Serial Bonds
54.26
1,684.78
Repairs of State Highway Tax
3,870.14
Corporation Tax, refund
108.10
Viv. War Poll Tax, refund
69.00
County Tax
27,147.87
Total
72,804.05
Appropriation in tax levy
72,694.39
From General Revenue
109.66
Total 72,804.05
Abatement and Remittance of Taxes. Appropriation for Abatement and Remittance : Balance from 1923
28,062.21
Overlay and re-assessments 1924
12,089.60
Total
40,151.81
Abatement of 1919 Taxes
13.10
Abatement of 1920 Taxes
1,133.25
Abatement of 1921 Taxes
309.48
Abatement of 1922 Taxes
524.25
Abatement of 1923 Taxes
1,713.64
Abatement of 1924 Taxes
1,067.92
Remittance of 1922 Taxes
7.31
Remittance of 1923 Taxes
533.85
Remittance of 1924 Taxes
114.26
Transfers to Overlay Reserve Fund:
July 1, 1924
$15,667.22
Dec. 31, 1924
4,175.88
Total $25,260.16
Balance, Dec. 31, 1924
$14,891.65
Tax Deed Account.
Balance due from 1923
4,038.92
Less received in 1924
168.87
Balance
3,870.05
Amount carried forward
3,870.05
338
Amount paid in 1924
375.61
Total
4,245.66
SUMMARY
Total expended for year
$1,307,195.53:
Less items transferred (not cash) Abatements
4,761.64
Overlay Reserve Fund
19,843.10
Street Department
6,383.57
Reserve Fund
10,000.00
40,988.31
Balance Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1924 (Ledger Balance)
1,266,207.22
34,087.69
1,300,294.91
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, 1924
Appropriation and Receipts
Expended
Balance Balance to Treasury Unexpended
General Salaries
$20,450.00
$19,711.75
$738.25
Town Survey
1,650.00
1,650.00
Election Expenses
2,550.00
2,235.26
314.74
Office Expenses
2,233.77
2,230.67
3.10
Police Department
27,312.00
27,271.74
40.26
Restitution-John A. Hutchins
50.00
50.00
Fire Department
25,494.08
25,494.08
Moth Suppression
5,160.00
4,451.36
708.64
Tree Account
800.00
789.67
10.33
Health Department
4,500.00
4,498.66
1.34
Norfolk County T. B. Hospital
5,886.87
5,886.87
Nurses
1,000.00
1,000.00
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
1,000.00
339
Highway Repairs
77,448.57
77,355.75
92.82
Bradley Road
800.00
799.91
.09
Permanent Sidewalks
3,000.00
3,000.00
Broad Street Macadam
9,800.00
9,739.36
60.64
Permanent Construction-Broad Street
4,000.00
3,999.40
.60
Derby Street
500.00
500.00
Iron Hill Street
400.00
400.00
Shawmut Street
1,000.00
1,000.00
Bound Stones
300.00
300.00
Signs and Guide Boards
1,000.00
985.94
14.06
Per. Sidewalks-Reimbursements
1,548.00
1,548.00
May Terrace
500.00
500.00
Johnson Road
1,000.00
966.79
33.21
Shaw Road
300.00
272.33
27.67
Randolph Street
1,000.00
998.16
1.84
Drain-Nevin School Playground
3,000.00
2,992.01
7.99
1
Drain-Webb Street New Road Roller East Street
5,000.00
4,999.47
.53
6,250.00
6,250.00
500.00
499.93
.07
Essex and Lake Streets
700.00
694.54
5.46
Street Lighting
17,800.00
17,641.31
158.69
Charities
27,720.00
26,450.79
1,269.21
New Town Home
6,577.39
6,577.39
State Aid, Military Aid
2,500.00
2,281.00
219.00
Marking Graves-Soldiers of 1812
110.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,500.00
3,155.01
344.99
Schools
210,992.27
210,987.89
4.38
Smith-Hughes Fund
254.59
189.60
64.99
New High School Addition
92,930.13
92,904.67
25.46
New High School Add'n-Committee
461.16
104.11
357.05
Athletic Field Committee
200.00
19.30
180.70
Schools-Fire Extinguishers, etc.
1,350.00
1,287.55
62.45
Tufts Library
11,452.22
10,702,87
749.35
Fogg Library-Reading Room
1,000.00
1,000.00
East Weymouth Branch
1,500.00
1,414.99
85.01
Parks and Playgrounds
1,600.00
1,548.41
51.59
Beals Park "Special"
123.56
123.56
Maint. Laban Pratt Fountain
152.31
152.31
Printing and Advertising
4,455.00
4,214.70
240.30
Miscellaneous Expenses
9,358.26
7,957.07
601.10
800.00
Memorial Day
500.00
480.48
19.52
Lenora Herbert Fund
95.38
20.00
75.38
Town History
8,116.50
7,980.06
136.44
Alewive Account
500.00
499.98
.02
Monatiquot River Bridge Assessment
50,000.00
50,000.00
Insurance
15,695.05
15,695.05
Interest and Discount
22,022.15
22,022.15
Reserve Fund
10,000.00
10,000.00
Note and Bond Retirement
544,000.00
544,000.00
1
110.00
340
Unpaid Bills State and County Liabilities Abatement and Remittance
5,927.84
5,925.29
2.55
72,804.05
72,804.05
40,151.81
25,260.16
14,891.65
$1,379,982.96
$1,307,195.53
$6,388.84
$66,398.59
341
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant.
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342
TRIAL BALANCE JANUARY 1, 1925
1
Treasurer's cash, town
$ 34,087.69
water
21,416.36
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes
157,970.10
General
11,587.09
Water Rents
17,964.05
Water Construction
3,352.46
James Humphrey School-House Sinking Fund :
9,427.61
Cash Principal
$9,427.61
General and Special Trust Funds:
Cash
37,104.50
Investments
3,500.00
Income
Principal
Tufts Funds :
Cash
14,328.48
1,828.48
Income
12,500.00
Principal
General Appropriations: Town
66,398.59
Water
12,173.06
Real Estate and Personal Property :
Accounts
2,144,604.81
Land
1,134,995.00
Personal
941,744.81
Tax Titles :
Accounts
4,328.66
Principal
4,328.66
General Loan:
Payable
349,000.00
Negotiated
349,000.00
Authorized
45,000.00
Water Bonds:
Payable
85,500.00
Negotiated
85,500.00
Authorized
10,000.00
Adjustment Account
88.54
Sale of Real Estate
8,467.35
(Chap. 303, Acts 1923)
8,062.25
Overlay Reserve Fund
19,843.10
(Sec. 25, Chap. 59, G L.)
General Fund :
Town Water
145,785.05
40,559.81
1
$2,949,171.81 $2,949,171.81
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant.
274.42 40,330.08
67,865.00
Buildings
Surplus War Bonus Fund (Chap. 480, Acts of 1924)
DEBT STATEMENT January 1, 1925
Assessors' Valuation for the year 1922. . $15,465,577.00 Less Abatements to December 31, 1924. 63,880.00
$15,401,697.00
Assessors' Valuation for the year 1923 $16,426,435.00
Less Abatements to December 31, 1924 93,880.00
$16,332,555.00
Assessors' Valuation for the year 1924 $21,164,580.00
Less Abatements to December 31, 1924 42,365.00
$21,122,215.00
Gross net valuation for 3 years. Average valuation
$52,856,467.00
$17,618,822.00
3 per cent. .
$ 528,565.00
Total debt of all kinds incurred and outstanding . . $ 434,500.00
Less debts outside debt limit :
Water Bonds, Acts 1914, Chap. 353. . $48,000.00 Water Bonds, Acts 1913, Chap. 276 .. 17,500.00
Water Bonds, General Laws . 20,000.00
Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds . 10,000.00
95,500.00
Total debt, within debt limit $ 339,000.00 Less sinking funds applicable debt within limit 9,427.61
Net debt in determining debt limit. $ 329,572.39
Balance
$ 198,982.61
Less amounts authorized but not negotiated : Monatiquot River Bridge Notes
45,000.00
Borrowing capacity as of December 31, 1924.
$ 153,982.61
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343
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant.
:
:
PUBLIC PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Property
Street Location
Land Area in sq. ft.
Land Value
·Value of Buildings
Value of Personal
Total
Town Offices
Broad
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
Police Department :
Station 1
Athens
2,000
$100.00
$2,600.00
100.00
2,800.00
Station 2
Pleasant
4,000
1,000.00
14,650.00
2,000.00
17,650.00
Garage
Pleasant
1,350.00
1,350.00
2,700.00
Fire Department:
Engine House 1
Athens
6,300
400.00
8,250.00
3,250.00
11,900.00
Engine House 2
Broad
7,600
500.00
9,300.00
4,650.00
14,450.00
Engine House 3
Washington
3.200
800.00
6,900.00
4,600.00
12,300.00
Engine House 5
Pleasant
4,800
725.00
9,300.00
4,600.00
14,625.00
Fire Alarm System
7,500.00
7,500.00
Sealers Department
Pleasant
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway Department:
Headquarters
Commercial
19,845
1,000.00
14,600.00
31,302.80
46,902.80
Stone Crusher Bldg.
Wharf
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Home
Essex
1,947,700
6,700.00
34,000.00
3,000.00
43,700.00
Barn and Silo
7,200.00
1,000.00
8,200.00
Out Buildings
1,500.00
50.00
1,550.00
School Department:
High School
Middle
247,400
4,500.00
380,000.00
30,000.00
414,500.00
Athens School
Athens
23,000
1,500.00
96,000.00
8,000.00
105,000.00
Adams School
Church
7,500
500.00
8,550.00
800.00
9,850.00
Jefferson School
Middle
20,300
1,300.00
29,800.00
3,000.00
34,100.00
Franklin School
Broad
36,900
3,000.00
23,400.00
2,500.00
28,900.00
Washington School
Commercial
24,400
2,000.00
34,500.00
3,000.00
39,500.00
James Humphrey
Lake
186,800
3,000.00
79,700.00
8,000.00
90,700.00
Spraying Machines, etc.
3,000.00
3,000.00
Poor Department:
Moth Department:
344
*
New Hunt School Old Hunt School
Broad
155,700
3,450.00
93,700.00
10,000.00
107,150.00
Broad
19,200.00
2,000.00
21,200.00
Lincoln School
Broad
10,300.00
800.00
11,100.00
Pratt School
Pleasant
134,100
700.00
22,500.00
4,500.00
27,700.00
Shaw School
Main
33,700
1,100.00
25,200.00
3,600.00
29,900.00
Edward B. Nevin
Main
120,876
4,000.00
80,000.00
1,200.00
85,200.00
Pond School
Pond
22,500
300.00
4,695.00
700.00
5,695.00
Hollis School
Randolph
3,350.00
3,700.00
Portable School
Middle
3,000.00
3,000.00
Portable School
Athens
3,000.00
800.00
3,800.00
Building Lot
Bridge
296,847
5,440.00
Libraries :
Tufts Library
Washington
5,200
2,600.00
.
70,950.00
40,000.00
113,550.00
No. Weymouth Branch
Sea
2,000.00
2,000.00
East Weymouth Branch
Broad
1,500.00
1,500.00
Great Hill Park
Neck
308,067
3,500.00
3,500.00
Beals Park
Sea
145,810
5,000.00
5,000.00
Webb Park
Summitt
254,000
2,000.00
2,000.00
Lovells Corner Plgd.
Pleasant
122,803
500.00
500.00
Bayley Green
Columbian Square
4,000
100.00
100.00
Alewife Fishery Bldg.
Commercial
3,400
1,000.00
500.00
25.00
1,525.00
Lot of Land
Cor. Norton & North
12,400
100.00
100.00
Lot of Land
Wessagussett
3,800
200.00
200.00
Lot of Land
Essex
41,500
50.00
50.00
Lot of Land
Broad
32,90
200.00
200.00
Lot of Land
Jackson Square
4,000
200.00
200.00
Town Hall Lot
Pleasant
14,565
2,000.00
2,000.00
Lot of Land
Broad Street
48,700
200.00
200.00
Gibbens Lot
Gibbens
18,200
450.00
450.00
Front Street Lot
Front Street
9,600
100.00
100.00
Old Town House Lot
Washington
49,100
450.00
450.00
Island-Great Pond
Great Pond
1,800
100,00
100,00
13,100
350.00
5,440.00
Park Department:
345
Band Stands, Brick and Frame Flag Staffs and Flag Poles
1,000.00
1,000.00
625.00
625.00
Fences, Gates and Snow Fences
500.00
500.00
Water Department:
Broad
3,000.00
13,616.84
16,616.84
Shop Building
Hollis
136,800
550.00
14,500.00
10,000.00
25,050.00
Hollis
1,600.00
50.00
1,650.00
400.00
50.00
450.00
12,000.00
12,400.00
Near Great Pond
1,562,500
6,000.00
4,500.00
10,500.00
Land
Hollis Street
90,500
200.00
200.00
Land
Randolph
9,300
100.00
100.00
Water Mains, pipes, etc.
720,075.17
720,075.17
6,226,113 67,865.00
1,134,995.00
941,744.81 2,144,604.81
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EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant.
December 31, 1924.
Reed Avenue
28,500
400.00
Em. Pump House
Hollis
Pumping Station
Storage Shed
Stand Pipe
Tenement House
347
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1924 Receipts For notes discounted in anticipation of Revenue : March 11 due Nov. 26, at 4.14 per cent
June 29 due Dec. 17, at 3.39 per cent, premium $1.25 100,000.00₺ 100,000.00
July 28 due Dec. 22, at 2.378 per cent
$300,000.00 ;
W. M. Tirrell. Coll. taxes and interest 1919
1,091.79 +
H. E. Bearce, Coll. taxes and interest 11920
6,497.83:
A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes and interest 1921
7,381.06,
A. W. Sampson, Col. taxes and interest 1922
33,301.56.
A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes and interest 1923
135,458.82:
A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes and interest 1924
414,813.01
State Treasurer, sundry accounts
50,694.02:
County Treasurer, dog licenses
1,385.77
E. Norfolk District Court, fees and fines
758.79
S. H. Capen, Sheriff, fines at Dedham
249.50,
Towns and Cities, sundry accounts
1,659.59'
James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund
5,000.00 ;
Howe Schoolhouse
3,150.00
Charlotte Orcutt Estate
2,347.35.
Ward Three Lockup
2,400.00€
Ward Five Lockup
570.00,
Highway Department
3,494.37*
Town History
674.30}
Tax Deeds
168.87
Premium on note, June
1.25.
First National Bank, Boston, interest
967.10.
Weymouth Trust Co., interest
2,215.65.
C. W. Burgess, sealer's fees
289.22.
Alewife account receipts
330.00,
Tufts Library, income Trust Funds
1,284.47
Tufts Library, rents
1,333.29'
Tufts Library, fines
374.16:
Beals Park Fund, income
45.50;
Laban Pratt Fund, income
18.00*
Rebate on Insurance policies
781.07
Moth account
40.69'
Town Maps
10.50.
Licenses, sundry issues
1,239.50>
School Department
138.84.
Town Farm account
1,122.34 :
Sale of Wood, sundry accounts
645.50
Fire Department
86.06;
Refunds, sundry accounts
113.39,
Total Receipts Cash on hand January 1, 1924
$982,133.16;
272,506.57
$1,254,639.73:
Disbursements
Paid on Selectmen's warrants for: Notes given in anticipation of taxes Other notes and bonds
$500,000.00}
44,000.00>
Sundry Appropriations
676,552.04.
$100,000.00>
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Cash on hand December 31, 1924
1,220,552.04 34,087.69
$1,254,639.73
Assets
Due from W. M. Tirrell, Coll. taxes 1919
$210.92
Due from H. E. Bearce, Coll. taxes 1920
1,041.57
Due from A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes 1921
34.53
Due from A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes 1922
2,616.27
Due from A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes 1923
26,059.70
Due from A. W. Sampson, Coll. taxes 1924
128,007.11
Total taxes due "Sundry Bills Receivable
$157,970.10
11,587.09
Total
$169,557.19
James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund
9,427.61
Trust Funds
33,705.88
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co.
49,385.23
Total
262,075.91
ILess outstanding checks
15,297.54
Total
$246,778.37
LIABILITIES Bonds and Notes 1925
May 1 Highway Account, 6 per cent $4,000.00
.July 1 Street Pavement, 6 per cent 4,000.00
-July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00
.July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent 13,000.00 „July 1 Almshouse, 414 per cent 2,000.00
Aug. 1 Street Pavement, 41/2 per cent 4,000.00
Oct. 1 Hunt Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 4,000.00
"Nov. 1 James Humphrey Schoolhouse, 4% 5,000.00
Dec. 1 Tuberculosis Hospital, 5 per cent 2,000.00
1926
"May 1 Highway Account, 6 per cent 4,000.00
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00
.July 1 High School Building, 41/4 per cent 13,000.00
.July 1 Almshouse, 41/4 per cent 2,000.00
-Aug. 1 Street Pavement, 41/2 per cent 4,000.00
"Nov. 1 James Humphrey Schoolhouse, 4% 5,000.00 Dec. 1 Tuberculosis Hospital, 5 per cent 2,000.00
1927
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00
July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent 13,000.00
.July 1 Almshouse, 41/4 per cent 2,000.00
Aug. 1 Street Pavement, 41/2 per cent 4,000.00
Dec. 1 Tuberculosis Hospital, 5 per cent 2,000.00 23,000.00
$40,000.00
32,000.00
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1928
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00 July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent 13,000.00 July 1 Almshouse, 414 per cent 2,000.00 Dec. 1 Tuberculosis Hospital, 5 per cent 2,000.00 19,000.00
1929
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00 July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent 13,000.00
July 1 Almshouse, 41/4 per cent 2,000.00
Dec. 1 Tuberculosis Hospital, 5 per cent 2,000.00 19,000.00
1930
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent 2,000.00 July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent 13,000.00 July 1 Almshouse, 414 per cent 2,000.00
17,000.00
1931-1933
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent, three notes $2,000 each 6,000.00 July 1 High School Building, 41/4 per cent, three notes $13,000 each 39,000.00
July 1 Almshouse, 414 per cent, three notes $2,000 each 6,000.00
51,000.00
1934-1937
July 1 E. B. Nevin Schoolhouse, 4 per cent, four notes $2,000 each 8,000.00
July 1 Almshouse, 4 14 per cent, four
notes $2,000 each 8,000.00
July 1 High School Building, 41/4 per cent, four notes $12,000 each . 48,000.00 ·64,000.00
1938-1943
July 1 High School Building, 414 per cent, six notes $12,000 each 72,000.00
July 1 Almshouse, 414 per cent, six notes $2,000 each 12,000.00
84,000.00
Total
$349,000.00
Due Appropriations
66,398.59
Trust Funds Checks outstanding
33,705.88
15,297.54
$464,402.01
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOLHOUSE SINKING FUND Total Fund January 1, 1924 $13,834.62 592.99
Received interest on investments
14,427.61
Withdrawn from Bank to pay note Nov. 1st
5,000.00
Balance December 31, 1924 9,427.61
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Investments Deposit East Weymouth Savings Bank 2,044.05
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 2,341.35
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 2,503.13
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept.
2,539.08
Total Fund December 31, 1924 9,427.61
TRUST FUNDS John C. Rhines Fund (Income to be used for any public purposes) Investments
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank $5,000.00
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 2,500.00
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Sav'gs Dept. 2,500.00
Total Fund 10,000.00
Interest on Bank accounts not expended
274.42
Elias S. Beals Fund (For care of Beals Park)
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 1,000.00
Receipts and Payments
Received interest South Weymouth Sav- ings Bank 45.50
Paid Town of Weymouth 45.50
Laban Pratt Fund (For care of Fountain, Abigail Adams Square)
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 400.00
Receipts and Payments
Received interest Weymouth Savings Bank
18.00
Paid Town of Weymouth 18.00
TRUST FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUFTS LIBRARY Augustus J. Richards Fund
Total Fund January 1, 1924
Receipts and Payments
$5,000.00
Received interest on investments
$220.12
Paid Town of Weymouth 220.12
Investments
Town of Weymouth Bonds, 4 per cent 1,000.00
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 1,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Sav'gs Dept. 1,000.00
Total Fund Dec. 31, 1924 5,000.00
Joseph E. Trask Fund Total Fund January 1, 1924 12,805.88
351 Receipts
Interest on investments
564.11
Town of Weymouth Bond, paid July 1
500.00
1,064.11
Payments and Investments
Paid Town of Weymouth 564.11
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Sav'gs Dept. 500.00
1,064.11
Investments
Town of Weymouth Bonds, 4 per cent 2,500.00
Deposit East Weymouth Savings Dept. 2,000.00
Deposit South Weymouth Savings Bank 2,600.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Trust Co., Sav'gs Dept. 3,705.88
Total Fund Dec. 31, 1924 12,805.88
2,500.00
Susan Hunt Stetson Fund Jan. 1, 1924, Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank Receipts and Payments
Received interest Weymouth Savings Bank
112.48
Paid Town of Weymouth 112.48
The Tirrell Donation Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 1,000.00
Receipts and Payments
Received interest Weymouth Savings Bank
45.00
Paid Town of Weymouth 45.00
Walter G. Forsyth Fund
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank 1,000.00
Receipts and Payments
Received interest Weymouth Savings Bank
64.42
Paid Town of Weymouth 64.42
Total Trust Funds $33,705.88
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
We have examined the accounts of J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, and find them correct ..
FRANK E. LOUD, WALLACE L. WHITTLE, MARSHALL T. TIRRELL, Auditors.
January, 1, 1925.
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AUDITORS' REPORT
Jan. 1, 1925.
The auditors' report for the year ending December 31, 1924, is as follows:
The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer, Treasurer of Water Department, Beals Park Fund, Joseph E. Trask Fund, · the Tirrell Donation, Susannah Hunt Stetson Fund and the James Humphrey Schoolhouse Sinking Fund have been examined and found correct and all investments as stated in report of Treasurer.
The Tufts Library Account, Tufts Lecture Fund, Pratt School Fund, Augustus J. Richards Fund, Tufts Sidewalk and Laban Pratt Fund have been examined and investments found satisfactory.
The register of the Town Accountant and the cash book of the Town Treasurer agree as to amounts of orders paid and bal- ance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1925.
Balance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1924
27,661.92
Amount of orders drawn during 1924
1,220,452.04
Total
1,248,113.96
Less orders paid during 1924
1,232,816.42
Balance of orders unpaid Jan. 1, 1925 Sealer of Weights and Measures
15,297.54
The accounts of the Sealer of Weights and Measures have been examined and are as follows: Charges and fees received by Charles W. Burgess $289.22 Cash paid to J. H. Stetson, Treas. 289.22
TAX COLLECTOR
Interest Total Collection
Balance
Commitments
Collected with abatements
Due
1919
$315,439.53
$4,465.21 $319,693.82
$210.92
1920
467,023.87
5,008.27 470,990.57 1,041.57
1921
464,517.91
6,658.51 471,141.89 34.53
1922
479,853.25
6,404.66 483,641.64
2,616.27
1923
526,043.69
3,666.31 503,650.30 26,059.70
1924
543,708.09
179.95 415,880.93 128,007.11
FRANK E. LOUD,
WALLACE L. WHITTLE,
MARSHALL T. TIRRELL,
Auditors.
INDEX
Town Officers
·
.
Births
.
69
Marriages
84
Deaths
96
Jury List
103
Jurors Drawn
106
Election Officers Appointed
107 110
Report of Selectmen
110 112
Report of Visitors for Overseers of Poor
113
Report of Committee on Purchase of New Fire Apparatus Report of Moth Superintendent
113
Report of Tree Warden
117
Report of Burial Agent
117
Report of Forest Warden
117
Report of Superintendent Alewive Fisheries
117
Report of Committee on Widening Madison Square
118
Report of Committee on Collection of Garbage
118
Report of Gas and Electric Rates
119
Report of Trustees Weymouth Fore River Bridge
127
Report of Assessors
129
Report of Chief of Police
132
Report of Sealer Weights and Measures
133
Report of Park Commissioners
134
Report of Committee Park Property at Great Hill
136
Report of Electric Light Committee
137
Report of Town Engineer
138
Report of Registrars of Voters
139
Report of Superintendent Fire Alarms
140
Report of Fire Engineers
140
Report of Inspector of Animals
141
Report of Tufts Fund
142
Report of Tax Collector
.
147
Report of High School Addition
205
Report of Committee on School at North Weymouth
211
Report of Tufts Library
219
Report of Committee of Town Forest
249
Report of Inspector of Plumbing
249
Report of Board of Health
249
Report of Superintendent of Streets
251
Report of Visiting Nurse Association
255
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
256
Report of Inspector of Milk and Dairy
256
Report of Water Commissioners
259
Report of Town Accountant
282
Report of Town Treasurer
347
Report of Auditors
.
.
352
.
.
143
Report of School Committee
·
3
.
Report Town Counsel
Report of Overseers of the Poor .
116
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