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3,665 00
Balance
$835 00
Paid on account debt
$3,030 00
Paid on account anticipation taxes .
635 00
$3,665 00
55
STATE TAX
Appropriated
$4,500 00
Expended 6,230 60
Exceeded
$1,730 60
PAYMENTS :
Treasurer of the Commonwealth, State
tax
$6,050 00
Highway tax
180 60
$6,230 60
COUNTY TAX
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Expended 5,011 87
Exceeded
$511 87
PAYMENT :
County Treasurer
$5,011 87
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES, 1908
State Aid . $2,372 00
Support of Poor 4,926 60
Support of Schools 18,142 65
School Committee, salary 250 00
School Physician 75 00
Hatherly School Bldg. and grounds. 160 50
Printing, stationery and postage 496 95
Miscellaneous 889 49
56
Town Officers $1,664 73
Public Buildings . 543 08
Insurance on Public Buildings 258 00
Fire Department 464 95
Fire Department 240 25
Fire Department, special 306 25
Fire Department, special 305 25
Soldiers' Relief 785 75
Tree Warden
248 26
Care of Lockup
60 70
Abatements .
1,745 26
Police and Constables.
760 78
Board of Health
282 25
Collection of Taxes
714 57
Hydrant rental
3,100 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Cattle Inspection .
100 00
Libraries
500 00
Town Counsel
100 00
Little's Bridge
34 30
Street Signs .
105 03
Gypsy Moth
1,778 75
Sidewalk, West, special .
94 50
Park Commissioners, special 10 25
Rear Exits, schools, special 476 00
Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks
4,178 33
Fore River Bridge, maintenance
40 00
Removing Snow .
218 66
Road, Webb's Corner, special
507 86
Road, Central Street, special
2,503 07
Road, First and Second Cliffs, special . 314 96
Road, North River Avenue, special
102 50
Road, Blossom Street, West, special .
1,522 60
Road, State Highway, Greenbush, special 200 00
57
Road, Beach Street, special . $2,502 93
Union Hall Lot, grading, special . 150 50
Catch-basins, Greenbush, special . 184 00
Street Watering 1,039 96
Total amount of orders drawn $55,607 47
State Tax
$6,050 00
State Highway Tax 180 60
6,230 60
County Tax .
5,011 87
Interest on Notes
3,665 00
State Corporation Tax, overpaid .
1 77
Collection on Western Checks
73
Constables, by order Second District
Court
413 53
Reduction of Debt
4,000 00
Note, anticipation taxes, 1907
10,000 00
Town Notes, anticipation taxes, 1908
30,000 00
Total
$114,930 97
RECEIPTS
R. Turner, collector of taxes, 1901 .
$4 60
F. W. Varney,
66
66 1902
5 19
66
66
1903
52 25
66
66
66
1904
544 78
66
66
66
1905
816 21
66
66 1906
4,096 43
66
66
66 1907
17,832 22
66
66
66 1908
48,125 99
.
Total
$71,477 67
58
F. W. Varney, collector of taxes, abate- ments
$1,745 26
County Treasurer, on account Dog Fund 365 43
Second District Court, fines 343 50
Plymouth Court, fines 15 00
Poor, reimbursements
452 32
Rent, Town Hall
45 50
Tuition, schools
21 50
Telephone, schools
11 05
Books, schools 3 54
Highways, crushed stone 84 45
Highways, overpayment
6 00
Highways, horse road roller
150 00
Clam permits
106 00
Sealer of weights and measures
32 12
Premium on notes
35
Licenses
47 00
Interest on deposit .
119 52
State corporation tax
1,414 45
State National Bank tax
203 51
State aid
2,459 00
Massachusetts Highway Commission 72 50
State, burial of soldiers 35 00
Town notes, anticipation of taxes, 1908 35,000 00
F. W. Varney, collector of moth tax . $148 31
Jetson Wade, Superintend-
ent gypsy moth 19 00
Mass. Highway Commission,
gypsy moth .
10 50
177 81
Total receipts
$114,388 48
Expenses above receipts
542 49
Balance Jan. 1, 1908 $5,163 31
Balance Jan. 1, 1909
4,620 82
Decrease
$542 49
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN, JANUARY 1, 1909
NOTES
RATE
DUE
INTEREST PAID TO
INTEREST ACCRUED
FOR
$4,000 00
4
P.C.
May 16, 1909
Nov. 16, 1908
$20 00
Railroad
4,000 00
4
May 16, 1910
Nov. 16, 1908
20 00
Railroad
14,200 00
3 1-2
46
Jan. 15, 1911
July 15, 1908
227 79
Railroad
10,000 00
3 18-100
Apr. 5,1911
Oct. 5, 1908
75 08
Jenkins School
4,000 00
4
3 1-4
Nov. 9,1911
Nov. 9, 1908
46 04
Jenkins School
( 1.000 Railroad
5,000 00
4
May 16, 1912
Nov. 16. 1908
25 00
4,000 Hatherly School
5,000 00
3 40-100
Nov. 25, 1912
Nov. 25, 1908
16 52
Hatherly Road
10,000 00
3 3-4
Feb. 8,1913
Aug. 8,1908
147 92
Other purposes
4,000 00
4
May 16, 1913
Nov. 16, 1908
20 00
Hatherly Sch'l
2,000 00
4
May 16,1914
Nov. 16, 1908
10 00
Hatherly Sch'l
5,000 00
3 1-2
Nov. 27, 1915
Nov. 27, 1908
16 03
Hatherly Road
5,000 00
3 40-100
Apr. 22, 1918
Oct. 22, 1908
32 11
Hatherly Road
5,000 00
3 44-100
Mar. 30, 1909
Anticip'n taxes
$87,200 00
$676 49
Railroad
$27,200 00
Schoolhouses
30,000 00
Hatherly Road
15,000 00
Other purposes
10,000 00
Anticipation taxes, 1908
5,000 00
Total
$87,200 00
Interest accrued on notes Jan. 1,
1909
$676 49
Hydrant rental
1,566 66
Other liabilities, estimated
1,000 00
3,243 15
Total liabilities
$90,443 15
May 16, 1911
Nov. 16, 1908
20 00
Railroad
10,000 00
.
$82,200 00
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LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES OF THE TOWN For the year ending Dec. 31, 1908
LIABILITIES
Town notes, debt
$82,200 00
Town notes, anticipation of taxes . 5,000 00
Other liabilities, estimated
3,243 15
$90,443 15
RESOURCES
Cash in treasury .
$4,620 82
Due from uncollected taxes, 1903
76 42
66
66 1904
508 98
66
1905
1,293 01
66
66
1906
2,521 62
66
1907
5,922 63
66
66
66 1908
21,300 08
Due from State, account State aid
2,372 00
Due from State, account poor . . 67 75
Due from city Cambridge, account poor 39 00
38,722 31
Net indebtedness.
$51,720 84
Net debt Jan. 1, 1908.
$57,105 08
Net debt Jan. 1, 1909. 51,720 84
Decrease
$5,384 24
Respectfully submitted, ·
JOHN D. FERGUSON, E. PARKER WELCH, CHARLES H. WATERMAN,
Selectmen.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
SUPPORT OF THE POOR
Appropriation
$5,000 00
Expended
$4,926 60
Received from city of Cam-
bridge
$78 00
Due from city of Cambridge . 39 00
Received from town of Co-
hasset
37 35
Received from Overseers of
the Poor, account reim- bursements 227 72
Received from State 7 25
Due from State
67 75
457 07
Net cost, Support of Poor 4,469 53
Balance
$530 47
PAID FOR :
Rent .
$387 50
Groceries, provisions, milk
1,029 49
Board
1,895 31
Fuel 350 56
Cash
532 50
Miscellaneous supplies
269 72
Burials . 25 00
Outside medical attendance 2 25
Town physician
300 00
Miscellaneous expenses
10 10
State Hospital, Tewksbury
124 17
$4,926 60
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PERSONS WHOLLY SUPPORTED
Rose C. Barbour
Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics, board $169 92
Elsie G. Barbour, Reimbursed
Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics, board
$57 11
Daniel Broughton and wife
C. W. Frye, supplies
. $183 00
W. P. Richardson, medicines 6 60
C. G. Finnie, milk 27 79
George F. Welch, fuel 54 25
Frank H. Barry, services 8 00
R. Frank Hall, repairs on house
6 50
Overseers of the Poor, repairs on house .
2 50
Overseers of the Poor, supplies 13 60
George F. Welch, materials for repairs 28 25
George E. Bearce, labor on house 12 00
George T. Otis, supplies
27 89
$370 38
Kate Carson
Mrs. M. A. Fallon, board .
$208 00 .
Overseers of the Poor, supplies
6 80 .
$214 80
Mary Ann Devlin (Died Jan. 11, 1908)
Mrs. John Dwyer, board
$42 00
W. P. Richardson, medicines
4 60
C. W. Frye, supplies 1 23
R. Turner, supplies 1 56 $49 39
63
Barbara Fallon Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded, board $169 92
Edgar Fernald
Town of Norwell, board, 1907 . $156 00
Town or Norwell, supplies, 1907 3 90
Frank S. Betz Co., artificial leg .
$58 50
Frank S. Betz Co., express
1 75
60 25
$220 15
John Hughes and Wife
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash .
$27 50
W. P. Richardson, medicines
2 10
Litchfield Bros., Harbor, milk
7 35
J. A. Ward, supplies
11 57
Geo. F. Welch, supplies
5 50
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 9 75
Overseers of the Poor, supplies 5 23
Mrs. John Dwyer, services 31 00
Mrs. John Dwyer, board 2 00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial
25 00
John F. Murphy, rent
10 50
$137 50
Mrs. John Hughes
Mrs. M. A. Fallon, board . $164 00
Overseers of the Poor
4 00
$168 00
Michael Mitchell (Died Aug. 2, 1908) State Hospital, board $121 60
64
Mary Patterson
Mrs. Oscar Anderson, board . $64 00
Mrs. S. E. Whitney, board 120 00
W. P. Richardson, medicines . 6 80
Overseers of the Poor, supplies
1 00
$191 80
Ida M. Taylor and two children
Mrs. Geo. M. Arnold, board . $364 00
Mrs. Geo. M. Arnold, supplies 23 05
Mrs. Geo. M. Arnold, medical attendance
2 25
$389 30
PERSONS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED Mrs. Frank G. Andrews
M. G. Seaverns & Co., supplies
$2 37
Louis Levine, supplies 6 50
Mrs. Antone Andrews, board 40 00
Mrs. J. C. Merritt, fuel
6 50
H. J. Stockbridge, fuel 4 25 $59 62
Mrs. William Franklin Brown
T. L. Litchfield, supplies
$70 00
George F. Welch, fuel
22 00
$92 00
Sarah L. Connors and children Town of Whitman, rent and supplies, 1907 $309 23
Jennie S. Cole
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash .
$10 00
George F. Welch, fuel 9 75
C. F. Andrews, fuel
8 00
$27 75
65
Sylvia N. Clapp
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash . $33 00
Mrs. J. C. Merritt, fuel 5 00 $38 00
Bridget Devaney
C. W. Frye, supplies
$1 18.
Patrick Driscoll and wife
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash
$156 00
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 28 75
$184 75.
Mrs. Charles H. Flint
Overseers of the Poor, temporary aid .
$52 25.
Mrs. Edw. Graham
Town of Cohasset, cash .
$6 00
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash .
14 00
$20 00
Mrs. Emeline Gannett
D. J. Bates & Co, supplies
$121 96
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 17 25
F. E. Cook, fuel 19 40
$158 61
Mrs. Mary Glynn
State Hospital, board
$2 57
Mrs. Davis Jenkins
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash . $130 00
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 22 00
D. L. Studley, fuel .
4 00
$156 00
66
Caleb T. Jenkins and wife
C. W. Frye, supplies $50 00
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 19 00
C. G. Finnie, milk 6 72
Overseers of the Poor, supplies 2 00 $77 72
Catherine Kane
Kate Conophy, rent
$84 00
W. P. Richardson, supplies 2 30
$86 30
Mrs. Walter J. Litchfield
Town of Abington, three children, board, 1907
$156 36
James Litchfield
Town of Hanover, board, July 1, 1907,
to Nov. 1, 1908
$175 00
Town of Hanover, supplies
20 45
$195 45
Benjamin Mann
Town of Norwell, board
$9 00
Bridget McGowan
Jonathan Hatch, fuel
$8 00
Geo. F. Welch, supplies 9 95
$17 95
Sophia Nichols
Thos. H. Farmer & Co., supplies .
$0 85
67
Lois Ney
James T. Dalby, rent
$48 00
George F. Welch, fuel 7 50
$55 50
Mrs. Everett Osborn, Reimbursed Mrs. E. T. Clapp, rent $20 00
Susan Otis
E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, cash . $104 00
John Murphy, rent . 60 00
George F. Welch, fuel 19 39
$183 39
Mrs. Eliza J. Spooner
M. G. Seaverns & Co., supplies
$130 00
M. G. Seaverns & Co., fuel 3 00
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 10 00
F. E. Cook, fuel 17 94 $160 94
Emanuel Silvia, City of Cambridge Case
S. T. Spear, supplies .
$60 00
T. L. Litchfield, supplies
19 50
$79 50
Tramps
C. W. Prouty, Keeper, none.
Town Physician
T. Branch Alexander, M.D., services, Nov. 1, 1907 to Nov. 1, 1908 . . . $300 00
T. Branch Alexander, M.D., express and .
telephone .
2 10
$302 10
68
Kate Vargus
S. T. Spear, supplies . $90 00
T. L. Litchfield, supplies 26 00
H. J. Stockbridge, milk . 21 96
Geo. F. Welch, fuel 22 00
Louis Levine, supplies 5 00
H. J. Stockbridge, fuel 2 75
$167 71
Mrs. Fred W. Wade
Account board
$52 00
Total $4,926 60
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. FERGUSON, E. PARKER WELCH, CHARLES H. WATERMAN, Overseers of the Poor.
TRUST FUNDS
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, $1,000
INCOME
$40 40
Paid to Sylvia N. Clapp $13 47
Mrs. Ebenezer Bearce 13 47
Mrs. Nathaniel Wade 13 46
$40 40
69
Eliza Jenkins Fund, $3,000
INCOME
$121 20
Paid to Susan M. Otis $20 20
Mary S. Bouvé . 20 20
Matilda F. Harrub 20 20
Susie C. Young .
20 20
Mercy Cudworth
20 20
Josephine Bailey.
20 20
$121 20
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, $959.41
INCOME . .
$38 36
Paid to Mary S. Bouvé $38 36
Clara T. Bates Fund, $276.47
FOR CARE OF OLD BURIAL GROUND
The Fund has not been drawn upon.
JOHN D. FERGUSON, E. PARKER WELCH, CHARLES H. WATERMAN, Trustees.
Have examined the accounts of the Trust Funds and find them to be correct.
CHARLES W. PEARE, Auditor. .
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1909
State Aid . $2,500 00
Support of Schools . 13,500 00
Transportation of Pupils 4,000 00
Support of Poor 5,000 00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
500 00
Miscellaneous
1,200 00
Town Officers
2,500 00
Public Buildings
1,000 00
Insurance on Public Buildings
250 00
Fire Department
1,000 00
Removing Snow
1,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
Tree Warden
500 00
Lockup, Care of
100 00
Board of Health
400 00
Hydrant Rental
3,200 00
Collection of Taxes
700 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Libraries
500 00
Cattle Inspection
100 00
Gypsy Moth
1,700 00
Abatement of Taxes
1,000 00
Discount on Taxes
2,500 00
Reduction of Debt .
4,000 00
Interest
3,700 00
Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks
4,000 00
Town Counsel
100 00
· Police and Constables
1,000 00
Street Signs .
50 00
Maintenance Fore River Bridge, two per cent cost
50 00
Street Watering, Macadam Roads
1,000 00
State Tax
$6,000 00
State Highway Tax
200 00
County Tax . 5,500 00
11,700 00
$69,900 00
ASSESSORS' REPORT
Number of Polls 730
State Tax $1 00
County Tax . 1 00
Poll Tax, on each male poll . . · $2 00 $1,460 00
Number of residents assessed on property : Individuals 762
All others . 11
773
Number of non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals 604
All others . 17
621
Number of persons assessed on property
1,394
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only 311
Total number of assessments 1,705
Value of assessed real estate:
Buildings
$2,135,455 00
Land .
1,535,300 00
Total value of assessed real estate $3,670,755 00
Value of assessed personal 483,860 00
Total valuation, 1908 $4,154,615 00 Total valuation, 1907 4,191,570 00
72
Rate of taxation per $1,000 .
$17 00
Amount of taxes assessed, 1908
$72,087 91
State Tax $6,230 60
County Tax 5,011 87
Polls .
1,460 00
Town Grant
58,520 86
Overlayings
864 58
Total
$72,087 91
ASSESSED
Number of horses 584
Number of cows .
343
Neat cattle other than cows
23
Number of sheep
39
Number of swine 41
Number of fowl
5,075
Number of dwelling houses 1,108
Number of acres land
9,696
JOHN D. FERGUSON, E. PARKER WELCH, CHARLES H. WATERMAN,
Assessors.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1908
F. W. VARNEY, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SCITUATE
Dr
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1902 . $37 21
Cr.
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of
1902 $32 03
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1902 taxes 5 19
Dr. $37 22
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1903 . $185 42
Cr.
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of 1903 $56 75
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1903 taxes 52 25
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1903 76 42
$185 42
74
Dr.
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1904 $1,148 80
Cr.
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of 1904 $95 04
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1904 taxes 544 78
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1904 508 98
$1,148 80
Dr.
.
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1905 $2,248 63
Cr
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of 1905 $139 41
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1905 taxes 816 21
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1905 1,293 01
$2,248 63
Dr.
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1906 . $6,776 09
May 18, 1908. To amount of reassessments 282 69
$7,058 78
75
Cr.
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of 1906 $440 73
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1906 4,096 43
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1906 2,521 62
$7,058 78
Dr.
Jan. 1, 1908. To amount of uncollected taxes
of 1907 .
$24,063 98 May 18, 1908. To amount of reassessments 313 91
$24,377 89
Cr.
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of 1907 $623 04 By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer, on ac- count of 1907 taxes 17,832 22
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1907 5,922 63
$24,377 89
Dr
Aug. 18, 1908. To amount of tax bills . $72,087 91 Dec. 17, 1908. To amount of omitted assess- ments 44 85
$72,132 76
76
Cr
By amount of abatements allowed on taxes of
1908 $358 26
By discount on taxes allowed 2,348 43
By cash paid E. L. Bonney, Treasurer 48,125 99
By balance of uncollected taxes of 1908
21,300 08
$72,132 76
Dr.
Jan. 1, 1909. To amount of uncollected taxes of 1903 . $76 42
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1904 508 98
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1905 1,293 01
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1906 2,521 62
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1907 5,922 63
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1908
21,300 08
Brought forward $31,622 74
Total amount collected in 1908
$71,473 06
Amount of moth taxes $213 56
Amount collected and paid to the Treasurer . 148 31
Balance due $65 25
FENTON W. VARNEY, Collector.
TREASURER'S REPORT, 1908
ERNEST L. BONNEY, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SCITUATE From January 2, 1908, to January 1, 1909
RECEIVED :
Cash on hand Jan. 2, 1908 $5,163 31
County Treasurer, account of Dog Fund 365 43
Second District Court, account fines 343 50
Plymouth Court, account fines 15 00
City of Cambridge, account poor
78 00
Town of Cohasset, account poor
37 35
Selectmen of Scituate, account poor
329 72
Wiley S. Damon, rent of Town Hall
45 50
Harry Merritt, tuition of children 20 00
Philip Aberle, tuition of children 1 50
J. E. DeMeyer, account of schools 11 05
A. H. Litchfield, account of schoolbooks 3 54
Selectmen of Scituate, account of highways 6.00
Selectmen of Scituate, account of clam rights 106 00
Town of Marshfield, account of horse roller 150 00
E. L. Bonney, Sealer of Weights and Measures . 32 12
Sale of crushed stone, by Highway Surveyor 84 45
Premium on Notes . 35
Henry T. Cole, carriage license 1 00
Mary A. Litchfield, carriage license 1 00
Chas. H. Eastman, carriage license 1 00
J. Monahan, peddler's license 8 00
James Ward, pool table and bowling alley licenses 4 00
Fourth National Bank, interest on deposit
119 52
Henry Ellms, pool table license 2 00
H. Edglestein, junk license 10 00
78
S. Berson, junk license $10 00
Max Stanley, junk license 10 00
State, Corporation tax 1,414 45
State, National Bank tax . 203 51
State, account Highway loan 72 50
State, State aid
2,459. 00
State, temporary aid .
7 25
State, burial of soldier
35 00
On town notes, in anticipation of taxes for 1908 35,000 00 Roland Turner, tax collector on taxes for 1901 4 60
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1902
5 19
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1903 F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1904 . 544 78
52 25
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1905
816 21
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1906 .
4,096 43
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1907
17,832 22
F. W. Varney, tax collector on taxes for 1908 . 48,125 99
F. W. Varney, tax collector, abatement on taxes 1902 to 1908, inclusive
1,745 26
Moth tax 177 81
$119,551 79
Cr.
PAID OUT:
Selectmen's orders $55,607 47
State Tax
6,050 00
County Tax .
5,011 87
State account Highway Repairs 180 60
State Corporation tax, overpaid 1 77
Interest on Notes 3,665 00
Collection on Western checks 73
John F. Turner, by order 2d District Court 228 40
W. E. Supple, by order 2d District Court : 99 10
79
C. M. Litchfield, by order 2d District Court $35 45.
· J. C. Condon, by order 2d District Court 20 47
C. L. Spring, by order 2d District Court 10 41
S. C. Webster, by order 2d District Court . 13 60
C. W. Prouty, by order 2d District Court 4 60
John T. Hollis, by order 2d District Court 1 50
Town Note, account Town Debt 4,000 00
Town Note, in anticipation of taxes for 1907 10,000 00
Town Notes, in anticipation of taxes for 1908 30,000 00
January 1, 1909, cash on hand 4,620 82
$119,551 79
ERNEST L. BONNEY, Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have examined the accounts and vouchers of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer and Collector for the year 1908, and find the following :
RECEIPTS
Balance cash on hand and in bank, Jan. 2, 1908 $5,163 31 Amount received for taxes by years :
1901 4 60
1902
5 19
1903
52 25
1904
544 78
1905
816 21
1906
4,096 43
1907
17,832 22
1908 48,125 99
Amount hired in anticipation of taxes
35,000 00
State Corporation tax
1,414 45
Amount received from all other sources 4,751 10
Amount of abatements of taxes
1,745 26
$119,551 79
PAYMENTS
1,272 orders drawn on Treasurer for year ending
Jan. 1, 1909 . $55,607 47
Notes paid 44,000 00
Interest on Notes 3,665 00
State Tax 6,050 00
County Tax . 5,011 87
Amounts paid by various demands . 596 63
Balance, cash on hand and in bank, Jan. 1, 1909 4,620 82
$119.551 79
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1908 TAXES
Total tax liquidated
$72,132 76
. Abatements .
$358 26
Discounts . 2,348 43
Outstanding
21,300 08
$24,006 77
Collected by Collector and deposited with
Treasurer .
48,125 99
$72,132 76
Dr.
Total outstanding taxes for years previous to 1908 $35,056 73.
Total tax liquidated for 1908
72,132 76
Overpaid on 1902 taxes 01
Total amount of Moth taxes
213 56
$107,403 06
Cr
Total taxes received for years previous to 1908 $23,347 08
Total outstanding taxes for years previous to 1908 10,322 66
Abatements of taxes for years previous to 1908 1,387 00
Total taxes received for 1908 48,125 99
Total outstanding taxes for 1908.
21,300 08
Discounts paid on 1908 taxes 2,348 43
Abatements of taxes for 1908 358 26
Total amount paid Treasurer on Moth tax 148 31
Total outstanding Moth tax 65 25
$107,403 06
CHARLES W. PEARE,
Auditor.
OLD LIGHTHOUSE, SAND HILLS, SCITUATE
A PAPER READ AT A MEETING OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE CUSHING CHAPTER, D.A.R., AT. FIRST PARISH CHURCH, SCITUATE, SEPTEMBER 5, 1908
The lighthouse at the extremity of Cedar Point, which forms the northerly side of Scituate harbor, was authorized by Act of Congress, May 1, 1810, with an appropriation of $4,000. The lower part of the tower was built of granite blocks and the upper part of brick, the whole structure being painted white. A substantial dwelling-house, con- nected with the tower by a long, low shed, was also erected, the whole being completed and the light established in 1811. It was a fixed white light, and was of great service at that time and for many years after, as can be readily understood. from the fact that there was in those days a fleet of about one hundred sail of vessels owned at Scituate harbor alone, besides a large number at each of the ports of Cohasset, Duxbury and Plymouth.
On account of vessels bound for Boston mistaking this light for Minot's, which was then also a fixed white light, it was decided in 1860 to abolish it, the new lighthouse on Minot's Ledge then being fully established.
The decadence of the mackerel and other fisheries, as well as the falling off of the coastwise business, owing to the advent of steamships and railroads, had also greatly reduced the number of vessels hailing from Scituate and adjacent ports, so that the necessity for the lighthouse at Scituate was greatly diminished. In 1891 there was established at. the extremity of the northerly breakwater at Scituate har- .
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bor a small red light on an iron spindle, which is visible at a distance of about four miles and serves all the present needs of the limited number of vessels now making the port.
The first keeper of the lighthouse was Capt. Simeon Bates, who was succeeded in the following order by Anthony Wa- terman, William Osborne, Alonzo Jones and Thomas Rich- ardson. The present incumbent is J. F. Cushman, who has charge of the red light, and resides in the summer time with his family in the dwelling-house attached to the old tower.
Many people are attracted here in summer time, owing to the following romantic story of the War of 1812. The British warship Bulwark had been lying at anchor at the harbor several weeks and had repeatedly sent demands on shore for fresh beef and vegetables, which the citizens, how- ever, did not furnish.
On the morning of June 11, 1814, two barges had entered the harbor and set fire to the shipping. By this act, hardly to be called honorable warfare, ten vessels, fishing and coasting craft, were lost. Thoroughly aroused by this cow- ardly act of depredation, the citizens petitioned the govern- ment for protection, with the result that a regiment under. command of Col. John Barstow was despatched to the pro- tection of the people of Scituate and guards kept posted. These energetic measures seemed successful in keeping the enemy off; unfortunately the discipline became relaxed as time passed on and the enemy did not appear in sufficient force to indicate that they again expected to make an attack. About September 1, 1814, when the guards supposed to be on duty at the lighthouse were absent, the British frigate La Hogue appeared. It anchored near the lighthouse, in which at that time there was no one but the wife of the lightkeeper, Simeon Bates, and his two daughters, Abigail and Rebecca Bates. The guards had left a fife and drum as well as their firearms in the lighthouse. As the family
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watched the troops disembarking preparatory to an attack, they felt the terrible responsibility upon them, and tried to devise some plan to meet the emergency. Nothing seemed practicable until Rebecca proposed to her sister to take the fife and drum and, concealing themselves behind the light- house, play the tunes which would ordinarily be used in assembling the guard. By this means she hoped to frighten off the British, or at least delay their landing until the regu- lar guard should come. Placing themselves so as not to be seen from the water, Rebecca commenced playing "Yankee Doodle" and Abigail beat the roll call. Two barges packed with British soldiers had left the La Hogue and had covered about half the distance to the landing when the stirring roll of a drum, calling the soldiers to arms, and the martial strains of "Yankee Doodle" from a fife rang warlike from behind the lighthouse. The boats stopped at once, the officer in command considering the force with him too small to meet the warm reception he feared was awaiting him on shore. The commander-in-chief, who was watching from the warship, also became alarmed and the boats, recalled by the firing of a gun from the La Hogue, returned to the ship, which hoisted her sails and left the harbor.
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