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On hand at end of year. .
$988 22
$988 22
Receipts
Payments
Income $45 68
Total. $45 68
To beneficiaries .
$45 68
Total .
$45 68
On hand at beginning of year .. .
Savings Bank Deposits Total
Payments
To beneficiaries .
$47 50
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Trust Funds
HANNAH DEAN MILLER FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year .. .
$1,952 63 $1,952 63
On hand at end of year
$1,952 63 $1,952 63
Receipts
Payments
Income
$87 84
To beneficiaries .
$87 84
Total $87 84
Total .
$87 84
CORNELIA A. ALLEN FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total.
On hand at beginning of year .. .
$5,011 40 $5,011 40
On hand at end of year. $5,086 68 $5,086 68
Receipts
Income .
$234 72
Total $234 72
Total
$234 72
GEORGE O. ALLEN FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year. . .
$524 71
$524 71
On hand at end of year .
$524 71
$524 7I
Receipts
Income. . $23 58
Total . $23 58
Payments
To beneficiaries .
$23 58
Total .
$23 58
Payments
Deposited in sav-
ing bank .
. .
$75 28
To beneficiaries .
$159 44
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Trust Funds
EVERETT TORREY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year .. .
$356 46 $356 46
On hand at end of year ..
$373 57 $373 57
Receipts
Payments
Income $17 11
Total $17 11
Deposited in sav- ings bank. $17 11
Total.
$17 11
CLARA T. BATES FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year . . .
$462 73 $462 73
On hand at end of year
$483 77 $483 77
Receipts
Payments
Income. $21 04
Deposited in sav- ings bank. $21 04
Total
$21 04
Total.
$21 04
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1924
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1924
GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets
Cash :
In bank and office.
$14,209 01
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes :
Levy of 1920
$161 38
Levy of 1921
129 93
Levy of 1922
814 76
Levy of 1923
22,064 27
Levy of 1924
Polls .
$38 00
Property
78,933 87
78,971 87
102,142 21
Special Assessments:
Moth 1923
$531 25
Moth 1924 .
564 50
1,095 75
From State:
Mothers' aid .
$658 00
State aid .
726 00
1,384 00
Departmental:
Public property rentals.
$120 00
Health .
1,307 59
Police
88 65
Forest fires
187 50
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1924
Shore protection.
$213 60
Front Street drain
18 63
Highway
204 45
$2,140 42
Accounts Overdrawn
(to be appropriated) :
Police Department
$497 31
Moth Department
34 01
531 32
$121,502 71
Liabilities
Temporary Loans:
In anticipation of revenue .....
$25,000 00
Appropriation Accounts (unexpended) :
Hydrant rental.
$6,125 00
Shore protection . 8,424 77
Town forest. 500 00
Special repairs, highways . 720 00
Nomenclature Committee.
500 00
Town bounds . 78 75
Repairs, public landing
217 08
Athletics in Town Hall (school)
73 50
Park Commission.
145 77
West End School Park
476 14
Bassing Cove Beach
1,960 00
Maturing debt.
270 58
19,491 59
Departmental revenue .
3,524 42
Special assessments revenue
1,095 75
Overlay surplus .
8,420 91
Overlays reserved for abatements:
Overlay 1920.
$161 38
Overlay 1921.
129 93
Overlay 1922
814 76
Overlay 1923.
2,917 85
Overlay 1924
5,560 56
9,584 48
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1924
War Bonus surplus . $1,547 76
Excess and deficiency 52,837 80
$121,502 71
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Assets
Net funded or fixed debt $115,900 00
$115,900 00
Liabilities
Shore Protection Loan ..
$42,500 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 10,000 00
Public Landing Loan
1,400 00
Street Pavement Loan
40,000 00
High School Loan
22,000 00
$115,900 00
TRUST FUNDS
Assets
Trust funds, cash and securities. .
$13,430 38
$13,430 38
Liabilities
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund.
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund .
988 22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund.
1,952 63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund .
5,086 68
George O. Allen Fund
524 71
Clara T. Bates Fund
483 77
Torrey Park Fund .
373 57
$13,430 38
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Accountant's Report
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen: In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following report of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1924.
GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Harold W. Cole, Collector
Current Year
Poll
$1,892 00
Personal
19,075 20
Real Estate
183,833 81
$204,801 01
Previous Years:
Poll.
$22 00
Personal .
5,298 88
.
Real Estate
74,533 25
79,854 13
H. Grant Doherty, Collector
American Surety Co., Settlement of Taxes.
1,778 94
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax 1922
$268 67
Income Tax 1923
780 00
Income Tax 1924.
14,725 25
Corporation Tax, Business
2,075 09
Corporation Tax, Public Service.
1,482 19
Bank Tax.
4 32
National Bank Tax
188 02
Department of Public Works, Waterways Division.
50 00
Department of Public Works, Highway
Division
50 00
.
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General Government - Receipts
Int. Abolition Grade Crossings . ..
$12 35
Vocational Education .
1,683 16
Smith-Hughes Fund.
152 77
$21,471 82
Licenses and Permits
379 00
Court Fines
417 15
Dog Licenses
545 40
Sealer's Fees
53 64
Special Assessments:
Moth 1921
$23 80
Moth 1922
120 85
Moth 1923.
415 10
Moth 1924
1,126 90
.
1,686 65
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Mothers' Aid
$129 49
State Aid.
956 00
Soldiers' Exemption .
142 40
$1,227 89
General Government:
Selectmen, Cost of Advertising Hearings.
$16 30
Collector, Cost of Advertising
41 80
58 10 ·
Fire Department:
Sale of Junk
$25 00
Part Settlement, Fire Loss Hose 4.
1,200 00
Telephone Tolls
21 28
1,246 28
Forest Fires:
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Co.
92 26
Health Department:
Hospital, board and care.
212 50
Highway:
Town of Marshfield.
2 75
Charities. 8 00
23
General Government - Loans
Schools:
Tuition.
$46 25
Other Receipts.
50 22
$96 47
Public Landing:
Rent of House at Pier
$50 00
Sale of Water
7 00
57 00
$3,001 25
REFUNDS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Surplus War Bonus.
$1,547 76
Fire Department:
Overpayment.
14 25
Forest Fires:
Empty Carboys
35 79
Highway:
Overpayment.
2 00
Street Lighting: Erroneous charge
10 00
Charities:
Refund
10 00
Schools: .
Overpayment
12 12
Park Commission:
Overpayment.
10 00
Memorial Day
33 00
Unexpended Balance.
1,674 92
INTEREST
On deposits
$833 79
On taxes
4,981 98
5,815 77
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue.
175,000 00
$496,479 68
Balance January 1, 1924
39,424 53
$535,904 21
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General Government - Legislative
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
Payments:
Moderator
$20 00
SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Charles W. Peare
$49 98
James W. Turner
149 96
Ernest R. Seaverns
274 98
Herbert G. Summers
149 94
$624 86
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$29 83
Advertising
29 30
Telephone.
13 51
Clerical service
175 00
Express .
1 55
Office Supplies .
44 55
Carfare, Lunches, etc ..
58 01
Repairing Typewriter
1 00
Registering Deed .
1 38
354 13
$978 99
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,200 00
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$55 76
Bond
50 00
Office Supplies
2 77
108 53
1,308 53
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$600 00
600 00
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary .
$1,640 94
Expenses :
Printing, Stationery and Postage.
$168 90
Advertising
44 00
Bond .
100 00
Typewriter
45 00
Office Supplies
21 12
379 02
2,019 96
25
General Government- Legislative
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,500 00
Associates
999 84
Clerk .
475 00
$2,974 84
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage.
$77 99
Carfares, Automobiles and Lunches
157 13
Copying Deeds.
99 50
Office Supplies
41 76
376 38 ·
$3,351 22
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses:
Transportation
$12 50
Clerical. .
25 00
Advertising .
2 50
Printing Reports .
34 65
Distributing Reports
40 00
114 65
LAW
Expenses:
Town Counsel.
1,174 77
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS
Certification of Notes
18 00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$600 00
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage.
$42 66
Telephone
28 01
Bond .
4 00
Carfare and Lunches
8 66
Office Supplies
5 47
All Other
59 86
148 66
748 66
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26
General Government - Miscellaneous
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Registrars
$82 00
Election Officers
135 00
Printing
173 85
Advertising.
11 25
Election Lunches
87 00
Transportation
5 00
$494 10
TOWN HALL
Services :
Janitor
$96 80
Expenses:
Fuel
$113 50
Light.
15 27
Telephone
39 14
167 91'
264 71
TOWN REPORTS
Printing
$1,083 40
Distributing
40 00
1,123 40
BUILDING COMMITTEE
Printing Building Laws
54 44
Total, General Government
$12,271 43
TOWN PLAN
Expenses :
Services of Engineers
$2,767 20
Supplies
46 10
2,813 30
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses:
Repairing Town Hall
$977 73
Insurance.
85 00
1,062 73
PURCHASE OF SAFE
Per contract.
425 00
Protection of Persons and Property-Police Department 27
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief
$977 50
Constables
100 00
Officers
5,868 83
Lock-Up Keepers
175 00
$7,121 33
Expenses:
Automobile Hire
$135 00
Telephones
82 03
Equipment.
705 10
Maintenance, Motor Cycles
53 32
Automobile List
50 00
Highway Marker.
136 90
Traffic Signs
81 00
Printing Stationery and Postage
7 50
Court Orders
141 63
Office Supplies
75
Light
1 31
Meals for Prisoners .
60 68
Freight and Cartage
5 21
Padlocks and Keys
12 20
Legal . .
188 24
Medical Aid .
3 00
Supplies
9 87
1,673 74
$8,795 07
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Chief .
$200 00
Engineers
100 00
Firemen
321 92
Drivers .
1,801 00
Stewards .
420 84
$2,843 76
Expenses :
Firemen's Tax Refund
$178 00
Steward's Expenses
300 00
Fire Alarm.
1,550 00
Equipment. 70 10
Repairing Truck .
235 71
Repairing Buildings
315 65
28 Protection of Persons and Property-Fire Department
Fuel
$413 18
Light.
117 57
Telephone
295 44
Rent.
400 00
Insurance
99 60
Storage.
450 00
Hose and Couplings
401 75
Tires and Tubes.
16 45
Battery Rental.
3 00
Batteries Charged
7 25
Denatured Alcohol .
7 20
Printing, Stationery and Postage
19 96
Automobile Hire.
7 00
Polish
14 47
Gas and Oil.
111 31
Battery
22 00
Grease
1 90
Waste.
70
Spark Plugs
4 00
Chamois
2 00
Sponge
: 00
Pyrene
80
Soap
90
Bulbs
2 65
Bands
25
Distilled Water.
45
Automobile Paint.
95
Freight and Cartage
5 25
Supplies
90 24
$5,150 73
$7,994 49
HYDRANT RENTAL
Expenses:
Rental
$11,850 00
11,850 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$277 15
Expenses:
Insurance
$11 84
Supplies .
33 45
45 29
322 44
Protection of Persons and Property-Forest Fires 29
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent
$938 10
Expenses :
Labor
$2,752 50
Team Hire.
1,235 00
Equipment.
312 00
Repairs
15 85
Insecticides .
866 56
Danger Posters
4 75
Gas and Oil
53 38
Supplies
71 56
5,311 60
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$375 00
Expenses:
Labor
$239 80
Team Hire.
160 00
Trees
120 00
Supplies
102 61
622 41
997 41
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses:
Labor .
$158 40
Insecticides
76 00
Teams.
54 00
Supplies
11 00
299 40
SHORE PROTECTION
Expenses:
1924 Assessment.
15,795 66
BOUNTIES
Expenses :
Bounties on woodchucks
100 00
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Fighting Fires
$883 63
Fire Extinguishers
138 00
Use of Trucks
60 00
Freight
2 03
Soda
17 92
Supplies
19 82
1,121 40
$6,249 70
30
Highways - Payments
TOWN FOREST
Expenses:
Land
$200 00
Trees
300 00
$500 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
BOARD OF HEALTH .
Salaries .
$991 98
Expenses:
Printing and Advertising
$20 75
Board and Care, Contagious Diseases . .
53 50
Quarantine.
60 00
Board and Care, Plymouth County Hos- pital.
1,146 60
Milk and Eggs
89 21
Medicine.
4 10
Animal Inspection
152 50
Plumbing Inspector
114 40
Slaughtering Inspector
100 00
Vital Statistics
16 75
Use of Dumps
85 00
Burial of Animals
13 00
All Other
18 00
Clean-Up Committee:
Trucks and Labor.
173 80
Ash Barrels and Marking
30 00
2,077 61
3,069 59
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Assessment .
2,216 54
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
1,200 00
HIGHWAYS
CARE OF ROADS
Salary of Surveyor
$2,168 12
Telephone .
30 85
Freight and Express
47 48
Labor
6,757 00
Trucks.
10,915 25
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Highways - Payments
Teams.
$1,307 10
Steam Shovel.
660 00
Boiler Inspection .
5 00
New Equipment.
535 90
Repairing Equipment.
1,907 41
Stone.
434 37
Gravel.
321 25
Insurance
45 00
Soft Coal.
386 63
Shovels
62 30
Kerosene .
1 57
Cylinder Oil
7 15
Cement.
30 27
Grease
1 20
Lumber
17 98
Nails .
1 05
Surveying
49 00
Grates and Frames
117 00
Culverts.
213 45
Road Signs
7'50
Sewer Pipe.
2 55
Lanterns and Globes
16 30
Tarvia
6,428 54
Amproco
1,791 50
Tarvia B
181 25
Road Oil
1,727 13
Tools .
162 33
Breaking Window (blasting)
1 55
$36,340 98
CARE OF ROADS - HUMAROCK
Labor
$540 70
Trucks
613 90
Tarvia
174 00
Road Oil
128 12
Gravel .
2 00
Cement
30 00
Lumber
10 83
Nails .
45
1,500 00
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Labor
$8,022 83
Teams.
1,716 65
Trucks
7,683 50
1
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Highways - Payments
Steam Shovel
$510 00
Tractor.
501 00
Repairing Equipment.
360 79
Freight and Express
4 82
Advertising
2 50
Surveying
6 00
Crusher Oil
40 17
Stone .
1,101 65
Gravel.
9 50
Grates, Frames and Culverts
571 35
Dynamite
64 50
Wood.
5 30
Soft Coal
691 94
Grease, Oil and Gas
500 09
Sewer Pipe
110 91
Cement.
15 94
Asphalt .
2,008 25
Road Oil
1,102 60
Tarvia.
4,049 80
Amprotar
174 00
Tools
105 73
Miscellaneous Supplies and Expenses
181 65
$29,541 47
PRESERVATION OF MACADAM
Expenses :
Tarvia
182 65
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor
$250 80
Trucks and Plows
619 50
New Plows
550 00
1,420 30
SIDEWALKS
Expenses:
Labor.
$559 45
Teams.
9 00
Trucks .
339 75
Lumber
55 72
Nails .
1 75
Cement .
94 66
Shovels
12 00
Tools .
26 60
Sewer Pipe
13 64
. . .
1,112 57
33
Highways - Payments
1
SIDEWALK - BAILEY'S CAUSEWAY
Expenses :
Labor
$157 25
Trucks
31 20
Lumber
165 65
Nails
14 55
Paint
8 00
Pipe.
2 73
Carbosota
20 50
Tools
1 20
Oil
1 40
$402 48
SIDEWALK - HUMAROCK
Expenses:
Cement.
18 79 ·
BOOTH HILL ROAD
Expenses :
Labor
$1,153 30
Teams
231 25
Trucks
503 35
Gravel
29 40
Stone
34 00
Loam.
21 00
Lumber
15 33
Cement
19 00
Pipe.
5 86
Surveying
42 00
Damage
100 00
Tarvia
414 70
Supplies
13 12
2,582 31
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
Expenses :
Labor
$11 70
Material.
8 15
19 85
GUARD RAILS
Expenses:
Labor
$248 90
Trucks
· 57 60
Lumber
171 64
Nails
5 95
.
.
34
Highways - Payments
Cement
$22 65
Paint .
18 30
Tools .
1 25
$526 29
FORE RIVER BRDGE
Assessments
240 00
BRIDGE TO SECOND CLIFF
Expenses:
Labor
$301 15
Teams
71 25
Trucks
370 50
Steam Shovel.
90 00
Lumber
146 94
Spikes
20 10
999 94
HUMAROCK BRIDGE
Expenses :
Labor
$766 20
Trucks.
10 60
Lumber
3,275 81
Nails
21 66
Spikes
63 74
Carbosota
119 68
Supplies
75
4,258 44
STREET LIGHTING
Expenses:
Street Lights
$5,815 38
Printing
... . 4 00
5,819 38
NEW LIGHTS - MEETING HOUSE LANE
Expenses:
Street Light. 4 25
. 4 25
TOWN BOUNDS
Expenses:
Labor
$292 50
Material
..... 124 75
417 25
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EXTENSION BILLOW AVENUE
Expenses:
Surveying
$25 00
OCEAN AVENUE AND BAILEY'S CAUSEWAY
Expenses:
Labor
$60 00
Trucks .
9 60
Surveying
29 00
$98 60
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SUPPORT OF POOR
General Adminstration:
Salaries
$343 55
Clerk.
75 00
$418 55
RELIEF BY TOWN
Groceries and Provisions
$823 55
Fuel.
384 75
Board and Care.
1,052 72
Medical Aid and Medicine
1,500 95
Burial
354 95
Cash.
3,682 00
Transportation
130 00
Miscellaneous
74 97
8,003 89
RELIEF BY CITIES AND TOWNS
Towns. 317 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Mothers' Aid
$967 10
Clothing
10 00
Rent
88 00
1,065 10
$9,804 54
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid.
726 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,679 00
2,405 00
Charities - Payments
35
36
Schools and Libraries - Payments
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
School Committee, Salaries
$300 00
Superintendent, Salary and Expenses.
1,432 38
Attendance Officer
50 00
Telephones
166 96
$1,949 34
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High .
$12,460 00
Elementary
16,447 70
Music.
1,240 00
Drawing
1,240 00
31,387 70
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Text and Reference Books
$763 79
Supplies
1,100 57
1,864 36
Vocational
476 69
TRANSPORTATION
High and Elementary Schools ...
11,049 85
JANITORS' SERVICES
High.
$1,525 40
Elementary
1,999 92
3,525 32
Janitors' Supplies
184 57
Fuel
$3,079 79
Light
65 90
3,145 69
Insurance
255 60
Health.
1,343 78
Equipment.
2,911 23
Tuition
100 00
REPAIRS
High
$1,105 97
Elementary
1,999 33
3,105 30
Miscellaneous
312 81
Athletics in Town Hall, Supplies
61,612 24 126 50
37
Unclassified - Payments
LIBRARIES
Allen Memorial.
$800 00
Peirce Memorial
800 00
$1,600 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
PARK COMMISSION
Parks, General, Salaries
$150 00
Curbing.
117 00
Galvanized Rail, Minot.
247 00
Rent of Field, North Scituate.
37 50
Trucks
109 60
Labor
546 18
Material
7 96
Printing
5 75
$1,220 99
REPAIRING OLD LIGHT HOUSE
Repairs as per Contracts
$369 20
Insurance
18 00
387 20
LAWSON PARK
Trucks
$106 90
Labor
728 70
Material
180 99
Concrete Mixer, Hire.
106 00
Moving Building
10 00
Supplies
13 26
Geraniums
25 00
Water
16 91
Surveying
4 00
1,191 76
CARE. OF TOWN CLOCK
Winding Clock
$81 25
Repairs 2 10
83 35
2,883 30
WEST END SCHOOL PARK
Town Counsel.
223 86
PARKING SPACE, NORTH SCITUATE BEACH
Trucks .
$427 80
.
Labor
72 05
499 85
38
Unclassified - Payments
UNCLASSIFIED
Signs
$13 50
Tuition, Trade School.
276 88
Fence Viewers . 6 00
Damage to Persons and Property
200 00
Cost of Land, Allen Park
392 84
Repairing Lights at Minot.
105 65
Rent.
10 00
Care and placing of Stop Plank
5 00
Witness Fee
5 00
$1,014 87
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Medical Aid
$101 00
Wages
754 60
855 60
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment
200 00 .
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
500 00
REFUNDS
Taxes.
124 00
Taxes (overpayment)
13 42
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
COMMON CEMETERY AND ROAD TO SAME
Labor
$322 66
PUBLIC LANDING
Salary of Harbor Master
$189 54
Water
81 01
Other Expenses .
19 07
289 62
REPAIRS TO TOWN LANDING
Expenses :
Lumber
$4 25
Nails .
60
Plumbing
30 32
Cement.
8 75
Sand.
3 00
Labor
83 75
Other Expenses.
2 25
.
132 92
39
Unclassified - Payments
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Revenue Loans
$5,001 83
High School Loan
950 00
Public Landing Loan
84 00
County Hospital Loan
605 00
Shore Protection Loan
1,994 38
Street Pavement Loan .
2,375 00
Highway Loan
200 00
$11,210 21
MATURING DEBT
High School Loan.
$2,250 00
Public Landing Loan .
1,400 00
County Hospital Loan
2,000 00
Shore Protection Loan
5,500 00
Street Pavement Loan
10,000 00
Highway Loan
5,000 00
26,150 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$210,000 00
210,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
State Tax.
$12,000 00
County Tax.
14,509 80
State Highway Tax
2,000 81
Auditing Municipal Accounts
621 29
29,131 90
$521,695 20
Balance January 1, 1925.
14,209 01
$535,904 21
SUMMARY
Balance January 1 1924
1924 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1924 Expendi- tures
Unexpended Balance
Excess
$12,300 00
$15 55
$12,315 55
General Government.
$12,274 18
$41 37
$1,831 13
1,000 00
2,831 13
Town Plan . .
2,813 30
17 83
1,000 00
100 00
1,100 00
Maintenance, Public Buildings .
1,062 73
37 27
425 00
425 00
Purchase of Safe .
425 00
297 76
8,000 00
8,297 76
Police
8,795 07
$497 31
8,000 00
35 53
8,035 53
Fire.
7,994 49
41 04
5,750 00
12,225 00
17,975 00
Hydrant Rental.
11,850 00
6,125 00
90 06
700 00
335 79
1,125 85
Forest Fires.
1,121 40
4 85
250 00
90 00
340 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures ..
322 44
17 56
6,215 69
6,215 69
Moth Department.
6,249 70
34 01
24,220 43
24,220 43
Shore Protection .
15,795 66
8,424 77
1,000 00
1,000 00
Tree Warden .
997 41
2 59
1,000 00
1,000 00
Town Forest.
500 00
500 00
.
300 00
300 00
Elm Tree Beetle.
299 40
60
100 00
100 00
Bounties
100 00
4,200 00
4,200 00
Board of Health.
3,069 59
1,130 41
2,216 54
2,216 54
Plymouth County Hospital.
2,216 54
1,200 00
1,200 00
Public Health Nurse
1,200 00
363 60
36,000 00
36,363 60
Care of Roads.
36,340 98
22 62
1,500 00
1,500 00
Care of Roads, Humarock
1,500 00
322 60
30,000 00
30,322 60
Special Repairs . .
29,541 4
781 13
182 65
182 65
Preservation of Macadam.
182 65
4,000 00
4,000 00
Snow Removal.
1,420 30
2,579 70
112 57
1,000 00
1,112 57
Sidewalks.
1,112 57
500 00
500 00
402 48
97 52
18 79
18 79
Sidewalk, Humarock.
18 79
2,500 00
145 00
2,645 00
Booth Hill Road.
2,582 31
62 69
500 00
500 00
Repair of Bridges .
19 85
480 15
30 70
500 00
530 70
Guard Rails.
526 29
4 41
400 00
400 00| Fore River Bridge.
240 00
160 00
40
Summary
Sidewalk, Bailey's Causeway
.
$1,000 00 4,500 00 6,000 00
$1,000 00| Bridge to Second Cliff
$999 94
4,500 00
Humarock Bridge.
4,258 44
$10 00
6,010 00 20 ( 500 00
Street Lighting.
$20 00
500 00
500 00
496 00
496 00
Town Bounds. .
417 25
78 75
25 00
Extension, Billow Avenue
25 00
100 00
Ocean Avenue and Bailey's Causeway .
98 60
1 40
300 00
300 00
Public Landing.
289 62
10 38
350 00
350 00
Repairs to Public Landing .
132 92
217 08
7,500 00
.1,518 00
9,018 00
Support of Poor.
8,837 44 ·
180 56
1,800 00
1,800 00
Soldiers' Relief .
1,679 00
121 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
State Aid.
726 00
274 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Mothers' Aid .
967 10
532 90
.61,600 00
710 29
62,310 29
Support of Schools
61,612 24
698 05
200 00
200 00
Athletics in Town Hall.
126 50
73 50
1,600 00
1,600 00
Libraries .
1,600 00
969 07
2,050 00
0 00
3,029 07
Park Commission
2,883 30
145 77
700 00
700 00
West End School Park
223 86
476 14
500 00
500 00
Parking Space, North Scituate Beach
499 85
15
1,960
00
1,960 00
Bassing Cove Beach .
1,960 00
1,200 00
1,200 00
Unclassified .
1,014 87
185 13
250 00
700 00
950
00
Employers' Liability
855 60
94 40
200 00
200
00
Aid to Agriculture
200 00
500
00
33 00
533
00
Memorial Day
500 00
33 00
87 60
250
00
337 60
Refunds . . . .
124 00
213 60
23 66
300 00
323 66
Old Cemetery and Road to Same.
322 66
1 00
11,000 00
0 21
11,210 21
Interest .
11,210 21
26,150 00
270 58
26,420 58
Maturing Debt.
26,150 00
270 58
New Lights, Meeting House Lane.
4 25
$0 06 241 56 190 62 15 75
5,819 38
Nomenclature Committee .
25 00
100 00
Summary
41
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1924, GENERAL ACCOUNTS . Assets
Liabilities
Cash:
In Bank and Office .
$14,209 01
$25,000 00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1920
$161 38
Shore Protection.
8,424 77
Levy of 1921 .
129 93
Town Forest.
500 00
Levy of 1922
814 76
Special Repairs. .
720 00
Levy of 1923 .
22,064 27
Levy of 1924, Polls.
38 00
Levy of 1924, Property .
78,933 87
Repairs, Public Landing.
217 08
Special Assessments:
Moth, 1923.
$531 25
Moth, 1924.
564 50
Bassing Cove Beach .
1,960 00
1,095 75
Maturing Debt. . 270 58
From State:
Mothers' Aid .
$658 00
Departmental Revenue.
3,524 42
State Aid. .
726 00
1,095 75
Overlay Surplus .
2,489 46
Departmental:
Public Property Rental .
$120 00
Health .
1,307 59
Police.
88 65
Forest Fires
187 50
Shore Protection
213 60
15,515 93
War Bonus Surplus .
1,547 76
Excess and Deficiency .
52,837 80
2,140 42
Accounts Overdrawn (To be appropriated): Police Department. .
$497 31
Moth Department. . 34 01
531 32
$121,502 71
$121,502 71
42
Balance Sheet
Overlay 1920 $537 36
Overlay 1921
4,579 49
Overlay 1922
1,920 67
Overlay 1923
2,917 85
Overlay 1924 5,560 56
Front Street Drain
18 63
Highway. .
204 45
Nomenclature Committee. . 500 00
Town Bounds. 78 75
102,142 21
Athletics in Town Hall, Schools 73 50
Park Commission
145 77
West End School Park.
476 14
19,491 59
Special Assessments, Revenue
1,384 00
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue. . Appropriation Accounts Unexpended: Hydrant Rental . $6,125 00
43
Funded Debt of Town
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan
Rate
Due
Public Landing, 4 per cent.
1925
Amount $1,400 00
Total $1,400 00
High School, 4 per cent.
1925
1,250 00
1926
1,250 00
1927
1,250 00
1928
1,250 00
1929
1,250 00
1930
1,250 00
1931
1,250 00
1932
1,250 00
1933
1,250 00
1934
1,250 00
1935
1,250 00
1936
1,250 00
High School, 4 per cent.
1925
1,000 00
1926
1,000 00
1927
1,000 00
1928
1,000 00
1929
1,000 00
1930
1,000 00
1931
1,000 00
County Hospital, 512 per cent.
1925
2,000 00
1926
2,000 00
1927
2,000 00
1928
2,000 00
1929
2,000 00
Shore Protection, 414 per cent. ..
1925
4,000 00
1926
4,000 00
1927
4,000 00
1928
4,000 00
1929
4,000 00
1930
3,000 00
1931
3,000 00
1932
3,000 00
15,000 00
7,000 00
10,000 00
29,000 00
44
Funded Debt of Town
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT - Continued
Loan
Rate
Due
Amount
Total
Shore Protection, 434 per cent.
1925
1,500 00
1926
1,500 00
1927
1,500 00
1928
1,500 00
1929
1,500 00
1930
1,500 00
1931
1,500 00
1932
1,500 00
1933
1,500 00
$13,500,00
Street Pavement, 434 per cent
1925
10,000 00
1926
10,000 00
1927
10,000 00
1928
10,000 00
40,000 00
DEBT ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt.
$115,900 00
LIABILITIES
Shore Protection Loan
$42,500 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan
10,000 00
Street Pavement Loan.
40,000 00
High School Loan
22,000 00
Public Landing Loan
1,400 00
$115,900 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$13,430 98
LIABILITIES
Eliza Jenkins Fund .
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund.
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund.
988 22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund .
1,952 63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund.
5,086 68
Clara T. Bates Fund.
483 77
George O. Allen Fund.
524 71
Everett Torrey Fund .
373 57
$13,430 98
Respectfully submitted, BERTHA A. DAVENPORT, Town Accountant.
$115,900 00
45
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
Cash Balance January 1, 1924. $39,424 53
RECEIPTS
By Loans, Notes issued in Anticipation of Revenue. 175,000 00
From Rockland Trust Co., Interest on Town's Deposits .
833 79
From County Treasurer, Dog Tax. 545 40
From Harold W. Cole, Collector:
Taxes and Interest for 1920
483 17
Taxes and Interest for 1921 5,401 44
Taxes and Interest for 1922 19,116 11
Taxes and Interest for 1923 60,154 80
Taxes and Interest for 1924
206,168 25
Advertising Tax Sales . 41 80
From Treasurer of the Commonwealth:
Corporation Tax, Public Service
1,402 12
Corporation Tax, Business
1,689 70
Income Tax 1922
268 67
Income Tax 1923.
780 00
Income Tax 1924
14,725 25
Corporation, Public Service
198 64
Business .
1 38
Vocational Education .
1,683 16
English Speaking Class, Adults .
152 77
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