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1 65
Aaron Bates
3 85
Robert Kinsley
6 05
Harold Bates .
3 85
Arthur Sylvester
5 50
Robert Bonney
5 50
William Pepper
4 40
Merton Burbank
8 25
Richard Gargan
14 85
Charles Smith .
2 75
John Jellows
7 70
Nicholas Wherity, Jr
7 70
Harold Blanchard.
8 80
Charles Harris.
4 95
Joseph N. Murphy
3 30
Francis Cevant.
14 85
Francis Barry
8 25
Edward McCarthy
3 30
Henry Leavitt
4 40
William Leavitt.
4 40
Walter H. Campbell
4 40
John Smith .
4 40
88
Highways - Payments
Emerson Burleigh .
$2 75
Carlton Merritt
5 50
Perry Clapp
3 30
Fred H. Clapp
1 10
Humphrey Turner
4 40
Albert Turner
8 80
Robert Taylor
2 20
John E. Murphy
7 70
John E. Murphy
7 70
Harold Jenkins.
4 95
Lawrence Peters
13 20
Luther Litchfield.
6 05
Ollie Litchfield .
6 05
George Burbank.
18 95
Lawrence Litchfield
2 20
Ellery Hyland .
7 70
Laban Bates
3 85
Louis Haartz.
1 10
Karl Haartz
1 10
Franklin Sharp
1 10
Chesley Biasey
1 10
Lewis Peters.
1 10
Malcolm Wilder
4 40
James Merritt
5 50
Lester Merritt
5 50
Theodore Manuel
4 95
W. W. Damon, Jr
5 50
Wilmer Morgan.
11 00
Abner Dalby
5 50
James O'Connor
2 20
P. Gillis
3 30
Leonard Wolfe.
4 40
Harold Lane. .
3 85
James J. Barry
4 95
William Stetson .
4 95
William Roberts, Jr.
3 85
George Dwight
4 40
Elijah Clapp
9 90
William Clapp
9 35
George Clapp
9 35
Edward Damon.
1 10
Charles Whittaker
4 40
James S. Barry
2 20
Gordon Litchfield .
3 85
Edwin Russell .
6 05
William Scannell
4 40
89
Highways - Payments
Louis Cevant.
$17 05
G. Marshall Lane
8 25
Fred Mahon.
2 20
$1,639 00
Trucks and Plows:
Mitchell Brothers
$38 40
Richard Jenkins
28 00
W. S. Brown.
545 00
W. S. Harrub
520 00
Paul Gannett
14 00
Harry Ellms
15 75
John Duffy
15 75
John T. Fitts
14 00
E. P. Breen.
18 00
$1,208 90
Team:
Fred Wheeler
$10 00
Expenses :
Ellsworth Curtis.
$6 00
A. L. Mitchell .
7 73
Eastern Tractor Co.
257 89
Egypt Garage and Machine Co.
17 04
C. W. Carlander
184 08
John A. Russell
37 95
Perez L. Young .
6 90
Front Street Transportation Co. ..
792 19
Front Street Sales and Service Co. . .
25 10
Bound Brook Garage
9 88
Ernest H. Ellis
26 94
New England Road Machinery Co ..
256 17
New England Road Machinery Co.
322 50
Litchfield Brothers
16 10
Hattie's Variety Store
31 25
$1,997 72
$4,855 62
SIDEWALKS
Labor:
John E. Murphy
$22 75
Edgar Whittaker
231 00
C. N. Mitchell
15 60
Eugene Brown.
10 40
Martin Curran .
10 40
Harold Blanchard
33 15
William Driscoll
5 20
90
Highways - Payments
James Barry .
$29 90
James J. Barry
109 85
Nicholas Wherity
9 75
Hubert Harriman .
5 20
Samuel Hardwick
2 60
Sumner Crane
90 00
Michael O'Hara
128 70
Louis Cevant.
129 35
George Burbank
119 60
Michael Duran.
132 60
Louis Madore
137 80
Caleb Jenkins
19 50
Harold Jenkins
6 50
Harold Turner
72 80
$1,322 65
Trucks:
Mitchell Brothers
$64 90
Richard Jenkins
372 75
$437 65
Expenses:
Edward P. Breen
$54 30
George F. Welch Co.
185 40
$239 70
$2,000 00
MITCHELL AVENUE
Expenses :
Lennity B. Mitchell .
$327 50
Edward P. Breen
172 50
$500 00
EDWARD FOSTER ROAD
Labor:
Edgar Whittaker
$49 00
Michael O'Hara
20 80
Louis Cevant.
18 20
James J. Barry
23 40
Michael Duran
16 90
Louis Madore
19 50
Harold Turner
9 10
Nicholas Wherity
20 80
John E. Murphy
23 40
Harold Blanchard .
23 40
George Burbank.
20 80
$245 30
91
Highways - Payments
Truck:
Mitchell Brothers
$39 60
Expenses :
The Barrett Co.
$140 00
George F. Welch
74 17
$214 17
$499 07
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
Labor:
Richard Gargan.
$15 60
C. N. Mitchell .
37 70
Nathan Mitchell.
15 60
Edgar Whittaker
53 30
George Whorf .
5 85
Michael Duran.
15 60
Town of Marshfield .
7 88
$151 53
Trucks:
Harry Ellms
$15 75
Mitchell Brothers.
90 20
Town of Marshfield .
42 15
Expenses :
George F. Welch Co.
$73 88
Town of Marshfield.
98 92
$172 80
$472 43
GUARD RAILS
Labor:
James L. Prouty
$44 85
George Whorf.
52 00
Harry Ellms
52 00
D. P. Sylvester
31 85
George V. Yenetchi
18 00
Edgar Whittaker
3 25
George Burbank.
3 25
Truck:
Harry Ellms
$46 20
Expenses :
George F. Welch Co.
$122 23
William H. Harney
80 33
The Seaverns Store.
38 84
$241 40
$492 80
$148 10
$205 20
92
Highways - Payments
Expenses:
Tr. Fore River Bridge, ..
$200 00
STREET LIGHTING
Expenses :
Electric Light and Power Co.
$7,399 15
Plymouth Electric Light Co.
201 96
7,601 11
NEW TOWN WAY
Expenses :
Aspinwall & Lincoln
$880 00
Henry T. Cole & Son
500 00
W. A. Norton Co ..
12,867 50
Thomas Allen .
632 50
Miller Construction Co.
16,365 00
Frank H. Stevens .
1,815 50
$33,060 50
1
SIGN BOARDS
Labor:
Harry Ellms
$26 00
George Whorf.
26 00
$52 00
Truck:
Harry Ellms
$26 40
Expenses:
A. L. Mitchell .
$8 50
Niles Machine Co.
400 00
$408 50
$486 90
PUBLIC LANDING
Salary :
Richard Wherity
$175 00
Expenses:
Richard Wherity .
$35 70
William H. Harney
30 44
The Barrett Co.
148 40
$214 54
$389 54
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
93
Board of Public Welfare - Payments
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries :
Nathaniel Tilden .
$125 00
Ernest R. Seaverns.
93 75
Herbert G. Summers
31 25
Arthur H. Damon
93 75
Est. Ernest R. Seaverns
5 75
William W. Wade.
10 42
$359 92
Expenses:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
$14 29
B. A. Davenport.
100 00
C. W. and E. H. Sparrell
372 00
Thomas B. Alexander.
599 00
Emeline A. Jacobs
270 00
Town of Rockland.
676 00
Charles F. Howard
250 00
Harry F. Cleverly
62 00
Arthur H. Damon .
11 00
Egypt Garage and Machine Co.
25 00
L. H. Godin.
260 87
L. Henry Godin
351 32
George F. Welch Co.
8 00
Seaverns Pharmacy
4 85
M. G. Seaverns. .
4 25
Scituate Hospital
1,313 85
E. S. Watts Co
5 25
Harry T. Handy
30 00
Frank L. Young.
25 00
Front Street Sales and Service Co .. .
25 00
Harriet F. Wainwright.
63 00
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Charles F. Andrews
3 15
17 00
Lizzie H. Cobbett
50 00
Edward Hartshorn
5 00
William P. Grovestein
117 00
William Jacobs.
14 00
Cash Aid .
4,336 20
Greenbush Co.
271 32
Plymouth County Hospital .
474 50
Warren H. Stearns
265 00
W. H. Stearns.
20 00
New York, New Haven and Hart-
72 24
ford Railroad Co.
104 00
E. W. Jones
1
94
Schools - Payments
John T. Fitts
$387 50
Prescott A. Damon
14 00
Scituate Water Co ..
15 00
$10,636 59
$10,996 51
MOTHERS' AID
Expenses:
Cash Aid.
$1,011 00
Seaverns Pharmacy
4 40
M. G. Seaverns.
1 55
Prescott Damon.
14 00
Thomas B. Alexander
71 00
John T. Fitt.
47 00
$1,148 95
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Expenses :
Cash Aid.
$1,896 00
John T. Fitts.
75 00
George F. Welch Co.
30 00
Prescott Damon.
15 00
$2,016 00
STATE AID
Expenses:
Cash Aid.
$462 00
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
Salaries:
Harold C. Wingate.
$2,000 00
L. A. Martin .
1,560 00
M. B. Gillespie.
2,040 00
Robert F. Riley
1,780 00
Nettie E. Elliott.
1,620 00
Bessie M. Dudley
1,740 00
Ellen V. Pierson
1,020 00
Olive Barrows
1,800 00
Ellen M. Howe
780 00
LeRoy E. Fuller
2,000 00
Marion I. Dickson.
1,300 00
Jane L. Welsby
1,300 00
Florence M. Toomey
1,140 00
Helen Pearl.
1,300 00
Eunice M. Cole
1,300 00
E. Gertrude Gardner
1,300 00
95
Schools - Payments
A. Russell C. Cole
$1,200 00
Marion Freeman
600 00
Eva E. Berg.
150 00
Lillian M. Weeden
1,300 00
George W. Burrill
1,150 00
George W. Burrill
730 00
Anne L. Cunneen
1,493 00
Bessie L. Carter
1,115 00
Sara M. Kane.
780 00
Helen G. Knox
720 00
Helen G. Knox.
420 00
Arlene Weeden .
480 00
Esther F. Gillespie.
65 00
Sara M. Souther
520 00
Ethyl A. Oliver.
350 00
Edith W. Burrell :
92 50
Alice Oxton.
15 00
Jeanne E. Bradford .
1,500 00
Doris D. Ward.
1,500 00
Frank A. Derby
800 00
Dr. W. B. Parsons
40 00
Mary E. Madore.
69 00
T. B. Alexander .
225 00
Annie M. S. Litchfield .
100 00
Josephine I. Dwyer
70 00
Charles G. Everett .
1,500 00
Walter T. Newcomb.
1,061 00
Frank Young.
1,000 00
Marion Collier Alexander
100 00
Belle Howes Chaffin
100 00
W. Cleveland Cogswell
175 00
$43,400 50
Transportation:
J. W. Appleton
$1,354 00
Egypt Garage and Machine Co.
638 00
Aaron Bates .
1,108 00
G. Wilbur Damon .
1,085 00
Front Street Transportation Co.
3,080 00
W. R. Schultz
440 00
Perez L. Young.
432 00
Howard H. Young
1,192 00
Satuit Garage Co., Inc.
512 00
$9,841 00
96
Schools - Payments
Expenses :
Bosworth & Beal, Inc.
$15 25
Dowling School Supply Co.
591 35
Mitchell Brothers . .
31 00
New England Telephone and Tele- graph Co.
190 15
Office Appliance Co.
7 60
W. W. Wade.
12 00
John T. Fitts
2,799 03
Allyn & Bacon.
8 04
Andrews Paper Co.
119 75
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
14 13
C. B. Carpenter
12 25
Harvey Curtis.
97 59
L. A. Martin . 12 30
The McMurrer Co.
75 00
Electric Light and Power Co.
122 65
Ginn & Co ..
343 77
Edgar W. Hood.
5 00
Masury Young Co.
74 54
D. F. Munroe.
50 00
Standard Oil Co.
11 12
George F. Welch Co.
357 36
The Boundbrook Press
63 00
Egypt Garage and Machine Co.
1 00
Harold C. Wingate.
348 37
H. C. Wingate. .
46 55
American Book Co.
412 64
Edward E. Babb & Co.
873 21
Carter, Rice & Co ..
3 30
William H. Harney
1,518 26
D. C. Heath & Co.
106 28
Kenney Brothers & Wolkins
256 09
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1 68
Merrill's Automobile Express .
3 50
Oliver Ditson Co
48 20
Plymouth Typewriter Exchange.
22 03
The Seaverns Store. 4 16
Charles N. Barce.
335 00
William A. Burton .
550 20
H. I. Dallman Co.
53 38
L. M. Glover Co.
4 47
Beal's Express
1 75
T. F. Bailey & Son
784 00
Fred L. Litchfield .
3 75
Milton Bradley Co
103 85
97
Schools - Payments
Rothery, Delano & Young
$187 66
Henry L. Cole.
20 00
W. Stanley Dorr.
86 98
Franklin Publishing Co.
5 00
Edgar L. Hyland.
28 00
Jordan Marsh Co.
39 19
The Sani-Cross Co.
11 25
Satuit Garage Co ..
2 91
The S. S. White Dental Manufactur- ing Co ..
135 00
Irving E. Whiting .
650 00
Gregg Publishing Co.
63 72
D. C. Heath & Co.
64 26
Charles E. Merrill Co.
22 88
Charles Scribner's Sons
119 70
Southwestern Publishing Co.
30 57
Rand Kardex Service Corporation . ..
20 75
Walter E. Bailey
34 38
Spaulding Moss Co.
6 03
. J. Francis Bresnahan
1 68
Fred A. Conroy Co.
165 20
Front Street Transportation Co.
5 50
Houghton Mifflin Co.
107 59
S. C. Johnson & Son .
24 90
W. R. Schultz.
2 50
William E. Supple.
51 87
M. F. Ellis & Co.
64 38
George E. Knowles
17 07
Arthur R. Merritt.
10 96
William F. Mitchell & Co.
267 70
Arlo Publishing Co.
66 45
Olive Barrows.
27 33
High School cafeteria
51 12
Ellen M. Howe.
2 26
Rand McNally Co.
73 87
Remington Typewriter Co. 147 50
A. W. Totman.
6 00
Samuel T. Veno
37 00
Jetson Wade.
141 00
The Beal Press
92 00
Charles T. Fish .
18 35
Mrs. Frances Henderson
15 00
John Duffy
2 00
Town of Marshfield.
50 00
Teachers' College.
5 00
M. Witmark & Sons
13 50
98
Schools - Payments
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
$5 15
Frank L. Young.
11 47
C. C. Birchard & Co.
27 81
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
169 38
The MacMillan Co.
184 93
William J. Roberts.
60 00
Underwood Typewriter Co.
140 00
World Book Co.
28 22
Antoine's Express
4 90
Beal's Cohasset and Scituate Express
2 60
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
13 81
Litchfield's Express
40
Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Co.
325 08
G. Dana Yeaton
184 49
J. R. Ainslie
38 00
John C. Winston.
85 80
Waldo Litchfield .
20 00
Marion Collier Alexander.
46 04
Belle Howes Chaffin .
43 56
W. Cleveland Cogswell
48 84
The Barrett Co.
168 00
Harvey Curtis .
4 05
Desmond Publishing Co.
254 50
The E. Howard Clock Co.
25 05
McIntosh Publishing Co.
11 17
G. P. Putnam's Sons
2 40
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Co ..
47 50
F. Lester Sylvester
144 43
Clarke Sanding Machine Co.
226 10
College Entrance Book Co ..
1 10
Ellsworth Curtis.
45 00
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
6 13
Estey Organ Co.
63 70
W. F. Ford.
2 00
J. L. Hammett Co.
24 75
Helen Pearl
48 75
J. D. Wallace & Co
143 41
R. H. White Co.
505 00
D. Appleton & Co ..
4 92
Wilbur D. Gilpatric.
51 35
Longman, Green & Co ..
4 91
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
6 09
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .. .
12 00
$16,733 35
$69,974 85
99
Miscellaneous Payments
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Expenses:
Charles G. Everett
$3 56
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Frank L. Young
$180 00
DeWolfe Fiske & Co.
106 71
Edith A. Manson.
90 00
Edith M. Freeman
45 00
John T. Fitts.
355 00
Desmond Publishing Co.
72 00
Fred A. Conroy Co.
34 60
Scituate Water Co.
15 00
$898 31
PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
The Boundbrook Press
$35 65
Electric Light and Power Co.
9 46
William F. Mitchell & Co.
46 50
Charlotte B. Stoddard
58 33
William Dorr
36 00
Charles F. Andrews.
21 00
Book of the Month Club, Inc.
5 66
Bates Brothers.
150 00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
459 00
Samuel T. Veno.
7 00
Scituate Water Co.
8 40
George F. Welch Co.
63 00
$900 00
PARK COMMISSION
Salaries:
John F. Dalby
$12 50
John Dalby.
37 50
Est. Walter Gardner
12 50
Louis E. Cole
25 00
L. E. Cole.
25 00
Ernest Litchfield.
12 50
Ernest F. Litchfield
25 00
$150 00
Labor:
John F. Dalby
$15 60
John Dalby
80 60
Michael O'Hara
7 80
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100
Miscellaneous Payments
Ernest F. Litchfield
$40 30
Ernest Litchfield
794 30
Charles H. Pratt.
64 35
Charles Pratt
213 20
C. H. Pratt.
24 05
Louis E. Cole
7 15
Louis Cole
214 50
Antonio Meranda.
20 80
Charles Carpenter
885 30
Charles B. Carpenter
20 80
Manuel Peno
20 80
John Smith
43 55
Hymen Cohen
43 55
H. B. Harriman
43 55
Elisha Litchfield
373 10
Albert Ainslie.
2 60
Lewis Savent.
2 60
Frank Watson.
13 33
Allerton Bonney
10 00
Jesse Withem .
1
40 00
L. E. Cole
31 20
Manuel Roderick
78 00
Louis Sevient
20 80
Louis Sevient
26 00
Louis Sevient .
20 80
George H. Burbank
25 00
W. W. Wade.
9 50
S. A. Marston
10 00
$3,203 13
Teams:
Louis Cole.
$97 20
L. Cole.
21 60
William Appleton .
12 15
$130 95
Trucks:
Louis Cole
$602 00
L. E. Cole
52 50
John Andrews
10 50
Aaron Bates .
159 25
William Clapp
101 50
William O. Clapp
15 75
Expenses:
Electric Light and Power Co.
$17 86
Joseph Breck & Sons
44 22
Louis E. Cole
26 60
$941 50
101
Miscellaneous Payments
George F. Welch Co.
$93 59
Jetson Wade.
24 50
The Boundbrook Press
6 00
Elisha Litchfield
13 35
J. L. Prouty
6 00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
5 75
The Seaverns Store.
4 50
Hobson's Filling Station.
3 50
Turtle Island Crushed Stone Co.
36 23
Scituate Football Association.
36 00
H. T. Cole & Son
238 45
Litchfield Brothers
7 85
Merrill's Automobile Express
70
Fred E. Harris
298 20
Aubrey Totman
16 75
J. Edward Harney
13 50
Scituate Water Co.
46 16
Fred T. Waterman.
50 00
C. Albert Brown. .
4 00
Hattie's Variety Store
1 00
Charles T. Fish
56 50
William H. Harney
1 40
$1,052 61
$5,478 19
CARE UNION HALL GROUNDS
Labor:
John Dalby
$5 20
Louis Cole.
6 50
Ernest Litchfield .
35 10
Charles Pratt
74 10
$120 90
Trucks:
Louis Cole.
$43 75
Louis E. Cole
52 50
$96 25
Expenses:
Harold W. Cole
$64 00
Louis E. Cole.
15 00
George F. Welch
3 25
$82 25
$299 40
PARKING SPACE, MINOT
Labor:
William Pepper
$2 28
Ernest Litchfield
47 45
102
Miscellaneous Payments
John Smith .
$60 78
Hubert Harriman
10 40
Hymen Cohen
60 78
John Dalby
68 58
Louis Cole.
20 80
D. P. Sylvester
20
Charles Pratt.
5 85
H. B. Harriman
50 38
$332 50
Team:
William Appleton .
$20 25
Trucks:
Louis Cole.
$22 75
William Clapp
165 38
Aaron Bates.
165 38
Al. Littlefield .
35 00
William Appleton
118 13
John Andrews
130 38
$637 02
Expenses:
J. L. Prouty
$1 25
George F. Welch Co.
7 60
$8 85
$998 62
COMFORT STATION
Expenses:
Howard H. Young.
$950 00
Louis E. Cole.
50 00
$1,000 00 .
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses:
Nathaniel Tilden
$42 00
City of Quincy
250 00
Carlton Litchfield .
62 50
John B. Washburn
3 90
The Boundbrook Press
1,013 31
Eugene H. Lane
25 00
Fred A. Conroy Co.
13 85
G. Dana Yeaton.
33 37
W. I. Lincoln
12 00
George F. Welch Co
1 25
George V. Yenetchi .
150
Mrs. G. Weston Elliott
4 43
103
Miscellaneous Payments
William E. Supple.
$75 00
F. William Cole.
6 00
Rothery, Dclano & Young
202 40
Jetson Wade
94 29
Archic W. Torrey
28 00
Carl Schafer
19 10
Arthur H. Damon
5 00
County of Plymouth
3 00
William F. Mitchell & Co.
153 70
William A. Burton .
26 00
City of Boston.
53 85
C. B. Carpenter
20 60
$2,159 05
LAND DAMAGE, CHERRY LAND
Joseph N. Murphy
$119 89
BILLS OF 1921, 1922, 1923
Ernest R. Seaverns
$620 76
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Harry T. Handy
$3 00
Fred A. Conroy Co
1,445 15
$1,448 15
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Transferred Plymouth County Aid to
Agriculture
$200 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Expenses:
The Boundbrook Press
$10 34
George W. Perry Post Number 31, G. A. R.
14 40
Egypt Garage and Machine Co.
8 00
Fogg's Orchestra
325 00
Front Street Transportation Co.
20 00
Percy Litchfield .
20 00
George T. Otis.
63 01
Scituate Greenhouses
33 00
Scituate Post, Number 144, American Legion .
9 31
Fannic Totman
3 80
George F. Welch Co.
2 50
Perez L. Young .
50 00
$559 36
104
Miscellaneous Payments
REFUNDS
Charles H. Hayward.
$9 10
William W. Waterman. : 40
Mary E. Hughes .
9 94
Annie B. Boynton
2 10
Edwin L. Merritt .
8 00
$37 54
OLD CEMETERY
Labor:
Walter Bailey
$93 60
INTEREST ON MATURING DEBT
Abington Savings Bank.
$500 00
Exchange Trust Co.
74 73
Rockland Trust Co ..
2,163 13
National Rockland Bank
2,000 00
Warren Institution for Savings
275 00
$5,012 86
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOAN
First National Bank of Boston
$1,662 50
Rockland Trust Co.
1,402 50
Old Colony Corporation
492 82
Merchant's National Bank
1,414 86
$4,972 68
$9,985 54
MATURING DEBT
Abington Savings Bank.
$1,250 00
Exchange Trust Co.
12,600 00
Rockland Trust Co ..
16,500 00
National Rockland Bank
10,000 00
Warren Institution for Savings
2,000 00
$42,350 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
National Rockland Bank.
$50,000 00
Rockland Trust Co ..
75,000 00
First National Bank .
75,000 00
Old Colony Corporation
50,000 00
$250,000 00
105
Agency - Payments
AGENCY STATE TAX
Commonwealth of Massachusetts . .
$15,840 00
COUNTY TAX
County of Plymouth
19,625 63
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1,738 40
AUDITING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$387 96
TRUST
Cash aid.
$614 57
Respectfully submitted,
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT, Town Accountant.
106
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927
Cash balance January 1, 1927 $59,539 72
RECEIPTS
Loans in anticipation of revenue . $250,000 00
Interest on deposit Rockland Trust Company . 915 10
Interest on deposit First National Bank . 146 48
Interest on deposit Old Colony Corporation . . .
268 54
From Harold W. Cole, Collector:
Tax and interest for 1924 30 60
Tax and interest for 1925
11,007 28
Tax and interest for 1926
66,104 11
Tax and interest for 1927
269,034 48
Tax sales 206 50
Tax title sale.
1 30
From Treasurer of Commonwealth:
Income tax .
24,777 81
Corporation tax.
7,277 63
Trust Company tax .
333 11
National Bank tax.
205 80
Vocational education
2,230 16
Smith-Hughes Fund
339 66
State Aid .
558 00
Veterans' Exemption
150 54
Dependent children .
463 63
Public Works Department.
36 40
From Bureau of Standards, two license fees. . .
16 00
From Selectmen:
Licenses and permits . 700 02
Trust Fund dividends . 640 57
Rent of pier building 50 00
Sale of water at pier
51 00
Telephone tolls at Town Hall.
2 20
Lights in Town Hall, High School activities.
10 00
107
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
From Board of Health:
Garbage contracts . $1,218 76
F. C. Franzen, reimbursement. 514 80
From School Department:
Superintendent H. C. Wingate on Manual Training . 21 65
Miss Olive Barrows, sale of merchandise . 1 02
Houghton Mifflin Co., refund .
06
From Fire Department:
Maurice O'Hern, telephone tolls 5 25
Louis E. Cole, telephone tolls 26 60
Nelson Ewell, telephone tolls 2 05
From Moth Department:
George Morrison 26 40
Sara G. O'Brien 22 00
Wendell Brown
19 20
Sale of merchandise
9 60
From Police Department:
Richard Cole. 178 00
Donald Whittaker
31 20
M. E. Stewart. .
5 00
From Eugene H. Lane, Sealer of Weights, fees.
47 41
From Second District Court, fines
1,564 80
From County Treasurer, dog license refund
761 85
From J. Frank Cushman, rent. 310 00
From Scituate Water Co., advertising
3 50
From refunds and reimbursements:
Theodore N. Waddell, certification of notes . 8 00
F. A. Conroy Co., insurance.
35 00
George F. Welch Co., Soldiers' Relief.
10 00
George S. Bates
6 00
Henry Jellows
5 00
Norman Conant .
2 00
Total . $699,931 79
Expenditures as per warrants from Selectmen. 660,934 58
Balance on hand, December 31, 1927 $38,997 21
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Treasurer. Scituate, January 1, 1928.
108
Trust Funds - Statement
REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS
Eliza Jenkins Fund, $3,020 80
Income paid to beneficiaries $148 50
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, $1,000 00
Income paid to beneficiaries $47 50
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, $988 22
Income paid to beneficiaries $48 18
Hannah Dean Miller Fund, $1,952 63
Income paid to beneficiaries. $97 60
Cornelia Allen Fund, $5,086 68
Income paid to beneficiaries. $246 59
Clara T. Bates Fund, $502 65
Income paid for care cemetery Meeting House Lane . $26 00
Everett Torrey Fund, $430 00
Not drawn upon.
ARTHUR H. DAMON, NATHANIEL TILDEN, WILLIAM W. WADE, Selectmen.
George O. Allen Fund, $524 71
Income paid to beneficiaries. $26 20
Scituate Welfare Fund, $200 00
Not drawn upon.
ARTHUR H. DAMON, NATHANIEL TILDEN, WILLIAM W. WADE, Board of Public Welfare.
109
Report of Collector
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927
Total payments to Treasurer . .. $346,176 47
Overpayment 1926, per audit
adjusted. 7 10
Total taxes collected . $342,669 83 $346,183 57
Total interest collected . 3,513 74
346,183 57
TAXES OF 1924
Uncollected January 1, 1927.
$141 58
Collected
$27 30
Abated .
114 28
$141 58
Interest collected.
$3 30
TAXES OF 1925
Polls uncollected January 1, 1927
$18 00
Collected
$6 00
Abated .
10 00
Uncollected
2 00
$18 00
Interest collected .
$ 60
Real, Personal and Moth
uncollected January 1, 1927
$10,366 63
Collected .
$9,885 51
Abated .
173 55
Uncollected .
307 57
$10,366 63
Interest collected $1,115 17
110
Report of Collector
TAXES OF 1926
Polls uncollected January 1, 1927
$86 00
Collected .
$32 00
Abated
26 00
Uncollected .
28 00
$86 00
Interest collected
$ 60
Real, Personal and Moth
uncollected January 1, 1927
$77,667 56
Collected .
$63,803 35
Abated .
601 10
Uncollected
13,263 11
$77,667 56
Interest collected
$2,275 26
TAXES OF 1927
Polls committed .
$2,188 00
Collected.
$2,062 00
Abated.
12 00
Uncollected
114 00
$2,188 00
Personal, Real and Moth
committed. $348,862 79
Collected .
$266,853 67
Abated .
1,244 08
Tax Title sold to Town
56 00
Uncollected
80,709 04
$348,862 79
Interest collected . $ 118 81
HAROLD W. COLE, Collector of Taxes.
111
Report of Town Clerk - Town Meetings
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1927 For the transaction of business at nine o'clock A.M.
ARTICLE 1
To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George W. Duffy, 43; William J. Roberts, 151.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator: Harry E. Bates, Wilbur F. Merritt, J. Francis Bresnahan, J. Edward Harney and Eugene H. Lane.
Resolutions read and accepted by unanimous vote of sympathy and cheer for Ernest R. Seaverns, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, in his recent illness, hoping for his speedy and complete recovery.
Voted, That the Town Clerk send greetings.
ARTICLE 2
Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark.
Voted: Ansel F. Servan.
Voted: Field Drivers, the Constables.
Voted: Pound Keeper, Charles G. Everett.
ARTICLE 3
Voted, To accept as printed, the report of the Select- men and other Town Officers.
ARTICLE 4
To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the financial year.
Voted, Selectmen, services and expenses, $2,200.00.
Advisory Board $75 00
Town Accountant, services and expenses 1,515 00
Town Treasurer, services and expenses . 1,600 00
112
Report of Town Clerk - Town Meetings
Tax Collector, services and expenses $2,515 00
Assessors, services and expenses 3,900 00
Certification of Notes
100 00
Law. 500 00
Town Clerk, services and expenses . 1,300 00
Town Meetings, elections and registrations
500 00
Town Hall . 350 00
Lines and Bounds .
1,800 00
Support of Schools
72,875 00
Police Department 17,700 00
Fire Department
18,000 00
Forest fires .
2,000 00
Hydrant rental .
19,000 00
Support of Poor
12,000 00
Mothers' Aid .
1,100 00
Soldiers' Relief.
2,100 00
State Aid .
600 00
Board of Health .
5,000 00
Plymouth County Hospital Assessment
2,782 48
Park Commission
5,000 00
Public Landing
500 00
Moth .
4,401 50
Owners' Liability
1,500 00
Tree Warden.
1,000 00
Elm tree beetle
300 00
Care of roads
40,000 00
Snow removal.
5,000 00
Sidewalks.
2,000 00
Repair of bridges
500 00
Guard rails.
500 00
Employers' Liability
1,445 15
Fore River Bridge.
500 00
Maintenance of Public Buildings
4,000 00
Reduction of Debt
42,140 00
Interest.
12,000 00
State Tax
15,840 00
State Highway Tax
2,623 03
Auditing, Municipal Account Tax
303 16
County Tax
20,033 75
113
Report of Town Clerk - Town Meetings
Memorial Day
$650 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 500 00
Street Lighting 8,000 00
Bounties . 100 00
Unclassified
3,000 00
Refunds .
50 00
Sign boards
5.00 00
$341,898 62
ARTICLE 5
Voted, That the Town do authorize its Overseers of the Poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the Town's poor.
ARTICLE 6 .
Voted, That the Town do authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the financial year beginning January 1, 1928, in anticipation of the collection of revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the limit fixed by law, giving the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a less period than one year, providing the limit of one year is not exceeded thereby. All debts incurred under this authority shall be paid from the revenue of the then current year.
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