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Highways
204 45
Harbor Master
137 44
4,018 91
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Balance Sheet
Loans Authorized
2,600 00
Overdrawn Accounts :
Police 1924
$497 31
Moth 1924
34 01
Interest
516 42
1,047 74
Old Cemetery-Subject to in- come from Trust Fund. . . .
25 00
Temporary Loans :
Liabilities
In anticipation of revenue. .
$75,000 00
Sale of Land-Hose 4
1,031 25
War Bonus Surplus
1,547 76
Appropriation balances :
Town Plans
$1,350 00
Hydrant Rentals
8,406 25
Shore Protection
2,908 17
Town Forest
371 35
Special Repairs-Highways
264 61
Nomenclature Committee . .
250 00
Repairs to Public Landing. .
50 32
West End School Park
166 14
Bassing Cove Beach
4,946 10
World War Memorial
1,547 76
Repairs to Cudworth House
200 00
20,460 70
Departmental revenue
4,018 91
Special assessment revenue
710 80
Tax title revenue
18 46
Reserve fund - overlay sur-
plus 10,120 12
Overlays reserved for abatements :
Overlay of 1922 $131 18
Overlay of 1923
1,028 58
Overlay of 1924
4,640 78
Overlay of 1925
2,718 97
8,519 51
$146,404 82
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Balance Sheet
Surplus revenue 24,977 31
$146,404 82
DEBT ACCOUNTS Assets
Net funded or fixed debt. . .
$94,750 00
$94,750 00
Liabilities
Shore Protection Loan
$37,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan ..
8,000 00
Street Pavement Loan
30,000 00
High School Loan
19,750 00
$94,750 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Assets
Trust funds-cash and securi-
ties
$13,470 30
$13,470 30
Liabilities
Eliza Jenkins Charity Fund ...
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Charity Fund
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Charity Fund Hannah Dean Miller Charity
988 22.
Fund
1,952 63
Cornelia M. Allen Charity Fund
5,086 68:
George O. Allen Charity Fund Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund Everett Torrey Park Fund. . . .
524 71
505 76
391 50
$13,470 30,
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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, 1925.
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Current Year
Poll
$1,914 00
Personal
31,048 40
Real Estate
185,122 60
$218,085 00
Previous Years:
Poll
$4 00
Personal
5,935 35
Real Estate
84,109 64
90,048 99
From the Commonwealth
Income Tax 1922.
$60 00
Income Tax 1923.
300 00
Income Tax 1924.
480 00
Income Tax 1925
17,470 64
Corporation Tax, Business.
4,572 S1
Corporation Tax, Public Service
1,435 30
National Bank Tax.
187 67
Vocational Education
1,678 81
Smith-Hughes Fund.
150 66
26,335 89
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Receipts
Licenses and permits
335 00
Court Fines
317 95
Allowance from Federal Govern-
ment for liquor seizure
299 00
Dog Licenses
660 33.
Sealer's Fees
82 26
Special Assessments:
Moth 1923
$510 25
Moth 1924
465 95
Moth 1925
1,419 85
2,396 05.
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
State Aid
$726 00
Soldiers' Exemption 134 90
$860 90
General Government
Selectmen Cost of Advert.
Hearings
$8 00
Selectmen Telephone tolls. 4 80
Collector, Cost of Advertising. 49 00
Collector, Sale of Stamps, etc ..
26 85
88 65
Fire Department:
Fire Loss Hose 4
$3,800 00
Telephone tolls
44 05
Fire House Lot Hose 4.
1,031 25
4,875 30
Forest Fires :
Town of Norwell
$67 88
New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford R. R. Co.
141 75
Town of Marshfield.
122 25
$331 88
Moth Department:
Sale of Insecticides 32 65
30
Refunds
Health Department:
Hospital, Board and Care.
$883 00
Garbage Contract
600 00
1,483 00
Schools:
Tuition
$11 00
Other Receipts
55 63
66 63
Rent of Public Buildings:
Light House.
$120 00
Building on Pier
50 00
170 00
Public Landing:
Sale of Water 7 50
7,916 51
REFUNDS
General Government:
On Treasurer's Bond
$32 96
Overpayment
2 00
$34 96
Police Department
2 88
Fire Department
4 67
Highway Department
1 00
Charities
63 00
Memorial Day
16 50
123 01
INTEREST
On deposits
$979 95
On taxes
5,057 85
$6,037 80
Trust Funds :
Cornelia Allen Fund
$236 59
Lucy Thomas Fund. 47 50
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund 45 68
Geo. O. Allen Fund.
23 58
Eliza Jenkins Fund.
138 40
Hannah Dean Miller Fund.
87 84
579 59
6,617 39
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Payments
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue. 250,000 00
$603,217 38
Balance January 1, 1925
14,209 01
$617,426 39
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative
Moderator
$30 00
SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Ernest R. Seaverns
$300 00
Herbert G. Summers
200 00
Nathaniel Tilden
150 00
$650 00
Expenses :
Printing
$16 75
Stationery
3 75
Postage
2 70
Advertising
55 15
Clerical service.
100 00
Express
41
Office supplies
:30
Carfares, lunches, etc.
68 62
Engineer
262 50
All Other
17 25
534 43
1,184 43
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,200 00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage.
$48 46
Bonds
100 00
Office Expense.
1 00
Moving and Opening Safe.
15 00
164 46
1,364 46
32
Payments
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$925 00
Expenses :
Office Supplies
2 90
927 90
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
$1,800 00
Expenses :
Printing
$92 00
Stationery and Postage.
127 36
Advertising
35 50
Bond
100 00
Petty Cash
25 00
Recording Affidavits
11 60
Carfare
8 00
Office Supplies
18 28
All Other
14 20
431 94
2,231 94
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,500 00
Associates
1,000 00
Clerk
500 00
$3,000 00
Expenses :
Printing
$14 87
Stationery
3 75
Carfares, Automobiles and
Lunches
106 18
Copying Deeds
97 10
Express
36
Office Supplies
36 16
Banker and Tradesman
7 00
Tax List
5 00
270 42
3,270 42:
33
Payments
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses :
Printing Reports
$34 65
Stenographer
25 00
$59 65
LAW
Expenses :
Town Counsel
.
$808 10
Copying Will
1 80
809 90
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS
Certification of Notes
......
30 00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$750 00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage.
$19 47
Telephone
28 73
Bond
4 00
Carfare and Lunches
19 4
Office Expense
42 52
All Other
22 50
136 66
886 66
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Registrars
$253 00
Election Officers
45 00
Printing
154 10
Election Lunch
25 00
Delivering Ballots
1 00
Counting Board
. . 5 00
483 10
34
Payments
TOWN HALL
Services :
Janitor
$110 00
Expenses :
Fuel
$79 25
Light
30 41
Telephone
54 19
Athletics
95 00
258 85
368 85
Census Enumeration
350 00
TOWN PLAN
Expenses :
Services of Engineers ..
$650 00
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses :
Repairing Town Hall.
$21 23
Repairing Police Headquarters,
882 94
Insurance
169 60
1,073 77
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Chiefs
$1,847 50
Constables
150 00
Officers
7,979 34
Lockup Keepers
75 00
$10,051 84
Expenses :
Automobile Hire
$104 80
Telephones
147 84
Light
18 28
Legal Expense
105 00
Insurance
132 92
Office Supplies
35 49
Postage
1 24
Printing and Stationery .
38 25
Cleaning Police Station
19 00
Janitor's Supplies
95
35
Payments
Office Furniture
63 50
Traffic Beacon
265 00
Labor on Beacon .
3 00
Gas for Beacon
25 91
Traffic Signs
2 50
Marking Paint
20 16
Freight and Express.
6 57
Automobile
662 00
Equipment
323 85
Rep. and Maint. of Equipment.
39 70
Gas and Oil
35 69
Meals for Prisoners.
16 00
Liquor Investigation
108 50
Photos. and Auto. Hire-Hath-
erly Clam Bake Break 11 00
2,193 15
$12,244 99
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Engineers and Drivers
$3,143 68
Fire Alarm Operators.
1,865 00
Firemen
444 14
Stewards
333 34
$5,786 16
Expenses :
Firemen's Tax Refund.
$178 00
Stewards' Expenses
320 00
New Hose
900 00
Rent and Storage
616 67
Rubber coats, boots & uniforms,
327 60
Repairing Trucks
366 25
Repairing Buildings
234 62
Batteries, Rental and Charging, Insurance
602 64
Fuel and Light
523 37
Apparatus
349 79
Telephones
236 38
Fire Alarm System
1,657 58
Gas and Oil
133 79
Tires and Tubes
20 80
Polish
27 10
Waste
8 03
Supplies
158 16
6,710 63
12,496 79
49 85
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Payments
FIRE APPARATUS-HOSE 4
Apparatus
5,800 00
LAND-HOSE 4
Purchase of Land.
700 00
Expenses : FIRE STATION-HOSE 4
Contractor
$9,399 12
Architect
150 00
Carpenter
1,290 00
Plumber
1,058 85
Mason
432 00
Surveying
28 00
Electrician
116 00
Painting
71 26
Connecting Water
22 11
Labor
418 45
Trucks
155 50
Cement
54 00
Advertising
2 40
Lime
20 25
Stone
10 00
Supplies
5 25
13,233 19
HYDRANT RENTAL
Expenses :
Rental
14,618 75
FOREST FIRES
Expenses :
Fighting Fires
$748 59
Fire Extinguishers
138 00
Use of Truck
95 00
Freight
5 41
Soda
39 20
Acid and Bottles
38 66
Badges
6 05
Forest Fire Observer
100 00
1,170 91
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$306 29
Expenses :
Insurance
$9 47
Supplies
68 48
77 95
384 24
1
37
Payments
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent.
$798 70
Expenses :
Labor
$2,124 45
Team Hire
912 00
Equipment
82 30
Repairs to Equipment.
5 24
Insecticides
526 27
Printing
6 00
Gas and Oil
84 64
Freight
.
7 74
Supplies
40 81
3,789 45
4,588 15
SHORE PROTECTION
Expenses :
1925 Assessment
5,516 60
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$275 00
Expenses :
Labor
$367 40
Team Hire
201 00
Trees
125 00
Fire Extinguishers
24 60
718 00
993 00
TOWN FOREST
Expenses :
Land
$500 00
Labor
628 65
1,128 65
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Labor
$225 00
Team Hire
72 00
297 00
BOUNTIES
Expenses :
Bounties on woodchucks. ..
67 75
38
Payments
HEALTH AND SANITATION BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$999 99
Expenses :
Legal Expense
$40 00
Printing and Advertising.
19 93
Office Supplies
. 57
Contagious Diseases
Board and Care
277 45
Medical Aid
33 00
Clothing
10 85
Fuel
9 50
Transportation
25 00
Fumigating
15 90
Board and Care, Plymouth
County Hospital
806 00
Board and Care, Other Cities.
5 90
Milk and Eggs
78 44
Animal Inspection
137 50
Inspection of Hens
75 00
Plumbing Inspectors
123 00
Slaughtering Inspector
100 00
Vital Statistics
4 00
Burial of Animals
12 00
Use of Dump
30 00
Clearing up Dump
132 28
Lumber
5 85
Truck
66 50
$2,008 67
3,008 66
CLEAN UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Trucks and Labor
$147 90
Care of Ash Barrels
52 10
200 00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL :
1925 Assessment
2,387 04
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
' Salary
1,200 00
39
Payments
HIGHWAYS CARE OF ROADS
Salary of Highway Surveyor . $2,400 00
Telephone
12 35
Freight and Express
9 15
Labor
7,505 60
Trucks
9,758 60
Teams
994 05
Steam Shovel
90 00
Boiler Inspection
5 00
Repairing Equipment
211 07
Gravel
188 50
Sand
54 50
Insurance
110 86
Soft Coal
146 58
Road Oil
128 13
Patch Compound
1,013 60
Tarvia
10,645 06
Tarco
435 00
Lumber
360 09
Labor on Crusher
627 00
Supplies for Crusher
335 26
Crusher Parts
557 73
Stationary Elevator
805 00
Screen
525 00
Engine
1,200 50
Crusher Oil
36 66
Engine Oil
38 63
Cylinder Oil
76 66
Gas and Oil
83 02
Culverts
217 80
Pipe
247 19
Shovels and Rakes
153 50
Parts for Tractor
450 00
Lanterns and Globes
14 60
Bricks
75 20
Damage to Automobile
18 00
Cement
25 80
Misc. Supplies
180 51
Tools
155 75
39,891 95
PURCHASE OF ROAD ROLLER
Cost of Roller less allowance for
old Roller
5,490 00
40
Payments
PURCHASE OF MANN GRAVEL PIT
Land
$450 00
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Expenses :
Labor
$9,961 75
Teams
680 00
Trucks
8,150 20
Steam Shovel
810 00
Repairing Equipment
125 52
Advertising
12 75
Telephone
3 55
Surveying
259 00
Tarvia
2,214 20
Asphalt
5,043 00
Pipe
796 62
Culverts
198 00
Grates and Frames
118 00
Soft Coal
314 83
Gas and Oil
275 73
Stone
589 33
Sand and Gravel
720 00
Dynamite and Caps
7 65
Shovels
30 00
Misc. Supplies
146 26
30,456 39
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor
$1,422 35
Trucks and Plows
1,185 25
Gas and Oil
30 05
Repairs on Equipment
151 05
New Plows
525 00
Freight and Express
9 21
3,322 91
SIDEWALKS
Expenses:
Labor
$353 70
Trucks
86 40
Curbing
513 60
Lumber and Nails
6 15
Sand and Gravel
7 50
Cement
8 10
Carbosota
12 90
988 35
41
Payments
SIDEWALK-BROOK STREET
Expenses :
Curbing
$213 30
Truck
15 75
Labor
70 45
299 50
SIDEWALKS-HUMAROCK
Expenses :
Labor
$186 40
Trucks
150 40
Lumber
42 12
Cement
14 82
Nails and spikes
1 05
394 79
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
/
Expenses :
Labor
$403 80
Trucks
38 50
Lumber
161 70
Nails and Spikes
12 30
Carbosota
12 90
629 20
GUARD RAILS
Expenses :
Labor
$513 65
Trucks
60 30
Lumber
174 38
Posts
26 40
Nails
6 35
Paint
2 45
783 53
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
1925 Assessments
240 00
HUMAROCK BRIDGE
Expenses:
Paving
$1,716 00
Labor
38 75
Lumber
55 00
1,809 75
STREET LIGHTING
Expenses:
Street Lights 6,330 08
1
42
Payments
NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Street Signs
500 00
TOWN BOUNDS
Expenses:
Labor
78 75
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SUPPORT OF POOR
General Administration:
Salaries
$343 75
Clerk
100 00
Legal Expense
40 00
Telegram
45
$484 20
RELIEF BY TOWN
Groceries and Provisions
$945 49
Fuel
267 39
Board and Care
712 70
Medical Aid and Medicine
1,233 45
Cash
5,120 00
Transportation
40 00
Miscellaneous
106 32
8,425 35
RELIEF BY CITIES AND TOWNS
Cities
$ 8 98
Towns
676 00
684 98
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OTHER EXPENSES
Mothers' Aid
$ 39 60
Rent
648 00
687 60
10,282 13
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$ 718 00
Soldiers' Benefits
1,595 38
2,313 38
43
Payments
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
Superintendent, Salary and Ex .. . $1,564 57
Attendance Officer
100 00
Traveling Expenses
29 67
Telephones
144 15
$1,838 39
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High
$13,480 00
Elementary
18,015 00
Music
1,380 00
Drawing
1,380 00
34,255 00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Text and Reference Books.
$ 871 76
Supplies
1,047 42
1,919 18
Vocational
903 06
TRANSPORTATION
High and Elementary Schools ... 11,240 00
JANITORS' SERVICES
High
$1,528 52
Elementary
2,038 38
3,566 90
JANITORS' SUPPLIES
High and Elementary
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel
$2,095 89
Light
77 12
2,173 01
Insurance
268 00
Health
1,295 93
Equipment
395 55
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High
$2,169 16
Elementary
1,947 07
4,116 23
Other Expenses
188 83
Athletics in Town Hall Labor.
62,289 96 .59 54
129 88
44
Payments
LIBRARIES
Salaries and Wages:
Librarians
$295 40
Janitors
272 50
$567 90
Books and Periodicals:
Books
$557 76
Periodicals
83 60
641 36
Other Expenses:
Fuel
$228 50
Light
30 11
Water
23 40
Insurance
33 01
Repairs
21 70
Clearing Grounds
11 40
Cleaning
32 50
Printing
10 00
390 62
1,599 88
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK COMMISSION
Parks, General, Salaries
$150 00
Labor
819 48
Teams
41 89
Signs
2 25
Curbing at Lawson Park.
961 00
Lawn Seed
41 89
Geraniums
25 00
Water
12 43
Gas and Oil
6 10
Sharpening and Repairing Lawn Mowers
44 10
Pipe
01
Surveying
8 00
Lumber
. 6 00
Wire
.14
Trimming Hedges
8 80
Use of Automobile
10 00
2,142 09
WEST END SCHOOL PARK
Expenses :
Legal
310 00
45
Payments
PARKING SPACE, NORTH SCITUATE BEACH
Expenses :
Trucks
$385 10
Labor
110 33
Tools
3 20
498 63
BASSING COVE BEACH
Expenses :
Legal
$668 00
Telephone Tolls
3 90
671 90
CIVIC CENTER
Original Contract
$23,379 00
Less Allowances
2,920 00
$20,459 00
Extras by Contractor:
Moving Trees
$150 56
Blasting
474 00
Tennis Court
550 00
Grading at Athletic Building. . ..
572 00
Stone Wall
300 75
Planting Work and Extra Beds, 462 33
Watering
60 00
Repairing Curb of Well.
5 00
Sinking Boulders
20 70
Water Connection
74 51
Grading Front of Oval.
200 00
2,869 85
Other Expenses:
Architect
$2,701 44
Advertising
60 70
Shrubs and Trees.
1,144 97
Erecting Tennis Backstop.
1,250 00
Connecting Water
141 15
Fertilizer
249 00
Grass Seed
228 83
Erecting Bleachers
752 00
Lumber
54 70
Erecting Fence
66 00
Shutting Off Water
13 20
Labor .... 6 00
6,667 99
29,996 84
46
Payments
UNCLASSIFIED ..
Signs $90 69
Damage to Persons and Property,
14 80
Care of Town Clock.
120 00
Printing and Distributing Town
Reports )
880 40
Legal Expense
265 00
Surveying
161 50
Repairing Safes
145 00
Advert. Public Hearing, Dept.
Public Works
5 00
Rep. Windows in Town Hall ....
1 19
Special Officer at Town Hall ....
2 75
Care and Placing of Stop Plank ..
5 00
Insurance
82 50
Wreathes
36 00
Writing Deed
3 00
1,812 83
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Medical Aid
$90 00
Wages
228 00
318 00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment
200 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day ....
497 59
REFUNDS
Taxes
172 18
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
COMMON CEMETERY
Labor
49 79
DREDGING HARBOR
Assessment
5,000 00
PUBLIC LANDING
Salary of Harbor Master
$160 40
Water
72 14
Work on Float
3 00
Other Expenses
30 00
265 54
REPAIRS TO PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses :
. Runway as per contract.
$122 87
Painting
75 00
Expenses :
47
Interest and Maturing Debt
Cleaning Cesspool
7 00
New Cesspool
186 75
Lumber and Nails
3 51
Labor
1 87
397 00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Revenue Loans
$6,717 79
High School Loans.
860 00
Public Landing Loan
28 00
County Hospital Loan
495 00
Shore Protection Loan.
1,753 13
Street Pavement Loan
1,662 50
11,516 42
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
21,150 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue.
200,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
$15,840 00
County Tax
17,633 39
State Highway Tax.
2,741 00
Auditing Municipal Accounts. . .
422 48
36,636 87
TRUST
Eliza Jenkins Fund.
$138 40
Lucy Thomas Fund.
47 50
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund.
45 68
Hannah Dean Miller Fund.
87 84
Cornelia Allen Fund.
236 59
Clara T. Bates Fund.
25 00
Geo. O. Allen Fund .
23 58
604 59
574,207 16
Balance, December 31, 1925 ..
43,219 23
$617,426 39
State Tax
SUMMARY
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
1925 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1925 Expendi- tures
Unex- pended Balances
Excess
$12,500 00
$34 96
$12,534 96
General Government
$11,997 31
$537 65
2,000 00
2,000 00
Town Plan
650 00
1,350 00
1,000 00
73 77
1,073 77
Maintenance Public Buildings. .
.
1,073 77
9,500 00
2,780 21
12,280 21
Police
12,244 99
35 22
11,000 00
1,504 67
12,504 67
Fire
12,496 79
7 88
800 00
5,000 00
5,800 00
Fire Apparatus-Hose 4.
5 800 00
500 00
200 00
700 00
Land-Hose 4
700 00
6,000 00
7,300 00
13,300 00
Fire Station-Hose 4.
13,233 19
66 81
$6,125 00
16,900 00
23,025 00
Hydrant Rental
14,618 75
8,406 25
1,000 00
190 01
1,190 01
Forest Fires
1,170 91
19 10
500 00
500 00
Sealer Weights and Measures. . ...
384 24
115 76
4,650 24
4,650 24
Moth Department
4,588 15
62 09
8,424 77
8,424 77
Shore Protection
5,516 60
2,908 17
1,000 00
1,000 00
Tree Warden
993 00
7 00
500 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
Town Forest
1,128 65
371 35
300 00
300 00
Elm Tree Beetle
297 00
3 00
100 00
100 00
Bounties
67 75
32 25
4,000 00
4,000 00
Board of Health
3,008 66
991 34
200 00
200 00
Clean Up Committee
200 00
2,387 04
2,387 04
Plymouth County Hospital
2,387 04
1,200 00
1,200 00
Public Health Nurse
1,200 00
40,000 00
40,000 00
Care of Roads
39,891 95
108 05
5,500 00
5,500 00
Purchase of Road Roller
5,490 00
10 00
450 00
450 00
Mann Gravel Pit
450 00
720 00
30,000 00
1 00
30,721 00
Special Repairs
30,456 39
264 61
4,000 00
4,000 00
Snow Removal
3,322 91
677 09
1,000 00
1,000 00
Sidewalks
988 35
11 65
300 00
300 00
Sidewalk-Brook St.
299 50
50
500 0
500 00
Sidewalk-Humarock
394 79
105 21
48
Summary
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$700 00
$700 00
Repair of Bridges
$629 20
$70 80
800 00
800 00
Guard Rails
783 53
16 47
400 00
Fore River Bridge
240 00
160 00
1,900 00
Humarock Bridge
1,809 75
90 25
6,561 00
6,561 00
Street Lighting
6,330 08
230 92
200 00
200 00
Light Committee
200 00
250 00
750 00
Nomenclature Comm.
500 00
250 00
78 75
Town Bounds
78 75
300 00
Public Landing
265 54
34 46
447 32
Rep. to Public Landing
397 00
50 32
5,000 00
Dredging Harbor
5,000 00
20 47
500 00
500 00
Mothers' Aid
39 60
460 40
1,800 00
1,800
00
Soldiers' Relief
1,595 38
204 62
1,000 00
1,000 00
State Aid
718 00
282 00
61,500 00
810 99
62,310 99
Support of Schools
62,289 96
21 03
73 50
59 54
13 96
1,600 00
1,600 00
Athletics in Town Hall-Schools .. Libraries
1,599 88
12
145 77
2,000 00
2,145 77
Park Commission
2,142 09
3 68
476 14
476 14
West End School Park.
310 00
166 14
500 00
500 00
Parking Space N. Scituate Beach ..
498 63
1 37
1,960 00
3,658 00
5,618 00
Bassing Cove Beach
671 90
4,946 10
30,000 00
30,000 00
Civic Center
29,996 84
3 16
2,200 00
2,200 00
Unclassified
1,812 83
387 17
200 00
200
00
Repairs to Cudworth House
200 00
500 00
500
00
Employers' Liability
318 00
182 00
200 00
200
00
Aid to Agriculture
200 00
500 00
16 50
516
50
Memorial Day
497 59
18 91
250
00
250
00
Refunds
24 30
225 70
50 00
50 00
Old Cemetery
49 79
21
11,000 00
11,000
00
Interest
11,516 42
516 42
270 58
21,150 00
21,420 58
Maturing Debt
21,150 00
270 58
1,547 76
1,547 76
World War Memorial
1,547 76
.
78 75
300 00
217 08
230 24
5,000 00
263 00
10,263 00
Support of Poor
10,242 53
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Summary
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400 00 1,900 00
500 00
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10,000 00
73 50
BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1925, General Accounts
Assets
Liabilities
Cash:
In Bank and Office ..
$43,219 23
Collector's Petty Cash .
25 00
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Rev- enue
$75,000 00
Accounts Receivable :
Appropriation Balances:
Taxes:
Levy of 1922
$131 18
Hydrant Rental
8,406 25
Levy of 1923
1,028 58
Shore Protection
2,908 17
Levy of 1924
13,588 77
Town Forest
371 35
Levy of 1925 Polls . 118 00
Special Repairs
264 61
Levy of 1925 Property
79,873 15
94,739 68
Special Assessments:
Moth 1923
$17 50
Moth 1924
98 55
Bassing Cove Beach .... World War Memorial . .
4,946 10
Moth 1925
594 75
710 80
Repairs to Cudworth
Tax Titles
18 4
House 200 00
20,460 70
From State:
4,018 91
Mothers' Aid
$658 00
State Aid
718 00
Public Property Rentals ..
120 00
Police
88 65
Forest Fires ..
131 75
Shore Protection
213 60
10,120 12
Balance Sheet
50
Departmental Revenue . Special Assessments Rev- enue
710 80
Tax Title Revenue . .
18 46
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus . .
250 00
Nomenclature Committee
Repairs to Public Land- ing 50 32
West End School Park .. 166 14
1,547 76
Departmental:
Town Plan $1,350 00
Health 1,728 39
Front Street Drain 18 63
Highways .
204 45
Harbor Master, Sale of water 137 44
Overlays reserved for abatements:
Overlay 1922 $131 18
Overlay 1923 1,028 58
Overlay 1924 4,640 78
Overlay 1925 2,718 97
8,519 51
Sale of Land-Hose 4.
1,031 25
War Bonus Surplus ...
1,547 76
Surplus Revenue
24,977 31
Moth 1924
34 01
Interest 516 42
1,047 74
Old Cemetery-Subject to in- come from Trust Fund ....
25 00
$146,404 82
$146,404 82
Balance Sheet
1
51
4,018 91 2,600 00
Loans Authorized
Overdrawn Accounts-to be appropriated
Police 1924
$497 31
1
Funded Debt
52
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan Rate
Due
Amount
Total
High School, 4 per cent.
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
$13,750 00
High School, 4 per cent.
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, 51/2 per cent ..
1926
$2,000 00
1927
2,000 00
1928
2,000 00
1929
2,000 00
Shore Protection, 41/4 per cent.
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
Shore Protection, 43/4 per cent ....
1926
$1,500 00
1927
1,500 00
1928
1,500 00
1929
1,500 00
1930
1,500 00
6,000 00
8,000 00
25,000 00
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Funded Debt
1931
1,500 00
1932
1,500 00
1933
1,500 00
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12,000 00
Street Pavement, 434 per cent.
1926
$10,000 00
1927
10,000 00
1928
10,000 00
30,000 00
$94,750 00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt. $94,750 00
LIABILITIES
Shore Protection Loan.
$37,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan
8,000 00
Street Pavement Loan
30,000 00
High School Loan
19,750 00
94,750 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Trust, Funds, Cash and Securities
$13,470 30
LIABILITIES
Eliza Jenkins Fund, Charity
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, Charity .
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, Charity.
988 22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund, Charity
1,952 63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund, Charity
5,086 68
Geo. O. Allen Fund, Charity.
524 71
Clara T. Bates Fund, Cemetery
505 76
Everett Torrey Fund, Park.
391 50
13,470 30
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT, Town Accountant.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
Cash Balance March 9, 1925. $50,228 69
Receipts
By Loans issued in anticipation of Revenue 175,000 00
From Rockland Trust Co. Interest on Deposits 828 24
From Harold W. Cole, Collector :
Tax and Interest for 1922
8 25
Tax and Interest for 1923
18,785 25
Tax and Interest for 1924
47,948 97
Tax and Interest for 1925
224,293 70
Advertising Tax Sales
49 00
Sales of Stamps
14 00
Fees and Charges
12 85
From Treasurer of the Commonwealth :
Corporation Tax, Public Service 4 21
Corporation Tax, Public Service
1,428 94
Corporation Tax, Public Service 1924
2 15
Corporation Tax, Business
3,799 98
Corporation Tax, Business
261 13
Bank Tax
187 67
Corporation Tax, "B"
511 70
Income Tax 1922
60 00
Income Tax 1923
300 00
Income Tax 1924
480 00
Income Tax 1925
14,566 64
Income Tax 1925
2,904 00
Vocational Education
1,678 81
Soldiers' Exemption
134 90
State Aid 726 00
From Director of Standards - 4 License Fees
32 00
55
Treasurer's Report
From Second District Court, Account Police
244 10
From John F. Turner, Seizure
299 00
From E. H. Lane, Sealer, Fees.
78 31
From Richard Wherity, Custodian, Sale of
Water 7 50
From Mason & Wilcox, Rent Building on Pier
25 00}
From Trust Funds
350 33.
From Selectmen, Various Licenses and Permits
282 00)
From Board of Health, Licenses.
27 00,
From F. A. Conroy Co. Premium Returned on Bond 32 96
From Treasurer of Commonwealth, Smith- Hughes Fund 150 66
From F. E. Bragdon, Supt., Account
Tuition
11 00
From F. E. Bragdon, Supt., Household Arts Account
19 59
From F. E. Bragdon, Supt., Mdse. sold and Tel. Calls
28 30
From Selectmen, Telephone calls at Town Hall
4 80
From Moth Department, Mdse. Sales. . .. From Joseph P. Lawless, Fire House Lot. .
75
1,031 25.
From Board of Health, Garbage Contract at Minot 600 00
From Henry C. Ibbotson, David Studley Account
193 70;
From Wm. Litchfield, Mary Litchfield Account
206 00;
From Fred C. Franzen .
183 30.
From Harold W. Cole.
300 00,
From Various Refunds and Reimbursements :
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