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$250 00
Transportation of Law Books
25 00
Printing.
45 65
Traveling expense .
2 65
323 30.
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS
Certification of notes
86 00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$800 00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage.
$20 92
Telephone
30 09
Bond.
2 00
Carfare and lunches
5 54
Office expense .
31 70
All other .
9 00
99 25
899 25.
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Expenses:
Registrars .
$90 50
Election officers
121 00
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30 Protection of Persons and Property-Police Department
Printing
$234 57
Election lunches.
50 50
Delivering ballots
5 00
Express
25
All other
2 22
$504 04
TOWN HALL
Services:
Janitor
$102 85
Expenses:
Fuel
$73 50
Light
25 79
Telephone.
53 31
Taking down baskets and supports.
4 00
156 60
259 45
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses :
Repairing Town Hall.
$3 35
Repairing Police Headquarters
692 98
Insurance.
51 75
748 08
TOWN PLAN
Expenses:
Services of engineers
1,762 65
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Chief and regulars
$10,170 05
Special officers
2,651 63
Constables
100 00
$12,921 68
Expenses:
Automobile hire
$21 00
Motor boat hire.
30 00
Liquor investigation
20 00
Equipment .
560 15
Motor cycles.
585 00
Repairing and maintenance of motor cycles .
114 54
Automobile.
875 00
Repairing and maintenance of auto- mobile.
399 90
Protection of Persons and Property-Fire Department 31
Repairing and maintenance of building
and grounds .
$1,310 29
Fuel and light .
261 99
Telephones
193 71
General Laws
21 00
Reflectors .
100 00
Gas for beacon
12 76
Meals for prisoners
7 45
Universalite lanterns
35 00
Marking paint.
34 56
Supplies, First Aid Room
38 00
Insurance
61 00
Office supplies.
19 45
All other
41 51
$4,742 31
$17,663 99
.
' FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Drivers
$4,716 00
Fire alarm operators
1,891 00
Firemen
287 63
Stewards
68 50
$6,963 13
Expenses :
Firemen's tax refund .
$172 00
Steward's expenses
235 00
New hose. .
1,050 00
Rent and storage.
1,252 50
Rubber boots, etc.
121 70
Repairing trucks .
3,431 82
Repairing and maintenance of buildings and grounds
1,769 53
Insurance
205 76
Fuel and light
935 17
Telephones .
368 20
Apparatus
6,562 50
Medical aid.
15 00
Carfares and lunches.
16 09
Parts for fire alarm system
4 06
Lanterns and searchlights
196 03
Supplies for trucks .
403 42
Repair and care of fire extinguishers . . .
6 13
Instantaneous motor exhaust system . .
110 00
Miscellaneous supplies .
301 99
17,156 90
24,120 03
32
Protection of Persons and Property - Moth
HYDRANT RENTAL
Expenses:
Rental .*
$17,458 33
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Fighting fires
$897 00
Apparatus.
250 00
Tires and tubes
103 50
Use of trucks
67 20
Express
4 50
Soda.
31 36
Repairing truck
415 93
Brooms.
21 00
Supplies for truck.
45 00
1,835 49
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$320 84
Expenses:
Insurance.
$9 47
Supplies
61 08
Express
70
Telephone
85
72 10
392 94
FIREMEN, SPECIAL
Firemen's compensation
336 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent.
$1,032 30
Expenses:
Labor
$2,316 40
Teams
671 00
Trucks
1,000 00
Equipment
394 88
Repairs to equipment.
18 90
Insecticide.
314 58
Gas and oil
120 35
Freight.
4 44
Supplies
19 90
4,860 45
5,892 75
33
Health and Sanitation - Board of Health
TREE WARDEN
Salary .
$300 00
Expenses :
Labor
$421 00
Teams
91 00
Equipment .
76 00
Repairs to equipment.
18 98
Fertilizer
39 00
Cement.
6 40
Supplies
31 72
684 10
$984 10
TOWN FOREST
Expenses:
Land
$100 00
Labor
240 55
Recording deed
2 35
Supplies .
20 00
362 90
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Labor
$108 60
Trucks
100 00
Teams
40 00
Supplies .
16 50
265 10
BOUNTIES
Expenses:
Bounties on woodchucks.
70 25
HEALTH AND SANITATION
BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$996 00
Expenses:
Telephone.
$9 30
Office supplies.
97
Contagious diseases:
Board and care
203 96
Medical aid.
26 00
Medicine.
2 69
Groceries and provisions
99 85
Fuel .
13 00
34
Highways - Payments
Fumigating candles .
$9 00
Board and care, Plymouth County Hos- pital.
474 50
Milk and eggs
69 14
Animal inspection
145 00
Plumbing inspection
472 00
Slaughtering inspection
100 00
Vital statistics .
14 50
Burial of animals
8 00
Use of dump.
40 00
Cleaning up dump
378 05
Truck.
300 00
Repairs on truck.
227 14
Suction force pump.
440 55
Tires and tubes
172 00
All other
18 00
$3,223 65
$4,219 65
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Trucks
$129 00
Teams
77 00
Labor
26 40
Printing
7 50
Care of ash barrels
60 00
299 90
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Expenses :
1926 Assessment
2,387 04
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
1,200 00
HIGHWAYS
CARE OF ROADS
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$2,400 00
Telephone. .
23 10
Freight and express
27 31
Office supplies
3 60
Labor
9,516 45
Trucks.
8,032 20
Teams
757 50
35
Highways - Payments
Boiler inspection .
$5 00
Repairing equipment.
1,079 07
Gravel
188 53
Stone.
144 00
Insurance
184 00
Culverts .
813 16
Grates and frames .
208 00
Drain pipe
652 10
Coal .
30 05
Tractor
459 00
Road oil
869 40
Cold patch.
2,459 25
Asphalt.
1,841 76 .
Patch compound
468 75
Amprotar
3,913 00
Tarbinder
700 00
Tarco.
980 00
Tarvia .
5,812 52
Engine oil .
38 25
Crusher oil.
39 00
Cylinder oil.
37 50
Lubricant
24 64
Kerosene.
44 63
Gas and oil
163 57
Tar kettle
320 00
Shovels
136 10
Lumber
33 81
Repairs at Gravel Pit .
34 66
Repairing shut-off
21 08
Dynamite, caps, etc.
3 50
Tools
54 14
Miscellaneous supplies
126 62
$42,645 25
MANN GRAVEL PIT
Expenses :
Legal
891 08
TRACTOR
Purchase of tractor
8,300 00
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Expenses :
Ļabor
$5,664 60
Trucks
6,558 80
Teams
791 25
36
Highways - Payments
Repairing equipment
$62 81
Advertising
1 50
Surveying, etc.
229 01
Asphalt.
4,477 36
Amprotar
420 00
Stone.
193 25
Drain pipe
258 25
Soft coal .
351 63
Gas and oil
191 86
Grease
8 50
Grates and frames.
79 00
Lumber
12 81
Tools
20 16
Miscellaneous supplies .
34 54
$19,355 33
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor
$13,351 30
Trucks and plows
4,595 40
Gas and oil ...
80 02
Grease.
2 75
Repairing equipment.
99 85
18,129 32
SIDEWALKS
Expenses:
Labor
$435 90
Trucks.
137 60
Curbing .
90 74
Rent, curbing forms
36 00
Cement .
69 60
Lumber.
18 61
Survey
5 00
Shovels
6 75
Lanterns
1 70
Tools .
18 75
Miscellaneous supplies .
3 06
823 71
SIDEWALK, FRONT STREET
Expenses:
Labor
$310 15
Trucks
133 00
443 15
37
Highways - Payments
SIDEWALKS, SPECIAL
Expenses:
Labor
$536 90
Trucks
94 40
Lumber and nails
6 38
Cement .
40 15
Gas and oil .
14 45
Advertising hearing
2 00
Repairing equipment
26 78
$721 06
TOOL SHED
Expenses:
Building as per contract
$4,604 00
Plans and specifications
15 00
Advertising .
1 00
Cement work .
98 22
Installing water
281 78
5,000 00
GUARD RAILS
Expenses:
Labor
$102 00
Trucks
197 90
Lumber and nails .
130 57
Paint
10 10
440 57
CENTRAL AVENUE, HUMAROCK
Expenses :
Labor
$391 75
Trucks
350 00
741 75
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
1926 Assessment.
580 00
STREET LIGHTING
Street lights.
6,885 26
NEW TOWN WAY
Expenses :
Architect.
$350 00
Engineer
375 00
Survey, etc
134 75
38
Charities - Payments
Advertising
$100 05
Fill at stable.
770 00
Drain.
129 75
Drain pipe.
95 85
Cement paper
2 55
Licenses
2 00
Tarvia.
98 00
Land damage.
8,400 00
Recording fees .
3 70
On account of contract.
24,500 00
$34,961 65
SIGN BOARDS
Expenses :
Sign plates
215 66
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SUPPORT OF POOR
General Administration:
Salaries .
$351 56
Clerical.
100 00
Stationery
14 00
Office supplies
4 58
$470 14
RELIEF BY TOWN
Groceries and provisions
$1,267 83
Fuel.
553 76
Board and care
1,314 44
Medical aid and medicine.
1,486 05
Cash ..
3,863 00
Burials
212 00
Transportation
38 00
Miscellaneous
157 30
8,892 38
RELIEF BY CITIES AND TOWNS
Cities
$133 50
Towns
689 00
822 50
OTHER EXPENSES
Mothers' Aid
$939 00
Rent.
720 00
1,659 00
11,844 02
39
Schools and Libraries - Payments
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$588 00
Soldiers' benefits
2,037 75
$2,625 75
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
School Committee, salaries and expenses . .
$682 13
Superintendents, salaries and expenses. . . .
1,855 38
Attendance officer
100 00
School census
125 00
Telephones
216 23
$2,978 74
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High.
$14,720 00
Elementary
18,739 43
Supervisors
2,962 50
36,421 93
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Text and reference books
$945 70
Supplies
1,548 62
2,494 32
Vocational
224 73
TRANSPORTATION
High and elementary 11,936 00
JANITORS' SERVICES
High.
$1,503 84
Elementary
2,000 96
3,504 80
JANITORS' SUPPLIES
High and elementary 292 99
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel .
$2,749 67
Light
164 30
2,913 97
Insurance
552 48
Health
1,658 94
Equipment
771 83
1
40
Unclassified - Payments
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS
High.
$1,240 03
Elementary
1,765 89
3,005 92
Other expenses .
132 26
$66,888 91
LIBRARIES
Salaries and wages:
Librarians
$266 25
Janitors
288 50
$554 75
Books and periodicals:
Books.
$134 61
Periodicals .
108 85
243 46
Other expenses :
Binding
$9 88
Fuel .
459 61
Light .
38 30
Water.
8 40
Insurance
144 35
Repairs and maintenance of buildings. .
130 25
Printing
11 00
801 79
1,600 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK COMMISSION
Parks, general, salaries.
$112 50
Labor .
689 24
Teams
38 70
Trucks
35 00
Curbing
386 59
Portable building .
500 00
Geraniums
36 00
Repairing fence, North Scituate Beach. . .
237 14
Fertilizer
22 05
Repairing lawn mower
26 94
Water
8 80
Signs.
6 00
Gas and oil .
7 85
Tools
4 80
Lumber
4 44
Supplies .
79 08
All other
7 39
2,202 52
41
Unclassified - Payments
WEST END SCHOOL PARK
Expenses :
Award
$600 00
Legal
150 00
$750 00
BASSING COVE BEACH
Expenses :
Award .
$15,000 00
Interest.
115 00
Legal
580 71
15,695 71
CIVIC CENTER
Expenses :
Labor
$993 88
Teams
30 15
Trucks
84 88
Advertising .
2 25
Curbing .
988 00
Storehouse
25 00
Repairing tennis court fence.
43 31
Nets, straps and tapes
68 10
Tennis posts
13 50
Stone dust
17 73
Blasting .
4 00
Lawn seed
4 80
Fertilizer
10 00
Lumber
32 48
Cement
2 70
Nails
84
Lime.
4 00
Wire.
10 50
Garden hose
6 75
Ash barrel.
3 00
Bubblers and pipe to flood Athletic Field
89 29
Tools.
33 89
Lawn mower and roller
30 72
2,499 77
PARKING SPACE, NORTH SCITUATE BEACH
Expenses :
Labor
$145 48
Trucks
350 00
495 48
JERICHO BEACH
Purchase of beach 1,500 00
42
Enterprises and Cemeteries - Payments
UNCLASSIFIED
Signs
$56 70
Care of town clock.
137 88
Printing and distributing Town Reports. .
865 60
Field driver
7 00
Surveying.
27 00
Recording deeds
28 55
Registering plan in Land Court
10 00
Fee, Clapp Road petition
3 00
Tuition, Trade School.
60 00
All other
1 35
$1,197 08
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Policy
495 50
Assessment
200 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
....
599 72
REFUNDS
Taxes .
228 32
REPAIRS TO CUDWORTH HOUSE
Expenses :
Labor
$112 20
Material
17 77
129 97
LAND DAMAGE, CURTIS STREET
Award
400 00
LAND DAMAGE, MITCHELL AVENUE
Award.
275 00
BRONZE TABLET
Ivy plants .
6 60
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
COMMON CEMETERY
Expenses :
Labor
68 20
AID TO AGRICULTURE
43
Interest and Maturing Debt- Payments
PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses :
Salary of Harbor Master
$175 00
Labor.
18 20
Towing float .
10 00
Hoisting run in place.
2 50
Rope.
12 60
Repairing leak and turning on water. . .
19 52
Repairing and changing cesspool pipe. .
15 62
Repairing tank and closet
15 90
$269 34
REPAIRS TO PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses :
Paint .
$25 32
Lining and cement.
3 00
Labor
19 00
Barrels
3 00
50 32
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Revenue Loans
$5,225 38
High School Loan.
770 00
County Hospital Loan
385 00
Shore Protection Loan.
1,511 88
Street Pavement Loan.
1,187 50
9,079 76
MATURING DEBT
High School Loan
$2,250 00
County Hospital Loan.
2,000 00
Shore Protection Loan
5,500 00
Street Pavement Loan.
10,000 00
19,750 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue.
225,000 00
44
Agency and Trust - Payments
AGENCY AND TRUST
AGENCY
State Tax
$15,840 00
County Tax
20,033 75
State Highway Tax .
2,623 03
Auditing Municipal Accounts .
303 16
$38,799 94
TRUST
Ella Jenkins Fund
$140 90
Lucy Thomas Fund.
47 50
Hannah Dean Miller Fund .
87 84
Cornelia Allen Fund.
241 59
George O. Allen Fund
23 58
Clara T. Bates Fund.
26 00
567 41
$636,351 69
Balance, December 31, 1926
59,539 72
$695,891 41
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SUMMARY
Balance January 1, 1926
1926 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1926 Expendi- tures
Balance January 1, 1927
Over- drafts
$13,000 00
$13,000 00
General Government.
$12,999 38
62
$1,350 00
2,000 00
3,350 00
Town Plan .
1,762 65
1,587 35
1,000 00
1,000 00
Maintenance, Public Buildings
748 08
251 92
300 00
300 00
Administration Building Committee .
300 00
17,000 00
$670 71
17,670 71
Police Department.
17,663 99
6 72
22,000 00
2,121 25
24,121 25
Fire Department. .
24,120 03
1 22
378 00
378 00
Firemen, Special.
336 00
42 00
8,406 25
17,600 00
26,006 25
Hydrant Rental .
17,458 33
8,547 92
2,000 00
2 25
2,002 25
Forest Fires .
1,835 49
166 76
500 00
500 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
392 94
107 06
5,901 05
5,901 05
Moth Department.
5,892 75
8 30
2,908 17
2,908 17
Shore Protection .
2,908 17
1,000 00
1,000 00
Tree Warden.
984 10
15 90
371 35
1,000 00
1,371 35
Town Forest. . .
362 90
1,008 45
300 00
300 00
Elm Tree Beetle .
265 10
34 90
100 00
100 00
Bounties
70 25
29 75
5,000 00
5,000 00
Board of Health .
4,219 65
780 35
300 00
300 00
Clean-up Committee.
299 90
10
2,387 04
2,387 04
Plymouth County Hospital.
2,387 04
1,200 00
1,200 00
Public Health Nurse
1,200 00
43,000 00
43,000 00
Care of Roads.
42,645 25
354 75
Summary
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SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1926
1926 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1926 Expendi- tures
Balance January 1, 1927
Over- . drafts
$891 08
$891 08
Mann Gravel Pit.
$891 08
$5,000 00
5,000 00
Tool Shed.
5,000 00
$264 61
20,000 00
20,264 61
Special Repairs .
19,355 33
$909 28
750 00
750 00
Central Avenue, Humarock
741 75
8 25
16,500 00
950 70
17,450 70
Snow Removal .
18,129 32
$678 62
8,300 00
8,300 00
Tractor
8,300 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Sidewalks.
823 71
176 29
450 00
450 00
Sidewalks, Front Street.
443 15
6 85
1,500 00
1,500 00
Sidewalks, Special.
721 06
778 94
500 00
500 00
Repair of Bridges
500 00
500 00
500 00
Guard Rails. . .
440 57
59 43
400 00
180 00
580 00
Fore River Bridge
580 00
6,900 00
6,900 00
Street Lighting.
6,885 26
14 74
2,000 00
63,000 00
65,000 00
34,961 65
30,038 35
250 00
250 00
500 00
215 66
284 34
500 00
500 00
269 34
230 66
50 32
32
Repairs to Public Landing.
50 32
12,000 00
45 68
12,045 68
Support of Poor.
10,905 02
1,140 66
1,750 00
1,750 00
Mothers' Aid.
939 00
811 00
1,800 00
475 00
2,275 00
Soldiers' Relief .
2,037 75
237 25
700 00
700 00
State Aid . .
588 00
112 00
46
Summary
New Town Way
Signs .
Public Landing.
65,500 00 1,600 00 2,000 00
1,394 65
66,894 65
Support of Schools
66,888 91
5 74
Libraries.
1,600 00
Park Commission . ..
2,202 52
3 08
750 00
West End School Park.
750 00
500 00
Parking Space, North Scituate Beach.
495 48
4 52
4,946 10
10,750 00
15,696 10
Bassing Cove Beach. .
15,695 71
39
2,500 00
Civic Center.
2,499 77
23
1,547 76
1,547 76
World War Memorial.
1,547 76
1,500 00
1,500 00
Jericho Beach .
1,500 00
Unclassified .
1,197 08
2 92
200 00
200 00
Repairs to Cudworth House.
129 97
70 03
400 00
400 00
Land Damage, Curtis Street ..
400 00
15 00
15 00
Land Damage, Clapp Road.
15 00
275 00
275 00
Land Damage, Mitchell Avenue.
275 00
6 60
6 60
Bronze Tablet . .
6 60
00
3 50
503 50
Employers' Liability
495 50
8 00
200 00
200 00
Aid to Agriculture.
200 00
600 00
600 00
Memorial Day.
599 72
28
250. 00
250 00
Refunds .
250 00
100 00
100 00
Old Cemetery
68 20
31 80
11,000 00
11,000 00
Interest. .
9,079 76
1,920 . 24
19,750 00
19,750 00
Maturing Debt.
19,750 00
Summary
47
166 14
205 60 583 86
1,600 00 2,205 60
500 00
2,500 00
1,200 00
1,200 00
48
Funded Debt of Town
BILLS UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1926
FIRE DEPARTMENT
American Fire Equipment Co.
$10 00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co
22 77
Bound Brook Garage.
14 50
C. B. Carpenter, Treasurer
25 00
Richard Clapp
60 00
The Fred A. Conroy Co.
91 60
Ellsworth Curtis.
35 83
Egypt Garage and Machine Co
154 68
Electric Light and Power Co ..
44 36
Nelson Ewell
10 00
H. T. Fitts
75
John T. Fitts
80 00
Front Street Transportation Co., Inc.
96 84
Malcolm T. Hall .
5 75
O. F. Kress & Son
4 50
C. Nathan Mitchell, Treasurer
40 00
William F. Mitchell & Co
435 60
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
23 41
John A. Russell .
10 51
Surfside Garage.
5 25
Tedco Garage.
809 72
Archie W. Torrey
1
5 00
The George F. Welch Co
251 00
The White Co.
32 94
Edgar Whittaker
75
Howard H. Young.
8 00
Salaries of Chief and Engineers:
Ernest R. Seaverns
$300 00
Maurice O'Hern
25 00
Louis E. Cole
25 00
Albert F. Turner
25 00
Philip L. Schuyler
25 00
400 00
$2,678 76
FOREST FIRES
O. F. Kress & Son
$1,125 00
$1,125 00
49
Funded Debt of Town
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan and Rate
Due
Amount
Total
High School, 4 per cent.
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.
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.
1927
$2,000 00
1928
2,000 00
1929
2,000 00
Shore Protection, 414 per cent
1927
$4,000 00
1928
4,000 60
1929
4,000 00
1930
3,000 00
1931
3,000 00
1932
3,000 00
Shore Protection, 434 per cent.
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
10,500 00
Street Pavement, 434 per cent.
1927
$10,000 00
1928
10,000 00
20,00
$12,500 00
5,000 00
6,000 00
21,000 00
50
Funded Debt of Town
New Town Way, 4 per cent.
1927
$10,000 00
1928
10,000 00
1929
10,000 00
1930
10,000 00
1931
10,000 00
$50,000 00
Bassing Cove Beach, 31/2 per cent.
1927
$2,600 00
Bassing Cove Beach, 31/2 per cent.
1927
10,000 00
12,600 00
$137,600 00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt.
$137,600 00
LIABILITIES
Shore Protection Loan
$31,500 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan.
6,000 00
High School Loan .
17,500 00
Street Pavement Loan.
20,000 00
New Town Way Loan.
50,000 00
Bassing Cove Beach Loan
12,600 00
$137,600 00
TRUST FUNDS
ASSETS
Trust Funds, cash and securities . .
$13,486 53
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
George O. Allen Fund, Charity
524 71
Clara T. Bates Fund, Cemetery
503 19
Everett Torrey Fund, Park.
410 30
$13,486 53
Respectfully submitted,
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT, Town Accountant.
51
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
Cash balance January 1, 1926
$43,219 23:
RECEIPTS
Loans in anticipation of revenue
200,000 00
Loan on New Town Way .
50,000 00
Loan on Peggoty Beach Park .
12,600 00
Premium and accrued interest on New Town Way.
215 56
Interest on deposit Rockland Trust Company
893 24
Interest on deposit National Rockland Bank
178 11
From Harold W. Cole, Collector:
Tax and interest for 1922
2 18
Tax and interest for 1923.
1,176 69
Tax and interest for 1924 .
14,807 82
Tax and interest for 1925
72,564 88
Tax and interest for 1926
260,039 24
Tax sales .
129 60
From Treasurer of Commonwealth:
Income tax 1926
16,203 62
Income tax 1926, special
7,085 34
Income tax 1925
660 00
Income tax 1924
228 00
Income tax 1923
180 00
Corporation tax, business
392 89
Corporation tax, business
4,230 40
Corporation tax, public service
2,403 13
National Bank tax . 94 85
Trust Company tax .
341 14
Soldiers' Exemption
134 42
State Aid .
718 00
52
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
Public Welfare. $419 22
Vocational Education
1,649 27
Smith-Hughes Fund .
202 72
Moth Department credit . 35 00
From Bureau of Standards, license fee.
8 00
From Selectmen:
Trust Funds dividends 612 09
Licenses and permits 513 75
Telephone calls . 2 30
From Board of Health:
Licenses and permits 19 50
Edward Breen
401 00
H. W. Cole.
347 40
F. C. Franzen
117 00
From Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees collected .
95 74
From School Department:
Superintendent Bragdon, Household Arts Department . 7 97
Olive Barrows, Household Arts Department
9 95
Superintendent Bragdon, Manual Training
46 25
Sale of merchandise
20
Telephone calls .
60
From Second District Court, fines.
1,663 25
From Town Counsel, costs in suit Bean v. Seaverns .
91 50
From Richard Wherity, sale of water at pier
9 00
From rent of pier .
50 00
From rent of lighthouse
50 00
From Dog Fund dividend
686 93
From refunds and reimbursements:
New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. Co., fire account. 131 75
Bay State Dredging Co., water account
137 44
Damage to highway fence. .
8 00
F. A. Conroy Co., insurance
6 76
H. G. Doherty account . 2 18
Edward Driscoll 13 20
53
Report of Treasurer - Receipts
Frank Jellows .
$1 10
Ralph Conte. 20 00
R. F. Bingham . 2 25
Nelson Ewell, telephone calls
1 30
Town of Duxbury
2 55
Town of Marshfield
1 50
Louis Cole, telephone account
20 80
W. H. Murphy
5 60
Total .
$695,891 41
Expenditures as per warrants from Selectmen 636,351 69
Balance on hand December 31, 1926 . $59,539 72
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Treasurer.
54
Report of Assessors -- Financial Statement
REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Scituate, Mass., December 31, 1926.
DETAILS OF 1926 ASSESSMENT
Number of polls assessed
1,029
Amount of poll tax warrant. . .
$2,058 00
Residents assessed on property : Individuals . 1,293
All others. 20
1,313
Non-residents assessed on property :
Individuals .
1,380
All others
31
1,411
Persons assessed on property . . .
2,724
Persons assessed on polls only . . 302
3,026
Value of assessed real estate:
Buildings .
$7,073,960 00
Land 3,309,465 00
Total real estate
$10,383,425 00
Total personal estate.
1,408,384 00
Total valuation April 1, 1926 $11,791,809 00
December assessments:
Personal estate.
360 00
Real estate.
Grand total for 1926
$11,792,169 00
Grand total for 1925 11,084,300 00
Increase in valuation
$707,869 00
55
Report of Assessors - Financial Statement
ASSESSED
Horses
137
Cows
200
Sheep
Neat cattle other than cows
42
Swine .
52
Dwelling houses
2,209
Acres of land .
9,696
Fowl
6,044
BUDGET OF 1926
Town appropriations
$321,491 05
State assessments:
State tax.
15,840 00
State highway tax. 2,623 03
Auditing municipal account tax
303 16
County assessments:
County tax .
20,033 75
County hospital.
2,387 04
Overlay (of current year)
6,260 10
$368,938 13
Estimated receipts :
Income tax .
$16,203 62
Corporation tax
6,000 00
Bank tax .
187 00
Licenses
335 00
Fines .
616 00
Special assessments .
1,900 00
General government.
88 00
Protection of persons and
property .
200 00
Health and sanitation
200 00
Highways
Charities .
Soldiers' benefits .
718 00
Schools .
66 00
Libraries
Recreations
56
Report of Assessors - Financial Statement
Interest on deposits . $979 00
Interest on taxes and assess-
ments. 4,500 00
Total estimated receipts $31,992 62
Total deductions . $31,992 62
Total amount raised by taxation .
$336,945 51
Number of polls, 1,029; at $2.00 each.
2,058 00
Total valuation, $11,791,809; tax rate, $28.40; property tax.
334,887 38
Addition betterment and special assessment as follows:
Private spraying bill for moth extermina- tion . 1,707 00
Total tax warrant.
$336,594 -51
Abatements allowed in 1926:
To Harold W. Cole, Collector, for 1922. ..
$129 00
To Harold W. Cole, Collector, for 1923. 18 25
To Harold W. Cole, Collector, for 1924. ..
98 00
To Harold W. Cole, Collector, for 1925 . ..
77 79
To Harold W. Cole, Collector, for 1926 . ..
1,180 61
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD, HERBERT G. SUMMERS,
Assessors.
57
Report of Collector
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
Total payments to Treasurer
$348,590 81
Total taxes collected. $344,341 01
Total interest collected 4,249 80
$348,590 81
TAXES OF 1922
Uncollected January 1, 1926
$131 18
Collected 2 18
Abated
129 00
$131 18
TAXES OF 1923
Uncollected January 1, 1926
$1,046 08
Collected
$1,027 83
Abated
18 25
$1,046 08
Interest collected
$148 86
TAXES OF 1924
Uncollected January 1, 1926
$13,687 32
Collected
$13,391 74
Abated
98 00
Tax title sold to Town
56 00
Uncollected .
141 58
$13,687 32
Interest collected
$1,416 08
TAXES OF 1925 Polls uncollected January 1, 1926 Collected . $48 00
$118 00
58
Report of Collector
Abated .
$52 00
Uncollected .
18 00
$118 00
Interest collected $1 71
Real, personal and moth uncol- lected January 1, 1926
$80,467 90
Collected
$69,986 76
Abated .
60 11
Tax title sold to Town
54 40
Uncollected .
10,366 63
$80,467 90
Interest collected
$2,528 41
TAXES OF 1926
Polls committed.
$2,058 00
Collected .
$1,972 00
Uncollected
86 00
$2,058 00
Real, personal and moth, committed
$336,604 74
Overpayment to Treasurer 7 10
Excess payment.
01
$336,611 85
Collected .
$257,912 50
Abated .
972 15
Tax titles sold to Town
59 64
Uncollected
77,667 56
$336,611 85
Interest collected
$154 74
HAROLD W .. COLE, Collector of Taxes.
59
Report of Overseers of the Poor
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers of the Poor respectfully submit the following report of support given for the year ending December 31, 1926.
Number of families aided 23 Amount expended . $10,905 02
HERBERT G. SUMMERS, NATHANIEL TILDEN, Overseers of the Poor.
60
Trust Funds - Statement
REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS
Eliza Jenkins Fund, $3,020 80
Income paid to beneficiaries.
$140 90
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, $1,000
Income paid to beneficiaries $47 50
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, $988 22
Income paid to beneficiaries. $45 58
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