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19 00
C. J. Higgins, postage non-residents 4 79
$IIO 64
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
SELECTMEN
Rockland Independent, 2183 town re-
ports $785 88
Frank W. Casey, delivering reports 20 00
Sam's Stationery, journal and postage I 62
J. L. Fairbanks, index book 60
Order book IO 75
Hobbs & Warren, legal blanks 2 50
Noyes, Randall Co., non-carbon paper 2 82
Wakefield Daily Item, moth notices 2 25
B. A. Wood, repairing typewriter 2 25
Carl S. Burrell, auto for perambu -- lating town lines 5 45
W. A. Sargent, same kind service 15 50
Coughlan Bros., counsel fees 25 00
W. Archer Torrey, profile of Reed Street
9 00
Rockland Standard, jury list
12 50
Printing and advertising 5 10
Rockland Independent, printing and advertising 5 00
Arthur I. Randall, printing
4 65
James A. Cody, expenses, carfare, etc. 29 59
$940 46
UNCLASSIFIED
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone town office
$51 26
Telephone town officials 367 42
Electric Light & Power Co., lighting offices 54 64
Oscillating fan 16 00
John H. Harper, janitor service
152 OC
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FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Watson Manfg. Co., grill work and counters 242 75
Noyes, Randall Co., grill work 55 00
Rockland Furniture Co., six armchairs 30 00
C. L. Rice & Son, oak bench 17 50
Burlap and fitting I 63
Globe Wernicke Co., filing cabinet section 8 75
Step and chair combination I 75
Hall & Torrey, varnish, brush, etc. 2 74
H. H. Arnold, drilling bars 2 30
C. L. Rice & Son, curtains and waste baskets 9 43
P. S. Conroy, lettering office door 4 00
Boston Sign Co., two glass signs 7 50
C. E. Bell, electrical work 4 24 ·
Thomas Publishing Co., manufac- turers' register 10 00
J. S. Gray, report to Bureau Sta- tistics 30 00
A. S. Peterson, supplies to town of- office two years 38 56
Norcross & Colburn, care town clock 52 00
Coughlan Bros., advice to school com- . mittee II 00
C. W. Burgess, house numbers 8 25
W. Archer Torrey, numbering houses 18 00
H. B. McArdle, sundries 5 13
L. P. Prouty, moving safe 5 00
J. J. Estes, Est., ciealng lung motor 3 00
H. H. Arnold Co., repairing lung motor I 05
Monument Mills, paper towels 9 50
A. H. Caswell, carting fittings 2 00
Carter Ink Co,, ink 73
Women's Relief Corps, hall rent
committee of 25 6 00
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
A. I. Randall, circular letter, com- mitee of 25 2 45
J. A. Rice Co., cheese cloth 20
Adams Express Co., carting
50
Postage, general town office expense 64 08
P. O. Box rent 2 00
$1,298 36
Total expenditures Appropriation $3,600 00
$3,875 10
Received and due from officials, tele- phone service and tolls $367 42
Water Dept., janitor work 37 50
School committee, counsel II 00
Water Dept., counsel 3 00
Unexpended balance
$4,018 92 $143 82
Total number of orders drawn by se- men, 1,245
Total amount of orders, selectmen $80,681 4I
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JAMES A. CODY, MARK W. MURRILL, BARTHOLOMEW J. FITZGERALD,
Selectmen
Overseers of the Poor Report
The report of the Overseers of the Poor for the year ending Dec. 31, 1915, is hereby respectfully submitted :
The business depression of the winter of 1914 and 1915, and the consequent unusual number of unemployed caused many additional calls to be made on the Overseers for re- lief and these calls continued through the Spring and into the Summer.
We have aided :
229 individuals in 75 families of one or more having a set- tlement in Rockland
71 individuals in 24 families of one or more having a set- tlement in other cities or towns
22 individuals in 4 families, no settlement, aided on ac- count of the State
II individuals in 2 families, of which the husband has no settlement the mother and children having a set- tlement here
2 individuals unsettled (aided temporarily)
32 individuals in 7 families having a settlement in Rock- land aided under Chapter 763, Acts of 1913
4 Individuals in one family having a settlement elsewhere aided under Chapter 763.
371 individuals, an increase of 68 over the previous year.
SPRING STREET HOME
The management at the Home, during the past year has been very satisfactory to the Overseers.
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
We think the town is to be congratulated in having the services of such competent persons as Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt in the position of Superintendent and Matron.
Under the management of Mr. Wyatt the farm has in- crased in value and, by the production of milk and raising produce he has tried, not only to reduce the living expense, as well as make a better living possible for the inmates, but he has endeavored to create a revenue to lessen the entire cost of maintenance.
The housekeeping is conducted in a business like manner by Mrs. Wyatt, the house is always neat and clean, the in- mates kindly treated and well cared for.
It is to be regretted that more of the citizens do not visit the home and see for themselves what a credit the place is to the town.
Mrs. Elliot F. Denham has been appointed, by the State Board of Charity, as an almshouse visitor and she joins with the Overseers in inviting the citizens to visit the Home.
The Board voted at the beginning of the year to increase the salary of the superintendent and matron from $600 a year to $700 a year, dating from January 1, 1915.
Thirty-five different persons have been cared for at the Home the past year: 29 males and 6 females; of these three were temporarily aided, 8 had settlements in other cities or towns, 24 had settlements in Rockland.
Ages :
Between 20 and 40 Two
Between 40 and 50 Two
Between 50 and 60 Five
Between 60 and 70 Fifteen
Between 70 and 80 · Seven
Between 80 and 90 One
One death occurred at the Home during the past year.
The smallest number at the Home at one time 19; the
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largest 23; this is the number at present; two boarders, six have settlements in other places and fifteen are settled in Rockland.
The buildings, to keep them in good repair, should be painted during the coming season.
The Home was inspected by State Inspector of Alms- houses Bardwell on Dec. 14, 1915.
Mr. Bardwell is well pleased with the management of the Home; he recommends that the Overseers discard the beds now in use and that more comfortable and modern beds be purchased.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Overseers recommend that the suggestion of Mr. Bardwell be adopted and that at least a number of the old beds be discarded this year; that the buildings be painted this year; that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500 for the care of Poor during the year 1916, as with the improved conditions of business, we believe this sum will care for the Poor and enable the Overseers to have the place painted.
We recommend that the sum of $1,800 be raised and ap- propriated for the care of "Mothers with Dependent Chil- dren". (Chapt. 763 Acts of 1913).
EXPENSES IN DETAIL OF TOWN FARM
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt, superintendent
and matron, salary $700 00
Cash paid by Mr. Wyatt :
Mrs. Soule, help in house 48 00
Mrs. Peffer, help in house 18 00
Miss Christenson, help in house 62 50
Miss Howe, help in house 186 00
Mrs. Morris, help in house 192 00
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Mrs. Proffit, help in house
48 00
Howell Cobb, help outside 91.00
George Furlong, help outside
24 00
Fred. Hunt, help outside
9 00
Harold Sturtevant, help outside 56 50
Albert Wyatt, help outside
190 00
William Lavin, help outside
50 00
Hiram Barrett, help outside
94 00
Sawdust
14 00
Pork
3 24
Services of bull
12 00
Clipping horse
I 50
Harry Bean, farm work
19 00
Harry Bean and Mr. Shockley, farm work
29 00
Freight
I 73
Para Rubber Co., 200 ft. hose
12 00
Parsnip seed
I 40
Bean seed
I 75
Seed potatoes
I 50
Exchange of cows
55 00
Fred J. Perry, 20 bushel seed potatoes 12 00
James Yourell, labor haying
17 00
Ed. Conroy, labor haying
12 00
Joseph Bates, labor haying
4 00
Fred Thiebault, labor haying
7 00
Andrew Thiebault, labor haying 2 00
Harry Bean, labor haying 25 00
Fred S. Purcell, labor haying
23 00
Thomas J. Lynch, labor haying 10 00
James Monahan, haying and gar- den work 5 00
`John L. Dagon, haying and gar- den work 30 00
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FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Philip Leslie, haying and gar- den work 33 75
Paid on Overseers of Poor Orders :
Electric Light & Power Co.,
light and lamps $170 87
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co. service and tolls 30 87
Wm. A. Eldredge, butter and lard 122 5I
Cloverdale Co., butter and lard 8 24
A. Rice, butter 34 61
Poole & Parsons, provisions 273 17
F. E. Peterson & Co., provisions 136 79
H. W. Cushing, provisions 39 65
James G .Lamb, provisions 52 87
Rockland Co-Op. Market, pro- visions 157 70
Union Co., provisions
168 42
Jonathan Walton, provisions
125 22
Frank S. Chute, provisions
51 34
George E. Burrell, provisions 99 02
Maurice Capelice, provisions 39 04
John A. Lamb, provisions 76 41
Percy Churchill, provisions 73 13
S. Ellis Poole, provisions 88 82
L. E. Lane, fish I 50
A. S. Peterson, tobacco, 1914-15 92 37
N. H. Ranney, clothing 77 98 -
Mass. State Prison, clothing
10 00
Reformatory for Women, clothing
4 50
E. P. Torrey Dry Goods Co. 6 80
J. A. Rice Co., cotton cloth, blankets, etc. 17 15
Charles W. Purcell, shoes 37 48
E. S. Damon, shoes 2 26
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Burrell & Delory, shoes 5 IO
Rockland Shoe Repair Co., re- pairing 85
John Mann, repairing IO 90
J. J. Estes est., medicine and sun- dries 52 36
F. A. Gibbs, medicine and sundries 20 95
F. S. Delay, medicine and sundries 37 65
J, E. Sullivan, medicine and sun- dries 2 50
C. L. Rice & Son, cane for chairs and congoleum 28 20.
Stuart, Howland Co., washing machine 70 75
Monument Milis, toilet paper
5 50
Miley Soap Co., soap 32 50
Mann & Co., electrical sundries
and labor 6 20
Visiting Nurse Association, care of inmates 6 00
E. J. Rourke, rent of land 40 00
J. A. Torrey, rent of land 32 00
James Conway Est., rent of land 20 00
Richardson Maufg .Co., manure spreader 114 00
J. H. Gregory, seed 33 18
F. E. Putnam, seed potatoes 58 40
Braugh & Sons Co., fertilizer
219 93
A. Culver Co., coal 268 97
Grain, feed etc.
1,989 53
Ice 20 21
Joseph Frame, wood 15 00
Gideon Studley, 3 cords hard wood 18 00
6,950 lbs. hay 54 20
Standing grass and storage 375 00
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FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Wm. M. Hurley, 1,730 lbs. alfalfa 21 62 Mrs. Gertrude Leighton, hay 53 00
E. P. Torrey, standing grass and rent of shed 49 00
Mrs. A. R. Blanchard, standing grass and grindstone 57 00
Thos. H. Reed, difference in cows 40 00
A. C. Hobart, difference in cows 30 00
Daniel Sullivan, difference in cows 45 00
Thomas H. Reed, one cow 67 00
Thomas J. Lynch, one cow 47 50
James H. Pryor, one cow 80 00
Gideon Studley, one cow 90 00
John H. Driscoll, one cow 100 00
Jarnes H. Potter, one cow 95 00
Irving B. Rand, one cow 85 00
E. T. Harlow, two cows 115 00
D. Hennigan, one cow 125 00
A. L. Calif, ten shoats 77 00
Enoch Carson, one boar 15 00
C. S. Sharp, three pigs 45 00
One hog 19 00
East Bridgewater Town Farm,
five pigs 22 00
William T. Condon, mangel
wortzel beets 9 18
E. P. Reed Lumber Co. 105 39
Boston House Wrecking Co., lumber 28 50
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight 2 65
Joseph Breck & Son, chopping machine 16 00
Hall & Torrey, hardware sundries 155 36
John W. Higgins, repairing 21 83
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Thomas Spellacy, blacksmith work 23 20 Geo. W. S. Hyde, blacksmith work 4 85 H. A. Damon, blacksmith work 40 61 J, Fred Aubens, blacksmith work 21 50
Thomas J. Lynch, labor 30 18
A. D. Barry, labor 10 00
Elmer J. Turner, labor haying 12 00
Andrew Merrill, team hire 5 50
William H. Friary, use of horse 8 00
D. R. Flint, repairing harness 6 25
Mary T. Whiting, double harnesses 28 00 Farm wagon 22 00
Rockland Independent, printing 9 25
N. A. Keene, mason work
7 00
A. H. Caswell, moving 2 50
A. M. Brainerd, milk bottles and sundries 36 26
Charles Winslow, veterinary
31 00
O. F. Bumpus, veterinary
15 00
Carver Cotton Gin Co., rolls
19 23
C. B. Blanchard, killing hogs
5 50
E. W. Monroe, killing hogs
5 50
Lot Phillips, sawdust
3 50
Water Dept., water rates II7 43
Howland's Ins. Co., insurance 48 39
$9,762 15
Credits :
Sale of milk
$2,933 85
Sale of 9 Cows
533 00
Sale of Calves
II 00
Sale of small pigs
16 00
Sale of pork
27 50
Sale of vegetables
378 27
Planting with machines
29 00
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Due for milk, Jan 1, 1916 170 45
Due for pork, Jan. 1, 1916
10 00
Due for vegetables
30 00
Due for hay
70 00
Received and due for board
1,828 71
Inventory of Provisions, Stock, etc., on hand Jan. 1, 1915 $2,127 33
VALUE OF PROVISIONS, ETC., ON HAND JAN.
I, 1916.
4 Pair Drawers
$1 00
Dressing gown
3 00
3 Night Shirts I 50
12 Pair Socks
2 40
2 Night Dresses
I 00
6 Outside Shirts
3 00
I Pillow
I 50
4 Bedspreads
4 00
Miscellaneous Clothing
15 00
Ladies' Cape
10 00
Ladies' Cape
3 00
34 Sheets
20 40
Sheeting
6 00
39 Pillow Slips
3 90
2 Shawls
30 00
I Shawl
8 00
I Shawl
I 50
5 Bed Vessels
2 50
I Bed Pan
I 50
I Kerosine Heater
4 00
One-half Box of Soap
2 00
3 Bags Charcoal
I8
3 Barrels Flour
20 10
3 Pounds Butter
64
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
51 lbs. Soda
4 00
Pastry Flour
2 00
I Bushel Beans
3 50
4 Packages Cornstarch
40
I Bag Salt
20
Canned Goods
88
Cocoa
25
Grapenut
45
Baking Powder
34
Dutch Cleaner
40
Macroni
I3
Raisins
25
Meal
75
Rolled Oats
I 00
Toilet Paper
I 35
Tobacco
4 00
Spices
I 30
Crash Towels
24
Churn
2 00
Evaporated Apples
25
Currants
25
Blueing
40
Uneeda Biscuit
25
Cream Tartar
I 00
Extracts
I 25
Electric Iron
3 00
Clay Pipes
40
Milk Bottles
73 75
I25 lbs. Pork
12 50
Mugs
90
Disinfectant
4 50
2 Dippers
50
24 lbs. Lard
2 88
Medicine, Etc.
30 00
50 Ton of Hay
1,150 00
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Grain
20 00
Turnips
5 40
Wood
15 00
35 Cords of Manure
210 00
II Cows
1,020 00
Fire Extinguishers
60 00
100 Bushels Potatoes
125 00
20 Bushels Potatoes
5 00
Cabbages
14 00
Beets
I 50
Carrots
I 40
Emco Spray
18 00
Horse Rake
25 00
Grey Horse
150 00
Milk Wagon
40 00
65 Hens
48 25
Turkish Towels
I 50
Roller Towels
I 50
Paint
8 75
Preserves
50 00
Fertilizer
70 00
2 Horse Wagon
25 00
Hay Cutter and Rolls
32 00
Double Harness
25 00
Manure Spreader
I14.00
Swill Wagon
25 00
Fodder 35 Tons
210 00
Pigs
508 50
Coal
130 00
$4,411 19
Excess value over
inventory
of
Jan. 1, 1915
2,283 86
Total credits
$8,320 66
Net cost of Town Farm for 1915 $1,441 51
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
OUTSIDE POOR
Expended under Chap. 763, Acts 1913 : $2,444 74
Credits :
Received and due' other city $189 34
Received and due from State 612 09
$80I 43
Net cost (763 cases )
$1,643 31
Appropriation
1,000 00
Excess of appropriation $643 31
Outside Poor :
Expended
$7,589 81
Town Physicians I50 00
$7,739 81
$7,739 81
Credits :
Due and received, other cit- ies and towns $1,521 93
Due and received, State 131 40
Received, Second District Court, non-support case 19 00
Refunded from individuals 26 79
Refunded, due from individ- ual 600 00
$2,299 12
Net cost Outside Poor $5,440 69
SUMMARY
Net Cost Almshouse
$1,441 50
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Net Cost, under Chap. 763,
Acts 1913 1,643 31
Net Cost, Outside Poor
5,440 69
$8,525 50
Total appropriations $8,000 00
Excess of appropriations $525 50
Number of Overseers of Poor's orders, 1490.
Total Amout of orders drawn by Overseers of Poor $19.946.
MILK AND VEGETABLES RAISED AND USED IN TOWN HOME
4,467 quarts milk at 7c $312 69
81 bushels potatoes at 90c
72 90
24I dozen eggs at 32C
77 12
545 lbs. cabbage at 23c
13 63
75 bunches beets at 8c
6 00
600 lbs. squash at 2C
12 00
8 bushels turnips at 700
5 60
18 bushels peas at $2
36 00
6 bushels spinach at 6oc
3 60
10 bushels Swiss chard at 50c
5 00
8 bushels onions a $1.20
9 60
75 dozen corn at 20C
15 00
8 bbls. apples at $2
16 00
IO bushels tomatoes at 75c
7 50
4 bushels beans at $I
4 00
Total $596 64
35 cords of manure used on land at $6 $210 00 36,976 quarts of milk produced
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
25,939 quarts of milk sold at IOC
per quart
6,570 quarts of milk sold at door at
7c per qt.
4,467 quarts used in house
Io tons of hay raised at $20 200 00
Millett raised
75 00
80 tons common fodder raised at $5 400 00
FURNTURE, FITTINGS, STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, ETC., OTHER THAN SHOWN IN CREDIT INVENTORY
28 Mattresses, 18 Old Iron Beds, 10 Modern Iron Beds, 56 Pillows, 56 Sheets, 28 Comforters, 28 Pairs Blankets, 20 Bed Vessels, 18 Stands, II Looking Glasses, 3 Com- modes, 3 Bureaus, 2 Commode Sets, 2 Extension Tables. 4 Common Tables, 2 Lounges, 70 Chairs, 6 Cabinet Chairs, 2 Wheel Chairs. 3 Closets, (Dishes and Cooking Utensils, ). I Richardson Heater, 37 Radiators, I Ash Sifter, 2 Saw Horse, 2 Wood Saws, 2 Carpenter Horses, 2 Step Ladders, I Carpenter Bench, 2 Water Sprinklers, I Pair Scales, 7 5-gal. paint Oil Cans, I Kerosene 5-gal. Can, 70 Electric Lights, 6 Set Tubs, 2 Lanterns, 2 Ranges, (large size), I Large Soapstone Sink, 3 Bath Rooms and Furnishings, 12 Fire Extinguishers, I Zinc Bread Closet, I Medicine Cab- inet, I Clock, I Large Ice Chest, 2 Large Laundry Baskets, 20 Foot Rope Hall Tracker, I Congoleum ( Kitchen Floor) I Duml, Waiter, I Copper Wash Boiler, set in brick, steam · attached, I Old Washing Machine, 3 Wringers, I Large Drying Room, equipped: 4 Large Milk Cans, I Milk Cooler, 5 Door Screens, 40 Window Screens, 4 Paint Brushes, 250 Feet Hard Pine Boards, 7 Sad Irons, I Grindstone, I Wheelbarrow, I Set Measures,
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Curtain and Fixtures to all Windows, I Horse, I Demo- crat Wagon, I Buggy, I Sleigh, 2 Set Heavy Harnesses, I Light Harness, I Carriage Jack, 4 Robes, I Storm Blan- ket, 2 Feed Chests, 12 Brooms, I Set Chains, I Stone Trough, 2 Mowing Machines, I Horse Hoe, 2 Cultivators, I Harrow, 5 Milk Pails, Curry Combs and Brushes, 3 Scythes, Stable and Farming Tools, II Cow Stanchions, 4 Pig Houses, 2 Wired Pig Yards, 3 Hen Houses and Wired Yards, 2 Sheds, Tramp House, 2 Axes, I Chopping Block.
JAMES A. CODY, MARK W. MURRILL, · A BARTHOLOMEW J. FITZGERALD,
Overseers of the Poor.
STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE AND EXPENDITURES, 1915
Object of Appropriation
.
Balance Available Expended Unexpended
Expended in Excess
State Aid
$4880 00 $4880 00
Military Aid
25 00
25 00
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
150 00
150 00
Observance of Memorial Day
150 00
150 00
Soldiers' Relief
2574 54
2257 93
316 61
Highway Repairs
10,232 96
12,926 36
2693 40
Concrete Work
1000 00
657 50
342 50
Removing Snow
700 00
664 37
35 63
Highway Surveyor
1000 00
1000 00
Guide Boards and Street Signs
75 00
71 99
3 0I
Compensation Insurance
500 00
500 00
Street Lighting
6035 00
6035 44
44
Care of Soldiers' Graves
75 00
37 00
38 00
Town Survey
1000 00
1000 00
Suppression of Gypsy and Browntail Moths
2592 14
2857 04
264 90
Tree Warden
300 00
32 3I
267 69
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
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STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE AND EXPENDITURES, 1915
Expended in
Opject of Appropriation
Balance Available Expended Unexpended
Excess
Civics Committee
100 00
99 88
I2
Fire Department
4462 50
4629 42
166 92
Universal Fire Alarm Box
175 00
175 00
New Hose
800 00
1300 00
500 00
Fire Whistle
365 00
365 00
Horses for Fires
600 00
599 99
OI
Forest Fires
4.00 00
537 20
137 20
Board of Health
1503 46
1710 71
207 25
School Physicians
300 00
300 00
Police Department
2209 00
215I 64
57 36
Criminal Cases in Court
481 56
270 40
211 16
Night Watch
830. 00
830 00
Soldiers' Memorial Library
2438 78
2438 78
Town Officers
3200 00
3180 52
19 48
Rent of Town Offices
700 00
700 00
Tax Collector
1000 00
. 1000 00
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FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE AND EXPENDITURES, 1915
Expended in
Balance
Ojbect of Appropriation
Available Expended Unexpended
Excess
Sealer of Weights and Measures
256 61
216 77
39 84
Inspection of Animals and Stables
300 00
300 00
Damage Cases
275 00
493 00
218 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
4018 92
3875 10
143 82
Glen Street
400 00
382 05
17 95
Folding Voting Booths
180 00
I53 55
26 45
Repairs on High School Building
2500 00
2463 52
36 48
Remodelling Lockup
850 00
1084 56
234 56
New Heater at Engine House
400 00
427 00
27 00
Town Notes and Interest
16,850 78
16,672 68
178 10
Macadamı Roads
17,000 00
Expended, North Union Street
6986 34
Expended, East Water Street
2011 72
Expended, West Water Street
2015 20
Expended, Webster Street
2493 96
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
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STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE AND EXPENDITURES, 1915
Opject of Appropriation
Balance Available Expended Unexpended
Expended in Excess
Expended, Bigelow Avenue
737 28
2755 50
Support of Poor, under Chap. 763, Acts 1913
1801 43
2444 74
643 3I
Support of Poor
17,619 77 17,501 96
II7 81
Support of Schools
41,844 66 41,843 99
67
Hingham and Pond Streets, Rebuilding
2500 00
2857 41
357 4I
Howard, Stanton and Everett Streets, Drains
1144 42
II44 42
Franklin Avenue, Drains
377 59
377 59
Suit of Edwin F. Knight
153 46
I53 46
$157,652 II $159,144 78 $5633 19 $7125 86
Expended in excess of Amounts Available
$1,492 67
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Estimates for Appropriations for 1916
School Department
$43,170 00
Highway Repairs
4,000 00
Highway Roadbinder
3,000 00
Concrete and Granolithic Work
1,000 00
Removing Snow
700 00
Observance of Memorial Day
200 00
Military Aid
25 00
Soldiers' Relief
2.500 00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
50 00
Street Lighting®
6,250 00
Highway Surveyor
1,000 00
Guide Boards and Street Signs
100 00
Fire Department
5,000 00
New Hose
650 00
Horses for Fire Department
600 00
Fire Whistle
365 00
Forest Fires ·
400 00
Police Service
2,500 00
!
Night Watch
830 00
Criminal Cases in Court
200 00
Gypsy Moth Work
2,200 00
Tree Warden
300 00
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Memorial Library, (dog dividend)
and 1,750 00
Board of Health
1,500 00
Inspecting of Animals and Stables
300 00
Office Rent
700 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200 00
Town Officers
3.400 00
Collectors' Fees
1,000 00
Miscellaneous Expenditures
3,300 00
Town Notes and Interest
14,500 00
Premium, Compensation Insurance
600 00
Support of Poor
6,500 00
Support of Poor, Chap. 763, Acts
1913
1,800 00
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Treasurer's Report
REVENUE RECEIPTS
TAXES
Collections, present year
$59,994 28
Collections, previous years
65,045 59
Public Service, corporation tax 406 60
Business, corporation tax 11,649 67
Balance, 1914, corporation tax
3I 47
Street Railway Tax
1,993 79
National Bank tax
206 33
$139 327 73
PRIVILEGES
Bay State Street Railway, excise tax $1,935 25
AGENCY TEMPORARY ACCOUNTS
State tax
$12,090' CO 6,950 51
County tax
$19,040 5I
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
On account of 1912 levy $32 00
On account of 1913 levy 6,253 63
On account of 1914 levy 1,024 31
$7,309 94
146
FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
LICENCES AND PERMITS
Junk licenses, 4 at $15.00
$60 00
Pool and Bowling licenses
36 00
Circus license
20 00
Amusement license, Benoit
20 00
Opera House license
5 00
Moving Picture license, Thompson
5 00
Auctioneers' license
2 00
Milk licenses
15 50
Undertakers' license
3 00
Rendering licenses
I 00
Slaughtering licenses
2 75
Farrar & Farrar, blasting license
2 00
$172 25
GRANTS AND GIFTS
County Treasurer dividend, dog fund $564 84
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
State Highway Commission, North
Union Street macadam $2,000 00
Rockland Water Dept., repairing trenches
18 50
Norwell, use of steam roller
42 75
Use of steam roller 4I IO
Old Colony Gas, repairing trenches
30 50
Independent Coal Tar Co., barrels returned 27 53
Bay State St. Railway Co., stone 24 38
Mrs. Agnes Thompson, filling trench
10 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rebate on freight 15 5I
Individuals for crushed stone 25 68
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$2,235 95
147
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
CONCRETE WORK
E. P. Torrey, concreting Payson Ave. $51 91
BOARD OF HEALTH
Carboys returned $3 46
GYPSY MOTH
Moth Commission dividend $27 14
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
State Aid 1914
$4,854 00
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
burial of indigent soldiers
250 00
Refund by individual
48 29
$5,152 29
EDUCATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tui-
tion of State Wards, 1914 $90 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, One-half tuition Industrial school 1914 15 75
City of Boston, tuition of City wards
80 00
Tuition in High School 798 00
School Committee, sales and damages
125 72
C. B. Collins, school outbuilding
31 00
School Committee, legal advice
II OO
E. P. Reed Lumber Co., refund
3 75
Union Co., discount on bill 44
Rockland Women's Club, gift for
Manual training 50 00
148
FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Rockland Woman's Club, gift 100 00
Rent of Church St. building 150 00
$1,455 66
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL LIBRARY Fines collected by Librarian $123 94
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Town of Hanover, refund fire call $61 00
George Benoit, stove 5 00
H. W. Babcock, old hose I 50
$67 50
POLICE DEPARTMENT
James Shields, watching building the night of July 4 $9 00
CRIMINAL CASES
Second District Court, fines $248 3I
Lockup fees from D. J. Burke 18 50
Lockup fees from J. Fucillo 4 50
Lockup fees from Archie Minnis 7 00
D. J. Burke, refund 3 25
$281 56
INSPECTION
J. S. Gray, sealer, adjustment and sealing fees $63 95
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Town Notes issued in anticipation of
revenue $100,000 00
149
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Rockland Trust Co., premium on
Town Note 2 00
Macadam Bonds, No. I to 15, $1,000
each
$15,000 00
Macadam Bonds, No. I to 15, premium 18 75
$115,020 75
INTEREST
C. J. Higgins, on deferred payment of Taxes $2,489 54
Rockland Trust Co., interest on de-
posits
351 24
Macadam Bonds, accrued int. June I
to 7, 1915
10 00
$2,850 78
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
School Dept., watching school house,
1914
$69 50
Counsel (Coughlan Bros.) II 00
Town Officers, telephone service and
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