Town annual reports of Medfield 1910-1919, Part 40

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1042


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Second-Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing vear? The vote to be "Yes" or "No." All the above to be voted for on one


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ballot. The polls to be opened at 6:15 o'clock in the forenoon and may close at two o'clock in the afternoon.


Article 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.


Article 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers for the past year.


Article 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.


Article 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.


Article 7. £ To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.


Article 8. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.


Article 9. To see what compensation the town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the en- suing year.


Article 10. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Article 11. To see if the town will accept the fol- lowing named sums as perpetual trust funds for the carc of lots in Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or so much as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz .: For care of Clinton M. Clark lot $150.00


For care of John Schools lot 50.00


For care of Susan E. Ware lot 50.00


For care of Joseph A. Allen lot 100.00


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Article 12. To see if the town will accept as a pub- lic townway the private way now known as and commonly called "Vinald Road," or do or act anything relating thereto. (Petition).


Article 13. To see if the town will grant and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars toward the support of a Visiting Nurse as authorized by the Acts of 1911, Chap. 72, Section 1, or do or act anything relating thereto. (By request.)


Article 14. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to make arrangements with the Edison Electric Light Company with a view to reducing the hours of lighting the street lights , or do or act anything relating thereto.


Article 15. To see what action the town will take in regard to the continuation of the survey of the town, grant and appropriate money therefor, if necessary, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Article 16. To hear and act on the reports of any committees appointed at previous meetings.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for post- ing warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid,


Given under our hands this 1st day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred and eighteen.


RICHARD M. SMALLEY,


FRED A. SMITH, EDWIN S. MITCHELL, Selectmen of Medfield.


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268th ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918


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CONTENTS


Town Officers 2


List of Jurors


Insurance of Town Property 16


Town Trust Funds 6


Report of Inspector of Animals


7


Report of Inspector of Provisions


8


Statement Medfield Water Co.


8 9


Appropriations


Treasurer's Report


10


Cemetery Trust Funds


12


Tax Collector's Report


14


Delinquent Tax List


14


Report of Town Accountant


15


Town Clerk -- Vital Statistics


27


Annual Meeting


32


Adjourned Meeting


33


November Election


37


Report of Superintendent of Streets.


43


Report of Cemetery Commissioners.


46


Report of Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden.


47


Record of Fires


49


Financial Report of Fire Department.


49


Library Report


51


Report of School Committee


57


Report of Supervisor of Music


59


Report of Drawing Teacher


59


Report of Superintendent of Schools 63


High School Graduating Exercises 66


Grammar School Graduates 69


Teachers' Directory 70


Financial Report of School Committee 71


Town Warrant 75


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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1918.


Moderator. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN.


Town Clerk .. STILLMAN J. SPEAR .. Treasurer .. JOHN H. TUTTLE.


FRED A. SMITH


Selectmen. EDWIN S. MITCHELL


DANIELS HAMANT.


Assessors.


ROBERT W. BAKER


Term expires 1919


EDMUND BULLARD


1920


ALBERT C. SHUMWAY


"


1921


School Committee.


SUSAN M. CLARK


Term expires 1919


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY


1920


TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY


Trustees of Public Library ..


NELLIE T. KEYOU


Term expires 1919


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1919


FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.


. 1920


LEWIS K. CONANT


1920


STILLMAN J. SPEAR


1921


ELLERY C. CROCKER


1921


Board of Health.


FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.


Term expires 1919


1920


HENRY E. YOUNG


SIDNEY W. STEVENS


1921


Cemetery Commissioners.


DANIELS HAMANT


Term expires 1919


ALBION C. GILBERT


192€


JOSEPH A. ROBERTS


1921


1921


WALDO A. FITTS


3


Park Commissioners.


R. W. WILLIAMS DAVENPORT BROWN


Term expires 1919


1920


HENRY E. YOUNG, JR.


1921


Tree Warden. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN. Pound Keeper. GEORGE S. CHENEY.


Fence Viewers and Field Drivers.


FRANK J. LAVERTY WILLIAM E. MCLAUGHLIN PAUL TIBBETTS.


Constables.


CORNELIUS P. McKEOUN GEORGE B. SIMS WILLARD W. ROBBINS.


APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.


Engineers of Fire Department.


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY NELSON G. TIBBETTS H. EUSTIS BENT. Registrars of Voters.


J


WALTER E. MORRIS


Term expires 1919


1920


ALEXANDER COLE ALEXANDER ALLAN


1921


Superintendent of Streets. BERTRAM H. SMITH.


Inspector of Animals. GEORGE S. CHENEY.


Inspector of Provisions. JOSEPH W. CURTIS.


Burial Agent. ELLERY C. CROCKER.


Police Officers.


CORNELIUS P. McKEOUN JOHN A. WARDELL


Sealer of Weights and Measures. ALDEN H. WHEELER. Measurers of Wood and Bark. ALDEN H. WHEELER GEORGE B. THRASHER


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FRANK R. SCHOOLS


Public Weighers. M. HOWARD BLOOD ELSIE L. WILLS H. EUSTIS BENT ROBERT F. SCHOOLS Superintendent of Moth Work. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN.


Forest Warden. NELSON G. TIBBETTS.


Special Police.


JOHN CAMPBELL HENRY E. YOUNG


P. J. DEVINE


CHARLES W. BROWNING


WILLIAM E. MCLAUGHLIN


ELMER E. GILES


MORRIS SCANNELL B. FRANK RHOADES


Town Accountant.


L. W. WHEELER Term expires 1920


LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.


Edward Abell Robert W. Baker T. Fred Barney William E. Bell Edward M. Bent Melvin R. Blood Alanson H. Clark Lewis A. Cutler


Merchant


North Street Town Collector North Street Retired Straw Worker South Street Straw Worker


Postmaster


Electric Operator


Pound Street South Street


Wm. H. Everett


Straw Worker


Farmer


Carpenter


Retired


North Street Main Street Asylum Road North Street Main Street Pleasant Street Farm Street


Painter Farmer


Town Clerk


North Street North Street


Retired Farmer


South Street


Treasurer


Builder


Main Street


Philip R. Johnson Richard E. Johnson James Ord Edward Sheehan Albert C. Shumway Stillman J. Spear Geo. Washburn Laprelette W. Wheeler John N. Wills


Farmer


Oak Street North Street


Farmer


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FIRE INSURANCE ON TOWN PROPERTY. Expiring 1921.


On Town House $31,500.00


On Library 22,500.00


On Ralph Wheelock School 18,000.00


On Lowell Mason School


2,250.00


On Town Clock 100.00


On Contents of above Buildings


.


$74,350.00


18,450.00


$92,800.00


The policies cover "blanket" on all Town Buildings and their contents.


BOILER INSURANCE. Expiring 1919.


On Town Hall Building


$5,000.00


Expiring 1920.


On Ralph Wheelock School $10,000.00


TOWN TRUST FUNDS.


SCHOOL. Held by Treasurer.


Liberty Bonds


$1,550.00


Liberty Bond, (Class of 1917)


50.00


Cit of Portland, Oregon


1,000.00


City of Oshkosh, Wis.


1,000.00


$3,600.00


LIBRARY. Invested Through International Trust Co.


Charles Billings Fund $5,000.00


George Cummings Fund


1,000.00


George M. Smith Fund


500.00


John M. Richardson Fund


500.00


Willard Harwood Fund


1,000.00


$8,000.00


CEMETERY FUNDS.


Deposited in Savings Banks $7,389.83


$18,989.83 The Town Trust Funds are held as above stated. L. W. WHEELER, Accountant.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I hereby submit to you the work as Inspector of Animals for the past year. In January I received orders from the Commissioner of Animal Industry to make my annual inspec- tion of all neat cattle, sheep, swine and goats and the premises where animals are kept. On this inspection I visited 64 stables in which were kept 416 cattle, 298 swine, 1 sheep and 2 goats.


On this inspection I found no diseased cattle and most stables in very good condition, five or six stables are not kept quite satisfactorily but on account of the war and the state being short of help we did not make a second visit to try and make owners clean up. I have not had to quarantine any cattle the past year.


GEO. S. CHENEY, Inspector of Animals.


Medfield, Mass., Dec. 31, 1918.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.


Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :-


I have inspected during the past year, 267 Hogs and 39 Cattle-and have condemned 4 cattle. I have made frequent inspections of the Provisions in the markets and stores of this Town and have found things in good condition.


Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. CURTIS, Inspector of Provisions.


January 2, 1919.


STATEMENT MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY, FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1918.


Assets.


Supply Property


$ 5,000.00


Pumping Plant


3,856.24


Distributing System


12,553.81


Cash and Accounts Receivable


1,547.75


Profit and loss


1,042.20


$24,000.00


Liabilities.


Capital Stock


$24,000.00


$24,000.00


EDWIN S. MITCHELL, Treasurer.


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APPROPRIATIONS.


Recommended


1918


for 1919


Executive Department


$


650.00


$ 650.00


Treasurer


300.00


350.00


Collector


500.00


500.00


Assessors


400.00


400.00


Town Clerk


200.00


200.00


Election and Registration


200.00


200.00


Town House


1,000.00


1,000.00


Police Department


2,300.00


1,800.00


Sealer's Department


50.00


50.00


Moth Department


850.00


900.00


Tree Warden


300.00


500.00


Health Department


300.00


300.00


Sewer Department


200.00


200.00


Street Cleaning Department


400.00


Highway and Tarvia


6,500.00


7,000.00


Removing Snow


500.00


500.00


Sidewalks and Tarvia


500.00


800.00


Bridges


100.00


200.00


Street Lights


2,500.00


3,000.00


Charities


2,000.00


2,500.00


Soldiers' Relief


200.00


200.00


Education


9,513.71


12,000.00


Library, Int. on Fund. Dog Tax with


300.00


950.00


Memorial Day


100.00


100.00


Liability and Boiler Ins.


300.00


400.00


Interest


600.00


600.00


Notes


1,500.00


1,500.00


Cemetery


400.00


800.00


and sale


of lots


Contingent-Unclassified Fund


650.00


650.00


Reserve Fund


500.00


600.00


)


FRED A. SMITH, EDWIN S. MITCHELL, DANIELS HAMANT, Selectmen of Medfield.


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JOHN H. TUTTLE, Treasurer, in account with the


Dr.


To balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1918


$5,992.15


R. W. Baker, on taxes, 1917


$2,948.37


R. W. Baker, on taxes, 1918


32,374.30


$35,322.67


State Treasurer, corporation tax, public service Corporation tax, business


$ 488.72


Income tax


8,415.57


National Bank tax


410.81


Street Railway tax


21.30


Tuition of Children


40.50


On Account of High School


500.00


State Aid


334.00


For loss of taxes on State land


635.50


Soldiers' Exemption


22.57


On account of Supt. of Schools


312.50


Inspection of Animals


50.00


County Treasurer, Land Damage, 1917


$ 10.00


Special Highway


797.73


Dog Licenses


175.70


Court fees in criminal cases


50.00


$1,033.43


Town of Foxboro, on account of poor


$ 297.31


Borrowed in anticipation of Taxes


Trust Funds for care of lots in Cemetery


400.00


Geo. L. L. Allen, on Moth Account


$ 246.40


Geo. L. L. Allen, on Tree Warden Account


35.29


B. H. Smith, on account of Highways


85.00


Rent of Town Hall


$ 35.50


Rent of Post Office


325.00


Junk, Pool, Billiard and Victuallers' Licenses


73.50


Interest on School Fund


$ 153.75


Interest on Library Fund


411.00


Interest on Cemetery Fund


291.74


Interest on deposit in Beacon Trust Co.


131.05


Care of lots in Cemetery


$ 181.00


Sale of old material from Library


6.70


Fines from Library


15.00


Sale of material from Parks


5.00


Sale of material from Town House


5.00


Town of Dover, on account of fires


20.00


N. Y .. N. H. & H. R. R. Co .. on account of fires


52.90


Various sources for Soldiers' Relief


56.00


Unexpended balance of Memorial Day appro- priation


22.75


Fees for Sealing Weights and Measures


28.90


Correction of error in Cemetery Trust Fund, 1915-1916


459.00


Pawtucket Mutual Ins. Co., rebate on insurance 7.20


Health Dept., on account of influenza cases ...


330.50


$ 1,169.95


$79,200.49


$ 297.31


$20,000.00


Gwendolyn Morse Gift to Schools


9.85


$ 366.69


$ 434.00


$ 987.54


1,955.43


$13,186.90


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Town of Medfield for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918.


Cr.


Paid for Executive Dept.


$ 759.82


Treasurer's Dept.


321.96


Collector's Dept.


500.69


Assessors' Dept.


399.34


Town Clerk Department


171.27


Election and Registration


159.60


Town House


1,735.96


Police Dpartment


$1,721.12


Fire Department


1,809.32


Sealer's Department


55.91


Tree Warden's Department


274.65


Moth Department


1,266.24


$5,127.24


Health and Sanitation Dept.


$ 894.95


District Nurse


300.00


Sewer Department


209.11


Street Cleaning Department


244.48


Highway Department


$6,547.72


Highway Department, Special


950.13


Highway


Department, Snow


261.15


Highway Department, Sidewalks


527.50


Highway Department, Street Lights


2,635.40


Highway Department, Bridges


106.27


Charities


$2,898.99


Soldiers' Benefits, Aid and Relief


907.00


$3,805.99


Education


$11,605.06


Library


1,593.27


$13,198.33


Memorial Day Appropriation


$ 100.00


$ 100.00


Unclassified and Contingent Expenses


$ 610.31


Fire Insurance


2,645.06


Liability Insurance


233.35


Notes


21,500.00


Interest on Notes


808.67


$25,797.39


Cemetery, including care of private and trust lots


$ 845.19


State Tax


5,280.00


County and Walpole Tax


2,136.18


$ 8,261.37


Cemetery Funds invested


$ 400.00


$ 400.00


Town Farm Fund in Treasury


$5,285.20


Balance in Treasury


499.62


5,784.82


$79,200.49


Correct :


JOHN H. TUTTLE, Treasurer. L. W. WHEELER, Accountant.


$73,415.67


........


$4,048.64


$1,648.54


$11,028.17


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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


Name of Fund and where invested


Original Fund


Interest for 1918


Balance from 1917


Expended on Lot


Amount to Credit of Fund


In Dedham Saving Bank


Geo. H. Shumway.


$200.00


$8.00


$200.00


$8.00


$200.00


Martha M. Mason.


100.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


Jeremiah B. Hale .


100.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


Walter Janes


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


James Griffin


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Grant Newell


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Langley Lot


2.00


8.00


2.0000


8.00


200.00


Geo. F. Miller .


50.00


2.00


52.00


2.00


52.00


Mary Derby


10.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


Mary F. Ellis


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Moses Ellis .


200.00


8.00


208.00


6.00


210.00


Joseph Breck


100.00


4.00


102.00


4.00


102.00


Wm. S. Tilden .


200.00


8.00


200.00


8.00


200.00


Sabin Smith


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Caleb Ellis .


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Geo. M. Smith.


100.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


In Home Savings Bank


Nancy H. Curtis


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Mary M. Phelps


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Eliza E. Williams .


475.00


19.00


475.00


19.00


475.00


Geo. C. Davis .


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Daniel D. Curtis


500.00


20.00


534.00


20.00


534.00


Joseph Clark


100.00


4.00


119.00


4.00


119.00


Ellenwood Lot.


300.00


12.00


303.00


12.00


303.00


In North End Sa ings Bank


Francis S. Wright.


100.00


4.00


103.00


5.00


102.00


Henry J. Dunn.


100.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


Soldiers Lot


200.00


8.00


200.00


8.00


200.00


John Sullivan . .


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Francis E. Mason .


200.00


8.00


221.00


10.00


219.00


Moses Bullard .


200.00


8.00


211.00


8.00


211.00


Frank E. Donlon


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Samuel Ellis


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Orrin Wight


200.00


8.00


214.00


8.00


214.00


Moses F. Clark


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Noah Allen .


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


William Crane .


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


James T. Allen .


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Geo. H. Wight.


100.00


4.00


101.00


4.00


101.00


William Salisbury .


100.00


4.00


102.00


4.00


102.00


John Balch .


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


John B. Coombs


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Jas. W. P. Dwyer .


50.00


20.0


50.00


2.00


50.00


Chas. J. Sawyer


200.00


8.00


204.00


8.00


204.00


Daniel S. Wheeler .


100.00


4.00


102.00


4.00


102.00


Edmund Bullard .


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


John M. Richardson


500.00


20.00


503.64


20.00


503.64


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Name of Fund and where invested


Original Fund


Interest for 1918


Balance from 1917


Expended on Lot


Amount to Credit of Fund


Alice O. Sewell .


200.00


8.00


200.00


8.00


200.00


Edmund L. Cheney


100.00


4.00


100.00


4.00


100.00


Baxter Lot.


300.00


12.00


300.00


12.00


30000


John Schools ·


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Susan B. Ware.


50.00


2.00


50.00


2.00


50.00


Ellen B. Washburn


100.00


2.24


2.24


100.00


C. M. Clark


150.00


3.50


3.50


100.00


$7.175.00


$282.74


$7.059.64


$283.74


$7.320.64


On Deposit in Dedham Savings Bank :


$1,879.91


On Deposit in Home Savings Bank.


1,659.92.


On Deposit in North End Savings Bank


3,850.00


$7,389.83


JOHN H. TUTTLE, Treasurer. .


Correct.


L. W. WHEELER, Accountant.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 1


R. W. BAKER IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD. Uncollected Tax Statement for 1917 Levy.


Dr.


Cr.


Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1918 .. $1,107.75


Cash paid Treausrer.


$2,948.27


Unpaid taxes 1917


1,860.90


Abatements


98.76


Interest Collected ... 78.38


$3,047.03


$3,047.03 ROBERT W. BAKER, Collector.


Correct:


July 9th, 1918.


L. W. WHEELER, Accountant.


R. W. BAKER IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD. 1918.


Dr.


Cr.


Commitment


$34,260.06


Cash paid Treasurer. $32,374.30


Moth Tax


174.85


Abatements


305.13


Excise Tax


333.63


Unpaid Taxes


1,607.08


Interest Collected


48.22


Cash in Hands of Collector


532.25


Additional Poll


2.00


$34,818.76


$34,818.76 ROBERT W. BAKER, Collector.


Correct:


L. W. WHEELER, Accountant. DELINQUENT TAX LIST 1918.


Bent, Adelaide F.


$41.08


Swanton, Susan B.


30.73


Clark, A. H., Bal.


37.56


Tibbetts, Susie A.


68.98


Clifford, Ellen, Bal.


209.35


Belmont, Dominic


2.00


Hamant, Daniels, et al


300.44


Dugdale, Walter


2.00


Hollingsworth, J. W.


5.33


Keigwin, Harold 2.00


Hodgdon, Lucy M., Bal.


48.90


McRea, Vernon 2.00


Kingsbury, W. Edgar, Bal.


160.40


Marcionette, J. L. 2.00


Mitchell Blanche E., prop-


Nowell, Bert


2.00


erty subsequently owned by Marion B. Frost.


Palumbo, Guilie


2.00


383.98


Peavy, F. G.


2.00


Murray, Aurie


46.42


Rowding, Burton


2.00


Murray, G. H.


14.51


Sabroni, Lewis


2.00


Richter, Otto


142.33


Ware, Clarence


2.00


Snow, Lydia A.


41.54


Wiggin, K. L.


2.00


Spear, Robert, et al


39.14


Wilbur, W. E.


2.00


$1,596.69


NON-RESIDENTS.


Bradbury, J.


$3.10


Thrasher, G. B.


.... 2.64


Pearlstein, M.


1.55


Williams B. 3.10


$10.39


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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT January 1, 1918, to Dec. 31, 1918. Executive Department.


Appropriation


Taken from Reserve Fund


$650.00 109.82


Paid George L. L. Allen, Moderator $25.00 F. A. Smith, Selectman and .... Overseer of Poor 150.00


E. S. Mitchell, Selectman


100.00


Daniels Hamant, Selectman . .


100.00


L. W. Wheeler, Accountant. 1917 150.00


L. W. Wheeler, Accountant. 1918 .


200.00


Wright & Potter, Printing


17.50 ****


S. J. Spear, Printing


3.25


Sundry Bills


14.07


Treasurer's Department


Appropriation


$300.00


Taken from Reserve Fund . 21.96


Paid J. H. Tuttle, salary & bond .. $240.00


J. H. Tuttle, travel, postage and stationery 75.21


6.75


$321.96


Collector's Department.


Appropriation


Paid R. W. Baker, collecting taxes taxes for 1917 and 1918 $484.56


$500.00


Printing and supplies 14.88


$499.44


Unexpended balance


$


.56


Assessors' Department.


Appropriation


$400.00


Paid R. W. Baker, services as


assessor


$100.00


$759.82


:


$759.82


$321.96.


Printing


16


A. C. Shumway, services as as- sessor 100.00


Edmund Bullard, services as assessor


100.00


Auto and team hire


19.00


Court abstracts


16.38


Supplies


14.68


Printing


25.58


Repairs to Assessors' Room


23.70


$399.34


Unexpended balance $ .66


Town Clerk's Department.


Appropriation


$200.00


Paid S. J. Spear, salary


$150.00


Postage, express and sta-


tionery®


21.27


$171.27


Unexpended balance $ 28.73


Election and Registration.


Appropriation


$200.00


Paid Ballot Clerks


$ 64.00


Registrars


40.00


Dinners for Officers


19.25


Printing


36.35


$159.60


Unexpended balance


$ 40.40


Town House.


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Sale of material


5.00


Rent of Post Office


325.00


Rent of Town Hall


35.50


Taken from Reserve Fund


189.94


$1,555.44


Paid Janitors


$546.55


Janitor's supplies


67.28


Fuel


431.26


Electric Lights


173.00


Repairs and Supplies


467.87


$1,365.50


17


Medfield Water Co. ... . 50.00


$1,735.96


Appropriation exceeded


$180.52


Protection of Persons and Property. Police Department.


Appropriation $2,300.00


Received for Court fines 50.00


$2,350.00


Paid Police Officers $1,571.70


Special Police 15.00


Auto hire 11.50


Legal services


40.00


Supplies


82.92


$1,721.12


Unexpended balance


$628.88


Fire Department.


Appropriation $1,800.00


Town of Dover


20.00


Received from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., account of forest fires


52.90


$1,872.90


Paid as per engineers' report


$1,809.32


Unexpended balance $ 63.58


Sealer's Department


Appropriation


$50.00


Received for Fees


28.90


$78.90


Paid A. H. Wheeler, for services


$41.50


Team hire


8.50


Diamond Stamp Works


1.20


Hobbs & Warren, supplies . .


4.71


$55.91


Unexpended balance


$22.99


Moth Department.


Appropriation


$850.00


Received from Superintendent


246.40


18


Assessed on property owners 174.85


$1,271.25 $1,266.24


Unexpended balance


$5.01


Tree Warden


Appropriation


$300.00


Received from Tree Warden 35.29


$335.29


Paid as per Tree Warden's Account


274.65


Unexpended balance


$60.64


Health and Sanitation.


Appropriation


$300.00


Received from State


50.00


Received from bills rendered a/c of medical attendance in influenza cases


330.50


$680.50


Paid Joseph W. Curtis, Inspector of provisions


$100.00


George S. Cheney, Inspector of cattle


100.00


S. J. Spear, recording and return-


ing vital statistics


89.25


Printing


9.50


Joseph A. Roberts, returning


deaths


52.00


C. F. Read, express


.85


Auto hire


446.00


Supplies and medicines .. 97.35


$894.95


Appropriation exceeded $214.45


Various bills still due Town in influenza cases


$175.00


District Nurse.


Appropriation


$300.00


Paid District Nurse Association ..


$300.00


Paid as per Supt. report


19


Sewer Department.


Appropriation


$200.00


Taken from Reserve Fund 9.11


Paid for repairs


$30.59


For labor


101.77


Teams


21.59


F. A. Weiker, plowing filter beds 21.00


B. H. Smith, Supt.


34.16


$209.11


Street Cleaning Department.


Taken from General Highway


$244.48


Paid for labor


$99.16


Teams


104.32


B. H. Smith, Supt.


41.00


General Highway.


Appropriations :


General highways and tarvia. . .. $6,500.00


Received Excise Tax


333.63


Received Street R. R. Tax


21.30


From Fire Department, for labor


14.00


From Water Co., for labor


66.50


Sale of material


4.50


Land Damage from County


10.00


Paid as per Supt. report


$6,949.93 $6,944.60


Unexpended balance


$5.35


Special Work. South Street.


Expended as per Supt. report


$645.33


Received from County Treasurer


$645.33


Hartford Street.


Expended as per Supt. report


$304.80


Received from County Treasurer .


$152.40


Balance taken from General Highway


152.40


$304.80


Sidewalks.


Appropriation


$500.00


Taken from Reserve Fund


27.50


$527.50 $527.50


Paid as per Supt. Report


$209.11


$244.48


20


Bridges.


Appropriation


$100.00


Taken from Reserve Fund


6.27


$106.27


Paid as per Supt. Report


$106.27


Snow.


Appropriation


$300.00


Taken from unexpended balance 1917


200.00


Paid as per Supt. report


$261.15


Unexpended balance


$238.85


Street Lights.


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Taken from Reserve Fund


135.40


$2,635.40


Paid Edison Electric Light


$2,635.40


Charities.


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Received from Town of Foxboro


297.31


Paid for support of poor


$2,898.99


Appropriation exceeded


$601.68


Soldiers' Benefits.


Appropriation


$200.00


Received from State for aid


334.00


Received from State for Exemptions


22.57


Received from various sources


36.00


$592.57


Paid for State Aid


$332.00


Paid for Soldiers' Relief


420.00


Paid for Soldiers' Relief


(German


War)


155.00


$907.00


Appropriation exceeded . $314.43


Due from State for year 1918


$407.00


$500.00


$2,297.31


21


Education.


Appropriation


Unexpended balance from 1917


$9,000.00 513.71


Received from State Treasurer for High School . 500.00


Received from State Treasurer for Superintendent 312.50


Received from State Treasurer for Tuition 40.50


Received interest on Town School Fund


90.00


Received interest on Liberty Bonds Received from Miss Gwendolyn Morse (Gift) 9.85


$10,530.31


Paid as per School Committee's re- port


$11,605.06


Appropriation exceeded


$1,074.75


Library.


Appropriation


$300.00


Balance unexpended 1917


711.21


Interest on Library Fund


411.00


Received from County Dog Tax


175.70


Sale of old material


4.70


Paid as per Trustees' report


$1,602.61 $1,593.27


Balance to credit of Library . .. $9.34


Parks and Playgrounds.


Appropriation


Sale of material


$5.00


$5.00


Payments


. . . .


Unexpended balance


$5.00


Memorial Day.


Appropriation


$100.00


Expended


77.25


Balance unexpended


$22.75


Employers' Liability.


Appropriation


$300.00


63.75


22


Paid Fidelity & Guaranty Co. in full to Jan. 1, 1919


233.35


Unexpended balance $66.65


Interest.




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