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362 90
$2,095 22
State Aid, 1910
$4 00
State Aid, 1911
1,900 00
Soldiers' Releif
138 25
$2,042 25
Schools High school fund
$10,105 54
348 30
$10,453 84
36
Town Officers, 1910
To wn Officers, 1911
$5 50 1772 42
Police Officers
Gypsy Moth
Incidentals
$1,083 80
Abatements, 1910
$62 25
Abatements, 1911
79 62
Discounts on Taxes
229 75
$371 62
State tax
$1,650 00
County tax
1,453 58
Forfeiture to State
7 00
Sundry Accounts
Town hall
$47 50
Town landing
10 00
Board of health
249 00
Pump
5 45
Cemetery
34 00
Tree warden
45 00
North River
500 00
Spraying
413 76
School physician
5 00
James library
100 00
Post 112, G. A. R.
150 00
Electric lights
187 74
Fire account
571 27
Gaffield park
101 60
Squares andjtriangles
74 13
$1,777 92 $73 41 $1,812 05
$3,110 58
$2,497
37
NOTES AND INTEREST PAID
South Scituate Savings Bank, balance of time loan $500 00
Interest 4 38
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipa-
tion 1910, No. 2
2,500 00
Interest
86 67
South Scituate Savings Bank, antici-
pation 1910, No. 3
2,500 00
Interest
143 04
South Scituate Savings Bank, antici- 1,500 00
pation 1910, No. 4
Interest
36 45
South Scituate Savings Bank, anticipa-
tion 1911, No. 1
5,000 00
Interest
144 45
South Scituate Savings Bank, interest on anticipation of 1911, No. 2 100 00
Rockland Trust Company, anticipation 1911, No. 3 $1,000 00
Interest
12 11
Interest on "A. T. Otis" poor fund note 52 00
Interest on "Coffin" fund note 80 00
$13,659 10
Cash on hand to balance
General funds $476 14
High school fund
190 54
$666 68
$44,601 00
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Treasurer.
a
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-DR.
John S. Gardner, superintendent
$300 00
H. S. Turner & Co., groceries
126 31
Curtis & Bates. groceries
133 32
A. J. Litchfield & Son, groceries
122 47
A. L. Ford, groceries
51 69
W. W. Cutler, meat
50 75
Corthell Bros., meat
49 48
George F. Welch, coal and shingles
116 53
Samuel Olson, fish
30 10
John Martin, ice
12 39
John Monahan, dry goods
13 51
E. H. Sparrell, burial
35 00
John Burns, plowing
5 00
George H. Turner, fertilizer
5 55
C. W. Tilden, smith work
7 75
H. J. Little, medical attendance
23 00
Everett Torrey, sawing lumber
1 40
W. C. Soule, whitewashing
1 25
E. W. French, repairing shoes
1 15
E. E. Stetson, cash paid shoes
90
W. T. Osborne, expressing
75
$1,088 26
.
39
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT-CR.
Received for sale of produce
$118 71
Less cash paid for supplies
26 44
$92 27
Received from town of Scituate
157 00
$249 27
Net cost of almshouse
$838 99
Appropriation
800 00
Exceeded
$38 99
PAID FOR SUPPORT OF OUT OF DOOR POOR HOME POOR
H. S. Turner & Co., groceries
$89 45
Curtis & Bates, groceries
63 49
A. J. Litchfield & Son, groceries
104 00
John S. Brooks Co., groceries
71 15
W. D. Turner, wood
53 00
C. W. Groce, rent
22 00
Mary E. Kelliher, nursing
45 00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial
29 00
W. W. Cutler, meat
13 14
City of Boston, hospital expenses
104 28
Joseph Frame, M. D., medical aid
16 00
H. J. Little, M. D., medical aid
24 00
W. R. Torrey, interest
8 05
John Monahan, supplies
1 50
$644 06
40
OTHER TOWNS
C. W. Groce, house rent $112 00
A. L. MacMillan, M. D., medical aid 30 00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial 12 00
H. J. Little, M. D., medical attendance 22 00
C. E. Knight, M. D., medical attendance 10 00
John S. Brooks Co., supplies 7 00
H. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 164 40
H. S. Turner & Co. supplies 4 50
M. J. Kane, wood 1 00
$362 90
$1,006 96
Unexpended balance
497 54
$1,504 50
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from other towns
4 50
$1,504 50
Due from other towns
$369 40
Due to other towns
235 70
Balance in favor of the town
$133 70
STATE AID
Amount paid
$1,900 00
Unexpended balance
100 00
Appropriation
$2,000 00
41
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
W. S. Simmons, wood
$13 00
Cash
10 50
C. L. Rice, burial
35 00
E. A. Turner, burial agent
2 00
City of Somerville, aid
32 00
Charles Hammond, medical aid
45 75
Reimbursement by State
$101 25
Unexpended balance
98 75
Appropriation
$200 00
E. E. STETSON, W. D. TURNER, FRANK W. JONES, Overseers of the Poor.
$138 25
$37 00
Highway Account
E. P. Joseph, 41 days at $2.50 $102 50
E. P. Joseph, man, 8 days at $2.00 16 00
One horse and one man 24 days at $3.36 80 64
Two horses and one man 37 days at $5.00 185 00
Four horses and two men 14 days at $10.00 140 00
Six horses and three men 4 days at $15.00 60 00
Clifford Brett and 2 horses 60 00
Bennie Loring and 2 horses
110 00
Henry Ford and 2 horses 136 00
E. A. Jacobs and 2 horses
55.00
Joseph Hatch and 2 horses 70 00
Carlton O. Litchfield and 2 horses 50 00
Richardson Brothers and 2 horses 20 00
John Burns and 2 horses 80 00
E. G. Bates and 2 horses 45 00
Lyman Lincoln and 1 horse
63 76
F. E. Henderson and 2 horses
62 26
Edwin E. Jacobs and 1 horse
33 60
Timothy Sheehan and 1 horse
35 84
Willie Williams
6 25
John Burns, Jr.
6 00
Tyler Williams
38 50
Walter Wagner
31 00
Ernest Henderson
58 00
43
A. H. Tilden
48 00
A. Black
30 00
Daniel Brown
40 00
John T. Hatch
69 62
Charles H. Bates
22 00
Eddie Winslow
40 00
Charles Baker
28 00
Alfred Jacobs
8 00
Caleb D. Litchfield
62 50
Andrew Stockbridge
12 20
Herbert Litchfield
6 00
Charles Hunt
13 25
W. R. Barker
13 25
Henry Studley
14 00
Charles H. Curtis
15 00
Frank Dyer
1 00
Allen Damon
12 00
Albert Osborne
29 00
Charles Scully,
4 00
Hatherley Ainslie
4 00
Howard F. Mann
6 00
John P. Jones
6 00
John Evans
6 00
Francis Scully
5 00
Eugene Sheehan
6 00.
Harry Merritt
3 35
George H. Bates
6 00
John Sheehan
5 00
Will Wilder
1 30
Clarence E. Joseph
7 75
James Dolan
35 50
Frank L. Thomas, gravel
38 56
T. Appleford
2 00
William Morse, gravel
78
Mrs. E. Bates, gravel
9 00
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44
Mr. Farrar, gravel
1 08
Mr. Morey, gravel
4 08
George F. Welch, lumber
15 39
R. W. McDonald
4 77
Tilden Ironwork
4 00
$2,184 73
Appropriation
2,000 00
Exceeded
$184 73 E. P. JOSEPH, Surveyor.
Snow Account
Joseph Briggs
$18 00
W. S. Briggs
2 50
W. G. Evans
17 75
Timothy Sheehan
9 38
C. V. Chapman
2 38
Asa Vining
2 38
Francis Scully
2 50
George H. Bates
2 00
George A. Bates
2 00
Alpheus W. Thomas
2 00
Arthur Stoddard
2 00
Archie Merritt
2 00
Herbert Penniman
2 00
Herbert Young
2 00
Earl Ainslie
2 00
L. F. Hammond
14 00
Thomas Higgins
2 00
W. D. Turner
3 00
Richardson Bros.
15 75
Benjamin Loring
8 25
C. O. Litchfield
8 25
George H. Turner
8 00
F. E. Henderson
25 50
C. E. Brewster
16 87
A. J. Parr
75
C. A. Brett
9 00
$182 26
46
Unexpended balance
348 38
$530 64
Refunded by Street R. R.
$30 64
Appropriation 500 00
$530 64
State Road Accoant
E. P. Joseph, labor and teams $188 57
Benjamin Loring, labor and teams .
315 00
Charles E. Brewster, labor and teams
177 50 Timothy Sheehan, labor and teams 115 92
L. F. Hammond, labor and teams 72 50
Asa Vining, labor and teams
90 00
William Farrar, labor
66 00
Charles Curtis, labor
35 00
William Goff, labor
68 50
Guy Merritt, labor
60 00
Henry Bellfontaine, labor
73 50
Francis Scully, labor
60 00
John Sheehan, labor
23 00
Henry Ainslie, labor
69 00
Hatherly Ainslie, labor
12 00
Ellery Ainslie, labor
67 00
A. J. Parr, labor
53 00
W. G. Collamore, labor
42 00
Eugene Sheehan, labor
12 00
C. V. Chapman, labor Frank Bent, labor
58 00
10 00
E. A. Damon, labor
50 50
Howard Mann, labor George H. Bates, labor
26 50
George Williamson, labor
6 00
Harry J. Litchfield, labor
69 50
Warren Randall, engineer
121 00
W. E. Simms, inspecting boiler
5 00
23 00
48
W. T. Osborn, expressing 5 95
Good Roads Machine Co., bolts 5 15
Barber, Stockwell & Co., grates 16 20
E. W. Gardner, smith work 2 84
W. D. Turner, oil and freight
4 25
George M. Webber, coal
2 60
J. M. Jenney, coal I 04
George F. Welch, coal and drain pipe
103 67
Henry Godbeer, bounds
3 00
A. Thayer, gravel
27 90
Barrett Oil Co., tarvia
427 00
$2,569 59
Appropriation, town $1,200, state $600
1,800 00
Exceeded $769 59
Town Officers' Account
E. E. Stetson, selectman, overseer of poor and assessor $265 00
W. D. Turner, selectman, overseer of poor and assessor 315 00
Frank W. Jones, selectman, overseer of poor and assessor 265 00
Joseph F. Merritt, town clerk 100 00
Joseph F. Merritt, town treasurer 150 00
Joseph F. Merritt, registrar of voters 20 00
E. W. Crowell, auditor 1910 and 1911 50 00
Walter T. Osborn, tax collector 225 00
John Whalen, forest warden 25 00
Mary E. Curtis, school committee 50 00
Benjamin Loring, school committee 25 00
George C. Turner, school committee 25 00
Harold E. Stetson, registrar of voters 15 00
Edward M. Sexton, registrar of voters 15 00
John H. Prouty, registrar of voters 15 00
Walter T. Osborn, constable 21 20
Archie F. Merritt, constable 18 00
J. Warren Foster, constable II 00
L. F. Hammond, constable 15 50
Jesse Winslow, constable 3 00
H. J. Little, inspector 17 75
J. Warren Foster, inspector 25 50
Wilfred Chamberlain, inspector
I OO
Alvin G. Spencer, sealer of weights and measures 27 47
50
William H. Spencer, tax collector
25 00
Amos Tilden, teller 9 00
Charles Scully, teller
9 00
Charles W. Thomas, teller
9 00
J. C. Otis, teller
2 00
J. H. Lehan, teller
2 00
John Whalen, teller
1
6 00
John Whalen, moderator
10 00
$1,772 42 1,500 00
Appropriation
Exceeded
$272 42
Incidental Account
George McQuestion, bridge plank $142 35
Southern Mass. Telephone Co. 22 OI
Carrie M. Ford, printing 24 25
Thomas H. Buttermer, legal services
65 00
Alpheus Damon, inspector
41 25
E. E. Jacobs, inspector 8 50
Bureau of Statistics, certification of town notes 15 00
E. E. Stetson, expressing, etc.
7 97
W. D. Turner, carting plank 10 00
N. Y. N. H. & Hartford R. R., freight on plank 12 80
J. F. Merritt, recording marriages, births and deaths 17 40
W. T. Osborn, posting warrants 14 00
W. T. Osborn, stamps and expressing 29 35
Hobbs, Warren & Co., blanks, etc.
A. W. Brownell, dog license blanks 2 25
5 07
Rockland Stardard Pub. Co., printing 380 85
Norwell post office, stamps and envelopes 37 46
E. E. Hobart, petition 3 00
Town of Marshfield, sale of bridge plank IO 40
Bessie E. Parr, land rent 20 00
Smith & Thayer, pump handle
88
John F. Turner, sheriff services 15 00
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer 6 10
52
L. F. H. Hammond, moving stone 6 50
J. H. Lehan, painting Union bridge IOI 97
Thomas Groom & Co., tax books 4 50
Town of Scituate, taxes 5 25
Harry B. Merritt, repairs ballot holder 50
State Treasurer, ballot board
5 00
Horace T. Fogg-trustee, vault rent two years 20 00
F. A. Bicknell, settlement laws I 50
Boston Nickel Plating Co., weights 7 35
Horace T. Fogg, justice of peace 5 00
Herbert E. Robbins, justice of peace 2 50
Alvin G. Spencer, expenses as sealer 5 35
A. J. Litchfield; office supplies 24
Charles Hammond, M. D., return of birth I 25
A. L. McMillan, M. D., return of birth 50
H. J. Little M. D., return of birth I 75
C. H. Colgate, Jr., M. D., return of birth 50
C. E. Knight, M. D., return of birth 25
C. H. Fernald, M. D., return of birth 25
T. B. Alexander, M. D., return of birth 25
Josepe Frame, M. D., retrun of birth 25
C. W. & F. H. Sparrell, return of deaths 5
John B. Washburn, transfers 17 00
Amount expended $1,083 80
CREDIT
Received from sale of plank 20 80
Received from Town of Marshfield for plank 82 57
Received from Town of Marshfield for
one-half painting
$50 98
53
Less one-half cost of cart and pulling piles 39 36
II 62
Appropriation
$500 00
Exceeded
468 81
$1,083 80
Fire Account
E. H. Gardner, High street fire $1 05
Arthur Sprague, High street fire 1 05
Herbert Penniman, High street fire 1 05
Arthur Ridley, High street fire
1 05
G. W. Ridley, High street fire
35
Joshua Bates, High street fire 35
Emery Ewell, High street fire 35
Clifton Crocker, High street fire 35
35
M. Loring, High street fire F. Mann, High street fire
35
H. Cobbett, High street fire 35
35
IF. Ainslie, High street fire
35
J. White, High street fire 35
7 70
C. O. Litchfield Mt. Blue fire 1 70
S. A. Ward, Mt. Blue fire 1 70
A. L. Ford, Mt. Blue fire
1 30
C. M. Leavett, Mt. Blue fire Walter Wagner, Mt. Blue fire Thomas Roscoe, Mt. Blue fire Joseph Bates, Mt. Blue fire
1 05
1 05
1 05
Lyman Lincoln, Mt Blue fire
70
Arthur De Ganier, Mt. Blue fire
70
Minot Williamson, Mt. Blue fire
70
J. M. Reed, Mt. Blue fire
70
Jerome Wadsworth, Turner fire 3 50
11 70
E. Cobbett, High street fire
1 05
55
John Leslie, Turner fire Edward Winslow, Turner fire 2 80
3 50
Edward Freeman, Turner fire John Osborn, Turner fire C. E. Joseph, Turner fire J. H. Sparrell, Turner fire
2 80
2 10
1 40
Ray Joseph, Turner fire
1 05
Harold Monks, Turner fire
1 05
Joseph Bates, Turner fire Carl Monks, Turner fire
1 05
Edwin Osborn, Turner fire
1 05
Perry Osborn, Turner fire
1 05
Francis Leslie, Turner fire Seth Thomas, Turner fire
1 05
Alven Spencer, Turner fire
1 05
1 05
Henry Spencer, Turner fie E. A. Jacobs, Turner fire Samuel Turner, Turner fire
1 05
F
30 45
E. W. Gardner, Grove street fire
70
A. W. Thomas, Grove street fire 70
70
70
35
35
35
Frank Studley, Grove street fire James Studley, Grove street fire 'Winslow Gardner, Grove streetfire
35
35
John Bent, Grove street fire
35
John Strachan, Pine street fire
70
4 90
70
C. V. Chapman, Washington street fire 8 40 Gilbert Howard, Washington street fire 1 05
Ellsworth Keene, Washington street fire 1 05
1 75
1 05
1 05
Archie Merritt, Grove street fire George Bates, Grove street fire Joseph Stoddard, Grove street fire Herbert Penneman, Grove street fire
1 05
56
Chester Pratt, Washington street fire 1 70
Henry Skinner, Washington street fire 70
R. Skinner, Washington street fire 70
B. Reynolds, Washington street fire 70
S. O. Jacobs, Washington street fire 70
Fred Davis, Washington street fire 70
George Davis, Washington street fire 70
Edward Hines, Washington street fire 70
Wm. Harvey. Washington street fire 70
M. Gurney, Washington street fire 70
18 50
Eastern Drug Co., acids
2 81
W. T. Osborn, express and freight
4 35
Knight & Thomas, Extinguishers
240 50
Charles E. Damon, boxes
6 00
W. D. Turner, freight on wagon
6 00
Van Buskirk & Co., fire wagon
180 00
Curtis & Bates, Soda
3 36
Frye, Phipps & Co., pails
3 25
W. H. Spencer, tunnels
6 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
6 25
John Whalen, forest warden
33 80
F. E. Henderson, deputy forest warden
5 00
$571 27
Refunded by State $193 87
Refunded by individuals for four extinguishers 36 00
$229 87
Net expenditures
$341 40
Appropriation
$300 00
Exceeded 41 40
Seventh Annual Moth Report for Year Ending Dec. 30, 1911
J. H. Sparrell, labor,
$505 77
Team and cash paid
53 00
F. M. Curtis, labor
277 39
H. G. Pincin, labor
276 76
E. H. Stoddard, labor
28 00
Jerome Wadsworth, labor
97 26
H. G. Herrideen, labor
25 50
Daniel Brown, labor
88 25
Edward Winslow, labor
28 01
Frank Baker, labor.
8 00
Walter Wagner, labor
6 00
Charles Bates, labor
10 00
Everett Osborne, labor
10 00
James Dolan, labor
6 00
Alvan G. Spencer, labor
35 26
Jesse Reed, labor
33 26
Perry Osborn, labor
27 01
William Leslie, labor
24 76
Albert Osborne, labor
27 26
Charles H. Jones, labor
6 75
Guy Merritt, labor
28 51
Samuel Turner, labor
2 50
A. Pleganos, labor
4 88
Elmer Leavitt, labor
2 00
Bert Young, labor
28 00
J. L. Merritt, labor,
86 75
58
Wilbur Sylvester, labor Clarence Joseph, labor 37 63
5 00
E. H. Sparrell, team 12 00
W. T. Osborn, team & express
11 55
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
11 40
H. S. Turner, & Co., supplies
4 56
C. M. Ford, printing
3 00
Total expenditures
$1812 05
Town liability
423 62
Property liability
773 34
J. H. SPARRELL, Local Supt.
Miscellaneous
NORTH RIVER IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT
Paid State Treasurer $500 GC Appropriation $500 00
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Post 112, G. A. R. $150 00 Appropriation $150 00
PUMP
ACCOUNT
William H. Spencer, repairs $8 45
Appropriation 25 00
Unexpended balance $16 55
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
L. F. Hammond, janitor
$25 00
H. E. Robbins, insurance 22 50
Appropriation
$47 50
50 00
Unexpended balance $2 50
60
BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
H. J. Little, M. D., medical attendance
$241 75
Carrie M. Ford, printing 3 00
W. T. Osborn, expressing 1 60
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, supplies 2 65
Appropriation
$249 00 250 00
Unexpended balance
$1 00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
F. S. Farrar, labor
$17 25
W. W. Farrar, labor 9 00
C. V. Chapman, labor
4 00
C. A. Brett, labor
3 00
E. C. Briggs, labor
75
$34 00
Appropriation
$75 00
Received from sale of lots
64 00
139 00
Balance in favor of cemetery
$105 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Electric Light & Power Co., lights
$187 74
Appropriation 200 00
Unexpended balance
$12 26
Rebate on lights
13 34
$25 60
61
TOWN LANDING ACCOUNT
A. L. Power, labor $10 00 Appropriation $10 00
JAMES LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Mary L. Power, Treasurer $100 00 Appropriation $100 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
W. T. Osborn, 1910 tax $62 25
W. H. Spencer, town tax Moth Tax
$22 01
57 61
79 62
Appropriation
$141 87
100 00
Exceeded $41 87
DISCOUNT ON TAXES
W. H. Spencer $229 75
Appropriation
200 00
Exceeded $29 75
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
H. J. Little, M. D., services $5 00
Unexpended balance 20 00
Appropriation $25 00
62
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
Appropriation
Phosphate
$7 76
Charles H. Jones, labor
7 89
H. G. Pincin, labor
8 00
F. M. Curtis, labor
5 63
Frank Baker, labor
3 50
Austin Lincoln, labor
2 00
Jerome Wadsworth, labor
4 00
R. B. McKim, supplies
5 35
Church Hill Improvement society
25 00
J. H. Sparrell, labor and cash paid
5 00
Total expenditures $74 13 87
Unexpended balance
$75 00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$50 00
Lincoln Ellms, trees and setting out $25 00
J. H. Sparrell, labor and team 12 00
H. G. Pincin, labor and team
8 00
Total expenditure $45 00
Unexpended balance
5 00
$50 00
GAFFIELD PARK
American Forestry Co. transplants
$12 50
J. H. Sparrell, labor
31 10
H. G. Pincin, labor
24 00
$75 00
63
Frank Baker, labor
12 00
Jerome Wadsworth, labor
12 00
J. L. Merritt, labor 4 00
James Dolan, labor
2 00
"Walter Wagner, labor
2 00
F. M. Curtis, labor
2 00
Total expenditures
$101 60
Received for sale of wood
4 75
$97 33
Unexpended balance
2 67
Appropriation
$100 00
SPRAYING ELMS
Appropriation
$300 00
J. H. Sparrell, labor
$32 82
F. M. Curtis, labor
18 88
H. G. Pincin, labor
8 88
Jerome Wadsworth, labor
18 88
Edward Winslow, labor
6 50
Alvan G. Spencer, labor
3 50
E. H. Sparrell, team
33 00
C. M. Ford, printing
3 00
E. A. Jacobs, damages
2 00
H. D. Smith, repairs
1 00
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies
62
E. A. Turner, board
2 00
Curtis & Bates, gasoline
6 00
Freight and carting
8 45
1500 1b. arsenate of lead at 5 5 1-2c
82 50
Cash paid and expenses
6 00
$234 03
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64
Received for spraying Due for spraying Unexpended balance
$13 00
11 00
89 97
$324 00
$324 00
Assessors' Report
Taxable real estate
Taxable personal estate
$896,779 00 203,514 00
$1, 100,393 00
Exempted real estate
$43,020 00
Exempted personal
3,685 00
$46,705 00
Total valuation 1911, real estate
$939,899 00
19II, personal estate
207,199 00
Total valuation 1910
$1,147,098 00 1,136,370 00
Increase in 1911
Tax rate 191I
Town tax
County tax
1,453 58
State tax
1,650 00 437 55
Persons assessed
993
Poll tax only
152
Polls assessed
444
Polls exempted
77
Total number of polls
521
Number acres of land
12,81I
Number dwelling houses assessed 505
$10,728 00 $17.40 per $1000 $20,035 18
Excise tax
66
Number horses assessed 314 Number cows assessed 194
Number neat cattle assessed
46
Number sheep assessed
25
Number swine assessed Number fowl
49
11,170
EZRA E. STETSON, W. D. TURNER, FRANK W. JONES, Assessors.
Tax Collector's Report
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ASSESSMENT OF 1910
DR.
Out standing taxes Cash on hand Interest collected
$5,128 14 3 16 128 62
$5,259 92
CR.
Cash paid treasurer Taxes abated
$5,197 67 62 25
$5,259 92
WALTER T. OSBORN, Collector of Taxes. Assessment of 1910.
Recapitulation
EXPENDITURES
Almshouse
$1,088 26
Out door poor - home
644 06
Out door poor -other towns
362 90
State aid
1,900 00
Soldiers' relief
138 25
Highways
2,184 73
Snow
182 26
State road
2,569 59
Town officers
1,772 42
Incidentals
1,083 80
Fire account
571 27
Gypsy moth
1,812 05
North River
500 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Pump account
8 45
Town hall account
47 50
Board of health
249 00
Washington St. cemetery
34 00
Electric lights
187 24
Squares and triangles
74 13
Tree warden
45 00
Spraying account
234 03
Gaffield Park
97 33
James library
100 00
School physician
5 00
State tax
1,650 00
69
1,453 58
County tax Schools
10,453 84
Abatement of taxes
141 87
Discount on taxes
229 75
Interest
659 10
$30,629 41
CREDIT
From other towns, for aid rendered
$161 50
Gypsy moth tax
276 25
State gypsy moth
370 27
Spaying elm trees
24 00
Sale of cemetery lots
64 00
State highway commission
600 00
Interest on bank balances
29 42
State on account of fire apparatus
229 87
Licenses
18 00
Court fines
149 45
Sealer of weights and measures
19 25
Sale of fish rights
1 00
Corporation tax
1,510 24
State for soldiers' burial
37 00
Sale of bridge planks
20 80
Marshfield, on account of Union bridge 94 19
Gaffield park sale of wood
4 27
Bank tax
905 28
Street railway tax
375 39
Street railway, removing snow
30 64
Street railway, excise tax
437 55
Almshouse
92 27
Rebate on electric lights
13 34
School funds
2,853 30
State aid
2,058 00
$10,375 28
Financial Statement
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank, $5,000 00
Notes in favor of Rockland Trust Co., 3,000 00
Other towns for aid to poor, 235 70
Interest due on notes, 76 50
Note in favor of Coffin fund 2,000 00
Note in favor of Otis fund
1,300 00
11,612 20
ASSETS.
Due from State for State Aid
$1,900 00
Due from State and towns for aid to
poor 369 40
Due from State for inspection of cattle 12 75
Due for spraying elm trees II OO
Uncollected taxes and cash in hands of collector
6,575 93
Cash in hands of treasurer 666 68
Interest due on uncollected taxes
32 88
$9.568 64
Balance against town
$2,043 56
EZRA E. STETSON. WILLIAM D. TURNER, FRANK W. JONES, Selectmen.
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I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee and Tax Collector, and have found them correct as reported.
ELLIOTT W. CROWELL, Auditor.
Report of Trustees
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND
Amount of fund $2000 00
Loaned on town note at 4 per cent.
In Savings Bank, JJan. 1, 1911
$128 95
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1911
4 75
Interest on Bank Book
4 72
Interest on Note
80 00
$218 42
Paid for care of cemetery lot
$30 00
Paid worthy poor
29 50
In Bank, Jan. 1, 1912
78 92
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1912
80 00
$218 42
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS
Amount of funds
$1500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1911
273 83
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
71 62
$1845 45
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Paid for care of cemetery lots
$55 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
200 45
Amount of funds
1500 00
$1845 45
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND
Loaned on Town Note
$1300 00
In Savings Bank
700 00
$2000 00
In Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1911
$135 63
Cash on hand
2 96
Interest on Bank Book
32 70
Interest on Town Note
52 00
$223 29
$ 99 35
Paid worthy poor
123 94
In Bank, Jan. 1912
$223 29
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit, Jan. 1, 1911
18 76
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
$227 58
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Paid for care of lot
8 00
Interest on Bank Book Jan. 1, 1912
19 58
Amount of fund
200 00
$227 58
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit, Jan. 1, 1911
31 45
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
9 34
$240 79
Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest in Bank
32 79
Amount of fund
200 00
$240 79
THE
TRUSTEES
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF OF THE PRUDENCE E. DELANO CEMETERY FPND
Amount of Fund
$300 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1911
87 37
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
15 64
$403 01
Paid for repairs and care of tomb $12 00
75
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
Amount of fund
91 01 $300 00
$403 01
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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NANCY HERSEY i UND
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit, Jan. 1, 1911
2 27
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
4 12
$106 39
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
2 39
Amount of fund
100 00
$106 39
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BETSEY TOLMAN CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan 1, 1911
2 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
4 04
$106 04
Paid for care of lot
$4 04
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
2 00
Amount of fund
100 00
$106 04
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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE CLAPP CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan 1, 1911
2 00
Interest on Bank Book
4 04
$106 04
Paid for care of lot
$4 04
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
2 00
Amount of fund
100 00
$106 04
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MARY O. ROBBINS CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1911
11 99
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
8 54
$220 53
Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest on Bank Book
12 53
Amount of fund
200 00
$220 53
SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE
CHARLES H. MERRITT CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund $50 00
77
Interest on deposit Jan 1, 1911
1 61
Interest on Bank Book
2 06
$53 67
Paid for care of lot
$2 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1912
1 67
Amount of fund
50 00
$53 67
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JAMES W. SAMPSON CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan 1, 1911
4 35
Interest to Jan. 1, 1912
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