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4,000 00
4%
and 4 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
4 1-2%
1925
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1926
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1927
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1928
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1929
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1930
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1931
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1932
1,000 00
4 1-2%
1933
1,000 00
$64,000 00
HIGHLAND SCHOOL HOUSE
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1912
$3,000 00
4%
1913
3,000 00
4%
1914
3,000 00
4%
1915
3,000 00
$12,000 00
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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
3 1-2% and 4%
1912
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1913
5,000 00
31-2% and 4%
1914
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1915
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1916
5,000 00
3 1-2% and 4%
1917
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1918
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1919
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
31-2%
1921
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1922
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1925
4,000 00
$61,000 00
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1912
1,000 00
4%
1913
1,000 00
4%
1914
1,000 00
4%
1915
1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
$5,000 00
.
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WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1912
$17,000 00
3 1-4%
1913
8,000 00
4%
1914
8,000 00
4%
1915
8,000 00
4%
1916
13,000 00
4%
1917
13,000 00
4%
1918
13,000 00
4%
1919
13,000 00
4%
1920
13,000 00
4%
1921
13,000 00
4%
1922
13,000 00
4%
1923
11,000 00
4%
1924
11,000 00
4%
1925
10,000 00
4%
1926
5,000 00
4%
1927
5,000 00
4%
1928
5,000 00
4%
1929
5,000 00
4%
1930
5,000 00
$189,000 00
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1912
$1,700 00
4%
1913
1,000 00
4%
1914
1,000 00
4%
1915
1,000 00
4%
1916
1,000 00
4%
1917
1,000 00
4%
1918
1,000 00
4%
1919
1,000 00
4%
1920
1,000 00
4%
1921
1,000 00
$10,700 00
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CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4%
1912
$1,200 00
4%
1913
1,200 00
4%
1914
1,200 00
4%
1915
1,200 00
4%
1916
1,200 00
4%
1917
1,200 00
4%
1918
1,200 00
4%
1919
1,200 00
4%
1920
1,200 00
4%
1921
1,200 00
$12,000 00
Total Indebtedness Dec. 30, 1911
$353,900 00
82 IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES, TEM- PORARY LOANS
Balance from 1910 $55,000 00
BORROWED
Loring, Tolman & Tupper,
3.40%, due Oct. 5, 1911 $25,000 00
Loring, Tolman & Tupper, 3.40%, due Nov. 8, 1911 25,000 00 Blake Bros., 3.36%, due Apr. 15, 1912 30,000 00
Estabrook & Co., 3.58%,
due May 20, 1912 15,000 00
Cemetery Trust Funds,5%,
due Sept. 25, 1912 . 14,000 00
$109,000 00
$164,000 00
EXPENDED
F. S. Moseley & Co., 4.12%, due Apr. 20, 1911 . $30,000 00 F. S. Moseley & Co., 31-2%, due May 15, 1911 5,000 00 Bond & Goodwin, 4.32%,
due June 15, 1911 . 20,000 00
Loring, Tolman & Tupper, 3.40%, due Oct. 5, 1911 25,000 00
Loring, Tolman & Tupper, 3.40%, due Nov. 8, 1911 25,000 00
105,000 00 59,000 00
Total debt including Tem- porary Loans $412,900 00
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NOTES OUTSTANDING
Blake Bros., 3.36%, due
Apr. 15, 1912 · . $30,000 00
Estabrook & Co., 3.58%, due May 20, 1912 · 15,000 00
Cemetery Trust Fund, 5%,
due Sept. 25, 1912 · 14,000 00
$59,000 00
TOWN DEBT, DECEMBER 30, 1911
DUE IN 1912
NOTES AND BONDS
Mar. 15
$10,000
3 1-4% Reading W. Works
June 1
5,000
4
% Reading W. Works
$189,000 00
June 1
2,000
4 % Reading W. Works
Aug. 12
2,200
4 % Municipal Light
Oct. 1
2,000
4 % Municipal Light
64,000 00
Oct. 1
1,000
4 1-2% Municipal Light
Aug. 1 3,000
4 % Highland School House
12,000 00
Nov. 1
4,000
3 1-2% High School Bldg.
61,000 00
Dec. 21
1,000
4
% High School Bldg.
Sep. 27
1,000
4 % Lowell St. School Bldg.
5,000 00
July 21
1,700
4
% Grouard Estate Loan
10,700 00
May 15
1,200
4
% Cemetery Bequest
12,000 00
Apr. 28
100
Cemetery Land
200 00
$34,200
Total debt
$353,900 00
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FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1, 1911, was :
Real Estate
$5,206,285 00
Personal Estate
1,137,282 00
Total assessed valuation
$6,343,567 00
Assessed at $18.40 per $1,000
gives ·
$116,721 60
1799 Polls at $2.00 gives
3,598 00
$120,319 60
This tax is divided as follows :
For Town purposes
$107,466 62
Less estimated Corp. Tax · 3,200 00
$104,266 62
County Tax
5,162 00
State Tax
8,085 00
Highway Tax
187 00
Wellington Bridge
65 12
Overlay, 1911
2,553 86
$120,319 60
TRUST FUNDS
Bequest of Nancy Wakefield
$100 00
Thomas Sweetser
100 00
Sabrina Nichols
100 00
66 Martha Pike
25 00
Sarah Batchelder
25 00
T. T. Greenwood .
500 00
Mark Temple
100 00
Susan Wright, Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Gilman 75 00
Elizabeth B. Eames and Ida L. Nelson 100 00
Sevena Coggin
100 00
85
Bequest of Margaret Towne
$100 00
Lucretia A. Hopkins and Elias Board- man 150 00
Sarah Smith 100 00
Gilman D. Kingman 100 00
Rosamond O. Pratt
100 00
Mary F. Harnden
100 00
. 6
Mary B. Wakefield .
100 00
James A. Bancroft, Ex. P. Jane Batchelder
100 00
Arthur D. Kingman, Ex. Gardner
French . 50 00
Estate of P. A. Corkins 100 00
Dorinda R. Pratt, Ex. T. B. Pratt .
200 00
Mary Ann McAllister 100 00
Gilman A. Coggin 100 00
..
Mary Ann McAllister for Jos. Bryant 50 00
66
Mary Evans
50 00
Frederick Bancroft, Ex. Harriet B. Bancroft .
60 46
Estate of Samuel Pierce
100 00
D. W. Berry, Ex. Caroline Hammond 100 00
William L. Crowe 100 00
. .
Heirs of George O. Coney
100 00
Heirs of Sherman Chase
75 00
Estate of Isaac M. Clark
100 00
Estate of Anna G. Butler
150 00
66 Estate of Mary E. Badger
100 00
Estate of Heil J. Nelson
200 00
Estate of John Burrill
100 00
66
Estate of F. O. Dewey
300 00
Estate of S. H. Dinsmore
100 00
Mary J. Kimball
50 00
Alden and Lois D. Batchelder 100 00
66 Estate of Charles A. Weston 100 00
Henry F. Parker
100 00
86
Bequest of Sarah D. Eaton
$100 00
Heirs of James H. Bancroft
75 00
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
Climena Wakefield
100 00
Estate of Louisa M. Eaton
100 00
66 Maria E. Waitt
100 49
Adrien Mertens
200 00
Albert P. Gleason
50 00
Frances P. Dow .
100 00
Estate of Thomas Richardson
100 00
Helen M. Sherman 50 00
66
Fannie Cottrell
50 00
Charles E. Hall
100 00
6 6
Lucy W. Parker
75 00
Estate of Martha R. Temple
100 00
Estate of Needham Nichols
100 00
66
Mary W. Pratt
50 00
.6
Mrs. James T. Norris
30 00
66
Estate of Francis Kingman
100 00
66.
Estate of Albert Nichols
100 00
George L. Smith
200 00
Susan A. Martin
100 00
Maria Carter
100 00
Hubbard and Elbridge Copeland and Leander Willey 150 00
66
John Draffin
100 00
Hattie D. Pond, Ex.
100 00
66
Trustees of Laura Frost
50 00
Abby C. Clapp
100 00
Emily Alice Jones
100 00
Emma M. Brown
75 00
6 6 F. Eliza Kingman
100 00
Edward T. Pendergrace
100 00
Fannie A. Morton
100 00
Lewis M. Bancroft
50 00
Caroline L. White
50 00
87
Bequest of Hannah C. Cochrane
$50 00
Charles W. Cochrane
200 00
Edgar M. Knight
100 00
Reuben Weston
100 00
J. B. Hopkins
100 00
I. P. M. Wiggin
100 00
6 6 Joseph H. Gleason
50 00
Mary Norwood
50 00
Lyman Whiting
50 00
66
Ellen M. Carr
100 00
Emma S. Nelson
100 00
Henry E. Holden, Adm.
50 00
C. E. Skillings
100 00
Isaac Munroe
100 00
William H. Wightman
100 00
Lizzie B. Davis
100 00
Hubbard E. Cox
80 00
66 Helen C. Prentiss
100 00
Louise Leathe
100 00
. .
Arthur M. Coons
75 00
Thomas and F. E. Appleton
150 00
Mary A. Gilman .
100 00
A. Newell Howes
100 00
Mrs. Frances Todd 100 00
100 00
6.
Ella M. Damon
100 00
M. Elizabeth Broad
100 00
Walter H. Norris
75 00
Mary J. Harris
50 00
66
Estate of Milton D. Parker
100 00
Mary G. McIntire
50 00
. 6
Margaret O. Pinkham .
150 00
Irma E. Mayo 100 00
Mrs. A. B. Matthews
100 00
6 Eunice E. Damon
100 00
Estate of Ellen M. Damon
75 00
James F. Wright
88
Bequest of Abby C. Spokesfield $100 00
Estate of Susan Bancroft
100 00
Heirs of Clinton B. and Wm. J. Holden (per Treasurer's Report, 1905) 100 00
Florence W. Temple (per Treasurer's Report, 1906) 75 00
.
Nathan Bancroft .
100 00
66 Caroline E. Wright
100 00
Selinda H. Pratt
85 00
66 Estate of Eliza A. Barrows
100 00
66
Rachel A. Coggin 50 00
66
Mrs. E. A. Lovejoy 100 00
Estate of H. H. Howard
100 00
Estate of Mrs. H. E. Shackford
100 00
Mary S. Goodwin 60 00
Estate of Susan Cummings
50 00
Maria P. Howard .
100 00
O. P. Symonds & Son .
125 00
Estate of Henry Damon
100 00
RECEIVED IN 1911
. .
Estate of Daniel F. Pratt 100 00
. .
Elizabeth A. Abbott 150 00
Estate of William I. Ruggles
100 00
George H. Prescott
100 00
Estate of William Carter
100 00
Estate of D. N. Tuttle
100 00
Ida R. Bickford
50 00
$13,515 95
Interest accrued on above unexpended
862 51
$14,378 46
Mrs. Charles O. Tweed
50 00
89
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held on Dec. 30, 1911, cash and securi- ties amounting to $14,378 46
Balance from 1910
$13,650 66
RECEIVED
Received from sundry parties, 1911 $700 00
Int. on bequest of F. Bancroft to
Feb. 10, 1911, as per terms bequest On Town Note, $14,000, due
33
Sept. 25, 1912, int. 5% . $190 56
On balance of Trust Fund
.
474 84
Interest on deposits
·
7 07
Total Interest
. $672 47
Less Int. paid to Cemetery
Department for Perpet-
ual Care
.
645 00
27 47
$14,378 46
This Fund is invested as follows :
Town of Reading note, due Sept. 25, 1912, int. 5% $14,000 00
Cash held by the Treasurer
378 46
$14,378 46
90
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Trustees of the Public Library and the Selectmen acting as Trustees of the Library Bequest Fund held on Dec. 30, 1911, cash amounting to $266 17
Balance from 1910 $200 00
RECEIVED
Int. on Note of $200, dated March 17, 1904, to Dec. 30, 1911, 4 1-4% 66 17
$266 17
This Fund is invested as follows :
Cash held by the Treasurer
$266 17
$266 17
CASH HELD BY TREASURER OF FUNDS
Cemetery Bequest Fund $378 46 Library Bequest Fund . 266 17
$644 63
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1910, and Dec. 30, 1911, are as follows :
TAXES, 1909
Balance from 1910
$11,257 72 1 50
Refunded
$11,259 22
Collected
$10,297 42
Abated .
527 55
$10,824 97
Balance uncollected
$434 25
91
TAXES, 1910
Balance from 1910
$38,285 55
Refunded
3 94
$38,289 49
Error over abatement
44
$38,289 93
Collected
. $23,292 34
Abated
766 11
$24,058 45
$14,231 48 $14,231 48
TAXES, 1911
Amount assessed
$120,319 60
Supplementary warrant
4,677 67
Refunded
2 76
Re-assessed
49 01
Bay State Railway tax .
1,721 09
$126,770 13
COLLECTED
Bay State Railway tax .
$1,721 09
Collected
82,083 00
Abated
1,656 69
$85,460 78
$41,309 35
Total amount outstanding Dec. 30, 1911 $55,975 08
92
ASSESSMENTS
The Assessments Dec. 31, 1910. Assessments levied, amount paid during the year, and the balance unpaid Dec. 30, 1911, are as follows :
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1910
Balance from 1910 .
$467 05
Collected in 1911
$255 55
Abated
4 50
$260 05
$207 00
(These assessments when paid
are credited to Moth Dept. )
COLLECTOR MOTH ASSESSMENTS, 1911
Amount committed by
Assessors .
$804 99
Collected .
378 84
Uncollected Dec. 30, 1911 . $426 15
Total uncoll. Moth Assessment . $633 15
Due from sundry parties, Moth Ac-
count, spraying .
481 30
Due from sundry parties, Sidewalk and Edgestones :
Amount uncollected Dec. 30, 1910 $39 64
Bills rendered in 1911
104 52
$144 16
Collected in 1911
69 89
Uncollected Dec. 30, 1911
74 27
Total amt. of Assessments due
$1,188 72
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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DECEMBER 30, 1911
Cash on hand . ·
$5,998 39 Town indebtedness, 1911, High School Building note
1,000 00
Interest Account
20 23
Overdrafts, 1910, net
1,935 47
Selectmen's Salary
50 00
Fire Loss, Town Building
18 37
Police Department
71 87
Moth Department
1,136 22
Fire Alarm .
3 87
Salem Street, due from Commonwealth of Mass. 100 00
Poor Department
1,088 28
Commonwealth of Mass., Burial of Soldiers
105 00
Commonwealth of Mass., State Aid .
1,997 00
Water Department, Insurance, 1910 106 60
Commonwealth of Mass., Small Pox balance
22 49
Commonwealth of Mass., Moth Department
976 19
Commonwealth of Mass., Temporary Aid
580 80
City of Cambridge, Poor Account
83 46
Town of Norfolk, Poor Account .
72 14
Town of Canton, Poor Account .
40 50
Sundry parties, Moth Spraying . ·
481 30
Sundry parties, Sidewalks and Edgestones
74 27
O. L. Haag Estate
366 24
Taxes on property taken
571 58
Collector of Taxes, 1909
434 25
Collector of Taxes, 1910
14,231 48
Collector of Taxes, 1911
41,309 35
Collector of Moth Assessments, 1910 207 00
Collector of Moth Assessments, 1911
426 15
Fire Loss High School Building, due
24 27
Reading Water Works, value of plant Public property
340,232 84
446,669 05
Total carried forward to page 96
$860,434 66
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LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans
$59,000 00
Overlays, 1910 (abatements)
689 91
Overlays, 1911 (abatements)
5,623 85
Cemetery, Sale of Lots and Graves
2,100 27
Moderator, unexpended
5 00
Assessors' Salaries, unexpended
45 01
Tax Collector's Salary, unexpended
240 58
Printing and Stationery, unexpended
105 29
Miscellaneous, unexpended
58
Town Building, unexpended
19 32
Insurance, unexpended
472 17
Town Vault, unexpended
2 51
Election Expenses, unexpended
17 28
Forest Warden, unexpended
28 10
Tree Warden, unexpended
8 28
Fire Department, unexpended
35 58
Fire Box, Salem Street, No. 43, unexpended
7 30
New Hose, unexpended
325 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, unexpended
21 90
Patrol Covers, unexpended
35 00
Health Department, unexpended
.
150 19
Highway Department Maintenance, unexpended
33 05
Street Watering, unexpended
20 95
South Main Street, unexpended
.
23 16
Concrete Walk Repairs, unexpended
33 11
Snow Plow, unexpended
5 56
Soldiers' Relief, unexpended
268 42
School Department, unexpended
2 15
Sanitary Toilets Prospect Street School
974 00
Lowell Street School Building
33
Public Library
374 45
Care and Improvement of Common
42 28
Laurel Hill Cemetery
4 65
.
Amount carried forward to page 97
$70,715 23
7
96
Brought forward from page 94
$860,434 66
$
$860,434 66
97
Brought forward from page 95
$70,715 23
Removal of Ledge
5 22
Assessors' Survey, Block System
424 50
Grouard Estate, Income Account
132 97
Fire Loss, Library
702 55
Suspense (assessments unpaid)
1,114 45
Town Debt .
353,900 00
Balance, Town of Reading
433,439 74
$860,434 66
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Reading :
In accordance with Chapter 624, of the Acts of 1910, accepted by the Town at the last annual meeting, the Board appointed John H. Sheldon Town Accountant for the term of three years, and we believe that the report this year not only conforms with the State's requirements, but will com- pare very favorably with the reports of other towns that have adopted a similar system.
Early in the year we were obliged to defend the Town against suits for damages brought by Louis Ticknor, for $5,000, and by his wife, Grace L. Ticknor, for $10,000, on account of injuries to Mrs. Ticknor caused by a fall on the ice on the Common, March 9, 1908. The case of Louis Tick- nor was dismissed by the Court without trial. The case of Mrs. Ticknor went to trial and the Court ordered the jury to return a verdict for the Town. Counsel for the plaintiff entered an appeal, and up to the present time nothing has been heard from the same.
HIGHWAYS
Lemuel W. Allen was reappointed ·Superintendent of Streets, and we were sorry to receive his resignation in the middle of the year. Mr. Allen had served the Town in that position for about eight years, and we feel that for the amount expended the general condition of our streets show that he rendered the Town good service.
After considering several candidates for the position the Board decided to appoint Edward H. Crowe to fill the va- cancy. Mr. Orowe had been connected with the department
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under Mr. Allen for several years and is thoroughly acquainted with all the drains, catch basins, etc., in the department. We believe that his work in connection with the State on Salem street is evidence enough that he is competent to fill the position. Owing to conditions this piece of road was one of the hardest tests the department had ever been put to, and it has been completed to the satisfaction of the engi- neers of the State Highway Commission.
The department has this year used considerable oil on the streets. This year it was decided to try a heavier oil, the first cost of which is more than the lighter oil used last year. The results have shown that it gives better satisfac- tion, especially on a gravel road, and we would recommend that the use of oil be continued.
The expense account of snow and ice was comparatively small this year.
Under a special appropriation we rebuilt and surfaced with heavy oil and binder that part of Main street between the B. & M. R. R. and Minot street.
On account of the great number of automobiles and heavy auto trucks now passing over our roads we believe that more money should be available for macadam construc- tion, with heavy oil and binder.
In case the proposed boulevard is constructed around Lake Quannapowitt we believe it would be necessary for the Town to take some steps to improve the condition of the ditches through the land this side of the lake.
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Henry M. Donegan was reappointed Local Superin- tendent. The results accomplished by the department this year have been very satisfactory, both to the Town and State officials. Not only the Town trees have been taken care of, but a larger amount of private work has been accomplished than any year heretofore, notwithstanding about ten miles
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on either side of the highway have been taken care of this year that heretofore had been cared for by government em- ployees.
TOWN COUNSEL
Owing to the needs of the different departments for legal advice during each year, we would recommend that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to appoint a Town Counsel, and that an appropriation be made for the same.
Detail of expenditures of the departments will be found on the following pages.
GEORGE L. PRATT, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Selectmen of Reading.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the expen- ditures and the unexpended balances, Dec. 30, 1911 :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
Moderator :
Appropriation
$30 00
EXPENDED
George L. Flint, services
25 00
Unexpended to 1912
$5 00
EXECUTIVE
Selectmen's Salaries :
Appropriation .
$450 00
Transferred from Corporation Tax
50 00
$500 00
EXPENDED
James W. Killam, salary to March 1, 1910
$50 00
George L. Pratt, salary to March 1, 1911 200 00
Oliver L. Akerley, salary to March 1, 1911 150 00
Frederic D. Merrill, salary to March 1, 1911
150 00
$550 00
Overdraft to 1912
$50 00
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FINANCIAL
Accountant's Salary : Appropriation $500 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, services $500 00
$500 00
$500 00
ASSESSORS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$750 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles, salary, 1911
$250 00
Alvah W. Clark, salary to Dec. 30, 1911
208 34
Arthur C. Copeland, salary to Dec. 30, 1911 161 65
Merrick A. Stone, salary to Mar. 1, 1911 50 00
Ansel S. Richards, salary to Apr. 21,1911
35 00
$704 99
Unexpended to 1912 45 01
TREASURER'S SALARY
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDED
Ward C. Mansfield $400 00
$400 00
$400 00
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TOWN CLERK'S SALARY
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Millard F. Charles
$150 00
$150 00
$150 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S SALARY
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDED
Herbert M. Viall, on $4,133.54-1909 $20 67
Herbert M. Viall, on $25,551.89-1910 . 127 76
Herbert M. Viall, on $82,199.06-1911 .
410 99
$559 42
Unexpended to 1912 $240 58 .
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS PRINTING AND STATIONERY
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDED
Selectmen, Town Reports
$456 38
Selectmen, sundries
79 72
Finance Committee
39 50
Accountant
10 95
Treasurer
23 14
Tax Collector
129 12
Assessors (Street Lists, $89.60)
109 37
Town Clerk
46 53
$894 71
Unexpended to 1912
$105 29
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$650 00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
22 77
Transferred from license fees
63 00
Transferred from certificate of taxes
4 00
$739 77
EXPENDED
Legal expense, Ticknor case
$150 00
Certification of notes
125 00
Recording births, deaths and marriages 110 80
Salaries of Auditors to March 1, 1911
16 65
105
106
Treasurer's bond
$60 00
Reporting births 22 25
Telephone, Moth Department 18 19
Moth Superintendent, vacation
36 00
Investigation of records of deeds
59 90
Care of Old South M. E. Clock 50 00
Administering oaths to Town Officers 18 25
Miscellaneous expenditures .
72 15
$739 19
Unexpended to 1912 85
DETAIL OF UNPAID BILLS, MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATION
N. E. T. & T. Co., telephone $1 50
M. F. Charles, investigating records of Corporation Tax 25 00
M. F. Charles, administering oaths to Town Officers . 19 00
G. E. Pierce, reporting deaths 5 50
Edgerley & Bessom, reporting deaths 13 25
G. F. Dow, M. D., reporting births 5 25
J. A. O'Leary, M. D., reporting birth 25
J. W. Heath, M. D., reporting births
1 25
Mrs. S. Porter, reporting birth
25
J. W. Grimes, legal services for Asses- sors .
5 00
F. G. MacDonald, Sec'y Finance Com- mittee, 1911 25 00
$101 25
107
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation ·
$500 00
Transferred from Corporation Tax
50 00
$550 00
EXPENDED
Fuel
$262 80
Lighting
.
185 53
Janitor
25 00
Repairs to building
14 00
Water rates .
10 85
Miscellaneous supplies and expenses
32 50
$530 68
Unexpended to 1912 $19 32
DETAIL OF UNPAID BILLS, TOWN BUILDING
Municipal Light Department, lamps
$1 75
Municipal Light Department, lighting
18 71
Reading Water Works, water rates 6 21
$26 67
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,500 00
RECEIVED
Dividend
12 00
$1,512 00
EXPENDED
Sundry policies
$1,039 83
Unexpended to 1912
$472 17
108 DETAIL OF UNPAID BILLS, INSURANCE
H. P. Bosson $13 50
G. E. Horrocks
13 50
$27 00
FIRE LOSS-LIBRARY
Adjustment
$1,851 20
Received from sundry companies $761 05
Due from sundry companies 1,090 15
-- -
$1,851 20
EXPENDED
For labor and teaming
$58 50
Amount available
702 55
Amount due .
1,090 15
$1,851 20
FIRE LOSS-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Adjustment $87 29
Expended-Labor and supplies
$87 29
Received from sundry companies $63 02
Due from sundry companies
24 27
$87 29
FIRE LOSS-TOWN BUILDING, DECEMBER 28, 1910
Adjustment . $110 59
Received from sundry companies $110 59
Expended for repairs
110 44
Unexpended to 1912
15
109
FIRE LOSS-TOWN BUILDING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1911
Adjustment $69 16
Expended for repairs 69 16
Received from sundry companies $50 64
Due from sundry companies
18 52
$69 16
ALTERATION TOWN VAULT
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDED
Iron work
.
$127 23
Labor, material and express . 20 26
$147 49
Unexpended to 1912
$2 51
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
$50 00
Expended
50 00
ASSESSORS' SURVEY
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED
James A. Bancroft, plans and survey . $75 50
Unexpended to 1912
$424 50
110
GROUARD ESTATE
Received from loan
$10,700 00
EXPENDED
(as per vote of Town at special meeting June 19, 1911)
Paid Annie S. Grouard, as per assess-
ment :
Land, 32,670 feet . $7,500 00
House
.
2,800 00
Barn .
400 00
-$10,700 00
GROUARD ESTATE INCOME
RECEIVED
Five months rent, to Jan. 1, 1912 $208 35
EXPENDED
C. W. Smith, Conveyancer
$21 75
Annie S. Grouard, premium on unex- pired insurance
28 63
C. R. Herrick, survey and plans
.
25 00
$75 38
Unexpended, to be applied to pay-
ment of $1,700, due July 21, 1912 $132 97
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND CLERKS
Appropriation
$390 00
Walter S. Prentiss
$30 00
Owen McKenney
30 00
Arthur B. Nichols
20 00
Millard F. Charles, Clerk
40 00
Payroll March 6, 1911
70 00
Recount
20 00
Payroll September 26, 1911
44 00
Payroll November 7, 1911
90 00
$344 00
Unexpended to Gen. Appropriation
$46 00
GENERAL EXPENSES
Appropriation
$110 00
Transferred from Corporation Tax
150 00
Transferred from Salaries
46 00
$306 00
EXPENDED
Printing
$173 75
Rent of hall
85 00
Miscellaneous expenses
.
$288 72
Unexpended to 1912
.
$17 28
111
.
.
29 97
EXPENDED
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,800 00
RECEIVED
Court fines
$114 00
Material sold
50
EXPENDED
$3,914 50
W. T. Leggett
.
$900 00
W. H. Manning
881 58
R. Powers
884 00
J. M. Cullinane
884 00
C. M. Skidmore
150 59
O. H. Low
63 46
Specials .
.
93 11
$3,856 74
Transportation of prisoners
25 76
Telephone
61 97
Legal Expense
15 00
Printing
9 50
Miscellaneous Expenses
17 40
Overdrawn to 1912
$71 87
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS
French & Coolidge, legal services $15 00
5 77
Telephone
·
$20 77
·
.
.
112
.
$3,986 37
.
113
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation $750 00
Transferred from Corporation Tax 300 00
RECEIVED
Refund from J. W. Austin 50
$1,050 50
EXPENDED
H. E. McIntire, salary, 1911
$20 00
W. A. Bancroft, salary, 1910-1911
30 00
J. N. Weston, salary, 1911
10 00
F. W. Davis, salary, to May 1, 1911
15 00
G. F. Blanchard, salary, to Sept. 1, 1910
15 00
Payrolls
857 75
Printing
9 25
Lunches
31 68
Supplies and repairs
33 72
$1,022 40
Unexpended to 1912
$28 10
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$500 00
Received from sundry parties
46 50
EXPENDED
Labor
$242 54
Transferred to Moth Department
276 00
Printing
10 00
Supplies and repairs
9 68
$538 22
Unexpended to 1912
$8 28
$546 50
114
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$5,000 00
EXPENDED
F. G. Nichols, salary, 1911 $100 00
O. O. Ordway, salary, 1911 75 00
A. G. Nichols Estate, salary to June 1, 1911 31 25
A. G. Nichols Estate, salary, Clerk, to June 1, 1911 4 17
L. T. Eames, salary, Engineer of Steamer . 25 00
L. T. Eames, balance salary Supt. Fire Alarm 16 67
M. J. Shannon, salary, Ass't Engineer 100 00
E. H. Crowe, salary, Steward Hook and Ladder 60 00
C. H. Heselton, salary, Steward Hose 2 65 00
D. Weston, salary, Steward Hose 4 30 00
Payroll . 2,784 65
Horse hire 1,111 70
Fuel and lights
104 75
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