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Dr. C. H. Playdon, Inspector of Animals 150 00
William E. Swain, Constable 12 50
Walter A. Hill, Constable . 37 50
J. Howard Eames, Inspector Meats and Provisions 100 00
Dr. D. T. Buzzell, Board of Health Agent 15 00
Henry N. Ames, Registrar of Voters 20 00
Aldice G. Eames, Registrar of Voters . 20 00
Peter F. McMahon, Registrar of Voters
20 00
F. W. Kidder, Election Officer 10 00
Warren Eames, Election Officer 20 00
Louis T. McMahon, Election Officer 20 00
83
Thomas H. McMahon, Election Officer
10 00
Otis Gowing, Election Officer 20 00
Guy E. Nichols, Election Officer 10 00
Frank D. Morris, Election Officer .
20 00
E. S. Lewis, Election Officer
10 00
$2,467 63
Unexpended balance
12 28
$2,479 91
Printing
Appropriation .
$300 00
Expended
Brownell, A. W., notices
$2 00
Foskett, M. H., letter and bill heads 8 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., record books
4 00
Lowell, F. A., poll tax lists, tax bills, etc. Southworth, George W., Assessors' books
26 75
2 55
The Evening News, voters' lists, notices, etc.
32 25
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., Town Reports
224 40
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., notices, war- rants and jury lists
18 60
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ballots 16 50 Deficit 35 05
$335 05
$335 05
Police
Appropriation . .
$350 00
Received from police duty
.
101 00
84
Expended Police Duty
Walter A. Hill
$272 00
A. D. Butters
48 00
H. C. Barrows .
2 50
Charles B. Osbon
1 00
W. J. Harrison
60 00
Charles H. Wilson
4 00
Alden N. Eames
2 00
Harold Swain
2 00
W. H. Baxter
33 00
Miscellaneous
M. Linsky & Bros., uniforms and caps .
22 55
Harry J. Paine, repairing uniforms
1 50
Allen Bros., badges .
3 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service
19 41
Walter A. Hill, court fees .
17 04
Walter A. Hill, record book
42
Deficit
37 42
$488 42
$488 42
Repairs to Public Buildings
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911 $361 39:
Expended
Town Hall
D. K. Colgate, painting, repairs, shades, etc. . $59 77
E. B. Mitchell, labor' 1 20
E. E. Carter, paints, roofing material, etc. . 31 43
$92 40
85
Fire Department
A. D. Butters, repairs to Engine Houses
$7 88
Public Library
Clapp & Leach, repairing light
75
Town Farm
W. G. Stretton, plumbing
$17 00
Patrick O'Donnell, labor 38 15
S. R. McIntosh, piping, hardware, etc. 18 92
E. E. Carter, lumber and hardware
41 67
Horton & Rice, labor and material 10 85
John W. Dailey, labor and material 12 32
Peter Neilson, labor .
7 50
$146 41
Total Expenditures
247 44
Unexpended balance
113 95
$361 39
$361 39
Public Library
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911
$23 23
Appropriation .
350 00
Expended
Anna T. Sheldon, salary as Librarian $125 00
F. A. Eames, wood . 7 00
Old Corner Book Store, books
178 68
Gussie McMahon, lighting fires .
7 50
Review of Reviews, books
32 30
86
David Farquhar, binding
18 20
Town of Reading, lamps 2 20
Town of Reading, lighting
3 98
Alexander Heath, magazines
11 85
Library Bureau, cards and slips
3 75
Peter Neilson, repairs
10 24
W. J. Beane, light repairs
4 50
Fred A. Lowell, printing
3 50
Joseph McMahon, lighting fires Deficit
3 50
.
38 97
$412 20
$412 20
Memorial Day
Appropriation .
$150 00
Expended
Middleton Band, music
$55 00
Mrs. W. Carter, refreshments
24 00
Frazee & Waite, music
2 00
Joseph Vidito, flowers
8 75
Boston & Northern Street Ry. Co., special car
6 00
J. H. Nichols, memorial address
15 00
M. H. Foskett, printing
1 25
W. H. Mclellan, flags
5 60
Clarian Male Quartette, music
10 40
M. T. Holt, miscellaneous
1 70
D. T. Buzzell, miscellaneous
45
$130 15
Unexpended balance
19 85
$150 00
$150 00
87
Whitefield School Sinking Fund
Appropriation .
$850 00
Expended
Paid Sinking Fund Commissioners
$850 00
$850 00
$850 00
Tree Warden
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911
$31 63
Appropriation
200 00
Expended
Oliver McGrane, labor
$20 50
Oliver McGrane, team hire
5 25
J. F. Muse, labor
13 00
M. T. Holt, filing saws
1 50
E. E. Carter, supplies
2 37
J. Woodward Manning, maple trees
4 00
Everett Taylor, labor
14 90
Buck Bros., supplies
9 00
Martin Nee, labor
2 00
H. C. Barrows, team hire
3 00
Frank Muse, labor
4 00
G. Terragrossa, labor
2 00
John Kenney labor
6 00
W. B. McIntosh, team hire
15 00
W. B. McIntosh, labor
7 50
Moth Department, labor
125 50
Deficit
3 89
$235 52
$235 52
88
Fire Wells
Appropriation .
$1,500 00
Expended
A. D. Butters, labor .
$188 24
A. D. Butters, team hire, freight, etc.
14 05
William Boynton, labor
252 06
Bert Mckinnon, labor
59 00
Henry Hiller, labor
94 50
Albert Lane, labor
51 50
Albert Lane, horse hire
1 00
H. C. Barrows, team hire
70 75
David Justice, labor .
91 50
John Justice, labor
61 50
Orville Cook, labor
25 50
James Kernon, labor
46 54
Frank Butters, labor
9 00
R. E. Carter, labor
4 57
E. E. Carter, pumps, lumber, cement, etc.
243 50
Charles S. Hall, labor
7 50
Sarah J. Buck, land .
10 00
Edward Miller, labor
51 00
Elwyn Witherspoon, labor
26 00
Robert Warner, labor
1 00
John W. Perry, repairing tools
5 36
John Lynch, labor
2 00
George Corbett, labor
14 00
Mandy Babine, stone
1 00
A. A. Hayward, posts
1 25
J. W. Manning, loam
3 25
S. R. McIntosh, repairing tools
1 54
Charles A. Hall, Jr., labor
7 50
$1,344 61
Unexpended balance
155 39
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
89
Trust Funds
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds $38 60
Expended
Account Dolly Harnden Cemetery
Fund, A. D. Butters . $1 15
Account Sabra Carter Cemetery Fund,
A. D. Butters 2 40
Account Sarah D. J. Carter Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters . 2 25
Account Rich Carter Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters ·
3 00
Account James Frazer Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters ·
3 50
Account Martha Temple Cemetery
Fund, A. D. Butters . 2 00 · Account Susan S. Carlton Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters 1 75
Account Thomas P. Eames Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters ·
2 75
Account Isaac Cazneau Cemetery Fund,
A. D. Butters 2 25
Account George W. and Minnie A., Sidelinker Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters 3 00
Account Sarah J. Sheldon Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters 75
Account Abner C. Childs Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters . 1 15
Account Gilman Harnden Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters . 2 15
Account William H. Carter Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters 50
Account Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
Cemetery Fund, A. D. Butters .
10 00
$38 60 $38 60
90
Interest
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911
$53 45
Appropriation .
100 00
Collected on Taxes
662 10
Collected on Deposits
.
53 32
Expended
Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank :
On Temporary Loans
$433 56
On Fire Department Loan
22 50
On High and Walker Schools Loan .
38 40
Estabrook & Co .:
On Bond No. 1
400 00
Deficit
25 59
$894 46
$894 46
Notes Payable
Permanent Loans
Appropriation
$490 00
Expended
Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank: Partial payment on Fire Department Loan $250 00
Partial payment on High and Walker Schools Loan 240 00
$490 00 $490 00
4
91
Temporary Loans
Note No. 2, Anticipation Taxes, 1911
$6,000 00
Note No. 4, Anticipation Taxes, 1911
1,500 00
Received of Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank :
Note No. 5, Anticipation Taxes, 1912
4,000 00
Note No. 6, Anticipation Taxes, 1912
6,000 00
Note No. 7, Anticipation Taxes, 1912
4,000 00
Expended
Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank :
Note No. 2
$6,000 00
Note No. 4
1,500 00
Note No. 5
4,000 00 .
Note No. 7 .
4,000 00
Note No. 6, outstanding
6,000 00
$21,500 00 $21,500 00
Public Schools
Appropriation .
$10,700 00
Massachusetts School Fund
.
1,159 47
Dog Tax
403 91
Massachusetts High School Fund
500 00
Tuition of State Wards
82 25
Account Superintendent's Salary
333 34
Wood sold
2 00
Varnish sold
1 15
Expended
Paid for salaries, books, supplies, fuel etc. (for details see School Com- mittee Report) .
$13,172 97
Unexpended balance
9 15
$13,182 12 $13,182 12
.
92
State Aid
Due from Commonwealth $426 00 Paid per State Returns $426 00
Reimbursement Doubly Assessed Taxes
Paid to Truman R. Hawley, Attorney for Heirs of William Childs, from treasury
$35 00
Reshingling Walker School
Appropriation . $300 00
Expended
E. E. Carter, shingles, lumber, nails, etc. $180 37
H. M. Horton, labor
118 75
$299 12
Unexpended balance
88
$300 00
$300 00
· Purchase of Land
Paid Abbie F. Sargent and Anna T. Sheldon for land adjoining Town Farm, from treasury $40 00
93
Hats and Coats for Fire Department
Appropriation . $150 00
Expended
Edward Goldthwaite & Co., coats $101 25
A. Basch & Co., caps and shields 43 75
A. D. Butters, cap, bands, etc. .
3 20
American Express Co., expressage
1 07
$149 27
Unexpended balance
73
$150 00
$150 00
Wiring Town Hall and Public Library
Appropriation .
$100 00
Expended
W. J. Beane, labor and material
$99 30
Unexpended balance
70
$100 00
$100 00
Fire Extinguishers for Schools
Appropriation .
$40 00
Expended
A. D. Butters, extinguishers and holders $18 00
Unexpended balance 22 00
$40 00
$40 00
94
Electric Street Lights
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911
$1,500 00
Appropriation
1,000 00
Expended
Town of Reading, lights, per contract .
$1,413 85
Unexpended balance 1,086 15
$2,500 00 $2,500 00
Grading High and Walker Schoolhouse Lots
Appropriation .
$200 00
Expended
W. S. Benson, team hire
$33 33
W. B. McIntosh, team hire
43 33
C. S. Pettengill, team hire
10 00
W. B. McIntosh, labor
21 67
John Kenney, labor
9 34
Frank Muse, labor
5 34
Chr. Nee, labor
13 34
Lawrence Babine, labor
7 34
G. Terragrossa, labor
13 34
Martin Nee, labor
18 00
F. Muse, labor
4 00
F. T. Hathaway, gravel
80
W. B. McIntosh, gravel
50
E. N. Eames, gravel
10 40
9 40
Mandy Babine, loam and gravel Deficit
.
13
$200 13
$200 13
95
Suppression of Moths
Appropriation .
$642 15
Received from Commonwealth
2,074 96
Charged property owners
711 09
Expended Labor
Oliver McGrane
$861 75
J. F. Muse
464 93
A. C. Bartlett
42 76
A. C. Parrott
146 27
Everett Taylor
546 77
Henry H. Cutter
173 28
C. E. Carter
28 00
Fred Muse
35 00
Elmer Hale
40 51
M. J. McMahon
91 75
Frank Kernon
42 46
Martin Nee
177 00
Michael Nee
57 00
Warren Blaisdell
65 50
Arthur Babine
59 00
C. E. Miller
86 38
H. F. Miller
32 63
Miscellaneous
Oliver McGrane, team hire $102 75
Oliver McGrane, postage, stationery, etc. 20 86
American Express Co., expressage . 2 85
W. H. Mclellan & Co., duck cover
6 50
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
2 74
Smith & Thayer Co., gauge and supplies
1 90
E. E. Carter, boards
3 52
H. N. Ames, gasoline
10 50
·
M. H. Foskett, printing signs 4 50
Charles Blaisdell, team hire
96 89
H. C. Barrows, team hire .
190 00
J. W. Perry, blacksmithing 2 75
Wilmington Garage, repairing sprayer 10 30
96
Frost Insecticide Co., supplies 3 90
Fitzhenry, Guptill Co., agitator 3 25
Joseph Patchett
9 00
Fred A. Lowell, printing
5 00
$3,428 20 $3,428 20
Fire Department
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
Refund account telephone service 2 00
Expended
Butters, A. D., salary as Chief . $99 99
Butters, A. D., repairs and supplies
9 50
Boston Woven H. & R. Co., hose
55 50
Buck Bros., supplies
60
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
25
Boston & Maine R. R., whistle service
20 00
Blanchard, Edward, stable rent .
36 00
Carter, E. E., supplies
10 30
Eames, Fred A., coal
54 25
Hobbs, George A., notices
1 25
Holt, M. T., stamped envelopes
2 81
Hudson, C. E., supplies
80
Harrison, Walter J., salary as Assistant Chief
50 00
Hamilton, Arthur, horse hire
20 00
Harriman & Co., C. S., supplies
2 84
Harriman & Co., C. S., horse hire
5 00
Harriman & Co., C. S., whistle service
36 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., tele- phone service 17 94
Perry, John W., repairs
7 40
Perry, Charles F., horse hire
.
5 00
Rice, W. W., janitor Engine 1
50 00
Skank, Charles, horse hire
5 00
Standard Extinguisher Co., 1-5 gal. extinguisher 8 50
White, Raymond J., janitor Engine 2 50 00
Woburn Machine Co., repairs to whistle 64 15
97
Fire Duty
Alexander, Mason
60
Boynton, D. W.
15 00
Baxter, W. H.
15 00
Buck, C. R.
15 00
Butters, F. D.
13 75
Buck, Rodney E.
15 00
Carter, Charles E.
17 00
Currier, W. H.
1 20
Colgate, D. K.
15 00
Carter, D. R.
15 00
Doucette, W. H.
17 00
Doucette, B. F.
15 00
Doyle, John H.
15 00
Durkee, Adrian
15 00
Gallagher, Eugene
15 00
Gallagher, Terrance
15 00
Goodwin, William B.
15 00
Hoban, John, Jr.
15 00
Horton, H. M.
15 00
Harrison, Thomas
1 20
Hoban, Frank .
17 00
Hamilton, Arthur
60
Lane, Albert
17 00
Lyons, Edward J.
1 20
McMahon, M. J.
15 00
McGrane, Oliver
1 20
McIntosh, W. B.
60
Pratt, H. R.
18 00
Porter, J. P.
10 00
Rice, W. W.
16 80
Regan, James
15 00
Simonds, E. E.
15 00
Smith, L. H.
15 00
Surette, Arthur
15 00
Taylor, Everett
5 00
Witherspoon, W. A.
1 20
98
Witherspoon, Elwyn
1 20
White, Raymond J. .
15 00
White, James D.
15 00
White, James
15 00
Deficit
81 63
$1,083 63 $1,083 63
Forest Fires
Appropriation .
$700 00
Received from State account brush
fire equipment
146 21
Due from Boston & Maine R. R. account brush fires
42 00
Expended
For equipment
$323 94
Fire duty
187 40
Horse hire
53 00
Supplies
8 42
Repairs
9 21
Telephone service
14 14
$596 11
Unexpended balance
292 10
$888 21
$888 21
Highways, Roads and Bridges
Appropriation .
$1,800 00
Received for loam
14 00
Received for use of pump .
1 00
99
Expended
A. B. Black Road Machinery Co.,
machine repairs $8 50
Good Roads Machinery Co., machine repairs
60
American Express Co., expressage
35
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight
25
S. R. McIntosh, hardware and repairs
62 02
Arthur Starr, pump repairs
50
Arthur Young, pump repairs
40
Albert Miller, pump repairs
75
John W. Dailey, pump repairs
58 82
Bennett Bros. Co., pumps and fittings
32 45
A. S. Morss Co., one 8-inch block 3 11
U. S. Radiator Corporation, pumps
22 06
$189 81
Gravel
Mrs. E. C. Foote
19 30
C. S. Littlefield
4 60
C. W. Marion .
5 80
M. H. Foskett
50
Austin Hall
17 90
E. G. Avery
3 40
John Bailey
8 50
W. H. Boutwell
8 70
$68 70
Labor and Team Hire
W. S. Benson .
309 45
W. B. McIntosh
440 63
A. B. Eames
70 56
H. C. Eldredge
5 00
Charles Blake
111 63
F. Muse .
120 04
·
.
100
J. Kenney
82 23
Chr. Nee
128 46
J. L. Warner
26 23
Lawrence Babine
118 47
G. Terragrossa
119 79
G. S. Foote
10 00
Charles Wilson
43 89
William Farrell
2 00
Edward Taylor
15 00
$1,603 38
Deficit
46 89
$1,861 89 $1,861 89
Street Railway Tax
Balance, 1911, unexpended
$3,389 84
Street Railway Tax, 1912 .
2,917 06
Franchise Tax, 1912
2,440 82
Received from sale dynamite
5 00
Received for use snow plow
10 00.
Expended
S. R. McIntosh, blacksmithing, hard-
ware, etc. .
$56 16
E. J. Hervey Co., dynamite 38 94
Waltham Trap Rock Co., crushed stone
29 70
Barrett Mfg. Co., tar
174 20
A. S. Morss Co., 1 sheave
54
E. E. Carter, hardware
3 68
John W. Perry, blacksmithing
21 37
$324 59
101
Labor and Team Hire Removing Snow
W. S. Benson . 2 34
W. B. McIntosh
29 87
Charles Blake .
1 13
F. Muse .
3 34
Chr. Nee
14 12
John Kenney
3 22
A. Langley
2 34
C. Horton
1 34
C. H. Eldredge
4 00
W. D. Carter
12 78
Frank Muse
1 78
S. R. McIntosh, repairing snow plow . 8 66
$84 92
Gravel
Mrs. M. Foley
$13 00
S. B. Hooper
14 80
Mrs. Cora Cashman
5 40
A. P. Pearson
6 80
N. B. Eames
25 30
I. E. Morse
51 00
S. R. McIntosh
1 00
E. N. Eames
90
W. B. McIntosh
1 80
Mandy Babine
60
P. McGrane
.
30 30
$150 90
102
Labor and Team Hire on Highways
W. S. Benson .
$628 06
WV. B. McIntosh
810 89
Charles Blake
282 88
F. Muse .
111 11
Chr. Nee
253 78
John Kenney
244 12
G. Terragrossa
244 78
A. McCormick
9 11
W. D. Carter
21 11
Frank Muse
86 67
Edward Taylor
18 34
Lawrence Babine
236 34
C. S. Pettengill
40 00
C. Neilson
10 00
H. C. Barrows
75 00
Mrs. M. Foley
20 00
A. Parrott
1 00
Willis Carter
1 00
T. Nee
7 56
Edward Miller
3 00
A. B. Robertson
18 00
Samuel Forister
70 00
Tony Ditato
55 11
Charles Blaisdell
15 00
J. L. Warner
.
9 11
$3,271 97
Total expenditures
$3,832 38
Unexpended balance
4,930 34
$8,762 72 $8,762 72
103
Abatement of Taxes
Appropriation .
$100 00
Abated account 1910 taxes ·
·
$83 29
Abated account 1912 taxes ·
20 59
Deficit
.
3 88
$103 SS
$103 88
Cemetery
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911 SSO SS
Appropriation . 300 00
Available, one-half receipts sale of lots
51 50
Expended
E. E. Carter, tools and hardware $13 06
A. D. Butters, fertilizer, etc. 4 00
H. L. Carter, horse hire 19 50
Labor
A. D. Butters
$106 30
Walter A. Hill
51 00
Frank Newcomb
31 50
Frank D. Butters
99 50
James Kernon
93 50
Albert Lane
9 00
Edward B. Mitchell
1 00
.
$428 36
Unexpended balance
4 02
$432 38
$432 38
.
104
Miscellaneous
Reappropriated, unexpended balance,
1911
.
$382 37
Appropriation
1,000 00
Received for licenses
14 00
Corporation tax
316 69
National Bank tax
62 44
Town Clerk, printed records
1 00
Expended
American Express Co., expressage $ 35
Ames, H. N., batteries 6 00
Allen Bros., keys 1 20
Brabant, Alphonse, quarantine wages
40 50
Beane, W. J., electrical repairs .
3 55
Barrows, H. C., perambulating town lines 5 00
Buzzell, Dr. D. T., returning births
5 00
Bixby, Dr. J. P., returning births
25
Buck Bros'., supplies
3 10
Butters, A. D., returning deaths
75
Commonwealth of Mass., recording notes
9 00
Carter, E. E., rope for flag
1 65
Deming, H. R., postage and stationery
9 46
Doucette, B. F., insurance
181 00
Dodge, Dr. George F., returning births
4 00
Edgerly, F. L., returning deaths
25
Eames, A. W., perambulating town lines
5 00
Eames, Warren, care Town Clock ·
45 00
Eames, Warren, ringing bell ·
5 00
105
Eames, E. N., perambulating town lines
5 00
Eames, E. N., automobile hire .
5 00
Eames, E. N., postage and stationery
4 07
Eames, F. A., coal and wood
24 50
Eames, F. A., insurance
162 25
Eames, F. A., postage, stationery, etc.
26 12
Gillis, Dr. J. G., returning birth ·
25
Groom, Thomas & Co., stationery ·
2 25
Gookin Furniture Co., table
4 00
Hurst, A. A., delivering Town Reports 9 80
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery
1 25
Halligan, Dr. E. M., returning birth
50
Kelley & Hawes, returning death
25
Kelley, James E., returning births, marriages and deaths 33 00
Kelley, James E., real estate titles, drawing deed, etc. 30 42
Kelley, James E., postage and sta- tionery
11 50
Middlesex Co. Training School, board Nichols, Edward M., returning deaths New England Trust Co., rent safe deposit box
5 00
5 25
10 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service 25 18
Osbon, Charles B., janitor Town Hall . 100 00
4 25
Osbon, Charles B., repairs and care flag Pneumatic H. Stamp Co., sealers' stamp Pratt's Son, Daniel, repairs to Town Clock
27 50
Purbeck, George H., signs
9 00
Patchett, Joseph, tax sales
34 64
Patchett, Joseph, postage and station-
ery
24 47
Pierce, George E., Estate, returning death 25 ·
Rowe & Son, E. L., flag 37 05
1 30
106
Soldiers' Relief
12 00
Town of Reading, lights, Town Hall
17 29
West, Dr. F. O., returning birth .
25
Waterman & Son, J. L., returning death
25
$959 90
Unexpended balance
816 30
.
$1,776 20 $1,776 20
HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman,
ARTHUR W. EAMES,
EDWARD N. EAMES,
Board of Selectmen.
107
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Number of inmates in Almshouse
3
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse January 1, 1912
Live stock $1,090 00
Farming tools and vehicles
715 35
Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc.
438 00
Household furniture
369 00
Groceries, provisions, etc. .
102 50
$2,714 85
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse January 1, 1913
Live stock $975 00
Farming tools and vehicles
739 35
Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc.
371 50
Household furniture
369 00
Groceries, provisions, etc. . .
114 70
2,569 55
Decrease in personal property
$145 30
108
Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm Paid on Town Orders
W. S. Benson, salary as Superintendent $500 00
C. S. Pettengill, cows
125 00
A. M. Farnham, hay
105 82
George H. Prescott, horse
125 00
H. L. Sheldon, balance on horse
15 00
H. C. Barrows, potatoes and fertilizer
51 55
J. W. Perry, blacksmithing
10 20
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service 2 91
$935 48
Receipts at Almshouse
Labor .
$1,025 19
Milk ($103.30 account 1911)
534 70
Eggs
21 70
Telephone
70
Board
25 00
Cows
220 00
Vegetables and fruit
176 95
Butter
8 86
Poultry
8 45
Calf
5 00
Miscellaneous
12 25
$2,038 80
Expenditures at Almshouse
Labor
$449 88
Clothing, shoes and dry goods
44 80
Groceries
247 65
Balance on cow
20 00
Blacksmithing
44 80
Seeds
12 71
Medicine
3 96
Ice
9 40
109
Coal
7 50
Grain
506 SS
Provisions
176 55
Hardware, etc.
21 28
Poultry
21 00
Kitchen and milk utensils
18 08
Fish
16 56
Sundry repairs
29 47
Horse blankets, collar, feed bags, etc.
20 40
Miscellaneous
41 92
$1,692 84
Paid Town Treasurer
345 96
$2,038 80
Recapitulation of Almshouse Account 1912
Resources
Town appropriation $300 00-
Received from Farm, W. S. Benson,
Superintendent .
$2,038 80
Less Milk credited 1911 account
103 30
$1,935 50
Expended
Expenses paid on Town Orders .
$935 48
Expenses paid per account, W. S.
Benson, Superintendent .
1,692 84
Deficit
$2,628 32 $2,235 50
392 82
$2,628 32
Deficit
$392 82
Decrease in personal property
145 30
Total debit balance
$538 12
110
Outside Poor
Appropriation .
$900 00
Received for aid rendered
89 30
Expended
Paid to
Josephine K. Abbott, rent
$30 00
J. W. Murray, groceries
15 41
H. C. Barrows, wood
2 00
Fred A. Eames, coal
27 85
Edward M. Nichols, burials
10 00
Buck Bros, groceries
222 32
City of Woburn, groceries, fuel, etc.
188 63
City of Lynn, groceries
24 00
Dr. D. T. Buzzell, medical aid
5 00
A. D. Butters, burial
2 00
Charles E. Carter, provisions
35 21
Commonwealth of Mass., board and treatment
9 50
$571 92
Unexpended balance
417 38
$989 30
$989 30
EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES,
Overseers of the Poor.
111
ASSESSOR'S VALUATION, 1912
Real Estate .
. $1,468,807 00
Personal property
240,520 00
Amount of tax assessed
30,019 63
State tax assessed
2,375 00
State Highway tax
152 73
County tax assessed
1,307 16
Rate of taxation per $1,000
16 90
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
$30,000 00
Town Farm .
5,000 00
Personal property at Town Farm
2,569 55
Town Hall and lot
2.500 00
Cemetery land and lots
1,500 00
Public Library and lot
1,400 00
Contents of Public Library
2,000 00
Hearse house
100 00
Highway tools
300 00
Town hearse
200 00
Town scales
150 00
Cemetery tool house and tools
100 00
Furniture in Selectmen's Office Six safes
100 00
S75 00
Two fire engines
1.000 00
112
Two hose wagons .
250 00
Two fire engine houses and lots
1,600 00 .
Hose, ladders, horses, harness, etc.
600 00
Police equipment . 35 00
Land account tax sales
395 00
Moth Building
600 00
Two Sprayers, and fixtures
1,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures outfit
150 00
Forest fire outfit .
100 00
$52,524 55
JAMES E. KELLEY,
GEORGE W. BUCK, MILTON T. HOLT, Assessors of Wilmington.
113
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1910 Tax
Uncollected, January 1, 1912
$4,569 11
Taxes collected .
$4,485 72
Taxes abated
83 39
$4,569 11
Interest collected $417.30
Account of 1911 Tax
Uncollected January 1, 1912
$11,026 07
Taxes collected . 6,593 67
Uncollected January 1, 1913
$4,432 40
Interest collected $236.71
Account of 1912 Tax
Commitments . $30,573 24
Taxes collected
$18,873 78
Taxes abated
20 59
$18,894 37
$11,678 87
Interest collected $8.09
Excise tax collected .
$2,440 82
JOSEPH PATCHETT, Collector.
114
TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$1,965 49
Cash received from:
State Treasurer, Income Mass.
School Fund
$1,159 47
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
P. S. . 314 84
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, business 1 55
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax 62 44
State Treasurer, State Aid .
396 00
State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax
2,917 06
State Treasurer, High School
Tuition 500 00
State Treasurer, Reimbursement
for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions
35
State Treasurer, account forest fires State Treasurer, suppression of moths
2,052 16
State Treasurer, suppression of
moths on State highway .
22 80
State Treasurer, Inspector of Animals 75 00
State Treasurer, tuition of children
82 25
403 91
County Treasurer, dog licenses . New England Tel. & Tel. Co., overcharge .
2 00
Israel Newcomb, cemetery lot 437 20 00
146 21
115
Sarah M. Woodman, cemetery lot
20 00
421 · 20 00
Joseph W. Strong, cemetery lot 641 Arthur R. Marshall, cemetery lot 629 20 00
Mary E. Kelley, cemetery lot 332 20 00 Albert D. Butters, Superintendent of Graves 3 00
Mary Lewis, Walker School lot 25 00
H. H. Bishop, account Superin- tendent Schools
333 34
First National Bank, Reading, Interest 53 32
Oliver A. McGrane, superinten- dent suppression of moths 163 50
James E. Kelley, express licenses . 3 00
James E. Kelley, printed records . 1 00
William S. Benson, Superintendent Town Farm 345 96
John W. Dailey, board, Mrs.
Dailey, State Sanatorium 89 30
Walter A. Hill, Chief, police duty .
101 00
Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, temporary loans . 14,000 00
H. C. Barrows, slaughter house licenses 4 00
H. C. Barrows, fruit pedler's license 6 00
H. C. Barrows, express license 1 00
W. B. McIntosh, dynamite .
5 00
W. B. McIntosh, loam
14 00
W. B. McIntosh, use of snow plow 10 00
H. M. Horton, account schools 3 15
H. M. Horton, Sealer's fees 4 91
Trustees of Trust Funds, income .
38 60
John W. Dailey, use of diaphragm pump 1 00
Joseph Patchett, Collector :
On account tax 1910 4,485 72
116
Interest . 417 30
On account tax 1911 .
6,593 67
Interest
236 71
On account tax 1912
18,873 78
Interest
8 09
Excise tax, Bay State Street Railway
2,440 82
Tax release, Minnie A. Murray
2 54
Tax release, Priscilla Helena Douglass .
2 56
$58,468 80
Payments
Paid Selectmen's orders . $36,387 60
State Treasurer, State Tax .
2,375 00
State Treasurer, repairs State High- way
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