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I wish to express my thanks to the teachers and parents for their kindness and co-operation, and to you and the committee for your interest in the work.
Yours respectfully,
CORA E. STRONG.
93
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN'S REPORT
To the Sehool Board of Wilmington:
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as School Physician for 1915-16. I have visited all of the sehools, but have not as yet examined eaeh pupil separately, owing to the prevalenee of the grippe. We have been fortunate during the past year in the matter of contagious diseases. Three eases of scarlet fever have been reported; three of measles; none of diphtheria; there has been an epidemie of varieella (ehieken-pox) in the West school. This is not a particularly dangerous disease, but the State Board requires that it be reported. It does interfere with the school attendance.
I find that many more of the children have had their teeth cared for during the past year. Adviee as to eare of teeth should be iterated and reiterated. I have eaused to be printed and placed in the several sehoolrooms, some simple health rules, which I hope will be observed by teachers as well as scholars. I suggest that means be provided for the seholars to wash their faees and hands, and that the teachers see to it that these are used frequently. Hot water and soap in abund- ance should be provided. Cleanliness is the best preventative of disease.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL T. BUZZELL, M.D.,
School Physician.
94
SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK REPORT
Mr. C. L. Randall, Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir: This concludes five years of Banking in the Public Schools of Wilmington, and this report should show whether it has been a success or not. We have had no money this year from the High School, Athletic Association or the Class of 1916. Last year from these we received $107.25, and still we have had more deposited than in 1914.
The following shows the deposits from each school:
Eighth Grade
$13 47
Seventh Grade
26 65
Center Grammar
.
17 01
Walker Grammar
31 86
Walker Sub-Grammar
14 67
Walker Intermediate
46 37
Walker Primary
49 64
Whitefield Grammar
47 36
Whitefield Primary
26 01
North School
5 26
East School
6 50
South School
14 89
West School
30 63
H. S. Gymnasium
67 00
Teachers
60. 00
$457.32
Number of New Banks
59
Total amount deposited in five years
$2,442 30
Total number of bank books in five years 281
Respectfully,
HELEN H. BUCK,
Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE
Financial Year, Ending December 31, 1915 SHOWING
APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT AND BALANCE SHEET.
97
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Herewith I hand you my report as Town Accountant for the financial year ending December 31, 1915, showing appro- priations, receipts and payments; statement of Town Debt and balance sheet giving financial condition of the Town December 31, 1915.
It will be noted by referring to Schedule 2, Balance Account, into which have been carried the balances of the different accounts, that notwithstanding a deficiency in Revenue and a shortage in estimated receipts of $4,557.39, the credit balances of sundry accounts exceed this amount by $916.41, which has . been carried to the credit of Excess and Deficiency Account, as it appears on Balance Sheet. These figures speak for them- selves and require no further comment.
The books and accounts of the Tax Collector, Trustees of Trust Funds, Treasurer of the S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Committee and Town Clerk's Dog Tax Records have been audited and found correct.
The Town valuation book was duly examined, and com- mitment book compared with same before delivery of latter to the Collector.
The Treasurer's vouchers and books have been checked, and the cash balance in Town Treasury, as rendered in his account, $6,125.3S, is correct.
HARRY R. DEMING,
Town Accountant.
SCHEDULE I
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Appropriation
$800 00
Payments
Salaries .
$675 00
Perambulating Town lines
75 00
Postage and stationery
.
7 30
Printing .
42 50
$799 80
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 20
$800 00
$800 00
Town Accountant
Appropriation $250 0
Payments
Salary
$200 00
Postage and stationery
17 69
Printing
1 50
$219 19
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account
30 81
$250 00
$250 0
99
Treasurer
Appropriation $300 00
Payments
Salary
$250 00
Postage, stationery and telephone
46 40
$296 40
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 3 60
$300 00
$300 00
Tax Collector
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
69 51
Payments
Salary
$9S0 56
Postage and stationery
63 33
Printing
11 00
Telephone
14 62
$1,069 51
$1,069 51
Assessors
Appropriation
$700 00
Payments
Salaries
$625 00
Postage and stationery
9 82
Printing
18 50
Record of transfers .
33 00
Miscellaneous
9 76
.
.
$696 0S
100
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account
S 3 92
$700 00
$700 00
Town Clerk
Appropriation $120 00 50
Payments
Salary .
$100 00
Postage and stationery
·
. .
7 20
Printing
.
3 50
$110 70
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 9 80
$120 50
$120 50
Election and Registration
Appropriation $325 00
Payments
Election, salaries .
$98 00
Printing
·
26 50
Postage and expressage
53
$125 03
Registration, salaries
$155 00
Printing
·
·
·
20 25
Postage and expressage
1 02
176 27
$301 30
Unexpended, transferred to 1915 Balance Account 23 70
$325 00 $325 00
Received for printed records
101
Town Hall
Appropriation
$250 00
Payments
Salary, janitor
$137 50
Light
·
.
17 86
Fuel
36 50
Telephone
18 57
Repairs
11 97
Supplies
50
$222 90
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account
27 10
$250 00
$250 00
Town Constable
Appropriation
$50 00
Payments
Salary
$50 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received for police duty
157 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
27 82
Payments
Salaries and wages
.
$1,062 75
Printing
.
.
e
2 25
Telephone
.
.
25 05
·
.
.
102
Travelling expenses
$26 99
Uniforms
7 42
Auto and team hire
37 00
Signs
16 00
Miscellaneous
7 36
$1,184 82
$1,184 82
Fire Department
Appropriation
$1,250 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
285 83
Payments
Salaries and wages .
·
$767 76
Printing .
.
.
3 00
Telephone
16 20
Horse hire
102 50
Hardware, repairs, etc.
89 98
Stable rent and board
52 00
Fuel
50 38
Whistle repairs and maintenance
93 02
Changing fire alarm lines .
296 42
Badges .
.
.
5 75
Hose
.
.
.
.
55 98
Miscellaneous
.
2 84
$1,535 83
$1,535 83
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation Received sealing fees
$50 00
18 50
103
Payments
Salary
$50 00
Repairs to equipment
7 35
Expressage
1 64
Dies and seals .
1 73
$60 72
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 7 78
$68 50
$68 50
Suppression of Moths
Appropriation
$ 933 39
Received from State
1,306 02
Received for private work
158 65
Charged property owners on tax bills .
735 11
Payments
Salaries and wages .
$2,241 46
Printing, postage and stationery
47 56
Telephone
·
.
25 57
Liability insurance . ·
101 10
Insurance on building and sprayer
47 25
Team hire
339 50
Freight and expressage
7 46
Hardware
2 56
Pump and sprayer fittings
20 29
Supplies
33 47
Repairs .
.
4 00
Miscellaneous .
1 36
$2,871 58
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 261 59
$3,133 17
$3,133 17
·
.
.
. .
104
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$500 00
Received for private work
.
15 80
Payments
Salaries and wages .
.
$332 33
Team hire
·
51 75
Trees
86 00
Fertilizer
6 00
Loam
26 00
Repairs .
4 30
Supplies
6 90
Expressage
1 04
514 32
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 1 48 .
$515 80
$515 80
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$500 00
Received for fire service, B. & M. R.R.
38 80
Received for fire service, Tewksbury
4 60
Received for fire service, Billerica
54 10
Received refund telephone charges
2 44
Transferred from Contingent Fund
339 81
Payments
Salaries and wages .
.
$663 03
Team and auto hire.
160 50
.
Postage and stationery
·
1 00
105
Telephone
$ 9 37
Repairs .
14 81
Pumps, cans, shovels, etc
70 75
Supplies
17 77
Freight and expressage
·
.
1 22
Miscellaneous
.
.
1 30
$939 75
$939 75
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation
$500 00
Received fees, Slaughter House In-
spector
159 00
Received from State, account In- spector of Animals 75 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund .
37 34
Payments
Salary, Agent of Board of Health
$ 15 00
Board and treatment, Contagious Disease Hospitals. 217 29
Fees for returning births, marriages, and deaths . 62 80
Salary, Inspector Meats and Provisions 323 00
Salary, Inspector of Animals 150 00
Postage and printing .
3 25
$771 34
$771 34
Highways, Roads and Bridges
Appropriation Received for posts .
$8,000 00
31 70
106
Payments
Salaries and wages . $2,520 72
. Team hire
1,780 53
Liability insurance .
96 13
Repairing tools and hardware
160 97 .
Freight .
83
Land damage .
100 00
Removing snow
140 25
Gravel .
151 55
Repairs to Town Pumps .
53 54
$5,004 52
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account
3,027 18
$8,031 70
$8,031 70
New State Highway
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Received from State
2,080 40
Received from County
2,118 65
Received for cement, crushed stone,
etc.
116 20
Transferred from Contingent Fund .
65 40
Payments
Salaries and wages .
.
$2,765 78
Team hire
881 77
Land damage .
195 00
Stone and gravel
626 32
Tar
930 07
Supplies
351 89
Coal
160 40
Lumber . ·
63 01
.
107
Freight and expressage
$ 65 73
Pump, tools, etc
143 23
Dynamite
110 45
Hire of steam roller
51 00
Boiler inspection
5 00
Miscellaneous
.
31 00
$6,380 65
$6,380 65
Stone Crusher
Appropriation
$912 40
Payments
Part payment on Crusher
$880 00
Less freight
80 66
$799 34
Freight .
80 66
Labor setting up
.
32 00
$912 00
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 40
$912 40
$912 40
Electric Street Lights
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Payments
Paid for lights, per contract $4,287 01 Unexpended, transferred to 1915 Balance Account 212 99
$4,500 00
$4,500 00
.
108
CHARITIES
Poor
Appropriation $2,000 00
Received from State, account Outside Poor
333 36
Received from Cities and Towns, account Outside Poor
122 99
Received from individuals, account Outside Poor 96 50
Received account burial 50 00
Received for produce and stock
2.101 91
Received for team hire and labor . .
1,807 83
Received for wood .
229 12
Received for miscellaneous .
7 45
Teaming lumber
.
614 32
Payments
Account Town Farm :
Superintendent's salary
$ 474 93
Telephone .
20 78
Hay and grain
1,138 82
Stable supplies and repairs
113 48
Blacksmithing
137 11
Groceries, provisions and fish
695 14
Hardware
113 74
Live stock
727 06
Household furnishings and drygoods
28 44
Labor
1,279 97
Burial
25 00
Miscellaneous
52 17
Incubator and brooder
39 60
Freight, expressage, etc.
15 09
Seeds, fruits and fertilizers
150 78
Clothing and shoes
7 81
Medical services and medicines
16 38
Veterinarian
9 00
·
.
.
Total account Town Farm .. .
$5,045 30 .
.
109
Account Outside Poor :
Groceries and provisions .
$539 79
Fuel
56 18
Clothing and shoes .
45 00
Cash
397 00
Medical aid
244 94
Hospital and nursing
.
181 50
Burials
42 75
Transportation
6 50
Total account Outside Poor
$1,513 66
Total payments account Town Farm
and Outside Poor
$6,558 96
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account . 801 52
$7,363 48
$7,363 48
Aid to Dependent Mothers
Appropriation
$416 00
Received from State
162 66
Received from other towns . 84 00
Payments
Paid under provisions Chapter 763,
Acts 1913
$375 00
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account . 287 66
$662 66
$662 66
.
110
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
Appropriation
$504 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
42 00
Payments
Paid as per State returns
$546 00
$546 00
$546 00
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation
$48 00
Payments .
.
.
$48 00
Schools
Appropriation
$18,336 00
Received from Domestic Science and
Manual Training Departments
288 64
Received for books and transportation
17 49
Payments
Salaries
. $12,965 99
Industrial Education
72 29
Transportation
131 00
Fuel .
1,733 78
Insurance . .
755 58
Repairs
904 33
Books and supplies
1,325 63
Miscellaneous
660 85
Construction
S6 00
$18,835 45
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account .
.
6 68
$18,642 13 $18,642 13
.
111
Grading New High School Grounds
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Payments
Architect's services
S 85 08
Grading .
1,373 30
$1,458 38
Balance subject to drafts
41 62
$1,500 00
$1,500 00 $41 62
Balance .
Vocational School
Transferred from Contingent Fund $42 00
Payments
Tuition
$42 00
Repairs to Heating Apparatus Old High School Building
Appropriation
$200 00
Payments
Repairs to heating apparatus $200 00
New High School Building
Balance from 1914
$8,423 58
Payments
Account building contract
$6,511 50
Account heating contract
.
677 25
Architect's commission .
201 51
Furnishings .
.
.
. .
855 57
112
Steps
$ 12 00
Fuel
125 35
Electrical work
2 20
Piping
8 97
Tile pipe and trenching
29 20
8,423 55
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account . .
03
$8,423 58 $8,423 58
Public Library
Appropriation
$400 00
Received from Library Trustees .
19 16
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds
13 93
Payments
Salary, Librarian
$143 75
Light
12 44
Fuel .
28 00
Labor and repairs
7 50
Printing
3 75
Books
.
183 73
Binding
.
36 16
$415 33
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account . 17 76
$433 09
$433 09
Unclassfied
Appropriation
$500 00
Received account tax deed release
4 52
Received for old books
.
2 76
Transferred from Contingent Fund
35 28
.
.
.
.
.
113
Payments
Printing Town Reports
$251 15
Delivering Town Reports
4 00
Repairs to Town Clock
·
.
50 00
Certifying Town Notes
14 00
Repairs to Town Notices Boxes
1 25
Auto hire .
6 00
Stationery
5 25
Rent of safety deposit box
10 00
Sealing Town scales
2 12
Surveying .
29 05
Care of Town flag
3 00
Tax sales .
113 59
Ringing Town bell
5 00
Care Town clock
45 00
Miscellaneous
3 15
$542 56
$542 56
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$150 00
Payments
Memorial address
$10 00
Music
72 72
Printing
.
.
.
.
.
1 50
Special car .
6 00
Flowers
14 75
Refreshments
37 40
Flags
6 24
Miscellaneous
1 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
$149 61
Unexpended, transferred to 1915 Balance Account . 39
$150 00 $150 00
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
114
Cemetery
Appropriation .
$500 00
Received one-half from sale of lots
62 50
Payments
Salaries and wages .
$482 09
Paints, tools and hardware
19 45
Repairs
1 00
$502 54
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 59 96
$562 50
$562 50
Trust Funds
Received income, S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Fund. $240 00
Received for perpetual care fund, ceme- tery lot, Isabella Holt .
75 00
Received from Trustees, income ac-
34 60
count cemetery and common funds .
Payments
Paid S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Com- mittee, income
$240 00
Paid account care Cemetery Lots :
James Frazer
3 75
Martha Temple .
2 00
Thomas P. Eames . .
2 75
Susan Carlton .
1 75
Isaac Cazneau
1 75
George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker .
3 00 40
Charlotte C. Smith
.
Richard Carter .
.
.
1 00
Sabra Carter . .
75
115
Abner C. Childs
$ 1 25
Gilman C. Harnden
1 50
Rufus C. Eames
25
William H. Carter
1 00
S. D. J. Carter
1 90
Charles H. Hopkins
1 50
Dolly Harnden
.
.
50
John Sheldon Sargent
1 50
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
1 00
Paid account Sabra Carter Common
Fund .
7 05
Paid Trustees Trust Funds, perpetual
care fund account lot Isabella Holt
75 00
$349 60
$349 60
Interest
Appropriation :
General loans
$ 850 00
High School bonds. .
1,575 00
Received interest on taxes
718 30
Received interest on deposits
90 17
Payments
On temporary loans . $1,017 63
On New High School Bonds
1,575 00
On High and Walker School Note 9 60
$2,602 23
Unexpended, transferred to
1915
Balance Account 631 24
$3,233 47
$3,233 47
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation .
$1,990 00
.
.
.
.
116
Payments
New High School Bonds, Nos. 1 and 2 $1,750 00
Final payment on High and Walker School Note 240 00
$1,990 00
$1,990 00
Contingent Fund
Appropriation .
$1,000 00
Transferred to:
Tax Collector
$ 69 51
Police .
27 82
Fire Department
285 83
Health
37 34
New State Highway
65 40
State Aid
42 00
Vocational Schools.
42 00
Unclassified .
.
.
35 28
Forest Fires
339 81
$944 99
Unexpended, transferred to 1915
Balance Account 55 01
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
Town Farm Lumber Account
Received for lumber sold
$1,477 63
Received for sawing lumber
292 52
Payments
Cutting and sawing .
$1,045 72
Fire insurance premium
30 36
Teaming lumber
.
.
614 32
$1,690 40
Balance
79 75
Balance
$1,770 15
$1,770 15 $79 75
.
.
.
.
117
Reserve Account
Balance
$107 74
Balance from Tax Abatements 1913
1 39
Paid for record, taxable property
$30 00
Balance .
79 13
Balance .
$79 13
Tax Abatements 1913
Balance .
$101 98
Abated 1913 Taxes
$100 59
Balance to Reserve Account
1 39
$101 98
$101 98
Tax Abatements 1914
Balance
$158 34
Abated 1914 Taxes
$ 3 76
Balance
154 58
$158 34
$158 34
Balance
$154 58
Tax Abatements 1915
Appropriation
$100 00
Overlay
120 40
Abated 1915 Taxes
. .
$ 1 62
Balance
218 78
$220 40
$220 40
$218 78
.
.
.
.
.
.
Balance
$109 13
$109 13
118
SCHEDULE 2
1915 Balance Account
Dr
Deficiency in revenue $3,863 82 693 57
Deficiency in estimated receipts . ·
Excess of unexpended balances over
deficits, carried to Excess and De- ficiency Account (See Balance Sheet) 916 41
$5,473 80
119
SCHEDULE 2
1915 Balance Account
Cr.
Unexpended Balances :
Selectmen
$ 20
Town Accountant .
30 81
Treasurer
3 60
Assessors
3 92
Town Clerk .
9 80
Election and Registration
23 70
Town Hall
27 10
Sealer Weights and Measures .
7 78
Moth Account
261 59
Tree Warden
1 48
Highways
3,027 18
Stone Crusher
40
Electric Street Lights
.
212 99
Aid to Dependent Mothers
287 66
Schools .
6 68
Library
17 76
Memorial Day
.
.
39
Cemetery
.
.
59 96
Interest
631 24
Contingent Fund
55 01
New High School Building
03
Poor
804 52
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
$5,473 80
120
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations
$54,009 79
Estimated Receipts
Dr.
Estimated :
Street Railway Excise tax
$2,543 39
Street Railway Franchise tax
3,385 36
State Aid
504 00
Cemetery (one-half sale of lots)
88 00
Schools.
.
2,722 50
Corporation tax, public service
.
226 77
Corporation tax, business
58 62
Court fines
20 00
Licenses .
67 00
National Bank tax.
·
67 57
.
.
Estimated Total
$9,683 21
121
SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
Cr.
Tax commitment
$40,396 79
Tax commitment (December)
64 11
Estimated receipts
9,683 21
Received from State, account loss in
taxes
1 86
Deficiency, transferred from 1915
Balance Account 3,863 82
$54,009 79
Estimated Receipts
Cr.
Amounts Actually Received :
Street Railway Excise tax
$2,484 07
Street Railway Franchise tax .
2,673 42
State Aid
510 00
Cemetery (one-half sale of lots)
62 50
Schools.
2,739 02
Corporation tax, public service
171 66
Corporation tax, business
13 53
Court fines
135 00
Licenses
.
.
142 00
National Bank tax.
58 44
Actual receipts total .
$8,989 64
Deficiency, transferred from 1915
Balance Account 693 57
$9,683 21
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122
SCHEDULE 4
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1915:
Note No. 16 .
$6,000 00
Note No. 17
4,000 00
$10,000 00
Borrowed during 1915:
Note No. 41
$4,000 00
Note No. 42
5,000 00
Note No. 43
8,000 00 ·
Note No. 44
10,000 00
Note No. 46
7,000 00
Note No. 47
6,000 00
$40,000 00
$50,000 00
Paid during 1915:
Note No. 16
.
.
$6,000 00
Note No. 17
4,000 00
Note No. 41
4,000 00
Note No. 42
5,000 00
Note No. 43
8,000 00
$27,000 00
Outstanding December 31, 1915
$23,000 00
.
.
.
123
High and Walker School Note
(dated September 15, 1905)
Balance unpaid January 1, 1915
$240 00
Paid during 1915 240 00
New High School Bonds
(issue of 1914)
Outstanding, January 1, 1915
$35,000 00
Paid during 1915 1,750 00
Outstanding, December 31, 1915 $33,250 00
Total Town Indebtedness, December 31, 1915
$56,250 00
124
SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1915
Dr.
Cash in Treasury
$6,125 38
Joseph Patchett, Collector :
Due on 1914 taxes
. $ 6,101 06
Due on 1915 taxes
.
17,776 93
$23,877 99
Funded debt (Balancing Account)
33,250 00
$63,253 37
125.
SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1915
Cr.
Temporary loans
$23,000 00
Reserve Account . .
79 13
Tax Abatements 1914
154 58
Tax Abatements 1915 .
218 78
Cemetery lots, Reserve Account
88 00
Grading High School lot
41 62
New High School Bonds (issue of 1914)
33,250 00
Town Farm Lumber Account
79 75
Excess and Deficiency, balance January
1,1915 .
$5,425 10
Net credit from 1915
Balance Account 916 41
$6,341 51
$63,253 37
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SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the fiscal year 1916:
General Government:
Selectmen, salaries and general expenses
$800 00
Town Accountant, salary and general expenses 250 00
Treasurer, salary and general expenses . 375 00
Collector, salary and general expenses .
1,000 00
Assessors, salaries and general expenses.
725 00
Town Clerk, salary and general expenses
120 00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses .
general
350 00
Town Hall, janitor, light, fuel, and repairs .
200 00
Town Constable. 50 00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts and 1,000 00
Fire Department, receipts and 1,250 00
Suppression of moths (compulsory $842.70, and incidentals $157.30), receipts and 1,000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts and 50 00 ·
Tree Warden, receipts and . 300 00
Forest Fires, receipts and
500 00
Health:
Health and Sanitation, Salary Board of Health Agent, quarantine wages, Inspection of Animals, Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics 500 00
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Highways:
Highways, Roads and Bridges (including Street Railway and Franchise Taxes) . . $8,000 00
Electric Street Lights . . 5,500 00
Charities :
Town Farm and Outside Poor, balance of receipts of sale of lumber
Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts and 400 00
Town Indebtedness:
Bonds Nos. 3 and 4 account New High School 1,750 00
Note No 45 (balance due on Stone Crusher) 1,320 00
Contingent Fund 1,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid .
360 00
Soldiers' Relief
48 00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, repairs, fuel, furnishings, vocational schools,
outside tuition, transportation (including esti- mated receipts of $2,550) . 19,000 00
Fencing Whitefield School and West School
400 00
Library .
400 00
Memorial Day
200 00
.
Unclassified :
Printing Town Reports, care of Town clock, etc 500 00
Cemetery .
500 00
·
Interest :
On loans for general purposes, receipts and 300 00 On New High School Loan . 1,496 25
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Number of inmates in the Almshouse . 2
Melvin W. Brown, Superintendent.
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1915
Live stock $1,440 00
Farming tools and vehicles
770 15
Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc.
719 90
Household furniture .
377 50
Groceries, provisions, etc. . . 301 81
$3,609 36
Inventory of Personal Property at Almshouse, January 1, 1916
Live stock . $1,381 00
Farming tools and vehicles
877 15
Hay, grain, wood, manure, etc.
.
727 80
Household furniture 370 50 .
Groceries, provisions, etc. . . 233 55
$3,590 00
Decrease in Personal Property ·
$19 36
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Memorandum of Expenses at Town Farm paid on Town Orders
Salary, Superintendent
.
.
$474 93
Telephone
20 78
Hay and grain
256 17
Blacksmithing
12 05
Groceries and provisions
129 94
Burial
25 00
Household furnishings
16 50
Live stock
347 95
Labor
166 57
Incubator .
.
.
.
29 60
Stable supplies
5 50
Hardware .
29 01
Miscellaneous
5 36
$1,519 36
Receipts at Almshouse
Team hire and labor
. $1,807 83
Live stock
183 00
Milk
.
.
·
1,021 21
Poultry and eggs
69 78
Vegetables and fruits .
477 92
Wood
229 12
Telephone . .
65
Pound fees
.
.
.
.
1 00
Miscellaneous
5 80
$3,796 31
Payments at Almshouse
Labor
$1,113 40
Groceries, provisions and fish 565 20
Clothing and shoes
. .
7 81
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
130
Medical services and medicines
$ 16 38
Hardware .
84 73
Hay and grain
.
.
882 65
Blacksmithing
125 06
Live stock
262 00 ·
Sled, harness and stable supplies
81 50
Expense selling produce
5 22
Freight and expressage
9 87
Dry goods
.
11 94
Poultry and eggs
117 11
Repairs
26 48
Brooder
10 00
Seeds, fruit and fertilizers
150 78
Veterinarian
9 00
Miscellaneous
.
46 81
$3,525 94
Paid Town Treasurer .
270 37
$3,796 31
Aid Rendered Outside Poor
Payments
Groceries and provisions
$539 79
Fuel .
56 18
Clothing and shoes
45 00
Cash
397 00
Medical aid
244 94
Hospital and nursing
181 50
Burials
42 75
Transportation
6 50
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
$1,513 66
.
.
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Recapitulation 1915 Poor Account
Resources
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Received account Outside Poor
552 85
Received account burials
50 00
Received for horse
350 00
Received at Almshouse .
.
3,796 31
Teaming lumber
614 32
.
.
$7,363 48
Charges
Payments on Town Orders
$1,519 36
Payments at Almshouse
3,525 94
Payments account Outside Poor
1,513 66
$6,558 96
Balance to credit of Poor account
$ 804 52
Less decrease in Personal Property
19 36
Net credit balance
$785 16
EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES,
Overseers of the Poor.
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1915
Real Estate
$1,735,945 00
Personal property
370,798 00
Amount of tax assessed
45,505 46
State tax assessed
3,997 50
State Highway tax assessed
254 38
County tax assessed
2,078 39
Amount assessed on polls
1,334 00
Rate of taxation per $1000
21 60
Schedule of Town Property
Schoolhouses and lots
65,000 00
Town Farm
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