The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-06-06
TOWN DEBT
OF SC|TUATE
INCREASED

The annual financial meeting or the
! town OF Scituate was held yesterday and
the old town house was taxed TO its ut
most capacity with property voters from
! all sections.
AS indicated in the annual report OF the
treasurer, the debt OF the town has in
creased sS5s1.O7 during the last year of
Democratic rule. The tax rate for the
current year was fixed at 81 and on this
basis II is estimated that the receipts will
! foot up $26.soo
Appropriations amounting 70 S25,2s0 A
were made for the year, only one change
being made in the schedule OF estimates
submitted. the item for highways being
cut from $500 10 5000.
Moderator Joshua c. Potter OF District
No. called the meeting TO order at 10
o'clock and the warrant was read by
Town Cler-. Henry II. Potter.
The report OF Town Treasurer Charles
A. eapweii was then read by the clerk
II was as follows:
Receipts-Balance in treasury June l.
! 1904, $S06s.40 received Of George +. How
ard. collector. s23,s27s4: from notes pay
able, $95ll.s0 from dog licenses, $6sl;
from miscellaneous sources, s227045. Total
| ss4. 359.49
Expenditures-Notes and interest, S5,-
/ 276.95: highways. bridges. snow, etc,
! s77ls9i, town officers. $253720; town
asylum. s16s611; taxes abated, s9i270;
| state tax s4S6s 96 dog account, sl93.S:
| public schools. s56194O; miscellaneous.
S57247s: balance in treasury June l. 1905,
| $40 29l 10; total. 4.35949
The receipts for the school fund from
all sources were s79ls4l. and the ex-
pendtures sos Sc .ess than the receipts.
leaving a balance on hand 10 that extent.
The treasury notes outstanding, with
accrued interest to June /. 1905. amount
! to s70,60243 Deducting from this sum
the balance OF cash on hand, $40, 10
| and the amount due from George p.
| Howard, collector s4961.s2 leaves the
| actual debt OF the town &5,3497l. an in
| crease OF 1861 07 over the previous year.
Taxes assessed against l55 persons. cor
porations and organizations were abated
during the year.
Payments on account OF town officers
were follows: ]. G. Potter council $50;
| w F. Angel. council. $50; f. l.. Hawkes..
| council 500 d. O. Phillips council $50; NJ.
| G. Young. council, SEQ. Deford III. Ben
nett. council. $50; j. A. Battey, Jr, coun-
| Gil. $50: F. p. owen, solicitor, $50; c. A.
! Tucker. officer s25 d. L. Paine. apprai-
| ser, 81 so: II II Potter. clerk OF assessors.
$50; George p. Howard. collector for 1908,
| sl65, A. E. Wood. health officer. $ll.50: A.
I ffsfrop7 spccfaf constabfe, Se5; supervisors,
| s4s: gatekeepers. SIG; moderators, sl2: dis
trict clerks, sl2: inspectors sl2; L. Hop
! kins. overseer so; H. H. Potter town
: clerk SOL: assessors S255: II H. Potter,
| clerk OF assessors. 81; Coomer s Ford.
special constable. $50; George A, Kennedy,
| appraiser, $50, Charles A. Capwell town
| treasurer. $3.50: Nathan Colvn. town ser
geant and chief OF police. $3.50; w. p.
Battey, gatekeeper 81; F. L. Hawkes.. dis
trict clerk SO: A. A. Peck. council. S70 r
-a1 nI n L
council. SO; Oscar Blackmar. gatekeeper,
So; ]. c. Potter. moderator. 49, ]. c. Pot
| ter. council. $40: ID. O Phillips. council,
$50; y. o. Phillips. appraiser. $3.50.
Town Auditor F. H Allen and G. II.
| Bartlett confirmed the former report and
| the above figures correct.
The treasurers report was received and
ordered recorded and printed in the tax
book.
The tax rate for the year was fixed at
81 on each 500 of -ratable property the
same as last year The different appro-
priatons were made by resolutions as fol-
lows:
Interest on town debt s27o0: state tax
s439O.44: salaries and expenses Of town Of
ficers. 5000; maintenance OF town asylum
and poor. 1885, state share OF miscellane-
Gus licenses. $500: burial OF veteran sol
diers 800; miscellaneous expenses. $500;
highways, bridges and culverts, 5000.
Superintendent Young OF the school de-
partment recommended an appropriation
OF $500 for the department. The recon-
mendation was adopted
The salary OF the town treasurer was
made $3.50 and the town clerk $500 the same
as last year.
II was voted TO assess the usual poll tax
81 payable in September.
Frederick II. Allen presented the follow
ing resolution: Resolved That the town
treasurer be and he is hereby ordered TO
-K,sa
meeting as separate accounts, and make
no payment on any account after the ap-
preparation Is exhausted" 4"
Upon motion Of Martin S. Smith the
matter or providing electric lights in the
several villages OF the town was indef-
ntely postponed.
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