Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1930, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORTS


TOWN OFFICERS


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


1746


Year Ending


DECEMBER 31, 1930


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1930


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WHITINSVILLE, MASS. PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1931


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Warrant for Town Meeting


MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1931.


WORCESTER, SS.


To any constable of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester :


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Douglas qualified to vote in town elections and town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Douglas, on Monday, the sixteenth day of March, 1931, at 5:45 in the forenoon, to act on the following articles:


ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasurer, a collector of taxes, six constables, an agent of the Moses Wallis Devise, a tree warden, an auditor, each for the term of one year; one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, one water commissioner, two members of the school committee, one trustee of the public library, one cemetery commissioner, each for the term of three years.


ART. 2. To choose all other town officers for the ensuing year.


ART. 3. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the following purposes: Water De- partment, fire department, police department, including silent police, state aid, soldiers' relief, salaries of town officers, and expenses, bond- ing town officers, elections and registration, inspection of meat and animals, tree warden, moth suppression, forest fires, snow roads, town hall maintenance, industrial and trade school, public library, dog fund, public squares, bridges, railing highways, street lighting, Memorial Day, town clock, cemeteries, printing town reports, debts and interest, and all other expenses of the town for the ensuing year.


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50 your man


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ART. 4. To hear the reports of town officers and outstanding committees and act thereon.


ART. 5. To fix the number of the superintending school com- mittee and their compensation. 200


ART. 6. To fix the compensation of the members of the fire company and of the other town officers and employees.


ART. 7. To see if the town will instruct its board of select- men to petition the State Highway Commission, under Chapter 81, General Laws, and acts in amendment thereof, for state aid in the construction and repair of highways.


ART. 8. To see if the town will instruct said board to peti- tion the Division of Highways of Public Works, under Chapter 90, Section 34 of General Laws, for aid in the construction and im- provement of some through way, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 9. To raise and appropriate money for repair of high- ways.


ART. 10 To see if the town will authorize its treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1931, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid out of the revenue of said financial year.


ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to authorize its board of assessors to use the free cash in the treasury in fixing the tax rate.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to extend the street lighting on the Boston & Hartford Pike to a point opposite house of George Koslak.


ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to lease or rent some building or part of building for the purpose of providing quarters for Michael Carter Post, No. 285, American Legion, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following By-Law: There shall be a Town Finance Committee, as required under Chapter 39, Section 16, of the General Laws, which shall consist of nine members, three of which shall be the selectmen; the remaining six shall be appointed by the board of selectmen. Said board of selectmen shall at first appoint two members for a term of three years, two for a term of two years, and two for a term of one year, said terms to terminate the day after the annual town meeting, at which meeting the selectmen shall annually an- nounce their appointment of two members for three years to suc- ceed those whose term is expiring. The duties of said committee shall be those named in said Chapter 39, and amendments thereof. The board of selectmen shall make appointments to fill any vacan- cies in said Committee.


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ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to sell the Old School House property at Douglas Center District, and authorize and em- power the Town Treasurer in its name and behalf to give a deed of same.


ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of four hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy four cents to cover overdrafts of 1930, as follows: State Aid, $190.00; Public Library, $82.62; Town Hall maintenance, $149.12; Soldiers' Relief, $2.00.


ART. 17. To see if the town will vote that the Trustees of the Simon Fairfield Public Library shall annually choose a Treas- urer, as provided in Chapter 78, Section 10 of the General Laws.


ART. 18. To see if the town will instruct its Forest Fire Warden to maintain a fire patrol during the driest part of summer on the Webster Road and on the B. & H. Turnpike, or do anything in relation thereto.


ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Select- men to petition the Director of the State Division of Accounts for the installation of the State System of Accounting.


THE POLLS MAY CLOSE AT TWO O'CLOCK P. M.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the post office at East Douglas and at the store, formerly the postoffice, at Douglas Center seven days at least before the holding of said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands this sixth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.


WALTER E. SCHUSTER, FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Report of Selectmen


The Selectmen of Douglas herewith submit their report of the financial affairs of the town for the year ending December 31, 1930. They have drawn orders on the Town Treasurer amounting to $132,961.05 as follows :


Appropriation Expended


Balance


Schools, etc.


$44,500 00 $44,499 69


$ 31


Highways


14,500 00


14,488 49


11 51


Public Welfare


9,000 00


8,594 92


405 08


Street Lights


2,400 00


2,344 25


55 75


Tree Warden


332 76


332 76


00


Moth Suppression


400 00


301 50


88 50


Bridges


500 00


209 57


280 43


Railing


400 00


388 99


11 01


Fire telephone


45 00


43 80


1 20


Fire Department


340 00


316 80


33 20


Police Department


1,400 00


1,316 63


83 37


Silent Police


30 00


99 25


*69 25


Public Library


1,120 00


1,429 21


*82 62


Dog Fund


226 59


Town Hall


900 00


2,214 88


149 12


Debts and Interest


5,000 00


4,435 24


564 76


Care Squares


36 00


35 93


07


Memorial Day


150 00


140 00


10 00


S. & W. Relief


100 00


102 00


*2 00


Tercentenary


50 00


49 25


75


Care Town Clock


25 00


25 00


$81,368 16


Town Officers :


Salaries


$1,005 00


Assessors


725 32


Collector


651 25


Treasurer Ex.


193 89


Recording Deeds


7 41


Selectmen


3 03


Town Clerk


343 30


Registrars


60 00


3,000 00


$2,989 20


7


Contingent :


2,500 00


Elections


208 19


Vital Statistics


35 50


Snow Roads


220 08


Trade School


593 19


Sealer W. & M.


5 55


Town Reports


277 00


Inspection Animal


125 00


Inspection Meat


128 45


Auditor


75 00


Mowing Cemetery


61 00


Removing Lockup


139 20


Board of Health


17 00


Game Warden


50 00


Care Trough


5 00


Old Town Hall and Engine Hall


140 53


$2,250 69


249 31


Forest Fires, Emergency


2,176 55


Temporary Loans


40,000 00


State Aid


190 00


G. A. R. Trust Fund


150 00


County Tax


3,534 00


Refunds Excise Tax


56 25


Tubercular Hospital


246 20


* Overdrawn.


WALTER E. SCHUSTER, FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Report of the Treasurer


GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.


1930


Dr.


Jan.


7 Rent of Old Hall, C. W. C. $4 00


1 00


15 Edward L. Williams, 1929 Taxes


$168 11


Edward L. Williams, 1929 Excise Taxes 61 72


229 83


16 Town Hall, Moses Wallis Devise


1,111 11


21 Rent of Old Hall, W. R. C.


3 00


28 Edward L. Williams, 1929 Excise Taxes


37 97


3 Welfare Dept. Farm Income, A. J. Page Rent of Hall, Robert Walker


25 00


Cummings Lot, People's Savings Bank $10 50


Aldrich Lot, People's Savings


Bank


8 50


Whiting Lot, People's Savings Bank


5 70


Scott Lot, People's Savings Bank


5 70


Therrien Lot, Whitinsville Savings Bank


8 00


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


24 16


8


Welfare Dept., Mothers' Aid, State Treas.


262 50


11 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 Taxes


$52 17


Interest on same


1 03


53 20


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 Taxes


$8 27


Interest on same


2 44


10 71


Edward L. Williams, Coll., Auto Taxes $12 01


Interest on same 1 94


13 95


Feb.


2 65


30 40


9 Court Money


9


School Tuition, H. D. Provost 7 50


Interest, Atlantic National Bank


3 40


Sidewalks, E. N. Jenckes Estate 107 47


24 27 Sidewalks, Mollie Kelly 30 97


March 1 Rent of Hall, American Legion


20 00


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


19 73


3 Welfare Dept. Farm Income, A. J. Page


3 80


4 Rent of Old Hall, C. W. C.


8 00


Interest, Atlantic National Bank


6 82


5


Rent of Hall, Robert Walker


15 00


13 School Fund, State Treasurer


2,319 73


15 License, State


8 00


Edward L. Williams, 1929 Taxes


$154 35


Interest on same


3 37


Edward L. Williams, 1929 Taxes


12 67


Interest on same


38


170 77


Silent Police, Repairs, Cyril Ledoux


35 00


School Tuition, H. D. Provost


7 50


28


Library, F. E. Wood


1 25


31 Welfare Dept. Farm Income, R. Moore


12 20


2 School Tuition, H. D. Provost


7 50


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


7 48


Interest, Atlantic National Bank


6 16


License. Undertaker. Francisco Bowen


1 00


8


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $418 30


12 49


430 79


9 Note, Grafton Company


10,000 00


16 License, Pool Tables, Amos Goodness


20 00


License, Pool Tables. Elmwood Club


10 00


Welfare Dept., Belair Town Acct. Schuster Woolen Co.


66 00


26 Tax Collector's Bond, Refund,


1928


$10 00


Tax Collector's Bond, Refund, 1929 50 00


60 00


Rent of Hall, American Legion


10 00


30 Income Tax. 1928, State Treas.


403 00


1 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Tax $187 72


Interest on same 6 08


193 80


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


13 07


2


Interest, Atlantic National Bank


5 34


5 License, Undertaker, E. E. Young


00


Welfare Dept. Farm Income, R. Moore


22 75


License, Junk, Hine Buckler


25 00


License. Innholder. S. Durrell


1 00


6 Rent of Hall, R. Walker


10 00


8 License, Pool Tables and Bowling Alleys, An- drew Mercak 20 00


April


7


Interest on same


May


10


9 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 Excise Taxes $14 01


Interest on same 1 13


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 108 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Excise Taxes 274 22


397 36


10 Court Money 25 00


12 Rent of Hall, W. E. Schuster


5 00


Rent of Hall, Band


10 00


15 Note, Grafton Company School Tuition, Henry Provost


7 50


22 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes $160 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Excise Taxes 390 96


550 96


June 2 Interest, Blackstone National Bank


12 33


Welfare Dept. Farm Income


29 80


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Tax $345 87


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Polls 110 00


455 87


6 Rent of Old Hall, C. W. C.


12 00


Rent of New Hall, Robert Walker


25 00


Interest on same 2 34


63 24


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes $432 42


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Polls


130 00


562 42


11 Court Money


6 00


17 Schools. Tuition. Henry Provost


15 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 211 94


283 94


19 Highways, F. E. Jones


94 30


20 Note No. 88. W. L. Hayward Highways, State Treas.


5.000 00


26 Interest, Atlantic National Bank


11


Interest on same 1 36


16 32


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 Auto Taxes $2 00


Interest and Costs on same 90


2 90


10 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $50 90


18 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes $72 00


2,321 19


27 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes $14 96


10,000 00


11


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $1 45


Interest on same


08


1 53


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes


$48 49


Interest on same


32


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 88 00


136 81


30 Welfare Dept. Farm Income, R. Moore


72 85


2 Hall Rent, R. Walker


10 00


3 Interest, Blackstone National Bank


11 40


9 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes $96 47


Interest on same


39


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 222 00


318 86


12 Inspection of Animals, State Treas.


62 50


15 Debts and Interest, Douglas Water Dept.


1,000 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes


$66 93


Interest on same


2 75


69 68


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $22 48


1 15


23 63


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes


$85 10


Interest on same


46


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 32 00


117 56


22 Note No. 89, W. L. Hayward


10,000 00


28 Highways, State Treas.


2,951 31


29 Schools, Vocational Education, State Treas. .


378 01


Aug. 1


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes $42 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 58 31


Interest, Auto 13


100 44


Library, Fines, Rosalie Williams


5 15


2 Interest, Blackstone National Bank


3 70


4 Poor Dept. Farm Income


269 75


7 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $1,298 45


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 10 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 57 26


Interest Auto Tax 20


1,365 91


July


Interest on same


12


9 Support Indigent Person, State Treas. $34 50


Temporary Aid, State Treas. 932 00


966 50


15 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $45 82


Interest on same 2 25


48 07


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$524 51


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 88 62


Interest on same


1 50


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes


12 00


21 Highways, State Treas.


25 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$694 04


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 26 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 134 12


Interest Auto Tax, 1930


3 21


857 37


26 G. A. R. Veterans' Grave Fund


150 00


1 Welfare Dept. Farm Income


19 00


2 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$413 17


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 216 40


Interest Auto Tax


4 89


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 26 00


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


8


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$425 27


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 90 81


Interest, Auto Taxes


2 43


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 26 00


544 51 4 88


Library, Fines. R. E. Williams


16


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$679 94


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 51 10


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 38 00


Interest, Auto Taxes 1930


59


Fines, Polls 1930


2 50


772 13


626 63 618 66


Sept.


660 46 14 30


13


Rent of Fire King Hall, Polish National Society 5 00 638 47


18


Highways, State Treas.


23 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930


R. E. Taxes $1,229 71


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 10 00


Fines, 1930 Polls


1 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 80 99


Interest, Auto Taxes 91


1,322 61


29 Forest Fires, Check No. 8000, 5/9/30


4 05


Forest Fires, Check No. 8335, 5/26/30 1 80


Forest Fires, Check No. 8131, 5/9/30 4 05


Forest Fires, Check No. 8104, 5/9/30


4 05


Forest Fires, Check No. 8132, 5/9/30


4 05


Forest Fires, Check No. 8336, 5/26/30


1 35


Forest Fires, Check No. 8337, 5/26/30


L 35


30 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes


$84 54


Interest on same


2 82


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$14,971 70


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 105 26


Interest on 1930 Auto Taxes


63


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 20 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes 1 00


Oct. 1


Tuition of Children, State Treas.


$374 70


Income Tax, State Treas. 181 40


Corp. Tax., P. S. 1929, Treas. 32


State


Corp. Tax. Business, State Treas. 331 22


887 64


2 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 $78 65 Interest and Fines, 1928 Taxes 11 27


89 92


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


14 14


6 Welfare Dept. Farm Income Cemetery Lot, Mary South


200 00


7 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $2,758 70


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 35 68


Interest on 1930 Auto Taxes


55


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 16 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes


1 00


2,811 93


87 36


15,098 59 3 15


Library, Fines


1 70


14


10 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes 7,042 59 3 00


13 Court


15 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $7,296 11


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 91 98


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 6 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes 50


16 Welfare Dept. Town of Northbridge Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $11 60


Interest, 1929


66


12 26


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes $27 67


Costs, 1928 2 73


30 40


20 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$3,559 54


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 38 73


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 2 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes 25


3,600 52


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $64 53


Interest 4 09


68 62


25 Highways, State Treas.


470 37


28 License, State Director of Standards


8 00


29 Note No. 90, Grafton Company Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$1,197 97


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 7 10


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 4 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes


75


Nov.


3 Welfare Dept. Farm Income Rent of Hall, Republican Town Committee Interest, Blackstone National Bank


25 00


6 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $1,622 83


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 9 67


26


Interest, Auto Taxes


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 6 00


Fines, Poll Taxes 50


1,639 26


5,000 00


1,209 82


13 30


23 18


7,394 59 227 50


15


Library Fines


5 83


8 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes Costs and Interest


$39 43


6 13


45 56


13 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes


$134 13


Interest and Costs


8 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$256 45


Interest


92


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes


4 00


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes


4 00


265 37


14 Rent of Old Town Hall, C. W. C.


12


17 School Tuition, Henry D. Provost


15 00


20 Corporation Tax P. S., State Treas.


$220 77


Corporation Tax Business, State Treas.


4,621 30


Income Tax, State Treas.


7,440 00


Income Tax Education, State Treas.


7,058 20


National Bank Tax, State Treas.


7 84


State Aid, State Treas.


144 00


19,492 11


21 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 Interest, 1929


$176 47


12 27


188 74


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Interest 1930


1 57


314 67


26 Schools, Supt., State Treas.


773 33


29 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes


$128 23


Interest on same


86


129 09


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes


$44 11


Interest on same


10 00


Costs on same


12 33


Dec.


1 Welfare Dept. Farm Income Lock-up Property, Mrs. Laura Paine License Gasoline Station, Pariseau


6:


Putnam & Brinck ..


1 00


66


66


66


J. B. Chapdelaine


1 00


66


66


W. L. Hayward


1 00


66


60


Alfred Parker


1 00


66


66


66


A. Solomon


1 00


66


66


66 F. E. Jones


1 00


66


Eugene Decoteau


66 44


5 30


25 00


1 00


1 00


$313 10


142 13


16


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


8 66


Rent of Hall, New, C. W. C. 10 00


Library, Rosalie Williams 5 65


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $155 58


Interest on same


9 46


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $137 51


Interest on same


88


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes 6 00


Fines on same 75


145 14


5 Rent of Old Hall, C. W. C.


12 00


9 Rent of Hall, Robert Walker


15 00


12 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1928 R. E. Taxes ..


12


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1929 R. E. Taxes $46 99


Interest on same 3 79


50 78


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $40 57


Interest on same 36


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 62 99


Interest on same


91


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes


2 00


106 83


18 Burial of Indigent Persons, State Treas. Welfare Dept. Temporary Aid, State Treas. ..


40 00


19 Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $92 13


Interest


92


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930


Auto Taxes 32 32


Interest 57


125 94


22 School Tuition, H. D. Provost


7 50


23 Weights and Measures, F. L. Correll, 1930


28 43


29 Welfare Dept. Farm Income $1 70


Welfare Dept., Reimbursement, Town Case 2 00


3 70


30 National Bank Tax $ 45


Corporation Tax P. S. 1929 27


Corporation Tax P. S. 1930. 495 95


Corporation Tax B. 1930 721 40


1,218 07


3 00


31 Rent of Old Hall, W. R. C. Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 R. E. Taxes $119 74


Interest on same 74


818 47


4


165 04


17


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Taxes 40 59


Interest on same 38


Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Poll Taxes


: 00


Fines, 1930 Poll Taxes


75


166 20


Library, Fines, Rosalie Williams


6 73


Library, Dog Fund, County Treas.


226 59


Interest, Atlantic National Bank 7 15


5 10


1931 Jan.


2 Silent Police, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co .... 36 40


5 Welfare Dept. Farm Income


20


$130,677 24


By Cash Jan. 1, 1930


13,080 01


$143,757 25 Cr.


1930


Feb. 3 Selectmen's Orders, 614 to 617


$3,812 17


March 3 Selectmen's Orders, 618 to 623


5,121 11


April 7 Selectmen's Orders, 624 to 631


7,971 80


May


5 Selectmen's Orders, 632 to 636


9,113 52


June 2 Selectmen's Orders, 637 to 640


9,537 30


24 Selectmen's Orders, 641 to 643.


8,099 46


July


7 Selectmen's Orders, 644 to 649


3,781 66


Aug.


4 Selectmen's Orders, 650 to 654


9,136 26


Sept. 8 Selectmen's Orders, 655 to 660


4,327 23


Oct.


6 Selectmen's Orders, 661 to 664


17,443 74


Nov.


3 Selectmen's Orders, 665 to 669


20 State Tax, State Treasurer $2,170 00


Repairs State Highway, State Treasurer 425 00


Veterans Exemption, State


2,602 36


1931


Jan. 5 Selectmen's Orders, 674 to 680


9,644 01


By Cash


$135,763 41 7,993 84


$143,757 25


ASSETS


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930, General Funds


$7,420 46


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930, School Building Fund 573 38


$7,993 84


Due from Edward L. Williams, Collector, 1929 792 88


Mary South Cemetery Lot, Whitinsville Sav- ings Bank 200 00 33,642 96


Treasurer 7 36


Dec. 1 Selectmen's Orders, 670 to 673


11,329 83


Interest, Blackstone National Bank


18


Due from Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Auto Excise Tax 202 77 Due from Edward L. Williams, Coll., 1930 Real Estate 3,696 78


Due from Edward L. Williams, Collector, 1930 Polls 4 00


$12,690 27


In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot $204 52 In trust, Sarah E. Scott Fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 72 95


In trust, Ezra Aldrich Fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 139 49


In trust, Lucinda C. Reynolds Fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 137 97


In trust, Caroline M. Otis Fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 73 02


In trust, Abbie, M. Therrien, Whitinsville Savings Bank, Whitinsville, for care of cemetery lot 108 40


In trust, Adeline Pierce Sanborn, Library Fund, Black- stone National Bank, Uxbridge 132 52


In trust, Fund for Care of Graves of G. A. R. Veterans, Whitinsville Savings Bank, Whitinsville 818 40


In trust, Mary South, Whitinsville Savings Bank, for care of cemetery lot 205 00


LIABILITIES


Water Bonds-8 one thousand dollar bonds payable two thousand dollars per year, July 1, 1931 to 1934, 35 to 42


$8,000 00


Town Hall Construction Notes-12 one thousand dollar notes payable one thousand dollars per year, Nov. 15, 1931 to 1942, notes 38 to 50 12,000 00


$20,000 00


Water Bonds and Notes (outside debt limit)


$8,000 00


Town Hall Construction Notes (inside debt limit) 12,000 00


$20,000 00


DEBTS AND INTEREST


1930


Principal


Interest


Water Bonds-Payable July 1, 1931 $2,000 O. C. T. Co.


Int. $8,000 2% June 15 O. C. T. Co.


$160 00


6,000 2% Dec. 15 O. C. T. Co. 120 00


Town Hall Notes-Payable Nov. 15, 1931 1,000 M. T. Co. Int. $12,000 21/8% May 15 M. T. Co. 255 00


12,000 21/8% Nov. 15 M. T. Co. 255 00


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Estimates :


Interest on $40,000 to be borrowed in anticipation of revenue 41/2%, 6 months


900 00


$3,000


$1,690 00


3,000 00


$4,690 00


GILBERT W. ROWLEY,


Town Treasurer.


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AUDITOR'S REPORT


REPORT OF AN AUDIT of the Accounts of THE TOWN OF DOUGLAS For the Period from June 25, 1930, to February 25, 1931 Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws


March 7, 1931.


To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Walter E. Schuster, Chairman, Douglas, Massachusetts.


GENTLEMEN :


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Douglas for the period from June 25, 1930, to February 25, 1931, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Ed- ward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division.


Very truly yours,


THEODORE N. WADDELL,


Director of Accounts.


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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.


SIR :


As directed by you. I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Douglas for the period from June 25, 1930, the date of the previous audit, to February 25, 1931, and submit the following report thereon:


The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, were examined and checked, and a balance sheet, which is ap- pended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1930.




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