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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1931
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1931
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Warrant for Town Meeting
MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1932, 8 A. M.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
WORCESTER, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Douglas in the County of Worcester :
GREETING :
In the name of said Commonwealth 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 town, on Monday, the twenty-first day of March, 1932, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treas- 1 urer, a collector of taxes, six constables, an agent of the Moses Wallis Devise, a tree warden, an auditor, each for a term of one year; one selectman, one assessor, one member of the board of public welfare, one water commissioner, two members of the school committee, one trustee of the trustees of Simon Fairfield Public Library, one cemetery commissioner, each for a term of three years, also one member of the school committee for a term of one year to fill vacancy.
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 town charges and expenses of: school department including superintendent, water department, fire de- partment, police department, state aid, soldiers' relief, town officers, elections and registrations, inspection of meat and animals, tree warden, moth suppression, forest fires, snow roads, town hall, indus- trial and trade school, public library, public squares, bridges, rail- ing highways, street lighting, Memorial Day, cemeteries, printing, debts and interest, public welfare department, including old age assistance, and for contingent expenses.
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ART. 4. To hear the reports of town officers and outstanding committees and act thereon.
ART. 5. To fix the compensation of all the elective officers of the town.
ART. 6. 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 . construction and repair of highways.
To raise and appropriate money for the repair of highways.
ART. 8. 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 Jan- uary 1, 1932, 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. 9. To see if the town will accept Sec. 25 A., Chapter 41 of the General Laws, pertaining to the appointment of assistant assessors by the board of assessors.
ART. 10. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $273.49 for overdrafts as follows: Tree Warden, $11.78; Inspection of Animals and Meat, $24.92; Soldiers' Relief, $5.00; Industrial School, $231.79.
ART. 11. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for the care of the town clock, so called.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be known as the reserve fund.
THE POLLS MAY CLOSE AT TWO O'CLOCK P. M.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the postoffice 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 fourth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
WALTER E. SCHUSTER, FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Report of the Treasurer
TOWN OF DOUGLAS - RECEIPTS 1931
Taxes :
Current Year:
Poll, Personal and Real Estate $51,195 43
Old Age Assistance 599 00
Motor Vehicle Excise 3,174 49
$5,496 92
Previous Years :
Poll, Personal and Real Estate $2,975 11
Motor Vehicle Excise 183 52
3,158 63
Tax Titles Redeemed
93 84
From the State:
Income Tax
$12,143 00
Corporation Taxes
5,310 56
National Bank Tax
47 32
17,500 88
Town Hall Rentals
382 00
Licenses and Permits
93 00
Fines and Forfeits :
Court Fines
27 50
Grants and Gifts:
From the State:
School Fund
$2,874 13
Industrial School
310 41
School Tuition
457 03
School Superintendent
773 33
Highways
8,449 00
Inspector of Animals
123 18
12,987 08
Departmental:
Inspection :
Sealer Weights and Measures 19 91
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Charities :
Reimbursement for Outside Relief
$1,394 65
Infirmary From the State
126 05
1,820 21
Soldiers Benefits :
State and Military Aid
190 00
Schools
72 60
Public Library
74 62
Water Department Charges
4,239 07
Interest :
On Deposits
$107 54
On Deferred Taxes :
33 63
Previous Years
172 12
313 29
Income for Expenses:
Moses Wallis Devise
$1,103 74
Mowry Fund
677 50
1,781 24
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
55,000 00
Trust :
Mowry Bequest
22,964 27
Refunds:
Water
$6 47
Public Welfare
9 00
Highway
24 00
Forest Fire
126 05
Schools
4 00
Sale of Right of Way
102 00
271 52
Total Receipts
$175,958 58
Cash Balances January 1, 1931 :
$7,993 84
Water
320 26
Total Cash
$8,314 10
Grand Total
$184,272 68
TOWN OF DOUGLAS - PAYMENTS 1931
General Government:
Selectmen
$100 00
Treasurer and Accounting Officer
400 00
Collector Taxes
500 00
Town Council 50 00
Election and Registration
140 66
Town Officers' Expenses
1,219 92
Town Hall
2,093 27
Old Town Hall
13 30
Bonding Town Officers
255 00
Contingent Fund
50 00
Certification of Notes
12 00
$4,834 15
General
Current Year
299 51
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Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department
$1,117 40
Fire Department
1,081 86
Sealer Weights and Measures
23 38
Moth Suppression
30 50
Forest Fires
704 43
Tree Warden
311 78
Game Warden
50 00
Health and Sanitation :
Board of Health
$487 51
Vital Statistics
3 75
Meat Inspection
115 35
Inspector of Animals
271 29
County Hospital Tax
317 94
Highways:
General Highways
$14,153 09
Bridges
119 58
Snow Roads
1,777 65
Street Lighting
2,540 45
Care Watering Trough
5 00
Care Public Squares
29 00
Railings on Highways
221 11
Charities :
Welfare Department
$12,106 83
Old Age Assistance
1,431 64
Soldiers' Aid :
State and Military Aid
$325 00
Soldiers' Relief
955 00
1,280 00
Schools :
General
$43,936 00
Industrial School
1,203 76
Mowry Trust Fund Income
176 00
45,315 76
Public Library :
1,234 71
Unclassified :
Memorial Day
$150 00
Town Reports
319 95
State Auditing
1,040 96
Veterans' Exemption
9 30
State Parks and Reservations
38 74
Quarters American Legion
91 08
1,650 03
Public Service Enterprise :
Water Department Maintenance
2,896 94
Cemetery
66 50
3,319 35
1,198 84
18,845 88
13,538 47
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Interest:
Temporary Loans
$1,367 10 790 00
General Loans
21,57 10
Municipal Indebtedness :
Town Hall Loan
$1,000 00
Water Loan
2,000 00
Temporary Loans
40,000 00
43,000 00
Agency :
State Tax
$2,325 00
County Tax
3,720 00
Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance
625 00
Trust :
Investment of Mowry Fund
22,572 64
Refunds :
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
85 12
Total Payments
$168,665 49
Cash Balances December 31, 1931: General
$14,838 33
Water
768 86
15,607 19
Grand Total
$184,272 68
GILBERT W. ROWLEY,
Treasurer and Accounting Officer.
6,670 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS State House, Boston
March 7, 1932.
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 year ending December 31, 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. Edward 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 year ending December 31, 1931, and submit the following report thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or sending out bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were compared with the treasury warrants authorizing them, the warrants being checked to original bills and vouchers on file.
The ledger appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's record of town meetings, the ledger accounts were analyzed, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is ap- pended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1931.
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balances January 1, 1931 :
General
Water
$7,993 84 320 26
$8,314 10
Receipts 1931 :
General
$172,030 79 4,245 54
Water
176,276 33
$184,590 43
Payments 1931 :
General
$165,186 30' 3,796 94
Water
$168,983 24
Balance December 31, 1931 :
General $14,838 33 Water 768 86
15,607 19
$184,590 43
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Balance January 1, 1932:
General
$14,838 33 768 86
Water
$15,607 19
Receipts January 1 to February 19, 1932:
General $1,536 36
Water 601 52
2,137 88
$17,745 07
Payments January 1 to February 19, 1932:
General
$8,829 52
Water
172 20
$9,001 72
Balance February 19, 1932:
General
$7,545 17
Water
1,198 18
8,743 35
$17,745 07
Balance February 19, 1932, per cash books
$8,743 35
Bank balances:
Atlantic National Bank, Bos- ton, per check book $143 18
Atlantic National Bank, Bos- ton, per statement and check book 573 38
Blackstone National Bank,
Uxbridge, per check book
705 12
Blackstone National Bank, Uxbridge, per check book 7,321 67
$8,743 35
ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
Balance February 19, 1932, per statement $157 08
Balance February 19, 1932, per check book . $143 18
Outstanding checks February 19,
1932, per list
13 90
$157 08
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BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK OF UXBRIDGE
Balance February 19, 1932, per statement
$707 92
Balance February 19, 1932, per check book $705 12
Outstanding checks February 19, 1932, per list 2 80
$707 92
BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK OF UXBRIDGE
Balance February 19, 1932, per statement
$8,610 96
Balance February 19, 1932, per check book
$7,321 67
Outstanding checks February 19, 1932, per list 1,289 29
$8.610 96
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$17,000 00
Town Hall Loan
$11,000 00
Water Loan
6,000 00
$17.000 00
$17,000 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds - Cash and Securities. $66,959 16
Devise of Moses Wallis
$28,597 71
Adeline Pierce Sanborn
136 87
Simon Fairfield Public Library
13.333 18
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
868 00
Care of Graves G. A. R. Veterans
818 40
Mary South Cemetery Lot
205 00
Myron (). Mowry School Fund
23,000 00
$66.959 16
$66,959 16
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS BALANCE SHEET -DECEMBER 31, 1931
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Temporary Loans:
General
In Anticipation of Revenue
$15,000 00
High School Building Fund
573 38
Mowry Trust Fund:
Accounts Receivable :
Prineipal $391 63
Taxes :
Ineome 501 50
893 13
Levy of 1930
1,336 65
Tailings Account -- Uncashed. Cheeks
6 80
Levy of 1931
4,082 37
Levy of 1929
$47 82
28 00
Levy of 1930
844 17
Motor Vehicle Exeise Taxes:
Levy of 1931
157 00
Levy of 1930
$13 21
Levy of 1931
205 29
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
1,132 19
218 50
Revenue Reserved until Collected :
Tax Titles
1,168 66
Motor Vehicle Exeise Tax
$218 50
Water
81 99
Departmental
2,568 78
Public Welfare
2,568 78
Tax Title
1,168 66
Overdrawn Accounts:
Tree Warden
$11 78
Inspetor of Animals
24 92
Water Department Available Surplus
768 86
Soldiers' Relief
5 00
Surplus Revenue
7,787 17
Industrial School
231 79
273 49
Appropriation December, 1931, to be raised
by 1932 tax levy
5,835 00
$31,248 45
$31,248 45
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Old Age Assistance Tax 1931
5,466 84
Levy of 1929
$47 82
Water
$14,838 33 768 86
$15,607 19
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
1.048 99
Water
81 99
4,037 93
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Report of the WATER COMMISSIONERS
1931
Dr.
Jan.
1 Cash
$320 26
Received for Water, Sprinkler
Service, Labor and Supplies
4,239 07
Refunds
6 47
Outstanding Accounts
81 99
$4,647 79
Cr.
Labor and Supplies, making
house connections and repairs ..
$773 69
Telephone
19 90
Power and Lights
928 00
Insurance
26 35
Water Bond
1,000 00
Superintendent and Labor
1,049 00
Outstanding Accounts
81 99
Cash
768 86
$4,647 79
WILLIAM L. HAYWARD, OSCAR OLSON, FRANCISCO BÓWEN,
Water Commissioners.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
1931
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BIRTHS
Whole number 36
Number of Males
15
Number of Females
36
American parentage
18
Foreign parentage
13
Mixed parentage
5
36
MARRIAGES
Whole number
26
American birth
45
Foreign birth
7
Residents of Douglas
32
Elsewhere
20
First Marriage
45
Second Marriage
7
DEATHS
Whole number
23
Male
13
Female
10
23
American birth
17
Foreign birth
6
23
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21
17
Number under 1 year
Between 1 and 5 years 66 66
66
10
66
20
66
1
66 20 66 30
30 66 40
1
40
66 50
66
1
66
60
70
66
3
66
70
66 80
60
7
66
80
66
90
66
3
66
90
66 100
66
1
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DOGS REGISTERED
Whole number
311
Males, 272 @ $2.00
$544 00
Females, 39 @ $5.00
195 00
Less fees, 311 @ 20 cents
62 20
Paid to County Treasurer
$676 80
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1
66
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66
66
2
50
60
$739 00
JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF TREASURER
Simon Fairfield Public Library
1931
Jan. 1 Balance on Deposit
$111 56 1,300 00
March
Town Appropriation
Jan. 5 Recd. Uxbridge Savings Bank, interest $22 50
May
1 66
Whitinsville Savings Bk., interest 290 43
July
6
66 Uxbridge Savings Bank, interest 22 50
5 25
Nov.
2
66 Whitinsville Savings Bk., interest 261 38
602 06
$2,013 62
EXPENSES FOR YEAR 1931
Paid Rosalie E. Williams, Librarian
$780 00
Mrs. Carl Donaldson, Assistant
18 00
66 Frank E. Jones, fuel
240 00
66 For books
299 68
Miscellaneous Account, repairs, labor, supplies, Treasurer's bond
193 01
66 Worcester Suburban Electric Co. 45 06
Herbert E. Hughes. Janitor
137 50
Magazines and papers 89 15
$1,802 40
$211 22
For books
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1931
Dec. 31 Balance on Deposit
$145 93 Unexpended balance in Town Treasury 65 29
$211 22
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Mrs. Royal Keith Fund $ 200 00
James M. Fairfield Fund
5,000 00
James Smith Fund
6,000 00
Arthur F. Taft Fund
500 00
Winfield S. Schuster Fund
1,000 00
James W. Wixtead Fund
200 00
$12,900 00
The Endowment Funds are invested as follows:
Uxbridge Savings Bank
$1,900 00
Whitinsville Savings Bank 11,000 00
$12,900 00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. JONES,
Treasurer.
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Annual Report of the
Dept. of Public Welfare
January 1, 1931, to January 1, 1932
To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas:
Value of real estate, 170 acres of land, house, barn,
and sheds
$7,000 00
Personal property at Infirmary as per inventory Jan. 1, 1930:
Household furniture and provisions $1,150 00
Contents of barn, farming tools and wagons, etc.
650 00
Wood
138 50
Vegetables
45 25
10 tons hay
200 00
2 heifers
72 00
2 cows
250 00
1 horse
125 00
10 tons coal
150 00
48 pullets
75 00
Grain
25 00
$2 880 75
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We have made the Superintendent debtor for labor, stock, and produce, etc., as follows:
Received from sale milk
$12 05
Fowl
70 90
Toll line
5 26
Vegetables
41 95
Wood
198 75
Calf
4 00
Team work
1 00
Clocks and mirror
5 00
Butter
4 20
Cow
16 00
Board, E. Leach
387 00
$746 11
The Superintendent has paid out as follows:
Barber
$7 45
Eggs
12 15
Service
00
Churn and paddles
3 00
Fruit
: 10
Sharpening lawn mower
1 25
Repairing harnesses
5 85
Horse collar
00
Poultry regulator
1 00
Heels for shoes
45
Oil stove
12 00
Payment on cow
10 00
Filing saws
2 35
$72 60
OVERSEER'S CASH PAYMENTS FOR INFIRMARY
ACCOUNT
Paid Superintendent, salary
$933 40
Charles Krull, blacksmith
17 85
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
8 55
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., light and power
110 09
W. L. Hayward, frigidaire
100 00
Dr. J. Andrews, veterinary
10 00
Howell Parker, 100 chicks
20 00
Howell Parker, bale peat moss
2 50
Commissioner of Public Safety
: 00
W. H. Parker, sawing wood
33 38
Theodore Dumas, painting
19 50
George Chandler, plowing and horse hire
32 80
Dodge Co., disinfectant
3 52
Fred Hillery, balance on cow
115 00
Fred Hillery, farm implements
29 75
T. E. Kelly, meat
23 14
E. N. Jenckes Store, groceries
263 72
E. N. Jenckes Store, grain
222 83
Frank Rivard, fish
70 20
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Frank Jones, coal
154 25
A. Solomon, dry goods
30 10
Thos. P. Ritchie, groceries
186 43
E. Decoteau, groceries
78 99
E. Decoteau, meat
70 68
J. B. Chapdelaine, groceries
69 48
Putnam & Brink, groceries
116 83
Putnam & Brink, meat
12 03
E. Marris, meat
137 73
E. Marris, groceries
2 04
W. R. Wallis, hardware
113 49
Walter Jones, plumbing and supplies
13 45
Dr. Quinn
94 00
John Rogers, labor
5 60
John Fulone, labor
78 02
Frank Yacino, labor
46 20
Chas. Genereaux, labor
59 60
William Nesbitt, labor
14 05
Fred Nault, labor
11 40
Michael Bacca, labor
30 54
F. S. Harding, horse hire
11 25
Arthur Morse, labor
10 00
G. C. Dudley, haying
30 60
John Gautreau, labor
10 00
Alfred Laferriere, labor
8 00
Clifford Lunn, labor
11 20
Carmen De Costanzo, labor
8 40
$3,435 59
TOWN AID ACCOUNT
Paid No. 1
$77 00
No. 2
19 60
No. 3
19 00
No.
4
405 10
No.
5
53 97
No.
6
200 00
No.
7
217 00
No.
8
74 90
No. 10
175 00
No. 11
380 00
No. 12
50 00
No. 13
12 75
No. 14
111 00
No. 15
155 00
No. 16
111 15
No. 17
158 90
No. 18
346 00
No. 19
599 00
No. 20
608 45
No. 21
7 00
No. 22
166 00
No. 23
40 00
No. 24
46 80
No. 25
103 15
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No. 26
88 14
No. 27
119 74
No. 28
70 62
No. 29
18 45
No. 30
125 00
No. 31
15 00
No. 32
280 00
No. 33
69 44
No. 34
145 00
No. 35
39 27
No. 36
124 20
No. 37
127 90
No. 38
214 39
No. 39
27 00
No. 40
100 06
No. 41
10 00
$5,710 98
TEMPORARY AID ACCOUNT
Paid No. 1
$884 00
No. 2
154 00
$1,038 00
MOTHERS' AID ACCOUNT
Paid No. 1
$884 00
No. 2
764 40
No. 3
34 00
$1,682 40
Infirmary Supernitendent, receipts
$746 11
Infirmary Superintendent, expenditures
72 60
Turned into Town Treasury
$673 51
Received from State, Mothers' Aid
$126 05
Received from Town of Bellingham
217 90
Received from Town of Sutton
86 00
Received from Town of Northbridge
200 00
Due from State, reimbursement, 1930 and 1931
1,326 33
SUMMARY
Superintendent has paid per his account
$72 60
Overseers have paid as per their account 3,435 59
$3,508 19
The Overseer's Account is as follows: Appropriation at annual town meeting Expenditures :
$9,000 00
Orders on Town Treasurer:
(State) Temporary Aid $1,038 00
(State) Mothers' Aid
1,682 40
(Town) Town Aid
5,710 98
Miscellaneous
21 20
Infirmary cost
3,435 59
$11,888 17
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INMATES AT INFIRMARY DURING YEAR 1931
No.
Age
Weeks
Days
1
57
52
1
2
72
52
1
3
76
52
1
4
79
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Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD MOORE, HARRY A. OLSON, R. KENNETH PARKER.
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REPORT OF AGENT MOSES WALLIS DEVISE
To the Town of Douglas
For Year Ending December 31, 1931
The agent charges himself with amounts due the devise Jan- uary 1, 1931, as follows :
Los Angeles School District Bonds, 5%
$16,201 50 248 64
$15,952 86
Jersey City Water Bonds, 41/2 %
$5,231 50
Amortization
37 56
5,193 94
City of Detroit Bonds, 41/2%
$5,250 00
Amortization
47 41
5,202 59
Whitinsville National Bank
2,256 78
$28,606 17
Value to Keep Permanent
27,502 43
Due Town Treasurer
$1,103 74
The agent has received as follows:
1931
Jan. 1 Balance
$2,256 78
Feb.
2 Interest, City of Detroit Bonds
$112 50
7 Interest, County of Los Angeles Bonds
375 00
April 2 Interest, Jersey City Water
Bonds
112 50
Amortization
26
July 31 Interest, City of Detroit Bonds
112 50
Aug.
6 Interest, County of Los Angeles Bonds 375 00
· Oct. 1 Interest, Jersey City Water
Bonds
112 50
Dec. 31 Interest, Whitinsville National
Bank 26 60
1,226 60
$3,483 38
The agent has paid out as follows:
1931
Jan. 10 Town Treasurer $1,103 74
75 00
8 Salary, Agent Balance
2,304 64
$3,483 38
PRESENT VALUE OF DEVISE
$15,000.00 Los Angeles, 5%
Amortization
$16,201 50 290 08
$15,911 42
5,000.00 Jersey City, 41/2%
$5,231 50
Amortization
43 82
5,187 68
5,000.00 City of Detroit, 41/2 %
$5,250 00
Amortizaton
56 03
5,193 97
Whitinsville National Bank
2,304 64
Value to Keep Permanent
27,502 43
Due Town Treasurer
$1,095 28
Respectfully submitted,
$28,597 71
GILBERT W. ROWLEY.
Agent.
27
Collector's Report
1931 TAXES, 1929
Overpayment due Collector, January 1, 1931
$1 48
Outstanding, January 1, 1931
798 70
$800 18
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$676 17
Abatements, 1931
71 78
Added to Tax Titles, 1931
1 45
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
49 30
Overpayment due collector, December 31, 1931
1 48
$800 18
TAXES, 1930
Outstanding, January 1, 1931
$3,702 16
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$2,298 94
Added to Tax Titles, 1931
1 38
Abatements
19
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
1,336 65
$3,702 16
TAXES, 1931
Commitment per warrant
$55,434 35
Overpayment to be refunded to Collector
11
$55,434 46.
28
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$51,149 12
Abatements, 1931
101 84
Aded to Tax Titles, 1931
100 99
Warrant in excess of commitment
03
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
4,082 48
$55,434 46
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES, 1931
Commitment per warrant
$625 00
Collections not committed
2 00
$627 00
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$599 00
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
28 00
$627 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES, 1930
Outstanding, January 1, 1931
$202 99
Abatement after payment refunded
2 55
Overpayment to Treasurer to be refunded
3 96
$209 50
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$183 52
Abatements, 1931
8 81
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
17 17
$209 50
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES, 1931
Commitment per warrant, 1931
$3,455 50
Abatements after payment refunded
82 57
Abatements after payment to be refunded
13 10
Commitment list in excess of warrant
1 00
$3,552 17
Payments to Treasurer, 1931
$3,220 80
Abatements, 1931
112 98
Outstanding, December 31, 1931
218 39
$3,552 17
29
INTEREST AND COSTS
Collections :
Taxes, 1929
$75 70
Taxes, 1930
85 94
Taxes, 1931
14 79
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1930
10 50
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1931
13 94
$200 87
Payments to Treasurer, 1931.
$200 87
EDWARD L. WILLIAMS,
Collector.
30
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
For the Year 1931
Walter E. Carpenter, 164 hours @ 50c per hour
$82 00
W. Lincoln Carpenter, 19 hours @ 60c per hour 12 60
R. D. Carpenter, 8 hours @ 50c per hour and 1411/2 hours @ 75c per hour
110 13
Jos. Budzeyna, 115 hours @ 50c per hour
57 50
Albert Fougere, 29 hours @ 50c per hour
14 50
Arthur Nault, 8 hours @ 50c per hour
4 00
Harold Buxton, and truck, 17 hours
@ $1.00 per hour
17 00
Team, 31 hours @ 25c per hour
7 75
W. R. Wallis, filing saws 3 40
M. Southwick, filing saws
1 25
SUPPLIES
Chas. Krull, pruning hook handle
60
W. R. Wallis, 3 shear handles 1 05
Total
$311 78
Walter E. Carpenter served the Town as Tree Warden from 1908 to 1932, 23 consecutive years, passing from this life very suddenly Dec. 28, 1931. The care of the trees of his native town was a work he took great pride in.
31
Report of ROAD COMMISSIONER
PAY ROLL OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1931
1931
Name
Hours
Rate
Amount
R. K. Parker, Supt.
1,190
$ 60
$714 00
R. K. Parker, truck
1,159
1 00
1,159 00
G. C. Dudley, team
687
90
618 30
W. H. Dudley, truck
858
1 00
858 00
George Chandler, team
179
90
161 10
W. H. Parker, team
75
90
67 50
Elwin Chase, team
181
90
162 90
Paul Chase, team
36
90
32 40
R. K. Parker, big truck
32
1 50
48 00
Duty Caswell, truck
16
00
16 00
R. K. Parker, auto
1,190
20
238 00
LABOR
Name
Hours
Rate
Amount
Duty Caswell
16
40
6 40
Earl McCann
1,031
40
412 40
Earl Ballou, tractor man
1,159
45
521 55
Earl Ballou, car
112
20
22 40
John Carter
778
40
311 20
Ernest Lunn
401
40
) 40
Albert Valcourt
1,016
40
406 40
32
Hours
Rate
Amount
Clifford Lunn
1,127
40
450 80
John Faloni
779
40
311 60
Frank Yacino
552
40
220 80
Ralph Aldrich
562
40
224 40
Gustavus Dudley
710
40
284 00
William Eldridge
72
40
28 80
Charles Buxton
161
40
64 40
Harley Barton
165
40
66 00
Henry Fougere
198
40
79 20
Wendell Keith
991
40
396 40
Wm. Caswell
34
40
13 60
L. M. Cahill
529
40
211 60
Welcome Mowry
258
40
103 20
Phillip Manning
21
40
8 40
Elwin Chase
61
40
24 40
Jesse Chase
242
40
96 80
Charles Gendreau
157
40
62 80
Ernest Labelle
35
40
14 00
Stanley Kros
437
40
174 80
Leon Sochia
536
40
214 40
Robert Lunn
334
40
133 60
Albert Fougere
440
40
176 00
W. H. Dudley
143
40
57 20
Edward Valk
26
40
10 40
Lincoln Carpenter
48
40
19 20
James Smith
548
40
219 20
Edward Lambert
9
40
3 60
H. Ballou
9
40
3 60
Wayland Hick, drill man
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