Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1932, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


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FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1932


CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS PRINTING COMPANY SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


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FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1932


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Warrant for Town Meeting


MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1933, 8 A. M.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,


WORCESTER, SS:


To any Constable of the Town of Douglas in said County:


GREETING :


In the name of said Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Douglas qualified to vote in the Town elections and Town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Town, on Monday, the twentieth day of March, 1933, 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 treasurer, a collector of taxes, six constables, an agent of the Moses Wallis De- vise, 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 Simon Fairfield Public Library, one cemetery commis- sioner, each for a term of three years; also one trustee of the Public Library for a term of two years to fill vacancy.


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


ART. 3. To hear the reports of town officers and outstanding com- mittees and act thereon.


ART. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for town charges and expenses for ensuing year for: school department, including superintendent; water department, fire depart- ment, police department, state aid, soldiers' relief, town officers, elec- tions and registrations, inspection of meat and animals, tree warden moth suppression, forest fires, snow roads, town halls, industrial and trade schools, public library, public squares, bridges, railing highways, street lighting, Memorial Day, cemeteries, printing, debts and interest, public welfare department, including old age assistance, and for other contingent expenses.


' ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to instruct its board of selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission, under Chapter 81 of the General Laws, for state aid in construction and repair of highways.


ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for repair of highways.


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ART. 7. To see if the town will instruct its board of selectmen to petition the Division of Highways of Public Works Department, under Chap. 90, Section 34, of General Laws, for aid in the construction and improvement of some throughway, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $12,180 for the purpose of paying the town's share of the cost of pro- viding the Worcester Tuberculosis Hospital, the assessment therefor having already been duly made against said town, determine whether all or any portion of said assessment be funded as authorized by Chap- ter 111 of the Acts of 1932 and for what period not exceeding fifteen years, direct the Town Clerk to file with the County Commissioners promptly a copy of such vote as may be passed under this article and any papers requested, or take any action in relation to the subject matter hereof.


ART. 9. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to be paid to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of, and for the purpose of, Chapter 128, General Laws, or for the support of demonstration work in Agriculture, Home Economics, or Boys' and Girls' Club Work, under the direction of the Agent, or instructors, or the Trustees, co-operating with the local Town Director, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.


ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to choose a director in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 128, Gen. Laws.


ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for the cost of preparing and printing a new edition of the By-Laws of the town, or take any action in relation thereto.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct its board of select- men to rent or sell the Town Farm, or do anything in relation thereto.


ART. 13. To see what disposition the town will make of the Dog Fund.


ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for the repair of the Town Clock, so-called.


ART. 15 To fix the compensation of all elective officers of the town.


ART. 16. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in an- ticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933. 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. 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the assessors to use the free cash in the treasury in fixing the tax rate for ensuing year,


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ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate money for the re- serve fund.


ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 97, Chap- ter 41 of the General Laws relating to the establishing of a Town Police Department.


ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to accept Sections 42, 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws pertaining to the establishing of a Town Fire Department.


ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to accept Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 136 of the General Laws pertaining to licenses to keep open on the Lord's day certain places of business for the sale of Ice Cream, Confectionery, Soda Water, or Fruits.


ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to authorize the board of selectmen to give permission to the Job Knap Chapter, D. A. R. to at. tach to the wall of the corridor of the Town Hall a Bronze Tablet commemorating the Revolutionary soldiers from Douglas.


ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $599.35 for over-drafts.


THE POLLS MAY CLOSE AT 2 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 post office, at Douglas Center, seven days, at least, before the time of holding 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 meet- ing.


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


WINFIELD A. SCHUSTER, FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING,


Selectmen of Douglas


WORCESTER, SS: March 8, 1933. I this day served the within warrant as therein directed.


HERBERT E. HUGHES, Constable of Douglas


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Report of the Treasurer


TOWN OF DOUGLAS-RECEIPTS 1932


Taxes :


Current Year:


Poll, Personal and Real Estate $52,592 31


Old Age Assistance 622 00


Motor Vehicle Excise 2,742 45


$55,956 76


Previous Years:


Poll, Personal and Real Estate


$3,050 33


Old Age Assistance


28 00


Motor Vehicle Excise


186 02


3,264 35


Tax Titles Redeemed


234 77


From the State:


Income Tax


$10,779 00


Corporation Taxes


3,980 99


Bank & Trust Company Taxes


53 82


State Aid


240 00


School Fund


2,909 95


Vocational Education


482 29


Superintendent of Schools


773 33


Old Age Assistance


2,752 50


Gas Tax Refund


3,500 00


Chapter 81, Highways


7,116 55


32,608 43


Town Hall Rentals


480 00


Licenses and Permits


71 00


Court Fines


30 40


Sealer of Weights and Measures


18 69


Public Welfare Department:


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Mothers' Aid


$1,161 15


Temporary Aid


2,462 00


Other Cities and Towns


1,384 24


Water Collections


4,664 37


On Deposits


$88 49


On Taxes


309 34


5,007 39


Interest :


397 83


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Income from Trust Funds:


Devise of Moses Wallis


$1,095 28


Mowry School Fund


895 00


G. A. R. Graves Fund


100 02


2,090 30


Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests


195 00


Mowry School Fund Bequest


18 89


Tailings Account


19 00


County Treasurer-Dog Tax


536 41


Town Clerk-Dog Licenses


102 00


Refunds


17 35


Library Receipts


69 92


Use of Tractor


92 50


Infirmary Receipts


904 41


School-Tuition


65 00


Board of Health


23 31


Highway Department


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13 00


Revenue Loans


25,000 00


Total Receipts


$131,881 08


Cash on hand January 1, 1932


15,607 19


$147,488 27


TOWN OF DOUGLAS-PAYMENTS 1932


General Government:


Selectmen


$100 00


Treasurer and Accounting Officer


400 00


Collector of Taxes


600 00


Town Council


150 00


Election and Registration


347 25


Town Officers' Expenses


1,428 90


Town Hall


2,193 91


Old Town Hall


380 57


Bonding Town Officers


255 00


$5,855 63


Protection of Persons and Property :


Police Department


$1,136 41


Fire Department


348 93


Sealer of Weights and Measures


68 88


Moth Suppression


341 30


Forest Fires


438 69


Tree Warden


428 70


Game Warden


. . 37 50


2,800 41


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Health and Sanitation:


Board of Health


$1,087 14


Vital Statistics


4 00


Meat Inspection


164 10


Inspector of Animals


173 45


County Hospital Tax


389 74


1,818 43


Highways:


Chapter 81


$17,446 09


Machinery Maintenance


332 08


Bridges


87 05


Snow Removal


1,065 07


Street Lighting


2,613 72


Care Watering Trough


5 00


Care Public Squares


29 50


Railings on Highways


120 80


21,699 31


Charities:


Welfare Department


$12,249 63


Old Age Assistance


4,543 15


State Aid


240 00


Soldiers' Relief


888 50


17,921 28


Schools:


General


$35,674 99


Mowry Trust Fund Income


824 00


Industrial Schools


1,598 39


38,097 38


Public Library


1,433 40


Unclassified :


Quarters for American Legion


$136 15


Memorial Day


117 96


Care of Town Clock


25 00


Printing Town Reports


195 00


Expenses Tax Titles


32 91


507 02


Public Service Enterprise:


Water Department Maintenance


$4,740 18


Commissioners


100 00


4,840 18


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Cemetery


92 20


Maturing Debt and Interest


2,150 86


Temporary Revenue Loans


40,000 00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests Deposited


195 00


Cemetery G. A. R. graves


100 02


Town Clerk's Dog Licenses, paid County Treas- urer


102 00


Agency :


Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance $629 00


County Tax


3,530 00


State Tax


2,827 50


Auditing Tax


281 55


Veterans' Exemption


11 29


State Parks


4 46


7,283 80


Refunds Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


72 55


Total Payments, 1932


$144,969 47


Cash on hand December 31, 1932


2,518 80


$147,488 27


GILBERT W. ROWLEY


Treasurer and Accounting Officer.


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AUDITOR'S REPORT


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS State House, Boston


March 7, 1933.


TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN,


Mr. Winfield Schuster, Chairman, Douglas, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the town of Douglas for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This 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 accounts of the town of Douglas for the year ending December 31, 1932, and report thereon as follows:


The records of the financial transactions of the several depart- ments receiving and disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by a com- parison with the reports and the records of the accounting officer.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book was footed, and the recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the accounting officer's ledger and with the records of the departments making payments to treasurer. The payments were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.


The accounting officer's ledger was analyzed, the appropriation accounts being checked to the town meeting records of appropriations and transfers voted. A balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1932, was prepared and is appended to this report.


RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH


Balance January 1, 1932:


General


$14,838.33


Water


768.86


$15,607.19


Receipts 1932:


General


$127,216.71


Water


4,664.37


$131,881.08


$147,488.27


Payments, 1932:


General


$140,229.29


Walter


4,740.18


Balance December 31, 1932:


General


$1,825.75


Water


693.05


$144,969.47


$2,518.80


$147,488.27


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Balance January 1, 1933:


General


$1,825.75


Water


693.05


Receipts January 1 to February 15, 1933:


General


$7,500.35


Water


439.94


$7,940.29


$10,459.09


Payments January 1, to February 15, 1933:


General


. $5,742.36


Water


317.65


$6,060.01


Balance February 15, 1933:


General


$3,583.74


Water


815.34


$4,399.08


$10,459.09


Balance February 15, 1933, per cash book Bank balances:


$4,399.08


First National Bank, Boston, per check book $273.69


First National Bank, Boston, per check book and statement 573.38


Blackstone National Bank, Uxbridge, per check book and statement 376.30


Blackstone National Bank, Uxbridge, per check book


2,520.56


Cash on hand February 15, 1933, verified. 655.15


$4,399.08


FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON


Balance February 15, 1933, per statement $348.69


Balance February 15, 1933, per check book .. Outstanding checks February 15, 1933, per list 75.00


$273.69


$348.69


BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK OF UXBRIDGE Balance February 15, 1933, per statement .. Balance February 15, 1933, per check book .... $2,520.56 Outstanding checks February 15, 1933, per list 973.66


$3,494.22


$3,494.22


$2,518.80


TOWN OF DOUGLAS BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1932


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash :


In Banks and Office


$2,518.80


Accounts Receivable:


Levy of 1929


$1.48


Taxes:


Levy of 1931


$2,041.18 5,889.06


$5.84


7,930.24


High School Building Fund


573.38


Old Age Assistance Taxes 1932


29.00


Myron Mowry Bequest


410.52


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1931


$.27


Tailings


25.80


Levy of 1932


224.00


Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus


2,001.20


Tax Titles


1,493.77


$100.89


Departmental:


Levy of 1932


1,162.53


Public Welfare


1,545.50


State Aid


240.00


693.05


Water


52.11


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$224.27


Appropriation 1932 to be raised in 1933


3,500.00


Tax Title


1,493.77


Overdrawn Accounts:


Town Hall Maintenance


$98.63


Water


52.11


Sealer of Weights and Measures


18.88


Forest Fires


438.69


Surplus Revenue


9,031.68


Old Age Assistance


43.15


599.35


$18,133.04


$18,133.04


Overpayments Due Collector : Taxes:


Levy of 1930


.40


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1930


3.96


Levy of 1932


Myron Mowry Fund Income


572.50


224.27


Overlays - Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1931


1,263.42


1,785.50


Water Department-Available Surplus Revenue - Reserved Until Collected :


Departmental


1,785.50


3,555.65


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt $14,000.00


Town Hall Loan Water Loan


$10,000.00


4,000.00


$14,000.00


$14,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities


$67,209.67


Devise Moses Wallis Myron Mowry School Fund


$28,592.44


23,000.00


Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund


136.87


Simon Fairfield Library Fund 13,435.39


Care of Graves, G. A. R. Veterans' Fund


776.97


Mary South Cemetery Fund


205.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


1,063.00


$67,209.67


$67,209.67


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Report of the WATER COMMISSIONERS


Accounts Outstanding, January 1, 1932


$81 99 4,634.49


Charges, 1932


$4,716 48


Collections


$4,664 37


Accounts Outstanding, December 31, 1932


52 11


$4,716 48


Cash on Hand, January 1, 1932


$768 86


Cash Receipts


4,664 37


$5,433 23


Expenditures


$4,740 18


Cash on Hand


693 05


$5,433 23


1932


Dr.


Jan. 1 Cash on Hand


$768 86


Received for Water, Sprinkler Service,


Labor & Supplies 4,664 37


$5,433 23


Cr.


Labor and Supplies, making house con- nections and repairs


$444 38


Telephone


21 30


Power and Lights


1,104 50


Water Bond


2,000 00


Coupon Interest


200 00


Superintendent and Labor


970 00


Cash


693 05


$5,433 23


FRANCISCO BOWEN, WILLIAM J. WALLIS, OSCAR OLSON, Water Commissioners.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


1932


BIRTHS


Whole number 49


Number of Males 31


Number of Females 17


Number Undetermined


1


American Parentage 30


Foreign Parentage


14


Mixed Parentage 5


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49


MARRIAGES


Whole number 23


American birth 43


Foreign birth


3


Residents of Douglas 31


Elsewhere


15


First Marriage


45


Second Marriage


1


DEATHS


Whole number 44


Male


24


Female


20


44


American birth


27


Foreign birth 17


44


49


17


Number under 1 year


7


Between 1 and 5 years


1


Between 5 and 10 years


2


Between 10 and 20 years


1


Between 20 and 30 years


1


Between 30 and 40 years


0


Between 40 and 50 years


1


Between 50 and 60 years


7


Between 60 and 70 years


8


Between 70 and 80 years


10


Between 80 and 90 years


5


One death return, age not given


1


DOGS REGISTERED


Whole number


208


Males, 190 @ $2.00


$380.00


Females, 18 @ $5.00


90.00


$470.00


Less fees, 208 @ 20 cents


41.60


$428.40


Paid to County Treasurer


$326.40


Paid to Town Treasurer


102.00


$428.40


JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.,


Town Clerk.


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Report of Treasurer Simon Fairfield Public Library


1932


Jan. 1 Balance on Deposit


$145 93


Town Appropriation


1,000 00


Dog Fund


536 41


Jan. 5 Recd. Uxbridge Savings Bank Interest


$22 50


May 2 Whitinsville Savings Bank In-


terest


261 38


July 5 Uxbridge Savings Bank Interest 20 00


Nov.


1 Whitinsville Savings Bank In-


terest 232 34


$536 22


$2,218 56


EXPENSES FOR YEAR 1932


Paid Rosalie E. Williams, Librarian


$780 00


Mrs. Donaldson, Assistant


18 00


= For Books 388 82


Frank E. Jones, fuel


232 00


Miscellaneous Accounts, repairs, labor, sup- plies, Treasurer's bond 131 08


Julia E. Wixtead, insurance


43 75


Worcester Suburban Electric Co.


48 26


Herbert E. Hughes, janitor


130 00


Magazines and papers 118 50


$1,890 41


$328 15


1932


Dec. 31 Balance on Deposit $225 14 Unexpended balance in Town Treasury 103 01


$328 15


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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, 1932 to January 1, 1933


To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas:


Value of real estate, 170 acres of land, house, barn and sheds


$6,000 00


Personal property at Infirmary as per inventory, Jan. 1, 1931:


Household furniture


$1,000 00


Hay and straw


100 00


Coal


110 00


Wood


88 00


Horse


125 00


Preserves


25 00


Vegetables


5 00


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2 cords manure


... 10 00


$1,463 00


We have made the Superintendent debtor for labor, stock, and produce, etc., as follows:


Received from sæle of:


Milk


$43 50


Eggs


121 59


Poultry


172 52


Vegetables


20


Cows


185 00


Wood


323 50


Calf


12 00


Toll line


10 45


Butter


1 00


Meals for choppers


2 10


Grindstone


2 00


Hay


30 00


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$923 66


The Superintendent has paid out as follows:


Barber


$6 35


Filing saws


1 45


Tapping shoes


1 00


8 80


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OVERSEER'S CASH PAYMENTS FOR INFIRMARY ACCOUNT


Paid Superintendent, salary


$900 00


East Douglass General Store 19 29


The E. N. Jenckes Store, groceries 170 38


The E. N. Jenckes Store, grain


369 05


Paul Manning, insurance


180 62


Charles Clark, piping and labor


67 20


Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., light and power


105 54


Dr. Quinn


76 00


Dr. Ela


14 00


Commissioner of Public Safety


5 00


C. B. Dolge, disinfectant


12 50


Peter George, shoe repairs


80


H. McIntosh, repairs on harness


1 00


William J. Caswell, mason


6 00


Brewer & Co., truss


4 50


George Searles & Sons, hardware


1 68


Dr. J. R. Andrews


10 00


George Chandler, haying


54 00


H. W. Parker, hatching eggs


6 00


E. M. Taft, brooder


8 00


Harry Downs


4 00


Gholson's Hatchery


13 00


Frank Jones, coal


4 55


E. Marris, meat


113 06


Eugene Decoteau, meat


27 70


Eugene Decoteau, groceries


59 47


Thomas P. Ritchie, groceries


170 65


Putnam & Brink, groceries


122 69


Frank Rivard, fish


84


W. R. Wallis, hardware & fertilizer 59 72 . .


Chas. Krull, blacksmith


19 70


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


11 25


W. E. Jones, hardware


28 40


W. H. Dudley, delivering wood


86 00


Edward Walk, chopper


14 00


Arthur Nault, chopper


4 00


John Gautreau, chopper


23 50


A. Fortier, chopper


2 00


John Nedoroscik, chopper ..


2 00


A. Beauregard, chopper


18 50


Chas. Genereaux, chopper


21 25


Andrew Manijak, chopper


20 00


Andrew Mikolojak, chopper


33 00


Joseph Goddard, chopper .


42 00


Henry Lambert, chopper . .


4 00


Napoleon Bruno, chopper


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William Laplante, chopper 5 00


16 00


Leon Sochia, chopper


33 50


Joseph Decoteau, chopper


2 00


Michael Bacca, chopper


50 50


Peter Casey, chopper


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3 00


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5 00


Alfred Laferrier, chopper


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John Fulone, chopper


6 50


Chas. Minor, chopper


29 76


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$3,068 10


TOWN AID ACCOUNT


Paid No. 1


$77 00


No. 2


59 39


No. 3


64 00


No.


4


156 00


No. 5


116 50


No. 6


254 10


No. 7


214 00


No. 8


27 10


No. 9


65 00


No. 10 Bellingham


212 00


No. 11


45 50


No. 12


665 38


No. 13


33 00


No. 14 Uxbridge


119 80


No. 15 Hospital Case


90 52


No. 16 Hospital Case


115 74


No. 17


84 50


No. 18


76 87


No. 19 Northbridge


359 00


No. 20 Hospital Case


8 00


No. 21


96 97


No. 22 Medical Aid


28 00


No. 23 Northbridge


42 75


No. 24


193 75


No. 25 Fuel


4 00


No. 26


78 00


No. 27


75 00


No. 28


8 55


No. 29


35 00


No. 30 Clinton


80 00


No. 31 Hospital Case


268 00


No. 32


85 50


No. 33


99 34


No. 34


43 40


No. 35


42 00


No. 36


71 04


No. 37 Uxbridge


170 00


No. 38


169 00


No. 39 Hospital Case


93 30


No. 40


12 00


No. 41


79 44


No. 42


44 71


No. 43


20 00


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10 00


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10 00


$4,713 15


TEMPORARY AID ACCOUNT


Paid No. 1 $267 00


No. 2


723 00


No. 3


364 00


No.


4


72 00


No.


5


35 00


No. 6


18 00


No. 7


61 25


No


8


411 00


MOTHERS' AID ACCOUNT


$1,951 25


Paid No. 1


$745 75


No. 2


934 00


No. 3


697 00


$2,376 75


Infirmary Superintendent receipts


$923 66


Infirmary Superintendent expenditures


8 80


Turned into Town Treasury


$914 86


Received from State, Mothers' Aid


$718 81


Received from State, Temporary Aid


1,578 00


Received from Town of Northbridge


347 00


Received from Town of Upton


317 34


Received from Town of Bellingham


529 90


$3,491 05


Due from State, Mothers' Aid


$355 92


Due from State, Temporary Aid


593 00


Due from cities and towns


1,336 55


$2,285 47


SUMMARY


Superintendent has paid per his account


$8 80


Overseers have paid as per their account 3,072 10


$3,080 90


The Overseers Account is as follows: Appropriation at annual town meeting $9,000 00


Expenditures: Orders on Town Treasurer:


(State) Temporary Aid $1,951 25


(State) Mothers' Aid 2,376 75


24


(Town) Town Aid


4,713 15


Miscellaneous


39 38


Infirmary cost


3,068 10


$12,148 63


INMATES AT INFIRMARY DURING YEAR 1932


No.


Age


Weeks


Days


1


58


52


1


2


73


52


1


3


80


52


1


Respectfully submitted,


RICHARD MOORE,


KENNETH PARKER,


FERDINAND LIBBY.


25


Report of Agent MOSES WALLIS DEVISE


To the Town of Douglas


For Year Ending December 31, 1932


The agent charges himself with amounts due the devise January 1, 1932, as follows:


Los Angeles School District Bonds, 5 % $16,201 50


290 08


$15,911 42


Jersey City Water Bonds, 4 1/2 %


$5,231 50


Amortization


43 82


$5,187 68


City of Detroit Bonds, 4 1/2 %


$5,250 00


Amortization


56 03


$5,193 97


Whitinsville National Bank


2,304 64


$28,597 71


Value to Keep Permanent


27,502 43


Due Town Treasurer


$1,095 23


The agent has received as follows: 1932


Jan 1 Balance


$2,304 64


Feb. 1 Interest, City of Detroit bonds


$112 50


2 Interest, County of Los Angeles Bonds


375 00


Apr. 1 Interest, Jersey City Water Bonds ..


112 50


Aug. 2 Interest, City of Detroit Bonds 112 50


6


Interest, County of Los Angeles Bonds


375 00


Oct.


1 Interest, Jersey City Water Bonds .. 112 50


Dec.


21 Interest, Whitinsville National Bank 21 33


1,221 33


$3,525 97


Amortization


26


The agent has paid out as follows: 1932


March 10 Town Treasurer


$1,095 28


1933


Jan. 4 Salary, Agent


$75 00


Balance


2,355 69


$3,525 97


PRESENT VALUE OF DEVISE


$15,000.00 Los Angeles, 5%


$16,201 50


Amortization


331 52


$15,869 98


5,000.00 Jersey City, 4 1/2 %


$5,231 50


Amortization


50 08


$5,181 42


5,000.00 City of Detroit, 41/2%


5,250 00


Amortization


64 65


$5,185 35


Whitinsville National Bank


2,355 69


$28,592 44


Value to Keep Permanent


27,502 43


Due Town Treasurer


$1,090 01


Respectfully submitted,


GILBERT W. ROWLEY,


Agent.


27


COLLECTOR'S REPORT


1932 TAXES, 1929


Due Collector January 1, 1932


$1 48


Outstanding January 1, 1932


49 30


$50 78


Abatements, 1932


$5 80


Transferred to tax titles


43 50


Due Collector December 31, 1932


1 48


$50 78


TAXES, 1930


Outstanding January 1, 1932


$1,336 65


Overpayments to be refunded


40


$1,337 05


Payments to Treasurer, 1932


$1,199 55


Abatements, 1932


17 18


Transferred to tax titles, 1932


120 32


$1,337 05


TAXES, 1931


Outstanding January 1, 1932


$4,082 37


Overpayment to be refunded


59


$4,082 96


Payments to Treasurer


$1,850 78


Abatements, 1932


56 11


Added to tax titles, 1932


134 30


Outstanding December 31. 1932


$2,041 77


$4,082 96


TAXES, 1932


Commitment per warrant


. $58,703 29


Abatement after payment to be refunded




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