Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1934, Part 1

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LIMON FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRAOK EAST, DOUGLAS, MASS


ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


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FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1934


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


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Town Officers 1934


Moderator FERDINAND J. LIBBEY, 1935


Town Clerk JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, 1935


Treasurer RICHARD H. ALDRICH, 1935


Selectmen WINFIELD A. SCHUSTER, 1936 Chairman FRANK E. JONES, 1937, Clerk PAUL D. MANNING, 1935


Assessors FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1937, Chairman ANDREW J. CENCAK, 1935 LUCIUS J. MARSH, 1935


Board of Health-Selectmen FRANCISCO BOWEN, Agent


Members Board Public Welfare RICHARD MOORE, 1936, Chairman FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1935 KENNETH PARKER, 1937


School Committee


BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, 1937 MARGARET S. CARRICK, 1937


ANNDREW J. CENCAK, 1935 LOUIS CALLAHAN, 1935


LILLIAN C. CARPENTER, 1936 WARREN JOHNSON, 1936


Superintendent of Water Department HERBERT E. HUGHES, 1935


Superintendent of Schools A. B. GARCELON Chief of Police LOUIS A. CALLAHAN, 1935


Chief of Fire Department HERBERT E. HUGHES, 1935


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Tree Warden JAMES FULONE, 1935


Cemetery Commissioners WILLIAM E. BALCOM, 1937 FRANK E. COPP, 1935 HOWELL W. PARKER, 1936


Sealer of Measures and Weights FRANK L. CORRELL, 1935


Agent Moses Wallis Devise GILBERT W. ROWLEY, 1935


Trustees of Public Library WALTER E. HARRIS, 1937 FRANK L. CORRELL, 1936 CHRISTINE M. QUINN, 1935


Life Members-Trustees of Simon Fairfield Public Library FRANK E. JONES


WALTER B. FAIRFIELD FERDINAND J. LIBBY


LENA M. SCHUSTER WILLIAM L. HAYWARD


Town Counsel FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1935


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Warrant for Town Meeting


MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1935, at 8:00 O'CLOCK 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 Town elections and Town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Douglas, on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, 1935, 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 treasur- er. a collector of taxes, six constables, an agent of the Moses Wallis Devise, a tree warden, 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 commissioner, each for a term of three years; also one assessor for a term of one year to fill vacancy.


ARTICLE 2. To choose all other Town officers for the ensuing year.


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ARTICLE 3. To hear the reports of Town officers, of the finance committee and of other outstanding committees and act thereon.


ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for Town charges and expenses for the ensuing year.


ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-three hundred, nineteen dollars and eighty-three cents for the assessment for construction, care and maintenance of Worcester County Tuber- culosis Hospital District.


ARTICLE 6. To fix the salaries or compensation of Town officers. 3940


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Board of Selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission, under Chapter 81, Section 26 of the General Laws (Ter. Cen. Edition). X


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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Board of Selectmen to petition the Division of Highways, Public Works De- partment, under Chapter 90, Section 34, Gen. Laws. (Ter. Cent. Ed.) for aid in the improvement of some through ways.


ARTICLE 9. To raise and appropriate money needed for high- ways, including snow removal and railing.


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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will instruct its Board of Select- men to purchase land for a Town dump, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ARTICLE 11. To raise and appropriate money for the rent of quarters for Michael Carter Post, American Legion.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be paid to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, under Chapter 128, General Laws.


ARTICLE 13. To se if the Town will choose a Director for same.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money for the repair of the Town Clock (so-called).


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum or sums of money to cover the overdrafts of 1934.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the reserve fund to be controlled by the Finance Com- mittee.


ARTICLE 17. To see what disposition the Town will make of a dog fund.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three thousand dollars for the purpose of purchas- ing o fire truck and equipment for the fire department, one thousand dollars thereof to be raised by taxation this year and the balance by a loan to be payable $1,000.00 in one year and $1,000.00 in two years from the date of notes given therefor, as provided in the General Laws, or take any action in relation to the subject matter hereof.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the assess- ors to use the free cash in the treasury in fixing the tax rate for en- suing year.


ARTICLE 20, To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1935. and to issue a note or n'otes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17. Chapter 44, General Laws


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ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to release and quitclaim unto Kate E. Fiske. the holder of a mortgage on two tracts of wood- land taken by the Town for taxes in 1928, assessed to Euclide Cabana, the Town's interests in the lots, in consideration of $200.00, that fig- ure being the total taxes, costs and charges upon the property up to and including taxes to be assessed as of January 1, 1935, and auth- orize and empower the Town Treasurer, Richard H. Aldrich, to exe- cute and deliver a deed thereof in its name and behalf, or take any action relating thereto.


ARTICLE 22. To see if theTown will vote to authorize its Treas- urer to execute and deliver in its name and behalf Quitclaim Deeds to The Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the following described tracts of woodland:


Alton Lot, as in deed Hannah Rhodes Heirs to Town of Douglas, Recorded Worcester District Deeds, Book 2353, Page 315:


239 Acres, as in deed Hannah Rhodes Heirs to Douglas, recorded with said Deeds, Book 2353, Page 318; Whitin Lot, 82 acres as in deed Herbert E. Bullard to said Dcug- las, recorded with said deeds, Book 2459, Page 458. Tract of 20 acres as in deed Fernando Ross et al to Douglas, recorded with said deeds, Book 2493, Page 451. Said lots to become a part of State Reservation.


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main up Caswell Court, and raise and appropriate money therefor.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money of for the pruning of the dead wood from the elms and for the removal of any dead or dying elms on the public streets.


ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the School Committee to re-open the school house at South Douglas, and hold sessions therein.


-By request of twelve voters:


ARTICLE 26. By request of 16 voters: To see if the Town will vote to install street lights along South Street from Douglas Town Farm to the State Line; and appropriate the money for maintenance of same.


Articles 27 to 32 inserted at request of twenty-six voters:


ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to adjourn all annual Town business in the future with the exception of election of Town officers to the Saturday after the annual Town meeting and to hold all special Town meetings on Saturday.


ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Board of Selectmen to petition the Worcester Suburban Electric Co. for a low- er domestic light rate.


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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote and appropriate money to transport children to school who live beyond the one and a half mile limit, and to take any other action that is pertinent to the article.


ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote and appropriate money to install street lights on Gilboa Street extending from the corner of Gilboa and North streets to the corner of Gilboa and Cook streets, and to take any other action that is pertinent to the article.


ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $200. to clear enough snow from one of the local ponds or rivers during the able winter months so that skating may be enjoyed, and to take any other action that is pertinent to the article.


ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to designate certain streets during winter months of coasting with police protection.


ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its board of selectmen and water commissioners to install water meters in all houses that use town water and are not equipped with the same and to have said water meters read at regular intervals, and to take any other action that is pertinent to the article.


THE POLLS MAY CLOSE AT FOUR 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, 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 meeting.


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


FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING,


Selectmen of Douglas.


Douglas, March 7th, 1935.


I this day served the within warrant as herein directed.


HERBERT E. HUGHES,


Constable of Douglas.


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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT


Appropriations estimated necessary for fiscal year ending De- cember 31, 1935:


TOWN OFFICERS


Per Cent. of Total Expenditure


Selectmen


$100.00


Selectmen Expense


50.00


Accounting Officer


300.00


Treasurer


300.00


Treasurer Expense


150.00


Collector


600.00


Collector Expense


150.00


Clerk


250.00


Clerk Expense


100.00


Assessors


800.00


Assessors' Expense


50.00


Moderator


30.00


Registrar's Salary


60.00


School Committee salary


200.00


Welfare Board


400.00


Water Commissioners


100.00


3940


$3,840.00


4.34%


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Election and Registration .


$50.00


New Town Hall


1,300.00


Old Town Hall


100.00


Bonding Town Officers


275.00


$1,725.00


1.95%


PROTECTION PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department


$2,100.00


Fire Department


350.00


Sealer Weights and Measures


80.00


Tree Warden


500.00


Moth Suppression


200.00


Game Warden


50.00


3


Town Council


200.00


10


Per Cent. of Total Expenditure


Dog Officer


25.00


Board of Health Salary


25.00


Board of Health


400.00


Vital Statistics


15.00


Meat Inspection


150.00


Animal Inspection


150.00


County Hospital Tax and Maintenance


2,319.83


Water Department


2,750.00


Fire Truck


1,000.00


Fire Equipment


500.00


$10,614.83


12.01 %


HIGHWAYS


General Highways-Chapter 81


$5,300.00


Chapter 90


2,500.00


Snow Roads


2,500.00


Street Lighting


2,500.00


Bridges


400.00


Water Trough


5.00


Public Squares


25.00


Railings on Highways


50.00


$13,280.00


15.02%


CHARITIES


Welfare Department


$9,000.00 .


Old Age Assistance


4,500.00


State and Military Aid


240.00


Soldiers' Relief


600.00


3400


$14,340.00


16.22%


SCHOOLS


General School Fund


$36,000.00


Industrial School


1,500.00


$37,500.00


37.000


42.43 %


MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS


Public Library


$1,000.00


American Legion


100.00


Memorial Day


150.00


Town Clock


25.00


Printing Town Report


125.00


Usa


125,


793


0


11


Per Cent. of Total Expenditure


Cemetery


200.00


County Aid to Agriculture


25.00


Vaccine for Dog Cases.


50.00


ERA Material


750.00


$2,425.00


2.74 %


Interest and Debt


1,500.00


1.70%


Reserve Fund


2,500.00


2.83 %


To cover 1934 appropriations in 1935 levy:


Town Clerk


$118.50


Old Town Hall Maintenance.


84.29


Police .


9.25


Highways-Chapter 81


1.17


Old Age Assistance


67.00


Trade School


42.63


Interest


298.82


$661.45


. 76 %


$88,346.49


100.00%


YEAR 1931


1 Beginning Balance


$8,314.10


Receipts Other Than Raised by Taxation. .


43,130.93


Money Raised by Taxation.


54,863.38


Mowry Bequest


22,964.27


Balance of Revenue Fund Not Paid.


15,000.00


Total


$144,272.68


Total Actual Expenditures .


$106,092.85


Investment of Mowry Fund. 22,572.64


Total


Ending Balance


$128,665.49 $15,607.19


Taxes paid equals 55.99% of total money received. Tax Rate $30.70.


YEAR 1932


Beginning Balance $15,607.19


Receipts Other Than Raised by Taxation. . 50,353.67


Money Raised by Taxation. 56,527.41


Total


$122,488.27


150 2700


27


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Total Actual Expenditures $104,969.47 Paid on 1931 Revenue Loan. 15,000.00


Total


$119,969.47


Ending Balance $2,518.80 Taxes paid equals 52.89 % of total money received. Tax Rate $32.50.


YEAR 1933


Beginning Balance $2,518.80


Receipts Other Than Raised by Taxation 51,735.15


Money Raised by Taxation. 56,491.80


Total $110,745.75


Total Expenditures


$104,346.42


Ending Balance $6,399.33 Taxes paid equals 52.20% of total money received. Tax Rate $31.50.


YEAR 1934


Beginning Balance $6,399.33


Receipts Other Than by Taxation.


59,433.65


Money Raised by Taxation 60,028.94 Total $125,861.92 119,621.21


Total Expenditures


Ending Balance $6,240.71 Taxes paid equals 50.24% of total money received. Tax Rate $33.00.


Finance Committee:


WINFIELD A. SCHUSTER, FRANK E. JONES, PAUL D. MANNING, BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, FRANCISCO BOWEN, GILBERT ROWLEY, WILLIAM WALLIS, FRANK RINFRETTE, JOHN DUNLEAVY, F. J. LIBBY.


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REPORT OF THE TREASURER


To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas:


Following is my report as town treasurer of the Town of Douglas as recommended by the Division of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, and called for by Section 44, Gen- eral Laws.


GENERAL CASH


Balance on hand January 1, 1934 $6,399 33


Receipts 1934 . 159,462 59


$165,861 92


Payments per selectmen's warrants 1934 $159,621 21


Balance on hand December 31, 1934 6,240 71


$165,861 92


MYRON MOURY SCHOOL FUND


On hand January 1, 1934


$23,000 00


Added to Fund 1934 410 52


Income 1934 1,021 20


$24,431 72


Transferred to town 1934 $1,020 00


On hand December 31, 1934


23,411 72


$24,431 72


ADELINE PIERCE SANBORN LIBRARY FUND


On hand January 1, 1934


$148 92


Income 1934 3 35


On hand December 31, 1934


$152 27 $152 27


CARE OF GRAVES-G. A. R. VETERAN'S FUND


On hand January 1, 1934 $792 49


Income 1934 42 32


On hand December 31, 1934


$834 81


$834 81


MARY SOUTH CEMETERY FUND


On hand January 1, 1934


$224 06


Income 1934 11 93


On hand December 31, 1934


$235 99 $235 99


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MONUMENT FUND-SONS OF VETERANS


Bequests 1934


$100 00


On hand December 31, 1934


$100.00


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


On hand January 1, 1934


$2,052 31


Income 1934


48 57


$2,100 88


On hand December 31, 1934


$2,100 88


Respectfully submitted,


RICHARD H. ALDRICH,


Treasurer.


TOWN OF DOUGLAS TABLE OF ACCOUNTS


Appropriations 1934


Transfers to


Income


Totals


Expended 1934


Transferred Overdrawn Unexpended from


Selectmen's Salary


$100 00


$100 00


$100 00


Selectmen's Expense


100 00


100 00


36 15


63 85


Accountant's Salary


300 00


300 00


300 00


Treasurer's Salary


300 00


300 00


300 00


Treasurer's Expense


160 00 (a)


75 00


235 00


211


26


23 74


Collector's Salary


600 00


600 00


600 00


Collector's Expense


100 00 (a)


50 00


150


00


148 00


2 00


Town Clerk's Salary


250 00


250 00


368


50


$118 50


(c) 119 35


62 98


Assessor's Expense


50 00 (c)


119 35


169 35


162 93


6 42


Town Counsel Salary.


150 00


150 00


150 00


Moderator's Salary 1934


15 00


15 00


15 00


Moderator's Salary 1933


15 00


15 00


15 00


Election and Registration Expense


340 00


340 00


224 35


115 65


Registrar's Salary


60 00


60 00


60 00


New Town Hall


Mainte-


1,600 00


(e)


$961 87


2,561 87


2,552 91


8 96


Old Town Hall Mainte- nance


100 00


100 00


184 29


84 29


Bonding Town Officers.


250 00


250 00


235 50


14 50


Police Department


2,375 00


2,375 00


2,384 25


9 25


Fire Department


750 00


750 00


336 80


413 20


Forest Fires


100 00(a)


125 00


123 46


1 54


Sealer of Weights


and


50 00


50 00


50 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures Expense


50 00


50 00


25 67


24 33


Tree Warden


40 0 00


400 00


392 05


7 95


Moth' Department


300 00


300 00


97 80


202 20


Game Warden


50 00


50 00


50 00


Dog Officer


25 00


25 00


25 00


Board of Health


60 0 00 (a)


200 00


800 00


794 30


5 70


Vital Statistics


15 00


15 00


12 50


2 50


Meat Inspection


262 50


262 50


262 50


100 00


100 00


93 92


6 08


Assessor's Salary


750 00


750 00


567 67


Town Clerk's Expense


nance


25 00


Measures Salary


Inspector of Animals


262 50


262 50


262 50


10,500 00


15,800 00


15,801 17


1 17


Highways-Chapter 90


2,500 00 (b)


3 60


11,000 00


13,503 60


13,406 10


97 50


Machinery Maintenance


1,000 00 (d)


380 00


1,380 00


1,376 20


3 80


Bridges


300 00


300 00


300 00


Sidewalks


513 00


513 00


512 02


98


Street Lights


2,590 00


2,590 00


2,548 81


41 19


Snow Removal ..


2,50 0 00 (a)


12 49


2,512 49


2,512 49


5 00


5 00


Care Public Squares.


25 00


25


00


25 00


35


04


114 96


C. W. A.


(b)


717 80


717 80


714


22


3 58


E. R. A.


400 00


400 00


340 57


59 43


Public Welfare Salaries.


400 00


400 00


400


00


Public Welfare Expenses ..


9.000 00


9,000 00


8,855


25


144 75


Old Age Assistance ..


3,800 00 (a)


501 00


4,301 00


4,368


00


67 00


State and Military Aid.


240 00 (a)


35 00


275 00


275 00


Soldiers' Relief


800 00


800 00


428 50


371 50


Quarters American Legion


100 00 (a)


9 15


109 15


109 15


200 00


200 00


200 00


School Committee Salary .. Schools


35,000 00


35,000 00


34,999 93


07


Trade School


1,500 00


1,500 00


1,542 63


42 63


14


10


Memorial Day


26 00


Care of Town Clock


25 00


25


00


25 00


Printing Town Reports


125 00


125


00


106 40


18 60


Printing By-Laws


(b)


50 00


50


00


50 00


County Aid Agriculture ..


25 00


25 00


Reserve Fund


1,000 00


1,000 00


(a) 996 64


3 36


Water Commissions Salary


100 00


100 00


100 00


Water Department Mainte- nance


4,500 00


4,500 00


3,289 33 Dbt 1,000 00


210 67


Care Soldiers and Sailors


Graves


4 80


4 80


Care of Old Cemetery ..


35 0 00 (a)


28 00


378 00


393 99


15 99


Interest and Debt


2,75 0' 00 Water 1,000 00


3,750 00


4,048 82


298 82


$87,15 3 00


$3,267 39


$22,832 11


$113,252 50


$109,370 87


$2,115 99


$642 45


$2,408 09


Public Library


1,25 0 00 (a)


61 00


370 24


1,681 24


1,681


125 00


125 00


99


00


Care Watering Trough


5


00


Railings on Highways


150 00


150 00


Highways-Chapter 81


5,300 00


25 00


Respectfully submitted, SEDDIE H. ALDRICH, Town Accountant.


TOWN OF DOUGLAS BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1934


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash :


High School Building Fund


$250 86


In Banks and Office


$6,240 71


Mowry Trust Fund Income


1,084 88


Accounts Receivable :


Sale Cemetery Lots and Graves Tailings


26 30


Levy of 1932


$12 08


Special State Tax -- Old Age Assistance


19 00


Levy of 1933


2,344 46


Town Clerk's Dog Licenses.


1 80


Levy of 1934


7,130 05


Highway Machinery Rental Fund


863 86


9,486 59


Appropriation Balances:


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


$4 34


Highways-Chapter 90


97 50


Levy of 1934


425 04


E. R. A.


63 01


429 38


Tax Titles


1,641 71


610 51


Water


Water Department Available Surplus .. Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


2,977 15


Departmental:


Overlays-Reserved for Abatements:


Levy of 1932


$12 08


State Aid


240 00


Levy of 1933


611 92


State Aid to Highways


382 63


Levy of 1934


1,617 30


County Aid to Highways


891 16


Overdrawn Accounts:


Town Clerk


$118 50


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$429 38


Old Town Hall Maintenance.


84 29


Police


9 25


Highways-Chapter 81


1 17


Old Age Assistance


67 00


Trade School


42 63


Cemetery Fund Income


39 79


Interest


298 82


661 45


$21,684 14


$21,684 14


Tax Title


1,641 71


Water


755 52


Departmental


1,194 99


4,021 60


Surplus Revenue


9,271 43


Fire Hose


$400 00


Levy of 1933


Printing Town By-Laws 50 00


755 52


240 95


Public Welfare


$954 99


1,194 99


2,241 30


Revenue-Reserved Until Collected:


74 50


Taxes :


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt $8,000 00


Town Hall Loan $8,000 00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds-Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer.


$26,834 87


In Custody of Library Trustees.


13,274 54


In Custody of Agent


28,655 25


In Custody of Town Treasurer: Myron Mowry School Fund $23,411 72


Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 151 47


Care of Graves G. A. R. Vet-


erans' Fund 834 81


Mary South Cemetery Fund 235 99


Monument Fund-Sons of Vet- erans 100 00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds .... 2,100 88


$26,834.87


In Custody of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Library Funds .. In Custody of Agent: Devise of Moses Wallace


13,274 54


28,655 25


$68,764 66


$68,764 66


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Report of TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas:


Following is my report as Town Accountant of the Town of Douglas as recommended by the Division of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, and called for by Section 44, General Laws.


TOWN OF DOUGLAS-RECEIPTS, 1934


General Revenue:


Taxes:


Poll, Personal and Real Estate: Current Year $53,571 74


Previous Years 6,180 39


$59,752 13


From State:


Income Tax


$10,044 10


Corporation Taxes 4,408 78


National Bank Tax


, 59 71


14,512 59


Licenses and Permits


1,897 00


Fines and Forfeits:


Court Fines


Grants and Gifts:


From State:


School Fund


$3,429 94


Tuition Children 365 66


Trade School


733 10


From County:


Dog Licenses


370 24


Other:


Federal Emergency Relief


352 78


Special :


Old Age Assistance Taxes. 1 00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


Current Year


2,332 21


Previous Years 238 15


Redemption of Tax Titles


276 81


8 00


4,528 70


2,848 17


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General-Departmental:


Town Clerk's Dog Licenses


$528 60


Town Hall Rentals


499 00


1,027 60


Protection of Persons and Property: Sealer of Weights and Measures ...


18 88


Health and Sanitation:


Inspector of Animals


75 00


Highways:


State $17,367 37


County


2,858 84


Machinery Rentals


1,243 86


Charities:


Reimbursements for Outside Relief:


Cities and Towns


$176 00


State


2,460 67


Infirmary


162 29


Old Age Assistance


1,363 66


State Aid


240 00


Indigent Persons


80 50


Care Tuberculosis Cases


260 75


Public Library Fines


Unclassified :


Refunds:


Board of Health


$67 14


Soldiers' Relief


52 56


Public Welfare


40


Selectmen


45


Highway


17


00


Spraying Trees


25 00


Gas Tax


58 17


Check Cancelled


50


Insurance-Old Town Hall


159 20


Commercial Revenue:


Water


4,732 95


Interest:


Taxes


$414 21


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


46 75


Tax Title Redemptions


46 52


Temporary Revenue Loans


Agency, Trust and Investment: Cemetery Sale of Lots $74 50


Mowry Fund Income


1,020 00


21,470 07


4,743 87 80 34


221 22


507 48 40,000 00


21


Devise of Moses Wallis


961 87


Perpetual Care Bequest


100 00


Total Receipts, 1934


TOWN OF DOUGLAS-PAYMENTS 1934


General Government:


Selectmen's Salary


$100 00


Selectmen's Expense


36 15


Accountant's Salary


300 00


Treasurer's Salary


300 00


Treasurer's Expense


211 26


Collector's Salary


600 00


Collector's Expense


148


00


Town Clerk's Salary


368 50


Town Clerk's Expense


93 92


Assessor's Salary


567 67


Assessor's Expense


162 93


Law Department


150 00


Moderator's Salary


30 00


Election and Registration Salary. .


60 00


Election and Registration Expense .


224 35


New Town Hall Maintenance


2,552 91


Old Town Hall Maintenance


184 29


Bonding Town Officers


235 50


Protection of Persons and Property:


Police


$2,384 25


Fire


336


80


Forest Fire


123 46


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


75 67


Tree Warden


392 05


Game Warden


50 00


Moth


97 80


Dog Officer


25 00


Health and Sanitation:


Board of Health


$794 30


Vital Statistics


12 50


T. B. Hospital Assessment


1,947 68


Meat Inspection


262 50


Animal Inspection


262 50


Highways:


Chapter 81


$15,801 17


Chapter 90


13,406 10


Machinery Maintenance


1,376 20


Sidewalks


512 02


Street Lights


2,548 81


Snow Removal


2,512 49


2,156 37 $159,462 59


6,325 48


3,485 03


3,279 48


22


Care Watering Trough


5 00


Care Public Square


25 00


Railings


35 04


Charities:


Public Welfare Salary


$400 00


Public Welfare Expense


8,855 25


Old Age Assistance


4,368 00


State Aid


275 00


Soldiers' Relief


428 50


Schools and Library:


School Committee Salary


$200 00


School Committee Expense


34,999 93


Trade School


1,542 63


Public Library


1,681 14


Recreation and Unclassified :


Memorial Day


$99 00


Care Town Clock


25 00


Printing Town Reports


106 40


County Aid to Agriculture


25 00


Materials C. W. A.


714 22


Materials E. R. A.


340 57


Quarters American Legion


109 15


Unpaid Orders Previous Years


55 80


Enterprises:


Water Commissioner's Salary


$100 00


Water Expense


3,289 33


3,389 33


Cemeteries:


Care Old Cemetery


$393 99


Care Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves. . 4 80


398 79 1,048 82


Interest


Municipal Indebtedness:


Temporary Loans


$40,000 00


Town Hall Loan


1,000 00


Water Loans


2,000 00


Refunds:


Taxes


$39 80


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes. . . 61 80


36,221 83


14,326 75


38,423 70


1,475 14


43,000 00


101 60


23


Agency, Trust and Investment:


Mowry Trust Fund-Principal .


$410 52


Mowry Trust Fund-Income. 932 42


Cemetery Trust Fund Income. 11 00


Cemetery Bequest


100 00


Town Clerk's Dog Licenses


526 80


High School Building Fund.




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