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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
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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
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$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
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Town Council
200.00
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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,
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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
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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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