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ANNUAL REPORT IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS
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1634 INC.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
317th Year - Ending December 31, 1950
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1951
REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
IPSWICH, MASS.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1950 and the THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH YEAR of the TOWN'S INCORPORATION
STANLEY A. HULL & SON, PRINTERS IPSWICH , MASS.
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List of Town Officers
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Moderator Edmund H. Kelleher
Selectmen Brainard C. Wallace, Chairman
Edward H. Damon
Stuart McRobbie
Treasurer and Collector Elwyn McCarthy, Acting
Assessors C. Chester Caldwell, Chairman
John A. Singer
John E. Norman
Town Clerk
John F. Dolan
Lucy J. Dolan, Acting
Tree Warden C. Gardner Caverly
Constable Thomas G. Gauld
Clam Commissioner
Bernard V. Farley
Board of Health Lawrence M. King, Chairman
Frank L. Collins, M.D. Ernest J. Smith, D.M.D.
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Board of Public Welfare George R. Hovey, Chairman
William Dunbar
Alcide Lombard
School Committee Robert Franklin, Chairman
Rev. Charles Mihos
Ivan Nicol
Louise Richardson
Richard Mansfield
Cecelia Z. Mackenzie
Park Commissioners C. Gardner Caverly, Chairman
Henry S. Bowen
Samuel C. Gordon
Water and Light Commissioners A. B. C. Mulholland, Chairman
Anthony Klosowski
Chester A. Bolles
Cemetery Commissioners Harmon Cole, Chairman
Arnold R. Richards Richard Sheppard
Trustees Great Neck Property
F. Sigourney Todd
Horace Dunbar
Harold D. Bowen
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APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Accountant Brainard C. Wallace
Inspector of Wires Joseph Burns
Bell Ringer Guy E. Wells
Sworn Weighers for Town Scales George L. Grant
John F. Dolan
Lucy J. Dolan
Clerk, Board of Assessors C. Chester Caldwell
Janitor, Town Hall George L. Grant
Registrars of Voters Henry Hills, Chairman
George Mourikas
John A. Kobos
Town Counsel William F. Hayes
Chief of Police Byard Horsman
Dog Officer
Byard Horsman
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Engineers of Fire Department Samuel W. Atherley, Chief
Lionel Sheppard
Robert Hills
Forest Warden Russell Scahill
Superintendent of Moth C. Gardner Caverly
Sealer of Weights and Measures William J. H. Ewing
BOARD OF HEALTH
Clerk John H. Blake
Sanitary Agent John H. Blake
Inspector of Milk
John H. Blake
Inspector of Animals G. Loring Woodbury
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Inspector of Slaughtering Hilmer H. Lindgrin
Child Hygiene Frank L. Collins, M.D., Director Eleanore Richardson
Superintendent of Streets Francis E. Wood
Agent, Board of Public Welfare Walter E. Callahan
Veterans' Service Agent Charles Passales
Burial Agent for State and Military Aid Charles Passales
Superintendent of Schools Harry S. Merson
Playground Committee Stanley Eustace, Chairman
Rev. Charles Mihos William Peatfield
Henry S. Bowen Vernal Pollard
Rene Rathe
Roland Singer
Manager, Water and Light Department Charles A. Mallard
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Town Forest Committee C. Gardner Caverly
Samuel C. Gordon
Joseph E. Thomas
Finance Committee Walter Lezon, Chairman
William Wallace
Louis Clement Daniel Poor John V. Hubbard
Robert T. Bamford Peter Johnson J. Perry Smith Frank J. O'Malley, Jr.
Trust Fund Commissioners
George C. Parsons
Charles E. Goodhue, Jr. Edward J. Marcorelle
Financial Report
of the
TOWN OF IPSWICH
Receipts and Expenditures
For the Year Ending December 31, 1950
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
STANLEY A. HULL & SON, PRINTERS IPSWICH, MASS.
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RECEIPTS, 1950
Taxes Current Year:
Poll
$ 4,152.00
Personal
25,101.87
Real Estate
319,885.40
$349,139.27
Taxes Previous Years:
Poll
127.86
Personal
5,467.20
Real Estate
30,904.97
36,500.03
Tax Titles:
Tax Title Redemptions
1,892.79
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
10,140.00
Clam and Sea Worms
10.00
Slaughter House
100.00
Amusement
90.00
Auto Dealer Class
50.00
Automatic Amusement Machine
255.00
Shellfish and Sea Worms
150.00
Common Victualler
82.00
Theatre
60.00
Pasteurization
40.00
Junk
50.00
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Pistol 37.00
Milk and Cream
38.00
Pool and Billiard
12.00
Bowling Alley 26.00
Methyl Alcohol 30.00
Oleomargarine
7.00
Innholder
7.00
Rendering
6.00
Vault
3.00
Auctioneer
17.00
Hawker and Peddler
42.00
Cabin 2.50
Garbage
2.00
11,256.50
Fines and Forfeits:
Third District Court 283.91
Grants and Gifts:
Federal:
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. 46.40
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid 2,559.25
Old Age Assistance, Adm. 1,096.40
Old Age Assistance, Assistance 58,882.02
62,584.07
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State:
Income Tax
42,587.53
Corporation Tax
24,277.27
Chapter 90 Construction
6,007.04
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Meal Tax
2,651.05
Lien of Taxes
4,023.37
High School Transportation
7,932.15
Vocation Training
771.20
Shellfish Benefits
700.00
Bounty on Seals
845.00
90,794.61
County:
Chapter 90 Construction
6,243.72
Dog Licenses
693.85
6,937.57
Special Assessments:
Moth added to Taxes 115.50
Privileges:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise-1947 182.11
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise-1948 647.79
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise-1949 3,452.40
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise-1950 38,756.70
43,039.00
General Government:
Selectmen:
Sale of Town Property
85.00
Rent of Town Property
541.00
Photo Copies
4.05
Sale of Hay and Pasture Rights
125.00
755.05
Treasurer and Collector:
Tax Title Releases 4.50
J. Grant Discrepancy 286.32
290.82
Town Hall:
Rent of Court Room
325.00
Rent of Town Hall
20.00
Scale of Receipts
173.40
Sale of Supplies
11.80
530.20
Police:
Ambulance and Police Car 330.00
Registration of Bicycles 26.50
356.50
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Fire:
Sale of Fire Truck 100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Fees 158.05
Moth:
D Spraying
647.00
Health:
Commonwealth of Mass., Tuberculosis 722.85
Cities and Towns, Tuberculosis 108.00
Garbage Disposal 715.32
Slaughter Inspections 1,924.00
3,470.17
Highway:
Rental of Equipment, Private
415.10
Rental of Equipment, Road Cons. 1,265.92
1,681.02
Public Welfare:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1,103.40
Cities and Towns 896.42
1,999.82
Aid to Dependent Children:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2,783.48
Old Age Assistance:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 52,774.73
Cities and Towns 1,383.11
54,157.84
Veterans' Services: Commonwealth of Massachusetts 6,763.15
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Education:
Special School Lunch Fund 7,485.20
Special School Athletic Fund 1,032.46
Tuition 5,863.00
Feoffees Grammar School
5,000.00
Sale of Materials
277.84
Rent of Auditorium 106.00
19,764.50
Trustees of Great Neck:
Rent of Lots
1,017.50
Memorial Building:
Donation W.R.C. No. 42 100.00
Electricity:
Sale of Electricity and Misc.
225,355.53
Water:
Water Rates
39,622.66
Water Liens Added to Taxes
201.90
39,824.56
Cemetery:
Interments and Removals
1,349.00
Sale of Lots and Graves
240.00
1,589.00
Agency and Trust:
Federal Withholding Tax 23,980.86
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Contributory Pensions
11,502.26
Blue Cross 4,724.94
Dog Licenses for County
751.20
Perpetual Care Bequests
3,400.00
Electric Meter Deposits 452.00
Tailings 42.90
44,854.16
Trust Funds - Income:
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund 1,573.87
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 675.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund 250.00
Martha I. Savory Fund 4.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 708.00
3,210.87
Trust Funds - Withdrawals:
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund, Picnic 1,211.94
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund, Adm. 58.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund Scholarship 250.00
Abby Newman Memorial Fund 87.40
John C. Kimball Library Fund
38.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
1,763.73
Stabilization Fund 3,750.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 31,000.00
38,159.74
Debt:
Water Extension Loan 5,000.00
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Interest:
Taxes 1,290.35
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 145.37
Tax Titles 116.62
Meter Deposits
158.21
Accrued Interest on Loan
29.38
1,739.93
Refunds:
Selectmen
1.86
Treasurer and Collector
73.25
Police
18.10
Fire
21.75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
3.50
Clam Commissioner
18.79
Highway
31.27
Public Welfare
16.65
Old Age Assistance
528.78
Aid to Dependent Children
20.00
Veterans' Services
598.75
School
4.00
Playgrounds
.97
Memorial Building 529.90
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Electric Light
369.62
Cemetery
47.19
2,284.38
1,059,136.52
Balance, January 1, 1950
204,474.15
$1,263,610.67
PAYMENTS
$ 615,525.62
Departmental
Taxes:
County Tax
$ 20,892.53
Essex County Sanatorium Tax
8,935.32
Auditing Tax
1,789.98
State Parks and Reservations 899.83
32,517.66
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. 336.33
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
2,674.95
Old Age Assistance, Adm. 2,271.56
Old Age Assistance, Assistance 55,616.82
60,899.66
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Agency and Trust:
Withholding Tax 21,562.03
Contributory Pension System 11,424.90
Blue Cross 4,638.61
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests 3,300.00
Dog Licenses for County 736.60
41,662.14
Trust Fund Income - Deposits:
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund 1,573.87
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 675.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund 250.00
Martha I. Savory Tree Fund 4.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 708.00
3,210.87
Trust Fund Income - Payments:
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund, Picnic 1,211.94
R. T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund, Adm. 58.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund Scholarship 250.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 1,763.73
3,283.67
Electric Light:
Operations
176,189.07
Construction
9,073.20
Depreciation
17,846.95
203,109.22
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Water:
Operations
39,526.86
Extensions
4,990.15
44,517.01
Interest:
905.00
Maturing Debt:
11,000.00
Refunds:
Poll Taxes, 1948
2.00
Poll Taxes, 1949
2.00
Poll Taxes, 1950
6.00
Personal Property Taxes, 1950
7.35
Real Estate Taxes, 1950
408.75
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, 1949
111.24
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, 1950
948.21
Electric Light A/R
1,790.47
Water A/R
14.75
Withholding Tax Deductions
12.30
Contributory Pension System
19.78
Blue Cross Deductions 7.30
Interest Taxes, 1949 2.38
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Interest Motor Vehicle and
Trailer Excise 1.10
One-Half Receipts of Sale of
Property
42.50
Rent of Town Property
19.00
Hawkers and Peddlers License 2.00
3,397.13
1,020,027.98
Balance, December 31, 1950
244,582.69
$1,264,610.67
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Expenditures General Government
MODERATOR
Appropriation
Moderator
$ 100.00 100.00
SELECTMEN
Appropriation
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$ 4,349.75 500.00
Refund
1.86
4,851.61
Chairman
300.00
Members
400.00
Wire Inspector
400.00
Bell Ringer
60.00
Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
Telephone
100.95
Dues
54.00
Travel and Expenses
123.43
Clerical Services
37.00
Supplies
233.48
Sheriff Fees - Petitions
39.40
Maintenance of Equipment
26.25
Posting Warrants
28.00
Perambulation of Town Lines
67.69
Surveys and Plans
77.00
Printing Warrants
97.00
Advertising Warrants
85.50
Finance Committee Reports
115.00
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Filing Fees 13.00
Honor Roll - Labor
17.50
Firemen - Beach Hearing
4.00
Town Report 2,231.23
Tax Title Property 21.00
Care of Buoys and Floats
200.00
Legal Advertisements
4.00
Insurance
34.40
4,819.83
Transferred to Revenue
31.78
4,851.61
ACCOUNTANT
Appropriation
5,639.96
Accountant
3,300.00
Clerical
1,470.00
Supplies
237.43
Telephone
109.25
Travel and Expense
45.00
Maintenance and Equipment
24.96
5,186.64
Transferred to Revenue
453.32
5,639.96
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Appropriation
9,265.00
Refund
1.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
300.54
9,566.54
Treasurer and Collector
3,000.00
Clerk
2,160.00
Clerical
1,819.00
Bonds and Insurance.
756.25
Postage
541.86
Supplies and Equipment
826.84
Tax Titles
185.75
Telephone
136.60
Travel and Expense
71.00
Subscriptions
20.00
Safe Deposit Box
6.00
P. O. Box Rent
4.00
Express
1.59
Services
10.00
Dues
4.00
Advertising Delinquent Taxes
11.00
9,553.89
Transferred to Revenue
12.65
9,566.54
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ASSESSORS
Appropriation
5,626.75
Transfer from Reserve Fund
200.00
5,826.75
Members
900.00
Clerk
2,300.00
Clerical
1,511.10
Supplies
264.68
Telephone
108.75
Express and Postage
19.08
Abstract of Deeds
253.55
Travel and Expenses
290.00
Dues
6.00
Listing
125.00
5,778.16
Transferred to Revenue
48.59
5,826.75
LAW
Appropriation
600.00
Town Counsel
600.00
TOWN CLERK
Appropriation
2,774.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
188.00
2,962.00
Town Clerk
1,712.25
Temporary Town Clerk
461.75
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Recording and Indexing Births
292.50
Recording and Indexing Marriages
92.00
Recording and Indexing Deaths 110.00
Supplies 113.07
Telephone
71.85
Postage
39.00
Bond
12.00
Clerical
20.00
Dues
15.00
Service
15.00
2,954.42
Transferred to Revenue
7.58
2,962.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation
4,010.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
226.41
4,236.41
Registrars
462.50
Clerk
137.50
Election Officers
1,711.00
Printing and Advertising
429.22
Supplies
104.68
Postage
18.00
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Police and Firemen
155.08
Listing
299.00
Rental of Equipment
455.00
Poll Tax Book
265.00
Labor
72.63
Meals
119.80
Legal
7.00
4,236.41
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
5,023.96
Overdrawn
28.06
5,052.02
Janitor
2,000.00
Labor
111.00
Fuel
1,290.28
Light
524.77
Gas
82.31
Equipment and Repairs
79.50
Insurance
318.68
Supplies and Materials
623.43
Water
15.45
Rental of Equipment
6.60
5,052.02
TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS
Appropriation
1,000.00
Overdrawn
93.04
1,093.04
Improvements
1,093.04
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Protection of Persons and Property POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
24,929.88
Refunds
18.10
Overdrawn
41.88
24,989.86
Chief
3,000.00
Sergeant
2,800.00
Patrolmen
13,000.00
Keeper of Lock-up and Spare
2,969.20
Special Officers
16.66
Matron
39.90
Vacations
800.00
Postage
3.00
Telephone
231.80
Supplies
98.38
Insurance
288.30
Maintenance and Repairs to
Ambulance and Cruiser
805.32
Radio
263.50
Meals of Prisoners
6.51
Box Rent
4.00
Dues
10.00
Repairs to Equipment
17.50
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Bicycle Registration
6.27
Express
7.92
Automotive Service
.70
New Equipment
45.90
New Car
575.00
24,989.86
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Balance, January 1, 1950
73.94
Appropriations
34,346.00
Refunds
9.65
34,429.59
Chief
675.00
Engineers
500.00
Clerk
50.00
Chauffeurs
20,816.00
Call Men
5,573.98
Still Alarms
216.00
Supt. of Fire Alarms
100.00
Telephone
193.91
Stationery and Supplies
51.04
Lights
157.96
Water
23.25
Gas
13.94
Laundry
105.94
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Postage and Express 13.85
Fire Alarm Equipment 1,101.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance and Repairs
995.25
Two-Way Radio 121.00
Fire Apparatus Supplies
432.14
Fire Apparatus Repairs
299.97
Fire Apparatus Equipment
1,320.94
Gas and Oil
270.31
Building Supplies
301.38
Building Repairs 341.14
Fuel 635.33
34,309.33
Transferred to Revenue 120.26
34,429.59
Fire Department Pumping Engine:
Transfer from Surplus Revenue 10,250.00
Transfer from Stabilization Fund 3,750.00
14,000.00
Purchasing of Pumping Engine
14,000.00
Fire Department Inhalator
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
650.00
Purchase of Inhalator
578.00
Transferred to Revenue
72.00
650.00
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
647.00
Refund
3.50
650.50
Sealer
500.00
Transportation
72.00
Equipment and Supplies
37.89
Advertising
7.00
Travel Expense
21.82
638.71
Transferred to Revenue
11.79
650.50
MOTH
Appropriation
8,579.73
Superintendent
1,813.76
Labor
1,483.00
Office Supplies
9.60
Telephone
58.90
Rent
160.00
Fuel
21.05
Light
6.00
Insurance
550.66
Care and Maintenance of Equipment
440.46
Tools and Supplies 38.72
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Chemicals
962.46
Travel
22.50
Gas and Oil
419.23
Advertising
30.75
New Equipment
1,985.00
8,002.09
Transferred to Revenue
577.64
8,579.73
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
5,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
750.00
5,750.00
Tree Warden
884.00
Labor
4,023.26
Care, Maintenance of Equipment
101.15
Tools, Supplies and Equipment
207.71
Advertising
5.75
Rent
160.00
Plants, Trees, etc.
23.00
Trucking
25.00
Gas and Oil
61.24
Rental of Equipment
99.00
5,590.11
Transferred to Revenue
158.89
5,750.00
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FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
825.00
Labor
673.00
Equipment and Supplies
42.00
Maintenance of Equipment
6.00
Gas and Oil
59.12
780.12
Transferred to Revenue
44.88
825.00
CLAM COMMISSIONER
Appropriation
2,500.00
Refunds
18.79
2,518.79
Clam Commissioner
2,113.41
Deputies
20.10
Printing and Advertising
9.00
Gas. Oil, and Repairs
127.67
2,270.18
Transferred to Revenue
248.61
2,518.79
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
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SHELLFISH BENEFITS
Balance, January 1, 1950:
Shellfish Benefits
1,993.76
Shellfish Reimbursements
201.11
Receipts, Comm. of Mass.
700.00
2,894.87
Labor
1,695.00
Tools and Supplies
132.61
Rental of Equipment
10.00
Gas and Oil
86.46
Repairs to Equipment
44.98
Seed Oysters
25.00
Advertising
150.00
Launching Bags
19.00
2,163.05
Balance Forward to 1951
731.82
- 2,894.87
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Health and Sanitation HEALTH
Appropriation
1,621.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,740.00
17,956.00
Chairman
100.00
Members
150.00
Clerk
75.00
Milk Inspector
400.00
Agent
950.00
Ambulance Hire
25.00
Telephone
77.25
Office Supplies
35.25
Printing and Advertising
27.00
Travel and Expense
168.00
Postage and Express
5.19
Child Hygiene:
Doctor
190.00
Nurse
300.00
Board and Care
3,695.00
Annual Inspector
175.00
Animal Inspector
175.00
Slaughtering Inspector
2,034.00
Disposal of Dead Animals
52.00
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Milk Analysis
31.85
Insurance
197.38
Garbage and Rubbish Disposal:
Labor
7,821.11
Gas and Oil
405.17
Truck Repairs and Supplies
743.76
Rental of Equipment
130.02
Garage Rent
162.00
17,950.05
Transferred to Revenue
5.95
17,956.00
TOWN DUMP
Appropriation
2,160.00
Labor
2,054.30
Transferred to Revenue
105.70
2,160.00
MOSQUITO CONTROL
Appropriation
1,000.00
Payment to Comm. of Mass.
1,000.00
BOUNTY ON SEALS
Appropriation
300.00
Bounties
25.00
Transferred to Revenue
275.00
300.00
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Highways
HIGHWAY - GENERAL
Appropriation
39,500.00
Refunds
17.64
39,517.64
Administration :
Superintendent
3,100.00
Clerk
373.50
Insurance
1,074.85
Stationery and Supplies
114.96
Telephone
219.30
Trucks:
Registrations
21.00
Insurance
415.73
Gas and Oil
1,932.56
Equipment and Repairs
1,773.74
Exchange
560.00
Buildings:
Equipment and Repairs
998.45
Fuel
464.45
Water
8.00
Light
26.78
Insurance
181.80
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General Expenses:
Operators and Labor
12,149.55
Trucks and Teams
303.00
Rental of Equipment
775.00
Equipment and Repairs
1,222.43
Gravel and Stone
2,981.26
Highway Supplies
1,068.51
Tools and Supplies
120.03
Tar and Road Oils
7,304.21
Chloride and Salt
352.59
Traffic Signs and Supplies
594.23
Equipment Insurance
150.00
Other Expenses:
Express
18.45
Dues
3.00
Plans and Surveys
2.20
Building Inspection
.50
38,310.08
Transferred to Revenue
1,207.56
39,517.64
42
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SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
10,000.00
Labor
4,364.66
Plows
909.00
Trucks
443.00
Gas and Oil
308.80
Sand
883.28
Salt and Calcium Chloride
1,129.80
Equipment Repairs
1,148.66
Bulldozer Rental
60.00
Weather Service
126.00
Sidewalk Plowing
215.00
9,588.20
Transferred to Revenue 411.80
10,000.00
SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
4,000.00
Purchase of Tractor 3,873.10
Transferred to Revenue 126.90
4,000.00
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HIGHWAY GRADER
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
7,000.00
Transfer from Machinery Fund
8,000.00
15,000.00
Purchase of Grader
14,965.00
Transferred to Revenue
35.00
15,000.00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION, 1949
Balance, January 1, 1950
715.22
Labor
657.10
Equipment Rental
28.12
Surveys and Plans
30.00
715.22
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION, 1950
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
15,000.00
Labor
2,364.23
Catch Basins, Curb Inlets
276.49
Pipe and Culvert
122.11
Equipment Rental
1,536.00
Supplies and Materials
17.84
Gravel and Loam
302.98
Bituminous Materials
4,831.14
Guard Rail
539.00
Grass Seed and Fertilizer
90.24
Surveys and Plans
18.00
10,098.03
Balance Forward to 1951
4,901.97
15,000.00
44
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CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
1,000.00
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
2,000.00
3,000.00
Labor
533.16
Equipment Rental
506.40
Stone
898.45
Cold Patch
49.00
Bituminous Material
1,012.99
3,000.00
NORTH RIDGE ROAD
Balance, January 1, 1950
412.51
Labor
227.50
Cement
36.00
Retaining Wall
99.58
363.08
Balance Forward to 1951
49.43
412.51
FARLEY AVENUE
Balance, January 1, 1950
1,234.42
Labor
468.80
Equipment Rental
225.50
Catch Basins
2.40
Gravel and Loam
98.32
Bituminous Material
439.17
1,234.19
Transferred to Revenue
.23
1,234.42
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MASCONOMET AND UPPER ROAD
Transfer from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
5,000.00
Labor
989.60
Plans and Survey
460.00
Equipment Rental
318.00
Drainage
1,284.67
Supplies
7.88
Bituminous Material
1,172.29
Sand and Gravel
138.08
Cement
17.25
4,387.77
Balance Forward to 1951
612.23
5,000.00
PARADISE ROAD
Balance, January 1, 1950
500.00
Labor
78.00
Balance Forward to 1951
422.00
500.00
GREAT NECK PROPERTY
New Road Construction:
Transferred from Post-War
Rehabilitation
10,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
26.10
10,026.10
46
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Labor 1,119.65
Survey and Plans
1,100.00
Equipment Rental
577.00
Drainage Pipe and Catch Basins
2,592.07
Supplies
82.19
Gas and Oil
121.80
Travel
21.60
5,614.31
Balance Forward to 1951
4,407.29
10,021.60
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
6,500.00
Street Lights 6,500.00
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Charities and Veterans Services PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
15,448.20
Transfer from Reserve Fund
500.00
Refunds
8.65
15,956.85
Members
187.50
Telephone
26.55
Supplies
20.00
Cash Allowances
6,747.50
Groceries and Provisions
2,104.70
Rent
972.00
Clothing
28.42
Fuel and Light
424.51
Medical and Medicine
750.65
Board and Care
84.28
Miscellaneous
257.61
Other Cities and Towns
4,325.80
15,929.52
Transferred to Revenue
27.33
15,956.85
48
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADM.
Balance, January 1, 1950
289.93
U. S. Grant Overdrawn
46.40
386.10
722.43
Agent
414.22
Clerk
170.76
Salaries
112.50
Telephone
24.95
722.43
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - AID
Balance, January 1, 1950
361.40
Appropriation
8,000.00
U. S. Grant
2,559.25
Refunds
20.00
10,940.65
Cash Allowances
8,019.85
Transferred to Revenue
2,675.10
Balance Forward to 1951
245.70
10,940.65
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Balance, January 1, 1950
732.48
Appropriation
2,785.09
U. S. Grant
1,096.40
Refunds
12.00
Overdrawn
546.35
5,172.32
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Members
150.00
Agent
2,785.65
Clerical
1,831.14
Supplies
52.23
Telephone
112.81
Postage
181.74
Travel
50.00
Repairs to Equipment
8.75.
5,172.32
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
80,000.00
Federal Grants
58,882.02
Refunds
516.78
139,398.80
Cash Allowances
134,411.23
Other Cities and Towns
572.27
134,983.50
Transferred to Revenue
712.97
Balance Forward to 1951
3,702.33
139,398.80
50
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VETERANS' SERVICES
Appropriation
16,000.00
Refunds
568.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
500.00
17,068.00
Agent
1,827.46
Supplies
36.02
Travel
42.32
Telephone
145.66
Burial Services
150.00
Cash Allowances
13,136.25
Groceries and Provisions
409.45
Medical and Medicines
1,197.97
Postage
7.28
Fuel
93.59
Insurance
10.54
Transportation
10.00
17,066.54
Transferred to Revenue
1.46
17,068.00
B. S. CABLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Appropriation
2,500.00
Hospitalization 2,500.00
51
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Schools and Libraries
EDUCATION
Balance, January 1, 1951
1,676.48
Appropriation
174,847.94
Receipts - Feoffees Grammar School 5,000.00
Refunds
4.00
181,528.42
Superintendent
4,566.64
Clerk
1,933.50
Truant Officer
180.00
Census Taker
100.00
Telephone
526.95
Office Supplies
102.57
Teachers' Salaries
113,912.13
Text Books and Supplies
6,928.49
Janitors
11,382.58
Fuel
5,253.49
Power
1,366.73
Gas
447.23
Water
176.10
Operating Expenses
2,236.79
Transportation
14,482.95
School Nurse
1,866.64
School Doctor
650.00
School Dentist
600.00
Travel and Supplies
346.01
Insurance
1,092.96
In Service Training
226.83
Vocational Education Tuition
1,219.91
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Americanization Classes-
Salaries and Expenses 190.00
Printing, Express, Trucking
325.91
Maintenance and Repairs- Building and Grounds 7,831.28
Outlays:
Buildings
2,660.86
Furniture and Fixtures
835.72
181,442.27
Transferred to Revenue
86.15
181,528.42
SCHOOL LUNCH - SPECIAL FUND
Receipts
7,485.20
Winthrop School:
Labor
824.80
Commodities
1,647.00
Tax
3.80
High School:
Labor
419.70
Commodities
3,950.14
Supplies
230.58
7,076.02
Balance Forward to 1951
409.18
7,485.20
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
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SCHOOL ATHLETICS - SPECIAL FUND
Receipts
1,032.46
Labor
290.00
Equipment
455.66
Supplies
130.82
Tax
140.68
1,017.16
Balance Forward to 1951
15.30
1,032.46
E. C. COWLES SCHOLARSHIP
Receipts
250.00
Scholarship
250.00
FIRE DAMAGE, MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL
Balance, January 1, 1950
2,643.22
Repairs
162.96
Supplies
247.20
410.16
Balance Forward to 1951
2,233.06
2,643.22
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LIBRARY
Appropriation
5,100.00
Receipts - Kimball Fund
38.67
5,138.67
Librarian
1,700.00
Assistant Librarian
900.00
Clerk
175.00
Janitor
480.00
Books and Periodicals
1,300.81
Maintenance and Repairs
28.74
Fuel
331.67
Light
91.48
Water
6.00
Office Supplies
96.25
Building Supplies
13.28
Repairs to Equipment
15.00
5,138.23
Transferred to Revenue
.44
5,138.67
Parks and Playgrounds
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