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Repairs
850.92
Gas and Oil
246.42
Fire Alarms
150.15
Tires and Tubes
172.00
Fuel
277.07
Lights
104.53
Laundry
14.55
Stationery and Postage
4.50
Telephone
110.17
Meals
2.60
Forest Fires
423.00
Burner
138.60
Waste
21.70
Freight and Express
15.20
Disinfectant
7.35
Misc.
5.47
11,398.88
Dog Officer :
Salary
180.00
Sealer, Weights and Measures :
Salary
$150.00
Transportation
50.95
Dies and Seals
9.05
210.00
Moth Department:
Labor
$514.40
Gas and Oil
34.61
Hose
29.40
Insecticides
80.78
Truck Repairs
32.82
692.01
53
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Tree Department :
Salary
$250.00
Labor
193.80
Truck
6.25
Tools and Repairs
3.19
Arsenate of Lead
89.82
Gas and Oil
6.65
Trees
20.58
Tires
64.66
Rent of Garage
10.00
644.95
Health Department:
Board Salaries
$500.00
Stationery and Postage
9.67
Printing
34.87
Travelling
42.14
Analysis
10.50
Clerical
15.00
Misc.
10.30
County Assessment
2,514.83
Norfolk County Hospital
2,140.40
Lakeville Hospital
1,023.50
Quincy Hospital
40.85
Dog Bites
94.19
Dental Clinic
1,300.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
City of Brockton
115.00
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
100.00
Inspector of Milk
150.00
Inspector of Plumbing
250.00
Salary, Nurse's
1,500.00
Rent of Dump
250.00
Burying Animals
·
39.00
10,290.25
54
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Highway General :
Salary
$2,000.00
Clerk
162.00
Telephones
128.24
Stationery and Postage
10.70
Express
2.93
Labor
5,921.25
Trucks
201.00
Sand and Gravel
1,048.10
Equipment and Repairs
904.22
Gas and Oil
414.09
Road Material
2,748.70
Removing Stumps
145.00
Insurance
92.80
Signs
66.00
Paint
42.38
Cushions
20.55
Rubber Boots
28.50
Waste
18.20
Surveying
11.00
Lumber and Cement
19.11
Photographs
5.00
Registration
4.00
Misc.
7.25
14,001.02
Chapter 90 Repairs :
Labor
$1,260.45
Road Material
1,091.86
Gas and Oil
106.00
Sand and Gravel
216.90
Stone
324.66
2,999.87
Highway Snow:
Sidewalk Snow Plow
$2,197.80
Labor
4,616.23
Trucks
903.75
55
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Equipment and Tools
234.28
Gas and Oil
311.16
Salt and Chlorine
185.00
Sand
921.05
Grinder
67.01
Machines and Parts
630.12
Motor Plows
2,783.86
Horse Plows
794.87
13,645.13
Land Damage
157.50
Street Lights
9,784.08
CHARITIES
Public Welfare Administration:
Salaries
$1,104.33
Stationery and Postage
79.57
Repairing Typewriter
6.83
Travelling
83.36
Dues
2.00
Subscription
18.00
1,294.09
Public Welfare Expense:
Groceries
5,117.58
Fuel
1,384.25
Rent
447.90
Hospitalization
2,271.51
Doctors
165.55
Dentists
168.00
Opticians
77.00
Medical
419.82
Clothing
120.41
Cash
11,322.90
Lights
5.40
State Institution
745.14
Moving
3.00
Burner
12.90
Burial
100.00
56
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Cities and Towns
301.54
Physicians' Fees
416.00
23,079.90
A. D. C. Adm .:
Salary
$380.33
Travelling
36.12
Stationery and Postage
23.82
. Repairing Typewriter
6.82
447.09
A. D. C. Expense : Cash
12,281.25
Old Age Adm .:
Supervisor
$1,483.66
Clerk
962.00
Travelling
199.90
Stationery and Postage
280.09
Furniture
29.75
Meetings
19.00
Dues
2.00
Typewriter
75.00
3,051.40
Old Age Assistance :
Cash
$82,420.47
Cities and Towns
1,244.40
Burials
400.00
84,064.87
Infirmary :
Salaries
$1,378.00
Labor
68.56
Provisions
1,071.47
Clothing
46.10
Repairing Building
194.65
Fuel and Light
699.37
Stock Feed
230.15
57
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Supplies
138.03
Tools and Repairs
102.12
Disinfectant
17.84
Medicine
53.58
Plants
7.95
Telephone
49.56
Refrigerator
169.20
4,226.58
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid:
Cash
$362.00
Military Aid :
Cash
320.00
Soldier's Burial
100.00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
3,726.00
Fuel
40.00
Groceries
61.00
Rent
54.00
Clothing
2.95
Medical
24.55
4,690.50
SCHOOLS
Salaries :
Teaching, High
$36,697.56
Teaching, Elementary
51,327.04
Superintendent's Salary
1,604.40
Janitor, High
1,791.63
Janitors, Elementary
6,460.95
Janitor, Hall
221.13
Physician's Salary
700.00
Nurses's Salary
1,400.00
Attendance Officer
250.00
Superintendent's Clerk
486.03
58
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Committee Clerk
Transportation
140.70 3,832.00
104,911.44
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
$235.19
Telephones
503.98
Travelling
182.60
Insurance
217.62
Law Books
20.68
Post Office Rent
12.00
Typewriter and Repairs
78.65
Car-tickets
17.50
Police Expense
12.65
Flags
38.40
Uniforms
81.88
Musical Instruments
130.00
Tune Pianos
7.00
Medical
8.00
Nurse's Supplies
37.76
Athletic Equipment
56.06
Map
7.50
Brockton Fair
19.00
Graduation Expense
302.93
State Education
10.00
Misc.
14.75
1,994.15
Maintenance :
Books
$2,367.09
Supplies
2,247.99
Tuition
1,433.80
Fuel
6,063.05
Light
1,722.25
Repairs and Replacements
1,832.74
Misc. Labor
321.93
Janitor's Supplies
1,150.24
.
59
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Furniture and Fixtures
865.85
Household Arts
312.89
Tractor Rent
50.00
18,367.83
LIBRARY
Repairs :
Carpenter
$36.75
Plumbing
45.35
82.10
MISCELLANEOUS
Memorial Day :
Bands
$150.00
Flowers
117.50
Markers and Flags
34.60
Care of Lots
20.00
Printing
1.50
Labor and Cement
11.71
Ammunition
9.60
Stationery, Postage,
Telephones
5.09
$350.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
750.00
American Legion
350.00
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
786.00
Insurance
3,580.72
Care of Clock
20.00
5,836.72
W. P. A.
General Administration:
Salaries
$2,056.66
Gas
150.00
60
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Stationery and Postage
67.60
Telephone
124.48
First Aid
10.66
Transportation
2,989.42
Government Charge
534.00
Repairing Typewriter
6.00
Misc.
3.18
Auto Patrol Tires
· 381.88
Labor
16.70
Rent
75.00
Heat
36.28
Light
36.29
6,488.15
Commodity Division :
Rent
$144.00
Truck
530.60
Fuel
14.50
Light
12.01
Supplies
83.08
Government Charge
745.70
Stationery
1.75
Labor
27.60
1,559.24
Sewing :
Rent
$150.00
Trucks
83.50
Motors
79.65
Repairs
28.60
Supplies
28.37
Labor
15.60
Government Charge
780.00
1,165.72
Furniture and Toys:
Supplies
$349.79
Trucks
232.50
Fuel
172.27
61
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Gas and Oil
38.85
Labor
75.20
Tools and Repair
35.65
Rent
32.00
First Aid
3.69
939.95
Assessors:
Rent
127.50
Repairing Typewriter
21.60
Stationery and Postage
51.80
Travelling
319.00
Printing
243.00
Scissors
.25
763.15
National Youth :
Tools
32.81
Material
36.80
69.61
Stetson Field:
Machine, Rentals
$7,939.12
Truck and Labor
255.05
Seed and Fertilizer
369.13
Engineering
291.72
Back-stop
355.00
Lumber and Cement
167.19
Gas and Oil
267.81
Gravel and Stone
856.23
Tools and Repair
188.91
Pipe
108.06
Covers and Blocks
109.68
Hose
50.22
Shed
25.00
Insurance
6.50
10,989.62
62
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Drainage:
Tools and Repairs
$321.43
Covers and Frames
510.18
Rubber Boots
71.25
Gas and Oil
272.47
Sand and Gravel
234.75
Labor
310.05
Surveying
90.80
Pipe
674.47
Trucks
154.00
Road Material
332.87
Rent of Compressor
720.00
Misc.
2.00
Derrick
27.50
Hoist
133.19
Lumber and Cement
33.99
Blasting Material
26.00
Shed
110.00
Chlorine
18.00
4,042.95
Water:
Pipe
$825.65
Gas and Oil
52.32
Tools and Repairs
80.25
Lead
37.27
Surveying
10.00
Lumber and Cement
16.35
Gates and Boxes
210.15
Labor
66.55
Trucks
16.00
Hydrants
78.72
Valves
53.46
First Aid
4.65
Road Material
5.00
1,456.37
WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration :
Commissioners' Salaries
$354.15
63
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Superintendent's Salary
2,000.00
Meter Reader's Salary
300.00
Insurance
274.10
Stationery and Postage
78.04
Printing
69.25
Telephone
1
87.75
Bond
6.25
Clerical
20.00
Files
183.25
Rent
50.00
Misc.
2.80
Typewriter
97.81
Cut
10.00
Registration
2.00
Freight
1.26
3,536.66
Maintenance:
Labor
$2,295.85
Truck and Repairs
811.65
Pipe and Fittings
464.39
Meters
856.50
Gas and Oil
321.54
Service Boxes
34.31
Gates and Valves
111.75
Tools and Repairs
75.90
Hydrants
79.89
Surveying
8.00
Boots
6.00
Concrete
10.25
Painting
5.19
Lumber
5.79
Misc.
6.08
5,093.09
Joint Account :
Light and Power
$493.50
Pipe and Fittings
73.60
Tools and Repairs
35.08
64
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Sulphate and Soda
489.65
Labor
60.60
Oil, Waste and Packing
128.21
Coal
1,862.68
Repairing Buildings
809.90
Telephone
60.01
Printing
21.50
Insurance
194.00
Valves
8.08
Registration
2.00
Express
1.55
Lumber
1.35
Misc.
4.11
4,245.82
INVOICES OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Tax Collector :
Printing
49.00
Moth Department: Gas
43.72
Highway:
Barrels
18.00
Charities :
Paid Cities and Towns
7.225.35
Schools :
Tuition
$1,685.49
Telephones
51.45
Light
421.78
Household Arts
21.68
2.180.40
Water Joint
198.86
Trustees :
Memorial Hall
$440.66
Light
174.50
Fuel
210.72
825.88
65
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Highway Snow:
Labor
$464.71
Motor Plow
137.36
Horse Plow
44.30
Trucks
76.00
722.37
INTEREST
Anticipation of Revenue
$477.06
Tax Title Notes
323.83
School Notes
2,540.00
Fire Engine Notes
40.00
Emergency Notes
1,455.00
Water Notes
423.75
5,259.64
MATURING DEBT
Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000.00
Tax Title Notes
12,567.31
Emergency Notes
11,000.00
Water Notes
5,000.00
School Notes
9,000.00
Fire Engine Notes
1,000.00
288,567.31
AGENCY
State Tax
$19,800.00
County Tax
7,501.71
Auditing Tax
799.80
Parks and Recreation
329.91
Dog Licenses
1,319.00
29,750.42
REFUNDS
Real Estate Tax
$245.69
Excise Tax
983.11
1,228.80
Cash, Dec. 31, 1941
102,055.00
$839,848.51
66
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$200,000.00
Notes issued during 1941
235.000.00
Maturities paid during 1941 $250,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
185,000.00
$435,000.00
$435,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS INSIDE STATUTORY LIMIT
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$76,000.00
Maturities paid during 1941 :
North and East Randolph Schools
$6,000.00
Tower Hill School
3,000.00
Fire Engine
1,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1941
66,000.00
$76,000.00
$76.000.00
INDEBTEDNESS OUTSIDE STATUTORY LIMIT
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$127.261.99
Maturities paid during 1941:
Water Extension Loan
$1,000.00
Water Main Loan
2,000.00
Filtration Plant Loan
2,000.00
Emergency Loan
11,000.00
Tax Title Loan
12,567.31
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1941
98,694.68
$127,261.99
$127,261.99
67
TOWN OF RANDOLPH Balance Sheet, December 31, 1941
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$102,055.00
Anticipation of Revenue
$185,000.00
Taxes, 1940
41,290.06
Anticipation of Reimbursement
2,000.00
Taxes, 1941
98,232.29
Tax Title Revenue
67,407.50
Excise, 1940
30.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
498.96
Excise, 1941
468.13
Departmental Revenue
6,175.68
Tax Titles
54,101.03
Water Revenue
9,367.43
Tax Title Possessions
13,306.47
Taxes, 1939
5.94
Accounts Receivable:
529.73
Health
1,436.96
Overlay Surplus
139.07
Old Age Assistance
176.30
Overestimates:
Public Welfare
4,040.42
County Tax
63.39
Soldiers' Benefits
522.00
13.96
Water Rates, 1938
122.38
49.18
Water Rates, 1939
602.94
3.60
Water Rates, 1940
2,261.34
Reserve for Tax Title Debt
1,517.04
Water Rates, 1941
6,380.77
Town Property Sold
1,450.00
Overlay Deficit, 1937
13.32
Excess and Deficiency
47,051.91
Overlay Deficit, 1938
428.50
Assessors' Maps
200.00
Oliver Street Damage
250.00
Planning Board
50.00
Land Damage
962.92
Deen Fund
174.96
W.P.A. Balance, Selectmen
502.71
W.P.A. Balance, Water
1,395.74
Unpaid Bills
125.00
A.D.C. Assistance (Federal)
115.78
A.D.C. Administration (Federal)
19.08
Accounts Payable:
Selectmen's Expense
90
Accountant's Expense
10.39
Treasurer's Expense
364.02
A concenv'e Evnenca
57.00
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
68
Overlay Deficit, 1939
3,668.78
Overlay, Deficit, 1940
1,173.16
Parks and Recreation Tax
Tailings
Dog Licenses
Overlay, 1941
69
Net Funded Debt
$330,310.68 $164,694.68
Water Loan Extension
$1,000.00
N. and E. Randolph Schools Loan
47,000.00
Filtration Plant Loan
8,000.00
Water Main Extension Loan
6,000.00
Tower Hill School Loan Fire Engine Loan
1,000.00
Emergency Loans
65,000.00
Tax Title Loans
18,694.68
$164,694.68
$164,694.68
Trust Fund and Securities
$50,046.28
Coddington Fund
$1,900.00
Stetson High School Fund
10,541.45
Turner Reference Fund
1,118.17
Turner Library Fund
36,169.19
Soldiers' Monument Fund
242.56
Playground Fund
74.91
$50,046.28
$50,046.28
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Town Office Expense
.30
Police Expense Lock-up Expense
143.05
2.10
Tree Expense
86.73
Highway Snow
42.00
Street Lights
847.44
Old Age Assistance
887.17
Public Welfare
605.94
Physician's Fees
2.00
Infirmary
57.77
Soldiers' Relief
2.65
Schools
1,258.38
Library Repairs
17.90
47.61
Randolph Maintenance Joint
754.83
$330,310.68
18,000.00
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
BORROWING CAPACITY Inside Statutory Limit of Indebtedness
Valuation, 1939
Valuation, 1940
Valuation, 1941
$7,816,270.00 7,518,680.00 7,724,180.00
Less Abatement, 1939
$309,426.00
Less Abatement, 1940
258,850.00
Less Abatement, 1941
204,324.00
772,600.00 23,059,130.00
772,600.00
Valuation for three years, less abatements
22,286,530.00
Total borrowing capacity, 3% of average
222,865.30
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1941
66,000.00
Net borrowing capacity (inside debt limit)
156,865.30
$222,865.30
$222,865.30
70
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Date of Maturity
W. P. A.
Water Main
Fire Engine
Water Main
Filtration Plant
Tower Hill School
W. P. A.
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
North and East
Rando'ph Schools
Emergency
Emergency
Total
1942 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00
$3,000.00 $1,000.00
$2,000.00 $1,000.00
$2,000.00
$6,000.00 $1,000.00
$2,000.00
$25,000.00
1943
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
22,000.00
1944
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
20,000.00
1945
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
18,000.00
1946
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
16,000.00
1947
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
16,000.00
1948
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
12,000.00
1949
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
1950
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
7,000.00
.
$1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $6,000.00 $8,000.00 $18,000.00 $6,000.00 $14,000.00 $8,000.00 $16,000.00 $47,000.00 $9,000.00 $11,000.00 $146,000.00
Tax Title Loan Due 1942, payable as collected
18,694.68
$164,694.68
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1941
ACCOUNT
Appropriations
and Balances
Transfers and
Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers
Accounts Payable
Balance
To Revenue
Moderator
$50.00
$50.00
Selectmen
1,962.00
1,896.30
$.90
$64.80
Accountant
1,600.00
1,589.61
10.39
Treasurer
3,509.51
$.30
2,968.03
364.02
177.76
Collector
4,650.00
114.60
4,695.06
69.54
Assessors
2,750.00
2,489.45
57.00
$200.00
3.55
Legal
2,250.58
1,493.00
250.00
507.58
Finance Committee
157.85
157.85
50.00
10.00
Town Clerk
1,263.50
1,189.20
52.92
21.38
Election and Registration
600.00
575.25
24.75
Registrars
1,000.00
971.28
28.72
Town Offices
1,060.00
1,059.47
.30
.23
Police Department
13,295.00
13,151.95
143.05
Lock-up
200.00
181.84
2.10
16.06
Fire Department
11,403.00
11,398.88
4.12
Dog Officer
180.00
180.00
Sealer
210.00
210.00
Tree and Moth
1,450.00
1,336.96
86.73
26.31
Health Department
10,298.03
10,290.25
7.78
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Planning Board
60.00
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1941
ACCOUNT
Appropriations and Balances
Transfers and Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers
Accounts Payable
Balance
To Revenue
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Highway General
16,225.00
2.40
16,198.82
28.58
Highway Snow
11,500.00
11,447.33
42.00
10.67
Chapter 90
1,000.00
9.03
$1,993.78
2,999.87
2.94
Street Lights
10,786.12
9,784.08
847.44
154.60
Land Damage
1,120.42
157.50
962.92
Old Age Assistance
50,326.99
630.61
38,723.61
87,116.27
887.17
1,677.77
A. D. C.
9,669.36
3,804.35
12,728.34
134.86
610.51
Public Welfare
25,196.84
73.00
24,373.99
607.94
287.91
Infirmary
4,300.00
2.70
4,226.58
57.77
18.35
Soldiers' Benefits
8,235.45
35.00
4,690.50
2.65
3,577.30
Schools
126,691.71
325.69
1,296.87 125,273.42
1,258.38
174.96
1,607.51
Library Repairs
500.00
82.10
17.90
400.00
Unclassified
6,756.00
5,836.72
919.28
Property Sold
501.00
W. P. A.
30,125.99
48.22
27,474.76
501.00 800.00
1,898.45
1.00
Water Department
12,928.64
810.85
12,875.57
802.44
.
61.48
Interest and Discount
7,000.00
5,259.64
Maturing Debt
25,457.00
543.00
26,000.00
Premiums
42.00
Tax Title Loan
12,567.31
42.00
1,740.36
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1941
ACCOUNT
Appropriations
and Balances
Transfers and
Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers
Accounts Payable
Balance
To Revenue
Revenue Notes
250,000.00
Dog Licenses
1,319.00
County Tax
*7,565.10
7,501.71
63.39
State Tax
*19,800.00
19,800.00
P. and R. Tax
*343.87
329.91
13.96
Auditing Tax
*799.80
799.80
Light and Heat
*573.53
573.53
Refunds
1,228.80
Unpaid Bills
12,041.51
11,263.58
125.00
652.93
Balance Dec. 31, 1941
82,921.97
$820,715.48
Raised by Assessors.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM J. MCLAUGHLIN, Town Accountant.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare
In submitting our report to the citizens of the Town of Randolph, your Board of Selectmen is pleased to report that savings have been made in appropriations within its control as compared with prior years.
Direct welfare relief expenditures were reduced from $40,500.01 in 1940 to $24,979.93 and, in addition, the latter figure includes payments to outside cities and towns for residents of other cities and towns having a settlement in Randolph. We were able to make these payments from current appropriation and for the first time in at least ten years your Board is able to go before the Town with no unpaid bills due other cities and towns which, in the past, have averaged $7,000.00 annually. Increased industrial em- ployment and a close check on persons aided have enabled this savings. We do notice, however, at the end of 1941, a slight increase in unemployment, but it is felt that this condition is temporary in view of promised further indus- trial and war construction in the vicinity of Randolph.
A marked saving in payment for medical attendance to recipients of Old Age Assistance is shown in payments for this service of $7200.50 in 1939, $6372.75 in 1940 and $3488.57 in 1941.
An unlooked for and additional expense was forced upon us in June of last year when, in view of the imperative need of defense construction at Squantum and Hingham, all of our manual W.P.A. workers were assigned to these naval projects necessitating our hiring buses to transport the men to and from work. With the concurrence of the Finance Committee, departmental transfers of funds were made and transportation provided for. We are presently
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transporting 57 men to Hingham, the only project now in operation to our men, at an estimated cost of $7,000.00 for 1942. Inasmuch as no local manual projects will operate this year, appropriations of funds for supplies and material will not be necessary and it is felt that the gross expenditure for 1942 will be approximately 50% of the amount expended for W.P.A. activities last year.
In compliance with a request from the Adjutant Gen- eral of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, your Board authorized the enlistment of a State Guard Reserve Com- pany in town, and Elmer J. Delorey was selected as its officer and approved by the Adjutant General. To date the Company is approaching its authorized strength of 45 men and those men who are eligible to join are urgently requested to do so.
As the result of numerous complaints of near accidents
1 at the Railroad crossing on Union Street, which was un- guarded for a period of approximately ten hours at night and early morning, we prepared a petition addressed to the Department of Public Utilities, in which we were joined by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Holbrook. At. the conclusion of a hearing held in July, based on our pe- tition, the New Haven Railroad was ordered to provide a man at this crossing twenty-four hours daily for a stated period after which automatic signals and gate control devices are to be installed.
A petition by residents using the Holbrook Station for more and better train service was received during the year. In this we again were joined by the Selectmen of Holbrook and residents of that town. At an informal hearing before us in October, at which a representative of the railroad was present, a discussion of the issues seemed to show that sufficient additional revenue could not be assured the rail- road to warrant additional stops or additional trains.
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During the year this Board, with the concurrence of the Town Treasurer, sold several parcels of land acquired by the town through tax title foreclosure. There are many more similar parcels available for sale and, although most of them are unimproved land, a few have dwellings on them.
A 400 candle power light was installed October 27th on the northeast corner of the Theatre Building to cure a blind spot just north of Short Street, dangerous to foot traffic across North Main Street at that point: and two other lights of smaller candle power were installed at other dangerous spots, without extending existing installations.
We wish to call attention to the dog owners of this town, the notable increase in complaints which we receive as to personal injuries and annoyance by biting and bark- ing dogs. Every week we received at least one such com- plaint, and they usually concern licensed dogs whose owners are known. These complaints are difficult to handle as they usually involve neighborhood difficulties and the owner generally will believe no evil of his pet. However, the law makes the position of the Selectmen clear, in that if we re- ceive written complaint we are required to investigate, and if the complaint appears to be justified, to restrain the dog to the premises of its owner. Failure to abide by the re- straining order can result in the destruction of the animal.
On December 8th a Public Works Reserve Agency was set up on request of the Federal Government. In short, this Agency is charged with the planning of necessary pub- lic works in the town to take up the slack in expected un- employment at the end of World War II. The members of this Agency are John A. Frederickson, Frederick D. Dris- coll, Leslie A. Claff, Ralph H. Hutchinson, Eugene L. Mc- Auliffe, Patrick T. McDonnell, Harold L. Bailey, Carl S. Wallin and Herman H. Smith. They were appointed by the Board of Selectmen on December 8th.
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With the quickening of interest in Civilian Defense following Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent declaration of war, we appointed an Emergency War Board on December 29th for the purpose of co-ordinating war activities within our confines. This is in line with similar action taken in other cities and towns within the Commonwealth. The Board consists of Martin E. Young, Albert C. Wilde, Walter Good, George N. Welch, and James D. Mackinnon. Within this Board a Rationing Board was set up on January 5th of this year consisting of Messrs. Welch, Wilde and Young. The Rationing Board is actively functioning in the matter of automobile tires and tubes; sugar rationing is expected daily ; and undoubtedly other items of human consumption, use and wear will come within their activities from time to time.
The Randolph Civilian Defense Committee, which had been conducting meetings throughout most of the year, was further stimulated to action following December 7th, and this Board co-operated with this Committee in every reason- able request. On December 15th we declared an emergency in the amount of $5,000.00 for the purchase of fire hose and sirens. On December 22nd we declared an emergency in the amount of $1,000.00 for the purchase of personal equip- ment, helmets, sticks, rope, etc., for the auxiliary police for defense duty. Being convinced of the necessity of an adequate Air Raid Report Center we aso declared an emer- gency on December 29th in the amount of $1,900.00 for the establishment of an Air Raid Report Center in the base- ment of the Turner Library.
In declaring these emergencies we required first that the emergency be proven and then limited the amount to that which we thought reasonable and proper, considering the lives and safety of our citizens. Large expenditures for equipment and those of a continuing nature were felt by this Board to be matters which ought to come before the
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body politic on the floor of the Town Hall for discussion. Again we feel that we have honored every reasonable re- quest made of us for defense purposes.
In submitting our report we wish to thank all Depart- ment heads and officials with whom we have enjoyed a most co-operative year and to whom we extend our sincere appreciation and thanks.
CHARLES H. MCGRATH, THEODORE S. LUDDINGTON, CHARLES F. BLAKELY,
Selectmen of Randolph.
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Report of the Assessors
Board of Selectmen, Randolph, Mass.
Gentlemen :
We herewith submit the report of this department for the year 1941.
On March 10th the Board organized with Raymond E .. Lyons, Chairman; James P. Duffy, Clerk; and Frank F. Teed, Associate Member.
The tax rate for the year was computed on the fol-l lowing basis of expenses and receipts :
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