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Town Accountant JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, 1946
Board of Registrars MOSES DEBLOIS, Chairman, 1946 WALTER B. PINE, 1945 FRANK X. COONEY, 1944 JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, Clerk, 1944
Trustees of Public Library ROBERT J. FROST, 1945 STEPHEN L. HREUSIK, 1946 K. HELENA WIXTEAD, 1944
Life Members-Trustees of Simon Fairfield Public Library LENA M. SCHUSTER WALTER B. FAIRFIELD FERDINAND J. LIBBY
FRANK E. JONES
WILLIAM J. WALLIS
Chief of Police VICTOR J. NELSON, 1944
Chief of Fire Department FELIX S. VECCHIONE, 1944
Superintendent of Schools A. B. GARCELON
Superintendent of Water Works HERBERT E. HUGHES, 1944
Water Commissioners
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, 1946 FELIX S. VECCHIONE, 1945 WILLIAM J. WALLIS, 1944
Board of Health SELECTMEN
LLOYD BLANCHARD, D. M. D. RAYMOND H. SPOONER, M. D. VICTOR J. NELSON, Agent (MRS.) MABEL M. BROWN, Nurse
Sealer of Measures and Weights LEO R. LaCOURSE, 1944
Collector of Taxes FLOYD S. RAWSON, 1944
Moth Superintendent JAMES FULONE, 1944
Forest Fire Warden HENRY PETERS, 1944
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Recreation Commission JOSEPH S. VECCHIONE, 1946 LINNEA ANDERSON, 1944 CLARENCE A. GAGNE, 1945
Dog Officer VICTOR J. NELSON, 1944
Fence Viewers CHARLES L. CHURCH, 1944 FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1944 WALTER H. PARKER, 1944 Bridge Viewer FRANK A. YACINO, 1944
Inspector of Animals ROY KENYON, 1944
Inspector of Slaughtering ROY KENYON, 1944
Measurers of Lumber
WILLIAM J. WALLIS, 1944 HENRY HINDON, 1944 CHARLES CHURCH, 1944
WALTER H. PARKER, 1944
Weighers of Coal FRANK E. JONES, 1944 A. JOHN FROST, 1944 LEON T. SOCHIA, 1944
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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Appropriation estimated necessary for fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1944.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen's Salary
$ 300.00
Selectmen's Expense
200.00
Town Accountant's Salary
800.00
Clerk for the Selectmen
650.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
400.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
250.00
Tax Collector's Salary
700.00
Tax Collector's Expense
350.00
Assessor's Salaries
400.00
Assessor's Expense
125.00
Town Clerk's Salary
400.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Counsel's Salary
100.00
Registrar's Salary
75.00
Registrar's Expense
300.00
Moderator's Salary
15.00
Election Expense
300.00
New Town Hall Maintenance
1,600.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
100.00
$ 7,365.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
$ 5,500.00
Police - Special Duty
200.00
Police Lock Up
165.00
Fire Department
1,500.00
Sealer
50.00
Tree Warden and Moths
600.00
Forest Fires
500.00
Dog Officer
50.00
Civilian Defense
200.00
$ 8,765.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Salaries of Agents
$ 100.00
Health Expense
2,000.00
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
Vital Statistics
25.00
$ 2,225.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81, Highways (Article 5) $ 4,450.00
Chapter 90, Construction (Article 4)
1,000.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance (Article 3)
500.00
Railings
100.00
Bridges
300.00
Special Highways
300.00
Snow Roads
2,500.00
Street Lighting
2,500.00
Care of Public Squares
75.00
Sidewalks
100.00
$ 11,825.00
PUBLIC WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Welfare Salaries
$ 500.00
Welfare Relief Expense
5,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Clerk
600.00
Welfare, Clerk
600.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Clerk
200.00
Old Age Assistance Expense
9,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
750.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
War Allowance - Soldiers' Relief
100.00
$ 16,850.00
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY
School Committee Salary $ 200.00
School Expense
46,500.00
Industrial Schools
200.00
Library
1,250.00
$ 48,150.00
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RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreational Program
$ 250.00
Ration Board
2,000.00
Blanket Insurance
900.00
American Legion Hall
100.00
Memorial Day
150.00
Care of Town Clock - so called
30.00
Printing Town Reports
300.00
$ 3,730.00
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERY
Water Commissioner's Salaries
$ 300.00
Water Department - General Expense
4,500.00
Cemetery (Douglas Center)
150.00
$ 4,950.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBTS
Interest
$ 100.00
Debt
2,000.00
$ 2,100.00
TOTALS
$105,960.00
Finance Committee:
WINFIELD A. SCHUSTER, 1945 PAUL D. MANNING, 1944 LESTER J. DERMODY, 1946 BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, 1944 WILLIAM J. WALLIS, 1944 GILBERT W. ROWLEY, 1945 FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1945 FRANK X. RINFRETTE, 1946 HOWELL W. PARKER, 1946
Town of Douglas
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1943
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Reimbursement $ 8,875.00
In Banks and Office. .$ 44,600.70
Petty Cash Advance-Tax Collector.
50.00
$ 44,650.70
Cemetery Funds .
65.63
1,661.89
Buffington Gift for School Reference Library . . 300.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund .
74.50
Tailings
41.30
Road Machinery Fund
319.64
Compensation Insurance Fund
314.93
Dog License-Due County
1.80
Federal Taxes Withheld
1,414.44
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance:
Administration . $ 156.71
Assistance 447.57
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
32.34
Aid 19.56
Departmental:
Town Hall
183.10
State Aid-World War II Allowance .. 247.50
Schools 7.50 .
Appropriation Balance: Water-Pumping Station Account. . 43.32
Overestimate 1943-State Parks and Reservations Assessment .
3.03
438.10 Reserve Fund-Overlav Surplus
1.673.26
.121.95
.
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1943. 8.00
Tax Titles.
798.94
Tax Title Possessions.
2,300.98
3,099.92
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes: . . Levy of 1943.
3,780.45
.
656.18
Trust Fund Income:
Mowry School Fund
.$
1,596.26
Water Rates .
Water Miscellaneous
17.01
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise .$
8.00
Tax Title
3,099.92
Aid to Highways-State-Chapter 81.
2,562.54
Departmental
438.10
Water
1,061.40
4,607.42
Underestimate 1943-County Tax ..
232.81
Surplus Revenue
33,725.66
$ 55,833.92
$ 55,833.92
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$ 4,000.00
Water Loan
$ 4,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
In Custody of Town Treasurer. . .
$ 29.606.89
In Custody of Library Trustees.
13,279.71
In Custody of Agent .. .
31,422.27
Care of Graves-G.A.R. Veterans Fund 813.92
Mary South Cemetery Fund 243.09
Monument Fund-Sons of Veterans 116.97
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 3,289.98
$ 29,606.89
In Custody of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Library Fund In Custody of Agent: Devise of Moses Wallis
13,279.71
31,422.27
$ 74,308.87
.
..
1,044.39
Overlay Keserveu 101 /1006 .......... Levy of 1943 . . .
2,121.55
1,061.40
$ 74,308.87
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Myron O. Mowry School Fund .$ 24,957.77
Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 185.16
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TAX RATES IN THE TOWN OF DOUGLAS
1931
$ 30.70
1932
32.50
31.50 1933
1934
33.00
1935
32.00
1936
32.00
1937
35.00
1938
37.00
1939
37.00
1940
35.00
1941
35.00
1942
35.00
1943
35.00
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Appropriation
Balance
Inn. 1, 1943
Appropriations
Income
Transferred
From
Total
Expended
Transferred
Overdrawn
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1943
Selectmen's Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Selectmen's Expenses
200.00
125.00
Reserve Fund
325.00
312.85
12.15
Selectmen's Clerk
650.00
650.00
649.16
.84
Town Accountant's Salary
800.00
800.00
796.66
3.34
Town Clerk's Salary .
400.00
400.00
393.34
6.66
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
80.00
Reserve Fund
180.00
176.16
3.84
Town Treasurer's Salary
400.00
400.00
400.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
225.00
225.00
192.25
32.75
Tax Collector's Salary
700.00
700.00
700.00
Tax Collector's Expense
250.00
250.00
249.30
.70
Assessors' Salaries
450.00
450.00
311.62
138.38
Assessors' Expenses
125.00
105.00
Reserve Fund
230.00
227.68
2.32
Town Counsel's Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
Registrars' Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Registrars' Expense
300.00
300.00
261.15
38.85
Moderator's Salary
15.00
15,00
15.00
Election Expense
75.00
16.05
Reserve Fund
91.05
91.05
New Town Hall Maintenance
1,500.00
1,293.51
Moses Wallis Devise
3,022.96
2,913.64
109.32
New Town Hall Special Reps.
2,000.00
33.04
Reserve Fund
3,058.04
3,058.04
1,025.00
Overlay Reserve
Old Town Hall Maintenance
100.00
100.00
45.39
54.61
Town Officers' Bonds
250.00
250.00
244.50
5.50
Police
5,500.00
5,500.00
5,498.43
1.57
Police Special Duty
200.00
10.00
Reserve Fund
210.00
206.10
3.90
Police Lock up
175.00
175.00
175.00
Fire Department
1,250.00
305.00
Reserve Fund
1,555.00
1,546.64
8.36
Tree Warden and Moths
600.00
600.00
537.48
62.52
Scaler
50.00
50.00
50.00
Garage Roof
Forest Fires
750.00
750.00
332.85
Account
400.00
17.15
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
Civilian Defense
500.00
120.00
Reserve Fund
620.00
615.85
4.15
Health Agent
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health Expense
1,375.00
170.00
Reserve Fund
2,958.00
2,866.22
91.78
690.00
Schools
723.00
Excess and Deficiency
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Vital Statistics
25.00
25.00
6.50
Chapter 81 -
5,325.00
8.875.00
State Allotment
14,200.00
13,302.99
887.00
10.01
Chapter 90 - Maintenance
500.00
999.94
State and County
1,499.94
1,499.91
.03
Special Highway Insurance ..
489.74
Insurance Fund
531.14
531.14
41.40
Reserve Fund
Machinery Maintenance Fund
500.00
2,280.00
Machinery Rentals
2,780.00
2,775.48
4.52
Bridges
300 00
655.70
Public Welfare
955.70
955.70
General Highways
300.00
275.00
Reserve Fund
575.00
567.67
7.33
Railings
100.00
100.00
99.63
.37
New Garage Roof
163.87
500.00
400.00
Forest Fires
1.663.87
1,655.84
8.03
280.00
W. P. A.
Snow Roads
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,450.75
49.25
Street Lighting
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,484.00
16.00
Care of Public Squares
50.00
29.40
Reserve Fund
79.40
79.40
100.00
Mechanic Street Bridge
2,837.87
County of Worcester
2,837.87
2,837.87
School Street Construction
1,500.00
Overlay Surplus
2,503.58
2,503.58
Welfare Salaries
500.00
500.00
400.00
Welfare Expenses
7,000 00
7,000.00
3,996.48
School Street
1,251.32
Old Age Assistance Clerk
550.00
550.00
550.00
Old Age Assist.
92.92
Welfare Clerk
550.00
550.00
550.00
A. D. C. Clerk
200.00
200.00
200.00
Old Age Assistance Expense
8,500.00
92.92
Welfare Dept.
8,622.92
8,622.92
30.00
Cash Refunds
750.00
170.00
580.00
Federal Grants, A. D. C. .
503.56
366.00
Federal Grants
869.56
850,00
19.56ª
Federal Grants, O. A. A. Adm.
39.44
251.02
Federal Grants
290.46
133.75
156.714
Federal Grants, A.D.C. Adm. ..
29.45
42.89
Federal Grants
72.34
40,00
32.345
Federal Grants, Old Age Assist.
845.25
7,532.73
Federal Grants
8,377.98
7,930.41
447.57*
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
140.00
Reserve Fund
340.00
338.24
1.76
War Allowance
400.00
400.00
247.50
152.50
School Committee Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
School Department Expense
46,000.00
46,000 00
45,225.36
Health Expense 690.00
84.64
Industrial Schools
500.00
500.00
58.20
Roof
320.00
121.80
Library
1,100.00
588.45
Dog Tax Refund
1,823.45
1,814.70
135.00
Reserve Fund
W. P. A.
281.78
907.30
Excess and Deficiency
907.30
907.30
American Legion Hall
100.00
5.60
Reserve Fund
155.60
155.60
Care of Town Clock
30.00
300.00
41.47
Reserve Fund
341.47
341.47
Recreational Program
300.00
300.00
217.39
82.61
Ration Board
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,864.13
135.87
Insurance
900.00
900.00
828.00
72.00
Water Commissioner's Sal.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water-General Expense
5,500.00
5,500.00
3,964.75
1,535.25
Water-Pumping Station
750.81
1,200.00
787.79
Water Surplus
2,738.60
2,695.28
43.32*
Cemetery
125.00
14.89
Reserve Fund
139.89
139.89
Pine Grove Cemetery
100.00
2,000.00
Water Surplus
3,000.00
3,000.00
Interest
250.00
7.50
Cash Refund
257.50
90.69
166.81
TOTALS
2,614.16 111,270.00
38,856.24
152,740.40 142,603.88
4,329.20
5,807.32
* Balances transferred to 1944 Account.
281.78
Roof
280.00
1.78
Law Suit Settlement
100.00
100.00
Memorial Day
150.00
30.00
30.00
Printing of Town Reports
100.00
100.00
Maturing Debt
1,000.00
Machinery Rentals
Construction
1,003.58
Bridges
655.70
Aid to Dependent Children
750.00
320.00
Industrial Schools
100.00
Sidewalks
100.00
1,003.58
Welfare Dept.
100.00
Revenue
18.50
4.45
Refund
225.00
Reserve Fund
1948
To
New Garage
8.75
New Garage
"WHEEL" OF THE TOWN'S SPENDING FOR 1943
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
5.995
5.46%
PUBLIC WELFARE
PERSONS
7.721
PROTECTION OF AND PROPERTY
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES
4.78%
15.83%
2.931
UXCLASSIFIED
2.03%
HEALTH
2.021
DEBT AND INTEREST
$151,778.07
REFUNDS
1
21.58%
HIGHWAYS
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
Total Paymente by Treaourar
$164,538.02
Temporary Loans
10,650.00
Victory Tex to U. S.
1,389.55
Dog Licenses to County
670.40
Petty Cash
60.00
Departmental Expenditures
12,759.95 $151.778.07
21.88%
Submitted by Joseph S. Firouter Tova Clerk
MATER AND CEMETERIES
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
January 11, 1944
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Winfield A. Schuster, Chairman
Douglas, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Douglas for the year ending December 31, 1943, made in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir:
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Douglas for the year ending December 31, 1943, and submit the following report thereon:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by comparison with the reports and the records in the town accountant's office.
The accountant's ledger was analyzed, the appropriation accounts being checked to the town meeting records of appropriations and transfers voted, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1943, was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the accountant's ledger and with the records of the departments making payments to the treasurer, while the payments by the treasurer were checked with the select- men's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The payments of maturing debt and interest were verified by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the various trust funds in the custody of the treasurer and trustees, as well
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as of the agent of the Devise of Moses Wallis, were examined and listed, and the income was proved.
The cash book additions were verified and the treasurer's cash balance on December 31, 1943, was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes outstanding according to the previous examination and all sub- sequent commitment lists were audited and reconciled with the warrants of the assessors committing the taxes for collection.
The collector's cash books were footed, the payments to the treasurer by the collector were checked to the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the account- ant's ledger accounts.
The outstanding taxes were verified by sending notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The work of the tax collector has been performed with care and accuracy and taxes have been promptly collected.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and town clerk were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and town were verified.
The tax title deeds on hand were listed and the amounts transferred to the tax title account were verified. Verification of the tax titles as listed was made by comparison with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the sealer of weights and measures and of the public welfare, school, library, and water departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
For the cooperation extended by the several town officials during the process of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE
Assistant Director of Accounts
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas:
The following is my report as Town Treasurer of the Town of Douglas as recommended by the Division of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, as called for by Section 44, General Laws, for the fiscal year 1943:
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1943
$ 41,554.50
Receipts 167,584.22
$209,138.72
Payments per warrants
$164,538.02
Balance December 31, 1943:
Blackstone National Bank, Uxbridge, per check book
$ 31,496.78
The First National Bank of Boston,
per check book and statement 6,176.09
The Merchants National Bank, Boston, per check book and statement 5,983.04
Cash in office 944.79
44,600.70
$209,138.72
BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK, UXBRIDGE
Balance December 31, 1943, per statement
$ 42,608.46
Balance December 31, 1943, per check book
$ 31,496.78
Outstanding checks December 31, 1943, per list
11,111.68
$ 42,608.46
MYRON O. MOWRY SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Treasurer
On hand at beginning of
year 1943
$5,826.67 $19,000.00 $24,826.67
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value Total
On hand at end of year 1943
$5,957.77 $19,000.00 $24,957.77
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1943
Receipts
Income
$1,083.60
Payments Added to savings deposits $131.10
Transfer to town 952.50
$1,083.60
$1,083.60
ADELINE PIERCE SANBORN LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$179.73
$179.73
On hand at end of year 1943
$185.16
$185.16
1943
Receipts
Payments
Income
$5.43
Added to savings deposits $5.43
CARE OF GRAVES OF G. A. R. VETERANS' FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$809.41
$809.41
On hand at end of year 1943
$813.92
$813.92
1943
Receipts
Payments
Income
$24.51
Added to savings deposits
$4.51
Transfer to town 20.00
$24.51
$24.51
MARY SOUTH CEMETERY LOTS FUND In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$240.81
$240.81
On hand at end of year 1943
$243.09
$243.09
1943
Receipts
Payments
Income
$7.28
Added to savings deposits $2.28
Transfer to town $5.00
$7.28
$7.28
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MONUMENT FUND-SONS OF VETERANS POST No. 123 In Custody of Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$113.55
$113.55
On hand at end of year 1943
$116.97
$116.97
1943
Receipts
Payments
Income
$3.42
Added to savings deposits $3.42
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Treasurer
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$3,262.37
$3,262.37
On hand at end of year 1943
$3,289.98
$3,289.98
1943
Receipts
Payments
Income
$90.36
Added to savings deposits $27.61
Transfer to town 62.75
$90.36
$90.36
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD H. ALDRICH, Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAYMENTS - 1943
General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$ 15.00
Selectmen's Salary
300.00
Selectmen's Clerk
649.16
Selectmen's Expense
312.85
Town Accountant's Salary
796.66
Town Treasurer's Salary
400.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
192.25
Tax Collector's Salary
700.00
Tax Collector's Expense
249.30
Tax Collector's Petty Cash
50.00
Town Clerk's Salary
393.34
Town Clerk's Expense
176.16
Assessors' Salary
311.62
Registrars' Expense
261.15
Town Counsel's Salary
300.00
Election Expense
91.05
Town Officers' Bonds
244.50
New Town Hall Maintenance
2,913.64
Old Town Hall Maintenance
45.39
New Town Hall Special Repairs
3,058.04
$ 11,762.79
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police
5,498.43
Police-Special Duty
206.10
Police Lock Up
175.00
Fire Department
1,546.64
Forest Fires
332.85
Tree Warden and Moths
537.48
Dog Officer
50.00
Sealer
50.00
Civilian Defense
615.85
$ 9,012.35
Assessors' Expense
227.68
Registrars' Salary
75.00
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Health and Sanitation:
Agents' Salaries
100.00
Health Expense .
2,866.22
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
Vital Statistics
6.50
$ 3,072.72
Highways:
Chapter 81
13,302.99
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,499.91
General Highway
567.67
Bridges
955.70
Railings
99.63
New Garage Roof
1,655.84
Special Highway Insurance
531.14
Machinery Maintenance Fund
2,775.48
Snow Roads
3,450.75
Street Lighting
2,484.00
Care of Public Squares
79.40
Sidewalks
.00
Mechanic Street Bridge
2,837.87
School Street Construction
2,503.58
$ 32,743.96
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
Welfare Salaries
400.00
Welfare Expense
3,946.48
Welfare Clerk
550.00
A. D. C. .
170.00
A. D. C. Clerk
200.00
Old Age Assistance
8,622.92
Old Age Assistance Clerk
550.00
Federal Grants, A. D. C. Adm.
40.00
Federal Grants, A. D. C.
850.00
Federal Grants, O. A. A. Adm.
133.75
Federal Grants, O. A. A.
7,930.41
Soldiers' Relief
338.24
War Allowance
297.50
$ 24,029.30
School and Libraries: School Committee Salary 200.00
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School Expense
45,225.36
Industrial Schools
58.20
Library
1,814.70
$ 47,298.26
Enterprise and Cemetery:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
Water Department-General Expense
3,964.75
Water Department-Pumping Station
2,695.28
W. P. A.
.00
Cemetery
139.89
Pine Grove Cemetery
100.00
$ 7,199.92
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreational Program
217.39
American Legion Hall 100.00
Memorial Day
155.60
Law Suit Settlement
907.30
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Printing Town Reports
341.47
Ration Board
1,864.13
Blanket Insurance
828.00
$ 4,443.89
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Debt
3,000.00
Interest
90.69
$
3,090.69
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Reimbursement 10,650.00
Refunds:
Taxes 1942
9.63
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1943
28.70
$ 38.33
Agency, Trust and Investment: Town Clerk, Dog Licenses County 670.40
Myron O. Mowry Fund, Income 780.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, Income 66.75
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Withheld Taxes 1,389.55
$
2,906.70
State and County Taxes:
State Tax
1,950.00
State Audit
227.23
State Parks and Reservations
67.79
County Tax
3,373.43
County T. B. Hospital Assessment
2,670.66
$ 8,289.11
Total Expenditures
$164,538.02
Balance January 1, 1943
$ 41,554.50
Receipts 1943
167,584.22
$209,138.72
Payments 1943
$164,538.02
Balance December 31, 1943
44,600.70
$209,138.72
RECEIPTS - 1943
General Revenue:
Taxes:
1942 Personal
373.57
1942 Real Estate
5,430.65
1943 Polls
1,360.00
1943 Personal
6,145.10
1943 Real Estate
52,347.34
Tax Title Redemptions
35.00
$ 65,691.66
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1942
65.57
Levy of 1943
3,433.04
$
3,498.61
From State:
Mass. School Fund
5,401.38
Income Taxes
12,640.00
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Corporation Taxes
18,585.86
Meal Tax
247.23
Licenses
8.00
$ 36,882.47
Licenses :
Liquor
902.00
Pool and Bowling
30.00
Milk and Pasteurization
27.50
Junk
30.00
All Other
84.50
$ 1,074.00
Fines :
Court
45.00
$ 45.00
Grants and Gifts:
Aid to Industrial Schools
349.98
Union Superintendent
779.49
Loss of Taxes
392.29
$ 1,521.76
From County:
Dog Tax Refund
588.45
$ 588.45
Federal Grants:
A. D. C. Adm.
42.89
A. D. C. Aid
366.00
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
251.02
Old Age Assistance
7,532.73
$ 8,192.64
Departmental Collections:
General Government:
Town Hall Rentals
1,197.40
Old Town Hall Rentals
75.00
Refund Town Hall
4.45
$ 1,276.85
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Protection of Persons and Property :
Sealer
12.31
$ 12.31
Health and Sanitation:
Inspector of Animals
46.87
$ 46.87
Highways:
State Chapter 81, No. 3846
3,615.13
State Chapter 81, No. 4025
6,305.79
State Chapter 90, No. 8790
499.97
County Chapter 90, No. 8790
499.97
County, Mechanic Street Bridge
2,837.87
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
393.73
Machinery Rentals
3,488.38
Sale of Machinery
25.00
$ 17,665.84
Charities ·
Temporary Aid, State
258.94
Temporary Aid, Towns
239.87
Old Age Assistance, State
6,652.04
Old Age Assistance, Towns
140.00
Aid to Dependent Children, State
700.18
War Allowance Soldiers
405.00
Refunds O. A. A.
30.00
$ 8,426.03
Schools and Libraries:
Tuition
67.50
Refunds
3.85
Library Fines
93.54
Gift for School Reference Library
300.00
$ 464.89
Unclassified:
Telephone Rebates
26.48
Tailings
15.00
Gasoline Tax Refunds
9.90
Sale of Wood
7.50
Land Court Refund
9.50
$ 68.38
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Commercial Revenue:
Water Rates
7,140.96
Water Miscellaneous
34.03
$ 7,174.99
Interest:
Taxes:
Levy of 1942
151.46
Levy of 1943
50.19
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1942
4.95
Levy of 1943
41.70
Tax Titles:
Redemptions
18.72
Refunds
7.50
$ 274.52
Agency, Trust Investments:
Dog Licenses
672.20
Withheld Federal Taxes
2,797.99
Myron O. Mowry Fund, Income
952.50
Moses Wallis Devise
1,293.51
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
87.75
$
5,803.95
Loans Anticipation Reimbursement
$
8,875.00
Total Receipts
$167,584.22
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Acting Town Accountant.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
1943
Assessed Valuation of the Town $1,788,167.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings
1,235,100.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land
373,306.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property
179,761.00
Motor Vehicle Value
103,100.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
3,484.84
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
654
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