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During the audit cooperation was extended by all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish 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 1944:
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1944 Receipts
$ 44,600.70 162,418.55
$207,019.25
Payments per warrants
$167,188.47
Balance December 31, 1944:
Blackstone National Bank, Uxbridge, per check book $28,279.99
The First National Bank, Boston per check book and statement 6,176.09
The Merchants National Bank Boston, per check book and statement
4,011.16
Cash in office, verified
1,363.54
39,830.78
$207,019.25
BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK, UXBRIDGE
Balance December 31, 1944, per statement
$ 32,982.66
Balance December 31, 1944 per check book $ 28,279.99
Outstanding checks December 31, 1944 per list
4,702.67
$ 32,982.66
MYRON O. MOWRY SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand at beginning of of year 1944 On hand at end of year 1944
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value Total
$5,957.77 $19,000.00
$24,957.77
$6,070.38 $19,000.00
$25,070.38
1944
Receipts
Payments
Income
$837.61
Added to savings de-
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posits Transfer to town
$112.61
$725.00
$837.61
$837.61
ADELINE PIERCE SANBORN LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944
$185.16 $185.16
On hand at end of year 1944
$100.00
$100.00
1944
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from
savings deposits $85.16
Transfer to town
$85.16
CARE OF GRAVES OF G. A. R. VETERANS FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944
$813.92
$813.92
On hand at end of year 1944
$803.02
$803.02
1944
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits
$10.90
Income
6.10
Transfer to town $17.00
$17.00
$17.00
MARY SOUTH CEMETERY LOTS FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944
$243.09
$243.09
On hand at end of year 1944
$239.91
$239.91
1944
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits
$3.18
Income
1.82
Transfer to town $5.00
$5.00
$5.00
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MONUMENT FUND - SONS OF VETERANS POST NO. 123 In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944
$116.97
$116.97
On hand at end of year 1944
$107.84
$107.84
1944
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits
$9.13
Income
.87
Transfer to town $10.00
$10.00
$10.00
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944
$3,289.98
$3,289.98
On hand at end of year 1944
$3,246.14
$3,246.14
1944
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from sav-
ings deposits
$43.84
Income
26.66
Transfer to town $70.50
$70.50
$70.50
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1944 -
-
On hand at end of year 1944
$37.50
$5,000.00
$5,037.50
1944
Receipts
Payments
Appropriation by
Securities purchased $5,000.00
town
$5,000.00
Income
37.50
Deposited in savings bank 37.50
$5,037.50
$5,037.50
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD H. ALDRICH,
Town Treasurer.
Savings Securities Par Value
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Report of the Town Accountant
Payments - 1944
General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$ 15.00
Selectmen's Salaries
300.00
Selectmen's Clerk
650.00
Selectmen's Expense
175.18
Town Accountant's Salary
800.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
400.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
204.01
Tax Collector's Salary
700.00
Tax Collector's Expense's
248.42
Town Clerk's Salary
400.00
Town Clerk Expense
98.66
Assessors' Salaries
426.12
Assessors Expense
151.73
Registrars' Salaries
75.00
Registrars' Expense
188.93
Town Counsel's Salary
300.00
Election Expense
397.10
New Town Hall Maintenance
2,794.75
Old Town Hall Maintenance
9.45
New Town Hall Special Repairs
1,355.00
$ 9,689.35
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police
5,499.80
Police-Special Duty
198.75
Police Cruiser
202.70
Police Lock Up
165.00
Fire Department
3,647.83
Forest Fires
286.11
Tree Warden and Moths
656.15
Dog Officer
50.00
Sealer of Weight and Measures
50.00
Civilian Defense
103.71
10,860.05
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Health and Sanitation:
Agent's Salary
75.00
Health Expense
1,066.05
Health Nurse
2,000.00
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
Vital Statistics
6.50
3,247.55
Highways:
Chapter 81
13,312.99
Chapter 90 Maintenance
5,849.51
General Highway
523.38
Bridges
299.97
Railings
99.99
Special Highway Insurance
459.50
Machinery Maintenance
2,199.80
Snow Roads
2,499.95
Street Lighting
2,278.48
Care of Public Squares
69.35
Sidewalks
99.78
New Furnace at Town Garage
418.90
Tractor Sidewalk Plow
2,400.00
$ 30,511.60
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
Welfare Salaries
400.00
Welfare Expense
5,160.56
Welfare Agent
600.00
Welfare Clerk
600.00
Aid to Dependent Children Clerk
200.00
Aid to Dependent Children
740.00
Old Age Assistance
9,144.19
Federal Grants, A. D. C. Adm.
20.00
Federal Grants, A. D. C.
250.00
Federal Grants, O. A. A. Adm.
159.81
Federal Grants, O. A. A.
7,386.34
Soldiers' Relief
178.50
War Allowance
75.00
$ 24,914.40
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Schools and Libraries:
School Committee Salaries School Expense Industrial Schools Library
200.00 43,850.88
141.10
1,832.13
$ 46,024.11
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreational Program
194.18
American Legion Hall
100.00
Memorial Day
166.80
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Printing Town Reports
385.85
Ration Board
1,938.98
Blanket Insurance
782.00
3,597.81
Enterprises and Cemetery:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
Water Department-General Expense
4,040.30
Cemetery
87.44
Pine Grove Cemetery
144.14
4,571.88
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Debt
2,000.00
Interest
22.50
$ 2,022.50
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Reimbursement
$ 8,875.00
Refunds :
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1944
5.63
Water Rates
18.36
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23.99
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Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Taxes Witheld
4,106.09
Dog Licenses for County
623.60
Myron O. Mowry School Fund Income
1,078.50
Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund Income
64.72
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income
36.85
Eunice Buffington School Gift
92.21
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
5,037.50
$ 11,039.47
State and County Taxes:
State Tax
4,719.00
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
318.39
State Parks and Reservations Assessment
102.25
County Tax
4,050.70
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
2,620.42
$ 11,810.76
Total Payments
$167,188.47
Balance December 31, 1944
39,830.78
$207,019.25
Receipts-1944
Cash balance: January 1, 1944
$ 4,460.70
General Revenue:
Taxes:
1943 Personal
$ 146.65
1943 Real Estate
3,633.80
1944 Polls
126.00
1944 Personal
6,448.05
1944 Real Estate
55,458.88
$ 66,947.38
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1943 Levy of 1944
$ 34.00
2,624.19
$ 2,658.19
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From State:
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes: $ 387.11
Income Taxe's Corporation Taxes Meals Tax
11,113.00
20,093.79
558.71
$ 32,152.61
From County
Dog Tax Fund
$
584.17
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$ 906.00
Peddler All other
16.00
135.00
$ 1,057.00
Grants and Gifts - State
Massachusetts School Fund
$ 4,829.59
Union School Superintendent 773.33
Highway Fund-Chapter 569, Acts of 1943 5,837.99
$ 11,440.91
Federal Grants
Aid to Dependent Children - Adm. $ 35.23
Aid to Dependent Children - Aid
327.00
Old Age Assistance - Adm.
236.09
Old Age Assistance - Assist.
7,084.49
$ 7,682.81
Commercial Revenue:
General Government:
Selectmen - Advertising Liquor Licenses $ 10.00
Tax Collector's Demands 116.65
Town Hall Rentals
1,011.20
$ 1,137.85
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Protection of Persons and Property:
Forest Fires
$ 34.46
Sealer of Weights and Measures
12.35
$ 46.81
Health and Sanitation:
Tuberculosis Subsidy
$ 19.29
Highways:
State - Chapter 81 No. 4025
$ 2,549.67
State - Chapter 81 No. 4205
8,238.09
State - Chapter 90 Maint. No. 9027
1,499.97
County - Chapter 90 Maint. No. 9027
1,499.97
Road Machinery Rentals
3,550.70
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
361.92
$ 17,700.32
Charities:
Reimbursements for Outside Relief:
Individuals
$ 500.00
Cities and Towns
281.50
State
586.25
Aid to Dependent Children - State
348.44
Old Age Assistance:
92.02
Cities and Towns State
6,176.78
War Allowance - State
297.50
$ 8,282.49
Schools and Libraries:
Tuition
$ 104.25
Vocational Education
72.36
Library Fines
116.92
$ 293.53
Unclassified:
Telephone Rebates
$ 11.01
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Public Service Enterprises:
Water Rates Water Miscellaneous
$ 5,667.54 76.88
$ 5,744.42
Interest on Taxes:
Levy of 1943
$ 59.95
Levy of 1944
23.87
$ 83.82
Agency, Trust and Investments:
Federal Taxes Withheld
$ 4,180.87
Dog Licenses for County
621.80
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
725.00
Moses Wallis Devise
699.71
Sanborn Library Fund Income
85.16
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
102.50
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Income
37.50
$ 6,452.54
Refunds:
General Departments 123.40
Total Receipts and Balance January 1, 1945
$207,019.25
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Report of Assessors for 1944
Assessed Valuation of the Town
$1,802,565.00
Assessed. Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings
1,240,750.00
Assessed Valuation of RealEstate, Land
373,381.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property
188,434.00
Motor Vehicle Value
77,930.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,656.19
Number Motor Vehicles Assessed
640
Rate of Taxation per 1000
35.00
Amount of Tax on Property
64,874.34
Amount of Tax on Polls
1,784.00
Number of Firms and Persons Assessed
704
Number of Horses Assessed
54
Number of Cows Assessed
235
Number of Neat Cattle Other Than Cows Assessed
23
Number of Swine Assessed
35
Number of Dwellings Assessed
625
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
18,939.02
Number of Fowls Assessed
5,839
Purposes for Which Taxes are Assessed
State Tax
4,719.00
State Parks and Reservations
102.25
Auditing Account, State
318.39
County Tax
4,050.70
County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,620.42
Appropriations, make up of Tax Rate
128,037.40
Overlay, Current year
2,750.84
LUCIUS J. MARSH, Chairman IRVING H. FISHER,
WALTER J. BUDZYNA,
Board of Assessors.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Douglas:
Following is the Annual Town Clerk's Report:
VOTES PASSED BY THE TOWN SINCE THE 1944 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Special Town Meeting-May 22, 1944
Article 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of one' hundred and eighteen dollars ($118.00) from the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Account to the General Highway Insurance Account.
Article 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) from the Machinery Rentals Account to the Machin- ery Maintenance Fund.
Article 3. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the Fire Department.
Article 4. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400.00) for Special Repairs at the new Town Hall.
Special Town Meeting-September 27, 1944
Article 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of forty-one dol- lars and fifty cents ($41.50) from the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Account to the General Highway Insurance Account.
Article 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from the Machinery Rentals Account to the Machinery Maintenance Fund.
Article 3. The Town voted to transfer the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from the Chapter 90 Construction Account to the Chapter 90 Maintenance Account.
Special Town Meeting-December 11, 1944
Article 1 The Town voted to transfer the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) from the Machinery Rentals Account to the Machin- ery Maintenance Fund.
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Article 2. The Town voted to raise and appropriate an additional sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the Fire Department said money to be taken from Surplus funds in the hands of the Treasurer.
Article 3. The Town voted to raise and appropriate an additional sum of thirteen hundred forty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents ($1,349.51) for Chapter 90 Maintenance' said money to be taken from Surplus funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Attest:
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES, 1944
January
6 John M. Virostek of Douglas and Susan Virginia Green of Lynn.
14 George A. Brotherton of Worcester and Myrtice Johnson of Douglas.
February
5 Arno Wagner of Whitinsville and Roberta E. Clougher of Douglas.
12 Ralph Cyril Nolet of Whitinsville and Claire Ann LaPlante of Douglas.
12 Leonard Laime of Millbury and Anne J. Biros of Douglas.
March
20 Joseph R. Bombara of Douglas and Margaret Madden of Webster.
April
2 Gordon Hallene of Apponaug, R. I., and Mildred Evelyn Long- ton of Douglas.
2 Broer DeVrie's of Douglas and Marjorie Bernice Brown of Woodstock, Conn.
James E. Murphy of Douglas and Frances Spillane of Provi- dence, R. I.
29 Andrew O. Nedoroscik of Douglas and Rita Willette of Sutton (Manchaug).
May 20 Morrice Sherman Perry of Sutton and Florence M. Hughes of Douglas.
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June
24 Vincent J. Coporale of Douglas and Frances Saroka of Webster.
24 Sylvi A. Massey of Northbridge and Doris Ruth O'Rourne of Douglas.
30 Guy S. Lewis of Augusta, Georgia and Elaine A. Schuster of Douglas.
July
15 Robert E. Bruno of Douglas and Doris Guertin of Northbridge (Linwood).
25 Ernest Henry Garneau of Douglas and Gertrude Ida Sene of Woonsocket, R. I.
October
14 Herman Ebbeling of Uxbridge and Cecilia Crockett of Douglas.
28 Walter S. Janton of Douglas and Winifred E. Johnson of Douglas.
28 James B. Grady of Uxbridge and Amy L. Hippert of Douglas.
29 George H. Spicer of Boston and Alice G. Griffith of Boston.
November
23 Lawrence A. Carrier of Linwood and Anna Poplawski of Douglas.
25 Andre R. Auger of Douglas and Elizabeth C. Conn of Dudley.
25 Alexander Makowski of Douglas and Veronica Garbiec of Blackstone.
December
29 Paul F. Rawson of Douglas and Hope I. Taylor of Whitinsville.
BIRTHS, 1944
January
7 Ruth Stefanak
Andrew J. and Celina Cassista
14 James Carson McCallum, Jr. James C. and Virginia R.Hadley Henry S. and Helen Hindon 18 Richard Alan Ballou
26 Ruth Eliza Wallis
Chester A. and Marion E. Lapham
February
15 Elaine Yacino
15 Carrol Yacino
17 Richard Allen Larson
17 Andrea Virostek
25 Raymond John Paciga
Felix J. and Josephine D. Kochanowski Felix J. and Josephine D. Kochanowski Hartwick T. and Anna Salo Andrew C. and Esther Bukowski John and Antoinette Szewczyk
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March
2 Richard Ernest Gaulin
3 Herbert Andrew Hutnak
13 Michael Greene
19 Marcia Claire Vecchione
Ernest and Mary Stanick Andrew A. and Ida F. Caswell William and Mary Stefaniak John Sand Evelyn F. Loranger
April
8 Jerome Denis Jussaume
9 Jean Louise Leduc
14 Anthony Mielnicki
23 Charlene Helen Resan
30 Ann Marie Silvia
May
18 John Arthur Gallagher
26 Rosalie Valliere
June
6 Kathleen Neslusan
9 June' Anna Hutchings
12 Eric Alexander Kallio
24 Linnea Luann Erz
Edward J. and Anna Mikolayeik Maurice and Anna Daigle Eric W. and Lily J. Rajamki Clark S. and Melba L. Green
July
1 Joyce Ray Moore
2 Patricia Anna Thibodeau
11 Gloria Ann Chretien
15 Sally Jane Carpenter
15 Carol Lee Carpenter
23 Robert Andrew Anderson, Jr.
28 Sue Ellen Caswell
29 Joanne Elizabeth Bezik
Ray H. and Berthalene Amelia Webster Armand and Annie C. Slavin Frank and Caludia Grondin Walter L. and Wibbie Kortekamp Walter L. and Wibbie Kortekamp Robert A. and Julia E. Virostek Duty E. and Beatrice I. Dudley Stephen J. and Betty Harding
August
1 Leo Mitsin
6 Thomas James Juranty
9 Charles Richard McCallum
11 Stephen Charles Gressak
19 Linda Ann Lewandowski
24 Michael Francis Besaw
Kristo and Mary Peters Raymond T. and Fannie Saviano Wilbur R. and G. M. Kasavich Stephen P. and Katherine Laincz Stanley A. and Dorothy M. Hawkes Alfred L. and Aline Dufault
John Flood, Jr. and Joyce E. Lunn James J. and Laura B. Piepszak James L. and Lydia Peters
September
16 Sheila Eileen Flood
28 Michael McMahon
30 Wayne Lawrence Hickey
John B. and Stella Piepszak Hormidas L. and Gertrude E. Guyan Stanley and Anna Bahleda
Charles W. and Ann C. Madigar Louis and Yvette Gingras
Arthur and Adelia Mercier Lewis J. and Rose M. Fettucia
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October
2 Marianna Duda
30 Elaine Florence Fortier
November
10 Susan Charlotte Meek
18 George Melvin Nichols
Michael A. and Catherine Duda Arthur A. and Beatrice Girard
Herbert K. and Irene M. Frost Frank M. and Evelyn M. Clarrage
December
7 Richard Kent Buxton
11 Richard Knight Orphin, Jr.
24 Mary Christine Budzyna
Harold W. and Doris Manning Richard K. and Rita M. Gautreau
22 Lucy LaFlamme Louis E. and Julia Minor 23 Glenn Allyn Brewer Edward J. and Alice A. LaPlante Walter J. and Anna B. Bombara
DEATHS, 1944
January
1 Wilfred Fortier
26 Hattie A. (Simpson) Wight
83
11
26
February
3 Paul D. Manning, Sr.
60
5
5
8 Sandra A. Murphy
20 William Martin McGrath
70
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-
-
5
21 Martha C. Belding
87
4
1
27 Anelia (Chrascz) Klisiewicz
58
9
27
29 Lydia Maria Parker Lindberg
83
6
23
April
25 Odile (Cusson) Forget
78
4
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May
6 Frank E. Copp
65
4
18
June
7 Edward Schuster
81
11
27
July
2
Annie Pauline (Bacca) Zifcak
50
2
7
5 Joseph W. Lemanski
57
2
16
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-
2
2
20 Lou Ellen Yacino
Years 48
Months
5
Days 30
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August
11 Gertrude (Belding) McMahon
77
6
12
September 27 Mary (Converse) Holway
85
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-
October
10 John J. Hanley
65
5
1
November
14 Mary A. (Wixtead) McBride
79
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-
15 Earl G. Crockett
19
3
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20 Alberta (Marsh) Harris
77
11
20
27 Alexander Robert Johnson, Jr.
31
8
17
December
8 Stanley Gray
65
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Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Clerk.
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Report of the Police Department
December 31, 1944
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman,
Board of Selectmen, Town of Douglas, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1944.
ORGANIZATION
Chief of Police VICTOR J. NELSON
Sergeant Chester C. Fulone (Military Leave of Absence)
Patrolmen James Vecchione (Military Leave of Absence)
Joseph Kostka Warren Johnson Charles McCue James Hickey
Jeremiah Kelly Harry Brown
ACTIVITY REPORT
Complaints Received (all nature) 190
Complaints investigated 169
Investigations for other Departments
18
Hours Investigation
393
Hours Court (all officers) 218
Values of Stolen Property Recovered $1,500.00
Arrests (see following schedule for classification 25
TRAFFIC
Cars stopped, operators warned and booked, vio. M. V. Laws 153
Cars stopped, operators summoned to Court, vio. M. V. Laws 12
Cars stopped, operators licenses suspended, vio M. V. Laws Cars stopped, registration revoked, vio. M. V. Laws 1
2
Cars stopped, general check on licenses, occupants etc. 435
Summons served locally for other Departments 5
Motor Vehicle transfers checked and approved 103
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Violations of parking Laws
91
Accidents :
Property Damage
16
Personal Injury
8
Total
24
Fines and Assessments:
Allocated to Town
$85.00
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Tours Special Duty (all officers)
542
Doors to business places found unlocked and secured 107
Street lights found out and reported to proper authorities 47
Emergency messages delivered
32
Death notices delivered
9
Value of lost property found and returned to owner
$21.00
Emergency trips to hospitals with Cruiser 31
16
Vacant house's inspected at request of owners (Inspections)
744
Deaths Investigated
1
Men qualified in use of Service Revolvers (N. E. P. R. L. rules)
Experts, 4; Sharpshooters, 1. Total 5
26,114
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE
Crime's against the person:
None
0
Crimes against Property :
Using car W/O Authority
1
Larceny (under $100.00)
9
Breaking and Entering and Larceny and Breaking and
6
Crimes Against Public Order:
Drunkenness
3
Non-Support
2
Violation of Probation
1
Operating under Influence of Liquor
1
Operating so as to Endanger Lives of Public
1
Operating W/O License
1
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Total
25
Highway defects located and reported to Supervisor
Mileage, cruiser, patrols, investigations, court etc
Entering to commit larceny
36
Males
Females
Residents
1 11
Non-Residents
Felonies
Misdemeanors
For other Departments
Sentenced to Jails, Prisons
14 6 19 1 2 6
Cases pending
Complaints pending
6
Unserved Warrants
0
Up to and including 12-31-44, the date on which this Annual Re- port is being submitted, the Town of Douglas has had 1918 days without a fatal accident. This record is one that the citizens of the Town should be proud of and one for which the motor vehicle operators of the community should be commended. Only the co- operation of all motorists in Douglas has made this record so fine an achievment. The Police Department sincerely hopes that when the Annual Report for 1945 is submitted, this established record will have 365 more days added to it.
An increase in police activities and crime in general was noticea- ble in 1944 as compared with the previous year, 1943. One of the reasons for this of course was the direct result of the lifting of the "No Pleasure" driving ban that was in effect during 1943. In 1944, six felonies were committed in comparison to none for 1943. How- ever, it is commendable to note that these felonies and the more serious of the misdemeanors committed, were charges made against non-residents.
The Juvenile Delinquency Wave that has been prevailing throughout the country has not affected our community. Our fine juvenile record has been greatly aided by the clergy and local or- ganizations.
The Douglas Auxiliary Police, a voluntary unit, which was or- ganized to cope with Civilian Defense Activities has again proven its efficiency during 1944. In September, 1944, the men were called out on two occasions to assist in emergencies resulting from a plane crash and from Hurricane storm warnings. The work of the unit was highly commendable on both occasions.
A revolver team representing the Auxiliary Police was entered in the New England Police Revolver League and the team won second place in its class. Medals were given the members of the team for
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this achievement. Stephen Bezik was awarded a medal for the high- est individual score in his class. All activities engaged in by the unit were carried out at the personal expense of the members themselves.
The Douglas Police Department won a first place in the New Eng- land Police Revolver League for the third consecutive year. Patrol- man Charles McCue, the Department's highest scorer, again won high individual honors.
To our two members of the Police Department in the service, Chief Warrant Officer James Vecchione, USNR, on duty in the European area and Technical Sergeant, Chester Fulone with the Military Police on duty in the Far East, the members of the Police Department ex- tend their best wishes for a successful termination of duties and an early return to Douglas.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR J. NELSON, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
December 31, 1944
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman,
Board of Selectmen,
Douglas, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1944.
Dogs licensed 281
Unlicensed dogs killed
12
Licensed dogs killed at request of owners 12
Unlicensed Dogs Confined and returned to Owner
4
Stray Dogs (Licensed) found and returned to owner 15
Number of Inspcetions of licensed kennels
6
A list of dog owners was furnished by the Town Clerk. Taxes on all animals were paid on or before June 1st.
To the best of my knowledge there are no unlicensed dogs in the Town at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR J. NELSON, Chief of Police.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Douglas:
Following is my sixth Annual Report as Tax, Collector:
TAXES 1943
Outstanding January 1, 1944:
Personal property
$ 146.65
Real estate
$ 3,633.80
$ 3,780.45
Payments to treasurer 1944
$ 3,780.45
TAXES 1944
Commitment per warrants:
Polls
$ 1,784.00
:
Personal property
6,595.40
Real estate
56,494.94
$ 64,874.34
Payments to treasurer
$ 63,166.93
Abatements
618.50
Added to tax titles
70.18
Outstanding December 31, 1944:
Personal proper
$ 147.35
Real estate
871.38
$ 1,018.73
$ 64,874.34
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES, 1943
Outstanding January 1, 1944
$ 8.00
Commitment per warrant
28.00
Payments to treasurer
$ 34.00
Abatement
2.00
$ 36.00
$ 36.00
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1944
Commitment per warrants
$ 2,644.19
Payments and abatements
11.28
$ 2,655.47
Payments to treasurer
$ 2,624.19
Abatement
11.28
Outstanding December 31, 1944
20.00
$ 2,655.47
INTEREST AND COSTS
Collections 1944:
Inter:
Taxes 1943
59.95
Taxes 1944
23.71
Motor Vehicle excise 1944
16
Costs:
Taxes 1943 .
31.60
Taxes 1944
49.45
Motor Vehicle excise 1943
4.10
Motor Vehicle excise 1944
31.50
$
200.47
Payments to treasurer 1944
$
200.47
Respectfully submitted,
FLOYD S. RAWSON, Tax Collector.
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Report of the Highway Superintendent
Chapter 81 Highways: Appropriated by Town
$ 4,450.00 12.00
$ 4,438.00
Allotment by State
$ 8,875.00
Total
$ 13,313.00
Frank A. Yacino, Supt. as per wages $ 1,200.00
Earl J. McCann, Asst. Supt. & Grader operator 1060 hrs. @ .90
954.00
A. Wellman, Truck driver 1086 hrs. @ .75
814.50
A. Winchell, Truck driver 12 hrs. @ .75
9.00
Chesley Johnson, Truck driver 220 hrs. @ .75
165.00
Charles Vorron, Truck driver 8 hrs. @ .75
6.00
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