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Bridge Viewer FRANK A. YACINO, 1946
Inspector of Animals ROY KENYON, 1946
Inspector of Slaughtering ROY KENYON, 1946
Measurers of Lumber
WILLIAM J. WALLIS, 1946 HENRY HINDON, 1946
WALTER H. PARKER, 1946 CHARLES CHURCH, 1946
Weighers of Coal
FRANK E. JONES, 1946 LEON T. SOCHA, 1946
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ANNUAL REPORT
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Appropriation Estimated Necessary for Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 31, 1946
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen's Salary
$300.00
Selectmen's Expense
200.00
Town Accountant's Salary 950.00
Clerk for the Selectmen
800.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
500.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
250.00
Tax Collector's Salary
800.00
Tax Collector's Expense
350.00
Assessors' Salaries
600.00
Assessors' Expense
200.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Counsel's Salary
300.00
Registrars' Salary
75.00
Registrars' Expense
300.00
Moderator's Salary
15.00
Election Expense
250.00
New Town Hall Maintenance
2,500.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
200.00
$9,190.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
$5,800.00
Police-Special Duty
200.00
Police Lock Up
165.00
Fire Department
1,800.00
Insurance on Fire Equipment and Personnel
451.70
Sealer
50.00
Tree Warden and Moths
700.00
Forest Fires
500.00
Dog Officer
50.00
$9,716.70
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Salaries of Agents
$100.00
Health Expense
2,600.00
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
Vital Statistics
25.00
2,825.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81, Highways
$5,325.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,500.00
Railings
100.00
Bridges
300.00
Special Highway Expense
300.00
Snow Roads
3,500.00
Street Lighting
2,700.00
Care of Public Squares
75.00
Sidewalks
100.00
13,900.00
PUBLIC WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Welfare Salaries
$400.00
Welfare Relief Expense
5,500.00
Old Age Assistance, Clerk
600.00
Welfare, Clerk
600.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Clerk
200.00
Old Age Assistance Expense
10,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
750.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
War Allowance-Soldiers' Relief
100.00
Veterans' Service Department
400.00
Veterans' Service Department Expense
100.00
19,350.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
School Committee Salary
$200.00
School Expense
55,000.00
Industrial Schools
500.00
Library
1,700.00
57,400.00
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RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreational Program
$300.00
Blanket Insurance 1,000.00
Memorial Day
150.00
Care of Town Clock so-called
30.00
Printing Town Reports
300.00
1,780.00
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERY
Water Commissioners' Salaries
$300.00
Water Department-General Expense
4,000.00
Cemetery (Douglas Center)
150.00
4,450.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
$100.00
100.00
Total
$118,711.70
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 15 ($150.00) Pine Grove Cemetery
Article 16 ($500.00) Police Cruiser
Arctile 17 ($2,500.00) Old Town Hall
Article 18 ($1,000.00) Library
Article 19 ($1,000.00) "Welcome Home Day" Total $5,150.00
Finance Committee:
LESTER J. DERMODY, 1946 WILLIAM J. WALLIS, 1947 ROBERT J. FROST, 1948 BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, 1947 GILBERT W. ROWLEY, 1948 FERDINAND J. LIBBY, 1948 FRANK X. RINFRETTE, 1946 HOWELL W. PARKER, 1946 ANDREW HVIZDOS, 1947
Town of Douglas
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1945
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Federal Taxes Withheld
$1,938.18
In Banks and Office ...
$40,679.44
Petty Cash Adv .- Tax Collector 50.00
Trust Fund Income: Mowry School Fund $798.28
$40,729.44
Accounts Receivable:
Cemetery Funds 183.43
Taxes:
Levy of 1945 235.51
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1945
46.00
Tax Titles
$345.32
Tax Title Possessions
2,815.33
Overestimate:
State Parks and Reservations As- sessment, 1945
25.12
Departmental:
Town Hall
$274.50
Aid to Dependent Children
186.08
War Allowance
30.00
Road Machinery Fund
2,879.33
School
7.50
Compensation Insurance Fund
107.28
Federal Grants:
498.88
Water:
Old Age Assistance: Administration $185.33
Rates
$2,368.64
Assistance
322.16
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 75.00
1,077.15
Buffington Gift for School Refer- ence Library
207.79
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund
74.50
Tailings
41.30
3,160.65
Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 20.44
Miscellaneous
12.00
Aid to Dependent Children 27.57 Administration 62.88
2,380.64
Aid to Highways: State:
Aid 597.94
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus . .
3,358.96
Chapter 81
$2,157.17
Chapter 90 Maintenance 307.57
County :
Chapter 90 Maintenance 307.57
2,772.31
Underestimate:
County Tax, 1945
113.94
Overlay Deficit:
Levy of 1943 and Prior Years .
62.20
Overdrawn Account: Highways-Chap. 90 Maintenance
615.10
Surplus Revenue
31,213.13
$50,613.87
$50,613.87
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Investment Funds- Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer $34,592.89
In Custody of Trustees 13,220.44
In Custody of Agent
31,422.22
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Myron O. Mowry School Fund $25,070.38 Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 100.00
Care of Graves-G. A. R. Veterans' Fund 795.11
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1945 235.51
Revenue Reserved for Abatements: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $46.00
Tax Title and Tax Possession
3,160.65
Departmental
498.08
Water
2,380.64
Aid to Highways
2,772.31
8,857.68
Mary South Cemetery Fund 238.51 Monument Fund-Sons of
Veterans 109.45
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 3,241.94
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 5,037.50
$34,592.89
In Custody of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Library Fund 13,220.44
In Custody of Agent: Moses Wallis Devise
31,422.22
$79,235.55 $79,235.55
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ANNUAL REPORT
TAX RATES IN THE TOWN OF DOUGLAS
1931
$30.70
1932
32.50
1933
31.50
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
1944
35.00
1945
35.00
January 15%:
Balance
Appropriati
Income
From
Total
Expended
Transferred T.
Unexpended
Dec. 31 191.
Selectmen Salaries
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
Selectmen Expense
200.00
200.00
177.33
$22.67
Selectmen's Clerk
750.00
750.00
750.00
Town Accountant Salary
900.00
900.00
900.00
Town Clerk Salary
450.00
450.00
450.00
Town Clerk Expense
100.00
100.00
99.62
.38
Town Treasurer Salary
400.00
400.00
400.00
Town Treasurer Expense
250.00
250.00
204.76
45.24
Tax Collector Salary
700.00
700.00
700.00
296.30
53.70
Assessors' Expense
125.00
125.00
97.53
27.47
Town Counsel Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
Registrars' Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Registrars' Expense
300.00
300.00
298.13
1.87
Moderator
15.00
15.00
15.00
Election Expense
125.00
125.00
119.07
5.93
New Town Hall
Maintenance
2,000.00
300.00
Excess & Deficiency
3,150.00
3,132.46
17.54
700.00
Moses Wallis Devise
150.00
Reserve Fund
Old Town Hall
Maintenance
100.00
100.00
100.00
Police Department:
Salaries
5,500.00
5.00
Reserve Fund
5,505.00
5,503.84
1,16
Special Duty
200.00
15.00
Reserve Fund
215.00
214.50
.50
Lockup Expense
165.00
165.00
165.00
Fire Department
1,800.00
1,800.00
1.798.54
1.46
Fire Department Insur- ance
400.00
51.70
Reserve Fund
451.70
451.70
Tree Warden
700.00
95.45
Reserve Fund
795.45
795.45
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50.00
50.00
50.00
Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
472.52
27.48
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
Civilian Defense
$96.29
5.63
Refund
101.92
17.50
84.42
Health Department:
100.00
100.00
100.00
Expense
2,300.00
300.00
Reserve Fund
2,600.00
1,298.15
$1,300.00Nurse
1.85
Nurse
550.00
School
1,700.00
1,700.00
Nurse-Car Expense
150.00
School
300.00
300.00
Meat Inspector-Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector- Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Vital Statistics
25.00
25.00
21.50
3.50
Highway Department: Chapter 81
4,438.00
8,875.00
Excess & Deficiency
13,313.00
13,313.00
Chapter 90 Mainten.
1,500,00
3,500.00
Excess & Deficiency
5,384.86
5,999.96
O.D.615.10
Road Machinery Maintenance
3,300.00
Machinery Rentals
3,300.00
3,273.71
26.29
Bridges
300.00
1.10
General Expense
300.00
215.00
Reserve Fund
515.00
508.49
6.51
Railings
100.00
.07
Snow Roads
5,000.00
325.00
Reserve Fund
5,325.00
5,320.04
4.96
Street Lighting
208.38
2,500.00
4,88
Reserve Fund
2,713.26
2,713.26
Care of Public Squares
75.00
75.00
63.15
11.85
Sidewalks
100.00
100.00
99.66
.34
Public Welfare Dept .:
Salaries
400.00
400.00
400.00
Relief
5,500.00
5,500.00
5,263.44
236.56
Agent
1,400.00
280.00
Federal Grants
1,680.00
1,680.00
Old Age Assistance
9,500.00
275.57
Ration Board
9,775.57
9,775.57
Aid to Dependent
Children
750.00
250.20
Ration Board
1,000.20
1,000.20
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-
Administration
232.99
230.91
Federal Grant
463.90
18,57
260.00Agent 185.33
Old Age Assistance- Assistance
164.32
6,929.45
Federal Grant
7,093.77
6,771.61
322.16
Aid to Dependent Children
47.57
47.57
20.00Agent
27.57
Aid to Dependent Children -Aid
96.56
339.37
Federal Grant
435.93
373.05
62.88
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
200.00
200.00
War Allowance
100.00
100.00
30.00
70.00
School Committee Salaries
200.00
200.00
200.00
School Expense
2,443.71
49,000.00
51,443.71
50,743,14
700.00Nurse
.57
Industrial Schools
200.00
200.00
193.90
6.10
Library
1,500.00
555.20
County Dog Refund
2,055.20
2,052.43
2.77
Blanket Insurance
900.00
900.00
874.00
26.00
American Legion Hall
100.00
100.00
83.33
16.67
Memorial Day
150.00
50.10
Reserve Fund
200.10
200.10
Care of Town Clock
30.00
30.00
30.00
Printing Town Reports
300.00
89.00
Reserve Fund
389.00
389.00
Recreation Program
300.00
300.00
46.75
Ration Board
61.02
2,000.00
2,061.02
1,222,00
300.00
13.25
275.57A.A.A ..
250.20A.D.C.
Rehabilitation
Committee
200.00
200.00
200.00
Water Department:
Commissioners'
300.00
300.00
300.00
General Expense
4,500.00
115.00
Reserve Fund
4,615.00
4,600.12
14.88
Pumping Station
43.32
43.32
43.32
Pumping Station 1945
1,201.45
1,201.45
1,201.45
Cemetery
150.00
150.00
121.90
28.10
Pine Grove Cemetery
150.00
13.28
Reserve Fund
163.28
163.28
Interest
100.00
100.00
7.50
92.50
Debt
2.000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Overlay Reserve
2,000.00
500.59 Overlay Re. 1,499.41 Var. App.
$3,394.16
$115.174.45
$31,936.30
$150,504.91
$143,760.69
$5,105.77
$2,253.55
Overdrawn
$615.10
Assessors' Salaries
400.00
Reserve Fund
470.00
464.65
5.35
Tax Collector Expense
350.00
350.00
$70.00
1946
Special Insurance
510.70
Insurance Fund
510.70
510.70
Agent
1,150.00
Health
150.00
Health
384.86
State and County
300.00
298.90
100.00
99.93
-Administration
253.25
Salaries
Transferred
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
AUDITOR'S REPORT
January 24, 1946
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman Douglas, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the town of Douglas for the year ending December 31, 1945, made in accordance 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 ac- counts of the town of Douglas for the fiscal year 1945, and submit the following report thereon:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or commiting 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 ac- counts 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, 1945, was prepared and is appended to this report.
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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 treas- urer were checked with the selectmen'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 tax title deeds on hand were examined and listed, and the amounts transferred to the tax title account were verified.
The savings bank books and securities representing the invest- ments of the various trust and investment funds in the custody of the treasurer and trustees, as well as of the agent of the Devise of Moses Wallis, were examined and listed, and the income was proved.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The commitments of taxes were compared with the warrants issued by the assessors, the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the re- corded collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer as recorded on the treasurer's and the accountant's books, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the controlling accounts.
The records of the water department were examined and check- ed. The commitments were proved, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements as recorded were checked to the re- cords of the commissioners, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts 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 records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and town clerk were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town treasurer were verified.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
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In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and ac- counts of the sealer of weights and measures, and of the health, public welfare, and library departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the condition of the trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation extended by the several town officials dur- ing 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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ANNUAL REPORT
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 1945:
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Ealance January 1, 1945
$39,830.78 168,727.00
Receipts 1945
$208,557.78
Payments 1945
$167,878.34
Balance December 31, 1945
40,679.44
$208,557.78
Balance January 1, 1946
$40,679.44
Receipts January 1 to 8, 1946
2,082.34
Unpaid warrants January 8, 1946
1,566.71
$44,328.49
Payments January 1 to 8, 1946 $2,327.04
Balance January 8, 1946:
Blackstone National Bank,
Uxbridge. per check book $31,303.98
The First National Bank, Boston, per check book and statement .. 6,176.09
The Merchants National Bank, Boston, per check book and statement 4,086.16
Cash in office, verified
435.22
42,001.45
$44,328.49
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BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK, UXBRIDGE
Balance January 8, 1946, per state- ment
$35,648.49
Balance January 8, 1946, per check book
$31,303.98
Outstanding checks January 8, 1946,
4,344.51
per list
$35,648.49
MYRON O. MOWRY SCHOOL FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$6,070.38 $19,000.00
$25,070.38
On hand at end of year 1945
$6,070.38 $19,000.00 $25,070.38
On hand January 8, 1946
6,070,38 $19,000.00
$25,070.38
1945
Receipts
Payments
Sale of securities, par
Purchase of securities,
value
$5.000.00
par value
$5,000.00
Premium on securities
Premium on securities
sold
183.90
purchased 66.88
Income
570.00
Transfer to town 687.02
$5,753.90
$5,753.90
January 1 to 8, 1946
Income
$55.00 Transfer to town $55.00
ADELINE PIERCE SANBORN LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$100.00
$100.00
On hand at end of year 1945
$100.00
$100.00
On hand January 8, 1946
$100.00
$100.00
Receipts
Payments
1945
No transactions recorded.
January 1 to 8, 1946 No transactions recorded.
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CARE OF GRAVES OF G. A. R. VETERANS FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$803.02
$803.02
On hand at end of year 1945
$795.11
$795.11
On hand January 8, 1946
$795.11
$795.11
Receipts
Payments
1945
Withdrawn from savings
Added to savings
deposits
$20.00
deposits
$12.09
Income
12.09
Transfer to town
20.00
$32.09
$32.09
January 1 to 8, 1946 No transactions recorded
MARY SOUTH CEMETERY LOTS FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$239.91
$239.91
On hand at end of year 1945
$238.51
$238.51
On hand January 8, 1946 Receipts
Payments
1945
Withdrawn from savings
Added to savings
deposits
$5.00
deposits
. $3.60
Income
3.60
Transfer to town 5.00
$8.60
$8.60 January 1 to 8, 1946
No transactions recorded.
MONUMENT FUND-SONS OF VETERANS POST NO. 123 In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$107.84
$107.84
On hand at end of year 1945
$109.45
$109.45
On hand January 8, 1946
$109.45
$109.45
$238.51
$238.51
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Receipts
Payments
1945
Income
$1.61 Added to savings deposits $1.61
January 1 to 8, 1946 No transactions recorded.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$3,246.14
$3,246.14
On hand at end of year 1945
$3,241.94
$3,241.94
On hand January 8, 1946
$3,241.94
$3,241.94
Receipts
Payments
1945
Withdrawn from savings
Added to savings
deposits
$57.00
deposits
$52.80
Income
52.80
Transfer to town
57.00
$109.80 January 1 to 8, 1946 No transactions recorded.
$109.80
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer Cash in Savings Securieies Gen. Treas. Deposits Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945
$37.50
$5,000.00
$5,037.50
On hand at end of year 1945
$75.00
$37.50
$5,000.00
$5,112.50
On hand January 8, 1945
$75.00
$37.50
$5,000.00
$5,112.50
Receipts
Payments
1945
Income
$75.00 Cash in general treas- ury Dec. 31, 1945 and Jan. 8, 1946
$75.00
$75.00
$75.00
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD H. ALDRICH, Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS 1945
Cash balance January 1, 1945
$39,830.78
General Revenue:
Taxes:
1944 Personal
$147.35
1944 Real Estate
799.63
1945 Polls
1,230.00
1945 Personal
6,919.14
1945 Real Estate
56,802.26
65,898.38
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1944
$32.00
1945
1,970.61
2,002.61
From State:
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes $392.35
Income Tax
11,425.00
Corporation Taxes
19,623.37
Meal Tax
476.80
Vocational Education
64.75
Snow Removal
1,743.81
Highway Fund
5,720.99
Massachusetts School Fund
5,452.19
Peddler's License
8.00
From County :
Dog Tax Refund 555.20
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children-Adm.
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid $339.37
Old Age Assistance-Adm. 230.91
44,907.26
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Old Age Assistance-Assistance 6,929.45
7.499.73
Commercial Revenue:
Selectmen-Licenses
$1,130.00
Health-Licenses
44.00
Advertising-Liquor Licenses
9.99
Tax Collector-Interest and Costs
138.49
Town Hall Rentals
1,029.60
2,352.08
Protection of Persons and Property :
Sealer of Weights and Measures
18.00
Health and Sanitation: Tuberculosis Subsidy
261.43
Highways:
State-Chapter 81
$7,354.74
State-Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,692.43
County-Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,692.43
Road Machinery Rentals
4,482.50
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
400.63
15,622.73
Charities:
Outside Relief :
Individuals
$402.00
State
581.00
Cities and Towns
12.00
Aid to Dependent Children-State
322.00
Old Age Assistance-State
7,577.34
War Allowance-State
175.00
Soldiers' Burials-Federal
91.11
Schools and Libraries:
Tuition
$75.00
Library Fines
109.07
9,160.45
184.07
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ANNUAL REPORT
Public Service Enterprises:
Water Rates
$5,869.65
Water Miscellaneous
16.18
5,885.83
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Tax
$6,371.58
Teachers' Retirement
806.58
Dog Licenses for County
564.40
Myron O. Mowry Fund: Principal
5,000.00
Income
753.90
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
82.00
Moses Wallis Devise
700.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
75.00
14,353.46
Refunds:
Telephone tolls
$8.00
Insurance Premium
11.14
Miscellaneous
6.63
25.77
Total Receipts
$208,557.78
PAYMENTS 1945
General Government
Moderator-Salary
$15.00
Selectmen:
Salaries
300.00
Clerk
750.00
Expenses
177.33
Accountant-Salary
900.00
Treasurer-Salary
400.00
Treasurer-Expense
204.76
Tax Collector-Salary
700.00
Tax Collector-Expense
296.30
Town Clerk-Salary
450.00
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Town Clerk-Expense
99.62
Assessors-Salaries
464.65
Assessors-Expense
97.53
Town Counsel-Salary
300.00
Registrar-Salaries
75.00
Registrar-Expense
298.13
Election Expense
119.07
New Town Hall Maintenance
3,132.46
8,779.85
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police-Salaries
$5,503.84
Police-Special Duty
214.50
Police-Lockup Expense
165.00
Fire Department
1,798.54
Fire Department-Insurance
451.70
Firest Fires
472.52
Tree Warden
795.45
Dog Officer
50.00
Sealer
50.00
Civilian Defense
17.50
9,519.05
Health and Sanitation:
Agent's Salaries
$100.00
Health Expense
1,298.15
Nurse
2,000.00
Meat Inspector-Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector-Salary
75.00
Vital Statistics
21.50
3,519.65
Highways:
Chapter 81
$13,313.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
5,999.96
Special Insurance
510.70
Machinery Maintenance
3,273.71
Bridges
298.90
General Expense
508.49
Railings
99.93
Snow Roads
5,320.04
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ANNUAL REPORT
Street Lighting 2,713.26
Care of Public Squares
63.15
Sidewalks
99.66
32,200.80
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
Salaries
$400.00
Relief
5,263.44
Agent's Salary
1,680.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,000.20
Old Age Assistance
9,775.57
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children-Adm.
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
$373.05
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
18.57
Old Age Assistance-Assistance
6,771.61
War Allowance
30.00
25,312.44
Schools and Libraries:
School Committee-Salaries
$200.00
School Expense
50,743.14
Industrial Schools
193.90
Library
2,052.43
53,189.47
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreation Program
$46.75
Blanket Insurance
874.00
American Legion Hall
83.33
Memorial Day
200.10
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Printing Town Reports
389.00
Ration Board
1,222.00
2,845.18
Enterprises and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
$300.00
Water-General Expense
4,600.12
Pumping Station
1,201.45
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Cemetery
121.90
Pine Grove Cemetery
163.28
6,386.75
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Debt
$2,000.00
Interest
7.50
2,007.50
Refunds:
Personal Taxes, 1945
$28.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1944
7.98
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1945
6.06
Water Rates
18.46
60.50
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Taxes
$5,922.62
Teachers' Retirement Fund
806.58
Dog Licenses-Due County
564.40
Myron O. Moury Fund
6,198.38
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
29.85
13,521.83
State and County Taxes:
State Tax
$2,652.00
Audit of Municipal Accounts
421.13
State Parks and Reservations
75.87
County Tax
4,579.16
County Tuberculosis Hospital
2.807.16
10,535.32
Total Payments, 1945
$167,878.34
Balance December 31, 1945
40,679.44
$208,557.78
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant.
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ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Assessed Valuation of the Town $1,830,942.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings
1,262,125.00
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land
371,531.00
Assessed Valuation of Personal Property 197,286.00
Motor Vehicle Value 59,170.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,016.61
Number Motor Vehicles Assessed
661
Rate of Taxation per 1,000
35.00
Amount of Tax on Property
65,867.44
Amount of Tax on Polls
1,784.00
Number of Firms and Persons Assessed
698
Number of Horses Assessed
58
Number of Cows Assessed
236
Number of Neat Cattle Other Than Cows Assessed
24
.Number of Swine Assessed
15
Number of Dwellings Assessed
631
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
18,894.38
Number of Fowls Assessed
6,031
Purposes for Which Taxes are Assessed
State Tax
$2,652.00
State Parks and Reservations
100.99
Auditing Account, State
421.13
County Tax
4,465.22
County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,807.16
Appropriations, make up of Tax Rate
121,414.01
Overlay, Current Year
1,908.69
LUCIUS J. MARSH, Chairman, IRVING H. FISHER, WALTER J. BUDZYNA,
Board of Assessors.
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Douglas: 1
Following is the Annual Town Clerk's Report:
VOTES PASSED BY THE TOWN SINCE THE 1945 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Special Town Meeting-August 30, 1945
Article 1. The town voted to appropriate an additional sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for Chapter 90 highway maintenance, said money to be taken from Surplus Funds in the hands of the treasurer.
Article 2. The town voted to transfer the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) from the Highway Compensation Insur- ance Account to the Special Highway Insurance Account.
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