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: under the most trying conditions. Five days and not one accident occured. This in itself was remarkable considering the great number of cars that were in operation. Certain emergency rules and regu- lations, such as one-way traffic, that were recommended and en- dorsed by the Board of Selectmen, inconvenienced many of the Citizens of Douglas, however, your splendid cooperation made our task more pleasant. I wish at this time to congratulate each and every member of the Police Dept. for the courteous and efficient manner in which they handld not only the Traffic but all other ac- tivities which made up this Celebration.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR J. NELSON, Chef of Police.
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REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
December 31, 1946
Mr. Lester Dermody, Chairman
Board of Selectmen,
Douglas, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Dog Officer for year ending December 31st, 1946
Dogs licensed 248
Unlicensed dogs killed 5
Licensed dogs killed at request of owner 12
Unlicensed dogs confined and returned to owner 7
Stray dogs (licensed) found and returned to owner 15
Number of inspections of licensed Kennels 10
A list of dog owners was furnished by the Town Clerk.
Taxes on all animals were paid on or before October 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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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Douglas:
Following is my eighth Annual Report as Tax Collector:
TAXES 1945
Outstanding January 1, 1946:
Real Estate
$235.51
Payments to treasurer 1946
$235.51
TAXES 1946
Commitment per Warrant:
Polls
$1,764.00
Personal Property
7,606.19
Real Estate
60,733.84
$70,104.03
Additional Commitment:
Real Estate
127.28
Payments and Abatements refunded:
Polls
$14.00
Real Estate
23.69
$37.69
$70,269.00
Payments to treasurer 1946
$69,807.52
Abatements
393.39
Added to tax titles
19.06
Outstanding December 31, 1946:
49.03
Real Estate
$70,269.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1945 Outstanding January 1, 1946 $46.00
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Commitment per Warrant 32.00
$78.00
Payments to treasurer, 1946 $78.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1946
Commitment per Warrant
$2,730.16
Payments and abatements refunded
27.90
$2,758.06
Payments to treasurer 1946
$2,654.74
Abatements
59.04
Warrant in excess of commitment
6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1946
38.28
$2,758.06
INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES
Collections 1946:
. Interest:
Taxes 1945
$2.77
Taxes 1946
18.09
Motor Vehicle excise taxes 1946
.33
Costs:
Taxes 1945
8.70
Taxes 1946
52.90
Motor Vehicle excise 1945
6.55
Motor Vehicle excise 1946
49.65
$138.99
Payments to treasurer 1946
$138.99
Respectfully submitted,
FLOYD S. RAWSON, Tax Collector.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Selectmen of Douglas:
As the Inspector of Slaughtering I wish to make my report for the year ending December 31, 1946. I have inspected twenty-nine swine, fourteen beeves, and twelve calves.
Respectfully Submitted,
ROY E. KENYON, Inspector of Slaughtering.
REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen of Douglas:
A report on Live Stock Disease Control has been made this year. There were two hundred sixty-eight cattle at this time, one hundred ninety dairy cows and seventy-eight of the young stock, fifteen goats, six sheep, and ten pigs.
I was also asked for a report on horses this year, the number reported was fifty-six.
All the animals seemed to be in good condition at this time.
Respectfully Submitted,
ROY E. KENYON, Animal Inspector.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
Town Appropriation
$700.00
EXPENDITURES
James Fulone
$44.00
Chester Fulone
206.00
Frank Mesziarka
50.00
Joseph Nedoroscik
30.00
Christopher Oswald
20.00
Edward Therrien
10.00
Northern Tree Expert Co.
200.00
Walter H. Combo
125.00
Paul D. Manning, Insurance
1.75
Total Expenditure
686.75
Unexpended
13.25
$700.00
Respectfully Submitted,
JAMES FULONE, Tree Warden.
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REPORT ON TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Moses Wallis Devise
699.66
Transfer from Reserve Fund
319.62
$3,519.28
Expenditures:
Janitor's Salary
$1,532.92
Miscellaneous Labor
64.65
Fuel
631.43
Light
289.01
Janitor's Supplies
19.05
Insurance and Bond
46.72
Repairs
699.95
All Others
235.55
Total Expenditures $3,519.28
TOWN HALL RENTALS Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1946:
New Town Hall
$174.50
Old Town Hall
100.00
$274.50
Charges 1946:
New Town Hall
$1,075.30
Old Town Hall
85.00
$1,160.30
$1,434.80
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Payments to treasurer 1946 $1,087.70
Abatements 1946:
New Town Hall
$12.00
Old Town Hall
50.00
62.00
Charges reported in error:
New Town Hall 21.50
Outstanding December 31, 1946 and
January 7, 1947, per list:
New Town Hall $163.60
Old Town Hall
100.00
263.60
$1,434.80
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the Selectmen of the town of Douglas
The Water Commissioners report as follows for the fiscal year 1946.
Our Superintendent of many years Herbert E. Hughes died late in January 1946. He gave the town many years of faithful service and is remembered by the people for his neighborly helpfulness all thru the town thruout the years he served the water department.
We have tried for more water in the past year. We have talked with one contractor and expect to contact one or two more soon regarding more well driving. A gravel packed well has been considered. We are apparently using nearly all that the wells will produce safely. However we have been assured that these wells if handled carefully are reasonably permanent or can be depended on for several years.
Our financial report follows:
Appropriation of Town Meeting, 1946
$4,000.00
Water Department Surplus 1,500.00
$5,500.00
EXPENDITURES
Administration:
Superintendent's Salary
$1,877.50
Printing and Postage
13.82
Telephone
44.15
Bond and Miscellaneous
83.52
$2,018.99
General:
Labor
$77.15
Pipe and Fittings
442.37
Equipment
297.76
Meter Repairs
177.57
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All Other 47.58
$1,042.43
Pumping Station:
Light and Power
$1,873.38
Fuel
34.68
Repairs
36.10
$1,944.16
Service Pipe:
Labor
$460.00
$460.00
Total Expenditures
$5,465.58
Unexpended
34.42
$5,500.00
WATER DEPARTMENT Water Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1946
$2,368.64
Charges 1946 7,120.82
$9,489.46
Payments to treasurer 1946
$9,001.50
Abatements not reported
77.75
Charges reported in error
1.49
Outstanding December 31, 1946
408.72
$9,489.46
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$408.72
Charges January 1 to 7, 1947 822.44
$1,231.16
Outstanding January 7, 1947, per list
$1,231.16
Miscellaneous Charges
Outstanding January 1, 1946
$12.00
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Charges 1946:
Reported
$578.85
Not reported
18.15
$597.00
$609.00
Payments to treasurer 1946
$445.70
Abatements not reported
12.00
Outstanding December 31, 1946 and January 7, 1947 per list
151.30
$609.00
Total Expenditures
$5,465.58
Reimbursements for work on private property, etc.
445.70
This reduces the Net Cost of the Department to
$5,019.88
Water Department Surplus as of Jan. 1, 1947
$2,056.85
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, FELIX S. VECCHIONE, WILLIAM J. WALLIS, Water Commissioners.
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REPORT OF AGENT MOSES WALLIS DEVISE
To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas For the Year Ending December 31, 1946
The Agent charges himself with amounts due the devise Janu- ary 1, 1946.
$1,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1954/1952 $1,500.00
$29,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1967/1962 29,500.00
$31,000.00
Whitinsville National Bank
422.22
$31,422.22
Capital increase 1942 as per previous report . .
3,220.13
$28,202.09
Amount due the Town Treasurer
699.61
Amount to be kept permanent
$27,502.4:
The Agent has received as follows:
Balance January 1st, 1946
$422.2
March 15, U. S. Treasurer
$18.75
June 12, U. S. Treasurer
368.75
September 15, U. S. Treasurer 18.75
December 17, U. S. Treasurer
368.75
$775.0
$1,197.2
The Agent has paid out as follows:
June 21, to the Town Treasurer
$699.66
December 16, Salary of Agent
75.00
December 23, Bank Service Charge
.34
Balance December 31, 1946
422.22
$1,197.2
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PRESENT VALUE OF THE DEVISE December 31, 1946
$1,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1954/1952 $1,500.00
$29,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1967/1962 29.500.00
$31,000.00
Whitinsville National Bank
422.22
$31,422.22
Capital increase 1942 as per previous report
3,220.13
$28,202.09
Amount payable to the Town Treasurer
699.66
$27,502.43
Respectfully submitted,
January 22, 1947.
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Agent
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
January 24,1947
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman
Board of Selectmen
Douglas, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Dermody:
I herewith respectfully submit my annual report to the Board of Health in the Town of Douglas.
Until the fall of this year, we had very little communicable disease.
I am very much aware that many of the physicians are not re- porting their cases of communicable disease. Cards for reporting disease and stamped envelopes have been sent to new physicians as well as to the physicians who have returned from service, and a re- quest for them to report all communicable disease to this office.
Only fifty-six cases were reported, they being classified as fol- lows: .
Mumps
17
Dog bite 2
Chicken pox 13 Malaria
1
Whooping cough
9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ..
1
Measles
8 Scarlet fever 1
German measles :
3 Syphlis 1
We have two active cases of tuberculosis: one pulmonary which is hospitalized in the county sanatorium, and one tuberculosis of the bone, hospitalized in Lakeville State Sanatorium. Three indi- viduals who have been discharged from sanatoria as inactive go reg- ularly for pneumothorax treatment. The physicians are referring more patients for X-ray at the county sanatorium than ever before. Many go themselves. Twenty-four cases were taken by the nurse to the sanatorium for diagnostic purpose and check up.
Two boys spent eight weeks at Sterling Health Camp. Both of these cases showed a marked increase in weight and general im- provement upon their return. One of these boys obtained the high- est rank at the camp, being chosen from a group of two hundred
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and fifty. The sale of Christmas Seals in this community makes it possible to send these children to the health camp.
Through the local Salvation Army fund three children spent ten days at Camp Wonderland at Sharon, Mass. These children also showed improvement upon their return home.
The annual diphtheria prevention clinic was held in the spring for four weeks, with Dr. John Bouvier in charge. Twenty-five children were immunized, each receiving three doses of toxoid; of this number 20 were pre-school or infants.
The vaccination clinic was held in June. Dr. Bouvier vaccinated 32 children. Many of the parents are having their own physican immunize and vaccinate their children. The nurse advocates this in all of her home visits.
The summer round up was held in June. This comprises a thorough physical examination for all children entering school for the first time.
Dr. Bouvier examined 18 and the pediatrician at the Well Child Conference examined 20, making a total of 38 children examined.
Four Well Child Conferences were held under the State Depart- ment of Public Health. Sixty pre-schoolers attended these confer- ences and received valuable information from trained personnel on physical and dental defects. A nutritionist was present to help mothers with children having poor eating habits. The value of the Well Child Conference is far reaching.
The school physician observed the fine condition the children are in when they enter first grade.
The parents are taking their pre-school children to their own physician, which improves the general condition of the school child.
The nurse attended important State and County health meet- ings as well as completing a course offered by the State Department of Public Health on child psychology! This was a most interesting and valuable course.
Three children have been going regularly to speech clinic and four were referred to the Child Guidance Clinic.
One case which has been pending admission to Wrentham State School was examined at Wrentham in July. Recommendations for this child are in the hands of the family physician.
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Other services rendered by me as Board of Health nurse includ the following:
Bedside nursing 183
Crippled Children Service
82
Acute Communicable disease 147
Tuberculosis 81
Pre-natal
61
New born
25
Infants under 1 month
64
Pre-school
229
Miscellaneous 22
I am most grateful to the Selectmen, Dr. Bouvier, Dr. Spooner Mr. Nelson, Miss Sweinberger, and to the volunteer workers who as sist at clinic and Well Child conferences for their cooperation in the health program.
Respectfully submitted,
(Mrs.) MABEL A. BROWN, R. N Board of Health Nurse
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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas:
The report of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance for the year is a follows:
The increase in the cost of Old Age Assistance this year was due chiefly to two reasons-first, under the revised state law with its higher exemptions, several children of recipients of Old Age As- sistance who had been contributing towards the support of their parents were no longer required to do so, and second, the higher cost of living expenses which necessitated increasing the allowances several times during the year.
Six new applications for Old Age Assistance were received and approved, and two old cases were reopened. Forty-one persons were given assistance in this town and twelve persons were aided in other cities and towns in 1946. Of these last, three lost their Douglas settlement this year, reducing our outside list to nine.
Ten cases were closed during the year-four by death. four were transferred to other towns and two became self-supporting.
In October a change was made in administration of the state welfare department, so now, instead of one area visitor having charge of the work of all categories, the administration is to be divided among seven state workers, each of whom will have the responsibility of one special part of the work.
Regular auditing is done by a statistical agent from the Bureau of Accounts, Boston. All accounts were audited by a Federal auditor in August and found to be in order.
PAID FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE IN 1946
Town Appropriation 10,787.59
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Federal Grants
7,229.64
$18,017.23
Received Federal Grants
$7,407.92
Reimbursement by State
7,258.52
Reimbursement by Cities and Towns
144.97
$14,811.41
The Net Cost of Old Age Assistance for 1946 was
$3,205.82
Respectfully submitted,
FERDINAND J. LIBBY FRANK X. RINFRETTE FRED J. JETTE Bureau of Old Age Assistance
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Citizens of Douglas:
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1946:
The expenditures for all categories were increased this past year due to the higher cost of living expenses. It was necessary to increase the grants for board, food, fuel and medical expenses for all recipients.
Thirty-six persons, comprising twenty families, were given gen- eral relief during the year. Twelve persons were aided regularly throughout the year and no doubt will continue to need assistance until eligible for Old Age Assistance.
Five persons whose spouses are receiving Old Age Assistance but who themselves are not eligible for such assistance have been given supplementary aid as required by state law. One of these became sixty-five years of age this year and was transferred to Old Age Assistance.
The expenses of two persons at rest homes amounted to $1,029.28. One of them has recently been transferred to another town.
The change in state law governing Aid to Dependent Children which now requires all towns to meet the full amount of the budget made an immediate increase in aid to that category.
Bills totalling $1,507.50 were paid for aid to persons in other cities and towns. Reimbursement was received for part of the ex- penses of one person who is being boarded at the State Infirmary.
Following is a classification of welfare expenditures for the year 1946:
Cash
$2,084.40
Clothes
14.16
Fuel
131.60
Groceries
425.95
Hospital
79.39
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Medical
412.04
Miscellaneous
53.29
Outside cases
1,507.50
Rent
390.00
Rest Homes
1,029.28
Total
$6,127.61
State Aid-War Allowance Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1946 $30.00
Payments to Treasurer 1946 $30.00
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Temporary Aid-Accounts Receivable
Charges 1946
$1,577.30
Payments to treasurer 1946 $956.66
Charges reported in error 1.57
Old age assistance accounts receivable charges reported as temporary aid accounts receiv- able 144.97
Outstanding December 31, 1946 and January 7,
1947, per list 474.10
$1,577.30
Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1946
$186.08
Charges 1946:
Reported
$420.33
Not reported
41.23
461.56
Federal grant, aid to dependent children, re- ported as aid to dependent children ac- counts receivable 40.50
$688.14
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Payments to treasurer 1946 $518.05 Outstanding December 31, 1946 and January 7,
1947, per list
170.09
$688.14
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable
Charges 1946 $7,258.52
Reported as temporary aid accounts receivable
144.97
$7,403.49
Payments to treasurer 1946 $7,403.49
Respectully submitted,
FRANK X RINFRETTE, Chairman WALTER L. CARPENTER FRED J. JETTE Board of Public Welfare VERA H. WARNER, Agent
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REPORT OF THE VETERANS' SERVICE DIRECTOR
6th January, 1947
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman,
Douglas, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Veterans Service Director, from February 15, 1946 to December 31, 1946.
1. Employment 12
2. Education 20
3. Housing 5
4. Medical 12
5. Pensions
8
6. State Bonus
320
7. Taxes
3
8. Training-Industry
22
9. Unemployment-Compensation
42
10. Veterans-Benefits
22
11. Terminal Leave
256
12. Soldiers Relief 2
13. Miscellaneous 250
It has been a pleasure to serve my service friends, hoping that I can be of more help to them in the future.
Respectfully Submitted,
CHESTER C. FULONE,
Director.
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1946
To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas:
I herewith submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
The Fire Department answered 55 alarms during 1946 classed as follows: Chimneys 14, forest fires 12, grass 11, town dump 2. au- tomobile 1, house 1, brush 3, oil burners 2, false alarms 3.
This report shows an increase of six alarms over that of last year; and we were called out to put out the fire at the town dump eight times as compared to four times in 1945.
The annual lawn party sponsored by the Fire Department was held in June. With the usual support and cooperation of the local residents, the party was a great success.
In 1945 the town purchased a GMC chassis from the U. S. Gov- ernment for the sum of $485. Subsequently a body was added to this chassis with a water tank built in the body. The capacity of the water tank is approximately 700 gallons. With the addition of this type of body the fire truck is worth $5,000.00. The cost to the town was only $2,370.00.
The Fire Department is now equipped with three pieces of fire fighting apparatus, namely: the GMC, the 1935 Ford Truck, and the 1926 Studebaker truck. The net result is that we are in a more favorable position to fight all types of fires.
To further improve the efficiency of the fire department, there is a definite need for a ladder and chemical truck to protect our two manufacturing plants as well as our residential buildings. At the present time the department has only one ladder with an overall extension exceeding thirty feet. The department needs ladders that will make the roofs of the manufacturing plants accessible for fire fighting purposes.
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In the past year the fire department was called upon twice to use the fire department inhalator. Both emergency calls were made by Chief of Police Victor J. Nelson for accidental drownings at the Manchaug Pond.
I wish to thank all the members of the Department and the various town officials for their cooperation during the past year.
APPROPRIATION
Town Appropriation
$1,800.00 -
Reserve Fund
176.39
$1,976.39
EXPENDITURES
Fire Chief's Salary
$150.00
Fire Company's Salaries
850.00
Janitor's Salary
78.00
Albert Courtemanche
130.00
Telephone
131.97
Fuel
95.33
Lights
20.21
Repairs at Fire Station
24.78
Fire Truck Maintenance
173.59
New Tires
180.00
Hose
99.10
Lunches
7.30
All other
36.11
Total
$1,976.39
Fire Alarm Signal
To summon firemen to the station-2 blows repeated three times.
No School Signal
Three blasts of the mill whistle at 7.30 A. M. closes all schools for the morning session. The same signal at 11.30 A. M. closes all schools for the afternoon session.
The same signal at 11.15 A. M. denotes that there will be one session. In case of one session all grades will close at 12.30 P. M .;
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except first grade which will close at noon. If the whistle does not blow at 11.30 A. M. there will be school in the afternoon.
Fire Department Personnel:
Felix Vecchione, Chief
Joseph Vecchione, Asst. Chief
William Van Ness, Sr., 1st Engineer
Edward Therrien, 2nd Engineer
Louis Bloniasz, 3rd Engineer
Harold Anderson, 4th Engineer
Edmund Bruno, Treasurer
Joseph Bruno
Henry La Bonne
Fred Cabana Ernest Brule
Lawrence Kolumber
Edward Jussaume
Anthony Janton
John Michna
Steve Bezik
Respectfully submitted,
FELIX S. VECCHIONE, Chief
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REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Town Appropriation
$500.00 -
Reserve Fund
301.21
$801.21
EXPENDITURES
Salaries $336.37
Farrar Co., for hose, pump cans, etc. 417.48
Fire Truck Maintenance
32.18
The Goodness Store
15.18
Total $801.21
Recapitulation:
Number of Fires 11
Number of Permits Issued
107
Answered Calls from Surrounding Towns 6
WARDENS
Paul D. Manning
William Therrien
William J. Wallis
Edward Therrien
Ernest Lunn
John Michna -
Earl McCann
Fred Pilch
Charles Church
Vincent Cerulle
W. Lincoln Carpenter
Gabriel Gagnon
Frank Yacino Henry A. Peters
Herbert Gove
Ferdinand Vecchione
Harold Buxton
William Caswell
Charles Devlin
Roy Kenyon
Louis Bloniasz
Elwin Chase
Henry Therrien
Respectfully submitted,
FELIX S. VECCHIONE,
Forest Warden
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I wish to submit the following report for the year 1946:
Sealed
Testing Scales and Weights
Adjusted 1 105
Gasoline Meters
9
Grease Meters
1
Liquid Measures
5
Yard Sticks
1
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Total
1 131
Collected for Testing, $20.09.
Respectfully submitted,
KENNETH E. McMAHON, Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library
Town Appropriation
$1,700.00
Dog Fund
482.24
Reserve Fund
3.61
$2,185.85
EXPENDITURES
Librarian
$1,236.16
Treasurer
25.00
Janitors
257.50
Books
407.10
Periodicals, etc.
42.30
Fuel
120.47
Light
37.90
Bond
7.50
Jantor's Supplies, etc.
12.74
Printing
10.40
Telephone
7.23
Other Expenses
21.55
$2,185.85
Endowment Funds -
Mrs. Royal Keith Fund
$200.00
James M. Fairfield Fund
5,000.00
James Smith Fund
6,000.00
Arthur F. Taft Fund
500.00
Winfield S. Schuster Fund
1,000.00
James W. Wixtead Fund
200.00
Totals
$12,900.00
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SIMON FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value Total
$1,075.66 $12,000.00 $13,075.66
$1,099.06 $12,000.00 $13,099.06
$1,103.88 $12,000.00 $13,103.88
1946
PAYMENTS
RECEIPTS
Income
$332.66 Added to savings deposits $23.40 Transfer to income account 309.26
$332.66
$332.66
January 1 to 7, 1947 $4.82 Added to savings deposits $4.82
Income
SIMON FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND Income Account In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees
Cash
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1946
$144.78
$144.78
On hand at end of year 1946
$182.77
$182.77
On hand January 7, 1947
$182.77
$182.77
1946
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Transfer from principal
account
$309.26
Expended by trustees Cash balance Dec. 31, 1947
182.77
$454.04
$454.04
January 1 to 7, 1947
Cash on hand Jan.
Cash on hand Jan.
1, 1947
$182.77 7, 1947
$182.77
Respectfully submtited,
STEPHEN L. HREUSIK,
Treasurer
On hand at beginning of year 1946 On hand at end of year 1946
On hand January 7, 1947
$271.27
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1946 144.78
72
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
December 31, 1946
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Lester J. Dermody, Chairman
Douglas, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my first annual report as Superintendent of Highways. A detailed classification of expenditures is given as follows:
Chapter 81 Highways
Appropriated by Town
$5,325.00
Allotment by State 15,975.00
Total
$21,300.00
Frank A. Yacino, Supt. $144.00
Edward A. Therrien, Supt.
1,197.00
Earl McCann. Ass't. Supt., 1005 hrs. @ .90
904.50
Earl McCann, Grader Operator, 242 hrs. @ 1.00
242.00
James Murphy, Truck Driver, 73 hrs. @ .75
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