Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1941-1950, Part 50

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2,944.42


Equipment Insurance


242.80


Sidewalks


299.27


Highway Pick Up Truck


1,130.00


$69,242.75


Public Welfare and Soldiers Benefits:


Welfare Salaries:


Chairman


$200.00


2nd Member


100.00


3rd Member


100.00


Welfare Relief Expense


4,883.92


Old Age Assistance-Clerk


980.00


Welfare-Clerk


800.00


Aid to Dependent Children-Clerk


240.00


Old Age Assistance Expense


18,655.80


Special Highway Insurance


954.76


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Aid to Dependent Children


2,465.06


Federal Grants:


Old Age Assistance


17,930.77


O.A.A. Adm.


387.38


Aid to Dependent Children


1,052.64


A.D.C. Adm.


17.41


Veterans' Agent


750.00


Veterans' Service Dept. Expense


87.43


Veterans' Dept. Special


50.00


Veterans' Benefits


668.50


Veterans'-War Allowance


50.00


$49,418.91


School and Library:


School Committee Salaries:


Chairman


$75.00


Secretary


40.00


Purchasing Agent


25.00


4th Member


20.00


5th Member


20.00


6th Member


20.00


School-General Expense


76,999.13


Industrial Schools


690.27


Library


2,907.88


$80.797.28


Recreation and Unclassified:


Blanket Insurance


$1,099.30


Memorial Day


396.63


Printing Town Reports


445.00


Recreational Program


291.58


$2,232.51


Water Department and Cemeteries:


Water Commissioners' Salaries:


1st Member


$100.00


2nd Member


100.00


3rd Member


100.00


Water Department Expense


7,857.52


Douglas Center Extension


64,274.87


Pumping Station


1,000.00


Water Department-Extensions-Services 4,916,38


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Cemetery-Douglas Center


141.05


Cemetery-Pine Grove


150.00


$78,639.82


Interest and Maturing Debt:


Debt


$1,000.00


Interest


585.00


$1,585.00


Refunds:


1949 MVET


$9.92


1950 MVET


917.22


1950 Personal


72.00


Real Estate


323.10


1950 Polls


14.00


$1,336.24


Agency, Trust and Investment:


-


Federal Withholding Taxes


$7,520.72


Teachers' Retirement Fund


3,632.59


County Retirement Fund


1,979.61


Dog Licenses in County


747.60


Myron O. Mowry Fund Income


792.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income


86.00


Blue Cross-School Group


449.25


Blue Cross-Town Group


745.60


Sale of Tax Titles


362.30


Eunice L. Buffington Fund


35.95


$16,355.22


State and County Taxes:


Audit of Municipal Accounts


$394.82


State Parks and Reservations


324.72


County Tax


6,368.72


County Tuberculosis Hospital


2,205.90


County Retirement


1,058.00


$10,352.16


1948 Bills:


Fire Dept. $40.00


$40.00


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TOWN OF DOUGLAS


1949 Bills:


New Town Hall Maintenance


$31.26


Fire Department


9.35


Health


9.40


Snow Roads


262.65


Machinery Account


237.19


Welfare


577.21


$1,127.06


TOTAL PAYMENTS 1950


$344,570.35


Balance December 31, 1950


83,296.41


$427,866.76


Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant


Town of Douglas


Balance Sheet-December 31, 1950


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash:


Payroll Deductions :


Federal Taxes


$2,470.32


County Retirement 234.92


Blue Cross-Schools


164.75


Blue Cross-Town


94.60


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1949, Real Estate ...


29.25


County Tax


224.51


Levy of 1950, Personal


13.50


County T. B. Hospital


499.53


Levy of 1950, Real Estate


506.27


Trust Funds Income:


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:


Mowry School Fund


$120.19


Adeline Pierce Sanborn


Library Fund 20.44


Tax Titles


$466.61


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


302.38


Tax Title Possessions


2,065.46


2,532.07


Departmental:


Buffington Gifts for School Reference Library


171.84


Town Hall


$159.50


Tailings


51.87


Highways


13.00


Cemetery-Sale of Lots and Graves


149.00


Aid to Dependent Children .... 355.11


Machinery Rental Fund


400.57


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443.01


Levy of 1950


442.56


Overestimates 1950:


$2,964.59


In Banks and Office


$83,246.41


Advance-Tax Collector 50.00


$83,296.41


Veterans Benefits 27.00


554.61


Water:


Rates


$1,503.54


Aid


596.07


Old Age Assistance :


Administration


1,888.36


1,787.27


Assistance


518.30


Aid to Highways:


State


General Accounts:


Chapter 81


$5,875.00


Health 1949 Bills


$74.72


Chapter 90 Construction 6,000.00


Water-Extension


10,725.13


Chapter 90 Maintenance 10,000.00


Water-Services


83.62


County :


Chapter 90 Construction


3,000.00


10,883.47


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,000.00


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus ... Overlay Reserved for Abatement:


4,952.16


25,875.00


Levy of 1949


$332.20


Levy of 1950


555.95


Underestimates 1950:


State Parks and Reservations


Assessment $79.29


Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $442.56


Tax Title and Tax Possession ... Departmental .


2,532.07


554.61


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TOWN OF DOUGLAS


76.94


Unexpended Balances: Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration $208.87


Miscellaneous


283.73


Compensation Insurance Fund . ....


888.15


79.29


3,211.60


Water


1,787.27


Aid to Highways .


25,875.00


31,191.51


Post War Rehabilitation Fund


5,000.00


Interest


34.38


Water Available Surplus


7,169.01


Surplus Revenue


46,804.09


$115,116.23


$115,216.23


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt $76,000.00


Water Main Loan $1,000.00


Douglas Center Extension Loan 75,000.00


$76,000.00


$76,000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities:


In Custody of Town Treasurer $31,358.71


In Custody of Treasurer of Library


Trustees .. $13,277.70


In Custody of Moses Wallis Devise Agent $32,342.31


In Custory of Town Treasurer: Myron O. Mowry School Fund $25,920.63 Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 110.98


Care of Graves of G.A.R. Fund 816.94


Mary South Cemetery Lots Fund 245.83


Monument Funds-Sons of


Veterans Post No. 123 115.48


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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 3,720.27 Post War Rehabilitation Fund 428.58


$31,358.71 In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Public Library Fund 13,277.70


In Custody of Agent: Devise of Moses Wallis 32,342.31


$76,978.72


$76,978.72


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


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ANNUAL REPORT


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


The following is a report of the Board of Assessors for 1950:


Assessed Valuation of the Town $2,266,331.00


Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Buildings 1,670,910.00


Assessed Valuation of Real Estate, Land 382,016.00


Assessed Valuation of Personal Property 213,405.00


Motor Vehicle Valuation 445,130.00


Motor Vehicle Excise


15,504.33


Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed


1,050


Rate of Taxation per $1,000


45.00


Amount of Tax on Property


103,739.50


Number of Polls 877


Amount of Tax on Polls


1,754.00


Number of Persons and Firms Assessed


825


Number of Horses Assessed


29


Number of Cows Assessed


139


Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed


33


Number of Swine Assessed


11


Number of Dwellings Assessed


694


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


19,096.28


Number of Fowl Assessed


3,230


Valuation of Property Exempt From Taxation


357,211.00


PURPOSES FOR WHICH TAXES ARE ASSESSED


State Parks and Reservations


$324.51


Auditing Account, State


558.28


County Tax


6,593.23


County Tuberculosis Hospital


2,705.43


Appropriations, Make-up of Tax-rate


227,048.55


Overlay, Current Year


4,366.28


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:


Following is the Annual Town Clerk's Report:


VOTES PASSED BY THE TOWN SINCE THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Special Town Meeting, Thursday, March 25, 1950, 7:30 P.M.


ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) from the Machinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account.


ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) from the Highway Compensation Insur- ance Fund to the Special Highway Insurance Account.


ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the addi- tional sum of Five Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($525.00) for Bridges.


ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the ad- ditional sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for Snow Roads.


ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the ad- ditional sum of Sixty-three dollars and Seventy Cents ($63.70) for the installation of new electrical fixtures at the Old Town Hall.


ARTICLE 6. The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the purpose of changing the Police Cruiser into an auxiliary ambulance.


ARTICLE 7. It was voted to table this article.


Attest: LUCIUS J. MARSH,


Town Clerk.


Special Town Meeting, Wednesday, December 20, 1950, 7:30 P.M.


ARTICLE 1. The Town voted to transfer the sum of five thou- sand dollars ($5,000.00) from the Machinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account.


ARTICLE 2. The Town voted to transfer the sum of four hun- dred and sixty dollars ($460.00) from the highway Compensation In- surance Fund to the Special Highway Insurance Account.


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ARTICLE 3. The Town voted to transfer the sum of twelve hun- dred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00 ) from the Veterans Benefits Account to the New Town Hall Maintenance Account.


ARTICLE 4. The Town voted to accept the provisions of Chap. 820 of Acts of 1950 providing an increase in pension of $100 yearly to certain town employees who are now on pension and the Town voted that this acceptance be retroactive to December 1, 1950.


ARTICLE 5. The Town voted to appropriate the sum of nine thousand ($9,000.00) for Chapt. 90 Highway Maintenance on the Webster Road (Route 16) in Douglas and to meet said appropriation the Town voted to transfer the sum of nine thousand dollars ($9,000 .- 00) from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the full State share of the cost of the work, the reimbursement from the State to be restored upon its receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.


Attest : LUCIUS J. MARSH,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN OF DOUGLAS


BIRTHS-1950


January


5. John Stanley Bloniaz, Jr. John Stanley and Rita Mae Bruno


7. Lawrence Edward Bombara


Joseph Robert and Margaret Mary Madden


10. Edward Walter Bartlett James Robert and Mary Teresa Lavin


13. Bernard Arthur Arsenault Augustin Anthonais and Maud Melina Chickering


26. Theodore Joseph Chizy, Jr. Theodore Joseph and Theresa Fernande Boucher


February


7. Evelyn Nedoroscik Joseph Paul and Evelyn Anna Handfield


23. Susan Rita Orphin Richard Knight and Rita Marie Gautreau


March


6. Noreen Elizabeth Windham Carlton Grey and Rosanna Elizabeth Valliere


7. Charles Gerard Hamelin George A. and Gloria O'Rourke


23. Linda Joanne Larsen Philip T. and Mable D. Johnson


28. David Stanley McCallum Robert Harold and Helen Yongsma


May


15. Richard S. Ramsbotham, Jr. Richard S. and Erlene A. Richardson 19. Frank Saster Joseph J. and Albina M. Colonero


June


4. Lorraine George James Peter and Cecelia Geotis


8. Gary Norman Coporale Dominick Louis and Rita Therrien


19. Thomas Beckwith Carter


Frederick Weir and Helen Louise Davis


29. Jonathon Edward Jones


George Everett and Lucy Jane Dudley


30. Charles Cody Charles Robert and Katherine Bombara


30. Verna Lee Johnson Everett V. and Mildred W. Bethel


July


1. Cynthia Dorothy Shurick


Charles Francis and Beatrice Naomi Stewart


10. Louis Paul Somers Warren Louis and Barbara Ella Poynter


16. Susan Gail Mowry Albert Francis and Joyce Mildred Patnode


18. Bonnie Ellen Ballou Clifford N. and Ellen H. Larson


August


16. Kent Brotherton George Arthur and Myrtice Maybell Johnson


19. Charles Arthur Stewart, Jr.


Charles Arthur and Maxine Lucille Randall


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BIRTHS (Continued)


September


2. David Homer Green Homer Louis and Ann Stefaniak


11. Barbara Ann Milkman Gordon Earle and Theresa Jeanne Lemay


16. Robert Norman Conrad Raymond Everett and Hazel Idella Longton


14. Betty Ann Nelson Walter A. and Mildred M. Hairyes


October


6. Alfred Douglas Parker Robert Holmes and Carolyn Balcome


7. Jean Elizabeth Grondin Andrea Amie and Evelyn Riley


November


21. Danis Ludvigson Harry Albin and Loretta Prince


29. James Joseph Toomey Aldin William and Mary Louise Moroney


December


6. Jane Ellen Burrows


21. Thomas Mikolaycik


22. Susan Annette Bruno


- Brenda Marie Rutana


Manuel Leo and Anne Nedoroscik John Paul and Betty Vodden


Albert Henry and Mathilda Annette Auger Edward W. and Pauline M. Cupka


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MARRIAGES, 1950


February


4. James E. Murphy of Douglas, and Jeanne Lauziere of Sut- ton, Mass.


18. Andrew Yerka and Mary A. Manyak, both of Douglas.


18. Thomas Gilchrist of Northbridge, Mass., and Irene A. Tra- vaille of Douglas.


24. Richard Walter Brown of Douglas, and Doris Gladys Christian of Linwood, Mass.


25. Joseph Hoogendyk of Northbridge, Mass., and Sarah Ann Nes- bitt of Douglas.


April


15. Leo Bouffard of Sutton, Mass., and Katherine M. Salatiello of Douglas.


May


13. Patrick J. Nestor, Jr., of Worcester, Mass., and Gloria J. Cassista of Douglas.


June


10. Stephen John Nedoroscik of Douglas, and Jane Rose Choj- nacka of Worcester, Mass.


10. Ernest J. Hippert of Douglas, and Frances (Hreusik) Jette of Douglas.


17. John D. Manning of Douglas, and Mary J. Budreau of Mill- bury, Mass.


17. Robert Trottier of Northbridge, Mass., and Marilyn Elwell of Douglas.


17. Florendo Colonero of Douglas, and Ann Marie Kelliher of Northbridge, Mass.


17. Joseph J. Yerka of Douglas and Helen A. Kurek of North- bridge, Mass.


17. Martin Vajcovec of Webster, Mass., and Anne Kleya of Doug- las.


24. Laurier Marcoux of Oakland, R. I., and Josephine Makowski of Douglas.


July


1. Francis J. Bousquet of Douglas, and Audrey Ann Baldini of Southboro, Mass.


4. Joseph F. Gonsorcik, Jr., of Douglas, and Ruth A. Aubin of Millbury, Mass.


4. Albert H. Bruno of Douglas, and Matilda A. Auger of Sutton, Mass.


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MARRIAGES (Continued)


August


21. Joseph Cerulle of Douglas and Francesca DiNatali of Malden, Mass.


September


1. Herman Haagsma of Northbridge, Mass., and Ferne Robinson of Douglas.


4. George Tyler of Waltham, Mass., and Bertha L. Brule of Douglas.


23. Harry F. Colton, Jr., of Douglas, and Joan R. Woodall of Douglas.


30. Page D. Potter of Harrisville, R. I., and Helen Makowski of Douglas.


30. Joseph Alfred Rondeau of Northbridge, Mass., and Joyce Elaine Boutilier of Douglas.


October


6. James Manard Carter of Douglas, and Theresa Lorraine Bou- dreau of Douglas.


10. Anthony Furno of Douglas and Lucille Chaput of Grafton, Mass.


14. Chester F. Knights of Bellingham, Mass., and Ruth L. Man- ning of Douglas.


21. John J. Conway of Sutton, Mass., and Alice F. Manyak of Douglas.


November


6. Raymond C. John of Douglas, and Rose Alice Kubik of Webster, Mass.


11. Andrew R. Minarik of Douglas, and Simone Vadenais of East Blackstone, Mass.


22. Stephen A. Macuga of Douglas, and Margaret R. Murphy of Worcester, Mass.


23. William Hemingway of Sutton, Mass., and Margaret E. Con- rad of Douglas.


23. Lucien J. Cassista of Douglas, and Rosette A. Letourneau of Uxbridge, Mass.


25. Roland Laliberte of East Thompson, Conn., and Grace I. Jones of Douglas.


25. William John Susienka of Douglas, and Mary Dorothy Me- ciak of Webster, Mass.


December


19. Andrew S. Stratton of Uxbridge and Nancy A. Ludvigson of Douglas.


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DEATHS-1950


January


5. Helen M. Howard


29


2


3


21. Joseph Bruno


58


6


20


24. Alvah J. Hall


71


30. Charles Anderson


62


11


20


February


24. Francis X. Cooney


49


11


March


6. Emma L. Patterson


67


5


7


16. Louis Laflamme


84


May


13. Robert Walker


63


7


-


27. Leanna Brown


75


8


8


June


1. Mildred May Cooney


66


1


6


21. Louis A. Cottle


76


28. Antoinette A. Coppola 69


July


7. Norval A. Dixson


50


4


1


10. Carrie E. True Frazier


74


6


20


29. Guillaume St. Andre


67


10


August


27. Mary A. Joy


46


9


-


October


15. Roger W. Keith


38


24. Frank Honore Rivard 80


November


6. Walter R. Kroll


43


-


-


December


24. Mary A. Mercak


87


9


-


26. Alma (Jarvis) Chapdelaine


70


5,


29


29. Alexander R. Johnston


79


11


19


Years


Months


Days


-


23. Joan F. Manyak


2


9


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ANNUAL REPORT


DOG LICENSES


The number of dogs licensed in the Town of Douglas in 1950 was 309, divided as follows:


Male 204


Female 41


Spayed 61


Kennel Licenses


3


309


Sent to County Treasurer


$754.20


Reimbursement from them 625.72


SPORTING LICENSES, ETC.


The number of Fishing and other licenses issued in 1950 was 510, divided as follows:


Fishing


168


Sporting 155


Hunting 76


Female and Minor Fishing Licenses 63


All others


48


510


Respectfully submitted,


LUCIUS J. MARSH, Town Clerk.


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TOWN OF DOUGLAS


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


December 31, 1950


Mr. Robert J. Frost, Chairman


Board of Selectmen


Douglas, Mass.


I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Douglas Police Department for the Year ending December 31, 1950.


ORGANIZATION


Chief of Police VICTOR J. NELSON


Sergeant


CHESTER C. FULONE


Patrolmen


Joseph Kostka


Warren Johnson Jeremiah Kelly


Harry Brown


John Michna


ACTIVITY REPORT


Complaints Received (all nature) 501


Complaints Investigated


368


Investigations for Other Departments


36


Hours Investigations


893


Hours Court


66


Value of Stolen Property Recovered


$330.00


Arrests (see following schedule for Classification)


37


TRAFFIC


Cars stopped, operators warned and booked, vio. M. V. Laws 707


Cars stopped, operators summoned to Court, vio. M. V. Laws Cars stopped, operators licenses suspended, vio. M. V. Laws


18


205


Cars stopped, registration revoked, vio. M. V. Laws


4


Cars stopped, general check on licenses, occupants, etc.


75


Motor Vehicles Transfers Checked and Approved 66


Violation of Parking Laws 93


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ANNUAL REPORT


Accidents:


Property Damage


10


Personal Injury


6


Total 16


MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES


Hours Special Duty (all officers)


950


Doors to Business Places found unlocked & secured 18


Street Lights found out and reported to Proper Authorities 160


Emergency messages delivered 10


Death messages delivered


4


Value of Lost Property found and returned to Owners $125.00


Emergency Trips to Hospitals with Cruiser


6


Highway defects located and reported to Supervisor 6


Vacant houses inspected at request of owners (inspections) 923


Deaths Investigated


3


Mileage. Cruiser. Patrols. Investigations. Court, etc 18.302


CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE


Crimes against the Person:


Assault and Battery


1


Crimes against Property :


Breaking and Entering


22


Breaking and Entering and Larceny


6


Crimes against Public Order:


Non-Support


3


Violation of Fish & Game Laws


4


Insane Person


1


Total


37


Males


37


Females


0


Residents


31


Non-Residents


6


Felonies


28


Misdemeanors


9


For Other Departments


5


Sentences to Jails. Prisons. etc


1


Cases Pending


4


Unserved Warrants


1


Juveniles brought to Police Hdqts. regarding Malicious Mischief. No prosecution wanted by Complainants


6


Juveniles apprehended for crimes committed and turned over to the Youth's Service Board for their Investi- gation and Disposition per General Laws and Court Order


28


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All members of the Police Department attended, completed and passed the Standard Course of Instruction in First Aid to the in- jured that was held over a nine week period at the Town Hall in E. Douglas. The weekly meetings were held during the months of February, March and April of 1950.


All mmbers of the Department assisted in the work of procur- ing volunteers to donate blood at the Red Cross blood program that was held at Douglas on 9-29 50.


The entire Police Department took active part in locating a missing girl who was lost in the woods near the Whitinsville Reser- voir area. The girl was found by one of the Officers. A letter of Commendation for the Police Department was received by the Board of Selectmen regarding this incident from the parents of the girl.


The Auxiliary Police Force which was so active during World War II has been re-organized to meet the present world crisis. At present there are twenty-five members. We are bringing up this membership to forty. Instruction on all Police work along with Executive Orders regarding Civilian Defense are to be given to this group along with the regular Police, so that they will be able to cope with any emergency.


The Motor Vehicle Accident rate for the Town of Douglas re- mained about average. In fact we had one less accident in 1950 than in 1949. We did not have any fatal accidents in either 1949 or 1950. Therefore it was with some surprise that we learned that the Insurance rates for Douglas had been jumped about $2.00. Investi- gation disclosed, however, that this was not caused by the accidents occuring in this Town but the fact that cars registered in Douglas were being involved in accidents elsewhere. In other words the In- surance rates are not governed by where the accidents take place but from where the cars involved are registered. So again we try to impress upon the motorists of Douglas to drive carefully every- where and not just in your own Town.


The itemized financial statement follows:


Appropriation :


Town Meeting $7,200.00


$7,200,00


Expenditures :


Chief of Police


$2,600.00


Night Officer


2,288.00


Special Officers


879.60


Cruiser Maintenance


552.51


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Telephone


408.75


Telephone Switchboard


195.00


Insurance on Cruiser


145.63


Office Supplies


38.31


Equipment


19.65


Uniforms


53.13


All Other


19.40


Unexpended


$7,199.98 .02


$7,200.00


Other Departmental expenditures include:


Purchase of New Cruiser in 1950


$799.25


Use of Northbridge Lock-up


165.00


$964.25


Respectfully submitted,


VICTOR J. NELSON, Chief of Police


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TOWN OF DOUGLAS


REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER


December 31, 1950


Mr. Robert J. Frost, Chairman,


Board of Selectmen,


Douglas, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Dog Officer for the Year ending December 31, 1950.


Dogs Licensed


309


Males


204


Females


41


Spayed Dogs


61


Kennel Licenses


3


Unlicensed Dogs killed


5


Licensed Dogs killed at request of Owner


8


Stray Dogs (licensed) found and returned to owner


15


Dogs killed by auto


5


Persons alleged to have been bitten by Dogs


3


Number of Inspections of Licensed Kennels


12


A list of Dog Owners was furnished by the Town Clerk. Taxes on all animals were paid on or before Sept. 1, 1950.


Amount of money received from Dog Licenses that was forwarded to the County Treasurer $754.20


Amount the Town of Douglas will be reimbursed from the County in 1951 $625.72


To the best of my knowledge there are no unlicensed Dogs in the Town at this time.


Respectfully submitted,


VICTOR J. NELSON,


Dog Officer


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ANNUAL REPORT


COLLECTOR'S REPORT


To the Citizens of Douglas:


Following is my twelfth Annual Report as Tax Collector:


TAXES 1949


Real Estate:


Outstanding January 1, 1950


$354.70


Payments to Treasurer 1950


$314.20


Outstanding December 31, 1950 40.50


$354.70


TAXES 1950


Polls :


Committment per Warrant $1,754.00


Additional Commitment 6.00


Refunds


$1,760.00 14.00


$1,774.00


Payments to Treasurer


$1,616.00


Abatements


158.00


$1,774.00


Personal 1950


Commitment per Warrant


$9,603.28


Additional Commitment


13.50


$9,616.78


Payments and abatements refunded


72.00


$9,688.78


Payments to Treasurer 1950


$9,603.28


Abatements 1950


72.00


Outstanding December 31, 1950


13.50


$9,688.78


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


41


Real Estate 1950


Commitment per Warrant $92,382.22


Additional Commitment 36.00


Payments and abatments refunded


$92,418.22 311.85


$92,730.07


Payments to Treasurer


$91,231.99


Abatements 1950


957.38


Added to Tax Titles


34.43


Outstanding December 31, 1950


506.27


$92,730.07


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1949


Outstanding January 1, 1950


$415.72


Commitment per Warrant 1950


241.85


$657.57


Payments to Treasurer


$639.62


Abatements


... 17.95


$657.57


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1950


Commitment per Warrants


$16,566.34


Payments and abatements refunded


917.22


$17,483.56


Payments to Treasurer


$15,029.19


Abatements


931.39


Outstanding December 31, 1950


1,522.98


$17,483.56


INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES


Collections 1950


Interest:


Taxes 1949


$6.84


Taxes 1950


18.59


$25.43


42


ANNUAL REPORT


Costs :


Taxes 1949


$19.50


Taxes 1950


105.05


124.55


Payments to Treasurer 1950 $149.98


Respectfully submitted,


FLOYD S. RAWSON, Tax Collector


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


To the Honorable Selectmen of Douglas,


Dear Sirs:


Enclosed is my annual report for the year 1950.


I have tested and sealed all scales used in the sales of produce to the Public and found them to be in good condition.


I have collected and turned over to the Treasurer the sum of $54.50.


Respectfully submitted,


KENNETH C. McMAHON, Sealer


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


43


REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT


Chapter 81 Highways


Appropriated by Town


$5,325.00


Allotment by State


19,525.00


Total


$24,850.00


Expenditures :


Labor


$11,201.68


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


443.16


Hired Equipment


4,321.50


Rental from town owned equipment credited


to Machinery Account


4,652.60


Materials


4,230.50


Total Chapter 81 Highways


$24,849.44


Unexpended


.56


$24,850.00


Chapter 90 Construction


Appropriated by Town


$3,000.00


Allotment by State


3,000.00


Allotment by County


6,000.00


Total


$12,000.00


Expenditures :


Labor


$2,032.90


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


77.99


Hired Equipment


1,093.50


Rental from town owned equipment credited Machinery Account


541.90


Materials


8,253.17


Total Chapter 90 Construction


$11,999.46


Unexpended


.54


$12,000.00


44


ANNUAL REPORT


Chapter 90 Maintenance


Appropriated by Town


$1,000.00


Allotment by State


1,000.00


Allotment by County


1,000.00


$3,000.00


Expenditures :


Labor


$1,165.60


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


46.58


Hired Equipment


104.00


Rental from town owned equipment credited to Machinery Account


448.50


Materials


1,235.18


Total Chapter 90 Maintenance


$2,999.86


Unexpended


.14


$3,000.00


Snow Roads


Town Appropriation


$4,500.00


Expenditures :


Labor


$2,594.75


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


129.46


Hired Equipment


193.00


Rental from town owned equipment credited




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