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844.40
$54,879.07
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Temporary Aid-State
Temporary Aid-Cities and Towns
256.73
Disability Assistance-State
673.94
Disability Assistance-Administration
6.35
Old Age Assistance-State
16,306.96
Old Age Assistance-Cities and Towns
202.14
Old Age Assistance-Individuals
1,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,880.36
Veterans' Benefits
1,266.02
Veterans'-abatements Reinbursement
138.70
$21,731.20
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid
15,879.32
Old Age Assistance-Administration
922.97
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
3,595.15
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
422.96
Disability Assistance-Aid
261.70
Disability Assistance Administration
$21,082.10
Commercial Revenue:
Selectmen-Licenses and permits
151.50
Selectmen-Liquor Licenses
1,060.00
Selectmen-Advertising Licenses
21.00
Tax Collector-Interest and Polls Charges
169.08
Tax Collector-Costs
315.00
Town Hall Rental
353.00
$2,069.58
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Protection of Persons and Property :
Wire Inspector
63.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
59.00
Court Fines
25.00
Ambulance
50.00
$197.00
Health:
Red Cross Telephone Refunds
65.75
State Dept. of Health
12.14
$77.89
Schools and Library:
State Tuition of State Wards
450.50
Tuition
377.66
Sale of Supplies
42.45
School Lunches
14,866.55
Revolving Athletic Fund
674.11
Reimbursement for damages
65.00
Telephone Reimbursement
.75
Library Fines
177.80
$16,654.82
Public Service Enterprise:
Water Rates
14,784.25
Water-Service and Miscellaneous
407.25
$15,191.50
Cemetery :
Perpetual Care-Interest
145.26
Sale of Lawn Mower
15.00
$160.26
Agency, Trust and Investment
Federal Withholding Tax
23,499.63
County Retirement
3,293.07
Dog Licenses for County
821.25
Blue Cross-Employees Group
3,146.16
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Blue Cross-Non Contributory Group
1,142.10
Insurance Collections
765.25
Teachers' Retirement
4,882.60
Myron O. Mowry Fund
829.48
Moses Wallis Devise Income
917.89
Interest on Truck Loan
6.25
Massachusetts Withholding Tax
1,357.95
Moses Wallis Devise Income-received in error
125.00
$40,661.63
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue Loans
70,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan
38,275.00
New Truck Loan
7,500.00
$115,775.00
Miscellaneous Income:
Checks refunded
41.83
Tax Title Advertising
8.82
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
,
1.50
$52.15
Total Receipts in 1959
$607,056.36
Cash Balance January 1, 1959
118,402.81
$725,459.17
PAYMENTS 1959
General Government:
Selectmen's Salary:
Chairman
100.00
Second Member
100.00
Selectmen's Expense
520.53
Town Accountants' Salary
1,250.00
Clerical Hire-Selectmen
650.00
Clerical Hire-Town Clerk
300.00
Clerical Hire-Town Treasurer
825.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
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Town Clerk's Expense
148.81
Town Clerk's Office Equipment
300.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
100.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
747.56
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
699.24
Assessor's Salaries:
Chairman
600.00
2nd Member
150.00
3rd Member
150.00
Assessor's Expense
700.00
Legal Expenses
499.40
Moderator
15.00
Registrars' Salaries:
Chairman
25.00
2nd Member
25.00
3rd Member 25.00
Registrar's Expense
700.00
Election Expense
257.51
Town Accountant's Equipment Expense
297.50
New Town Hall Maintenance
4,500.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
413.23
$15,598.78
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police
11,267.56
Police-Church Detail
240.00
Police-Summer Detail
77.00
Police-Lock up
165.00
Police-Teletype Service
140.00
Fire-General Expense
4,032.81
Fire-Insurance on Equipment and personnel
995.35
Fire-Department Equipment
746.23
Fire-Ambulance Account
243.00
Fire-Forest Fires
485.16
Fire-Truck Maintenance
736.90
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
Tree Department and Dutch Elm
Disease Control
1,259.25
Insect Pest Control
355.09
Sealer
60.00
Civilian Defense
442.82
Inspector of Wires
75.00
Dog Officer
50.00
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Dog Officer-Dog Account
191.76
$21,662.93
Health:
Health Agent
50.00
Health Expense
4,012.49
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
Outstanding 1958 Bills
28.50
$4,190.99
Highways:
Highways-Chapter 81
24,841.52
Highways Chapter 90 Maintenance
4,459.21
Highways Chapter 90-'59 Const.
8,321.23
Highways Chapter 90-'58 Const.
2,333.82
Highways-General Expense
3,332.53
Snow Roads
9,996.12
Machinery Maintenance
10,316.39
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,723.62
Bridges
351.64
Railings
492.55
Street Lighting
3,780.75
Equipment Insurance
592.04
Sidewalks
270.37
Street Lighting-Special
21.41
Highways-New Truck
9,334.89
Highways-S. W. Main St.
1,237.64
$81,405.73
Charities:
Welfare Salaries:
Chairman
200.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Welfare-Relief Expenses
2,920.69
Director of Public Assistance:
Welfare
500.00
Old Age Assistance
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
800.00
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Disability Assistance
100.00
Outstanding 1958 Bills
698.14
Aid to Dependent Children
1,993.05
Disability Assistance
760.94
Old Age Assistance
23,819.78
Federal Grants:
Adm .- Aid to Dependent Children 100.00
Adm .- Old Age Assistance
300.00
Adm .- Disability Assistance
Old Age Assistance
15,619.39
Aid to Dependent Children
3,233.90
Disability Assistance
818.75
$53,564.64
Soldiers' Benefits:
Veterans' Agent
750.00
Veterans' Benefits
1,674.25
Veterans' Service Department Expense
215.57
$2,639.82
School and Library:
School Committee Salaries:
Chairman
75.00
Secretary 40.00
3rd Member 20.00
4th Member
20.00
5th Member
20.00
6th Member
20.00
School-General Expense 160,838.90
Industrial Schools
1,986.39
Outstanding Industrial School Bills
233.88
Schools Grammar School Room
3,200.00
High School Addition ..
1,575.78
Schools-Special Account
493.30
Library
4,963.96
$173,487.21
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreational Program 349.64
Blanket Insurance
2,392.26
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Memorial Day
500.00
Printing Town Reports
700.00
Care of Town Clock
60.00
Group Insurance for Town Employees
3,137.99
Recreation Outstanding Bills
25.26
$7,165.15
Water Department and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners Salaries:
Chairman
100.00
2nd Member
100.00
3rd Member
100.00
Water-General Expense
9,977.81
Water-Heating Unit
565.00
Water-Service Repairs
796.07
Water-Glenn St. Extension
2,027.46
Cemetery-Douglas Center
374.11
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
$14,190.45
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest-Water Loan
487.50
Interest-School Loan
8,417.50
Interest-Temporary Loans
1,506.52
Debt-Water Loan
5,000.00
Debt-School
15,000.00
Debt-Temporary Loan
110,525.00
$140,936.52
Refunds:
1958 MVET
130.78
1959 MVET
1,023.62
1958 Real Estate
33.30
1959 Real Estate
931.00
$2,118.70
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Moses Wallis Devise-Special Account
125.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
23,590.95
Teachers' Retirement Fund
5,261.34
County Retirement Fund
3,342.60
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Dog Licenses to County
819.50
Aetna Insurance
765.25
Blue Cross-Town Employees Group
3,146.16
Blue Cross Non Contributory Groups
1,166.40
Myron O. Mowry Fund-Income
628.00
Moses Wallis Devise-Income
649.39
Cemetery perpetual Care-Income
142.00
School Lunch Program
20,153.91
Revolving Athletic Fund
700.13
State Withholding Tax
1,002.16
Buffington Gift for School Library
11.59
Tax Collector's Charges
315.00
$61,819.38
State and County Taxes:
Audit of Municipal Accounts
651.86
State Parks and Reservations
1,285.42
County Tax
11,101.17
County Tuberculosis Hospital
3,987.58
County Retirement
3,453.23
$20,479.26
Total Payments 1959
$599,259.56
Balance December 31, 1959
126,199.61
$725,459.17
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK,
Town Accountant
Town of Douglas
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1959
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Temporary Loans:
General
$126,199.61
In Anticipation of Reimbursement $38,275.00
Advances for Petty Cash:
Tax Collector
$50.00
Payroll Deductions:
Water Collector
25.00
75.00
Federal Taxes
$2,642.54
State Taxes 360.06
County Retirement 322.55
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
1.75
Levy of 1958:
785.02
8.77
Real Estate
Levy of 1959:
Personal Property
440.80
Mowry School
1,070.11
Sanborn Library
20.44
Cemetery Perpetual Care
373.32
Moses Wallis Devise
711.60
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1959,
2,329.85
Farm Animal Excise:
Levy of 1959 13.03
Disability Assistance
68.95
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
2,175.47
Recoveries:
Real Estate
5,154.70
6,380.52
Trust Fund Income:
Dog License Receipts-1959 Buffington Gift for School Reference Library
3,325.15
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Old Age Assistance
. 1,392.90
1,461.85
Departmental:
New Town Hall
6.50
Fire-Ambulance Hire
57.50
Highways
142.54
Tree Warden
5.00
Old Age Assistance
122.63
Aid to Dependent Children .
372.76
Veterans Services
827.07
Schools
131.36
Old Age Assistance:
1,665.36
Water
Liens Added to Taxes 1958 .
168.70
Rates
2,558.84
Services
47.75
2,775.29
School Lunch Program
1,692.87
School Athletic Activities 113.34
Aid to Highways:
State:
Appropriation Balances:
Chapter 81,
2,747.20
Revenue:
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,500.00
Chapter 90 Construction
10,500.00
Old Town Hall Repairs
.
165.28
90
Tax Titles 2,326.58
Tax Title Possessions
1,861.85
Federal Grants:
4,188.43
Disability Assistance:
Administration 47.32
Assistance
220.48
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
427.82
Aid
1,688.15
Administration 1,196.45
Assistance 1,243.04
4,823.26
Revolving Funds:
1,806.21
ANNUAL REPORT
County :
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,500.00 Chapter 90 Construction ... 5,250.00
21,497.20
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimate 1959: County Hospital Assessment 262.90
$165,387.19
Civil Defense 613.44
Chapter 90 Construction
12,678.77
Special South West Main Street Construction 335.63
Sidewalks-Manchaug St. 300.00
School-Special Account 250.53
Group Insurance 686.18
Glenn Street Water Extension
139.89
15,169.72
Overestimates 1959:
State Recreation Assessment 125.62
County Tax
1,191.19
1,316.81
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund . .
30.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation:
Road Machinery Rentals 434.00
Compensation Insurance 961.03
1,395.03
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus . ..
5,609.19
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1958
785.02
Levy of 1959 2,290.58
3,075.60
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 2,329.85
Tax Title and Possessions 4,188.43
Departmental 1,665.36
Water 2,775.29
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances ...
10,958.93 75.00
Surplus Revenue :
General
75,787.91
Water
75,879.45
$165,387.19
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit:
General
90,000.00
Departmental Equipment
7,500.00
General:
97,500.00
School
Highway
$90,000.00 7,500.00
Outside Debt Limit-
General $130,000.00
97,500.00
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91.54
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit-
Public Service Enterprise ... 30,000.00
Outside Debt Limit-
160,000.00
General:
School
130,000.00
Public Service Enterprise:
Water
30,000.00
$160,000.00
$257,500.00
$257,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$33,369.30
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees
13,496.86
Mary South Cemetery Lots Fund
253.45
Monument Fund-Sons of Vet-
eran Post No. 123 . . 116.61
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 5,148.14
$33,369.30
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
In Custody of Agent
$35,106.54
Myron O. Mowry School Fund ... $26,875.93 Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 142.99
Care of Graves of G.A.R. Fund. . 832.18
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees: Simon Fairfield Public Library Fund 13,496.86
In Custody of Agent: Moses Wallis Devise
$35,106.54
$81,972.70
$81,972.70
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
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TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Jan. 1, 1959 Balance
Appropriation 1959
Income
Source
Total
1959
Expended
1959
Transferred
To
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1959
Selectmen's Salaries
200.00
200.00
200.00
Selectmen's Expense
500.00
100.00 Reserve Fund
600.00
520.53
79.47
Town Accountant's Salary
1,250.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
Clerical Hire:
Selectmen
650.00
650.00
650.00
Town Clerk
300.00
300.00
300.00
Town Treasurer
825.00
825.00
825.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
150.00
150.00
148.81
1.19
Town Clerk's New Office Equipment
300.00 Surplus Revenue
300.00
300.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
800.00
800.00
747.56
52.44
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
700.00
700.00
699.24
.76
Assessors' Salaries
Chairman
600.00
600.00
600.00
Second Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
Third Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
.
Jan. 1, 1959 Balance
Appropriation
1959
Income
Source
Total
1959
Expended
1959
Transferred
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1959
Assessors' Expense
700.00
700.00
700.00
Legal Expenses
500.00
500.00
499.40
.60
Moderator's Salary
15.00
15.00
15.00
Registrars' Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Registrars' Expense
700.00
700.00
700.00
Election Expense
250.00
7.51
Reserve Fund
257.51
257.51
Town Accountant's New Office
Equipment
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Accountant-Repairs to Adding Machine
97.50
97.50
97.50
New Town Hall Maintenance
4,500.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
400.00
13.23
Reserve Fund
413.23
413.23
Old Town Hall Special Repairs
165.28
165.28
165.28
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department
11,042.00
225.56
Reserve Fund
11,267.56
11,267.56
Police-Church Detail
250.00
250.00
240.00
10.00
Police-Summer Detail
100.00
100.00
77.00
23.00
Police-Lock-up
165.00
165.00
165.00
Police-Teletype Service
183.00
183.00
140.00
43.00
To
Fire Department-General Expense
3,875.00
157.81 Reserve Fund
4,032.81
4,032.81
Fire-Insurance on Equipment
and Personnel
1,060.00
1,060.00
995.35
64.65
Fire-Department Equipment
750.00
750.00
746.23
3.77
Fire-Ambulance Fund
300.00
300.00
243.00
57.00
Fire-Forest Fire
500.00
500.00
485.16
14.84
Fire-Truck Maintenance
736.90
736.90
736.90
Tree Department and Dutch Elm Disease :
Department General Expense
1,200.00
59.25 Reserve Fund
1,259.25
1,259.25
Moth and Insect Pest Control
500.00
500.00
355.09
144.91
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Civilian Defense
856.26
200.00
1,056.26
442.82
613.44
Dog Officer
50.00
50.00
50.00
Dog Officer-Dog Expense Acct.
100.00
91.76
Reserve Fund
191.76
191.76
Inspector of Wires
75.00
75.00
75.00
Sealer
60.00
60.00
60.00
HEALTH:
Health Agent
50.00
50.00
50.00
Health Expense
4,100.00
4,100.00
4,012.49
87.51
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
.
Outstanding Health Bill
28.50
28.50
28.50
.
HIGHWAYS: Highways, Chapter 81 5,325.00 19,525.00 State Allotment
24,850.00 24,841.52 8.48
-
Jan. 1, 1959 Balance
Appropriation
1959
Income
Source
Total
1959
Expended
1959
Transferred To
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1959
Highways, Chapter 90 Maint.
1,500.00
1,500.00
State Allotment
1,500.00
County Allotment
4,500.00
4,459.21
40.79
Highways-Chapter 90
Construction 1958
2,340.71
2,340.71
2,333.82
6.89
Highways-Chapter 90
Construction 1959
b6,000.00
Chapter 718, Acts of 1956
5,250.00
County Allotment
State Allotment
21,750.00
8,321.23
a750.00
12,678.77
Chapter 718-Acts of 1956
6,823.27
6,823.27
b6,000.00
c823.27
Highways-Special South West Main St. Construction
a750.00
c823.27
1,573.27
1,237.64
335.63
Highways-General Expense
3,000.00
341.96
Reserve Fund
3,341.96
3,332.53
9.43
Highways-Snow Roads
10,000.00
10,000.00
9,996.12
3.88
Machinery Maintenance Account
9,316.42
Machinery Rentals
1,000.00
Reserve Fund
10,316.42
10,316.39
03
Workmen's Compensation Account
1,000.00
800.00
W. C. Insurance Fund
1,800.00
1,723.62
76.38
Bridges
500.00
500.00
351.64
148.36
Railings
500.00
500.00
492.55
7.45
10,500.00
Street Lighting
3,800.00
3,800.00
3,780.75
19.25
Street Lighting-Monroe Street
100.00
100.00
9.96
90.04
Street Lighting-Prov. Pike
100.00
100.00
11.45
88.55
Equipment Insurance
600.00
600.00
592.04
7.96
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
270.37
29.63
Manchaug Street-Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
300.00
Highways-New Truck
1,000.00
844.40
Sale of '46 F. W. D. Truck Loan
9,344.40
9,334.89
9.51
PUBLIC WELFARE:
Welfare Salaries
400.00
400.00 5,000.00
400.00
Welfare-Relief Expense
5,000.00
2,920.69
2,079.31
Clerk-Welfare
Aid to Dependent Chilldren
800.00
d100.00 Federal Grants
900.00
900.00
Old Age Assistance
1,500.00
e300.00
Federal Grants
1,800.00
1,800.00
Welfare
500.00
500.00
500.00
Disability Assistance
100.00
100.00
100.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,993.05
6.95
Disability Assistance
500.00
500.00 Surplus Revenue
1,000.00
760.94
239.06
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
24,000.00
23,819.78
180.22
Federal Grants:
A. D. C. Aid
1,326.90
3,595.15
Federal Grants
4,922.05
3,233.90
1,688.15
Disability Assistance
777.53
261.70
Federal Grants
1,039.23
818.75
220.48
Old Age Assistance
983.11
15,879.32
Federal Grants
16,862.43
15,619.39
1,243.04
A. D. C. Administration
104.86
422.96
Federal Grants
527.82
d100.00
427.82
Disability Assistance Adm.
47.32
47.32
47.32
O. A. A. Administration
573.48
922.97
Federal Grants
1,496.45
e300.00
1,196.45
Outstanding Welfare Bills
698.14
698.14
698.14
7,500.00
Jan. 1, 1959 Balance
Appropriation
1959
Income
Source
Total
1959
Expended
1959
Transferred To
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1959
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Veterans' Agent
750.00
750.00
750.00
Veterans' Service Dept. Expense
250.00
250.00
215.57
34.43
Veterans' Benefits
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,674.25
325.75
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY:
School Committee
195.00
195.00
195.00
School-General Expense
160,923.22
160,923.22 160,838.90
84.32
School-Special Account
f743.83
High School Construction
743.83
493.30
250.53
School-Grammar School Room
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,200.00
School-High School Addition
2,319.61
2,319.61
1,575.78
f743.83
Industrial Schools
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,986.39
13.61
Industrial Schools-Outstanding
Bills
233.88
233.88
233.88
Library
4,200.00
200.00
Reserve Fund
563.96
Dog Fund
4,963.96
4,963.96
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreational Program
350.00
350.00
349.64
.36
Blanket Insurance
2,275.00
117.26 Reserve Fund
2,392.26
2,392.26
Memorial Day
500.00
500.00
500.00
. .
Printing Town Reports Care of Town Clock Group Insurance for Town Employees
700.00
700.00
700.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
728.44
3,100.00
3,828.44
3,142.26
686.18
Outstanding Recreation Bills
25.26
25.26
25.26
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water-General Expense
11,330.00
11,330.00
9,977.81
1,352.19
Water-New Heating Unit
600.00
600.00
565.00
35.00
Water-Service Repairs
800.00
800.00
796.07
3.93
Glenn St. Water Extension
1,950.00
Surplus Revenue
217.35
Sale of Water Pipe Fund
2,167.35
2,027.46
139.89
Cemetery-Douglas Center
450.00
450.00
374.11
75.89
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
150.00
150.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest
9,800.00
611.52 Surplus Revenue
10,411.52
10,411.52
Debt
20,000.00
20,000.00 20,000.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Overlay Surplus
Reserve Fund
3,000.00 Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
g2,314.34
685.66
g-Transferred to Sundry Accounts.
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
Monday, February 8, 1960 10:00 A.M.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WORCESTER, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Douglas in said County,
GREETINGS:
In the name of said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Douglas who are qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Douglas on MONDAY the eighth day of Feb- ruary, 1960, A.D. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, to wit:
Article 1. To elect a Moderator, a Town Treasurer, a Town Clerk, two Constables, an Agent of the Moses Wallis Devise, a Tree Warden, each for a term of one year, one Selectman, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Recreation Commissioner, one Water Commis- sioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two members of the School Com- mittee, each for a term of three years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for a term of one year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by
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Section 108 of Chapter 41, of the General Laws as amended, and including that of: the Moderator, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, three selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three Assessors, Collector of Taxes, Agent Moses Wallis Devise, three Trustees of the Public Library, Tree Warden, three Cemetery Com- missioners, six members of the School Committee, three Water Com- missioners, two Constables, three members of the Recreation Commis- sion and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 7. To consider the report and recommendations of the Finance Committee and to see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the Town including appropriations for Selectmen's Clerical hire, Treasurer's Clerical hire, Town Clerk's Clerical hire, Police-Church detail, Police-summer Detail, Fire De- partment Equipment Insurance of Fire Department and personnel, Teletype Service for the Police Department Legal Services, Civilian Defense, Police Lock-Up, Fire Department Ambulance, Workmen's Compensation Insurance, Street Lighting, Equipment Insurance, Vet- erans' Benefits, Library, Blanket Insurance, for the observance of Memorial Day, for the upkeep of the Town Clock (so-called), Main- tenance of Highway Machinery, for the Care of Cemeteries, for Group Insurance for Town Employees, Dog Officer's Expense, Recreational Program, and Printing Town Reports.
Article 8. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Fund.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay unpaid 1960 bills in the following De- partments or Accounts: Industrial Schools.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for Binding Vital Statistic Records in the Town Clerk's Office, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars from the Overlay Surplus Fund the Reserve Fund, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to make any increase
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in salaries of Town Employees (elective or appointive) retroactive to January 1, current.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Machinery Rentals Fund to the Machinery Account, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Aricle 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund to the Workmen's Compensation Insurance Account, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to dispose of any Real Estate held by the Town by foreclosure of Tax Titles and authorize and empower its Treasurer to give a deed for the same in the name and behalf of the Town, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the construction of a sidewalk on Man- chaug Road, from the St. Denis Recreation Center to the St. Denis Cemetery, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen, the Water Commission, the School Committee, the Board of Assessors, the Finance Board, the Recreation Commission, to insert on the bottom of the last page of their Annual Report, the time and date or scheduled meetings for the ensuing year, this to be done every year or to take any other action in relation thereto. (Request of Democratic Town Committee).
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the printing of the Assessors Tax List, said List to include a list of abatements and exemptions that have been made since the previous printing of the tax list or to take any other action in relation thereto. (Request of Democratic Town Committee).
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to pave the road surface with a blacktop road on the so-called Wallum Pond Road extending from the State Reservation southerly beyond the en- trance to the Wallum Lake Terrace, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
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