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Robin Hood was the theme for the Summer Vacation Reading Club for which 46 children registered. 22 completed the require- ments and were given their certificates and Robin Hood cards at the closing party which was held on August 27th.
The first NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK was observed March 17th through the 21st with essay and poster contests in the schools and exhibits in store windows. The best essays and posters were on exhibition in the library. Much credit is due the National Library Week Citizens Committee, Miss Vera H. Warner, Miss Alice Sam- borski, Mrs. Edith Dixson, Mrs. Thayer Peters, Mrs. Morris Brink, Mrs. Bernadette Belisle, and Mr. Alan Norton for planning this successful celebration. Thanks are also due to local merchants who gave the use of their windows, local citizens who loaned articles for exhibits, to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and to all who helped.
During National Art Week in November paintings by local artists were on exhibition in the library.
Reading rooms and reference books have been much used and although the circulation for home use shows only a slight increase the library has had a busy year.
Respectfully submitted,
ROSALIE E. WILLIAMS, Librarian
SIMON FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
APPROPRIATIONS
Town Meeting
$4,260.50
Dog Fund
694.63
$4,955.13
EXPENSES PAID BY TOWN TREASURER
Librarian
$2,650.00
Treasurer
25.00
Janitor
556.50
Ass't. Librarian
50.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Books
565.65
Periodicals and Papers
242.83
Fuel
415.30
Lights
97.82
Telephone
133.19
Maintenance
62.35
Supplies, Etc.
75.06
Miscellaneous
44.23
Unexpended Balance
$4,917.93 37.20
$4,955.13
EXPENSES PAID BY LIBRARY TREASURER
Books
343.16
Telephone
10.50
Safety Deposit Box
5.50
Supplies
20.25
New Oil Burner
95.00
$474.41
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Mrs. Royal Keith Fund
$200.00
James 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
$12,900.00
SIMON FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
In Custody of Treasurer
On Hand 1-1-58
199.23 1,266.90 12,000.00 $13,446.13
On Hand 1-1-59
68.34
1,288.16
12,000.00 13,356.50
RECEIPTS 1958
Income from Savings Account
$18.52
Income from U.S. Bonds
300.00
Gift from Douglas Grange
25.00
Added to Savings Account
21.26
$364.78
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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INCOME ACCOUNT
On Hand January 1, 1958
On Hand January 1, 1959
$199.23 68.34
RECEIPTS 1958
Interest on Savings
$18.52
Interest on U. S. Bonds
300.00
Gift from Grange
25.00
On Hand January 1, 1958
199.23
542.75
Paid by Library Treasurer
474.41
On Hand January 1, 1959
68.34
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM J. DUNLEAVY, Treas.
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COMPARISON OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES
1944-1958 (Inclusive
General
Government
Protection of
Persons and
Property
Health and
Sanitation
Highways
Charities a nd
Soldiers'
Benefits
Schools and
Library
Recreation and
Unclassified
Enterprise and
Cemeteries
State and
County Tax
1944
9,689.35
10,860.05
3,247.55
30,511.60
24,914.40
46,024.11
3,597.81
4,571.88
11,810.76
1945
8,779.85
9,519.05
3,519.65
32,200.80
25,312.44
53,189.47
2,845.18
6,386.75
10,535.32
1946
14,768.04
10,742.17
2,808.78
49,099.96
28,382.02
58,756.78
2,603.36
6,052.39
8,253.17
1947
10,407.57
15,131.13
2,728.25
46,995.73
24,350.02
67,141.92
1,572.36
6,608.63
8,555.76
1948
12,564.50
13,232.84
2,304.21
52,125.50
36,797.91
71,967.16
3,092.21
9,887.95
8,387.61
1949
11,705.78
12,676.16
2,386.53
51,604.91
48,233.83
76,201.21
2,514.91
11,726.28
9,926.20
1950
16,595.38
14,436.23
2,415.38
69,242.75
49,418.91
80,797.28
2,232.51
78,639.82
10,352.16
1951
12,629.09
18,429.30
2,621.98
71,666.32
47,832.81
91,155.04
2,746.04
18,825.63
12,160.42
1952
15,097.85
19,016.53
3,182.66
72,252.00
67,226.71
53,227.31 109,374.22
2,590.75
25,054.36
13,696.47
1954
16,548.84
21,280.76
3,605.30
81,585.12
52,979.21 108,715.83
3,872.34
17,960.35
14,256.14
1955
14,891.36
19,745.29
4,086.00
119,257.43
51,095.74 117,284.78
2,866.20
23,707.35
17,608.89
1956
16,904.66
20,494.50
3,489.02
109,588.68
50,205.02 130,438.10
2,365.53
13,720.17
18,726.04
1957
14,526.83
20,518.91
3,720.53
80,140.73
55,904.80 373,430.95
4,842.56
15,121.62
18,416.27
1958
17,585.81
24,129.69
3,805.67
87,578.21
58,835.39 214,915.32
4,108.61
14,269.94
20,676.19
ANNUAL REPORT
13,370.78
1953
13,432.37
21,754.20
3,374.19
53,805.18 108,519.22
2,293.66
22,052.41
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS 1958
Taxes:
1955 Real Estate
$60.90
1956 Real Estate
530.92
1957 Real Estate
2,154.54
1957 Poll
2.00
1957 Personal
93.06
1958 Real Estate
171,112.90
1958 Poll
1,398.00
1958 Personal
14,955.03
1958 Water Lines
410.10
$190,717.45
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1957
$4,575.15
Farm Excise 1957
9.38
Levy of 1958
27,357.63
Farm Excise 1958
89.94
32,032.10
From State:
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes
$1,358.63
Income Taxes:
Under Educational Basis (Ch. 70, G.L.)
23,943.51
Under Educational Special Classes 2,377.05
Under State Valuation Basis
6,604.50
School Transportation (Ch. 71 G.L.)
10,037.50
Vocational Education
835.52
Federal School Lunch Program
4,177.90
Corporation Taxes
26,614.91
Meal Taxes
1,302.23
Pedler's Licenses
8.00
Union Superintendent
1,883.24
School Building Assistance
5,836.12
84,979.11
Highways:
State-Chapter 81 Maintenance $28,605.06 State-Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,497.44
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State-Chapter 90 Construction
11,999.73
State-Chapter 718-Acts of 1956
10,823.27
County-Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,497.44
County-Chapter 90 Construction 3,999.91
Machinery Rentals
9,819.87
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
926.00
69,168.72
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Temporary Aid-State
$259.00
Temporary Aid-Cities and Towns 398.51
Disability Assistance-State
1,149.91
Disability Assistance-Administrative
12.59
Disability Assistance-Individuals
68.95
Old Age Assistance-State
17,584.65
Old Age Assistance-Cities
399.28
Old Age Assistance-Individuals
472.29
Aid to Dependent Children
1,070.65
Veterans' Benefits 125.75
Veterans' Exemptions (Ch. 59 Cl. 22-22A
Sec. 5 Ch. 59 Sec. 8A. Ch. 58 G.L.) .. 173.90
Veterans' Benefits-City Refund
763.56
22,479.04
From County :
Dog Tax Refund in 1957
$694.63
Dog Officer Expense Refund
130.00
824.63
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid $15,385.94
Old Age Assistance-Administration 630.47
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
3,060.54
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration
434.96
Disability Assistance-Aid
686.87
Disability Assistance-Administration
25.19
20,223.97
Commercial Revenue:
Selectmen-Licenses and Permits $226.00
Selectmen-Liquor Licenses 1,209.00
Selectmen-Advertising Licenses 12.00
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Tax Collector-Interest and Costs
348.91
Town Hall Rental
332.50
Town Hall Telephone Refund
.20
2,128.61
Protection of Persons and Property :
Wire Inspector
$98.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
54.70
Court Fines
5.00
Police-Sale of Cruiser
1,717.00
Ambulance
12.00
1,886.70
Health:
Health-Telephone Refunds
$43.00
43.00
Schools and Library:
Schools-State (Tuition of
State Wards)
$462.97
School-Tuition
902.00
School-Sale of Supplies
75.53
School-School Lunch
12,217.66
School-Revolving Athletic Fund
1,161.78
School-Fire Reimbursement
133.74
School-Telephone Reimbursement
3.15
Library Fines
182.20
15,139.03
Public Service Enterprise:
Water Rates
$14,128.55
Water: Service and Miscellaneous
328.36
14,456.91
Cemetery :
Perpetual Care-Interest
$172.26
Sale of Cemetery Lot
15.00
187.26
Agency, Trust and Investment: Federal Withholding Tax $22,118.17
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County Retirement
3,307.13
Dog Licenses for County
797.25
Blue Cross-Employees Group
3,030.95
Blue Cross-Non-Contributory Group
1,493.44
Insurance Collections
681.10
Teachers' Retirement
4,258.18
Myron O. Mowry Fund
1,116.98
Moses Wallis Devise Income
879.50
37,682.70
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue Loan $60,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan 40,525.00
100,525.00
Miscellaneous Income:
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$6,379.41
Servicemen's Fund, Inc.
1,650.00
Hayward-Schuster Woolen Co., Inc.
2,000.00
10,029.41
Refunds:
Insurance Refunds
$130.43
Miscellaneous Refunds
99.17
229.60
Total Receipts in 1958
$602,733.24
Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 1958
155,012.82
$757,746.06
PAYMENTS 1958
General Government:
Selectmen's Salary:
Chairman
$100.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Selectmen's Expense
557.51
Town Accountant's Salary
1,250.00
Clerical Hire-Selectmen
650.00
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Clerical Hire-Town Clerk
300.00
Clerical Hire-Town Treasurer
825.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
135.33
Town Treasurer's Salary
100.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
766.78
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
696.68
Assessors' Salaries:
Chairman
600.00
Second Member
150.00
Third Member
150.00
Assessors' Expense
682.18
Town Counsel
500.00
Moderator
15.00
Registrars' Salaries:
Chairman
25.00
Second Member
25.00
Third Member
25.00
Registrars' Expense
700.00
Election Expense
1,034.76
New Town Hall Maintenance
5,200.00
New Town Hall Special Repairs
1,000.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
397.57
$17,585.81
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police
$11,114.23
Police-Church Detail
232.00
Police-Summer Detail
71.00
Police-Lock-up
165.00
Police-Teletype Service
105.00
Police Cruiser
2,917.00
Fire-General Expense
3,822.19
Fire-Insurance on Equipment and
Personnel
1,050.19
Fire-Department Equipment
749.82
Fire-Ambulance Fund
300.00
Fire-Forest Fires
499.52
Fire-New Heating Unit
1,106.56
Tree Department:
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
Tree Department Expense
1,195.00
Moth Department
409.05
Sealer
60.00
Civilian Defense
108.13
Inspector of Wires
75.00
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Dog Officer
50.00
24,129.69
Health:
Health Agent
$50.00
Health Expense
3,655.67
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
3,805.67
Highways:
Highways-Chapter 81
$24,790.89
Highways-Chapter 90 Maintenance
4,493.95
Highways-Chapter 90 Construction
21,659.29
Highways-General Expense
2,995.06
Snow Roads
15,190.21
Machinery Maintenance
9,460.92
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,661.93
Bridges
1,498.82
Railings
499.33
Street Lighting
3,441.55
Equipment Insurance
592.82
Sidewalks
294.37
Highways-Snow Loader
999.07
87,578.21
Charities:
Welfare Salaries:
Chairman
$200.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Welfare-Relief Expenses
5,500.00
Clerk-Welfare
500.00
Clerk-Old Age Assistance
700.00
Clerk-Aid to Dependent Children
400.00
Clerk-Disability Assistance
100.00
Aid to Dependent Children
476.85
Disability Assistance
1,821.00
Old Age Assistance
22,504.14
Federal Grants:
Clerk-Aid to Dependent Children
495.71
Clerk-Old Age Assistance
779.68
Clerk-Disability Assistance
41.51
Old Age Assistance
17,619.64
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Aid to Dependent Children 3,720.40
$55,058.93
Soldiers' Benefits:
Veterans' Service Department Expense
$254.07
Veterans' Benefits
2,772.39
Veterans' Agent
750.00
3,776.46
School and Library:
School Committee Salaries:
Chairman
$75.00
Secretary
40.00
Purchasing Agent
20.00
Fourth Member
20.00
Fifth Member
20.00
Sixth Member
20.00
School-General Expense
146,282.70
School-Special Account
313.00
Industrial Schools
2,000.00
High School Addition
60,906.69
Library
4,917.93
Library Special Repairs
300.00
214,915.32
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreational Program
$300.00
Blanket Insurance
2,750.48
Memorial Day
430.17
Printing Town Reports
567.96
Care of Town Clock
60.00
4,108.61
Water Department and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners' Salaries:
First Member
$100.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Water-General Expense
13,399.18
Cemetery-Douglas Center
420.76
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
14,269.94
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Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest-Water Loan
$632.50
Interest-School Loan
8,972.50
Interest-Temporary Loan
610.04
Debt-Water Loan
8,500.00
Debt-School
15,000.00
Debt-Temporary Loan
98,000.00
131,715.04
Refunds:
Real Estate
$1,050.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1,633.93
Polls
2.00
2,686.73
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Taxes
$22,109.01
Teachers' Retirement Fund
3,879.44
County Retirement Fund
3,248.60
Dog Licenses to County
797.25
Aetna Insurance
1,424.16
Blue Cross-Town Employes Group
5,433.20
Blue Cross-Non-Contributory Group
1,458.00
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
638.50
Moses Wallis Devise-Income
1,636.87
Cemetery Perpetual Care-Income
169.00
School Lunch Program
16,328.69
Revolving Athletic Fund
1,240.63
Buffington Gift for School Library
49.86
58,413.21
State and County Taxes:
Audit of Municipal Accounts
$594.06
State Parks and Reservations
1,336.69
County Tax
11,410.02
County Tuberculosis Hospital
3,490.77
County Retirement
3,844.65
20,676.19
1957 Bills:
School $261.50
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Industrial Schools
361.94
623.44
Total Payments 1958
$639,343.25
Balance December 31, 1958
118,402.81
$757,746.06
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
Town of Douglas
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1956
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
General
$118,402.81
Temporary Loans:
Tax Collector
$50.00
Water Collector
25.00
In Anticipation of Reimburse- ment
$40,525.00
75.00
Payroll Deductions:
Accounts Receivable :
Federal Taxes
$2,733.86
County Retirement System
372.08
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
24.30
Teachers' Retirement
378.74
Real Estate
$814.08
Levy of 1958
Personal
96.20
Real Estate
. 5,453.53
6,363.81
Trust Fund Income:
Mowry School Fund
$868.63
Farm Animal Excise:
Sanborn Library Fund
20.44
Levy of 1958
2,190.63
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund. .
370.06
Moses Wallis Devise
443.10
Motor Vehicle Trailer and Excise: Levy of 1958
14.08
Water Liens 1958
430.66
1,702.23
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3,508.98
Buffington Gift for Schools Reference Library
20.36
Taxes:
Levy of 1957
Tax Title Possessions:
Tax Titles
$1,952.46
Tax Title Possessions
1,861.85
3,814.31
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration $21.90
Aid
1,409.86
Departmental:
Fire-Ambulance Hire
$20.50
Highways
42.37
Tree Department
5.00
Temporary Aid
515.73
Aid to Dependent Children.
486.85
Veterans' Benefits
1,266.02
2,336.47
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch Program
$949.24
School Athletic Activities
139.36
Miscellaneous
151.26
1,088.60
2,287.25
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue :
State:
General:
Chapter 81
$6,393.70
Old Town Hall Repairs
.....
$165.28
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Disability Assistance:
Assistance 824.85
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
159.92
Assistance
1,396.67
3,813.20
Water:
Rates
$2,135.99
Aid to Highways:
1,500.00 Chapter 90 Construction .. 12,000.00
Civil Defense 856.26
Chapter 90 Construction 2,340.71
Chapter 90 Construction Ch. 718
6,823.27
Group Insurance 728.44
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,500.00
Chapter 90 Construction 6,000.00
10,913.96
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
High School Addition Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
2,319.61
30.00
Underestimates 1958:
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations: Road Machinery Rentals $610.27
County T. B. Hospital . . ยท
625.63
Overdrawn Appropriation:
Highways Chapter 81 . . .
525.00
Overestimates, 1958 :
State Parks and Reservations .... $15.17
County Tax . .
210.10
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus . .
5,589.96
Overlay for Abatements:
Levy of 1957
$814.08
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Compensation Insurance 1,025.12
1,635.39
$164,459.35
225.27
Chapter 90 Maintenance
County :
27,393.70
Non-Revenue :
Levy of 1958 2,337.81
3,151.89
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$2,190.63
Farm Animal Excise
14.08
Water Liens
430.66
Departmental
2,336.47
Water
2,287.25
Tax Title Possessions
3,814.31
Aid to Highways
525.00
11,598.40
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
75.00
Surplus Revenue :
General
78,169.96
Water
91.54
$164,459.35
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
$95,000.00
School
$95,000.00
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: Outside Debt Limit: General
General .$140,000.00 Public Service Enterprise 35,000.00
General:
Outside Debt Limit:
General:
School
$140,000.00
Public Service Enterprise:
Water 35,000.00
$175,000.00
175,000.00
$270,000.00
293,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Cash and Securities:
Myron O. Mowry School Fund .. $26,811.14
Adeline Pierce Sanborn Library Fund 138.64
Care of Graves of G.A.R. Fund. . 830.44
Library Trustees
13,356.50
In Custody of Agent
35,068.15
Mary South Cemetery Lots Fund 252.62
Monument Fund-Sons of Vet- erans Post No. 123 116.02
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds . 5,093.12
$33,241.98
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In Custody of Town Treasurer. . $33,241.98
In Custody of Treasurer of
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees ::
Simon Fairfield Public Library Fund
13,356.50
In Custody of Agent: Moses Wallis Devise 35,068.15
$81,666.63
$81,666.63
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Jan. 1, 1958
Balance
Appropriations 1958
Income
Source
Total
1958
Expended
1958
Transferred
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1958
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Selectmen's Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Selectmen's Expense
400.00
175.00
Reserve Fund
575.00
557.51
17.49
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
750.00
75.00
Reserve Fund
825.00
825.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
150.00
135.33
14.67
Town Treasurer's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
500.00
275.00
Reserve Fund
775.00
766.78
8.22
Tax Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Tax Collector's Expense
500.00
250.00
Reserve Fund
750.00
696.68
53.32
Assessors' Salaries:
Chairman
600.00
.
600.00
600.00
Second Member
150.00
150.00
150.00
Third Member
700.00
150.00
150.00
Assessors' Expense
700.00
700.00
682.18
17.82
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To
..
.
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
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
800.00
235.00
Reserve Fund
1,035.00
1,034.76
.24
New Town Hall Maintenance.
5,200.00
5,200.00
5,200.00
New Town Hall Special Repairs.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Old Town Hall Maintenance
575.00
575.00
397.57
177.43
Old Town Hall Special Repairs ..
165.28
165.28
165.28
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department
11,042.00
75.00 Reserve Fund
11,117.00
11,114.23
2.77
Police-Church Detail
250.00
250.00
232.00
18.00
Police-Summer Detail
100.00
100.00
71.00
29.00
Police-Lock-up
165.00
165.00
165.00
Police Cruiser
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Police-Teletype Service
135.00
135.00
105.00
30.00
Fire Department-General
Expense
3,875.00
3,875.00
3,822.19
52.81
Fire-Insurance on Equipment and Personnel
950.00
100.19
Reserve Fund
1,050.19
1,050.19
Fire-Department Equipment
750.00
750.00
749.82
.18
Fire-Ambulance Fund
300.00
300.00
300.00
Fire-Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
499.52
.48
Fire-New Heating Unit
1,000.00
106.56
Reserve Fund
1,106.56
1,106.56
Tree Department:
Department General Expense
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,195.00
5.00
Moth Department
500.00
500.00
409.05
90.95
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Jan. 1, 1958
Balance
Appropriations
1958
Income
Source
Total
1958
Expended
1958
Transferred
To
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1958
Civilian Defense
664.39
300.00
50.00
50.00
Dog Officer
50.00
964.39
108.13
856.26
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
3,510.00
150.00 Reserve Fund
3,660.00
3,655.57
4.33
Meat Inspector's Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
HIGHWAYS:
Highways, Chapter 81
5,325.00
19,525.00
State Allotment
24,850.00 24,790.89
59.11
Highways, Chapter 90 Maint.
1,500.00
1,500.00
State Allotment
1,500.00
County Allotment
4,500.00
4,493.95
6.05
Highways, Chapter 90, Const.
2,000.00
4,000.00
Chapter 718, Acts of 1956
6,000.00
County Allotment
12,000.00
State Allotment
24,000.00
21,659.29
2,340.71
Highways-General Expense
3,200.00
3,200.00
2,995.06
204.94
Highways-Snow Roads .
10,000.00
2,500.00
Revenue 1958
1,900.00
Surplus Revenue
798.42
Reserve Fund
15,198.42
15,190.21
8.21
.
...
Machinery Maintenance Account
9,600.00
Machinery Rentals
9,600.00
9,460.92
139.08
Workmen's Compensation Acct.
1,000.00
661.93
W. C. Insurance Fund
1,661.93
1,661.93
Bridges
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,498.82
1.18
Railings
500.00
500.00
499.33
67
Street Lightning
3,800.00
3,800.00
3,441.55
358.45
Equipment Insurance
600.00
600.00
592.82
7.18
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
294.37
5.63
D. C. Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
300.00
Special Snow Loader Account
1,000.00
1,000.00
999.07
.93
PUBLIC WELFARE:
Welfare-Salaries
400.00
400.00
400.00
Welfare-Relief Expense
4,000.00
1,500.00
Clerk-Welfare
Surplus Revenue
5,500.00
5,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
400.00
a495.71
Federal Grants
895.71
895.71
Old Age Assistance
700.00
b762.78
Federal Grants
1,462.78
1,462.78
Welfare
500.00
500.00
500.00
Disability Assistance
100.00
c41.51
Federal Grants
141.51
141.51
Aid to Dependent Children
500.00
500.00
476.85
23.15
Disability Assistance
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,821.00
179.00
Old Age Assistance
23,000.00
Federal Grants:
23,000.00
22,504.14
495.86
A. D. C. Aid
2,069.72
3,060.54
Federal Grants
5,130.26
3,720.40
1,409.86
Disability Assistance
137.98
686.87
Federal Grants
824.85
824.85
Old Age Assistance
3,630.37
15,385.94
Federal Grants
19,016.31
17,619.64
1,396.67
A. D. C. Administration
82.65
434.96
Federal Grants
517.61
a495.71
21.90
Disability Assistance Adm.
16.32
25.19
Federal Grants
41.51
c41.51
O. A. A. Administration
309.13
630.47
Federal Grants
939.60
16.90
b762.78
159.92
.
Jan. 1, 1958
Balance
Appropriations 1958
Income
Source
Total
1958
Expended
1958
Transferred To
Unexpended
Dec. 31, 1958
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Veterans' Agent
750.00
750.00
750.00
Veterans' Service Dept. Expense .
200.00
60.00
Reserve Fund
260.00
254.07
5.93
Veterans' Benefits
1,000.00
1,800.00
Surplus Revenue
2,800.00
2,772.39
27.61
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY :
School Committee
195.00 146,149.65
133.74
School Fire Reimburs. Surplus Revenue
261.50
261.50
School-Special Account
313.00
313.00
313.00
Industrial Schools
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Industrial Schools-Unpaid
Bills 1957
346.34
15.60
Surplus Revenue
361.94
361.94
.
High School Addition
51,146.89
1,650.00
Servicemen's Fund, Inc.
.
6,379.41
Post War Rehabil. Fund
Revenue 1958
Haywood-Schuster
2,000.00
Woolen Co. Gift
63,226.30
60,906.69
2,319.61
Library
4,260.50
694.63
Dog Fund
4,955.13
4,917.93
37.20
Library-Special Repairs
300.00
300.00
300.00
.
195.00
195.00
School-General Expense
146,283.39 146,282.70
.69
School-Unpaid Bills 1957
173.50
88.00
2,050.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Recreational Program
300.00
300.00
300.00
Blanket Insurance
2,400.00
350.48
Surplus Revenue
2,750.48
2,750.48
Memorial Day
500.00
500.00
430.17
69.83
Printing Town Report
600.00
600.00
567.96
32.04
Care of Town Clock
60.00
60.00
60.00
Group Insuarnce for Town Employees
281.40
3,500.00
.
3,781.40
3,052.96
728.44
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
Water Commissioners' Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water-General Expense
13,030.00
415.00
Surplus Revenue
13,445.00
13,399.18
45.82
Cemetery-Douglas Center
400.00
25.00
Reserve Fund
425.00
420.76
4.24
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
150.00
150.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest
10,550.00
10,550.00
10,215.04
334.96
Debt
23,500.00
23,500.00
23,500.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Overlay Surplus
Reserve Fund d Transferred to Sundry Accounts
3,000.00 Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
d2,325.17
674.83
Respectfully submitted,
JOAN S. VIROSTEK, Town Accountant
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ANNUAL REPORT
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
Monday, February 9, 1959 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 ninth day of February, 1959, 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 Cemetery Com- cissioner, two members of the School Committee, Collector of Taxes, 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 81 Highway Maintenance, or take any 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 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any 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 or from funds available under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956, 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
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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