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10,340.13
16,285.12 26,263.48
1964
17,624.53
25,134.07
5,148.84
96,426.73
72,205.24 207,652.19
10,149.42
15,399.29
25,024.37
1965
17,448.00
25,143.70
4,105.51
78,566.00
73,047.26 232,078.73
11,942.15
15,622.33
23,444.12
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS 1965
Taxes:
1963 Real Estate
$605.48
1964 Real Estate
5,341.14
1965 Real Estate
232,025.73
1963 Personal Property
12.15
1964 Personal Property
140.80
1965 Personal Property
21,174.17
1963 Farm Animals
6.75
1964 Farm Animals
6.75
1965 Farm Animals
107.12
Tax Titles
81.90
$259,501.99
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1963
$13.20
Levy of 1964
5,366.06
Levy of 1965
46,377.25
51,756.51
From State:
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes
1,709.86
Income Taxes:
Under Educational Basis (ch. 70 G.L.)
28,256.01
Under State Valuation Basis (1964) 6,693.20
Under State Valuation Basis (1965)
10,245.75
School Superintendent
2,567.65
School Transportation (ch. 71 G.L.)
12,267.00
Vocational Education
390.12
National Education Act-Title III
1,723.29
Federal School Lunch Program
7,921.33
Corporation Taxes
36,103.88
Meals Taxes
2,530.68
108,698.91
From County :
Dog Tax Refund $445.57
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Dog Officer Expense Refund 49.00
494.57
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid $12,236.02
Old Age Assistance-Administration 957.57
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
4,722.86
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
837.27
Disability Assistance-Aid
558.00
Disability Assistance-Administration
60.69
Medical Assistance for Aged-Aid
11,340.61
Medical Assistance for Aged- Administration 956.83
$31,669.85
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Disability Assistance-State
$1,086.35
Disability Assistance-Administration- State
21.27
Old Age Assistance-State
4,051.11
Old Age Assistance-Administration- State
634.61
Old Age Assistance-Recoveries
500.00
Medical Assistance for Aged-State
5,927.61
Medical Assistance for Aged- Administration-State
429.56
Aid to Dependent Children-State
1,943.21
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration-State
159.03
Aid to Dependent Children-Recoveries
1,937.00
General Relief-State
353.75
General Relief-Recoveries
75.00
Veterans Benefits
199.83
Abatement for Paraplegic Veterans
212.96
17,531.29
Highways:
State-Chapter 81 Maintenance $23,439.47
State-Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,999.84
State-Chapter 90 Construction 1,700.69
County-Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,999.84
County-Chapter 90 Construction 850.35
Machinery Rentals 7,993.15
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Highway Equipment Rentals
61.34
Workmens Compensation Insurance
973.80
39,018.48
Commercial Revenue :
Selectmen's Licenses and Permits
$298.93
Tax Collector-Interest
182.47
Tax Collector-Charges
437.00
Town Hall Rentals
180.50
Selectmen-Liquor Licenses
1,072.28
$2,171.18
Protection of Persons and property :
Wire Inspector
$89.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
99.00
Court Fines
25.00
Ambulance
40.00
Firearms Licenses and Permits
58.00
Police Reports to Insurance Companies
111.00
Police-Sale of Cruiser
100.00
522.00
Health:
Red Cross Telephone Refunds
$46.45
Reimbursement for Premature Babies
498.00
544.45
Schools and Libraries:
Sale of Supplies
$38.59
School Lunch
17,717.35
Revolving Athletic Fund
648.60
Library Fines
54.98
School P.L. 874
3,119.00
21,578.52
Public Service Enterprises:
Water Rates
$19,473.80
Water Services
654.25
20,128.05
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Cemeteries:
Perpetual Care Interest 571.18
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Tax
$29,731.93
County Retirement
4,343.17
Dog Licenses for County
839.75
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
5,302.48
Aetna Insurance
1,235.27
Teachers Retirement
7,455.48
Myron O. Mowry Fund
927.00
Moses Wallis Devise Income
1,280.53
Massachusetts Withholding Tax
3,347.98
Teachers Insurance
1,219.56
Teachers' Association Dues
378.00
Teachers Annuities
2,460.00
$58,521.15
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue Loans $125,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loans 49,525.00
174,525.00
Miscellaneous Income:
Interest on Loans
$25.04
Life Insurance Reimbursement 137.00
Checks Refunded
365.45
Employers Compensation-State Withholding Tax
68.46
Other
5.00
600.95
Total Receipts-1965
$789,543.94
Cash Balance-January 1, 1965
83,178.27
$872,722.21
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PAYMENTS - 1965
General Government:
Selectmen's Salaries:
Chairman
$100.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Selectmen's Expense
898.53
Selectmen's Expense, Outstanding 1964 Bills
72.00
Town Accountant's Salary
1,500.00
Clerical Hire-Selectmen
1,500.00
Clerical Hire-Town Clerk
300.00
Clerical Hire-Town Treasurer
1,300.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
187.82
Town Treasurer's Salary
100.00
Town Treasurer Expense
700.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,100.00
Tax Collector's Expense
877.78
Assessors' Salaries:
Chairman
500.00
Second Member
150.00
Third Member
150.00
Assessors' Expense
926.70
Legal Expense
493.63
Moderator
15.00
Registrars' Salaries:
Chairman
25.00
Second Member
25.00
Third Member 25.00
Registrars' Expense
827.62
Election Expense
400.00
New Town Hall Maintenance
3,999.41
Old Town Hall Maintenance
574.51
$17,448.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police-General $12,877.14
Police - Church Detail 275.00
Police - Summer Detail 47.50
Police - Lockup
165.00
Police - Teletype Service
115.50
Police - New Cruiser
2,190.05
Police - General - Outstanding 1964 Bill
69.85
Police - Church Detail - Outstanding
1964 Bill 36.00
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Fire - General
4,666.06
Fire - Insurance on Equipment
and Personnel
1,372.76
Fire Department Equipment
674.99
Fire - Ambulance
150.59
Fire - Forest Fire
412.90
Tree Warden's Salary
100.00
Insect Pest Control
500.00
Tree Dept. and Dutch Elm Disease Control
1,136.61
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100.00
Civil Defense
45.75
Inspector of Wires
75.00
Dog Officer
50.00
Dog Officer-Dog Account
83.00
$25,143.70
Health:
Health Agent
$200.00
Health Consultant
50.00
Health Expense
3,780.51
Meat and Animal Inspector's Salary
75.00
4,105.51
Highways:
Highways-Chapter 81
$24,848.96
Highways-Chapter 90 Maintenance
5,999.12
Highways Chapter 90 Construction-1964
4,452.17
Highways-Chapter 90 Construction 1965
7,008.94
Highways-Snow Roads
12,540.59
Highways-General Expense
3,789.85
Highways-Outstanding 1964 Bills
352.94
Highways-Machinery Maintenance
9,272.04
Highways-Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,883.33
Highways-Bridges
322.86
Highways-Railings
319.24
Highways-Street Lighting
4,604.04
Highways-Equipment Insurance
710.45
Highways-Sidewalks
455.47
Highways-New Sander
2,006.00
$78,566.00
Welfare Assistance: Welfare Salaries: Chairman $200.00
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Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Welfare Relief Expense
5,532.08
Director of Public Assistance:
Welfare
500.00
Old Age Assistance
1,200.00
Aid to Dependent Children
400.00
Disability Assistance
200.00
Medical Assistance for the Aged
500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
6,869.93
Disability Assistance
2,534.89
Old Age Assistance
6,515.40
Medical Assistance for the Aged
10,739.08
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
13,437.70
Aid to Dependent Children
4,786.35
Medical Assistance for the Aged
12,224.52
Disability Assistance
1,256.16
Adm. Aid to Dependent Children 980.00
Adm. Old Age Assistance
2,000.00
Adm. Medical Assistance for the Aged
1,000.00
71,076.11
Soldiers' Benefits:
Veterans' Agent
750.00
Veterans' Benefits
961.10
Veterans' Service Dept. Expense
260.05
1,971.15
Schools and Library:
School Committee Salaries:
Chairman
$75.00
Secretary
40.00
Third Member
20.00
Fourth Member
20.00
Fifth Member
20.00
Sixth Member
20.00
School-George Barden Account
31.50
Industrial Schools
1,532.66
School-General Expense
211,214.32
School-Special Repairs
2,000.00
School-Public Law 874
1,627.12
School-Special Boiler Account
9,865.25
School-Blackstone Valley Vocational
School Debt 667.20
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Library
4,945.68
232,078.73
Recreation and Unclassified:
Recreational Program
$593.77
Blanket Insurance
3,491.80
Memorial Day
500.00
Printing Town Reports
850.00
Group Insurance for Town Employees
6,506.58
11,942.15
Water Department and Cemeteries:
Water Commissioners' Salaries:
Chairman
$100.00
Second Member
100.00
Third Member
100.00
Water-General Expense
11,276.86
Water-Special Chapter 90 Construction ..
2,985.08
Cemetery-Douglas Center
390.39
Cemetery-Pine Grove
150.00
15,622.33
Interest and maturing Debt:
Interest-Water Loan
$37.50
Interest-School Loan
5,087.50
Interest-Departmental Equipment and Building Loan
270.00
Interest-Temporary Loans
2,089.67
Debt-Water Loan
5,000.00
Debt-School Loan
15,000.00
Debt-Departmental Equipment and Building Loan
6,000.00
Debt-Temporary Loans
166,525.00
$200,009.67
Refunds:
1964 M. V. E. T.
$660.13
1965 M. V. E. T.
2,456.66
1964 Real Estate
143.00
1965 Real Estate
1,634.15
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1965 Personal Property 13.23
4,907.17
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Federal Withholding Tax
$29,506.60
Teachers' Retirement Fund
6,851.84
County Retirement
4,326.22
Aetna Insurance
1,225.13
Blue Cross
5,273.95
State Withholding Tax
3,351.66
Dog Licenses to the County
842.75
Myron O. Mowry Fund Income
550.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income
559.61
School Lunch Program
24,009.09
Moses Wallis Devise-Income
1,171.83
Revolving Athletic Fund
607.32
Tax Collector Charges
437.00
Teachers' Annuities
2,460.00
Teachers' National Insurance
1,219.56
Teachers' Association Dues
378.00
82,770.56
State and County Taxes:
Audit of Municipal Accounts
$42.36
State Parks and Reservations
1,538.88
County Tax
14,852.46
County Tuberculosis Hospital
448.61
County Retirement
5,836.35
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills
271.65
Health Insurance-State Elderly
453.81
23,444.12
Total Payments
$769,085.20
Balance December 31, 1965
103,637.01
$872,722.21
Town of Douglas
ASSETS
Cash ·
Temporary Loans:
General
$103,637.01
In anticipation of Highway Reimbursement $41,525.00
Tax Collector
50.00
Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes
$3,074.86
State Tax
353.84
County Retirement
442.01
Aetna Insurance
39.62
Blue Cross
90.05
Teachers Retirement
603.64
Levy of 1965
Real Estate
6,840.67
Personal Property
26.95
Dog License Receipts 3.50
7,390.36
Municipal Lien Continuance
1,780.76
Mowry School Fund
$2,777.65
Sanborn Library Fund
20.44
Cemetery-Perpetual Care
370.52
Moses Wallis Devise
3,310.48
Farm Animal Excise:
Levy of 1965 8.25
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6,479.09
Taxes:
Levy of 1964
Real Estate
$510.42
Personal Property
12.32
4,604.02
Trust Fund Income:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Levy of 1965
2,073.76
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Advance for Petty Cash-
Accounts Receivable :
Tax Title Possessions:
Tax Titles
$3,806.48
Tax Title Possessions
1,843.04
5,649.52
1,140.00
Departmental:
Federal Grants:
New Town Hall
$22.50
Fire-Ambulance Hire
405.00
Assistance
125.07
Fire-General
10.00
Administration
278.06
Highway
181.94
Disability Assistance
391.03
403.13
Medical Assistance to Aged
1,686.05
Old Age Assistance
896.69
Aid to Dependent Children
Assistance
498.41
Administration
1,232.87
General Relief
793.18
7,306.04
Water Rates:
Rates and Services
$2,838.15
Administration
663.24
Aid to Highways:
11,099.83
State:
Medical Assistance to the Aged:
Chapter 81-1965
$11,927.80
Assistance 6,622.41
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1,731.28
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance
10,436.59
Aid Dependent Children
2,222.01
Veteran's Benefits
698.04
Recoveries:
Aid to Dependent Children 640.00
Old Age Assistance 500.00
Disability Assistance
125.07
Chapter 90 Construction 1964 . . 12,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction 1965. . 12,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1965. . 2,000.00
7,652.16
37,927.80
Loans Authorized and Unissued:
School Boiler Loans $4,000.00
County :
Chapter 90 Construction 1964 . . $6,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction 1965 .. 6,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1965 . . 2,000.00
County Tax
463.49
14,000.00
Loans Authorized:
Revolving Funds:
School Boiler Loans
4,000.00
Overdrawn Appropriation:
Highway Machinery Maintenance
495.66
Highway Loans Paid In Advance of Reimbursement 18,000.00
Appropriation Balances:
Town Clerk-Binding Records
$330.03
Civil Defense
343.68
Highways Chapter 90 Construction 1965
10,991.06
Sidewalks-Manchaug Road
1,000.00
Sidewalks-C Street
111.98
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Overestimates 1965:
State Parks and Reservations $129.17
592.66
School Lunch Program
$3,924.78
School Athletic Activities 48.68
3,973.46
Administration 1,029.75
School-George Barden Fund . .
238.50
School-Public Law 874 Account 1,491.88
School-National Defense
Education Act
1,723.29
Group Insurance for Town Employees 668.00
Health-Outstanding 1964 Bill 325.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
17,223.42 255.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations:
Workmen's Compensation Ins. 1,045.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,297.59
Overlays Reserved for Abatement:
Levy of 1964
$522.74
Levy of 1965
5,589.89
6,112.63
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $2,073.76
Farm Animal Excise 8.25
Departmental
7,306.04
Water
2,838.15
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Tax Titles and Possessions 5,649.52
Special Taxes in Litigation 1,370.14
Aid to Highways .
18,000.00
$37,245.86
Excess of Low Value Sales
41.78
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances . .
50.00
Surplus Revenue :
General
$56,590.36
Water
91.54
56,681.90
205,157.31
205,157.31
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
Inside Debt Limit:
General
$72,000.00
General:
School
$60,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Departmental:
General
70,000.00
Highway $4,000.00
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School Boiler 8,000.00
12,000.00
Outside Debt Limit: General:
School 70,000.00
$142,000.00
$142,000.00
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
Monday, February 14, 1966
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 fourteenth day of February, 1966, A. D., at ten (10) 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, 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 Cemetery Commissioner, one Water Commissioner, one mem- ber of the Recreation Commission, two members of the School Com- mittee, each for a term of three years; one member of the School Committee for a term of two years to fill a vacancy.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all other Town Officers for a term of one year.
ARTICLE 3. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Fund.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue for the financial years beginning January 1, 1966, and January 1, 1967, in accordance with the provi- sions of the General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17, or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended, and including that of the Moderator, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk,
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Three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three Assessors, the Collector of Taxes, the Agent Moses Wallis Devise, three Trustees of the Public Library, the Tree Warden, three Cemetery Commissioners, six members of the School Committee, three Water Commissioners, two Constables, three members of the Recreation Commission, one member of the Blackstone Valley Vo- cational Regional District School Committee.
ARTICLE 6. To consider the report and recommendation 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, Legal expenses, Police -Church Detail, Police-Sum- mer Detail, Fire Department Equipment, Insurance on Fire Depart- ment and Personnel, Teletype Service for the Police Department, Civilian Defense, Police Lock-up, Fire Department Ambulance, Workmen's Compensation Insurance, for Maintenance of Highway Machinery, Veterans' Benefits, Library, Blanket Insurance, for the observance of Memorial Day, for the care of Cemeteries including Douglas Center and Pine Grove Cemeteries, for Group Insurance for Town Employees, for the Dog Officer and Dog Officer's Expense, Registrars' Salaries and Expense, New and Old Town Hall Main- tenance, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Inspector of Wires, and Recreation Programs.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance, or to take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treas- ury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or to take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treas- ury, or from funds available under the provisions of Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963 and from funds available under the provisions of Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1965, a sum or sums of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, or to take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the un- issued balance of the loan authorized under Article 1 at a Special Town Meeting held on June 17, 1965, for the purchase and installa- tion of a new boiler at the Douglas Memorial High School, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the un- expended balance in the 'C' Street Sidewalk Account to the Special Gilboa Street Sidewalk Account and to raise and appropriate an additional sum of money for said Special Gilboa Street Sidewalk Account, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the bal- ance in the Machinery Rentals Fund to the 1965 Highway Machinery Account, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. 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 action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay unpaid 1965 bills in the Selectmen's Expense Account, Snow Roads Account, Special Highways Account, School Building Addition Account, Old Town Hall Maintenance Account, Welfare Director Salary Account, Highway Machinery Ac- count, and the Industrial Schools Account, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Overlay Surplus Fund to the Resrve Fund, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to make any increase in salaries of Town Employees (Elective or Appointed) retroactive to January 1, current.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to dispose of any Real Estate held by the Town of Douglas 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 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the printing of a Tax Book and Street List for the Town of Douglas, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five thousand eight hundred eleven and 44/100 ($5,811.44) dollars for capital and operational costs of the Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District, being the Town's pro- portionate share of the interest and installment reduction of bond principal, to become due on its bonds in the current year together with expenses of school operation during this year, or take any action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the preparation of Zoning and Planning Board Regulations in the Town of Douglas, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money, by transferring from available funds or bor- rowing as provided by Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, for the replacement of the present water main on Cummings Court with a six (6) inch water main, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money, by transferring from available funds or bor- rowing as provided by Chapter 44 of the General Laws, as amended, for the replacement of the present two (2) inch water main on Monroe Street with a six (6) inch water main, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to use a sum of money from Free Cash in the hands of the Treasurer to reduce the Tax Levy for the year 1966, or to take any other action pertaining thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To hear and act upon the report of any out- standing Committee or Committees.
ARTICLE 25. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
THE POLLS WILL BE CLOSED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at the Post Office at East Douglas and at the Insurance Office, formerly the Post Office at Douglas, SEVEN days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
GIVEN under our hands this twenty-sixth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.
ROBERT J. FROST JOHN J. KELLY WILLIAM J. WALLIS
Selectmen of Douglas
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ANNUAL REPORT
DOUGLAS, MASSACHUSETTS
January 27, 1966
A TRUE COPY,
ATTEST:
Joseph M. Kostka Constable of Douglas
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
GLAS
S.
INC
746
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1965
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Member
Term Expires
William Dunleavy, Chairman
1966
Mrs. Morris Brink, Secretary (Resigned) 1968
Mr. Harold Buxton 1966
Mrs. Felix Vecchione (Secretary to fill vacancy)
1967
Howard P. Lekberg
1967
Chester Fulone
1968
Mrs. Frank Fulone, to fill vacancy
1966
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS - H. Deane Hoyt
Office at Douglas Memorial High School Office hours: 8:30 A.M .- 12 noon; 1:00 P.M ._ 3:30 P.M. Other hours by Appointment Telephone: East Douglas 476-3332
Secretary to the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Clifford Ballou
School Physician
School Nurse
Dr. Raymond H. Spooner, M.D. Mrs. Mabel A. Brown, R.N. Clifford Ballou
Supervisor of Attendance
HOURS OF SCHOOL SESSIONS
Douglas Memorial High School
8:30 A.M .- 2:30 P.M.
East Douglas Elementary School
8:30 A.M .- 11:45 A.M.
12:30 P.M .- 2:45 P.M.
Douglas Center School
8:30 A.M .- 11:45 A.M.
12:45 P.M .- 3:00 P.M.
The School Committee submits the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1965:
The appropriation for the Schools amounted to $211,215.00
The expenditures amounted to 211,214.32
We have been informed that these reimbursements to the Town have been authorized:
General School Fund $ 34,020.83
Transportation 10,470.00
Mentally Retarded & Phys. Hand 1,797.00
Union Superintendent 2,567.65
State Wards 2,250.50
Unexpended bal. returned to Town .68
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ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT
Receipts: Lost books, etc. 38.59
$51,145.25
This reduces the Net Cost of the Schools to
$160,069.75
EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1965
1965 EXPEND- 1966 BUDGET ITURES BUDGET
GENERAL EXPENSES:
School Committee,
Superintendent's and
Secretary's Salaries
and Office Expense
$9,250.00 $9,371.63
$9,850.00
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION:
Special Teachers
3,467.00
2,834.55
3,630.00
Home Instruction
400.00
Teachers Salaries
144,138.00 143,905.71 154,710.00
Substitute Teachers Salaries
1,000.00
1,579.00
1,200.00
Prin. Exp. & Supplies, Misc.
400.00
452.49
400.00
Text Books
2,500.00
2,479.24
2,500.00
Teaching Supplies
2,750.00
3,234.33
2,750.00
Visual Education
200.00
200.00
Driver Training
600.00
359.63
Adult Evening Class
300.00
147.00
155,355.00 154,991.95 165,790.00
OTHER SCHOOL SERVICES:
Health
3,450.00
3,649.87
3,960.00
Transportation
15,500.00
15,705.59
16,000.00
Athletics
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