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Repairs
662.40
Furniture and
Grounds .. 109.27
Laundry Work 111.08
Janitor's Sup- plies ..
64.11
Other Expenses :
Stationery,
Printing and
Postage ......
53.83
Telephones ....
154.25
Repairs to Fire Alarm
System
307.46
Unpaid Bills
1934
82.00
Sundries
34.14
Total for Fire Department ......
35,662.89
Wire Inspector : Salary 400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
·Salary $600.00
Expenses :
Printing and
Advertising ... 15.45
Auto Hire ....... 32.00
Recutting Dies 5.75
Total for Sealer of Weights and Measures 653.20
71
Gypsy Moth Suppression :
Superintendents
$25.00
Labor
75.00
Total Gypsy Moth Suppression
100.00
Care of Trees :
Superintendent ...
$566.15
Labor
123.00
Advertising
7.87
Saw
2.98
Total for Care of Trees.
700.00
Forest Fires :
Warden
$37.50
Fireman 360.95
Apparatus
18.50
Auto Hire
12.00
Lunches
13.25
First Aid Kits ....
5.70
Total for Forest Fires
...
447.90
Dog Officer :
Salary ....
$75.00
Expenses :
Shooting dogs
82.00
Complaints ....
93.00
Auto Hire. ......
60.75
Posting No-
tices
9.00
Board Dogs ....
73.50
Telephone ...
Total for Dog Officer 394.70 Court Fees 20.36
72
Rifle Practice :
Transportation ...
$142.50
Trucking
28.70
Total for Rifle Practice
171.20
Total for Protection of Persons and Prop-
erty
61,958.32
Health and Sanitation
General Administration :
Salary of Mem-
bers
$299.94
Salary of Clerk .. 261.96
Stationery and
Postage
55.44
Printing and
Advertising ..
127.65
Telephone
71.42
Keys
.50
Auto Hire
192.30
· Express
1.00
Sheriff's Fees ....
1.60
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Board and Treat- ment
6,954.21
Medical At-
tendance 879.57
Drugs and Medi- cines
44.03
Dry Goods and
Clothing
63.40
Groceries and
Provisions 24.22
Loss of Wages ....
30.00
Hospitals
1,223.25
Laundry
10.37
73
Unpaid Bills of 1934
75.00
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treat- ment of Local Case
367.50
Vital Statistics :
Births
99.75
Deaths
80.50
Other Expenses :
Sanitary Inspec-
spector
275.00
Plumbing In -
spector
599.20
Fumigation and
Disinfectants ...
5.25
Animal Burial ....
211.50
Signs
19.00
Health Nurse .....
1,020.00
Nurse's Expense
13.24
Inspection of Animals : Salary of Inspec- tor
300.00
Expenses
150.20
Inspection of Meats and Provisions :
Salary of Inspec- tor 1,356.00
Dental Clinic :
Salaries :
Two Dentists ..
1,170.00
Expenses :
Cleaning
o f
Office
...
21.00
74
Light and
Water 3.42
Insurance Pre- mium 42.80
Dental
Sup-
plies
73.32
Stationery and Printing 13.36
Laundry
20.75
Repairs to
Equipment ... 5.35
Rent
150:00
Total for Health Department .. 16,313.00
Refuse andGarbage: Contract
2,200.00
Sewer Maintenance :
Salaries :
Commissioners $650.00
Superintendent 1,560.00
Clerk
200.00
Expenses :
Telephone
54.35
Express
1.16
Stationery,
Printing and
Postage
6.35
Labor
3,209.00
Truck Hire ..... 99.50
Tools and
Equipment ... 211.15
Pipe and Fit-
tings
108.28
Sewer Maintenance: Power, Light and Water ... 1,218.88
75
Auto Hire
51.50
Repairs
428.45
Rent of Land. ..
10.00
Gravel
10.50
Paint
50.00
Kerosene
2.90
Repairs to Pumps
75.17
Total for Sewer Maintenance ..
7,947.19
Sewer Construction :
P. W. A. Docket
No. 1023, Pre-
liminary Ex-
pense
$116.30
Engineering
Fees
1,312.47
Total for Sewer Construction ..
1,428.77
Total for Health and Sanitation
27,888.96
Highways
General Administration :
Superintendent .. $1,923.08
Clerk
200.00
Telephone 243.94
Express
37.53
Light and Water
111.86
Advertising and
Stationery ..... 65.86
Repairs to Type- writer
2.40
Labor
10,446.03
Truck Hire.
548.98
Broken Stone,
Gravel, etc ..... 941.63
76
Equipment and
Repairs ........
2,204.01
Gasoline and Oil
1,343.33
Tarvia and Road Oil
834.61
Horse Shoeing ...
27.70
Veterinary Serv-
ices
2.00
Roller Hire. 400.00
Insurance
361.33
Fuel
255.08
Hay and Grain ..
478.35
Total for General Highways .... 20,427.72
Oiling Streets :
Labor
$344.50
Oil and Tarvia ..
2,849.16
Sand and Gravel
305.72
Total for Oiling Streets.
3,499.38
New Equipment and Repairs :
New Equipment $1,843.56
Repairs .... 1,107.64
Total for New Equipment and Repairs 2,951.20
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
Labor
$1,764.92
Materials
783.07
Total for Chapter 90 Main-
tenance
2,547.99
Cedar Street Construction 1934: Oil and Tarvia ... $2,694.08
77
Express 20.95
Total for Cedar Street Con- struction 1934
2,715.03
Cedar Street Construction 1935 :
Labor
$7,859.45
Stone
6,075.94
Asphalt
2,949.43
Other Materials.
1,805.83
Express
1.15
Tools
186.99
Ledge
991.20
Guard Rail.
1,163.38
Cement Work ...
137.78
Truck Hire.
12.00
Sharpen Tools ....
11.75
Total for Cedar Street Con- struction
21,195.45
Medway Street Construction :
Labor
$6,163.61
Cement Work ..
158.20
Ledge
276.00
Catch Basin.
181.75
Guard Rail
118.00
Kerosene
50.70
Trucking
9.00
Advertising
47.25
Shovel Hire
252.65
Equipment
24.45
Express
5.27
Sharpen Tools ....
15.25
Stone
4,372.08
Other Materials.
1,464.42
Total for Medway Street Con- struction 13,138.63
78
Snow and Ice Removal :
Labor $11,704.64
Hauling Snow .... 4,735.87
Plowing Snow ....
3,278.62
Gasoline and Oil
224.08
Sanding
461.03
Equipment and
Repairs
775.21
Total for Snow Removal
21,179.45
Street Lights :
Contract
16,637.00
Total for Highways
104,291.85
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
General Administration :
Salaries :
Overseers
$550.00
Almoner
1,768.00
Clerical Hire .. 934.33
Expenses :
Printing, Sta-
tionery and
Postage
482.28
Typewriter ..
75.00
Rope
4.07
Repairs to
Equipment ...
1.40
Light
85.13
Telephone
195.78
Traveling Ex-
penses
220.77
Auto Hire. ..
168.50
Sheriff's Fees.
43.35
Light
28.08
79
Bags for Com- missary ...... 26.85
Outside Relief by Town :
Groceries and
Provisions ..... 4,714.40
Coal and Wood .. 678.88
Board and Care.
1,926.13
Medicine and Medical Assist- ance
1,106.11
State Institu- tions
1,958.00
Cash
12,375.00
Rent
3,324.94
Trucking Food ...
390.63
Funeral Ex- penses
158.00
Repairs to Com-
missary
67.07
Ammonia
50.50
Clothing
12.00
Storage of Fur- niture
4.00
Relief by Other Cities :
Cities
$2,444.73
Towns
1,312.08
State
197.13
Total for General Aid.
35,303.14
Mothers' Aid :
Cash
$11,824.00
Rent
2,920.00
Fuel
479.00
Medicine and
Medical Assist-
ance
119.65
80
Groceries
23.40
Moving
9.00
Total for Mothers' Aid
15,375.05
Old Age Assistance :
Cash $26,460.00
Board and Care
155.00
Burial Expense ..
200.00
Glasses
8.00
Ambulance Serv-
ice
3.00
Other Cities and
Towns
1,091.33
Total for Old Age Assistance ..
27,917.33
Infirmary :
Salaries :
Superintendent $1,500.00 Other Em- ployees ....... 728.80
Expenses :
Groceries and
Provisions ... 4,414.29
Dry Goods and Clothing
1,305.05
Buildings ......
1,267.56
Fuel and Light
1,694.58
Gas and Oil ....
211.17
Hardware and
Supplies ...
1,378.41
Newspaper Subs crip- tions 38.90
Telephone .. ...
114.95
81
Medicine and
Medical At-
tendance
393.44
Grain
2,121.18
Express
11.00
Stationery .....
16.55
Repairs to
Equipment ...
189.16
Shingling Con-
tract
72.00
Taxes to Upton
14.88
Boiler Inspec-
tion
10.00
Trucking
71.00
Insurance
469.85
Silage Cutter
and Pipe ......
33.00
Equipment Hire
10.00
Dynamite
38.40
Veterinary Services
36.50
Sheep
42.00
Chickens
50.00
Cow
53.50
Trees
50.00
Hatching
Poults
8.80
Plants
12.25
Sundries
29.71
Total for Infirmary 16,386.93
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid : Cash
680.00
Military Aid :
Cash 690.00
82
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
$11,339.05
Care of Children
312.00
Fuel
295.21
Groceries
270.85
Rent
308.25
Medicine and
Medical
At-
tendance
356.87
Printing
9.75
Board and Care
14.00
Clothing
50.68
Other Cities and
Towns
179.09
Total for Soldiers' Relief.
13,135.75
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits ..
109,488.20
Schools and Libraries
General Expenses :
Salary of Super- intendent
$3,999.43
Clerical Hire .. 1,976.00
Truant Officer ....
1,450.00
School Physician
1,000.00
School Nurse ......
1,500.00
Printing, Sta-
tionery and
Postage
555.51
Telephone
308.58
Travel Expenses
(Nurse)
241.70
Clerk of Works
(New High School)
948.00
Janitor's Serv-
ices (Office) ..
41.01
1
83
Mimeograph
259.37
Express
169.50
Teachers' Salaries :
High
46,266.02
Elementary 104,312.03
Physical
Direc-
tor 2,000.00
Text Books and Supplies : High School :
Text and Ref-
erence Books 2,739.13
All Other.
612.57
Elementary Schools :
Text and Ref- erence Books 1,302.57
All Other ........ 1,457.01
Tuition :
Trade Schools .... 2,100.79
Transportation'
5,524.38
Janitor's Services :
High School.
2,102.50
Elementary
...
7,867.50
Fuel, Light and Water :
High School.
2,714.78
Elementary
8,103.57
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High School :
Repairs
295.00
Janitor's Sup-
plies .. 26.12
Elementary :
Repairs
5,156.13
1
84
Janitor's Sup-
plies
310.06
All Other 28.16
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
21.39
Elementary ... 425.89
Rent of Superin-
tendent's Office
and Committee
Rooms
600.00
Other Expenses :
Diplomas
170.25
Flags
63.00
Watchmen
40.00
Repairs to Equip-
ment
2.00
Boiler Inspection
50.00
Shovel Snow.
39.26
Insurance
2,472.76
Total for Schools
209,251.97
Town Library :
Salaries :
Librarian
$1,320.00
Assistant Li-
brarian
936.00
Clerks
....
1,350.00
Expenses :
Books
1,170.70
Periodicals
85.00
Binding Books
194.66
Repairing
Books
13.79
Light
170.24
Furniture
4.40
....
85
Repairs
4.62
Accession
Work 11.48
Stationery,
Printing
and Postage
46.90
Telephone .. ..
7.95
Massachusetts
Library Club 1.00
Express
.50
Total for Library
5,317.24
High School Addition, P. W. A. No. 4410: Preliminary Ex-
penses $116.20
Architect's Fees 12,287.23
Contracts
160,223.06
Total for High School Ad-
dition
172,626.49
Total for Schools and Library
387,195.70
Recreation and Unclassified
Parks :
Salary of Clerk .. $100.00
Stationery, Printing and
Postage
20.85
Labor
1,569.25
Equipment
250.61
Loam
87.28
Truck Hire.
13.75
Raising Flag
78.00
Salt
.30
Lumber
24.15
Light
.74
Water
.... 66.87
86
Lime
14.00
Shrubs
6.80
Flowers for
Parks
44.40
Repairs
12.15
Cement
10.85
Total for Parks
2,300.00
Playgrounds :
Instructors
$1,068.00
Labor
30.25
Sand
10.63
Apparatus
149.42
Repairs
14.75
Freight
1.88
Lumber
22.68
First Aid Kits.
4.37
Badges
6.27
Balls
4.50
Total for Playgrounds
1,312.75
Hoboken District Playgrounds :
Instructors
$311.12
Equipment
95.63
Total for Hoboken
District
Playgrounds
406.75
Total for Parks and Playgrounds
4,019.50
Unclassified
Damage to Persons and Prop-
erty
$2,486.63
Memorial Day :
G. A. R.
$150.00
87
American Le-
gion
150.00
Spanish War
Veterans 50.00
Total for Memorial Day .. 350.00
Armistice Day :
Veterans of Foreign Wars ....
150.00
Printing Town Reports. 1,303.54
Worcester County T. B. Hos- pital Assessment
6,601.75
Worcester County T. B. Hos- pital Construction
9,704.25
Decennial Census
635.00
Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs
69.00
Workmen's Compensation In- surance Premium
2,079.05
Reimbursement to Officer Bag- ley
170.00
County Aid to Agriculture ...... 50.00
Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking, Etc. :
Materials
$16,008.09
Tools and Equip-
ment
5,526.23
Trucking
7,025.06
Equipment Hire
1,584.20
Signs
18.15
Engineering Services ....
369.00
Travel Expenses
250.00
Clerical
62.50
Co - ordinator's
Service
75.00
Survey
130.00
Printing
13.00
88
Sundries
2.25
Total for Purchase of Tools, Materials, Etc. 31,063.48
Petty Cash :
A. O. Caswell. $100.00
M. L. Brittle. 25.00
E. Blake 5.00
Total for Petty Cash
130.00
State Tax
23,900.00
County Tax
25,738.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts.
42.30
Care of Civil War Veterans ....
240.00
State Parks and Reservations.
264.88
Dog Licenses to County
1,796.00
Police Retirement Act.
2,000.00
Total for Unclassified 108,773.88
Cemeteries
No. Purchase Cemetery :
Labor $55.50
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Salary-Secretary of Trus-
tees
300.00
Labor
2,173.50
Loam
144.13
Seeds, etc.
154.94
Markers
10.50
Tools
112.41
Care Pine Grove Lots
13.13
Repairs
58.68
Total for Cemeteries 3,022.79
89
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest :
Anticipation of
Revenue
$3,265.35
East Main St.,
Construction ....
165.00
Sewers, 1922.
1,445.00
Sewers, 1906.
560.00
Stacy School
120.00
Tax Title Loan ..
2,356.42
Emergency Fi-
· nance Loan ..... 2,800.00
High School
Construction ...
3,168.29
Sewer Construc-
tion-P. W. A.
184.92
Total for Interest.
14,064.98
Maturing Debt :
Anticipation of
Revenue ... $297,000.00
Tax Title Loan .. 24,841.49
East Main St.,
Construction ...
2,000.00
Chapter 307 Loan
20,000.00
Sewers, 1922.
2,000.00
Sewers, 1906.
7,000.00
Stacy School.
3,000.00
Total for Maturing Debt.
355,841.49
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt ..
369,906.47
Trust Funds
Cemetery Perpetual Care
950.00
90
Refunds and Transfers :
Refunds :
Taxi Badges ... $31.00
Taxes
63.68
Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax
1934 117.09
Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax
1935
683.21
Total for Refunds
$894.98
Transfers :
Surplus War Bonus Fund to
C o n struction of War Me- morial
3,293.99
Soldiers' Relief to Purchase of Tools, Ma- terials, etc ... Rifle Practice to Purchase
5,000.00
of Tools, Ma- terials, etc ... 128.80
Reserve Fund to :
Election, Reg- istration and Town Meet- ings
1,000.00
Assessors
348.00
Accountant 50.00
Town Hall.
170.00
Town Hall
Insurance .... 3.97
91
Treasurer
40.00
Fire - Inci-
dentals
175.00
Brush Fires.
113.70
Inspector o f
Animals ...
95.00
Cedar St .. ....
758.00
Street Lights ..
29.00
Public Welfare
4,304.61
Insurance on
School Build- ing 483.67
Workmen's
C o m pensa-
tion Insur-
ance
579.05
Damage t
Persons and
Property ....
1,500.00
Vernon Grove
Cemetery .. ....
350.00
-
Total for Transfers
18,422.79
Total for Refunds and Transfers.
19,317.77
Total for Expenditures $1,225,828.09
Cash in Treasury, December 31, 1935
178,840.47
Grand Total $1,404,668.56
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RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES
1934 Balance
1935 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1935 Expendi- tures
1935 Balance
1936 Estimates
General Government
$100.00
$100.00
Moderator
$100.00
$100.00
1,635.00
1,635.00
Selectmen
1,459.24
$175.76
1,635.00
100.00
100.00
Finance Commission-Secretary
78.10
21.90
100.00
2,300.00
2,350.00
Accountant
2,325.97
24.03
2,300.00
2,000.00
$50.00 40.00
2,040.00
Treasurer
2,035.47
4.53
1,900.00
222.50
222.50
222.50
223.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,460.22
539.78
5,000.00
445.00
445.00
Tax Collector's Bond
445.00
446.00
4,200.00
348.00
4,548.00
Assessors
4,183.23
364.77
4,600.00
100.00
100.00
Publishing Poll Lists
98.63
1.37
Certification of Notes
42.00
33.00
75.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Town Solicitor
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,700.00
.60
1,700.60
Town Clerk
1,551.23
149.37
1,700.00
780.00
780.00
Town Clerk-Clerk Hire
780.00
780.00
2,700.00
1,000.00
3,700.00
3,660.53
39.47
5,000.00
2,800.00
170.00
2,970.00
2,968.03
1.97
2,800.00
2,300.00
14.25
2,314.25
2,303.97
10.28
1,100.00
1.12
1,101.12
Memorial Hall
1,100.53
.59
1,100.00
Property Foreclosure-Treasurer
500.00
Protection to Persons and Property
23,000.00
1.43
23,001.43
Police
22,997.27
4.16
23,100.00
75.00
75.00
Court Fees
20.36
54.64
75.00
500.00
500.00
Maintenance of Traffic Signals
410.00
89.20
500.00
18,435.00
90.00
18,525.00
Fire-Members
18,525.00
18,495.00
3,500.00
651.75
4,151.75 |Fire-Incidentals
4.151.13
.62
3,500.00
92
75.00
75.00
Treasurer's Bond
Tax Collector
Election, Registration and Town Meetings
Town Hall
Town Hall Insurance
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1934 Balance
1935 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1935 Expendi- tures
1935 Balance
1936 Estimates
$82.00
$82.00
Fire-Unpaid Bills 1934
$82.00
100.00
100.00
Fire-New Alarm Box
100.00
350.00
350.00
Fire-Repairs Alarm System
307.46
$42.54
$800.00
800.00
800.00
Fire-New Hose
783.80
16.20
800.00
350.00
$113.70
463.70
Fire-Brush Fires
447.90
15.80
350.00
12,120.00
12,120.00
Fire-Hydrant Service
12,120.00
12,120.00
300.00
300.00
Rifle Practice
300.00
200.00
400.00
400.00
Inspector of Wires
400.00
400.00
670.00
670.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
653.20
16.80
670.00
100.00
100.00
Gypsy Moth Supression
100.00
300.00
700.00
700.00
Care of Trees
700.00
800.00
400.00
400.00
Dog Officer
394.70
5.30
400.00
Police-Revolvers and Auto
833.00
New Trees
150.00
Health and Sanitation
17,000.00
17,000.00
Health-General
16,487.80
512.20
17,000.00
75.00
75.00
Health-Unpaid Bills 1934
75.00
350.00
104.90
454.90 Inspector of Animals
450.20
4.70
350.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Dental Clinic
1,500.00
2,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
Sewer Maintenance
7,947.19
52.81
8,000.00
4,000.00
53,250.00
57,250.00
Sewer Construction
1,428.77
55,821.23
300.00
6,601.75
6,601.75
Worcester County T.B. Hospital Assessment
6,601.75
6,850.72
9,704.25
9,704.25
9,704.25
9,655.95
20,500.00
20,500.00
|Highways
20,427.72
72.28
20,500.00
93
Worcester County T.B. Hospital Construction
Highways
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RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1934 Balance
1935 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1935 Expendi- tures
1935 Balance
1936 Estimates
$3,000.00 3,500.00
$3,000.00
New Equipment and Repairs
$2,951.20
$48.80
$2,000.00
3,500.00
Oiling Streets
3,499.38
62
5,000.00
$2,432.19
$758.00
3,190.19
Cedar St., Construction 1934
3,190.16
.03
5,000.00
18,929.32
Medway St., Construction
13,138.63
5,790.69
1,850.00
5,500.00
13,929.32 17,488.52
22,488.52
Cedar St., Construction 1935
21,195.45
1,293.07
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1934
589.22
1,500.00 25,000.00
1,700.00
3,200.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1935
2,549.33
650.67
Snow Removal
21,179.45
3,863.05
10,000.00
16,608.00
29.00
25,042.50 16,637.00
Street Lights
16,637.00
17,000.00
Purchase St. Construction
10,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
400.00
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Public Welfare
95,007.45
125,000.00
State Aid
680.00
850.00
1,200.00
Military Aid
690.00
1,000.00
18,000.00
135.75
18,135.75
Soldiers' Relief
18,135.75
15,000.00
Schools and Library
High School Addition
172,626.49
38,907.99
Schools
206,889.50
7.76
212,750.00
206,000.00 2,000.00
483.67
2,483.67
Insurance on School Building
2,472.76
10.91
4,000.00
1,359.95
5,359.95
Town Library and Dog Tax
5,358.64
1.31
4,500.00
School Unpaid Bills, 1935
974.76
Recreation and Unclassified
-
2,300.00
2,300.00
Town Parks
2,300.00
2,600.00
1,300.00
12.75
1,312.75
Playgrounds
1,312.75
1,700.00
400.00
6.75
406.75
Playgrounds Hoboken District
406.75
1,303.54
1,303.54
|Printing Town Reports
1,303.54
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90,000.00 850.00
5,007.45
95,007.45 850.00 1,200.00
170.00 510.00
11,534.48 897.26
211,534.48 206,897.26
589.22
42.50
589.22
RECAPITULATION AND ESTIMATES-Concluded
1934 Balance
1935 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1935 Expendi- tures
1935 Balance
1936 Estimates
$7,410.72
$1,500.00 1,000.00 25,000.00 69.00
$579.05 1,500.00 5,137.80
$2,079.05 2,500.00 37,548.52
|Damage to Persons and Property Purchase of Tools, Materials, Etc.
$2,079.05 2,486.63 31,063.48
$13.37 6,485.04
$2,000.00 1,000.00 25,000.00 69.00
170.00
170.00
Reimbursement to Officer Bagley Memorial G. A. R.
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
Memorial Day-American Legion
150.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day-Spanish War
50.00
50.00
150.00
150.00
Armistice Day-Veterans of For- eign Wars
150.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
635.00
635.00 2,000.00
Police Retirement Act
2,000.00
1,500.00
3,293.99
3,293.99
Construction of War Memorial
3,293.99
5,000.00
Cemeteries
2,000.00 50.00
954.16 5.50 603.94
2,954.16 55.50 617.91
North Purchase Cemetery
55.50
50.00
13.97
Income of Trust Fund V. G. C.
617.29
.62
28.10
28.10
Income of Trust Fund North Purchase
5.50
22.60
Interest and Maturing Debt
14,000.00 34,000.00
14,000.00 34,000.00
Interest |Maturing Debt
13,396.77 34,000.00
603.23
17,000.00 42,000.00
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Worcester County Extension Service
Decennial Census
635.00
2,000.00
Town Insurance
Vernon Grove Cemetery
2,954.16
3,100.00
69.00
Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs
69.00
170.00
150.00
150.00
Workmen's Compensation In- surance Premium
96 SALARIES AND WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF MILFORD
General Government
Position
Salary
Moderator
$100.00
Selectmen
250.00
Clerk of Selectmen
500.00
Secretary of Finance Commission
50.00
Accountant
2,000.00
Treasurer
1,500.00
Tax Collector
3,500.00
Assessors (Two Members)
1,000.00
Assessors' Clerk
1,500.00
Town Solicitor
250.00
Town Solicitor, legal fees for special work, 1935
950.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Clerk to Town Clerk
780.00
Town Clerk, recording fees (Marriages, Deaths and Births, 1935)
787.00
Registrars of Voters
150.00
Clerk of Registrars
175.00
Janitor of Town Hall
1,200.00
Janitor of Memorial Hall
600.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen, per hour
.631%
Fire Department :
Engineers (3)
675.00
Superintendent of Fire Alarm System ... 300.00
Permanent Men (6), each per week.
30.00
Clerk
150.00
Firemen, Call Men 150.00
Tree Warden, per week, while working. 28.00
Dog Officer 75.00
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Health
Members
100.00
Clerk
250.00
Sanitary Inspector
300.00
Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time taken
600.00
Nurse
1,080.00
Doctor
600.00
Dentist
300.00
Inspector of Meats
1,356.00
Sanitation
Sewer Department:
Commissioners (two members)
200.00
Chairman of the Board
250.00
Superintendent
1,600.00
Clerk
200.00
Highways
Superintendent
2,000.00
Foreman, per week
35.00
Drivers, per hour
.662/3
Welfare
Overseers (two members) 150.00
Chairman of the Board
250.00
Almoner
1,768.00
Superintendent of Town Farm
1,500.00
Clerk, per week
15.00
School Department
For School Department Salaries see School Department Report.
Cemetery Department
Clerk of Trustees
300.00
All Other
Common Labor in all Departments, per hour .50
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD December 31, 1935
Year
Sewer Bonds
Tax Title Loan
Emergency Finance Loan
High School Addition
Total Maturity by Years
1936
$12,000.00
$64,289.61
$20,000.00
$10,000.00
$106,289.61
1937
5,000.00
20,000.00
10,000.00
35,000.00
1938
5,000.00
20,000.00
10,000.00
35,000.00
1939
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1940
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1941
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1942
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1943
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1944
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1945
5,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
1946-1952
4,000.00 yearly
8,000.00 yearly 84,000.00
1953-1954
2,000.00 yearly
8,000.00 yearly 20,000.00
1955
2,000.00
7,000.00
9,000.00
Totals
$91,000.00
$64,289.61
$60,000.00
$179,000.00
$394,289.61
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Milford:
The Board of Health herewith presents its annual re- port, together with the reports of its various appointees, for the year ending December 31, 1935.
The Board of Health, for the year 1935, consisted of John F. Adams, Chairman; James Cervone and Arthur J. Chambers. Mr. John F. Adams resigned on April 10. 1935. At a joint meeting of the Selectmen and the Board of Health, held April 30, 1935, Mr. J. Curtis Nutter was elected to fill the vacancy as Chairman. Miss Phyllis Moran was appointed Secretary.
The appointments of the Board of Health were as fol- lows: Meat and Provision Inspectors, Dr. Benjamin F. Hartman, Jeremiah Macchi; Sanitary Inspector, Walter Chapin; Plumbing Inspector, John E. Higgiston. At this time Mr. Higgiston was granted an indefinite leave of absence, and Mr. William L. Power was appointed to fill the vacancy. On October 16, 1935, Mr. Charles J. Ferrante was appointed Plumbing Inspector to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Higgiston's leave of absence. Nurse, Mrs. Anna M. McKenna (Mrs. McKenna passed away on April 10, 1935). On May 2, 1935, Miss Helen M. Murphy was elected as Board of Health Nurse. Phy- sician, Dr. Francis H. Lally; dentists, William J. Clancy and Francis X. Kelley.
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In Memory
of
MRS. ANNA M. McKENNA 1929-1935
For over five years a faithful Board of Health Nurse.
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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CONTAGIOUS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES REPORTED EACH MONTH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
Chicken Pox
7
9
1 12
5
0
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
Dog Bite
0
0
1
6
6
8
4
Dog Bite (anti-rabic vaccine)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 2
54
Measles
0
0
1
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
10
Lobar Pneumonia
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
11
Mumps
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
2
3
13
Tuberculosis
0
1
6
1 0
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
12 21 2
Bacillary Dysentery
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Typhoid Fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 2
0 0
0 3
0
0
0
0 0 0
3
Syphilis
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0
1
Total
19 20
7 35 55 20
9
9 6
7 14 13 214
0
0
6
32
11
1
0
1
0
1
5
2 7
Scarlet Fever
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0 0
0 0
2 0
1 0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Infantile Paralysis
0
0
0
0 0
Gonorrhea
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
The following reports of the various appointees show in detail the work of the department.
Respectfully submitted, J. CURTIS, NUTTER, Chairman, JAMES CERVONE, ARTHUR J. CHAMBERS,
Board of Health.
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
During the first three months of 1935, owing to the lack of building, there was no applications for permits to do new work or remodeling, most of the time being put in on investigating and looking after work where no permits were required. On April 1st, your Inspector,
0 100
0
0
0
36
0
1 0
2
3
0
38
3
German Measles
0
Whooping Cough
10
1
1
0
Septic Throat
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
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having taken a government position out of town and not being available to put in the time inspecting and also the two hours a day the position calls for to receive and issue permits, asked for and received a leave of absence in accordance with the law.
Mr. William L. Power was appointed acting Inspector for six months, and thereafter did the inspecting until October, when Charles J. Ferrente was appointed As- sistant Inspector, and he has taken charge of the in- specting since with the exception of what work he per- formed, which I took care of without pay.
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