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$5,275.00
Tax rate for Town $36.60 per Thousand
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. CLANCY, Chairman, FREDERICK A. NEALON, Clerk, JOHN F. MAHER,
Assessors
FINANCIAL REPORT OF ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT FOR 1937
General Appropriation $4,250.00
Expenditures
Billings, G. M. $15.00
Burroughs Adding Machine
.75
41
Cahill's News Agency
9.04
Clarke Printing Co.
26.25
Expense to Land Court
5.25
Groom, Thos. & Co., Inc.
11.67
Hobbs & Warren
77.83
Makepeace, Inc.
10.00
Milford Daily News
14.22
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
86.88
Office Assistance
334.50
Reynolds Music Store
17.10
Transportation
25.00
U. S. Postage
21.70
Worcester County Abstract Co.
125.00
$ 780.19
Payroll
William F. Clancy, Chairman $ 969.81
Frederick A. Nealon, Clerk
1,500.00
John F. Maher
1,000.00
3,469.81
$4,250.00
Publishing Poll List
Appropriation
$100.00
Plus additional from Finance
Committee
10.00
$110.00
$ 85.00
Typing Mastersheets
25.00
$110.00
Publishing Property List
$600.00
Appropriation
G. M. Billings
$460.80
Typing Mastersheets
100.00
Spaulding Moss Co.
9.69
Spaulding Moss Co.
42
Total Expenditure
570.49
Unexpended Balance
$ 29.51
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. CLANCY, FREDERICK A. NEALON, JOHN F. MAHER,
Assessors
Town Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Voters of Milford :
Herewith I submit my annual report of the financial transactions of the Town of Milford for the year ending December 31, 1937.
Included is a Detailed Report of the Receipts from all sources of Income, a Detailed Report of the Expenditures of each department and account, a Recapitulation and Estimate Table showing the Appropriation Receipts and Transfers, Expenditures, Balance December 31, 1937 and: the Estimated Cost to run the various Departments as - submitted by them for the coming year. Included also is the usual Balance Sheet, a Table showing the salaries paid Town Offices and also a Detailed Summary of the Net Funded or Fixed Debt of the Town.
I wish to thank all the Departments for their cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL J. HANNIGAN,
Town Accountant.
TOWN OF MILFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1937
General Accounts
ASSETS
Cash in Office and Banks: General Treasury
$46,806.16
Anticipation of Revenue
$72,000.00
Accounts Receivable:
Sale of Pearl St. Property
500.00
Sale of Railroad St., Property
700.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
1,263.50
Levy of 1932
486.65
Levy of 1933
762.52
Levy of 1934
5,148.67
Purchase St., Construction Chap. 90 7,801.31
Sidewalks-East St.
321.05
Levy of 1936
90,265.88
Road Machinery Account
500.00
Levy of 1937
170,369.02
Road Machinery Fund
103.74
Motor Vehicle Excise
U. S. Grant-Aid to Dependent
Children
91.41
Motor Vehicle Excise
U. S. Grant-Old Age for
Tax - 1930
1,757.62
Assistance 2,139.80
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,449.11
Motor Vehicle Excise
Reconstruction of High School
59,792.12
Tax - 1932
2,702.08
Purchase of Tools, Materials and Trucking Etc.
8,636.25
Tax - 1933
1,588.19
Construction of War Memorial
6.73
Motor Vehicle Excise
Land Damages-Purchase St.
6.23
Tax - 1934
1,247.16
Zoning Board
10.27
Income-Vernon Grove Cemetery Trust Funds
39.43
Motor Vehicle Excise
Income-No. Purchase Cemetery
Tax - 1936
1,673.93
Trust Funds
35.50
Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax - 1937
6,368.22
LIABILITIES
Temporary Loans:
Taxes:
Levy of 1931 48.51
Appropriation Balances: Sewer Construction P.W.A. 1023 $1,094.00
Levy of 1935
7,592.23.
Tax - 1929
603.46
Tax - 1931
U. S. Grant-Old Age for Administration 30.40
Motor Vehicle Excise
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - 1935
1,710.64
County Tax 25.50
80,633.74
294,773.89
Special Assessments:
Old Age Assistance - 1931
69.00
Old Age Assistance - 1932
313.00
Old Age Assistance - 1933
935.00
Overlay Reserve
793.45
Treasurer's Tailings
799.66
Premium on Loan
26.25
U. S. Grant Vocational Education Fire Losses:
2,379.81
School
129.72
Health
1.40
Highway
1,092.87
1,223.99
Health
4,412.28
Highway
653.60
Public Welfare
3,697.98
Infirmary
849.50
Mothers' Aid
2,356.56
Old Age Assistance
17,203.30
Taxi Badge Reserve
11.00
State Aid
530.00
Military Aid
75.00
School Department
339.65
Cemetery
465.50
30,583.37
Levy-1931-M. V. Excise Tax
2,449.11
Levy-1932-M. V. Excise Tax
2,702.08
Levy-1933-M. V. Excise Tax
1,588.19
Levy-1934 -- M. V. Excise Tax
1,247.16
1931
2,924.13
Levy-1935-M. V. Excise Tax
1,710.64
1932
812.66
Levy-1936-M V. Excise Tax 1,673.93
1933
698.51
Levy-1937-M. V. Excise Tax
6,368.22
State Aid to Highways County Aid to Highways
3,172.77
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
2,039.46
Levy-1936 Levy-1937 5,957.06
7,996.52
Apportioned Sewer Assessments, 1923-1937
3,515.11
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments,
1925-1937
9,999.58
14,831.69
Departmental:
Accounts Payable to be refunded:
Taxes-1930
738.32
Tax Title Redemptions reserved 1,615.63
Revenues Reserved Until Collected:
Levy-1929-M. V. Excise Tax 603.46
Levy-1930-M. V. Excise Tax
1,757.62
Judgment Taxes:
1926
157.10
4,592.40 5,020.91
Uncollected Court Judgment Departmental Revenue
20,100.41 4,592.40 30,583.37
TOWN OF MILFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1937
General Accounts-Continued.
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1930
11.90
Levy of 1931
12.04
Levy of 1932
12.11
Levy of 1933
10.99
Levy of 1934
387.71
Levy of -1935
5,063.85
5,498.60
Town Possessions
3,972.16
State Tax Deficit
1,792.50
State Parks and Reservations
144.11
13,514.69
State Hospital Assessments
100.00
Sewer Revenue Excess and Deficiency 171,815.82
$411,288.56
$411,288.56
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Sewer Assessments:
Apportioned Sewer Assessments:
Due 1938
645.86
Due 1939
645.82
Due 1940
626.95
-Apportioned but not due
$2,645.93
Due 1941
626.88
Due 1942
100.42
$2,645.93
2,645.93
Tax Accounts
Tax Titles
$49,433.68 |Tax Title Reserve
49,433.68
Debt Accounts
Sewer Construction Loan-1922
30,000.00
Sewer Construction Loan-1935 44,000.00
Emergency Finance Loan
20,000.00
Tax Title Loan 41,544.20
High School Addition Loan
168,000.00
$321,544.20
321,544.20
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds-Cash & Securities
$25,631.92 |Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 25,631.92
Municipal Retirement System
Municipal Retirement System Cash and Securities
$7,665.65
$7,665.65
Annuity Savings Fund
4,358.07
Annuity Reserve Fund
12.02
Pension Accumulation Fund
3,219.14
Expense Fund
30.1.4
Undistributed Income
46.28
7,665.65
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$321,544.20
Municipal Relief Loan 18,000.00
48 RECEIPTS Taxes
Current Year :
Poll
$5,668.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
18,562.57
Real Estate
and Personal
346,026.52
370,257.09
Previous Years :
Poll
722.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,494.34
Real Estate
and Personal
195,158.90
198,375.24
From State :
Income Tax
55,999.85
Corporation Tax
11,612.24
Veterans' Exemptions
21.73
67,633.82
Tax Titles
6,173.40
Total for Taxes
$642,439.55
Licenses
Liquor
18,543.32
Pedlars
230.00
Sunday
485.00
Pool, Billiards & Bowling
46.00
First Class Auto
181.88
Victuallers
30.00
Motor Vehicle Junk
20.00
Revolvers
17.00
Motorcycle
5.00
Auctioneers
12.00
Theater
150.00
Oleomargarine
2.00
Collectors
15.00
Hotel
5.00
49
Used Car Innholders Circus
10.00
1.00
25.00
Shop
5.00
Total for Licenses 19,783.20
Fines
Third District Court 646.62
Forfeits
Daddario Deposit on Bid
5,000.00
Grants and Gifts
From U. S. Government :
Old Age Assistance
38,118.06
Aid to Dependent
Children
8,773.14
From State :
Schools
3,396.97
Geo. Ellsey Fund
2,000.00
Smith Hughs
245.10
From County :
Dog Licenses
1,447.80
Total for Grants & Gifts
53,981.07
All Other General Revenue
Special Assessment :
Old Age Assistance
1.00
Apportioned Sewer
Assessment
376.72
Unapportioned Sewer
Assessment
672.49
Total for Special Assessments
1,050.21
50
Departmental Revenue General Government
Treasurer :
Tax Title Releases 12.00
Tax Collector :
Fees on Taxes
127.52
Town Hall :
Rental '
425.00
Total for General Government
564.52
Protection of Persons and Property
Fire Department :
Sale of Junk 15.00
Sealer of Weights and
Measures :
Fees for Sealing 159.17
Services of Dog Officer
84.00
Total for Protection of
Persons and Property
258.17
Health and Sanitation
Health :
Tuberculosis
2,392.86
Reimbursement-
Individual
19.50
Dental Clinic
107.00
Sanitation :
Sewer Connections
185.00
Plumbing Fees
51.00
Grant P.W.A. 1023
3,376.21
Total for Health & Sanitation
6,131.57
Highways
Machinery Hire
103.74
Sale of Old Materials
and Sundries 28.63
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Purchase St. Construction
Chap. 90:
State
24,479.09
County
17,327.23
Medway St., Construction
Chap. 90:
State
150.46
County
100.47
Total for Highways
42,189.62
Charities
General Aid :
Individuals
209.25
Cities and Towns
5,661.49
State
3,633.95
Total for General Aid
9,504.69
Mothers' Aid :
State
10,238.63
Old Age Assistance :
Cities and Towns
519.83
Individuals
90.00
State
764.07
Total for Old Age Assistance 1,373.90
Infirmary :
Sale of Produce 346.15
Board and Care
2,585.36
Total for Infirmary
2,931.51
Total for Charities
24,048.73
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
710.00
Military Aid
174.00
52
Soldiers' Burials
Soldiers' Relief
100.00 98.00
Total for Soldiers' Relief 1,082.00
Schools
Tuition of State Wards
2,583.63
Other Tuition
2,834.18
P.W.A. 4410 Grant Payment
13,337.51
Miscellaneous
116.73
Total for Schools 18,872.05
Library
Fines 272.92
Unclassified
Fire Losses :
Town Barn
1,092.87
High School
64,160.36
Health
1,078.35
Total Fire Losses
66,331.58
Sale of Land
700.00
Rent of Land
30.00
Dog Licenses
1,796.40
Total for Unclassified 68,857.98
Vernon Grove Cemetery
Sale of Lots
220.00
Sale of Graves
28.00
Care of Lots
180.00
Opening Graves
330.00
Reseeding & Grading
22.00
Total for Vernon Grove Cemetery 780.00
Trust Funds
Perpetual Care 400.00
53
Interest
Excess Interest from State
916.59
Taxes
10,930.63
Tax Titles
689.50
Sewer Assessments
114.99
Trust Funds for
Perpetual Care
727.21
Total for Interest
13,378.92
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Revenue
322,000.00
Refunds and Transfers
Refunds :
County Tax
25.50
Petty Cash
105.00
Taxi Badges
26.00
Soldiers' Relief
76.50
Sewer Construction
P.W.A. 1023
2.75
Treasurer's Tailings
558.48
Care of Trees
45.00
Land Court Fees
233.66
Welfare General and
Mothers' Aid
1,016.79
Welfare General and
Mothers' Grant
28.85
Old Age Assistance
364.50
Old Age Assistance Grant
417.50
State Aid
10.00
School Department
14.66
Police Department
8.00
Fire
4.30
Total Refunds
2,937.49
Transfers :
Brush Fires from
Reserve Fund 210.73
54
Treasurer from Reserve
Fund 750.00
Accountant from Reserve Fund 200.00
Heating Plant-Memorial
Hall- from Reserve Fund 415.00
Fire-Incidentals from
Reserve Fund 964.00
Fire-New Equipment and
Repairs from Reserve Fund
1,824.07
Dog Officer from Reserve Fund 100.00
Highway-General from
· Reserve Fund 800.00
Damages to Persons and Property from Reserve Fund 100.00
Land Registration-Cedar Swamp Pond from Reserve Fund 250.00
Library from Reserve Fund
200.00
Vernon Grove Cemetery from Reserve Fund 200.00
Care of Trees from Reserve Fund 32.50
Inspection of Animals
from Reserve Fund 85.00
Publishing Poll Lists from Reserve Fund 10.00
Election-Registration from Reserve Fund 200.00
Highway-New Equipment from Reserve Fund 1,500.00
Health-General from Reserve Fund 800.00
Town Hall from Reserve Fund 300.00
Land Damages-Purchase 1
Street from Reserve Fund 829.57 Hydrant Service from
55
Reserve Fund 28.33
Police Department from Reserve Fund 200.00
Health General from Fire Loss 517.00
Dental Clinic from Fire Loss 559:95
High School Const.
from Fire Loss 64,160.36
General & Mothers' Aid from Excess &
Deficiency 18,000.00
Renting Playgrounds from
Excess & Deficiency 150.00
High School Constr. from Excess & Deficiency 25,171.56
General & Mothers' Aid
from Excess & Deficiency 4,000.00
General & Mothers' Aid
from Old Age Assistance 8,000.00
Purchase of Tools, Materials
Trucking etc. from
S. Relief 4,500.00
Total for Transfers 135,058.87
Total for Refunds & Transfers
137,996.36
Total Receipts
$1,359,733.49
Balance January 1, 1937
89,649.12
Grand Total $1,449,382.61
EXPENDITURES General Government
Moderator 100.00
Finance Commission :
Salary of Secretary 50.00
Printing & Postage 40.08
90.08
56
Selectmen :
Salaries :
Selectmen
750.00
Clerk
500.00
Clerical
30.00
Expenses :
Stationery & Postage
37.50
Printing and Advertising
33.84
Telephone
40.22
Survey & Plans
80.00
Perambulating
Boundaries
7.00
1,478.56
Accountant :
Salary
2,000.00
Clerical
219.00
Expenses :
Stationery & Postage
61.72
Telephone
72.50
Printing
29.01
Expenses to Boston
23.81 1
Typewriter Repair
7.75
Adding Machine Maintenance
9.65
Date Stamp
2.25
Keys
.25
2,425.94
Treasurer :
Salary
1,500.00
Expenses :
Recording fees
101.88
Foreclosure of Tax Title Fees
573.89
Stationery & Postage
115.24
Printing and Advertising
128.33
Telephone
36.95
Surety Bond
226.50
Lockup Keys
1.00
Expenses to Boston
7.50
Forgery Bond
37.50
.
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57
Sundry Supplies 8.73
2,737.52
Tax Collector :
Salary
3,500.00
Expenses :
Serving Subpoenas
95.70
Printing and Advertising
192.52
Stationery & Postage
310.94
Telephone
63.20
Surety Bond
453.00
Deputy's Bonds
20.00
Expenses to Meetings
5.98
Fees-Filing Tax
Title Deeds
16.68
Burglary Insurance
41.14
Police Services
11.25
4,710.41
Assessors :
Salaries :
Assessors
1,975.81
Clerk
1,500.00
Clerical
334.50
Expenses :
Stationery & Postage
68.91
Printing and
Advertising
105.75
Auto Hire
25.00
Telephone
86.88
Abstracts
125.00
Repairs to Typewriter
10.90
Expenses to Assessor's Meeting
4.00
Expenses to Court . Hearing
3.25
Planwriter
10.00
Publishing Poll Lists
110.00
. . . .
Publishing Valuation Lists
570.49
4,930.49
Other Finance Offices & Accounts : Certifying Town Notes 32.00
58
Law Department :
Salary
250.00
Special Work
950.00
1,200.00
Town Clerk :
Salaries :
Town Clerk
500.00
Recording Fees
828.00
Clerk Hire
780.00
Expenses :
Stationery & Postage
110.74
Printing and
Advertising
131.85
Bond
5.00
Typewriter Main-
tenance
7.50
2,363.09
Election, Registration & Town Meetings :
Salaries :
Registrars
625.00
Election Officers
1,121.90
Expenses :
Setting up Equipment
104.60
Wiring Polling Places
105.00
Telephones
33.60
Janitor Service
15.00
Equipment Rental
6.00
Stationery & Postage
35.32
Printing and
Advertising
503.89
Meals
41.05
Auto Hire
13.75
Printing and Posting Warrants
71.75
2,676.86
Memorial Hall :
Salary of Janitor
600.00
Expenses :
Fuel
382.78
Water
15.96
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Janitor's Supplies
13.91
Repairs
87.35
New Heating Plant
2,215.00
3,315.00
Town Hall :
Salaries :
Janitor
1,200.00
Other Labor
67.00
Expenses :
Fuel
835.18
Light and Water
497.48
Janitor's Supplies
147.32
Repairs
195.52
Plate Glass Insurance
8.96
Care of Clock
100.00
Boiler Inspection
10.00
Blankets
23.44
Fire Extinguisher
4.16
3,089.06
Total for General Government 29,149.01
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Salaries :
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen
19,532.50
Special Police
263.50
Expenses :
Patrol Car Expense
777.55
Chief's Car Expense 309:94.
Equipment for Men
177.83
Additional Equipment
261.05 .
New Chief's Car
450.00 -
Repairs
194.11
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
66.10
Telephones
259.40
Meals for prisoners
18.65
Targets
4.00
Membership Police Assoc
20.00
1
60
Photos
16.00
Painting Street Signs
173.20
Express
3.35
Disinfectant
9.00
Insurance on Cars
50.95
Straightening Signs
6.00
Travel Expense
11.64
First Aid
.55
Maintenance & Repair
of Traffic Signals
456.88
25,462.20
Fire Department :. Salaries :
Engineers
600.00
Supt, of Fire Alarm
374.95
Chauffeurs
9,196.00
Call Men
7,939.90
Clerical
121.17
Other Labor
180.00
Equipment :
Apparatus
219.32
New Hose
798.70
Equipment for Men
322.59
Maintenance & Repairs :
Repairs to Alarm System
399.88
Gas and Oil
257.06
First Aid Supplies
42.13
Repairs
1,322.09
Hydrant Service :
Contract
12,167.83
Fuel, Light & Water :
Fuel
785.66
Light
235.02
Water
55.18
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
570.62
Furniture & Grounds
99.96
Laundry Work 100.95
Janitor's Supplies
36.32
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New Equipment & Repairs :
New Equipment
1,425.00
Repairs 399.85
Other Expenses :
Telephones
160.67
Stationery & Postage
21.76
Insurance Premium
5.60
Advertising
10.50
Lunches
40.38
Waste
22.50
First Aid rendered
at fires
46.35
37,957.94
Wire Inspector :
Salary
400.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures :
Salary
600.00
Expenses :
Printing and
Advertising
1.75
Measures
111.50
Auto Hire
40.00
Express
4.00
Recutting Dies
5.75
763.00
Gypsy Moth Suppression : Superintendent
45.00
Labor
55.00
100.00
Care of Trees :
Superintendent
59.39
Labor
730.77
Expenses :
Hardware & Tools
32.38
Trucking
46.12
Creosote
.95
Sharpening Tools
6.34
875.95
Forest Fires :
Warden
17.05
Firemen
409.26
1
62
Equipment Express
132.71
1.71
560.73
Dog Officer :
Salary
75.00
Shooting & Boarding
201.50
Complaints
98.25
Auto Hire
47.25
Serving Notices
28.00
450.00
Court Fees
41.38
Rifle Practice :
Transportation
175.00
Lunches
24.60
199.60
Total for Protection to Persons & Property 66,810.80
Health and Sanitation
Health :
General Administration :
Salaries :
Members
299.99
- Agent
249.60
Expenses :
Stationery & Postage
82.37
Printing and
Advertising
69.21
Telephone
103.12
Auto hire
362.75
Rent
180.00
Keys
5.25
Repairs to Office
52.00
Trucking
15.75
Repairs to Furniture
97.00
Ambulance Service
30.00
Janitor Supplies
2.41
Typing
1.00
1
Laundry
2.79
Advertising
84.38
63
Quarantine & Contagious
Diseases :
Medical Attendance
671.00
Drug & Medicines
183.69
Dry Goods & Clothing
9.96
Groceries & Provisions
145.52
Tuberculosis :
Board & Treatment
8,937.20
Worcester T. B. Hospital
Assessment
7,355.83
Worcester T. B. Hospital Construction
9,405.89
Vital Statistics :
Births
110.25
Deaths
45.25
Other Expenses :
Sanitary Inspector
300.00
Plumbing Inspector
599.87
Cleaning Office
7.50
Animal Burial
185.00
Furniture
99.51
Signs
7.20
Inspection of School Children :
Health Nurse
1,180.00
Expenses
8.55
Inspection of Animals :
Inspector
300.00
Expenses
130.00
Inspection of Meats and
Provisions :
Inspection
1,382.00
Expenses
5.50
Unpaid Bills-1936
104.18
Dental Clinic :
Dentist
1,055.00
Cleaning Office
47.99
Light and Power
13.05
Repairs to Equipment
140.07
Laundry
36.58
Dental Supplies
450.03
Rent
150.00
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Furnishings 123.43
Total for Health Dept. Refuse and Garbage Sewer Maintenance :
34,827.67
2,299.95
Salaries :
Commissioners
650.00
Superintendent
1,560.00
Clerk
200.00
Expenses :
Stationery, Printing
and Advertising
15.75
Telephone
62.95
Auto hire
37.40
Express
.95
Labor
2,722.50
Trucks
60.00
Tools & Equipment
90.63
Pipe & Fittings
118.84
Gas and Oil
4.38
Light & Power
901.38
Water
217.31
Trucking
171.23
Raising Manholes
989.42
Fuel
13.65
Repairs
60.09
Heater
65.00
Rent of Land
10.00
Labor-Milford Water
Co. for Flushing
27.00
Total for Sewer Maintenance 7,978.48
Sewer Construction :
Congress St. :
Contract
1,205.34
Materials
371.35
Engineering
352.88
Advertising
33.75
Total for Congress St. Sewer 1,963.32 Sewer Construction P.W.A. Docket No. 1023
65
Advertising
78.55
Sign
21.75
Legal
1,000.00
Engineering
832.62
Contracts
9,639.27
Total for P.W.A. Construction
11,572.19
Total for Health & Sanitation
58,641.61
Highways
General Administration :
Superintendent
2,000.00
Clerk
210.00
Office Expenses
307.96
General Expenses :
Labor
9,388.91
Trucks
517.71
Broken Stone Gravel Etc.
1,210.92
Equipment & Repairs
2,972.21
Gas and Oil
1,135.72
Tarvia & Road Oil
1,292.17
Insurance
350.78
Wipers
29.25
Fuel
286.00
Salt
110.00
Vetinary Services
3.00
Moving Horses
5.00
Pipe
158.20
Posts
51.07
Storage
30.00
Drilling & Blasting
40.00
Equipment Rental
1,701.00
Total for Highways 21,799.90
New Equipment & Repairs :
New Equipment
3,147.49
Repairs
352.40
Total for New Equipment and Repairs 3,499.89
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Oiling Streets :
Labor
596.45
Oil
3,125.17
Sand, Gravel, Etc.
1,278.28
Total for Oiling Streets 4,999.90
Repairs to Highland St:
Labor
36.20
Tarvia
283.80
Equipment hire
72.00
Sand
108.00
Total for Repairs to Highland St. 500.00
Drainage & Repairs Union St .:
Labor 23.00
Truck Hire 155.25
Drilling & Blasting
40.00
Grader Rental
48.00
Materials
733.70
Total for Union St. 999.95
Medway St., Construction Chap. 90 :
Guard Posts
125.00
Materials
180.33
Total for Medway St., Construction Maintenance & Improvement Built under C.W.A .- E.R.A .- W.P.A .:
305.33
Labor 1,499.77
Materials
1,000.23
Total for Maint. & Improvements 2,500.00
Purchase St., Construction Chap. 90 :
Labor
22,813.71
Materials
22,639.71
Equipment
4,351.01
Telephone
151.43
Advertising
36.75
Grates & Frames
305.46
Express
36.91
Stationery
6.01
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Guard wire
82.60
Rent
84.00
Inlets
160.00
Rail Posts
91.25
Fuel
6.75
Contracts
3,129.43
Prints
14.00
Bounds
74.50
Total for Purchase St., Construction 53,983.52
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
Payroll
730.71
Pump
8.00
Truck hire
54.00
Equipment hire
103.74
Material
603.55
Total for Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,500.00
Sidewalks :
Beach St., Extension :
Equipment hire
142.50
Materials
571.94
Removing Stump
5.00
Total for Beach St., Extension 719.44
East St :
Equipment hire
327.75
Materials
935.20
Removing Stumps
16.00
Total for East St., 1,278.95
Snow & Ice Removal :
Labor
577.20
Repairs to Equipment
1,736.11
Sand
340.00
Salt
22.00
Total for Snow Removal 2,675.31
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Street Lights : Contract 16,915.71
Total for Highways
111,677.90
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
General Administration :
Overseers
550.00
Almoner
1,258.00
Clerical
465.00
Expenses :
Telephone
268.07
Twine
31.57
Lock
.80
Adding Machine
Maintenance
8.90
Typewriter Rental
12.00
Stationery, Printing
and Postage
94.88
Outside Relief by Town :
Groceries & Provisions
1,935.48
Fuel
434.95
Board and Care
6,912.54
Medicine & Medical Attendance
1,027.83
State Institutions
182.55
Cash
24,920.00
Rent
5,505.80
Trucking
967.57
Light and Water
754.82
Burial Expenses
241.00
Ambulance Service
96.00
Auto hire and
Travel Expense
177.00
Repairs
115.96
Commissary Supplies
90.49
Government Expense Surplus Co.
249.20
Laundry
26.37
Moving
128.50
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Relief by Other Cities
and Towns :
Cities
1,388.10
Towns
1,178.35
State
238.00
Total for General Aid
49,259.73
Mothers' Aid :
Cash
18,949.00
Rent
2,143.00
Medicine & Medical
Attendance
63.45
Moving
16.50
Board and Care
20.50
Abstracts
1.06
Printing & Stationery
61.07
Fuel
2.00
Groceries
13.00
Clerical
315.00
Total for Mothers' Aid
21,584.58
Old Age Assistance :
Administration
1,922.01
Cash
78,050.42
Board and Care
728.57
Funeral Expenses
500.00
Ambulance Service
3.00
Cities and Towns
552.31
Auto hire
20.00
Total for Old Age Assistance 81,776.31
Infirmary :
Salaries :
Superintendent
1,500.00
· Other Employees
946.00
Expenses :
Groceries & Provisions
5,772.62
Dry Goods & Clothing
2,182.19
Buildings 1,229.97
Fuel and Light
1,746.39
70
Hay and Grain
2,590.81
Automobile Expense
445.14
Hardware & Supplies
2,022.64
Paper subscriptions
49.65
Medical Attendance
89.30
Telephone
128.50
Express
9.00
Postage
12.70
Vetinary Services
18.00
Auto hire
18.50
Taxes-Town of Upton
15.61
Bull
40.00
Boiler Inspection
10.00
Boiler
608.00
Valves
49.69
Plumbing
394.59
Shoeing Horses
39.25
Mason Work
122.85
Stationery
17.70
Repairs to Equipment
211.39
Total for Infirmary
20,270.49
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid :
Cash Grants
540.00
Military Aid :
Cash Grants
150.00
Soldier's Relief :
Cash Grants
9,124.50
Care of Children
186.00
Fuel
418.05
Groceries
63.25
Rent
137.00
Medicine & Medical
Attendance
400.64
Clothing
54.47
Printing
4.25
Total for Soldier's Relief 10,388.16
Total for Charities & Soldiers' Benefits 183,969.27
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Schools and Libraries
Schools :
General Expenses :
Salary of Super't.
4,000.00
Clerical Hire
2,011.00
Truant Officer
1,486.25
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
481.02
Telephones
395.68
Travel Expense
(Nurse)
252.03
School Physicians
1,000.00
First Aid Supplies
26.81
Trucking & Express
86.79
Flags
37.66
Watchmen July 3, 1937
131.25
School Nurses
3,091.03
Bronze Tablet
120.00
Tuning Piano
4.00
Chair Rental
2.00
Boiler Inspection
60.00
Removing Ashes
10.00
Sundries
14.44
Teachers' Salaries :
High
51,107.54
Elementary
106,855.16
Text Books & Supplies : High School :
Text & Reference Books 1,148.74
All Other
3,179.24
Elementary Schools : Text & Reference Books
616.40
All Other
1,794.91
Tuition :
Trade Schools
2,526.86
Transportation :
Elementary
5,806.28
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Teachers 723.82
Janitor Services :
High.
3,425.80
Elementary
8,501.50
Fuel, Light & Water :
High
5,282.69
Elementary
9,645.99
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High School :
Repairs 1,291.14
Janitor Supplies
227.97
Elementary Schools :
Repairs
1,984.56
Janitor's Supplies
364.05
All Other
49.95
Furniture & Furnishings :
High
741.00
Elementary
90.88
Office
42.85
Rent-Sup't.'s Office
January & February 100.00
Graduation Exercises
373.25
Repairs to Original
High School Building :
Architect's Fees 182.00
Contracts
1,807.10
Reconstruction of High
School Building :
Architect's Fees 2,899.00
Fire Loss adjuster
3,208.02
Wrecking Contract
4,400.83
Clerk of Works-
Wrecking
231.25
Contracts 18,800.70
Total for Schools 250,619.43
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High School Addition P.W.A. 4410 : Balance of Architect's Fees 1,349.53
Libraries :
Salaries :
Librarian
1,320.00
Assistant Librarian
957.00
Clerical
1,878.62
Expenses :
Books
709.80
Periodicals
128.50
Binding books
409.21
Light
134.81
Repairs
7.95
Furniture and
Furnishings
52.50
Stationery, Printing
and Advertising
36.66
Association Dues
1.00
Express
.35
Sundries
5.00
Total for Libraries 5,641.40
Total for Schools & Libraries 257,610.36
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