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Motor Vehicle Excise
Cedar Swamp Development P.W.A. 1446-F 3,507.02
Vernon Grove Cemetery-Income
Trust Funds 177.99
Old Age Assistance - 1933 937.00 Apportioned Sewer Assessments, 1923-1939 4,282.20 Unapportioned Sewer Assessments, 1925-1939 10,428.70
No. Purchase Cemetery-Income Trust Funds State Parks & Reservations 86.01
32.50
17,180.62
16,035.90 | Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1939
499.51
Health
4.153.28
Overlays Reserve
6.56
Highway
665.60
Treasurer's Tailings
1,049.74
Public Welfare
4,445.16
Premium on Chap. 58 Loan
82.76
Infirmary
532.70
U. S. Grant-Vocational Education 287.50
Aid to Dependent Children
2,385.15
Taxi Badge Reserve
10.00
Old Age Assistance
6,080.37
Revenues reserved until collected:
State Aid
390.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue 3,879.92
Military Aid
12.50
Uncollected Court Judgments 4,592.40
School Department
28.97
Departmental Revenue 18,965.73
Cemetery Department
272.00
Sewer Revenue 14,710.90
Tax Judgments:
1926
157.10
Dog Licenses-Reserved for Wor. County
12.60
1931
2,924.13
Excess and Deficiency
161,249.46
1932
812.66
1933
698.51
4,592.40
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1934
72.66
Levy of 1936
2,246.63
18,965.73
42,148.95
Departmental:
General Accounts-Continued
Levy of 1937 Levy of 1938
2,226.15
800.02
5,345.46
$421,791.70
421,791.70
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Apportioned Sewer Assessments:
Due 1940
585.97
Due 1941
585.90
Due 1942
80.67
$1,252.54
1,252.54
Debt Accounts
Sewer Loans
64,000.00
Tax Title Loan
26,599.28
High School Addition Loan
146,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
14,000.00
Chap. 58 Acts of 1938 Loan
50,000.00
Cedar Swamp Development Loan
54,350.00
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$376,949.28
State Tax Funding Loan
22,000.00
$376,949.28
376,949.28
Sewer Assessments: Apportioned but not due
$1,252.54
TRUST & INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds-Cash & Securities Municipal Contributory Retirement Funds Cash and Securities
30,968.55
$26,419.54 |Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
26,419.54
Annuity Savings Funds 14,949.22
Annuity Reserve Fund 320.02
Pension Accumulation Fund
15,362.86
Expense Fund 7.46
Undistributed Income
328.99
$57,388.09
57,388.09
Tax Accounts
Tax Titles Tax Title Possessions
$18,859.64 | Tax Title Reserve 43,638.72
24,779.08
$43,638.72
43,638.72
226
RECEIPTS
Taxes
Current Year :
Poll
6,198.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
19,512.78
Real Estate & Personal
342,299.14
368,009.92
Previous Years :
Poll
3,028.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,370.93
Real Estate & Personal
191,722.65
196,121.58
From State :
Income Tax
45,609.02
Corporation Tax
9,446.99
Veterans' Exemptions
98.75
Chapter 232 Acts of 1939
23,862.38
79,017.14
Tax Titles
6,443.75
Total for Taxes
649,592.39
Licenses
Liquor
18,320.00
Pedlars
168.00
Sunday
575.35
Pool, Billiards & Bowling
62.00
Ice Cream
35.00
Victuallers
26.00
Motorcycle
5.00
First Class Auto License
124.85
Auto Junk
10.00
Second & Third Auto License
30.00
Revolver
26.00
Junk
15.00
Undertakers
7.00
227
Slaughtering
2.00
Rendering
1.00
Oleomargarine
2.50
Circus
25.00
Driving Range
5.00
Auctioneer
4.00
Theatre
50.00
Alcohol
1.00
Innholders
3.00
Total for Licenses
19,497.70
Fines
Third District Court
174.08
Grants and Gifts
From U. S. Government :
Old Age Assistance
49,747.56
Aid to Dependent Children
5,703.15
Vocational Education
2,123.31
From State :
Smith Hughes Fund
372.74
Schools
4,453.63
From County :
Dog Licenses
1,372.20
Total for Grants & Gifts 63,772.59
All Other General Revenue
Special Assessments :
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 300.75
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 133.20
Total Special Assessments 433.95
Departmental Revenue General Government
Treasurer :
Release and Fees on Tax Titles
84.00
228
Collector :
Fees on Taxes
461.04
Town Clerk :
Sale of Voting Lists
9.00
Town Hall : Rentals
1,314.00
Other General Government :
Toll Calls 4.95
Total for General Government
1,872.99
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Sale of Photographs
13.50
Fire Department :
Sale of Old Materials
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Fees
97.32
Services of Dog Officer
100.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property 310.82
Health and Sanitation
Health :
Contagious Diseases
39.96
Tuberculosis
2,614.24
Dental Clinic
96.27
Total for Health
2,750.47
Sanitation :
Plumbing Fees
166.50
P.W.A. 1446-F Cedar Swamp De- velopment
50,012.88
Total for Health and Sanitation
52,929.85
Highway
Dividend Bonding Co. 16.50
229
Snow Removal State Roads
327.93
Equipment Rental Miscellaneous
501.20
11.25
Chapter 90 Construction 1938 :
State
9,133.72
County
4,566.87
13,700.59
Chapter 90 Maintenance-1939 :
State
799.03
County
799.03
1,598.06
Total for Highways 16,155.53
Charities
General Aid :
Individuals
12.00
Cities and Towns
11,439.36
State
8,951.65
Total for General Aid
20,403.01
Aid to Dependent Children : State
13,363.89
Old Age Assistance :
Cities and Towns
1,147.70
State
35,182.27
Total for Age Assistance 36,329.97
Infirmary :
Sale of Produce
261.24
Board
2,357.51
Total for Infirmary
2,618.75
Total for Charities
72,715.62
Soldiers" Benefits
State Aid
300.00
230
Soldiers Relief :
Reimbursement from individuals
20.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
320.00
Schools
Tuition of State Wards
2,690.02
Other Tuition
732.84
Sale of Books and Supplies
168.22
All Other
14.52
Total for Schools
3,605.60
Libraries
Fines
264.46
Unclassified
Rent of Land
30.00
Sale of Land
1,370.49
Dog Licenses
1,880.40
Total for Unclassified
3,280.89
Vernon Grove Cemetery
Sale of Lots
285.00
Sale of Graves
12.00
Care of Lots
303.00
Opening Graves
332.50
Use of Equipment
28.00
Regrading Lot
15.00
Cement Base
15.00
Transfer of Body
15.00
Sale of Old Materials
2.00
Total for Vernon Grove Cemetery
1,007.50
231
Trust Funds
Perpetual Care
300.00
Interest
Deposits
25.97
Taxes
8,715.12
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
85.81
Tax Titles
441.54
Sewer Assessments
36.89
Excess Interest from State
345.48
Trust Funds-Cemetery Perpetual Care
537.13
Total for Interest
10,187:94
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Revenue
497,000.00
Anticipation of Grant P.W.A. 1446-F
16,000.00
Cedar Swamp Development Loan
9,350.00
State Tax Funding Loan
22,000.00
544,350.00
Refunds and Transfers
Refunds :
Petty Cash
105.00
Taxi Badges
8.00
Old Age Assistance
776.46
School Department 309.83
Welfare Department
1,657.35
Aid to Dependent Children
255.88
Soldiers' Relief
277.05
Highway Department
237.03
Dental Clinic
7.64
Interest
2.50
Tax Title Foreclosure Fees
28.00
P.W.A. 1446-F
19.13
Parks
.72
Playgrounds
1.34:
232
State Aid
10.00
Treasurer's Tailings 105.43
3,801.36
Transfers :
Selectmen from Reserve Fund 86.00 Accountant from Reserve Fund 208.85
Treasurer from Reserve Fund 50.00
Tax Collector from Reserve Fund 135.00
Assessors from Reserve Fund 228.30
Election & Registrations from Reserve Fund 305.77
Town Hall
from Reserve Fund 150.00
Memorial Hall from Reserve Fund 20.00
Maintenance of Traffic Sig- nals from Reserve Fund 119.53
Brush Fires from Reserve Fund 168.98
Dog Officer from Reserve Fund 77.50
Inspector of Animals from Reserve Fund 140.00
Sewer Maintenance from Reserve Fund 314.17
Soldiers' Relief from Reserve Fund 2,000.00
Damage to Persons & Prop-
erty from Reserve Fund 650.00
Construction of War Memo- rial from Reserve Fund 300.00
Overlay 1931 from Over- lay Reserve 184.97
Overlay 1932 from Over- lay Reserve 470.28
Overlay 1934 from Over- lay Reserve 1,400.74 Sewer Constr. P.W.A. 1023
233
from Purchase of Tools, Materials, etc. 233.75
Cedar St. Sewer Constr. for
Tools, Materials etc. from
Sewer Constr. Cedar Street 810.00
Revenue from Chap. 500 Acts of 1938 5,508.42
Revenue from E. & D.
35,000.00
Public Welfare from Old Age Assistance 5,000.00
Public Welfare from Old
Age Administration 1,000.00
Public Welfare from Aid
to Dependent Children Assistance 1,000.00
Public Welfare from Aid to Dependent Children Administration
500.00
Health-General from E. & D.
1,500.00
Repairs to Clock from E. & D. 250.00
Schools-General from
Schools-Salaries and Wages 1,200.00
Schools-General from E. & D. 2,000.00
61,012.26
Total Transfers Total Refunds and Transfers 64,813.62
Total Receipts Balance January 1, 1939
1,505,585.53 100,463.55
Grand Total
1,606,049.08
Expenditures General Government
Moderator 100.00
234
Finance Commission :
Salary of Secretary
49.00
Printing
36.00
Departmental Studies
2,000.00
2,085.00
Selectmen :
Salaries :
Selectmen
750.00
Clerk
500.00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
94.96
Printing and Advertising
84.25
Telephone
39.12
Membership Selectmen's Association 6.00
Service of Auctioneer
10.00
Stamp
.50
Laying out Charles Street
5.00
Ventilator and Installa- tion
34.00
Repairs
12.10
1,535.93
Accountant :
Salaries :
Accountant
2,000.00
Clerk
807.00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
60.83
Telephone
76.50
Overhauling Typewriter
9.75
Association Dues
2.00
Adding Machine Main- tenance
8.90
Expenses to Boston
34.65
Key
.25
Office Supplies
4.75
3,004.63
235
Treasurer :
Salaries :
Treasurer
1,500.00
Clerical Assistance
158.00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
80.66
Printing and Advertising
132.56
Telephone
29.25
Surety Bond
231.50
Forgery Bond
37.50
Typewriter Maintenance
6.50
Adding Machine Main- tenance
15.60
Checkwriter Maintenance
5.50
Expenses to Boston
12.50
Checkbox
2.25
Files
11.64
2,223.46
Tax Collector :
Salary of Collector
3,500.00
Expenses :
Serving Subpoenas
117.48
Burglary Bond
61.20
Stationery and Postage
236.09
Printing and Advertising
322.80
Telephone
64.90
Surety Bond
463.00
Deputy Collector's Bond
30.00
Building Counter and Desk
90.38
Installing Alarm System
7.53
Repairs
15.50
Police Duty
19.07
Adding Machine
35.00
Serving Writ
4.10
Filing Tax Title Deeds
12.09
Expenses to Worcester and Boston
12.28
4,991.42
236
Assessors :
Salaries :
Assessors
2,140.94
Clerk of Board
1,268.96
Clerk Hire
608.72
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage 115.32
Printing and Advertising
86.99
Auto Hire 22.00
Expenses to Convention
4.60
Telephone
90.80
Tax Appeal Board Costs
250.00
Abstracts
110.61
Transfer Fees
10.00
Maintenance of Typewriter
6.50
4,715.44
Other Finance Officers and Accounts :
Certifying Town Notes
86.00
Law Department :
Salary
250.00
Special Work
850.00
.
1,100.00
Town Clerk :
Salary :
Town Clerk
500.00
Recording Fees
801.00
Expenses :
Bond
7.50
Stationery and Postage
27.75
Printing and Advertising
103.54
Telephone
20.74
Repairs and Furniture
108.81
Typewriter Maintenance
8.50
Membership Dues
4.00
Books
6.50
Seal
5.58
237
Office Supplies 6.01
1,599.93
Election, Registration and Town Meetings :
Salaries :
Registrars
1,250.00
Assistant Registrars 569.46
Election Officers
1,169.00
Police duty at Polls
73.77
Janitor Services at Polls
10.00
Setting up and Removing Equipment Recount Tellers
97.40
46.75
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
108.73
Printing and Advertising
855.22
Typing List of Residents
90.00
Posting Warrants
36.00
Temporary Wiring
50.00
Trucking
14.50
Keys
4.00
Rental of Equipment
6.00
Telephones
24.75
Express
1.05
Cabinet
59.82
Office Supplies
38.68
4,505.13
Memorial Hall :
Salary of Janitor
600.00
Expenses :
Fuel
462.82
Water
22.43
Janitor's Supplies
3.94
Repairs
17.60
Insurance of Furniture
and Fixtures
6.72
Boiler Inspection
5.00
1,118.51
238
Town Hall :
Salaries :
Janitor
1,202.95
Other Labor
12.50
Expenses :
Fuel
764.55
Light
371.68
Water
253.08
Janitor's Supplies
134.62
Repairs
472.94
Plate Glass Insurance
8.06
Boiler Inspection
10.00
Laundering Blankets
1.60
Care of Clock
100.00
Printing and Advertising
10.00
Unpaid Bills-1938
153.00
3,494.98
Total for General Government 30,560.43
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Salaries :
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen
19,970.00
Special Police
140.04
Expenses :
Automobile Expenses
1,033.24
Additional Equipment
33.35
Repairs
70.53
Photos
10.50
Printing, Stationery and .
Postage
29.01
Telephones
264.03
Meals for Prisoners
26.00
Automobile Insurance
41.40
Express
1.00
Auto Hire
1.00
Rent of Garage
60.00
239
Painting Lanes Membership dues
114.05
10.00
Camera
162.95
Equipment for Camera
32.12
Fyr-Fyter Fluid
21.36
Fingerprint Powder
10.00
Maintenance and Care of
Traffic Signals
569.53
25,000.11
Fire Department :
Salaries :
Chief
1,800.00
Permanent Men
9,241.00
Deputy Chiefs
298.75
Call Men
6,980.69
Other Employes
478.28
Equipment :
Equipment for Men
64.87
Hose
799.27
Maintenance and Repairs :
Repairs
988.43
Gasoline, Oil and Grease,
etc.
502.82
Repairs to Fire Alarm System
549.64
Fire and Theft Insurance
15.12
Decorating Stations
10.00
Purchase St. Addition to Alarm System
250.00
Hydrant Service :
Contract
12,180.00
Fuel, Light and Water :
Fuel
606.62
-
Light
289.04
Water
58.32
-- ----
240
Maint. of Buildings and
Grounds :
Repairs
316.72
Furnishings and Grounds
52.12
Laundry
106.71
Radio
22.95
Janitor's Supplies
30.16
Bags
.90
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Printing and
Postage
60.69
Telephones
181.08
Lunches
66.20
Express
2.81
Subscriptions Fire
Engineering
3.00
Advertising
10.14
Association Dues
3.00
Expenses to Meeting
8.30
35,977.63
Wire Inspector : Salary of Inspector
375.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary of Sealer
571.61
Expenses :
Auto Hire
30.00
601.61
Gypsy Moth Suppression : Salaries :
Superintendent
13.32
Labor
75.25
Expenses :
Trucking
11.25
99.82
241
Care of Trees : Salaries :
Superintendent
137.76
Labor
348.60
Expenses :
Hardware and Tools
20.79
Trucking
132.75
Repairs to Equipment
10.10
650.00
Brush Fires :
Firemen
378.63
Equipment and Repairs
117.45
Lunches
22.90
518.98
Dog Officer :
Salary
75.00
Shooting and Boarding Dogs
222.00
Auto Hire
50.50
Serving Notices
28.50
Complaints
126.37
502.37
Court Fees
15.69
Rifle Practice :
Tools and Equipment
11.85
Caretaker Services
338.15
350.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property 64,091.21
Health and Sanitation
Health : General Administration : Salaries :
242
Board Members
300.00
Agent
250.08
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
46.47
Printing and Advertis-
ing 40.65
Telephones
63.95
Rent
165.00
Auto Hire
225.75
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance 742.20
Drugs and Medicines
71.24
Dry Goods and Clothing
21.82
Groceries and Provisions
298.32
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment 9,053.03
Worcester County T. B.
Hospital Assessment
9,046.01
Worcester County T. B.
Hospital Construction
8,864.46
Vital Statistics :
Births
96.00
Deaths
40.75
Other Expenses :
Sanitary Inspector 300.00
Plumbing Inspector
599.54
Animal Burial
251.50
Express
1.00
Laundry
1.67
Repairs
1.28
Janitor's Supplies
.62
Equipment
3.81
Inspection of School Children :
Health Nurse
1,200.00
Other Expenses 43.35
Inspector of Animals :
Inspector's Salary 300.00
243
Expenses
162.25
Inspector of Meats and Provisions :
Inspector's Salary
1,382.00
Unpaid Bills-1933
12.50
Unpaid Bills-1938
656.25
Dental Clinic :
Dentist
1,000.00
Cleaning office
54.03
Light and Power
11.33
Laundry
32.03
Dental Supplies
81.12
Rent
180.00
Telephone
47.68
Total for Health Department
35,647.69
Garbage Contract
2,299.97
Sewer Maintenance :
Salaries :
Commissioners
650.00
Superintendent
1,560.00
Clerk
200.00
Expenses :
Labor
2,592.00
Trucking
473.76
Tools and Equipment
144.62
Pipe and Fittings
41.45
Gas and Oil
23.51
Repairing and Cleaning Sewers
125.12
Light and Water
871.51
Fuel
30.75
Auto Hire
71.25
Telephone
51.90
Repairs
152.07
Raising Manholes
49.00
Hose
67.66
244
Sand 162.00
Rent of Land
10.00
Disinfectant
5.25
Express
1.00
Advertising and Postage
12.00
Total for Sewer Maintenance
7,294.85
Sewer Construction :
P. W. A. Docket 1023 : Contract 233.75
Sewer Construction :
Cedar Street W. P. A .:
Tools and Materials
401.69
Trucking
163.50
Freight
1.61
Equipment Hire
242.00
Total for Cedar St. Construc- tion
808.80
Installation of New Pump :
New Pump and Erection
102.25
Total for Health and Sanitation 46,387.31
Highways
General Administration :
Superintendent
2,000.00
Clerk
240.00
Office Expenses
221.02
General Expenses :
Labor
11,337.96
Fuel
235.52
Trucks 131.91
Broken Stone, Gravel, etc. 1,168.27
Equipment and Repairs 1,999.51
Gasoline and Oil
1,079.21
Tarvia and Road Oil
535.20
245
Water
31.91
Ligh
65.38
Insurance on Trucks and Equipment
327.56
Stump Removal Salt
35.00
250.20
Inspection of Trucks
3.60
Pipe
63.70
Repairing Drains
181.03
Total for General Highways
19,906.98
Resurfacing Streets :
Labor
706.96
Tarvia
3,477.88
Other Material
315.16
Total for Resurfacing Streets Chapter 500 Acts of 1938 :
4,500.00
Foreman
404.50
Labor
1,866.06
Trucks
9.74
Materials
1,866.12
Installing drains
203.01
Advertising
5.63
4,355.06
Purchase St. Construction 1938 Chap. 90
Labor
2,483.71
Materials
12,841.14
Equipment Rental
1,530.00
Rent of Office
51.00
Telephone
30.92
Equipment and Repairs
57.96
Total for Purchase St. Construction 16,994.73
246
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
Payroll
1,164.26
Materials
820.12
Equipment Hire
412.70
Total for Chapter 90 Maintenance 2,397.08
New Equipment and Repairs : New Equipment 472.00
Repairs to Equipment 527.24
Total for New Equipment and Repairs 999.24
Maintenance and Care of Town Improvements :
Labor
348.25
Materials
151.31
Total for Maintenance and Care of Town Improvements 499.56
Construction of Howard St.
Bridge W. P. A .:
Tools
22.50
Truck Hire
285.25
Mixer Hire
8.50
Materials
606.89
Total for Howard St. Bridge 923.14
Sidewalks :
Labor
114.98
Materials
271.23
New Grade Sidewalks
112.25
Total for Sidewalks 498.46
Snow and Ice Removal : Labor
5,828.59
Trucking and Plowing
5,181.66
247
Tools and Equipment
2,704.04
Gas and Oil
385.81
Salt
160.00
Repairs to Equipment
216.22
Lunches
1.40
Sand
468.13
Insurance Premium
54.15
Unpaid Trucking Bills- 1938
2,694.42
Total for Snow and Ice Removal
17,694.42
Street Lights : Contract
17,305.10
Total for Highways 86,073.77
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
General Administration :
Salaries :
Board Members
550.00
Agent
346.08
Clerk
882.50
Supervision Commissary
240.00
Expenses :
Printing, Stationery and
Postage
191.02
Telephone
371.30
Adding Machine Main- tenance
8.90
Typewriter Maintenance
1.00
Commissary Supplies
829.84
Trucking
347.94
Repairs 43.94
Light and Water 1,134.46
Travel Expenses (Agent) 64.00
Outside Relief by Town :
Groceries and Provisions
2,597.87
Fuel 351.80
Board and Care
7,583.49
248
Medicine and Medical
Attention
1,573.04
Cash Grants
41,329.55
Rent 11,001.60
Funeral and Ambulance
Service 492.00
Auto Hire
134.25
Laundry 8.28
Relief by Other Cities and Towns :
Cities
729.05
Towns
1,335.27
Total for General Aid
72,147.18
Aid to Dependent Children : Town Administration :
Agent
306.00
Clerk 330.00
Travel Expense-
Agent
30.25
Stationery, Printing
and Postage 14.73
Office Supplies 7.91
Total for Town Administra- tion A. D. C. 688.89
Town Assistance :
Cash 22,883.75
Hospital Care 48.25
Groceries 20.00
Fuel
2.00
Total for Town Assistance -- A. D. C.
22,954.00
Federal Administration :
Agent
144.20
Clerk 450.00
Stationery, Printing
and Postage 34.75
Telephone 15.15
Travel Expense Agent 15.00
249
Total for Federal Administra- tion A. D. C. 659.10 Federal Assistance-A. D. C .:
Cash 6,184.70
Total for Aid to Dependent Children
30,486.69
Old Age Assistance :
Town Administration :
Agent
346.08
Clerk
300.00
Travel Expense
Agent
12.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage 69.05
Office Supplies
5.68
Total Town Administration
-O. A. A.
732.81
Town Assistance-O. A. A. : Cash 57,205.59
Board and
Care 540.45
Other Cities- -
Towns
725.29
Ambulance-
Auto Hire 32.00
Funeral Expenses 500.00
Sheriff's
Fees 3.70
Medical
Attention 51.00
Nurses 12.50
Total for Town Assistance-
O. A. A.
59,070.63
Federal Administration-O. A. A : Clerk 740.00
Agent
420.61
250
Stationery, Printing,
Postage 78.18
Office Supplies 15.20
Manuel 3.10
Travel Expense- Agent 53.50
Express .85
Total Federal Administration
O. A. A.
1,311.44
Federal Assistance-O. A.A .:
Cash 48,622.83
Total for Old Age Assistance
109,737.71
Infirmary :
Salaries :
Superintendent
1,500.00
Other Employees 600.00
Expenses :
Groceries and Provisions 4,403.97
Dry Goods and Clothing 1,393.03
Buildings 806.86
Fuel and Light
1,541.83
Hay and Grain
2,362.27
Gasoline and Oil 191.54
Equipment and Repairs 1,083.00
Janitor's Supplies
442.53
Medicinal Supplies
719.24
Newspapers
53.82
Tobacco
52.20
Stationery, Advertising and Postage 18.86
Telephone
138.40
Express 10.35
Rent of Post Office Box
2.00
Medical Attendance 12.50
Repairs to Equipment
167.84
Moving Piano 5.00
Shoeing Horses
57.00
251
Veterinary Services 45.50
Horses and Blankets
463.00
Baby Chicks
29.30
Equipment Rental
34.00
Sawing and Hauling Logs 173.88
Sand, Gravel Etc.
44.06
Slaughtering
13.00
Taxes to Town of Upton
17.85
Total for Infirmary
16,382.83
Rebuilding Town Farm :
Architect's Fees
700.00
Contract's
12,797.79
Advertising
14.64
Furniture and Furnishings
3,570.78
Electrical Supplies
378.41
All other
446.53
Total for Rebuilding Town Farm 17,908.15
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid : Cash Grants
400.00
Military Aid :
Cash Grants
25.00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash Grants
12,570.95
Investigator's Services
170.00
Office Supplies
26.37
Soldiers' Burials
158.13
Fuel
468.87
Groceries and Provisions
565.99
Rent
246.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
376.80
Clothing and Shoes
148.02
Board
10.00
Total for Soldiers' Relief 14,741.13
252
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 261,828.69
Schools and Libraries
Schools :
General Expenses :
Salary of Superintendent 3,999.60
Clerks
2,080.00
Truant Officer
1,324.45
Printing, Stationery and
Postage
372.16
Telephones
514.60
Travel Expenses
170.14
School Physicians
1,000.00
School Nurses
2,855.16
Other Labor
14.00
Express
10.47
Advertising
24.39
Trucking
61.52
Carting Rubbish
35.21
Sundries
11.66
Teachers Salaries :
High School
57,751.04
Elementary Schools
107,641.13
Text Books and Supplies : High School :
Text and Reference
Books
682.66
All Other
2,313.77
Elementary Schools :
Text and Reference Books
513.28
All Other
1,687.00
Tuition :
Trade Schools
3,670.53
Transportation : School Children
6,964.06
Teachers 292.20
Janitors' Services :
High School 3,612.46
Elementary Schools
7,835.15
253
Fuel, Light and Water :
High School
4,303.99
Elementary Schools 11,381.23
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High School :
Repairs 682.87
Janitors' Supplies 284.65
Elementary Schools :
Repairs 3,697.31
Janitors' Supplies
371.59
Graduation Expenses
193.45
New Equipment-Voca-
tional School :
New Equipment
359.94
Rebuilding Original H. S.
Building :
Architect's Fees
554.00
Advertising 42.21
Refurnishing High School : Furnishings 366.61
Total for Schools
227,674.49
Libraries :
Salaries :
Librarian
1,247.18
Assistant Librarians
2,804.52
Clerical
405.00
Expenses :
Books
438.95
Periodicals
246.72
Binding Books
94.38
Light
185.54
Repairs
9.10
Stationery, Printing and Advertising 76.03
Mass. Library Association Dues
1.00
Book Truck
6.00
Postage
1.60
Express
3.35
254
Total for Libraries 5,519.37
Total for School and Libraries
233,193.86
Recreation and Unclassified
Parks :
Salary of Clerk
100.00
Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
6.25
Labor
1,452.50
Equipment and Repairs
101.79
Loam
106.10
Sundry Materials
58.30
Gas and Oil
3.15
Water
81.95
Light
1.41
Janitor's Supplies
24.00
Photos
1.40
Flowers
34.50
Hedge
46.75
Plowing and Harrowing
60.00
Setting up Pole
15.00
Flag
7.61
Total for Parks
2,100.71
Repairs to Tennis Courts : Contract
200.00
Playgrounds :
Instructors
661.61
Labor
30.00
Apparatus
51.04
Sand
16.00
Equipment
2.59
Postage
.37
Trucking
7.00
First-Aid Kits
6.00
Repairs
26.73
Total for Playgrounds 801.34
Playground Rental :
255
Rent of Oliver Street Land 120.00 Rent of Green Street Land 110.00
Total for Playground Rental 230.00
Total for Parks and Playgrounds 3,332.05
Unclassified
Cedar Swamp Development P. W. A. 1446-F :
Preliminary Expenses 189.40
Land Etc. 2,875.92
Contracts 96,401.27
Engineering 8,321.36
Legal
1,500.00
Interest during Construction 618.75 Miscellaneous 305.86
Total for Cedar Swamp Develop- ment P. W. A .- 1446-F 110,212.56
Damage to Persons and Property :
Doctors' Fees 25.00
Personal Property claims 132.10
Personal injury claims 1,484.00
Total for Damage to Persons
and Property 1,641.10
Memorial Day : G. A. R.
200.00
American Legion
150.00
Spanish War Veterans 50.00
Total for Memorial Day 400.00
Armistice Day :
Veteran of Foreign Wars
150.00
Printing Town Reports
1,804.50
Tax Title Foreclosures :
Land Court Fees
130.10
Blanket Insurance :
Premiums 5,493.67
256
Workmen's Compensation and Public Liability : Premiums 3,246.64
Construction of War Memorial :
Contract for base 110.00
Erecting Flagpole 177.00
Landscaping 58.00
Contract for repairs to statue 65.00
Total for Construction of War Memorial 410.00
Installing Street Signs :
Signs and Posts 132.11
Erection and Supervision 93.00
Express and Freight 3.94
Repairing sign posts 8.50
Total for Street Signs 237.55
Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs 69.00
Worcester County Extension Service : Aid to Agriculture 50.00
Municipal Retirement Act :
To Retirement System 8,637.46
Installing Christmas Lights 200.00
Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking Etc. :
Salaries and Wages
2,123.00
Office Supplies
540.35
Travel Expense
520.00
Truck Hire
6,187.56
Equipment Hire
1,144.00
Rent of Shop and Plant
185.25
Tools 843.77
Materials
26,055.33
Contracts 8,299.51
Total for Purchase of Tools, Materials, Trucking Etc. 45,848.77
257
Petty Cash :
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