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4,412.01
$
4,691.25
58
Soldiers' Benefits
Reimbursement from State :
State Aid
$ 228.00
Military Aid
287.50
Veterans' Exemption
8.67
$ 524.17
Education
Tuition :
Individuals
$ 100.00
Cities and Towns
2,840.00
State
4,300.92
Rent of Auditorium
322.25
Rent of Tennis Court
229.85
Sale of Books and Supplies
75.42
$ 7,868.44
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$ 267.00
Care of Lots
1,703.02
Grading Lots
99.00
Opening Graves
358.00
Foundations
71.77
$ 2,498.79
Interest and Demands
On Taxes :
Interest
$ 3,161.39
Demands
164.15
Perpetual Care Funds
1,226.52
59
Merrick Fund
$21.26
Thompson Fund
28.52
$
4,601.84
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loan
$200,000.00
$200,000.00
Agency and Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $ 892.83
$ 892.83
Refunds
Taxes-Reimbursement from State $ 134.67
Selectmen's Department
3.00
Highway Department
28.75
Public Welfare Department
102.24
Old Age Assistance
1.10
Soldier's Relief
10.00
W. P. A.
.30
$ 280.06
Total Receipts Cash on hand January 1, 1937
$661,513.09
72,055.17
$733,568.26
60
PAYMENTS
General Government
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries of Board
$1,600.00
Stationery and Postage
25.60
Printing and Advertising
309.44
Transportation and Incidentals
98.20
Telephones
206.63
Books, Supplies and
Other Expenses
75.48
$ 2,315.35
Selectmen's Contingent Account :
Library and Memorial Hall
$ 166.51
Traffic Lights
30.67
Outside Fires
206.00
Finance Committee
61.65
Work on Trees
316.85
Water for Fountain
18.00
Inspection and Report on Bridge 15.00
Repairs and Equipment for
Veterans of Foreign Wars
49.13
Advertising Bids
19.80
Miscellaneous
42.40
$ 926.01
Auditing and Accounting : Auditing $ 81.00
Accounting
1,800.00
$ 1,881.00
61
Treasurer's Department :
Salary
$1,800.00
Clerk
300.00
Surety Bond
195.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
466.80
Stationery and Postage
152.85
Equipment and Supplies
128.34
Telephone
25.13
Miscellaneous
42.12
$
3,110.24
Town Clerk's Department :
Salary
$ 450.00
Surety Bond
5.00
Stationery and Postage
27.32
Printing
4.79
Supplies and Misc. Expenses
65.67
$
552.78
Collector's Department :
Salary for 1937
$1,440.00
Salary for Balance on 1934
144.00
Surety Bond
455.94
Clerk
780.00
Tax Title Expenses
82.14
Stationery and Postage
190.23
Printing and Advertising
103.83
Telephone
27.44
Miscellaneous Expenses
35.30
$
3,258.88
Assessors' Department : Salaries of Board $2,400.00
Clerk
1,040.00
62
Work on Map
$173.00
Printing Street Lists
195.00
Other Printing and Postage
70.10
Transportation and Convention Expenses
237.91
Telephone
26.04
Miscellaneous Supplies and
Other Expenses
101.91
4,243.96 $
Law and Claim Department :
Salary Town Counsel
$ 600.00
Other Attorney
14.50
Claims
153.42
Recording Fees and Postage
28.21
$
796.13
License Commissioners' Expenses :
Clerical Work
$ 13.50
Printing and Postage
16.00
Inspection
42.00
Telephone
26.01
Miscellaneous
.75
$
98.26
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$ 200.00
Election Officers
285.50
Printing and Advertising
96.59
Posting Warrants
21.00
Rent
10.00
Auto Hire and Cartage
24.55
Sundry Items
10.65
$ 648.29
63
Town Office :
Rent
$1,500.00 300.00
Janitor Lights
90.05
1,890.05 $
Town House :
Janitor
$ 20.00
Fuel and Lighting
49.74
Repairs
15.84
Town Dump:
Care
$ 624.00
Animal Inspection : Services of Inspector
$1,011.45
$ 1,011.45
Tax Title Redemption :
Fire District Number 1
$ 28.02
$ 28.02
Old Age Assistance Revenue : Special State Tax
$ 23.00
$ 23.00
Total for General Government
$ 21,493.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief
$3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
$
85.58
$ 624.00
64
Day Patrol
$2,190.00
Extra Patrol
2,190.00
Night Patrol
2,736.00
Special Patrol
2,195.50
Motorcycle Upkeep and Use of Auto
277.99
Incidentals
97.94
$ 15,087.43
Lockup :
Rent
$1,250.00
Care
240.00
Lights
41.30
Telephone
36.00
Sundry Items
11.85
Painting
333.60
$
1,912.75
Chief's Office :
Rent
$ 240.00
Light
25.62
Telephone
35.04
$
300.66
Tree Department :
Labor
$ 109.20
Hardware and Tools
15.46
$
124.66
Forest Warden's Department :
Labor
$1,211.30
Equipment and Repairs
86.95
Oil and Gasoline
18.72
Expenses to Convention
25.00
65
Telephone
Sundry Items
$ 33.57 17.00
$
1,392.54
Sealing of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$ 800.00
Transportation
100.00
Equipment
20.53
Telephone
21.96
Express
3.15
$ 945.64
Moth Department :
Labor
$ 387.76
Auto Hire and Other Expenses
112.20
$ 499.96
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
$ 20,263.64
Health and Sanitation
General Administration :
Salaries of Board
$ 175.00
Clerical Work
100.00
Printing and Advertising
9.75
Telephones
71.82
Transportation and Other Expenses
172.37
$ 528.94
Tuberculosis :
Hampshire County Sanatorium
$1,543.69
Rutland State Sanatorium
1,446.00
$ 2,989.69
66
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Hospitals $ 259.00
Medical Attendance and Medicine
217.07
Clothing and Fumigation 6.60
$ 482.67
Toxin-Antitoxin :
Administration
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
$ 255.70
Milk
191.20
$
446.90
District Nurse :
Disbursements
$1,000.00
$
1,000.00
Vital Statistics :
Births
$ 208.50
Deaths
88.75
Marriages
63.50
$ 360.75
Total for Health and Sanitation
$ 5,908.95
Highway Department
General Repairs :
Superintendent
$1,282.50
Clerk
364.00
Labor
14,753.64
Trucks
73.75
Equipment and Repairs
1,949.96
67
Asphalt-Oil-Fuel
$3,119.09
Gravel
107.96
Lights for Beacons and Town Barn
207.28
Telephones
175.57
Surveying
55.50
Printing
36.98
Sundry Items
83.40
Snow Removal :
Superintendent
56.25
Labor
401.30
Trucks
28.00
Equipment and Repairs
542.64
Oil
26.80
Calcium Chloride
61.38
Express
.99
$ 23,326.99
King Street :
Superintendent
$ 30.00
Labor
253.09
Road Oil
160.83
Equipment
7.50
$
451.42
Pine Street :
Superintendent
$ 56.25
Labor
546.50
Truck
43.75
Asphalt
672.87
Trap Rock and Gravel
35.74
Coal and Oil
32.60
$ 1,387.71
68
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road :
Superintendent
$ 142.50
Labor
5,565.62
Trucks
1,910.33
Cement, Granite, Bitumuls
1,027.19
Tile, Lumber and Equipment
1,528.42
Oil and Fuel
215.38
Sand and Gravel
3,696.52
$ 14,099.61
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road-1936 :
Per Contract $7,800.85
7,800.85 $
Palmer Center to Lake Junction Road :
Superintendent
$ 112.50
Labor
906.45
Trucks
51.50
Asphalt, Oil, Sand, Fuel
1,533.76
$
2,604.21
Forest Lake Road :
Superintendent
$ 33.75
Labor
312.39
Truck
42.50
Tar, Gravel, Asphalt
411.27
$
799.91
Maple Street, Three Rivers :
Superintendent
$ 18.75
Labor
183.21
Bitumuls, Asphalt, Gravel
280.72
$ 482.68
69
Repairs on Chap. 90 Roads :
Superintendent
$
67.50
Labor
835.52
Trucks
75.00
Equipment and Repairs
10.55
Asphalt and Grits
1,022.48
$
2,011.05
Oiling Roads :
Superintendent
$ 157.50
Labor
1,606.82
Trucks
188.00
Gravel
285.53
Coal and Gas
146.63
Asphalt Oil-Bitumuls
3,050.30
Equipment
1.13
5,435.91 $
Highway Equipment :
International Truck
$1,450.00
1/2 Ton Pickup Truck
330.00
Repairs on Steam Roller
97.97
1 Set 2nd Hand Rear Rolls
425.00
Seamless Tubes
42.75
2,345.72 $
Sewers and Culverts :
Superintendent
$ 281.25
Labor
1,914.33
Trucks
17.25
Tools and Equipment
108.96
Pipe and Fittings
162.87
Incidentals
14.38
$ 2,499.04
70
Sidewalks and Curbing :
Superintendent
$ 48.75
Labor
768.09
Trucks
48.50
Sand and Trap Rocks
39.60
Bitumuls
82.90
Incidentals
11.95
$
999.79
Sidewalk-Memorial Plot:
Superintendent
$ 7.50
Labor
147.05
Trucks
6.00
$
160.55
Garage Rent :
Per Contract
$ 480.00
$ 480.00
Street Lighting :
Per Contract
$11,008.54
$ 11,008.54
Total for Highways
$ 75,893.98
Support of Poor
General Administration :
Salary of Board
$ 600.00
Salary of Secretary
1,100.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
$
2,200.00
Town Infirmary : Warden Labor
$1,500.00 902.00
71
Provisions
$1,091.81
Dry Goods and Clothing
51.74
Fuel and Light
432.49
Grain and Fertilizer
1,005.65
Transportation of Milk
127.40
Telephone
35.42
Equipment, Supplies and Sundry
331.00
Medicine
44.97
5,522.48 $
Outside Aid for Town :
Cash
$ 880.19
Rent
2,458.06
Provisions
9,286.75
Clothing
472.56
Fuel and Light
1,388.99
Board and Care
1,064.79
Hospital and Medical Attendance
1,758.58
Transportation
136.24
Burials
135.00
Telephones
102.93
Sundry Items
216.98
Aid by Other Cities and Towns
1,526.61
Aid by State
130.71
Aid for Children by Town
3,694.62
Aid for Children for State
2,773.47
$ 26,026.48
Total for Support of Poor
$ 33,748.96
Old Age Assistance
General Administration :
Salary of Board
$ 300.00
Salary of Clerk
825.00
$ 1,125.00
72
Cash $20,184.85
Board and Care
24.00
Medical Attendance
37.35
General Expenses
295.32
Burials
200.00
By Other Cities and Towns
298.61
For Other Cities and Towns
2,665.48
For State
2,788.56
$ 26,494.17
Total for Old Age Assistance
$ 27,619.17
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
$4,876.50
Clothing
123.23
Fuel
211.20
Provisions
275.59
Burial
100.00
Rent
1,022.50
Hospital Care and Medical Attendance
1,477.09
Sundry Items
14.00
$ 8,100.11
State Aid
$ 188.00
Military Aid
300.00
$ 488.00
Total for Soldiers' Relief
$ 8,588.11
73
Wing Memorial Hospital
Bills Approved
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Education
General Administration :
Superintendent
$4,999.91
Clerical Work
1,796.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
125.88
Telephones
514.54
Traveling Expenses
98.54
Sundry Items
39.89
7,574.76 $
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$38,507.84
Elementary
57,062.85
$ 95,570.69
Text Books and Supplies :
High
$4,607.23
Elementary
4,280.17
$ 8,887.40
Tuition :
High and Elementary
$ 575.66
$ 575.66
Transportation :
High
$5,306.60
Elementary
5,868.27
$ 11,174.87
74
Janitor Service : High
Elementary
$3,306.54 7,128.86
$ 10,435.40
Fuel and Light :
High
$2,258.54
Elementary
5,115.09
7,373.63 $
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High
$1,368.47
Elementary
1,067.69
$
2,436.16
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$ 585.17
Elementary
134.13
$ 719.30
Sundry Expenses :
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises $ 216.65
Miscellaneous Printing 242.58
Physicians and Nurse
2,428.50
Insurance 2,448.78
Investigating Truants
96.00
Miscellaneous Items
1,646.82
Band Leader
65.00
$ 7,144.33
Manual Training and Drawing : Salaries Supplies
$1,500.00
587.72
$ 2,087.72
75
Commercial :
Salaries
$7,139.39
Books
663.88
Supplies
486.76
Machines
76.70
$ 8,366.73
Repairs :
High
$1,163.62
Elementary
670.12
$
1,833.74
Total for Education
$164,180.39
Young Men's Library Association
Per Contract
$3,600.00
Total for Young Men's Library Association $ 3,600.00
Cemetery
Care and Maintenance :
Secretary
$ 150.00
Labor
3,893.38
Trucks
340.38
Loam and Shrubs
216.16
Markers
154.72
Tools and Equipment
110.63
Tarite
246.67
Surveying
300.00
Telephone
21.65
Sundry Items
51.29
Total for Cemeteries
$ 5,484.88
76
Neglected Graves
Care and Maintenance $250.00
Total for Neglected Graves $ 250.00
Interest
On Temporary and Maturing Loans :
Anticipation of Taxes
$ 581.70
School Loan-Acts of 1920
2,040.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920 Series "B"
446.25
New High School
148.75
Wire Mill School
800.00
Bondsville Grammar School
255.00
Cemetery Land Loan
10.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,226.52
Total for Interest $ 5,508.22
Unclassified
Town Engineer $ 50.00
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
Town's Share of Hampshire County Sanatorium
1,392.96
Memorial Plot
453.15
Dog Licenses to County Treasurer
1,246.40
Printing Town Reports
765.00
General Insurance
469.82
Workmen's Compensation and
Liability Insurance
3,105.21
Merrill L. Simonds Post 200.00
Edward T. Goodreau Post
172.10
Total for Unclassified
$ 7,904.64
77
Refunds
On :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$440.11
Real Estate Tax
56.00
Highway Department
6.60
Old Age Assistance
80.00
One half of Bottling Licenses to State
20.00
Total for Refunds $ 602.71
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Taxes
$175,000.00
Maturing Debt :
School Loan-Acts of 1920
8,000.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920- Series "B"
1,500.00
New High School Loan
500.00
Wire Mill School
2,000.00
Bondsville Grammar School Loan
2,000.00
Cemetery Land Loan
500.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness $189,500.00
Agency and Trust
Agency :
State Tax
$16,170.00
County Tax
13,570.72
State Audit
437.37
Civil War Veterans
204.00
State Park and Reservations
272.41
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 892.83
Total for Agency and Trust $ 31,547.33
78
W. P. A. Fund
General Administration :
Administrator
$ 1,560.00
Administrator of Supply Commodities to State
327.30
Registration Officer
765.00
Certifying Agent
24.00
Clerk
624.00
Rents
430.00
Telephone and Lighting
200.00
3,930.30 $
Sundry Projects :
Sewing
$1,050.25
Commissary
799.84
Farm to Market Roads
3,398.00
Ford Street, Palmer
1,832.57
King Street, Palmer
54.85
Pearl Street, Palmer
930.78
Pine Street, Palmer
76.80
Randall Street, Palmer
1,399.16
School Street, Palmer
1,893.00
Church Street, Thorndike
259.00
Rondeau Road, Thorndike
1,134.56
North Street, Three Rivers
517.52
High Street, Bondsville
724.78
Pine Street, Bondsville
878.49
Main Street Sewer, Palmer
5,338.86
Pinney Street Sewer, Palmer
1,659.61
Sidewalks
7,818.34
West Brimfield Bridge
232.92
Concrete Posts
1,777.36
Athletic Field
1,418.73
Eager Playground
3,491.99
Four Corners Cemetery
511.84
Work on Trees
175.31
79
Thorndike School
$ 565.05
Surveying
3,090.31
Miscellaneous
5,864.82
$ 46,894.74
Total for W. P. A.
$ 50,825.04
Grand Total
$653,419.02
Cash on hand December 31, 1937
80,149.24
$733,568.26
Non-Revenue Accounts
Net Funded Debt
$75,000.00
School Loan Acts of 1920
$40,000.00
School Loan Acts of 1920- Series "B"
9,000.00
New High School Loan
3,000.00
Wire Mill School
18,000.00
Bondsville Grammar School
5,000.00
$75,000.00 $75,000.00
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities
$35,706.89
Thompson Fund
$ 951.28
Merrick Fund
850.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
33,905.61
$35,706.89 $35,706.89
80
BALANCE SHEET FOR 1937
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Selectmen :
Salaries
$ 1,600.00 $
1,600.00
Expense Account
1,003.00
715.35 $
287.65
Contingent Account
2,550.00
1,926.01
623.99
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditors
81.00
81.00
Accounting
1,800.00
1,800.00
Assessors :
Salaries of Board
2,400.00
2,400.00
Clerk
1,040.00
1,040.00
General Expenses
1,000.00
803.96
196.04
Adding Machine
33.00
33.00
Treasurer :
Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
Clerk
300.00
300.00
Bond and Other Expenses
550.00
543.44
6.56
Tax Title Foreclosures
723.89
466.80
257.09
Town Clerk :
Salary
450.00
450.00
General Expenses
125.00
102.78
22.22
Tax Collector :
Salary
1,600.00
1,440.00
160.00
Salary for Previous Years
972.00
144.00
828.00
Clerk
780.00
780.00
Bond and General
Expenses
895.00
894.88
.12
€
81
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Law :
Salary and Claims
$2,500.00
$2,396.13
$103.87
License Commissioners :
Expenses
150.00
98.26
51.74
Election and Registration :
Expenses
1,000.00
648.29
351.71
Town Offices :
Rent, Care and Light
1,950.00
1,890.05
59.95
Town House :
Care, Light and Repairs
100.00
85.58
14.42
Town Dump :
Care
624.00
624.00
Police Dept.
Chief
3,000.00
3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
2,400.00
Day Patrol
2,190.00
2,190.00
Extra Patrol
2,190.00
2,190.00
Night Patrol
2,736.00
2,736.00
Special Patrol
2,200.00
2,195.50
4.50
Lockup-Rent, Light
and Telephone
1,600.00
1,578.25
21.75
Renovation of Lockup
375.00
333.60
41.40
Chief's Office
336.00
299.76
36.24
Motorcycle Upkeep
200.00
77.99
122.01
Transportation of Chief
400.00
200.00
200.00
Incidentals
150.00
99.74
50.26
82
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Sealer's Department :
Salary
$800.00
$800.00
Expenses
150.00
145.64
$
4.36
Forest Warden's Dept. :
Fighting Fires and Other Expenses
1,500.00
1,392.54
107.46
Tree Department :
Labor and Expenses
125.00
124.66
.34
Moth Department :
Labor and Expenses
500.00
499.96
.04
Health Department :
Salaries of Board
175.00
175.00
Salaries of Clerk
100.00
100.00
Tuberculosis-Contagious Diseases and General
Expenses
6,000.00
3,726.30
2,273.70
Toxin Antitoxin
100.00
100.00
Meat and Milk
Inspection
450.00
446.90
3.10
Vital Statistics
500.00
360.75
139.25
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highways:
General Repairs-In- cluding Snow Re- moval
23,328.75
23,326.99
1.76
Maintenance of Chap.
90 Roads
1,000.00
2,011.05
*1,011.05
Oiling Roads
5,500.00
5,435.91
64.09
King Street "A"
1,030.00
451.42
578.58
83
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Forest Lake Road Improvement
$2,249.02
$*2,249.02
Thorndike Street-
1935 Account
$ 714.32
714.32
Maple Street "D"
486.00
482.68
3.32
Palmer-Bondsville
Road-1935 Acct.
3,111.41
3,269.01
* 157.60
Palmer Center to
Lake Junction
2,781.00
2,604.21
176.79
Park Street-1935
Account
430.80
2,221.51
*1,790.71
Pine Street "A"
1,388.50
1,387.71
.79
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road-1936
10,430.78
7,800.85
2,629.93
Thorndike-Three Rivers
Road-1937
13,188.56
14,099.61
* 911.05
Sewers and Culverts
2,500.00
2,499.04
.96
Sidewalk Repairs
1,000.00
999.79
.21
Memorial Plot Sidewalk
on Converse Street
200.00
160.00
39.45
Dutton Bridge
10,000.00
10,000.00
Whipple's Bridge
74.20
* 74.20
Highway Equipment
2,400.00
2,345.72
54.28
Garage Rent
480.00
480.00
Street Lighting
11,008.92
11,008.54
.38
Public Welfare :
Salaries of Board
600.00
600.00
Salary of Clerk
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
500.00
Support of Poor
30,009.23
30,009.23
Federal Grant-Aid
to Dependent
Children
1,574.28
1,539.73
34.55
84
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Old Age Assistance : Aid Rendered
$17,601.10
$17,601.10
Federal Grant for Old Age Asst.
10,699.01
9,663.48
$1,035.53
Federal Grant for Administration
354.59
354.59
Soldiers' Benefits :
Aid Rendered
10,010.00
9,600.11
409.89
State Aid
500.00
188.00
312.00
Military Aid
500.00
300.00
200.00
Education
164,423.02
164,180.39
242.63
Young Men's Library
Association
3,600.00
3,600.00
Unclassified :
Compensation and
Liability Insurance
3,200.00
3,105.21
94.79
General Insurance
858.95
708.72
150.23
Animal Inspection
1,100.00
1,011.45
88.55
Wing Memorial Hospital
500.00
500.00
Hampshire County
Hospital
1,392.96
1,392.96
Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
Town Engineer
50.00
50.00
Town Reports
765.00
765.00
Edward T. Goodreau
Post-1936
27.65
27.65
Edward T. Goodreau
Post-1937
166.00
144.45
21.55
85
Appropriations Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Memorial Plot and
Knox Marker
$ 453.15 $ 453.15
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
50.00
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
14,000.00
W. P. A. Fund
50,991.99
50,825.04
$ 166.95
Cemetery :
Care & Maintenance
5,485.00
5,484.88
.12
Neglected Graves
250.00
250.00
Maturing Debt
14,500.00
14,500.00
Interest on Maturing
Debt
3,700.00
3,700.00
Interest on Temporary
Loans
800.00
581.70
218.30
* Denotes overdrafts.
86
TRIAL BALANCE
Cash
$80,149.24
Taxes-1935
61.76
Taxes-1936
9,036.83
Taxes-1937
74,370.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax-1935
6.23
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax-1936
48.95
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax-1937
945.69
Tax Possessions
2,356.78
Tax Titles
5,636.94
Accounts Receivable :
Health
997.32
Highway
194.20
Public Welfare
3,230.59
Schools
215.25
Old Age Assistance
71.67
Temporary Loans
50,000.00
State Tax
990.00
County Tax
.01
State Parks and Reservations
84.92
Soldiers' Exemptions
612.00
Overlay ---- 1935
298.11
Overlay-1936
3,216.19
Overlay-1937
2,980.16
Overlay Reserve
9,995.42
Departmental Revenue
4,709.03
Dr. Cr.
87
Tax Title Revenue
$6,413.09
District Tax Title Revenue
477.03
Tax Title Redemption Fire Dist. No. 1 63.24
Tax Title Redemption Fire Dist. No. 2
42.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
1,000.87
Dog Licenses
13.80
Excess and Deficiency
89,566.61
Auditing-1937
90.00
Treasurer's Tax Title Foreclosure Acct.
257.09
Tax Collector's Salary on Previous Years
828.00
Tax Collector's Salary 1937
160.00
Repairs on Chap. 90 Roads
$1,011.05
Forest Lake Road
2,249.02
Palmer-Bondsville Road
157.60
Park Street-1935 Project
1,790.71
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road-1936
2,629.93
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road-1937
911.05
Dutton Bridge
10,000.00
Whipples Bridge-1935
74.20
United States Grant-Old Age Asst.
1,035.53
United States Grant-Aid to Dependent Children
34.55
W. P. A. Fund
166.95
$184,590.41 184,590.41
88
Report of The Board of Health
To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer :
The Board of Health of the Town of Palmer here- with submits its annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1937.
TABLE NO. 1
DISEASE
NUMBER OF CASES 3
Chicken Pox
Diphtheria 2
Dog Bites
3
Cerebrospinal Meningitis
4
Lobar Pneumonia
2
Measles
37
Mumps
1
Scarlet Fever
6
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3
Whooping Cough 33
89
TABLE NO. 2
Number of Deaths reported during 1937
January
9
February 8
March
10
April
9
May
5
June
7
July
5
August
6
September
7
October
14
November
11
December
13
104
TABLE NO. 3
Deaths Classified by Ages
TOTAL MALE
FEMALE
Less than 1 year
11
8
3
1 to 5 years
4
2
2
5 to 10 "
1
1
0
10 to 15
3
2
1
15 to 20
1
1
0
20 to 30
4
2
2
30 to 40
„
11
4
7
40 to 50
"
14
9
5
50 to 60
17
11
6
60 to 70
21
8
13
70 to 80
10
5
5
80 to 90
2
0
2
90 to 100
0
0
0
Stillborn
5
4
1
-
104
57
47
90
RECEIPTS
Reimbursements for Care of Tubercular Patients From :
Individuals
$106.28
State
832.85
$
939.13
From Licenses :
Alcohol
$ 5.00
Milk and Oleo.
63.00
Pasteurization
10.00
Ice Cream
65.00
Bottling
+0.00
Undertakers
6.00
$ 189.00
Total Receipts
$
1,128.13
EXPENDITURES
General Administration :
Salaries of Board
$175.00
Clerical Work
100.00
Printing and Advertising
9.75
Telephones
71.82
Transportation and Other Expenses 172.37
$ 528.94
Tuberculosis :
Hampshire County Sanatorium
$1,543.69
Rutland State Sanatorium 1,446.00
$ 2,989.69
91
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Hospitals
$ 259.00
Medical Attendance
217.07
Clothing and Fumigation
6.60
$ 482.67
Toxin-Antitoxin :
Administration
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
$ 255.70
Milk
191.20
$
446.90
District Nurse :
Disbursements
$1,000.00
$
1,000.00
Vital Statistics :
Births
$ 208.50
Deaths
88.75
Marriages
63.50
$ 360.75
Total for Health and Sanitation
$5,908.95
92
Report of Milk Inspector
Palmer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1937
To the Board of Health of Palmer :
I would respectfully submit the following report on Milk Inspection work.
I have granted the following Permits and Licenses :
Dealers Licenses
112 at .50 $56.00
Oleo Licenses
14 at .50 7.00
Producers Permits (no fee)
60
A. F. BENNETT,
Milk Inspector
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Palmer, Mass., December 29, 1937
To the Board of Health of Palmer :
I would respectfully submit the following report re- lating to the Inspection of Slaughtering.
I have made the following Inspections :
Hogs
227
1 Condemned
Beef
13
Veal
16
1 Condemned
A. F. BENNETT,
Inspector of Slaughtering
93
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
December 31, 1937
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The following is the report of the work done by the Department of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1937 :
Not Con-
Adjusted Seal'd Seal'd dem'd
Platform Scales over 10,000 1bs. 4
Platform Scales over 5,000 1bs. 1
Platform Scales under 5,000 lbs. 5
44
2 2
Counter Scales over 100 1bs.
4
Counter Scales under 100 1bs. 7
39
Beam Scales over 100 1bs. 1
7
Beam Scales under 100 1bs.
1
Spring Scales over 100 1bs.
6
Spring Scales under 100 1bs.
16
65
Computing Scales under 100 1bs.
4
46
Person Weigher (slot)
11
1
Prescription
3
Avoirdupois Weights
68
311
Apothecary Weights
48
Metric Weights
5
Liquid Measures
56
94
Dry Measures
1
Gasoline Pumps
26
1 10
Stops on Pumps
54
182
Gasoline Meters
20
77
Oil Pumps
18
Tank Truck Meter
5
6
Bulk Station Meter
2
Grease Measuring Devices
1
Yard Sticks
8
-
Totals
180
972
3
13
Trial Weighings
Total Tested Correct Number Number
Under Over
Beans
18
14
2
2
Bread
92
48
6
38
Butter
159
102
17
40
Coal (in transit)
3
2
1
Dry Commodities
73
54
5
14
Flour
44
23
1
20
Fruits and Vegetables
55
36
5
14
Grain and Feed
33
22
4
7
Ice
3
3
Lard
11
3
8
Totals
491
304
40
147
Summary of Inspections for 1937
Clinical Thermometers
19
Coal Certificates
3
Ice Scales
2
95
Junk Scales
3
Peddler's Licenses
21
Peddler's Scales
3
Gasoline Pumps Retests
22
Amount of Fees collected for 1937
$138.42
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS LEVEILLEE,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
96
List of Jurors
In accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws, the Selectmen of the Town of Palmer have prepared the following list of inhabitants of said Town of Palmer as qualified to serve as Jurors for the year beginning July 1st 1937.
Baker, Ellsworth D.
Barnes, Guy B.
Berthiaume, Joseph E.
Brouillette, Ananie I.
Cady, Oscar S.
Calkins, Walter F.
Cameron, W. Leslie
Canning, Ralph E. Capen Sr., Fred A.
Carey, Frank W. Converse, Raymond E. Deland, Warren A. Dillon, William F.
Donahue, John J.
Drohan, George J.
Duncan, Edwin J.
Erikson, Emil Farrelly, Michael J. Fountain, Charles J. Gale, William M. Garvey, Michael J. Goodreau, Joseph P. Healey, Daniel R.
26 Spring Street, Palmer 26 Fox Street, Palmer 256 South Main Street, Palmer 25012 South Main Street, Palmer 49 Walnut Street, Palmer 61 Randall Street, Palmer 54 Thorndike Street, Palmer 5 Holbrook Street, Palmer 310 Park Street, Palmer 13 Pearl Street, Palmer 19 Knox Street, Palmer 93 South Main Street, Palmer 44 Thorndike Street, Palmer 45 Pine Street, Palmer 102 Park Street, Palmer 18 Church Street, Palmer 12 Forest Street, Palmer 598 North Main Street, Palmer 582 North Main Street, Palmer 75 Central Street, Palmer 28 Pleasant Street, Palmer 200 Thorndike Street, Palmer 69 Pine Street, Palmer
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