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Reimbursement from Towns
$8.00
$
8.00
Education
Tuition :
From Other Towns
$2,102.50
From State
2,908.64
Rent of Auditorium and Gymnasium
305.75
Tennis Court Fees
334.55
Sale of Supplies
49.58
Sundry Items
27.54
5,728.56 $
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$421.00
Care of Lots
1,717.62
Grading Lots
213.50
Opening Graves
555.00
59
Foundations
141.13
All Other
6.00
$ 3,054.25
Interest and Demands
On Taxes :
Interest
Demands
$2,799.78 180.60
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds :
Interest
$1,245.12
Trust Funds :
Merrick Fund
$21.26
Thompson Fund
23.78
$
4,270.54
Agency and Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
$1,300.00
$
1,300.00
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans
$250,000.00
$250,000.00
Public Service Loans: :
Dutton Bridge
$10,000.00
Municipal Relief
27,000.00
Premiums
122.82
$ 37,122.82
60
Refunds
Taxes
$156.88
Tax Title Redemption
123.66
Insurance
8.01
Returned Checks
93.71
School Dept.
340.74
Soldiers' Relief
22.34
Highway Dept.
16.77
Old Age Assistance Dept.
17.50
Public Welfare Dept.
50.00
W. P. A.
3.00
Selectmens' "Contg."
23.25
$
855.86
Total Receipts -
$708,204.95
Cash on hand January 1, 1938
80,149.24
$788,354.19
PAYMENTS
General Government
Selectmen's Department
Salaries of Board
$1,600.00
Stationery and Postage
89.07
Printing and Advertising
395.17
Traveling Expenses - Conven- tions, Investigations and Ex-
penses of Soldiers Relief Cases
205.00
Telephone
213.52
Supplies
24.40
Sundry Items
54.97
$ 2,582.13
61
Selectmen's Contingent Account
Drafting New Maps
$163.15
Finance Committee Expenses
71.65
Traffic Spot Light
42.29
Repairs at Library Building
30.54
Outside Fires
293.00
Water for Trough
12.00
Tree Department
194.35
Moth Department
104.90
Snow Removal
130.25
Emergency Work following
flood and cyclone
11,818.50
Office Equipment
21.50
Sundry Items
329.08
$ 13,211.21
Auditing and Accounting
Auditing®
$ 90.00
Accounting
1,800.00
$
1,890.00
Treasurer's Department
Salary
$1,800.00
Clerk
300.00
Surety Bond
195.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
126.50
Premium on Loans
99.14
Equipment
45.55
Stationery and Postage
232.71
Printing and Advertising
22.65
Telephone
25.39
Sundry Items
26.55
$ 2,873.49
62
Town Clerk's Department
Salary
$450.00
Stationery and Postage
29.42
Printing and Advertising
7.56
Supplies
73.53
Sundry Items
13.15
$
573.66
Collector's Department
Salary for 1938
$1,440.00
Salary for Balance of 1935
144.00
Surety Bond
455.94
Clerk
936.00
Collector's Meeting
28.77
Stationery and Postage
196.74
Printing and Advertising
102.42
Telephone
26.04
Sundry Items
84.75
3,414.66 $
Assessors' Department
Salaries of Board
$2,400.00
Salaries of Clerk
1,040.00
Stationery and Postage
12.00
Printing
453.67
Assessor's Meetings and Other Transportation 295.11
Drafting and Filing Maps
61.50
Telephones
25.36
Sundry Expenses
90.75
4,378.39 $
Law and Claim Department Salary Town Counsel Claims 778.05
$600.00
63
Recording Fees
33.95
Sundry Items
18.46
$ 1,430.46
License Commissioner's Expenses
Clerical Work
$18.50
Printing and Postage
10.00
License Board and Meeting and Other Transportation
59.50
Telephone
59.81
Supplies
2.19
$ 150.00
Election and Registration
Registrars
$150.00
Election Officers
780.00
Checkers
65.00
Printing and Advertising
290.75
Stationery and Postage
14.89
Posting Warrants
7.00
Auto Hire and Cartage
45.10
Sundry Expenses
19.71
$ 1,372.45
Town Office
Rent
$1,500.00
Janitor
300.00
Lights
95.65
$ 1,895.65
Town House
Janitor
$16.00
Fuel and Light
80.97
64
Repairs
79.28
Sundry Items
11.00
187.25
Town Dump
Care
$624.00
624.00
Total for General Government
$ 34,583.35
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Chief
$3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
Day Patrol
2,190.00
Extra Patrol
2,190.00
Night Patrol
2,736.00
Special Patrol
2,299.75
Motorcycle Upkeep
84.08
Use of Auto
200.00
Telephone
45.43
Sundry Items
103.62
$ 15,248.88
Chief's Office
Rent
$180.00
Light
84.15
Telephone
30.88
Sundry Items
6.85
$ 301.88
65
Lockup
Rent
$1,250.00
Light
37.08
Care
240.00
Telephone
36.00
Sundry Items
6.30
$ 1,569.38
Tree Department
Labor
$110.25
Printing and Other Expenses
14.75
$
125.00
Forest Warden's Department
Labor
$453.30
Equipment and Repairs
202.16
Rent
65.00
Telephone
38.22
Serving Permits
39.45
Sundry Items
20.28
$ 818.41
Sealing of Weights and Measures
Sealer's Salary
$800.00
Transportation
150.00
Telephone
21.04
Supplies and Equipment
20.93
$ 991.97
Moth Department
Labor $406.13
66
Auto Hire and Other Expenses 93.87
$
500.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
$ 19,555.52
Health Department
General Administration:
Salaries of Board
$175.00
Clerical Work 100.00
Printing and Advertising
5.50
Telephone
72.48
Equipment, Posting Notices and Sundry Items 130.60
$ 483.58
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Hospitals
$672.75
Medical Attendance
194.75
Guards and Nurses
280.80
Drugs and Medicine
71.45
Transportation
115.00
$
1,334.75
Tuberculosis
Westfield State Sanatorium
$4,655.64
Rutland State Sanatorium 429.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium 70.29
$
5,154.93
Toxin Antitoxin
Administration
$100.00
$
100.00
67
Typhoid Inoculations Administration
$432.80
$ 432.80
Meat and Milk Inspection
Meat
$244.15
Milk
172.81
$ 416.96
Vital Statistics
Births
$245.25
Deaths
94.75
Marriages
61.50
$ 401.50
District Nurse
Disbursements
$1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Licenses
1/2 Bottling Licenses to State
$20.00
$ 20.00
Total for Health and Sanitation $ 9,344.52
Highway Department
General Repairs:
Superintendent
$966.90
Clerk
360.00
Labor
10,258.09
Trucks
45.00
Equipment and Repairs
1,768.93
68
Asphalt-Cement-Gravel
490.67
Tarvia and Road Oil
414.26
Coal and Oil
1,378.54
Telephone
141.84
Sundry Items
81.60
$ 15,905.83
Snow Removal
Supt.
$ 251.46
Labor
4,625.50
Trucks
2,343.00
Tools and Equipment
556.47
Grits-Oil and Sundry Items
419.01
$
8,195.44
Garage:
Rent
$480.00
$ 480.00
Office :
Lighting
$173.26
Supplies
41.43
$
214.69
Repairs on Chap. 90 Roads-1937
Superintendent
$ 56.21
Labor
622.05
Road Oil-Grits and Paint
310.65
$
988.91
Repairs on Chap. 90 Roads-1938
Superintendent $ 100.62
Labor 1,193.42
Equipment and Repairs 7.57
69
Oil-Grits-Coal 657.75
1,959.36 $
Thorndike-Three Rivers Road-1937
Gravel $125.00
Rental of Stone Spreader 54.00
$ 179.00
Oiling Roads :
Superintendent
$ 144.63
Labor
1,933.93
Equipment
4.80
Oil
1,085.36
Grits and Asphalt
778.99
Coal
52.24
$ 3,999.95
Palmer-Bondsville Road
Superintendent
$ 76.87
Surveying
33.75
Labor
1,479.62
Curbing
96.00
Bitumuls
265.25
Trap Rock
270.93
Equipment
1,476.28
Signs
15.68
$ 3,714.38
Baptist Hill Road :
Superintendent $ 46.31
Labor
472.21
Grits
60.24
70
.
Oil and Coal
921.23
1,499.99
Dutton Bridge: Per Contract $2,621.74
$ 2,621.74
Sidewalks and Curbing :
Superintendent
$50.77
Surveying
23.00
Labor
573.88
Materials
35.50
Sundry Items
56.88
740.03
Sewers and Culverts:
Superintendent
$ 260.29
Labor
1,976.11
Trucks
17.50
Tools and Equipment
180.99
Pipe and Fittings
37.00
Sundry Items
27.39
$
2,499.28
Repairs on Steam Roller:
Labor
$367.78
Repairs and Equipment
773.84
Gas and Oil
13.32
Express
45.06
$ 1,200.00
71
Memorial Plot and Knox Marker:
Labor Equipment
$441.45 7.14
$ 448.59
Street Lighting
Per Contract
$10,781.61
$ 10,781.61
Total for Highways
$ 55,428.80
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
$1,500.00
Labor
227.33
Provisions
737.04
Dry Goods and Clothing
36.68
Equipment and Repairs
219.77
Fuel and Light
328.50
Transportation of Milk
122.00
Grain and Fertilizer
659.21
Telephone
38.42
Stock
26.00
Medicine
156.25
Sundry Items
106.35
$ 4,157.55
72
Outside Poor :
Cash
$ 329.00
Rent
3,855.19
Provisions
14,879.17
Clothing
684.89
Fuel and Light
1,624.42
Board and Care 1,237.40
Medical Attendance and Medicine 4,772.19
Burials 268.00
Telephone
109.79
Sundry Items
462.13
Aid for Dependent Children 5,822.83
Aid by Other Cities and Towns 3,445.94
Aid for State
6,831.11
$ 44,322.06
Total for Support of Poor
$ 50,679.61
Old Age Assistance
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 300.00
Salary of Clerk
900.00
Cash 30,475.58
Board and Care . 71.00
Hospital and Medical Attendance 75.43
Burials 812.00
For Other Cities and Towns
3,914.15
By Other Cities and Towns 415.46
For State 3,514.60
Sundry Items 309.83
Total for Old Age Assistance
$ 40,788.05
73
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
$5,895.12
Fuel
493.81
Rent
1,790.70
Provisions
661.03
Clothing
196.16
Medicine and Medical Attendance 1,026.22
Burial
50.00
Sundry Expenses
182.35
Total for Soldiers' Relief
$ 10,295.39
State Aid
$108.00
Military Aid
780.00
$ 888.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$ 11,183.39
Education
General Administration:
Superintendent
$4,999.91
Clerical Work 1,501.50
Printing-Stationery and Postage 71.93
Telephone
485.69
Truancy
121.68
Sundry Items
29.49
$
7,210.20
Teachers' Salaries
High
$37,655.13
Elementary
55,277.93
$ 92,933.06
74
Text Books and Supplies :
High Elementary
$3,810.41
2,030.25
$ 5,840.66
Tuition :
High
$396.32
Elementary
166.19
$ 562.51
Transportation :
High
$5,431.80
Elementary
5,850.40
$ 11,282.20
Janitor Service:
High
$3,275.15
Elementary
7,132.03
$ 10,407.18
Fuel and Light:
High
$3,439.57
Elementary
2,743.03
6,182.60
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High
$1,279.85
Elementary
1,059.76
$ 2,339.61
75
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$ 93.69
Elementary
140.50
$ 234.19
Sundry Expenses :
Diplomas and Graduating
Exercises
$148.15
Miscellaneous Printing
201.25
Physicians and Nurses
2,449.90
Insurance
2,708.85
Band Leader
277.50
Miscellaneous Items
1,343.60
From Smith-Hughes Fund
435.40
From George Deen Fund
320.00
$ 7,884.65
Commercial :
Salaries
$7,091.89
Books
512.03
Surplus
249.24
Typewriters
459.21
$ 8,312.37
Music, Manual Training and Drawing
Salaries $3,435.54
Manual Training Supplies
164.80
$ 3,600.34
76
Repairs :
High
Elementary
$2,806.91 713.95
$
3,520.86
Total for Education $160,310.43
Young Men's Library Association
Per Contract $3,600.00
Total for Young Men's Library
Association
$
3,600.00
Care of Cemetery
Care and Maintenance :
Secretary
$ 150.00
Engineering
100.00
Labor
4,760.07
Trucks
517.13
Sod and Loam
66.10
Shrubs
21.60
Markers
401.20
Equipment and Tools
412.64
Telephone
21.00
Supplies
15.45
Sundry Items
34.80
$
6,499.99
Neglected Graves
Care and Maintenance
$250.00
Total for Neglected Graves
$
250.00
77
Legion Field and Eager Playground Care and Maintenance $1,030.72
Total for Legion Field and Eager Playground $ 1,030.72
Interest
On Temporary and Maturing Loans:
Anticipation of Taxes $ 418.60
School Loan-Acts of 1920 1,700.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920 Series "B" 382.50
New High School
127.50
Wire Mill School
720.00
Bondsville Grammar School 191.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,245.12
Total for Interest
$
4,784.97
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans :
- Anticipation of Taxes
$225,000.00
$225,000.00
Maturing Debt:
School Loan-Acts of 1920 $8,000.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920 Series "B"
1,500.00
New High School
500.00
Wire Mill School
2,000.00
Bondsville Grammar School
1,000.00
$ 13,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness $238,000.00
78
Agency and Trust
Agency :
State Tax
$21,250.00
County Tax 13,534.50
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,034.42
State Parks and Reservations 307.36
Civil War Veterans
109.50
Soldiers' Exemption
17.20
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,300.00
Total for Agency and Trust $ 37,552.98
Unclassified
W. P. A. $ 49,596.69
$ 49,596.69
County Aid to Agriculture
$ 50.00
Town Engineer
50.00
E. T. Goodreau Post
141.30
Merrill L. Simonds Post No. 130
200.00
Printing Town Reports
563.76
Animal Inspection
300.00
General Insurance
740.04
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 2,218.38
Wing Memorial Hospital
436.36
$
4,699.84
Refunds and Transfers
On :
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes $ 407.37
Tax Titles 61.83
Dog Licenses 1,256.40
79
Tax Titles
229.70
$ 1,955.30
Grand Total
$729,844.16
Cash on hand December 31, 1938
58,510,03
$788,354.19
Non-Revenue Accounts
Net Funded Debt $62,000.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920
$32,000.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920 Series "B"
7,500.00
New High School
2,500.00
Wire Mill School
16,000.00
Bondsville Grammar School
4,000.00
$62,000.00 $62,000.00
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities $36,611.27
Thompson Fund $ 951.28
Merrick Fund
850.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
34,809.99
$36,611.27 $36,611.27
HARRIETTE PAINE
Bookkeeper
80
W. P. A.
Appropriation
Balance from 1937
$52,000.00 169.95
$52,169.95
Administration :
Administrator
$1,590.00
Clerk
750.00
Certifying Officer
805.00
Engineering
2,254.61
Supervision
1,470.00
Office Rent
375.00
Rent Brainerd Barn
90.00
Supplies
4.55
Gas
72.35
Telephone & Light
129.73
Travel Expense
14.39
$7,555.63
Sundry Projects :
George St. Improvements
$800.78
Charles St. Improvements 612.05
Highland St. Improvements
1,063.06
High St. Improvements
3,914.51
Bondsville School Yard
Improvement 538.46
Palmer, Three Rivers Road Walks 1,978.28
Foster St. Walks 39.24
Walnut & French Sts. Walks
227.68
South Main St. Walks
939.98
North Main St. Walk between
Shearer & Rockview Sts. 555.05
81
North Main St. Walk between
Rockview & Squier Sts.
583.26
Charles St. Walks 113.92
Central, Maple & Pearl Sts. Walks 842.84
Palmer, Thorndike Road Walks
1,740.32
Packard, Allen & Park Sts.
Sewer 5,167.87
Park & Pinney Street Sewer
781.08
Charles Street Sewer 908.40
Brown & North Main St. Sewer
285.51
Eager Playground
179.86
Farm to Market Roads
12,034.92
Recreation Project
350.41
Household Aide Project
2.00
Sewing Project
2,562.45
Commissary
1,187.43
Em. Storm & Flood
Rehabilitation
1,379.22
General Fund
2,931.93
U. S. Forestry Service Fire Hazard
320.55
Balance
$49,596.69
$ 2,573.26
82
BALANCE SHEET FOR 1938
Appropriations Grants - Loans Amount Refunds & Transfers Expended
Balances
Department
Selectmen :
Salaries
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
Expense Account
1,000.00
982.13
17.87
Contingent Account
13,277.25
13,211.21
66.04
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditing 1937
90.00
90.00
Auditing 1938
90.00
90.00
Accounting®
1,800.00
1,800.00
Assessors :
Salaries of Board
2,400.00
2,400.00
Clerical Work
1,040.00
1,040.00
General Expenses
1.000.00
938.39
61.61
Treasurer :
Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
Clerk
300.00
300.00
General Expenses
560.00
547.85
12.15
Tax Title Foreclosure
352.24
126.50
225.74
Premium on Loans
122.82
99.14
23.68
Town Clerk :
Salary
450.00
450.00
General Expenses
125.00
123.66
1.34
Tax Collector :
Salary for 1938
1,600.00
1,440.00
160.00
Salary on Previous Years
988.00
144.00
844.00
Clerk
936.00
936.00
Bond and General
Expenses
895.00
894.66
.34
83
Appropriations Grants - Loans Refunds & Transfers
Amount Expended
Balances
Law and Claim :
Salary and Claims
1,500.00
1,430.46
69.54
License Commissioners : Expenses
150.00
150.00
Election and Registration :
Expenses
1,372.45
1,372.45
Town Offices :
Rent
1,500.00
1,500.00
Care
300.00
300.00
Light
150.00
95.65
54.35
Town House :
General Expenses
200.00
187.25
12.75
Town Dump:
Care
624.00
624.00
Police Department :
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
2,300.00
2,299.75
.25
Lockup-Rent, Care
Lights and Telephone 1,600.00 Chief's Office-Rent,
1,569.38
30.62
Lights and Telephone
336.00
301.88
34.12
Motorcycle Upkeep
200.00
84.08
115.92
Transportation for Chief 200.00
200.00
Incidentals
150.00
149.05
.95
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
800.00
800.00
Expenses
210.00
191.97
18.03
84
Appropriations Grants - Loans Refunds & Transfers
Amount Expended
Balances
Forest Warden:
Fighting Fires and General Expenses
1,000.00
818.41
181.59
Tree :
Labor and Expenses
125.00
125.00
Moth :
Labor and Expenses
604.90
604.90
Health :
Salary of Board
175.00
175.00
Salary of Clerk
100.00
100.00
Tuberculosis, Contagious Diseases and General
Expenses
6,475.00
5,772.42
702.58
Toxin-Antitoxin
100.00
100.00
Vital Statistics
500.00
401.50
98.50
Meat and Milk Inspection 450.00
416.96
33.04
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway :
General Repairs-Including
Snow Removal
24,316.77
24,315.96
.81
Oiling Roads
4,000.00
3,999.95
.05
Maintenance of Chap. 90
Roads-1937
1,999.97
1,999.96
.01
Maintenance of Chap. 90
Roads-1938
1,207.82
2,559.65
*1,351.83
Baptist Hill Road
1,500.00
1,499.99
.01
Forest Lake
Road-1937
2,250.00
2,249.02
.98
Palmer-Bondsville
Road-1937
157.60
157.60
Palmer-Bondsville
Road-1938
5.000.00
3,114.09
1,885.91
85
Appropriations Grants - Loans Amount Refunds & Transfers Expended
Balances
Park Street-1935
Project
1,790.71
1,790.71
Thorndike-Three Rivers
Road-1936
2,629.93
2,022.51
607.42
Thorndike-Three Rivers
Road-1937
1,344.00
1,090.05
253.95
Sewers and Culverts
2,500.00
2,499.28
.72
Sidewalks Repairs
800.00
740.03
59.97
Memorial Plot and
Knox Marker
450.00
448.59
1.41
Dutton Bridge
16,966.30
2,621.74
14,344.56
Whipple's Bridge 1935 Account
74.20
74.20
Repairs of Steam Shovel
and Roller
1,200.00
1,200.00
Garage Rent
480.00
480.00
Street Lighting
12,000.00
10,781.61
1,218.39
Public Welfare:
Salaries of Board
600.00
600.00
Salaries of Clerk
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
500.00
Support of Poor
46,800.00
46,800.00
Old Age Assistance
21,725.00
21,725.00
Federal Grants :
Aid to Dependent
Children
1,685.29
1,679.61
5.68
Old Age Assistance 18,564.42
18,479.60
84.82
Old Age Assistance
Administration
583.65
583.45
.20
Soldiers' Benefits :
Soldiers' Relief
11,022.34
10,295.39
726.95
State Aid
300.00
108.00
192.00
Military Aid
1,000.00
780.00
220.00
86
Appropriations Grants - Loans Amount Refunds & Transfers Expended
Balances
Education :
Maintenance of Schools
159,740.74 159,738.05
2.69
Smith-Hughes Fund
252.38
252.38
George Deen Fund
320.00
320.00
Young Men's Library Ass'n.
Per Agreement
3,600.00
3,600.00
Unclassified :
General Insurance
1,402.00
1,402.00
Compensation and
Liability Insurance
2,218.38
2,218.38
Animal Inspection
600.00
600.00
Wing Memorial Hospital
500.00
436.36
63.64
Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
Town Engineer
50.00
50.00
Town Reports
600.00
563.76
36.24
Edward T. Goodreau Post No. 1813
144.00
141.30
2.70
County Aid to
Agriculture
50.00
50.00
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
14,000.00
W. P. A.
52,169.95
49,596.69
2,573.26
Cemetery
Care and Maintenance
6,500.00
6,499.99
.01
Neglected Graves
250.00
250.00
Legion Field and Eager Playground Care and Maintenance 1,031.00
1,030.72
.28
Maturing Debt
13,000.00
13,000.00
Interest on Maturing Debt.
3,121.25
3,121.25
Interest on
Temporary Loans
1,000.00
900.00
100.00
* Debit Balance
87
Trial Balance
Cash
$58,510.03
Taxes 1936
354.16
Taxes 1937
21,461.97
Taxes 1938
90,174.32
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1936
24.26
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1937
122.30
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1938
531.71
Tax Titles
5,132.20
Tax Possessions
3,045.80
Accounts Receivable :
Health
13.57
Highways
340.95
Public Welfare
5,210.27
Schools
744.47
Old Age Assistance
196.45
Temporary Loan
$75,000.00
Overlay 1936
354.16
Overlay 1937
2,610.56
Overlay 1938
2,952.15
Overlay Reserve
11,016.46
State Tax
11,250.00
County Tax
1,472.09
State Parks & Reservations
28.59
Soldier's Exemption
497.80
Dog Licenses
12.00
Departmental Revenue
6,505.71
Tax Title Revenue
7,707.72
District Tax Title Revenue
470.28
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
270.90
88
Excess & Deficiency
72,265.74
Auditing & Accounting
90.00
Premium on Loans 23.68
Tax Collector's Salary on Previous Years
844.00
Tax Collector's Salary on 1938
160.00
Repairs on Chapter 90 Roads 1938 1,351.83
Palmer-Bondsville Road-1938
1,885.91
Dutton Bridge
14,344.56
United States Grant-Old Age Assistance
84.82
United States Grant-Old Age Assistance Administration .20
United States Grant-Aid to Dependent Children 5.68
Wing Memorial Hospital
63.64
Works Progress Administration
2,573.26
$199,964.97 199,964.97
89
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 Dec- ember 31, 1938.
TABLE NO. 1
Disease
Number of Cases
Chicken Pox
4
Diphtheria
1
Influenza
2
Lobar Pneumonia
5
Bronchial Pneumonia 1
Measles
25
Scarlet Fever
2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Whooping Cough 5
90
TABLE NO. 2
Number of Deaths reported during 1938
January
11
February
9
March
14
April
9
May
7
June
10
July
12
August
10
September
8
October
5
November
8
December
12
115
TABLE NO. 3 Deaths Classified by Ages
Total
Male
Female
Less than 1 year
4
2
2
1 - 5 years
1
1
0
10 - 15
1
1
0
15 - 20 "
2
2
0
20 - 30 "
3
3
0
30 - 40
2
1
1
40 - 50
4
3
1
50 - 60
20
12
8
60 - 70
"
16
9
7
70 - 80
"
38
16
22
80 - 90
10
4
6
2
1
1
1
0
1
Stillborn
9
4
5
115
61
54
5 - 10 "
2
2
0
90 - 100
"
Over 100
91
RECEIPTS
Reimbursement for Care of Tubercular Patients from :
Cities and Towns
State
$269.15 756.89
$1,026.04
From Licenses :
Alcohol
$ 3.00
Milk and Oleo.
66.00
Pasteurization
20.00
Ice Cream
65.00
Bottling
40.00
Undertakers
5.00
$
199.00
Total Receipts
$1,225.04
EXPENDITURES
General Administration :
Salaries of Board
$175.00
Clerical Work
100.00
Telephone
72.48
Printing and Postage
5.50
Equipment-Express and Other Expenses
130.60
$483.58
Tuberculosis :
Westfield State Sanatorium
$4,655.64
Rutland State Sanatorium 429.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium 70.29
$5,154.93
92
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Typhoid Inoculations
$432.80
Hospitals 672.75
Medical Attendance and Nurses 547.00
Ambulance and Transportation 115.00
$1,767.55
Toxin-Antitoxin :
Administration
$100.00
$ 100.00
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
$244.15
Milk
172.81
$
416.96
District Nurse :
Disbursements
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Vital Statistics :
Births
$245.25
Deaths
94.75
Marriages
61.50
$ 401.50
Total for Health and Sanitation $9,324.52
93
Report of Milk Inspector
Palmer, Mass., Dec. 31, 1937
To the Board of Health of Palmer:
I would respectfully submit the following report on the Milk Inspection work.
I have granted the following Permits and Licenses:
Dealers Licenses
115 @ .50
$57.50
Oleo Licenses
17 @ .50
8.50
Producers Permits (No fee)
59
A. F. BENNETT,
Milk Inspector
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Palmer, Mass., Dec. 31, 1938
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
228
Beef 5
Veal
5
A. F. BENNETT,
Inspector of Slaughtering
94
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Palmer, Massachusett
This Department has Adjusted, Sealed and Con- demned the following :
Adj't Sealed Cond'm'd
Platform scales over 5000 Ibs.
8
1
Platform scales under 5000 Ibs. 7
53
Counter scales over 100 lbs.
1
1
Counter scales under 100 Ibs.
2
36
Beam scales over 100 Ibs.
6
Beam scales under 100 1bs.
Spring scales over 100 Ibs.
3
15
Spring scales under 100 Ibs.
14
63
Computing scales under 100 Ibs.
6 52
2
Person Weigher (slot)
9
1
Prescription Scales
3
Weights
Avoirdupois 12 336
Apothecary 55
Volumetric Measures
Vehicle Tanks (compartments)
4
Liquid Measures over 1 gal.
43
95
Liquid Measures Oil Jars
Adj't Sealed Cond'm'd 17 4
Automatic Liquid-Measuring Devices
Gasoline Pumps
19
Stops on Pumps
27
133
Kerosene Pumps
15
Linear Measures
Yards Sticks
15
Totals
72
887
4
Trial Weighings and Measurements of Commodities Sold or Put Up for Sale Total Number Tested Correct
Under Over
Beans
6
1
5
Bread
43
32
1 10
Charcoal (in paper bags)
24
18
6
Coal (in transit)
1
1
Butter
48
42
1 5
Dry Commodities
12
6
6
Flour
22
16
3
3
Grain and Feed
25
25
Ice
2
1
1
Totals
183
142
5
36
Summary of Inspections
Pedler's licenses
17
Clinical Thermometers
16
Pedler's scales
5
-
96
Retests of gasoline devices after sealing 25 Sealing fees collected $164.82
The foregoing comprises my annual report ending December 31, 1938.
LOUIS LEVEILLEE
Sealer of Weights and Measures
97
List of Jurors
In accordance with Chapter 234 of 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, 1938.
Barnes, Guy B. 26 Fox Street, Palmer Brainerd, Robert C. 21 Highland Street, Palmer Brouillette, Ananie I. 2501/2 South Main Street, Palmer Cameron, W. Leslie
Capen Sr., Fred A.
54 Thorndike Street, Palmer 310 Park Street, Palmer
Carey, Frank W.
13 Pearl Street, Palmer
Converse, Raymond E.
Deland, Warren A.
19 Knox Street, Palmer 93 South Main Street, Palmer Calkins Road, Palmer
Ditto, Peter J.
Douty, Earl J. ,
1 Arch Street, Palmer
Drohan, George J.
30 Pine Street, Palmer 102 Park Street, Palmer
Duncan, Edwin J.
18 Church Street, Palmer
Erikson, Emil
12 Forest Street, Palmer
Farrelly, Michael J.
598 North Main Street, Palmer
Forsman, George L. C. 34 Shearer Street, Palmer
Fountain, Charles J.
582 North Main Street, Palmer
Godek, Chas. E. 14 Walnut Street, Palmer Holden, M. William 509 North Main Street, Palmer 20 Searle Street, Palmer
Hubert, Edward G.
Jarvis, Frank L.
Johnson, Chas.
50 Squier Street, Palmer 6 Allen Street, Palmer Jones, Francis L. 71 Central Street, Palmer Kenworthy, Charles F. 596 North Main Street, Palmer LeBlanc, Alfred J. 77 Shearer Street, Palmer
Midura, Andrew J.
597 North Main Street, Palmer
Miller, Emil A. 15 Barlow Street, Palmer
Doyle, William J.
98
Moon, John
Morgenroth, Frank
Murdock, Geo. H.
O'Connor. Daniel W.
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