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Chap. 90, 1940
State
$ 333.25
County
999.85
$ 1,333.10
Chap. 90, 1941
State
$ 1,683.94
County
1,683.94
$ 3,367.88
Construction :
Palmer-Bondsville Road 1940
State
County
$ 1,586.98 793.49
$ 2,380.47
Palmer-Bondsville Road 1941
State
County
$ 8,533.06 4,266.53
$ 12,799.59
Burleigh Bridge
State
$ 199.99
County
199.99
$ 399.98
92
Miscellaneous :
Walk Repairs, etc.
$ 80.59
$ 80.59
Public Welfare
Infirmary :
Sale of Milk and Produce $ 375.65
Sale of Stock
618.43
Sale of hay
111.00
1,105.08 $
Reimbursements for Aid Rendered :
State
$ 4,054.76
Cities and Towns
2,579.21
Individuals
101.00
$
6,734.97
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered :
State
$21,029.91
Cities and Towns
1,319.30
Individuals
1,029.76
$ 23,378.97
Aid to Dependent Children
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered :
State
Cities and Towns
$ 2,571.79
136.49
$ 2,708.28
93
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
$ 81.00
Military Aid
805.00
$ 886.00
Education
Tuition :
State
$ 4,583.91
Towns
760.00
Smith-Hughes Fund
67.73
$ 5,411.64
Other Tuition from State:
Vocational
1,130.51
English Speaking Classes
1,015.90
Massachusetts Training School
316.00
$ 2,462.41
Sundry Receipts :
Rent
$ 415.40
Sale of Books and Supplies
14.23
$
429.63
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$ 252.00
Care of Lots
1,484.90
Grading Lots
225.25
Opening Graves
483.00
Foundations
206.28
All Other
1.00
$ 2,652.43
94
Agency and Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $ 1,150.00
1,150.00 $
Interest and Demands
On Taxes :
Interest
Demands
$
2,220.37
91.00
2,311.37 $
On Public Trust Funds :
Merrick Fund
$ 17.00
Thompson Fund
23.78
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,007.40
$ 1,048.18
On Corporation Tax:
Public Service $ 191.63
$
191.63
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
Refunds and Reimbursements
Loss of Taxes
$ 143.15
Schools
23.75
Insurance
11.41
Tax Title Foreclosure
4.50
Forest Fires
37.00
Public Welfare
6.00
95
Old Age Assistance
15.00
Soldiers' Relief
17.00
Wing Memorial Hospital
55.90
$ 313.71
Total Receipts
$814,797.71
Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1941
78,599.87
$893,397.58
PAYMENTS General Government
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries of Board
$ 1,600.00
Equipment and Supplies
24.13
Stationery and Postage
22.12
Printing and Advertising
172.47
Telephones
183.14
Carfare and Auto Hire
233.64
Surveying
21.00
Auctioneering
12.00
Agent for Tax Possession
57.60
Sundry Items
40.87
$ 2,366.97
Selectmen's Contingent :
Fires Outside of District
$ 1,061.00
Surveying 309.50
Finance Committee Expenses
69.90
Transportation of C. C. C. Boys
16.00
Spotlight
39.94
Setting Bounds on Highway
Grades 146.75
Clerical Work
65.00
96
Maple Trees
125.00
Equipment
120.00
Sundry Items
195.98
$
2,149.07
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditing
$ 90.00
Accounting
1,800.00
$ 1,890.00
Treasurer's Department :
Salary
$ 1,800.00
Clerical Work
300.00
Surety Bond
185.00
Stationery, Postage and Printing
314.37
Equipment and Supplies
158.24
Tax Title Foreclosures
112.55
Sundry Items
30.55
$
2,900.71
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary
$ 450.00
Bond
5.00
Equipment
14.50
Stationery, Postage and Printing
51.61
Binding Records
61.50
Sundry Items
50.34
$ 632.95
Collector's Department :
Salary
$ 1,440.00
Clerk
884.00
Surety Bond
365.00
97
Robbery Insurance
28.75
Stationery, Printing, Postage
352.26
Telephone
26.04
Repairs on Equipment
19.30
Transportation
41.65
Sundry Items
43.70
$ 3,200.70
Asessors' Department :
Salaries
$ 2,400.00
Clerk
1,040.00
Stationery, Printing, Postage
126.45
Equipment and Supplies
121.37
Surveying and Drafting
89.59
Transportation-Field Work Conventions, etc.
281.25
Sundry Items
75.99
4,134.65 $
Law and Claims Department:
Town Counsel
$ 600.00
Special Attorneys
1,409.17
Claims
606.50
Agent for Tax Possessions
260.00
Recording Fees
19.10
Telephone
2.40
$ 2,897.17
License Commissioners :
Auto Hire
$ 22.00
Telephones
28.57
Postage
1.31
$ 51.88
98
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$
200.00
Election Officers
254.00
Street Lists-Listing and Typing Names
348.35
Stationery, Printing and Postage
301.85
Auto Hire
34.75
Sundry Items
74.63
$
1,213.58
Town Offices :
Rent
$ 1,500.00
Care
300.00
Light
134.39
Town House :
Fuel
$ 54.00
Light
22.08
Janitor
10.00
i
Janitors' Supplies
5.50
Repairs
74.50
$ 166.08
Town Dump:
Care
$ 624.00
$ 624.00
Estimated Receipts :
One-half Bottling Permits
to State $ 20.00
$ 20.00
Total for General Government
$ 24,182.15
1
1,934.39 $
99
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
3,047.00
Motorcycle Upkeep
121.01
Transportation for Chief
200.00
Stationery and Postage
27.14
Telephones and Toll Calls
114.42
Sundry Items
72.04
$
16,097.61
Chief's Office :
Rent
$ 240.00
Telephone
32.04
Supplies
2.90
$
274.94
Lockup:
Rent
$ 1,250.00
Care
240.00
Light
74.56
Telephone
39.00
Sundry Items
21.78
1,625.34 $
Tree Department:
Labor
$ 668.40
Trucks
68.50
Equipment
35.44
Transportation and Annual
Meeting
25.00
$ 797.34
100
Sealer's Department :
Salary
$ 500.00
Transportation
99.96
Equipment
19.41
Telephone
22.91
Printing
4.72
$ 647.00
Moth Department:
Labor
$ 700.50
Auto Hire
52.00
Spraying
200.00
Equipment
6.40
Transportation and Annual Meeting
25.00
$
983.90
Forest Fires :
Labor
$ 1,981.13
Equipment and Repairs
320.94
Oil and Gasoline
22.13
Storage
64.00
Telephone
44.49
Issuing Permits
65.85
Sundry Items
32.53
2,531.07 $
Total for Protection of
Persons and Property
$ 22,957.20
Health Department
General Administration:
Salaries of Board $ 300.00 Salary of Clerk 200.00
101
Stationery and Printing
26.74
Telephone
74.09
Sundry Items
13.51
$
614.34
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Hospitals (Including County
Assmt.)
$ 1,609.62
Medical Attendance and Medicine
640.40
Guards and Nurses
78.00
Provisions and Clothing
19.33
Sundry Items
7.90
$ 2,355.25
Tuberculosis :
Rutland Hospital
555.93
Westfield Hospital
1,705.50
Lakeside Hospital
879.24
Rutland Training Center
179.42
$ 3,320.09
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
$ 124.45
Milk
266.40
$ 390.85
Toxin-Antitoxin
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Vital Statistics
$ 630.25
$ 630.25
102
District Nurse
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Total for Board of Health $ 8,410.78
Highway Department
General Repairs:
Superintendent
$ 1,113.00
Clerk
360.00
Office Supplies
18.43
Labor
9,127.68
Trucks
95.00
Equipment and Repairs
1,931.19
Planking
198.00
Gravel, Concrete, Road Oil
731.62
Coke, Gasoline, Paint
1,181.94
Telephone
146.22
Lights
172.49
Sundry Items
,
118.55
$ 15,194.12
Snow Removal:
Superintendent
$ 158.76
Labor
2,391.94
Trucks
342.75
Tools and Equipment
619.91
Oil and Gasoline
201.03
Sand and Salt
207.76
Oxygen, etc.
9.80
3,931.95 $
Oiling Roads :
Superintendent
$ 120.12
Labor
1,232.34
Trucks
45.75
103
Equipment and Repairs
103.47
Tarvia and Asphalt
2,761.68
Gasoline and Oil
449.32
Coal and Grits
285.00
Express
2.25
Palmer-Bondsville Road 1940:
Gravel
$ 125.00
Equipment and Repairs
14.75
$
139.75
Palmer-Bondsville Road 1941:
Labor
$ 108.02
Equipment and Repairs
332.38
Contract Work
17,066.11
$ 17,506.51
Chap. 90 Maintenance-1940:
Superintendent
$ 30.24
Labor
176.31
$
206.55
Chap. 90 Maintenance-1941
Superintendent
$ 251.16
Labor
2,812.60
Truck
6.00
Tarvia, Asphalt, Traffic Paint
2,489.23
Trap Rock and Grits
338.37
Oil and Gasoline
102.55
$ 5,999.91
Oiling Old West Warren Road :
Superintendent $ 48.72
Labor
669.09
$
4,999.93
104
Asphalt and Tarvia Oil and Gasoline Grits
1,871.00
47.65
129.77
$ 2,766.23
Sewers and Culverts:
Superintendent
$ 281.40
Labor
1,924.99
Tools and Equipment
73.36
Tile, Brick, etc.
189.10
Gasoline and Oil
7.16
Sundry Items
23.00
$ 2,499.01
Walk Repairs:
Superintendent
$ 42.84
Labor
489.68
Trucks
24.00
Equipment and Materials
136.06
Asphalt, Grits, etc.
94.88
Gasoline and Oil
10.95
Express, etc.
1.20
$
799.61
New Truck
$ 478.00
$ 478.00
Town Garage and Land
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,000.00
Street Lighting
$11,730.34
$ 11,730.34
105
W. P. A .- As Reported $23,936.77
$ 23,936.77
Total for Highways and W. P. A.
$ 96,188.68
Support of Poor
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 600.00
Salary of Secretary
1,100.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
Clerical Work
200.00
$ 2,400.00
Town Infirmary
Salary of Warden
$ 1,500.00
Labor
141.00
Groceries and Provisions
853.53
Grain
477.40
Fuel and Light
555.24
Building Repairs
55.54
Transportation
47.00
Telephone
43.54
Medicine
98.97
Spraying
80.00
Sundry Items
164.04
$ 4,016.26
Outside Poor :
Cash
$ 751.00
Clothing
235.57
Provisions
4,162.76
Fuel and Light
742.45
Board and Care
2,001.81
106
Hospitals-Medical Attendance
and Medicines
2,955.70
Rent
1,703.00
Transportation
107.95
Telephones
158.71
Equipment
27.06
Burials
159.54
Supplies and Sundry Items
368.19
Aid by Other Cities and Towns
2,109.31
Aid by Society
90.71
Aid for State
2,755.83
$ 18,329.59
Total for Support of Poor
$ 24,745.85
Old Age Assistance
General Administration :
Salary of Board $ 100.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,200.00
Clerical Work
51.80
Assistance :
Cash
$38,292.63
Medical Attendance
97.75
Indirect Payments
666.96
For Other Cities and Towns
7,739.55
By Other Cities and Towns 920.27
For State
5,850.06
Other Expenses
285.82
Total for Old Age Assistance
$ 55,204.84
Aid for Dependent Children
General Administration:
Salary of Secretary
$
300.00
Clerical Work
28.90
107
Aid :
Cash
9,303.89
Supplies
76.00
Transportation and Postage
33.13
Total for Dependent Children $ 9,741.92
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
$ 3,563.43
Clothing
213.82
Fuel
335.17
Provisions
171.44
Rent
890.35
Medical Attendance and Nursing
746.08
Burial
100.00
Moving
18.00
$
6,038.29
State Aid
$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Military Aid
$ 1,390.00
$
1,390.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$
7,548.29
Education
General Administration:
Superintendent
$ 4,999.92
Clerks
1,736.00
Truancy
120.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage 145.34
108
Telephones
377.81
Sundry Persons
62.95
$
7,442.02
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$39,037.46
Elementary
46,995.07
$ 86,032.53
Text Books and Supplies :
High
$ 3,520.19
Elementary
2,065.80
$
5,585.99
Tuition :
High
$ 699.50
Elementary
1,414.49
$
2,113.99
Transportation :
High
$ 5,191.64
Elementary
5,613.80
$ 10,805.44
Janitor Service :
High
$3,275.14
Elementary
6,845.41
$ 10,120.55
Fuel and Light:
High
$ 4,132.17
Elementary
3,626.71
$ 7,758.88
109
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High Elementary
$ 1,079.21 816.26
$
1,895.47
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$ 169.00
Elementary
27.98
$ 196.98
Sundry Expenses :
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises
$ 229.59
Miscellaneous Printing
44.73
Nurse and Physicians
2,400.00
Band Leader
255.00
Insurance
1,427.28
Sundry Items
1,007.62
$ 5,364.22
Commercial :
Salaries
$ 7,274.00
Books and Supplies
212.23
Equipment and Repairs
1,118.30
$ 8,604.53
Music, Manual Training and Drawing :
Salaries
$ 3,213.85 307.10
Supplies
$ 3,520.95
110
Repairs :
High
$ 877.96
Elementary
374.37
1,252.33 $
Adult Alien Education :
Salaries
$ 2,129.90
Transportation
20.00
Supplies
24.45
$ 2,174.35
Smith-Hughes Fund
$ 67.73
$
67.73
Fire Equipment and Service at Park Street School
$ 490.00
$ 490.00
Total for Education
$153,425.96
Young Men's Library Association
Per Agreement $ 3,500.00
Total for Young Men's Library Ass'n Cemetery Department
$
3,500.00
Care and Maintenance :
Superintendent
$
150.00
Labor 3,347.53
Trucks, Shovel and Bulldozer 861.45
Trap Rock and Cement 95.81
Loam and Shrubs
145.25
Tools and Markers
285.22
111
Oil and Gasoline
64.14
Spraying Trees
12.00
Telephone
33.95
Sundry Items
4.65
$ 5,000.00
Neglected Graves :
Care and Maintenance
$ 250.00
$ 250.00
Cemetery Roads :
Labor
$ 140.12
Truck, Roller and Shovel
280.50
Gravel and Tar
179.38
$ 600.00
Total for Cemeteries
$ 5,850.00
Legion Field and Eager Playground
Care and Maintenance :
Labor
$ 800.15
Clerical Work
25.00
Gasoline and Water
28.57
Equipment and Supplies
374.63
Total for Legion Field and
Eager Playground
$
1,228.35
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loan :
Anticipation of Taxes
$300,000.00
$300,000.00
112
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
Dutton Bridge
2,000.00
Municipal Relief
3,000.00
$ 18,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness $318,000.00
Interest
On Temporary and Maturing Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue $ 385.30
School Loan-Acts of 1920 680.00
School Loan-Acts of 1920 Series "B" 191.25
New High School Loan
63.75
Wire Mill School
480.00
Bondsville Grammar School
63.75
Dutton Bridge 75.00
Municipal Relief Loan 262.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 1,007.40
Total for Interest $ 3,208.95
Agency and Trust
Agency :
State Tax $20,955.00
County Tax 13,090.72
State Parks and Reservations 369.21
State Audit
803.91
113
Veterans' Exemption 26.79
Repairs and Reconstruction of Bridges 4,287.26
Dog Licenses for County
1,420.40
$ 40,953.29
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
£
1,150.00
$
1,150.00
Total for Agency and Trust
$ 42,103.29
Refunds
On Real Estate Tax $ 126.00
On Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
651.01
Total Refunds
$
777.01
Tax Title Redemptions
Tax Titles Redeemed
$25,928.93
Penalty Interest on Tax Titles
4,153.50
$ 30,082.43
Unclassified
Wing Memorial Hospital $ 532.11
General Insurance
843.91
Compensation Insurance
2,202.17
Street Signs
699.72
Civilian Defence
381.43
Memorial Day Exercises
199.78
Memorial Plot
449.75
Animal Inspection
300.00
Edw. T. Goodreau Post
158.12
114
Printing Town Reports
791.20
Town Engineers
50.00
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
Total for Unclassified
$ 6,658.19
Grand Total
$813,733.89
Cash on Hand December 31, 1941
79,663.69
$893,397.58
Non-Revenue Accounts
Net Funded Debt.
School Loan-Acts 1920
$64,917.57 $ 8,000.00
School Loan-Acts 1920 Series "B"
3,000.00
New High School Loan
1,000.00
Wire Mill School Loan
10,000.00
Bondsville Grammar School Loan
1,000.00
Dutton Bridge Loan
3,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
19,000.00
Tax Title Loan due 1942
19,917.57
$ 64,917.57
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities $40,400.89
Thompson Fund $ 951.28
Merrick Fund
850.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
39,599.61
$40,400.89 $40,400.89
HARRIETTE PAINE
Bookkeeper
115
BALANCE SHEET FOR 1941
Appropriations Grants - Loans Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Selectmen's Salary
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
"
Other Expenses
1,000.00
766.97
233.03
"
Contingent
2,500.00
2,386.09
113.91
Auditors for 1940
90.00
90.00
90.00
90.00
Accounting
1,800.00
1,800.00
Assessors Salary
2,400.00
2,400.00
"
Clerk
1,040.00
1,040.00
Other Expenses
800.00
694.65
105.35
Town Clerk's Salary
450.00
450.00
"
Binding Records 100.00
61.50
38.50
Other Expenses 125.00
121.45
3.55
Collector's Salary
1,600.00
1,440.00
160.00
" Previous
Years
480.00
480.00
Clerk
884.00
884.00
Other Expenses
895.00
876.70
18.30
Law and Claim
3,400.00
2,897.17
502.83
License Commissioners
150.00
51.88
98.12
Treasurer's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
"
Clerical Work
300.00
300.00
" Bond and Other
Expenses
700.00
688.16
11.84
Tax Title Forcelosure 275.00
108.05
166.95
Election and Registration 1,500.00
1,213.58
286.42
Town Offices
1,950.00
1,934.39
15.61
House
200.00
166.08
33.92
Dump
624.00
624.00
116
Appropriations Grants - Loans Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Chief of Police
3,000.00
3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
2,400.00
Day Patrol (2)
4,380.00
4,380.00
Night Patrol (3)
2,736.00
2,736.00
Special Patrol
3,500.00
3,047.00
453.00
Police Dept .- Lockup
1,630.00
1,620.34
9.66
Office
336.00
274.94
61.06
Motorcycle
150.00
121.01
28.99
"
Trans. of Chief
200.00
200.00
" Incidentals
250.00
218.60
31.40
Forest Fires
2,600.00
2,531.07
68.93
Moth Dept.
1,000.00
983.90
16.10
Tree Dept.
800.00
797.34
2.66
Sealer's Salary
500.00
500.00
"
Other Expenses
160.00
147.00
13.00
Board of Health. Salary
300.00
300.00
"
"
" Clerk
200.00
200.00
Tuberculosis,
Dan. Diseases, Etc. 4,800.00
4,798.77
1.23
Meat and Milk Inspection
450.00
390.85
59.15
Toxin-Antitoxin
100.00
100.00
B. of H. Vital Statistics
675.00
630.25
44.75
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway Repairs
16,000.00
15,194.12
805.88
Snow Removal
5,000.00
3,931.95
1,068.05
Oiling Roads
5,000.00
4,999.93
.07
Sewers and Culverts
2,500.00
2,499.01
.99
Walk Repairs
800.00
799.61
.39
Oiling Old Warren Road 3,000.00
2,766.23
233.77
Chap. 90 Maint. Contr.
#7604 (1940)
1,333.10
1,332.96
.14
#8039
5,367.88
5,999.91 Dr. 632.03
117
Appropriations Grants - Loans Transfers Appropriations
Amount Expended
Balance
#7939
18,799.59
17,506.51
1,293.08
#7295
2,785.68
139.75
2,645.93
New Pickup Truck
550.00
478.00
72.00
Garage and Land
6,000.00
6,000.00
Street Lighting
11,760.00
11,730.34
29.66
W. P. A.
25,802.99
23,936.77
1,866.22
Burleigh Bridge #2 Project 399.98
399.98
Public Welfare-
" Salaries of Board
600.00
600.00
Salaries of Clerk
1,100.00
1,100.00
"
Clerical Work
200.00
200.00
Town Physician
500.00
500.00
"
Support of Poor
22,500.00
· 22,219.85
280.15
" Equipment
25.00
25.00
Old Age Assistance
29,400.00
29,400.00
Fed. Grant Asst.
24,995.55
24,968.92
26.63
" Administration
841.69
820.92
20.77
Aid to Dependent Children-
Salary of Secretary
300.00
275.00
25.00
Expenses
50.00
4.40
45.60
Aid to Dependent Children 6,100.00
6,100.00
Aid to Dependent Children-
Fed. Grant Aid
3,916.36
3,203.89
712.47
Administration
238.84
158.63
80.21
Soldiers Relief
8,000.00
6,021.29
1,978.71
State Aid
200.00
40.00
160.00
Military Aid
2,000.00
1,390.00
610.00
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Grants - Loans Transfers Appropriations
Amount Expended
Balance
Surveys-P.W .- O.A.A. and
Soldiers Relief
280.00
280.00
Education
154,400.00 153,334.48
1,065.52
Smith-Hughes Fund
67.73
67.73
Y. M. Library Acct.
3,500.00
3,500.00
Civilian Defense
500.00
260.10
239.90
Animal Inspection
300.00
300.00
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
50.00
Town Engineers
50.00
50.00
Edw T. Goodreau
Post #1813
166.00
158.12
7.88
General Insurance
1,000.00
832.50
167.50
Compensation and
Liability Insurance
2,400.00
2,202.17
197.83
Legion Field and Eager Playground
1,235.00
1,228.35
6.65
Memorial Day
200.00
199.78
.22
Memorial Approach and Knox Marker
450.00
449.75
.25
'Town Reports
791.20
791.20
Street Signs
584.03
584.03
Survey of Sewerage
System
1,000.00
1,000.00
Wing Memorial Hospital 1,000.00
476.21
523.79
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
4,624.03
9,375.97
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Grants - Loans Transfers Appropriations
Amount Expended
Balance
Cemeteries-
Care and Maintenance 5,000.00
5,000.00
Neglected Graves
250.00
250.00
Oak Knoll Cemetery Road 600.00
600.00
Maturing Debt
18,000.00
18,000.00
Interest on
Maturing Debt
1,816.25
1,816.25
Temporary Loan
500.00
385.30
114.70
The following transfers were made by the Finance Committee from Reserve Fund to:
Legion Field
$ 235.00
Forest Fires
1,600.00
Street Signs
84.03
Law and Claim
1,900.00
Police Department
130.00
Old Age Assistance
200.00
Board of Health
300.00
Vital Statistics
175.00
$4,624.03
It was also voted at a Special Town Meeting on December 29, 1941 to transfer $500.00 from Salary of Physician for Board of Health to Civilian Defense.
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Trial Balance
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
79,663.69
Taxes 1938
301.68
Taxes 1939
566.98
Taxes 1940
7,532.79
Taxes 1941
47,844.11
M. V. Excise 1939
2.39
M. V. Excise 1940
44.95
M. V. Excise 1941
581.55
Tax Titles
89,765.20
Tax Possessions
3,727.06
Overlay 1938
301.68
Overlay 1939
566.98
Overlay 1940
701.06
Overlay 1941
3,451.05
Overlay Reserve
12,098.84
Accounts Receivable
Health
221.84
Highways
114.50
Public Welfare
1,761.04
Old Age Assistance
93.75
Schools
135.00
State Aid to Highways
55.68
County Aid to Highways
27.92
Dog Licenses
3.60
Temporary Loan
100,000.00
Sale of Forest Lake Schoolhouse
800.00
Departmental Revenue
2,326.13
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
628.89
Tax Title Revenue
89,840.55
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District Title Revenue 3,651.71
State and County Aid to Highway Revenue
83.60
Excess and Deficiency
9,722.86
Auditing and Accounting
90.00
Tax Collectors Salary
640.00
Road Maintenance Chap. 90, No. 8039 632.03
Road Maintenance Chap. 90, No. 7295
2,645.93
Road Maintenance Chap. 90, No. 7939
1,293.08
W. P. A.
1,866.22
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance
26.63
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance for Administration 20.77
Federal Grant-Aid to Dependent Children 712.47
Federal Grant-Aid to Dependent Chil-
dren for Administration 80.21
Surveys for Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance
280.00
Surveys for Sewerage System
1,000.00
Civilian Defense
239.90
-
233,072.16 233,072.16
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Report of Young Men's Library Association
The Circulation for the year of 1941:
Main Library, Palmer 32,364
Three Rivers Branch Library 7,688
Thorndike Branch Library 4,013
Bondsville Branch Library 11,126
Total Circulation 55,191
These figures show a decrease in circulation of 6,780, a natural consequence following recovery from a period of depression due to increase of employment and less time for reading. During the same period there has been an increase of registered borrowers from the Main Li- brary and the Branches of 141 making a total of 2,170 of our population who are direct borrowers. The num- ber of books owned by the Library follows:
Adult Fiction 5,437
Adult Non-Fiction 4,103
Reference
673
Juvenile Fiction
1,370
Juvenile Non-Fiction 810
Total
12,393
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Cash receipts at the Library follows :
For fines, lost books and miscellaneous receipts $309.42
Petty expenses for the year 1941 $ 97.87
Deposited to Treasurer's Account 186.08
283.95
Balance at the Library not paid Treasurer $ 25.47
The service furnished Public Libraries through N. Y. A. for repair of books terminated early in 1941. This service paid for by the Federal Government enabled the Library to have all books needing repairs put in service- able condition and kept in circulation, otherwise many would have been discarded, their only value the price obtainable for waste paper. The Library is now paying for this cost.
Number of books repaired in 1941 3,660
Cost of material used $ 53.00
Paid for Labor for this service 149.39
Total Cost $202.39
An average cost of 51/2 cents per book.
By reason of the repairs we have been obliged to discard only 93 books, all fiction during 1941, while we have purchased 845 books of all classes also magazines, periodicals, newspapers, etc., at a cost of $1,511.80.
Our total income for the year was $5,629.39. The amount recommended by the Mass. Division of Pubilc Libraries for the adequate maintenance of a Public Li- brary for a Town of the size of Palmer is $1.00 per per- son, based on population or $9,140.00 according to the last census.
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Attendance in the Reading Rooms
Adult Reading Room 3,066
Children's Reading Room 1,308
Total
4,374
The cost of janitor service paid by the Library $480.00 covers not only care of the library rooms but also the care of the lot on which the building stands and the sidewalks about the lot. The cost for fuel about $350.00 per year for heat required for the entire building, al- though the first floor alone is occupied by the Library is paid from the Library funds, the rest of the building is occupied for other Public purposes. Additional tables and chairs were purchased during the year for the Adult Reading Room nearly doubling its use for the Public. The additional stacks (shelves) needed in the Stack Room we have been unable to purchase or pay for as yet or the necessary lighting for them. The funds we hoped to have for this purpose was used for the repair of books. The Library has accepted the responsibility of collecting the books in the Palmer Area for the use of the soldiers in the U. S. Army. This collection is under the direction of the Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries, the De- partment of Education, State House, Boston, Mass., to- gether with the Red Cross and the United Service Or- ganization, and the purpose is the collection of at least 10,000,000 books throughout this country and their dis- tribution to the various Army Camps. This will entail an additional expense to the Library which we are un- able at this time to determine.
The appropriation of $4600.00 made by the Town for Library purposes prior to the depression has not been reinstated as in the case of other departments dur- ing the recovery period, the appropriation of $3500.00 made for 1941 is till 67% of or $1100.00 less than that amount.
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We are in need of additional stacks in the Main Li- brary and lighting for them. Reference books for the Branches as well as additional books of other classes for their monthly quota. At present we are attempting to include five new books with the others distributed to each Branch monthly. We are limited financially in our service to the Public by the amount appropriated by the Town together with the income only received by the As- sociation from bequests, the principal of which cannot be used for Library or other purposes. These funds the Association expends to the best of its ability for the requirements of and the service to the people of Palmer that they may have as convenient a source as possible for information, study and relaxation.
CHARLES L. WAID
Librarian
YOUNG MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Treasurer's Report Year Ending December 31, 1941
Receipts
Balance, January 1, 1941
$115.65
Town of Palmer 3,500.00
Interest received from investments 1,805.69
Fines, books sold, and miscellaneous
208.05
$5,629.39
Disbursements
Salaries and Services
$3,099.35
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