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Club
1,500.00
Roadside Stand
125.00
Package
900.00
Drug
450.00
Seasonal
600.00
One Day
3.00
9,647.45 $
Grants and Gifts
From County-Dog Licenses $ 1,299.21
From State-Highway Fund to
Reduce Tax Levy 19,296.46
High School-Class of 1942
Contribution to Service Men's Honor Roll 14.26
From Federal Government for:
Old Age Assistance 26,621.96
Old Age Administration 890.76
Aid to Dependent Children
2,553.84
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration 191.05
50,867.54
Protection of Persons and Property
Sale of Old Materials
$ 20.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures 198.10
$ 218.10
65
Health Department
Reimbursement for Care of Con- tagious Diseases from :
State $ 158.34 35.70
Town
Licenses for :
Poultry Dressing
1.00
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
65.00
Pasteurization
30.00
Milk and Oleo.
43.00
Undertakers
7.00
Bottling
40.00
Alcohol
2.00
$ 382.04
Highways
Sewer Connections
$ 225.00
Loading Gravel
17.50
Sale of Materials
30.10
Rental of Machinery
184.06
Driveway and Walk Repairs
29.31
$
485.97
Maintenance : :
Chap. 90 Roads-Contract No. 8039
State
$ 316.03
County
316.03
$
632.06
Chap. 90 Roads-Contract No. 8493
State
$ 745.64
County
745.64
$
1,491.28
66
Construction :
Palmer-Bondsville Road, 1941
State
County
$ 1,960.97 980.48
$
2,941.45
New Sidewalks :
Brown Street
$ 325.90
$
325.90
Public Welfare
Infirmary :
Sale of Milk
$ 1.36
Sale of Stock
225.00
Sale of Hay
80.00
$ 306.36
Reimbursements for Aid Rendered :
State
$ 3,148.94
Cities and Towns
1,201.58
Individuals
259.97
4,610.49 $
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered :
State-Old Age Asst. Tax
$ 351.56
State
22,812.01
Cities and Towns 1,420.69
Individuals 25.00
$ 24,609.26
67
Aid to Dependent Children
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered : State
$ 3,112.29
$
3,112.29
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
$ 40.00
Military Aid
695.00
Soldier's Burial
100.00
$ 835.00
Education
Tuition :
State-Vocational
$ 2,162.24
State-State Wards 4,279.86
State-English Speaking Classes
826.10
Smith-Hughes and George Dean
91.26
Other Tuition
1,537.50
Sundry Receipts :
Rent
331.95
Sale of Supplies
60.19
$ 9,289.10
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$ 306.20
Care of Lots
1,493.75
Grading Lots
174.60
Opening Graves
487.50
Foundations
271.68
$ 2,733.73
68:
Interest and Demands
On Taxes :
Interest
Demands
$ 1,792.72 62.56
1,855.28
$
On Public Trust Funds :
Merrick Fund
$ 17.00
Thompson Fund 23.78
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,041.75
$
1,082.53
Agency and Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$
1,516.15
$
1,516.15
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loan
$150,000.00
Tax Title Loan
19,917.57
$169,917.57
Refunds and Reimbursements
Loss of Taxes
$ 141.83
Excess Interest on Tax Title Loan
259.67
General Departments
878.75
$ 1,280.25
Total Receipts
$735,568.16
Cash on hand January 1, 1942
79,663.69
$815,231.85
69
PAYMENTS
General Government
Selectmen's Department
Salaries of Board
$ 1,294.71
Books and Supplies
92.58
Stationery and Postage
37.98
Printing and Advertising
325.45
Transportation
29.10
Telephones
181.60
Sundry Items
48.38
$
2,009.80
Selectmen's Contingent :
Finance Committe Expenses
$ 58.50
Traffic Spot Light
73.82
Street Signs
11.40
Police Signal Light
66.08
Outside Fires
1,249.00
Soldiers' Relief Agent
330.00
Painting Flag Pole
20.00
Moving Chairs for Elections
18.10
Moth Work
290.00
Typing
53.75
Memorial Hall
7.95
Sundry Items
213.33
$
2,391.93
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditors
$ 90.00
Accounting
1,800.00
$ 1,890.00
70
Treasurer's Department :
Salary
$ 1,800.00
Surety Bond
185.00
Clerical Work
360.00
Books and Supplies
45.75
Stationery and Postage
230.06
Printing
7.75
Transportation
16.21
Tax Title Foreclosures
662.15
Sundry Items
47.02
$
3,353.94
Town Clerk's Department :
Salary
$ 450.00
Surety Bond
5.00
Supplies
34.80
Stationery and Postage
38.93
Printing and Advertising
29.70
Transportation
13.42
Sundry Items
3.00
$ 574.85
Collector's Department :
Salary
$ 1,600.00
Robbery Insurance
28.75
Clerk
936.00
Surety and Burglary Bonds
417.50
Fees and Costs of Land Taking
8.70
Stationery and Postage
225.65
Printing and Advertising
115.36
Telephone
26.04
Sundry Items
70.97
$ 3,428.97
71
Assessors' Department :
Salaries
$ 2,400.00
Clerk
1,144.00
Drafting and Surveying
130.00
Stationery and Postage
32.25
Printing and Advertising
105.09
Transportation
126.55
Field Work Expenses
144.50
Binding Books
108.87
Sundry Items
92.23
4,283.49 $
License Commissioners' Dept. :
Clerical Work
$ 25.00
Printing and Postage
21.65
Telephone
31.24
Auto Hire
63.00
Sundry Items
5.00
$
145.89
Law and Claim Department :
Town Counsel
$ 615.00
Special Attorneys
2,364.70
Property Agent
260.00
Witness Fees
3.67
Recording Fees
15.05
Claims
550.00
Sundry Items
26.25
3,834.67 $
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$ 210.00
Election Officers
985.50
72
Street Lists 258.40
Labor and Materials on Voting
Booths
115.45
Printing and Postage
415.20
Auto Hire
32.00
Canvassing and Listing Names in Town
321.50
Sundry Items
61.04
2,399.09 $
Town Offices :
Rent
$ 1,500.00
Care
300.00
Light
94.68
1,894.68 $
Town House
Janitor
$ 24.50
Fuel and Light
117.09
Equipment and Repairs
17.72
Sundry Items
6.75
$
166.06
Town Dump:
Care
$ 612.00
$ 612.00
Estimated Receipts : One-half Bottling Permit to State
$ 20.00
$ 20.00
Total for General Government
$ 27,005.37
73
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief
$ 3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
Day Patrol
4,015.00
Night Patrol
2,736.00
Special Patrol
2,463.57
Motorcycle Upkeep
54.15
Extra Car Hire
48.00
Transportation for Chief
500.00
Equipment for Men
76.73
Bicycle Registration
64.87
Telephones and Toll Calls
132.43
Printing
37.60
Sundry Items
27.10
$ 15,555.45
Chief's Office :
Rent
$ 240.00
Telephone
32.04
$ 272.04
Lockup:
Rent
$ 1,250.00
Care
240.00
Light
82.95
Telephone
36.00
Sundry Items
59.32
$
1,668.27
Pistol Range:
Lumber $ 2.91
74
Electrical Work
9.25
Fuel
8.40
Other Expense
1.00
$
21.56
Tree Department :
Labor
$ 625.75
Trucks
129.50
Equipment
30.59
Other Expense
25.00
$
810.84
Sealer's Department :
Salary
$ 500.00
Transportation
99.96
Telephone
22.86
Books and Seals
18.42
Sundry Items
7.58
$
648.82
Moth Department:
Labor
$ 964.60
Trucks
27.00
Medical Supplies
2.08
$
993.68
Forest Fires :
Labor
$ 2,150.95
Fire Truck
50.00
Storage
84.00
Equipment and Repairs
354.14
Gasoline
48.99
75
Fire Permits
34.65
Telephone
48.71
Lunches
92.65
Sundry Items
43.60
$ 2,907.69
Total for Protection of Persons and Property $ 22,878.35
Health Department
General Administration:
Salaries of Board
$ 300.00
Salary of Clerk
200.00
Stationery, Postage and Printing
20.96
Telephone
65.05
Posting and Removing Con-
tagious Disease Cards
160.95
Sundry Items
13.11
$ 760.07
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases : Medical Attendance and Medicine
$ 176.50
Hospital
8.43
Transportation
12.20
Groceries and Provisions
14.25
Loss of Wages
20.00
$
231.38
Tuberculosis :
County Assessment
$ 972.70
Rutland State
138.00
Rutland Training
279.07
Westfield
2,575.50
Lakeville
485.00
$ 4,450.27
76
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
Milk
$ 98.15 377.84
Toxin-Antitoxin
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Vital Statistics
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
District Nurse
$ 1,000.00
$
1,000.00
Total for Board of Health $ 7,517.71
Highway Department
General Repairs :
Superintendent
$ 1,287.85
Clerk
360.00
Office Supplies
21.63
Labor
8,733.76
Equipment and Repairs
1,048.31
Coal, Coke and Gasoline
1,299.42
Tarvia and Road Oil
686.28
Telephone
97.55
Lights
164.03
Sundry Items
91.27
$ 13,790.10
Snow Removal:
Superintendent
$ 195.88
Labor
1,923.32
Trucks
61.00
Tools and Equipment
181.47
$ 475.99
77
Gasoline and Oil Salt and Sand Express
111.86
202.45
2.86
$ 2,678.84
Oiling Roads :
Superintendent
$ 48.88
Labor
414.40
Equipment
19.80
Sand
58.75
Tarvia
867.76
Oil and Gasoline
44.41
$
1,454.00
Palmer-Bondsville Road, 1941:
Final Payment on Contract No. 7939 $ 3,481.55
3,481.55 $
Chap. 90 Maintenance, 1942:
Superintendent
$ 251.92
Labor
1,730.30
Tarvia and Oil
885.20
Trap Rock and Sand
123.76
Lumber
8.26
$ 2,999.44
Longview Road :
Superintendent
$ 15.04
Labor
244.60
Equipment
16.66
Gasoline
4.32
$ 280.62
78
Calkins Road :
Superintendent
$ 63.92
Labor
643.20
Tarvia
972.54
Oil and Gasoline
45.18
$
1,724.84
Cross Street :
Superintendent
$ 7.52
Labor
30.80
$
38.32
Oak Street:
Superintendent
$ 7.52
Labor
40.00
Oil
2.38
$ 49.90
Fox Street :
Superintendent
$ 11.28
Surveying
22.50
Labor
70.40
Sand and Gravel
15.95
$
120.13
Brown Street and Sidewalks:
Superintendent
$ 26.32
Surveying
46.52
Labor
817.33
Equipment
36.74
Cement, Oil and Gravel
40.88
$ 967.79
79
East Street-Precinct C:
Superintendent
$ 11.28
Labor Gas and Oil
27.60
6.37
$ 45.25
Pine Street-Precinct C:
Superintendent
$ 25.80
Labor
156.20
Oil and Gravel
16.40
$ 198.40
Sidewalks and Curbing-General :
Superintendent
$ 30.08
Labor
303.65
Equipment and Supplies
41.48
Oil and Gasoline
15.86
Concrete and Cement
107.15
$
498.22
Sidewalk-West Side Dublin Street :
Superintendent
$ 15.04
Labor
131.10
Oil
3.74
$ 149.88
Sidewalk-Fox Street:
Superintendent
$ 23.60
Surveying
75.00
Labor
819.35
Equipment
15.13
80
Sand, Asphalt, Cement
292.93
Gasoline Express
18.48
1.60
$
1,246.09
Sidewalk-Westerly Side Pine St., Precinct D:
Labor
$ 25.50
Equipment
5.02
$ 30.52
King's Bridge :
Superintendent
$ 24.00
Labor
54.55
Rental of Machinery
32.00
Gravel and Cement
13.48
Lumber
20.80
Insurance
3.17
$ 148.00
Sewers and Culverts :
Superintendent
$ 288.74
Labor
1,623.87
Equipment
192.36
Cement
37.46
Gasoline and Oil
33.12
Sundry Items
8.40
$ 2,183.95
Memorial Plot
Labor
$ 495.40
Repairs
3.00
8:1
Seed
1.50
1
$ 499.90
Land Purchase :
From Dean and Shirk
$ 300:00
$
300.00
Street Lighting :
Per Contract
$ 11,709.25
$ 11,709.25
W. P. A .: As Reported
$ 5,903.71
$ 5,903.71
Totals for Highways and W. P. A.
$50,498.70
Support of Poor
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 600.00
Salary of Secretary
1,100.00
Salary of Town Physician 500.00
Clerical Work
409.18
2,609.18 $
Town Infirmary :
Salary of Warden
$ 1,500.00
Labor
50.00
Groceries and Provisions
1,156.00
Dry Goods
39.15
82
Fuel and Light
414.69
Grain
276.56
Repairs
7.47
Medicine
49.46
Telephone
42.84
Transportation
20.00
Sundry Items
95.25
$ 3,651.42
Outside Poor :
Cash
$ 1,332.00
Clothing
134.10
Groceries and Provisions
2,524.14
Fuel
451.41
Board and Care
1,511.94
Rent
993.15
Hospitals-Medical Attendance and Medicine
1,716.36
Transportation
64.25
Telephone
133.42
Sundry Items
236.73
Aid by Other Cities and Towns
1,312.40
Aid for State
1,034.00
$ 11,443.90
Total for Support of Poor
$ 17,704.50
Old Age Assistance
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 100.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,260.00
Clerical Work
305.00
Assistance :
Cash 40,821.79
83
For Other Cities and Towns
8,001.37
By Other Cities and Towns
634.51
For State
7,828.38
Indirect Payments
244.69
Other Expenses
289.97
Total for Old Age Assistance
$ 59,485.71
Aid For Dependent Children
General Administration :
Salary of Secretary
$ 300.00
Clerical Work
112.00
Cash
6,675.69
Transportation
30.00
Sundry Items
57.14
Total for Dependent Children $ 7,174.83
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash
$ 3,165.70
Clothing
121.46
Fuel
206.79
Provisions
113.40
Rent
832.35
Hospitals-Medical Attendance
and Medicine
390.99
Sundry Items
5.35
World War No. 2 Allowance, Cash
211.00
$ 5,047.04
State Aid
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
84
Military Aid
$
1,315.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits $ 1,315.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$ - 6,482.04
Education
General Administration:
Superintendent $ 4,999.92
Clerks
1,965.84
Truancy 128.00
Printing-Stationery & Postage
128.87
Travelling Expenses
69.00
Telephones
388.32
Sundry Items
7.63
$
7,687.58
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$ 38,171.41
Elementary
47,958.56
$ 86,129.97
Text Books and Supplies :
High
$
3,431.51
Elementary
1,641.53
5,073.04
Tuition :
Elementary $ 102.30
$ 102.30 1.
85
Transportation :
High Elementary
$
4,647.41
4,741.50
$
9,388.91
Janitor Services :
High
Elementary
$ 3,283.81 7,127.30
$ 10,411.11
Fuel and Light:
High
$
2,987.10
Elementary
4,674.65
7,661.75 $
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High
$
1,452.77
Elementary
906.78
2,359.55 $
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$ 75.65
$ 75.65
Other Expenses :
Band Leader $ 270.00 1
Nurse and Physicians 2,422.00
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises 198.29
Miscellaneous Printing 166.95
86
Insurance Sundry Items
1,261.19
972.26
$ 5,290.69
Commercial:
Salaries
$ 7,407.50
Equipment
393.35
Books and Supplies
399.89
Printing
7.45
8,208.19 $
Manuel Training and Drawing :
Salaries
$ 3,241.75
Text Books
25.41
Supplies
372.17
3,639.33 $
Repairs :
High
$ 956.49
Elementary
898.70
$
1,855.19
Adult Alien Education :
Salaries
$ 1,776.80
Janitor
84.00
Transportation
26.13
Other Expenses
32.12
$
1,919.05
Trade School Tuition
$
1,906.88
$ 1,906.88
Total for Education
$151,709.19
87
Young Men's Library Association
Per Agreement $ 3,500.00
$
3,500.00
Cemetery Department
Care and Maintenance :
Superintendent
$ 150.00
Labor
3,472.33
Trucks
381.25
Tools and Equipment
479.50
Markers
63.97
Loam and Shrubs
182.61
Gasoline and Oil
44.08
Telephone
34.70
Sundry Items
16.58
$ 4,825.02
Neglected Graves :
Care and Maintenance $ 250.00
$ 250.00
Total for Cemeteries
$ 5,075.02
Legion Field and Eager Playground
Care and Maintenance :
Labor
$ 650.90
Clerk
25.00
Trucking
5.70
Equipment
126.65
Paint, Gasoline, Oil and Water
108.61
Total for Legion Field and Eager Playground $ 916.86
88
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Taxes . . Tax Title Loan
$250,000.00 39,835.14
$289,835.14
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
Bondsville Grammar School
1,000.00
Wire Mill School Loan
2,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
3,000.00
Dutton Bridge Loan
2,000.00
$ 18,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness $307,835.14
Interest
On Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt:
Anticipation of Revenue
$ 849.25
Tax Title Loan
40.94
School Loan, Acts of 1920
340.00
School Loan, Acts of 1920, Series "B"
127.50
New High School Loan
42.50
Wire Mill School Loan
400.00
Municipal Relief Loan
225.00
Dutton Bridge Loan
50.00
Bondsville Grammar School Loan 21.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
1,041.75
Total for Interest $ 3,138.19
89
Agency and Trust
Agency :
State Tax $ 19,050.00
County Tax
11,017.61
State Parks and Reservations 305.51
Auditing Municipal Accounts .80
Dog Licenses for County
1,437.00
$ 31,810.92
Trust:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $ 1,516.15
$
1,516.15
$ 1,516.15
Total for Agency and Trust
$ 33,327.07
Refunds
On Real Estate Taxes
$ 148.00
On Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
237.30
$
385.30
Tax Title Redemption
Tax Title No. 81, Redeemed
$
1,761.75
$
1,761.75
Unclassified
Wing Memorial Hospital $ 211.38
Memorial Day 193.97
General Insurance 667.77
Compensation and Liability Insurance 2,001.22
90
Civilian Defense
3,738.50
Animal Inspection
300.00
Edward T. Goodreau Post
166.00
County Aid To Agriculture
20.00
Printing Town Reports
731.00
Town Engineers
50.00
Survey of Sewerage System
650.00
$ 8,729.84
Grand Total Cash on Hand December 31, 1942
$715,125.57
100,106.28
$815,231.85
Non-Revenue Accounts
Net Funded Debt
$ 27,000.00
School Loan, Acts 1920,
Series "B" $ 1,500.00
New High School Loan
500.00
Wire Mill School Loan
8,000.00
Dutton Bridge Loan
1,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
16,000.00
$27,000.00 $27,000.00
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities 42,868.24
Thompson Fund
$ 951.28.
Merrick Fund
850.00
41,066.96
$42,868.24 $42,868.24
HARRIETTE PAINE
Bookkeeper
91
BALANCE SHEET FOR 1942
Appropriations Grants Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Selectmen's Salary Acct. $1,600.00
1,294.71
305.29
" Other Expenses
900.00
715.09
184.91
" Contingent Acct.
2,870.00
2,391.93
208.07
Auditors for 1941
90.00
90.00
"
for 1942
90.00
90.00
Accounting
1,800.00
1,800.00
Assessor's Salary
2,400.00
2,400.00
Clerk
1,144.00
1,144.00
Other Expenses
800.00
739.49
60.51
Town Clerk's Salary
450.00
450.00
Binding Old Records
50.00
50.00
Town Clerk's Other
Expenses
125.00
124.85
.15
Collector's Salary Previous Years
640.00
160.00
480.00
Collector's Salary
1,600.00
1,440.00
160.00
Clerical Work
936.00
936.00
Bond and Other Exp. 895.00
892.97
2.03
Treasurer's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
Clerical Work
360.00
360.00
"
Bond and Other Exp. 700.00 .
531.79
168.21
Tax Title Foreclosure
850.00
662.15
187.85
Election and Registration 2,500.00
2,399.09
100.91
Law and Claim
4,000.00
3,834.67
165.33
License Commissioner's
Expenses
150.00
145.89
4.11
Town Offices
1,950.00
1,894.68
55.32
"
House
200.00
166.06
33.94
Dump
624.00
612.00
12.00
Chief of Police
3,000.00
3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,400.00
2,400.00
Day Patrol
4,380.00
4,015.00
365.00
92
Appropriations Grants Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Night Patrol
2,736.00
2,736.00
Special Police
4,000.00
2,463.57
1,536.43
Chief's Office
336.00
272.04
63.96
Lockup
1,630.00
1,628.02
1.98
Motorcycle Upkeep
150.00
54.15
95.85
Transportation of Chief
500.00
500.00
Extra Car Hire
150.00
48.00
102.00
Police Incidentals
450.00
335.67
114.33
Forest Fires
3,157.51
2,927.77
229.74
Moth Depart.
1,000.00
993.68
6.32
Tree Depart.
800.00
792.59
7.41
Sealer's Salary
500.00
500.00
Other Expenses
160.00
146.99
13.01
Bicycle Registration
200.00
64.87
135.13
Board of Health, Salary
300.00
300.00
"
" Clerk
200.00
200.00
Tuberculosis and
Dangerous Diseases
4,000.00
3,964.00
35.48
Meat and Milk Inspection
500.00
480.49
19.51
Toxin - Antitoxin
100.00
100.00
Vital Statistics
500.00
500.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway Repairs
15,000.00
13,790.10
1,209.90
Oiling Roads
2,500.00
1,754.00
746.00
Snow Removal
2,500.00
2,678.84
*178.84
Chap. 90 Maintenance
Contract #8493
2,491.28
2,999.44
*508.16
#7939
4,234.53
3,481.55
752.98
"
#8039
632.06
632.03
.03
#7295
2,645.93
2,645.93
King's Bridge
62.50
148.00
*85.50
Sewers and Culverts
2,200.00
2,183.95
16.05
Brown St. and Sidewalk
1,437.00
967.79
469.21
Calkins Road
1,725.00
1,724.84
.16
Cross Street
460.00
38.32
421.68
93
Appropriations Grants Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Dublin Street
395.00
395.00
East Street
450.00
45.25 4
404.75
Fox Street
385.00
120.13
264.87
Green Street
300.00
300.00
La Riviera Street
180.00
180.00
Longview Road
293.00
280.62
12.38
Oak Street
370.00
49.90
320.10
Pine Street, Three Rivers
631.00
198.40
432.60
Ruggles Court
211.00
211.00
Wilson Avenue
460.00
460.00
Sidewalk Repairs
500.00
498.22
1.78
Dublin St. Walk. W. Side
150.00
149.88
.12
Fox Street Walk
1,250.00
1,246.09
3.91
Pine St. Walk, Bondsville
150.00
30.52
119.48
Sanding Machine
350.00
350.00
Memorial Approach
500.00
499.90
.10
Strect Lighting
11,709.25
11,709.25
Land Purchase from Dean and Sherk
300.00
300.00
W. P. A.
10,866.22
5,903.71
4,962.51
Support of Poor
19,275.00
15,095.32
4,179.68
"
Salaries of Board
600.00
600.00
Salary of Sect.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Clerical Work
500.00
409.18
90.82
" Town Physician
500.00
500:00
Equipment
25.00
25.00
Old Age Assistance
36,336.00
36,336.00
" Fed Grant for Adm.
911.53
721.64
189.89
Assistance
26,648.59
22,428.07
4,220.52
Aid to Dependent
Children
5,280.00
4,015.05
1,264.95
Salary of Secretary
300.00
275.00
25.00
Administration Exp.
50.00
30.40
19.60
Fed. Grant for Asst. 3,266.31
2,660.64
605.67
Fed. Grant for Adm. 271.26
193.74
77.52
94
Appropriations Grants Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended
Balance
Inventory of Public Welfare,
Old Age Assistance and
Soldiers Relief
280.00
280.00
Soldier's Relief
6,509.00
5,047.04
1,461.96
Military Aid
1,500.00
1,315.00
185.00
State Aid
200.00
120.00
80.00
Education
151,700.00 151,217.83
482.17
" Smith-Hughes and
George Dean Acct. 91.26
91.26
Young Men's Lib. Assn.
3,500.00
3,500.00
Civilian Defense
3,940.90
3,738.50
202.40
Insurance-Compensation
and Liability
2,585.71
2,035.22
550.49
" General
925.00
633.77
291.23
Animal Inspection
500.00
500.00
County Aid to Agriculture
20.00
20.00
Edward T. Goodreau
Post #1813
166.00
166.00
Legion Field and
Eager Playground
1,000.00
916.86
83.14
Memorial Day
200.00
193.97
6.03
Honor Roll for Service Men 14.26
14.26
Wing Memorial Hospital
500.00
211.38
288.62
Town Engineers
50.00
50.00
Town Reports
731.00
731.00
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
7,757.70
6,242.30
Survey of Sewerage
System
1,000.00
650.00
350.00
Cemeteries-
Care and Maintenance
5,000.00
4,825.02
174.98
Neglected Graves
250.00
250.00
Maturing Debt
18,000.00
18,000.00
95
Appropriations Grants Refunds and Transfers
Amount Expended Balance
Int. on Maturing Debt 1,206.25
1,206.25
Temporary Loan
1,690.19
890.19 800.00
The following transfers were voted by the Finance
Committee from Reserve Fund to:
Forest Fires
$2,126.51
Interest on Temporary Loans
940.19
Civilian Defense
1,700.00
Law and Claim
2,500.00
Selectmen's Contingent
100.00
Police Department
200.00
Treasurer's Clerical Work
60.00
Memorial Plot
50.00
Town Reports
81.00
$7,757.70
A Transfer of $300.00 from the Highway Account was made for purchase of land on Bridge Street from Dean and Sherk.
* Overdrawn
96
Trial Balance
Dr.
Cr
Cash
$100,106.28
Taxes 1939
26.80
Taxes 1940
325.68
Taxes 1941
3,167.62
Taxes 1942
31,061.38
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1940
2.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1941
92.14
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1942
363.51
Tax Titles
48,604.95
Tax Possessions
3,175.92
Overlay
26.80
Overlay 1940
62.26
Overlay 1941
766.99
Overlay 1942
4,537.63
Overlay Reserve
12,940.70
Accounts Receivable -
Health
193.50
Highways
210.00
Public Welfare
867.18
Old Age Assistance
78.75
Schools
37.00
State Aid to Highways
1,583.05
County Aid to Highways
1,067.57
Highway Fund-Chapter 421
9,648.23
Dog Licenses-Town Clerk
13.80
Sale of Forest Lake Schoolhouse
800.00
Departmental Revenue
1,386.43
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
457.65
Tax Title Revenue 51,262.13.
97
District Tax Title Revenue
518.74
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue 2,650.52
Excess and Deficiency 93,975.89
Auditing and Accounting 90.00
Tax Collector's Salary-Previous Years
480.00
Tax Collector's Salary 1942
160.00
Chap. 90 Roads-Maintenance #7295
2,645.93
Brown Street and Sidewalks
469.21
Cross Street
421.68
Dublin Street
395.00
East Street-Three Rivers
404.75
Fox Street
264.87
Green Street
300.00
LaRiviere Street-Three Rivers
180.00
Oak Street
320.10
Pine Street
432.60
Ruggles Court
211.00
Wilson Avenue
460.00
Sidewalk-Pine Street-West Side
119.48
Sanding Machine 350.00
Old Age Asst. - Federal Grant - Administration 189.89
Old Age Asst. - Federal Grant - Aid 4,220.52 Aid to Dependent Children - Federal Grant - Aid 605.67
Aid to Dependent Children - Federal Grant -
Administration 77.52
Honor Rolls 14.26
Snow Removal
178.84
Chapter 90 Roads-Maintenance #8493 508.16
Kings Bridge 85.50
$191,798.09 191,798.09
98
Report of Forest Fire Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I respectfully submit my report as Forest Fire Warden for the year of 1942.
Appropriation
$ 3,115.95
Fighting Fires
$ 2,337.20
Equipment Repairs and O. E.
437.78
Storage of Truck
84.00
Telephone
48.71
$
2,907.69
Number of Fires 45
Number of Permits 260
Pattaquatic Mountain fire was the big fire, in fact, the biggest in the state. Most of the money went to that fire with out of town help being paid by the town.
A. BROUILLETTE
Forest Fire Warden
99
Report of Tree Warden
Amount Appropriated
$ 800.00
Amount Spent 796.00
In 1942 the Tree Department activities were devoted mostly to developing and preserving the trees which we already have on our streets.
This involved taking off low hanging branches, broken limbs, dead wood and shaping and feeding the young trees.
We planted twenty new trees on the streets and took down eight trees which were dead.
There was a severe wind and thunder storm during the summer which did considerable damage to the trees in the villages and which had to be taken care of.
The Central Mass. Electric Co. trimmed a clearance for their wires under the supervision of the tree warden. This work was necessary for the maintenance of good service throughout the four villages of Palmer. The com- pany was very cooperative and took out dead wood and broken branches in the trees worked in.
A THOUGHT FOR 1943
Everyone realizes that we are at war. . Some of us may have an apple tree or other fruit tree in our yard, a grape vine or a raspberry bush. Whatever it is, spend a few minutes each day taking care of it and developing it. It will give you both satisfaction and pleasure to obtain fruit from your own effort and it will help the war effort. Conserve what you have.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER H. CAMBO
Tree Warden
100
Report of License Commissioners
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following licenses were granted during the year 1942.
Common Victualers 37
Innholders 6
All Alcoholic :
Innholders 5
Common Victualers 4
Common Victualers (Seasonal) 1
Package Goods Store 1
Druggists (Package Goods Store)
1
Clubs
5
Clubs (Seasonal) 1
Druggists 3
Malt Beverages and Wine:
Common Victualers 7
Common Victualers (Seasonal) 1
Package Goods Store
(Malt Beverages Only) 2
One Day Permits
(Malt Beverages Only) 3
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT SWAIN (Sec.)
101
Report of Board of Selectmen
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following re- port for the year 1942:
The Board organized with George B. Cheney as Chairman and Daniel J. Dunn as Secretary.
The Board has attended to the several matters of Highway work and repairs voted at the last annual town meeting, insofar as it was able to procure road materials.
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