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In some instances work was delayed by labor shortage.
We thank the other town departments and ap- pointees for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL W. O'CONNOR GEORGE B. CHENEY PETER WARAKOMSKI
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Report of Assessors
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Palmer, The Board of Assessors, respect- fully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1944:
Town Appropriations:
To be raised by taxation $347,739.57
To be taken from available funds 2,000.00
Maturing Debt and Interest 5,390.00
1940 Overlay Deficit 314.64
State Tax 16,456.00
State Parks and Reservations 350.41
County Tax
12,248.81
1943 County Tax Underestimate 969.57
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 677.82
Overlay 13,625.92
$399,772.74
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
$30,059.20
Corporation Taxes
64,264.26
Reimbursement, State-owned Land
139.46
Gasoline Tax, Acts of 1943, Chapter 569
16,153.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
8,000.00
Licenses
8,000.00
Fines 500.00
Protection of Persons and Property
200.00
Health and Sanitation 200.00
Highways 800.00
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Charities 3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
6,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals)
1,131.21
Soldiers' Benefits
800.00
Schools 3,000.00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments 500.00
Total Estimated Receipts $142,747.13
State Parks and Reservations
(Overestimate)
10.24
To be taken from available funds
2,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and available funds
$144,757.37
Net amount to be raised by taxation
$255,015.37
Less 3119 Polls at $2.00 each
6,238.00
Total amount to be raised by taxation
on Property
$248,777.37
Tax Rate:
$35.00 per M
Assessed Valuation for 1944
Personal Estate $1,023,785.00
Buildings, exclusive of land 4,542,770.00
Land, exclusive of buildings 1,541,370.00
Total Valuation
$7,107,925.00
All
Number of Persons assessed Individuals Others
Total
On Personal Estate
170
25
195
On Real Estate
1250
55
1305
On both Personal and Real Estate
400
20
420
1920
28
Number of Live Stock assessed
Horses
68
Cows
643
Yearlings
153
Bulls
23
Swine
76
Fowl
7625
Goats
23
Number of acres of land assessed
18,339
Number of dwelling houses assessed 1,560
RECAPITULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Date of
Num-
Commitm't Commitm't
ber
Value
Excise
First
April 29
301
$ 50,400.00
$ 1,807.41
Second
July
7
1293
176,010.00
6,280.68
Third
Aug.
15
373
62,430.00
2,031.72
Fourth
Oct.
10
127
13,170.00
302.56
Fifth
Nov.
22
41
5,690.00
110.97
Sixth
Dec. 16
35
5,360.00
80.83
Total for 1944:
2170
$313,060.00
$10,614.17
Excise Tax Rate:
$35.85 per M
Abatements granted on Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1942 Levy
$ 72.28
1943 Levy
113.42
1944 Levy
198.46
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Abatements granted of 1942 Tax Levy
Poll Tax
$ 6.00
Personal
10.80
Real Estate
58.50
Abatements granted on 1943 Tax Levy
Personal
$ 1.75
Real Estate
141.75
Abatements granted on 1944 Tax Levy
Poll Tax
$1,782.00
Personal
52.67
Real Estate
1,634.50
Tax Title Account abatement granted
$5,245.96
Respectfully submitted,
1
DAVID B. SMITH
LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ
OSCAR F. BRESSETTE
Board of Assessors
30
Report of Town Bookkeeper
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Palmer, Massachusetts :
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report of Receipts and Expendi- tures for the Town of Palmer for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1944.
RECEIPTS
Taxes for Current Year
Poll
$4,470.00
Personal
35,678.14
Real Estate
197,466.10
Motor Vehicle Excise
10,246.86
$247,861.10
Taxes for Previous Years
Poll
$18.00
Personal
1,498.04
Real Estate
22,472.41
Motor Vehicle Excise
306.56
$ 24,295.01
Tax Titles Redeemed
Sale Price $197.86 Penalty Interest 8.07
31
Deed of Release
6.00
$
211.93
Sale of Tax· Possessions
Sale Price, Tax Title No. 31 $100.00
Sale Price, Tax Title No. 87 2,150.00
$
2,250.00
Taxes from State
Income
$32,737.40
Corporation
69,522.68
Meal Tax, Old Age Assistance 661.51
$102,921.59
Fines and Forfeits
Court Fines
$826.70
$ 826.70
Withholding Tax
Amount Withheld During 1944
$19,649.75
$ 19,649.75
Licenses and Permits
Bicycle Registrations
$13.50
Dog
1,339.80
Peddlers
60.00
Junk License and Privileges
211.00
Sunday
32.00
Pool and Billiards
46.00
Agents
8.00
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Used Car Dealers
4.00
Second Class Garages
4.00
Fire Arms
3.50
Auctioneers
2.00
Inn Holders
1,535.00
Common Victualers
2,391.00
Club
1,800.00
Package
900.00
Drug
300.00
Seasonal
200.00
One Day
3.00
8,852.80 $
Grants and Gifts
From County-Dog Licenses
$1,251.24
$ 1,251.24
From Federal Government for:
Old Age Assistance
$22,636.56
Old Age Administration 759.49
Dependent Children-Aid
2,601.42
Dependent Children-Administra- tion 117.57
Vocational Schools-
Smith-Hughes Fund 176.89
Federal Grants
3,385.43
$ 29,677.36
From State:
Highway Fund
$16,153.00
Old Age Assistance Fund
696.55
$ 16,849.55
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General Government
Sale of Scrap Paper
$ 3.38
Rent from Tax Possession
25.00
$ 28.38
Protection of Persons and Property
Sealing of Weights and Measures $175.83
$ 175.83
Health Department
Licenses for :
Alcohol
$ 3.00
Poultry Dressing
1.00
Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
65.00
Pasteurization
40.00
Milk and Oleo.
38.00
Undertakers
6.00
Bottling
40.00
Overnight Cabin
3.00
$ 196.00
Highway Department
Sewer Connections
$325.00
Sidewalk Repairs
15.00
Stone Curbing
6.50
Use of Equipment
113.50
Loading Gravel
43.50
Sundry Items
6.70
$ 510.20
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Chapter 90 Maintenance :
State County
$999.94 999.94
$ 1,999.88
Public Welfare
Infirmary :
Board
$424.50
Sale of Stock
120.00
Sale of Produce
27.00
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Sale of Hay
35.00
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered:
State
2,251.02
Cities and Towns
1,158.27
$
4,015.79
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered:
State
$22,122.38
Cities and Towns
1,330.60
$ 23,452.98
Aid to Dependent Children
Reimbursement for Aid Rendered :
State $2,737.34
$ 2,737.34
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
$100.00
Military Aid
277.50
Soldier's Burials
200.00
Soldier's Relief-State War Allowance 105.00
$ 682.50
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Education
Tuition :
State-Training School
$226.27
Town of Wilbraham
300.00
Sundry Receipts :
Rent
102.25
Sale of Supplies
142.75
$
771.27
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots
$379.00
Care of Lots
1,384.50
Opening Graves
955.00
Foundations
208.68
2,927.18 $
Interest
On Taxes :
Interest
$739.61
Demands
40.25
On Public Trust Funds :
Merrick Fund
17.00
Thompson Fund
19.02
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
838.50
$
1,654.38
Legion Field
Rent $34.00
$ 34.00
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Agency and Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
Refunds
Loss of Taxes Insurance
$139.46
559.36
General Departments
1,221.39
$ 1,920.21
Total Receipts
$497,252.97
Cash on Hand January 1, 1944
184,384.26
$681,637.23
PAYMENTS
General Government
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries of Board
$1,600.00
Supplies
7.13
Printing and Advertising
173.66
Telephones
181.92
Car Fare
11.50
Sundry Items
29.39
$ $2,003.60
Selectmen's Contingent Account :
Veterans Service Center
$2,169.37
Finance Committee
50.00
Outside Fires
1,315.63
Spot Light
23.78
37
Forest Fire Hose
460.80
Storage of Town Supplies
95.00
Waste Paper and Cans
151.18
Old Engine House Repairs Work at Town Dump
13.75
30.00
State Guard Equipment
105.60
Sundry Items
96.21
$
4,511.32
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditing
$ 90.00
Accounting
1,980.00
$
2,070.00
Treasurer's Department :
Salary
$2,100.00
Surety Bond
186.50
Clerical Work
300.00
Supplies
22.64
Stationery and Postage
226.12
Printing and Advertising
26.37
Carfare, etc.
22.39
Tax Title Foreclosure
36.00
Sundry Items
8.40
2,928.42 $
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary
$495.00
Surety Bond
15.00
Supplies
29.65
Stationery and Postage
28.38
Printing and Advertising
16.76
Carfare, etc.
21.54
$ 606.33
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Collector's Department :
Salary for 1944
$1,710.00
Balance of Salary
for Previous Years
640.00
Clerk
1,040.00
Stationery and Postage
170.72
Printing and Advertising
76.94
Telephone
26.04
Surety Bond and
Robbery Insurance
311.50
Tax Title Expenses
39.40
Carfare, etc.
28.19
Supplies
13.90
$
4,056.69
Assessor's Department :
Salaries of Board
$2,400.00
Clerk
1,258.40
Drafting and Work on Maps
156.00
Printing-Stationery and Postage
53.61
Auto Hire and Travel
264.00
Supplies
79.58
Sundry Items
82.75
$
4,294.34
Law and Claim :
Town Counsel
$600.00
Special Attorney
50.00
Property Agent
255.00
Sundry Items
16.75
$ 921.75
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License Commissioners :
Clerical Work
$28.50
Telephone
13.70
Travelling Expenses and Car Hire
99.50
Printing-Postage and Sundry Items 14.05
$ 155.75
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$ 221.00
Election Officers
1,044.32
Street Lists
366.60
Printing and Postage
832.81
Auto Hire
62.78
Clerical Work
60.50
Sundry Items
77.15
$
2,665.16
Town House
Janitor
$12.00
Lights
14.10
$ 26.10
Town Office :
Rent
$1,500.00
Care
360.00
Lights
92.30
$ 1,952.30
Town Dump:
Care
$624.00
$ 624.00
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Estimated Receipts One-half of Bottling Permits to State $20.00
$ 20.00
Total for General Government
$ 27,135.76
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief
$3,300.00
Deputy Chief
2,640.00
Patrolmen
5,326.00
Special Police
2,492.58
Transportation for Chief
700.00
Extra Car Hire
73.00
Hose
950.00
Equipment for Men
15.62
Telephones
138.10
Sundry Items
32.85
$ 15,668.15
Chief's Office :
Rent
$240.00
Telephone and Toll calls
98.92
Postage - Photos, etc
42.38
€
$
381.30
Lockup:
Rent
$1,250.00
Care
240.00
Light
61.59
Telephone
39.10
41
Equipment
6.76
1,597.45 $
Tree Department :
Labor
$871.80
Trucks
134.00
Equipment
22.30
$
1,028.10
Forest Fire Department :
Labor
$3,092.60
Trucks
62.88
Heavy Hose
740.00
Storage
51.00
Oil and Gasoline
16.01
Equipment and Repairs
846.88
Telephone
46.91
Sundry Items
36.20
4,892.48 $
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
$690.00
Transportation
99.96
Equipment and Supplies
24.93
Telephone
21.96
$ 836.85
Moth Department:
Labor
$674.50
Trucks
70.00
$ 744.50
Total for Protection of Persons and Property $ 25,148.83
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Health Department
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 300.00
Salary of Clerk
220.00
Clerical Work
25.00
Telephone
70.16
Transportation
29.15
Printing
16.50
Sundry Items
47.55
$ 708.36
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance
75.00
Hospital Care
58.00
Loss of Wages
36.00
$ 169.00
Tuberculosis :
County Hospital Maintenance
677.82
Westfield State Hospital
1,016.50
Rutland State Hospital
521.15
Tewskbury State Hospital
126.00
2,341.47 $
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat
44.10
Milk
532.40
$ 576.50
Toxin-Antitoxin
99.64
$ 99.64
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District Nurse
1,000.00
$
1,000.00
Vital Statistics :
Births
267.50
Deaths
82.50
Marriages
64.50
$
414.50
Total for Health Department
$ 5,309.47
Highway Department
General Repairs :
Superintendent
$1,308.60
Clerk
360.00
Office Expenses
18.93
Labor
8,648.15
Equipment and Repairs
2,837.33
Grits, Gravel, Etc.
153.91
Gasoline and Oil
1,072.59
Tarvia and Road Oil
553.25
Telephone
182.27
Lights
124.09
Sundry Items
64.07
$15,323.19
Snow Removal:
Superintendent
$ 288.60
Labor
2,301.70
Trucks
26.25
Equipment and Repairs
1,078.43
Gasoline and Oil
175.35
Salt and Sand
423.60
Express
.70
$ 4,294.63
44
Oiling Roads :
Superintendent
73.60
Labor
855.05
Trap Rock and Sand
447.95
Asphalt, Tarvia, Oil
3,523.67
Gasoline
96.64
Equipment
3.00
4,999.91 $
Chap. 90 Maintenance
Superintendent
$ 368.00
Labor
1,817.40
Sand and Gravel
182.00
Oil
624.75
Equipment and Repairs
7.68
2,999.83 $
Cross Street :
Superintendent
$ 32.20
Labor
194.40
Asphalt
17.74
$
244.34
Dublin Street:
Superintendent
41.40
Labor
169.45
$ 210.85
Fox Street :
Superintendent
9.20
Labor
59.24
$ 68.40
45
Green Street :
Superintendent
23.00
Labor
120.85
Grits
6.69
Asphalt and Gasoline
149.25
$ 299.79
Oak Street:
Asphalt
86.07
$
86.07
Wilson Avenue:
Superintendent
64.40
Labor
271.55
Oil and Gasoline
20.60
Tarvia
67.37
Grits and Sand
35.41
$
459.33
Main Street, Three Rivers, Investigation:
Surveying
190.00
$ 190.00
Lariviere Street, Three Rivers:
Superintendent
23.00
Labor
132.60
Gasoline and Gravel
18.30
$ 173.90
46
East Street, Three Rivers:
Superintendent
18.40
Surveying
15.00
Labor
108.90
Gravel
110.13
Sundry Items
4.95
$
257.38
Pine Street, Three Rivers:
Superintendent
59.80
Labor
200.90
Grits, Gravel
22.52
Asphalt
64.81
$
348.03
Ruggles Street, Three Rivers
Superintendent
27.60
Labor
138.35
Asphalt
40.25
Gasoline
4.75
$
210.95
Sidewalks and Curbing:
Superintendent
59.80
Labor
595.60
Equipment and Repairs
27.91
Colprovia, Gasoline and Oil
306.87
Cement
9.75
$ 999.93
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North Main Street Walk:
Superintendent Labor
23.00
117.15
$ 140.15
Pine Street Walk, Bondsville:
Superintendent
9.20
Labor
65.55
Gasoline and Oil
5.04
Materials
39.60
$ 119.39
Sewers and Culverts:
Superintendent
163.20
Labor
1,795.25
Tools and Equipment
89.22
Pipe and Fittings
111.60
Gasoline and Oil
31.82
Other Items
7.00
$
2,198.09
Pleasant Street Sewer, Thorndike:
Superintendent
27.60
Labor
206.00
Equipment
84.69
Gasoline and Oil
6.19
$ 324.48
Shaw Street Sewer:
Superintendent
13.80
Labor 112.80
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Equipment Gasoline
44.35
3.46
$
174.41
Shearer Street Sewer:
Superintendent
138.00
Labor
553.95
Tile and Cement
110.80
$
802.75
Main Street Bridge, Three Rivers:
Superintendent
46.00
Labor
198.85
Equipment and Supplies
254.43
$
499.28
Memorial Plot and Knox Marker:
Labor
612.05
Seed and Equipment
7.90
$ 619.95
Street Lighting:
Per Contract
11,560.74
$ 11,560.74
Total for Highways
$ 47,605.77
Support of Poor
General Administration:
4
Salary of Board
$ 600.00
Salary of Secretary
1,210.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
Salary of Clerk
550.00
$ 2,860.00
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Town Infirmary :
1
Salary of Warden
1,500.00
Groceries and Provisions
1,230.46
Dry Goods and Clothing
37.24
Fuel and Light
443.63
Medicine
32.31
Grain
163.86
Building Repairs
29.76
Supplies
19.03
Papers
19.05
Telephone
42.84
Chickens
25.00
Furniture
30.00
Sundry Items
121.40
3,694.58 $
Outside Poor:
Cash
$ 602.00
Groceries and Provisions
1,443.15
Clothing
64.86
Fuel
295.04
Board and Care
1,553.15
Hospitals, Medicine and Medical Attendance
1,121.22
Rent
338.22
Telephones
102.22
Burials, Ambulance, Etc.
542.00
Transportation
26.00
Sundry Items
142.19
6,230.05 $
Aid by Other Cities and Towns:
1
Cities $ 458.00
Towns
514.01
!
$ 972.01
50
Aid for State
1,578.78
$
1,578.78
Total for Support of Poor
$ 15,335.42
Old Age Assistance
General Administration:
Salary of Board
$ 200.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,320.00
Salary of Clerk
400.00
Assistance :
Cash
$ 35,370.44
For Other Cities and Towns
7,547.90
By Other Cities and Towns
911.21
For State
9,724.45
Indirect Payments
1,121.89
Telephone
38.33
Sundry Expenses
410.18
Total for Old Age Assistance
$ 57,044.40
Aid for Dependent Children
General Administration:
Salary of Secretary
$ 330.00
Clerk
60.00
Assistance :
Cash
$ 7,760.02
Transportation
26.00
Supplies, Postage, Etc.
23.74
Total for Aid to Dependent Children $ 8,199.76
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Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief :
1
Agent
$ 740.00
Cash
3,141.06
Clothing
179.16
Fuel
468.00
Provisions
252.22
Rent
744.50
Hospitals, Medicine and Medical Attendance
837.04
Sundry Items
73.96
6,435.94 $
State Aid
$ 585.00
State Aid, World War II
445.75
Military Aid
960.00
$ 1,990.75
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$ 8,426.69
Education
General Administration:
Superintendent
$5,165.52
Clerks
2,623.62
Truancy
71.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
35.00
Telephones
403.15
Traveling Expenses
91.34
Sundry Items
15.75
$ 8,405.38
52
Teachers' Salaries : High Elementary
$35,939.44 49,850.64
$ 85,790.08
Text Books and Supplies : High
$3,554.24
Elementary
1,324.20
$
4,878.44
Tuition :
Trade School
$1,696.47
Other Tuition
175.28
1,871.75 $
Transportation :
High
$4,549.50
Elementary
4,881.60
$ 9,431.10
Janitor Service :
High
$3,706.50
Elementary
8,859.51
$ 12,566.01
Fuel and Light:
High
$3,817.21
Elementary
4,785.52
$
8,602.73
Maintaining of Buildings and Grounds :
High Elementary
$1,298.46
1,706.15
$ 3,004.61
53
Furniture and Furnishings :
High Elementary
$164.64
76.69
$ 241.33
Other Expenses :
Band Leader
$115.00
Physicians and Nurse
2,665.95
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises
95.00
Miscellaneous Printing
152.30
Insurance
1,493.22
Sundry Items
1,104.75
$ 5,626.22
Commercial :
Salaries
$5,926.86
Books
53.44
Supplies
327.94
Equipment and Repairs
344.75
6,652.99 $
Music, Manual Training and Drawing:
Salaries
$3,803.76
Books and Supplies
104.95
Equipment
60.06
$ 3,968.77
Repairs :
High Elementary
$431.16
1,562.73
$ 1,993.89
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Adult Alien : Salaries Sundry Items
$1,299.40 30.16
$ 1,329.56
Smith-Hughes Fund
$83.30
$ 83.30
Wennimessett School Repairs :
Labor
$318.55
Equipment
55.11
$ 373.66
Total for Education
$154,819.82
Young Men's Library Association
Per Agreement
$3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
Cemetery Department
Care and Maintenance :
Secretary
$ 150.00
Labor
3,769.41
Printing and Postage
27.01
Gravel and Cement
127.40
Shrubs
33.90
Plans for Waiting Room
112.00
Tools and Equipment
140.37
Trucks and Auto
721.63
Gasoline and Oil
24.47
Road Repairs
532.85
Sundry Items
15.60
$ 5,654.64
55
Neglected Graves : Care and Maintenance
$250.00
$ 250.00
Total for Cemeteries $ 5,904.64
Legion Field and Eager Playground
Care and Maintenance:
Clerk
$
25.00
Labor
1,258.35
Truck
15.00
Supplies and Equipment
137.74
Lights
15.23
Sundry Items
40.82
Total
$
1,492.14
Honor Roll
Repairs
$520.00
Total for Honor Roll
$
520.00
Civilian Defense
Salaries
$ 2,960.00
Clerk
375.00
Telephone
238.68
Lights
63.37
Gas and Oil
35.63
Janitor
253.00
Guard
59.37
Lumber and Equipment
128.28
Supplies
72.33
Transportation
20.00
Sundry Items
45.92
Total for Civilian Defense $ 4,251.58
56
Municipal Indebtedness
Maturing Debt :
Wire Mill School Loan
Municipal Relief Loan
$
2,000.00
3,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
Interest
$
5,000.00
On Maturing Debt:
Wire Mill School Loan
240.00
Municipal Relief Loan
150.00
On Trust Fund : Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
838.50
Total for Interest $
1,228.50
Agency and Trust
Agency :
State Tax
$ 16,456.00
County Tax
12,248.81
State Parks and Reservations 350.41
State Guard 442.57
Dog Licenses for County
1,318.20
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,500.00
Total for Agency and Trust $ 32,315.99
Tax Title Redemptions
Tax Title Redeemed
14.22
Total
$
14.22
Refunds
On Real Estate Taxes $ 189.87
On Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
70.72
On Withholding Tax
.90
On Dog Licenses from County
53.21
Total for Refunds
$ 314.70
57
Unclassified
Town Engineers
50.00
Memorial Day
150.00
Edward T. Goodreau Post
156.00
County Aid to Agriculture
75.00
Printing Town Reports
684.00
General Insurance
945.57
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,407.11
Total for Unclassified
$
3,467.68
Withholding Tax Deductions $ 19,450.45
$19,450.45
Grand Total
$425,985.82
Cash on hand December 31, 1944
$255,651.41
$681,637.23
Non-Revenue Accounts
Net Funded Debt
Wire Mill School Loan
$ 13,000.00 $ 4,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
9,000.00
$ 13,000.00 $13,000.00
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $ 44,868.24
Thompson Fund
951.28
Merrick Fund
850.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
43,066.96
$ 44,868.24 $44,868.24
HARRIETTE PAINE
Bookkeeper
58
BALANCE SHEET FOR 1944
Appropriations, Grants, Refunds and Transfers
Amounts
Expended
Balance
Selectmen's Salary Acct. $1,600.00
$1,600.00
General Expenses
600.00
403.60
$196.40
"
Contingent
5,000.00
4,511.32
488.68
Auditing and Accounting :
Auditing for 1943
90.00
90.00
Auditing for 1944
90.00
90.00
Accounting
1,980.00
1,980.00
Assessors' Salary
2,400.00
2,400.00
Clerk
1,258.40
1,258.40
General Expenses
800.00
635.94
164.06
Town Clerk's Salary
495.00
495.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
125.00
111.33
13.67
Town Clerk's Binding Records
50.00
50.00
Tax Collector's Salary, Previous Years
830.00
640.00
190.00
Tax Collector's Salary, 1944
1,900.00
1,710.00
190.00
Tax Collector's Clerk
1,040.00
1,040.00
Tax Collector's Bond and General Expenses
895.00
666.69
228.31
Treasurer's Salary Acct.
2,100.00
2,100.00
Treasurer's Clerical Hire
400.00
300.00
100.00
Tax Title Foreclosure
100.00
30.00
70.00
Treasurer's Gen. Expenses 700.00
498.42
201.58
Election and Registration 2,665.16
2,665.16
Law and Claim
1,500.00
921.75
578.25
License Commissioners'
Expenses
175.00
155.75
19.25
Town Offices
1,952.30
1,952.30
Town House
100.00
26.10
73.90
Town Dump
624.00
624.00
59
Appropriations, Grants, Refunds and Transfers
Amounts
Expended
Balance
Chief of Police
3,300.00
3,300.00
Deputy Chief
2,640.00
2,640.00
Day Patrol
3,634.00
2,400.00
1,234.00
Night Patrol
3,009.60
2,926.00
83.60
Special Patrol
4,000.00
2,492.58
1,507.42
Lockup, Rent, Fuel and
Care
1,630.00
1,590.69
39.31
Chief's Office
336.00
272.04
63.96
Transportation for Chief
700.00
700.00
Car Hire
150.00
73.00
77.00
Motorcycle Upkeep
200.00
200.00
Police Dept. Incidentals
350.00
302.59
47.41
Forest Fires
7,540.00
5,842.48
1,697.52
Moth Department
750.00
744.50
5.50
Tree Department
1,050.00
1,028.10
21.90
Sealer's Salary Acct.
690.00
690.00
Sealer's Gen. Expenses
160.00
146.85
13.15
Board of Health :
Salaries of Board
300.00
300.00
Salary of Clerk
220.00
220.00
Tuberculosis and Danger-
ous Diseases
4,000.00
2,008.94
1,991.06
Meat and Milk Inspection 602.00
588.57
13.43
Toxin-Antitoxin
100.00
99.64
.36
Vital Statistics
600.00
414.50
185.50
District Nurse
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway Repairs
15,000.00
14,973.19
26.81
Snow Removal
4,300.00
4,294.63
5.37
Oiling Roads
5,000.00
4,999.91
.09
Chapter 90 Roads-
Maintenance
3,000.00
2,999.83
.17
Cross Street
244.42
244.34
.08
Dublin Street
395.00
210.85
184.15
East Street
257.49
257.38
.11
60
Appropriations, Grants, Refunds and Transfers
Amounts Expended
Balance
Fox Street
264.87
68.40
196.47
Green Street
300.00
299.79
.21
LaRiviere Street
180.00
173.90
6.10
Oak Street
86.15
86.07
.08
Pine St., Three Rivers
348.95
348.03
.92
Ruggles St., Three Rivers
211.00
210.95
.05
Wilson Avenue
460.00
459.33
.67
Sewers and Culverts
2,200.00
2,198.09
1.91
Sewer-Pleasant St., Thorndike
325.00
324.48
.52
Sewer-Shaw Street
175.00
174.41
.59
Sewer-Shearer Street
1,160.00
802.75
357.25
Walk Repairs
1,000.00
999.93
.07
North Main St. Walk
142.44
140.15
2.29
Pine St. Walk, Bondsville
119.48
119.39
.09
Bridge Repairs (Quaboag
River) Three Rivers
500.00
499.28
.72
Sanding Machine
350.00
350.00
Investigation-Main Street, Three Rivers
200.00
190.00
10.00
Memorial Approach and
Knox Marker
620.00
619.95
.05
Street Lighting
11,560.74
11,560.74
Public Welfare:
Salaries of Board
600.00
600.00
Salary of Agent
1,210.00
1,210.00
Salary of Junior Clerk
550.00
550.00
Salary of Town Physician
500.00
500.00
Support of Poor
13,260.00
12,475.42
784.58
Old Age Assistance
30,814.04
30,814.04
Old Age Assistance, Federal
Grant, Administration
861.81
861.81
61
Appropriations, Grants, Refunds and Amounts
Transfers
Expended
Balance
Old Age Assistance, Federal
Grant, Aid
25,568.55
25,568.55
Aid to Dependent Children 5,350.00
5,350.00
Aid to Dep Children, Sec'y 330.00
302.50
27.50
Aid to Dep. Children, Adm. 50.00
50.00
Aid to Dep Children, Fed.
Grant, Administration
288.64
137.24
151.40
Aid to Dep. Children, Fed.
Grant, Aid
2,645.41
2,410.02
235.39
Soldiers' Relief
7,000.00
6,485.94
514.06
State Aid
1,200.00
980.75
219.25
Military Aid
1,050.00
960.00
90.00
Education
154,729.41 154,362.86
366.55
Education, Smith-Hughes
Fund
273.31
83.30
190.01
Wenimesset School Re-
pairs
1,000.00
373.66
626.34
Young Men's Library Association
3,000.00
3,000.00
Animal Inspection
300.00
300.00
Bicycle Registration
25.00
25.00
Burial of Soldiers or Sailors
100.00
100.00
General Insurance
1,063.47
945.57
117.90
Workmen's Compensation
Insurance
1,966.47
1,407.11
559.36
Civilian Defense
5,016.67
4,251.58
765.09
County Aid to Agriculture
75.00
75.00
Rent or Lease of Public
Dump
50.00
50.00
Edward T. Goodreau Post
166.00
156.00
10.00
Engine House Property,
Park Street "A"
1.00
1.00
62
Appropriations, Grants, Refunds and Transfers
Amounts Expended
Balance
Honor Rolls for Service Men
520.00
520.00
Legion Field and Eager Playground
1,500.00
1,492.14
7.86
Memorial Day
250.00
150.00
100.00
Town Engineers
50.00
50.00
Town Reports
725.00
684.00
41.00
Wing Memorial Hospital
500.00
500.00
Reserve Fund
14,000.00
13,159.74
840.26
Cemetery Care and
Maintenance
6,000.00
5,654.64
345.36
Neglected Graves
250.00
250.00
Tool Shed at Oak Knoll Cemetery
1,000.00
1,000.00
Maturing Debt
5,000.00
5,000.00
Interest on Maturing Debt 390.00
390.00
Interest on Temporary
Loan
300.00
300.00
404,361.78 385,713.88 18,647.90
The following transfers were voted by the Finance Committee from the "Reserve Fund" to:
Election and Registration
$655.16
License Commissioners
25.00
Town Offices
2.30
Forest Fires
5,500.00
Tree Department
200.00
Snow Removal
800.00
Street Lighting
5.24
Legion Field
500.00
63
Meat and Milk Inspection
102.00
Honor Roll
120.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000.00
Military Aid
300.00
State Aid
1,000.00
Neglected Graves
50.00
Old Age Assistance
690.04
Aid to Dependent Children
1,200.00
$13,159.74
64
Trial Balance
Dr
Cr.
Cash
$255,651.41
Taxes, 1943
1,295.31
Taxes, 1944
13,991.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1943
16.11
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1944
238.84
Tax Titles
48,020.65
Tax Possessions
3,515.25
Overlay, 1942
826.03
Overlay, 1943
$1,122.38
Overlay, 1944
10,156.75
Overlay Reserve
13,418.55
Accounts Receivable :
Highways
273.50
Public Welfare
1,284.69
Old Age Assistance
264.85
Schools
217.00
Special Assessment, Sidewalk and
Curbing
133.38
State Guard
442.57
Dog Licenses, Town Clerk
31.80
Sale of Land Account
2,150.00
Sale of Forest Lake School House
800.00
Withholding Tax Deductions
2,231.75
Departmental Revenue
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