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thirty days of the receipt of the said notice, the treasurer of each town notified shall, with the approval of the selectmen, borrow on notes of the town not exceeding the apportionment of such town. Such loans shall be in ex- cess of the statutory limit and shall be due and payable in not more than two years from the dates thereof and except as provided therein shall be subject to the appli- cable provisions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para- graph of section seven thereof. Upon receipt of the pro- ceeds of a loan issued under authority of this act, the town treasurer shall pay said proceeds over to the sec- retary-treasurer of the committee.
"The director of accounts in the department of corp- orations and taxation shall cause an audit to be made of the accounts of the committee annually or at any time upon the request of the selectmen of a town participating in the appointment of the committee and for this purpose he, and his duly accredited agents, shall have access to all necessary papers, books and records. Upon the com- pletion of each audit, a report thereon shall be made to the chairman of the committee with a copy thereof to the chairman of the selectmen of each town served by the committee.
"The director shall apportion the cost among the several municipalities participating in the appointment of the committee on the basis of the taxable valuation of said municipalities as last established by the general court for state and county taxes, and submit the amounts of each apportionment to the State treasurer, who shall issue his warrant requiring the assessors of the towns which so participate to assess a tax to the amount of such expense, and such amounts shall be collected and paid to the state treasurer as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine.
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"Section 6. The committee shall organize forthwith upon its appointment by the election of a chairman and a secretary-treasurer. The secretary-treasurer shall keep all records and shall receive and take charge of all money paid to the committee and shall pay over and account for the same according to the order of the committee. He shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum as the committee shall require with a surety company authorized to transact business in the common- wealth as surety. The premium of such bond shall be paid from funds provided for the committee.
"Section 7. This act shall cease to be operative except as to section five on the effective date of establishment of the said proposed Old Colony High School District, and shall become null and void in its entirety on and after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty.
"Section 8. Any unexpended balance of funds held by the committee on the date this act ceases to be operative as provided in the preceding section shall be paid over to the several towns in the same proportion in which the original assessment was made and the amount so received by any town may be appropriated for school purposes."
"Section 9. The question of the acceptance of this act shall be considered and acted upon at a special town meeting called for the purpose to be held in the current year in each of the towns of Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Hanover, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke and Plympton. If four or more of the said towns vote in favor of acceptance, this act shall become fully effective forth- with in the towns which have voted in favor of accept- ance; if less than four of the said towns vote in favor of acceptance, this act shall become void." Or take any other action relative thereto.
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Under Article 14, which reads will the Town vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from available funds, sufficient funds to carry out the provisions of said Chapter 280 of the Acts of 1948, or take any other action thereon, no action was taken.
Under Article 7, Moved that the Town construct a new elementary school building on land of the Town in the area south and east of the High School, substantially in accordance with the plans of Harold Field Kellogg, and to furnish and equip said building, and to appropriate funds for the purpose in the following manner-From the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund $50,000.00; From Ex- cess and Deficiency $75,000.00 ; and by issuance of a loan as provided in Chapter 44 of the General Laws, in the amount of $274,000.00; and that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount of $274,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Town may determine.
On the motion 140 voted in favor and 169 in opposition and the motion was lost.
Motion was made that the vote be taken by ballot. 142 yes-163 no. The motion was lost.
Under Article 8, Moved, that the Town vote to construct an addition to the High School, substantially in accordance with the plans of Harold Field Kellogg, and to furnish and equip said addition, and to appropriate funds for the purpose in the following manner-From the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund $50,000.00; from Ex- cess and Deficiency $75,000.00; and by issuance of a
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loan as provided in Chapter 44 of the General Laws, in the amount of $255,000.00 and that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount of $255,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Town may determine.
On this motion 208 voted in favor and 105 in opposition and as it was not a two thirds vote, the motion was lost.
It was voted to reconsider Article 7.
Under Article 7, Voted, that the Town construct a new elementary school building on land of the Town in the area south and east of the High School, substantially in accordance with the plans of Harold Field Kellogg, and to furnish and equip said building, and to appropriate funds for the purpose in the following manner-From the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund $50,000.00; From Excess and Deficiency $75,000.00; and by issuance of a loan as provided in Chapter 44 of the General Laws, in the amount of $274,000.00; and that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount of $274,000. and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Town may determine.
(237 yes-50 no)
Further Voted, that the present School Building Com- mittee be authorized to expend said appropriation, to determine the final plans and location of the school, to
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make all contracts in the name of the Town pertaining thereto, and to do all other things necessary and proper to construct, equip and furnish said building and fit the same for use and occupancy.
Under Article 9, which reads will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,900.00 to be paid to Harold Field Kellogg and Thomas Worcester Inc., for their services in preparing preliminary plans and speci- fications, and engineering and other services in connec- tion therewith, for the proposed separate grade school building and for the proposed addition to the High School, no action was taken.
Under Article 10, which reads will the Town vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of converting the Island Creek Hall into a temporary school house, or take any other action relative thereto, no action was taken.
Under Article 11, Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,977.92 for the purpose of financing a two session day in certain elementary grades.
Voted to adjourn at 11 :10 P.M.
JOSEPH T. C. JONES, Town Clerk.
The following Town Officials were duly sworn in 1948: Philip W. Delano, Selectman and Assessor for 3 years.
Barbara S. Mullowney, Member of Board of Public Welfare for 3 years.
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Robert Seymour, Member of Board of Public Welfare to March 1949.
Stanley H. Merry, Member of Board of Public Welfare to March, 1949.
George C. Scott, Member of School Committee for 3 years.
J. Newton Shirley, Member of School Committee for 3 years.
Kenneth G. Garside, Member of Planning Board for 5 years.
Earl W. Chandler, Constable for 1 year.
Lewis B. Randall, Highway Superintendent for 1 year.
Henry P. McNeil, Shellfish Constable and Veterans Agent for 1 year.
Harry Chetwynde, Harbor Master for 1 year.
Isabelle V. Freeman, Clerk of Selectmen and Assessors.
Mary E. Greene, Town Accountant (Temporary).
Ernest W. Chandler, Inspector of Animals and Inspec- tor of Slaughtered Animals.
Henry M. Griswold, Fence Viewer and Fire Engineer for 1 year.
Eben N. Briggs, George S. Butler, Leroy M. Peterson and Kenneth O. Macomber, Fire Engineers for 1 year.
Guild A. Rosengren, Michael J. Sheehan, Arthur A. Jokinen, Sargent C. Black and Ray B. Hubbard, Special Police Officers for 1 year.
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
I am pleased to submit the following statement of all receipts and expenditures of the Town of Duxbury for the financial year ending December 31, 1948, in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 61, General Laws. This report is arranged in accordance with the classifications pre- scribed by the Director of Accounts.
Appended thereto is a statement of the Appropriation Balances returned to the Treasury under date of De- cember 31, 1948.
ISABELLE V. FREEMAN, Town Accountant.
Receipts TAXES
Polls, Personal and Real Estate
$267,106.50
Income Taxes
36,810.21
Corporation Taxes
21,865.38
Redemption Tax Titles
113.50
$325,895.59
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Liquor licenses
$2,787.00
Marriage Permits
58.00
Auctioneer's Licenses
2.00
Taxicab Licenses
6.00
Garage Licenses
20.00
Victuallers' Licenses
22.00
Amusement Licenses
6.00
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Sunday Licenses
15.00
Junk Dealers' Licenses
30.00
Shellfish Licenses-private
225.50
Shellfish Licenses-commercial
72.50
Shellfish Licenses-"grants"
30.00
Gasoline Renewals
3.00
Innholders' Licenses
4.00
Hawkers and Peddlers
8.00
Alcohol Permits
3.00
$3,292.00
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
$137.00
$137.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS
County of Plymouth, Dog Licenses $698.04
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
O. A. A. Federal Grant
$21,296.11
A. D. C. Federal Grant 3,517.00
Industrial Schools
154.18
Tuition of Children
1,628.21
Federal Grant, O. A. A. Food Tax 1,242.54
Reimbursement, Loss of Taxes
190.35
Public Service
750.68
Marine Fisheries
200.00
Mr. Eben H. Ellison, for Ellison Beach 1,890.94
$31,568.05
PRIVELEGES
Motor Vehicles Excise Tax
$16,466.36
$16,466.36
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ASSESSMENTS
Clam Grant Assessments $64.50
$64.50
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Treasurer's Fees
$6.00
Tax Collector's Fees and Costs
243.85
Town Clerk's Fees
443.35
Town Hall-telephone tolls
16.17
$709.37
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department, Pistol Permits
$13.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
fees
37.98
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Bounties on seals
22.00
Licenses-Sale of Firearms
2.00
$74.98
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Cabin Licenses
$8.00
Garbage Permits
12.00
Milk Permits
4.50
Oleo Permits
1.50
Permit to Manufacture Ice Cream
1.00
Physician's Registration
.25
$27.25
HIGHWAYS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Ch. 90, Joint Construction $5,999.97
County of Plymouth :
Ch. 90, Joint Construction
2,999.98
$8,999.95
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CHARITIES
Public Welfare
Reimbursements :
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
$3,121.77
From Cities and Towns
1,261.88
From Individuals
202.35
Cancelled Checks
16.75
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursements :
From Commonwealth of Massa-
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
$21,823.77
From Cities and Towns
1,432.29
From Individuals
29.88
Cancelled Checks
710.28
Aid to Dependent Children
Reimbursements :
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts $4,584.34
Veterans' Benefits
Reimbursements :
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts $1,667.35
$34,850.66
SCHOOLS
Refund
Cancelled Check
$2.60
845.52
$848.12
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UNCLASSIFIED
Sale, Story of Duxbury $2.00
$2.00
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots
$95.00
Care, Interments, Foundations, etc. 3,629.50
$3,724.50
INTEREST
Interest on Deferred Taxes $582.69
Interest on Motor Vehicle Excise
36.50
Dividends from Cemetery Funds
1,528.80
Interest on Tax Titles Redeemed Dividends on Trust Funds
11.01
9,524.03
Accrued interest, School Bonds
510.11
Premium, School Bonds
4,844.32
$17,037.46
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses $819.40
Town Clerk, Sporting Licenses
379.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
4,425.00
Retirement System 2,308.20
Withholding Taxes
11,670.01
$19,601.86
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Elementary School Building Loan $274,000.00
$274,000.00
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REFUNDS
Assessors Department
$14.00
Forest Warden's Department
2.65
$16.65
Total Receipts
$737,316.30
Expenditures GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
Appropriation $40.00
Harry B. Bradley, services
$40.00
$40.00
Selectmen's Salaries
Appropriation
$2,225.00
Salary of Chairman
$1,200.00
Salaries of second and
third members
$1,025.00
$2,225.00
Selectmen's Department
Appropriation
$1,775.00
Appropriation
300.00
$2,075.00
Salaries of Clerk and Assistant
$479.63
Printing, Stationery and Postage
648.21
Travel allowance and mileage
242.50
Telephone
82.16
Civil Engineer, services
368.70
Sound Service
75.00
All other-including membership dues, etc. 54.04
$1,950.24
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Accounting Department
Appropriation
$2,050.00
Accountant's Salary
$1,500.00
Clerk hire
496.07
Printing, Stationery, Postage
32.17
Adding machine maintenance
20.10
All other
1.45
$2,049.79
Treasurer's Salary
Appropriation
$1,400.00
Salary of Treasurer
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
Treasurer's Department
Appropriation
$500.00
Clerk hire
44.07
Printing, Stationery and Postage
56.16
Surety Bond
185.00
Telephone
36.22
Check Writer
70.00
Adding machine maintenance
20.10
Burglary Insurance
31.31
All other
26.75
$469.61
Tax Collector's Salary
Appropriation
$2,400.00
Salary-Tax Collector
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
Tax Collector's Department
Appropriation
$1,350.00
Clerk hire $495.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 357.70
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Surety Bond
281.60
Burglary Insurance
31.31
Typewriter repairs
24.50
All other, including telephone, travel, and Deputy Collector
124.64
$1,314.75
Assessors' Salaries
Appropriation
$1,900.00
Chairman's Salary
$1,000.00
Salary of second and third members
900.00
$1,900.00
Assessors' Department
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Refund Account
14.00
$1,614.00
Salaries, Chief Clerk and Assistant $1,037.33
Printing, Stationery and Postage 149.99
Travel allowance and mileage 208.40
Transfers from Registry of Deeds
110.00
Banker and Tradesman 14.00
All other-including attendance at
meetings and membership fees
44.22
$1,563.94
Assessors' Map Revision
Balance
Copies of Assessors Map
$30.00
$215.00
$30.00
Town Clerk's Salary
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Salary of Town Clerk
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
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Town Clerk's Department
Appropriation
$500.00
Clerk hire
$138.13
Printing, Stationery and Postage
211.03
5.00
Surety Bond All other
3.85
$358.01
Election and Registration
Appropriation
$900.00
Transfer from Reserve
64.30
$964.30
Salaries of Registrars
$225.00
Election Officers-services
592.87
Typing
42.93
Printing, Stationery and Postage
100.50
Posting notices
3.00
$964.30
Law Department
Appropriation
$850.00
Legal Services
$440.00
$440.00
Town Historian
Appropriation
$100.00
Postage and Stationery
$8.75
$8.75
Planning Board
Appropriation
$150.00
Legal Advice
$150.00
$150.00
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Finance Committee
Appropriation $50.00
Printing and Stationery
$15.25
$15.25
Appeal Board
Appropriation
$350.00
Appeal Board-Salaries
$250.00
Stenographer
35.00
Postage
23.18
$308.18
Town Hall and Offices
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Mowing lawn at Honor Roll
$25.00
Labor
29.60
Fuel
639.11
Lights
226.28
Janitor's supplies
65.68
Repairs :
Paint Town Office
1,062.73
Renovate Police Station
924.98
All other repairs
307.02
Insurance
123.75
Telephone
24.14
Oil burner, Town Office
400.00
Filing cabinets
128.86
Mowing and raking
145.00
Water
64.00
All other, including printing,
decorating, ashes removal, etc. 105.20
$4,271.35
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Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation
$17,190.00
Transfer from Reserve 839.87
$18,029.87
Salaries and Wages :
Chief of Police
$3,120.00
Regular Patrolmen
8,520.00
Special Police
4,140.06
Auto Maintenance and Repairs
1,304.11
Maintenance-Radio and other
equipment
374.17
Maintenance-Buildings and
Grounds
21.83
Telephone
282.09
Insurance
106.60
Plymouth Police Station and Lockup
58.30
Uniforms
22.50
All other, including membership fees,
and office expenses
75.93
$18,025.59
Police Department Automobile
Appropriation
$500.00
Pontiac Sedan
$415.00
Radio Installation
25.00
Back-up Light
10.50
$450.50
Fire Department
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Transfer from Reserve
300.00
$8,300.00
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Salaries :
Chief's Salary
$600.00
Chief's Transportation allowance
254.13
Permanent man's salary
1,859.52
Relief man
647.90
Firemen
1,141.20
Apparatus, Replacement's and
Maintenance
637.08
Gasoline
85.70
Rescue Boat repairs
59.45
Rubber coats, boots, mittens
106.82
Folding chairs
66.00
All other equipment and repairs
31.38
Fuel
561.43
Lights
336.32
Building and Grounds, Repairs
668.40
Janitor's supplies, and Gas Radiator
251.40
Water
$32.40
Buildings and Grounds-all other
costs of maintenance, supplies etc. 89.72
Stationery, Printing and Postage
13.75
Telephone
325.67
Insurance
252.74
Badges
78.65
All other costs, including member-
ship fees, express, rations for standby crews, etc. 92.56
$8,192.22
Fire Equipment, Pumper, etc.
Balance of Appropriation $1,513.13 Generator, Oxygenator, Oxygen
Chemox Masks, Extinguishers
$1,453.58
$1,453.58
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation
$300.00
Salary of Sealer
$125.00
Travel allowance
75.00
Equipment
15.71
$215.71
Insect Pest Extermination, Moth
Appropriation
$4,700.00
Salary, Moth Superintendent
$1,000.00
Labor
1,336.20
Trucks and Sprayer
711.01
Equipment
28.98
Insecticides
882.14
Publishing and express
12.01
$3,970.34
Tree Warden's Salary
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Tree Warden's Salary
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Tree Warden's Department
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Hathaway Fund Income
670.88
$5,170.88
Labor
$3,157.95
Trucks
1,411.40
Insecticides
179.22
Equipment, tools, repairs, etc.
97.37
Trees
76.00
All other
2.55
$4,924.49
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Forest Warden's Department
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Cancelled Check
2.65
$3,002.65
Forest Warden's Salary
$450.00
Warden's travel allowance
140.00
Fighting fires
313.65
Trucks
583.19
Extinguishers
114.68
Hose and pails
287.88
All other apparatus
172.98
Garage rental
100.00
Paving driveway
175.00
Badges
24.55
Chemical ("Drench")
48.75
Insurance
19.31
All other
6.80
$2,436.79
Health and Sanitation
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Health Agent, Salary
$411.61
Transportation
5.00
Board and Treatment
715.75
Medicine and Medical Attendance,
Contagious
206.00
Board and Treatment, Tuberculosis
63.00
Ambulance
29.60
School Dentist
500.00
Removal of Fish
14.00
$1,944.96
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Vital Statistics
Appropriation $15.00
Death Reports $4.25
$4.25
Public Health Nurse
Appropriation
$500.00
Salary-Health Nurse $500.00
$500.00
Inspection of Slaughtered Animals
Appropriation $50.00
Salary of Inspector $50.00
$50.00
Animal Inspection
Appropriation $100.00
Salary of Inspector $100.00
$100.00
Town Dump
Appropriation $1,600.00
Custodian of Dump-salary
$1,455.00
Gasoline and oil
10.00
Bulldozing
111.50
Printing
10.00
$1,586.50
Highways CHAPTER 90, CONSTRUCTION 1947
Balance of Appropria- tion
$10,954.64
Labor $1,600.65
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Shovel
2,343.50
Truck and Driver
4,278.85
Guard posts and culvert pipe
234.13
Bulldozer
1,055.00
Grader
430.50
Roller and Crane
254.00
Sand and gravel
51.00
Blasting
706.95
$10,954.58
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE 1948
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transfer from Available
Funds
2,000.00
$3,000.00
Labor
$506.70
Truck and Driver
187.50
Crane and Operator
360.00
Concrete culvert pipe
431.20
Cement, sand, and asphalt
1,228.71
Grader and Roller
285.62
$2,999.73
Town Landings
Appropriation
$2,620.00
Hathaway Fund Income
670.88
$3,290.88
Labor
$1,053.90
Materials
1,148.03
Water supply
18.75
Crane, truck, shovel, rental
489.50
$2,710.18
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CHAPTER 90, CONSTRUCTION, 1948
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Transfer from Available Funds 9,000.00
$12,000.00
Labor
$1,489.05
Shovel and Operator
1,125.50
Trucks and drivers
1,178.00
Sand and gravel
974.50
Blocks, pipe, plates, rings
697.14
Rental, grader, crane, roller, trailer 1,525.48 Bulldozer
231.00
Asphalt
4,542.21
Guard posts
187.50
$11,950.38
Wadsworth Langfellow Terrace
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Labor
238.30
Trucks
422.50
Materials
432.13
$1,092.93
Pilgrim By-Way
Balance of Appropriation $933.01
Labor
$198.30
Trucks
168.00
Material
336.63
$702.93
Bay Ridge Lane
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Labor $666.90
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Trucks Material Trailer Rental
1,164.50 909.16
17.50
$2,758.06
Traffic Signs and Markers
Appropriation
$400.00
Labor
$52.80
Signs and Signals
215.99
$268.79
1948 Heavy Duty Truck
Appropriation
$2,700.00
Heavy Duty Truck
$2,450.00
$2,450,00
Channel Markers
Appropriation
$100.00
Lumber and supplies
$56.82
Labor
23.00
Labor and boat hire
20.00
$99.82
Street Lighting
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Plymouth County Electric Co.
$2,923.97
$2,923.97
1.
Street Lights,
Depot, Surplus, Josselyn, Bay Road, Tremont Appropriation $242.15
Plymouth County Electric Co. $242.15 $242.15
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Street Lights
Harrison Street
Appropriation
$59.24
Plymouth County Electric Co.
$59.24
$59.24
Street Lights Powder Point
Appropriation
$33.05
Plymouth County Electric Co.
$33.05
$33.05
Street Lights
Parks Street, Tobey Garden, and Winter Street
Appropriation
$70.00
Plymouth County Electric Co.
$10.59
$10.59
Snow and Ice Removal
Appropriation
$19,000.00
Transfer from Reserve 300.00
$19,300.00
Labor
$5,991.12
Plows
994.50
Salt
1,866.50
Sand
456.50
Trucks
1,389.12
Grader and tractor
162.00
Combination snow plow
520.00
Sand Spreader
75.00
Snow Plow-Used V
165.00
167
Welding 135.25
Equipment-maintenance and
replacements
111.65
Plow hire and driver
3,152.69
Plow hire, driver and helper
4,058.81
Weather Advisers, Inc .- service
100.00
All other
13.62
$19,191.76
Hydrant Rental
Appropriation
$400.00
Marshfield Water Department $400.00
$400.00
Blue Fish Tide Gates
Appropriation
$23.13
:
Boat hire and labor $4.00
$4.00
Bridge Department
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Hathaway Fund Income 670.88
$5,670.88
Labor
$1,117.10
Lumber and spikes
4,170.57
All other, including cement and hardware 83.13
$5,370.80
Highway Department
Appropriation
$27,500.00
Hathaway Fund Income
1,341.77
$28,841.77
168
Highway Superintendent, Salary $2,756.00 Lights 21.24
Telephone 79.65
Oil for flares and lanterns 120.63
All other administration costs
30.62
Labor 10,182.95
Trucks, maintenance and repairs 1,824.68
Rental of grader, trucks, trailer, etc. 710.25 Gravel, oil, tar, etc. 9,339.39
Hardware, brushes, signs, fencing, etc. 1,139.05
Blocks, grates, rings, pipe
1,616.62
Pump and suction hose
240.00
Insurance
186.47
Mowing and raking
416.00
All other, including express
93.75
$28,757.30
Charities
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$11,000.00
Transfer from Reserve 321.07
Cancelled Check
16.75
$11,337.82
Administration
Salaries, Agent and Clerks $1,457.45
Printing, Stationery and Postage 178.56
All other costs of administration including mileage $263.23
Outside Relief
Groceries and Provisions
$1,450.27
Coal, wood, oil 119.26
State Institution
315.92
169
Burial expense
50.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
1,304.20
Board and Care
184.00
Cash grants to individuals
5,556.25
Reimburse other towns
367.05
All other, including clothing
74.68
$11,320.87
Aid to Dependent Children
-: - - -
Appropriation
$9,200.00
Appropriation
4,763.31
$13,963.31
Salary, Agent and Clerks
$688.15
All other costs of Administration
49.57
Cash grants to individuals
9,803.60
$10,541.32
A. D. C. Federal Grant
Balance from 1947
$757.53
Federal Grants in 1948
3,239.70
$3,997.23
Cash grants to individuals
$3,690.05
$3,690.05
A.D.C. Federal Grant-Administration
Federal Grants in 1948 277.30
Balance from 1947
$17.21
$294.51
Clerk hire Other costs of Administration
$24.00
19.36
$43.36
170
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$27,000.00
Appropriation
10,388.75
Cancelled Checks
463.63
$37,852.38
Salaries
$1,384.60
Mileage
52.92
Telephone
14.34
Medical
1.00
Cash grants to individuals
33,301.99
Reimbursements to other cities
and towns
2,470.40
$37,225.25
O. A. A. Federal Grant
Balance from 1947
$241.51
Federal Grants in 1948
20,685.32
Cancelled Checks
246.65
$21,173.48
Cash grants to Individuals
$18,531.76
$18,531.76
O.A.A. Federal Grant, Administration
Balance from 1947
$78.14
Federal grants in 1948
610.79
$688.93
Salaries
$74.70
Mileage
42.56
Telephone and office supplies
63.05
$180.31
171
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
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