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Balance on Hand 12/31/53 106.56
$1,430.95
The cost of operating the Library has increased ma- terially the past two years with the expansion of Library activities (Please see Librarian's Report).
During the year 1953 it was necessary for the Treas- urer to draw upon the principal of private trust funds to the extent of $1,324.39 in order to make both ends meet.
With the income from private endowments remain- ing fairly constant it becomes necessary to ask the Town for a somewhat larger appropriation than heretofore. The Town will continue to enjoy the facilities of a modern and well operated Library at approximately one-half of the total operating cost.
BARTLETT B. BRADLEY, Treasurer.
The undersigned committee, appointed by the Trustees, has examined the accounts for the year ended December 31, 1953, and verify same as a true and correct statement.
W. R. HUNT, W. B. COFFIN, Auditing Committee.
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Duxbury Days
Town of Duxbury
St. George Street
Duxbury, Mass.
Attention: Mr. Philip Delano
Gentlemen:
The following is the report of the 1953 18th Annual Duxbury Days Parade Committee.
A total of $962.00 was spent by this committee, as itemized on page two, of which the town voted to appro- priate the sum of $950.00.
Following the practice of previous years, the cost of the bands, as shown on items No. 1 through No. 4, will be paid directly by the town. The remainder of expenditures will be paid by the Legion, which will bill the town for the balance due from their appropriation, amounting to $318.00.
We wish to acknowledge our appreciation to the Police Department, Fire Department, Highway Depart- ment, and the many other groups and individuals whose splendid co-operation helped to make the Parade a success.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND CHANDLER 1 Co-Chairmen,
MEL SINNOTT
Parade Committee.
1953 Parade Cost BANDS (Item No. 1 through No. 4)
1. Plymouth Post No. 40,
American Legion-Joseph Contente, Mgr., Ply. 735 $245.00
2. Dorchester Community Corps
(Cowgirl Drum and Bugle Corps) Mrs. W. H. McGee, 492 Ashmont St., Dorchester 200.00
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*Note-$150 to be paid to Corps and $50 to Eastern Mass. Street Railway for transportation)
3. Lawrence W. Foster Post No. 93 (40 man Drum and Bugle Corps) Clarence C. Smith, Foxboro, Mass., Manager . 112.00
4. St. Joseph's Fife and Drum Corps. Bro. Cajelon, C.F.X., Xavian Brothers, 274 Washington St., Somerville *150.00
*$75.00 paid by Legion, balance $75 $707.00
5. South Shore DeMolay (Weymouth) Sponsored by Kiwanis
COST OF OTHER ENTRANTS
A. Floats-First, $50, Second, $25; Third, $15
B. Horribles-First, $35; Second, $20; Third, $10 155.00
OTHER COSTS
C. Cost of South Shore Antique Auto Club 50.00
D. Cost of Tactical Air Control Group 50.00
TOTAL $962.00
Judges - 1953 Parade
FLOATS Dr. Everett L. Handy Mrs. Theodore M. Chase
Mrs. Christopher Wadsworth
HORRIBLES
Hugh O. MacFarlane Joseph MacCormack James Starkweather Parade Marshall John F. Morton James S. O'Neil
1st Aide 2nd Aide
Frank M. Sinnott, Jr.
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PARADE COMMITTEE
Raymond Chandler
Co-chairmen
Mel Sinnott
John Morton
Marching Units
Russell DeWolf
Floats
Jane Wansker Parker
Floats
Maurice Shirley
Bands
Frank Roberts
Horribles
Mike Butler
Horribles
Gordon Cushing
Horribles
Walter Prince
Transportation
Eben N. Briggs
Fire Departments
Division Lineup
Parade forms at 1:00 p.m., Hall's Corner and starts at 2:00 p.m. Duxbury Fire Department and visiting fire departments.
Division I - Forms on Standish Street
Police Escort
Selectmen in Car
Miss Duxbury Days
Marshall and Aids
Legion Colors and Guard (Honorary Color Guard)
Legion Marching Units
Plymouth Legion Band
U. S. Air Force (151st Tactical Control Group)
World War I Vets
Other Vets
Nurses' Car
Army Vehicles
Civil Defense
Division II - Forms on Chestnut Street
Dorchester Community Corps (Drum and Bugle, Cowgirl)
40/8 Color Guard
40/8 Marching Unit
40/8 Locomotive
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Scituate V. F. W. (Color and Guard)
Sea Scouts
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cub Scouts
Brownies
South Shore Antique Auto
Division III - Forms on Depot Street
DeMolay Band
Kiwanis Float (First in Line)
Auxiliary Float (Second in Line)
Other Floats
Mounts
Division IV-HORRIBLES-Forms at Head of Bay Road Lawrence W. Foster Post (40 Man Drum and Bugle) Horribles
Division V-COMMERCIALS-Forms at Top of Hill on Bay Road
Band Commercial Vehicles
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Report of State Audit
To the Board of Selectmen:
Mr. Philip W. Delano, Chairman Duxbury, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Duxbury for the year ending December 31, 1952, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accouts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE, Director of Accounts.
Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Duxbury for the year ending December 31, 1952, and report thereon as follows:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined, checked and verified by comparison with the records of the town treasurer and the town accountant.
The books and accounts in the office of the town
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accountant were examined and checked. The gen- eral and appropriation accounts in the ledger were analyzed, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1952 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The appropriations, as entered in the ledger, were compared with the town clerk's records of financial votes passed in town meeting and the recorded trans- fers from the reserve fund were verified by compar- ison with the authorizations of the finance committee.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The cash book was footed throughout, the recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the dis- bursements were compared with the accountant's books and with the treasury warrants.
The treasurer's cash balance on January 31, 1953 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks in which town funds are deposited.
The payments made for maturing debt and interest were compared with the cancelled securities and coupons on file and with the amounts falling due.
The savings bank books and securities representing. the investment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank were examined and listed, the income being proved and the transfers to the town being verified.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined. The town and district taxes
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transferred from the tax levies to the tax title account were compared with the tax collector's records, the redemptions were compared with the treasurer's re- ceipts, and the outstanding accounts were listed and compared with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The records of payroll deductions on account of federal taxes were examined and proved to the accoun- tant's ledger control.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes and motor vehicle and trailer excise outstanding according to the previous examinations, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and compared with the warrants issued for their collection. The recorded collections were com- pared with the payments to the town and district treasurers, the abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the town accountant's ledger.
The commitments of departmental accounts re- ceivable were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
Verification notices were sent to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town for taxes, motor vehicle and trailer excise and departmental accounts, and from the replies received thereto it appears that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.
The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials required to file them were examined and found to be in proper form.
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The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, by the town clerk, and by the health and police departments were examined and checked, the recorded payments to the treasurer being verified.
Th records of receipts of the sealer of weights and measures and the school department, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked, the reported payments to the treasurer being verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing reconcilations of the treas- urer's and tax collector's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title and depart- mental accounts as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
During the progress of the audit cooperation was extended by all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ,
Assistant Director of Accounts.
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet - December 31, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Planning Board Deposits $10.95
General
$289,935.99
Advance for Petty : Collector
$250.00
Town Clerk
25.00
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-
Due County $5.40
Excess-Sale of Lands of
Low Value 355.66
361.06
Levy of 1951:
Personal Property
$36.55
Tailings -- Unclaimed Checks
677.21
Real Estate
4,709.07
Eden Ellison Beach Fund Bequest
133.60
Levy of 1952:
Ship's Weathervane Trust Fund Income
60.50
Poll
16.00
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
1,347.28
Personal Property
2,804.89
Real Estate
30,212.18
Federal Grants: Disabili y Assistance :
Administration
$102.74
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1950
$55.20
Levy of 1951
28.11
Levy of 1952
3,650.14
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration 90.71
3,733.45
Aid 1,275.53
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Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Agency :
275.00
37,778.69
Assistance 335.46
Tax Titles and Possessions : Tax Titles Tax Possessions
$3,086.73 93.85
Old Age Assistance: Administration Assistance
908.36 3,915.29
3,180.58
6,628.14
Departmental:
Selectmen
415.35
Highway
102.95
229.65
General Relief
675.79
Disability Assistance
26.28
Appropriation Balances : General
48,338.93
Sale of Real Estate Fund
5,600.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
400.00
Fire Loss Reimbursement
2,500.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
14,263.97
Aid to Highways:
State
$1,916.54
County
810.81
Levy of 1952
12,654.69
2,727.35
17,400.31
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimates 1952:
State:
Audit of Municipal Accounts $108.29
Tax Title and Tax Possession 3,180.58
Parks and Reservations
58.93
Departmental 4,269.44
Aid to Highway
2,727.35
Hospital Assessment
458.39
Tax
1,057.70
1,683.36
229,508.42
$343,583.86
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Reserve for Petty Cash Advances Surplus Revenue
275.00
$343,533.86
Revolving Funds: School Lunch School Athletics
$1,937.97
2,167.62
Aid to Dependent Children
884.39
Old Age Assistance
1,271.24
Veterans' Services
569.44
Cemetery
324.00
4,269.44
Overlays Reserved for Abatement:
Levy of 1951 $4,745.62
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $3,733.45
County :
13.910 32
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General
$359,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: Schoolhouse Construction High School Addition
$214,000.00 145,000.00
$359,000.00
$359,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities: In Custody of: Town Treasurer
$201,506.36
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
532.20
2,773.22
1,625.09
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care
$106,353.60
Lucy A. Ewell 544.51
George H. Wood Memorial Day Flower 1,031.09
107,929.20
Investment Funds: Post-War Rehabilitation $3,455.97
Stabilization 31,650.36
35,106.33
$202,038.53
$202,038.56
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Lucy Hathaway Fund
$25,095.74
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
28,391.39
William Penn Harding Library Fund 1,117.59
Thomas Hathaway Fund - Shade Trees and Sidewalks Myles Standish Lot Fund
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Report of the 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, 1953, in accordance with Chapter 41, Section 61, General Laws. This report is arranged in accordance with the class- ifications prescribed by the Director of Accounts.
Appended thereto is a statement of the Appro- priation Balances returned to the Treasury under date of December 31, 1953, and a further statement of the Appropriation Balances retained and carried forward January 1, 1954.
ISABELLE V. FREEMAN,
Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
TAXES
1953 Polls
$1,890.00
1953 Personal
28,008.63
1953 Real Estate
381,207.73
Prior Years:
Poll
2.00
Personal
2,744.69
Real
33,962.62
Redemption of Tax Titles
584.54
Corporation Taxes
28,662.32
Income Taxes:
Chapter 70, G. L.
23,583.60
State Value Basis
24,148.88
$524,795.01
SALE OF LAND OF LOW VALUE
Sundry Persons $414.92
414.92
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LICENSES AND PERMITS
Liquor Licenses
$3,254.00
Marriage Permits
86.00
Auctioneer
4.00
Taxicab
4.00
Garage
35.00
Common Victualler
32.00
Sunday
19.00
Gasoline Renewal
11.50
Innholders
4.00
Hawkers and Peddlers
40.00
Alcohol (Methyl)
7.00
Junk
15.00
Building Permits
222.00
Shellfish:
Private Licenses
504.00
Commercial Licenses
132.50
"Grants"
20.00
4,390.00
FINES AND FORFEITS
Third District Court of Plymouth
$45.00
45.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS
County of Plymouth, Dog Licenses $619.64
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
O.A.A. Federal Grants 29,648.19
A.D.C. Federal Grants 3,070.04
D.A. Federal Grants
5,665.25
Reimbursement, Lost Taxes 489.07
O.A.A. Meal Tax
1,740.33
English Speaking Classes 84.00
Tuition of State Wards 1,241.10
Transportation, State Wards 162.00
Vocational Education 615.17
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H. S. Transportation of Children
17,790.00
School House Aid (Elem.) 3,991.60
65,116.39
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$44,365.96
44,365.96
ASSESSMENTS
Clam "Grant" Assessments
$25.25
25.25
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Treasurer's Fees
$10.30
Tax Collector's Fees
459.25
Town Clerk's Fees
648.75
Town Clerk, Pole Records
36.00
1,154.30
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department, Pistol Permits $19.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
110.75
License to Sell Firearms
6.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
191.61
Bounties from State
16.50
343.86
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Cabin License
$6.00
Garbage Licenses
4.00
Oleo Permits
2.00
Milk Permits
6.50
Permit to Mfg. Ice Cream
1.00
19.50
HIGHWAYS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Ch. 90 Joint Construction
$7,712.27
Ch. 90 Joint Maintenance 992.83
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County of Plymouth:
Ch. 90 Joint Construction 3,708.67
Ch. 90 Joint Maintenance 992.83
North Atlantic Dredging Company
102.95
13,509.55
CHARITIES
Public Welfare
Reimbursements:
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
$661.28
From Cities and Towns
1,017.54
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursements:
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
$30,576.18
From Cities and Towns 2,023.16
Recovery From Individuals
7,554.00
Aid To Dependent Children
Reimbursement:
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
2,329.96
Disability Assistance
Reimbursements:
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts 3,156.32
Veterans Benefits
Reimbursements:
From Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
2,723.92
50,042.36
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UNCLASSIFIED
Sale of Beach Stickers
$2,010.00
Telephone Toll Calls
5.40
Story of Duxbury-Sale
3.00
Cedar Trees-Sale
30.00
School Department, Sale of Books
and Miscellaneous Receipts
61.43
Dog Officer-Sale of Dog
5.00
Sale of Abbott Barn
75.95
School Department-Shop Receipts
57.00
Claim Against Coco-Cola Company
100.00
2,347.78
CEMETERIES
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
$420.00
Care of Lots
1,279.00
Foundations
885.00
Building of Lots
355.00
Raising
48.00
Interments
2,076.00
Miscellaneous
47.50
5,110.50
INTEREST
Interest on Deferred Taxes
$1,293.39
Interest on M.V. Excise
112.10
Interest on Tax Titles-Redeemed
48.13
Interest on Deposits
1,134.59
Dividends From Cemetery
Perpetual Care Funds
2,603.83
Lucy Hathaway Fund Interest
6,281.80
J. & R. Ford Fund
956.00
George H. Wood Fund
27.00
William Penn Harding Fund
100.00
F. & H. Partch Flower Fund
2.25
Myles Standish Cellar Lot Fund
50.10
Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
31.90
12,641.09
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AGENCY, TRUST, AND INVESTMENT
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
$1,167.00
Town Clerk, Sporting Licenses
835.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 5,700.00
Cemetery General Care and
Improvement Fund
25.00
Tailings
183.28
Retirement Funds
4,374.74
Withholding Taxes
25,196.89
Tornado Relief Fund
402.26
Lucy Hathaway Fund, Sale of Rights, etc.
253.68
Agnes Ellison Fund
1,000.00
F. & H. Partch Cem. Flower Fund
300.00
39,438.35
REVOLVING ACCOUNTS
School Lunchroom Fund
$24,991.42
School Athletic Association
1,389.06
Planning Board Deposits
70.00
Liquor Ad Deposits
17.00
Smith-Barden Vocational Fund
1,550.00
28,017.48
REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS
Teachers Annuity Fund
$181.53
Cancelled Checks:
Disability Assistance
24.85
Aid to Dependent Children
159.60
Old Age Assistance:
Town
327.26
Federal Grant
229.35
Selectmen
13.50
Estimated Receipts-Refunds
10.80
Planning Board Deposits-Refund
5.20
School Department-Refund
7.50
Motor Vehicle Excise-Refund
2.03
961.62
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Rockland Trust Company
Sea Wall Notes
$18,000.00
Premium
10.00
Second National Bank
Elementary School Wing-Bonds 280,000.00
Premium
254.80
298,264.80
Total Receipts
$1,091,003.72
EXPENDITURES Moderator
Appropriation
Salary of Moderator $40.00
Selectmen's Salaries
Appropriation
$2,425.00
Chairman
$1,400.00
Second Member
512.50
Third Member
512.50
2,425.00
Selectmen's Department
Appropriation
$2,606.00
Refunded Check
13.50
$2,619.50
Clerk Hire
$910.70
Travel Allowance
200.00
New England Tel. & Tel Co.
133.93
Lawyers Coop. Publishing Co.
30.00
Engineering
275.50
Stationery, Printing, Postage
647.01
Sound Service
35.00
Association Dues and Attendance
54.50
All Other 9.25
2,295.89
$40.00
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Town Treasurer's Salary Appropriation $1,500.00
Salary of Town Treasurer 1,500.00
Town Treasurer's Department
Appropriation $800.00
Transfer from Reserve 72.11
$872.11
Clerk Hire $195.68
Safe Deposit Box
5.00
New England Tel. & Tel.
54.33
Surety Company Bond and Insurance
249.05
Stationery, Printing and Postage
240.61
Bank Service Charges
72.51
All Other
16.54
833.72
Accounting Department-Out of State Travel Appropriation $70.00
Attending Conference of
New England States and
Municipal Finance Officers Assn.
55.95
Accounting Department
Appropriation
$3,122.00
Town Accountant's Salary
$1,900.00
Clerk Hire
955.10
Stationery, Printing
103.50
Association Dues and Attending
Mass. Municipal Auditors and Accountant's Association
61.15
All Other 4.53
3,024.28
Assessors' Salary
Appropriation
$2,300.00
Salaries:
Chairman $1,200.00
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Second Member Third Member
550.00
550.00
2,300.00
Assessors' Department
Appropriation .
$3,598.00
Clerk Hire
$2,183.68
Chairman's Travel Allowance
200.00
Transfers
176.80
New England Tel. & Tel.
11.93
Banker & Tradesman
17.00
Stationery, Printing & Postage
443.47
Office Machine Maintenance
81.05
Street Lister's Fee
125.00
Royal Typewriter (long carriage)
227.50
All Other-Including Attendance
at Association Meetings
and Membership Dues
38.10
3,504.53
Assessors' Map
Balance from Prior Years $1,407.02
1953 Appropriation 1,000.00
$2,407.02
Civil Engineer's Service's
1,245.57
Tax Collector's Salary
Appropriation $2,500.00
Tax Collector's Salary
2,500.00
Tax Collector's Department
Appropriation
$2,695.00
Clerk Hire
$1,000.00
New England Tel. & Tel.
107.16
Envelope Sealer
103.00
Burrough's Adding Machine
238.50
Surety Bond and Insurance
441.38
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Collector's Transportation Costs 62.95 Deputy Collector 28.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
613.87
All Other, Including Office Equipment 37.55
2,632.41
Town Clerk's Salary
Appropriation $1,500.00
Town Clerk's Salary 1,500.00
Town Clerk's Department
Appropriation
$700.00
Clerk Hire
$203.56
Printing, Stationery and Postage
179.22
Surety Bond
5.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
35.53
All Other Including
18.61
441.92
Finance Committee
Appropriation
$50.00
Association Dues
$10.00
Printing Budget Forms
20.50
30.50
Appeal Board
Appropriation
$536.00
Transfer from Reserve
46.88
$582.88
Appeal Board Salaries
$285.00
Clerk Hire
60.00
Printing, Postage, Stationery
93.13
Municipal Law Institute, Registration
24.00
Zoning Bulletins
10.00
Advertising Notices of Hearings
110.75
582.88
Machine Maintenance
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Planning Board
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Clerk Hire
$143.25
Legal Advice and Engineering
1,050.65
Membership Dues
12.50
Printing, Stationery, Office Equipment
48.23
1,254.63
Investigation Officer
Appropriation
$200.00
Services of Investigation Officer 50.00
Election and Registration
Appropriation
$1,125.00
Salaries of Board of Registrars
$240.00
Clerk Hire, Tellers, Officers
543.49
Printing, Stationery, Postage
269.75
1,053.24
Law Department
Appropriation
$1,700.00
Retainer and Legal Advice 1,238.82
Town Historian
Appropriation
$50.00
Painting Sign
$25.00
Supplies and Postage
4.26
29.26
Town Office 1952
Contract, 1952 Appropriation $80.00
Office Lamp
$29.95
2 Metal Files
33.73
63.68
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Town Office
Appropriation
$4,305.00
Labor
$37.25
Fuel
782.57
Lights
318.70
Janitor's Supplies
99.40
Repairs, Plumbing, Painting,
Electrical
2,004.81
Plan Filing Cabinet
283.00
Steel Desk
138.85
Miscellaneous Office Supplies (for use of several departments) 145.08
Boomer Square Evergreens
50.00
Water
42.00
All Other, Including P.O. Box Rent
12.12
3,913.78
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Appropriation
$24,998.00
Transfers from Reserve 1,162.67
$26,160.67
Chief of Police
$4,500.00
Patrolmen
13,600.00
Special Police
4,950.44
Radio Maintenance
65.03
'Auto Maintenance
1,645.72
Office Supplies, Printing, Etc.
590.32
Uniforms 537.80
Insurance (auto and M.C.)
82.25
Storage Charge (M.C.)
60.00
All Other, Including Plymouth Police Station costs 106.06
26,137.62
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Police Department 1953 Automobile
Appropriation $650.00
Additional Appropriation 260.00
$910.00
1953 Ford Interceptor 895.00
Fire Department
Appropriation $10,923.00
Transfers from Reserve 2,022.41
$12,945.41
Fire Chief's Salary
$800.00
Chief's Auto Allowance
400.00
Permanent Man's Salary
2,400.00
Relief Man's Wages
1,270.00
Firemen
2,551.25
Janitor
75.00
Apparatus, Gasoline, Vehicle Repairs
1,081.09
Aluminum Ladder
330.54
Paint Fire Truck
185.00
Fuel
662.90
Lights
437.81
Reshingle Roof
665.00
All Other Building Repairs
335.83
Flood Lights
118.80
Janitors Supplies, and Repairs
136.98
Space Heater
118.95
Water
44.80
All Other Building Costs
63.47
Printing, Stationery, Postage
26.25
Telephones
606.97
Insurance
72.91
Rental (barn)
60.00
All Other Miscellaneous Expenses
35.97
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12,479.52
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Fire Department, 1952
Contract, 1952 Fire
Department Appropriation $640.00
G.E. Radio 640.00
Insect Pest Control
Appropriation $3,526.00
Salary, Superintendent
$1,400.00
Labor
1,222.52
Truck Hire and Expenses
469.71
Chemicals
300.00
All Other Miscellaneous Equipment
131.67
3,523.90
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
Appropriation
$4,800.00
Labor
$2,652.68
Truck Hire and Expenses
1,238.88
Chemicals and Equipment
895.82
4,787.38
Tree Department
Appropriation
$2,450.00
Labor
$1,429.40
Truck Hire and Expenses
686.23
Equipment and Repairs
317.72
All Other, Including Trees
10.00
2,443.35
Tree Warden's Salary
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Salary of Tree Warden 1,600.00
Tree Department, Hathaway Fund Balance of Prev. Dist. $206.58
1953 Distribution of Income 575.00
$781.58
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Labor
$82.36
Trees
293.70
Truck Hire
16.00
Equipment
13.40
405.46
Forest Fire Department
Appropriation
$4,200.00
Warden's Salary
$550.00
Warden's Travel Allowance
150.00
Firefighters
827.55
550' Forestry Hose
272.25
Apparatus, Equipment and Repairs
485.78
Trucks, Maintenance and Repairs
689.75
Garage Rental
180.00
All Other, Including Office Supplies
37.92
3,193.25
Forest Fire Department, 1952 Contract Bal. of 1952 Appropriation $401.50 Motorola, Inc., Walkie-Talkie 401.50
Forest Fire Department, Truck Appropriation $4,500.00
Fire Truck 3,828.21
Ivy Poison Extermination
Balance of Prev. Approp. $6.06
1953 Appropriation 50.00
$56.06
Labor and Truck
13.84
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation $309.00
Sealer's Salary
$200.00
Transportation Allowance
75.00
Equipment
23.87
298.87
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Bounties
Appropriation $60.00 Bounties Paid 15.00
Fire Department, Out of State Travel Appropriation $100.00
Travel Expenses O.S.T. 99.40
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department $2,000.00
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