Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1951-1955, Part 6

Author: Duxbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1300


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$2.79


$2.79


Tax Collector's Salary


Appripriation


$2,500.00


Edwin M. Noyes, Tax Collector $2,500.00


$2,500.00


Tax Collector's Department


Appropriation


$1,912.00


Clerk's Salary


$750.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage 514.10


Surety Bonds 389.00


Telephone


96.38


Burglary Insurance


40.52


Delinquent Warrants


25.00


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Costs of Travel


67.65


All other including Dues


5.25


$1,887.90


Town Clerk's Salary


Appropriation


$1,300.00


Town Clerk's Salary


$1,300.00


$1,300.00


Town Clerk's Department


Appropriation


$600.00


Clerk Hire


$275.22


Recording Fees


4.50


Printing, Stationery, Postage


70.35


Surety Bond


5.00


All other


5.96


$361.03


Finance Committee


Appropriation $50.00


Ass'n of Town Finance Committees,


Dues $10.00


$10.00


Appeal Board


Appropriation


$425.00


Salaries, Board Members


$250.00


Clerk Hire


58.50


Publishing


70.30


Stationery and Postage


7.20


$386.00


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Planning Board


Appropriation $1,500.00


Mass. Fed. Planning Boards, Dues


$12.50


Philip Nichols, Advice 175.00


Thomas Hadley, Services 270.00


Oliver M. Barker, Drafting


28.00


Clerk Hire


4.19


Stationery


17.24


Publishing


4.35


$511.28


Election and Registration


Appropriation $950.00


Salaries, Board of Registrars


$225.00


Listing and Posting


304.60


Printing and Stationery


214.00


Salaries of Tellers


137.00


Services of Police Officer


19.55


$900.15


Law Department


Appropriation


$900.00


Transfers from Reserve $2,057.73


$2,957.73


Town Counsel, Services and Costs $2,957.73


$2,957.73


Town Historian


Appropriation $50.00


Books Purchased for Town


$45.00


Postage and Pictures


1.88


$46.88


133


Town Offices and Buildings


Appropriation


$4,300.00


Labor, Mowing, etc. Fuel


862.24


Lights


316.79


Janitors' Supplies


74.31


Repairs to Buildings, Including Painting


1,070.78


Office Equipment


237.22


Water


80.00


U. S. Flags


47.05


All Other, Including Mileage


7.40


$2,875.19


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Appropriation


$21,203.00


Refund


10.00


$21,213.00


Police Department


Salaries and Wages:


Chief of Police


$ 3,536.00


Regular Patrolmen


11,856.00


Special Police


2,989.85


Auto Maintenance and Repairs


1,674.03


Telephone


381.11


Radio Maintenance and Repairs


73.23


Office Supplies


113.16


Miscellaneous Equipment


104.68


Insurance


107.70


Membership and Attendance at Meetings


$22.00


Uniforms


127.25


Plymouth Police Station and Lock-Up Keeper


28.30


All other


14.61


$21,027.92


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$ 179.40


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Police Automobile


Appropriation


$500.00


Automobile purchased


$477.00 $477.00


Fire Department


Appropriation


$12,479.00


Refund


5.24


$12,484.24


Salaries :


Fire Chief's Salary


$600.00


Permanent Man's Salary


2,100.00


Relief Man's Salary


918.00


Firemen


904.00


Call Men


450.00


Janitor's Salary


75.00


Chief's Travel Allowance


400.00


Apparatus and Equipment


808.42


Hose


680.37


Trucks, gas, oil repairs


270.58


Fuel


713.70


Light


325.11


Building repairs


2,550.04


Janitor's supplies and all other


151.41


Stationery, printing and postage


103.70


Telephone


566.67


Insurance


35.75


Christmas Lights


63.29


Medical Supplies


30.00


Rent


20.00


Boots and Mittens


103.04


All other


21.76


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Fire Department


Out of State Travel Transfer from Reserve $44.00 Attendance at Meeting of Fire Chiefs $44.00


$44.00


Insect Pest Control


Appropriation


$4,110.00


$1,200.00


Superintendent's Salary Labor


1,528.85


Truck Expense


751.02


Equipment


81.78


Insecticides, etc.


204.88


$3,766.53


Control of Dutch Elm Desease


Appropriation


$1,875.00


Labor


$1,128.85


Truck Expense


515.11


Chemicals, etc.


222.20


$1,866.16


Tree Warden's Salary


Appropriation


$1,600.00 $1,600.00


$1,600.00


Tree Warden's Department


Appropriation


Truck Expense Labor Equipment All Other


$3,095.00 $ 860.86


1,526.30 443.95


9.30


$2,840.41


Tree Warden's Salary


34


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Tree Department Hathaway Fund


Distribution of Income


$635.09


Balance 12.19


$647.28


Trees purchased $264.50


$264.50


Forest Fire Department


Appropriation $4,090.00


Forest Warden's Salary


$480.00


Forest Warden's Travel Allowance 144.00


Firemen's wages 715.00


Truck expense


821.39


Equipment


959.68


Folding chairs


120.00


Rent


100.00


Insurance


41.45


All other


122.21


$3,503.73


· Forest Fire Truck


Appropriation


$4,800.00


Fire Truck Purchased


$4,800.00


$4,800.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Appropriation $350.00


Equipment


$ 23.68


Sealer's Salary


175.00


Trevel Allowance


75.00


$273.68


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Bounties


Appropriation Bounties on Seals Bounty on Crow


$50.00 $45.00 .15


$45.15


Health Department


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Salary of Health Agent


$458.26


Contagious Diseases :


Board and Treatment


182.37


Medicine and Medical Attendance


100.00


Tuberculosis :


Board and Treatment


1,174.50


Clothing, etc.


77.85


Dental Clinic-School


480.00


Fish Disposal


15.00


$2,487.98


Town Dump


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Refund


12.50


$1,012.50


Labor


$513.35


Truck


289.75


Materials (wire)


107.90


Welding-repair truck


56.10


Signs


25.00


Engineering (Civil)


20.00


$1,012.10


Public Health Nurse


Appropriation


Susan E. Carter, R.N.


$500.00


$500.00


$500.00


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Animal Inspection


Appropriation $100.00 Salary, Inspector of Animals


$100.00


$100.00


Inspection of Slaughtered Animals


Appropriation


$50.00


Salary, Inspector of Slaughtered


Animals $50.00


50.00


Vital Statistics


Appropriation Return of Deaths $3.50


$15.00


$3.50


HIGHWAYS


Highway Department


Appropriation


$34,089.00


Salary, Superintendent of


Highways


$ 3,120.00


Office Expenses-Lights, Telephones, Supplies


683.95


Labor


11,375.25


Trucks, Maintenance & Supplies


5,864.04


Stone, Gravel, Asphalt, etc.


10,901.95


Equipment and Repairs to Equipment 1,774.54


Truck Insurance


235.75


Painting Traffic Lines 75.00


All Others, Including Engineering


48.87


$34,079.35


139


Highway Department


Hathaway Fund


Balance


$ .29


Distribution of Income 1,270.19


$1,270.48


Labor


$161.80


Truck Expense


92.00


Materials and Supplies


(Asphalt, Concrete, Gravel)


520.36


$774.16


Snow and Ice Removal


Appropriation


$8,000.00


Transfer from Reserve 80.00


$8,080.00


Labor


$2,744.30


Sand and Salt


1,165.56


Trucks and Drivers


1393.13


Equipment and Repairs to Equipment


1,133.79


Contract Plows


1,411.50


Telephone


13.25


Office Fuel and Lights


55.18


Truck Expense, Town Trucks


151.02


Miscellaneous


1.20


$8,068.93


Bridge Department


Appropriation


$8,150.00


Labor Lumber and Spikes


$2,168.93 5,416.31


All Other, Including Equipment


333.65


$7,918.89


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Town Landings


Appropriation


$2,020.00


Labor


$786.50


Materials (including gravel and sand)


693.96


Water


18.00


Trucks and Tractors


416.30


Towing floats, painting, etc.


96.38


$2,011.14


Town Landing


Hathaway Fund


Appropriation


$635.09


Labor


$191.90


Materials


39.15


Towing floats


25.00


$256.05


Highway Department


Heavy Duty Truck Chassis


Appropriation


$2,300.00


Dump Truck


$2,300.00


$2,300.00


Highway Department


Sand Spreader


Appropriation Anthony Sandspreader


$1,420.00


$1,420.00


$1,420.00


141


Ch. 90 Construction


Appropriation


$4,000.00


From E & D


12,000.00


$16,000.00


Labor


$3,369.90


Materials


7,587.52


Trucks and Drivers


1,376.74


Shovel and Operator


1,316.00


Grader


1,601.60


Bulldozer


476.00


Roller


262.95


All other


9.03


$15,999.74


Ch. 90 Maintenance


Appropriation


$1,000.00


From E & D


2,000.00


$3,000.00


Labor


$346.90


Grader


237.50


Asphalt


2,161.58


Truck hire


16.00


Gravel


227.60


$2,989.58


Bayridge Lane Improvement


Appropriation balance $863.51


Labor


$303.25


Trucks


168.00


Grader


308.00_


Roller


22.80_


Bit. Concrete


46.75


$848.80


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Autumn Avenue Improvement


Appropriation balance $25.72


Labor $24.80


$24.80


Street Lights


Appropriation


$3,700.00


Plymouth County Electric Co.


$3,596.54


$3,596.54


Street Lights Mattakeesett Court, Etc.


Appropriation


$66.00


Plymouth County Electric Co.


$25.11


$25.11


Street Lights Tremont Street, Etc.


Appropriation


Balance, 1949


$31.20


Plymouth County Electric Co.


$31.20


$31.20


Street Lights Tremont Street, Etc.


Appropriation


Balance, 1950


$61.90


Plymouth County Electric Co.


$61.90


$61.90


CHARITIES


Presumptive Disability Assistance


Transfer from Welfare


Department


$230.30


Cash grants


$230.30


$230.30


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Public Welfare


Appropriation


Cancelled Checks


$19,100.00 140.10


$19,240.10


Salary, Agent


$907.20


Salaries, Clerk and Visitor


728.30


Printing, Stationery and Postage


60.61


All other office expenses, including


Telephone


85.52


Food and Supplies


1,950.70


Coal and Wood


173.69


Board and Care


378.00


Medicine and Medical Attendance


1,799.59


Cash Grants to Individuals


4,173.50


All other


88.08


Funeral


200.00


Relief by Other Cities and Towns


2,367.44


$12,912.63


Aid to Dependent Children


Appropriation


$6,900.00


Cash Grants


$4,446.83


Administration Cost, Including Mileage


89.46


Salaries, Visitor and Clerk


520.78


$5,057.07


Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants


1950 Balance


Federal Grants


$2,067.41 3,285.66 54.35


Canceled Check


$5,407.42


Cash Grants


$4,714.24


$4,714.24


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Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants


Administration


1950 Balance


$178.52


Federal Grants


361.96


$540.48


Agent's Salary


$450.90


$450.90


Old Age Assistance


Appropriation


$44,400.00


Cancelled Checks


248.40


$44,648.40


Cash Grants


$42,710.48


Reimburse Other Cities And Towns 1,487.62


Envelopes


36.32


All Other, Including Telephone and Mileage


119.00


Clerk Hire


46.58


$44,400.00


Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants


Balance 1950


$915.99


Federal Grants


32,598.11


Cancelled Checks


270.90


Cash Grants


$33,785.00 $27,861.66


$27,861.66


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Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants Administration


Balance 1950


$828.36


Federal Grants


1,334.10


$2,162.46


Salary of Agent


$1,341.90


Salaries, Clerk and Visitor


194.92


All Other, Mileage and Office


Supplies 59.25


$1,596.07


Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund


Appropriation $24.30 Hospital Costs $24.30


$24.30


Veterans' Benefits


Appropriation


$7,715.00


Agent's Salary


$ 750.00


Clerk Hire


75.00


Ordinary Benefits


1,999.79


Fuel


56.75


Medical Expenses


60.20


War Allowances


127.75


Veterans Burial and Cost


150.00


Office Chair


49.75


Office Lamp


21.00


Mileage


66.94


All Other Office Costs


33.50


$3,390.68


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES


Vocational and Americanization


Appropriation Vocational Schools


$3,083.00


Americanization Classes


$1,343.65 585.20


146


Transportation to Vocational Schools 507.88


$2,436.73


Remodel Elementary School Room


Balance of Appro-


priation $3,990.63


Thomas Worcester, Architect $308.13


Hayes & Watkins, Construction


3,598.60


$3,906.73


Public Use of School Facilities


Appropriation


$600.00


Janitor's Wages


$39.00


Fuel Oil


560.57


$599.57


Remodel Duxbury High School


Committee's Expenses


Balance of Appro-


priation $5,000.00


Sturgis Associates, Architects $3,000.00


All Other Expenses


166.90


$3,166.90


Duxbury High School


Construct New Wing


From E & D


$3,000.00


Proceeds of Loan


165,000.00


$168,000.00


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C. A. Batson Co., Construction $73,395.45


Sturgis Associates, Architects 7,636.94


Construction Bond 1,590.73


Authenticating Bonds


503.14


All Other, Including Advertising


126.24


$83,252.50


Duxbury High School


Remodel Building


From E & D


$70,000.00


Appropriation


13,200.00


From Revenue 12,800.00


$96,000.00


C. A. Batson Co., Construction


$39,916.58


Sturgis Associates, Architects


3,868.56


Construction Bond


795.37


All Other


61.86


$44,642.37


School Department


Out of State Travel


Transfer from Reserve


$79.12


Travel to Interview Teachers


$79.12


$79.12


School Department


Appropriation


$155,897.95


818.35


Dog Fund Refund 296.59


$157,012.89


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Salaries :


Everett L. Handy, Supt.


$5,666.67


Elizabeth W. McLeod, Clerk


2,438.64


Muriel O. Ferrell, Secretary


1,020.00


Earl P. Bassett 3,908.34


Elizabeth M. Bassett


3,308.34


Elesebeth Bencordo


1,878.98


Ralph N. Blakeman


3,790.32


Genevieve M. Collins


2,034.60


M. Connie Dandeneau


2,041.60


Frances C. Gray


2,174.98


Richard C. Hands


2,566.58


Edmund J. King


3,308.32


Harriet P. Marston


2,874.96


William H. Sands


2,308.34


Robert M. Vaughan


3,191.62


Rodney R. Wood


4,141.68


Barclay J. Woodward


2,274.02


Josephine L. Bush


2,995.86


Dorothea A. Carr


1,268.70


Dorothy Gerstle


1,550.02


Mildred E. Glass


2,595.78


Royal S. Graves


3,050.02


Betty J. Harrigan


1,550.02


Lena A. Macomber


3,008.34


Genevieve E. Mott


3,008.34


Alice L. O'Neil


3,008.34


Sarah E. Paulding


3,258.24


M. Abbie Peckham


3,208.32


Jean C. Richter


1,829.12


Doris M. Toohey


1,550.02


Flora Ann Wood


2,350.02


Ellamarie Axinger Carr


3,068.32


Margaret R. Hadley


3,108.24


Ella B. Hebbard


2,200.08


Donald F. Leach


333.28


149


Eleanor K. Churchill


933.36


Florence J. Harrison


1,100.00


James W. O'Hara


866.64


Richard W. Beverridge


800.00


Lois Broadbeck


800.00


Beatrice A. Chase


833.36


Elizabeth V. Mawhinney


797.50


Harry Iovinelli


166.64


Ellis F. Harrison, Janitor


2,371.28


Richard Putnam "


714.56


Charles W. Schwab


3,233.28


Michael J. Sheehan "


1,627.11


Susan E. Carter, Nurse


1,220.00


Earl Chandler, Truant Officer


70.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


353.36


Telephones


268.61


Traveling Expenses


614.66


School Census


150.00


Garbarge Costs


40.00


All Other General Costs of Administration


155.95


Substitute Teachers and Tutoring


1,708.00


Text Books, High School


1,956.12


High School, Supplies, Work


Books, Tests


5,608.20


Elementary School, Text Books


1,145.31


Elementary School, Supplies, Work Books, Tests


3,366.39


Transportation :


High School


6,007.78


Elementary School


10,974.70


Additional Janitoring Costs 562.40


Fuel and Light :


High School


3,223.65


Elementary School


2,679.05


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Maintenance Buildings and Grounds :


High School Repairs


1,734.85


Janitors' Supplies 1,331.25


All Other 19.15


Elementary School Repairs


666.70


Janitors' Supplies


613.97


Furniture and Furnishings :


High School


2,375.74


Elementary School


197.41


Diplomas and Graduation costs


81.96


Insurance


698.59


School Physician


572.50


Health Supplies


50.42


$154,559.50


Duxbury Free Library


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Librarian's Salary


$1,200.00


Assistant Librarian's Salary


520.00


Janitor's Salary


280.00


$2,000.00


Duxbury Free Library Hathaway Fund


Distribution of Income


$317.55


Purchase of New Books


$116.76


$116.76


RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED


Builders Risk Insurance


Transfer from Reserve


$190.35


Insurance Police


$190.35


$190.35


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Civil Defense


Appropriation Office Supplies and Defense Equipment


$1,000.00


$115.12


$115.12


Unclassified


Appropriation


$450.00


Town Clock Repairs


$49.25


Custodian, Town Clock


60.00


Paint Flag Pole and Town Clock


70.00


Custodians, U.S. Flags


50.00


Flag Pole Repairs


31.43


U.S. Flags


23.59


Dog Officer


147.50


$431.77


Harbor Master


Appropriation


$1,020.00


Harbor Master's Salary


$250.00


Assistant Harbor Master's Salary


220.00


Equipment


190.00


Move Moorings


25.00


Install Channel Markers


153.50


All Other


15.00


$853.50


Shellfish Department


Appropriation


$2,100.00


Salary, Shellfish Constable


$1,500.00


Transportation Allowance


475.00


Office Supplies and Other Equipment Plow Flats


28.42


31.81


$2,035.23


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Special Shellfish Department


Balance, 1950 Grants


$340.19


1951 Grants


150.00


$490.19


Labor


$478.19


All Other


12.00


$490.19


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Workmen's Compensation


Insurance


$1,978.56


$1,978.56


Poison Ivy Control


Appropriation


$100.00


Truck Hire


$31.50


Labor


31.60


$63.10


Poison Ivy Extermination


Appropriation Balance $20.65


Materials


$10.09


Truck


4.50


$14.59


Aid to Agriculture


Appropriation $100.00


Aid to Agriculture-


Contribution $100.00


$100.00


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Hydrant Rental


Appropriation Town of Marshfield


$550.00


$550.00


$550.00


Parks and Playgrounds


Appropriation


$735.00


Labor


$396.40


Equipment Purchased


99.58


Truck Expenses


32.00


Water


18.00


Grader Rental


126.00


Mowing and Rolling


30.00


$701.98


Town Hall Recreational Center


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Telephone


$73.93


Fuel


307.50


Lights


104.88


Janitor's Supplies


27.82


Repairs to Building


·350.83


Director's Salaries


566.00


$1,430.96


Town Retirement System


Appropriation


$2,288.00


Balance


487.80


Plymouth County Retirement


System $2,288.00


$2,288.00


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Printing and Distributing Town Reports


Appropriation Printing Town Reports


$1,350.00


Delivering Reports


$1,102.20 64.90


$1,167.10


Fire Insurance Schedule


Appropriation


$1,800.00


Insurance Policies


$1,554.28


$1,554.28


Eben Ellison Beach


Gift-Balance


$465.85


Engineering Labor


$68.25


76.00


$144.25


Myles Standish Cellar Lot


Withdrawn from Fund


Income


$8.00


Labor and Truck


$8.00


$8.00


Greenhead Fly Control


Appropriation


$1,300.00


Stare Reclamation Board


$1,300.00


$1,300.00


Fourth of July


$950.00


Appropriation


Bands-In Parade


$692.00 258.00


Prizes Awarded, Etc.


$950.00


155


Memorial Day


Appropriation


$400.00


Flowers


$156.40


Flags


67.90


D. H. S. Band


75.00


All Other


48.00


$347.30


Mosquito Control


Appropriation


$1,500.00


State Reclamation Board


$1,500.00


$1,500.00


Tarkiln Youth Center


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Lights


$57.00


Fue!


486.18


Repairs


151.00


Phonograph


200.00


Card Tables


75.00


$969.18


CEMETERIES


Boomer Square


Appropriation


$60.00


Labor


$38.50


Geraniums


15.00


$53.50


George H. Wood Fund


Appropriation


$29.00


Flowers $29.00


$29.00


156


Cemetery Department, Hathaway Fund


Appropriation Labor Materials


$317.55


$126.80


92.41


$219.21


Cemetery Department


Appropriation


$11,200.00


Sale of Lots


240.00


Perpetual Care Fund Income


1,868.80


$13,308.80


Superintendent's Salary


$2,808.00


Labor


7,071.40


Secretary's Salary


240.00


Office Expenses


87.27


Loam, Etc.


458.50


Trees and Shrubs


28.00


Telephone


105.48


Equipment and Materials


1,785.65


Trucks and Power Mowers


627.40


All Other


85.53


$13,297.23


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Interest


Appropriation Interest on Elementary School Bonds


$6,100.00


1 $5,658.75


$5,658.75


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Maturing Debt


Appropriation $15,000.00


Elementary School Bonds $15,000.00


$15,000.00


21


Unpaid Bills of 1951


Appropriation


$191.30


Bay Motor Co .: Forest Fire Dept. $3.60


I. H. Waterman, M. D .: Veterans' Benefits 18.00


Victor V. Ragonetti, M. D .: Veterans'


Benefits 6.00


Balboni's Drug Store: Veterans'


Benefits 2.25


Elden F. Wadsworth : Town Hall


Recreation Center 15.82


Eben N. Briggs : Town Hall


Recreation Center 45.63


William H. Sands: Town Hall


Recreation Center 40.00


Robert M. Vaughan: Town Hall


Recreation Center


60.00


$191.30


AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT


County of Plymouth, County Tax 25,501.94


Rockland Trust Co., Withholding Tax 17,298.51


Plymouth County Treasurer, Re- tirement Funds 3,980.08


Plymouth Savings Bank, Perpetual Care Funds 5,848.01


Division of Fisheries and Game, Sporting Licenses 484.75


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Plymouth Savings Bank, Trust Fund Income 625.00


Plymouth Five Cents Savings


Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,823.81


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


State Parks and Reservations 640.77


State Audit of Municipal Accounts 726.39


Plymouth County Hospital, T. B. 8,822.96


Plymouth County, Dog Licenses


1,079.60


$66,831.82


REVOLVING FUNDS


School Lunch Program


1950 Balance $ 1,519.72


Amounts received from


Cafeteria and Federal Subsidy 21,184.58


$22,704.30


Food and Materials


$16,081.61


Labor


4,875.49


Bookkeeping


135.00


Fuel and Lights


141.80


$21,233.90


Athletic Association


Received from Athlet-


ic Association


$2,015.73


Balance from 1950 701.56


2,717.29


Miscellaneous Services and Supplies 1,831.22 -


$1,831.22


159


Planning Board Deposits


Deposits received


$20.00


Balance from 1950


5.68


$25.68


Postage


3.91


Publishing


8.15


Deposits Refunded


3.38


15.44


Liquor Ad Deposit


Deposit received


$3.00


Paid for publishing 3.00


3.00


REFUNDS


1950 Real Estate Tax


$ 195.00


1951 Poll Taxes


22.00


1951 Personal Property Tax


51.60


1951 Real Estate Tax


821.42


1950 Excise Taxes 70.61


1951 Excise Taxes


1,441.66


Interest and Costs refunded


.52


2,602.81


Total Expenditures


$704,902.83


Transfers from Reserve


APPROPRIATION $4000.00 To School Department, Out of State Travel $ 79.12


To Fire Department, Out of State Travel 44.00


To Law Department 1,434.78


82


160


To Accounting Department, Out of State Travel


60.16


To Law Department


622.95


To Snow and Ice Removal Dept.


80.00


To Builders Risk Insurance


190.35


$2,511.36


CEMETERY TRUST FUND ACCOUNT


Total Amount of Cemetery Perpetual Care


Funds, December 31, 1950


$95,099.35


Dividends added to the Trust Funds in 1951


1,973.04


New Funds Added in 1951:


Barclay, Julia and Beatrice


200.000


Bartlett, William K.


100.00


Brink, Raymond C. et al


200.00


Chandler, Beulah M.


400.00


Chandler, Wadsworth


200.00


Delano, Elijah


220.65


Dole, Lawrence C.


200.00


Eldridge, Slvester


400.00


Heywood, Beatrice et al


200.00


Jackson, Rupert A.


200.00


MacDonald, Roderic N.


400.00


MacFarlane, Nancy L. et al


200.00


McCombs, Lester A.


200.00


Needham, Kathryn H.


100.00


Poole, Harry G.


100.00


Sampson, Sylvanus


200.00


Cosgrove, Mary C.


400.00


Sears, Edith T.


250.00


Connell, Helen W.


200.00


Bradley, Charles H. Jr.


200.00


Funds increased by the following deposits :


Holmes, Rebecca T.


100.00


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Miller, Capt. Frank


100.00


Palmer, Marcus S.


52.36


Wadsworth, Henry Mayflower Cemetery Fund


100.00


500.00


Duplicate Deposits of bequests


425.00


Total Trust Funds and Dividends


$102,920.40


Amount withdrawn from income for care of lots in 1951


1,868.80


Total trust funds Dec. 31, 1951 $97,694.31


Accumulated interest 3,357.29


$101,051.60


APPROPRIATION BALANCES RETAINED


Assessors' Map


$1,182.21


Town Office (Encumbered)


75.00


Police Automobile


23.00


Police Lighting Unit


500.00


Fire Department, (Encumbered)


575.00


Fire Dept. Pumper Equipment


59.55


Tree Dept., Hathaway Fund


382.78


Town Forest


3.00


Poison Ivy Control


36.90


Highway Dept., Hathaway Fund


496.32


Bridge Dept., Hathaway Fund


635.23


Town Landings, Hathaway Fund


379.04


Ch. 90 Construction


.26


Cr. 90 Maintenance


10.42


Bayridge Lane, Improvements


14.71


Autumn Avenue, Improvements


.92


Crescent Street, Improvements


44.76


Pilgrim By-Way, Improvements


230.08


Longfellow Terrace, Improvements


907.07


Town Landing, Cove Street


25.00


162


Church and Tremont St., Awards 52.00 Street Lights, Mattakeesett etc. 40.89


1.27


Alden Street Tennis Courts Traffic Signs and Markers Veterans Benefits (Encumbered) School, Hathaway Fund Elementary School Building D. H. S. Remodelling Committee


1,270.19


779.91


1,833.10


Elementary School Classrooms


83.90


Elementary Playground Equipment


12.05


D. H. S. Remodelling


51,357.63


D. H. S. New Wing


84,747.50


Library, Hathaway Fund


200.79


Civil Defense


884.88


Special Shellfish Fund


550.00


Propagation of Shellfish


486.69


Poison Ivy Extermination


6.06


Mosquito Control Expansion


1,300.00


Water District Committee


200.00


Eradication of Rag Weed


100.00


Duxbury Harbor Improvement


12,000.00


Fish Ladders, Island Creek


179.70


Land Damage Awards


4.85


Land Damage Awards


8.00


Tax Title Expense


595.50


Mosquito Control Expansion


600.00


Parking Area Sign


50.00


Town Retirement System


487.80


Tax Title Expense


149.28


Blue Fish Tide Gates


60.63


Cemetery Dept., Hathaway Fund


98.34


$163,795.62


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13.41


60.00


163


APPROPRIATION BALANCE RETURNED TO TREASURY


General Government:


Selectmen's Department


$ 317.36


Treasurer's Department


45.47


Accounting Department


153.02


Assessors Department


316.79


Tax Collector's Department


24.10


Town Clerk's Department


238.97


Finance Committee


40.00


Appeal Board


39.00


Planning Board


988.72


Election and Registration


49.85


Town Historian


3.12


Town Office Department


1,349.81


Protection of Persons and Property :


Police Department


185.08


Fire Department


18.40


Insect Pest Control


343.47


Control of Dutch Elm Disease


8.84


Tree Department


254.59


Forest Fire Department


586.27


Sealer of Weights and Measures


76.32


Bounties


4.85


Health :


Health Department


512.02


Town Dump


.40


Vital Statistics


11.50


Highway:


Highway Department


9.65


Snow and Ice Removal


11.07


Bridge Department


231.11


Town Landings


8.86


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89


41


164


Street Lights


103.46


Charities : Public Welfare


6,097.17


Aid to Dependent Children


1,842.93


Old Age Assistance


248.40


Veterans Benefits


4,264.32


Schools :


School Department


2,453.39


Vocational and Americanization


646.27


Public Use of School Facilities


.43


Recreation and Unclassified :


Unclassified


18.23


Harbor Master


166.50


Shellfish


64.77


Workmen's Compensation Insurance


21.44


Parks and Playgrounds


33.02


Town Hall Recreation Center


69.04


Memorial Day


52.70


Tarkiln Youth Center


30.82


Printing and Delivering Town Re-


ports


182.90


Fire Insurance Schedule


245.72


Cemeteries :


Cemetery Department


11.57


Boomer Square


6.50


Interest :


Interest


441.25


Total


$22,829.47


TOWN OF DUXBURY


Balance Sheet - December 31, 1951


GENERAL ACCOUNTS


'ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash:


In Banks and Office


$378,431.24


Collector (Petty Cash)


150.00


Town Clerk (Petty Cash)


25.00


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes:


612.46


Levy of 1949


$ 11.90


Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves


150.00


Levy of 1950


5,507.99


Sale of Real Estate Fund


5,600.00


· Levy of 1951


35,450.01


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


Levy of 1948 2.00


Levy of 1949


4.00


School Lunch Program 1,470.40


Levy of 1950


252.90


Planning Board Deposits 10.24


2,366.71


2,630.43 Eben Ellison Beach 221.60


Manufacturing, etc., Excise


2,800.00 Ship Weather Vane


60.50


Tax Titles


$ 2,754.75


Tax Possessions


93.85


Payroll Deductions : Federal Taxes Retirement System 325.38 $ 1,625.76


$378,606.24 Fire Loss Reimbursement Proceeds of Dog License-Due County Tailings


$ 1,951.11 2,500.00 5.40


165


Overestimates, 1951: 2,848.60 County Tax $ 2,668.03


282.10


Tax Title Receipts, Reserved under Sec- 40,969.90 tion 79, Chapter 60, General Laws Revolving Funds: Athletic Association $ 886.07


355.66


Levy of 1951 2,371.53


Departmental: Selectmen's Department $ 75.95




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