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Boarding and killing dogs
$
53.00
Investigating complaints,
time and mileage
26.00
Collecting dog licenses,
Collecting dog licenses, 72 at .50c
36.00
$
115.00
3. Health and Sanitation.
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment $ 607.94 Board of Health Expense. Appropriation and transfers, $508.00.
Bristol Co. Tuberculosis Hos-
pital, for Berkley patients
$
357.00
Joseph O. Freeman, Animal Inspector 60.00
Slaughtering Inspector 87.00
Edward F. McCrohan, burying fowl 3.00
-$ 507.00
Mosquito Control Appropriation $25.00
State Reclamation Board assessment $25.00
4. Highways.
Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance. Appropriation and transfer, $12,600.00
Salaries and wages: Linneus C. Whitaker, Highway Surveyor $214.20
Laborers :
Lewis W. Ashley 1,159.50
John H. Ames 78.00
George R. Babbitt 19.88
Andrew R. Crane
502.65
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Herbert J. Flint 21.60
Ernest A. Greene
795.75
Stanley F. Hadro 400.20
Edwin D. Jones
10.50
Edward F. McCrohan
786.60
John T. McCrohan, Jr.
156.60
Martin D. Shippee
103.95
Joseph Slivinski
45.60
D. Wallace Westgate 43.65
Harold L. Westgate, Jr. 111.15
$4,449.83
Equipment hire, drivers paid separately :
Trucks at $1. per hour :
Lewis W. Ashley $324.00
George R. Babbitt 99.50
John T. McCrohan 181.00
Linneus C. Whitaker
992.00
Tractor at $1. per hour :
Manuel R. Barboza 36.00
1,632.50
Equipment hire, drivers included : Herbert M. Ashley, bull- dozer, $ 88.00
McCabe Sand & Gravel Co.
Grader, scraper 517.75
Power shovel 408.75
Bulldozer and
transporting
362.75
Trucks
564.25
Thomas Bros., gas shovel 297.00 trucks 236.00
Clarence Vickery, truck
36.00
shovel 78.00
2,588.50
Materials : Berkley Gen. Store, oil, etc. $1.05 Andrew R. Crane, 10 cedar posts 5.00
Dean St. Builders Supply Co., cement 9.20
John Q. Dillingham, gravel, filling 124.70
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Ernest A. Greene, 18 cedar posts 9.00
Lydia D. Hall, gravel 4.50
Independent Coal Tar Co., taric 1,332.67
Mack Construction Co., sand patch 187.27
Manny's Hardware, paint, etc. 27.22
McCabe Sand & Gravel Co., gravel, sand, cold patch 834.42 N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culvert 87.02
Pierce Hardware Co., paint
10.40
Waldron Hardware Co., cement 6.00
Sanders Lumber Co., nails, lumber 14.14
G. A. Winter Co., asphalt 1,275.00
3,927.59
12,598.42
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance. Appropriation and transfer, $3,000.00
Salaries and wages:
Lewis W. Ashley
$ 47.25
Andrew R. Crane
46.35
Ernest A. Greene 42.75
Stanley F. Hadro 44.10
Edward F. McCrohan 39.15
John T. McCrohan, Jr. 16.20
Harold L. Westgate, Jr. 14.85
$ 250.65
Trucks at $1. per hour, drivers paid separately :
Lewis W. Ashley
$
3.00
Linneus C. Whitaker 53.00
56.00
Equipment hire, drivers included : McCabe Sand & Gravel Co., grader Materials :
99.00
Independent Coal Tar Co., taric $1,752.60
McCabe Sand & Gravel Co., gravel 841.75 2,594.35 $3,000.00
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Chapter 90 Construction, Padelford and Porter Streets. Transfer from Excess and Deficiency, $3,000.00. No payments.
Land Damage Account, Padelford Street. Appropriation $400.00 Balance $25.00; Total $425.00.
No payments.
Road Machinery Account. Appropriation $225.00. Joseph H. Babbitt, repairing tools $ 11.90
Barboza's Filling Station, gas, oil 6.05
Berkley General Store, oil, etc. 2.11
Domestic Fuel Co., gas 1.00
Manny's Hardware Co., brush, stones 2.05
Pierce Hardware Co., crankshaft, con. rod, rings, 12 snow shovels, 2 hooks, saw, files, fence, 1 boy's axe 67.16
Waldron Hardware Co., handles,
spades rake, bush hooks, axe 15.58 $ 105.85
Berkley-Dighton Bridge Account. Appropriation $375.00 Joseph H. Babbitt, tender $ 360.00
Town of Dighton, paid for lights 3.60
$ 363.60
Snow Removal and Sanding. Appropriation and trans- fer, $6,000.00
Salaries and wages:
Linneus C. Whitaker, Highway Surveyor
$ 405.00
Laborers earning over $5. for the year:
Elijah Ames
42.89
Lewis W. Ashley
8.10
George R. Babbitt
245.71
James Barrow
31.52
John W. Barrow
9.01
John W. Barrow, Jr.
34.14
Ernest H. Brailey
155.87
Alvin E. Briggs
9.00
Charles A. Brown
132.76
William Burgett
9.38
Andrew R. Crane
15.08
Walter S. Crane, 3rd
9.38
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Anthony DeMoura, Jr.
10.50
Richard D. DeMoura
10.50
Ernest R. Flint
5.25
Francis E. Fournier
70.14
George R. Gagnon
13.13
James A. Garrity
16.88
James E. Garrity
9.00
Louis R. Gracia
9.01
Richard Gracia
41.27
Ernest A. Greene
196.23
Stanley F. Hadro
34.89
Nathan W. Holmes
112.75
Robert H. Hunter, Jr.
9.75
Stuart M. Hunter
9.75
Edwin D. Jones
67.51
Irving E. Jones
7.50
Joseph H. Marshall, Jr.
27.01
David A. Pierce
33.88
Arnold B. Perry
49.88
Elmer W. Perry
48.75
Lawrence R. Perry
14.40
Richard A. Perry
212.93
David A. Pilling
5.25
Ralph E. Sherman
44.93
George F. Silva
7.88
George G. Silva
7.88
Peter B. Slivinski
29.26
Fred Smith
22.14
Charles A. Sylvia
92.94
Walter Zrebiec
42.76
19 persons earned $5. or less for the year
69.24
$2,441.03
Equipment hire :
Trucks at $1. per hr .:
Lewis W. Ashley $7.00
George R. Babbitt 56.00
Warren A. Holmes
5.50
Charles A. Sylvia
32.00
$ 100.50
Trucks at $2. per hour :
Damon Clegg $ 11.00
George Silva 21.00
32.00
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Plows at $3.50 per hour:
Lewis W. Ashley $ 7.00
George R. Babbitt 777.00
Warren A. Holmes 782.25
Richard A. Perry 883.75
2,450.00
Plow at $5. per hour : Richard A. Perry $185.00
Plow and driver at $8. per hour .:
McCabe Sand & Gravel 112.00
Bulldozer, 5 hrs .: Herbert M. Ashley 40.00
Sand Spreader: McCabe Sand & Gravel Co. 49.46 Truck Hire: McCabe Sand & Gravel Co. 96.88
Tractors, $2. per hr .:
Sibyl Crane Gardner 14.00
Edward Roman 6.00
Tractor Shovel, 131/2 hrs .:
John W. Barrow 67.50
Autos at $1. per hour :
James A. Garrity 6.00
Ernest A. Greene 2.00
Stanley F. Hadro 29.00
Horse, at .40c per hr .:
Charles A. Sylvia
2.00
3,192.34
Materials :
McCabe Sand & Gravel Co .:
Screened sand 176.86
Calcium Chloride 29.20
206.06
$5,839.43
Street Lights. Appropriation $100.00.
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
$
99.84
5. Charities and Veterans' Benefits. Board of Public Welfare Salaries. Appropriation $150.00. Harold G. Ashley $ 50.00
Albert Bindon 50.00
John P. Pilling
50.00
-$ 150.00
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Temporary Aid, Administration. Appropriation $200.00.
Salaries and wages :
Susan A. Atterbury $64.25
Ruth Avery 24.25
Albert Bindon 21.40 $ 109.90
-
Albert Bindon, mileage
1.59
Social Service Index
5.50
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms
.69
Holmes Print Shop
4.06
-$
121.74
Temporary Aid, Aid. Appropriation, transfer and re- funds, $3,533.50 Cash Grants $ 450.88
Doctors and nurses :
Fred R. Blumenthal, M. D. $ 5.00
John H. Doyle, M. D. 10.00
Veronica Roberts
24.00
39.00
Hospitals:
F. R. Contagious Hosp. $648.00
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary 50.00
698.00
Medicines :
Hanson & Co., Inc. 1.40
Groceries and Provisions :
George Chartier $ 45.00
Sawyer's Market 597.50
642.50
Other Cities and Towns :
Town of Dighton $ 60.00
Town of Freetown 239.15
City of Taunton 1,030.89
1,330.04
$3,161.82
Administration.
Aid to Dependent Children, Appropriation less trans- fer, $25.00
Albert Bindon, salary supervisor
$
2.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration. Federal Grant account. Federal Grants available, $35.77.
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Salaries and wages :
Susan Atterbury
$ 8.38
Ruth Avery
3.63
Albert Bindon 14.80
-$ 26.81
Albert Bindon, mileage
1.34
Holmes Print Shop, envelopes
.94 $ 29.09
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid. Appropriation and re- fund, less transfer, $1,067.52.
Cash grants $ 909.31
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid; Federal Grant account. Federal Grants available, $1,021.99
Cash grants $ 877.72
Old Age Assistance, Administration. Appropriation and transfer, $500.00
Salaries and wages:
Susan A. Atterbury
$ 80.00
Ruth Avery
16.00
Albert Bindon
291.00
$ 387.00
Albert Bindon, mileage
37.26
Holmes Print Shop
4.50
Sullivan's Office Supply Co.
10.00
$ 438.76
Old Age Assistance, Administration; Federal Grant ac- count. Federal Grants available, $307.22
Salaries and wages:
Susan A. Atterbury
$ 59.87
Ruth Avery
43.62
Albert Bindon
147.00 -$ 250.49
Albert Bindon, mileage
16.06
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
1.57
Holmes Print Shop
22.30
-$ 290.42
Old Age Assistance, Aid. Approriation and transfer, $17,500.00.
Cash grants
$15,819.43
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Other Cities and Towns:
Town of E. Bridgewater $ 55.49
Town of Fairhaven 114.99
Town of Freetown
213.78
Town of Lakeville
157.60
Town of Raynham
112.33
Town of Swansea
65.50
City of Taunton
209.35
929.04
$16,748.47
Old Age Assistance, Aid; Federal Grant account. Federal Grants available $13,307.35 Cash grants $12,750.08
Department of Veterans' Services. Appropriation $400. Salaries and wages:
R. Donald Andrews
$100.00
Cash grants 53.65
City of Taunton
109.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
6.73
Holmes Print Shop
4.55
273.93 $
School Committee Salaries. Appropriation $160.00.
Ruth O. Babbitt
$50.00
Gil A. Bettencourt
39.75
William A. Cox, Chairman
60.00
Bion L. Pierce
10.00
$ 160.00
School Department.
Appropriation $34,212.70.
General Expense :
Salaries and Wages :
Gladys P. Babbitt $ 107.10
William A. Cox 25.00
Marjorie A. Oldmixon 225.02
John J. Rolfe 511.32
$ 868.44
Ajax Business Equipment Co. 6.64 Amer. School Bd. Journal 6.75
Town of Dighton tel. exp. 52.44
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Mass. Ass'n of School Comm. 5.00 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, forms 8.66
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 41.35
Postmasters, No. Dighton and Segregansett. 12.61
John J. Rolfe, mileage
95.16
convention ex. 13.60
Smith Off. Equip. Co. .48
Robert A. Wilcox Co., Inc.
8.15
$ 250.84$1,119.28
Teachers' Salaries :
Florence N. Brown $ 960.00
Blanche D. Campeau 65.00
Catherine M. Kula
2,386.67
Edna C. Lincoln
2,400.00
Marion E. Redford 2,400.00
Irene L. Richmond 16.00
Katherine L. Rogers
1,426.67
Lois J. Snow
446.00
A. Louise Unsworth
2,430.55
Mildred L. Walker
24.00
12,553.89
Textbooks and Classroom Supplies :
Allyn and Bacon $ 66.00
Ajax Business Equipment Co. 2.52
Boston University 21.25
Edward E. Babb & Co. 245.95
Ginn and Company 64.95
The Grolier Society 3.10
J. L. Hammett Co. 147.61
Holmes Print Shop
6.30
Houghton Mifflin Co.
29.07
Iroquois Publishing Co. 7.42
Laidlaw Bros. 20.50
The Macmillan Company 55.81
McGregor Magazine Agency 11.49
Rand McNally & Co. 68.90
A. B. Rider & Associates 15.85
The L. W. Singer Co., Inc. 37.50
Silver Burdett Co. 22.60
Thorp & Martin Co. 77.00
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Robert A. Wilcox Co., Inc. 22.92 World Book Co. 9.76
936.85
Tuition :
Town of Dighton : High School $4,433.70
Household Arts 347.46
Vocational
1,161.45
-$5,942.61
City of Taunton, Vocational 57.69
6,000.30
Transportation : Walter E. Hamilton, Sr., sick children $ 13.86
Clarence C. Trenouth 8,000.00
8,013.86
Janitors' services :
Walter E. Hamilton, Jr. $ 6.00
Walter E. Hamilton 1,819.92
Allen Raymond 11.25
1,837.17
Fuel and Light :
A. E. Briggs, wood $ 45.00
Pratt Coal Co. 885.41
Taunton Municipal Light- ing Plant 86.98
1,017.39
Maintenance, Building and Grounds (includes janitor's supplies ) :
Lewis W. Ashley
$ 15.20
Babbitt & Simmons
19.47
George R. Babbitt 4.00
Gil A. Bettencourt
.80
A. E. Briggs
4.00
The Cedar Chest.
83.10
Francis E. Fournier
16.00
Walter E. Hamilton
.78
William M. Horner
7.25
Joseph Kaye
24.45
Manny's Hardware Co.
22.29
Nu-Brite Chemical Co.
10.00
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Pierce Hardware Co.
324.55
Prescott Lock Co.
3.60
Earl W. Pring
37.21
Sanders Lumber Co.
40.75
Laurence B. Swift Jr.
5.00
Albert Reagan
5.85
Tranter & Staples
66.00
Waldron Hardware Co.
41.21
Robert A. Wilcox Co., Inc.
35.00
766.51
Furniture and Furnishings: Milton A. Babbitt, curtain material
12.00
J. L. Hammett Co. desks
276.00
Phillips Music Center, piano repairs 5.00
293.00
School health:
Ella F. Dillingham, R. N., salary, nurse $ 408.00
Charles M. Souza, M. D.,
salary, physician 150.00
Weir Pharmacy Supplies 8.66
566.66
Other Expenses :
J. L. Hammett Co.,
diplomas
$ 23.51
Holmes Print Shop, tickets 2.25
Pierce Hardware Co., balls, bats, etc. 30.75
Allen M. Walker Co., insurance 273.04
329.55
$33,434.46
School Dental Clinic. Appropriation $500.00 H. F. LeRoy Latimer, D. D. S. $ 354.00
Public Library. Appropriation and transfers, $977.00. Salaries and wages: Lizzie J. Howland, Trustee $20.00 Laura M. Swift, Librarian 240.00
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Lucy F. White Asst. Lib. 11.50 Janitor 191.50
--------- $ 463.00
Books :
Nathaniel Dame & Co.
$
100.00
Jean Karr & Co. 44.68
144.68
Fuel and Light:
Macomber Bros., wood $ 5.00
Staples Coal Co. 162.80
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant 10.18
177.98
Building Expense, etc. The Cedar Chest, case, bin $. 38.50
Wendell D. Conant 1.00
Babbitt & Simmons 126.01
Pierce Hardware Co. 6.15
Laura M. Swift, salt
1.00
172.66
Other expense :
Gaylord Bros., cards, etc.
$5.30
Phillips Music Center, piano repairs 6.00
Postmaster, Taunton, Mass.
.68
11.98
-$
970.30
Painting Library.
Appropriation $328.00.
Joseph Sylvia, per contract
$
328.00
7. Recreation and Unclassified.
State Parks and Reservations
$
77.15
Incidentals.
Appropriation and transfer, $50.00.
Miscellaneous highway payments : Linneus C. Whitaker 8 hrs. $ 7.20
Lewis W. Ashley, 6 hrs.
4.50
George R. Babbitt, 6-2/3 hrs. 5.00
Francis E. Fournier, 4 2/3 hrs. 3.50
Frank Furtado, 4 hrs.
3.00
Ernest A. Greene, 4 hrs.
3.00
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George R. Babbitt,
truck 2 hrs.
2.00
Ernest A. Greene, 3 posts
1.50
Sanders Lumber Co.,
paint, etc.
4.57$
34.27
Lucy F. White, janitor service,
state auditors
10.00
$
44.27
Memorial Day.
Appropriation$45.00.
William Mitchell, 48 geraniums
26.40
The Seeley Co., 8 dz. flags
16.00
-$
42.40
Town Reports.
Appropriation $448.00.
Holmes Print Shop
$ 448.00
Building at Myricks Expense.
Appropriation $213.80.
Randall Dean & Co., Insurance
$
201.30
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
10.00
$ 211.30
Honor Roll.
Appropriation and Balance, $58.48.
Charles G. Bettencourt, care of lawn $20.00
Manuel Rose, 2 wreaths
3.00
The Wayside Florist, basket, spray
13.00
$
36.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance. Appropriation less transfer $264.00.
J. R. Tallman & Co., Inc.
$
199.75
Unpaid 1947 Bills.
£
Appropriation $866.32.
Selectmen's Expense: Hobbs &
Warren, Inc.
$
.85
Fire Department: Berkley Gen. Store
2.05
Highway Department: Snow re-
moval and sanding payrolls
863.42
$ 866.32
1947 Bill, School Light Fixtures. Appropriation $671.66. Tranter & Staples $ 671.66 1947 Fire Department Bill, Railroad Fire. Appropriation $36.00.
Payroll $ 36.00
Care of Veterans' Graves.
Appropriation $50.00.
E. Roy Colpitt
$
25.00
County Retirement System Assessment
$
105.50
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8. Cemeteries.
Cemetery. Appropriation $100.00. Lewis W. Ashley, labor and trucks, 9 hrs. each $ 15.75
Wojciech Pysz, labor 1012 hrs. 9.37
25.12
9. Interest.
Interest. Appropriation $75.00. The Machinists' National Bank interest on $15,000. loan $ 37.29
10. Agency.
County Tax $2,298.53 Proceeds of Dog Licenses, paid County Treasurer $608.00
11. Trust.
Tailings.
John Moskol, check presented $ 1.92
Federal Withholding Taxes. Collector of Internal Revenue $2,443.58
Blue Cross Deductions.
Massachusetts Hosp. Service, Inc. $
42.50
Refund overpayment, Edna C. Lincoln 1.25
43.75
County Retirement Deductions.
Bristol County Retirement Ass'n
$
209.84
12. Investment.
Giles Leach Fund, income deposited
$
45.00
13. Refunds.
Real Estate Taxes 1947, abated after payment $ 204.60
M. V. Excise 1948, abated after payment 6.67
Interest, taxes 1947, abated after
payment
9.52
---- $ 220.79
Recapitulation of 1948 Cash Payments.
1. General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$
20.00
Selectmen's Salaries 325.00
Selectmen's Expense 65.00
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State Audit
262.75
Auditor's Salary
55.00
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
Treasurer's Expense
290.11
Tax Title Expense
295.26
Tax Possession Expense
50.00
Collector's Salary
500.00
Collector's Expense
313.71
Collector's Petty Cash
50.00
Assessors' Salaries
800.00
Assessors' Expense
139.93
Town Counsel
55.00
Town Clerk's Salary
150.00
Town Clerk's Fees
75.00
Town Clerk's Expense
28.47
Elections and Registration
248.99
Town Hall Expense
222.72
$
4,447.90
2. Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department
$ 383.33
Police Department special
500.00
Fire Department
1,181.56
Sealer of Weights and Measures
48.13
Moth Department
699.00
Tree Department
430.65
Dog Officer
115.00
$
3,357.67
3. Health and Sanitation:
County Tuberculosis Hospital Board of Health Expense
$ 607.94
507.00
Mosquito Control
25.00
$
1,139.94
4. Highways:
Chap. 81 Highway Maintenance $12,598.42 Chap. 90 Highway Maintenance 3,000.00
Road Machinery Account 105.85
Berkley-Dighton Bridge Account 363.60
Snow Removal and Sanding 5,839.43
Street Lights
99.84
-$ 22,007.14
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5. Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Board of Public Welfare Salaries $ 150.00
Temporary Aid, Administration 121.74
Temporary Aid, Aid 3,161.82
Aid to Dependent Children ;
Administration, Town Account 2.00
Administration, Fed. Grants 29.09
Aid, Town Account 909.31
Aid, Fed. Grant account
877.72
Old Age Assistance: Administration, Town Acct. 438.76
Fed. Grant acct. 290.42
Aid, Town Account 16,748.47
Federal Grant Acct. 12.750.08
Department of Veterans' Services 273.93
$ 35,753.34
6. Schools and Libraries:
School Committee Salaries $ 160.00
School Department 33,434.46
School Dental Clinic
354.00
Public Library
970.30
Painting Library
328.00
$ 35,246.76
7. Recreation and Unclassified :
State Parks and Reservations $ 77.15
Incidentals 44.27
Memorial Day
42.40
Town Reports
448.00
Building at Myricks Expense
211.30
Honor Roll
36.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 199.75
Unpaid 1947 Bills
866.32
1947 Bill, School Light
Fixtures
671.66
1947 Fire Department Bill, Railroad Fire 36.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
25.00
County Retirement System Assessment 105.50
-- $ 2,763.35
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8. Cemeteries: Cemetery $ 25.12
9. Interest: Interest 37.29
10. Agency :
County Tax $2,298.53
Proceeds of Dog Licenses 608.00
$ 2,906.53
11. Trust :
Tailings $ 1.92
Federal Withholding Taxes 2,443.58
Blue Cross Deductions 43.75
County Retirement Deductions 209.84
2,699.09
12.Investment:
Giles Leach Fund
45.00
13. Refunds 220.79
Total, 1948 Cash Payments $110,649.92
Statement of Annual Reserve Fund Appropriation $1,000.00
Transfer by Finance Committee:
Collector's Expense 25.00
Town Hall Expense 30.00
Tree Department 331.00
Board of Health Expense 208.00
Library
77.00
Incidentals 25.00 $ 696.00
Statement of Town Debt The Machinists' National Bank, Anticipation Revenue
Loan, Due Feb. 1, 1949 $15,000.00
Statement of Trust and Investment Accounts The Giles Leach Investment Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1948 $ 1,915.80
Interest and dividends 47.16
Balance, Dec. 31, 1948 $
1,962.96
The Edwin H. Allen Cemetery Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1948
$ 1,122.39
22.55
Interest Balance, Dec. 31, 1948 $ 1,144.94
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Balance, Jan. 1, 1948
$
5,381.86
Interest
81.89
Balance, Dec. 31, 1948
$
5.463.75
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1948 $ 10,197.50
Increase in redemption value of securities
175.62
Balance, Dec. 31, 1948 $ 10,373.12
Statement of Tax Titles
Balance Jan. 1, 1948, 33 titles
$ 2,366.29
11 titles taken in 1948; 1946 taxes, interest and costs 105.91
Subsequent taxes added to accounts ; 1948 taxes, interest to date certified 65.78
$
2,537.98
Redemptions, 3 titles $ 708.24
1 title sold at foreclosure sale
45.46
Transferred to tax possessions, 5 titles 631.06
Balance Dec. 31, 1948, 35 titles
1,153.22 $ 2,537.98
Statement of Tax Possessions
Balance Jan. 1, 1948, 8 possessions $ 608.99
Transferred from tax titles, 5 possessions 631.06 $ 1,240.05
Sale of 2 possessions $ 180.00
Book value in excess of selling prices 82.59
Balance Dec. 31, 1948, 11 possessions 977.46 -$ 1,240.05
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List of Tax Possessions Dec. 31, 1948
Former owners
Location of land
Book value
Caswell, et al
Bear Swamp, off Plan St.
$ 58.41
G. E. White
Off Jerome St.
57.54
J. Correiro
Bear Swamp off Plain St.
27.92
A. H. Thurston
Assonet Beach lot
140.00
T. H. Parker
Off Plain St.
41.17
E. P. Dean
Off Bay View Ave.
21.36
John Hart
Off Plain St.
114.80
John Hart
Padelford St.
208.28
John Hart
Jerome St
69.24
John Hart
Jerome St
49.30
Julia Mann
Padelford and Seymour Sts.
189.44
These tax possessions are for sale by the town.
TOWN OF BERKLEY BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1948 General Accounts
Assets
Liabilities
Cash
$20,395.63
Temporary Loan : Anticipation Revenue 1948
$15,000.00
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Payroll Deductions : Federal Withholdings Blue Cross
$276.53
Personal Property
$ 279.96
2.50
Real Estate
226.74
279.03
Levy of 1947 :
Poll
2.00
1.80
Personal Property
496.98
Tailings
162.00
Real Estate
4,218.06
Road Machinery Fund
50.30
Levy of 1948 :
Cemetery Sale of Lot Fund
82.00
Poll
170.00
Personal Property
1,449.14
Real Estate
35,239.02
Administration $ 6.68
Aid
144.27
Motor Vehicle Excise :
Old Age Assistance:
Levy of 1947
$ 97.86
Administration
16.80
Levy of 1948
542.29
Aid
557.27
Moth Assessments:
53.07
Levy of 1947
$ 11.00
4.54
Levy of 1948
116.00
127.00
1,153.22
Assessors' Salaries
300.00
977.46
Assessors' Spec. Equip. 10.19
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
Old Age Assistance Recoveries Reserve, Excess Tax Title Payments Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Tax Title Expense $ 18.09
725.02
640.15
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children:
42,081.90
Proceeds of Dog Licenses, for County
Levy of 1946 :
Departmental: Slaughtering Fees Aid to Highways : State : Chapter 81 Underestimates 1948 : State Parks and Res.
353.75
Town Hall Repairs Padelford St. Constr. Land Damage Acct. Honor Roll
108.42
3,000.00 425.00
22.48
2,182.12
$ 11.31
County Tax
261.65
County Tb. Hosp. Asmt.
46.09
319.05
Overlay Deficit, 1947
190.60
1,968.45
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise $ 640.15
Special Assessments
127.00
Tax Title and Tax Possession
2,130.68
Aid to Highways
2,182.12
Departmental
353.75
5,433.70
Surplus Revenue
36,937.96
$68,420.88
$68,420.88
Trust and Investment Accounts
E. H. Allen Cemetery Fund
$ 1,144.94
$18,944.77
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Giles Leach Investment Fund Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
5,463.75
1,962.96
10,373.12
$18,944.77
18,944.77
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities
3,884.18 3,838.83
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes : Levy of 1946 Levy of 1948
$ 506.70
1,461.75
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I wish to apologize to all for the lateness of my report, which held up the printing and issuance of the annual town reports for 1948.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE TOWN OF BERKLEY
For the Year Ending December 31, 1948
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires 1949
William A. Cox. Chairman Berkley, Mass. Mrs. Ruth O. Babbitt, Secretary 1950
Berkley, Mass.
Gil Bettencourt Berkley, Mass.
1951
Superintendent John J. Rolfe, B. Ed., M. Ed.
Residence: 117 School Street. North Dighton Office: Dighton High School, Segreganset
Telephone : Dighton 3361 (Office) Taunton 2-0698 (Home)
Office Hours : Monday through Friday, 8:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. and by appointment
Secretary Gladys P. Babbitt School Physician C. M. Souza, M. D. Dighton
School Nurse Ella Dillingham, R. N. Berkley
Attendance Officer William A. Cox Berkley
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Birth Certificates
Presentation of a birth certificate is required for entrance to first grade.
Vaccination
Every child who enters school for the first time must present a certificate of vaccination or a statement from his physician that vaccination is inadvisable.
No School Information
When weather conditions are such that our buses are unable to run, a no school notice will be broadcast over Radio Station WEAN at 7:05 a. m. and 8:20 a. m. and over Radio Station WBZ at 7:05 a. m., 7:30 a. m., and 8:30 a. m. Parents are urged to use their own good judgment about sending their children to school on stormy days. The fact that school is in session does not mean that attendance by all pupils is advis- able.
Transportation
The law requires that transportation be provided for pupils residing more than two miles from the school attended or more than one mile from the nearest bus stop. Many pupils living at lesser distances along established routes are trans- ported if the seating capacity of the bus will permit. From time to time it is necessary to refuse transportation to some of those living under the required distance when our buses are filled to capacity with children living at a greater distance.
Entrance Age
First grade registration in September of any year will be limited to those children who are at least six years of age or who will become six years of age on or before the following January first. There will be no exception to this ruling. Regis- tration must be during the first three weeks of school in September.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Citizens of the Town of Berkley :
Herewith is submitted my sixth annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools of the Town of Berkley. Incorporated here- in is the report of the Berkley School Committee. Only the most pertinent information is set forth here. Further details will be furnished by the School Office to any who might be interested.
Personnel
During the year we had only one change in our teaching staff. Mrs. Florence Brown a graduate of Bridgewater Teachers' College, was chosen by the School Committee as a teacher at the Berkley School to replace Miss Katherine Rogers who resigned. Mrs. Brown who teaches grades three and four has had twelve years of teaching experience in Swansea in addition to substitute experience in Taunton. Miss Kula was transferred to the second and third grade room.
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