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Selectmen :
Advertising Hear-
ings $195.00
Rebate Insurance
(Portable, Torrey
School) 4.1.12.
Lease Legion Bldg .. 3.00
Portable, Boy
Scouts 5.00
244.12.
Town Clerk:
Fees,
Recording
etc.
506.95
$3,510.97
Protection of Persons and Property
Inspection :
Sealing of Weights
and Measures . .
$
210.34
Building
Inspec_
tion
1,427.00
$1,637.34
310
Fire Department :
Junk
$8.00
Renewal Permits . 1.00
9.00
$1,646.34
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Tuberculosis (Subsidy)
$1,928.57
All Other
12.50
$1,941.07
HIGHWAYS
Sidewalks (Wash. St.) $ 276.29
Highways (Private Work) 954.54
Highways (West St.)
5,541.71
Snow (State)
253.05
Miscellaneous
106.43
$7,132.02
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Almshouse :
Sale of Produce $231.94
Board (Reed)
243.25
Cows
100.00
Dogs
9.00
Reimbursements : Poor From Individuals $ 100.37 From Cities and Towns 1,254.64
$ 584.19
1
311.
From State
373.33
$1,728.34:
Reimbursements : "118"
From Cities and Towns $ 379.00
From State
1,904.10
$2,283.10°
Soldiers' Benefits :
State
Aid
and:
Soldiers" Burials $ 995.00
Soldiers'
Relief.
(Taunton)
9.00
$1;004.00
$5,599.634
EDUCATION:
Industrial School (State) $2,614:79
Tuition 582.07
Tuition (State Wards); 89.38'
Girls Continuation School 105.09
Boys Continuation School 54.86;
Telephone and Property Damage
51.48
$3,497.67
LIBRARY'
Fines
298.28'
RECREATION
Parks and Playgrounds (Hollis Will), $ 500.00;
1
312
UNCLASSIFIED
Municipal Lighting Plant (1928) $ 96.66
All Other, Electric Light Con-
struction $10,000.00
Debt
600.00
Water Department:
$10,600.00
Debt
$5,000.00
Interest
1,800.00
$6,800.00
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
Water Department
$ 92,891.45
Electric Light Department 278,545.61
Cemeteries 4.00
$371,441.06
INTEREST
Deposits :
General
$ 2,514.64
Taxes
8,914.38
Water
808.68
Electric Light
303.66
$12,541.36
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
"Temporary Loans $425,000.00
313
REFUNDS
Cemetery
$ 31.00
Police Department
3.00
Welfare and Infirmary
73.70
Insurance
103.73
Highways
176.00
Soldiers' Relief
10.00
Library
10.13
$ 407.56,
Total Receipts
$1,666,119.67
TRANSFERS
Taxes, 1926
$1,680.52ª
Highways
3.00)
Transferred from Reserve Fund to :
Highways, Storrs Ave. Drain $ 379.50
Drain, Storrs Ave. and
Tierney Est.
982.00
Drain, Case Estate 225.00
Bellevue Rd., Cassidy pro-
perty
125.00
Fences, Com'l .- Allen and
Union Streets
175.00
Miscellaneous (Damage
Case)
300.00
Health, Expenses
500.00
Employees Compensation
356.80
Town Hall, Repairs Roof
300.00
Inspection Plumbing
120.34
Schools, Teachers' Salaries . 1,000.00
Election and Registration
1,029.11
:314
'Soldiers' Relief
250.00
Temporary Aid
250.00
$5,992.75
Balance, January 1, 1928:
General Cash
$144,826.14
Water Department 23,956.31
Electric Light Department .
15,774.01
$184,556.46
$1,858,352.40
EXPENDITURES General Government
Legislative:
Salary Moderator $ 25.00
EXECUTIVE
"Selectmen :
Salaries
$1,650.00
Clerk 1,196.00
$2,846.00
«Other Expenses :
Stationery and
Postage $ 62.50
Supplies, Printing and Advertising 509.22
Substitute Clerk . 46.00
All Other
42.00
-----
315
$
659.72
$3,505.72-
FINANCIAL
Auditors :
Salaries
$ 225.00
Accountant :
Salary
$2,000.00
Stationery
.
and.
Supplies
184.69
$2,184.69
Treasurer :
Salary
$1,500.00
Clerk
210.00
Postage, Supplies,
Printing and
Advertising 87.83
Expenses
20.02
Bond
237.50
Clerical Help
98.50
-
Services, Cert.
Bonds
1,517.00
Miscellaneous
6.15
:
$3,677.00
Collector :
Salary
$2,000.00
Clerk
1,025.00
Clerical Work
167.90
Supplies
and
Postage . 317.10
316
Printing and
Advertising
536.08
Bond
475.00
Tax Sale Expenses
258.15
Miscellaneous
48.10
$4,827.33
Assessors :
Salaries
$2,400.00
Clerk
1,025.00 -
Clerical Help
690.88
$4,115.88
Other Expenses :
Supplies and
Postage
$
112.98
Printing and
Advertising
224.86
Auto Hire
131.20
Abstracts of
Deeds, Probates
and Plans
347.61
Preparing Descrip-
tions, Tax
Sales
150.00
Partition, Collector's
Office
210.00
Miscellaneous
70.20
$5,362.73
ASSESSORS-BLOCK PLAN SYSTEM
Engineer $ 25.00 Town Survey 3,177:99
317
Public Accountant
$3,202.99 300.00
$19,779.74
OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS
Salary Town Counsel $600.00 Legal Expenses 45.20
$1,800.00 $ 645.20
'Town Clerk
Other Expenses:
Bond
5.00
Supplies and
Postage
226.53
.Printing and
.Advertising 15.50
(Canvassing Birth Records 25.00
Dogs
14.00
$
286.03
Election and Registration ::
Salary, Registrars Election Officers . $1,544:00
$
300.00
Constables
110.00
Janitors
56.00
$1,710.00
1
(Other Expenses : Supplies, Printing .and Advertising $1;218.44
$2,086.03
318'
Transportation
(Registrars)
17.50
Meals
619.57
Booths
72.80
All Other
30.80
$1,959.11
$3,969.12
Town Hall :
Janitor Service . . $ 900.00
Assistant Janitor 1,300.00
Pension-
Janitor
325.00
$2,5.25.00,
Other Expenses :
Outside Labor
$
76.28
Fuel
607.28
Gas and Light
742.17
Janitor's Supplies 260.36
Repairs (minor) 280.07
Water and Ice 120.00
Booths (E. & R.) 236.86
Water
97.82
Miscellaneous
32.88
Hall-Special Repairs :
Repairs, Side En- trance (Contract) $ 115.00
Painting G. A. R.
Hall (Contract) . .
290.00
Repairs, Roof of
· Hall
300.00
$2,453.72
1
319
Lowering Drain
30.00
Awnings (3)
33.00
Repointing Stone Work and Re-
pair Roof
350.00
Screening Windows 150.00
Miscellaneous
26.55
-
$1,294.55
"Telephones-Sundry Departments :
Selectmen $ 187.70
Assessors and
Accountant
126.92
Collector
79.84
Infirmary
52.67
Highways
79.40
Town Clerk
85.55
Fire Dept.
141.55
Police Dept.
223.69
Health
36.30
Library
49.15
$1,062.77
$ 7,336.04
Total for General Government
$37,346.84
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Chief
$2,500.00
Patrolmen
18,950.00
Special Police
1,023.00
Chief Police-
320
Pension
1,250.00
$23,723.00}
Equipment and Repairs :
Gasoline, Oil and
Grease
$.
414.1I
Repairs-Autos
321.79
Tires and Tubes
100.00
$ 836.30)
Other Expenses :
Auto Hire
$
48.00
Supplies, Printing
and Postage 46.36,
Care of Prisoners:
and use of
lock-up
63.65,
Enforcement of
Liquor Laws 415.00,
Equipment for Men: 65.74
Expenses-
Officers
56.50}
. + 44
Supplies 25.42'
1
Medical Aid
(Accident Cases)
48.00>
Streets-Painting 189.07
Registration and Transfer Hudson 17.07
Typewriter 30.00
Light-Garage 75.00
First Aid Kit 20.00
Book-Law
29.00
All Other
6.56
$1,135.30)
321
Equipment-Auto
$ 950.00
Police Dept. Emer-
gency Equipment
$
266.97
$26,911.57
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Chief $3,000.00
Permanent Men
18,762.00
$21,762.00
Regular Firemen
1,481.66
Extra Pay of Firemen
1,108.75
Qualey's Truck and Man 1,500.00
Superintendent of Fire Alarm 225.00
Equipment and Repairs :
Apparatus $ 428.07
Equipment-
Miscellaneous .
592.76
Equipment for Men 100.60
Gasoline, Oil and
Grease 289.89
Tires and Tubes
356.45
Hose 1,176.00
Supplies
288.17
$3,231.94
Hydrant Service
500.00
Fuel
743.48
Light
108.63
322
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs $ 234.86
Furnishings
60.12
Water
30.00
All Other
20.51
$
345.49
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Printing
and Postage . . $ 55.77
Express and
Cartage 4.80
Miscellaneous
5.80
$ 66.37
Fire Dept .- Injury to Call Man ..
$ 560.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance :
Construction and
Repairs
$1,142.94
Labor
1,147.07
Power
66.50
$2,356.51
$33,989.83
INSPECTION-BUILDINGS
Inspector, Salary
$1,000.00
Transportation
360.50
Printing
39.50
$1,400.00
323
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$ 500.00
Other Expenses :
Advertising and
Supplies . . . . $ 10.30
Insurance, Auto and
Equipment 60.55
Transportation 86.00
Repairs, Auto
42.34
Gasoline and Oil
35.14
Gauge Tank
75.00
All Other
40.36
$ 349.69
:
849.69 $
FORESTRY
Gypsy Moth :
Labor
$2,172.92
Autos 1,031.85
Insecticides 251.60
Repairing Sprayer 151.98
Gasoline and Oil 76.50
Hardware & Tools
12.04
$3,696.89
Care and Planting of Trees:
Labor-Autos and Trucks
$1,355.00
Forestry-Emergency
Fund
$ 500.00
$5,551.89
Total for Protection and Property $68,702.98
324
HEALTH
General Administration :
Salaries $ 600.00
Secretary 100.00
Supplies, Printing
& Advertising . 176.59
Telephone Calls .
5.24
1
$ 881.83
Fumigation
$ 262.30
Collection
of Garbage
5,066.64
Care of Dumps
1,345.20
Inspection of
Plumbing
1,189.22
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Drugs and
Medicine $ 22.30
Hospitals
602.00
Quarantine
615.00
Medical At-
tendance
261.00
Nurses
(Vaccination)
13.00
Groceries
28.15
Loss of Wages
108.00
$1,649.45
Tuberculosis Board and Treatment $3,143.52
Vital Statistics:
Return of Births $
52.50
325
Return of Deaths
8.25
Other Expenses :
Burying Animals $
106.40
Court Cases 28.00
Miscellaneous
122.55
$ 60.75
$ 256.95
Inspection :
Animals
$
125.00
Meat and
Provisions 350.00
Milk
100.00
Norfolk County Hospital
Dental Clinic :
Dentist, Services
$
780.00
Asst. to Dentist. .
220.00
$1,000.00
Tuberculosis Clinic :
Visits and Clerical
Help
$
58.75
Total for Health
$20,453.33
HIGHWAYS
General Administration. Salaries:
Highway Surveyors
$
150,00
Superintendent of
Streets
3,000.00
$ 3,150.00
$ 575.00
$4,963.72
326
REPAIRS
General:
Labor and Haul-
ing
$16,911.45
Materials
16,719.86
Equipment
and
Repairs
5,193.10
Light and Power
33.73
$38,858.14
Sidewalks:
Labor and Haul-
ing
$15,372.79
Materials
4,370.78
$19,743.57
Tarvia :
Labor and Haul-
ing
$ 3,363.13
Materials
12,351.57
$15,714.70
Flashlights
367.85
Drains and Catch Basins :
Labor and
Hauling
$10,247.28
Materials
5,180.70
$15,427.98
Guard Rails and Fences:
Stock
$
30.37
Street Cleaning :
Labor and Hauling $ 2,827.00
327
All Other :
Bridge $ 30.21
Rent Drain
6.00
Police Duty
Elm Street 66.57
Trucks (July 4)
12.34
Furnishings
10.50
Supplies and
Printing
478.27
Registration
Trucks
16.00
Street Signs
91.00
Miscellaneous
8.97
$ 719.86
-
Pond Street:
Labor and
Hauling $2,604.85
Materials
2,976.89
Land Damage
500.00
Miscellaneous
95.00
$ 6,176.74
Peach Street:
--- -
Labor and
Hauling $1,187.86
Materials
2,679.81
$ 3,867.67
Shaw Street Drainage : Contract
$ 8,760.00
Devon Road :
Labor and
Hauling $ 988.48
-
328
Materials
139.25
Miscellaneous
79.42
$ 1,207.15.
Hillview Road : Labor and
Hauling
$3,762.41
Materials
1,215.16
Miscellaneous
227.44
$ 5,205.01
Elmlawn Road. Ext. : Labor and
Hauling
$6,183.59
Materials
1,504.85
Miscellaneous
108.92
$ 7,797.36
Crawford Street: Labor and
Hauling
$
975.81
Materials
372.56
Miscellaneous
86.10
$ 1,434.47
West Street:
Contract
$ 5,541.71
Highways (Private Work) :
Labor and
4
Materials
$ 1,202.73
Fence-Com'l., Allen and Union Sts. :
Rebuilding and
Painting
$
175.00
329
Removal of Snow :
Labor
$6,456.65
Teams and Trucks 1,803.03
Repairs and
Equipment
1,386.71
Materials
1,036.57
Street Lighting
$10,682.96 $12,008.00
$157,748.27
Total for Highways
$160,898.27
CHARITIES
Overseers of the Poor:
Salaries $ 600.00
Salary Visitor and Maintenance of Auto:
Salary
$1,040.00
Storage for Car. .
100.00
Gasoline, Oil etc.
86.29
Repairs
36.43
Miscellaneous
.87
$ 1,627.59
Outside Relief by Town :
Cash Aid $3,321.50
Groceries 1,142.25
Fuel
615.65
Medicine
and
Medical Aid 267.69
Rent
1,339.85
Miscellaneous
128.25
330
Hospitais and State
Institutions 1,119.76
Board and Care . .
208.50
$ 8,143.45
Relief by other Cities and Towns $ 1,143.81
Mother's Aid :
Cash Aid
$4,228.00
Rent 731.96
Medicine and
Medical Aid 128.20
Fuel
402.63
Groceries
98.83
Hospitals
27.65
Miscellaneous
164.01
$ 5,781.28
Relief by other Cities
and Towns
$ 1,805.48
field.
Walfare Dept., Equipment (Ford Sedan) 438.00
Braintree Home :
Salary of Super-
intendent $1,200.00
Other Employees 720.18
Groceries and Provisions 2,839.60
Dry Goods and Clothing 411.70
Fuel, Light and Gas 870.34
Hay and Grain
628.89
...
331
Medicine and
Medical Aid 141.56
Buildings, Repairs etc. 614.69
Refrigerator
466.00
Miscellaneous
701.43
$ 8,594.39
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid :
Aid, Civil War .. $ 978.00
Soldiers' Burials . 100.00
$ 1,078.00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash Aid
$1,556.00
Rent
93.50
Fuel
76.75
Medical Aid
84.00
$ 1,810.25
$ 2,888.25
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $31,022.25
EDUCATION
General Expenses
Salary of Superin-
tendent
$4,855.00
Clerk
1,188.00
Attendance Officer
495.00
0
332
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
63.25
Telephone
578.61
Miscellaneous
370.68
$ 7,550.54
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES.
Teachers' Salaries $182,336.50
Text Books and Supplies :
High
6,383.54
Elementary
6,699.68
$195,419.72
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Services :
High
$ 3,925.20
Elementary
10,760.49
Fuel and Light:
High and Ele-
mentary
10,114.07
Miscellaneous :
High and
Elementary
3,124.47
$27,924.23
MAINTENANCE
Repairs :
High and
Elementary
$13,459.34
333
AUXILIARY
Physician
900.00
Nurse
1,600.00
Transportation
10,208.57
Tuition
3,613.56
Graduation Ex-
ercises
309.23
Noon Services
(Teachers)
580.00
Outlay
5,100.07
All Other
1,283.94
$ 23,595.37
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
Salary, Superin-
tendent
45.00
Teacher's Salaries 3,223.34
Clerk
12.00
Attendance Officer
5.00
Janitors' Services
198.95
Fuel
107.55
All Other
511.99
$ 4,103.83
Smith-Hughes Fund : Salaries (Continua- tion School)
366.66
Total for Education $272,419.69
LIBRARY
Janitor-Salary
300.00
Librarian
$1,440.00
334
Assistants
1,949.10
-
Other Labor
226.86
Supplies-
Stationery, etc. 200.05
Books and
Periodicals
797.01
Books, Binding
102.20
Transportation
Books
100.00
Miscellaneous
210.36
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs $ 75.89
Fuel and Light 483.33
Furniture and
Furnishings 22.85
Rent-Branch
Library 300.00
All Other
24.00
5,931.65 $
Total for Library . $ 6,231.65
RECREATION
Parks and Playgrounds :
Removal of Trees-
Common (Con- tract) $ 100.00
Grading Hollis
Field (Contract) 200.00
Care and Mainten- ance Playgrounds
(3) 991.60
Equipment
370.37
Sand and Loam 20.75
335
1 Trimming Trees
(Common)
42.00
Supplies
92.13
Miscellaneous
76.90
$ 1,893.75
HOLLIS PLAYGROUND (Hollis Will)
Labor and
Hauling
$ 484.22
Equipment 15.78
$ 500.00
ORGANIZED PLAY
Supervisor $ 280.00
Assistants
480.00
Equipment
103.76
Miscellaneous
5.94
Labor
40.00
$ 909.70
Total for Recreation $ 3,303.45
UNCLASSIFIED
Legislative:
Finance Committee :
Reports $ 220.68
Notes-Annual Meetings 155.04
Stationery and
Advertising 20.20
336
Planning Board Dues
15.00
$ 410.92
Town Reports : Printing
$1,821.24
Financial :
Care and Maintenance
Adding Machine .. $ 26.60
Ink
5.32
$
31.92
Selectmen :
Fees-Petitions
3.00
Decorating Hall (July 4) 35.00
Telephone Accts.
160.77
Election and Regis- tration 138.67
Soldiers' Relief 32.00
All Other 7.00
$ 376.44
Highways:
Street Abutters .$ 275.00
Case (Plans)
157.50
Miscellaneous
10.30
$
422.80
Treasurer : Certification of Notes
34.00
Cemetery : Labor
$ 284.95
Welfare:
Miscellaneous $ 56.48
. "
337
Damages to Persons and Property :
Water Department
(Spaulding) $ 700.00 Highway Depart-
ment 831.65
$ 1,531.65
$ 4,990.40
Engineering Depart-
ment
$3,798.91
Insurance, Public
Building's 6,256.58
Memorial Day :
Post 87, G. A. R. $ 200.00
American Legion 100.00
Veterans Foreign
Wars 100.00
$
400.00
Compensation Law
$2,169.30
Repairs to Legion Building (Con- tract) 570.00
Land School and
Other Purposes . 755.00
Land Damages, Wash-
ington and Plain Sts. 7,962.50
Patrolling Sunset Lake 364.00
Signs and Signals
289.35
Cemetery-Plain St .: Superintendent .$ 100.00
Labor and Truck 286.50
338
Sand and Cement
13.00
Miscellaneous
26.94
$
426.44
Zoning Committee : Supplies 6.62
Burying Ground
150.00
Dyer Hill
$23,148.70
Total for Unclassified
$28,139.10
Interest :
Electric Light Construction . $ 600.00
Schools
26,094.50
Town Hall
360.00
1
Tuberculosis Hospital
360.00
Water Mains
1,800.00
Highways, Washington and . Union Streets
3,440.00
Anticipation of Revenue
9,456.98
$ 42,111.48.
Municipal Indebtedness :
Electric Light Construction $10.000.00
Schools 48,000.00
Town Hall
2.000.00
Tuberculosis Hospital
1,000.00
Water Dept .- Mains and
Standpipe 5,000.00
Highways - Wash. and Union Streets 18,000.00
$ 84,000.00;
339
Anticipation of Revenue
Water Department
$525,000.00 77,723.03
Electric Light Department
291,749.57
Metropolitan Park
Assessment
$14,550.04
State Assessment
27,200.00
County Tax
26,666.67
State Highway Tax
4,748.83
Municipal Lighting Plant
96.66
Metropolitan Planning
Division
175.43
Southern Traffic Artery
1,526.84
National Bank Tax
4.58
Street in Brookline
585.52
Cambridge Traffic Artery
1,068.19
Abatement Smoke Nuisance.
88.41
Auditing Municipal Accts.
110.66
$ 76,821.83
REFUNDS
Taxes :
1926
$ 1.64
1927
4.30
1928
2.00
$ 7.94
Total Payments
$1,725,931.41
TRANSFERS
$ 1,680.52
Taxes, 1927
3.00
Parks and Playgrounds
Transferred from Reserve Fund to:
340
Highways-Storrs Ave.
Drain
$
379.50
Drain-Storrs Ave., and
Tierney Est.
982.00
Drain-Case Estate
225.00
Bellevue Rd. - Cassidy Property
125.00
Fences-Com'l., Allen and
Union Sts.
175.00
Miscellaneous
Case) (Damage
300.00
Health-Expenses
500.00
Employees Compensation
356.80
Town Hall- Repairs, Roof 300.00
Inspection Plumbing
120.34
Schools-Teachers' Salaries
1,000.00
Election and Registration
1,029.11
Soldiers' Relief
250.00
Temporary Aid
250.00
$ 5,992.75.
$1,733,607.68
Balance, January 1, 1929 :
General Cash $ 81,937.60
Water Department 39,933.41
Electric Light Department 2,873.71
$124,744.72
$1,858,352.40
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1928
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Gash, General
$ 81,937.60
Overlay, 1928
Cash, Electric Light Dept.
2,873.71
Reserve Fund, Overlay
Cash, Water Dept.
39,933.41
Tax Title Revenue
Cash, Specials
42,770.84
Trust Funds Income
School Fund 1,209.78
$167,515.56
Overlay, 1927
824.87
Pennimaņ Fund 53.99
Tax Titles
4,613.72
Kelley Fund
1.83
Taxes :
Levy, 1928
223,485.52
Levy, 1927
314.76
Electric Depreciation Fund Electric Light Department:
41,395.98
Revenue
28,475.51
Civilian War Polls
1,302.00
Balance
2,873.71
Water Department;
Accounts Receivable ; Individual
1,046.79
Electric Light Department;
$ 5,628.75
Power $ 12,672.65
39,933.41
Light
13,044.95
Excess & Deficiency
111,218.01
Miscellaneous
2,757.91
Loans and Appropriations ;
Anticipation Revenue 150,000.00
$ 28,475.51
Assessors, Block Plan System
16,797.01
$ 5,614.11 22,334.08 4,613.72
French Fund 109.26
341
1,374.86
$223,800.28
Service Balance
Water Dept .: Rates Water Dept .: Revenue Snow Removal (Authoriza- tion Selectmen)
3,918.85
Land, Wash. & Plain Sts.
1,709.90
50.00 Land, School and Other Purposes 4,027.75 Committee on Zoning
1,282.96
153.54
$434,490.44
$434,490.44
TRUST FUNDS Cash and Securities
$ 36,620.66
Braintree School Fund .$ 8,893.15
French Fund
2,419.50
Hunt Fund
24,276.99
Penniman Fund
500.00
Hanson Fund
331.02
Kelley Trust Fund
200.00
342
$ 36,620.66
$ 36,620.66
INDEBTEDNESS Net Bonded Debt $690,000.00
Town Hall
$ 8,000.00
Schools
557,000.00
Hospital
7,000.00
Electric Light Construction
10,000.00
Water Mains and Standpipe
40,000.00
Highways-Wash. & Union Streets
68,000.00
$690,000.00
$690,000.00
PROPERTY ACCOUNT
Town Property $1,060,223.66
Real Estate
$461,927.74 68,177.06
Personal Property Water Works Electric Light Plant
366,707.64
163,411.22
$1,060,223.66
$1,060,223.66
343;
RECAPITULATION GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation
Transfers
or Bal. or Loan
or
Overdraft
Account
Payments
Balance
Refunds
25.00
Moderator, salary
$
25.00
2,200:00
Accounting Department
2,184.69
$ 15.31
1,650.00
Selectmen, Salaries
1,650.00
1,196.00
Selectmen, Secretary
1,196.00
674.57
Selectmen, Expenses
659:72
14:85
225.00
Auditors, Salaries
225.00
300.00
Public Accountant
300.00
1,500.00
Treasurer, Salary
1,500.00
2,177.00
Treasurer, Expenses
2,177.00
2,000.00
Collector, Salary
2,000.00
1,025.00
Collector, Clerk
1,025.00
2,200.00
Collectors, Expenses
1,802.33
397.67
2,400.00
Assessors, Salaries
2,400.00
1,196.00
Assessors, Clerk
1,025.00
171.00
2,365.00
Assessors, Expenses
1,937.73
427.27
20,000.00
Assessors, Block Plan System
3,202.99
16,797.01
900.00
Law
645.20
254.80
1,800.00
Town Clerk, Salary
1,800.00
391.62
Town Clerk, Expenses
286.03
105.59
2,640.00
$ 1,029.11
Election and Registration
3,669.11
:344
300.00
Registrars, Salaries
300.00
900.00
Town Hall, Janitor
900.00
1,300.00
Town Hall, Assistant Janitor
1,300.00
450.00
Town Hall, Pension Janitor
325.00
125.00
2,700.00
Town Hall, Maintenance
2,453.72
246.28
1,063.00
Telephones
1,062.77
.23
1,000.00
300.00
Town Hall, Special Repairs
1,294.55
5.45
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
21,450.00
Police, Salaries
21,450.00
2,020.88
3.00
Police, Expenses
1,971.60
52.28
800.00
288.00
Police, Special Police
1,023.00
65.00
1,250.00
Pension, Chief
1,250.00
345
950.00
New Equipment
950.00
250.00
16.97
Emergency Equipment
266.97
21,762.00
Fire Department, Permanent Men
21,762.00
1,555.00
Fire Department, Pay of Men
1,481.66
73.34
1,500.00
Fire Department, Extra Pay of Men
1,108.75
391.25
1,500.00
Qualey's Truck and Man
1,500.00
5,011.60
Fire Department, General Expenses
4,995.91
15.69
3,245.00
Fire Alarm
2,581.51
663.49
850.00
Weights and Measures
849.69
.31
1,400.00
Inspector of Buildings
1,400.00
3,700.00
Moth
3,696.89
3.11
1,355.00
Care and Planting Trees
1,355.00
500.00
Forestry, Emergency Fund
500.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
700.00
Health, Salaries
700.00
5,880.40
Health, Contagious Diseases
4,792.97
1,087.43
250.00
500.00
Health, Fumigation and Expenses
701.08
48.92
5,100.00
Health, Collection Garbage
5,066.64
33.36
1,400.00
Health, Care of Dumps
1,345.20
54.80
1,068.88
120.34
Inspection Plumbing
1,189.22
125.00
Inspector of Animals
125.00
100.00
Inspector of Milk
100.00
350.00
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
350.00
75.00
Health, Vital Statistics
60.75
14.25
1,000.00
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
100.00
Tuberculosis Clinic
58.75
41.25
:346
4,963.72
Norfolk County Hospital
4,963.72
HIGHWAYS
-
150.00
Surveyors, Salaries
150.00
3,000.00
Superintendent Highways, Salary
3,000.00
91,932.26
1,586.50
Highways, Repairs
93,689.47
5.29
176.00
West Street
5,541.71
5,541.71
1,165.03
Dobson and Wilkins Rd. (Betterment)
1,165.03
2,000.00
Highways, Private Work
1,202.73
797.27
7,783.00
6,176.74
1,606.26
6,750.00
Pond Street Peach Street
8,867.67
2,882.83
-
8,760.00
Shaw Street Drainage
8,760.00
1,228.00
Devons Road (Betterment)
1,228.00
5,668.64
Hillview Road (Betterment)
5,205.01
463.63
7,808.94
Elmlawn Rd. Ext. (Betterment)
7,797.36
11.58
1,696.37
Crawford Street (Betterment)
1,434.47
261.90
.
175.00
Fence, Com'l. Allen & Union Sts. 175.00
9,400.00
$1,282.96 Snow
10,682.96
12,008.00
Street Lighting
12,008.00
WELFARE DEPT. AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS
600.00
Board Public Welfare, Salaries
600.00
438.00
Welfare Dept., New Equipment
438.00
1,629.00
Visitor, Salary anl Maint. Auto
1,627.59
1.41
9,000.00
250.00
Temporary Aid
9,287.26
,74
347
38.00
8,000.00
Mothers Aid
7,586.76
413.24
8,559.63
35.70
Infirmary
8,594.39
.94
1,108.00
State Aid and Soldiers Burials
1,078.00
30.00
50.00
Military Aid
50.00
1,560.00
260.00
Soldiers Relief
1,810.25
9.75
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
184,640.00
1,000.00
Schools, Teachers Salaries
185,559.84
80.16
86,493.30
Schools, General Expenses
86,493.19
11
366.66
Smith, Hughes Fund
366.66
5,937.00
10.13
Library, General Expenses
5,931.65
15.48
300,00
Library, Janitor
300,00
RECREATION
1,800.00
Parks and Playgrounds
1,796.75
3.25
500.00
Hollis Fund Organized Play
500.00
910.00
909.70
.30
100.00
Trees on French's Common
100.00
UNCLASSIFIED
4,700.00
300.00
Miscellaneous
4,990.40
9.60
6,000.00
Reserve Fund
5,992.75
7.25
6,307.30
103.73
Insurance, Town Buildings
6,256.58
154.45
5,157.75
125.00
Land, School and Other Purposes
1,255.00
4,027.75
604.05
Land Damages, Wash. and Plain Sts.
7,962.50
50.00
7,408.45
289.35
Signs and Signals
289.35
160.16
Committee on Zoning
6.62
153.54
3,830.35
Engineering
3,798.91
31.44
1,812.50
356.80
Employees Compensation
2,169.30
400.00
Memorial Day
400.00
364.00
Protection Sunset Lake
364.00
570.00
Legion Building, Repairs
570.00
560.00
Fire Department, Injury Call Man
560.00
300.00
31.00
Cemetery
326.44
4.56
100.00
Cemetery, Salary, Superintendent
100.00
150.00
150.00
40,635.00
2,400.00
Burying Ground, Dyer Hill Interest
42,111.48
923.52
348
-
68,561.40
15,000.00
438.60
763,656.46
Debt 84,000.00
Appropriation, Balance or Loan
$30,471.94
Transfers or Refunds
$1,282.96
Overdrafts
Payments
762,310.67
$83,100.69
Total
$795,411.36 349
BLANCHE E. PORTER, Town Accountant.
Balances
$795,411.36
350
Assessors Report
The Assessors are glad to report a year's progress: on the platting of the town and preparation of maps by so competent and experienced an engineer as. Ernest W. Branch of Quincy, to whom was awarded the contract ordered by the Town Meeting of 1928. Of the $20,000 then appropriated there had been paid to the engineer to December 31, the sum of $3,202.99 and it is estimated that nearly one-third of the work has been done. In other words, the Board has been careful that no over-payment should occur, but has confidence in the engineer and believe that the work will be completed in the suggested period of three years. The Board takes this opportunity of express- ing its gratitude to the citizens for their co-operation in having this contract arranged, and to state that in its. opinion no money appropriated will give better re -. turns than this item. Several of the maps will be ready for use in 1929 assessment, but open winter weather has kept the engineers working in the open, taking advantage of the bareness of wood and field and sav- ing up draughting and office work against the prover- bial rainy day.
A Filing Cabinet somewhat similar to the one. now in use by the School Department will be needed for the protection of these plans and for the facility of their use.
There were over one thousand transfers of real' estate in Braintree. last year and as many of these rep -- resent the development of large areas previously car _.
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