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This past year we have added 2372 new books. These books have been discriminatingly chosen and show an excellent balance between adult fiction and non-fiction books and juvenile books.
The circulation of our books this past year was distributed as follows:
Thayer Public Library 73659
Braintree Branch 35646
East Braintree Branch 29022
Braintree Highlands Branch 14409
Total 152736
Again the Board calls attention to the increase in circulation of the Braintree Highlands Branch, an increase of 2770 over the previous year. This is all the more noteworthy because the Library Branch has been open only on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday afternoon and evening. In view of this steadily increasing circulation and the justifiable request for more hours of library service for the Highlands Branch, the trustees at their last meeting voted to open the Braintree Highlands Branch this coming year on Wodnesday evening.
The circulation of the books of our Library and its branches may be classified as follows:
Adult fiction 79046
Adult non-fiction 38156
Juvenile books 35534
Total 152736
The approximate percentage of adult non-fiction books is 24 per cent; of adult fiction books, 51 percent; and of juvenile books, 23 per cent. This corresponds closely with the recommendations of the Com- mittee on Massachusetts Library Standards, of which the chairman of the Thayer Public Library Board of Trustees is a member.
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Last year the Board called attention under Item D "Registered Bor- rowers" to the fact that on the basis of our population of 17300 in 1939 our registered borrowers should have numbered at least 6920. Forty per cent of the population is the minimum requirement recommended by the Massachusetts Committee on Library Standards. In 1939 the number of our borrowers was 6767, 153 below the minimum requirement of forty per cent of the population.
The Board is glad to report that during the year 1940, the number of registered borrowers has risen to 7042, approximately 41 percent of the population.
In December, 1939, the Trustees of Thayer Academy filled the vacancy caused by the deathof Honorable Albert E. Avery by electing Morrill R. Allen as a Life Trustee of the Thayer Public Library. The Board is fortunate in having as Judge Avery's successor such an able, conscientious, and civic-minded member as Mr. Allen has proved himself to be.
Because of grave emergency conditions in this country during this present mounting crisis, a crisis which inevitably will impose extra heavy burdens of taxation on the Town of Braintree, the Board has not deemed it wise to press the campaign for a new public library. The Board, how- ever, would be remiss in its duties if it did not continue to stress the utter inadequacy of the Public Library to meet modern day conditions. As commented last year, the Lbirary has come to be, because of its hope- lessly cramped quarters, little more than a storage place for books. The librarian's quarters are crowded to the utmost and subject to frequent interruptions. The book stacks are crowded beyond capacity, and there is no possible opportunity for expansion in the present building. The storage of books in the basement is deeply to be regretted; and the mend- ing of books, a library enterprise that concerns human beings, in a part of the room used for the storage of coal, is even more deplorable.
If times improve, as fervently we hope they may, it will be mani- festly our duty as trustees of the Thayer Public Library to impress this urgent civic need upon our fellow citizens with greater and even more forceful emphasis until remedial action results in a new library worthy of the Town of Braintree.
Respectfully submitted,
STACY B. SOUTHWORTH, Chairman JOHN W. HARDING, Treasurer MORRILL R. ALLEN MABEL S. ROGERS CLARA G. WETHERBEE
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY For the year ended December 31, 1940
Receipts
Cash on deposit, January 1, 1940.
$ 3,698.79
Income from Foundation Fund
279.25
Income from Caleb Stetson Fund
62.50
Income from Rachel R. Thayer Fund.
3.44
Income from Nathaniel H. Hunt Fund.
641.80
$ 4,685.78
Expenditures
Purchase of Books
$ 1,180.08
Rent Safe Deposit Box
5.50
Treasurers Surety Bond
5.00
Furniture and Supplies
117.75
Maintenance and Repairs
495.00
Cash on Deposit, December 31, 1940
. 2,882.45
$ 4,685.78
FUNDS AND ASSETS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY December 31, 1940.
FOUNDATION FUND
$500 U.S. Treasury 31/4% Note
$ 500.00
Deposit, Quincy Savings Bank
1,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank
2,520.91
Deposit Abington Savings Bank
1,000.00
Deposit Hingham Inst. for Savings
1,000.00
Deposit Braintree Savings Bank
5,000.00
$ 11,020.91
CALEB STETSON FUND
Deposit Quincy Savings Bank
$ 1,000.00
Deposit Braintree Savings Bank 1,500.00
$ 2,500.00
RACHEL R. THAYER FUND
Deposit Home Savings Bank, Boston. $ 172.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Board of Assessors
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
DECEMBER 31, 1939 to DECEMBER 31, 1940
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES 1940 RECAPULATION Figures Used In Fixing Tax Rate
CITY OR TOWN: Include All Appropriations Voted Since 1939 Tax Rate Was Fixed
Total appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chap. 41. § 15A ..
$1,204,764.08
Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds: In 1940
$ 36,802.92
36,802.92 $1,241,567.00
Amount necessary to satisfy final court judgments
910.63
Deficits due to abatements in excess of overlay of prior years :
Of year 1926 CA 13.12
Of year 1927
27.52
Of year 1928 24.32
Of year 1929 25.92
Of year 1930
24.64
Of year 1931
24.64
Of year 1932
34.54
Of year 1933
42.00
Of year 1934
20.40
Of year 1935
20.88
Of year 1936
236.54
Of year 1937
259.50
Total deficits to be carried to outside column.
STATE: Tax and Assessments:
State Tax State Audit of Municipal Accounts Hospital and Home Care for Civil War Veterans Smoke Inspection Service ..
754.02
1940
1939
Estimates Underestimates
$ 67,680.00
1,410.62
120.00
284.05
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
.08
Additional State Assessments
Require to be raised by Towns in Metropolitan Districts Area Charles River Basin
2,798.17
Met. Parks-Reservations
9,576.87
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
725.94
Boulevards
1,120.65
Wellington Bridge-Maintenance
24.48
Metropolitan Planning Division
165.36
6.92
Metropolitan Sewerage-South System.
17,214.11
Sum of totals to be carried to outside column
$ 101,120.25 $
7.00 $ 101,127.25
COUNTY: Tax and Assessments :
County Tax
$ 25,754.19
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
9,677.12
Sum of totals to be carried to outside column
$ 35,431.31
35,431.31
OVERLAY of current year
19,776.73
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$1,399,566.94
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax . Note :- The amount entered for each of the
77,068.07
Corporation Taxes
first four items must be exactly
32,213.53
Reimbursement on account of state owned land
as certified to you by the commis- sioner. (Col. 3 of Cherry Sheet)
38,983.22
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
40,738.92
Licenses
8,394.14
Fines
557.55
Special Assessments
6,781.90
General Government
302.64
Protection of Persons and Property .
1,171.90
Health and Sanitation.
4,287.83
Charities (other than federal grants for aid to dependent children) ..
32,206.33
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Gasoline Tax (Acts of 1939, Chapters 232 and 504)
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156
Total Estimated Receipts Overestimates of previous year to be used as available funds:
1939
Overestimates
Smoke Inspection Service ..
3.44
Charles River Basin
402.67
Metropolitan Parks-Reservations
2,075.85
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
137.46
Wellington Bridge-Maintenance
3.86
Metropolitan Sewerage-South System. Total
382.47
3,005.75
Amounts voted to be taken from available funds (before any such amount can be used in fixing tax rate, the Commissioner's written ap- proval must be obtained) :
Enter Amount and Date of Approval by Commissioner of
Corporations and Taxation
May 27, 1940
514.46
May 27, 1940
8,000.00
May 27, 1940
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May 27, 1940
120.00
May 27, 1940
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40,220.24
Soldiers' Benefits
1,411.25
Schools
3,768.96
Libraries
750.12
Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department, etc.)
105,855.44
Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots)
143.00
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12,786.72
Interest: On Taxes and Assessments
225.95
Veterans' Exemptions . .
3,000.00
Activities of the Tercentenary Celebration.
693.21
1939 Public Utility Taxes-Certified by Commissioner, March 21, 1940. . Miscellaneous
944.05
412,505.07
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3,000.00
May 27, 1940
17,790.00
3,145.29
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
May 27, 1940
4.00
.
May 27, 1940
3.00
May 27, 1940
2,126.17
500.00
May 27, 1940
1,600.00
May 27, 19,40
Sum of amounts to be carried to inside column
111,802.92
$ 114,808.67
527,313.74
$ 872,253.20
$ 11,210.00 27,281.60 833,761.60
$ 872,253.20
Committed Interest Total $ 88.86 $ 869.86
Apportioned Betterments-Sewer
11,785.50
3,780.02
15,565.52
Apportioned Betterments-Sewer Service. 1,330.40
625.06
1,955.46
Unapportioned Betterments-Sewer Service
25.76
1.80
27.56
Total of all other Commitments
18,418.40
Total Amount of All Taxes on Polls and Property and Assessments Commit ted to the Collector to Date of Fixing Tax Rate
$ 890,671.60
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May 27, 1940 .
75,000.00
Total Available Funds Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation on Polls and Property. Number of Polls: 5605 at $2.00, Poll Tax
Total Valuation at Tax Rate of $34.00: Person Property $802,400.00 Real Estate: $24,522,400.00
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property Items not entering into the determination of the Tax Rate Betterment and special assessments:
Amount
Apportioned Betterments-Street. $ 781.00
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
OF POLLS, PROPERTY, AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1940 FOR BRAINTREE COMPILED FROM THE FIGURES ENTERED IN THE VALUATION LIST Not including figures relating to EXEMPTED PROPERTY or to the
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Item
No. NUMBER of PERSONS ASSESSED Individuals All Others Total
1 On Personal Estate Only 339
47
386
2 On Real Estate Only 2,554
1,695
4,249
3 On Both Personal and Real Estate 143
12
155
4 Total Number of Persons Assessed ..
4,790
5 NUMBER OF MALE POLLS ASSESSED 5,605
VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE
6 Stock in Trade $ 81,050.00
7 Machinery 164,750.00
8 Live Stock 15,050.00
9 All Other Tangible Personal Property .. 541,550.00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate $ 802,400.00
VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE
11 Land exclusive of Buildings $ 7,249,225.00
12 Buildings exclusive of Land. 17,273.175.00
13 Total Value of Assessed Real Estate .. $24,522,400.00
14 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE $25,324,800.00
15 TAX RATE PER $1000-$34.00
TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY OR TOWN PUR- POSES, INCLUDING OVERLAY
16 · On Personal Estate (Item 10 x Item 15) $ 27,281.60
17 On Real Estate (Item 13 x Item 15) ... ..
833.761.60
18 On Polls (Item 5 x $2.00) 11,210.00
19 Total Taxes Assessed
$ 872,253.20
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NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ASSESSED
20 Horses (1 year old, or over) 43
Neat Cattle :
21 Cows (Milch) (1 year old, or over). 81
22 Yearlings, bulls, heifers, etc. (1 year old, or over) None
23 Swine (6 months old, or over) 575
24 Sheep (6 months old, or over) None
25 Fowl 2,236
26 All Other 16
27 NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED* 4,321
*Each building used as a dwelling counted as ONE without regard to the number of families housed.
28 NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 8,414
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a full and true copy of the Table of Aggregates as it appears in the Valuation List ,according to our best knowledge and belief.
Subscribed this twentieth day of June, 1940, under the penalties of perjury.
FRED AUSTERBERRY, Chairman WALTER B. SKINNER, Clerk NORRIS H. PINAULT
Board of Assessors of Braintree
June 20, 1940
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Accountant
OF THE
Town of Braintree
YEAR 1940
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TOWN OF BRAINTREE
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1940
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash-General
$249,836.25
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1938-Real
$ 96.72
Levy of 1939-Poll
48.00
Levy of 1939-Personal
1,152.26
Levy of 1939-Real
50,024.14
Levy of 1940-Poll
424.00
Levy of 1940-Personal
3,957.60
Levy of 1940-Real
184,203.23
Disclaimed Taxes:
Real Estate 1934
88.40
Real Estate 1935
90,48
Real Estate 1936
84.76
Real Estate 1937
85.28
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240,254.87
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1939
10.00
Levy of 1940
1,490.68
1,500.68
Special Assessments:
Sewer:
Unapportioned-Not Added to Taxes
9,177.75
Apportioned 1939
740.47
Apportioned 1940
3,482.44
Sewer House Connections :
Unapportioned-Not Added to Taxes
4,012.34
Apportioned 1939
102.17
Apportioned 1940
437.28
Streets :
Apportioned 1940
162.00
Committed Interest:
Levy of 1939
327.16
Levy of 1940
1,336.44
19,778.05
Tax Title Possessions :
Tax Titles 25,331.62
Tax Title Possessions
52,327.12
77,658.74
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LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans:
In anticipation of 1940 Revenue
$200,000.00
Tailings:
Unclaimed checks
3,035.41
Trust Fund Income:
Charles Thayer
$ 346.91
Geo. W. Kelley
.47
Charles E. French
30.24
Joseph S. Miller
1.77
Ann M. Penniman
46.75
Julia A. Minchin
4.47
Avis A. Thayer
8.29
Hannah R. Hollis
1.66
Charles Hill
. . . .
3.78
444.34
Federal Grants:
Sewer P.W.A. Reserved-Maturing Debt
877.77
A.D.C. "118" Admr.
136.13
Sewer Receipts-Reserved for Appropriation.
22,374.86
Electric Light Available Surplus
2,232.75
Water Dept. Available Surplus
2,376.47
Dog Licenses-County
9.00
Overlay 1938 Taxes
3,884.70
Overlay 1939 Taxes
182.60
Overlay 1940 Taxes
4,176.85
8,244.15
Sale of Cemetery Lots
225.00
Old Age Assistance-Bond Recovery
200.00
Unexpended Appropriation Balance :
Revenue :
W.P.A. Admr.
26.82
W.P.A. Activities-Hhighways
.58
Highways Chapter 90
2,389.47
Highways Chapter 90-Maintenance
206.53
Electric Light Depreciation Fund
1,994.98
New Fire Station
5,536.50
Sewer-W.P.A. Activities
5,412.46
15,567.34
Departmental:
A.D.C. "118"
21.33
Welfare
1,834.16
Old Age Assistance
8,274.29
Health
2,865.37
State Aid
810.00
Military Aid
392.50
Quincy Avenue Bridge
3,670.71
17,868.36
State Aid to Highways
415.14
Water Dept .- Rates, etc.
24.120.48
Electric Light-Power, etc.
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44.997.54
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Unprovided for and Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates:
Smoke Inspection Service
.01
Canterbury Street Highway
3.22
3.23
$676,433.34
Non Revenue :
Schools-Teachers' Deferred Salaries
6,244.32
Sewer Drainage Study
925.85
Sewer-New Pumping Station
2,751.84
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
1,500.68
Special Assessment Revenue
19,778.05
Tax Title Revenue
77,658.74
Departmental Revenue
17,868.36
Water Department Revenue
24,120.48
Electric Light Dept. Revnue
44,997.54
State Aid to Highways
415.14
Cho-les River Basin
2.59
Met. Park Reservations
13.96
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
.03
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
.41
Sewerage South System
139.64
156.63
Bequest-Hollingsworth Estate
50,000.00
Surplus Revenue-E. & D.
174,292.49
$676,433.34
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due:
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue:
Sewer
$ 49,915.11
Due in 1941
$ 11,414.71
Sewer House Connections
8,632.00
Due in 1942
11,318.58
Streets
700.00
Due in 1943
11,293.56
Due in 1944
8,735.53
Due in 1945
4,163.57
Due in 1946
1,693.58
Due in 1947
1,088.58
Due in 1948
158.00
Due in 1949
49.00- $ 49,915.11
Apportioned Sewer House Con. Revenue:
Due in 1941
1,261.00
Due in 1942
1,231.00
Due in 1943
1,205.00
Due in 1944
1,175.00
Due in 1945
1,141.00
Due in 1946
1,136.00
Due in 1947
844.00
Due in 1948-
446.00
Due in 1949
193.00
8,632.00
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue :
Due in 1941
700.00
$ 59,247.11
$ 59,247.11
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Not Funded or Fixed Debt
$596,999.37
Police and Fire Station Loan $ 36,000.00
Sewerage Loan 466,000.00
School Loan 92,000.00
Emergency Finance Loan
2,999.37 $596,999.37
$596,999.37
$596,999.37
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds :
In Custody of Town Treasurer :
Charles Thayer Fund
$ 20,329.06
Ann M. Penniman Fund
500.00
Geo. W. Kelley Cemetery Fund 200.00
Charles E. French Fund
2,419.50
Nathaniel Hunt Fund
24,276.99
Hannah R. Hollis Fund Julia A. Minchin Fund Library Foundation Fund
100.00
100.00
11,020.91
Caleb Stetson Library Fund
2,500.00
Rachel Thayer Library
172.50
Avis A. Thayer School Fund
500.00
Joseph S. Miller Fund
123.66
Charles C. Hill Fund
100.00 $ 62,342.62
$ 62,342.62
$ 62,342.62
Cash and Securities in Custody
of Town Treasurer . .
$ 62,342.62
DEBT ACCOUNTS
RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
Cash and Securities Income Fund
$ 64,827.07 355.35 Expense Fund
Annuity Savings Fund
$ 32,649.28
189.81
Pension Accumulation Fund
30,630.93
Annuity Reserve Fund
1,712.40 $ 65,182.43
$
65,182.42
$ 65,182.42
Respectfully submitted, R. W. MAGLATHLIN, Town Accountant
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1940 RECAPITULATION
Balance
Jan. 1
1940
Appropria- tions
Receipts
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$ 25.00
Finance Comm. Sec'y.
250.00
Finance Comm. Expenses
500.00
Accountant-Salary
2,250.00
Secretary
936.00
Expenses
245.00
Selectmen-Salaries (3)
1,950.00
Secretary
1,296.00
Expenses
1,150.00
Treasurer-Salary
2,500.00
Expenses
2,500.00
Clerical Help
1,872.00
Collector-Salary
2,000.00
Deputy Collector
1,300.00
Clerical Help
1,460.00
Expenses-Bond, etc.
2,090.00
Rec. Deeds & Advertising
1,500.00
Assessors-Salaries (3)
3,000.00
Clerks (3)
3,328.00
Expenses
2,707.00
Investigation
50.00
Law-Town Counsel's Salary
2,000.00
Expenses
750.00
Settlement Suits vs. Town
1,000.00
Land Damages
2,500.00
Court Judgment
Town Clerk-Salary
2,000.00
Clerk
897.00
Expenses
412.90
Registration-Salaries (3)
300.00
Extra Compensation
1,000.00
Clerical Expenses
468.00
Expenses
1,054.00
Election Official and Janitors
2,620.00
Election Dept. Expenses
616.00
Engineering Dept .- Engineer's Salary
2,500.00
Other Salaries
2,720.00
Clerk
936.00
Maint., and Supplies
640.00
Town Hall-Janitor and Assistant. .
2,504.00
Maintenance
1,700.00
Renovation
3,200.00
Fire & Police Sta. Maintenance
1,200.00
Oil
1,100.00
Planning Board
200.00
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Zoning Committee-Expenses
600.00
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Transfers Refunds
Total
Expended
Closed to Balance Revenue, Dec. 31 etc. 1940
Transfers Out
$
25.00 $
25.00
250.00
204.83
45.17
500.00
363.49
136.51
2,250.00
2,250.00
936.00
936.00
245.00
233.18
11.82
1,950.00
1,950.00
1,296.00
1,296.00
1,150.00
1,149.44
.56
2,500.00
2,500.00
$
286.75
2,786.75
2,446.82
339.93
1,872.00
1,872.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,300.00
1,283.34
16.66
1,460.00
1,370.70
89.30
2,090.00
1,980.76
109.24
1,500.00
393.61
1,106.39
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,328.00
3,328.00
.44
2,707.44
2,698.45
8.99
50.00
4.80
45.20
2,000.00
2,000.00
750.00
484.05
265.95
1,000.00
417.15
582.85
2,500.00
1,970.50
529.50
259.48
259.48
2,000.00
2,000.00
897.00
897.00
$ 530.00
942.90
941.69
1.21
300.00
300.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
468.00
468.00
276.00
1,330.00
1,317.00
13.00
2,620.00
2,620.00
175.00
791.00
693.55
97.45
2,500.00
2,500.00
270.00
2,990.00
2,990.00
936.00
936.00
640.00
627.69
12.31
2,504.00
2,504.00
400.00
2,100.00
2,078.99
21.01
3,200.00
3,200.00
51.21
1,251.21
956.86
294.35
400.00
1,500.00
1,497.39
2.61
200.00
200.00
600.00
600.00
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Closed to Balance Revenue, Dec. 31 etc. 1940 Oui
Transfers Refunds Total Expended
PROTECTIONS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept .- Chief's Salary
3,000.00
Other Salaries
36,440.00
Vacations
1,326.80
Janitor
1,300.00
Sick Leave
550.00
Two New Cars
630.00
Two New Motor Cycles
629.00
Pension-Chief
1,250.00
Pension-Patrolment (2)
2,000.00
Dog Officer
200.00
Expenses
2,960.00
Fire Dept .- Chief's Salary
3,000.00
Other Salaries
36,286.46
General Expenses
5,798.00
New Car-Chief's
200.00
Forest Fire Truck
2,000.00
New Boat
55.00
New Engine House
8,000.00
Fire Alarm-Repairman
2,000.00
Extra Help and Vacations
565.38
Expenses
1,797.00
Inspector of Buildings-Salary
1,000.00
Expenses
100.00
Board of Appeals
Sealer Weights and Measures-Sal .. Expenses
500.00
200.00
Tree Warden
300.00
W.P.A. Admr .- Exp. & New Projects
7.89 10,000.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health-Salaries Board (3)
300.00
Officer
1,850.00
Expenses
725.00
Contagious Diseases
9,000.00
Garbage Collection
2,600.00
Testing of Milk
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
75.00
Inspector of Plumbing
1,300.00
Inspector of Animals
200.00
Dental Clinic
2,500.00
Diphtheria Clinic
325.00
T.B. Prevention
480.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
Rabies . Clinic
50.00
Sewer Dept. Salary Superintendent ..
3,000.00
Maintenance
6,709 00
House Connections
7,500.00
Drainage Study
925.85
Commissioners' Salaries (3)
300 00
New Pumping Station
9,600.00
New Car-Superintendent
545.00
W.P.A. Activities
20,000.00
Transfers
171
Balance
Jan. 1
Appropria-
1940
tions
Receipts
3,000.00
3,000.00
807.66
37,247.66
37,208.88
38.78
1,326.80
1,326.80
1,300.00
1,300.00
78.15
628.15
618.15
10.00
630.00
590.00
40.00
629.00
595.00
34.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
200.00
200.00
36.34
2,996.34
2,872.60
123.74
3,000.00
3,000.00
807.66
37,094.12
37,092.66
1.46
.20
5,798.20
5,758.89
39.31
200.00
200.00
2,000.00
1,985.00
15.00
55.00
55.00
8,000.00
2,463.50
5,536.50
2,000.00
2,000.00
565.38
455.00
110.38
1,797.00
1,763.25
33.75
1,000.00
1,000.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
500.00
500.00
200.00
199.20
.80
533.57
833.57
833.57
1.00
10,008.89
9,982.07
26.82
300.00
300.00
1,850.00
1,850.00
725.00
709.82
15.18
9,000.00
7,757.07
1,242.93
2,600.00
2,450.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
75.00
75.00
150.00
1,450.00
1,435.50
14.50
200.00
200.00
2,500.00
2,499.25
.75
325.00
325.00
480.00
480.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
634.30
7,334.30
7,293.88
40.42
18.11
7,518.11
7,379.81
138.30
925.85
925.85
300.00
300.00
9,600.00
6,848.16
2,751.84
545.00
544.45
.55
4.42
38.05
20,042.47
14,630.01
5,412.46
172
Closed to Balance Revenue, Dec. 31 194C
Transfers
Transfers Refunds Total Expended
etc.
Out
HIGHWAYS
Moth Dept .- Labor & Trucking
2,000.00
Expenses
600.00
Highways-Salary Superintendent
3,000.00
Chapter 90
5,999.94
1,000.00
Chapter 90-Maintenance
52,000.00
Special Maintenance
New Construction
Union St. Drainage
2,163.95
Hollis Ave .- Sidewalk 651.04
Drainage-Town Barn 249.67
Liberty Street Sidewalk
1,180.91
Commercial St. Sidewalk 682.11
Elm Street Sidewalk
662.29
Comm. St .- Penn's Hill
1,363.12
*6,953.09
1 Heavy Duty Truck
4,500.00
1 11/2-ton Truck
875.00
New Car-Superintendent
500.00
Quincy Avenue Bridge-Repair
6,000.00
W.P.A. Activities
18,000.00
Snow Removal
15,000.00
Rubbish Collection
2,800.00
Street Lighting
12,000.00
CHARITIES & SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Board Public Welfare-Salaries (3) .
572.04
Administrator
2,380.00
Investigators (2)
2,392.00
Clerk
900.00
Bookkeeper
1,526.00
Clerical Expense
452.00
Office Expense
323.00
Auto Expense
840.00
New Car
500.00
Temporary Aid
90,000.00
A.D.C. "118" Salaries Board (3).
27.96
Administator
120.00
Investigators (2)
104.00
Clerk
36.00
Clerical Expense
16.00
Bookkeeper
34.00
Office Expense
77.00
Auto Expense
60.00
A.D.C. "118"-Regular
21,000.00
Old Age Assistance-Supervisor
1,560.00
Clerk
936.00
Clerical Expense
400.00
Office Expense
230.00
Auto Expense
200.00
Old Age Assistance
73,700.00
Infirmary-Salary Superintendent
1,200.00
Matron's Salary
300.00
Labor
900.00
Expenses
4,635.00
Soldiers' Relief-Aid to Recepients. .
19,000.00
1,584.86
General Maintenance
400.00
6,963.00
.
173
Balance Jan. 1 1940
Appropria- tions
Receipts
9.49
2,009.49
2,006.28
3.21
600.00
531.79
68.21
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,013.61
10,013.55
7,624.08
2,389.47
1,000.00
2,584.86
2,378.33
206.53
1,005.01
215.55
53,220.56
53,193.50
27.06
400.00
82.25
317.75
6,963.00
*6,953.09
9.91
4,500.00
4,459.85
40.15
875.00
873.35
1.65
500.00
500.00
6,000.00
5,523.60
476.40
1,000.00
19,000.00
18,999.42
.58
315.82
15,315.82
15,315.82
488.67
3,288.67
3,288.67
1,764.00
13,764.00
9,000 .-
4,764.00
572.04
572.04
2,380.00
2,380.00
2,392.00
2,278.00
114.00
900.00
900.00
1,526.00
1,396.00
130.00
452.00
293.00
159.00
323.00
318.60
4.40
10.20
850.20
850.10
.10
500.00
448.45
51.55
.64
74.50
90,075.14
88,110.08
1,965.06
27.96
27.96
120.00
120.00
104.00
65.00
39.00
36.00
18.00
18.00
16.00
6.00
10.00
34.00
17.00
17.00
77.00
64.72
12.28
.64
60.64
31.61
29.03
1,450.00
8.75
22,458.75
22,433.69
25.06
1,560.00
1,560.00
65.00
1,001.00
1,001.00
400.00
335.00
65.00
231.75
216.84
14.91
200.00
190.80
9.20
73,700.00
65,373.32
8,326.68
1,200.00
1,200.00
300.00
300.00
900.00
899.00
1.00
437.00
3.22
5,075.22
5,073.64
1.58
. .
19,000.00
18,742.45
257.55
. .
1.75
174
Closed to Balance Revenue, Dec. 31 etc. 1940
Transfers Out
Office Expense
200.00
Agent
1,560.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials
1,300.00
Military Aid
1,500.00
Auto Expense
240.00
SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES
School Dept .- Salaries
271,825.00
Expenses
46,600.00
Text Books & Supplies
19,000.00
Survey of School System
1,897.52
Libraries-Salaries
8,500.00
Janitors' Salaries
625.00
Expenses
6,650.00
253.74
RECREATION
Parks and Playgrounds-Pr. 1 & 2 ..
800.00
75.00
Parks and Playgrounds-Pr. 3 & 4 ..
800.00
75.00
Parks and Playgrounds-Pr. 5 & 6 ..
300.00
575.00
Organized Play
700.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Lifeguard-Sunset Lake
300.00
Unpaid Bills prior to 1940
206.54
Miscellaneous-General Gov't.
1,000.00
Insurance
7,688.88
Town Reports
1,508.60
Memorial Day
500.00
Legion Building
1,000.00
300th Anniversary Memorial
400.00
Braintree Tercentenary
8,025.00
89.97
Maint .- Tax Title Forcl. Property ..
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