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21.00
$518.00
$250.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
-224-
Other Expenses-
Stationery and Postage
$12.04
Printing and Advertising
109.50
Equipment
27.20
Meals
36.35
All Other
8.00
193.09
Total Payments
711.09
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$88.91
TOWN HOUSE MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$2,427.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Janitors' Salary
$800.00
Labor
5.00
$805.00
Other Expenses-
Fuel
$335.44
Lighting
304.85
Janitors' Supplies
274.27
Repairs
214.27
Telephones
276.31
New Equipment
97.00
All Other
40.88
1,543.02
Total Payments 2,348.02
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$78.98
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$8,020.00
Less Transfer to Insurance Appropriation
920.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Custodian
$1,673.10
Assistant Custodian
1,395.90
Other Expenses-
Fuel
$1,203.59
Light and Power
680.19
Janitors' Supplies
327.56
$7,100.00
$3,069.00
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Equipment and Repairs
830.88
Roof and Gutter Repairs
335.89
New Cement Walk
115.00
Repairing Dressing Rooms
291.38
Telephone
42.49
Insurance
2.45
All Other
75.00
$3,904.43
Less Refunds on Fire Insurance
316.21
3,588.22
Total Payments 6,657.22
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$442.78
TOWN HALL FURNISHINGS
Balance from 1936
Payments:
Furniture
$306.30
Electric Water Cooler
253.50
New Plumbing
144.96
Total Payments
704.76
Balance Remaining,
$356.00
MEMORIALS FOR TOWN MEMORIAL BUILDING Balance from 1936
$1,542.88
No Payments
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Balance Overdrawn in 1936
$766.43
Appropriation March 27, 1937
$766.43
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$37,047.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Salary of Chief
$2,932.80
Sergeants
3,515.50
Patrolmen
20,117.70
Special Officers
3,140.25
Janitor
487.44
All Other
70.85
$30,264.54
$1,060.76
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Transportation-
Auto and Motorcycle Expense
$2,074.60
Two new Sedans
917.90
Equipment and Repairs-
New Equipment
$910.80
Repairs
172.51
1,083.31
Fuel and Light-
Fuel Oil
$466.54
Gas and Electricity
210.69
677.23
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Repairs
$252.97
Janitor's Supplies
190.64
All Other
12.17
455.78
Other Expenses-
Stationery, Printing, Postage
$135.13
Telephones
234.01
All Other
73.39
442.53
Traffic Signs and Street Marking-
Signs
$152.11
Labor Painting
175.75
Material
163.20
491.06
Pension-
Paid Lincoln S. Wixon
639.88
Total Payments
37,046.83
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$.17
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Appropriation
$260.00
Payments:
Electricity
$210.00
Repairs
50.00
Total Payments $260.00
2,992.50
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Salary of Chief
$2,864.25
Assistant Chief
2,345.85
Firemen (Regular)
28,939.95
Call Men
2,950.00
Other Employees
$37,211.05
Equipment and Repairs-
Apparatus
$5,331.06
Hose
792.98
Equipment for Men
153.12
Fire Alarm
405.35
New Register and Reel
450.00
All Other
10.50
7,143.01
Fuel and Light-
Fuel Oil
$602.27
Gas and Electricity
492.72
1,094.99
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Repairs
$94.85
Dormitory
54.97
Janitor's Supplies
171.43
321.25
Other Expenses-
Stationery, Printing, Postage
$87.63
Telephones
247.05
Freight, Express
18.06
All Other
257.41
610.15
To Pension of one man retired from Department
1,027.00
Total Payments 47,407.45
Balance Overdrawn to be Appropriated by Town
$3,207.45
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$1,852.00
Transfer from Reserve November 30, 1937
131.11
$1,983.11
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Salary of Sealer $1,365.00
$44,200.00
111.00
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Other Expenses-
Auto Expense
$505.14
Stationery and Postage
15.75
Printing and Advertising
7.00
Electricity
3.80
Telephone
44.69
Equipment
41.35
617.73
Total Payments 1,982.73
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$.38
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
Appropriation ยท Payments:
$260.00
Postage
1.20
Total Payments
261.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$13.80
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION
$5,125.00
Appropriation
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent
$1,324.00
Labor
1,832.00
Other Expenses-
Trucks
$419.38
1/2 cost new Truck
367.50
Insecticides
612.92
Auto and Sprayer Expense
528.83
Telephone
32.47
All Other
7.75
1,968.85
Total Payments 5,124.85
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$ .15
$275.00
Salary of Building Inspector
$3,156.00
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-14-3188 GYPSY MOTH ERADICATION
Transfer from WPA Appropriation
$621.43
Payments:
$406.90
Transportation of Men
67.00
Creosote
52.49
Tools
95.04
Total Payments $621.43
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3,531.50
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent (Tree Warden)
$712.00
Labor
1,818.77
$2,530.77
Other Expenses-
Insecticides
$412.90
Hardware and Tools
17.95
Trucking
4.75
1/2 cost new Truck
367.50
Trees
14.60
New Spray and Suction Hose
82.94
Auto, Sprayer Expense
89.58
All Other (Telephone)
10.39
1,000.61
Total Payments 3,531.38
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$.12
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Warden
$290.89
Patrol and Emergency Fire Duty
173.75
Clerical Assistance
95.98
Fighting Fires
4,095.67
$4,656.29
Trucks
-230-
Other Expenses-
Auto and Truck Hire
$302.19
Stationery
7.75
Apparatus
342.44
Telephone
56.38
Meals
100.12
All Other
87.85
896.73
Total Payments 5,553.02
Balance Overdrawn to be Appropriated by Town $3,053.02
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation
$600.00
Reimburse from County
691.50
$1,291.50
Payments:
Salary of Dog Officer
$600.00
Care and Custody
505.00
Destroying Dogs
183.00
Total Payments
1,288.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$3.50
INLAND FISHERIES
Appropriation
$250.00
Payments:
$250.00
RIFLE RANGE
Appropriation
$175.00
Transfer from Reserve Nov. 12, 1937
152.42
Payments:
Rental of Land
$50.00
Use of range at Camp Curtis Guild
47.13
Use of range at Attleboro
72.00
Surveying New Range
13.55
Gasoline
3.43
Meals
37.50
Transportation
102.50
All Other
1.31
Total Payments
$327.42
$327.42
Trout
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE Appropriation Payments:
$150.00
To Trustees of County Aid to Agriculture
$150.00
CULTIVATION, PROPAGATION, AND PROTECTION OF SHELLFISH
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Receipt from Clam Grant
45.00
$1,845.00
Payments:
Salaries of Supervisors
$1,736.50
Stationery and Printing
58.11
Equipment
19.21
Total Payments 1,813.82
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$31.18
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-14-8263 CLAM PLANTING
Balance from 1936
$64.88
Transfer from Town Appropriation
20.36
Payments:
Labor of Boats
$39.10
Equipment
29.83
Lumber
13.52
Hardware
2.79
Total Payments $85.24
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$19,700.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance
$945.25
Other General Expenses-
Stationery and Postage
$60.65
Printing and Advertising
30.00
Telephones
112.42
Freight and Express
10.44
All Other
24.65
238.16
$85.24
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Quarantine and Contagious Diseases-
Board and Treatment
$312.00
Medical Attendance
345.00
Drugs and Medicines
36.50
Dry Goods, Clothing
2.09
Groceries and Provisions
246.10
Maintenance of Contagious Ward in Jordan Hospital
4,340.00
All Other
146.79
Tuberculosis-
Board and Care
$3,605.80
Groceries and Provisions
11.96
All Other
8.42
3,626.18
Vital Statistics-
Births
$55.50
Deaths
52.50
108.00
Other Expenses
Plumbing Inspectors
$888.82
Fumigation and Disinfection
260.00
Inspection
1,524.50
Auto Hire
416.00
All Other
152.55
3,241.87
Inspection-
Salary of Inspector of Meats
$780.03
Salary of Inspector of Milk
633.78
Expenses
34.48
1,448.29
Public Dump-
Labor
$1,806.50
Expenses
4.83
1,811.33
Tuberculosis Dispensary-
William E. Curtin, M.D.
$300.00
Rent
540.00
Light
13.23
Supplies
12.21
865.44
Dental Clinic-
Dentists
$780.00
Dental Supplies
33.81
813.81
Total Payments
18,526.81
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1,173.19
5,428.48
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PLMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE Appropriation Payments:
To Treasurer of Plymouth County (Assessment of 1936 Maintenance)
$10,150.56
DISTRICT NURSE
Appropriation $1,500.00
Payments:
$1,500.00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments:
390.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$10.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PIGGERY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND COLLECTION OF GARBAGE
$8,068.50
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance Other Expenses-
Labor
$6,390.70
Rent
500.00
Gasoline and Oil
295.82
Truck Expense
560.48
All Other
6.50
7,753.50
Total Payments 8,175.99
Balance Overdrawn to be Appropriated by Town
$107.49
PUBLIC SANITARIES
Appropriation
$2,654.00
Payments:
Janitor
$488.00
Other Care and Labor
1,765.11
Supplies
225.74
Repairs
166.82
Total Payments 2,645.67
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$8.33
Appropriation
$422.49
Services of Inspector of Animals
$10,150.56
Services of District Nurse
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SEWER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$3,017.70
Pipe
637.02
Brick and Cement
75.40
Equipment
124.17
Lumber
95.98
Manhole Covers and Frames
20.25
Total Payments
3,970.52
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$29.48
W. P. A. PROJECTS NO. 165-14-4287 AND NO. 465-14-2-111 BILLINGTON STREET SEWER
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$3,514.92
Payments:
Supervisor
$25.56
Trucks
478.08
Pipe
1,588.52
Brick and Cement
520.46
Manhole Covers and Frames
429.52
Lumber and Nails
379.57
Equipment
9.74
Dynamiting
83.47
Total Payments
$3,514.92
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-6999 SURVEY OF DRAINS
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$24.30
Payments:
Tracing Cloth
$14.86
Blue Print Paper
8.44
Express
1.00
Total Payments
$24.30
STREET CLEANING
$5,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$4,947.50
Equipment
33.00
Total Payments
4,980.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$19.50
Appropriation
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MOSQUITO CONTROL WORK IN THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
$500.00
Appropriation
Payments:
Treasurer of Commonwealth (Maintenance)
$500.00
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Appropriation
General Administration-
Superintendent
$2,437.63
Clerical Assistance
1,070.00
Auto Allowance
417.00
Stationery and Postage
121.73
Telephones
188.05
Fuel and Light
175.89
All Other
296.60
$4,706.90
General Highway Expenditures-
Labor
$18,722.01
Teams and Trucks
8,565.63
Stone, Gravel, etc.
372.99
Tar and Oil
185.39
Pipe and Cement
503.66
Equipment
2,871.63
Repairs
1,412.14
Gasoline and Motor Oil
1,863.19
Kerosene
155.57
Fuel and Light
68.50
Freight and Express
76.78
All Other
45.50
34,842.99
Liability Insurance
2,528.93
Other Expenses-
Drinking Fountains
$188.56
Street Signs
128.44
Traffic Signals
119.00
Fences
359.75
795.75
Total Payments
42,874.57
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$ .43
REPLACING TRUCK-HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Appropriation
$800.00
Payments:
New Ford Truck
739.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$61.00
$42,875.00
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PROVIDING TRUCKS FOR HIGHWAY RELIEF PROJECT
$966.00
Transfer from Emergency Relief Appropriation Payments:
Trucks
$546.00
Drivers
420.00
Total Payments
$966.00
REPAIRS TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS
Balance from 1936
$104.88
Transfer from Reserve Sept. 30, 1937
898.64
$1,003.52
Payments:
Paint
$103.97
Repairs
824.55
Boiler
75.00
Total Payments
$1,003.52
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-1945 ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON BIRCH AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET EXTENSION
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments :
Trucks
$1,519.22
Culvert Pipe
74.97
Hardware and Tools
74.32
Lumber
2.65
Total Payments
1,671.16
Balance Remaining
$328.84
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-1195 CONSTRUCTING SEA WALL ON WATER STREET
Balance from 1936
$1,928.47
Transfer from Town Appropriation
1,450.74
Payments:
Trucks
$2,190.79
Labor
14.00
Power Shovel
304.00
Cement
698.60
Hardware and Tools
143.11
Lumber and Nails
28.71
Total Payments
$3,379.21
$3,379.21
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-5199 CONSTRUCTING SEA WALL ON WATER STREET
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$723.66
Payments :
Trucks
$468.00
Watchman
18.00
Pipe and Sand
128.19
Hardware and Tools
58.85
Lumber
13.27
Dynamiting
37.35
Total Payments $723.66
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-14-7797 FARM TO MARKET ROADS
Balance from 1936
$219.00
Transfer from Town Appropriation
3,619.59
Payments:
Trucks
$2,698.84
Transportation
754.75
Gravel
246.40
Tools
26.90
Dynamiting
110.30
All Other
1.40
Total Payments $3,838.59
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-1-131 FARM TO MARKET ROADS LONG POND AND HEDGES POND ROADS
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$2,800.00
Payments:
Trucks
$273.65
Transportation
215.00
Tools
45.58
Total Payments
534.23
Balance Remaining
$2,265.77
$3,838.59
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HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1936
$1,611.27
Appropriation March 27, 1937
17,900.00
Payments :
Labor
$5,696.01
Trucks
39.73
Stone and Gravel
3,897.55
Tarvia K. P.
7,756.21
Equipment
42.00
Lumber and Bolts
173.97
Carpentry
160.28
Total Payments
17,765.75
Balance Remaining
$1,745.52
POINT ROAD AND WHITE HORSE BEACH ROAD (Resurfacing)
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments :
Labor
$653.05
Trucks
50.00
Stone
796.17
Tar
999.30
Total Payments 2,498.52
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1.48
LONG POND ROAD (Resurfacing)
Balance from 1936
$908.02
Appropriation March 27, 1937
500.00
$1,408.02
Payments :
Labor
$395.65
Tar
1,001.36
Total Payments 1,397.01
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$11.01
$19,511.27
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OLD SANDWICH ROAD (Hard-Surfacing)
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$518.60
Truck
45.00
Tar
1,318.84
Total Payments
1,882.44
Balance Remaining
$117.56
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD (Surfacing)
Balance from 1936
$1,290.68
Appropriation March 27, 1937
2,500.00
Grants from County
2,450.00
Grants from State
5,000.00
Payments :
Damages
$152.00
Foreman
656.69
Labor
3,260.00
Trucks
2,361.50
Gravel
789.55
Tar
2,289.36
Power Shovel
935.00
Culverts
128.48
Guard-Rail Fences
175.60
All Other
.64
Total Payments
10,748.82
Balance Remaining
$491.86
RIVER STREET (Improvement and Hard-Surfacing)
Appropriation No Payments
$2,500.00
STAFFORD STREET
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Acquiring and Recording Titles
92.60
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$7.40
$11,240.68
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BIRCH AVENUE
Appropriation $100.00
Payments:
Acquiring and Recording Titles
91.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$9.00
CHERRY STREET (To Nick's Rock Road)
Appropriation $150.00
Payments :
Recording Titles
6.25
Balance Remaining $143.75
SAVERY AVENUE
Appropriation $100. 00
Payments:
Recording Titles
4.85
Balance Remaining $95.15
OVERLOOK ROAD (From Wellingsley Avenue, northerly)
Appropriation
Payments:
Acquiring and Recording Titles
94.40
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.60
STRAND AVENUE
Balance from, 1936 $38.80
Payments:
Acquiring and Recording Titles
$38.80
SIMES ROAD
Balance from 1936 $39.75
Payments:
Acquiring and Recording Titles
$39.75
LAND DAMAGES AT MANOMET POINT ROAD (COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' DECREE NO. 887) Balance from 1935 $17.00
No Payments
$100.00
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SOUTH STREET WIDENING (From Pleasant St. to Sandwich St.)
Balance from 1936
$4,176.00
Payments :
Land Damages
$ 965.00
Labor
1,509.70
Trucks
69.70
Stone
337.24
Tar
372.66
Pipe and Cement
761.47
Grates
62.36
All Other
6.19
Total Payments 4,084.32
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$91.68
NEW PUBLIC WAY FROM BILLINGTON STREET, NORTHERLY LAND DAMAGES AND GRADING Balance from 1936 $635.73
Payments:
Labor 111.70
Balance Remaining $524.03
RELOCATION OF STATE HIGHWAY (DAMAGES) VALLERVILLE TO COSTELLO'S CORNER (COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' DECREE NO. 724) Balance from 1936 No Payments $98.00
RELOCATION OF STATE HIGHWAY (DAMAGES) WARREN AVENUE AND MANOMET ROAD Balance from 1936 $271.20
No Payments
BROOKSIDE AVENUE (Improvement and Resurfacing) Balance from 1935 $578.80
No Payments
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HARD-SURFACING STREETS
Balance from 1936
$.65
Appropriation March 27, 1937
$4,500.00
$4,500.65
Payments:
Labor
$2,970.85
Stone
112.50
Tar
1,297.83
Use of Roller
64.25
All Other
6.00
Total Payments
4,451.43
Balance Remaining
$49.22
SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Payments :
Labor
$3,301.28
Stone Dust and Sand
746.59
Tar
1,859.69
Equipment
80.15
Total Payments
$5,987.71
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$12.29
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-1952
WATER STREET SIDEWALK AND CURBING
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$1,035.86
Payments:
Trucks
$429.03
Cement
470.40
Lumber and Nails
97.59
Equipment
3.39
Rental of Cement Mixer
35.00
All Other
.45
Total Payments
$1,035.86
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-1-87 WATER STREET MASONRY WALL
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$2,800.00
Payments:
Labor (Mason)
$24.00
Trucks
416.98
Stone
446.50
Cement
462.56
Tools
13.00
Lumber and Nails
19.43
Total Payments Balance Remaining
1,382.47
$1,417.53
SIDEWALKS : GRANOLITHIC
Balance from 1936
$141.79
Appropriation March 27, 1937
3,000.00
$3,141.79
Payments:
Labor
$418.25
New Curbing
1,280.70
Sidewalks: New and Repairing
464.59
Lumber
25.57
Cement
84.70
Joint Plates
30.00
Total Payments
2,303.81
Balance Remaining
$837.98
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$1,023.42
Trucks
31.38
Equipment
872.75
Calcium Chloride
72.00
Total Payments 1,999.55
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$.45
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STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
Trucks
$95.57
Calcium Chloride
880.80
Total Payments
976.37
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$23.63
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Payments:
Ornamental
$5,879.39
Ordinary
11,117.26
Manomet
1,707.00
Cedarville
414.00
Range Lights
54.00
Plymouth Rock Lights
36.00
Traffic Signals
19.14
Total Payments
19,226.79
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$773.21
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
Salary of Harbor Master
$150.00
TOWN WHARF MAINTENANCE AND CARETAKER
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments:
Salary of Caretaker
$600.00
Equipment and Repairs
94.11
Total Payments 694.11
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.89
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Appropriation
$70,075.00 63.96
Income from Trust Funds
$70,138.96
Payments :
General Administration-
Salary of Chairman
$52.50
Salary of Secretary
315.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,521.00
Salary of Investigator
399.96
Clerical Assistance
2,933.50
Printing, Stationery, Postage
194.23
All Other
302.18
$5,718.37
Infirmary-
Salary of Superintendent
$728.00
Other Salaries and Wages
1,290.10
Groceries and Provisions
2,419.15
Dry Goods and Clothing
72.75
Repairs
63.91
Fuel and Light
901.58
Equipment
93.77
Ice
121.59
Medical Attendance
99.41
All Other
518.41
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash
$1,466.76
Rent
10,312.51
Groceries and Provisions
37,509.93
Fuel
4,090.66
Dry Goods and Clothing
930.05
Medical Attendance
3,174.78
Burials
160.00
State Institutions
722.61
Other Institutions
2,837.05
All Other
322.40
61,526.75
Relief by Other Cities and Towns-
Cities
$895.97
Towns
1,082.45
1,978.42
$75,532.21
Less Refunds on Fire Insurance
57.84
$75,474.37
6,308.67
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MOTHERS' AID
Payments:
Cash 8,047.46
Total Payments 83,521.83
Balance Overdrawn to be Appropriated by Town
$13,382.87
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND Expended by the Board of Public Welfare for Inmates of Infirmary $8.30
MOTHERS' AID (From Federal Grants)
Federal Grants, Balance from 1936
$210.00
Federal Grants for 1937 2,285.34
$2,495.34
Payments :
Cash $2,495.34
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-14-120 (WOMEN'S SEWING PROJECT)
Balance from 1936
$272.32
Transfer from Town Appropriation
1,000.00
$1,272.32
Payments:
Rental of Machines
$166.88
Machine Repairs
69.85
Sewing Accessories
12.33
Equipment
16.05
Federal Government on account of material
720.00
Total Payments 985.11
Balance Remaining
$287.21
W. P. A. PROJECTS NO. 65-14-9712, NO. 165-14-7999, AND NO. 465-14-3-7 (Transportation of Housekeepers) Transfer from Town Appropriation
Payments: Transportation 47.94
$100.00
Balance Remaining $52.06
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Balance Overdrawn in 1936 $145.05
Appropriation, March 27, 1937
$145.05
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$50,000.00
Payments:
Administration-
Supervisor
$840.00
Clerical Assistance
495.00
Mileage
70.05
Stationery, Printing, Postage
86.19
Light and Telephone
45.86
Rent
150.00
$1,687.10
Aid-
$55,773.43
Burials
300.00
Hospitalization
183.00
Medical Attendance
72.20
Reimburse Other Towns
330.90
All Other
7.40
56,666.93
Total Payments
58,354.03
Balance Overdrawn to be Appropriated by Town
$8,354.03
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (From Federal Grants)
Balance from 1936 for Administration
$12.56
Federal Grants for Administration
1,495.62
Balance from 1936 for Assistance
97.68
Federal Grants for Assistance
44,870.38
$46,476.24
Payments:
Administration-
Supervisor
$720.00
Clerical Assistance
432.00
Mileage
32.04
Rent
150.00
Stationery, Printing, Postage
61.95
Telephone
19.10
Light
10.18
$1,425.27
Cash
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Aid-
Cash
$43,798.64
Medical Attendance
46.00
Hospitalization
77.50
Burials
275.00
Medicine
4.14
Groceries
8.81
Rent
5.75
Reimburse Other Cities and Towns
655.00
44,870.84
Total Payments
46,296.11
Balance Remaining on Administration
$82.91
Balance Remaining on Assistance
$97.22
WIDOWS' ACCOUNT
Balance from 1936
$784.00
Income from Bank Stock
50.00
$834.00
Payments:
To Widows
18.00
Balance Remaining
$816.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
$9,500.00
Appropriation Payments:
State Aid-
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner
$510.00
Military Aid-
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Soldiers' Relief-
575.00
Clerical Assistance
$106.00
Cash
6,203.00
Fuel
292.11
Groceries
293.61
Rent
479.00
Clothing
40.14
Medical Attendance
703.92
All Other
21.15
8,138.93
Total Payments 9,223.93
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$276.07
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$229,887.00 11.03
Less Transfer to Insurance Appropriation
$229,898.03 1,080.00
228,818.03
Payments:
General Expenses-
Superintendent's Salary
$4,583.00
Clerk
1,502.00
Attendance Officer
600.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing
327.29
Telephone
180.00
Traveling Expenses
114.80
Automobile Expense
400.00
School Census
121.50
All Other
182.42
$8,011.01
Teachers' Salaries-
Day
$154,247.01
Evening
2,401.50
156,648.51
Text Books and Supplies --
Text and Reference Books
$4,018.47
Paper, Blank Books, etc.
4,429.09
Manual Training Supplies
964.94
Domestic Science Supplies
564.64
Athletic Supplies
570.20
Typewriters
478.99
All Other
175.15
Tuition
1,261.93
Transportation-
Automobiles (Pupils)
$13,458.40
Automobiles (Teachers)
469.69
13,928.09
Janitors' Service-
Day
$12,210.58
Evening
109.50
Watchmen, July 4th
50.40
12,370.40
Fuel and Light- Coal and Wood
$6,847.95
Gas and Electricity
2,344.46
9,192.41
Income from Trust Fund
11,201.49
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Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Salary of Building Supervisor
$2,535.00
Carpentry, Painting, Masonry
1.630.78
Heating, Plumbing, Wiring 1,076.85
423.90
Flags and Flagstaffs
33.81
Janitors' Supplies
1,286.70
Telephones
350.63
Ashes, etc., removed
141.75
Insurance on New High School
459.07
All Other
137.40
8,075.89
Furniture and Furnishings-
Desks and Chairs
$15.00
All Other
582.18
Rent-
315.00
Diplomas and Graduation-
255.47
Medical Inspection-
Physician
$1,755.00
Nurse and Assistant
2,446.64
Dental Nurse
1,559.88
Dental Clinic
721.20
All Other
473.55
6,956.27
Total Payments 228,813.72
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Fund $4.31
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Balance from 1936
$6,105.94
Grant from Federal Government
30,700.00
$36,805.94
Payments:
D'Amore Construction Co.
$32,662.70
Contracts for Equipment
2,686.19
Frank Irving Cooper Corp., Architects
1,432.96
Transferred to Town Debt and Interest
and Applied on First Bond Payment
24.18
Total Payments $36,805.94
597.18
Building Material
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CENTRAL HEATING PLANT CORNISH AND BURTON SCHOOLS
$15,500.00
Appropriation Payments:
Stone-Underhill Co., Engineers
$1,095.30
Bliss Hardware Co., Contractors
13,691.20
Notice for Bids
7.00
Additional Equipment
10.90
Total Payments 14,804.40
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$695.60
STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL TRAINING
(Smith-Hughes Funds for Teaching Pottery Making) Cash from State
$1,116.00
Payments:
Salary of Pottery Instructor
720.00
Balance Remaining
$396.00
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-14-2000 LINCOLN STREET SCHOOL GROUNDS
Balance from 1936
$2,113.55
Transfer from Town Appropriation
890.20
Payments:
Trucks
$1,664.66
Gravel
140.20
Lumber
30.16
Cement
532.14
Equipment
73.67
Rental of Mixer
460.00
Chain-link Fence
97.32
All Other
5.60
Total Payments
$3,003.75
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-7999 (NUTRITION PROJECT FOR UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN)
Balance from 1936 $226.96
Transfer from Town Appropriation
1,104.15
$1,331.11
$3,003.75
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Payments:
Delivering Lunches
$112.00
Services of Dietician
216.00
Rent of Kitchen
240.00
Provisions
704.05
Sundries
12.57
Ice
16.50
Utensils
28.79
All Other
1.20
Total Payments
$1,331.11
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 165-14-7999-New (NUTRITION PROJECT FOR UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN)
Transfer from Town Appropriation
$1,200.00
Payments :
Delivering Lunches
$54.00
Services of Dietician
128.00
Rent of Kitchen
120.00
Provisions
329.59
Sundries
20.34
Fuel
12.00
Total Payments
663.93
Balance Remaining
$536.07
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation, Including 1936 Dog Tax
$8,850.00
Income from Gates Fund
58.45
$8,908.45
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$1,860.00
Assistants
3,600.00
Janitor
600.00
Books and Periodicals-
Books and Periodicals
$2,095.34
Bindings
72.05
Stationery
249.58
2,416.97
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$425.78
Telephone
5.70
431.48
Total Payments
$8,908.45
$6,060.00
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MANOMET PUBLIC LIBRARY
$750.00
Appropriation Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$300.00 75.00
Janitor
$375.00
Books and Periodicals
275.47
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$32.75
Equipment and Repairs
25.50
Insurance
41.28
99.53
Total Payments
$750.00
PARKS AND TRAINING GREEN
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Income from Fund
60.45
$10,060.45
Payments:
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