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244.20
Clerical Assistance
763.31
$6,167.51
Other Expenses-
Stationery and Postage
205.41
Printing and Advertising
56.50
Assessors' Expenses
68.75
Assistant Assessors' Expenses
10.18
Abstracting Titles
141.75
All Other
47.50
530.09
Total Payments 6,697.60
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$2.40
LAW DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $1,500.00
Payments:
Salary of Town Counsel
$100.00
Legal Services 1,060.00
$1,160.00
Other Expenses-
Jury List
$6.75
Land Court Fees
23.00
All Other
28.46
58.21
Total Payments 1,218.21
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$281.79
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$1,400.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
100.00
$1,500.00
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Salary of Town Clerk
$100.00
Fees for Recording
582.00
Clerical Assistance
689.00
Services at Town Election
5.00
$1,376.00
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Other Expenses-
Stationery and Postage
$108.69
Surety Bond All Other
7.50
123.69
Total Payments 1,499.69
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$ .31
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $700.00
Payments:
Salary of Town Engineer
$600.00
Labor, Surveying, Drafting
78.00
$678.00
Other Expenses-
Stationery and Supplies
$12.59
Town Engineer's Expense
7.50
20.09
Total Payments
698.09
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1.91
PLANNING BOARD
Appropriation $150.00
Payments:
Labor, Surveying, Drafting
$84.71
Other Expenses-
27.40
All Other
Total Payments $112.11
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$37.89
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation $2,000.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Registrars
$194.95
Clerk
100.00
Election Officers
430.00
7.50
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Listing
374.00
Clerical Assistance
. 222.50
$1,321.45
Other Expenses-
Stationery and Postage
$153.80
Printing and Advertising
453.75
Meals All Other
2.00
673.65
Total Payments $1,995.10
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$4.90
TOWN HOUSE MAINTENANCE
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$2,200.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
100.00
$2,300.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Janitor
$768.00
Substitute Janitor
32.00
Other Expenses-
Fuel
$375.18
Lighting
285.55
Janitors' Supplies
192.45
Repairs
42.87
Telephones
201.82
Steel Filing Cabinet, Desk, Tables and Chairs
325.59
All Other
73.41
1,496.87
Total Payments 2,296.87
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$3.13
TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $6,000.00
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
64.10
$800.00
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Custodian
Assistant Custodian
$1,716.00 1,404.00
Labor
74.50
$3,194.50
Other Expenses
Fuel
$1,159.51
Light and Power
561.44
Janitors' Supplies
197:60
Repairs
727.34
Telephone
45.02
All Other
85.52
2,776.43
Total Payments 5,970.93
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$29.07
TOWN HALL FURNISHINGS
Balance from 1938
$306.80
No Payments
MEMORIALS FOR TOWN MEMORIAL BUILDING
Balance from 1938
$1,235.01
No Payments
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$33,853.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages
Chief
$2,899.25
Sergeants
5,879.06
Patrolmen
18,564.96
Special Officers
2,401.89
Janitor
254.64
All Other
8.30
Transportation-
Auto and Motorcycle Expense
$1,491.15
New Car
126.00
Equipment and Repairs- New Equipment
$435.45
Repairs
163.23
$30,008.10
1,617.15
598.68
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Fuel and Light- Fuel Oil
454.90
Gas and Electricity
272.67
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Repairs
149.98
Janitor's Supplies
74.65
Laundry
10.73
All Other
42.52
277.88
Other Expenses-
Stationery, Printing, Postage
$130.35
Telephone
170.12
All Other
45.35
345 82
Traffic Signs and Street Marking-
Painting on Streets
$93.00
Traffic Paint
114.71
Signs
69.62
277.33
Total Payments
33,852.53
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$ .47
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Appropriation
Payments:
Electricity
$278.68
Repairs and Lamps
10.11
Total Payments
288.79
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$11.21
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$44,254.00
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Chief
$2,900.00
Assistant Chief
2,331.84
Firemen (Regular)
28,035.80
Call Men
3,032.36
Other Employees
107.23
$36,407.23
727.57
$300.00
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Equipment and Repairs-
Apparatus
$1,820.58
Hose
705.00
Equipment for Men
272.48
Fire Alarm
485.10
Radio
167.38
Fuel and Light-
Fuel Oil
$707.63
Gas and Electricity
497.95
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds --
Janitor's Supplies
$212.88
Repairs
927.92
Dormitory
115.23
New Furnishings
237.44
1,493.47
Other Expenses-
Printing, Stationery, Postage
$280.53
Telephone
219.58
Freight, Express
22.85
All Other
140.12
663.08
To pension of one man retired from Departmen
1,027.00
Total Payments 44,246.90
Balance to Excess and Defiency
$7.10
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments:
Salary of Inspector
$190.00
Printing and Postage
9.80
Total Payments
199.80
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.20
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation Appropriation for Unpaid 1938 Salary
$2,200.00
175.05
$2,375.05
3,450.54
1,205.58
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Payments: Salaries and Wages- Balance of 1938 Salary
$175.05 1,400.00
$1,575.05
Other Expenses-
Stationery
27.72
Printing
18.38
Auto Expense
327.21
Equipment
42.85
Telephone Toll Charge
.25
416.41
Total Payments
1,991.46
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$383.59
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent
$1,433.33
Labor
2,257.39
Other Expenses-
Trucks
$345.63
Insecticides
564.16
Tools and Hardware
25.63
Transportation by Motor Boat
18.00
Auto and Sprayer Expense
313.53
Telephone
36.45
1,303.40
Total Payments 4,994.12
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.88
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Tree Warden
$620.00
Labor
1,434.85
$2,054.85
Salary of Sealer
$3,690.72
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Other Expenses-
Trucks
$93.81
Insecticides
242.46
Tools and Hardware
34.06
Auto and Sprayer Expense
62.80
Telephone
6.86
All Other
3.92
443.81
Total Payments
2,498.76
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1.24
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$2,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
1,500.00
$3,500.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Warden
$300.00
Patrol and Emergency Fire Duty
225.62
Fighting Fires
1,846.64
Warden, Special Services
8.64
Clerical Assistance
96.00
2,476.90
Other Expenses-
Auto and Truck Hire
$522.40
Apparatus
283.24
Telephone
69.24
Food
40.51
Checks and Badges
53.25
Printing and Stationery
15.00
983.64
Total Payments 3,460.54
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$39.46
DOG OFFICER
Balance from 1938
$1.50
Reimbursements from County
987.00
988.50
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Payments: Care, Custody and Destroying Dogs
$988.50
RIFLE RANGE
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 Payments :
$300.00
Use of Range at Attleboro
$72.60
Use of Range at Hingham
38.47
Use of Range at Camp Curtis Guild
27.63
Transportation
101.00
Meals
33.15
Total Payments 272.85
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$27.15
INLAND FISHERIES
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments:
Yellow Perch
300.00
CULTIVATION, PROPAGATION AND PROTECTION OF SHELLFISH
$1,450.00
Appropriation Payments:
Salary of Supervisor
$1,300.00
Surveying
18.89
Boat Storage and Repairs
51.60
Gasoline and Oil
24.90
Printing
3.80
Total Payments 1,399.19
Balance to Exces and Deficiency
$50.81
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-2-937 CLAM PLANTING
Balance from 1938
$129.91
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
100.00
$229.91
Payments:
$148.72
Equipment
Gasoline and Oil
5.43
$154.15
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Return to W. P. A. Appropriation
75.76
$229.91
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$18,000.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance
$957.55
Other General Expenses-
Stationery, Postage
$109.61
Printing, Advertising
3.00
Telephones
96.15
Freight, Express
6.71
All Other
7.85
223.32
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases-
Medical Attendance
$266.64
Drugs, Medicines
14.52
Groceries, Provisions
2.94
Maintenance of Contagious Ward in Jordan Hospital
3,000.00
All Other
8.73
Tuberculosis -
Board and Care
$3,817.24
All Other
30.00
3,847.24
Vital Statistics-
Births
$38.75
Deaths
44.50
Other Expenses-
Plumbing Inspectors
$874.34
Fumigation and Disinfecting
260.00
New Inhalater
427.00
Inspection
1,570.00
Auto Hire
421.83
All Other
123.45
Inspection-
Salary of Inspector of Meats
$800.00
Salary of Inspector of Milk
650.00
Expenses
114.40
1,564.40
P 13
3,292.83
83.25
3,676.62
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Public Dump-
Labor
$1,748.00
Expenses
19.10
1,767.10
Tuberculosis Dispensary-
Physician
$266.64
Rent
540.00
Light
44.54
Supplies
2.16
853.34
Dental Clinic-
Dental Supplies
$35.97
Dentists
780.00
815.97
Total Payments
17,081.62
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$918.38
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Piggery Maintenance and Operation and Collection of Garbage
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Payments :
Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance
$433.32
Labor
6,489.60
Other Expenses-
Rent of Piggery
500.00
Truck Expense
295.38
Gasoline and Oil
270.44
All Other
10.46
1,076.28
Total Payments 7,999.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.80
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE
$10,987.59
Appropriation Payments: To Treasurer of Plymouth County (Assessment of 1938 Maintenance)
10,987.59
$6,922.92
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DISTRICT NURSES
Appropriation $2,000.00
Payments:
Services of District Nurse
$1,500.00
Services of Assistant Nurse
500.00
Total Payments $2,000.00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$250.00
Payments:
Services of Inspector (Jan .- Mar.)
$99.99
Services of Inspector (Apr .- Dec.)
150.01
Total Payments $250.00
SEWERS
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments:
Labor
$2,289.90
Pipe
2.58
Brick and Cement
82.87
Manholes, Covers
23.88
Equipment
41.10
Lumber and Nails
25.74
Total Payments 2,466.07
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$33.93
INTERCEPTING SEWER
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Expense of Acquiring Easements
$100.00
W. P. A. PROJECT No. 665-14-2-931 Nook Road Sewer
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments :
$3,012.06
Trucks Pipe
$584.68 1,254.85
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Brick
330.00
Cement
130.00
Grates, Frames, Steps
378.97
Equipment
86.11
Lumber and Nails
197.97
Dynamiting Rock
49.48
Total Payments
$3,012.06
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-20 Intercepting Sewer
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$4,862.18
Payments:
Printing, Recording, Postage
$81.35
Engineering Services
396.47
Trucks
302.25
Pipe
480.51
Cement
128.75
Lumber and Nails
1,441.79
Tools and Equipment
913.38
Use of Moretrench Wellpoint Equipment
895.51
Gasoline and Oil
192.81
All Other
29.36
Total Payments
$4,862.18
(Project continued in 1940)
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-1-562 Street Drainage
Balance from 1938
$216.69
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriaton
132.41
Payments:
Trucks
$49.40
Brick
74.70
Damage Claim
225.00
Total Payments
$349.10
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation $4,500.00
-
$349.10
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Payments:
Labor Equipment
$3,927.80
48.00
Total Payments
3,975.80
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$524.20
PUBLIC SANITARIES
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Payments:
Janitor
$500.00
Other Care and Labor
1,400.50
Supplies
213.41
Repairs
56.06
Total Payments
2,169.97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$30.03
MOSQUITO CONTROL WORK IN THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments:
Treasurer of Commonwealth (Maintenance)
$500.00
ROADS AND BRIDGES
$42,000.00
Payments:
General Administration-
Superintendent
$2,500.00
Foreman
1,560.00
Clerical Assistance
1,040.00
Auto Allowance
416.00
Stationery and Postage
117.13
Telephones
171.30
Fuel and Light
159.40
All Other
34.00
$5,997.83
Appropriation
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General Highway Expenditures-
Labor
$19,292.57
Teams and Trucks
7,157.00
Stone, Gravel, etc.
328.75
Tar and Oil
212.38
Pipe and Cement
228.56
Equipment
2,191.68
Repairs
1,135.81
Gasoline and Motor Oil
1,498.04
Kerosene
221.04
Fuel and Light
56.25
Freight and Express
37.91
All Other
32.00
$32,391.99
Liability Insurance
2,112.56
Other Expenses-
Drinking Fountains
96.29
Street Signs
70.98
Traffic Signals
117.00
Fences
160.55
444.82
Total Payments $40,947.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1,052.80
HIGHWAY FUND, CHAP. 500, ACTS OF 1938
Fund from State August 31, 1938 $17,000.00
Transfers under Chapter 2, Acts of 1939: (Article 10, Annual Town Meeting, April 13, 1939)
Highway Construction and Reconstruction
$16,250.00
Federal Furnace Road 750.00
$17,000.00
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1938
$3,510.33
Appropriation April 13, 1939 4,300.00
Transfer from Highway Fund
16,250.00
$24,060.33
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Payments:
Labor
$5,786.70
Stone and Gravel
5,276.31
Tar
9,884.07
Use of Roller
70.75
Total Payments
21,017.83
Balance Remaining
3,042.50
HARD-SURFACING STREETS
Balance from 1938
$54.53
Appropriation
4,500.00
$4,554 53
Payments:
$3,016.15
Stone
199.70
Tar
1,333.23
All Other
5.41
Total Payments
4,554.49
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.04
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD (For Relaying Defective Construction)
Grant from State
$454.61
Grant from County
435.42
Transfer from Town Appro.
19.18
$909.21
Payments :
Labor
$340.50
Trucks
104.25
Tar
459.66
Cement
4.80
Total Payments
$909.21
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD
Balance from 1938
$138.38
Grant from State, for 1938 Work
318.00
$456.38
Labor
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Less:
Transfer to above account
$19.18
Payment for land damage 11.80
30.98
$425.40
Transfer from Construction and Reconstruction
750.00
Grant from State
677.94
Grant from County
677.94
$2,531.28
Payments
Labor
$748.90
Trucks
234.00
Gravel
349.20
Tar
1,547.73
Use and Moving of Grader
120.00
Total Payments $2,999.83
Overdraft, awaiting reimbursement
$468.55
TAYLOR AVENUE EXTENSION
Balance Overdrawn in 1938
$294.28
Grant from County
$196.32
Grant from State
101.64
297.96
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$3.68
RIVER STREET IMPROVEMENT AND HARD-SURFACING
Appropriation March 27, 1937
$2,500.00
No payments
NEW WESTERLY WAY
Balance from 1937 Payments:
$524.03
Labor
348.70
Balance Remaining $175.33
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BROOKSIDE AVENUE IMPROVEMENT AND RESURFACING
Balance from 1935
No Payments
OCEAN VIEW ROAD
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
100.00
SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
Payments:
Labor
$2,875.05
Stone Dust and Sand
760.76
Tar
1,308.30
Equipment
55.47
Total Payments 4,999.58
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.42
W. P. A. Project NO. 465-14-1-453 Farm to Market Roads
Balance from 1938
$61.53
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
4,758.67
Payments:
Trucks
$4,050.51
Transportation
549.00
Labor
8.00
Tools and Equipment
212.69
Total Payments
$4,820.20
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-490 Farm to Market Roads
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments:
$233.73
Trucks
$176.80
Tools and Equipment
56.93
Total Payments
$233.73
(Project continued in 1940)
$578.80
Services for Acquiring Titles
$5,000.00
$4,820.20
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-1-283 Curbing
Balance from 1938
$419.76
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
5,252.21
Payments:
Trucks
$1,469.65
Transportation
1,036.50
Watchman
10.00
Cement
2,715.25
Gravel
10.65
Tools and Equipment
200.09
Lumber and Nails
229.83
Total Payments
$5,671.97
(Project continued in 1940)
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-375 Water Street Sidewalk and Steps
Balance from 1938
$53.84
Payments :
Trucks
$18.20
Sand
30.30
$48.50
Return to W. P. A. Appropriation
5.34
$53.84
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-324 Bituminous Sidewalks
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$7,674.88
Payments:
Trucks
$1,980.88
Transportation
592.00
Tar
3,936.89
Gravel
147.00
Mixer
769.00
Tools and Equipment
193.37
Lumber and Nails
42.74
Frame and Grate
13.00
Total Payments $7,674.88
(Project continued in 1940)
$5,671.97
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W. P A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-519 Sea Wall at Town Wharf
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$3,331.51
Payments:
Trucks
$1,345.32
Watchman
10.00
Gravel
28.00
Cement
130.00
Lumber and Nails
430.42
Tools and Equipment
519.38
Total Payments
$2,463.12
Balance Remaining
$868.39
SIDEWALKS: GRANOLITHIC
Balance from 1938
$377.11
Appropriation
2,000.00
$2,377.11
Payments:
Sidewalks (Contract)
$559.60
Curbing
676.66
Repairs
139.30
Total Payments
1,375.56
Balance Remaining
$1,001.55
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$6,002.80
Teams and Trucks
1,038.47
Plowing
2,553.25
Sand
44.10
Equipment
417.03
Calcium Chloride
32.00
Total Payments
$10,087.65
Balance Overdrawn, to be appropriated by Town $87.65
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STREET SPRINKLING
$1,000.00
Appropriation Payments:
Labor
$33.60
Calcium Chloride
952.60
Total Payments
$986.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$13.80
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Payments:
Ornamental
$6,236.27
Ordinary
11,155.06
Manomet
1,730.10
Cedarville
414.00
Range Lights
54.00
Plymouth Rock
36.00
Total Payments
19,625.43
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$374.57
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
Payments:
Salary of Harbor Master
$150.00
TOWN WHARF MAINTENANCE AND CARETAKER
$960.00
Payments:
Salary of Caretaker
$858.00
Equipment and Repairs
68.62
Labor, Cleaning up Ater Carnivals
28.00
Total Payments 954.62
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.38
Appropriation
$150.00
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IMPROVEMENTS IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR
Appropriation No Payments
$5,000.00
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELLISVILLE HARBOR
Appropriation from Excess and Deficiency Oct. 10 Payments:
$1,500.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,500.00
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$80,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14
7,500.00
Income from Trust Funds
60.99
$87,560.99
Payments:
General Administration-
Salary of Chairman
$50.00
Salary of Secretary
350.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,433.25
Salary of Investigator
366.67
Clerical Assistance
3,240.00
Janitor
405.00
Fuel and Light
255.47
Printing, Stationery, Postage
231.86
Telephone
105.90
All Other
480.95
$6,919.10
Infirmary
Salary of Superintendent
$728.00
Other Salaries and Wages
1,211.85
Groceries, Provisions
2,599.38
Dry Goods, Clothing
203.55
Repairs
94.46
Fuel and Light
687.80
Equipment
472.51
Ice
59.46
Medical Attendance
298.10
All Other
371.98
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash
$3,286.69
Rent
11,079.20
Groceries, Provisions
39,610.89
$6,727.09
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Fuel 3,887.39
Dry Goods, Clothing
928.63
Medical Attendance
4,120.98
Burials
840.00
State Infirmary
584.07
Other State Institutions
337.21
Jordan Hospial
3,011.84
Other Institutions
2,188.14
All Other
461.31
$70,336.35
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns- Cities $450.91
Towns
2,041.10
$2,492.01
Total Payments $86,474.55
Balance to Excess and Deficiency $1,086.44
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND
Expended by the Board of Public Welfare for
Inmates of Infirmary $7.54
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$10,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 2,500.00
$12,500.00
Payments : Cash $12,500.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN (From Federal Grants)
Federal Grants for Assistance
Federal Grants for Administration
$2,980.60
344.42
$3,325.02
Payments : Administration- Investigator and Supervisor $121.08
Clerical Assistance
198.00
$319.08
Assistance-
Cash 2,618.51
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Total Payments
2,937.59
Balance Remaining
$387.43
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-3-678 Women's Sewing Project
Balance from 1938
$272.50
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
2,000.00
$2,272.50
Payments:
Rental of Machines
$129.75
Machine Repairs
5.35
Sewing Accessories
173.26
Equipment
9.44
Federal Government on Account of Material
1,650.00
Total Payments 1,967.80
Balance Remaining
$304.70
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-269 Household Aids
Balance from 1938
$29.17
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
273.65
$302.82
Payments:
Transportation
$299.82
All Other
3.00
Total Payments
$302.82
(Project continued in 1940)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation April 13, 1939 $65,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14
3,500.00
$68,500.00
Payments: Administration-
Supervisor
$765.00
Clerical Assistance 432.00
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Mileage
125.00
Stationery, Printing, Postage
46.47
$1,368.47
Aid-
Cash
$65,584.11
Medical Attendance
112.72
Hospitals
98.44
Nursing
30.50
Burials
900.00
Reimbursements-Other Towns
332.83
Reimbursements-Cities
62.50
All Other
5.48
$67,126.58
Total Payments 68,495.05
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$4.95
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (From Federal Grants)
Federal Grants for Administration
$1,827.35
Federal Grants for Assistance
54,822.39
Payments:
Administration-
Supervisor
$925.00
Clerical Assistance
522.00
Mileage
175.00
Travel Expenses
7.75
Stationery, Printing, Postage
134.87
All Other
32.70
$1,797.32
Aid-
Cash
$53,987.07
Medical Attendance
32.02
Hospitals
53.50
Nursing
46.40
Burials
195.00
Reimbursements-Other Towns
20.00
All Other
.50
54,334.49
$56,649.74
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Total Payments
56,131.81
Balance Remaining
$517.93
WIDOWS' ACCOUNT
Balance from 1938
$843.00
Income from Bank Stock
$893.00
Payments:
To Widows
22.00
Balance Remaining
$871.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$10,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
3,500.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 1,800.00
$15,300.00)
Payments:
State Aid-
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Military Aid-
$570.00
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Soldiers' Burials
710.00
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Soldiers' Relief-
92.00
Investigator
$260.00
Cash
9,668.75
Fuel
495.89
Groceries
250.66
Rent
1,228.00
Clothing and Shoes
106.89
Medical Attendance
1,679.65
All Other
49.75
13,739.59
Total Payments
15,111.59
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$188.41
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation Income from Trust Fund
$225,000.00
11.03
$225,011.03
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I
50.00
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Payments:
General Expenses-
Superintendent's Salary
$4,403.36
Clerk
1,434.21
Attendance Officer
600.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing
298.70
Telephone
135.77
Traveling Expenses
72.50
Automobile Expense
266.64
School Census
123.25
All Other
201.21
$7,535.64
Teachers' Salaries-
Day
$151,476.37
Evening
1,996.00
153,472.37
Text Books and Supplies-
Text and Reference Books
$3,357.93
Paper, Blank Books, etc.
3,590.00
Manual Training Supplies
915.77
Domestic Science Supplies
666.66
Athletic Supplies
313.08
Typewriters
483.63
All Other
9.50
Tuition-
1,445.34
Transportation-
$17,293.80
Automobiles (Teachers)
247.10
17,540.90
Janitor's Service-
Day
$11,199.26
Evening
85.50
Watchmen, July 4
50.40
Snow Removal
29.10
11,364.26
Fuel and Light-
Coal and Wood
$5,555.09
Gas and Electricity
2,276.96
7,832.05
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Salary of Building Supervisor $2,347.88
Carpentry, Painting, Masonry
2,418.33
Heating, Plumbing, Wiring
1,919.30
9,336.57
Automobiles (Pupils)
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Building Material
207.80
Flags and Flagstaffs
54.48
Janitors' Supplies
704.14
Telephones
405.36
Ashes, etc. Removed
173.00
All Other
139.55
Furniture and Furnishings-
269.15
Rent-
270.00
Diplomas anod Graduation- Medical Inspection-
202.97
Physician
$1,709.92
Nurse and Assistant
2,509.92
Dental Nurse
1,519.84
Dental Clinic
710.64
All Other
487.49
6,937.81
Total Payments
224,576.90
Balance Reserved for Contract with
Stanley Newman Company
$432.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.63
Total Balance $434.13
STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL TRAINING (Smith-Hughes Funds for Teaching Pottery Making)
Balance from 1938
$76.00
Cash from State
824.00
$900.00
Payments:
Salary of Pottery Instructor
$864.00
Balance Remaining
$36.00
STATE VOCATIONAL HOUSEHOLD ARTS
Cash from State
$195.28
Payments:
Travel
23.50
Balance Remaining $171.78
8,369.84
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-106 Nutrition Project for Undernourished Children
Balance from 1938 $315.43
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
2,741.63
$3,057.06
Payments:
Services of Dietician
$100.00
Rent
120.00
Delivering Lunches
301.50
Provisions
2,023.24
Ice
32.40
Utensils
168.13
Gas
131.92
Plumbing
98.83
Lighting Fixtures and Labor
11.10
Supplies and Sundries
69.94
Total Payments
$3,057.06
(Project continued in 1940)
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation, Including 1938 Dog Tax
$8,850.00
Income from Gates Fund
55.38
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$2,000.00
Assistants
3,720.00
Janitor
600.00
$6,320.00
Books and Periodicals-
Books
$1,847.12
Bindings
104.31
Stationery and Printing
70,19
2,021.62
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$533.91
Telephone
18.60
All Other
11.25
563.76
Total Payments
$8,905.38
$8,905.38
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LORING READING ROOM BRANCH
$3,000.00
Appropriation
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$572.00
Assistant
275.50
Janitor
$1,094.90
Books and Periodicals-
Books
$921.18
Bindings
76.35
Stationery and Printing
220.02
1,217.55
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$206.02
Dictionary Holder
7.25
Telephone
25.61
All Other
2.06
240.94
Total Payments 2,553.39
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$446.61
MANOMET PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$300.00
Janitor
75.00
375.00
263.21
Books and Periodicals- Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$48.00
Chimney Repairs
29.74
Fire Insurance
27.52
All Other
6.53
111.79
Total Payments
$750.00
247.40
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PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$9,700.00
Income from Fund
60.45
$9,760.45
Payments:
Parks and Gardens-
Superintendent
$1,560.00
Labor
1,655.04
Clerical Assistance
134.32
Supplies
352.58
Equipment
172.58
Repairs
170.26
Auto Expense
477.16
Lights
72.96
Trees
14.10
All Other
6.65
$4,615.65
Public Playgrounds-
Caretakers
$311.50
Labor
703.91
Supplies
6.40
Equipment
285.36
Repairs
257.68
Lights
20.48
Bathing Beaches and Camping Places-
Caretakers
$1,865.41
Labor
798.18
Supplies
84.93
Equipment
77.66
Repairs
455.63
Lights
230.12
Telephones
39.76
3,551.69
Total Payments 9,752.67
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$7.78
NEW FENCE AT VETERANS FIELD
Appropriation Payments: Fence Erected $500.00
$500.00
1,585.33
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-1-302 Hurricane Damage
Balance from 1938
$140.22
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