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$100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation $125.00
Donation
10.00
$135.00
Expended :
Worcester Brass Band $85.00
Perkins and Butler, flags and supplies 13.82
R. J. Allen, florist
14.00
D. M. Hanff, food
15.76
$128.58
Unexpended $6.42
COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Appropriation $25.00
Expended :
Worcester County Extension Service
$25.00
$25.00
55
TRADE SCHOOL
Appropriation $450.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
93.09
$543.09
Expended :
Boy's Trade School $234.75
Girl's Trade School
208.34
North High School, agricultural
100.00
$543.09
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
38.13
$138.13
Expended :
Gardner Electric Light Co., siren and town garage $36.60 18.90
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co.
Greenwood Typewriter Exchange, re- pairs and exchange 23.00
Worcester Telegram Publishing Co., (advertising liquor licenses)
13.00
C. Arthur Marsh Co., insurance ...
33.12
HI. G. Calkins, lamps for traffic signal Hobbs and Warren, license blanks . .
.90
1.61
Louis M. Hanff, qualifying town officers
9.50
Malcolm Johnson 1.50
$138.13
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PRINTING TOWN REPORT
Appropriation
$225.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
4.75
$229.75
Expended :
Times Publishing Co. $224.75
Marjorie Viner, typing 5.00
$229.75
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK
Appropriation $30.00
Expended :
Charles J. Campbell $30.00
$30.00
COMPENSATION
Appropriation $500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
82.99
Expended : $582.99
James Strong, compensation $481.24
Geo. W. Reed, D. O., professional ser- vices 54.00
F. H. Washburn, M. D., professional services 17.25
Bayard 'T. Crane, M. D., professional services 7.00
V. J. Alexandrov, M. D., professional services 4.50
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Holden Clinic 8.00
Holden District Hospital
5.00
Harold Fales, transportation
6.00
$582.99
OLD BILLS
Appropriation $400.00
Expended :
City of Worcester, public welfare .. $173.33
David M. Hanff, Assessors' supplies .95
Mass. Dept. of Public Welfare 92.00
$266.28
$133.72
Transferred to Public Welfare
$133.72
OLD CEMETERIES
Appropriation $50.00
Expended :
Hilding A. Johnson, labor $2.50
$2.50
Unexpended
$47.50
PUBLIC DUMP MAINTENANCE
Appropriation $100.00
Expended :
Malcolm Bulfinch, labor $39.00
$39.00
Unexpended $61.00
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ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Balance 1935
$214.90 $1,600.00
Appropriation
$1,814.90
Expended :
Rutland Garage, gas, oil and repairs
$811.58
Dyer Sales and Machine Co., blades 71.22
Sidney Hopps, estate, gas 25.06
Fred Locke, gas
2.38
Firestone Service Stores, jack
11.00
Fay's Esso Station, gas and supplies
28.07
Davis Tractor Co., parts, grousers ..
147.94
Gulf Oil Corporation, oil and grease Snap-On-Tool Inc., tools
10.97
Geo. F. Blake, Inc., supplies
31.79
National Glass Works, glass
9.00
Thomas E. Hogan, Inc., repairing radiator 8.75
G. R. Willis, 1936 registrations 4.00
Bane Welding Co., welding
7.00
L. R. Bigelow, sawing plank
5.00
Rutland Garage, Ruskstall axle
186.50
Thomas Smith Co., bolts
3.00
Railway Express Co., express
.95
Central Machine Works, repairs
7.50
C. E. Prescott, gas, oil, labor, etc. .. Stafford Iron Works, attachments for plow 129.75
105.14
Christie and Thompson, chain and hooks 7.66
B. and M. Railroad, freight 1.24
$1,693.66
$121.24
Unexpended
78.16
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NEW TRACTOR
Appropriation from Machinery Fund .. $2,235.00 Expended :
H. F. Davis Co., $2,560 less $325 for old Tractor $2,235.00
$2,235.00
COLLECTOR'S CABINET
· Appropriation
$75.00
Expended :
G. E. Stimpson and co. $75.00
$75.00
POLICE EQUIPMENT
Appropriation $75.00
Expended :
N. I. Griffin, revolvers and holsters, etc.
$69.25
Bruce Costume, badges 2.70
$71.95
Unexpended
$3.05
W. P. A. EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Balance carried forward from 1935 $1,010.02
Expended :
Louis M. Hanff, travel $20.90
David M. Hanff, first aid kit 2.00
Elwood Adams, hand saw 1.75
Marjorie E. Viner, typing 2.50
Perkins and Butler 2.24
Fred D. Wellington, filing saws
7.45
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Narcus Bros., supplies 4.50
Henry Harris, Sr., gravel 55.00
Matthew Moisio, truck driver 28.60
Payroll, trucks and drivers 246.30
$371.24
Unexpended
$638.78
OLD HOME DAY
Appropriated $200.00
Expended :
Worcester Brass Band $200.00
$200.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Transferred to :
Collector's expense $34.33
Assessor's salary
63.80
Assessor's expense
27.43
Miscellaneous
38.13
Printing Town Reports
4.75
Town Clerk's expense
8.71
Election and registration expense . .
53.42
Cattle Inspector 1.00
Snow removal
92.36
Chapter 90, (Pleasantdale road)
372.72
Public Welfare expense
433.05
Soldiers' relief 10.00
61
Trade Schools
93.09
Workmen's compensation
82.99
$1,315.78
Unexpended $684.22
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. TAYLOR, CLARENCE E. PRESCOTT, CHARLES J. CAMPBELL,
Selectmen of Rutland.
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Report of the Town Accountant
Rutland, Mass., January 14, 1937
To the Board of Selectmen :
The report of the accounts of the Town of Rutland for the year ended December 31, 1936 is herewith submitted, in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the Director of Accounts of the Commonwealth, and as required by statute.
This report includes a statement of all receipts and pay- ments during the year, a tabulated statement of appropria- tions and a statement of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 1936.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT J. THOMAS,
Town Accountant.
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RECEIPTS
General Revenue :
Taxes-Poll, Personal and Real Estate :
Current Year
$25,227.68
Previous Years
15,267.51
Tax Title Redemptions
627.68
$41,122.87
From State :
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes.
$5,647.53
Income Tax
1,844.90
Income Tax, Educational Measure 1,525.00
Income Tax. State Valuation Measure
701.20
Corporation Tax
144.41
Veterans' Exemptions
36.85
Race Tracks
106.22
10,006.11
Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
$400.00
Beer and Wine
400.00
Sunday
60.00
Victualers
9.00
Auctioneer's
1.00
Gasoline
14.00
Alcohol
.50
Milk
20.50
Hawkers and Peddlers
8.00
Pasteurization
10.00
923.00
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Fines and Forfeits :
Court Fines
55.00
Grants and Gifts : From State :
Massachusetts School Fund $4,744.36
Union Superintendent 386.67
Vocational Education 179.12
High School Tuition
1,000.00
Tuition of Children
700.28
Massachusetts Department of Agri- culture 40.00
7,050.43
From County :
Dog Licenses 421.90
From Individuals :
Police Department Donation
$6.00
Memorial Day Donation
10.00
16.00
Total General Revenue $59,595.31
Special Assessments, Motor Vehicle Ex- cise Tax $3,595.74
Commercial Revenue, Departmental :
General Government :
Selectmen $8.51
Treasurer
12.00
Collector 42.35
Town Clerk
547.60
Public Building
134.35
$744.81
Health and Sanitation :
Tuberculosis, State Subsidy 2,212.03
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Highways :
Highway Maintenance, Chapter 81 ... $10,390.78
Highway Maintenance, Chapter 90. . . 3,499.63
Highway Construction, Chapter 90. . 677.48
Sale of Scrap Iron 6.00
14,573.89
Charities :
Reimbursement for Outside Relief :
Cities and Towns $96.00
State Aid 240.00
State Old Age Assistance 1,523.51
Federal Old Age Assistance
588.48
2,447.99
Library :
Fines
21.75
Parks :
107.26
Sale of Wood
Total Commercial Revenue, Departmental
$20,107.73
Commercial Revenue, Public Service
Enterprises :
Water Department, Water
$9,017.97
Road Machinery Rentals
2,291.00
Total Commercial Revenue, Public Service Enterprises
$11,308.97
Commercial Revenue, Interest :
Taxes
$860.79
Tax Title Redemptions
18.20
Water Rates
28.39
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes .
16.13
Total Commercial Revenue, Interest. 923.51
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66
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans, Anticipation of
Revenue $30,000.00
Refunds and Transfers :
Public Welfare Department $39.96
Highway Department 14.16
Total Refunds and Transfers 54.12
Total Receipts $125,585.38
PAYMENTS
General Government:
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries
$350.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage. . 6.65
$356.65
Accounting Department :
Salary
$350.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
5.99
All Other
4.50
360.49
Treasury Department :
Salary
$300.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
58.84
Surety Bond
31.50
Certifying Notes
4.00
All Other
26.37
420.71
Collector's Department :
Salary
$500.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
120.83
67
Surety Bond
73.00
All Other
65.50
759.33
Assessors' Department :
Salaries
$763.80
Printing, Stationery and Postage
172.28
All Other
5.15
941.23
Law Department :
Town Counsel
50.00
Town Clerk's Department :
Salary
$75.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
21.01
Surety Bond
5.00
All Other
17.70
Election and Registration Department :
Salaries of Registrars
$143.15
Election Officers
101.50
Printing, Stationery and Postage
57.82
All Other
19.10
321.57
Town Hall :
Public Building Expense :
Janitor's Salary
$1,304.00
Fuel
1,489.33
Light
340.92
Janitor's Supplies
16.73
Insurance
191.40
All Other
30.68
$3,373.06
118.71
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Less two-thirds charged to School Dept. 2,248.71
1,124.35
Public Building Repairs
722.27
Total for General Government $5,175.31
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department :
Salaries
$83.40
Transportation
14.00
$97.40
Fire Department :
Janitor
$96.00
Labor, Fighting Fires
86.50
Other Labor
10.25
Equipment and Repairs
62.65
Fuel
86.24
Light
33.40
Building-Inspection and Repairs
18.68
Telephone
33.60
Insurance
36.86
All Other
19.77
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$50.00
Equipment
5.65
All Other
1.85
Forestry : Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth : Superintendent $83.25
483.95
57.50
69
Labor
192.00
Use of Car
10.50
Insecticides
11.49
297.24
Tree Warden :
Salary and Wages
$11.40
All Other
2.00
13.40
Forest Fires :
Forest Warden
$50.00
Fighting Fires
42.30
92.30
Dog Officer :
Salary
44.80
Total for Protection of Persons and
Property
$1,086.59
Health and Sanitation :
Board of Health Salary
$25.00
Equipment
25.00
Other Administrative
107.40
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases : Board and Treatment
75.71
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment
959.93
County Hospital Assessments
1,969.12
Burial Permits, etc. 65.75
Vitiail Statistics 176.50
Inspection of Animals, Salary
76.00
Inspection of Meat, Salary 5.70
Inspection of Meat, Expenses
6.30
70
Inspection of Milk, Salary 112.50
Inspection of Milk, Expenses 3.00
Total for Health and Sanitation $3,607.91
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits :
Public Welfare Department :
Public Welfare Salaries $50.00
Federal Administration, Wages
180.20
Other Administrative 103.62
State Institutions 368.14
Home Farm
197.96
Relief by Other Cities and Towns .... 2,018.92
Local Aid and State Temporary Aid. . 3,856.93
6,775.77
Mothers' Aid
740.00
Old Age Assistance
2,286.00
Old Age Assistance Administration. 7.00
State Aid
50.00
Soldiers' Relief
51.00
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 9,909.77
Highways, General :
Highway Maintenance, Chapter 81 :
Salaries and Wages
$7,066.28
Trucks, etc.
3,783.46
Stone, Gravel, Bridge Material, etc ... 2,554.51
Equipment and Repairs 368.95
Telephone, Postage, etc.
26.00
Snow Removal :
$13,799.20
Salaries and Wages $2,521.65
Trucks, etc.
1,225.63
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All Other 45.08
3,792.36
Street Lighting
1,612.24
Total for Highways, General $19,203.80
Highways, Special :
State Bond Issue-1935 $256.90
Chapter 90-Highways Maintenance
5,013.64
Chapter 90-Pommagusett Road
Construction
5,248.14
Chapter 90-Pleasantdale Road
Construction
5,748.93
Total for Highways, Special $16,267.61
Schools and Library :
Schools :
Salary of Superintendent
$695.27
Printing, Stationery and Postage
3.66
Telephone
57.15
Traveling Expense
73.25
School Census
15.00
Clerical Work
28.65
All Other Administrative
35.63
Teachers' Salaries
14,181.45
Health Salaries
366.75
Text Books and Supplies
655.83
Tuition
6.00
Transportation
5,373.05
Janitor's Services
215.35
Fuel and Light
275.00
Maintenance of Building and Grounds
274.03
Furniture and Furnishings 138.28
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises .. 33.18
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72
Athletics 19.75
All Other 83.90
$22,531.18
Two-thirds of Public Building Ex-
pense 2,248.71
$24,779.89
Trade Schools 543.09
Library :
Librarian's Salary $250.00
Books and Periodicals 182.31
Binding
48.45
Stationery and Postage
.75
All Other
2.09
483.60
Total for Schools and Library $25,806.58
Recreation and Unclassified :
Damages to Persons and Property . $582.99
Memorial Day 128.58
Care of Town Clock 30.00
Printing Town Reports
229.75
Old Bills 266.28
W. P. A. Expense
371.24
Police Equipment
75.00
Public Dump Expense
39.00
Miscellaneous Appropriation
138.13
Collector's Cabinet 75.00
Parks
139.56
County Aid to Agriculture
25.00
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County Tax 2,321.00
State Tax
2,200.00
State Auditing Tax
122.19
State Parks and Reservations
25.93
Old Home Day
200.00
Snow Fence
225.00
New Tractor
2,235.00
Total for Recreation and Unclassified. . $9,429.65
Enterprises and Cemeteries :
Water Department :
Commissioners' Salaries
$73.80
Superintendent
1,600.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
14.32
Telephone
5.30
All Other Administrative
8.73
Labor
158.50
Pipe and Fittings
380.88
Equipment
33.14
All Other General
75.83
Fuel, Light and Power
3,187.55
Boilers and Pumps
166.85
Repairs
85.38
All Other, Pumping Station
29.34
Pleasantdale Road Extension
292.03
Interest on Notes
450.00
$6,561.65
Road Machinery Expense
1,693.66
Cemeteries 2.50
Total for Enterprises and Cemeteries. . $8,257.81
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Interest :
Temporary Loan, Anticipation of
Revenue $49.42
Hotel Bartlett Loan 166.25
Snow Removal Equipment Loan 10.50
Fire Apparatus Loan
18.75
Total for Interest $244.92
Municipal Indebtedness :
Anticipation of Revenue Loans $30,000.00
Hotel Bartlett Loan 1,000.00
Water Loan 1,000.00
Snow Removal Equipment Loan 700.00
Fire Apparatus Loan
500.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$33,200.00
Agency, Trust and Investment :
Dog Licenses to County $545.80
Dog Officer, Special 4.00
Total for Agency, Trust and Investment
$549.80
Refunds and Transfers :
1935 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax. ... $12.72
1936 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax . 101.04
Total for Refunds and Transfers. . .. $113.76
Total Payments $132,853.51
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
RECEIPTS
General Revenue $59,595.31
Special Assessments
3,595.74
Commercial Revenue :
Departmental
20,107.73
Public Service Enterprises
11,308.97
Interest
923.51
Municipal Indebtedness
30,000.00
Refunds and Transfers
54.12
Total Receipts $125,585.38
Cash on Hand January 1, 1936
11,611.61
$137,196.99
PAYMENTS
General Government $5,175.31
Protection of Persons and Property
1,086.59
Health and Sanitation
3,607.91
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
9,909.77
Highways, General
19,203.80
Highways, Special
16,267.61
Schools and Library
25,806.58
Recreation and Unclassified
9,429.65
Enterprises and Cemeteries
8,257.81
Interest
244.92
Municipal Indebtedness
33,200.00
Agency, Trust and Investment
549.80
Refunds and Transfers
113.76
Total Payments $132,853.51
Cash on Hand December 31, 1936. 4,343.48
$137,196.99
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TOWN OF RUTLAND BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1936
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$4,343.48
Overlay for Abatement
Accounts Receivable :
of Taxes :
Tax Levy-1934
$0.47
Levy of 1935
$113.28
Tax Levy-1935
7,093.64
Levy of 1936
305.71
Tax Levy-1936
17,121.74
Overlay Surplus
1,113.07
24,215.85
Motor Vehicle Excise
Revenue
844.36
Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax Title Revenue. ... .
1,625.71
Tax :
Departmental Revenue.
4,468.13
Levy of 1935. $198.82
Water Revenue
8.147.93
Levy of 1936
645.54
Tailings Account ..
9.71
Road Machinery Fund.
429.41
844.36 Excess and Deficiency . .
16,181.87
Tax Titles
1,625.71
Departmental :
Health Department . .
$607.83
Mothers' Aid . 500.00
Temporary Aid
3,310.30
State Aid
50.00
Appropriation Balances to 1937 :
Pleasantdale Road, Chapter 90 Highways $171.87
()ld Age Assistance, Federal Grant 274.50
Old Age Assistance,
4,468.13
Water Rates :
Levies, 1929-1936
$7,622.53
State Sanatorium
262.55
Veterans' Hospital .
262.85
8,147.93
1,218.37
West Rutland School House Account. .
7,000.00
Dog License Fees for
County 1.80
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue
10,000.00
Overlay Deficit-1934 .. 11.61
Dog Officer (Special) ..
4.00
$51,459.35
$51,459.35
Highways:
State-Chapter 90
$4499.20
County-Chapter 90 3,299.08
7,798.23
Federal Grant (adm.) 11.98
W. P. A. Accounts ... 638.78
Road Machinery Ex-
121.24
pense .
TOWN OF RUTLAND
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt ....... $11,500.00
Loans :
Hotel Bartlett Purchase-1929. . $2,500.00
Water-1929 8,000.00
New Fire Truck-1935 1,000.00
$11,500.00
$11,500.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds
.
$6,119.19 Horace H. King Library Fund .... $423.74
David Putnam Library Fund ...... 141.42
Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery Fund 100.00
Munroe School Fund 5,454.03
$6,119.19
$6,119.19
Town of Rutland
Appropriation
Transfer from
Reserve Fund
Income
Balance from
Previous Year
Total
Expended
Transferred
Balance
Selectmen's Salaries
$350.00
Selectmen's Expense
25.00
Town Accountant's Salary
350.00
Town Accountant's Ex-
4.50
penses
Treasurer's Salary
300.00
Treasurer's Expense
125.00
Collector of Taxes, Salary .
500.00
259.33
259.33
Collector of Taxes, Expense
225.00
34.33
763.80
763.80
Assessors' Salaries
700.00
63,80
177.43
177.43
Assessors' Expense
150.00
27.43
75.00
75.00
Town Clerk's Salary
75.00
Town Clerk's Expense
35.00
8.71
Election and Registration Salaries
150.00
Election and Registration
125.00
53.42
178.42
178.42
Expense
50.00
Legal Department . .
100.00
Public Building Mainten- ance
1,200.00
Publie Building Repairs
8.60
Police Department
100.00
A$6.00
800.00
183.95
316.05
Fire Department
100.00
42.30
57.70
Forest Fires
100.00
50.00
50,00
Forest Warden
11.60
Tree Warden
2.76
Moth Department
50.00
50.00
Sealer's Salary
10.00
10.00
7.50
2.50
Sealer's Expense
50.00
50.00
44.80
5.20
Dog Officer
25.00
1,750.00
1,361.29
A$350.00
38.71
Board of Health Expense
1,750.00
1.00
76.00
76.00
Cattle Inspector
200.00
Vital Statistics
200.00
Bridges
Highway Maintenance,
3,400.00
฿10,400.00
13,800.00
13,799.20
.80
Chapter 81
Highway Maintenance,
1,500.00
c3.500.00
5.000.00
4.999.48
c.37
15
Chapter 90
Pommagusett Road Con-
1,500.00
c3,750.00
5,250.00
5,248.14
c1.33
.53
struction
Road Con-
1,500.00
372.72
c3,750.00
$298.08
5,920.80
5,748.93
171.87
struction
3,700.00
92.36
3,792.36
3,792.36
State Bond Issue, High- ways
265.02
265.02
256.90
8.12
Street Lights
1,630.00
Snow Fence
250.00
Publie Welfare, Salaries
50,00
433.05
D1,292.72
6,725.77
6,725.77
40.00
Mothers' Aid
780.00
£588.48
150.00
50.00
A100.00
State Aid
100.00
10.00
110.00
51.00
A59.00
Soldiers' Relief
25,000.00
24,779.89
Schools
450.00
93.09
£421.90
521.90
483.60
Library
125.00
A10.00
135.00
128.58
Memorial Day
100.00
38.13
138.13
138.13
Miscellaneous
225.00
4.75
229.75
229.75
Printing Town Reports
30.00
200.00
200.00
10.44
Parks
400.00
82.99
582.99
582.99
61.00
Public Dump Maintenance
100.00
75.00
75.00
Police Equipment
75.00
75.00
Collector's Cabinet
75.00
2,235.00
2,235.00
New Tractor
2,235.00
25.00
25.00
County Aid to Agriculture
638.78
W. P. A. Accounts
County Hospital Building Loan
1,000.00
Interest, County Hospital
338.52
338.52
Building Loan
338.52
County Hospital Mainten-
630.60
630.60
ance
Water Commissioners' Sal- ary
75.00
75.00
73.80
...
1.20
Water Department Main- tenance
6,200.00
7.97
Water Extension-Special
550.00.
47.50
Old Cemetery
50.00
214.90
1,814.90
1,693.66
Road Machinery Expense
1,600,00
Interest
3,200.00
3,200.00
$1,315.78
684,22
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
$76,654.12
*$1,315.78 $23,719.10
$1,788.02 $103,477.02 $97,506.67
$2,810.20
$3,160.15
Total
· Cancelled
Transferred :
Income :
A Public Welfare Expense
A Donation
B State $10,200.00-Bridges $200.00
B Chapter 81, Highways
c County and State
c County and State
n Various Appropriations
E County Dog License Returns
6,200.00
6,195.82
4.18
550.00
292.03
A250.00
121.24
700.00
700.00
241,92
A400.00
55,08
Maturing Debt
3,200.00
2,000.00
30.00
Care of Town Clock
200.00
Old Home Day
150.00
400.00
266,28
A133.72
Old Bills
500.00
100.00
39,00
2,000.00
2,588.48
2,293.00
295.48
Old Age Assistance
150.00
25.000.00
543.09
543.09
Trade Schools
38.30
100.00
1,630.00
1,612.24
17.76
250.00
225.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
Public Welfare, Expense
5,000.00
780,00
740.00
23.50
200.00
176.50
200.00
฿200.00
75.65
1,200.00
1,124.35
77.73
800.00
722.27
800.00
106.00
97.40
800.00
25.00
26.00
13.40
300.00
297.24
300.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
Board of Health, Salaries
150.00
143.15
6.85
$350.00
$350.00
$18.35
25.00
6.65
350.00
350.00
10.49
15.00
15.00
300.00
300.00
125.00
120.71
4.29
500.00
300.00
43.71
43,71
100.00
50.00
2.50
50.00
139.56
Compensation Account
75.00
25.00
1,010.02
1,010.02
371.24
1,000.00
1,000.00
220.11
6.42
30.00
150.00
Pleasantdale
50.00
75.00
Snow Removal
630.60
Table of Accounts, 1936
79
Report of the Tax Collector
To the Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for years of 1934, 1935 and 1936 as listed below :
1934 TAXES
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$6,199.36
Cash to Treasurer $5,910.54
Abatements 25.61
Cash on hand 56.79
Tax Titles 97.43
6,090.37
Outstanding December 31, 1936 ...
$108.99
This amount is in process of collection now by law suit.
1934 EXCISE TAX
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$160.00
Cash to Treasurer
$76.38
Abatements
78.83
Cash on hand 2.00
157.21
Outstanding December 31, 1936. .. $2.79
80
1935 TAXES
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$17,928.96
Cash to Treasurer
$9,211.26
Abatements 48.95
Cash on hand
330.08
9,590.29
Outstanding December 31, 1936. . ..
$8,338.67
1935 EXCISE TAX
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$356.12 Cash to Treasurer $246.01
Abatements 4.99
276.71
Outstanding December 31, 1936. . . $79.41
1936 TAXES
Total Commitments $43,231.41
Cash to Treasurer
$24,907.36
Abatements 484.32
Cash on hand
588.45
25,980.13
Outstanding December 31, 1936. ...
$17,251.28
1936 EXCISE TAX
Total Commitments
$4,081.09
Cash to Treasurer
$3,538.21
81
Abatements 134.26
Cash on hand 43.42
3,715.89
Outstanding December 31, 1936
$365.20
WATER RATES
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$6,505.85
Commitments 3,708.62
Total $10,214.47
Cash to Treasurer
$2,561.73
Cash on hand
26.38
2,588.11
Outstanding December 31, 1936
$7,626.31
COSTS AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
Interest Received on Taxes, Motor Vehicle and Water
Cash to Treasurer for 1934 Taxes.
$547.72
Cash to Treasurer for 1935 Taxes. 322.47
Cash to Treasurer for 1936 Taxes
5.68
Cash to Treasurer for Water 28.24
$904.11
Poll Tax demands 109 at 35c
$38.15
Turned over to Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted, G. EDGAR FAY, Tax Collector
82
Report of the Trustees of the Public Library
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Dog Fund
$421.90
Appropriation
100.00
$521.90
Expended :
L. Edna Wheeler, Librarian $250.00
F. J. Barnard & Co., books 6.37
David Hanff, books 165.87
A. N. Marquis Co., books
7.97
Union Library Association
2.06
Boy Scouts of America
3.41
Sub. National Geographic
3.00
Bindings
44.02
Postage
.75
Supplies
.15
$483.60
Unexpended
38.30
Respectfully submitted, $521.90
CHARLOTTE P. FRENCH, EDMUND D. KELSEY, FRANCES P. HANFF, HATTIE S. GRIFFIN,
BERNICE I. PUTNAM, ELEANOR W. COLE,
Trustees
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1937
83
Report of the Librarian
-
Received from fines and cards $21.75
Received for magazines 23.00
$44.75
Ciculation 7,364
Books added 111
Books bought 105
Books given
6
Money for magazines was given by the Home Relief Society, the Grange, the Woman's Union, the Eastern Star and the Fire Department.
Magazines were given by Mr. Robert M. French, Ameri- can Humane Society, Mrs. Helen Patterson and the Grange.
Books were given by Robert Ellington, the Atlantic Monthly and the Chemical Foundation, Inc.
84
BOOKS ADDED DURING 1936
The World Almanac
The Strange Proposal
World Famous Pictures The Trail Driver
If With All Your Heart Homemade Games
The Last Puritan
The Storm Signals Life with Father
Enchanted Acre Industrial America
America Strikes Back
Democratic Despotism
The American Flaggs
Anne of Windy Poplars
Scout Song Book
Handbook for patrol leader
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Weather
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Scholarship
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Safety
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Poultry Keeping
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Botany
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Life Saving Merit Badge for Leather Working Merit Badge Pamphlet for Leathercraft Merit Badge Pamphlet for Journalism
Merit Badge Pamphlet for Hiking Merit Badge Pamphlet for Wood Carving Merit Badge Pamphlet for Conservation Merit Badge Pamphlet for Forestry Merit Badge Pamphlet for Handcraft Saint Joan of Arc
Lyman Hill Neale Grey Hauck Lawson Santyana Lincoln Day Hambridge Pound Myers Desverine Norris Montgomery 2 copies
Sackville-West
85
The Iron Will
Green Mountains to Sierras
Whipperwill House
They Walk in the City Whispering River
Eternal Deeps Lost Morning
Mystery Flowers
Give Me One Summer
Benefit Street
Tortilla Fleet
The Doctor
A Stranger in Black Butte Far Forest Around the World in 11 Years
Enchanted Voyage
The Dragon Murder Case
The Critter and Other Dogs American Acres
A Further Range
Drums Along the Mohawk
The Island of Fear
Who's Who in America
One Family Travels West
Along New England Shores
Verrill
Meeting Currents
Sears Carrel
Man the Unknown
White Oak Harvest
No Hero This
Wild Gardens of New England
A Prayer for My Son Discovering My Job After All
Golden Wedding Eggs and Baker
Banning Humphrey Hauck Priestly Miller Bassett Heyward Hill Loring Abbott Steinback Rinehart
Birney Young Abbe Nathan Van Dine Terhune Peattie Frost Edmonds Footner Marquis Minick
De La Roche Deeping Eaton Walpole Stoddard Day Parrish Masefield
86
In Pursuit of Laughter Letters to Susan Great Aunt Lavinia
Beyond Sing the Woods Gone with the Wind
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