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50.00
20.08
29.92
Board of Health Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Board of Health Expense
800.00
800.00
677.17
122.83
Cattle Inspection
75.00
75.00
25.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
225.00
57.50
282.50
282.50
Bridges
150.00
57.10
207.10
207.10
Street Lights
1,740.00
1,740.00
1,684.86
55.14
Highway Maintenance, Chapter 81
2,917.00
,19
8 8,750.00
11,667.19
11,667.19
Highway Maintenance, Chapter 90
1,500.00
.12
b 3,000.00
4,500.12
4,500.12
Highway Maint. Special, Chapter 90
1,000.00
b
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,711.19
×1,288.81
Snow Removal
3,700.00
146.70
3,846.70
3,846.70
Power Grader and Plow
C 50.00
50.00
50.00
Road Machinery Expense
2,600.00
2,600.00
2,177.96
422.04
Public Welfare Salaries
100.00
100.00
100.00
Public Welfare Expense
2,800.00
2,800.00
1,634.92
1,165.08
Aid to Dependent Children
1,050.00
1,050.00
987.85
62.15
Aid to Dependent Children
d 265.30
265.30
219.00
×46.80
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin.
d
9.04
9.04
×9.04
Old Age Assistance
8,900.00
20.00
8,320.00
7,356.19
963.81
Old Age Assistance
d 5,755.90
5,755.90
5,374.36
x381.54
Old Age Assistance, Administration
d
587.89
587.39
191.30
x396.09
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
100.00
State Aid
120.00
120.00
120.00
Military Aid
110.00
28.00
138.00
138.00
School Committee Salaries
75.00
75.00
75.00
Schools
81,750.00
31,750.00
30,978.56
771.44
Trade Schools
800.00
133.66
933.66
933.66
Library
125.00
12.45
414.72
552.17
562.17
Memorial Day
150.00
3.54
163.54
153.54
Printing Town Reports
200.00
200.00
200.00
Parks
75.00
56.05
131.05
131.05
Town Dump Maintenance
50.00
50.00
50.00
Care of Town Clock
30.00
30.00
30.00
50.00
Damages to Persons and Property
100.00
€ 2.50
102.50
5.00
97.50
Tax Title Foreclosure Expense
100.00
100.00
41.32
58.68
Civilian Defense
150.00
2.10
162.10
152.10
Primary School Heating Equipment
275.00
831.34
606.34
606.34
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
1,500.00
571.00
Water Commissioners' Salaries
80.00
80.00
80.00
Water Department
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,029.76
970.24
Old Cemeteries
50.00
50.00
10.80
39.20
Pumping Station Aux. Equipment
c 3,000.00
3,000.00
x3,000.00
Interest
1,050.00
1,050.00
853.75
196.25
Maturing Debt
7,200.00
7,200.00
7,200.00
State Tax and Assessments
g 1,545.40
1,545.40
1,543.15
x2.25
County Tax
g
1,932.69
1,932.69
2,075.95
x -143.26
County T. B. Hospital Assessments
R
953.70
953.70
953.70
Dog Licenses for County
h 493.20
493.20
486.00
Refunds
h
54.95
54.95
54.96
Highway Revenue Loan
c 8,700.00
8,700.00
8,700.00
Victory and Withholding Taxes
h 1,457.81
1,457.81
1,457.81
$85,442.00
$929.00
$88,992.60
$125.363.60
$112,424.26
$12,010.34
a. State allotment
f. County Dog Tax $392.72, Donations $22.00.
b. State and County Allotmenta
g. From Revenue
c. Balance from 1942
h. Receipts
d. Federal Grants
· Reserve Fund Transfers of $929.00 shown in second column
e. Refunds
x Balances carried forward to 1944.
×7.20
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
50.00
100.00
From
From
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $35,900.00
Water Loan, 1929
$ 1,000.00
Public Building Loan, 1937
6,000.00
Public Buildings Loan, 1938
26,000.00
Public Building Improvement Loan, 1939
500.00
Power Grader Loan, 1941
2,400.00
$35,900.00
$35,900.00
TRUST ACCOUNT
Trust Funds
$7,366.81
Horace H. King Library Fund
$ 504.13
David Putnam Library Fund
168.25
41
Frederick Hunt Rural Cemetery Fund
200.00
Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery Fund
100.00
Charles T. Monroe School Fund
6,394.43
$7,366.81
$7,366.81
42
Report of the Town Treasurer
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Balance January 1, 1943 Receipts
$ 32,813.52 116,534.70
$149,348.22
Payments per warrants
$112,424.26
Balance December 31, 1943
36,923.96
$149,348.22
OUTSTANDING DEBT
Water Loan
$1,000.00
Public Building Improvement Loan
6,500.00
Public Building Construction Loan
26,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan
2,400.00
$35,900.00
1944 MATURING DEBT
Due
Amount $2,000.00
Interest $120.00
255 Public Building Improvement
July 15
500.00
7.50
219)Public Building Construction
Sept. 1
2,000.00
585.00
220 (
170 Water
Oct. 15
1,000.00
50.00
£61 Highway Equipment
Dec. 10
1,200.00
30.00
$6,700.00
$792.50
TRUST FUNDS
Balance 1/1/43
Income
Balance
Munroe School Fund
$6,268.44
$125.99
$6,394.43
Horace King Library Fund
491.78
12.35
504.13
David N. Putnam Library Fund
164.12
4.13
168.25
Frederick S. Hunt Cemetery Fund
200.00
*
200.00
Houghton Cemetery Fund
100.00
*
100.00
$7,224.34
$142.47 $7,366.81
*Permanent Dividends to Rural Cemetery Corporation.
Respectfully submitted, EDITH M. BROOKS,
Treasurer.
No.
205 Public Building Improvement
July 1
12/31/43
43
Report of the Tax Collector
December 31, 1943.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Rutland, Massachusetts
I hereby submit my report as Collector for the year 1943:
REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL AND POLLS 1939 TAX
Outstanding December 1942 Cash to Treasurer
$ 26.19
Abatements
6.16
$ 32.35
1940 TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942 Cash to Treasurer Abatements
$ 284.91
2.00
$ 286.91
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 35.93
1941 TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942
$ 3,206.43
Cash to Treasurer
$ 2,904.05
Abatements
70.00
Tax Titles
10.96
$ 2,985.01
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 221.42
1942 TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942
$ 8,786.55
Cash to Treasurer
$ 5,947.54
Abatements
131.38
Tax Titles
402.67
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 2,304.96
Commitments
$40,968.41
Cash to Treasurer
$31,954.00
Abatements
492.94
Tax Titles
507.11
$32,954.05
$ 8,014.36
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 6,481.59
1943 TAX
$ 32.35
$ 322.84
44
1940 EXCISE TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942 Cash to Treasurer Abatements
$ 35.18
$ 5.20
29.98
$ 35.18
1941 TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942 Cash to Treasurer
$ 13.70
Abatements
58.01
$ 71.71
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 26.69
1942 TAX
Outstanding December 31st, 1942
$ 181.77
Cash to Treasurer
$ 82.28
Abatements
53.46
$ 135.74
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 46.03
1943 TAX
Commitments
$ 3,075.16
Cash to Treasurer
$ 2,953.42
Abatements
14.71
$ 2,968.13
Outstanding December 31st, 1943
$ 107.03
WATER REPORT
Outstanding December 31st, 1942
$ 5,550.08
Commitments :
June
1,665.45
December
1,680.88
$ 8,896.41
Cash to Treasurer Water Lien
$2,537.10
676.59
3,213.69
$ 5,682.72
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$ 98.40
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CASH AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1940 Tax
$ 17.62
Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1941 Tax
151.99
Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1942 Tax
147.70
Cash to Treasurer for interest on 1943 Tax
7.60
Cash to Treasurer for interest on Water Accounts
14.73
Total Interest
$339.64
Poll Tax demands, 44 @ .35
$ 15.40
Cash to Treasurer
$ 15.40
Respectfully submitted,
G. EDGAR FAY,
Collector.
December 31, 1943.
Report of the Water Department
Frank Carroll-Salary
$1,600.00
Frank Carroll-Expenses
7.93
Gardner Electric Light Co.
2,995.20
Interest
100.00
Wallace and Tiernan
19.22
H. R. Prescott & Sons
82.00
Waldo Bros.
5.20
Builders Iron
10.17
Boston & Maine RR.
5.40
Finan's Express
2.57
Brewer & Co.
13.87
N. I. Griffin
24.74
E. D. Marsh
22.26
F. Dingley
29.40
M. Mattson
14.40
H. Fales
5.40
H. G. Calkins
2.00
A. Gagnon
74.40
A. Solaparto
15.60
Total
$5,029.76
WATER CHARGES-1943
Town-June
$1,665.45
Town-December
1,680.88
State Sanatorium
2,799.30
U. S. Veterans' Hospital
3,050.48
Total
$9,196.11
$ 00.00
46
Report of the Trustees of the Public Library
To the Town of Rutland :
We have added to the shelves of our Library many new books of fiction and non-fiction. To our juvenile section has been added several new books from the States preferred list for junior reading.
The Library has again been closed on Thursday to save fuel.
We appreciate the thoughtfulness of the late Sarah E. Bartlett in leaving the residue of her estate for the betterment of Rutland's Library.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts :
Appropriation
$125.00
County Dog Tax Refund
392.00
Donations
22.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
12.45
Amount available
$552.17
Expended :
Linda A. Hanff-Librarian-Salary
$300.00
John J. Linnane-Books
186.04
Magazine Subscription
32.30
J. S. Wesby & Sons-Bindings
9.75
Babb & Co .- Bulletin Board
9.50
Supplies
9.63
Miscellaneous
4.95
$552.17
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. HELEN CAMPBELL,
MRS. FRANCES P. HANFF,
BERNICE F. PUTNAM, MRS. HATTIE GRIFFIN,
MRS. MARGARET E. THOMAS, EDMUND KELSEY,
Trustees.
47
Report of the Librarian OF THE RUTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Received from fines and cards
$18.42
Donations for magazines
22.00
$40.42
Circulation
8,676
Books added
106
New books bought
90
Books donated
16
Money for magazines was received from Rutland Grange, Eastern Star, Monday Night Club, Woman's Union and the Home Relief Society.
Books were presented to the Library by the Associated Press, Major Bowes, Mrs. Franklin T. Wood, Tax Foundation Rockfeller Plaza, Elton McGowan and the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Magazines for the reading tables have been donated by the American Humane Society, American Legion, Mrs. Franklin T. Wood, Vultee Air- craft Corporation and the United States Office of Education.
Two years of the National Geographic Magazine and one year of the Children's Playmate Magazine have been in book form.
Books Added During 1943 ADULT
MacArthur of Batan
Beneath Another Sun
The Outline of Art Guadacanal Diary
Let the People Know The Raft
Nicolay Lothar Orpen, 2 Vols. Tregaskis Angell Trumbull Franken Jordan
The Book of Claudia
Your Wings
The Road to Victory
All Out for Freedom Barriers Down Prize Stories of 1942
They Came as Friends
Spellman Rhoads Cooper Brickell Myklebost Hauck Peattie Corbett
Evergreen House Ring Finger Excuse Me, Mrs. Meigs Firedrake
Divine
48
The Human Comedy The Affair at the Boat Landing Air Base Spring Flight For All Men Born
West End Nurse
Yours for the Asking Siren in the Night
Wild Lilac
Lonely Trail
Sally Wins Her Wings
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Mount Allegro
One World
Fundamentals of Electricity
Fundamentals of Machinery
The Valley of Decision
Dr. Kildare's Search
Men in Motion
God Is My Co-Pilot
-
Rio Grande to Cape Horn
George Washington Carver
The Apostle
Holt Asch
And They Shall Walk
Journey Amond Warriers
Home Front Memo
Burma Surgeon
Kate Fennigate
Tidewater
Blackout at Rehearsal
Traveler's End Golden Grain
Penny Marsh and Ginger Lee
When Hearts Are Light Again
Mayling Soong Chiang
Chicken Every Sunday
Hungry Hill So Little Time
The Forest and the Fort
Centennial Summer
Mama's Bank Account
Nurse Blake Overseas
Excuse My Dust
A Sense of Humus 83 Days "By Your Leave, Sir" The Youngest Waac
Saroyan Cunningham Guyton Maier Mackay Hancock Abbott Ford Miller Gardner Simmons Paul Mangione Willkie Dull-Idelson Joseph Davenport Brand Taylor Scott Beals
Kenny-Ostenso Curie Sanburg Seagrave, M.D. Tarkington Dowdy Rea Randall Corbett Deming Loring Hull Taylor DuMaurier Marquand Allen Idell Forbes Starret Partridge Damon Murphy Jacobs Bailey
49
Clear the Tracks Inside the F. B. I. Sally's in the Alley c/o Postmaster The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito Early American Woodenware You Can't Escape
Bromley Floherty Davis St. George Gardner Gould Baldwin
JUVENILE
Winged Mytery
Gregg
The Little Wooden Doll
Bianco
The Cave Mystery
Smith
Cowboy Tommy's Roundup
Tousy
Silver Chief, Dog of the North
The Secret of the Rosewood Box
The Circus Boat
Skycruiser
Jack, the Young Ranchman
Mystery at Penmarth
The Little House on Runners
Golden Eagle Mystery
The True Story of Falla
Rob Roy
Mutiny at Midnight
The Treasure in the Little Trunk
Mystery at the Little Red School House
Emil and the Detectives
Kastner Hewes
Mistress Madcap
Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods
Good Manners and Right Conduct
Border Girl
Fox
The Mystery at East Hatchett
Cousin's Luck
Bacon Knox Carroll
Wilderness Orphan
Cottrell Gaspell
Mystery Rides the River
Turngren Coe Duplaix
The Merry Shipwreck
Little Dog Toby
Field
Boys' Sherlock Holmes
George Westinghouse, Inventor
Loyle Garbedian
Respectfully submitted,
LINDA A. HANFF, Librarian.
Manning-Sanders Hayes Queen Jr. Suckley-Dalgliesh Skinner Stackpole Orton Orton
The Golden Sleeve
Sherman Carter McVenn
Flight of the Silver Bird
Cherished and Shared of Old
Road to Alaska
O'Brien Orton Hooper Brier Grinnell
50
Report of Road Work 1943
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
MAPLE AVENUE
Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut.
2,400 ft. honed.
5,400 ft. of roadway treated with T.6 Tar.
2,000 ft. roadway treated with T.9 Tar.
3,000 -. gals. tar used.
170 cu. yds. sand cover used.
EAST COUNTY ROAD
Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut. 250 ft. ditching done.
8,850 ft. roadway treated with Tar T.6.
4,000 ft. roadway treated with Tar T.9.
Several dead trees removed.
EAST COUNTY ROAD CUTOFF
800 cu. yds. gravel for filling.
125 ft. stock fence. 1,100 gals. tar used.
40 yds. sand cover.
50 guard rail posts set.
40 ft. of 18" reinforced concrete pipe laid.
PLEASANTDALE ROAD
Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut. 350 ft. shoulder excavated and refilled with gravel. 10 ton pre-mix patched/F. C. used. Paved gutter. 400 gals. tar used.
30 yds. sand cover used.
POMMAGUSSETT ROAD
Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 2,600 ft. treated with Tar T.6. 1,200 roadway excavated ready for gravel.
LAKE AVENUE
Waterways and culverts cleaned.
Brush cut.
51
CHAPTER 81 MAINTENANCE POMMAGUSSETT ROAD
Scraped three times waterways. Culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 30 cu. yds. of gravel used for patching.
WACHUSETT ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut. 40 yds. stone removed.
One section graveled 950' x 18' x 7".
1,000 ft. treated with tar.
MUSCHOPAUGE STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped once. Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut.
1
OVERLOOK STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Culverts and waterways cleaned. Brush cut.
RIDGE ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. Two large boulders removed.
PRESCOTT STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 30 yds. gravel used for patching.
HILLSIDE ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 30 yds. gravel used patching.
MILES STREET
Brush cut. Patched. Waterways and culverts cleaned. One section 1,200 ft. long treated with 1/3 gals. of tar and honed. 40 yds. of sand cover used.
CLOVERDALE ROAD
Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. Five large boulders removed.
CHANNOCK HILL
Dragged twice. Scraped three times. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. One section 700' x 18' x 8" graveled. One section 800' x 18' x 10" graveled. 200 yds. earth excavated. One section 3,000 treated with tar and covered with sand. Six large dead trees removed.
52
MUNICIPAL DRIVE
Patched.
CENTRAL TREE ROAD
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. One section scarified, graveled and reshaped.
BRITNEL DRIVE
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 30 yds. gravel used patching. Eight large dead trees removed.
GLENWOOD ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 300 ft. roadway treated with tar. One section 900 ft. long treated with tar and honed.
CAMPBELL STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. One section graveled 400' x 16' x 8". One section graveled 200' x 16' x 7". Three large boulders removed.
BUSHY LANE
Dragged twice and scraped twice. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Brush cut. 10 yds. gravel used for patching.
HALFY ROAD
Scraped once and brush cut.
SASSAWANNA ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Two large boulders removed.
RIVER STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. 20 yds. of gravel used for patching.
INTERVALE ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Three large boulders removed.
LONGMEADOW ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned
WHITEHALL ROAD
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
53
WALNUT STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. 1,500 ft. treated with tar. 40 yds. sand used.
EMERALD ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. One reinforced concrete pipe laid 24' x 15".
IRISH LANE
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
KENWOOD PLACE
Dragged once. Scraped. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
WARE ROAD
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. TURKEY HILL ROAD
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. 40 yds. gravel used patching. One section graveled 600' x 14' x 7".
DRURY LANE
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. PROSPECT STREET
Dragged once. Scraped once. Waterways and culverts cleaned .:
BANNOCK HILL ROAD
Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
MORRIS SWARTZ ROAD
Scraped and brush cut.
PLEASANTDALE ROAD No. 2
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. 25 yds. gravel used patching.
CRAWFORD STREET
Scraped and brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
CAUSEWAY STREET
Scraped and brush cut. LAKE AVENUE
Patched and brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. PINE PLAIN
Dragged once. Scraped once. Waterways and culverts cleaned. . Brush cut.
54
ELM AVENUE
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. BIGELOW ROAD
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. OVERLOOK COURT
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
PRINCETON STREET
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. GLENWOOD PLACE
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
MILLBROOK STREET
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. MOULTON MILL ROAD
Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
POMMAGUSSETT COURT
No work reported.
CAMPBELL COURT
Dragged once. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned.
HAM'S LANE
No work reported.
KENWOOD DRIVE
Dragged twice. Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. One section graveled 900' long 16' wide 8" deep. 1,700 ft. treated with tar. 38 cu. yds. sand used.
EAST HILL ROAD
Scraped twice. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Three large boulders removed.
OAK HILL ROAD
Scraped and brush cut. Waterways cleaned.
REUBEN WALKER ROAD
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. OLD WOOD ROAD
Scraped once. Brush cut. Waterways and culverts cleaned. Two dead trees removed.
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BRIGHAM ROAD
Dragged and scraped. Brush cut.
EDSON AVENUE
Patched. Brush cut.
DAVIS STREET
Dragged once. Scraped once. Brush cut.
LIST OF TOOLS ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1943
Axes
5
Bar
6
Forks
4
Coke forks
2
Stone forks
3
Hammers, stone
3
Hammer Handles
18
Pick Handles
24
Torches
10
Lanterns
2
Mattocks
8
Pouring pots
1
Picks
12
Pails
2
Bull points
3
Rakes, iron
5
Rakes, wood
10
Scrape blades
3
Little Western Grader
1
Sand Screen
3
Bush Scythe
18
Bush Hooks
2
Spoon shovels
2
Scythe Snaths
10
Shovels short, round
18
Shovels short, square
14
Shovels, long handled
4
Pitch forks
3
Tool boxes
2
Rooter plow
1
Landslide plow
1
Concrete mixer
1
Brooms
5
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. WILLIS, Superintendent of Streets.
:
56
Report of Board of Public Welfare FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS PUBLIC WELFARE EXPENSE
Appropriation
Expenditures
$4,000.00 1,634.92
$2,365.08
Transferred to: Aid to Dependent
Children $400.00
Old Age Assistance 800.00
1,200.00
Unexpended
$1,165.08
Town Cases
526.55
Charlton Home Farm Association
312.94
State Temporary Aid
423.28
City of Worcester
246.15
Town of Westboro
90.00
Boston Council of Social Agencies
8.00
Miscellaneous Supplies
3.00
Clerical
25.00
Salaries :
Appropriation
100.00 100.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
$650.00
Balance 1942
11.23
Federal Grants 1943
254.07
Transferred from Public Welfare
400.00
Payments for Aid to Dependent Children
1,206.85
Unexpended Balance
$108.45
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN ADMINISTRATION
Balance 1942 Federal Grants 1943
$8.58
.46
Unexpended Balance
$9.04
1
$1,634.92
Expended
$1,315.30
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE 1943
Appropriation
$7,500.00
Refunds
Federal Grant Balance 1942
20.00 144.06
Federal Grant 1943
5,611.84
Transferred from Public Welfare
800.00
Payments for Old Age Assistance
12,730.55
Unexpended Balance
$1,345.35
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Grant Balance 1942
$400.37 187.02
Expended :
$125.25
Clerical Supplies
66.05
$191.30
$396.09
Unexpended Balance
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE M. CAMPBELL, CLARENCE L. BIGELOW, DAVID M. DARRAH,
Board of Public Welfare
$14,075.90
Federal Grants 1943
$587.39
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Report of Charlton Home Farm Association
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
Land and Buildings
$15,000.00
Deposit, Savings Bank,
11,561.30
Personal Property,
10,838.25
Defense Bond,
740.00
Accounts Receivable from Towns,
1,228.94
Cash in Warden's hands,
200.00
Cash on hand, checking account,
3,116.10
$42,684.59
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, January 1, 1943
$ 3,256.74
Farm Products sold
1,545.15
Received from Towns and Boarders
13,024.90
$17,826.79
EXPENDITURES
Bills Paid
$14,710.69
Cash on hand, January 1, 1944
3,116.10
$17,826.79
Number of Towns having Inmates
21
Number of Inmates
36
Number of Boarders
8
I have examined the books of the Treasurer and the above statement and find them correct.
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
ROBERT F. TUCKER,
President.
LESTER P. GATES,
Secretary and Treasurer
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Report of the Board of Health
The Rutland Board of Health herewith submits its annual report of the department for year ending December 31, 1943.
FINANCIAL
The financial report is as follows:
Appropriation for salaries
$75.00
Expenditures :
Edmund D. Kelsey
$25.00
Charles E. Carroll
25.00
Mark A. Putnam
25.00
$75.00
Appropriation for Department :
$800.00
Expended :
Administration
$12.42
Hospital cases
576.00
Board of Health Physician
6.00
Burial permits
82.75
$677.17
Unexpended
$122.83
Deducting from the foregoing expense of
$677.17
Reimbursements due
282.85
Net expense for 1943
$394.32
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1944 APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriation for Salaries
$75.00
Appropriation for Department Expense
800.00
$875.00
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LICENSES AND PERMITS
The following amounts have been collected for various licenses and permits :
Licenses
$ 1.50
Permits
15.00
$16.50
APPOINTMENTS
Mrs. Frances P. Hanff,
Board of Health Agent
Dr. John Warner,
Board of Health Physician
Dr. Paul Dufault,
Inspector of Slaughtering
HEALTH
Reportable diseases have been very few during the year. We have been very fortunate in this respect.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND D. KELSEY, CHARLES E. CARROLL, MARK A. PUTNAM,
Rutland Board of Health.
Report of the Park Commissioners
We herewith submit our report. It will be noted that all of the funds were used in Rufus Putnam Park and most of which were used in repair- ing leak in pool.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
$75.00
56.05
$131.05
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Expenditures :
Harold Judkins, cleaning and preparing Park for summer season
$8.00
J. M. Sparhawk, locating and repairing leak
95.40
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies
.40
Herbert Bigelow, 7 yards gravel
7.00
Milton Bigelow, labor
3.25
Cheney Grain Company, cement
12.00
Carl E. Boquist, labor
5.00
$131.05
MARK A. PUTNAM, Chairman MARK L. READ, HAROLD I. JUDKINS, JR., Clerk.
Report of the Fire Engineers
William White-Janitor
$96.00
Gardner Electric Light Co .- Lights
40.66
Gardner Electric Light Co .- Siren
30.00
New England Telephone Co .- Telephone
20.19
E. D. Marsh-Fuel
148.24
Rutland Garage-Gas, Oil, etc.
107.83
H. G. Calkins-Repairs
11.15
N. I. Griffin-Supplies
1.57
Emerson Ross Co .- Supplies
2.06
A. J. Thomas-Insurance
33.21
Ace Body Co .- Truck Windshield
75.00
Kolhler Mfg. Co .- Supplies
49.28
Labor at Fires
57.50
Total $672.69
Board of Fire Engineers,
RUSSELL E. ERICKSON, Chief, MAURICE GORDON, Dep. Chief, JOHN COLLINS, Clerk, G. EDGAR FAY, FRED MUELLER.
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Report of the Police Department
CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
Assault and Battery
Male 2
Female
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Breaking and Entering in the Night
2
Larceny
1
1
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Drunkenness
5
Insane Person
1
Driving Under the Influence
1
Driving to Endanger
1
Arrested for Other Department
1
Total Arrests
14
1
Male
Female 2
Missing Persons
Automobile Accidents
8
Complaints Investigated
48
Automobiles Transferred
51
JOHN COLLINS,
Chief of Police.
Report of State Audit, 1943
June 29, 1943.
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Charles J. Campbell, Chairman Rutland, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Rutland for the period from June 1, 1942 to June 19, 1943, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assis- tant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston, Mass.
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Rutland for the period from June 1, 1942, the date of the previous audit, to June 19, 1943, the following report being submitted thereon:
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