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Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies
and forms 14.78
Stoneham Independent,
excise tax cards 1.00
Burton H. Fiske,
mileage and supplies 16.90
Edward F. Aber, postage and stationery 20.90
Rutland Training Center, printing
2.00
Worcester Abstract Co., abstracts
129.71
Harrigan Press, printing valuation books 136.75
Ruth E. Griffin, typing and clerical
61.65
$396.65
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
Appropriation
$150.00
Expended :
Frances P. Hanff
$150.00
$150.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Appropriation
$60.00
Expended :
A. J. Thomas, bond
$5.00
Frances P. Hanff, postage
7.00
Frances P. Hanff, State and County Association, dues
5.00
Unexpended
$17.00 43.00
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ANNUAL REPORT LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$100.00
Transferred from Tax Title Foreclosure Account
100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
381.10
Total Amount Available
$581.10
Expended :
Miles Mooney, town counsel,
services and expenses $581.10
$581.10
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Appropriation
$250.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
26.04
Total Amount Available
$276.04
Expended :
Prouty Printing Co., registration blanks, envelopes and ballots
$47.39
Marjorie E. Viner, typing warrants 2.00
Frances M. Armitage, lunches
9.30
John Collins, posting warrants
4.00
Mathew Delehanty, Registrar
63.00
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, Registrar
28.70
Raymond F. Ruddy, Registrar
30.80
Frances P. Hanff, Registrar
24.80
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, mileage
6.00
Mathew Delehanty, mileage
2.00
Raymond F. Ruddy, mileage
9.30
Frances P. Hanff, administering oaths
11.25
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, ballot box
7.50
Estelle Fitzgerald, teller
7.50
Roger L. Cuiver, teller
7.50
Mark L. Read, teller
7.50
Katherine A. Welch, tellei
7.50
$276.04
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TOWN OF RUTLAND COMMUNITY HALL MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$2,000.00 44.98
Total amount available
$2,044.98
Expended :
William R. White, Janitor
$556.77
Mark A. Putnam, Janitor
500.57
E. D. Marsh, fuel oil
591.00
Gardner Electric Light Co., electricity
225.22
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
46.17
A. J. Thomas, insurance
74.40
Herbert G. Calkins, electrical repairs 19.06
Nellie I. Griffin, supplies
31.79
$2,044.98
COMMUNITY HALL REPAIRS
Appropriation
$100.00
Unexpended
100.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$400.00
Expended :
John Collins, services
$147.20
Carl E. Boquist, services
48.00
Russell E. Erickson, services
32.80
G. Edgar Fay, services
26.40
John Boyle, services
9.60
Hilding Johnson, services
2.40
Earl E. Storrs, services
11.20
John Collins, mileage
32.16
Carl E. Boquist, mileage
3.54
Russell E. Erickson, mileage
5.94
G. Edgar Fay, mileage
3.96
John Boyle, mileage
2.52
Hilding Johnson, mileage
.24
Earl Storrs, mileage
1.38
ANNUAL REPORT
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Rutland Training Center, stationery 7.00
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., cartridges
2.43
L. R. Berger, Badges
13.69
Comm. of Mass., license book
.70
John Collins, telephones
4.35
Unexpended
$355.51 44.49
FIRE DEPARTMENT
See Report of Fire Engineers.
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation
$200.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
65.84
Total amount available
$265.84
Unexpended
.15
Expended :
Russell E. Erickson and others,
payroll fighting fires $231.64
O. B. Maxwell Co., 10 gallons Drench
34.20
$265.84
FOREST WARDEN
Salary :
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
Russell E. Erickson
$50.00
$50.00
TREE WARDEN
$50.00
Appropriation Expended :
Herbert G. Calkins and others, Payroll
$40.85
Mileage
9.00
$49.85
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$300.00 18.00
Total amount available
$318.00
Expended :
Herbert G. Calkins, Supt. $120.00
Herbert G. Calkins, labor payroll
180.00
Herbert G. Calkins, mileage
18.00
$318.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary :
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
William E. Griffin, Sealer $50.00
$50.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Appropriation
$10.00
Expended :
Robinson Seal Co., Inc., seals $2.09
Unexpended 7.91
$2.09 4
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation
$50.00
Expended :
Roy J. Allen, services
$20.80
mileage 17.10
miscellaneous expenses 5.83
Unexpended
$43.73 6.27
ANNUAL REPORT WILD CAT BOUNTY
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Transferred from Reserve Fund
$60.00
Expended :
Lloyd B. Viner
$50.00
Uno Moisio
10.00
$60.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
Appropriation
$350.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
161.73
Total amount available
$511.73
Expended :
Robert Dea
$362.25
Liberty Mutual Ins., Co.
149.48
$511.73
BOARD OF HEALTH
See Report of Board of Health.
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Appropriation
$55.00
Expended :
Charles M. Fiske, services $50.00
$50.00
Unexpended
5.00
VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation
$275.00
Expended :
Frances P. Hanff, recordings $248.00
Unexpended
$248.00 27.00
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
CHAPTER 81-HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation State Allotment
$4,500.00
13,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
757.30
Total amount available
$18,757.30
Expended :
George R. Willis, Supt. and others,
payrolls $5,298.60
Truck and Machinery 7,888:45
Holden Trap Rock Co.,
cold patch and dust 283.70
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts 259.75
Henry Trulson, sand
70.20
New England Tar & Asphalt Co., asphalt 1,137.01
Koppers Co., Inc., tarmac 3,315.53
Wachusetts Bituminous Co., M. C .- 3
298.99
Trans-Mixer, Road Mixer
103.62
Nellie I. Griffin, scythes and supplies 26.35
Files & O'Keefe, pruner and supplies 42.40
George R. Willis, telephones
32.70
$18,575.30
CHAPTER 90-HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,100.00
State Allotment
1,100.00
County Allotment
1,100.00
Total Amount Available
$3,300.00
Expended :
. George R. Willis, Supt. and labor payrolls $1,149.60
Trucks and Machinery 1,078.20
Holden Trap Rock Co. 110.48
New England Asphalt & Tar Co., asphalt 318.25
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ANNUAL REPORT
Koppers Co. Inc., tarmac 426.13
Henry Trulson, sand 52.65
Henry M. Harris, gravel 35.00
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts
61.06
County of Worcester, highway bounds 47.25
Robert D. Leary, dynamite
21.20
Unexpended
$3,299.82 .18
CHAPTER 90-PLEASANTDALE ROAD CONST.
1
Appropriation :
$2,000.00
State Allotment
4,000.00
County Allotment
2,000.00
Total Amount Available
$8,000.00
Expended :
George R. Willis, Supt.
and labor payroll
$2,534.30
Trucks and Machinery
3,829.55
New England Asphalt & Tar Co., asphalt 232.20
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts
110.31
Koppers Co., Inc., tarmac
827.63
County of Worcester, highway bounds
11.25
E. D. Marsh, oil
1.26
Henry Trulson, sand
26.65
Metropolitan District Water Supply System, gravel
285.00
Robert D. Leary, dynamite
2.83
Trans-mixer, road mixer
138.90
$7,999.88
Unexpended
.12
GENERAL HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended :
Barre Gazette Press, printing petitions $11.95
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Macey Sign Co., parking signs 37.50
Finan's Express, expressage .75
50.20
Unexpended
149.80
ROAD MACHINERY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation from Road Machinery Fund $4,000.00
Expended :
Rutland Garage, gasoline,
oil and repairs $1,234.27
George F. Blake Co., saws,
drills and supplies 54.09
E. F. Edson Co., blades,
chains, grader parts 114.57
Christie & Thompson, supplies
8.00
Nellie I. Griffin, miscellaneous supplies 14.13
Fay's Esso Station, gasoline and oil 118.16
Gardner Elec. Light Co., electricity
17.64
Worcester Oxy Acetylene Supply Co., oxygen
43.86
Bowker-Hamblin-Malmquist Inc., tire Files & O'Keefe Co., blades,
282.70
lift, chains and supplies 173.04
William R. Temple, gasoline and oil
139.79
Allied Steel Co., snow blades and chains 371.13
Eastern Bridge Co., blade
50.93
Specialized Truck & Equipment Co.,
Universal joint, shaft
115.00
Hodge & Mattheis Co., grader parts
118.54
Charles E. Edlin & Son,
forging tools 7.00
Thomas Smith Co., hardware
19.01
Brighton Steel Co., Inc., blades,
hooks, chains, jack and supplies 165.71
Commodore Steel Co., plow blades
95.87
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ANNUAL REPORT
Waite Hardware Co., supplies
14.12
Alpurite snow beacons 30.00
Cornwell Tool Co., tools
10.70
Cheney Grain Co., shovels
6.25
Harry Longwell, defroster blade and hose
13.00
Finan's Express, expressage
6.08
Fred Wellington, filing saws
3.00
Railway Express Agency, express
1.67
Lock's Market, gasoline and oil
24.25
George H. Clarke & Co.,
paint and brushes
23.72
Herbert G. Calkins,
installing welder
144.32
E. D. Marsh, oil
3.96
P. E. Dow, garage rent
150.00
A. J. Thomas, insurance
168.52
C. Arthur Marsh, insurance
41.40
Penn. Refining Co., oil
37.95
George R. Willis, registration fees
6.00
$3,828.38 171.62
Unexpended
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriation
$5,500.00
Transferred from Veterans Benefits Account
600.00
Total Amount Available
$6,100.00
Expended :
George R. Willis, Supt. and others, payrolls
$3,664.20
Trucks and Machinery
2,118.50
Worcester Chemical Distributing Co., salt 174.79
Waite Hardware Co., wire
3.24
Cheney Grain Co., salt
40.00
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Henry Trulson, sand 97.50
Unexpended
$6,098.23 1.77
SNOW FENCE
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$137.46
Expended :
Files & O'Keefe, fence
$119.00
Boston & Maine Railroad
Co., freight
15.46
Unexpended
3.00
SANDING MACHINE
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$341.00
Expended :
Perkins-Eaton Machinery
Co., sander $338.10
$338.10
SNOW PLOWS
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$450.00
Transferred from Machinery Rental Fund
1,000.00
Total Amount Available
$1,450.00
Expended :
E. F. Edson Co., plows $939.50
Unexpended $510.50
WELDER
Appropriation
$328.00
Expended :
Christie & Thompson Inc.,
welding machine $328.00
$328.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT (Truck)
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$3,500.00
Expended : :
Rutland Garage, 1947 Ford Dump Truck $3,491.89
3,491.89
Unexpended
8.11
SIDEWALK REPAIRS
Appropriation
$200.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
50.20
Total Amount Available
$250.20
Expended :
George R. Willis, Supt., and others, payrolls
$157.30
Trucks and Machinery
5.20
Holden Trap Rock Co., stone
8.60
B. F. Marsh Co., cement
29.10
Earl D. Cook, paving
50.00
$250.20
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$1,850.00
Expended :
Gardner Elec. Light Co., electricity
$1,749.56
Nellie I. Griffin, lamp
.12
Albert I. Davis, beacon repairs
- 5.00
$1,754.68
Unexpended
95.32 '
LAND DAMAGES
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended :
Jesse C. Allen, land damage
(Construction No. Rutland Bridge) 350.00
$350.00
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND OLD AGE ASSISTANCE See Report of Public Welfare Board
VETERAN'S BENEFITS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transferred to Snow and Ice Removal Account
600.00
Total Amount Available
$400.00
Expended :
Veterans Relief
$285.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
54.50
Unexpended
$339.50 60.50
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
See Report of the School Committee
TRADE SCHOOLS
Appropriation :
$800.00
Transferred to School Department
500.00
Total Amount Available
$300.00
Expended :
City of Worcester, tuition $118.44
Unexpended
$118.44 181.56
LIBRARY See Report of Library Trustees
PARKS
See Report of Park Commissioners
1
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ANNUAL REPORT MEMORIAL DAY
$150.00
Appropriation Expended :
South High Musical Organization,
band
$75.00
Allen's Flower Shop, geraniums
27.00
Benson Brothers, coffee cups
3.60
Perkins & Butler, supplies
20.84
E. W. Bigelow, groceries
6.83
Nellie I. Griffin, groceries
7.54
David M. Hanff, groceries
5.53
$146.34
Unexpended
3.66
PRINTING TOWN REPORT
Appropriation
281.96
Expended :
Barre Gazette Press $281.96
281.96
TOWN DUMP MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
Expended :
Fred A. Kehoe, services $360.00
$360.00
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK
Appropriation
Expended : William A. White, services $30.00
$30.00
OLD CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$50.00
Unexpended $50.00
$360.00
$30.00
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY Appropriation
$100.00
Unexpended
$100.00
IMPROVEMENT OF PLAYGROUND REAR OF SCHOOL Appropriation (1946 Balance) $1,000.00
Expended :
Berger Metal Culvert Co., culverts
$408.64
Payroll, labor
157.55
Trucks and Machinery
168.00
Cheney Grain Co., cement
6.65
Holden Trap Rock Co., stone
131.81
Worcester Foundry Co.,
grates and frames
98.01
Henry Trulson, sand
1.30
Comasse Block Co.,
cement blocks
10.80
Unexpended
$982.76 17.24
PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND LAND
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$1,000.00
Appropriated 1947
800.00
Total Amount Available
$1,800.00
Unexpended 1,800.00
IMPROVEMENT OF PLAYGROUND LAND AND ERECTION OF WIRE FENCE (Griffin Lot)
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Unexpended
$1,600.00
ROAD CONSTRUCTION - POMMOGUSETT ROAD TO PROPERTY OF ANNA McGANN
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Unexpended $1,500.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE EXPENSE Appropriation : $100.00
Tranferred to Legal Expense $100.00
$100.00
WATER DEPARTMENT See Report of Water Commissioners
RELAYING WATER MAIN-CENTRAL TREE ROAD
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Unexpended
$1,500.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation (1946 Balance)
$969.75
Tranferred to water Department
827.16
Total Amount Available
$142.59
Expended :
E. D. Marsh, pipe and fittings
$14.50
Metropolitan Water Supply Comm., sewer disposal
114.43
H. R. Prescott, pipe
13.66
$142.59
SEWER CONNECTION - TOWN HALL AND SCHOOL HOUSE
Appropriation :
$300.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
35.13
Total Amount Available
$335.13
Expended :
Holden Farmer's Supply, pipe
$6.00
Kesseli & Morse Co., pipe
38.88
Payroll, labor
230.25
Trucks and Machinery
60.00
$335.13
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
INTEREST
$500.00
Appropriation Expended :
Merchants National Bank of Boston,
Public Building Loans $450.00
Worcester County Trust Co.,
Highway Truck Loan 2.03
$452.03
Unexpended :
47.97
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation $2,400.00
Expended :
Merchants National Bank of Boston,
Public Building Loan 1938 $2,000.00
Worcester County Trust Co.,
Highway Truck Loan 1945 400.00
$2,400.00
RESERVE FUND
$2,000.00
Appropriation : Tranferred to:
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
$161.73
Chapter 81-Highway Maintenance
757.30
Treasurer's Expense
89.08
Assessors' Expense
46.65
Legal
381.10
Elections and Registration
26.04
Community Hall Maintenance
44.98
Forest Fires
65.84
Fire Department
88.91
Moth Department
18.00
Wild Cat Bounty
60.00
Sidewalk Repairs
50.20
Sewer Connection, Town Hall and School House 35.13
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ANNUAL REPORT
Aid to Dependent Children - Appropriation Account 68.00
Unexpended
$1,893.76 $106.24
Respectfully submitted,
VAN BUREN HERRICK, JR., Chairman LLOYD H. CAMPBELL, Clerk FRANK J. BROOKS
Board of Selectmen.
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Report of the Town Accountant
February 2, 1948
To the Board of Selectmen :
As required by statute and in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the Director of Accounts of the Commonwealth, I herewith submit the reports of the accounts of the Town of Rutland for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1947. I again wish to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to the Town Officers and Depart- ment Chairmen for their assistance and cooperation during the year.
This report consists of the following schedules : Statement of all Receipts and Expenditures
Table of Accounts showing Appropriations and Ex- penditures Balance Sheet Statement of Debt Accounts Statement of Trust and Investment Funds
Respectfully submitted,
ROGER L. CULVER
Town Accountant
RECEIPTS-1947
General Revenue:
Taxes-Poll, Personal and Real Estate :
Current Year
$41,693.84
Previous Years
5,590.57
$47,284.41
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ANNUAL REPORT
From State:
Income Tax $12,522.87
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes 5,725.58
Metropolitan District, Chap. 307, Act of 1934
2,800.00
Corporation Taxes
2,879.03
Meal Tax
356.34
Gasoline Tax
4,334.76
$28,618.53
Licenses and Permits :
2.Milk Licenses $2.00
Liquor Licenses
1,500.00
All Other
66.50
$1,568.50
Fines and Forfeits :
Court Fines $85.00
ยท
$85.00
Grants and Gifts:
From Federal Government:
For Old Age Assistance 4,814.35
For Aid to Dependent Children
733.56
$5,547.91
From State :
Mass. School Fund
$6,132.29
Vocational Education
352.46
High School Tuition and Transportation 4.15
Highways Chapter 81
11,336.97
$17,825.87
$100,930.22
Total General Revenue Commercial Revenue, Special :
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Grant from County, Dog Licenses $311.45
Motor Vehicle Excise 3,894.60
Total Commercial Revenue Special $4,206.05
Commercial Revenue Departmental :
General Government:
Collector's Demands and Charges $31.16
Hall Rentals 48.00
$79.16
Protection of Persons and Property :
Sealer's Fees
$13.30
Inspection, Slaughtering
274.00
Forest Fires
50.00
Wild Cat Bounty
50.00
$387.30
Health and Sanitation
Highways :
Chap. 90-Highways
State Contracts
$5,300.00
Chap. 90-Highways
County Contracts
3,300.00
Snow Removal
71.50
Road Machinery Rentals
4,613.58
$13,285.08
Public Welfare:
Temporaray Aid, Support and Burials :
Cities and Towns $114.25
State
1,262.20
$1,376.45
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ANNUAL REPORT
Aid to Dependent Children :
State
$566.15
Old Age Assistance : State Cities and Towns
4,013.58
83.31
$4,663.04
Veterans Benefits :
State Aid
$240.00
$240.00
Schools :
Tuition and Transportation
State Wards
$559.15
Other Tuitions
132.00
Sale Supplies
5.00
$696.15
Libraries :
Donations
$23.00
$23.00
Total Commercial Revenue Department
$20,750.18
Commercial Revenue ---
Public Service Enterprises :
Sale of Water:
Meter Rates
3,679.14
State Sanatorium
3,497.49
Veterans Hospital
4,049.86
All other
6.31
Total Commercial Revenue ; Public Service Enterprises $11,232.80
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Commercial Revenue-Interest
On Deferred Taxes $188.72
On Water, Rates
18.23
On Motor Vehicles Taxes
.10
All Other
5.73
Total Commercial Revenue-Interest
$212.78
Agency, Trust and Investments :
Dog Licenses for County $528.20
Total Agency, Trust and Investments
$528.20
Municipal Indebtedness :
Water Loan
$15,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan
2,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
$17,000.00
Refunds and Transfers :
Refunds
Old Age Assistance
$91.75
Board of Health
17.00
Total Refunds and Transfers
$108.75
PAYMENTS-1947
General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$20.00
$20.00
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries
$675.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
34.30
All other
94.66
$803.96
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ANNUAL REPORT
Auditing Department :
Salary
$500.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
2.43
All Other
2.79
$505.22
Treasury Department :
Salary
$500.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
155.79
Surety Bond
33.00
All Other
50.29
$739.08
Collector's Department :
Salary
$700.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
193.79
Surety Bonds
55.25
Tax Sale Costs
59.60
All Other
40.63
$1,049.27
Assessors' Department :
Salaries
$1,295.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
312.10
Travel Expense
16.90
Clerical
61.65
All Other
6.00
$1,691.65
Law Department :
Town Counsel $581.10
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$581.10
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
Town Clerk's Department :
Salary
$150.00
Surety Bond
5.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
7.00
All Other
5.00
$167.00
Elections and Registrations :
Salaries of Registrars
$147.50
Election Officers
37.50
Printing, Postage and Stationery
47.39
All Other
43.85
Public Buildings Maintenance :
Community Hall
Janitor's Salary
$1,057.34
Fuel
591.00
Light
225.22
Janitor's Supplies
31.79
Telephones
46.17
Repairs
19.06
Insurance
74.40
$2,044.98
Total for General Government
$7,878.30
Protection of Persons and Property :
Fire Department :
Janitor's Salary
$96.00
Labor, Fighting Fires 81.60
Equipment and Repairs :
Apparatus Repairs 250.18
Equipment 634.00
$276.04
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Gasoline and Oil
47.03
Fuel
78.21
Light
16.00
Buildings and Grounds :
Electricity, Siren
30.00
Telephone
22.01
Repairs
10.50
All Other
23.38
$1,288.91
Police Department :
Salaries and Wages
$277.60
Travel
49.74
Equipment
16.12
All Other
12.05
$355.51
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
$50.00
All Other
2.09
$52.09
Forestry :
Insect Pest Extermination :
Superintendent
$120.00
Labor
180.00
Trucks
18.00
Planting and Trimming Trees :
Salaries and Wages
40.85
All Other
9.00
Forest Fires :
Forest Warden
50.00
Fighting Fires
221.60
All Other
44.24
$683.69
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Dog Officer
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
43.73 511.73
Wild Cat Bounty
60.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
$2,995.66
Health and Sanitation :
Health Department :
$100.00
Other Expenses 15.80
Tuberculosis :
County Hospital Assessments,
Care and Maintenance
1,025.16
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Medicine and Medical Attendance
17.00
Vital Statistics
248.00
Burial Permits
42.00
Death Certificates
17.50
Inspection Animals
50.00
Inspection Meat and Provisions
187.54
Total for Health and Sanitation
$1,703.00
Highways: General
Highway Maintenance-Chapter 81 Administration Expense $32.70
General :
Salaries and Wages
5,298.60
Trucks and Road Machinery
7,888.45
Stone, Gravel, Cold Patch
5,482.70
Equipment and Repairs
49.90
All Other
4.95
$18,757.30
Snow and Ice Removal :
Salaries and Wages $3,664.20
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Trucks and Machinery
All Other
2,118.50 315.53
Snow Fence
134.46
Sander
338.10
Welder
328.00
Snow Plows
939.50
Truck
3,491.89
Lighting :
Contract, Street Lights
$1,735.16
Traffic Guide
14.52
Beacon Repairs
5.00
$1,754.68
Road Machinery Expense
3,828.38
Sidewalk Maintenance :
Salaries and Wages
$157.30
Trucks
5.20
Materials
87.70
$250.20
Total for Highway General
$35,920.74
Highways-Special
Chapter 90-Maintenance
$3,299.82
Chapter 90-Construction
7,999.88
General
50.20
Land Damages
350.00
Total for Highways-Special
$11,699.90
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits :
Public Welfare Department
General Administration :
Salaries and Wages $183.33
$6,098.23
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Outside Relief by Town :
Board and Care 467.17
Medicine and Medical Attendance 42.00
Cash Grants to Individuals 1,333.60
State Institution
547.50
Groceries and Provisions 33.00
All Other 8.00
$2,614.60
Aid to Dependent Children :
Cash Grants from Appropriation $1,568.80
Cash Grants from Federal Grants 665.30
$2,234.10
Old Age Assistance :
From Appropriations :
Cash Grants
$5,414.27
Other Cities and Towns
591.96
From Federal Grants : Cash Grants
4,937.80
Administration
249.39
Veterans' Benefits :
State Aid
285.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance 54.50
$11,532.92
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefit
$16,381.62
Schools and Libraries :
Schools :
Salaries of School Committee $200.00
Salary of Superintendent 919.75
Clerk in Superintendent's Office 38.00
Janitors' Salaries 2,136.97
Printing, Postage and Stationery
18.26
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Telephone
46.98
Traveling Expenses
223.93
School Census
20.00
New Equipment
378.06
Teachers' Salaries
27,851.62
All Other (General)
37.88
Text Books and Supplies :
High School Books
147.58
High School Supplies 398.16
Elementary Books
242.83
Elementary Supplies
234.32
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises 48.23
Transportation
6,226.50
Insurance
429.14
Electricity
456.57
Fuel
2,367.29
Maintenance of Grounds and Buildings :
Repairs
722.70
Janitor's Supplies
121.81
All Other (Buildings and Grounds)
63.16
Playground Improvements
982.76
School Health :
Physician
93.75
Nurse
481.46
$44,887.71 118.44
Trade Schools
Public Library :
Librarian's Salary
$300.00
Books
123.67
Periodicals
51.12
Binding Books and Periodicals
45.28
All Other
49.22
$569.29
Total for Schools and Libraries
$45,575.44
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Recreation and Unclassified :
State Parks and Reservations
$68.14
Town Common
17.53
Memorial Day
146.34
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Printing Town Reports
281.96
Auditing Municipal Accounts
261.88
Town Dump Maintenance
350.00
Typewriter
131.75
Total for Recreation and Unclassified
$1,297.60
Enterprises and Cemeteries :
Water Department :
Administration :
Commissioner's Salary
$179.16
Superintendent's Salary
2,200.00
Printing, Postage and Stationery
22.76
Telephone
9.85
All Other
29.60
General :
Equipment
20.00
All Other
39.41
Pumping Station :
Fuel, Light and Power
3,652.00
Repairs
308.51
Boilers and Pumps
602.27
All Other
98.73
Service Pipe :
Labor
710.00
Pipe and Fittings
273.21
All Other
271.40
Extensions :
Labor 404.30
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Trucks
61.00
Pipe and Fittings
87.65
All Other
18.40
$8,988.25
Sewer Department :
Pipe and Fittings
$28.16
Sewer Disposal
114.43
$142.59
School and Town Hall-Sewer Connection
335.13
Total for Enterprises and Cemeteries
$9,465.97
Interest :
Public Building Loans
$450.00
Highway Equipment Loan
2.03
$452.03
Municipal Indebtedness :
Payments on Loans :
Public Building Loan
$2,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan
400.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$2,400.00
Agency, Trust and Investment :
State Tax
$1,200.00
County Tax
2,987.83
Dog Licenses for the County
530.00
Total Agency, Trust and Investment $4,717.83
Refunds and Transfers :
Taxes $12.58
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Motor Vehicle Excise 100.91
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$113.49
Total Refunds and Transfers SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS AND RECEIPTS RECEIPTS
General Revenue $100,930.22
Commercial Revenue-Special
4,206.05
Commercial Revenue -- Departmental
20,750.18
Commercial Revenue-Public
Service Enterprises 11,232.80
Commercial Revenue-Interest
212.78
Municipal Indebtedness -- Loans
17,000.00
Agency, Trust and Investment
528.20
Refunds and Transfers
108.75
Total Receipts
$154,968.98
Cash on Hand January 1, 1947
39,949.81
$194,918.79
PAYMENTS
General Government
$7,878.30
Protection of Persons and Property
2,995.66
Health and Sanitation
1,703.00
Highways General
35,920.74
Highways Special
11,699.90
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
16,381.62
Schools and Libraries
45,575.44
Recreation and Unclassified
1,297.60
Enterprises and Cemeteries
9,465.97
Interest
452.03
Municipal Indebtedness
2,400.00
Agency, Trust and Investment
4,717.83
Refunds and Transfers
113.49
Total Payments
$140,601.58
Cash on Hand December 31, 1947
54,317.21
$194,918.79
TOWN OF RUTLAND BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1947 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
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