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Voted, That the sum of $500 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for Hydrant service.
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Voted, That the sum of $450 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expense of the Building Inspector's De- partment.
Voted, That the sum of $600 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Measures Department.
Voted, That the sum of $3,584.67 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Gypsy Moth Department.
Voted, That the sum of $600 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the Tree Warden's Department, including $100 for the planting of new trees.
Health and Sanitation
Voted, That the sum of $2,375 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Health Department, includ- ing salary of the Board of Health, through December 31, 1923, of $500.
Voted, That the sum of $350 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for Vital Statistics expenses.
Voted, That the sum of $530 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the Plumbing Inspector's Department.
Voted, That the sum of $350 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the inspection of milk and cattle.
Voted, That the sum of $4,200 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the collection of ashes and garbage.
Highways and Bridges
Voted, That the sum of $20,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for highways and fences.
Voted, That the sum of $8,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for permanent highway construction.
Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for sidewalks.
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Voted, That the sum of $7,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the removal of snow and ice.
Voted, That the sum of $9,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for street lighting, including $100 for the installa- tion of new lights.
Charities
Voted, That the sum of $15,177 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Overseers of the Poor, including $500 for the salaries of the Overseers through Decem- ber 31, 1923.
Voted, That the sum of $12,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Saugus Home for the year 1923.
Voted, That the sum of $2,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for State Aid during 1923.
Voted, That the sum of $200 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for Soldiers' Burial.
Voted, That the sum of $4,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Soldiers' Relief during 1923.
Education and Libraries
* Voted, That the sum of $154,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the general expenses of the School Department in 1923.
Voted, That the sum of $6,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for schoolhouse repairs.
Voted, That the sum of $3,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Library Department.
Recreation and Unclassified
Voted, That the sum of $300 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for Memorlal Day expenses, the same to be expended under the direction of Post 95, G. A. R.
Voted, That the sum of $750 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for printing and distributing Town Reports.
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Voted, That the item of insurance be laid on the table.
Voted, That the sum of $150 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the care of public grounds.
Voted, that the sum of $5,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the reserve fund.
Enterprises and Cemeteries
Voted, That the sum of $15,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase of water from the City of Lynn.
Voted, That the sum of $9,800 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Water Maintenance Department, including $300 for the collection of water bills.
Voted, That the sum of $3,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for water extension.
Voted, That the sum of $5,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Cemetery Department.
Interest and Maturing Debt
Voted, That the sum of $12,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on temporary loans.
Voted, To lay on the table, interest on school loans.
Voted, That the sum of $2,287.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on water loans.
Voted, That the sum of $990 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on highway loans.
Voted, That the sum of $12,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for schoolhouse loan bonds.
Voted, That the sum of $4,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for water loan bonds.
Voted, That the sum of $6,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for macadam loan bonds.
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Voted, That at 10.30 P. M. we adjourn to March 19, 1923, at 8 o'clock P. M.
ART. 4. To authorize the Treasurer to borrow money.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1923, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Yeas, 128; Nays, o.
ART. 5. To authorize the Treasurer to refund notes.
Voted, That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, be and hereby is authorized to refund such portion of rev- enue loans of 1923, as may be necessary, in the manner set forth in Section 17, of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, any loan or loans issued in accordance with this vote to be paid from rev- enue of 1923.
ART. 6. Repairs on Central Fire Station.
Voted, That the sum of $1,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for repairs on the Central Fire Station.
ART. 7. To purchase a steam roller.
Voted, Not to purchase.
ART. 8. To purchase tractor, was under discussion at time of adjournment.
Adjourned at 10.30 P. M., to March 19, 1923, at eight o'clock P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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Adjourned Town Meeting.
March 19, 1923.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock P. M.
Voted, that the reading of records of last meeting be dispensed with.
Moderator appointed and swore in the following persons as tellers ; A. D. Hitchings, J. Mccullough, Jr., C. Wilson, B. Kelso.
Voted, To reconsider Article 7.
ART. 7. Steam roller.
Voted, That the sum of $5,550 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase of a steam roller.
ART. 8. Tractor.
Voted, That the sum of $2,000 be and hereby is appropriated for the purchase of a tractor.
ART. 9. Painting and repairing Town Hall.
Voted, That the sum of $2,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for outside painting and outside repairs of the Town Hall, and that sealed bids be asked for and contracts awarded to lowest responsible bidders on the several contracts.
ART. II. Care, maintenance and repairs of Tubercular Hospital.
Voted, That the sum of $2,230.57 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expense apportioned by the County Com- missioners upon the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus for the care, maintenance and repair of hospital for the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis from January 1, 1922, to December 31, 1922.
ART. 11. Signaling system for Police Department.
Voted, Not to appropriate.
ART. 12. Unpaid bills for 1920 and 1921 in the Overseers Department.
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Voted, That the sum of $143.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated for unpaid bills for the year 1920 and 1921 in the Overseers of the Poor Department.
ART. 13. Unpaid bills for 1922.
Voted, That the sum of $1,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for unpaid bills of 1922.
ART. 14. System of drainage on Endicott street and Morton avenue.
Voted, That the sum of $4,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of installing a system of drainage on Endicott street and Morton avenue.
Voted, That at 10.30 o'clock, we adjourn to March 26, 1923, at 8 o'clock P. M.
ART. 15. Claim of William Sim.
Voted, That the sum of $700, be and the same is hereby appropriated in settlement of the claim of William Sim for loss of coal and water damages.
ART. 16. Repairs on East Saugus Hose House.
Voted, That the sum of $700 be and the same is hereby appropriated to paint and repair the East Saugus Hose House.
ART. 17. Traffic beacons.
Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing and installing three traffic beacons at the junction of Walnut, Main and Essex streets on the Newbury- port turnpike.
ART. 18. New school building, under discussion at time of adjournment.
Adjourned at 10.30 P. M. to March 26, 1923, at 8 o'clock, P.M
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
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1923]
Adjourned Town Meeting.
March. 26, 1923.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock P. M.
The Moderator, acting under Article 2, Section 10, of the By-Laws, requested all persons not legal voters of the Town of Saugus, to retire from the hall during the transaction of all town business, reserving the balcony for non-voters.
Voted, That the reading of records of last meeting be dis- pensed with.
ART. 18. New school building on Lincoln avenue.
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moder- ator, at least one to be from the School Board, to report on Article 18, at the next special or annual meeting of the town.
ART. 19. Committee to construct new school building on Lincoln avenue.
Voted, to refer to next special or annual meeting.
ART. 20. Remodeling old Town Hall for school purposes. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 21. Committee to carry out Art. 20.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone,
ART. 22. Incandescent lights.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 23. Water extension from Hesper street, through Woodbury avenue and Riverbank road to Lothrop street.
Voted, That the sum of $2, 100 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the extension of water pipes from Hesper street through Woodbury avenue, and Riverbank road to Lothrop street.
The Moderator appointed and swore in the following persons as tellers : C. W. Hanson, L. E. Morse, V. G. Pendleton and E. K. Hayden.
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Motion to take Article 27, not carried.
ART. 24. Water extension on Tontaquon avenue.
Voted, That the sum of $900 be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of water pipes on Tontaquon avenue.
Voted, To take from the table the motion for interest on school loans.
Voted, That the sum of $7,048.75 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on school loans.
Voted, To take from the table the motion for interest on water loans.
Voted, That the sum of $2,287.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on water loans.
The Moderator appointed the following committee to report at the next Special or Annual Town Meeting on Article 18 : Charles W. Hanson, George H. Mason, Fred A. Ewart, Fred- erick H. Griswold and Mortimer H. Mellen.
ART. 25. To appoint a committee to investigate the feasi- bility of a forest.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone
ART. 26. To repair Vine street.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 27. To amend the By-Laws.
Voted, To accept the following :
ARTICLE IX.
PLANNING BOARD.
SECTION I. A board to be known as the Planning Board is hereby created and established, to consist of seven citizens of the town, other than town officers elected by ballot. The Mod- erator of the annual town meeting of 1923 shall appoint two members of said board for a term of three years, three members
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for a term of two years, and two members for the term of one year, the terms of said members to expire on the first day of December in the years 1926, 1925 and 1924, respectively. Annually thereafter the moderator of the annual town meeting shall on the first day of December appoint enough members of said board to fill the same to serve for the term of three years from said date. Any member of said board who shall be elected by ballot to any town office, shall forthwith upon his qualification in such office, and any other member who shall remove from the town shall upon such removal, cease to be a member of said board. Said board shall choose its own officers and any vacancies in its membership shall be filled by appoint- ment by the Moderator.
SECT. 2. The duties of such board shall be such as are stated in chapter forty-one, sections seventy to seventy-two inclusive, of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, and fur- ther to consider and advise upon municipal improvements either at the request of other officials of the town or upon its own initiative. The board shall meet at regular intervals. It may also hold public meetings. It shall at all times have access to all public documents in the possession of any town official or department. It may make investigations and studies relative to new street and park developments. Said board may incur expenses necessary to the carrying on of its work within the amount of its annual appropriations.
SECT. 3. Such board shall make a report to the town annu- ally, giving information regarding the conditions of the town, and any plans or proposals for the development of the town and estimates of the cost thereof. Such report shall be sent to the Selectmen not later than such time in January in each year as the Selectmen may prescribe, or as may be prescribed by law in force relative to reports, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare.
Voted at 10.30 P. M. to dissolve the meeting.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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Report of Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following reports of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1923 :
RECEIPTS
General Revenue Taxes
Current Year.
Polls
$8,578 00
Personal
20,175 93
Real estate
160,337 82
$189,091 75
Previous Years.
Polls
$2,869 00
Personal
7,383 62
Real estate
181,314 04
191,566 66
Tax titles
655 91
Final sales
60 00
Deeds .
12 00
From State.
Corporation tax $7,540 65
Income tax, 1920,
21, 22, 23 .
9,245 26
Income tax, school, 27,916 50
Walnut street reim-
bursement .
7,225 80
51,928 2I
Amount carried forward,
$433,314 53
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Amount brought forward, $433,314 53
Licenses and Permits.
Junk
$143 25
Milk
40 50
Pool, billiards and
bowling ·
72 00
Graves .
.
5.00
Theatre .
.
25 00
Garage .
.
50 00
All other
III 66
447 41
Fines and Forfeits.
Court
2,283 00
From County.
Walnut street reim-
bursement .
$7,225 80
Dog damages and
·killing dogs · 933 95
8,159 75
Total for General Revenue,
$444,204 69
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
General Government
Town Clerk.
Fees
$118 30
Town Hall.
Rent
670 39
Assessors.
Valuation
15 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department.
Miscellaneous
120 00
Amounts carried forward,
$923 69 $444,204 69
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Amounts brought forward,
$923 69 $444,204 69
Sealer Weights and Measures.
Sealer
82 63
Gypsy Moth.
Miscellaneous
2 40
Health and Sanitation
Health Department.
Miscellaneous
58 00
I
Highways
General.
Sale old material
13 90
Miscellaneous
24 83
Charities
Town Farm.
Sale of produce
$511 71
Sale of milk
8,057 57
Sale of stock .
54 00
Board .
18 00
Miscellaneous
62 50
8,703 78
Overseers of Poor (Reimbursements).
From cities and towns, $2,903 27
From state 4,208 36
7, 11I 63
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid $1,744 00
Military Aid .
237 50
Soldiers' burial and
exemption .
537 18
2,518 68
Amounts carried forward,
$19,439 54 $444,204 69
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Amounts brought forward,
$19,439 54 $444,204 69
Education
Tuition State wards $548 70
Sale of books and supplies, 267 05
Miscellaneous
54 0I
869 76
Library
Fines
.
28 OI
Unclassified
Rebate Hobbs' Funeral, $100 00
Claim .
10 00
Hathaway place (rent) , 140 00
250 00
Total for Commercial
Revenue
20,587 31
Special Assessments
For expenses.
Moth extermination,
1921 .
$195 17
Moth extermination,
1922 .
490 65
Moth extermination,
1923 .
962 99
Total for Special Assessments 1,648 81
Water Department
Collections.
Fixture rates . · $11,458 13
Metered rates
13,389 44
Maintenance . 4,494 79
Turn-ons .
55 00
Summons
103 60
Hydrants
500 00
Total for Water Department, 30,000 96
Amount carried forward,
$496,441 77
3
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Amount brought forward,
$496,441 77
Cemetery
Sale of Lots and Graves.
Lots
$1,146 70
Graves .
255 00
Care of Lots and Graves.
Mowing
2,360 91
Foundations
319 71
Vaults
25 00
Grading
254 00
Interment fees
619 00
1
Total for Cemetery, 4,980 32
Interest
On Deposit.
Beacon Trust Co. .
$474 90
On Taxes.
Deferred payments, 9,320 41
Excess interest tax titles, 35 71
Accrued interest sale
school bonds
4II II
Total for Interest 10,242 13
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans.
Anticipation of taxes $315,000 00
School . 50,000 00
Total for Municipal
Indebtedness 365,000 00
Premium
Sale school bonds . 175 00
Amount carried forward,
$876,839 22
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Amounts brought forward,
$876,839 22
Agency and Trust
Cemetery.
Perpetual Care fund, $2,970 70
Income for 1923,
G. W. Wilson fund
91 38
Total for Agency Trust 3,062 08
Refunds and Transfers
Refund.
Selectmen's Department, $2 60
Highway Department, 16 80
Overseers Department, 46 30
Saugus Home 74 06
State Aid
46 00
Soldiers' Relief .
40 00
School Department,
1 30 00
Total for Refunds
and Transfers .
355 76
Cash on hand Jan- uary 1, 1923 -
27,245 98
$907,503 04
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EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
Moderator.
Salary ·
$50 00
Finance Committee.
Clerk
$75 00
Printing
38 75
Delivering Reports,
25 00
Law books
17 25
156 00
Selectmen's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Chairman
$200 00
Other Selectmen
400 00
Clerk
200 00
800 00
Other Expenses.
Repairs to Honor Roll, $75 00
Stationery and postage,
6 00
Printing and advertising, 11 00
Telephones
135 92
Granolithic walk
364 50
Cleaning monument,
200 00
All other
25 98
818 40
Accountant's Department
Salary.
Accountant $900 00
Stationery and postage,
16 90
Printing and advertising, 29 20
946 10
Amount carried forward, $2,770 50
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Amount brought forward, $2,770 50
Treasury Department
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer
$500 00
Clerk
.
5 40
1,040 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $110 59
Printing and advertising, 4 75
Telephone
34 95
Bonds
173 00
Insurance
· ·
92 59
All other
.
95
416 83
Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Collector
$987 25
Clerk
.
1,263 00
2,250 25
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $279 80
Printing and advertising, 104 12
Bond
200 00
Express .
I 3I
585 23
Tax Titles
Expenses.
Expense on tax titles,
$262 50
Advertising
114 00
Stamps
5 00
Clerk
6 75
Deeds
.
91 97
480 22
Amount carried forward, $7,543 03
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Amount brought forward, $7,543 03 Registration Town Notes
Expenses.
Registration fee 52 00
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages.
Assessors
$600 00
Deputy Assessors, .
418 13
Clerk
1,759 75
2,777 88
Other Expenses.
Office furniture
$169 75
Stationery and postage,
48 93
Printing and advertising, 434 08
Car fare, teams, etc.,
3 98
Telephone
33 26
Searching Records,
182 30
All other
275 90
1,148 20
Law Department
Salary.
Town Counsel
$400 00
Expenses.
Stationery and postage, 1 16
Printing and advertising, 28 30
Telephone
2 30
431 76
Town Clerk's Department
Town Clerk $500 00
Stationery
82 87
Printing and advertising, 18 35
Office equipment · 75 50
All other
J2 95
689 67
Amount carried forward,
$12,642 54
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Amount brought forward, $12,642 54
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars
$450 00
Election officers
210 00
Police
25 00
685 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage, $23 40
Printing and advertising, 352 15
Erecting and carting booths, 9 50 Ballot boxes, bulletins, etc., 318 28
All other
18 25
721 58
Public Works Department
Salaries and Wages.
Superintendent
$2,086 68
Clerk
939 00
3,025 68
Other Expenses.
Printing
$57 80
Telephone
133 73
Auto
12 10
Office supplies
3º 75
Meters
·
598 50
All other
2 43
835 31
Certifying Bonds
Certification fee
175 00
Town Hall
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor .
$1,481 00
Assistants
29 80
1,510 80
Amount carried forward,
$19,595 91
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Amount brought forward,
$19,595 91
Other Expenses.
Fuel
$1,097 34
Light
406 31
Supplies
108 94
Repairs
362 10
Plumbing
418 45
Water
26 00
2,419 14
Total for General Government,
$22,015 05
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department
Salaries and Wages.
Chief
$2,085 72
Patrolmen
13,775 34
$15,861 06
Automobiles and Care of Same
Auto hire
$365 00
Auto supplies, includ-
ing gas and oil 438 04
803 04
Equipment and Repairs.
Equipment for men,
$39 73
Office supplies 143 09
182 82
Other Expenses.
Pension
$1,024 80
Coal
69 00
Stationery and printing,
77 25
Telephones
359 76
Disinfectant
21 00
Auto list
50 00
All other
32 0I
Lungmotor
170 00
1,803 82
18,650 74
Amount carried forward,
$40,665 79
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Amount brought forward,
$40,665 79
Constable
Salary
$50 00
50 00
Fire Department
Salary Account.
Chief
$150 00
Superintendent of
Fire Alarm ·
156 00
Permanent men
·
14,116 25
Call men
.
483 44
14,905 69
Expenses.
Services at fires
$109 75
Labor on hydrants .
101 00
Team hire
408 50
Apparatus
1,047 35
Equipment for men,
470 25
Alarm boxes .
.
12 25
All other
.
10 50
Fuel
.
439 68
Light
IOI 12
Repairs to buildings,
412 09
Laundry
105 II
Printing, stationery, etc., 19 10
Telephone
.
47 21
Clerk
25 00
All other
80 12
Hydrant service
500 00
3,889 03
18,794 72
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sealer
$300 00
Auto and supplies .
77 50
Stationery and printing, 3º 33
Amts. carried forward,
$407 83
$59,510 51
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Amts. brought forward, $407 83
$59,510 51
Teams .
31 20
Equipment and
supplies
157 12
$596 15
596 15
Gypsy Moth Extermination
Salaries aud Wages.
Superintendent
$1,255 50
Labor
2,736 78
$3,992 28
Other Expenses.
Insecticides .
$479 95
Hardware and tools,
73 99
Sprayers
316 14
Teams .
478 98
Gas and oil
·
31 36
Rent
·
96 00
All other
.
2 48
1,478 90
5,471 18
Tree Warden
Expenses.
Labor
$355 00
Trees .
99 30
Telephone
21 02
Teams
114 50
All other
3 93
593 75
593 75
Inspector of Buildings
Salary and Expenses.
Inspector ·
$400 00
Printing and postage 48 75
448 75 448 75
Amount carried forward,
$66,620 34
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Amount brought forward,
$66,620 34
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department
General Administration.
Salary, Chairman . $275 00
Salary, Physician .
125 00
Salary, Secretary
100 00
$500 00
Clerk
$125 00
Stationery and postage,
6 00
Printing and advertising
36 25
Telephone
34 85
All other
50 00
252 10
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases.
Board and treatment, $939 26
Medical attendance,
44 13
Guards and nurses . 42 00
Drugs and medicine,
33 10
All other
39 24
1,097 73
Other Expenses.
Fumigation and disinfectant
$87 35
All other
85 00
Auto
187 00
359 35
2,209 18
Unpaid bills, 1922 .
$70 59
70 59
Vital Statistics
Expenses on
Deaths and permits,
$40 00
Births
50 25
$90 25
90 25
Amount carried forward,
$68,990 36
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Amount brought forward,
$68,990 36
Plumbing Inspector
Inspector
$530 00
530 00
Ashes and Garbage
Ashes and Garbage
Contract
$4,200 00
4,200 00
Inspection of Milk and Cattle
Inspector
$206 00
206 00
Total for Health
and Sanitation
$7,306 02
Highways
General Expenditures.
Labor
$8,429 46
Broken stone gravel,
etc.
2,285 90
Equipment and repairs
3,897 83
Pipe and cement
34 88
Coal and wood
204 72
Freight and express,
8 15
Tarvia and oil
4,436 51
All other
.
IO 77
$19,308 22
Other Expenses.
Auto supplies and
repairs
$301 83
Gas and oil
389 07
690 90
19,999 12
Permanent construction,
$4,280 79
4,280 79
Amount carried forward,
$98,206 27
45
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1923]
Amount brought forward,
$98,206 27
Reconstruction of Walnut Street
Contract
$19,725 92
Weigher ·
76 20
$19,802 12
19,802 12
Sidewalks
Labor .
$50 90
Equipment and repairs,
949 10
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
Street Lighting
Contract
$9,358 61
9,358 61
Snow and Ice
Labor
$5,921 67
Sand ·
102 52
Equipment and re-
pairs .
329 05
$6,353 24
6,353 24
Total for Highways, $60,793 88
CHARITIES
Overseers of Poor.
Salaries .
$500 00
Clerk .
51 00
Postage .
I 87
Telephone ·
21 45
Traveling expenses,
91 87
$666 19
Outside Relief by Town.
Cash
$9,461 50
Groceries and
provisions . · 1,304 68
Amts. carried forward, $10,766 18
$666 19 $134,720 24
46
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amts. brought forward, $10,766 18 $666 19 $134,720 24
Coal and wood
708 02
Board and care
2,098 61
Medicine and medical
attendance . 109 30
Dry goods, clothing and shoes
137 18
Burial
67 00
13,886 29
14,552 48
Unpaid bills, 1920-21, Unpaid bills, 1922,
143 50
954 96
Town Farm
Administration and Expenses.
Superintendent and
matron
$900 00
Telephone
62 07
Other expenses
II 72
Other salaries and
wages . ·
·
1,881 62
Groceries and
provisions .
1,157 73
Dry goods and cloth-
ing
37 41
Furniture and furnishings .
32 68
Fuel and light
445 72
Medicine and medi- cal attendance
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