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1,712 68
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
63 31
Sealers of weights and measures
62 28
HEALTH
Board and treatment
123 70
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
392 14
515 84
Amount carried forward
$556,976 60
784 00
$323 00
1,635 00
125 59
228
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$556,976 60
CHARITIES
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
384 80
Cities and towns
60 00
444 80
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State aid
880 00
Soldiers' burials
60 00
Soldiers' bonus
3,970 61
4,918 61
SCHOOLS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
537 25
Tuition
459 58
996 83
LIBRARY
Fines
200 00
PARK
Rents
332 90
CEMETERY
Sale of lots
2,926 50
HIGHWAY
Sale of materials
52 85
Unredeemed Checks
10 00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Water rates, 1921
78 04
Water rates, 1922
348 10
Water rates, 1923
7,982 24
Water rates, 1924
52,505 12
Service pipes and labor
3,806 84
Rents
1,122 22
65,842 56
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Loans in anticipation of revenue
375,000 00
Tubercular Hospital
192,000 00
Water bonds
12,500 00
Sewer bonds
22,500 00
Premium notes and bonds
160 50
602,160 50
TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery lots
6,436 25
Amount carried forward
$1,241,298 40
229
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Amount brought forward
$1,241,298 40
INTEREST
Treasurer's deposits
3,053 03
Taxes
2,154 45
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
246 46
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
279 22
Joanna Morse Library Fund
548 03
Cemetery lots
323 00
Municipal insurance fund
148 75
Accrued interest
88 73
Phillips Medal Fund
39 13
6,880 80
$1,248,179 20
Balance, January 1st, 1924
93,784 67
$1,341,963 87
TRANSFERS
Revenue to Excess and Defi- ciency
$19,500 00
Revenue to Reserve from Overlay
2,200 00
Overdrawn Accounts from Ex- cess and Deficiency
4,062 02
Loans, Authorized from Essex Street
24,000 00
Loans Authorized from Reding- ton Street Land
6,000 00
Loans, Authorized from Stacey Brook
5,000 00
Emergency Water from Forest Avenue Main
905 81
Emergency Water from Sher-
395 21
wood and Bond Streets and Fuller Avenue Water Mains Emergency Water from Rock- land, Redington and Boynton
Streets, Rock and Beach Avenue Water Mains
3,947 75
Emergency Sewer from Hum- phrey Sewer 1,421 63
Emergency Sewer from Moun- tair Avenue Sewer
483 94
Essex Street Sewer from
Emergency Sewer
2,500 00
Banks Road Sewer from Emer- gency Sewer
1,300 00
Millett Road Sewer from Emer- gency Sewer 500 00
Amount carried forward
$72,219 36
230
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$72,219 36
Water from Harrison and Maple Avenue Water Mains
2,477 81
Water from Hawthorne and
Estabrook Roads Water Mains 1,895 52
Water from Emergency Water 790 48
Moth from Contingent Fund 300 00
Forest Warden from Contingent Fund
200 00
Collector of Taxes from Con- tingent Fund 450 00
Water from Emergency Water
676 11
Trust and Investment Fund from Cemetery Lots
2,926 50
Cemetery Lots from Trust and Investment Fund 6,436 25
Cemetery Lots Income from
Trust and Investment Fund
Income 1,013 85
Municipal Insurance from Trust and Investment Fund Income 196 53
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund from Trust and Investment Fund Income 66 08
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund from Trust and Investment Fund Income 123 38
Fhillips Medal Fund from Trust and Investment Fund Income
93 94
Joanna Morse Library Fund from Trust and Investment Fund Income 346 58
Trust and Investment Fund In- come from Mary L. Thomson Library Fund 246 46
Trust and Investment Fund In- come from Joanna Morse Li- brary Fund 548 03
Trust and Investment Fund In- come from Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund 279 22
39 13
Trust and Investment Fund In- come from Phillips Medal Fund Trust and Investment Fund In- come from Cemetery Lots Fund 323 00
Net Bonded Debt from Water Loan Sinking Fund 4,609 37
$96,254 60
231
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1924]
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
SALARY.
Moderator
$100 00
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Printing reports
$171 00
Addressing and postage
38 00
Express
3 50
212 50
312 50
Selectmen's Department
SALARIES.
Chairman, balance 1923
75 00
Chairman, 1924
300 00
Associates, 1924
400 00
Clerk, 1924
200 00
$975 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
26 95
Printing and advertising
358 90
Telephone
9 41
Telegram
1 31
Typewriting
35 00
Binding machine
6 00
Salute
25 00
Taxi
3 12
Design
70 00
Lettering pavement
13 50
Plans
17 50
Directory
5 00
Steel rod
4 80
Plants
10 00
Zoning maps and stenographer's services
59 25
Kehoe hearing
645 92
Lights
1 51
Signs
20 00
Defense day
15 00
Lumber
4 15
Amount carried forward
$312 50
232
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$312 50
Express
2 45
Quartette
38 40
Damages
37 35
Town weigher
20 00
Constable
60 00
Inspector of Animals
100 00
Justice of Peace
21 00
1,611 52
2,586 52
Auditing Department
SALARY.
Accountant
$1,800 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$156 60
Binding books
16 75
Cash book
18 75
Repairs adding machine
1 00
193 10
1,993 10
Treasury Department
SALARIES.
Treasurer
$750 00
Clerk
100 00
$850 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$161 11
Box rent
1 50
Treasurer's bond
150 00
Forgery bond
50 00
Messenger and burglary insurance
27 27
Repairs adding machine
10 25
Subscription
9 00
Binding machine
6 00
Supplies
4 23
Repairs fan
3 90
Chair and coat pole
20 00
Express
50
Stenographer
5 00
Taxi
1 00
449 76
1,299 76
Amount carried forward
$6,191 88
233
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Amount brought forward
$6,191 88
Collector of Taxes Department
SALARIES.
Collector, balance 1923
$112 50
Collector, 1924
600 00
Clerk
1,499 68
$2,212 18
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$485 93
Printing and advertising
416 45
Tax takings
222 65
Messenger and burglary insurance 27 27
Supplies
7 30
Cash and tax book
24 50
Repairing safe
15 00
Collector's bond
225 00
Design
5 00
1,429 10
Assessors' Department
SALARIES.
Chairman
$900 00
Associates
500 00
Assistant assessor
150 00
Clerks
350 00
$1,900 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Typewriting street lists
60 00
Telephone
24 95
Stationery and postage
158 54
Taxi
65 00
Poll book
377 40
Tax book
15 50
Blueprints
3 40
Express
74
Design
10 00
Automobile book
5 00
Subscription
7 00
Posting notices
4 00
Index cards
35 65
House numbers
7 56
Abstracts of deeds
98 42
Expenses
23 00
Desk
33 00
Typewriter
142 50
1,071 66
2,971 66
Amount carried forward
$12,804 82
3,641 28
.
234
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$12,804 82
Printing and Certifications of Notes and Bonds
Advertising
$22 49
Typewriting
27 00
Certifying
142 00
Printing coupons
51 56
243 05
Town Clerk's Department
SALARIES.
Clerk
$300 00
Assistant
100 00
$400 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$51 00
Printing and advertising
20 25
Express
38
Canvass for births
25 00
Design
5 00
Registry of deed
74
Grill work for office
8 00
Bond
4 00
Letter file case
46 55
Typewriter ribbons
5 50
Desk and chair
71 00
Cabinet
14 50
Justice of Peace
47 75
299 67
699 67
Law Department
Town Counsel retainer
$200 00
Damage claim
75 00
Special counsel
27 50
Town counsel services
845 80
1,148 30
Election and Registration
SALARIES.
Registrars
$300 00
Clerk
125 00
Election officers
1,115 00
$1,540 00
Amount carried forward
$14,895 84
235
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Amount brought forward
$14,895 84
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$1 20
Printing and advertising
305 25
Catering
61 83
Taxi
40 00
Rent
210 00
Express
65 25
Labor on booths
37 00
Furniture
40 00
Signs
2 00
$762 53
$2,302 53
Engineers' Department
SALARIES.
Engineer
$2,313 60
Assistants
2,972 00
$5,285 60
OTHER EXPENSES.
Express
$ 1 43
Tracing cloth
19 08
Maps and blueprints
57 96
Supplies
109 87
Design
10 00
Labor
25 00
Repairing tools
6 00
Medical
16 00
Rubber boots
12 50
Stakes
10 00
Stationery
3 20
Expenses
86 20
Binding machine
6 00
Typewriting
10 50
Tools
6 05
Stone bounds
54 00
Repairing transit
31 65
Stencils
14 50
$479 94
$5,765 54
Town Hall Department
SALARY.
Janitor and agent
$1,638 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Fuel
$592 14
Electricity
434 48
Janitor's supplies
123 48
Amount carried forward
$22,963 91
236
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$22,963 91
Repairs
460 94
Telephone
241 07
Flag pole
30 00
Cragulator
35 00
Express
4 99
Ice
72 00
Flowers
4 00
Papers
21 02
Lettering door
3 10
Flag
13 75
Water
22 88
$2,058 85
$3,696 85
Summary of General Government
Appropriation Transfer Expend. Balance Overdraft
Legislature
$300 00
$312 50
$12 50
Selectmen
2,200 00
2,586 52
386 52
Auditing
2,200 00
1,993 10
206 90
Treasury
1,300 00
1,299 76
24
Collector of Taxes
3,200 00
450 00
3,641 28
8 72
Assessors
3,100 00
2,971 66
128 34
Printing and Certifica-
tion of Notes and Bonds 500 00
243 05
256 95
Town Clerk
700 00
699 67
33
Law
1,000 00
1,148 30
148 30
Election and Registration 1,635 00
2,302 53
667 53
Engineering
5,800 00
5,765 54
34 46
Town Hall
3,700 00
3,696 85
3 15
$25,635 00
$450 00
$26,660 76
639 09
$1,214 85
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department
SALARIES.
Chief
$2,360 00
Captain
2,104 41
Regular officers
18,933 28
Provisional officer
3,129 50
Special officers
1,398 78
$27,925 97
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Equipment for men
$447 44
Supplies
58 29
Tires, tubes and repairs ambulance and motor cycle
522 26
Motor cycle
315 00
Dragnet
5 00
Portalite
50 40
Tools and batteries
19 70
Navy bell
6 00
1,424 09
Amount carried forward
$26,660 76
237
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Amount brought forward
$26,660 76
FUEL AND LIGHT.
Coal and wood
$308 54
Electricity
152 84
Gasoline and oil
233 21
694 59
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
Repairs
$134 78
Janitor's supplies
25 30
Cragulator
35 00
Cleaning station
104 50
Lumber
2 36
Screen door
12 00
Water
16 36
Laundry
12 40
Bubble fountain
14 44
357 14
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery
$ 98 52
Telephone
522 48
Expenses
205 04
Taxi
13 00
Signs
69 70
Automobile lists
51 00
Directory
5 00
Supplies
21 68
Beacon lights
535 00
Paint for street lines
41 00
Lumber and labor
62 11
Photographs
6 00
Express
3 00
Binding machines
6 00
Chauffeurs' licenses
18 00
Iron rods
6 50
Ice
15 00
Medical
45 00
1,724 03
$32,125 82
Amount carried forward
$58,786 58
238
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$58,786 53
Fire Department.
SALARIES.
Chief
$2,160 00
Deputy chief
1,930 54
Captains
5,642 04
Permanent men
14,880 75
Call men
2,408 89
Other employees
21 02
Engineers
233 34
Clerk
50 00
$27,326 58
EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS.
Hose
$474 50
Equipment for men
229 44
Fire alarm boxes
579 00
Tires, tubes and new rims
620 90
Repairs
1,625 44
Supplies
98 05
3,627 33
HYDRANT RENTAL
Water
1,000 00
FUEL AND LIGHT.
Coal and wood
$678 31
Electricity
268 38
Gasolene
341 24
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Furniture
$29 00
Laundry
92 85
Water
71 42
Lumber
51 19
Disinfectant
2 00
Lawn dressing
2 25
Lights
21 02
Repairs boiler
22 53
Repairs
106 90
Awnings
21 53
Ash barrels
7 84
ALL OTHERS.
Stationery and postage
$17 54
Telephone
141 10
Repairing typewriter
13 25
Chloride
4 97
Amount carried forward
$58,786 58
1,287 93
428 53
1924]
Amount brought forward
$58,786 58
Express
7 87
Medical
31 00
Supplies
57 53
Paint
16 85
Towels
8 50
Repairs telephone
43 20
Boiler inspection
5 00
Ice
11 50
Expenses
32 88
391 19
34,061 56
Building Inspector.
Salary
Dog Officer.
Salary
$100 00
Dispossessing of stray dogs
50 00
150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
SALARY.
Sealer
$300 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$25 16
Printing and advertising
12 25
Typewriting
2 00
Seals
23 42
Tools
10 12
Expressing
80 00
152 95
452 95
Moth Department.
SALARY AND WAGES.
Superintendent
$1,584 00
Labor
2,160 00
3,744 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Telephone
$18 10
Stationery, postage and printing
15 13
Insecticides
394 15
Hardware and tools
122 68
Teams
210 00
Water
50 00
Clerical work
15 00
Storage sprayers
24 00
Amount carried forward
$93,901 09
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
239
450 00
240
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$93,901 09
Repairs
4 25
Freight
5 78
Paint
28 84
Gasolene and oil
65 59
Hose
101 90
1,055 42
4,799 42
Tree Warden Department.
WAGES.
Labor
$1,427 50
OTHER EXPENSES.
Teams
$295 00
Trees
30 37
Gasolene
11 88
Wire cloth
69 27
Express
1 99
Sharpening tools
12 80
421 31
1,848 81
Forest Warden Department.
WAGES.
Labor
$158 84
OTHER EXPENSES.
Pump, tank and brooms
37 37
196 21
Summary of Protection of Persons and Property.
Appropriation Transfer Expend.
Balance
Police
$33,445 00
$32.125 82
$1,319 1S
Fire
34.072 00
34,061 56
10 44
Building Inspector
450 00
450 00
Sealer Weights and Measures
455 00
452 95
2 05
Dog Officer
150 00
150 00
Moth Superintendent
4.500 00
300 00
4.799 42
58
Tree Warden
1,650 00
200 00
1,848 81
1 19
Forest Warden
200 00
196 21
3 79
$74,922 00
$500 00
$74,084 77
$1,337 23
-
Amount carried forward
$100,745 53
241
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Amount brought forward
$100.745 53
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department General Administration
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Chairman
$200 00
Associates
300 00
Agent and clerk
1,859 00
Stationery and postage
83 75
Printing and advertising
65 75
Transportation
218 17
Serving notices
7 00
Health book
3 60
Assistant clerk
30 00
$2,767 27
QUARANTINE.
Board and treatment
$134 00
Medical
50 00
Prescriptions
17 15
Book
7 62
Police services
322 50
531 27
TUBERCULOSIS.
Board and treatment
$1,630 56
Tongue depressors
17 58
1,648 14
VITAL STATISTICS.
Recording births
277 00
Recording deaths
74 75
351 75
OTHER EXPENSES.
Recording marriages
63 00
Fumigating
2 00
Inspector of slaughtering
100 00
Germ destroyers
38 22
Serving notices
46 00
Design
10 00
Bacteriological and milk analysis 433 00
Supplies
1 85
Express
27 29
Amount carried forward
$100,745 53
242
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[Dec. 31
$100,745 53
Wheelbarrow
8 48
Milk samples
29 63
Sanitary inspector .
635 00
Ice
46 00
1,440 47
6,738 90
Health and School Nurse
SALARY.
Nurse
$1,196 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
40 00
Expenses
1,236 00
Sewers and Drains. Maintenance and Operation
ADMINISTRATION.
Commissioners
$350 00
Clerk
260 00
Telephone
51 35
661 35
GENERAL.
Labor
$1,678 20
Supplies
11 13
1,689 33
PUMPING STATION.
Engineer and fireman
$3,055 00
Fuel and light
1,680 08
Water
300 22
Sewer plans
300 00
Loam
125 00
Iron fence
165 00
Tools and supplies
44 40
Labor
17 70
Repairs
167 07
Signs
1 25
Sewer pans
27 00
Pipe
36 66
Hose
24 75
Express
27 74
Power equipment on account
161 81
6,133 68
8,484 36
PARTICULAR SEWERS.
House connections
493 29
SEWER EASEMENT. Maria L. Phillips' estate
1,000 00
Amount carried forward
$118,698 08
Amount brought forward
243
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Amount brought forward
$118,698 08
BROOKS.
Teaming and freight
$102 39
Pipe
706 09
Advertising
9 35
Labor
67 00
Contract, Blaney beach drain
1,202 50
Rings and covers
19 00
Trap door
73 90
2,180 23
Refuse and Garbage
ASHES, GARBAGE AND NIGHT SOIL.
Ashes, contract
$4,817 12
Garbage, contract
5,500 00
Night soil
95 00
10,412 12
OTHER EXPENSES.
Printing
7 50
Express
6 25
Disposal dead animals
35 50
Care of offal at beaches
416 00
Cleaning beaches and dump
745 00
1,210 25
11,622 37
Summary of Health and Sanitation
Appropriation Expend.
Balance Overdraft $278 90
Health
$6,460 00
$6,738 90
Health and School Nurse
1,250 00
1,236 00
14 00
Sewers
8,500 00
8,484 36
15 64
Particular Sewers
500 00
493 29
6 71
Sewer Easement
1,000 00
1,000 00
Brooks
2,500 00
2,180 23
319 77
Refuse and Garbage
11,495 00
11,622 37
127 37
Blaney Beach Drain
100 00
100 00
Stacey Brook
4,500 00
4,500 00
$26,305 00
$21,755 15
$4,956 12.
$406 27
Amount carried forward
$132,500 68
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$132,500 68
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES Administration
SALARIES.
Superintendent
$2,160 00
Clerk
200 00
Telephone
25 39
2,385 39
GENERAL.
Labor
$24,768 00
Teams
4,390 00
Broken stone and gravel
1,820 86
Tools
357 20
Tires for truck
235 00
Concrete mixer
235 20
Tipcart
125 00
Repairs
1,562 93
Hay and Grain
2,359 81
Blankets
98 00
Numbering houses
50 00
Truck registration
30 00
Design
10 00
Cement
32 70
Wiping waste
16 49
Repairing fence
10 85
Repairing roof
244 99
Lumber
73 10
Horse shoeing
684 95
Signs
43 42
Repairing bridge
107 57
Supplies
84 98
Waste recepticals
133 80
Coal
283 10
Kerosene oil
97 20
Express
22 13
Electricity
54 53
Manholes and covers
26 09
Medical
19 00
Veterinary
10 00
Neatsfoot oil
38 00
Motor oil
70 78
Gasolene
427 37
Water
111 10
38,634 15
Amount carried forward
$132,500 68
245
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Amount brought forward
$132,500 68
SEAL COATING.
Tarvia and cold patch HORSES.
1,971 00
One pair horses
550 00
Veterinary examination
10 00
560 00
43,550 54
Street Water and Oiling
WATER.
Labor
30 00
Teams
800 00
830 00
OILS.
Advertising
3 85
Testing oil
21 00
Labor
632 50
Teams
120 00
Oil
2,864 10
Freight
4 00
Demurrage
10 00
Repairs
16 75
3,672 20
4,502 20
SNOW AND ICE.
Labor
7,722 50
Teams
1,534 00
Repairs
25 20
Gasolene and oil
111 19
Salt
36 00
9,428 89
Street Lights
Contract
16,868 70
Roy Street
Land damages
257 42
Street Construction
Labor
1,869 00
Pipe
10 00
Grates and frames
105 00
Cement
31 00
Throat stone
25 00
2,040 00
Amount carried forward
$209,148 43
.
246
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$209,148 43
Mountwood Road
Labor
340 00
Teams
60 00
400 00
Lawrence Road
Labor
300 00
Bradlee Avenue
Labor
850 00
Teams
150 00
1,000 00
Bellevue Road
. .
Labor
987 50
Teams
210 00
1,197 50
Sidewalk and Curbing
Labor
903 55
Teams
90 00
Peastone and sand
387 91
Advertising
3 15
Blasting and building wall
180 00
Tar walks
666 90
2,231 51
Continuous Sidewalks
Advertising
5 25
Edgestones
887 44
Labor
255 00
Granolithic walks
3,733 38
Storage
10 00
Grass seed
5 20
4,896 27
Summary of Highways and Bridges
Appropriation
Expend.
Balance Overdraft
Highways
$45,450 00 $43,545 10
$1,904 90
Street Water and Oiling
4,500 00
4,502 20
2 20
Snow and Ice
10,000 00
9,428 89
571 11
Street Lights
18,000 00
16,868 70
1,131 30
Roy Street
300 00
257 42
42 58
Street Construction
2,000 00
2,040 00
40 00
Mountwood Road
400 00
400 00
Lawrence Road
300 00
300 00
Bradlee Avenue
1,000 00
1,000 00
Bellevue Road
1,200 00
1,197 50
2 50
Sidewalk and Curbing
2,300 00
2,236 95
63 05
Continuous Sidewalks
5,000 00
4,896 27
103 73
Humphrey Street Curbing
2,900 00
2,900 00
Humphrey Street
6,000 00
6,000 00
Essex Street
4,500 00
4,500 00
$103,850 00
$86,673 03
$17,219 17
$42 20
Amount carried forward
$219,173 71
247
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1924]
Amount brought forward
$219,173 71
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Poor Department
ADMINISTRATION.
Salaries
Chairman
150 00
Associates
200 00
Clerk
100 00
Stationery and postage
4 05
Telephone
37 15
Typewriting
2 00
493 20
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY TOWN.
Groceries
3,144 42
Coal and Wood
472 52
Board and care
321 00
Medical
144 65
State institutions
844 00
Rent
811 00
5,737 59
ALL OTHERS.
Clothing
61 00
Repairing store
14 36
Taxis
11 00
86 36
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
Cities
868 00
7,185 15
State Aid, Civil War
Cash aid
558 00
Soldiers' Relief
Cash aid
3,108 00
Groceries and provisions
451 00
Coal and wood
13 63
Expenses
75 00
3,647 63
Amount carried forward
$230,564 49
248
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$230,564 49
Pensions
School
658 96
Fire
1,200 00
Police
1,200 00
Highway
1,315 92
4,374 88
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation
Expend.
Balance Overdraft $685 15
Poor
$6,500 00
$7,185 15
State Aid
800 00
558 00
242 00
Soldiers' Relief .
3,820 00
3,647 63
172 37
Military Aid
500 00
500 00
Pensions
4,370 00
4,374 88
4 88
$15,990 00
$15,765 66
$914 37
$690 03
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES School Department
ADMINISTRATION.
Salaries
Superintendent
4,299 96
Clerk
240 00
Stenographers
1,780 00
Attendance officer
180 00
Stationery and postage
45 15
Telephone
362 70
Expenses
541 48
Subscription
22 50
Supplies
17 54
7,489 33
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
High
24,184 9.4
Elementary
61,650 56
Substitutes
616 20
Coach
1,440 00
Manual training
2,140 00
Domestic science
1,505 00
Music
1,910 00
Physical training
3,920 00
Drawing
1,740 00
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
High school
Text and reference books $1,168 69
Supplies
300 93
99,106 70
1,469 62
Amount carried forward
$234,939 37
249
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1924]
Amount brought forward
$234,939 37
ELEMENTARY.
Text and reference books $2,243 19
Supplies 2,552 28
4,795 47
TUITION. Elementary
227 62
TRANSPORTATION.
Elementary.
800 00
JANITORS' SERVICES.
High
2,216 75
Elementary
5,929 00
8,145 75
FUEL AND LIGHT
High
1,314 84
Elementary
4,953 62
6,268 46
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS High
Repairs
748 50
Janitors' supplies
223 29
Water
370 59
Weedkiller
14 25
Belting and oil
8 74
Repairing boiler
983 50
Brushes
6 00
2,354 87
Elementary
Repairs
$2,098 01
Janitors' supplies
157 94
Craigulator
250 00
Pump
437 50
Supplies
98 87
Floor dressing
51 49
Fire extinguishers
42 43
Brushes
36 83
Sewer connection
94 35
Painting
505 00
Labor on grounds
109 41
Water
629 53
4,511 36
Amount carried forward
$234,939 37
250
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$234,939 37
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
Piano and tuning
$167 00
Typewriters
475 00
Clocks
31 61
Desks
481 59
Sewing machines
137 33
Repairing vacuum cleaner
15 44
Shades
45 00
1,352 97
OTHER EXPENSES.
Diplomas and graduation
exercises
$78 90
Miscellaneous printing
204 85
Groceries
189 99
Express
48 95
Advertising
24 65
Football and basketball equipment
834 23
Medical
298 00
Laboratory supplies
100 39
Domestic science supplies
62 25
Repairs
51 47
Teachers' agency
155 00
Manual training supplies
894 37
Binding books
248 50
Mimeograph
152 42
Expenses
57 71
Police
5 00
Report on ventilation
199 89
3,606 57
Americanization Classes
Salaries
867 50
Janitors
144 75
1,012 25
$141,140 97
Library Department
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Librarian
$1,328 15
Assistants
1,413 91
Janitors
1,099 92
3,841 98
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS
Books
235 27
Amount carried forward
$376,080 34
251
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1924]
Amount brought forward
$376,080 34
BINDING BOOKS
Binding
$258 84
Periodicals
40 86
299 70
FUEL AND LIGHT
Coal and wood
347 56
Electricity
312 03
659 59
BUILDING
Repairs
$199 64
Water
11 00
Telephone
32 90
243 54
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
126 99
Supplies
51 93
Express
13 01
191 93
$5,472 01
Summary of Schools and Library
Appropriation Expend.
Balance
Schools and Americanization
. $141.156 00 $141,140 97
$15 03
Library
5,500 00 5,472 01
27 99
Library Building
107 32
107 32
$146,763 32 $146,612 98
$150 34
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Parks and Playgrounds
ADMINISTRATION
Secretary
100 00
Superintendent, Blaney's Beach
624 00
Telephone
28 75
Stationery
10 00
762 75
Amount carried forward
$381,552 35
252
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$381,552 35
Blaney's Beach Reservation
Supplies
$27 85
Electricity
15 28
Lettering walls
32 20
Design
10 00
Picture Frame
2 00
Water
12 21
Flag
9 30
Medical
12 00
Repairs
222 38
Carpet
16 25
Grass seed
8 00
Moving raft
27 50
Labor
74 10
Lifeguard
451 15
920 22
Monument Avenue
Labor
$967 00
Supplies
4 00
Repairing lawn mower
11 97
Trucking
145 78
Plants
197 00
Loam
46 49
Tools
6 50
Tulips
20 00
1,398 74
Abbott Park
Labor
$37 50
Loam
30 40
Painting flag pole and flag
36 97
Repairing lawn mower
2 00
Lights
47 57
Lumber
6 72
161 16
Jackson Park
Labor
$1,668 58
Pipe, grate and frames
32 68
Tools
15 65
Supplies
3 35
Amount carried forward
$381,552 35
253
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1924]
Amount brought forward
$381,552 35
Iron bars
60 00
Flag pole
19 83
Police
88 12
Light
3 04
Grass seed
16 32
Loam
89 30
Hose
50 00
Truck
8 75
Toboggan slide
527 54
2,583 16
Phillips Park
Labor
$1,250 00
Tools
19 27
Medical
2 00
Power lawn mower
255 00
Use of tractor
15 00
Wiring building
55 00
Paint
46 47
Express
3 00
Water
9 75
Loam
172 50
Stock and labor
36 21
Lumber
72 94
Flag and pole
17 30
Care of flag
5 00
Trucking
205 00
2,164 44
7,990 47
Metropolitan Park Maintenance
Assessments
7,712 84
Printing Town Reports
Printing
$1,113 90
Distribution
75 00
Editing
100 00
Advertising
3 85
Expenses
7 50
Envelopes
2 25
1,302 50
Memorial Day
Post 118, G. A. R. 300 00
Amount carried forward
$398,858 16
254
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$398,858 16
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall
Fuel and light
District Nurse
Visiting Nurse Association
300 00
G. A. R. Hall
Repairing boiler
$174 09
.
Electric lights
71 39
Wire for screens
15 79
Ash barrels
8 20
269 47
Tubercular Hospital
Assessments
$96,027 80
Maintenance
3,876 37
99,904 17
Andrews Memorial Chapel
Contract balance
$24,388 65
Architect balance
1,091 12
Storage piano and moving
25 00
Tile floor
99 00
Express
1 82
25,605 59
Methodist Episcopal Church
Land and building, Redington Street
7,210 00
Trust Fund Commissioners
40 00
Insurance
Premiums
4,330 08
Band
$110 00
Plants and flowers
74 25
Glass, stationery and clergyman
9 10
Armistice Day
Leon E. Abbott Post
200 00
July 4th Celebration
Band
$450 00
Fire works
330 00
Prizes
55 40
Badges
3 75
Amount carried forward
$537,210 82
Bond
Firemen's Memorial Day
193 35
300 00
255
Amount brought forward
$537,210 82
Express
65
Ice Cream
34 86
Entertainment
38 16
Lights
20 00
Stock and labor
66 89
999 71
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified
Appropriation
Expend.
Balance Overdraft
Park
$8,000 00
$7,990 47
$9 53
Tubercular Hospital
99,904 17
99,904 17
Andrews Memorial Chapel
25,697 45
25,605 59
91 86
Methodist Episcopal Church Property
7,210 00
7,210 00
Trust Fund Commissioners
40 00
40 00
Insurance
2,000 00
4,330 08
2,330 08
Firemen's Memorial Day
200 00
193 35
6 65
Armistice Day
200 00
200 00
July 4th Celebration
1,000 00
999 71
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