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Accounting Department
Salaries and Wages:
Accountant
$2,370.00
Clerical Services
1,092.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
121.79
Printing and Advertising
82.75
Telephone
37.45
Furniture and Fixtures
138.49
Transportation
62.48
Binding Books
18.30
All Others
51.06
$3,974.32
3,974.32
Treasury Department
Salaries and Wages:
Treasurer
$1,200.00
Clerk
400.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
262.18
Printing and Advertising
272.00
Bonds and Insurance
231.00
Furniture and Fixtures
169.50
Stenographic Service
102.00
Armored Car Service
305.70
Tax Titles
373.57
All Others
47.00
3,362.95
3,362.95
Certification of Notes and Bonds
Certifying
$16.00
16.00
16.00
Law
Town Counsel :
Services
$1,602.58
Other Expenses :
Claims
300.00
Expenses
22.66
1,925.24
1,925.24
Collector of Taxes
Salaries and Wages:
Collector
$1,500.00
Clerical Services
588.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
649.76
Printing and Advertising
699.36
Tax Titles
520.30
Bonds
539.50
Insurance
7.12
Armored Car Service
220.00
Furniture and Fixtures
499.59
Special Clerk
464.50
All Others
24.10
5,712.23
5,712.23
Amount carried forward'
$21,254.09
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
217
Amount brought forward
$21,254.09
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages:
Assessors
$1,800.00
Secretary
100.00
Assistant Assessor
200.00
Clerical Service
1,497.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
193.15
Printing and Advertising
168.75
Transportation
60.00
Telephone
36.00
Abstract of Deeds
205.04
Equipment
297.27
Expenses of Assessors
33.00
Street Book
96.79
All Others
12.90
4,699.90
4,699.90
Town Clerk
Salaries and Wages:
Town Clerk
$200.00
Clerical Services
504.00
Elections
100.00
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
159.44
Printing and Advertising
57.13
Bonds
7.50
Oaths
67.25
Furniture and Fixtures
379.59
All Others
17.31
$1,492.22
1,492.22
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages:
Registrars
$625.00
Election Officers
1,680.00
Janitor Services
59.26
Police Services
43.75
Clerical Services
156.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
105.55
Printing and Advertising
741.40
Transportation
486.75
Furniture and Fixtures
212.66
Rent
245.00
4,355.37
4,355.37
Engineering
Salaries and Wages:
Engineer
$3,120.00
Assistants
3,590.00
Other Expenses :
Supplies
50.69
Auto Expenses
277.27
Expenses
25.90
Stationery and Postage
72.98
Furniture and Fixtures
373.80
7,510.64
7,510.64
Amount carried forward
$39,312.22
218
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$39,312.22
Town Hall
Salaries and Wages:
Agent and Janitor
$1,820.00
Assistants
1,430.00
Other Expenses :
Fuel
527.15
Light
562.61
Telephone
972.21
Janitor's Supplies
495.96
Repairs
688.43
Ice
33.00
Water
38.42
Furniture and Fixtures
347.62
Parking Space
90.05
All Others
50.04
$7,055.49
7,055.49
Board of Appeals
Clerk
$50.00
Printing and Advertising
48.90
Expenses
6.26
105.16
105.16
Town Hall Storm Emergency
Repairs
$125.85
Tools
5.30
Medical Services
40.76
171.91
171.91
Planning Board
Secretary
$100.00
Association Membership
25.00
125.00
125.00
Contributory Retirement Fund
Salaries and Wages:
Clerk
$578.00
Transferred to Retirement Fund
306.00
884.00
884.00
Federal Projects Selectmen
Co-Ordoinator and Assistant
$1,017.00
Transportation of Supervisor
229.96
Transportation of W.P.A.
Supervisor
15.00
Town Hall Cellar
1,971.99
Jackson Park Map
64.28
Tree
348.30
Certifying Agent Expenses
38.94
Book Project
130.12
Vital Statistics
442.05
Recreational Project
742.36
5,000.00
5,000.00
Amount carried forward
$53,653.78
219
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1938]
Amount brought forward
$52,653.78
Selectmen W.P.A.
Town Hall Plans
$100.00
Town Hall Cellar
582.25
Recreational Project
64.32
Book Project
.50
Jackson Park Map
33.81
Co-Ordinator
9.80
790.68
790.68
Amount carried forward
$53,444.46
SUMMARY OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Transfers to
Appropri- ations
Expendi- tures
Transfers from
Balance to Revenue
Moderator
$100.00
$100.00
Town Meeting
100.00
81.45
$18.55
Finance Committee
$100.00
200.00
287.46
12.54
Selectmen
3,742.00
3,739.12
2.88
Selectmen's Cont.
Fund W.P.A.
1,668.00
1,555.32
112.68
Selectmen's Cont. Fund ..
500.00
500.00
Accounting
250.00
3,840.00
3,974.32
115.68
Treasury
4,982.00
3,362.95
1,619.05
Certification of
Notes and Bonds
200.00
16.00
184.00
Law
950.00
1,000.00
1,925.24
24.76
Collector of Taxes
5,725.00
5,712.23
...
12.77
Assessors
4,800.00
4,699.90
100.10
Town Clerk
1,501.00
1,492.22
8.78
Election and
Registration
4,380.00
4,355.37
24.63
Engineering
20.00
7,500.00
7,510.64
9.36
Town Hall
7,056.00
7,055.49
.51
Board of Appeals
110.00
105.16
4.84
Town Hall
Storm Emergency ....
175.00
171.91
3.09
Planning Board
125.00
125.00
Contributory Retirement Funds:
Expenses for Operation
884.00
884.00
From Municipality ..
8,894.11
8,894.11
Federal Projects
Selectmen
5,000.00
5,000.00
Selectmen W.P.A.
2,000.00
790.68
1,209.32
Sewing Project
225.00
225.00
$1.320.00
$64,707.11
$53,444.46
$9,234.79
$3,347.86
...
...
220
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$53,444.46
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY Police
Salaries and Wages:
Chief
$3,000.00
Captain
2,500.00
Sergeant
2,409.00
Patrolmen
28,183.01
Special Police
1,263.27
Clerk
1,132.00
Others
41.25
Motor Vehicles and Care of Same:
Gasoline and Oil
$761.57
Motor Equipment
690.39
Equipment and Repairs:
Equipment for Men
$140.81
Department Equipment
174.39
Fuel and Light:
Fuel
$219.75
Light
229.63
449.38
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Repairs
$26.32
Janitor's Supplies
217.43
Cleaning Station
445.63
Water
18.03
Lettering
26.88
734.29
Other Expenses:
Printing, Stationery, Postage
$270.54
Telephone and Teletype
1,202.49
Ammunition
82.80
Paint
77.34
Christmas Decorations
21.94
Furniture and Fixtures
329.91
Beacons
109.90
Medical Services
18.00
Auto Insurance
46.55
Laundry
19.83
Signs
221.52
Feeding Prisoners
21.70
All Others
16.08
2,438.60
43,917.96
Fire
Salaries and Wages:
Engineers and Clerk
$350.00
Chief
3,000.00
Deputy Chief
2,749.50
Captains
7,500.00
Privates
23,826.08
Call Men
2,232.70
Inspections
62.58
Labor
112.00
$39,832.86
Amount carried forward '
$97,362.42
$38,528.53
1,451.96
315.20
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
221
Amount brought forward
$97,362.42
Equipment :
Apparatus
$153.73
Equipment for Men
141.54
Department Equipment
228.98
Maintenance and Repairs:
Auto Supplies
$125.44
Repairs
45.64
Gasoline and Oil
377.44
Fire Alarm
80.72
All Others
33.82
1,187.31
Hydrant Service
$1,000.00
1,000.00
Fuel and Light:
Fuel
$543.89
Light
431.22
975.11
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Repairs
$315.77
Laundry Work
70.02
Janitor's Supplies
369.53
Water
116.34
Furniture and Fixtures
185.68
All Others
5.26
Other Expenses:
Stationery, Printing, Postage
$66.71
Telephone
182.70
Medical Services and Supplies
47.36
Ice
24.50
All Others
28.30
349.57
44,407.45
Moth
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$1,470.00
Labor
2,722.18
Extra Labor
307.82
Other Expenses:
Stationery, Printing, Postage
59.29
Telephone
42.39
Insecticides
513.93
Hardware and Tools
614.07
Auto Repairs
523.38
Water
60.00
Medical Services
4.00
Assessment Book
150.00
All Others
32.94
$6,500.00
6,500.00
Tree Warden
Salaries and Wages:
Warden
$960.00
Labor
1,952.50
Extra Labor
67.50
Amount carried forward
$148,269.87
1,062.60
222
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$148,269.87
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
47.84
Hardware and Tools
172.66
Gasoline and Oil
137.12
Auto Repairs
149.96
Medical Services
12.54
Fertilizer
64.00
Trees
46.05
Telephone
27.26
All Others
22.57
3,660.00
3,660.00
Forest Warden
Fighting Fires:
Labor
$112.11
Reports
30.00
Other Expenses:
Apparatus and Supplies
21.94
Auto Expense
20.60
Telephone
8.07
192.72
192.72
Tree Storm Emergency
Labor
$1,978.88
Tools
220.68
Medical Services
31.19
Kerosene
6.25
2,237.00
2,237.00
Inspector of Buildings
Salaries and Wages:
Inspector
$1,000.00
Assistant Inspector
35.00
Clerical Service
25.00
Other Expenses:
Printing and Stationery
35.30
Tools
11.00
All Other
5.00
1,111.30
1,111.30
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries and Wages: Sealer
$450.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
18.01
Printing and Advertising
2.45
Carfares, Teams, etc.
113.50
Scales
22.25
Repairs to Apparatus
51.50
All Others
15.29
673.00
673.00
Dog Officer $400.00
Salary
Other Expenses:
Board and Disposal of Dogs
183.14
Printing and Postage
16.86
Use of Truck
50.00
650.00
650.00
Amount carried forward
$156,793.89
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
223
Amount brought forward
$156,793.89
Inspector of Animals
Services
$219.50
219.50
219.50
Constable
Salary
$100.00
100.00
100.00
Fire Storm Emergency
Lineman
$92.00
Extra Labor
39.00
Repairs Materials
268.37
465.47
465.47
Insurance
Fire
$6,549.73 201.93
Liability
20.00
6,771.66
6,771.66
High School Fire Alarm Box
Box
$200.00 20.00
220.00
220.00
New Car
$900.00
900.00
900.00
Repairs Fire Department
Doors
$573.87
Shower
136.50
Fencing
80.00
Painting
325.00
General Repairs
119.44
1,234.81
1,234.81
Fire Loss
Phillips Beach Engine House
$347.14
Administration Building
130.50
477.64
477.64
New Police Station
Contractor
$343.51
Furniture and Fixtures
194.23
Architect
74.03
Bond
13.78
Pistol Range
10.00
All Others
2.50
638.05
638.05
Police Station Construction and Equipment
Supervision
$437.82
Furniture and Fixtures
498.75
Insulation
413.48
Steel
249.23
Curbing
63.00
Amount carried forward
$167,821.02
Brackets
Fire Department Car
Auto
66.10
224
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$167,821.02
Labor
483.74
Lathing and Plaster
$40.00
Pistol Range
682.20
Lumber and Hardware
331.78
3,500.00
3,500.00
Amount carried forward
$171,321.02
SUMMARY OF PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Police
$388.96
$43,529.01
$43,917.96
$.01
Fire
44,415.00
44,407.45
7.55
Moth
6,500.00
6,500.00
Tree Warden
3.660.00
3,660.00
Forest Warden
200.00
192.72
7.28
Tree Storm Emergency ..
2,237.00
2,237.00
Inspector of Buildings
1,125.00
1,111.30
13.70
and Measures
673.00
673.00
Dog Officer
650.00
650.00
Inspector of Animals
250.00
219.50
30.50
Constable
100.00
100.00
Fire Storm Emergency ..
500.00
465.47
34.53
Insurance
6,850.00
6,771.66
78.34
High School
Fire Alarm Box
225.00
220.00
5.00
Fire Department Car
900.00
900.00
Repairs Fire Department
1,245.00
1,234.81
10.19
Fire Loss
486.50
477.64
8.86
New Police Station
$643.82
638.05
5.77
Police Station Construc- tion and Equipment
3,500.00
3,500.00
$643.82
$3,888.96
$113,545.51
$117,876.56
$201.73
Amount brought forward
$171,321.02
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health
General:
Salaries and Wages:
Board of Health
$500.00
Agent and Clerk
3,094.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
14.05
Printing and Advertising
396.65
Office Repairs and Equipment
72.68
Office Supplies
29.10
512.48
Amount carried forward.
$171,321.02
From Last Year
Transfers to
Appropri- ations
Expendi- tures
Balance to Revenue
Sealer cf Weights
$3,594.00
1938]
Amount brought forward
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Board and Treatment
$125.00
Medical Attendance
144.00
Culture Examinations
88.00
Drugs and Medicine
2.28
Schick Test and Supplies
32.85
Anti-Rabies Vaccine
21.00
Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment
$1,416.20
1,416.20
Vital Statistics:
Births
$358.75
Marriages
64.50
Deaths
106.25
529.50
Inspections :
Slaughtering
$100.00
Plumbing
530.30
Other Expenses:
Rabies Clinic
$140.00
Rabies Vaccine and Supplies
57.60
Disposal of Carrion
43.25
Rat Extermination
136.50
Flowers
20.00
All Others
18.44
415.79
7,514.14
Health Nurse
Wages
$1,300.00
Carfare
43.10
$1,343.10
1,343.10
Refuse and Garbage
Contractor
$13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
Dental Clinic
Wages
$1,000.00
Other Expenses :
Laundry
$20.35
Supplies
127.18
1,147.53
1,147.53
District Nurse
Wages
$600.00
600.00
600.00
Health Storm Emergency
Trucks and Labor
$495.00
495.00
495.00
Sewer
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$450.00
Superintendent
1,820.00
Engineers at Pumping Station
3,697.18
Clerk
260.00
$6,227.18
Amount carried forward
$195,420.79
225
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
$171,321.02
415.87
630.30
226
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$195,420.79
Other Expenses-General:
Stationery and Postage
$22.40
Telephone
60.66
Auto Expense
125.86
Tools and Equipment
191.02
Gasoline and Oil
47.63
Use of Compressor
55.23
Water for Flushing Sewers
300.00
Pipe and Fittings
11.18
Repair Drains
29.97
Materials
54.29
All Others
9.22
Pumping Station:
Light and Power
2,054.83
Coal
159.00
Water
34.49
Labor
66.30
Loam
6.00
3,228.08
9,455.26
Emergency Sewer
Contractor
$174.95
174.95
174.95
Particular Sewers
Contractor
$88.15
All Others
5.00
93.15
93.15
Brooks
Contractor
$31.64
Rent of Tools
14.00
45.64
45.64
Extension Hawthorne Brook Culvert
Supervisor
$200.00 126.00
All Others
1.74
327.74
327.74
Amount carried forward
$205,517.53
SUMMARY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION
From Last Year
Transfer to
Appropri- ations $8,300.00
Expendi- tures $7,514.14
Transfer from
Balance to Revenue $785.86 6.90
Health Nurse
1,350.00
1,343.10
District Nurse
600.00
600.00
Refuse and Garbage ..
13,000.00
13,000.00
Health Storm
Emergency
$500.00
495.00
5.00
Dental Clinic
1,150.00
1,147.53
2.47
Sewer
9,500.00
9,455.26
44.74
Brooks
75.00
45.64
29.36
Emergency Sewer
500.00
174.95
325.05
Particular Sewer
100.00
93.15
6.85
Extension of Haw-
thorne Brook
$18,456.85
327.74
18,129.11
$18,456.85
$500.00 $34,575.00 $34,196.51 $18,129.11
$1,206.23
Health
Trucks
227
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1938]
Amount brought forward
$205,517.53
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES Highway
Salaries and Wages:
Surveyor
$2,949.88 300.00
Labor
39,537.00
Storm Emergency Labor
787.50
Storm Emergency Truck
30.00
Compensation
594.00
$44,198.38
Others:
Office Expense
$52.91
Telephone
87.76
Stone, Gravel, and Dust
1,713.28
Equipment and Repairs
1,019.62
Gasoline and Oil
818.21
Auto Expense
849.87
Flood Light
218.42
Harness Repairs
32.40
Steam Roller Repairs
364.27
Repair Sidewalk
166.00
Contract Work
1,299.68
Fences
624.27
Insurance
383.15
Hay and Grain
1,258.63
Fuel
180.15
Kerosene Oil
55.94
Blacksmithing
390.25
Veterinary
18.00
Water
38.42
Medical Services
1,942.09
Supplies
408.96
Tarvia and Road Oil
2,037.87
All Others
16.00
Snow and Ice:
Extra Labor
$7,706.50
Extra Trucks
1,355.00
Outside Plows
1,382.50
New Plows
620.00
Sanding
98.83
Heating Garage
77.75
Armored Car Service
33.65
All Others
37.09
11,311.32
69,624.69
Lighting Streets
Street Lights
$22,350.99
Traffic Signals
1,113.92
Traffic Beacons
63.06
$23,527.97
23,527.97
Lewis Road
Materials
$44.19
44.19
44.19
Amount carried forward
$298,714.38
Light
138.84
14,114.99
Clerk
228
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$298,714.38
Lincoln Circle
Asphalt
$90.20 139.74
Dust and Sand
229.94
229.94
Atlantic Avenue Resurfacing
Advertising
$53.80
Contractor
1,012.16
Serving Notices
20.50
1,086.46
1,086.46
Banks Road Resurfacing
Advertising
13.30
Trucks
270.00
Stone and Dust
560.59
Binder
216.98
Materials
388.11
1,448.98
1,448.98
Sidewalk Construction
Advertising
60.80
Tools
130.60
Materials
1,133.05
Sidewalk Mixture
4,483.87
Curbing
5,563.80
Trucks
2,007.00
Drilling and Blasting
800.08
All Others
16.11
14,195.31
14,195.31
Walker Road Construction
Trucks
$552.00
Castings
110.33
Supplies
276.39
Curbing
40.00
Pipe
268.66
Stone
1,189.61
Asphalt
568.29
Use of Compressor
189.12
All Others
11.91
3,206.31
3,206.31
Neighborhood Road Drain
Materials
$319.64
Trucks
142.00
Tools
31.20
All Other
3.55
496.39
496.39
Nason Road Drainage Concrete Construction
Advertising
$96.35
Inspector
200.00
Stationery and Supplies
29.25
Stenographic Services
43.00
368.60
368.60
Amount carried forward
$319,746.37
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
229
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
From Last Year
Transfers to
Appropri- ations
Expendi- tures
Balance to Revenue
Highway
$1,164.69
$68,460.00 24,000.00
23,527.97
$472.03
Lewis Road
44.19
5.81
Lincoln Circle
50.00 400.00
229.94
170.06
Atlantic Avenue
*351.03
Resurfacing
$982.42
378.71
800.00
1,086.46
§1,425.70
Banks Road
Resurfacing
2,100.00
1,448.98
651.02
Walker Road
Resurfacing
4,800.00
3,206.31
1,593.69
Millett Road Ledge
175.00
§175.00
Tid Street
1,200.00
§1,200.00
Sidewalk Construction
196.13
14,000.00
14,195.31
.82
Neighborhood Road
Drain
2,200.00
496.39
§1,703.61
Beach Blufi
Avenue Drain
8,450.00
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...
* Receipts from State and Country § To 1939 ¡ Receipt from U. S.
Amount brought forward
$319,746.37
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$350.00
Executive Secretary
1,092.00
Secretary
150.00
Extra Clerical Services
54.00
W.P.A. Clerk
19.95
Administration :
Printing, Stationery, Postage
$225.41
All Others
97.42
Outside Relief by Town:
Groceries and Provisions
$3,210.53
Fuel
1,496.24
Board and Care 1,934.10
Medicine and Medical Attendance 1,020.52
State Institutions
1,712.51
Cash Grants to Individuals
612.16
.....
§18,150.00
$1,157.42
$43,090.56
$118,010.00
$114,228.84
$48,029.14
Nason Road
+4,400.00
Drainage
10,000.00
368.60
14,031.40
Concrete Culvert
P.W.A. 1543
Special Highway Fund ..
*18,150.00
$69,624.69
Lighting Streets
...
$1,665.95
322.83
Amount carried forward
$319,746.37
§8,450.00
230
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$319,746.37
Federal Milk
408.42
Food
1,889.01
Rent
1,065.93
Clothing and Shoes
159.49
All Others
257.59
13,766.50
Relief by Other Cities and Towns:
Cities
$2,278.99
Towns
160.00
Aid to Dependent Children
by Town
$6,412.68
6,412.68
Other Expenses: Sealer's rent
150.00
150.00
W.P.A .:
Rent
$502.31
Supplies
81.10
Distribution
229.72
Light and Telephone
23.24
U. S. Administration Expenses
143.93
All Others
54.07
1,034.37
25,791.32
Public Welfare Investigator $1,200.00
$1,200.00
1,200.00
Old Age Assistance
Wages:
Commissioners
$350.00
Secretary
150.00
Clerical
1,008.00
Other Expenses:
Cash Aid
$21,508.37
Stationery, Printing, Postage
30.22
Cities and Towns
1,424.71
State Reimbursement
15.90
Medical Service
61.50
Burials
345.00
Rest Home
41.40
23,427.10
24,935.10
U. S. Grant, O. A. A. Administration
Clerk
$276.45
Office Expenses
276.07
Transportation
141.00
Furniture and Fixtures
48.24
All Others
2.25
744.01
744.01
U. S. Grant, O. A. A. Assistance
Cash Aid
$21,529.46
Medical
287.72
Fuel
103.15
Glasses
42.14
Housekeeper
15.00
21,977.47 21,977.47
Amount carried forward
$394,394.27
1,508.00
Wages
2,438.99
1938]
Amount brought forward
$394,394.27
U. S. Grant, Aid to Dependent Children $1,548.58 1,548.58 1,548.58
Cash Aid
Soldiers' Relief
Wages:
Agent
$300.00
Clerical Service
35.00
335.00
Other Expenses:
Fuel
880.64
Cash Aid
6,362.26
Medicine, Medical Care
363.11
Hospital Care by State
90.00
Groceries
62.61
Gas and Electricity
204.98
Office Supplies
26.89
Clothing and Shoes
190.66
Federal Milk
31.98
Moving
41.00
8,264.96
8,599.96
State and Military Aid
State Aid
$130.00
Military Aid
360.00
Soldiers' Burials
200.00
690.00
690.00
Pensions and Compensations
Police
$2,150.00
Fire
300.00
Highway
2,988.40
Health
936.00
6,374.40
6,374.40
Amount carried forward
$411,607.21
SUMMARY OF CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
From Last Year
Transfer to
Appropri- ations
Expendi- tures
Transfer from
Balance to Revenue
Public Welfare
Public Welfare
Investigator
1,200.00
1,200.00
...
Old Age Assistance ...
$6,500.00
21,997.00
24,935.10
3,561.90
U. S. Grant
O. A. A. Adminis ..
$129.97
*672.64
744.01
§58.60
U. S. Grant
O.A.A. Assistance ..
2,754.52
20,181.34
21,977.47
§958.39
U. S. Grant Aid to
115.05
1,455.37
1,548.58
$21.84
Soldiers' Relief
600.00
8,000.00
8,599.96
.04
State and Military Aid
40.00
650.00
690.00
Pensions and
Compensations
6,570.96
6,374.40
196.56
$2,999.54 $29,449.35 $64,209.96 $91,860.84
$4,798.01
Received from U. S. § To 1939
$25,792.00 $25,791.32
$.68
Dependent Children
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
231
232
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$411,607.21
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES Schools
General:
Salary of Superintendent
$5,000.00
Salary of Superintendent's Clerk
1,200.00
Salary of Other Clerks
1,962.50
Truant Officer and Nurse
1,600.00
School Census
100.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
271.08
Telephones
418.36
Traveling Expense
238.42
All Others
26.75
$10,817.11
Teachers' Salaries:
High
$48,768.95
Junior High
39,258.86
Elementary
49,077.24
Supervisory
6,500.00
Substitutes
530.43
144,135.48
Text Books and Supplies: High:
Text and Reference Books
$2,142.63
Supplies
1,851.94
Junior High:
Text and Reference Books
1,008.60
Supplies
906.38
Elementary :
Text and Reference Books
1,169.80
Supplies
910.99
Tuition :
Trade Schools
$368.11
Shoe School
74.40
Americanization School
174.57
Evening School
124.37
741.45
Transportation of Pupils:
Elementary
$426.00
Junior High
547.50
973.50
Janitors' Services :
High
$5,655.74
Junior High
2,083.75
Elementary
6,478.45
Fuel and Light:
High
$3,624.50
Junior High
2,149.59
Elementary
3,093.82
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
High:
Repairs
$1,423.70
Janitors' Supplies
812.02
All Others
16.11
Amount carried forward
$411,607.21
7,990.34
14,217.94
8,867.91
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
233
Amount brought forward
Elementary and Junior High:
Repairs
2,250.93
Janitors' Supplies All Others
24.13
Water
$774.62
Furniture and Furnishings:
High
$873.79
Elementary
13.30
887.09
Other Expenses :
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
$408.40
Recreation
175.55
School Physicians
500.00
Support of Truants
129.38
1,213.33
Domestic Science
$286.35
286.35
Manual Training
$696.38
696.38
196,909.12
Travelling Expense Outside State
Expenses
$70.05
$70.05
70.05
Library
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
$1,600.00
Assistants
3,778.12
Janitor
1,350.00
Janitor's Assistant
54.75
6,782.87
Books, Periodicals, etc .:
Books
$2,423.29
Periodicals
243.88
Newspapers
24.75
2,691.92
Binding Books
$371.51
371.51
Fuel and Light: Fuel
$239.60
Light
359.98
599.58
Buildings:
Repairs
$108.37
Furniture and Furnishings
116.16
Janitor's Supplies
53.99
Water
10.00
Other Expenses:
Stationery, Printing, Postage
$104.18
Telephone
67.16
Office Supplies
92.96
All Others
55.16
319.46
11,053.86
Amount carried forward
$619,640.24
288.52
$411,607.21
780.73
5,307.62 774.62
234
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$619,640.24
Library Funds Income
Ellen R. Whittle Fund: Books
$60.56
Joanna Morse Fund:
Books
158.15
Mary L. Thomson Fund: Books
31.27
$249.98
249.98
High School and Grounds
Setting Posts
$8.00
Materials
9.39
17.39
17.39
New High School
Settlement of Claim
$213.80
213.80
213.80
Amount carried forward
$620,121.41
SUMMARY OF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
From Last Year
Transfer to or Receipts
Appropri- ations
Expendi- Transfer tures from
Balance to Revenue
Schools
Traveling Expenses
Outside State
150.00
70.05
79.95
Library
11,055.00
11,053.86
1.14
Morse Fund Income ..
#$1.11
$157.04
158.15
Thomson Fund Income
*1.04
30.23
31.27
Whittle Fund Income
*. 11
60.45
60.56
High School and
Grounds
320.56
17.39
§303.17
New High School
32,515.59
213.80
32.301.79
$322.82 $32.763.31 $208.452.00 $208.514.20 $32,519.62 $504.31
* Received from Incomes
§ To 1939
Amount brought forward
$620,121.41
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Parks
Salaries and Wages:
Secretary
$100.00
General Expense, Labor
1,598.63
Jackson Park, Labor
1,487.57
Blaney Beach, Labor
1,515.00
Phillips Park, Labor
2,753.58
Abbott Park, Labor
25.63
Monument Avenue, Labor
1,027.04
Administration :
Telephone
$2.57
Printing, Stationery, Postage
81.90
M. S. C. Course
30.00
114.47
Amount carried forward
$620,121.41
$217.83 $120.05
$197,247.00 $196,909.12
8,507.45
1938]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
235
Amount brought forward
$620,121.41
General Expense:
Tools
$680.89
Auto Expense
545.69
Turf Builder
45.00
Painting
125.00
Painting Poles
107.00
Loam
783.38
Materials
242.32
Repairs
22.14
All Others
38.55
2,589.97
Jackson Park:
Water
$8.36
Repairs
24.60
Electric Light
9.31
Flags
7.21
Drilling and Blasting
300.00
All Other
28.75
378.23
Blaney Beach :
Electric Light
$13.65
Water
35.59
Repairs
101.48
Supplies
59.60
All Other
33.75
Phillips Park:
Water
$116.17
Painting Stands
487.00
Materials
177.72
Carpenter Work
99.67
Fences
555.50
Installing Bubbler
28.16
Repairs
3.36
1,467.58
Abbott Park:
Water
$59.90
59.90
Monument Avenue and Lot:
Shrubs and Flowers
$627.09
Flags
15.60
Water
26.53
669.22
14,030 89
Recreational Project
Rent
$347.50
Games
209.00
Supplies
271.08
Fuel
8.40
Light
39.84
Repairs
47.76
All Others
19.84
$943.42
943.42
Amount carried forward
$635,095.72
244.07
236
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$635,095.72
Printing Town Reports
Advertising Distribution Editing Printing
$7.60 141.70 100.00 1,030.26
1,279.56
1,279.56
Park Truck Hire
Use of Trucks
$500.00
500.00
500.00
Use of Trucks
State Road Underpass Fill $1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Warrants Payable
Water
$22.50
Town Meeting
9.50
Highway
1,605.24
Health
45.30
Soldiers' Relief
70.83
1,753.37
1,753.37
Settlement
$120.00
120.00
120.00
Settlment
Curtis Case $3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Settlement
Phillips Claim $96.53
96.53
96.53
Premium
$50.00
50.00
50.00
Lewis Case
Settlement
$1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Legion Lease
Lease of Building
$1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lease
Lease of Building
$650.00
650.00
650.00
Unpaid Bills
Public Welfare
$1,706.93
Law
1,598.10
Cemetery
13.61
Inspector of Animals
16.00
Town Hall
22.62
3,357.26
3,357.26
Memorial Day
G. A. R.
$99.08
American Legion
200.00
Veterans
199.90
498.98
498.98
Tennis Courts, Jackson Park
Materials
$12.31
12.31
12.31
Amount carried forward 1
$650,263.73
Gould Case
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