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213 60
Health .
1,382 40
Front Street drain
18 63
Highways.
204 45
$3,815 43
$137,501 62
Liabilities
Temporary Loans:
In anticipation of revenue
$50,000 00
Sale of Land Hose No. 4
1,031 25
Surplus War Bonus Fund .
1,547 76
Appropriation Balances:
Town plans. .
$268 25
Publishing valuation books ...
4,000 00
Maintenance and repairs, pub- lic buildings .
1,268 53
Administration Building .
300 00
Police.
74 10
Hydrant Rental
9,325 00
Shore protection
2,908 17
Town forest.
179 47
Board of Health
11 25
Gravel pit.
135 89
Studley Royal construction .. .
3,246 45
New Town Way
1,182 85
Sign boards.
163 10
Basketball games, Town Hall.
96 44
Park Commission
21 81
World War Memorial.
1,547 76
Land damage, Clapp Road ...
15 00
Upkeep watering fountain ... .
300 00
$25,044 07
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1927
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
$9,036 55 Overlays reserved for abatement of taxes:
Levy of 1925
$309 57
Levy of 1926
4,449 85
Levy of 1927
5,245 39
$10,004 81
Revenue reserved until collected:
Special assessments.
$839 80
Tax titles .
240 26
Departmental.
3,815 43.
Surplus revenue .
$4,895 49 $35,941 69
$137,501 62
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Assets
Net funded or fixed debt
$95,250 00
$95,250 00
Liabilities
Shore Protection Loan .
$26,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital. Loan .
4,000 00
Street Pavement Loan No. 1. . .
10,000 00
Street Pavement Loan No. 2.
40,000 00
High School Loan.
15,250 00
$95,250 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Assets
Trust funds, cash and securities . $13,705 69
$13,705 69
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1927
Liabilities
Public Welfare Funds:
Eliza Jenkins Fund .
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund .
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund .
988 22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund . .
1,952 63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund.
5,086 68
George O. Allen Fund.
524 71
Scituate Welfare Fund
200 00
$12,773 04
Torrey Park Fund .
430 00
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund . 502 65
$13,705 69
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Accountant's Report
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen: In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following re- port of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1927.
I have also included a detailed statement of disburse- ments, showing amounts paid and the persons to whom pay- ments were made, as requested by vote at the annual meeting held March 7, 1927.
GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Current Year:
Poll
$2,062 00
Personal
35,668 72
Real Estate.
229,683 50
$267,414 22
Previous Years :
Poll
$38 00
Personal
5,142 99
Real Estate.
68,203 57
$73,384 56
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax 1925
$264 00
Income Tax 1926
1,980 00
Income Tax 1927
22,533 81
Corporation Tax, Business
4,986 87
Corporation Tax, Public Service.
2,290 76
National Bank Tax
205 80
Trust Company .
333 11
Vocational Education
2,230 16
Smith-Hughes Fund .
339 66
State Highway
36 40
$35,200 57
36
General Government - Receipts
Licenses and permits.
$706 02
Court fines .
1,564 80
Dog licenses .
761 85
Sealer's fees
47 41
Special Assessments:
Moth 1924
$3 50
Moth 1925
86 30
Moth 1926
272 70
Moth 1927
1,501 45
$1,863 95
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Mothers' Aid.
$463 63
State Aid.
558 00
Soldiers' Exemption
150 54
$1,172 17
General Government:
Selectmen, cost of advertising hearings
$13 50
Collector, cost of advertising
206 50
Collector, sale of land.
1 30
Town Hall, telephone tolls
1 95
223 25
Fire Department :
Telephone tolls.
34 15
Moth Department :
Pruning trees .
$48 40
Sale of material
28 80
$77 20
Health Department:
Hospital, board and care
$514 80
Garbage contracts
1,218 76
$1,733 56
Schools:
Sale of material.
$22 67
Other receipts.
10 00
$32 67
Rent of Public Buildings:
Lighthouse.
$310 00
Building on pier
50 00
$360 00
37
General Government - Legislative
Public landing:
Sale of water.
$51 00
REFUNDS
Poll Tax.
$2 00
Certification of notes
8 00
Police Department.
249 20
Charities . .
5 00
Soldiers' relief
10 00
School Department.
06
$274 26
REIMBURSEMENT
State aid.
$6 00
INTEREST
On deposits
$1,330 12
On taxes .
3,513 74
$4,843 86
Trust Funds:
Cornelia Allen Fund
$246 59
Lucy Thomas Fund .
47 50
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund.
48 18
George O. Allen Fund.
26 20
Eliza Jenkins Fund.
148 50
Hannah Dean Miller Fund
97 60
Clara Bates Fund.
26 00
$640 57
$5,484 43
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000 00
$640,392 07
Balance January 1, 1927
59,539 72
$699,931 79
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Ernest R. Seaverns
$400 00
Est. Ernest R. Seaverns
23 00
Herbert G. Summers
125 00
38
General Government - Legislative
Nathaniel Tilden
$500 00
Arthur H. Damon .
450 00
William W. Wade
41 67
$1,539 67
Expenses:
Stationery and postage
$34 48
Printing and advertising.
79 50
Clerical assistance .
100 00
Car fare, lunches, etc.
33 00
Telephone
11 65
Express .
65
Office expense
18 53
$277 81
$1,817 48
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$1,500 00
Expenses :
Stationery .
$8 00
Office supplies
3 36
Office expense.
2 19
$13 55
$1,513 55
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,200 00
Expenses:
Stationery and postage.
$57 68
Car fare.
9 76
Telephone
2 65
Bond. .
125 00
Check writer
55 00
Safe. .
140 00
Rental of safe deposit box
5 00
Office expense.
3 00
$398 09
$1,598 09
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
$1,800 00
Expenses:
Stationery and postage
$157 60
Printing and advertising
246 00
Bond.
250 00
Insurance
33 35
39
General Government - Legislative
Clerical assistance.
$44 50
Car fare.
6 00
Office supplies
23 68
Office expense
30 50
All other
3 10
$794 73
$2,594 73
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman
$2,000 00
Associates .
939 67
$2,939 67
Expenses :
Car fares, automobiles and lunches. .
$125 69
Copying deeds .
142 00
Clerical assistance.
500 00
Banker and Tradesman
10 00
Automobile tax list.
5 00
Printing and advertising
14 50
Safe.
532 00
Office expense .
60 70
$1,389 89
$4,329 56
OTHER FINANCE OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS
Certification of notes $34 00
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses :
Stenographer
$25 00
Printing reports
37 90
Publishing notice.
1 50
Transportation
3 00
$67 40
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Town Counsel
$435 13
All other
5 57
$440 70
40
General Government - Legislative
TOWN CLERK
Salary :
$1,174 39
Expenses :
Postage and printing.
$27 49
Telephone
30 52
Bond
2 00
Car fare and lunches
14 24
Office expense
45 49
All other
8 50
$128 24
$1,302 63
LINES AND BOUNDS
Expenses :
Labor
$1,388 72
Transportation .
110 66
Car fare and lunches
32 59
Tracing cloth.
4 75
Blue prints .
6 75
Bounds
176 25
Stakes. .
38
All other
4 00
$1,724 10
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses :
Moderators
$40 00
Registrars
372 50
Election officers
86 00
Printing.
211 08
Election lunches .
33 00
Express .
25
Transportation .
20 50
Car fare and lunch
2 77
All other
30 60
$796 70
TOWN HALL
Services:
Janitor
$189 10
Expenses :
Fuel.
$85 00
Light.
28 59
Telephone.
55 39
Repairing chair
2 50
$171 48
$360 58
41
Protection of Persons and Property-Police Department
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses :
Town Hall
$351 38
Cudworth House
63 72
Lighthouse.
83 58
Fire stations
2,232 79
$2,731 47
TOWN PLAN
Expenses :
Services of engineers
$3,041 40
Transportation
110 25
Stakes and spikes .
8 20
Tracing cloth and paper .
75 50
Prints.
35 75
Negatives .
6 00
Case for tracings
10 50
Insurance.
31 50
$3,319 10
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Chief and regulars
$10,655 25
Special officers
3,572 75
Constables
100 00
$14,328 00
Expenses:
Automobile hire.
$53 70
Telephones .
177 46
Fuel and light.
296 56
Insurance.
82 95
Office expenses
220 95
Printing and advertising.
52 00
Liquor investigation
15 00
Registration
15 00
Traffic .
103 42
Marking paint
77 58
Equipment.
276 35
Automobile.
600 00
Repairing and maintenance of auto- mobile and motor cycles.
1,393 25
Lockup
116 26
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42
Protection of Persons and Property - Fire Department
Express
$3 04
All other
63 58
$3,547 10
$17,875 10
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Engineers and drivers.
$7,299 00
Fire alarm operators.
1,982 00
Firemen .
388 16
$9,669 16
Expenses :
Firemen's tax refund.
$188 00
Steward's allowance.
375 00
New hose
1,950 00
Rent and storage.
1,677 00
Rubber boots, coats, etc.
560 65
Repairing trucks
1,278 96
Repairing and maintenance of build- ings and grounds
204 47
Insurance
527 20
Fuel and light
1,377 55
Telephones
398 74
Lunches.
2 30
Supplies for trucks
997 23
Fire extinguishers .
246 00
Care of extinguishers
4 00
Repairing fire alarm system.
19 58
Advertising
10 50
Use of car .
33 50
Printing and stationery
95 92
Painting and setting stakes
27 95
Miscellaneous supplies
266 28
$10,240 83
$19,909 99
FIREMEN - SPECIAL
Firemen's compensation ..
$2,184 00 -
Expenses :
Rental.
$18,233 33
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Fighting fires
$1,156 50
Apparatus.
1,205 78
HYDRANT RENTAL
43
Protection of Persons and Property - Forest
Use of trucks
$110 10
Supplies for truck
109 11
Hose.
96 85
Soda .
19 62
Vitriol.
19 88
Freight and express
3 99
Telephone .
25
Repairing truck.
145 12
Supplies
18 37
$2,885 57
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$350 00
Expenses :
Insurance
$11 23
Supplies
45 08
$56 31
$406 31
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent.
$777 30
Expenses :
Labor
$2,706 65
Teams.
154 00
Trucks
1,430 00
Equipment.
136 00
Repairs to equipment.
34 72
Insecticide.
496 22
Sprayer oil .
23 00
Gas and oil .
116 12
Freight.
20 33
Express .
1 50
Printing
4 75
$5,123 29
$5,900 59
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$300 00
Expenses :
Labor
$583 70
Teams
116 00
$699 70
$999 70
TOWN FOREST
Expenses :
Labor.
$826 80
Express
2 18
$828 98
44
Health and Sanitation - Board of Health
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Labor
$189 45
Trucks
110 00
$299 45
BOUNTIES
Expenses:
Bounties on woodchucks .
$71 75
HEALTH AND SANITATION
BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$997 98
Expenses:
Telephone.
$1 40
Express .
2 10
Stationery and postage.
17 96
Typewriting
5 00
Printing
7 00
Advertising .
17 00
Office supplies
6 12
Board and care, Plymouth County Hospital.
278 20
Milk and eggs
86 15
Animal inspection
125 00
Plumbing inspection.
160 00
Slaughtering inspection
100 00
Burial of animals.
41 00
Making signs
24 50
Ash cans.
13 40
Care of cans
31 50
Storage of truck.
100 00
Insurance
28 00
Repairing truck.
456 77
Supplies for truck.
11 00
Cleaning and burning dumps
198 80
Surveying dump
96 90
Examining title
25 00
Rent of dump
200 00
Use of truck.
63 00
All other.
24 00
$2,119 80
$3,117 78
45
Highways - Payments
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Trucks
$159 00
Teams
72 20
Care of ash barrels
28 00
$259 20
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Expenses :
1927 Assessment.
$2,782 48
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salarv
$1,200 00
HIGHWAYS
CARE OF ROADS
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$2,400 00
Telephone .
12 65
Freight and express
17 93
Office supplies
3 60
Advertising
2 00
Labor
10,004 45
Trucks
10,755 50
Teams
674 00
Boiler inspection .
10 00
Repairing equipment .
320 85
Gravel.
681 92
Stone
988 64
Insurance
102 00
Culverts .
431 24
Grates and frames .
186 50
Pipe.
2,038 11
Coal.
3 40
Crawlers
685 00
Engine
1,591 15
Asphalt
55 44
Cold patch
1,542 80
Tarvia
6,530 80
Amprotar
5,043 17
Taric
560 00
Gas and oil
175 61
Kerosene.
54 45
Motor oil.
70 79
Waste.
26 00
Shovels
8 00
46
Highways - Payments
Lumber .
$53 98
Cement
35 75
Tools.
213 61
Miscellaneous supplies
29 81
$45,309 15
GRAVEL PIT
Judgment.
$4,964 11
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Expenses:
Labor .
$6,625 35
Trucks.
4,236 00
Repairing equipment.
53 21
Asphalt.
4,571 50
Cold patch
140 00
Stone. .
3,016 50
Drain pipe.
132 15
Gas and oil
172 42
Engine oil .
37 50
Cylinder oil
36 38
Crusher oil
39 78
Kerosene.
13 55
Chain
120 00
Fuel
201 72
Grates and frames
79 00
Cement.
29 65
Lumber
36 83
Shovels .
13 50
Tools
13 65
Parts for crusher .
406 63
Miscellaneous supplies
23 32
$19,998 64
STUDLEY ROYAL
Expenses:
Labor
$138 40
Trucks.
138 40
Team .
6 75
Amprotar
280 00
$563 55
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor.
$1,639 00
Trucks and plows
1,208 90
47
Highways - Payments
Team.
$10 00
Snow plows
1,031 17
Parts for plows.
264 75
Supplies for tractor
202 70
Repairs
491 37
Express
7 73
$4,855 62
SIDEWALKS
Expenses :
Labor
$1,322 65
Trucks.
437 65
Curbing
54 30
Coal.
15 60
Lumber
22 16
Cement .
141 35
Nails
3 50
Miscellaneous supplies .
2 79
$2,000 00
MITCHELL AVENUE
Expenses:
Land damage
$327 50
Curbing
172 50
$500 00
EDWARD FOSTER ROAD
Expenses :
Labor.
$245 30
Trucks.
39 60
Road grate.
34 00
Drain pipe.
8 17
Cement
32 00
Tarvia .
140 00
$499 07
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
Expenses :
Labor
$151 53
Lumber
140 17
Trucks.
148 10
Spikes .
10 90
Pea stone.
12 37
Cold patch
9 36
$472 43
48
Charities - Payments
GUARD RAILS
Expenses :
Labor.
$205 20
Trucks.
46 20
Lumber
102 85
Nails .
4 84
Paint
116 63
Lanterns.
4 50
Tools
1 45
Miscellaneous supplies.
11 13
$492 80
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
1927 Assessments.
$200 00
STREET LIGHTING
Street lights
$7,601 11
NEW TOWN WAY
Expenses :
Engineer
$880 00
On account of contract.
28,315 50
Emergency contracts
3,865 00
$33,060 50
SIGN BOARDS
Expenses:
Labor.
$52 00
Truck.
26 40
Signs
400 00
Freight
8 50
$486 90
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration:
Salaries
$359 92
Clerical
100 00
$459 92
Outside Relief :
Groceries and provisions
$883 51
Fuel .
426 50
Board and care.
1,909 79
Medical aid and medicine.
1,072 10
49
Schools and Libraries - Payments
Cash.
$4,336 20
Burials
397 00
Transportation.
122 24
Rent.
682 00
Relief given by towns
676 00
Miscellaneous .
31 25
Mothers' Aid
$10,536 59 1,148 95
$12,145 46
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State aid.
$462 00
Soldiers' benefits
2,016 00
$2,478 00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
School Committee salaries and expenses
$548 03
Superintendent, salary and expenses .. .
2,434 33
Attendance officer.
100 00
Telephones
190 15
$3,272 51
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High
$14,305 00
Elementary
18,755 00
Evening
170 50
Supervisors
3,000 00
$36,230 50
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Text and reference books
$1,834 60
Supplies
1,841 46
Vocational.
$3,676 06 207 68
TRANSPORTATION
High and elementary $9,841 00
JANITORS' SERVICES
High.
$1,500 00
Elementary
2,000 00
Evening
61 00
$3,561 00
50
Schools and Libraries - Payments
JANITORS' SUPPLIES
High and elementary
$255 65
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel.
$2,755 03 121 05
Light
$2,876 08
Insurance
$1,574 25
Health .
1,327 68
Equipment.
2,503 39
Libraries
516 64
Tuition
50 00
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High.
$2,191 07
Elementary
1,670 35
$3,861 42
Other expenses
220 99
$69,974 85
USE OF TOWN HALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES
Expenses :
Setting glass
$3 56
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$135 00
Janitor
180 00
Books.
149 66
Binding
29 05
Fuel .
355 00
Insurance .
34 60
Water.
15 00
$898 31
PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian.
$58 33
Janitor
36 00
Books
5 66
Fuel.
84 00
Light.
9 46
Water
8 40
Insurance.
46 50
51
Unclassified - Payments
Repairs and maintenance of buildings
$609 00
Stationery and postage.
9 86
Printing.
25 79
All other
7 00
$900 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK COMMISSION
Salaries
$150 00
Labor
3,203 13
Teams .
130 95
Trucks
941 50
Curbing
536 65
Geraniums
50 00
Fertilizer
3 25
Lawn seed.
45 20
Rental of meter
2 00
Water
44 16
Signs
6 00
Gas and oil.
11 85
Use of ca
15 00
Lumber
38 48
Light
17 86
Cement
17 25
Insurance.
24 50
Labor on bubbler
5 75
Crushed stone
36 23
Sand and loam
24 75
Lawn mower.
16 00
Parts for lawn mowers .
23 22
Sharpening lawn mowers.
36 75
Sharpening drills
5 15
Paint .
7 60
Printing
6 00
Supplies
22 96
Tools
5 80
Express
70
Iron posts
36 00
All other
13 50
CARE OF UNION HALL GROUNDS
Expenses :
Labor
$120 90
Trucks
96 25
$5,478 19
52
Unclassified - Payments
Loam.
$79 00
Tools
3 25
$299 40
PARKING SPACE, MINOT
Expenses :
Labor.
$332 50
Team
20 25
Trucks
637 02
Painting signs
1 25
Tools
7 60
$998 62
COMFORT STATION
Building as per contract.
$950 00
Labor
50 00
$1,000 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses:
Signs
$52 85
Care of town clock .
83 10
Fence viewer .
12 00
Printing and distributing Town re- ports and warrants
1,063 31
Tuition, trade schools
303 85
Insurance.
523 61
Repairing flags
4 43
Recording deeds.
9 90
Drawing deed .
5 00
Fee, Border Street petition
3 00
Removing, care and replacing top planks
17 00
Estimating replacement cost of Town buildings
75 00
All other
6 00
$2,159 05
LAND DAMAGE, CHERRY LANE
Award
$119 89
BILLS OF ERNEST R. SEAVERNS
Bills of 1921, 1922, 1923. $620 76
53
Interest and Maturing Debt - Payments
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Expenses :
Medical
$3 00
Policy
1,445 15
$1,448 15
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment.
$200 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
$559 36
REFUNDS
Taxes . .
$29 54
Peddler's license.
8 00
$37 54
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES COMMON CEMETERY
Expenses :
Labor
$93 60
PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses :
Salary of Harbor Master
$175 00
Labor.
9 80
Lumber
90
Towing float.
10 00
Lowering gang plank
3 00
Barrels
12 00
Tarvia .
148 40
Repairing broken pipe and leak
14 64
Repairing closet and tank.
2 45
Repairing smoke pipe on roof
13 35
$389 54
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Revenue loans
$4,972 68
High School loan
680 00
Bassing Cove Beach
74 73
New Town Way
2,000 00
County Hospital
275 00
Shore Protection
1,270 63
Street Pavement
712 50
$9,985 54
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54
Agency and Trust - Payments
MATURING DEBT
High School Loan.
$2,250 00
County Hospital Loan .
2,000 00
Shore Protection Loan
5,500 00
Street Pavement Loan .
10,000 00
New Town Way Loan
10,000 00
Bassing Cove Beach Loan
12,600 00
$42,350 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue. $250,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
State Tax
$15,840 00
County Tax
19,625 63
State Highway Tax.
1,738 40
Auditing Municipal Accounts.
387 96
$37,591 99
TRUST
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$148 50
Lucy Thomas Fund.
47 50
Hannah Dean Miller Fund.
97 60
Cornelia Allen Fund.
246 59
George O. Allen Fund.
26 20
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund.
48 18
$614 57
$660,934 58
Balance, December 31, 1927
38,997 21
$699,931 79
SUMMARY
Balance January 1, Appropria- 1927 tions
1927
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1927 Expendi- tures
Balance January 1, 1928
Over- drafts
$2,200 00
$2,200 00
Selectmen's Department.
$1,817 48
$382 52
1,515 00
1,515 00
Accounting Department.
1,513 55
1 45
1,600 00
1,600 00
Treasurer's Department.
1,598 09
1 91
2,515 00
$80 00
2,595 00
Collector's Department.
2,594 73
27
3,900 00
532 00
4,432 0
Assessors' Department.
4,329 56
102 44
100 00
8 00
108 00
Certification of Notes.
34 00
74 00
75 00
75 0
Advisory Board .
67 40
7 60
500 00
500 00
Law Department.
440 70
59 30
1,300 00
3 00
1,303 00
Town Clerk's Department.
1,302 63
37
1,800 00
1,800 00
Lines and Bounds . .
1,724 10
75 90
500 00
301 00
801 00
Town Meetings, Elections, Registrations .
796 70
4 30
350 00
30 00
380 00
Town Hall
360 58
19 42
$1,587 35
2,000 00
3,587 35
Town Plan
3,319 10
268 25
4,000 00
4,000 00
Publishing Valuation Book. .
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
Maintenance, Public Buildings.
2,731 47
1,268 53
300 00
-
300 00
Administration Building Committee
300 00
17,700 00
249 20
17,949 20
Police Department.
17,875 10
74 10
18,000 00
2,686 76
20,686 76
Fire Department.
19,909 99
776 77
42 00
2,184 00
2,226 00
Firemen - Special.
2,184 00
42 00
8,547 92
19,100 00
27,647 92
Hydrant Rental.
18,233 33
9,414 59
2,000 00
1,125 00
3,125 00
Forest Fires .
2,885 57
239 43
500 00
500 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
406 31
93 69
.
Summary
55
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1927
1927 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1927 Expendi- tures
Balance January 1, 1928
Over- drafts
$5,901 05
$5,901 05
Moth Department.
$5,900 59
$ 46
$2,908 17
2,908 17
Shore Protection .
2,908 17
1,000 00
1,000 00
Tree Warden .
999 70
30
1,008 45
1,008 45
Town Forest.
828 98
179 47
300 00
300 00
Elm Tree Beetle.
299 45
55
100 00
100 00
Bounties
71 75
28 25
5,000 00
5,000 00
Board of Health .
3,117 78
1,882 22
300 00
300 00
Clean-Up Committee.
259 20
40 80
2,782 48
2,782 48
Plymouth County Hospital.
2,782 48
1,200 00
1,200 00
Public Health Nurse.
1,200 00
45,000 00
$309 15
45,309 15
Care of Roads.
45,309 15
5,100 00
5,100 00
Gravel Pit.
4,964 11
135 89
9,000 00
11,000 00
20,000 00
Special Repairs .
19,998 64
1 36
3,810 00
3,810 00
Studley Royal.
563 55
3,246 45
5,000 00
5,000 00
Snow Removal
4,855 62
144 38
2,000 00
2,000 00
Sidewalks. . .
2,000 00
500 00
500 00
Mitchell Avenue.
500 00
500 00
500 00
Edward Foster Road
499 07
93
500 00
500 00
Repair of Bridges.
472 43
27 57
500 00
500 00
Guard Rails . .
492 80
7 20
500 00
500 00
Fore River Bridge.
200 00
300 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
Street Lighting . . .
7,601 11
398 89
56
Summary
30,038 35
$34,243 35
New Town Way .
$33,060 50
$1,182 85
Sign Boards. .
486 90
163 10
500 00
389 54
110 46
12,000 00
5 00
12,005 00
Board of Public Welfare.
10,996 51
1,008 49
1,100 00
71 00
1,171 00
Mothers' Aid .
1,148 95
22 05
2,100 0
10 00
2,110 00
Soldiers' Relief .
2,016 00
94 00
600 00
600 00
State Aid.
462 00
138 00
72,875 (
1,101 57
73,976 57
Support of Schools .
69,974 85
4,001 72
100
100 00
High School Basket Ball .
3 56
96 44
150 00
750 00
900 00
Allen Memorial Library
898 31
1 69
150 00
750 00
900 00
Pierce Memorial Library
900 00
5,000 00
500 00
5,500 00
Park Commission .
5,478 19
21 81
300 00
300 00
Care Union Hall Grounds .
299 40
60
1,000 00
1,000 00
Parking Space - Minot.
998 62
1 38
1,547 76
1,547 76
World War Memorial.
1,547 76
1,000 00
1,000 00
Comfort Station - Civic Center
1,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
Unclassified.
2,159 05
840 95
15 00
15 00
Land Damage - Clapp Road.
15 00
119 89
119 89
Land Damage - Cherry Lane.
119 89
620 76
620 76
Bills of Ernest R. Seaverns.
620 76
300 00
300 00
Upkeep of Watering Fountains.
300 00
1,445 15
3 00
1,448 15
Employers' Liability .
1,448 15
200 00
200 00
Aid to Agriculture.
200 00
650 00
650 00
Memorial Day.
559 36
90 64
50 00
50 00
Refunds .
8 00
42 00
100 00
100 00
Old Cemetery .
93 60
6 40
12,000 00
12,000 00
Interest .
9.985 54
2,014 46
42,140 00
210 00
42,350 00
Maturing Debt.
42,350 00
57
Summary
.
0 00
$4,205 00 150 00
650 00 500 00
Public Landing . .
58
Funded Debt of Town
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan and Rate
Due 1928
Amount $1,250 00
High School, 4 per cent.
1,250 00
1929
1,250 00
1930
1,250 00
1931
1,250 00
1932
1,250 00
1933
1,250 00
1934
1,250 00
1935
1,250 00
1936
1,250 00
$11,250 00
High School, 4 per cent.
1928
$1,000 00
1929
1,000 00
1930
1,000 00
1931
1,000 00
$4,000 00
County Hospital, 512 per cent.
1928
$2,000 00
1929
2,000 00
$4,000 00
Shore Protection, 414 por cent
1928
$4,000 00
1929.
4,000 00
1930
3,000 00
1931
3,000 00
1932
3,000 00
$17,000 00
Shore Protection, 434 per cent.
1928
$1,500 00
1929
1,500 00
1930
1,500 00
1931
1,500 00
1932
1,500 00
1933
1,500 00
$9,000 00
Street Pavement, 434 per cent.
1928
$10,000 00
$10,000 00
New Town Way, 4 per cent.
1928
$10,000 00
1929
10,000 00
1930
10,000 00
1931
10,000 00
Total
$40,000 00
$95,250 00
59
Miscellaneous Payments
DEBT ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt. . .
$95,250 00
LIABILITIES
Shore Protection Loan
$26,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan
4,000 00
High School Loan.
15,250 00
Street Pavement Loan
10,000 00
New Town Way
40,000 00
$95,250 00
TRUST FUNDS ASSETS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities .. . . . $13,705 69
LIABILITIES
Eliza Jenkins Fund, Charity
$3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund, Charity
1,000 00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, Charity
988 22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund, Charity .. .
1,952 63
Cornelia Allen Fund, Charity . 5,086 68
George O. Allen Fund, Charity .
524 71
Clara T. Bates Fund, Cemetery
502 65
Everett Torrey Fund, Park.
430 00
Scituate Welfare Fund.
200 00
$13,705 69
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Ernest R. Seaverns.
$400 00
Est. Ernest R. Seaverns
23 00
Herbert G. Summers.
125 00
Nathaniel Tilden
500 00
Arthur H. Damon .
450 00
William W. Wade
41 67
$1,539 67
Expenses:
Carter's Ink Co.
83
B. A. Davenport.
112 55
Franklin Publishing Co.
51 50
Nathaniel Tilden .
62 93
Herbert G. Summers.
3 00
60
Miscellaneous Payments
Arthur R. Merritt.
$20 00
Arthur H. Damon
15 25
Boundbrook Press.
8 00
Secretary of the Commonwealth
3 75
$277 81
$1,817 48
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Salary :
B. A. Davenport
$1,500 00
Expenses:
Carter's Ink Co ..
83
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 38
B. A. Wood.
1 00
Boundbrook Press
8 00
B. A. Davenport.
15
Hobbs & Warren
3 19
$13 55
$1,513 55
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
William F. Smith
$1,200 00
Expenses :
William F. Smith.
$12 41
W. E. Chaffin, P. M.
57 68
Todd Sales Co.
58 00
Fred A. Conroy Co.
125 00
Rockland Trust Co ..
5 00
General Fireproofing Corporation .
140 00
$398 09
$1,598 09
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
Harold W. Cole.
$1,800 00
Expenses :
Boundbrook Press
$102 25
Harold W. Cole ..
183 35
Franklin Publishing Co.
158 50
William A. Burton 250 00
Hobbs & Warren 21 68
John B. Washburn, Registrar
1 10
Rothery, Delano & Young
33 35
61
Miscellaneous Payments
Rose Hernan .
$36 50
Lydia Stearns
8 00
$794 73
$2,594 73
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Henry A. Litchfield
$2,000 00
Ernest R. Seaverns.
375 00
Herbert G. Summers
125 00
Henry T. Fitts.
375 00
Est. Ernest R. Seaverns
23 00
W. Irving Lincoln
41 67
$2,939 67
Expenses :
Banker and Tradesman
$10 00
B. A. Davenport
500 15
Carter's Ink Co ..
84
John B. Washburn, Registrar
142 00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
37
Henry A. Litchfield.
20 69
Hobbs & Warren
57 54
Franklin Publishing Co.
2 00
Assessors' Automobile Tax Service. .
5 00
Henry T. Fitts.
105 00
General Fireproofing Corporation .. .
532 00
The Boundbrook Press .
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