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Income .
January 1 to 21, 1929 $48 80 Cash on hand Jan- uary 21, 1929. .. $48 80
CORNELIA ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1928 . .
$5,086 68 $5,086 68
On hand at end of year 1928
and January 21, 1929. . . .
5,086 68 5,086 68
Receipts
1928
Payments
Income. $246 59
To beneficiaries. . . $246 59
GEORGE O. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Cash
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
1928 .
.
.
$524 71
$524 71
On hand at end of year 1928
524 71
524 71
On hand January 21, 1929
$13 10
524 71
537 81
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Trust Funds
Receipts
1928
Payments
Income
$26 20
To beneficiaries. . . $26 20
Income.
January 1 to 21, 1929 $13 10 Cash on hand Jan- uary 21, 1929. . . $13 10
SCITUATE WELFARE FUND
Savings Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1928
$200 00
$200 00
On hand at end of year 1928
210 13
210 13
On hand January 21, 1929
215 38
215 38
Receipts
1928
Payments
Income.
$10 13
Added to savings deposits. $10 13
January 1 to 21, 1929 $5 25
Income
Added to savings deposits . $5 25
EVERETT TORREY PARK FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1928 .
$430 00
$430 00
On hand at end of year 1928
and January 21, 1929. ..
435 65
435 65
Receipts 1928 Payments
Income
$20 65
Added to savings deposits . $5 65
Park care. 15 00
$20 65 $20 65
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Trust Funds
CLARA T. BATES CEMETERY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1928 . .
$502 65
$502 65
On hand at end of year 1928 and January 21, 1929. . ..
484 08
484 08
Receipts
1928
Payments
Withdrawn from
Cemetery care. . . . $44 00
savings deposits .. $18 57
Income 25 43
$44 00
$44 00
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1928
BALANCE SHEET -DECEMBER 31, 1928
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash :
In banks.
$23,578 67
Collector's petty cash . 25 00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1926:
Property .
$214 42
Levy of 1927:
Polls .
$4 00
Property. 14,732 88
$14,736 88
Levy of 1928:
Polls .
$40 00
Property
81,849 31
$81,889 31
$96,840 61
Special Assessments:
Moth 1927
$151 60
Moth 1928
803 55
$955 15
Tax titles . $72 35
Departmental:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Mothers' Aid $412 91
State Aid
282 00
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1928
Military Aid.
$80 00
Health . 505 60
$1,280 51
$122,752 29
Liabilities
Temporary Loans:
In anticipation of revenue.
$25,000 00
Sale of Driscoll property .
800 00
Sale of Old Oaken Bucket Road property .
669 27
Sale of Land, Hose No. 4.
1,031 25
Surplus War Bonus Fund
1,547 76
Appropriation Balances:
Town plans.
$206 35
Administration Building
300 00
Police signal lights
800 00
Firemen - special
34 00
Hydrant rental.
9,383 33
Shore protection .
2,908 17
Eleventh Avenue drains .
1,302 52
Repairing bridges
63 66
New Town Way.
1,145 89
Float and gangplank
383 66
Dredging Harbor .
5,000 00
Basket Ball at Town Hall
66 34
Allen Memorial Library
8 00
World War Memorial.
1,547 76
Land damage, Clapp Road.
15 00
$23,164 68
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus.
$8,196 15
Overlays reserved for abatement of taxes:
Levy of 1926
$214 42
Levy of 1927 4,943 41
Levy of 1928 2,952 14
$8,109 97
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1928
Revenue reserved until collected:
Special assessments
$955 15
Tax titles . 72 35
Departmental
1,280 51
$2,308 01
Surplus revenue. $51,925 20
$122,752 29
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Assets
Net funded or fixed debt. $65,500 00
$65,500 00
Liabilities
Shore Protection Loan . $20,500 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 2,000 00
Street Pavement Loan
30,000 00
High School Loan
13,000 00
$65,500 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Assets
Trust funds, cash and securities .. . $13,702 90
$13,702 90
Liabilities
Public Welfare Funds: Eliza Jenkins Fund. $3,020 80
Lucy O. Thomas Fund . 1,000 00
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Balance Sheet - December 31, 1928
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.
210 13
$12,783 17
Everett Torrey Park Fund.
435 65
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund. . .
484 08
$13,702 90
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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 report of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1928.
I have also included a detailed statement of disburse- ments, showing amounts paid and the persons to whom payments were made, as requested by vote at the annual meeting held March 7, 1927.
GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Current Year:
Poll
$2,156 00
Personal.
35,763 30
Real Estate.
232,788 52
$270,707 82
Previous Years:
Poll
$84 00
Personal .
5,740 42
Real Estate.
72,176 70
$78,001 12
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax 1927.
$1,320 00
Income Tax 1928.
30,525 67
Corporation Tax, Business .
5,083 29
Corporation Tax, Public Service.
1,837 54
National Bank Tax
120 64
Trust Company .
372 08
Vocational Education
2,153 46
Smith-Hughes Fund .
345 88
English Speaking Classes
222 18
State Highway - Moth.
50 00
.
$42,030 74
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General Government - Receipts
Redemption of Tax Title.
$272 26
Licenses and permits
699 00
Court fines .
1,277 15
Dog licenses
800 72
Sealer's fees
42 97
$3,092 10
Special Assessments:
Moth 1926
$118 25
Moth 1927
565 70
Moth 1928
1,668 20
$2,352 15
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Mothers' Aid.
$142 56
State Aid.
432 00
Veterans' Exemption .
110 92
$685 48
General Government:
Selectmen, cost of advertising hearings
$17 50
Selectmen, sale of property on Old Oaken Bucket Road.
689 72
Selectmen, sale of Conte store.
82 50
Selectmen, sale of property on Tich- nor Place.
800 00
Collector, cost of advertising.
294 15
Collector, sale of stamps
1 07
Treasurer, Trustee fees.
10 00
Town Clerk, telephone tolls.
2 95
Town Hall, telephone tolls
5 30
$1,903 19
Police Department:
Telephone tolls .
$2 75
Damage to motorcycle.
58 00
$60 75
Fire Department:
Sale of truck.
$25 00
Telephone tolls .
10 40
Extension fire alarm
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525 00
$560 40
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General Government - Receipts
Forest Fires:
Burning right of way
$1,400 30
Health Department:
Hospital, board and care.
$55 90
Garbage contracts .
1,404 78
$1,460 68
Schools:
Tuition .
$75 00
Manual Training Department ..
19 70
Household Arts
9 66
$104 36
Clean-Up Committee:
Balance from previous years.
$1 05
Rent of Public Buildings:
Building on pier.
$150 00
Public Landing:
Sale of water.
$25 00
REFUNDS
Police Department .
$2 95
Health Department
2 00
Gravel pit.
450 00
New Town way
632 50
Charities.
45 00
$1,132 45
INTEREST
On deposits.
$1,169 06
On taxes
3,948 43
$5,117 49
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 T. Bates Fund
44 00
Everett Torrey Fund .
15 00
$673 57
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General Government - Legislative
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue.
$225,000 00
$634,458 65
Balance, January 1, 1928
38,997 21
$673,455 86
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Arthur H. Damon
$600 00
William W. Wade.
500 00
W. Irving Lincoln
375 00
Nathaniel Tilden.
125 00
$1,600 00
Expenses:
Stationery and postage.
$18 53
Printing and advertising
141 20
Clerical assistance.
277 00
Carfare, lunches, etc.
23 52
Telephone.
21 70
Office expense
24 13
$506 08
$2,106 08
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$1,500 00
Expenses :
Express
$0 42
Office supplies
5 77
Office expense
3 34
$9 53
$1,509 53
SAFE FOR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Safe.
$407 00
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,200 00
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General Government - Legislative
Expenses :
Stationery and postage.
$70 36
Carfare. .
11 76
Telephone.
3 60
Bond
205 00
Adding machine.
98 00
Check writer
55 50
Rental of safe deposit box
5 00
Office expense.
1 29
$450 51
$1,650 51
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary .
$1,800 00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage.
$171 98
Printing and advertising
290 05
Bond.
410 00
Insurance.
34 35
Clerical assistance
98 00
Carfare.
2 00
Adding machine.
100 00
Recording deed
1 90
Office supplies .
16 16
Office expense.
40 65
$1,165 09
$2,965 09
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman .
$2,000 00
Associates
1,000 00
$3,000 00
Expenses:
Carfares, automobiles and lunches . .
$146 17
Copying deeds
106 25
Clerical assistance.
500 00
Banker and Tradesman
10 00
Automobile tax list.
5 00
Printing and advertising
15 00
Copies Land Court Plans.
1 80
Office supplies .
31 27
Office expense.
5 33
$820 82
$3,820 82
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General Government - Legislative
OTHER FINANCE OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS
Certification of notes
$18 00
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses :
Clerical .
$25 00
Printing reports
35 00
Record book.
8 88
Transportation.
12 00
$80 88
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Town Counsel . .
$2,064 96
Printing and stationery .
15 27
All other.
15 00
$2,095 23
TOWN CLERK
Salary .
$1,200 00
Expenses:
Postage.
$19 16
Telephone.
31 09
Bond .
2 00
Carfare and lunches
10 29
Office expense.
55 54
All other
14 20
$132 28
$1,332 28
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Services of Engineers
$1,302 70
Transportation.
80 00
Carfare and lunches
5 61
Tracing paper
4 24
Blue prints .
3 26
Cement bounds
62 50
Spikes and stakes
4 25
All other
3 94
$1,466 50
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses :
Moderator.
$50 00
Registrars
498 75
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General Government - Legislative
Election officers
$235 00
Printing.
182 59
Election lunches
125 25
Express
1 01
Ballot box
78 00
Transportation.
11 50
Desk.
12 00
All other
19 00
$1,213 10
TOWN HALL
Services:
Janitor
$300 00
Expenses :
Fuel
$104 25
Light. .
56 18
Telephone
68 58
Keys.
2 00
Installing light
35 00
$266 01
$566 01
CHAIRS FOR TOWN HALL
Expenses:
Chairs .
$430 50
Freight and cartage
16 53
$447 03
PUBLISHING VALUATION BOOK
Expenses :
Advertising .
$2 25
Printing.
1,195 00
$1,197 25
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses :
Town Hall
.
$422 16
Police Station.
2 00
Fire Station
121 03
$545 19
TOWN PLAN
Expenses:
Services of engineers
$1,570 25
Transportation.
123 10
Field books
4 50
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Protection of Persons and Property - Police Department
Tracing cloth.
$9 80
Spikes and stakes
9 25
Plans, tracings and field notes.
345 00
$2,061 90
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Chiefs and regulars
$11,810 75
Special officers
2,013 15
Constables
100 00
$13,923 90
Expenses :
Telephones .
$236 27
Fuel and light
473 30
Office expense
77 75
Traffic.
75 13
Marking paint.
46 69
Equipment.
981 29
Motorcycles
642 50
Repairs and maintenance of auto- mobiles and motorcycles
1,030 45
Lockup
234 88
First aid .
11 75
Traveling expense.
7 70
Express .
3 19
School of Instruction
64 00
Typewriter
60 00
Medical aid .
4 00
Cleaning uniforms
9 20
All other
123 23
$4,081 33
$18,005 23
PAINTING HIGHWAYS
Expenses:
Labor
$66 00
Paint.
105 60
Freight and cartage.
4 83
$176 43
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages:
Engineers and drivers
$9,004 50
Fire alarm operators
2,085 44
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Inspection .
$40 00
Firemen
672 39
$11,802 33
Expenses:
Firemen's tax refund
$180 00
Steward's allowance.
290 00
Hose.
2,015 00
Rent and storage
911 67
Rubber boots, coats, etc.
640 80
Truck expense.
883 95
Truck supplies .
661 80
Repairs and maintenance of buildings and grounds.
205 50
Fuel and light
1,578 55
Telephones .
357 00
Care of extinguishers
1 50
Use of car
242 10
Printing
31 25
Postage.
1 00
Office supplies
8 60
Typewriter
35 00
Express
6 25
Equipment
396 26
Steward
40 00
Stakes .
18 25
Miscellaneous supplies
315 63
$8,820 11
$20,622 44
EXTENSION FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Expenses:
Furnishing, delivering and installing
fire alarm.
$6,839 00
Material and freight.
3,370 10
Printing.
45 50
Blue prints .
2 88
Trimming trees
578 05
Labor.
352 22
Lumber.
2 62
Cross arm fittings ..
380 60
Paint.
61 15
Painting cross arms.
80 60
Painting bands on fire alarm poles. .
5 00
Transmitter wheels
12 11
Changing wires
609 75
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Protection of Persons and Property - Fire Department 43
Changing box
$16 94
Tapper.
15 89
Traffic sirens
92 05
Gong .
30 00
Registers.
270 00
Repairing wires
96 73
All other
85 90
$12,947 09
ADDITION TO STATION 1
Expenses :
Advertising .
$1 00
Repairs as per contract.
2,875 00
Extra labor
201 00
Lumber
4 55
Paint.
75 66
Screens
38 50
Storm windows and fixtures.
7 22
Shades
21 00
Wiring
195 42
All other
30 85
$3,450 20
FIRE STATION - GREENBUSH
Expenses:
Land and building.
$4,560 00
Advertising for bids.
3 00
Repairs and specifications
25 00
Repairs as per contract
758 09
Extra labor
112 15
Painting ceilings
17 95
Plumbing .
787 00
Wiring.
70 00
Installing heater
27 00
Shades
18 00
All other
20 95
$6,399 14
FIRE APPARATUS
Truck.
$6,000 00
HEATING SYSTEM - HOSE 3
Expenses:
Advertising for bids.
$4 00
Plans and specifications
25 00
Installing heater as per contract.
975 00
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Protection of Persons and Property - Payments
Making ceiling blocks
$1 00
Paint. . .
4 85
Wiring boiler room .
17 23
$1,027 08
FIREMEN - SPECIAL
Firemen's compensation
$2,150 00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Expenses :
Rental .
$18,675 00
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Fighting fires
$812 25
Use of truck
5 00
Use of car .
25 00
Supplies for truck .
50 09
Truck expense.
310 94
Battery
10 00
Recharging battery
1 00
Battery rental
1 00
Paint.
1 20
Brooms .
30 87
Blow torch.
6 50
Rotary power pump .
91 08
All other
30 00
$1,374 93
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$350 00
Expenses:
Supplies
11 48
$361 48
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent.
$729 60
Expenses:
Labor
$2,410 20
Trucks
390 00
Teams
189 00
Motor oil
19 51
Spraying oil.
47 43
Gas. .. .
40 00
Repair parts
56 60
Repairing tools
3 75
Insecticides
503 93
Freight.
10 83
$3,671 25
$4,400 85
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Health and Sanitation - Payments
REPAIRS TO BREAKWATER
Assessment.
$1,000 00
TREE WARDEN
Salary.
$300 00
Expenses :
Labor
$410 80
Trucks
280 00
Teams
110 00
$800 80
$1,100 80
TOWN FOREST
Expenses :
Land.
$50 00
Writing deed .
2 00
Recording deed .
2 10
Taxes
8 89
Labor
365 95
$428 94
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Labor.
$246 70
Insecticides
26 35
Tools .
26 75
$299 80
BOUNTIES
Expenses :
Bounties on woodchucks
$51 50
HEALTH AND SANITATION BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$999 96
Expenses :
Telephone.
$5 20
Express
1 75
Advertising
8 25
Typewriting.
4 00
Board and care, Plymouth County
Hospital .
55 90
Milk and eggs
60 41
Animal inspection
133 40
Plumbing inspection .
187 00
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Highways - Payments
Slaughtering inspection .
$100 00
Burial of animals.
36 00
Storing and painting ash cans
10 00
Storage of truck.
100 00
Repairing truck.
20 40
Cleaning dump
535 00
Rent of dump
200 00
Vital statistics
17 25
Quarantine.
20 00
Clothing
4 40
All other
5 00
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$1,503 96
$2,503 92
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Labor
$63 05
Trucks
147 00
Teams
28 35
Care of ash barrels .
60 85
Typewriting bulletins
75
$300 00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
1928 Assessment.
$3,090 20
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
$1,200 00
HIGHWAYS
CARE OF ROADS
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$2,400 00
Use of car
225 00
Telephone .
20 35
Freight and express.
19 50
Office supplies
4 00
Stationery
5 35
Labor
12,070 65
Trucks
11,034 70
Teams .
697 15
Boiler inspection .
10 00
Repairing equipment.
790 87
Stone.
784 00
Sand and gravel.
851 06
Culverts
872 20
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Highways - Payments
Grates and frames
$213 00
Drain pipe.
1,157 52
Coal.
11 20
Cold patch .
2,517 25
Amprotar
1,862 00
Tarvia
6,021 69
Tarac
2,229 45
Tarco.
405 00
Gasoline and oil
91 68
Kerosene
69 83
Lanterns
2 00
Waste.
12 74
Shovels .
144 15
Picks and handles
11 25
Crowbars.
5 88
Lumber
63 33
Paint.
8 75
Cement.
28 80
Block concrete.
41 25
Grease
1 50
Lawn roller
18 00
Miscellaneous tools
36 60
Miscellaneous supplies
26 85
$44,764 55
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Expenses:
Labor.
$6,441 40
Trucks
4,664 50
Shovel tractor
1,192 50
Repairing equipment
18 85
Advertising
2 00
Asphalt .
4,495 24
Amprotar
420 00
Tarvia
551 20
Stone
918 50
Gravel.
212 90
Drain pipe.
93 50
Gasoline and oil .
92 78
Lubricating oil .
76 74
Grease
2 00
Lanterns
26 58
Kerosene
2 00
Fuel .
155 15
Grates
68 00
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Highways - Payments
Advertising
$5 00
Miscellaneous tools
9 15
Miscellaneous supplies
8 34
$19,456 33
STUDLEY ROYAL
Expenses:
Land damage. .
$3,210 00
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor.
$589 85
Trucks and plows
892 10
Repairs .
150 00
Gasoline and oil
37 86
Ice cleats
10 50
All other
17 11
$1,697 42
SIDEWALKS
Expenses:
Labor.
$1,062 15
Trucks
327 60
Repairs
9 25
Cement sidewalk.
50 00
Gravel.
60 94
Cement .
114 80
Amprotar.
132 00
Drain pipe
24 75
Lumber
183 13
Nails .
9 75
Miscellaneous supplies
5 90
.
$1,980 27
ELEVENTH AVENUE DRAIN
Expenses:
Services of Engineers
$89 00
Stakes .
1 10
Labor
2,070 90
Inspection
166 25
Trucks.
79 20
Drain pipe.
549 93
Brick.
86 10
Manhole covers .
48 00
Work on manhole.
90 00
Catch basin and cover
17 00
$3,197 48
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Highways - Payments
WIDENING CORNERS - ELM STREET AND CUDWORTH ROAD
Expenses:
Labor
$287 20
Trucks
8 80
Recording deeds
2 40
$298 40
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
Expenses :
Labor
$67 00
Truck
8 80
Painting sign
2 50
Iron "I" beam
38 40
Lumber .
117 19
Spikes and nails
14 56
Tools.
4 00
$252 45
LITTLE'S BRIDGE
Expenses:
Labor
$250 70
Trucks
30 00
Lumber
1,084 29
Spikes
124 20
$1,489 19
GUARD RAILS
Expenses:
Labor.
$849 95
Posts and lumber
468 75
Spikes and nails.
17 60
Bolts .
2 32
Shovels .
6 75
Paint
140 25
Miscellaneous supplies .
4 68
$1,490 30
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
1928 Assessments.
$180 00
HUMAROCK BRIDGE
Expenses:
Lumber
$414 33
STREET LIGHTING
Street lights
$8,829 38
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Charities - Payments
NEW TOWN WAY
Expenses:
On contract.
$558 71
Arbitrators
110 75
$669 46
SIGN BOARDS
Expenses :
Painting signs
$138 25
Signs .
480 80
Freight
7 39
Cartage.
6 50
$632 94
SALE OF PROPERTY - OLD OAKEN BUCKET ROAD
Taxes 1927
$20 45
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration:
Salaries .
$375 00
Inspection
70 00
Clerical .
25 00
.. .
$470 00
Outside Relief:
Groceries and provisions
$944 09
Fuel
685 02
Board and care.
1,402 76
Medical aid and medicine
1,512 60
Cash.
4,223 00
Burials
44 00
Transportation.
79 98
Rent.
827 00
Clothing
96 72
Advertising .
10 50
Examining titles
12 50
Repairing buildings
80 30
Interest on mortgages.
54 00
Insurance.
10 56
Relief by Towns
676 00
All other
59 95
Mothers' Aid
$10,718 98 1,241 25
$12,430 23
51
Schools and Libraries - Payments
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid.
$282 00
Military aid.
160 00
Soldiers' benefits
2,111 75
$2,553 75
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
Salaries
$43,917 50
Expenses
27,094 95
$71,012 45
For detail, see School Report.
USE OF TOWN HALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL GAMES
Expenses :
Labor
$16 25
Fuel
8 00
Janitor
5 85
$30 10
ALTERATIONS - HATHERLY SCHOOL
Alterations as per contract. ....
$4,000 00
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$180 00
Janitor.
200 00
Books
119 75
Fuel
164 13
Light.
31 65
Insurance.
13 50
Inspecting boiler
5 00
Water.
15 00
Repairing heater
89 32
Drain pipe.
6 66
Labor on drain.
66 30
$891 31
PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$131 25
Janitors
72 00
Books
196 06
Magazines
67 75
Fuel
152 00
52
Unclassified - Payments
Light.
$26 55
Insurance.
66 04
Repairing buildings
69 75
Wiring
43 00
Cement.
50 00
Water
8 40
Printing
6 00
All other
11 20
$900 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK COMMISSION
Salaries
$150 00
Labor
2,434 80
Trucks
330 75
Teams
89 10
Curbing
204 70
Geraniums
44 00
Lawn seed.
45 79
Rental of meter
2 00
Water
41 86
Signs
4 00
Gasoline and oil .
9 70
Use of car .
5 00
Light
25 94
Loam.
51 00
Nets, tapes and straps
61 00
Use of lawn mower
·
10 00
Lawn mowers.
27 00
Repairing and sharpening lawn mowers
79 28
Sharpening picks
1 00
Repairing tools.
3 15
Air slacked lime
2 00
Telephone
2 00
Bubbler
2 00
Care of comfort station .
20 80
All other
47 25
$3,694 12
CARE OF PEGGOTY BEACH
Expenses :
Labor.
$351 43
COMFORT STATION - MINOT
Expenses:
Plans and specifications · $10 00
Building as per contract.
1,030 00
53
Unclassified - Payments
Plumbing.
$60 00
Extra plumbing .
3 00
Putting in water
43 88
Water
26 40
Labor
137 10
Truck
14 00
Lumber
45 67
Nails
3 30
Paint.
12 45
Screens
6 50
Equipment .
4 05
$1,396 35
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses :
Signs .
$6 25
Care of Town clock.
75 00
Printing and distributing Town re- ports
1,197 69
Tuition, trade and industrial schools
715 34
Insurance
1,353 36
Recording deed and partial release. .
3 40
Work on West End School House .. .
37 20
Painting West End School House .. .
98 75
Painting gates at North Scituate Beach .
20 28
All other
54 00
$3,561 27
LAND DAMAGE - CHERRY LANE
Award .
$100 00
BILLS OF 1924, 1925, 1926
Bills of 1924.
$86 55
Bills of 1925 .
69 06
Bills of 1926.
359 34
$514 95
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
Expenses :
Policy
$2,472 88
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment .
$200 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observances of Memorial Day .
...
$590 26
54
Enterprises and Cemeteries - Payments
BRONZE TABLET
Expenses :
Services and expenses overseeing
making of new tablet.
$30 33
Bronze tablet.
205 00
Cutting panel on boulder
15 00
$250 33
REFUNDS
Sale of truck.
$25 00
National bank tax.
11
Taxes
143 20
$168 31
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
COMMON CEMETERY
Expenses :
Labor
$78 00
CLEARING TRAINING FIELD
Expenses :
Labor.
$120 25
PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses :
Salary of Harbor Masters
$197 56
Labor
152 85
Material
53 40
Water
24 80
Making and painting signs
17 75
Hose
7 50
Dropping gangplank at pier
2 50
Towing floats
10 00
$466 36
FLOAT AND GANGPLANK
Expenses :
Advertising .
$3 50
Plans and specifications .
25 00
Labor as per contract.
567 12
Testing barrels.
2 20
Extra work on float.
4 60
Material.
6 50
Expenses, trip to State House.
7 42
$616 34
55
Agency and Trust - Payments
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Revenue loans .
$4,406 45
High School loan
590 00
New Town Way
1,600 00
County Hospital
165 00
Shore protection .
1,029 38
Street pavement
237 50
$8,028 33
MATURING DEBT
High School loan . .
$2,250 00
New Town Way loan.
10,000 00
County Hospital loan .
2,000 00
Shore Protection loan
5,500 00
Street pavement loan
10,000 00
$29,750 00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue. $250,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
AGENCY
State Tax .
$13,090 00
County Tax. .
21,680 46
State Highway Tax.
2,333 37
Auditing Municipal Accounts
292 39
$37,396 22
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
Clara T. Bates Fund .
44 00
Everett Torrey Fund
15 00
$673 57
$649,877 19
Balance, December 31, 1928.
23,578 67
$673,455 86
SUMMARY
Balance January 1, 1928
1928 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1928 Expendi- tures
Balance January 1, 1929
Over- drafts
$2,150 00
$2,150 00
Selectmen's Department.
$2,106 08
$43 92
1,515 00
1,515 00
Accounting Department.
1,509 53
5 47
1,580 00
$100 00
1,680 00
Treasurer's Department.
1,650 51
29 49
2,950 00
30 00
2,980 00
Collector's Department.
2,965 09
14 91
3,950 00
3,950 00
Assessors' Department.
3,820 82
129 18
100 00
100 00
Certification of Notes.
18 00
82 00
75 00
15 00
90 00
Advisory Board. .
80 88
9 12
1,625 00
470 23
2,095 23
Law Department. .
2,095 23
1,315 00
25 00
1,340 00
Town Clerk's Department.
1,332 28
7 72
1,500 00
1,500 00
Engineering Department.
1,466 50
33 50
900 00
433 10
1,333 10
Town Meetings, Elections, Registrations
1.213 10
120 00
500 00
90 00
590 00
Town Hall .
566 01
23 99
$268 25
2,000 00
345 00
2,613 25
Town Plan .
2,061 90
551 35
4,000 00
4,000 00
Publishing Valuation Book.
1,197 25
2,802 75
1,268 53
4,000 00
5,268 53
Repairs, Maintenance, Public Buildings .. .
545 19
4,723 34
300 00
300 00
Administration Building Committee. .
300 00
447 03
447 03
Chairs for Town Hall.
447 03
407 00
407 00
Safe for Accounting Department.
407 00
74 10
17,575 00
356 13
18,005 23
Police Department. .
18,005 23
800 00
800 00
Police Signal Lights. .
800 00
200 00
200 00
Police - Painting Highways.
176 43
23 57
21,000 00
21,000 00
Fire Department ..
20,622 44
377 56
56
Summary
3,500 00
3,500 00
Addition to Station 1.
3,450 20
49 80 86
6,400 00 6,000 00
6,400 00 6,000 00
Fire Station - Greenbush.
6,399 14
Fire Apparatus Hose 3. .
6,000 00
13,000 00
13,000 00
Extension Fire Alarm System.
12,947 09
52 91
1,075 00
1,075 00
Heating System Hose 3.
1,027 08
47 92
2,184 00
2,184 00
Firemen - Special .
2,150 00
34 00
9,325 00
19,000 00
28,325 00
Hydrant Rental .
18,675 00
9,650 00
2,200 00
2,200 00
Forest Fires .
1,374 93
825 07
500 00
500 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
361 48
138 52
4,401 05
4,401 05
Moth Department.
4,400 85
20
2,908 17
2,908 17
Shore Protection . .
2,908 17
2,000 00
2,000 00
Repairs to Breakwater
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
200 00
1,200 00
Tree Warden . .
1,100 80
99 20
179 47
250 00
429 47
Town Forest. .
428 94
53
300 00
300 00
Elm Tree Beetle.
299 80
20
100 00
100 00
Bounties . .
51 50
48 50
11 25
5,000 00
5,011 25
Board of Health .
2,503 92
2,507 33
300 00
300 00
Clean-Up Committee.
300 00
3,090 20
3,090 20
Plymouth County Hospital.
3,090 20
1,200 00
1,200 00
Public Health Nurse.
1,200 00
45,000 00
45,000 00
Care of Roads . .
44,764 55
235 45
135 89
135 89
Gravel Pit.
135 89
20,000 00
20,000 00
Special Repairs .
19,456 33
543 67
3,246 45
3,246 45
Studley Royal .
3,210 00
36 45
5,000 00
5,000 00
Snow Removal. .
1,697 42
3,302 58
2,000 00
2,000 00
Sidewalks. .
1,980 27
19 73
4,500 00
4,500 00
Eleventh Avenue Drain
3,197 48
1,302 52
Summary
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SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1928
1928 Appropria- tions
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Summary
1928 Expendi- tures
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