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We take this opportunity to thank the many citizens who offered suggestions and help that enabled us to carry on.
Respectfully, JOHN E. McCORMACK. ALLAN D. CREELMAN. Clean Up Committee.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Selectmen, Scituate, Mass.
Gentlemen :
My report for the year ending Dec. 1, 1931, is as follows : Adjustments made 74, seals affixed 845; not sealed gasoline pumps (privately used) 20; condemned devices, 29.
Rechecks of scales and pumps were made during the year, and various inspections of licenses, etc.
Fees collected by K. R. Merritt $10.70
Fees collected by Eugene H. Lane 84.02
Outstanding 1.00
Total Fees $95.72
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENE H. LANE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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List of Jurors for 1931
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1931
PREPARED AS PROVIDED FOR IN CHAP. 234, SEC. 4,
GENERAL LAWS
Ainslie, Elwood F., Old Oaken Bucket Road, Clerk Appleton, Joseph W., Mann Hill, Farmer Barce, Charles N., Maple Street, Farmer Bearce, Eben F., Tilden Road, Painter Briggs, Horace C., First Parish Road, Broker Brooks, Walter C., First Parish Road, Real Estate Brown, Ralph S., Hollett Street, Farmer Carter, Wilbur A., Mordecai Lincoln Road, Salesman Clapp, Richard, Country Way, Farmer Conroy, Fred A., First Cliff, Real Estate
Cowley, James T., Ocean Avenue, Retired Damon, Elwood C., Clapp Road, Contractor Damon, Russell C., Otis Street, Clerk Foss, Frederick B., Tilden Road, Salesman Freeman, Don W., Stockbridge Road, Broker Googins, Mark, Mordecai Lincoln Road. Paper Hanger Hennigan, George F., Country Way, Restaurateur Hobson, Lester D., Gannett Road, Contractor Hyland, Ellery B., Cedar Street, Farmer Litchfield, Warren M., Country Way, Farmer Manson, William A., Stockbridge Road, Machinist McCarthy, Jere R., Willow Street, Fisherman Merritt, Roy C., Clapp Road, Farmer Mitchell, C. Nathan, Hollett Street, Farmer Otis, George H., Elm Street, Merchant Pierce, Frederic G., Country Way, Painter Pinkham, Bertram M., Front Street, Druggist
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List of Jurors for 1931
Pitkin, Donald S., Country Way, Real Estate Rothery, John L., First Cliff, Real Estate Searles, Charles W., Otis Street, Retired Shea, Dennis H., Country Way, Real Estate Souther, Ray M., Country Way, Farmer Stearns, Robert T., Old Oaken Bucket Road, Retired Stenbeck, Harry T., Otis Street, Merchant Tilden, C. Bertram, Gannett Road, Boat Builder Turner, Albert F., Gannett Road, Farmer Turner, Thomas S., Turner Road, Fisherman Vollmer, J. George, Curtis Avenue, Green Keeper Wagner, Charles M., Country Way, Farmer Welch, James W., First Parish Road, Fisherman Wilder, Herbert E., Country Way, Garage Proprietor Yenetchi, George V., First Parish Road, Painter
JAMES W. TURNER, WILLIAM W. WADE, W. IRVING LINCOLN, Selectmen of Scituate.
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Report of Assessors-Financial Statement
REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Detail of 1931 Assessments
Number of Polls Assessed 1,219
Amount of Pool Tax Warrant $ 2,438.00
Number of persons, partnerships and
Corporations assessed on property 2,873
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Buildings
$ 8,522,870.00
Land
3,483,065.00
Total Real Estate
$12,005,935.00
Total Personal Estate
1,510,103.00
Total Valuation April 1st, 1931
$13,516,038.00
December Assessments :
Personal Estate
1,225.00
Grand Total for 1931
13,517,263.00
Grand Total for 1930
13,326,117.00
Increase in Valuation $ 191,146.00
ASSESSED
Horses
95
Cows
121
Sheep
None
Neat cattle other than cows
22
Swine
52
Dwelling Houses
2,550
Acres of land
9,696
Fowl
5,912
Automobiles
2.154
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Report of Assessors-Financial Statement
BUDGET FOR 1931
Town Appropriations
$496,230.97
State Assessments :
State Tax
11,850.00
State Park and Reservation Tax
125.12
Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
492.27
Special State Tax
(Old Age Assistance) 1,232.00
County Tax
26,159.72
County Hospital
3,418.35
Overlay (of current year)
3,375.48
Total
$542,883.91
Estimated Receipts :
Income Tax
$ 33,150.79
Motor Vehicles Tax
15,600.00
Corporation Tax
9,750.19
Bank Tax 647.27
Licenses
700.00
Fines
600.00
Special Assessments
2,600.00
General Government
- 10.00
Protection of Persons and Property
4.00
Health and Sanitation
Highways
Charities
898.52
Soldiers' Benefits
426.00
Schools
179.90
Libraries
Recreation
Interest on deposits 1,050.00
Interest in Taxes and Assessments
4,750.00
Chapter 122, Acts of 1931 Highway Appropriation Offset 4,131.32
Rent of Public Building 200.00
Total Estimated Receipts
$ 74,697.99
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Report of Assessors-Financial Statement
Free cash in treasury (voted) 46,864.17
Total deductions
121,562.16
Total amount raised by taxation $421,321.75
Old Age Assistance 1,232 @$1,00 each $1,232.00
Number of Polls 1,219 @ 2.00 each 2,438.00 3,670.00
Total valuation $13,516,038.00; tax rate $30.90; property tax $417,651.75
Additional Betterment and Special Assessments as follows: Private
spraying bills for moth extermination
2,691.55
Total amount
$420,343.30
Abatements allowed in 1931 :
To Harold W. Cole, Collector for 1928
$ 5.80
To Harold W. Cole, Collector for 1929
420.69
To Harold W. Cole, Collector for 1930
258.62
To Harold W. Cole, Collector for 1931
1,458.94
The Assessors hereby furnish the following figures for your consideration :
Year
Net Levy on Property
Valuation April 1st
Tax Rate
1922
$232,696.67
$ 8,023,986.00
$29.00
1923
258,378.75
8,848,591.00
29.20
1924
282,290.18
10,081,792.00
28.00
1925
301,467.54
11,083,375.00
27.20
1926
334,887.51
11,791,809.00
28.40
1927
346,549.64
12,376,773.00
28.00
1928
351,568.06
12,737,972.00
27.60
1929
370,234.99
12,855,379.00
28.80
1930
394,344.30
13,322,442.00
29.60
1931
417,651.75
13,516,038.00
30.90
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Report of Assessors-Financial Statement
Total number of Taxes committed 1922 3,286
Total number of Taxes committed 1931 7,478
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. LITCHFIELD HENRY T. FITTS W. IRVING LINCOLN
Assessors.
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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. 1931.
I have also included a detailed statement of disbursements 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
$2,320.00
Personal
35,226.88
Real Estate
254,707.82
$292,254.70
Motor Vehicle Excise
$14,970.48
Old Age Assistance
$1,165.00
Previous Years:
Poll
$28.00
Personal
4,591.73
Real Estate
92,680.83
$97,300.56
Motor Vehicle Excise
$1,457.12
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax, State Valuation
$27,325.80
Income Tax, Educational
5,322.00
Corporation Tax, Business
3,421.78
Corporation Tax, Public Service
3,556.81
National Bank Tax
69.11
Trust Company
328.63
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General Government-Receipts
Smith-Hughes Fund
249.02
George Reed Fund
12.61
Vocational Education
1,798.89
English Speaking Classes
166.22
Tuition, State Wards
380.10
House of Correction Fine
10.00
State Highway, Moth
50.10
Highway Appropriation Offset
4,131.32
$46,822.39
Licenses and Permits
$732.00
Court Fines
598.10
Dog Licenses
712.24
Sealer's Fees
84.02
Transient Vendors' Fees
105.00
$2,231.36
Special Assessments:
Moth 1929
$108.95
Moth 1930
529.50
Moth 1931
1,957.70
$2,596.15
Seal Wall Construction
$4,296.88
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Mothers' Aid
$398.52
State Aid
426.00
Veterans' Exemptions
92.17
$916.69
From the County:
Aid Edward Foster Road Bridge
Loan
$2,400.00
General Government:
Selectmen, Sale of Junk
$1.80
Selectmen, Advertising hearing
4.00
$5.80
Collector, Sale of stamps
$1.27
Collector, Cost of tax sale
153.90
$155.17
Treasurer, Tax Titles redeemed
7,276.38
Town Clerk, telephone tolls
2.85
Town Hall, telephone tolls
3.20
$7,443.40
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General Government-Receipts
Police Department:
Transportation
$12.00
Fire Department:
Telephone tolls
$4.10
Board of Health: Sale of truck
$150.00
Highway Department: Account road claim
$32.25
School Department:
Tuition
$344.50
Sale of supplies
22.45
Rent of Auditorium
82.00
$448.95
Rent of Public Buildings:
Building on Pier
$100.00
Public Landing:
Sale of water
$17.25
Charities
$520.00
REFUNDS
Charities
$500.00
School Department
29.44
Unclassified
2.00
Water Department
68.53
Motor Excise
2.00
$601.97
WATER DEPARTMENT
Fixture Rates
$15,327.31
Meter Rates
2,986.70
Service Charges
136.58
Miscellaneous Charges
13,254.83
Account of claim
16.63
$31,722.05
INTEREST
On deposits
$959.66
On taxes
5,334.74
On Corporation Tax, P. S.
.15
$6,294.55
Trust Funds:
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$151.00
Cornelia Allen Fund
254.30
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General Government-Legislative
George O. Allen Fund
26.20
Hannah D. Miller Fund
97.60
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
49.40
Lucy Thomas Fund
50.00
Everett Torrey Fund
10.00
Clara T. Bates Fund
46.40
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
170.00
$854.90
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$400,000.00
Sea Wall Loan
10,000.00
Water Loan
750,000.00
1,160,000.00
Premium on Water Loan
$9,547.50
Accrued Interest on Water Loan
$1,099.56
$1,685,259.81
Balance, January 1, 1931
$20,539.97
$1,705,799.78
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Chairman
$2,500.25
Associates
1,500.00
$4,000.25
Expenses:
Stationery and postage
$74.14
Printing and advertising
219.25
Clerical assistance
12.00
Telephone
1.80
Posting warrants
24.00
Carfares, autos and lunches
383.97
Office expenses
30.88
All other
28.00
$774.04
$4,774.29
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General Government-Legislative
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$1,687.50
Expenses:
Postage
$2.00
Office expense
90.38
$92.38
$1,779.88
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,575.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$95.39
Office expense
32.58
Bonds
415.00
Telephone
8.60
Carfare and expenses
58.67
$610.24
$2,185.24
TOWN COLLECTOR
Salary
$2,000.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$432.96
Printing and advertising
268.22
Bonds
437.50
Insurance
44.45
Clerical assistance
368.25
Recording deeds
234.80
Cost of Tax Sale
316.25
Telephone
19.57
Office expense
49.80
Office supplies
75.04
Petty Cash
15.00
1
$2,261.84
$4,261.84
ASSESSORS
Salaries :
Chairman
$2,000.00
Associates
1,000.00
$3,000.00
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General Government-Legislative
Expenses:
Carfares, autos and lunches
$128.67
Copying deeds
96.00
Clerical assistance
912.50
Banker and Tradesman
10.00
Land Court Plans
2.25
Postage
2.00
Office expense
25.10
Office supplies
35.84
$1,212.36
$4,212.36
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTS
Certification of notes $68.50
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses:
Clerical
$50.00
Printing reports
29.75
Advertising hearing
2.50
$82.25
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Town Counsel
$960.00
All other
140.00
$1,100.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$1,200.00
Expenses:
Stationery and postage
$38.96
Telephone
61.06
Carfare and lunches
16.48
Office expense
204.43
All other
11.00
$331.93
$1,531.93
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Services of Engineers
$1,789.60
Transportation 83.00
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General Government-Legislative
Carfare and lunches
29.53
Tracing cloth
7.00
Blue prints
.50
Land Court plans
3.24
Cement bounds
75.00
Stakes
9.30
$1,997.17
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses :
Moderators
$70.00
Registrars
369.75
Election officers
205.00
Printing and postage
225.40
Election and lunches
49.80
Transportation
18.50
Publishing notices
34.75
Moving chairs and tables
4.65
Janitors' Services
30.00
Carfare and lunches
5.34
All other
9.00
$1,022.19
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses :
Membership, Mass. Federation of
Planning Boards
$15.00
TOWN HALL
Expenses:
Janitor
$300.00
Janitor's Supplies
.
13.25
Fuel
298.29
Light
186.45
Telephones
301.40
Repairs and maintenance
134.70
Electric clocks
70.25
Mending flag
.75
Water
17.33
All other
18.65
$1,341.07
56
Protection of Persons and Property-Police Department
.
TOWN PLAN
Expenses :
Services of Engineers
$1,908.30
Transportation
95.00
Magnigraph
26.30
Cloth back paper
5.00
Spikes and stakes
2.25
$2,036.85
TOWN OFFICE BUILDING COMMITTEE
Expenses:
Professional services
$450.00
REMODELLING AND FURNISHING TOWN HALL
Expenses:
Remodelling
$4,863.96
Furnishing
931.35
$5,795.31
CIVIC CENTER GROUNDS
Expenses:
Labor
$293.80
Lawn seed
2.03
Loam
4.00
$299.83
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Chief and regulars
$17,563.50
Special officers
2,932.80
$20,496.30
Expenses:
Telephones
$942.98
Fuel and light
413.60
Beacons
1,012.62
Office expense
301.78
First aid
144.57
Lockup Expense
109.88
Express
8.46
Protection of Persons and Property-Fire Department 57
Equipment
438.25
Motorcycle
250.00
Automobile
225.00
Repairs and maintenance of
automobiles and motorcycles ....
1,359.37
Setting signs
298.41
All other
273.66
$5,778.65
$26,274.95
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Expenses:
State Convention at Worcester. ...
$13.00
Clerical assistance
4.84
$17.84
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages:
Chief and Engineers
$2,736.00
Drivers and fire alarm operators
15,285.00
Firemen
471.00
$18,492.00
Expenses :
Firemen's tax refund
$184.00
Freight and express
1.85
Office expense
19.80
Postage and stationery
.30
Steward .
120.00
Steward's allowance
350.00
Hose
580.00
Truck supplies
407.22
Truck expense
1,028.45
Maintenance of Chief's Car
232.80
Equipment
1,885.51
Fuel and light
1,570.42
Telephones
532.60
Fire alarm maintenance
467.57
Trimming trees
111.30
Rent and storage
645.00
Advertising
11.50
Maintenance
2,117.14
Miscellaneous supplies
38.75
$10,304.21
$28,796.21
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Protection of Persons and Property-Payments
FIRE EQUIPMENT - HUMAROCK
Expenses:
Hose
$400.00
LAND - HUMAROCK
Taking
$900.00
FIRE ALARM - WEST END
Expenses:
Labor
$13.00
Fire alarm boxes, battery, etc. ..
1,103.90
Wiring and material as per
contract
1,335.70
Paint
13.14
Box and brackets
150.79
Register
136.00
All other
25.27
$2,777.80
FIREMEN - SPECIAL
Expenses:
Firemen's Compensation
$458.00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Expenses :
Rental
· $34,469.97
HYDRANTS -WEST END
Expenses:
Rental
$349.86
FOREST FIRES
Expenses :
Driver
$240.00
Fighting fires
164.25
Truck expense
63.70
Truck supplies
50.20
Equipment
137.88
Hose
500.00
Trimming wood roads
1,322.00
$2,478.03
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Protection of Persons and Property-Payments
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salaries
$350.00
Expenses :
Supplies
$22.34
Telephone
2.35
Stationery and postage
1.05
Transportation
49.50
Publishing notice
3.00
All other
28.85
$107.09
$457.09
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent
$609.90
Expenses :
Trucks
$920.00
Labor
2,708.55
Equipment
54.39
Insecticides
567.79
Repairs
45.80
Freight
27.94
Printing
6.00
Gasoline
7.00
Motor oil
68.07
$4,405.54
$5,015.44
REPAIRS TO BREAKWATERS
Assessment
$437.08
REPAIRS TO JETTY - FIRST CLIFF
Assessment
$500.00
PROTECTION OF FORE SHORES
Assessment
$25,000.00
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$500.00
Expenses:
Truck
$640.00
Labor
748.80
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Health and Sanitation-Payments
Equipment
86.00
Printing
5.75
Repairs
8.49
Express
1.50
Gasoline
6.50
$1,497.04
$1,997.04
TOWN FORESTS
Expenses:
Labor
$1,210.40
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses:
Trucks
$80.00
Labor
214.80
$294.80
BOUNTIES
Expenses:
Bounties on woodchucks
$15.25
HEALTH AND SANITATION BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$907.37
Expenses:
Stationery
$3.59
Office supplies
4.68
Board and care
130.00
Board and care, Plymouth Co. Hospital
535.60
Board and care, Moore Hospital
195.00
Board and care, Scituate Hospital
150.00
Medical aid
109.00
Milk
4.65
Animal Inspection
142.00
Plumbing Inspection
88.00
Slaughtering Inspection
100.00
Burying animals
44.00
Care of dump
1,011.40
Rent of dump
200.00
Water for dump
12.00
61
Health and Sanitation-Payments
Repairing pipe at dump
58.50
Hose
6.00
Disposal of animals
53.00
Garbage collection
8,982.93
Cleaning sides of streets
401.40
First Aid Equipment
100.00
Removal of refuse from beaches
192.50
Vital statistics
4.25
Contagious diseases:
Medicine and medical aid .... $133.10
Groceries and provisions .... 110.77
Rent
30.00
Fuel
33.00
Fumigators
5.40
Fumigating
21.00
All other
33.00
$366.27
Other expenses
$322.90
$13,217.67
$14,125.04
CLEAN UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Trucks
$301.50
Labor
118.30
Paint
3.75
Typewriting
2.81
Care of rubbish cans
73.64
$500.00
GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
Garbage Collection
$915.02
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
1931 Assessment
$3,418.35
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
$1,575.00
ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES
Assessments
$14,000.00
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Highways-Payments
HIGHWAYS
CARE OF ROADS
Expenses:
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$2,800.00
Use of car
300.00
Telephone
33.27
Office supplies
31.29
Freight and express
68.24
Trucks
11,853.20
Teams
623.70
Labor
16,197.80
Boiler Inspection
10.00
Equipment
849.17
Repairing equipment
2,528.96
Stone
2,535.40
Sand and gravel
959.01
Culverts
550.82
Drain pipe
273.78
Grates and frames
103.00
Road surfacing material
13,078.97
Blasting
21.50
Removing stones from highway
3.00
Lumber
286.09
Nails
7.70
Paint
187.68
Cement
48.00
Soft coal
84.26
Kerosene
33.33
Lanterns and globes
32.00
Care of lanterns
20.00
Gasoline and oil
279.03
Motor oil
87.20
Lubricating oil
46.75
Cylinder oil
35.64
Grease
21.55
Shovels
198.94
Picks and handles
7.28
Water
12.00
Sluice gate
9.07
Painting streets
431.00
Signs
44.55
63
Highways-Payments
Damage to cars
55.54
Miscellaneous tools
118.76
Miscellaneous supplies
105.87
$54,973.35
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Expenses:
Trucks
$7,620.45
Teams
75.60
Labor
11,074.05
Advertising
2.50
Stone
1,075.50
Repairing equipment
155.11
Kerosene
2.86
Hanging lanterns
27.50
Grease
3.25
Gasoline and oil
96.49
Soft coal
182.05
Blasting
28.50
Surfacing material
3,876.11
Lumber
502.05
Paint
68.65
Culverts
206.53
Miscellaneous supplies
2.25
$24,999.45
CEDAR STREET
Expenses:
Awards
$491.57
ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENTS
Expenses:
Labor
$3,620.05
Tools
147.89
$3,767.94
NORWELL AVENUE
Expenses:
Trucks
$764.00
Labor
932.80
Surfacing material
302.95
$1,999.75
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Highways-Payments
BROCKTON AVENUE
Expenses:
, Trucks
$308.00
Labor
353.40
Surfacing material
137.08
$798.48
WIDENING ED. FOSTER AND PEGGOTY BEACH ROADS
Expenses:
Trucks
$968.00
Labor
784.55
Land damage
100.00
Surfacing material
147.45
$2,000.00
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Trucks and plows
$1,813.10
Labor
1,005.85
Repairing equipment
281.07
Equipment
1,877.50
Gasoline and oil
20.46
Express
1.50
$4,999.48
SIDEWALKS
Expenses:
Trucks
$397.80
Labor
982.80
Sidewalk compound
1,115.80
Gasoline
3.30
$2,499.70
SIDEWALK - BEAVER DAM ROAD
Expenses:
Trucks
$483.70
Labor
1,314.75
Sidewalk compound
201.55
$2,000.00
65
Highways-Payments
SIDEWALK -EDWARD FOSTER ROAD
Expenses :
Trucks
$679.40
Labor
948.20
Tarvia
350.00
Grease and oil
22.30
$1,999.90
SIDEWALK -COUNTRY WAY
Expenses :
Trucks
$476.65
Labor
1,324.45
Cement
78.00
Lumber
30.40
Nails
2.40
Sand and gravel
110.11
Sidewalk compound
595.65
Land damage
877.07
Tools
4.20
Miscellaneous supplies
1.07
$3,500.00
SIDEWALK-E. SIDE CENTRAL AVENUE
Expenses:
Trucks
$410.00
Labor
996.70
Cement
54.00
Use of mixer
27.50
Drain pipe
35.52
Lumber
41.38
Cold patch
762.35
Sidewalk compound
151.14
Kerosene
3.06
Tools
1.25
Miscellaneous supplies
17.10
$2,500.00
SIDEWALK-CAPT. PIERCE ROAD
Expenses :
Trucks
$405.90
Labor
991.00
66
Highways-Payments
Cement
94.80
Lumber
20.51
Tarvia
332.50
Sidewalk compound
1,302.06
Tools
5.20
Miscellaneous supplies
23.74
$3,175.71
REPAIR OF BRIDGES
Expenses:
Trucks
$129.60
Labor
706.70
Lumber
150.70
$987.00
GUARD RAILS
Expenses:
Labor
$734.20
Lumber
172.48
Posts
178.20
Nails
11.30
Paint
208.95
Brushes
2.00
Road guards
178.36
$1,485.49
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
1931 Assessments
$160.00
EDWARD FOSTER ROAD BRIDGE
Expenses:
Trucks
$280.00
Teams
156.60
Labor
398.60
Balance on contract
3,594.72
Services of Engineers
500.00
Inspector
191.66
Wiring
145.00
Bronze Tablet
600.00
Setting tablet
20.00
Stone
170.00
67
Charities-Payments
Lumber
27.44
Nails
2.00
Rope
.64
Globe
2.49
$6,089.15
STREET LIGHTING
Street Lights
$12,307.93
SIGN BOARDS
Expenses:
Truck
$6.75
Labor
152.10
Signs
937.95
Freight
7.25
Paint and brushes
15.30
$1,119.35
STONES FROM MRS. JULIAETTA F. HUNT'S FARM
Stones
$40.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration:
Salaries
$250.00
Office expense
1.64
$251.64
Outside Relief:
Groceries and provisions
$2,629.50
Board and care
4,260.78
Medical aid and medicine
1,536.72
Fuel
751.88
Cash Aid
4,148.00
Rent
1,163.00
Transportation
109.01
Clothing
171.23
Interest on mortgage
42.00
Funerals
250.00
Relief by City
195.65
Relief by Towns
1,120.98
68
Schools and Libraries-Payments
All other
279.02
$16,657.77
Mothers' Aid
1,455.50
Old Age Assistance
3,105.72
$21,470.63
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$630.00
Soldiers' Benefits
3,592.41
$4,222.41
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$56,393.50
Expenses
30,431.87
$86,825.37
For detail, see School Report.
CARE OF HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS
Expenses:
Labor
$668.20
Expenses
850.82
CURB-HIGH SCHOOL DRIVE
Expenses:
Advertising
$2.50
Curbing as per contract
1,343.00
$1,345.50
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$180.00
Janitor
305.00
Books
243.59
Periodicals
73.00
Binding
33.60
Fuel
339.50
Light
18.60
Insurance
92.73
Water
29.00
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Repairs
147.69
All other
27.91
$1,519.02
$1,495.62
69
Recreation-Payments
PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$255.15
Janitor
88.00
Books
679.86
Periodicals
28.45
Binding
26.98
Fuel
56.00
Light
50.35
Water
14.80
Repairs and maintenance
191.90
Insurance
11.61
Stationery and postage
10.90
Printing
59.50
All other
26.50
$1,500.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK COMMISSION
Expenses :
Trucks
$72.00
Labor
1,970.15
Printing
6.50
Geraniums
28.00
Grass seed
14.25
Fertilizer
171.00
Water
121.17
Repairing and sharpening lawn mowers
42.70
Gasoline and oil
4.05
Care of Peggoty Beach
368.57
Lights
11.54
Gravel
63.00
Loam
166.00
Rope
2.59
Lumber
52.29
Nails
5.60
Paint
6.10
Cement
4.80
Storage
10.00
Repairs and maintenance-Com-
fort Stations
155.53
70
Unclassified-Payments
U. S. Ensign
45.34
Curbing, Peggoty Beach
100.00
Painting flag pole
30.00
Mending flag
.50
Wiring Christmas tree and
lights
78.75
Lighting Christmas tree
7.75
Signs
15.00
Care of grass plots
89.00
Putting up flag
2.00
Miscellaneous tools
4.25
Miscellaneous supplies
11.55
$3,659.98
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses :
Care of Town Clock
$104.85
Printing and distributing Town
reports
1,139.18
Binding Town reports
29.25
Distributing Water Investigating Committee's report
26.00
Recording takings
23.95
Insurance
1,492.91
Examining titles
27.00
Publishing By-Laws and Traffic
Rules
14.00
Subdivision plan
5.00
Repairing Scituate History
2.25
Labor on chimes
11.25
Work on tower
10.00
Framing picture of Ed. Foster Rd. Bridge
9.50
Storage
7.50
Settlement of claim
50.00
All other
50.17
$3,002.81
BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Bill of 1930
$198.00
EMPLOYERS' AND PUBLIC LIABILITY
Expenses :
Policies
$2,885.18
71
Enterprises and Cemeteries-Payments
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment $250.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
$677.09
ARMISTICE DAY
Observance of Armistice Day
$157.25
CHANNEL BUOYS
Expenses :
Labor
$59.00
Material
41.00
$100.00
REPAIRS-CUDWORTH HOUSE
Expenses :
Repairing lock
3.50
REFUNDS
National Bank Tax
.11
Taxes
136.15
Moth
8.70
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
690.76
$835.72
WATER INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Stenographers
$261.74
Clerical assistance
31.20
Accountants
1,300.00
Services of Engineers
2,465.00
Legal
1,000.00
$5,057.94
PURCHASE OF SCITUATE WATER CO.
Expenses :
Property and corporate rights ..
$742,123.48
Accountants
1,500.00
Legal
3,500.00
$747,123.48
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES WATER COMMISSIONERS
Salaries and expenses
$1,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Expenses : Administration
General
$4,676.01 12,942.61
72
Agency and Trust-Payments
Pumping Station
6,819.08
Service pipe
504.78
Extensions
2,562.77
.
Well construction
5,102.64
$32,607.89
PUBLIC LANDING
Expenses:
Salaries of Harbor Masters
$400.00
Labor
241.50
Material
235.64
Water
47.33
Towing float
5.00
Lifting float
5.00
Putting gang plank on float
10.00
Barrels
56.00
Making signs
5.75
$1,006.22
OLD CEMETERY
Expenses:
Labor
$84.50
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Revenue Loans
$8,293.83
High School Loans
5,360.00
New Town Way Loans
400.00
Concrete Bridge Loans
960.00
Shore Protection Loans
369.38
$15,383.21
MATURING DEBT
High School Loans
$30,250.00
New Town Way Loan
10,000.00
Concrete Bridge Loan
2,400.00
Shore Protection Loans
4,500.00
$47,150.00
PREMIUM ON LOAN
Floating loan
$1,142.52
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$300,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
State Tax
$11,850.00
-
73
Agency and Trust-Payments
Special State Tax
1,232.00
County Tax
26,159.72
State Parks and Reservations
125.12
Auditing Municipal Accounts
492.27
$39,859.11
TRUST
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$151.00
Cornelia Allen Fund
254.30
George O. Allen Fund
26.20
Hannah D. Miller Fund
97.60
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
49.40
Lucy Thomas Fund
50.00
Everett Torrey Fund
10.00
Clara T. Bates Fund
46.40
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
170.00
$854.90
$1,652,648.98
Balance, December 31, 1931
$53,150.80
$1,705,799.78
SUMMARY
Balance January 1, 1931
Appropri- Receipts ations 1931
and Transfers
Totals
1931 Expendi- tures
Balance Trans- ferred
Balance January 1, 1932
Over- drafts
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Selectmen's Department
$4,774.29
$225.71
1,800.00
1,800.00
Accounting Department
1,779.88
20.12
$205.00
2,000.00
2,205.00
Treasurer's Department
2,185.24
19.76
3,420.00
$850.00
4,270.00
Collector's Department
4,261.84
8.16
4,500.00
4,500.00
Assessors' Department
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