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Collected
$1,960.00
Uncollected
592.00
$2,552.00
Costs collected
$35.70
$13,366.61
Motor Excise Committed Refunded
386.72
$13,753.33
Collected
$12,480.08
Abated
743.48
Uncollected
529.77
$13,753.33
Interest collected
$51.64
Costs collected
172.20
Personal, Real, Moth and Water Liens
Committed
$417,214.70
Refunded
506.08
Collected
$302,235.24
Abated
2,762.87
Added to Tax Titles
3,848.04
Uncollected
108,874.63
$417,720.78
Interest collected
$181.33
Costs collected
73.15
WATER RATES OF 1933
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$282.00
Collected
$43.00
Abated
195.00
Uncollected
44.00
$282.00
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$417,720.78
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
WATER RATES OF 1934
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$589.60
Refunded
14.00
$603.60
Collected
$71.00
Abated
461.76
Uncollected
70.84
$603.60
WATER RATES OF 1935
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$1,533.24
Refunded
13.00
$1,516.24
Collected
$437.04
Abated
188.39
Uncollected
920.81
$1,546.24
WATER RATES OF 1936
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$1,045.03
Collected
$603.26
Abated
54.00
Uncollected
387.77
$1,045.03
WATER RATES OF 1937
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$6,759.01
Lien accounts reported as rates previous to lien commitment
104.58
Recommitment
16.00
Committed to liens in error
11.00
Committed in 1938
11.00
$6,901.59
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Rates transferred to lien
account
$5,663.38
Collected
510.90
Abated
506.78
Uncollected
220.53
$6,901.59
WATER RATES OF 1938
Committed
$97,119.82
Refunded
279.00
Returned to rates from lien account
5.00
$97,403.82
Collected
$87,577.04
Transferred to liens
3,653.39
Abated
4,504.82
Uncollected
1,668.57
$97,403.82
WATER LIENS
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$26.00
Committed
10,116.02
To adjust liens added to Special
Assessments
29.75
$10,171.77
Collected
$2,093.31
Abatod'
117.02
Reported as rates
104.58
Added to Special Assessment
3,947.74
Uncollected
3,900.14
$10,171.77
216
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
BILLS RECEIVABLE AMBULANCE
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$180.00
Committed
150.00
$330.00
Collected
$165.00
Uncollected
75.00
Abated
90.00
$330.00
HEALTH
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$606.60
Abated
$606.60
$606.60
MOTH WORK
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$1,015.58
Committed
1,750.40
$2,765.98
Collected
$873.00
Added to Special Assessments
630.45
Abated
183.13
Uncollected
1,079.40
$2,765.98
MOTHERS' AID
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$770.03
Committed
2,195.26
$2,965.29
Uncollected
$2,965.29
$2,965.29
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$825.14
Committed
12,941.17
$13,766.31
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Collected
$4,691.51
Credit from State
7,100.37
Disallowed
507.66
Uncollected
1,466.77
$13,766.31
PUBLIC WELFARE
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$1,095.11
Committed
5,817.95
$6,913.06
Collected
$1,949.59
Disallowed
1,341.19
Uncollected
3,622.28
$6,913.06
SCHOOLS
Committed
$1,276.91
Collected
$1,208.27
Disallowed
68.64
$1,276.91
SEA WALL ASSESSMENT
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$1,436.13
Abated $1,436.13
$1,436.13
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Uncollected January 1, 1938
$53.73
Uncollected $53.73
$53.73
At this time I wish to express my utmost apprecia- tion for the co-operation extended to me at all times by each and everyone during my first administration as your Town Collector. I thank you.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH R. DILLON, Town Collector.
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STATEMENT OF DEBT-INTEREST PAYABLE
Dept. Equip.
Pay- able
Loan
Bridge
Town Pier
Harbor Imp. Loan
Water S. Pipe Loan
C. W. A. Water Mains
Water Hum. Pur.
Water Co. Pur.
Total
1939
180.00
192.00
187.50
242.00
760.00
663.75
900.00
21,562.50
24,687.75
1940
120.00
96.00
112.50
190.00
680.00
596.25
800.00
20,625.00
23,219.75
1941
60.00
37.50
140.00
600.00
528.75
700.00
19,687.50
21,753.75
1942
15.00
90.00
520.00
461.25
600.00
18,750.00
20,436.25
1943
40.00
440.00
393.75
500.00
17,812.50
19,186.25
1944
360.00
326.25
400.00
16,875.00
17,961.25
1945
280.00
258.75
300.00
15,937.50
16,776.25
1946
200.00
191.25
200.00
15,000.00
15,591.25
1947
120.00
123.75
100.00
14,062.50
14,406.25
1948
40.00
67.50
13,125.00
13,232.50
1949
12,187.50
12,210.00
1950
11,250.00
11,250.00
1951
10,312.50
10,312.50
1952
9,375.00
9,375.00
1953
8,437.50
8,437.50
1954
7,500.00
7,500.00
1955
6,562.50
6,562.50
1956
5,625.00
5,625.00
1957
4,687.50
4,687.50
1958
3,750.00
3,750.00
1959
2,812.50
2,812.50
1960
1,875.00
1,875.00
1961
937.50
937.50
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375.00
288.00
337.50
702.00
4,000.00 3633.75 4,500.00
258,750.00
272,586.25
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
22.50
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STATEMENT OF DEBT
Pay- able
Dept. Equip. Loan
Bridge
Town Pier
Harbor Imp. Loan
Water S. Pipe Loan
C. W. A. Water
Water Mains
Hum. Pur.
Water Co. Pur.
Total
1939
$3,000.00 $2,400.00
$5,000.00
$5,200.00
$4 000.00
$1,500.00
$2,500.00
$25,000.00
$48,600.00
1940
3,000.00
2,400.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
4 000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
48,400.00
1941
3,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
46,000.00
1942
1,500.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
39,500.00
1943
4,000.00
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
37,000.00
1944
4.000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
33,000.00
1945
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
33,000.00
1946
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
33,000.00
1947
4,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
25,000.00
33,000.00
1948
4,000.00
1,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.CO
1949
25,000.00
26,000.00
1950
25,000.00
25,000.00
1951
25,000.00
25,000.00
1952
25,000.00
25,000.00
1953
25,000.00
25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
25,000.00
1056
25,000.00
25,000.00
1967
25,000.00
25,000.00
1058
25,000.00
25,000.00
1£59
25,000.00
25,000.00
1900
25,000.00
25,000.00
1961
25,000.00
25,000.00
$10,500.00
$4,800.00 $15,000.00 $24,200.00 $40,000.00 $15,500.00 $22,500.00 $575,000.00 $707,500.00
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
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1,000.00
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, I herewith submit the following re- port of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1938.
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.
Bertha A. Davenport, Town Accountant.
GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Current Year:
Poll
$1,960.00
Personal
26,529.39
Real Estato
274,322.00
$302,811.39
Motor Vehicle Excise
12,480.08
Previous Yeare:
Poll
$322.00
Personal
4,200.24
Real Estate
99,346.53
$103,868.77
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,683.86
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax
$31,140.85
Income Tax, Sec. 4, Chapter 362
1,109.03
Corporation Tax-
Public Service
3,736.59
Corporation Tax-Business . 478.94
Corporation Tax-Chapter 108, Acts of 1937 1,018.70
Highway Fund-Chapter 500, Acts of 1938
9,200.00
Smith-Hughes Fund
158.91
George Dean Fund
80.00
Aid to Independent Industrial Schools
1,248.45
Vocational Education 12.00
Tuition State Wards 554.84
State Highways, Moth 65.00
Licenses
90.00
Old Age Assistance, Chapter 438, Acts 1936 50.38
U. S. Grant, Old Age
Assistance, Assistance 12,871.00
U. S. Grant, Old Age
Assistance, Administrative 428.98
U. S. Grant, Aid to
Dependent Children · 1,259.68
$63,503.35
222
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
From the County:
Dog Licenses
$974.04
Licenses and Permits
$5,144.50
Court Fines $99.55
Sealer's Fees
109.40
Shellfish Fees
179.10
Transient Vendor's Fees
250.00
$638.05
Special Assessments:
Moth 1936
$93.12
Moth 1937
103.50
Moth 1938
234.25
$430.87
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Public Welfare
$1,762.76
Old Age Assistance
11,070.77
State Aid
810.00
Military Aid
62.50
Veterans' Exemptions
58.55
$13,764.58
Other Cities and Towns:
Public Welfare
$186.83
Old Age Assistance
721.11
$907.94
Individuals:
Public Welfare
$300.00
General Government:
Selectmen:
Advertising Hearings
$52.25
Sale of Real Estate
863.10
$915.35
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Collector:
Costs $951.28
Treasurer:
Tax Titles redeemed $7,748.08
Town Clerk:
Dog Licenses
$1,132.40
Town Hall:
Telephone tolls $2.65
Police Department: Ambulance
$165.00
Fire Department:
Sale of Cabinet
$10.00
Moth Work
$873.00
Tree Warden:
Sale of Engine
$50.00
Board of Health:
Baby Clinc
$57.00
Dental Clinic
57.75
$114.75
School Department:
Sale of supplies
$65.24
Rent of Auditorium
55.00
Tuition
693.43
$813.67
Zoning Appeal Board:
Advertising Hearings
$5.00
Damage to Hedge
$47.50
Water Department:
Sale of Junk
$12.00
224
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Refunds:
Tax Title Foreclosures
$16.00
Police Department
24.08
Highway Department
8.45
Public Welfare
11.00
Old Age Assistance
58.00
Park Department
25.89
Insurance
61.95
$205.37
WATER DEPARTMENT
Fixture Rates
$44,888.96
Meter Rates
18,085.69
Service Charges
56.97
Miscellaneous Charges
26,210.62
Liens
3,809.93
$93,052.17
INTEREST
On Taxes
$5,706.24
Accrued
10.89
$5,717.13
TRUST FUNDS
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$83.10
Lucy Thomas Fund
25.00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
27.20
Hannah D. Miller Fund
58.56
Cornelia Allen Fund
132.16
Clara T. Bates Fund
58.80
George O. Allen Fund
15.72
Everett Torrey Fund
15.60
Scituate Welfare Fund
25.00
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund .
100.00
$541.14
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
LOANS
Anticipation $330,000.00
Water Loan 40,000.00
Harbor Improvement Loan 24,200.00
Premium on Harbor Improve- ment Loan
107.28
$394,307.28
$1,013,171.10
Balance, January 1, 1938
18,001.61
$1,031,172.71
EXPENDITURES General Government SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,850.00
Associates
1,110.00
$2,960.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$116.34
Printing and Advertising
73.00
Clerical assistance
176.15
Telephone
5.05
Carfares, autos and lunches
412.84
Office expense
225.28
All other
14.00
1,022.66
$3,982.66
DUES - BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Dues
$60.00
226
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$1,750.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage $3.00
Clerical assistance
215.60
Office expense
168.35
386.95
$2,136.95
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$1,800.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$128.93
Printing
48.90
Office expense
97.21
Bond
213.00
Burglary Insurance
22.50
Telephone
16.65
Carfares and expenses
69.75
596.94
$2,396.94
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES
Expenses :
Services
$8.00
Transportation
7.70
Land Court Costs
354.00
Recording of Decrees
16.45
New Certificates
15.00
Notice of Petition
4.00
Notice of Disposition
3.10
$408.25
227
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
TOWN COLLECTOR
Salary
$2,000.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$500.74
Printing
171.25
Advertising Tax Taking
232.00
Recording Takings
62.00
Bonds
466.00
Burglary Insurance
21.93
Clerical assistance
1,446.35
Office expense
109.97
All other
184.83
3,195.07
$5,195.07
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,665.00
Associates
832.50
$2,497.50
Expenses :
Carfares, autos and lunches $133.27
Copying deeds
104.44
Clerical assistance
1,193.60
Banker and Tradesman
10.00
Land Court plans
1.20
Stationery and postage
21.50
Office Expense
217.72
1,681.73
$4,179.23
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTS
Certification of Notes $94.00
228
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
PREMIUM ON LOAN
Printing coupons
$23.16
ADVISORY BOARD
Expenses :
Clerical assistance
$100.00
Printing report
65.70
Photostats
16.00
Office supplies
12.90
$194.60
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Services of Town Counsel
$782.75
Expenses
85.00
Legal Services
25.00
$892.75
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$1,200.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$22.45
Telephone
59.09
Carfares, auto and lunches
45.10
Office expense
120.30
Bond
5.00
Express
.36
Publishing notice
4.00
Printing
2.40
All other
19.25
277.95
$1,477.95
229
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses:
Moderators
$40.00
Registrars
325.25
Election officers
372.00
Printing
313.15
Election lunches
101.52
Posting Warrants
20.00
Publishing Warrants
30.00
Janitors' services
31.00
Office expense
63.01
Stationery and postage
14.50
Microphone and Amplifier Operators
46.00
Repairing Amplifying System
15.95
Votometer
6.14
Signs
18.33
Publishing notices
22.00
Voting booth
5.43
Iron Bases etc. for Election
158.85
Moving rails, posts and bases
41.00
All other
38.00
$1,662.13
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Expenses:
Supplies for listing
$63.50
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Services of Engineers
$934.00
Transportation
10.65
Carfares and lunches
4.30
Tracing cloth
5.64
Blue prints
5.38
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Magnifier
7.00
Lettering Device
1.15
Drawing Table
25.00
Supplies
9.50
Stakes
3.28
Cement bounds
50.00
Truck
2.00
Labor
22.10
$1,080.00
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses:
Publishing notices
$11.50
Clerical services and expenses
9.75
Printing Building Laws
71.60
Supplies
6.25
$99.10
TOWN HALL
Expenses :
Janitor
$300.00
Fuel oil
378.50
Light
163.36
Janitor's Supplies
18.71
Repairs and Maintenance
396.57
Telephones
603.77
Water Rates
16.00
All other
26.40
$1,903.31
TOWN HALL FURNISHINGS
Furnishings
$70.38
TOWN HALL ALTERATIONS
Expenses :
Blue prints
$1.26 940.00
Contract
$941.26
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TOWN HALL VAULT
Expenses :
Contract
$472.30
Wiring
10.00
Door
297.50
$779.80
CIVIC CENTER GROUNDS
Expenses :
Labor
$223.60
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief and Regulars
$16,756.00
Special Officers
3,206.80
$19,962.80
Expenses :
Telephones
$622.82
Fuel and Light
402.50
Office expense
104.61
Stationery and postage
29.30
Printing
68.50
First aid supplies
12.55
Lockup expenses
269.39
Matron
2.00
Equipment
586.85
Automobiles
612.00
Radio Repairs & Maintenance
277.50
Repairs and Maintenance of
automobiles and motor
cycles
1,578.75
Cartridges and targets
48.70
Express
1.65
Police Box lights
27.15
Expenses to New Orleans for Prisoner
150.00
All other
183.57
4,977.84
$24,940.64
232
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
AMBULANCE
Expenses :
Maintenance
$274.31
Laundry
36.60
Supplies
10.50
$321.41
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Engineers
$299.99
Drivers and Fire Alarm
Operators
18,905.35
Firemen
2,837.80
$22,043.14
Expenses :
Office expense
$189.42
Stationery and postage
4.31
Printing
126.45
Clerical assistance
27.50
Allowance
60.00
Apparatus supplies
448.92
Apparatus expenses
652.39
Equipment
832.00
Automobile
313.00
Fuel and light
1,404.53
Telephones
415.66
Fire Alarm Maintenance
96.80
Rent and storage
242.67
Maintenance
1,193.94
Photographic supplies
64.36
Medical Aid
17.90
Express
5.02
All other
71.60
6,166.47
$28,209.61
REMODELING AND ENLARGING BROOK STREET FIRE STATION
Expenses :
Balance of Contract
$890.45.
Closet
10.00
$900.45
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
INCH FOOT LEVY
Inch Foot Levy $26,055 62
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$450.00
Expenses :
Transportation
$100.00
Postage and telephone
3.96
Convention
19.40
Registering and Insuring
Test Tank
8.00
Repairing Test Tank
30.00
Labor on Test Tank and painting
5.00
Weights and case
83.43
Supplies
26.69
276.48
$726.18
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent
$860.70
Expenses:
Trucks
$920.00
Labor
2,138.50
Insecticides
652.16
Equipment
1,000.00
Repairs
86.50
Gasoline and oil
132.83
Spray oil
33.00
Range oil
8.50
Spray hose
116.13
Printing
3.50
Cement
.65
Top Dressing
44.00
Fertilizer
3.36
5,139.13
$5,999.83
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Trucks
$180.00
Labor
679.40
Insecticides
38.49
Suction hose and nozzle
50.00
Gasoline and oil
44.56
Printing signs
6.50
Express
.40
$999.35
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$277.50
Expenses :
Trucks
$205.00
Teams
156.00
Labor
348.40
Repairing cable
1.50
Printing
3.75
Fertilizer
8.55
Gasoline
15.80
739.00
Hurricane-Special:
Trucks
$272.75
Team
61.60
Labor
348.13
682.48
$1,693.98
FOREST FIRES
Expenses :
Fighting Fires
$915.63
Truck Repairs and Maintenance
1,066.09
Hose
240.10
Fire Extinguishers
90.60
Brooms
15.12
Light holders
13.94
Labor
9.70
Maps
2.10
235
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Dinners
32.50
Clerical assistance
11.20
Office expense
1.00
Express
.35
$2,398.33
TOWN FORESTS
Expenses:
Labor
$499.80
BOUNTIES
Expenses:
Bounties on Woodchucks
$173.00
REPAIRS ON BREAKWATERS
Expenses :
Labor
$7.80
Cement
.65
$8.45
Health and Sanitation BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$1,149.99
Expenses :
Office expense
$8.00
Printing
66.37
Box rent
1.35
Use of Cars
188.05
Publishing notice
15.00
Posting and distributing
notices
44.60
School Dentist
720.00
Dental supplies
62.25
Pre-school Dental Clinic
202.50
Well Baby Clinic
240.00
Pre-Diphtheria Clinic
45.00
Supplies for Clinics
20.81
Board and care, Plymouth
County Hospital
572.40
236
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Board and care, Westfield
State Sanatorium
527.50
Animal Inspection
125.00
Quarantine on Dogs
22.00
Slaughtering Inspection
90.00
Milk Inspection
50.00
Plumbing Inspection
134.00
Burying Animals
97.50
Care of Dump
2,927.64
Garbage collection
4,019.95
Cleaning Beaches and
Roadsides
609.50
Vital Statistics
16.75
Vital Statistics to State
111.00
Examination of Milk
8.00
Treatments
8.00
Medical Aid
17.00
Ambulance
16.00
Cleaning cesspools
12.00
Express
6.00
Cylinders of Oxygen
37.02
All other
6.10
11,027.29
$12,177.28
MUSQUASHCUT POND
Expenses :
Services of Engineers
$64.50
Plan and Description of Dam
8.00
Recording License and Plan
3.00
Trucks
665.30
Labor
1,683.55
Lumber
12.28
Paint and brush
2.29
Staples and nails
2.25
Bolts and washers
.80
Wire
9.00
Cement
6.55
Sand
4.13
Loam
85.00
Hinges
1.60
237
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Hasps and padlocks
1.80
Ring bolt
.40
Tools
4.25
Supplies
16.29
Nets
1.50
Fish
14.00
Barrels
3.00
Care and housing of game
40.00
$2,629.49
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
$1,600.00
Upkeep of car
500.00
$2,100.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
1938 Assessment
$5,392.51
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Trucks
$87.50
Labor
31.50
Use of car
17.00
Publishing notice
3.00
Printing posters
2.00
Care of rubbish can
6.00
$147.00
MOSQUITO CONTROL MAINTENANCE
Assessment
$2,500.00
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Services of Engineers
$1,759.55
Plans
16.28
Use of cars and meals
59.50
Use of boat
15.00
Advertising hearing
3.00
Janitors' services at hearing
5.00
$1,858.33
238
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Highways HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$2,035.00
Use of car
250.00
Office expense
26.77
Stationery and postage
1.50
Clerical assistance
1,510.00
Telephone
64.75
Light and power
410.16
Freight and express
52.44
First Aid supplies
7.24
Blue prints
.20
Trucks
7,492.93
Teams
283.75
Labor
28,220.59
Gasoline shovel
130.00
Equipment and repairs
6,283.94
Stone
389.95
Sand and Gravel
787.40
Toncan Culvert pipe
1,907.84
Drain pipe
866.57
Grates and Frames
998.75
Road Surfacing Material
16,940.51
Shovels
391.82
Gasoline and oil
1,748.37
Lumber
581.97
Cedar Posts
429.60
Paint
540.33
Paint Brushes
13.28
Paint Cans
4.13
Washers, bolts and screws
12.93
Spikes and nails
30.69
Services of Engineers
4.00
Coal
271.10
Kerosene
70.92
Lanterns and Globes
64.33
Torches
9.31
Cement Blocks
746.37
Cement
461.75
Blasting
153.33
239
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Rent
270.00
Loam
273.50
Grass seed
13.25
Oakum
40.74
Jute
19.20
Stakes and milling
15.50
Pipe and couplings
422.86
Threading and cutting pipe
6.09
Brick
26.37
Water rates
10.00
Form wire
13.75
Street brooms
55.34
Grease
13.50
Electrical work
92.40
Painting streets
540.90
Replacing broken spring
9.75
Sealing and adjusting scales
2.00
Chain Fence
101.25
Plate fee
4.00
Sign Posts
4.00
Repairing signs
5.75
Printing signs
25.00
Staples
1.80
Glass and putty
3.57
Hose and couplings
21.98
Steel rods
25.02
Channel Drain
26.40
Rental of Truck
60.00
Anti-Freeze
37.80
Electrical supplies
92.91
Building Stone Wall
125.00
Steel covers
20.50
Tools
285.45
Supplies
148.02
$77,008.12
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses :
Trucks and Plows
$8,153.55
Sidewalk Plow
41.25
Labor
9,064.71
Equipment and repairs
1,483.06
240
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Snow Plows
557.00
Shovels
52.20
Sand
190.05
Salt
297.32
Publishing notice
4.00
Snow Fence posts
77.00
Paint
2.33
Form Wire
11.55
Gasoline
25.62
Coal
28.00
Express
10.70
Supplies
.66
$19,999.00
CEDARWOOD ROAD AND FAIRVIEW AVENUE
Expenses :
Trucks
$460.26
Labor
608.20
Gasoline Shovel
130.00
Awards
225.00
$1,423.46
STUDLEY ROYAL ROAD
Expenses :
Trucks
$87.50
Labor
237.25
$324.75
GANNETT ROAD
Expenses :
Advertising for bids
$46.90
Contract
1,857.11
Frames and Grates
313.75
$2,217.76
HIGHWAY FUND, CHAPTER 500, ACTS 1938
Expenses :
Trucks
$1,655.91
Teams
106.40
Labor
4,583.20
Stone
1,362.43
Blasting
37.41
241
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Sharpening tools
12.15
Soft coal
90.68
Gasoline and oil
46.97
Kerosene
.60
Repairs
44.17
Pipe
7.20
Road surfacing material
1,249.98
Supplies
2.79
$9,199.89
NEW TOWN WAY - SPECIAL
Payment in accordance with
Chapter 235, Acts 1936
$8,000.00
TOWN WAY PARKING SPACE
Expenses :
Trucks
$1,171.01
Teams
33.60
Labor
4,428.27
Gasoline Shovel
235.00
Toncan Culvert Pipe
995.51
Cement Blocks
143.10
Sluice Gate
9.06
Sand and Gravel
41.88
Plans for Comfort Station
13.50
Installing Conduit
22.68
Lumber
38.15
Nails
.70
Hammer handle
.50
Cement
65.65
Road Surfacing Material
218.34
$7,416.95
LAND NEAR PEGGOTTY BEACH
Expenses :
Trucks
$2,015.13
Teams
87.50
Labor
3,645.03
Toncan Culvert Pipe
261.54
Road Surfacing Material
345.00
Award
50.00
$6,404.20
242
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - SPECIAL
Expenses :
Purchase of old Standard Oil Plant $3,000.00
STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BEACONS
Expenses :
Street Lights
$10,173.73
Traffic Beacons
86.89
$10,260.62
SIGNS
Expenses :
Labor
$3.75
Signs
339:06
Posts
16.02
Repairing and placing signs
80.30
Painting and lettering signs
6.50
Lumber
.50
Paint and brushes
1.90
Express
.49
$448.52
WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration:
Salaries
$700.00
Office expense
23.61
Stationery and printing
130.33
Telephone
4.20
Postage
8.55
Clerical assistance
977.00
Carfares, use of cars and lunches
266.44
All other
2.40
$2,112.53
Outside Relief :
Groceries and provisions
9,075.09
Board and care
3,028.71
Medical aid and medicine
2,023.20
Fuel
1,935.40
Cash Aid
1,074.25
243
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Rent
1,917.80
Clothing
275.51
Funerals
275.00
Trucking Federal
Commodities
277.20
Moving and packing
Federal Commodities
14.63
Fuel for Commodities office
71.92
Telephone for
Commodities office
33.84
Supplies for
Commodities office
9.25
Rent of Warehouse
for Commodities
4.00
Processing butter for
Commodities office
17.88
Administration expense-
Surplus Commodities
Division
125.63
Certifying Agent
910.00
Postage for
Certifying office
1.00
Relief by other Cities and Towns
2,192.73
All other
123.54
28,386.58
$25,499.11
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Expenses :
Stationery and printing
$$2.50
Supplies
2.56
Cash Aid
4,353.24
$4,388.40
U. S. GRANT-AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Cash Aid $1,219.50
244
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Expenses:
Board and care
$106.00
Medical aid and medicine
196.20
Funerals
200.00
Federal adjustments
87.59
Relief by other Cities and Towns
243.50
Cash Aid
$18,740.19
$19,573.48
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE
Cash Aid
$12,868.50
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical assistance
$417.00
Stationery and postage
47.20
Printing
8.00
Office supplies
28.45
Use of car
35.31
Certificate of naturalization
.50
$536.46
Soldiers' Benefits SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Expenses:
Printing
$10.25
Office supplies
2.35
Groceries and provisions
1,444.03
Board and care
200.19
Medical aid and medicine
329.37
Funeral
98.00
Burial Agent
2.00
Fuel
623.01
Cash Aid
4,566.00
Pent
252.48
245
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Clothing
57.39
All other
42.09
$7,627.16
State Aid
1,080.00
Military Aid
300.00
$9,007.16
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Salaries
$60,465.50
Expenses
29,310.25
$89,775.75
See School Report for Detail
GEORGE DEAN FUND
Expenses :
Transportation
$2 28
CIVIC CENTER GROUNDS-HIGH SCHOOL
Expenses :
Trucks
$40.93
Labor
699.50
Loam
10.00
Tennis Court Clay
249:48
Calcium Chloride
16.44
Lime
9.40
Tennis net and cable
15.27
Tennis Tape
6.75
Repairs on tennis courts
213.72
Tennis Staples
.90
Painting Tennis Courts
28.25
Painting fence around Tennis Courts
97.50
Water
10.00
Mowing hay and hauling
18.00
Repairing Field Hockey Goal Posts
2.85
Moving fence posts
5.00
Sharpening mowers
36.40
Gasoline and grease
5.48
Shutting off water in
Comfort Station
3.30
Tools
2.39
Supplies
4.19
$1,475.75
246
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian
$240.00
Janitor
300.00
Books
266.91
Periodicals
46.15
Fuel and light
134.32
Repairing Building
340.25
Water rates
26.00
Light bulbs
1.80
Paper and paste
.70
Insurance
42.00
$1,398.13
PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarians
$300.00
Janitor
121.00
Books
729.44
Periodicals
65.15
Binding Books
24.66
Fuel and light
116.35
Filing cabinet
6.50
Repairs
8.44
Printing
13.75
Postage
.96
Supplies
12.51
$1,398.76
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Labor
$1,766.70
Ford Pick Up
588.00
Maintenance of truck
11.70
Gasoline and oil
46.71
Water
80.00
Loam
52.50
Grass seed
13.39
Geraniums
12.00
247
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
Repairing and sharpening lawn
mowers
58.00
Storage
10.00
Sheet rock
11.34
Lumber
11.57
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