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332.95
Gravel
1,165.00
Use of Equipment
330.00
Rip Rap
6,221.68
Stone Chips
398.00
9,187.75
CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE
Expenses:
Labor
$2,818.59
Pipe
1,903.45
Blocks
236.64
Grates and Frames
200.88
Sand and Gravel
84.25
Rental of Equipment
937.00
Gasoline
291.00
Survevor Stakes
18.00
Engineering Services
6.60
Supplies
3.34
6,499.75
STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BEACONS
Expenses:
Street Lights
$13,495.88
Traffic Beacons
291.35
Care of Lights
75.00
All Other
268.98
14,131.21
SIGNS
Expenses:
Labor
$742.16
Trucks
24.00
Signs
835.72
Materials and Supplies for Signs
118.68
Pipe
258.76
Express
11.57
1,990.89
WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration:
Salaries
$1,317.95
Clerical Assistance
1,387.90
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
62.77
Stationery and Postage
85.94
Office Expense
190.66
$3,045.22
129
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Outside Relief:
Groceries and Provisions
$646.92
Fuel
149.38
Board and Care
5,195.98
Medical Aid and Medicine
582.17
Cash Aid
4,427.50
Clothing
180.21
Funeral
150.00
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
1,067.50
All Other
63.69
12,463.35
15.508.57
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Aid
12,049.03
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$302.34
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
13.51
315.85
U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Aid
8,655.38
U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$261.97
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
26.31
Office Expense
83.75
372.03
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Expenses:
Cash Aid
$67,626.34
Relief by Other Cities and Towns 833.59
68,459.93
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$1,524.34
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
38.68
Printing, Stationery and Postage
15.29
Office Expense
3.01
1,581.32
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cash Aid
41,509.84
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses: Clerical Assistance $1,241.43
130
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
38.14
Office Expense
94.25
Postage
.90
All Other
19.85
1,394.57
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Expenses:
Fuel
$239.27
Medical Aid and Supplies
139.70
Groceries
516.47
Cash Aid
2,135.25
Funeral
296.00
Board and Care - Hospitals
239.12
Clothing
55.40
All Other
81.34
3,702.55
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$185,630.67
Expenses
68,886.24
254,516.91
See School Report for detail.
PLANS - HIGH SCHOOL 1950
Expenses:
Printing and Delivering Reports
$318.55
Test Borings
284.87
Consulting Services
150.00
Labor
20.00
773.42
REMODELING AND ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL
Plans
8,000.00
ATHLETIC FIELD AND TENNIS COURTS - CIVIC CENTER
Expenses:
Contract
$5,042.50
Pipe
24.75
Resurfacing Courts
809.96
6,551.00
LUNCH PROGRAM - HIGH
Expenses:
Services
$1,033.75
Groceries and Provisions
12,066.86
Laundry
25.20
Supplies
188.21
Express
25.63
Advertising
2.50
13,342.15
131
673.79
Engineering Services
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
LUNCH PROGRAM - ELEMENTARY
Expenses:
Services
$3,652.50
Groceries and Provisions
17,846.97
Equipment and Supplies
674.29
Printing
23.80
Express
50.66
All Other
58.06
22,306.28
ATHLETIC FUND
Expenses:
Services
$354.50
Equipment and Supplies
823.64
Laundry
53.70
Taxes
139.42
Use of Baseball Field
10.00
All Other
34.73
1,415.99
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian
$1,200.00
Assistant
125.42
Janitor
305.00
Books
1,053.38
Fuel
362.29
Light
84.40
Insurance
78.90
Water Rates
23.00
Repairs
489.88
Printing, Stationery and Postage
14.75
Library Supplies
237.37
3,974.39
PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian
$1,200.00
Janitor
192.00
Books
709.68
Fuel
253.79
Light
48.68
Water Rates
13.00
Periodicals
110.45
Library Supplies
58.80
Repairs
242.45
Insurance
152.06
Telephone
37.12
Advertising
32.50
3,050.53
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Labor
$5,393.89
132
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Water Rates
113.37
Insurance
51.24
Light
41.04
Truck Maintenance
346.02
Mowers and Sharpening Same
192.88
Supplies
308.32
Use of Roller
112.00
Repairing and Painting Buildings
900.49
Recreational Equipment
138.88
Trees
75.46
Loam and Fertilizer
275.70
Installing. Maintenance and Removal of Tree Lights
63.00
All Other
107.50
8.419.79
BAND CONCERTS
Concerts
500.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses:
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
$1.849.70
Printing and Advertising
658.36
Checking Cars
404.74
Services of Auctioneer
15.00
Disposal of Dogs
71.50
Disposal of Animals
22.00
Dinners
20.92
Recording Layouts and Deeds
68.61
Drinking Fountain
38.20
All Other
86.37
3.235.40
INSURANCE
Expenses:
Emplovers and Public Liability
$6.501.61
All Other
15.00
6.516.61
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses:
Care of Comfort Station - Minot
$50.00
Care of Comfort Station - Harbor
238.14
Water Rates
96.00
Painting - Interior Cudworth House
34.00
Installing Radiator and Painting Police Station
675.00
Building and Plumbing Repairs
95.50
Supplies
67.27
Light
1.268.91
BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Bills of 1950
426.34
CHANNEL MARKINGS
75.00
Markings
13.00
133
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment 100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
1,040.75
ARMISTICE DAY
Observance of Armistice Day
15.00
QUARTERS FOR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Rent
350.00
CONTROL OF SHELLFISH
Expenses:
Salary
$2,859.43
Labor
626.94
Boat Maintenance
112.72
Use of Car
244.80
3,843.89
FISH AND GAME CONSERVATION
Expenses:
Trout
$91.00
Grain
108.80
199.80
LIFEGUARD - SAND HILLS BEACH
Expenses:
Salary
$468.60
Supplies
6.63
475.23
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Expenses:
Salary
$2,240.00
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
500.42
Clerical Assistance
94.00
Services - Building Board
54.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
62.97
Office Expense
103.75
Advertising
25.58
Telephone
.60
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Expenses:
Salary
$1,403.00
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
87.67
Photostatic Copies
24.40
Telephone
428.00
Stationery and Postage
19.50
3,081.32
134
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Typewriter Rental All Other
15.00
22.18
1,999.75
DOG OFFICER
Services
125.00
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$168.00
Advertising
51.25
Postage
52.03
Office Expense
1.60
272.88
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PENSIONS
Retirement
7,350.00
RETROACTIVE PAY
Salaries
2,079.06
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Expenses:
Installing Transmitter and Receiver - Fire
$1,822.85
Printing
30.00
1,852.85
COMMITTEE - TOWN MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Expenses:
Office Supplies
3.05
REFUNDS
Taxes
$1,582.68
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,347.10
Water
131.83
Moth 1951
3.00
Tailings
47.68
Estimated Receipts
16.19
4,128.48
WATER DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
... Administration
$9,889.34
General
43,369.80
Pumping Station
10,147.50
Service Pipe
5.00
Property Maintenance
1,055.98
64,467.62.
CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS
Expenses:
$1,940.00
Pump
135
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Supplies
11.04
1.951.04
WATER SYSTEM - ROUTE 3A
Expenses:
Supplies
$191.60
Pipe
37.54
Express
4.36
233.50
EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS
Expenses:
Pipe
4.995.92
EMERGENCY - WELL
Expenses:
Cutting Down and Removing Tree
$115.00
Use of Equipment
354.00
Drilling Well
4,269.00
Fill
896.00
5.634.00
LAWSON TOWER
Expenses:
Care of Clock
$110.00
Supplies
4.99
Contract - Water Tower
850.00
Repairing Tower
652.23
Labor
7.50
Mowing
20.00
1,644.72
PUBLIC LANDINGS
Expenses:
Salary of Harbor Master
$1,360.00
Repairs and Launching Floats and Piers
611.29
Water Rates
18.53
Use of Power Boat
10.00
Supplies
91.95
Crane Service
45.00
2,136.77
CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES
Care of Graves
630.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Revenue Loan
$626.88
Reimbursement Loan
49.50
School Loan
10,150.00
Fire Loan
62.50
10,888.88
136
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
INTEREST - WATER LOANS
Loans
10,950.00
MATURING DEBT
School Loan
$35,000.00
Fire Equipment Loan
4,000.00
39,000.00
MATURING DEBT - WATER LOANS
Loans
30,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue $150,000.00 12,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
162,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
State Parks and Reservations
$1,151.44
Auditing Municipal Accounts
633.85
County Tax
44,523.89
46,309.18
TRUST
Expenses:
Cash Aid
643.03
DOG LICENSES
Proceeds from Dog Licenses
1,344.65
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Withheld Taxes
40,551.40
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Withheld for Retirement
11,042,42
.
$1,425,088.41
Balance, December 31, 1951
372,697.95
$1,797,786.36
137
SUMMARY
Balance January 1, 1951
tions 1951
and Transfers
Totals
tures
$5,900.00
$5,900.00
Selectmen's Department
$5,393.67
$506.33
70.00
70.00
Dues - Boston Chamber of Commerce
70.00
4,345.00
4,345.00
Accounting Department
4,304.47
40.53
4,693.00
4,693.00
Treasurer's Department
4,628.38
64.62
500.00
500.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
429.49
70.51
8,403.00
200.00
8,603.00
Collectors' Department
8,584.55
18.45
9,445.00
9,445.00
Assessors' Department
8,964.81
480.19
24.00
24.00
Certification of Notes
10.00
14.00
500.00
75.00
575.00
Advisory Committee
550.65
24.35
1,800.00
1,800.00
Law Department
1,800.00
2,994.59
45.00
3,039.59
Town Clerk's Department
3,037.37
2.22
1,325.00
302.08
1,627.08
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations
1,627.08
125.00
125.00
Moderator
125.00
6,257.00
6,257.00
Engineering Department
6,222.32
34.68
2,000.00
2,000.00
Planning Board
1,809.27
190.73
2,268.00
2,268.00
Town Hall
2,263.93
4.07
49,835.00
49,835.00
Police Department
49,834.98
.02
3,000.00
3,000.00
Police Department - Special
2,503.63
496.37
1,000.00
200.00
1,200.00
Ambulance
1,119.10
80.90
1,200.00
1,200.00
Annuity - Chapter 32, Section 89, General Laws
1,200.00
600.00
600.00
Purchase of Police Car
430.10
169.90
86,020.00
1.15
86,021.15
Fire Department
84,531.26
1,489.89
10,000.00
10,000.00
Purchase of Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon
9,990.00
10.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
Purchase of Fire Car
1,400.00
600.00
600.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
600.00
7,100.00
7,100.00
Moth Department
7,099.96
.04
1,600.00
1,600.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,596.63
3.37
3,400.00
3,400.00
Tree Warden
3,398.38
1.62
900.00
900.00
Town Forests
898.26
1.74
100.00
100.00
Bounties
71.00
29.00
.
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
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Appropria- Receipts
1951
Balance Expendi- December 31. 1951
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1951
Appropria- tions 1951
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures
31. 1951
2,300.00
2,300.00
Trimming Bushes - Roadsides
2.297.30
2.70
3,000.00
1,400.00
4,400.00
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
4,398.74
1.26
2,500.00
2,500.00
Forest Fires
2,227.03
272.97
29,000.00
29,000.00
Health Department
28,774.43
225.57
4,000.00
4,000.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance
4,000.00
14,796.90
11,000.00
25,796.90
Shore Protection
7,500.00
18,296.90
1,927.75
1,927.75
Greenhead Fly Control Project
1,927.75
102,381.60
102,381.60
Highway Department
102,380.04
1.56
18,362.18
5,364.30
23,726.48
Snow Removal
23,718.52
7.96
51.60
51.60
Widening First Parish Road
51.60
24.21
24.21
Country Way
24.21
345.64
345.64
Construction - Gannett and First Parish Roads
44.50
301.14
854.86
854.86
Construction - Gannett Road
629.20
225.66
6,500.00
18,571.33
25,071.33
Construction - Gannett Road 1951
19,997.99
5,073.34
1,000.00
1,000.00
Land Damage - Gannett Road
301.00
699.00
3,300.00
3,300.00
Purchase of Equipment - Highway
3,300.00
2,450.00
2,450.00
Tenth Avenue
2,448.96
1.04
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,998.57
1.43
10,000.00
10,000.00
Emergency - Glades Road
9,782.20
217.80
6,500.00
6,500.00
6,499.75
.25
14,210.00
14,210.00
14,131.21
78.79
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
Signs
1,990.89
9.11
18,000.00
173.13
18,173.13
15,508.57
2.664.56
12,000.00
54.00
12,054.00
12,049.03
4.97
325.00
. 325.00
315.85
9.15
10,656.78
7,483.73
18,140.51
8,655.38
9,485.13
775.53
731.64
1,507.17
372.03
1,135.14
68,000.00
522.60
68,522.60
Old Age Assistance
68,459.93
62.67
1,600.00
1,600.00
Old Age Assistance - Administrative
1,581.32
18.68
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Carver Avenue
Construction of Drainage
Street Lights and Beacons
Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children - Administratiive
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children - Ad- ministrative
1951
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SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1951
Appropria- tions 1951
Receipts and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures 31.1951
19,414.88
48,411.20
67,826.08
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance
41,509.84
26,316.24
1,228.30
2,601.04
3,829.34
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance - Administra- tive
1,394.57
2,434.77
6,000.00
6,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
3,702.55
2,297.45
254,380.00
137.06
254,517.06
School Department
254,516.91
.15
10.00
10.00
George Barden Fund
10.00
427.55
427.55
Adult Classes
427.55
6,324.25
6,324.25
Plans - High School
773.42
5,550.83
97,169.92
97,169.92
Remodeling and Addition - High School
8,000.00
89,169.92
6,551.00
6,551.00
Athletic Field and Courts - Civic Center
6,551.00
767.87
14,147.73
14,915.60
Lunch Program - High
13,342.15
1,573.45
1,541.31
22,671.51
24,212.82
22,306.28
1,906.54
857.13
2,061.35
2,918.48
Athletic Fund
1,415.99
1,502.49
3,400.00
582.52
3,982.52
3,974.39
8.13
2,500.00
582.53
3,082.53
3,050.53
32.00
8,420.00
8,420.00
Park Department
8,419.79
.21
500.00
500.00
Band Concerts
500.00
1.00
1.00
Parcel - Meeting House Lane
1.00
3,200.00
39.21
3,239.21
Unclassified
3,235.40
3.81
11,710.87
11,710.87
6,516.61
5,194.26
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,268.91
231.09
426.34
426.34
Bills of Previous Years
426.34
75.00
75.00
Channel Markings
75.00
100.00
100.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Memorial Day
1,040.75
159.25
60.00
60.00
Armistice Day
15.00
45.00
350.00
350.00
Quarters for Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
613.73
2,760.00
3,873.73
Control of Shellfish
3,843.89
29.84
200.00
200.00
199.80
.20
500.00
500.00
Lifeguard - Sand Hills Beach
475.23
24.77
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Lunch Program - Elementary
Allen Memorial Library
Peirce Memorial Library
Insurance
Public Buildings
500.00
Fish and Game Conservation
1951
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1951
tions 1951
and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures
3,250.00
3,250.00
Building Inspector
3,08132
168.68
2,000.00
2,000.00
Director of Veterans' Services
1,999.75
.25
125.00
125.00
Dog Officer
125.00
225.00
100.00
325.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
272.88
52.12
7,350.00
7,350.00
Retirement System and Pensions
7,350.00
2.500.00
2,500.00
Retroactive Pay
2.079.06
420.94
2,000.00
675.00
2,675.00
Civilian Defense
1,852.85
822.15
100.00
100.00
Committee - Town Manager
3.05
96.95
66,190.00
66,310.00
Water Department
64.467.62
1,842.38
1,951.25
Construction of Wells
1,951.04
.21
5,000.00
5,000.00
Extension of Water Mains
4,995.92
4.08
242.17
242.17
Water System - Route 3A
233.50
8.67
2.000.00
2,000.00
Lawson Tower
1,644.72
355.28
2,400.00
2,400.00
Public Landings
2,136.77
263.23
700.00
700.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
630.00
70.00
11,762.00
11,762.00
Interest
10,886.63
875.37
10,949.50
.50
10,950.00
Interest - Water Loans
10,950.00
39,000.00
39,000.00
Maturing Debt
39,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
Maturing Debt - Water Loans
30,000.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
120.00 1,951.25
141
Appropria- Receipts
1951
31. 1951
BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1951
General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
In Banks and Office
$372,697.95
Petty Cash Advances: Collector
$40.00
Water Department
15.00
County Retirement 1,163.51
Road Machinery Fund
878.88
Everett Torrey Park Fund Income
46.80
Sale of Real Estate Fund
355.00
142
Levy of 1949:
Poll
$32.00
Levy of 1950:
Poll
$462.00
Personal
368.48
Real
7,528.69
8,359.17
Levy of 1951:
Administration
$1.135.14
Poll
$530.00
Personal
4,070.70
Real
53,985.67
George Barden Fund
10.00
58,586.37
66,977.54
Appropriation Balances:
$496.37
Levy of 1949
$226.54
Levy of 1950
872.68
Levy of 1951
6,566.70
Shore Protection 18,296.90
7,665.92
Widening First Parish Road
51.60
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
$2,434.77
Assistance 26,316.24
$28.751.01
Aid to Dependent Children:
Assistance 9,485.13
10,620.27
39,381.28
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Police Department - Special
Purchase of Pumping Engine and Hose Wagon 10.00
55.00
$372,752.95
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances $55.00
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks 175.87
Withholding Taxes 4,603.52
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Moth Assessments:
Road Machinery
500.33
Levy of 1950
$20.00
Chapter 90-Highway Maintenance 1,007.59
Levy of 1951
31.00
Construction-Gannett Road 225.66
Construction - Gannett and First Parish Roads 301.14
Tax Titles
3,887.98
Tax Possessions
2,804.88
Land Damages-Gannett Road 699.00
Emergency-Glades Road 217.80
Construction of Bridge 4,750.00
Plans-High School
5,550.83
Remodeling and Addition to Higli School 89,169.92
Adult Classes
427.55
Parcel-Meeting House Lane
1.00
Construction of Wall-Glades Road
500.00
Civilian Defense
822.15
1950
$1,063.82
1951
10,174.15
11,237.97
Land-No. Scituate R. R. Station
9,000.00
Water Department
1,821.00
Construction of Wells
.21
Water System-Route 3A 8.67
Water Main-Kent Street
15,000.00
154,052.22
State Aid to Highways
4,286.25
Lunch Program-High School
1,573.45
County Aid to Highways
2,143.13
Lunch Program-Elementary
1,906.54
Chapter 90 - Construction
10,000.00
Athletic Fund
1,502.49
Emergency - Well
5,634.00
29,154.97
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation
9,097.97
Overlays Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:
Loans Authorized
886,000.00
Overlay 1949 $32.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
143
Rates and Charges:
$230.78
Veterans' Benefits
127.25
School Department
19.60
377.63
Water Department:
Committee-Town Manager Form of Government 96.95
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1950
$219.74
Levy of 1951
725.53
945.27
Country Way 24.21
51.00
Construction-Gannett Road 1951 ..
5,073.34
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Underestimates: Plymouth County Hospital
Overlay 1950
8,359.17
Overlay 1951 5,031.11
13,422.28
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$7,665.92
Tax Title 3,887.98
Tax Possessions
2.804.88
Departmental
377.63
Special Assessment
51.00
Water
12,183.24
26,970.65
Tax Title Receipts Reserved
154.12
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue
6,428.67
School Construction Authorized from Post-War Fund
9,097.97
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Reimburse- ment
10,000.00
Loans Authorized and Unissued
886,000.00
Overestimates:
State Parks and Reservations $149.17
County Tax
4,658.11
4.807.28
Surplus Revenue
193,179.85
$1,384,910.35
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
144
1,047.86
$1,384,910.35
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Trust Funds
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities .... $39,722.27
Charity 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
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
4,000.00
Scituate Welfare Fund
322.25
Ella Gertrude Gardner Fund
9,107,53
$26,002.82
Everett Torrey Park Fund
410.33
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund
264.21
Post-War Savings Fund
13,044.91
$39,722.27
$39,722.27
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
145
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan and Rate Water, 334 per cent
Due
Amount
Total
1952
$25,000.00
1953
25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
1956
25,000.00
1957
25.000.00
1958
25,000.00
1959
25.000.00
1960
25.000.00
1961
25,000.00
$250,000.00
Water, 11/2 per cent
1952
$5.000.00
1953
5,000.00
1954
5,000.00
1955
5,000.00
1956
5,000.00
1957
5,000.00
1958
5,000.00
1959
5,000.00
Fire Equipment Loan, 11/4 per cent
1952
$25,000.00
1953
25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
1956
25,000.00
1957
25,000.00
1958
25.000.00
1959
25,000.00
1960
25,000.00
1961
25,000.00
1962
25,000.00
1963
25,000.00
1964
25,000.00
1965
25,000.00
1966
25,000.00
1967
25,000.00
1968
25,000.00
425,000.00
School Loan, 13/4 per cent
1952
$10,000.00
1953
10,000.00
1954
10,000.00
1955
10,000.00
1956
10,000.00
1957
10.000.00
1958
10,000.00
1959
5.000.00
1960
5,000.00
1961
5,000.00
1962
5,000.00
1963
5,000.00
1964
5,000.00
1965
5,000.00
1966
5,000.00
1952
$3,000.00
40,000.00 3,000.00
School Loan, 13/4 per cent
146
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1967
5,000.00
1968
5,000.00
120,000.00
$838,000.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Wm. Otis Andrews
$953.27
William F. Slattery
770.00
Robert H. Tilden
1,466.67
$3,189.94
Expenses:
Helen L. Day
$1,763.27
Massachusetts Selectmen's Ass'n
25.00
Wm. Otis Andrews
70.21
Robert H. Tilden
87.74
Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.
3.00
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.
122.50
William F. Slattery
73.50
Plymouth County Selectmen's Ass'n
6.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
5.34
Sanderson Brothers
11.22
Dolby Business Machines
3.70
Franklin Publishing Co.
29.25
Walter F. Costello
3.00
2,203.73
$5,393.67
DUES - BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Expense:
Maritime Ass'n of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
$70.00
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Elizabeth Cole
$3,500.00
Expenses:
Velma Ahola
$332.50
Barbara Cole
128.00
Velma Lee
44.00
South Shore Office Supply and Equipment, Inc.
4.20
New England States and Municipal Finance Officers Association
1.00
Bailey's, Inc.
12.17
H. B. McArdle
30.25
Mass. Municipal Auditors and Accountants Ass'n
3.00
Elizabeth Cole
106.89
Anna E. Murphy, P. M.
10.00
Dolby Business Machines
6.50
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
33.98
Walter F. Costello
3.00
147
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Sanderson Brothers
88.98
804.47
$4,304.47
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Rose A. Smith
$3,000.00
Expenses:
Sanderson Brothers
$116.00
William M. Wade
18.00
Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.
377.99
Miriam E. Klueber
10.00
Rose A. Smith, Treas.
203.51
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
13.69
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
29.25
Massachusetts Collectors' and Treasurers' Ass'n
2.00
Kenmure W. Moffatt
204.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
66.44
Thomas Groom & Co., Inc.
15.00
Robert W. Dwyer
400.00
The Todd Sales Co.
172.50
1,628.38
$4,628.38
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES
Expenses:
Laurence F. Davis
$428.59
Rose A. Smith, Treas.
.90
$429.49
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Joseph R. Dillon
$3,500.00
Expenses:
Annie E. Wilder
$2,071.69
Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.
498.03
Sanderson Brothers
286.14
Kenmure W. Moffatt
481.25
Obrion, Russell & Co.
5.00
Joseph R. Dillon
465.38
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
156.40
South Shore Office Supply and Equipment, Inc.
31.06
Massachusetts Collectors' and Treasurers' Ass'n
2.00
William C. Gregory
40.00
H. B. McArdle
24.50
Massachusetts Deputy Collectors' Ass'n
1.00
Velma Ahola
830.50
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
3.00
Franklin Publishing Co.
98.60
The Jamaica Press
5.50
148
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
John L. Rothery Co.
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
76.40 8.10
5,084.55
$8,584.55
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Henry T. Fitts
$3,293.91
Stanley F. Murphy
825.00
Paul A. Reynolds
825.00
$4.943.91
Expenses:
Katherine R. Flaherty
$1,869.91
Association of Massachusetts Assessors
9.00
Banker & Tradesman
15.00
The Satuit Press
17.25
The Stoneham Independent, Inc.
1.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
422.30
Henry T. Fitts
31.85
Richard W. Holm, Register
268.00
Stanley F. Murphy
322.81
Paul A. Reynolds
194.11
Bailey's, Inc.
18.80
H. B. McArdle
10.20
Dolby Business Machines
24.75
The National Cash Register Co.
24.00
Dorothy McLean
699.92
Edith M. Farrington
11.75
The Lighthouse Mart
17.30
Ethyl M. Duffey, P. M.
18.00
Land Court
2.40
Franklin Publishing Co.
2.80
B. L. Makepeace, Inc.
31.80
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
7.95
4,020.90
$8,964.81
CERTIFICATION OF NOTES
Expense:
Francis X. Lang, Director of Accounts
$10.00
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Expenses:
George J. Mitchell
$250.00
Franklin Publishing Co.
7.10
The Satuit Press
34.50
Sanderson Brothers
191.30
Adelaide E. Messenger
52.75
Ass'n. of Town Finance Committees
10.00
Mirror
5.00
$550.65
149
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expense:
Alfred C. Blake
$1,800.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
William M. Wade
$1,720.00
Expenses:
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
$40.55
Roval Typewriter Co., Inc.
97.50
Pauline M. Fitts
880.00
William M. Wade
187.70
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
79.62
The National Institute of Municipal Clerk, Inc.
10.00
Franklin Publishing Co.
3.50
The Satuit Press
7.00
The Jamaica Press
11.50
1,317.37
$3,037.37
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses:
Hingham Journal
$147.50
Thomas Groom & Co., Inc.
35.00
Franklin Publishing Co.
150.75
Dolby Business Machines
20.00
Walter Flaherty
39.00
Daniel J. Queeney
39.00
Bertha L. Turner
39.00
Standard Modern Printing Co.
71.00
Lawson C. Vickery
22.00
John A. Cogswell
27.00
Jack E. Humason
80.00
William M. Wade
52.86
Norman Withem
5.00
Charles Zimmerman
5.00
Paul Young
25.00
Don W. Freeman
15.00
Robert P. O'Hern
15.00
John J. Steverman
15.00
Norman Reddy
15.00
George F. Murphy
15.00
Lco P. Murphy
15.00
Donald Quinn
38.00
Barbara Tobin
25.00
John J. Lonergan
20.00
Charlotte L. Chessia
20.00
Ruth M. Mevers
25.00
Evelyn Ferreira
7.50
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
95.97
High School Cafeteria
71.00
David LaVange
5.00
150
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Fred A. LaVange
5.00
Peter Spirkoff
5.00
Rogers W. Harwood
15.00
Frank W. Dowd
15.00
Paul R. Harrigan
15.00
Charles S. Connolly
15.00
Grace B. McPherson
15.00
Paul F. Spencer
15.00
M. Josephine McCarthy
15.00
Annie Barry
10.00
Paul Young Motors
10.00
Edith C. Morrow
51.00
Spaulding-Moss Co.
205.50
Francis J. Lynch
10.00
Hobbs' Electrical Co., Inc.
60.00
William B. Pepper
10.00
$1.627.08
MODERATOR
Expenses:
Philip S. Bailey
$121.58
Nathaniel Tilden
3.42
$125.00
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Salary:
John E. Bamber
$4,160.00
Expenses:
John E. Bamber
$468.05
Paul R. James
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