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9,809.03
10,127.40
LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
7,800.00
Water Loan
50.000.00
307,800.00
$1,433,068.67
Balance, January 1, 1949
818,019.67
$2,251,088.34
EXPENDITURES General Government SELECTMEN
Salaries :
Chairman
$3,000.00 1,400.00
Associates
$4,400.00
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$1,603.42
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
344.36
Office Expense
37.46
Printing, Stationery and Postage
16.52
All Other
31.77
2,033.53
6,433.53
DUES - BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Dues
70.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
$2,700.00
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$547.64
Office Expense
144.17
Carfares and Lunches
3.00
Postage
4.50
Dues
3.00
702.31
3,402.31
123
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$2,520.00
Expenses :
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$315.64
Bond
400.00
Burglary Insurance
22.50
Office Expense
50.13
Telephone
52.78
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
153.65
Clerical Assistance
310.00
1,304.70
3,824.70
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES
Foreclosure Costs
$201.66
Publishing
20.00
221.66
TOWN COLLECTOR
Salary
$2,914.98
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$2,302.16
Printing, Stationery and Postage
744.02
Bonds
384.25
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
388.09
Office Expense
176.46
Burglary Insurance
82.00
Advertising and Costs of Tax Taking
134.00
4,210.98
7,125.96
ASSESSORS
Salaries :
Chairman
$2,362.39
Associates
1,471.77
$3,834.16
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$2,059.82
Printing, Stationery and Postage
54.60
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
376.97
Banker and Tradesman
14.00
Office Expense
173.03
Copying Deeds
217.64
All Other
18.27
2,914.33
6,748.49
OTHER FINANCE OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTS Certification of Notes
101.75
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$100.00
Office Expense
112.50
Printing and Publishing
144.20
Postage
10.00
Dues
10.00
376.70
124
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
LAW DEPARTMENT
Services and Expenses of Town Counsel 1,400.00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
$1,548.86
Expenses :
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$67.08
Office Expense
181.41
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
79.36
Telephone
75.27
Bond
5.00
Clerical Assistance
718.46
All Other
3.62
1,130.20
2.679.06
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses :
Registrars
$96.00
Election Officers
258.00
Clerical
33.00
Janitors' Services
35.00
Labor - Election Set Up
20.00
Use of Truck
10.00
Posting Warrants
18.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
310.11
Printing Voting Lists
250.00
Amplifier Service
57.00
Dinners
66.50
Office Expense
61.65
Typing Census
34.50
All Other
9.00
1,258.76
MODERATOR
Services
110.00
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Engineer
$3,200.00
Assistant Engineer
79.57
$3,279.57
Expenses :
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
$487.01
Office Expense
180.02
Use of Transit and Other Equipment
148.00
Services
816.75
Postage
15.80
Stakes and Bounds
132.00
1,779.58
5,059.15
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses :
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$27.91
Telephone
13.75
125
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Advertising
20.65
Clerical Assistance
4.50
Dues
12.50
79.31
TOWN HALL
Expenses :
Janitor
$780.00
Telephone
463.18
Fuel and Light
551.36
Repairs
85.25
Water Rates
18,00
Supplies
54.28
1,952.07
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief and Regulars .........
$32,756.68 4,108.54
Special Officers
$36,865.22
Expenses :
Radio Repairs and Maintenance
$240.07
Lockup Expense
185.70
Telephone
788.65
Equipment
2,342.74
Fuel and Light
445.19
Repair and Maintenance of Autos
2,477.05
Office Expense
349.29
All Other
721.75
7,550.44
44,415.66
AMBULANCE
Expenses :
Maintenance
$612.64
Laundry
43.35
All Other
30.80
686.79
PURCHASE OF POLICE CAR
Purchase of Car
500.00
ANNUITY
Annuity
1,200.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Drivers and Fire Alarm Operators
$59,043.86 3,497.52
$62,541.38
Expenses :
Apparatus Supplies
$781.79
Apparatus Expense
3,734.07
Telephone
681.29
Firemen
126
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Fire Alarm Maintenance
1,111.91
Equipment
813.66
Fuel
1,352.12
Light
720.59
Maintenance
1,755.71
First Aid Expense
371.18
All Other
370.95
11,693.27
74,234.65
PURCHASE OF GAS MASKS
Purchase of Gas Masks
2,000.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$500.00
Expenses :
Transportation
$71.62
Supplies
82.96
Insurance
42.75
Chipping and Painting Oil Tester
40.00
237.33
737.33
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent
$1,289.20
Expenses :
Trucks
$822.00
Labor
2,934.00
Insecticides
509.71
Repairs on Equipment
476.77
Gasoline and Oil
197.02
Tools and Supplies
168.97
5,108.47
6,397.67
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses :
Trucks
$234.00
Labor
867.20
Insecticides
138.19
Repairs on Equipment
41.60
Gasoline and Oil
59.93
Supplies
7.65
1,348.57
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$400.00
Expenses :
Trucks
$258.00
Labor
1,265.00
Insecticides
376.01
Supplies
128.46
Tools and Sharpening Same
148.36
Repairs and Equipment
240.15
Insurance
29.53
Trees
200.00
127
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Topping Trees
74.00
Gasoline and Oil
13.09
All Other
28.23
2,760.83
3,160.83
TOWN FORESTS
Expenses :
Labor
$528.00
Trucks
290.00
Gravel
180.00
998.00
BOUNTIES
Expenses :
Bounties on Woodchucks
46.50
TRIMMING BUSHES - ROADSIDES
Expenses :
Trucks
$180.00
Labor
1,695.00
Repairs
100.61
Tools and Sharpening Same
21.81
1,997.42
CONTROL OF DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Expenses :
Labor
$965.60
Trucks
204.00
Insecticides
503.13
Gasoline and Oil
41.61
Repairs
40.04
Supplies
244.13
1,998.51
FOREST FIRES
Expenses :
Fighting Fires
$1,300.00
Maintenance
482.17
Equipment
125.94
All Other
6.00
1,914.11
HEALTH AND SANITATION BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
$1,500.00
Expenses :
Office Expense
$227.93
Use of Cars
58.80
School Dentist
960.00
Pre-School Dental Clinic
600.00
Pre-School Assistant
50.00
Dental Supplies
101.78
Clerical Assistance
25.00
Diphtheria Clinic
75.00
Clean Up Day
300.00
128
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Salary of Nurse
2,520.46
Use of Cars - Nurse
720.00
Garbage Collection
10,100.00
Care of Dump
3,419.96
Cleaning Beaches and Roadsides
689.00
Ponds
600.74
Board and Treatment, Hospitals
1,412.15
Vital Statistics
317.25
Animal Inspector
130.00
Milk Inspector
70.00
Meat Inspector
75.00
Plumbing Inspector
300.00
Disposal of Animals
170.00
Quarantine on Dogs
23.00
Engineering Services and Expense
400.00
All Other
21.50
23,367.57
24,867.57
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
1949 Assessment
13,864.82
MOSQUITO CONTROL MAINTENANCE
1949 Assessment
4,000.00
SHORE PROTECTION
Maintenance of Sea Walls
16,016.70
GREENHEAD FLY CONTROL PROJECT
1,927.75
HIGHWAYS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Salary of Highway Surveyor
$3,600.00
Office Expense
68.59
Clerical Assistance
1,797.30
Telephone
118.40
Light
115.59
Trucks
4,782.10
Labor
37,142.94
Equipment and Repairs
6,430.78
Sand, Stone and Gravel
3,437.51
Road Surfacing Material
21,621.29
Shovel
1,664.00
Grader
1,743.50
Roller
100.00
Bulldozer
56.00
Tractor
12.00
Crane
240.00
Rental of Equipment and Transporting Same
2,107.74
Gasoline and Oil
2,458.63
Insurance
596.51
Pipe
4,336.94
Supplies
603.40
Paints
1,209.65
Control of Greenhead Fly
129
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Lumber
1,397.35
Tools
1,296.25
Fuel
432.88
Grates and Frames
1,384.80
Cedar Posts
543.32
Building Repairs
706.33
Engineering Services
148.25
Cement Blocks
1,096.80
All Other
208.38
101,457.23
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses :
Trucks and Plows
$5,503.88
Labor
7,052.02
Loader
40.00
Bulldozer
208.00
Equipment and Repairs
9,870.25
Paints, Tools and Supplies
298.90
Sand
1,065.20
Salt
586.00
Weather Service
132.00
Gasoline
142.00
All Other
101.00
24,999.25
WIDENING FIRST PARISH ROAD
Expenses :
Trucks
$362.88
Labor
6,234.95
Shovel
1,080.00
Stone
1,634.95
Asphalt
728.52
Pipe
132.48
Engineering Services
180.00
Use of Car
2.40
Equipment
22.66
10,378.84
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON LANES
Expenses :
Trucks
$30.00
Labor
1,103.80
Pipe
62.70
Road Surfacing Material
357.95
Gravel
45.55
1,600.00
CEDAR HILL AND CEDAR CREST LANES
Expenses :
Labor
$297.40
Trucks
20,00
Engineering Services
15.00
Road Surfacing Material
861.94
Sand and Gravel
104.95
1,299.29
130
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
STONE AVENUE
Expenses :
Trucks
$232.00
Labor
285.00
Shovel
448.00
Bulldozer
35.00
1,000.00
FOAM ROAD
Expenses :
Trucks
$400.00
Labor
1,142.80
Engineering Services
94.50
Use of Car
9.00
Shovel
320.00
Transporting Equipment
72.00
Pipe
260.16
Road Surfacing Material
400.00
Sand
23.40
Grates and Frames
124.20
Blocks
137.44
Tools and Supplies
16.75
3,000.25
RIVER STREET - SIDEWALK
Expenses :
Trucks
$80.00
Labor
3,140.20
Engineering Services
57.00
Use of Car
3.60
Roller
112.00
Tools and Supplies
126.57
Stone and Gravel
258.04
Concrete
1,222.54
4,999.95
STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BEACONS
Expenses :
Street Lights
$12,673.97
Traffic Beacons
261.06
12,935.03
SIGNS
Expenses :
Signs
$590.21
Materials and Supplies for Signs
181.95
Services
25.00
Pipe
182.27
Gasoline
8,87
Express
2.71
991.01
WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration :
Salaries
$1,000.00
Clerical Assistance
973.38
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
45.74
Stationery and Postage
51.85
Office Expense
108.99
$2,179.96
Outside Relief :
Groceries and Provisions
$2,302.20
Fuel
186.72
Board and Care
4,853.88
Medical Aid and Medicine
159.59
Cash Aid
325.00
Light
44.77
Clothing
107.75
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
1,548.01
9,527.92
11,707.88
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Aid
12,187.46
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$296.56
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
27.00
Postage
.40
323.96
Cash Aid
U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
241.95
U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$27.90
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
4.88
32.78
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Expenses :
Cash Aid
$64,766.82
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
667.28
65,434.10
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$1,285.33
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
61.89
Printing, stationery and Postage
39.14
Office Expense
9.99
1,396.35
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cash Aid
29,582.48
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses :
Clerical Assistance
$662.24
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
47.78
Office Expense
1.92
711.94
132
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Expenses :
Fuel
$59.80
Medical Aid and Supplies
545.90
Cash Aid
2,528.00
Groceries and Provisions
237.50
3,371.20
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$136,935.47 53,101.78
Expenses
190,037.25
See School Report for detail.
GEORGE BARDEN FUND
Services of Teacher
195.00
ADULT CLASSES
Services of Teacher
45.00
SCHOOL BUILDING
Expenses :
Contracts
$390,469.20
Services
4,000.00
Equipment
10,229.66
Pipe
307.98
Engineering Services and Expenses
130.80
Dismantling Dental Equipment
25.00
Labor and Materials
15.00
405,177.64
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$800.00
Janitor
264.00
Books
847.40
Fuel
391.30
Light
89.55
Water Rates
23.00
Insurance
144.22
Repairs
95.03
Furniture
6.50
Office Expense
23.85
Periodicals
74.00
2,758.85
PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses :
Librarian
$1,080.00
Assistant
11.26
Janitor
192.00
Books
737.44
Fuel
149.97
Light
138.74
133
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Water Rates
13.00
Periodicals
99.45
Office Expense
16.50
Repairs
296.19
Advertising
30.00
2,764.55
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT
Expenses :
Labor
$5,470.50
Water Rates
121.93
Insurance
38.55
Light
27.85
Truek Maintenance
305.21
Mowers and Sharpening Same
203.21
Care of Town Clock
110.00
Paints. Tools and Supplies
141.09
Tennis Court and Building Repairs
254.57
Trucks
40.00
Gravel and Loam
645.00
Use of Equipment
204.00
Pumping Sewer and Cleaning Pool Drain
75.00
Lighting and Care of Christmas Trees
97.00
Equipment
29.59
All Other
32.20
7,795.70
BAND CONCERTS
Concerts
500.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses :
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
$1,650.92
Printing and Advertising
400.15
Checking Cars
554.00
Recording Layouts
25.90
Examination of Title
35.00
Services as Auctioneer
40.00
All Other
39.93
2,745.90
INSURANCE
Expenses :
Employers and Public Liability
$7,119.28
All Other
15.00
7,134.28
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses :
Care of Comfort Station - Minot
$60.00
Care of Comfort Station - Harbor
150.00
Water Rates
106.80
Light
13.38
Supplies
23.02
Painting and Shingling Cudworth House
550.00
Painting Comfort Stations
390.00
Building and Plumbing Repairs
160.58
1,453.78
134
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Bills of 1948
975.60
CHANNEL MARKINGS
Supplies
134.71
Assessment
COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Observance of Memorial Day
807.75
ARMISTICE DAY
Observance of Armistice Day
15.00
Rent QUARTERS FOR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
350.00
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Savings Fund
CONTROL OF SHELLFISH
Expenses :
Services - Warden
$2,266.65
Labor
822.00
Maintenance of Boat
126.13
Use of Car
223.20
Dinners
40.35
3,478.33
PURCHASE OF OUTBOARD MOTOR
Purchase of Motor
250.00
FISH AND GAME CONSERVATION
Expenses:
Trout
$100.00
Pheasants
100.00
LIFEGUARD - SAND HILLS BEACH
Expenses :
Services
$700.00
Supplies
12.83
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Expenses :
Salary
$2,080.00
Advertising
32.35
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
580.79
Printing, Stationery and Postage
173.85
Telephone
3.20
Services - Building Board
27.00
Clerical Assistance
115.25
Prints
32.00
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Expenses :
Services
$1,204.00
Telephone
321.90
Printing, Stationery and Postage
7.50
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
38.74
Office Expense
27.86
1,600.00
135
1,923.44
200.00
712.83
3,044.44
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
DOG OFFICER
Services
110.00
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses :
Clerical
$63.00
Advertising
13.75
Postage
11.42
88.17
Purchase of Land PURCHASE OF BEACH LAND - JERICHO
1,600.00
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PENSIONS
Retirement
3,825.00
HOUSING AUTHORITY
Expenses :
Clerical
$5.00
Carfares, Autos and Lunches
52.75
Telephone
.55
58.30
REFUNDS
Taxes
$1,886.86
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,231.97
Water
261.67
Estimated Receipts
11.60
WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration
$8,186.08
General
27,411.23
Pumping Station
11,142.57
Service Pipe
200.16
Extensions
3,058.27
49.998.31
CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS
Expenses :
Contracts
$25,867.70
Pipe
18,240.36
Rental of Equipment and Moving Same
251.00
Building Road and Grading
1,878.00
Removing Swamp Material
508.50
Engineering Services and Use of Car
36.20
Power
150.00
Office Expense
11.45
All Other
309.54
47,252.75
INSTALLATION OF WATER MAINS
Expenses :
Pipe and Supplies
4,997.33
PUBLIC LANDINGS
Expenses :
Salary of Harbor Master
$1,200.00
Water Rates
16.00
Surfacing Town Pier
1,200.00
Hauling and Crane Service
343.75
136
4,392.10
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Repairs - Float
318.00
Use of Power Boat
10.00
Paints
46.54
3,134.29
CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES
Care of Graves
630.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST AND PREMIUMS
Revenue Loan
$889.75
Reimbursement Loan
11.63
Sea Wall Loan
97.50
Fire Equipment Loan
162.50
School Building Loan
12,475.00
13,636.38
INTEREST - WATER LOANS
Loans
MATURING DEBT
Fire Equipment Loan
$4,000.00
Sea Wall Loan
6,250.00
School Loan
35,000.00
45,250.00
MATURING DEBT - WATER LOANS
Loans
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000.00
Reimbursement
6,000.00
256.000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
State Parks and Reservations
$931.12
Auditing Municipal Accounts
507.33
County Tax
37,307.89
38,746.34
TRUST
Expenses :
Cash Aid
$1,002.27
Invested
9,107.53
10,109.80
DOG LICENSES
Proceeds from Dog Licenses
1,454.20
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Withheld Taxes
21,527.44
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Withheld for Retirement
8,893.56
$1,715,296.30
Balance. December 31, 1949
535,792.04
$2,251,088.34
137
12.585.00
26,000.00
SUMMARY
Balance January 1,1949
Appropria- Receipts
1949
Balance Expendi- December tures
$6,471.16
$6,471.16
Selectmen's Department
$6,433.53
$37.63
70.00
70.00
Dues - Boston Chamber of Commerce
70.00
3,661.00
3,661.00
Accounting Department
3,402.31
258.69
3,827.50
3,827.50
Treasurer's Department
3,824.70
2.80
500.00
500.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
221.66
278.34
7,433.00
7,433.00
Collector's Department
7,125.96
307.04
6,839.00
6,839.00
Assessors' Department
6,748.49
90.51
100.00
$10.00
110.00
Certification of Notes
101.75
8.25
500.00
500.00
Advisory Committee
376.70
123.30
1,400.00
1,400.00
Law Department
1,400.00
2,682.00
2,682.00
Town Clerk's Department
2,679.06
2.94
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations
1,258.76
741.24
110.00
110.00
Moderator
110.00
5,320.00
5,320.00
Engineering Department
5,059.15
260.85
500.00
500.00
Planning Board
79.31
420.69
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Hall
1,952.07
47.93
43,000.00
1,476.24
44,476.24
Police Department
44,415.66
60.58
700.00
700.00
Ambulance
686.79
13.21
500.00
500.00
Purchase of Police Car
500.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Annuity - Chapter 32, Section 89, General Laws
1,200.00
70,854.00
3,811.59
74,665.59
Fire Department
74,234.65
430.94
2,000.00
2,000.00
Purchase of Gas Masks
2,000.00
750.00
750.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
737.33
12.67
6,400.00
6,400.00
Moth Department
6,397.67
2.33
1,350.00
1,350.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,348.57
1,43
3,170.00
3.00
3,173.00
Tree Warden
3,160.83
12.17
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
Town Forests
998.00
2.00
75.00
75.00
Bounties
46.50
28.50
2,000.00
2,000.00
Trimming Bushes - Roadsides
1,997.42
2.58
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
138
tions 1949
and
Transfers
Totals
31, 1949
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1949
Appropria- Receipts
1949
Balance Expendi- December tures
2,000.00
2,000.00
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
1,998.51
1.49
2,500.00
2,500.00
Forest Fires
1,914.11
585.89
25,770.00
25,770.00
Health Department
24,867.57
902.43
4,000.00
4,000.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance
4,000.00
$8,689.50
10,500.00
19,189.50
Shore Protection
16,016.70
3,172.80
1,927.75
1,927.75
Greenhead Fly Control Project
1,927.75
101,460.00
101,460.00
Highway Department
101,457.23
2.77
2,500.00
2,500.00
Snow Removal
2,499.25
.75
2,964.52
7,800.00
10,764.52
Widening First Parish Road
10,378.84
385.68
24.21
24.21
Country Way
24.21
500.33
500.33
Road. Machinery Account
500.33
200.00
200.00
Land Damage - Julian Street
200.00
154.92
154.92
Minot Parking Space
154.92
1,007.59
1,007.59
Chapter 90 - Highway Maintenance
1,007.59
4,004.44
2,850.42
6,854.86
Construction - Gannett Road
6,000.00
854.86
1,600.00
1,600.00
Washington and Jefferson Lanes
1,600.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Cedar Crest and Cedar Hill Lane
1,299.29
50.71
1,000.00
1,000.00
Stone Avenue
1,000.00
3,070.00
3,070.00
Foam Road
3,000.25
69.75
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,999.95
.05
12,892.00
43.03
12,935.03
Street Lights and Traffic Beacons
12,935.03
1,000.00
1,000.00
Signs
991.01
8.99
11,800.00
11,800.00
Public Welfare
11,707.88
92.12
Aid to Dependent Children
12,187.46
14.19
12,000.00 325.00
325.00
Aid to Dependent Children - Administrative
323.96
1.04
4,295.55
7,871.96
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children
241.95
7,630.01
221.36
772.20
U. S. Grant -- Aid to Dependent Children - Ad- ministrative
32.78
739.42
65.000.00
448.13
65,448.13
Old Age Assistance
65,434.10
14.03
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
139
tions 1949
and
Transfers
Totals
31,1949
3,576.41 550.84
201.65
12,201.65
Sidewalk-River Street
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1,1949
Appropria- Receipts tions 1949
and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures
1,440.00
Old Age Assistance - Administrative
1,396.35
43.65
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance
29,582.48
18,297.77
783.03
1,486.65
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance - Administra- tive
711.94
774.71
6,500.00 192,565.00
12.00
6,512.00
Veterans' Benefits
3,371.20
3,140.80
School Department
190,037.25
2,681.95
210.00
George Barden Fund
195.00
15.00
472.55
Adult Classes
45.00
427.55
25,000.00
686,993.83
School Building
405,177.64
281,816.19
2,300.00
469.94
2,769.94
Allen Memorial Library
2,758.85
11.09
2,300.00
469.95
2,769.95
Pierce Memorial Library
2,764.55
5.40
8,420.00
8,420.00
Park Department
7,795.70
624.30
500.00
500.00
Band Concerts
500.00
1.00
1.00
Parcel - Meeting House Lane
1.00
2,900.00
3.00
2,903.00
Unclassified
2,745.90
157.10
7,500.00
7,500.00
Insurance
7,134.28
365.72
1,625.00
1,625.00
Public Buildings
1,453.78
171.22
975.60
975.60
Bills of Previous Years
975.60
150.00
150.00
Channel Markings
134.71
15.29
100.00
100.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
1,200.00
10.75
1,210.75
Memorial Day
807.75
403.00
60.00
60.00
Armistice Day
15.00
45.00
350.00
350.00
Quarters for Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
524.02
2,500.00
1,300.00
4,324.02
Control of Shellfish
3,478.33
845.69
250.00
250.00
Purchase of Outboard Motor
250.00
200.00
200.00
Fish and Game Conservation
200.00
500.00
214.00
714.00
Lifeguard - Sand Hills Beach
712.83
1.17
3,044.44
3,044.44
Building Inspector
3,044.44
1,600.00
1,600.00
Director of Veterans' Services
1,600.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
140
3,983.42 703.62
43,896.83
1,440.00 47,880.25
1949
31, 1949
210.00 472.55 661,993.83
154.20
192,719.20
SUMMARY - Continued
Balance January 1, 1949
tions 1949
and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures
110.00 225.00
110.00
Dog Officer
110.00 88.17
136.83
1,600.00
1,600.00
Purchase of Beach Land - Jericho
1,600.00
500.00
500.00
Construction of Wall - Glades Road
500.00
3,825.00
3,825.00
Retirement System and Pensions
3,825.00
428.37
428.37
Housing Authority
58.30
370.07
50,000.00
50,000.00
Water Department
49,998.31
1.69
50,000.00
50,000.00
Construction of Wells
47,252.75
2,747.25
500.00
500.00
Taking of Land - Water Supply
500.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Installation of Water Mains
4,997.33
2.67
3,231.00
3,231.00
Public Landings
3,134.29
96.71
700.00
700.00
Care of Veterans' Graves
630.00
70.00
4,144.85
11,646.63
2,024.70
17,816.18
Interest
13,636.38
4,179.80
13,210.00
287.25
13,497.25
Interest - Water Loans
12,585.00
912.25
45,250.00
45,250.00
Maturing Debt
45,250.00
26,000.00
26,000.00
Maturing Debt - Water Loans
26,000.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
141
Appropria- Receipts
1949
31, 1949
225.00
Zoning Board of Appeals
TOWN OF SCITUATE
BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1949 General Accounts
ASSETS
Cash :
In Banks and Office $535,792.04
Petty Cash Advances :
Collector
$40.00
Water Department 15.00
55.00
Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance : Administration $774.71
Assistance
18,297.77
$19,072.48
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration $739.42
Poll
$42.00
Personal
106.40
Real
9,936.57
$10,084.97
Levy of 1949 :
Appropriation Balances: Shore Protection
3,172.80
Widening First Parish Rd.
385.68
Country Way
24.21
Road Machinery
500.33
Land Damage - Julian Street
200.00
Minot Parking Space
154.92
Chapter 90 - Highway Maint.
1,007.59
Construction - Gannett Road 854.86
Cedar Crest and Cedar Hill Lane
50.71
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1949
3,335.06
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances $55.00
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks 216.65
Road Machinery Fund 215.18
Everett Torrey Park Fund Income
46.80
Ella Gertrude Gardner Income 17.60
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3,550.00
$535,847.04
142
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1948:
Assistance 7,630.01
8,369.43
George Barden Fund
15.00
27,456.91
Poll
$708.00
Personal
2,564.99
Real
47,883.09
51,156.08
61,241.05.
Moth Assessments: Levy of 1949
Foam Road
69.75
Adult Classes
427.55
School Building
281,816.19
Tax Possessions
2,874.56
Parcel - Meeting House Lane
1.00
Control of Shellfish
845.69
Construct. of Wall - Glades Rd.
500.00
Housing Authority 370.07
Construction of Wells
2,747.25
Highway
$5.95
Veterans' Benefits
55.05
61.00
Water Department :
Rates and Charges :
1948
$520.67
1949
3,765.69
Overlay 1949 10,128.20
$16,977.37
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $3.335.06
Tax Title
2,969.90
Tax Possessions
2,874.56
Departmental
61.00
Special Assessment
21.00
Water
5,139.87
State Aid to Highways
5,200.00
County Aid to Highways
2,600.00
Underestimates :
Plymouth County Hospital
$2,325.97
Surplus Revenue
221,507.17
Withholding Taxes
2,577.54
County Retirement 988.76
Premium - Fire Loan
34.10
Premium - School Building
146.88
Temporary Loan - Anticipation of Reimburse- ment
7,800.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
143
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1948
$180.28
Levy of 1949
673.23
853.51
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation
80,872.97
14.401.39 154.12
Tax Title Receipt Reserved School Construction Authorized from Post-War Fund
80,872.97
State Parks and Reservations 272.98
Auditing Municipal Accounts 95.87
2,694.82
$702,857.27
Installation of Water Mains 2.67
293,631.27
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 26,947.94
Overlays Reserve for Abatement of Taxes: Overlay 1948 $6,849.17
7
21.00
Tax Titles
2,969.90
Departmental:
Taking of Land - Water Supply 500.00
4,286.36
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Refund Recovery Account Overestimate: County Tax
300.00
4,889.62
$702,857.27
Trust Funds
Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities $113,193.15
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
306.64
Ella Gertrude Gardner Fund
9,107.53
$25.987.21
Everett Torrey Park Fund
390.45
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund
251.43
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
75,000.00
Post-War Savings Fund
11,564.06
$113,193.15
$113,193.15
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
144
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Loan and Rate
Due
Amount
Total
Water, 33/4 per cent
1950
$25,000.00
1951
25,000.00
1952
25,000.00
1953
25,000.00
1954
25,000.00
1955
25,000.00
1956
25,000.00
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