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226.25
Building Inspector:
Building Permits 2,600.00
Health Department:
Dental Clinic Fees
$459.95
Licenses
40.50
500.45
Moth Department:
Moth Work
858.60
Unclassified:
Zoning Board of Appeals
$94.50
Planning Board
80.00
Public Building Rental
155.00
Insurance:
Hurricane Damage
$2,496.00
Ambulance Damage
553.04
3.049.04
3,378.54
School Department: Miscellaneous Receipts
367.19
Lunch Program - High School
21,731.31
Lunch Program - Elementary School
18,352.87
Lunch Program - Jenkins School
12,467.31
135
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Milk Program - Hatherly School
1,271.27
Athletic Fund - High School
1,677.87
Water Department: Sale of Junk
4.02
Withholding Taxes
93,093.61
Plymouth County Retirement Withholding
21,993.89
WATER DEPARTMENT
Meter Rates
$39,783.43
Fixture Rates
52,079.22
Miscellaneous
3,310.00
Liens
7,366.22
102,538.87
INTEREST
From:
Deferred Taxes
$2,219.42
Tax Titles Redeemed
135.42
Special Assessments
358.66
Apportioned Street Assessments Not Due
9.90
School Loans
72.65
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan
3.00
2,799.05
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds:
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance
$30.35
Old Age Assistance
861.63
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance
147.43
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children - Ad- ministrative
256.44
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children - As- sistance
218.95
Construction - Jenkins School
65.60
Tailings - (Unclaimed Checks)
54.00
Insurance
11.25
Memorial Day
7.92
Public Buildings
7.64
Veterans' Services
18.00
Refund Recoveries
4,048.53
5,727.74
Transfers:
School Department, Petty Cash
100.00
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
Fund:
Sarah J. Wheeler $29.64
136
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George O. Allen
15.72
Hannah Dean Miller
58.56
Eliza Jenkins
89.35
Ella Gertrude Gardner
273.20
Benjamin T. Ellms
80.00
Lucy O. Thomas
30.00
Cornelia Allen
150.08
Everett Torrey Park Fund
9.06
735.61
LOANS
From:
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
$600,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
18,000.00
618,000.00
Total Receipts
$2,662,445.29
Balance, January 1, 1955
282.558.50
Total Cash
$2,945,003.79
SECTION B EXPENDITURES General Government SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,815.00
Associates
1,694.00
Executive Secretary
624.00
Clerical Assistance
2.140.20
$6,273.20
Expenses:
Office Expense
$115.19
Use of cars on Town Business
676.00
Dues
41.00
Advertising
2.50
All Other
41.50
876.19
$7,149.39
DUES - BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Dues
70.00
137
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Clerical Assistance
2,088.00
Expenses:
Office Expense
$324.62
All Other
3.00
327.62
$6,991.62
TOWN TREASURER
Salary
$3,800.00
Clerical Assistance
632.95
Expenses:
Use of Car
$101.37
Surety Bond
257.00
Telephone
24.87
Office Expense
257.22
Printing, Stationery and Postage
612.56
1,253.02
$5,685.97
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES
Expense
$182.00
CERTIFICATION OF NOTES
Expenses:
Certification of Notes
$26.00
TOWN COLLECTOR
Salary
$4,500.00
Clerical Assistance
4,880.82
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$1,121.24
Bonds
532.75
Use of Car on Town Business
552.47
Office Expense
473.09
Services on Warrants
100.00
All Other
6.30
2,785.85
$12,166.67
ASSESSORS
Salaries:
Chairman
$1,659.75
Associates
3,009.31
$4,669.06
Clerical Assistance
3,841.74
138
$4,576.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Expenses:
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$62.25
Use of Cars on Town Business
261.57
Office Expense
888.85
Transfers
352.21
All Other
43.00
1,607.88
$10,118.68
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Clerical Assistance
$148.50
Expenses:
Printing Reports
$264.25
Advertising
5.20
Dues
25.00
Office Expense
5.34
All Other
19.36
319.15
$467.65
LAW DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Services of Town Counsel
$3,000.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Salary
$2,400.00
Clerical Assistance
1,124.00
Expenses:
Office Expense and Rent
$426.75
Use of Car on Town Business and Lunches
95.77
Books and Binding
36.53
Telephone
77.14
Printing, Stationery and Postage
38.00
Bond
5.00
All Other
17.75
696.94
$4,220.94
TOWN MEETINGS, ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Expenses:
Registrars
$900.00
Election Officers
320.00
Publishing, Printing and Postage
789.50
Office Expense
4.44
Advertising
10.00
Amplifier Service and Repair
166.18
Dinners
58.50
139
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S. REPORT
Election Set-up, Labor
428.50
Equipment
707.07
Posting Warrants
11.00
Street Lists
266.95
$3,662.14
MODERATOR
Services
$137.50
PLANNING BOARD
Clerical and Technical Assistance
$1,351.50
Expenses:
Telephone
$31.34
Advertising
245.80
Printing
84.00
Office Expense
64.50
Recording Fees
2.00
427.64
$1,779.14
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Salary
$5,200.00
Expenses:
Services
$3,394.30
Use of Cars on Town Business
623.50
Office Expense
288.32
Stakes and Concrete Bounds
82.30
Other
28.53
4,416.95
$9,616.95
TOWN HALL
Expenses:
Janitor
$960.00
Fuel
421.00
Light
301.86
Supplies
59.54
Building Maintenance
127.19
Telephones
1,028.62
Water Rates
18.00
Storm Windows
126.00
Repairs and Equipment
201.22
$3,243.43
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief
$5,200.00
Regular Officers
85,923.53
$91,123.53
140
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Equipment, Maintenance and Repairs:
Upkeep and Maintenance of Autos
$5,037.77
Equipment
1,435.23
Radio Repair and Maintenance
230.46
Care and Maintenance of Building
65.66
6,769.12
Expenses:
Special Officers
$5,460.20
Lock-Up Expense
28.00
Fuel and Light
627.70
Telephone
1,032.75
Laundry
102.00
Rubbish Removal
50.00
Office Expense and Supplies
872.51
Officer Training Expense
200.00
Stray Animals
73.00
All Other
678.58
9,124.74
$107,017.39
PURCHASE OF TWO CARS - POLICE DEPARTMENT Purchase of Cars (2)
$2,500.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT RADIO EQUIPMENT
Purchase of Radio Equipment
$2,475.16
POLICE DEPARTMENT - SPECIAL OFFICERS
Salary Special Officers
$1,200.00
AMBULANCE
Expenses:
Maintenance and Operation
$555.87
Laundry
66.13
Equipment and Maintenance
9.60
All Other
40.50
Accident Expense (Covered by $250.00 deductible in-
803.04
surance)
$1,475.14
ANNUITY
Annuity
$1,500.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief
$5,200.00
Others
130,254.92
$135,454.92
141
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Equipment, Maintenance and Repairs:
Maintenance
$1,777.32
Equipment
1,663.73
Light and Power
810.47
Fuel
1,902.43
Apparatus Supplies
1,074.27
Apparatus Expense
1,742.02
Fire Alarm Maintenance
1,354.19
10,324.43
Expenses:
Hose
$890.00
Telephone
1,030.81
First Aid Expense
773.98
Allowance - Callmen
120.00
Out of State Expense
85.00
Fireman's Sunday
60.00
All Other
281.70
3,241.49
$149,020.84
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$605.00
Expenses:
Automobile Expense
$63.14
Supplies
22.18
All Other
5.50
90.82
$695.82
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Services of Superintendent
$1,569.09
Expenses:
Labor
$4,686.30
Trucks
350.00
Repairs and Equipment
602.30
Insecticides
628.32
Tools and Supplies
223.15
Other
1.35
6,491.42
$8,060.51
ELM TREE BEETLE
Expenses:
Labor
$990.75
Insecticides
641.43
142
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Gasoline and Oil
59.27
Repairs and Maintenance
126.55
$1,818.00
TREE WARDEN
Salary
$484.00
Expenses:
Labor
$1,638.00
Repairs and Equipment
533.48
Supplies and Tools
147.70
Lights
16.42
Trees
303.00
Trucks
277.00
All Other
54.00
2,969.60
$3,453.60
TRIMMING BUSHES - ROADSIDES
Expenses:
Labor
$2,252.32
Trucks
80.00
Equipment and Repairs
104.40
Tools, Supplies
203.77
$2,640.49
CONTROL OF DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Expenses:
Labor
$3,420.38
Trucks
888.00
Tree Work
620.00
Repairs and Equipment
222.96
Insecticides
668.04
Supplies and Tools
120.96
Equipment Hire
107.00
Other
4.90
$6,052.24
TOWN FORESTS
Expenses:
Labor
$853.80
All Other
40.03
$893.83
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Fighting Fires
$1,356.26
Maintenance
928.40
143
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Equipment
94.69
Hose
564.47
All Other
43.21
$2,987.03
BOUNTIES
Expenses:
Bounties
$88.50
DOG OFFICER
Expenses:
Salary
$137.50
Expense
60.00
$197.50
HEALTH AND SANITATION BOARD OF HEALTH
General Administrative Expenses:
Salaries
$1,815.00
Office Expense
479.35
Use of Cars
179.09
All Other
155.08
$2,628.52
General Expenses:
Board and Treatment, Hospitals
$154.50
Vital Statistics
323.00
Salary-Nurse
3,860.00
Use of Car-Nurse
931.00
School Children:
Dental Hygienist
728.00
School Dentist-Salary
1,200.00
Dental Equipment and Supplies
85.42
Dental Clinic
320.00
Inspections:
Milk Inspector-Salary
80.00
Plumbing Inspector-Salary
1,000.00
Assistant Plumbing Inspector- Salary
200.00
Plumbing Inspector-Expense
214.50
Animal Inspector-Salary
130.00
Meat Inspector-Salary
80.00
Care of Dump
5,604.10
Cleaning Beaches and Roadsides
1,990.50
Garbage Collection
12,850.00
Care of Ponds
712.42
144
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Clean-Up Day
395.00
Quarantine of Animals
78.00
Disposal of Animals
288.00
Immunization Clinic
230.00
Inspection-Stores and Restaurants
20.00
31,474.44
$34,102.96
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
1955 Assessment
$20,928.00
SOUTH SHORE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT
1955 Assessment
$8,850.00
GREENHEAD FLY CONTROL PROJECT
Control of Greenhead Fly
$1,927.75
HIGHWAYS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
General Administrative Expense:
Salaries:
Superintendent
$5,200.00
Clerks
2,782.20
$7,982.20
Expense:
Lights
$183.26
Fuel
694.34
Office Expense
43.43
Telephone
280.95
All Other
51.04
1,253.02
General Expense:
Labor
$50,280.32
Bituminous Patching
4,381.40
Drainage
10,883.33
Guard Rail
580.64
Street Cleaning
692.75
Traffic Regulations
3,060.61
Purchase-Truck
1,770.00
Rental-Trucks
252.00
Surface Treatment
7,995.50
Resurfacing Roads
7,208.60
Sidewalks
1,933.64
Equipment Maintenance
14,006.89
Small Tools and Supplies
3,038.32
145
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Building and Grounds
536.50
Roads-General
978.50
Signs
1,608.38
Purchase-Sweeper
8,811.00
Other
56.70
118,075.08
$127,310.30
SNOW REMOVAL
Expenses:
Labor
$4,554.50
Trucks and Plows
6,014.60
Salt
3,383.10
Equipment and Repair
3,325.43
Sand
2,295.93
Sand Boxes
109.87
All Other
55.17
$19,738.60
STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC BEACONS
Expense:
Street Lights
$19,423.84
Traffic Lights
399.93
Care of Lights
90.00
$19,913.77
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION - 1955 BEAVER DAM ROAD AND FIRST PARISH ROAD
Expenses:
Labor
$3,245.70
Bulldozer and Trucks
1,403.00
Frames and Grates
168.00
Loam
1,760.00
Bituminous Concrete
15,031.66
$21,608.36
CONSTRUCTION - IRVING ROAD
Expenses:
Labor
$726.60
Asphalt
369.77
$1,096.37
IMPROVEMENT COLE PARKWAY
Expenses:
Labor
$2,106.71
Equipment Hire
460.00
Frames and Grates
200.88
146
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Pipe
1,108.32
Blocks and Rings
538.14
Oil and Asphalt
2.393.22
Gravel
365.00
Parking Lines
205.00
Other
35.32
$7,412.59
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Machinery Maintenance
$112.30
WELFARE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS PUBLIC WELFARE AND DISABILITY
General Administration:
Salaries
$1,430.00
Stationery and Postage
168.14
Office Expense
188.84
$1,786.98
Outside Relief:
Groceries and Provisions
$343.08
Fuel
76.35
Board and Care
2,372.83
Medicine and Medical Attendance
367.66
Cash Aid
9,555.47
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
172.89
All Other
246.71
13.134.99
$14,921.97
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$489.45
Auto Maintenance
9.55
Other
1.00
$500.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Aid
$11,993.91
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$692.00
All Other
8.00
$700.00
147
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Expenses:
Cash Aid
$63,864.22
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
997.98
Legal Fees
$64,867.20
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE
Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$2,872.21
Car Use and Lunches
82.40
Other
45.39
$3,000.00
U. S. GRANT -AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Aid
$9,028.81
U. S. GRANT - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATIVE Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$893.23
Auto Maintenance and Repair
525.82
All Other
15.05
$1,434.10
U. S. GRANT - OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cash Aid
$47,483.02
U. S. GRANT- OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$3,233.61
Auto Maintenance
110.71
All Other
34.18
$3,378.50
U. S. GRANT - DISABILITY ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE Expenses:
Clerical Assistance
$329.08
Auto Maintenance
2.66
$331.74
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Expenses:
Fuel and Light
$585.62
Medical Aid
534.48
Groceries
819.40
Cash Aid
4,592.00
Board and Care Hospitals
356.04
Rent
75.00
Telephone
15.20
148
5.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Dental Aid
172.00
Clothing
51.14
Wheelchair Rental
22.00
Payment on Mortgage
346.83
Office Expense
442.58
All Other
56.93
$8,069.22
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary:
Director of Veterans' Services
$1,850.00
Expense:
Telephone
$313.80
Office Expense
54.40
Transportation and Car Use
40.18
Meeting Expense
144.18
Clerical Assistance
40.00
Dues
10.00
602.56
$2.452.56
OLD AGE SURVIVORS' INSURANCE
Expense:
Board and Care
$945.60
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Expense:
Current Expenses
$458.090.52
Vocational Education
6.313.37
Repairs and Replacements
7.210.70
Libraries
2.210.93
Transportation
43.254.47
Capital Outlay
3.928.86
Special Items
11.111.90
$532.120.75
SMITH HUGHES AND GEORGE BARDEN FUND
Salaries
$550.00
FEDERAL GRANTS - CHAPTER 621 - ACTS OF 1953
Salaries
$443.10
Expense
210.34
$653.44
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - PETTY CASH ADVANCES Advances
$100.00
149
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
REMODELING AND ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL
Expense:
Payments to Building Contractor $10,079.87
Furnishings and Equipment
187.05
Grading and Landscaping
4,283.35
Extra Work
196.48
All Other
40.00
$14,786.75
REMODEL. FURNISH AND EQUIP - HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA Expense:
Equipment
$8,617.92
IMPROVEMENT - PLAY AREA - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grading and Seeding
$257.60
CONSTRUCTION - JENKINS SCHOOL AND CAFETERIA Expense:
Payments to Contractor
$57,096.09
Furnishings
5,898.45
Equipment
245.00
Extra Work
816.38
Landscaping
3,435.00
All Other
103.89
$67,594.81
LUNCH PROGRAM - ELEMENTARY
Expenses:
Services
$3,092.71
Groceries and Provisions
16,005.65
Equipment
973.09
Other
400.51
$20,471.96
LUNCH PROGRAM - HIGH
Expenses:
Services
$1,492.50
Groceries and Provisions
19,209.91
Other
379.65
-
$21,082.06
MILK PROGRAM - HATHERLY SCHOOL
Expense:
Milk Purchased
$1,311.43
LUNCH PROGRAM - JENKINS SCHOOL
Expenses:
Groceries and Provisions
$9,506.85
150
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Equipment
1,432.40
Other
172.62
$11,111.87
ATHLETIC FUND
Expenses:
Services
$643.00
Laundry
40.50
Trophies
15.19
Office Expense
80.32
Transportation
78.56
Refund of Game Receipts
80.76
Equipment
783.19
Equipment Repair
21.00
All Other
27.16
-
$1.769.68
PLANS - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOUSING
Expense:
Surveying
$276.95
Title Examination
68.00
Prints
6.75
Recording Fees
14.10
Advertising
69.54
Other
52.54
$487.88
GRADING AND FENCING - CUDWORTH FIELD
Expense:
Erection of Fence
$908.00
Grading
570.80
Other
16.20
$1.495.00
IMPROVEMENT - HIGH SCHOOL FIELD
Work on Field
$225.00
ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian
$1,600.00
Assistants
1,204.72
Janitors
330.00
Books and Periodicals
2.245.69
Fuel and Light
575.16
Repairs and Maintenance
SS8.40
Supplies
392.40
Binding and Printing
643.72
151
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Insurance
5.50
Other
$8,035.47
PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Expenses:
Librarian
$2,150.00
Janitors
192.00
Books and Periodicals
1,310.01
Fuel and Light
618.34
Repairs and Maintenance
482.93
Telephone
112.31
Supplies
66.70
Insurance
82.86
Other
30.20
$5,045.35
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT
Expenses:
Labor
$12,546.59
Lights
88.26
Truck Maintenance
614.96
Supplies and Tools
552.80
Water Rates
136.44
Equipment and Repairs
1,689.45
Resurfacing Tennis Courts
2,440.00
Building Maintenance and Repairs
879.25
Seed, Fertilizer and Loam
538.05
Equipment Hire
120.00
Lifeguard Expense
24.37
Trophies
41.55
Cleaning Beaches
552.50
Installation and Maintenance of Bubblers
26.37
All Other
65.01
$20,315.60
IMPROVEMENT - BRANCH STREET PLAYGROUND
Expense:
Backstops and Fence
$1,973.00
Equipment Hire
220.00
Material
162.53
Work on Ball Fields
156.00
Landscaping
244.47
All Other
14.00
$2,770.00
152
149.88
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
UNCLASSIFIED
Expenses:
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
$3,353.05
Legal Expense
144.16
Advertising
190.95
Printing Advisory Report
244.25
Law Books
64.60
Disposal of Animals and Quarantine
161.00
Administering Oaths
24.25
Recording Plans
82.93
Police Officers-Parking Spaces
905.80
Printing Jury Lists
28.40
Printing Parking Stickers
138.00
Meeting and Conference Expense
315.48
All Other
363.77
$6,016.64
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Expenses:
Light
$18.41
Water Rates
102.50
Care of Comfort Stations
857.73
Maintenance and Repairs-G. A. R. Hall
3,419.70
Other
16.30
$4,414.64
BAND CONCERTS
Concerts
$500.00
INSURANCE
Expenses:
Workmen's Compensation
$10,275.71
Fire
5,246.02
Fleet
4,679.39
Burglary
899.53
$21,100.65
CHANNEL MARKINGS
Expense:
Markers
$125.00
COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Assessment
$100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Expenses:
Flowers, Wreaths, Markers
$423.70
Transportation
138.00
153
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Printing
90.45
Amplifier
35.00
Services
150.00
All Other
57.08
$894.23
VETERANS DAY
Expenses:
Flowers and Wreaths
35.00
QUARTERS FOR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Expense:
Rent
..... ............................ ... $350.00
CONTROL OF SHELLFISH
Expenses:
Salary
$3,154.64
Use of Truck
296.80
Boat Operation
84.63
Supplies
27.30
$3,563.37
STATE SUBSIDY CONTROL OF SHELLFISH
Expenses
Labor
$380.70
Seed Clams
299.25
Supplies
191.54
FISH AND GAME CONSERVATION
Expenses:
Grain
$95.65
All Other
104.35
$200.00
LIFEGUARD -SAND HILLS BEACH
Expenses:
Salary
$1,100.00
Boat Operation
45.31
Equipment
32.78
Other
9.10
$1,187.19
LIFEGUARD - HUMAROCK
Expenses:
Salary
$457.15
Equipment
113.68
$570.83
154
$871.49
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Expenses:
Salary
$3,945.74*
Use of Car
665.20
Services
205.00
Advertising
69.47
Office Expense
45.05
$4,930.46
* Salary $3,800.00 - Vacation Pay Retiring Inspector $145.74 totaling $3,945.74
WIRE INSPECTOR
Expenses:
Salary
$1,200.00
Use of Car
358.75
Office Expense
35.15
$1,593.90
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses:
Advertising
$67.40
Office Expense
97.92
Services
158.25
$323.57
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PENSIONS
Retirement
$19,852.30
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Expenses:
Car Use
$269.76
Telephone
122.48
Office Expense
148.92
Equipment
1,066.76
Badges
25.00
Other
8.00
$1,640.92
BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Bills of 1954
$37.00
LAND - HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Expense:
Taxes on Land
$6.16
STATE CENSUS
$358.05
Expenses
155
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
"HURRICANE EXPENDITURES" OVERDRAFT, CHAPTER 44, SEC. 31, G. LAWS
Expenses:
Labor
$2,393.04
Other
1,327.34
$3,720.38
STORM EMERGENCY - AUGUST 18 AND 19, 1955
Engineering Dept.
$5.00
Town Forests
49.60
Health Dept.
636.46
Fire Dept.
713.83
Highway Dept.
19,432.62
School Dept.
22.50
$20,860.01
EMERGENCY - SAND HILLS SEA WALL
Construction-50% of State Contract
$36,000.00
IMPROVEMENT NORTH SCITUATE PARKING AREA
Expenses:
Labor
$793.32
Material
1,740.43
Equipment Rental
352.00
$2,885.75
LAND - BEAL PLACE TURN AROUND
Purchase of land
$208.40
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Commissioners
$1,149.50
Superintendent
5,200.00
Clerical
2,812.98
Labor
25,687.46
$34,849.94
Power and Light
$7,859.70
Water Purchase
4,227.36
Main and Service Supplies
13,678.93
Property Maintenance
2,385.97
Exploration
8,439.67
36,591.63
Other Expenses:
Printing, Stationery, Postage
$449.92
Telephone
543.40
Office Expense
1,369.89
156
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Equipment Rental
750.50
Equipment
2,966.35
Truck Maintenance
2,289.47
Chemicals
790.78
Pumping Station Supplies
150.02
All Other
1,812.88
11,123.21
$82,564.78
PUBLIC LANDINGS
Expenses:
Salary of Harbor Master
$1,600.00
Floats
2,313.00
Piers
322.59
Supplies
98.20
Signs
45.60
Use of Boat and Car
296.33
All Other
43.26
$4,718.98
CARE OF VETERANS GRAVES
Expenses:
Care of Graves
$630.00
WATER MAIN - EGYPT BEACH ROAD
Expenses:
Work on Trench .... ....
$432.25
WATER MAIN - SEAVIEW AVENUE
Expenses:
Material
$772.68
Equipment Hire
246.00
Supplies
4.62
$1,023.30
CONSTRUCTION - WELL AND PUMPING STATION
Expenses:
Payments to Contractors
$9,977.55
Equipment Hire
75.00
Work on Forms
64.87
Material and Supplies
1,254.91
Installing Pumps
115.24
Electrical Installation
246.96
Deisel Unit
2,100.00
Pipe and Fittings
1,611.59
All Other
56.43
$15,502.55
157
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
WATER DEPARTMENT - BROCKTON EDISON WELL FIELD Purchase of Land
$800.00
REFUNDS
Taxes
$6,614.05
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,946.71
Water
279.42
Water Liens
153.03
Street Assessments added to Taxes - 1955
.32
Tailings
46.10
$13,039.63
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Anticipation Revenue Loans
$3,072.50
School Loans
34,655.00
Humarock Bridge Loans
43.75
Shore Protection Loans
662.50
$38,433.75
INTEREST - WATER LOANS
Loans
$9,552.00
MATURING DEBT
School Loans
$109,000.00
Humarock Bridge Loan
5,000.00
Shore Protection Loans
13,000.00
$127,000.00
MATURING DEBT - WATER LOANS
Loans
$42,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
$600,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST AGENCY
State Parks and Reservations
$1,508.56
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,396.16
County Tax
57,215.80
$60,120.52
TRUST
Expenses:
Cash Aid
$725.08
DOG LICENSES
Proceeds from Dog Licenses
$2,054.60
158
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Withheld Taxes
$100,831.93
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Withheld for Retirement
$23,611.03
Total Expenditures, 1955
$2,766,890.67
Balance, December 31, 1955
178,113.12
$2,945,003.79
159
SECTION C SUMMARY
Balance Appropria- Receipts
1955
January 1, 1955
tions 1955
and Transfers
Totals
Balance Expendi- December tures
$7,149.00
$10.00
$7,159.00
Selectmen's Department
$7,149.39
$9.61
70.00
70.00
Dues - Boston Chamber of Commerce
70.00
7,049.00
7,049.00
Accounting Department
6,991.62
57.38
5,563.60
125.00
5,688.60
Treasurer's Department
5,685.97
2.63
250.00
250.00
Certification of Notes
26.00
224.00
600.00
600.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
182.00
418.00
12,090.00
350.00
12,440.00
Collector's Department
12,166.67
273.33
10,737.00
10,737.00
Assessors' Department
10,118.68
618.32
600.00
600.00
Advisory Committee
467.65
132.35
3,000.00
3,000.00
Law Department
3,000.00
4,195.00
35.00
4,230.00
Town Clerk's Department
4,220.94
9.06
3,325.00
375.14
3,700.14
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations
3,662.14
38.00
137.50
137.50
Moderator
137.50
9,620.00
9,620.00
Engineering Department
9,616.95
3.05
2,512.50
2,512.50
Planning Board
1,779.14
733.36
2,800.00
600.00
3,400.00
Town Hall
3,243.43
156.57
108,265.00
108,265.00
Police Department
107,017.39
1,247.61
1,200.00
1,200.00
Police Dept. - Special Officers
1,200.00
800.00
853.04
1,653.04
Ambulance
1,475.14
177.90
1,500.00
1,500.00
Annuity
1,500.00
150,691.20
150,691.20
Fire Department
149,020.84
1,670.36
745.00
745.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
695.82
49.18
8,062.00
8,062.00
Moth Department
8,060.51
1.49
3,458.00
3,458.00
Tree Warden
3,453.60
4.40
2,643.00
2,643.00
Trimming Bushes-Roadsides
2,640.49
2.51
6,058.00
6,058.00
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
6,052.24
5.76
1,818,00
1,818.00
Elm Tree Beetle
1,818.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
160
900.00
900.00
Town Forests
893.83
3,300.00
3,300.00
Forest Fires
2,987.03 88.50
6.17 312.97 11.50
100.00
100.00
Bounties
197.50
197.50
Dog Officer
197.50
2.500.00
2,500.00
Police Department - Radio Equipment
2,475.16
24.84
2,500.00
2,500.00
Police Department - Purchase two Motor Vehicles
2.500.00
35,040.00
35,040.00
Health Department
34,102.96
937.04
1,927.75
1,927.75
Greenhead Fly Control Project
1,927.75
8,850.00
8,850.00
So. Shore Mosquito Control Project
8,850.00
Plymouth County Hospital 1955
20,928.00
2,679.03
7,296.90
Shore Protection
7,296.90
6,000.00
Investigation Committee - Sewerage
6,000.00
130,000.00
130,000.00
Highway Department
127,310.30
2,689.70
20,000.00
20,000.00
Snow Removal
19,738.60
261.40
112.30
112.30
Road Machinery Account
112.30
20,125.00
20,125.00
Street Lights and Beacons
19,913.77
211.23
6,000.00
18,000.00
24,000.00
Chap. 90 Construction 1955
21,608.36
2,391.64
420.82
4,000.00
4,420.82
Sidewalk - River Street Humarock
4,420.82
1 ,200.00
1,200.00
Construction Irving Road
1,096.37
103.63
1,007.59
1,007.59
Chap. 90 Highway Maint.
1,007.59
8,200.00
8,200.00
Improvement Cole Parkway
7,412.59
787.41
16,430.00
411.17
16,841.17
Public Welfare and Disability Assistance
14,921.97
1,919.20
500.00
500.00
Disability Assistance Administrative
500.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
11,993.91
6.09
700.00
700.00
Aid to Dependent Children - Administrative
700.00
64,000.00
872.58
64,872.58
Old Age Assistance
64,867.20
5.38
3,000.00
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance - Administrative
3,000.00
7,503.73
7,755.91
15,259.64
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children
9,028.81
6,230.83
714.71
1,971.11
2,685.82
U. S. Grant - Aid to Dependent Children Adm.
1,434.10
1,251.72
15,508.38
41,721.35
57,229.73
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance
47,492.52
9,737.21
910,13
2,859.11
3,769.24
U. S. Grant - Old Age Assistance - Administrative
3,378.50
390.74
6,817.42
1,703.01
8,520.43
U. S. Grant - Disability Assistance ...
8,520.43
475.51
230.78
706.29
U. S. Grant - Disability Assistance - Adm.
331.74
374.55
10,000.00
18.00
10,018.00
Veterans' Benefits
8,069.22
1,948.78
2.500.00
2,500.00
Director of Veterans' Services
2,452.56
47.44
531,500.00
1,085.34
532,585.34
School Department
532,431.09
154.25
33,042.63
33,042.63
Remodeling and addition - High School
14,786.75
18,255.88
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
161
7,296.90 6,000.00
23,607.03
23,607.03
SUMMARY -Continued
Balance Appropria- Receipts January 1, tions and 1955 1955
Transfers
Totals
1955 Expendi- tures
Balance December 31,1955
8,617.92
8,617.92
Remodel, furnish and equip High School Cafeteria
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