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$1,703.81
Paid :
N. B. Gas and Edison Light Co.
$82.87
City of New Bedford,
Bureau of O. A. A.
392.58
Commonwealth of Mass. (Division of Child Guardianship) 744.48
City of Fall River,
Dept. of Public Welfare
270.33
James A. Stowell, Insurance
56.50
Wareham Police Department
9.00
E. Everett Eldridge
125.00
1,680.76
$23.05
MAINTENANCE AND EXPENSES AT HERRING WEIR
Appropriation
$150.00
Paid : John C. Perry
105.00
$45.00
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BENEFITS OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT - Chapter 152, G. L. Ter.
Appropriation Paid : $156.00
January 1, 1951 - December 31, 1951 $156.00
FOR MAINTENANCE OF SEWERS
Appropriation
$150.00
Expenditures
None
$150.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,550.00
Paid :
James A. Stowell 1,360.03
Ralph C. Dunn 25.05
1,385.08
$164.92
RETIREMENT SYSTEM for 1951 in Conformity with the Provisions of General Laws, Chapter 32, Section 22, Paragraph 7 as amended. Paid : Plymouth County Retirement Association $773.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION Paid :
Plymouth County Treasurer a/c Retirement Deductions, January 1st-December 31, 1951 $1,160.84
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COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Paid :
Orders of Town Treasurer Withholdings,
Quarter Ending :
March 31, 1951
$1,653.06
June 30, 1951
1,694.76
September 30, 1951
2,103.83
December 31, 1951
2,784.72
$8,236.37
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Due the Commonwealth, State Parks and
Reservations, Chap. 391 Acts 1931 $358.23
Auditing Municipal Accounts, G. L. Chap. 44,
Sec. 41, 46A, 1932 -- 155 882.68
$1,240.91
FOR CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING AN EIGHT CLASS ROOM, ADDITION, WITH CAFETERIA, RECREATION ROOM, TO THE CENTER SCHOOL BUILDING
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1951 $236,700.90
Paid :
Sullivan and Foster, Inc.
a/c Contract $195,498.99
Raymond Stowell, Architect 2,610.00
Mass. Reformatory, West Concord 246.25
Cascade Paper Company 2,868.23
Colonial Restaurant and
Store Equipment 382.20
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Jackson Chairs, Inc.
748.20
The Hobart Manufacturing Co.
427.50
George Heath
85.70
Curley Vera
271.25
The Standard Times
5.72
$203,144.04
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1952
$33,556.86
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Paid :
Order Chief of Fire Department
Winters Agency, Insurance
$472.60
DeCoffe's Service Station
14.23
E. F. Dahill Jr. & Co.
36.78
Justin A. McCarthy
618.82
Alomlite, Needham Heights
37.00
The Town Shop
3.72
Joseph L. Murphy
9.00
The Darwin Press
17.50
The Keystone
3.10
Walter C. Dexter
170.97
N. E. Association of Fire Chiefs
3.00
J. P. McCabe
10.00
H. A. Suddard
3.51
Donat Couet
3.75
Freddie's Texaco Station
53.40
Cords Auto Sales
155.00
Russell Chase
50.00
George C. Bradley
151.86
Fairhaven Star
9.75
George Heath
40.00
Paul Bradley
25.00
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Pierce and Smith
86.00
Archie Aiken
23.00
Fire Engineering
3.50
Fire Department Pay Roll
1,998.00
3,999.49
$ .51
GEORGE PURRINGTON JR. FUND
Fire Department a/c Fire Truck
Accrued Interest $471.28
Paid :
Joseph L. Murphy
361.00
$110.28
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR FIRE STATION LOT
Annual Town Meeting, Transfer from Free Cash in the Treasury $2,000.00
Special Town Meeting July 31, 1951 Transfer from Free Cash in the Treasury 400.00
$2,400.00
Paid :
Mary O. Sylvia
$2,000.00
Manuel F. Rosa
400.00
$2,400.00
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CONSTRUCTING AND ORIGINALLY EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING A FIRE STATION - Barstow Street and State Highway Route 6.
Appropriation, from Tax Levy
$2,000.00
From Free Cash in the Treasury
3,000.00
Bond Issue
25,000.00
$30,000.00
Bond Issue
$25,000.00
Premium
67.25
Interest date of delivery
13.37
$25,080.62
Paid :
American Bank Note
$29.50
Sullivan and Foster, Inc.
a/c Contract #5488
22,563.90
$22,593.40
Balance January 1, 1952
$2,487.22
Town Appropriation
$5,000.00
Paid :
F. W. Dodge Corporation $13.60
Standard Times
8.58
Francis X. Lang,
Certifying Notes
25.00
Raymond M. Stowell, Architect
750.00
797.18
Balance January 1, 1952
$4,202.82
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TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR EXPENSES
Appropriation
$700.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
54.00
$754.00
Paid :
William H. Winslow, Postage
$276.98
William H. Winslow, Expenses
46.07
J. Adrian Bissonette, Deputy Tax Coll. Bond
5.00
Mass. Collector's and Treasurer's
Association Dues 1951
4.00
The Keystone
59.50
John Johansen
1.25
Read & Macleod
14.00
Frederic Smith
156.63
H. S. Horne Co.
5.92
Merchants National Bank
37.80
Martha Fearing
87.50
Merchants National Bank Safe Deposit Box
5.00
Wareham Courier
11.63
H. S. Hutchinson
2.25
John C. Moore, Corporation
13.16
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
26.92
753.61
$ .39
ASSESSOR'S EXPENSES
Appropriation
$600.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
32.00
$632.00
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Paid : Orders Board of Assessors
631.86
$ .14
TOWN CLERK EXPENSES
Appropriaion
$150.00
Paid :
Hobbs and Warren, Inc.
$42.55
Weston C. Vaughan
8.00
Railway Express
1.93
Madeline L. Rebello
27.50
A. H. Barrett Co.
2.70
The Keystone
6.75
Mass. Town Clerks Association
5.00
Joseph H. Magilton
10.00
Ralph Moore
15.00
The Wareham Courier
18.38
137.81
$12.19
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Manuel C. Linhares, Motor Vehicle Excise and Trailer 1950 Fefund $45.63
Alexander Santos, Personal Tax 1950 Refund 14.00
William H. Winslow, Reimbursement -
Overpayment 1949 Personal Tax 2.90 Rita Dunn, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 5.03
Clarence O. Siddell, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 5.03
Clarence O. Siddell, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 72.04
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Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Motor Vehicle
Excise 1951 Refund 14.40
Lambeth Products, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 13.66
Grace C. Packard and Genevieve Holmes Real Estate 1951 Refund 9.00
Frank Pimental, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 12.49
William H. Winslow, Overpayment Real Estate Tax 1950 Refund 11.07
Helmuth Heuberger, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 14.84
Joseph Farwell, Jr., Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 4.10
Richard Howland, Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 Refund 11.71
James R. and R. Holbrook, Real Estate 1951 Refund 18.00
Louis and V. M. Gorde, Real Estate
1951 Refund 18.00
$271.90
ABATEMENTS AND OVERPAYMENTS OF WATER RATES
William H. Winslow, Reimb. Overpayment Water Rate, Due the Collector $ .26
George Gomes, Overpayment Water Rate 8.55
Allen M. Walker, Overpayment of Water Rate 7.75
George Henshaw, Overpayment of Water Rate 8.55
Oscar St. Jacques, Overpayment of Water Rate 2.28
$27.39
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WILLIAM H. WINSLOW
Overpayment Wharfage (Double Posting)
$4.00
Overpayment Motor Vehicle Excise .69
$4.69
TOWN PLANNING BOARD
Appropriation
$200.00
Expenditures
None
MATTAPOISETT COMMUNITY BAND PUBLIC BAND CONCERTS
Appropriation
$600.00
Paid :
Loretta N. Johnson, Treasurer
$600.00
MAINTENANCE OF SHIPYARD PARK
Appropriation
$600.00
Balance of Interest from Lewis R. Bolles Bequest, Forwarded January 1, 1951 1.95
$601.95
Paid :
Osborne P. Nash
$290.90
Walter C. Dexter
3.10
George S. White
30.00
The Town Shop
9.45
John F. Denham
11.00
Freddie's Texaco Station
1.45
Easton Construction Co.
80.00
Marinus Van Der Pol
24.00
Edith S. Crampton
2.00
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Lemuel LeBaron
25.00
Joseph Furtado
2.00
Buckman Electric Co.
107.50
586.40
$15.55
IMPROVING AND BEAUTIFYING SHIPYARD PARK
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1951
$27.74
Expenditures
None
INSURANCE ON WHARF AT SHIPYARD PARK
Appropriation
$200.00
Expenditures
None
Forwarded January 1, 1952
$200.00
REPAIRS TO WHARF SHIPYARD PARK
From Available Funds in the Treasury $1,000.00
Paid :
Manuel R. Nunes
$84.00
Joseph Nunes
49.00
Ray Buckley
48.00
Clifford Silveria
8.00
Jasper Simpson
49.00
Aiello Caton
49.00
Tri City Concrete Co., Inc.
697.51
984.51
$15.49
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TO COMPLETE REPAIRS TO WHARF SHIPYARD PARK
Special Town Meeting July 31, 1951
Voted from Available Funds in the Treasury
$1,500.00
Expenditures 1951
None
Forward January 1, 1952
$1,500.00
A BUILD A FENCE AT SHIPYARD PARK
Voted from Available Funds in the Treasury $350.00
Paid :
Walpole Woodworks Inc., Fence $161.40
Manuel C. Linhares, Labor and Supplies 90.44
Buckman Electric Co. 92.72
344.56
$5.44
LIST OF AWARDS CAUSED BY THE TAKING OF LAND ON PROSPECT ROAD a/c Chap. 90, Highway Work Decree 1066
1950 Appropriation $1,399.00
Payments in 1949 and 1950
1,125.00
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1951
$274.00
Paid :
Linus S. Eldridge, Parcel No. 6 and 25
154.00
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1952
$120.00
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FOR SHELLFISH PROPAGATION
Appropriation $500.00
State Department of Marine Fisheries, 1950
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1951
476.36
State Dept. Marine Fisheries, 1951
300.00
State Dept. Marine Fisheries, 1951
Suppression of Shellfish Enemies 1951
200.00
$976.36
State and Town Funds
$1,476.36
Paid :
C. E. Hiller
$42.00
Standard Times
11.44
Roger Squire
123.50
John Pacheco
10.00
George Furtado
10.00
John Duarte
41.00
Antone Mello
69.00
Stanley Jaboski
89.00
Arthur Bonin
8.00
Antone Veira
30.00
Antone Gomes
18.00
August Louis
4.00
Richard Hyland
9.00
George Washburne
5.00
Bradley Banows
9.00
Manuel Cruz
12.00
Walter Gardzina
16.00
Joseph Fortes
16.00
Ralph Delano
4.00
Quansoo Shellfish Farm
190.00
The Darwin Press
21.78
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Jordon Smith
4.00
Harry Erhard
4.48
John Makuch
359.50
$1,116.70
Balance - State Money - Forwarded
January 1, 1952
$359.66
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
Appropriation $2,100.00
Paid :
Harry Erhard, Salary $890.00
Harry Erhard, Auto Transportation 757.74
E. Everett Eldridge 200.00
1,847.74
$252.26
ERECTING A SUMMER HOUSE AT THE BATHING BEACH
Special Town Meeting, June 5, 1950
Transfer from Available Funds in the Treasury $525.00 Paid : Manuel C. Linhares 515.00
$10.00
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PURCHASE OF A POWER LAWN MOWER FOR TOWN PROPERTY
Special Town Meeting June 5, 1950
From Available Funds in the Treasury $200.00
Paid :
Big 3 Saw Mill 95.00
$105.00
COMMITTEE ON DOUBLE ENTRY BOOKKEEPING
Appropriation Forwarded January 1, 1951 $150.00
Paid :
C. E. Hiller, Printing
75.00
$75.00
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,210.69
Paid :
Orders of Tree Warden
1,209.45
$1.24
SPRAYING AND CARE OF SHADE TREES
Appropriation
$500.00
Forwarded January 1, 1951
500.00
$1,000.00
Paid :
Order of Tree Warden
974.40
$25.60
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HIGHWAYS
General Highway, Care of Roads, Sidewalks, Con- struction and Maintenance and Repair of Bridges.
Appropriation
$11,000.00
Paid : Orders of Highway Surveyor 10,996.52
$3.48
Chapter 90 - Maintenance Contract No. 13259
Town Appropriation $1,000.00
Approved by State Department of
Public Works
$1,000.00
Approved by Plymouth County
Commissioners
1,000.00
$2,000.00
Paid :
Orders of Highway Surveyor $2,999.60
(State and County Money not received as of December 31, 1951)
CHAPTER 90 - NORTH STREET CONSTRUCTION
Contract No.
Town Appropriation
$2,500.00
None
Payments in 1951
Contract extended to June 30, 1952
$2,500.00
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TAR ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Paid :
Orders of Highway Surveyor
4,468.82
$31.18
TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF MECHANIC STREET FROM CHURCH TO WATER STREET
Appropriation
$800.00
Paid :
Orders of Highway Surveyor
798.79
$1.21
TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO THE GRADER HOUSE
Appropriation
$900.00
Paid :
Orders of Highway Surveyor
881.68
$18.32
RESURFACE RESERVATION ROAD
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Paid :
Order of Highway Surveyor
1,773.66
$26.34
1
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RESURFACE CATHAY LANE
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Paid :
Order of Highway Surveyor
1,972.49
$27.51
WIDENING AND RESURFACING ACUSHNET ROAD
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Paid :
Order of Highway Surveyor
1,595.83
$4.17
INSTALL CURBING AND RESURFACE THE SIDE- WALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF BARSTOW STREET BETWEEN CHURCH AND WATER STREETS
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Paid : Order of Highway Surveyor
1,797.33
$2.67
TO RESURFACE PARK STREET
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
350.00
$1,950.00
Paid :
Order of Highway Surveyor
1,948.91
$1.09
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TO RESURFACE MATTAPOISETT NECK ROAD
From Available Funds in Treasury
$2,000.00
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1951
2,822.31
$4,822.31
Paid :
Order of Highway Surveyor
4,795.00
$27.31
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS
Forwarded January 1, 1952
For Expense of Land Court Proceedings $200.00
Construction of a Sidewalk on East side of Baptist Street 800.00
To Improve the Herring Run
200.00
To Install Street Lights on Brandt Island Road 330.00
Committee of Five to investigate the possibility of Town Sewerage Disposal 100.00
To Reimburse the Finance Committee for Expenses incurred in obtaining a decis- ion of the Supreme Court on the right of a Town to vote for Surplus Funds 600.00
For Purchase, the Ned's Point Reservation so-called from the Federal Government for a Park to be known as Veterans of Mattapoisett Memorial Park
3,000.00
For Planting of Shade Trees
500.00
Road Machinery Account 586.30
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MATTAPOISETT CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Special Town Meeting December 29, 1950 $1,000.00 Forwarded January 1, 1951
Paid :
Big 3 Saw Mill, Supplies $5.49
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Tel. 497 Aircraft Obs. 57.87
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Tel. 87 Civil Defense 50.48
Morton A. Pierce, Postage
18.00
Kenneth M. Wood, Expense
28.00
Joseph Perry, Expense
5.00
S .H. Reese, Supplies
83.30
Valentine Henshaw, Lumber
13.90
Lee S. Root, Supplies
10.00
W. S. Darling Co., Supplies
41.45
Clifford I. Tripp, Expense
4.15
Manuel C. Linhares, Material and Labor 168.43
Ralph Moore, Expense
8.00
494.07
Forwarded January 1, 1952
$505.93
RESERVE FUND
Under Authority of Section 6, Chapter 40 G. L. -
Voted from Overlay Surplus $9,000.00
Transferred to :
Elections and Town Meetings $43.22
Street Lighting 18.27
Highway Department, Park Street 350.00
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Treasurer and Tax Collector, Expenses 54.00
Assessors Expenses
32.00
497.49
Balance to Overlay Reserve $8,502.51
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES
Appropriation $3,000.00
F. S. Brightman Co., Supplies $33.62
Hobbs and Warren, Inc., Supplies 50.89
Read and Macleod, Supplies 9.24
C. E. Hiller, Printing Town Reports 1,087.21
C. E. Hiller, Printing 31.50
Samuel H. Corse, Town Maps 12.00
Samuel H. Corse, Surveying and Blue Prints 56.43
Plymouth County Commissioners, Layout of Mattapoisett Neck Road and North Street 10.00
Gertrude Aylesbury, Typing and Clerical 178.92
Freddie's Service Station, Supplies 12.30
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds 15.16
John Johansen, Repairs to Type- writers 22.00
Mass. Selectmen's Association, Dues 1951 15.00
Plymouth County Selectmen's Association Dues 1951 6.00
The Standard Times, Adv. 104.02
Commissioner of Public Safety, Book .60
Wilken and Wilken, Public
Liability Insurance - 52.21
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The Keystone, Adding Machine,
Rental 20.00
H. S. Horne Co., Supplies 29.69
The Town Shop, Supplies 4.60
Robert Silveria, Del. Town Reports 5.00 William Sherman, Del. Town Reports 5.00 William H. Winslow, Jr., Del.
Town Reports 5.00
Walter F. Costello
5.00
Big Three Saw Mill, Supplies
26.38
Winter's Agency, Interior and
Exterior Robbery Insurance 28.00
Wright and Potter, Supplies 5.22
Paragon Stamps Works, Stamps 4.20
William B. Perry, Attorney
Legal Services 50.00
William H. Raymond, Expense and
deliverying Town Reports 8.00
Peter Gerry, Del. Town Reports 4.00
Donald Gerry, Del. Town Reports 4.00
Darling Flower Shop 9.00
The Darwin Press, Printing
12.00
Edward Sylvia, Fuel Oil
a/c Mosquito work 14.45
A. E. Wordell, Repairs to Sprayer 1.40
Ralph Moore, Labor and Painting 64.50
Benjamin F. Willoughby, Printing Sign 1.50 John F. Denham, Jr., 3 yds. Clay 10.50
Alden S. Kinney, Electric Light Service 9.61 Joseph Bauer, Police Work 3.00
Franklin Harriman, Mowing Library and Monument Lawn 75.00
Lester A. Crampton, Postage 52.81
Lester A. Crampton, Expenses 16.30
Lester A. Crampton, Transportation 105.00
Lester A. Crampton, Expenses to
Boston, year 1951 36.50
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Manuel C. Linhares, Expenses 4.50
Manuel C. Linhares, Transportation 35.00
Manuel C. Linhares, Expenses to Rockport, Annual Meeting Mass. Selectmen's Assn. 30.25
George S. White, Expenses
14.25
George S. White, Expenses to Rockport, Annual Meeting, Mass. Selectmen's Assn. 11.20
Animal Rescue League
27.00
Ernest Briggs 66.00
Banker and Tradesman
16.00
Ruth Taylor, Typing and Clerical
62.10
Edward Johnson, Insurance
71.53
Typewriter Headquarters, Inc.
30.00
Walter C. Dexter c/o Town Clock 15.00
George D. Heath, Fire Extinguisher 45.90 Lemuel LeBaron 50.00
E. F. Dahill Jr. & Co.,
ยท Fire Extinguishers
94.50
Nelson F. Harriman, S. W. & M.
28.00
George H. Potter, Town Counsel,
January 1 to October 30, 1951 65.00
2,978.99
$21.01
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $9,000.00
Paid : Alden S. Kinney, Chief, Salary $2,800.00 Alfred Faria, Night Patrolman 2,600.00 Joseph Bauer, Police Officer at School 612.00
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N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
Tel. No. 336 135.11
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Tel. No. 516
90.73
Murray D. Tuttle, Police Officer
183.60
Ralph Moore, Police Officer
511.20
Harry Erhard, Police Officer
128.00
Joseph Bauer, Police Officer
19.50
Charles Avilla, Police Officer
48.00
Edward Buffington, Police Officer 7.00
Alfred Faria, Expense
2.53
Chester Morse, Wareham Court Officer 13.20
Dexters Garage
27.15
The Town Shop
12.74
Sherod L. Bourne
21.00
Winters Insurance Agency
44.57
Southeastern Mass. Chief of
Police Assn. Dues 1951
3.00
Stinson Garage
70.75
Alden S. Kinney, Expenses
50.23
H. A. Suddard
22.56
L. K. Church
15.35
Plymouth County Police Assn.
2.00
Freddie Jones
1.00
Offset Press
26.78
Russell Chase
31.00
Dahill Co.
10.20
Big 3 Saw Mill
20.98
Melvin Wood
4.00
Robert Wenstrom
4.00
Romeo Brunnette
13.90
C. E. Beckman Co.
5.80
Rosenfield Uniform
33.15
Edwin Kinney
5.00
John Pemberton
5.00
Donald Wood
5.00
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Auto Top Shop
20.00
Town of Wareham Police Dept.
7.50
Village Drug Store
4.17
Maxim Motor Co.
72.50
Ace Auto Body
166.85
Freddie's Texaco Station
307.74
Murray DeCoffe Gulf Station
166.66
Greenwoods Service Station
123.50
Gingras Service Station
186.61
Tex's Service Station
131.17
8,772.73
$227.27
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
To E. & D. 1952 Expenditures Balance Forwarded
Town Officers, Salaries
$10,050.00
Schools
76,518.64
School Milk Account
1,042.87
Agricultural and Vocational Schols
1,104.16
$1,895.84
Maintenance of Town Hall
1,953.33
46.67
Repairs to Town Hall
955.17
$776.31
Interest on Loans
200.00
Elections and Town Meetings
493.22
Bathing Beach
1,361.46
38.54
For Incidental Expenses
2,978.99
21.01
Cemetery Trust Funds
344.78
Street Lighting
5,018.27
Registrar of Voters Expenses
123.00
77.00
Board of Health, General
1,046.35
453.65
Board of Health, Collection of Garbage
2,300.00
Board of Health, Maintenance of Town Dump
989.98
10.02
Employment of District Nurse, Salary 1.980.00
District Nurse, Expense, Transportation
400.00
District Nurse, Medical Expenses
53.37
66.63
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To E. & D. 1952 Expenditures Balance Forwarded
Maintenance and Operation of Police Dept.
8,772.73
227.27
Soldiers Benefits
1,655.40
844.60
Maintenance of Water Dept.
13,961.88
38.12
Water Dept., Purchase of Meters
1,478.25
21.75
Purchase of an Air Compressor
and Jack Hammer
1,183.55
16.45
Water Dept. to make an Engineering Survey to obtain an additional Water Supply 1,000.00
Water Dept. for Testing its capacity and Investigation, for additional
Water Supply 1,150.54
649.46
Water Dept. to lay 755 ft. Water Pipe, Cathaway Lane 53.32
215.63
Water Dept. to lay 8 in. Water Main
and Install 13 Hydrants from John
Jenney's Cor. to the property of Carleton Vaughan's via North Street
605.02
5,737.46
Water Dept. To lay 500 feet Water Pipe on Randall Road 33.12
500.20
Water Dept., To lay 500 ft. of 6 in Water Pipe So. side Hammond St. between Pearl and Barstow Sts. 43.85
189.52
Water Dept., To lay 300 ft. of 6 in. Water Pipe East of Casino Road, North of Water Street 877.12
22.88
Notes, Bonds and Interest
27,966.75
(Overpayment, and returned to the Town) 3,000.00
Maintenance of Plymouth County Hospital
3,647.69
Plymouth County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture 150.00
Maintenance and Operation of Fire Department 3,999.49
.51
George Purrington, Jr. Fund a/c Fire Dept., Fire Truck 361.00
Purchase of Land for Fire Station 2,400.00
Constructing and Equipping New Fire Station 23,390.58
6,609.42
Maintenance of Wharf Properties 292.52
107.48
-
61
To E. & D. 1952 Expenditures Balance Forwarded
Wharf Dept. - Repairs to Short Wharf
497.50
2.50
Wharf Dept. - Insurance on
Long and Short Wharf
200.00
Harbor Master
14.00
36.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector Bonds
355.25
Maintenance of Public Library
2,595.39
39.27
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Hydrant Rental
100.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Expenses
753.61
.39
Assessor's Expenses
631.86
.14
Town Clerk Expenses
137.81
12.19
Erecting Summer House at Bathing Beach
515.00
10.00
Purchase of Power Lawn Mower
95.00
105.00
Committee - Double Entry Bookkeeping
75.00
75.00
Tree Warden Department
1,209.45
1.24
Spraying and Care of Shade Trees
974.40
25.60
Observance of Memorial Day
283.45
16.55
Care of Veterans Graves
39.00
61.00
Abatement of Taxes
271.90
William H. Winslow, Overpayment
of Wharfage and Motor Vehicle Excise)
4.69
Collection of Ashes and Rubbish
2,524.96
75.04
Abatement - Overpayment Water Rates
27.39
Barlow and Hammond Cemeteries
150.00
State Reclamation Board -- Mosquito Control
1,500.00
For Payment of Outstanding Accounts
1,680.76
23.05
Insurance on Town Buildings
700.00
Maintenance and Expenses - Herring Weir
105.00
45.00
Workmen's Compensation a-c Chap. 152
156.00
Maintenance of Sewers
150.00
Shellfish Propagation
1,116.70 359.66
62
To E. & D. Expenditures 1,847.74
1952
Shellfish Constable
Balance Forwarded 252.26
Workmen's Compensation and Public Liability Insurance 1,385.08
164.92
Retirement System - Withholdings -
Deductions 1,160.84
Plymouth County Retirement Association 773.00
Town Planning Board
200.00
Mattapoisett Community Band -- Public Band Concerts 600.00
Highway General
10,996.52
3.48
Chapter 90-Highway- Maintenance 2,999.60
Chapter 90-Highway- Construction 2,500.00
Highway Dept .- Tarring account 4,468.82 31.18
Highway Dept., New sidewalk, west
side Mechanic St., between Church and Water Sts. 798.79
1.21
Highway Dept .- Resurface Mattapoisett Neck Road 4,795.00
27.31
Highway Dept .- Addition to Grader House 881.68
18.32
Highway Dept .- Resurface Reservation Road 1,773.66
26.34
Highway Dept .- Resurface --- Cathaway Lane
1,972.49
27.51
Highway Dept .-- Resurface and Widen Acushnet Road 1,595.83 4.17
Highway Dept .- Install Curbing and Resurface sidewalk, Barstow Street between Church and Water Sts. 1,797.33 2.67
-
Highway Dept .- Resurface Park St. 1,948.91
1.09
Maintenance Shipyard Park 586.40
15.55
For Repairs to Wharf - Shipyard Park 984.51 15.49
Insurance on Wharf at Shipyard Park
200.00
Improving and Beautifying Shipyard Park
27.74
To Complete Repairs to Wharf Shipyard Park
1.500.00
To build a fence at
Shipyard Park 344.56 5.44
63
To E. & D. 1952 Expenditures Balance Forwarded
Awards - Decree 1066 caused by the
taking of land on Prospect Road a-c Chap. 90 Highway Work 154.00
120.00
Plymouth County - Tax 12,332.91
Plymouth County Treasurer, Dog Licenses 583.60
Collector of Internal Revenue
8,236.37
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Allotment a-c November 20, 1951 1,240.91
Constructing and Equipping an eight room addition, with Cafeteria, Recreation Room to the Center School Bldg. 203,144.04
33,556.86
Performance Bond on Construction of the School Addition 1,753.25
Mattapoisett Civilian Defense 494.07 505.93
For Expenses of Land Court Proceedings 200.00
Construction of a Sidewalk on East side of Baptist Street 800.00
To Improve the Herring Run
200.00
To Install Street Lights on Brandt Island Road 330.00
Committee of Five to Investigate the Possibility of Town Sewerage Disposal 100.00
To Reimburse the Finance Committee for expenses incurred in obtaining a decision of the Supreme Court on the right of a Town to vote Surplus Funds 600.00
To Purchase the Neds Point Reservation so called from the Federal Government for a Park, to be known as Veterans of Mattapoisett Memorial Park For Planting of Shade Trees
3,000.00
Road Machinery Account
500.00 586.30
Public Welfare-General Relief 12,772.05 1,227.95
Aid to Dependent Children Aid 7.221.25
Aid to Dependent Children Town Funds-Administrative Expenses 99.07 .93
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Funds-Aid 1,360.72
64
To E. & D. 1952
Expenditures Balance Forwarded
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant-Administrative Expenses
234.76
Bureau of Old Age Assistance Aid 57,719.05
4,646.08
Bureau of Old Age Assistance Town Funds-Administrative Expenses
996.44 3.50
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Federal Grant-Administrative Expenses
953.93
2,270.24
State Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Accounts 2,130.53
$573,092.75 $7,701.12
$67.570.94
Reserve Fund - To Overlay Surplus
8,502.51
$76,073.45
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
$15,486.00
Accrued Interest
1,252.96
$16,738.96
65
LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED DURING 1951 BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Kind of License
Issued
Dance License
42
Common Victuallers 21
License to carry Pistol or Revolver
28
Innholders, Common Victualler's and other Keepers of Restaurants and other Estab- lishments 5
Lodging House
5
Wines and Malt Beverages only, Special License
8
All Alcoholic Beverages, Common Victualler
2
By Transfer
2
All Alcoholic Beverages, Retail Package Goods Store 2
Wines and Malt Beverages only, Common Victualler 2
By Transfer
1
Wines and Malt Beverages only, Retail Package Goods Store
3
By Transfer
1
All Alcoholic Beverages, Common Victuallers, Seasonal April 1 to November 30
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