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27.72
Printing
18.38
Auto Expense
327.21
Equipment
42.85
Telephone Toll Charge
.25
416.41
Total Payments
1,991.46
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$383.59
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH SUPPRESSION
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent
$1,433.33
Labor
2,257.39
Other Expenses-
Trucks
$345.63
Insecticides
564.16
Tools and Hardware
25.63
Transportation by Motor Boat
18.00
Auto and Sprayer Expense
313.53
Telephone
36.45
1,303.40
Total Payments 4,994.12
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.88
TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
$2,500.00
Appropriation Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Tree Warden
$620.00
Labor
1,434.85
$2,054.85
$3,690.72
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Other Expenses-
Trucks
$93.81
Insecticides
242.46
Tools and Hardware
34.06
Auto and Sprayer Expense
62.80
Telephone
6.86
All Other
3.92
443.81
Total Payments 2,498.76
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1.24
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$2,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
1,500.00
$3,500.00
Payments :
Salaries and Wages-
Warden
$300.00
Patrol and Emergency Fire Duty
225.62
Fighting Fires
1,846.64
Warden, Special Services
8.64
Clerical Assistance
96.00
2,476.90
Other Expenses-
Auto and Truck Hire
$522.40
Apparatus
283.24
Telephone
69.24
Food
40.51
Checks and Badges
53.25
Printing and Stationery
15.00
983.64
Total Payments 3,460.54
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$39.46
DOG OFFICER
Balance from 1938 Reimbursements from County
$1.50
987.00
988.50
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Payments: Care, Custody and Destroying Dogs
$988.50
RIFLE RANGE
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 Payments :
$300.00
Use of Range at Attleboro
$72.60
Use of Range at Hingham
38.47
Use of Range at Camp Curtis Guild
27.63
Transportation
101.00
Meals
33.15
Total Payments 272.85
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$27.15
INLAND FISHERIES
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments:
Yellow Perch
300.00
CULTIVATION, PROPAGATION AND PROTECTION OF SHELLFISH
$1,450.00
Appropriation Payments:
$1,300.00
Surveying
18.89
Boat Storage and Repairs
51.60
Gasoline and Oil
24.90
Printing
3.80
Total Payments 1,399.19
Balance to Exces and Deficiency
$50.81
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-2-937 CLAM PLANTING
Balance from 1938 $129.91
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation 100.00
$229.91
Payments: Equipment Gasoline and Oil
$148.72
5.43
$154.15
.
Salary of Supervisor
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Return to W. P. A. Appropriation
75.76
$229.91
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$18,000.00
Payments:
Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance
$957.55
Other General Expenses-
Stationery, Postage
$109.61
Printing, Advertising
3.00
Telephones
96.15
Freight, Express
6.71
All Other
7.85
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases-
Medical Attendance
$266.64
Drugs, Medicines
14.52
Grocer.es, Provisions
2.94
Maintenance of Contagious Ward in Jordan Hospital
3,000.00
All Other
8.73
3,292.83
Tuberculosis -
Board and Care
$3,817.24
All Other
30.00
Vital Statistics-
Births
$38.75
Deaths
44.50
83.25
Other Expenses-
Plumbing Inspectors
$874.34
Fumigation and Disinfecting
260.00
New Inhalater
427.00
Inspection
1,570.00
Auto Hire
421.83
All Other
123.45
3,676.62
Inspection- Salary of Inspector of Meats
$800.00
Salary of Inspector of Milk
650.00
Expenses
114.40
1,564.40
223.32
3,847.24
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Public Dump- Labor
$1,748.00
Expenses
19.10
1,767.10
Tuberculosis Dispensary-
Physician
$266.64
Rent
540.00
Light
44.54
Supplies
2.16
853.34
Dental Clinic-
Dental Supplies
$35.97
Dentists
780.00
815.97
Total Payments
17,081.62
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$918.38
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Piggery Maintenance and Operation and Collection of Garbage
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Payments: Salaries and Wages-
Clerical Assistance
$433.32
Labor
6,489.60
Other Expenses-
Rent of Piggery
500.00
Truck Expense
295.38
Gasoline and Oil
270.44
All Other
10.46
1,076.28
Total Payments 7,999.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.80
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE
$10,987.59
Appropriation Payments: To Treasurer of Plymouth County (Assessment of 1938 Maintenance) 10,987.59
$6,922.92
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DISTRICT NURSES
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments:
Services of District Nurse
$1,500.00
Services of Assistant Nurse
500.00
Total Payments $2,000.00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$250.00
Payments:
Services of Inspector (Jan .- Mar.)
$99.99
Services of Inspector (Apr .- Dec.)
Total Payments $250.00
SEWERS
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments:
Labor
$2,289.90
Pipe
2.58
Brick and Cement
82.87
Manholes, Covers
23:88
Equipment
41.10
Lumber and Nails
25.74
Total Payments 2,466.07
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$33.93
INTERCEPTING SEWER
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Expense of Acquiring Easements
$100.00
W. P. A. PROJECT No. 665-14-2-931 Nook Road Sewer
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments:
$3,012.06
Trucks Pipe
$584.68 1,254.85
150.01
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Brick
330.00
Cement
130.00
Grates, Frames, Steps
378.97
Equipment
86.11
Lumber and Nails
197.97
Dynamiting Rock
49.48
Total Payments
$3,012.06
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-20 Intercepting Sewer
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$4,862.18
Payments:
Printing, Recording, Postage
$81.35
Engineering Services
396.47
Trucks
302.25
Pipe
480.51
Cement
128.75
Lumber and Nails
1,441.79
Tools and Equipment
913.38
Use of Moretrench Wellpoint Equipment
895.51
Gasoline and Oil
192.81
All Other
29.36
Total Payments $4,862.18
(Project continued in 1940)
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-1-562 Street Drainage
Balance from 1938
$216.69
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriaton
132.41
$349.10
Payments :
Trucks
$49.40
Brick
74.70
Damage Claim
225.00
Total Payments
$349.10
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation $4,500.00
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Payments: Labor Equipment
$3,927.80 48.00
Total Payments
3,975.80
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$524.20
PUBLIC SANITARIES
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Payments:
Janitor
$500.00
Other Care and Labor
1,400.50
Supplies
213.41
Repairs
56.06
Total Payments
2,169.97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$30.03
MOSQUITO CONTROL WORK IN THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments :
Treasurer of Commonwealth (Maintenance)
$500.00
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Appropriation
$42,000.00
Payments:
General Administration-
Superintendent
$2,500.00
Foreman
1,560.00
Clerical Assistance
1,040.00
Auto Allowance
416.00
Stationery and Postage
117.13
Telephones
171.30
Fuel and Light
159.40
All Other
34.00
$5,997.83
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General Highway Expenditures-
Labor,
$19,292.57
Teams and Trucks
7,157.00
Stone, Gravel, etc.
328.75
Tar and Oil
212.38
Pipe and Cement
228.56
Equipment
2,191.68
Repairs
1,135.81
Gasoline and Motor Oil
1,498.04
Kerosene
221.04
Fuel and Light
56.25
Freight and Express
37.91
All Other
32.00
$32,391.99
Liability Insurance
2,112.56
Other Expenses-
Drinking Fountains
96.29
Street Signs
70.98
Traffic Signals
117.00
Fences
160.55
444.82
Total Payments
$40,947.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1,052.80
HIGHWAY FUND, CHAP. 500, ACTS OF 1938
Fund from State August 31, 1938 $17,000.00
Transfers under Chapter 2, Acts of 1939: (Article 10, Annual Town Meeting, April 13, 1939)
Highway Construction and Reconstruction $16,250.00
Federal Furnace Road 750.00
$17,000.00
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1938 Appropriation April 13, 1939
$3,510.33
4,300.00
Transfer from Highway Fund
16,250.00
$24,060.33
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Payments:
Labor
$5,786.70
Stone and Gravel
5,276.31
Tar
9,884.07
Use of Roller
70.75
Total Payments
21,017.83
Balance Remaining
3,042.50
HARD-SURFACING STREETS
Balance from 1938
$54.53
Appropriation
4,500.00
$4,554.53
Payments:
Labor
$3,016.15
Stone
199.70
Tar
1,333.23
All Other
5.41
Total Payments
4,554.49
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.04
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD (For Relaying Defective Construction)
Grant from State
$454.61
Grant from County
435.42
Transfer from Town Appro.
19.18
Payments:
Labor
$340.50
Trucks
104.25
Tar
459.66
Cement
4.80
Total Payments
$909.21
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD
Balance from 1938
$138.38
Grant from State, for 1938 Work
318.00
$456.38
$909.21
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Less:
Transfer to above account
$19.18
Payment for land damage 11.80
30.98
$425.40
Transfer from Construction and Reconstruction
750.00
Grant from State
677.94
Grant from County
677.94
Payments
Labor
$748.90
Trucks
234.00
Gravel
349.20
Tar
1,547.73
Use and Moving of Grader
120.00
Total Payments
$2,999.83
Overdraft, awaiting reimbursement
$468.55
TAYLOR AVENUE EXTENSION
Balance Overdrawn in 1938
$294.28
Grant from County
$196.32
Grant from State
101.64
297.96
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$3.68
RIVER STREET IMPROVEMENT AND HARD-SURFACING
Appropriation March 27, 1937
$2,500.00
No payments
NEW WESTERLY WAY
Balance from 1937
$524.03
Payments:
Labor
348.70
Balance Remaining $175.33
$2,531.28
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BROOKSIDE AVENUE IMPROVEMENT AND RESURFACING
Balance from 1935
$578.80
No Payments
OCEAN VIEW ROAD
Appropriation
Payments:
100.00
SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$2,875.05
Stone Dust and Sand
760.76
Tar
1,308.30
Equipment
55.47
Total Payments 4,999.58
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$0.42
W. P. A. Project NO. 465-14-1-453 Farm to Market Roads
Balance from 1938
$61.53
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
4,758.67
Payments:
$4,050.51
Transportation
549.00
Labor
8.00
Tools and Equipment
212.69
Total Payments
$4,820.20
W. P. A. PROJECT NO: 65-1-14-490 Farm to Market Roads
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments:
$233.73
Trucks
$176.80
Tools and Equipment
56.93
Total Payments
$233.73
(Project continued in 1940)
$4,820.20
Trucks
$100.00
Services for Acquiring Titles
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-1-283 Curbing
Balance from 1938
$419.76
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
5,252.21
$5,671.97
Payments:
Trucks
$1,469.65
Transportation
1,036.50
Watchman
10.00
Cement
2,715.25
Gravel
10.65
Tools and Equipment
200.09
Lumber and Nails
229.83
Total Payments $5,671.97
(Project continued in 1940)
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-375 Water Street Sidewalk and Steps
Balance from 1938
$53.84
Payments:
$18.20
Sand
30.30
Return to W. P. A. Appropriation
5.34
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-324 Bituminous Sidewalks
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$7,674.88
Payments:
Trucks
$1,980.88
Transportation
592.00
Tar
3,936.89
Gravel
147.00
Mixer
769.00
Tools and Equipment
193.37
Lumber and Nails
42.74
Frame and Grate
13.00
Total Payments $7,674.88
(Project continued in 1940)
Trucks
$48.50
$53.84
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W. P A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-519 Sea Wall at Town Wharf
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$3,331.51
Payments:
Trucks
$1,345.32
Watchman
10.00
Gravel
28.00
Cement
130.00
Lumber and Nails
430.42
Tools and Equipment
519.38
Total Payments
$2,463.12
Balance Remaining
$868.39
SIDEWALKS: GRANOLITHIC
Balance from 1938
$377.11 2,000.00
Appropriation
$2,377.11
Payments:
Sidewalks (Contract)
$559.60
Curbing
676.66
Repairs
139.30
Total Payments
1,375.56
Balance Remaining
$1,001.55
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Payments:
Labor
$6,002.80
Teams and Trucks
1,038.47
Plowing
2,553.25
Sand
44.10
Equipment
417.03
Calcium Chloride
32.00
Total Payments
$10,087.65
Balance Overdrawn, to be appropriated by Town $87.65
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STREET SPRINKLING
$1,000.00
Appropriation Payments:
Labor
$33.60
Calcium Chloride
952.60
Total Payments
$986.20
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$13.80
STREET LIGHTING
$20,000.00
Payments:
$6,236.27
Ordinary
11,155.06
Manomet
1,730.10
Cedarville
414.00
Range Lights
54.00
Plymouth Rock
36.00
Total Payments 19,625.43
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$374.57
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
Salary of Harbor Master
$150.00
TOWN WHARF MAINTENANCE AND CARETAKER
$960.00
Appropriation Payments:
Salary of Caretaker
$858.00
Equipment and Repairs
68.62
Labor, Cleaning up Ater Carnivals
28.00
Total Payments 954.62
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$5.38
Appropriation
Ornamental
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IMPROVEMENTS IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR
Appropriation No Payments
$5,000.00
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELLISVILLE HARBOR
Appropriation from Excess and Deficiency Oct. 10 Payments:
$1,500.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,500.00
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$80,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14
7,500.00
Income from Trust Funds
60.99
- $87,560.99
Payments:
General Administration-
Salary of Chairman
$50.00
Salary of Secretary
350.00
Salary of Supervisor
1,433.25
Salary of Investigator
366.67
Clerical Assistance
3,240.00
Janitor
405.00
Fuel and Light
255.47
Printing, Stationery, Postage
231.86
Telephone
105.90
All Other
480.95
$6,919.10
Infirmary
Salary of Superintendent
$728.00
Other Salaries and Wages
1,211.85
Groceries, Provisions
2,599.38
Dry Goods, Clothing
203.55
Repairs
94.46
Fuel and Light
687.80
Equipment
472.51
Ice
59.46
Medical Attendance
298.10
All Other
371.98
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash
$3,286.69
Rent
11,079.20
Groceries, Provisions
39,610.89
$6,727.09
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Fuel
3,887.39
Dry Goods, Clothing
928.63
Medical Attendance
4,120.98
Burials
840.00
State Infirmary
584.07
Other State Institutions
337.21
Jordan Hospial
3,011.84
Other Institutions
2,188.14
All Other
461.31
$70,336.35
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns- Cities
$450.91
Towns
2,041.10
$2,492.01
Total Payments $86,474.55
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1,086.44
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND
Expended by the Board of Public Welfare for Inmates of Infirmary $7.54
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$10,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 2,500.00
$12,500.00
Payments:
Cash $12,500.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN (From Federal Grants)
Federal Grants for Assistance $2,980.60
Federal Grants for Administration 344.42
$3,325.02
Payments: Administration-
Investigator and Supervisor $121.08
Clerical Assistance
198.00
$319.08
Assistance-
Cash 2,618.51
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Total Payments
2,937.59
Balance Remaining
$387.43
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 465-14-3-678 Women's Sewing Project
Balance from 1938
$272.50
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
2,000.00
$2,272.50
Payments:
Rental of Machines
$129.75
Machine Repairs
5.35
Sewing Accessories
173.26
Equipment
9.44
Federal Government on Account of Material
1,650.00
Total Payments 1,967.80
Balance Remaining
$304.70
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-269 Household Aids
Balance from 1938
$29.17
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
273.65
$302.82
Payments:
Transportation
$299.82
All Other
3.00
Total Payments
$302.82
(Project continued in 1940)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation April 13, 1939 $65,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14
3,500.00
$68,500.00
Payments: Administration-
Supervisor
Clerical Assistance
$765.00
432.00
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Mileage
125.00
Stationery, Printing, Postage
46.47
$1,368.47
Aid-
Cash
$65,584.11
Medical Attendance
112.72
Hospitals
98.44
Nursing
30.50
Burials
900.00
Reimbursements-Other Towns
332.83
Reimbursements-Cities
62.50
All Other
5.48
$67,126.58
Total Payments 68,495.05
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$4.95
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (From Federal Grants)
Federal Grants for Administration
$1,827.35
Federal Grants for Assistance
54,822.39
$56,649.74
Payments:
Administration-
Supervisor
$925.00
Clerical Assistance
522.00
Mileage
175.00
Travel Expenses
7.75
Stationery, Printing, Postage
134.87
All Other
32.70
Aid-
Cash
$53,987.07
Medical Attendance
32.02
Hospitals
53.50
Nursing
46.40
Burials
195.00
Reimbursements-Other Towns
20.00
All Other
.50
54,334.49
$1,797.32
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Total Payments
56,131.81
Balance Remaining
$517.93
WIDOWS' ACCOUNT
Balance from 1938
$843.00
Income from Bank Stock
50.00
$893.00
Payments:
To Widows
22.00
Balance Remaining $871.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Appropriation April 13, 1939
$10,000.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Oct. 10
3,500.00
Appropriation from Excess and Def. Dec. 14 1,800.00
$15,300.00
Payments:
State Aid-
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Military Aid-
$570.00
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Soldiers' Burials
710.00
On Authorization of State Aid Commissioner Soldiers' Relief-
92.00
Investigator
$260.00
Cash
9,668.75
Fuel
495.89
Groceries
250.66
Rent
1,228.00
Clothing and Shoes
106.89
Medical Attendance
1,679.65
All Other
49.75
13,739.59
Total Payments 15,111.59
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$188.41
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation Income from Trust Fund
$225,000.00
11.03
$225,011.03
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Payments:
General Expenses-
Superintendent's Salary
$4,403.36
Clerk
1,434.21
Attendance Officer
600.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing
298.70
Telephone
135.77
Traveling Expenses
72.50
Automobile Expense
266.64
School Census
123.25
All Other
201.21
$7,535.64
Teachers' Salaries-
Day
$151,476.37
Evening
1,996.00
153,472.37
Text Books and Supplies-
Text and Reference Books
$3,357.93
Paper, Blank Books, etc.
3,590.00
Manual Training Supplies
915.77
Domestic Science Supplies
666.66
Athletic Supplies
313.08
Typewriters
483.63
All Other
9.50
9,336.57
Tuition- Transportation-
1,445.34
Automobiles (Pupils)
$17,293.80
Automobiles (Teachers)
247.10
17,540.90
Janitor's Service-
Day
$11,199.26
Evening
85.50
Watchmen, July 4
50.40
Snow Removal
29.10
11,364.26
Fuel and Light-
Coal and Wood
$5,555.09
Gas and Electricity
2,276.96
7,832.05
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds-
Salary of Building Supervisor $2,347.88
Carpentry, Painting, Masonry 2,418.33
Heating, Plumbing, Wiring
1,919.30
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Building Material
207.80
Flags and Flagstaffs
54.48
Janitors' Supplies
704.14
Telephones
405.36
Ashes, etc. Removed
173.00
All Other
139.55
8,369.84
Furniture and Furnishings-
269.15
Rent-
270.00
Diplomas anod Graduation- Medical Inspection-
202.97
Physician
$1,709.92
Nurse and Assistant
2,509.92
Dental Nurse
1,519.84
Dental Clinic
710.64
All Other
487.49
6,937.81
Total Payments
224,576.90
Balance Reserved for Contract with
Stanley Newman Company
$432.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.63
Total Balance $434.13
STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL TRAINING (Smith-Hughes Funds for Teaching Pottery Making)
Balance from 1938
$76.00
Cash from State
824.00
$900.00
Payments: Salary of Pottery Instructor
$864.00
Balance Remaining
$36.00
STATE VOCATIONAL HOUSEHOLD ARTS
Cash from State Payments:
$195.28
Travel
23.50
Balance Remaining
$171.78
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-106 Nutrition Project for Undernourished Children Balance from 1938 $315.43
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
2,741.63
$3,057.06
Payments:
Services of Dietician
$100.00
Rent
120.00
Delivering Lunches
301.50
Provisions
2,023.24
Ice
32.40
Utensils
168.13
Gas
131.92
Plumbing
98.83
Lighting Fixtures and Labor
11.10
Supplies and Sundries
69.94
Total Payments
$3,057.06
(Project continued in 1940)
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation, Including 1938 Dog Tax
$8,850.00
Income from Gates Fund 55.38
$8,905.38
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$2,000.00
Assistants
3,720.00
Janitor
600.00
$6,320.00
Books and Periodicals-
Books
$1,847.12
Bindings
104.31
Stationery and Printing
70.19
2,021.62
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$533.91
Telephone
18.60
All Other
11.25
563.76
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Total Payments
$8,905.38
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LORING READING ROOM BRANCH
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$572.00
Assistant
275.50
Janitor
247.40
$1,094.90
Books and Periodicals-
Books
$921.18
Bindings
76.35
Stationery and Printing
220.02
1,217.55
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$206.02
Dictionary Holder
7.25
Telephone.
25.61
All Other
2.06
240.94
Total Payments 2,553.39
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$446.61
MANOMET PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments:
Salaries-
Librarian
$300.00
Janitor
75.00
375.00
Books and Periodicals-
263.21
Other Expenses-
Fuel and Light
$48.00
Chimney Repairs
29.74
Fire Insurance
27.52
All Other
6.53
111.79
Total Payments
$750.00
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PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation Income from Fund
$9,700.00
60.45
$9,760.45
Payments:
Parks and Gardens-
Superintendent
$1,560.00
Labor
1,655.04
Clerical Assistance
134.32
Supplies
352.58
Equipment
172.58
Repairs
170.26
Auto Expense
477.16
Lights
72.96
Trees
14.10
All Other
6.65
$4,615.65
Public Playgrounds-
Caretakers
$311.50
Labor
703.91
Supplies
6.40
Equipment
285.36
Repairs
257.68
Lights
20.48
1,585.33
Bathing Beaches and Camping Places-
Caretakers
$1,865.41
Labor
798.18
Supplies
84.93
Equipment
77.66
Repairs
455.63
Lights
230.12
Telephones
39.76
3,551.69
Total Payments 9,752.67
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$7.78
NEW FENCE AT VETERANS FIELD
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments: Fence Erected $500.00
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-1-302 Hurricane Damage
Balance from 1938
$140.22
Return to W. P. A. Appropriation
$140.22
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-913 Morton Park
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
6,563.53
Payments :
Trucks
$5,362.34
Use of Tractor
38.00
Tools and Equipment
182.79
Loam, Gravel and Clay
980.40
Total Payments $6,563.53
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-312 Recreation Project
Balance from 1938
$42.53
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
100.00
142.53
Payments :
Supplies
$101.78
Rental of Town Hall
35.00
Police Service
3.00
Total Payments
139.78
Balance Remaining 2.75
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-841 Nook Road Playground
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
$1,519.50
Payments:
$1,239.57
Lumber
3,61
Equipment
276.32
Total Payments
$1,519.50
Trucks
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W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 65-1-14-450 Nook Farm Playground
$1,006.20
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments:
Trucks
$469.32
Use of Power Shovel
501.48
Equipment
Total Payments $1,006.20
(Project continued in 1940)
W. P. A. PROJECT NO. 665-14-2-372 Information Booth
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation Payments:
$455.85
Architect's Services
$250.00
Trucks
73.45
Lumber
127.60
Equipment
4.80
Total Payments $455.85
W. P. A. ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT
Balance from 1938
$543.19
Transfer from W. P. A. Appropriation
6,000.00
$6,543.19
Payments:
Co-ordinator
$1,170.00
Assistant Co-ordinator
325.00
Services on Sewer Data
100.00
Special Engineering
618.30
Mileage
435.96
Traveling Expenses
20.45
Paper Drinking Cups for All Projects
223.25
Supplies, Equipment, Repairs
107.96
Paper Bags, Wrapping Paper and Twine for Commissary,
177.15
Trucking Commodities
97.43
Assessment for Administration of Commodities
536.72
Coal, Ice and Cold Storage
364.30
Transportation of Workers
486.00
Gasoline and Tires for State Guard Camp
653.04
35.40
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Telephone (in lieu of Transportation of Workers) 138.35 Contribution to Historical Records Survey 15.00
All Other 27.30
Total Payments 5,496.21
Balance Remaining
$1,046.98
. SEXTON
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments:
Salary of Sexton
$200.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
Payments:
368.96
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$31.04
ARMISTICE DAY
Appropriation $250.00
Payments:
Post 40 American Legion Band
$132.00
Other Expenses
84.38
Total Payments
216.38
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$33.62
JULY FOURTH
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments:
Fireworks
$250.00
Bonfire
50.00
Transportation of Tank Company
50.00
Bands
125.00
Prizes
24.75
Total Payments
499.75
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$ .25
Observance of Memorial Day
$400.00
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OLD HOME DAY
$150.00
Payments:
Typing, Stationery and Postage
$69.50
Lighting and Piano Moving Expense
17.50
Music Sheets
24.72
Turkeys
16.00
Other Expenses
22.28
Total Payments $150.00
CONVENTION EXPENSES Clause 37, Section 5, Chapter 40
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
United American Veterans' Convention-
Music
$250.00
Badges
125.00
All Other
25.00
$400.00
Firemen's Convention-
Music
$115.00
Other Entertainment
160.00
All Other
37.75
312.75
Other Expenses-
Souvenirs and Entertainment for Guests
45.40
Total Payments
758.15
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$241.85
PENSIONS TO FAMILIES OF MEN KILLED IN FOREST FIRE
Balance from 1938
$300.00
Appropriation
300.00
$600.00
Payments: Widow of Herbert R. Benton
$300.00
Parents of James H. Devitt
300.00
Total Payments
$600.00
Appropriation
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PENSIONS FOR TOWN LABORERS
Appropriation $3,280.00
Payments:
To six men retired from Town Departments
2,763.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$516.50
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUNDS EXPENSES FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION
Appropriation $100.00
Payments:
Treasurer, Contributory Retirement System $100.00
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUNDS CONTRIBUTION FROM TOWN FOR PENSIONS
Appropriation $8,401.75
Payments:
Treasurer, Contributory Retirement System -
$8,401.75
MUNICIPAL ADVERTISING
Balance from 1938 $329.28
Payments:
Information Booth, Paint and Signs
$279.50
Song Sheets for Pilgrims' Progress
24.00
Dinner for Convention Committee
25.00
All Other
.78
Total Payments $329.28
OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES
Balance from 1938 $1,865.93
No Payments
SEWER COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Appropriation No Payments
$250.00
3
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INSURANCE ON ALL TOWN PROPERTY
$8,158.00
Appropriation Payments:
Premium, Insurance in Stock Companies $4,116.00
Premium, Insurance in Mutual Companies
3,598.14
Total Payments
7,714.14
Balance Remaining
$443.86
REPAIRS TO PLYMOUTH MILLS BUILDINGS
Appropriation from Excess and Deficiency Oct. 10
$260.00
Payments :
Repairs per Contract
259.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
$1.00
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Payments:
Legislative --
Moderator
$50.00
Advisory and Finance Committee Secretary
100.00
Printing, Stationery
97.65
Repairs
10.00
Sewer Committee Expenses
76.49
Certification of Notes
32.00
Dog Officer, Services on Dog Warrant
26.25
Seal Bounty
20.00
Town Float Expenses
123.15
Town Mooring Expenses
23.65
Skiff for Harbor Master
40.00
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