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Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage 1.68
Printing and Advertising 4.00
Office Supplies 39.79
Travel Expense
199.25
Repairs
8.80
All Other
14.56
268.08
898.08
PLANTING AND TRIMMING TREES
Salaries and Wages Superintendent 68.75
Labor
847.38
916.13
31
Other Expenses
Travel Expenses 24.41
Stationery, Printing, Adver- tising
39.00
Tools and Repairs
179.45
Trees
110.25
Supplies
177.56
Insurance
83.56
All Other
49.98
642.41
1,580.34
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH EXTERMINATION
Salaries and Wages Labor
213.80
Other Expenses
Truck Hire
65.00
Insecticide
26.12
Gasoline
4.94
Stationery
2.90
98.96
312.76
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH
General Administration
Salary, Board of Health
720.00
Stationery and Postage
16.50
Printing and Advertising
47.86
Telephone
101.00
Office Supplies
30.25
915.61
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases Medical Attendance 105.50
Nurses
24.00
Drugs and Medicines
3.25
Dry Goods and Clothing
5.77
Hospitals
146.87
Carding and Release
106.25
All Other
4.85
396.49
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Tuberculosis
Board and Treatment Local
4,673.00
All Other
2.26
Inspection
Animals
Salaries
200.00
Expenses
2.75
Meat and Provisions Salaries
50.00
252.75
Travel Expense
214.54
Burying Animals
47.75
6,502.40
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Administration
Commissioners
450.00
Clerk
156.00
Postage
1.08
Office Supplies
12.92
620.00
General
Labor
3,721.47
Carting
129.00
Repairs to Equipment
1,267.77
New Equipment
150.00
Tools
42.45
Supplies
194.92
Pipe, Lumber, Cement,etc. 457.44
Gas and Oil
157.76
Heat and Lights
40.80
Power
1,562.43
Water
111.49
Insurance
148.10
Telephone
39.75
Engineering
8.80
Rent of Land
100.00
Storage
10.00
8,142.18
Sewer Connections
Labor
675.75
Carting
50.00
725.75
9,487.93
33
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Refuse
Labor
Insurance
3,817.80 160.65
3,978.45
Garbage
Labor
2,541.60
6,520.05
SHELLFISH INSPECTION
Salaries and Wages
Warden
1,175.00
Other Inspectors
50.00
Advertising
9.75
1,234.75
DENTAL CLINIC
Salaries and Wages
Physician
360.00
Nurse
108.00
468.00
Other Expenses
Supplies, etc.
31.35
499.35
BRISTOL COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Maintenance for 1936 7,831.67
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION
Physician
60.00
Clerical
5.00
Supplies
2.15
Advertising
5.00
72.15
MOSQUITO CONTROL MAINTENANCE
Maintenance 1,200.00
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
Nurses
1,000.00
34
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
General Administration
Superintendent
1,500.00
Office Expenses
17.95
Telephone
14.68
1,532.63
General Expenses
Labor
13,771.96
Truck Equipment and
Repairs
1,824.34
Broken Stone, Gravel, etc.
5,685.56
General Equipment and Repairs
2,936.27
New Equipment
412.56
Gasoline and Oil
2,089.82
Tarvia and Road Oil
783.05
Equipment for Men
63.11
Fuel
278.51
Light
15.88
Water
48.56
Engineering
186.70
Insurance
1,797.23
Express
6.96
All Other
54.71
29,955.22
31,487.85
STREET LIGHTS
Maintenance
10,206.75
EMERGENCY RELIEF
Salaries and Wages
Sponsor's Agent
1,325.00
Clerks
1,033.18
2,358.18
Other Expenses
Travel Expense
100.61
Office Expense
394.31
Truck Hire
15,373.84
Engineering
2,116.04
35
Stone, Gravel, etc. 13,126.75
Repairs and Equipment 6,783.24
Women's Project 1,516.41
Recording Fees
19.80
Medical
47.77
Fuel
27.79
All Other
121.59
39,628.15
41,986.33
CHAPTER 90
Labor
1,096.25
Tarvia, Road Oil, etc.
1,903.05
2,999.30
MAIN STREET
Labor
1,108.47
Stone, Gravel, etc.
1,391.53
2,500.00
PLEASANT STREET EXTENSION
Cement and Lime 146.83
PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration
Clerks
1,430.00
Visitor 756.00
Printing, Stationery and
Postage 80.82
2,266.82
Outside Relief by Town Groceries and Pro- visions
21,560.14
Coal, Wood and Oil
4,588.17
Board and Care
809.42
Medicine and Medical Attendance
1,871.00
Rent
2,830.00
Hospitals
4,333.36
Travel Expense
426.36
Burials
302.00
Clothing
1,548.87
36
State Institutions 1,068.00
Cash Grants to Indi-
viduals 5,466.00
Commodity Distribution 263.36
All Other 98.47
45,165.15
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
Cities 4,877.27
Towns
238.88
5,116.15
52,548.12
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Grants
9,911.06
All Other
975.91
10,886.97
Other Cities and Towns
224.07
11,111.04
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration 3,030.23
Cash Grants 47,648.80
Hospitals, Board and Care 2,559.19
53,238.22
Other Cities and Towns
986.31
54,224.53
INFIRMARY
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent 780.00
Other Employees 1,560.37
2,340.37
Other Expenses
Groceries and Provisions 2,611.79
Dry Goods and Clothing 545.11
Buildings 513.39
Fuel and Light 1,209.62
Gasoline and Oil
11.00
Medicine and Medical Supplies 160.38
Wheat and Grain
440.37
37
Water
93.02
Laundry
57.57
Barbering
155.85
Telephone
22.50
Burial
50.00
All Other
70.29
5,940.89
8,281.26
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
560.00
Military Aid
15.00
575.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash
2,737.50
Clothing
215.58
Fuel
328.18
Groceries and Provisions
631.32
Rent
363.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
348.06
Hospital Care
553.27
All Other
23.96
5,200.87
FUNDS
Julia A. Stoddard Fund
770.00
James Ricketts Fund
4.50
774.50
SCHOOLS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
General
Salary of Superintendent 3,750.00
Clerk in Superintendent's Office 863.00
Truant Officer
183.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage 94.39
Telephones 238.48
Traveling Expense
253.03
38
School Census
125.00
Physician and Nurse
1,500.00
All Other 104.13
7,111.03 67,165.15
Teachers' Salaries
Text Books and Supplies
Text and Reference Books 2,465.81
Supplies
3,216.69
Tuition
209.00
Transportation
4,703.84
Janitors' Services
7,603.16
Fuel and Light
3,824.15
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
2,248.51
Janitors' Supplies
226.52
Building Supplies
265.23
Water
1,011.90
3,752.16
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Gradua- tion Exercises
13.44
Office Expense
83.84
New Equipment
163.34
Insurance
1,100.60
1,361.22
Refund
Rogers Elem. Trust Fund
1.74
Petty Cash
10.00
101,423.95
HIGH SCHOOL
General
Telephone
175.19
Physician
324.00
All Other
172.82
672.01
Teachers' Salaries
35,412.96
Text Books and Supplies Text and Reference Books 1,495.73
Supplies
2,113.52
3,609.25
5,682.50
39
Janitors' Services Fuel and Light Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
5,677.31 2,632.83
Repairs
2,031.99
Janitors' Supplies
211.85
Building Supplies
148.73
2,392.57
Furniture and Furnishings
232.27
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Gradua- tion Exercises
51.26
Water
575.89
Insurance
576.00
All Other
7.50
Petty Cash
1,210.65 10.00
51,849.85
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Tuition 1937
3,149.10
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
Tuition 1936
5.20
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Administration
Office Expense
2.00
Parks
Labor
2,939.90
Repairs and Equipment
438.72
Power Mower
565.00
Truck Equipment and Repairs
122.15
Fees
22.80
Insurance
16.16
Medical Attendance
55.50
All Other
1.94
4,164.17
40
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORIAL DAY
Care of Lot
15.00
Services of Bands
75.07
Flowers Flags
11.25
Meals
34.22
200.00
RENTAL OF QUARTERS
American Legion
400.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
750.00
COGGESHALL STREET BRIDGE
Maintenance 1936
4,386.86
PURCHASE OF LAND
East Fairhaven Fire Station Site
300.00
RENTAL OF LAND
Approach to Anthony School
12.00
SMALL CLAIMS
Claims
86.12
PUBLICITY
Clerk's Salary
270.00
Services of Bands
125.00
Repairs to Booth
88.14
Book
9.80
Light
6.02
Telephone
15.90
Circulars
75.00
589.86
DOG OFFICER
Salary
105.25
64.46
41
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
Bands and Military Organizations
285.00
Prizes
126.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
35.00
Painting
24.00
All Other
30.00
500.00
ACADEMY BUILDING
Insurance
16.80
WM. D. CHAMPLIN, DOG LICENSES
Paid the Commonwealth 1,776.60
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRIZE UNION WHARF
Salary of Wharfinger
270.00
Water
43.20
Lights
15.84
Repairs
91.45
Oil
1.25
421.74
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Anticipation of Revenue
881.78
General Loans
9,131.90
10,013.68
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Revenue
230,000.00
General Loans
34,655.00
264,655.00
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
41,054.85
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS
State Tax
21,682.50
Audit Tax
1,699.84
Parks and Reservations
339.28
County Tax
16,395.32
40,116.94
42
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds and Transfers
Taxes
475.06
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
317.75
General Departments
490.12
Collector's Unidentified Receipts
404.01
Tax Title Property
8.00
Sewer Connection Deposits
260.86
Estimated Receipts
12.47
1,968.27
$874,124.13
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1937
33,787.27
$907,911.40
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1937
ACCOUNTS
Balance
Brought Forward from 1936
Appropriations
Credits
Reserve Fund
Other Accounts
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Balances to
Unexpended Balances
Carried Forward
Selectmen's Salaries
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
Selectmen's Office Expense
2,750.00
2,632.50
$117.50
Treasurer's Salary
1,900.00
1,900.00
Treasurer's Office Expense
2,884.50
2,875.35
9.15
Tax Collector's Salary
2,000.00
$109.46
2,109.46
Tax Collector's Office Expense
3,650.00
874.00
4,407.01
116.99
Tax Title Expense
$851.91
1,000.00
298.60
$1,553.31
Assessors' Salaries
3,600.00
3,400.00
200.00
Assessors' Office Expense.
1,900.00
1,900.00
Platting System
250.00
250.00
Election and Registration
1,235.25
25.81
1,261.06
Town Meeting Expense
600.00
70.70
670.70
Salary of Auditors
300.00
300.00
Legal Expense
1,000.00
341.50
$500.00
158.50
Planning Board
150.00
82.65
67.35
Board of Appeals
50.00
25.44
24.56
Safety Council
100.00
63.50
36.50
Contributory Retirement Funds
475.00
475.00
Expenses-
Contributory Retirement Funds
500.00
356.11
143.89
Town Hall
6,500.00
6,472.51
27.49
Revenue
Income
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1937-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Brought Forward from 1936
Appropriations
Credits
Reserve Fund
Other Accounts
Income
Trust Funds
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Balances to
Revenue
Unexpended Balances
Carried Forward
Police Department
18,000.00
500.00
18,491.46
8.54
Purchase of Police Cruiser Car
500.00
452.85
47.15
Police Radio Equipment
750.00
725.21
24.79
Fire Department
15,000.00
155.44
15,153.32
2.12
Fire Alarm System
500.00
490.64
9.36
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
360.00
360.00
Fire Apparatus
1,500.00
1,493.00
7.00
Purchase of Fire Hose
550.00
527.32
22.68
Purchase of Fire Pumper
7,500.00
7,045.95
400.00
54.05
Forest Fires
100.00
70.50
29.50
Hydrants
8,550.00
8,531.25
18.75
Building Inspection
900.00
152.95
1,052.95
Building Inspector's Salary
500.00
500.00
Care of Trees
1,500.00
1,489.79
10.21
Salary of Tree Warden
75.00
68.75
6.25
Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Ext.
300.00
12.76
312.76
Sealer of Weights & Measures
900.00
898.08
1.92
Services of Dog Officer
150.00
105.25
44.75
Board of Health
6,000.00
5,498.12
500.00
1.88
Health Office Expense
200.00
178.06
21.94
Salaries of Board of Health
720.00
720.00
and Grants
Balance
Sewer Maintenance
8,000.00
7,989.90
10.10
Sewer Office Expense
170.00
170.00
Sewer Commissioners' Salaries
450.00
450.00
Collection of Ashes
4,025.00
3,978.45
46.55
Collection of Garbage
2,600.00
2,541.60
58.40
Shellfish Inspection
1,350.00
1,234.75
115.25
Dental Clinic
500.00
499.35
.65
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hosp.
7,831.67
7,831.67
Diphtheria Immunization
75.00
72.15
2.85
Mosquito Control Maintenance
1,200.00
1,200.00
Public Health Nursing
1,000.00
1,000.00
Highway Department
30,000.00
29,987.85
12.15
Salary Supt. of Highways
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Lights
10,223.22
10,206.75
16.47
Emergency Relief
42,000.00
41,986.33
13.67
Chapter 90
1,000.00
$1,550.00
2,970.54 Balance due Fairhaven
(420.54)
Main Street Resurfacing
2,500.00
2,500.00
Pleasant Street Extension
1,300.00
146.83
1,153.17
Public Welfare
55,000.00
52,514.17
2,485.83
Infirmary
7,000.00
1,242.86
38.40
8,281.26
Aid to Dependent Children- (Fed. Gr.)
3,203.68
3,199.06
4.62
Aid to Dependent Children- (Town)
8,500.00
7,907.29
592.71
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1937-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Brought Forward from 1936
Appropriations
Reserve Fund
Other Accounts
Income
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Balances to
Unexpended Balances
Carried Forward
State Aid
700.00
550.00
150.00
Military Aid
150.00
15.00
100.00
35.00
Soldiers' Aid
6,000.00
5,182.32
800.00
17.68
Soldiers Burial
100.00
100.00
Old Age Assistance (Fed. Gr.)
23,756.39
23,756.39
Old Age Assistance (Town)
25,000.00
4,592.98
29,590.57
2.41
Income Julia A. Stoddard Fund
575.55
834.26
770.00
639.81
James Ricketts Fund
42.90
4.50
38.40
Overdrafts 1936
318.77
318.77
Schools
580.00
129,000.00
1,500.00
22,220.55
153,273.80
26.75
Vocational School
3,600.00
3,149.10
450.90
Continuation School
5.20
5.20
Parks
3,600.00
3,599.17
.83
Park Department Mower
600.00
565.00
35.00
American Legion Quarters
420.00
400.00
20.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
350.00
Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
Coggeshall Street Bridge
4,546.48
4,386.86
159.62
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
4,999.85
Rent of Land George H. Taber
12.00
12.00
Old Age Assistance Administrative (Fed. Gr.)
791.83
782.82
9.01
.15
Revenue
Balance
Credits
Purchase of Land Fire Station
300.00
300.00
Small Claims
207.43
86.12
121.31
Publicity
202.03
200.00
200.00
589.86
12.17
Fourth of July
250.00
250.00
500.00
Academy Building Insurance
16.80
16.80
Union Wharf
150.00
1.74
151.74
Salary of Wharfinger
270.00
270.00
Harbor Improvement
4,400.00
4,400.00
Debt
34,655.00
34,655.00
Accrued Interest
9,102.93
28.97
9,131.90
8,091.34
Interest on Reserve Loans
4,000.00
881.78
2,800.00
318.22
420.54
$2,416.92
$514,930.02
$10,259.47
$52,888.01
$562,099.15
$5,248.02
$5,426.45
$7,670.80
BALANCE SHEET-TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN-DECEMBER 31, 1937
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$33,787.27
Temporary Loans In Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000.00
John H. Stetson, Collector
167.81
Taxes
Levy of 1930
$182.03
Collector's Unidentified Receipts 2.69
Levy of 1931
86.91
Levy of 1932
170.39
Levy of 1933
199.60
Overpayments, etc. John H. Stetson
149.77
Levy of 1934
534.33
Levy of 1935
2,534.03
Levy of 1936
10,843.81
Taxes
Levy of 1937
106,422.00
120,973.10
Levy of 1925 67.80
Special Assessments
67.80
Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1933 7.71
Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1934 7.71
Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1935 7.71
Old Age Assistance Tax 1933 2.00
Special State Tax Old Age Assistance 37.00
Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1937 129.83
159.93
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Harbor Improvement Loan 16,000.00
Levy of 1933 79.95
Levy of 1934
161.00
Levy of 1935
528.32
Levy of 1936
1,103.44
Levy of 1937 2,705.30
4,578.01
Tax Title 104,735.09
Committed Interest
32.79
Committed Interest 32.79
Tax Titles
103,515.25
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 4,578.01
Tax Title Possessions
1,219.84
Revenue, Reserved Until Collected Departmental
12,484.75
Special Assessments 159.93
121,990.57
Petty Cash, Collector
50.00
Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1936 6.97
Departmental State Aid Health
550.00
5,015.52
Sewer
13.62
Sidewalk
87.56
Public Welfare Old Age Assistance
109.58
Loans Authorized Sewer Connection Deposits
Overlay Deficits
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved
7,561.09
Levy of 1921
62.40
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
Levy of 1922
23.20
Tax Title Expense
1,553.31
Levy of 1923
143.26
Contributory Retirement Expense 143.89
Levy of 1924
389.98
Purchase of Fire Pumper
54.05
Levy of 1925
331.16
Pleasant Street Extension
1,153.17
Levy of 1926
40.80
Land for Stations
755.45
Levy of 1927
367.88
Granolithic Sidewalks
185.67
Levy of 1928
273.76
War Memorial
6,876.88
Levy of 1929
289.23
Aid to Dependent Children
Levy of 1930
371.10
(Federal Grant)
4.62
Levy of 1931
336.35
Old Age Assistance Adm. (Federal Grant)
9.01
Levy of 1933
757.69
Small Claims
121.31
Levy of 1934
535.22
Publicity
12.17
Levy of 1935
328.78
Harbor Improvement
4,400.00
4,746.15
15,269.53
Contributory Retirement Fund Deductions
737.02
Income, Julia A. Stoddard Fund
639.81
Chapter 90 (Reimbursement 1938)
420.54
Underestimates
Sewer Connections
2.46
State Tax
1,327.50
Parks and Reservations
105.77
Surplus Revenue
31,404.58
County Tax
532.06
1,965.33
$300,841.26
Overlays-Reserved for Abatements Levy of 1936 Levy of 1937
648.54 1,606.45
2,254.99
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 4,721.95
6,708.47
12,484.75 16,000.00 3.47
Reserve for Contributory Retirement Fund Deductions 737.02
$300,841.26
Levy of 1932
495.34
DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$325.56
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1938
132.15
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1939
86.37
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1940
69.63
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1941 27.77
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1942
9.64
$325.56
$325.56
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$259,277.25
Emergency Finance Loan Chap 49 (1936)
$39,232.25
Emergency Finance Loan Chap 49 (1937) 25,000.00)
Emergency Finance Loan Chap 80 (1936)
16,000.00
Public Welfare Loan Chap 307 Acts of 1933
6,000.00
Emergency Finance Loan Chap 107 (1937)
12,000.00
Cottage Street Gravity Sewer Loan
1,000.00
Town Lot and Building Loan
1,125.00
New Bedford - Fairhaven Bridge Loan
11,000.00
Rogers School Annex Loan
3,320.00
Anthony School Loan
11,700.00
Job C. Tripp School Addition Loan
4,500.00
East Fairhaven School Loan
8,400.00
Addition to the High School Loan
120,000.00
$259,277.25
$259,277.25
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Fund Cash and Securities
$661,781.81
James Ricketts Fund
H. H. Rogers Elementary Schools Fund
$1,430.66 108,632.65
Abner Pease School Fund
7,558.12
Edmund Anthony, Jr., School Fund
10,000.00
H. H. Rogers High School Fund
512,200.00
Julia A. Stoddard Fund
21,460.38
Hannah Chadwick Fund
500.00
$661,781.81
$661,781.81
MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
Retirement Fund Cash and Securities $880.91
Annuity Savings Fund $737.02
Expense Fund 143.89
$880.91
$880.91
Treasurer's Report CASH ACCOUNT
Receipts
1937 Payments
$ 23,148.31
January
$21,415.82
35,961.06
February 42,714.57
97,537.76
March 54,974.01
14,739.47
April
54,913.24
36,612.44
May
38,183.95
94,331.51
June
59,320.16
101,041.20
July
81,178.11
40,607.70
August
63,246.95
18,989.48
September
44,726.12
107,812.97
October
94,879.96
222,025.59
November
236,983.76
90,773.40
December 81,537.48
24,280.51 (Jan. 1, 1937) Balance (Jan. 1, 1938) 33,787.27
$907,861.40
$907,861.40
Selectmen's Warrants-
Jan. 1, 1937 to Dec. 31, 1937
$874,074.13
Cash on hand January 1, 1938
$ 33,787.27
Report of the Outstanding Debt of the Town of Fairhaven, Mass. FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
Date of Issue
Purpose of Loan
Regis. or Coup.
Rate %
Date of Maturity
Amount of Annual Payments
Amount Outstanding
Nov. 1, 1906
N. B. Fairhaven Bridge
Coupon
4
1948
$ 1,000.00
$ 11,000.00
Aug.
19, 1920
Job C. Tripp School
51/4
1940
1,500.00
4,500.00
Dec.
1, 1921
Anthony School
41/2
1940
3,900.00
11,700.00
July
15, 1922
Cottage St. Sewer
41/4
1942
200.00
1,000.00
Aug.
25, 1922
Town Lot and Buildings
41/4
1942
225.00
1,125.00
July
15, 1922
Rogers School Annex
41/4
1940
1,130.00
3,320.00
June
15,
1924
East Fairhaven School
7
1939
4,200.00
8,400.00
Nov.
1,
1931
High School Addition
Coupon
4
1949
10,000.00
120,000.00
Oct.
1.
1933
Chapter 307-Acts of 1933
31/2
1938
6,000.00
6,000.00
Oct.
25, 1936
Renewals, Tax Titles
1
July
1, 1936
Chapter 80-Acts of 1936
13/4
1941
4,000.00
16,000.00
May
25, 1936
Chapter 49-Acts of 1933
Renewal, Tax Titles
1
36,000.00
July
1, 1937
Chapter 49-Acts of 1933
1
25,000.00
July
1, 1937
Municipal Relief Loan
13/4
1942
3,000.00
12,000.00
$259.277.25
Acts of 1937
Chapter 49-Acts of 1933 Municipal Relief Loan
3,232.25
Debt and Interest to be paid in 1938
Debt
Interest
N. B. and Fairhaven Bridge
$1,000.00
$440.00
Job C. Tripp School
1,500.00
236.25
Anthony School
3,900.00
526.50
Cottage Street Gravity Sewer
200.00
42.50
Town Lot and Building
225.00
47.84
Rogers School Annex
1,130.00
141.14
East Fairhaven School
4,200.00
252.00
Addition to High School
10,000.00
4,800.00
Chapter 307, Acts of 1933
6,000.00
210.00
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
32.32
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
360.00
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
250.00
Municipal Relief Loan,
Chap. 80, Acts of 1936
4,000.00
280.00
Municipal Relief Loan,
Acts of 1937
3,000.00
210.00
$35,155.00
$7,828.55
Due on Debt
$35,155.00
Interest on Town Debt
7,828.55
$42,983.55
Estimated Interest on Revenue Loans
2,500.00
$45,483.55
Trust Funds --- 1937
HENRY H. ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
Principal $10,953.00
Interest $273.82 30.23
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
1,274.44
Citizens Savings Bank of Fall River Union Savings Bank of Fall River
5,000.00
125.00
5,000.00
125.00
N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank
10,000.00
250.00
N. B. Institution for Savings
10,000.00
300.00
Wareham Savings Bank
5,148.96
77.22
Securities in Nat. Bank of Fairhaven
61,256.25
2,552.22
$108,632.65
$3,733.49
Transferred to School
3,733.49
EDMUND ANTHONY JR. SCHOOL FUND
N. B. Institution for Savings
Principal $10,000.00
Interest $300.00 300.00
Transferred to Schools
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$10,000.00
ABNER PEASE SCHOOL FUND
N. B. Institution for Savings
N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank
2,558.12
Interest $150.00 63.96
Transferred to Schools
213.96
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$7,558.12
HENRY H. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Principal
Interest
Transferred to High School
$512,200.00 $16,631.62 16,631.62
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$512,200.00
City Bank & Farmers Trust Co., New York
Principal $5,000.00
$7,558.12
$213.96
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$108,632.65
56
JAMES RICKETTS TRUST FUND
Principal $1,430.66
Interest $42.90
N. B. Institution for Savings Transferred to Riverside Cemetery and Infirmary
42.90
Balance on hand January 1, 1938 $1,430.66
JULIA A. STODDARD TRUST FUND
Principal
Securities in Nat. Bank of Fairhaven $21,276.25
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
184.13
$21,460.38
$834.26
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$21,460.38
HANNAH CHADWICK TRUST FUND
Principal $500.00
Interest $12.50 12.50
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
Transferred to Estimated Receipts
Balance on hand January 1, 1938
$500.00
Interest $834.00 4.26
Transferred to Trust Account
834.26
Report of Commissioners of Trust Funds
Your Commissioners have not found it necessary to make any changes in the Trust Fund investments during the past year. A list of the present investments and the income realized from this fund is given elsewhere in this report.
TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS,
WILLIAM B. GARDNER, ISAAC N. BABBITT, . GEORGE B. LUTHER.
Report of Tax Collector
For the year ending December 31, 1937 THOMAS J. MCDERMOTT, Tax Collector 1937 TAXES
Committed Additional
$402,321.24 109.44
$402,430.68
Collected
$286,286.71
Abated Balance Due
11,364.71 104,779.26
$402,430.68
1936 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$105,774.57
Collected
75,721.26
Abated
557.77
Added To Tax Title
15,509.51
Sold to Town
4,489.45
Balance Due
9,496.58
$105,774.57
1935 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 6,650.84
Collected
4,696.94
Abated
232.64
Sold to Town
657.73
Balance Due
1,063.53
$ 6,650.84
1934 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 1,555.09
Collected
1,078.54
Abated
67.84
Balance Due
408.71
$ 1,555.09
59
1933 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937 Collected Abated Balance Due
$ 480.30
314.94
82.26
83.10
$ 480.30
1932 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 87.26
Collected
Abated
19.50
Balance Due
67.76
$ 87.26
1937 EXCISE TAXES
Committed
$ 16,466.94
Collected
12,883.45
Abated
1,143.85
Balance Due
2,439.64
$ 16,466.94
1936 EXCISE TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 3,228.71
Collected
1,891.72
Abated
176.64
Balance Due
1,160.35
$ 3,228.71
1935 EXCISE TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 662.85
Collected
128.59
Abated
Balance Due
534.26
$ 662.85
60
1934 EXCISE TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937 Collected Abated Balance Due
$ 213.85
52.85
161.00
$ 213.85
1933 EXCISE TAXES
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 140.24
Collected Abated Balance Due
58.29
81.95
$ 140.24
1937 POLLS
Committed
$
5,894.00
Collected
$ 5,044.00
Abated
104.00
Balance Due
746.00
$ 5,894.00
1936 POLLS
Balance January 1, 1937
$
1,157.00
Collected
$ 550.00
Abated
78.00
Balance Due
529.00
$ 1,157.00
1935 POLLS
Balance January 1, 1937
$ 702.00
Collected
$ 169.00
Abated
Balance Due
533.00
$ 702.00
61
1934 POLLS
Balance January 1, 1937
$
95.00
Collected Abated Balance Due
$
56.00
4.00
35.00
$ 95.00
1933 POLLS
Balance January 1, 1937
$
30.00
Collected
$
18.00
Abated
6.00
Balance Due
6.00
$ 30.00
1937 VESSEL EXCISE
Committed
$
183.50
Collected
$
183.50
1937 SEWERS
Committed
$
513.09
Collected
$
383.26
Balance Due
129.83
$
513.09
Committed Interest
$
49.84
Collected
$
32.44
Balance Due
17.40
$ 49.84
1936 SEWERS
Balance January 1, 1937
$
396.00
Collected
$
311.41
Abated
7.71
Added to Tax Title
76.88
$ 396.00
Committed Interest
$
63.96
Collected
$
49.38
Abated
2.28
Added to Tax Title
12.30
$ 63.96
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1937
Date
Name of Child
Jan. 6 Geoffrey Allen Draper
6 Gerald Ivan Draper
7 Marie Cyr
7 Rita Cyr
7 Elaine Joan Belmarce
11
Dorothy Cabral
15 Robert Clement Alves
19 Muriel Neville
23 Robert Barriteau
24 Alban Albert Duchesneau, Jr.
28 George Carreiro
30 Joan Mae Silva
Feb. 3
Mary Jane Bartlett
4 James Romero
6 Gail Lois Haskins
7
Patricia Mae Chassey
8 John Souza, Jr.
13 Stillborn
14 Barbara Ann LeBlanc
20 Paul Laurent Paquette
25 Elinore Dreher
Mar. 1
Gabrielle Margaret Coyne
5
John Louis Lukas
7 Stillborn
10 Helen Frances Cordeira
14 Judith Leblanc
15 Rita Doris Robidoux
16 Nancy Anne Silver
18 Joan Ellen Taylor
18 Maria Faith Correia
19
Almy
23 Jennie Sylvia
27 Eleanor Mis
31
Eugene Roland Derosier
April 1 Elizabeth Anne Rogers
2 Milton Lewis Correia
7 Gale Louise Marra
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