Town annual reports of the officers of Mendon, Massachusetts 1928-1932, Part 13

Author: Mendon (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: Town of Mendon, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 568


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Unexpended


489 50


$4,500 00


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REFUNDS.


Refunds of 1930 taxes $8 03


Refunds of 1931 taxes 32 48


$40 51


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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Appropriation


$50 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


100 00


$150 00


Paid for support of one family


$100 00


Unexpended


50 00


$150 00


AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.


Paid


.. $212 50


CARE OF SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES.


Appropriation $20 00


Paid Swandale Cemetery Association .... 20 00


SUMMARY.


Department


Resources


Expended


Unexpended


Overdrawn


General Repairs (Highway) Appropriated Transferred from Reserve Fund


$1,500.00 500.00


$2,000.00


$1,999.95


.05


Chapter 90 (Maintenance)


Appropriation


$500.00


Received from County


1,000.00


Received from State


1,000.00


$2,500.00


2,499.95


.05


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Chapter 81


Appropriation


$3,600.00


Received from State


3,600.00


$7,200.00


7,199.99


01


Chapter 90, No. Ave. (New Construction)


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931


$87.05


Received from State


367.32


Received from County


367.32


$821.69


716.00


105.69


Chapter 90, Millville St. (New Construction) Appropriation


$1,100.00


Received from State


1,581.43


Received from County


1,581.42


$4,262.85


4,063.76


199.09


SUMMARY-Continued.


Department


Resources


Expended


Unexpended


Overdrawn


Chapter 90, Hartford Ave., East (New Construction)


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931


$228.74


Received from State


487.12


Received from County


487.11


$1,202.97


1,118.19


84.78


Brush Removal


Appropriation


$250.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


300.00


$550.00


549.89


.11


Worcester County Tuberculosis Hospital


194.87


194.87


Memorial Day


150.00


121.26


28.74


Land Damage, Bates Street


280.00


270.00


10.00


Bonds for Town Officers


100.00


100.00


Agnes Hall Claim


1,000.00


1,000.00


Moth Scout


300.00


298.65


1.35


Sheathing Town Hall, Equipment Room


150.00


124.00


26.00


Land for East Mendon School


300.00


300.00


Town Hall Chairs


350.00


350.00


State Aid to Soldiers


150.00


40.00


110.00


Old Cemetery


75.00


55.50


19.50


Care of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves


20.00


20.00


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Tree Warden Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund


$150.00 100.00


Incidentals


25000


2,000.00


1,995.92


4.08


Snow Removal


2,000.00 600.00


1,705.56


294.44


Library


600.00


Interest


Appropriated


$300.00


Received from Interest on Deposit


81.34


$381.34


433.13


Emergency Fund


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Transferred from 1929 Overlay Account


307.05


$1,307.05


1,307.05


Street Lights


4,500.00


4,010.50


489.50


Board of Health


300.00


185.70


114.30


Fire Department


800.00


762.86


37.14


Forest Fire Department


400.00


326.78


73.22


Department of Public Welfare


6,000.00


5,933.87


66.13


Police Department


300.00


237.90


62.10


Schools


16,907.05


16,897.38


9.67


Officers' Salaries


1,800.00


1,796.18


3.82


Soldiers' Relief


150.00


100.00


50.00


Totals


$59,302.82


$57,560.84


$1,793.77


$51.79


92134


485000


$51.79


35


4.00


$250.00


246.00


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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.


The Selectmen report the Assets and Liabilities of the Town as far as known as follows:


ASSETS.


Due from Board of Public Welfare Cases.


Town of Milford (support of 1 person) $30 00


Town of Milford (support of 1 family) 401 50


Town of Uxbridge (support of 1


family) 137 45


Town of Northbridge (support of 1 family) 29 30


City of Boston (support of 1 family)


762 99


Due from State Department of Public Welfare 1,762 39


$3,123 63


Due from Uncollected Taxes.


1930 Property Tax $25 12


1930 Motor Excise Tax


26 99


1931 Poll Tax 4 00


1931 Motor Excise Tax 46 32


1931 Old Age Assistance


10 00


1931 Property Tax


4,640 97


$4,753 40


Due from State Aid to Pensioners ... .. .


40 00


Due from State Department of Old Age Assistance


240 00


Cash in hands of Treasurer


4,397 76


$12,554 79


LIABILITIES.


None as far as known to the Selectmen.


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LIST OF JURORS.


Alfred Auty


Pattern Maker


Carl E. Gustafson


Mechanic


Charles F. Leonard


Florist


Patrick F. Quirk


Farmer


Arthur V. Pond


Farmer


Charles J. Phillips


Mechanic


Louis L. Marlow


Moulder


George M. Aldrich


Carpenter


D. Kinsley Barnes


Carpenter


Norry J. Daige


Shuttle Maker


Arthur P. Dalton


Mechanic


Warren M. Hazen


Mechanic


Peter O. Gaskill


Musician


John J. Driscoll


Tool Maker


Silas H. Dudley


Collector


Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. BARRY, ROY A. BARROWS, GEORGE C. CADMAN,


Selectmen.


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.


CHAPTER 81.


Town appropriation


$3,600 00


State allotment


3,600 00


Total amount available


$7,200 00


EXPENDITURES.


LABOR.


Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent


$551 24


Felix Lajoie


295 50


Ernest Miller


170 00


Arthur Johnson


1 25


Walter Johnson


1 25


Ernest Barrows


226 75


Albert Hackenson


233 00


Duncan Pond


4 00


Albert Alves


64 00


Herbert Alger


88 00


Alanson Freeman


66 00


Louis Anthony


1 25


Ray Thomas


107 00


E. L. Kempton


18 00


E. F. Kempton


28 00


William Munsell


165 00


Claire Thurber


179 00


George Romprey


3 25


Joseph Lazzeri


8 00


Frank Hoyle


6 00


Walter Mayo


22 00


Frederick Hartshorn


183 00


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Emil Anderson


24 00


John Zylinski


109 25


$2,554 74


TRUCK HIRE.


Carl Taft


$108 00


A. A. Sabatinelli


379 50


$487 50


AIR COMPRESSOR.


E. L. Sabatinelli


$80 00


$80 00


TRACTOR.


Uxbridge Auto Co.


$380 00


$380 00


CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.


Louis Bracci


$162 50


Leo Desroches


160 50


Edward Goss


472 00


John Powers


150 00


A. A. Sabatinelli


613 50


E. L. Sabatinelli & Sons


169 50


Carl Taft


578 50


C. White


18 00


$2,324 50


MISCELLANEOUS.


Zoel Greenwood, gravel


$276 30


W. B. Chase, pipe


12 00


City Truck Co., Inc., cartage


50


Wm. P. Clarke, road signs


1 25


Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., supplies


9 00


F. A. Gould, hammer handles 2 70


Koppers Products Co., road tar


117 36


Felix Lajoie, paid for gasolene


2 80


N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culverts


25 00


A. Rosenfeld, sand 281 00


40


C. C. Shattuck, gasolene and oil 91 83


The Texas Co., road oil


509 81


Wm. A. Barry, stock and labor


43 70


$1,373 25


$7,199 99


SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$7,200 00


Expended


$7,199 99


Unexpended


01


$7,200 00


CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE.


Town appropriation


$500 00


State allotment


1,000 00


County allotment


1,000 00


$2,500 00


EXPENDITURES.


LABOR.


Aldo A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent


$294 87


Felix Lajoie


99 00


Raymond Thomas


94 00


Alanson Freeman


88 25


Frederick Hartshorn


103 50


Ernest Barrows


115 63


Albert Hackenson


36 00


Duncan Pond


66 25


Arthur Johnson


4 00


William Munsell


134 50


Francis Morrison


31 00


Lawrence Munhall


75 00


Willard Seibert


42 50


George Romprey


65 75


John Zylinski


12 00


$1,262 25


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TRUCK HIRE.


A. A. Sabatinelli


$258 50


$258 50


ROAD ROLLER HIRE.


G. Bonazolli & Sons


$54 00


$54 00


AIR COMPRESSOR.


E. L. Sabatinelli


$56 00


$56 00


CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.


A. A. Sabatinelli


$126 00


Carl M. Taft


134 00


C. White 7 50


$267 50


MISCELLANEOUS.


Wm. J. Seaver, cartage on cold patch .... $3 00 James L. Lilley, painting bridge signs 4 80


F. S. Slavin & Son, labor on grader 5 25 ....


Maurice Carlson, road signs


4 15


Mendon Hill Garage, supplies


9 00


Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., culverts 7 68


F. A. Gould, supplies 4 20


H. S. Chadbourne Co., shovels


3 00


George Welch, battery


3 50


Uxbridge Auto Co., grease


8 00


Zoel Greenwood, gravel


43 50


Butler Motor Corporation, supplies


36 85


Koppers Products Co., road tar


330 80


C. C. Shattuck, gasolene and oil


34 72


A. Rosenfeld, sand 94 75


Wm. A. Barry, stock and labor


8 50


$601 70


$2,499 95


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SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Expended $2,499 95


Unexpended


05


$2,500 00


GENERAL REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS.


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


500 00


$2,000 00


EXPENDITURES.


LABOR.


Aldo A. Sabatinelli


$224 68


Felix Lajoie


127 40


Ernest Miller


9 60


Raymond Thomas


18 00


Albert Hackenson


57 40


Ernest Barrows


75 20


Lawrence Munhall


46 20


John Zylinski


42 00


Frederick Hartshorn 101 20


Lewis Anthony


14 00


Walter Johnson


14 00


Clarence Moore


10 00


Vernon Barrows


12 00


P. Rosetti


8 00


Duncan Pond


4 00


George Romprey


18 40


Claire Thurber


18 40


William Munsell


11 20


Harold Lawrence


3 20


MACHINERY.


Uxbridge Auto Co., tractor $47 50


Town of Uxbridge, road roller 20 00


$814 88


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A. A. Sabatinelli, truck 173 40


A. A. Sabatinelli, compressor 14 00


$259 90


CARTAGE OF GRAVEL.


A. A. Sabatinelli


$131 10


C. White


15 25


Edward Goss


41 60


Carl M. Taft


166 95


E. L. Sabatinelli & Sons


5 60


$360 50


MISCELLANEOUS.


H. S. Chadbourne Co., tools $4 91


Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe 107 49


Wm. H. Casey Motors, tractor parts 10 45


C. C. Shattuck, gasolene and oil


61 02


Frederick A. Gould, scythes and spikes 14 05 Uxbridge Auto Co., labor and parts for tractor 60 75


Thomas' Service Station, spark plugs .... 1 20


F. M. Leland, loading gravel


18 00


F. Louis Tetreault, gasolene and oil ..


3 86


Registry of Motor Vehicles, tractor plates 2 00


Zoel Greenwood, gravel


91 80


Nipmuc Filling Station, gasolene


2 08


Harry C. Newell, chestnut planks


60 30


Standard Oil Co., tractor oil 33 53


W. L. Corey Garage, labor and parts 17 15


Wm. J. Seaver, cartage on cold patch


3 00


Mendon Hill Garage, labor and parts .... New England Metal Culvert Co., cul- verts 24 50


10 25


Fisk, Alden Co., parts for tractor 19 23


Koppers Products Co., cold patch 17 60


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44


Wm. A. Barry, stock and labor, tractor 6 50


$569 68


$1,999 95


SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Expended


$1,999 95


Unexpended


05


$2,000 00


SNOW REMOVAL.


Appropriation, $2,000 00


EXPENDITURES. LABOR.


A. A. Sabatinelli, Superintendent


$257 25


W. Taylor


14 00


Raymond Thomas


4 00


Alanson Freeman


1 00


Duncan Pond


12 00


F. Hartshorn


4 00


Ernest Barrows


37 50


Felix Lajoie


118 00


A. Hackenson


59 50


R. Diano


12 50


Ernest Miller


53 50


Albert Alves


21 50


R. McTurk


2 00


C. Thurber


15 00


E. Swec


4 00


$615 75


TRUCK, TRACTOR AND TEAM HIRE.


John Powers


$8 00


W. A. Robinson


20 50


Herbert S. Wood


11 00


45


A. Swec 8 00


E. L. Sabatinelli 444 00


A. A. Sabatinelli 138 00


Edward Swec 6 00


L. G. Farnum (tractor) 338 20


$973 70


MISCELLANEOUS.


Roy A. Barrows (money paid for tractor parts) 2 00


C. C. Shattuck (supplies) 24 82


J. A. Tyler (parts for tractor) 3 75


Mendon Hill Garage (labor and parts for tractor) 23 50


H. S. Chadbourne Co. (supplies) 5 80


A. A. Sabatinelli, sand 6 00


Wm. H. Casey Motors (supplies)


4 05


Wm. A. Barry ( stock and labor on


plow)


10 00


Standard Oil Co. of New York


(tractor oil) 31 98


M. M. Goodnow Co. (supplies) 4 21


$116 11


$1,705 56


SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Expended


1,705 56


Unexpended


294 44


$2,000 00


BRUSH REMOVAL.


Appropriation $250 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


300 00


$550 00


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Expended :


LABOR.


A. Freeman


$101 40


George Romprey


67 20


Frank Hoyle


44 80


D. Pond


103 40


Raymond Thomas


68 80


A. Hackenson


40 80


Harold S. Lawrence


36 40


Lewis Holbrook


31 20


Ernest Barrows


25 60


Walter Mayo


9 60


Claire Thurber


8 80


$538 00


MISCELLANEOUS.


Geo. C. Cadman (transportation)


$5 00


Elmer C. Rose (grinding tools)


85


$5 85


SUPPLIES.


C. C. Shattuck $6 04


$6 04


$549 89


SUMMARY.


Amount available


$550 00


Expended


$549 89


Unexpended


11


$550 00


Respectfully submitted,


A. A. SABATINELLI, Superintendent.


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggre- gates for 1931 are given below:


RECAPITULATION SHEET.


Town appropriations :


Annual Town Meeting $44,805 15


Town Meeting held April 8, 1931


1,980 00


$46,785 15


State Tax


1,425 00


State Parks and Reservations Tax 22 51


Special State Old Age Assistance Tax 380 00


County Tax


2,280 00


Overlay for 1931


765 49


Total $51,658 15


$51,658 15


Estimated receipts $11,807 15


Free cash (used by vote of the town) 2,800 00


Total deductions


$14,607 15


$14,607 15


Net amount to be raised on polls and property $37,051 00


380 Old Age Assistance Taxes @ $1.00 each $380 00


367 Poll Taxes @ $2.00 each 734 00


Total valuation $1,331,000.00. Rate $27.


Property tax


35,937 00


Total $37,051 00


$37,051 00


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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.


Number of assessments on prop-


erty


496


Number of male polls assessed 367


Value of assessed stock in trade $7,100 00


Value of assessed live stock 46,620 00


Value of assessed machinery


87,000 00


Value of all other assessed personal property


6,290 00


Value of assessed personal property


147,010 00


$147,010 00


Value of assessed buildings, exclud- ing land


854,980 00


Value of assessed land excluding buildings


329,010 00


Value of assessed real estate


$1,183,990 00


1,183,990 00


Total valuation of assessed property


$1,331,000 00


Tax on personal property $3,969 27


Tax on real estate


31,967 73


Tax on polls


734 00


Total poll and property taxes


36,671 00


$36,671 00


Rate of tax per $1000


$27 00


Number of horses assessed


90


Number of cows assessed


504


Number of sheep assessed


none


Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 96


Number of swine assessed


3


49


Number of dwelling houses assessed


401


Number of acres of land assessed


10,830


Number of fowl assessed


3,490


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED


IN 1931.


Motor Vehicles registered in 1930


$19 40


Motor Vehicles registered in 1931


1,905 56


$1,924 96


Late Assessments-Not Included Above.


Poll Taxes


$4 00


Old Age Assistance Taxes


2 00


$6 00


OVERLAY ACCOUNT.


1930.


Overlay


$403 80


Abatements


$144 24


Balance


259 56


$403 80


1931.


Overlay


$765 49


Abatements


$170 75


Balance


594 74


$765 49


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT S. WOOD, HENRY W. GASKILL, GEORGE C. CADMAN,


Assessors.


January 1, 1932.


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ABSTRACT OF STATE AUDIT REPORT.


An abstract of the report of an audit of the accounts of Edward E. Chapman, Tax Collector, for the period from January 1 to August 3, 1931, made by the State Division of Accounts :


1929. MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES.


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931


$24 70


Abatements Jan. 1 to Aug. 3, 1931


$21 73


Cash balance Aug. 3, 1931 2 97


$24 70


1930. POLL TAXES.


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931


$2 00


Payments to Treasurer, Jan. 1, to


Aug. 3, 1931 2 00


PROPERTY TAXES.


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931


$3,094 65


Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to


Aug. 3, 1931


$2,892 10


Outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


159 80


Cash balance Aug. 3, 1931


42 75


$3,094 65


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES.


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931


$55 79


Additional commitment 19 40


Payment and abatement, refunded .... 8 03


$83 22


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Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to Aug. 3, 1931 $48 18


Abatements Jan. 1 to Aug. 3, 1931 8 03


Outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


26 99


Cash balance Aug. 3, 1931


02


$83 22


1931. MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES.


Commitments per warrants


$1,673 99


Payment and abatement, refunded 18 15


$1,692 14


Payments to Treasurer to Aug.


3, 1931


$1,655 95


Abatements to Aug. 3, 1931


28 39


Outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


7 80


$1,692 14


1931. POLL TAXES.


Commitment per warrant


$734 00


Payments to Treasurer to Aug. 3, 1931 $724 00


Outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


10 00


$734 00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES.


Commitment per warrant


$380 00


Payments to Treasurer to Aug.


3, 1931


$287 00


Outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


93 00


$380 00


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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


1930 PROPERTY TAX. DR.


Taxes outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


$159 80


CR.


Cash paid Treasurer


$134 68


Uncollected taxes


25 12


$159 80


1930 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.


DR.


Taxes outstanding Aug. 3, 1931. .....


$26 99


CR.


Uncollected


$26 99


1931 POLL TAX.


DR.


Taxes outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


$10 00


Taxes committed 4 00


$14 00


CR.


Cash paid Treasurer


$8 00


Abatements


2 00


Uncollected taxes


4 00


$14 00


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1931 MOTOR EXCISE TAX.


DR.


Taxes outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


$7 80


Taxes committed


231 57


$239 37


CR.


Cash paid Treasurer


$193 05


Uncollected taxes


46 32


$239 37


1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX.


DR.


Taxes outstanding Aug. 3, 1931


$93 00


Taxes committed


2 00


$95 00


CR.


Cash paid Treasurer


$85 00


Uncollected


10 00


$95 00


1931 PROPERTY TAX.


DR


Taxes committed


$35,937 00


Interest


65 15


- $36,002 15


CR.


Cash paid Treasurer $31,192 43


Abatements


168 75


Uncollected


4,640 97


$36,002 15


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SUMMARY. DR.


Total taxes committed to me


$36,537 31


CR.


Total taxes collected


$31,613 16


Abatements 170 75


Uncollected taxes Dec. 31, 1931


4,753 40


$36,537 31


Respectfully submitted,


ELIZABETH C. CHAPMAN,


Tax Collector.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.


The Board of Public Welfare submit the following re- port for the year ending December 31, 1931.


Appropriation $6,000 00


MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.


Aid rendered one person in private


family $19 00


Paid Town of Medway, aid to one family 229 99


Aid rendered one family in own home 344 67


Aid rendered one family in own home 189 00


Aid rendered one person in home and hospital 34 20


Aid rendered one person in private family 365 00


Aid rendered one person in private family 386 88


Paid Town of North Attleboro, aid to one person 409 19


Aid rendered one person in own home 182 00


Aid rendered one family in own home 52 88


Aid rendered one person in private family 29 00


Paid Town of Blackstone, aid to one family 28 00


Aid rendered one family in own home 45 00


Paid Town of Milford, aid to one family 112 25


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Aid rendered one family in own home,


(wife settled in Mendon; husband unsettled) 36 00


Paid Town of Uxbridge, aid to one family 161 45


Aid rendered one family in own


home 54 94


$2,679 45


MENDON SETTLEMENT OLD AGE ASSISTANCE CASES.


Aid rendered one person in own home $20 00 Aid rendered one person in own home 30 00


Aid rendered one person in private family 160 00


$210 00


CASES HAVING SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.


Aid rendered one family in own home,


(Town of Milford settlement) ...... Aid rendered one family in own home, (Town of Uxbridge settlement) .... Aid rendered one family in own home, (City of Waltham settlement) 217 33


$730 34


410 83


30 00


Aid rendered one person in own home, (Town of Milford settlement) .... Aid rendered one family in own home, (wife settled in Northbridge; hus- band unsettled) 60 50


Aid rendered one family in own home, (City of Boston settlement) $89 70


$1,538 70


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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE CASES HAVING SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.


Aid rendered one person in private family, (Town of North Brookfield settlement) $30 00


$30 00


CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT.


Aid rendered one family in own home $241 24


Aid rendered one family in own home


347 67


Aid rendered one family in own home 79 17


Aid rendered one family in own home 675 59


Aid rendered one family in own home


15 00


Transportation and miscellaneous ex-


$1,358 67 penses 117 05


117 05


$5,933 87


SUMMARY.


Appropriation $6,000 00 Expended $5,933 87


Unexpended


66 13


$6,000 00


Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, WILLIAM A. BARRY, GEORGE C. CADMAN, Board of Public Welfare.


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CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.


The committee in charge of the Christmas Cheer Fund make the following report:


Balance on hand from 1930 fund


$5 79


Received from Silas Dudley in behalf of Y. P. R. U. 78 30


$84 09


Distributed 25 baskets


$78 77


Balance on hand


5 32


$84 09


Respectfully submitted,


REV. ROY WINTERSTEEN,


REV. C. E. CHAMBERLAIN,


SILAS DUDLEY,


ROY A. BARROWS,


GEO. C. CADMAN,


WM. A. BARRY,


Committee.


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BOARD OF HEALTH.


Appropriation


$300 00


Expenditures :


George G. Davenport for Meat In- spector for 1928 and 1929 $24 00


Milford Hospital, making X-Ray record 4 00 Dr. O. W. Beiersdorf, for services on Rabies case 6 00


Dr. K. A. Campbell, cash paid for Rabies Vaccine 35 60


Geo. C. Cadman, placarding and fumi- gating 6 50


Geo. C. Cadman, use of auto


15 00


Town of Milford, care of one Tubercu- lar patient 94 60


$185 70


Unexpended


114 30


$300 00


Respectfully submitted,


GEO. C. CADMAN, WM. A. BARRY, ROY A. BARROWS,


Board of Health.


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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.


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Appropriation $800 00


Pay Rolls :


No. 1. Fred Kempton Fire


$10 00


No. 2. John Hogarth Fire 8 00


No. 3. Walter Gaskill Fire 6 00


No. 4. Ora Davenport Fire


8 00


No. 5. Mayo Fire


8 00


No. 6. Truck Fire, Bates Street


11 00


No. 7. Henry Mathewson Fire 14 00


No. 8. Steve Bourassa Fire ......


12 00


No. 9. Auto Fire


(Grace Johnson) 12 00


No. 10.


Airplane Fire


12 00


No. 101/2.


Truck Fire


3 50


No. 11.


Gaskill's Ice House


35 00


No. 12.


Thiebault Fire


14 00


No. 13.


Robinson and


Ferrier


Fires


13 50


No. 14.


Bernard Hartshorn Fire 12 00


No. 15.


Butler Fire 4 00


No. 16.


Albeeville Auto Fire 4 00


$187 00


SALARIES.


Harold F. Lowell (Chief)


$100 00


Albert W. Sears (janitor)


40 00


Joseph H. Dudley (blowing test


alarms)


25 90


Ernest E. Miller (blowing test alarms)


10 60


$176 50


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ELECTRIC POWER.


Power for fire whistle


$72 00


$72 00


FUEL.


Clark and Shaughnessy Coal Co.


$48 00


$48 00


SUPPLIES.


H. S. Chadbourne Co. (straps) $2 10


Chester C. Shattuck (gas, oil and soda) 17 03


Fyr-Fyter Co. (recharges) 6 40


Henry K. Barnes (supplies) 4 99


Harold F. Lowell (5 dry cell batteries)


1 70


Niro & Niro Co. (miscellaneous sup- plies) 5 05


$37 27


TRUCK EXPENSE.


Hannaford Auto Service Co. (1 bat- tery) $7 96


Harvey W. Legee (parts and labor) 3 25


$11 21


NEW EQUIPMENT.


Henry K. Barnes (500 feet new hose and strainer) $156 75


Hope Rubber Co. (rubber coats and hats) 28 20


Stewart Co., Inc. (parts for power pump) 40 58


$225 53


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PRINTING.


H. C. Forbes (fire cards) $5 35


$5 35


$762 86


SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$800 00


Expended


$762 86


Unexpended


37 14


$800 00


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD F. LOWELL, RAYMOND L. DALEY, ROY A. BARROWS,


Engineers


63


REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN.


Appropriation $400 00


Pay Rolls :


No. 1. Slades fire


$10 50


No. 2. Gill fire


9 50


No. 3. Batesville fire 9 50


No. 4. Patroling


17 00


No. 41/2. Robert Taft meadow


4 50


No. 5. Gill fire, No. 2


14 50


No. 6. Perron fire 7 00


No.


7. Blackstone Street fire 5 00


No.


8. Bicknell Cemetery fire 8 00


No. 9. George Street fire


6 00


No. 11. Tetreault fire


6 50


No. 12.


Walluck fire


10 50


No. 13.


Burning brush on road


side


34 30


No. 14.


Burning brush on road


side


31 15


$173 95


SUPPLIES.


C. C. Shattuck (oil)


$55 00


D. B. Smith & Co. (straps) 1 48


Niro & Niro Co. (3 wire BX)


1 80


$3 83


64


NEW EQUIPMENT.


Joseph L. Kelly (rake and hoe cut-


ters) $4 50


Stewart Co., Inc. (suction hose) 13 50


Niro & Niro Co. (shovels)


6 00


Stewart Co., Inc. (special pump and


power take-off)


100 00


$124 00


SALARIES.


Harold F. Lowell (warden) $25 00


$25 00


$326 78


SUMMARY.


Appropriation


$400 00


Expended


$326 78


Unexpended


73 22


$400 00


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD F. LOWELL,


Forest Warden.


65


REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.


Appropriation


$150 00


Transferred from Emergency Fund 100 00


$250 00


LABOR.


Harold Parkinson


$64 00


Herbert Daige


64 00


Geo. Romprey


6 00


Herbert S. Wood (labor and use


of truck)


98 00


$232 00


E. L. Sabatinelli (trucking and repairs and use of ladder)


$14 00


$14 00


$246 00


SUMMARY.


Amount available


$250 00


Expended


$246 00


Unexpended


4 00


$250 00


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT S. WOOD,


Tree Warden.


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POLICE DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation


$300 00


Paid :


Harold C. Barrows, police and traffic duty


$55 50


Harold C. Barrows, court fees and expenses 11 35


Arthur E. Brown, court fees and expenses 76 10


Arthur E. Brown, police and traffic duty 33 20


Arthur E. Brown, belts and badges 16 25


Albert W. Sears, police duty 5 00


Donald B. Lowell, police duty 5 00


Charles F. Leonard, police duty 5 00


George M. Barrows, police duty


11 00


Carl E. E. Gustafson, police and traffic duty 19 50


$237 90


Unexpended


$62 10


$300 00


ARRESTS.


For selling mortgaged property 2


For driving under the influence of liquor 1


For larceny 2


67


For drunkeness


1


For assault and battery


2


For malicious mischief


1


For non-support


1


10


SUMMONSES.


For cruelty to animals


1


For violation of dog laws


4


For infractions of automobile laws


9


14


Commitments to Westboro State


Hospital


2


Airplane accidents investigated


2


Inquests attended


3


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR E. BROWN,


Chief.


68


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free) 1


Platform scale 100 to 5000 lbs. (free)


1


Platform scale 100 to 5000 lbs.


1


50


Counter scale under 100 lbs.


1


10


Spring scales under 100 lbs.


4


40


Computing scales under 100 lbs


3


30


Liquid measures @ 3 cents each


10


30


Gasolene pumps @ 50 cents each


14


7 00


Total


35


$8 60


I have inspected the following licenses :


Meat Peddlers


2


Fish Peddlers


2


Bread Peddlers


3


Fruit Peddlers


3


Transient Venders


2


Junk Scales


4


Ice Scales


4


Total


20


I have collected fees and turned over to the Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, the sum of $8.60.


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


69


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.


This is the fifty-first annual report of the trustees of the Taft Public Library. We are proud to report that the past year has been a most prosperous one for the library. Each year the facilities and advantages of the library are increas- ing. The gift of the Fletcher Fund, the income of which is to be used for the purchase of books, makes it possible for Mendon to have a rather better collection of books than most any other town of its size. As years go on this fund for purchasing books will make it possible to greatly enlarge the number of volumes in the library.


This library contains not only a great variety of best fiction much desired by the public in general, but also a large collection of encyclopedias, reference books, historical works, and other books of general information. The schools are finding these books very helpful for the work of the students. The library is provided with twenty of the best magazines. These magazines are much enjoyed by those who come to the library, especially the children, who also delight in the many children's books.


The library is fortunate in retaining its capable libra- rian. She, with her willing assistants, gives excellent service to the patrons of the library when they call for books.


The library has been open the same hours Tuesday af- ternoon and evening and Friday evening of each week as in the past two or three years. It has been very well patronized, as the librarian's report shows, and the high character of the books purchased is also revealed by her report.




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