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Labor
$3,084 75
Equipment 2,995 90
$6,080 65
GRAVEL AND SAND.
M. L. Goldthwaite
$81 20
Rosenfeld Sand Co.
739 70
$820 90
SURFACING MATERIALS.
Barrett Co., 1800 gal.
$213 25
N. E. Asphalt Co., 18,900 gal. 1,523 76
$1,737 01
MISCELLANEOUS.
Corbett Pipe
$159 76
Comm. of Mass., posts
187 50
Comm. of Mass. frame
14 18
$361 44
Total Expenditures $9,000 00
SUMMARY.
Town Appropriation
$3,600 00
Received from State
5,400 00
$9,000 00
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CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE (1938).
Balance from 1938
...
.... $353 03
,
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$157 00
Equipment
196 03
$353 03
Total Expenditures
$353 03
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE.
Town Appropriation
$1,200 00
State Allotment 1,200 00
County Allotment
1,200 00
$3,600 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$943 00
Equipment
900 10
$1,843 10
EMPLOYEES LIABILITY INSURANCE.
H. A. Daniels Co.
$43 26
SURFACING MATERIALS.
Barrett Co., 13,017 gal.
$1,517 01
$1,517 01
MISCELLANEOUS.
State Prison, guard rail posts
$10 00
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SAND AND STONE.
Rosenfeld Co.
$186 63
Total Expenditures
$3,600 00
SUMMARY.
Town Appropriation $1,200 00
Received from County
1,200 00
Received from State
1,040 47
Due from State
159 53
$3,600 00
CHAPTER 90 (Northbridge Road, 1938).
Balance from 1938 $11 97
PAY ROLLS.
Equipment
$11 97
MILLVILLE ROAD.
Town Appropriation
$2,100 00
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$938 25
Equipment 1,142 00
$2,080 25
SUPPLIES.
A. M. Smith, Explosives
$19 75
SUMMARY.
Total Expenditures $2,100 00
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MILLVILLE ROAD (Special Allotment, County and State).
County Allotment $2,500 00
State Allotment
2,500 00
$5,000 00
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$1,500 00
Equipment
3,104 40
$4,604 40
MATERIALS.
Corbett Pipe Co. $63 00
A. Lamothe, fill
28 00
M. Gaskill, 3,106 yd. gravel
304 60
$395 60
SUMMARY.
Total Expended
$5,000 00
EMERGENCY FLOOD FUND.
Balance from 1938 Allotment .... $5,410 65
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$1,462 25
Equipment
449 40
$1,911 65
TOOLS.
Hedge-Mattheis, tools $67 00
Hedge-Mattheis, pumps
193 00
H. Chadbourne
5 21
Edson Corp.
18 90
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E. O. Rose, parts
1 19
Fisk-Alden, payment on tractor
150 00
$435 30
LUMBER.
W. G. Fiske
$123 09
Bradbury-Locke
11 05
$134 14
BRIDGE ARCHES.
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
Hartford Ave. Bridge
$438 55
Bellingham Street Bridge
573 60
Reinforcing Rods
163 10
$1,175 25
BRIDGE CONCRETE.
Rosenfeld Co., concrete
$1,073 40
Rosenfeld Co., gravel for bridge
approaches
307 30
$1,380 70
MISCELLANEOUS.
N. E. Asphalt, 3500 gal. oil
$239 89
E. Blanchard, granite
61 00
H. Patrick Co., bags
10 00
L. Tetreault, bags
9 63
Milford Grain Co., bags
16 50
Worc. Suburban Co., flood lights
8 89
Seavers, express
1 06
Eddie's Station, gas
7 65
E. T. Powers, parts
85
C. C. Shattuck, gas
1 14
Deke's Station, gas and oil
10 20
B. F. Makepeace, blueprints
6 80
$373 61
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SUMMARY.
Total Expended
$5,410 65
ROAD MACHINERY FUND.
Appropriation
$719 09
EXPENDITURES.
Pay Rolls
$55 00
TOOLS.
W. Sampson Co.
$150 74
Allied Steel Co.
23 01
L. N. Jaques Co.
36 46
F. A. Gould
22 35
Wm. Casey Co.
2 70
$235 26
SUPPLIES.
W. G. Fiske, lumber
$13 85
W. Aubuchon, wire
3 45
H. M. Curtiss, cement
13 47
Eastern Fence, wire
4 75
Uxbridge Hardware, wire
4 25
Milford Grain, bags
10 20
R. Barrows, bags
3 75
$53 72
GAS AND OIL.
C. C. Shattuck, gas
$234 04
Deke's Station, oil
17 40
Sunnyside Station, grease
45 48
Clark & Shaughnessey, oil
28 50
$325 42
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REPAIRS.
Seaver's Express
$1 53
Rodney & Rae, grinding
7 00
P. Lussier, hone
8 25
Haynes Co., welding
6 00
Fisk-Alden, parts
11 71
Siegal Co., sharpening
11 93
E. O. Rose, repairs
1 35
Elgar Bartlett, filing
1 25
$49 02
SUMMARY.
Total Expended
$718 42
Unexpended
67
$719 09
GAS TAX REFUND.
Received from State
$3,668 87
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$1,501 75
Equipment
679 50
$2,181 25
EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE.
H. A. Daniels Co. $22 77
SURFACING MATERIALS.
N. E. Asphalt Co., 2700 gal. oil $189 64
M. Gaskill, gravel 160 00
M. Goldthwaite, gravel 55 02
Rosenfeld Co., stone 385 95
Rosenfeld Co., concrete 388 98
$1,179 59
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MISCELLANEOUS.
H. Curtiss, waterproofing $20 01
W. G. Fiske, lumber 38 57
C. C. Shattuck, gas 13 65
Bradbury-Locke, lumber 16 29
L. N. Jaques, tools 7 75
E. T. Powers, pipe
10 55
C. Taft, wire
4 00
State Prison, signs
35 20
J. DePasquale, trailer 20 00
L. Newton, crane and trailer 117 00
$283 02
SUMMARY.
Total Expenditures
$3,666 63
Unexpended 2 24
$3,668 87
SNOW REMOVAL.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred from Reserve
500 00
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$664 00
Equipment
951 00
$1,615 00
NEW EQUIPMENT.
Dyar Sales Co., V plow with frame for
tractor
$350 90
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MISCELLANEOUS.
C. C. Shattuck, gas
$16 41
Deke's Station, oil
12 19
Haynes Co., steel rods
5 50
$34 10
SUMMARY.
Total Expended
$2,000 00
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES ON ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1939.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 1938
ance 1939
Flood Fund
General Repairs
Snow Removal
Gas Tax Refund
Millville Town Funds
Rd. Con. Co .- State Spec. Allot.
Totals
Robert Donnelly
$356.75
$22.50
$126.00
$255.75
$48.00
$72.00
$167.25
$141.75
$157.00 $1,347.00
Harry Anthony
220.00
8.00
62.00
24.50
12.00
12.00
68.50
40.00
82.00
529.00
Louis Anthony
171.50
4.50
62.00
79.50
5.50
10.00
43.50
40.00
19.50
436.00
Alfred Auty
117.50
11.00
4.00
58.50
13.50
34.50
69.00
45.00
92.00
445.00
Robert Bartlett
47.50
41.00
40.00
25.50
154.00
William Bowen
12.50
8.00
4.00
43.00
11.50
31.00
110.00
James Brady
32.00
30.00
26.00
44.00
51.00
62.00
245.00
Louis Bronson
10.00
43.50
53.50
Robert Brownly
89.00
4.00
12.50
44.50
41.00
43.00
24.00
61.50
329.50
Richard Brummit
4.00
4.50
8.50
H. Carbonneau
69.50
69.50
William Coppfer
169.50
4.00
51.50
106.00
60.50
101.50
26.00
533.00
James Cram
11.00
George Driscoll
71.50
5.50
4.00
14.50
2.00
31.00
128.50
Harold Dunbar
85.00
4.00
47.50
136.50
Robert Flooks
29.00
29.00
Earle Gaskill
6.00
17.00
6.00
29.00
Charles Goodnow
4.00
Robert Grant
46.50
12.00
5.50
64.00
Louis Holbrook
8.00
57.50
54.50
120.00
Gilbert Harvey
4.00
4.00
Frank Hoyle
15.50
2.00
4.00
21.50
George Johnson
4.00
4.00
8.00
William Irons, Jr.
182.00
10.00
19.50
88.50
21.50
30.00
66.00
26.00
98.00
541.50
Aaram Lamothe
4.00
Orville Lapham
4.00
14.00
18.00
46
4.00
39.00
38.00
77.00
Chester Hammond
14.00
11.00
10.00
4.00
Mainten-
Joseph Lazzeri
8.00
42.00
90.50
8.00 173.50
Clifford Mathewson
95.00
52.50
11.50
20.50
50.50
55.50
72.00
357.50
Edwin Miller
142.50
8.00
64.50
11.50
38.50
7.50
272.50
Ernest Miller
14.50
12.00
26.50
Kenneth Morrison
178.00
24.00
41.00
66.00
19.50
16.50
99.50
444.50
William Munsell
186.50
4.50
55.00
25.50
19.50
2.50
76.00
57.50
95.00
522.00
William Nuttall
105.50
4.50
34.00
29.50
15.50
34.50
88.00
5.50
36.00
353.00
Goodsil Peters
19.00
19.00
Roger Plouf
10.00
10.00
Joseph Randor, Jr.
12.00
32.00
9.50
26.00
33.50
84.50
197.50
Norman Rogers
4.00
32.50
36.50
Arthur Sabatinelli
6.00
6.00
Cleveland Smith
36.00
36.00
Roscoe Steere
198.00
6.00
60.00
25.00
14.00
15.50
95.00
57.00
101.00
571.50
Kenneth Taft
29.50
8.00
8.50
73.00
119.00
Douglas Taylor
11.00
4.00
4.00
30.00
45.00
56.00
150.00
Leo Tetreault
202.50
23.00
58.50
144.50
22.00
93.00
91.00
81.00
126.00
841.50
Napoleon Thiebault
128.00
2.00
61.00
46.00
20.00
10.00
68.00
55.00
78.00
468.00
Wilbur Tucker
35.50
2.00
8.50
4.00
Harold Ward
53.00
3.50
21.00
4.00
3.00
21.50
30.00
38.50
174.50
Herbert Wood
6.00
Curtis Woodfall
8.00
36.50
34.00
15.00
22.00
115.50
Walter Yanski
4.00
4.00
79.00
34.00
121.00
TOTAL LABOR
$3,084.75
$157.00
$943.00 $1,462.25
$283.50
$664.00 $1,501.75
$939.25 $1,500.00$10,535.50
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Benjamin Levesque
3.50
37.50
50.00
6.00
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYES-Continued.
Mainten-
Rd. Con. Co .- State
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90
ance
Flood
General Repairs
Snow Removal
Gas Tax Refund
Millville Town Funds
Spec. Allot.
Totals
RENTED EQUIPMENT TRUCKS
Kinsley Barnes
$463.50
$12.00
$127.50
$45.00
$48.00
$12.00
$100.50
$127.50
$306.00 $1,242.00
Walter Coffin
322.50
12.00
42.00
33.00
24.00
90.00
84.00
294.00
901.50
Robert Donnelly
351.00
9.00
138.00
64.50
36.00
298.50
81.00
109.50
300.00
1,387.50
Edward Goss
417.00
21.00
94.50
36.00
24.00
102.00
112.00
397.50
1,204.00
Daniel Leone
31.50
39.00
25.50
45.00
78.00
141.00
360.00
Harold Metcalf
490.50
16.00
127.50
115.50
12.00
19.50
153.00
135.00
255.00
1,324.00
Aldo Sabatinelli
87.00
369.00
Carl Taft
484.50
16.50
105.00
52.50
54.00
339.00
93.00
147.00
352.50
1,644.00
$2,560.50
$86.50
$673.50
$372.00
$198.00
$951.00
$664.50
$793.00
$2,133.00 $8,432.00
COMPRESSOR
Aldo Sabatinelli
$78.40
$4.53
$33.60
$22.40
$14.00
$140.00
$134.40
$427.33
ROLLER
R. H. Newell
$147.00
$105.00
$168.00
$10.50
$430.50
PUMP
L. C. Woodfall
$55.00
$15.00
$70.00
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282.00
1938
1939
Fund
POWER SHOVEL
J. DePasquale J. Rosenfeld
$208.00
$117.00
$325.00
720.00
720.00
TOWN EQUIPMENT
Power Grader
$175.00
$25.00
Gas Roller
35.00
$200.00 35.00
TOTAL EQUIPT.
$2,995.90
$196.03
$900.10
$449.40
$222.50
$951.00
$679.50
1,141.00
3,104.40 10,639.83
TOTAL PAYROLLS $6,080.65
$353.03 $1,843.10 $1,911.65
$506.00 $1,615.00 $2,181.25 $2,080.25 $4,604.40$21,175.33
Received from Outside Rentals of Town Machinery Town of Millville, Road Roller Town of Hopedale, Power Grader 50.50
$355.56
$406.16
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50
WPA
FIRE HAZARDS.
The early part of the year was spent clearing up fire haz- ards in the woods and opening up fire lanes as an aid to the fire department in case of forest fires. The fallen timber was trimmed and the slash piled, to be burnt this winter by the U. S. Forest Service. All fire hazards within a quarter of a mile of buildings were cleaned up on this project.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Work on the High School grounds, which was stopped after the hurricane, was continued during the summer. The grading and seeding of the school lawn was completed. 800 feet of new chain link fence was erected between the school and Mrs. Danforth's property on one side of the school and Mrs. Comstock's property on the other. The new ball field diamond and right field were plowed up, regraded and reseed- ed, but center and left fields were left as before due to the fact that the ground has a 6 foot drop towards Willow Brook. Two new regulation tennis courts were built and wire enclosed, and will be ready for use by the towwn in the Spring.
STUMP REMOVAL AND TREE TRIMMING.
During the past year the WPA has done much to remove all traces of the damage done by the hurricane through a stump removal and tree trimming project. Work under this project included removal of all stumps on town roads and cemeteries, cutting and trimming of all trees damaged, cut- ting and delivering of all hurricane wood to needy families, and burning of all brush on the roadsides. Approximately 90% of the stumps have been removed and the balance will be taken care of in the Spring as soon as the ground opens up. To January 1, 35 cords of wood had been cut up and the great- er part distributed by the Welfare Dept.
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MOTH SUPPRESSION.
During April and May and again during October, Nov- ember and December a WPA crew of men under the Moth Superintendent covered the woodlands of the town on gypsy moth and tent caterpillar elimination. In connection with that work they are at present cutting down and burning all wild cherry trees on the roadsides.
CONCLUSION.
Total WPA payrolls for the year totaled $16,500.00 The town's contribution was $2,500.00 or approximately 13% of the total cost of the projects carried on. Effective January 1st, 1940, the Federal Government has passed a law requiring all municipalities asking for Federal funds to contribute at least 25% of all project costs. This new law will work a hard- ship on all towns where most of their projects are of a manu- al type, and will make it necessary for us to increase our pro- ject contributions this next year. The past three years I have included in each project a charge for full time super- vision of each project as part of the town's contribution to the cost, although I have given my services without expense to the town for supervising and writing up all projects. This supervision would add approximately 5% to the town's con- tribution but under this new set-up it will not be enough to meet Federal approval. The result must be an increase in the town contribution or a decrease in Federal aid with a result- ant rise in Welfare costs. The past year we had an average of 29 men on WPA payrolls the full 12 months.
We are still holding in our files an approval project for surveying and mapping all streets in town and an Assessor's project. I have submitted to Washington for approval two sidewalk projects, one for a sidewalk from the High School to the State Road and the other for a walk from Shattuck's store to Roscoe Steere's house on Maple Street. I am also submit- ting a project for the elimination of the first bridge on Bell-
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ingham Street by cutting a new channel for Muddy Brook on the south side of the road.
If the citizens of the town have at any time any projects which they think will be a benefit to the town, in the way of parks, play-grounds, roads, drainage or buildings, I would ap- preciate their suggestions. The work of the local WPA has been of a high standard and I hope that the town realizes the benefits of the work accomplished.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT M. DONNELLY, WPA Co-ordinator and Supervisor.
WPA APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation
$2,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Labor
$51 00
TRUCKS.
Kinsley Barnes
$133 50
Walter Coffin
108 00
Robert Donnelly
120 00
Edward Goss
98 00
Daniel Leone
51 00
Harold Metcalf
266 00
Carl Taft
156 00
$932 50
COMPRESSOR.
A. Sabatinelli $47 60
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CRANE AND TRAILER.
Leo Newton $72 00 Total Payrolls
$1,103 10
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.
TOOLS.
W. Aubuchon Co. $18 10
W. Sampson Co.
94 09
Fisk-Alden Co.
418 85
C. C. Shattuck
19 65
A. H. Sweet Co.
1 50
L. Jaques & Son
19 06
Ross Bros.
4 40
$575 65
LUMBER.
Fiske Lumber Co.
$33 18
Geo. Rhodes
46 48
H. M. Curtiss
4 90
Bradbury-Locke
20 36
$104 92
GRAVEL AND LOAM.
Rosenfeld Stone Co.
$347 00
M. U. Gaskill
52 00
$399 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. Huggins Co., creosote $29 16
Barrett Co., tar
120 90
Eastern Fence, fence
140 55
$290 61
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REPAIRS.
Central Machine
$6 75
Pironte & Siegal
7 12
Jerry Driscoll
5 75
H. Chadbourne
7 10
$26 72
Total expended for materials $1,396 90
SUMMARY.
Pay Rolls
$1,103 10
Materials 1,396 90
$2,500 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Town Appropriation $600 00
Transferred to the Temporary Aid ap-
propriation by vote at special Town meeting 450 00
$150 00
EXPENDITURES.
Special Treatments County Hospital
(one patient)
$36 00
K. A. Campbell (Diphtheria Inocu-
lation)
30 00
A. H. Sweet Co. (Supplies)
2 15
State Dept. Public Health, 1/2 Miscoe License 10 00
Smith A. Steere (Town Dump)
27 26
Children's Hospital
24 75
William R. Bowen (Work on Mosquito Project) 5 00
Dr. William H. Boswell (1 Dog Case)
5 00
Roy A. Barrows (Placarding and Fumi- gation Supplies) 7 50
$147 66
Unexpended balance 2 34
$150 00
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Chairman, HAROLD METCALF, WILLIAM R. BOWEN,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Fred M. Batchelder Co., Supplies
$34 60
Postage
50
Toll Calls
18 70
Court Fees
9 20
Police Duty, May 30
18 50
Police Duty, July 3 and 4
46 50
Police Duty, October 31
23 00
Investigating 2 Drowning Cases 48 50
Police Duty on Road
85 00
Investigating Missing Persons
16 00
Larceny of Hens
22 00
Breaking and Entering Cases
37 50
Accidents and Complaints
140 00
$500 00
During the year the following arrests were made
17
For Drunkenness
2
For Non-Support
6
For Assault and Battery
4
For Trespassing and Destroying Signs
2
For Driving Under the Influence
2
Larceny
1
Summons to Court
11
INVESTIGATIONS.
Investigating Breaking and Entering Cases
10
Investigating Complaints and calls 192
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Drowning Cases
2 Dog Cases
9
Larceny of Hens
3
Missing Persons
5
There were 36 licenses recommended suspended at the Registrar of Motor Vehicles Office for road violations during the year.
The past year there were 18 accidents and 26 injuries re- ported to the Police Department.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD C. BARROWS, Chief Police Dept.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WEIGHING.
-
27 Weighings at 20 cents $5 40
Respectfully submitted, FELIX BESSETTE,
Public Weigher.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
Mendon, Mass., Dec. 30, 1939.
To the Honorable Board of Health:
Following you will find a report of animals slaughtered in my presence and inspected by me in the year 1939:
Cattle
Calves
Hogs
Sheep
January
2
February
March
April
May
1
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
4
-
-
-
-
Totals
0
1
4
2
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK R. PHILLIPS,
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. FOR THE YEAR 1939.
Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free)
1
Platform scales under 5000 lbs.
2
$1 00
Spring scale under 100 lbs.
5
50
Computing scales under 100 lbs.
2
20
Gasoline pumps at 50 cents each
12
6 00
Kerosene pumps at 50 cents each
1
50
23
$8 20
We have inspected the following licenses :
Peddlers
1
Vendors
4
Fish
1
Fruit
5
Junk
3
Range Oil
3
-
17
We have collected $8.20 for fees and have turned same over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer, JOSEPH TAYLOR, Deputy Sealer.
Mendon, December 30, 1939.
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REPORT OF BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
Appropriation by Town
$7,000 00
$7,000 00
Transferred to Temporary Aid Approp-
riation by Vote at Special Town Meeting
$1,000 00
Transferred to Aid to Dependent
Children Appropriation by Vote at
Special Town Meeting 150 00
$1,150 00
$5,850 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund by
Authority of Finance Committee 9 47
Received from Federal Grant 5,078 14
Total Resources ........... $10,937 61
EXPENDITURES.
Mendon Settled Cases :
37 Cases $9,532 78
Mendon Cases with No Settlement :
3 Cases 749 00
Mendon Cases with Settlement in other Towns:
1 Case 344 00
Cases Living in Other Towns with Mendon Settlement:
6 Cases (one-sixth of total cost) .... 311 83
$10,937 61
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Proportionate share of above expenses :
Federal Grant
$5,514 89
State Share
3,837 93
Other Towns
184 93
Mendon's Share
1,399 86
$10,937 61
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT-FEDERAL GRANT.
Received from Federal Government ...
$248 29
Expended $158 62
Unexpended
89 67
$248 29
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS,
Agent.
REPORT OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Town Appropriation $1,200 00
Transferred from Old Age Assistance
Appropriation by Vote of Special
Town Meeting 150 00
Received from Federal Grant 234 64
$1,584 64
EXPENDITURES.
1 Case $300 00
1 Case 773 50
1 Case
497 00
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1 Case
90 00
$1,660 50
Over Drawn
75 86
$1,584 64
Proportionate Share of Above Expense:
Federal Grant
$386 17
State's Share
553 50
Mendon's Share
720 83
$1,660 50
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS,
Agent.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
TEMPORARY AID.
RESOURCES.
Town Appropriation
$7,500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
350 00
Transferred from Old Age Assistance
Account
1,000 00
Transferred from Board of Health
Account
450 00
$9,300 00
Expended
$9,298 63
Unexpended
1 37
$9,300 00
DETAILED EXPENDITURES.
MENDON SETTLED CASES.
One family in own home $440 67
One family in own home 64 00
One family in own home 252 50
One family in own home
210 51
One family in own home
289 00
One family in own home
312 00
One family in own home
119 50
One family in own home
123 24
One family in own home
208 00
One family in own home
69 50
One family in own home
11 00
One family in own home
20 00
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PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR MENDON SETTLED CASES.
Town of Sutton, one case
$205 51
Town of Leicester, one case 18 50
Town of Northbridge, one case
118 08
City of Worcester, one case 125 25
Town of Milford, one case
291 95
Town of Milford, one case
227 16
Town of Milford, one case
676 01
Town of Franklin, one case
88 62
WIFE AND CHILDREN SETTLED IN MENDON, HUSBAND STATE CASE.
One family in own home
$139 00
One family in own home
37 00
One family in own home
94 80
CASES RESIDING IN MENDON SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Northbridge Case
25 30
Medway Case
292 12
Upton Case
106 63
CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE TO THE STATE.
One family in own home $71 50
One family in own home
93 15
One family in own home
1,102 08
One family in own home
406 90
One family in own home
3 73
One family in own home
899 38
One family in own home
125 63
One family in own home
27 31
One family in own home
158 03
One person in home of others
74 53
One family in own home
775 40
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One family in own home 140 13
One family in own home 94 50
One family in own home 89 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Mendon's share to Federal Government
for Surplus Commodities Adminis- tration $82 12
Mendon's share of cost of operating Surplus Commodities Warehouse in Milford 498 04
Helpers for Surplus Commodities Truck 70 75
Supplies, Postage and Telephone Calls 20 60
$9,298 63
PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ABOVE EXPENSE.
State of Massachusetts $4,128 97
Other Towns 424 05
Mendon's Share 4,745 61
$9,298 63
CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
This year the Ladies' Alliance held a donation day and the proceeds of which were turned over to the Welfare De- partment to be distributed to the needy.
Also money received for Christmas Cheer baskets was as follows :
Bright Oak Club Inc. $10 00
Mendon Y. P. R. U. 5 00
$15 00
Expended for Cheer baskets $15 00
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SURPLUS COMMODITIES.
The Surplus Commodities Warehouse,
Milford, delivered in Mendon for the year 1939, goods valued as follows :
Food $2,991 93
Clothing
1,025 20
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD METCALF, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, WILLIAM R. BOWEN, Board of Public Welfare,
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggre- gates are given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
Annual Town Meeting, March 1939
$59,170 17
Debt and Interest
6,217 21
State Tax 1939 and balance due on 1938
5,940 00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
73 08
Auditing Municipal Accounts
264 72
County Tax
2,203 73
Overlay for 1939
466 44
$74,339 98
$74,339 98
Estimated Receipts
$25,600 98
Available Funds (voted by Town Meeting and authorized by Tax Commissioner)
9,365 52
$34,966 50 $34,966 50
Net Amount raised on polls and property
$39,373 48
429 Poll Taxes at $2.00 each 858 00
Total Valuation $1,328,120 00
Tax Rate
$29 00
Personal Property 124,610 00
Real Estate
1,203,510 00
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of assessments on real
505 estate
Number of assessments on personal estate 103
608
Number of male polls assessed
429
Value of assessed stock-in-trade $5,400 00
Value of assessed live stock
45,640 00
Value of assessed machinery
69,500 00
Value of all other assessed personal estate
4,070 00
Value of assessed personal property $124,610 00 $124,610 00
Value of assessed buildings, exclud- ing land $882,085 00
Value of assessed land, exclud- ing buildings 321,425 00
Value of assessed real estate $1,203,510 00$1,203,510 00
Total value of assessed property ...
1,328,120 00
Tax on personal estate 3,613 69
Tax on real estate
34,901 79
Tax on polls
858 00
Total poll and property taxes $39,373 48 $39,373 48
Rate of tax per $1,000
29 00
Number of horses assessed
62
Number of cows assessed
586
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
78
Number of swine assessed
1
Number of dwelling houses assessed Number of acres of land assessed
423
10,810
Number of fowl assessed 4,760
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1939.
Vehicles registered in 1938
$50 96
Vehicles registered in 1939
2,589 88
$2,640 84
$2,640 84
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED IN 1939.
1938 Taxes
$11 38
1939 Taxes
51 58
$62 96
OVERLAY ACCOUNT 1937.
Overlay
$684 50
Abatements
$532 50
Balance
152 00
$684 50
$684 50
1938.
Overlay
$756 22
Abatements
$399 37
Balance
356 85
$756 22
$756 22
1939.
Overlay
$466 44
Abatements
$440 73
Balance
25 71
$466 44
$466 44
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD T. WHITING, CARL M. TAFT, CHARLES F. LEONARD,
Board of Assessors.
January 1, 1940.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1937 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1939 $3,207 87
Interest 206 47
$3,414 34
CR
ยท Paid Treasurer
$3,380 34
Abated
34 00
$3,414 34
1938 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Total Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1939 .... $19 05 05
Interest
$19 10
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$11 12
Abated
7 98
$19 10
DR.
1938 Motor Excise Taxes Committed,
Jan. 7, 1939
$50 96
Interest
03
$50 99
72
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$48 99
Abated 2 00
$50 99
1938 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1939 $10,292 55
Interest
265 73
$10,558 28
CR.
Paid Teasurer
$8,642 76
Abated
76 85
Uncollected
1,838 67
$10,558 28
1939 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes Committed
$858 00
Demands
15 75
Interest
02
$873 77
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$849 77
Abated
24 00
$873 77
1939 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
First Commitment, March 1, 1939 $574 03
Interest 39
$574 42
73
CR
Paid Treasurer
$574 42
Uncollected
00
$574 42
DR.
Second Commitment, April 28, 1939 .... $1,365 80
Interest 1 03
$1,366 83
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,359 96
Abated
4 00
Uncollected
2 87
$1,366 83
DR.
Third Commitment, July 17, 1939
$461 06
Interest
43
Overpaid
03
$461 52
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$455 52
Abated
6 00
Uncollected
00
$461 52
DR.
Fourth Commitment, November 4, 1939
$155 08
Interest
09
$155 17
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$139 17
Uncollected
16 00
$155 17
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DR.
Fifth Commitment, December 2, 1939 $33 91
$33 91
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$27 91
Uncollected
6 00
$33 91
1939 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total Personal and Real Estate Taxes
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