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GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46, SECTION 6.
Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born * *
Blanks may be obtained upon application to the town clerk.
NOTICE
SOME OF THE MANY
REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED.
To establish identity.
To prove nationality.
To prove legitimacy.
To show when the child has the right to enter school.
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To show when the child has the right to seek employ- ment under the child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as ex- emption therefrom.
To establish age and citizenship in order to vote.
To qualify to hold title to, and to buy or sell real estate.
To establish the right to hold public office.
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To prove age to determine validity of a contract entered into by an alleged minor.
To prove age for Old Age Assistance.
To prove age so as to have the right to take Civil Service Examinations.
Parents be sure to record the birth of your child with given name in full.
Your co-operation to the end that all births may be prop- erly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
Your attention is called to the provisions of Section 36 and 55 of Chapter 207 of the General Laws relating to mar- riages solemnized out of this state, which are as follows:
"Section 29 of Chapter 151 of the Revised Laws: If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties liv- ing in this Commonwealth who return to dwell here they .. shall, within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which either of them lived
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at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts relative to marriages, which are required by law, and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars."
Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained from the Town Clerk.
I take this opportunity in wishing the Townspeople a very prosperous year during 1947.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Mendon, January 1, 1947.
Town Clerk.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Treasurer of the Town of Mendon submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the follow- ing amounts :-
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1946 $25,490 03
Licenses 2,195 00
High School Tuition
1,759 00
County Treasurer, Dog License Refund
454 55
U. S. Government, Water Project
1,500 00
State, Sup't. of Schools
773 33
Gaskill and Bates, Cemetery Fund
200 00
State Highways, Con. 9446
512 86
County Highways, Con. 9446
512 86
State, Highway Fund
2,734 76
State, Highways, Con. 4395
1,750 52
State, School Fund, Part II
3,146 75
State, Vocational Education
117 74
Inspection of Meats
225 50
State, Forestry Dep't.
100 00
State, Temporary Aid, Transportation 961 82
State, Tuition and Transportation 230 23
State, Dep't. of Public Health
329 28
State, Inspection of Animals
75 00
Town of Holliston, O. A. A.
47 15
Town of Eastham, O. A. A.
24 05
State, Veterans' Aid and Pensions
55 00
State, Corporation Tax, B
3,655 12
State, Income Tax
6,929 15
State, Div. of Highways, Con. 4575 8,100 00
State, Old Age Assistance 8,030 89
15
Town Annals 4 00
Ernest Mellen, Town Hall Rent
268 00
Town Clerk, Dog License Fees 503 00
H. A. Daniels Co., Refund on Insurance
34 06
District Court, Fines
10 00
Proprietor's Records
5 00
State, Aid to Dependent Children
972 31
Fees from Hay Scales
18 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
6 30
Library Fines 34 00
State, Meal Tax 649 46
Road Machinery Fund
2,929 25
Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant
8,487 31
Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Grant
753 00
Collector of Taxes, Arthur P. Dalton :
1945, Property Taxes $4,388 92
1945, Motor Excise Taxes 106 63
1946, Motor Excise Taxes 2,044 74
1946, Poll Taxes
756 95
1946, Property Taxes
44,427 96
Total Receipts
$136,309 48
Total Payments
106,479 74
Cash Balance
$29,829 74
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following amounts :-
Public Welfare $2,161 76
Old Age Assistance 21,688 25
Aid to Dependent Children 3,036 00
Support of Schools 27,462 31
Vocational Education 639 66
Moth Scout
194 80
Snow Removal
3,373 93
General Repairs
999 15
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Fire Department
695 37
Chapter 81, Highways
11,699 87
Library
544 72
County Hospital
2,442 17
Insurance
725 26
Incidentals
2,938 54
Street Lights
627 00
Officers' Clerk
273 21
Board of Health
1,195 65
Welcome Home
998 98
Road Machinery Account
2,726 16
Town Officers' Salaries
2,032 72
Officers' Bonds
92 25
Forest Fires
482 29
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
20 00
Park Dep't.
75 30
County Treasurer, Dog License Fees
501 20
County Tax
2,766 61
State Tax
1,200 00
State Parks
90 63
Not Returning Report
8 00
School House Notes and Interest
2,360 00
Tree Warden
271 55
Police Dep't.
1,030 26
Memorial Day
113 93
Tax Refunds
12 81
Chapter 90, Maintenance
2,999 52
Chapter 90, Construction
7,999 88
Total Payments
$106,479 74
F. N. THAYER CEMETERY FUND.
DR.
To Cash in Savings Bank $19 40
To Cash Received
3 50
To Interest Received
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$23 31
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MEMORIAL DAY.
$125 00
Appropriation
Expended :
Milford Victory Band
$40 00
Lakeside Flower Shop, wreath 5 00
Charles F. Leonard, wreath 5 00
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
37 34
Jean's Flower Shop
1 50
Wm. F. Draper Camp
7 50
Clayton Parkinson, wreath 1
5 00
Roger L. Wood A. L. Post
10 00
R. F. Harding
2 59
Total Expended
$113 93
Unexpended
11 07
$125 00
INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
Appropriation
$725 26
Paid Donald F. Lowell
725 26
BONDS OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Expended
$92 25
Unexpended
7 75
$100 00
WELCOME HOME DAY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended :
Holman, Caterer
$285 25
Entertainment and parade 279 55
Decorations
153 50
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Expended :
Assessors :
Charles F. Leonard $250 00
Carl M. Taft 100 00
Edward Whiting 100 00
Town Clerk, Albert S. Coleman 125 00
Town Treasurer, M. U. Gaskill
350 00
Tax Collector, Arthur P. Dalton
643 37
Selectmen and Welfare:
Silas H. Dudley
.. 158 35
Roy A. Barrows
165 00
Harold Metcalf
67 50
D. Victor Smith 13 50
Constable, Harold C. Barrows
25 00
Auditor, William A. Barry
25 00
Moderator, John Driscoll
10 00
$2,032 72
EXCISE TAX REFUND.
Expended 1946 ..
$2 25
PERSONAL TAX REFUND.
Expended 1946
$6 36
REAL ESTATE TAX REFUND.
Expended 1946
$4 20
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Unexpended 1,000 00
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES.
Appropriation $20 00
Paid Swandale Cemetery Association ....
20 00
30
Postage
5 53
Use of Car
6 00
Recording Fees
96 64
$199 44
TOWN HALL.
Carpenter Work
$6 00
Lights
12 90
Fuel
305 91
Janitor and Extra Services
313 00
Supplies
43 27
$681 08
TOWN TREASURER.
Postage
$58 00
Supplies
19 35
Use of Auto
15 00
$92 35
Total Expended
$2,938 54
WORCESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Appropriation
$2,442 17
Paid County Hospital
2,442 17
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$627 00
Paid Worcester Suburban Electric
Company
627 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$2,025 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
7 72
Total
$2,032 72
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Care of Record Room
50 00
Carpenter Labor 8 30
Barney Coal Co., Fuel
16 67
Fairbanks & Bartlett, Fuel
43 95
Toll Calls
24 65
Lights
11 14
$194 61
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Street Lists
$75 70
Printing
7 80
Payrolls
149 00
$232 50
SELECTMEN.
Dues to Worcester County Selectmen's
Association
$9 00
Selectmen's Association Meeting
15 00
Postage
4 86
Supplies
38 70
$67 56
TAX COLLECTOR.
Dues Massachusetts Collector's and
Treasurer's Association
$4 00
Notices
10 25
Postage
39 50
Printing and Supplies
88 66
Use of Automobile
10 00
$152 41
TOWN CLERK.
Supplies and Printing
$43 97
Expenses to Town Clerk's Meetings .... 47 30
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PUBLIC WEIGHER.
Martha Dudley ... $10 60
$10 60
DOG OFFICER.
Harold Barrows, salary
$10 00
Harold Barrows, killings, etc.
16 00
$26 00
TOWN COUNSEL.
Shelley D. Vincent, salary
$100 00
Preparation and trial, two cases
75 00
$175 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
Frank R. Phillips, salary ........ $25 00
$25 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Kenneth Phipps, delivering
Town
Reports
$10 00
Charlescraft Press, Town Reports 240 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
43 85
Printing and Supplies
84 25
Milford Daily News, Notices and
Warrants
106 30
Ward Stationers, Engraving and Print-
ing
97 50
$581 90
RECORD ROOM.
Cleaning Oil Burner
$3 50
Mowing Lawn
4 00
Postage
12 00
Printing and Supplies
20 40
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$2,750 00
Transferred from the Reserve Fund ....
188 54
Total
.. $2,938 54
Expended :
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Mendon Ladies' Alliance
$4 00
Payroll No. 1
42 70
Payroll No. 2
15 40
Payroll No. 3
59 85
Payroll No. 4
8 00
$129 95
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Walter Taylor, salary
$45 00
Boston Nickel Plating Co., Inc.
26 00
$71 00
ASSESSORS.
Dues to State and County Association
$6 00
Postage 4 00
County Assessors' Meeting
8 00
Carl Taft, use of auto
20 00
Supplies
106 14
Expenses to tax hearing
5 00
$149 14
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
Moses U. Gaskill, salary
$150 00
$150 00
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$44,427 96
Abated
846 38
Subsequent Tax Title Credit
113 75
Uncollected
5,946 09
$51,334 18
Total Tax Refunds for 1946 $12 81
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1947.
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$827 40
Abated
6 25
Uncollected
7 40
$841 05
DR.
Third commitment Oct. 29, 1946
$537 75
Interest
04
$537 79
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$463 08
Abated
31 46
Uncollected
43 25
$537 79
DR.
Fourth commitment Dec. 10, 1946 $130 88
$130 88
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$18 00
Uncollected
112 88
$130 88
1946 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total Personal and Real Estate Taxes
committed
$51,318 05
Interest
16 13
$51,334 18
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$4,388 92
Uncollected 6 96
$4,395 88
1946 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes committed, including omitted
assessment of Dec. 10, 1946
$892 00
Interest
1 10
Demands
17 85
$910 95
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$756 95
Abated
154 00
Uncollected
00
$910 95
1946 EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
First commitment April 29, 1946
$741 82
Interest 1 17
$742 99
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$736 26
Abated
3 19
Uncollected
3 54
$742 99
DR.
Second commitment Aug. 6, 1946
$840 31
Interest 74
$841 05
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 1946.
1945 EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding, Jan. 1, 1946
$74 01
Interest 2 28
$76 29
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$72 29
Abated
4 00
Uncollected
00
$76 29
DR.
1945 Taxes committed Feb, 1, 1946
$34 00
Interest
34
$34 34
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$34 34
Uncollected
00
$34 34
1945 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1946
$4,277 36
Interest
118 50
Overpaid Treasurer
02
$4,395 88
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Number of dwelling houses assessed
445
Number of acres of land assessed 10,762 Number of fowl assessed .. ... . . . . . . 5,020
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1946.
Vehicles registered in 1946 ..
$1,528 89
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1945 Taxes in 1946
$4 00
1946 Taxes
43 15
$47 15
$47 15
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1945.
Balance in 1945 Overlay Account $835 88 $835 88
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1946.
1946 Overlay
$718 08
1946 Abatements
1,010 58
1946 Overlay Balance
..
$292 50
$292 50
Respectfully submitted, CARL M. TAFT, D. KINSLEY BARNES, CHARLES F. LEONARD, Mendon Board of Assessors.
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Number of Assessments on Real Estate 561
Number of Assessments on Personal Estate 91
652
652
Number of Male Polls Assessed
443
Value of Assessed Stock-in-trade $4,300 00
Value of Assessed Live Stock
69,910 00
Value of Assessed Machinery
69,950 00
Value of all other Assessed Per-
sonal Estate
17,900 00
Value of Assessed Personal Prop-
erty
$162,060 00 $162,060 00
Value of Assessed Buildings, ex-
cluding land 965,180 00
Value of Assessed Land, excluding buildings
332,490 00
Total Value of Real Estate
$1,297,670 00 1,297,670 00
Total Value of Assessed Property
$1,459,730 00
Tax on Personal Estate 5,672 10
Tax on Real Estate 45,423 70
Tax on Polls
886 00
$51,981 80
$51,981 80
Rate of Tax per $1,000
$35 00
Number of horses assessed
47
Number of cows assessed 560
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 102
Number of swine assessed 2
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town Appropriations :
Annual Town Meeting, March,
1946
$87,591 46
Debt and Interest
2,397 50
State Taxes, 1946
1,256 64
County Tax
2,775 19
Tuberculosis Hospital :
Assessment
2,442 17
Overlay for 1946
718 08
$97,181 04
$97,181 04
Estimated Receipts
$29,071 40
Available Funds
16,127 84
$45,199 24 $45,199 24
Net amount raised on Polls and Property $51,981 80
443 Poll Taxes at $2.00
886 00
Total Valuation
$1,459,730 00
Tax Rate
$35 00
Personal Property 162,060 00
Real Estate
1,297,670 00
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Transferred to Board of Health .. 95 65
Transferred to Police Dep't. 39 76
$616 67
Balance
383 33
NATHAN R. GEORGE TRUST FUND. DR.
To Cash in Savings Bank
$1,068 56
To Interest Received 21 47
$1,090 03
CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank
$1,090 03
FLETCHER LIBRARY FUND.
DR.
To Cash in Savings Bank $5,077 46
To Interest Received 101 08
$5,178 54
CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank $5,081 75
By One Library Order
89 20
By One Library Order
5 09
By One Library Order
2 50
$5,178 54
Respectfully submitted,
MOSES U. GASKILL,
December 31, 1946.
Treasurer.
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HONOR ROLL FUND. DR.
To Cash in Savings Bank $180 40
To Cash Deposit
168 01
To Interest Received
2 71
$351 12
CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank
$351 12
TAX TITLES.
12
$1,151 75
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To Cash in Milford Savings Bank $677 71
To Interest Received
13 61
To Cash in Worcester Bank
774 12
To Interest Received from Worcester
Bank
15 55
$1,480 99
CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank
$691 32
By Cash in Worcester Bank
789 67
$1,480 99
RESERVE FUND
$1,000 00
Transferred to Tree Warden .....
$175 00
Transferred to Road Mach'y. Account
110 00
Transferred to Town Officers' Salaries
7 72
Transferred to Incidentals
.......
188 54
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CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank $23 31
ANNA ELLIS LIBRARY FUND. DR.
To Cash in Savings Bank $528 10
To Interest Received
10 61
$538 71
CR.
By Cash in Savings Bank .... . . . . . . . . .. . $538 71
WITHHOLDING TAXES.
DR.
To Takes in First Quarter $419 90
To Takes in Second Quarter 520 20
To Takes in Third Quarter 302 94
To Takes in Fourth Quarter
736 25
$1,979 29
CR.
By Cash Paid Internal Revenue
$1,979 29
U. S. DEFENSE BOND.
DR.
To 1 U. S. Defense Bond
$1,000 00
To Interest Received
76 12
$1,076 12
CR.
By 1 U. S. Defense Bond
$1,000 00
By Cash in Savings Bank 76 12
$1,076 12
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Photographs
205 00
Printing and postage
65 86
Supplies
9 82
Total Expended
$998 98
Unexpended
1 02
$1,000 00
MOTH SUPPRESSION.
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, salary
$10 00
Payroll No. 1
33 60
Payroll No. 2
67 20
Payroll No. 3
44 10
Payroll No. 4
39 90
Total Expended
$194 80
Unexpended
5 20
$200 00
PARK DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$125 00
Expended :
Payroll No. 1
$9 .10
Payroll No. 2
4 90
Payroll No. 3
23 15
Payroll No. 4
31 85
Payroll No. 5
6 30
Total Expended
$75 30
Unexpended
49 70
$125 00
.......
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CLERICAL HIRE FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Elliott Taft
$60 00
Barbara Taft
66 95
Helen F. Irons
146 26
Total Expended
$273 21
Unexpended
226 79
$500 00
TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Unexpended
4,000 00
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$20,000 00
Unexpended 20,000 00
ERECTION OF FIRE STATION.
Appropriation
$24,000 00
Unexpended
24,000 00
Respectfully submitted, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, HAROLD METCALF,
Board of Selectmen.
SUMMARY.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Incidentals Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
$2,750.00 188.54
$2,938.54
$2,938.54
Chapter 81
Town Appropriation
$3,600.00
State Allocation
8,100.00
General Repairs
$ 1,000.00
999.15
.85
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Town Appropriation
$1,000.00
County Allocation
1,000.00
State Allocation
1,000.00
$3,000.00
2,999.52
.48
Chapter 90 Construction
Town Appropriation
$2,000.00
State Allocation
4,000.00
County Allocation
2,000.00
$8,000.00
7,999.88
.12
Snow Removal Appropriation
$3,500.00
3,373.93
126.07
$11,700.00
11,699.87
.13
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SUMMARY-Continued. -
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Road Machinery Account Appropriation Appropriated from R. M. Fund
$1,500.00
1,116.20
Transferred from Reserve Fund
110.00
$2,726.20
2,726.16
.04
Board of Health
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
95.65
$1,195.65
1,195.65
Welcome Home Day
$1,000.00
998.98
1.02
Clerical Hire for Town Officers
500.00
273.21
226.79
Fire Department
800.00
695.37
104.63
Forest Fires
500.00
482.29
17.71
Police Department
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund
$1,000.00 39.76
$1,039.76
1,030.26
9.50
Park Department
125.00
75.30
49.70
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SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Salaries of Town Officers
Appropriation
$2,025.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
7.72
$2,032.72
2,032.72
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
1,000.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
20.00
20.00
Street Lights
627.00
627.00
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$100.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
175.00
$275.00
271.55
3.45
Taft Public Library
550.00
544.72
5.28
Moth Suppression
200.00
194.80
5.20
Memorial Day
125.00
113.93
11.07
Insurance on Town Buildings
725.26
725.26
Board of Public Welfare
2,500.00
2,161.76
338.24
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
616.67
383.33
Bonds of Town Officers
100.00
92.25
7.75
Water Department
20,000.00
20,000.00
Town Hall Improvements
4,000.00
4,000.00
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.
SUMMARY-Continued.
Department
Resources
Expended
Unexpended
Overdraft
Erection of Fire Station
24,000.00
24,000.00
Schools
Town Appropriation Appropriation of Dog License Refund
$27,030.17
447.83
$27,478.00
27,462.31
15.69
Worcester County Hospital
2,442.17
2,442.17
100.00
1,000.00
639.66
360.34
$11,000.00
8,445.07 275.75
-$20,220.19
21,688.25
1,468.06
Aid to Dependent Children Town Appropriation Federal Grant
$3,000.00 753.00
$3,753.00
3,036.00
717.00
Respectfully submitted, SILAS H. DUDLEY, ROY A. BARROWS, HAROLD METCALF, Selectmen of Mendon.
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Tuition for Vocational Schools Old Age Assistance Town Appropriation Federal Grant Aid Federal Grant Administration
Interest on Loans
100.00
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LIST OF JURORS.
Douglas Taylor
Carpenter
Donald B. Lowell
Dairyman
Harry L. Wilbur
Machinist
Hastings Street
William R. Bowen
Poultryman
Bates Street
Gordon R. Good Ernest E. Souls
Machinist
Pattern Maker
Henry Twitchell
Machinist
North Avenue Bates Street Maple Street Blackstone Street
William F. Irons
Musician
Main Street
Walter Taylor
Factory Worker
Blackstone Street
Vernon A. Barrows
Grinder
Blackstone Street
Lester P. Mann, Sr.
Pattern Maker
Washington St.
Richard F. Harding
Foreman
George St.
Ernest Beaucage
Spinner
Milford Street
ASSETS.
Uncollected Taxes :
Excise Tax
$167 07
Property Tax
5,953 05
Cash in Hands of Treasurer
29,829 74
U. S. Bonds
1,000 00
12 Tax Titles
1,151 75
$38,101 61
Public Welfare:
Due from State of Massachusetts,
Temporary Aid $988 30
$988 30
Board of Health:
Due from State of Massachusetts .... $260 00
$260 00
Roy A. Barrows
Dairyman
Hastings Street North Avenue
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Old Age Assistance :
Federal Government $1,930 77
State of Massachusetts 1,364 51
Town of Milford
80 09
Town of Northbridge
35 06
$3,410 43
Aid to Dependent Children:
State of Massachusetts
$515 66
Federal Government 175 00
$690 66
Total Assets
$43,451 00
LIABILITIES.
Overdraft of Bureau of Old Age
Assistance
$1,468 06
Worcester County Hospital for Con- struction
1,650 00
Bonds, School House Addition
14,000 00
Federal Government, Advance for
Water Plans
1,500 00
Notes on Town Truck
2,400 00
Total Liabilities $21,018 06
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
39 76
Total
$1,039 76
Expenditures :
Payroll No. 1
$215 55
Payroll No. 2
118 65
Payroll No. 3
74 75
Payroll No. 4
41 60
Payroll No. 5
512 50
John Lundvall, accident pictures
9 00
The Forbes Press, tags
9 00
Harold C. Barrows, toll calls
49 21
Expended
$1,030 26
Unexpended
9 50
$1,039 76
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD C. BARROWS,
Chief of Police.
42
REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN. -
January 1, 1947.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
The Forest Fire Department answered 13 alarms in 1946, burning over only 2.7 acres of brushland and 5 acres of grass- land.
3 Alarms were to help other towns.
2 Alarms were for rubbish fires.
5 Alarms were for grass fires.
2 Alarms were for brush fires.
1 Alarm was for hay in a pasture.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
43
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
January 1, 1947.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
The Fire Department answered 12 alarms and 1 still alarm in 1946, as follows:
5 Chimney Fires.
3 Barn Fires.
2 Dwelling Fires.
1 Hen House Fire.
1 Range Shelter Fire.
Total estimated damage, $17,428.50.
The Department had 3 false alarms, were called for 1 drowning accident, use of stretcher once, three times to help find men lost, and once to get cat out of tree.
During the year 4 new men were added to the Depart- ment. One fireman was forced to resign because he moved to another town. Two hundred feet of 21/2-inch hose was added to the equipment.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, NORRY J. DAIGE, MATTHEW M. MANTONI,
Fire Engineers.
44
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WEIGHER.
-
Report of year's weighings :
45 weighings at $.40 each $18 00
8 free weighings for Boy Scouts.
53 Total weighings.
Respectfully submitted,
MARTHA E. DUDLEY,
Public Weigher.
45
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Scales Amount
Platform scales under 5000 lbs.
2
$1 00
Spring scales under 100 lbs.
2
20
Beam scales over 100 lbs.
1 50
Computing scales under 100 lbs.
1
10
Gasoline pumps, meter system
8
4 00
Kerosene pumps, hand system
1
50
15
$6 30
I have collected $6.30 for Sealing Fees and have turned this amount over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER TAYLOR,
Mendon, December 31, 1946.
Sealer.
46
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
To the Honorable Board of Health:
The following animals have been slaughtered in our pres- ence and inspected by us :
Cows
Pigs
Calves
Sheep Total
January
21
42
3
66
February
20
5
7
32
March
21
10
2
33
April
46
4
10
60
May
18
18
June
18
18
July
26
3
29
August
7
7
September
9
9
October
43
15
58
November
14
9
7
30
December
6
2
8
-
-
-
Total
249
85
34
0
368
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK R. PHILLIPS, WILLARD N. SEIBERT, Inspectors of Slaughtering.
47
REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Payrolls
$81 20
Supplies and New Equipment
358 56
Salary as Warden
25 00
Janitor Service
5 80
Fuel
. 11 73
Total Expended
$482 29
Unexpended
17 71
$500 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Warden.
48
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expended :
Payrolls
$359 20
Fire Whistle Test
30 25
Fuel
26 60
New Equipment
55 80
Repairs and Supplies
25 49
Gas and Oil
22 63
Test Blowing
50 00
Salary as Chief
100 00
Special Fireman's License
6 00
Dues for Fire Chiefs' Association
3 00
Janitor Service
16 40
Total Expended
$695 37
Unexpended
104 63
$800 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, NORRY J. DAIGE, MATTHEW M. MANTONI,
Fire Engineers.
49
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
TEMPORARY AID.
RESOURCES.
Town Appropriation
$2,500 00
Expended
$2,161 76
Unexpended
338 24
$2,500 00
DETAILED EXPENDITURES. MENDON SETTLED CASES.
One family in own home $193 75
One person in own home 190 00
Two persons in own home 532 65
One person in own home
247 06
One person in own home 3 50
$1,166 96
CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE.
One person in private home
$260 00
One family in own home
728 30
$988 30
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Greater Boston Community Council,
Social Index
$5 50
Mass. Welfare
Agents'
Association
Dues, 1946
1 00
$6 50
50
PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ABOVE EXPENSES.
State of Massachusetts
$988 30
Town of Mendon's Share
1,173 46
$2,161 76
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Chairman, HAROLD METCALF, SILAS H. DUDLEY,
Board of Public Welfare.
51
REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
Resources :
Appropriated by the Town $11,000 00
From Federal Grant (Direct Aid) 8,445 07
(Administration) 275 75
$19,720 82
Balance on hand from Administration,
January, 1946
499 37
$20,220 19
Expenditures :
For Direct Aid
$21,126 69
For Out of Town Cases 262 81
Administration 298 75
$21,688 25
Overdrawn
1,468 06
$20,220 19
Summary :
Federal Government's Share
$9,058 21
State's Share 8,286 29
Town of Mendon's Share
3,782 19
- $21,126 69
52
Amounts due Town :
Federal Government $1,930 77
State of Massachusetts 1,364 51
Town of Milford
80 09
Town of Northbridge
35 06
$3,410 43
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD METCALF, Agent.
53
REPORT OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Resources :
Town Appropriation
$3,000 00
Received from Federal Government .. 753 00
$3,753 00
Expenditures :
For Direct Aid
$3,036 00
Unexpended
717 00
$3,753 00
Summary :
Federal Government $807 00
State of Massachusetts' Share
1,011 99
Town of Mendon's Share
1,217 01
$3,036 00
Amounts Due Town:
Federal Government
$175 00
State of Massachusetts
515 66
$690 66
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD METCALF, Agent.
54
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$1,100 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
95 65
Total
$1,195 65
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