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13. Farm: Any parcel of land which is used in the raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry and dairy products. It includes necessary farm structures. It excludes the raising or keeping of fur-bearing animals, piggeries, riding stables or dog kennels.
14. Dog Kennel: The keeping of more than 3 dogs that are more than 6 months old, for sale or boarding purposes.
15. Piggery: The keeping of any number of pigs which are fed collected garbage.
16. Fur Farm: The keeping of carnivorous fur-bearing animals for commercial purposes.
17. Race Track: A tract of land which is used for the pur- pose of auto racing, horse racing or dog racing.
18. Drive-In Establishment: A commercial or mercantile establishment whose business is transacted solely by window service and does not require entrance thereto.
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SECTION III
Prohibitive Uses: The following uses are prohibited in all areas:
a. Trailer Parks
b. Commercial Race Tracks or uses accessory thereto
c. Junk Yards
d. Piggeries
e. Fur Farms
SECTION IV
Provision of Parking: Suitable off-street parking facilities shall be provided on the premises in accordance with following schedule for each building which after the date of this By-Law, is erected, altered or enlarged for any of the following purposes. Under this By-Law an off-street parking space shall be at least 200 square feet in area.
1. Dwelling - one parking space for each family.
2. Boarding houses or dwellings partially devoted to rental of rooms - one space for each guest sleeping room.
3. Stores or other places conducting retail business - one space for each 100 square feet of floor area plus one space for each 5 employees.
4. Offices and banks - one space for each 300 square feet of floor space for each 5 employees.
5. Theaters and places of assembly - one space for each 5 seats.
6. Hotels, motels - one space for each two-guest sleeping room plus one space for each 5 employees.
7. Industries - one space for each 2 employees.
8. Restaurants and other places serving food or beverages -one space for each 5 seats plus one space for each 5 employees.
9. Drive-In Establishments - Parking area requirements shall be dependent on the nature of the business to be transacted, and shall be determined by the Planning Board in each specific instance.
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10. Accessory home occupation, office or roadside stand - one space for each non-resident employee plus adequate off- street spaces for clients or customers.
11. Gasoline station, repair or storage garage or auto- mobile salesroom - adequate off-street parking spaces for customers and employees.
12. Motels, restaurants and business or industrial estab- lishments shall provide adequate space for loading and unload- ing all vehicles used incidental to their operation in addition to to the facilities required for customer or employee parking.
13. Where the space required above cannot be reasonably provided, or might be better provided elsewhere, the Board of Appeals may permit the use of other property for off-street parking.
SECTION V
Lot, Yard and Coverage Regulations:
1. No lot shall hereafter be used or occupied and no struc- ture shall hereafter be erected, altered, moved, used or occupied unless it complies with the provisions of the Zoning By-Law and complies as a minimum requirement to the following:
1.1 Area in square feet - 30,000
1.2 Front Width in feet - 150
1.3 Distance between Street and Building - 20 ft.
1.4 Distance between lot lines and building - 20 ft.
1.5 Distance between lot lines and detached accessory one story buildings and garages - 10 ft.
2. Any lot lawfully laid out by plan or deed duly recorded or registered in the appropriate registry of deeds or land regis- try district that complies, at the time of such recording or reg- istering, with any minimum area and frontage requirements of any Zoning By-Law in effect in Mendon may thereafter be built upon for residential use notwithstanding the adoption or amend- ment of a Zoning By-Law imposing minimum area and front- age, or both, of such lot, provided that at the time of building such lot has an area of more than five thousand square feet, a
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frontage of fifty feet or more, and is in a district zoned for resi- dential use and conforms except as to area and frontage with the Zoning By-Law in effect in Mendon and that at the time of adoption of such requirements or increased requirements such lot was held in ownership separate from that of adjoining land.
SECTION VI
Non-Conforming Uses: The lawful use of any structure or land existing at the time of the enactment or subsequent amend- ment of this By-Law may be continued although such structure of use does not conform with the provisions of the By-Law.
Changes: Once changed to a conforming use no structure or land shall be permitted to revert to a non-conforming use.
SECTION VII
Regulations for cesspools, septic tanks, vault privies and public sewers:
1. No sewage disposal works, the effluent from which will discharge into any lake, pond, stream, tidal waters, or any tribu- tary thereof shall be installed unless plans for such disposal works are first approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
2. No cesspool, septic tank, permanent vault privy, or other means of sewage disposal, shall hereafter be constructed or in- stalled in this town until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health.
3. No dwelling place or other building shall be constructed until the Board of Health has approved the proposed lot as suit- able from a sanitary point of view. No building on an unsewered street shall be constructed until a permit for sewage disposal installation has been obtained from the Board of Health.
4. All sewage disposal works hereafter constructed or in- stalled shall be of approved material and design and, unless otherwise specified by the Board of Health, shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any dwelling, not less than twen- ty-five (25) feet from any stream or piped drain, not less than ten (10) feet from line of any street, court or passageway, and not less than ten (10) feet from line of adjoining lot; all meas- urements being taken from the nearest portion of the sewage
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disposal works. Cesspools shall be provided with a safe, suit- able removal cover at grade and the base must not extend closer than two feet to the ground water table.
Overflow cesspools may be entirely covered with earth. The use of an abandoned well as a cesspool in areas where water sup- plies are obtained from the ground is hereby prohibited.
No sewage leaching works of less than 500 square feet of effective leaching area shall be installed. The Board of Health reserves the right to either increase or decrease this figure after a requested percolation test deems it necessary.
No garbage grinder shall hereafter be installed in unsewered areas without a permit from the Board of Health.
All septic tanks hereafter constructed shall be water tight and made of concrete, concrete block, brick of No. 14 gauge steel complying with U. S. Department of Commerce Commercial Standard 177-51.
The minimum effective capacity of septic tank shall be de- termined from the following table:
No. of
Approximate
Bedrooms
Population
Liquid Capacity of Tank in Gals .*
2 or less
4
500
3
6
600
4
8
750
5
10
900
6
12
1,100
7
14
1,300
8
16
1,500
*Increase 50% when garbage grinder is used.
Any lot of less than one-half acre shall be deemed to be too small for both water supply and sewage disposal on the same lot.
5. The owner, person or agent responsible for the con- struction of local sewage disposal works shall have such construc- tion inspected by the Board of Health or its agent before such
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construction is covered, and such covering shall thereafter be applied in a manner approved by the Board of Health.
6. Temporary vault privies for the convenience of persons engaged in construction work may be erected or installed with a permit but only under the following conditions. The vault must be at least two feet in depth and must be so located as to cause no annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity. The per- son in charge of the premises shall cause the privy to be main- tained in a sanitary manner, and immediately upon completion of the work, he shall remove the privy, shall fill in the vault, and leave the premises in a condition satisfactory to the Board of Health.
7. No indoor toilet or water closet, except that which is provided with proper means of flushing with water at time of us- ing, where water is available, shall hereafter be installed on any premises in this town. Where water is not available for flushing, indoor chemical toilets of approved material and construction may be installed under special permit of the Board of Health if proper provision is made for the final disposal of the contents thereof.
8. Whenever a water closet, privy, septic tank, cesspool or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the owner, agent or occu- pant of the premises shall cause same to be cleaned or otherwise corrected.
9. Every owner, occupant or agent of premises in which there is any private sewer, drain, vault privy, septic tank, or cess- pool shall keep the same in a sanitary condition and shall have every vault privy, septic tank and cesspool emptied and cleaned when necessary or at such times as ordered by the Board of Health. No vault privy, septic tank or cesspool shall be emptied except by such parties and in such manner as shall be especially authorized or licensed by the Board of Health. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with such order the Board of Health may cause the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the person who caused or permitted same, if he has had actual notice from the Board of Health of the existence thereof.
10. No sewage disposal works shall be established within 100 feet of any well used as a source of water supply.
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11. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of these rules and regulations be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of said rules and regula- tions shall not be affected hereby.
12. All permits must be obtained from the Board of Health before any new or old cesspool is installed and approved.
SECTION VIII
Administration:
1. Enforcement: This By-Law shall be enforced by the Board of Selectmen as provided in Section 12 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws. Henceforth, no land or structure shall be changed in use and no structure shall be erected, or moved until the Board of Selectmen shall have issued a Zoning Permit certi- fying that the plans and intended use of the land, buildings and structures are in conformity with this By-Law.
2. Board of Appeals: There shall be a Board of Appeals of three members as approved in Chapter 40A of the General Laws, as amended, which shall act on all matters as prescribed in Chapter 40A of the General Laws and as indicated below.
The members shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen for a term of three years provided that only one term shall ex- pire each year. Where a permit or authorization by the Board of Appeals is required under this By-Law, the Board of Selectmen shall withhold the Zoning Permit until written approval of the Board of Appeals is received.
The Board of Appeals shall hold public hearings as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this By-Law as provided in Section 17 of Chapter 40A of the General Laws.
(a) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Board of Selectmen to issue a Zoning Permit under the provision of this By-Law may appeal in writing to the Board of Appeals.
(b) The Board of Appeals shall hear and decide requests for special permits as provided in sections of this By-Law.
(c) The Board of Appeals shall hear and decide requests for variance from the terms of this By-Law where literal en-
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forcement would involve substantial hardship because of condi- tions unique to the building or land in question.
(d) The Board of Appeals shall give due consideration to promoting the public health, safety, convenience and welfare con- cerning property values and encouraging the most appropriate use of land and may impose appropriate restrictions where neces- sary to carry out the intent and purpose of the Zoning By-Law.
3. Amendments: This Zoning By-Law or any part thereof may be amended or repealed as provided by law at a Town Meet- ing duly called.
4. Validity: The invalidity of any section or provision of this By-Law shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof.
5. Effective Date: This Zoning By-Law shall take effect as provided by law.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
TO THE CONSTABLE
of the TOWN of MENDON in the
COUNTY of Worcester,
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the TOWN HALL in said Mendon on MONDAY the sixth day of MARCH, A. D., 1961, punctually at 9:00 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1.
Article 2 and all following Articles on this Warrant will be acted upon Friday, the 10th day of March, 1961, at 7:00 P. M.
Article 1. To bring in their ballots for the following Town Officers:
One Moderator for one year;
One Town Clerk for one year;
One Selectman for three years;
One Treasurer for three years; One Assessor for three years;
One Collector for three years;
One Constable for one year;
One Tree Warden for one year;
One Highway Surveyor for one year;
One Member of the School Committee for three years; One Member of the Regional School District Com- mittee for three years;
One Trustee for Taft Public Library for two years;
One Park Commissioner for three years;
One Water Commissioner for three years;
One Member of the Planning Board of five years.
all on one ballot, designating the office intended for each person.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not to exceed forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1961 and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for the period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell any or all real estate owned by the Town by reason of the foreclosure of Tax Title thereon and to execute, acknowl- edge and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor, authority there- for to terminate March 5, 1962, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 4. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1961.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the bal- ance in the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, with the approval of the State Emergency Finance Board, to the Stabilization Fund, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Available Surplus Funds of January 1, 1961, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) or any other sum to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 42A to 42F inclusive, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, rela- tive to the Collection of Water Rates, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,100 for the paving of Myrtle Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a three-member Regional School District Planning Committee consisting of at least one member of the School Committee, to study the survey and report on or before the next Annual Town Meeting whether or not they feel that the Town should join in a region to promote vocational educa-
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tion, as set forth in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 14 and 14A, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $220.00 to be used by the Regional School District Planning Committee for necessary expenses of said Committee, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law or take any other action in relation thereto:
"Any Board or officer in charge of a department of the Town may sell any personal property of the town within the possession or control of the department, which has become obsolete or is not required for further use by the depart- ment, provided that the original cost of the articles or prop- erty did not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) Sale of property which cost more than fifty dollars must have the prior ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen."
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Zoning Laws as printed in the Annual Town Report for 1960, and vote to adopt an Official Town Map, or take any action pertain- ing thereto.
POLLS WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof at the Post Office in said Mendon and causing a copy to be published once in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meet- ing hereby ordered to be held.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this 6th day of Febru- ary, A. D., 1961.
HAROLD METCALF VERNON A. BARROWS E. THEODORE GIATAS Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest: WILLIAM D. RONDEAU Constable of Mendon.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Mendon:
In our report and recommendations under Article 4, we have added several items that recur annually as separate articles in the Warrant. This is being done now in other towns.
Into departments directly affected we have added to each one the cost of clerical hire and cost for bonds.
Acting as an advisory body, your Finance Committee has held separate meetings with all departments and has received full and hearty cooperation from everyone. We have striven to understand more fully the needs and problems of each depart- ment and with the taxpayer's interest and concern as our guid- ing feature, have recommended changes and improvements that the townspeople would deem necessary. The "Red Network System" of phones for the Fire Department will assure towns- people of better fire protection and speed than heretofore pos- sible.
With the addition of two more members to the Committee, it has afforded us a greater opportunity to acquaint more people with the problems and costs of operating the town.
We feel that with ever increasing costs, especially that of the school divisions, that it should be of interest to more towns- people and we strongly urge that they attend our open meetings.
We plan to make a study of salaries and wages of town of- ficers and employees in the coming year and submit recommenda- tions relating to same.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH TAYLOR ARTHUR WIERSMA JOHN L. LUNDVALL ARTHUR A. SABATINELLI WESLEY T. ROGERS
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ARTICLE 4 EXPENDITURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS GENERAL GOVERNMENT-4.8% OF TOTAL
Item
Expended 1959
Expended 1960
Appropriate
Transfer
From
1 Moderator, Salary
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
2 Finance Committee,
Expense
19.25
20.00
100.00
3 Selectmen, Salaries
700.00
700.00
700.00
4 Selectmen, Expense
167.85
390.44
400.00
5 Town Accountant, Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
6 Town Accountant, Expense
49.08
60.33
50.00
7 Treasurer, Salary
800.00
800.00
800.00
8 Treasurer, Expense
309.94
320.83
650.00
9
Tax Collector, Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
10
Tax Collector, Expense
341.99
309.39
800.00
11
Assessors' Salaries
700.00
700.00
700.00
12 Assessors' Expense
174.74
242.56
550.00
13 Town Counsel, Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
14
Town Counsel, Expense
75.00
75.00
75.00
15
Town Clerk, Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
16
Town Clerk, Expense
287.90
469.61
775.00
17
Elections and Registrations
1,000.00
18
Salaries and Wages Expense
629.40
1,146.20
19
270.25
535.60
20
Planning Board, Expense
400.00
21
Clerical-Town Officers
436.25
440.02
22
Record Room Maintenance
600.00
23
Salaries and Wages
50.00
50.00
Recommended 1961
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Expense
459.63
473.51
36.00
282.00
311.00
Heat and Lights-Town Bldgs.
2,451.72
2,500.00
2,500.00
Town Hall Maintenance Salary
480.00
480.00
184.13
112.04
31
Total
$ 10,794.13
$ 12,061.53
$ 13,661.00
NOTE - Item 21 has been included in Items 2, 4, 8, 12, 27, and 93. Item 26 has been included in Items 8, 10, and 16.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY-6.95% OF TOTAL
32 Constable, Salary
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00 7,600.00
Police Department
4,722.67
5,320.13
Salaries and Wages Expense
1,850.59
1,952.59
Cruiser (Trade-In)
1,400.00
Dog Officer Salary
35.00
35.00
Expense
176.00
165.59
Fire Department
3,125.00
Salaries and Wages
783.98
772.65
Expense
1,441.02
1,323.71
Forest Fires
1,300.00
Salaries and Wages
704.00
585.60
Expense
196.00
309.65
Civilian Defense
400.00
Salaries and Wages Expense
100.00
100.00
Board of Appeals, Expense
100.00
80.00
Wiring Inspector Salary Expense
80.00
80.00
16.00
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250.00
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
591.11
232.31
Expense Tax Title Foreclosure Town Officers' Bonds
1,600.00
53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
Sealer of Weights and Measures
60.00
Salary Expense Tree Warden
60.00 6.01
60.00 11.83
2,800.00
Salaries and Wages
1,398.89
1,707.60
Expense
800.85
92.08
Insect Pest Control
500.00
Salaries and Wages Expense
700.00
475.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control Salaries and Wages Expense
65.00
25.00
685.00
563.12
65
Additional Spraying (Mosquito)
1,511.88
1,500.00
66
Total $ 14,421.12 $ 15,389.74 $ 19,740.00 NOTE - Item 40 includes Red Network Alarm System and Windows and Repairs for Fire Station. Item 56 includes Cost of Town Equipment for Road Machinery Fund.
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HEALTH AND SANITATION-1.25% OF TOTAL
67 Board of Health, Expense
$ 1,601.00
$ 1,478.28
$ 3,200.00
68 Inspector of Animals, Salary
150.00
150.00
150.00
69 Inspector of Slaughtering, Salary
25.00
25.00
25.00
70
Total
$ 1,776.00
$ 1,653.28 $ 3,375.00
HIGHWAYS-8.9% OF TOTAL
71
General Repairs
$
$ 3,500.00
$
72 73 74
Salaries and Wages
$ 1,617.08
1,554.65
Expense
1,379.55
1,437.80
75
Chapter 81-Town's share State's share
10,175.00
10,174.97
10,175.00
Available Funds
76
Chapter 90 Maint .- Town's share State and County's share
1,499.76
1,499.94
1,500.00
3,000.00
Available Funds
77 78
Chapter 90 Const .- Town's share
2,299.74
2,999.96
3,500.00
79
State and County's share
6,899.21
8,999.89
12,000.00
10,500.00
Available Funds
80 Snow Removal
2,999.50
2,999.87
3,700.00
3,700.00
3,699.98
600.00
25.00
81 82 83 84
Salaries and Wages Expense
2,509.65
3,808.05
5,936.62
8,141.01
Street Lights
1,083.96
1,083.96
1,083.96
Road Machinery Account
2,499.16
3,525.82
3,000.00 5,000.00
Road Machin- ery Fund
86 Total
$ 39,599.73
$ 49,925.90
$ 25,283.96 $ 31,675.00
CHARITIES-9.03% OF TOTAL
87
Board of Public Welfare, Salaries
$ 45.00
$ 45.00
$ 45.00
88
General Relief
5,920.42
2,240.33
5,000.00
89
Administration-Public Assistance
1,645.00
1,715.00
1,785.00
90
Aid to Dependent Children
1,476.01
1,405.46
1,800.00
91
Old Age Assistance
19,829.29
16,223.21
17,000.00
92
Total
$ 28,915.72
$ 21,629.00
$ 25,630.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS-1.33% OF TOTAL
125
93 94
Administrations
$ 350.00
€7 350.00 2,723.17
3,400.00
95
Total
$ 3,696.44
$ 3,073.17
$ 3,800.00
SCHOOLS-63% OF TOTAL
Center School
$117,426.12
$103,549.28 684.69
$ 82,774.98 1,000.00
$ 418.40
Dog Lic. Refund
98
Nipmuc Regional School District Capital Costs Operating and Maint. Costs
27,035.62
26,180.09
99
34,621.29
69,740.93
100
Total
$118,268.35
$165,890.88
$179,696.00
101
Taft Public Library
LIBRARY .74% OF TOTAL $ 1,351.30 $ 1,503.93 $ 2,115.00
$ 400.00
Aid to Veterans
3,346.44
96 97 Vocational Education
842.23
85
Tractor Trade-In
PARKS -. 18% OF TOTAL $ 590.70 $ 577.80 $ 525.00 PENSIONS AND BENEFITS -. 59% OF TOTAL
102 Park Department
103 Worcester Co. Retirement Fund $ 1,616.33 $ 1,473.66 $ 1,689.34 UNCLASSIFIED-2.05% OF TOTAL
104 Town Reports
$ 730.60
$ 760.25
$ 800.00
105 Memorial Day Observance
279.54
309.55
300.00
106 Soldiers and Sailors Graves
50.00
50.00
50.00
107 Insurance-Town Buildings
2,518.40
2,904.44
2,679.09
108 Reserve Fund
755.52
1,553.54
2,000.00
109
Total
$ 4,334.06 $ 5,577.78 $ 5,829.09
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE -. 56% OF TOTAL
110 Water Department
$ 1,589.00
111
Salaries and Wages
$ 55.00
57.00
112
Expense
1,252.39
816.42
113
Total
$ 1,307.39
$ 873.42
$ 1,589.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST -. 59% OF TOTAL
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