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1-Gallion Road Planer.
1-Sunbury Road Scraper.
1-Adams Jr. Road Scraper.
3-Gallion Road Sanders.
Miscellaneous equipment such as :
Picks, shovels, wheel-barrows, etc.
This equipment is in good operating condition with the exception of one of the trucks and the small cement
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mixer which has been used for the mixing of cold patch. We have requested new equipment to replace these two machines.
We recommend that the voters consider an annual appropriation of sufficient money to enable the Highway Department to do a more thorough and more permanent repair job on our country roads. If this were done on one or more country roads each year, these roads would not only be in better condition the year round, but the maintenance costs would be considerably reduced.
We take this opportunity to thank all town depart- ments and officers and the general public for their co- operation with our department during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, CYRIL PELOQUIN GEORGE LAFLECHE RAYMOND BENOIT
Board of Highway Commissioners
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REPORT OF W. P. A. CO-ORDINATOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report of W.P.A. activities in Southbridge for 1938
Amount of W.P.A. Payrolls for 1938 to local people $90,613.42
Amount of W.P.A. Fire Hazard (Outside Men) 10,202.70
Total W.P.A. Labor for 1938 furnished to Southbridge $100,816.12
Amount of W.P.A. Material furnished by the government for rehabilitation work and other projects :
Pipes, Cement, Lumber etc.
1,732.90
Gravel
641.60
Trucking
4,443.00
Power Shovel
1,756.25
Total W.P.A. Equipment and Materials $8,573.75
The following' is a list of projects completed during the year.
MORRIS STREET WIDENING
1300 feet in length. On parts of this street two cars could not meet, traveled way now 30 feet wide. Net cost to the Town $222.59.
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MORRIS STREET SEWER
1221 lineal feet. 50% in ledge. Net cost to Town $2,265.80.
DRESSER STREET PLAYGROUND
Walled in and covered the brook with reinforced cement, rebuilt part of the back wall, filled and drained the southwest part of the field. Net cost to Town $1,434 .- 34.
SEWING PROJECT
Net cost to Town $2,183.42. Garments made are dis- tributed to the needy through W.P.A. Commissaries.
TREE PEST CONTROL
Net cost to Town $367.06. Covered practically the whole town to destroy brown tail and gypsy moth nests, sprayed trees along the streets to control other tree pests. DRAINS AND CATCH BASINS ON VARIOUS STREETS
2260 lineal feet, and 24 catch basins much of this through ledge. Net cost to Town $3,701.51.
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
Broke up and removed cement floors of old build- ings and other debris, filled, graded, spread loam, and sodded.
Net cost to Town for this work $2,659.34.
SIDEWALKS VARIOUS STREETS
5959 lineal feet of sidewalk, or 30,103 square feet. 6169 lineal feet of Curb and Gutter besides necessary grading, ledge removal, drainage, etc. Net cost to Town $7,595.93.
BOOKBINDING
Net cost to Town $512.11. Repaired 4000 books for the schools that would have to have been replaced with new ones.
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RECORD PROJECT
Net cost to Town $114.04. Sorted and filed old rec- ords in Town vaults, many of them of value that were considered lost.
ELM AND EVERETT STREET SEWERS
About 400 lineal feet laid this year, 50% through ledge. Net cost to Town $558.21.
COUNTRY ROAD WIDENING AND DRAINS
This work only started in December, about 300 feet of 12 inch cement pipe laid and about 500 feet of road widening. Power shovel, trucking and pipes furnished by W.P.A. Net cost to Town to date $18.50.
Immediately after the September 1938 Flood and Hurricane, all outdoor projects were suspended and in cooperation with the Highway Department the follow- ing rehabilitation work was done.
Filling of West Street and rebuilding of the Retain- ing Wall.
Cleared streets of fallen trees and rebuilt sidewalks washed away or broken when trees were uprooted.
Removed about 175 fallen trees in the cemetery be- sides filling the holes left by removal of the stumps.
Filled more than 5 miles of roads badly washed out, using a total of about 15,000 cubic yards of gravel.
Throughout the year there has been an average of about 150 local persons employed on these various proj- ects, most of whom were taken from the relief rolls.
At this time I wish to thank the personnel of the various town departments and also the W.P.A. workers for their splendid cooperation in assistance of the carry- ing out of this work.
Respectfully submitted,
F. A. BOUVIER Co-Ordinator
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR of SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Number of carcasses of beef inspected 35
Number of carcasses of veal inspected 316
Number of carcasses of hog inspected 251
Number of carcasses of sheep inspected 9
Total
611
Number of carcasses condemned (calf)
1
Respectfully submitted, HENRY S. AUCOIN
Inspector of Slaughtering
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REPORT OF AN AUDIT
OF THE
ACCOUNTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938
THE EYE OF
OF THE
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws
February 18, 1939
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Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston
February 18, 1939
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Valmore P. Tetreault, Chairman
Southbridge, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Southbridge for the year ending December 31, 1938, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
In accordance with your instructions I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of South- bridge for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1938, and submit the following report thereon :
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving and disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the books and rec- ords of the accountant's office.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's books and with the records in the several departments making the original charges. The disbursements were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the payments as shown by the treasurer's books. The recorded appropriations and transfers voted by the town were verified by a compari- son with the town clerk's records of town meetings.
The general and appropriation ledgers were anal- yzed, the necessary correcting and adjusting entries re- sulting from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town as of Decem- ber 31, 1938, was prepared and is appended to this re- port.
The balance sheet indicates that at the close of the year there were overdrafts in twenty accounts aggregat- ing $24,782.13, which is contrary to Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, which provides that liabilities may not be incurred in excess of appropriations voted by the town
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"except in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property." While it is pos- sible that conditions existed in some cases which would have permitted the selectmen to authorize the incurring of liabilities in excess of the appropriations, it will be noted that the above statute only authorizes the liabili- ties to be incurred and that no provision is made for the payment of these liabilities. Furthermore, there was no evidence found which would substantiate any claim that an extreme emergency existed in connection with all of the appropriations overdrawn. Attention is hereby called to an opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court filed June 29, 1937, in the case of "Continental Construction Com- pany vs. City of Lawrence" wherein it was stated that:
" .. The conditions which will permit the law- ful incurring of extraordinary indebtedness must exist in truth and in fact. We can discover nothing to support a construction which would permit a city council to shake off the limitations imposed upon it by merely declaring the existence of a state of emer- gency and then authorizing the incurring of liabili- ties to an unlimited amount for an unascertained period of time, nor do we think that such a declara- tion has any presumptive or evidential force in es- tablishing the existence in fact of an emergency ... "
A penalty for violating the provisions of Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, is provided in Section 62, Chapter 44, General Laws.
In connection with the overdrafts, it should be noted that at a special town meeting held December 19, 1938, a vote was passed "that the treasurer with the ap- proval of the selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow $21,644.54 for the purpose of paying the follow- ing overdrawn accounts ... " but no loan could be issued as this was not a purpose for which indebtedness may be incurred.
In the previous audit attention was called to the fact that expenditures for highway projects carried on by the town in conjunction with the state and county may not exceed the aggregate amount of the appropriations voted
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by the town, together with the amount actually received by the town on account of allotments. Expenditures in 1938 exceeded the amounts available on December 31 by $6,730.77, and it is recommended that the treasurer take advantage of the provisions of Section 6A, Chapter 44, General Laws, and issue temporary loans in accordance with this statute so that funds may be available for the payment of pay-rolls and materials whenever reimburse- ments from the state and county are not received in time to furnish the necessary funds :
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the tax collector's records of payments to the treasurer, with the records in the several departments in which charges originated or in which money was collected for the town, and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The recorded disbursements were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the accountant's books.
The cash book was footed, the cash on hand on Jan- uary 26, 1939, was verified by actual count, and the bank balances were reconciled with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The payments on account of debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled securities on file.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the several trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the withdrawals verified.
The tax title deeds on hand were examined and list- ed, and the amounts transferred from the several levies to the tax title account were verified.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The commitments of taxes were compared with warrants issued by the board of assessors, the recorded abatements were checked with
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the assessors' records of abatements granted, the record- ed collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer as recorded on the treasurer's and the account- ant's books, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
Verification of the outstanding taxes was made by sending notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The attention of the collector was called to the pro- visions of Section 57, Chapter 59, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 330, Acts of 1938, relating to the collection of interest on unpaid taxes.
The financial records of the town clerk were ex- amined and checked in detail. The records of licenses granted were compared with the records of licenses is- sued, and the receipts on accounts of licenses and permits were checked and proved. The recorded payments to the Division of Fisheries and Game and to the treasurer were verified.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the sealer of weights and meas- ures, and of the health, highway, public welfare, school, library and cemetery departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were veri- fied.
The surety bonds of the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
For the co-operation received from the several town officials while engaged in making the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE Assistant Director of Accounts
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
For the year Ended Dec. 31, 1938
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes :
Current Year :
Poll
$ 9,780.00
Personal
67,821.09
Real Estate
287,510.23
Motor Vehicle Excise
27,722.91
$392,834.23
Previous Years :
Poll
10.00
Personal
3,526.60
Real Estate
57,543.47
Motor Vehicle Excise
855.05
61,935.12
From State :
Income Tax
42,348.34
Income Tax-Chap. 362; Acts of 1936
2,854.34
Corporation Tax-Chap. 108; Acts of 1937
40,367.12
Corporation Tax-Gas & Elec. Co.
590.43
Corporation Tax-Business
575.25
86,735.48
Licenses & Permits :
Licenses :
Liquor
13,113.00
Pedlars & Hawkers
166.00
Sunday Store
144.00
Pool, Billiard & Bowling
Milk & Oleomargarine
52.00
Innholders, Common Victual- ers, Auctioneers, Junk, Auto Dealers & All Other 356.50
13,831.50
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
GENERAL REVENUE (Continued)
Permits :
Garage, Gasoline & Firearms 103.50
Fines & Forfeits : Court Fines
322.50
Grants & Gifts:
Vocational Education . &
Americanization Classes-
Re-imbursement
11,814.19
Smith-Huges School Fund 3,198.19
Geo-Deen School Fund
10,696.81
25,709.19
County-Dog Licenses
1,201.88
Highway Gas Tax Refund-
Chap. 500
11,050.00
Federal-P.
W. A. School
Project
Highway Aid-Chap. 90 State
27,477.07
County
14,748.29
42,225.36
All Other General Revenue
Tax Title Sales and Warranty Deed 438.58
Sale of Materials-World
War Memorial Park
230.56
Sales of Land
Elm St. School Parcel
400.00
Brackett House-Oak Ridge Ave.
3,970.00
Tax Demands
123.90
5,163.04
Total General Revenue
$641,095.17
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Departmental :
General Government:
Town Hall Rental
220.00
Town Accountant - Office
Equip't 64.00
284.00
Protection of Persons & Property :
Police-Station Rental 95.00
Police-All Other 58.85
Fire-Sale of Materials
4.85
Sealer of Weights & , Meas-
ures
61.28
Ambulance-Rental Fees
292.00
Health & Sanitation :
Contagious Diseases & Tuber-
culosis
1,471.00
Sale of Typewriter
10.00
1,481.00
Highways:
Sale of Materials
68.70
Machinery Rental
211.37
Fire Insurance Loss
115.25
395.32
Public Welfare & Charities :
Reimbursements from Indivi- duals 25.50
Reimbursements from Cities
and Towns
894.03
Reimbursements from State
11,805.39
Aid to Dependent Children
From State
6,270.33
From Federal Grant
2,241.01
511.98
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Old Age Assistance
From Cities & Towns
394.42
From State
15,545.82
From Federal Grant
22,419.40
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
920.00
Military Aid
159.83
Soldiers' Relief
7.00
1,086.83
Schools :
Tuitions-High & Cole Trade 18,604.21
Sale of Materials, Supplies, Etc.
476.00
19,080.21
Library :
Fines
601.76
Unclassified :
Federal Emergency Relief
Fund
222.31
Sale of Main Street Car Rails
462.00
Total Departmental Revenue
83,721.31
Commercial Revenue-
Special Assessments
Sewer Assessments
2,767.24
Sidewalk Assessments
117.32
Total Assessment Revenue
2,884.56
Commercial Revenue-
Interest-Taxes & Assessments On Taxes 2,995.83
Accrued Interest-Bond
&
Emergency Loans
45.63
59,595.90
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Premium on Bond Issue
(P. W. A.) 40.00
Sidewalk-Committed Int. on Ass'ts 5.04
Sewer-Committed Int. on
Ass'ts 65.37
Added Assessment Interest 44.87
Interest-Trust & Investment Funds
Cemetery, General Fund 2,085.22
Ella M. Cole, Needy School Children 85.00
Mary Mynott Library
25.00
World War Memorial Fund
311.71
Total Interest Revenue 5,703.67
Commercial Revenue-
Cemeteries :
Sale of Lots
200.00
Sale of Graves
20.00
Graves Opened
346.00
Foundations Installed
46.25
Total Cemetery Revenue 612.25
Total Commercial Revenue
92,921.79
Municipal Indebtedness :
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue 325,000.00
Emergency - Hurricane & Flood 45,000.00
General Loans:
P. W. A .- No. Dist. Ele-
mentary School 80,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
Revenue 450,000.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Agency, Trust & Investment :
Agency :
Dog License Fees-for County 1,754.00
Trust & Investment
Cemetery Perpetual Care 450.00
Total Agency, Trust & Invest- ment 2,204.00
Refunds: & Transfers:
General Government:
Retirement Board
500.87
Town Hall Acct.
64.91
Health & Sanitation Health Dept.
750.00
Highways
Highway-1937 Pay't
.50
Highway-Dump Acct. 15.00
Charities
Public Welfare
193.27
Old Age Assistance-1937
Pay't 40.00
Old Age Assistance - 1938
Acct. 113.00
Enterprises :
Mechanic St. Sewer
33.75
Nuisance Brook Acct.
5.42
No. Woodstock Road (1936 Acct.) 4.00
Emergency - Hurricane &
Flood Acct.
20.70
Unclassified
Registry of Deed 2.10
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COMMERCIAL REVENUE (Continued)
Transfers :
Special Deposit to General Cash 292.00
Total Refunds & Transfers
1,293.02
Total General & Commercial
Revenue
1,187,513.98
Cash On Hand January 1, 1938
141,446.67
1,328,960.65
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES General Government
Moderator :
Salary
60.00
Selectmen :
Salaries & Wages
Chairman
550.00
2 Members
900.00
Clerk
600.00
2,050.00
Other Expenses
Other Clerical
Assistance
8.05
Stationery & Postage
81.10
Printing & Advertis- ing
215.29
Travel & Auto Hire etc.
117.31
Telephones
180.97
Funeral Expenses
20.00
Certificate of Title Stone Lot
17.03
Payment for Killing
of Stray Dogs
33.00
Pen Set & Binders
5.00
Elm St. School Bldg. Expense
21.45
Miscellaneous Items -
13.00
Taxi Drivers' Badges
34.81
Recording Dupaul St. Order
3.57
750.58
Accountant : Salary of Accountant _ 2,000.00
2,800.58
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Other Expenses
Stationery, Postage &
Binding
90.81
Printing of Forms & Advertising
64.06
Telephone
29.62
Office Equipment
190.48
Office Equipment Maintenance
17.00
Travel Expense
27.50
Express on Supplies -
.50
Publications & Year Book Directory
6.00
Dues to Accountants' Assoc'n
12.00
437.97
2,437.97
Treasurer :
Salaries & Wages :
Treasurer
1,500.00
Clerk
520.00
2,020.00
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
433.14
Treasurer :
Other Expense-cont.
Printing and Adver- tising
104.12
Telephone
38.55
Surety Bond & Insur- ance
269.85
Electric Light Globes & Lantern 5.40
Equipment Main- tenance
5.94
Equipment for Office
3.38
Certification of Notes
50.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Recording Fee
2.50
Travel Expense
5.46
P. W. A. Requisition _ .75
919.09
2,939.09
Tax Collector :
Salaries & Wages
Collector
1,800.00
Clerk
900.00
2,700.00
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
517.00
Printing, Adv. & Re- cording
227.50
Telephone
41.05
Surety Bond & Insur- ance
479.85
Office Equipment
59.98
Electric Light Globes
5.00
Tracing Delinquents _
20.00
Travel Expense & Auto Hire
60.12
Miscellaneous Items -
11.44
1,421.94
4,121.94
Assessors :
Salaries & Wages
Board, 2 Members
900.00
Clerk of Board
1,800.00
Clerks
199.93
2,899.93
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
74.16
Printing & Advertis-
ing
452.88
Auto Hire & Travel
etc.
154.33
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Telephone
31.92
Abstracts & Recording
Deeds
82.86
Typewriter
186.77
Typewriter Repairs , --
8.31
991.23
3,891.16
Town Clerk
Salaries & Wages
Town Clerk
1,140.00
Other Expenses
Travel Expenses
21.35
Stationery & Postage
99.60
Printing & Advertis-
ing
29.50
Telephone
101.36
Surety Bond
7.50
Office Furnishings
15.68
Typewriter Cushion
Keys
4.00
Pen Set
6.86
Typewriter Repairs
7.84
Dues to N. E., State &
County Ass.
7.00
300.69
Election & Registration Salaries & Wages
Registrars - 3 Mem- bers
99.00
Registrars-Extra
Services
84.00
Clerk of Board
100.00
Extra Clerk Hire
244.00
Setting-Up Booths,
etc.
18.50
Passing out of Town
Reports
11.40
1,440.69
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Services of Constable
at Election
15.00
Election Officers
2,216.50
2,788.40
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
52.73
Printing & Advertis-
ing
328.25
Printing New Voters List
181.30
Meals
442.45
Travel Expense
6.83
Rope
1.50
Filing Cases
17.45
1,030.51
3,818.91
Law Department Salary of Town Counsel
800.00
Travel Expense
5.00
805.00
Engineering
Salaries & Wages
Engineer
2,500.00
Assistant Engineer
1,202.20
Helpers etc.
1,297.59
Office Expense
4,999.79
Stationery, Supplies
etc.
69.29
Telephone
54.61
Miscellaneous
2.00
Field Expense
Auto Expense & Hire
196.27
Materials & Supplies _
82.88
Equipment and Main-
tenance
123.89
403.04
5,528.73
125.90
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Town Hall
Salaries & Wages
Janitor
1,510.00
Assistants
30.50
1,540.50
Other Expenses
Fuel
1,167.00
Light
618.69
Janitors Supplies
124.08
Carbon Remover
22.50
Electric Grinding Equip- ment & Tools
23.75
Lanterns & Flashlights
20.35
Ventilation System & Installation
292.11
G. E. Electric Water
274.76
Kent Floor Washing & Polishing Machine _
177.20
Removal of Rubbish -
7.50
Miscellaneous Cartage
8.00
Booths & Chairs
14.50
Flowers for Urns
11.00
Flag-Way Standards
30.00
Water
80.30
Water Town Hall An-
nex
23.71
Light Town Hall An-
2.14
Repairs
3,828.58
5,369.08
Total General Government
33,213.15
nex
931.01
Cooler & Ints.
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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EXPENDITURES (Continued) Protection of Persons & Property
Police Department
Salaries & Wages
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen
25,316.30
Special Police
2,179.86
Caretaker of Station
1,199.32
31,095.48
Equipment Maintenance
Motor Equipments
386.35
Gasoline, Oil etc.
523.97
Equipment for Men
202.77
School Safety, Patrol Belts
6.30
Fingerprint Outfit & Cabinet
150.50
Korana View Camera
50.00
Cartridges
66.10
1,385.99
Horse Hire
32.75
Fuel & Light
Fuel
246.63
Light
230.75
477.38
Maintenance Buildings & Grounds
Repairs
169.94
Janitors Supplies
183.23
Water
29.33
Lock & Keys
2.06
Rubbish Removal
14.45
Furnishings
3.25
Miscellaneous Items
2.38
Prisoners £ & Officers
Expense
404.64
Officers Travel Ex-
penses
200.93
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Feeding & Medical Care of Prisoners 446.43
647.36
Traffic Control Expenses
Labor on Signs &
Painting Streets
148.25
Material & Supplies
99.13
Signs
318.75
566.13
Other Expenses
Stationery, Postage & Printing
135.40
Telephone System etc.
1,264.39
Liability & Misc. In-
surance on Auto-
matic Equipments _
109.52
Law Books
94.00
Pencil Sharpener
1.47
Fingerprinting plies
Sup-
17.50
Photographic Supplies
51.08
Practice Targets
23.48
Postal Revolver Matches
12.00
Advertising
1.06
Police Pocket Manuals
3.00
Express & Miscellane- ous
4.87
Stenographic Services
5.00
1,722.77
New Automotive Equip- ment
1938 Ford Tudor Se- dan
601.00
Lettering Tudor Sedan
10.00
1938 Pontiac Sedan _
962.00
1,573.00
37,905.50
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Fire Department
Salaries & Wages
Chief
2,400.00
Deputy Chief
350.00
Ass't. Deputy Chief
Permanent Man
2,048.00
Permanent Firemen
15,023.72
Call Firemen
3,180.00
Superintendent of Alarm
300.00
Ass't. Clerk of Board
25.00
23,326.72
Equipment, Maintenance & Repairs
Hose
420.60
Equipment for Men _
72.01
Spot & Flood Lights _
115.78
Apparatus Repairs
163.82
Gasoline, Oil etc.
184.58
Alarm Boxes etc.
52.45
Truck Jack
12.50
Hose Rack
35.23
Waste Rags
3.00
Sulphuric Acid etc.
4.77
Flashlight Batteries
.59
Hydrometer
2.00
Water Cooler
100.00
1,167.33
Hydrant Service
12,039.90
Fuel
446.07
Light
199.95
Water
53.43
Maintenance Buildings & Grounds
Repairs
253.25
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EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Furniture etc. 13.83
Laundry Work
78.61
New Cement Paving - 295.00
Materials, Supplies & Misc.
127.43
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing &
Postage
8.32
Telephone
132.19
140.51
Forest Fire Department
Salaries & Wages
Warden
200.00
Fighting Fires
58.75
258.75
Other Expenses
Apparatus Main- tenance
13.58
Gasoline, Oil etc.
15.40
Bicarbonate Soda
11.88
40.86
299.61
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Salary of Sealer
1,050.00
Other Expenses
Printing & Advertis- ing
4.50
Automobile · Transpor- tation
200.00
Cloth Seals
5.10
Equipment
37.45
Z
247.05
1,297.05
768.12
38,142.03
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EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Animal Inspector
125.00
Game Warden
100.00
Building Inspector
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