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200.00
Wiring Inspector
Salary of Inspector
300.00
Other Expenses
Travel-Auto Hire etc. 54.74
Materials & Supplies _ 35.90
90.64
Planting & Trimming Trees :
Salaries & Wages
Tree Warden
344.00
Labor
126.00
470.00
Other Expenses
Printing Cloth Signs .
6.00
Hardware & Tools
13.69
Truck Hire
110.00
129.69
599.69
Gypsy &
Brown-Tail
Moth Extermination
Salaries & Wages
Superintendent
127.00
F
Labor
22.50
149.50
Truck Hire
47.00
Ambulance Department
196.50
Repairs & Maintenance 6.50
390.64
132
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Gasoline, Oil etc. 21.65
Supplies & Laundry
18.65
Insurance-Fire
7.80
54.60
Street Lighting (Sept. Inclusive) - 9,993.16
Total Protection Persons & Proper- ty
89,303.78
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
Salaries & Wages
Physician of Board
296.66
Agent
500.00
School Inspector
494.35
Nurse
1,599.96
Plumbing Inspector
874.98
Meat, Fruit & Provi- sions Inspector
349.94
Milk Inspector 116.60
4,232.49
General Administration
Stationery & Postage
20.98
Printing & Advertis- ing
65.82
Telephone
53.32
Office Equipment
295.57
Miscellaneous Typing
25.00
Miscellaneous Items -
6.56
467.25
Quarantine and Contagi- ous Diseases and Tuberculosis
Medical Atttendance - 113.50
Drugs & Medicines 41.73
Dry Goods & Clothing
56.00
133
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Groceries & Provisions
133.62
Cash Aid
210.00
Hospitals
263.23
Transportation of Pa- tients
93.25
Miscellaneous Items
14.97
State & County Hospi- tal (T. B.)
4,818.00
5,744.30
Vital Statistics
Birth Returns
57.50
Death
37.00
94.50
Travel Expense & Al- lowance
Plumbing Inspector
130.00
Nurse
74.89
Meat & Provision In- spector
112.50
Milk Inspector
17.00
334.39
Other Expenses
Vaccination
14.00
Miscellaneous Items - 4.38
18.38
Inspection
School Physicians - See Salaries & Wages
Meat & Provision Inspector See Salaries & Wages
Milk Inspector See Salaries & Wages
Dental Clinic - Dentists 780.00
Dental Clinic -
Supplies etc. 57.60
837.60
134
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Care of Dump-Jan. 1 to March 31st 131.13
See Highways for Balance of 1938
Garbage Collection-Contract 1,950.02
13,810.06
Sewer Maintenance :
Administration
Commissioners' Salary
300.00
Swivel Chair
24.25
Printing, Stationery &
Postage
19.03
Telephone
31.56
Recording
2.88
77.72
General
Caretaker & Assistant
2,400.00
Materials, Tools & Equip-
ment
199.09
Pipe & Fittings
72.00
Gasoline, Oil & Truck Re- pairs
249.29
Expense Checking Roof
Drains
10.00
Paint for Bldgs.
18.85
Unblocking Sewer (at 138
Charlton)
16.20
Installing Elec. Light
&
Pole at Beds
40.00
605.43
3,383.15
Total Health & Sanitation
17,193.21
135
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued) HIGHWAYS & SNOW & ICE :
Highways-Maintenance
General Administration
Salary of Superintendent
1,800.00
Salary of Clerk
56.25
Office Expenses
Telephone
134.78
Office Records & Supplies
41.65
Office Equipment
41.22
Printing, Stationery &
Postage
64.90
Repairs to Typewriter
3.92
286.47
General Expenses
Labor
16,366.85
Truck Hire
2,832.00
Broken Stone, Gravel &
Materials
1,524.00
Equipment Repairs
285.57
Automotive Equipment
Maint'ce & Repairs
603.60
Gasoline, Oil etc.
934.31
Miscellaneous Liability &
Fire Ins. on Auto Equipt. _
360.05
Welding Catch
Basin
Grates
5.88
Rental of Drain
1.00
Cleaning Brook
5.00
4 Rubber Coats
15.82
Miscellaneous Items
26.08
Tarvia & Road Oil
4,745.38
First Aid Supplies
11.76
27,717.30
Building & Grounds Expense
New Overhead Doors 750.00
Re-wiring (Electric)
262.11
Brick Fire Wall
107.95
136
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Lumber, Paint & Repairs
99.38
Fuel & Light
179.03
Water 7.58
1,406.05
Steam Shovel & Compres-
sor Rental 204.50
31,470.57
Town Dump & Rubbish
Labor at Dump
219.80
Rental of Grounds
93.75
Equipment & Maintenance
68.64
162.39
Rubbish Collection - Con-
tract Basis
1,482.50
1,864.69
Snow & Ice Removal
Labor
7,915.50
Truck Hire
7,288.64
Tools & Equipment
159.17
Gasoline & Oil etc.
2.30
Sand & Gravel
156.62
Plowing Country Roads
85.50
Sidewalk Plow & Equipt.
208.40
Truck Expense
17.49
7,918.12
15,833.62
New Road Machinery & Maintenance
1938 Chevrolet Suburban 785.00
1938 International Truck 1,115.20
1938 Ford Dump Truck __ 1,089.00
Gasoline Roller & Equipt. 3,540.00
6,529.20
Truck Repairs
76.90
Truck Tires & Tubes
27.59
Tractor Repairs
181.05
137
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Road Scraper
3.67
Gasoline, Oil etc.
114.58
Power Gun & Grease
81.05
484.84
7,014.04
Total Highways, Snow & Ice
56,182.92
CHARITIES & SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare Department
General Administriation
Salaries & Wages
Members of Board
600.00
Agent of Board
1,000.00
Clerk Hire
400.00
2,000.00
Other Administration Expenses
Printing, Stationery &
Postage
230.39
Allowance for Use of Car
315.40
Travel & Misc. Trans.
195.94
Telephones
149.00
Office Furniture
24.90
Legal Expense
14.55
Typewriter & Adding Ma-
chine Exp.
6.25
Miscellaneous Items
6.73
Outside Relief by Town
Groceries & Provisions
21,833.36
Fuel
2,673.88
Board & Care Individuals
5,269.00
Medical Care & Medicine _
4,602.94
Board & Care - State In-
stitutions
757.44
Board & Care - Private
Institutions
818.00
Hospital Care
3,051.94
Cash Grants to Individuals
6,146.00
943.16
138
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Rents
4,955.65
Clothing, Shoes etc.
2,123.87
Housefurnishings & Mov-
ing
152.85
Burials
92.00
Laundry for Recipient
18.70
Electric Power at Infirm-
mary
60.00
Central St. Bldg. - Ex-
1.10
Benefit St. Bldg. Ex-
pense
33.48
Express on Commodity
42.00
Insurance on Cord
25.00
Miscellaneous Items
12.80
52,670.01
Relief by Other Cities & Towns
Cities
1,886.37
Towns
4,071.30
Truck Expense
Maintenance, etc.
106.04
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
102.66
208.70
61,779.54
Aid to Dependent Children
Salaries & Wages
Agent of Board
500.00
Relief by Town
Cash Grants
8,002.20
Medical, Fuel, Cloth-
ing, etc.
93.29
8,595.49
pense
Supplies
Wood
5,957.67
139
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Federal Grant-Aid to
Dependent Children
Cash Grants
4,274.00
Old Age Assistance
Salaries & Wages
Members of Board
300.00
Agent of Board
500.00
Clerk Hire
500.00
Assistance by Town
Cash Grants
24,564.10
Board & Care
412.00
Burials, Medical Care, etc.
264.30
Other Cities & Towns
726.18
Forms & Supplies
18.02
Payment to State
16.00
Lettering Door of O. A. A. Dept.
4.00
26,004.60
27,304.60
Federal Grant-O. A. A. Administration
Agent of Board Balance of 1937 Paid
in 1938
206.21
1938 Compensation
300.00
Salary & Wages
Board Officer
100.00
Board Clerk
100.00
Additional Clerks
149.00
Other Administration Office Supplies & Postage
19.25
Travel Expense
3.60
855.21
22.85
1,300.00
140
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Assistance Rendered
Cash Grants 22,507.00
Hospital & Medical 86.00 22,593.00
23,471.06
Infirmary or Town Farm
Salaries & Wages Superintendent 1,800.00
Other Expenses
Groceries & Provisions 2,220.42
Buildings & Grounds.
634.20
Fuel & Light
513.37
Automobile Truck Re-
pairs
12.70
Gasoline, Oil, etc. 42.00
Medical Care, etc.
121.80
Telephone
36.49
Stationery, Supplies,
etc.
2.86
Furnishings, Dry
Goods, Clothing, etc. _ 410.92
3,994.76
5,794.76
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid-Cash Grants
860.00
Military Aid - Cash
Grants
560.00
Soldiers' Relief
Fuel
574.31
Groceries & Provi-
sions
3,000.46
Rents
413.75
Cash Aid
2,142.11
141
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Hospital & Medical
Care
857.93
Clothing
273.73
Miscellaneous
27.50
7,289.79
8,709.79
Total Charities & Sol-
diers' Benefits
139,929.24
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools :
General Control Salaries
Salary of Superinten- dent
4,033.36
Clerks in Superinten-
dent's Office
1,501.05
Attendance Officer
406.25
5,940.66
General Control Expenses Printing, Stationery &
Postage
404.48
Telephone
87.98
Traveling
310.78
School Census
116.32
Books, Periodicals etc.
35.88
Typewriter
44.00
Miscellaneous
23.75
1,023.19
Instruction-Salaries
High School Principal
3,019.08
High School Teachers
30,231.03
Elementary Teachers
63,188.37
Evening Teachers
577.50
Household Art Teach-
ers
1,841.04
Continuation Teachers
746.30
Salesmanship Course 6.00
99,609.32
142
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Instruction-Expense High : Text & Reference
Books
1,757.56
Supplies
2,302.84
Typewriters, etc., & Maintenance
1,274.90
Elementary
Text & Reference Books
2,557.76
Supplies
2,407.05
Manual Dept. -
Equipment 589.47
Household Arts
Materials & Supplies _ 91.50
Continuation
Materials & Supplies _
45.38
11,026.46
Operation of Plant -
Salaries
High School Janitors
2,524.00
Elementary School
Janitors
6,373.13
Evening School Janitors
105.00
Janitors' Helpers etc.
36.80
9,038.93
Operation of Plant -
Expense
Fuel, Light & Water
High
2,112.63
Elementary
5,251.21
Evening
35.00
Telephones
High
63.74
Elementary
280.36
Janitors' Supplies
High
266.10
Elementary
1,318.52
Miscellaneous
3.75
9,331.31
143
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Maintenance of Plant Expense Buildings, Grounds & Equipment
High
893.83
Elementary
1,730.33
School Ground Equip't. 126.22
2,750.38
Auxiliary Agencies- Salaries
School Physician
1,021.70
School Nurse
1,450.00
Clerk in Principal's Office
950.00
3,421.70
Auxiliary Agencies - Expense
Medical Inspection - Supplies
22.83
Medical Inspection Telephone
54.28
Transportation of
Pupils
7,283.40
Transportation of
Nurse
200.00
Transportation of Teachers
129.59
Tuition of Other
Schools
20.00
New Furnishings & Mechanical Equipment
High
797.50
Elementary
1,505.86
2,303.36
Other Expenses
Graduation Exercises & Diplomas etc. 265.26
Miscellaneous Print- ing etc. 119.42
Miscellaneous Items
24.63
409.31
152,564.72
7,710.10
144
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued) ROBERT H. COLE TRADE SCHOOL
General Salaries & Con- trol
Salary of Director 3,708.44
Clerks in Director's
Office
1,304.38
Instructors
13,731.19
Janitor & Helpers
1,400.00
20,144.01
General Expense
Telephone
70.57
Postage, Stationery etc.
64.85
135.42
Instruction Expenses
Textbooks, Materials &
Supplies
2,615.12
Shop Equipment
2,386.57
5,001.69
Maintenance Buildings & Grounds
Repairs
355.48
Janitors' Supplies
143.49
All Other
70.93
569.90
Other Expenses
Fuel & Light.
1,369.10
Furnishings & Furni- ture
204.11
Typewriter
40.50
Miscellaneous Print-
ing
44.35
Traveling Expenses
67.40
Supplies for Evening Classes
74.54
Miscellaneous Items .
22.57
1,822.57
Total Cole Trade School
27,673.59
145
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Smith-Hughes School Fund
Teachers' Salaries
Continuation Classes 138.68
Household Arts
Classes
205.65
Vocational Classes
2,853.86
3,198.19
George Deen School Fund Teachers' Salaries
Vocational Classes
8,022.83
Salesmanship Classes
126.00
Household Arts
470.30
Evening Vocational
200.00
Expense
Household Art Sup-
plies
18.00
8,837.13
12,035.32
Total Schools
$192,273.63
Jacob Edwards Memorial Library
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
1,999.92
Assistants
2,782.49
Janitor
1,299.96
Janitor's Helpers
32.88
Books, Periodicals etc.
Books
810.70
Periodicals
283.95
Binding
Books
96.72
Periodicals
12.90
Fuel & Light
Fuel
210.00
Light
157.16
6,115.25
1,094.65
109.62
367.16
146
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Buildings
Repairs
50.10
Janitor's Supplies 15.92
Water
16.12
Removal of Ashes & Rubbish
10.50
Lawn Seed & Fertiliz-
10.60
Miscellaneous
5.68
108.92
Other Expenses
Stationery, Postage &
Adv.
55.41 t
Telephone
22.07
77.48
7,873.08
Total Schools & Library
200,146.71
RECREATION & UNCLASSIFIED
Damage to Persons &
Property
122.60
Memorial Day Observ- ance
300.00
Armistice Day Observ- ance
150.00
Town Reports-Print- ing
785.20
Pensions: Chapter 32
& Vet's Act
Police
889.20
School Janitors
1,149.92
2,039.12
Insurance
Fire & Casualty
6,758.36
Town Clock - Keeper
49.92
Water & Ice Account _
313.16
Tailings
3.36
er
147
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Expense - Sale of
Brackett Property --
114.00
Parks & Memorial Sites
Labor
12.00
Maintenance & Care -
157.65
Materials & Supplies
124.79
294.44
World War Memorial Park Administrative & Super- vision
Committee Expenses
42.57
Dedication Expenses
322.83
Supervision
297.85
663.25
Other Expenses
Land & Costs
18,516.00
Landscaping, Plans etc.
737.89
Monument
10,000.00
Curbing, Flagstones
etc.
265.25
Installing Water Ser-
vice
72.29
Labor
512.55
Miscellaneous
Supplies
7.52
30,111.50
1937 Outstanding Bills
Selectmen
15.00
Town Hall
284.37
Highway & Snow & Ice
800.69
Outside Relief & In-
firmary 168.79
30,774.75
10,635.72
148
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Health & Sanitation -
54.33
Main St. Paving
299.94
Library & Schools
143.91
Worcester St. Side-
walk
27.32
Fire Dept.
3.55
Soldiers' Benefits
185.30
1,983.20
Total Recreation & Unclassified
43,688.11
CEMETERIES
Cemeteries
Salaries & Wages
Superintendent
250.00
Labor
3,331.00
3,581.00
Other Expenses
Loam
46.00
Fertilizer, Weed Kill-
er, Lime etc.
146.49
Shrubs & Flowers
50.00
Tools & Repairs
235.12
Team & Truck Hire
159.00
Gasoline, Oil etc.
28.89
Water & Meter Re- ~ moval
8.70
Printing Legal Con- tracts etc.
78.38
Blasting
15.00
Air Compressor Rent- al
5.25
Miscellaneous Items .
14.39
Re-setting Stones etc.
43.64
830.86
4,411.86
149
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Cemetery Improvement
Acct.
Landscaping
26.00
Plant Material
50.14
Lawn Mower
(Pow-
er)
350.00
Truck Hire
5.00
431.14
Total Cemeteries
4,843.00
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Highways & Roads -
Chapter 90 - (State &
County Aid)
Maintenance :
Worcester Street
Labor
603.50
Materials & Supplies _
159.12
Truck Hire
18.00
780.62
Woodstock Road
Labor
184.00
Materials & Supplies
13.30
197.30
Sandersdale Road
Labor
136.50
Materials & Supplies
82.00
Truck Hire
24.00
242.50
1,220.42
North Woodstock Road Bridge (1937)
Salaries & Wages
Supervisor
1,380.00
Labor
12,105.81
13,485.81
150
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Other Expense
Truck Hire
199.95
Equipment Rental
4,910.70
Materials & Supplies
11,895.76
Re-location of Pole
169.14
17,175.55
North Woodstock Road- Bridge Approach
Salaries & Wages
Supervisor
840.00
Labor
6,863.98
Other Expense
Truck Hire
433.25
Equipment Rental
6,103.36
Materials & Supplies
8,384.73
14,921.34
22,625.32
Main to Hamilton St.
Paving
Engineering & Super-
vision
135.60
Contract
9,727.11
Extras
402.00
Advertising & Typing Bids
9.18
10,273.89
Fiske & Mill Streets
Widening
Labor
140.00
Material & Supplies -
262.53
402.53
Oliver St. Catch Basin
Labor
360.50
Materials & Supplies _
292.03
652.53
30,661,36
7,703.98
151
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Fiske Street Drain
Engineering & Inspec-
tion
167.85
Labor
2,468.90
Truck Hire
129.75
Materials & Supplies
2,864.87
5,631.37
Breakneck Road Drain-
age
Labor
697.10
Materials & Supplies
201.88
Drilling & Blasting --
147.40
1,046.38
Elm Street Drain
4.00
North St. Drains &
Storm Sewers
Engineering & Super- vision
177.93
Labor
16.25
Materials & Supplies
48.20
242.38
Cohasse Brook Dredg-
ing (Cisco to Chestnut Sts.)
Labor
168.95
Truck Hire
22.50
Cady Brook - Wall Re-
pair
Inspection
160.75
Contract
4,862.60
Extras
349.10
191.45
5,372.45
152
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Nuisance Brook
Engineering
35.00
Labor
15.60
50.60
Construction
Labor
1,885.28
Truck Hire
255.38
Equipt. & Rental
373.77
Materials & Supplies
3,002.72
5,517.15
5,567.75
Mechanic St. Sewer (Rose St. to Quinebaug River)
Labor
4,550.12
Truck Hire
272.01
Building of Manholes
37.00
Materials & Supplies
1,730.08
Equipment Rental
943.14
Tools & Repairs
41.86
Beech Street Sewer
Labor
195.45
Truck Hire
9.75
Materials & Supplies
154.60
Manhole Construction
65.82
425.62
West Street School Land
Drainage
Labor
1,166.21
Truck Hire
144.75
Materials & Supplies
188.94
1,499.90
Total Construction & Drainage etc.
93,391.56
7,574.21
153
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued) PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (P. W. A.)
Northern Dist. Element- School
Preliminary Expense
297.24
Land & Acquisition
- Costs
8,198.64
Inspection Service
686.78
Designs, Plans & Sur- veys
5,298.16
Contract
9,825.66
Legal Service on
Bonds
75.00
Total P. W. A. 24,381.48
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION W. P. A.
General Administration
Salaries & Wages
Co-ordinator 1,025.00
Clerk Hire & Other Wages
628.34
1,653.34
Other Expense
Stationery, Postage
etc.
30.12
Travel & Automobile Expense
519.23
Surplus Commodity
Division
144.08
Truck Maint'ce & Op- erating 872.94
1,566.37 1,470
Trucks Purchased
Projects : Sidewalks :
Materials & Supplies 6,100.77
154
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Labor
870.21
Truck Hire
442.42
8,883.40
Morris Street Sewer
Materials & Supplies
1,597.74
Labor
382.55
Truck Hire
149.99
Dresser Street Play-
ground
Materials & Supplies
1,304.01
Labor
115.15
Truck Hire
280.07
Women's Sewing
Materials & Supplies
2,026.48
Tree Pest Extermina- tion
Materials & Supplies
236.19
Truck Hire
130.00
366.19
Land Damages
Eastford Road
155.00
Drains
Materials & Supplies
2,752.39
Labor
580.32
Truck Hire
49.25
3,381.96
Projects :
Veterans' Memorial Park
Materials & Supplies
1,910.47
Labor
134.13
Truck Hire
300.50
2,345.10
Book Binding
Materials & Supplies
157.92
Town Records
Materials & Supplies
113.24
2,130.28
1,699.23
155
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Elm & Everett Streets
Sewer
Materials & Supplies
423.95
Labor
59.00
Truck Hire
19.50
502.45
Country Roads
Materials & Supplies
14.42
Total W. P. A.
24,995.38
EMERGENCY FLOOD & HURRICANE DAMAGE
General Administration
Salaries & Wages
139.38
Travel & Auto Allow- ances
393.02
Gasoline, Oil etc.
51.88
Misc. Tools & Equip- ment for Men
1,405.61
Engineering
Assistant & Helpers -
820.63
Materials & Supplies
11.25
Milage and/or Travel
30.03
861.91
Trees & Stumps
Materials & Supplies
341.82
Labor
1,927.95
Truck Hire
983.75
3,253.52
Parks
Labor
14.00
Cemeteries
Materials & Sup-
plies
19.91
Labor
151.50
Truck Hire
420.75
1,850.51
592.16
156
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Sewers & Culverts
Materials & Sup-
plies
694.29
Labor
2,833.00
Truck Hire
586.13
Cady Brook Dredging Roads & Bridges
Materials & Sup-
plies
3,585.49
Labor
8,594.68
Truck Hire
4,179.25
Equipment Rental
1,250.00
17,609.42
Town Buildings & Grounds
Town Hall
227.56
Town Barn
235.85
Police & Fire Sta- tion
8.83
Schools
210.36
Infirmary
141.27
823.87
Police
Special Police
1,777.43
Food & Equip -
ment
261.53
Miscellaneous
26.63
2,065.59
509.07
Fire Alarm System Health & Sanitation Inspection
139.25
Main Street
Materials & Sup- plies 436.14
4,113.42 247.50
157
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Labor
381.60
Truck Hire
641.01
1,458.75
Forest Fire Hazard
Materials & Sup-
plies
102.48
Labor
90.75
Truck Hire
31.50
224.73
West Street
Materials & Sup-
plies
138.57
Labor
42.25
Truck Hire
62.25
Shovel & Crane
Hire
825.00
1,068.07
Total Flood & Hurricane 34,971.15
.
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
656.99
School Bonds
4,120.00
T. B. Hospital District Loan
2,783.01
7,560.00
Maturing Debt
Anticipation of Revenue
325,000.00
School Bonds
16,500.00
County T. B. Hospital District Loan
5,300.00
346,800.00
Total Interest & Maturing Debt
354,360.00
158
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued) AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Agency
State Tax
37,570.00
State Auditing Tax 342.40
State Parks & Res-
ervations Tax 522.52
State Veterans'
Exemption Tax 42.62
38,477.54
County Tax
24,614.14
County T. B. Hos-
pital Mainten-
ance Tax
5,341.69
29,955.83
Dog Licenses for
County
1,754.00
Investment
Cemetery Perpetu-
al Care Funds.
500.00
Total Agency, Trust & Investment 70,687.37
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds
Taxes
90.49
Water Co. State Tax
143.59
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
562.91
Sewer Assessment
Abated
after Payment
15.37
Duplicate Payment to
Cemetery
12.00
1936 Tax Interest
15.71
Soft Drink License
20.00
Town of Sturbridge
20.00
Transfers
Retirement Board Expense
746.00
Pension Accumulation Fund 7,208.87
Total Refunds & Transfers
8,834.94
159
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXPENDITURES (Continued) TRUST FUND INCOME ACCOUNTS
Ella M. Cole (Needy School Chil- dren)
125.54
Mary M. Mynott (Library)
57.81
Total Trust Funds
183.35
Total Payments for 1938
1,196,305.93
Cash On Hand Dec. 31, 1938 General Cash
77,036.78
P. W. A. Cash
55,618.52
1,328,960.65
160
Total Expenditures by Governmental Divisions 1938
General Government
33,213.15
Protection of Persons & Property
89,303.78
Health & Sanitation
17,193.21
Highways
56,182.92
Charities & Soldiers' Benefits
139,929.24
Schools & Libraries
200,146.71
Recreation & Unclassified
43,688.11
Cemeteries
4,843.00
New Construction
93,391.56
P. W. A. School
24,381.48
W. P. A. 24,995.38
Emergency Flood & Hurricane 34,971.15
Interest & Maturing Debt 354,360.00
Agency, Trust & Investment
70,687.37
Refunds & Transfers
8,834.94
Trust Fund Income Accounts
183.35
1,196,305.93
OUTSTANDING BILLS-DECEMBER 31, 1938
Department
Amount
Selectmen
5.00
Engineering
.30
Town Hall
272.24
Police
126.06
Fire
46.46
Temporary Aid
105.01
Soldiers' Relief
150.00
World War Memorial Park
6.20
161
Highways
517.42
Snow & Ice
33.82
Town Dump
31.25
Road Machinery Maint'ce
256.26
Sewer Maintenance
11.50
Jacob Edwards Library
105.70
Water & Ice
4.25
1,671.47
JOSEPH E. DESROSIER Town Accountant
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1938 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General
77,036.78
P.W.A. Projects 55,618.52
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation
of
Revenue 1938
75,000.00
132,655.30
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1936 247.50
Levy of 1937
18,202.07
Levy of 1938
71,824.21
Trust Fund Income : Jesse J. Angell
Charity Fund 31.27
Ella M. Cole Fund
-Needy School Children 26.35
90,273.78
Alexis Boyer Jr,
School Fund 11.29
Mary
Mynott
Li-
brary Fund .27
Special Assessments : Unapportioned
Sewer
4,730.27
69.18
Sewer Added to
Taxes :
George Deen Fund
2,301.32
1937
287.21
1938 101.44
Sale of Land Fund
4,256.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1938 -
456.64
Sidewalk Added to Taxes : 1937
40.83
1938 18.40
Committed Interest :
Sewer Added
Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund -
1,178.00
to Taxes :
1937
23.80
World War Memorial Fund
234.33
Sidewalk Added
to Taxes :
Road Machinery Fund
211.37
1937
1.07
Tailings
106.63
Premium on Loans
40.00
Tax Titles
10,485.66
Town Possessions-
Tax Title Foreclos-
ures
1,028.53
Federal Grants :
11,514.19
Departmental:
Police
1,225.00
Health
2,611.63
Ambulance
672.00
Assistance
.75
Highway
99.65
Temporary Aid
13,028.82
52.37
1938
3.31
5,226.92
Highways - Chapter 500, Acts of 1938 -
11,050.00
Aid to Dependent Children .25
Old Age Assistance : Administration 51.37
1938
20.59
Sale of Land-Section 79, Chapter 60, General Laws 96.20
Aid to Depen-
Appropriation Balances :
dent Children -
219.18
Old Age Assis-
tance
281.53
State Aid
860.00
Flood Emergency - Cady Brook Repairs
10,049.55
Military Aid
280.00
School
2,801.50
Cemetery
279.00
Construction
3,500.00
Nuisance Brook
1,237.67
Cohasse Brook
258.55
Breakneck Road
Catch Basin
953.62
Chapter 90
Construction 6,708.49
Sewer
1,296.64
North Street Sewer
288.20
Maintenance
750.00
Beech Street Sewer
424.38
ways:
walk
250.00
Chapter 90
Cemetery Improve- ments
4.88
Chapter 90
Northern District
Maintenance
750.00
Elementary School
Construction, P.W.A.
55,618.52
11,562.74
Street Lighting -- Schools
3,506.84
3,642.69
Hurricane and
89.78
Mechanic Street
22,358.31
State Aid to High- ways:
Mechanic Street
Chapter 90
County Aid to High-
Wall Street Side-
Construction 3,354.25
Federal Grant 49,943.70
81,121.32
Underestimates (to be raised ) : State Tax
19,890.00
State Parks and
Reservations Tax -
48.87
Veterans' Ex emp-
5.19
tion
5.19
Overlays - Reserved for Abatements :
State Special Water
Tax
143.59
County Tax
11.77
Levy of 1936 248.15
Levy of 1937
2,282.09
Levy of 1938
2,847.59
Penalty - Failure to File Returns 5.00
5,377.83
Overdrawn Accounts :
Moderator
20.58
Selectmen
50.00
Accountant
237.97
Motor Vehicle Ex-
cise Tax 456.64
Sewer Assessment
5,163.31
tration
1,418.91
Sidewalk Assess-
Law Department
205.00
ment 63.61
Engineering
12.94
Town Hall
720.17
Tax Title
11,514.19
Fire
195.41
Departmental
22,358.31
Sewer Assessment Re- serve
2,131.87
Reserve Fund-Over- lay Surplus 4,420.78
20,099.42
Revenue - Reserved Until Collected :
Tax Collector
49.94
Town Clerk
.69
Elections and Regis-
Highways-General Oliver Street Catch Basin
3,029.57
2.53
Snow and Ice Re-
moval
833.62
Public Welfare
9,586.27
Aid to Dependent
Children
2,228.06
Old Age Assistance
1,891.60
Military Aid
60.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,289.79
Insurance
758.36
W.P.A.
1,190.72
State and County Aid to Highways -- 11,562.74 Federal Grant 49,943.70
101,062.50
Surplus Revenue
86,899.20
24,782.13
Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance 86.42
Highways, Chapter 90, Construction :
1936
19.52
1937
2,942.26
1938
3,682.57
6,730.77
375,608.90
375,608.90
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due :
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue :
Due in 1939
269.29
Sewer
704.20
Due in 1940
182.53
Sidewalk
36.80
Due in 1941
165.54
Due in 1942
43.42
Due in 1943
43.42
704.20
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1939
18.40
Due in 1940
18.40
36.80
741.00
741.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
289,000.00
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