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Board Physician 300.00
School Physician
500.00
Agent
500.00
Nurse
1,600.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,800.00
Food & Provision
Inspector
100.00
Milk Inspector
125.00
Slaughtering Inspec- tor
350.00
Dentists (Dental
Clinic)
700.00
5,975.00
Other Administration Expenses :
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies
41.17
Printing & Adver-
tising
94.30
Telephone
53.95
Typists-T. B. Clinics
24.00
Miscellaneous
6.08 219.50
137
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Quarantine & Con-
tagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance 29.00
Drugs & Medicines
31.66
Groceries & Provis- ions
91.56
Dry Goods & Cloth-
ing
21.98
Cash Aid
86.86
Hospitals
31.43
Transportation of
Patients
17.00
Supplies
25.21
State & County San-
atoriums, Board & Care
2,720.50
3,055.20
Vital Statistics :
Birth Returns
78.50
Death Returns
35.00
113.50
Inspection Expenses :
Travel - Plumbing
Inspector 105.05
Travel - Slaughter-
ing Inspector 208.50
Travel-Food & Pro-
visions Inspection .30
Travel - Milk In-
spector 128.50
Travel - Nurse In- spections
64.80
507.15
Dental Clinic Supplies
37.81
Equipment & Maintenance :
Office Clock & Basket 12.17
Office Equipment Maintenance 13.00
Audiometer Set 245.66
Milk Laboratory
Storage Cabinet 22.25
138
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
2 Electric Incubators 293.82 Tubes, Bottles, Ther- mometers, Solutions, Salts, etc. 245.21 832.11
Garbage Collection :
-
Contract
2,374.99
13,115.26
Sewer Maintenance Department:
Administration :
Salaries & Wages:
Commissioners
300.00
Caretaker & Assistant 2,388.00 2,688.00
Expenses :
Stationery,
Postage
& Supplies .
3.00
Telephone
38.20
41.20
General Expenses :
Labor
8.80
Building Manholes &
Sewer Line Repairs
387.78
Gasoline, Oil, etc. ..
160.13
Truck & Tractor
Maintenance
92.64
649.35
Buildings & Grounds
1,628.02
Office Furniture (Used)
13.00
Stove
35.50
Fuel
15.60
Light
6.75
1,698.87
New Equipment :
Miscellaneous Tools,
etc.
2,055.20
1941 Chevrolet 3/4
Ton Truck 772.24
139
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
International £ 1-H
Tractor 988.00 3,815.44
8,892.86
Total Health & Sanitation 22,008.12
Highways-Snow & Ice:
General Administration :
Salary of Superin- tendent 1,800.00
Stationery, Postage & Supplies & Ad- vertising
76.63
Telephone
128.87
Office Equipment &
Repairs
4.80
210.30
General Maintenance :
Labor
17,906.95
Equipment
Rental,
Grader,
Compres-
sor, Shovel, etc. ..
408.48
Equipment Re- pairs Tools etc. ... Crushed Stone, Grav- el, etc. 499.19
&
493.04
Tarvia, Road Oil, etc.
7,196.62
Other Road Materi-
2,045.58
als & Supplies . . 1st Aid Supplies & Miscellaneous 188.88 28,738.74
Automotive & Road Machinery :
Repairs & Mainte-
nance
3,220.16
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
. .
2,190.01
140
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Insurance & Regis-
trations 465.48 5,875.65
New Road Machinery :
Austin Grader
5,732.50
1941 Ford Dump Truck
1,562.29
2nd Hand Sand Spreader
45.00
7,339.79
Buildings & Grounds :
Maintenance & Re-
pairs
45.75
Fuel, Light & Wa- ter
254.40
Office Heater
50.96
Janitor's Supplies,
etc.
34.82
385.93
Westwood Hills :
Labor
558.10
Truck Hire
188.75
Gravel, Pipe &
Drain
171.00
Road Oil, etc.
648.76
Equipment Rental . .
110.00
1,676.61
Lovely Street Repair :
Labor
640.70
Culverts
33.58
Gravel & Calcium
Chloride
25.57 699.85
$ 726.87
Town Dump & Rubbish :
Labor
890.00
-
141
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Rental of Dump
Grounds
93.75
983.75
Rubbish Collection
Contract
1,495.00
2,478.75
Snow & Ice Removal:
Labor
5,226.65
Trucks
927.00
Grader Rental
750.00
Tools & Equipment Repairs
88.17
Snow Fences
165.00
Sand
72.50
Country Roads
9.75
Blasting & Streams
173.90
7,412.97
Chapter 90 Maintenance-State & County Aid No. 7903:
North Woodstock Road:
Labor
323.50
Truck Hire
91.50
Materials & Sup-
plies
92.30
507.30
Sandersdale Road:
Labor
184.75
Truck Hire
38.25
Materials & Sup-
plies
266.80
Road Oil
573.11
1,062.91
River Road:
Labor
42.50
Truck Hire
7.50
Road Oil
99.90
149.90
142
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Hamilton Street :
Labor
41.75
Truck Hire
8.25
50.00
Worcester Street:
Labor
63.50
Truck Hire
.
7.50
Crushed
Stone,
Gravel, etc.
564.78 .
Road Oil
294.11 929.89
2,700.00
Total Highways 59,318.59
CHARITIES, SOLDIERS' BENEFITS & SOCIAL WELFARE .(W. P. A.)
Public Welfare:
Salaries & Wages:
Board
450.00
Supervisor
800.00
Clerk
801.13
Child Welfare Su-
pervisor
780.00 2,831.13
General Administration:
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies
158.53
Telephones
145.98 .
Mileage & Travel Al-
lowance
384.30
Office File
27.44
Office Typewriter
Stand
10.98
Office Typewriter . .
102.50
Office Equipment &
Maintenance
4.00
8 3 73
143
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Outside Relief :
Groceries & Provis-
ions
8,824.15
Fuel
1,895.08
Medicine & Medical
Care
4,426.10
Hospital Care
3,035.67
Rent
2,238.00
Clothing 732.10
Cash Grants
3,581.23
Board & Care (local)
3,994.37
Board & Care (coun-
ty & state insti- tutions) 903.49
Board & Care (pri-
vate Institutions) 357.33
Household Furnish- ings & Moving . .
41.00
Burials
100.00
Surplus Commod-
ities
8.00
Electric Power at
Infirmary 60.00
Benefit Street Build-
ing Water Service &
Miscellaneous 129.02 30,325.54
Relief by Cities & Towns :
Cities
638.50
Towns
2,541.51 3,180.01
Truck Expenses :
Gasoline, Oil, etc. .. 146.41
Repairs & Mainte-
nance
106.37
Insurance & Regis-
trations
42.12 294.90
37,465 31
144
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
Appropriation :
Salaries & Wages:
Supervisor 400.00
Clerk
200.00 600.00
Administration :
Stationery,
Postage
& Supplies
.00
.00
Relief Expenses :
Cash Grants
8,843.71
9,443.71
Aid to Dependent Children-
Federal Grants:
Salaries & Wages:
Clerical Assistance & Overtime . . 162.16
Administration :
Travel Allowance .. 45.00
Relief Expenses :
Cash Grants
5,117.39
5,324.55
Old Age Assistance-
Town Appropriation :
Salaries & Wages :
Board 450.00
Supervisor
800.00
Clerk
396.00 1,646.00
145
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Administration Ex- penses :
Supplies & Tele-
phones
31.90 31.90
Relief Expenses :
Cash Grants
33,779.28
Cities & Towns
610.04
Rents
21.00 34,410.32
36,088.22
Old Age Assistance-
Federal Grants :
Salaries & Wages:
Supervisor - Over-
time
300.00
Clerks-Overtime 363.84
Investigators - Ex-
tra
10.00 673.84
Administration :
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies .. .
36.23
Travel Allowance . .
8.68 44.91
Relief Expenses :
Cash Grants
30,635.31
Cities & Towns ·
184.09 31,819.40
31,538.15
Infirmary :
Salary of Superin- intendent 1,790.00
·
146
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Other Expenses :
Groceries & provis-
ions
2,545.79
Clothing & House-
hold Furnishings .
143.72
Maytag Wringer . .
18.23
G. E. Washing Ma-
chine
94.95
A. B. C. Washing
Machine
85.00
Building Mainte-
nance
82.94
Tankless Water
Heater
110.00
Fuel, Light & Wa- ter
691.55
Automobile Truck
Maintenance
69.20
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
46.52
Burials
100.00
Hospital & Medical
Care
140.11
Telephone
38.76
Miscellaneous
35.38 4,202.15
5,992.15
Soldiers Benefits :
General Administration :
Travel & Mileage . . 188.20
Relief Benefits:
State Aid - Cash
Grants
1,060.00
Military Aid - Cash
Grants
1,440.00
147
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Burials
.00
Fuel & Light
754.63
Groceries & Provis-
ions
1,714.66
Cash Grants & Rent
4,090.03
Medical & Hospital Care
1,020.12
Clothing, etc.
226.90 10,306.34
10,491 51
Social Welfare-W. P. A .:
General Administration :
Salaries & Wages:
Co-Ordinator
1,200.00
Clerical Assistance .
329.60
1,529.60
General Expenses :
Stationery, Postage
& Supplies
12.62
Mileage & Travel . .
456.85
Surplus Commodities
722.34
Truck Maintenance .
391.04
Gasoline, Oil, etc. ..
355.72
Insurance & Regis-
tration
42.28
Garage
212.00 2,192.85
Projects :
North Woodstock Road Sewer:
Materials & Supplies
651.09
Labor 396.55
Truck Hire
Drilling, Blasting,
etc.
3,704.65
4,752.29
148
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Cement
340.00
Sewing Project :
Materials & Supplies
2,042.44
Fuel & Light
.
205.94
2,248.38
Wall Street Sidewalk :
Materials & Supplies 61.25
Charlton Street Sidewalk:
Materials & Supplies 649.27
Labor
157.73
807.00
Mill & River Streets Sidewalk:
Materials
& Sup-
plies
15.88
.
Labor
17.50
33.38
Dudley River Road :
Labor
31.75
Morris Street Drain:
Materials
& Sup
plies
129.22
Randolph Street Drain:
Materials
& Sup-
plies
431.72
Labor
87.78
Truck Hire
8.25 527.75
Foster Street Drain:
Materials
& Sup
plies
303.47
Truck Hire
30.26
333.73
149
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Paige Hill Sewer:
Materials & Sup-
plies
195.21
Labor
98.38
293.59
Air-Port:
Materials & Sup-
plies
16.10
Labor
518.80
534.90
Toys :
Materials & Sup-
plies
97.66
Labor
23.50
Fuel & Light
175.00
296.16
Kingsley Street Drain:
Materials
& Sup-
plies
198.60
Labor
257.45
Drilling, Blasting &
Equipment Rental .
812.55
1,268.60
Cole Lot Rehabilitation Labor
7.00
15,387.65
Total Charities, Soldiers' Benefits & Social Welfare
151,734.28
SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES
Schools :
General Control Salaries:
Superintendent
4,349.61
Clerks 1,479.43
Attendance Officer .
354.03
6,183.07
General Control Expense :
Printing, Stationery
& Postage
340.82
150
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Telephones
168.98
Traveling Expenses
362.22
School Census
78.20
Books, periodicals,
etc.
17.91
-
Chairs, Fluorescent
Light
36.89
Advertising, Floater
Insurance on Camera
Equipment & Mis- cellaneous 70.27
1,075.29
Instruction Salaries :
High School Prin-
cipal
3,473.11
High School Teach-
ers
33,608.53
Elementary
School
Teachers
59,578.36
Evening
School
Teachers
591.50
House hold
Art
Teachers
1,983.14
Continuation School
Teachers
32.30
99,266.94
Auxiliary Agencies Salaries :
School Physicians ..
1,211.54
School Nurse
. ..
1,466.73
Clerks in Principal's
Office
933.04
3,611.31
Operation of Plant Salaries :
High School Jan- itors
3,668.96
Elementary
School
Janitors 6,120.69
Evening School Jan-
itors
34.50
Helpers, etc.
25.50
9,849.65
151
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Instruction Expenses :
High School:
Text
&
Reference
Books
1,133.24
Supplies
2,204.75
Typewriters,
Ma-
chines, etc.
811.00
4,148.99
Elementary Schools :
Text
&
Reference
Books
1,257.75
Supplies
2,168.65
Manual Dept. Equip- ment
63.47 3,489.87
Household Art Sup- plies
308.89
Continuation
Classes
Supplies
16.79
Evening Classes :
Text
&
Reference
Books
5.71
Supplies
17.46
23.17
Auxiliary Agencies Expenses :
Transportation
o f
Pupils 8,090.36
Transportation
o f
Nurse
200.00
Transportation
of
Teachers
389.10
Telephone- Nurse . 37.50
Tuition
at
Other
Schools
201.38
Miscellaneous Items
27.78 8,946.12
New Furnishings & Mechanical Instruction Equipment :
High School
455.56
Elementary School .
971.14
1,426.70
152
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Operation of Plant Expense :
Fuel, Light & Water:
High School . 3,192.23
Elementary Schools
5,158.86 8,351.09
Telephones :
High School
65.83
Elementary Schools 230.90
296.73
Janitor's Supplies :
High School
347.95
Elementary Schools 1,159.86
Evening School 4.60
1,512.41
Maintenance of Plant Expense :
Buildings & Grounds :
High School Repairs
1,187.26
Elementary Schools
Repairs
2,282.18
Elementary Schools
Landscaping, Drains,
etc.
809.10
4,278.54
Other Expenses :
Graduation
Exer-
cises
& Diplomas,
etc.
169.24
Miscellaneous Print-
ing & Postage
. ...
103.85
273.09
Robert H. Cole Trade School:
General Control &
Instruction Salaries :
Director
3,843.84
Clerks
1,315.00
Instructors
20,398.90
25,557.74
General Control Expense :
Telephones, Postage
& Stationery
212.65
153
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Traveling Expenses 95.36 308.01
Instruction Expense :
Textbooks, Materials
& Shop Supplies ..
3,069.16
Shop Equipment
6,580.30
9,649.46
Operation of Plant Salaries :
Janitor & Helpers, etc 1,319.00
Operation of Plant Expense : Fuel, Light & Wa- ter
1,586.74
Furnishings & Furni- ture 210.17 1,796.91
Maintenance of Build-
ings & Grounds :
Repairs 796.68
Janitor's Supplies . .
277.91
Miscellaneous Mate- rials & Cartage of Equipment 117.05
1,191.64
Evening Classes :
Salaries
1,269.22
Materials & Sup- lies
345.06
1,614.28
Total Expenditures from Appropriations
194,495 69
Smith-Hughes School Fund:
Teachers' Salaries :
Continuation Classes
55.37
Household Art Clas-
ses
253.96
Vocational Classes
. .
3,014.48
Vocational
Evening
Classes 63.78 3,387.59
George Deen School Fund :
Teachers' Salaries :
Vocational Classes . 7,394.02
154
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Vocational Education of National
Defense Workers-Federal Funds:
Supervision-Salaries & Expense :
Salaries 4,822.62
Travel & Communi-
cation
3,024.11
Office Supplies, Post-
age, etc.
163.99
Printing
26.72
8,037.44
Instruction-Salaries & Expense :
Teachers & Assist-
ants
25,653.16
Supplies & Materials 4,421.81
Maintenance & Equip-
ment
698.44
30,773.41
Building Operation
.
2,244.71
41,055.56
Total School Expenditures
246,332.86;
Jacob Edwards Memorial Library :
Salaries & Wages:
Librarian
2,100.00
Assistants
3,294.11
Janitor's & Assist-
ants
1,332.45
6,726.56
Books & Periodicals :
Books
2,264.10
Periodicals
37.80
2,301.90
Binding :
Books
428.72
Periodicals
7.50
436.22
Fuel
.00
Light
.00
155
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Building :
Repairs & Supplies . 539.02
Equipment Repairs 301.68
Furniture & Furnish- ings 62.25 902.95
Other Expenses :
Office Supplies 130.17
Telephone 3.67 133.84
Total Library Expenditures from Town Appropriations
10,501.47 17.78
Mynott Library Fund
Total Library Expenditures from Town Appropriations & Funds in Control of the Town 10,519.25
(Library Expenditures from Trust Funds in Control of Trustees-$3,978.41) Total Library Expenditures from All Sources $14,497.66
RECREATION & UNCLASSIFIED
Recreation :
Parks :
Administration 1.02
Equipment
4.56
Lumber, Creosote,
Signs
158.01
Maintenance of Le-
gion Plots
200.81
Water Service
7.25 371.65
Playgrounds :
Instructors' Salaries 1,356.05
Travel Allowance . . 26.50
Grounds Maintenance
177.18
Equipment, Materi-
als & Supplies ..
439.53
Medical Expense ...
2.00 2,001.26
156
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
World War Memorial:
Labor
8.00
Maintenance & Land-
scaping
237.88
Materials & Supplies
31.91
Water & Light .
18.52
296.21
Fish & Game:
Fish
200.00
Game
100.00
300.00
2,969.12
Unclassified :
Damage to Persons &
Property :
1,467.78
Memorial & Armistice
Day Observances :
Memorial Day
300.00
Armistice Day
150.00
450.00
Printing Town & Finance Committee Reports (2500 each) :
Town Reports
744.20
Town Reports
In-
dexed
21.80
Finance Committee
Reports
234.00
1,000.00
Pensions : (Non-Contributory)
Policy (Chapter 32)
889.20
School
Janitors
(Vet's Act)
1,249.92
2,139.1'
Insurance :
Fire - Buildings & Contents 3,141.10
Workmen's Compensa- tion & Public Lia- bility
3,047.25
6,188.3+
157
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Town Clock :
Caretaker
49.92
Repairs
164.00 213.92
Water & Ice:
1940 Account
Bal-
ance
16.00
1941 Account
473.37
489.37
1940 Outstanding Bills :
Planning Board 1.30
Election & Regis-
tration
15.00
Board of Health
12.00
Accountant
6.50
Infirmary
316.22
Soldiers Relief
48.38
Highways
7.65
Park Street Sewer
366.98
Cemetery
9.48 783.51
12,732.05
Total Recreation & Unclassified
15,701.17
CEMETERY
Oak Ridge Cemetery :
Salaries & Wages:
Superintendent
478.39
Labor
2,879.20
Opening Graves
186.00 3,543.59
Other Expenses :
Loam, Fertilizer,
Sand, etc. 277.22
Flowers, Shrubs &
Seeds
122.90
Markers
34.29
158
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Power Mowers, Lawn Mowers, Tools &
Maintenance
444.49
Team Hire
150.00
Gasoline, Oil, etc. .. 16.98
Water Service
23.79
Plowing, Drilling & Misc.
38.46
1,108.13
Total Cemeteries 4,651.72
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS
W. P. A .- See Charities & Social Welfare
Chapter 90 Maintenance: (See Highways)
Nuisance Brook :
Labor
852.40
Truck Hire
105.00
Compressor & Ce-
ment Mixer
10.63
Materials & Sup-
plies
356.00
1,324.03
Eastford Road, Elm, Everett & Cohasse Street Drainage :
Labor
3,217.65
Truck Hire .
379.50
Materials & Supplies
364.46
Re-inforced Concrete
Pipe
2,579.18
Drilling, Blasting &
Compressor Rental
339.04
6,879.83
Elm Street Catch Basin (122 Elm Street)
Labor
75.00
Truck Hire
27.00
Materials & Supplies.
28.20
Compressor
11.00
141.20
159
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Harding Court Drain
to Nuisance Brook :
Labor
135.00
Truck Hire
18.00
Materials & Supplies
61.20
Re-inforced Concrete Pipe
120.40
334.60
Canal Street, Brick Row & Mill Streets Drain:
Labor
686.40
Truck Hire
13.50
Materials & Supplies
167.34
Re-inforced Concrete
Pipe
509.60
Drilling & Blasting .
27.18
1,404.02
Wall Street Drain
(Proulx Avenue to Mckinstry Brook)
Labor
729.75
Truck Hire
72.00
Materials & Supplies
209.10
Reinforced Concrete
Pipe
697.80
1,708.65
Breakneck Road Drains:
Labor
583.75
Materials & Supplies
826.67
Truck Hire
148.50
Drilling
31.50
1,590.42
Breakneck Road Widening :
(South Street to Dennison Cross Roads)
Labor
61.20
Materials & Supplies
195.00
Contract
5,497.10
5,753.30
Dresser Hill Road :
(Chapter 90-Contract No. 8211)
Salaries & Wages:
Superintendent
675.00
160
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Foreman
665.00
Assistant Foreman,
Shovel & Truck Op-
erators
4,101.47
Laborers
980.46 6,421.93
Other Expense :
Equipment Rental .
2,338.25
Culvert Pipe
854.42
Materials & Supplies
302.06
Miscellaneous
3.00
3,497.73
9,919.66
Lebanon Hill Road (1940 Project) : (Southerly from Brickyard Road)
Contract (Final Pay- ment) 2,171.11 ·
Poor Farm Hill Road:
(Southerly to Residence of Jos. Mandeville)
Contract
7,803.24
Labor
100.53
Miscellaneous
4.31
7,908.08
Land Damages :
Dresser Hill Road ..
1,615.00
Mckinstry Brook
3,740.00
Lebanon Hill Road .
500.00
Woodstock Road ..
165.00
6,020.00
Taft Street Retaining Wall:
Labor
196.00
Truck Hire
15.00
Materials & Supplies
43.38
254.38
Coombs Street Sidewalk:
Contract
2,410.57
Labor
152.80
Materials & Supplies
131.40
2,694.77
161
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Cole Lot Lumber : (Re-stacking & Cleaning)
Labor
117.25
Town Hall Repairs :
Stage & Curtain:
Curtain 325.00
Stage & Arch 675.00 1,000.00
Building (Outside)
Contract
1,300.00
Tower & Weather
Vane
205.00
2,505.00
Sewers :
Warren
· Avenue
from Cisco Street
(660 Feet)
416.00
Westwood Hills
(2146 feet)
2,620.60
Lebanon Park
(1875.17 feet) 733.35
North Street Sewer
Extension 8.00
Worcester Street
Sewer Extension 337.75
4,115.70
Total Special Construction Accounts
(Exclusive of W. P. A .: $15,387.65
548.42
NATIONAL DEFENSE-PUBLIC SAFETY
National Defense:
Administration :
Clerk
442.65
Telephone
55.12
162
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Stationery, Supplies
& Postage
78.99
Furniture & Equip-
ment
9.80
Travel Expenses, Aluminum. Drive &
Lectures
50.86
Uniforms
277.48
Control Room
133.53
Janitor
8.00
1,067.28
Total National Defense
1,067.28
Interest :
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Re- venue
137.08
General Loans :
School Bonds 3,940.00
1938 Storm Damage
300.00
County T. B. Hos-
pital District
2,050.41 6,290.41
6,427.49
Maturing Debt:
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Re- venue
300,000.00
General Loans :
School Bonds 20,500.00
1938 Storm Damage 10,000.00
County T. B. Hos-
pital District
5,300.00
35,800.00
335,800.00
Total Interest & Maturing Debt
342,227.49
163
EXPENDITURES (Continued) AGENCY, TRUST & INVESTMENT
Agency :
State Tax
State Auditing Tax
41,745.00 691.60
State Parks & Reser- vations 703.88
State Veteran's Ex- emption Tax
51.06
State Repairs & Con- struction of Certain Bridges 194.25 43,385.79
County Tax
25,074.14
County T. B. Hos- pital Maintenance
Tax
7,960.12
Dog Tax Fees Paid
to County
1,931.20 34,965.46
Trust & Investment:
Cemetery Perpetual
Care Funds
910.00 910.00
Total Agency, Trust & Investment 79,261.25
REFUNDS & TRANSFERS
Refunds :
1941 Poll Taxes .. . . 10.00
1940 Motor Vehicle Excise 52.87
1941 Motor Vehicle Excise 1,549.31 1,612.18
Old Age Assistance
to State 173.67
Non-Alcoholic Bev- erage License to state 10.00
1,795 85
.
164
EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Transfers :
Retirement System :
(See General Government)
Total Transfers & Refunds
1,795.85
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Ella M. Cole (Needy
School Children)
59.98
Mary Mynott (Library)
17.78
77.76
Included in Library Expenditures 17.78
Net Total 59.98
Total Payments for 1941
1,147,674.50
Cash on Hand December 31, 1941:
General Cash
208,603.88
P. W. A. Cash
286.80
208,890.68
1,356,565.18
OUTSTANDING BILLS-DECEMBER 31, 1941
Engineering Department 3.07
Dog Officer's Account 32.00
Town Hall Account . . 467.76
Soldiers Relief
193.51
Total Outstanding Bills
696.34
JOSEPH E. DESROSIER
Town Accountant
FIXED DEBT RECORD 1941
Voc'l School
Due
1922-150,000
County T.B. Hospital Dist. 1933-79,800
PWA School 1936-152,490
. PWA School 1938-80,000
Storm Damage 1939-40,000
Amount Due Annually
In
1941
7,500.00
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
35,800.00
1942
7,500.00
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
35,800.00
1943
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
28,300.00
1944
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
18,300.00
1945
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
18,300.00
1946
5,300.00
9,000.00
4,000.00
18,300.00
1947
5,300.00
8,000.00
4,000.00
17,300.00
1948
5,300.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
15,300.00
1949
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1950
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1951
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1952
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1953
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
FIXED DEBT RECORD (continued)
1954
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1955
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1956
6,000.00
4,000.00
10,000.00
1957
4,000.00
4,000.00
1958
4,000.00
4,000.00
15,000.00
42,400.00
116,000.00
72,000.00
30,000.00
275,400.00
JOSEPH E. DESROSIER
Town Accountant
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE BALANCE SHEET DEC. 31, 1941
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES & RESERVES
Cash in Banks & Office:
General . $208,603.88
P. W. A. Projects 286.80
-
208,890.68
Accounts Receivable :
108,000.00
Taxes :
Levy of 1941 70,151.90
Levy of 1940 23,842.94
Levy of 1939 9.89
94,004.73
Alexis Boyer, Jr.,
School Fund 11.29
Mary Mynott Library Fund 32.23
Special Assessments : Unapportioned Sewer . 2,735.17
81.24
Trust Fund Income: Jesse J. Angell 31.27 Charity Fund . Ella M. Cole Fund- Needy School Children 6.45
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1941
299.55
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Re- venue - 1941 .. 100,000.00 In Anticipation of High- way Reimbursements 8,000.00
Sewer Added to Taxes:
1941 .
647.43
1940 198.29
1939 113.26
Sidewalk Added to Taxes:
1941
500.18
1940
206.13
Committed Interest : Sewer Added to Taxes :
1941
96.22
1940
70.57
1939
9.06
Sidewalk Added to Taxes:
1941
57.51
1940
21.09
4,654.91
Tax Titles
1,451.85
Tax Title Possessions . 1,028.53
2,480.38
Departmental: Selectmen - Cole Lot Lumber 528.28
George-Deen Fund- Vocational Education 1,273.85 Vocational Education - Special Grant for De- fense Workers 2,182.27 Sale of Cemetery Lots & Graves Fund .
1,333.27
Road Machinery Rental Fund 645.66
Dog Licenses - Due
County 23.40
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children : Administration 290.02
Aid 872.86
Old Age Assistance :
Administration
355.34
Assistance 775.18
2,293.40
Overestimates 1941: State Parks & Reserva- tions Assessment .... 29.57 County Tax 3,675.97
3,705.54
Town Hall
75.00
Police
25.00
Health
1,544.03
Ambulance
332.50
Highway 64.90
Temporary Aid 4,043.71
ter 90 Construction .. 3,500.00
Poor Farm Hill Road .
91.92
State Aid
1,060.00
Military Aid 720.00
School
1,707.21
W. P. A.
6.00
Cemetery
648.73
10,779.52
Aid to Highways:
State
5,510.47
County
4,337.01
9,847.48
Underestimate 1941:
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1941 4,253.29
Levy of 1940
2,373.47
Levy of 1939 9.89
Assessor's Expense
12.79
Appropriation Balances :
Inventory Records 25.00
Dresser Hill Road - Chapter 90 Construction 3,084.87 Brickyard Road-Chap-
Old Age Assistance 24.16
Eastford Road & Elm Street Storm Drain ..
1,084.68
Nuisance Brook Im- provements 641.97
Coombs Street Sidewalk 55.23
Civilian Defense 29,686.67
W. P. A. 5,949.92
Northern District Element-
ary School Project .. 286.80
Sewer Assessment Reserve Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
44,407.06 1,293.16 6,597.89
State Veteran's
Exemption Assessment
6.43
Overdrawn Accounts :
6,636.65
Public Welfare Salaries 1.13
Infirmary Expense . . .
2.15
Soldier's Relief .
9.54
Library
1.47
27.08
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
299.55
Sewer Assessment 3,870.00
Sidewalk Assessment 784.91
Tax Title .
2,480.38
Departmental
10,779.52
Aid to Highways
5,995.47
Surplus Revenue
24,209.83 128,367.54
330,990.76
330,990.76
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assess- ments not due : Sewer Sidewalk
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue :
1,645.13
Due in 1942 709.11
Due in 1943
509.10
Due in 1944
300.43
Due in 1945
126.49
500.13
1,645.13
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Revenue :
Due in 1942
172.68
Due in 1943
125.37
Due in 1944
. 125.37
Due in 1945
76.71
500.13
2,145.26
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
202,500.00
School Loan
7,500.00
Eastford Road & West Street School Loan . ..
107,000.00
Northern District Ele- mentary School Loan .
68,000.00
Emergency Storm Dam-
age Loan . ..
20,000.00
202,500.00
202,500.00
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities :
TRUST ACCOUNTS Trust Funds : Jesse J. Angell Charity
2,145.26
In Custody of Treas- urer ·
77,128.65 In Custody of Library Trustees 4,868.92
Municipal Contributory Retirement Fund : Cash & Securities .. 28,374.56
Interest Deficiency . .
297.24
28,671.80
Fund.
1,214.69
Ella M. Cole Fund- Needy School Children 3,000.00 Alexis Boyer, Jr. School Fund 365.03
81,997.57
Mary
Mynott
Library
Fund
1,000.00
Bradford Library Fund
4,868.92
Cemetery
Perpetual
Care Funds
46,548.93
Cemetery General Care Funds 25,000.00
81,997.57
Retirement System Funds : Annuity Savings Fund 17,739.49
Pension
Accumulation
Fund
9,911.66
Annuity Reserve Fund 893.48
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