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4,331.28
143,765.27
Elementary Schools:
Instruction Salaries:
240 Teachers
$182,019.87
245 Subst. Teachers
9,307.67
191,327.54
100
Instruction Expense:
210 Supervision Travel $ 490.63
250 Text and Reference Books
2,463.72
270 Supplies
4,690.81
660 Instructional Equipment
225.27
235 Printing
50.00
7,920.43
Operation of Plant:
Salaries and Wages: 501 Janitors
16,097.21
Other Expenses:
510 Janitors' Supplies $ 1,158.26
520 Fuel
11,163.94
530 Water
379.12
540 Gas and Electricity
2,899.66
565 Telephone
1,128.60
580 Drayage
349.32
17,078.90
Maintenance of Plant:
601 Grounds
$ 615.49
620 Buildings
3,825.73
640 Service Systems
706.11
680 Other Expenses
99.90
5,247.23
Capital Outlay:
930 Building Altera- tions & Additions
$ 419.48
965 New Furnishings
1,505.16
975 New Equipment
438.27
985 Other Expense
45.10
2,408.01
240,079.32
Elementary Evening Schools:
Salaries:
220 Directors
$ 190.00
240 Teachers
694.00
884.00
Instruction Expense:
250 Text and Reference
Books
$ 314.20
270 Supplies
2,116.48
210 Supervision Travel
2.80
2,433.48
Operation of Plant:
520 Fuel
$ 100.00
540 Gas and Electricity
50.00
150.00
3,467.48
101
Household Arts:
Instruction Salaries: 240 Teachers' Salaries
5,531.59
Other Expenses:
250 Text and Reference Books $ 2.07
270 Supplies
513.47
660 Instructional Equipment
41.98
557.52
6,089.11
High Evening School:
Salaries:
220 Director
$
81.00
240 Teachers
725.30
806.30
Operation of Plant:
520 Fuel $ 200.00
540 Gas and Electricity
100.00
300.00
1,106.30
Industrial Arts:
Instruction Salaries: 240 Teachers 3,977.48
Instruction Expense:
270 Supplies
$
147.61
975 New Equipment
100.00
247.61
4,225.09
Domestic Science:
Instruction Salaries: 240 Teachers
1,885.00
Auxiliary Agencies:
Medical and Nurse Service:
402 Physician
$
2,194.39
404 Nurse
2,855.99
405 Medical Expense
367.84
5,418.22
Pupils:
401 Attendance
$
250.00
313 Transportation of
Pupils
25,748.93
102
360 Tuition Other Pupils
1,869.37
27,868.30
33,286.52
Visual Aids:
240 Teachers' Salary $ 800.00
270 Supplies 843.76
660 Maintenance
505.97
2,149.73
Smith-Hughes Fund:
240 Vocational Classes $ 1,322.72
240 Practical Arts 57.70
240 Vocational Evening 31.99
1,412.41
Cole Trade School: General Control
Salaries:
220 Director $ 5,500.00
225 Clerks 2,650.00
226 Extra Clerical
2,650.00 10,800.00
Expenses:
235 Printing, Supplies and Postage $ 189.22
565 Telephone
148.24
210 Supervision Travel
151.30
290 Commencement Expense 118.43 607.19
Instruction Salaries:
240 Teachers
$ 49,841.73
245 Subst. Teachers
49.50
49,891.23
Instruction Expense:
250 Text and Reference
Books $ 384.84
270 Supplies
3,671.78
660 Equipment
8,303.56
12,360.18
Operation of Plant:
501 Janitors' Salaries $ 3,036.96
510 Janitors' Supplies
460.70
520 Fuel
1,701.23
530 Water
39.77
103
540 Gas and Electricity
1,040.13 228.67 6,507.46
580 Drayage
Maintenance of Plant:
601 Grounds $ 112.46
620 Buildings 5.18
640 Service Systems
490.92
680 Other Expense
576.50
1,185.06
Capital Outlay:
930 Alteration and Addi-
tions $ 328.70
965 New Furnishings
182.13
975 Instructional Apparatus
474.15
985 Other Expense
161.50
1,146.48
82,497.60
Evening Trade Extension:
Instruction Salaries:
225 Clerk $ 128.15
240 Teachers
1,519.01
1,647.16
Instruction Expense:
250 Books $ 13.87
270 Supplies
304.23
660 Instructional
Equipment
136.46
454.56
Operation of Plant:
540 Gas & Electricity $
200.00
520 Fuel
100.00
300.00
2,401.72
Total Schools
$ 536,442.74
Library
Jacob Edwards Memorial Library:
Salaries and Wages:
103 Assistants
$ 9,797.80
150-151 Janitor
2,600.00
12,397.80
Books, Periodicals, Etc .:
201 Books
$ 3,024.24
2-2 Periodicals
407.80
3,432.04
104
Binding: 250
187.41
Fuel and Light:
301 Fuel
$ 375.88
302 Light
945.60
1,321.48
Building:
350-352 Repairs
$ 518.93
501 Furnishings
3.75
303 Water
10.99
304-306 All Other
60.72
594.39
Other Expenses:
402-403 Stationery, Print-
ing and Adv. $ 446.69
401 Telephone
135.60
582.29
Alterations and Improve.
987.04
19,502.45
Total Schools and Library
$ 555,945.19
Recreation and Unclassified
Recreation:
Parks:
Labor
$ 500.00
All Other
40.00
540.00
Playgrounds:
Instructors
$ 2,945.75
Materials & Supplies
821.23
Mileage & Travel
20.09
Labor, Sports,
Games, Etc.
212.87
3,999.94
World War Memorial Park:
Labor
$ 198.65
Water and Electricity
25.90
Trees and Spraying
22.00
Materials, Supplies and All Other
184.60
Flowers and Wreaths
14.00
445.15
Honor Roll:
Materials & Supplies $ 57.28
Electricity
27.09
105
Maintenance & Repairs Landscaping
34.25
290.62
Swimming Pool:
Labor
$ 385.38
Instructors
3,183.38
Building & Grounds
99.31
Materials & Supplies
458.23
Telephone, Water, Fuel
and Light
92.43
Red Cross Instruction
162.00
New Construction
2,052.99
Special Water Account
85.41
6,519.13
Dresser Street Field:
Labor
$ 3,851.94
Telephone
126.59
Materials & Supplies
1,159.92
Fuel, Light & Water
387.33
Caretaker
434.00
All Other
267.96
M. & I., Printing, Ad- vertising & Labor
482.78
Office Supplies, Stationery and Postage 24.78
Equipment & Mainten.
517.36
Repairs to Field
1,187.79
Hot Water Heater
684.00
9,124.45
Alumni Field:
Labor $ 978.75
Materials & Supplies
641.61
All Other
153.25
New Construction
654.25
2,427.86
Henry Street Field:
Labor and Salaries $ 998.45
Materials & Supplies
494.58
All Other
4.60
Maintenance & Improv.
998.96
2,496.59
106
172.00
Band Concerts:
Concerts $ 369.00
All Other
75.00
444.00
Unclassified:
Damage to Persons &
Property
$ 2,408.50
Memorial Day
900.00
Veterans Day
300.00
Printing Town Reports
1,713.90
Town Clock
50.00
Non Contributory
Pensions
7,542.39
Insurance of Buildings
8,547.77
All Ins .- Workmen's
Compensation
11,177.58
32,640.14
Southbridge Rent Control:
Salary
$ 309.50
Travel
80.64
Rent
181.50
Telephone
70.25
All Other
10.50
Equipment
124.82
777.21
Control and Unclassified $ 59,705.09 Total of Recreation, Rent
Cemetery
Oak Ridge Cemetery:
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$ 700.00
Labor
6,158.86
Opening Graves
275.00
7,133.86
Other Expenses:
Fertilizer, Loam and Gravel
$ 225.25
Light
12.00
Markers
60.00
Tools
3.75
Equipment & Repairs
474.72
107
Gasoline & Oil 24.70 New Equipment, Mate- rials, Supplies and All Other 1,590.45
2,390.87
Cemetery Improvement Account:
Labor
$ 86.00
Spraying
45.90
Lumber
27.65
All Other
733.00
892.55
Total Cemetery $ 10,417.28
Special Accounts
Chestnut St. Reconstruction:
Contract-Ciesla Bros.,
Inc.
$ 25,798.32
Advertising
11.25
Repair, Remove Tree
37.50
25,847.07
Chestnut St. Sewer:
Contract-Ciesla Bros., Inc.
937.00
Civil Defense:
Director's Salary $ 200.00
Telephone
45.00
Gasoline and Oil
1.94
All Other
162.64
Hurricane Duty
161.93
571.51
Cross St. Reconstruction:
Contract-Ciesla Bros., Inc. 805.25
Dean Brook Culvert Account:
Materials & Supplies 75.00
108
Depot Building Repairs:
Advertising $ 24.38
Priscilla Paint Co.
450.00
Labor
5.00
G. C. Winter Co.
557.00
Southbridge Roofing Co.
217.96
1,254.34
Dresser (Main St.) Property:
Labor
400.00
Dresser St. Sidewalk Payment:
To Gregory Thomas
147.28
Drivers Education Fund:
Salary $ 396.00
Car Repairs and Mate- rials and Supplies
381.08
Travel Expense
19.90
796.98
1954 Chapter 90 Construction:
Eastford Road:
Contract-Leo Construc- tion Co., Inc. $ 10,965.60
Advertising
4.38
10,969.98
Franklin Terrace Guard Rail:
Labor
$ 90.51
Materials & Supplies
174.29
264.80
Globe Village Fire Sta- tion-Disabled Veterans:
Fuel
$ 142.78
Light
3.88
All Other
350.96
497.62
109
Henry St. Field Storm Drain:
Labor
$ 293.80
Materials & Supplies
1,436.82
Benoit Bros.
93.60
Equipment Hire
172.50
1,996.72
Highland St. Storm Drain:
Materials & Supplies $
747.16
Manhole & Catch Basin
97.40
Labor
232.04
Equipment Hire
45.00
1,121.60
Hill St. Reconstruction:
Advertising $ 6.88
Contract-Leo Construc-
tion Company
4,441.20
4,448.08
Hook and Hamilton Sts. Intersection
Reconstruction:
Advertising $ 6.88
All Other
38.25
Contract-Leo Construc- tion Company
16,042.38
16,087.51
Hook, Central, Foster Sts .:
Land Payment:
Leon Bousquet $ 50.90
Renato Gentili
760.00
Recording Fees, Etc. 10.00
Fileno DiGregorio
1,368.00
Title to Town
79.35
F. X. Laliberte & Son, Inc.
380.00
2,648.25
Hurricane No. 1 Carol:
Clear Debris Public Property 543.79
110
Hurricane No. 2 Edna:
Clear Debris Public Property $ 614.23
Temporary Repairs Pub- lic Property 527.16
Photographs
93.50
Brookside Bridge Re- pairs 147.00
Randolph St. Bridge
Repairs
594.21
Vinton St. Bridge Re- pairs
163.00
2,139.10
Jennison St. Sewer:
Contract-Chas.
Chase, Sr.
6,864.72
Leonide Lemire Post V.F.W .:
Rent
900.00
Marcy St. School Repairs:
Contract-F. X. Lali-
berte $ 3,670.27
Pariseau Electric Co.
7.71
Benoit Bros.
55.00
3,732.98
Moon St. Storm Drain:
Materials & Supplies $ 882.80
Equipment Hire
313.00
Labor 724.19
Benoit Bros.
242.00
2,161.99
Morris St. Porch Removal:
Contract-A. J. Arse-
neault 135.00
Morris St. Sidewalk Payment:
To Gregory Skarani
58.88
111
Morris St. Sidewalk:
Photographs
$ 9.00
Materials & Supplies
303.13
Labor
517.54
Benoit Bros.
195.00
1,024.67
Pine St. Reconstruction:
Advertising
$ 11.88
Contract-Ciesla Bros.
16,096.53
16,108.41
Plympton, St. Sewer:
To Jessica L. Williams 61.80
Mary E. Wells High School:
Roof Repairs: Contract-H. U. Bail
Sons, Inc.
15,850.00
Swimming Pool Bridge Repairs:
Labor
$
266.25
Materials & Supplies
382.79
649.04
Town Hall Alterations and Repairs:
Advertising $ 5.63
Benoit Bros.
3,376.00
Materials & Supplies
28.90
T. P. Morin
184.00
E. J. Blinn
47.00
H. U. Bail Sons, Inc. 234.88
Larochelle Electric Co.
244.00
4,120.41
Voting Precinct Account:
Booths, Material and Parts
1,557.90
Total Special Projects
$
124,777.68
112
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest:
Temporary Loans: Anticipation of Revenue
1,936.83
General Loans:
Eastford Road and West Street Schools $ 300.00
No. Dist. Elem. School
350.00
650.00
2,586.83
Municipal Indebtedness:
Temporary Loans: Anticipation of Revenue 400,000.00
No. Dist. Elem. School $ 4,000.00
Eastford Road and West
Street School
6,000.00
10,000.00
410,000.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt
$ 412,586.83
Agency, Trust and Investment
Agency:
State Auditing Tax $ 1,115.80
State Examination of Retirement System 488.21
State Parks and Res- ervation
3,425.47
5,029.48
County Tax
$ 45,961.32
County T.B. Hospital Tax
36,754.42
Dog Tax Fees Paid To County
1,992.40
School Lunch Program
29,184.09
School Athletic Fund
6,573.43
Federal Withholding Tax
91,498.43
Blue Cross
8,621.70
220,585.79
Trust and Investment:
Ella M. Cole Fund $ 64.60
Mabel Murphy Fund 64.50
Mary Mynott Fund
44.72
113
Adah Stedman Fund
24.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 1,430.00
U. S. War Bonds-Post War Rehabilitation
3,375.00
Pension and Retirement Fund and Military Leave
19,998.00
25,001.32
Total Agency, Trust and Investment $ 250,616.59
Refunds
Refunds:
Taxes and Demands $ 1,753.69
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,972.13
Marriage Fee
2.00
Blue Cross
18.15
Plans and Bids
11,153.37
Ambulance
48.00
Total Refunds
$ 14,947.34 Total Payments for 1954 $2,352,207.57
Cash On Hand December 31, 1954 373,145.42
$2,725,352.99
114
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
BALANCE SHEET -DECEMBER 31, 1954
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash $ 373,145.42 Temporary Loans Parking Meter Fees Insurance Loss Reimbursement
$ 150,000.00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1954
$ 40,377.69
Levy of 1953
1,937.88
42,315.57
J. J. Angell Fund $ 31.27
Alexis Boyer, Jr. Fund 11.29
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1954
$ 10,938.52
Levy of 1953
1,721.50
Mary Mynott Fund
21.50
Levy of 1952
16.71
12,676.73
Adah Stedman Fund
79.96
710.70
Tax Titles
$ 1,642.50
Deposits on Bids and Plans
10.00
Tax Possessions
2,044.91
3,687.41
School Athletic Fund
3,186.23
Federal Lunch Program
1,066.98
Sale of Land Account
1,000.00
Departmental:
Ambulance
$ 1,202.50
Health
249.08
1,575.00
Highways
1,451.40
1,598.83
Public Welfare
24.00
206.34
Ella M. Cole Fund
469.71
Mabel Murphy Fund
96.97
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund
Road Machinery Rental Fund Tailings
15,644.42 4,893.82
Trust Fund Income:
Aid to Dependent Children (State) Old Age Assistance (Cities & Towns)
4,677.22
423.53
Veterans Benefits (State)
1,752.81
Schools
718.25
Municipal Athletic Field
158.42
Cemetery
290.00
Airport Rental
2,350.00
13,297.21
Federal Grants:
Aid to Highways:
State
$ 11,733.00
County
5,366.50
17,099.50
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration Aid
$ 620.01
3,035.85
Old Age Assistance:
$ 4,497.23
Administration Aid
6,979.26
Disability Assistance:
$ 237.18
Administration Aid
1,727.38
17,096.91
Appropriation Balances:
Board of Appeals By-Laws Revision
$ 204.60
499.95
Enlarging Metalsmith Shop at the Cole Trade High School 6,000.00
Swimming Pool-Special Water Account 214.59
Airport Maintenance Account 460.18
Cemetery Improvement Account 1,519.50 New State Census of 1955 Acc't. 1,500.00
8,014.61
Overlays-1952:
169.47
Overdrawn Account: 1954 Chapter 90-Maintenance
1,000.00
Overestimates-1954: State Parks & Reservations Tax $ County Tax County T. B. Hospital Mainte- nance Tax
13.49
1,604.09
6,397.03
Chestnut St. Reconstruction 1,152.93 Civil Defense 312.20
1954-Chapter 90 Construction- Eastford Road 930.52
Eastford Road School Sidewalk
179.21
Eastford Road and West Street School Repairs 900.00 Foster Street Parking Lot Repairs 526.22 Hook, Central & Foster Street Land Payment 203.75
Hurricane No. 1 (Carol)
1,129.40
Hurricane No. 2 (Edna)
485.11
Moon Street Storm Drain
338.01
Morris Street Extension
167.18
Nuisance Brook Culvert
983.70
Repair Dam at 2nd Reservoir
544.80
School Building Improvement Account 4,796.20
Swimming Pool-Litchfield Avenue Drain 1,000.00
Town Hall Alterations and Repairs 5,918.23
29,966.28
By Tax Titles-1948 R. E. Tax $ 36.40
By Tax Titles-1949 R. E. Tax 67.20
By Tax Titles-1950 R. E. Tax
62.88
By Tax Titles-1951 R. E. Tax 67.44
By Tax Titles-1952 R. E. Tax
67.44
301.36
Sewer Assessment Reserve
13,692.82 Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
23,369.06
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1954 $
8,633.70
Levy of 1953
1,937.88 10,571.58
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
$ 12,676.73
Tax Title Revenue and Tax Possessions
3,920.91
Departmental
13,297.21
Aid to Highways
17,099.50
46,994.35
Excess and Deficiency
133,492.02
$ 463,391.31
$ 463,391.31
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS AND BALANCES
O'drawn Accounts 1/1/54
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer to Other Accounts
Balance to Total Expense Var. Accts.
Balance O'drawn Forw'd Accounts to 1955
12/31/54
General Government:
Moderator-Salary
60.00
By Excess and Deficiency
40.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Moderator-Expense
12.00
12.00
12.00
Finance Committee
100.00
100.00
22.78
22.78
77.22
Selectmen-Salaries
4,125.00
By Excess and Deficiency
265.38
4,390.38
4,335.26
4,335.26
55.12
Selectmen-Expense By Refund
1,000.00
7.98
1,007.98
787.72
787.72
220.26
Accountant-Salaries
5,616.00
5,616.00
5,615.58
5,615.58
.42
Accountant-Expense
500.00
500.00
476.23
476.23
23.77
Treasurer-Salaries
5,475.00
150.00
5,631.00
5,631.00
5,631.00
Treasurer-Expense
1,650.00
1,650.00
1,624.36
1,624.36
25.64
Tax Collector-Salaries
6,050.00
By Excess & Deficiency
300.00
By Reserve Fund
150.00
6,500.00
6,500.00
6,500.00
Tax Collector-Expense By Refund
2,578.00
12.00
2,590.00
2,299.92
2,299.92
290.08
Town Collector-Salaries
550.00
550.00
550.00
550.00
Town Collector-Expense
150.00
150.00
17.92
17.92
132.08
Assessors-Salaries
7,100.00
7,100.00
7,100.00
7,100.00
Assessors-Expense
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,090.06
1,090.06
9.94
Assessors-Travel
325.00
325.00
324.81
324.81
.19
Town Clerk-Salaries
6,350.00
By Reserve Fund
222.71
6,572.71
6,569.76
6,569.76
2.95
Town Clerk-Expense
775.00
50.00
825.00
772.82
772.82
52.18
Town Clerk-Typewriter
160.00
160.00
160.00
160.00
By Excess and Deficiency By Refund
6.00
By Reserve for Petty Cash
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS AND BALANCES (Continued)
O'drawn Accounts 1/1/54
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer to Other Accounts
Total Expense Var. Accts.
Balance O'drawn Forw'd to 1955
12/31/54
Election & Registration-Sal.
550.00 5,850.00
550.00
550.00
550.00
Elec. & Reg .- Elec. Exp.
By Refund
5.75
By Elec. & Reg .- Relisting
96.00
5,951.75
5,936.39
5,936.39
15.36
Elec. & Reg .- Relist. Exp. To Elec. & Reg .- Exp.
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,747.86
96.00
1,843.86
156.14
Law -- Salaries
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
Law-Expense
300.00
300.00
298.94
298.94
1.06
Engineering-Salaries
16,650.00
16,650.00
16,256.99
16,256.99
393.01
Engineering-Expense
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,985.99
1,985.99
14.01
Town Hall-Salary
2,950.00
2,950.00
2,950.00
2,950.00
Town Hall-Expense By Refund
5,500.00
.59
By Depot Repair
45.57
5,546.16
5,537.42
5,537.42
8.74
Planning Board
650.00
650.00
649.92
649.92
.08
Board of Appeals
204.60
204.60
204.60
Contributory Retirement System
1,090.00
1,090.00
1,090.00
1,090.00
By-Laws Revision -- Bal. 1/1/54
530.27
530.27
30.32
30.32
499.95
Total General Government
83,516.00
2,086.85
85,602.85
83,312.05
96.00
83,408.05
1,490.25
704.55
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police-Salaries
96,918.00
96,918.00
96,912.05
96,912.05
5.95
Police-Fingerprint Identi- fication Equipment
150.00
150.00
149.14
149.14
.86
Police-One Cruiser
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,988.25
1,988.25
11.75
Police-Building Repairs
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
Balance to
Accounts
Police-School Safety Patrol Supplies
400.00
400.00
351.61
351.61
48.39
Auxiliary Police-Equipment 100.00
100.00
95.99
95.99
4.01
10.75
345.20
4.80
Police-Expense By Officers' Equipment
10.75
9,072.75
9,034.05
9,034.05
38.70
Police Parking Meter Div. Salaries
8,766.00
8,766.00
8,766.00
8,766.00
Police-Park. Meter Div .- Expense
2,150.00
By Parking Meter Fees
550.00
2,700.00
2,699.91
2,699.91
.09
Fire-Salaries
84,186.00
By Fire Salaries
150.00
84,336.00
83,936.32
To Salary of Captain
150.00
84,086.32
249.68
Fire-Expense
5,673.00
By Ambulance
53.85
By Forest Fire Expense
53.85
5,780.70
5,713.56
To Liquid Foam
2.95
5,716.51
64.19
Fire-Out of State Travel
150.00
150.00
55.80
55.80
94.20
Fire-New Underground Cables & Fire Alarm Boxes
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,847.37
2,847.37
152.63
Fire-New Pumper Balance Jan. 1, 1954
19,483.75
19,483.75
19,483.75
19,483.75
Fire-Liquid Foam (50 gals.) By Fire Expense
250.00
2.95
252.95
252.95
252.95
Hydrants
21,450.00
21,450.00
20,897.50
20,897.50
552.50
Forest Fire-Salaries
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Forest Fire-Expense To Fire-Expense
1,620.00
1,620.00
1,187.79
53.85
1,241.64
378.36
Ambulance-Expense By Reserve Fund To Fire-Expense
1,431.00
300.00
1,731.00
1,670.57
53.85
1,724.42
6.58
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Sealer of Weights and
Measures-Expense
400.00
400.00
396.68
396.68
3.32
Police-Officiers' Equipment To Police Expense
350.00
350.00
334.45
9,062.00
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS AND BALANCES (Continued)
O'drawn Accounts 1/1/54
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer to Other Accounts
Total Expense
Balance to Var. Accts.
Balance Forw'd to 1955
O'drawn Accounts
Tree Warden
2,000.00
By Reserve Fund
1,605.00 262.66
By Excess & Deficiency
1,000.00
4,867.66
4,867.66
4,867.66
Dutch Elm Disease
3,000.00
By Reserve Fund
500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
Moth Extermination
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Animal Inspector
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Animal Inspector-Expense
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
Building Inspector-Salary
700.00
700.00
700.00
700.00
Building Inspector-Expense
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
Wire Inspector-Salary
800.00
800.00
800.00
800.00
Wire Inspector-Expense
150.00
150.00
149.40
149.40
.60
Dog Officer-Salary
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Dog Officer-Expense
495.00
495.00
495.00
495.00
Street Lighting
23,000.00
23,000.00
21,623.40
21,623.40
1,376.60
Tot. Prot. of Persons
and Property
271,576.00
23,972.81
295,548.81
292,284.20
271.40
292,555.60
2,993.21
Health and Sanitation:
Health-Salaries
9,130.00
1,074.98
10,204.98
9,645.71
9,645.71
559.27
Health-Expense
500.00
500.00
454.94
454.94
45.06
Health-T.B. & Contagious Diseases
6,000.00
6,000.00
2,178.40
2,178.40
3,821.60
Health-Premature Births
2,000.00
2,000.00
332.50
332.50
1,667.50
Health-Travel
400.00
400.00
386.48
386.48
13.52
Health-Vital Statistics
200.00
200.00
165.25
165.25
34.75
Garbage Collection
8,998.00
8,998.00
8,998.00
8,998.00
Sewer-Salaries
6,430.00
6,430.00
6,430.00
6,430.00
12/31/54
By Hurricane Carol (No. 1)
By Excess & Deficiency
Sewer-Expense Sewer-Special Repairs
1,500.00
1,500.00 750.00
1,080.34 696.00
1,080.34 696.00
419.66
Total of Health and Sanitation
35,908.00
1,074.98
36,982.98
30,367.62
30,367.62
6,615.36
Highways:
Highway-Salaries
4,100.00 38,000.00
4,100.00
4,100.00
4,100.00
Highway-Labor Refund
7.80 956.60 1,091.85
40,055.98
40,055.54
40,055.54
.44
10,000.00
9,997.72
9,997.72
2.28
Highways-Oil and Sand For Roads
10,000.00
10,000.00
9,968.61
9,968.61
31.39
Road Mach. Maintenance
10,000.00
By Reimbursement-Ins.
22.00
10,022.00
10,021.93
10,021.93
.07
New Equip. Road Mach .- Tractor
3,100.00
By Excess & Deficiency
369.43
3,469.43
3,460.75
3,460.75
8.68
New Equipment-
Catch Basin Cleaner
7,000.00
By Excess & Deficiency
4,600.00
11,600.00
11,520.00
11,520.00
80.00
1954 Chap. 90- Rd. Maint. By Highway Aid Revenue
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
Town Dump
2,160.00
2,160.00
2,160.00
2,160.00
Town Dump-Rodent Control
900.00
900.00
900.00
900.00
Rubbish Collection
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,495.62
3,495.62
4.38
Snow and Ice
10,000.00
10,000.00
9,999.71
9,999.71
.29
Total Highways
99,760.00
8,047.41
107,807.41
108,679.88
108,679.88
127.53
1,000.00
Charities and Veteran Benefits:
General Relief-Salaries
3,340.00
3,340.00
3,320.35
3,320.35
19.65
General Relief-Expense
32,000.00
By Refund
By Excess & Deficiency
135.00 8,000.00
40,135.00
40,131.39
40,131.39
3.61
Disability Assist .- Sal.
600.00
750.00
54.00
By Hurricane Carol (No. 1) By Hurricane Edna (No. 2) Highway-Expense
10,000.00
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS AND BALANCES (Continued)
O'drawn Accounts 1/1/54
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer to Other Accounts
Balance to
Balance O'drawn Forw'd Accounts to 1955
By Dis. Ass't., Fed. Grant- Salary
50.00
650.00
537.92
537.92
112.08
Disability Assist .- Expense By Refund
9,000.00
30.35
By A. D. C. Expense
1,500.00
10,530.35
10,329.38
10,329.38
200.97
Aid to Dep. Child .- Salaries
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,363.19
1,363.19
236.81
By Refunds
217.60
By A. D. C. Fed. Gr. Exp.
1,827.20
27,044.80
25,215.99
1,500.00
26,715.99
328.81
Old Age Assist .- Salaries
7,220.00
7,220.00
7,028.32
7,028.32
191.68
Old Age Assist .- Expense By Refunds
429.65
115,429.65
115,383.36
115,383.36
46.29
Aid to Dependent Children
Fed. Grant-Sal. & Admin. Balance 1/1/54
506.59
From Comm. of Mass.
978.78
1,485.37
865.36
865.36
620.01
A. D. C. Fed. Gr .- Exp. Balance 1/1/54 By Refunds
60.30
From Comm. of Mass.
19,558.87
21,686.15
18,650.30
18,650.30
3,035.85
O. A. A. Fed. Gr .- Sal. & Adm. Balance 1/1/54
3,976.44
By Refund
4.20
By O. A. A. Fed. Gr. Exp. From Comm. of Mass.
46.00
6,452.12
10,478.76
5,981.53
5,981.53
4,497.23
O. A. A., Fed. Gr .- Exp. Balance 1/1/54 By Refunds
7,383.83
943.15
From Comm. of Mass.
110,947.17
119,274.15
112,122.34
Total Expense Var. Accts.
12/31/54
Aid to Depend. Child .- Exp.
25,000.00
To Dis. Ass't. Expense
115,000.00
2,066.98
To Old Age Assist .- Exp. To O.A.A. Fed. Gr. Admin. Disability Ass't. Fed. Gr. Salary & Admin. Balance 1/1/54 From Comm. of Mass.
126.55 46.00 112,294.89
6,979.26
212.05 599.87
811.92
524.74
50.00
574.74
237.18
Dist. Ass't. Fed. Gr. Expense Balance 1/1/54
1,758.20
From Comm. of Mass.
7,663.60
9,421.80
7,694.42
7,694.42
1,727.38
Infirmary-Salaries
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,200.00
Infirmary-Expense
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,495.64
8,495.64
4.36
Veteran Benefits-Sal.
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
Veteran Benefits-Expense
26,000.00
By Refunds
790.76 15,900.00
42,690.76
42,690.36
42,690.36
.40
Veteran Services-Salaries
3,900.00
326.25
4,226.25
4,226.25
4,226.25
Veterans Services-Expense
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
Soldiers' Burials
400.00
400.00
108.10
108.10
291.90
Burial Allowance for Vet. Organizations
100.00
100.00
27.50
27.50
72.50
Maintenance of Vet. Graves
500.00
By Excess & Deficiency
100.00
600.00
598.58
598.58
1.42
Total of Charities and Veterans Benefits
238,260.00
192,464.96
430,724.96
410,395.02
1,722.55
412,117.57
1,510.48
17,096.91
Schools and Library:
Schools-Salaries
430,168.00
By Refund
18.15 1,535.16
431,721.31
423,152.86
3,000.00
426,152.86
5,568.45
School-Expense
104,051.00
By Refunds
51.61
By M. E. Wells Roof Repairs
650.00
By Marcy St. Sch. Repairs
667.02
By School-Salaries
3,000.00
108,419.63
106,879.64
By Excess & Deficiency
By Excess & Deficiency
By School Expense
To School Expense
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS AND BALANCES (Continued)
O'drawn Accounts 1/1/54
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer to Other Accounts
Balance to
Balance O'drawn Forw'd to 1955
To School-Salaries Contingency Fund
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,997.83
108,414.80 4,997.83
2.17
Enlarging the Metalsmith Shop Cole Trade High School By Excess & Deficiency M. E. Wells High School
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Roof Repairs
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