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Total Expended
70 50
Unexpended Balance
$ 79 50
Fire Department
Appropriation
$ 1,500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
86 76
Total Available
$ 1,586 76
Expended for:
Purchase of Equipment
U. S. Treasurer
$ 201 00
David G. Deane
227 70
Bowker Hamblin
58 25
Cities Service
24 09
Goodwin Fire Protection Co.
68 00
Wages fighting fires, etc. Payrolls 1 to 19 incl. 267 50
Light, heat, telephone, etc. Conant & Parker
24 56
E. P. Wine
247 50
Insurance
Frank A. Smith & Son
392 29
Miscellaneous
David Labonte
28 40
Ralph's Gulf Service Others
32 97
Total Expended
$ $
1,586 76
Unexpended Balance
0 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation
$ 10 00
plus fees
14 50
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Expended for:
Inspecting scales and pumps Frederick G. Stone $ 10 00
Total expended
$ 10 00
Unexpended balance
$ 0 00
Moth Suppression
Appropriation Expended for:
Locating and destroying gypsy moth egg clusters
J. Fred Allen $ 31 20
W. Francis Brennan 30 00
Destroying webworm nests J. Fred Allen 94 50
Total expended
$ 177 30
Unexpended balance
$ 32 70
Dutch Elm Disease Control
Appropriation
$ 205 00
Expended for:
Locating infected trees
J. Fred Allen $ 33 75
Cutting down and destroying infected trees
J. Fred Allen
95 85
W. Francis Brennan
55 90
Equipment and supplies Ross Bros. J. Fred Allen
6 60
1 32
Total expended
$
193 42
Unexpended balance
$
11 58
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$
50 00
Expnded for:
Labor removing trees R. T. Young, Jr. $ 14 00
Percy Wilbur 10 80
Edward H. Kennan
10 80
210 00 $
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Rental of power saw R. T. Young, Jr.
13 75
Total expended
$ 49 35
Unexpended balance
$ 0 65
Inspection of Wires
Appropriation
$
25 00
Expended for:
Inspection of wiring and installations Ralph I. Downer
$ 5 00
Total expended
$
5 00
Unexpended balance
$
20 00
Dog Officer
Appropriation
$
50 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
33 75
Available
$
83 75
Expended for:
Disposing of stray dogs
Waclaw Smichinski
$ 32 50
Advertising - Dorothy P. Day
1 25
Dog officers wages and expenses Waclaw Smichinski
50 00
Total Expended
$
83 75
Unexpended balance
$ 0 00
Civilian Defense
Appropriation
$
50 00
Carried over from 1954
225 00
Available
$ 275 00
Expended - None
Total Expended
0 00
Unexpended Balance
$ *275 00
*Carried over to 1956
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ANNUAL REPORT HEALTH and SANITATION Board of Health
Appropriation Expended for:
$
25 00
Medical supplies for polio inoculations A. E. Thmpson, Inc. $ 9 90
Signs for Town Dump Walter W. Nelson 15 10
Total Expended
$
25 00
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
Inspection of Animals
Appropriation
$
35 00
Expended for:
Inspection - W. Francis Brennan $ 35 00
$
35 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Inspection of Slaughtering
Appropriation
$ 25 00
Expended for:
Inspection - W. Francis Brennan $
25 00
Total Expended
$ 25 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Total Expended
1955 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT
Chap. 81M Chap. 90M Chap. 90C
Snow & Sand
Totals
Available
$ 13,200 00 $
4,800 00 $ 19,289 59 $
3,700 00 $ 40,989 59
Expended for:
Wages and Salaries
3,570 25
784 75
2,687 70
1,066 90
8,109 60
Town Owned Equipment
1,917 10
317 60
1,210 80
620 80
4,066 30
Hired Equipment
Blake ,Levi, Jr., truck and roller
125 00
91 00
230 00
121 00
567 00
Blake, Raymond, truck
102 00
102 00
Crawford, Roscoe, power saw
52 50
130 00
182 50
DeMarco, Michael, truck
431 75
89 25
1,487 50
367 25
2,375 75
Dermody, William, power saw
70 00
70 00
Jamara Bros., tractor and shovel
104 00
149 50
412 80
666 30
Jamara Bros., trucks
858 00
203 50
539 00
137 50
1,738 00
Kazemekas, Benny, truck
151 50
451 00
602 50
New Braintree, Town of, grader
705 00
60 00
217 50
982 50
Rutland, Town of, hone
25 00
25 00
Sykes, Edgar, bulldozer
123 00
1,116 00
1,239 00
Sykes, Edgar, truck
225 50
253 00
137 50
616 00
Wiley, James D., truck and roller
174 00
43 00
355 50
572 50
Young, R. T., bulldozer
132 00
132 00
Young, R. T., Jr., shovel
854: 40
2,745 60
3,600 00
Young, R. T., Jr., truck
334 50
22 00
897 00
44 00
1,297 50
Young, R. T., Jr., compressor
1,166 20
1,166 20
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Materials and Supplies Blake, Geo. F., Inc. Carluth Pine Co. Curtis, R. T.
57 31
57 31
153 90
153 90
13 00
13 00
Doyle, John J. Co.
107 94
107 94
Equipment Co., The
100 22
100 22
Files Equipment Co.
83 55
83 55
Furnace Grain & Coal Co.
29 45
21 00
50 45
Hedge & Mattheis Co.
179 52
179 52
Holden Trap Rock Co. Hume Pipe Co.
18 46
118 69
137 15
203 06
203 06
Independent Coal Tar Co.
2,710 19
1,990 24
549 98
5,250 41
International Salt Co.
436 41
436 41
Jamara Bros.
307 50
427 50
730 05
331 50
1,796 55
Loux, A. J.
18 62
18 62
Malleable Iron Fittings Co.
15 66
15 66
Miller, John
881 90
881 90
New England Metal Culvert Co.
10169
146 05
247 74
Smith Highway Equipment
72 00
72 00
Worc. County Trust Co.
166 83
166 83
Worc. Foundry Co.
35 00
35 00
Zukus, William
332 70
63 00
395 70
Total Expended
$ 13,199 21 $ 4,794 37 $ 17,257 13 $
3,262 86 $ 38,513 57
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ANNUAL REPORT Purchase and Maintenance (Machinery Account)
Transferred from Machinery Fund $ 2,500 00
Transferred at Second Meeting, July 18, 1955 1,000 00
Total Available
$ 3,500 00
Expenditures:
Benoit, Brothers
2 00
Blake, Geo. F., Inc.
52 28
Bleiler Equipment Co.
1,450 00
Caranci Oil Co.
31 45
Central Retreading Co.
12 80
Conant, Mary
4 93
Conant & Parker Telephone Co.
10 42
Day, Dorothy
17 13
Daniels, Ralph
16 50
Files Equipment Co.
31 85
Furnace Coal and Grain Co.
7 55
Goldstein & Gurwitz
263 54
Gulf Oil Corporation
470 65
Hardwick Farmers Co-op Exchange
46 80
Kelley Sq. Tire Co.
140 88
Klem Tractor Sales
6 35
Loux, A. J.
29 64
McGann Ford Sales
153 18
Quigley, Robert T.
5 15
Rutland Garage
50
Smith Highway Equipment Co.
180 48
Smith, Frank A. & Son, Inc.
290 37
Spinney, LeRoy C.
7 13
Western Auto Store
28 14
Worcester County Electric Light
12 60
Young, Gordon
52 00
Total Expended $ 3,324 32
Unexpended balance returned to
Machinery Fund $ 175 68
Labor Report
Labor for 1955 $ 8,109 60
R. T. Young, Jr., Supt. $ 1,524 00 2,402 45
Wilbur Percy
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Kennan, Edward H.
2,060 75
Barr, Stephen
151 75
Bullard, Ralph
52 50
Clough, Peter
818 55
Crawford, Roscoe
92 50
DeMarco, Michael
51 30
Dermody, William
15 00
Dwelly, Wesley
308 35
Hardy, Leonard A.
31 25
Miller, John
12 50
Ostiguy, Leo
575 10
Parsons, James B.
13 50
Machinery Fund
On Hand, January 1, 1955
$
2,582 64
Transferred to Machinery Account
March 7, 1955 $ 2,500 00
Transferred to Machinery Account July 18, 1955 1,000 00
Received for Machinery Rentals
Truck
3,001 50
Tractor
969 80
Snow plows
60 00
Sander
35 00
Total Receipts
$ 4,066 30
On Hand, December 31, 1955
$ 3,148 94
Street Lights
Appropriation
$ 396 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
33 00
Available
$ 429 00
Expended for:
Electric current
Worcester County Electric Co. $ 429 00
Total Expended
429 00,
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Emergency Flood Relief
Approval received from Director of Corporations and Taxation Herman B. Dine to spend up to $10,000 for flood damage repairs.
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Expended for:
Labor
R. T. Young, Jr., Supt.
$ 190 75
Percy Wilbur, laborer 340 20
Edward H. Kennan, laborer
247 05
Stephen Barr, laborer
30 00
William Dermody, laborer
51 25
Wesley Dwelly, laborer
30 00
Leo Ostiguy, laborer
105 30
Michael DeMarco, laborer
29 70
Total Labor
$ 1,024 25
Equipment
Town of New Braintree, grader
$ 427 50
Jamara Bros., 3/4 yd. shovel
518 40
R. T. Young, Jr., 3/4 yd. shovel
460 80
Jamara Bros., tractor backhoe
52 00
E. W. Sykes, bulldozer
258 00
R. T. Young, Jr., trailer
15 00
R. T. Young, Jr., truck
305 50.
Jamara Bros., trucks
825 00
M. DeMarco, trucks
512 00
E. W. Sykes, trucks
477 00
B. Kazemekas, trucks
363 00
F. Robinson, trucks
34 00.
J. Wiley, trucks
638 00,
Total equipment
$ 4,886 20
Materials
William Zukus, gravel
$ 260 60
John Robinson, gravel
144 00
Jamara Bros., gravel
118 20
Holden Trap Rock Co., coldpatch
149 88
Ind. Coal Tar Co., road oil
218 29:
Total Materials
$ 890 97
Miscellaneous
C. B. Cleaners, cleaning catch basins
$
77 50
Total expended
$ 6,878 92
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Report of the PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Receipts
Old Age Assistance Appropriation $ 6,000 00
Federal Grants accrued and paid 4,393 02
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 1-1-55
2,141 25
State Reimbursements
on Advice of Audit
3,649 42
State O.A.A. Meal Tax
240 30
Refunds from Recipients
65 05
Reimbursements from Other
Cities and Towns
31 91
TOTAL
$ 16,520 95
Expenditures and Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Recipients) $ 9,944 04
Payments to Other Cities and Towns 846 06
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 12-31-55
1,782 78
State Reimbursement to Estimated
Receipts
3,649 42
State O.A.A. Meal Tax to Estimated Receipts 240 30
Other Cities and Towns to Estimated Receipts 31 91
Returned to Revenue
26 44
TOTAL $ 16,520 95
Year Gross Expense Reimbursements Net Expense 1955 $ 10,790 10 $ 8,314 65 $ 2,475 45* *Include payment of $836.39 to Boston for outstanding bill covering period 10-1-48 to 11-30-52.
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Receipts
Disability Assistance Appropriation $ 1,500 00 Federal Grants accrued and paid 751 45
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Balance in Fed. account on 1-1-55 654 68 State Reimbursements on Advice of Audit
296 43
TOTAL
$
3,202 56
Expenditures and Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Recipients) $ 1,408 05
Balance in Fed. Acct. on 12-31-55
758 33
State Reimbursements to Estimated Receipts 296 43
Transferred to Snow Removal Acct.
on 12-30-55
700 00
Returned to Revenue 39 75
TOTAL
$ 3,202 56
Year
Gross Expense Reimbursements
Net Expense
1955 $ 1,408 05 $ 1,047 88 $ 360 17
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Receipts
Aid to Dependent Children Appropriation $ 250 00
Federal Grants accrued and paid
149 72
Balance in Federal Acct. on 1-1-55
274 74
State Reimbursements on Advice of Audit 150 97
TOTAL
$
825 43
Expenditures and Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants (Recipients) $ 452 90
Balance in Federal Acct .on 12-31-55 195 16
State Reimbursements to Estimated Receipts 150 97 Returned to Revenue 26 40
TOTAL
Year
$ 825 43 Gross Expense Reimbursements Net Expense
1955 $ 452 90 $ 300 69 $ 152 21
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GENERAL RELIEF
Receipts
General Assistance Appropriation $ 1,250 00
Administrative Refund 45 76
State Reimbursements for Unsettled Cases
633 75
Due from State
689 85
TOTAL
2,619 36 $
Expenditures and Estimates
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants
(Recipients) $ 1,209 58
Legal Services
75 00
State Reimbursements to Estimated Receipts 633 75
Due from State
689 85
Returned to Revenue
11 18
TOTAL
$ 2,619 36
Year Gross Expense Reimbursements Net Expense 1955 $ 1,284 58 $ 1,369 36 $84 78 Cr.
QUABOAG WELFARE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE COST
Report for year 1955
Receipts from Towns:
North Brookfield
$ 1,275 00
Hardwick
749 01
East Brookfield
389 16
Oakham
205 19
Refund 50 12
Receipts from Fed. Reimbursements 5,320 31
Receipts from State Reimbursements 3,697 50
Total Receipts
$ 11,686 29
Expenditures
Salaries Travel
$ 9,366 09 521 66
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245 32
Postage
Supplies
255 67
Telephone
303 94
Purchase of Equipment
346 30
Repair of Equipment
72 55
Repair and Alterations
30 84
Miscellaneous
139 04
Total
$ 11,281 41
Cash on hand, December 31, 1955
$ 404 88
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Report of the OAKHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Year Ending December 31, 1955
Appropriated
Expenditures
$ 35,890 43 $ 35,890 43 34,246 59
Unused Balance
$ 1,643 84
Receipts
14,635 76
16,279 60
ACTUAL COST TO TOWN
$ 19,610 83
Receipts:
Chapter 70
$ 5,484 73
Transportation
8,784 00
Superintendent
193 33
Vocational Aid
173 70
$ 14,635 76
Expenditures
GENERAL CONTROL
Superintendent
$ 370 04
Union Office Salaries
294 89
Union Office Expense
209 30
Census
15 00
$
889 23
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Esther G. Hawkes
$ 3,066 64
Winifred B. Lane
2,799 92
Helena K. Rutherford
2,799 92
Dorothea S. Roth, Art
185 02
Lawrence J. Lesser, Art
90 00
Ruth S. Innes, Music
189 96
Arnold M. Reppucci, Music
85 04
Rinehart
200 00
Elsie Havens
100 00
Mary Parsons
10 00
Lorraine Ream
85 00
Beverly Rosenberg
10 00
Charlotte Williams
40 00
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Textbooks Supplies
131 73 291 29
$ 10,084 52
OPERATION OF SCHOOL PLANT
Winthrop B. Boyd
$ 520 00
Floor brush
4 14
Mop and wringer
8 75
Liquid soap
8 70
Bulbs and starters
22 60
Spray
2 21
Fuel - E. P. Wine
908 86
Fuel - Lehigh Petroleum
5 50
1,480 76 $
MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL PLANT
Barre Gazette
4 50
Lee Conant
12 50
Mary Conant
35
Sumner Crawford
5 00
Ralph I. Daniels
231 81
William Fullam Co.
8 58
Garfield Wright
39 45
Garfield Wright
(heating improvements)
1,788 33
Donald Hardy
2 55
Jamara Bros.
22 75
Richard Morris
8 00
Robert W. Quigley
80
Leroy A. Spinney
7 75
Waite's
6 60
Washburn Garfield
159 25
$ 2,298 22
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Nurse - Brenda T. Sullivan $ 218 24
Doctor - Channing H. Washburn
75 00
Health Supplies
26 90
Tuition - North Brookfield
2,064 00
Wachusett Regional H. S.
5,537 63
Worcester
346 90
Transportation
Leonard A. Hardy
$5,080 00
John O'Donnell
1,600 00
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High School
4,410 40 $ 19,359 07
OUTLAY
New Equipment
Shades
$ 25 50
Hose and nozzle
10 49
Swings
70 54
Miscellaneous (Town of Rutland)
1 00
School Lunch
5 50
Miscellaneous
Embossing diplomas
2 80
Programs
2 30
Graduation music
5 61
Comm. Exp. (Mr. Janes meeting at Swampscott)
11 05
$ 134 79
TOTAL
$ 34,246 59
School Addition Account
Carried over from 1954
$
375 67
Expended for:
Painting - Ralph I. Daniels $ 165 00
Heating System - Garfield Wright
210 67
Total Expended
$ 375 67
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
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Libraries
Appropriation
$ 800 00
Plus Refund from Dog Taxes
223 00
Transferred from Income of Trust Funds
778 88
Total Available
$ 1,801 88
Expended for:
Heat and Lights E. P. Wine
$ 288 13
Worc. Co. Elec. Co.
28 20
Books and Magazines Various publishers
354 33
Wages and Salaries
Lila Wilbur, Librarian
245 00
Nancy Wilson, Assisting Librarian
12 00
Winthrop Boyd, Janitor
100 00
Maintenance and Repairs R. L. Whipple Co.
$ 585 36
Ralph I. Daniels
108 00
Misc. Supplies etc.
80 86
Total Expended
$ 1,801 88
Unexpended Balance
$
0 00
4-H Clubs
Appropriation
$
100 00
Expended for:
4-H Camp expenses,
Worcester County 4-H Camp $ 35 00
Miscellaneous supplies
64 28
Total Expended
$ 99 28
Unexpended Balance
$
0 72
Cemeteries
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Transferred from Income of Trust Funds
331 49
Total Available
$
831 49
Expended for:
Labor - Leonard A. Hardy $ 597 45
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Repair to Equipment - A. Mineault Others 16 12
34 00
New Equipment, Walsh's Market (Power mower) 134 45
Excavation - Jamara Bros.
12 00
Office Expenses and Mileage Arthur Webb
21 50
Misc. Supplies
15 97
Total expended
$ 831 49
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Expended for:
Memorial Day Observances
American Legion Post No. 378 $ 100 00
Total Expended $ 100 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Worcester County Retirement Assessment
Appropriation $ 458 64
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham by the Worcester County Commissioners and paid to the Treasurer, Worc. County $ 458 64 Total Expended
458 64.
Unexpended Balance $ 0 00
Employees Compensation Insurance
Appropriation $ 675 00
Expended for insurance Frank A. Smith & Sons $ 585 45 Total Expended 585 45
Unexpended Balance $ 89 55
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Veterans Benefits
Appropriation Expended for dues Total Expended
$ 150 00
$
5 00
5 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 145 00
Care of Town Common
Appropriation
$ 60 00
Expended for mowing lawns
Boy Scout Troop No. 144
$ 60 00
Total Expended
60 00
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Fire Insurance
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Transferred to Town Officer's Supplies
300 00
Available
$ 300 00
Expended for:
Insurance on Town Hall
Frank A. Smith $ 134 94
I. E. Irish
44 11
Security System
29 40
Town Garage - Smiley Kingsbury
15 30
Total expended
$ 223 75
Unexpended balance
$ 76 25
Maturing Debt
Appropriation
Paid to:
Worcester County Trust Co. $ 2,000 00
2,000 00
Unexpended balance
$ 0 00
Total paid
$ 2,000 00
Interest on Maturing Debt
Appropriation Paid to: $ 450 00
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Worcester County Trust Co. $ 447 83 Total expended
447 83
Unexpended balance
$ 2 17
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 175 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
2 58
Available
$ 177 58'
Expended for:
Telephone - Conant & Parker Tel Co. 75 20
Repairs to Town Clock Bradford Cheney
73 38
Dues
17 50
Miscellaneous
11 50
Total Expended 177 58.
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
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ACCOUNTS PAID FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS WITHOUT APPROPRIATION OR TRANSFER
Worcester County Retirement Expenses
Amount Withheld from town employees and
turned over to Worc. County Treasurer $ 366 90
Rebates returned to employees 12 27
Total
$ 379 17
Worcester County Tax
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham by the Worcester County Commissioners $ 1,738 76
Paid the Worcester County Treasurer from excess revenue
1,738 76
Dog Tax
Total amount of Dog Taxes collected by Town Clerk $ 341 80
Less fees retained by Town Clerk 25 60
Net Return 316 20
Turned over to Worcester County Treasurer 316 20
Worcester County Tubercular Hospital
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham by theWorcester County Commissioners for care of patients and for maintenance of the Worcester County Tubercular Hospital $ 774 42
Paid the Worcester County Treasurer from excess revenue $ 774 42
Federal Withholding Taxes
Amount withheld from wages of town employees $ 2,357 20
Paid to Federal Reserve Bank of Boston $ 2,357: 20
State Parks and Reservations
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham by the Commissioner of Natural Resources for the Maintenance of State Parks & Reservations $ 75 02
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Paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth from excess revenue $ 75 02
Excise Tax Refunds
Total amount of abatements paid to motor vehicle owners from excise tax receipts $ 205 07
Tax Levy Adjustments
Amount of poll taxes abated
$ 2 00
Amount of Real Estate taxes abated 1952 tax levy 1955 tax levy
48 40
134 00
Total amount of taxes abated
$ 184 40
Alden Fund
Withdrawn from income of Fund
$ 394 14 Expended for:
Hospital supplies & medications $ 136 14
ยท Baskets of fruits, etc. 180 00
Flowers 60 00
Ambulance service
18 00
Total Expended
$ 394 14
Unexpended Balance
$ 0 00
Tax Tiile Account
Expended for recording instrument of taking Robert R. Gallagher $ 2 00
Collector's Fees
Expended for collection of taxes
Edward B. Conroy, Deputy Sheriff $ 11 41
State Audit
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham for State audit of accounts $ 391 51
Paid to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth from excess revenue $ 391 51
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Aerial Spraying (Gypsy Moth)
Amount assessed the Town of Oakham for aerial spraying for gypsy moth control Paid to the Treasurer of the Commonweath from excess revenue
$ 93 00
$ 93 00
School Lunch Food
On hand January 1, 1955
$ 353 48
Total amount received during 1955
3,442 85
Total expended during 1955 from receipts
2,968 10
On hand December 31, 1955
828 23
Selectmen's Reserve Fund Appropriated from Overlay Surplus $ 1,000 00
Transferred to:
Street Light account $ 33 00
Dog Officer account
33 75
Fire Department account
86 76
Miscellaneous
2 58
Total transferred $ 156 09
Unexpended balance returned to Overlay Surplus $ 843 91
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TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester.
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham, qualified to vote in elections, and in town affairs to meet in the town hall known as "Memorial Hall" on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at 12M at which time the polls will be opened and will be closed at 8 P.M.
Business meeting will open at 8 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles.
Article 1. To hear the annual report of the several town officers and to act thereon.
Article 2. To choose one Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one member of the School Committee, one Library Trustee, one member of the Cemetery Committee, all for three year terms; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a two year term; a Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree War- den, six Constables, three Fence Viewers, and a Moderator for one year terms; and to see if the town will have its Selectmen act as the Board of Publc Welfare, all on one ballot.
Article 3. To choose all the necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to fix the sala- ries and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended: 1 Town Clerk, 3 Selectmen, 3 Assessors, 3 Board of Public Welfare members, 3 School Committee members, 3 Library Trustees, 3 Cemetery Committee members, 1 Mo- derator, 1 Tax Collector, 1 Treasurer, 1 Auditor and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 5. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and trucks used in repairing highways and
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opening roads for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to bond their Treasurer. Collector, Town Clerk and their assistants.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds such sums of money as are necessary to pay charges, expenses and out- lays of the several town departments for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow during the current fiscal year, in anticipation of the reve- nue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town giving the note or notes of the town therefor, these notes to be paid from the reve- nue of said financial year.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $1,000 from the Overlay Surplus for the pur- poses of a Reserve Fund.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept any trust funds that may be left for the care of the cemeteries or other purposes.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $3,300 from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account, a portion of this to be used for the purchase of a new truck and the balance to be used for ordinary operating expenses, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for the improvement of Spencer and South Roads, under Chapter 90 Construction, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Oakham Civilian De- fense Organization or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay the notes of the Town coming due during the fiscal year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used to pay the accrued interest due during the fiscal year on its outstanding Fund- ed and Fixed Debt, and on any temporary loans which may be necessary during the year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Assessors to take $8,000, or any other sum from available funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to be used to make improve- ments to the Center Cemetery, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to make the following amendments to the Town By-Laws or take any action relative thereto:
CHAPTER IV Removal of Soil
Section 1. No person shall remove any topsoil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the town not in public use unless such removal is authorized by a permit issued by the Board of Selectmen, excepting when such removal shall be in conjunction with the construction of a building on the property or for the continued operation of an existing sand or gravel pit.
Section 2. No such permit shall be issued until an application therefor is filed with the Board and a public hearing is held thereon. The date, time, and place of such hearing shall be posted in three public places in the town at least seven days before the date of the hearing.
Section 3. The selectmen as a condition of granting
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approval may require that the party removing any of the above materials from a property shall leave the property in a condition conforming with the specifications of the Board and may require that a bond or deposit be furnished in an amount to be determined by the Board in order to insure compliance with said specifications.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in at least three public places in said town seven days at least before time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hand this ninth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.
ROGER H. LONERGAN WALTER W. NELSON JOHN P. O'DONNELL
Board of Selectmen
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Balance Sheet 50
Board of Heatlh 28
Board of Selectmen 14
Cemetery Commissioner
39
Charlton Home Farm
36
Financial Report 45
School Committee 71
Public Welfare Department
67
Fire Department
25
Fobes Memorial Library
29
Highway Superintendent
37
Librarian
30
Moth Superintendent
27
Police Chief
24
Public Welfare
33
Quaboag Welfare District
34
School Committee
40
Superintendent of Schools
42
Tax Collector
21
Town Auditor
23
Town Clerk
7
Town Officers
5
Town Treasurer
18
Warrant 81
Wire Inspector 28
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IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT Leonard A. Hardy, Chief and Forest Fire Warden Oakham 17-4
POLICE Walter W. Nelson, Chief - Oakham 31-13 State Police, Holden, Valley 9-4431
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
W. Francis Brennan - N. Brookfield Vol. 7-2318
TOWN CLERK
Dorothy P. Day - Oakham 17-12
TAX COLLECTOR Walter G. Chapman - Oakham 30
PUBLIC WELFARE
Quaboag Welfare District - N. Brookfield Vol. 7-6727
Board of Selectmen
Oakham 15
Center School
Oakham 15
Board of Assessors
Oakham 15
Selectmen meet Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month.
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