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Martin, John F., 146 S. Main St. McCarthy, Jeremiah J., 10 Beacon St.
Miner, Charles E., 37 N. Main St.
Noyes, William W., 455 Spring St. Peterson, James P., 57 N. Main St.
Purdy, Leonard, 121 E. Center St. Ryder, Arthur F., 15 Charles St.
Savage, Raymond, 202 W. Center St.
Towers, Walter H., 449 North Elm St.
Trohon, William H. 70 N. Main St.
Chauffeur Retired Machinist Oil Salesman Retired
Farmer Clerk Carpenter Clerk Defense Worker
LIST OF JURORS DRAWN FOR JURY DUTY, 1944
Henry E. Andrews
Ivan P. Carlson
Fred G. Chisholm
Norman Cogswell
Jerimiah Dansereau
Edward J. Ensher
George J. Duperre J. Russell Hemenway
Joseph H. Kline
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER Massachusetts
For the Year Ending December 31 1944
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To the Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my annual report in accordance with Sec- tion 61, Chapter 41, General Laws, for the year ending December 31, 1944, giving a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the town and showing the amount of each specific appropriation, with statements showing the town debt and trust funds.
Respectfully submitted,
A. M. DEAN,
Town Accountant.
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GENERAL ACCOUNTS
FINANCIAL CONDITION December 31, 1944 ASSETS
Cash:
General
66,371.88
Library-Petty
10.00
66,381.88
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1944:
Poll
52.00
Personal
1,260.91
Real Estate
9,762.99
11,075.90
Motor Vehicle Excise: .
Levy of 1944
220.84
52
Tax Titles
1,708.81
Tax Possessions
1,386.07
Aid to Highways-Chapter 90:
State
696.63
County
696.63
1,393.26
Departmental:
Health
319.29
State Aid
220.00
Old Age Assistance
705.17
1,244.46
Water Department:
Rates and Services
1,734.83
Liens, 1944
232.76
1,967.59
85,378.81
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Payroll Deductions:
Purchase of War Bonds
33.25
Federal Withholding Tax
438.48
471.73
Special Accounts:
Westdale Improvement Society
174.76
Surplus War Bonus Fund
540.32
Tailings
Fire Loss Reimbursement
750.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1,707.00
Trust and Investment Funds:
Principal:
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
250.00
Library Trust Fund
498.53
Income:
William J. & Anna C. Howard
Scholarship Fund
50.00
798.53
Road Machinery Fund
3,966.61
748.53
715.08
25.72
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Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
25.96
Child Welfare Service
360.25
Old Age Assistance Administration
57.49
Vocational Education
533.41
977.11 1,741.47
Unexpended Appropriation Balance
Revenues Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise
220.84
Tax Titles and Possessions
3,094.88
Departmental
1,244.46
Aid to Highways
1,393.26
Water
1,967.59
7,921.03
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1944
3,265.16
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
8,264.34
Surplus Revenue:
General
45,479.18
Water
9,295.85
85,378.81
DEBT ACCOUNT AND TRUST FUNDS
Net Funded or Fixed Debts, Water Loan 4,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities 74,242.56
William J. and Anna C. Howard Scholarship Trust Fund
5,085.28
Library Funds
20,931.30
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 7,470.98 Investment:
Post War Rehabilitation
Fund 40,755.00
74,242.56
74,242.56
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
Current Year:
Real Estate
$72,741.21
Personal
11,136.15
Poll
1,852.00
85,729.36
Previous Years:
Real Estate
12,973.04
Personal
1,296.05
Poll
4.79
Estate Tax Recovery
19.18
Tax Titles
1,816.65
FROM THE STATE:
Income Tax
15,028.71
Corporations Taxes
8,980.31
Old Age Assistance Meal Tax
1,053.52
Reimbursement from Loss of Taxes
54.13
25,116.67
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor Licenses
805.50
Oleo and Sunday Victuallers
22.00
Pasteurizing Milk
110.00
Permits and All Other Licenses
101.50
1,039.00
FINES AND FORFEITS:
Fines-Court
489.80
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
From the State:
Schools:
Massachusetts School Fund 1,288.89
16,109.71
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Tuition of Children
274.11
Vocational Education
159.48
1,722.48
Highway: Chapter 569, Acts 1943
5,417.06
George Deen Federal Funds, Vocational
925.00
From the County: Dog Licenses
217.14
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1944
4,634.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1943
265.35
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1942
4.74
4,904.50
DEPARTMENTAL
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Treasurer
129.00
License Commissioners
2.25
Town Clerk
2.34
133.59
TOWN HALL:
Rent and Miscellaneous
410.68
Wood for Public Welfare
53.00
463.68
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Sealer of Weights and Measures
28.85
Fire
25.00
53.85
FORESTRY:
Moth Department
75.00
HIGHWAYS:
State & County Joint Maintenance
673.94
Machine Fund
69.25
Miscellaneous
84.60
827.79
HEALTH:
Commonwealth
282.85
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PUBLIC WELFARE:
Reimbursement-Temporary Aid:
State
209.28
Individuals
411.00
Other Cities and Towns
92.26
712.54
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Reimbursements:
Cities & Towns
1,052.69
State
12,646.20
Federal Grant
14,756.85
Individuals
21.45
28,477.19
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES:
Federal Grant
1,827.80
DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
State
1,019.16
Federal Grant
352.62
1,371.78
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
State Aid
120.00
War Allowance
50.00
170.00
SCHOOLS:
Tuition
391.17
LIBRARY:
Fines
94.93
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE:
Water Rates
14,820.75
Water Liens
661.52
15,482.27
INTEREST:
Real Estate and Personal
360.52
Motor Vehicle Excise
3.45
Tax Title Redemption
287.75
Charges & Fees
126.80
778.52
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AGENCY, TRUSTS AND INVESTMENTS: Agency:
Dog Tax
1,032.60
Trusts:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, Withdrawn for use
124.00
Library Trust Funds, Withdrawn for use
436.96
Investments-Trust Funds:
Investment Post War Rehabilitation Fund
750.00
Library Trust Funds
409.16
Library Trust Funds for Reinvestment
498.53
Scholarship Trust Fund
275.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
500.00
Deducted for the Purchase of War Bonds
275.00
Deducted for Federal Payroll Tax
5,119.08
REFUNDS:
School Retirement Fund
39.75
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$202,273.76
Departmental Accounts
PAYMENTS
MODERATOR
Appropriation
25.00
Expenses:
Moderator
25.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriation
15.00
Expenses:
Finance Committee
12.50
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue 2.50
58
PRESERVING OLD RECORDS
Appropriation
50.00
Expenses:
Preserving Old Records
24.66
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
25.34
LAW
Appropriation
375.00
Expense:
Law
187.50
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
187.50
OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES
Appropriation
25.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
25.00
SELECTMEN
Appropriation
900.00
Salary
430.00
Expense
470.00
Expenses :
Salary
386.00
Clerk
156.00
Office Supplies & Postage
17.92
Printing and Advertising
57.82
All Other
18.70
Servicemen's Expense
138.65
775.09
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
124.91
ACCOUNTING
Appropriation
820.00
Expenses:
Accountant
624.00
Typist-Clerk
128.00
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Printing & Postage All Other
9.68
42.62
804.30
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
15.70
TREASURER
Appropriation
1,350.00
Salary
800.00
Expense
550.00
Expenses:
Salary
800.00
Clerk
50.00
Office Supplies
12.52
Travel
74.00
Tax Title Expense
8.10
Stationery & Postage
142.68
Printing
4.71
Surety Bond
76.00
Notary Fees
10.00
All Other
3.00
1,181.01
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
168.99
COLLECTOR
Appropriation
1,855.00
Salary
1,400.00
Expense
455.00
Expenses:
Salary
1,400.00
Office Supplies
24.49
Tax Title Expense
38.00
Stationery & Postage
103.12
Printing
58.50
Surety Bond
130.25
Travel
50.00
60
Notary Fees
16.25
1,820.61
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
34.39
ASSESSORS
Appropriation
1,630.00
Salary
1,200.00
Expense
430.00
Expenses:
Salaries
939.00
Transfer Lists and Typists
306.35
Printing
1.00
Travel
82.50
Office Supplies
24.90
Other
3.35
1,357.10
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
272.90
TOWN CLERK
Appropriation
820.00
Salary
720.00
Expense
100.00
Expenses :
Salary
720.00
Stationery & Postage
28.06
Printing
20.60
Office Supplies
12.49
Travel
14.00
All Other
3.00
Surety Bond
7.50
805.65
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
14.35
61
ELECTION & REGISTRATION
Appropriation
1,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
126.62
1,126.62
Expenses :
Registrars
124.13
Counters, Checkers, and Observers
448.53
Annual Lists
160.52
Typist
216.00
Printed Forms
170.70
All Other
6.74
1,126.62
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
2,725.00
Expenses :
Janitor
1,144.00
Telephone
173.64
Fuel
447.63
Light
245.55
Janitor's Supplies
67.74
Repairs
236.50
Water
14.00
2,329.06
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
395.94
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
3,195.00
Expenses:
Chief
1,746.39
Police
416.90
Special Police
91.80
Motor Equipment and Repair
253.19
.
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Gasoline & Oil
278.91
Stationery & Postage
28.81
Telephone
150.55
Equipment for men
55.52
All Other
37.13
Radio
100.00
Out of State Expense
35.12
3,194.32
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
.68
Appropriation
60.00
Expense:
Dog Officer
60.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
2,450.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
122.54
2,572.54
Expenses :
Chief
300.00
Bonus
190.00
Firemen
1,352.00
Truck Equipment, Rep. & Supplies
216.39
Call Station
180.00
Supplies & Equipment
14.67
Gasoline and Oil
76.04
Electricity
72.85
Telephone
120.35
Other
12.30
Out of State Expense
37.94
2,572.54
HYDRANTS
Appropriation
1,490.00
Expense:
Hydrants
1,490.00
DOG OFFICER
63
FORESTRY MOTH EXTERMINATION
2,300.00
Expenses :
Superintendent
725.00
Labor
972.00
Insecticides
155.97
Equipment and Repairs
24.35
Gasoline & Oil
53.42
Supplies & All Other
16.54
Equipment Hire
64.00
2,011.28
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
288.72
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
750.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
150.00
900.00
Salary
300.00
Expense
450.00
Expenses :
Superintendent
350.00
Labor
492.80
Gasoline & Oil
21.73
Tools & Hardware
7.20
Truck Repair
28.27
900.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
100.00
Expenses:
Sealer
67.62
Gasoline & Oil
7.04
Supplies
10.04
84.70
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
15.30
Appropriation
64
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation
1,875.00
Salary
Expense
50.00 1,825.00
Expenses :
Typist-Clerk
144.60
Forms, Supplies, Stationery & Postage
7.60
Care of Dump
86.16
Vital Statistics
126.50
All Other
722.80
Visiting Nurse
300.00
Inspection of Animals
93.21
1,480.87
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue 394.13 .
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
10,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
61.97
10,061.97
Expenses :
Superintendent
1,430.00
Labor
5,863.50
Equipment Hire
462.70
Tarvia
1,289.17
Tools
16.20
Sand, Gravel, etc.
816.72
Electricity
8.25
All Other
174.50
10,061.04
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
.93
65
HIGHWAY - SPECIAL
CHAPTER NO. 90 - MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
1,000.00
From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1,000.00
From the County of Plymouth
1,000.00
3,000.00
Expenses:
-
697.40
Equipment Hire
359.39
Broken Stone and Gravel
32.14
Tarvia
1,813.38
2,902.31
Balance carried forward to 1945
97.69
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expense:
Supplies and Repairs
259.18
Gasoline and Oil
338.96
598.14
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
401.86
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
1,500.00
Expenses:
Labor and Snow Plows
552.48
Route No. 106
55.00
607.48
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
892.52
LAND DAMAGE
CRESCENT STREET
1941 Balance 63.40
Balance carried forward to 1945
63.40
Labor
66
SOUTH ELM STREET
1941 Balance
3.00
Balance carried forward to 1945
3.00
RIVER STREET
1941 Balance
2.70
Balance carried forward to 1945
2.70
SPRING STREET
1941 Balance
29.45
Balance carried forward to 1945
29.45
NORTH ELM STREET
1941 Balance
2.40
Balance carried forward to 1945
2.40
WEST STREET
1941 Balance
14.00
Balance carried forward to 1945
14.00
WEST CENTER STREET
1941 Balance
688.20
Balance carried forward to 1945
688.20
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
3,793.68
Expense:
Street Lights
3,762.48
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
31.20
CHILD WELFARE SERVICE
Federal Grant
2,078.63
Expense
1,718.38
Balance carried forward to 1945
360.25
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CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
584.00
Salary
143.00
Expense
441.00
Expenses:
Salary
121.00
General Administration
399.60
Printing & Supplies
19.08
Other
7.10
546.78
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
37.22
RELIEF
Appropriation
6,500.00
Expenses:
Fuel
149.04
Groceries
368.84
Medicine & Medical
282.52
Cash Grants
914.00
Rent
345.00
Shoes & Clothing
29.50
All Other
125.02
Other Cities & Towns
1,388,77
State Institutions
549.00
4,151.69
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
2,348.31
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
2,556.40
Federal Funds
365.46
2,921.86
Expenses :
Administration
21.00
68
Cash Aid
1,301.10
1,322.10
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
1,573.80
Unexpended balance-Federal Balance carried forward to 1945
25.96
OLD AGE ·ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
580.00
Federal Funds
508.49
1,088.49
Expenses:
Agent
561.00
Clerk
205.00
Printing & Postage
28.43
Travel
53.80
Office Expense
30.66
All Other
11.50
890.39
Unexpended balance:
Reverting to Revenue
140.61
Federal balance carried forward to 1945
57.49
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
18,000.00
Refund
21.45
Federal Fund
14,280.86
32,302.31
Expenses:
Cash Grants
30,165.98
Funerals & Post Mortems
422.08
Other Cities & Towns
1,100.24
31,688.30
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
614.01
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Appropriation Expenses:
1,650.00
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Clerk
260.00
Administration Expense
20.70
Cash
865.40
Medical
268.08
State Aid
220.00
1,634.18
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
15.82
EDUCATION
Appropriation
59,000.00
Expenses :
General Administration:
Superintendent
2,466.67
Clerk
659.96
Truant Officer
100.00
Stationery, Postage & Printing
183.72
Telephone
313.46
Traveling Expense
358.75
School Census
45.00
Teachers' Salaries:
High
16,485.56
Elementary
21,252.27
Vocational Education
515.57
Health:
Nurse and Supplies
1,028.23
Physician
300.00
Text Books & Supplies: High:
Text Books
403.30
Supplies
703.08
Elementary:
Text Books
838.91
Supplies
1,155.80
Tuition:
Vocational
140.45
Transportation
3,051.50
Janitor:
Elementary
2,927.56
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Fuel & Light:
Fuel
1,777.41
Gas
132.44
Electricity
466.15
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Repairs
1,597.61
Water
98.00
Janitors' Supplies
286.75
High, Miscellaneous Expense
1,441.32
Other Expenses:
Diplomas & Graduation Exercises
59.52
58,788.99
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
211.01
STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SMITH-HUGHES & GEORGE DEEN FUNDS
Federal Funds for Vocational Education Expenses :
1,550.00
Salary
1,016.59
Federal balance carried forward to 1945
533.41
Special Appropriation
89.50
1940 Tuition
16.00
Military Retirement
73.50
Unexpended balance carried forward to 1945
33.75
LIBRARY
Appropriation
1,320.00
Expenses:
Maintenance:
Salaries :
Librarian
350.00
Assistants
388.40
Janitor
120.00
Janitor's Supplies & Repair
14.73
Books & Periodicals:
Books 313.32
Fuel & Light:
Fuel
63.50
Light
11.94
71
Other Expenses: Supplies
56.02
1,317.91
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
2.09
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Expenses :
Books, Periodicals and Bindings
436.96
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENTS
APPROPRIATION
EXPENSES
Care of Monument Grounds, Flags & Parks
850.00
731.82
Memorial & Armistice Day
200.00
140.35
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
Town Reports
462.40
462.40
Diphtheria Clinic
75.00
75.00
Well Child Conference
50.00
50.00
Plymouth County Assessment
2,162.06
2,162.06
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
177.83
CIVILIAN DEFENSE ACCOUNT
Appropriation
1,400.00
1943 Balance
580.07
1,980.07
Expenses:
Janitor
803.00
Telephone
173.25
Electricity
20.12
Fuel
143.92
Janitor's Repairs and Supplies
14.93
Water
14.00
Real Estate Taxes
173.60
Miscellaneous
33.05
Call Station
119.88
1,495.75
Balance carried forward to 1945
484.32
72
RATIONING BOARD
Appropriation
500.00
1943 Balance
45.53
545.53
Expenses :
Telephone
116.58
Office Supplies
27.46
Janitor
120.00
Electricity
19.30
Fuel
11.33
Other
11.54
306.21
Balance carried forward to 1945
239.32
INSURANCE
Appropriation
1,329.99
Transferred from Reserve Fund
3.95
1,333.94
Expenses :
Liability
782.50
Fire
463.76
1,246.26
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
87.68
INTEREST
Appropriation
100.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
10,000.00
Transferred from Reserve Funds
869.00
10,869.00
Salary
500.00
Expenses
9,500.00
73
Expenses:
Superintendent
477.00
Registrars
469.80
Labor
409.80
Call Station
180.00
Water
8,612.32
Stationery, Postage & Printing
206.03
Water Lien
12.14
Truck Repair
72.96
Pipe Fittings
233.32
Gas & Oil
66.20
Tools and Repairs
86.13
Other
13.10
10,838.80
Unexpended balance reverting to Water Receipts
30.20
WATER BONDS & INTEREST
Appropriation
2,560.00
Expenses:
Bonds
2,500.00
Interest
60.00
2,560.00
CEMETERY
Appropriation
130.00
Expenses:
Care of Cemeteries
57.50
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
72.50
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Assessed in Tax Levy
7,432.69
Payments to the Commonwealth:
State Tax
6,897.00
State Audit
398.60
State Parks & Reservations
137.09
7,432.69
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COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH
Assessed in Tax Levy
5,938.06
Payments to the County: County Tax
5,938.06
Dog licenses paid to the County
1,697.40
Federal Withholding Tax
5,717.26
War Bond Deductions
300.00
AGENCY & TRUST INVESTMENTS
WITH-
NEW PRINCIPAL
DRAWAL
INCOME
Scholarship Fund
75.00
125.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
500.00
124.00
126.59
Library Interest Accounts
436.96
409.16
Investment New Fund
20,000.00
505.00
Refunds:
Personal 1944
31.50
Motor Vehicle Excise 1944
33.44
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
Refund
.93
3,000.93
Election and Registration
126.62
Fire
122.54
Highway
61.97
Insurance
3.95
Tree Warden
150.00
465.08
Unexpended balance reverting to Overlay Surplus
2,535.85
75
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS, 1944
RECEIPTS
REVENUE
1942
1943
1944
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes :
Property
102,604.11
98,696.17
99,982.28
Poll
2,068.00
1,888.00
1,856.79
Income
14,178.00
13,014.79
15,028.71
Corporations, Etc.
2,621.45
3,296.54
9,034.44
Licenses & Permits
679.00
1,132.50
1,039.00
Fines & Forfeits
195.00
1,515.00
489.80
Grants & Gifts:
From the State
8,960.19
2,570.35
6,470.58
From the County (Dog Licenses)
696.26
736.36
217.14
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Privileges:
Motor Vehicle Excise
7,904.48
5,857.11
4,904.50
Departmental:
General Government
520.25
499.03
597.27
Protection of Persons & Property
35.93
831.15
128.85
Health and Sanitation
260.71
282.85
Highways
3,325.42
1,969.55
827.79
Charities
30,653.96
31,000.27
32,389.31
Soldiers' Benefits
300.00
175.00
170.00
Schools
1,326.00
2,252.56
3,038.65
Library
83.84
83.67
94.93
Unclassified
359.45
Water Department
17,058.26
14,693.94
15,482.27
Interest
729.94
882.35
778.52
194,219.54
181,355.05
192,813.68
76
NON-REVENUE
Agency:
County Dog Tax
907.40
967.20
1,032.60
Trust and Investment
8,857.33
4,586.29
8,387.73
Refunds
127.07
10.16
39.75
Total Non-Revenue
9,891.80
5,563.65
9,460.08
Total Receipts
204,491.34
186,918.70
202,273.76
Cash Balance from Previous Years
50,190.44
74,481.94
70,858.81
254,381.78
261,400.64
273,132.57
PAYMENTS
FROM REVENUE
Expenses :
General Government
10,596.69
9,956.53
10,411.94
Protection of Persons and Property
8,985.85
9,785.67
10,312.84
Health and Sanitation
1,459.93
1,492.01
1,480.87
Highway
17,363.69
17,690.60
17,931.45
Charities
40,578.04
41,576.19
40,317.64
Soldier's Benefits
535.68
777.68
1,634.18
Schools
51,523.73
54,598.30
59,895.08
Public Library
1,641.70
1,715.88
1,754.87
Recreation
628.14
726.76
731.82
Unclassified
7,911.65
7,358.00
6,075.19
Water Department
10,734.45
9,975.85
10,838.80
Cemeteries
72.00
86.00
57.50
Interest
148.57
110.00
Maturing Bonds and Notes
2,740.00
2,500.00
2,560.00
Total Expense
154,920.42
158,349.47
164,002.18
OUTLAYS:
Highways
1,314.31
-
Total Outlays from Revenue
1,314.31
Total Payments from Revenue
156,234.73
158,349.47
164,002.18
77
FROM NON-REVENUE
Agency:
State Tax
8,250.00
2,750.00
6,897.00
State Parks & Reservations
119.25
89.15
137.09
State Audit
179.81
269.00
398.60
County Tax
5,627.07
5,362.98
5,938.06
Dog Licenses to County
934.00
302.40
1,697.40
Trust and Investments
8,391.28
21,141.38
21,608.16
Refunds
163.70
47.02
64.94
Payroll Deductions
2,220.43
6,017.26
Total Non-Revenue
23,665.11
32,192.36
42,758.51
Total Payments
179,899.84
190,541.83
206,760.69
Cash Balance at end of year
74,481.94
70,858.81
66,371.88
254,381.78
261,400.64
273,132.57
IV
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Water Loans
Date of
Maturity
4 % Bonds Issued 1914
1 % 12 Notes Issued 1940
1944
500.00
2,000.00
1945
2,000.00
1946
2,000.00
500.00
6,000.00
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Invested In
Jan. 1, 1943
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1944
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Evrard-Alger
Brockton Savings Bank
203.09
3.05
4.00
202.14
Alfred E. Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
208.33
4.18
6.00
206.51
Sanford Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
50.86
1.01
1.00
50.87
William Burke
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
161.91
3.24
6.00
159.15
M. A. Clapp
Brockton Savings Bank
4.01
4.00
400.01
Davis Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
200.71
4.02
4.00
200.73
Mrs. Henry Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
100.31
1.51
1.50
100.32
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
650.93
13.07
13.00
651.00
Samuel G. Copeland
Peoples' Savings Bank
200.84
3.02
3.00
200.86
Samuel G. & James Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
1,048.59
15.78
15.00
1,049.37
Martha K. Crosby
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.06
1.50
1.50
100.06
Mary A. Dewyer
Peoples' Savings Bank
104.57
1.57
4.00
102.14
Michael Dewyer
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.23
2.01
1.50
100.74
John E. & Desire L. Gould
Brockton Savings Bank
100.52
1.51
2.00
100.03
The Hartwell Fund
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
310.68
6.23
9.00
307.91
Etta L. Hartwell
Peoples' Savings Bank
330.92
4.98
335.90
Frank P. Hatch
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
161.35
3.23
3.00
161.58
Julia M. Hooper
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
145.99
2.92
148.91
Alba Howard
Brockton Savings Bank
101.40
1.53
2.00
100.93
Isabelle Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.06
1.50
1.50
100.06
S. Nelson Howard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
102.31
2.05
2.00
102.36
Samuel H. Howard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
105.52
2.11
3.00
104.63
Harriet M. Jennings
Brockton Savings Bank
104.75
1.57
3.00
103.32
78
Name of Fund
Invested In Jan. 1, 1943
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1944
Abbie B. Jones
Brockton Savings Bank
101.53
1.53
2.00
101.06
Sumner D. Keith
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank 115.28
2.31
117.59
Warren C. Kinney
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
200.84
4.02
4.00
200.86
Henry J. LeLacheur
Brockton Savings Bank
100.31
1.51
1.50
100.32
Joshua Morse
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
109.58
2.19
111.77
Emma F. Packard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
303.82
6.09
6.00
303.91
Fred A. Perkins
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.42
2.01
1.50
100.93
Rosa R. Shaw
Brockton Savings Bank
387.53
5.83
10.00
383.36
Sarah F. Shipman
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.19
2.01
1.50
100.70
Orrin A. Smith
Peoples' Savings Bank
150.08
2.26
2.00
150.34
Flora Snell
Brockton Savings Bank
.63
100.63
South Street Cemetery
Peoples' Savings Bank
91.97
1.37
93.34
Robert Tibbetts
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.07
2.01
1.50
100.58
Charles C. Thayer
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
211.84
3.18
215.02
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
201.00
4.04
4.00
201.04
6,968.39
126.59
123.00
7,470.98
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Cornelia Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
675.00
675.00
Nathan Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank 500.00
500.00
Eliza P. Dalton & Millard O. Dalton Mary N. K. Edgerly
Brockton Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
North Easton Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
250.00
Francis E. Howard
Bridgewater Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
·
250.00
79
Name of Fund
Invested In Jan. 1, 1943
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
31, 1944
William J. Howard & Anna C Howard
War Bond Series G. 2,500.00
2,523.08
Mary L. Perkins
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mary P. Whitman
Brockton Savings Bank
3,000.00
Bridgewater Savings Bank
4,000.00
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
4,000.00
Peoples' Savings Bank
4,000.00
15,000.00
20,947.74
.34
20,948.08
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Interest Acct. No. 1
Brockton Savings Bank
374.79
271.70
308.60
337.89
Interest Acct. No. 2
Brockton Savings Bank
136.08
137.61
128.36
145.33
510.87
409.31
436.96
483.22
SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
William J. Howard and Anna Clifford Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank War Bond Series G.
234.02
1.26
150.00
85.28
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,234.02
1.26
150.00
5,085.28
POST WAR REHABILITA- TION FUND Series G. War Bonds Investment Income
Securities
Par Value
Cash
Total Income Dec. 31, 1944
40,000.00
250.00
505.00
40,755.00
40,000.00
250.00
505.00
40,755.00
Peoples' Savings Bank
22.74
.34
December
80
81
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. James A. Hemenway, Chairman
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1944, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
TNW: CAH
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1944, the following report being submitted thereon:
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