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Dog Officer :
Appropriation ١٠١
$35.00
Expenses :
Dog Officer
12.50
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$22.50
Fire Department :
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Expenses :
Chief
$169.85
Bonus
365.00
Firemen
815.50
Records - Supplies
17.87
Telephone
116.31
Truck Equipment and Repair
209.80
Call Station
180.00
Hose and Fittings
386.90
Gasoline and Oil
53.46
Supplies and Equipment
97.73
Repairs
5.86
Electricity
76.26
$2,494.54
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$5.46
Hydrants :
Appropriation
$1,240.00
Expenses :
Hydrants - Water Department
$1,240.00
Forestry
Moth Extermination :
Appropriation $2,000.00
152
Expenses :
Superintendent
$699.60
Labor
850.00
Equipment Repair
89.70
Insecticides
191.93
Hardware and Tools
48.10
Gasoline and Oil
85.40
Supplies and All Other
23.75
$1,988.48
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$11.52
Tree Warden :
Appropriation
$700.00
Expenses :
Superintendent
$298.20
Labor
363.05
Gasoline and Oil
10.44
Truck Repair
12.60
Tools and Hardware
6.75
$691.04
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$8.96
Inspection
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Appropriation
$100.00
Expenses :
Sealer
$58.80
All Other Supplies
17.66
$76.46
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$23.54
Health and Sanitation
Health :
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expenses :
Care of Dump $232.08
Stationery and Postage
2.67
153
Vital Statistics
84.75
Visiting Nurse
300.00
County Hospital
678.60
Inspection of Animals
100.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
58.29
All Other
10.00
$1,466.39
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$533.61
Highway
Highway Maintenance:
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Expenses
9,991.89
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$8.11
Expenses :
Superintendent
$810.00
Rent
60.00
Labor
2,641.00
Trucks
118.75
Gravel and Sand
36.00
Truck Equipment and Repairs ....
119.90
All Other, Tools and Supplies
202.03
Electricity
5.70
$3,993.38
Tarvia Tops :
Expenses :
Superintendent
$415.00
Labor
2,471.00
Gravel, Stone and Sand
22.25
Equipment Rental
240.50
Tarvia
2,789.96
All Other
59.80
$5,998.51
Total
$9,991.89
154
Highway -- Special : Chapter 90
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Commonwealth
161.41
County
161.41
$1,822.82
Expenses :
Superintendent
$75.00
Equipment Hire
173.50
Stone
189.01
Tarvia and Road Oil
217.62
All Other Supplies
136.93
$792.06
Unexpended balance carried forward to 1941 $1,030.76
Road Machinery Account :
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Expenses :
Supplies and Repairs
$433.00
Equipment
586.86
Gasoline and Oil
569.78
All Other
1.50
$1,591.14
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $8.86
Snow Removal:
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Expenses :
Labor and Snow Plows
$845.25
Route No. 106
145.00
Sand
7.40
Supplies
29.75
$1,027.40
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $272.60
Street Lights : Appropriation $3,648.72
155
Expenses : Street Lights
$3,622.45
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$26.27
Charities
Public Welfare:
Appropriation
$600.00
Expenses :
General Administration
$184.00
Printing and Postage
43.25
All Other
200.30
$427.55
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $172.45
Relief :
Appropriation
$13,000.00
Refund
11.60
$13,011.60
Expenses :
Groceries
$1,683.15
Fuel
724.32
Medicine and Medical
517.81
State Institutions
537.43
Cash Grants
2,910.00
Rent
1,646.00
Shoes and Clothing
163.05
All Other
55.02
Other Cities and Towns
2,689.95
$10,926.73
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $2,084.87
Dependent Children:
Appropriation
$2,045.00
Federal Fund
867.66
$2,912.66
156
Expenses :
Administration
$55.25
Cash Aid
1,950.60
$2,005.85
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $906.81
Old Age Assistance :
Appropriation
$340.00
Federal Fund
378.06
$718.06
Expenses :
General Administration
$447.48
Printing and Postage
55.72
Supplies and Forms
43.49
Equipment
100.70
All Other
52.01
$699.40
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $18.66
Relief :
Appropriation
$13,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,172.78
Refund
12.50
Federal Fund
11,343.21
$25,528.49
Expenses :
Cash Grants
$24,018.52
Funerals
225.00
Other Cities and Towns
1,014.30
All Other
270.67
$25,528.49
Old Age Assistance Refund from Estates; State's Share
$133.33
Soldiers' Relief : Appropriation $1,350.00
157
Expenses :
Postage
$2.00
Groceries
137.00
Fuel
118.63
Medicine and Medical
21.50
Cash Grants
160.00
Rent
312.00
All Other
51.49
$802.62
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $547.38
Soldiers' Burial :
Appropriation
$50.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
50.00
Expenses :
Soldier's Burial
$100.00
Military Aid :
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expenses :
Military Aid
675.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$325.00
State Aid :
Appropriation
$60.00
Expenses :
State Aid
$10.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$50.00
Education
Appropriation
$50,000.00
Expenses
49,573.36
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$426.64
$100.00
158
Expenses :
General Administration :
Superintendent
$2,534.15
Clerk
588.00
Truant Officer
100.00
Stationery, Postage and Printing
57.64
Telephone
227.84
Traveling Expense
321.70
School Census
45.00
Miscellaneous Administration
94.00
Express
4.30
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$13,287.36
Elementary
17,934.94
Health :
Physician
$300.00
Nurse and Supplies
915.99
Text Books and Supplies :
High :
Text Books
$446.86
Supplies
1,332.39
Elementary :
Text Books
$403.64
Supplies
711.41
Tuition :
Vocational
$581.63
Transportation
$3,120.00
Other Transportation
37.00
Janitor:
Elementary
$2,449.86
Fuel and Light :
Fuel
$2,272.99
159
Gas
111.40
Electricity
244.71
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
$1,156.91
Water - High
37.81
Janitors' Supplies
80.88
Water - Elementary
84.00
Other Expenses :
Diplomas and Graduation Exer-
cises
$90.95
$49,573.36
Sunset Avenue School Sanitation :
Special Appropriation $600.00
Expenses :
Labor and Supplies
575.86
Unexpended balance carried forward to 1941
$24.14
Library
Appropriation
$1,240.00
Expenses
$1,234.55
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
$5.45
Expenses :
Library Maintenance :
Salaries :
Librarian $325.00
Assistants
340.95
Janitors
100.00
Books and Periodicals :
Books
$325.78
Fuel and Light :
Fuel
$60.00
Light
11.39
160
Building :
Expense
$21.35
Repairs
8.05
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Printing
$22.50
Petty Supplies
19.53
$1,234.55
Library Trust Funds :
Expenses :
Books and Periodicals
$56.00
Bindings
353.63
$409.63
Recreation and Unclassified
Appropriations Expenditures
Care of Monument Grounds,
Flags, and Parks
$525.00
$481.37
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $43.63
Memorial Day and Armistice Day
200.00
199.84
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue $ .16
100.00
100.00
Town Reports
340.70
340.70
Diptheria Clinic
50.00
50.00
Premium and Interest on Water Bond
33.00
Dog Licenses
725.40
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Insurance :
Appropriation
$1,242.60
Expenses :
Liability
$704.50
Fire
538.10
$1,242.60
County Aid to Agriculture
161
Interest :
Appropriation
$100.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
Federal Project Accounts :
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
164.68
$5,164.68
Expenses :
Sponsors' Agent
$1,040.00
Clerk and Travel
803.60
Commissary
452.60
Sewing
448.70
Town Records
21.08
Highways
2,036.45
General Accounts
362.25
$5,164.68
Public Service Enterprise
Water Department :
Appropriation ....
$12,000.00
Expenses :
Commissioners
$300.00
Superintendent
1,830.00
Clerks
395.52
Call Station
180.00
Water
7,895.64
Stationery and Postage
95.63
Printing and Forms
23.80
Telephone
53.96
Truck Repair, Supplies, All Other
170.94
Labor
474.00
Pipe and Fittings
493.35
Gasoline and Oil
84.14
$11,996.98
Unexpended balance reverting to Water Revenue $3.02
162
Water Bonds and Interest :
Appropriation
$3,911.61
Expenses :
Bonds
$3,630.00
Interest
281.61
$3,911.61
Water - New 6" Replacement :
Bond Issue
$12,000.00
Expenses :
Labor
$54.00
Gasoline and Oil
3.00
Hydrants, Pipes and Fittings
11,404.79
Equipment Hire
45.00
All Other
493.21
$12,000.00
Water - West Center Street:
Special Appropriation
$1,550.00
Expenses :
Labor
$605.00
Hydrant, Pipes and Fittings
902.29
All Other
29.02
$1,536.31
Unexpended balance carried forward to 1941 $13.69
Cemetery
Appropriation
$100.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
27.75
$127.75
Expenses :
Care of Cemeteries
$127.75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Assessed in Tax Levy
$8,656.47
Over Estimate carried forward from 1939
18.66
$8,675.13
163
Payments to the Commonwealth :
State Tax
$8,320.00
State Audit
223.20
State Parks and Reservations
122.31
$8,665.51
Over Estimate carried forward to 1941
$9.62
County of Plymouth :
Assessed in Tax Levy
$7,321.11
Payments to the County :
County Tax
$5,600.32
Plymouth County Hospital
1,720.79
$7,321.11
Agency and Trust Investments
Cemetery Perpetual Care
$131.50
Cemetery New Principal
100.00
Library Interest Account's
411.27
Refunds :
Motor Vehicle Excise
$143.05
Real Estate
30.00
Personal Property
2.33
Accounts Receivable, Public Welfare
31.00
RESERVE FUND
Transferred from Overlay Surplus
$2,000.00
Transfers authorized by Finance Committee
Collector
$130.56
Election and Registration
54.99
Town Hall
25.00
Town Garage
100.29
Old Age Assistance
1,172.78
Soldiers' Burial
50.00
W. P. A.
164.68
Cemeteries
27.75
$1,726.05
Balance reverting to Overlay Surplus $273.95
164
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS 1940
Receipts
Revenue
1940
General Revenue
Taxes :
Property
$98,673.31
Poll
2,014.00
Income
12,644.93
Corporation, etc.
2,050.89
Licenses and Permits
457.00
Fines and Forfeits
298.00
Grants and Gifts :
From the State
8,326.62
From the County (Dog Licenses)
660.31
Commercial Revenue
Privileges :
Motor Vehicle Excise
7,118.67
Departmental:
General Government
792.45
Protection of Persons and Property
38.51
Health and Sanitation
127.14
Highways
2,110.66
Charities
25,404.73
Soldiers Benefits
437.50
Schools
729.31
Library
69.86
Water Department
14,275.96
Interest
1,192.45
$177,422.30
165
Non-Revenue
Indebtedness :
Offsets to Outlays : Water Loans
12,033.00
Agency :
County Dog Tax
781.80
Trust and Investment
1,036.15
Refunds
80.15
Total Non-Revenue
$13,931.10
Total Receipts
191,353.40
Cash Balance from Previous Years
40,822.33
$232,175.73
Payments
From Revenue
Expenses :
General Government
$10,720.44
Protection of Persons and Property
8,302.74
Health and Sanitation
1,466.39
Highways
17,024.94
Charities
39,721.35
Soldiers' Benefits
1,587.62
Schools
49,573.36
Public Library
1,644.18
Recreation
481.37
Unclassified
9,058.91
Water Department
11,996.98
Cemeteries
127.75
Interest
314.61
Maturing Bonds and Notes
3,630.00
Total Expenses
$155,650.64
166
Outlays :
New Town Offices
$1,754.51
Town Garage
1,182.38
Schools, New Sanitation
575.86
Water - 6" Replacement
13,536.31
Total Outlays from Revenue
$17,049.06
$172,699.70
Total Payments from Revenue From Non-Revenue
Agency :
State Tax
$8,320.00
County Tax
5,600.32
County Dog Tax
725.40
Trust and Investment
765.08
Refunds
206.38
Total Non-Revenue
$15,617.18
Total Payments
188,316.88
Cash Balance at End of Year
43,858.85
$232,175.73
SUMMARY OF COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNTS Poll Taxes - 1940
Commitment per warrants e
$2,212.00
Payments to Treasurer 1940
$2,014.00
Abatements 1940
136.00
Outstanding December 31, 1940
62.00
2,212.00
Property Taxes-1938
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$740.04
Payments to Treasurer 1938
$97.96
Added to Tax Titles
470.32
Abatements 1938
171.76
$740.04
167
Property Taxes-1939
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$29,344.04
Payments to Treasurer 1939
$27,987.35
Abatements 1939
230.55
Tax Titles Taken 1939
864.96
Outstanding December 31, 1940
261.18
$29,344.04
Personal Taxes-1939
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$1,702.33
Refund
2.33
$1,704.66
Payments to Treasurer 1939
$1,442.54
Abatements
34.57
Outstanding December 31, 1940
$227.55
$1,704.66
Property Taxes-1940
Commitment per warrant
$84,650.22
Abatements and payments, re- refunded
30.00
$84,680.22
Payments to Treasurer 1940
$56,742.45
Abatements
2,041.64
Added to Tax Titles
1,113.90
Outstanding December 31, 1940
24,782.23
$84,680.22
Personal Taxes - 1940
Commitment per warrant
$11,934.09
Payments to Treasurer 1940
$10,055.46
Abatements
59.35
Outstanding December 31, 1940
$1,819.28
$11,934.09
Water Liens
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$1,261.38
Payments to Treasurer
$107.25
Added to Taxes 1940
$1,154.13
$1,261.38
168
Water Liens Added to Taxes - 1940
Added to Real Estate 1940
$1,154.13
Payments to Treasurer 1940 $589.85
Water Liens added to Tax Titles 81.73
Outstanding December 31, 1940
$482.55
$1,154.13
Water Liens Added to Taxes - 1939
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$533.12
Payments to Treasurer
$499.87
Abatements
$33.25
$533.12
Water Liens-1940
Outstanding December 31, 1940 $1,479.20
Water Rates and Services
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$2,279.20
Commitment per warrants 14,361.85
$16,641.05
Payments to Treasurer $13,078.99
Abatements
38.75
Transferred to Water Liens 1,354.70
Outstanding December 31, 1940
$2,168.61
$16,641.05
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes - 1939
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$344.16
Additional Commitment, per warrant
59.60
Abatement and payment, re-
funded 1939
$14.47
$418.23
Payments to Treasurer 1939
$331.97
Abatements 1939
$86.26
$418.23
169
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes -- 1940
Commitments per warrants
$7,527.12
Abatements and payments, re- funded
$128.58
$7,655.70
Payments to Treasurer
$6,786.70
Abatements
448.35
Outstanding December 31, 1940
$420.65
$7,655.70
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF TREASURER'S TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1940
$3,818.43
Tax Titles Taken :
Taxes 1938
470.32
Interest and Costs
100.75
Tax Titles Taken :
Taxes 1939
415.27
Interest and Costs
150.58
Added to Tax Titles :
Taxes 1939
449.69
Taxes 1940
1,113.90
Interest
14.44
Water Liens 1939
81.73
Water Liens 1940
$15.25
$6,630.36
Tax Titles Redeemed
$1,377.55
Tax Titles Foreclosed
1,248.18
Balance December 31, 1940
$4,004.63
$6,630.36
Tax Possessions
Balance January 1, 1940
$1,324.54
Tax Titles Foreclosed
1,248.18
Selling Price in Excess
$242.83
$2,815.55
Payments to Treasurer
$970.00
Balance December 31, 1940
$1,845.55
$2,815.55
170
STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposit
On hand at beginning of year
$6,417.82
Total $6,417.82
On hand at end of year.
6,528.27
6,528.27
Receipts
Payments
Interest
$141.95
Payments for Care of Lots
$131.50
New Principal
100.00
Increases in Deposits
110.45
Total
$241.95
$241.95
Name of Fund
Balance Jan. 1, '40
Receipts $4.91
$7.00
$215.53
Sanford Alger
50.69
1.14
1.00
50.83
William Burke
171.98
3.88
6.00
169.86
Davis Copeland
204.00
4.61
6.00
202.61
Mrs. Henry Copeland
99.82
2.46
2.00
100.28
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
651.98
14.74
16.00
650.72
Samuel G. Copeland
200.76
4.0
4.00
200.78
San G. & James Copeland.
1,022.96
23.13
15.00
1,031.09
Martha K. Crosby
100.02
2.01
2.00
100.03
Mary A. Dewyer.
114.71
2.29
5.00
112.00
Michael Dewyer
100.44
2.26
2.50
100.20
The Hartwell Fund
320.41
7.24
9.00
318.65
Etta L. Hartwell Funds
305.64
6.13
3.00
160.68
Julia M. Hooper
134.52
3.04
137.56
Alba Howard
101.53
2.28
2.50
101.31
Isabelle Howard
100.02
2.01
2.00
100.03
S. Nelson Howard
103.78
2.34
2.50
103.62
Samuel H. Howard
108.63
2.44
3.00
108.07
Harriet M. Jennings
110.80
2.5
4.00
109.30
Sumner D. Keith
108.68
2.45
2.50
108.63
Warren C. Kinney
204.13
4.61
6.00
202.74
Henry J. LeLacheur
100.02
2.26
2.00
100.28
Joshua Morse
103.91
2.34
3.00
103.25
Emma F. Packard
302.71
6.84
6.00
303.55
Fred A. Perkins
103.00
2.33
3.00
102.33
Rosa R. Shaw
383.61
8.67
7.00
385.28
Sarah F. Shipman, 1940 Principal
100.00
311.77
Frank P. Hatch
160.06
3.62
Balance Withdrawn Dec. 31, '40
Alfred E. Alger
$217.62
171
Orrin A. Smith
150.04
3.01
3.00
150.05
South Street Cemetery
84.97
1.69
86.66
Charles Thayer
195.68
3.92
199.60
Robert Tibbits
100.28
2.26
2.50
100.04
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
200.42
4.52
4.00
200.94
$6,417.82
$141.94
$131.50
$6,528.27
Library Trust Funds
On hand January 1, 1940:
Securities
$500.00
Cash in Bank
$18,412.57
Total Library Funds, January, 1940
$18,912.57
Income from Funds for Year
$438.93
Withdrawals for year
$409.63
$29.30
On hand December 31, 1940
$18,941.87
172
DIVISION OF LIBRARY FUNDS December 31, 1940 Principal Amounts
Balance Jan. 1, 1940
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1940 $15,000.00
Mary P. Whitman Fund $15,000.00
Cornelia Alger
643.33
$14.55
657.88
Nathan Copeland
500.00
500.00
Mary N. K. Edgerley
500.00
500.00
Francis E. Howard
500.00
500.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
1,000.00
Eliza P. Dalton & Mil- lard O. Dalton
250.00
250.00
$18,393.33
$14.55
$18,407.88
Mary P. Whitman Fund :
Balance Jan. 1 1940 Receipts
With- drawn
Balance Dec. 31, 1940
Interest Account No. 1
$444.43 $339.08 $335.13 $448.38
All Other Funds : Interest Account No. 2
$74.81 $85.30
$74.50
$85.61
$519.24 $424.38 $409.63 $533.99
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$25,470.14
Library Trust Funds Cemetery Trust Funds
$18,941.87 6,528.27
$25,470.14
Cemetery Funds :
Alfred E. Alger
$215.53
Sanford Alger 50.83
William Burke
169.86
Davis Copeland
202.61
Mrs. Henry Copeland
100.28
Lyman and Pardon
Copeland
650.72
Samuel G. Copeland
200.78
Sam G. and James Copeland
1,031.09
Martha K. Crosby
100.03
Mary A. Dewyer
112.00
Michael Dewyer
100.20
The Hartwell Fund 318.65
Etta L. Hartwell Funds 311.77
Frank P. Hatch
160.68
$25,470.14
Trust Funds :
Cash and Securities
$25,470.14
173
Julia M. Hooper 137.56
Alba Howard 101.31
Isabelle Howard 100.03
S. Nelson Howard 103.62
Samuel H. Howard 108.07
Harriet M. Jennings
109.30
Sumner D. Keith
108.63
Warren C. Kinney
202.74
Henry J. LeLacheur
100.28
Joshua Morse 103.25
Emma F. Packard 303.55
Fred A. Perkins 102.33
Rosa R. Shaw 385.28
Sarah F. Shipman 100.00
Orrin A. Smith 150.05
South Street Cemetery 86.66
Charles Thayer 199.60
Robert Tibbits 100.04
Mary Elizabeth Wilson 200.94
Library Funds :
Mary P. Whitman
$15,000.00
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$6,528.27
Cornelia Alger 657.88
Nathan Copeland 500.00
Mary N. K. Edgerley 500.00
Francis E. Howard
500.00
Mary L. Perkins 1,000.00
Eliza P. Dalton & Mil- lard O. Dalton 250.00
$18,407.88
Interest Account No. 1 $448.38
Interest Account No. 2 85.61
$533.99 175
$25,470.14
$25,470.14
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS WATER LOANS
Date of Maturity
4% Bond Issued 1911
4% Bond Issued 1912
4% Bond Issued 1913
4% Bond Issued 1914
4% Bond Issued 1915
4% Bond Issued 1916
41/2% Bond Issued 1925
41/2% Bond Issued 1926 $200.00
1% 12 Notes Issued 1940
1940
$1,000.00
$760.00
$240.00
$500.00
$400.00
$400.00 400.00
$130.00
1941
760.00
240.00
500.00
$2,000.00 2,000.00
1942
240.00
500.00
1943
2,000.00
1944
2,000.00
1945
2,000.00
1946
2,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,520.00 $720.00 $2,500.00
$400.00
$800.00 $130.00
$200.00
$1,200.00
500.00
500.00
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TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER Balance Sheet - December 31, 1940
General Accounts
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Special Accounts :
General
$43,858.85
Westdale Improvement Society $174.76
Library-Petty Cash
10.00
$43,868.85
Surplus War Bonus 540.32
Accounts Receivable :
$715.08
Taxes :
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1,600.00
Levy of 1939:
Personal $227.55
Proceeds of Dog Licenses- Duc County 56.40
Real Estate 261.18
Road Machinery Fund
2,843.16
Levy of 1940:
Overestimated 1939: State Parks and Reservations Assessments 9.62
Poll $62.00
Personal 1,819.28
Real Estate 24,782.23
Unexpended Balances 4,832.16
26,663.51
Water Department-Available Surplus 2,183.40
27,152.24
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 3,907.82
$488.73
BALANCE SHEET-Continued
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1940 Tax Titles
420.65
4,004.63
Levy of 1940
1,552.21
Tax Possessions
1,845.55
2,040.94
Departmental :
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Health
$307.14
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$420.65
Highway
5.00
Tax Title
4,004.63
- Public Welfare
220.00
Tax Possessions
1,845.55
Old Age Assistance
124.25
Departmental
978.89
State Aid
10.00
Aid to Highways
2,677.18
Military Aid
312.50
Water
4,130.36
978.89
14,057.26
Aid to Highways, Chapter 90:
State
$1,338.59
County
1,338.59
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1939 $488.73
Surplus Revenue
52,832.51
2,677.18
Water Department : Rates and Services Liens Liens-1940
$2,168.61 1,479.20
482.55
4,130.36
$85,078.35
$85,078.35
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$15,640.00 Water Loans
$15,640.00
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$25,470.14
Library Funds Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$18,941.87
6,528.27
$25,470.14
$25,470.14
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston
January 28, 1941
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 year ending December 31, 1940, 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
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1940
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MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lloyd P. Thayer, Chairman
Term expires 1941
Sherman H. Perkins
Term expires 1941
Harvey A. Scranton
Term expires 1942
G. Wendell Hennessey
Term expires 1942
Clare E. Parker
Term expires 1943
Henry F. Woodward
Term expires 1943
Florence M. Woodward, Secretary
Superintendent of Schools Ernest W. Robinson Office, Howard High School Telephone Brockton 5094 Residence, 19 Ash Street, West Bridgewater Telephone Brockton 6811-W
School Physician Joseph Berkowitz, M.D.
School Attendance Officer Douglas Eaton
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the citizens of West Bridgewater:
With the completion of the fiscal year 1940, your Committee is of the opinion that much has been ac- complished, both from an educational standpoint and from the standpoint of building upkeep, repairs and improvements. While this is so, yet much is left un- done, particularly regarding general repairs, lighting and heating.
With a limited repair fund, it should be apparent to all that we must necessarily ask for special appropria- tions when faced with replacements and unexpected re- pairs.
Sanitation
The installation last summer of modern facilities in the boys' toilets at the Sunset Avenue School, completes improvements in the Sanitary systems of our schools. All schools are now properly equipped along these lines, in comparison with old fashioned equipment in use no more than six years ago.
Repairs
The Cochesett School has received a new roof and has been thoroughly painted inside.
The front Center School building has been re-roofed and both Center School buildings have had chimneys retopped, slates replaced, all new conductor pipes, foundations repointed, leaks eliminated and plaster re- placed where needed.
A saving to the Town on insurance was effected by the improving of doors leading to the attics of all schools and the installation of a fireproof skylight on the roof of the Sunset Avenue School.
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Heating
Your committee is seriously concerned at the present time with the heating problem in three of our largest buildings. Without going into detail, it is sufficient to say that we have eight heaters supplying heat for ten rooms in these three buildings.
We are, therefore, asking the Town for a sum of money whereby we may make a start on this problem, by eliminating three heaters at the Sunset Avenue School, replacing these with one plant sufficient to sup- ply adequate heat to the whole building. This project, we believe, will prove a saving to the Town and make for more healthful conditions for the students.
Teachers
The committee, in casting about for teachers to fill vacancies in the Howard High School, caused by the resignations of two teachers, succeeded in obtaining the services of Mr. J. Roy Newton, of Henniker, N. H., a graduate of Yale, and Miss Janice Rylander, of Taunton, Mass., a graduate of Boston University. With their ad- ditions to the faculty of Howard High School, we feel that we have the strongest teaching force in several years.
Household Arts
After an intensive study of a Federal and State aided fully accredited Household Arts Course, we recommend the adoption of such. This will replace the present three day per week course at no additional cost to the Town. The Committee has been assured by a representative of the State Department of Education, that it's equipment and proposed curriculum is entirely satisfactory to the State, providing the consent of the Town is obtained.
Manual Training
It is the intention of the Committee to enlarge the present Manual Training room in the Center School
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basement, thereby fitting it for the addition of more work benches and several power tools.
The following is the opinion of Dean E. Gordon Bill of Dartmouth College expressed in conjunction with the establishment by them of a complete student work shop equipped for cabinet making, wood turning, metal work and other forms of handicraft.
"Dartmouth has put herself on record as believing that one of the great weaknesses of present home, prepa- tory and college education is that boys have no chance to learn to work with their hands as did their ancestors who preceded the machine age."
It is the belief of your committee that in the near future arrangements should be made whereby the present three day week Manual Training Course may be made a full time, fully accredited program.
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