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446.74
Tax Titles
52.53
Sale Tax Possession Expense
275.93
Town Reports
493.00
54
Old Windmill
300.00
Insurance
491.93
Memorial Day
73.25
Community Christmas Tree
162.46
Bronze Tablet
549.98
Nauset Beach and Coast Guard Police
1,000.00
Poison Ivy Control
193.99
Higgins Road
236.50
Rock Harbor Road
700.74
Signs for Beaches and Roads
67.80
Schoolhouse Note
1,000.00
Library Heating Plant
221.75
Band Concerts
150.00
1951 Tercentenary Celebration
809.87
Advertising
228.69
Advertising Public Amusement
521.31
New Auditorium
18,150.46
Fire Truck Garage
5,050.00
Premium on Auditorium Loan
288.00
Interest
225.98
Temporary Loan (Ch. 81)
11,275.00
Unpaid Bills 1949
48.78
Refund Real Estate 1949
1.80
Refund Real Estate 1950
41.61
Refund Personal Tax 1950
14.25
Refund Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1949
10.34
Refund Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1950
228.24
Fish and Game
588.50
Dog Licenses
308.80
Barnstable County Retirement a/c
711.00
Withholding Tax
1,490.41
School Retirement
651.66
Blue Cross
624.90
Collector's Fees
160.55
Tailings
63.56
County Tax
7,702.57
State Parks and Reservations
126.46
55
State Audit
661.07
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
812.26
County Retirement Assessment
192.05
Timothy Smith Fund
1,773.33
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
300.00
Town Hall Income
2,979.42
Old Mill Operating Account
704.30
TOTAL PAYMENTS
168,564.56
REVENUE 1950
Appropriations $97,491.83
Poll Tax Comm. $598.00
State Parks and
Reservations
1,568.76
Real Estate Comm. 65,230.79 Personal Tax Comm. 9,348.63 Estimated
Underestimates
State Parks and
Receipts 36,743.19
Reservations 30.83
Omitted Comm. 220.91
Underestimate State Audit 183.10
Appropriation Balances 3,882.69
County Tax
8,000.37
Adjustment .03
Underestimate
County Tax 650.60
$116,024.24
Overlay 1950
3,995.12
Estimated Receipts 741.08
To Surplus Revenue 3,362.55
$116,024.24
SURPLUS REVENUE (Excess and Deficiency)
Tax Titles
$240.41 Balance
Transfers to :
Jan. 1,. 1950
$25,524.36
New Auditorium 12,200.00 Tax Title Redemption 284.37
56
Remodelling Town Hall
4,000.00
Highway Chapter 81
10,547.27
Revenue 3,362.55
$20,990.41
$40,328.55
Surplus Revenue 19,338.14
$40,328.55
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS
Selectmen Salary
Maurice W. Wiley,
Chm.
$600.00 Appropriation $1,400.00
George Howard 400.00
Luther P. Smith
400.00
$1,400.00
Assessor Salary
Luther P. Smith, Chm.
$500.00 Appropriation $1,500.00
Maurice W. Wiley 500.00
George Howard 500.00
$1,500.00
Board of Welfare Salary
George Howard, Chm.
$300.00 Appropriation $900.00
Maurice W. Wiley 300.00
Luther P. Smith
300.00
$900.00
Treasurer Collector Clerk Salary Leslie E. Chase $2,600.00 Appropriation $2,600.00
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Tax Possession Sales 610.00
Fire Truck Garage
4,550.00
Accountant Salary and Expense
L. Isabelle Brackett $700.00
Appropriation $730.00
Typing Expense
10.00
Printing
4.00
$714.00
Balance to Revenue 16.00
$730.00
Clerk Salary
L. Isabelle Brackett $1,220.00 Appropriation
$1,220.00
Janitor Salary
Horace Moore
$1,900.00 Appropriation $1,900.00
Moderator
Winfred J. Knowles
$25.00 Appropriation
$25.00
Road Surveyor
Nathan A. Nickerson $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Secretary Finance Committee Salary
Harry S. Young $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Constable
Harvey T. Moore $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Building Inspector
Ralph L. Rogers
$600.00 Appropriation
$600.00
Officers Travel
Selectmen
$54.43
Appropriation
$250.00
Assessors
75.96
Police
3.50
Treasurer
32.50
Planning Board
12.50
Accountant
4.65
$182.54
Balance to Revenue
67.46
$250.00
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Selectmen and Assessors' Expense
Assessors :
Printing, Stationery,
Postage $102.89
Appropriation $500.00
Mass. Assessor Assn. Dues 6.00
Refund 1.00
Typewriter Overhaul
and Repair 17.50
File Cabinet and
Express 46.07
Notary Fees 5.25
Plan, Deed, Record- ings 10.00
Selectmen :
Auctioneer Services 10.00
Advertising Auction 5.00
Telephone 1.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 23.80
Barns. County Select-
men Assn. Dues 6.00
Mass. Selectmen
Assn. Dues 10.00
$243.51
Balance to Revenue
257.49
$501.00
$501.00
Shirley B. Chase
$159.87
$150.00
Balance to Revenue $15.13
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve 25.00
$175.00
$175.00
Treasurer Collector Clerk Expense
Printing, Stationery,
Appropriation $500.00
Postage $365.05
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Mass. Treasurer, Col-
lector Assn. Dues 4.00
Recordings (Town Clerk) 72.35
Checks, Scotch Tape, Clips 109.84
Mass. Town Clerks' Assn. 5.00
Dorrice Mayo Typing
(Collector) 16.00
L. E. Chase, Use of
Car (Treas.) 23.50
$595.74
$595.74
Finance Committee Expense
Typing Expense,
Appropriation $10.00
Postage $9.60
Balance to Revenue .40
$10.00
Legal Expense
Legal Advice
$90.00 Appropriation $250.00
Balance to Revenue 160.00
$250.00
Surety on Bonds
Town Clerk Bond
$5.00
Appropriation $120.00
Treasurer Bond
53.50
Transferred from
Tax Collector Bond 57.25
Reserve .75
Deputy Collector Bond 5.00
$120.75
$120.75
Certification of Notes
Certification of Note $2.00
Appropriation $10.00
Balance to Revenue 8.00
$10.00
Transferred from Reserve 95.74
60
Election and Registration
Maurice W. Wiley $20.00
Appropriation $200.00
George Howard
20.00
Transferred from
Luther P. Smith
20.00
Reserve 153.00
Leslie E. Chase
20.00
Election Officers and Tellers 157.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage
116.00
$353.00
$353.00
Town Hall
Insurance
$552.28
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Telephone
230.35
Refund
9.00
Fuel
622.21
Transferred from
Lights
108.04
Insurance
508.07
Wiring Clock
5.63
Door Hinges, Lock
18.65
Lawn Mower Repair
14.15
Plumbing Repair, Supplies
91.44
Paint, Labor, Cupola
31.12
Incinerator and Ex-
press
12.25
Pneumatic Tank Installation
300.53
Gas
15.50
Janitor Supplies
42.00
Tuning Piano
7.50
Carting Rubbish
10.00
Box Rent
3.00
Repair Door Closer
10.52
New Door Closer
25.38
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Labor on Oil Burner
6.60
$2,112.15
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Balance to 1951 404.92
$2,517.07
$2,517.07
New Auditorium
Walter Gaffney,
From Surplus
Architect
$2,600.00
Revenue $12,200.00
Cost of Notes
45.00
From Sale of
Advertising
27.30
Real Estate 2,350.00
Insurance
509.36
Auditorium Loan 45,000.00
T. L. Cottrell, Contractor
14,968.80
Loan 45.00
$18,150.46
41,444.54
$59,595.00
$59,595.00
Premium on Auditorium Loan
Note Certification $45.00 Premium
$333.00
Interest on Notes 288.00
$333.00
To 1951
Remodelling Old Town Hall $4,000.00 From Surplus Revenue
$4,000.00
Shellfish Protection
Howard Anderson,
Appropriation
$600.00
Constable
$600.00
Use of Car
10.00
Transferred
Signs
28.00
Reserve
100.00
Labor .
61.05
$699.05
Balance to Revenue
.95
$700.00
$700.00
Premium Auditorium
62
Shellfish Propagation
Clams
$358.75 Balance from 1949 $376.24
Oysters
600.00
Appropriation 600.00
Quahogs
200.00
300.00
Labor
113.60
Received from State 400.00
Lumber, Nails, Bags, etc. 3.89
$1,276.24
Balance to 1951
400.00
$1,676.24
$1,676.24
Fire Department
Nathan A. Nickerson $500.00
Appropriation
$1,800.00
New Fire Truck
Transferred from
Garage
376.00
Reserve
168.66
Telephone
170.00
Electricity
47.76
Fuel
69.55
Insurance
338.59
Labor
284.50
Gas, Oil, Repairs, Supplies
181.26
$1,968.66
$1,968.66
Fire Truck Garage
Warren Chatfield
$180.00 Transferred from
Advertising
6.00 Surplus Revenue $4,550.00
Oscar Pierce
4,864.00
Transferred from Reserve 500.00
$5,050.00
$5,050.00
Police
Winfred J. Knowles $609.00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Robert Deschamps 106.00
Horace Moore 47.00
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Car Use
159.00
Cards, Records
21.42
Badges
7.75
Insurance
15.69
Mabel O'Brien, Custodian
8.00
Siren
3.00
$976.86
Balance to Revenue 23.14
$1,000.00
Nauset Beach and Coast Guard Police
Uniform
$30.45 Appropriation $1,000.00
Pipe, Lumber, Cement
Blocks, Labor 420.96
Plumbing Supplies 161.91
Francis Brown
386.68
$1,000.00
Tree Warden
Borax, Weed Killer,
etc.
$70.15
Appropriation $200.00
Labor
111.60
Dues, Telephone, etc.
8.00
Advertising
8.00
$197.75
Balance to Revenue 2.25
$200.00
Moth
Labor Payrolls
$703.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Advertising
16.00
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Repairs, Gas, Oil 278.43
$997.43
Balance to Revenue 2.57
$1,000.00
Moth Truck Expense
Insurance and Regis-
tration $45.70 Appropriation $200.00
Parts, Repairs, Paint Job, etc. 146.91
$192.61
Balance to Revenue 7.39
$200.00
Poison Ivy Control
Labor $192.16 Appropriation $200.00
Gas
1.83
$193.99
Balance to Revenue
6.01
$200.00
Tent Caterpillar Suppression Balance to Revenue $25.00 Appropriation $25.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Stanley M. Walker $100.00
Appropriation $110.00
Balance to Revenue 10.00
$110.00
Frank Fuller
Inspection of Wiring $186.00 Appropriation $270.00
65
Mauric Moore 134.00
Transferred from Reserve 60.00
$320.00
Balance to Revenue
10.00
$330.00
$330.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
Woodchuck Bounties $10.00
Appropriation $20.00
Balance to Revenue 10.00
$20.00
Zoning
Balance to 1951 $500.00 Appropriation $500.00
Planning Board Expense
· Expenses Attending
Appropriation $100.00
Meeting
$30.30
Printing, Stationery, Postage
29.35
Advertising
2.00
$61.65
Balance to Revenue
38.35
$100.00
Ambulance
Ambulance Com-
Appropriation
$750.00
mittee
$750.00
Health
M. W. Wiley, Chm.
$5.00
Appropriation
$600.00
George Howard
5.00
Transferred from
Luther P. Smith
5.00
Reserve
279.45
Dental Clinic
100.00
Refund
5.00
Burying Blackfish
10.00
Cape Cod Hospital
50.00
City of Cambridge
144.00
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Disposal Herring 4.00
Advertising, Printing 22.00
Labor Clearing
Roadsides 3.20
Barnstable County
Sanitorium
525.00
Eye Examination, etc. 11.25
$884.45
$884.45
Town Dump
Antone P. Escobar,
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Salary
$850.00
Transferred from
Bulldozer Hire
157.00
Reserve
315.79
Pump, Wiring, Labor 386.82
Electricity
9.97
Kerosene, etc. 5.50
Burning Dump
6.50
$1,415.79
$1,415.79
Dog Account
Walter F. Nickerson
$32.50
Appropriation $26.00
Balance to Revenue
6.50
Transferred from Reserve 13.00
$39.00
$39.00
Inspection of Animals
Harry W. Collins $40.00 Appropriation $40.00
Highway Chapter 81 (See Surveyor's Report)
Expenditures
$15,298.00 Appropriation
$4,000.00
Temporary Loan
11,275.00
23.00
$15,298.00
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Snow
Blades, Bolts, Express $44.60 Appropriation $500.00 Labor 162.50
$207.10
Balance to Revenue
292.90
$500.00
Boat Meadow Creek
Balance to 1951 $104.72 Balance from 1949 $104.72
Doane Road to Cable Road
Balance to 1951 $1,000.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Camp Ground Road to Steel Road
Balance to 1951 $800.00 Appropriation $800.00
Highway General
Labor
$6.00
Appropriation
$600.00
Gas, Oil, Rakes, Files,
etc. 45.94
$51.94
Balance to Revenue
548.06
$600.00
Higgins Road
Survey
$225.00
Appropriation $300.00
Oaths
4.50
Recording
7.00
$236.50
Balance to 1951
63.50
$300.00
Survey
Rock Harbor or Dyer Prince Road $400.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
68
Plans, Recording, Postage
$17.74
Labor
283.00
$700.74
Balance to 1951
299.26
$1,000.00
George Whiting Road
Balance to 1951 $100.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Herring Road-Town Landing
Balance to 1951 $600.00 Appropriation $600.00
Old Coast Guard Site
Balance to Revenue $100.00
Balance from 1949
$100.00
Cooks Brook Landing
Balance to Revenue $50.00 Balance from 1949
$50.00
Town Landings
Carting Rubbish
$133.00
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Use of Crane
$166.50
Asphalt
261.94
Bulldozer, Tractor Hire
58.00
Labor Lumber for Steps
203.46
Raft Repair
18.06
Labor Payrolls
1,390.00
$2,230.96
Balance to 1951
269.04
$2,500.00
Town Landing Material and Supplies $154.23 Balance from 1949 $341.76
Signs
69
Cement, Lumber,
Bolts 72.33
Plumbing Supplies 10.89
$237.45
Balance to Revenue 104.31
$341.76
Signs for Beaches and Roads
Signs
$67.80 Appropriation $100.00
Balance to 1951 32.20
$100.00
Road Machinery Operating A/C
William Joseph $27.00 Balance from 1949 $457.77
Balance to 1951 430.11
$457.11
School
Expenditures .
$35,304.17
Appropriation
$35,320.00
(See Superintendent's Report)
Balance to Revenue 15.83
$35,320.00
School Lunch
Gertrude Moore $845.00 Appropriation $3,150.00
Groceries, Milk, etc. 1,960.27
$2,805.27
Balance to Revenue
344.73
$3,150.00
School Lunch, Federal Grant Dorothy Prentice $195.00 Federals Grants $1,047.93
70
Groceries, Meat, Milk 653.34 To Special School a/c 199.59
$1,047.93
Special School Lunch
Dorothy Prentice $260.00 Transferred from
Marion Grozier 38.00
Groceries, Meat, Milk,
etc. 687.90
School Lunch Federal Grants $199.59 Cash Receipts from Pupils 1,280.25
$985.90
Federal Grants 154.96
$1,634.80
$1,634.80
Vocational Education
Bristol County Agri-
Appropriation $1,000.00
cultural School $783.80
Balance to Revenue 216.20
$1,000.00
Florence Rich
George Barden Fund $75.00 George Barden Fund
$75.00
Public Library
Blanche Keefe
$199.98
Appropriation
$250.00
Fuel
68.00
Refunded Dog Tax 215.68
Light
10.08
Incinerator
5.25
Plumbing
33.57
Books
148.80
$465.68 $465.68
Public Library Trust
Blanche Keefe
$200.02 Balance from 1949 $57.82
Insurance
34.85 Billings Fund Income 350.00
Fuel
52.00 Timothy Smith Income 100.00
71
Balance to 1951 648.90
Magazines, Cards, etc. 53.89
$340.76
Balance to 1951
167.06
$507.82
$507.82
Library Heating Plant
Heating System
$221.75 Appropriation
$300.00
Balance to Revenue 78.25
$300.00
Free Bed-Cape Cod Hospital Cape Cod Hospital $400.00 Appropriation $400.00
Public Welfare
Cash Grants
$839.50 Appropriation
$1,000.00
Balance to Revenue 160.50
$1,000.00
Public Welfare Administration
Dorrice Mayo,
Appropriation $720.00
Social Worker $720.00
Old Age Assistance
Cash Grants
$8,000.00 Appropriation $8,000.00
Aid Dependent Children
Cash Grants
$675.88 Appropriation $800.00
Balance to Revenue 124.12
$800.00
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant
Cash Grants
$6,775.13 Balance $513.22
Balance to 1951
120.85 Federal Grants 6,382.76
$6,895.98
$6,895.98
72
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grants
Printing, Stationery,
Balance $37.41
Postage
$72.03
Federal Grants 752.32
Dues
18.00
Refund 30.00
Welfare Meetings
Expense
129.57
Use of Car
3.36
$222.96
Balance to 1951
596.77
$819.73
$819.73
Aid Dependent Children-Federal Grants
Cash Grants
$1,753.85
Balance $849.03
Balance to 1951
348.93
Federal Grants 1,253.75
$2,102.78
$2,102.78
Aid Dependent Children Adm .- Federal Grants
Postage
$3.00 Federal Grants
$80.01
Use of Car
1.75
$4.75
Balance to 1951
75.26
$80.01
Veterans' Benefits
Ralph A. Chase
$319.20
Appropriation $2,000.00
Meetings
2.75
Cash Grants
979.25
$1,301.20
Balance to Revenue 698.80
$2,000.00
Interest
Interest Schoolhouse Appropriation $50.00
73
Note
$33.75 Refund 59.10
Interest Chapter 81 Loan
Transferred from
46.98
Reserve 116.88
Part Auditorium Interest
145.25
$225.98
$225.98
Cemeteries
Labor
$97.50
Appropriation
$150.00
Balance to Revenue
52.50
$150.00
Labor
Soldiers and Sailors Lots $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Reserve
Transfers :
Wire Inspection
$60.00
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Surety on Bond
.75
Bronze Tablet
Veterans
300.00
Shellfish Propagation 300.00
Shellfish Protection
100.00
Town Dump 315.79
Fire Department
168.66
Fire House Garage
500.00
Assessors' Abstracts
25.00
Treasurer Collector
Clerk Expense 95.74
Election and Regis- tration
153.00
Christmas Tree
12.46
Health
279.45
Interest
116.88
Dog
13.00
$2,440.73
74
Balance to Revenue 59.27
$2,500.00
Miscellaneous
Bounties on Seals
$9.50
Balance from 1949 $81.09
Printing Auditorium Plan
82.25
Advertising
136.75
Pipe for Dump and
Express
34.36
Travel Civil Defense
40.00
Steel Tape
7.25
Use of Amplifier
30.00
Building Permits and
Applications
36.13
Plan
7.50
Labor
63.00
$446.74
Balance to Revenue 34.35
$481.09
$481.09
Ralph A. Chase
Band Concerts $150.00 Appropriation
$150.00
1951 Tercentenary
Tercentenary Station-
Appropriation
$2,500.00
ery, etc.
$374.64
Signs, Labor 62.25
Photographs
66.00
Pageant Contract
250.00
Rubber, Stamp, Postage,
Telephone
46.98
Typing
10.00
$809.87
Appropriation 400.00
75
Balance to 1951
1,690.13
$2,500.00
Tax Titles
Recordings, Postage,
Appropriation $100.00
etc.
$51.53
Notary Fees
1.00
$52.53
Balance to Revenue
47.47
$100.00
Sale Tax Possession Expense
Nickerson & Berger $208.53
Appropriation $500.00
M. W. Wiley 50.00
Recordings, Postage 17.40
$275.93
Balance to Revenue 224.07
$500.00
Town Report
Town Reports
$493.00
Appropriation $500.00
Balance to Revenue 7.00
$500.00
Care and Improvement of Old Windmill and Lot
Lumber, Labor, etc. $165.15
Appropriation $300.00
Corn
11.40
Harold Cole
100.00
Electricity
3.20
Cards, etc.
20.25
$300.00
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Advertising
Athletic Supplies $250.00 Appropriation Refund 125.00
$125.00
Advertising and Public Amusement
Insurance
$85.00
Appropriation
$500.00
Athletic Supplies
$415.00
$500.00
Insurance
Insurance
$1,044.21
Appropriation
$1,000.00
To Town Hall
508.07 From Town Hall 552.28
$1,552.28
$1,552.28
Memorial Day
Band Services
$36.00
Appropriation
$80.00
Flags
13.25
Wreaths
24.00
$73.25
Balance to Revenue 6.75
$80.00
Community Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree
Appropriation $150.00
Expenditures $162.46
Transferred from Reserve 12.46
$162.46
Unpaid Bills 1949
Unpaid 1949 Bills $48.78 Appropriation
$48.78
Bronze Tablet-Veterans
Bronze Tablets and
Balance from 1949 $297.62
Express $464.62 Transferred from
77
Advertising, Postage, etc.
Reserve
300.00
35.36
Refund
3.30
J. Russel Chase 50.00
$549.98
Balance to Revenue 50.94
$600.92
$600.92
Schoolhouse Loan
Paid 1950
$1,000.00 Loan $2,000.00
Balance to 1951
1,000.00
$2,000.00
Schoolhouse Note
Note
$1,000.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Auditorium Loan
To 1951
$45,000.00 Loan $45,000.00
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Schoolhouse Loan $2,000.00 Schoolhouse Note
Auditorium 45,000.00
$1,000.00
Paid To 1951 46,000.00
$47,000.00
$47,000.00
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GENERAL REVENUE SUMMARY AND BALANCE SHEET
Cash December 31, 1950
$65,514.22
Real Estate Taxes 1950
2,644.71
Personal Tax 1950
436.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1950
344.77
Tax Titles
162.13
Tax Possessions
2,537.91
State Aid Highways, Chapter 81
11,275.00
State Parks and Reservations
30.88
State Audit
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Cape Cod Mosquito Control
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$82,945.84
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
$344.77
Tax Possession and Tax Title Revenue
2,700.04
Overlay 1950
3,150.40
Overlay Reserve
2,247.49
Tailings
85.35
Sale of Real Estate
46.91
County Tax
297.80
Road Machinery Fund
638.75
Town Hall
404.92
Shellfish Propagation
400.00
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
120.85
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
596.77
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
348.93
Aid Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grant
75.26
Boat Meadow Creek
104.72
Town Landings
269.04
Road Machinery
430.11
Public Library Trust
167.06
Zoning
500.00
Doane Road to Cable Road
1,000.00
Camp Ground to Steele Road
800.00
Higgins Road
63.50
Rock Harbor Road
299.26
George Whiting Road
100.00
Herring Pond Landing
600.00
Signs for Beaches and Roads
32.20
1951 Tercentenary Celebration
1,690.13
New Auditorium
41,444.54
Remodelling Old Town Hall
4,000.00
Special School Lunch
648.90
$63,607.70
Surplus Revenue (E and D)
19,338.14
$82,945.84
Respectfully submitted, L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Accountant.
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Report of the Eastham Finance Committee For the Year of 1950
At a meeting held March 15, 1950, the Committee was duly organized. Harry S. Young was elected Chairman and Secretary.
Transfers from the Reserve to various accounts were approved as follows :-
Account :
Assessors' Abstracts
$ 25.00
Christmas Tree
12.46
Dog
13.00
Election and Registration
153.00
Fire Department
168.66
Fire House Building
500.00
Health
279.45
Interest
116.88
Shellfish Propagation
300.00
Shellfish Protection
100.00
Surety on Bond
.75
Town Dump
315.79
Treasurer's, Collector, Clerk Expenses
95.74
Veterans' Plaque
300.00
Wire Inspector
60.00
$2,440.73
1950 Reserve Account
$2,500.00
1950 Transfers
2,440.73
1950 Balance
$59.27
Respectfully submitted,
LEROY A. BABBITT
CLARENCE DOUGHTY
CLYDE L. BECKER
FRANK B. LINCOLN
RALPH A. CHASE
LLOYD A. MAYO
ROBERT L. DESCHAMPS
EUGENE S. ZACK
HARRY S. YOUNG,
Chairman and Secretary.
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Report of Highway Surveyor CHAPTER 81
To Appropriation
$4,100.00
By State
11,275.00
By Payment $15,375.00
$15,375.00
Laborers' Wages
$2,703.21
Surveyor's Wages
822.51
$3,525.72
Equipment Rental :
Trucks & Operators
$2,448.00
Power Grader
1,571.25
Tractor Shovel
1,258.76
Bulldozer
383.50
Chip Spreader
73.53
Tractor & Mower
54.00
Roller
28.00
5,817.04
Material & Supplies :
Asphalt
$4,720.99
Tar
1,079.51
Weed Toxin
180.00
Shovels & Rakes
19.95
Scythes, Stones, etc.
7.24
Sand
23.00
Express
1.55
6,032.24
$15,375.00
The following roads were the ones that received asphalt treatment during 1950. A seal coat was given the following.
School House Rd. .50 mile McKoy Rd. .20 mile
Nauset Beach Rd. .30
Pond Rd. 30 “ . .
Nauset Rd. .50 66 Sunset Village .45 “
Aspinet Rd. .55 Herring Brook Rd. .50
Steele Rd. .30 60 Chapin Rd. .50 “
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Camp Ground Rd. .30 "
. Thumpertown Rd. .45
Lawton Rd. .25 66 Gov. Prince Rd. .50 66
Horton Rd.
.20
66
Locust Rd.
.20
66
Summer Rd. .05 66 Mill Rd. .20 66
Townsend Rd. .15 66
Shurtleff Rd. .61
A mixed in place was done on the following :
Nauset Beach Rd. .40 mile
Higgins Rd. .20 mile
Sunken Meadow Rd. . 50 "
Pond Rd. .25 “
Massasoit Rd. .25
Samoset Rd. .20 “
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON, SR., Highway Surveyor.
Librarian's Report
Number volumes catalogued 7,108
Number volumes added 96
Number volumes including magazines borrowed 4,061
Total fines received $29.57
As usual, many books were borrowed from the Division of Public Library, both for the Grammar School and for the patrons of the Library.
Respectfully submitted,
(Mrs.) BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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Cable Rd. .25 “
Report of Fire Chief
To the Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report for the year 1950.
The year 1950 was not much different in regards to fires in town than in previous years, with the exception of the Town Dump, which gave the department much less trouble in 1950 than in previous years. The reason mainly for this was we were able to burn the dump much more often than in past years, on account of the frequent rains during the summer. This helped out a great deal.
The new fire station which has been built this past year houses the equipment adequately. It is a good looking build- ing and the committee feel it is the best they could get for the money which was appropriated.
The Eastham Fireman's Association have already pur- chased pipe for hydrants at two locations and as money is available will install others at places which are difficult to get close to water.
I have heard criticism made because I have called the County Brush Breaker, which is housed in Orleans, to some building fires we have had. I would like to say a word on this.
The criticism was, What do we have a Fire Department for if we cannot take care of our own fires ? Well, the answer is this. Each time I have called Orleans it has been for a building fire located where there was no water available except what was carried in the trucks and to my judgment this was not enough to extinguish the fire, which every time proved to be right. One example was a cottage located in the woods, with the flames coming out the windows and doors before it was noticed. Nearby were other cottages that could very easily have caught fire also. Another time the circum- stances were practically the same except the house was not
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located in the woods. Still another was at midnight at a busi- ness establishment and home combined where a great amount of money was involved. The smoke was coming through the partition and could not be located at once. Expecting the building to break out with fire at once and no water to work with, except what we carried, I called Orleans. I would like to ask what these people that do the criticizing would do at a time like this, knowing it would be their responsibility for not doing all in their power to save someone's property ?
Maybe they do not understand the only cost involved by calling outside help is for the men sent on the equipment that responds. There is no charge for the equipment itself, as the towns have a mutual agreement to help each other in time of need.
Following is a list of calls the department answered in 1950.
6 Car Fires
2 Overheated Oil Burner
10 Grass & Brush Fires 3 Dump Fires
2 Chimney Fires 3 House Fires
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON, SR.,
Fire Chief.
Report of the Old Mill
To the Selectmen of Eastham :
Herein is a brief report of the activities of the Old Mill for the Summer of 1950.
There were over 7,000 visitors who signed the register and several hundred more who did not sign.
The receipts from the sale of cards were $217.50 and $263.05 was donated.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD R. COLE.
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Report of Deputy Chief of Police
To Maurice W. Wiley, Chief of Police Town of Eastham
Herewith I submit my report of duties performed by Police Officers in the Town of Eastham.
1-Patrolling the town on all weekends from May 30th to September 15. Also Hallowe'en.
2-Parking cars at Nauset Coast Guard Beach at times when it was needed.
3-337 cars stopped for motor vehicle violations, such as : a-speeding
b-blind passing
c-cutting in and out of line
d-driving so as to endanger
e-faulty equipment
4-10 licenses sent to Registrar of Motor Vehicles for further action.
5-12 accidents reported and investigated. Eight per- sons were injured. No deaths occurred.
6-48 various complaints investigated. Such as : a-breaking and entering-7
b-property damage-11; damage to property, $600 c-prowlers-14 d-rifle shooting-3
e-attempt suicide-1 f-stealing-11 g-morals charges-1
7-5 summons served for out-of-town Police.
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