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1.90
Demands Poll Tax
10.15
56.67
Collector's Fees
89.90
Commercial Revenue
Sealers Fees
14.12
Library Fines
17.41
Rent of Highway Machinery
478.50
School Lunch (Money received from pupils)
1,412.86
School Milk (Money received from pupils)
417.74
School Lunch (Federal Grant)
702.24
School Stove (Federal Grant)
143.25
School Refrigerator (Federal Grant)
270.00
3,456.12
From State :
Old Age Assistance
4,422.71
Dept. Public Health
170.72
Aid Dependent Children
1,597.52
Veterans' Benefits
13.78
Temporary Aid and Transportation
709.01
Highway Chapter 81
10,097.26
Bounty on Seals
77.00
Vocational Education
2.98
Livestock Control
20.00
17,110.98
City of Quincy (Old Age Assistance) Federal Grants
110.97
Old Age Assistance
5,817.83
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
355.11
Aid to Dependent Children
1,602.78
Aid to Dependent Children Adm.
35.05
7,810.77
Unclassified
Reimbursement Loss of Taxes 7.25
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Telephone Toll
5.10
Sale Protectograph
10.00
Sale of Dump
50.00
Sale Voting List
2.00
Sale Gas Stove (School)
76.00
Court Fine
10.00
Tax Title Redemption (Deeds, Releases )
6.00
Recording
52.50
218.85
Refunds
Dog
20.00
Aid Dependent Children
9.00
Advertising
1.65
Dental Clinic
33.50
Selectmen and Assessors Expense
4.00
Town Hall
26.25
Moth
1.05
Snow
1.05
School
1.08
Tax Titles
1.00
Miscellaneous
6.24
Tax Possession Expense
2.68
107.50
Fish and Game
523.25
Withholding Tax
577.47
Barnstable County Retirement
159.35
Mass. Teachers' Retirement
181.12
Blue Cross
23.40
Trust Funds
Income
Billings Fund
492.28
Timothy Smith Fund
888.05
Timothy Smith War Bonds
275.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
300.00
Town Hall Fund
88.24
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Old Mill Operating Fund, Sale of Meal, Cards 142.35
2,185.92
Withdrawn
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund
8.50
World War Memorial
26.00
Billings Library Fund
14,000.00
Town Hall Income
39.10
Christmas Tree Fund
23.65
Timothy Smith Fund Loans
200.00
Timothy Smith Fund Gift
100.00
14,397.25
Total Receipts
$144,647.48
PAYMENTS
Selectmen's Salaries
$1,100.00
Assessors' Salaries
700.00
Board of Welfare Salaries
800.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Salary
2,000.00
Accountant Salary and Expense
521.45
Clerk Salary
485.51
Janitor Salary
1,700.00
Moderator
25.00
Road Surveyor
50.00
Constable
50.00
Secretary Finance Committee
50.00
Officers Travelling Expense
150.44
Selectmen and Assessors Expense
272.61
Assessors Abstracts
140.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
440.81
Finance Committee Expense
5.40
Surety on Bond
76.50
Legal Expense
50.00
Election and Registration
139.75
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Town Hall
729.73
Shellfish Propagation
509.12
Shellfish Protection
44.29
Police
499.24
Fire Department
1,288.95
Ambulance
1,410.50
Moth Suppression
1,004.49
Fire Warden
504.55
Suppression Tent Caterpillars
50.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
40.00
Inspection of Wiring
286.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
25.00
Health
649.67
Town Dump
497.58
Inspection of Animals
40.00
Dog Account
24.00
Free Bed
400.00
Public Welfare
982.18
Old Age Assistance
7,500.00
Aid Dependent Children
2,509.00
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
5,546.53
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
243.38
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
1,487.00
Aid Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grant
42.70
State Aid (Veterans Benefits)
1,656.83
Highway General
249.23
Highway Chapter 81
12,900.00
Highway Chapter 90
2,359.34
Sunken Meadow Road
3.28
Horton Road
416.13
Snow
513.63
Snow Fences
250.00
Town Landing Salt Pond
6.53
Steele Road Extension
90.00
Town Landings
477.85
Boat Meadow Creek
72.50
Road Machinery
214.23
School
21,903.11
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School Lunch
2,903.28
School Lunch Federal Grant
1,004.01
School Milk
273.37
School Refrigerator
270.00
School Stove
143.25
George Deen Fund (Vocational Education)
142.50
Vocational Education
421.95
Public Library
311.91
Public Library Trust
487.30
Interest
101.25
Schoolhouse Note
1,000.00
Old Cemeteries
199.65
Miscellaneous
438.61
Tax Titles
93.75
Tax Possession Expense
702.01
Town Reports
350.00
Clearing Sedge Grass
150.00
Old Windmill
2,242.53
Band Concerts
150.00
Insurance
323.29
Memorial Day
67.70
Community Christmas Tree
50.00
Recreation Center
67.66
Unpaid 1946 Bills
360.91
Real Estate Tax 1946 Refund
2.70
Real Estate Tax 1947 Refund
35.46
Personal Tax 1947 Refund
5.94
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1947 Refund
58.29
Shellfish License Refund
5.00
Fish and Game
523.25
Dog Licenses
187.80
Barnstable County Retirement System
159.35
Withholding Tax
115.08
Collectors' Fees
89.20
Mass. Teachers Retirement
181.12
Blue Cross
23.40
State Tax
1,150.00
County Tax
5,734.86
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State Parks and Reservations
43.30
State Audit
340.03
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
520.46
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
300.00
World War Memorial
26.00
Billings Library Fund
14,000.00
Town Hall Income
127.34
Sale of Old Mill Material
98.95
Salary Miller
43.40
Timothy Smith Fund Income
888.05
Timothy Smith Fund Loans
200.00
Timothy Smith Fund Bonds
275.00
Zara Higgins Cemetery Fund
4.50
Christmas Tree Fund
23.65
Total Payments
$113,600.20
REVENUE 1947
Appropriations $65,619.91
Poll Tax Comm. $470.00
State and County
Real Estate Comm. 43,589.34
Taxes
8,400.01
Personal Tax 4,766.58
State Parks and
Estimated Receipts 26,958.84 Omitted Tax Comm. 78.30
Reservations 22.24
(Underestimate)
Estimated Receipts 2,837.93 Appro. Balance 3,170.93
Control
Underestimate 13.65
County Tax
Underestimate
334.79
Overlay 1942
7.95
Overlay 1947
1,386.21
$75,784.76
To Surplus Revenue 6,087.16
$81,871.92
$81,871.92
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Cape Cod Mosquito
Surplus Revenue
Transfers :
Highway Chap. 90 $3,000.00
Highway Chap. 81 9,675.00
Ambulance 2,100.00
Steele Rd. Extension 400.00
Boat Meadow Creek 500.00
Snow 200.00
Veterans' Benefits 300.00
Public Welfare
200.00
Library 100.00
Tax Titles
109.89
Bal. Jan. 1, 1947 $13,925.01 St. & County Tax Adjustment 370.68
Highway Chap. 81 10,097.26 Tax Title Redemption 42.66 Tax Possession Sales 2,295.00 Revenue 6,087.16
$16,584.89
Surplus Revenue (E and D)
16,232.88
$32,817.77
$32,817.77
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CLASSIFICATION OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Selectmen's Salaries
Maurice W. Wiley,
Appropriation $1,100.00
Chairman
$500.00
George Howard
300.00
Luther Smith
300.00
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
Assessors' Salaries
Luther P. Smith,
Appropriation
$700.00
Chairman
$250.00
Maurice W. Wiley
250.00
George Howard
200.00
$700.00
$700.00
Board of Welfare Salaries
George Howard,
Chairman
$350.00
Maurice W. Wiley 200.00
Luther P. Smith 250.00
$800.00 $800.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Salary Leslie E. Chase $2,000.00 Appropriation $2,000.00
Accountant Salary Expense
L. Isabelle Brackett $500.00 7.50
Appropriation $530.00
Typing
Printing, Stationery and Postage 13.95
$521.45
Balance to Revenue
8.55
$530.00
$530.00
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Appropriation
$800.00
Clerk Salary
L. Isabelle Brackett $485.51 Transferred from : Treasurer, Collector Clerk a/c $300.00
Selectmen's, Assessors' Exp. 250.00
Balance to Revenue 314.49
Public Welfare Exp. 250.00
$800.00
$800.00
Janitor Salary
Horace C. Moore
$1,700.00 Appropriation $1,700.00
Ralph A. Chase
Moderator Salary $25.00 Appropriation $25.00
Road Surveyor
Nathan A. Nickerson $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Salary of Finance Committee
Richard C. Nickerson $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Officers Travelling Expense
Assessors Expense
$67.31
Appropriation
$150.00
Selectmen Expense
43.03
Transferred from
Treasurer Expense
40.10
Reserve .44
$150.44
$150.44
Selectmen and Assessors' Expense
Clerical Assistance
$12.00
Appropriation
$500.00
Dues State and
Refund 4.00
County Ass'n
22.00
Transferred from
Cash Box
3.50
Reserve 40.00
Numbering Machine
20.21
File Cabinet
5.10
Overhaul Calculator
15.00
Name Stamp
5.16
60
Peramulating Orleans- Eastham Town Line (Boat Hire) 2.50
Transferred to Clerk's Salary a/c 250.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 187.14
$522.61
Balance to Revenue
21.39
$544.00
$544.00
Assessors Abstracts $140.00 Appropriation $140.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
Transferred to Clerk's
Appropriation $700.00
Salary a/c $300.00
Transferred from Reserve 25.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage 246.91
Transferred from
Use of Car
30.00
Reserve 15.81
Dues Treasurer and
Town Clerks Ass'n
2.00
Dues Town Clerk Ass'n 3.00
Clerical Assistance
13.30
Adding Machine Rolls
10.75
Checks
80.70
Fees
54.15
$740.81
$740.81
Finance Committee Expense
Clerical Assistance
$5.40
Appropriation
$10.00
Balance to Revenue 4.60
$10.00
$10.00
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Abstracts
Legal Expense
Charles Frazier
$50.00 Appropriation $150.00
Balance to Revenue 100.00
$150.00
$150.00
Surety on Bonds
Collector's Bond
$33.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Treasurer's Bond
33.50
Town Clerk
5.00
Deputy Collector
5.00
$76.50
Balance to Revenue 23.50
$100.00
$100.00
Certification of Notes Balance to Revenue . $10.00 Appropriation $10.00
Election and Registration
Maurice W. Wiley,
Appropriation
$100.00
Registrar $15.00
Transferred 40.00
George Howard,
Registrar 15.00
Luther P. Smith, Registrar 15.00
Leslie E. Chase,
Registrar Clerk 15.00
Abbott Knowles, Election Officer 15.00
Ella M. Fuller,
Election Officer 10.00
Henry McCone,
Election Officer 5.00
Dorothy Prentice,
Election Officer 5.00
Walter F. Nickerson,
Election Officer 5.00
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Harvey T. Moore 13.00
Winfred J. Knowles, Teller 5.00
James Johnston, Teller 2.00
Sumner Eddy, Teller 7.00
Printing
12.75
$139.75
Balance to Revenue
.25
$140.00
$140.00
Town Hall
Fire Extinguisher
Appropriation
$700.00
Liquid
$5.80
Refund 26.25
Transferred from
Fire Extinguisher Refills
9.90
Reserve
3.74
Lights
92.70
Fuel
409.21
Telephone
80.50
Box Rent
2.00
Calendar, Office
Memo
2.00
Power Lawn Mower
33.50
Waste Basket
.98
Cups, paper towels, toilet paper
30.60
Painting
4.00
Labor on Boiler
3.75
Bulbs
3.97
Mowing
4.50
Soap, deodorization
tablets
9.32
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Welding Boiler
5.00
63
Mops
15.00
Carting Rubbish
12.00
$729.73
Balance to Revenue .26
$729.99
$729.99
Shellfish Propagation
Labor Planting Clams $28.00
Labor Planting
Quahaugs
25.00
Labor Planting
Oysters
31.00
Oyster Seed
235.12
Clam Seed
140.00
Quahaug Seed
50.00
$509.12
Balance to Revenue
90.88
$600.00
$600.00
Shellfish Protection
Shellfish Permit
Appropriation $100.00
Books
$11.00
Shellfish Notices.
Cloth Signs
18.42
Scotch Tape, Forms
14.87
$44.29
Balance to Revenue 55.71
$100.00
$100.00
Shellfish Constable
Balance to Revenue $100.00 Appropriation $100.00
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Balance $500.00 Appropriation $100.00
Police
Police Uniform
$88.30 Appropriation
$250.00
Police Holster
5.49
Transferred 250.00
Walter F. Nickerson
167.25
Winfred J. Knowles
200.00
Harvey T. Moore,
Building Inspector
38.00
$499.24
Balance to Revenue .76
$500.00
$500.00
Fire Dept.
Nathan A. Nickerson,
Appropriation
$1,350.00
Telephone 167.85
Electricity-Fire Siren 34.78
Labor on Fires
246.42
Insurance
215.15
Gas, Oil, Alcohol,
Grease
29.46
Labor on Fire Alarm System
60.43
Hose, Plugs
245.00
Refills
7.50
Recharges, Tips for Nozzle
12.15
Motor
100.80
Fire Extinguisher
Liquid 5.80
Bolts, Screws, Pulleys,
Nozzle, etc. 13.61
$1,288.95
Balance to Revenue
61.05
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
Fire Chief
$150.00
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Ambulance
Ambulance
$1,410.50
Appropriation $2,100.00
Balance to 1948
689.50
$2,100.00
$2,100.00
Moth
Labor
$639.40
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Truck Registration
2.00
Refunds 8.05
Storage of Sprayer
14.00
Expenses Attending
$1,008.05
Meeting
3.00
Advertising
20.30
Insecticides, D.D.T.
89.11
Hose Supplies
100.65
Parts, Labor, Gas, Oil,
Grease
132.85
Express
3.18
$1,004.49
Balance to Revenue
3.56
$1,008.05
$1,008.05
Tree Warden
Truck
$116.27
Appropriation $325.00
Expenses Attending Meetings
18.25
Transferred from Reserve 116.27
Storage on Sprayer
14.00
Transferred from Salt
Survey
10.00
Pond Ex. a/c 100.00
Tractor Hire
93.50
Bulldozer Hire
23.00
Truck Hire
6.64
Saw
3.67
Oiler, Brushes, Gas, Oil
7.12
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Tree for Town Hall
55.00
Labor
164.10
$511.55
Balance to Revenue
29.72
$541.27
$541.27
Suppression Tent Caterpillars Otto E. Nickerson $50.00 Appropriation $50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Stanley M. Walker $40.00 Appropriation $40.00
Inspection of Wiring
Maurice A. Moore
$196.00
Appropriation $150.00
Frank Fuller 90.00
Transferred from Reserve $100.00
$286.00
Balance to Revenue 4.00
Transferred from Salt Pond Ext. a/c 40.00
$290.00
$290.00
Bounty on Woodchucks
Bounties Paid
$25.00 Appropriation
$30.00
Balance to Revenue 5.00
$30.00
$30.00
Health
Barnstable County
Appropriation
$650.00
Sanitorium
$442.40
Well Child Conference 50.00
Signs 4.75
Glasses
34.00
Dental Clinic
75.00
Cabin Advertising
2.00
Bulldozer Hire
12.00
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Maurice W. Wiley,
Salary 5.00
George Howard, Salary 5.00
Luther P. Smith, Salary 5.00
Carting Rubbish 14.52
$649.67
Balance to Revenue
.33
$650.00
$650.00
Town Dump
Antone Escobar
$442.08
Appropriation $400.00
Use of Grader
6.50
Transferred from Salt
Bulldozer Hire
49.00
Pond Ext. a/c 100.00
$497.58
Balance to Revenue
2.42
$500.00
$500.00
Inspection of Animals
Harry W. Collins $40.00 Appropriation $40.00
Dog Account
Walter Nickerson
$24.00 Appropriation
$24.00
Free Bed-Cape Cod Hospital
Cape Cod Hospital $400.00 Appropriation $400.00
Public Welfare
Town of Orleans
$415.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Town of Duxbury
165.60 Transferred from
Notary Fees .50
Surplus Revenue 200.00
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Cash Grants
401.08
$982.18
Balance to Revenue 217.82
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Old Age Assistance
Town of Wellfleet
$117.78
Appropriation $7,500.00
Cash Grants
7,382.22
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants
Town of Wellfleet
$89.18 Federal Grants
$6,808.33
Town of Chatham
32.95
Cash Grants
5,424.40
$5,546.53
Balance to 1948
1,261.80
$6,808.33
$6,808.33
Old Age Assistance Administration Federal Grants
Clerk Salary
$198.00
Balance January 1
$200.75
Postage
1.38
Federal Grants
355.11
Envelopes
25.00
Use of Car
7.90
$555.87
Folders
11.10
$243.38
Balance to 1948
312.49
$555.87
$555.87
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Cash Grants
Aid to Dependent Children $2,509.00 Appropriation Refund 9.00
$2,500.00
$2,509.00
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant
Cash Grants $1,487.00 Federal Grants $2,018.89
Balance to 1948
531.89
$2,018.89
$2,018.89
Aid to Dependent Children Administration Federal Grants
Clerk Salary
$33.00
Federal Grants $141.59
Envelopes
3.00
Use of Car
6.70
$42.70
Balance to 1948
98.89
$141.59
$141.59
Veterans' Benefits
Cash Grants
$1,656.83
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transferred from
Revenue 300.00
Transferred from
Surplus Rev. 300.00
$1,600.00
Highway General
Storage Highway
Appropriation
$250.00
Equipment
$33.00
Tractor Hire
9.00
Labor
157.59
Pitch Forks
4.70
Rakes
3.00
70
Express
1.05
Welding
7.50
Gas, Oil, Supplies
21.39
Bulldozer
12.00
$249.23
Balance to Revenue
.77
$250.00
$250.00
Highway Chapter 81
(See Road Surveyor's Report) Appropriation
$3,225.00
Expenditures $12,900.00 Transferred from
Surplus Rev. 9,675.00
$12,900.00
Highway Chapter 90
(See Road Surveyor's Report) Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expenditures $2,359.34 Transferred from
Balance to 1948
1,640.66
Surplus Rev. 3,000.00
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Sunken Meadow Road
Recording
$3.28
Appropriation
$25.00
Balance to Revenue
21.72
$25.00
$25.00
Horton Road
Labor
$320.00
Appropriation
$400.00
Recording
16.81
Transferred from
Survey
40.82
Reserve
16.13
Bulldozer Hire
38.50
$416.13
$416.13
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Snow
Labor
$274.75
Appropriation $300.00
Part for Plow
15.00
Transferred from
Labor on Plow
6.50
Reserve 15.00
Express
3.88
Transferred from Surplus Rev. 200.00
Blade for Plow
13.50
Snow Plow
200.00
Refund 1.05
$513.63
Balance to Revenue 2.42
$516.05
$516.05
Snow Fence
Snow Fence $250.00 Balance Jan. 1
$250.00
Town Landing-Salt Pond
Recording
$6.53 Balance Jan. 1
$804.10
Transferred :
Police a/c
150.00
Town Dump
100.00
Town Landing
150.00
Old Mill
150.00
Miscellaneous
30.00
Wire Inspection
40.00
Election and
Registration
40.00
Tree Warden
100.00
$766.53
Balance to 1948
37.57
$804.10
$804.10
Steele Road Extension
Survey
$90.00
Transferred from Surplus Rev. $400.00
Balance to 1948
310.00
$400.00
$400.00
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Town Landings
Carting Rubbish
$63.00
Appropriation $400.00
Labor
266.38
Transferred from
Bulldozer Hire
117.50
Salt Pond Ext. a/c 150.00
Lumber, etc.
30.97
$477.85
Balance to Revenue
72.15
$550.00
$550.00
Boat Meadow Creek
Survey
Balance to 1948
$72.50 Transferred from 427.50 Surplus Rev. $500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Road Machinery
Machinery
$160.55
Balance Jan. 1
$4.81
Express
9.82
Transferred from
Gas, Oil
37.86
Machinery
235.00
Storage
6.00
$214.23
Balance to
25.58
$239.81
$239.81
School
Expenditures
$21,903.11 Appropriation
$21,925.00
Balance to Revenue 22.97
Refund
1.08
$21,926.08
$21,926.08
See School Report
School Retirement Fund
School Retirement Withheld $181.12
Board $181.12
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Blue Cross
Massachusetts Hospital
Withheld $23.40
Service $23.40
School Lunch
Gertrude Moore
$975.00
Appropriation $4,500.00
Helen Stowe
192.00
Service Charges &
Express on Com- modities
49.29
Gas
46.50
Electric Mixer
15.00
Straws, Napkins
22.20
Repairs Lunchroom
30.00
Painting Lunchroom
49.87
Kitchen Supplies
6.66
Groceries
1,166.73
Milk
350.03
2,903.28
Balance to Revenue 1,596.72
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
School Lunch Federal Grant
Gertrude Moore
$325.00
Federal Grants $1,147.26
Helen Stowe
72.00
Groceries
607.01
Transferred to School
Stove a/c
143.25
$1,147.26
$1,147.26
School Milk
Commonwealth of Mass. $273.37
Receipts from Pupils $273.37
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Refrigerator
School Refrigerator $270.00 From Commonwealth $270.00
Stove
School Stove $143.25 From Commonwealth $143.25
George Deen Fund
John Logan,
Balance Jan. 1 $142.50
Instructor
$142.50
Vocational Education
John Logan,
Appropriation
$625.00
Instructor
37.50
Rebecca Sherman 82.50
Barnstable Evening Trade School
20.00
Bristol County
Agric. School
276.00
Supplies for Classes
5.95
$421.95
Balance to Revenue
203.05
$625.00
$625.00
Public Library
Blanche A. Keefe
$195.60
Appropriation
$100.00
Postage
.49
Refund Dog Tax
111.01
Bulldozer Hire
25.00
Coal
42.00
Transferred from Surplus Revenue
100.00
Cards
1.00
Insurance
5.25
Books
41.67
$311.01
$311.01
Public Library Trust
Blanche A. Keefe,
Balance Jan. 1 $33.47
Salary $186.50 Income Billings Fund 492.28
75
Postage
.30
Timothy Smith Fund Gift 100.00
Insurance
22.15
Fuel
40.74
Magazines
82.64
Lights
15.72
Cards, Supplies
10.21
Books
129.04
$487.30
Balance to 1948
138.45
$625.75
$625.75
Interest
Interest
$101.25
Appropriation
$100.00
Balance Due 1948
1.25
$101.25
$101.25
Reserve Fund
Transfers :
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Selectmen, Assessors'
Expenses
$40.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
40.81
Police
100.00
Wire Inspection
100.00
Veterans' Benefits
300.00
Snow
15.00
Memorial Day
20.00
Horton Road
16.13
Miscellaneous
207.61
Moth
116.27
Assessors' Abstracts
40.00
Town Hall
3.74
Officer's Travel Exp.
.44
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
76
Miscellaneous
Sealer Weights and
Appropriation $200.00
Measures Supplies
$11.85
Transferred from Reserve 207.61
Advertising
52.00
Town Reports
28.32
Refund 1.00
Town Seal
1.80
Transferred from Salt
Lumber
12.30
Pond a/c 30.00
Survey Bounds,
Samoset Road
162.71
Signs
54.35
Burning Brush
7.28
Cape Cod Handbook
30.00
Bounty on Seals
78.00
$438.61
$438.61
Tax Titles
Recording
$51.50
Appropriation
$200.00
Postage
19.10
Refund
6.24
Notary Fee
1.50
Advertising
8.25
Fees
13.40
$93.75
Balance to Revenue
112.49
$206.24
$206.24
Sale of Tax Possessions Expense
Labor Staking Lots
$13.50
Appropriation
$700.00
Survey
492.00
Refund
2.68
Use of Car
28.00
Recording
52.01
Notary Fees
3.75
Postage
2.75
77
Maurice W. Wiley 110.00
$702.01
Balance to Revenue .67
$702.68
$702.68
Town Reports
Town Reports $350.00 Appropriation
$350.00
Clearing Sedge Grass
Clearing Sedge Grass $150.00 Balance
$150.00
Old Windmill
Harold Cole, Miller
$150.00
Balance Jan. 1
$892.82
Signs
26.50
Appropriation
1,200.00
Insurance
22.50
Transferred from
Mill Stick
163.00
Salt Pond Ext. a/c 150.00
Labor on Stick
94.50
Use of Car
15.00
Well
20.89
Tractor Hire
33.00
Bulldozer
12.00
Labor and Setting
Shaft
209.00
Lumber
30.37
Fertilizer
32.33
Mowing
4.50
Corn
14.99
Labor on Pump
187.23
Wiring
76.15
Bolts, Nuts, Plugs,
Pipes, etc.
34.39
Express
34.53
Shrubs
89.22
Labor (Mill and
Grounds)
875.93
Hose, Base, Roll
41.10
78
Electricity
3.80
Lawn Mower
40.00
Seed
10.50
Welding
12.10
$2,242.53
Balance to Revenue
.29
$2,242.82
$2,242.82
Band Concerts
Ralph A. Chase,
Appropriation
$150.00
Treasurer
$150.00
Insurance
Insurance
$323.29
Appropriation
$400.00
Balance to Revenue
76.71
$400.00
$400.00
Memorial Day
Wreaths
$24.00
Appropriation
$50.00
Band Services
33.00
Transferred from
Flags
10.70
Reserve
20.00
$67.70
Balance to Revenue
2.30
$70.00
$70.00
Recreation Center
Police
$24.00
Appropriation
$125.00
Records
15.95
Lumber
5.88
Ping Pong Set
5.95
Refreshments
4.80
Bulbs
.90
79
Party Supplies (New Year's) 10.18
$67.66
Balance to Revenue 57.34
$125.00
$125.00
Unpaid 1946 Bills
Unpaid Bills $360.91 Appropriation $360.91
Schoolhouse Note
Schoolhouse Note $1,000.00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Trust Funds, Cash, Securities, Loans
Balance December
31, 1947 $45,878.43
Timothy Smith Fund $16,273.66
Timothy Smith
Investment
11,000.00
Billings Library
Fund Investment 14,000.00
Town Hall Income
Fund
639.03
Old Grist Mill
Operating Fund 51.24
Eastham World War
Memorial Fund 486.02
Old Grist Wind Mill Fund 535.11
Community Christmas
Tree Fund 13.47
Post War Rehabili-
tation Fund
Cemetery Trust
Funds 233,65
Town Hall Trust
Funds 2,646.25
$45,878.43
$45,878.43
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GENERAL REVENUE SUMMARY
Cash December 31, 1947
$31,047.28
Taxes Real 1947
2,403.03
Personal Tax 1947 ,
247.59
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1947
97.87
Tax Titles
120.45
Tax Possessions
3,170.03
Veterans' Benefits
823.87
State Aid to Highways
4,340.03
County Aid to Highways
1,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
56.83
Interest
1.25
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
97.87
Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue
3,290.48
Overlay 1947
991.14
Overlay Reserve
6,318.31
Departmental Revenue
823.87
State Aid to Highways Revenue
4,340.03
County Aid to Highways
1,000.00
Collectors' Fees
.70
Withholding Tax
462.39
Tailings
122.15
Sale of Real Estate
2,396.91
County Tax
581.71
State Parks and Reservations
16.00
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
13.65
Road Machinery Fund
1,092.50
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
1,261.80
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
312.49
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
531.89
Aid Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grant
98.89
Highway Chapter 90
1,640.66
Road Machinery Operaiting a/c
25.58
Public Library Trust
138.45
Ambulance
689.50
Steele Road Extension
310.00
Boat Meadow Creek
427.50
Shellfish Propagation
90.88
27,075.35
Surplus Revenue
16,232.88
$43,308.23
$43,308.23
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT,
Town Accountant.
81
Report of the Eastham Finance Committee FOR THE YEAR OF 1947
The Committee was duly organized February 12, 1947, with Richard C. Nickerson elected Chairman and Secretary. Transfers were approved as follows:
Selectmen's and Assessors'
Expense Account $ 40.00
Assessors' Abstracts Account
40.00
Treasurer's, Collector's, and Clerk's Expense Account
40.81
Police Account
100.00
Inspection Wiring Account
100.00
Veterans' Benefits Account
300.00
Snow Account
15.00
Memorial Day Account
20.00
Horton Road Account
16.13
Miscellaneous Account
207.61
Tree Warden Account
116.27
Town Hall Account
3.74
Officers' Travel Account
.44
Total
$1,000.00
Reserve Account
$1,000.00
Transfers
1,000.00
Balance
$ 0.00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY O. DANIELS
HERMAN A. DILL
ROBERT L. DESCHAMPS
OSCAR PIERCE
RALPH L. ROGERS
WINFORD L. SCHOFIELD
PHILIP G. SCHWIND
CLARENCE E. WALKER
RICHARD C. NICKERSON Chairman and Secretary
82
Report of Highway Surveyor
CHAPTER 81
To Appropriation
$3,225.00 By Payment $12,900.00
By State
9,675.00
$12,900.00
Trucks and Operators
$2,537.00
Grader and Operator
2,306.75
Gravel Loader
142.50
Bulldozer and Operator
135.40
Spreader
30.00
Labor
2,956.88
Asphalt
3,652.18
Sand
98.27
Tar
622.79
Brooms
79.65
Bolts and Washers
4.34
Lumber and Nails
12.01
Rakes and Shovels
21.90
Signs
20.50
Express
3.58
Cement Posts
276.25
$12,900.00
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Highway Surveyor
83
Librarian's Report
Number of volumes catalogued 6,973
Number of volumes added 120
Number of volumes, including magazines borrowed 4,319
Total fines received $17.41
As usual, the Grammar School has borrowed books from the Division of Public Libraries, Boston.
Many books from there were also borrowed for several Library patrons.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
84
Report of Board of Public Welfare
The expenditures of the Board of Welfare, Bureau of Old Age Assistance and General Relief amounted to $18,- 024.71. The following account gives the detail of these ex- pendtiures and the amounts expected in reimbursements from the Federal Government, State, and other cities and towns.
Old Age Assistance
Total Cash Payments
$13,046.53
Received from other Cities
13.17
Federal Grants
6,096.26
State's Share
4,682.86
Old Age Assistance Meal Tax
408.99
$11,201.27
Net cost to Town
$1,845.26
Aid to Dependent Children
Total Cash Payments
$3,996.00
Federal Grants
1,404.87
State's Share
1,306.12
$2,710.99
Net Cost to Town
$1,285.01
85
General Relief
Total Cash Payments
$982.18
State's Share
192.76
Net Cost to Town
$789.42
Total Expenditures
$18,024.71
Reimbursements
14,105.02
Total Net Cost
$3,919.69
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE HOWARD, Chairman
MAURICE W. WILEY
LUTHER P. SMITH
Board of Welfare
86
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Report of Fire Chief
To the Board of Selectmen
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