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3.10
Phillips Bates Co.
55.23
New England Road Machinery Co.
22.50
The Barrett Co.
2,509.49
Clark Wilcox Co.
23.00
Powers Bros.
158.74
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
7.65
Bradford Weston, Inc.
788.69
Robinson Clay Co.
197.80
$13,923.30
To Surplus Revenue
1.65
Balance
.05
13,925.00
Appropriations :
Town (General)
1,000.00
Town and State (Chap. 81)
12,925.00
PAYROLL CHAPTER 90 - MAIN STREET
Perry H. Osborn
88.50
Wilbur Hatch
16.00
Man and truck
235.50
Lyman Lincoln
37.00
Arthur Jackman
43.00
The Barrett Co.
790.86
Charles E. Davis
39.00
Bradford Weston, Inc.
1,550.39
William Beach
48.00
Frank Donovan
11.00
Stephen A. Mott
45.00
Thomas Bros.
78.75
Walter Braga
5.00
Allan Levange
12.00
$3,000.00
Chapter 90: Town
1,000.00
Chapter 90: County
1,000.00
Chapter 90: State
1,000.00
Appropriation
$3,000.00
SIGN BOARDS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Signs
8.90
Chandler's Auto Express
.75
Perry H. Osborn, Labor
3.50
W. C. Soule, Road Lines
26.40
39.55
To Surplus Revenue
10.45
Appropriation
50.00
1940 SNOW PAYROLL
Perry H. Osborn
30.38
Weston Bates
42.25
2 men and 2 trucks
825.50
Perley Keene
10.50
Man and truck
426.50
George Dobson
26.25
F. Howard Hall and truck
458.75
Vincent Lincoln
32.00
Lyman Lincoln and truck
518.50
Lyman Lincoln, Jr.
32.00
Wesley Osborne and truck
12.00
Charles Cavanaugh
8.00
Wesley Osborne, Sr.
6.00
Frank Osborne
2.50
Wesley Osborne, Jr.
6.00
Frank MacFarlane
120.13
Arthur Jackman
120.00
Herbert Joseph
38.48
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50.00
13,925.00
TOWN OF NORWELL
Lee Coombs
80.75
Hedge Matthesis Co.
31.00
Augustine Feneck
70.75
Clark Wilcox
89.22
Francis Hines
4.00
H. F. Davis Tractor Co.
57.10
Louis Whiting
4.00
James N. Sargent
13.62
Howard Jackson
39.75
Irving Henderson
40.07
Stephen A. Mott
13.75
New England Road Machinery Co.
95.45
Walter Braga
6.75
Harvey Sales and Service
2.35
Charles E. Davis
88.50
I. A. Lincoln
2.38
John T. Osborn
96.79
Annie Merritt
1.00
Charles H. Baldwin
8.50
George A. Beach
.75
Wilbur Hatch
70.00
Robert MacDonald
70.81
Percy Joseph
11.75
Ray Litchfield
63.13
Edward Winslow
7.00
William Beach
6.75
John Prince
5.75
$3,697.41
Appropriation
3,500.00
Transfers-Reserve Fund
197.41
$3,697.41
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Brockton Edison Co., Contract
567.84
To Surplus Revenue
7.16
Appropriation
575.00
UNPAID BILLS
(Amounts Transferred to Proper Departments in Schedule)
Town of Hanover, Public Welfare
$851.45
Town of Hanover, Old Age Assistance
211.84
1,063.29
Appropriation
1,063.29
PUBLIC WELFARE
Cash Disbursements
$1,071.00
Groceries and Provisions:
John F. Brooks
$153.37
I. R. Henderson
198.38
E. N. Josselyn
1,855.56
I. A. Lincoln
6.01
C. W. Robinson
168.00
R. C. Smith
61.50
Fuel:
Phillips, Bates & Co.
$38.25
Stanley Briggs
10.00
Harold Ramsay
172.50
Taylor Fuel Co.
39.75
Perry Osborn
12.00
Rent :
W. D. Jacobs
$240.00
Rockland Savings Bank
225.00
Chester Spear
84.00
C. O. Litchfield
20.00
569.00
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2,442.82
272.50
575.00
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Milk:
George Cavanagh
$132.72
132.72
Clothing:
Edgar's-Clothing
$29.53
N. H. Ranney-Clothing
28.40
Burrell & DeLory-Shoes
5.98
Lelyveld Shoe Store-Shoes
8.90
72.81
Medical:
Call Drug Co .- Drugs
$4.50
R. G. Vinal, M.D., Services
218.50
A. H. Barron, M.D., Services
100.00
A. B. Eldridge, D.M.D., Services
55.00
Hollis Auto Co., Ambulances
44.00
Ernest H. Sparrell-Services
100.00
Carney Hospital-Care
199.35
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary-Care
9.35
Mass. General Hospital-Care
151.50
Phaneuf Hospital-Care
119.00
Pondville Hospital-Care
27.00
St. Elizabeth's Hospital-Care
46.75
Weymouth Hospital-Care
158.55
$1,233.50
Salaries:
Herbert A. Lincoln
$20.00
James A. Liddell
245.84
A. Lester Scott
81.94
Ralph H. Coleman
81.94
Administration :
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., office supplies
$13.53
Mass. Assn. of Relief
2.00
H. C. Metcalf, office supplies
3.75
Sanderson Bros., office supplies
3.65
Standard Printing Co., office suupplies.
15.50
F. R. Totman, supplies
1.66
J. F. Totman, supplies and postage.
13.15
Williams School
8.00
Miscellaneous
8.84
Cash Payments to Other Cities and Towns:
Boston
$88.80
Everett
10.66
Hanover
1,217.45
Rockland
295.95
Scituate
46.40
Quincy
2.70
1,661.96
Appropriation (includes amount under Unpaid Bills)
7,351.45
Transfer-Reserve Fund
604.66
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cash Disbursement
$21,267.50
Cash for:
Nursing Home, Julia Barber
406.00
20
429.72
70.08
$7,956.11
$7,956.11
TOWN OF NORWELL
Nurse, Mrs. Sexton
52.00
Medical Care and Medicine:
R. G. Vinal, M.D.
$311.15
S. L. Strong, M.D
49.00
W. R. Connor, M.D.
5.00
365.15
Burial, G. H. Downing & Son
Miscellaneous
Other Cities and Towns:
Abington
$10.00
Belmont
30.00
Brockton
60.00
Lakeville
120.00
Marshfield
151.50
371.50
Unpaid bills-1937-38-39:
Ayer
$90.00
Hanover
211.84
Marshfield
208.92
510.76
Balance-U. S. Grant January 1, 1941
1,115.44
$24,240.48
Appropriation (includes amount under Unpaid Bills)
$12,211.84
Transfer-Reserve Fund
229.07
Receipts-U. S. Grant
11,489.68
Balance-U. S. Grant January 1, 1940
309.89
24,240.48
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Disbursement
$1,070.00
Cash for Weymouth Hospital
10.43
1,080.43
Balance-U. S. Grant January 1, 1941
$105.86
To Surplus Revenue
704.57
$1,890.86
Balance U. S. Grant January 1, 1940
$24.86
Receipts-U. S. Grant
366.00
Appropriation
1,500.00
1,890.86
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
- U. S.
Helen E. Norris, Clerk
$685.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Printing
3.10
688.10
Balance, January 1, 1941
325.39
1,013.49
Balance January 1, 1940
627.48
Receipts, U. S.
386.01
1,013.49
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN ADMINISTRATION - U. S.
Receipts, U. S.
12.54
Unexpended Balance, January 1, 1941
12.54
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Monetary Aid
$985.50
Brockton Edison Co., Lights 28.63
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23,125.04
100.00
52.13
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Dr. R. G. Vinal, Medical Attendance
3.00
Phillips, Bates & Co., Fuel
25.50
Perry Osborn, Carting Fuel
2.50
1,045.13
To Surplus Revenue
154.87
Appropriation
1,200.00
MILITARY AID
Monetary Aid
$135.00
Brockton Edison Co., Lights
15.96
H. T. Ramsay, Gas and Oil
1.25
152.21
To Surplus Revenue
447.79
Appropriation
600.00
STATE AID
Monetary Aid
170.00
Appropriation
$120.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
50.00
170.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Committee:
High School Principal:
Salaries
Thomas Cann
$12.50
Edna Johnson, clerk
126.00
Horace Gaudette
62.50
Virginia Gaudette, clerk
75.00
James P. Hall
75.00
Nellie L. Sparrell
150.00
2,601.00
$300.00
Expenses
Thomas Cann
2.00
George Johnston
866.64
Nellie Sparrell
7.65
Julian Graham
1,200.00
Horace Gaudette
3.00
Eliot Wilson
366.64
Lois Turner
1,500.00
Marion Hurley
1,450.08
Martha Harris
1,150.00
Choris Jenkins
800.00
Frances Mayo
400.00
Virginia Burkett
375.00
Grace Cole
1,200.00
Alice Swiriduk, clerk
108.75
Lorinda Folsom
733.28
Phyllis Monroe, Clerk
3.15
Elsa Anderson
350.00
Sanderson Bros, printing
16.90
Ella Osborn
1,200.00
Margaret Duncan
999.84
Martha Levis
733.28
Ruth Garland
333.28
Art, Rodman Booth
649.92
Edith Robertson
733.32
Rodman Booth, travel
60.00
Barbara Allan
333.28
Music, Myrtle Bolin
499.92
Jane Sherman
874.86
Norman Sipple, travel
3.46
Virginia Wigglesworth
124.98
Florence Puison
15.00
1,213.30
Marion Merritt
40.00
Joseph Totman
4.00
A. S. Peterson
1.00
17.65
Superintendent of Schools:
Thomas E. Rush, salary
$1,066.56
Thomas E. Rush, expenses
200.76
1,396.12
Supervisors:
Salaries of Teachers and Sub- stitutes:
Norman Sipple
$900.00
Gordon Thayer, salary
2,400.00
600.00
1,200.00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Gunhilde Milbery
35.00
Supplies :
Olive McCue
5.00
W. J. Grant
$5.00
Madeline Cote
115.00
Sanderson Brothers
4.56
Josselyn's Market
53.68
Helen Loud
10.00
Noble & Noble
20.45
Gregg Pub. Company
1.94
A. B. Dick Company
55.38
High School:
Nat. Educ. Association
1.26
Frank Lind
$1,800.00
Homestead Farm
.36
Elementary Schools:
Remington Rand
3.20
M. A. Bruce
130.00
S. W. Pub. Company
12.15
C. Almon Bruce
105.00
Central Scientific Company
3.46
Richard Whiting
237.70
Rockland Transportation
.50
Della McHugh
3.00
Joseph Totman
19.75
Ginn & Company
28.76
J. L. Hammett Company
345.90
Educ. Test Bureau
28.83
Frank MacFarlane
$2,600.00
Minot Williamson
1,120.00
Houghton Mifflin
3.30
J. W. Brine
33.40
Edw. E. Babb
42.05
Scott Foresman
5.61
Text Books:
H. J. Barnard
63.76
Okers Company
1.16
Science Research Lab.
53.00
Frontier Press
4.06
Carrie M. Ford
17.25
College Entrance Exams
40.12
Royal Typewriter Co.
18.00
Rockland Transportation
.75
Railway Express
2.05
Noble & Noble
3.76
Rome Brothers
9.27
Charles Merrill
12.77
J. C. Cheever
135.39
American Book Co.
30.35
Allyn & Bacon
5.72
Bureau of Publication
2.23
Oxford Book Co.
4.61
Veronica Pub. Company
.40
Edward Babb Co.
2.57
H. J. Dowd
3.60
Benjamin Sanborn
8.20
Neva Clog
1.53
John C. Winston Co.
4.69
C. A. Waterman
4.76
Americana Corporation
2.00
Jr. Literary Guild
38.42
$1,020.04
Quarrie Corporation
72.80
Rome Brothers
43.23
D. Appleton Century
7.35
Norwell Motor Sales
8.68
World Book Company
2.64
Comm. Mass.
5.60
Macmillan Company
63.53
Phillips Bates Company
.85
Silver Burdett Company
4.60
C. B. Dolge Company
159.71
Scott Foresman
86.58
Edison Company
14.77
Ginn & Company
45.61
N. E. Trans. Company
1.18
Milton Bradley Company
38.67
College Press
4.93
Welles Pub. Company
3.98
S. W. Pub. Company
18.79
Gregg Pub. Company
19.40
Norwell High School
10.00
Chemical Pub. Company
1.88
Harvard School Education
.75
Extra Curricular
1.95
Carl Fischer
4.82
High School
$623.16
Nat. Council for Social Studies
1.25
Elementary School
157.80
Bellman Pub. Company
5.16
Gas, Brockton Gas Co.
84.93
Sullivan Brothers
1.75
Tel., N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
116.68
$671.22
Masury Young
6.76
Boston Janitor Supply
112.30
$358.77
Lights, Gas and Telephone: Lights: Brockton Edison
3.27
Fuller Brush Company
1.67
Hall & Torrey
.75
Herbert Joseph
1,000.00
$4,720.00
Singer Machine Company
.75
Nat. Board of Examiners
4.50
Milton Bradley
135.51
Transportation :
$2,275.70
Janitorship:
$16,844.48
$982.57
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Jordan Marsh Company
14.10
Janitors' Supplies :
Orient Spray
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Fuel:
J. Duane Company
16.65
High School
Welch Company
10.15
Penn Oil Co., Oil
$1,037.87
Scituate Highway Dept. Ray's
2.50
Elementary Schools
65.00
J. S. Fitts, Oil and Coal
494.39
Milton Bradley Company
11.13
J. B. Hunter
10.60
S. Turner
2.00
Norwell Motor Sales
4.50
Alfred Howes
6.05
Royal Typewriter Co.
$230.00
Underwood Elliot Fisher Co.
283.75
Milton Bradley Company
4.77
Health:
Willis B. Parsons, D. M. D.
$41.50
Raymond G. Vinal, M. D.
45.00
Joseph H. Dunn, M. D.
4.00
Fred Delay
32.27
Plymouth County Health Assoc.
1.00
$566.28
Repairs:
George Beach
$176.75
Grounds:
Thomas Campbell
1.75
Sears Roebuck Co.
$3.04
Frank Makowski
6.00
Rome Bros.
12.25
W. D. Sproul
26.71
Perry H. Osborn
111.00
Henry Wolkins Company
2.86
Howard Delano
2.70
John Hood
.60
Insurance:
W. C. Soule
162.50
Charles Pike
$207.36
Phillips Bates Co.
.88
Herbert Lincoln
15.36
Wesley Osborne
23.00
Herbert Robbins
495.36
Norwell High School
1.25
Comm. Mass.
25,00
$718.08
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
47.50
Misc. Expense Operation :
Clement Thomas
7.60
Sanderson Brothers
$1.56
Dept. Weights & Measures
1.50
Railway Express
6.00
Rome Bros.
9.51
Gordon Thayer
2.50
Perry Osborn
73.00
Kenneth Torrey
8.00
E. M. F. Electric Co.
10.53
Perry Osborn
17.50
J. L. Hammett Company
1.08
H. E. Joseph
7.00
Andrew Baker
6.25
Universal Badge Co.
2.60
Arthur Turner
3.00
Jenkins & Simmons
10.00
Visual Educ. Service
11.10
Norwell Motor Sales
8.50
Nemasket Company
.50
Com. Public Safety
5.00
Robert Montgomery
12.75
Miss Ethel Kelley
3.50
Boston Plate Glass Company
9.21
Pansy Stetson
2.50
Thomas Stearns
5.00
R. W. Macdonald
1.25
$74.66 36,306.55
To Surplus Revenue
1.01
Appropriation Transfer - Dog License Refund
257.56
$36,307.56
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
City of Quincy, Tuition
$140.00
City of Boston, Tuition
354.70
494.70
Appropriation
$300.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
194.70
494.70
Hall & Torrey
1.69
Lyons & Carnahan
1.98
J. L. Hammett Company
42.15
Sears Roebuck Company
1.94
P. H. Osborn, Wood
6.00
$1,538.26
Equipment :
$758.36
$123.77
$126.29
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$36,307.56
$36,050.00
TOWN OF NORWELL
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
R. G. Vinal, M. D., Services
150.00
Appropriation
150.00
JAMES LIBRARY
James Library Association
200.00
Appropriation
200.00
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Junior Literary Guild, Books
$23.74
Personal Book Shop, Books
54.67
Womrath Book Shop, Books
7.54
H. R. Hunting Co., Books
4.35
Old Corner Book Shop, Books
12.60
Follett Book Co., Books
5.20
Dorothy Cann, Librarian
31.50
Pauline Leonard, Librarian
50.00
Jeannette Roche, Cleaning Books
7.00
Emily Prouty, Cleaning
4.90
Bemis Drug Co., Lantern
.75
$202.25
Appropriation
200.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
2.25
$202.25
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Special)
William O. Prouty, New Construction
$218.00
Thomas Cann, Wiring, etc.
16.26
J. Wheeler, Equipment
9.50
243.76
Appropriation
$200.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
43.76
243.76
RESERVE FUND
Transfers to:
Moth Department
$550.00
State Aid
50.00
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library, Special
43.76
Police and Constables
123.70
Sealing Weights and Measures
8.66
Selectmen's Department
100.00
Highways - Snow Removal
197.41
Assessors' Department
7.11
Town Clerk's Department
25.25
Town Hall Expense
122.05
Fire Department
31.08
Fire Department Equipment - Special
25.75
Inspection of Animals
59.00
Public Welfare
604.66
Old Age Assistance - Town
229.07
Vocational Training
194.70
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library
2.25
$2,374.45
To Overlay Surplus
1,125.55
$3,500.00
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NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Appropriation Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$1,000.00
2,500.00 3,500.00
Amounts expended included in proper departments in schedules
W. P. A. EXPENSE AND DELIVERY OF MATERIALS
A. K. Finney, Supply Transportation
$4.72
Treasurer of the United States, Administration
78.95
J. Slate, Inc., Supplies
9.96
James Campbell, Labor
8.00
John T. Osborn, Supervisor
124.00
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., Hose
181.40
407.03
Balance Jan. 1, 1941
554.54
961.57
Appropriation
$500.00
Unexpended Balance Jan. 1, 1940
461.57
961.57
MEMORIAL DAY
M. L. Knight, Flags
$10.84
R. MacDonald, Speaker
10.00
I. Austin Lincoln, Supplies
.53
M. Gaddis, Supplies
1.20
First National Stores, Supplies
4.02
Cushman's Bakery, Supplies
2.50
J. Squire & Co., Supplies
11.85
C. Magoun, Services and Supplies
2.76
C. W. Robinson, Supplies
3.10
Olive E. Dolan, Wreaths
23.63
C. W. Thomas, Ammunition
3.30
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., Printing
6.25
Norwell Legion Band
125.00
Norwell Motor Sales, Transportation
8.00
W. T. Dunbar, Flowers
31.20
Duncan Campbell, Janitor
1.50
245.68
To Surplus Revenue
4.32
$250.00
Appropriation
250.00
ARMISTICE DAY
Josselyn Cummings Post-Proportionate Expense.
$23.75
Stanley R. Ames, Amplifier Service
5.00
Norwell Legion Band Services
25.00
Yankie Network, Entertainment
75.00
Ann Mohler, Essay
2.00
William Turner, Essay
3.00
Robert Molla, Police
4.00
Chester Bell, Police
4.00
Bert Richardson, Police
4.00
145.75
To Surplus Revenue
4.25
$150.00
Appropriation
150.00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
TOWN FOREST
G. Dobson, labor
$26.00
William Haslett, labor
24.00
50.00
Appropriation
50.00
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
John T. Osborn
2 days
at $4.50
$9.00
John T. Osborn, truck
2 days
at
4.00
8.00
Perley Keene
3 days
at 4.00
12.00
Wilbur Hatch
3 days 4 hrs at
4.00
14.00
Charles Fish, Sharpen Mowers
6.00
49.00
To Surplus Revenue
1.00
Appropriation
50.00
MOWING BUSHES
John T. Osborn
24 days at $4.50
$108.00
John T. Osborn, truck
6 days 4 hrs at
4.00
26.00
John T. Osborn, truck
23 days
at 6.00
138.00
Wilbur Hatch
28 days 4 hrs at
4.00
114.00
Perley Keene
28 days 4 hrs at
4.00
114.00
500.00
Appropriation
500.00
GAFFIELD PARK
G. Dobson, labor ;
$46.00
William Haslett, labor
4.00
50.00
Appropriation
50.00
CARE OF TOWN DUMP
Stanley Winslow, labor
$22.00
Wesley H. Osborne, labor, truck and gravel.
45.60
V. Lincoln Bates, labor
18.00
W. C. Soule, sign
4.00
G. Dobson, labor and truck
35.40
125.00
Appropriation
125.00
FLAG POLE-SPECIAL
D. Marr & Son Co., pole
$91.00
Mass. Reformatory, flag
5.60
Balance, January 1, 1941
3.40
Appropriation
100.00
John T. Osborn
W. P. A. MOTH 20 days 2 hrs. at $8.00
$162.00
J. T. Osborn and Car to Arlington
9.50
Frost Insect Co., Supplies
66.26
Rockland Transportation, Express
1.25
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96.60
$100.00
$50.00
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Baird & McGuire, Creosote
Nichols Landscape Co., Lead
61.60 712.00
1,012.61
Unexpended Balance Dec. 31, 1940
17.39
Appropriation
1,030.00
CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES
Howard Jackson, labor and expense
$41.00
P. Bates & Co., supplies
5.55
W. C. Bowker, labor
19.50
Pinehurst Cemetery, care
18.00
First Parish Cemetery Association, care
108.00
To Surplus Revenue
192.05 7.95
Appropriation
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
Queen Anne Nurseries, Inc., trees and labor
$59.55
Perry H. Osborn, scraping and rolling
16.00
W. D. Jacobs, labor and truck.
21.00
W. C. Bowker, labor and expense
66.30
Louis B. Whiting, labor
36.50
199.35
To Surplus Revenue
.65
$200.00
Appropriation
200.00
FIRST PARISH CEMETERY-SPECIAL
Perry H. Osborn, clearing cemetery
$125.00
First Parish Cemetery Association, labor
125.00
250.00
Appropriation
250.00
INTEREST
Rockland Trust Company
$1,942.50
Blair & Co.
101.13
Merchants National Bank
8.17
To Surplus Revenue
588.20
$2,640.00
Appropriation
2,640.00
INDEBTEDNESS
Rockland Trust Co. (Old School)
$2,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (New School)
5,000.00
Merchants National Bank (anticipation)
35,000.00
Rockland Trust Co. (anticipation)
15,000.00
First National Bank (anticipation)
35,000.00
92,000.00
Appropriation (Debt)
$7,000.00
General Fund (not appropriated)
85,000.00
92,000.00
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2,051.80
$1,030.00
$200.00 200.00
TOWN. OF NORWELL
AGENCY AND TRANSFERS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Tax
$6,378.02
County of Plymouth, County Tax
3,769.45
County of Plymouth, County Hospital
1,158.22
County of Plymouth, Dog Licenses
806.40
Charity Fund Expenditures
40.00
Cemetery Fund Expenditures
167.69
Trust Fund Transfers
375.00
City of Quincy-Vocational Training
200.00
General Funds (not appropriated)
12,909.14
REFUNDS
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1939
$17.60
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1940.
236.76
Taxes 1937
2.03
Taxes 1938
11.23
Taxes 1939
232.31
Taxes 1940
284.90
Warrants and Demands to Collector
155.48
940.31
General Fund (not appropriated)
940.31
RECAPITULATION
Cash on hand, January 1, 1940
$32,204.01
Receipts
227,436.26
$259,640.27
Payments
221,105.69
Cash on hand December 31, 1940
$38,534.58
I wish to thank the various officers and committees for their assistance in com- piling this detailed, compact report which it is believed will avoid duplication and afford ready reference to all financial activities.
Respectfully submitted,
KENNETH A. TORREY,
Town Accountant.
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14.36
Tax Collector-Change Funds
12,909.14
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwell BALANCE SHEET-December 31, 1940 ASSETS
Cash
$38,534.58
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1938
7.27
Levy of 1939
15,305.32
Levy of 1940
26,364.60
41,677.19
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1938
$15.03
Levy of 1939
23.06
Levy of 1940
348.35
386.44
Special Assessments:
Moth, 1939
$56.25
Moth 1940
80.00
Tax Titles
$564.17
Tax Possessions
946.76
1,510.93
Departmental:
Public Welfare
$823.96
Old Age Assistance
1,157.75
State Aid
170.00
Aid to Dependent Children
532.17
Washington Street Cemetery
25.00
Overdrawn Accounts:
1940-Highways-Joint Account (a)
1,852.43
(a) To be refunded by State under contract.
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
$62,000.00
Outside Limit
12,000.00
$74,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer
$17,318.63
In Custody of State
200.00
$17,518.63
50
136.25
2,708.88
$86,806.70
TOWN OF NORWELL
Town of Norwell BALANCE SHEET-December 31, 1940 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans (anticipation)
$35,000.00
Trust Fund Income:
Sawyer Fund
16.16
Tailings
320.79
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance
$1,115.44
Administration
325.39
Aid to Dependent Children:
105.86
Administration
12.54
1,559.23
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
Fire Department Equipment
$26.36
W. P. A. Expense and Delivery of Materials
554.54
W. P. A. Moth Control
17.39
Flag Pole-Special
3.40
601.69
Highway Fund, Chapter 500, Acts of 1938
.08
Overestimate, State Assessment 1940
3.97
Dog License Refund
643.59
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
5,992.59
Overlays-Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1938
$7.27
Levy of 1939
2,701.97
Levy of 1940
2,062.13
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$386.44
Special Assessment
136.25
Tax Title
1,510.93
Departmental
2,708.88
4,742.50
Surplus Revenue
33,154.73
$86,806.70
School Loans:
New School
$70,000.00
Old School
4,000.00
$74,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Annabel Wakefield Library Fund
$163.20
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1,312.91
Coffin Charity Fund
2,471.53
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund
1.771.88
Washington Street Cemetery Permanent Fund
1,817.04
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
7,323.47
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund
200.00
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2,458.60
$17,518.63
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
4,771.37
Assistance
NINETY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK Annual Town Meeting March 4 and 9, 1940
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Monday, March 4, 1940 at 7:30 P. M. and took the following action on the articles in said warrant:
Moderator Cecil E. Whitney presided.
Article 1. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Voted to accept the reports as printed in the town report.
Article 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the provisions of Section 26 of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, as amended.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.) Appropriation made in Budget $5,875.00.
Article 3. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used on Chapter 90 work in conjunction with the County and State, or act on anything relative thereto.
($1,000.00 from Town; State $1,000.00; County $1,000.00; Total $3,000.00. Ap- proved by the Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $1,000.00.
Article 4. To see if the town will make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town, and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient for the following purposes:
Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Support of Schools, Vocational Training, Highways (General Purposes), Sign Boards, Removing Snow, Notes, Interest, Memorial Town Hall Expenses, Incidentals, School and Dis- trict Nurse, Transportation of Nurse, Dental Clinic, State Aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Tent Caterpillars, Gaffield Park, Tree Warden, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles, Spraying Elms, Gypsy Moth, Fire Department, Fire Equip- ment, James Library, Soldiers' Relief, School Physician, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, Inspector of Animals, Washington Street Ceme- tery, Care of Veterans' Graves, Town Forest, Legislative Dept., Selectmen's Dept., Accounting Dept., Treasury Dept., Collector's Dept., Assessors' Dept., Town Clerk's Dept., Election and Registration, Police and Constable, W. J. Leonard Memorial Library, Reserve Fund, W. P. A. Expense, Town Reports, Military Aid.
Voted to appropriate the following amounts:
Legislative Dept.
$10.00
Tent Caterpillar 150.00
Selectmen's Dept.
650.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
150.00
Accounting Dept.
525.00
Board of Health 800.00
Treasury Dept.
800.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Collector's Dept.
1,300.00
School and District Nurse
1,400.00
Assessors' Dept.
1,000.00
Transportation of Nurse
300.00
Town Clerk's Dept.
710.00
Dental Clinic
700.00
Election and Registration Dept.
565.00
Highways-Town (General)
1,000.00
Police and Constables
250.00
Incidentals
250.00
Highways-Joint Account, Chap. 81
5,875.00
Town Hall Expense
2,250.00
Sign Boards
50.00
Fire Dept.
1,400.00
Highways-Snow Removal
3,500.00
Fire Dept. Equipment
700.00
Tree Warden
150.00
Electric Lights
575.00
Spraying Elms
425.00
Public Welfare
6,500.00
Moth
500.00
Old Age Assistance Town
12,000.00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Aid to Dependent Children-
Gaffield Park 50.00
Town
1,500.00
Expended under direction of
Soldiers' Relief
1,200.00
Board of Public Welfare.
State Aid
120.00
Care of Vet. Graves
200.00
Schools
36,050.00
Interest
2,640.00
Vocational Training
300.00
Dept. (School Loans)
7,000.00
School Physician
150.00
Mosquito Control
400.00
James Library
200.00
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library
200.00
Town Reports 275.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Military Aid
600.00
W. P. A. Expense and Delivery of Materials
500.00
Fire Dept. Equipment (Special Article)
550.00
Memorial Day
250.00
Flag Pole
100.00
Town Forest
50.00
W. J. Leonard Memorial Library Addition
200.00
Expended under direction of
First Parish Cemetery
250.00
Board of Public Welfare.
Unpaid Bills
1,063.29
Squares & Triangles
50.00
Town Dump
125.00
Mowing Bushes
500.00
Highways-Chap. 90
1,000.00
Bills not included as appropriations.
Raised by assessors and do not require
a vote of the town meeting:
State Tax (Estimate)
$7,000.00
$7,000.00
County Tax (Estimate)
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