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10,000.00
375.00
6,000.00
788.75
12,000.00
592.50
62,000.00
8,021.25
1958
4,000.00
30.00
30,000.00
5,587.50
10,000.00
250.00
6,000.00
686.25
12,000.00
380.00
62,000.00
6,933.75
1959
25,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
125.00
6,000.00
583.75
7,000.00
175.00
48,000.00
5,883.75
1960
25,000.00
4,500.00
5,000.00
481.25
7,000.00
87.50
37,000.00
5,068.75
1961
25,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
393.75
30,000.00
4,393.75
1962
25,000.00
3,500.00
5,000.00
306.25
30,000.00
3,806.25
1963
25,000.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
218.25
30,000.00
3,218.75
1964
25,000.00
2,500.00
5,000.00
131.25
30,000.00
2,631.25
1965
25,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
43.75
30,000.00
2,043.75
1966
25,000.00
1,500.00
25,000.00
1,500.00
1967
25,000.00
1,000.00
25,000.00
1,000.00
1968
25,000.00
500.00
25,000.00
500.00
Total
$44,000.00 $2,190.00
$4,000.00
$ 20.00
$490,000.00
$88,650.00
$90,000.00 $5,625.00 $91,000.00 $10,778.75 $127,000.00 $10,363.50
$846,000.00
$117,627.25
Cash
..... Investments Accrued Interest
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TOTAL
Int.
Int.
$ 15,196.25
RECEIPTS FOR 1950
General Revenue
Taxes
Current Year:
Poll
$ 7,790.00
Personal
51,842.73
Real Estate
911,493.57
$971,126.30
Previous Years:
Poll
$ 20.00
Personal
4,961.82
Real Estate
42,195.66
$ 47,177.48
Tax Title Redemptions
$ 1,175.65
From the State:
Corporation Tax
$ 58,688.86
Income Tax
Valuation
44,330.00
Education
76,671.70
179,690.56
Estate of Deceased Persons
$ 1,117.86
Licenses
Board of Selectmen:
Amusement
$ 265.00
Auctioneer
10.00
Bowling
5.00
Fire Arms
5.00
Junk
20.00
Lord's Day
120.00
Peddler
3.00
Second Hand Articles
10.00
Second Hand Auto
80.00
Taxicab
24.00
Theater
5.00
Trucking
26.00
Victualer
75.00
$ 648.00
Board of Health:
Frozen Desserts
$ 20.00
Cesspool Pumping
4.00
Transportation of Hides
40.00
Undertaker
6.00
$ 70.00
Town Clerk:
Dog
$ 189.00
Fishing and Hunting
117.00
$ 306.00
186
Permits
Marriage
$ 326.00
Plumbing
571.75
Revolver
71.00 $ 968.75
Fines, Court
$ 75.00
Grants and Gifts
From the Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance
$ 87,694.13
Aid to Dependent Children
11,152.25
School Lunches
9,297.13
From the State:
Meals Tax
3,734.99
School Construction Aid
25,258.04
From the County:
Dog Licenses
1,749.90
Dental Clinic:
From the Lions Club
200.00
From the Highland School P.T.A.
26.00
$139,112.44
Special Assessments
Moth and Tree
672.40
Sewer
4,290.01
Sewer House Connection
2,097.09
Sidewalk and Curbing
2,084.21
Highway
9,502.20
$ 18,645.91
Privileges
Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 87,530.10
Peddlers' Licenses from the State
80.00
$ 87,610.10
Departmental
General Government
Selectmen:
Advertising Hearings
$ 9.50
Sale of Books
417.40
Sale of Safe
15.00
Treasurer
67.77
Collector
1,114.41
Town Clerk
1,132.39
Board of Appeals, Hearings
115.00
$ 2,871.47
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department:
Ambulance Fees
$ 1,039.75
Bicycle Registrations
63.00
Radio Service to Wilmington
75.00
Inspector of Buildings
1,324.75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
122.20
Moth and Tree
4,359.41
$ 6,984.11
.....
187
Health and Sanitation:
Tuberculosis, State Subsidy
$ 640.71
Dental Clinic
465.25
Dog Clinic
185.00
Inspector of Milk and Food
20.00
Sewer Rentals
15,208.61
$ 16,519.57
Highways
State and County Joint Constr., Chapt. 90 $ 8,461.42
Sidewalks, Granolithic Construction
36.20
Snow and Ice Removal, From the State
386.75
Road Machinery, Departmental Charges
21,707.00
Gas Tax Reimbursement, State
553.50
Drainage Constr. Reimbursement, State
10,261.50
Other
157.24
$ 41,563.61
Charities
Reimbursement for Relief:
From Cities and Towns
$ 2,223.35
From the State
6,274.79 $ 8,498.14
Reimbursement for A.D.C .:
From the State
$ 7,998.17
Reimbursement for O.A.A .:
From Individuals, Recovery
$ 1,200.56
From Cities and Towns
3,791.06
From the State
79,120.75
$ 84,112.37
Veterans Services
Reimbursement for Relief:
From the State
$ 4,127.45
Veterans' Burials
75.00
$ 4,202.45
Schools
Tuition, State Ward
$ 4,478.15
Other Tuition
29,822.52
Sale of Textbooks and Supplies
389.72
Cafeterias
49,764.03
Athletics
4,217.52
Teachers' Retire., Reimbursement, State
488.61
$ 89,160.55
Library, Fines
.....
$ 895.14
Unclassified
From Light Dept. in lieu of taxes
$ 52,670.15
Fire and Damage Settlements
146.59
Sale of Real Estate
9,275.00
$ 62,091.74
-
188
Reimbursement for Insurance:
From Sewer Dept.
$ 1,634.26
From Light Dept. From Water Dept.
2,011.00
3,817.00 $ 7,462.26
Public Service Enterprises
Light Department:
Sale of Light and Power
$779,560.38
Mdse. and Jobbing
127,495.59
Miscellaneous (Refunds)
1,674.12
$908,730.09
Water Department:
Sale of Water
$ 88,836.21
Services, Repairs, etc.
33,312.17
Main Pipe Extension
12,480.50
Liens added to Taxes
236.14
Sale of Material
219.02
$135,084.04
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 1,480.00
Care of Lots and Graves
4,420.23
Care of Endowed Lots (Int. on Funds)
2,158.13
Care of Soldiers Graves
256.40
$ 8,314.76
Interest
On Sewer Rentals
$ 26.72
On Deferred Taxes
1,407.68
On Special Assessments
2,171.24
On Investment Funds
645.73
On Public Trust Funds:
Parker Hospital Fund
3,250.00
Grouard Hospital Fund
2,037.50
R.H.S. Scholarship Fund
107.50
Cemetery Fund
2,187.50
On Motor Vehicle Excise
20.55
On Tax Title Redemptions
54.51
On Est. of Deceased Persons
8.43
On Loans
26.04
$ 11,943.40
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000.00
Water Construction Loan
75,000.00
Premiums
291.75
$325,291.75
Agency, Trust and Investment
Dog Licenses for County
$ 2,117.00
Fishing and Hunting Licenses for State
874.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
4,800.00
189
Withholding Taxes
81,031.63
Mass. Hospital Service
9,521.19
Guarantee Deposits, Sewer H.C.
55.00
Tailings
93.34
Investment Fund Transactions
7,150.00
$105,642.16
Refunds
Departmental
$ 2,481.14
Taxes, Assessments, Public Service Enterprise
6,471.57
$ 8,952.71
$3,284,042.54
ยท CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
1950
General Government
Selectmen
Personal Services
Clerk
$ 200.00
Assistant Clerk
846.52
$ 1,046.52
Expense
Reimbursement for Expenses
$ 371.80
Telephone
170.42
Postage
43.40
Printing, Stationery, Forms
70.93
Selectmen's Assoc. Dues
66.00
Office Supplies
75.92
Advtg .- Warrants, Hearings, etc.
46.00
Other
148.30
$ 992.77
Accountant
Personal Services
Accountant
$ 3,675.00
Clerk
540.80
$ 4,215.80
Expense
Postage and Stationery
$ 77.44
Office Supplies and Equipment
291.44
Association Dues
25.00
Machine Maintenance
83.61
Travel Expense
115.84
Other
2.00
$ 595.33
190
Treasurer
Personal Services
Treasurer
$ 1,800.00 600.00 $ 2,400.00
Clerk
Expense
Postage
$ 723.27
Stationery and Supplies
116.31
Telephone
96.45
Stencilling and Check Filing
70.00
Machine Maintenance
16.00
Certification of Notes
10.00
Other
19.65
$ 1,051.68
Collector
Personal Services
Collector
$ 3,640.00
Senior Clerk
2,012.40
Junior Clerk
1,480.44
Part-time Clerk
750.00
$ 7,882.84
Expense
Books and Printing
$ 623.23
Telephone
70.75
Supplies and Equipment
351.24
Postage
688.59
Other
60.40
1,794.21
Assessors
Personal Services
Assessors
$ 3,250.00
Asst. Assessors and Auto Hire
355.05
Senior Clerk (not full year)
1,274.28
Junior Clerk
2,170.13
Part-time Clerk
269.25
$ 7,318,71
Expense
Assessors' Meetings
$ 156.12
Telephone
79.15
Supplies and Equipment
565.64
Machine Maintenance
61.34
Maps
506.50
Printing and Postage
153.25
Registry of Deeds
279.23
Other
122.67
$ 1,923.90
191
Town Counsel Personal Services Town Counsel
$
1,800.00
Expense
Stenographic Services
$ 537.15
Court Costs and Witness Fees
15.00
Stationery and Supplies
127.45
Postage, Recording Deeds and Filing
90.73
Decisions and Annotated Laws
15.00
Examination of Titles and Records
45.00
Telephone, Carfares, etc.
107.40
$ 937.73
Town Clerk
Personal Services
Town Clerk
$ 1,320.00
Clerks
2,844.34
$ 4,164.34
Expense
Stationery and Supplies
$ 263.57
Postage
64.50
Telephone
97.05
Equipment
144.85
Other
166.34
$ 736.31
Registration
Personal Services
Registrars
$ 250.00
Assistant Registrars
232.20
Clerk to Registrars
200.00
Clerical
738.45
$ 1,420.65
Expense
Printing Voting Lists
$ 301.50
Postage, Supplies, etc.
52.92
$ 354.42
Election
Expenses
Election Officers, Wardens
$ 1,584.55
Hall Rent
200.00
Installing Booths
326.30
Printing Ballots, Warrants, etc.
678.25
Meals
146.91
Other
32.00
$ 2,968.01
Board of Appeals
Clerical
$ 138.78
Postage and Supplies
18.49
Advertising Hearings
88.00
$ 245.27
192
Planning Board
Map Revision Printing Maps Dues
$ 216.50
77.22
20.00 $ 313.72
Capital Expenditure Planning Committee
Consultant
$ 221.50
Clerk
200.00
Printing
192.35
Other
.75
$ 614.60
Finance Committee
Clerk
$ 200.00
Members attending Assn. meetings
37.35
Dues
10.00
Stationery and Supplies
69.79
Other
5.00
$
322.14
Personnel Board
Clerk
$ 200.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
Janitor
$ 1,560.00
Fuel
483.61
Gas and Light
475.08
Water and Sewer
48.80
Ash Removal
47.00
Supplies
343.67
Repairs to Building and Grounds
851.65
Furniture and Equipment
629.17
Other
78.91
$ 4,517.89
Total General Government
$ 47,816.84
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Personal Services
Chief
$ 4,100.00
Sergeants
10,412.50
Patrolmen
44,521.48
Special Work
321.00
Keeper of Lockup
100.00
Clerk
1,820.00
$ 61,274.98
Dept. Maintenance Expense
Chief's Expense
$ 160.00
Telephone
405.95
Gasoline Expense
....
1,676.74
193
Station Signals
39.54
Traffic Signal Lights
1,054.96
Traffic Lanes
1,516.66
Radio Repairs
529.20
Gamewell System Repairs
313.12
Printing and Stationery
295.61
Coats and Caps
214.80
New Tires
143.13
Automobile Repairs
1,020.12
Chains and Alcohol
47.10
Grease and Oil
146.47
Washing and Care of Cars
182.00
New Batteries
116.64
Revolver Permits
16.50
Bicycle, Reg. Plates and Forms
32.52
New Revolvers
103.20
Target Practice
76.92
Reserve Police
148.38
New Generator
58.86
Gas Shells
54.11
Other
211.43
$ 8,563.96
Station Maintenance Expense
Janitor's Salary
$ 1,075.00
Water and Sewer
35.88
Gas and Light
262.26
Fuel
520.74
Repairs
799.43
Supplies
210.59
Laundry
90.42
$ 2,994.32
New Cruising Car, Art. 14
1,082.45
Radio for Cruising Car, Art. 12
235.50
Pensions
4,595.24
Fire Department
Personal Services
Chief
$ 4,100.00
Deputy Chief
3,600.00
Captain
2,692.40
Lieutenants
6,800.00
Privates
29,174.88
Call men
4,332.89
$ 50,700.17
Dept. Maintenance Expense
Telephone
$ 330.95
Chief's Expenses
17.00
Laundry
315.42
Bedding, etc.
66.14
194
Motor Apparatus Maintenance
1,010.75
Gasoline and Oil
689.14
Repairs to Other Equipment
267.98
New Hose
1,237.33
New Appliances and Replacements
713.77
Equipment and Supplies
482.18
Equipment For Men
394.48
Forest Fires
382.90
Office Expenses
211.76
Dispatcher's Salary
241.25
All others
558.69
$ 6,919.74
Stations Maintenance Expense
Central Station
Gas
$ 84.44
Fuel
562.71
Repairs
763.31
Lighting
151.60
Water and Sewer
100.21
Supplies
278.74
Furnishings
49.00
$ 1,990.01
Engine 2 Station
Gas
$ 24.70
Fuel
248.23
Repairs
698.27
Lighting
64.05
Water and Sewer
14.00
Supplies
60.50
Steward
250.00
$ 1,359.75
Pensions
$ 3,617.08
Fire Alarm Maintenance
Supt's. Salary
$ 275.00
Payrolls
1,514.17
Truck Maintenance
17.45
Power (For Fire Alarm and Police Systems)
54.28
Materials, Supplies and Equipment
636.40
Radio Maintenance
16.05
Fire Alarm Box Replacements
250.00
All Others
38.66
$ 2,802.01
Fire Alarm Extension
Pay Rolls
$ 880.79
Material, Supplies and Equipment
811.32
$ 1,692.11
New Chief's Car, Art. 8
$ 1,598.70
Radio for Chief's Car, Art. 13
344.63
Hydrant Rentals
5,000.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
195
Moth and Tree Dept.
Personal Services
Tree Warden
$ 420.00
Supt.
3,380.00
Clerical
31.50
Laborers and Climbers
12,212.44 $ 16,043.94
Expense
Fuel, Light and Water
$ 88.54
Printing, Postage, Advertising
79.00
Telephone
169.74
Supplies
403.30
Truck and Sprayer Expense
1,444.64
Trees
264.00
Poison Ivy
130.05
Arsenate of Lead
1,242.00
Insecticides
537.66
Other
91.66
$ 4,450.59
New Truck, Art. 9
$
2,991.92
Town Forest, Special
467.72
Inspector of Buildings
Personal Services
Salary
$ 3,500.00
Clerical
150.00
$ 3,650.00
Expense
Car
$ 150.85
Telephone
79.95
Printing
23.00
Supplies
3.40
Subscription
5.00
$ 262.20
Inspector of Wires
Salary
$ 400.00
Expense
Car
$ 121.69
Supplies
23.31
Other
5.00
$ 150.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
$ 575.00
Expense
Car
$ 169.00
Supplies
64.10
$ 233.10
196
Game Warden's Salary $ 105.00
Dog Officer
Salary
375.00
Expense
Car
$ 139.65
Telephone
89.36
Light
9.00
Fuel
76.59
Supplies
16.70
Other
4.00
$ 335.30
Traffic Control - Pearl St.
Pay Roll
650.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$185,560.42
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Personal Services
Doctors, two @ $80 yr.
$ 160.00
Clerk
622.50
Health Agent
550.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,000.00
$ 2,332.50
Expense
Telephone
$ 74.90
Supplies
44.80
Printing
181.00
Disposal of Animals
115.95
Car
200.00
Other
28.76
$ 645.41
Inspector of Animals
$ 220.00
Inspector of Milk and Food
Salary
$ 220.00
Expense
Car
$ 37.75
Printing
12.25
$ 50.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
$ 974.36
Premature Babies
54.00
Garbage Collection
5,500.00
Dental Clinic
Personal Services
Dentists
$ 1,800.00
Nurse
...
538.00
$ 2,338.00
197
Expense
Dental Supplies
$ 327.73
Transportation Other
44.60
10.27 $ 382.60
Child Welfare, Art. 46
Doctor
$ 200.00
Reading Visiting Nurse
200.00
$ 400.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 13,116.87
Public Works
Administrative
Pay Roll
$ 6,830.00
Expense
Telephone
384.82
Supplies, etc.
714.64
$ 7,929.46
Engineering Divisions
Pay Roll
$
1,570.11
Expenses
379.54
$ 1,949.65
Highway Dept.
Pay Roll
$ 45,000.00
Expense
Machinery Rental
$ 6,269.09
Light
236.07
Telephone
201.50
Supplies
2,877.18
Fuel Oil
768.91
Gravel Pit
500.00
Curbing
2,515.63
Mixed Patch
2,548.00
Road Oils
8,943.90
Hired Equipment
4,031.83
Stone and Sand Cover
3,268.24
Other
116.79
$ 77,277.14
Chapt. 90 Constr .- Charles St. 1949
Pay Roll
$ 1,708.38
Expense
Machinery Rental
257.33
Supplies
510.69
Hired Equipment
64.00
Pipe
142.10
Manhole Covers and Frames
245.00
$ 2,927.50
198
Chapt. 90 Constr .- Charles St. 1950
Pay Roll
$ 5,351.86
Expense
Supplies
$ 2,249.58
Machinery Rental
2,019.16
Pipe
2,278.50
Hired Equipment
1,608.00
Guard Rail
968.00
Manhole Covers and Frames
488.50
Stone
1,776.74
$ 16,740.34
Chapt. 90 Maintenance 1950
Pay Roll
$ 845.01
Expense
Machinery Rental
140.88
Asphalt
767.37
Crushed Stone
1,246.74
$ 3,000.00
Street Lighting
$ 17,000.00
Street Betterments
17,651.76
Drainage System Installation, 1941
54.00
Pensions
2,303.64
Maintenance of Storm Drains
Pay Roll
$ 4,143.95
Expense
Supplies
193.78
Machinery Rental
524.00
Hired Equipment
3,082.00
$ 7,943.73
Drainage Construction
Pay Roll
$ 10,196.54
Expense
Supplies and Tools
2,070.80
Pipe
4,164.83
Machinery Rental
1,137.58
Hired Equipment
454.00
Manhole Covers and Frames
450.00
Other
20.85
$ 18,494.60
Sidewalk Construction and Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 11,600.00
Expense
Supplies
2,449.09
Stone dust
420.88
Loam
730.00
Machinery Rental
24.25
Sand and Gravel
274.45
$ 15,498.67
199
Snow and Ice Removal
Pay Roll
$ 11,246.33
Expense
Plowing
1,686.47
Equipment and Tools
1,384.92
Calc. Chloride, Salt
702.00
Weather Advisors
156.00
Sand
1,266.63
Express and Freight
25.70
Machinery Rental
2,343.52
New Equipment
1,600.00
Other
269.30
$ 20,680.87
Sewer Maintenance and Operation
Pay Roll
$ 11,694.13
Expense
Machinery Rental
1,614.00
Supplies
4,506.47
Pipe
1,580.09
Tar Patch
938.54
Hired Equipment
787.25
Fuel Oil
216.03
Interest on Bonds
720.00
Insurance
1,634.26
$ 23,690.77
Sewer House Connections
Pay Roll
$
6,256.44
Expense
Hired Equipment
$ 176.00
Supplies
1,868.87
Machinery Rental
778.13
Express and Misc.
76.43
$ 9,155.87
John St. Dump
Pay Roll
$ 4,286.26
Expense
198.80
$ 4,485.06
Park Department
Memorial Park
Pay Roll
$
1,393.41
Hired Equipment
19.70
Supplies
31.24
$ 1,444.35
Leach Park
Pay Roll
207.83
Sturges
Pay Roll
$ 485.19
Lights and Supplies
142.37
$ 627.56
200
Commons
Pay Roll
$ 590.89 239.05 $ 829.94
Supplies and Misc.
Washington St. Park
Pay Roll
$ 2,291.08
Hired Equipment
109.74
Supplies and Misc.
337.42 $ 2,738.24
Birch Meadow
Pay Roll
$ 2,290.73
Lights
109.26
Supplies
750.56
$ 3,150.55
Birch Meadow, Special
Pay Roll
$ 1,407.64
Hired Equipment
652.50
Supplies, Gravel, Loam, Seed, etc.
1,025.00
$ 3,085.14
Miscellaneous
Pay Roll
$ 633.23
Machinery Rental
677.64
Supplies and Repairs
605.05
$ 1,915.92
Water Department
Office, Salaries
$ 4,912.78
Office Supplies
1,065.78
Road Mach. Fund
4,545.55
Phone
145.94
Recording, Postage
46.10
Bonds and Interest
9,057.50
Insurance
3,817.00
Water Works Conv.
93.10
Miscellaneous
102.00
$ 23,785.75
Pumping Station No. 1
Pay Roll
$ 431.04
Phone
102.85
Fuel
174.35
Misc.
.93
Taxes
8.55
$ 717.72
Pumping Station No. 2
Pay Roll
$ 2,495.07
Phone
114.40
Lights and Power
7,193.26
Fuel Oil
66.50
Express
38.01
Supplies
363.18
Weston and Sampson
554.69
$ 10,825.11
201
Filtration Plant
Pay Roll
$ 5,155.73
Supplies
2,286.91
Equipment Rental
696.50
Water Investigation
1,690.71
Coke
1,014.57
Sand
691.94
$ 11,536.36
Wells
Pay Roll
$ 1,868.61
Supplies and Fittings
1,279.75
Test Wells Throughout Town
3,550.73
$ 6,699.09
Garage
Lights
$ 23.13
Phone
36.00
Fuel Oil
467.44
Supplies
89.55
$ 616.12
Meter Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 6,907.42
Supplies and Fittings
3,433.07
Express/ Freight
12.19
New Meters
2,268.00
$ 12,620.68
Service Pipe Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 10,047.49
Supplies
2,935.36
Express
82.23
Hired Equipment
16.00
Kerosene
65.64 $ 13,146.72
Main Pipe Maintenance
Pay Roll
$ 1,100.72
Service Pipe Construction
Pay Roll
$ 9,571.29
Supplies and Fittings
6,822.90
Pipe
3,919.22
Hired Equipment
1,228.00
Express/Freight
22.88
$ 21,564.29
Main Pipe Construction
Pay Roll
$ 3,397.56
Supplies
1,453.57
Pipe
1,934.58
Express/ Freight
4.31
Hired Equipment
228.00
$ 7,018.02
202
Hydrant Maintenance and Construction
Pay Roll
$ 1,340.01
Supplies and Fittings
140.88
Miscellaneous
15.90
New Hydrants
812.10
$ 2,308.89
Miscellaneous
Pay Roll
$ 9,306.09
Supplies
188.89
Express
5.40
$ 9,500.38
Standpipe
Pay Roll
$ 4.16
New Gravel Well
Pay Roll
$ 444.54
Supplies
49.00
Pipe
521.98
Gravel Packed Well
4,680.00
$ 5,695.52
Road Machinery Operating Account
Water
$ 3,152.91
Highway
8,227.73
Sewer
803.07
Drainage
578.40
Snow and Ice
2,791.80
Parks
570.83
Street Betterments
392.92
Sidewalks
111.12
Chapt. 90 Construction
702.46
Dumps
151.27
New Equipment
22,503.12
$ 39,985.63
Total Public Works
$427,907.75
Charities and Aid
General Aid Administrative
Personal Services
Supervising and Clerical
$ 2,067.95
Visiting and Investigation
1,488.23
Janitor Service
960.05
$ 4,516.23
Expense
Visiting and Sup. Expense
$ 80.25
Office Supplies and Equipment
203.21
Telephone
87.90
Printing and Postage
16.80
Office Bldg. Maintenance
138.08
Other
36.85
$ 563.09
203
General Aid
Cash Aid
$ 20,864.15
Shelter
339.00
Food
11.00
Fuel and Light
107.19
Clothing
74.33
Board
8,349.17
Burials
150.00
Tewksbury State Hosp. and Infirmary
1,972.51
Mass. Div. Child Guardianship
71.62
Other
77.85
Medical:
Doctors
1,256.70
Hospital
3,922.97
Medicine
707.93
Optical
20.00
Dental
126.00
Nursing
336.00
Police Ambulance
36.00
Payments to Other Cities and Towns
1,180.93
$ 39,603.35
A.D.C. Administrative
Personal Services
Supervising and Clerical
$ 1,697.35
Visiting and Investigation
1,251.52
$ 2,948.87
Expense
Visiting and Super. Expense and Travel ...
$ 47.83
Office Supplies and Equipment
208.98
Telephone
69.10
Printing and Postage
11.20
Office Bldg. Maintenance
113.85
Other
19.27
$ 470.23
Aid to Dependent Children
Regular Cash Assistance ....
$ 25,018.95
Special Cash Allowances Fuel
$ 22.00
Medical:
Doctors
618.50
Hospitals
445.20
Medicine
263.99
Nursing
58.50
Dental
437.00
Optical
24.00
Surgical Garment
10.95
Repair Artificial Limbs
20.98
Police Ambulance
7.00
$ 1,908.12
204
O.A.A. Administrative Personal Services
Visiting and Investigation
$ 4,842.50
Supervisory and Clerical
3,648.06
Janitor Service
1,001.00 $ 9,491.56
Expense
Building Maintenance
$ 366.24
Office Supplies and Equipment
763.28
Travel Expense
198.81
Stationery and Printing
51.16
Postage
102.00
Telephone
164.86
Other
26.30
$ 1,672.65
Old Age Assistance
Regular Cash Assistance
$170,614.14
Special Cash Allowances Medical:
Doctors
$ 6,096.40
Medicine
2,622.09
Hospitals
2,780.74
Home Nursing
518.50
Optical
337.75
Dental
272.50
Chiropodists
55.00
$ 12,682.98
Police Ambulance ..
44.00
Other
18.10
Payments on Account of Deceased Persons:
Doctors
$ 600.35
Medicine
110.96
Hospitals
1,534.00
Nursing
192.50
Police Ambulance
5.00
Burials
862.00
$ 3,304.81
Payments to Other Cities and Towns
$ 2,108.68
Total Charities and Aid
$274,965.76
Veterans' Benefits
Administrative
Personal Services
Agent
..
$ 1,000.00
Clerk
360.36
$ 1,360.36
Expense
Car Mileage
$ 283.68
Office
283.11
$ 566.79
Aid ..
$ 13,990.47
Total Veterans' Benefits
$ 15,917.62
205
Schools
General Expenses
Salaries, Supt. of Schools, Enf. of Law, Clerks $ 23,665.93
Other Expenses
Supt. Office Expense
1,113.80
Research and Prof. Study
287.17
Printing
483.52
Travel
657.93
Prin. Office Expense
796.42
Telephone Bills
2,027.17
Travel, Enf. of Law
100.00
$ 29,131.94
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries of Supervisors
$ 11,832.80
Traveling Exp., Supervisors
340.40
Salaries of Principals
23,401.07
Salaries of Teachers
309,864.57
Textbooks and Supplementary Books
7,054.77
Miscellaneous
Supplies, School
8,838.34
Supplies, Shop
1,520.96
Supplies, Dom. Science
530.38
Film
812.28
Physical Ed. Equipment
955.99
Athletic Insurance
900.00
Tests
1,176.68
Instructional Apparatus
2,711.43
Express Charges
212.70
$370,152.37
Expenses of Operation of Plant
Wages of Matrons and Janitors
$ 41,492.08
Fuel
14,491.43
Miscellaneous
Water and Sewer
$ 1,701.73
Electricity
5,002.40
Gas
34.93
Laundry and Summer Cleaning
392.90
Ash Removal
318.65
Exp. of Supr. of Bldgs. and Grounds
238.08
Janitors Supplies
4,637.79
$ 68,309.99
Maintenance of Plant
Grounds
3,221.28
Buildings
5,276.79
Service System
524.71
Plumbing and Heating
2,601.97
Furniture Repair
347.15
$ 11,971.90
206
Auxiliary Agencies
Library
$ 607.18
Health, Salaries
5,049.06
Health, Expenses
364.50
Transportation
12,633.01
Vocational Tuition
1,152.90
Misc. Exp., Commencement
438.23
$ 20,244.88
New Furniture and Equipment
1,279.17
Cafeterias
59,650.31
Safety Equipment
542.80
Land Purchase, Birch Meadow
7,500.00
Athletics
3,628.90
Total School
$572,412.26
Library
Personal Services
Librarians
$ 5,959.08
Clerical
1,715.92
Janitor
1,039.92 $ 8,714.92
Expense
Fuel Oil
$ 969.79
Light
77.91
Gas
18.01
Water and Sewer
21.66
Telephone
90.30
Printing and Supplies
252.30
Maintenance and Repairs
271.24
Books
1,890.43
Periodicals
255.63
Binding
525.85
Other
38.91
$ 4,412.03
Total Library
$ 13,126.95
Unclassified
As in Appropriations & Expenditures Schedule
$ 67,505.03
Light Department
Maintenance and Operation
$893,848.49
Cemeteries
Personal Services
Superintendent
$ 3,737.50
Clerk
1,118.00
Labor
12,842.05
$ 17,697.55
207 .
Expense
Office Supplies
$ 117.56
Shop Maintenance
483.92
Shop Improvements
414.39
Truck and Tools Maintenance
1,196.34
New Tools and Equipment
968.00
Fertilizer, Seed, Loam, Cement, Water, etc.
973.13
Forest Glen Development
698.40
Grave Liners
765.96
$ 5,617.70
Care of Soldiers' Graves
$ 1,000.00
Total Cemeteries
$ 24,315.25
Municipal Indebtedness
Interest, on
School Loan, Eaton
$ 9,500.00
School Loan, Pearl St.
787.50
Library Addition Loan
1,250.00
Drainage Loan
60.00
Anticipation of Revenue Loan
994.79
$ 12,592.29
-
Maturing Debt, on
Sewer Loan
$ 8,000.00
School Loan, Eaton
25,000.00
School Loan, Pearl St.
5,000.00
Library Addition Loan
10,000.00
Drainage Loan
4,000.00
$ 52,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$250,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
$314,592.29
Agency, Trust and Investment
As in Appropriations & Expenditures Schedule
$230,081.63
Non-Revenue Accounts
Sewer Construction - 1947
$ 708.20
School Construction - Eaton
38,321.66
Mun. Light Construction, Special
2,308.51
Library Addition Construction
98,717.85
Water Construction - 1949
2,771.95
Water Construction, Mains - 1950
13,695.96
Water Construction, Wells - 1950
3,085.60
$159,609.73
Refunds
Taxes, Assessments, Public Service Ent. $ 6,471.57 2,481.14 $ 8,952.71
Departmental
Total Expenditures in 1950
$3,249,729.60
208
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance Appropriated from 1949 1950
Other Credits
Transfers Payments
Balance Dec. 31
General Government
Selectmen's Clerical
$ 1,052.76
$ 1,046.52
$ 6.24
Selectmen's Expense
1,000.00
992.77
7.23
Town Accountant's Salary
3,675.00
3,675.00
Town Accountant's Clerical
540.80
540.80
Town Accountant's Expense
600.00
595.33
4.67
Treasurer's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
Treasurer's Clerical
600.00
600.00
Treasurer's Expense
1,100.00
1,051.68
48.32
Collector's Salary
3,640.00
3,640.00
Collector's Clerical
4,242.84
4,242.84
Collector's Expense
1,800.00
1,794.21
5.79
Assessors' Salaries
3,250.00
3,250.00
Assessors' Clerical
4,028.96
3,713.66
315.30
Assessors' Expense
$ 300.00
2,400.00
2.278.95
421.05
Town Counsel's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
Town Counsel's Expense
800.00
$ 137.73
937.73
Town Clerk's Salary
1,320.00
1,320.00
Town Clerk's Clerical
2,705.03
161.25
2,844.34
21.94
Town Clerk's Expense
772.00
736.31
35.69
Registrars' Salaries
450.00
450.00
Registrars' Expense
1,300.00
26.00
1,325.07
.93
Election and Registration Expense
2,000.00
968.01
2,968.01
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