Town of Westford annual report 1920-1926, Part 10

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 876


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21. Voted unanimously to appropriate $175 for the purchase of a stand of colors for Westford Post 159 of the American Legion.


22. Voted that the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, enter into a contract with the Abbot Worsted Co., for hydrant service from the seven hydrants recently installed at Brookside by said company, at the same yearly rental per hydrant as is now paid the Westford Water Company for such services.


23. Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for repairing the cottage house on the central fire station lot.


24. Voted by more than two-thirds vote to dismiss the article.


25. Voted that a committee, consisting of the School Committee and the Finance Committee, investigate the matter of furnishing proper accommodation for the increased number of pupils at Forge Village and Brookside, and report at a subsequent meeting.


26. Voted to accept the report of the committee chosen at the last meeting to investigate and report a plan for purchasing supplies and expenditures made by the various departments of the Town.


27. Voted that in accordance with provisions of Section 35 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, the Town petition the director of accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of af accounting system.


28. Voted that the Town in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to appoint a Town Accountant and that such accountant receive a salary of $500.


29. Voted that the office of Town Auditor be and hereby is abolished.


30. Voted that the School Committee, acting on behalf of the town, be and hereby is authorized and empowered to enter into a new agreement with the Trustees of Westford Academy for the rental of the academy building for high school purposes, and upon the execution of such agreement, the existing agreement shall thereupon become null and void.


31. Voted that the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee, acting jointly, be a committee to investigate and report to a subsequent meeting a draft of by-laws for consideration by the Town.


32. Voted that the Town pay the assessors fifty cents in addition to that now fixed by law.


33. Voted 152 to 12 that there be appropriated the sum of $5,000 for improving the Groton Road, to be used in conjunction with like amounts to be contributed by the County and State respectively ; and that to meet said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes


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of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.


34. Voted that the sum of $3,845 be raised and appropriated for the expenses of the Board of Health, to be apportioned as follows: Public Health Nurse, $1,800; Board of Health, $1,700; towards purchase of a new automobile for the Public Health Nurse, $345.


35. Voted to appropriate $350 to be expended for band concerts.


36. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $50 as compensation for and $25 for expenses of a Fish and Game Warden in the event one is appointed for the Town.


37. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


38. Voted that the Collector be instructed to collect all taxes according to law and that he be authorized to return, at the expense of the Town, a receipted tax bill when paid.


39. Voted that the sum of $1,829.23 be appropriated and the Select- men be authorized, if in their opinion it seems advisable, after obtaining the proper legal approval, to expend the same to meet the expenses incurred in the operation, fixed charges and repairs in operating the Branch Line, so called, of the Lowell & Fitchburg Street Railway Company.


40. The following named were chosen by hand vote :


Finance Committee


Julian A. Cameron


Elbert H. Flagg


Herbert V. Hildreth William R. Taylor


George F. White


Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber


Samuel H. Balch


J. Austin Healy


Willard H. Beebe


John A. Healy


David Desmond


William W. Johnson


Frank L. Furbush


Joseph E. Knight


Frank L. Haley


Frank J. Shea


Isaac L. Hall


Eldon A. Turner


P. Henry Harrington


Oscar R. Spalding


Alonzo H. Sutherland


41. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to commemorate Memorial Day.


42. Voted unanimously to dismiss this article.


43. Voted to appropriate $250 and to elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Sections 40-45 of Chapter 128, General


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Laws; it being understood that $100 of this amount shall be used to provide paid supervision of boys' and girls' club work. W. Otis Day was elected Director by hand vote.


44. The votes having been counted the following were found and declared to be elected to their respective offices :


Town Clerk-Charles L. Hildreth.


Selectman-Frank L. Furbush.


Assessor-Elbert H. Flagg.


Overseer of the Poor-Fred R. Blodgett.


Treasurer-Harwood L. Wright.


Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.


Auditor-Frederick Smith.


Constable-William L. Wall.


School Committee (3 years)-A. Mabel Drew, Arthur G. Hildreth.


School Committee (2 years)-George D. Wilson.


Trustee of the J. V. Fletcher Library-Julian A. Cameron.


Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-Wesley O. Hawkes.


Tree Warden-Harry L. Nesmith.


Board of Health-P. Henry Harrington.


License-Yes, 66; no, 127; blanks, 50.


45. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.


46. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


Special Town Meeting, October 6,51921


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified' by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Thursday, October 6, 1921, the following business was transacted.


1. Herbert E. Fletcher was chosen moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.


2. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate the sum of $500, contributed by the County for the repairs of the Lowell Road, and that the same be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


3. Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate additional sums of money as follows: For the use of the School Department, $2,500, to be apportioned as follows-$1,500 for salaries, $1,000 for supplies, repairs and miscellaneous ; for the use of the Overseers of the Poor, $3,000, and for the expense of forest fires, $500.


4. Voted unanimously that a school house be erected on the land now owned by the Town in Forge Village upon which a school house is now located and that the School Committee and Finance Committee, acting jointly, have full power in the premises to erect, equip and furnish the same, and that there be appropriated the sum of $5,900 to meet the expense of erecting, equipping and furnishing said school house, as follows : $4,800 for the erection of and $1,100 for equipping and furnishing the same, and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum and to


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issue bonds or notes therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan will be paid not later than six years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note, or such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.


5. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to take in fee by eminent domain for municipal purposes, to wit, for school purposes, about three acres of land located at the junction of the Plain and Oak Hill Roads in that part of said Westford known as Brookside, one acre of which is owned by Charles S. Edwards, and is bounded : Easterly by Oak Hill Road about 262.49 feet ; northerly by land of said William C. Edwards about 182.70 feet; westerly by said William C. Edwards' land, about 260 feet; and southerly by said Plain Road, about 147.80; and two acres of which is owned by said William C. Edwards and is bounded : Southerly by said Plain Road, about 216.70 feet ; easterly by said Charles S. Edwards' land, about 260 feet; southerly again by said Charles S. Edwards' land, about 182.70 feet; easterly by said Oak Hill Road, about 48.50 feet; northerly by other land of said William C. Edwards, about 408.20 feet; and westerly by other land supposed to be of said William C. Edwards, about 364.50 feet.


6. Voted unanimously that the Town erect a school house on the land to be acquired under the preceding article and that the School Committee and Finance Committee, acting jointly, have full power in the premises to erect, equip and furnish the same.


7. Voted 65 to 9 that the Town appropriate the sum of $30,000 to meet the expense to be incurred under Articles 5 and 6 for acquiring land, erecting a school house thereon and equipping and furnishing the same, as follows: The sum of $25,000 for erecting the school house and expenses in connection therewith, and $5,000 for equipping and furnishing the same and for acquiring the land, and that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is au- thorized to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan will be paid not later than 20 years from the date of the issue of the first bond or note. or such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.


S. Voted that in accordance with the provisions of Section 18, Chapter 114 of the General Laws, the Town take charge of and keep in proper condition the Wright Cemetery, so called, located on the northerly side of the Groton Road, and that the same be placed in the charge of the Cemetery Commission.


9. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.


10. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


Special Town Meeting, November 7, 1921.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Monday, November 7, 1921, the following business was transacted :


1. Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher was chosen Moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.


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2. Voted in accordance with the provisions of Section 14, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, that at the next annual meeting and thereafter the Moderator be elected annually by ballot.


3. Voted 26 to 14 not to instruct the Assessors to make a valuation to. be effective for the ensuing year.


4. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $2,314.59 from the Excess and Deficiency account to meet the overdrawn appropriations of 1920.


5. Voted unanimously to dismiss the article relative to appropriating money for moth work.


6. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to investigate and report at the next annual meeting a list of the unnamed roads and streets together with proper names therefor.


7. Voted to lay the article relative to appropriating money for school purposes on the table.


S. Voted 19 to 12 not to authorize the Selectmen to transfer $600 from the appropriation for removal of snow to the Road Department.


9. A motion to reconsider Article 8 was lost by a vote of 19 to 15.


10. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.


11. Voted to adjourn the meeting to Monday, November 21, 1921, at. S o'clock P M., at the Town House


Adjourned Special Town Meeting November 21, 1921


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford quali- fied by law to vote in Town affairs, adjourned from Monday, November 7, 1921, held at the Town House, Monday, November 21, 1921, and called to order at eight p. m. by the Moderator Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher, the following business was transacted :


1. Voted unanimously to take Article 7 from the table.


2. Voted unanimously that the sum of $250 be appropriated for school transportation and that to meet said appropriation $250 be transferred from the Board of Health appropriation.


Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for school repairs, supplies and miscellaneous and that to meet said appropriation $350 be transferred from the Board of Health appropriation, $450 from the School appropriation for fuel, light, care of buildings, etc., and $200 from the Excess and Deficiency account.


3. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.


4. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


CHARLES L. HILDRETH,


Town Clerk.


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Selectmen's Report.


At the last annual meeting the town voted to create the office of Town Accountant who certifies to the correctness of all bills paid. Therefore the Selectmen will not make any detailed report of the expenditures, as all bills paid will be found under the report of the Town Accountant.


SHERMAN H. FLETCHER,


OSCAR R. SPALDING, FRANK L. FURBUSH,


Selectmen.


Accountant's Report


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RECEIPTS


TAXES


Current Year :


Poll


$ 3,815.00


Personal


21,697.59


Real Estate


52,899.67


Previous Years :


Poll


35.00


Personal


346.57


Real Estate


296.20


$79,090.03


From State :


Corp. Tax, P. S.


$ 437.49


Corp. Tax, Domestic


15,619.07


Corp. Tax, Domestic.


2,517.64


Corp. Tax, Foreign.


168.63


Income Tax, 1921


3,658.29


Income Tax, 1921, School Fund.


3,694.28


National Bank Tax


427.50


Street Railway Tax


516.46


Income Tax, 1918


60.00


Income Tax, 1919


219.00


Income Tax, 1920


1,095.00


Corp. Tax, 1920.


5,848.22


Corp. Tax, F. 1920


6.41


34,267.99


Amount carried forward.


$113,358.02


.


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Amount brought forward.


$113,358.02


LICENSES


Pool


$ 96.09


Ice Cream


12.00


Peddlers


20.00


128.09


FINES


First District Court. 45.86


GRANTS AND GIFTS


From State :


For Superintendent of Schools of Small Towns


$ 773.33


From County :


For Brookside Road.


500.00


Dog Licenses


455.95


1.729.28


SPECIAL ASSESSMENT


Moth, 1920


$ 36.60


Moth, 1921


947.92


Sidewalks, 1920


100.00


1,084.52


PRIVILEGES


Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Excise Tax, 1918 .... $ 562.07


Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Excise Tax, 1919 .... 495.07


1,057.14


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TOWN HALL


Rent


247.75


TAX COLLECTOR


Costs and Fees


40.20


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Rent on Fire Cottage


79.00


FORESTRY


Moth Reimbursement from State, 1920. $ 95.52


Moth Reimbursement from State, 1921.


158.40


Forest Fires, Boston & Maine R. R.


98.78


Inspection-Sealer's Fees


42.55


395.25


Amount carried forward.


$118.165.11


25


Amount brought forward


$118,165.11


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Use of Telephone $ 5.75


State Division of Sanitation.


233.58


239.33


HIGHWAYS


State, for Groton Road.


$ 2,666.67


County, for Groton Road.


2,666.67


5,333.34


CHARITIES


Outside Relief from Individuals


$ 380.65


Outside Relief from State.


862.08


Mothers' Aid from State


1,085.62


Almshouse-


Sale of Produce.


859.98


Rent and Board.


308.00


3,496.33


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


State and Military Aid.


$ 390.00


Soldiers' Relief


44.22


434.22


SCHOOLS


Tuition


$ 124.00


Sale of Books, etc.


3.18


127.18


LIBRARY


Fines, etc., for 1920 and 1921


98.22


Cancelled Checks


38.96


CEMETERIES


Care of Lots.


454.00


INTEREST


Deposits


$ 119.26


Whitney Shade Tree Fund.


239.85


Whitney Playground


1,407.88


Perpetual Care Fund


1,194.72


Library Fund


190.00


Metcalf Monument Fund.


180.00


Taxes


59.69


. .


3,391.40


Amount carried forward.


$1,131,778.09


UNCLASSIFIED


26


Amount brought forward.


$1,131,778.09


MUNICIPAL INDEBITEDNESS


Revenue Loans


$54,000.00


Groton Road


5,000.00


Forge Village School.


5,900.00


64,900.00


AGENCY AND TRUST


Trust, Perpetual Care Fund. 713.75


REFUNDS


Whitney Playground


$ 42.60


Tax Collector's Bond.


5.00


Town Hall


5.00


School Department


.82


53.36


BALANCES


General Cash, December 31, 1920. 1,991.20


$199,436.49


EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ยท SELECTMEN


Salaries


$ 340.00


Printing and Postage ..


79.53


Advertising and Telephone.


34.19


Safety Deposit Box.


15.00


$ 468.72


AUDITING DEPARTMENT


Salaries


$ 500.00


Printing and Stationery


46.23


Adding Machine


125.00


Supplies


15.45


686.68


TREASURY DEPARTMENT


Salaries-


1920


$ 175.00


1921


87.50


Bond


46.90


Stationery


22.46


Clerical Work


75.00


406.86


Amount carried forward.


$ 1,562.26


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Amount brought forward.


$ 1,562.26


TAX COLLECTOR


Salary and Costs


$ 867.43


Printing and Stationery


101.88


Surety Bond


50.00


1,019.31


ASSESSORS


Wages


$ 454.80


Clerk


75.00


Printing and Stationery


75.77


Transportation


42.70


Attorney


25.00


Other Expenses


9.85


683.12


OTHER FINANCE ACCOUNTS


Certification of Town Notes


42.00


LAW


Town Counsel


$ 155.00


Other Legal Services


40.00


195.00


TOWN CLERK


Salary


$ 25.00


Recording Fees


114.50


Printing and Stationery


46.77


Administering Oaths


17.50


Other Expenses


11.30


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION


Registrars


$ 88.00


Election Officers


20.00


Stationery


147.50


Use of Hall and Transportation


19.00


274.50


TOWN HALL


Janitor


$ 235.00


Extra Labor


152.40


Fuel


497.18


Light


99.67


Janitor's Supplies


60.21


Repairs


233.21


Telephone


.


44.54


Water


32.00


Tuning Piano


7.50


Payments, General Government


$ 5,352.97


Amount carried forward.


215.07


1,361.71


$ 5,352.97


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Amount brought forward. $ 5,352.97


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Salaries


$ 1,250.00


Special Officers


218.52


Constables .


86.00


Court Expenses, 1920


47.28


Other Expenses, 1921.


112.45


Gas and Oil


58.58


Other Motor Cycle Expenses


270.70


Telephone


33.14


Printing


4.00


$ 2,080.67


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Salaries and Wages --


Hose Co. No. 1.


$ 384.55


Hose Co. No. 2.


86.15


Hose Co. No. 3.


153.80


Equipment and Repairs


150.15


New Hose


378.00


Hydrant Service


2,360.00


Fuel


82.26


Light and Power


79.61


Repairs on Buildings, etc .-


Repairs for 1920


203.09


Repairs for 1921


9.58


Insurance


82.29


Water


14.34


Other Expenses


37.67


Insurance on Men.


40.00


Insurance on Truck.


30.00


Supplies


21.68


FIRE HOUSE COTTAGE


Repairs --


Contracts of 1920.


$ 720.16


Contracts of 1921


1,000.00


5,862.13


SEALER


Wages


$ 98.00


Supplies


10.07


108.07


Amount carried forward.


$ 8,050.87


$ 5,352.97


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Amount brought forward $ 8,050.87 $ 5,352.97


FORESTRY


INSECT PEST EXTERMINATION


Salary and Wages-


Superintendent


$ 733.75


Labor


632.50


Teams


291.75


Equipment and Repairs


40.23


1,698.23


TREE WARDEN


Wages


64.00


FOREST WARDEN


Warden's Wages


$ 159.30


Fighting Fires


804.64


Supplies


212.98


1,176.92


GAME WARDEN


Salary


$ 50.00


Expenses, 1921


23.00


Expenses, 1920


17.00


90.00


Total Payments of Protection of Persons and


Property


11,080.02


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT


GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Printing


$ 32.00


Labor on Dumps


91.47


Other Expenses


18.61


CONTAGIOUS DISEASES


Medical Attendance


47.80


Quarantine Pay


204.68


TUBERCULOSIS


Board and Treatment 20.57


Amount carried forward


$ 415.13 $16,432.99


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Amount brought forward.


$ 415.13 $16,432.99


VITAL STATISTICS


Births


$ 5.00


Deaths


1.50


Fumigation


30.00


INSPECTION


School Children


200.00


Animals


175.00


Meat


245.00


PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE


Salary


1,500.00


Telephone


27.86


Auto


345.00


Gas and Oil


121.61


Registration Fee


10.00


Insurance


32.36


Garage Rental


37.50


Repairs on Auto, 1920 and 1921.


238.80


Total Payments, Health Department


3,384.76


HIGHWAYS


GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Salaries and Wages-


Superintendent of Streets $ 941.75


GENERAL EXPENDITURES


Wages


$ 2,840.20


Teams and Trucks


4,140.37


Gravel


131.37


Equipment and Repairs


604.25


Transportation


156.00


Lumber


24.00


Oil


4,349.98


12,246.17


STREET SIGNS


Care of Silent Signals


$ 182.00


Supplies and Repairs


67.37


249.37


Amount carried forward.


$13,437.29 $ 19,817.75


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Amount brought forward.


$13,437.29 $ 19,817.75


SNOW REMOVAL


Wages and Teams


$ 1,483.68


Repairs on Plow


32.30


Supplies


41.32


1,557.30


LIGHTING


Contract


4,095.00


BROOKSIDE ROAD


Superintendent


$ 162.00


Wages


555.44


Teams


672.00


Gravel


19.50


Transportation


27.00


1,435.94


GROTON ROAD


Superintendent


$ 330.00


Wages


2,575.19


Teams and Trucks.


2,378.00


Gravel


20.00


Transportation


44.00


Tools


93.77


Supplies


253.13


Contract


5,000.00


Steam Shovel


750.00


. : . .


11,444.09


Total Payments of Highways.


$31,969.62


CHARITIES


GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Salaries


$ 35.00


Stationery


3.05


Expenses


76.47


$ 114.52


OUTSIDE RELIEF BY TOWN


Provisions


$ 140.66


Fuel


43.50


Medical Attendance


35.50


State Institutions


478.00


Cash


294.07


Undertaker


61.00


Clothing, etc.


. 29.67


1,082.40


Amount carried forward.


$ 2,196.92 $ 51,787.37


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Amount brought forward.


$ 2,196.92 $ 51,787.37


MOTHERS' AID


By Town


1,605.53


TEMPORARY AID


By Town


1,331.47


WESTFORD HOME


Salaries and Wages-


Superintendent and Matron


$ 1,125.00


Other Employes


176.96


Other Expenses-


Provisions


1,093.45


Clothing


23.27


Repairs on Buildings


122.91


Fuel


297.29


Grain


436.16


Insurance


223.82


Telephone


19.25


Ice


47.77


Water


50.00


Horses


350.00


Cow


67.50


All Other


108.57


4,141.75


Total Payments for Charities


8,275.67


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


State Aid


$ 312.00


Military Aid


426.00


Soldiers' Relief


162.00


900.00


Total Payments


900.00


SCHOOLS


GENERAL EXPENSE


Superintendent of Schools


$ 1,200.00


Clerical Work


101.30


Truant Officer


19.75


Stationery and Printing


49.00


Telephone


43.07


Traveling Expenses


213.82


School Census


22.50


Typewriter


36.90


Issuing School Certificates


35.15


Advertising


32.38


$ 1,753.87


Amount carried forward.


$ 1,753.87


$60,963.04


Amount brought forward. 33


$ 1,753.87 $60,963.04


TEACHERS' SALARIES


High


$ 5,650.00


Elementary


16,275.00


Supervisors


1,686.69


23,611.69


TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


High-


Text-Books


$ 320.28


Supplies


90.50


Elementary --


Text-Books


S01.30


Supplies


899.22


2,111.30


TUITION


Other Towns


141.80


TRANSPORTATION


High


$ 580.10


Elementary


7,893.30


8,473.40


JANITORS


High


$ S22.03


Elementary


2,140.28


2,962.31


FUEL AND LIGHT


High


$ 68.54


Elementary


3.058.69


3,127.23


MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS


High-


Repairs


$ 22.20


Janitors' Supplies


191.05


All Other


79.50


Elementary-


Repairs


1,848.10


Janitors' Supplies


179.73


Insurance


56.10


All Other


217.25


2,594.03


Amount carried forward.


$ 4,475.63


$60,963.04


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Amount brought forward. $ 4,475.63 $60.963.04


FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS


High


$


135.00


Elementary


353.40


488.40


RENT


High


300.00


OTHER EXPENSES


Graduation


39.91


FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOL


Building and Fixtures $ 4,568.66


Equipment


1,006.36


5,575.02


BROOKSIDE SCHOOL


Surveying 69.15


Total Payments on Schools


$51,248.11


LIBRARY


GENERAL EXPENSES


Librarian


$ 600.00


Assistants


365.02


Janitor


350.00


Books


320.51


Periodicals


119.80


Binding


60.44


Fuel


519.21


Light


46.78


Telephone


20.49


Stationery


5.00


Furniture and Supplies


90.91


Transportation of Books


125.00


Repairs


34.35


Janitors' Supplies


31.31


Water


28.00


Insurance


. .


84.00


All Other


18.45


Total Payments for Library 2,819.27


Amount carried forward.


$115,030.42


35


Amount brought forward.


$115,030.42


RECREATION


WHITNEY PLAYGROUND


Caretaker


$ 305.80


Extra Labor


166.90


Supplies


51.46


Lawn Mower


411.56


Flowers


40.72


Water


10.00


Trucking


7.00


$ 993.44


UNCLASSIFIED


Damages on Highway


$ 141.35


Memorial Day


300.00


Care of Common


6.00


Town Reports


576.88


Liability Insurance


447.69


Branch Line


1,829.23


Demonstration Work


250.00


Band Concerts


350.00


Vocational Schools


141.71


Soldiers' Monument


32.00


American Legion Colors


165.50


American Legion Headquarters


150.00


Total Payments


$ 4,390.36


DEPOT STREET SHADE TREES


Labor


60.00


CEMETERIES


Wages


$ 817.60


Undertaker


90.50


Supplies


88.55


Clerical work


30.00


Postage and Printing


14.48


Trucking


13.00


Total Payments


$ 1,054.13


INTEREST


On Temporary Loans


$ 1,686.39


Frost School


85.00


Graniteville Road


120.00


Fire Truck


247.50


Total Payments


$ 2,138.89


Amount carried forward.


$123,667.24


36


Amount brought forward.


$123,667.24


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Revenue Loans


$50,000.00


Frost School


1,000.00


Graniteville Road


800.00


Fire Truck


900.00


Total Payments


$52,700.00


AGENCY AND TRUST


War Poll Tax, 1920.


$ 36.00


War Poll Tax, 1921


2,295.00


State Tax


10,220.00


Special


481.80


Auditing Accounts


674.16


Highway Tax


990.00


County Tax


5,448.76


Hospital Tax


390.71


Perpetual Care Funds


650.00


Total Payments


$21,186.43


REFUNDS


Abated Taxes, 1921


29.50


Total of All Payments.


$197,583.17


BALANCES


General Cash, December 31, 1921


$ 1,813.32


Cash at Town Farm


30.00


Cash at Library


10.00


1,853.32


$199,436.49


APPROPRIATIONS OVERDRAWN


General Fund (Soldiers' Benefits)


$ 22.39


Fire Department


238.79


Forest Fires


161.47


Charities


623.79


Notes and Interest


1.50


Interest on Revenue Loans


1,686.39


Total Overdraft


$2,734.33


37


OUTSTANDING BILLS, DECEMBER 31, 1921


General Government-


Expenses


$ 18.20


Town Hall


467.41


Protection of Persons and Property-


Police Department 33.80


Fire Department


57.86


Fire House Cottage


70.61


Moth Department


60.00


Highways-


Roads


140.15


Schools-


General Expenses


42.57


Books and Supplies


43.36


Care of Buildings


410.56


Liability Insurance


141.56


Care of Common


54.49


Health Department


5.50


Total of Unpaid Bills




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