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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
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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
27
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
30
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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