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8. They shall be watchful for the safety of all persons boarding or leaving electric cars or other conveyances at Wil- mington Centre, and give them every protection within their power.
Rule IV Discipline
Any member of the Police Force may be punished by the Board of Selectmen, in their discretion, either by reprimand, or by being suspended or dismissed from the force on conviction of either of the following offenses:
(a) Intoxication.
(b) Any act of insubordination or disrespect toward a superior officer.
(c) Neglect of duty.
(d) Violation of the Rules and Regulations.
(e) Any legal offense.
(f) Absence from town without leave.
(g) Conduct unbecoming an officer.
(h) Incapacity; mental, physical or educational.
(i) Any breach of discipline.
Rule V Complaints
1. Charges and complaints made against any member of the force must be in writing, signed by the complainant and made to the Board of Selectmen.
2. Any member of the force whose character has been compromised may have an inquiry as to the truth of any charges made against him, and be given an opportunity to defend himself.
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Rule VI
Arrests
1. It is the duty of a police officer to immediately arrest without a warrant any person committing or attempting to commit in his presence, or within his view, a felony or a breach of the peace. He may also arrest without warrant any person for a past felony on reasonable suspicion, but except in a few special cases, he cannot without a warrant arrest a person for a past offense unless such offense amounts to a felony. In case of statutory misdemeanors, an officer has authority to arrest without a warrant only where the statute gives such authority. The various statutes should be separately examined on this point.
2. If a police officer immediately pursues a person who has committed a felony or one who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony, it is his duty to follow the criminal wherever he may go. If the criminal takes refuge in any house or building the police officer, after stating his office and object, and demanding admittance, and admittance being re- fused, or if there be no one present to whom to make such demand, may forcibly open the outer doors or windows, enter the house or building, and arrest the offender. Having obtained entrance in this or any other manner, he may forcibly open an inner door in order to effect the arrest of the person of whom he is in pursuit. A police officer has a right, after due demand, to break open the outer doors of any house or building, using no unnecessary force, for the purpose of arresting any person on criminal process, provided he reasonably believes the person to be within.
3. Police officers have power to serve any criminal warrant properly issued by any magistrate in the State of Massachusetts, provided such warrant is directed to be served by any officer qualified to serve criminal process in any county (or otherwise includes Wilmington police.)
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4. Any officer who has a warrant placed in his hands for service shall examine it carefully to ascertain :
(1) Whether it is issued by a magistrate having juris- diction of the case.
(b) Whether it is properly sealed and directed.
(c) Whether he is authorized to execute it.
(d) What his powers are under it.
5. In arresting a person, no more force shall be used than is absolutely necessary for the safe custody of the prisoner or for overcoming any resistance that may be offered. In no instance shall a prisoner be struck except in self-defense or to prevent rescue or escape, when other means are insufficient, of a con- victed felon or of a person who has committed a felony in the policeman's presence.
6. If an officer finds his personal efforts insufficient to effect an arrest, or if he has reason to apprehend that resistance will be made, he may in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts demand aid of any citizen present.
7. Every person arrested for any cause shall be taken at once to the District Station, if not advisable to keep him in the local lock-up, and registered upon the books provided for that purpose.
8. When any person charges another with crime and insists that the person be taken into custody, the officer shall require the complainant, if unknown to him, or if there is any good reason for it, to go with the accused to the lock-up or district station, as the case may be.
9. Persons taken into custody by an officer, with or without a warrant must, if practicable, be taken before the Court at the next sitting.
10. If a person is taken on a warrant, the arresting officer must make a return over his own signature.
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11. Every person has a right to know from the officer who arrests or claims to detain him, the true ground on which the arrest is made and an officer who refuses to answer a question relative to the reason for such arrest, or answers such question untruly, or assigns to the person arrested an untrue reason for the arrest, or neglects on request to exhibit to the person ar- rested, or any other person acting in his behalf, the precept, if any, by virtue of which such arrest is made, is punishable by fine or imprisonment.
12. Each officer shall at all times have with him a book in which he shall enter the names of persons arrested by him, with such particulars as may be important in the trial of the case.
Rule VII
Prisoners
1. All persons who are arrested shall be properly searched, after which prisoners shall be placed in cells, no more force being used than is necessary to overcome resistance. Officers are forbidden to bandy words with prisoners unnecessarily and the use of obscene or profane language, or personal violence offered to a prisoner, will be severely dealt with.
2. Persons under arrest whall be made as comfortable as possible until taken to the district station. They shall be supplied with water to drink. When a person is taken into custody suffering from wounds or injuries of a serious nature, a physician shall be called.
3. Persons under arrest whall be given the proper facilities for notifying their friends or a bail commissioner, but no expense to the Department shall be incurred for such purpose, nor shall a member of the force accept a fee for rendering any service to such persons.
4. The police are prohibited from recommending to pris- oners the employment of any person as attorney or counsel and are forbidden to suggest or name any lawyer or other person to a prisoner with a view to his defense at any time after the arrest is made.
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Rule VIII Court Evidence
1. The police concerned in cases before the courts are to be punctual in attendance and neat and clean in appearance. They shall observe the utmost attention and respect toward magistrates at all times. When giving evidence they shall speak clearly and in an audible tone. They shall give evidence with strict accuracy not overstating the smallest circumstance with a view of favoring any one or for ill-will toward either side. When cross-examined they shall answer with the same readiness as when giving evidence on the other side.
Rule IX Fire
1. When a police officer discovers a fire, if it cannot be extinguished without an alarm, he shall at once proceed to the nearest fire-alarm box or telephone and give the alarm. When he does so, he shall remain near the box to direct the firemen when they arrive. When he gives the alarm or hears one he shall note the time and any circumstances connected therewith which may seem to be of any importance.
, Rule X Accidents
1. Police officers shall make a full written report to the Chief of all accidents and injuries to persons or property which come to their notice. A journal for this purpose will be kept by the Chief. When it is alleged that an injury to persons or prop- erty has been caused by defects or obstruction in the public streets, the officer shall take immediate measures to obtain all information which would be of value in determining the cause of the injury. He will take the names and addresses of persons who saw the accident or know particularly concerning it. Reports of such cases will immediately be forwarded to the Chief of Police.
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Rule XI Lost Children
Police officers shall cause all lost children who have strayed or infants which have been abandoned to be taken to the residence of its parents, if known.
Rule XII Dead Bodies
1. A police officer who finds a dead body will immediately notify the Chief of Police and take his instructions in regard to further proceedings. The officer shall at once notify the medical examiner of the district.
2. Should circumstances indicate that a crime has been committed the officer who finds the body will at once note all particulars, take the names of all persons present, or who may have any knowledge of the affair, and if necessary detain for the time being, any persons whose testimony in his judgment might be needed in establishing any fact or clearing up any doubt in connection with the case, and as soon as possible notify the Chief of Police and Deputy Chief.
FIRST AID
To Restore Persons Apparently Dead
FROM DROWNING
Send for medical assistance immediately.
Convey the body carefully, with the head and shoulders supported in a raised position to the nearest house.
Strip the body and rub it dry; then wrap it in warm blan- kets and place it in a warm bed.
Wipe and clean the mouth and nostrils.
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In order to restore the natural warmth of the body, put bottles of hot water, or heated bricks, between the thighs, to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits and the soles of the feet.
Rub the body with hot flannels; but if possible, immerse the body in a warm bath, as hot as the hand can bear without pain, this being preferable to the other means for restoring warmth.
Rub the body briskly with the hands, and do not suspend the use of other means at the same time.
Apply hartshorn or smelling salts to the nostrils.
When breathing has stopped artificial respiration should be begun as soon as the mouth is cleared of mucus and water and continued till the physician arrives. Both the Sylvester and the Laborde methods are so simple that anyone can practice them after seeing it done once.
FROM INTENSE COLD
Rub the body with snow, ice or cold water. Restore warmth by slow degrees; and after some time, if necessary, employ the means recommended for the apparently drowned. In these cases it is dangerous to apply heat too early.
FROM NOXIOUS VAPORS, ETC.
Remove the body into fresh air.
Dash cold water on the neck, face and breast frequently.
If the body should be cold, apply warmth as recommended for the apparently dead.
FROM INTOXICATION
Lay the body on the bed with the head raised.
Obtain instant medical assistance, as the treatment must be regulated by the state of the patient, but in the meantime apply cloths soaked in cold water to the head and bottles of hot water or hot bricks to the feet and legs.
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FROM APOPLEXY
The patient should be in a cool place, and the clothes loosened particularly about the neck and breast.
Cloths soaked in cold water, spirits of vinegar and water should be kept applied to the head.
All stimulants should be avoided.
In case of sunstroke, if the skin is hot, the same means to be used as in apoplexy. If the skin is pale and cold and the pulse is very weak, apply heat and stimulants instead.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
On restoration to life, if power of swallowing be returned, small quantities of warm wine or weak brandy and water may be given.
The patient should be kept in bed and a disposition to sleep be encouraged.
Great care is required to maintain the restored vital action and at the same time to prevent undue excitement.
The treatment here recommended should be persevered in for three or four hours.
It is erroneous opinion that persons are beyond recovery because life does not soon make its appearance.
ELECTRIC SHOCKS
All electric wires should be considered dangerous to life and limb until positively known to be otherwise. Any wire may be dangerous from the fact that it may be crossed at some distant point with a high potential wire. Do not depend on the · insulation of the wire for any protection from the shock. The three classes of electric wires upon our streets are as follows: The low potential of the telephone, telegraph, fire wires. The medium potential, or the wires from the secondary of the transformers, such as is used in the house lighting. The third class is the high potential, or electric railroad and electric light wires. Do not touch any person in contact with a high-
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potential wire without first taking proper precaution. To break contact between a live wire and a person, use a dry ladder and push the wire off the person, or vice versa. Grip the ladder at the end and wear a pair of dry gloves, remove the person from the wire.
Any wire in the town may be cut if the person doing so stands on a ladder and uses rubber gloves and pliers, or rubber- covered pliers. All ladder trucks carry rubber gloves and cutting pliers as a part of their equipment. In case of a broken wire or pole, notify the fire station as soon as possible. Give them the exact location of the wire and then notify owner. If it is a high or medium potential wire, remain in that locality to warn the public until the arrival of proper authority. Both the electric light and street railroad companies maintain emer- gency wagons and crews to answer such calls.
A person who has received a shock may generally be re- vived by the same means as those employed for a drowned person if the same are applied in time.
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Wilmington Fire Alarm Signals
12 Daley Farm
13 Brown's Crossing
14 Friend Brothers' Farm
15 Middlesex Avenue and Salem Streets
16 High and Woburn Streets
17 North Wilmington Station
18 Federal Hill
19 Salem Street, west of Lawrence branch
21 Woburn Street, near Arthur W. Eames'
23 East School
24 Buck's corner
25 Perry's corner
26 Lowell and West Streets
27 Woburn and Eames Streets
31 Main and Lowell Streets
32 Town Farm
33 Bell Farm
34 Cook's corner
35 South School
36 Burlington Avenue and Chestnut Street
37 Burlington Avenue and Boutwell Street
38 Burlington Avenue and Swain Road
41 West School
42 Lake Street and Shawsheen Avenue
43 Silver Lake
45 Aldrich Road and Boutwell Street
61 Nichols' Corner
62 M. E. Church
63 Wilmington Station, Southern Division
64 Main Street and Shawsheen Avenue
65 Middlesex Avenue and Clark Street
51 C. S. Harriman's tannery (Special)
52 Cor. Grove Avenue and Wild Avenue (Special)
53 Boston & Maine shops (Special)
22 No School.
In Giving an Alarm
If a building fire notify the Chief of the Fire Department. If a brush fire notify the Forest Fire Warden.
Brush fire signal: Eight blows, followed by box number twice.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Cash in Treasury
$2,099.19
Cash received account of :
Income taxes
2,703.37
General School fund
5,148.00
Corporation taxes
386.81
National Bank tax
178.07
Suppression of moths
1,660.28
State Aid
402.00
Temporary Aid
1,301.95
Industrial Schools
151.68
State Forestry
169.35
Tuition of children
708.29
Superintendent of Schools
1,160.00
Soldiers' exemptions
53.16
Reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for Public Institutions
4.25
Police
572.75
Street Railway tax
.
145.78
Court Fines
523.50
Liquor Raids
15.00
Cemetery lots
52.00
Perpetual care of Cemetery lots
100.00
Miscellaneous receipts
18.42
Fire Department
38.34
Sealer's fees
31.66
Insurance
14.46
Rent
173.00
Highways
6,321.52
Return of dog licenses
.
.
.
501.03
Interest on deposits
.
245.39:
.
.
.
·
.
.
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Income of S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
315.00
Schools
47.91
Forest fires
64.30
Licenses
371.50
Library
67.17
Income from trust funds
366.13
Release of taxes
105.40
Taxes of 1920
15,258.37
Interest on taxes of 1920
1,633.82
Taxes of 1921
12,763.78
Interest on taxes of 1921
623.13
Taxes of 1922
52,462.26
Interest on taxes of 1922
35.52
Loans, anticipation of revenue
94,000.00
$202,993.54
Payments
Cash paid account of:
Selectmen's Orders
$96,804.86
Town's Notes
·
70,900.00
Interest
4,689.09
State tax
5,400.00
Civilian War Poll Tax
2,223.00
Repairs of State Highways
735.60
Fire prevention
30.04
County tax
3,430. 26
High School Bonds
1,750.00
Cash in Treasury
.
17,030.69
$202,993.54
FRANK L. EAMES,
Treasurer
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Account of 1921 Tax
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1922
$32,777.65
Taxes collected
$12,763.78
Taxes abated
170.01
$12,933.79
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$19,843.86
Interest collected
$623.13
Account of 1922 Tax
Commitment
$90,143.77
Additional
255.29
$90,399. 06
Taxes collected
$52,462.26
Taxes abated
.
607.84
$53,070.10
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$37,328.96
Interest collected
$35.52
GEORGE W. BUCK,
Collector of Taxes
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Collector's Report Account Taxes 1920
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1922
.
$15,361.56
Taxes collected ·
$15,258.37
Taxes abated · .
103.19
Total amount collected
$15,361.56
Interest collected
$1,633.82
WALTER L. HALE,
Collector
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit the following report as Superintendent of Streets for the year 1922.
Money Expended
Scraping roads
$631.81
Dragging
.
.
.
207.13
Andover Street
853.69
Ballardvale Street
3444.38
Burlington Avenue
386.57
Church Street
712.55
Clark Street sidewalk
108.75
Main Street
680.85
Middlesex Avenue .
1,196.07
Shawsheen Avenue
227.00
Salem Street
79.30
Woburn Street
520.91
West Street
484.88
Secondary Streets
2,328.34
Snow removal
1.044.74
Brush
210.38
Oil
1,504.45
Insurance
236.70
Gravel
306.61
Tools and Supplies
1,302.38
Main Street sidewalk
999.25
Salem Street, State, Town and County
5,991.52
Salem and Lowell Streets, specific repairs
502.95
Grove Avenue Extension
301.23
Swain Road
349.00
Hillside Way
.
.
Total
$21,810.75
.
.
.
299.31
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We built 2,250 feet of tar macadam on Salem Street in accordance with contract, and I hope the town will vote to raise money to extend this work in Salem Street this year.
I would recommend that the town appropriate a sum of money to repair and set up the Stone Crusher and install same at some suitable ledge.
This year we worked our roads with the assistance of State Engineers, as was noted in the last town meeting.
The assistance of the State Highway Department and the additional funds available through the acceptance of this: act I consider a valuable asset to the highway department, and I recommend that the town continue to work under the- adopted plan.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE S. FOOTE, Superintendent of Streets.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE
Financial year ending December 31, 1922 SHOWING
APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT AND BALANCE SHEET
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following is my report as Town Accountant for the finan- cial year ending December 31, 1922.
Schedule I. Departmental appropriations and payments; trust funds, account; interst; abatement of taxes; and Excess and Deficiency Account.
Schedule 2. Balance Account.
Schedule 3. Revenue Account and Estimated Receipts.
Schedule 4. Statement of Town Debt, showing indebt- edness incurred and paid during the year, and outstanding indebtedness December 31, 1922.
Schedule 5. Balance sheet after closing books, showing the financial condition of the town at the close of the year.
Reference to Balance Account will show the net gain for the year, $202.85, which has been carried to Excess and De- ficiency Account.
The valuation book and Tax Collector's books have been verified and compared.
Accounts of the Tax Collector's, Town Clerk's Dog Tax Records, Trustees of Trust Funds and S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Committee have been examined and found correct.
The books and vouchers of the Treasurer have been checked, and the cash balance, $17,030.69 is correct.
Respectfully, HARRY R. DENNING, Town Accountant
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SCHEDULE I
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Appropriation
$850.00
Payments
Salaries
$675.00
Legal Services
5.00
Postage, printing and stationery
69.18
$749.18
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
100.82
$850.00
$850.00
Town Accountant
Appropriation
$650.00
Payments
Salary
$600.00
Postage, printing and stationery .
40.32
$640.32
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account 9.68
$650.00
$650.00
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Treasurer
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Salary
$400.00
Premium on bond
50.00
Postage, printing and stationery .
47.00
$497.00
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
3.00
$500.00
$500.00
Tax Collectors
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
199.69
Payments
Salaries
$1,609.68 ·
Postage, printing and stationery
90.01
$1,699.69 $1,699.69
Assessors
Appropriation ·
$1,250.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
96.25
Payments
Salaries ·
$1,162.00
Auto hire
15.50
Postage, printing and stationery . 135.50
Record of property transfers
33.25
$1,346.25 $1,346.25
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Town Clerk ·
Appropriation
$120.00
Payments
Salary
$100.00
Postage, printing and stationery
14.18
Miscellaneous
3.50
$117.68
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
2.32
$120.00
$120.00
Election and Registration
Appropriation
$415.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
100.85
Payments
Election :
Salaries
$242.00
Postage and printing
40.50
Miscellaneous
3.50
$286.00
Registration :
Salaries
$192.50
Postage and printing
31.35
Miscellaneous
6.00
229.85
$515.85 $515.85
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· Town Hall
Appropriation
$300.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund .
101.70
Payments
Salary, janitor
$75.00
Extra services, janitor
58.50
$133.50
Telephone
37.23
Fuel
117.50
Light
45.22
Repairs and supplies
43.31
Insurance
15.94
Miscellaneous
9.00
$401.70
$401.70
Painting Town Hall
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Painting building
$150.00
Transferred to Highways Account
50.00
$200.00
$200.00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Overdraft, transferred to Balance
Account
840.14
Payments
Salaries and wages
$2,915.85
Auto hire
217.50
Telephones
49.47
Premium on bond
5.00
Travelling expenses
26.91
Medical services
10.00
Uniforms
25.00
Printing and stationery
51.90
Traffic signs
13.71
Lock-up repairs
·
19.95
Miscellaneous
4.85
$3,340.14 $3,340.14
Constable
Appropriation
$50.00
Payments
Salary
$50.00
Fire Department
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
211.15
Overdraft, transferred to Balance
Account
216.78
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Payments
Salaries and wages
·
1
$891.50
Repairs and supplies
·
879.30
Fuel
112.55
Light
106.39
Telephone
22.16
Whistle repairs and maintenance
208.13
New equipment
510.39
Uniforms .
41.10
Grading fire well
131.41
Rent
25.00
$2,927.93 $2,927.93
Inspection of Buildings
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Salary, inspector
$150.00
Transportation .
32.00
Postage, printing and stationery .
7.00
$189.00
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
11.00
$200.00
$200.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
Appropriation Transferred from Contingent Fund 28.48
$173.00
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.
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Payments
Salary, sealer
$150.00
Transportation .
.
20.00
Dies
3.30
Testing measure
16.50
Stationery and advertising
.
10.08
Badge
1.60
$201.48
$201.48
Suppression of Moths
Appropriation .
$1,267.97
Received from State .
1,584.03
Received for private work
122.75
Charged property owners on tax bills
796.64
Payments
Salaries and wages
$2,954.56
Team hire
355.50
Repairs and supplies .
101.91
Premium, liability insurance
94.51
Telephone
26.66
Postage printing and stationery
40.09
New equipment
94.12
Miscellaneous
6.05
$3,673.40
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account
97.99
$3,771.39 $3,771.39
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Tree Warden
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments
Salaries and wages
.
. $1,417.44
Team hire
178.50
Repairs and supplies
78.97
Trees
176.00
Equipment
26.20
Postage, printing and stationery .
1.25
Miscellaneous
1.65
$1,880.01
Transferred to Highways Account
400.00
Unexpended, transferred to Balance
Account · ·
219.99
$2,500.00 $2,500.00
Forest Fires
Appropriation
.
$500.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund .
51.20
Payments
Salaries and wages
.
$486.20
Fire Extinguishers
.
65.00
$551.20 $551.20
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Health and Sanitation
Appropriation
$500.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
57.75
Payments
Salary, inspector of meats and provi-
sions
·
$240.00
Salary, inspector of animals
150.00
Vital statistics, fees for return of births, deaths and marriages
149.25
Salary, Agent Board of Health
·
15.00
Auto hire .
3.50
$557.75
$557.75
Public Health Nurse
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
Salary, district nurse .
. $1,000.00
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HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND BRIDGES Town Account (Repairs and Construction)
Appropriation
$3,875.00
Transferred from Tree Warden Account
$327.67
Transferred from Painting Town Hall
Account
50.00
Transferred from Painting Library
Account
50.00
Transferred from Contingent Account
193.75
Payments
Salaries and wages
. $1,186.81
Team and truck hire
1,216.75
Removing snow
·
·
1,044.74
Repairs and supplies .
171.00
Premium, liability insurance
236.70
Gravel
45.00
New Equipment :
Road machine
$300.00
Snow plow
90.00
$390.00
Surveys and plans
81.48
Signs
39.19
Pump repairs
12.50
Culverts
29.07
Telephone
13.18
Miscellaneous
30.00
$4,496.42 $4,496.42
Town and State Account (Chap. 81 G. L.)
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