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SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
ANNUAL
REPORTS
Town of
FAIRHAVEN
111.1.
1958
ANNUAL REPORT OF
The Town Officers OF
Fairhaven, Mass.
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TOWN HALL
22-1812.
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FEB
FOR THE
YEAR 1958
AMERICAN PRESS New Bedford, Mass. 1959
Town of Fairhaven
Settled 1653 Incorporated 1812
Population 13,376 - 1955 Census Ninth Congressional District First Councillor District
Third Bristol Senatorial District Ninth Bristol Representative District
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Second Saturday in March
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
First Monday in February
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Table of Contents
Factual Information About Fairhaven
4
Calendar of Board Meetings 6
Directory of Town Officers 7
Selectmen's Message
12
Financial Reports of Town Accountant
14
Departmental Reports
50
Report of the School Committee
153
Appendix :
Annual Town Meeting
192
Special Town Meeting 218
List of Town Meeting Members
225
Jury List
237
Vital Statistics
125
Report of Millicent Library
141
Index
240
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN
Located On the Shore of Buzzards Bay 56 Miles from Boston 1 Mile from New Bedford
Registered Voters-7,533 Tax Rate-$73.00 Valuation-$15,584,920.00
Area-7,497 Acres Miles of Streets and Roads-Approximately 60 Number of Dwellings-5466 Churches-9 Public Schools-7 Private Schools-3 Banks-2 Shore Resorts-8 Parks-10
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Ship Building Winches & Fishing Machinery
Tack & Nail Making
Oil Refinery
Fishing Industry Diesel Engine Repairing Loom Crank Shafts Fish Freezing
BENEFACTIONS OF THE LATE HENRY H. ROGERS Millicent Library High School
Town Hall Rogers School
Fairhaven Water Works Unitarian Memorial Church Cushman Park
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· ORGANIZATION · OF· FAIRHAVEN.TOWN-GOVERNMENT.
VOTERS
Moderator
Town Meeting Members
Precinct Chairmen
Finance Commitee
Planning Board
Town Collector
School Committee
Town Treasurer
Town Clerk
Board of Assessors
Auditors
Commsnrs of Trust Funds
Park Comm's'nrs
Tree Warden
Board of Selectmen
Board of Health
Sewer and Water Com- missioners
Welfare Board
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Registrars of Yoters
Town Accountant
Burial Agent
Veterans Services
Highway
Slaughter Inspector
Animal Inspector
Plumbing Inspector
Sealer of weights and Measures
Safety Committee
Police Dept.
Supt of Sts Building Inspector
Civil Defence
Fire Dept.
Shellfish Inspector
Dog Officer
Forest Committee
Forest Warden
Board of Appeals
Calendar
BOARD MEETINGS
SELECTMEN - Every Monday at 7:00 P.M. Telephone WY 2-5416.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE - Every Monday following Selectmen's Meetings. Telephone WY 2-5416 - WY 6-9045.
SEWER and WATER COMMISSIONERS - Every Thursday at 7:00 P.M. Telephone WY 3-8531.
BOARD OF APPEALS - First Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. Meetings held in Assessor's Office. Telephone WY 9-6642.
PLANNING BOARD - Second Thursday at 7:30 P.M. in Registrar of Voters' Office.
BUILDING INSPECTOR - Business transacted in Assessors' Office daily from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Friday. Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon. Telephone WY 9-6642.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - Office located at Town Yard, Rotch Street, and is open 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday to Friday. Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon. Telephone WY 3-5427.
THOSE OFFICES NOT MAINTAINING OFFICE HOURS IN THE TOWN HALL MAY BE REACHED AS FOLLOWS:
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Second Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Telephone WY 3-1241. Junior High School - School St.
SHELLFISH INSPECTOR: 155 Chestnut St., Fairhaven. Telephone WY 8-5738. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS and DOG OFFICER: 138 Alden Road, Fairhaven. Telephone WY 2-1561.
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR: 373 Alden Road, Fairhaven. Telephone WY 2-3557.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES: 110 Green St., Fairhaven. Telephone WY 3-1963. SEALER OF WEIGHTS and MEASURES: 90 Main Street.
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM: 11 Bridge St., Fairhaven. Telephone WY 2-0125.
TREE WARDEN: 6 Holcomb St., Fairhaven. Telephone WY 2-7700.
WHARFINGER: 104 Main Street. Telephone WY 2-9046.
PARK COMMISSIONERS: Call Mrs. Elinor Duxbury, 26 Green St., Fairhaven. Telephone WY 6-5358.
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Directory of Town Officers
LEGISLATIVE RICHARD G. RUBY, Moderator
Term expires 1961
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Adam B. Mello
Term expires 1959
G. Raymond Lamarre James F. Murphy, Jr., Secretary
Term expires 1960
Precinct 2
John J. Black
Term expires 1960
Precinct 3
Term expires 1959
Clifford C. Howcroft Armand H. Brodeur
Term expires 1960
Precinct 4
H. Russell Gifford Joseph A. Saladino, Chairman
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960
Everett J. Barrow Frederick J. Joerres
Term expires 1960
Precinct 6
Warren V. Aiken
Marinus Vander Pol
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ALBERT E. STANTON
WALTER J. BOROWICZ
WALTER SILVEIRA
Claudia I. Schiller
Addie M. Stowell
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960 Term expires 1961 Secretary Clerk
At Large
Precinct 1
Term expires 1959
Precinct 5
Term expires 1959
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TOWN CLERK
MICHAEL J. O'LEARY
Delphine B. Lanagan
Term expires 1959 Assistant Town Clerk
TREASURER
MICHAEL J. O'LEARY
Rose E. G. Keen
Term expires 1959 Assistant Town Treasurer
TAX COLLECTOR
COLBY H. BENSON
Helen M. Westgate
William A. Potter
Term expires 1959 Assistant to Tax Collector Deputy Tax Collector
TOWN ACCOUNTANT Irva M. Bushnell
ASSESSORS
SUSAN B. VINCENS
Term expires 1959
CHARLES W. KNOWLTON
Term expires 1960
AUGUSTUS H. XAVIER
Term expires 1961
BOARD OF HEALTH
FRANK E. BETTENCOURT
Term expires 1959
DR. EDWARD L. SOARES, Chairman
Term expires 1960
DR. FILBERT A. SILVEIRA
Term expires 1961
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Dr. Normand Gamache Dentist
Grace E. Smalley, R.N.
John M. Reilly
Brayton C. Beals
Assistant Plumbing Inspector Sanitary Inspector
SHELLFISH INSPECTOR
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Samuel C. Barrett
Joseph B. Goulart, Jr.
DOG OFFICER
Samuel C. Barrett
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR Henry Stevens
SEWER and WATER COMMISSIONERS
G. WINSTON VALENTINE (Deceased) Term expires 1958 JOHN M. REILLY LAWRENCE B. MAXFIELD
Elizabeth H. Church
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960 Principal Clerk
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District Nurse Plumbing Inspector
Lawrence B. Maxfield
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN T. MORGAN CLARENCE I. BANGS
ALBERT M. GONSALVES
Term expires 1960
WALDO E. HAYDON
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1961
FRANCIS P. DELANEY CECIL H. WHITTIER
Lynwood P. Harriman
Beatrice M. DeCoffe
Grace M. Battistelli
Term expires 1961 Superintendent Secretary to Superintendent Clerk
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Webster Wilde Dorothy S. Kearns, Chairman
Term expires 1959
James F. Murray
Term expires 1960 Term expires 1961
SAFETY COUNCIL
Norman D. Shurtleff
E. Cooper Jacques
CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT Norman D. Shurtleff
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
Frank Rogers Audell W. Monk Walter P. Jachna
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
Frank Rogers
CIVIL DEFENSE
Dr. Arthur J. Mullen Rose L. Lawton
Director Secretary
INSPECTOR OF WIRES John C. Avila
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Augustus H. Xavier William B. Lacasse
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
CHARLES RADCLIFFE, JR. Term expires 1959
BRADFORD W. LUTHER Term expires 1960
ORRIN B. CARPENTER Term expires 1961
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Term expires 1959
Term expires 1959
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
Elizabeth H. Church, Chairman Irva M. Bushnell, Clerk Michael J. O'Leary, Treasurer
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ALBERT E. STANTON
WALTER J. BOROWICZ
WALTER SILVEIRA
Claudia I. Schiller
Marion F. Hiller
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960 Term expires 1961 Social Work Supervisor Social Worker
Edith B. Horne
Social Worker
Edith S. Alden
Social Worker
Doris S. Terry
Clara S. Durfee
Marguerite R. Hansen
Senior Clerk-Stenographer Junior Clerk-Typist Junior Clerk-Typist
PLANNING BOARD
ALFRED RAPHAEL
Term expires 1959
VICTOR O. B. SLATER
Term expires 1959
ARSENE G. DUVAL
Term expires 1960
KENNETH R. VINING
Term expires 1960
HERBERT L. CANDAGE
Term expires 1961
NOEL B. COUTURE
Term expires 1961
CHARLES E. DUGDALE
Term expires 1962
JAMES PARKINSON
Term expires 1962
BOARD OF APPEALS
Warren C. Thompson
Term expires 1959
Cecil H. Whittier (Associate)
Term expires 1960
Harvey Gobell (Associate)
Term expires 1960
Ellsworth M. Burgess
Term expires 1961
Wendell T. Eldridge
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1962
William C. Brennan Joseph A. Walker
Term expires 1963
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Henry T. Howard Ellsworth M. Burgess
Superintendent Principal Clerk
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BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Reuben E. Hawkins Susan B. Vincens
Building Inspector Clerk
TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
JOHN JARVIS Term expires 1961
PARK COMMISSIONERS
ELINOR VANDER POL DUXBURY
Term expires 1959
WEBER REGO TORRES, JR.
Term expires 1960
JOSEPH G. MELLO
Term expires 1961
WHARFINGER FIELD DRIVER
Frank J. Cunniff
Samuel C. Barrett
MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK Ellsworth M. Burgess
FENCE VIEWER Ellsworth M. Burgess
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
Mabel L. Potter Wallace B. Baylies
Kenneth R. Vining
Term expires 1959 Term expires 1960 Term expires 1961
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The Selectmen's Message
Organization of the Board of Selectmen for 1958 is as follows :
Walter Silveira, Chairman, of Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare, with Walter Borowicz, Clerk, and Albert E. Stanton, as Veterans' Agent.
At the close of the year we find a balance of $340,692.38 in the Excess and Deficiency Account, of which $272,932.05 has been certified as "Free Cash." This amount reflects an increase of $53,569.75 over the balance certified last year. This increase is due principally to receipts over the amount estimated for the year from Income Taxes, Public Assist- ance and School funds.
The Board has continued the program of repairs of the interior of the Town Hall by installing new flooring and lighting in some offices. The Academy Building on Main Street was repaired and painted a colonial yellow, the kitchen of the Town Infirmary was remodeled, and new piles were installed at Union Wharf.
The gift of George H. Taber IV of acres of land adjacent to the Anthony School was formally accepted and in grati- tude to the Taber family a bronze plaque was installed on the south wall of the school.
In accordance with town meeting vote, a bronze plaque in honor of Captain Joshua Slocum was ordered to be cast and is ready for installation on a boulder to be placed on the shore at the so-called "Poverty Point" in Oxford, when weather permits.
Fairhaven now has a Town flag. The American Legion Post 166 presented a beautiful silk flag bearing the official seal of the Town in blue and gold on a white field.
A new building code, including a plumbing code, was ap- proved by the Board and submitted to the Special Town Meeting. Action was deferred to the Annual Town Meeting
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of 1959. Several hearings were held on applications for permits to place trailers and appropriate action taken, ac- cording to circumstances.
In conclusion we wish to thank the heads of other town departments for their cooperation during the past year.
WALTER SILVEIRA
WALTER J. BOROWICZ ALBERT E. STANTON
Recreational Committee
The activity at the Town Beach continues to grow year after year.
Early in June preparations were made for the opening of the beach. Beach parking permits were issued for the season. Safety lines and ring buoys were installed for the public's safety. The bathhouses and sanitary facilities were cleaned.
A corral fence was built around the parking area to prevent autos from going down to the seashore.
More fill was placed in the parking lot. Additional parking space will be greatly increased this year.
The entrance to the beach property was graded and black topped.
Fir Street (West Island) was graded and sealed for better driving and to eliminate the dust nuisance. This will be done again this year.
In accordance with a provision in the deed of the property we are required to file a Biennial Report with the Department of Interior (Park Division). This report has been submitted and they have expressed their pleasure in the progress we have made.
We wish to thank Henry Howard, Superintendent of Highways, and his department for the wonderful co-operation extended to this committee. Also to the considerate residents who made every effort to keep the beach clean.
JAMES J. MEDEIROS ALBERT E. STANTON
WALTER J. BOROWICZ ARTHUR J. MULLEN
WALTER SILVEIRA
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Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Following is the report of all financial transactions of the Town of Fairhaven during the year ending December 31, 1958.
This includes a balance sheet, an analysis of the ap- propriation accounts; and, classification of all receipts and expenditures.
Respectfully submitted,
IRVA M. BUSHNELL, Town Accountant
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BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1958 December 31, 1958 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Cash
Petty Cash Reserve $ 25.00
General
$702,505.79
Revenue - Reserved Until Collected
Petty
25.00
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise $ 25,897.77
$ 702,530.79
Tax Title & Tax Possessions 24,173.11
Farm Excise 1.25
Accounts Receivable
Taxes
Levy of 1957
Poll
24.00
Personal
204.20
Real Estate
8,853.78
Other Reserve Accounts
Levy of 1958
Tax Title Receipts
69.28
Poll
56.00
Unidentified Receipts
2.04
Personal
913.35
Sale of Real Estate
3,004.00
Real Estate
57,709.00
Guarantee Deposits
67,760.33
Sidewalk
694.27
Curbing
506.00
Levy of 1956
3.43
Water
125.00
Levy of 1957
489.82
Recoveries
Levy of 1958
25,404.52
O.A.A.
6,549.30
25,897.77
D.A.
602.28
Tax Titles
8,659.41
Misc. Tailings
528.45
Tax Possessions
15,513.70
Premium on Bonds
5,094.43
24,173.11
17,175.05
Departmental
38,442.95
Aid to Highways
20,000.00
Water
4,635.61
Special Assessments
124.21
113,274.90
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Farm Excise Levy of 1958
1.25
Trust Funds - Income Stoddard
4,219.40
Trowbridge
101.40
James Ricketts
126.91
Hannah Chadwick
100.02
Levy of 1958
87.04
Andrus Spriit
607.28
Lady Fairhaven Gift
551.59
Departmental
Town Hall
60.00
Payroll Deductions
Shellfish Grants
225.00
Contributory Retirement
159.51
Public Welfare
3,678.95
Teachers Retirement 1,824.35
Infirmary
90.00
Group Insurance
921.99
Aid to Dependent Children
5,842.23
Old Age Assistance
6,545.58
Federal Grants
Aid to Dependent Children
267.62
Old Age Assistance
37,405.83
Disability Assistance
4,713.72
Administration
627.82
Aid to Highways
State
13,000.00
Schools
County
7,000.00
Lunch Accounts
6,708.07
Athletic
1,524.63
Water Rates
4,458.86
8,232.70
Water Service
176.75
4,635.61
Overlay - Reserved for Abatements 1957
4,112.34
Deficits and Underestimates
Overestimates
1958 Overlay
5,004.81
B.C. Tuberculosis Hospital
98.04
County Tax
6,168.95
State Parks
75.07
11,173.76
173.11
2,905.85
Veterans Services
20,067.13
Union Wharf
1,934.06
38,442.95
Levy of 1957
37.17
Special Assessments
124.21
5,706.60
43,014.99
20,000.00
Transfer Authorized - (Not Made)
61,000.00
Unexpended Balances
331,369.32
Appropriated Sewers (Not Due)
8,796.51
Appropriation Authorized (Fire Station) 61,000.00 Appropriated Sewer Revenue (Not Due) 8,796.51 Overlay Surplus 28,057.54 Surplus Revenue 340,692.38
$
964,536.29
$ 964,536.29
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,949,200.00
Water System Loan
94,200.00
School Addition Loan
455,000.00
Junior High School Loan
1,085,000.00
Rogers School Addition
315,000.00
$1,949,200.00
$1,949,200.00
TRUST FUNDS
Trust, Retirement. Investment Funds $ 907,205.43
Hannah Chadwick Fund
500.00
Andrus Spriit Fund
10,000.00
Anna B. Trowbridge Fund
6,240.77
Julia A. Stoddard Fund 22,246.71
James Ricketts Charity Fund 1,430.66
Rogers Elem. School Fund
112,506.01
Abner Pease School Fund
7,558.12
Edmund Anthony School Fund
10,000.00
Rogers Family H. S. Fund 488,167.87
Other School Funds 3,472.65
Contributory Retirement System 165,274.24
Stabilization Fund 14,283.29
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
65,525.11
$ 907,205.43
$
907,205.43
SOURCE OF-THE-REVENUE.DOLLAR-1958
TAXES REAL,POLL,PERSONAL
$ 1,100,807.02 54.22%
SCHOOLS $ 291,365.92 14.35 %
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE $ 289,934.16 14.28%
EXCISE TAX TITLES $ 151,451.74
STATE TAXES $105,963.83
5.22 %
INTEREST
36,615.13 1.80%
PUB.SERV. ENTRPR'SE 23,309.55
1.15 %
HIGHWAYS
13,660.89
0.67 % -
LICENCES, FINES
10,985.55
0.54%
DEPARTMENTAL
6,062.48
0.30 %
HOW.THE REVENUE-DOLLAR.WAS.SPENT-1958
$ 216,750.03 DEBTE INTEREST
WELFARE $ 414,172.81 15.24 %
7.97 %
$ 164.107.84
6.04 %
HIGHWAYS
PUBLIC SAFETY $151,335.28
5.57 %
HEALTH AND SAN $ 80.011.34 3.24%
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
GENERAL GOVT.
$ 80.609.93
$1,502,263.23
55.26%
WHARF & CEMETERY
$ 1,776.65 0.07% -PARKS & UNCLASSIFIED 36,773.94 1.35%
-STATES COUNTY TAXES 62,635.61 2.30%
7.46%
ANALYSIS OF RECEIPTS December 31, 1958 GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES
Current
Poll
$ 6,772.00
Personal
95,943.90
Real Estate
953,677.88
Prior
Poll
34.00
Personal
551.00
Real Estate
43,828.24
Tax Titles
7,680.78
Tax Possessions
788.55
Vessel Excise Current
624.40
Farm Excise
Current
418.11
From State
Income Tax
Valuation Basis
31,208.77
Education Basis
110,684.98
Corporation Tax
66,468.30
$1,318,680.91
LICENSES & PERMITS
LICENSES
Peddlers
80.00
Liquor
4,240.00
Scallop
1,940.00
Shellfish
1,619.00
All Other
2,182.75
Permits
Marriages
280.00
All Other
58.00
10,399.75
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FINES & FORFEITS Court Fines
585.80
GRANTS & GIFTS
Federal
O.A.A.
94,787.94
A.D.C.
26,988.92
D.A.
6,505.31
Administration
9,662.58
137,944.75
State
School Construction
46,540.41
Vocational Education
3,880.49
Marine Fisheries
750.00
Meal Tax
7,536.76
School Tuition Transp.
13,463.85
72,171.51
County
Dog Fund 2,464.49
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Tailings, Canceled Checks, etc.
38.95
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
SEWER
Current
2,755.14
Prior
1,122.34
PRIVILEGES
Shellfish Grant
45.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
Current
112,810.96
Prior
25,206.46
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Treasurer
33.00
Collector
2.00
3,877.48
138,062.42
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Selectmen
279.10
Town Clerk
2,033.44
Election and Registration
42.00
150.00
Town Hall Board of Appeals
56.00
Planning Board
68.00
2,663.54
PUBLIC SAFETY
Police-Bicycle Registration
138.80
Weights & Measures
379.00
Building Inspection
157.10
HEALTH & SANITATION
Health
Dental Clinic
117.40
Sanitation
Sewer Connections
2,593.14
Other
13.50
2,724.04
HIGHWAYS
Chap. 90 Maintenance
State
999.31
County
999.31
Chapter 90 Construction
State
5,672.22
County
3,989.81
Sidewalk Construction
2,000.24
13,660.89
PUBLIC WELFARE
Infirmary Board
636.00
Temporary Aid
State
507.35
Other Cities, Towns
2,988.56
Aid to Dependent Children State 17,004.96
22
674.90
Old Age Assistance
State Other Cities, Towns
100,545.18 9,116.11
Disability Assistance State
3,753.73
134,551.89
Veterans' Services
State
17,365.52
Individuals
72.00
17,437.52
SCHOOLS
Tuition
37,491.10
Sale Books, etc.
83.10
Misc.
79.58
School Lunches
73,381.09
School Athletics
5,761.32
116,796.19
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water
Rates & Services
15,086.64
Connections
2,803.40
Wharf Rentals
5,195.26
Beach Permits
224.25
23,309.55
UNCLASSIFIED
Insurance Rebates
Group Insurance
1,187.64
Other
483.27
Settlement Damage Claims
277.56
1,948.47
INTEREST ON :
Deposits
11,673.00
Deferred Taxes
1,867.61
Tax Titles Redeemed
318.82
Special Assessments
390.10
Motor Vehicle Excise
502.50
Charity Funds
1,435.81
School Funds
20,427.29
36,615.13
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NON-REVENUE
AGENCY, TRUST, INVESTMENT
Agency
Dog Fund
3,248.25
Trust & Investment
Salary Deductions
Withholding Tax
96,932.71
Cont. Retirement
14,350.77
Teachers' Retirement
21,884.38
Group Insurance
10,638.87
Craftsman Insurance
277.55
Guarantee Deposits
Sewer
3,841.70
Sidewalk
1,127.97
Curbing
506.00
Water
2,784.58
Recoveries
O.A.A.
2,148.04
Retirement Funds
Town Appropriations
8,526.00
Earnings
5,509.33
Charity Funds
Sale Bonds
11,500.00
174,750.15
REFUNDS
General Depts.
313.53
Welfare
1,327.87
Court Fines
75.00
Taxes
Current
460.98
Prior
732.80
Motor Vehicle Excise
Current
1,564.57
Prior
1,706.98
License
1.00
Interest on Taxes
.72
6,183.45
Total Receipts 1958
$2,215,541.78
Balance on Hand Jan. 1, 1958
$1,410,097.22
$3,625,639.00
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ANALYSIS OF PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salary & Wages Selectmen
Secretary
$ 2,400.00 200.00
Clerical
2,176.96
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
95.01
Printing & Advertising
466.83
Town Report
2,175.00
Travel
344.38
Telephone
29.28
Office
150.30
Other
87.00
$
8,124.76
TREASURER
Salaries & Wages
Treasurer
3,400.00
Assistant
2,506.40
Clerical
81.88
Other Expenses
Repairs, Service
129.40
New Equipment
160.65
Postage
331.00
Telephone
215.99
Surety Bonds
374.85
Office
610.99
Other
28.92
7,840.08
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Accountant
2,340.00
Other Expenses
Binding
40.00
Adding Machine Rental
45.00
Travel
34.60
Office
127.19
Dues
3.00
2,589.79
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TOWN CLERK
Salary & Wages Town Clerk Assistant Clerical
1,200.00
2,506.80
613.66
Other Expenses
Postage
21.18
Printing & Advertising
89.60
Out of State Travel
195.00
Other Travel
37.67
Office
172.42
Recording Fees
667.00
New Equipment
232.00
Other
55.30
5,790.63
TOWN COLLECTOR
Salary & Wages
Collector
3,740.00
Clerk
2,710.00
Other Clerical
1,148.60
Other Expenses
Postage
794.86
Printing & Stationery
275.17
Telephone
187.25
Surety Bonds
467.85
Office
131.80
Tax Titles
200.19
Other
109.22
9,764.94
ASSESSORS
Salaries & Wages
Assessors
9,000.00
Clerical
1,180.00
Other Expenses
Stationery & Postage
48.82
Binding
57.88
Travel
235.83
Telephone
177.23
Repair
88.45
Engineering & Land Conveyances
850.00
Office
601.97
Other
37.50
12,277.68
26
ELECTION & REGISTRATION
Salaries & Wages
Registrars
3,017.10
Election Officers
2,828.14
Canvassers
959.95
All Other
1,236.70
Other Expenses
Equipment & Repair
36.90
Postage
299.10
Elections
702.27
Travel
30.34
Office
318.69
Other
67.00
9,496.19
TOWN MEETING EXPENSE
Finance Committee
Secretary's Salary
350.00
Clerical
81.00
Printing & Advertising
462.10
Supplies
79.20
Miscellaneous
63.80
Town Meeting
Payrolls
203.80
Printing & Advertising
862.69
Postage
42.10
Miscellaneous
32.85
Moderator's Salary
100.00
2,277.54
TOWN HALL
Salaries & Wages Janitors
3,006.82
Other Expenses
Fuel
1,878.17
Light
1,085.39
Building & Janitors' Supplies
414.88
Maintenance & Repair
3,516.99
Water
64.68
Other
36.58
10,003.51
27
TAX TITLE EXPENSE
Advertising
20.20
Registry
8.03
Land Court
123.34
Supplies
8.77
Postage
7.30
Plans
15.00
Foreclosures
2,111.52
2,294.16
ENGINEERING EXPENSE
Plans, Blue Prints, etc.
4,289.80
LEGAL EXPENSE
Attorneys
4,264.86
Settlement Claims
720.00
Photostatic copies and Deeds
55.67
Street Plans
408.85
5,449.38
BOARD OF APPEALS
Clerical
50.00
Postage
11.65
Advertising
54.94
116.59
PLANNING BOARD
Secretary
50.00
Advertising
42.39
Travel
57.69
Postage
13.00
Pamphlets
15.40
Plans
60.00
Dues, Subscriptions
49.20
Supplies
7.20
294.88
28
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPT.
Salaries & Wages
Chief
4,017.38
Patrolmen
21,241.14
Special Men
18,815.15
Clerical
10,269.60
Equipment Maintenance
Autos
4,035.40
Ambulance
250.24
Radio
180.58
Boat
121.63
Equipment for Men
63.01
Other Expenses
New Equipment
288.87
Supplies
73.86
Telephone
566.82
O.S.T.
60.00
Other Travel
192.17
Office
198.04
Miscellaneous
121.13
60,495.02
POLICE CARS
Purchase New Cars
4,136.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries & Wages
Permanent Men
31,405.41
Call Men
8,139.32
Still Alarms
506.00
Equipment
Apparatus Repair
419.20
Apparatus Equipment
708.33
Equipment for Men
345.50
Equipment Supplies
246.89
New Hose
1,500.00
Washing Hose
84.50
Maintenance
Garage Rent
2,400.00
Gas & Oil
693.58
Fuel, Light, Water
719.92
29
Building Repairs and Supplies Telephone Laundry O.S.T. Office
281.99
427.12
132.97
31.05
229.35
Other
57.75
48,328.88
FIRE ALARM
Superintendent
360.00
Assistants
783.20
Maintenance
986.68
Equipment
74.25
Boxes
716.00
Miscellaneous
6.00
2,926.13
FIRE CHIEF'S CAR
Purchase New Car
2,564.00
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salaries
Inspector
1,000.00
Other
33.33
Other Expenses
Permits
1,515.00
Travel
333.74
Supplies
46.90
Miscellaneous
8.65
2,937.62
SEALER WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Salaries & Wages
Sealer
1,099.92
Helper
34.00
Other Expenses
Travel
256.50
Tools & Supplies
7.60
1,398.02
30
DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Salary & Wages Tree Warden Labor
200.00 2,230.00
Other Expenses
Hardware & Tools
115.94
Trees
753.90
Maintenance Truck
148.01
3,447.85
INSECT PEST EXTERMINATION
Labor
2,957.40
Insecticides
753.50
Hardware & Tools
69.63
Truck Expense
217.47
Other
1.26
3,999.26
SHELLFISH INSPECTION
Salary & Wages
Inspector
2,255.70
Labor
120.50
Other Expenses
Travel
453.54
Gas
107.00
Supplies
29.90
Outboard Motor
33.64
Truck Expense
85.02
Miscellaneous
28.35
3,113.65
CIVIL DEFENSE
Clerical
2,291.17
Office
35.20
Telephone
287.71
Advertising
20.00
Light
296.69
Repair Service
138.74
Equipment & Supplies
619.87
Miscellaneous
45.97
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Forest Fire
20.00
Hydrant Rental
13,437.50
Dog Care
796.00
3,735.35
14,253.50
31
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH NURSING
Services
3,500.00
DENTAL CLINIC
Doctors Services
804.00
Nurse
201.00
Supplies
55.96
1,060.96
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Doctor's Services
200.00
Clerical
20.00
Supplies
2.70
222.70
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
General Administration
Salary Board
720.00
Clerk
160.00
Postage & Supplies
69.56
Travel
39.20
Investigations
354.26
Inspectors
Animal, Salary & Expenses
308.04
Burying
229.10
Milk
250.00
Slaughter
50.00
Clinics
Polio
50.00
Mental Health
450.00
T.B. Program
City of New Bedford
532.16
Board & Care
260.50
Communicable Diseases
Hospital, Bd. & Care
331.00
Premature Births
444.00
4,738.59
1957 Salary Account
621.50
32
SEWER & WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration
Salary Commissioners
645.81
Clerk
2,718.50
Office
120.71
Telephone
271.45
General Expenses
Labor
16,857.00
Equipment Repair
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