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.. . This Friday night seenc of the West side parking area was proof of the in- adequacy of Quincy's off- street parking facilities, and was a factor in the city council's decision to purchase the East side parking area. The West side has 560 parking stalls; the new East side lot will provide 282 additional stalls.
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Built and equipped at a cost of half a million dollars, of which Unele Sam paid a third. the Quiney health center, established to prevent rather than to cure disease, is the first of its kind in this section of the country. Housing all of the ramified activities of the public health de- partment, it opens the way for Quiney to qualify for federal aid to carry on this all-important function of municipal government. James S. Kelliher of Quiney was the general contractor, and M. A. Dyer company, Boston, was the architect.
... Type of preventive work carried on at the center is illustrated by this scene in which a schoolboy is getting an X-ray that may save him long hours of agonizing toothache in the years to come. Dr. Louis E. Sullivan is the dentist in charge. . . . Health center is under the direction of Dr. Richard M. Ash, commissioner of health. . .
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QUINCY HEALTH CENTER IS DEDICATED TO PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
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. . . Above - This healthy baby sprawled out in his birthday suit. undergoing an examination by Dr. Edmund F. FitzGerald. child welfare physician, and hundreds of other Quincy tots have a longer life ex- peetancy as a result of cheek-ups at elinics conducted at the health center.
. . . Disease caught and fought early usually loses out in the battle with the miracles of modern medicine. Frequent cheeks, such as the chest X-ray this Quiney eitizen, right, is getting, give the physician a big advantage in the age-old fight against disease. ...
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PREVENTION OF DISEASE IS A MUNICIPAL SERVICE IN QUINCY
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. .. Possible spread of disease is stopped at the potential source by Quincy Healthi department food inspector who takes swabs from glasses in a tavern to get bac- teria count. If the count is too high. the licensee will hear from the commissioner of public health in no uncertain terms. Failure of the licensee to take corrective measures could lead to drastic action on the part of the license commission.
A SINGLE INSPECTION COULD PREVENT A CITY-WIDE EPIDEMIC
Quincy health department inspectors made 1644 inspections during 1951 in establishments selling foods and drinks.
. . . Impure milk is a frequent carrier of disease germs. With a skilled bacteriolo- gist, Dr. Edwin E. Smith, M.D., making frequent tests at the municipal health center, there is little chance for impure dairy products to spread infection in Quincy. . . .
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READIN' AND WRITIN' AND ARITHMETIC
. .. Right - The steel skel- eton of the 18-classroom Snug Harbor school begins to take form early in the year. Youngsters from the Snug Harbor veterans' project and the Riverview low-income housing proj- ect will attend this school. . . . Both of these new ele- mentary schools are sched- uled for completion in time for the beginning of the school year in Septem- ber, 1952.
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. . . The year 1951 found Quiney hard at work build- ing new sehools to meet the anticipated peak en- rollment resulting from the post-war birth-rate boom. The tentatively adopted program calls for three new elementary schools, a new eentral junior high school, a Trade sehool ad- dition and several elemen- tary school additions at a cost that will probably cx- ceed $4,000.000.
Left - An 80-ton pile- driver is sinking one of the 253 wooden piles on which the 10-classroom Beeeh- wood Knoll school, to be built in marshy ground off Fenno street, will be erceted.
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MODERN EDUCATIONAL METHODS HOLD THE INTEREST OF PUPILS
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. . . A long day spent on the traditional Three R's could be rather boring to little minds - bat a little diversion such as clay modeling now and then breaks the monot- ony. This pretty youngster, however, is not wasting her time, for she is deeply absorbed in a medium of creative ex- pression. . . .
. . . Quincy schools are keeping up with the times. New fields of work resulting from modern inventions such as the radio and television are not neglected. From 1951 Family Living classes such as this re- hearsing for a radio program around this tape recorder will come the announcers. the directors, the panel moderators of air ways programs in 1961 and 1971. ...
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. . . One of these General Science class students watching the city bacteriologist at work in his laboratory may be getting an inspiration that will launch him, or her, on a career of great scientific accomplish- ment. . . . Maybe one of these boys or girls will discover a cure for cancer, or polio. ...
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"That's where I'm gonna go to school next year, Jimmie," Germantown youngster proudly informs his playmate as he points at the Snug Harbor school which is scheduled for completion by September, 1952.
The location of 400 vet- erans and their families in Snug Harbor. and 180 other families, mostly those of former servicemen, in Riverview, necessitated the construction of this modern elementary school in this section of Quincy.
Riverview, which is low cost housing, will be com- pleted by the middle of 1952.
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NEW TRADE SCHOOL ADDITION WILL EXPAND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
... New addition to Quincy Trade school is one of three major projects in Quincy's big school con- struction programı well under way in 1951. Also under construction were the Snug Harbor and Beechwood Knoll elemen- tary schools. Next major project on the schedule is another new elementary school in the Furnace Brook Parkway district ....
The spacious addition to the Quincy Trade school will be essentially four stories high. Basement will include area for body mechanics, projection room. visiting team room, teaching aids office, maintenance shop and storage room. Ground floor provides classrooms for distributive education and automobile related work. director's office, clerk's office, waiting room, shop room and two general class rooms. First floor has music room and office. plumbing classroom, electric classroom, laboratory and shop area. Second floor contains two regular classrooms, sheet metal classroom, mechanical drawing classroom and another new shop room.
. . . Expansion of Quincy Trade school, a long felt want, will be permitted through the crection of a 20-room addition. The ability of graduates to step immediately into good paying jobs in various trades has increased the enrollments to a point where present facilities have been long over- taxed. Many former students have made good in the building trades and are now heading their own shops or firms.
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ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM FEATURE 1951 SCHOOLDAYS
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. . . Pupils at the Wollaston school rehearse circus pre- paratory to entertaining their parents in the newly constructed auditorium which can be used for community activities as well as school functions. . ..
THE THREE R'S ARE ONLY A PART OF MODERN EDUCATION IN QUINCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
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.. . Schoolboy traffic squad- in various elementary schools are effective in protecting pupils from accident. Officer Willianı Spencer, shown with his young assistants, super- vised the organization of the squads. . . .
SCHOOL DAYS ARE MORE INTERESTING IN 1951
'RITHMETIC - with dominoes - "Lots of fun."
SCIENTISTS IN THE MAKING - biology stn- dents prepare slides for examination.
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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK SHOP - stn- dents construct scenery for school operetta.
WORKING IN OILS -art instruction can be highly individualized.
PREPARING CIRCUS PROGRAM -all interest is focused on coming entertainment for parents.
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MAINTENANCE CREW AT WORK - these reg- nar school carpenters can replace this door frame cheaper than job can be done by outside artisans.
QUINCY TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS PROTECT LIVES
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To save a few seconds this mother risks her life and the lives of her two youngsters by crossing busy Temple street despite warning from Neon sign, arrow, admonishing her "DON'T WALK". She is also ignoring the white traffie lanes painted on the street.
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Quiney buys, installs, maintains and operates an extensive system of traffic control signals to proteet both motorists and pedestrians, but complete cooperation of both the person behind the wheel and the person erossing the street is necessary for the prevention of accidents ...
These three pretty girls may "waste" a few seconds to bring traffie to a stop on busy Haneoek street through the use of this pedestrian controlled signal - but they know that they will reach their destination safe and sonnd and not wind up in the emergency room of the hospital.
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GOOD EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR THE JOB SAVES MONEY
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. . . Believing that good machinery properly maintained, handled and directed cuts costs, Quincy invested in public works department equipment for 1951 . ..
Top - One of the six motorized sidewalk plows makes its debut in first 1951 snowfall. These plows enabled Quincy to elear sidewalks for first time in years, but fleet of six proved inadequate to eover entire city in satisfactory time.
Center - New Snogo proved it could load large truck with snow in little more than a minute.
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QUINCY. A City Beautiful
HELP KEEP IT CLEAN
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New 20 cu. yard trash truck, left, one of fleet of eight, proved more maneuverable, handier, safer, for comfort- able and far more efficient than old style 13-yard truck, left, which it is replacing. New type has eab-over-engine design.
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CLEAN UP- APR.IS MAY 15
PAINT UP-FIX UP
HELP KEEP IT CLEAN
QUINCY-A City Beautiful
Fleet of new 20-cubic yard trash trucks delivered in 1951 stepped up effi- eieney of sanitary department. One of the new trucks is shown dumping trash into city dump off Quarry strect. Cab- over-engine type of chassis added to the maneuverability: and extra wide en- closed eab provided shelter for all men- bers of the crew. Increased body capacity meant fewer trips to the dump than was required by smaller trucks previously used. . ..
Although nuisances caused by fire. smoke, odors, and scattered debris at the municipal dump were improved during 1951 by interim remedies, the ultimate solution to the trash and garbage disposal problem for the mod- ern eity appears to be the incinerator - one of the numerous capital outlay issues Quincy has to face in the near future. The sanitary department cost the home owner in 1951 $1.12 for each $1,000 his home was assessed. Collections of garbage and rubbish will cost the city an estimated $325,000 in 1952.
. . . Bulldozer to push trash into dump and spread: permanently installed fire hose; fence to prevent scattered dump- ing were innovations that substantially abated the nuisance indigenous to use of open dump for the disposal of debris. ...
NEW ROCK ISLAND SEWER WILL SERVE SOME 300 HOMES
Oil Drums being used to float sewer pipe across Rock Island Cove.
. .. After two previous at- tempts by other methods had failed. Rosa & Todisco. contractors on the Rock Island sewer project used more than 60 empty oil drums to float 250-foot length of 12-inch sewer pipe across the Rock Island cove.
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. . . Costing slightly more than $300,000, the Rock Island sewer project will replace cesspools and sep- tie tanks for more than 1000 Quincy citizens when it is completed in early summer of 1952. Drainage conditions, ledges, irregu- lar topography and exten- sion of project to include additional area ran the cost above original esti- mates: but sewers, prime necessity for the prevention of disease, are a "must" re- gardless of cost.
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SMOKE EATERS THEY ARE AND SMOKE IS A RUGGED DIET
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These graphic pictures illustrate the terri- fie punishment firefighters suffer from smoke inhalation in battling blazes.
Left: Quincy fireman mounts aerial ladder through dense smoke to get at close grips with theatre fire.
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Right: Another is rescued by police after he has been overcome by smoke in business block fire.
Pictures taken by Laban H. Whittaker, Jr., staff photographer of the Quincy Patriot Ledger; reprinted by permission of the Ledger.
ANCIENT AND MODERN METHODS SERVE THE PEOPLE OF QUINCY
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. . . Henry H. Hughes, seal- er of weights and measures, checks "working weights", with which vendors' weigh- ing devices are checked, on big master seale in his office. This scale has an error of less than 5 grains in 50 pounds, and there are 7000 grains in one pound:
This master scale is an equal-arm balance. in- vented by the ancients. Centuries of progress in science and meehanies has developed no more acca- rate weighing device than this type of seales. The master weights are checked each five years for accu- racy. . . .
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. . . Quincy Fire Alarm op- erator, Ernest Bertrand. can keep Fire Headquar- ters in constant toueli with firefighting equipment all over the eity through the new two-way radio acquired in 1951. This modern communication system was installed pri- marily as a Civil Defense measure: but it is praeti- cal, valuable and efficient in peace time in routine firefighting activities. . . .
Quincy City Employees Perform a Thousand Tasks a Day
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. . . Quincy firemen are as willing to risk their lives to rescue pets from burning buildings as they are to rescue human beings. Bonnie Lassie tries to express her appreciation to Lt. William Pitts, left, and Deputy Chief William Wholey who rescued this Scotch Terrier from a burning Squantum home. .. . Before thesc firefighters are baek in their station ten min- utes they may be called upon to get a kitten out of a tree or a child out of a locked bath. room or to give artificial respiration to an overcome bather .
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Members of the engineering division. P.W.D., are at the beek and call of all municipal de- partments. The highway division. in this case, was building a sidewalk. So an engineer- ing party was called out to establish the line and grade before the highway employees conld start work. Here Edward H. Collagan, right. chief of party, and George Trubiano, transit man. are figuring out where the rod- man, down the street a bit. shall place the stakes.
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QUINCY FACES MAJOR CAPITAL OUTLAY PROBLEMS
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IMPROVED SURFACE DRAINS
NEW SHORE PROTECTION
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. . . Vital necessity of shore protection and seawall extensions is illustrated in this pie- ture showing damages along the Houghs Neek littoral eaused by driving northeaster that undermined waterfront property. in- undated large areas and eut off peninsula. Storm ravages caused eity manager to sub- mit in his 1952 budget a shore protection program to be financed jointly by the eity and state.
Proposed projeet entails construction of breakwater from Post Island to the Wil- lows, protecting Sea street. only highway from Quiney Center to Houghs Neek, which is impassable for several hours sometimes when a hard northeast gale hits during an extremely high tide.
... Need for improvement of surface drainage system is shown by this pieture of ears plowing through water hub-deep on Willard street, West Quiney. following tor- rential rains in November, 1951. Such scenes may be viewed in several scetions of city after heavy rains.
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SECTION NUMBER TWO
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
CITY CLERK PLANNING BOARD LEGAL DEPARTMENT
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT LICENSE COMMISSION
CIVIL DEFENSE
ASSESSORS WELFARE DEPARTMENT
VETERANS' SERVICES
POLICE DEPARTMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL
THOMAS CRANE LIBRARY
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HIGHWAY DIVISION WATER DIVISION SEWER DIVISION FORESTRY DIVISION
CEMETERY DIVISION ENGINEERING DIVISION
BUILDING INSPECTOR
WIRE INSPECTOR SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
PARK DEPARTMENT
RECREATION COMMISSION
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT RETIREMENT BOARD QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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Built 107 years ago of Quincy quarried granite. Quincy's beautiful old municipal building is considered a very fine example of Neo-Grec Classical American architecture.
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ALL MUNICIPAL POWERS
STEM FROM THE VOTERS
VOTERS
CITY COUNCIL
City Clerk
City Auditor
CITY MANAGER
Housing Authority
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
xhool Department
ADMINISTRATIVE
DEPARTMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC SERVICE
SOCIAL SERVICE
Assessors
Engineering
Fire
Library
Crane Library Trustees
Hospital
Board of Managers
Law
Forestry
Police
Parks
Park Board of Commissioners
Health
Finance
Highway
Civil Defense
Recreahon
Recreation Commission
Welfare
Personnel
Retirement Bd
Sanitation
Wts. Measures
Historical Places
Bd. of Myrs of Historial PI.
Veterans
Purchasing
Sewer
Building Insp.
Building Appeals
Planning
Planning Board
Water
Electrical Insp.
License Board
Parking
Public Buildings
Cemetery
Garage
Zoning Appeals
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Monthly cost of services for Quincy's average residence, assessed at #4500.
$3.94
$2.93
$ 2.40
$ 2.34
$1.78
$1.64
$1.17
$ 93
$ 42
HEALTH and WELFARE
HOSPITAL PUBLIC WKS.
FIRE
POLICE
TRASH COLL. EDUCATION
STATE and COUNTY TAXES
ALL OTHER SERVICES
The average time worked to pay city taxes has decreased .
In 1940: 4 1/2 weeks
In 1951: 3 1/4 weeks
TAXES HAVE GONE UP SINCE 1940 BUT THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER'S WAGES HAVE RISEN FASTER
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Type of License
1951
BIRTHS RECORDED
2,322
MARRIAGES RECORDED
1,004
DEATHS RECORDED
957
NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS
14,484
DOG LICENSES ISSUED:
MALES
1,945
FEMALES
183
SPAYED FEMALES 1,139
KENNELS 10
FISHING LICENSES ISSUED
1,364
HUNTING LICENSES ISSUED
438
SPORTNG LICENSES ISSUED
311
TRAPPING LICENSES ISSUED
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CLAM LICENSES:
COMMERCIAL 191
RESIDENT
1.055
NON-RESIDENT
813
PLANNING BOARD
The new Planning Board was set up by the City Council in December, 1950, under the revised en- abling act which gave the board far broader powers, particularly with respect to dirceting the character of the city's residential growth through striet control over the development of subdivisions.
The new board, appointed on January 16, 1951, consisted of Walter A. Schnitz. chairman: Ernest N. Gelotte, secretary: Robert A. Zottoli, Fred E. Bergfors and C. Francis N. Roberts.
In June the board was given a full-time staff with the appointment of William G. Farrar as planning engineer. and an office secretary.
During the year the board met weekly, held 28 publie hearings, and participated in field trips, dur- ing which 58 projects or properties were examined. A seven-foot square map of existing land uses in the eity was completed. As a result of the new subdivision regulations developers had. by the end of the year, already installed more than $16,000 worth of sewers and street improvements. relieving the taxpayer of this bnrden.
During 1952 the Planning Board expeets to issue the following reports at the approximate dates designated:
Report No. 1. Revised Subdivision Regulations. February 1952.
Report No. 2. People in Quiney - A Population Study. April 1952.
Report No. 3. School Location Survey. June 1952.
Report No. 4. What Shall We Do with City Land? August 1952.
Report No. 5. Parks and Recreation Areas. October 1952.
Report No. 6. Traffie. Parking and Transportation. December 1952.
Report No. 7. Public Buildings and Public Land. February 1953.
LAW DEPARTMENT
Beginning in 1950 and continuing in its first full year in 1951, the Law Department has maintained full time legal services for the City of Quiney.
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The easy availability of securing legal opinions and advice for department heads has increased this last year. The demands for this service from the Law Department continues.
In addition there has been a constant increase in litigation instituted or defended by this depart- ment. The centralization of the recovery of miscellaneous claims by the City of Quincy has allowed the City to recover an amount almost twice the amount paid out in claims against the City.
In this day of multitudinous regulations, laws specifically affecting municipalities, constant legal services are required.
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
In previous years this department issued approximately 25,000 Purchase Orders but in 1951 due to consolidation of contracts oniy approximately 16,000 orders were issued. This department is now issuing blanket purchase orders, in small amount, in order to speed up "rush, pick up orders."
The department has been successful in getting first quality merchandise at lower prices than in the past. through better specifications and a wider search of the commodity market, resulting in a definite savings to the taxpayers.
The department now has an extension Bid List and a commodity list which will bring further savings in the future.
LICENSE COMMISSION
Type of License
Amt. Coll. 1951 S 990.00
Common Vietnaller
Lord's Day .
835.00
Garage, Gasoline. Repair Shops, denatured alcohol and inflammables
3.200.00
Motors No. 1. 2. 3: Parking Spaces
2,980.00
Amusements, Public Halls
475.00
Junk Shop and Second-Hand
675.00
Bowling, Billiards, Pool
1,610.00
Liquor
71,140.00
Miscellaneous
2.298.20
$84,203.20
CIVIL DEFENSE
The Auxiliary Police force trained 160 men. They are assigned to units and each unit has a partieu- lar duty.
The Auxiliary Fire department numbers 150 men, trained under regular fire department officers.
In communication, a combination of radio and telephone facilities are used. 40 amateur radio men have taken the Civil Defense oath and operate on two special meter bands, and they also control a radio frequency assigned to this sector.
A sector control center has been established at City Hall, and we may communicate with any of the communities by telephone, and a radio set in contact with the regional control center.
We are constantly guarding the State Police frequency which will be the means by which we will be notified of an air raid and several test messages have been sent since last June.
The only means of warning the public now is through plants sounding their whistles. However, sirens will be located in several places during 1952.
Dr. Richard M. Ash, Health Commissioner, has assigned the Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists and Morticians in Quincy to the 19 First Aid posts.
We have two trained radiological detection teams in Quincy and because of the calibre of these teams, the State has placed one of their detection instruments in our possession.
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ASSESSORS
1949
1950
1951
Personal
S 9.552.875
$ 9,435,150
S 9.492.875
Real Estate
135,991,400
138,213,350
140.400,700
Total
$145,464,275
$147,648,500
$149,893,575
Total
$145,464.275
$147,648,500
$149.893.575
The tax rate for 1951 was levied on an assessed valuation of approximately $149,800.00. This repre- sents a net increase of about $2.200,000. The new construction in 1951 has not been assessed as yet so we are unable to determine the approximate increase fof the coming year 1952.
The tax rate for Quincy has increased from 1941 of $31.20 to 1951 of $46.80. However, the increase from 1950 of $45.20 of $1.60 was considerable less than many cities in the Commonwealth.
$7,015,01931 is the amount to be raised by taxation plus $54.210 by Poll Taxes. Motor Vehicles in Quincy on December 31, 1951 were valued at $11,715,808.
The total valuation of the city including Motor Vehicles for 1951 was $161.609,383.
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Aid to Dependent Children
January 1, 1951 there were 181 cases which were reduced to 170 cases on December 31, 1951, but the State increased the allotment 5.4% on October 1, 1951 so that the budget for next year cannot be reduced. A.D.C. City share for 1951 was $160,000.
Old Age Assistance
The City share of O.A.A. in 1951 was $670,000. Chapter 801 of the Acts of 1951 now make it manda- tory to give O.A.A. ease $59 a month and $79 per month depending upon whether or not they live with a family group or live by themselves. 56 cases dropped off O.A.A. because of the new lien law, Chapter 801 of Acts of 1951. They will come back when they realize the intent and purpose of the law.
January 1, 1951 there were 1442 cases reduced to 1411 by December 31, 1951.
General Relief
This was split on November 1. 1951 when the Disability Assistance Act. Chapter 741 of the Acts of 1951 came into being.
The City Share in 1951 was $1970,25. The Federal Government will contribute 75% of D.A.G.R. cases on January 1, 1951 amounted to 214 and on December 31, 1951 eases totalled 134.
Disability Assistance program will probably inerease as the public becomes acquainted with it. This program was founded for needy persons who are permanently and wholly disabled, but each applicant must have resided in Massachusetts continuously for one year preceding date of application for assist- ance. Each applicant not to have wealth in excess of $300.
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