Official Reports of the Town of Wayland 1935, Part 6

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
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Refunds Levy


$ 162.47 39,317.03


Collections :


Motor Excise


$6,993.42


Moth


32.50


Betterment


105.82


Adv. fees


20.00


Rent Town Hall, etc.


145.00


Sealing fees


42.06


Court fines


341.50


Library fines


76.99


$7,757.29


Interest :


Taxes


$3,888.82


Tax Titles


1,046.35


4,935.17


Licenses and permits :


Liquor


$4,256.00


Victualler


82.00


Other licenses


49.00


4,387.00


Reimbursements : Welfare and Old Age $10,014.96


State Aid


843.00


Vocational Tuition 439.91


Other tuition


271.44


11,569.31


To Excess and Deficiency


3,230.28


State Income Tax Departmental Revenue


13,412.04 648.97


$42,709.78


$42,709.78


NET FUNDED DEBT


107


1935 Jan. July 5


1


Balance Fire Equipment Note


2,000.00


July


1


Water Main Extension Notes of 1931 $2,500.00 Cochituate School Addition Note 2,000.00


26 High School Con- struction Notes 10,000.00


1


Water Main Extension Notes of 1929 2,000.00


15


High School Construc- tion 5,000.00


To balance 123,000.00


$134,500.00


$134,500.00


1935 May 31


$122,500.00


Town of Wayland, Mass.


December 31, 1935


STATEMENT


Cash


$42,112.85


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue


$3,175.35


Taxes


87,027.56


Special Assessment Revenue 313.01


Assessments


3,488.36


Late Collector's Ch. Acct. Balance 164.94


Tax Titles


26,189.87


Tax Title Revenue


26,503.46


Town of Wayland, Tax Titles, Real Estate


313.59


Tax Title Deposits


161.00


Overlay deficits


414.56


Overlay 1935


1,845.77


Accts. Rec., State Aid


750.00


Overlay Surplus


120.45


Old Age Assistance


284.50


Departmental Revenue


5,683.89


Temporary Aid


4,774.39


Water Revenue


8,159.22


Water


8,159.22


Water Receipts reserved for appro- priation


11,776.40


State, reimbursements for Highway expenditures


820.09


Trust Funds' Income


1,534.07


Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves


125.00


Temporary Loans


57,500.00


Excess and Deficiency


44,405.90


Assessors, Abatement expense 500.00


Cochituate Village Drainage System


246.87


Concord Rd. Sec. 4 Construction 75.77


Welfare Gift Fund 4.57


High School Construction


14,465.22


W. P. A. Projects, expense


495.70


Dudley Pond Beach Improvement


146.98


Cemeteries, General Improvement


1.62


108


County, reimbursements for High- way expenditures


273.37


Federal Gov't., reimbursement for P. W. A. discount


5,500.00


Net Funded Debt


123,000.00


Trust Funds, cash and securities


57,001.67


Tax Title Partial payments


2,703.17


Notes :


Cochituate School Addition 2,000.00


High School Construction 81,000.00


Water Main Ext. Notes of 1929 13,000.00 Water Main Ext. Notes of 1931


25,000.00


Fire Equipment


2,000.00


Trust Funds : Poor


9,551.67


Library


27,900.00


Cemetery P. C.


19,550.00


$360,110.03


$360,110.03


MABEL T. S. SMALL,


Town Accountant.


109


REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER


Cash Balance


1935


Jan. 1 Cash Balance Total Receipts


$ 94,619.30


391,071.18


$485,690.48


Total Payments


443,577.63


Dec. 31


Cash Balance


$42,112.85


Tax Notes, Borrowed in Anticipation of Taxes


1935


Jan. 1 Notes Outstanding :


No. 216 due 1-30-35


$10,000.00


No. 217 due 3-1-35 10,000.00


No. 220 due 5-2-35 10,000.00


No. 221 due 6-1-35


4,000.00


No. 222 due 6-1-35 3,000.00


No. 223 due 6-28-35 10,000.00


No. 304 due 10-8-35 10,000.00


Borrowed in 1935 :


Feb. 20 No. 305 Faxon, Gade & Co.,


Inc., .65% due 10-20-35 10,000.00


Mar. 5 No. 306 Faxon, Gade & Co.,


Inc., .58% due 12-7-35 10,000.00


Apr. 3 No. 308 Natick Trust Co.,


11/2% due 1-28-36 10,000.00


Apr. 17 No. 309 Faxon, Gade & Co.,


Inc., .88% due 11-18-35 10,000.00


Apr. 17 No. 310 Faxon, Gade & Co., Inc., 1.18% due 3-3-36 10,000.00


May 22 No. 311 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, 1.25% due 5-22-36 10,000.00


110


May 22 No. 312 Washburn & Co., 1.15% due 4-22-36 10,000.00


June 26 No. 313 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, 1.75% due 6-26-36


12,000.00


$139,000.00


Tax Notes Paid 1935


1935


Jan. 30


No. 216


due 1-30-35


$10,000.00


Mar. 1 No. 217


due 3-1-35


10,000.00


May 2 No. 220 due 5-2-35


10,000.00


June 1 No. 221 due 6-1-35


4,000.00


June 1


No. 222


due 6-1-35


3,000.00


June 28


No. 223


due 6-28-35


10,000.00


Oct. 8


No. 304


due 10-8-35


10,000.00


Oct. 20


No. 305


due 10-20-35


10,000.00


Nov. 18


No. 308


due 11-18-35


10,000.00


Dec. 7


No. 306


due 12-7-35


10,000.00


$87,000.00


Tax Notes Outstanding


Dec. 31


No. 308


due 1-28-36


$10,000.00


No. 310


due 3-3-36


10,000.00


No. 312


due 4-22-36


10,000.00


No. 311


due 5-22-36


10,000.00


No. 313


due 6-26-36


12,000.00


52,000.00


$139,000.00


Notes Borrowed in Anticipation of Reimbursement


1935


Aug. 7


No. 327 Natick Five Cents


Savings Bank 1% due


12-28-35


$ 4,250.00


Oct. 9 No. 328 Natick Trust Co., .92% due 12-28-35 10,200.00


$14,450.00


Reimbursement Notes Paid


Dec. 28 No. 327 due 12-28-35


$ 4,250.00


No. 328 due 12-28-35


10,200.00


$14,450.00


111


Tax Title Notes


1935


Jan. 1 Balance Tax Title Note Out- standing $ 4,779.50


Aug. 7 No. 326 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 21/2% due 8-7-36 1,000.00


$5,779.50


Tax Title Notes Paid in 1935 $5,779.50


Borrowed in Anticipation of Government Grant on High School Dec. 14 No. 329 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 1% due 12-14-36 $5,500.00


High School Serial Notes


$1,000.00 2% Coupon Note dated July 1, 1935 due July 15, 1935 Above $1,000.00 note paid July 15, 1935 $9,000.00 2% Coupons Notes dated July 15, 1935. Interest January 15 and July 15. Due $1,000.00 annually July 15, 1936 to July 15, 1944 Above notes purchased by Tyler Buttrick & Co. at par $9,000.00


Fire Department Notes


June 26 No. 314 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, 3% due June 26, 1936 $1,000.00


June 26 No. 315 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, 3% due June 26, 1937 1,000.00


$2,000.00


Serial Notes and Bonds Outstanding


1 High School Note 4% due annually 1936 $2,000.00 $2,000.00


60 High School Notes 31/4% due an- nually 1936 to 1950


4,000.00 60,000.00


12 High School Notes 314% due 1951 to 1954 12,000.00


9 High School Notes 2% due annually 1936 to 1944 1,000.00


9,000.00


112


12 Water Main Extension Notes of 1929 41/2% due annually 1936 to 1941


2,000.00


12,000.00


1 Water Main Extension Note of 1929 41/2% due 7-1-1942


1,000.00


6 Water Main Extension Notes of 1931 4% due annually 1936 to 1941


2,500.00


15,000.00


5 Water Main Extension Notes of 1931 4% due 1942 to 1946


10,000.00


2 Fire Department Equipment Notes 3% due annually 1936 to 1937


1,000.00


2,000.00


Due in 1936


$12,500.00


Total Outstanding


$123,000.00


Interest Account


Appropriation


$4,625.00


For Water Notes Interest, by vote


1,725.00


Accrued Interest Sale of School House Bonds


445.97


Payments :


School House Notes


$ 160.00


Water Main Extension Notes


1,725.00


Tax Notes Discount


802.45


Reimbursement Notes


34.88


High School Notes


2,470.85


To Trust Funds


25.00


Interest on Tax Title Notes


123.11


Fire Department Notes


30.00


Semi-annual Interest on Notes due June 1, 1935


140.00


$5,511.29


Balance


1,284.68


$6,795.97 $6,795.97


/


113


Insurance Account


Appropriation


Payments :


Town Buildings


$1,162.00


Highway Department Equipment


372.00


Fire Department Equipment


39.15


Water Department Equipment


65.00


Pumping Station


70.25


Tax Collector


31.26


Trucks, Fleet Policy


80.60


School Boilers


284.50


$2,104.76


Balance


295.24


$2,400.00


$2,400.00


Surety Bonds


Appropriation


$400.00


Payments :


Treasurer's Bond


$110.00


Tax Collector's Bond


219.00


Deputy Tax Collector's Bond


10.00


Town Clerk's Bond


5.00


Water Clerk's Bond


10.00


$354.00


Balance


46.00


$400.00


$400.00


Trust Funds-Investments POOR FUNDS


Loker Fund :


1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 334% 1965


$1,000.00


1 Southern California Edison Co. 334% 1960 Allen Fund :


1,000.00


Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 4% 1958


1,000.00


Donation Fund :


U. S. Treasury Bonds 314% 1944-46


1,100.00


Provident Institution for Savings


200.00


Russell Fund :


1 Southern California Edison Co. 33/4% 1960 1,000.00


1 Boston Albany R. R. 41/2% 1943


1,000.00


114


$2,400.00


1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 334% 1965 Provident Institution for Savings


1,000.00


2,251.67


$9,551.67


CEMETERY FUNDS


J. M. Parmenter Fund :


2 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 41/2% 6-1-1957


$2,000.00


1 Boston Elevated R. R. 412% 10-1-1937


1,000.00


2 N. E. Tel. & Tel. 41/2% 5-1-1961


2,000.00


$5,000.00


Other Funds :


U. S. Treasury Bonds 314% 1944-46


700.00


U. S. Treasury Bonds 23/4% 1947


300.00


U. S. Treasury Bonds 278% 1960


1,600.00


2 Boston Albany R. R. 41/2% 1943


2,000.00


1 Southern California Edison Co. 33/4% 1960


1,000.00


1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 33/4% 1965


1,000.00


1 Detroit Edison Co. 412% 2-1-1961


1,000.00


1 N. E. Tel. & Tel. 5% 1952


500.00


2 Chicago & Northwestern R. R. Co. 5% 2037


2,000.00


1 N. Y. Central R. R. 412% 2013


500.00


2 N. Y. Central R. R. 412% 2013


2,000.00


Provident Institution for Savings


1,950.00


$19,550.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Received in 1935 and Included Above


William Ward Fund


$100.00


W. C. Hunting Fund


100.00


E. F. Lawrence Fund 100.00


Mabel L. McKewan Fund


50.00


Arthur G. Bennett Fund 100.00


Sydney G. Hahn Fund


100.00


LIBRARY FUNDS


J. M. Parmenter Fund :


2 Pennsylvania Ry. 41/2% 6-1-1965 $2,000.00


2 Union Pacific Ry. 414% 7-1-1967 2,000.00


3 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 414% 5-1-1961 3,000.00


1 N. Y. Central Ry. 5% 10-1-2013 1,000.00


2 Jersey Central Power & Light Co. 412% 1961


2,000.00


115


Grace Campbell Draper Fund :


1 City of Boston 4% 10-15-1937 1,000.00 Ada H. Wellington Fund : U. S. Treasury Bonds 278% 1955-60 300.00


U. S. Treasury Bonds 234% 1947 200.00


Cynthia G. Roby Fund :


1 N. Y. Central Ry. 5% 10-1-2013


1,000.00


2 Northern Pacific Ry. 5% 7-1-2047 Provident Institution for Savings


2,000.00


200.00


Harriet Coburn Damon Fund : 3 N. Y. Tel. Co. 41/4% 11-1-1939


3,000.00


James Draper Fund


Ella E. Draper Fund :


1 N. Y. Central Ry. 41/2% 10-1-2013


1,000.00


Sarah Webster Heard Fund :


Provident Institution for Savings


$ 100.00


Montana Central Ry. 5% 7-1-1937


1,000.00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank


2,000.00


James Sumner Draper Fund :


1 Delaware & Hudson 4% 5-1-1943


1,000.00


1 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4% 3-1-1958 1,000.00


1 B. & M. & Fitchburg 5% 5-1-1940 1,000.00


1 B. & M. 4-5% 9-1-1941 Boston Five Cents Savings Bank


1,000.00


1,000.00


Lydia Maria Child Fund :


Provident Institution for Savings


100.00


Isaac C. Damon Fund :


Detroit Edison Co. 412% 2-1-1961


1,000.00


Total $27,900.00


All Trust Funds are under control of the Trust Funds' Commissioners with the exception of the Sarah Webster Heard, Lydia Maria Child, and James Sumner Draper Library Funds, these three, by terms of bequests, being under the control of the Library Trustees.


Funds Income


Poor Funds Income From Investments $265.20


Cost of Investment Commonwealth Edison $


2.85


116


Russell Fund Distribution Balance to be Distributed


10.00


252.35


$265.20


$265.20


Library Funds Income


Jan. 1 Balance


$


41.89


From Investments


1,282.91


Premium on Bonds called Payments Charges Account Investments


$1,121.51


74.79


Dec. 31 Balance


228.50


$1,424.80


$1,424.80


Cemetery Funds Income


Jan. 1 Balance


From Investments


781.43


Payments


$676.20


Cost of Investments


6.75


Dec. 31 Balance


1,053.22


$1,736.17


$1,736.17


Tax Titles


1935


TAKEN IN 1930 FOR 1928 TAXES


Jan. 1 Balance


1935 Taxes


49.81


Dec. 31 Balance


$328.34


$328.34


$328.34


TAKEN IN 1931 FOR 1929 TAXES


Jan. 1 Balance


Taxes charged to Tax Collector $2,104.75


Interest and Costs charged to Excess and Deficiency 144.38


1929 Taxes retaken in 1935


2,340.98


Costs and Recording 1935 Taxes


3.25


383.83


Dec. 31 Balance


2,825.85


$5,074.98


$5,074.98


100.00


$954.74


$278.53


$2,346.92


117


1935


TAKEN IN 1932 FOR 1930 TAXES


Jan. 1 Balance 1935 Taxes


$5,120.81 243.19


Paid in 1935


$3,360.99


Charged to Excess and Deficiency 259.17 Sale of Land Taken by Fore- closure 41.00


Dec. 31 Balance


1,702.84


$5,364.00 $5,364.00 In 1935 the Town foreclosed on five pieces of property, $259.17 being charged off.


TAKEN IN 1933 FOR 1931 TAXES


Jan. 1 Balance


$8,927.69


1935 Taxes


1,807.81


Paid in 1935


$1,325.72


Correction charged off


15.63


Dec. 31 Balance


9,394.15


$10,735.50 $10,735.50


1935


TAKEN IN 1934 FOR 1932 TAXES


Jan. 1 Balance


$8,671.40


1935 Taxes


1,791.70 5.42


Corrections


Paid in 1935


$3,380.80


Corrections charged off


1.76


Dec. 31 Balance


7,085.96


$10,468.52 $10,468.52


TAKEN IN 1935 FOR 1933 TAXES


1933 Taxes


$1,953.44


1934 Taxes


1,960.90


Costs 51 Tax Titles


234.60


Recording


77.85


Interest to date of taking


147.47


1935 Taxes


1,673.03


118


Paid in 1935 Charged back to Collector


$1,177.61


16.95


Dec. 31 Balance


4,852.73


$6,047.29


$6,047.29


Number and Amount Outstanding December 31, 1935


1928


1


$ 328.34


1929


2


2,825.85


1930


9


1,702.84


1931


45


9,394.15


1932


34


7,085.96


1933


45


4,852.73


Total


136


$26,189.87


Partial Payments on 32 Tax Titles


$2,703.17


Deposits held Account 1 Tax Title


$161.00


FRANK G. MacKENNA,


Town Treasurer.


119


.


REPORT OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


January 20, 1936.


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland :


The Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds respectfully report as follows :


During the past year the following additional trust funds have been added to those under our management :


Cemetery Trust Funds


William Ward $100


William C. Hunting 100


Ernest F. Lawrence 100


Mabel L. McKewan (additional)


50


Arthur G. Bennett 100


Sydney G. Hahn


100


The following is a statement of the trust funds now under our jurisdiction in the custody of the Town Treasurer :


Library Trust Funds


$1,000 City of Boston Sewerage Loan 4% bond due July 1, 1937 $1,000.00


$3,000 New York Tel. Co. 414% First and General Mortgage bonds due November 1, 1939 3,000.00


$1,000 New York Central Railroad Refunding and Improvement Mortgage 41/2% bond due October 1, 2013, Series A 1,000.00 $2,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Gen- eral Mortgage 41/2% bonds due June 1, 1965 2,000.00


$2,000 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 41/2% bonds due July 1, 1967 2,000.00


120


$2,000 New York Central Railroad Refunding and Improvement Mortgage 5% bonds due October 1, 2013


2,000.00


$2,000 Northern Pacific Railroad Refunding and Improvement Mortgage 5% bonds due July 1, 2047


2,000.00


$3,000 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. First Mortgage 41/2% bonds due May 1, 1961 3,000.00


$1,000 Detroit Edison Co. General and Refunding Mortgage 41/2% bond, Series D, due Febru- ary 1, 1961


1,000.00


$2,000 Jersey Central Power & Light First 41/2% bonds due 1961 2,000.00


$300 U. S. Treasury Bonds 27/8% 1955-60 300.00


$200 U. S. Treasury Bonds 23/4% 1947 200.00


Provident Institution for Savings 200.00


$19,700.00


Poor Trust Funds


$1,000 Chicago, Burlington and Quin- cy Railroad Co. General Mortgage 4% bond due March 1, 1958


$1,000.00


$1,100 U. S. Treasury 314% bonds due 1944/1946


1,100.00


$2,000 Southern California Edison Co. Refunding 33/4% bonds due May 1960


2,000.00


$1,000 Boston & Albany R. R. First Mortgage 41/2% bond due April,, 1943


1,000.00


$2,000 Commonwealth Edison Co. First Mortgage 33/4% bonds due April, 1965, Series H 2,000.00


Provident Institution for Savings 2,451.67


9,551.67


121


Cemetery Trust Funds


$2,000 Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. First and Refunding 41/2% bonds due June 1, 1957 $2,000.00


$1,000 Boston Elevated Railway Co. debenture 41/2% bond due October 1, 1937 1,000.00


$2,000 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. First Mortgage 41/2% bonds due May 1, 1961 2,000.00


$500 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. First Mortgage, Series A, 5% bond due June 1, 1952 500.00


$2,000 Chicago & Northwestern Rail- road Co. First Refunding Mortgage 5% bonds due May 1, 2037


2,000.00


$2,500 New York Central Railroad Refunding and Improvement Mortgage 41/2% bonds due October 1, 2013, Series A 2,500.00


$1,000 Detroit Edison Co. General and Refunding Mortgage 41/2% bond, Series D, due Febru- ary 1, 1961 1,000.00


$700 U. S. Treasury 314% bonds due 1944/1946 700.00


$300 U. S. Treasury Bonds, 23/4% due 1947 300.00


$1,600 U. S. Treasury Bonds, 27/8% due 1960 1,600.00


$2,000 Boston & Albany R. R. 41/2% bonds due 1943


2,000.00


$1,000 Southern California Edison Co. 33/4% bond due 1960 1,000.00


$1,000 Commonwealth Edison Co. 33/4% bond due 1965 1,000.00


122


Provident Institution for Savings 1,950.00 19,550.00


Total Trust Funds $48,801.67 Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. KNAPP, Chairman, J. SIDNEY STONE, ALBERT F. FLINT, Clerk, Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds.


123


REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR For the Year 1935


TAXES 1929


Outstanding


Real Estate


1/1/35 Balance


$80.13


T. T. disclaimed


300.75


$380.88


Adj. Tax Titles


$


.53


Adj. Auditor


.60


Tax Titles


379.75


$380.88


TAXES 1931


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/35


Balance


$110.83


Collections


$93.33


Abatements


17.50


$110.83


Motor Excise


1/1/35 Balance


$11.34


Collections


$11.34


TAXES 1932


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/35 Balance


$1,093.95


T. T. disclaimed 372.48


To interest 1.80


$1,468.23


124


Outstanding


Collections


Abatements


$831.73 98.70


Tax Titles


388.93


1,319.36


$148.87


Polls


1/1/35 Balance


$36.00


Collections


$28.00


Abatements


8.00


$36.00


Old Age Assistance


1/1/35 Balance


$21.00


Collections


$15.00


Abatements


6.00


$21.00


Motor Excise


1/1/35 Balance


$390.97


Collections


$273.93


Abatements


70.60


344.53


46.44


TAXES 1933


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/35


Balance


$26,350.93


Tax Title disclaimed


344.17


Tax Title adjusting


3.76


To Moth


.50


Refund


10.00


$26,709.36


Collections


$22,653.44


Abatements


368.56


Tax Titles


2,271.68


25,293.68


1,415.68


Polls


1/1/35 Balance


$140.00


Collections


$110.00


Abatements


30.00


$140.00


125


Outstanding


Old Age Assistance


1/1/35 Balance


$75.00


Collections Abatements


$60.00


15.00


$75.00


Motor Excise


1/1/35 Balance


$936.78


Collections


$417.93


Abatements


213.24


631.17


305.61


Moth Assessment


1/1/35 Balance


$33.75


Collections


$32.00


From Real Estate


.50


Tax Title


1.25


$33.75


Highway Betterment


1/1/35 Balance


$400.80


Committed Interest


18.03


$418.83


Collections


105.82


313.01


TAXES 1934


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/35


Balance


$65,890.38


Tax Title disclaimed


323.85


Adj. abatements


9.80


Refunds


60.60


$66,284.63


Collections


$39,978.14


Abatements


703.80


Tax Titles


2,279.65


42,961.59


23,323.04


126


Outstanding


Polls


1/1/35 Balance Collections Abatements


$332.00 100.00


432.00


54.00


Motor Excise


1/1/35 Balance


$2,911.14


2/7/35


Commitment


5.78


Refunds


10.24


$2,927.16


Collections


$1,736.07


Abatements


371.70


2,107.77


819.39


TAXES 1935


Real Estate and Personal


6/12/35


Commitment


$163,080.50


12/20/35


Commitment


3,122.37


Refunds


406.33


$166,609.20


Collections


$98,253.91


Abatements


638.74


Tax Titles


5,988.93


104,881.58


61,727.62


Polls


4/12/35


Commitment


$1,920.00


Collections


1,568.00


352.00


Motor Excise


3/8/35


Commitment


$4,304.27


8/2/35 Commitment


1,379.90


11/13/35


Commitment


881.81


12/31/35


Commitment


211.47


Refunds


148.58


$6,926.03


127


$486.00


Outstanding


Collections


Abatements


$4,554.15 347.21


4,901.36


2,024.67


12/31/35


Total Taxes Outstanding


$90,530.33


T. H. HARRINGTON, Collector of Taxes, Town of Wayland.


128


ASSESSORS' REPORT For the Year 1935


Real Estate for 1934


$5,144,098 530,737


Personal for 1934


$5,674,835


Real Estate January 1, 1935


$5,052,298


Personal January 1, 1935


620,141


$5,672,439


Polls assessed


960


Horses assessed


79


Cows assessed


282


Neat cattle other than cows


46


Sheep


None


Goats


17


Swine


818


Fowl


9,356


Number of dwelling houses


1,125


Number of motor vehicles


1,302


Value of motor vehicles


$255,350.00


Tax on motor vehicles


$6,777.52


Rate on property


$29.30 per thousand of value $33.06 per thousand of value


Property exempt :


Widows


$55,308


Veterans of Civil and Spanish Wars


9,734


Church property


119.000


American Legion


15,700


Pequod Lodge


200


Hannah Williams Play Ground


2,200


Abatements-Levy 1931


Real Estate


$ 17.50


1932 66


98.70


1933 66 66


794.03


1934


703.80


1935


66


580.14


129


Rate on motor vehicles


Old Age abatements 1932 and 1933 to be assessed in 1936 146


Tax Levy 1935 Liabilities


Town appropriations


Special for Cemeteries


State Tax


$184,267.81 55.00 8,265.00


Park (State)


45.00


County Tax


8,291.20


Special loan on Tax Titles


7,031.90


Deficit in overlay of 1931 to 1934


964.01


Overlay for 1935


2,484.51


$211,404.43


Assets


Estimated Receipts


Available Funds


Polls


$39,317.03 7,086.90 1,920.00


$48,323.93


Levied on Property


$163,080.50


Levied on Polls


1,920.00


Betterments


43.86


Interest on Betterments


18.03


Committed to Collector


$165,062.39


State Tax estimated by Commissioner


$8,265.00


State Tax as per warrant


8,700.00


Park Tax estimated


45.00


Park Tax as per warrant


75.82


County Tax estimated


8,291.20


County Tax as per warrant


8,255.73


The Value of property given above contains January and December assessments. December assessments not used in determining the tax rate.


DANIEL BRACKETT, CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, SIDNEY LOKER,


Assessors, Town of Wayland.


December 31, 1935.


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REPORT OF WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD (1935)


The year 1935 has seen the Planning Board making sub- stantial progress on two important problems, by careful expen- diture of the generous appropriation voted by the Town. These are :


1. Improvement of the Dudley Pond Section in Cochituate so as to make it the asset to the town that its natural beauty warrants.


2. Improvement and landscaping of the school and park land around the new High School.


Both these projects have been carried forward not only with an eye to the permanent benefit to the Town that may confidently be anticipated, but also for the purpose of provid- ing hand labor jobs that may readily be carried out by use of government emergency funds, as contemplated by the Finance Committee in recommending the appropriation for the Board.


Let us take up first the Dudley Pond improvement.


The 1935 annual meeting authorized the Selectmen to acquire land for a bathing beach on Dudley Pond near West Plain Street, and the preparation of suitable bathing facilities, as recommended in our last annual report. The Planning Board was glad to cooperate with the Selectmen, Highway Sur- veyor, and other town officials in this enterprise. Mr. Hobbs, of our Board, did much toward securing the necessary land at a reasonable expenditure. The Board is grateful to him, as well as to the Arancio Brothers and other property owners who made this possible. A plan was prepared under the Board's direction by Arthur A. Shurcliff, the renowned landscape archi- tect, and the work was done by citizens of the town under E. R. A. and W. P. A. appropriations. Life guards were pro- vided by the Red Cross, and the beach has become a real asset to the Town instead of a menace to the neighborhood.


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In studying this improvement, it appeared that the Town would be benefitted by acquiring the acre or more of land belonging to the State, at the other end of the pond, which con- trols the outlet. The Selectmen, through the Town Counsel, carried on successful negotiations with the Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission, and the Fall Town Meeting authorized this addition to the assets of the Town. The area has since been put in first class condition by citizens under government appro- priation.


Meanwhile the engineers who originally laid out much of the land at the west end of Dudley Pond, had been called in to work out improvements on the original speculative layout. Old blueprints of different properties were brought together so as to make one single map of the whole district, and studies were made of the best methods of providing wide roads which would open up Woodland Park and adjoining districts to the main highways, as directed by the 1935 Town Meeting. This dis- trict alone has 63 acres and 119 dwellings, 26 of which are occupied all the year around. Arrangements have been made for acquiring considerable of the necessary property for high- way widenings without cost, and it is our hope that this project may be started next summer with the assistance of government funds.


A start has also been made to prepare a suitable highway layout to Beechwood Point, on the east side of the Pond.


To quote our special report on these camp districts, made at the last annual meeting, "This is not merely a real estate and tax problem. It is closely related to all of our town expense problems; our schools, transportation, district nursing, fire department, water department, police, and welfare."


A sound solution ought to repay many times over the cost of the studies made by this Board.


The Board has been equally concerned with securing the most effective results in landscaping the park and school lands around the new High School. Here we have worked in full cooperation with the Park Commission and the School Board. Mr. Shurcliff, the landscape architect, has laid out a most attractive setting for the new building. One of our public spirited citizens, Dr. Martin Edwards, has offered a large and valuable donation of nursery stock and growing trees, to assist in the plan.


This project has already been approved by the W. P. A.


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authorities, and it offers an unusual chance to use a large amount of hand labor to advantage.


Another matter to receive the attention of the Board is a proposal for the relocation and continuation of Stone Bridge Road, and the reconstruction of the bridge itself, which is a narrow four-arched stone bridge. It is too narrow for two- way traffic and it gives evidence of needing substantial repairs.


The Board wishes to thank the Selectmen, E. R. A. and W. P. A. Authorities, and all other Town officials for their helpful cooperation.


GILBERT SMALL, Chairman. HOWARD S. RUSSELL, Clerk.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE For the Year Ending December 31, 1935


Wayland Police


State Police


Assault


4


4


Breaking and entering and larceny


2


5


Concealing leased property


Larceny


5


Violation of Town traffic laws


1


Delinquency




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