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Electricity
75.92
Water and supplies
22.00
Upkeep and repairs
22.58
2,064.67
Reading Room (Cochituate)
Librarian
$630.00
Catalogue supplies, postage
7.50
Magazine subscription
1.50
Room
Rent
300.00
Fuel, supplies and upkeep
59.70
Electricity
30.81
Janitor
187.20
1,216.71
Total Education 56,769.71
UNCLASSIFIED
Park Commission
Care of Town flags
$10.00
Equipment, apparatus, and mater-
ials for playgrounds, etc. 66.00
Labor, ball-fields, tennis courts and bathing beach
124.00
$200.00
Memorial Day
Band
$165.00
Refreshments
108.41
Transportation
12.50
Flowers, wreaths, plants
66.00
Flags and cartridges
20.98
Grave markers
9.75
Programmes
14.00
396.64
Care of Town Clocks
Service
$40.00
Repairs
32.20
Painting Cochituate Church
Tower, clock dial and hands
40.00
112.20
98
Town Reports
Preparing Printing Delivering
$ 25.00 420.36
28.00
473.36
Surety Bonds
Treasurer
$127.50
Collector
255.00
Deputy Collectors
12.50
Clerks
5.00
400.00
Insurance
Town Property (blanket)
$1,610.68
Fleet policy
89.70
Highway road machinery
(Liability, property, and guest )
552.75
Fire trucks, equipment
34.80
Water truck, Liability and guest
76.10
Town garage, boilers
35.50
Pumping station, burglary
56.25
Paymaster policy
35.00
2,490.78
Notices of Meetings
Printing and postage
$63.42
Posting warrants
3.00
66.42
Unpaid Bills 1934-36
Welfare
$1,130.28
Vocational Tuition
474.75
Water Department
220.29
Old Age Assistance
3.05
Legal claims
32.55
School drive (E.R.A. bill)
19.58
W.P.A. Administrator
50.00
Agents, Financing School notes
50.00
School grading-survey
11.07
1,991.57
Supervision at Dudley Pond Beach Guard $200.00
99
First Aid kit, etc. 15.94
Signs 4.50
220.44
Supervision at Baldwin's Pond Beach Guard
200.00
W. P. A. Projects (Expense)
Administration $2,803.35
Sewing unit 613.42
Moth project (part of Federal) 90.00
So. Acton project 32.76
Tree project 1,102.18
Watermain, Edgewood Rd.
382.88
Dudley Rd.
236.98
Oak St., Valley View
2,159.93
Castle Gate, Lake Shore Rd. and Beach St. 378.22
Farm to Market Roads
10.50
High School, Grading, filling,
drive, etc. 4,293.55
Dudley Pond Beach Improve- ment 4,471.10
Project, Suppression of Gypsy
Moth, etc. (Local) 180.73
Expense, Welfare Commis-
sary overhead 109.35
16,864.95
Total Unclassified
23,416.36
ENTERPRISES
Water Department
Administration
Salaries :
Commissioners $135.00
Clerk 300.00
Clerk, Assistant 100.00
Superintendent 1,620.00
Printing, postage, liens, telephone,
freight, etc. 121.07
Surety Bond, Collector 10.00
100
Rental for storage 25.00
Shop repairs 83.45
Truck upkeep and gas 160.84
$2,555.36
Maintenance
Equipment $133.02
Pipe, fittings, etc.
1,553.40
Meters and hydrants 395.85
Other materials
27.73
Standpipe
54.45
Labor
719.50
Water main-Oak
St. (W.P.A.) 90.26
2,974.21
Pumping Station
Engineer
$1,457.40
Equipment and
supplies
20.40
Repairs and upkeep 44.27
Pumps and wells
1,762.83
Fuel, light and
power
1,206.47
Labor
52.80
4,544.17
$10,073.74
Cemeteries
Postage, clerical work, etc.
$ 18.75
Transportation
105.50
Labor
1,375.63
Tools and equipment
63.13
Seeds, plants, etc.
18.20
Loam, fertilizer, etc.
65.00
Trucking and carting
51.75
1,697.96
Cemeteries-General Improvement
Labor
$109.25
Trucking
22.50
Road materials
85.05
Cement
15.35
Lawn seed
10,75
242.90
101
Cemetery Service
Labor
$623.33
Trucking
22.00
Equipment
45.00
Cement, sand, etc.
16.50
706.83
Transfer from Cemetery Funds Income $6.00
Total Enterprises
12,721.43
FINANCIAL
Interest
Notes :
Anticipation of Revenue $350.09
Anticipation of Reimbursement 71.38
High School Construction
2,370.00
High School Construction Service Charge 25.00
Watermain Extensions
1,345.00
Highway Equipment
37.50
Fire Equipment
15.00
Library Trust Funds
25.00
$4,238.97
Income-Trust Funds
Poor Funds $ 332.03
Library Funds 1,594.43
Parmenter Cemetery Fund 291.50
Cemetery P. C. Funds 696.50
Also Parmenter Fund debited
$62.36. Accrued interest, etc. on securities purchased.
2,914.46
Investments-Trust Funds
Library
Kidder, Peabody & Co. $2,952.36
Warren Inst. for Savings 4,000.00
Parmenter Cemetery Fund Kidder, Peabody & Co.
2,060.24
Home Savings Bank 1,000.00
Cemetery P. C. Funds
Provident Inst. for Savings 575.00
10,587.60
102
Maturing Debt
Notes :
Anticipation of Revenue $100,000.00
Anticipation of Reimburse- ment 9,750.00
High School Construction
5,000.00
Watermain Extensions
4,500.00
Highway Equipment
1,250.00
Fire Apparatus
1,000.00
121,500.00
Taxes
Com. of Mass. Income
$10,657.50
Parks and Reservations
137.86
Veterans' Exemptions
32.95
Auditing Municipal Accounts 1,119.69 Middlesex County
Tuberculosis Hospital and
tax
2,240.31
County Tax
8,943.13
Dog Licenses Collections
906.80
24,038.24
Refunds
Taxes :
Real Estate and Personal
$ 25.11
Poll
2.00
Motor Excise
214.87
Interest
21.25
Collector's Fees
359.60
Demands
.70
623.53
Total Financial 163,902.80
Total Expenditures
$357,234.90
103
1937 RECEIPTS-SUMMARY
Taxes
Tax Titles, Partial payments, etc.
$157,364.04 17,408.63
$174,772.67
Departmental Revenue
1,178.90
Licenses, fees, fines
5,967.37
Interest
4,668.59
Grants and Gifts :
Federal
$7,642.82
State
18,041.00
County
1,201.97
26,885.79
Reimbursements :
Welfare
$4,807.89
Old Age Assistance
147.84
State Aid
810.00
Schools.
Tuition-State Wards
520.26
Tuition-High School
218.59
Tuition-Vocational
619.15
7,123.73
Loans :
Temporary
96,600.00
Agency :
Trust Funds
$8,575.00
Trust Funds Income
2,344.30
Water Receipts
11,512.75
Dog License Collections
910.40
Collector's Fees
360.30
Donation Fund-School Dept.
6.74
23,709.49
Refunds-Cash
437.14
Total Receipts
$341,343.68
104
1937 EXPENDITURES-SUMMARY
Departments W.P.A. Expense
$166,989.31 16,864.95
Taxes. State County
$11,948.00
11,183.44
24,038.24
Maturing Debt. Temporary loans
$109,750.00
Funded debt
11,750.00
121,500.00
Unpaid Bills of 1934-36
$1,991.57
Unpaid Bills of 1930-36, Framingham Hospital
501.80
2,493.37
Cash refunds
263.93
Agency :
Trust Funds, Investments
$10,587.60
Trust Funds, Income
2,907.72
Collector's Fees
359.60
Dog License Collections
906.80
Water Collections
10,073.74
Donation Fund
6.74
Cemeteries. General Improvement
242.90
25,085.10
Total Expenditures
$357,234.90
TAX BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1937
1932 Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 25.18
1933 Motor Vehicle Excise
93.14
1934 Motor Vehicle Excise
111.57
105
1935 Real Estate and Personal Poll
Motor Vehicle Excise
$1,366.68 8.00 148.04
1,522.72
1936 Real Estate and Personal
$28,466.65
Poll
38.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
599.15
Apportioned Street Assessments
29.60
29,133.40
1937
Real Estate and Personal
$47,849.62
Poll
310.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,167.83
Apportioned Street Assessments
28.40
50,355.85
$81,241.86
RESERVE FUND, 1937
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transfers
Treasurer's Expense
$ 80.00
Collector, salary
14.28
Collector, expense
51.41
Clerk
10.07
Town Hall Maintenance
93.69
Police Dept.
300.00
Fire Dept.
267.71
Sealer, expense
11.00
Highways and Bridges
400.00
Street Lighting
225.00
Schools
629.17
Care of Town Clocks
40.00
Insurance
8.47
Supervision at Dudley Pond Beach
235.00
Supervision at Baldwin's Pond Beach
200.00
Cemetery Service
50.00
Cr. to Revenue
2,384.20
$5,000.00
$5.000.00
106
WATER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
.
1937
1937
Jan. 1 Balance
$7,911.04
Feb. 19 Collections turned over to Town Treasurer
$ 958.08
June 6 Commitment 1/1
4,671.13
12 Commitment 6/12 184.54
Apr. 26 Collections turned over to Town Treasurer June 23 Collections turned over to Town Treasurer
2,105.08
Oct. 30 Commitment 7/1
6,914.43
Dec. 31
Commitment 12/31 1,009.87
1,185.86
Sept. 10 Collections turned over to Town Treasurer
4,756.56
Dec. 31 Collections turned over to Town Treasurer
2,507.17
31 Abatements
325.00
To balance
8,853.26
$20,691.01
$20,691.01
107
Town of Wayland, Mass.
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS 1937
Refunds, Motor Excise Taxes $ 181.07
55.05
Refunds, Interest on Taxes Levy 1937
50,027.02
Collections :
Motor Excise Taxes $8,318.24
Betterment Taxes 44.48
Fees, Advertising 20.00
Poll Taxes
51.10
Sealer
41.70
Rent, Town Hall
135.00
Fines, Court
242.00
Library
85.27
School Tuition
738.85
Cemetery Service
705.20
Release Deeds, T. T.
36.00
$10,417.84
Interest :
Taxes
$3,647.90
Tax Titles
2,252.08
5,899.98
Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
$5,300.00
Dance
12.00
Sunday
22.00
Victualler
105.00
Alcohol
14.00
Milk and pasteurization
19.50
108
Junk, Peddlar, etc.
90.00
Gun 6.50
Dealer (used cars) 20.00
5,589.00
Reimbursements : Welfare and Mothers' Aid $4,807.89
Old Age Assistance 147.84
State Aid
810.00
Vocational Tuition
619.15
6,384.88
Grants and Gifts :
State Income $13,869.47
State Income Education 2,260.00
Machinery Tax
476.28
Mothers' Aid 407.61
17,013.36
Cash Refunds :
Highway
$14.83
Schools
15.64
30.47
Dr. to Revenue
4,927.61
$50,263.14
$50,263.14
109
TRUST FUNDS
1937
Jan. 1
Cash and securities
$58,501.67
Dec. 31
Funds
Charity $ 9,551.67
23 Library Fund, Francis Shaw Bequest Mar. 6 Cemetery P. C. Fund, MacKenna Bequest
5,000.00
Library 32,900.00
Parmenter Cemetery 5,000.00
150.00
Cemetery P. C. 16,625.00
Apr. 6 Cemetery P. C. Fund, Perry Bequest
200.00
Charity Funds 327.72
Dec. 7 Cemetery P. C. Fund, Ward Bequest 100.00
Library Funds 148.21
Parmenter Cemetery Fund 161.89
31 Cemetery P. C. Fund, Drury-Roby Bequest 125.00
P. C. Cemetery Funds 727.35
31 Income. Balance 1,365.17
$65,441.84
$65,441.84
1937
110
Income. Balance
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY 1937
Tax Titles taken 1937 Adj. 1936 entry-County tax Taxes. Foreclosures Revenue 1937 To balance
$7,158.01
Balance 1/1/37
$45,399.00
52.78
Tax Title redemptions
17,911.39
25.30
Tax Titles disclaimed
272.40
5,300.00
Revenue 1936
940.43
55,954.62
Tax Title Sales
78.00
Foreclosure Sales
313.00
Adj. Tax Title entries
61.38
Supplementary Taxes
177.10
Revenue 1937
3,338.01
$68,490.71
$68,490.71
111
NET FUNDED DEBT
1937
$113,000.00
June 30 Water Notes of 1931
$2,500.00
Highway Equipment Note Fire Apparatus Note
1,250.00
1,000.00
July 31 Water Notes of 1929
2,000.00
High School Notes To balance 101,250.00
5,000.00
$113,000.00
$113,000.00
1937 Jan. 1 Balance
112
Town of Wayland
January 1, 1938
STATEMENT
Cash
$34,116.16
Motor Excise Revenue
$3,144.91
Taxes
78,038.95
Special Assessment Revenue 58.00
Assessments
3,202.91
Tax Title Revenue
13,861.21
Tax Titles
13,861.21
Reserve for T. T. Foreclosures
1,067.83
Tax Title Foreclosures
1,067.83
Tax Titles Partial Payments
1,225.21
Overlay Deficits
540.33
Tax 'Title Deposits
17.55
Accounts Receivable
Overlays 1936 and 1937
1,511.02
State Aid
670.00
Overlay Surplus
120.45
Welfare
4,652.96
Departmental Revenue
8,403.01
Old Age Assistance
3,080.05
Federal Grants, Mothers' Aid
72.00
Water Accts. Receivable
8,853.26
Federal Grants, Old Age Assistance
816.47
State Taxes 1937 Underestimate
652.50
Federal Grants, Old Age Adminis-
Veterans' Exemption Underestimate
32.95
tration
145.30
Parks & Recreation Underestimate
42.98
Water Revenue
8,853.26
County Taxes Underestimate 101.35
Water Available Surplus
11,563.23
State for Highway Expenditures
8,100.00
Funds' Income
1,365.17
County for Highway Expenditures 8,500.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
297.00
Net Funded Debt
101,250.00
Collections, Dog Licenses 3.60
Street Assessments not due
186.07
Temporary Loans
30,000.00
Trust Funds. Cash and securities
64,076.67
Reimbursement Notes
16,600.00
Excess & Deficiency
55,954.62
Special Appropriations, Balance 5,409.03
Reserve for High School Notes 5,024.57
Notes :
High School Construction 71,000.00
Watermain Extensions 29,000.00
Highway Equipment
1,250.00
Apportioned Street Assessments
186.07
Trust Funds. Poor
9,551.67
Library
32,900.00
Cemetery
21,625.00
$331,026.18
$331,026.18
MABEL T. S. SMALL,
Town Accountant.
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Cash Balance
1937
Jan. 1 Cash Balance Total Receipts
$ 50,007.38 341,343.68
$391,351.06
Total Payments
357,234.90
Dec. 31 Cash Balance $34,116.16
Tax Notes, Borrowed in Anticipation of Taxes
1937
Jan. 1 Notes Outstanding :
No. 333 due 1-19-37 $10,000.00
No. 337 due 3-3-37 10,000.00
No. 338 due 4-15-37 10,000.00
No. 341 due 7-8-37 10,000.00
No. 344 due 9-23-37 10,000.00
Borrowed in 1937 :
Jan. 20 No. 345 Waltham Savings
Bank, .50% due 11-20-37 10,000.00
Feb. 17 No. 346 Union Market National Bank, Water- town, .60% due 10-17-37 10,000.00
Mar. 3 No. 347 Washburn and Co., Inc., Boston, .60% due 10-28-37 10,000.00
Apr. 22 No. 348 Second National Bank, Boston, .875% due 12-8-37 10,000.00
6.
22 No. 349 Second National
Bank, Boston, .875% due 12-8-37 10,000.00
June 2 No. 351 Faxon, Gade & Co., Inc., Boston, .72% due 1-20-38 10,000.00
114
1937 June 2 No. 352 Faxon, Gade & Co., Inc., Boston, .82% due 3-20-38 10,000.00
Dec. 15 No. 355 Second National Bank, Boston, .249% due 5-15-38
10,000.00
$130,000.00
Tax Notes Paid in 1937
Jan. 19 No. 333
due 1-19-37
$10,000.00
Mar. 3 No. 337
due 3-3-37
10,000.00
Apr. 15 No. 338 due 4-15-37
10,000.00
July 8 No. 341 due 7-8-37
10,000.00
Sept. 23 No. 344
due 9-23-37
10,000.00
Oct. 17 No. 346
due 10-17-37
10,000.00
28 No. 347
due 10-28-37
10,000.00
Nov. 20
No. 345 due 11-25-37
10,000.00
Dec. 8 No. 348 due 12-8-37
10,000.00
66
8 No. 349
due 12-8-37
10,000.00
$100,000.00
Tax Notes Outstanding
Dec. 31
No. 351
due 1-20-38
$10,000.00
No. 352 due 3-20-38
10,000.00
No. 355 due 5-15-38
10,000.00
30,000.00
$130,000.00
Notes Borrowed in Anticipation of Reimbursement
Reimbursement Notes Outstanding
Jan. 1 No. 343 due 12-30-36 $ 9,750.00
Borrowed in 1937 :
Aug. 4 No. 353 Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, 1% due 12-28-37 $ 4,300.00 No. 354 Natick Trust Com- pany, 11/2%, due 12-28-37 12,300.00
16,600.00
$26,350.00
115
Reimbursement Notes Paid in 1937
1937 Feb. 8 No. 343 due 12-30-36 $ 9,750.00
Reimbursement Notes Outstanding
Dec. 31 No. 353 due 12-28-37 $ 4,300.00
No. 354 due 12-28-37 12,300.00
16,600.00
$26,350.00
Serial Notes and Bonds Outstanding
52 High School Notes, 314% due annually 1938 to 1950
$4,000.00 $52,000.00
12 High School Notes, 314% due 1951 to 1954
12,000.00
7 High School Notes, 2% due annually 1938 to 1944
1,000.00
7,000.00
8 Water Main Extension Notes of 1929, 41/2% due annually 1938 to 1941
2,000.00
8,000.00
1 Water Main Extension Note of 1929, 41/2% due 7-1-42
1,000.00
4 Water Main Extension Notes of 1931, 4% due annually 1938 to 1941
2,500.00
10,000.00
1 Highway Department Equip- ment Note, 2% due 6-17-38
1,250.00
1,250.00
Due in 1938
$10,750.00
Total Outstanding
$101.250.00
Interest Account
Appropriation
$3,000.00
For Water Notes Interest, by vote
1,345.00
Payments :
Water Main Extension Notes 1929 $495.00
Water Main Extension Notes 1931 850.00
Tax Notes Discount 350.09
Reimbursement Notes
60.28
116
Interest Reimbursement Note 12-30-36 to 2-8-37
11.10
High School Notes
2,370.00
To Trust Funds
25.00
Fire Department Note
15.00
Highway Department Notes
37.50
High School Notes Paying Charge
25.00
$4,238.97
Balance
106.03
$4,345.00
$4,345.00
Insurance Account
Appropriation
From Reserve Fund
Payments :
Town Buildings
$1,610.68
Highway Department Equipment
642.45
Fire Department Equipment
34.80
Water Department Equipment
132.35
Highway Garage Boiler
35.50
Tax Collector, Robbery
35.00
$2,490.78
Balance
2.69
$2,493.47
$2,493.47
Surety Bonds
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments :
Treasurer's Bond
$127.50
Tax Collector's Bond
255.00
Deputy Collector's Bond
12.50
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
$400.00
$400.00
Water Clerk's Bond, $10.00, charged to Water Department.
117
$2,485.00 8.47
Trust Funds-Investments
POOR FUNDS
Loker Fund :
1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 334% 1965 $1,000.00
1 Southern California Edison Co. 334% 1960 1,000.00
Allen Fund :
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 4% 1958 1,000.00
Donation Fund :
U. S. Treasury Bonds 314% 1944-1946 1,100.00
Provident Institution for Savings 200.00
Russell Fund :
1 Southern California Edison Co. 334% 1960 1,000.00
1 Boston Albany R. R. 412% 1943 1,000.00
1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 334% 1965 1,000.00
Provident Institution for Savings 2,251.67
$9,551.67
CEMETERY FUNDS
J. M. Parmenter Fund :
1 U. S. Treasury Bond, 3%, 1946-1948 $1,000.00
2 N. E. Tel. & Tel. 412%, 5-1-1961 2,000.00
1 N. Y. Central-Hudson River R. R. 312% 1998 1.000.00 Home Savings Bank 1,000.00
$5,000.00
Other Funds :
U. S. Treasury Bonds 314% 1944-46
700.00
U. S. Treasury Bonds 234% 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. 334% 1960
1,000.00
1 Commonwealth Edison Co. 334% 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
1 People's Gas, Light & Coke Co. 4% 1961 1,000.00
1 Southern Pacific Oregon Line 41/2% 1977 1,000.00
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Provident Institution for Savings Suffolk Savings Bank
1,025.00
1,000.00
$21,625.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Received in 1937 and Included Above
Joanna Bullard Perry Fund $200.00
Samuel H. Mackenna Fund
150.00
Willard B. Ward Fund
100.00
Charles Drury Roby Fund
125.00
$575.00
LIBRARY FUNDS
J. M. Parmenter Fund :
2 Pennsylvania Ry. 41/2% 6-1-1965
$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
2,000.00
2 Jersey Central Power and Light Co. 412% 1961 Suffolk Savings Bank
2,000.00
Grace Campbell Draper Fund :
1 City of Boston 4% 10-15-1937
1,000.00
Ada H. Wellington Fund :
U. S. Treasury Bonds 27/8% 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
2,000.00
2 Northern Pacific Ry. 5% 7-1-2047 Provident Institution for Savings
200.00
Harriet Coburn Damon Fund :
3 N. Y. Tel. Co. 414% 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
1 Great Northern R. R. 4% 1946 Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
1,000.00
2,000.00
119
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
Francis Shaw Fund :
1 Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co. 5% 9-1-1947 1,000.00
Warren Institution for Savings 4,000.00
$32,900.00
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
1937
Jan. 1 Balance
$332.03
Income
327.72
Jan. 20 Distributed
$332.03
Dec. 31 Balance
327.72
$659.75
$659.75
Library Funds Income
1937
Jan. 1 Balance
$ 424.68
Income
1,270.32
Credits Account Investments
47.64
Payments
$1,403.91
Charges Account Investments
190.52
Dec. 31 Balance
148.21
$1,742.64 $1,742.64
120
Cemetery Funds Income 1937
Jan. 1 Balance Income
$1,185.22 746.26 2.12
Credits Account Investments
$982.00
Payments
Charges Account Investments
62.36
Dec. 31 Balance
889.24
$1,933.60
$1,933.60
Tax Titles TAKEN IN 1931 FOR 1929 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$3,095.48
June 8 Paid
$3,095.48
$3,095.48
$3,095.48
TAKEN IN 1932 FOR 1930 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance 1937 Taxes
$44.68 5.06
Dec. 31 Balance
$49.74
$49.74
$49.74
TAKEN IN 1933 FOR 1931 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance 1937 Taxes Paid in 1937
$2,791.16
Dec. 31 Balance
736.63
$3,527.79
$3,527.79
TAKEN IN 1934 FOR 1932 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$6,440.79 107.52
1937 Taxes
Charged to Tax Collector $ 291.04
Paid in 1937 4,980.78
Charged to Excess & Deficiency
Account Foreclosure, fore- closure on 7 Tax Titles 284.70
121
$3,434.17 93.62
1937
Proceeds of Sales Account above 78.00
Charged to Excess & Deficiency Account Foreclosure. Bid- der failed to pay at sale on 2 properties 151.44
Dec. 31 Balance
762.35
$6,548.31
$6,548.31
TAKEN IN 1935 FOR 1933 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$4,242.99
Correction on 1935 Tax
23.44
1937 Taxes
594.55
Paid in 1937
$1,277.19
Dec. 31 Balance
3,583.79
$4,860.98
$4,860.98
TAKEN IN 1936 FOR 1934 TAXES
Jan. 1 Balance
$7,875.64
1937 Taxes
1,008.11
Paid in 1937
$5.024.16
Dec. 31 Balance
3,859.59
$8,883.75
$8,883.75
TAKEN IN 1937 FOR 1935 TAXES
1932 Taxes
$ 32.90
1933 Taxes
37.94
1934 Taxes
154.10
1935 Taxes
1,693.47
1936 Taxes
1,871.10
1937 Taxes
1,539.51
Costs, 43 Tax Titles
121.55
Recording
50.10
Interest to date of taking
175.74
Paid in 1937
$742.62
Charged back to Tax Collector
64.68
Dec. 31 Balance
4,869.11
$5,676.41
$5,676.41
122
Number and Amount Outstanding December 31, 1937
1932
1
$ 49.74
1933
4
736.63
1934
4
762.35
1935
31
3,583.79
1936
26
3,859.59
1937
40
4,869.11
Total
106
$13,861.21
Partial Payments on 17 Tax Titles
$1,225.31
Deposit on 1 Tax Title 17.55
The Town now holds through foreclosure of Tax Titles 6 pieces of property, the assessed valuation being $6,600.00.
FRANK G. MacKENNA, Town Treasurer.
123
REPORT OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
During the calendar year 1937 the following additional trust funds have been added to those under our management :
Cemetery Trust Funds
Joanna Bullard Perry $200
Samuel H. Mackenna 150
Willard B. Ward 100
Charles Drury Roby
125
Library Trust Funds
Francis Shaw 5,000
These funds were invested as follows :
$1000 Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. 5s of Sept. 1, 1947 $1000 The balance was deposited in the savings banks.
During 1937 the following changes in investments were made :
J. M. Parmenter Cemetery Fund
$1000 Boston Elevated Ry. Co. 41/2s, Oct. 1, 1937, matured. The proceeds and $2000 of cash on hand were invested as follows :
$1000 N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. 312s, Feb. 1, 1998 1000 U. S. Treasury 3s, June 15, 1948
1000 Home Savings Bank deposit.
Grace C. Draper Library Fund
$1000 City of Boston 4s, July 1, 1937, matured. Purchased 1000 Great Northern Ry. Co. 4s, of 1946.
We have to report with deep regret that during the year John H. Knapp died. The vacancy caused by his death has not been filled.
JOHN J. LEAVITT, Chairman, J. SIDNEY STONE, Clerk, Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds.
124
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR For the Year 1937
Outstanding
TAXES OF 1932
Real Estate and Personal
1/1/37 Balance
$18.45
T. T. Voided
47.00
$65.45
Collections
$32.55
Tax Titles
32.90
$65.45
Motor Excise
1/1/37
Balance
$33.46
Collections
8.28
$25.18
TAXES OF 1933
Real Estate and Personal
1/1/37
Balance
$17.62
T. T. Voided
54.20
$71.82
Collections
$33.88
Tax Titles
37.94
$71.82
Motor Excise
1/1/37
Balance
$131.08
Adjusting Abatements 36.32
$167.40
Collections
74.26
93.14
125
Outstanding
TAXES OF 1934
Real Estate and Personal
1/1/37 Balance
$1,062.88
T. T. Voided
51.00
$1,113.88
Collections
$800.29
Abatements
159.49
Tax Titles
154.10
$1,113.88
Poll
1/1/37 Balance
$24.00
Collections
$18.00
Abatements
6.00
$24.00
Apportioned Street Assessment
1/1/37 Balance
$5.29
Collections
$5.29
Motor Excise
1/1/37
Balance
$406.10
Adjusting Abatement
2.69
$408.79
Collections
$258.21
Abatements
39.01
297.22
111.57
TAXES OF 1935
Real Estate and Personal
1/1/37
Balance
$28,043.82
T. T. Voided
58.60
T. T. Adjustment
61.38
Refund
5.86
$28,169.66
Collections
$24,668.91
Abatements
417.16
Tax Titles
1,716.91
26,802.98
1,366.68
126
Outstanding
Poll
1/1/37 Balance Collections
$76.00
$46.00
Abatements
22.00
68.00
8.00
Apportioned Street Assessment
1/1/37 Balance
$16.00
Collections
$16.00
Motor Excise
1/1/37 Balance
$459.79
Adjusting Abatements
4.69
$464.48
Collections
$301.50
Abatements
14.94
316.44
148.04
TAXES OF 1936
Real Estate and Personal
1/1/37
Balance
$66,630.35
T. T. Voided
61.60
Refund
2.67
$66,694.62
Collections
$36,431.01
Abatements
144.76
Tax Titles
1,652.20
38,227.97
28,466.65
Poll
1/1/37
Balance
$190.00
Collections
$108.00
Abatements
44.00
152.00
38.00
Apportioned Street Assessment
1/1/37 Balance
$34.90
Abatement
5.30
29.60
127
Outstanding
Motor Excise
1/1/37 Balance
Refunds
$1,997.43 29.37
$2,026.80
Collections
$1,402.31
Abatements
25.34
1,427.65
599.15
TAXES OF 1937
Real Estate and Personal
6/5/37 12/17/37
Commitment
Commitment
Refunds
$137,021.27 177.10 16.58
$137,214.95
Collections
$85,602.00
Abatements
389.62
Tax Titles
3,373.66
89,365.28
47,849.67
Poll
4/8/37
Commitment
$1,862.00
Refund
2.00
$1,864.00
Collections
$1,504.00
Abatements
50.00
1,554.00
310.00
Apportioned Street Assessment
6/5/37
Commitment
$37.86
Committed Interest 13.56
$51.42
Collections
23.02
28.40
128
Outstanding
Motor Excise
5/11/37 Commitment
$4,023.14
7/27/37
Commitment
3,727.01
10/20/37
Commitment
690.43
1/7/38
Commitment
382.94
Refunds
185.50
$9,009.02
Adjusting Commitment
Error
$ .90
Collections
6,273.68
Abatements
566.61
6,841.19
2,167.83
12/31/37 Total Taxes Outstanding
$81,241.91
THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, Collector of Taxes, Town of Wayland.
129
ASSESSORS' REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1937
Real Estate assessed January 1, 1936
$4,981,281
Personal estate assessed January 1, 1936
507.830
Real Estate assessed January 1, 1937 $4,953,531
Personal estate assessed January 1, 1937
462,328
Polls assessed
931
Horses assessed
76
Cows assessed
234
Neat cattle other than cows
30
Sheep
none
Goats
13
Fowl
11,660
Number of dwelling houses
1,131
Number of motor vehicles
1,289
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