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1,332.27
Water
63.00
Labor
2,422.60
Wayland Green
1,099.00
High School Field
53.55
610.04
71
Cochituate School
66.00
Riverview Playground
228.66
High School Grounds Miscellaneous
75.00
791.59
To Revenue ... $314.81
Life Guards and Matrons
Lake Cochituate
Life Guards and Matron
$1,629.50
Lige Guards Supervision
350.00
1,979.50
To Revenue $420.50
Little League Baseball
Expense
Equipment
$859.60
Miscellaneous
159.02
Lights
181.38
1,200.00
TOTAL RECREATION
$18,289.53
UNCLASSIFIED
Reserve Fund
Transfers
See Separate "Reserve Account" To Overlay Surplus ........ $184.46
Memorial Day
Expense
Programs, Wreaths, Band, etc. ...
$583.01
To Revenue $66.99
Plans - Town Office Building
Expense
Fees
800.00
To 1956
$4,200.00
Town Clocks
Expense
Winding, etc.
150.00
To Revenue $20.00
Hurricane -- Edna
Expense
Labor, etc. 2,190.70
72
11,685.19
Preliminary Town Betterments
Expense
Engineering, etc. To 1956 $1,247.70
658.65
Purchase Lots - Castle Gate North
Expense
Cost, etc. 2,768.60
Town Reports
Expense
Printing and Distributing To Revenue $689.82
2,310.18
Insurance
Expense
Premiums
15,028.67
To Revenue $1,560.07
Surety Bonds
Expense
Premiums
749.25
To Revenue $50.75
Notice of Meetings
Expense
Postage, Printing, etc.
456.55
Purchase Lots - 87 and Parts 86-88-C G. N.
750.00
To 1956 $750.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars Quarters
Rent
500.00
Legion Post Quarters
Rent
600.00
Purchase Land for Park Purposes
Expense
Beechwood Point - Wayland, Mass .... To E. & D. $400.00
2,600.00
Civil Defense Emergency Truck
4,950.00
To E. & D. $50.00
73
Flood Damage
Expense Labor, Materials, Equipment, etc.
4,175.09
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED
$39,270.70
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Commissioners:
Salaries :
Chairman
$50.00
Clerk
150.00
3rd Member
50.00
$250.00
Superintendent
Salary
4,779.96
To W. A. S.
$200.04
2nd Man
Salary
3,779.84
To W. A. S.
$100.16
Labor - 3 Permanent Men
9,969.23
To W. A. S. $30.77
Water Department - Maintenance
Expense
Office Expense, tel., etc.
$1,810.43
Truck Expense
1,067.12
Pipe and Fittings
11,519.70
Equipment Hire
786.96
Meters
3,485.54
Fuel - Light and Power
7,894.28
Repairs - Station and Equipment
1,580.32
Small Tools and Equipment
1,123.72
Other Materials
314.72
29,582.79
To W. A. S. $7,067.21
Watermain Ext. Accepted Streets
Expense
Labor
561.16
New Trucks
Cost
500.00
...
74
New Well and Pump
Expense
Equipment Hire
$412.00
Contract
6,187.50
Cable - Misc. Materials
1,802.48
To 1956
$8,598.02
New Meter Installation
Expense
Meters and Fittings
$14,172.72
Labor
191.20
Supplies
68.49
To 1956
$570.23
Lowering Main - Concord Road
Expense
Equipment Hire
$697.20
Pipe and Fittings
304.99
Gravel
53.91
1,056.10
To W. A. S. $293.90
Water Betterments - Peck Ave.
1,457.59
Water Betterments - Valley View Rd.
705.02
TOTAL WATER DEPARTMENT
$75,476.08
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Cemetery - Superintendent
Salary ....
$3,280.00
Cemetery - Appropriation
Expense
Labor
$2,436.80
Equipment and Supplies
1,081.07
Truck Expense
311.06
Seed and Fertilizer
265.00
To Revenue $6.07
4,093.93
75
8,401.98
14,432.41
Cemetery - Service
Expense
Labor
$1,766.60 313.03
Materials
2,079.63
To Revenue $420.37
Clerk
Salary
150.00
Development - Lakeview Cemetery
Expense
Labor
$97.20
Materials
797.80
895.00
Resurfacing Road - Lakeview Cemetery Contract
1,250.00
Development - North Cemetery
Expense
Labor
$317.90 579.00
Material
896.90
To Revenue $103.10
Purchase - New Truck
Cost
1,684.50
To Revenue
$115.50
Cemetery Maps
Expense
48.00
To Revenue
$102.00
Perpetual Care Funds Income To 1956 $1,174.58
944.25
J. M. Parmenter Funds Income
172.95
To 1956
$335.43
TOTAL CEMETERY DEPARTMENT $15,495.16
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Interest - Misc.
Expense To meet terms of Library Fund Bequest $40.00
76
Fire Dept. - Interest
Expense
Fire Station - $60,000.00 Issue - 20 Yr.
1,040.00
School Bonds - Interest
Expense
1948 -$400,000-20 Yr.
$6,300.00
1948- 150,000-18 Yr.
2,160.00
1949 - 140,000-20 Yr.
1,487.50
1952 - 210,000 -20 Yr.
2,800.00
1952 - 10,000 - 10 Yr. 160.00
1954 600,000 - 20 Yr.
12,870.00
25,777.50
Water Bonds and Notes - Interest
Expense
1948 -$37,000 -15 Yr.
$350.00
1948 - 90,000 - 15 Yr.
1,215.00
1949- - 10,000 - 10 Yr.
62.50
1950 - - 19,000 - 10 Yr.
150.00
1951 - 10,000 - 10 Yr.
122.50
1953 - 20,000 - 10 Yr.
340.00
1953 -
18,000 - 9 Yr.
360.00
1955- - 15,000 - 10 Yr.
142.50
2,742.50
MATURING DEBT
School Bonds and Notes - Principal
Expense
1948 -$400,000-20 Yr.
$20,000.00
1948- 150,000-18 Yr.
9,000.00
1949 - 140,000 -20 Yr.
10,000.00
1952 - 210,000 - 20 Yr.
10,000.00
1952
10,000 - 10 Yr.
1,000.00
1954 600,000 - 20 Yr.
30,000.00
80,000.00
Water Bonds and Notes - Principal
Expense
1948-$37,000 -15 Yr.
$3,000.00
1948 - 90,000 - - 15
6,000.00
1949 10,000 - 10 Yr.
1,000.00
1950 19,000 - 10 Yr. 2,000.00
1951 - 10,000 - - 10 Yr.
1,000.00
1953 - 20,000 - - 10 Yr.
2,000.00
1953 18,000 - - 9 Yr.
2,000.00
17,000.00
Fire Bonds and Notes - Principal
Expense
1952-$60,000 -20 Yr. 4,000.00
77
Temporary Loan Anticipation of Revenue
50,000.00
TOTAL MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST ..
$180,600.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State
State Parks and Reservations
$807.80
Audit
.83
Gypsy Moth
1,869.53
$2,678.16
County
County Taxes
$20,863.50
Retirement System Assessment
5,043.46
Dog Licenses
2,926.20
28.833.16
Withheld from Pay Rolls
Withholding Taxes
$59,239.28
County Retirement
8,152.33
Mass. Hospital Service Inc.
5,211.55
72,603.16
Trust Funds
Charity - Individuals
$340.12
Bequests and Investments
7,903.78
8,243.90
Agency
Requirement Guarantees - Planning
$3,250.00
Planning Board Sub-Div. Fees
105.95
Zoning Board Hearing Fees
74.80
Collector's Fees
1,038.15
4,468.90
Refunds
1954 Excise Taxes
$448.75
1955 Excise Taxes
3,635.25
1953 Real Estate Taxes
5.60
1954 Real Estate Taxes
496.80
1955 Poll Taxes
11.00
1955 Personal Property Taxes
28.00
1955 Real Estate Taxes
3,756.22
1954 Water Betterments and Com. Int.
11.90
1954 Street Betterments and Com. Int.
20.36
Unapportioned Betterments
10.00
Betterments Paid in Advance
14.09
Collector's Fees
2.75
Dogs - Clerk
136.80
Water Rates and Meters
119.63
78
Water Miscellaneous
170.21
23.45
Water Available Surplus Interest Watermain Ext. Agreements
9.07
1,050.00
$9,949.88
TOTAL AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
$126,777.16
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$1,482,729.55
RECAPITULATION -1955 RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes and Assessments
$858,327.72
Tax Titles, Possessions, Release Deeds
2,986.60
In Lieu of Taxes
2,166.78
Licenses, Permits, Fees, Fines
18,036.46
$881,517.56
GRANTS AND GIFTS
Aid to Dependent Children
$11,711.12
Old Age Assistance
35,073.75
Disability Assistance
2,963.30
State Taxes - Income, Corporation, Meals ..
44,476.66
County - Dog Licenses
1,619.45
95,844.28
School Lunch Account
$45,921.68
School Athletic Account
2,434.56
48,356.24
DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE
1,521.49
REIMBURSEMENTS
Welfare
$5,701.28
Aid to Dependent Children
8,499.74
Old Age Assistance
43,542.74
Youth Service Board
1,837.00
Disability Assistance
3,631.41
Veterans' Benefits
2,235.28
Library
4,052.39
Fire Department
130.65
Park Department
1,415.45
U. S. Army Engineers - Flood
1,400.00
State and F. C. D. A. - Hurricane
34,235.92
Highway Department
170.00
Chapter 90 - Maint. and Constr.
8,999.52
79
Federal Civil Defense Schools
184.08 143,699.03
259,734.49
ENTERPRISES
Water Department
$100,396.62
Cemetery Department
2,970.00
103,366.62
FINANCIAL
Sale of Bonds
$15,000.00
Temporary Loan
49,794.85
$64,794.85
AGENCY
Trust Funds - Income and Bequests
$2,238.77
Federal Taxes Deducted from Pay Roll 72,626.78
Requirement Guarantee Deposit
3,295.00
Trust Funds Re-Invested
7,903.78
Planning Board Sub-Division Fees
300.00
Zoning Board Hearing Fees
144.00
Collector's Fees
1,039.85
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
1,682.00
Brokerage Fees - Library
3,000.00
92,230.18
REFUNDS
2,149.60
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$1,549,515.31
RECAPITULATION - 1955 EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTS
Government
$53,400.40
Protection
56,158.11
Health
33,694.82
Highway
125,750.41
Welfare
149,972.87
Schools (Inc. Lunch and Athletic Accts.)
590,839.33
Libraries
17,004.98
Recreation
18,289.53
Unclassified
39,270.70
Water Department
75,476.08
Cemetery
15,495.16
$1,175,352.39
FINANCIAL
Maturing Debt and Interest
$180,600.00
State Taxes
2,678.16
County Taxes and Assessments
28,833.16
212,111.32
80
AGENCY
Trust Funds
$8,243.90
Guarantee Deposits and Agency
3,430.75
Collector's Fees
1,038.15
Withholding Taxes
59,239.28
County Retirement
8,152.33
Mass. Hospital Service Inc.
5,211.55
85,315.96
REFUNDS
9,949.88
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$1,482,729.55
RESERVE ACCOUNT - 1955
Appropriation
$15,000.00
Transfers -
Selectmen - General
$520.92
Civil Defense
2,741.82
Election Officers Expense
389.94
Police - Signs and Traffic Lines
5.92
Town Offices Expense
750.10
Fire Department Expense
5,664.82
Notice of Meetings
56.55
Lakeview Cemetery Dev.
395.00
Purchase Lots - Castle Gate North
268.60
Dutch Elm Disease
1,765.96
Veterans Benefits
492.28
Police - Portable 2-Way Radio
15.00
Interest - Temporary Loan
205.15
Interest - Water Bonds and Notes
142.50
Zoning Board of Appeals
95.98
Planting Trees
10.00
Tax Title Sales Expense
670.00
Moth Department Expense
85.62
Police Car Purchase and Expense
125.31
Water Betterments - Peck Ave.
57.59
Water Betterments - Valley View Rd.
5.02
Schools - Other Expense
191.74
Town Hall Maintenance
159.72
14,815.54
BALANCE - TO OVERLAY SURPLUS
$184.46
81
82
$349,138.12
Balance, January 1st
$235,024.14
State and County Share Chap. 90 Maint and Constr.
$14,250.00
County Tax Adjustment .20
Tax Ttiles
200.20
Revenue, 1955
578.92
Tax Titles Redeemed
1,609.36
Tax Possessions
910.00
Dept. Bal. Closed
1,569.62
Income Tax 1954
2,730.00
Highway Refund
18.84
Fire Insurance Claim
2,832.39
1953 - Poll
2.00
Park Refund
6.10
School Refund
164.13
Department Balances - 12/31/55
24,313.65
Estimated Receipts
70,958.37
$349,138.12
WATER AVAILABLE SURPLUS
1955
1955
Mar. Voted for Water Maint., etc. ..
$69,860.00
Jan. 1 Balance
$77,885.75
Maturing Debt
17,000.00
Closed Water Accounts
5,195.55
Interest
2,600.00
Collections-Less Refunds .. Water Fines
99,847.18
Refunds
23.45
259.60
Dec. 31 Balance
93,704.63
$183,188.08
$183,188.08
Reimb .- State and County Chap. 90 - Maint. 2,006.06
Reimb .- State and County Chap 90 - Constr. 6,993.46
Balance-December 31, 1955
334,108.80
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
1955
83
WATER RATES AND METERS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
1955
Jan. 1
Balance
$18,372.30
Jan .- Dec. Collections
$68,099.09
Commitments
64,186.19
Transfers
12,627.20
Transfers
7,041.85
Abatements
226.00
Refunds
119.63
Dec. 31-Balance
8,810.33
Audit Adjustments
42.65
$89,762.62
$89,762.62
WATER - MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
1955
1955
Commitments
$33,653.00
Jan .- Dec. Collections
$32,037.93
Transfer
12,627.20
Transfers
7,041.85
Refund
176.24
Abatements
1,283.49
Audit Adjustments
32.60
$46,456.44
Dec. 31-Balance
..
6,060.57
$46,456.44
TOWN OF WAYLAND Balance Sheet - December 31, 1955 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
Agency Acct. - Planning Brd.
General
$583,344.39
Adv. for Petty Cash 150.00
$583,494.39
Agency Acct. - Zoning Brd.
Hearing Fees 83.19
Tailings Account
50.38
Trust Funds Income :
Charity
$303.49
Library
381.63
Cemetery
1,174.58
Cemetery-Parmenter
335.43
2,195.13
Federal Grants
Aid to Dependent Children
Administration
$4,063.80
Aid
8,515.01
Poll ..
272.00
Personal
1,168.72
Real Estate
27,061.43
Administration
1,282.01
32,678.82
Assistance
5,366.17
Sub-div. Fees
$309.33
Accounts Receivable
Taxes
Levy of 1952
Personal $10.80
Levy of 1953
Poll
6.00
Levy of 1954
Poll
8.00
Real Estate
4,151.87
Levy of 1955
Disability Assistance
84
85
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Levy of 1953
$136.97
Levy of 1954
908.49
Levy of 1955
10,546.27
11,591.73
Watermain Ext. Agreements
1,790.00
Guarantee Deposits
6,387.00
Road Machinery Fund
13,143.63
School Lunch Account
6,710.88
Water B'ment 1955
56.20
Unapp't'd B'ments
16,230.00
Comt. Interest
Street B'ment 1954
17.00
Street B'ment 1955
122.56
Water B'ment 1954
4.76
Water B'ment 1955
10.12
16,824.27
Tax Titles
1,936.24
Tax Title Possessions
4,896.51
Departmental
Highway
$0.00
Temp. Aid-State 32.96
Overlay 1953
2,189.06
A.D.C. State
2,688.19
Overlay 1954
7,493.64
Overlay 1955
6,150.20
Welfare-Other Cities and
Towns
347.57
Old Age Assistance Administration 3,421.04 Assistance 4,818.00
27,466.03
Special Assessments
Street B'ment 1954 $37.25
Street B'ment 1955
324.38
Water B'ment 1954
22.00
School Athletic Account
1,074.40
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves 4,477.00
Dog Licenses
9.00
Water Available Surplus ....
93,704.63
Appro. Balances
104,773.71
Overlay Surplus
8,547.47
Overlays - Reserved for
Abatement of Taxes
Overlay 1952 $10.80
O.A.A .- Other Cities and Towns
1,327.84
15,843.70
Reserve for Petty Cash
150.00
Veterans Benefits
Fire Department
75.00 290.35
State Aid to Highways $9,000.32
County Aid to Highways 5,250.16
14,250.48
Water Accts. Rec.
Rates and Meters
$8,810.33
Miscellaneous
... 6,060.57
Revenue Reserved Until Collected
4,761.91
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$11,591.73
Special Assessments
16,824.27
Tax Titles
1,936.24
Tax Title Possessions ..
4,896.51
Departmental
4,761.91
State and County Aid to Highways
14,250.48
Water
14,870.00
State Taxes
110.52
Flood Damage
4,175.09
Mass. Hospital Service Inc.
14.80
County Taxes and Assess-
Gypsy Moth
241.39
ments
842.69
Excess and Deficiency
-Sur. Rev.
334,108.80
DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
Appt'd Assessments not due Street
21,340.00
Appt'd Street Assessment due in various years ..
21,340.00
Appt'd Assessments not due Water
1,521.00
Appt'd Water Assessment due in various years .. .....
1,521.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt .. 1,350,000.00
Watermain Ext. $83,000.00 Schl. Constr. Adds. 436,000.00 Schl. Constr. Add. #2 .. 161,000.00
86
14,870.90
Schl. Constr. Loan #3
7,000.00 Fire Station Constr. and Add. to Fire Sta. 48,000.00
New Well and Pump '54
16,000.00
New Well and Pump '55
15,000.00
Watermain-Pequot Rd. to
..
Old Conn. Path
14,000.00
Const. New Elem. School .. 570,000.00
1,350,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities .......
81,278.49
Charity
$9,651.67
Library
32,950.00
P. C. Cemetery
30,490.00
Parmenter Cemetery
5,000.00
Trust Funds Reserve
3,186.82
81,278.49
$2,144,462.52
$2,144,462.52 NORMAN E. TAYLOR, Town Accountant.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER 1955
January 1, 1955 Cash Balance
$516,558.63
1955
Receipts 1,549,515.31
- $2,066,073.94
1955
Payments
1,482,729.55
January 1, 1956
Cash Balance
583,344.39
- $2,066,073.94
88
TRUST FUNDS Charity
Fund Amount
Investment
Income 1955
1. Allen
$1,100.00
$1,100.00 - Martin 6% Mortgage $55.50
2. Donation 1,300.00
300.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 --- American Telephone and Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss 12/73 42.75
3. Loker
2,000.00
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/56 1,000.00 -- U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 50.00
4. Russell
5,251.67 251.67 - Provident Institution for Savings 2,000.00 - Southern Pacific 27/8 s 6/1/86
1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4s 3/1/58
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/56 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 155.24
Total Charity Funds ..
$9,651.67
Total Income for 1955 $303.49
Cemetery
1. J. M. Parmenter $5,000.00
$200.00 - . Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - N. Y. Central and Hudson River R. R. 31/2S 2/1/98 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 212s Reg. 6/1/58 1,000.00 - American Telephone and Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss 12/73 1,800.00 -- U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1964-1969 $144.75
2. Cemetery Perpetual Care 30,490.00
1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 1st Refund Mtge. 3s 9/1/65
89
90
Total Cemetery Funds $35,490.00
1,000.00 - Southern Pacific Oregon Line 1st Mfg. 41/2S 3/1/77
2,000.00 - Southern Pacific R. R. 1st Mtge. 2%s 1/1/86 2,000.00 -- 10 Paid Up Shares Marlborough Cooperative Bank 200.0- U. S. Treasury 212s 1964/69 2,000.00 Southern Railway Company Dev. and Gen. Series A 4s 4/1/56
4,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 2/1/56
1,000.00 U. S. Series G Bnd 21/s Reg. 11/1/56
2,000.00 U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 5/1/57
2,500.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 12/1/57
1,300.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/s Reg. 6/1/58
1,600.00 U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/58
3,000.00 - Natick Savings Bank
4,000.00 - Northern Pacific Railway Prior Lien 4s 1997
2,890.00 - Provident Institution for Savings
855.38
Total Income for 1955 $1,000.13 ..
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds received in 1955 and included above :
Pettigrew Fund
$100.00
Robert B. Wardwell 100.00
J. Sidney Stone
250.00
Helen C. Morgan
150.00
Lucey Fund
150.00
Charles Frazer
150.00
Kimball C. Powning
150.00
Herbert C. Ross
150.00
Sarah E. Lovell
150.00
Mildred P. McNeil
150.00
Waldo L. Hammond ...... 150.00
Library
1. Lydia M. Child $150.00
$150.00 - Provident Institution for Savings ..
....
$4.54
2. Harriet C. Damon .. 3,000.00
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/56 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Ref. 8/1/60 75.00
3. Isaac C. Damon 1,000.00 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/56 25.00
5. James Draper
4. Ella E. Draper
500.005
6. Grace C. Draper 1,000.00
500.00} 1,000.00 -
N. Y. Central Rwy. Co. Ref. and Imp. A 41/2S 10/1/2013 60.00
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G. Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/56 50.00
7. James Sumner Draper .... 5,000.00 1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R. Gen. Mtge. 4s 3/1/58
1,000.00 - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank 1,300.00 - Natick Five Cents Savings Bank
1,000.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 500.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 12/1/57 200.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 154.76
8. Sarah W. Heard 3,100.00
100.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/56 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 78.00
9. Jonathan M. Parmenter .... 10,000.00
1,000.00 - 5 Matured Shares South Middlesex Coopera- tive Bank 2,000.00 - 10 Paid up Shares South Middlesex Coopera- tive Bank 1,000.00 - U. S. Treasury Bond 21/2s 7/15/64-69 2,000.00 - Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Gen. Mtge. Series A 41/2 s 6/1/65 2,000.00 - American Telephone and Telegraph Company Debentures 33/ss 12/73
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/56 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 5/1/57 .. 322.50
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10. Cynthia G. Roby 3,200.00 1,000.00- American Telephone and Telegraph Company Debentures 33/ss 12/1/73 1,000.00 -- U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 5/1/57 1,200.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 80.35
11. Francis Shaw 5,000.00
1,000.00 - Texas and New Orleans 1st Ref. 314 s 1970 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/56 3,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 132.50
12. Ada H. Wellington 500.00
200.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 300.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/58 12.50
Total Library Funds .. $32,950.00
Total Income for 1955 $995.15
RESERVE FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT $3,186.82 -- Warren Institution for Savings
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MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
SCHOOL
Initial Borrow- ings
Payments 1956
Payments 1957
Payments 1958
Balance 1/1/59
$400,000
1948
20-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
$20,000
$260,000
$20,000
$5,850.00
$240,000
$20,000
$5,400.00
$220,000
$20,000
$4,950.00
$200,000
150,000
1948
18-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
9,000
87,000
9,000
1,957.50
78,000
9,000
1,755.00
69,000
9,000
1,552.50
60,000
140,000
1949
20-Yr. Bonds
13/4%
10,000-57
80,000
10,000
1,312.50
70,000
10,000
1,137.50
60,000
5,000
1,006.25
55,000
210,000
1952
20-Yr. Bonds
1-3/5%
10,000
170,000
10,000
2,640 00
160,000
10,000
2,480.00
150,000
10,000
2,320.00
140,000
10,000
1952
10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
1,000
7,000
1,000
140.00
6,000
1,000
120.00
5,000
1,000
100.00
4,000
600,000
1954
20-Yr. Bonds
2-1/5%
30,000
570,000
30,000
12,210.00
540,000
30,000
11,550 00
510,000
30,000
10,890 00
480,000
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Total Outstanding for School
1,174,000
1,094,000
1,014,000
939,000
Total Principal and Interest for each year
80,000
24,110.00
80,000
22,442.50
75,000 20,818.75
Total Payment for each year
104,110.00
102,442.50
95,818.75
WATER
37,000
1948
15-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
2,000
$16,000
$2,000
$300.00
$14,000
$2,000
$260.00
$12,000
$2,000
$220 00
$10.000
90,000
1948
15-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
6,000
48,000
6,000
1,080.00
42,000
6,000
945.00
36,000
6,000
810.00
30,000
10,000
1949
10-Yr. Notes
11/4%
1,000
4,000
1,000
50.00
3,000
1,000
37.50
2,000
1,000
25.00
1,000
19,000
1950
10-Yr. Notes
11/2%
2,000
9,000
2,000
120.00
7,000
2,000
90.00
5,000
2,000
60.00
3,000
10,000
1951 10-Yr. Notes
13/4%
1,000
6,000
1,000
105.00
5,000
1,000
87.50
4,000
1,000
70.00
3,000
20,000
1953
10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
2,000
16,000
2,000
300.00
14,000
2,000
260.00
12,000
2,000
220.00
10,000
18,000
1953
9-Yr. Notes 21/4%
2,000
14,000
2,000
315.00
12,000
2,000
270.00
10,000
2,000
225.00
8,000
Year
Type
Rate
Maturing Annually
Balance 1/1/56
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/57
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/58
Prin.
Int.
5,000-58
Initial Borrow- ings
Year
T'ype
Rate
Maturing Annually
Balance 1/1/56
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/57
Payments 1957 Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/58
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/59
15,000 1955 10-Yr. Notes
1.9%
1,500
15,000
1,500
270.75
13,500
1,500
242.25
12,000
1,500
213.75
10,500
Total Outstanding for Water
128,000
110,500
93,000
17,500
2,540.75
17,500
2,192.25
17,500
1,843.75
20,040.75
19,692.25
19,343.75
FIRE
$60,000 1952 20-Yr. Coupon Notes 2% Total Outstanding for Fire
4,000 2,000-63
48,000 48,000
$4.000
$960.00
$44,000 44,000
$4.000
$880.00
$40,000 40,000
$4,000
$800.00
$36,000 36,000
Total Principal and Interest each year 94
4,000
960.00
4,000
880.00
4,000
800.00
- Total Payment for each year
4,960.00
4,880.00
4,800.00
Total Outstanding School, Water, Fire 1,350,000
1,248,500
1,147,000
1,050,500
Total Principal and Interest, School, Water, Fire Total Payments for each year
101,500 27,610.75
101,500
25,514.75
96.500 23,462.50
129,110.75 (1956)
127.014.75 (1957)
119.962.50 (1958)
75,500
Total Principal and Interest for each year .. ... Total Payments for each year
Payments 1956
Payments 1958
TAX TITLES
Amount Number of Taxes
Valuation
Tax Title Possessions
76
$4,896.51
$13,050.00
For Foreclosure
1
589.62
1,300.00
Due in 1956
9
946.63
2,725.00
Due in 1957
4
399.99
1,820.00
90
$6,832.75
$18,895.00
INSURANCE
Date of
Expiration Property Insured
Amount of Insurance
1956 Workmen's Compensation and Employ- ers' Liability
Town Vehicles - Fire and Theft
$126,857.00
Town Vehicles - Liability
5,000.00-
$10,000.00
Public Liability
5,000.00-
10,000.00
Boiler
10,000.00
Burglary - Money and Securities
5,900.00
Burglary - Money and Securities
1,800.00
Sprinkler Leakage
63,500.00
Fire - Town Buildings and Contents ...
753,000.00
1957
Burglary - Pumping Station
1,500.00
Fire - Town Buildings and Contents ....
753,000.00
1958 Burglary - Town Office Equipment ... Fire - Town Buildings and Contents ... Honor Rolls
2,000.00
753,000.00
2,000.00
1960 Fire Park - Equipment Storage
5,000.00
DOROTHY S. DAMON, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
1951
Balance 1-1-55
Refunds
Receipts
Abatements Tax Title
Balance 12-31-55
Poll Taxes
$8.00
$8.00
Personal Taxes
143.10
143.10
Motor Excise Taxes
275.09
$7.19
267.90
1952
Poll Taxes
10.00
2.00
8.00
Personal Taxes
276.75
265.95
$10.80
Motor Excise Taxes
536.95
42.22
494.73
1953
Poll Taxes
20.00
Poll Tax (Abatement Recalled)
2.00
Poll Tax (Adjustment)
2.00
8.00
10.00
6.00
Personal Taxes
387.52
342.72
44.80
Real Estate Taxes
3,733.79
$5.60
3,637.47
$101.92
Motor Excise Taxes
1,061.59
182.28
742.34
136.97
Moth Assessment
5.00
5.00
Street Betterments
13.80
3.80
10.00
Street Betterments Committed Interest
27.27
24.07
3.20
Water Betterments
17.80
12.00
5.80
Water Betterments Committed Interest
5.44
3.84
1.60
1954
Poll Taxes
200.00
Poll Tax (Adjustment)
2.00
152.00
42.00
8.00
Personal Taxes
761.67
691.47
70.20
Real Estate Taxes
27,919.60
496.80
24,036.65
129.60
98.28
4,151.87
Motor Excise Taxes
12,074.24
Additional Commitment 1955
2,870.76
448.75
13,512.28
972.98
908.49
Street Betterments
175.60
16.00
144.35
10.00
37.25
Street Betterments Committed Interest
61.01
4.36
45.57
2.80
17.00
Water Betterments
62.00
9.60
43.80
5.80
22.00
Water Betterments Committed Interest
13.15
2.30
9.30
1.39
4.76
1955
Commitments
Poll Taxes
4,380.00
11.00
3,581.00
538.00
272.00 1,168.72
Personal Taxes
56,964.04
28.00
55,308.12
515.20
Real Estate Taxes
704,180.40
Real Estate Tax (Abatement Recalled)
112.00
3,756.22
662,151.87
17,939.60
895.72
27,061.43
Motor Excise Taxes
102,122.60
3,635.25
85,422.95
9,788.63
10,546.27
Street Betterment
2,234.78
1,823.40
87.00
324.38
Street Betterment Committed Interest
847.90
704.78
20.56
122.56
Water Betterment
404.50
298.90
49.40
56.20
Water Betterment Committed Interest
79.42
60.58
8.72
10.12
Water Account Balance
18,372.30
Water Account 1955 Commitments
97,845.22
Water Account Adjustment (Plus) ..
42.65
Water Account Adjustment (Minus) ..
-32.60
289.84
100,137.02
1,509.49
14,870.90
Total Outstanding Taxes 12-31-55
$59,735.72
Betterments (Street and Water)
Unapportioned Balance
17,675.00
10.00
3,970.22
16,230.00
Commitment 1955
16,230.00
13,714.78 apportioned
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, Tax Collector.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS for the Year 1955
The increase in the Assessors' work during the past year has made it necessary to devote to valuations, and especially revaluations, several extra months of field work.
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