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The Park Department continued its customary maintenance of other properties under its jurisdiction. As of the first of the year the Park Department has been given the responsibility of maintaining not only areas controlled by the Park Department but also the grounds of all Schools, Town Office Building and Cochituate Fire Station.
The Board wishes to acknowledge with grateful thanks the concen- trated attention to duty that its personnel has shown during the year and the cooperation given to the Board by other departments of the town.
FRANK S. TARR, THOMAS F. MURRAY, NATHANIEL HAMLEN, Board of Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE December 31, 1957
1. MOTOR VEHICLES VIOLATION
Speeding
57
Stop signs
11
Operating under the influence
12
Operating so as to endanger
13
Unregistered motor vehicles
8
Uninsured motor vehicles
4
Operating after suspension
4
Operating after revocation
3
No sticker
14
Operating without authority
1
Failing to stop for a flashing red light
3
Failing to stop for a red light
5
No license
6
Failing to use care in turning
3
Failing to slow down at intersection
1
Failing to stop for a school bus
1
Refusing to obey a Police Officer
1
Failing to keep to the right
3
Following too close
1
Leaving the scene of an accident-Property Damage
1
No registration in possession
2
Noisy muffler
1
Allowing uninsured motor vehicle
2
Failing to obey the law of the road
3
Passing while overtaking a motor vehicle
1
Making a false statement to obtain a license
1
2. AGAINST THE PUBLIC
Drunk
23
Non-support
2
Assault and battery
7
Abroad in the night time
4
Idle and disorderly
1
Assault with a dangerous weapon
2
Carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle
4
Disturbing the peace
11
Giving a false name to a Police Officer
1
Larceny
3
Forgery
1
Suspicious person
1
Peddling without a license
1
Larceny by means of a fraudulent check
4
3. SEX OFFENSES
Indecent exposure
1
Open and gross lewdness
1
Indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 yrs. 2
The above compilation of data includes arrests made by the State Police but it does not include the arrest of juveniles.
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ยท
The Wayland Police Department served during 1957: One Hundred and ninety Summonses, Ten Summonses to show cause, Eight Sum- monses to the Parent, Five Subpoenas.
The total number of accidents reported for the year was 151. Fatal one; Property Damage, ninety-four; Personal Injuries, forty- nine; Two Pedestrian and two on Bicycles; there were other accidents not reported to the Police.
1732 radio calls were received in the cruiser from individuals reporting accidents, fire, inebriates, fights, stray dogs, etc. Officers on duty at night while checking business establishments closed and locked 157 doors and or windows.
During the year officers checked the homes of 118 people who reported that they would either be away or on vacation.
During the year the various officers attended either the Framingham District Court or the Superior Court in East Cambridge a total of 162 days.
It is my pleasure each year to again be able to thank the various department heads and their staffs for their continued efforts and cooperation. Specifically may I mention: The Honorable Board of Selectmen; the regular patrolmen and the special police; the auxiliary police; the Wayland Lumber Company for its annual purchase of safety calendars which are distributed locally; and you, the residents of Way- land, for helping us all to comply with the spirit of the law, thereby making Wayland a safe place in which to live, work and play.
The Wayland Police Department moved into its new station on December 3, 1957.
Effective 1 January 1958 I am happy to announce that finally the Department has its own two-way radio system manned by four dis- patchers - two permanent policemen and two permanent firemen - and appointed by the Board of Selectmen. It goes without saying that my sincere gratitude is extended to Chief Shea and The Natick Police Department for carrying on the above duties from 1947 to the afore- mentioned date.
Two additional patrolmen have been requested by me through the Finance Board in order that the time consumed by vacation, days off and sick leave of the present patrolmen may be adequately comple- mented by a full time protective staff.
As always, constructive criticism is invited and encouraged.
And, lastly, my humble thank-you is extended for the overwhelming vote of confidence given me during last year's election. Your trust and loyalty, I can assure you, will not be betrayed or in vain.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST H. DAMON, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
This past year saw numerous changes in this department.
In March, the Town voted to establish a Fire Department to be under the control of an officer to be known as Chief of the Fire Depart- ment. In November, department headquarters (Station #1) was opened in the new Town Building. December saw our own operation of radio communications and alarm system commence.
It has been my pleasure this year to work with the Town Govern- ment Committee in a survey of the Fire Department. Two major items recommended to the Survey Committee for their consideration were a long range planned program of purchase and replacement of apparatus and the gradual provision for (2) two men in each station (24) twenty- four hours a day.
Alarms Answered -1957
Brush
40
Grass
39
Dump
35
Rescue
26
False
26
Woods
18
Electrical
18
Motor Vehicles
17
Rubbish
16
Dwellings
12
Buildings
10
Oil Burners
7
Smoke Investigation
6
Emergency Pumpings
2
Alarm Trouble
6
Gas Leak
1
Mutual Aid
4
Miscellaneous
6
Total
289
Of the 289 alarms listed above, 100 were handled by still alarms. The still alarms were answered in the most part by the men on duty days in each station without sounding the audible alarm for additional men.
The policy of sounding alarms for emergency calls received by telephone was changed in December as we commenced operation of our own communications and alarm system 24 hours a day. Previously it was the practice to sound 61 for calls in Precinct #1 and 17 for calls in Precinct #2. The practice now will be to sound 7-7 for all emergency calls received by telephone.
This past year was the second driest on record in the local area. Forest fire patrols were placed on duty during the most critical days, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of the Town for their co-operation in preventing a serious outbreak in our wooded areas.
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LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES December 31, 1957
12 Pemberton Road at No. 32
13 Pemberton Road and Shawmut Avenue
132 Public Bathing Beach, Lake Cochituate
14 Harrison Street
15 Cochituate Grammar School, Main Street
17 Station No. 2 Main Street
19 Willard Street at Winter Street
23 Commonwealth Road West at Pemberton Road
24 Commonwealth Road at Main Street
242 Commonwealth Road East at No. 228
245 Commonwealth at East Plain Street
2452
Caulfield and Brooks Roads
2453 Brooks and Carpenter Road
2454 Carpenter Road at End
2455 2456
2457
25 Commonwealth Road East at Old Tavern Road
251 Old Tavern Road at Dean Road
2511 Dean Road
2512 Old Tavern Road at Bald Rock Road
2513 Snake Brook Road
2514 Bald Rock Road
253 Loker Street at Thompson Street
2531 Loker Street School
27 Commonwealth Road East at Oak Street
271 Oak Street at Timber Lane
272 Timber Lane at Eden Road
31 East Plain Street at Pollack Road
321 Main Street at East Plain Street
322 Mitchell Street at West Plain Street
3221 Maguire Road at Pleasant Street
3225 West Plain at Castle Gate South
3241 Pine Needle Road
3255 Edgewood Road
326 Old Connecticut Path at West Plain Street
3271 Simpson Road at Emerson Road
3272 Richard Road
3273 Russell Road
3274 Emerson Road at Hawthorne Road
3313 Lake Shore Drive at Beech Street
3314 Sycamore Road at Hemlock Road
34 Old Connecticut Path at Pine Ridge Road
341 Pine Ridge Road
343 Lake Shore Drive at No. 18
351 Holbrook Road
3511 Highgate Road
381 Park Lane off Maiden Lane
414 415 Main Street at Dudley Road
Main Street at Pond Drive
4142
Lakeview Road
4151 Dudley Road at Crest Road
4152 Dudley Road at End
4153 Bayfield Road at No. 14
4154 Bayfield Road at No. 25
4161 Peck Avenue at No. 10
42 Cochituate Road at Parmenter Health Center
421 Pequot at Happy Hollow Road
422 Pequot Road at No. 44
423 Pequot Road Elementary School
43 Cochituate Road at Happy Hollow Road
431 Rice Spring Lane at Goodman Lane
441 Cochituate Road at Woodridge Road
4411 Woodridge Road at No. 28
4412 Woodridge Road at High Rock Road
4413 High Rock Road at No. 22
4414 High Rock Road at No. 43
4415 High Rock Road at End
4421 Woodridge Road at No. 65
4431 Woodridge Road at Country Corners Road
4432 Woodridge Road and Black Oak Road
4433 Woodridge Road and Reservoir Road
4434 Brooktrail Road
4435 Woodridge Road at No.122
4436 Woodridge Road Near Rice Road
45 Fox Meadow Lane at No. 12
451 Shaw Drive at Fox Meadow Lane
453 Shaw Drive at No. 27
51 Cochituate Road at Railroad Crossing
52 State Road at Cochituate Road
521 Wayland High School off Cochituate Road
53 Wayland Grammar School, Cochituate Road
61 Station No. (1) Millbrook Road
612 Millbrook Road at Nob Hill Road
613 Plain Road at Glen Road
621 Plain Road at Claypit Hill Road
6211 Claypit Hill School - Adams Lane
622 Claypit Hill Road at No. 70
623 Claypit Hill at Adams Lane
624 Adams Lane
6241 Adams Lane at Three Ponds Road
6242 Three Ponds Road at No. 11
63 Plain Road at Draper Road 64 State Road East at Bennett Road 642 State Road East at Spring Hill Road
6512 Pelham Island Road at No. 152
6513 Jeffrey Hill Road
652 Pelham Island Road at No. 174
653 Pelham Island Road at Erwin Road
66 State Road East at Rich Valley Road 664 State Road East at Old Connecticut Path
State Road West at St. Ann's Church
67 671 State Road West near Railroad Crossing
71 Concord Road at Bow Road
711 Bow Road
712 Concord Road at Plain Road
72 Old Sudbury Road at No. 11
721 Old Sudbury Road at Raytheon Mfg. Co.
722 Raytheon Mfg. Co.
73 Old Sudbury Road at Bow Road
82 Concord Road at Training Field Road
824 Orchard Lane
825 Orchard Lane
831 Concord Road at Glezen Lane
84 Concord Road at Moore Road
841 Concord Road at Lincoln Road
851 Concord Road at Sherman Bridge Road
921 Concord Road at Red Barn Road
922 Marshall Terrace
93 Red Barn Road
SPECIAL SIGNALS
1 Daily Test at 5:45 P. M.
2 All Out
3-3-3 Military Call
4-4-4 Boy Scouts
5-5 No School Signal at 7:00 A. M.
7-7 All Call-Firemen Report to their Station
OUT OF TOWN SIGNALS
512
Framingham
513 Lincoln
514 Natick
515
Sudbury
516 Weston
EMERGENCY NUMBERS TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT
EL. 8-4321 OL. 3-4321
NUMBERS FOR OTHER BUSINESS
STATION #1 -EL. 8-7701 STATION #2-OL. 3-2241
The department's first fire prevention program was started this year in the public schools at the grade school level.
Inspections of our schools, churches, public buildings, nursing homes and other business establishments are being conducted jointly by the Fire and Building Departments. At this time I wish to acknowledge the co-operation and assistance given this department by Homer L. MacDonald, Building and Wiring Inspector not only in this work but also in the condemnation of hazardous structures.
During the period June 4th to December 31st, 155 oil burner permits were issued and the installations are being inspected as the work is completed.
The second unit of Auxiliary Firefighters commenced weekly train- ing sessions in September. The regular men and the call men drill weekly. In August (4) four men attended short courses at the civilian defense rescue school in Topsfield, Mass. In September (10) ten men attended a training school conducted by the State of New Hampshire Fire Chiefs at Fitzwilliam, N. H.
The latest listing of fire alarm box locations and special signals of public interest will be found on the red pages preceding this report.
Fire alarm extensions were made this past year on Loker Street to the new Loker School and on Claypit Hill Road and Adams Lane to the new Claypit Hill School.
In conclusion I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the men of the department and all who have co-operated and helped in any way to further the development and efficiency of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
FJH/D
FRANCIS J. HARTIN, Chief, Wayland Fire Department.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER 1957
January 1, 1957 Cash Balance
$1,757,754.64
1957 Receipts 2,092,764.56
$3,850,519.20
1957 Payments
$3,141,250.17
January 1, 1958 Cash Balance
709,269.03
$3,850,519.20
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TRUST FUNDS Charity
Income 1957
Fund Amount
1. Allen $1,100.00 - Martin 6% Mortgage $1,100.00
$38.50
2. Donation 1,300.00 300.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss 12/1/73 42.94
3. Loker 2,000.00 1,000.00 - Wisconsin Electric Power - 37/8 s 1986
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 .. 63.75
4. Russell
5,251.67
251.67 - Provident Institution for Savings 2,000.00 - Southern Pacific 27/8s 1/1/86
1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4s 3/1/58
1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 35/ss 8/15/78
1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 166.47
Total Charity Funds ..
$9,651.67
Total Income for 1957
$311.66
Cemetery
1. J. M. Parmenter $5,000.00
$ 200.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 1,000.00 - N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. 31/2S 2/1/98 1,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debenture 33/ss. 12/73
1,800.00 - U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1964-1969 $144.87
2. Cemetery Perpetual Care 34,040.00
1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 1st Refund Mtg. 3s 9/1/65
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1,000.00 - Southern Pacific Oregon Line 1st Mtg. 41/2 S 3/1/77 2,000.00 - Southern Pacific R. R. 1st Mtg. 27ss 1/1/86 4,000.00 - Wisconsin Electric Power 37/8s 1986 200.00 - U. S. Treasury 21/2s 1964/69 4,000.00 -- New England Telephone & Telephone Co. 314 s 1991
3,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st Mtg. 478s 5/1/87 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone 438s Deb. 12/1/91
1,550.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986
2,000.00 - Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 43/ss 1988 1,300.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 6/1/58 1,600.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 11/1/58 3,700.00 - Southern California Edison 41/2s 2/15/82
4,000.00 - Northern Pacific Railway Prior Lien 4s 1997
3,690.00 - Provident Institution for Savings
1,122.32
Total Cemetery Funds $39,040.00
Total Income for 1957 $1,267.19
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds received in 1957 and included above:
Lewellyn Mills $150.00
Frank Houghton $150.00
Everett W. O'Dell
100.00
Helen Wight 100.00
Clarence H. Biernan 100.00
Frank Houghton 150.00
Gladys MacDonald 200.00
Russell P. Kerr 100.00
Lily Peters 100.00
Martin and Annie Shufelt
100.00
George P. Richardson 150.00
Katherine V. Johnson .. 100.00
Herbert and Helen Tufts .. 100.00
John A. S. Place 150.00
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Library
Fund Amount
Income 1957
1. Lydia M. Child
$150.00 $ 150.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986
$8.26
2. Harriet C. Damon ..
3,000.00 1,000.00 - Southern California Edison 35/ss 1978 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 86.25
3. Isaac C. Damon 1,000.00
1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company 43/8 S
Debentures 12/1/91 43.75
4. Ella E. Draper
500.00}
1,000.00 -
N. Y. Central Rwy. Co. Ref. and Imp. A 41/2s 10/1/2013 60.00
5. James Draper
500.00
6. Grace C. Draper 1,000.00
1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone
Company
43/8 S
Debentures 12/1/91 50.00
7. James Sumner Draper ...... 5,000.00
1,000.00 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Gen. Mtg. 4s 3/1/58 2,000.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986
1,300.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st Ref. Mtg. "H" 41/2s 2/15/1982 500.00 - Provident Institution for Savings 200.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 1/1/58 .. 195.12
8. Sarah W. Heard 3,100.00
100.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986 43% s 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company Debenture 12/1/91 2,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 99.25
9. Jonathan M. Parmenter .... 10,000.00
3,000.00 - The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company 43ss 8/15/1988 1,000.00 - U. S. Treasury Bond 21/2s 7/15/64-69 2,000.00 - Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Gen. Mtg. Series A 41/2s 6/1/65
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2,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debentures 33/8s 12/1/1973 1,000.00 - Michigan Bell Telephone Company Debentures 438s 12/1/1991 1,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st and Gen. Mtg. "W" 47/8 s 5/1/1987 394.38
10. Cynthia G. Roby 3,200.00
1,000.00 - American Telephone & Telegraph Company Debentures 33%s 12/1/1973
1,000.00 - Central Maine Power 1st and Gen. Mtg. "W" 47/8 s 5/1/1987 1,200.00 - Southern Nevada Power Co. 51/2s 1986 136.63
11. Francis Shaw 5,000.00
1,000.00 - Texas and New Orleans 1st Ref. 31/4 s 4/1/1970 1,000.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st and Ref. Mtg. "E" 35/ss 8/15/1978 3,000.00 - U. S. Series G Bond 21/2s Reg. 8/1/60 143.75
12. Dorothy C. Stone 2,000.00
2,000.00 - Southern California Edison Company 1st and Ref. Mtg. "E" 35/8s 8/15/1978 72.50
13. 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 .. $34,950.00
Total Income for 1957
$1,302.39
RESERVE FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT $2,476.56 - Warren Institution for Savings
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MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
SCHOOL
Initial Bor- rowings
Year
Type
Rate
Maturing Annually
Balance 1/1/58
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/59
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/60
Prin.
Int.
Balance 1/1/61
$400,000
1948
20-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
$20,000
$220,000
$20,000
$4,950.00
$200,000
$20,000
$4,500.00
$180,000
$20,000
$4,050.00
$160,000
150,000
1948
18-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
9,000
69,000
9,000
1,552.50
60,000
9,000
1,350.00
51,000
9,000
1,147.50
42,000
140,000
1949
20-Yr. Bonds
13/4%
10,000-57 5.000-58
60,000
5,000
1,006.25
55,000
5,000
918.75
50,000
5,000
831.25
45,000
210,000
1952
20-Yr. Bonds
1-3/5%
10,000
150,000
10,000
2,320.00
140,000
10,000
2,160.00
130,000
10,000
2,000.00
120,000
10,000
1952
10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
1,000
5,000
1,000
100.00
4,000
1,000
80.00
3,000
1,000
60.00
2,000
600,000
1954
20-Yr. Bonds
2-1/5%
30,000
510,000
30,000
10,890.00
480,000
30,000
10,230.00
450,000
30,000
9,570.00
420,000
150,000
1956
15-Yr. Bonds
21/2%
10,000
140,000
10,000
3,375.00
130,000
10,000
3,125.00
120,000
10,000
2,875.00
110.000
600.000
1956
20-Yr. Bonds
21/2%
30,000
570,000
30,000
13,875.00
540,000
30,000
13,125.00
510,000
30,000
12,375.00
480,000
62,000
1956
20-Yr. Bonds
3-2/5%
4,000-57/8 58,000
4,000
1,972.00
54,000
3,000
1,836.00
51,000
3,000
1,734.00
48,000
638,000
1956
20-Yr. Bonds
3-2/5%
31,000-57-8 607,000 32,000-59
31,000
20,638.00
576,000
32,000
20,638.00
544,000
32,000
18,496.00
512.000
Total Outstanding for School
1.939,000
Total Principal and Interest for each year ..
150,000 60,678.75
150,000 57,962.75
150,000 53,138.75
Total Payment for each year
210,678.75
207,962.75
203,138.75
WATER
37.000
1948
15-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
2,000
12,000
2,000
220.00
10.000
2,000
180.00
8,000
2,000
140.00
6,000
90,000
1948 15-Yr. Bonds
21/4%
6,000
36,000
6,000
810.00
30,000
6,000
675.00
24,000
6,000
540.00
18,000
10,000
1949
10-Yr. Notes
11/4%
1,000
2,000
1,000
25.00
1,000
1,000
12.50
0
19,000
1950
10-Yr. Notes
11/2%
2,000
5,000
2,000
60.00
3,000
2,000
30.00
1.000
1,000
7.50
0
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3,000-59
2,389,000
2.239.000
2,089,000
Payments 1960
Payments 1958
Payments 1959
10,000 1951 10-Yr. Notes
13/4%
1,000
4,000
1,000
70.00
3,000
1,000
52.50
2,000
1,000
35.00
1,000
20,000
1953
10-Yr. Coupon Notes 2%
2,000
12,000
2,000
220.00
10,000
2,000
180.00
8,000
2,000
140.00
6,000
18,000
1953
9-Yr. Notes
21/4%
2,000
10,000
2,000
225.00
8,000
2,000
180.00
6,000
2,000
135.00
4,000
15,000
1955
10-Yr. Notes
1.9%
1,500
12,000
1,500
213.75
10,500
1,500
185.25
9,000
1,500
156.75
7,500
Total Outstanding for Water
Total Principal and Interest for each year.
17,500
1,495.25
15,500
1,154.25
Total Payments for each year
19,343.75
18,995.25
16,654.25
FIRE
60,000 1952 20-Yr. Coupon
2%
4,000
40,000
4,000
800.00
36,000
4,000
720.00
32,000
4,000
640.00
28,000
Notes
2,000-63
Total Outstanding for Fire
40,000
36,000
32,000
28,000
Total Principal and Interest each year
4,000
800.00
4,000
720.00
4,000
640.00
Total Payment for each year
4,800
4.720
4,640
Total Outstanding School, Water, Fire
2,522.000
2,350,500
2,179,000
2,009.500
Total Principal and Interest: School Water, Fire
171,500
63,322.50
171,500
60,178.00
169,500
54,933
Total Payments for each year
234,822.50 (1958)
231,678.00 (1959)
224,433 (1960)
TEMPORARY LOANS
$100,000
@ 1.93
Dated: 5/24/57
Paid: 11/15/57
Anticipation of Taxes
75,500
58,000
42,500
93,000
17,500
1,843.75
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TAX TITLES
Number
Amount of Taxes
Valuation
Due in 1958
4
$449.78
$2,500.00
Due in 1959
5
688.56
3,300.00
9
$1,138.34
$5,800.00
Tax Title Possessions
85
$6,558.03
$13,270.00
INSURANCE
Date of
Expiration Type of Insurance
Amount of Insurance
1958 Workmen's Compensation and Employ- ers' Liability
Town Vehicles - Fire and Theft
$225,000.00
Town Vehicles - Liability
5,000.00- $10,000.00
Fire and Police - Accident
Honor Rolls
2,000.00
Burglary - Town Office Equipment
2,000.00
Fire - Town Buildings and Contents
840,000.00
1959 Public Liability
5,000.00-
10,000.00
Boilers
10,000.00
Burglary - Money and Securities
7,500.00-
8,500.00
Sprinkler Leakage
100,000.00
Fire - Town Buildings and Contents
840,000.00
1960 Fire - Park - Equipment Storage ....
5,000.00
DOROTHY S. DAMON, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
1953
Balance 1-1-57 Refunds Receipts Abatement
Tax
Balance Title Adjustments 12-31-57
Poll Taxes
$4.00
$2.00
$2.00
Motor Excise Taxes
70.59
70.59
Motor Excise Recalled Abatement 1954
47.90
47.90
Poll Taxes
2.00
2.00
Real Estate Taxes
117.72
10.80
54.00
52.92
Motor Excise Taxes 1955
518.47
7.80
510.67
Poll Taxes
10.00
10.00
Real Estate Taxes
2,893.46
2,126.61
151.20
162.40
-2.25
451.00
Street Betterments Apportioned
15.08
6.08
9.00
Street Betterments Committed Interest
6.20
3.36
2.84
Water Betterments Apportioned
5.00
5.00
Water Betterments Committed Interest
0.40
0.40
Motor Excise Taxes 1956
968.57
60.73
797.10
110.74
Poll Taxes
124.00
2.00
76.00
80.00
+30.00
Personal Property Taxes
1,245.80
30.00
1,215.60
60.00
-0.20
Motor Excise Taxes
39,400.44
2,941.53
36,251.69
5,095.97
+0.11
994.42
Real Estate Taxes
27,062.91
150.00
19,329.57
294.00
198.00
-94.10
7,297.24
Street Betterments Apportioned
212.61
14.12
187.73
+24.00
63.00
Street Betterments Committed Interest
63.28
8.25
67.61
+17.72
21.64
Water Betterments Apportioned
27.00
22.00
5.00
Water Betterments Committed Interest 1957
1.21
4.00
+2.99
0.20
Poll Taxes
4,948.00
6.00
4,426.00
480.00
48.00
Personal Property Taxes
..
68,516.26
161.20
67,471.56
514.60
691.30
Real Estate Taxes
1,035,251.26 3,371.35 984,323.20
22,905.90
373.24
31,020.27
Farm Animal Excise Taxes
110.36
12.37
122.73
Street Betterments Apportioned
2,648.00
2,304.00
31.00
-1.00
312.00
Street Betterments Committed Interest
1,072.95
943.31
4.96
124.68
Water Betterments Apportioned ..
315.90
273.10
15.80
27.00
Water Betterments Committed Interest
42.53
36.52
2.29
3.72
Motor Excise Taxes
134,547.51
3,879.76 106,536.86
10,445.53
+27.59
21,472.47
Total Outstanding Taxes
$62,712.84
Betterments Paid in Advance
1,491.80
Water Accounts Receivable
91,449.27
Water Accounts Miscellaneous
39,997.76
Committed Interest on Meter Installa- tions
156.52
Departmental Collections (Partial) :
1. Assessor's Clerk
10.00
2. Building and Wire Inspector
1,830.00
3. Cemetery
1,989.00
4. Fire
71.00
5. General Office
55.00
6. Health
579.26
7. Library
440.33
8. Park
265.41
9. Planning Board
25.00
10.
Plumbing Inspector
1,130.00
11. Police
20.00
12. Schools
239.35
13. Selectmen
6,760.50
14. Sealer of Weights and
Measures
46.95
15. Town Clerk
93.50
..
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. CHESLAK.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS Statistics for the year ending December 31, 1957
Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1956 ... Personal Property Assessed January 1, 1956
$15,106,925.00
1,037,964.00
Real Estate Owned by Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission
38,692.56
$16,183,581.56
Real Estate Assessed January 1, 1957
Land Exclusive of Buildings
$2,592,165.00}
Building Exclusive of Land
14,097,436.00}
$16,689,601.00
Real Est. owned by Met. Dist. Com. 38,692.56
$16,728,293.56
Personal Estate Assessed January 1, 1957
Stock in Trade
$49,900.00
Machinery
920,541.00
Live Stock
34,660.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
100,000.00
$1,105,101.00
Total Property Assessed January 1, 1957
$17,833,394.56
Total Property Assessed January 1, 1956
16,183,581.56
Increase
$1,649,813.00
Number of Polls Assessed .... 2,464
Number of Live Stock Assessed :-
Farm Horses
5
Saddle Horses
55
Ponies
4
Colts
1
Number of Neat Cattle :-
Cows
368
Heifers
0
Bulls
10
Fowl
520
All Other :- Mules
1
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
8,184
Number of Dwellings Assessed
2,494
Additional Polls .....
10 $20.00
124
Motor Vehicles
Number Value
Tax
1957 (Incomplete)
3,982
$2,558,315.00 3,015,570.00
$134,547.51 136,900.80
Exempt from Taxes :-
Valuation
U. S. Government Post Office
$500.00
Com. of Mass. Three Gate Houses
15,000.00
Mass. Turnpike
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