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1. Reasonable contractual provisions can be entered into to provide the Town with sufficient funds to carry on this project, and 2. The School Committee, in its operating contract or permit or other advice in writing, makes it clear to the Air Force Headquarters at Bedford and to the U. S. Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare, that the Town will expect any School Committee in office to cancel the arrange- ment for operating such on-base school as of the close of any school year if that Committee or the Selectmen believe its continuance is likely to retard improvement in the stan-
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TOWN MEETINGS
dards of education which the Town may wish to maintain for its own children or to result in expense to the Town based on the Town's own accounting and allocations.
Article 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or any other way, a parcel of land located on Lincoln Road, now or formerly owned by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company containing 4400 square feet more or less, together with the building thereon, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Committee in renovating the Telephone Building, so-called, on Lincoln Road, for school purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,050.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of transporting children to Lake Wal- den for Red Cross Swimming classes, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum o f $1,050.00 for use of the Recreation Committee to provide transportation and supervision of such transportation to the Red Cross Swimming Classes at Walden Pond; that $300.00 for supervision be raised by taxation, and $750.00 for trans- portation be taken from free cash; and that said sum of $750.00 be repaid to the Town if and when collected from the children transported.
Article 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $600.00 for permanent improvements in the Cemeteries, said sum to be taken from Cemetery Im- provement Fund, or take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That the Town authorize the transfer of $1,000 from the Cemetery Investment Fund to the Cemetery Improve - ment Account, said sum to be used, at the discretion of the Cemetery Commissioners, for improvements of a permanent nature in the three Lincoln Cemeteries.
Article 28. £ To see if the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00, or any other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
committee of five to plan and carry out exercises on Memo- rial Day, the thirtieth of May next, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the use of such Committee in connection with these exercises.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the 4th of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto. Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of five to plan a celebration for Independence Day, the fourth of July, and that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,200.00 for the use of said Committee.
Meeting adjourned at 11:30 P. M.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION March 23, 1957
In accordance with Article 1 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, the polls were declared open by the Moderator at 12 o'clock Noon. Previously the ballot box had been inspected and the following Ballot Clerks duly sworn : Margaret M. Algeo, Elizabeth J. Snelling, Catherine M. Coan, Manley B. Boyce, William O. Causer and D. Everett Sherman, Jr. The polls were declared closed at 7 o'clock P. M. with the following results. Total number of votes cast was 565.
Moderator (3 years)
Donald P. Donaldson 552
Blanks 13
Town Clerk (1 year)
William H. Davis
556
Blanks
9
Selectman (3 years)
Elliott V. Grabill 539
Scattering
1
Blanks 25
Assessor (3 years)
William M. Rand, Jr.
545
Blanks
20
Treasurer (1 year)
Frederick B. Taylor
549
Blanks 16
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ELECTIONS
Auditor (1 year)
Louis C. Farley, Jr. 545
Blanks 20
Elizabeth C. Donaldson 345
Helen B. Gilfoy 216
1
Scattering Blanks
3
William A. Wilson 550
Blanks
15
Water Commissioner
Edward S. Taylor
546
(3 years)
Blanks
19
Board of Health
Ellen DeN. Cannon
553
(3 years)
Blanks
12
Tree Warden (1 year)
Robert Ralston
544
Blanks
21
Cemetery Commissioner (2 years)
James DeNormandie
541
Blanks
24
Cemetery Commissioner (3 years)
Warren F. Flint
552
Blanks
13
Planning Board
George II. Kidder
544
(5 years)
Blanks
21
Commissioner of
William T. King
541
Trust Funds (3 years)
Blanks
24
Director DeCordova
A. Bradlee Emmons
407
Museum (4 years)
Albert C. England, Jr.
125
Blanks
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William II. Davis, Town Clerk
27 .
School Committee (3 years)
Regional District School Committee
(3 years)
TOWN GOVERNMENT
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING May 6, 1957
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P. M. The return of the Warrant was read and Reverend Mclaughlin gave the invocation to the Deity. The following business was transacted:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $450.00 for the replacement of the fire alarm whistle, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450.00 to replace the fire alarm whistle.
At this point, Mr. F. Winchester Denio, Chairman of the Finance Committee, asked that the two following articles be held over while he stated the financial condition of the Town, at the conclusion of which he was given a hearty round of applause.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from taxation, borrowing, available funds, or any combination of these, a sufficient sum of money to erect and equip an elementary school plant on the site acquired by vote of the Town under Article 7 of the Special Meeting on December 18, 1956, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Voted : (Yes: 231; No. 15) That the sum of $530,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a new elementary school on the site acquired pursuant to vote of the Town under Article 7 of the Special Meeting on December 18th, 1956, and, to meet said appropriation, that the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated from taxation and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is, authorized to borrow the sum of $525,000, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor; $400,000 of the loan hereby authorized to be under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and $125,000 of the said loan to be under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws; and that the Committee appointed by the Moderator in accordance with the vote of the Town under Article 25 at the adjourned Annual Meeting on March 21, 1956, is hereby continued and is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and to do all things necessary to construct and equip and furnish said new elemen- tary school, and if a vacancy should occur on said Committee, the Moderator is hereby authorized to fill such vacancy.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from taxation, borrowing, available funds, or any combination of the foregoing, a sum of money sufficient to construct, equip and furnish, a combined police and fire station on the site acquired by the Town for such building pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 5 at the special Meeting on December 18th, 1956, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: (Yes: 221; No: 22) That the sum of $100, 000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing, equipping and furnishing, a combined Police and Fire Sta- tion on the site acquired by the Town for such building pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 5 at the Special Meeting on December 18, 1956; that to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and hereby is, authorized to borrow the sum of $100, 000 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; that the Committee ap- pointed by the Moderator pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 24 at the Annual Meeting on March 21, 1956, and continued in office pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 6 at the Special Meeting on December 18, 1956, is hereby further continued and is hereby authorized and em- powered to enter into contracts and to do or cause to be done all things necessary or desirable to construct, equip and furnish a combined Police and Fire Station on said site; and that the Moderator is hereby authorized to fill any vacancy which may occur on said Committee.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the roof and replace shingles on the Town Hall, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: ( unanimous) That the action taken by the Town under Article 10 at the Annual Town Meeting in 1957 be rescinded, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 to repair the roof and replace shingles on the Town Hall.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to be applied to Item 43, Article 5, of the 1957 budget, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to be applied to Article 5, Item 43, of the 1957 Budget.
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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to request the Trustees under the will of Julian de Cordova to pay over to the deCordova and Dana Museum and Park corporation 100% of the B Trust net income for the year 1957, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: (Unanimous) That the Town request the Trustees under the will of Julian de Cordova to pay over to the de Cordova and Dana Museum and Park corporation 100% of the B Trust net income for the year 1957.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P. M.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
LICENSES
Total number of Dog Licenses issued during the year 1957. 587, namely: 283 Male, 108 Female, 194 Spayed Female and 2 Kennel; for which the sum of $1,272.85 has been paid to the Town Treasurer.
Sporting, etc., issued during the year 1957: 80 Fishing, 52 Hunting, 29 Sporting, 25 Minor Fishing, 15 Female Fish- ing, 2 Non-Resident Special Fishing, and 1 Duplicate; for which the sum of $611.50 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries & Game.
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
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Finance
REPORT OF TIIE STATE AND TOWN AUDITORS
The work of the State Auditor in 1957 consisted, as usual, of a thorough check of the Town's financial records for the preceding year, 1956, and the preparation of a statement of the Town's financial condition at the begin- ning of the year 1957.
The statutes provide that the "substance" of the State Auditor's report be published. In the Town Auditor's opinion, this substance is contained in the balance sheet of the Town prepared by the State Auditor, showing the con- dition of the Town as of April 30, 1957. A summarization of this Balance Sheet is published below.
The full Auditor's report is on file with the Town Clerk, and is available for the examination of any interested citizens of the Town.
Respectfully submitted : Louis C. Farley, Jr. . Town Auditor
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TOWN OF LINCOLN BALANCE SHEET April 30, 1957 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash : General Water Petty Cash
$114,640.85
Temporary Loan in anticipation of Revenue 1957
$100,000.00
65.00
Due County - Dog Licenses
473.00
$158,693.08
Trust Fund Income
145.04
Accounts Receivable :
122.19
Taxes
$ 5,458.43
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
822.30
Motor Vehicle Excise
7,139.31
Federal Grants for Welfare
6,298.30
Departmental Water Department Aid to Highways
2,609.79
School Milk Fund
1,046.45
3,667.23
Unexpended appropriations
600,883,40
$24,216.67
Revenue 1957:
Approps. Voted $807,331.33
Overlay Surplus
$ 8,585.06
County Hosp. Ass. 1957 Paid
2,957.06
Uncollected Revenue Petty Cash
65.00
Deduct :
Polls Assessed
2,028.00
Est. Receipts
Collected
29,450.12
Available Funds
Voted 169,559.81
$609,250.46
28.528.52
$ 75,277.17
Water Receipts to be collected Underestimates, 1956
23,277.07 1,587.30
$817,024.58
$817,024.58
FINANCE
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5,341.91
$709,790.68
Reserves :
Reserved for Abatements
4,548.43
18,758.24
$810,288.39
$ 31,956.73
Surplus Revenue : General Water
$ 46,748.65
43,987.23
Premium and Accrued Interest on Water Loan
TREASURER
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1957
General
Water
Total
Cash on hand and deposit
January 1, 1957 $ 188,896.45 $ 31,941.85
$ 220,838.30
Receipts 1957 (See
Accounting Officer's
report for detail)
1,511,629.90
40,377.82
1,552,007.72
$1,700,526.35
$72,319.67
$1,772, 846.02
Payments per warrants 1957
$1,136,934.01
$30,115.46
$1,167,049.47
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1957
563,592.34
42,204.21
605,796.55
$1,700,526.35
$72,319.67
$1,772,846.02
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1957 :
In office awaiting deposit
$ 3,975.76
$
-
$ 3,975.76
Harvard Trust Co., Concord
96,292.29
42,204.21
138,496.50
First National Bank, Boston
708.82
708.82
Merchants National Bank, Boston
13,590.32
13,590.32
Belmont Savings Bank
4,847.02
4,847.02
Beverley Savings Bank
5,153.98
5,153.98
Boston Five Cents
Savings Bank
4,788.65
4,788.65
Brockton Savings Bank
5,296.52
5,296.52
Brookline Savings Bank
2,668.16
2,668.16
Cambridge Savings Bank
5,722.41
5,722.41
Charlestown Savings Bank
5,936.39
5,936.39
Home Savings Bank
5,402.82
5,402.82
Institution for Savings in Roxbury
5,322.96
5,322.96
Lowell Institution for Savings
2,570.80
2,570.80
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank
5,344.92
5,344.92
Malden Savings Bank
2,650.23
2,650.23
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank
3,569.59
3,569.59
Newton Savings Bank
5,402.96
-
5,402.96
North Avenue Savings Bank
2,767.70
2,767.70
Provident Institution for Savings
5,418.19
5,418.19
Suffolk-Franklin Savings Bank
5,463.94
-
5,463.94
Waltham Savings Bank
3,255.99
3,255.99
Warren Institution for Savings
7,787.63
-
7,787.63
Whitman Savings Bank
5,533.00
-
5,533.00
Concord Co-operative Bank
6,000.00
-
6,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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FINANCE
General
Water
Total
U. S. Treasury bills,
at cost:
$100,000.00 due January 30, 1958
$ 99,696.67
-
$ 99,696.67
$ 50,000.00 due
February 13, 1958
49,692.79
-
49,692.79
$100,000.00 due February 27, 1958
99,457.50
-
99,457.50
$100,000.00 due
March 20, 1958
99,274.33
-
99,274.33
$563,592.34
$42,204.21
$605,796.55
Frederick B. Taylor, Town Treasurer
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TREASURER
OUTSTANDING DEBT
$110,000
School Building Loan, 1 3/4%, due $10,000 each December 1, 1958 - 1968, issued under Chapter 208, Acts of 1948.
45,000 School Building Loan, 1 3/4%, due $5,000 December 1, 1958, and $4,000 each December 1, 1959 - 1968, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
4,000 Highway Equipment Building Loan, 1 3/4%, due December 1, 1958, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
172,000
School Building Loan, 1 3/4%, due $13,000 each December 1, 1958 - 1961, and $12,000 each December 1, 1962 - 1971, issued under Chapter 356, Acts of 1951.
56,000 School Building Loan, 1 3/4%, due $4,000 each December 1, 1958 - 1971, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
100,000 Police and Fire Station Loan, 3.60%, due $5,000 each, October 1, 1958 - 1977, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended ..
400,000 School Project Loan, 3.60%, due $20,000 each October 1, 1958 - 1977, issued under Acts of 1948.
75,000 School Construction Loan, 3.60%, due $5,000 each October 1, 1958 - 1972, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
45,000 Water Main Loan, 2.70%, due $5,000 each October 1, 1958 - 1966, issued under Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
$1,007,000 50,000
School Construction Bonds, authorized but not issued.
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FINANCE
CEMETERY INVESTMENT FUND
Cash Account
Sale of cemetery lots in 1957 $ 873.00
369.73
Interest on Investment Fund savings account Repayment to Cemetery Investment Fund from General Funds of advance made in error in prior year
136.99
Withdrawn from savings bank account
410,00
$ 1,789.72
Paid to Town of Lincoln, per appropriation $1,000.00
Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate
369.73
Deposited in savings bank
418,00 1,787,73
Cash balance at December 31, 1957
$ 1,99
Middlesex Institution for Savings
$12,051.68
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TREASURER
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Funds deposited in
Middlesex Institu-
tion for Savings
Principal
1957
in 1957
1957 Income
December 31, 1957 Balance
Samuel Hartwell
$ 300.00 $
53.09 $
8.50 $
10.83
$ 355.42
Orila J. Flint
300.00
43.88
8.50
10.56
345.94
Annie A. Ray
300.00
121.56
8.50
13.01
426.07
Maria L. Thompson
500.00
163.91
8.50
20.64
676.05
John H. Pierce
500.00
59.55
8.50
17.35
568.40
George F. Harrington
100.00
17.94
-
3.69
121.63
Francis Flint
250.00
121.33
8.50
11.41
374.24
William W. Benjamin
500.00
218.26
8.50
22.34
732.10
Abijah Jones
300.00
37.70
8.50
10.37
339.57
Ellen F. Whitney
100.00
16.31
-
3.66
119.97
E. H. Rogers
250.00
35.92
8.50
8.73
286.15
Ellen T. Trask
200.00
92.98
5.00
9.06
297.04
Thomas Huddleston
200.00
25.77
4.25
6.96
228.48
Joa Pacewicz
400.00
35.62
10.00
13.40
439.02
Mary Susan Rice
87.27
24.89
3.52
115.68
Julia A. Bemis
300.00
30.43
15.00
9.93
325.36
Donald Gordon
300.00
167.53
9.20
14.43
472.76
Elizabeth G. Chapin
300.00
98.12
12.54
410.66
Sarah J. Browning
200.00
26.43
17.75
6.55
215.23
Agnes S. Brown
300.00
55.08
6.00
10.99
360.07
Lewis W. Woodworth
150.00
21.42
5.38
176.80
Robert B. Chapin
300.00
43.24
7.00
10.58
346.82
Gardner Moore
300.00
40.49
8.00
10.46
342.95
Mary James Scripture
500.00
69.90
10.00
17.62
577.52
Charles P. Farnsworth
350.00
47.36
32.60
11.47
376.23
Helen O. Storrow
2,000.00
325.92
10.50
72.92
2,388.34
Elizabeth S. Wheeler
200.00
35.25
4.50
7.25
238.00
L. B. & A. E.
Thiessen
500.00
91.13
-
18.62
609.75
Paul Dorian
150.00
24.76
-
5.49
180.25
Raymond E. Hagerty
150.00
24.76
-
5.49
180.25
George G. Tarbell
400.00
33.08
12.00
13.26
434.34
Eugene Sherman
200.00
10.94
6.63
217.57
Mildred E. Bowles
200.00
7.71
-
6.52
214.23
Mabel H. Todd
200.00
5.53
.
6.46
211.99
John J. Kelliher
200.00
4.02
-
6.42
210.44
Lena M. Newell
325.00
-
325.00
Suffolk Savings Bank
J. Waldo Smith
300.00
45.52
6.00
10.68
350.20
Charles S. Smith
300.00
49.69
7.00
10.77
353.46
Edward R. Farrar
300.00
33.40
8.50
10.21
335.11
Anne D. Pollard
300.00
33,07
8,00
10.23
335,30
-
3.60
118.16
Charles O. Preble
100.00
14.56
-
$13,112.27 2,408.05 257.80
470.03 15,732.55
Frederick B. Taylor, Town Treasurer
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Income Accumu- lated Before
1956 Care Paid
FINANCE
REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER
A report of receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1957, with a balance sheet showing the financial con- dition of the Town.
BORROWING CAPACITY OF THE TOWN
January 1, 1958
Real and Personal
Valuation 1955 less abatements
Valuation 1956 less abatements Valuation 1957 less abatements Motor Vehicle
$ 6,180,265.00 6,535,620.00 7,152,215.00
Valuation 1955 less abatements
1,011,775.00
Valuation 1956 less abatements
1,119,768.00
Valuation 1957 less abatements
1,119,648.00
$ 23,119,291.00
Average Valuation $7,706,430.00
5% Legal Borrowing Capacity 385,321.00
FUNDED DEBT
General, Inside Limit
Outside Limit
Enterprise, Water
$ 280,000.00 682,000.00 45,000,00
TOTAL FUNDED DEBT
1/1/58
$ 1,007,000.00
AVAILABLE BORROWING CAPACITY
1/1/58
$ 105,321.00
AUTHOR IZED BUT UNISSUED (School) $ 50,000.00
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ACCOUNTING OFFICER
GENERAL REVENUE
Current Year Polls Personal Real Estate
$ 1,816.00
36,672.06
443,273.00
$481,761.06
Prior Years Polls
16.00
Personal Real Estate
7.339.76
7,578.46
In lieu of taxes (City of Cambridge)
1,103.71
From the State
Income Tax
41,050.88
Corporation Tax
20,650.00
Meals Tax
715.28
Re-imb. Loss of Taxes
645.23
63,061.39
Permits
Building
1,244.50
Plumbing
647.00
Wiring
451.00
2,342.50
Fines
Court
137.70
Grants and Gifts
School Construction
10,516.91
Transportation
17,294.55
27,811.46
From Federal Grants
Disability Assistance
Administration
29.27
Assistance
333.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Administration
50.80
Assistance
146.40
Old Age Assistance
Administration
688.44
Assistance
9.850.37
11,098.28
School Aid (Public Law 874)
6,662.04
From County Dog Licenses Care & Killing
941.22
65.00
1,006.22
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222.70
FINANCE
COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Privileges
Motor Vehicle Excise Levy of 1957 Prior years Farm Excise
$ 56,852.78 17,995.92 170.29
$ 75,018.99
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Sale of By-Laws, maps, etc.
82.25
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Re-imbursement for fire calls
246.54
Sealer of Weights & Measures
37.00
Board of Appeals
108.00
391.54
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
Dog Inoculations
115.00
Nurses fees
223.25
Garbage collections
4,602.75
4,941.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 90 Construction State Aid
6,500.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance State Aid
5,054.37
County Aid
3,273.72
Snow Removal, State
258.00
15,086.09
PUBLIC WELFARE
Disability Assistance
Reimbursement, State
606.62
Aid to Dependent Children
Reimbursement, State
138.51
Old Age Assistance
Reimbursement, State
9,940.31
Cities and Towns
510.92
11,196.36
Veterans Paraplegic Veterans, State 278.80
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ACCOUNTING OFFICER
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY
Tuition
$ 247.60
State Wards, State
913.99
Vocational Education, State
735.64
Sale of books and rent of gym. Milk Fund
4,716.81
Library Fines
547.80.
$ 7,401.84
UNCLASSIFIED
DeCordova reimbursement for State Audit
150.00
RECREATION
Swimming program
526.05
Recreation prizes
9.00
535.05
CEMETERIES
Interments
472.00
Foundations
5.30
477.30
INTEREST
Interest on Taxes Savings Accounts
382.23
3,141.94
U. S. Government Bands
3,205.21
6,729.38
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Agency
Dog Licenses
1,272.85
John H. Pierce Fund
181.00
Cemetery Investment Fund
863.01
Grammar School Fund
42.85
DeCordova School Equipment Fund
711.84
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
3,476.39
Tailings
440.20
6,988.14
REFUNDS
General Departments
464.87
School Construction
1,190.00
Estimated Receipts
431.22
Accrued Interest
345.00
Cash advances returned
65.00
2,496.09
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240.00
FINANCE
LOANS
Temporary Loans School Loan
$200,000.00 475,000.00
Police and Fire Building Loan
100,000.00
Premium on Loans
2,294.25
$777,294.25
Total Cash Receipts
1,511,629.90
Cash Balance January 1, 1957
188.896.45
$1,700,526.35
WATER REVENUE
Water Rates
34,989.56
Water Connections
1,893.26
Hydrant Rentals
3,495.00
Total Water Department Receipts
40,377.82
Cash Balance January 1, 1957
31,941.85*
$ 72,319.67
$7,500 reserved for Water Meter Replacement
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ACCOUNTING OFFICER
EXPENDITURES PAYMENTS ON SELECTMEN'S WARRANTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
$ 8,266.23
Treasurer
2,044.68
Collector
2,392.88
Town Clerk
498.71
Assessors
2,221.79
Auditor
50.00
Legal
498.49
Election and Registration
728.89
Town Hall
18,099.46
Planning Board
125.37
Finance Committee
15.00
$34,941.50
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
26,238.74
Fire Department
34,023.27
Fire and Police Station
51,515.26
Moth Department
4,276.17
Tree Warden
· 1,734.55
Board of Appeals
266.03
Inspectors of Buildings
Plumbing and Wiring
1,301.45
Civilian Defense
268.91
Communications
17,459.08
Printing Building Code
265.41
137,348.87
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
9,230.75
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Rent and Maintenance of Dump
1,732.16
Mosquito Control
6,500.00
Poison Ivy Control
794.63
18,357.54
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 90 Maintenance
4,493.95
Chapter 90 Construction
16,144.14
General Highways
43,567.96
Street Lights
6,443.41
Virginia Road
232.30
Equipment
19,424.07
90,305.83
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FINANCE
PUBLIC WELFARE
Aid to Citizens Administration
$29,033.17 1.539.25
$30,572.42
SCHOOLS
Elementary School
247,816.09
Elementary School Construction
115,835.75
Elementary School Land
29 ,500.00
393,151.84
Regional High School
121,235.80
LIBRARY
Library
7,705.83
Library Building Committee
1,500.00
9,205.83
RECREATION
Recreation
3,426.13
UNCLASSIFIED
Middlesex County Retirement
3,115.99
Employee Insurance and
Hospital Fund
3,505.66
Property Insurance
8,492.56
Town Reports
1,254.86
Preservation of Town Records
10.06
Memorial Day
195.65
4th of July Celebration
1,200.00
Acquisition of Public Land Committee
161.23
Capital Requirements Committee
137.20
18,073.21
CEMETERY
Cemetery
2,201.02
TOWN DEBT SERVICE
Bond Payment 36,000.00
Interest on Bonds and Tax Notes
9,481.50
45,481.50
REFUNDS
Refunds on taxes 4,172.84
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ACCOUNTING OFFICER
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Dog Licenses due County
$ 1,259.70
Milk Fund
4,249.06
Repayment of Temporary Loan
200,000.00
Premium on Loan
1,851.04
State Parks and Reservations tax
1,177.51
State Audit
884.70
County Tax
16,080.61
County Hospital Assessment
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