Town Report on Lincoln 1956-1959, Part 19

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1026


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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


33


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


32


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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