Town Report on Lincoln 1956-1959, Part 28

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


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TRUST FUNDS


LINCOLN SCHOLARSHIP FUND


Cash Account


Cash balance at January 1, 1957


$ 363.33


Donations to Fund in 1957:


To General fund:


Lincoln School Association


$100.00


4-H Club


125.00


School operetta proceeds


225.00


Class 8 C, Smith School


26.40


General appeal


781,20


To Robert L. DeNormandie Fund


Interest income


$ 79.13


Less accrued interest paid on


9,44


69.69


Bond interest applied to amortize


bond purchase premium


.20


$1,940.82


Payments per order Fund Trustees:


Printing appeal letter and postage


$ 46.35


Scholarship grants:


Phyllis R. Campobasso, Colby College


200.00


Valerie V. Chodsky, Harvard University


125.00


Stephen E. Murphy, Rutgers University


75.00


1,000 Pacific Gas & Electric 5% bond due 1989 purchased


1,007.98


Savings bank interest allowed to


15,47


1,469.80


Cash balance at December 31, 1957


$ 471,02


Cash and Securities at December 31,1957


Cash on deposit


$ 471.02


Provident Institution for Savings


515.47


1,000 Federal Land Banks 3 7/8% 1972


994.75


1,000 Pacific Gas & Electric 5% 1989


1,007.78


$2,989.02


Robert L. DeNormandie Fund General fund


$ 500.00


2,489.02


$2,989,02


1,257.60 250.00


bonds purchased


accumulate


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BEMIS LECTURE FUND


Cash Account


Cash balance at January 1, 1957


$ 658.01


Interest income received in 1957 $1,109.78 Less accrued interest on bonds purchased 20.91


1,088.87


Withdrawn from savings banks


3,012.62


$7,800 USA Series "G" bonds matured


7,800.00


Interest income applied to amortize bond purchase premiums


6,46


$12,565.96


Payments per order Fund trustees:


January 18 - Roger T. Peterson


$ 200.00


February 25 - Nicolas Slonimsky


100.00


October 24 - Mildred Capron


150.00


November 18 - Cleveland P. Grant


150.00


Janitor services at lectures


20.00


Projector services at lectures


13.00


Rent of piano


85.00


Printing and postage


150.65


Safe deposit box rent


3,00


$ 871.65


Bonds purchased :


2,000 Idaho Power 4% 1987


2,000.00


1,000 Idaho Power 4 3/4% 1987 1,016.08


3,000 American Tel. & Tel. 4 3/8% 1985


3,036.42


3,000 Western Mass. Electric 4 3/8% 1987 3,000.00


Deposited in savings banks 1,798.08


Savings bank interest allowed to accumulate


24,38


11,746.61


Cash balance at December 31, 1957


$ 819.35


Cash and Securities at December 31, 1957


Cash on deposit


$ 819.35


Middlesex Institution for Savings


1,015.42


Provident Institution for Savings


1,867.97


1,000 USA Series "G" 2 1/2% due Nov. 1, 1959


1,000.00


3,000 American Tel. & Tel. 4 3/8% 1985


3,035.77


3,000 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Gen'1 4% 1995


3,000.00


3,000 Federal Land Banks 3 7/8% 1972


2,984.25


2,000 Idaho Power 4 1/2% 1987


2,000.00


1,000 Idaho Power Co. 4 3/4% 1987


1,016.08


3,000 New England Power 3 1/4% 1961


3,000.00


3,000 Niagara Mohawk Power 3 5/8% 1986 3,000 Pacific Tel. & Tel. 4 3/8% 1988


3,134.34


3,000 Southern California Edison 3% 1965


2,905.00


1,000 Virginia Electric & Power 4 1/8% 1986


1,037.35


3,000 Western Mass. Electric 4 3/8% 1987


3.000,00


$32.729,28


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2,913.75


TRUST FUNDS


Accumulated income Principal


$ 889.24 31,840,04


$32,729.28


GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUND


Cash Account


1957 savings bank interest paid to Town of Lincoln $ 42.85


Savings Bank Deposits at Dec. 31, 1957


Middlesex Institution for Savings


$ 722.00


Cambridge Savings Bank


495.52


$ 1,217,52


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FINANCE COMMITTEE


Recommended Budgets for General Purposes and Water Department


The Finance Committee recommends that the Town adopt for its 1958 budget the several appropriations listed and numbered in the attached Schedule aggregating $759,940.09 for General Purposes and $44, 702.50 for the Water Department.


These aggregates compare with the appropriations last year for the same purposes as follows :


1957 Budget 1957 Expended


Recommended


Increase


General Purposes $673,737.67


$645,062.80 $759,940.09 $86,202.42


Water Department 41,999.75


28,226.24 44,702.50 $ 2,702.75


Approximately three-quarters of the recommended increase for general purposes is directly related to the operation (including property insurance ) of our Elementary schools and the bond ser- vice on the debt for the new construction now in progress, as follows :


Increase in operating budget as reported by School Committee after subtracting two years' credit under U. S. Public Law 874 of $13,262.00


$20,238.00


School Property Insurance increase (estimated)


3,280.00


Bond service on new bonds for schools, issued in 1957 (less interest reduction due to retirement of 1957 maturities of previous issues )


41,540.00


Total . -- Elementary Schools $65,058.00


. Other major budget increases :


Bond service on Fire and Police building bonds


$ 8,600.00


Fire Department - Operation


7,250.00


Fire and Police building - Maintenance 4,845.00


Highway (General)


6,984.00


Unexpended departmental appropriations, other than Water, totalled $28,674.87 at the year end and were credited as a wel- come addition to the Surplus Account on which we drew so heavily last year. The Water Department added $13,773.51 to its working balance.


The Commonwealth has certified the "free cash" of the Town as of January 1, 1958, at $90,324.56. This compares with the figure of $106, 041.00 a year ago. Were it not for the unspent appro- priations above referred to and an unexpected distribution of Cor-


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poration taxes late in the year, we would not have regained as much of our "free cash" position.


Our Committee made the following transfers during the year for unforeseen requirements which were charged to the $10,000.00 which was appropriated for that purpose from Overlay Surplus :


Town Hall - Supplies and Miscellaneous $ 300.00


Communications - Equipment and Supplies 2,700.34


Labor at Fires


637.65


Board of Health - Salaries


250.00


Supplies & Miscellaneous


324.00


Highways - Maintenance


500.00


Street Lighting


1.39


Schools - Auxiliary Services


500.00


Insurance


315.67


Temporary Loans - Interest


579.00


Total Transferred $ 6,108.05


Balance returned to Overlay Surplus $ 3,891.95


With the drop in building permits issued by the Town in 1957, it would seem improbable that the increase in valuation on account of new construction will be as large as the approximately $631,000 increase that was effective for 1957. We suggest that for our thinking at Town Meeting this year we assume that each $7,500.00 of appropriations will have an effect of $1.00 in the computation of the tax rate by the Assessors.


This year, for the first time, the Budget for General Purposes exceeds the three-quarter million dollar mark. The school con- struction program, both in the Elementary and Regional schools, is far from completed, and these prospective expenditures, plus others which the Capital Expenditure Committee Report calls to our attention, indicate that we shall continue to be responsible for a per capita debt which we believe is among the highest of the cities and towns in the Commonwealth.


Our present expenditures for education, whether on a per capita or per pupil basis, we believe are the highest of any comparable Massachusetts towns and present trends give no indication of any change in this condition. Since our educational costs are such a large proportion of the budget, and since the total dollars to be spent for education in 1958 cannot readily be found from the Town Report, we are presenting below a computation of these costs for the calendar year 1958, so that the Town may know what they are :


Elementary Schools


Our Share Regional High


Combined


General Control


$ 16,010.00


$ 5,885.00


$ 21,895.00


Out of State Travel


600.00


277.00


877.00


Instruction


196,322.00


66,004.00


262,326.00


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Elementary Schools


Our Share Regional High


Combined


Operation


$ 31,152.00* $13,463.00


$ 44,615.00


Maintenance & Repairs


10,274.00


3,470.00


13,744.00


Auxiliary Agencies


29,208.00


18,744.00


47,952.00


Bond Interest & Principal


80,802.00


41,323.00


122,125.00


Insurance


8,500.00


1,859.00


10,359.00


Outlay


2,803.00


1,957.00 **


4,760.00


Other


3,138.00


3,138.00


TOTAL COST


$375,671.00 $156,120.00


$531,791.00


Including $13,262.00 from Public Law 874


Including $1,292.00 from Public Law 874


Elementary


High


Combined


Pupils - Average for


Calendar Year 1958


725


151


876


Total cost per pupil


$ 518.00


$1,033.00


$ 607.00


The above total cost has to be met from the following estimated sources :


Unspent appropriations


of previous years .


$ 5,553.00


$17,651.00


$23,204.00


From U. S. Taxes - P.L. 874


13,262.00


1,292.00


14,554.00


Massachusetts Individual


Tax on Income


94,178.00


21,437.00


111,615.00


Miscellaneous receipts ....


1,993.00


1,993.00


Lincoln property taxes on Real Estate, tangible


Personal Property, in-


cluding automobiles


260,685.00


115,740.00


380,425.00


TOTAL COST $375, 671.00 $156,120.00


$531,791.00


Total cost of Schools (1958) - 68.6% of budget, after adjusting the Budget figure by adding to it the receipts from Public Law 874 which do not require appropriation.


These per pupil figures obviously cannot be used as any basis for comparison of the operations of the Elementary School and the Regional High School, which are affected by such different factors.


In spite of the increased expense of running our Town in 1958, your Finance Committee recommends that the Town make a beginning on the Stabilization Fund which we called to the attention of the Town in our 1957 report. There does not appear to be any more


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favorable time to do so and we believe we should start with $7,500.00 under the Article for that purpose in the Warrant.


The recommendations submitted call for the use of $18,000.00 from the available "free cash" which will reduce it below $75,000.00, which is less than 10% of the budget. A 20% or 25% ratio would be a much healthier one for a Town with our commit- ments and prospective programs.


Respectfully submitted :


F. Winchester Denio, Chairman Leonard Larrabee Paul F. Norton William N. Page John B. Tew


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SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES OF 1957 AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1958


Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Executive


Moderator


Selectmen


2. Salaries, Chairman


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


2nd member


200.00


200.00


200.00


3rd member


200.00


200.00


200.00


3. Expenses


125.00


105.68


150.00


4. Out of State Travel


500.00


5.22


250.00


$ 1,225.00


$ 710.90


$ 1,000.00


Finance Committee


10. Expenses


$ 15.00


$


15.00


$ 15.00


Auditor


11. Salary


$ 50.00


$ 50.00


Town Office


15. Clerks, Salaries $ 3,850.00


$ 3,341.64


$ 3,967.00*


16. Expenses


1218.00


1,160.52


1,600.00


$ 5,068.00


$ 4,502.16


$ 5,567.00


* $1,000.00 additional from Water Works Treasury


Finance


Accounting Officer and Executive Secretary


20. Salary


$ 2,704.11 157.00


152,75


200.00


$ 2,861.11


$ 2,856.86


$ 3,579.00


Treasurer


30. Salary


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


Asst. Treas.


Salary


200.00


200.00


200.00


31. Expense


250.00


249.48


550.00


$ 650.00


$ 649.48


$ 950.00


Collector


40. Salary


$ 2,000.00


$ 2,000.00


$ 2,000.00


41. Expense


400.00


392.88


500.00


$ 2,400.00


$ 2,392.88


$ 2,500.00


$ 2,704.11


$ 3,379.00


21. Expenses


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Appropriation Expenditures 1957 1957


Recommendations


1958


Assessors


50. Salaries, Chairman


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


2nd member


175.00


175.00


175.00


3rd member


175.00


175.00


175.00


51. Clerk, Salary


1,000.00


960.46


1,000.00


52. Expense


800.00


711.33


800.00


$ 2,350.00


$ 2,221.79


$ 2,350.00


Law


55. Legal


$ 500.00


$ 498.49


$ 1,250.00


Recording and Reporting


Town Clerk


60. Salary


$ 450.00


$ 450.00


$ 450.00


61. Expense


50,00


48.71


50.00


$ 500.00


$ 498.71


$ 500.00


Election & Registration


70. Registrars,


Salaries


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


71. Tellers &


Checkers


100.00


48.00


300.00


72. Expense


575.00


480.89


700.00


$


875.00


$ 728.89


$ 1,200.00


Planning and Zoning


Planning Board


80. Clerical, salary $


50.00


$ 49.27


$ 50.00


81. Expenses


350.00


76.10


750.00


$ 400.00


$ 125.37


$ 800.00


Town Hall


90. Custodian,


salary


$ 2,957.50


$ 2,900.00


$ 2,100.00


91. Expense


700.00


925.96*


300.00


92. Repairs &


Maintenance


2,900.00


2,655.89


3,450,00


$ 6,557.50


$ 6,481.85


$ 5,850.00


* Includes Transfer from Reserve Account


Other General Departments


95. Consulting &


Engineering


$ 3,000.00


$ 2,041.29


$ 2,000.00


TOTALS FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT


$26,451.61


$23,773.67


$ 27,561.00


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures Recommendations 1957


1958


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department


100. Salaries


$ 20,300.00


$ 20,196.75


$ 22,313.00


101. Expense


2,869.25


2,850.00


1,680.00


102. Equipment, Maintenance


2,000.00


1,984.85


2,000.00


$ 25,169.25


$25,031.60


$25,993.00


Fire Department


110. Engineers,


salaries


$ 500.00


$ 500.00


$ 500.00


111. Firemen


3,500.00


4,137.65*


9,000.00


112. Instruction & Training


500.00


151.00


500.00


113. Expense


2,400.00


2,357.18


3,500.00


114. Apparatus


maintenance


600.00


600.00


1,250.00


115. Hydrant Service


3,495.00


3,495.00


3,495.00


$ 10,995.00


$11,240.83


$ 18,245.00


Includes Transfer from Reserve Account


Fire and Police Building


120. Custodian and


Watch., salary


$ 3,795.00


121. Headquarters,


Repairs & Maint.


1,800.00


122. Outside rentals $


1,500.00


$_


1,500.00


750.00


$


1,500.00


$ 1,500.00


$ 6,345.00


Communications


125. Wages


$ 8,000.00


$ 7,809.84


$ 8,000.00


126. Equipment


purchase


3,100.00*


2,940.50


500.00


127. Equipment rental & maint.


3,700.00


6,400.34 **


2,300.00


128. Expense


500.00


308.40


$ 15,300.00


$17,459.08


$10,800.00


* Includes $2,500 additional at Special Town Meeting Includes transfer from Reserve Account


Tree Warden


130. Salary


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


131. Pruning and removal


2,000.00


1,534.55


3,000.00


$ 2,200,00


$ 1,734.55


$ 3,200.00


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


Moth Department


140. Insect Control


$ 3,000.00


$ 384.69


$ 1,500.00


141. Dutch Elm Disease Control & Tree


Removal


4,000.00


3,891.48


3,000.00


$ 7,000.00


$ 4,276.17


$ 4,500.00


Civil Defense


150. Equipment


purchase


$


$


$ 200.00


151. Expense


550.00


268.91


200.00


$ 550.00


$ 268.91


$ 400.00


Inspectors of Buildings


170. Salaries


Transportation


$ 2,400.00


$ 1,234.20


$ 1,750.00


171. Expense


100.00


67.25


100.00


$ 2,500.00


$ 1,301.45


$ 1,850.00


Board of Appeals


181. Expense


$ 350.00


$ 174.90


$ 350.00


TOTALS FOR PROTECTION


OF PERSONS & PROPERTY


$65,564.25


$62,987.49


$71,683.00


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Board of Health


200. Salaries of Public


Health Nurses


$ 2,440.00


$ 2,690.00*


$ 2,590.00 ** 925.00


201. Expense


925.00


1,052.97*


202. Inspection


services


1,500.00


1,169.23


1,250.00


$ 4,865.00


$ 4,912.20


$ 4,765.00


* Includes Transfer from Reserve Account


$860.00 additional to be paid by School Dept.


Sanitation


210. Garbage collection $ 4,250.00 $ 3,953.75


$ 4,500.00*


* To be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto from Garbage Collection Receipts


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


Pest Control


220. Mosquito Control


$ 6,500.00


$ 6,500.00


$ 6,000.00


Inspector of Animals


230. Salary


$ 100.00


$ 100,00


$ 100.00


TOTALS FOR HEALTH


AND SANITATION


$15,715.00 *


$15,465.95


$15,365.00


Includes $6,500 under Special Article for Mosquito Control in 1957


HIGHWAYS


General Highways


300. Salaries


$19,200.00


$17,338.72


$23,576.12 300.00


301. Expense


300.00


185.00


302. Highway


Maintenance


15,000.00


15,009.63*


20,000.00


303. Equipment


Maintenance


8,500.00


5,291.37


6,000.00


304. Snow & Ice


Removal and Control


6,500.00


4,225.03


6,500.00


305. Street Lights


6,442.02


6,443.41*


6,550.00


$55,942.02


$48,493.16


$62,926.12


* Includes Transfer from Reserve Account


Highway Building


310. Maintenance &


Repairs


$ 1,200.00


$ 1,187.80


$ 1,200.00


311. Expense


300.00


250.00


300.00


$ 1,500.00


$ 1,437.80


$ 1,500.00


Chapter 90


320. Maintenance


$ 4,500.00


$ 4,493.95


$ 4,500.00 **


321. Construction


13,000.00


16,144.14*


14,000.00 **


$17,500.00


$20,638.09


$18,500.00


Includes $3,144.14 balance from 1956 State and County Share of $3,000 for Item 320 and $10,500 for Item 321 to be taken from Free Cash and returned to Free Cash when received.


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


Poison Ivy Control


330. Expense


$ 1,350,00


$ 794.63


$ 1,000.00


TOTALS FOR HIGHWAYS


$76,292.02*


$71,363.68


$83,926.12


Includes $1,350.00 under Special Article for Poison Ivy Control in 1957.


CHARITIES


400. Aid to Citizens


$18,000.00


$18,000.00


$19,500.00


401. Administration,


salary


600.00


592.00


600.00


402. Expenses


100.00


93.06


100.00


403. Veterans'


services


500,00


100.00


$19,200.00


$18,685.06


$20,300.00


TOTALS FOR CHARITIES


$19,200.00


$18,685.06


$20,300.00


EDUCATION


Elementary School


500. General Control


$ 14,685.00


$ 14,367.93


$ 16,010.00


501. Out of State


Travel


300.00


268.62


600.00


502. Instruction


172,555.00


169,597.43


196,322.00


503. Operation


27,556.00


25,802.94


17,890.00*


504. Maintenance


7,988.00


7,930.40


10,274.00


505. Auxiliary


Agencies


26,065.00


26,349.01*


29,208.00


506. Outlay


1,920.00


1,709.88


2,803.00 ***


507. New Equipment


1,800.00


1,789.88


$252,869.00


$247,816.09


$273,107.00


To be supplemented by receipts under U.S. Public Law 874


Includes Transfer from Reserve Account $711.84 to be taken from deCordova School Equipment


Fund and $42.85 from the Grammar School Fund Income.


Regional High School


510. Lincoln-Sudbury $121.235.80 $121,235.80 $115,739.77


Regional Sch. Dist.


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


Library


520. Salaries


$ 5,311.00


$ 4,919.50


$ 7,350.00*


521. Books


1,450.00


1,396.60


1,650.00


522. Expense


272.00


237,09


450.00


$ 7,033.00


$ 6,553.19


$ 9,450.00


$1,001.99 to be taken from County dog tax receipts


Library Building


530. Expense


$ 103.00


$ 90.49


$ 103.00


531. Repairs &


maintenance


1,270.00


1,049.15


910.00


$ 1,373.00


$ 1,139.64


$ 1,013.00


TOTALS FOR EDUCATION


$382,510.80


$376,744.72


$399,309.77


RECREATION


Playground


600. Salaries


$ 1,925.00


$ 1,735.50


$ 1,925.00


601. Expense


1,295.00


752.88


1,170.00


$ 3,220.00


$ 2,488.38


$ 3,095.00


Parks


610. Mowing


$ 1,100.00


$ 1,100.00


$ 1,100.00


611. Labor


300.00


154.15


300.00


$ 1,400.00


$ 1,254.15


$ 1,400.00


TOTALS FOR


RECREATION


$ 4,620.00


$ 3,742.53


$ 4,495.00


CEMETERIES


700. Salaries


$ 150.00


$ 150.00


$ 150.00


701. Clerical


75.00


702. Interments


500.00


191.66


500.00


703. Labor and


Maintenance


2,825.00


1,441.56


2,750.00


704. Expense


120.00


45.00


120.00


$ 3,595.00


$


1,828.22


$ 3,595.00


TOTALS FOR CEMETERIES


$ 3,595.00


$ 1,828.22


$ 3,595.00


TOWN DEBT SERVICE


800. School Bldg. Bonds


$ 32,000.00


$ 32,000.00


$ 57,000.00


801. Int. on School Bonds


7,262.50


7,262.50


23,802.50


802. Hwy. Bldg. Bonds


4,000.00


4,000.00


4,000.00


803. Int. on Hwy. Bldg. Bonds


140.00


140.00


70.00


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


804. Fire & Police Bldg. Bonds


$ 5,000.00


805. Int. on Fire &


Police Bonds


3,600.00


806. Int. on Tax Notes $ 1,500.00


$ 2,079.00*


1,500.00


807. Water Works Bonds


5,500.00


5,500.00


5,000.00*


808. Int. on Water


Works Bonds


1,388.75


1,388.75


1,237.50 **


$51,791.25


$52,370.25


$101,210.00


Includes Transfer from Reserve Account To be taken from Water Works Treasury


TOTALS FOR DEBT SERVICE $51,791.25


$52,370.25


$101,210.00


UNCLASSIFIED


900. Middlesex County


Pension Fund


$ 3,115.99


$ 3,115.99


$ 3,345.20


901. Employee Insurance & Hosp. Fund


3,700.00


3,505.66


3,700.00


902. Property Insurance


8,176.89


8,492.56*


11,450.00


903. Dump - Rent & Maint.


1,750.00


1,732.16


2,700.00


904. Town Reports


1,254.86


1,254.86


1,300.00


$17,997.74


$18,101.23


$ 22,495.20


Includes Transfer from Reserve Account


TOTALS FOR UNCLASSIFIED


$17,997.74


$18,101.23


$ 22,495.20


905. Reserve Fund


$10,000.00


*


$ 10,000.00


* Transfer from 1957 Reserve Fund of $6,108.05 are listed in expenditures listed above.


TOTAL 1957 APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES


$673.737.67


$645.062.80


TOTAL RECOMMENDED FOR 1958


$759,940.09


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Appropriation 1957


Expenditures 1957


Recommendations 1958


WATER


950. Salaries,


Commissioners


$ 225.00


$ 225.00


$ 225.00


951. Wages


10,036.00


10,036.00


10,490.00


952. Expenses


21,350.00


7.898.64


23,800.00


$31,611.00


$18,159.64


$34,515.00


Pumping Station


953. Expenses


$ 150.00


$ 119.81


$ 150.00


954. Repairs &


Maintenance


3,350.00


3,058.04


3,800.00


$ 3,500.00


$ 3,177.85


$ 3,950.00


Bond Service


955. Bonds


$ 5,500.00


$ 5,500.00


$ 5,000.00


956. Interest


1,388.75


1,388,75


1,237.50


$ 6,888.75


$ 6,888.75


$ 6,237.50


TOTAL FOR WATER WORKS


$41,999.75


$28,226.24


$44,702.50


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NOTICE


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,


MIDDLESEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County :


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town Affairs to meet in the Charles S. Smith School in said Lincoln, on Monday the seventeenth day of March next at 7:30 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles except Article 1, and also to meet at the Charles S. Smith School on Saturday, the 22nd day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant by you attested, in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the seventeenth day of March next.


The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty-second will be open at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 7 o'clock P. M.


ARTICLE 1, To bring in their votes for one member for each of the following offices:


Town Clerk for one year. Selectman for three years.


Assessor for three years. Treasurer for one year. Auditor for one year. School Committee for three years. Regional District School Committee for three years.


Regional District School Committee for two years. Regional District School Committee for one year. Water Commissioner for three years.


Board of Health for three years.


Board of Health for two years.


Tree Warden for one year.


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Cemetery Commissioner for three years. Planning Board for five years. Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years. Trustee of Bemis Fund for three years. Director of DeCordova and Dana Museum for four years. Director of DeCordova and Dana Museum for one year.


ARTICLE 2, To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees, and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 3 To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 4, To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town or take any other action relative thereto.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 6, To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1959, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Town of Lincoln, dated April 2, 1956, which establishes the Lincoln Permanent Scholarship Fund, in accordance with the


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terms of an instrument of amendment to the Trust, a copy of which has been deposited with the Town Clerk and made available for inspection by inhabitants of the Town, (said amendment providing for a change in the tenure of Members of the Scholarship Fund Committee) or take any other action relative thereto.


Selectmen


ARTICLE 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, a certain parcel of land now or formerly of Sumner Smith, located at the Northwest corner of Lincoln and Ballfield Roads, containing one and one-half acres more or less, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.


Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)


ARTICLE 9. To determine whether the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.


Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)


ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.


Selectmen


(Finance Committee approves of a July 4th appropriation but believe expenditure for fire works should be reduced or eliminated. )


ARTICLE 11, To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $750.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of transporting children to Lake Walden for Red Cross swimming classes, or take any other action relative thereto.


Recreation Committee (Finance Committee approves on same policy as in 1957)


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