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Total
$180.00
$60.68
$260.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY
Salary
$2,250.00 $2,358.32
$2,100.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPENSE
Secretary
$833.00
$863.40
$833.00
Attendance
50.00
50.00
50.00
Census
100.00
100.00
100.00
Telephone
75.00
134.49
60.00
Supplies, Printing and Postage
300.00
257.68
200.00
Travel
300.00
264.96
300.00
Professional Meetings
60.00
60.00
60.00
Books and Magazines
40.00
40.87
40.00
Total
$1,758.00
$1,771.40
$1,643.00
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S SALARY
Salary
$2,250.00
$2,266.64
$2,100.00
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S EXPENSE
Secretary
$875.00
$858.00
$1,025.00
Travel
135.00
135.00
.00
Total
$1,010.00
$993.00
$1,025.00
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S SALARY
Salary
$3,850.00
$2,928.28
$3,500.00
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S EXPENSE
Secretary Office Supplies
$600.00
$600.00
$700.00
100.00
106.05
100.00
Travel and Meetings
100.00
64.01
100.00
Total
$800.00
$770.06
$900.00
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Budget
Expended
Budget
1949
1949
1950
SUPERVISORS' SALARIES
Salaries
$5,010.00 $5,010.00
$5,434.00
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' SALARIES
Salaries
$25,839.00
$25,623.46 0.00
$29,066.00 400.00
Penmanship
400.00
240.00
0.00
Substitutes
300.00
234.00
350.00
Total
$26,539.00
$26,097.46
$29,816.00
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES
Salaries
$30.354.00
$30,609.20
$31,935.00 150.00
Substitutes
250.00
366.00
Penmanship
50.00
30.00
0.00
Total
$30,654.00
$31,005.20
$32,085.00
TEXTBOOKS, ELEMENTARY
Textbooks
$600.00
$565.69
$600.00
Reference Books
100.00
112.05
300.00
Teaching Aids
200.00
112.67
200.00
Total
$900.00
$790.41
$1,100.00
TEXTBOOKS, HIGH SCHOOL
Textbooks
$450.00
$406.02
$450.00
Reference Books
200.00
261.51
350.00
Teaching Aids
450.00
500.49
500.00
Total
$1,100.00
$1,168.02
$1,300.00
SUPPLIES, ELEMENTARY
Classroom
$600.00
$870.04
$650.00
Workbooks
350.00
450.70
500.00
Tests
100.00
86.58
100.00
Magazines
100.00
62.90
100.00
Physical Education
225.00
177.07
225.00
Art
400.00
0.00
400.00
Science
75.00
0.00
0.00
Total
$1,850.00
$1,647.28
$1,975.00
Tutoring
0.00
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Budget
Expended
1949
1949
Budget 1950
SUPPLIES, HIGH SCHOOL
Classroom
$600.00
$566.86
$600.00
Workbooks
150.00
61.65
150.00
Tests
200.00
216.71
225.00
Magazines
125.00
176.03
125.00
Physical Education Equipment
400.00
676.41
1,300.00
Art
200.00
61.42
200.00
Home Economics
250.00
347.18
350.00
Industrial Arts
300.00
528.58
800.00
Science
350.00
214.81
300.00
Typewriters
150.00
125.83
250.00
Total
$2,725.00
$2,975.48
$4,300.00
SALARIES OF CUSTODIANS, ELEMENTARY
Elementary Custodian
$1,978.00
$1,978.00
$2,700.00
Intermediate Custodian
1,500.00
1,369.02
0.00
Conveyance
275.00
209.39
0.00
Extra Help
0.00
0.00
1,000.00
Total
$3,753.00
$3,556.41
$3,700.00
SALARIES OF CUSTODIANS, HIGH SCHOOL
Salaries
$2,950.00
$2,950.00 377.00
$4,000.00 400.00
Extra Cleaning
350.00
Conveyance
50.00
1.96
50.00
Total
$3,350
$3,328.96
$4,450.00
FUEL, ELEMENTARY
Fuel
$1,925
$1,317.59
$2,300.00
FUEL, HIGH SCHOOL
Fuel
$1,600.00
$1,477.66
$1,700.00
MISC. EXPENSES OF OPERATION, ELEMENTARY
Telephone
$125.00
$114.80
$75.00
Electricity
650.00
450.62
800.00
Water
70.00
49.60
125.00
Custodians' Supplies
416.00
598.72
750.00
Miscellaneous
80.00
229.37
250.00
Total
$1,341.00
$1,443.11
$2,000.00
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Budget
Expended
Budget
1949
1949
1950
MISC. EXPENSES OF OPERATION, HIGH SCHOOL
Telephone
$150.00
$191.85
$200.00
Electricity
900.00
1,057.84
1,100.00
Water
100.00
91.20
100.00
Custodians' Supplies
650.00
928.05
700.00
Express and Equipment
100.00
151.04
100.00
Total
$1,900.00
$2,419.98
$2,200.00
MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS, ELEMENTARY
Building
$0.00
$200.00
Grounds
0.00
100.00
Equipment
0.00
100.00
Total
$150.00
$208.02
$400.00
MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS, HIGH SCHOOL
Plumbing
$450.00
$484.48
$1,000.00
Equipment
200.00
208.05
620.00
Building
1,480.00
1,441.94
1,075.00
Total
$2,130.00
$2,134.47
$2,695.00
LIBRARY ELEMENTARY
$150.00
$152.74
$250.00
LIBRARY, HIGH SCHOOL
$200.00 $193.59
$300.00
HEALTH ELEMENTARY
Nurse
$425.00
$425.04
$460.00
Physician
250.00
261.00
300.00
Supplies
25.00
26.24
25.00
Total
$700 00
$712.28
$785.00
HEALTH, HIGH SCHOOL
Nurse
$425.00 150.00 25.00
$425.04
$425.00
Physician
150.00
150.00
Supplies
12.52
25.00
Total
$600.00
$587.56
$600.00
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Budget 1949
Expended .1949
Budget 1950
TRANSPORTATION, ELEMENTARY
Educational Trips
$60.00
$37.00
$100.00
Regular Transportation
6,900.00
8,053.40
0.
Total
$6,960.00
$8,090.40
$100.00
TRANSPORTATION, HIGH SCHOOL
Educational Trips
$85.00
$128.80
$200.00
Extra Trips
360.00
426.00
360.00
Regular Transportation
3,150.00
3,215.00
0. *
Total
$3,595.00
$3,769.80
$560.00
GRADUATION, HIGH SCHOOL
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
INSURANCE, HIGH SCHOOL
$0.00
$76.00
$108.00
OUTLAY, ELEMENTARY
Furniture
$0.00
$200.00
Equipment
0.00
450.00
Grounds
0.00
200.00
Building
0.00
300.00
Total
$125.00
$205.67
$1,150.00
OUTLAY, HIGH SCHOOL
Furniture
$175.00
$169.48
$0.00
Equipment
665.00
509.48
1,053.00
Building
275.00
184.48
250.00
Grounds
0.00
0.00
200.00
Total
$1,115.00
$863.44
$1,503.00
COST OF LIVING
$16,000.00
$15,553.78
$15,000.00
$126,570.00
Credits
31.30
Totals
$126,601.30
$126,033.70 $127,439.00
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Budget 1949
Expended 1949
Budget 1950
Credits
19,672.96
19,672.96 Est.19,800.00
TOTAL FROM DUXBURY TAX RATE
$106,928.34
$106,360.74
$107,639.00
* Special Appropriation requested.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Transportation Budget
$15,353.00
Americanization and Vocational Education
$500.00
$500.00
1,000.00
Public Use of the Auditorium
600.00
542.90
600.00
Playground Equipment
600.00
Parking Area
1,500.00
GRAPH SHOWING RELATIVE COSTS OF ITEMS IN SCHOOL BUDGET FOR 1950
(in thou- sands
5.
10
:15
20
25
30
35
40 45
50 55
69
65 70
75
80
.85
Gemeral Control
$4,003
Cost of Instruction
83,535
Operation of School Plant
16,350
Maintenance and Repairs
3,095
Auxiliary Agencies
2,803
Outlay
2,653
Cost of living
15,000
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CHANGES IN ENROLMENT OF DUXBURY SCHOOLS FROM 1937 - 1950
Graph Showing Number of Pupils Grades 1 - 6 from 1937 - 1950 (and 1951 estimate)
400
360
320
280
240
200
160L
' 38
139 140 141
$42
143 144 145
146 147 148 149
150
151
Graph Showing Number of Pupils Grades 7 - 12 from 1937 - 1950 (and 1951 estimate)
210
180
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150
120
138 139 $40 141
142
$43
144 145
'46
$47
$48
$49
$ 50
$51
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
PROGRAM
Processional-March of the Priests-Mendelsohn
"Balance for Man in a World of Change"
Ensemble
Invocation
Rev. Herman F. Lion
Address of Welcome
Richard H. Marshall
Narration Barbara A. Fernandez
Man and the Family
Elizabeth Ann Griswold
God of all Nature-Tchaikovsky
Girls' Glee Club
Man and Religion Barbara A. Nathan Joan M. Hutcheon
Man and Education
Man and Government
Barbara A. O'Neil
Let All Things Now Living-Welsh Folk Song
Girls' Glee Club
Man and Economics Nancy G. Hazlehurst
Man and Recreation Joan C. Leatherbee
Narration Barbara A. Fernandez
Charge to Junior Honor Students
President of the Senior Class
Presentation of Class Gift William K. LaFleur
Presentation of Awards Walter K. Hjelm
Presentation of Diplomas
Dr. John N. Shirley
Benediction Rev. John F. Manion
Recessional-Festival March-Mendelsohn Ensemble
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ENSEMBLE
Violin : Alfred A. Volta
Cello: Mary W. Holmes Viola : L. Edgar Beauregard Piano: Beulah D. Harris
MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS
Lorraine Theresa April Ann Elizabeth Brown Charles Martin Delano Merritt Salsman Ferrell Elizabeth Ann Griswold Joan Mary Hutcheon Joan Candace Leatherbee Bruce MacGibbon Richard Heath Marshall
Mary Ann Barclay Gilbert Irving Carlson Barbara Ann Fernandez
Anna Marie Glass
Nancy G. Hazlehurst William Kenneth LaFleur
Betty Ellen Merry
Barbara Ann Nathan
Ann Kingsbury Noyes Marjorie E. Peterson
Lillian Veronica Sheehan
Barbara Avery O'Neil Helen Frances Randall Florence Elizabeth Taylor Ruth Ellen Washburn
CLASS OFFICERS
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Richard H. Marshall William K. LaFleur Nancy G. Hazlehurst Mary Ann Barclay
CLASS MOTTO The More Prepared, The More Powerful CLASS COLORS Maroon and Silver CLASS FLOWER White Rose
Advisor Marshall
William H. Sands Charles W. Schwab
INDEX
Page
Accountant
145
Assessors
84
Audit for 1948
11
Balance Sheet
183
Births
107
Board of Appeals
56
Cemetery
45
Cemetery Trustees
46
Cemetery Trust Fund
54
Deaths
111
Elections and Registrations 133
Extension Service, Agriculture 52
Finance Committee 96
Fire Department 39
Forest Warden
41
Harbor Master
57
Health Board 85
Highways and Sidewalks
43
Historian 48
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund 58
Jury List 7
Library
92
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INDEX-Continued
Page
Licenses, Permits
115
Marriages
103
Moth Department
74
Nurse 47
Officers of Town 3
Planning Board
98
Playgrounds
76
Police
72
Recreation Committee
81
Schools
185
School Building Committee 59
Sealer of Weights and Measures 83
Selectmen 8
Shellfish Constable 77
Special Town Election
141
Town Meeting 118
Treasurer 101
Tree Warden 75
Trusts and Investments 29
Veterans' Agent 80
War Memorial Committee 50
Welfare 86
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31
1950
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
MASSA
TS
637
LES STANDISH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31
1950
SANDERSON BROTHERS NORTH ABINGTON, MASS.
PAUL C. PETERSON 1883 - 1950
Board of Health 1919 - 1925
Finance Committee 1948 - 1949
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TOWN OFFICERS 1950
SELECTMEN
Philip W. Delano
.
1951
Walter G. Prince
1952
Charles R. Crocker
1953
ASSESSORS
Philip W. Delano
.
1951
Walter G. Prince
·
.
.
1952
Charles R. Crocker
1953
BOARD OF HEALTH
Philip W. Delano
1951
Walter G. Prince
1952
Charles R. Crocker
1953
CEMETERY TRUSTEES
Stanley Johnson
1951
Harry A. Tammett
.
·
1952
Ernest H. Bailey
·
1953
J. Newton Shirley
1954
Edward P. Hobart
1955
.
.
.
.
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TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER
Joseph T. C. Jones 1953
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Edwin M. Noyes 1953
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
George C. Scott
1951
J. Newton Shirley
1951
Virginia G. Craig .
1952
Herbert C. Wirt
1953
Morrison M. Bump
1953
PLANNING BOARD
Arthur Murphy
1951
Margaret Rogerson
·
1951
Kenneth G. Garside . .
· 1951
Oliver L. Barker
1951
Percy L. Walker
1951
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Herbert R. Nelson 1951
Philip G. Chandler
·
·
1952
Robert Seymour .
· 1952
Alice H. Garside · · 1953
Sarah A. Stannard
.
.
1953
.
.
·
.
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CONSTABLES
Earl W. Chandler James T. O'Neil
Lawrence C. Doyle
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TREE WARDEN
Roy E. Parks
1952
MODERATOR
William W. McCarthy 1951
TRUSTEES OF DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY, INC.
Harry B. Bradley, Chairman
Fisher Ames
Charles A. Day
Philip W. Delano
Bartlett B. Bradley
William B. Coffin
Walter R. Hunt
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Board of Appeals
H. Russell Chandler 1951
William B. Coffin
·
1952
Kenneth O. Macomber
1953
Registrars of Voters
Willard R. Randall
1951
Clara M. Redmond
.
1952
Frances R. Covell
1953
Fire Engineers
Eben N. Briggs LeRoy M. Peterson
Henry M. Griswold
Kenneth O. Macomber
George S. Butler Carl J. Santheson, Jr.
John DeLorenzo
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Agent, Board of Health-George R. Starr, Jr., M.D. Superintendent of Streets-Lewis B. Randall Chief of Police-James T. O'Neil Superintendent of Insect Pest Control-Roy E. Parks Shellfish Constable-Henry P. McNeil
Inspector of Animals-Ernest W. Chandler
Inspector of
Slaughtered Animals-Ernest W. Chandler Sealer of Weights
and Measures-Charles C. McNaught
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber-Edwin McAuliffe, Ray M. Parks, Bradley Osgood
Weighers of Coal, Coke, and Hay-Russell W. Soule, Paul McAuliffe, B. F. Goodrich, Sr., B. F. Good- rich, Jr., Thomas Williams
Field Drivers-Lewis B. Randall, Francis W. Perry, Ernest W. Chandler
Fence Viewers-Henry Griswold, Ray M. Parks, Wil- liam H. Couch
Dog Officer-Lawrence C. Doyle
Harbor Master-Victor Nickerson
Assistant Harbor Master-Henry P. McNeil Wharfinger-Henry P. McNeil
Veterans' Agent-Henry P. McNeil
Burial Agent-Henry P. McNeil
Supervisors of Parks and Playgrounds-Roy E. Parks, Annie E. Dunham, Charles R. Crocker
Town Accountant-Isabelle V. Freeman
Town Counsel-John J. Geogan, Esquire
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JURY LIST
List of persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the Town of Duxbury, from July 1, 1950 to June 30, 1951.
Bunten, Kenneth R.
Salesman
Elm St.
Burns, John T.
Insurance
Bay Road
Chandler, H. Russell
Carpenter Franklin St.
Clark, Joseph F. Insurance Standish St.
Clark, William P.
Poultryman Taylor St.
Crocker, Robert S.
Caretaker Chestnut St.
DeLorenzo, Joseph
Poultryman Summer St.
Denyer, Kenrick Salesman Bay Road
Froughton, Joseph F.
Blacksmith
Autumn Ave.
Garside, Kenneth G.
Cranberry Grower Partridge Road
Horsfall, George
Bookkeeper
Chestnut St.
Johnson, Stanley V.
Salesman
Elm St.
Jones, Ernest A.
Clerk Bay Road
Loring, Edwin
Mechanic Duck Hill Road
Macomber, Kenneth
Printer Bay Road
Nathan, George
Laborer Parks St.
Nelson, Herbert
Carpenter High Street
Santheson, Carl J., Jr.
Salesman Tremont St.
Soule, Russell =
Boat Broker Powder Point Av.
Starkweather, James
Mechanic
Temple St.
Stearns, Ray A.
Insurance
St. George St.
Thomas, Henry
Store Manager Elm St.
Wadsworth, William
Painter
Depot St.
Walker, Donald D.
Real Estate
Tremont St.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
Fellow Citizens :
We are pleased to submit the Ninety-Eighth Annual Report of the officers and committees of the Town of Duxbury.
We have planned to continue Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Church Street. The project progressed according to schedule during 1950 and if funds are available this will be completed in 1951. Also, plans are being made to improve Tobey Garden Street and to widen Bay Road.
Because of the rapid expansion of housing since 1945 there have been demands on the Highway De- partment to provide suitable drainage. There are sev- eral points in the more congested areas that will have to be taken care of in 1951.
The basin at Mattakeesett Court continues to fill in. The outlook for early improvements is most discourag- ing at this time, as we cannot expect Federal funds for this purpose in the near future. We plan to remedy this situation somewhat by building a small pier at Howland's Lane Landing, off Crescent Street. This will permit several of the larger boats to be moored at this point. We estimate the cost of this project will be about $700.00.
In 1940 the Tax Rate was $22.50 per $1000. of val- uation and you are doubtless aware of the fact that the rate has steadily increased until it reached $38.00 per thousand in 1950. The reason for this is expanded
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services as well as the steady increase in the cost of those services, especially in the School and Welfare Departments. Capital expenditures, such as for school buildings and heavy equipment, have a direct and shocking effect on tax rates. We hope you will do something about this in 1951. It will help if only the most urgent projects are carried out this year.
There is some agitation for a ten per cent increase in salaries and wages in the various town departments. We have been opposed to this, but in view of the in- crease in the cost of living it may be fair to assume that some increase is justified.
We believe that Public Ownership of Duxbury Beach by the town is the only way to keep it under local control. We have received information that the Legis- lature will again be asked to take some action in regard to beaches. At this time we do not know the exact wording of the Bill, but we assume it would be detri- mental to the Town to have the State control our beach. We recommend that the Town permit the Se- lectmen to appoint a committee to consider the Beach question, and report as soon as a decision is made, but not later than the 1952 town meeting.
Mr. Loren Nass brought suit against the Town for alleged damages to his property by an act of an agency of the Town. According to Mr. Nass and his attorney several loads of sand placed on the bathing beach at the Blue Fish River Landing changed the location of the channel and thus caused the erosion of several feet of his land.
This case was tried before a jury in the Plymouth Superior Court, and Mr. Nass was awarded $4500.00 which was about a third of the amount he had re- quested and almost as much as the total assessed value of his house and land.
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Upon the advice and recommendation of Town Coun- sel the Selectmen instructed Town Counsel to file ex- ceptions in the Supreme Judicial Court. We believe the appeal was necessary in order to determine future ac- tion by the town regarding improvements to bathing beach facilities not only at the Blue Fish River Beach, but also in other parts of the town where such im- provements might result in alleged damages to prop- erty. The decision of the Supreme Court will determine the question.
On October 24, 1950 the Selectmen accepted the United Nations Flag made by the women of Duxbury and presented to the town by Mrs. Thomas Scott at a public ceremony on the Town Office lawn.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP W. DELANO, Chairman
CHARLES R. CROCKER
WALTER G. PRINCE
Selectmen of Duxbury.
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
March 24, 1950
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Philip W. Delano, Chairman Duxbury, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Duxbury for the year end- ing December 31, 1949, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
FRANCIS X. LANG, Director of Accounts.
FXL:ELD
Mr. Francis X. Lang
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Duxbury for the year ending December 31, 1949, and submit the fol- lowing report thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books
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of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the reports and records in the office of the town accountant.
The town accountant's ledger was analyzed, the receipts being checked with the treasurer's books and the payments being compared with the warrants auth- orizing them and with the treasurer's records of pay- ments. The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of town meeting proceedings and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were verified. A trial balance was taken off, proving the accounts to be in balance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1949. An examination of the appended balance sheet shows that the town is in very good financial condition.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The receipts, as re- corded, were analyzed and checked with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were com- pared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds.
The cash book additions were verified, and the cash balance on February 13, 1950, was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The payments on account of debt and interest were verified by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The savings bank books and securities representing
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the investment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank were examined and listed, the in- come being proved and the transfers to the town being verified.
The records of tax titles held by the town were ex- amined, and the town and district taxes transferred to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records. The payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and compared with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes and motor vehicle and trailer excise outstanding at the time of the previ- ous examination, as well as all subsequent commit- ments, were audited and compared with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the town and district treasurers were verified, the re- corded abatements were checked with the assessors' records, and the outstanding accounts were listed.
The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. The commitments were proved, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed.
The outstanding tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, and departmental accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town and the dis- trict, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The surety bonds of the town officials required to file them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the
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selectmen, the town clerk, and by the police and health departments, as well as those of all other departments collecting money or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked, the reported payments to the treasurer being verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title, and depart- mental accounts, together with tables showing the con- dition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation extended by the town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
HBD :ELD
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet-December 31, 1949 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General
$215,056.65
Petty Advances :
Collector
$150.00
Town Clerk 25.00
175.00
$215,231.65
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1947: Personal Property
$12.80
Levy of 1948: Poll $8.00
Lucy Hathaway Fund Income Overestimates 1949 : State Assessment
58.50
Personal Prop- erty
40.43
County Tax 2,800.63
2,814.77
Levy of 1949:
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children : Administration Aid
$401.88
Personal Prop- erty
941.97
Old Age Assistance :
Real Estate
22,903.67
Administration Assistance
732.99
23,885.64
1,810.29
26,907.50
Payroll Deductions : Federal Taxes $1,038.44 Retirement System 266.08
Fire Loss Reimbursement
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County
$1,304.52 2,500.00 1.80
Tailings
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund
40.00 5,600.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
Tax Titles Receipts Reserved Under Section 79, Chapter 60, General Laws
355.66
$14.14
Real Estate 2,960.63
3,009.06
Poll $40.00
13.00
2,958.16
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BALANCE SHEET-Continued
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1946
$5.31
Levy of 1947
75.80
Levy of 1948
193.34
Levy of 1949
2,428.98
Unexpended Appropriation Balances Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements of Taxes: Levy of 1947 $12.80
Levy of 1948 1,717.91
Levy of 1949
5,664.21
Tax Titles
Tax Possessions
Departmental :
Selectmen
$37.70
Temporary Aid
781.38
Aid to Dependent Children
1,905.67
Old Age Assistance
623.24
Veterans' Benefits
559.21
Cemetery
352.00
Surplus Revenue
14,558.98 172,567.20 16
Aid to Highways-Chapter 90: State
$4,000.00
County
2,000.00
Underestimates 1949 :
State Assessment
$149.99
County Assessment
879.78
1,029.77
$257,727.90
$257,727.90
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$259,000.00 Schoolhouse Construction Loan $259,000.00
39,936.40 7,042.79
2,703.43 1,502.50
93.85
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $2,703.43
7,394.92
Tax Title and Tax Possession 1,596.35
Departmental 4,259.20
Aid to Highways 6,000.00
4,259.20
6,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds- Cash and Securities : In Custody of : Town Treasurer $181,093.57 Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 518.95
Lucy Hathaway Fund
$24,586.02
Thomas D. Hathaway Fund William Penn Harding Library Fund 1,041.21
2,594.99
Myles Standish Lot Fund 1,558.49
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
27,643.87
Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
511.17
George H. Wood Memorial Day Flower Fund 1,040.86
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
90,046.93
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Stabilization Fund 29,341.32
3,247.66
$181,612.52
$181,612.52
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
January 3, 1951
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report of department activities for 1950.
The department responded this year to 91 calls:
7 Automobiles
4 Bridge
26 Building
9 Chimney
34 Emergency
2 False Alarm
7 Oil Burner
2 Stand-by
This was an increase of 16 alarms over last year's total calls and a considerable increase in building fires over the previous year. Although we have had several serious house fires in 1950 the teamwork of the officers and men of both companies, with the co-operation of the police and telephone operators, has kept losses very low, with no buildings being totally destroyed.
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