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Fall River
May 31 Raymond Albert
Raymond L. and Elinor T. Reagan
Taunton
June 26 Paul Lewis
Taunton
June 28 William Earl
New Bedford
July
4 Susan Jeanne
Taunton
July 14
Gary Ronald
Nelson H. and Iside Moore
Providence
Aug.
13 Steven
William and Janet E. Moniz
Taunton
Aug. 17
Sharon Virginia
Russell A. and Norine H. Haskell
Taunton
Aug.
24 Bruce Alan
Maurice A. and Mary E. Butler
Taunton
Aug.
31 David Richard
Richard F. and Margaret L. Young
Taunton
Sept.
27 Sandra Lee
Richard L. and Barbara L. Adams
Middleboro
Sept.
29 Bonnie Beth
Albert T. and Maude H. Barrow
Taunton
Oct. 27
Colon Clyde
Richard C. and Lorraine A. Spearin
Taunton
NOV.
1 Linda Ann
Edwin D. and Doris M. Jones
Taunton
Nov. 4
James Francis
Leo J. and Doris L. Caron
Taunton
Nov.
7
Dawn Leslie
Walter R. and Winnifred LeCornec Taunton
Caleb H. and Barbara A. White
Taunton
PUBLIC NOTICE
As required by law, public notice is hereby given that the Town Clerk will furnish blanks for returns of births to parents, householders, physicians, and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor.
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Nov. 19
Barry
Frank J. and Mary R. Martisus Walter M. and Mildred L. Ward John and Jeanne Fernandes
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1953
Date of Death 1953
Name
Y
M
D
Place of Death
Feb. 12
Ralph R. Cochrane
71
4
11
Middleboro
Mar.
1
Maria (De Cunha) Marshall
72
Taunton
Mar. 4
Maria Costa Rodriques
71
Berkley
Mar.
24
Larry Dulude
66
Taunton
June
1
Kevin Sullivan
6
Fall River
Sept.
30
Bertha (Strange) Kelsey
79
10
27
Taunton
Oct.
26
Caroline L. (Himebough) Browne
81
19
Taunton
Oct.
31
Charles A. Cady
52
11
21
Berkley
Dec.
20
Ellen Crowley
84
Berkley
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DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1953
Licenses expiring March 31, 1953 1 male. Lewis W. Ashley
Licenses expiring March 31, 1954
51 Spayed Females (including 1 free military )
Albert M. Alger
Cornelius Kelly
Louise Anderson
Preston King
Herbert Aspinall
Frank Kostka
George R. Babbitt
Bentley Mackintosh
William Bindon
Gladys Makepeace
Grace Boyce
Allen T. McCabe
June Boyce
Roman Melesky
Edward Brennan
Stephen Melesky
John Brightman
George Oakes
Charles Brown
Gladys Oakes
Ralph A. Brown
Rosa J. Partington
Ira S. Bumpus
Gladys Poole
George Butler
Kenneth Poole
Mary Cambra
Albert H. Ratcliffe
Harold D. Campbell
Frederick A. Reed
Jean Carroll (2)
Marjorie Reed
Roger Chester
Lester Sandlin
Horace Clough
Eino H. Silvan
Susie J. Davis
Ernest Flint
Joseph Furtado, Jr.
Augustus Smith Joseph Sylvain Joseph Travis
Marie Hakajarvi
Clarence C. Trenouth
Edward F. Hathaway
Alexander Trzcinski
Alfred T. Howland (2)
Bertha Wood
Robert H. Hunter, Jr.
172 Males (including 4 free military )
Carlton R. Adams
Abilio doO. Aguas
Donald Allan Louise Anderson
Herbert Aspinall
Agnes L. Andrews
Russell Babbitt (2)
Francis F. G. Andrews
Blanche M. Ashley (2)
Charles Ashley
Harold G. Ashley Lewis W. Ashley
Percy Baldwin
Manuel Barboza (2)
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John Barrow
Gil Bettencourt (3)
Hervey Blanchette
Burpee Boehner Joseph Bonvie
Josephine A. Gilmore (2) Henry Goff
Betty Boyce Edward Brennan
John Goodwin
Julia Brittain
Richard Gracia
Charles Brown (2)
Louis Grenier
Ralph Brown
Gerald Guertin
George Browning
Stanley Hadro Harold Harrison
Ira Bumpus Ellen Cady
Russell A. Haskell
Marguerite Cardoza (2)
Edwin Carpenter
William Haskins Clifton Holmes Marcus Houtzager
Everlon Clark
Ralph E. Hyde Emma Jackson
Nancy Clark
Damon E. Clegg
Antone Costa
Joseph Kaye Preston King
Betty Craw
Mary E. Longton
George Crimlisk
Roger Macker
Russell Crimlisk (2)
Josephine Makepeace
Carlton Cummings (2)
Robert Makepeace
Clyde Cummings
James Marsh Frank Marshall (3)
Stanley Cybulski
John McCrohan
Florence E. Delano
John McCrohan, Jr.
Leonad DeMoranville
Norman McDonald
Alfred De Moura
Samuel Milko
Antone DeMoura
John Q. Dillingham
Celia Dulak (2)
Annie Eaton
George Oakes
Walter Falk
Gladys Oakes
Manuel Faria
Calvin Overlock
Joseph T. Farris
Antonio Fernandes
Joseph Fernandes (2) Fred Flint
Grace Packard Edwin Paige (3) Stuart Paull (2) Willard Paull (2)
Herbert Flint
Lillie French Dennis Frizado (3)
Arnold Perry Elmer Perry Elwell Perry
John Frizado (2) Alfred Gagne Leonard Gagne (2)
Gladys Miller John Moskal Edward Nunes
Mary E. T. Cummings
Arthur Castle
Joseph Grace
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Edward Pinto
Frances Sylvester
Nelson Pittsley
Joseph Sylvain Alfred Sylvia
Wojciech Pysz
Chester Ramsdell
Rita Tharrett
Gilbert S. Rapoza
Felix Thornton
Albert Ratcliffe
Nancy Tibbetts
Raymond Reagan
Alfred T. Townley, 3rd (2)
Mary E. Reed
Gregg Travers
Sadie Reed
Cynthia P. Trites
John Ring
Stanley Trond
William Rogers (2)
Joseph Victurine (2)
Barney Roman
Joseph Viera (2)
Richard Rose
Dimas Viveiros
Paul Senechal (2)
Irving Wallace (2)
Leland Seward
Mildred L. Ward
Frank Silva
Fred White
Joseph Slivinski (2)
Jackson White
Merle J. E. Stetson
Arlene Whittaker (2)
Eddie Stone
Jeanne Wood
Raymond Stratton
Walter Zrebriec
Austin Sullivan (2)
27 Females (including 2 free military )
Lewis Ashley
Florence M. Macomber
Joseph Borges
Mark Marshall
Everett Brown
Frank J. Martisus
Anthony Cambra
Samuel Milko
William Cavalier (2)
Nelson Moore
Albert Comerford
Doris Overlock
Armand Desautels
Ernest Flint
Gilbert Rapoza Louis P. Remy
Donald Harrison
William Rogers
George Hewitt
William Shepard
Warren Holmes
Merle J. E. Stetson
Emma Jackson
Joseph Sylvain
Roger Macker
Mildred L. Ward
17 4-Dog Kennels
William L. Adams Herbert M. Ashley Jacob O. Barton Maurice Butler
Belle Doane Manuel Fernandes Sybil Jones Clinton Macomber
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David Marshall Howard Miller Arthur Peirce
Joseph D. Rose Manuel Rose
Richard C. Spearin Anthony Sylvia Olive Templeton Jeannette M. S. Ward
1 Kennel Transfer
Frank Carney
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To: The Board of Selectmen,
Town of Berkley,
Gentlemen:
As your chief of the Fire Department, I submit the following report for the year of 1953 :
During the year of 1953 there was a total of 32 grass and brush fires, 7 house fires (including chimney fire) and 2 auto fires. No great amount of damage was caused from the brush and grass fires, as they were dis- covered in time to keep them under control.
During the month of April the Fire extinguishers were inspected at the Berkley School and also during the month of April the Berkley Common was burned over.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the resi- dents of the town for their prompt action and fine co- operation with the Fire Department.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Deputy Fire Wardens, Police Department, and all others who have cooperated in carrying out the duties of this of- fice.
Respectfully submitted, GARLAND TEMPLETON, Fire Chief.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE COMMITTEE
At the town meeting last year, it was voted to nom- . inate a committee to investigate the advisability of en- larging and modernizing the Fire Department and Fire equipment of Berkley. The committee, consisting of the town treasurer, fire chief, two finance committee members, two selectmen, and one member at large, met shortly afterwards, and at the organization meeting elected Richard Perry as chairman and William Hogan as clerk of the committee.
We held weekly meetings and visited practically every surrounding town to look at the trucks and fire stations and interviewed the chiefs and fire fighters of these towns, to help us decide what would be best for the Town of Berkley.
We submitted our report to the townspeople at a special town meeting on June 29 and the voters appro- priated the sum of $21,000 for the construction of a fire station and purchase of a new fire truck. This money was raised by transferring $11,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account and by borrowing $10,000.00 on a ten-year loan.
The same committee was nominated to carry this plan through.
On July 8, 1953, after interviewing several archi- tects, Carlton Manter of Taunton was engaged to draw up plans for the new fire station.
We considered Berkley Common as a site for the station, and sent a letter to the State House in Boston to find out if we would be within our legal rights to do so. The answer, from the Department of Corporations and Taxation, informed us that it would require a spe- cial act of the legislature to enable us to use the Com- mon for this purpose. As this would take at least six months and possibly a year, we viewed several poten- tial sites in the vicinity of the Common.
We picked a lot on North Main Street as the best site and were fortunate enough to purchase a lot 140 ft.
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x 100 ft. at a very reasonable price from Mr. and Mrs. Norman Colpitts.
The lot was surveyed by Frederick L. Tripp of Taunton, who was kind enough to donate his services to help along this forward step taken by the Town of Berkley.
The plans and specifications for the fire station were completed in September, after a great deal of dis- cussion, and we advertised for bids in the Taunton, Fall River, and New Bedford papers.
The following bids were received :
Perry and Scott, Fall River $14,504.00 A. F. Smiley, Pawtucket, R. I. 14,980.00
W. H. Barker, Taunton 13,206.00
L. M. Witherell, Taunton 13,880.00
Sullivan & Foster, New Bedford 12,311.00
J. L. Marshall, Pawtucket, R. I. 14,609.00
J. M. Darling, Fall River 12,920.00
T. I. Ellis, Providence, R. I. 15,517.00
Sullivan & Foster of New Bedford was low bidder at $12,311.00. By making some changes in the plans and taking the low bidders on the sub-contracts, we cut this price to $11,237.00, but we still did not have enough money to award the contract.
At a special town meeting on October 13, 1953 an additional $3,500.00 was transfered to the Fire Station Account and we then awarded the contract to the low bidder.
On advertising for bids on the fire truck, we re- ceived the following bids :
Farrar, Woodville $9,889.00
Robinson Company, Cambridge 9,995.00
Wood Engineering Service, Topsfield 10,000.00
Zabek Motors, Palmer 9,921.00
The contract was awarded to the low bidder.
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The Fire Station is now completed and the old truck is being kept there. We are expecting our new truck any day now and when it is received, an effort will be made to house the old truck in Myricks.
We also advertised for bids for black topping the driveway and the contract was awarded to Thomas Bros. of Middleboro. This work will be done as weather permits.
An itemized list of our expenditures in 1953 fol- lows:
Norman and Helen Colpitts for $ 400.00
land
Fall River Herald News, for adver-
tising 6.00
Taunton Daily Gazette, for adver- tising 12.20
Allan M. Walker Co., Inc., for insurance
80.52
Carlton Manter, architect
400.00
Registered mail
2.59
New Bedford Standard-Times, for advertising 10.36
Sullivan-Foster, Inc. 11,237.00
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
1.50
Total $12,150.17
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD PERRY WILLIAM V. HOGAN FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS
GILBERT RAPOZA ARNOLD SILVAN
HAROLD G. ASHLEY
GARLAND TEMPLETON
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Board of Selectmen,
Town of Berkley,
Gentlemen :
As your Chief of Police I submit the following re- port for the year of 1953 :
Arrests for Crimes
39
Summoned to Court for Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws 47
Auto Accidents, investigated (with injuries)
14
Auto Accidents, investigated (property damage) 12
Breaks and theffs, reported and investigated
5
C'ar transfers recorded 295
Mise. complaints reported and investigated
40
Tickets given for defective equipment
152
Pistol Permits issued
24
Summons served
6
Dogs killed by Autos 2
Recommended suspension of licenses 5
We have assisted the Registry on Periodic check- ups and have patrolled the Town on the Holidays. Dur- ing Dog Racing period, Police Officers directed traffic for a period of 106 days.
The installation of traffic lights at the intersection of Myricks and County Sts., should greatly reduce the number of accidents at that location.
As of January 1, 1954 under the General Laws, Chap. 90, Sec. 26 : "Every person operating a motor ve- hicle which is in any manner involved in an accident in which any person is killed or injured therein, or in which there is damage in excess of one hundred dol- lars to any one vehicle or other property, shall forth- with report in writing to the registrar on a form ap- proved by him."
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I thank you and the Police Officers for your ex- cellent cooperation in carrying out the work of the de- partment.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD G. ASHEY, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
I respectfully submit the following report for 1953:
This past year considerable work has been done on the Berkley highways. Over one-half mile of Myricks Street was resurfaced with three inches of asphalt, and approximately sixteen miles of road were re-surfaced with oil. On Bay View Avenue a ledge was removed and the road straightened. This project is unfinished and will be completed in 1954. Five miles of roadsides were cleaned up and the brush cut. A large percent- age of the appropriations were spent on materials, which considerably lessened the amount spent for labor. Because of the cost of the foregoing projects, more work on the roadsides could not be done this year.
A few complaints were received relative to hiring outside equipment for the purpose of spreading sand in the winter months. This was done because power spreading can be done much faster than by the old method of hand spreading. When it was impossible to hire this equipment, what local equipment that was available was used. Hiring this outside equipment, be- cause of the lessened man hours, resulted in a financial saving to the town.
Respectfully submitted, STANLEY F. HADRO, Highway Surveyor.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
to the
TOWN OF BERKLEY
During the year 1953 the Library Committee has been able to add somewhat to the reference library. In buying books, we try first to acquire those which will be most helpful and interesting to the students in the elementary and high school. We are enabled to pur- chase a fair number of these as many of the lighter and currently popular books can be borrowed from the Bookmobile.
An analysis of the 1953 expenditures shows that approximately 20% of the appropriation was spent for books as against 11% in 1952. The increased amount available for books was due to the larger appropria- tion. The expenditures for administration and main- tenance remain more or less the same from year to year unless some unexpected or extensive repair work to the building is necessary. This year some repairs to the roof and to the outside stairway were necessary.
The Soldiers' Monument Association has placed a placque in the recreation hall calling attention to the fact that the room was finished and given to the people of the town in memory of soldiers of early wars.
With the funds available your committee was able to have the floor refinished, to begin repair of chairs and tables and to install a new chemical toilet.
To make the facilities of the Memorial Hall more appealing to the townspeople at large, a considerable amount of money should be made available to the com- mittee.
There is no water supply for the building, there- fore no cooking or dishwashing can be done. This limits the kind of entertainments for which the hall is suitable. It also makes difficult the toilet facilities. The heating system is of such a type and so situated that all ashes must be carried out through the hall with
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the result that there is a great deal of dust and tracking through the room. Until this situation is remedied in some way it will be difficult to keep the hall really clean and attractive. Also any redecoration that is done- and it is necessary-cannot be too enduring. More modern lighting would add to the appearance of the room.
We realize that to accomplish all of this would en- tail the expenditure of a great deal of money. However, an increase in the appropriation for the Memorial Hall would enable the committee to begin a long range plan to put into effect some of these needed improvements.
Respectfully submitted, MARIA E. D. AGUAS, Chairman
VIOLA E. HOLMES FLORENCE M. MACOMBER
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND OF SLAUGHTERING
To: The Board of Selectmen :
Town of Berkley :
I had three calls for dog bites, which I attended to.
There was no slaughtering in the Town during 1953.
I inspected 58 barns and buildings, also 388 ani- mals.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT ASPINALL, Inspector of Animals and of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMITTEE
During the past year the committee continued ex- ploratory work relative to obtaining a greater source of water for use in the Berkley School.
Permission was obtained from two adjacent prop- erty owners to conduct tests only for a water supply. One area was tested by the committee but the quantity of water obtained was insufficient.
At a special town meeting held on Nov. 30, 1953, the committee reported, and requested funds for test borings and construction of a well.
R. E. Chapman Co., Oakdale, Mass., a reputable contractor for well water was obtained and test borings were made on the school grounds and the Common. A good water bearing area was located on the Common near the junction of Locust and Porter streets.
Samples of water were submitted to the Massachu- setts Department of Public Health and if found satis- factory a permanent well will be constructed in this area.
It is the recommendation of this committee that water should be supplied to the Public Library and the Fire Station, as there would be more than an ample sup- ply for school requirements.
Respectfully submitted,
EINO H. SILVAN FRANK W. CARROLL ALFRED T. HOWLAND ARNOLD B. PERRY RICHARD W. BABBITT
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REPORT OF AUDITOR
I have examined the books, vouchers and accounts of Francis F. G. Andrews, Collector and Treasurer of the Town of Berkley for the year ending Dec. 31, 1953, and hereby certify that they are correct and agree with the reports submitted by him as Collector and Treas- urer.
The Savings Bank Books representing the invest- ment of Trust Funds in the custody of the Treasurer have been examined. The income was proved and the withdrawals were verified.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by sending notices to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town; the replies received thereto indicated that the accounts, as listed, were correct.
Respectfully submitted,
ARNOLD B. PERRY, Auditor.
TOWN CLERK'S CASH
1. Dog Licenses
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1953 $ 251.00
Receipts for licenses, 1953 $ 734.00
Less : Fees retained 52.40
681.60
Paid Treasurer
$ 932.60 $ 932.60
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2. Sporting Licenses
298 Sporting Licenses issued in 1953
$ 973.00
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game
Fees retained
$ 902.50 70.50
$ 973.00
3. Miscellaneous
Gasoline, etc., renewals $ 10.00
Oleomargarine 1.00
$ 11.00
Paid Treasurer $ 11.00
TOWN MEETINGS 1953
Town meetings held in Berkley during 1953 were (1) the annual town meeting, March 2; (2) the annual town election, March 16; (3) special town meeting, June 29; (4) special town meeting, October 13; and (5) a special town meeting, November 30.
Again in 1953, the State Department of Public Health filed in the Town Clerk's office a certificate of advertising the contamination of the waters of the Taunton River and its estuaries and the prohibition of taking shellfish, etc., therefrom.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS, Town Clerk.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1953
Cash received in 1953
$ 64,510.53 184,953.91
$249,464.44
Cash paid out in 1953 $179,935.73
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1953
69,528.71 $249,464.44
Classified Cash Receipts
1. TAXES
Taxes 1953 from Collector :
Property :
Personal
$ 5,983.77 38,565.57
Real Estate
$ 44,549.34
Poll
726.00
Loss of taxes, from State 5.04
Taxes, previous years, from Collector :
Property :
Personal $ 1,141.92 Real Estate 10,437.44 Tax Titles sold 300.28 $
11,879.64
Poll
274.58
Tax Title Redemptions
133.74
Taxes from State :
Corporation
$ 3,853.50
Income
2,969.13
Income overpayments (re- funded) 880.80
7,703.43
Total, Taxes
$ 65,271.77
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2. LICENSES AND PERMITS
From Selectmen, liquor :
All Alcoholic, common victualler : Golden Pheasant, 1954 $ 500.00
All Alcoholic, club, Cavalier, 1954 200.00
All Alcoholic, package store, Barboza Pkg. Store, 1954 $200.00
Berkley Pkg. Store,
1954 200.00
400.00
Beer-wine, pkg. store, Blanchette,
1954 150.00
16 1-day beer permits 32.00 $ 1,282.00
Other licenses from Selectmen :
2 milk pasteurization, Roman, Townley $ 20.00
8 Sunday licenses 8.00
Used car dealers, 2 @ $20.00. 1954
Used car dealers, 2@ 5.00,
1953 50.00
Junk collectors, 2 @ $2.00 4.00
Common victualler, 3 @ $2.50
7.50
Auctioneer 2.00
Juke box 6.40 $ 97.90
Chief of Police, 24 pistol permits Fire Department permits
12.00
15.50
Peddlers, from State
6.00
Town Clerk, gasoline registrations
10.00
Town Clerk, oleomargarine
1.00
Total, Licenses and Permits $ 1,424.40
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3. FINES
Fines, First District Court $ 508.00
4. GRANTS AND GIFTS
Grants from Federal Government:
Disability Assistance : Administration $ 78.78
Aid
931.88
Aid to Dependent Children :
Administration 289.65 Aid 6,379.52
Old Age Assistance :
1,022.85
Administration Aid
14,930.64
23,633.32
Grants from State :
School Aid, Income Tax $ 11,241.00
Vocational Education 749.29
High School Transportation
9,132.51
School milk subsidy 234.72
Chapter 81 Highways
16,059.81
Inspector of Animals
30.00
Meals Tax
850.76
38,298.09
Grants from County, Dog Fund
421.47
Total, Grants and Gifts $ 62,352.88
5. ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Selectmen, lease of tax possession land, DeMoranville 10.00
6. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Moth assessment, from Collector 54.60
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7. PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise,
from Collector 8,504.73
Oyster privilege 375.00
8,879.73
8. DEPARTMENTAL
General Government:
Selectmen, reimbursements, advertising costs $ 14.28
Treasurer, reimbursements, recording costs
18.56
Collector, charges and fees
73.15
Town Clerk, 3 voting lists
4.50
$ 110.49
Protection of Persons and Property :
Board and kill dogs, from County
125.50
Sealer's fees
43.90
169.40
Health and Sanitation :
Dental Clinic
117.00
Tuberculosis subsidy, State
261.43
378.43
Highways:
Chapter 90 maintenance :
State, 1952
996.73
County, 1952
996.73
Sale of plates from bridge
63.90
2,057.36
Charities : Reimbursements, Temporary Aid :
City of Boston 532.92
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Reimbursements, Disability Assistance : State :
Administration $ 46.26 1,306.81
Aid
1.353.07
Reimbursements, Aid to Dependent Children : State 4,133.37
Reimbursements, Old Age Assistance :
State 13,988.54
City of Fall River 213.53
Town of Freetown 305.23
Town of Lakeville
127.23
City of New Bedford
11.93
Town of Raynham 401.14
City of Taunton
198.01
15,245.61
21,264.97
School Department, sale of milk
448.93
Library, rent of Memorial Hall 30.00
Total, Departmental
24,459.58
9. CEMETERIES
Interest withdrawn from savings accounts :
Cemetery perpetual care funds 297.60
E. H. Allen Fund 80.00
Total, Cemeteries 377.60
10. INTEREST
On deposits
46.15
On deferred taxes
685.67
On deferred moth assessments
.40
On motor vehicle and trailer excise
95.51
On tax title redemptions
45.22
Total, Interest 872.95
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11. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Fire Station Loan, 1953
10,000.00
Premium on loan Day Trust Co. 20.00
Total, Municipal Indebtedness
10,020.00
12. AGENCY
Proceeds of Dog Licenses, Town Clerk
932.60
Deputy Collector's Fees 2.00
Total, Agency
934.60
13. TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
income from securities
91.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
3,952.98
County Retirement Deductions
359.09
Old Age Assistance recoveries
4,256.19
From greyhound associations, for police dept. traffic duty on track nights
530.00
Checks on previous years, tailings
6.34
Total, Trust 9,301.50
14. INVESTMENT
Giles Leach Fund, income from securities 60.00
15. REFUNDS
Collector, petty cash returned
50.00
Chapter 81 Highways
30.66
Library Insurance 7.91
Overpaid check
.10
Aid to Dependent Children
33.75
Old Age Assistance
230.64
Disability Assistance
50.50
Blue Cross deductions 105.90
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Welfare Administration
7.11
School milk, error in bill Accrued interest on loan
10.00
5.63
Total, Refunds
426.30
Recapitulation of Cash Receipts
1. Taxes
$ 65,271.77
2. Licenses and Permits
1,424.40
3. Fines 508.00
4. Grants and Gifts
62,352.88
5. All Other General Revenue
10.00
6. Special Assessments
54.60
7. Privileges
8,879.73
8. Departmental
24,459.58
9. Cemeteries
377.60
10. Interest
872.95
11. Municipal Indebtedness
10,200.00
12. Agency
934.60
13. Trust
9,301.50
14. Investment
60.00
15. Refunds
426.30
Total Cash Receipts
$184,953.91
Cash Payments
Classified by Appropriations and Accounts
1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator's Salary :
Willis G. Craw 20.00
Selectmen's Salaries:
Harold G. Ashley
75.00
Richard A. Perry
100.00
Eino H. Silvan
59.59
234.59
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ANNUAL REPORT
Selectmen's Expense :
William P. Crowley & Sons, insulating board 2.24
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 13.83
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