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14.56
14.56
Rogers, William
17.64
11.20
28.84
Roman, Barney
392.00
392.00
Roman Dairy Farms, Inc.
112.00
112.00
Roper, Manuel
33.88
33.88
Rose, Antone and Angelina
7.56
7.56
Rose, Clara
148.96
148.96
Rose, Harold E.
169.40
169.40
Rose, Benjamin F.
22.40
84.00
106.40
Rose, Alfred and Mabel
50.40
50.40
Rose, Frank
4.20
134.40
138.60
Rose, Joseph S.
39.20
39.20
Rose, Amelia
56.00
56.00
Rose, Manuel G.
53.20
53.20
Rose, Richard and Amelia
84.00
84.00
Rose, Ruth
36.40
36.40
Rose, Joseph
2.80
2.80
Rose, Zona P.
79.80
79.80
Roy, Joseph F. and Marie
72.80
72.80
Rylands, William and Dorothy
113.40
113.40
Sarkes, Abraham J. and Amelia M.
11.20
110.60
121.80
Sanborn, Watson
5.60
5.60
Sande, Martin K. and Magda K.
2.80
2.80
Sandlin, Lester and Isabella
86.80
86.80
Seeley, George
1.68
1.68
Sellars, Freeman S.
5.60
282.24
287.84
Senechall, Julia
60.20
60.20
Seward, Leland and Annie
51.80
51.80
Shea, Catherine G.
329.00
329.00
Shell Oil Co.
565.60
565.60
Shepard, William R.
28.00
144.20
172.20
Sherman, Hannah
151.20
151.20
Shippie, Harold and Nancy
16.80
16.80
Short, Ira W.
84.00
84.00
Silva, Frank
58.80
58.80
Silvan, Arnold W.
11.20
11.20
Sande, Lars and Viola
25.20
25.20
Silvan, Eino and Margarette
130.20
130.20
Silvia, Mary N.
8.40
8.40
Silvia, Manuel and Mary
84.00
84.00
Slivinski, Rose A. and Mary V.
7.00
121.80
128.80
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Personal
Real 61.60
Tax 61.60
Smith, Arthur
Smith, Augustus and Claire
224.00
224.00
Smith, Blanche
47.60
47.60
Smith, Mary
23.80
23.80
Smith, Mary
25.20
25.20
Smith, Samuel and Nellie
11.20
11.20
Society of the Cong. Church
63.00
63.00
Soper, George O.
5.60
5.60
Souza, Ermelinda and Arnold Silvan
75.04
75.04
Souza, Lional and Martha Bindon
39.20
39.20
Souza, Maria
81.20
81.20
Souza, Marion
2.80
2.80
Sprague, Arthur F.
6.72
6.72
Stanley, Jennie and Nettie Quick
14.00
14.00
Staples, Calvin P.
259.00
259.00
Staples, Percival
.56
.56
Starvish, Walter and Dorothy
5.60
5.60
Stetson, George W.
84.00
84.00
Stetson, Merle and Althea
52.36
212.80
265.16
Stevenson, William H.
4.20
4.20
Stiles and Hart Brick Co.
128.80
128.80
Story, Annie
156.80
156.80
St. Yves, Rene S. and Edmond B.
67.20
151.20
218.40
Sullivan, Francis and Ruth
2.80
2.80
Sullivan, Austin
8.40
8.40
Swartz, Beatrice
47.60
47.60
Swift, Laura H.
229.60
229.60
Swift, Lawrence
.84
.84
Sykes, Mary
2.80
2.80
Sylvester, Thomas and Helen
142.80
142.80
Sylvester, Jacoppina F.
33.60
33.60
Sylvester, Maynard
42.00
42.00
Sylvain, Joseph and Mary
100.80
100.80
Sylvia, Anthony
123.20
123.20
Sylvia, Edward and Emily and Elias and Phyllis Mattos
5.60
5.60
Sylvia, Charles and Elviria
4.20
278.60
282.80
Sylvia, Francis J. Jr.
22.40
22.40
Szynal, Edward
53.20
53.20
Stetson, George and Estelle
39.20
39.20
Taber, George and Helen
72.80
72.80
Talbot, Allen
81.20
81.20
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Personal 10.64
Real
Tax
Tavares, Joseph C.
238.56
249.20
Tavares, Joseph and Antonia
67.20
67.20
Taylor. Susie
45.92
45.92
- Templeton, Garland and Olive
14.00
14.00
Templeton, Garland and Olive
39.20
39.20
Templeton, Garland and Olive
19.60
19.60
Templeton, Garland
11.20
11.20
Tew, Frank
1.12
1.12
Tharrett, Dallas and Rita
95.20
95.20
Tichon, Hervey
42.00
42.00
Tirrell, Annie S. D.
4.20
4.20
Tolly, E. and Lloyd Thompkins
28.00
28.00
Toomey, Mary A.
56.00
56.00
Townley, Alfred T., Jr., and Sadie E.
2.80
305.20
308.00
Townley, Alfred T., 3rd.
33.60
33.60
Trenouth, Clarence
56.00
56.00
Trenouth, Frances
226.80
226.80
Travers, George and Ruth
114.80
114.80
Trefy, George and Ruth
11.20
11.20
Trefethen, James and John and Frederick C. Cobb
64.40
64.40
Triguairo, Francisco
7.56
7.56
Tripp, Frederick and Edna
33.60
33.60
Trond, Charles
21.00
21.00
Trond, Stanley and Doris
4.20
215.60
219.80
Trudeau, Omer and Phena
95.20
95.20
Turcott, George H.
114.80
114.80
Turner, Henry
65.80
65.80
Velon, Bruce and Ruth E.
1.56.80
156.80
Vera, Joseph
56.00
56.00
Victurine, Frank A.
32.20
32.20
Victurine, Joseph
151.20
201.60
352.80
Victurine, Joseph and Clara
203.00
203.00
Vickery, Alice W.
47.60
47.60
Waldron, Loretta
28.00
28.00
Walker, Alton P.
19.60
19.60
Walker, Gertrude M.
2.80
2.80
Wallace, Irving F. and Dolores E.
152.60
152.60
Ward, Harold W.
56.84
126.00
182.84
Ward, Walter M. and Mildred
55.16
313.60
368.76
Washburn, Vivian and Forrest
2.24
93.80
96.04
Weatherbee, Helen A.
25.20
25.20
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Personal 134.40
Real
Tax
Western Union Tel. Co.
134.40
Westgate, Daniel L.
43.68
43.68
Westgate, Harold and Merle
85.12
85.12
White, Carrie L. B.
114.80
114.80
White, Frank C.
20.16
20.16
White, Manuel and Josephine
110.60
110.60
White, Raymond A.
168.00
168.00
White, Stewart and Carrie
28.00
120.40
148.40
Whitehouse, Fred and Ada
14.00
14.00
Whittaker, Edward E.
1.12
1.12
Whittaker, Linneus C.
16.80
16.80
Whittaker, Lucy M.
75.60
75.60
Whittaker, Norman E.
119.00
119.00
Williams, Frederick and Catherine
7.00
7.00
Williams, Florence M.
47.60
47.60
Williams, Hattie P.
10.08
10.08
Wilson, George
67.20.
67.20
Winchoba, Mary and Frank
116.20
116.20
Winchoba, Walter
135.52
135.52
Winslow, Lena B.
264.32
264.32
Wood, Bertha
100.80
100.80
Wood, Jeanne
133.84
133.84
Zrebiec, Martin and Francis
170.80
170.80
Zeitler, Virginia
2.80
2.80
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SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF STATE AUDIT
Published by the Town Clerk in accordance with Sec. 40, Chapter 44, G. L.
Mr. Herman B. Dine
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of books and accounts of the town of Berkley for the period from September 20, 1951, the date of the previous audit, to October 17, 1953. and report thereon as follows:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and reconciled with the records of the treasurer and the accounting officer.
The ledger accounts were analyzed for the period from September 20 to December 31, 1951 and compiled for the year 1952 and the period from January 1 to October 17, 1953. The receipts were checked with the treasurer's books while the payments were compared with the warrants authorizing them and with the treas- urer's cash book.
The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of town meeting proceedings and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were veri- fied by comparison with the records of the finance com- mittee.
A balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on October 17, 1953.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were
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checked with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the pay- ments were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book additions were verified, and the cash bal- ance on October 17, 1953 was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks in which town funds are deposited.
The payments on account of maturing debt and in- terest were compared with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The transactions of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were verified, and the savings bank books and securities representing the investment of these funds were personally examined and listed.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined. The amounts transferred from the tax levies were compared with the collector's records, the redemptions were checked with the treas- urer's cash book, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
It is recommended that proceedings be started by the town treasurer to foreclose the right of redemption on all tax titles held over two years, as required by law.
The books and accounts of the collector of taxes were examined and checked. The tax, excise, and as- sessment accounts outstanding according to the previ- ous examination and all subsequent commitments were audited and compared with the assessors' warrants is- sued for their collection. The payments to the treas- urer were verified, the abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the amounts transferred to the tax title account were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
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Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts. as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the town clerk were ex- amined. The receipts for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the records of the licenses issued, and the payments to the town treasurer and to the State were verified.
The surety bonds of the departmental officials re- quired to file them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The available records of departmental cash col- lections by the selectmen, the sealer of weights and measures, and the police and school departments, as well as by all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examined and checked, and the recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, assessment, tax title, and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the transactions and condition of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to ex- press appreciation.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Attest :
Francis F. G. Andrews Town Clerk of Berkley
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TOWN OF BERKLEY, MASSACHUSETTS BY-LAWS
(as revised to Feb. 1, 1954)
ARTICLE I.
Section 1. Every Town Meeting shall be called by a warrant directed to a constable, or other duly ap- pointed person, by posting attested copies of the said warrant in not less than three public places in the Town, at least seven days before the day fixed for said meeting.
Section 2. There shall be elected annually on the second Monday in March, a Moderator for one year, one Selectman for three years, a Treasurer for one year, one Assessor for three years, a Highway Surveyor for one year, one member of the School Committee for three years, an Auditor for one year, one Trustee of the Library for three years, one Burial Ground Commis- sioner for three years, and a Tree Warden for one year, seven Constables for one year; and every three years, at such annual election, a Town Clerk to serve for three years. In the year 1947 and in every third year there- after, there shall be elected at such annual election, a Collector of Taxes to serve for three years. For such purposes the polls shall be open from twelve o'clock noon to eight o'clock P. M.
Section 3. The annual Business Town Meeting' shall be held on the first Monday of March at seven- thirty o'clock P. M.
Section 4. Every article intended for insertion in the warrant for annual or special Business Town Meet- ings must be presented in writing to the Selectmen, in accordance with law, not less than three weeks prior to the annual meeting and not less than two weeks be- fore a special Town Meeting. Each of the Articles, un- less inserted by the Selectmen shall be signed person- ally by not less than ten registered voters.
Section 5. The constable or other person duly ap- pointed to serve the warrant for a Town Meeting shall,
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immediately after making the service thereof, deliver to the Town Clerk the original warrant, with his return endorsed thereon stating fully the manner in which he served the same.
ARTICLE II.
Procedure at Town Meetings.
Section 1. Each annual or special business Town Meeting shall be called to order by the Moderator promptly at the appointed hour. In the absence of the Moderator such meeting shall be called to order by the Town Clerk, who shall preside until a temporary Mod- erator is chosen to act during the absence of the Mod- erator.
Section 2. Immediately after calling of the meet- ing to order by the Moderator the warrant for the Town Meeting and the return by the person who served the same shall first be read by the Town Clerk, unless the meeting votes that the reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted.
Section 3. Unless otherwise provided by law or by-law, all motions shall require only a majority vote. Every article in the warrant shall be taken up in its or- der upon the warrant unless otherwise voted by the meeting, and no motion or resolution, the subject mat- ter of which is not set forth in some article in the war- rant, shall be entertained excepting only for the pur- pose of obtaining the sense of the meeting ; but no such motion or resolution shall be entertained if ten voters object thereto.
Section 4. The vote on any motion, provided the meeting so orders, shall be taken by a "Yes" and "No" ballot with the use of the check list.
ARTICLE III.
Conveyances of Town Property.
Section 1. The Town Clerk shall have the cus- tody of the Town Seal.
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Section 2. All conveyances under seal, which may hereafter be executed by the Town, pursuant to a vote of the Town or otherwise, shall be sealed with such seal and subscribed by a majority of the Board of Select- men.
Section 3. The Town Clerk shall keep a true copy (in a book kept for such purposes alone) of all deeds or other instruments executed by the Selectmen in ac- cordance with the provisions of this by-law.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to see that every conveyance to the Town of any inter- est in land is properly recorded in the registry of deeds.
ARTICE IV. Board of Selectmen.
Section 1. The Board of Selectmen shall appoint annually such officers as they deem necessary, each to serve for one year.
Section 2. The Selectmen are hereby authorized to accept gifts or grants of money for the improvement or maintenance of a town department.
ARTICLE V. Board of Public Welfare.
Section 1. The Board of Public Welfare shall be comprised of the duly elected and qualified members of the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE VI.
Section 1. There shall be a Committee, called the Finance Committee, which shall consider any and all municipal questions for the purpose of making reports or recommendations thereon to the voters of the Town. Such committee shall consist of seven voters who shall serve without pay (none of whom during their service on such committee shall hold any regular, elective, or appointive town office, having to do with the expendi- ture of town money) .
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Such committee shall be chosen by an appointing committee consisting of the Moderator, the chairman of the Board of Selectmen and the Chairman of the last Finance Committee.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to inform themselves concerning those af- fairs and interests of the Town, the subject-matter of which is included in the warrant for its town meetings, and the Selectmen, the School Committee, and depart- ments not under their supervision, and all other town officers be required to furnish to said committee, in writing, not later than January 15 of each year, in as much detail as possible, their report of the previous vear with their estimates and recommendations of the amounts necessary to be appropriated for the support of their several departments for the ensuing year. The Finance Committee shall then investigate the estimates and recommendations so presented and give opportun- ity to said various boards and officers to be heard and explain such estimates and recommendations.
Section 3. The Committee shall at each Town Meeting present and explain such budget with its ad- vice and recommendations ; at each special Town Meet- ing give its advice and recommendations with refer- ences to any appropriation of the town funds or other municipal matter coming before such special meeting.
ARTICLE VII. Care of Burial Grounds and Lots.
Section 1. The Town will accept and forever hold in trust any money or securities which may hereafter be deposited with the Town Treasurer for the perpetual care, preservation, improvement or embellishment of any public or private place, or any lots or graves there- in, agreeably to the provisions of the statutes of the Commonwealth.
Section 2. The Town Treasurer is authorized to enter into agreement in behalf of the Town with the holders of burial rights in any lot in the cemeteries of the Town to keep forever such lot and the structures
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and grass thereon, in good and neat condition, so far as the same can be done by an expenditure not exceeding the income from any sum of money or not exceeding the income from any securities, which such holder may have deposited with the Town Treasurer for such pur- pose.
Section 3. Money and securities received under the provisions of the preceding section shall not be mingled with other money or securities of the Town, but shall be kept and invested separately as a cemetery fund and unless otherwise specially provided for in the terms of the gift, the income only shall be used.
ARTICLE VIII. Use of Street, Sidewalks, and Public Places
Section 1. No person shall deface, injure or de- stroy any tree, fence, sign, guide-post, or electric light, telegraph or telephone pole in any street or public way in this town.
Section 2. No person shall accost or address an- other person with profane, obscene, indecent or insult- ing language, on any street or public place, or in any public building, and no person shall be rude, boisterous, indecent, or disorderly on any street, or in any public place or building, annoy or disturb any person peace- ably thereon or therein.
Section 3. No person shall habitually or other- wise gather or congregate or loaf about, on any street or public place, after being directed by a police officer to cease such gathering or loafing.
Section 4. No person shall coast or skate on any street or public place except such as are designated by the Selectmen.
Section 5. No person shall wilfully permit any horse or other grazing animal to pasture, graze or go at large on any street or public place.
Section 6. No person, without lawful authority to do so, shall throw, sweep, place or drop and suffer
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to remain on any street or public place any ashes, earth, garbage, rubbish, litter, or manure or any noxious or refuse liquid or solid substance, or any glass, nails, tacks. scrap iron or similar articles.
ARTICLE IX. Prosecutions and Penalties.
Section 1. Except when otherwise provided by law, prosecutions for offenses under the by-laws of the Town may be made by any constable or police officer of the Town.
Section 2. Whoever violates any by-law of the Town whereby any act or thing is enjoined, required or prohibited, shall forfeit and pay for each offense a fine not exceeding twenty dollars unless some other penalty is expressly provided by law, or by some by-law to the Town.
ARTICLE X. Amendments.
Section 1. Any by-law of the Town may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any Town Meeting provided the proposed amend- ment is included in the warrant of the meeting.
Attest :
Francis F. G. Andrews
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE For the Year Ending December 31, 1953
School Committee
Term Expires 1954
Gil Bettencourt, Chairman Berkley, Mass.
Mrs. Jessie Colpitts, Secretary 1956
Berkley, Mass.
Willis G. Craw 1955
Berkley, Mass.
Superintendent John J. Rolfe, B. Ed., M. Ed.
Residence : 117 School Street, North Dighton
Office : Dighton High School, Segreganset
Telephone : Dighton 3361 (office)
Telephone: Taunton 2-0698 (home)
Office Hours :
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and by appointment
Secretary Gladys P. Babbitt
School Physician Charles M. Souza, M. D. Dighton
School Nurse Ella F. Dillingham, R. N. Berkley
Attendance Officer
Horace Clough Berkley
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Birth Certificates
Presentation of birth certificate is required for en- trance to first grade.
Vaccination
Every child who enters school for the first time must present a certificate of vaccination or a statement from his physician that vaccination is inadvisable.
No School Information
When weather conditions are such that our buses are unable to run, a no school notice will be broadcast over Radio Station WSAR, Fall River, and over Radio Station WPEP, Taunton. Parents are urged to use their own good judgment about sending their children to school on stormy days. The fact that school is in ses- sion does not mean that attendance by all pupils is ad- visable.
Transportation
The law requires that transportation be provided for pupils residing more than two miles from the school attended or more than one mile from the nearest bus stop. Many pupils living at lesser distances along es- tablished routes are transported if the seating capacity of the bus will permit. From time to time it is neces- sary to refuse transportation to some of those living un- der the required distance when our buses are filled to capacity with children living at a greater distance.
Entrance Age
First grade registration in September of any year will be limited to those children who are at least six years of age or who will become six years of age on or before the following January first. There will be no exception to this ruling. Registration must be during the first three weeks of school in September.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Citizens of the Town of Berkley :
I herewith submit my eleventh annual report as Superintendent of Schools for Berkley. The report of the School Committee is incorporated herein. The re- ports of the Music Supervisor and the School Nurse cover further details of the school's functioning and are strongly recommended for your perusal. A detailed dis- cussion of all phases of the activities of the School De- patment is covered over a period of years. However, in any one report only the most timely and pertinent are given major emphasis. The information set forth from year to year gives to the citizens of the Town a work- ing knowledge of the ways in which their money is spent, the aims and objectives of the School Depart- ment, the general philosophy that we attempt to carry out, our present problems as well as those of the future, and the statistical information that is valuable as a record.
Financial
The school budget as being submitted for 1954 in the amount of $50,458.05 is $4,015.35 more than that of 1953. However, additional income from various sources other than the tax levy reduces this increase to a net of $1,827.68. The net cost of the operation of the School Department for 1954 will be $26,658.72. All of this increase is reflected in teachers' salaries, trans- portation, and tuition. The maximum salary for a teacher at the present time is $3,000.00.
Personnel
In 1952 two thirds of our teaching staff left for various reasons. In 1953 we lost one half of the teach- ers. At the present time we have a very good faculty and every effort should be made to retain them, espe- cially because of the great difficulty in securing replace- ments. A continual change of teachers is a situation that most communities endeavor to remedy. The exist- ence of wholesome attitudes on the part of parents
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and the maintenance of harmony within the school are most important. At all times, however, we must bear in mind that our first responsibility is to endeavor to meet the needs of the pupils of the school even though such action may occasionally inconvenience the teacher or the parents.
Mrs. Yvonne McBreen of Taunton was elected as teacher of grade one to replace Mrs. Catherine Murphy who accepted a position in Swansea. Mr. Oscar La- moureux, who taught in Connecticut for several years, became principal and teacher of grades seven and eight in place of Mrs. Millicent Hackett who accepted a posi- tion in Freetown. Miss Emily Dulak, teacher of grades five and six, was replaced by Mrs. Anne Rusconi of Taunton who has had teaching experience in Dighton and Taunton. Next September we shall need an addi- tional teacher to take care of the increasing enroll- ment.
At the present time we have an enrollment of 210 pupils at the Berkley Grammar School. With a gradu- ating class of only 15 students and an estimated enter- ing class of at least thirty we shall have a September 1954 enrollment of at least 225. When we consider that the average number of pupils in the first four grades is 31 and that this trend toward larger numbers is likely to continue we may expect that there will be an enroll- ment of 250 students in September of 1957.
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